Peel police celebrate 55 graduates of 2026 Youth in Policing Initiative
Peel Regional Police has marked the completion of this year's Youth in Policing Initiative, with 55 young people and 14 team leads finishing the eight-week summer program.
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Peel police honour first Black officer with Brampton street renaming
Retired Sergeant Lonsdale (Lonny) Blackett, who became Peel Regional Police's first Black officer in 1974, has had a Brampton street named after him.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 3 min read
Two killed, three injured in Highway 401 crash near Dixie Road in Mississauga
Two Cambridge residents died in a crash in the eastbound express lanes Wednesday morning. Three other people were taken to hospital, and the affected highway sections have reopened.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 1 min read
Don Cherry and Ahmad Attia of Mississauga named to the Order of Ontario
The hockey broadcaster and a communications executive who has served on Peel's police board are among 30 new appointees announced Feb. 17.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
Nominations open for Mississauga's Citizen of the Year, now handed out by the city
The City of Mississauga is taking nominations until March 29 for the Gordon S. Shipp Memorial Award, which it now runs after years under the local real estate board.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
Brampton mother gives birth in her car at a Mississauga gas station in -20 C cold
A family heading to Credit Valley Hospital pulled over near Mississauga Road and Battleford Road when their third son arrived before they could get there.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
Mississauga forward Marcus Caldeira signs first MLS contract with Minnesota United
Two years after Minnesota drafted him, the record-setting West Virginia University striker has signed a one-year deal with the MLS club, with options to extend.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
UTM's chief administrative officer Deborah Brown to step down in March
Deborah Brown, who has run the administrative side of U of T Mississauga since 2022, will leave the role on March 6, the campus principal announced.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
UTM chemist Andrew Beharry wins national award for cancer-focused research
The University of Toronto Mississauga professor has received the 2026 X-Chem Research Excellence Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read
Mississauga's first baby of 2026 arrives at Credit Valley Hospital
A baby boy named Waris was born at Credit Valley Hospital at 12:15 a.m. on New Year's Day, Trillium Health Partners said.
By Mississauga Voice Staff · 2 min read