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Patrick Brown wins a third term as Brampton mayor after incumbents avoided public scrutiny during campaign

Incumbent mayor Patrick Brown was elected for a third term in office, with 54.9 percent (65,893 votes) of the 120,025 votes ...
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Mayor-elect Christina Early believes Caledon ‘can grow without losing what makes it special’

After four years of controversial growth decisions under former Mayor Annette Groves’ administration that left residents perplexed over whose interests Caledon’s elected officials were really serving, ...
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Canada’s first federal youth-led climate trial begins in Federal Court

In a legal challenge pitting a roster of federal lawyers backed by the full force of Canada’s ruling government against a ...
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Municipal corruption in Ontario has, predictably, exploded as City Hall descends into the Wild West

In Rideau Lakes, what has been labelled the most dysfunctional council in Ontario, saw seven integrity commissioner reports ...
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Brampton’s Centre for Innovation eight years later: A history of silence and Patrick Brown’s broken promises

In April 2018, former Brampton mayor Linda Jeffrey described the proposed Centre For Innovation (CFI) as a ...
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St. Catharines mayor’s eleventh-hour push to shift GM cleanup costs onto taxpayers

St. Catharines Ward 3 Councillor Kevin Townsend moved swiftly to defer Mayor Mat Siscoe’s controversial GM lands proposal ...
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Data centres, floods, affordable housing: What Mississauga’s next mayor must confront in a climate crisis

In a tight race to lead one of Canada’s fastest-growing big cities, incumbent Carolyn Parrish is facing two of her council ...
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Brampton taxpayers shouldered more than $5k to fly Rod Power and a City staffer to attend a World Culture Festival

Brampton taxpayers shouldered more than $5k to fly Rod Power and a City staffer to attend a World Culture Festival ...
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Patrick Brown’s missing $8 billion: Fact checking his Build Brampton flyer that has inflated investments, unsecured funding and an unopened hospital

Fact checking his Build Brampton flyer that has inflated investments, unsecured funding and an unopened hospital ...
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Incumbents Mat Siscoe in St. Catharines and Jim Diodati in Niagara Falls using public resources to campaign—violation of rules

Incumbents Mat Siscoe in St. Catharines and Jim Diodati in Niagara Falls using public resources to campaign—violation of ...
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Patrick Brown a no-show as other Brampton mayoral candidates gather to sign accountability pledge

That’s one of the promises an Ontario mayor makes when elected to office—a pledge Patrick Brown seems to have abandoned ...
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Monica Singh Soares says Brampton’s public consultation is mostly ‘token’, she wants to run Wards 7 and 8 differently

Monica Singh Soares says Brampton’s public consultation is mostly ‘token’, she wants to run Wards 7 and 8 differently ...