
In today’s world, the expectation is that everyone has access to a phone, a laptop, and the internet. Everything from government resources and education to social opportunities are online and digital. “Many people don’t know that there are hundreds of thousands of people [without access or easy access],” says Let’s Get Together (LGT) founder Alison…

On October 14th from 6-8 p.m. the Peel Regional Police held the second of three community consultations on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in policing. The topic of the second session was “predictive policing and community perspectives on machine learning. The Peel Regional Police have not yet shared specifics on how they hope to…

Premier Doug Ford recently announced the key funding mechanism that supports municipal housing projects will be increased from a total of $2.4 billion to $4 billion, but stakeholders are already questioning how the bump from Queen’s Park will meet the crushing demand towns and cities across Ontario are struggling with. The announcement came at the…

Caledon is a big town with a small population and a growing problem when it comes to public transit. The town is physically larger than Brampton and Mississauga combined, but makes up only a fraction of the Peel population. It won’t be like this for much longer, with a population growth to 300k expected by…

Local activist, politician and academic Michelle Bilek has called Mississauga home even before it was named in 1974. But she hasn’t always had a roof over her head. The first time she was homeless, Michelle was only a child. “My mom grabbed me and my siblings, and we left my father in the night.” For…
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