The Mississauga News
Encyclopedia
The Mississauga News is an English language
newspaper serving Mississauga
, Ontario
. It part of the Peel and Southwest Division of the Metroland Media Group
, a Torstar
company. Published twice a week, the Mississauga News is a perennial newspaper award winner, including best newspaper in Ontario and Canada, on several occasions. Most recently, The Mississauga News was named best all-round newspaper in the 2010 Canadian Community Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Competition.
The Mississauga News also publishes online at www.mississauga.com all days of the week, with new content being added 16 hours out of the day. The online offerings includes its print content along with video, blogs and multimedia galleries. The galleries cover news and events from Mississauga in pictures, video and slideshows.
, arts
and entertainment
, sports, crime
, and recreation
. "The Mississauga News" publishes two city-wide editions weekly, in addition to a weekly newspaper that targets apartments, condos and townhouses and The Mississauga Booster, a source of grass-roots information.
The Mississauga News was named Best All-Round Newspaper in the 2010 Canadian Community Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Competition.
Ken Nugent is the Regional Publisher of a newly amalgamated Peel Region and South West Ontario Division of Metroland, doing so since 2009, when former publisher Ron Lenyk moved to Torstar's head office. Lenyk had been publisher for more than 30 years.
Upon Eve Adams
' election as an MP in Stephen Harper's Conservative government, in the 2011 federal election, a seat in the City of Mississauga council was made available. "In the interest of ensuring fair and unbiased coverage for all candidates running in the Sept. 19 Ward 5 by-election," all stories about the vote and candidates were defaulted to not allow comments. One reader replied that, since the retirement of former Editorial Director Judy Imerson, editorials were perpetually biased to conservatives "at all levels of government."
approximately 75,000 households.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
newspaper serving Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It part of the Peel and Southwest Division of the Metroland Media Group
Metroland Media Group
Metroland Media Group, also referred to as Metroland is a publisher of daily and weekly community newspapers, as well as several speciality products and services, in the southern part of the Canadian province of Ontario...
, a Torstar
Torstar
Torstar Corporation is an independently-owned Canadian broadly based media company that is named after its principal holding, the Toronto Star daily newspaper....
company. Published twice a week, the Mississauga News is a perennial newspaper award winner, including best newspaper in Ontario and Canada, on several occasions. Most recently, The Mississauga News was named best all-round newspaper in the 2010 Canadian Community Newspaper Association Better Newspapers Competition.
The Mississauga News also publishes online at www.mississauga.com all days of the week, with new content being added 16 hours out of the day. The online offerings includes its print content along with video, blogs and multimedia galleries. The galleries cover news and events from Mississauga in pictures, video and slideshows.
History
Founded in 1965, the Mississauga News is characterized by its coverage of local issues, including those relating to civic politicsPolitics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
and entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
, sports, crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
, and recreation
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun"...
. "The Mississauga News" publishes two city-wide editions weekly, in addition to a weekly newspaper that targets apartments, condos and townhouses and The Mississauga Booster, a source of grass-roots information.
The Mississauga News was named Best All-Round Newspaper in the 2010 Canadian Community Newspaper Association's Better Newspaper Competition.
Ken Nugent is the Regional Publisher of a newly amalgamated Peel Region and South West Ontario Division of Metroland, doing so since 2009, when former publisher Ron Lenyk moved to Torstar's head office. Lenyk had been publisher for more than 30 years.
Upon Eve Adams
Eve Adams
Eve Adams is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Mississauga—Brampton South as a member of the Conservative Party...
' election as an MP in Stephen Harper's Conservative government, in the 2011 federal election, a seat in the City of Mississauga council was made available. "In the interest of ensuring fair and unbiased coverage for all candidates running in the Sept. 19 Ward 5 by-election," all stories about the vote and candidates were defaulted to not allow comments. One reader replied that, since the retirement of former Editorial Director Judy Imerson, editorials were perpetually biased to conservatives "at all levels of government."
The Booster
The Mississauga Booster also publishes on Thursday, with a distribution ofapproximately 75,000 households.
External links
- Mississauga.com, The Mississauga News homepage
- The Mississauga News, News website
- Mississauga Blogs, Blogs
- Mississauga News Classifieds, Classifieds site
- Mississauga News Jobs, Jobs Site
- Mississauga News Today, Daily Publication