Admiral Beez
Superstar
It's called the Toronto Star, so even though folks in Mississauga buy it and read it, it's going to focus on Toronto elections.
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When I moved to Canada in 1976 my parents bought a newly built town house at Derry Rd. and Glen Erin. Soon after, they bought a new detach house at Winston Churchill and Derry Road. In the early 1980s I remember as a kid seeing tons of farms. Really, when I think about it, Hazel's term as mayor has encompassed the entire destruction of Mississauga's farmland.Did Erin Mills or Meadowvale even exist in the early 1980's? From the looks of the houses in those areas, I don't think they did! .
Meadowvale has existed since the early 1970s. Probably includes the townhouse Admiral refers to at Derry and Glen Erin. The term Erin Mills refers to a pretty large area, built over many years. Certainly parts of it were built in the late 1970s to early 1980s, although the Churchill Meadows area, which some would say is part of Erin Mills, is still being built out now.
Even the developments along Falconer must be from before the 80's. The Vista Heights neighbourhood could be from the 70's.
You can tell that a lot of Meadowvale was developed the 60s or 70s (more likely 70s) because of all the rental apartment buildings around Meadowvale Town Centre. The fact that MTC was a mall instead of a power centre also suggests it is old. The section south of Derry, east of Tenth Line, north of Britannia, and along Copenhagen Rd north of Derry must be from the 70's at the latest based on a glance at Google Map satellite images. Bottom line: Meadowvale is a 70's community.
The former town of Streetsville of course was already fully developed way before that. Even the developments along Falconer must be from before the 80's. The Vista Heights neighbourhood could be from the 70's.
And that most of the mayoral candidates of that city want to attract a university to the downtown because "all the other cities in the region have one."It is an interesting topic this. Even though the GTA has evolved/developed (without commenting on if this is positve/negative) into a city/region where more people live outside of the "main" city than in it, the media has clearly not lost its central focus.
For example, there is a fairly serious mayoralty candidate in the GTA who has as a key part of platform a proposal to build a complex with a 34,000 seat stadium and a smaller stadium/arena next to it with a retractable roof.....and I bet that just about no one has heard of him nor his platform (and stadiums and such are typically the sort of sexy items that attract media attention). Obviously he is not a candidate in Toronto....so it goes un-noticed/un-reported and, because of this a fair number of people who could vote for this guy (if this was something they were interested in) might never hear of the idea.
And that most of the mayoral candidates of that city want to attract a university to the downtown because "all the other cities in the region have one."
It honestly doesn't help that the Brampton Guardian has abysmal election coverage in the first place.