''The Mississauga News'' is a local tabloid newspaper in

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

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. ''The Mississauga News'' is part of

Metroland Media Group Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland publishes more than 7 ...

, a subsidiary of

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. In addition to the biweekly print edition, the newspaper also operates a website including news, blogs, and multimedia content related to local news.

History

Founded in 1965, ''The Mississauga News'' is characterized by its coverage of local issues, including those relating to civic

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. 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.

Publishers

* Ron Lenyk (1978-2008) * Ken Nugent (2009-2012) * Dana Robbins (2013–2019) Lenyk joined the ''Mississauga News'' in 1970 as a sports writer and a year later became the ''Mississauga News'' editor. In 1977, Lenyk was appointed publisher of

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and the ''Mississauga News'' in 1978. He was named South Peel regional publisher and vice-president of

Ltd. in 2004 and in 2008 the

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elected Lenyk as one of its four new directors to represent the newspaper industry. Ken Nugent announced that he is retiring in January, wrapping up a 40-year career in the community newspaper business. The decision caps a successful career that began when Nugent was hired by ''The News'' to sell advertising in 1973. Nugent will retire from his post as vice-president and publisher of the Metroland's flagship Peel and Southwestern divisions, including ''The News'' and ''

'', and presiding over 21 other community newspapers. Previously the publisher of

The Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Hami ...

, Dana Robbins left the post to take on the new role of the vice-president/regional publisher of Metroland's Peel and Southwestern Ontario region as of January 3, 2013. This includes such papers as the ''Mississauga News'',

, ''Orangeville Banner'', ''Fergus Elora News Express'' and ''Wingham Advance Times''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mississauga News Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Torstar publications Mass media in Mississauga Publications established in 1965 1965 establishments in Ontario

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