The end of The Beatles’ long and winding road came into view in the secluded woods of Mississauga. It was the week before Christmas 1969 and the world’s most famous…
George Hunter had an eye for showing us the country. One of Canada’s most prolific documentary photographers, Hunter’s seven-decade career gave us some of Canada’s most iconic industrial and natural…
Rattray Marsh is the last remaining wetland area on the western side of Lake Ontario, a testament to Ruth Hussey, the British-born veterinarian who blew into town with Hurricane Hazel. …
When the door closed on A.V. Roe’s famed supersonic jet the Arrow, a window opened for a new company to take Canadians to space. The AVRO Arrow is often regarded…
When Second World War Allied soldiers marched into battle, it’s likely many were armed by the women of Lakeview. Between 1941 and 1945, the Dominion Small Arms Limited munitions factory…
Mississauga’s aeronautics story begins on February 23, 1909 on the frozen Bras d’Or Lake in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, stands on the shore…
YYZ. It’s more than just an airport code; it’s part of the GTA’s identity. But while Toronto might be in its name, those three distinctive letters anchor it in Mississauga. …
Some of Canada’s largest fortunes were wagered in the race to settle the west. The men in suits began knocking on farmers’ doors in the 1950s, with offers few could…
Canada’s era of the suburbs was launched by a couple of Shipps. In 1950, a 24-year-old Harold Shipp was driving along the QEW past the apple orchards near Cawthra Avenue…
During university, I spent my summers working at the Petro-Canada refinery in Clarkson. My base of operations was the maintenance department, a single-storey building located across from the asphalt plant…
It’s about 14 kilometres from Erindale Secondary School to Dixie Outlet Mall which, give or take traffic, will take about 20 minutes to drive. But on a horse? You’ll probably spend…
For the upwardly mobile Harris family in Clarkson, life meant hawking apples by day while dining with royalty at night. From their 300+ acre estate Benares on Clarkson Road North,…