Declan Finucane

1 week ago | insauga.com | Declan Finucane

A Mississauga man and two Toronto teens face robbery and other charges after a security guard was roughed up during the attempted holdup of a Vaughan cellphone store last week. The entire incident lasted about one minute and was captured on surveillance video (see below) released on Thursday by York Regional Police.

1 week ago | insauga.com | Declan Finucane

Dozens of charges have been laid against 15 people from southern Ontario and Quebec, including one man from Mississauga, after police busted a $3.5-million magic mushrooms production and sales network allegedly operating in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. Among the 15 suspects facing charges are a Toronto man and London man who are wanted by York Regional Police on arrest warrants and believed to be overseas.

1 week ago | insauga.com | Declan Finucane

Not believing for the moment his own good fortune, Carlos Nicolas had his high hopes confirmed when a fellow store customer congratulated him on becoming one of Ontario’s latest millionaires. Nicolas, a retired father of three from Mississauga, held a winning Encore ticket from the March 21 Lotto Max draw worth $1 million. His ticket matched all seven Encore numbers in exact order to stake claim to the big prize. “I went to the store and scanned my Lotto Max ticket using the ticket checker.

1 week ago | insauga.com | Declan Finucane

Mississauga’s highly decorated fire chief, named best at her position in Ontario in 2023, has suddenly left the post. In an email statement to INsauga.com on Thursday morning, a City of Mississauga spokesperson wrote that as of March 31, “Deryn Rizzi is no longer the director of emergency services and fire chief for the City of Mississauga.

1 week ago | insauga.com | Declan Finucane

Two fires will be burning on Thursday in Mississauga’s south end, but city officials say there’s no cause for alarm — the blazes are being deliberately set and kept under control. The late-morning “controlled burns” are taking place at Jack Darling Memorial Park and Lorne Park Prairie Park, the City of Mississauga said in a news release on Thursday. “For nearby residents or visitors, controlled burns are nothing to worry about; in fact, they are safe and essential.