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Pickering, ON, March 20, 2023 – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has recognized Pickering as one of the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2023.
The ICF’s annual awards program recognizes the world’s leading municipalities that are successfully leveraging the power of technology to develop inclusive and prosperous communities.
This year’s list of Smart21 Communities includes 21 cities and counties from eight countries, spread over five continents.
The...
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Pickering, ON, September 21, 2022 – Premier Doug Ford will be breaking ground on a new, 233,000 square foot, multi-unit, industrial complex developed in partnership by SmartCentres and Lastman’s Bad Boys in Pickering’s Innovation Corridor, with the lead tenant, Lastman’s Bad Boy, taking 130,000 square feet for its new, state-of-the-art, corporate head office and distribution centre.
WHO:  Premier Ford, SmartCentres, Lastman’s Bad Boy, Mayor...
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Notice of Hybrid Electronic Statutory Public Meeting
Regarding the City’s Proposed New Development Charges By-law
Take notice that the Council of the City of Pickering will hold a hybrid electronic statutory public meeting pursuant to The Development Charges Act, 1997 , regarding proposed development charge rates and policies that will be applied in the City (including Seaton). It is proposed that the enactment of a new Development Charges By-law by Council...
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Pickering, ON, April 26, 2022 – After a 28-year career in municipal politics, 19 of which spent as Pickering’s longest serving mayor, Mayor Dave Ryan announced at last night’s City Council meeting that he has decided to officially retire at the end of this term of office when the new Council is sworn in on November 21 st .
For nearly three decades, Mayor Ryan has provided strong, steady, progressive, and visionary leadership helping Pickering evolve from...
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Pickering, ON, January 14, 2022 - At last night’s Special Meeting of Council, the City of Pickering appointed Christine Doody-Hamilton to fill the vacant seat of City Councillor, Ward 2.
Councillor Doody-Hamilton will bring a strong and proven environmental ethos to the Council and Committee meetings, which will help strengthen and guide the City’s ongoing commitment to sustainability.  Namely, she obtained a Master of Environmental Studies at York University,...
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