Hazel McCallion to lie in state at Mississauga city hall beginning Sunday – Toronto | 24CA News
Hazel McCallion will lie in state at Mississauga metropolis corridor for 2 days starting this Sunday forward of her state funeral.
The City stated the general public is invited to pay their last respects and provide their condolences to the previous mayor earlier than she is laid to relaxation on on Tuesday, which might have been her 102nd birthday.
McCallion was Mississauga’s longest-serving mayor and one of many longest-serving mayors in Canadian historical past. She died on Jan. 29 on the age of 101.
McCallion was mayor for 36 years — from 1976 to 2014 — overseeing Mississauga’s transformation from a suburb into one of many nation’s largest cities.
The metropolis remained debt-free for everything of her tenure.
On Sunday and Monday, the general public can go to Mississauga metropolis corridor to pay their respects to McCallion from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Books of condolence additionally stay accessible all through Mississauga, the City famous, and can be in place till the night of the funeral.
McCallion’s funeral will happen on Tuesday starting at midday on the Paramount Fine Foods Centre. Members of the general public who want to attend the state funeral should acquire a ticket.
— With recordsdata from Isaac Callan
