April 20, 2025 • 30 mins
Norm Murray speaks with Stephen Dasko, Ward 1 Councillor in Mississauga, Kelly Ralston, Executive Director of the Port Credit BIA and Johnny Bozzo, Chair of Paint the Town Red Committee about the up-coming "Canada Day In The Port", Presented by Paint the Town Red, the Port Credit BIA, Visit Mississauga, and the City of Mississauga, happening July 1, 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
I'm Norm Murray. You're listening to News Talk SAGA nine sixty.
Nice to have you long today, Good afternoon, and I
hope you're enjoying your day as they're heading into the
week here. You know, this hour is called the norm,
and this really does anything but the norm. It seems
every day, every day of the normal takes on a
whole new meaning, if there even is such a thing anymore.
All I know is this one thing that is is,
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you know, sustained in normalcy here at News Talk SAGA
nine sixty in this hour is having our friend Stephen
Dasco on the program every month. He is the Ward
one counselor in Mississauga. Go to Stephendasco dot ca for
some outstanding information about not just Ward one, but I
think miss Soasaga in general, but especially focused on Ward one,
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his ward. So it's always a pleasure to welcome him
to the program. How are you today, Stephen Dasco.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I know I'm doing terrific.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Great to hear your voice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Thank you very much. I know you're on the road there.
I don't want any road rage while we're on the radio.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Okay, oh, absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I'm hands free. It's Bluetooth, so it's an absolute pleasure.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
To be chatting.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
All right. Well, thanks for being here. Here we are
at the beginning of April. I know we always get
you in here in the first few days of the
month at least anyways, to talk about what's been going
on in the past leading up to this and what's
coming up going forward anyways, but we appreciate that very much.
So how's the month of March been for you? I mean,
you went through March Break there, and I suppose some
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local activities going on. Anything you want that sticks out
in your memory right away?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Well, what are they called the IDEs of March or
upon us? And so far I must say it's the
month of March. Was it was just a nice well
I was hoping to be a finale to winter, but
it seems to be holding on to.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Us a little bit here.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
We had really nice March Break activities and things of
that nature. And now coming into springtime now it's nice
to see that we're I feel we're almost emerging from
our winter slumber. The big kickoff, of course, is the
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Carmen Corbuson Community Center. And when city staff told me,
I said, I really wanted open in March, they said, yes, yes,
we'll get it to you in March, and they were
a little cheeky with it because they gave it to
us on March thirty first. And but we do have
Carmen Corbuson Community Center. It's back open, it's accepting people
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coming through, and we have the entire center essentially open,
except we do not have the swimming pools open yet.
They're still going through their final bit of testing and
work by the region, et cetera, and they should be
open in May.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So those not familiar with the Carmen corbus And Community Center,
can you fill us in a little bit as to
what that's all about. And also thanks a lot for
the throwback to the word cheeky, which we just don't
hear and use often enough anymore, but.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
In old I suppose you know.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And so with Carmen Corbuson Community Center, some might also
know it as the Cautric Community Center. It was renamed
I think somewhere around twenty twelve and twenty eleven twenty
twelve in memory of Carmen Corbuson. She was a longstanding
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executive assistant to former Councilor Harold Kennedy and then she
was a long stone and counselor in our own right
at the City of Mississauga and at the region and
sadly she passed away fairly suddenly, and the center was
renamed in her honor. And this the site if those
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that are not familiar. It's also has two skating rinks
in it, so it's a twin rink pad, twin rnk
paths that are there. It's also that a walking track.
There's a gymnasium that's got basketball and now pickleball added
into there as well.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
We do have.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Previously there was not a gym with a weight room
that that's.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Now been added in.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And there's also exercise rooms that will accommodate dance as
well that have been put in there, and brand new showers,
washrooms that have gone in also, and it's they've our
staff have done a really nice job paying tribute to
the building as it was before, but the enhancements that
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they've done to it, and that's and this is coming
from somebody that was not one hundred percent sold on
the design of what they were coming up with, and uh,
and some of our city staff said, trust us, you'll
you'll be very happy with the results.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
And uh, I think. I think they've done a wonderful job.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
And even coming in, it's very bright, its spacious, a
lot of natural light that's coming through, and and use
of some great wood as well. We've got the ceilings
are all in h in timber, raw timber. It's it's
it's quite quite nice. And when the pools are open,
they literally look right into the Kostra woods right next door,
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and it's it's quite the sight to behold.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Sounds like it. I'm also reading on your website, Stephen
Dasco dot ca A, there's a brand new lane pool
for fitness and recreation and what is the now the
largest therapeutic pool in the entire city, which is designed
for health and wellness programs. Who can access this remarkable
community center here, Stephen.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
It is open to the public.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
You can go check online or feel free walk in,
have a look at the center itself, go up to
the desk. Their staff there are super friendly and helpful,
and they also have kind of a welcoming person there
that's there right now that will just come and give
you an orientation of the center. There's different memberships that
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you can get. There's single use, but there's also memberships
that you can have and as of April first, basic
memberships for our community centers for those that are sixty
five years of age and older is free in the
City of Mississauga.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Well, thank you for that. I think a lot of
people are very very happy. But that that is money
well bent by the sounds of it there and it
even makes people from other wards want to, I'm sure
come and visit. Also, that's the Carmen Corbus and Community
Center that is now open. And there's a great picture
of you, although you look pretty small next to the
giant community center that this isn't a photograph, it's really
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something there. Oh my, that's good.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
It is quite beautiful. And I will also say the
memberships that you can get are you can walk in
with your card. If you do have a membership, you
can walk in with your card to any one of
our city facilities and go and use them.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Awesome. Great to hear that. We're speaking with Steven Dasco,
the Ward one councilor in Mississauga. And of course he
joins us every month around about the beginning of the
month or so to let us know what's happening in
ward one and we talk about the city in general.
I suppose sometimes, but there's always something going on in
your area, especially now the weather is starting to change
a little bit. I know some days are colder than others.
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Even well, look, I mean snow in April is not unusual.
Just remember that, and that's okay, So we're going to
get through that. But I guess there's been a lot
going on in the last month or so since I
last spoke to you, Stephen.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
They're sure has.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
There's a lot of different things that have happened. One
of those things that has been happening is we also
have another project which is down.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
In for Credit.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
It's just at at the Credit River and Lake Shore,
immediately south of where the lighthouse is. And what that
is is Marina Park. Some people have seen some construction
activity that's been going on for about a year and
a half now, and what that is is our new
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our new park, our latest park that's coming into fruition.
We are going to have from one ramp for boats
to launch, it's going to be that ramp was moved
just a little bit. It will take in boat and
vessels to be able to launch on a daily basis.
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And then also there's going to be a non motorized
ramp for those that have kayaks and canoes for example,
so that not everybody is in the same space. They'll
get some differentiation there. And then of course I know
it's been well anticipated and it's coming. Is the charter
fisher boats are going to be back again. Also, we've
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got a parasailing company that I believe they're back.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Again as well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And also for those that like their fishing, there is
a brand new fish cleaning station that will be in
place there and all of that will be open very
very soon. We're looking to have that open as soon
as we possibly can to the public, and we're looking
at the beginning of May.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, I'll be sure not to be downwind of the
fish cleaning station, Stephen, but yeah, that sounds very exciting.
Of course, everything op up the whole waterfront there and
everything else going on into it. At the same time,
it's so nice to have Stephen here. Of course, I know, Stephen,
you've spent your whole life really in ward one specifically,
so I can throw out at you a name like
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Carmen Corbuson and you know right away who we're talking about,
what the center is all about. And we appreciate your
wealth of historical knowledge, which just lends to your credibility,
I say, as being Ward one counselor So, what else
is happening in Ward One these days? I mean, is
still everybody coming up to you at all and asking
you about the tariff situation? I realize that that is
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a national issue international really, but you know what, you're
our local politician guy, I mean in Ward One at least,
And do people come up to you and talk to
you about that sort of stuff?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Some people do.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
It's very topical right now. I think that's probably the
biggest issue that the federal candidates tend to be fielding
right now.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
We certainly get them when.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
It comes to you know, is there a preference for
buy Canadian and buying basically x us And there are
some there are some of that that we have been
working on as a city also at the region. Uh,
there's a lot of picturement that that we do at
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both levels. We've got a lot of different projects that
are happening at the city capital projects and then also
at the region, whether it's putting in new sewer pipes
and water pipes and other types of facilities, and and
so it's how and who are we buying from and
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so these always are in there, but we always look
at the bottom line for the taxpayer to make sure
that we get the best deal on top of that.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
So I know our staff.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Have been working very diligently. I know the mayor she
has been working very hard on this as well, and
she's got our full support to make sure that we
have standards in place that are going to be sensitive
to what we're going through right now. And quite frankly,
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you know show that you know, as Canadians were, we've
got a little bit of grit to us.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, I know that we could easily speak with the
Mayor Carolin Parrish on this. I will ask you, though,
as you're in counsel with all the other counselors there
and of course the mayor, if you had to describe
the temperature, so to speak, the temperature are people angry
at counsel because of what's been thrust upon us and
you guys, because it distracts you. I'm sure from your
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signed on for duties that you expect to have and
now here's this giant elephant in the room, if you will,
that now everybody has to not ignore and approach. Are
people kind of angry about this in council? How would
you describe that?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Now?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
I don't find that there's an anger towards council or
and councilors h you know that that's my personal experience.
It's there's concern, there's some some fear that's out.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
There and.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Right now it's I think overall and you even see
this from some of the uh, you know, financial pundits
that are out there. People tend to be able to.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Deal and work with what they know and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
When things tend to change frequency, that's what makes it
more difficult to be able to keep up with and
to to be able to come up with some sort
of a plan as things roll out.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Going into the federal election. How do you see the
different parties uh, in terms of this in council and Mississauga?
What do you think I mean, do you think that
the Council in Mississauga is sort of cheering for one
party or another left or right? More so because of
the Donald Trump factor, what do you think, Well, who's
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what party do you think we can work with best
here in Canada at the end of our federal election.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Well, I will say, and I will not speak for
anybody else on counsel. I'll speak for you know where
I come from and for me. You know, as I
came into office, I said, I am not going to
be of any political stripe. I don't think that there's
any benefit or merit that comes out that we can
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put forward to the residents that we're looking after. Governments
come and go, and when the governments are there, you
want to have great working relationships with them because some
of these funding streams that we that we we we
hope to get and want to get to get large
things done, we need participation by federal and provincial governments.
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And so what Hazel used to always say is give
me a group that we can work with, and I'll
tell you I have spoken to most of the local
people that are running for office, and they all have
a commitment to working on behalf of the community. And
so what I would say to all those that are listening,
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if you happen to be you know, not decided on
who you're going to vote for elections always matter and
so perhaps reaching out to one of the local candidates
to ask some questions that you might have is what
I would recommend. Always. Casting vote is always so important,
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just because there's other countries out there that people wish
they had the ability to be able to vote and
they don't have it, and we have it, and so
what's out there right now you can control your ability
to vote, and I encourage everybody to go and do that.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Switching gears a little bit, you know in the Mississauga
News and on Mississauga dot com just a couple of
days ago, MISSUS was announced. I guess that Mississauga Fire
is looking for a new leader after what appears to
be the sudden exit of the department's fire chief, Darren Rizzy.
Your response to that or was that a Was that
a shocker for you and everybody at council?
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah, it's not something that I thought was you know,
was imminent or aware of. You know, I heard about
her departure like many others and wishing her well and.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
You know all of her future endeavors.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
As a matter of fact, I recently just had a
community meeting with our acting fire chief Stefan Mellow were
in good hands with him. He he' been with the
fire department since nineteen ninety six and so he was
actually we're talking about a potential new fire hall, and
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so he was there, and you know, he answered each
and every question. We had over one hundred people in
our community meeting, and he took the time to answer
each and every question. And he was very knowledgeable as well.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
And also it looks like, i mean, this is typical
this time of year, and I'm sure in ward One
and throughout the city. But another story is that Mississauga,
the City of Mississauga has closed a number of parks
due to flooding concerns. And I'm sure that that's a
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concern where you are. I've got a short list here
Streetsville Memorial Park for example, or at least it was
over the weekend, meadow Vale Conservation Area, Arundale Park, Sawmill
Valley Trail Park there at Bernathorpe up to the Collegeway
at Credit Meadows as well, and others. I'm sure Steven,
your thoughts and concern about that and cautions for everybody.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Flooding is a significant concern. It really is to the
point where We recently just struck a storm water Advisory committee.
There was a tremendous amount of damage that had been
done this past summer in July and August, two significant
storm events that we did have, and so we have
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been working with our transportation and work staff to find
the best way, the most efficient way to get some flood.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Relief or initiatives put.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
It well, relief, but also there's some major work that
has to get done. For example, the little of Tooboco
Creek that straddles essentially Ward three in Ward one. So
Ward three being just north of Dundas, right around Dixie
and Ward one is south of Dundas, right in the
same area, and it impacts a significant amount of people
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and it's been the problematic so working to get to
get that, you know, looked after for some short term benefit,
medium turnout of course with that longer term project that
that will be a significant benefit for everybody in the
community as well. And so we struck this committee. It
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was a counselor, Chris Fonseka and myself that put the
motion forward. We had support from council. It was a
great support right across from every area of the city.
And then we're right now in the midst of putting
that advisory team together. It's and it's to be pretty
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nimble and and action oriented. So that's all coming forward.
Some of the things that that we had done because
I know there's a lot of concern. Is we put
out a thousand dollars at one time initiative that people
can send in if they were negatively impacted by flooding.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
That they could get this.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
And you might say, well, one thousand dollars is great,
but it might not cover the damage. Not intended for that.
We don't at the city have that type of financial firepower.
But what that is is it's for those that have
insurance with the deductible. It's meant to help offset the
cost of the deductible and look after some of that.
There's also some other measures that we do have for
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putting in a sump pump and other initiatives like that
backwater valve. So these are different types of things. And
again you can just feel free to go to my
website at Stephen Dasco.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Dot ca and you can find out all the information
there as well.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, right on the home page as a matter of fact,
right away, thank you for that. Steve and Stephendasco dot CA.
We're speaking with Steven Dasco, World One Counselor Mississauga and
UH moving forward here into the month of April. You
want to plug some things coming up? I mean, where
are you going to be cutting ribbons and kissing babies
and all of the cliche political things. I guess I
probably shouldn't be saying that anymore. That's not even something
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even you can't even joke about that sort of stuff
now anyway, don't even know.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Yeah, what can we say normally?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
I don't know, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Though, yes, yes, we're going.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
To be rebels, I suppose. So we we do have
some some things coming up. What I'm what I'm hoping
for is to be able to to UH to talk
about for example, Canada Day. We unfortunately last time we
were chatting, we had some some some sad news. The
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UH Paint the Town Red, which is this is a
volunteer group that year after year put their heart and
soul to bring in Canada Day celebrations into poor credit
and and for you know a few different reasons, they
weren't able to come and do what they wanted to
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this year. So they said they're looking to take a
pause this year. What we've done is, uh, we've said, look,
how can we all work together?
Speaker 3 (22:13):
And this is the Park Credit b.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I A, this is Visit Mississauga or our Tourism department,
and and also of course the Paintotown Red group sat
down and said let's how how how can we work
on this for everybody's benefit. And also the Mayor's been
very supportive. And also we do have some some great
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community groups as well that that are very supportive. So
hoping we have some great stuff to announce there very soon,
you know, just stay tuned. So that's something that we're
looking to come up with because of all years that
we need to celebrate Canada Day, norm this is that year.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
And and so we'll see if we can all be
together like we do as proud Canadians to help celebrate that.
So fingers crossed and stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, it's gonna be a big one this year for sure. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
I must mention another initiative that I have been working on.
I think I've mentioned several times on the show before
and I'll mention again is what we really do need
to is we need a police station down in the
south end of the city, and this is one that
we've got a lot of density that's.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Coming our way.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Whether we you know, we were big fans of it
or we're not. I mean, the reality is this is
what's coming, and you always want to be prepared. I
think being you know, a little bit in front of
things as opposed to behind things is always so important.
And so working very hard on getting a new police
station down in the south end of the city, and
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I'm hoping that we might be able to come up.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
With some news to share with everybody soon there.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Even I think, if I'm not mistaken, Peel Region Police
is doing a lot of hiring too, so that would
make a lot of sense if there's going to be
some sort of expansion on their locations like that. For sure.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Yeah, they are in hiring mode right now. They're trying
to bring in some more officers for this year. They're
looking at the three hundred officers that they want to bring.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
In and train.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah. Absolutely, a couple of minutes remaining here, any ice
cream parlors opening up, I mean, you know, we're always
good for some sort of like a cookie shop or
somewhere to eat. About the food.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Well, absolutely, and I don't blame you. I will tell
you that I did happen to go out very recently
with Miss Maria and actually in my mother and my
brother and we made our first trip of the year
to dairy Cream on Lake Shore, right. It is a
long standing staple in the community, and I think it
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is known right across the GTA for having great quality
ice cream and so have the first track and trip
into there. So that's one that I will definitely mention.
And of course, yeah, there's so many different places down
in the south end of the city.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
We've got Scoops as.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Well down in Court Credit and of course Baskin Robbins,
which is again another staple in the community. Right at
Applewood Plaza, Oh.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Yeah, for sure. You know, there's always something exciting going
along the strip there, if I can call it that
in a way, I mean a fantastic place to go.
It's lively restaurants. I'm glad to hear that. You know,
as spring is springing upon us a bit, we're going
to see some movement and a lot more activity and such,
and of course the ice cream places are part of
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that for sure. Anything else to look forward to, you
wanted to plug any names you want to mention anything
like that, Stephen.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Well, just marking off on your calendar. May third is
when we're looking to do the opening of Marina Park
and then stay tuned for our official opening. We do
have the carbon Corbus and Community Center is currently open,
but stay tuned for the actual opening event for that
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as well.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Oh, and I would be.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Remiss if I didn't mention that we do have towards
the end of actually beginning of May as well, is.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
We are going to have the opening.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
I believe it's on May the tenth of a kind
of a public open house for all of the new
changes that have been made to Station one oh two,
which is a fire hall right in Lakeview on Catra
right at Third Street, so essentially Costra and Lake Shore,
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and that has been made into a two bay station.
It's still one truck for right now, but it can't
handle two. But we are going to have the public
coming through and seeing that and we'll make sure that
it gets off to a proper start as well.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
That area is all is building up pretty quickly, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
A lot of different changes that are happening, and you
know it's trying.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
To be prepared.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
You know, we can control the controllable parts, and so
we'll try to be prepared. And also I will say
this happens to be a time, unfortunately, where we do
tend to see an upward tick in things like graffiti,
and as you know, I've got absolutely no tolerance for
seeing it anywhere in our community, and so I just
ask if anybody happens to come across it. Whenever I
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see it, or you know, people get have it called in.
We try to get it addressed immediately. And for those
that would like if you ever do see it, please
feel free to call in. My office number is nine
oh five eight nine to six fifty one hundred. That's
nine oh five eight nine and six five to one
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zero zero. Or of course you can email me at
my name Stephen sd E p HN dot Dasco das
KO at Mississauga dot CA.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Yep. And don't forget to pick up your garbage. I
know that you're as we all are, I mean and
certainly should be real sticklers for that. And I see
you constantly as we get into spring cleaning so to speak,
outdoors Steven after the winter and such. It's a great time,
just to remind everybody about.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
That, right, yes, and we do have some words at
spring cleanups that are coming up, and again, just feel
free to go to my website at Stephen Dasco dot
ca or as well, feel free if you have not already,
feel free to sign on to my e newsletter and
you can do that by going onto the website and registering.
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And I put out a monthly blast keeping everybody up
to date the best that I possibly can with everything
that's happening. And part of that is when we have
things like community cleanups that'll definitely be on there as well.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Stephen, thanks so much for this. I know you're very
busy and uh ongoing every single day and I don't
even I don't even often I don't even tell you
what I'm going to be talking about or asking you,
but you always handle it right away without hesitation, without
any argument or or being you know, shy about it
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so to speak. And I just want you know I
appreciate that, and anybody listening appreciates that too, that you
are very hardcore, honest. You tell it like it is,
and you tell what you're able to tell, and and
we appreciate that. Always going forward. You're the man, so listen,
have a great month in April and we'll talk to you. Wow,
the beginning of May. It's going to be Stephen.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I cannot believe where the time has gone and this
year already. We just we just need some better weather
to come along with it.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
That's right, Thank you, my friend. All the best to
you and to you, my friend.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Take care.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Stephen Dasco. Go to Stephen Dasco dot c A and
of course follow him on all your favorite social media
platform worms at Dasco Ward one. That's at Dasco Ward one.
I'm Norm Murray. This is News Talk Saga nine sixties.
Stay tuned. We'll be back right after this.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
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Speaker 2 (00:18):
I'm Norm Murray. You're listening to News Talk SAGA nine sixty.
Nice to have you long today, Good afternoon, and I
hope you're enjoying your day as they're heading into the
week here. You know, this hour is called the norm,
and this really does anything but the norm. It seems
every day, every day of the normal takes on a
whole new meaning, if there even is such a thing anymore.
All I know is this one thing that is is,
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you know, sustained in normalcy here at News Talk SAGA
nine sixty in this hour is having our friend Stephen
Dasco on the program every month. He is the Ward
one counselor in Mississauga. Go to Stephendasco dot ca for
some outstanding information about not just Ward one, but I
think miss Soasaga in general, but especially focused on Ward one,
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his ward. So it's always a pleasure to welcome him
to the program. How are you today, Stephen Dasco.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I know I'm doing terrific.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Great to hear your voice.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Thank you very much. I know you're on the road there.
I don't want any road rage while we're on the radio.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Okay, oh, absolutely not.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
I'm hands free. It's Bluetooth, so it's an absolute pleasure.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
To be chatting.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
All right. Well, thanks for being here. Here we are
at the beginning of April. I know we always get
you in here in the first few days of the
month at least anyways, to talk about what's been going
on in the past leading up to this and what's
coming up going forward anyways, but we appreciate that very much.
So how's the month of March been for you? I mean,
you went through March Break there, and I suppose some
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local activities going on. Anything you want that sticks out
in your memory right away?
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Well, what are they called the IDEs of March or
upon us? And so far I must say it's the
month of March. Was it was just a nice well
I was hoping to be a finale to winter, but
it seems to be holding on to.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Us a little bit here.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
We had really nice March Break activities and things of
that nature. And now coming into springtime now it's nice
to see that we're I feel we're almost emerging from
our winter slumber. The big kickoff, of course, is the
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Carmen Corbuson Community Center. And when city staff told me,
I said, I really wanted open in March, they said, yes, yes,
we'll get it to you in March, and they were
a little cheeky with it because they gave it to
us on March thirty first. And but we do have
Carmen Corbuson Community Center. It's back open, it's accepting people
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coming through, and we have the entire center essentially open,
except we do not have the swimming pools open yet.
They're still going through their final bit of testing and
work by the region, et cetera, and they should be
open in May.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
So those not familiar with the Carmen corbus And Community Center,
can you fill us in a little bit as to
what that's all about. And also thanks a lot for
the throwback to the word cheeky, which we just don't
hear and use often enough anymore, but.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
In old I suppose you know.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
And so with Carmen Corbuson Community Center, some might also
know it as the Cautric Community Center. It was renamed
I think somewhere around twenty twelve and twenty eleven twenty
twelve in memory of Carmen Corbuson. She was a longstanding
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executive assistant to former Councilor Harold Kennedy and then she
was a long stone and counselor in our own right
at the City of Mississauga and at the region and
sadly she passed away fairly suddenly, and the center was
renamed in her honor. And this the site if those
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that are not familiar. It's also has two skating rinks
in it, so it's a twin rink pad, twin rnk
paths that are there. It's also that a walking track.
There's a gymnasium that's got basketball and now pickleball added
into there as well.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
We do have.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Previously there was not a gym with a weight room
that that's.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Now been added in.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And there's also exercise rooms that will accommodate dance as
well that have been put in there, and brand new showers,
washrooms that have gone in also, and it's they've our
staff have done a really nice job paying tribute to
the building as it was before, but the enhancements that
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they've done to it, and that's and this is coming
from somebody that was not one hundred percent sold on
the design of what they were coming up with, and uh,
and some of our city staff said, trust us, you'll
you'll be very happy with the results.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
And uh, I think. I think they've done a wonderful job.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
And even coming in, it's very bright, its spacious, a
lot of natural light that's coming through, and and use
of some great wood as well. We've got the ceilings
are all in h in timber, raw timber. It's it's
it's quite quite nice. And when the pools are open,
they literally look right into the Kostra woods right next door,
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and it's it's quite the sight to behold.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Sounds like it. I'm also reading on your website, Stephen
Dasco dot ca A, there's a brand new lane pool
for fitness and recreation and what is the now the
largest therapeutic pool in the entire city, which is designed
for health and wellness programs. Who can access this remarkable
community center here, Stephen.
Speaker 3 (06:11):
It is open to the public.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
You can go check online or feel free walk in,
have a look at the center itself, go up to
the desk. Their staff there are super friendly and helpful,
and they also have kind of a welcoming person there
that's there right now that will just come and give
you an orientation of the center. There's different memberships that
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you can get. There's single use, but there's also memberships
that you can have and as of April first, basic
memberships for our community centers for those that are sixty
five years of age and older is free in the
City of Mississauga.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Well, thank you for that. I think a lot of
people are very very happy. But that that is money
well bent by the sounds of it there and it
even makes people from other wards want to, I'm sure
come and visit. Also, that's the Carmen Corbus and Community
Center that is now open. And there's a great picture
of you, although you look pretty small next to the
giant community center that this isn't a photograph, it's really
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something there. Oh my, that's good.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
It is quite beautiful. And I will also say the
memberships that you can get are you can walk in
with your card. If you do have a membership, you
can walk in with your card to any one of
our city facilities and go and use them.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Awesome. Great to hear that. We're speaking with Steven Dasco,
the Ward one councilor in Mississauga. And of course he
joins us every month around about the beginning of the
month or so to let us know what's happening in
ward one and we talk about the city in general.
I suppose sometimes, but there's always something going on in
your area, especially now the weather is starting to change
a little bit. I know some days are colder than others.
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Even well, look, I mean snow in April is not unusual.
Just remember that, and that's okay, So we're going to
get through that. But I guess there's been a lot
going on in the last month or so since I
last spoke to you, Stephen.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
They're sure has.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
There's a lot of different things that have happened. One
of those things that has been happening is we also
have another project which is down.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
In for Credit.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
It's just at at the Credit River and Lake Shore,
immediately south of where the lighthouse is. And what that
is is Marina Park. Some people have seen some construction
activity that's been going on for about a year and
a half now, and what that is is our new
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our new park, our latest park that's coming into fruition.
We are going to have from one ramp for boats
to launch, it's going to be that ramp was moved
just a little bit. It will take in boat and
vessels to be able to launch on a daily basis.
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And then also there's going to be a non motorized
ramp for those that have kayaks and canoes for example,
so that not everybody is in the same space. They'll
get some differentiation there. And then of course I know
it's been well anticipated and it's coming. Is the charter
fisher boats are going to be back again. Also, we've
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got a parasailing company that I believe they're back.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Again as well.
Speaker 1 (09:33):
And also for those that like their fishing, there is
a brand new fish cleaning station that will be in
place there and all of that will be open very
very soon. We're looking to have that open as soon
as we possibly can to the public, and we're looking
at the beginning of May.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
Okay, I'll be sure not to be downwind of the
fish cleaning station, Stephen, but yeah, that sounds very exciting.
Of course, everything op up the whole waterfront there and
everything else going on into it. At the same time,
it's so nice to have Stephen here. Of course, I know, Stephen,
you've spent your whole life really in ward one specifically,
so I can throw out at you a name like
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Carmen Corbuson and you know right away who we're talking about,
what the center is all about. And we appreciate your
wealth of historical knowledge, which just lends to your credibility,
I say, as being Ward one counselor So, what else
is happening in Ward One these days? I mean, is
still everybody coming up to you at all and asking
you about the tariff situation? I realize that that is
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a national issue international really, but you know what, you're
our local politician guy, I mean in Ward One at least,
And do people come up to you and talk to
you about that sort of stuff?
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Some people do.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
It's very topical right now. I think that's probably the
biggest issue that the federal candidates tend to be fielding
right now.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
We certainly get them when.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
It comes to you know, is there a preference for
buy Canadian and buying basically x us And there are
some there are some of that that we have been
working on as a city also at the region. Uh,
there's a lot of picturement that that we do at
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both levels. We've got a lot of different projects that
are happening at the city capital projects and then also
at the region, whether it's putting in new sewer pipes
and water pipes and other types of facilities, and and
so it's how and who are we buying from and
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so these always are in there, but we always look
at the bottom line for the taxpayer to make sure
that we get the best deal on top of that.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
So I know our staff.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Have been working very diligently. I know the mayor she
has been working very hard on this as well, and
she's got our full support to make sure that we
have standards in place that are going to be sensitive
to what we're going through right now. And quite frankly,
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you know show that you know, as Canadians were, we've
got a little bit of grit to us.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yeah, I know that we could easily speak with the
Mayor Carolin Parrish on this. I will ask you, though,
as you're in counsel with all the other counselors there
and of course the mayor, if you had to describe
the temperature, so to speak, the temperature are people angry
at counsel because of what's been thrust upon us and
you guys, because it distracts you. I'm sure from your
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signed on for duties that you expect to have and
now here's this giant elephant in the room, if you will,
that now everybody has to not ignore and approach. Are
people kind of angry about this in council? How would
you describe that?
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Now?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
I don't find that there's an anger towards council or
and councilors h you know that that's my personal experience.
It's there's concern, there's some some fear that's out.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
There and.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
Right now it's I think overall and you even see
this from some of the uh, you know, financial pundits
that are out there. People tend to be able to.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Deal and work with what they know and.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
When things tend to change frequency, that's what makes it
more difficult to be able to keep up with and
to to be able to come up with some sort
of a plan as things roll out.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
Going into the federal election. How do you see the
different parties uh, in terms of this in council and Mississauga?
What do you think I mean, do you think that
the Council in Mississauga is sort of cheering for one
party or another left or right? More so because of
the Donald Trump factor, what do you think, Well, who's
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what party do you think we can work with best
here in Canada at the end of our federal election.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
Well, I will say, and I will not speak for
anybody else on counsel. I'll speak for you know where
I come from and for me. You know, as I
came into office, I said, I am not going to
be of any political stripe. I don't think that there's
any benefit or merit that comes out that we can
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put forward to the residents that we're looking after. Governments
come and go, and when the governments are there, you
want to have great working relationships with them because some
of these funding streams that we that we we we
hope to get and want to get to get large
things done, we need participation by federal and provincial governments.
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And so what Hazel used to always say is give
me a group that we can work with, and I'll
tell you I have spoken to most of the local
people that are running for office, and they all have
a commitment to working on behalf of the community. And
so what I would say to all those that are listening,
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if you happen to be you know, not decided on
who you're going to vote for elections always matter and
so perhaps reaching out to one of the local candidates
to ask some questions that you might have is what
I would recommend. Always. Casting vote is always so important,
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just because there's other countries out there that people wish
they had the ability to be able to vote and
they don't have it, and we have it, and so
what's out there right now you can control your ability
to vote, and I encourage everybody to go and do that.
Speaker 2 (16:08):
Switching gears a little bit, you know in the Mississauga
News and on Mississauga dot com just a couple of
days ago, MISSUS was announced. I guess that Mississauga Fire
is looking for a new leader after what appears to
be the sudden exit of the department's fire chief, Darren Rizzy.
Your response to that or was that a Was that
a shocker for you and everybody at council?
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Yeah, it's not something that I thought was you know,
was imminent or aware of. You know, I heard about
her departure like many others and wishing her well and.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
You know all of her future endeavors.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
As a matter of fact, I recently just had a
community meeting with our acting fire chief Stefan Mellow were
in good hands with him. He he' been with the
fire department since nineteen ninety six and so he was
actually we're talking about a potential new fire hall, and
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so he was there, and you know, he answered each
and every question. We had over one hundred people in
our community meeting, and he took the time to answer
each and every question. And he was very knowledgeable as well.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
And also it looks like, i mean, this is typical
this time of year, and I'm sure in ward One
and throughout the city. But another story is that Mississauga,
the City of Mississauga has closed a number of parks
due to flooding concerns. And I'm sure that that's a
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concern where you are. I've got a short list here
Streetsville Memorial Park for example, or at least it was
over the weekend, meadow Vale Conservation Area, Arundale Park, Sawmill
Valley Trail Park there at Bernathorpe up to the Collegeway
at Credit Meadows as well, and others. I'm sure Steven,
your thoughts and concern about that and cautions for everybody.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Flooding is a significant concern. It really is to the
point where We recently just struck a storm water Advisory committee.
There was a tremendous amount of damage that had been
done this past summer in July and August, two significant
storm events that we did have, and so we have
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been working with our transportation and work staff to find
the best way, the most efficient way to get some flood.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
Relief or initiatives put.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
It well, relief, but also there's some major work that
has to get done. For example, the little of Tooboco
Creek that straddles essentially Ward three in Ward one. So
Ward three being just north of Dundas, right around Dixie
and Ward one is south of Dundas, right in the
same area, and it impacts a significant amount of people
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and it's been the problematic so working to get to
get that, you know, looked after for some short term benefit,
medium turnout of course with that longer term project that
that will be a significant benefit for everybody in the
community as well. And so we struck this committee. It
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was a counselor, Chris Fonseka and myself that put the
motion forward. We had support from council. It was a
great support right across from every area of the city.
And then we're right now in the midst of putting
that advisory team together. It's and it's to be pretty
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nimble and and action oriented. So that's all coming forward.
Some of the things that that we had done because
I know there's a lot of concern. Is we put
out a thousand dollars at one time initiative that people
can send in if they were negatively impacted by flooding.
Speaker 3 (20:08):
That they could get this.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
And you might say, well, one thousand dollars is great,
but it might not cover the damage. Not intended for that.
We don't at the city have that type of financial firepower.
But what that is is it's for those that have
insurance with the deductible. It's meant to help offset the
cost of the deductible and look after some of that.
There's also some other measures that we do have for
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putting in a sump pump and other initiatives like that
backwater valve. So these are different types of things. And
again you can just feel free to go to my
website at Stephen Dasco.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Dot ca and you can find out all the information
there as well.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Yeah, right on the home page as a matter of fact,
right away, thank you for that. Steve and Stephendasco dot CA.
We're speaking with Steven Dasco, World One Counselor Mississauga and
UH moving forward here into the month of April. You
want to plug some things coming up? I mean, where
are you going to be cutting ribbons and kissing babies
and all of the cliche political things. I guess I
probably shouldn't be saying that anymore. That's not even something
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even you can't even joke about that sort of stuff
now anyway, don't even know.
Speaker 1 (21:15):
Yeah, what can we say normally?
Speaker 2 (21:17):
I don't know, you know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (21:20):
Though, yes, yes, we're going.
Speaker 1 (21:23):
To be rebels, I suppose. So we we do have
some some things coming up. What I'm what I'm hoping
for is to be able to to UH to talk
about for example, Canada Day. We unfortunately last time we
were chatting, we had some some some sad news. The
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UH Paint the Town Red, which is this is a
volunteer group that year after year put their heart and
soul to bring in Canada Day celebrations into poor credit
and and for you know a few different reasons, they
weren't able to come and do what they wanted to
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this year. So they said they're looking to take a
pause this year. What we've done is, uh, we've said, look,
how can we all work together?
Speaker 3 (22:13):
And this is the Park Credit b.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I A, this is Visit Mississauga or our Tourism department,
and and also of course the Paintotown Red group sat
down and said let's how how how can we work
on this for everybody's benefit. And also the Mayor's been
very supportive. And also we do have some some great
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community groups as well that that are very supportive. So
hoping we have some great stuff to announce there very soon,
you know, just stay tuned. So that's something that we're
looking to come up with because of all years that
we need to celebrate Canada Day, norm this is that year.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
It really is.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
And and so we'll see if we can all be
together like we do as proud Canadians to help celebrate that.
So fingers crossed and stay tuned.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, it's gonna be a big one this year for sure. Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
I must mention another initiative that I have been working on.
I think I've mentioned several times on the show before
and I'll mention again is what we really do need
to is we need a police station down in the
south end of the city, and this is one that
we've got a lot of density that's.
Speaker 3 (23:32):
Coming our way.
Speaker 1 (23:33):
Whether we you know, we were big fans of it
or we're not. I mean, the reality is this is
what's coming, and you always want to be prepared. I
think being you know, a little bit in front of
things as opposed to behind things is always so important.
And so working very hard on getting a new police
station down in the south end of the city, and
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I'm hoping that we might be able to come up.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
With some news to share with everybody soon there.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Even I think, if I'm not mistaken, Peel Region Police
is doing a lot of hiring too, so that would
make a lot of sense if there's going to be
some sort of expansion on their locations like that. For sure.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
Yeah, they are in hiring mode right now. They're trying
to bring in some more officers for this year. They're
looking at the three hundred officers that they want to bring.
Speaker 3 (24:19):
In and train.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Yeah. Absolutely, a couple of minutes remaining here, any ice
cream parlors opening up, I mean, you know, we're always
good for some sort of like a cookie shop or
somewhere to eat. About the food.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Well, absolutely, and I don't blame you. I will tell
you that I did happen to go out very recently
with Miss Maria and actually in my mother and my
brother and we made our first trip of the year
to dairy Cream on Lake Shore, right. It is a
long standing staple in the community, and I think it
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is known right across the GTA for having great quality
ice cream and so have the first track and trip
into there. So that's one that I will definitely mention.
And of course, yeah, there's so many different places down
in the south end of the city.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
We've got Scoops as.
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Well down in Court Credit and of course Baskin Robbins,
which is again another staple in the community. Right at
Applewood Plaza, Oh.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
Yeah, for sure. You know, there's always something exciting going
along the strip there, if I can call it that
in a way, I mean a fantastic place to go.
It's lively restaurants. I'm glad to hear that. You know,
as spring is springing upon us a bit, we're going
to see some movement and a lot more activity and such,
and of course the ice cream places are part of
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that for sure. Anything else to look forward to, you
wanted to plug any names you want to mention anything
like that, Stephen.
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Well, just marking off on your calendar. May third is
when we're looking to do the opening of Marina Park
and then stay tuned for our official opening. We do
have the carbon Corbus and Community Center is currently open,
but stay tuned for the actual opening event for that
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as well.
Speaker 3 (26:16):
Oh, and I would be.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
Remiss if I didn't mention that we do have towards
the end of actually beginning of May as well, is.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
We are going to have the opening.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
I believe it's on May the tenth of a kind
of a public open house for all of the new
changes that have been made to Station one oh two,
which is a fire hall right in Lakeview on Catra
right at Third Street, so essentially Costra and Lake Shore,
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and that has been made into a two bay station.
It's still one truck for right now, but it can't
handle two. But we are going to have the public
coming through and seeing that and we'll make sure that
it gets off to a proper start as well.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
That area is all is building up pretty quickly, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (27:08):
A lot of different changes that are happening, and you
know it's trying.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
To be prepared.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
You know, we can control the controllable parts, and so
we'll try to be prepared. And also I will say
this happens to be a time, unfortunately, where we do
tend to see an upward tick in things like graffiti,
and as you know, I've got absolutely no tolerance for
seeing it anywhere in our community, and so I just
ask if anybody happens to come across it. Whenever I
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see it, or you know, people get have it called in.
We try to get it addressed immediately. And for those
that would like if you ever do see it, please
feel free to call in. My office number is nine
oh five eight nine to six fifty one hundred. That's
nine oh five eight nine and six five to one
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zero zero. Or of course you can email me at
my name Stephen sd E p HN dot Dasco das
KO at Mississauga dot CA.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Yep. And don't forget to pick up your garbage. I
know that you're as we all are, I mean and
certainly should be real sticklers for that. And I see
you constantly as we get into spring cleaning so to speak,
outdoors Steven after the winter and such. It's a great time,
just to remind everybody about.
Speaker 1 (28:27):
That, right, yes, and we do have some words at
spring cleanups that are coming up, and again, just feel
free to go to my website at Stephen Dasco dot
ca or as well, feel free if you have not already,
feel free to sign on to my e newsletter and
you can do that by going onto the website and registering.
(28:47):
And I put out a monthly blast keeping everybody up
to date the best that I possibly can with everything
that's happening. And part of that is when we have
things like community cleanups that'll definitely be on there as well.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Stephen, thanks so much for this. I know you're very
busy and uh ongoing every single day and I don't
even I don't even often I don't even tell you
what I'm going to be talking about or asking you,
but you always handle it right away without hesitation, without
any argument or or being you know, shy about it
(29:19):
so to speak. And I just want you know I
appreciate that, and anybody listening appreciates that too, that you
are very hardcore, honest. You tell it like it is,
and you tell what you're able to tell, and and
we appreciate that. Always going forward. You're the man, so listen,
have a great month in April and we'll talk to you. Wow,
the beginning of May. It's going to be Stephen.
Speaker 1 (29:42):
I cannot believe where the time has gone and this
year already. We just we just need some better weather
to come along with it.
Speaker 2 (29:48):
That's right, Thank you, my friend. All the best to
you and to you, my friend.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Take care.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Stephen Dasco. Go to Stephen Dasco dot c A and
of course follow him on all your favorite social media
platform worms at Dasco Ward one. That's at Dasco Ward one.
I'm Norm Murray. This is News Talk Saga nine sixties.
Stay tuned. We'll be back right after this.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Stream us live at Saga nine sixty am dot CA
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