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Municipal/politics reporter for @MissiNewsRoom , @BmptGuardian , @CaledonNews and sometimes appearing in @TorontoStar .

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@steve_cornwell
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10 months
BREAKING: #Mississauga Mayor @BonnieCrombie will use her strong-mayor powers to override council's vote last week that ended with a motion supporting 4-plexes failing to pass. Wording of the override below. She tells me she has spoken with @SeanFraserMP .
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@steve_cornwell
steve cornwell
10 months
NEW: In the fallout of #Mississauga council not passing a motion showing support for 4-plex homes, the city has been denied housing funding from the federal government, believed to be $120M. I hear this letter from @SeanFraserMP was sent to council around 5 p.m. #Missipoli
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@steve_cornwell
steve cornwell
10 months
NEW: In the fallout of #Mississauga council not passing a motion showing support for 4-plex homes, the city has been denied housing funding from the federal government, believed to be $120M. I hear this letter from @SeanFraserMP was sent to council around 5 p.m. #Missipoli
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steve cornwell
2 months
Councillors @AlvinTedjo and @DaskoWard1 , who were also mayoral candidates, congratulating #Mississauga mayor-elect @carolynhparrish . Ward 7 Coun. and mayoral candidate @DipikaDamerla attended this morning’s meeting virtually.
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steve cornwell
8 months
I’m set up at #Mississauga council where a tearful Mayor Bonnie Crombie is announcing she’s resigning effective Jan. 12. Says this will be her last council meeting
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steve cornwell
2 years
Newly minted #Mississauga Ward 9 Coun. Martin Reid documenting the trials and tribulations of traveling from #Mississauga to #Brampton , roughly an hour and a half on public transit. Not sure I've heard of many other Missi councillors taking public transit.
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Martin Reid
2 years
First stop Meadowvale Town Centre! I am taking the @citymississauga bus to the @regionofpeel inaugural council meeting this morning. We gotta walk the walk if we are going to bring about change where our Ward 9, Mississauga & ROP residents need it. #bettereveryday #itskindacold
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steve cornwell
3 months
Tuned into #Mississauga council and @Chris_Fonseca3 is blasting @DipikaDamerla for pledge to shutdown the Bloor Street Integrated project. Says making the reversal of a council decision a central part of her campaign and signing a petition against the project 'lacks integrity'
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steve cornwell
2 years
Meanwhile, #COVID19 indicators could be on the rise for the first time since the peak of #Omicron wave at the start of 2022, according to a recent #Peel Health wastewater report.
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steve cornwell
3 months
. @carolynhparrish has confirmed with me that her social media post 'respectfully declining all debates' includes tonight's @MoreHomesSauga event, slated to start in about 2.5 hours.
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New: Most #Mississauga seniors have moved out after a Chartwell retirement home in the city issued eviction notices in March. But some impacted families say they haven't moved on from their fight for more protections for elderly tenants.
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steve cornwell
2 years
This is a first. My story about a #Mississauga residents group claiming that a planned bike lane would violate their charter rights has made a list of 'bonkers stuff' on @cracked .
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6 months
Growing crowd in the clerks office, including Stephen Dasko, Peter McCallion, Carolyn Parrish and Alvin Tedjo lined up to make their #Mississauga mayoral runs official.
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steve cornwell
2 years
Looks like @JoeHorneck is ahead of @RonStarr6 by a few thousand votes in the #Mississauga Ward 6 election, looks to be the only challenger leading an incumbent across the city at this point. #Missipoli
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steve cornwell
3 years
Some personal news: I’ve got #COVID19 and I’m resting and listening to the white saviours from @CANADALAND , which is an excellent podcast.
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steve cornwell
11 months
Set up at the #Mississauga Council meeting this morn, which has a packed agenda. PS I’m still @MissiNewsRoom thanks for all who reached out with their concerns
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie called for patience as the mask mandate ended and said there will be different comfort levels. "If you choose not to wear a mask in settings that don’t require one, that’s OK,” she said. “If you choose to wear one, that’s OK too.”
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steve cornwell
3 months
NEW: The city says voter turnout in the first 3 days of advance polls in #Mississauga 's mayoral and Ward 5 byelections is up 42 per cent compared to the first three days in the 2022 general election.
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steve cornwell
7 months
NEW: Ward 2 Councillor @AlvinTedjo says he's running for #Mississauga mayor in the upcoming byelection. He's the fourth councillor who has pledged to join the race to succeed Bonnie Crombie.
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steve cornwell
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In other #Mississauga council news, they have voted to boost @MiWayHelps transit hours by an additional 57K hours. Once in effect, city transit hours will have been boosted by eight per cent or 114k, over 2023.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga council has voted to align w/ Ontario gov & rescind its local indoor mask bylaw. The province lifted mask mandates March 21 in most indoor spaces & city staff said they've seen 'difficult behaviour' from the public while local rules remained.
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steve cornwell
3 months
New #Mississauga mayoral debate announced. It will be moderated by @ahmadelbayoumi
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steve cornwell
2 months
Stage is set for Mayor-Elect @carolynhparrish ’s and new Ward 5 Councillor @HartNatalieA ’s inauguration. Room is filling up
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steve cornwell
3 months
. @MoreHomesSauga mayoral debate underway with two candidates @DipikaDamerla and @AlvinTedjo . @carolynhparrish announced a few hours before the event she was not participating in the rest of #Mississauga mayoral byelection debates.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga @Food_Bank CEO @meghanleen in @macleans on deepening poverty in her city and elsewhere. 'When people start telling us they’re going to end their life because they can’t live in poverty anymore, it’s clear that we’ve failed them.'
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steve cornwell
5 years
Touched by tragedy, the Snobelen Farms @KMHA_Kinucks Bantam C team kept together, kept going and kept winning until the end.
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steve cornwell
2 months
Much deeper voting line up at the Frank Mckechnie community centre in #Mississauga . Approximately 100 in line with more folks filling in. Line looks to be moving well though with about an 1.5 before polls close
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steve cornwell
3 months
. @mattmahoney_8 says he backs Fonseca's comments and is 'greatly concerned' about @DipikaDamerla 's pledge and says he will be raising the issue as a potential code of conduct violation at the next governance meeting.
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steve cornwell
4 years
NEW: 11 confirmed #COVID19 cases on @citymississauga 's @MississaugaFES , but union president @chrisvarcoe1 is concerned more firefighters could test positive for the virus soon.
@MissiNewsRoom
The Mississauga News
4 years
BREAKING: #Mississauga confirms 11 fire service staff test positive for #COVID19
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steve cornwell
2 months
NEW: MiWay transit workers have 'overwhelmingly' rejected #Mississauga 's contract offer and the union representing them says strike action is on the table.
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steve cornwell
2 months
Members of #Mississauga ’s MiWay transit union are set up outside tonight’s mayoral inauguration. Earlier this month we learned that ATU 1572 members rejected the city’s contract offer and the could soon be in a position to strike if a deal isn’t reached.
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steve cornwell
3 months
'Nobody wants to see a bus driving by already full, and we’re seeing that kind of thing a bit too often.' New: #Mississauga transit getting a $2.7 million boost as service hours near 2018 levels again.
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steve cornwell
5 years
I haven't seen #Mississauga city council buzzing like it was yesterday w/ @superfan_nav on hand to deliver $150K for new basketball courts in #Malton 's Paul Coffey Park
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steve cornwell
2 months
. @carolynhparrish enters the room to we are the champions by Queen
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steve cornwell
2 months
Will voters come to the polls in one of the most important elections in the City of Mississauga’s 50-year history? A few things to know about Mississauga's voter turnout ahead of the June 10 byelection.
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steve cornwell
1 year
Absolutely rammed #Mississauga council chambers ahead of tonight’s planning and development meeting.
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steve cornwell
2 years
Packed house at Clarke Hall in #Portcredit for the #Mississauga Lakeshore debate. Around 125 people attending by my rough estimate.
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steve cornwell
2 months
For those constantly hitting refresh on the city's strong-mayor decisions page as yesterday's news was unfolding. Posted as of this morning, Mayor @carolynhparrish reversed a @BonnieCrombie move last year to delegate hiring/firing to the city manager.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga Mayor @BonnieCrombie showing support for Ward 6 council candidate @JoeHorneck , who is taking on incumbent @RonStarr6 . The latter is accused of vandalizing a former Councillor’s SUV. #Missipoli
@JoeHorneck
Joe Horneck
2 years
Wonderful support from @BonnieCrombie knocking doors in Ward 6 yesterday. We listened to residents about their issues and how we need a change in the ward.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Brampton councillor @councillorjeff pleading with the province to not extend strong mayor powers to his city and for the Ontario Ombudsman to finish audits on the Brampton university project that were recently shutdown by council vote.
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steve cornwell
3 years
Good morning! I'm anticipating another day of covering fallout from allegations that a #Mississauga councillor keyed another councillor's car last year. Today, the city's integrity commissioner will appear before council to answer Qs about why the incident wasn't investigated.
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steve cornwell
1 year
New: #Mississauga ’s bike lanes on Bloor Street battle set to commence next week at general committee with city staff now recommending 2 single direction cycle lanes and 3 vehicle lanes. #bikemississauga
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steve cornwell
2 years
BREAKING: Statement from the city solicitor says the report investigating allegations that #Mississauga councillor @RonStarr6 keyed former councillor Karen Ras's vehicle has been submitted by the city's integrity commissioner, Robert Swayze and will be presented next week.
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steve cornwell
2 months
There’s a special guest in #Mississauga council chambers this morning with mayor-elect @carolynhparrish in the house “with no key card.” Her inauguration is set for later this month.
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steve cornwell
1 year
@Chris_Fonseca3 @JohnKovac4 @DipikaDamerla @carolynhparrish Fonseca is moving the staff report recommendation, which would approve recommendation 6 on Bloor Street. It's approved. Bike lanes, and a reduction of the roadway to two travel lanes and a centre turning lane coming to Bloor Street in #Mississauga . Vote passes 6-4.
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steve cornwell
2 years
Tuned into #Mississauga council this morn for a busy agenda. @JonathanGiggs asks for council to start recording, streaming & posting all committee and advisory meetings the city holds. Notes (I've been there) unless you virtually attend these meetings, there's no detailed record.
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steve cornwell
6 months
Should be an interesting day in #Mississauga politics! At least a handful mayoral hopefuls are expected officially register in the upcoming byelection starting at 3pm. I’ll have updates along the way
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steve cornwell
4 months
I’m hovering around #Mississauga ’s clerk’s office just in case there’s any last minute candidate sign ups or withdrawals. Candidates for the city’s mayoral and Ward 5 byelections have until 2pm to register.
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steve cornwell
2 months
. @CBCToronto projecting @carolynhparrish as #Mississauga mayor. Here’s the reaction from the room
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steve cornwell
3 years
Over 25,000 votes in #Peel ridings are mail-in ballots or have been dropped off at @ElectionsCan_E offices, they'll be counted later this week. Ridings where there is a close race and thousands of mail-in ballots could mean there's no official results tonight.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie will soon be chair of @ONBigCityMayors taking over for #Guelph Mayor @CamGuthrie . Group aims to advocate to the province for the interests of 29 cities with 100K people or more. Interesting time in #Ontario & municipal relations to take the role.
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Bonnie Crombie 🇨🇦
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A big thanks to outgoing @ONBigCityMayors Chair @CamGuthrie for his leadership this year. As incoming Chair, I’m thrilled to work closely with Vice Chair @MariannMeedWard as the voice for big cities across this province and to address the issues most important to our residents.
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steve cornwell
1 month
NEW: After taking back the authority to hire/fire a number of #Mississauga staff last month, Mayor @carolynhparrish has redelegated that power back to the city manager/CAO. She retains power to appoint/remove the city's most senior staff. No mention of power to set org. structure
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steve cornwell
3 years
INBOX: #Peel reaches over 1 million #COVID19Vaccine doses administered. That means roughly 70% of #Brampton #Caledon and #Mississauga 's estimated population has first doses.
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steve cornwell
3 years
INBOX: Former #Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion received her second dose of #COVID19Vaccine today, a spokesperson from @THP_hospital tells me.
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steve cornwell
2 years
. @RonStarr6 currently under investigation for by the city's integrity commissioner for allegedly keying a colleague's car last year is back in person and chairing today's #Mississauga general committee meeting.
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steve cornwell
9 months
At the Port Credit Legion tonight in #Mississauga for a presentation on how the Brightwater development is changing. The developer group behind the project is planning to increase the # of residential units by almost 900, and an increase of heights in some areas of the project.
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steve cornwell
2 years
Set up at Mississauga city council this morning where the report on @RonStarr6 alleged keying of @Karen_Ras905 will be discussed. Starr is facing a possible pay suspension, depending on council’s decision.
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steve cornwell
2 months
NEW: More movement among senior #Mississauga staff. Following the departure of @andra_maxwell , Mayor @carolynhparrish has appointed @TudinoDomenic as interim city solicitor.
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steve cornwell
2 years
#Mississauga Councillor @JoeHorneck holding a community safety meeting along with @PeelPolice and @PeelCrimeStopp tonight at the River Grove CC. Horneck's team tells me that the meeting is to address safety concerns raised at the door during the 2022 election. #Missipoli
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steve cornwell
2 months
More shuffling in #Mississauga @carolynhparrish uses her strong-mayor powers again. Sam Rogers in as commish of transportation and works, replacing Geoff Wright who was moved to CAO last week. @EmmaCalvert76 in to replace Rogers as director of infrastructure and planning services
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steve cornwell
2 years
Another cyclist hit and transported to hospital this week in #Mississauga . Follows the death of an elderly cyclist Tuesday, a fatal hit and run of a pedestrian Thursday.
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steve cornwell
10 months
New: Federal housing minister @SeanFraserMP appears to be warming to giving #Mississauga housing accelerator funding after today’s 4-plex directive from Mayor Crombie.
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Sean Fraser
10 months
Great to see that Mississauga will be moving forward on four units as-of-right, along with our other recommendations.   I will be very excited to share news with the City next time I’m in town!   This is how we #LegalizeHousing .
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steve cornwell
3 years
NEW: @RonStarr6 asked to step back from #Mississauga council amid allegations that he vandalized a fellow councillor's vehicle. #Missipoli
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The Mississauga News
3 years
BREAKING: #Mississauga councillor accused of vandalizing a former colleague’s car has been asked to take a leave of absence while the incident is investigated. #Missipoli
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Parts of several #Mississauga roads closed amid major flooding in the city. Plenty of parks and trails closed too.
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