News Clippings
August 15
Gallanough Park flood plans will go before council, Shefman promises (Yorkregion.com)
Top 7 things that tick off your neighbours in York Region (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora will spend $17M on new joint operations centre (Yorkregion.com)
Smart meters in western Canada different those than in Ontario (TheBarrieExaminer.com)
OPP costs to go up in most municipalities (YorkRegion.com)
Burlington to seek provincial flood relief (YorkRegion.com)
York Region inspectors make sure your roads are safe (YorkRegion.com)
PM Harper in Vaughan last night (YorkRegion.com)
Harper visit has campaign feel (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora group provides boost for Images for Life (YorkRegion.com)
Coun. Kehoe unrepentant, despite integrity verdict (Simcoe.com)
Higher costs bring down Hydro One profits (YorkRegion.com)
Toronto considers moving parking disputes out of courts (CityNews.ca)
August 14
Paying for growth: Barrie reviews development charges (NRU)
Property tax decreases: 2014 residential and multi-residential rates (NRU)
Vaughan sports memorabilia collector reaches fundraiser goal (YorkRegion.com)
Report outlines how PowerStream handled 2013 ice storm (YorkRegion.com)
Just Two Days Left to Apply to York Region’s YEDIInstitute Fall 2014 Cohort (betakit.com)
York Region sending star power to gymnastics meet (YorkRegion.com)
Break and enters on the rise in Vaughan, residents urged to be vigilant (canindia.com)
Barrie Councillor Strachan apologizes for error (simcoe.com)
PM to make evening appearance at 'Members Event' in Vaughan (cbc.ca)
Ontario health minister studying e-cigarettes as Toronto mulls ban (thestar.com)
Signs warn of quicksand in the GTA — but how real is the threat? (thestar.com)
August 13
Electronic cigarette ban on table at Aurora council Tuesday (Yorkregion.com)
Top 6: Things to do to stem potential flooding in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
Wiggins returns to Vaughan roots amid trade rumours (YorkRegion.com)
Thornhill firm fined after worker dies on job site (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan seniors home project marks milestone for Vietnamese Canadian community (metronews.ca)
Walk, ride, rock out: Event marks impending completion of Hwy. 404 extension (YorkRegion.com)
West Nile virus found in Toronto mosquitoes (YorkRegion.com)
Urban living distracts us from driving (thestar.com)
Wi-Fi coming to subway downtown (thestar.com)
City of Toronto policy nearly foils plans for a Salvador Allende street (thestar.com)
Stay-at-home dad says city swim policy is discriminatory (thestar.com)
August 12
Will Toronto's ambitious push to grow its urban canopy pay off? (Theglobeandmail.com)
Affordable housing gets $801-million pledge from Ottawa, Queen’s Park (Thestar.com)
Thornhill boy enjoying special Crohn’s summer camp (YorkRegion.com)
Georgina, Markham, Vaughan facilities slapped with health violations (YorkRegion.com)
Orillia councillors contravened code of conduct: integrity commissioner (simcoe.com)
Seniors home project marks milestone for Vietnamese Canadian community (thestar.com)
August 11
Vaughan writer lays bare biggest human tragedy for millennials (YorkRegion.com)
York Regional Police chief in favour of ticketing marijuana users (YorkRegion.com)
Emerald ash borer a costly pest to Toronto tree canopy (cbc.ca)
Say yes to a made-in-Canada wedding dress (theglobeandmail.com)
Most in Brampton want Mayor Susan Fennell to quit: poll (thestar.com)
Municipal workers battle pension reform (YorkRegion.com)
Pretty Orangeville properties to get nod from local Communities in Bloom committee (Orangeville.com)
Caledon dentist fighting MTO over driveway width (thestar.com)
Will new streetcars, in the end, be motorists’ friend? (thestar.com)
Ontario electrical utilities still seeking answers on smart meters (thestar.com)
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