News Clippings

August 22

Commercial and industrial property taxes: GTHA RATES DECREASE (NRU)

Cars, yards top your complaints, Stouffville (YorkRegion.com)

Celebrate Community Growing to Give Day in Thornhill (YorkRegion.com)

Drivers face several road closures along major routes in Vaughan (YorkRegion.com)

Programs help ease transition for newcomer students (YorkRegion.com)

Viral ALS challenge raises bucketsful of donations, awareness (YorkRegion.com)

Georgina committed to resource centre at Sutton school site (YorkRegion.com)

Why the city is cutting down trees on Wellington St. (GlobalNews.ca)

Longo's opens new, expanded store in Woodbridge (YorkRegion.com)

Register now for CIBC Run for the Cure in Vaughan (YorkRegion.com)

Subway extension to Vaughan could be delayed as TTC sues contractor for missed deadlines (NationalPost.com)

5 things you might not know about clock towers in the GTA (TheStar.com)

Brampton councillors allegedly misled on $500-million development deal (TheStar.com)

August 21

Recycle junk mail from super mailboxes, Vaughan, or face fines (YorkRegion.com)

TTC launches $10M lawsuit against contractor managing Vaughan's subway station (YorkRegion.com)

$17M Aurora operations centre approved (YorkRegion.com)

Vaughan baseball event for kids with autism hits it out of the park (YorkRegion.com)

404 opening means big change (YorkRegion.com)

Stouffville bylaw officer honoured for turning parking complaint into character moment (YorkRegion.com)

August 20

Athlete of the Week: Jacqueline Rasenberg (CityNews.ca)

Vaughan's Tony Gil makes history with first-ever youth Olympics hole-in-one (YorkRegion.com)

New facilities make Oak Ridges town’s jewel (YorkRegion.com)

Conservatives defend CRA's charity audits (YorkRegion.com)

Rob Ford faces new conflict of interest allegations over vote on wastewater program (TheStar.com)

Wynne won't say whether she'll ban e-cigs (YorkRegion.com)

TTC sues contractor over Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station (CBC.ca)

August 19

Marr named to top CCAC health role (YorkRegion.com)

No bids for construction work in Stouffville park (YorkRegion.com)

Teamwork key as United Way dragon boats paddle for a good cause (YorkRegion.com)

Cost of fire, police unsustainable, AMO president says (TheStar.com)

Details on Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell’s limo use elusive (TheStar.com)

Rob Ford: Raccoons have scared me — but no euthanasia needed (TheStar.com)

Toronto committee wants to shorten time in which political candidates can put up election signs (NationalPost.com)

August 18

Take an active role in municipal election; Vaughan needs volunteers (Yorkregion.com)

Young Thornhill actors present original productions (YorkRegion.com)

Thornhill water-skiers make life on the water family affair (YorkRegion.com)

Cyclists, pedestrians get first chance on Hwy. 404 extension (YorkRegion.com)

OPP introducing new billing model for municipalities (thestar.com)

Mixed basket of fall weather in store for Southern Ontario  (thestar.com)

Metrolinx faces fire from Mount Dennis locals over tree removal (thestar.com)

Open Streets Toronto paves way to a better city (thestar.com)

Town councillor saves dog chained to sign in ditch (YorkRegion.com)

CP Rail begins bulldozing gardens in land dispute (YorkRegion.com)

Transport Canada stressed concerns about workload, fatigue just before Lac-Mégantic disaster (thestar.com)