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July 11

Stouffville shifting gears on weed control (Yorkregion.com)

Townwide on-street parking issue up for review in Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)

Eight questions for the man behind Ontario's $15-billion plan (GlobeAndMail.com)

Ontario’s new transportation minister focused on construction, not more plans (MetroNews.ca)

Oshawa electric utility shines light on blackout statistics (DurhamRegion.com)

Landmark Expo tower officially topped off in Vaughan's future downtown (YorkRegion.com)

New interim CAO has been appointed for Muskoka Lakes (MuskokaRegion.com)

City art project spruces up rail bridges, traffic boxes (YorkRegion.com)

King Twp.'s offer to sweeten advertising sign rules leaves sour taste in beekeeper's mouth (YorkRegion.com)

July 10

Downtown OPA: PICKERING COMES OF AGE (NRU)

York Region: ELECTING COUNCILLORS-AT-LARGE (NRU)

Wilfrid Laurier University Expansion: EDUCATING MILTON (NRU)

Best Managed Companies (National Post)

Former Vaughan employee, 4 others charged with defrauding city of $2.4M (YorkRegion.com)

Former Vaughan worker, family members, charged in $2M fraud case (YorkRegion.com)

Vaughan employee charged with defrauding $2.4M from city over 13 years (Nationalpost.com)

Construction starts on Mulock Drive in Newmarket (YorkRegion.com)

Richmond Hill resident vows court challenge over water bill (YorkRegion.com)

Vaughan's Andrew Wiggins signs Adidas sponsorship deal (YorkRegion.com)

York Region begins water sample program (YorkRegion.com)

Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti has pay docked for three months over $80,000 in gifts from lobbyists (NationalPost.com)

July 9

Woman charged after dog left in hot car in Vaughan (CityNews.ca)

Thornhill MPP Martow has new portfolios (YorkRegion.com)

First Gore Park ash trees fall for makeover (theSpec.com)

Durham workers approve tentative deal (YorkRegion.com)

City of Vaughan Reaches New Heights (News release by Cortel Group)

July 8

Building a new, beautified subway line (CBC.ca)

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre expected to be centre of development (CBC.ca)

City staff look to tap the value of Toronto’s trees (theStar.com)

Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital Groundbreaking (Citylifemagazine.ca)

City website shows locations of road construction projects (theStar.com)

Invasive beetles devastating Mississauga’s tree canopy (GlobalNews.ca)

Alligator-like creature caught in Toronto pond (theSpec.com)

In an unusual dispatch, York Regional Police posts instructional video on peeling bananas (NationalPost.com)

Jersey Public School, Metro, Home Hardware team up for community garden (YorkRegion.com)

July 7

High cost of Animal Control under review (BradfordTimes.ca)

PowerStream Alerting Customers to Phone Scam (DigitalJournal.com)

Win prizes in Vaughan's teen summer reading challenge (YorkRegion.com)

Mississauga lures Kitchener fire chief to head up service here (Mississuaga.com)

Want to improve transit? Here's a guide (SaultStar.com)