News Clippings
August 14
Vaughan News
Meet your King-Vaughan federal candidates (YorkRegion.com)
Boyd Conservation Area in Vaughan offers escape from urban jungle (YorkRegion.com)
Is Vaughan traffic about to get worse? (YorkRegion.com)
Several Thornhill riding candidates ready to contest election (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Sport Aurora pitches plan for former Hallmark building to Aurora council (YorkRegion.com)
North Gwillimbury Forest development application details will be made public (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora thaws hiring freeze to ensure drinking water standards (YorkRegion.com)
Parents ask city to extend Markham daycare lease (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Federal election shouldn't derail Scarborough subway (TorontoSun.com)
Federal News
Risk of Toronto house-price correction ‘high’ federal agency says (TheStar.com)
Conservatives to release budget numbers just ahead of election (GlobeAndMail.com)
August 13
Vaughan News
Brampton LRT integral part of regional transit plans (BramptonGuardian.com)
Rate Changes: 2015 residential and multi-residential property taxes (NRU)
York Region News
Social media outcry helping return Stouffville toboggan hill (YorkRegion.com)
Seniors’ needs up for discussion in Stouffville (YorkRegion.com)
Unsafe construction zones blamed for week without mail delivery in East Gwillimbury (YorkRegion.com)
Cultural Destination: Revitalizing Downtown Aurora (NRU)
GTA News
Action plan for Caledon: Sustainable Retrofits (NRU)
Crikey! 150 Toronto crocodiles, alligators rescued by reptile zoo (TheStar.com)
Canadian Olympic leaders courting Mayor John Tory’s support for a 2024 bid (TheStar.com)
New ward boundaries coming to city of Toronto (TheStar.com)
Running hot and cold at City Hall (TheStar.com)
Toronto Green P parking lot fees rising (TheStar.com)
UberX drivers hit with bylaw offences: reports (CBC.ca)
Provincial News
Creating community hubs (NRU)
B-Line Benefits: Prezoning Hamilton LRT corridor (NRU)
John Baird to be volunteer adviser to group helping the developmentally disabled (TheStar.com)
August 12
Vaughan News
12 ridings to watch in Toronto and the 905 (cp24.com)
GTA News
City report outlines possible ward changes in Toronto (theglobeandmail.com)
Parapan Games test Toronto's accessibility (thestar.com)
Privatized city cuts public adrift (thestar.com)
Making social housing work: a TCHC success story (thestar.com)
Provincial News
New taxi bylaw revealed by Waterloo Region (therecord.com)
City injects trees to protect them from ash borer (thewhig.com)
City to zone for medicinal weed (thedailyobserver.ca)
City clerk argues against ranked ballots for municipal elections (cambridgetimes.ca)
Harper slams Ontario pension plan after Wynne reveals new details (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Justin Trudeau accuses Stephen Harper of turning parliament into a ‘partisan swamp’ (thestar.com)
It’s well past time for a Canadians with Disabilities Act (theglobeandmail.com)
August 11
Vaughan News
Ontario issues guidance on internet publication (Lexology.com)
York Region News
New Richmond Hill recreation facilities, Terry Fox tribute approved (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto’s ravine system offers the perfect escape from urban life (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
City rushes to stop fast food, gas stations along LRT line (CBC.ca)
Closed Ontario schools may be transformed into ‘community hubs’(TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Federal News
Campaign cash: Halifax asks province for permission to start finance reform (MetroNews.ca)
August 10
Vaughan News
City’s Bravest (MyCityLife.ca)
2015 Mayor’s Golf Classic - Vaughan (MyCityLife.ca)
Under The Gun (MyCityLife.ca)
York Region News
Thornhill's namesake to be remembered with statue (YorkRegion.com)
Initiative strives to make Aurora residents more active (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Trees affected by emerald ash borer on Milton's chopping block (YorkRegion.com)
Provincial News
Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan sues Globe and Mail for $4.55 million (TheStar.com)
Oobius agrili, parasitic wasp, introduced to Ontario to fight emerald ash borer (CBC.ca)
Federal News
Election signs can't take root in Ottawa until Aug. 20 (OttawaCitizen.com)
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