News Clippings
Dec. 18
Vaughan News
Sebastian Giovinco accepts Mayor Bevilacqua’s toy drive challenge (CP24)
7 York grocery stores OK'd to sell beer (YorkRegion.com)
Changes planned to a number of Vaughan bus routes (YorkRegion.com)
Report reveals average rent prices across Canada (CTVNews.ca)
York Region News
Taking stock of York Region’s ‘hidden homeless’ population (YorkRegion.com)
Have your say on town tax hike, budget, Stouffville (YorkReigon.com)
Newmarket takes step back on proposed trail connection (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Oakville makes move to regulate companies like Uber (InsideHalton.com)
Provincial News
Doctors seek input in Ontario’s health-care overhaul (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Uber drivers are using ride share income to lease new cars, industry says (NationalPost.com)
Dec. 17
Vaughan News
Vaughan's 2016 budget approved (YorkRegion.com)
Golf club’s plans rile Thornhill churchgoers (YorkRegion.com)
VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Major Mackenzie scene (YorkRegion.com)
Caritas' My Second Home in need of a funding source (YorkRegio.com)
VMC Urban Design Guidelines Flexible Underpinning (NRU)
17th Annual GTA Rankings: TOP-10 DEVELOPMENT LAW FIRMS (NRU)
Vaughan apartment and seniors residence approved (NRU)
Ontario puts brakes on GTA West Highway study (CBC.ca)
Mayors fairly compensated, York University political science expert says (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Markham hikes taxes 2.4% in 2016 budget (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Chris Selley: Presto! TTC snubs seniors, students as Uber continues slaughter of sacred Toronto cows (NationalPost.com)
Hamilton LRT Citizen’s Jury (NRU)
Provincial News
Ombudsman set to crack down on cities gone bad (TorontoStar.com)
Federal News
Facebook partners with Uber for ride-hailing service via Messenger (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Tree removal in Vancouver could require security deposit (CBC.ca)
Dec. 16
York Region News
King Township council creates mayor's taskforce in response to release of high-risk offender in community (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Tory bringing David Miller era back to City Hall (torontosun.com)
Toronto council budget gap widens to $124 million (thestar.com)
Flood control, affordable-housing fixes top Toronto mayor’s infrastructure list (theglobeandmail.com)
TTC union head blasts mayor, premier for 'surrendering' to Uber (CP24.com)
Presto fare system goes live on many TTC streetcars (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Province’s civil service managers getting $58M in raises to ease wage freeze (thestar.com)
Selling legalized marijuana through LCBO ‘makes a lot of sense,’ Wynne says (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Liberals seek to clarify stance on GST, say government ‘not considering’ changes (thestar.com)
Why politicians are trying to ban clapping in the House (theglobeandmail.com)
City looking for ways to encourage Vancouver property owners to replant trees (globalnews.ca)
B.C. government systems vulnerable to hacking: Auditor General (theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 15
Vaughan News
Pressing ahead with lobbyist registry in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua talks about the City of Vaughan Toy Drive on CP24 (CP24.com)
Liberal MP Deb Schulte thinks back corner is best seat in the House of Commons (CBC.ca)
York Region News
Conditions on Toogood Pond not good enough: Markham council (Thestar.com)
GTA News
How to defuse the battle over Uber (Thestar.com)
John Tory says it would be impractical for Toronto to try to shut down Uber (Citynews.ca)
Tory calls uberHOP a 'marketplace response' to gaps in transit (CTVnews.ca)
Toronto vows to crack down on Uber even as court continues to drop charges (Theglobeandmail.com)
Developers highlight ‘defect’ in approval of Scarborough subway funding (Thestar.com)
New 407 East tolls will be lower than ETR prices (Thestar.com)
Toronto Mayor John Tory wants parts of budget frozen, others boosted (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Fifth raccoon rabies case confirmed in Ontario (Theglobeandmail.com)
Ontario supermarket beer sales begin Tuesday (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Historic climate accord approved by nearly 200 countries (Thestar.com)
Liberal government’s debt-cap promises in doubt (Theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 14
Vaughan News
Mayor Bevilacqua’s Toy Drive Challenge (CP24)
Di Biase's bid for judicial review could be heard in the spring (YorkRegion.com)
Sidewalks a sporadic affair on Applewood Cres. in Vaughan: The Fixer (TheStar.com)
Looking for improvements to Vaughan's Maxey Park (YorkRegion.com)
PowerStream Donates More Than $175,000 to the United Way (Benzinga.com)
GTA News
Uber launches Toronto commuting service on four routes (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
New condo rules will help 1.3M Ontarians (TheStar.com)
Liberals name Conservative Elliott patient ombudsman (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Uber and city work together to iron out wrinkles in regulatory framework (CTVNews.ca)
Liberal government says shovel-ready infrastructure project could get some cash (TheStar.com)
Canada faces tough realities to reach Paris climate change target (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
