News Clippings
Dec. 11
Vaughan News
Kibble laced with antifreeze killed dog in Vaughan: York police (Globalnews.ca)
PHOTO: Tower in Vaughan (Dailycommercialnews.com)
York Region News
Aurora creating new reserve to address infrastructure costs (Yorkregion.com)
3-hour parking limit on all streets in East Gwillimbury (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville tax hike would pay for 11 new employees (Yorkregion.com)
Markham to ban skating on Toogood pond (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury wants more councillors as town grows (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora making switch to LED streetlights (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora’s 2016 budget hikes taxes by 1.8% (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora council greenlights investigating options for indoor tennis facility (Yorkregion.com)
York Region may raise taxes for transit, affordable housing beginning in 2017 (Yorkregion.com)
Chinese top new York Region immigrants (Yorkregion.com)
York Region collects up to $100M less in development charges (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mammoliti says city should put moratorium on collection of taxi licencing fees (CP24.com)
Toronto's taxi versus Uber landscape an 'obvious powder keg': Beck (CBC.ca)
'Frustrating' wait for new taxi regulations: Tory (Torontosun.com)
If Uber is driven out of town, let’s hope the spirit of innovation doesn’t follow (Nationalpost.com)
Legal skating coming back to Grenadier Pond (Thestar.com)
Toronto most expensive in Canada for daycare: report (Thestar.com)
Toronto city hall should stop gumming up GO Transit project (Theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
'Legalize Uber' says former Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak (CBC.ca)
High occupancy toll lanes coming to Hwy. 427 within five years (Yorkregion.com)
Federal News
Electoral reform a job for the people, not the politicians (Theglobeandmail.com)
Poor Policy Puts Canada Among World's Worst For Climate Change (Huffingtonpost.ca)
Aggressive temperature target on table as negotiators try to seal deal (Theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 10
Vaughan News
VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Great snowstorm of 1944 (Yorkregion.com)
Crombie report on coordinated review - Integrating provincial plans (NRU)
GTA News
Inspiration Port Credit - Framework in place (NRU)
Oshawa plans for urban growth area - Downtown intensification (NRU)
Mississauga identifies rapid transit priorities (NRU)
Anti-Uber protest wraps up as police chief agrees to meet with taxi representatives (CTVnews.ca)
Toronto suffers worst "traffic stretch" in Canada (Thestar.com)
Mississauga’s new water levy boosts city tax hike to 11% (Thestar.com)
Monster rail bridge, affordable housing, Gardiner, refugees on Toronto council agenda (Thestar.com)
Toronto council approves water rate, garbage bin fee increase (Thestar.com)
Refugees en route to Toronto, Montreal (Theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Fifteen new provincial ridings created (NRU)
Regional bylaw to regulate Uber on hold (570news.com)
More rabies-infected raccoons found in Hamilton, Ontario (Theglobeandmail.com)
Ontario’s economic outlook is brightening, businesses say (Thestar.com)
Ontario vows to take action to end decline in undergrad education (Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Taxis, hotels, government: Don't be afraid of a little sharing (Theglobeandmail.com)
How Liberals gauged response to high-income tax hike explains estimate gap (Theglobeandmail.com)
Changes to B.C.’s climate-change law to depend on national targets (Theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 9
Vaughan News
PowerStream Named 'Greater Toronto's Top Employer' for Fifth Consecutive Year (MarketWired.com)
York Region News
Markham in process of approving 2016 budget (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora council turns down offer to purchase Highland Gate (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket's strategic priorities discussed during open house (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Monster rail bridge, affordable housing, Gardiner, refugees on Toronto council agenda (TheStar.com)
Toronto taxi drivers plan rallies today to protest Uber (CBC.ca)
Child Care Expenses: 10 Most Expensive Cities In Canada (HuffingtonPost.ca)
Halton Hills gets final payment from the Province for 2013 ice storm costs (TheIFP.ca)
Five lessons Toronto could learn from New York’s transportation shift (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Parking pad? Not in your front yard: Keenan (TheStar.com)
Brampton mayor does a 180 on staff costs, for herself (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Region puts off new taxi bylaw to summer (TheRecord.com)
26% of Ontario homeowners struggling to afford homes (TheStar.com)
Ontario to invest $20 million in stations to charge up electric cars (TheStar.com)
Budget battle comes down to transit fares (OttawaCitizen.com)
Federal News
150 Syrian refugees expected in Toronto on Thursday (TheStar.com)
Bank of Canada opens door to negative interest rates as oil, dollar sink (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Dec. 8
Vaughan News
Sick raccoons acting ‘drunk’ being spotted in Vaughan (Globalnews.ca)
York among most accident-prone regions for drivers (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Councillor unhappy with YRT service (Yorkregion.com)
HOT toll lanes expected to include Hwy. 404 (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto taxis improving apps, service to compete with Uber (Citynews.ca)
‘I’ve got the message’: Tory asks cab industry not to proceed with planned protest (Globalnews.ca)
Toronto ‘protected’ bike lanes routinely invaded, but proposed ticket-by-mail system might help (Thestar.com)
How Mayor John Tory's trip to Paris might impact your garbage bin (Newstalk1010.com)
Provincial News
Toll lanes coming to the QEW (Thestar.com)
Growth pains will worsen if we don’t tighten Greenbelt (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Liberals’ middle-class tax cut to cost federal treasury $1.2-billion per year (Theglobeandmail.com)
Liberals detail how they will roll back TFSA contribution limits (Theglobeandmail.com)
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba sign agreement to link cap-and-trade systems (CBC.ca)
Liberal transparency reforms subject to 'review' next year (CBC.ca)
Dec. 7
Vaughan News
Mayor Bevilacqua interviewed by CP24 at the City of Vaughan Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 3 (CP24)
Mayor Bevilacqua interviewed by CP24 on Dec. 3 to promote the Vaughan toy drive (CP24.com)
City of Vaughan hosting menorah lighting for Chanukah (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan seeking volunteers for cycling/pedestrian committee (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket likely setting up lobbyist registry for upcoming waste contract (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora council expected to OK permit parking at Town Park (Yorkregion.com)
Afternoon town council meetings making a comeback in Stouffville (Yorkregion.com)
Social enterprise key part of Richmond Hill’s soon-to-open Hub housing (Yorkregion.com)
Restaurant at Newmarket's Magna Centre may become fitness facility (Yorkregion.com)
York Region landowners can help Ontario increase tree cover (Yorkregion.com)
United Way Toronto & York Region launches Career Navigator (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Taxi drivers protesting Uber move inside city hall (CBC.ca)
John Tory says Uber injunction not on the table (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Queen's Park adds 15 more MPPs (Thestar.com)
Ontario’s green energy botch-up a lesson for those fighting climate change (Thestar.com)
Ontario to announce details for high-occupancy toll lanes this morning (CBC.ca)
Federal News
Liberals to announce that changes to federal tax brackets won’t add up (Theglobeandmail.com)
Trudeau offers another chance to make Parliament work (Thestar.com)
Quebec passes animal protection law
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