News Clippings
June 26
Vaughan News
Vaughan rolls out welcome mat for Pan Am torch (Yorkregion.com)
Hospital partnership must be in best interest of Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Thornhill community earns federal green funding (Yorkregion.com)
Hwy. 404 HOV lanes in works from Hwy. 407 to Newmarket (Yorkregion.com)
Hosting an event in Stouffville? New grants protocol in place (Yorkregion.com)
Residents push back on Brouwer fill plan in East Gwillimbury (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville hopes to have new company record council meetings (Yorkregion.com)
York Region can become leader in medical innovation (Yorkregion.com)
York Regional Police urges drivers to take no cellphone pledge (Yorkregion.com)
Toronto, York United Way merger complete (Yorkregion.com)
Collaboration key to York’s feedermain upgrade (Dailycommercialnews.com)
Protecting aquatic habitat critical on York Region sewer project (Dailycommercialnews.com)
GTA News
Peel council votes to bring in provincial facilitator to clean up Caledon’s development mess (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Workers' rights violations not made public in Ontario (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Justin Trudeau says major improvement needed after decade of Tory rule (Thestar.com)
Justin Trudeau pension plan could eliminate need for Ontario version (Thestar.com)
June 25
Vaughan News
Partnering for Innovation: Healthcare in the Digital Age (Newswire.ca)
York Region News
June 25 - Torch relay continues through four York Region communities on Day 26 (Yorkregion.com)
Newmarket residents, town officials meet to discuss 'lessons learned' from Glenway battle (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury neglects drainage ditches, Sharon residents charge (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill mid-rises panned - Changed context (NRU)
GTA News
Toronto councillors want lower speed limits on some 50 km/h streets (Nationalpost.com)
Pan Am signs point way with letters, pictograms (Yorkregion.com)
Fired five-year ‘temp’ worker prompts city to investigate company (Thestar.com)
Peel council meeting could see repeat of recent walkout (Thestar.com)
Woodbine casino debate likely to focus on jobs (Thestar.com)
One charge dropped against UberX drivers (Thestar.com)
Pan Am Games co-ordinates cross-agency traffic team (Thestar.com)
Linking Brampton to network - Trail connections (NRU)
Provincial News
Hamilton’s Stadium Precinct - Community building (NRU)
Guelph, Ont., swimsuit policy under review after tempest over topless 8-year-old (Cbc.ca)
Vancouver first Canadian city to regulate marijuana (Thestar.com)
June 24
Vaughan News
Ontario Supporting Vaughan’s 2015 Games Torch Relay Celebration (Stevendelduca.onmpp.ca)
GTA News
Relief coming for TTC riders on overcrowded Yonge subway line, but it might not last: Metrolinx report (Nationalpost.com)
City cracks down on senior who dares to pull weeds (Thestar.com)
From AJX to RCY, new Pan Am street signs full of code letters (Thestar.com)
Lengthy arbitration finally concludes, but wrongfully fired man is far from satisfied (Thestar.com)
Bombardier working to fix streetcar lag: TTC boss (Thestar.com)
Report pushes merger for three city-owned theatres (Thestar.com)
Tackling poverty a 'litmus test' for city’s greatness, Tory says (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Parents angry after shirtless daughter, 8, told to cover up at city pool (Thestar.com)
Ontario government spent millions on contracts with law-breaking temp agencies (Thestar.com)
June 23
York Region News
Richmond Hill explores fire merger feasibility with Central York (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
30 km/h limit set for downtown residential streets (Thestar.com)
Brampton LRT battle begins (Thestar.com)
Do transit planners really want to hear community objections? (Thestar.com)
Toronto releases 20-year poverty-busting plan (Thestar.com)
TTC looks at its options to put heat on Bombardier for late streetcars (Thestar.com)
Tokens give way to Presto starting next year on TTC (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
New charges in Lac-Megantic derailment (Thestar.com)
Ontario commits to closing eviction debt loophole (Thestar.com)
Liberals exempt police services boards from ombudsman’s oversight (Thestar.com)
June 22
Vaughan News
Vaughan deputy mayor taking city to court (Thestar.com)
Vaughan toddler's liver transplant gives hope to another family (Citynews.ca)
Vaughan bookworms start summer reading fun (Yorkregion.com)
Graphic anti-abortion mailer upsets some Vaughan residents (Yorkregion.com)
Conservative MP Fantino vulnerable in Vaughan: Trudeau (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay Celebrates in York Region on June 25 (Newswire.ca)
Banned from Toronto Pride, controversial men’s rights group walks in York Region’s pride parade (Thestar.com)
Retirement lots for farmers being phased out (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Doctors excluded from Pan Am Games HOV lanes (Thestar.com)
Officials burn through Pan Am Games reserve fund (Torontosun.com)
Provincial News
Police intervene in bylaw battle over cutting dead ash trees (Thespec.com)
Federal News
Public servants need ‘civility policy’ to deal with harassment, disrespect and conflicts at work, union says (Nationalpost.com)
Industry Minister James Moore leaving federal politics (Thestar.com)
Liberals, NDP, not ready to commit to SmartTrack (Thestar.com)
Harper’s pledged funding for Toronto’s SmartTrack draws criticism (Theglobeandmail.com)
