News Clippings

March 27

Creating Downtown Vaughan From Scratch (Bisnow.com)

$150M Spadina subway plan gets OK from TTC (Torontosun.com)

TTC signals it has learned from troubled Spadina subway (Thestar.com)

York Region votes to help pay for subway shortfall (Thestar.com)

Pay premium to have Spadina subway extension completed quickly, says TTC chair (Insidetoronto.com)

Concord in Vaughan connects with other Concords worldwide (Yorkregion.com)

City wants to look at improved methods to manage TTC capital projects (Insidetoronto.com)

Newmarket councillors dismayed over 'empty' YRT buses (Yorkregion.com)

Markham backs Richmond Hill in OMB parkland fight (Yorkregion.com)

Newmarket budget hike still pegged at 3.5% (Yorkregion.com)

Newmarket council adds 15 vehicles to town fleet (Yorkregion.com)

Taxpayer advocacy group new to Newmarket (Yorkregion.com)

City Hall's accountability squeeze is risky business (Thestar.com)

Kathleen Wynne aims to create more ‘community hubs’ (Thestar.com)

East Gwillimbury mayor earns about $110K for work at town, York Region (Yorkregion.com)

March 26

York leaders seek 'tools' to fund regional transit, roads (Yorkregion.com)

Bevilacqua Win’s 2nd Landslide Victory & Hits the Ground Running (Fredi.ca)

No shortage of land for development - Room to grow (NRU)

Town earns commuting honours (Yorkregion.com)

Council backs age-friendly study (Yorkregion.com)

Richmond Hill set to be leading town for environment (Yorkregion.com)

New report urges reforms to spur voter interest – Electoral engagement (NRU)

Toronto and Montreal mayors have sit down (Yorkregion.com/680News)

Mayor's executive looking for better options for delivery of Scarborough subway (Newstalk1010.com)

Kathleen Wynne gets pushback from John Tory on electoral reform comments (Thestar.com)

Toronto and Montreal might find mutual benefit working together (Thestar.com)

Debate over Woodbine Racetrack casino resumes at city hall (Thestar.com)

Brampton mayor blasts senior staff over wage increase (Thestar.com)

Brampton council shows CAO John Corbett the door (Thestar.com)

March 25

Premier meets with GTHA mayors at summit (680news.com/Citynews.ca)

The 2015 York Region Transportation Symposium: Top Industry Leaders Discuss the Future of GTA Transportation (Marketwired.com)

TFC II Gets Bent ( Fredi.ca)

Freezing rain warning issued by Environment Canada (Barrie.ctvnews.ca)

Pan Am Games transit plan requires 20-per-cent traffic reduction (Thestar.com)

Toronto, get ready for sinkhole season (Thestar.com)

GO joins Milton Transit to test new door-to-door bus service (Thestar.com)

Square One is getting a makeover, and a new direction (Thestar.com)

Mayor Tory backs ranked ballots for Toronto elections (Thestar.com)

CTV Toronto: Decades-old explosives discovered (Ctvnews.ca)

Main Toronto subway line reopens (Yorkregion.com)

Brampton judge blasts Ontario government over courtroom shortage (Thestar.com)

Tories want Liberals to stop worker’s compensation being used to fund OFL staff (Thestar.com)

Lowest bid isn’t always best (Thestar.com)

Compensation for Ontario public servants has skyrocketed over the last 10 years of Liberal rule (Nationalpost.com)

March 24

York Region encourages residents on private wells to have water tested. (Yorkregion.com)

TB remains a concern despite declining cases: York Region Public Health (Yorkregion.com)

Another outage in Richmond Hill, cold and salt contributing factors (Yorkregion.com)

Firing two TTC execs does not equal accountability (Metronews.ca)

Police removing explosives from Vaughan home (Yorkregion.com)

Several homes evacuated as police remove aged explosives from Vaughan house (Thestar.com)

Ontario considers changing requirements for reporting auto collisions (Thestar.com)

Ontario’s minimum wage to rise to $11.25, second-highest in country (Thestar.com)

Campaign financing rules a growing threat to Ontario’s democracy (Thestar.com)

Tory defends TCHC executive performance bonuses (Thestar.com)

March 23

Wiggins putting off Pan Am Games decision (YorkRegion.com)

Special Needs Fair offered in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)

10 signs you grew up in Vaughan (blogto.com)

You’ll have to wait at least two more years for subway, Vaughan (YorkRegion.com)

TTC wants outside contractor to help finish Spadina subway (thestar.com)

Is there light at the end of the tunnel? (thestar.com)

Spadina subway extension delayed until at least winter 2017 (CP24.com)

Senior TTC staffers are scapegoats in Spadina subway fiasco (thestar.com)

PowerStream Encourages Customers to Participate in Earth Hour 2015 (Marketwired.com)

Postage cost City of Barrie nearly $474,000 last year (thebarrieexaminer.com)

City vows to clear A-frame signs from Yonge Street sidewalks (globalnews.com)

New rules for rooming houses up for discussion at planning committee (thepeterboroughexaminer.com)

Minimum wage hike won’t help working poor, York Region anti-poverty advocate says (YorkRegion.com)

Friends of Susan Fennell plan fundraiser to retire $129,000 campaign debt (Thestar.com)

Cellphone, newsletter charges in Stouffville council expense report (YorkRegion.com)