News Clippings
June 5
Vaughan News
Stalemate over Vaughan hospital appears over (Yorkregion.com)
A Sense of Generosity (Citylifemagazine.ca)
Detached home price tops $1M in fourth York community (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region trash heading to Ottawa? (Ottawasun.com)
Newmarket council wants Transport Canada to halt community mailbox installation (Yorkregion.com)
Permits needed, Aurora tells Canada Post (Yorkregion.com)
York Region District School Board approves $1.35B 2015 budget (Yorkregion.com)
Seniors not purring over cat adoption centre in Thornhill (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
New treatment targeting emerald ash borer in Simcoe County (Barrie.ctvnews.ca)
Toronto cracking down on off-leash dogs (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Confusion in Hamilton over end to Canada Post home delivery (Thestar.com)
Oakville's war against the Emerald Ash Borer continues (Insidehalton.com)
Wynne plans to adds 15 new MPPs for 2018 election (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Federal parties to reveal their urban agendas to Canada’s mayors at Edmonton conference (Thestar.com)
June 4
Vaughan News
Municipal input on Bill 73 - Flexibility needed (NRU)
York Region News
No full-time deputy for Stouffville mayor (Yorkregion.com)
Despite multiple sinkholes, Dalton Road safe: Town of Georgina (Yorkregion.com)
Here’s some good news Georgina - you’re getting tax break (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Aggregate resources - A question of need (NRU)
Planning for an aging population - Growing in place (NRU)
Bike Share won't expand in time for Pan Am Games (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Residents to feel 'devastating' impact of tree removals (Cambridgetimes.ca)
Ontario Launches Accessibility Action Plan (Ontario.ca)
Ontario moves to limit police sharing non-conviction information (Thestar.com)
Wynne urging electoral reforms to limit spending, move elections to spring (Thestar.com)
Provincial action on accessibility draws mixed reviews (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Rogers resists government pressure to reinstate ethnic newscasts (Theglobeandmail.com)
More infrastructure cash for cities at heart of NDP’s urban strategy (Thestar.com)
June 3
Vaughan News
Electronic cane can help visually impaired see their surroundings (CityNews.ca)
Newmarket named best place to live in York Region, 23rd in Canada (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Aurora CAO Garbe incoming CAO for Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
Food Truck Frenzy to hit downtown Stouffville (YorkRegion.com)
Average summer weather on way: Weather Network (YorkRegion.com)
Georgina has new fire chief in Pefferlaw's Ron Jenkins (YorkRegion.com)
Viva Bus Rapid Transit Wins Communications Award from Canadian Urban Transit Association (NewsWire.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario to crack down on accessibility violators (TheStar.com)
Ontario approves tougher distracted driving penalties (TheStar.com)
June 2
Vaughan News
Commuters could be driving on Hwy. 427 extension by 2019 (Yorkregion.com)
Patient care at risk in Vaughan hospital dispute, CEO says (Thestar.com)
Promoting safe trails and parks in Vaughan: CTV Barrie - ATV enforcement (Barrie.ctvnews.ca)
Pleasant Ridge Library Grand Opening Celebration (Vaughaneast.snapd.com)
Vaughan welcomes new City Manager Steve Kanellakos (Vaughaneast.snapd.com)
Musical comedy production brings music to Thornhill school (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Stouffville 124th best place to live in Canada: magazine (Yorkregion.com)
Outrage grows against Islamic celebration of Komeini in Richmond Hill (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Nine questions about Uber’s taxi ride-sharing service answered (Thestar.com)
Judge questions whether Toronto battle with Uber should be in courts (Theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto expands recycling program to include soft plastics like milk and sandwich bags (Thestar.com)
Crafting a plan to tackle poverty from the ground up (Thestar.com)
New data finds Scarborough subway routes run through ‘extremely low density’ areas (Thestar.com)
Traffic hell during Pan Am Games par for the course: CEO (Torontosun.com)
Provincial News
Business warns against Wynne’s pension plan (Thestar.com)
Ontario municipalities get alternative to ‘first past the post’ in next election (Nationalpost.com)
June 1
Vaughan News
Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua talks about the Mayor’s Gala and TFC II (CP24.com)
Family of Vaughan infant in need of new liver overwhelmed by public support (CP24.com)
Family dog rescued, no one hurt in Vaughan house fire (Yorkreigon.com)
York Region News
York University campus slated for construction in Markham (Dailycommercialnews.com)
Newmarket Regional Councillor John Taylor may receive deputy mayor title (Yorkregion.com)
Deputy mayor or acting mayor? Stouffville council to decide (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville council considering environment, development committees (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto taxi drivers' protest against Uber planned for Monday (680news.com)
John Tory intervenes for local music fest (Thestar.com)
Pan Am Games a winner (Torontosun.com)
A subway, here? Bellamy Road route looks like a leafy pipe dream (Thestar.com)
Hospitals still use flawed secrecy law to review medical errors (Thestar.com)
City divided over ride-hailing app (Thestar.com)
Gibson Square revives historical spirit of North York (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario considering municipal election reforms (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Peter MacKay cites 'love for my family' as he bows out of federal politics (Cbc.ca)
May 29
Vaughan News
Q & A: Vaughan's newly minted city manager says city on verge of major transformation (Yorkregion.com)
New levies, user fees could be on way for Vaughan taxpayers (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan family gets massive response to liver transplant appeal for baby (Citynews.ca)
York Region task force aims to tackle transportation challenges (Yorkregion.com)
Will Vaughan family's book project help children learn to love themselves? (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region District School Board approves budget (Yorkregion.com)
Newmarket ending temporary chlorine maintenance program (Yorkregion.com)
Season of construction leads to safety concerns in East Gwillimbury (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury water rates to rise ... again (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora council approves 3.91% tax increase for 2015 (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora residents want to see greater protections in place for trees (Yorkregion.com)
Provincial News
City to subsidize homeowners to immunize trees against emerald ash borer (Thepeterboroughexaminer.com)
Ranked ballots coming to Ontario cities (Thestar.com)
Ontario needs to prepare for driverless cars (Thestar.com)
Ontario’s hard-hitting ombudsman Andre Marin stays until September (Thestar.com)
Ontario slams Tories' Canada 150 infrastructure plan as rushed (Theglobeandmail.com)
Tory MPP urges province to regulate Uber (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Employers won’t be forced to match extra Pension Plan contributions (Theglobeandmail.com)
Michael Den Tandt: U.S. won’t care about Canada until we get more serious about military affairs (Nationalpost.com)
Justice Minister Peter MacKay to leave politics: CBC (Theglobeandmail.com)
May 28
Vaughan News
York Region feeling pressure from developers on Greenbelt (Thestar.com)
Greenbelt could die ‘death by 1,000 cuts’ if York Region landowners' exemption requests granted: environmentalist (Yorkregion.com)
“New downtowns” are coming alive in Regional centres and corridors (York.ca)
Vaughan family issues public appeal to help 8-month-old girl get liver transplant (Citynews.ca)
York Region News
Chance of rail disaster slim, but Georgina, CN prepared (Yorkregion.com)
Parkland dedication by-law - Balancing act (NRU)
GTA News
Mississauga passes new storm water tax with higher fee for larger homes (Thestar.com)
Halton looks at council composition - Rebalancing representation (NRU)
Toronto police say Pan Ams won’t be G20 all over again (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Integrating transit and land use planning - Aligning growth (NRU)
Municipal input on coordinated review - Clarity needed (NRU)
Ontario ombudsman uses Twitter to rally support for a renewed contract (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Tories propose voluntary expansion of Canada Pension Plan (Theglobeandmail.com)
Tories rejected idea of Pension Plan expansion five years ago (Theglobeandmail.com)
