News Clippings
Nov. 13
Vaughan News
Budget: Round Two (Vaughan Citizen)
Budget: draft pitches 3 per cent property tax hike (The Thornhill Liberal)
Mackenzie Health signs $300M technology deal (Yorkregion.com)
VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Woodbridge Public School Cadets (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Markham votes yes to voting in York's regional chair (Yorkregion.com)
Thornhill girls on mission to help GTA’s homeless this winter (Yorkregion.com)
York Region drivers have longest GTA commute (Yorkregion.com)
Georgina councillors agree on salary increase (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora council talks door-to-door sales ban (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Grade 6 students push for crosswalk with traffic study, impressing councilor (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Grimsby approves ash borer policy (Niagarathisweek.com)
Ontario vows to eliminate homelessness within a decade (Yorkregion.com)
Preserving the Urban Tree Canopy (Bradfordtimes.ca)
Uber starts in Windsor, sparking excitement and anger (Windosrstar.com)
Privatization czar Ed Clark urges a cut in red tape to boost business in Ontario (Thestar.com)
City to consider special bedbug bylaw (Thespec.com)
Federal News
Report on proposed Edmonton vehicle-for-hire bylaw released (Globalnews.ca)
Canada will implement UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Carolyn Bennett says (Thestar.com)
Premiers prep for climate meeting, their first with PM since 2009 (CTVnews.ca)
Nov. 12
Vaughan News
Ontario healthcare provider signs $300-million “smart hospital” deal with Philips (Itbusiness.ca)
Wanted: a safe place for her son to live (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region growth scenario - Sticking to the minimum (NRU)
Mulock GO train station being explored (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mississauga seeks urban solution - Parkland deficiency (NRU)
Connecting Mississauga - Public transit renaissance (NRU)
Provincial News
Private member’s bill for RPPs - Strengthening titles (NRU)
Inclusionary zoning may not be necessary in Ontario (NRU)
10 years to end homelessness (NRU)
Ontario passes Invasive Species Act (NRU)
Ride-sharing app Uber set to roll out in Windsor today (Windsorstar.com)
Federal News
Hope on the horizon for Uber riders, drivers in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary (Yahoonews.com)
Trudeau’s decision on national security file promising and risky, experts say (Thestar.com)
CPP expansion may not be quick, and it may not be what you expect (Thestar.com)
Refugees as a long-term investment in the country (Thestar.com)
Experts predict surge of pot shops across Canada after Trudeau win (Theglobeandmail.com)
Trudeau’s promised ‘middle class’ tax cut excludes most Canadians (Theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 11
Vaughan News
Markham poised to vote on PowerStream merger (Yorkregion.com)
Philips and Canada's Mackenzie Health announce CAD 300 million, 18-year strategic partnership (Newswire.ca)
York Region News
New schools, additions coming for Thornhill, Richmond Hill, Stouffville (Yorkregion.com)
Hookah pipe users, owners in Richmond Hill worry about possible ban (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville council 'buries hatchets' in closed meeting (Yorkregion.com)
300 Newmarket residents sign ‘save Hollingsworth Arena’ petition (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto councillor takes Uber crackdown to police board (680news.com)
Brampton accused of stalling $28.5 million lawsuit (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Wynne trip bolstered by $1.7B in new deals with China (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Montreal's sewage dump plan reveals common misconceptions (Theglobeandmail.com)
Calgary cab committee supports new rules to allow Uber to operate legally (Globalnews.ca)
GM urges Canada to build smart roads (Thestar.com)
Trudeau treads lightly on climate change (Thestar.com)
Nov. 10
York Region News
Budget talks begin in East Gwillimbury and you're invited (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Collision of ideologies, technologies over Uber (Thestar.com)
Metropass price freeze and early Sunday service inch forward (Thestar.com)
200,000 GTA homes, businesses given pills as nuclear disaster precaution (Thestar.com)
Google’s virtual reality tool coming to Toronto schools (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario patients lack immediate access to family doctors when sick: report (Theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa's transit troubles force rethink of LRT's financial plans (Ottawacitizen.com)
Federal News
Calgary strikes balance on cabs, UberX (Metronews.ca)
Price of a taxi license could go up to fund regulation of industry (Thestarphoenix.com)
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna calls Tories’ greenhouse gas target the ‘floor’ to build on (Thestar.com)
Canadians oppose Christmas decorations put up before Remembrance Day (Thestar.com)
Nov. 9
Vaughan News
Learn about home safety hazards at free seminar at Vaughan city hall (Yorkregion.com)
Remembrance Day ceremony scheduled at Woodbridge cenotaph in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
28-storey Markham condo tower will be among tallest in York (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region homes see largest price jump in GTA (Yorkregion.com)
York Region EMS set to have name change to Paramedic Services (Yorkregion.com)
More young people seeking help in York Region for mental health-related issues (Yorkregion.com)
Markham to outsource auditor-general task for $150,000 annually (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Got an extra-big trash bin? Expect a big hit on this year’s bill (Thestar.com)
Toronto transit planning lacks vision (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Taxi association sending Ottawa Uber driver info to insurance companies (Ottawacitizen.com)
Ontario elementary teachers get raise, vigilance on class sizes (Theglobeandmail.com)
New film raises bothersome questions about city hall culture (Thespec.com)
Federal News
Face of Uber Canada pushes for a ‘nicer’ approach (Theglobeandmail.com)
400 UberX vehicles seized so far this year in Montreal (CBC.ca)
Five Canadian female ministers of state to be full ministers, get raise (Thestar.com)
Canada’s health-care system braces for hike in costs with influx of seniors (Theglobeandmail.com)
Canada’s oldest towns offer lessons for an aging nation (Theglobeandmail.com)
