News Clippings
Dec. 23
Vaughan News
Hazel McCallion tells province to slow down plans to curb sprawl (Toronto Star and thestar.com)
Mayor’s Column: It was exciting, eventful year (Vaughan Citizen)
New location for menorah lighting (Vaughan Citizen and Thornhill Liberal)
TTC: A Tour of Vaughan's Metropolitan Centre Station (urbantoronto.ca)
Plan Group secures Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital contract (renewcanada.net)
York Region News
King Township must spend millions more yearly to keep assets in good order (Yorkregion.com)
Video streaming York Region council meetings could cost taxpayers $500,000 (Yorkregion.com)
Ontario's '4th oldest brick house' demolished after being ruled unsafe (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Land sale brings Mississauga closer to a waterfront that avoids Toronto’s mistakes (theglobeandmail.com)
Is it time to end discounted TTC fares for seniors? (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario extends moratorium on offshore wind turbines (thestar.com)
Federal News
Majority of Canadians support Trudeau’s climate plan: Nanos poll (theglobeandmail.com)
Elections commissioner urged to investigate cash-for-access allegations (theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 22
Vaughan News
2016 Year in Review: Planning reform dominates news (NRU)
GTA house goes for $400,000 over asking: ‘It was like a rock concert’ (TheStar.com)
Plan Group Inc. Named Electrical Sub-contractor for Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital Project (Newswire.com)
York Region News
Stolen master key prompts Stouffville council to pass divisive resolution (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville residential taxes to stay 'neutral' in proposed 2017 budget (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Downtown Burlington partnerships thrive (NRU)
Toronto eclipses Vancouver as country's least affordable housing market (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Hamilton brownfields getting shovel ready (NRU)
Hydro relief to save average Ontario household $130 in 2017 (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Report says Uber should be allowed in Winnipeg (WinnipegSun.com)
City of Calgary working in overdrive to keep up with Uber driver sign ups (MetroNews.ca)
Dec. 21
Vaughan News
It was an exciting, eventful year for City of Vaughan (YorkRegion.com)
KPMG Building Marks First Step for Vaughan's Nascent Downtown (UrbanToronto.ca)
What's open, what's closed in York Region over 2016-17 holiday season (YorkRegion.com)
Tim Hortons offers free community skating in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
East Gwillimbury electoral review recommends town move to ward system (YorkRegion.com)
Transportation group advocates for toll roads in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
Email leak highlights reason for Stouffville CAO's resignation (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Property taxes in Brampton, Mississauga soar above Toronto's (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Wasaga to cull 1,000 ash trees in 2017 (Simcoe.com)
List carbon fee separately on gas bills, chamber of commerce says (TheStar.com)
Dec. 20
Vaughan News
York Region's 2.87% tax increase means $66 for average household (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Aurora property owners will have to shell out an extra $81 in 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
Company fined $1,000 for illegally taking water from King Township (YorkRegion.com)
Minto pays $1.5 M penalty to East Gwillimbury for illegal building (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Ontario's Peel Region ends homebuyer loan program similar to B.C. (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario environment ministry deliberately falsified dates on FOI requests (TheStar.com)
Wynne says benefits of Ontario's growth not evenly distributed (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Federal News
Health talks fail despite federal pledges of more cash for home care, mental health (TheStar.com)
Dec. 19
Vaughan News
All LED street lights, new firefighters prompt $40 tax increase (YorkRegion.com)
Vaughan Menorah Lighting Ceremony to be held at new location Dec. 27 (YorkRegion.com)
Two senior Vaughan bureaucrats retiring, third leaves to join York Region (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
New four-year deal gives York Region unionized workers 6.87 per cent increase (YorkRegion.com)
'Tough decisions' for Georgina's 2017 budget: CAO (YorkRegion.com)
King Township signs on for 8 more years in $83M waste collection deal(YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
The ominous high-ratio mortgages of Toronto-Oshawa-Hamilton (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Federal News
Ottawa takes hard line with provinces on health transfers (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
