News Clippings
Feb. 26
Vaughan News
The Mayor’s Desk: this year a celebration of 25 years of Vaughan as a city (yorkregion.com)
Is this the future of Toronto transit? (torontosun.com)
Woodbridge-based manufacturer to expand operations thanks to grant (yorkregion.com)
Eating disorder centre to be built in Vaughan to be named 'Sarah's Place' (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region leaders head to Ottawa to request federal cash (yorkregion.com)
Mayors should vote with their town councils, York University political science professor says (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Shaping Toronto: Centennial Projects (torontoist.com)
Poll finds more Torontonians using and supporting Uber (citynews.ca)
Toronto could become first Canadian Bee City (thestar.com)
Union-Pearson price drop proof Metrolinx not trustworthy: TTC union (thestar.com)
Key Toronto transit proposals absent from provincial budget (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario’s gas tax boost won’t help environment (thestar.com)
Ontario’s reduced deficit hinges on economic uncertainties (theglobeandmail.com)
Crunching the numbers in Ontario's 2016 budget (thestar.com)
Budget gets mixed reaction from Ontarians (thestar.com)
Quick roadtrip shows Toronto and rest of Ontario need completely different economic strategies (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Why provincial, federal budgets are destined to be billions apart (thestar.com)
Storms, floods to cost feds $900M a year over next 5 years: report (cp24.com)
New plantings to rebuild Surrey tree canopy (vancouver.24hours.ca)
Calgary mayor says staff assaulted at public meeting (theglobeandmail.com)
Marijuana advocates say ‘next fight’ is legalizing storefront dispensaries (theglobeandmail.com)
Canadian Olympic Committee spent $2.9-million on new boardroom (theglobeandmail.com)
Feb. 25
Vaughan News
Vaughan to get YMCA at Jane and 7: Bevilacqua (yorkregion.com)
‘Sham’ meeting leaves Thornhill councillor Shefman fuming (yorkregion.com)
Inspired Cities exhibition at Vaughan City Hall (yorkregion.com)
Hidden Poverty Lurks Beneath the City of Vaughan’s Wealthy Veneer (Torontoist.com)
VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Women's Softball team, Maple (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill councillor demands apology after harassment probe falters (Thestar.com)
2016 Richmond Hill budget to include special levy (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Vast scope of coming transit plan eludes councillors (thestar.com)
Brampton council calls for halt to Uber in city (torontosun.com)
Provincial News
Here's what we can expect in today's provincial budget (thestar.com)
Price of climate change fight will be 4.3 cents per litre of gas, Wynne says (thestar.com)
Ontario climate plan slammed for giving big polluters break on emissions (theglobeandmail.com)
Guessing game: who will be tapped for OMB review? (NRU)
Community hubs: rethinking space (NRU)
Sharing the road: cycling strategies (NRU)
Council warned of 'catastrophic failure' risk in Queen Street trees (sootoday.com)
Federal News
Battle looms in Canada over lucrative recreational pot market (theglobeandmail.com)
Public-health specialists worried that Shoppers Drug Mart will sell pot (theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa to unveil changes to how people can get, lose Canadian citizenship (theglobeandmail.com)
Vancouver Board of Trade calls for provincial ride-sharing strategy (theglobeandmail.com)
Feb. 24
Vaughan News
Longtime Vaughan employee appointed to deputy manager of community services (YorkRegion.com)
Major Mackenzie in the midst of transformation (DailyCommercialNews.com)
York Region News
Newmarket council debates merits, role of social media (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
A New Transit Plan for Toronto: But How Much Will Be Built? (Torontoist.com)
Provincial News
Regional vehicle-for-hire bylaw could regulate Uber, taxis and limos (CBC.ca)
8,800 ash-borer ravaged trees removed (TheSpec.com)
Costly job of dealing with ash borer in Cornwall (Standard-Freeholder.com)
Trees for Queen Street go to budget talks (SaultStar.com)
Hamilton city councillors back $10 parking hike (TheSpec.com)
Federal News
Justin Trudeau’s call for big deficits fits the new orthodoxy: Walkom (TheStar.com)
Ontario cap-and-trade plan cuts big polluters some slack (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Canadian cities ‘dominate’ North American quality-of-life rankings (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Sizing up winter conditions on Montreal's bike paths (MontrealGazette.com)
The right way—and wrong way—for cities to regulate Uber (Mcleans.ca)
Feb. 23
Vaughan News
Ontario cities seek billions for super hospitals (ottawacitizen.com)
TDSB appoints Suzanne Craig as its first integrity commissioner (cbc.ca)
Big-rig drivers in Ontario will face mandatory training (thestar.com)
Racial incidents ignored by York board, families say (thestar.com)
York Region News
Homelessness growing in York Region (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
John Tory asks Ontario to allow photo radar in Toronto (thestar.com)
Metrolinx to slash fares for Toronto’s struggling Union Pearson Express train (theglobeandmail.com)
Tory seeks to manage traffic with technology to slash policing costs (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Liberals to roll out first budget March 22, amid financial uncertainty (thestar.com)
Calgary city council brings in new rules and ticked-off Uber says they're not coming back (calgarysun.com)
Montreal to forge ahead with ban on plastic shopping bags in 2018 (theglobeandmail.com)
Youth voters made big gains in Oct. election: Statistics Canada (thestar.com)
Feb. 22
Vaughan News
Citizen Spectrum: A Growing Concern in Kleinburg (Yorkregion.com)
Feedback wanted on proposed pipeline through Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
Dean's List at Niagara University well-represented by Vaughan students (Yorkregion.com)
Woodbridge soccer star heading to Princeton (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
King Township Council to consider lobby ban on new waste contract (Yorkregion.com)
York Region school board director's 10-year contract raises questions (thestar.com)
GTA News
Like it or not, Toronto is a nuclear city (theglobeandmail.com)
TTC wants to integrate Wheel-Trans into rest of transit (thestar.com)
Don Valley gondola could lift Toronto tourism (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario cities looking for relief from high police, firefighter wage hikes (theglobeandmail.com)
How Toronto’s archbishop got his way in Ontario budget (thestar.com)
Martow Questions Government On Accessible Parking Rules (northumberlandview.ca)
Ash borer on Cornwall city council's agenda (standard-freeholder.com)
Federal News
Quebec Transport minister considers recovering lost tax revenue from Uber (cjad.com)
Time for governments to act on ride-sharing: Uber GM (globalnews.ca)
Calgary councillors confident in new ridesharing bylaw (metronews.ca)
Why did Calgary cave to chemophobes over fluoridation? (theglobeandmail.com)
Vancouver pot dispensaries face hurdle in ‘ridiculous’ board review (theglobeandmail.com)
Finance minister to outline Canada’s economic outlook ahead of budget: source (thestar.com)
Environment minister pushes for carbon pricing despite worries it could ‘kneecap’ energy sector (nationalpost.com)
