News Clippings
July 15
Vaughan News
Home prices surge again in Richmond Hill, Markham (YorkRegion.com)
Staff overhaul at City Hall starts at the top (CTVNews.ca)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Yonge Subway Extension (Torontoist.com)
Where are they now? A guide to Toronto’s on-again off-again public transit projects (NationalPost.com)
York Region News
Aurora's Mavrinac Park gets green light (YorkRegion.com)
Community gardens help residents know where food comes from (YorkRegion.com)
Georgina Council approves $15k expenditure for proposed West Park re-design (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Ride-sharing legal Friday, but the Uber-taxi war rages on (TheStar.com)
Toronto city council finds cash for more road-safety plans (TheStar.com)
Mississauga library strike hitting families hard (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
City rule changes ‘will not fly’ with Uber, critic says (LFPress.com)
Corporate whistleblower program to pay up to $5M for tips (TheStar.com)
July 14
Vaughan News
Girls On Fire Tour: Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service (facebook.com)
York Region gets $23 million in extra affordable housing funding from Ottawa, Queen's Park (yorkregion.com)
York Region getting 33 new electric vehicle charging stations in 18 locations through Ontario grant program (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket unveils Ontario’s first Soofa bench at Riverwalk Commons (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto city council sticks with subway, rejects Scarborough LRT (thestar.com)
Peel affordable housing stock - Shifting priorities (NRU)
Inclusionary zoning - Questions remain (NRU)
Digital billboard plan has Leaside opponents seeing red (thestar.com)
How to beat the Toronto heat and keep you - and your pets - refreshed (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario plugs electric car plan with charging network (thestar.com)
Burlington pursues intensification - Growing bold (NRU)
Federal News
Province and doctors find healthier relationship with new deal (thestar.com)
July 13
GTA News
Council backs Mayor John Tory’s request for 2017 budget cuts (thestar.com)
Making sense of the TTC’s new fare rules (thestar.com)
Former mayor Mel Lastman laments Scarborough subway extension (thestar.com)
Toronto’s road safety plan may get more money (thestar.com)
Toronto city council to vote on offering texting service for 911 (theglobeandmail.com)
City council leave Pride alone - dispute is between them and BLM (nationalpost.com)
Provincial News
Ontario spent $44M to prepare for jail strike that never happened (thestar.com)
Federal News
Tony Clement launches bid for Tory leader - with social media as a focus (thestar.com)
Transportation Safety Board reports 24 runaway trains so far this year (thestar.com)
Governments need to fund supports to prevent domestic violence, advocates urge (thestar.com)
Incomes of Canadian seniors, singles stagnant, data show (theglobeandmail.com)
Little benefit for many Canadian workers from CPP reforms: report (theglobeandmail.com)
July 12
York Region News
WEATHER ALERT: Heat warning (yorkregion.com)
Stouffville asking residents to conserve water during heat wave (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayor John Tory set to back another look at a Sheppard subway extension (thestar.com)
A primer on the seven-stop Scarborough LRT (thestar.com)
New top bureaucrat in Brampton was unaware of city’s past problems (thestar.com)
City urged to probe potential LED street lights risk (torontosun.com)
Yes, road tolls could unfairly impact poor (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Former elections chief urges Ontario to keep per-vote subsidy (thestar.com)
Queen’s Park reaches deal with doctors (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canada housing starts surge as rising prices spur building (theglobeandmail.com)
July 11
Vaughan News
Vaughan fire kicks off Alarms for Life (yorkregion.com)
Garbage-strewn pond inspires Vaughan woman’s environmental mission (thestar.com)
Don't expand the Yonge subway into York Region: Editorial (thestar.com)
York Region News
York Region benefitting from merger of York, Toronto United Way branches: CEO Daniele Zanotti (yorkregion.com)
Tennis club president airs concerns with Town of Richmond Hill tennis strategy (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City watchdog finds councillor had “improper” dealings with developers (thestar.com)
Whether subway or LRT, Scarborough has to be just the start (thestar.com)
TTC board takes up women’s safety (thestar.com)
Proposed emergency shelter creates clash between city council and residents (thestar.com)
Last surviving former mayor of Scarborough urges council to build LRTs (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario minister urges end to Toronto’s road hockey ban (thestar.com)
Federal News
Trudeau signs Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement (thestar.com)
Canada Post drops lockout threat (thestar.com)
Liberals hit bumps in relationship with labour (thestar.com)
Watchdog group critical of Parks Canada management (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada job market set for slow growth as unemployment rate falls to 6.8% (financialpost.com)
