News Clippings
July 22
Vaughan News
Vaughan ranked second best place in Ontario to do business (YorkRegion.com)
Flower pots and cigarettes don't mix, fire officials warn (CTVNews.ca)
Some statistics on Canada's elevator problems (CityNews.ca)
Advocate calls for more accessible Vaughan park (YorkRegion.com)
Drone Delivery Canada’s first commercial test flight ‘exceeded expectations’ (MobileSyrup.com)
Blue Mountain fire believed to be sparked by planting soil spontaneously combusting (CTVNews.ca)
Pokémon GO craze sweeps Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket introduces new customer complaint policy (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora ahead of waste diversion targets (YorkRegion.com)
Law-breaking ATV riders can expect a visit from officers in King (YorkRegion.com)
Downtown Stouffville condo complex to open in late 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
Student challenges Georgina to move forward on accessibility (YorkRegion.com)
Markham park signs to get standard makeover (YorkRegion.com)
Northern York Region agencies get $167K for repairs and upgrades (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
UberEATS Launches in Mississauga (Insauga.com)
Mississauga library workers, city announce tentative deal (TheStar.com)
Federal News
The cost of schmoozing: What Canadian MPs spent on wining, dining and Tim Hortons (NationalPost.com)
Census response rate is 98 per cent, early calculations show (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Premiers say interprovincial trade deal needs more work (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Global News
Amazon patent gives peek into drone delivery (TheStar.com)
July 21
Vaughan News
Five things to know about dry weather and your plants (CityNews.ca)
Video: Drought, butting out cigarettes in planters poses fire risk (CityNews.ca)
Eye on York Region: Yonge subway extension to the 905 is one of many big changes coming to the area (PostCity.com)
2016 residential and multi-residential property taxes rates reduced (NRU)
York Region News
Markham Secondary Suites by-law citywide application under review (NRU)
York Region to receive housing funding (NRU)
Richmond Hill chosen one of 23 host communities for Canada's 150th SESQUI exhibit (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Concerns with Growth Plan targets numbers questioned (NRU)
Burlington home adaptation reducing risk (NRU)
Ash trees chopped down in Courtice due to emerald ash borer damage (DurhamRegion.com)
Milton tops up emerald ash borer strategy budget as trees continue to deteriorate (InsideHalton.com)
Toronto market readies for new office space (RemiNetwork.com)
Muslim mother cites racism after she and daughter forced to leave pool (TheStar.com)
Toronto’s office vacancy rate lowest in North America: Report (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Bylaw would idle Uber in Kingston: official (TheWhig.com)
City Decisions on Uber Deferred to Public Consultation (AM980.ca)
Lack of high-speed Internet hurting growth in remote, rural parts of Ontario (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Uber appears to be ready to relaunch in Calgary (CBC.ca)
Justin Trudeau thwarted in bid to crash premiers conference (TheStar.com)
Trudeau commits to carbon price amid provincial opposition (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
July 20
Vaughan News
Fire forces evacuation of Vaughan industrial business (yorkregion.com)
Pokemon GO craze sweeps across York Region (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto can ban texting while walking, province says (thestar.com)
Toronto road-safety push veers off track, naturally (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Transit spending will add $50 billion to Ontario’s net debt (thestar.com)
City Committee to Review Staff Recommendations on Uber (640toronto.com)
Thunder Bay city council delays decision on emerald ash borer (cbc.ca)
Province warns of dangers of invasive species (ctvnews.ca)
Secrets to managing emerald ash borer may come from Peterborough (cbc.ca)
Home care gets $100-million boost from province (thestar.com)
Wynne wants to spark up a conversation with fellow premiers about legalized pot (thestar.com)
Ontario’s debt will grow by $50-billion in four years: financial watchdog (theglobeandmail.com)
Wynne says growth puts Ontario on track to eliminate deficit in 2017 (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Trudeau announces Youth Council to give input on national policy (thestar.com)
Liberals to allow self-nominations for Supreme Court vacancy (theglobeandmail.com)
Regional mayors reject Vancouver’s vacancy tax, propose non-resident tax (theglobeandmail.com)
New Canada Child Benefit program payments start today (cbc.ca)
July 19
York Region News
Pokémon GO: York Region sightings and more (YorkRegion.com)
King residents fight long-term plans to extend 15th Sideroad (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Will Uber Surging Forward in Toronto Affect Mississauga? (Insauga.com)
LRT will completely transform Mississauga (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Provincial government urges Ontarians to renew their driver’s licences online (TheStar.com)
Kathleen Wynne urges Pokémon Go players to keep their heads up (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Trudeau’s smooth provincial relations face first test over health care (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Brian Hutchinson: ‘Two-wheeler preachers and sanctimonious scolders’ — Vancouver has declared war on the car (NationalPost.com)
July 18
Vaughan News
Muslim Festival of Vaughan aims to break down stereotypes (YorkRegion.com)
How public transit affects home values in Toronto (TheStar.com)
Now that the subway battle is over, the hard part begins: Keenan (TheStar.com)
York Region News
York seniors and youths Making Connections through digital project (YorkRegion.com)
Richmond city council preps for sharing economy (Richmond-News.com)
New United Way CEO takes over as charity reforms money distribution (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Diversity charter in works for York Region (YorkRegion.com)
Code of conduct recommended to Stouffville council (YorkRegion.com)
Have your say on Holland Landing's Samuel Lount Park July 21 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Province won't ban texting while walking (TorontoSun.com)
Uber can now apply to license its drivers (CityNews.ca)
Score one for kids: Toronto council lifts ban on road hockey, basketball (TheStar.com)
Toronto city council to request that police board consider 911 texting (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Province announces double-decker GO bus additions (YorkRegion.com)
Uber to meet youth before key debate (LFPress.com)
Fighting emerald ash borer will cost Thunder Bay millions: report (CBC.ca)
Federal News
Brampton whistleblower wins legal battle against company that fired him without cause (TheStar.com)
Pokemon Go officially launches in Canada, crashes app’s servers (TheStar.com)
Canada to have national price on carbon by end of year, environment minister says (TheStar.com)
