News Clippings
July 29
Vaughan News
Major Win For People of Vaughan (Vaughan Citizen)
Woodbridge Ribfest Returns Next Weekend (Vaughan Citizen)
Community Agencies get $200K for Improvements (Vaughan Citizen)
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitch Marner thanks Vaughan firefighters for saving hockey memorabilia (Yorkregion.com)
What's open, what's closed in York Region for the 2016 Civic Holiday long weekend (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan company fined $50,000 by Ministry of Labour (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayor Tory ‘horrified’ over removal of trees on Bayview (thestar.com)
U of T labs get $98-million upgrade from Ottawa, Queen’s Park (theglobeandmail.com)
Subjectivity around space complicates TTC debates over transit crowding (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario spent $70-million to create provincial pension plan (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
MPs devoting the summer to electoral reform; a look at what they've heard so far (680news.com)
Tab to fix government’s flawed Phoenix pay system could hit $20 million (thestar.com)
Ottawa to open temporary hubs with aim of fixing pay issues by October (theglobeandmail.com)
B.C. pledges to use revenue from new tax for affordable housing (theglobeandmail.com)
Nova Scotia’s new online portal will deliver health test results to smartphones (thestar.com)
Canada ranks ninth in UN quality of life ranking (thestar.com)
July 28
Vaughan News
Canada’s Milos Raonic expressive in Rogers Cup victory: DiManno (thestar.com)
Previewing The Met Condos Presentation Centre in Vaughan (urbantoronto.ca)
Toronto Maple Leafs ink Woodbridge's Frank Corrado to 1-year deal (yorkregion.com)
York Region
Markham celebrates first phase in storm control (yorkregion.com)
Dramatic drop in traffic tickets issued since start of York police work-to-rule (yorkregion.com)
New East Gwillimbury library program offers free WiFi hotspots (yorkregion.com)
Peer Project seeking youths to mentor at-risk children in York Region (yorkregion.com)
GTA
TTC loses labour ruling over 'abuse' of workers on social media (thestar.com)
Activists, councillors eye improvements to ‘inhumane’ cooling centre program (thestar.com)
City of Toronto investigating removal of trees on North York property (thestar.com)
Provincial
City Council Makes Changes Ahead of Uber Public Input Meeting (640toronto.com)
Workplace violations widespread in Ontario, government report says (thestar.com)
Ontario panel finds ‘serious problem’ with enforcement of labour standards (thestar.com)
Federal
Montreal homes greenest among big cities in Canada, UBC study says (thestar.com)
High house prices spreading to more markets, CMHC warns (globeandmail.com)
July 27
Vaughan News
Woodbridge Ribfest features great ribbers, great beer, great music: organizer (Yorkregion.com)
CEO and Presidents Appointed for Large New GTHA Utility (Newswire.ca)
York Region News
York Region community agencies get $211K in improvement cash (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Councillor Carolyn Parrish fires back at ‘cranky constituent’ (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario cautious on taxing foreign home buyers (Thestar.com)
Ontario doctors’ group lashes out against province’s tentative deal (Theglobeandmail.com)
New Ontario campaign puts tongue-in-cheek spin on anti-texting-and-driving message (Thestar.com)
LCBO.com to sell beer, wine and spirits online, deliver to homes or stores (Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
StatsCan considers making all of its surveys mandatory (Thestar.com)
Regional mayors brace for Vancouver housing tax ripple effect (Theglobeandmail.com)
Canadian banks ordered to undergo mortgage stress tests (Theglobeandmail.com)
Minister Navdeep Bains plans to improve Canada’s innovation strategy. Here’s how (Theglobeandmail.com)
Committee studying Canadian electoral reform gets lessons from abroad (nationalpost.com)
July 26
Vaughan News
Clinical trial for Alzheimer’s gene gives hope to Woodbridge family (TheStar.com)
GTA News
Mayor Tory commits to protecting anti-poverty plan investments (TheStar.com)
Poll shows Toronto still divided on Scarborough subway plan (TheStar.com)
Toronto developers outline plan for condos, apartments on downtown parcel (Theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Provincial watchdog sees major spike in injured worker complaints (TheStar.com)
Doctors opposed to new Ontario fees delay vote on four-year deal (TheStar.com)
Government funds for animal investigations ‘dismal,’ critics say (TheStar.com)
Palliative-care doctors decry Ontario’s new opioid policy (Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Canada’s greenhouse gas policies to fall short of target, sources say (Theglobeandmail.com)
Canada’s medical pot companies aim to grow export business (Theglobeandmail.com)
B.C. slaps 15% additional tax on foreign nationals buying property in Metro Vancouver (Financialpost.com)
July 25
Vaughan News
Cows on the loose in York Region (TheStar.com)
Vaughan Muslim Festival Comes to Maple (YorkRegion.com)
Firefighters extinguish blaze at Vaughan manufacturing company yard (CTVNews.ca)
Vaughan dumpster fire causes plenty of distraction (YorkRegion.com)
City staff to address questions about digital billboards (OttawaCommunityNews.com)
York Region News
East Gwillimbury moving forward with electoral review (YorkRegion.com)
North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance asks region to amend town plan to protect wetland (YorkRegion.com)
Thane Developments must create plan to contain pollutants: Ministry of Environment (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket homeowner frets about ‘illegal’ construction next door (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Oshawa council’s meeting about utility merger was illegal, ombudsman rules (TheStar.com)
Caledon residents angry over re-emergence of Canadian Tire hydrogen project (TheStar.com)
Etobicoke councillor defends controversial rezoning next to Willowbrook railyard (TheStar.com)
Unpaving a parking lot to create paradise: It’s not easy (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Will Uber be driven out of city? (TheWhig.com)
Barrie reviewing taxi bylaws for Uber regulation (Simcoe.com)
Federal News
Statistics Canada to test texting as one way to stop major information quality concerns (TheStar.com)
