News Clippings
June 24
Vaughan News
North GO Station gets approval, not Concord Site (vaughan citizen)
Vaughan residents ‘shocked’ by planned development on sensitive land (thestar.com/yorkregion.com)
Thornhill residents form united front in face of proposed condo (yorkregion.com)
City aims to tighten firearms bylaw, with exceptions (vaughan citizen)
How Canada’s Wonderland got built despite heated debates (thestar.com)
GTA News
Solo drivers get shot at HOT lanes - for a price (thestar.com)
HOT lane lottery makes a mockery of GTA traffic woes (thestar.com)
Audit finds waste in City of Toronto cleaning services (thestar.com)
$1 billion spike in subway cost may not be the end of it (thestar.com)
Retimed traffic lights cut delays by 8%, Tory says (thestar.com)
Provincial News
12 provincial departments working on Ontario’s weed strategy (thestar.com)
Ottawa takes multi-level approach to address problems in housing sector (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Canada’s privacy law ‘ill-suited’ to 21st century, watchdog warns Trudeau (thestar.com)
June 23
Vaughan News
Vaughan Design Review Panel Agenda (NRU)
Refusal recommended for Vaughan severance (NRU)
Approval recommended for 400-Major Mac townhouses (NRU)
Approval recommended for Keele-Major Mac townhouses (NRU)
Approval recommended for Bathurst-Rutherford townhouses (NRU)
Dufferin-Centre townhouses proposed (NRU)
Bathurst-Centre mixed-use development proposed (NRU)
GTA News
To support affordable housing, look at Toronto’s land-use planning regime (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario missing mark on accessibility standards, activist says (thestar.com)
City Councillor Proposes Banning Illegal Uber Drivers if London Enacts New Bylaw (inews880.com)
Ontario not banking on weed cash bonanza (thestar.com)
Taxpayers spent close to $20M on Ontario pension plan that never started and is now winding down (nationalpost.com)
Ontario halts pension work with CPP deal looming (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canada must create national strategy for seniors’ drugs (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada Post eyes drones for future mail delivery (theglobeandmail.com)
June 22
Vaughan News
Vaughan's Steve Shnier promotes literacy through puppetry (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill to decide where pet stores get their animals (yorkregion.com)
Mulock GO train station proposal for Newmarket clears major hurdle (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Report puts congestion tax, alcohol tax on Toronto council’s radar (thestar.com)
Uber Public Consultation Results to be Tabled at City Hall (640toronto.com)
Mississauga no closer to finding workable solution between Uber and taxis (mississauga.com)
Toronto transit report identifies billions in unfunded projects headed for a council vote (thestar.com)
John Tory's SmartTrack going ahead with six new stops (thestar.com)
$1 billion funding gap for Scarborough transit a question of ‘priorities’ (thestar.com)
GO extending service to Bowmanville by 2024 (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Building More GO Train Stations in West Toronto (ontario.ca)
Mayor says Guelph should embrace Uber, not fight it (sudbury.com)
Cat owners may soon have to leash their pets in Peterborough (thestar.com)
Federal News
Historic pension deal will endure for generations (thestar.com)
Public servants scramble to fill data deficit on Liberals' priorities (thestar.com)
CPP reform: What’s changing and how will it affect you (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada’s big banks could withstand a severe housing crash (theglobeandmail.com)
June 21
Vaughan News
[VIDEO]: 2016 Vaughan Mayor’s Gala (rogerstv)
York Region News
Markham property values up 45% since 2012 (yorkregion.com)
Brrrrrr! Stouffville council has snowy sidewalks on agenda (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Cut costs, build city, Toronto Mayor Tory tells staff (thestar.com)
Ambitious new goal, but no extra money for Toronto road safety plan (thestar.com)
407 East to give drivers a free ride - for now (thestar.com)
One-stop subway plan needs ‘rethink’ with 25 LRT stops possible, critics say (thestar.com)
Hockey in July? Council to debate street hockey ban at next meeting (cbc.ca)
Provincial News
LRT tunnel work to resume this week after sinkhole flooding (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Liberals launch public reviews of environmental assessments, National Energy Board (thestar.com)
Liberal appointments signal intent to diversify Canadian judiciary (theglobeandmail.com)
Finance ministers reach deal to expand Canada Pension Plan (theglobeandmail.com)
CPP deal is ‘devastating move,’ businesses warn (theglobeandmail.com)
June 20
Vaughan News
Growth prompts Vaughan to review ward boundaries (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Markham mayor ready for Yonge subway expansion north (torontosun.com)
Newmarket keeping status quo on Woodspring bike lanes, parking spaces (yorkregion.com)
Newmarket stays in line with province by passing Community Energy Plan (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Arborist 'furious' over city tree inspections (thestar.com)
Funding woes could dim Toronto sign’s glow (thestar.com)
‘A lot of money’ could be made diverting organics from landfill (thestar.com)
Mayor John Tory accused of ‘political posturing’ as Scarborough transit plans balloon by $1 billion (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Queen’s Park gearing up for legalized weed sales (thestar.com)
How going it alone helped Ontario get CPP deal (thestar.com)
Ontario’s climate plan is policy on speed (theglobeandmail.com)
Ontario families on welfare to keep full federal child benefit (thestar.com)
Federal News
Health Canada program for on-reserve patients adds regulatory hoops (theglobeandmail.com)
Medals to mark Canada’s 150th were designed in Harper era - but Liberals mum on whether they will be used (nationalpost.com)
Liberal plan for new national security watchdog gets thumbs up from experts, despite ‘inevitable flaws’ (nationalpost.com)
