News Clippings
March 11
Vaughan News
COLUMN: On the contrary, there's plenty of room in Vaughan for Toronto transit (yorkregion.com)
Justin Trudeau’s Italian problem (ipolitics.ca)
VINTAGE VAUGHAN: Girls' hockey team, Thornhill (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan’s model: Policy direction on Section 37 urged (NRU)
Vaughan severance allowed with modified conditions (NRU)
WATCH: Video shows Milton trash collector weighing down truck with snow (citynews.ca)
York Region News
York Region has cure for March Break blues (yorkregion.com)
Women's Centre of York Region celebrates day of ‘reflection, advocacy, action’ (yorkregion.com)
Stouffville stopping GO trains from using whistles (yorkregion.com)
Newmarket releases council spending expenses (yorkregion.com)
Parking tickets in King Township: option of 'first attendance hearing' (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Tuning in: GTHA councils boost public access (NRU)
Inside workers ratify new collective agreement with city (thestar.com)
Toronto library workers in contract talks with city (thestar.com)
Bloor St. bike lanes revealed (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Transit-linked infill: Burlington proposal adds density (NRU)
Tories promise to ‘repeal and refund’ contributions to Ontario retirement pension plan (thestar.com)
Federal News
It wasn’t all play for Trudeau and Obama: Climate, trade and ISIL among policy agreements (nationalpost.com)
Quebec government could start buying back taxi permits then rent them to Uber (cjad.com)
Vancouver’s pot dispensaries eye larger, unregulated Toronto market (theglobeandmail.com)
Climate change’s hidden catalyst (thestar.com)
March 10
Vaughan News
Mayor Tory not concerned after waste collector caught allegedly cheating (newstalk1010.com)
Toronto’s transit deal not done until the wheels go round and round (theglobeandmail.com)
Finding the right Summer Company (torontosun.com)
York Region News
Video sparks investigation into waste collection employee's actions in Milton (theifp.ca)
GTA News
Mayor John Tory’s executive endorses next steps in building transit network (thestar.com)
New transit plan is as good as we’re going to get (thestar.com)
Toronto’s transit deal not done until the wheels go round and round (theglobeandmail.com)
TTC vs car vs UPX - what’s the better way downtown Toronto? (thestar.com)
Metrolinx slammed for ‘appalling’ bus station beside Mississauga homes (thestar.com)
Pilot project for bike lanes on Bloor Street could open by summer (theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto to replace ‘frustrating’ sign-up system for recreation programs (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario government to clamp down on vaping and medical marijuana (thestar.com)
Federal News
Transportation Safety Board calls for stricter rules to prevent runaway trains (theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa’s plans to address rail safety under scrutiny (theglobeandmail.com)
Justin Trudeau calls for generosity and unity in first Washington speech (thestar.com)
March 9
Vaughan News
ECM unveils its made in Ontario E-House (plant.ca)
GTA News
Pilot project for bike lanes on Bloor Street could open by summer (theglobeandmail.com)
Goodbye and good riddance to frustrating registration process (thestar.com)
Toronto to replace registration system for recreation programs (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario chipping in $16 million toward 5G jobs (thestar.com)
Ontario issues dress-code warning (thestar.com)
Civil forfeiture often a provincial cash grab, new report finds (theglobeandmail.com)
Ontario farmers prepare for fight against pesticide laws (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Basic income: New life for an old idea (CBC.ca)
Canada to welcome up to 305,000 newcomers this year, McCallum says (thestar.com)
Canadian bank note to feature ‘iconic’ woman (thestar.com)
The climate-change challenge for leaders (theglobeandmail.com)
Housing starts surge in February as Ontario, B.C. outpace energy-producing provinces (theglobeandmail.com)
Deal to curb methane on deck when Trudeau meets Obama in Washington (globalnews.ca)
RCMP look for info gaps on threats to infrastructure (thestar.com)
City council to step up as province declines to regulate Uber (ckom.com)
March 8
Vaughan News
Why Vaughan should stay out of Toronto transportation planning (thestar.com)
New approach for stormwater charges coming to Vaughan (yorkregion.com)
Transport minister announces Highway 427 extension (torontoobserver.ca)
6 York Region events, including 3 from Richmond Hill, in Ontario's top 100 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
The undoing of Mayor John Tory’s transit promises (thestar.com)
Time for councillors to ask tough transit questions (thestar.com)
Brampton council kills LRT tunnel proposal (thstar.com)
How Uber And Taxis Shape Up In The Battle For Accessibility (torontoist.com)
Toronto Hydro bills set to rise (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario considers changing daycare ages and staff-child ratio (theglobeandmail.com)
Carbon tax pledge from PCs ‘better late than never,’ Wynne says (thestar.com)
Ottawa’s plans to address rail safety under scrutiny (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Liberals commit money to maternal health, including contraception (thestar.com)
UN raises concern over Canada’s persistent ‘housing crisis’ (thestar.com)
Ten-second procedure might have averted Lac-Megantic disaster (theglobeandmail.com)
Quebec’s new immigration policy aimed at meeting labour needs (theglobeandmail.com)
March 7
Vaughan News
Provincial budget: transit a big win in King and Vaughan, says Del Duca (yorkregion.com)
Father and son on quest to save old Woodbridge (thestar.com)
Women come together in Vaughan for peace conference (yorkregion.com)
On Paper: A glimpse of rarely-seen works from McMichael's permanent collection (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan's Baitul Islam Mosque part of Visit a Mosque campaign (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Town of Newmarket making older citizens' needs top priority (yorkregion.com)
Snow storage facility could harm Newmarket's Bogart Creek (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Everything’s riding on forecasts for transit plans (thestar.com)
Brampton eyeing LRT tunnel along rejected Main St. route (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Parents and advocates balk at new daycare regulations (thestar.com)
Ontario PC leader Brown announces revenue-neutral climate strategy (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Liberal budget a performance in three acts (thestar.com)
Health Canada flags factors to consider about legalizing marijuana (thestar.com)
Five things to watch for in the federal Liberals’ immigration plan (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada-wide carbon pricing needed to hit emissions targets, Wynne says (thestar.com)
Vancouver’s Mayor says province needs to figure out Uber (630ched.com)
City of Saskatoon looking at Uber as an option (CTVnews.ca)
Privy Council Office wants $600,000 more to update Trudeau’s website (thestar.com)
