News Clippings
Oct. 21
Vaughan News
Community Calendar (Vaughan Citizen)
Municipal ward boundary reviews ignore deep governance problems (tvo.org)
Toronto has Ontario’s fourth highest car insurance rate, study shows (bramptonguardian.com)
York Region News
York Region school trustees travelled to Finland more than once (thestar.com)
GTA News
Approval of Spadina Expressway was the beginning of the highway to nowhere (thestar.com)
Alexandra Park redevelopment brings residents into the planning process (theglobeandmail.com)
Port Lands flood protection cost rises to $1.25 billion (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Bringing More Child Care to Families in Simcoe and York Regions (news.ontario.ca)
Ontario signs deal for electricity from Quebec in bid to defuse anger over hydro bills (thestar.com)
Almost half of Ontarians do not believe Wynne will lead Liberals into 2018 vote: poll (thestar.com)
Wynne's golf club fundraiser inappropriate (torontosun.com)
Federal News
Trudeau reaffirms ‘deep’ commitment to electoral reform (thestar.com)
Liberals avoid scrutiny for contentious cash-for-access fundraisers (theglobeandmail.com)
Morneau’s economic growth council calls for national infrastructure bank (theglobeandmail.com)
Liberals ask Credit Suisse to study benefits of privatizing airports (theglobeandmail.com)
Liberals overhaul judicial appointment process to boost diversity (theglobeandmail.com)
Oct. 20
Vaughan News
VAUGHAN DESIGN REVIEW PANEL AGENDA (NRU)
Brampton tops latest list of most costly car insurance rates (BramptonGuardian.com)
York Region events: 9 things to do this weekend (Oct. 21 to 23) (YorkRegion.com)
Video streaming of Markham council, committee meetings to start Jan. 1 (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
A four-storey development proposal sparks residential notification change discussion in Aurora (YorkRegion.com)
New town website launched in Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora considers lifting winter on-street parking restrictions this winter (YorkRegion.com)
Crop or drug: Marijuana facility zoning in King depends on it (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
The loss of the ash tree (CHCH.com)
Toronto council calls for crackdown on tree removals (TheStar.com)
Proposal to licence Toronto rooming houses will face stiff opposition (TheStar.com)
Toronto city council takes first step towards regulating Airbnb-style rentals (TheStar.com)
Mega-projects reshaping Mississauga sprawl (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario moves election date to June 7, 2018 (TheStar.com)
OMB Review: Rethinking Powers (NRU)
Global experts share regional transit strategies: Recruiting Riders (NRU)
Climate change action: Balancing Act (NRU)
Metrolinx regional transportation plan review edging forward (NRU)
Town plants trees to fight emerald ash borer (FortErieTimes.ca)
Canada Post wins Hamilton community mailbox dispute, court rules (TheStar.com)
Hope for ‘transformative’ transit comes from province, not city council (NationalPost.com)
Federal News
No new taxis or Uber for Vancouver for another year (GlobalNews.ca)
Uber's long, bumpy road to crack Calgary's market (CalgaryHerald.com)
Trudeau, federal Liberals support still soaring year after election (TheStar.com)
A 5-year, city-by-city Canadian house price forecast (and, oh, look at Barrie, Ont.) (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Oct. 19
Vaughan News
Austrian Design Magazine features Vaughan’s Civic Centre Resource Library (IMMO - austrian design magazine)
York Region News
Bathurst Street reconnection nears completion in York Region (yorkregion.com)
Sixty-unit townhouse development a hit with King City councilors (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Tree For You means a tree for free, and a larger tree canopy for all (thestar.com)
It’s time to invest in the Toronto we want (thestar.com)
TTC ‘stages’ will give subway buskers a boost (thestar.com)
Don Valley gets corporate help for green makeover (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Wynne’s Liberals feeling the heat for spending millions to launch hydro program (thestar.com)
Federal News
Broad support in poll for $15 federal minimum wage (thestar.com)
Calgary to consider new measures that could lure Uber back to the city (mobilesyrup.com)
B.C. auditor general warns info on government mobile devices at risk (theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa to target home energy in renewables push (theglobeandmail.com)
Health ministers fear funding will be ‘inadequate’ if Ottawa cuts transfers (thestar.com)
Oct. 18
Vaughan News
Urban centres prove too costly for most businesses, especially when there’s cheaper options on the outskirts (financialpost.com)
Vaughan woman tackling litter problem at Golden Forest Pond (yorkregion.com)
Affordable housing should be made human right, York Region town hall meeting suggests (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Vast majority of Toronto parents can’t afford daycare (thestar.com)
Toronto can’t ‘cut our way out’ of budget woes, city manager warns (thestar.com)
Mayor John Tory set to announce private donors for Don Valley park (cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario's love-hate relationship with green energy (thestar.com)
Federal News
Uber could hit Calgary streets in time for the holidays, councillor says (cbc.ca)
Provinces urge Ottawa to reverse health funding cuts (thestar.com)
New federal panel set up to tackle youth unemployment (thestar.com)
CMHC's ‘red’ alert: Surging home prices spread to suburbs (theglobeandmail.com)
Housing in Canada overheating but don’t expect a collapse, according to new report (financialpost.com)
Oct. 17
Vaughan News
Governments of Canada and Ontario Celebrate New Affordable Housing in York Region (ontario.ca)
York Region News
York Region wants you to kick the clutter during waste reduction week (yorkregion.com)
Hwy. 7 in Markham to be closed Oct. 14 to 17 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto needs to take one last step to reach civic greatness (thestar.com)
Few takers for Mississauga low-income transit pass (thestar.com)
Brampton council says no to electoral reform despite ethnic mismatch with residents (thestar.com)
Is the greenbelt squeezing Toronto’s housing market? (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario to impose stricter rules for bottled water company permits (thestar.com)
Most Ontarians say justice system ‘broken’: survey (thestar.com)
Doctors worry about patient privacy as they speculate on government plans for eHealth (thestar.com)
How Montreal is giving new life to trees lost to emerald ash borer (cbc.ca)
Federal News
TransLink CEO urges participation between public transit, ride-hailing services (theglobeandmail.com)
Carbon plan critics using ‘scare tactics,’ Trudeau says (thestar.com)
Liberals to enact rules to curb use of chemicals in cooling devices (theglobeandmail.com)
CMHC to issue first ‘red’ warning for Canada’s housing market (theglobeandmail.com)
The intended consequences of new housing policies (theglobeandmail.com)
