News Clippings
Oct. 7
Vaughan News
11,000 hectares of Greenbelt at risk of development: environmentalists (YorkRegion.com)
PowerStream Receives Award for Residential Solar-Storage Pilot (MarketWired.com)
Media Advisory: MP Tassi and MP Sorbara to Announce Support for Commercialization Partnerships in Woodbridge (MarketWired.com)
New acquisition for Automotive Properties REIT (Renx.ca)
Bias, corruption top complaints for Barrie’s integrity commissioner (Simcoe.com)
York Region News
Basement apartments not solution for affordable housing: Markham mayor (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Why Ridesharing Isn’t a Substitute for Investing in Transit (Torontoist.com)
Growing Pains: How Toronto and the GTA are battling urban sprawl (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario's budget watchdog praises government for unleashing data (TheStar.com)
Pair of defamation lawsuits will test Ontario’s new ‘anti-SLAPP’ law (TheStar.com)
Boondoggle: How Ontario’s pursuit of renewable energy broke the province’s electricity system (NationalPost.com)
Federal News
Liberals launch consultations on changes to parental leave (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Oct. 6
Vaughan News
Have a look inside the GTA’s coolest new library (TorontoLife.com)
York Region News
Newmarket eyes growth plan changes: Unintended Impacts (NRU)
Ward 5 by-election: Newmarket Votes (NRU)
Inclusionary Zoning: York Region Seeks Flexibility (NRU)
Magna non-move from Aurora a bitter blow to King Township (YorkRegion.com)
Invasive plant poses threat to Sutton's Black River, Lake Simcoe: MNRF (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora faces user fee increases to cover costs in 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Charting employment growth in the GTA (NRU)
Developer threatens to fight plans for Toronto rail-deck park (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Province proposes limiting powers of Ontario Municipal Board (TheStar.com)
Hamilton tracks service delivery: Measuring performance (NRU)
Uber gets green light for Ottawa airport pickups (OttawaCitizen.com)
Ash borer plan consideration delayed (TBNewsWatch.com)
Federal News
Quebec taxi drivers hold strike to protest government’s Uber deal (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Poloz gets interest-rate leeway as Morneau tightens reins on housing (TheStar.com)
House of Commons votes to ratify Paris climate deal (TheStar.com)
Liberal MP’s bill to update Canada’s animal cruelty laws defeated (GlobalNews.ca)
Oct. 5
Vaughan News
Ahmadi Muslims' spiritual leader welcomed by thousands at Vaughan mosque (YorkRegion.com)
Ontario Supporting National Soccer Championships in Vaughan (News.Ontario.ca)
Safety concerns at Rutherford GO station as commuters fight for unreserved parking spots (Global News.ca)
Land supply not to blame for rising home prices: Study (TheSpec.com)
Delivery by air, drones take another step forward in Canada (rcinet.ca)
What's open and what's closed Thanksgiving Day in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Queen's Park to take action on York Region elected chair by end of year (YorkRegion.com)
Potential for 300 senior York Regional Police officers to retire by 2020 (YorkRegion.com)
York Region's high housing prices: Are there solutions or is this the new reality? (YorkRegion.com)
Lake-to-lake cycling route moving ahead in Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
King tries to hold user-fee increases to 2.5-3 per cent for 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket council approves $615,000 Lions Park drainage improvement project (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Mississauga councillors exploring options for campaign financing (Mississauga.com)
Toronto house prices jump more than 20 per cent in September (TheStar.com)
Poll finds support for Mayor Tory's budget austerity (TheStar.com)
Scarborough subway might already be off track (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Uber is finally street legal in Ottawa (OttawaSun.com)
Uber argues for non-restrictive bylaw in Hamilton (TheSpec.com)
Federal News
Uber paying its drivers to flout Quebec law (CBC.ca)
Businesses tell B.C. government to put the pedal to the metal on Uber (GlobalNews.ca)
Premiers draw battle lines as Trudeau seeks support for carbon-pricing plan (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Vancouver’s new chief planner says city is ripe for change (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Oct. 4
Vaughan News
Ahmadiyya Caliph touches down in Toronto (TheStar.com)
Franklin Energy Expands Services for Canadian Utility (BusinessWire.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill gives go-ahead to 'destination park' (YorkRegion.com)
Environmentalists balk at attempts to stall provincial growth plans (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Brampton monster home back to square one after judge’s ruling (TheStar.com)
There can only be one: Ajax, Pickering fight for right to host casino (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Cycle Toronto shining light on biking safely at night (TheStar.com)
Councillor trashes condo signs littering sidewalks (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Council Preview: Budget direction under review (TBNewsWatch.com)
Accounting spat leads to differing Ontario deficit figures (Thestar.com)
Ontario offered contract extensions to education unions on the sly (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Hospital parking fees cut in half for frequent visitors (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Trudeau’s national carbon price plan fills vacuum, not coffers: Hebert (TheStar.com)
Liberal government’s carbon tax plan provokes anger from provinces (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Ottawa’s housing reforms target foreign buyers, mortgage debt (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Canada's banks brace for mortgage overhaul (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Ottawa’s push to tackle real estate tax dodgers sees mixed response (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Why Canada’s love for exotic pets is a growing problem (TheStar.com)
Election day should be a national holiday: Teitel (TheStar.com)
Judge temporarily suspends controversial Montreal pit bull ban (TheGlobeandMail.com)
Oct. 3
Vaughan News
York Region welcomes first network for businesses to reduce carbon footprint (YorkRegion.com)
The Blue Mountains hires two integrity commissioners (Simcoe.com)
Toronto fairways to be turned into living spaces (MortgageBrokersNews.ca)
The 1st Annual Summer BBQ With M.P. Franesco Sorbara (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Civic Centre Resource Library Grand Opening (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and vaughaneast.snapd.com)
4th Annual Vaughan Parkinson Superwalk (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and vaughaneast.snapd.com)
S.A.V.I Presents Venturing Together: Cultural-Diversity Festival (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and vaughaneast.snapd.com)
Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua Annual Charity Golf Classic (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Vaughan Hires New City Manager Daniel Kostopoulos (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Vaughan Newcomers’ Bus Tour (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Inaugural Canadian Flag Raising Ceremony At The Jaffari Community Centre (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Ribbon Cutting Of Chateau Le Parc (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Official Opening Of Clearview Park (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
15th Annual Creating Alternatives Charity Golf Classic (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and vaughaneast.snapd.com)
Construction is officially underway at The Mack in Vaughan! (Blog.NewsInHomes.com)
GTA News
City eyes legalizing rooming houses in North York, East York and Scarborough (TheStar.com)
Province prepared to listen about possible tax breaks in Toronto Hydro sell-off (TheStar.com)
Why do public art ‘experts’ mess with success?: Keenan (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Put brakes on aggressive density targets, McCallion summit to province (YorkRegion.com)
Uber operates unlicensed on first day of new bylaw (OttawaCitizen.com)
Opposition calls for public review of water-taking permits in Ontario as Guelph fights Nestle contract (NationalPost.com)
Federal News
Taxi industry calls for province-wide work stoppage Wednesday (CBC.ca)
Quebec's Uber pilot project pushed back until mid-October (CBC.ca)
Ottawa non-committal on social-housing funds for cities (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Trudeau government to close foreign-buyers loophole (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
