News Clippings
April 21
Vaughan News
[VIDEO]: Daniel Kostopoulos talks about the 2016 Citizen Survey on Rogers daytime York Region (rogerstv.com)
Sale of Thornhill’s Promenade Shopping Centre finalized (CP24.com)
York Region News
York Region school board reps' silence after meeting angers parents (yorkregion.com)
Chinese Markham real estate flyers promote overseas buyers (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
The good, the bad and the ugly of Ontario's plan to tame Toronto's hot housing market (financialpost.com)
Foreign buyer tax means uncertainty for Toronto budget (thestar.com)
Tenant advocates welcome plan to curb rent increases (thestar.com)
Fairfax’s Prem Watsa warns Toronto real estate bubble will burst (theglobeandmail.com)
Marijuana enthusiasts say legalization will light up 4/20 celebrations (thestar.com)
TTC says it has cut down on subway delays (thestar.com)
Toronto police rolling out mental-health app (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario to tackle soaring housing market with multipronged plan (theglobeandmail.com)
New tax, rent controls part of Wynne’s plan to protect tenants and homebuyers (thestar.com)
Ontario’s rent and housing reform: 16 big changes explained (theglobeandmail.com)
Rate of ash tree deaths "under control," Montreal says (montrealgazette.com)
Uber to begin public transit service in Innisfil next month (ctvnews.ca)
Federal News
Trudeau wants to relieve pressures on GTA real estate, but cautiously (thestar.com)
Government of Canada Takes Historic Action to Create New Rental Housing (marketwired.com)
Ottawa looking to establish cannabis tracking system alongside legalization (thestar.com)
Federal government’s $631 pardon fee a ‘significant’ barrier, consultation told (thestar.com)
How the marijuana industry will boost Canadian innovation (theglobeandmail.com)
Why workplace diversity depends on engaging millennials (theglobeandmail.com)
April 20
Vaughan News
Vaughan hosts meeting on Kleinburg United Church renovations, Berton exhibit (yorkregion.com)
Thornhill Heritage Foundation aims to improve home's accessibility (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Scandal-plagued York Region school board dismisses director of education (theglobeandmail.com)
Richmond Hill economic development - business attraction (NRU)
GTA News
Private golf courses across the GTA are being gobbled up for development (postcity.com)
Greenfield attraction - slow to intensify (NRU)
Van serves as roving art gallery for video creators in Images Festival (thestar.com)
Toronto Community Housing units set to close despite residents’ pleas (thestar.com)
Contractor faces financial penalties if Gardiner off-ramp replacement is delayed (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Wynne to slap 15 per cent tax on foreign real estate speculators (thestar.com)
Budget will include funding boost for hospitals, Wynne says (thestar.com)
Ontario will start collecting data on home buyers, including foreign investors (financialpost.com)
Taxi drivers union taking city to court over Uber laws (metronews.com)
Oakville’s significant landscapes - protecting assets (NRU)
Rent control isn’t the solution to Ontario’s housing problem (theglobeandmail.com)
Housing measures to tackle rental and home-buying issues: Wynne (theglobeandmail.com)
Mortgage rates falling as Ontario readies housing measures (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
How to fix Canada’s red-hot housing markets: A guide to what’s happening, what’s been proposed and what buyers can do (theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa too slow on clean tech investment, new report warns (thestar.com)
Illegal border crossings into Canada continue to rise (thestar.com)
April 19
Vaughan News
[PHOTOS]: First Toronto Rocket on Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (flickr.com)
Vaughan's Glenn Gould Public School fundraiser features NASCAR's Dave Connelly (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
'It's a mess': Aurora councillors upset operations centre over budget (yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury population set to increase 51 per cent by 2020 (yorkreigon.com)
Richmond Hill house prices continue to soar above national trends (yorkregion.com)
Average home price in Stouffville rises $3,000 per day (yorkregion.com)
Mackenzie Health community info session to be held in Richmond Hill (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto councillors open door for change to holiday store closings (thestar.com)
Toronto homeowners cash out of hot real estate market as uncertainty sets in (thestar.com)
Toronto ranks in top quarter for best cities for millennials (thestar.com)
Prescribed burns in High Park and Lambton park (thestar.com)
Peel school board’s Muslim support fuels hate, threats (theglobeandmail.com)
Governments rule out housing measures that would boost Toronto demand (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Sousa set to unveil 10 measures targeting housing affordability (thestar.com)
Ontario’s auto insurance system ‘one of the least effective’ in Canada, report finds (thestar.com)
Taxi union goes to court over Ottawa's Uber bylaw (cbc.ca)
Emerald ash borer reshaping streetscapes (therecord.com)
Fiery home prices imperil ‘majority of the populated areas of Ontario’ (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Canada’s analog broadcasting policy makes no sense in a digital world (theglobeandmail.com)
Canadian home sales hit record in March as Toronto prices soar (thestar.com)
‘Amazing’ how far we have come on LGBTQ2 rights, says Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault (thestar.com)
Schools and employers partner to curb youth underemployment (theglobeandmail.com)
April 18
Vaughan News
Vaughan moves closer to scoring 5th York Region council seat (yorkregion.com)
Condo wars heat up in Vaughan's new downtown as developers reach skyward (yorkregion.com)
SmartREIT, Mitchell Goldhar and CentreCourt Set to Launch Transit City (marketwired.com)
Increased summer construction and traffic in York Region due to projects (yorkregion.com)
Transit construction projects gearing up in York Region (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
The show will go on for Music Aurora, without funding from town (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayor John Tory wants a piece of any pot cash (thestar.com)
Toronto residents pin hopes on basic income (thestar.com)
John Street Cultural Corridor project gains $40M in funding (thestar.com)
Councillor reports receiving homophobic hate mail (thestar.com)
How employers are feeling the wrath of Toronto’s housing bubble (theglobeandmail.com)
Anxiety intensifies in Toronto's suburbs as anti-Muslim rhetoric escalates (theglobeandmail.com)
Fixing Toronto's housing bubble: Today would be good (theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto's new innovation district and how you can take Fridays off and still be productive (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Queen's Park mulls reforms to powerful land-use tribunal (theglobeandmail.com)
Ontario considers housing tax for non-resident speculators (theglobeandmail.com)
Finance Minister Charles Sousa to introduce balanced budget April 27 (thestar.com)
Ontario embraces no-strings-attached basic income experiment (thestar.com)
Ontario to review how it notifies drivers of licence suspensions (thestar.com)
Proposal to legalize marijuana confronts Ontario with tricky choices (thestar.com)
School trustees have lost public trust - and outlived their role (thestar.com)
Off the rails: What a billion-dollar LRT line means for Hamilton (theglobeandmail.com)
Tougher rent control in Ontario puts new supply at risk, say owners (thestar.com)
Federal News
‘Canadians were not impressed’ by federal budget: survey (theglobeandmail.com)
How Canada’s marijuana legislation will affect employers (theglobeandmail.com)
No amnesty plan for past pot convictions amid legalization move (thestar.com)
New Edmonton transit strategy will be presented to council (edmontontalksnews.com)
After lull, Vancouver housing prices set for rebound (theglobeandmail.com)
