News Clippings
Dec. 15
Vaughan News
Next stop, Vaughan: Inside the Toronto subway's big move beyond the city limits (theglobeandmail.com)
Media Advisory - Itinerary for Friday, December 15, 2017 (newswire.ca)
INTERVIEW: Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua on Metro Morning, Dec. 15, 2017
York Region News
Controversial York Region holiday shopping bylaw upheld, begins Jan. 1 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Lyft ride-hailing app being watched closely by transit officials in Toronto (ctvnews.ca)
Provincial News
Rebates of up to $75,000 offered to businesses for electric vehicles: Ontario government (globalnews.ca)
WSIB to abolish policy that slashed benefits for thousands (thestar.com)
Federal News
The high cost of Low corporate taxes (thestar.com)
Dec. 14
Vaughan News
Nurture what we cherish and anticipate what we need (Corriere Canadese)
Bevilacqua won't guarantee Vaughan will get legal marijuana store (YorkRegion.com)
East Gwillimbury joins Richmond Hill and Markham in rejecting a legalized marijuana shop (TheStar.com and MetroNews.ca)
No apology from Altmann at final Stouffville council meeting in 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
Councillors vote in favour of Guelph Hydro merger (GuelphMercury.com)
York Region News
Markham budget passes despite complaint over heritage home purchase (YorkRegion.com)
GTA home prices to stay flat in 2018: forecast (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
3 spots Markham's cow sculpture on stilts could wind up in new year (YorkRegion.com)
Average Newmarket homeowner can expect a tax increase of $54 in 2018 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
King Street pilot project reducing streetcar commute time, City of Toronto says (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Toronto region home prices forecast to rise 6.8% next year (TheStar.com)
Federal News
City gives Uber, Lyft the green light early next year (WinnipegSun.com)
Dec. 13
Vaughan News
What you need to know about the new Line 1 subway extension opening Sunday (cp24.com)
Carlo and Angela Baldassarra Family pledges $5M to new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital (newswire.ca)
York Region News
Stouffville mayor fails to apologize for CSI-style wall (thestar.com)
All-day weekday GO service coming to Vaughan, King, Aurora (yorkregion.com)
'Steady hiring climate' forecast for York Region in early 2018 (yorkregion.com)
Markham mayor doesn't want legal marijuana store in city (yorkregion.com)
'We're not ready' -- Richmond Hill tells province it's too soon for pot shops (yorkregion.com)
Ontario passes Cannabis Act, will take effect July 1, 2018 (metronews.ca)
Canadian cannabis companies on $2-billion fundraising spree as legalization looms (business.financialpost.com)
GTA News
New report says Toronto is the most expensive city in the country for child care (Toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Lyft, Uber’s ridesharing rival, launches Toronto service (thestar.com)
All TTC stations now equipped with cell service (thestar.com)
Home prices set to climb on buyer demand in GTA: forecast (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
NDP accuse Liberals of using hydro bills as partisan advertising (thestar.com)
Dec. 12
Vaughan News
Cost of child care up by 20% in some cities since 2014, report finds (CBC.ca, GlobalNews.ca and TheStar.com)
'Wonderful' bus rapidway terminal link opens to Vaughan subway station (YorkRegion.com)
Kona Grill Opens in Vaughan, Ontario Canada (Nasdaq.com)
Update: Hwy. 7 in Vaughan reopens folllowing rail car spill scare (YorkRegion.com)
The Guelph Hydro merger vote: a primer (GuelphToday.com)
York Region News
York Region's new 'undemocratic' holiday shopping bylaw comes under fire (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Lyft to launch its ride-hailing service in Toronto on Tuesday (TheStar.com)
Milton Council Votes to End Rural Transit Service (InHalton.com)
Basement apartment owners unhappy with city ban on Airbnb-like rentals (TheStar.com)
TTC must be innovative to compete with Uber, says board chair (TheStar.com)
Mississauga mayor fighting for share of legal marijuana revenue (Mississauga.com)
Toronto blue bins will be sifted through to see who's putting in the wrong items (TheStar.com)
Toronto library bars hate groups from renting space (TheStar.com)
Federal News
City tweaks new taxi bylaw, adds three-cent surcharge to Uber rides (WinnipegFreePress.com)
Feds should focus on business investment, job re-skilling: Economic advisers (BNN.ca)
Uber says 815,000 Canadians affected by data breach as formal investigation opened (TheStar.com)
Provinces to get 75 per cent share of pot tax revenues, Bill Morneau says (TheStar.com)
Dec. 11
Vaughan News
CP24 Donor of the Day (CP24.ca)
Premier Concludes Business Mission to China and Vietnam (News.Ontario.ca)
More York Region municipalities turn thumbs down to legal pot shops (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville mayor has yet to apologize for CSI-style wall (YorkRegion.com, TheStar.com and TheSpec.com)
Morning Update: Protests over Trump’s Jerusalem decision; Tory senators’ China trip under scrutiny (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Brampton Real Estate Market Still Has Homes For Less Than $1M (HiBusiness.ca)
Below Grade Forming Continues for The Met in Vaughan (UrbanToronto.ca)
Update on fate of halted GTA-West highway project expected by end of January (Mississauga.com)
York Region News
Province backtracks on municipalities’ right to say no to pot stores (TheStar.com)
Stouffville CAO says town can't fill vacancies due to 'brand problem' (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
City will demand Uber reveal how many Toronto users were impacted by security breach (TheStar.com)
Residents of Twin Pines Mobile Home Park on edge amid development plans (TheStar.com)
Here’s what you’ll pay for garbage collection and water in 2018 (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Kiss your ash goodbye: Costly beetle invasion will be quick and painful for Winnipeg, scientists say (CBC.ca)
Blizzard, wind and ice storm scenario puts Red Deer’s emergency response to the test (RedDeerAdvocate.com)
Nova Scotia, P.E.I. set legal age for marijuana use at 19 (BNN.ca)