News Clippings
Dec. 8
Vaughan News
Media Advisory - Prominent Vaughan family pledges transformational gift to help build Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital (newswire.ca)
Parent parking at Thornhill's Baythorn Public School upsets crossing guard (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Stouffville council slammed for questionable expenses (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Calls continue for integrated fare between TTC and local transit agencies (Toronto.citynews.ca)
Metrolinx enhances privacy policy for Presto fare card (thestar.com)
New Airbnb rules will ban Toronto owners from offering up basement apartments (thestar.com)
Text from TTC CEO contradicts public statements on subway memo (thestar.com)
Toronto council approves action plan to confront anti-Black racism (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Planning for a public emergency? Don’t follow Ontario’s example (canadianunderwriter.ca)
Drivers Worry Legal Marijuana Will Impact Road Safety: Survey (huffingtonpost.ca)
Federal News
Nova Scotia accepts arbitrator's decision for wage hikes for civil servants (timescolonist.com)
Climate framework rubber to meet road (yorkregion.com)
Trudeau fails to come back from China with the trade talks he wanted (thestar.com)
Dec. 7
Vaughan News
Woodbridge plaza redevelopment proposed (NRU)
Vaughan Centre tower proposed (NRU)
Approval recommended for Maple development (NRU)
This is what the new TTC subway map looks like (blogto.com)
Some Ontario municipalities push back against retail cannabis stores (theglobeandmail.com)
Montreal massacre commemorated in Toronto amid social media calls to end gender-based violence (thestar.com)
York Region News
Whitchurch-Stouffville Governance - ballot question coming (NRU)
Town of Newmarket defends spending on holiday cheer, staff appreciation (yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury 1 of the safest communities in region, says YRP (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Bike lane design allows for hearse parking (thestar.com)
Council rejects request to study whether Scarborough subway is good value for money (thestar.com)
Text from TTC CEO contradicts public statements on subway memo (thestar.com)
Toronto council unanimously supports Indigenous office (thestar.com)
Toronto to open 400 shelter spaces, but won't ask for armouries to be opened to homeless (cbc.ca)
'That's downtown thinking!' Councillor Maria Augimeri and MP Adam Vaughan clash on their blind date (ourwindsor.ca)
Provincial News
Highlights from the Ontario auditor general's 2017 annual report (thestar.com)
Burlington downtown precincts - finding a balance (NRU)
Hamilton entertainment facilities - tipping point (NRU)
Intensification by the GO - Grimsby grows (NRU)
Federal News
Marketing and packaging of legal marijuana a balancing act for government (globalnews.ca)
Dec. 6
Vaughan News
10 things you should know before you take Vaughan subway Dec. 17 (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan fire chief receives leadership award from fellow Ontario chiefs (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill Mayor Dave Barrow just says no to recreational marijuana sales in his town (thestar.com)
King Township water rate increasing 11.5% in 2018 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Is the Scarborough subway good value for money? (Thestar.com)
Council authorizes look at tunneling Eglinton LRT (thestar.com)
Federal News
B.C. sets 19 as minimum age to smoke marijuana (yorkregion.com)
Trudeau, Chinese Vice Premier strike similar note on trade openness at business summit (thestar.com)
Dec. 5
GTA News
Toronto council to this week set regulations for short-term rentals like Airbnb (thestar.com)
Is rent control making Toronto's vacancy squeeze worse? (thestar.com)
Vision Zero Network slams Toronto's proposed donations program for road safety (thestar.com)
How Patrick Brown would change Toronto transit plans (thestar.com)
Toronto home prices dip in November as new listings surge (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario small-business owners raising prices to cover minimum wage hikes (theglobeandmail.com)
Province to give Toronto $25.6 million for bicycle infrastructure (thestar.com)
Federal News
Tougher mortgage rules could shut out 50,000 potential home buyers a year: report (theglobeandmail.com)
Canada, China free-trade talks fail to launch (theglobeandmail.com)
Dec. 4
Vaughan News
Detached home or condo? Vaughan comes up with a compromise (TheStar.com)
York Region News
Clock ticking on future of GTA West corridor as update due in 60 days (YorkRegion.com)
Richmond Hill's Bradstock Park revitalization gets funding in 2018 (YorkRegion.com)
Udder confusion surrounds fate of cow-on-stilts (TheStar.com)
GTA News
King St. pilot project has slashed streetcar travel times, statistics show (TheStar.com)
Mayor John Tory to push for 400 new spots for Toronto’s homeless (TheStar.com)
Neighbours take street safety into their own hands (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
COUNCIL NOTEBOOK: A piece of Grey Cup glory (StCatharinesStandard.ca)
Builder rebate to encourage Ontario market rental construction (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Many hot topics debated in day two of Capital Budget talks (RedDeerExpress.com)
Regina mayor says taxis, Uber will be treated 'fairly' (CBC.ca)
Trudeau kicks off China visit with tourism pitch, boost for Mississauga company (TheStar.com)
Federal government willing to give more pot tax revenue to provinces to help municipalities (GlobalNews.ca)