News Clippings
Jan. 20
Vaughan News
WATCH: Vaughan 2016 year in review and looking ahead to 2017 - Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua on Newstalk 1010
(Newstalk 1010)
Five things to do this weekend (Vaughan Citizen)
Miller Thomson LLP opening new law office in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (Yorkregion.com)
Meet the condo: ICONA Condominiums in Vaughan (metronews.ca)
P.E.I. takes aim at outlaw motorcycle gangs setting up in province (thestar.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill Liberal MP Majid Jowhari sparks controversy over Iranian activities (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville to adopt code of conduct, hire integrity commissioner (Yorkregion.com)
Request to toss significant fire dollars from Georgina's 2017 budget (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Big city mayors to demand cash for social housing (thestar.com)
Plan for massive nightclub on Toronto’s waterfront alarms residents (theglobeandmail.com)
Late business hours of city businesses make streets safer (thestar.com)
Hovercraft service from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake proposed (thestar.com)
Tory defends east-end garbage privatization (thestar.com)
Mayor John Tory to return to Los Angeles to court movie and TV business (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario MPPs salary freeze won't be lifted before 2019 (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Prominent Canadians urge Trudeau to act on electoral reform pledge (theglobeandmail.com)
Complaints filed over Trudeau’s French answers to English questions (theglobeandmail.com)
Cities should be more realistic about homelessness: report (theglobeandmail.com)
Soaring land values in Vancouver spark a ‘property tax revolt’ (theglobeandmail.com)
Jan. 19
Vaughan News
Spadina subway extension to Vaughan on track for completion in 2017: TTC (yorkregion.com)
City of Vaughan Design Review Panel Agenda (NRU)
Thornhill Townhouses Proposed (NRU)
Approval Recommended or Kleinburg Subdivision (NRU)
Stouffville to adopt code of conduct, hire integrity commissioner (yorkregion.com)
Lights will stay on at Barrie's PowerStream operations centre (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Improving Connections (NRU)
Stouffville councillors defer giving themselves a raise (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City watchdog asked to investigate misleading briefing note on Scarborough subway (thestar.com)
City staff recommend looking into privatizing garbage collection in Scarborough (thestar.com)
Councillor questions mayor's plan to add child-care subsidies while cutting grant (thestar.com)
TTC ridership flatlines, officials warn agency may not meet 2017 goal (thestar.com)
Semi home prices soars 62% in two years (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Premier Kathleen Wynne pledges more relief on hydro bills (thestar.com)
Ontario proposes to boost water bottling fee by $500 per million litres (thestar.com)
Shaping Barrie’s Future (NRU)
Setting Standards (NRU)
Greenbelt Boundary Minor Changes (NRU)
Federal News
Pension plan funding conditions expected to ease in 2017 (theglobeandmail.com)
Jan. 18
Vaughan News
Vaughan mulls over water, wastewater rate hike plus new stormwater charge (Yorkregion.com)
City exploring options for management of Uplands Club in Thornhill (Yorkregion.com)
Simcoe and York residents will save through hydro merger: Barrie mayor (simcoe.com)
York Region News
Activate Aurora teaches more than 300 physical literacy through play (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury Sports Complex gets federal grant for dehumidifier (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Gripes about the TTC are well-founded, but the future looks brighter (theglobeandmail.com)
Failing Presto fare gates madden passengers (thestar.com)
Bloordale gets fitted with new bike racks (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario special orders licence plates to meet high demand (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Canada’s mayors pushing federal government for housing, transit cash (theglobeandmail.com)
Got a question about the law? There’s a site for that ... (thestar.com)
Conservative MPP accuses Liberals of secrecy on how businesses get government funding (thestar.com)
Jan. 17
Vaughan News
Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua on Newstalk 1010 talks about the Vaughan Advantage and new developments in Vaughan (newstalk1010.com)
'Alectra' Unveiled as New Electric Utility to Serve Nearly One Million GTHA Customers (marketwired.com)
Enersource, PowerStream, Horizon, Hydro One Brampton set to flip the switch on massive merger (bramptonguardian.com)
Hamilton residents won't notice much difference in new electricity merger (cbc.ca)
PowerStream, three other utilities to merge (ctvnews.ca)
Horizon Utilities becomes Alectra creating second largest municipally-owned utility in North America (hamiltonnews.com)
York Region News
York region organization wants your extra bedrooms for homeless youth (cbc.ca)
Food-handler bylaw in York Region aims to prevent food poisoning cases (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mississauga skyline to change (thestar.com)
Condo rents see biggest jump on record as Toronto’s housing squeeze spreads to high-rise (financialpost.com)
Provincial News
Town of Oakville removing ash trees from woodlands to eradicate emerald ash borer (insidehalton.com)
Federal News
Canadian companies falling behind in global sustainability ranking (theglobeandmail.com)
Ottawa reaches health-care funding deal with territories (thestar.com)
Jan. 16
Vaughan News
Asphalt blues (corporateknights.com)
York Region News
York region school board doing everything it can to tackle racism, chair says (cbc.ca)
GTA News
Legalized skating on Grenadier Pond a small win for Torontonians (theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto’s hot housing market spills over to condo rentals (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario drivers with unpaid speeding tickets to be denied licence plates (thestar.com)
If you can't beat them, licence them: Hamilton set to regulate Uber (cbc.ca)
Ontario eyes stronger protections for workers who get sick on the job (thestar.com)
Ontario economy growing at 2.6 per cent (thestar.com)
Federal News
Parliament’s conflict-of-interest watchdog opens first-ever investigation into a PM’s activities (nationalpost.com)
Beaver’s genome mapped out to help celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday (thestar.com)
