News Clippings
Jan. 13
Vaughan News
Bus Terminal at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Gets Underway (UrbanToronto.ca)
Inter-regional Vaughan bus terminal construction underway (630ched.com)
Builder Steve Gupta’s Vaughan condo towers to change skyline (CanIndia.com)
Richmond Hill house prices soar 30% to $1.138 million, report says (YorkRegion.com)
Media Advisory: Enersource, Horizon Utilities, Hydro One Brampton and PowerStream Set to Unveil New Merged Electrical Utility that will Serve GTHA Customers (DigitalJournal.com)
Why these GTA middle school students created Black Girls Magazine (CBC.ca)
Mega-hospital project 'will be over' if provincial funding doesn't come through (CBC.ca)
York Region News
Georgina council to debate raising ClearWater barn from ashes next week (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Mississauga residents demand to know why progress so slow at blast site (TheStar.com)
Should celebrities have power to shift the agenda at city hall?: Keenan (TheStar.com)
Ontario News
Wynne recasts cabinet in wake of Orazietti's departure (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Justin Trudeau’s new democratic institutions minister won’t promise electoral reform (GlobalNews.ca)
Liberals to close tax loopholes for the rich, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says (TheStar.com)
Jan. 12
Vaughan News
New $32.1M bus terminal breaks ground in Vaughan, ready by end of 2017 (YorkRegion.com)
New bus terminal will link York Region to subway line (CTVNews.ca)
SmartREIT and Mitchell Goldhar announce Miller Thomson LLP as a New Tenant in its Class-A office tower at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ("VMC") (MarketWired.com)
Too pricey to die? Cemeteries running out of burial space (CTVNews.ca)
Home prices surged across GTA in final quarter of 2016 (CP24.com)
Ontario to keep Stoney Creek tender fruit lands in Greenbelt (HamiltonNews.ca)
MPP Gila Martow nominated again as PC candidate for Thornhill (YorkRegion.com)
VAUGHAN GAZEBO LEGALIZED (NRU)
Miller Thomson Makes Further Investments in The Greater Toronto Area (TheProvince.com)
GTA News
Council asked to fund more planning staff amid unprecedented development (TheStar.com)
Tory backs proposal to let city workers bid for Scarborough garbage contract (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
MISSISSAUGA SHORT-TERM RENTALS: EYEING REGULATION (NRU)
COOTES TO ESCARPMENT ECOPARK: COORDINATING CONSERVATION (NRU)
Ontario News
Wynne to tweak cabinet to fill vacancy (TheStar.com)
SYNERGIES IN DOWNTOWN BARRIE: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS (NRU)
WARD BOUNDARY REVIEW UNDERWAY: GOVERNING OSHAWA (NRU)
Federal News
From Bell Island to Belleville: Trudeau starts national tour to “remain connected with Canadians” (NationalPost.com)
Jan. 11
Vaughan News
Metro Morning Interview with Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua: video (Metro Morning)
Toronto Housing Starts Post Healthy 2016 (MarketWired.com)
Ontario Energy Board approves Horizon Utilities merger proposal (HamiltonNews.com)
York Region News
Markham's textile recycling program to save taxpayers $86,000 (YorkRegion.com)
York Region will use $15M from provincial gas tax to improve transit (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto dominates list of worst traffic jams across Canada (TheStar.com)
Toronto poised to expand private garbage collection (TheStar.com)
City to create ‘seniors safety zones’ to protect older pedestrians (TheStar.com)
Greater Toronto Area booms with $1-million-plus home sales (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Ontario News
City’s next steps for Uber unclear (OttawaExpress.ca)
Federal News
Three Toronto-area MPs promoted in Trudeau cabinet shakeup (TheStar.com)
Jan. 10
Vaughan News
Metro Morning Interview with Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua (Metro Morning)
Vaughan downtown 'exploding,' says developer hoping to build 2 massive condo towers (CBC.ca)
Some good things that will almost definitely happen in Toronto in 2017 (TorontoLife.com)
York Region News
Pick of the Week: King's Canada 150 Quilt Show (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto man allowed to keep ship-shaped tree house (TheStar.com)
Ontario News
In Hamilton, Ont., an onslaught of millennials escaping the bidding wars and mortgages of Greater Toronto (NationalPost.com)
London, Ont., woman ‘heartbroken’ city plans to expropriate, demolish 120-year-old house to widen street (NationalPost.com)
Federal News
Uber to help cities get a better grasp on traffic patterns (CBC.ca)
Trudeau plans cabinet shuffle involving up to a third of the positions (CityNews.ca)
At $4.9 billion, 2016 broke record for damage caused by natural disasters, insurers report (TheStar.com)
Jan. 9
Vaughan News
Rebate should offset higher hydro fees in several Simcoe County communities (simcoe.com)
2017 Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Budget (myinforms.com)
York Region News
Aurora Chamber business excellence awards to return after five-year hiatus (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Former ombudsman says Tory’s secrecy request is anti-democratic (thestar.com)
North York resident wins right to move city-owned tree based on religious belief (thestar.com)
TTC on verge of being top in North America, Byford says (thestar.com)
It's halfway through Mayor Tory’s term and he’s ready to fight (theglobeandmail.com)
Mirvish Village joins a history of lost neighbourhoods in Toronto (oyetimes.com)
Collingwood rejects PowerStream offer for remaining utility shares (simcoe.com)
Oakville holds open house on Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)-related tree cutting (insidehalton.com)
Milton mayor Gord Krantz takes longevity record from Hazel McCallion (thestar.com)
Widespread 'abuse' of nomination process in provincial Mississauga riding: Former MP (torontosun.com)
Ontario News
Not even Wynne government knows real cost of cap-and-trade (torontosun.com)
Federal News
Richmond B.C. presses ahead with regulating Airbnb-like short-term rental services (mobilesyrup.com)
The time is now to forge Internet governance (theglobeandmail.com)
Simple ‘Canada 150’ legacies can be most memorable (thestar.com)
