News Clippings
July 21
Vaughan News
WATCH: Inspiring future firefighters (City News and citynews.ca)
GTA News
Network of Toronto laneways could help bridge gaps in cycling infrastructure, advocates say (thestar.com)
Etobicoke residents not fans of GTAA's 'Master Plan' for Pearson Airport (cbc.ca)
Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust purchases first piece of community land (cbc.ca)
Old Mill bridge transformed into canvas for Indigenous art (cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Women, recent immigrants to see big benefits from minimum wage increase (thestar.com)
Ontario on track to setting 19 as minimum legal age for recreational pot (thestar.com)
Hydro One's $6.7B acquisition may gouge ratepayers, critics say (thestar.com)
Federal News
'Extensive' vetting process found no reason Payette shouldn't be GG, Trudeau says (nationalpost.com)
NAFTA talks ‘too important’ for partisanship, Trudeau says (theglobeandmail.com)
July 20
Vaughan News
New face for Vaughan: council adds a member (NRU)
York development charges appeal allowed (NRU)
Ahmadi Muslim gathering pushes peaceful version of Islam (nowtoronto.com)
York Region News
Stouffville council to discuss alleged "break-in" to Altmann's office (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto report on road safety system may be delayed by one year (thestar.com)
Toronto aims for Canada’s greenest employer award (thestar.com)
Etobicoke man's park staircase a hit with neighbours, but mayor warns against copycats (cbc.ca)
Who should use this 100-year-old Scarborough road? Not trucks, says resident (cbc.ca)
Fraudsters impersonating fire safety inspectors, Brampton Fire warns (cbc.ca)
Dundas connects: BRT for now (NRU)
Brampton shale extraction proposal: quarry quarrel (NRU)
Provincial News
13 cars from CN freight train derail in Strathroy (thestar.com)
Hydro One signs blockbuster deal to buy U.S. utility Avista for $4.4-billion (theglobeandmail.com)
Ontarians pay highest rates in Canada for hydro, study shows (cbc.ca)
Greening the city: Hamilton pop-up park (NRU)
Federal News
Tax changes would hurt profitable businesses, opponents warn Ottawa (theglobeandmail.com)
Premiers want more help from Ottawa to meet cannabis-legalization deadline (theglobeandmail.com)
July 19
Vaughan News
Vaughan Female Firefighter Camp (Newstalk 1010 - The Night Side)
3 shot and wounded outside Woodbridge lounge (thestar.com)
Feeling the heat? Here are 5 places to cool off in York Region (yorkregion.com)
Orangeville residents among the highest taxed in Ontario: report (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket latest town to close drive-test neighbourhood to driving instructors (cbc.ca)
GTA News
Councillors efforts to derail ward realignments undermines democracy in Toronto (thestar.com)
Mayor Tory wants Toronto to get a share of pot revenues (thestar.com)
How a zoning bylaw could transform 500 apartment sites across the city (cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Niagara landfill transforms into farm for bees (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canada’s premiers discuss delaying the legalization of marijuana (thestar.com)
Ottawa vows to lift corporate secrecy in bid to stop tax evasion and money laundering (thestar.com)
Trudeau urged to lay out Canada’s NAFTA objectives (theglobeandmail.com)
Conservatives mount campaign against Trudeau over Omar Khadr settlement (theglobeandmail.com)
July 18
Vaughan News
Mackenzie Health Launches First in Canada Epic End-to-End Electronic Medical Record (newswire.ca)
GTA News
Believe it or not, Toronto’s council is helping it close in on ‘world city’ status, Australian urbanist says (thestar.com)
Etobicoke's Albion Library embraces changing urban landscape (thestar.com)
A stretch of Yonge St. could become Canada’s ‘most accessible’ neighbourhood (thestar.com)
The province must address problem of unlicensed homes offering services to vulnerable residents, Mayor Tory says (thestar.com)
Toronto housing takes sharp turn into buyer’s market (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Marijuana legalization, cross-border trade, opiods, pharmacare top agenda at premiers’ meeting (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canadians are invited to share their ideas on how to better prevent and reduce homelessness across Canada (newswire.ca)
Ottawa targets income ‘sprinkling’ loophole that lets wealthy Canadians reduce tax bill (thestar.com)
'Hold, please' no more: Texting for a cab coming soon to 2 Saskatoon taxi lines (cbc.ca)
Housing sales fall in most markets across Canada (theglobeandmail.com)
July 17
Vaughan News
Finding the positive in spite of growing negative coverage (MortgageBrokerNews.ca)
Canada’s Wonderland poised for 'something interesting' amid hints of new hotel (BNN.ca)
It's all things Latin at Fuerza Latina in Vaughan July 15 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA Housing Market Was “Canada’s Least Healthy” (Insauga.com)
York Region News
How much have foreign buyers affected Toronto’s housing market? (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
GTA News
Coloured canopy and street style portraits among the artworks coming to eight TTC subway stations (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Barrie needs your thoughts on its transportation industry bylaw (Simcoe.com)
City to look at policy covering short-term rentals (OttawaCommunityNews.com)
Federal News
Canada is America’s biggest and best customer by far, Trudeau tells U.S. governors’ conference (TheStar.com)
