News Clippings
July 7
Vaughan News
Guess what? Vaughan has 115 languages; we tell you where yours is (YorkRegion.com)
Vaughan mayor calls all to the table for a Community Conversation inspired by Italy (Yfile.news.yorku.ca)
Survey finds 90% of area respondents oppose condo proposal in Thornhill (PostCity.com)
Peterborough dips to 199th in 2017 MoneySense rankings of Best Place to Live in Canada (ThePeterboroughExaminer.com)
GTA News
Peel Paramedics exploring concept of drone-delivered defibrillators (CaledonEnterprise)
Ottawa to require Ontario to pay one-third of Toronto’s new transit projects (TheStar.com)
City to expand emergency drop-ins (TheStar.com)
Lull in Toronto-area housing market expected to linger (TheStar.com)
Council disbands Toronto Parking Authority board (TheStar.com)
Council approves King St. pilot to prioritize streetcars, but bows to taxi industry (TheStar.com)
Brampton councillor under fire for racially insensitive email (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Cats taking over parts of Cornwall (YorkRegion.com)
Federal News
Feds want to cut taxi bill by abandoning paper chit payments (CBC.ca)
UberEATS is now available in over 100 cities around the world (MobileSyrup.com)
Uber's driver-tipping feature rolls out in Canada (CBC.ca)
‘Uber is the safe, smart alternative to driving to the Stampede grounds’: MADD Canada (GlobalNews.ca)
July 6
Vaughan News
Vaughan's free concert in the park series runs until August (YorkRegion.com)
People (NRU)
Is the cessation of GO train whistles worth the million dollar price tag? (YorkRegion.com)
Ward 6 council seat crowded (TheBarrieExaminer.com)
York Region News
COLUMN: Richmond Hill moves to new system for parking bylaw infractions (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville mayor confirms 'CSI-style' wall, calls it 'mind map' (YorkRegion.com)
WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE SUBDIVISION STORMWATER WOES (NRU)
York Region is a little north and a little nicer for startups (ITBusiness.ca)
GTA News
Twitter bike cop forced to tone it down, but Toronto’s bike lane campaign could get a boost (TheStar.com)
Fight to stop 24-storey Eglinton Ave. condo loses at council (TheStar.com)
Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam withdrawing ‘intersectional’ motion that clashed with Black activists: Paradkar (TheStar.com)
Toronto adopts plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
TREMAINE DUNDAS SECONDARY PLAN: GETTING IT RIGHT (NRU)
MISSISSAUGA CONSIDERS HOTEL TAX: TESTING THE WATERS (NRU)
BRAMPTON SETS UP CONTROVERSIAL TRANSIT BODY: COUNCIL DIVIDED (NRU)
Provincial News
Foreign buyer tax impact mostly psychological, says Sousa (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Feds lay out new infrastructure funding rules (YorkRegion.com)
Destructive, invasive beetle heading for the Maritimes (GlobalNews.ca)
Councillors approve transit strategy, want faster implementation (EdmontonSun.com)
Vancouver mayor predicts new Airbnb rules will free up 1,000 units (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
July 5
Vaughan News
Immigrants celebrate Canada Day with citizenship in Vaughan (YorkRegion.com)
New Vaughan regional councillor pushes women's, seniors' rights, art (YorkRegion.com)
Anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on Vaughan school called 'appalling' (YorkRegion.com)
Canada Day Celebration in Vaughan (CP24.com)
32 names on list of Ward 6 hopefuls (BarrieToday.com)
York Region News
Green Lane construction delayed slightly by weather (YorkRegion.com)
York Region gets funding boost to support local child care system (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
City council unanimously passes TransformTO climate plan (TheStar.com)
City of Toronto apologizes for rapper Belly’s language at Canada 150 performance (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario releases foreign buyer data (YorkRegion.com)
Federal News
Town of Truro monitoring for arrival of tree pest, emerald ash borer (TuroDaily.com)
July 4
Vaughan News
Passport to Ride Contest (CP24.com)
ARD Outdoor Showroom Celebrates Its Official Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony! (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
The Unveiling of Vaughan's Electric Vehicle Charging Network (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Villa Colombo Vaughan Hosts BBQ for the Local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Team (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Vaughan Kids Love Reading Event At Pierre Berton Resource Library (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Skinprovement Medi Spa & Laser Clinic Grand Opening Celebration (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Councillor DeFrancesca's 7th Annual Movie Night! (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
North Maple District Regional Park Ground Breaking Ceremony (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
City Of Vaughan National Public Works Day 2017 (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
The 2017 Vaughan Accessibililty Fair (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Vaughan Public Libraries’ Touch A Truck (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
The Return of the Big Bike At Vaughan City Hall (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Family Story Time With Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Intro To Entrepreneurship (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Celebrating Our Canadian Diversity & Inclusion Italian Style (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Ontarians mark Canada 150 with citizenship ceremony, community celebrations (NationalPost.com, TheStar.com and CTVNews.ca)
Take off, eh? Helicopter father-son team begins global odyssey (TheStar.com, YorkRegion.com and InsideHalton.com)
Ahmadiyya Muslims donate $2M to Mackenzie Health Foundation (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
Land use planning policy changes to give communities a stronger voice (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville residents raise alarm over ‘CSI-style’ wall (TheStar.com)
GTA News
Milton commissioning town-wide tree inventory and more EAB treatments (InsideHalton.com)
It’s a whopper! Toronto council kicks off huge meeting (TheStar.com)
Work is in progress to unlock Port Lands, an area as large as Toronto’s downtown: Keenan (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Uber customers to be charged sales tax starting Canada Day (GlobalNews.ca)
Côte-St-Luc to mark Canada's 150th by planting 150 trees (MontrealGazette.com)
When brutal storms strike, some rural areas can't cope, municipalities say (CBCNews.ca)
Canadians Of All Income Levels Are Worried About Housing Prices (HuffingtonPost.ca)
B.C. ride-sharing companies slip through cracks as Uber faces pressure from provincial regulators (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
