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May 5
Vaughan News

Vaughan townhouse draws buyers with price drop (TheGlobeAndMail.com)

Serruya family buys Thornhill shopping centre (Renx.ca)

Clubhouse Developments Inc. Acquires The Country Club Golf Course in Woodbridge (NewsWire.ca)

Grandpa loves his detached house: Why Canada’s growing number of suburban seniors may be a problem (NationalPost.com)

York Region News

York Region Arts Council launches Festival Trail for Canada's 150th (YorkRegion.com)

Markham, York housing forum focuses on crisis in real-estate industry (YorkRegion.com)

Green Lane future includes more houses, stores, roads (YorkRegion.com)

GTA News

Councillors’ plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions will create more walkable and transit-focused communities (TheStar.com)

City of Toronto will subsidize your basement flood-proofing (TheStar.com)

Provincial News

Debate returns over cameras in Uber vehicles (CTVNews.ca)

Wynne readies Buy Canadian-style policy to turn tables on U.S. (TheGlobeAndMail.com)

Federal News

Private-sector role in Canada Infrastructure Bank raises conflict-of-interest questions (TheGlobeAndMail.com)


May 4
Vaughan News

VAUGHAN METROPOLITAN CENTRE: TRANSFERRING HEIGHTS AND DENSITY (NRU)

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre mixed-use development proposed (NRU)

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre towers proposed (NRU)

Condosbay.ca Introduces Transit City Condos for VIP Experience (DigitalJournal.com)

BRAMPTON RECONSIDERS TRANSIT CORRIDOR: CONSULTING THE PUBLIC (NRU)

York Region News

Georgina's scalding real estate market causes concern (YorkRegion.com)

Revised Newmarket Clock Tower development revealed at OMB pre-hearing (YorkRegion.com)

Delisting Aurora homes from heritage list a bad precedent: resident (YorkRegion.com)

Whitchurch-Stouffville council approves grants in pilot first round (YorkRegion.com)


GTA News

Regulating Uber led City of Toronto to save $3.4 million (ITBusiness.ca)

PORT CREDIT REDEVELOPMENT: WATERFRONT TRANSFORMATION
(NRU)


MISSISSAUGA’S RACE TO REDUCE: OPTIMIZING ENERGY USE (NRU)


Ajax approves changes to council composition (NRU)

Four measures that will create more rental units (TheStar.com)

Provincial News

Ontario government cancels cut to Toronto library grant (TheStar.com)

Federal News


Sunny ways fading as the Liberals hit the halfway mark in their mandate: Hébert (TheStar.com)

More Toronto residents in apartments than detached houses, census finds (TheStar.com)

Census 2016: The growing age gap, gender ratios and other key takeaways (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
May 3
Vaughan News

Transforming Winter Service Delivery (Municipal World)

Vaughan firefighters, drama students create fire safety video for teens (YorkRegion.com)

Vaughan misconduct hotline use drops; reports of business integrity issues spikes (YorkRegion.com)

Second 55-Storey Tower Planned for Vaughan's 'Transit City' (UrbanToronto.ca)

York Region News

Strategy in works to tackle dwindling affordable housing in York Region (YorkRegion.com)

Whitchurch-Stouffville celebrating Canada's 150th with summer events (YorkRegion.com)

New King Township municipal office delayed by OMB decision (YorkRegion.com)

GTA News

Urban canopy loss drives update of Oakville's private tree bylaw (InsideHalton.com)

GTA housing supply crisis continues to shatter market records (YorkRegion.com)

Torrid Toronto housing market finally takes a breather (TheGlobeAndMail.com)

Brampton targets 'illegal multi-family residences' (BramptonGuardian.com)

Provincial News

Ontario cuts funding for Toronto Public Library (TheStar.com)

Federal News

Two-thirds of Canada’s electricity now comes from renewable energy (TheStar.com)
May 2
Vaughan News

Vaughan marks Canada's 150th birthday with ceremonial tree planting (yorkregion.com)

Vaughan honours 80 local volunteers (yorkregion.com)

Fate of future 400-series highway through Vaughan still up in air (yorkregion.com)

VersaBank Appoints Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua Vice-Chairman (businesswire.com, stockhouse.com, finance.yahoo.com)

Understanding Greater Toronto Area's Pre-Construction Condo Craze (huffingtonpost.ca)

Shine A Light On Climate Change (snapd Vaughan east)

Highland Farms brings its fresh store experience to Vaughan (snapd Vaughan east)

Motown Party For Cancer Care (snapd Vaughan east)

Raise The Flag For World Autism Awareness Day! (snapd Vaughan east)

2017 Business Achievement Awards (snapd Vaughan east/snapd Woodbridge)


Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Grand Opening Of Titleist (snapd Vaughan east)

Flag Raising Ceremony - Cancer Awareness Month (snapd Vaughan east)

A Touch of Love and Hope Foundation Gala (snapd woodbridge)


The 100th Anniversary Of The Birth Of A Nation (snapd woodbridge)


Valeria Leads Clean Up The Litter Walk! (snapd woodbridge)


Kleinburg Vision Centre Grand Opening (snapd woodbridge)

Shoeless Joe's Sports Grill Grand Opening (snapd woodbridge)

York Region News

Federal funds boost Aurora Public Library (yorkregion.com)

GTA News

How Toronto's condo boom gives chain stores the upper hand (thestar.com)

Firm faces tough city sanction over College St. project (thestar.com)


Toronto tenants threatened with eviction amid rent strike (theglobeandmail.com)

Toronto Mayor Tory ‘over the line’ by ‘campaigning,’ Del Duca says (theglobeandmail.com)


Booming neighbourhood planned for industrial land on Mississauga’s waterfront (thestar.com)

Lake Ontario the highest it’s been since 1993 (thestar.com)

Provincial News

Ontario projecting less cap-and-trade money (yorkregion.com)

War of words ramps up between Tory and Wynne (thestar.com)


Federal News

Same number of Canadian seniors as those under 16, census results show (thestar.com)

As Canada prepares to legalize pot, Colorado offers advice (thestar.com)

Trudeau government vows to shut down debate in effort to pass legislative agenda (theglobeandmail.com)
May 1
York Region News

YRT and Viva service changes coming April 30 (yorkregion.com)


York Region trustees to undergo training in wake of scathing report (yorkregion.com)

Richmond Hill councillor Greg Beros ordered to pay town legal costs (yorkregion.com)

Salty trend may cause long-term damage to Lake Simcoe watershed: LSRCA (yorkregion.com)

Public split on if East Gwillimbury should move to a ward system (yorkregion.com)

GTA News

Toronto housing market frenzy may be subsiding, some realtors say (thestar.com)


John Tory puts Kathleen Wynne, Toronto MPPs on notice over lack of social housing cash (thestar.com)

Protesters take aim at short-term rentals in Kensington Market (thestar.com)

City exploring future of prohibited animals for teaching purposes (thestar.com)


Council to blacklist bid-riggers in wake of announcement of OPP investigation (thestar.com)

Former planner says transit batting average for GO, province way better than for city hall (thestar.com)

Toronto consulting on exotic animals in city (yorkregion.com)

A community divided: the fight over Canadian values threatens to boil over in peel (theglobeandmail.com)


The problem with Toronto City Hall as landlord (theglobeandmail.com)

Provincial News

Five things to know about Ontario’s new youth pharmacare program (theglobeandmail.com)

Oakville private tree bylaw tightens up with new rules and fees (insidehalton.com)

Federal News

Trudeau Liberals drop most contentious proposals for reforming House rules (theglobeandmail.com)

Wasps help in fight against emerald ash borer (ctvnews.ca)


Multi-generational laneway living in Calgary (theglobeandmail.com)