News Clippings
Dec. 1
Vaughan News
Vaughan Fire and Rescue Sleepover with Sparky Kickoff for Grade Ones (vaughaneast.snapd.com and woodbridge.snapd.com)
The 18th Annual Santafest Parade (vaughaneast.snapd.com and woodbridge.snapd.com)
City of Vaughan Urban Design Awards (vaughaneast.snapd.com and woodbridge.snapd.com)
Viva La Diva 911 (vaughaneast.snapd.com)
RE/MAX Hallmark Lino Arci Group Realty Grand Opening (woodbridge.snapd.com)
2017 Remembrance Day Service (woodbridge.snapd.com)
Canada 150 Community Leader Awards Ceremony (woodbridge.snapd.com)
Henry’s Woodbridge Grand Opening Celebration (woodbridge.snapd.com and woodbridge.snapd.com)
City of Vaughan Poppy Mural (vaughaneast.snapd.com)
Alfa Cappuccino Showroom open house and Customer Appreciation Event (woodbridge.snapd.com)
2017 Order of Vaughan Ceremony (vaughaneast.snapd.com and woodbridge.snapd.com)
St. Andre Bessette Dinner Dance (vaughaneast.snapd.com)
OPINION: Making a difference one toy at a time in Vaughan (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill's Bradstock Park revitalization gets funding in 2018 (yorkregion.com)
Markham development called 'out of whack' with downtown neighbourhood (yorkregion.com)
Ballot questions on Stouffville electoral system could come in 2018 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto budget balanced on hot housing market but omits programs for improved transit, poverty reduction (thestar.com)
Mayor John Tory and Councillor Josh Matlow square off on Scarborough transit (thestar.com)Provincial News
New Hydro One bills give Liberals unfair advantage: opposition parties (thestar.com)
Wynne inks $1B in business deals for Ontario as China mission starts (thestar.com)
Nov. 30
Vaughan News
Paid parking will be available for subway riders at Vaughan station (YorkRegion.com)
Road collisions in York Region on rise, study reveals (YorkRegion.com)
Vaughan Design Review Panel Agenda (NRU)
People (NRU)
York Region News
Markham development called 'out of whack' with downtown neighbourhood (YorkRegion.com)
Library Square could become Aurora's next community hub as designs unveiled (YorkRegion.com)
Ballot questions on Stouffville electoral system could come in 2018 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Share of Torontonians taking public transit is on the rise, while reliance on cars declines (TheStar.com)
Milton Development Proposal (NRU)
Investing In The Future (NRU)
Provincial News
Elfrida Growth Area (NRU)
Downtown Barrie (NRU)
Reevely: Ottawa wants to hike hotel-room tax, apply it to Airbnb rentals (OttawaCitizen.com)
Marijuana outlook foggy in Norfolk (SimcoeReformer.ca)
South Huron moves forward with new recreation centre/community hub (SouthWesternOntario.ca)
Federal News
Partnering Uber and Transit? Calgary expert says it's a bad idea (MetroNews.ca)
Competition good in ride-sharing world, Chamber says (WinnipegSun.com)
Census 2016: Spike in number of Canadians cycling, taking public transit to work (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Nov. 29
Vaughan News
Vaughan homeowners to receive 150 carbon monoxide detectors (yorkregion.com)
EXCLUSIVE: SmartCentres to provide parking at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (Citynews.ca)
Four growing commercial hubs in Toronto (reminetwork.com)
Vaughan cat lover seeks trap-neuter-return solution for feline friends (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill approves future plans for Yonge and Bernard area (yorkregion.com)
Central York's newest fire station 'something community can be proud of' (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Photo of the Day: Finch West Station (urbanrotoronto.ca)
Advocates slam city’s ‘pay as you go’ road safety plan (thestar.com)
TTC board approves 2-hour transfers but questions timeframe, price tag (thestar.com)
Rental vacancy rates lowest in 16 years (thestar.com)
Council poised to sideline Toronto City Hall security crackdown (thestar.com)
Provincial News
NDP calls for long-term plan for lead in school drinking water (Thestar.com)
Long-term plan for Ontario’s infrastructure maps out projects, buildings, assets (thestar.com)
Nov. 28
Vaughan News
Think tank gives Toronto a C, Peel an A-plus on budget process (TheStar.com)
On the GO with Ontario's Minister of Transportation (Toronto.Citynews.ca)
Driver suffers minor injuries after car crashes into Vaughan home (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket drivers have fewest collisions in York Region: Allstate study (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
York Region school board’s new director is known as a ‘really good learner’ (TheStar.com)
"F*** THEM ALL": York Region investigates profanity on Aurora sign (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
City, provincial leaders cool on proposal to upload municipal transit agencies to Ontario (TheStar.com)
John Tory trumpets low spending ahead of 2018 city budget launch (TheStar.com)
Developers racing to OMB ahead of new provincial planning rules (TheStar.com)
The doors, the cars and the cure: City hall eyes new rules to prevent cyclist 'dooring' (CBC.ca)
Provincial News
Commission collecting comments on draft bylaw for ride-booking services (TheWhig.com)
Wynne inks $1B in business deals for Ontario as China mission starts (TheStar.com)
Federal News
What’s keeping risk managers up at night? (CanadianUnderwriter.ca)
Nov. 27
Vaughan News
City of Vaughan Presents 2017 Urban Design Awards (UrbanToronto.ca)
'Ghost' trains running on new Line 1 extension as TTC tests $3.1B service (CBC.ca and GlobalRailNews.com)
Tories would take over and expand Toronto’s subways, election plan reveals (TheStar.com)
Winter ready: Barrie saves $438K through recycled street sand program (Simcoe.com)
York Region News
Realignment and widening of Patterson Creek a sewer saver (DailyCommercialNews.com)
York Region ranks among safest places to live latest crime statistics show (YorkRegion.com)
Richmond Hill to decide future of Yonge and Bernard community (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Transit pilot taking toll, say King St. business owners (TheStar.com)
City will ease traffic by tightening rules on road closures for construction, Mayor Tory says (CBC.ca)
Province should take over TTC and other cities’ transit systems, says Toronto Region Board of Trade (TheStar.com)
Union pans plan to beef up City Hall security (TheStar.com)
Weeks later, probe of parking officer’s tweets continues (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Micro grid project to generate hydro savings (Nugget.ca)
Education minister asks school boards to notify parents of lead in drinking water in ‘timely manner’ (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Uber touches down in Kelowna (KelownaNow.com)
Vancouver looks to curb waste, taking aim at single-use items (TheGlobeAndMail.com)