News Clippings
Nov. 10
Vaughan News
Why condos are more expensive than houses in the Greater Toronto Area (movesmartly.com)
Remembrance Day around the GTA: Where to go and what you need to know (cp24.com)
Alectra selling its shares in Collus PowerStream to Collingwood (globalnewswire.com)
Wintry weather hits the GTA, icy roads in spots (680news.com)
York Region News
Probe into trustee’s use of racial slur cost taxpayers $30,000 (thestar.com)
GTA News
Scarborough subway debate lacks vital information (thestar.com)
City staff seek judicial review of arbitrated firefighter contract (thestar.com)
When mixed-used development isn’t so mixed (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario's Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network a good initiative for future mobility: infrastructure advocate (newswire.ca)
City ends scheduled taxi cab inspections (thespec.com)
City hall adding jobs in 2018, but top bureaucrat points to trend of downsizing (ottawacitizen.com)
Federal News
Parent or caregiver? What the feds' EI changes mean for you (ctvnews.ca)
Paid time off for victims of domestic violence, province promises (thestar.com)
Elections Canada wants someone to launch simulated phishing attack (thestar.com)
Nov. 9
Vaughan News
Vaughan high-rise tower proposed (NRU)
Woodbridge stacked townhouses proposed (NRU)
Kleinburg subdivisions proposed (NRU)
Vaughan office building proposed (NRU)
Vaughan to support townhouses at OMB (NRU)
Vaughan residents likely to pay 3% more on 2018 tax bills
(yorkregion.com)
Blaze rips through Woodbridge home under renovation (cbc.ca)
York Region News
Newmarket residential parking review - millennials driving demand (NRU)
Aurora nixes on-street winter parking following review of pilot program
(yorkregion.com)
GTA News
TTC plans to buy first electric buses, targets emissions-free fleet by 2040 (thestar.com)
More than half of Peel neighbourhoods low-income: report (mississauga.com)
Do your neighbours make more than you? Search our map of income in the GTA (thestar.com)
Street overhaul that puts transit first set to launch on King St. (thestar.com)
Toronto-area new housing starts drop 42 per cent in October (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
OMB reform and committees of adjustments - uncertainty remains (NRU)
Employment in Oakville - protecting and attracting jobs (NRU)
Ontario's Patient Ombudsman eyes improvements to health care (thestar.com)
Condo disputes can now be resolved online (thestar.com)
Ontario NDP proposes new protections for temporary workers (thestar.com)
County set to appoint its first Integrity Commissioner (madhunt.com)
Federal News
City of Saskatoon asking public for advice on ride-hailing companies (cbc.ca)
Nov. 8
Vaughan News
PICK OF THE WEEK: Get into the holiday spirit at Vaughan's SantaFest (yorkregion.com)
Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital boosts capacity with 120 beds in new centre (yorkregion.com)
Toronto's future transit links hold promise of substantial real estate investment (newswire.ca)
Ontario's largest electricity service providers stand behind the winter moratorium and reconnection program (newswire.ca)
Region warns blacklegged tick population expanding as 1 found in King (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Markham innovator says product could save you 50 per cent on hydro bill (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City wrestles with Airbnb rules (thestar.com)
Toronto council votes to make the Bloor St. bike lanes permanent (thestar.com)
Toronto is now majority visible minority. What about your neighbourhood? (thestar.com)
Developers should help pay to expand overcrowded schools, councillor says (thetar.com)
TTC plans 43 subway closures next year, up from 35 this year (thestar.com)
Ribbon Cutting Opens Sales Centre for Solmar's Edge Towers (urbantoronto.ca)
Provincial News
Ball in council's court as infrastructure gap goes unchecked (cbc.ca)
Province appears set to pass Uber bill without taxi industry amendments, spokesperson says (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Liberals unveil $155M 'seniors' strategy' (thestar.com)
Canadian attitudes towards immigration hardening, poll suggests (thestar.com)
Health spending in Canada forecast to hit $242 billion this year: report (thestar.com)
Nov. 7
Vaughan News
OCE Continues to Build Capacity in Healthcare-related Innovation Procurement (newswire.ca)
York Region News
Will Stouffville Mayor Justin Altmann make public apology? (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
How cracks could appear in the Sidewalk dream (thestar.com)
TTC test of new signalling system 'exceeded expectations' (thestar.com)
City launches 'quick-clear squads' on DVP, Gardiner (thestar.com)
Internal Metrolinx report found Scarborough subway 'not a worthwhile use of money' (thestar.com)
Toronto faces shortage of family-friendly condos: report (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Provincial government plans to create new home care agency (yorkregion.com)
Federal News
Health spending in Canada forecast to hit $242B this year, says report (CP24.com)
MPs begin amending Access to Info bill, but many suggestions voted down (nationalpost.com)
Liberals look online for policy suggestions, but may not green light most popular ones (thestar.com)
The complete - and uglier - picture of Canada's jobs market (theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 6
Vaughan News
In praise of poppies - honour those who gave life, limb for freedom (yorkregion.com)
Kleinburg residents upset with Vaughan council over development approval (yorkregion.com)
TTC successfully tests automated subway trains and riders were none the wiser (torontosun.com)
Ontario names first 14 cities to get marijuana shops by July (financialpost.com)
GTA News
City staff recommend 5 per cent water rate increase, 2 per cent garbage increase (thestar.com)
Distracted walking ban is a zombie idea that has infected the brains of reasonable people (thestar.com)
Plan for Toronto city hall Indigenous office moves ahead (thestar.com)
Bike-riding parking officer won't be silenced after his Twitter account is suspended (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canadian full-time jobs rise to record levels (theglobeandmail.com)
Business groups urge government to consider workplace safety in marijuana rules (thestar.com)
Montreal elects Valerie Plante as city's first female mayor (thestar.com)
Via Rail's attempt to limit wheelchair access on trains rejected by regulator (thestar.com)
Statistics Canada looks to close data gap on workplace deaths, injuries (theglobeandmail.com)
For Canadians in queue for long-term care spots, waiting costs 'astronomical' (theglobeandmail.com)
