News Clippings
Oct. 6
Vaughan News
Monster trucks, midway, pumpkins, petting zoo: find it at Woodbridge Fair (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Tory surprised by the backlash to naming a stadium after Rob Ford (thestar.com)
Provincial News
30-hour exercise to test Simcoe County's disaster strategy (ctv.ca)
Across Ontario, the emerald ash borer is eating up trees - and municipal budgets (tvo.org)
More than 640 Ontario Schools and Daycares failed lead tests in the past two years (thestar.com)
Oakville man sues town over six-digit home repairs (thestar.com)
Ontario realtors face new double-ending rules, stiffer fines (thestar.com)
Province to fast-track settlement of Tarion home warranty claims (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canada's trade deficit grows to $3.4 billion in August (thestar.com)
TransCanada scraps Energy East pipeline project (ctv.ca)
Why Canada's farm industry is ripe for change (thestar.com)
Quebec Superior Court rejects cabbies' demands, rules deal with Uber legal (ctv.ca)
Cost of carrying a home set to spike in Canada. What's worse, incomes will lag (theglobeandmail.com)
Oct. 5
Vaughan News
Shutting subway parking lots will encourage people to take the bus: City officials (torontosun.com)
Newmarket resident petitions for grass clipping collection (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region house sales sink 50 per cent in a year, GTA's drop 35 per cent (yorkregion.com)
Petition puts public safety on radar over 'death trap' roads in Georgina (yorkregion.com)
Mackenzie Health will now report allegations of criminal behaviour to police (yorkregion.com)
Heritage vs. cultural appropriation; Stouffville debates totem pole removal (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto endorses province's pot plan (thestar.com)
Toronto-Area Home Sales Down, But Selling Prices Up: Real Estate Board (huffingtonpost.com)
Former Toronto mayor David Miller joins climate change coalition (thestar.com)
National housing agency looks to Airbnb for help to boost number of affordable units (thestar.com)
No 'Rob Ford Memorial Stadium' in Toronto after council rejects renaming proposal (thestar.com)
Google firm poised to partner on Toronto high-tech neighbourhood (thestar.com)
City to review rules for apartment temperatures after heat wave (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario's basic income pilot project enrols 400 people, so far (thestar.com)
Tribunal slams WSIB practice that cuts benefits to injured migrant workers (thestar.com)
Abortion clinic 'buffer zones' coming to Ontario (thestar.com)
Too much of Ontario's waste is going to landfill: enviro watchdog (thestar.com)
Ontario creates 'emergency task force' on opioid crisis, but doesn't declare an emergency (thestar.com)
Federal News
Drone to deliver food, goods to Moose Cree First Nation in northern Ontario (thestar.com)
Brakes tapped on ridesharing in B.C. despite election promises to allow Uber (financialpost.com)
Quebec government to review format of controversial systemic racism consultation (thestar.com)
Oct. 4
Vaughan News
Thanksgiving Day: What's open and closed in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
Chickens to be allowed in some Toronto backyards (TheStar.com)
Ontario Supporting Compassionate End-Of-Life Care for 2,000 More People Each Year (News.Ontario.ca)
GO Transit users to get half-price fares on TTC (TheStar.com)
York Region News
Will your road project be bumped as York Region faces $1.5B shortfall? (YorkRegion.com)
Provincial funding available for festivals in York Region (YorkRegion.com)
Infrastructure costs continue to stall Georgina's Business Park (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Public meeting for Oshawa’s ride sharing (Oshawaexpress.ca)
Fate of Bloor St. bike lanes hangs in balance, number of users revealed next week (TheStar.com)
Volunteer bike counters step up to gather the data the city should be collecting: Keenan (TheStar.com)
Toronto home prices rebound sharply after short slump, sales drop (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Canada’s tallest condo tower, 1 Bloor West, set to rise in Toronto (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
City susceptible to tree-cover loss (SaultThisWeek.com)
Federal News
SGI ready to work with municipalities on transportation networks (TheStarPhoenix.com)
Quebec not eager to make Uber stay (BrockPress.com)
Brakes tapped on ride sharing in B.C. despite election promises to allow Uber (NationalPost.com)
National housing agency looks to Airbnb for help to boost number of affordable units (TheStar.com)
Ottawa ‘not prepared’ to deal with impacts of climate change, environment commissioner says (TheStar.com)
Oct. 3
Vaughan News
Rutherford Station project shortlist teams selected (DailyCommercialNews.com)
Grand & Toy Officially Calls Vaughan Home, Uniting Its Head Office and Teams (NewsWire.ca)
Transit update, Toronto and Ottawa (RailwayAge.com)
York Region News
Confederate flag flies at Richmond Hill construction site as ban considered (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto residents do not make enough money to thrive, report says (TheStar.com)
Council expected to vote on backyard chickens Tuesday (TheStar.com)
Downtown skating trail to open this winter (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Julie Payette becomes Canada’s 29th Governor General (TheStar.com)
Housing agency explores cutting red tape for self-employed borrowers (TheStar.com)
Trudeau’s tax plan ‘top of mind’ for premiers at first ministers’ meeting (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
B.C. bill proposes two-year ban on lobbying after public service (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
International News
Uber boss to meet London transport chief today in bid to keep license (BNN.ca)
Oct. 2
Vaughan News
A subway station worth lingering in (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
York Region household income jumps 17 per cent: census (YorkRegion.com)
City of Vaughan Supports Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
The Lunar Gala Kickoff Event at Vaughan City Hall (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Arla Foods & Corp: Celebration of Safety Milestone (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The Podcaster Central at the Civic Centre Resource Library (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Jaffari Community Centre Hosts the Al-Wahda Sports Festival 2017 (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The Fourth Annual Vaughan Parkinson SuperWalk (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The Fourth Annual Muslim Festival of Vaughan (MFV) (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
GoodLife Fitness Opens New Location in Vaughan (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
The Fourth Annual YRCC Picnic, “Summer is Ending,” Event (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Kleinburg Village's Annual Binder Twine Fest (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
"Bad Art Night" at Kleinburg Library (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Arcadia Academy of Music Opens Up New Maple Location! (Woodbridge.Snapd.com and VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
Metrolinx finally releases report on controversial GO stations (TheStar.com)
York Region News
York Region residents recycle 91 per cent of their garbage (YorkRegion.com)
Aurora resident spots 'large coyote' in broad daylight, approaching residents' backyards (YorkRegion.com)
Planned United Way amalgamation will benefit Peel: interim CEO (Mississauga.com)
York Region's first new rental building since 1980s opens in Newmarket (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Advocates to call on city council for driver training around doorings (MetroNews.ca)
City of Mississauga targeting tree diversification (Mississauga.com)
Mississauga Councillors Vote to Amend Heat By-Law (Insauga.com)
As mayor celebrates program, critics say definition of affordable housing needs review (TheStar.com)
Woodbine bike lanes here to stay despite controversy, councillor says (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Overnight evacuation drill taking place Oct. 4 at Innisfil YMCA (Simcoe.com)
Ontario considers ban on sending organic waste to landfills (TheStar.com)
Federal News
A 'game-changer': Jagmeet Singh 'kicks the door open' and wins NDP leadership (NationalPost.com)
Morneau grilled at town hall meeting in Oakville over tax changes for small businesses (TheStar.com)
