News Clippings
Sept. 8
Vaughan News
Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Hwy. 400 overpass in Aurora (YorkRegion.com, 570News.com, CP24.com, CTVNews.ca and CJNews.com)
'A very caring individual:' Vaughan Coun. Carella talks about deceased daughter (YorkRegion.com)
Not all trash is treasure: what you can't donate at York Region charities (YorkRegion.com)
York Region News
'It's simply not fair': Stouffville ward boundaries don't add up (YorkRegion.com)
Markham-Stouffville Hospital partners with SickKids in new Alliance (YorkRegion.com)
Land swap proposed under Jackson's Point harbour redevelopment plan (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto fighting to land Amazon’s new headquarters (TheStar.com)
Toronto’s Lower Don Trail to reopen later this month after many delays (TheStar.com)
Queen West’s Lisgar Park sets new standard for seating (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Vets Taxi driver sign new contract (WindsorStar.com)
New tree bylaws on the way to council chambers (StThomasTimesJournal.com)
Government and auditor general at odds over size of Ontario’s deficit (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Montreal’s record August home sales get boost from condos (TheStar.com)
Trudeau says tax changes will not hit those making less than $150,000 (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
TransCanada asks NEB to halt federal review of Energy East pipeline (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Sept. 7
Vaughan News
Vaughan pledges $10K to Hurricane Harvey relief effort (YorkRegion.com)
House prices drop more in York Region than any GTA community: TREB report (YorkRegion.com)
York University Builds as December Subway Opening Approaches (UrbanToronto.ca)
York Region News
Georgina ward boundary review: short-term solution (NRU)
East Gwillimbury electoral review in the home stretch (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Oakville terrace and balcony study: creating flexibility (NRU)
Two Pickering parks to get massive makeover (DurhamRegion.com)
Pickering looks to licence Uber, other ride share companies (DurhamRegion.com)
City removes 80 dead or dying ash trees from the Escarpment Rail Trail (CBC.ca)
TTC launches anti-harassment campaign, app (TheStar.com)
Brampton council endorses $150M university plan (TheStar.com)
Annex midrise condo that drew ire of Margaret Atwood should undergo mediation, community council votes (TheStar.com)
Toronto house prices likely already near bottom, RBC economist says (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Online condo tribunal launched: resolving conflicts (NRU)
Binbrook mid-rise proposal: sticking to the plan (NRU)
MPPs heading back to Queen’s Park for fall session (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Saint John councillor slams 'ridiculous' $650,000 splash pad (CBC.ca)
Sept. 6
Vaughan News
Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension scheduled to open in mid-December (GlobalNews.ca, BlogTO.com and InsideToronto.com)
York Region News
'Stress is killing me:' Markham woman blames bylaw change for flood (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
TTC to spend $500K to measure subway air quality (TheStar.com)
Toronto looks at beer trucks in parks (TheStar.com)
Hurricane Harvey shows that if disaster strikes, we’ll be stuck: Hume (TheStar.com)
Leslieville just one of several Toronto neighbourhoods with a shortage of schools (TheStar.com)
City seeks funding boost for tree complaints (TheStar.com)
Toronto-area home prices extend torrid slide from peak (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario's Liberals face reckoning in the courts (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Federal News
At caucus retreat, Liberals prepare for small business tax backlash (NationalPost.com)
Nearly half of Canadians would face financial crunch if paycheque delayed by even a week, survey shows (NationalPost.com)
Ottawa's carbon tax plan to shrink economy by $3 billion, hurt loonie in 2018: study (NationalPost.com)
Government added privacy protections to MyDemocracy.ca contract only after privacy commissioner began investigation: documents (NationalPost.com)
Sept. 5
Vaughan News
Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Hwy. 400 ramp near Vaughan Mills mall (YorkRegion.com)
Goodlife donates $10k to autism charity at new Vaughan gym opening (YorkRegion.com)
GTA will face tough housing decisions amid intensification (TheStar.com)
York Region News
Thousands of students on the move in York Region as school begins (YorkRegion.com)
Residents can comment on Georgina ward boundary changes by Sept. 4 (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
City holds training sessions for fireworks vendors (BramptonGuardian.com)
Report recommends closure of “one or more” of city's aging community centres (BramptonGuardian.com)
City council to vote on $150M Brampton university plan (BramptonGuardian.com)
How chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat tried to stop the Scarborough subway (TheStar.com)
New red light cameras curbing fatal collisions, city says (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Trying to stop prime Ontario farmland from being ‘entombed forever’
(TheStar.com)
Federal News
In Vancouver, sitting on a house can be more lucrative than working (TheStar.com)
