News Clippings
March 2
Vaughan News
Vaughan community members angered by mayor’s endorsement of Italian senate candidate (thestar.com)
Vaughan mayor faces code of conduct complaint over Italian senator endorsement (yorkregion.com)
What's going on here: More condos for Thornhill City Centre (yorkregion.com)
Bolton GO train still years away: Metrolinx (caledonenterprise.com)
Wynne sidesteps questions about former transportation minister pressuring Metrolinx over new stations (thestar.com)
York Region news
Courting Investors -- Region of York employment strategy (NRU)
Inclusion by Design -- Markham Officially Opens New Community Centre in April (NRU)
CONNECT: Why did Richmond Hill not use a local centre for data breach, and why did it take so long? (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Industry Concerns -- City of Burlington Draft Official Plan (NRU)
Easing Burdens -- Municipal Class Environmental Review (NRU)
Rare visit by Wynne to Toronto city hall garners no new promises (thestar.com)
Toronto Public Library launches ‘On Civil Society’ series to help us get out of our social-media bubbles (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Thunder Bay ramps up replacement of urban forest (tbnewswatch.com)
Metrolinx gave Presto users' personal info to police 30 times last year (thestar.com)
Workplace rights queries soar after minimum wage hike (thestar.com)
Ontario Liberals’ gender violence strategy gets $242 million boost (thestar.com)
Federal News
Status of Women gets ready to grow and change (yorkregion.com)
Nova Scotia introduces bill to dissolve school boards in education overhaul (theglobeandmail.com)
Across Canada, legal pot will force universities to change residence rules (globalnews.ca)
March 1
Vaughan News
Vaughan Celebrates Winterfest 2018 (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Vaughan Staff Raise More Than $80,000 For The Community (VaughanEast.Snapd.com)
City of Vaughan Celebrates The Lunar New Year (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Kids World Indoor Playground Grand Opening (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
16th Annual Vaughan Business EXPO (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Art Meets Design Vaughan Juried exhibition (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Enjoy A Coffee With A Vaughan Firefighter (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
MP Sorbara Host's National Seniors Forum (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Family Literacy Day (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Sip & Savour Ladies Night (VaughanEast.Snapd.com and Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The 5th "our health & wellness" EXPO (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The Annual RBC Skate (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The Bridg Group of Companies 9th Annual Gala (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The 7th Annual "Giuliano's Journey" Fundraising Dinner (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Students Walking To School (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Councillor Tony Carella Annual Family Day Skate (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
The 2018 Harmony Ball (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Networking with The Business Women's Network or YR (Woodbridge.Snapd.com)
Hwy. 427 expansion starting soon (BramptonGuardian.com)
York Region News
Highrise apartments appear to be around corner on Green Lane (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville preparing to open new library April 16 (YorkRegion.com)
New 4-way stop in Udora prompts some area residents to see red (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Yonge St. bike lane vote at council will be a ‘referendum’ on city building (TheStar.com)
Toronto’s Bentway will be a new platform for public art (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Tory calls Toronto’s pedestrian deaths a ‘crisis’ after 11-year-old hit, killed by vehicle (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
'This is a non-starter': City slams province for passing the buck on affordable housing (Mississauga.com)
Provincial News
Provincial leaders gather to discuss — not debate — democracy (TheStar.com)
Feb. 28
Vaughan News
Metrolinx Advancing New GO and SmartTrack Stations (urbantoronto.ca)
2 teens survive fall through ice on Vaughan pond (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan MPP defends Metrolinx case to back Kirby GO Transit station (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill residents encouraged to get involved in Greening the Hill (yorkregion.com)
'Aurora needs a gymnasium now, not later': Coun. Tom Mrakas (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
What was behind the Metrolinx flip-flop on Park Lawn GO Station? (Toronto.citynews.ca)
Good quality of life ‘just a dream’ for too many Torontonians (thestar.com)
Toronto’s housing supply challenge and the growth plan paradox (theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto city-hall committee votes against REimagining Yonge proposal (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Commercial-property deals expected to rise again in 2018 (theglobeandmail.com)
Liberals champion their values in 2018 budget aimed at long-term vision (Toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Budget vows new leave for two-parent families (yorkregion.com)
Federal budget 2018: Just what was said (yorkregion.com)
Feds put billions behind reconciliation (yorkregion.com)
Conservation trumps climate in budget (yorkregion.com)
Liberals vow to replace Phoenix pay system (yorkregion.com, thestar.ca)
With new fiscal room, feds opt to invest (yorkregion.com)
Liberals pitch $500 million cyber security plan (thestar.com)
Federal budget fails to provide real help to Canadian media, industry officials warn (thestar.com)
Winners, losers of 2018 federal budget (thestar.com)
Ottawa hikes tax on cigarettes in federal budget (thestar.com)
Budget lays foundation for pharmacare plan, eases cost of pot-based drugs (thestar.com, theglobeandmail.com)
Federal budget allocates $600 million for G7 meetings and for summit in Charlevoix, Quebec (thestar.com)
Free-spending federal budget contains measures to boost women in the workforce, Indigenous services and science funding (thestar.com)
'We start with women': 2018 budget unveils new law to ensure men and women receive equal pay (thestar.com)
Ottawa pledging $4.8 billion in federal budget for Indigenous people (thestar.com)
Budget says some paper currency will no longer be legal tender (cbc.ca, nationalpost.com)
Small businesses with large passive investment income to be taxed more (theglobeandmail.com)
Feb. 27
Vaughan News
Vaughan city staffers spent over $110,000 on food; citizen urges changes (YorkRegion.com)
Metrolinx gives green light to controversial GO stations (TheStar.com, MetroNews.ca and CBC.ca)
New office building to anchor urban centre in Vaughan (RemiNetwork.com)
York Region News
Town of Newmarket salary increase an 'insult to taxpayers': NTAG (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Oshawa Mayor John Henry calls city a story of 'economic success’ (TheStar.com)
Yonge St. bike lane battle returns to city hall (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Hoskins steps down as health minister to head national pharmacare strategy (TheStar.com)
Patrick Brown quits Ontario PC leadership race (TheStar.com)
States will ‘pay a price’ for Buy America policies, warns Premier Kathleen Wynne (TheStar.com)
Federal News
More than 300 drivers apply to tap Winnipeg's new vehicle-for-market (CBC.ca)
Federal NDP, Liberals considering decriminalization of all drugs (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Six things to watch in the federal budget (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Feb. 26
Vaughan News
Integrity complaint filed against Vaughan mayor after he endorses Italian senate hopeful (CBC.ca)
Meaford Joins County & Fellow Municipalities to Hire Integrity Commissioner (TheMeafordIndependent.ca)
Del Duca attempted to win approval for two more GO stations that were rejected by Metrolinx (TheStar.com, MetroNews.ca and YorkRegion.com)
Plaza and Berkley's The Met Reaches Grade in Vaughan (UrbanToronto.ca)
Bathurst Street emergency watermain build an intricate project (Canada.ConstructConnect.com)
York Region News
Markham's Markville Mall adds electric vehicle charging program (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Cracks in Sidewalk Labs' Toronto waterfront plan after fanfare (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Provincial News
Chatham flood: Provincial politician en route Monday (ChathamDailyNews.ca)
Cabbies were kept in loop on changes to vehicle-for-hire bylaw: city (OttawaSun.com)
Commuters can soon order groceries online and pick them up at GO stations (TheStar.com)
Ontario PC turmoil is bad for all of us, Liberals and NDP say (TheStar.com)
Watchdog overseeing MPP finances demands more information on Patrick Brown's house and mortgage arrangements (TheStar.com)
Ontario needs funds to help weather Pacific trade pact, Wynne says (TheStar.com)
Federal News
'Drivers are facing a very hard time to survive': Taxi rides ebbed while ride-share use grew in 2017 (CalgaryHerald.com)
Montreal mayor draws commuters’ ire in battle likened to Toronto’s King St. pilot debate (TheStar.com)
Ottawa rules out banning, monitoring sexual relationships between MPs, staff members (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Montreal begins animal-control consultations after revoking pit-bull ban (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
International News
Studies are increasingly clear: Uber, Lyft congest cities (CTVNews.ca)