News Clippings
Jan. 19
Vaughan News
Markham, Vaughan make shortlist with Toronto for Amazon's 2nd HQ (YorkRegion.com)
York Region Events: What to do this PA day (YorkRegion.com)
Mississauga Ranks as One of Canada's Hottest Cities for Millennials (isauga.com)
How Vaughan's Metropolitan Centre subway could create a new downtown (PostCity.com)
Mayor willing to add more trains to help ease overcrowding on Line 1 (CBC.ca)
York Region News
Georgina businesses challenged by minimum wage hike (YorkRegion.com)
Park on the street, your car will be towed: Town of Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville leisure centre, library expansion needs additional $800K (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Eastern anchor (NRU)
TTC still at impasse over dormant $1.9-million art installation (TheStar.com)
2017 flooding has cost city $8.45 million (TheStar.com)
City proposes 4-per-cent tax for hotels, short-term rentals (TheStar.com)
Councillors reject eight-tower development over downtown rail corridor (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
Ubiquitous change (NRU)
Community benefits (NRU)
Federal News
Health minister's Twitter account highlights cost of government tweeting (CBC.ca)
Jan. 18
Vaughan News
Extend Yonge subway to Richmond Hill, York Region business leaders urge (yorkregion.com)
Whitchurch-Stouffville integrity commissioner Suzanne Craig resigns (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan daycare owner boosts prices to deal with minimum-wage hike (yorkregion.com)
BILD members are committed to bettering their communities through philanthropic contributions (thestar.com)
York Region News
2 York Region MPPs land new roles in cabinet shuffle (yorkregion.com)
Mayor Frank Scarpitti 'absolutely concerned' about counterfeit goods at Markham's Pacific Mall (yorkregion.com)
Georgina businesses challenged by minimum wage hike (yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill businesses feeling effects of minimum wage hike (yorkregion.com)
Stouffville businesses feeling the squeeze from minimum wage increase (yorkregion.com)
King businesses grapple with minimum wage increase (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayor John Tory backs costly Park Lawn GO station (thestar.com)
Doug Ford to ignore city clerk’s warning about premature campaigning (thestar.com)
Toronto Development and Recreation Committee votes to explore free skate-lending program (thestar.com)
Toronto proposes 10 per cent cap on business-tax hikes (theglobeandmail.com)
City staff recommend turning Old City Hall into a ‘Museum of Toronto’ (thestar.com)
Some businesses give an icy middle finger to King St. pilot (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Councillor predicts Norfolk “cannabis capital of Canada”; to be a leader on marijuana controls (portdovermapleleaf.com)
More minimum wage help possible: Wynne (yorkregion.com)
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne shuffles cabinet ahead of June election (thestar.com)
Federal News
Crews learn to identify emerald ash borer, experts says Winnipeg's ash tree days numbered (Winnipeg.ctvnews.ca)
KPMG study finds Canada could be one of the first on the road with self-driving vehicles (newswire.ca)
Jan. 17
Vaughan News
Peel appoints new integrity watchdog (yorkregion.com)
York Region parents, educators talk about poverty in schools (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Youth will not be served in minimum-wage increase says Markham business owner (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Region may divert up to 10,000 tonnes of waste from incinerator this year (oshawaexpress.ca)
Doug Ford robocalls made before annual barbecue may have violated election rules, officials warn (theglobeandmail.com)
Falls sees 5.1% reduction in streetlight costs (niagrafallsreview.ca)
Provincial News
Wynne to shuffle cabinet before election (yorkregion.com, thestar.com)
Electric vehicle charger incentives offered (yorkregion.com)
Province’s affordable housing plan ‘achieves the exact opposite,’ councillors say (thestar.com)
Federal News
Change 'not fast enough' on harassment: PM (yorkregion.com)
Jan. 16
Vaughan News
Investigators probe possible arson at Vaughan tattoo shop (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto braces for impact of driverless car revolution (TheStar.com)
Toronto councillor wants staff to report on using cryptocurrency for tax, ticket payments (GlobalNews.ca)
Provincial News
London city hall: Ontario puts $170M into bus rapid transit system (lfpress.com)
Kawartha Lakes mayor defends salary increase, cutting council in half (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Moncton Sets Another Record For Construction Permits in 2017 (Huddle.today)
Saskatchewan designates emerald ash borer an insect pest (GlobalNews.ca)
MPI insurance plan to cover ridesharing companies approved (CBC.ca)
Researchers raise concerns as Twitter, Facebook seek role in Canadian election debates (TheStar.com)
Jan. 15
Vaughan News
York Regional Police searching for owner of Husky found without collar (CP24.com)
Discarded cigarette causes $1 million fire at luxury Vaughan condo (YorkRegion.com)
Renters pushed to the 905 as vacancies hit 16-year low: Report (TheStar.com)
City of Hamilton testing snowplow-tracking app out of public view (TheSpec.com)
The Greater Toronto Area's Housing Market Sees Double-digit Year-over-year Price Gains in the Fourth Quarter of 2017, Despite Softness in Quarterly Trends (Newswire.ca)
Major Simcoe County, York Region electricity distributor Alectra is about to get bigger (Simcoe.com)
GTA News
New line, same old problems: commuters frustrated with delays on TTC subway extension (680News.com)
Daycare fee sticker shock linked to minimum wage hike (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
How Queen’s Park is gearing up to be the largest legal pot dealer in Canada (and maybe the world) (TheStar.com)
What if you were finance minister? (TheStar.com)
Federal News
Rideshare laws need to protect against discrimination: UBC law prof (MetroNews.ca)
Small B.C. town makes case to welcome ride-hailing (CBC.ca)