News Clippings
Jan. 12
Vaughan News
Mackenzie Vaughan designs test-run of the smart hospital (canhealth.com)
Silent but deadly: York Region families have close calls with CO, fires (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
VIDEO: Coyote tracks Markham woman, small dog (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
King St. pilot boosting streetcar ridership: TTC (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Hydro One asks to spend $15M on bill redesign (yorkregion.com)
Federal News
City of Calgary cancels nudist swim at public pool due to security concerns (nationalpost.com)
Jan. 11
Vaughan News
Canada gets premier league in '19 (thespec.com)
GTA News
City inundated with potential cat and rabbit snugglers (thestar.com)
CEO of Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, says he wants to help make Toronto 'the first truly 21st-century city' (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario's largest business lobby group appeals for help with $14 minimum wage (thestar.com)
Province vows to step up enforcement to ensure $14-minimum-wage is paid (thestar.com)
Agricultural and natural heritage system mapping - local concerns (NRU)
Norfolk moves to control odours from marijuana grow ops (simcoereformer.ca)
Emerald ash borer a concern for private property owners too, cities say (therecord.com)
Federal News
Canada building permits fall in November on fewer non-residential plans (theglobeandmail.com)
92% of middle-class families face tax hike of over $2,200 beginning in 2019: Fraser Institute (torontosun.com)
Jan. 10
Vaughan News
Vaughan’s Deputy Fire Chief, Deryn Rizzi discusses fire safety in extreme cold on CTV News
Details Emerging for Sky-Scraping Expo City 5 in Vaughan (urbantoronto.ca)
York Region News
'De-risking business': Newmarket hub removes startup costs for entrepreneurs (yorkregion.com)
York Region school board hosts events on discrimination, low-income marginalization (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto tees up review of municipal golf courses (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Look both ways: Ontario seeks to allow testing of driverless cars (theglobeandmail.com)
Student 'platform' calls for more mental health, suicide prevention resources in schools (thestar.com)
The inconvenient truths of the $15 minimum wage: Business can’t just ‘make more money' (nationalpost.com)
Ontario to renovate former youth jail to help shelter Toronto’s homeless (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Illegal ride-hailing underway as B.C. government mulls laws (theglobeandmail.com)
Jan. 9
Vaughan News
Commuter students react to new TTC Line 1 extension (TheVarsity.ca)
York Region News
Ontario Cuts TTC Fare for People Connecting to or from GO Transit (Ontario.ca)
Stouffville Mayor Altmann boycotts town's New Year's Eve celebration (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Scooch over: Toronto has room for more density, study says (TheStar.com)
‘I want to have a say’: Muslim youth fellowship at Toronto City Hall aims to break down barriers (TheStar.com)
Toronto invites residents to help city win $50-million ‘Smart Cities’ prize (TheStar.com)
Toronto’s Bentway Skate Trail under Gardiner set to open this weekend (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Toronto launches competition to design public spaces on King St. (TheStar.com)
Provincial News
New county report offers control options for odour, light, noise (SimcoeReformer.ca)
Federal News
Uber, taxi industry make their case as ride-hailing hearings begin in Vancouver (GlobalNews.ca)
Morneau cleared of insider trading, ethics commissioner’s office still reviewing pension bill case (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Back-to-back N.S. wind storms have some pushing for underground power lines (CTVNews.ca)
Jan. 8
Vaughan News
Mayor Bevilacqua featured on Festival Italiano di Johnny Lombardi on CHIN TV - English/Italian (CHIN TV)
Vaughan lobbyist registry rife with ex-political candidate Tony Genco listings (yorkregion.com)
Commuter students react to new TTC Line 1 extension (thevarsity.ca)
York Region News
5 things to know for the week ahead in York Region (Jan. 8 to 12) (yorkregion.com)
Bitter cold heightens concerns for York Region's hidden homeless (yorkregion.com)
Drug-impaired driving charges rise sharply: York Region police (canindia.com)
Stouffville Mayor Altmann wants review of integrity commissioner report (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
The end of austerity? Torontonians get say on city budget (thestar.com)
Why these small business owners are embracing the minimum wage boost (thestar.com)
Federal News
Unemployment rate tumbles to 5.7% to reach lowest mark in more than 40 years (financialpost.com)
Majority of Canadians oppose parliamentarians accepting free trips: poll (theglobeandmail.com)