News Clippings
June 8
Vaughan News
Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua interviewed by CBC News at the Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library (cbc.ca)
King-Vaughan picks PC candidate Stephen Lecce (thestar.com, yorkregion.com)
Blue wave in GTA suburbs helps seal PC majority (thestar.com)
LIVE: Ontario election night coverage -- Thornhill (yorkregion.com)
Ontario election winners: Mike Schreiner, Green party leader; Christine Elliott; Caroline Mulroney; Mike Harris Jr.; Gurratan Singh (thestar.com)
The Latest:Liberals lose official party status (Mississauga.com, thestar.com)
Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca loses to PC newcomer in Vaughan-Woodbridge (thestar.com)
York Region News
Markham-Thornhill goes PC, electing Logan Kanapathi (thestar.com)
Caroline Mulroney completes PC sweep of York Region with York-Simcoe win (yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill goes blue as PC Daisy Wai takes Liberal stronghold (thestar.com)
GTA News
TTC’s conversion to Presto delayed until end of 2019 (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ford rides populist wave to victory in Ontario (yorkregion.com, torontosun.com, thestar.com, theglobeandmail.com, nationalpost.com)
Kathleen Wynne resigns as Liberal leader (Yorkregion.com, thestar.com, theglobeandmail.com, torontosun.com, national post.com)
Greens win first-ever seat in Ontario legislature (Yorkregion.com, theglobeandmail.com, torontosun.com,nationalpost.com)
Premier prize eludes NDP's Horwath in Ontario (yorkregion.com)
Ontario NDP organizers laud ‘historic’ moment as party forms Official Opposition (theglobeandmail.com, torontosun.com, nationalpost.com)
Federal News
Senate passes heavily amended pot bill (yorkregion.com, thestar.com, torontosun.com, nationalpost.com)
June 7
Vaughan News
First female fire chief of the Vaughan Fire Service (CBC.ca)
Police probing Vaughan ex-mayor scrutinize ties to city contractors (CBC.ca)
Pregnant pitbull saved, three cats die in Vaughan house fire (YorkRegion.com)
New Urban Community Underway: Downtown Vaughan (NRU)
Kleinburg commercial development proposed (NRU)
LiUNA Local 183 office building proposed (NRU)
Dufferin-Kirby Road subdivision proposed (NRU)
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre towers proposed (NRU)
Vaughan public art OPA recommended (NRU)
York Region News
Stouffville council finds Mayor Justin Altmann broke ethics code again (YorkRegion.com)
Stable Neighbourhoods (NRU)
GTA News
Toronto buying four prefabricated structures as demand for emergency shelters surges (TheStar.com)
Brampton collecting data to launch programs preventing house fires (TheStar.com)
Whitby Sustainable Development (NRU)
Provincial News
Election Analysis: Transit, Housing, Environment (NRU)
Federal News
Airbnb not required to enforce rules in agreement with Vancouver (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
June 6
Vaughan News
Saputo helps fund Woodbridge tennis courts (yorkregion.com)
These stocks yield more than 5 per cent -- and raise their payouts (theglobeandmail.com)
What you can get for $2 million(ish) (torontolife.com)
York Region News
York regional police chief's contract extended, extra deputy chief to be hired (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
How Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals secretly helped kill the Scarborough LRT (thestar.com)
Toronto planning to allow photo radar outside all elementary schools (thestar.com)
Provincial News
A breakdown of Ontario's finances heading into the election (Toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Advance voter turnout jumps almost 19% from last Ontario election (cbc.ca)
June 5
Vaughan News
“No longer merely suburbs, but part of the edgeless city”: on Toronto’s northern expansion (citymetric.com)
Where the leaders are for Tuesday, June 5 (yorkregion.com)
Commuters hate Hwy. 7 in Vaughan, Markham: CAA worst roads list (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan's Hats On For Awareness earns business achievement award (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Councillor wants to know economic benefits of Niagara College in Aurora (yorkregion.com)
Soofa benches collecting data from cellphones in downtown Newmarket (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Proposed pot swag ban 'unwarranted': industry (yorkregion.com, nationalpost.com)
GTA voters want land transfer tax gone: poll (yorkregion.com, torontosun.com, nationalpost.com)
Toronto cycling advocates worry bike-lane progress has stalled on Bloor St. (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario has 17 new ridings for 2018. Here's some things to know about the redistribution (ca.news.yahoo.com)
Report calls for Ontario to keep rental increases reasonable (thstar.com)
Federal News
Most pot users will go legal, survey suggests (yorkregion.com, thestar.com)
June 4
Vaughan News
New home prices in York Region jumping July 1 to fund 'top priority' roads (yorkregion.com)
Michael Tibollo campaign denies Michael Di Biase is back as volunteer (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Realtors warn provincial candidates off adding more land transfer tax (thestar.com)
Toronto to replace van attack memorials (yorkregion.com, theglobeandmail.com)
Quayside: Partnership with Sidewalk Labs is not a done deal, Waterfront Toronto warns (thestar.com)
‘It is disgusting,’ says councillor of city’s failure to regulate rooming houses (thestar.com)
Etobicoke lawn signs are an obsession, for someone (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne admits she will lose provincial election (ca.news.yahoo.com, yorkregion.com)
Federal News
Prime Minister calls municipalities 'essential partners' in shaping Canada (timesnews.com)
Liberals slap green test on new projects (yorkregion.com, thestar.com)