News Clippings
March 23
Vaughan News
Thornhill house fire sends 2 people to hospital (yorkregion.com)
Thornhill Muslim community development to be appealed at OMB (thestar.com)
York Region Events: 5 things to do this weekend (March 24 to 25) Events in Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Markham, Stouffville, Vaughan (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Nine York Region festivals, including Richmond Hill's CosmoFEST, get funding boost
Province aims to boost tourism, create jobs (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
New TRCA Watershed Report Cards Look at Local Ecological Health (newswire.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario minister apologizes for ‘sexist’ comment to opposition MPP (ipolitics.ca)
16 northern Ontario First Nations will be connected to power grid after new agreement reached (thestar.com)
Federal News
Trudeau warns senators not to thwart will of Canadians on marijuana bill (timescolonist.com, therecord.com, yorkregion.com, thestar.com)
Alberta spending more, but deficit slightly lower (yorkregion.com)
March 22
Vaughan News
Police investigating after man caught on video vandalizing Thornhill synagogue (thestar.com)
Vaughan Design Review Panel (NRU)
Grimshaw creates curved mirrored ceiling inside Toronto metro station (dezeen.com)
The great Vaughan-Toronto transit race: Will car beat bus, subway? (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Markham pilots electric vehicle charging station - revving up (NRU)
GTA News
New Progress Toronto political group plans to shake-up the status quo at city hall (thestar.com)
Lakeview lands sold to developers for $275M (thestar.com)
Ajax casino revenue-sharing model - raising stakes (NRU)
Ombudsman slams city's 'serious shortcomings' in midst of shelter crisis (thestar.com)
Oshawa gallery apologizes for putting mature-content warning on exhibit with gay themes (thestar.com)
Camp at Old City Hall set up for Indigenous people impacted by justice system (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Kathleen Wynne announces $2.1 billion in new mental health funding over four years (thestar.com)
Hamilton draft downtown secondary plan - adding certainty (NRU)
Hamilton residential zoning review pilot - setting limits (NRU)
Hamilton eyes new affordable housing models (NRU)
Federal News
Critics mock Service Canada's move to gender-neutral language (thestar.com)
Many Canadians are joining #DeleteFacebook amid fears about electoral meddling, experts say (thestar.com)
Fees could go up, but lines could move faster as Ottawa eyes privatizing airport security across Canada (thestar.com)
March 21
Vaughan News
[WATCH] Vaughan boy fighting cancer gets wish to be firefighter (cp24.com, Toronto.ctvnews.ca)
[WATCH] Matteo's special birthday surprise from Vaughan Fire and Rescue (york24-7.com)
[WATCH] Vaughan boy, 5, gets wish to be a firefighter (cp24.com)
Nonna 'emotional' as Vaughan grandson, 5, picked up for school by firefighters (yorkregion.com)
Markham, Vaughan, Newmarket roads have ranked worst regionally: CAA (yorkregion.com)
Vaughan man crawls into smoke-filled, burning home, saves woman's life (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Stouffville gets ready to turn out the lights for Earth Hour (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
TTC board approves U-Pass for post-secondary students (thestar.com)
Higher-end home sales in GTA tumble 55 per cent (theglobeandmail.com)
Sidewalk Labs aims to address privacy concerns in designing high-tech Toronto neighbourhood (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial New
‘No indication’ of where Ontario premier hopeful Ford stands on auto insurance (Canadianunderwriter.ca)
Federal News
Marijuana sales boost N.S. budget surplus (ourwindsor.ca, yorkregion.com)
N.S. government tables third consecutive balanced budget, with $29.4-million surplus (atlantic.ctvnews.ca, cbc.ca)
Canadians to get emergency alerts on their phones soon (yorkregion.com)
March 20
Vaughan News
[Watch]: Christopher Slik from Vaughan Animal Services speaks about pet adoption on CP24 (CP24)
Morning house fire in Vaughan sends 2 people to hospital (yorkregion.com)
An appeal has been submitted to the OMB over contentious Jaffari Village development (postcity.com)
York Region
'The stink' of marijuana: Markham residents angered by cannabis grow-ops (yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill MPP Reza Moridi recognized for entrepreneur support programs (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Uber halts autonomous vehicle program in Toronto, U.S. after woman struck, killed by self-driving car (globalnews.ca)
Photo radar to be in school zones this year, Tory vows (thestar.com)
Toronto council's executive committee pushes off controversial report that points to future fiscal problems (thestar.com)
Oshawa library the next to launch mobile Wi-Fi hot spot lending service (thestar.com)
Mississauga to welcome food trucks to city parks, hoping to succeed where Toronto failed (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Wynne's throne speech promises new spending on health care, home care and child care in Ontario (thestar.com)
Andrea Horwath unveils $1.2B public dental plan (thestar.com)
Federal News
Canadian governments partner with digital heavyweights to prepare for 5G future (thestar.com)
Federal government to force cannabis firms to disclose investor information (theglobeandmail.com)
Injured Montrealers seek compensation from city for icy sidewalks this winter (cbc.ca)
Montreal-area town adopts bylaw banning all smoking in public places (570news.com)
NB Power seeks to impose 'weather tax' to help pay for storm damage (cbc.ca)
Via Rail won't require minimum Canadian content for its new trains (metronews.ca)
March 19
Vaughan News
Be the judge in BILD's annual People's Choice awards (thestar.com)
York Region News
Parking spaces being added at Aurora, East Gwillimbury GO stations (yorkregion.com)
CONNECT: Why were pedestrians ignored during build of Richmond Hill terminal? (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto looking into permit system for overnight parking downtown (thestar.com)
Into the woods: temporary homes in Toronto's ravines (yorkregion.com)
Program for uninsured goes far beyond health care (thestar.com)
How the Star's Growing Pains series aims to offer solutions amid growing urban density (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Milton's rapid growth lays ground for highrise development (thestar.com)
Think all millennials are apathetic voters? Here's why you're wrong (thestar.com)
Progressive Conservatives driving towards majority government, poll suggests (thestar.com)
Horwath promises NDP will give Ontario full dental coverage, convert student loans to grants (thestar.com)
Cat shelters part of group's effort to sterilize Montreal strays (theglobeandmail.com)
Experts say better training, inspections needed to prevent deadly ammonia leaks at ice rinks (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
$7.1-billion transit plan finalized for Vancouver area (theglobeandmail.com)
Calgary's affordable housing campaigns fall short (theglobeandmail.com)