News Clippings
May 25
Vaughan News
Thornhill, Ont., candidates debate how to address anti-Semitism (cjnews.com)
Vaughan musicians land exclusive recording contract (yorkregion.com)
Power restored to more than 3,500 homes, businesses in Vaughan (cbc.ca)
To get paid or not get paid? That is the political question in Vaughan/Markham (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Car2Go to end Toronto operations in May (yorkregion.com, thestar.com, theglobeandmail.com)
Mayor John Tory says Ottawa has offered nothing to help deal with Toronto’s refugee crisis (thestar.com)
Toronto tenants win big compensation from developer of new Yonge-Eglinton buildings (thestar.com)
Mayor, council praise the ‘heroism and resilience’ of Yonge St. van rampage first responders (thestar.com)
Centennial College opens dorms to refugees as part of city contingency plan (thestar.com)
Condo boards move to ban pot smoking (thestar.com)
Council votes to simplify traffic-calming … in a roundabout way (Thestar.com)
Toronto land-transfer tax revenue beats expectations by $30-million despite market decline (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
How promises to eliminate territorial auto rates will divide urban and rural voters (canadianunderwriter.ca)
Federal News
Come hell or high water, Canada can no longer ‘cheat the system’ when it comes to flood risks: Experts (thestar.com)
May 24
Vaughan News
King-Vaughan candidates address riding's biggest issues (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
New chief planner (NRU)
Richmond Hill councillors vote to reprimand, dock pay of local councillor (yorkregion.com)
York Region demands power to bring in new taxes (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Holistic design (NRU)
Constructive conversations (NRU)
Uber says it remains committed to Toronto hub for self-driving car research (estevanmercury.ca)
City plan puts focus on two- and three-bedroom residential units (thestar.com)
Toronto converts two community college dorms into refugee centres temporarily for summer (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Brownfield transformation (NRU)
Federal News
Winnipeg’s biodome garden looks to make a tropical splash in a city defined by winter (theglobeandmail.com)
May 23
Vaughan News
More than 20 Liberal election signs destroyed in Nobleton (yorkregion.com)
Thornhill all-candidates' debate a 2-person fight (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Richmond Hill celebrates seniors throughout month of June (yorkregion.com)
Apollo to open medical cannabis clinic in Aurora next month (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City council votes to extend Eglinton LRT to Malvern (thestar.com)
Almost half of Toronto tenants paying ‘unaffordable’ rent, study finds (thestar.com)
TTC failed to meet safety standards at site of fatal accident (thestar.com)
New Toronto Councillor Jonathan Tsao appointed to Ward 33 amid controversy (thestar.com, globalnews.ca, cp24.com)
Author and placemaker Jay Pitter unsettled by housing injustice (thestar.com)
City’s street garbage bins are a waste (thestar.com)
Provincial News
New residents, construction in Durham pays off for city taxpayers (heraldsun.com)
Federal News
Electric charging stations coming to provincial parks this summer (cbc.ca)
May 22
Vaughan News
After nearly 4 decades of service, Vaughan's fire chief is hanging up his helmet (cbc.ca)
Toronto city council considering water rebate for at-home dialysis (thestar.com)
York Region News
Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure Centre's official opening set for June 2 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayor warns Toronto may need emergency centre for refugees, demands more support (cbc.ca, theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto’s flower brokers: Inside the city’s spring rush of plant production (theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto-area millennials want their own backyards, report says (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Here is every political party running in Ontario's June 7 election (ottawacitizen.com)
Federal News
Government of Canada releases the Advisory Committee on Homelessness' Final Report and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy Engagement What We Heard Report 2018 (newswire.ca)
Craft pot growers demand action from feds, B.C. (yorkregion.com)
Most Boundary residents get green light to go home (yorkregion.com)
Experts question design of 'Alert Ready' tech (yorkregion.com)