News Clippings
May 11
Vaughan News
York 9 FC professional soccer team takes aim at York Region fan base (yorkregion.com, thestar.com, ottawasun.com)
York Region Events: 10 things to do this Mother's Day (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City struggling to keep up with cleanup from Friday's windstorm (cbc.ca)
Toronto’s lost architectural history returns to downtown with new Campbell House Museum exhibit (thestar.com)
Zoning cuts payout for Toronto Hydro sale of North York site (theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Provincial rules suggest railway should pay city for wildfires along its tracks (cbc.ca)
Greater Vancouver seventh place in economic ranking, up two places since 2016 (thestar.com)
May 10
Vaughan News
Woman in wheelchair feels 'shafted' over broken TTC elevator at new Vaughan station (CBC.ca )
CPL to unveil club in York Region (NationalPost.com and TorontoSun.com)
Province starts Highway 427 expansion project (Canada.ConstructionConnect.com)
Rental affordability in Metro Vancouver is at 'crisis level' (DailyHive.com)
National housing index launched (NRU)
Approval recommended for Maple development (NRU)
Refusal recommended for Woodbridge apartment buildings (NRU)
Approval recommended for high-rise tower in Vaughan Centre (NRU)
GTA News
City to spend $720M on road and water main work in 2018 amid multi-billion dollar backlog (CP24.com)
High-end home sales hit by new rules: Report (TheStar.com)
Toronto considering erecting suicide barriers at 10 bridges (TheStar.com)
Halton Controversy (NRU)
Last Greenfield Site: Developing the Line (NRU)
Intensifying Ajax (NRU)
Mississauga Priorities: New Planning Commissioner (NRU)
Provincial News
New Property Tax Class to Bring Relief to Arts and Culture Hubs (UrbanToronto.ca)
Ontario using electronic voting machines, voters’ lists in June 7 election (TheStar.com)
Transit dominates first day of Ontario election campaign (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
Federal News
Natural disasters keep happening, but New Brunswick doesn't budget for them (CBC.ca)
Squamish council spurns Polygon's Garibaldi Springs project (Vancourier.com)
Nova Scotia launches bid to sell culture to China, Japan with trade mission (TheStar.com)
Day 2 of emergency alert testing in Canada after Monday’s failures in Ontario and Quebec (TheStar.com)
May 9
Vaughan News
Vaughan fire chief takes service from 'doughnuts and pizza to salmon and kale' (yorkregion.com)
Woodbridge 'event planner with heart' wins Business Woman of Year (yorkregion.com)
Rental costs climb in the suburbs as more affordable housing needed, experts say (cbc.ca, 680news.com, Toronto.citynews.ca, theglobeandmail.com, thestar.com)
Markham mayor wants Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to ‘feel the love’ (thestar.com, yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill, Markham, Vaughan fire to explore shared services (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket, Aurora to get 190 new child care spaces (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
'Weather is changing' and Hamilton emergency officials want you to be prepared (cbc.ca)
U of T’s School of Cities looks to tackle problems of growing urban centres (thestar.com)
‘Please offer me a seat.’ TTC offers buttons to help passengers who need to sit (thestar.com)
TTC board approves extra bus service, subway train to deal with overcrowding (thestar.com)
Toronto tops list of Canada’s most youth-friendly cities (theglobeandmail.com)
Brampton city council endorses plan to transform city over the next 2 decades (cbc.ca)
City expands free sunscreen to more Toronto parks this summer (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Man opposes trap, neuter, release program for feral cats (mykawartha.com)
Provinces leading on child care as federal cash begins to flow (thestar.com)
Federal News
'The threat is not over,' New Brunswick official warns as floodwaters recede (atlantic.ctvnews.ca, yorkregion.com)
May 8
Vaughan News
Neville-Lake family ‘heartbroken’ crash site memorial removed (globalnews.ca)
Ontario woman claims she was falsely arrested in Georgia for driving with Canadian licence (globalnews.ca)
York Region parent hoping to join the school board she battled over racial discrimination (thestar.com)
Ontario Supporting Advanced Manufacturing in Vaughan (news.ontario.ca)
York Region News
Markham pushes itself as home to Amazon HQ2 (yorkregion.com, thestar.com)
East Gwillimbury residents upset with proposed environmental zoning change (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City of London to host open house, test local alert system this emergency preparedness week (globalnews.ca)
A plan for Kitchener’s urban forest (therecord.com)
‘Mad’ windstorm topples dozens of mature trees in Hamilton (thespec.com)
Parents blast Toronto auditor’s questioning of city-run child care centres (thestar.com)
Mayor John Tory promises rapid transit for Malvern despite funding uncertainty (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Waste management, emerald ash borer on Thunder Bay city council agenda (cbc.ca)
Federal News
Loblaw looks to sell recreational pot in NL (yorkregion.com)
Canada’s new emergency mobile alert system fails first test in Quebec (thestar.com)
May 7
Vaughan News
Best builders in GTA named at annual award ceremony (thestar.com)
"I am devastated": Neville-Lake crash site memorial removed without notice (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Proposed Newmarket Clock Tower development dropped by developer (yorkregion.com)
Intense winds cause chaos, trees on fire, hydro wires on cars, windows broken (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
'My God, it's big': New public art installation irks residents of Hillcrest Village (cbc.ca)
Annex family still waiting for fallen tree to be removed from house after Friday’s wind storm (thestar.com)
Tory pledges to launch ‘blitz’ against people, businesses that owe city money (thestar.com)
TTC buses now serving Bluffer’s Park in Scarborough (thestar.com)
Federal News
N.B. issues emergency warnings on rising 'heavily contaminated' flood waters out of health and safety concerns (nationalpost.com, ctvnews.ca, yorkregion.com, thestar.com)
Mayor praises residents' kindness during N.B. floods (ctvnews.ca)
Test of mobile emergency system begins today (yorkregion.com, globalnews.ca)