News Clippings
Nov. 9
Vaughan News
Vaughan firefighters battle blaze at Kleinburg house (Yorkregion.com)
When art comes along for the ride (NYtimes.com)
York Region News
Newmarket opens its first outdoor artificial turf sports field (Bradfordtoday.com)
York Region in for snow flurries Remembrance Day weekend (Yorkreigon.com)
GTA News
City to appoint ‘transit czar’ to oversee expansion (Thestar.com)
$2-million transit office last thing City Hall needs (Torontosun.com)
Provincial News
High level Ontario PC staffer leaves post, party confirms (Thestar.com)
Changes to Ontario social assistance coming Nov. 22 (Cbc.ca)
Ontario Protecting Jobs and the Economy in the North (News.ontario.ca)
Federal News
Feds plan to give climate funds directly to Ontario institutions, businesses (CTVnews.ca)
Government of Canada launches Job Banks mobile app (Itbusiness.ca)
Nov. 8
Vaughan News
Vaughan curator wants Peter Sheppard to be part of Canada’s art history (Yorkregion.com)
Petition to bring back GO bus service to York’s Keele campus tops 11,000 names (Thestar.com)
York Region News
New mural honours Newmarket's heritage in downtown core (Yorkreigon.com)
York Region, TTC single fare years away (Bradfordtoday.ca)
Forests Ontario names King City teacher Green Leader (Yorkregion.com)
'Beautiful' vigil held in Georgina for victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto Needs A Better Subway System, Not Nicer Stations (Toronotostoreys.com)
TTC using ‘gap trains’ to improve service on busiest subway line (Thestar.com)
Massey Hall loses its ‘moustache’ stairs (Thestar.com)
Sweeping electoral changes (NRU)
Mississauga public realm: hoarding art (NRU)
Climate adapting planning: vulnerable downtown (NRU)
Oakville Towne Square: options available (NRU)
Provincial News
Ontario welfare reforms to be unveiled Nov. 22 (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Efforts underway to honour Indigenous veterans through Canadian War Museum exhibit (Thestar.com)
Ottawa to announce funding to combat gun and gang violence LIVE (Cbc.ca)
Nov. 7
Vaughan News
Vaughan's Remembrance Day ceremony at Woodbridge cenotaph on Nov. 11 (Yorkregion.com)
Curved zinc panels create futuristic look for Ontario station (Constructioncanada.net)
Ticks that may carry bacteria associated with Lyme disease found in Vaughan (cp24.com)
York Region News
No mail --or pot --delivery for Keswick, Newmarket, Aurora, King Nov. 6 (Yorkregion.com)
Move of Markham council offices could cost $100,000: deputy mayor (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Brampton integrity commissioner resigns, citing relationship with Patrick Brown (Thestar.com)
Supervised injection sites face new roadblocks in Toronto with provincial guidelines (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
What you need to know about provincial education consultation (Yorkreigon.com)
Tories go to ground amid swirling scandals at Queen’s Park (Thestar.com)
Federal News
New federal law creates official definition of poverty line (Theglobeandmail.com)
Canada could ratify new NAFTA even if U.S. tariffs remain, Trudeau says (Nationalpost.com)
Nov. 6
Vaughan News
Voter turnout plunges to 27% in 2018 from 40% in 2010 (Vaughan Citizen, Thornhill Liberal)
Hospital reaches for top 2 months ahead of schedule (Vaughan Citizen)
Mayor Bevilacqua announces fourth annual Poppy Wall (Municipalinfonet.com)
Priciest York Region homes sold in Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Aurora (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan-Woodbridge MPP Michael Tibollo demoted in cabinet shuffle (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Stouffville clock tower bell to toll 100 times Nov. 11 (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill March of Remembrance Day takes place Sunday, Nov. 11 (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Metrolinx testing disposable, ‘limited-use’ Presto tickets on TTC this month (Thestar.com)
New subway poster campaign showcases Canadian artists taking aim at mental health stigma (Thestar.com)
Toronto’s drug-use sites could shut down under new provincial rules, activists say (Theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after PC legislator Jim Wilson resigns (Cbc.ca, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com, Torontosun.com, CP24.com)
Ford PCs leave drug-company transparency law in limbo (Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Ottawa to detail Canada’s new official poverty measure on Tuesday (Thestar.com)
Feds promise $165 million in compensation after shortchanging 270,000 veterans (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com)
Ottawa launches $1.5-million project that will use online ads to try to prevent radicalization (Theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 5
Vaughan News
Partnering for rehabilitation success: Mackenzie Health and SE Health (Newswire.ca)
York Region News
Travelling exhibit explores connection between military, sport in Aurora (Yorkreigon.com)
Weekend paving on Yonge reduces lanes, closes bus stops in Richmond Hill (Yorkreigon.com)
Georgina Remembrance Day events, ceremonies, honour service and sacrifice (Yorkreigon.com)
Hands-on exhibits let you relive Armistice Day in Newmarket, Aurora (Yorkreigon.com)
Aurora Sports Dome on rise 6 months after wind storm destroyed it (Yorkreigon.com)
Construction of new Oak Ridges Library stuck in limbo (Yorkreigon.com)
GTA News
Toronto taxi owners sue city for $1.7 billion over arrival of Uber, lost plate value (Thestar.com)
Incoming Scarborough councillors looking to make their mark on city hall (Thestar.com)
John Tory unified Toronto -- and he can thank Doug Ford for that, experts say (Thestar.com)
Longtime Toronto councillor lands top job in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Thestar.com)
How the Toronto Library’s Dial-a-Story program helped this child of refugees learn English, one call at a time (Thestar.com)
King St. pilot strikes again (Toronrosun.com)
Provincial News
Premier Doug Ford shuffles cabinet after Jim Wilson’s departure (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
Province submits fresh evidence in ongoing court fight over Toronto council cut (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Ontario Proud's arrival on federal scene renews fears about third party collusion (Estevanmercury.ca, Thestar.com, Nationalpost.com)
Government grants to small business -- a.k.a. free money -- go unused (Theglobeandmail.com)
Bells to toll on 100th anniversary of First World War end (Torontosun.com)