News Clippings
Nov. 2
Vaughan News
CO Awareness Week - TSSA and OFMEM Take on the Silent Killer (newswire.ca)
VIDEO: Father of 5 killed in fiery tanker crash on Hwy 407 in Vaughan (680news.com, Toronto.ctvnews.ca, thestar.com)
Fatal tanker truck crash on Hwy. 407 in Vaughan 'devastating': OPP (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
No money for Markham (excel.on.ca)
Georgina's voter turnout bottoms out, significant drop across York Region (yorkregion.com)
Aurora will remember on Nov. 11 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Public supports province taking over Southern Ontario transit systems, survey says (theglobeandmail.com)
Provincial News
Ontario government to provide update on province's finances Nov. 15: minister (Toronto.ctvnews.ca)
Federal News
Federal government extends program to house asylum seekers in Toronto-area hotels until January (theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 1
Vaughan News
Vaughan municipal election voter turnout plunges to 27% in 2018 from 40% in 2010 (YorkRegion.com)
UPDATE: 2 men killed in Vaughan Hwy. 407 crash involving tanker truck (YorkRegion.com, TheStar.com, GlobeandMail.com, NationalPost.com, GlobalNews.ca, 680News.com, CTVNews.com, CityNews.com, CBC.ca, CP24.com)
UPDATE: 2 men killed in Vaughan Hwy. 407 crash involving tanker truck (CP24.COM Video)
Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua Marks Ontario Public Library Week (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Caritas School of Life 31st Annual Together Event (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Annual Hospice Vaughan Gala (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Dogs of Vaughan 'Unleashed' (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Fashion Jewellery Outlet Store Grand Opening (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Harvest Celebration - Mackenzie Health Foundation (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Fuerza Latina Hispanic Heritage Ceremony (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Vaughan Small Business Week Launch (Vaughan.snapd.com)
The James DeZen Centre of Abilities Grand Opening (Vaughan.snapd.com)
MPP Stephen Lecce Officially Opens Community Office (Vaughan.snapd.com)
The 2018 Run for Vaughan (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Celebrate Teen Read Week with Authors Visit (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Josef Gas Open House (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Coffee With a Vaughan Firefighter (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Hesperus Village Celebrates 30th Anniversary (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Savour York Region Thanksgiving Food Drive (Vaughan.snapd.com)
NCIC - Toronto District - Ordine al Merito Gala (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Touch a Truck (Vaughan.snapd.com)
2018 City of Vaughan Culture Days Events (Vaughan.snapd.com)
The Third Annual Waves of Changes for Autism Gala (Vaughan.snapd.com)
York Region business leaders announce significant gift for new Mackenzie Hospital (Vaughan.snapd.com)
The Holy Crucifix Association of Toronto 43rd Anniversary (Vaughan.snapd.com)
Snapd around Vaughan -- our community (Vaughan.snapd.com)
York Region News
Markham CEO honours late dad with 7-figure gift: 'it makes me feel good' (YorkRegion.com)
King Township’s municipal voter turnout drops again Markham municipal election voter turnout jumps to 38.6% in 2018 from 36.8% in 2014 (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket petition launched to stop animal sales in pet stores (YorkRegion.com)
GTA News
Toronto food bank visits up over last decade (YorkRegion.com)
New Burlington council: uphill battle (NRU)
Social housing partnerships: Jamesville redevelopment (NRU)
Provincial News
Solid waste management systems: room for improvement (NRU)
Federal News
Canada to increase annual immigration admissions to 350,000 by 2021 (TheStar.com)
Oct. 31
Vaughan News
Vaughan Fire unveils new $1.2 million training tower (680news.com)
'We have to protect everyone': York Region politicians restrict cannabis (Yorkregion.com)
Leo Baeck Day School closing in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Fight for $15 and Fairness comes to Richmond Hill PC MPP’s office (Yorkregion.com)
York Region boasts Canada’s highest concentration of tech firms: planner (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Lake Simcoe Conservation Area celebrates new wetland at Rogers Reservoir (Yorkregion.com)
First Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicle to be ready in November, Bombardier says (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Province set to remove barriers to business, Mulroney announces in Georgina (Yorkregion.com)
Ontario’s books suggest deficit should be considerably lower than Tories’ $15B figure (Thestar.com)
Ford says voters should ‘get rid of Justin Trudeau’ next year (Thestar.com)
Skilled trades and apprenticeship system to be modernized, province says (Thestar.com)
Ontario, Saskatchewan to boost trade ties (Thestar.com)
Federal News
New government funding proposal for Calgary Olympics could revive troubled 2026 bid: BidCo (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
Oct. 30
Vaughan News
Mackenzie Vaughan hospital reaches for the top 2 months ahead of schedule (Yorkregion.com)
Stella LIVE at Vaughan Fire & Rescue Service Joint Operations Centre (BTtoronto.ca)
Vaughan design review panel agenda (NRU)
York Region News
Don't expect York officers to be Markham's public pot police: spokesperson (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora voter turnout down despite online voting, four-way mayor race (Yorkregion.com)
Down but not out: York U Markham partners vow to fight to 'successful completion (Yorkregion.com)
Queen's Park kills York Region's hopes of imposing new taxes (Yorkregion.com)
York Region wins with multi-faceted, tech-savvy wellness strategy (Benefitscanada.com)
GTA News
TTC blocked from contracting out transit operations as arbitrator ends contract dispute (Thestar.com)
Growth plan consultations: critical juncture (NRU)
Industrial land supply availability: innovative solutions (NRU)
Navigating planning appeal process: Municipal implications (NRU)
Aggregate recycling: finding the balance (NRU)
Provincial News
How your rights on the job will change if Bill 47 is passed (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Ottawa launches national pay equity legislation and Department for Women and Gender Equality (Theglobeandmail.com)
Oct. 29
Vaughan News
Four Towers Proposed at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Site (urbantoronto.ca)
Tory, Perruzza, and Shefman re-elected (excel.on.ca)
GTA News
Family calls on City to restore driving tests for Uber drivers (bayview-news.com)
John Tory unified Toronto -- and he can thank Doug Ford for that, experts say (thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario faces salt shortage as winter nears, here's why (theweathernetwork.com)
Premier Doug Ford urges businesses to rally behind him in fight against $15 minimum wage (thestar.com)
Federal News
OCS blames Canada Post for lack of cannabis deliveries (Toronto.citynews.ca)
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