News Clippings
Oct. 12
York Region News
Take a walk with a nature backpack from the East Gwillimbury Public Library (Yorkregion.com)
Markham municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
Newmarket municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
Downtown dilemma: Richmond Hill grapples with ailing village core (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mayoral challenger Jennifer Keesmaat says she won’t raise property taxes above inflation (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario cancels planned beer tax increase (Yorkregion.com)
Ontario to upgrade radio network used by first responders (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
Ontario rights policy updated ahead of pot legalization (Yorkregion.com)
Doug Ford repeats vow to end ‘hallway health care’ (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Canada moves to block foreign steel (Yorkregion.com, Globeandmail.com)
Oct. 11
Vaughan News
Introducing Peak Leaf - New cannabis brand inspired by the power of nature (Stockhouse.com)
Stretch of Hwy. 7 in Vaughan closed this weekend for construction (YorkRegion.com)
Uncovering The Many Faces of Vaughan (MyCityLife.ca)
York Region News
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Library project in Richmond Hill (YorkRegion.com)
King Township pledges to help save monarch butterflies (YorkRegion.com)
Richmond Hill municipal election candidates face tough questions (YorkRegion.com)
Stouffville mayoral debate set for Oct. 15 (YorkRegion.com)
Whitchurch-Stouffville bylaw starts postitive ticket campaign (YorkRegion.com)
Number of trustee candidates soar following troubled term of York board (YorkRegion.com)
Permanent facility for Georgina's nurse practitioner-led clinic planned for 2020 (YorkRegion.com)
Newmarket's historic Union Hotel set to hit real estate market (BradfordToday.ca)
York Region Election Races: Winds of Change (NRU)
GTA News
Toronto election enters home stretch (YorkRegion.com)
Ajax slots to remain open until at least 2026, province announces (TheStar.com)
Jennifer Keesmaat struggling to gain on John Tory, poll shows (TheStar.com)
Advance polls for Toronto’s election open Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know (TheStar.com)
New boundaries leave like-minded city councillors at odds in Toronto--St. Paul’s (TheStar.com)
John Tory takes your questions on Tuesday (TheStar.com)
Doubt, confusion hang over Toronto Mayor Tory’s SmartTrack transit plan (GlobeandMail.com)
TTC convenes group to study fatal streetcar collisions (GlobeandMail.com)
Public Spaces: Engaging the Community (NRU)
Downtown Innovation: Revitalizing Oshawa (NRU)
Cannabis Cultivation: The Green Rush (NRU)
Provincial News
Ontario to grant helmet exemption to Sikh motorcyclists (YorkRegion.com, TheStar.com, GlobeandMail.com)
Indigenous women's help line expands across Ontario (YorkRegion.com)
Federal News
Documents: Feds eyed weed in workplace rules (YorkRegion.com)
Ottawa to spend $4.1M on Toronto cannabis education projects (YorkRegion.com, TheStar.com)
Oct. 10
Vaughan News
Fire chiefs will ride GO train with passengers on Barrie line Oct. 10 (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan Animal Shelter: BT LIVE at Seneca’s King Campus (BTtoronto.ca)
York Region News
Four mayor hopefuls go head-to-head at Aurora Chamber candidate debate (Yorkregion.com)
Is the OSPCA doing all it can to protect animals? (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Don Valley East council race has shades of June’s provincial election (Thestar.com)
Jennifer Keesmaat would resurrect plan to add bike lanes to stretch of Yonge St. in North York (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
Toronto mayoral candidates trade shots and set their sights on Tory (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com)
Toronto police officers can’t use cannabis within 28 days of working (Thestar.com)
Advance polls open in Toronto today (Yorekregion.com, Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Doug Ford marks 100 days as premier with rally (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)
Ontario to launch public awareness campaign on pot (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com)
Federal News
Canada's climate goals short of UN targets (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
Focus on Indigenous claims in federal books (Yorkregion.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
Oct. 9
Vaughan News
Greg Sorbara in the middle of ugly feud that threatens family’s billion-dollar company (Thestar.com, Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
'I want Markham to be marijuana-free': mayoral candidate as pot debate dominates discussion at forum (Yorkregion.com)
What you missed from the first all-candidates debate in King Township (Yorkregion.com)
King Township municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
Georgina municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora municipal election 2018: complete coverage (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Jennifer Keesmaat wants to transform city-owned golf courses into public spaces (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
With new labour laws on the chopping block, what’s at stake for Ontario’s workers? (Thestar.com)
Ford government, OMA fail to reach negotiated settlement (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Feds given ambitious plan for EI: documents (Yorkregion.com, Theglobeandmail.com)