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April 18

Vaughan News


Going door-to-door for fire safety in Vaughan (yorkregion.com)


WHAT'S GOING ON HERE: 24-storey building, townhouses proposed in Vaughan (yorkregion.com)


At the helm: the key to success is trusting your team (Firefighting In Canada)


Vaughan design review panel agenda (NRU)


Committee agendas (NRU)


LPAT news (NRU)


York Region News


Province-wide $1-billion social housing investment announced in Newmarket (yorkregion.com)


34 East Gwillimbury staff make the Sunshine List in 2018 (yorkregion.com)


What’s Going on Here?: More bike lanes coming to Aurora (yorkregion.com)


Richmond Hill ends discounted space rental at Centre for the Performing Arts (yorkregion.com)


Aurora hits platinum levels when it comes to being youth-friendly (yorkregion.com)


Richmond Hill recognizes volunteers at annual awards (yorkregion.com)


Yonge Subway extension: royal orchard station (NRU)


GTA News


Transportation tomorrow survey: Durham out-commutes (NRU)


Glen Williams neighbourhood: growing with character (NRU)


West Whitby urban design plan: strengthening urban nodes (NRU)


Provincial News


Ford government promises $1B to fix Ontario's affordable housing crisis (cbc.ca, thestar.com)


Noise bylaw compromise positive for Toronto homebuyers and residential construction (newswire.com, thestar.com)


Ontario budget benefits small businesses, families in King-Vaughan: Lecce (yorkregion.com)

 

April 17

Vaughan News


WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? Testing for subway extension in Vaughan (yorkregion.com)


York Region News


Premier Doug Ford salutes Markham's Veoneer on creating 300 new jobs (yorkegion.com)


Stouffville hires retired Markham fire chief as new chief (yorkregion.com)


Promises, promises: Is subway to Richmond Hill real? Markham councillor asks (yorkregion.com)


Newmarket town hall not included in future vision for Mulock and Bayview area (yorkregion.com)


GTA News


City staff calling on council to potentially allocate $4B to Ford government's transit plan (cbc.ca)


Toronto council makes decisions and Doug Ford’s government keeps changing them (thestar.com)


Toronto has 61 questions about province’s transit plans (thestar.com)


Provincial News


Province pulls $20M in funding from OCAD University expansion (thestar.com)


Federal News


Ottawa says it will close some dangerous rail crossings, upgrade others (thestar.com)

 

April 16

Vaughan News


New condo tower to dominate Vaughan, ON skyline (mortgagebrokernews.ca)


York Region News


Parking at centre of potential changes for Georgina beaches this summer (yorkregion.com)


Georgina green-lights $11.1M park plans, including $9.7M West Park redesign (yorkregion.com)


Markham committee wants city to eliminate pedestrian, cyclist deaths (yorkregion.com)


Provincial News


Ontario scraps ticket resale price cap, increases fines for violating ticket law (thestar.com)


Ontario redesigns driver’s licence cards to prevent fraud, identity theft (thestar.com)


Federal News


Supreme Court Justice Gascon retires -- and government wants his replacement named before election (cbc.ca, thestar.com)


Feds approve $217-million contract for Terrasses de la Chaudiere reno (thestar.com)


April 15

Vaughan News


Vaughan Chamber of Commerce is ‘pleased’ after Ontario releases new budget (yorkregion.com)


York Region News


Province should look to York Region in governance review, says Newmarket mayor (bradfordtoday.com)


‘This is a game changer’: Yonge subway extension coming to Richmond Hill (yorkregion.com)


GTA News


Concern growing over Toronto Public Health's fate as province slashes $200M from local health units (cbc.ca)


Provincial News


Provincial budget cuts $1.1 billion in funding to Toronto transit (thestar.com)


Ontario employers to ‘educate themselves’ on workplace obligations to cut costs (thestar.com)


Tories say child-care credit lets parents decide ‘what works best’ (thestar.com)


Ontario government plans to balance budget in five years, with deficit now at $11.7-billion(globeandmail.com)


Federal News


Environment Minister Catherine McKenna touts Canada’s carbon price at international summit (thestar.com)