News Clippings
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)
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)
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
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
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)
Federal News