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Aug. 30

Vaughan News

 

Cladding Enclosing Topped Out "The Met" in Vaughan (Urbantoronto.ca)

 

York Region News

 

King, Weston intersection improvements (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

The ‘Toronto’ sign costs a fortune to maintain, so the city wants to build a better one (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com, Cbc.ca, Urbantoronto.ca)

 

Allowing property owners to use secondary suites as short-term rentals bad for Toronto’s rental market, expert says (Thestar.com)

 

Metrolinx Announces Improvements to Kitchener, Brampton GO Service (Urbantoronto.ca)

 

Do you know proper pooch protocol? Toronto Animal Services teaching condo dwellers dog etiquette (Cbc.ca)

 

Provincial News

 

Ban on cellphones in Ontario classrooms takes effect in November (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)

 

Ontario urged to encourage immigrants to look beyond the GTA (Thestar.com, Cbc.ca, Globeandmail.com, Torontosun.com)

 

Ontario government causes confusion with amended e-scooter pilot scheme (Globeandmail.com)

 

Aug. 29

York Region News

 

Oak Ridges Moraine Development; Streamlining site plan control (NRU)

 

Portion of Kennedy Road closed for bridge repair (Newmarkettoday.ca, Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Ontario Announces New Childcare Tax Credit For Families In Mississauga (NRU)

 

Georgetown secondary plan; destination downtown (NRU)

 

Investing in Cambridge; core revitalization (NRU)

 

Cities issue challenge to federal parties: make housing more affordable (Thestar.com)

 

Monday is your last chance to ride the TTC’s old, articulated streetcars (Thestar.com)

 

North York residents upset over losing parking lot to affordable housing (Thestar.com)

 

Making waves -- how Sidewalk Labs will bring cottage country to Toronto (Nationalpost.com)

 

Could new Airbnb rules discourage legal secondary suites? (Thestar.com)

 

Here's How Brampton City Council is Planning to Fight Gun and Gang Violence (Inbrampton.com)

 

Should smoke, heat detectors be inside garages? It’s ‘somewhat problematic,’ Orangeville fire chief says (Orangeville.com)

 

Provincial News

 

CAO Survey; navigating new realities (NRU)

 

‘Students struggling’: Education Minister Stephen Lecce rolls out $200M math strategy (Yorkregion.com)

 

Aug. 28

York Region News

 

Kitchener city council to tackle single use plastics and wipes (Kitchenertoday.com)

 

Road reconstruction, Newmarket (Yorkregion.com)

 

Is a 'crisis' looming for public health? York Region's medical officer is worried (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

North York homeowner pleading with city to stop being an awful neighbour (Cbc.ca)

 

'WE'RE SURPRISED': Toronto Police Chief Saunders has contract extended (Torontosun.com, Thestar.com)

 

Photo radar should be in place in December: Tory (Torontosun.com)

 

Feds invest in affordable housing project for people with disabilities in Hamilton’s north end (Globalnews.ca)

 

Doug Ford says Black Creek Pioneer Village won’t be shut down (Thestar.com)

 

Government of Canada announces new Rouge National Urban Park education and welcome centre (Newswire.ca)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario Listening to Local Governments on Streamlining Processes (News.ontario.ca)

 

‘Halloween could be really interesting for the GTA’: Caledon mayor says regional review result on way (Yorkregion.com)

 

Ontario in talks with Ottawa to revive plans for French-language university (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com, Cbc.ca)

 

Federal News

 

Liberals committed $13B to affordable housing, report says (Thestar.com)

 

Supporting Diversity Across Canada Francais (Newswire.ca)

 

Aug. 27

Vaughan News

 

Yukon Striker puts Canada’s Wonderland in the list of world’s 100 places to visit (Yorkreigon.com)

 

York Region News

 

Stouffville's 'oldest' tree could be on the chopping block for new GO station (Yorkregion.com)

 

Aurora Cultural Centre to be displaced for two-year construction period (Yorkregion.com)

 

Richmond Hill launches Indigenous awareness training course for city staff, council (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Feds target congestion at Bloor-Yonge station as part of $1B GTA transit investment (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)

 

Airbnb hosts, short-term rental critics facing off over regulations at appeal hearing (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com)

 

Provincial News

 

What we know about the feds' $54M plan to tackle guns and gangs in Ontario (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com)

 

Aug. 26

Vaughan News

 

Ministry approves Vaughan's flood prevention initiative for downtown core (Yorkregion.com)

 

Vaughan auto parts maker lands $2.5M from FedDev, creates 50 jobs (Yorkregion.com)

 

What do you get when you invite bikers to a Vaughan mosque? A unique fundraiser (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region News

 

Youth participants learn everything food at first ever Youth Food Festival in Aurora (Yorkregion.com)

 

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?: Road reconstruction, Newmarket (Yorkregion.com)

 

A 200-year-old family feud comes to an end in East Gwillimbury (Tvo.org)

 

Richmond Hill’s Oak Ridges Moraine Library closes Sept. 9, transitions to new building (Yorkregion.com)

 

Long-time East Gwillimbury councillor Marlene Johnston dies suddenly (Yorkregion.com)

 

Bill Armstrong brings Stanley Cup to backyard party in Richmond Hill (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Hearings to begin in landlords’ appeal over Toronto rules for Airbnb, other short-term rentals (Thestar.com)

 

Toronto Catholic District School Board deciding whether to include gender identity, expression in code of conduct (Theglobeandmail.com)

 

Toronto’s heat-relief network not enough to cool city’s most vulnerable, health and outreach workers say (Theglobeandmail.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario invests $3-million in Toronto’s CCTV network amid spike in gun violence (Theglobeandmail.com, Thestar.com, Cbc.ca, Citynews.ca)

 

Doug Ford says Black Creek Pioneer Village won’t be shut down (Thestar.com)

 

Doug Ford says he’ll reconsider carbon tax challenge if federal Conservatives lose election (Thestar.com)

 

Federal News

 

Trudeau talks trade with Trump at G7 summit (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com)

 

Trudeau government outlines five-year, $148-million plan to attract more foreign students to Canadian universities (Theglobeandmail.com)