News Clippings
Dec. 13
Vaughan News
Mayor: Vaughan’s downtown core attracts up to $9B in investment (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan seeks citizen to be part of accessibility advisory committee (Yorkregion.com)
Toy Mountain at Vaughan Mills Legoland Discovery Centre (CTV News)
Order of Vaughan onora l’eccellenza (Lo Specchio)
Campagna a sostegno dell’ospedale di Vaughan a quota $174 milioni (Lo Specchio)
York Region News
East Gwillimbury set to pass 2.8% tax hike in 2020 budget (Yorkregion.com)
Water main break causes closure of Main Street in Mount Albert (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill naturalizes 7,000-sq.-m of parkland in 2019 (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Provincial News
Ontario will scrap lottery system, move to expand retail cannabis market in 2020 (Cp24.com)
Federal News
Dec. 12
Vaughan News
Fire prevention is the perfect gift (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Perpetuating urban sprawl? (NRU)
‘Historic decision’: York Region school board creates Indigenous trustee position (Yorkregion.com)
Who is using the Georgina food pantry? Not who you think. (Yorkregion.com)
Construction starts on new 6-storey retirement facility in Stouffville (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville Memorial Park redesign includes new courts, trails, road (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Cultural heritage landscape (NRU)
Urban Design Awards announced (NRU)
Mayor John Tory’s proposed property tax increase clears major hurdle (Thestar.com)
Toronto gets first all-Chinese sign for proposed development (Thestar.com)
Brampton councillor pushes for new university (Citynews.ca)
Audit of city's books finds millions in efficiencies, deems capital plan ‘unaffordable’ (Cp24.com)
Provincial News
5 things to know about Ford government's proposed changes to justice system (Yorkregion.com)
Ford to welcome U.S. governors to Toronto in the spring (Thestar.com)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford delivers list of demands to federal government (Theglobeandmail.com)
Ford government encouraging more home co-ownership to solve provincial 'housing crisis' (Cbc.ca)
Dec. 11
Vaughan News
Four recipients honoured with the Order of Vaughan (CHIN TV)
Helping departments understand the city they serve (Firefighting in Canada This Week)
York Region News
If you can plant 500 trees, this program is for you (Newmarkettoday.ca)
What's happening with the Bradford bypass? (Yorkregion.com)
Making 'cents' of Georgina's 2020 budget. What you need to know (Yorkregion.com)
Some Schomberg businesses, roads remain closed day after massive fire at plant (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Mississauga residents oppose plans for six-storey seniors’ complex (Thestar.com)
Brampton city councillor to file ethics complaint against herself (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Tentative deal reached between province, Educational Workers’ Alliance of Ontario (Globalnews.ca)
Federal News
Canada signs revised North American trade deal, clearing way for ratification (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com)
Trudeau's minority Liberal government survives first confidence vote (Cbc.ca)
Federal taxpayers’ ombudsman launches review of the Canada Child Benefit (Theglobeandmail.com)
Over Liberal objections, MPs approve Conservative demand for a China committee (Nationalpost.com)
Dec. 10
Vaughan News
Mayor in the morning (105.9 The Region)
Bevilacqua: Vaughan advances city-building agenda in Israel (Cjnews.com)
Igniting insight (Municipal World)
Vaughan eyes $49 tax hike in proposed $320-million budget (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Former East Gwillimbury councillor Jack Hauseman dies (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Toronto’s board of health recommends tax on vaping products (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario reverses plan for deeper legal-aid cuts (Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Dec. 9
Vaughan News
Vaughan Christmas Tree lighting (CP24)
The rise of the ‘working poor’ puts pressure on Vaughan food banks (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region named one of top employers in GTA by Mediacorp (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Georgina good to go for snow: what you need to know about winter maintenance (Yorkregion.com)
William Street development in Stouffville gets green light after appeal (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
How John Tory evolved from a low-tax proponent to the champion of a major tax hike (Thestar.com)
Animal control calls have gone way up in Toronto. It’s an ‘exhausting’ line of work (Thestar.com)
Councillors aim to spread overnight permit parking to almost all local downtown roads (Cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario elementary teachers to ramp up work to rule, stop planning new field trips (Thestar.com)
Highway 418 and 407 Extension Opens Monday (News.Ontario.ca)
Ford says Ontario on track for 2030 emissions targets despite auditor’s doubts (Thestar.com)