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July 5

York Region News

 

Affordable housing targets; missing the mark (NRU)

 

Here's where to beat the heat in Newmarket (Yorkreigon.com)

 

Bicycle hub rolls into Markham (Yorkregion.com)

 

East Gwillimbury teen helps bring a BMX park to town after 5 year wait (Yorkregion.com)

 

Be careful what you toss in your blue box, Newmarket (Newmarkettoday.ca)

 

Markham goes back to nature for flood protection (Markham.ca)

 

GTA News

 

Small business development; innovation and entrepreneurship (NRU)

 

Ajax Climate Change Plan; building resistance (NRU)

 

Burlington Parking Study; incremental change (NRU)

 

Bombardier says it can deliver final 38 new streetcars by year’s end (Thestar.com)

 

30 influential Toronto leaders pen letter supporting controversial Sidewalk Labs plan (Thestar.com)

 

What’s ahead for the Rogers Centre? John Tory says stadium’s future is uncertain (Thestar.com)

 

Plan to create new corporation to run TCH seniors buildings moves forward (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)

 

Brampton Transit launching $15 monthly pass for seniors (Thestar.com)

 

If you think Toronto's beaches are filthy, you're wrong, city officials say (Cbc.ca)

 

Halton Region could soon use onboard cameras to catch drivers speeding past school buses (Cbc.ca)

 

Brampton exploring ways to improve snow and ice removal (Thestar.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Top Ontario bureaucrat fired as Star reveals his longtime ties to Premier Doug Ford’s former chief of staff, Dean French (Thestar.com)

 

Federal News

 

Parties’ financial returns show Tories topped Liberals in 2018 fundraising (Thestar.com)

 

July 4

Vaughan News

 

Update on cars towed from plaza across Canada’s Wonderland (Citynews.ca)

 

Section of Major Mackenzie Drive in Vaughan closed this weekend (Yorkregion.com)

 

Vaughan MPP Michael Tibollo calls new post as Ontario minister for mental health a ‘gift’ (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region News

 

Markham Cycles Launches at Milliken Mills Community Centre & Library (Markham.ca)

 

Satisfied? Have your say on Georgina's customer service (Yorkregion.com)

 

Aurora residents ready to take on Hydro One over proposed hydro poles (Yorkregion.com)

 

Music at Civic Square kicks off July 9 in East Gwillimbury (Yorkregion.com)

 

Newmarket exploring stricter protection of trees on private property (Yorkregion.com)

 

Aurora taxpayers to cover $6.7M of Library Square's total cost (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Mississauga approves Smart City master plan to guide its digital projects (Cbc.ca)

 

Measures to make Toronto apartments safer accepted by city hall committee (Cbc.ca)

 

City hall committee recommends changes to make it easier for craft brewers to open in Toronto (Cbc.ca)

 

Ford regional governance review holding up municipal planning in Brampton (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)

 

Toronto Councillor Jim Karygiannis faces campaign spending audit (Thestar.com)

 

'It still stinks!': Residents have mixed opinions on city efforts to curb Humber, Ashbridges sewage smells (Cbc.ca)

 

July 3

Vaughan News

 

More Vaughan seniors need ‘Meals on Wheels,’ others burdened with taxes (Yorkregion.com)

 

Ways to celebrate Canada's birthday this week (June 30 to July 6) (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region News

 

A Look at Lake Simcoe: What’s Georgina to do with the waterfront? (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

How 'defensive design' leads to rigid benches, metal spikes, and 'visual violence' in modern cities (Cbc.ca)

 

What should you do if you see a turtle on the road? (Yorkregion.com)

 

Toronto police issue more than 800 aggressive driving tickets during one-week cycling safety blitz (Thestar.com)

 

Architects, advocates team up on affordable tower to slow ‘avalanche of condominiums’ (Thestar.com)

 

'People or parking? Pick one': Toronto housing watchdog gets city to park plans for Green P lot (Cbc.ca)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario issuing 50 new licences for cannabis stores, including eight on First Nations reserves (Cbc.ca, BNNbloomberg.ca)

 

Ontario ministries, agencies banned from purchasing tickets for political events (Thestar.com)

 

Minister: 'Jobs of the Future Central Focus' (News.ontario.ca, Globalnews.ca, Cbc.ca)

 

Federal News

 

So just what does the federal government look after anyway? (Yorkregion.com)

 

And they’re off! The federal election’s precampaign period has officially begun (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)