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Feb. 21

Vaughan News

 

Pescara Calcio in Canada (Lo Specchio)

 

York Region News

 

Questions raised about funding of new King recreation centre (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region trustees tell Education Minister Lecce: 'Not all students thrive in e-learning' (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Civic worker strike could lead to cancellation of March break recreation programs (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com, Cbc.ca, Globalnews.ca, Ctvnews.ca, Nationalpost.com)

 

Thousands of Toronto listings on Airbnb appear to violate new short-term rental regulations: report (Cp24.com)

 

City of Brampton makes donation in support of Ukraine crash victims (Inbrampton.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Tens of thousands of drivers to be mailed replacement licence plates in mid-March, Ontario government says (Thestar.com)

 

Feb. 20

Vaughan News

 

Vaughan Metropolitan Centre's First Purpose-Built Rental Breaks Ground (Urbantoronto.ca)

 

Vaughan celebrates Winterfest (Fairchild)

 

What to do with your kids when teachers go on province-wide strike Friday (Ctvnews.ca)

 

PH Cousul General in Toronto calls on Vaughan City Mayor (Dfa.gov.ph)

 

York Region News

 

Georgina residents now served first for swimming lessons (Yorkregion.com)

 

Former King Township councillor Jane Underhill dies (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Up in the air (NRU)

 

Permanent peer review (NRU)

 

Extraction approved (NRU)

 

Smooth sailing for $13.53-billion operating budget at Toronto city council (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com, Cbc.ca, Globalnews.ca)

 

Toronto must do more to respond to MMIWG inquiry’s calls for justice, city report says (Thestar.com)

 

Toronto Council throws Cabbagetown youth centre a lifeline (Thestar.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Doug Ford seeks ‘immediate solution’ to Ontario licence plate problems a day after government assured they worked (Theglobeandmail.com, Cbc.ca)

 

Boards ask province to lift ban on school closings (Thestar.com)

 

Federal News

 

Premiers press Trudeau for solution to rail blockades (Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com)

 

Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu becomes the fourth official candidate in the Conservative leadership race (Nationalpost.com)

 

Feb. 19

Vaughan News

 

Here are the York Region day camp programs running if teachers strike Feb. 21 (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region News

 

Evicted: 36 Stouffville residents served notice of affordable housing demolition (Yorkregion.com)

 

THEN & NOW: Timeline of Viva Rapidway at Yonge and Mulock in Newmarket (Yorkregion.com)

 

How will expansion plans for GO's Stouffville line impact Markham? (Yorkregion.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario Moving Forward to Deliver Subways Faster (News.Ontario.ca, Thestar.com)

 

Ontario teachers’ benefits remain a sticking point in bargaining talks with government (Theglobeandmail.com)

 

Federal News

 

Trudeau urges patience as Ottawa seeks meeting to resolve anti-pipeline protests (Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com, Thestar.com)

 

Senator broke ethics rules by accepting free travel to China (Theglobeandmail.com)

 

Feb. 18

Vaughan News

Wet'suwet'en protester blocking trains in Vaughan served with injunction (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)

 

Supporters of Wet’suwet’en block trains at Macmillan Yard in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com, Cp24.com, Citynews.ca, Globalnews.ca, Thestar.com, Cbc.ca)

 

York Region News

 

Richmond Hill council recap: Tax hike, Jefferson Schoolhouse, climate change and more (Yorkregion.com)

 

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Newmarket bus terminal getting cleaned up (Yorkregion.com)

 

Newmarket, Aurora shelters for homeless youth, abused women land grants (Yorkregion.com)

 

Should Yonge Street in Aurora go on a 'road diet'? (Yorkregion.com)

 

Climate change is here: Lake Simcoe floating high phosphorus levels (Yorkregion.com)

 

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Digital upgrades coming to Newmarket GO train station (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022 (Thestar.com)

 

Abigail Bond was hired to help solve Toronto’s housing problems. Here’s why she’s hopeful for the future (Thestar.com)

 

Next pothole blitz depends on weather (Torontosun.com)

 

City and province sign preliminary agreement to build four transit projects, including Ontario Line (Cp24.com, Citynews.ca)

 

Provincial News

 

Are Ontario’s new blue licence plates hard to read at night? Province looks into complaints (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com, Globalnews.ca, Cp24.com, Cbc.ca)

 

Ontario legislative session begins with major challenges (Torontosun.com)