News Clippings
July 31
Vaughan News
Vaughan families hopeful Canada's Wonderland opens soon (Yorkregion.com)
Bad Axe Throwing resumes operating in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket reopening more facilities in August, September (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Fire Chief looking for efficiencies, benefits of a shared fire service (Bradfordtoday.ca)
Council connection: On Georgina entering Stage 3 (Yorkregion.com)
Georgina educational farm scores $150,000 through $3.3 million rural grants program (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill council reopens public forum, eyes hybrid meetings amid COVID-19 (Yorkergion.com)
GTA News
Two new affordable housing developments coming to Mississauga (Insauga.com)
What’s open, what’s closed and how you can enjoy this long weekend during COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Commemorating the Sacrifice of Canadian Service Members (News.ontario.ca)
Ontario Continues to Gradually and Safely Reopen Child Care for Working Parents (News.ontario.ca)
Ontario Releases Plan for Safe Reopening of Schools in September (News.ontario.ca)
July 30
Vaughan News
White people are more afraid of Carnival than coronavirus (Nowtoronto.com)
'Sense of betrayal’ as Keep Vaughan Green protests golf course development (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
East Gwillimbury reopens all 42 playgrounds today (Newmarkettody.ca)
Newmarket mayor clears up confusion about local playgrounds reopening (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Emerging from coronavirus, Newmarket playgrounds reopen by Aug. 1 (Yorkregion.com)
New 264-unit affordable housing complex for seniors in Markham gets go-ahead (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora to get a new elementary school, province announces (Yorkregion.com)
Growth Plan Amendment 1; municipalities weigh in (NRU)
GTA News
Pickering Nuclear Perimeter; waterfront development refused (NRU)
MZO issued for Caledon’s Mayfield West stage 2; accelerating growth (NRU)
Toronto to challenge provincial Bill 184 in court (Citynews.ca)
Toronto mandates wearing masks in apartment and condo building common areas (CBC.ca)
Ontario’s garbage crisis is urgent (Communitypress.ca)
Fires up more than 13% in Toronto amid COVID-19 pandemic, firefighters union warns (CBC.ca)
Provincial News
Back-to-school plan anxiously awaited today (CBC.ca)
Federal News
July 29
Vaughan News
Healthcare at the heart of city-building in Vaughan (RenewCanada.net)
York Region News
Opposition building against proposed 22-unit Gorham housing development (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Canada and Ontario Invest in Affordable Housing for Seniors in York Region (News.ontario.ca)
Fire marshal investigates 'one of the biggest fires' in Richmond Hill's history (Yorkregion.com)
Whitchurch-Stouffville lifts fire ban after several weeks (Yorkregion.com)
York Region advocates slam Ontario’s recovery act for ‘fast-tracking’ development (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Ontario Moving Toronto and Peel Region into Stage 3 (News.ontario.ca)
City approves dedicated bus lanes on Eglinton East, part of RapidTO plan (CBC.ca)
E-scooters remain stalled in Toronto (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Helping to Protect Communities against Racism and Hate (News.ontario.ca)
Ontario spent $3.5B less than planned in last fiscal year, watchdog says (Thestar.com)
July 28
Vaughan News
COVID-19 safety kits handed out in Vaughan (CityNews)
What will your next trip to Canada's Wonderland look like? (680News.com)
To find out about anti-Black racism in schools, join Aug. 3 protest: Vaughan mother (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
5 things you should know about reopening Newmarket amid COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Discover Georgina by car: Ready, set, go! (Yorkregion.com)
For 1st time since March, Southlake Regional Health Centre has no COVID-19 patients (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City reports 5 new cases of COVID-19, lowest since March (CBC.ca)
Provincial News
$4B in COVID-19 funding announced for Ontario municipalities and transit (CBC.ca)
July 27
Vaughan News
Updates from the City of Vaughan (CHIN TV)
In Thornhill, residents say 2020 is becoming the year of the coyote (Thestar.com)
Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan shut out of Stage 3 COVID-19 recovery plan (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan: many ways to pay taxes remotely (Urbantoronto.ca)
‘No injuries’: Emergency crews battle fire in Vaughan house (Yorkregion.com)
Firefighters combatting massive townhouse complex fire in Richmond Hill (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York Region joins Stage 3, but many residents remain reluctant (iHeartradio.ca)
'Historic': $275.5M York University Markham Centre Campus announced (Yorkregion.com)
Aurora to get new school (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Town reopening playgrounds, then facilities, one at a time (Newmarkettoday.ca)
York Region's Black youth, allies keep momentum going on Black Lives Matter (Newmarkettoday.ca)
'A long time coming': Aurora and Newmarket build first joint fire station (Yorkregion.com)
Bottoms Up! Old Flame Brewing Company coming to Newmarket's Old Fire Hall (Yorkregion.com)
Anti-Black racism task force takes root in Newmarket (Newmarkettoday.ca)