News Clippings
June 12
Vaughan News
Tennis courts are back: Vaughan set to reopen some park amenities on Friday (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
ShopHERE: Richmond Hill partners with Google to help local businesses sell online (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill's Jean Vanier school gets new name following sex abuse allegations (Yorkregion.com)
Markham Black Lives Matter: Student-organized protest planned June 13 (Yorkregion.com)
Town-run meals for Newmarket's vulnerable continue with $25K boost (Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
Toronto makes face masks mandatory on TTC, Ontario recommends all riders wear them (Globalnews.ca)
Provincial News
Parts of Ontario enter next major stage of reopening. Here's what you need to know (Ctvnews.ca)
June 11
Vaughan News
Vaughan to open some park facilities (Ora Qui)
Vaughan opening some park facilities this Friday (CP24)
Staying safe while going back to work during COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Hundreds support Black Lives Matter in Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
Get in, get out: New COVID-19 policies for farmers’ markets in York Region (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
City of Markham offers tips, but no cooling centres, amid heat advisory (Yorkregion.com)
York Region Arts Council among 'hotbed of talent' to receive innovation funds (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Coronavirus has forced York Region Chinese charity to switch to remote services (Yorkregion.com)
Newmarket pet store and Airbnb rules up for discussion at June 15 meeting (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill Public Library offers curbside pickup during COVID-19 shutdown (Yorkregion.com)
'We need local to be the focus': Georgina Chamber launches online swag shop (Yorkregion.com)
Farm Boy, Marshalls, HomeSense, car dealerships coming to Hwy. 404 in Aurora? (Yorkregion.com)
South Richvale Greenway trail in Richmond Hill closed this summer for restoration (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Petition asks city of Toronto to rename Dundas Street (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)
Assessing the value of parkland (NRU)
Growing up in the Burlington’s football (NRU)
Provincial News
Ontario Unveils a Plan to Reopen Postsecondary Education (News.Ontario.ca)
June 10
Vaughan News
What went wrong in Vaughan? City became York Region's COVID-19 hot spot (Yorkregion.com)
New bike paths coming soon (Municipalinfonet.com)
Family reeling as senior dies of malnutrition, not COVID-19, inside long-term care home (Cbc.ca)
York Region News
York Region dashboard helps residents monitor COVID-19 spread (Yorkregion.com)
York Region to add 250,000 jobs by 2041. Have your say in planning them (Yorkregion.com)
COVID-19 daily test numbers have doubled since late May in York Region (Yorkregion.com)
Halton appeals to Doug Ford to be included in Friday’s reopening (Thestar.com)
GTA News
Anti-Black racism a public health crisis, says Toronto’s board of health (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
June 9
Vaughan News
Regional Stage 2 reopening begins on Friday (CP24)
SmartCentres Development to Reshape Corner of Highways 400 and 7 (Urbantoronto.ca)
Two Towers Top Out at Transit City Complex in Vaughan (Urbantoronto.ca)
York Region News
New East Gwillimbury rec centre estimated cost is $50 million (Yorkregion.com)
Georgina beaches remain closed, select parks are open (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Brampton set to reopen all parks -- with restrictions (Yorkregion.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Proposing Temporary Ban on Commercial Evictions (News.Ontario.ca)
Federal News
June 8
Vaughan News
After hiatus due to COVID-19, Vaughan plans 2 public hearings this June (Yorkregion.com)
Couples angry at 'devastated' banquet halls' refusals to return down payments (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
'Black Lives Matter': 1,000 people hold Solidarity Walk in Aurora (Yorkregion.com)
'A long time to kneel on someone's neck': Newmarket Black Lives Matter rally (Yorkregion.com)
Full closure of Newmarket Main Street for patios unlikely, mayor says (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City tells restaurants get set to reopen, even if they can’t yet (Thestar.com)
Thousands fill downtown Toronto streets to protest anti-Black racism (Ctvnews.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario Extends Emergency Orders to Support Its Reopening Efforts (News.ontario.ca)
Federal News
Federal government to provide $14B to provinces, territories to 'safely' restart economies (Cbc.ca)