News Clippings

Aug. 6

Vaughan News

Newmarket festivals get pandemic 'reconnect' funding boost from province (Newmarkettoday.ca)

Five things to watch at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 7 (Thestar.com)

York Region News

York Region’s unions say Ford’s plan on schools ‘incomplete,’ but Kurji says it's 'sensible' (Yorkregion.com)

Markham mayor declares Aug. 4 ‘Andre De Grasse Day’ (Yorkregion.com)

Markham council grants developers 25% off parkland payment (Ca.News.Yahoo.com)

Upper Canada Mall hosting pop-up vaccination clinic this weekend (Newmarkettoday.ca)

GTA News

Canada, Ontario and Toronto Invest Over $2.9 million to Revitalize the Spadina Museum National Historic Site (News.Ontario.ca)

Don Valley Parkway closed all weekend for maintenance (Globalnews.ca)

Burlington mayor says city not seeing 'same push' as Toronto to rename Dundas Street (Insuaga.com)

New playground unveiled at Toronto park where 2 girls were shot (Cbc.ca)

Federal News

Conservative Linda Frum is quitting the Senate (Thestar.com)

Aug. 5

Vaughan News

Here’s some good news -- building permits, June 2021 (Ebmag.com)

York Region News

Pandemic backlog prompts province to open temporary DriveTest centre for York Region (Newmarkettoday.ca)

PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN: A peek at the growing pains in Newmarket hospital's Maternal Child Program (Yorkregion.com)

'Black students rise': 10 graduates recognized for excellence in 2021 NACCA Scholarship Award ceremony (Yorkregion.com)

Ontario’s new home regulator charges Markham developer with allegedly illegal home sales (Thestar.com)

YCDSB offering crash course in Canadian schools for Newmarket's newcomer students (Newmarkettoday.ca)

'Cautious and sensible': York Region's top doc supports Ontario back-to-school plan (Newmarkettoday.ca)

Newmarket finds no illegal fireworks over long weekend (Newmarkettoday.ca)

Moonlight Movies return to Newmarket parks in August (Newmarkettoday.ca)

GTA News

Why feeding coyotes and other wild animals is a ‘disservice’ to them (Thestar.com)

Cleaning now the leading cause of TTC bus delays amid COVID-19 pandemic (Cp24.com)

Provincial News

Ontario Makes Historic Investment in Safe, Innovative Festivals and Events (News.Ontario.ca)

Ontario Further Improving School Ventilation (News.Ontario.ca, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)

Ontario to allow 'high-contact indoor sports' for students, won't mandate vaccines (Cbc.ca, Globalnews.ca)

Federal News

Feds say 82,000-plus doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to be sent to Trinidad and Tobago (Theglobeandmail.com)

Aug. 4

Vaughan News

‘Get involved’: City asks Vaughan residents for input for a new 7.7-hectare park (Yorkregion.com)

‘Get involved’: City asks Vaughan residents for input for a new 7.7-hectare park (Thestar.com)

Couple fined $615 for feeding squirrels in their own suburban Toronto backyard (Blogto.com)

York Region News

'No regrets at all': Dr. Kurji retires after steering York Region through pandemic (Newmarkettoday.ca)

'It's silly': East Gwillimbury council concerned about location of proposed Bradford Bypass interchanges (Yorkregion.com)

Markham council grants developers 25% off parkland payment (Yorkregion.com)

Newmarket asks for your help in invasive moth egg hunt (Newmarkettoday.ca)

GTA News

City of Toronto memorializes U.S. slave who found freedom in Etobicoke (Thestar.com)

Provincial News

Ontario unveils back-to-school plan for September. Here's what you need to know (Ctvnews.ca, Cbc.ca, Cp24.com, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com, Torontosun.com)

Aug. 3

Vaughan News

The Feed with Ann Rohmer (105.9 The Region)

Squirrelly fine for feeding rodents (Toronto.CityNews.ca)

Vaughan couple fined $615 for feeding squirrels in their backyard (Torontosun.com)

Vaughan couple fined $615 for feeding squirrels in their backyard (O.Canada.com)

Vaughan resident wants city to pay to fix his curb, councillor says can’t violate ‘policy in place’ (Thestar.com)

Vaughan resident wants city to pay to fix his curb, councillor says can’t violate ‘policy in place’ (Yorkregion.com)

Toronto Carnival still has the Caribbean “spirit,” even with a cancelled parade (Thestar.com)

WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? King-Vaughan Road closed from Dufferin to Keele from Aug. 3 to 20 (Yorkregion.com)

York Region closing mass vaccinations centres by end of August (Newmarkettoday.ca)

York Region News

Mosquitoes in Markham tested positive for West Nile virus (Yorkregion.com)

Markham public libraries to reopen in August (Thestar.com, Yorkregion.com)

Proposed development plan around Newmarket's Upper Canada Mall opens door to community benefits: residents (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)

Stouffville council endorses MZO for 5-storey dementia care home next to Rupert Park (Yorkregion.com)

'A lot of learning still needs to happen': Newmarket declares Aug. 1 Emancipation Day during flag-raising event (Yorkregion.com)

Stouffville to get new sidewalks and trees with investments from feds, province (Yorkregion.com)

The politics of growth: Upper York Sewage Solutions stuck in perpetual limbo (Newmarkettoday.ca)

GTA News

Coyotes are already among us. In fact, they may be Toronto’s most successful urban invader since the squirrel (Thestar.com)

Should Whitby rename Dundas Street? Toronto change prompts debate (Thestar.com)

Toronto just approved a host of climate-related policies. We asked experts how they stack up (Thestar.com)

ActiveTO should be expanded as Toronto emerges from lockdown, activists say in response to councillor’s comments (Thestar.com, Globalnews.ca)

Provincial News

Province Announces Ontario Place Redevelopment (News.Ontario.ca)