News Clippings
July 9
Vaughan News
Vaughan council pushing for its preferred Yonge subway route options (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Weekend pop-up clinic will offer first and second doses (thestar.com)
GTA News
City of Toronto launches ‘playbooks’ to help businesses plan for return to offices (globalnews.ca)
Provincial News
Federal News
July 8
Vaughan News
Preserving prime agricultural areas (NRU)
Canada’s Wonderland opens its doors for the first time in almost two years (blogto.com, CP24.com)
Mobilio Complex Adding Density to Vaughan's Emerging Downtown (urbantoronto.ca)
Vaughan hospital COVID-19 vaccination clinic closing July 11 (newmarkettoday.ca)
York Region News
Aurora kicks off 24th annual Concerts in the Park season July 7 (yorkregion.com)
GTA News
Laying out what’s needed (NRU)
Internal emails show city planned to remove park encampments in April (thestar.com)
July 7
Vaughan News
City calls for Yonge Street alignment of Yonge North Subway Extension (municipalinfonet.com)
Rent price slowly rising from COVID’s low (yorkregion.com)
York Region News
YRDSB uses reserve for post-pandemic budget (yorkregion.com)
York Region hits milestone with 50% of residents age 12+ fully vaccinated (newmarkettoday.ca)
Only Moderna vaccine currently available for ages 18+ in York Region (newmarkettoday.ca)
Aurora museum curator, member of anti-racism task force abruptly no longer with town (thestar.com)
GTA News
How one Twitter account is working to make Toronto washrooms more accessible (thestar.com)
Mayor's executive committee approves 1% vacant home tax (torontosun.com, cbc.ca)
Petition calls for pedestrian and cyclist safety on Toronto’s west-end trails (ctvnews.ca)
Provincial News
Doug Ford says reopening must proceed ‘cautiously’ and with top doctor’s consent (thestar.com)
Federal News
July 6
York Region News
Kids Downtown returns to Newmarket with limited capacity (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Newmarket library reopens for book browsing for first time since pandemic hit (Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
GTHA leaders call for 'clear guidance' on Step 3 capacity limits (Ctvnews.ca)
Rapid transit and a walkable downtown in the works for Mississauga (Theglobeandmail.com)
Security fence in Trinity Bellwoods to stay for weeks so grass can grow back, city says (Cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Federal News
July 5
Vaughan News
Advancing healthcare, innovation and education in Vaughan (10.59 The Region)
Vaughan appoints new fire chief after departure of former chief to Mississauga (Yorkregion.com)
High-speed internet coming to 113 households in rural Vaughan and East Gwillimbury (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Tree planting continues in York Region during COVID-19 pandemic (Newmarkettoday.ca)
York Region opening up 58,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments next week (Thestar.com)
Pop-up COVID vaccine clinics coming to East Gwillimbury and Aurora July 10 and 11 (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill council steps in on staff pay raises (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
Outdoor fitness classes launch July 5 at Newmarket's Magna Centre (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Provincial News
Federal News
For fully vaccinated Canadian travellers, border restrictions to begin easing (Theglobeandmail.com)