News Clippings
April 1
Vaughan News
What's next? King, Vaughan now at odds with York Region over Hwy. 413 (Yorkregion.com)
What's next? King, Vaughan now at odds with York Region over Hwy. 413 (Thestar.com)
Vaughan Walmart among recipients of tickets from York Region COVID-19 task force (Yorkregion.com)
Richmond Hill, Vaughan, Markham, Newmarket, Georgina, Aurora schools have new cases of COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
27-year-old man charged after police break up house party in Vaughan (Cp24.com, Yorkregion.com, Globalnews.ca, Torontonsun.com)
Committee agendas (NRU)
York Region News
Incentivizing energy efficiency (NRU)
Getting ready for recovery (NRU)
Seeing into the future (NRU)
York Region District School Board to suspend programs that place uniformed police in schools (Cbc.ca)
Continue fight to protect Henderson Forest, Aurora ratepayers' group urges councillors (Yorkregion.com)
Let the people play! Newmarket to open outdoor amenities for Easter weekend (Yorkregion.com, Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
Toronto asks province to let anyone aged 60 and older get COVID-19 vaccination -- lowering threshold a full decade (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)
Provincial News
Building a safer Ontario (NRU)
Ontario expected to announce month-long provincial shutdown on Thursday, sources say (Ctvnews.ca, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com, Nationalpost.com, Cbc.ca, Globalnews.ca)
March 31
Vaughan News
GTHA Mayors calling for more vaccines in hot spots (CP24)
REBBE’S WORDS SEEN AS TIMELY 39 YEARS LATER (Anash.org)
Next Stop Vaughan: The VMC Delivers the Future of Urban Downtowns (Storeys.com)
Markham, Newmarket, Stouffville, Vaughan, Georgina, Richmond Hill schools have new cases of COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
York, Halton expanding to vaccinate residents 65-and-up (680News.com, Newmarkettoday.ca, Yorkregion.com, Citynews.ca, Ctvnews.ca)
Charges for COVID-19 violations plummet in York Region (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Incidents of abusive language, inappropriate behaviour aimed at Aurora town staff on upswing, town says (Yorkregion.com)
Central York firefighters take out grass fire that closed Hwy. 404, Wellington in Aurora (Yorkregion.com, Newmarkettoday.ca)
Stouffville gets set to reopen leisure facilities (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
GTA News
Construction and disruption galore: Toronto plans another record summer of road, sewer and track repairs, promising the long-term gain will be worth it (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
‘Don’t make plans for Easter’: Doug Ford hints at another lockdown as COVID-19 cases soar (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Ctvnews.ca, Cp24.com)
Ontario's education minister says April break to go ahead as planned for now (Cp24.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
March 30
Vaughan News
Drive-thru vaccination site at Wonderland opens today (CP24)
Thrills return to Canada’s Wonderland as drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic begins, but supply issues lead to change of plans (Thestar.com, Yorkregion.com, Thegloebandmail.com)
York Region temporarily closes 3 COVID-19 vaccination clinics due to lack of supply (Ctvnews.ca, Cp24.com, Cbc.ca, Citynews.ca, Yorkregion.com)
York Region not ready to give up on Highway 413 (Trnto.com)
5 schools in Vaughan, Markham, Aurora closed due to COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Who is York Region's top-paid mayor? Four charts take a dive into Ontario's 2020 Sunshine List (Thestar.com)
How many of Vaughan's municipal employees made Ontario's 2020 Sunshine list? (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Newmarket, northern York Region must be part of Yonge North Subway plan: Taylor (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Younger residents with COVID-19 variants account for majority of new cases in York Region (Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
Mayors, regional chairs want vaccine focus on Toronto, Hamilton (Torontosun.com)
Check IDs or trust the customers? Toronto restaurants struggling to enforce one-household dining rule (Cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario Supports the Tourism and Hospitality Sectors during COVID-19 (News.Ontario.ca)
'I can't give you a direct answer': Ontario premier comments on status of upcoming school break (Ctvnews.ca, Cbc.ca)
Federal News
Suspend AstraZeneca use for people under 55, vaccine committee recommends (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com)
March 29
Vaughan News
Drive-thru vaccination site opens at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan (Global News Radio 640 Toronto)
Vaughan’s 1st 'holistic’ mobility plan to cost at least $1 million for five years (Yorkregion.com)
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area activists fighting Ford government’s urban sprawl plans (Thespec.com)
AI teams up with local government - Zoran Postic, City of Vaughan (Municipalworld.com)
No Frills, Shoppers Drug Mart, Zehrs, Fortinos latest with positive COVID-19 tests in York Region (Yorkregion.com)
York Region News
Residents 70+ can register for vaccines this week: Region (Thestar.com)
'Yelling and screaming': York Region public health faces residents' backlash over vaccines and COVID-19 restrictions (Thestar.com)
Halt the hookahs: York Region bans shisha use to curb COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Eyes in the sky: Get an up-close look at Georgina fire department's new drone (Yorkregion.com)
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?: Work on Aurora sewage pumping station expected to finish by summer (Yorkregion.com)
COVID-19 variants account for 45 per cent of active school cases in York Region: public health (Yorkregion.com)
Georgina public library launches 'personal shopper' service amid COVID-19 (Yorkregion.com)
Minister rejects Mayor’s calls to revoke MZO on Bloomington lands (Thestar.com, Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
Haircuts and outdoor fitness classes will be allowed in Toronto and Peel Region (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)
Two new city-run vaccination clinics to open Monday, as Torontonians 70 and older urged to get COVID-19 jab (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Lecce calls on federal government to be leader on vaccine roll-out for children (Citynews.ca, Ctvnews.ca)
Ontario Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Booking to Individuals Aged 70 and over in Additional Regions (News.Ontario.ca, Theglobeandmail.com)
