News Clippings
Nov. 26
Vaughan News
York Region holding special COVID-19 vaccine clinic for residents with needle anxiety (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Afraid of the needle? York Region kids get help rolling up sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines (Yorkregion.com)
Ontario man left with questions after Shoppers Drug Mart gave him and 12 others expired vaccine doses (Cp24.com)
York Region News
York Region proposing 2.96 per cent in tax rate increases for 2022 (Newmarkettoday.ca)
York Region's new top doc 'optimistic' on local pandemic trends (Newmarkettoday.ca)
With 83.5% of high school students vaccinated, York Region school board ready for four-period timetable (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury looking to spread holiday spirit with toy and food drive (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville asks for public's help in finding photos of fallen veterans (Yorkregion.com)
Shop local this holiday with the East Gwillimbury holiday gift box (Yorkregion.com)
Protect your sod from snow plows: Newmarket giving sidewalk markers to eligible residents (Newmarkettoday.ca)
GTA News
City of Toronto Housing Now project may displace East Scarborough Storefront (Thestar.com)
Provincial News
Ontario Combats Bullying in Schools (News.Ontario.ca)
Federal News
Gen. Wayne Eyre named permanent chief of defence staff (Cbc.ca, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com)
Canada’s emissions record worst in the G7, federal Environment Commissioner says (Theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 25
Vaughan News
5 things to know about Vaughan: Upgrading Old Maple infrastructure, slow down signs, snow shovelling, more (Yorkregion.com)
5 things to know about Vaughan: Upgrading Old Maple infrastructure, slow down signs, snow shovelling, more (Thestar.com)
Creating open spaces and signage in Vaughan’s downtown (Signmedia.ca)
Here's where to get vaccinated in Newmarket and York Region Nov. 24 -- 30 (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Vaughan Design Review Panel Agenda (NRU)
York Region News
York Regional Police becomes more 'transparent' with residents following launch of new Safety Data Portal (Yorkregion.com, Newmarkettoday.ca)
'Very urgent situation': York educators question COVID-19 protocols with school transmission (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, Ontario Shores strike mental health care partnership (Yorkregion.com)
Stouffville lifting winter parking restrictions for the holidays (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
Stouffville to host Lego-like mini city at holiday market Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 (Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
Master planning the mall (NRU)
Collaboration is King (NRU)
GTA News
Toronto on target to achieve its reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (Ctvnews.ca)
Facilitating support (NRU)
Fighting fire by design (NRU)
Provincial News
Fifteen Ontario public schools are now closed due to COVID-19 outbreaks (Ctvnews.ca)
Nov. 24
Vaughan News
Mayor Bevilacqua hosts inaugural Vaughan-Ramla Summit (Municipalinfonet.com)
Doug Ford’s government says building Highway 413 will get us out of gridlock. Its own research suggests that isn’t true (Thestar.com)
York Region News
COVID-19 vaccine appointments for children now available in York Region (Yorkregion.com)
You are paying for unvaccinated York Regional Police officers' COVID-19 tests (Yorkregion.com)
Pickleball and tennis courts coming to Stouffville Leisure Centre in 2022 (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
City of Hamilton employees caught golfing, jet-setting and accepting holiday booze from vendors vying for contracts (Thestar.com)
Toronto councillor calls for all dog kennels in city to be licensed (Citynews.ca)
Toronto public libraries may soon eliminate late fees permanently (Ctvnews.ca)
Toronto to consider ending minimum parking space requirements in new developments (Cbc.ca)
Provincial News
Ontario sending recruiters to high schools to promote careers in the trades (Thestar.com)
Parents can get back-to-back vaccination appointments for their children, Christine Elliott says (Thestar.com)
Federal News
Conservatives formally object to COVID-19 vaccination rules on Parliament Hill (Thestar.com)
Trudeau government’s Speech from the Throne contains warning that ‘Earth is in danger’ (Theglobeandmail.com)
Nov. 23
Vaughan News
Holiday Fair in the Square moves north to Vaughan for 2021 (Newmarkettoday.ca)
'Be a Santa to a Senior' program returns to spread holiday cheer in Richmond Hill, Vaughan (Yorkregion.com)
Rosepark Townhomes Bring Density to Thornhill With a Spin on the Conventional (Urbantoronto.ca)
York Region News
'Protect your children': York Region's top doc urges kid COVID-19 vaccinations (Newmarkettoday.ca)
East Gwillimbury joins call for Lake Simcoe phosporus recyling facility to be fast-tracked (Yorkregion.com)
New toboggan hill coming to Memorial Park in Stouffville this winter (Yorkregion.com)
5 things you need to know about King Township’s 2022 budget (Yorkregion.com)
GTA News
TDSB grants temporary exemptions for roughly 290 unvaccinated staff (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com)
Coming soon to a street near you? Why Toronto’s chief planner wants multi-unit homes in single-family neighbourhoods (Thestar.com)
Coyote believed to have bitten two people in Toronto park put down: police (Theglobeandmail.com, Torontosun.com, Thestar.com)
Provincial News
COVID-19 Vaccine Bookings to Open For All Children Aged Five to 11 (News.Ontario.ca, Cbc.ca, Yorkregion.com, Torontosun.com, Ctvnews.ca, Globalnews.ca)
Ontario optometrists to resume eye exams for kids and seniors as job action is paused (Cbc.ca, Thestar.com)
Premier slams Ontario developer that raised condo prices by $100K after cancelling sales deals (Cbc.ca)
Ford government ‘deliberately’ avoided public consultations on environment, auditor concludes (Thestar.com, Theglobeandmail.com)
Federal News
Liberal government launching third term with a throne speech focused on lingering COVID-19 crisis (Cbc.ca, Theglobeandmail.com, Nationalpost.com)
Nov. 22
Vaughan News
Vaughan wants your input as city develops parks, wayfinding plan for emerging downtown (Thestar.com)
Vaughan wants your input as city develops parks, wayfinding plan for emerging downtown (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan hustling to convince Metrolinx Bolton GO rail line is needed despite ‘modest ridership’ claim (Yorkregion.com)
Vaughan hustling to convince Metrolinx Bolton GO rail line is needed despite ‘modest ridership’ claim (Thestar.com)
York Region police charges motorist with ‘careless driving’ after three-car collision leaves three hospitalized (Yorkregion.com)
York Region police charges motorist with ‘careless driving’ after three-car collision leaves three hospitalized (Thestar.com)
Public art, food trucks and outdoor movies set stage for downtown-style community breaking ground in Vaughan (Nationalpost.com)
York Region News
Working alongside school boards, York Region is readying to vaccinate five to 11-year-olds (Thestar.com, Yorkregion.com)
York Region appoints new medical officer of health (Ctvnews.ca, Cp24.com, Yorkregion.com, Thestar.com)
'It is a colonizer phrase and it will not be accepted,' Indigenous Richmond Hill resident says of land acknowledgement (Yorkregion.com)
East Gwillimbury preliminary budget calls for 1% tax increase (Thestar.com, Yorkregion.com)
Keswick installing second rainbow crosswalk in York Region (Newmarkettoday.ca)
Stouffville hosting a housing summit on Dec. 9 (Yorkregion.com)
'Total game changer': Newmarket's historic Clock Tower to be redeveloped into boutique hotel (Yorkregion.com)
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Two highrises proposed near Leslie and Elgin Mills in Richmond Hill (Yorkregion.com)
New King City library, seniors’ centre ‘incredible’ (Yorkregion.com)
Zach Sheng named Richmond Hill's 2021 Young Entrepreneur (Yorkregion.com)
Newmarket dog park where dogs reported ill reopens although tests on soil and mushrooms inconclusive (Thestar.com)
GTA News
Eight City of Hamilton workers fired following fraud and waste investigations: auditor (Thestar.com)
Hundreds of TTC workers face suspension after union loses court bid to halt Toronto transit agency’s vaccine mandate (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com)
Coyote at large after biting two people in North York park, city says (Thestar.com, Torontosun.com, Citynews.ca, Globalnews.ca)
