Corp Comm Connects

Dec. 2, 2022

Vaughan

 

Mayor Del Duca on infrastructure funding (105.9 The Region)

 

York Region News

 

Noor Javed on the Greenbelt (105.9 The Region)

 

Emmerson selected to lead Regional Council for 2022-2026 term (Ca.news.yahoo.com)

 

Housing, a hospital or both? Councillors in GTA township raise concerns about future of Greenbelt land (CBC.ca)

 

Newmarket signs new sponsorship agreement for Riverwalk Commons (Newmarkettoday.ca)

 

GTA News

 

Brampton election sign ban faces legal challenge from civil liberties advocates (Insauga.com)

 

‘Very disheartening’: New Tecumseth councillors learn about impacts of Bill 23 (Simcoe.com)

 

10 ways Toronto could make cycling safer if it gave a damn (Blogto.com)

 

Keep Ontario Place as a public space (Thestar.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Ford says he won't use notwithstanding clause for Bill 124 after court ruled it unconstitutional (CBC.ca)

 

Pitch to equalize Hamilton city councillor budgets via $1.3M hike fails (Thestar.com)

 

Regional councillor wants provincial housing legislation paused to measure negative impacts on municipalities (Thestar.com)

 

Minister Clark is shamefully misleading or dangerously ignorant about development charges (Thestar.com)

 

Federal News

 

Canada’s new dental benefit is now accepting applications. Here’s what you need to know (Thestar.com)

 

Dec. 1, 2022

Vaughan

 

Vaughan goes big for its SmartCentres holiday tree illumination (Yorkregion.com)

 

City of Vaughan's leaves and yard waste collection service to stop week of Dec. 5 (Yorkregion.com)

 

OLT News (NRU)

 

York Region News

 

Barrie's new deputy mayor named as council debates new provincial housing bill (Barrie.ctvnews.ca)

 

Wellington East Business Centre in Aurora designed to reduce carbon footprint (Yorkregion.com)

 

School’s out, community’s in (NRU)

 

GTA News

 

How should we fund cities? (Thestar.com)

 

Proposing parameters (NRU)

 

Legitimizing indoor farming (NRU)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario to audit municipal funding gap due to housing law, pledges to cover shortfall

(Thestar.com, CBC.ca)

 

Ontario auditor general addresses environment, casinos and education in 2022 report. Here are the highlights (Thestar.com)

 

Cobourg concerned Bill 23 will have ‘potentially detrimental impacts’ (Northumberlandnews.com)

 

Nov. 30, 2022

Vaughan

 

CP Holiday Train rolls into York Region on Wednesday (Bradfordtoday.ca)

 

GTA News

 

Toronto speed cameras net $34M fines from lead-footed drivers, city says (CBC.ca)

 

Illegal dumping complaints in Toronto pile up as enforcement falls: investigation (Toronto.ctvnews.ca)

 

Provincial News

 

‘Narrow-minded’ Bill 23 panned by Hamilton staffers, council (Thestar.com)

 

‘Yes or no?’: Housing minister pressed to say whether developers were tipped to Greenbelt changes (Thestar.com, CBC.ca, Toronto.ctvnews.ca)

 

Metrolinx postpones plan to chop down trees in 200-year-old Osgoode Hall garden (Thestar.com)

 

Ontario’s new gas plants will cause your hydro rates to rise, report says (Thestar.com)

 

Doug Ford’s controversial wage-cap law ruled unconstitutional (Thestar.com)

 

Federal News

 

Jason Kenney resigns after Danielle Smith introduces her sovereignty act (Thestar.com)

 

Danielle Smith’s Alberta ‘sovereignty’ act introduces sweeping new powers to resist Ottawa (Thestar.com)

 

Nov. 29, 2022

Vaughan

 

Steve Kanellakos resigns as city manager, issues preemptive defence of city staff ahead of LRT inquiry report (Ottawacitizen.com)

 

York Region News

 

Ontario’s More Homes Built Faster Act could cost Markham $136M annually (Yorkregion.com)

 

Aurora mayoral candidate launches petition following municipal election loss (Yorkregion.com)

 

GTA News

 

Brampton councillors approve personal fireworks ban (Thestar.com)

 

What would have happened if Rob Ford had ‘strong mayor’ powers? (Thestar.com)

 

Ontario government's proposal to change lands within Greenbelt facing criticism in Caledon (Bramptonguardian.com)

 

New Pearson Airport procedure to lower noise over homes in Mississauga and Brampton (Insauga.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario passes housing bill amid criticism from cities, conservation authorities (Thestar.com, CBC.ca)

 

Doug Ford’s plan to suddenly add this small town into the Greenbelt puzzles critics and residents (Thestar.com)

 

Ford government defends Ontario Greenbelt land swap that benefits PC donors (Thestar.com)

 

Nov. 28, 2022

Vaughan

 

An ‘unfathomable’ fallout: Municipalities lash out at Doug Ford’s housing bill (Thestar.com)

 

New report ranks house prices, property taxes in Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Newmarket and Aurora (Yorkregion.com)

 

York Region News

 

Stouffville launches re-designed website with improved navigation (Yorkregion.com)

 

‘What we need is a pause’: Richmond Hill joins York Region in asking Ontario to halt Bill 23 for greater consultation (Yorkregion.com)

 

‘Let’s get started and let’s go together’: New Richmond Hill council vows no ‘drama’ and more collaboration (Yorkregion.com)

 

Bradford Library Board wraps up term, looks ahead to future (Bradfordtoday.ca)

 

GTA News

 

An inside look at how a Toronto city council revolt against ‘strong mayor’ powers came together -- and why it fell apart (Thestar.com)

 

Ford is enabling Mayor John Tory’s anti-democratic ambitions (Thestar.com)

 

Provincial News

 

Ontario’s housing minister on why transformative change is needed: ‘We are acting to fix this broken system’ (Thestar.com)