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NEWS IN YORK REGION
Subway pushing north, despite TTC dithering
Regional News Jan 06, 2009

Depsite some end-of-year dithering by the TTC, the Yonge subway extension is proceeding as planned.

While Toronto's executive committee approved plans for the new subway to York Region... [FULL STORY]

Warning issued for anti-smoking aid
Regional News Jan 06, 2009
If you're taking, or considering using, the smoking-cessation aid Champix, Health Canada wants to share important safety information for this product.

The federal agency is also informing... [FULL STORY]

Repeat air bag thief released
Regional News Jan 05, 2009
A man arrested at the scene where a York Regional Police officer was killed, in a stolen airbag probe in 2007 and then arrested again for the same offence last September, will spend no more time... [FULL STORY]
Hwy. 407 charges on the rise
Regional News Jan 05, 2009
Don't be surprised if next month's 407 ETR bill seems higher than usual. It's just the highway's operators' way of saying, "Happy New Year."

Rates will climb,... [FULL STORY]

Construction on Hwy. 404 extension begins next year
Regional News Jan 05, 2009
It's been a long road already, but the Hwy. 404 extension to Georgina is coming together.

Updates on engineering and construction are part of a report going to the region's transportation... [FULL STORY]

Vaughan man hospitalized following serious crash
Regional News Jan 02, 2009
An investigation continued Friday after a Vaughan man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a serious crash in Concord Thursday.

At about 12:55 a.m., a 23-year-old Vaughan man... [FULL STORY]

Out-of-control Civic runs down Toronto pedestrian
Regional News Jan 02, 2009
A Toronto man is York Region's first pedestrian fatality of 2009.

The 74-year-old man died Thursday after being struck near a Markham parking lot a day earlier, according to York Regional... [FULL STORY]

Bouncer, police officer assaulted at Newmaket bar
Regional News Jan 02, 2009
A bouncer was smashed in the face with a beer bottle at a Newmarket bar in one of 430 calls police responded to as York Region rang in the new year.

At about 1 a.m., York Regional Police arrived... [FULL STORY]

Markham man accused of being Iraqi spy
Regional News Dec 31, 2008
A Canadian man, reportedly a Markham resident, has been accused by the United States of spying for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's government.

On Monday, a criminal complaint was filed,... [FULL STORY]


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