By JONATHAN JENKINS, QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU - Sun Media

16th September 2009,

"The purpose of the bill is to empower the integrity commissioner to review the expenses of the the senior exec at our 22 biggest ABCs," said McGuinty - under fire now for several months of spending scandals at eHealth Ontario and Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. "Specifically she will be given the authority to look at the expenses of the board of directors, the CEO, senior management and the five biggest spenders regardless of what job they might happen to hold."

MICHAEL STUPARYK/TORONTO STAR

Sep 01, 2009 04:30 AM
Tanya Talaga
Queen's Park Bureau

The Liberal government has fired the CEO of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. in a desperate, pre-emptive strike to stop a Progressive Conservative attack on what the opposition says is the government's inability to oversee spending in provincial agencies.

Government-wide review ordered after Ont. minister cleans house at lottery agency

By Maria Babbage - THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO ? A sweeping review has been ordered to root out any spending abuses at Ontario government agencies following revelations of questionable expenses at the troubled lottery and gaming corporation, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said Monday.

August 26, 2009
Matt Driscoll (Gravenhurst Banner)

The government calls it a correction that?s long overdue, but some local politicians say it?s nothing short of a cash grab.

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August 19, 2009

PC MPPs Concerned About Lack of Government Investment in Buttonville Airport

(Buttonville, ON) Without government investment in aviation infrastructure, the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport will close, announced Derek Sifton, President of Toronto Airways Ltd. Progressive Conservative MPPs said that this closure will significantly undermine York Region?s economic potential and called on Ontario?s government to invest in York Region?s economic future.

by David Fleischer - The Liberal

A generous, one-of-a-kind donation has given Thornhill's heritage a shot in the arm.

The Robert West house on Old Yonge Street will become a heritage centre for the community, having been donated by its owner, Katherine Louisa Keith.

August 19, 2009

By Keely Grasser, Staff Writer - The Era Banner

The owners of Buttonville airport are considering moving the airport from its prominent Hwy. 404 location to keep it running.
 

Family-owned airport seeks $1.6 million a year from province to avoid shutting doors for good

Dan Robson - Toronto Star

At the threat of being grounded for good, Buttonville Airport is asking the provincial government to inject some much-needed fuel into the sputtering York Region airstrip.

CBC News

The family-run Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, Ont., may close without immediate government intervention, its owners said this week.
 

By Peter Shurman

When it comes to keeping our community spirit alive, few things are as important as making sure residents can come together to celebrate the history and character that make Thornhill such a wonderfully unique community to live in.