Mike Adler

North York, Toronto

Reporter for Metroland Media Toronto, and Edges of Toronto columnist. Searching for stories in the Other Toronto. Reach me at [email protected]

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BY THE NUMBERS: York Region report shows increase in number of dog attacks on people in Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham

6 days ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Dog attacks are on the rise in York Region’s three largest municipalities — Markham, Richmond Hill and Vaughan — over the last five years. People in Vaughan reported 209 attacks by dogs last year and 91 in 2020, the region’s health protection team said in a statement released this month. Already a Subscriber? Sign in Markham saw 134 attacks in 2020 and 202 in 2024. Residents of Richmond Hill, by contrast, reported 134 in 2020 and 176 in 2024.
How many people aren’t paying their fare on York Region Transit’s VIVA buses? A new report reveals the scale — and cost — of the problem

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

For every 20 people taking VIVA bus routes on York Region Transit, one of them isn’t paying their fare. People cheat the transit system each year, but 32 special constables and two fare media inspectors checked passenger payments 144,791 times in 2024 and found 7,282 fare evaders, says a report to regional councillors this week. Already a Subscriber?
‘Standing in the Doorway’: Exhibit on the ‘dark history’ Chinese Canadians experienced at Richmond Hill Heritage Centre

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Chinese people were once so unwelcome in Canada, the government said, “No more Chinese,” Nancy Siew said. From the Head Tax, which rose from $50 to $500 per person to discourage immigration, to the Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped it altogether in 1923 — Canada’s repressive acts against its Chinese population lasted for decades and kept families apart. Already a Subscriber?
‘We say yes, you still sit on it’: Richmond Hill councillors show frustration as builder tries to expand Oak Ridges Moraine project again

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

A developer again says it needs more floors and more units to make a condominium project work on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Some Richmond Hill councillors say that’s not their problem. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The developer is now back asking for 10 storeys and 229 units, plus two underground parking levels, for what it calls the Lakeview Residence. Certain councillors have had enough.
Are we more like Disney, Walmart, Amazon or Pampers, Richmond Hill asks residents in online ‘branding’ survey

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Does living in Richmond Hill remind you of Disney, or is the city more like Amazon, Walmart or Pampers? Those are some of the questions (real ones) the city is asking as it seeks to “refresh” its brand. Already a Subscriber? Sign in It asks how residents get information from the city, which places in Richmond Hill they visit and how people want the city to talk to them. Some questions try to gauge how residents react to words or pictures.
Richmond Hill’s Alexander Mackenzie High School locks down when automated announcement ‘inadvertently triggered’

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Tense moments followed at Richmond Hill’s Alexander Mackenzie High School when a lockdown apparently happened by accident Tuesday. An automated lockdown announcement “was inadvertently triggered,” and the reason for that “is still being investigated” by York Region District School Board staff,” Principal Krista Luks wrote to parents later that afternoon. Already a Subscriber?
CANADA VOTES 2025: Richmond Hill South turns Conservative blue as new MP Vincent Ho ‘brings it home’

2 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Mark Carney has a mandate to form a fourth straight Liberal government, but veteran Richmond Hill MP Majid Jowhari won’t be part of that. Conservative Vincent Ho, a corporate lawyer who says his campaign knocked on 80,000 doors in the riding since being nominated last March, took that seat instead. Already a Subscriber? Sign in Late on Monday night, Ho said Richmond Hill lacked representation for 10 years under Jowhari, but he won’t let residents down. “They want tax relief.
Unions gather in Vaughan Monday for Canada’s National Day of Mourning, remembering workers killed or injured on the job

2 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

July 30 last year was a beautiful, rainless day in Port Perry, where Brian Postill lived. But in King Township, where Postill was working along King Road, it had rained and there was a warning that flash floods were possible. Already a Subscriber? Sign in A gas fitter for two decades, Postill went into the construction trench anyway, hoping to finish there before the weather turned bad. He didn’t have enough time. “The trench filled with water.
CANADA VOTES 2025: Tariffs are on the minds of York Region business leaders tied to the U.S. market as election looms

2 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Dennis Dussin’s parents, Italian immigrants in Woodbridge, started a welding service 51 years ago that, over time, became a fabricator of industrial equipment. Today, half of what Alps Welding custom builds — heat exchangers, pressure vessels, storage tanks — is loaded on oversized trucks sent onto Highway 427, headed for Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana or another U.S. state. Already a Subscriber?
Richmond Hill decides ‘status quo’ on X good for now as use of social media platform survives council review

2 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Richmond Hill, after some thought, won’t get off X. Councillors who wanted to “ease the city away from” supporting the social media platform lost a narrow vote on April 16. Already a Subscriber? Sign in Carol Davidson, who represents Oak Ridges, supported a slow transition to other platforms such as Threads or BlueSky, saying X no longer matched Richmond Hill’s values because of the actions of its owner, Elon Musk.

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Articles

BY THE NUMBERS: York Region report shows increase in number of dog attacks on people in Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham

How many people aren’t paying their fare on York Region Transit’s VIVA buses? A new report reveals the scale — and cost — of the problem

‘Standing in the Doorway’: Exhibit on the ‘dark history’ Chinese Canadians experienced at Richmond Hill Heritage Centre

‘We say yes, you still sit on it’: Richmond Hill councillors show frustration as builder tries to expand Oak Ridges Moraine project again

Are we more like Disney, Walmart, Amazon or Pampers, Richmond Hill asks residents in online ‘branding’ survey

Richmond Hill’s Alexander Mackenzie High School locks down when automated announcement ‘inadvertently triggered’

CANADA VOTES 2025: Richmond Hill South turns Conservative blue as new MP Vincent Ho ‘brings it home’

Unions gather in Vaughan Monday for Canada’s National Day of Mourning, remembering workers killed or injured on the job

CANADA VOTES 2025: Tariffs are on the minds of York Region business leaders tied to the U.S. market as election looms

Richmond Hill decides ‘status quo’ on X good for now as use of social media platform survives council review

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