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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Heeeere, kitty kitty. As of June 1, Richmond Hill says your cat needs a licence and tag on its collar

4 days ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Your cats in Richmond Hill may have just become clandestine. On June 1, the city started requiring licenses for cats as well as dogs. Already a Subscriber? Sign in It hadn’t sold any licenses until then, so that leaves an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 cats whose owners should buy tags — especially if their cats roam outside.
Richmond Hill’s Mahsa Amini memorial site ‘ignores’ Iranian-Canadian community’s proposal and legacy of 2022 rally

4 days ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Richmond Hill chose a “meaningless” spot in which to honour Mahsa Amini and other victims of the Iranian regime, local architect Hamid Kashani says. Already a Subscriber? Sign in Following a 2023 council motion, the city declared every Sept. 16 would be Mahsa Amini Memorial Day. That motion also requested a tree planting, bench and memorial plaque.
Richmond Hill teen cuts food waste by selling ‘short-dated’ snacks to consumers who care about the planet

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Where others see packaged snacks ready to be thrown away, Brighton Ng sees opportunity. And why not? That kind of thinking could help save the planet. Already a Subscriber? Sign in “We offer a way to fight food waste while enjoying premium snacks,” says Brighton, a 15-year-old Thornhill Secondary School student. It’s always been his dream to start a food business that helps the environment and consumers, the Richmond Hill 10th grader said in an interview.
‘Uncensored’ Tehran Book Fair in Richmond Hill this weekend lets writers banned in Iran speak and inspire readers

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

In Iran today, words and books are dangerous things, says the director of an international literary event in Richmond Hill this weekend. The Iranian regime hosts a book fair in the capital each year, but it also arrests writers and publishers and doesn’t allow uncensored books to be published. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored is about refusing to accept this, Saeed Chooback said in an interview.
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives will bypass city ‘red tape’ to help union expand Richmond Hill training centre

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government will use its powers to speed construction of a union’s new training centre building in Richmond Hill. The province is investing in more training centres to replace retiring construction workers and intends to help unions avoid municipal “red tape” in building them, David Piccini, the province’s Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development minister announced on Monday, May 26. Already a Subscriber?
Stargazers celebrate as Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory marks 90 years this weekend

1 week ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Not so long ago, many people couldn’t see a future for the Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory. But the former University of Toronto facility, which marks 90 years this week, is now a national historic site and destination park. Already a Subscriber? Sign in And Richmond Hill residents, including many who fought to keep the buildings and land from disappearing under development, are celebrating.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? Development planned for Richmond Hill’s Harris Avenue is too big, councillors and neighbours agree

2 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

Is development on Richmond Hill’s Harris Avenue crossing a line into excessive density? Or are things going, as the city’s mayor says, “pretty much” as an infill study a decade ago said they would? Neighbours say a 10-storey building proposed on Yonge Street will threaten their privacy, worsen congestion and overwhelm resources of their area south of Jefferson Side Road. Already a Subscriber?
Veteran crosses York Region and heads to Ottawa on foot to help build homes for ‘forgotten’ homeless Canadians who served

3 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

As a soldier, Ken MacKay wasn’t sent overseas, but he has friends — male and female — who witnessed war and are suffering. Many of them saw horrific things serving Canada in places like Bosnia and Afghanistan, and it drove some to alcohol and drugs, MacKay said. Already a Subscriber? Sign in “They fought battles over there and they’re fighting battles here. And some have become homeless,” added the Port Dover man, who was walking through York Region on his way from Windsor to Ottawa.
Ontario builders optimistic but some York Region mayors skeptical after Premier Doug Ford’s provincial government unveils bill intended to spur new housing

3 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

It’s said builders and municipalities co-operated to help draft Ontario’s latest legislation that is meant to start a new wave of housing construction. But much of what the bill — unveiled Monday in Vaughan — may do is cut the powers of towns and cities to plan and pay for growth. Already a Subscriber?
The City of Richmond Hill received provincial funding to pay for Lake Wilcox Fish and Wildlife Sanctuary upgrades. Here’s what’s planned

3 weeks ago | yorkregion.com | Mike Adler

A quiet spot in Richmond Hill just got easier to visit. Already a Subscriber? Sign in The 1.6-hectare (four-acre) area on the lake’s western shore was opened by the province with help from a local anglers group in 1988. Part of the Wilcox-St. George Provincially Significant Wetland Complex, the fish and wildlife sanctuary had steps leading to its boardwalk and trail. Thanks to a grant from the Progressive Conservative government, a new ramp has replaced the steps.

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Articles

Heeeere, kitty kitty. As of June 1, Richmond Hill says your cat needs a licence and tag on its collar

Richmond Hill’s Mahsa Amini memorial site ‘ignores’ Iranian-Canadian community’s proposal and legacy of 2022 rally

Richmond Hill teen cuts food waste by selling ‘short-dated’ snacks to consumers who care about the planet

‘Uncensored’ Tehran Book Fair in Richmond Hill this weekend lets writers banned in Iran speak and inspire readers

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives will bypass city ‘red tape’ to help union expand Richmond Hill training centre

Stargazers celebrate as Richmond Hill David Dunlap Observatory marks 90 years this weekend

WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? Development planned for Richmond Hill’s Harris Avenue is too big, councillors and neighbours agree

Veteran crosses York Region and heads to Ottawa on foot to help build homes for ‘forgotten’ homeless Canadians who served

Ontario builders optimistic but some York Region mayors skeptical after Premier Doug Ford’s provincial government unveils bill intended to spur new housing

The City of Richmond Hill received provincial funding to pay for Lake Wilcox Fish and Wildlife Sanctuary upgrades. Here’s what’s planned

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