Noor Javed

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News Reporter at The (Toronto) Star

A city reporter for the Toronto Star. Have a good story in the 905? Email me or follow me on https://t.co/HuQYEbbLJx

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Ford government denies bill to speed up development will override environmental and Indigenous concerns

3 weeks ago | hamiltonnews.com | Kris Rushowy |Noor Javed

Endangered species will be at further risk under a new bill environmental groups also say gives the government too much power to fast-track mining and infrastructure projects anywhere it wants.
Ford government denies bill to speed up development will override environmental and Indigenous concerns

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Kris Rushowy |Noor Javed

Endangered species will be at further risk under a new bill environmental groups also say gives the government too much power to fast-track mining and infrastructure projects anywhere it wants.
Ontario seeks to speed up construction of housing, roads, transit with new bill giving it more control over municipal processes

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Kris Rushowy |Noor Javed

The province is looking to fast-track road, transit and housing construction by taking more control over municipal processes — in part by expanding controversial minister’s zoning orders and standardizing development fees — while admitting it is falling behind on its promise to build 1.5 million homes.
Ontario seeks to speed up construction of housing, roads, transit with new bill giving it more control over municipal processes

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Kris Rushowy |Noor Javed

The province is looking to fast-track road, transit and housing construction by giving itself more control over municipal processes — in part by expanding controversial minister’s zoning orders and standardizing municipal development fees in new legislation to be introduced Monday.
‘The most honest reflection of the country’: Inside the 905 — the ridings that helped deny Mark Carney a majority

1 month ago | thespec.com | Noor Javed |David Rider |Raju Mudhar

Vina Viejo, a personal support worker in Richmond Hill, supported Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government with votes and campaign donations for almost a decade. But Viejo’s had a change of heart. In last Monday’s federal election, she moved her support behind Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and says she convinced her partner and multiple family members — about 15, she estimates, except for one holdout sister — to join her in abandoning the Liberals.
As Ontario’s rich farmland is parceled out for development, these farmers are ensuring their legacy continues — forever

1 month ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Noor Javed

When Charles Stevens looks out from his Clarington-area farm, he can see the rows of homes being built less than a kilometre away on what was once prime farmland. Stevens, too, has had his share of developers knocking on his door with lucrative offers for his 164-acre farm called Wilmot Orchard that specializes in growing 11 different types of blueberries and a variety of apples.
As Ontario’s rich farmland is parceled out for development, these farmers are ensuring their legacy continues — forever

1 month ago | thespec.com | Noor Javed

When Charles Stevens looks out from his Clarington-area farm, he can see the rows of homes being built less than a kilometre away on what was once prime farmland. Stevens, too, has had his share of developers knocking on his door with lucrative offers for his 164-acre farm called Wilmot Orchard that specializes in growing 11 different types of blueberries and a variety of apples.
Pierre Poilievre’s path to victory runs through the GTA

1 month ago | thespec.com | Noor Javed |David Rider

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has not moved to the GTA, it just seems that way as he goes door to door with candidates, searching for a pathway to the Prime Minister’s Office. After three elections in which Halton, Durham, York and Peel voters elected enough Liberal MPs to be dubbed the “Greater Trudeau Area,” opinion polls as recent as January suggested the seat-rich 905 belt was ready to swing back to Conservative domination.
‘It seemed like an impossible fight’: How a small group of determined local residents battled Ottawa for five decades over the Pickering airport — and won

Feb 9, 2025 | thespec.com | Noor Javed

When Gord McGregor found out one day more than five decades ago that the home where he lived with his family was one of thousands being expropriated by the federal government for a future airport, it wasn’t through an official letter or a phone call. McGregor, now 93, is one of the last original residents in the hamlet of Brougham in north Pickering. He remembers the day clearly. “It was 1972.
Canada’s international student boom changed Brampton forever. As the program scales back dramatically, a strained community tries to adapt

Jan 26, 2025 | thespec.com | Noor Javed

Several times a week, Sukhman Kaur takes two buses from her basement apartment in Brampton through Mississauga to get to Toronto, where she attends George Brown College. The 22-year-old, who is studying culinary management, says when she moved to Canada from India in December 2023 as an international student, she already knew that despite studying in Toronto, she would likely end up living in Brampton.

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Articles

Ford government denies bill to speed up development will override environmental and Indigenous concerns

Ford government denies bill to speed up development will override environmental and Indigenous concerns

Ontario seeks to speed up construction of housing, roads, transit with new bill giving it more control over municipal processes

Ontario seeks to speed up construction of housing, roads, transit with new bill giving it more control over municipal processes

‘The most honest reflection of the country’: Inside the 905 — the ridings that helped deny Mark Carney a majority

As Ontario’s rich farmland is parceled out for development, these farmers are ensuring their legacy continues — forever

As Ontario’s rich farmland is parceled out for development, these farmers are ensuring their legacy continues — forever

Pierre Poilievre’s path to victory runs through the GTA

‘It seemed like an impossible fight’: How a small group of determined local residents battled Ottawa for five decades over the Pickering airport — and won

Canada’s international student boom changed Brampton forever. As the program scales back dramatically, a strained community tries to adapt

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