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CITY COUNCIL
• New rules proposed for controversial council expenses [The Star]
• 47 people banned from next municipal election after failing to file [The Star]
• Ford team fills $100,000-a-year job without candidate search [Globe & Mail]
• City to tighten up council expenses [National Post]
• Podcast: On OCAP, bunny suits and architecture [National Post]
• Rein in councillors’ expenses, Holyday says [The Sun]

TRANSIT
• Push on to put transit on city agenda [The Sun]
• Yank Giambrone’s TTC pass, Holyday says [The Sun]

ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT
• Cement falls from building, closes Bay St. [The Star]
• Where are Sam the Record Man’s records? [National Post]
• Metro Square to become Pecaut Square after late Luminato founder [Globe & Mail]

GRAFFITI
• Updated: Rob Ford gets hands on with graffiti removal [National Post]

HOUSING
• Fiorito: New housing project for aboriginal community needs funding [The Star]
• When Case Ootes met himself [OpenFile]

ANIMALS
• Lawsuit seeks safer skies for GTA birds [The Star]
• Bob Barker begs Toronto Zoo to retire its elephants [The Star]

POLICE & CRIME
• New rules urged for SIU probes [The Star]
• Streamline police paid-duty program and save $2-million, city auditor says [Globe & Mail]

OTHER NEWS
• Credit Valley, Trillium hospitals agree to merge [Globe & Mail]
• Spring fog rolls through Toronto [BlogTO]
• Freedom Festival to take place at Queen’s Park after all [BlogTO]