CITY COUNCIL
• Ford’s approval rating at 70 per cent, poll finds [The Star]
• More residents claim Ford went way over campaign spending limit [The Star]
• Mayor Rob Ford’s approval rating rises to 70 per cent [Globe & Mail]
• Ford’s schedule reveals little activity [Globe & Mail]
• Mayor facing third audit request of campaign finances [Globe & Mail]
• Will PM deliver for Ford Nation? [Now Weekly]
TRANSIT
• The Fixer: Too much light at TTC parking lot [The Star]
• TTC literary fame for ‘little grandma’ [The Star]
• ‘I realized I just killed somebody,’ TTC drivers describe subway suicide [The Star]
• Rocketing UFO spotted underground [The Sun]
CYCLING
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Battle brewing over separated bike lanes [National Post]
• A bumpy first ride for Bixi bike program in Toronto [Globe & Mail]
ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT
• Hume: Enviro-friendly construction cheaper long-term [The Star]
• Plan in the works to help businesses blot out graffiti [The Star]
• University of Toronto Schools supporters vow to fight eviction notice [Globe & Mail]
LOCAL HISTORY
• City launches walking tour website [Globe & Mail]
• Walking the Jane’s Walk [Torontoist]
• A brief history of Eye Weekly [Eye Weekly]
• Follow our leaders [Eye Weekly]
OTHER NEWS
• New deal makes Toronto police highest paid in country [The Star]
• Fair is fair: City says suburbs could lose cherished driveway plowing [The Star]
• Porter: Dan Yashinsky’s story tent at Wychwood Barns is about to fold [The Star]
• Levy: Artsy cap in hand [The Sun]
3 comments
Most of the time when I click on a link to an article in the Sun, I get a file download message instead. Anyone else experiencing this?
I’d just point out that it is fallacious to say Ford’s approval ratings rose, when comparing two different polls (ie. polls from two different polling companies). Because of differences in polling methodology, one can only fairly compare polls from the same company. So if Forum Research had conducted this most recent poll we could agree that Ford’s approval had risen, but we can’t.
“The poll of 913 adults living in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area also found that 65 per cent of those surveyed believe Toronto City Council is on the right track in managing taxpayers’ dollars.” Not sure why it matters what people living in the “Greater Toronto Area” think of Ford, as anyone outside the 416 can’t vote in this city and really have no say in what happens. I’m much more interested in knowing what city residents think, and I wouldn’t be surprised to find those percentages to be lower in that case.