Thursday’s headlines

CITY HALL
• Hume: Cities are part of Canada, too [The Star]
• Benjamin Boles on being glued to Rob Ford [NOW]
• July 2011: Rob Ford’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad month [The Grid]
• Ford ally Nunziata says she’s opposed to closing libraries [Globe & Mail]
• Another Ford loyalist speaks out against library cuts [The Star]
• Ford ally tells Atwood not to worry [The Star]
• Budget axe shouldn’t spare police, fire services, city manager says [The Star]
• Straight talk from students about building a better city [The Star]
• Rob Ford barbecue has surprise guest: ‘fishing partner’ Stephen Harper [The Star]
• Video: Rob Ford, Stephen Harper talk fishing, ‘NDP mess’ at backyard barbecue [National Post]

DEVELOPMENT & RAINING GLASS
• Nature versus venture: Beaches condo project threatens nearby ravine [Globe & Mail]
• No more blue skying [NOW]
• Fear of falling glass from downtown highrise closes two Toronto streets [Globe & Mail]
• More glass falls from balconies [The Star]
• Rain of panes not that unique [The Star]
• Glass rains down on Toronto, again [National Post]

TTC
• ‘It is neat’: Showing off the Toronto Rocket – again [National Post]
• ‘No immediate plans’ shakeup TTC exec, oust Gary Webster [National Post]

OTHER NEWS
• Why Google Street View cars are back on Toronto streets [National Post]
• Newsfront [NOW]
• New Dupong mural design revealed [The Grid]