TORONTO ZOO
• Cubs’ deaths at Toronto Zoo highlights difficulties of polar bear breeding [Toronto Star]
• Toronto Zoo open to breeding polar bear again after cubs’ deaths [Toronto Sun

GARDINER EXPRESSWAY
• Documents show Gardiner Expressway concerns [Toronto Sun]
• ‘High risk’ that a heavy truck could ‘punch through’ thinning Gardner Expressway, report warns [National Post]

CITY HALL
• Raise Toronto taxes, Councillor Janet Davis urges [Toronto Sun]
• Mayor Rob Ford axes New Year’s levee [Toronto Sun]
• Vacationing mayor weighs in on police budget [Toronto Sun]
• Doug Ford beats mayoral byelection drums [Toronto Sun]
• ‘You’re not going to make everyone happy:’ Toronto’s budget committee takes input on how to balance budget [National Post]

OTHER NEWS
• Anti-native racism common in Toronto health care [Toronto Star]
• The Fixer: A tale of toppled utility poles [Toronto Star]
• Grocery store food disposal angers [Toronto Sun]
• High school security guards accused of dealing drugs to students [Toronto Sun]
• Ikea monkey owner: ‘He’s my son’ [Toronto Sun]
• Man tried to blow up friars’ house in downtown Toronto, police allege [Globe & Mail]