Friday’s headlines

CITY HALL
• Toronto sat on millions in development fees [ Toronto Star ]
• Surplus of $94.8M bigger than estimate [ National Post ]
• As ball fumbled in city hall, mayor tackles Ford [ Toronto Star ]
• Ford refuses to apologize for Asian comments [ Toronto Star ]
• Oversight ‘crazy,’ councillor says [ Toronto Star ]
• 4 per cent tax hike for next year in the works [ Globe and Mail ]
• City budget snowed under [ Toronto Sun ]
• Storm ahead in the budget [ Toronto Sun ]
• 99-year leases can feed city coffers [ Toronto Sun ]
• T.O cheap skates [ Toronto Sun ]

TRANSIT
• Rail line came out of nowhere [ Toronto Star ]
• Transit plans stall in traffic jam of bureaucracy [ Toronto Star ]
• GO critic has 8,000 aboard [ Toronto Star ]
• Police nab four robbers who attacked TTC riders [ National Post ]
• City pitches transit pass to university students [ Toronto Sun ]

ENVIRONMENT
• Three jailed for waste fire, companies must pay $1.7M [ Toronto Star ]
• Waste fire brings jail terms, fines [ Globe and Mail ]
• Vaughan waste site companies fined $1.7M, 3 jailed [ CBC.ca ]
• Holland Marsh faces disaster with quick thaw, experts say [ Globe and Mail ]

NUIT BLANCHE
• Nuit Blanche festival hopes to build on last year’s success [ Globe and Mail ]
• Out-of-town artists to curate city’s upcoming Nuit Blanche event [ National Post ]

CONDOS
• Tempers flare in condo line [ National Post ]
• In suburbia, larger suite sizes prove a potent lure [ Globe and Mail ]

MISCELLANEOUS
• Multicultural cash divides us: Mayor [ National Post ]