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PROPANE FIRE
Mayor Miller left for daughter’s birthday [ Toronto Star ]
Miller defends absence after blast [ National Post ]
Let city handle it, Miller says [ Toronto Sun ]
Family birthday came first: Miller [ Toronto Sun ]
Blowing us off? [ NOW Magazine ]
City facing $2-million cleanup bill [ Globe and Mail ]
Lots of talk, but no answers: Why we need a full inquiry [ Globe and Mail ]
Strategy fuels rush to sue Sunrise [ Toronto Star ]
Asbestos cleanup nears end [ Toronto Star ]
McGuinty mulls safety changes after propane blast [ Toronto Star ]
Premier opts to wait-see [ Toronto Sun ]
Community united after explosions [ Toronto Star ]
Safety authority shuts 4 more propane sites during Ont. audit [ CBC.ca ]
Internal combustion [ NOW Magazine ]

TRANSIT
Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service [ Toronto Star ]
Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains [ Globe and Mail ]
City gears up for bike rental plan [ Toronto Star ]
Downtown bike thefts drop 20% [ Toronto Sun ]
Police give owners more time to reclaim stolen bicycles [ National Post ]
Police search for suspect linked to at least three TTC sex assaults [ Globe and Mail ]

CITY HALL
City may ban plastic water bottles as a way to reduce waste and garbage [ National Post ]
Plastic bottle ban eyed [ Toronto Sun ]
Councillor’s ‘Dear John’ to criminals [ National Post ]
Strong letter to follow [ Toronto Sun ]

ART
Can a mega-studio lure Hollywood back north? [ Globe and Mail ]
Megastudio waits for its first role [ Toronto Sun ]
Lofty plot ousts artists [ NOW Magazine ]

NEIGHBOURHOODS
Scarborough zone happy to use guards [ Toronto Sun ]
Dirty bum gets tossed [ Toronto Sun ]
6 months later, rebuilding Queen St. West still a question mark [ CBC.ca ]

HISTORY
1,00 died of cholera in 1800s [ National Post ]
Dispute broiling over origin of antiques [ Toronto Star ]
Haunted Hogtown [ Eye Weekly ]

TORONTO
Secret stroll [ Eye Weekly ]
Gardens: know ’em [ Eye Weekly ]
Secret, sunken, shuttered [ Eye Weekly ]
Flush with success [ Eye Weekly ]
Extermination music site [ Eye Weekly ]
Space is the place [ Eye Weekly ]
Little shop of horrors [ NOW Magazine ]
Hangin’ at the ER [ NOW Magazine ]
Park place is no bored walk [ NOW Magazine ]
Dungeons & dragons [ NOW Magazine ]

One comment

  1. Wow, I had no idea about those carpool restrictions being in the law books. There’s something that has to change, and fast; I’d consider that kind of thing a gentleman’s agreement between private citizens, even if a company helps coordinate.