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Blackout
• Power outage not due to heat wave [ Toronto Star ]
• Ontario’s aging grid puts province at more risk of blackouts [ Globe & Mail ]
• AC reliance leads to eco-guilt during Central Canada heat wave [ Globe & Mail ]
• Power outage under investigation [ Toronto Sun ]

G20 Aftermath
• Civilian body, SIU to probe G20 role of police [ Toronto Star ]
• Dalton McGuinty expected to get earful over G20 flap [ Toronto Star ]
• Fiorito: A brave man’s G20 protest [ Toronto Star ]
• Watchdog order probe into G20 police action [ Globe & Mail ]
• Man who recorded Dziekanski tasering chronicles G20 confrontations [ Globe & Mail ]
• ‘G17’ defendants mostly white kids with good teeth [ Globe & Mail ]
• Amputee alleges G20 police ripped off his prosthetic leg [ National Post ]
• Toronto Police Services Board meeting devolves into G20-related shouting match [ National Post ]
• Toronto council delays motion of support for Police [ Toronto Sun ]

Streets & Highways
• Bloor barrier hasn’t affected suicide rates, study finds [ Toronto Star ]
• GTA toll road breaks single-day traffic record [ Globe & Mail ]

Other News
• Council approves Lawrence Heights redevelopment [ Toronto Star ]
• Pickering nuclear plant urged to quit killing fish [ Toronto Star ]
• Dalai Lama to visit Toronto in October [ National Post ]
• No Pride debate at council [ Toronto Sun ]
• Toronto toilets rank high [ Toronto Sun ]


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  1. For those interested in the suicide barrier study, the Globe also has a report on it with a link to a PDF of the actual study through Scribd.