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Mayoral Race
• Consultations lead Tory to reconsider mayoral run [ Toronto Star ]
• Ford’s endorsement of pastor for council stokes fear among gays [ Globe & Mail ]
• Video: Ford supporter on gay marriage [ Globe & Mail ]
• Gays can wed if they want: Ford [ National Post ]
• Tory now and then [ Now Magazine ]
• Defending reputations one tweet at a time [ Eye Weekly ]

Transit
• TTC promotes driving – Zipcars only [ Globe & Mail ]
• Court challenge lodged against Ontario’s stiff under-21 driving law [ Globe & Mail ]
• BIXI or bust [ Now Magazine ]

Sunrise Propane
• Sunrise Propane’s legal dance card is full [ Toronto Star ]
• Sunrise propane was told to stop making liquid gas transfers two years before fatal blast [ Globe & Mail ]
• Sunrise lawyer dismisses blast report [ National Post ]

Curiosities
• Contest to name the leader of the loos [ Toronto Star ]
• Thousands gather for free Metric concert [ Toronto Star ]
• G20 stories, rants and jokes take over Kensington wall [ Toronto Star ]
• NIMBYism: Nay-saying grumps or neighbourhood activists? [ Toronto Star ]

Other News
• Car dealerships proposed for Leslieville site [ Toronto Star ]
• Ward Gallery of Immigration planned for City Hall [ Globe & Mail ]

4 comments

  1. Will it now be “no dealerships in Leslieville”? The new plans don’t sound very desirable from a city-building perspective.

  2. uuugh, I’m so sad that Bixi is going to fail, especially because I was previously so naively excited about it. Bixi isn’t going to suddenly convince people that Toronto’s streets are fun to cycle on. My friends all say the same thing, “oh, Bixi Toronto, that sounds cool” but are any of them actually going to ride a bike downtown? No. The pathetic trial period only covers a small downtown area already well served by the TTC.  I just hope that when Bixi fails in Toronto the city realises they have to get serious about building cycling infrastructure. 

  3. bixi might end up being popular with people from the suburbs who travel to union station and then take a short trip on the ttc to work in the downtown core. bixi would be faster than walking and much cheaper than ttc fare.

    what makes bixi so popular in montreal?