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MAYORAL RACE
• Thomson ponders dropping out to help stop Ford [The Star]
• Smitherman hits waterfront with a sense of urgency [The Star]
• The Daily Plank: Pantalone goes green [The Star]
• Turn out the lights, Ford says [The Star]
• Hume: For Ford, it’s little things that matter [The Star]
• Election Ephemera [The Star]
• Smell Test: Is Toronto facing an immigration boom? [The Star]
• One month to go [The Star]
• Sarah Thomson denies speculation she’s exiting mayor’s race [Globe & Mail]
• Mayoral debate: Environment issues in Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• Smitherman vows to lead “anybody-but-Ford” charge in mayoral race [Globe & Mail]
• ‘Presumptuous’ to pressure other candidates to bow out: Smitherman [National Post]
• Rossi calls for ten-minute grace period for parking tickets [National Post]

GTA ELECTIONS
• McCallion grudgingly admits ‘appearance’ of conflict of interest [The Star]
• Ajax mayoral candidate in a flap over gay flag [The Star]
• McCallion stands by her role in son’s land deal [Globe & Mail]
• Bussin given hard time at Beaches-East York candidates’ debate [Globe & Mail]
• The other face of the Ward 27 frontrunner [The Sun]

CULTURAL SITES
• Evergreen Brick Works set to become cultural beacon in Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• ROM enters new era [National Post]

G20 AFTERMATH
• Retired judge to oversee G20 policing probe [The Star]
• Former Ontario associate chief justice to lead G20 policing probe [Globe & Mail]
• Living wall, ‘mass casualty kits’ all part of $1-billion tab for G8/G20 summits [Globe & Mail]

OTHER NEWS
• Recession takes a bite out of GTA food bank users [The Sun]