MAYORAL RACE
• First votes cast in Toronto election [The Star]
• Rocco ‘no sugar coating’ Rossi [The Star]
• Mihevc calls for strategic voting to beat Ford [The Star]
• Ad watch: Pantalone’s radio spots [The Star]
• The Smell Test: Rossi’s procurement savings [The Star]
• Mayoral debate: Vision for the city [Globe & Mail]
• Pantalone loses ally to anti-Ford movement [Globe & Mail]
• Hulking ‘Smithervan’ lumbers along, spreading the message [Globe & Mail]
• Coverage: Toronto mayoral debate, Bay Street vs Main Street [National Post]
• Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies debate [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Rossi a stronger candidate than polls indicate [National Post]
• Pantalone shocked by Mihevc’s ‘incomprehensible’ decision to support Smitherman [National Post]
• Torys to join Smitherman campaign team [National Post]
• Thomson casts vote for Smitherman as advance polls open [National Post]
• Miller to endorse Pantalone [The Sun]
• All’s good with Smitherman, Thomson [The Sun]
• A flurry of sign complaints on campaign trail [The Sun]
• Rocco Rossi’s dollars make cents: Levy [The Sun]
GTA ELECTIONS
• Six new faces for shaking up Toronto City Council [The Star]
• Why Ward 8, York West, is a race to watch [The Star]
• Why Eglinton-Lawrence is a race to watch [The Star]
• Why Davenport is a race to watch [The Star]
• Why Beaches-East York is a race to watch [The Star]
• Why Toronto Centre-Rosedale is a race to watch [The Star]
• Mississauga marks first mayoral debate [The Star]
• Mississauga mayoral candidates set sights on Hurricane Hazel [Globe & Mail]
PARKING BYLAW
• New bylaw restricts driveway parking, but city has little appetite for enforcement [Globe & Mail]
• Councillors rush to dump new parking law [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• Public health wanted cleanup of unit where highrise fire started [Globe & Mail]
• Calls for Toronto G20 inquiry grow louder [Globe & Mail]
2 comments
Beach resident goes fishing for someone to take his pond [The Star]
So now the Star has conveniently boiled down a bunch of multiple candidate council races to their chosen two frontrunners. Simple isn’t it? Telling that most of the mainstream media proclaimed frontrunners belong to one of the big political party machines.
And I thought everyone was being truthful when they said party politics don’t belong at the local level…