CITY HALL
• Grapes to introduce new mayor [The Star]
• Ford moving on campaign pledges [The Star]
• Ford’s idea of forcing homeless into shelters draws skepticism [National Post]
• Matt Gurney: Same old Ford returns to the airwaves [National Post]
• Ford hits the ground running [The Sun]
• Ford wants city staffers canned [The Sun]
• Harper congratulates Ford in person [The Sun]
• Rookie councillor builds on reputation [The Sun]
TRANSPORTATION
• ‘War on the car is over’: Ford moves transit underground [The Star]
• Not so fast, Wynne warns Ford on transit [The Star]
• Metrolinx’s usefulness now in question [Globe & Mail]
• The Bloor Street West bridge over the Humber River continues its rehab [Torontoist]
RETAIL & CHARITY
• Sally Ann bells too loud for Eaton Centre [The Star]
• Another reason to hate Toronto: Malls ban Salvation Army bells [National Post]
• Christmas bells silent at Eaton Centre [The Sun]
CRIME
• Project Trick or Treat nabs 60 in street drug sweep [The Star]
• Man shot dead with crossbow inside Main St. library [The Star]
• Ottawa resident, 24, charged in crossbow killing [The Star]
• Man killed in library with crossbow [Globe & Mail]
• Ombudsman: Toronto failing residents with dementia [The Star]
• Wrongfully-cut tree leads to plans for Toronto dementia policy [Globe & Mail]
G20 AFTER-MATH
• Ford has ‘little sympathy’ for G20 protesters [The Sun]
• Ford defends G20 police [The Sun]
CULTURE
• Teachers want $1.5-billion for its MLSE stake [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto Sun 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards (PDF) [The Sun]
• Tranzac Transcripts: Andrew Penner [Torontoist]
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Qatar, Russia get World Cup [The Star]
http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/worldcup/article/900265–england-humiliated-as-world-cup-heads-to-untapped-russia-qatar
This is relevant for Toronto for a couple reasons. First of all, had the US won the 2022 Cup, as it probably should have, MLS would have certainly moved to a winter schedule. That would have been a little tough on Toronto FC (gamed moved to Skydome in winter?) Second, we can now gape in astonishment as a city-state smaller than Toronto in population (and not much bigger than the GTA in area) will now end up with twelve large stadiums. Connected by subway. Wild.
I’m too discouraged to read Spacing Toronto right now, and might be for the next four years. The headlines are almost too much to stomach.
Nothing astonishing about what petro dollars can buy.