CITY COUNCIL
lead stories…
• Tax hikes expected across the GTA [The Star]
• Ford’s budget: TTC, user fees increased [The Star]
• Liberal councillors label Ford’s budget ‘unconservative’ [The Star]
• Rob Ford threatens to fire city managers who don’t trim budgets [Globe & Mail]
• Budget 2011: ‘Minor service changes’ to balance books [National Post]
• Budget 2011: It’s a budget balancing act [National Post]
• Where the city saves, where it takes [The Sun]
• Ford’s foes critical of budget plan [The Sun]
• Managers jobs at stake: Ford [The Sun]
• Call to cover councillors’ legal costs [The Sun]
opinions…
• James: Ford budget not the bloodbath many feared [The Star]
• Shy budgeting won’t help Torontonians [Globe & Mail]
• Windfall bails out Ford on promise not to cut city services [Globe & Mail]
• Recap: Toronto city budget Q&A [National Post]
• Levy: Ford budget a step in the right direction [The Sun]
• Ford won’t be bullied on budget [The Sun]
• How to voice your concern over Toronto’s 2011 budget [BlogTO]
GTA
• Decision on empty Oshawa council seat put off 3 weeks [The Star]
• Hotline links people to health, government and social services [The Star]
• Mississauga offers $10,000 to send councillors to Hazel McCallion’s birthday [National Post]
TRANSIT
budget…
• Ford warns of TTC fare hike, uses surplus to minimize cuts [The Star]
• Proposed TTC fare and route changes [The Star]
• Budget: drivers’ gain is riders’ loss [The Star]
• Businessman leery of TTC cut in Toronto budget [Globe & Mail]
• TTC riders may face 10-cent fare hike [National Post]
• Graphic: TTC fares, 1996 to 2011 [National Post]
• Bus route eliminatation could hurt Toronto Roller Derby League [National Post]
• Chris Selley: TTC fare hike makes sense [National Post]
• Ford warns of TTC fare hike [The Sun]
other…
• GO Transit introduces alerts for mobile phones [The Star]
• Public art meets public transportation on St. Clair [BlogTO]
• In Defence of Pantlessness [Torontoist]
POLICE
• Mayor to chief Blair: Make further cuts [The Star]
• DiManno: Chief Blair has to make some cuts [The Star]
• Budget 2011: Chief Blair ‘confident’ police can meet budget demands [National Post]
• Ford, Blair all smiles after meeting [The Sun]
STREETSCAPE
• The Fixer: Utility cut now patched to perfection [The Star]
• What’s next for scramble intersections? [OpenFile]
• The Great Torontoist Pun Hunt: East [Torontoist]
BUILDING
• Loblaws to refurbish waterfront warehouse [National Post]
• City ditches plans for ‘Icescraper’ [The Sun]
OTHER NEWS
• Weather strands beer vat convoy in Milton [The Star]
• Ontario to invest $5-million to fight bedbugs [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto Claims the Title for Longest Dodgeball Game Ever [Torontoist]