CITY COUNCIL
• Doug Ford: Deep cuts coming in 2012 [The Star]
• Ford looks to tap brewery exec [The Star]
• Budget approved with few changes [National Post]
• ‘Customer service excellence’: Toronto’s PR gets a new tag line under Ford [National Post]
• Gravy still flowing at City Hall [The Sun]
TRANSIT
• TTC takeover: a win-lose proposition [The Star]
• Province denies interest in TTC takeover [The Star]
• Hume: TTC and the politics of transit [The Star]
• Yonge subway to close this weekend [The Star]
• The TTC’s future: New hands on the wheel? [Globe & Mail]
• Metrolinx confirms Ford floated idea of handing TTC to province [National Post]
• Toronto Timeline: Following a fake subway attack [National Post]
• Derby girls hitting back at TTC [The Sun]
• TTC changes leave riders ‘frustrated’ [The Sun]
• Work on streetcar yard to proceed [The Sun]
• TTC Consultation Frustrates Riders [Torontoist]
CRIME & POLICE
• Security camera captures men with gas cans at scene of fire [The Star]
• Case against man accused of killing police officer put over until Thursday [Globe & Mail]
• Two police officers found guilty of assault [National Post]
SEX TRADE
• Red light district already here [The Sun]
• How legalizing prostitution could change Toronto [OpenFile]
OTHER NEWS
• Are TVs in schools the first step to showing ads? [The Star]
• MissiLeaks: Mississauga leaks ‘a serious systemic problem for the city’ [National Post]
• Pride parade under pressure to control costs [Globe & Mail]
• Yorkdale Mall announces plans for expansion [National Post]
• Toronto of the 1860s [BlogTO]
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Two transportation-related items passed the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee today: one by Karen Stintz to look into how to crack down on bicyclists using the sidewalk, the other by Mike Layton for staff to look into how to keep bike lanes free of stopped cars and snow.
Gord Perks pointed out that one Canadian is killed by a cyclist every… decade. It’s a good thing that person won’t be a Torontonian in 2015.