CITY COUNCIL
• Cities thrive with public-private garbage systems [The Star]
• Councillors freeze their pay [The Star]
• Comparing mayors Nenshi and Ford tells the tale of two cities [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto city councillors vote to freeze their own wages [Globe & Mail]
• City council pay, by the numbers [National Post]
• Gold for David Miller: Levy [The Sun]
• Holyday says city could save $16M [The Sun]
• City considers selling Corus Quay building [The Sun]
• City Refuses—at Least for Now—to Condemn Cuts to Toronto Immigration Agencies [Torontoist]
TRANSIT
• Hume: New subway station could be major stop on the road to Toronto’s future [The Star]
• TTC driver accused of assaulting passenger on crowded bus [Globe & Mail]
• York bus strike possible Monday [The Star]
WINTER
• The Fixer: Coyotes dining on Bluffers feral cats [The Star]
• Fiorito: Let us work both sides of the street in winter [The Star]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Bring your own snow shovel to the Sherbourne Commons [National Post]
• Dazzling ice formations on the Toronto waterfront [BlogTO]
CITY BUILDINGS
• U of T leasing land for residence to house foreign students [The Star]
• Tennis courts have new life as exam centre at York U [The Star]
CULTURE & RECREATION
• DiManno: Pool bans flippers, backstroke — then changes mind [The Star]
• Zoo suffers huge drop in attendance [The Star]
CITY IDENTITY
• Love lost on Toronto [The Sun]
• Toronto prior to the 1850s [BlogTO]
POLICE
• Toronto to name park after Sgt. Ryan Russell [The Star]
• Video shows cop threatening to Taser suspects [The Star]
• Bad apples shouldn’t be drawing paycheque [The Sun]
G20 AFTER-MATH
• G8, G20 win most wasteful spending award [The Star]
• Businesses still waiting for G20 compensation [National Post]
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I think this means cycling is really hitting the mainstream in Canada with this happens.
In today’s Sun, columnist Joe Warmington asks why cops are suspended with pay, even AFTER they’ve been convicted of wrongdoing on the job. Am surprised other media outlets haven’t asked the same question. Here’s the link:
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2011/02/08/17201061.html
Since the media forgets that half its readers live outside Toronto proper, I’ll fill in the blanks for them:
http://yrt.ca/news/strike.asp