CITY COUNCIL
• Ombudsman should oversee child welfare, MPP urges [The Star]
• Housing agency calls emergency meeting to deal with scathing report [The Star]
• Fiorito: Source says TCHC audit reveals lavish spending [The Star]
• A centrist changes his tune [The Star]
• City Hall Diary: A point of civility [The Star]
• Ford asks province for more than $150m [The Star]
• Meet Bob Kinnear, the modern union man [Globe & Mail]
• City hall braces for damning auditor’s report on social housing finances [Globe & Mail]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: Ford’s tax or slash conundrum [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Ombudsman responds to Doug Ford’s allegations [National Post]
• Pressing Questions: Advice to the Media for Handling Rob Ford [National Post]
• Fantastic day for taxpayers, mayor says [National Post]
• ‘Professional Protesters’ just warming up [The Sun]
• A Budgetary Debate Fit For Kafka [Torontoist]
• The rub on Tuggs: Levy [The Sun]
• Rob Ford’s talking points memo [OpenFile]
TRANSIT
• TTC slams door on second exit at Donlands subway [The Star]
• Man struck by train after leaning over subway track [The Star]
• Part-time students may lose TTC discount [The Star]
• Why the Yonge subway is closing again [The Star]
• York transit strike averted [The Star]
ROADS & PARKING
• Fiorito: Price of Beaches parking pad jumps 700% in 25 years [The Star]
• The skinny on shortcuts [Globe & Mail]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: A giant game of tag [National Post]
• The Cost of Free Parking [Torontoist]
ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT
• Hume: An architect’s vision for high-density suburbs [The Star]
• Gentrification of Queen Street takes former Big Bop space from punk to funk [Globe & Mail]
• Can we reinvent the suburbs? [Globe & Mail]
POLICE & G20 AFTER-MATH
• Report slams ‘shocking’ abuses at G20 summit [The Star]
• Most charges dropped against G20 accused in jail since last June [The Star]
• Chef alleges cruiser video shows police brutality [The Star]
• Report calls for in-depth public inquiry into ‘shocking’ abuses at G20 summit [Globe & Mail]
• Same old story — eight months later [The Sun]
• The CBC’s Fifth Estate examines the G20 [BlogTO]
HOUSING
• Fix the home care system, families demand [The Star]
• City of Toronto pipes down [OpenFile]
COMMUNITY & IDENTITY
• James: Dream for black radio still unfulfilled [The Star]
• Awesome Foundation’s first Toronto winner will turn the city into a number puzzle [The Star]
CITY HISTORY
• Nostalgia Tripping: Agincourt Village [BlogTO]
• Ellis Wiley’s Toronto photographs [BlogTO]
CULTURE ATTRACTIONS
• Ripley’s U.S. aquarium gives a taste of Toronto plan [The Star]
• Many of Toronto’s outdoor rinks set to shut down this weekend [Globe & Mail]
• Sculptors create ice circus in Yorkville park [The Sun]
OTHER NEWS
• The Fixer: Toilets can’t just be flushed away [The Star]
• Toilet rebates down the tube [The Star]
• Miller returns to his pre-city hall law firm [The Star]
• T.O. rally calls for end of Libya violence [The Sun]