CITY COUNCIL
• Rob Ford scores 60 per cent approval rating: poll [Globe & Mail]
• Another senior city official quits under Ford [Globe & Mail]
• Support for Ford strongest outside of city core: poll [National Post]
• Chris Selley: City Hall goes panhandling again [National Post]
TRANSIT
• TTC streetcar evacuated — over gum [The Star]
• Part-time students ruled ineligible for TTC discount passes [The Star]
• Fare cheating on the rise at TTC [The Star]
• Jump in fare evasion costs TTC $22-million in 2010 [Globe & Mail]
• TTC votes to send Giambrone the bill for blown budget [Globe & Mail]
• Rocket Talk: Streetcar Track Switches [Torontoist]
• Fare-shirking still costing the TTC millions each year [OpenFile]
• Do TTC fare hikes lead to fare evasion? [OpenFile]
HOUSING
• Former public housing CEO remains mum [The Star]
• Fiorito: An 8-point plan to clean up TCHC [The Star]
• Housing board defies Ford, refuses to resign [The Star]
• 341 Bloor: Nice view, but not very accessible [The Star]
• 100 High Park: Still waiting for a simple fix [The Star]
• Pendrith Park: A do-it-yourself apartment [The Star]
• Firm behind controversial housing contract defends its work [Globe & Mail]
• Ford meets briefly with head of Toronto Housing Corp. [National Post]
• Housing board refuses Ford’s call to step down [National Post]
• Tenants upset with spending spree [The Sun]
• TCHC lost $41.4 million in stock market [The Sun]
STREETS
• The Fixer: New sidewalk seems a soggy mistake [The Star]
• So what is Toronto’s ugliest street? [BlogTO]
ARCHITECTURE
• The New Broadview House Hotel stands its ground [OpenFile]
• The “lost” architecture of Peter Dickinson [BlogTO]
OTHER NEWS
• Urban Affairs library slated to close [The Star]
• Riverdale rallies behind corner store owners targeted by thieves [National Post]
• Police not immune to Ford’s eye for savings [The Sun]
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Are condo prices set to fall? [Toronto Star]
While this is technically a business or real estate related article, the issue of condo supply (or oversupply) has implications on urban form in Toronto and the suburbs — and now has implications on the Mayors Ford’s Sheppard subway plans.