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CITY COUNCIL
• Rob Ford: What the next 100 days will bring [The Star]
• James: Ford drives a tight agenda [The Star]
• Enter Rob Ford: 100 days of orders, threats and intimidation [Globe & Mail]
• Ford allies propose waiving development charges in poor neighbourhoods [Globe & Mail]
• City Hall’s clearly defined battle lines [The Sun]

TCHC
• Council ousts TCHC board, appoints Ootes as temporary leader [The Star]
• Ford wins vote to clean house at TCHC [Globe & Mail]
• Sparks fly ahead of emergency TCHC meeting [Globe & Mail]
• UPDATED: Ford urges ‘fresh start’ at TCHC [National Post]
• TCHC boss spent $91,000 on consultants [The Sun]
• “The Mayor Should Not Handpick Who Speaks For Tenants” [Torontoist]
• Slum-lord millionaires [Eye Weekly]
• This “scandal” is no stunner… [Now Weekly]
• Rob Ford’s house call [Now Weekly]

TRANSIT
• TTC to begin work on new Ashbridges Bay storage facility [National Post]
• Ramping Up Plans for TTC Accessibility [Torontoist]

STREETS
• Queensgrove Rd. residents fight Toronto Hydro to keep street unlit [The Star]
• The 10 ugliest streets in Toronto [BlogTO]

BUIDLINGS
• The Fixer: Suspended icicles could drop like daggers [The Star]
• Dead-birds issue going to court next month [The Star]

POLICE & CRIME
• SIU reopens G20 case after video emerges [The Star]
• SIU reopens another G20-related investigation [Globe & Mail]
• Toyota dealer mulls lawsuit over G20 losses [Globe & Mail]
• Portraits of G20 prisoners by Brett Gundlock [National Post]

OTHER NEWS
• Etobicoke has all the right moves [The Star]
• Soupy Great Lake algae a danger sign [The Star]
• Hidden fees hike cost of new homes in GTA by as much as 30 per cent [Globe & Mail]

One comment

  1. Perfect. Step 1 – build lost of subway right into suburbia. Step 2 – sell the TCHC. Step 3 – watch the GTA implode when people seek cheaper rents outside core.