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CITY COUNCIL
• Mayor mum on councillors expenses [The Sun]
• Unleashing the gravy hunters: Levy [The Sun]
• What else did councillors spend your hard-earned tax dollars on in 2010? [OpenFile]
• Rob Ford’s first 107 days [Eye Weekly]

TRANSIT
• Bixi bike-sharing program ready to roll in Toronto [The Star]
• James: Transit trouble-shooter sure sign TTC expects budget cuts [The Star]
• What would Bloor be like with separated bike lanes? [BlogTO]

TCHC
• Ootes will earn $25,000 for TCHC [The Star]
• ‘Too soon to tell’ what’s in store for TCHC, Ootes says [National Post]
• Retired councillor to be paid $25,000 for short stint as TCHC director [Globe & Mail]
• Boy shivers because of broken window at TCHC building [The Sun]

POLICE & CRIME
• Man accused of lighting police cruiser on fire during G20 protest fires lawyer [The Star]
• Man revokes guilty plea at sentencing for G20 car-burning [Globe & Mail]
• Sniper rifle photo draws ire of social media critics [The Sun]
• Snipers On The Roof [Torontoist]

NUCLEAR PLANTS
• Pickering nuclear plant’s water leak will have ‘no impact,’ officials say [Globe & Mail]
• At risk and in denial [Now Weekly]

OTHER NEWS
• The Fixer: Sunken utility chamber covers an optical illusion [The Star]
• Ford to make his grown-up theatre debut [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto’s ticking landfills [Now Weekly]
• How to put a price on authenticity at Old City Hall? [BlogTO]