TAXI LICENSING
• City to study woes of taxi-licensing industry [Globe & Mail]
• Taxi controversy boils over at City Hall [National Post]
• Ambassador cabby loses licence after attack [The Sun]
• Minnan-Wong chased down hall as taxi war off to raucous start [The Star]
TORONTO HUMAN SOCIETY
• Trow loses THS board bid amid cheers [National Post]
• Former president fails in bid to regain control over humane society [Globe & Mail]
POLICE LAYOFFS
• Layoffs possible as city asks Blair to reduce police staff by 10 per cent [Globe & Mail]
• Crime spikes in cities with police layoffs [The Star]
COMPETITIVE KITE FLYING
• City considers restrictions on kite-flying rather than all-out ban [Globe & Mail]
• City to throw book at kite outlaws [National Post]
• Fine people $300 for flying competitive kites, committee says [The Star]
OTHER NEWS
• Artist says city erased mural it paid him to [The Star]
• GO Transit bus catches fire [The Star]
• Ford Nation in the minority at the budget consultations [The Star]
• The Fixer: Pedestrians trashing ravine woodlot at Islington and Dixon [The Star]
• Ryerson student gets a say in reshaping social housing [Globe & Mail]
One comment
In an oddly parallel twist, New York is experiencing a similar wave of taxi reform and protest:
http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/139798/at-city-hall-protest–livery-cab-drivers-fight-for-their-businesses
Maybe there is something to learn from in the joint experiences of the two cities. Whatever path Toronto chooses, can it at least unify the taxis to a single color scheme?