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CITY HALL
• Councillor seeks truck ban on Weston Rd. [The Star]
• Councillors reignite bid to get provincially funded nurses [Globe & Mail]

TRANSPORTATION
• Fare hike likely next year, TTC vice-chair says [National Post]
• Heated clash breaks out on TTC streetcar between passengers and driver [The Star]
• Streetcar melee has customers taking on TTC employees [Globe & Mail]
• Bixi Toronto hits 100,000-ride mark [The Star]
• A $10 lot, but good luck getting a spot: Toronto pays the most for parking in Canada [The Star]
• Cops targeting bad bicyclists, mean motorists [The Sun]
• Councillors want TTC funding an election issue [The Sun]

DEVELOPMENT
• Grimes to lead local Pan Am effort [The Sun]
• Airport tunnel debate looming [The Sun]

OTHER NEWS
• Ootes softens his stance on social housing after time as head of TCHC [Globe & Mail]
• Anti-poverty advocates decry plan to scrap priority neighbourhood designation [Globe & Mail]
• SummerWorks play that generated Government ire gets country-wide reading [National Post]