CITY HALL – BUDGET
• Toronto Mayor talks layoffs, suggests labour costs are 4 times too high [Globe & Mail]
• Ford makes layoffs sound like a certainty [The Star]
• No stampede to give city hall an earful on cuts [The Star]
• Property taxes could rise 3%, Ford warns [National Post]
• All this talking costs money: Deputy Mayor [National Post]
• ‘Trees aren’t gravy’: Ford foes challenge cost-saving report [National Post]
• Palacio bashes Layton’s ‘integrity’ [The Sun]
DEVELOPMENT – TUNNEL TO ISLAND AIRPORT
• Cities rethink urban spaces with ‘pop-up’ projects [Globe & Mail]
• Stormy reception for Toronto’s water plans from downtown residents [The Star]
• Pedestrian square opens near Yonge and Eglinton [The Sun]
• City council approves pedestrian tunnel to Toronto island airport [Globe & Mail]
• Council approves foot tunnel to island airport [The Star]
• City approves deal for tunnel to island airport [National Post]
• City OKs tunnel to island airport [The Sun]
• City Council Minutes: Airport tunnel gets the nod [The Star]
• City takes over debt-ridden Leafs practice facility [The Star]
OTHER NEWS
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: City health-report flies in face of bike lane reductions [National Post]
• Riverdale Farm at risk as Toronto city hall searches for savings [Globe & Mail]
• Riverdale Farm, park zoos move to chopping block [The Star]
• Mallick: If mowing grass is Rob Ford’s ‘gravy’, I’ll do it myself [The Star]