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Wednesday’s headlines

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CITY HALL
• Latest KPMG report calls for contracting out 311 and merging pensions [Globe & Mail]
• Arts, heritage and streetscapes among areas targeted for cost cuts [Globe & Mail]
• City user fees poised for big jump [The Star]
• Funding for Christmas program targeted by Ford ally [The Star]
• Winterlicious, Christmas gifts on the chopping block [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto council considers cancelling Xmas [The Sun]
• Economic development ‘follows the lead’ of earlier committee, sends all possible cuts to exec [National Post]
• City could save $25 M with streamlined services [The Sun]
• Immigrant settlement costly for city: Mammoliti [The Sun]
• City immigration cuts hurt vulnerable, critics say [The Sun]
• Get ready for more moaning over cuts [The Sun]
• Campaign audits on four Ford allies up for decision [The Sun]

TTC
• TTC operations are next stop on city’s cost-cutting route [Globe & Mail]
• You can ride the new Rocket starting Thursday [The Star]
•  New TTC subway cars finally set to debut [National Post]

CYCLING
• Cyclists to clog Jarvis Street in protest [National Post]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Noisy cyclists won’t let Jarvis lanes die [National Post]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: Sound and fury over Jarvis bike lanes [National Post]
• Fewer pedestrians, cyclists hurt in 2010 [The Sun]
• Toronto Police looking for clearer sidewalk cycling bylaws [The Sun]

OTHER NEWS
• Fiorito: A tour with the nurse the mayor turned down [The Star]
• Police violating name tag policy, U of T student claims [The Star]
• Google adds pedal power to its view of Toronto [The Star]
• Phone-hungry Toronto may get new area code [National Post]
• Wellesley fire certified as class action [National Post]
• Ticket quotas turn officers into tax collectors [The Sun]