CITY BUDGET CUTBACKS
• Mayor’s newly released budget strategy sets stage for battles [Globe & Mail]
• Kelly McParland: Fords take on Santa, puppies in search for spending cuts [National Post]
• Scraping the surface of cuts [The Star]
• Death by a thousand cuts [The Star]
• 1,100 city workers seek buyouts [The Sun]
• James: budget mess finally lands in Ford’s gravy-free hands [The Star]
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: mayor puts his respect where his car is [National Post]
• Posted Toronto political panel: Rob Ford’s unlikely investment in the arts [National Post]
• Final recommendations on city service cuts released [Torontoist]
CHILDCARE, FARM & ZOO FUNDING
• Privatizing the zoo: it’s been done before [The Star]
• Zoo, farms, libraries face cuts as city’s final core services review report released [National Post]
• Maybe city shouldn’t bear lion’s share of zoo costs [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto’s cost cutting plans puts subsidized daycare, zoos on the block [Globe & Mail]
• Close theatres, reduce snow removal: a snapshot of propsed city cuts [The Star]
• Toronto’s user fees set too low [The Star]
• Childcare, rent fees to spike after city calls them ‘too low’ [The Star]
• Riverdale farm fans vow to fight [The Sun]
TRANSIT
• TTC proposes fare hike, job cuts and longer wait times [The Star]
• Union boss rips proposed TTC changes [The Sun]
• Budget could squeeze TTC commutes [The Star]
• City to look at changing rules for campaign ads on TTC [The Star]
• The fixer: audible crossing signals can’t be heard [The Star]
G20
• Alleged G20 conspirators ask for trial by judge and jury [Globe & Mail]
• G20 defendants accuse crown of silencing public dissent [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• The Dr. Phils of west Queen west [The Grid]
• Toronto’s ‘cosmic cab’ offers a ride to remember [The Star]
• York region confirms its first case of west nile virus for 2011 [Globe & Mail]