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Thursday’s headlines

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CITY HALL
• Ford fundraising events missing key details [Globe & Mail]
• X-raying the budget [NOW]
• Kablooey, it’s all over: the city’s electoral map is about to get more complicated for Ford & Co. [NOW]
• Leafy letdown: city’s tree canopy goal falls to Ford’s axe [NOW]
• Broke city? [Torontoist]

POLICE BUDGET
• Police board demands 10% budget cut [The Star]
• James: taming police budget a kamikaze mission [The Star]
• Ford’s clash with Blair over police budget doesn’t make sense [Globe & Mail]
• Police board gives Chief Blair 2 year option for budget cut [Globe & Mail]
• Police board still asking for 10% cut, but allows for it to be spread over two years [National Post]
• Blair needs to be realistic with police budget plan [The Sun]
• Blair gets reprieve on police budget cuts [The Sun]

TRAFFIC & TRANSIT
• Red light cameras reduce rear end collisions, statistics show [The Star]
• Union accuses Liberals of playing politics with GO workers [The Star]
• Another transit rider claims abuse [The Sun]
• Go take a flying (sustainable) leap [The Grid]

OTHER NEWS
• City hall casts dim eye on triathlon’s highway hopes [The Star]
• Triathlon pitch hits road block over Gardiner closure [National Post]
• Landlords face no punishment for discrimination in online ads [National Post]
• Unseen city: the R.C. Harris water treatment plant [Torontoist]