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CITY HALL
• City headed for $140M surplus thanks to tax Ford wants to scrap [The Star]
• City finds extra $139.3-million but councillors disagree on how to spend it [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto to run $139-million surplus in 2011 [National Post]
• Gravy returns? Ford ally wants to resurrect free snacks [The Star]

CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
• Workers were trapped in their machines in deadly accident at TTC site [The Star]
• One dead after heavy machinery crashes at York university [Globe & Mail]
• Falling drill rig kills one at future site of York university subway [National Post]

PROTESTS
• Let’s not repeat G20 at Occupy protest, says open letter to police [Globe & Mail]
• Occupy Toronto tells cops how to behave [The Sun]

OTHER NEWS
• City’s future linked to creative clusters [The Star]
• Spanish amusement park operator eyes Toronto zoo [Globe & Mail]
• Definition of volunteer is ambiguous at the TTC [The Sun]
• Hamilton’s shot at Pan Am velodrome all but dead [The Star]
• Here and there: what does $250,000 buy you in Toronto versus Newmarket? [The Grid]