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CITY HALL
• Toronto library services face cutbacks [The Star]
• Report proposes $17 million in cuts for libraries [Globe & Mail]
• City’s head librarian pitches $9.7M in ‘efficiencies’ [National Post]
• Budget surplus shouldn’t be a bailout [The Sun]
• Toronto poised to ban shark fin [The Star]
• McGuinty, Ford have yet to commit to Pan Am games in Guadalajara [Globe & Mail]

PROTESTS
• G20 memories loom on eve of Occupy Toronto protests [The Star]
• Occupy Toronto protests gaining momentum [The Star]
• Occupy Toronto organizers hold planning session [The Sun]
• Bracing for the occupation [NOW]

TTC
• Want to tell the TTC how to be the better way? [The Star]
• TTC seeks ‘critical friends’ to advise new customer service panel [Globe & Mail]
• TTC ponders ending free evening parking [The Star]
• TTC reviews drug screening policies [The Star]

TRANSPORTATION
• Airport train will mean inconvenience to GO riders, says Weston MP [The Star]
• Ottawa clears way for pedestrian tunnel to Toronto island airport [The Star]
• Motorists face multiple road closures this weekend [The Star]
• Transit City’s minority report [NOW]

OTHER NEWS
• Labour group calls for criminal investigation into York construction fatality [The Star]
• Five things we learned at The Walrus’ Toronto project debate [The Grid]
• City targets moving-company ripoffs with licensing plan [The Star]
• Death of Danforth neighbourhood legend leads to questions about life stories he loved to share [The Star]
• Rabindranath Maharaj wins Toronto book award [Globe & Mail]