CITY HALL
• Rob Ford to contract out Toronto’s plowing, sweeping and road work [The Star]
• Chopping-block talk: why Toronto Arts Council funding is important [The Grid]
• Fees, proposed for swimming, Riverdale farm, library DVDs [The Star]
• Toonie user fee proposal is ‘war on children’, councillor says [Globe & Mail]
• Del Grande pitches fees for outdoor pools, Riverdale farm [National Post]
• Toronto board to fight budgetary ‘assault’ on pools, sports and nutrition [The Star]
• Rhetorical jousting over Toronto’s budget [National Post]
• UFC fighters make good anti-bullying ambassadors: Doug Ford [Globe & Mail]
CIVIC EMPLOYMENT
• ‘People are scared and morale is devastated’ [The Star]
• City’s non-union layoffs getting sweet severance [The Sun]
• Toronto needs part-time paramedics: budget chief [The Sun]
• Complaint filed against Del Grande [The Sun]
• Police shift shitshow [NOW]
DEVELOPMENT
• Site of deadly Sunrise propane explosion up for sale [Globe & Mail]
• Temple of boom? [The Grid]
• Video: Adam Vaughan on the future of the entertainment district [The Grid]
OTHER NEWS
• The TTC’s winter wonder bus [Torontoist]
• Study got Brampton’s numbers all wrong, council says [The Star]
• Mississauga to pay $50,000 for judicial inquiry challenge [National Post]
• Jumblies theatre is influencing and being influenced by East Scarborough [National Post]
• What’s the deal with the giraffe condo project at Bloor and Dundas? [National Post]