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TRANSIT
• Cyclist hit by TTC bus suffers severe head injuries [Toronto Star]
• TTC workers awarded 6% raise over 3-year contract [Toronto Star]
• TTC workers awarded 6% raise over three-year deal [Toronto Sun]
• Arbitrator gives TTC workers 2% raise for the next three years [National Post]
• The Fixer: Cyclists forced to swerve into traffic to avoid riding the TTC’s rails [Toronto Star]
• The Dupont bike lane is probably not being killed (but TO cyclists are wary) [Open File]

 CITY HALL
• Toronto councillors may try to delay Pride funding [Toronto Star]
Anti-Israeli group puts Pride grant in jeopardy again [Toronto Sun]
• City of Toronto managers in line for big pay hike [Toronto Star]
• Toronto city staff propose new lower sports field fees after backlash from leagues [Toronto Star]
• Toronto brings contentious sports-field fees back into spotlight [Globe & Mail]
• Ford putting together economic strategy for Toronto [Toronto Sun]
• City committee approves non-union pay hikes [Toronto Sun]

  OTHER NEWS
• Queens Quay to become Toronto’s Champs Elysees [Toronto Star]
• Waterfront TO finalizes Queen’s Quay construction plans: looking pretty…by 2014 [Open File]
• Tumbling sound wall leaves homeowners facing deafening trains and a deaf ear from bureaucrats [Toronto Star]
• Protester sues ‘This ain’t Canada’ cop after York police board refuses to charge him [Toronto Star]
• 8 Toronto beaches awarded ‘Blue Flag’ for safe swimming [Toronto Star]
• Casino not in the cards for Ontario Place, John Tory says [Toronto Star]
• Tory doesn’t want Ontario Place casino gamble [Toronto Sun]
• Bag fee could become outright ban [Toronto Sun]
• SummerWorks Festival Funding Reinstated by Heritage Canada [Torontoist]
• #Critterfile: High Park Zoo newborns get adorable names, assuring llama-free street food in west end [Open File]