Thursday’s headlines

SCARBOROUGH SHOOTINGS
• Community leaders working on solutions to gang violence [Toronto Sun]
• Crime reporting, 140 characters at a time [NOW]
• Chief Blair: Spare us the tough on crime rhetoric [NOW]
• Scarborough shootings: Old gang rivalries re-emerging, Police Chief Bill Blair suggests [Toronto Star]

TCHC
• TCHC suffering now from past mis-management [Toronto Sun]
• Some TCHC buildings no stranger to violence [Toronto Sun]
• Evict TCHC residents convicted of drug and gun crimes: Thompson [Toronto Sun]
• TCHC boss takes no-nonsense approach to gun violence in wake of Danzig shootings [Toronto Sun]
• Despite shooting, new public housing chief says Toronto ‘not like Detroit’ [Globe & Mail]

CITY HALL
• Mammoliti re-issues his curfew idea [Toronto Sun]
• Ford wants money for TAVIS police officers [Toronto Sun]
• Mayor Rob Ford to ask Ontario for more police officers after spate of shootings [National Post]
• Rob Ford to press prime minister for tougher gun sentences in wake of Scarborough shooting [National Post]
• Toronto Mayor to meet with McGuinty to ask for more money for policing [Globe & Mail]
• Call tech support: Doug Ford turns to IBM problem solver for municipal tips [Globe & Mail]
• 7 Reasons why RalphLean spells disaster for Rob Ford in 2014 [NOW]

FALLING CONCRETE
• Chunks of concrete fall from Gardiner onto Bathurst [Toronto Sun]
• More concrete falls off Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway [National Post]
• More pieces of concrete fall from the Gardiner in downtown Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway: concrete falling due to age, water, salt and neglect [Toronto Star]

TRANSIT
• TTC chairman rejects failing grade from advocacy group [Toronto Sun]
• TTC report card: Low marks on fare prices, accessibility and frequency, advocate says [National Post]
• Transit Watchdog Group’s Report Card Gives Toronto Indifferent Grades [Torontoist]

OTHER NEWS
• Driver shortage putting the brakes on Meals on Wheels [Globe & Mail]
• The digital city: IBM’s Guru Banavar on traffic, politics and Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• Goodbye welfare cheque, hello debit card [Toronto Star]
• Busker from Bologna quits six-figure salary to sing [Toronto Star]
• How to bridge the urban-suburban divide [The Grid]
• Street-food turf wars heating up [The Grid]
• Municipally minded MP Olivia Chow [The Grid]
• Up on Downsview Park [NOW]