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Wednesday’s headlines

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CRIME
• Toronto, Canadian crime rates decline but more homicide reported [Toronto Star]
• Stephen Harper urges tougher crime laws, meets with Rob Ford [Toronto Star]
• Canada’s crime rate at lowest level since 1972 [Globe & Mail]
• Harper, Ford meet to discuss Toronto gun violence — but won’t say what they talked about [National Post]
• ‘Very productive’ meeting with Harper, Ford says [Toronto Sun]
• Nunziata wants to crack down on criminals in TCHC buildings [Toronto Sun]

TTC
• TTC crashes about 3,000 times a year [Toronto Star]
• Inside a Toronto subway reno [Globe & Mail]
• A Toronto subway station redesign links neighbourhood and nature [Globe & Mail]
• With eight collisions a day, TTC bus crashes becoming routine [National Post]

CONDOS
• Toronto new condo prices fall 6 per cent in June [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto not in condo bubble: RBC [National Post]

OTHER NEWS
• Tanner Zurkoski spent a month in a car and it was terrible. [Toronto Star]
• Comic books have something to teach future doctors [Toronto Star]
• Fasting in the kitchen: Muslim restaurant owners face a unique challenge [Toronto Star]
• Teenage girl struck by car near Islington and Finch [Toronto Star]
• Eritrean government using consulate in Toronto to impose tax to bankroll military, UN charges [Toronto Star]
• Loud motorcycles may be illegal, but noise law enforcement is tricky [Openfile]
• Testing Toronto museum apps: ROM, AGO, MOCCA [Toronto Star]
• Beach follow-up: besides e. coli, what else is in the lake? [Openfile]