PLASTIC BAG BAN
• Plastic bag ban in legal limbo [Toronto Sun]
• Plastic bag ban fight could head into ‘uncharted territory’ as council struggles with its fate [National Post]
• Ford allies fail to stop plastic bag ban, but another manoeuvre could kill it [Globe & Mail]
TDSB
• Transgendered kids can use whichever school washroom they wish: TDSB [Toronto Sun]
• Toronto school board’s building budget frozen [Toronto Star]
• Ontario freezes funds for major school building projects in Toronto [Globe & Mail]
TTC
• TTC to operate new LRT lines [Toronto Sun]
• TTC will run new LRT lines after all, Metrolinx says [National Post]
• TTC to operate new LRTs in deal struck with Metrolinx [Globe & Mail]
CITY COUNCIL
• Toronto councillors vote to shorten speaking times [Toronto Sun]
• Giorgio Mammoliti and Gord Perks face-off at Toronto City Hall [Toronto Sun]
• ‘I will defend myself if you keep touching me’: Gord Perks and Giorgio Mammoliti come close to blows in council [National Post]
• Quote of the Day: ‘You need to be nice to each other when I’m gone’ — City CFO to council [National Post]
• Words almost lead to blows at Toronto council over ombudsman’s report [Globe & Mail]
TRANSIT FUNDING
• Mayor Rob Ford not on board with taxes, tolls for transit [Toronto Sun]
• Toronto’s Mayor Ford rejects road tolls, increasing taxes to fund transit [Globe & Mail]
TORONTO ZOO
• Toronto Zoo sale on hold? [Toronto Sun]
• ‘Our animals are not just a city asset’: Toronto Zoo board pitches plan to avert sale [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• Toronto casino debate: Province could trump city’s anti-casino zoning [Toronto Star]
• 3,900 km of bike lanes or half a kilometre of subway: What to spend the city’s Enwave money on? [National Post]
• ‘Should never have been built in the first place’: Rob Ford justifies $300K bike lane removal that saves drivers just 2 minutes [National Post]