Friday’s headlines

MAYOR FORD

• Council-wide shouting match after Mayor Ford accuses Adam Vaughan of ‘shakedown’ [The Globe and Mail]
• Federal Tories still see ally in beleaguered Toronto Mayor Rob Ford [The Globe and Mail]
• Rob Ford case: Judge to clarify this morning if Ford can run in by-election [Toronto Star]
• Most Toronto residents support judge’s decision on Mayor Rob Ford, poll suggests [Toronto Star]
• Mayor Rob Ford took most afternoons off all through football season itineraries suggest [Toronto Star]
• Rob Ford accuses Adam Vaughan of a ‘shake down,’ calls him a ‘liar’ in heated Toronto City Council session [National Post]
• Rob Ford still has the support of federal conservatives [National Post]
• Ford, Vaughan in council shouting match [Toronto Sun]

TRANSIT

• TTC driver’s protest at being diverted for Ford’s team: ‘Do you want these people to lynch me?’ [Toronto Star]
• Plan calls for new downtown Toronto subway within 15 years [The Globe and Mail]
• Big Move’s ‘second wave’ includes downtown relief line, extended Yonge St. subway  [Toronto Star]
• TTC union reps allegedly help destroy evidence in investigation of employee charged with theft [The Globe and Mail]
• TTC employee charged with stealing from collection till [Toronto Star]
• TTC collector union reps accused of theft coverup [Toronto Sun]
• Is Mississauga bailing on its LRT plan? [Toronto Star]

TORONTO POLICE

• 1.95 per cent tax hike would freeze police costs at 2012 levels [The Globe and Mail]
• Toronto proposes 1.95% budget hike, pressures police force to freeze budget [Toronto Star]
• Toronto Police expected to find $21M in savings, budget chief says [National Post]

OTHER NEWS

• Ontario elementary teachers set to stage one-day strikes [The Globe and Mail]
• Downsview Park taken over by federal land management agency [Toronto Star]