CITY HALL
- Allies’ offices got Mayor Rob Ford’s list of job picks, emails show [Toronto Star]
 - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford defends fire hall closure [Toronto Star]
 - Not worth the effort to find out what happened to Gardiner Expressway repair money: Bureaucrat [National Post]
 
FIRE + POLICE SERVICES
- Toronto Fire Services planning on closing station reducing trucks [The Globe and Mail]
 - Planned fire station closure sparks controversy [Toronto Sun]
 - Residents to meet over Runnymede fire hall closure [Toronto Sun]
 - Showdown over police budget set for Monday night [Toronto Star]
 
URBAN AFFAIRS
- What to do about Toronto’s neglected green spaces [The Globe and Mail]
 - The Fixer: Fresh asphalt on Finch Ave. sidewalk excavation is just what the doctor ordered [Toronto Star]
 - Hume: City planner elects to start humbly [Toronto Star]
 - Residents shocked by uranium facility that has been hiding in plain sight [The Globe and Mail]
 
OTHER NEWS
- The end of the rope: The story of Canada’s last executions [Toronto Star]
 - Slippery conditions cause chaos on GTA roads [Toronto Star]
 - York region elementary schools to hold one-day strike Thursday [Toronto Star]