NEW BUDGET CHIEF
- Frank Di Giorgio named Toronto’s new budget chief [Toronto Sun
- Toronto Councillor Frank Di Giorgio named budget chief by Mayor Rob Ford’s executive [Toronto Star]
- Councillor Frank Di Giorgio — yes, he also coached high school football — named Toronto’s new budget chief [National Post]
- New budget chief calls for tax freeze – then backs off [Globe & Mail]
TORONTO CASINO
- Toronto casino bad for health: Chief medical officer [Toronto Sun]
- A new casino will impact Toronto’s health — positively and negatively — says new report [National Post]
- Downtown ‘mega-casino’ a bad idea, real-estate firms warn [Globe & Mail]
WOODBINE LIVE
- Woodbine Live is dead – but plans for Rexdale project continue [Toronto Sun]
- Woodbine Live project — aimed at turning ‘Rexdale into Rosedale’ — stopped after impasse with U.S. partner [National Post]
- Billion-dollar Woodbine Live, touted by mayor, is dead [Globe & Mail]
TERM LIMITS FOR COUNCILLORS
- Council positions a privilege – not jobs for life [Toronto Sun]
- Mayor Ford doesn’t support term limits for councillors [Toronto Sun]
OTHER NEWS
- Mimico residents fight cement plant [Toronto Sun]
- New ‘Quiet Zones’ on GO trains will offer escape from our noisy, frenetic lives [National Post]
- Stone cutters painstakingly restore time-battered St. Michael’s Cathedral [National Post]