Wednesday’s Headlines

SPACING BUTTONS
• Hot pinko buttons selling [The Sun]
• 10,000 Pinkos can’t be wrong! [Spacing]

CITY HALL
• Ford expected to plow surplus into 2011 budget [The Star]
• Rob Ford’s confusing university life [The Star]
• Hume: Council gets ready for its close-up, wards and all [The Star]
• No intention of toning down in 2011, Ford says [Globe & Mail]
• Rob Ford’s year-end interview (Video) [Globe & Mail]
• Budget committee to vote on user fee hike [National Post]
• Chris Selley: The bright side of Toronto’s budget problems [National Post]
• Ford, U.S. ambassador meet [The Sun]
• Trash fee hike stinks [The Sun]

TRANSIT
• ‘Too soon’ to say Sheppard subway a priority: Transit planners [The Star]
• Rob Ford ready to let transit projects hold in favour of Sheppard subway [Globe & Mail]
• Yonge subway stations still dirty [The Sun]

BICYCLE COUNT REPORT
• How many cyclists ride in downtown Toronto per day? [BlogTO]
• Things We Learned From the City’s 2010 Bicycle Count Report [Torontoist]

POLICE & G20 AFTER-MATH
• Police officer charged in G20 beating [The Star]
• DiManno: Public take a bow on G20 police charges [The Star]
• The Fixer: No overtime parking tickets for police cars [The Star]
• Toronto police officer charged with assault in alleged G20 protester beating [Globe & Mail]
• Lone policeman identifies colleague charged with assault in G20 arrest [Globe & Mail]
• Police officer charged with Adam Nobody assault [National Post]
• Blair’s silence deafening [The Sun]

HOUSING
• Legal aid offered to Wellesly tennants draws fire from class-action lawyers [National Post]
• Intervention or intrusion? Hospital asks patients about abuse [Globe & Mail]
• Woman watches as other tenants get help [The Sun]

OTHER NEWS
• The top 10 Toronto viral videos of 2010 [BlogTO]
• New skating trail opens in Toronto [BlogTO]
• Heroes and Villains 2010: Heroes: Protectors [Torontoist]