CITY COUNCIL
• Ford turns to a feather-smoothing diplomat [The Star]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: What happened to Rob Ford the slasher? [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Cutting into the fat of Ford’s first budget [National Post]
• Ford names Amir Remtulla as new chief of staff [National Post]
• T.O. environmental agency under fire [The Sun]
• Pan Am team yet to meet with mayor [The Sun]
TRANSIT
• Fiorito: Cuts threaten bus service to Toronto’s deaf-blind community [The Star]
• TTC to passengers: Don’t snap texting drivers [The Star]
• Porter: New TTC Chair Karen Stintz cleans up [The Star]
• TTC struggles to reduce staff sick days [The Star]
• DiManno: TTC turning into mass madness transit system [The Star]
• Light rail that works [Globe & Mail]
• Karen Stintz, new TTC chair [Globe & Mail]
• Graphic: Proposed TTC route cuts [National Post]
• Chris Selley: Little brother is watching the TTC [National Post]
• Third pedestrian fatality for TTC in 2011 [The Sun]
• More photos of texting TTC drivers turn up [The Sun]
• Ford ‘interested’ in outcome of TTC probe [The Sun]
• Rob Ford preparing to enter Donlands Station’s second exit fight [OpenFile]
POLICE & CRIME
• Police investigate alleged hate crime in Gay Village [The Star]
• G20 accused decries detention conditions [The Star]
• Accused G20 ringleader released from jail [The Star]
• Fewer blue hornets assaulted [The Sun]
• Summit costs less than expected: Cops [The Sun]
• Slightly fewer parking tickets thanks to G20 [The Sun]
CULTURE & COMMUNITY
• City reviewing arts and culture policy [The Star]
• 400 rally in Toronto against Mubarak [The Star]
• National Ballet artistic director to head Toronto’s culture panel [National Post]
• Graffiti crackdown coincides with celebration of city’s street art [Globe & Mail]
• CKLN faces the music [OpenFile]
RETAIL & DINING
• Retail secrets: How Yorkdale keeps its groove [The Star]
• Food bylaw puts bite on corner stores [The Sun]
• This tax grab has got to go [The Sun]
• Paint misbehaving: Sticky fingers are making off with art from west-end bars and restaurants [National Post]
ROADS
• The Fixer: Help us find the GTA’s biggest potholes [The Star]
• The Fixer: Lift platform a tenant in no-parking zone [The Star]
ELECTION AFTER-MATH
• Trustee candidate alleges voters’ list irregularities [The Star]
• ‘Little book of Ford’ on the way [The Star]
• Till debt do them part: Levy [The Sun]
GTA POLITICS
• McCallion undermined public confidence, Mississauga’s lawyer says [Globe & Mail]
• McCallion inquiry throws Mayor’s reign into new light [National Post]
HISTORY & IDENTITY
• A visual history of Yonge and Bloor [BlogTO]
• A glimpse at the Yonge and Bloor skyline in 2015 [BlogTO]
• Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto’s Morality Police [BlogTO]
• Historicist: Bridge of Sighs [Torontoist]