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• City wants court to rule on Provincial funds [ Globe and Mail ]
• City tells province: See you in court [ Toronto Star ]
• City-province funding feud may go to court [ National Post ]
• T.O. fights for $200M [ Toronto Star ]
• Tenants in ‘squalor’ wait for city action [ Toronto Star ]
• Growing our farmers’ ranks: Where is the next generation? [ Toronto Star ]
• Fine food fest leaves bad taste for some [ Toronto Star ]
• Glass boxes don’t squares with waterfront greatness [ Toronto Star ]
• Rooftop lights changing from white to blue [ Globe and Mail ]
• Shelter project on hold [ Globe and Mail ]
• Price drop means hike in your hydro bill [ Toronto Sun ]
• Ontarians not likely to notice price drop [ Globe and Mail ]

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  1. Re: Police cars.

    I hate the new look TPS cars – they don’t look serious, and the silver lettering on white is not very visible and the Greyhoundesque blue/red swoosh looks cheesy. Police cars should be always immediately visible (as an assurance and for safety), which is why I hate the stealth traffic division cars. Then there’s Julian Fantino’s black colour fetish – he changes the TPS uniforms to black, then changes the OPP cars to the old black-and-whites (which at least is very visible and recognizable).

    I am a bit disappointed with going with red and blue lights. I liked how Ontario was different in this regard, using blue for snowplows and salting trucks, and using red and white otherwise along with New York.

  2. In a provocative move, the city has signalled it wants a court to rule on whether Ontario is failing to pay money owed to Toronto.

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    The move came after Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara this week turned down a request for $71-million to fill Toronto’s budget gap this year — money the city says the province owes on its portion of cost-shared social programs.

    Hoo-ah! It’s about bloody time.

    This is risky, though. If the courts say no, that could threaten any future political campaigning along these lines… I wonder what the best way for people to support this is.