CITY COUNCIL
• Ford home after kidney stone procedure [The Star]
• City Hall Diary: Pushing all the right buttons [The Star]
• A mixed private-public model [The Star]
• To save money, keep some trash collection public [The Star]
• Salary freeze for councillors another bit of empty symbolism [Globe & Mail]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: The sound, the fury, the meaninglessness [National Post]
• Councillors earmark more cash to fight bedbugs [The Sun]
• Hey OCAP, why the fuss?: Levy [The Sun]
• Minutes: City Council’s February meeting [OpenFile]
CITY IDENTITY
• Royson: Lovers of Toronto, take heart [The Star]
• Have we become Toronto the Too Good? [Globe & Mail]
• Chris Selley: Olympics chief’s advice to Toronto full of sometimes baffling positivity [National Post]
HERITAGE
• Hume: Heritage report paints bleak picture [The Star]
• The crumbling state of heritage preservation in Toronto [Globe & Mail]
GTA POLITICS
• GTA mayors stress regional cooperation [The Star]
• Hazel McCallion oversaw Mississauga’s transformation from rural to urban [The Star]
• McCallion calls on Ford to boost municipal co-operation [Globe & Mail]
TRANSIT
• Impact of TTC union’s no-strike pledge still in play [The Star]
• GO Transit probes photo of bus driver on cellphone [Globe & Mail]
• Cracked rail knocks out downtown subway service during morning rush [Globe & Mail]
• Trying to make the TTC The Better Way [The Sun]
• York bus strike averted [The Star]
TRANSPORTATION
• The Fixer: Snow-covered sidewalk stops scooter in its tracks [The Star]
• How to: Ride Your Bike on Ice [National Post]
• Ottawa moves to clear path for Toronto island airport tunnel [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto police crack down on distracted drivers [Globe & Mail]
• A day with a traffic cop [The Sun]
• Drivers fail to get the message [The Sun]
• Don Cherry’s pink bike could be yours [The Star]
ENVIRONMENT
• ‘The first domino has fallen’ in wind turbine plans [The Star]
• The Fixer: Coyotes continue to pick off Bluffers feral cats [The Star]
• Fears of contaminated soil on Oak Ridges Moraine [The Star]
• Ontario government suspends all offshore wind turbine projects [National Post]
POLICE & CRIME
• Police open criminal investigation into G20 arrest [The Star]
• UPDATE: Police to investigate G20 protester injured by rubber bullets [National Post]
• Toronto Police launches investigation against its own officers for G20 incident [Globe & Mail]
CULTURE ATTRACTIONS
• Mia Nielsen: curator, the Drake Hotel [Globe & Mail]
• UFC has stranglehold on T.O. fans [The Sun]
• Toronto Zoo yet to secure funding for blockbuster panda showcase [Globe & Mail]
• Rhubarb Festival takes it to the streets [OpenFile]
HISTORY
• Nostalgia Tripping: the University College Fire of 1890 [BlogTO]
• Historicist: “Not a Murderer but a Hero” [Torontoist]
OTHER NEWS
• The TSX and LSE merger means a new breed of banker [Globe & Mail]
• Egyptians in Canada cheer end of Mubarak era [The Star]
• Canada admits record-high number of immigrants [The Star]