CITY HALL
• City keeps ‘close eye’ on Occupy Toronto [The Sun]
• Former Ford aide helping mayor’s foe [The Sun]
• Ten signs Ford is losing the PR war [NOW]
• Politicians in GTA lack diversity [The Star]
• Visible minorities vastly under-represented in municipal politics [Globe & Mail]
• Water rates going up again [The Sun]
• City eyes 9% water rate increase [The Star]
UNION NEGOTIATIONS
• City, unions preparing for labour shutdown of up to six months [Globe & Mail]
• Ford wants to ‘gut’ CUPE 416 contract, union says [The Star]
• Union brawl for city hall [The Sun]
• Toronto aims to strip ‘employment security’ in contract negotiations: union president [National Post]
TRANSIT
• Veterans ride TTC for free [The Sun]
• TTC buses get too close for comfort [The Star]
• Ford’s subway to crawl stop by stop [The Star]
• James: flurry of transit talk is good for commuters…maybe [The Star]
• ‘Pay now or pay later’ transit [The Star]
CYCLING
• Woman killed when bike collides with large truck [The Star]
• Cyclist’s death revives call for more bike lanes [Globe & Mail]
• Cyclist dies after being hit by a truck at Toronto intersection [National Post]
• Preventing cycling deaths [NOW]
• Public Works committee to cyclists: let them eat posts [Torontoist]
OTHER NEWS
• Toronto the continent’s condo king, Winnipeg a future real estate hotspot: study [National Post]
• Porter: it’s tough being a human book [The Star]
• Borrowed time [The Grid]