CITY HALL
• Proposed budget could mean $522 more for school daycare fees [The Star]
• Toronto agency backed by mayor Ford spent $55,000 on single source contracts [Globe & Mail]
• Almost all snow-clearing to be contracted out, as city hires three people to fight graffiti [Globe & Mail]
• Cuts in social programs hurt women, councillor says [Globe & Mail]
• Budget cuts put public at risk: fire chief [National Post]
• No change to Libraries Act: Minister [The Sun]
• Two key questions we’re not hearing from city hall [The Grid]
ROB FORD
• Rob Ford website was not hacked by Toronto Star (but it looks that way) [The Star]
• Rob Ford explains why robford.ca goes to a place you don’t expect [National Post]
• Mayor Ford to make ballet debut in The Nutcracker this weekend [Globe & Mail]
TRANSIT
• Scarborough TTC riders will be stuck with buses for four years [The Star]
• Crosstown transit line delayed until 2022 as Scarborough RT set to close for four years beginning 2015 [National Post]
• Scarborough gets screwed on transit [NOW]
• Both sides of York transit strike ready to return to bargaining [The Star]
• Long-term transit planning in disarray [Globe & Mail]
• TTC fare hikes could become the norm [The Sun]
OTHER NEWS
• Brampton may hike taxes 3.9% [The Star]
• Riverdale Farm free no more? [NOW]
• Off the wall: Case – the thrill of graffiti in motion [Torontoist]
• Businesses donate sod to St. James park [The Sun]