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Wednesday’s headlines

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CITY HALL
• Fords vows to cut more than just budget [The Sun]
• Rob Ford and Doug Ford to launch charity weight-loss campaign [The Star]
• New study shows Toronto lags far behind in arts funding [The Star]
• Will Toronto labour disruption derail developers? [The Star]
• Union to City: no concessions [The Sun]
• Hike taxes, TTC fare: board of trade [The Sun]
• Umbrella touted as artistic alternative to scaffolding [Globe & Mail]

BUDGET CUTS
• Councillors seek to avoid cutting library hours [Globe & Mail]
• Libraries should cut budget on movies and popular magazines: councillor [National Post]
• These are the library branches that could lose hours this year [Torontoist]
• Toronto public library keeps on creeping on [The Grid]
• Library uion readies for funding fight [The Sun]
• Libraries get the axe [NOW]
• Letter from Toronto public library workers union Local 4948 [The Sun]
• Occupy the budget [NOW]

OTHER NEWS
• Billy Bishop Toronto city airport pedestrian tunnel to start construction next month [The Star]
• Toronto Crime Stoppers world’s third busiest tip line, solves 15,738 crimes since 1984 [The Star]
• Letting Durham region pick up Oshawa’s garbage would save money, says report by city staff [The Star]
• York University rated greenest university in Canada [Globe & Mail]
• Here & there: Toronto vs. Ajax [The Grid]