CITY HALL
• Man accused of threatening to kill Mayor Rob Ford appears in court [The Star]
• Rob Ford dismisses calls for security detail [The Star]
• February lockout possible as city announces a deadlock in talks [The Star]
• Labour shutdown a step closer for Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto union president offers to flat-line wages for thousands of outside workers [Globe & Mail]
• City just days from possible lockout or strike [The Sun]
• Rob Ford’s high stakes union gamble [NOW]
BUDGET CUTS
• Toronto budget: Arts funding won’t be cut [The Star]
• Rob Ford allies reject proposed cuts to arts and library [The Star]
• Ford executive team blunts budget cuts [Globe & Mail]
• Executive committee backs off on budget [National Post]
• Politicians shouldn’t decide what’s on library shelves, librarians should [National Post]
• Swimsuit-wearing protesters fail to sink council’s pool cuts [National Post]
• Budget breakaway [NOW]
• Chopping-block talk: fighting HIV and losing grant money [The Grid]
TRANSIT
• York region boosts Yonge buses as strike drags on [The Star]
PAN AM GAMES
• Pam Am Games athletes’ village construction under way [The Star]
• Hume: Pan Am Games 2015 Athletes Village a winner [The Star]
• 2015 Pan Am Games on track and on budget, Ontario Liberals say [Globe & Mail]
• Organizers kick off construction of 2015 Pam Am’s Atheletes’ Village [National Post]
• Viva Toronto’s Athletes’ Village [Torontoist]
OTHER NEWS
• Peel region tax increase less than 1% [The Star]
• Oshawa decides to keep picking up its own garbage [The Star]
• Ontario mulls cashing in with a new Toronto casino [Globe & Mail]