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CITY HALL
• TCHC moves to evict 81-year-old tenant [The Star]
• Taxes: want to pay more? Some of you actually do [The Star]
• ‘Ethical oil’ promoter quits city’s Atmospheric Fund agency [The Star]
• City, EMS sued over heart-attack death [National Post]
• Funding gap has library mulling more ads [National Post]
• City talks with Local 79 ‘not going as well’ [The Sun]
• Ford and Stintz have a chat [The Sun]
• Fraud and waste to be reviewed by city committee [The Sun]
• Leap year adds costs [The Sun]

TRANSIT
• Ford scrambles to save subway [NOW]
• Leaning towards LRT [NOW]
• Mayor Rob Ford’s subway dream for Sheppard could be dead March 15 [The Star]
• Council to vote March 15 on Sheppard subway line [Globe & Mail]
• Ford bids for Sheppard compromise [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto city council to consider Sheppard Avenue transit options in March 15 special meeting [National Post]
• More death threats to TTC workers come to light [The Star]
• Man charged with uttering death threats against TTC driver [Globe & Mail]
• Argument over name of Vaughan TTC subway station [The Sun]

OTHER NEWS
• This day in history: Yonge-University line opens in 1963 [The Star]
• Meet a Toronto-Danforth candidate: Andrew Keyes [Torontoist]
• Five reasons why you should care about Toronto’s social-housing crisis [The Grid]
• Rosario Marchese cares about condos [The Grid]