PLASTIC BAGS
• Mayor Rob Ford asks council to scrap plastic bag fee; council instead scraps plastic bags [Toronto Star]
• Shoppers react to plastic bag ban: Great idea but what about the ‘drippy slabs of meat?’ [Toronto Star]
• Toronto bans plastic bags by the start of 2013 [Toronto Sun]
• Twitter reacts to Toronto bag ban [Toronto Sun]
• Bag ban shows council’s absurd priorities [Toronto Sun]
• Toronto tosses bags out with the ‘bag tax’ [National Post]
• Toronto bans plastic bags [Globe & Mail]
FORD
• Porter: Tough-on-crime Rob Ford doesn’t see Toronto’s outreach workers are crime prevention [Toronto Star]
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford focuses on economic development and jobs. And it’s about time. [Toronto Star]
• Rob Ford vows to win jobs for Toronto with lower tax rate [National Post]
• Rob Ford outlines economic agenda at Economic Club of Canada [Open File]
UNION STATION FLOOD
• Union Station flooding caused by contractor that removed sewer, City of Toronto says [Toronto Star]
• Open sewer caused Union Station flood [Toronto Sun]
• Construction work caused flood at Union Station: city [National Post]
CASINOS
• Ontario Place will not be home to new casino, Liberals say [Toronto Star]
• Councillor applauds Ontario Place casino rejection [Toronto Sun]
• Ontario Place casino off the table [Toronto Sun]
• Why Exhibition Place might be the only logical choice for a waterfront casino [National Post]
• Ontario Place ruled out as site for new Toronto casino [Globe & Mail]
• John Tory says no to casino at Ontario Place, province agrees—but is the CNE still an option? [Open File]
OTHER NEWS
• Eaton Centre shooting: “I really wanted him to live,” recalls the man who helped a dying Christopher Husbands one cold night in February. [Toronto Star]
• ‘Fairness’ to accused cop cited as reason for blocking G20 charges [Toronto Star]
• Social Planning Toronto releases first-ever poverty profiles of the city’s 44 wards on Destitution Day [Toronto Star]
• A sticky wicket for Brampton’s dream of a cricket stadium [Toronto Star]
• Thousands without power in Toronto after flash storm [Toronto Star]
• Jack Layton to be honoured with statue and ferry terminal [Toronto Star]
• David Chen unsure new citizen arrest powers will change police attitudes [Toronto Star]