PARKING
• Toronto eyeing increase in parking rates [Toronto Star]
• City looks at extending parking grace period [Toronto Sun]
• Toronto eyes parking meter rate hike [Toronto Sun]
• Street parking could get more expensive — and more forgiving [National Post]
• City parking authority seeks rate increase [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto Parking Authority Wants to Raise On-Street Parking Rates [Torontoist]
SCHOOLS
• Toronto schools pay high prices for small jobs [Toronto Star]
• Africentric high school on the way [Toronto Star]
• Breakfast programs urged for every Toronto school [Toronto Star]
• TDSB, union look to save school cafeterias [Toronto Sun]
• TDSB puts its toe in “sell open land” waters, braces for inevitable outrage [Open File]
CITY HALL
• James: What to do about absentee councillors? [Toronto Star]
• After missing morning meeting, Toronto councillors finally appear [Toronto Star]
• NDP MP Olivia Chow resisting calls to run against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in 2014 [Toronto Star]
• City Clerk recommends doing away with speaking extension votes [Open File]
• That sucking sound? It’s a leadership vacuum [The Grid]
COMMUNITY GARDENS
• The latest chapter in NIMBYism run amok: community gardens [Open File]
• Will a Community Garden Bring “Lowlifes” to Winchester Square Park? [Torontoist]
• A community garden? Not in my backyard [The Grid]
WORLD’S BIGGEST BOOKSTORE
• Indigo still negotiating with Coles family over World’s Biggest Bookstore [Open File]
• World’s Biggest Bookstore is for Rent [Torontoist]
EXTREME HEAT
• These days, Hydro can laugh at the heat [Toronto Star]
• Extreme heat in Toronto and southern Ontario will continue through Thursday [National Post]
• City sweats it out as temperatures soar [Globe & Mail]
OTHER NEWS
• About 100 people evacuated after corrosive chemical spill [Toronto Star]
• The Fixer: Drivers need to see and be seen when turning onto Moore Ave. [Toronto Star]
• Ottawa Presto launch delayed until Feb. 1 [Toronto Star]
• Strippers, club owners want ‘touching’ Toronto bylaw changed [Toronto Sun]
• At College and Spadina, student housing sparks a neighbourhood standoff [Open File]
• East-end dog owners nervous about raw meat left in park [Open File]
• Taking stock of Toronto public housing [NOW]
• 14 steps to end bike deaths [NOW]
• Bullet proof: why a ban on bullets isn’t enough [NOW]