ROB FORD
• Toronto mayor’s new Cadillac Escalade a birthday gift [Toronto Star]
• Chris Selley: Rob Ford out of his depth when he starts talking about crime [National Post]
• ‘Good dialogue’ with Ford, despite rhetoric [National Post]
• Rob Ford wants to ban anyone ‘white, pink or purple’ convicted of gun crimes from Toronto [The Sun]
• Margaret Atwood Uses One of Mayor Ford’s Gaffes As a Business Opportunity [Torontoist]
DEVELOPMENT
• Toronto ERs feel weight of downtown condo boom [Toronto Star]
• Another potential casino site? Front Street [Toronto Star]
• Toronto officially opens Canada’s first accessible playground [Toronto Star]
• A soul to save: St. Bartholomew’s faces a new challenge — an upscaling neighbourhood [National Post]
OTHER NEWS
• Conservation authority battles to revive fish habitats along Lake Ontario shoreline [Toronto Star]
• Summer heat keeps Toronto Zoo elephants in town until September [Toronto Star]
• McGuinty calls for cops and social programs in wake of shootings [Globe and Mail]
• TCHC fails to act on criminal tenants [The Sun]
• At what point does flyering become littering? [Open File]
• Now online: the 1996 “Greater Toronto” report by Anne Golden [Open File]