Thursday’s headlines

PROPANE FIRE
Politics
• ‘Shut up!’ Councillor at propane blast site erupts [ Toronto Star ]
• Tempers flare as residents question asbestos level [ Globe and Mail ]
• City councillor explodes at constituent at blast site [ National Post ]
• Augimeri loses it [ Toronto Sun ]
• Political deflects [ Toronto Sun ]

Safety
• Propane company twice violated safety codes, regulator reveals [ Globe and Mail ]
• Inspectors for propane plant ‘asleep at the switch’: safety watchdog [ CBC.ca ]
• Sunrise told to stop in 2006 [ Toronto Sun ]
• Inspectors open up Sunrise file [ Toronto Star ]
• 17 depots licensed in the GTA [ National Post ]

Lawsuits
• Blast neighbours suing for $900M [ Toronto Star ]
• $300-million lawsuit filed against city [ National Post ]
• Class-action lawsuit will seek damages from propane blast [ CBC.ca ]
• 2 firms launch legal action [ Toronto Sun ]

Miscellaneous
• Family reels after sudden death [ Toronto Star ]
• We’ve been burned [ Eye Weekly ]

BLOOR ST.
• Merchants try to purvey posh protest [ Globe and Mail ]
• Some owners not buying Bloor fix [ Toronto Star ]
• Merchants seek to stall Bloor St. make-over [ National Post ]
• Retailers want a delay in Bloor Street reconstruction [ CBC.ca ]
• Bloor battle: It ain’t pretty [ Toronto Sun ]

ENVIRONMENT
• Claiming back a paradise lost [ Toronto Star ]
• Fingerpaint is all green [ Toronto Sun ]
• No welfare for waste [ NOW Magazine ]

BLACKOUT
• 2003 blackout brought out people’s best [ Toronto Star ]
• The night the lights went out [ Toronto Sun ]

MISCELLANEOUS
• City runs own boat program ‘under the radar’ [ Toronto Sun ]
• Downtown residents protesting prostitutes [ CBC.ca ]
• T.O. cultural scene facing the music [ Toronto Sun ]
• Freedom (of Information) isn’t free [ Eye Weekly ]