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St. NICHOLAS STREET CONDO DEVELOPMENT
Despite objections, Yonge-Bloor area condo gets green light [ Toronto Star ]
Councillors approve condo tower despite complaints [ Globe & Mail ]
Despite pleas, low-rise street to get 29-storey development [ National Post ]

HOUSING / CONDO DEVELOPMENT
• Seniors’ safety: Where’s the political will? [ Globe & Mail ]
• Fiorito: Older tenants need help before eviction notice [ Toronto Star ]
Official fears for young offenders moved out of city to 192-bed centre [ Toronto Star ]
Sales hot for condo at heart of regent park redevelopment [ National Post ]
• ‘Mimico 20/20′ plan aims to rethink, open up lakefront community [ National Post ]
Edifice complex unites urbanites [ Toronto Star ]

TTC FINES
TTC ups fines for impolite riders, smokers and turnstile jumpers [ National Post ]
• TTC cracks down on boorish riders [ Toronto Sun ]
The TTC can fine all the boors it likes [ National Post ]
TTC users who miss manners hope end near in civility war [ Toronto Star ]

PARK-WALKING FINE
Seniors get walk in park [ Toronto Sun ]
Seniors strolling in park told to pay up [ Toronto Star ]

CITY HALL
Civic leaders are struggling to meet big-city challenges [ Globe & Mail ]
City of Toronto is ‘biggest pimp in North America’: councillor [ National Post ]
Municipal election laws need urgent update to curb abuse [ Toronto Star ]
Irate readers question offering of second blue bin [ Toronto Star ]

OTHER NEWS
• Advertising on video screens in Toronto high schools worries critics [ Globe & Mail ]
Cleanup won’t affect all GO Trains, ministry says [ Globe & Mail ]
Scarborough council nixes plans for church, cemetery [ Toronto Star ]
City Hall awash in a sea of green [ National Post ]

3 comments

  1. How long before bylaw officers find excuse to start harassing Heritage Toronto or Jane’s Walks?

  2. “Cleanup won’t affect all GO Trains, ministry says”
    The more you look the more Metrolinx doesnt seem to be telling the truth.

  3. Does anyone know how much dog walkers pay for the use of the parks?