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TTC
TTC closes part of subway line overnight Sunday and Monday [ Toronto Star ]
• MPP pushes for no-strike TTC [ Toronto Star ]
• Tougher sentences for TTC attacks: Petition [ Toronto Sun ]
Testing TTC service as ‘guest from hell’ [ Toronto Star ]

BIKES
Bike lanes for Jarvis [ Toronto Star ]
• Reopen bidding on bike-sharing plan, city urged [ National Post ]
Jarvis Street, the flashpoint in Toronto’s ‘war on the car,’ to soon get those bike lanes [ National Post ]

CITY FINANCES / USER FEES
City defends rushed 2005 sell-off of its street lights [ National Post ]
DEATH BY A THOUSAND FEES [ National Post ]
Recreation fees: a comparison [ Toronto Star ]

MAYORAL RACE
Pressure building on Carroll to run for mayor [ Toronto Star ]
Persichilli: Why is Joe Pantalone being ignored? [ Toronto Star ]
Why the ‘Outsider’ rarely wins [ Toronto Star ]
• Smitherman On The Money? [ National Post ]
• The Posted Toronto political panel: the post-Giambrone mayoral race [ National Post ]

ARCHITECTURE
Eglinton a victim of good intentions [ Toronto Star ]
Hume: Beauty has its uses [ Toronto Star ]
New MPP joins fight to preserve view of Queen’s Park [ Globe & Mail ]

INFRASTRUCTURE
The craziest street sign in all of Toronto [ National Post ]
A stroll down sidewalk becomes really bad trip [ Toronto Star ]

NEIGHBOURHOODS / COMMUNITIES
Canadian flag flies proudly at downtown community centre [ Toronto Star ]
Angry parents oppose school closings [ Toronto Star ]
Pill scare for dog owners [ Toronto Sun ]
• Youths take to ice with those who keep them safe [ Toronto Sun ]

G20 CONFERENCE
• Toronto’s G20: The summit of all fears [ Globe & Mail ]
Ottawa should pay for any G20 damages, councillor says [ National Post ]

PUBLIC SPECTACLE
Olympic spirit erupts, Toronto style [ Toronto Star ]
Woodstock pioneer planning huge Toronto concert [ Globe & Mail ]

OTHER NEWS
A race divided: Toronto will keep both its marathons [ Globe & Mail ]
• A snapshot of a perception [ National Post ]
Controversy follows new THS director [ National Post ]
• A message from the department of urban innovation [ Globe & Mail ]
U of T to curtail aggressive investing [ Globe & Mail ]
Zoo gains a new chief executive, but loses beloved Siberian tiger [ National Post ]
Snow on the way [ Toronto Sun ]
In a digital world, why is our visual history being lost? [ Toronto Star ]
A barber like no Other [ Toronto Star ]
Snug as a Bug sends 3,000 care packages to shelters [ Toronto Star ]
• Ice rink defends its spending [ Toronto Star ]
• Fiorito: Get your diploma, give up your benefits [ Toronto Star ]
• Food, wit, art and building the town [ Toronto Star ]