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TORONTO CITY BUILDERS
30 bloggers, 30 visions of the city [ Toronto Star ]
Not just a dreamer, but a doer [ Toronto Star]
David Pecaut dared to dream, and to do [ Toronto Star ]
We want your ideas to help make the GTA a better place [ Toronto Star ]
Porter: Dreamers and doers are our saving grace [ Toronto Star ]
Olive: Who will be tomorrow’s builders? [ Toronto Star ]
James: It’s time to harness this city’s can-do power [ Toronto Star ]
Fiorito: How to make the city better [ Toronto Star ]
Awards recognize young people working toward positive change [ Globe & Mail ]

ARCHITECTURE
• Preservationists fail to save historic hangars [ Globe & Mail ]
Condo Critic: Yorkville rich with everything but substance [ Toronto Star ]
Hume: Toronto’s ‘little’ details a big deal for residents [ Toronto Star ]

CITY HALL
Jack Layton’s son makes bid for city hall [ Toronto Star ]
Jack Layton’s son to run for city council in Trinity-Spadina [ Globe & Mail ]
Miller’s criticism of budget gets short shrift [ Globe & Mail ]
Adam Giambrone has a jittery date with destiny [ Globe & Mail ]
Miller’s criticism of budget gets short shrift [ Globe & Mail ]
• Council’s billboard decisions criticized [ Toronto Star ]
Don’t Tune Dissent Out [ National Post ]
Freebies for councillors may become taxable benefits [ Globe & Mail ]
Posted Toronto Political Panel: Can City Hall be more civilized [ National Post ]
Miller and his Minnow launch the fifth annual Keep Toronto Reading festival [ Toronto Star ]

TTC
Jewish group questions TTC advisory panel choice [ National Post ]
TTC paid executive’s friend $50,000 [ Toronto Star ]
TTC takes notes on Philly system’s revived reputation [ Toronto Star ]

URBAN GREEN
1:30-2:30 a.m.: Pearson dims down once air traffic slows for the day [ Toronto Star ]
12:30-1:30 a.m.: Curb the curling and other club lights [ Toronto Star ]
For dog walkers, the walk in the park is hard work [ Toronto Star ]

OTHER NEWS
Bike thief Igor Kenk released from jail [ Toronto Star ]
• Bryant’s cyclist death case put over [ Toronto Star ]
Pevere: Toronto’s literary landscape defies shaping [ Toronto Star ]
Cut 140 school aide jobs, trustees urged [ National Post ]
City warmed by ‘false spring’ [ Toronto Star ]
Pan Am games needs volunteers to succeed, summit told [ Toronto Star
New leader enters hairy new world at Toronto Zoo [ Globe & Mail ]
Warm Toronto ‘being seduced by Mother Nature’ [ Globe & Mail ]
• Busy look of mailboxes to turn off graffiti artists [ Toronto Star ]
Homeless shelters should be safe sanctuary, activists [ Toronto Star ]
Secret parking ticket rules probed [ Toronto Star ]
Passengers begin using Porter’s new $50 million island airport terminal [ Toronto Star ]