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illustration of 48 Abell, Queen St. W. <\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve compiled a bunch of links from blogs, today’s papers, and the weekend papers. Also, Robert Ouellette, the editor of Reading Toronto, has written an article<\/a> in today’s National Post<\/em> about our combined campaign to improve the TTC’s website<\/a> [65 comments and still growing].<\/p>\n

PUBLIC TRANSIT<\/strong>
\n• HUME: TTC losing its way on own land [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Mayors push for federal transit funding [ CBC.ca<\/a> ]
\n• TTC can speak in many tongues [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• TTC token exchange to end soon [ CBC.ca<\/a> ]<\/p>\n

CITY HALL:<\/strong>
\n• Shhhh! They’re setting the budget [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Stronger mayor flexes muscle [ Globe and Mail <\/em><\/a>]
\n• Budget committee set water rate hike [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Green team gets new champion [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Coming soon: duelling for dollars [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]<\/p>\n

MISC. ARTICLES:<\/strong>
\n• Toivo’s “hope” for Toronto [ Torontoist<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Status quo for Casa Loma [ Inside Toronto<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• City set to trash plastic sacks [ Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Torontoist vs. Torontoist: Video surveillance on streets [ Torontoist<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Drug problems in Kensington Market [ Globe and Mail <\/a><\/em>]
\n• The iron-clad art of drainspotting [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• The Gladstone’s birthday lament [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• OMB gives green light to Queen West condos [ National Post<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Approval of Queen West condo development draws fire [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Forests, fields crawling with unlikely critters [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]
\n• Green barbarians storm City Hall [ Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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