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CITY COUNCIL<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Council asked to give up cost of living increase [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Some Toronto bureaucrats selfish, ombudsman says [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Defiant library board votes to save Urban Affairs branch [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Toronto councillors should reject raise, budget chief says [Globe & Mail<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Watchdog knocks Toronto for keeping customer-service policy under wraps [Globe & Mail<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Snow Day for councillors? [The Sun<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Waste not [Now Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

TRANSIT<\/strong>
\n\u2022 TTC moves ahead on east-end streetcar garage [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 James: TTC brass pushed-pulled by political masters [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Porter: Two subway stop battles, two different strategies [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 TTC going ahead with bus-service cuts [Globe & Mail<\/a>]
\n\u2022 TTC votes in Ashbridge Bay facility, votes out \u2018under-performing\u2019 routes [National Post<\/a>]
\n\u2022 TTC working to \u201cunravel\u201d deal for new headquarters: Stintz [National Post<\/a>]
\n\u2022 TTC moving ahead with new facility in Leslieville [National Post<\/a>]
\n\u2022 TTC old guard wins fight over streetcar garage [The Sun<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Our Fare Lady: Q&A with Karen Stinz, the newly appointed TTC chair [Toronto Life<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Giambrone: TTC takeover a no go [Now Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

SNOW STORM<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Inside the storm: The city\u2019s snow man [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 For kids and those light of heart, a gift of a day [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 What happened to Toronto\u2019s \u2018Snow-mageddon\u2019? [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Fiorito: You call that a storm? [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Off-piste in Hogtown: a ski commute without snow [Globe & Mail<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Toronto school boards accused of overreacting to snowpocalypse [Globe & Mail<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Chris Selley: Snow day a once in 12 years occurrence [National Post<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Storm challenges commuters [The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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BUILDING<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Sally Ann has other plans for building city rejected [The Sun<\/a>]
\n\u2022 City boosts development fees [The Sun<\/a>]
\n\u2022 A history of fire at 200 Wellesley [OpenFile<\/a>]
\n\u2022 In the stacks: Revitalizing the Toronto Reference Library [Eye Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

HOUSING & NEIGHBOURHOODS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 New Data Bank is a fascinating portrait of GTA housing [BlogTO<\/a>]
\n\u2022 What ails Little India? [BlogTO<\/a>]
\n\u2022 The coolest graves in Mount Pleasant Cemetery [Eye Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

CITY ATTRACTIONS<\/strong>
\n\u2022 City aquarium project nears final approval [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Skate Across Toronto: The best $9.99 the National Post ever spent [National Post<\/a>]
\n\u2022 The Loners Guide to Toronto [Eye Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

CITY IDENTITY<\/strong>
\n\u2022 The unaffordable city: how did Toronto get so !@#$%&* expensive [Toronto Life<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Retail politics: Branding Toronto [Eye Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n

CYCLING<\/strong>
\n\u2022 A winter-cycling primer [Eye Weekly<\/a>]
\n\u2022 The Fixer: Broken-down bikes hinder access for disabled [The Star<\/a>]<\/p>\n

POLICE & CRIME<\/strong>
\n\u2022 DiManno: Charged G20 officer stands alone [The Star<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Police officer charged with second assault at G20 [The Star<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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