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CITY HALL
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2022 Proposed budget could mean $522 more for school daycare fees [The Star]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Toronto agency backed by mayor Ford spent $55,000 on single source contracts [Globe & Mail]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Almost all snow-clearing to be contracted out, as city hires three people to fight graffiti [Globe & Mail]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Cuts in social programs hurt women, councillor says [Globe & Mail]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Budget cuts put public at risk: fire chief [National Post]
\n<\/a>\u2022 No change to Libraries Act: Minister [The Sun]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Two key questions we\u2019re not hearing from city hall [The Grid]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

ROB FORD
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2022 Rob Ford website was not hacked by Toronto Star (but it looks that way) [The Star]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Rob Ford explains why robford.ca goes to a place you don\u2019t expect [National Post]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Mayor Ford to make ballet debut in The Nutcracker this weekend [Globe & Mail]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

TRANSIT
\n\u2022 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Scarborough TTC riders will be stuck with buses for four years [The Star]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Crosstown transit line delayed until 2022 as Scarborough RT set to close for four years beginning 2015 [National Post]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Scarborough gets screwed on transit [NOW]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Both sides of York transit strike ready to return to bargaining [The Star]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Long-term transit planning in disarray [Globe & Mail]
\n<\/a>\u2022 TTC fare hikes could become the norm [The Sun]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

OTHER NEWS
\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2022 Brampton may hike taxes 3.9% [The Star]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Riverdale Farm free no more? [NOW]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Off the wall: Case – the thrill of graffiti in motion [Torontoist]
\n<\/a>\u2022 Businesses donate sod to St. James park [The Sun]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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