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CITY HALL
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Rob Ford’s sister’s ex-boyfriend charged with threatening death [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Arrest thrusts Ford family again\u00a0into public eye [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Rob Ford’s latest cutback: he’s going on a diet [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Fords’ wants Canada-wide diet challenge [The Sun]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Toronto police do not support safe injection sites, study suggests [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Toronto lags in municipal funding for the arts: study [Globe & Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n

BUDGET CUTS
\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto budget: Mike Del Grande’s candid chat about social programs [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Library boad scrambles to cut, as business lobby urges a tax hike [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Library use in Toronto surges in 2011, new figures show [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Libraries safer in Ford Nation [NOW]<\/a>
\n\u2022 James: Board of Trade gets it right [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Ford vows to hold property tax increase to 2.5 per cent [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 ‘Smart, reasonable, repsonsible,’ budget will hold property tax at 2.5% [National Post]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Mayor hashes out last-minute tweaks to budget [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Toronto’s budget unfairly hurts women, groups allege [National Post]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Women’s groups slam Ford budget [The Sun]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Budget ‘horse trading’ expected to save shelters, arts funding [The Sun]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Toronto isn’t divided by geography, but betrayal [Torontoist]<\/a>
\n\u2022 How Rob Ford has started a bonfire with taxpayers’ cash [The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n

TRANSIT
\n<\/strong>\u2022 TTC rescues 21 busy rush-hour bus routes from service reductions [The Star]<\/a>
\n\u2022 TTC chair shoots down Board of Trade’s call for another fare hike [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Woman rushed to hospital after being trapped under TTC streetcar for 20 minutes [Globe & Mail]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Transit challenge proves to be, well, a challenge [The Sun]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Video: Saving Transit [The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n

OTHER NEWS
\n<\/strong>\u2022 The Pitch: Toronto International Boat Show [National Post]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Rick Mercer’s rants damaging anti-graffiti cause: Mississauga councillor [National Post]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Protecting Toronto’s heritage [Torontoist]<\/a>
\n\u2022 More lost words [Torontoist]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Where do Christmas trees go after Christmas? [The Grid]<\/a>
\n\u2022 Confessions of a Toronto smoker [The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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