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GARDINER EXPRESSWAY<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Gardiner concrete falls yet again<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0More concrete falls from Gardiner Expressway<\/a> [Globe and Mail]
\n\u2022\u00a0Another piece falls off the Gardiner<\/a> [The Sun]<\/p>\n

TRANSPORTATION<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0CP Rail strike looms; deal reached to keep GO trains running<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0Politicians must engage citizens if they want them to pay for better transportation: Mississauga mayor<\/a> [National Post]
\n\u2022\u00a0After Toronto’s Victoria Day ferry fail, can we talk about a fixed link again?<\/a> [Torontoist]<\/p>\n

FORD<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Councillor Shelley Carroll to Mayor Rob Ford: \u2018Come back to City Hall\u2019<\/a> [National Post]
\n\u2022\u00a0Carroll accuses mayor of not showing up at the office<\/a> [Globe and Mail]
\n\u2022\u00a0Carroll accuses Ford of being absentee mayor<\/a> [The Sun]
\n\u2022\u00a0As 2014 campaign takes shape, everything Ford said he’d do this term will have to wait<\/a> [Torontoist]<\/p>\n

CITY HALL<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Doors Open to City Hall observation deck<\/a> [The Sun]
\n\u2022\u00a0Wong-Tam wants Toronto to bid for Expo 2025. What could possibly go wrong?<\/a> [Torontoist]<\/p>\n

PRIDE<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Pride Toronto funding jumps first hurdle but still under threat<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0Councillors oppose funding Pride Toronto if anti-Israel group decides to march<\/a> [National Post]
\n\u2022\u00a0Pride grant in limbo as Queers Against Israeli Apartheid plan to march<\/a> [Globe and Mail]
\n\u2022\u00a0QuAIA in parade will put Pride’s grant in jeopardy. councillor says<\/a> [The Sun]<\/p>\n

SCOTIABANK<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0Scotiabank’s landmark Toronto tower sells for record $1.27-billion<\/a> [Globe and Mail]
\n\u2022\u00a0Scotia Plaza Sold for $1.27 Billion<\/a> [Torontoist]<\/p>\n

ROAD HOCKEY<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0He shoots, he applies for a permit: City comes up with road hockey exemption plan<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0Plan to repeal Toronto’s ball hockey ban comes to committee<\/a> [The Sun]<\/p>\n

OTHER NEWS<\/strong>
\n\u2022\u00a0The Fixer: Readers stumped by dead street trees that are cut off and left to languish<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0Posted Toronto Political Panel: Should Bill Blair resign?<\/a> [National Post]
\n\u2022\u00a0Family sues TTC, police in 2010 death of teen<\/a> [Globe and Mail]
\n\u2022\u00a0Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Privatization rumours eat at St. Lawrence Market merchants after city transfers supervisor<\/a> \u00a0[National Post]
\n\u2022\u00a0Poll on Toronto casino issue reveals a strong NIMBY factor<\/a> [Toronto Star]
\n\u2022\u00a0Signs of Summer: Kensington Garden Car Gets a Makeover<\/a> [Torontoist]
\n\u2022\u00a0Toronto’s cabbies want you to know they’re not the problem\u2014you are<\/a> [Torontoist]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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