Archives /// Katia Snukal
June 13th, 2011
Monday’s headlines
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ARCHITECTURE & DEVELOPMENT
• Squeezed in, but abounding in open space [Globe & Mail]
• Waterfront revival: Needless spat over the Quay [The Star]
NEIGHBOURHOODS
• Riverdale, Junction vie to become world’s first urban carbon neutral neighbourhood [The Star]
• A yard sale without a yard [The Star]
• City wants new name for Freedom Street that cuts through CAMH grounds [Globe & Mail]
CITY BEACHES
• Why doesn’t anyone swim in The Beaches? [National Post]
• Summer fun: City beaches shine [The Star]
ARTS & CULTURE
• Luminato kicks off [The Star]
• India’s cultural centre in Toronto to rival London’s [...
June 10th, 2011
Friday’s headlines
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TCHC
• Ford: Sell 928 TCHC homes [The Star]
• Ford plans to sell social housing stock to close budget deficit [Globe & Mail]
• Ootes wants city to sell 900 homes [The Sun]
• Sell 900 homes: Outgoing TCHC head [The Sun]
• Sell 900 houses to pay for repairs, Ootes urges TCHC [National Post]
• Fire victims refused to stay at 389 Church [National Post]
TORONTO ZOO
• Councillors bolt from zoo meeting [National Post]
• Zoo board meeting ends in uproar after councillors walk out [The Star]
CITY FINANCES
• City's 10% budget solution [The Sun]
• City ponders ...
June 9th, 2011
Thursday’s headlines
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TTC
• Time for new thinking at TTC [The Sun]
• TTC balks at paying full fare for Presto [The Sun]
• TTC looking at service cuts, fare hike in budget crisis [National Post]
• TTC’s budget shortfall to swell in 2012 [Globe & Mail]
• Time for new thinking at TTC [The Sun]
• TTC balks at paying full fare for Presto [The Sun]
• TTC looking at service cuts, fare hike in budget crisis [National Post]
• Chris Selley: TTC gets smart with Presto [National Post]
• Lightning strike caused subway troubles, TTC says [The Star]
• Lightning strike ...
June 8th, 2011
Wednesday’s headlines
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CITY FINANCES
• Don’t kill land transfer tax, budget chair advises [The Star]
• Ford 'crying wolf' over budget: Councillor [The Sun]
• City turns to citizens to solve looming deficit [National Post]
• Toronto budget chief says land transfer tax should stay for now [Globe & Mail]
WATERFRONT
• Hume: Waterfront unveils the future while city remains stuck in the past [The Star]
• A speed-wired waterfront [The Star]
• New waterfront communities to get ultra high-speed Internet [National Post]
• Ultra-high-speed broadband for a wired waterfront [Globe & Mail]
TRANSIT
• Would you like a coffee with your ...
June 7th, 2011
Tuesday’s headlines
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G20
• Officers tell their side of Adam Nobody’s G20 arrest [The Star]
• The blue-wall two-step [The Sun]
TTC
• TTC report backs province’s electronic fare-collection system [Globe & Mail]
• What the #!%*?: Presto fare cards for the TTC [National Post]
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
• Ford’s ‘inexpensive’ campaign RV rental questioned [The Star]
• Audit of mayor rejected because of other audits [The Sun]
• Forensic review of Ford’s election expenses urged [Globe & Mail]
OTHER NEWS
• Doug Ford looks for solution to road-clogging charity events [The Star]
• Waving the Blue Flag for Toronto beaches [The Star]
• Porter: City’s ...
June 6th, 2011
Monday’s headlines
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TRANSIT
• TTC projects 2012 shortfall [The Star]
• Exclusive: TTC changes mind, wants to give Presto smart cards green light [The Star]
• TTC report backs province’s electronic fare-collection system [Globe & Mail]
• GTA needs gas hikes, road tolls, congestion charges to fund transit: Experts [The Star]
• Oslo does it, Stockholm does it, London does it [The Star]
RACCOONS
• Animal madness [National Post]
• Small but feisty rally tackles raccoon issues [The Star]
• City too broke to help with raccoons: Councillor [The Sun]
• City's raccoon policy a 'cop-out', residents say [The Sun]
CITY HALL
• City Hall ...
June 3rd, 2011
Friday’s headlines
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ROB FORD
• Fiorito: Reviewing the mayor’s review [The Star]
• Ford to skip municipalities conference in Halifax [National Post]
• All aboard gravy train to Halifax [The Sun]
• Ford won’t attend Halifax get-together [Globe & Mail]
TRANSPORTATION
• 65% of Torontonians say no to road tolls; 72% want bike lanes [The Star]
• Hume: Toronto takes cabbies for a ride [The Star]
• Air-rail trains won’t harm health in short term [The Star]
RACOONS
• West-end man plans anti-raccoon rally [National Post]
• Homeowner plans anti-raccoon rally [The Sun]
OTHER NEWS
• ...
June 2nd, 2011
Thursday’s headlines
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CITY HALL
• Sole source purchases in Toronto reached $154 million last year [The Star]
• City was hasty in erasing mural, councillor says [The Star]
• Councillor moves to ban shark fin in Toronto [The Star]
• Bike hits and misses [Now]
DOUG FORD & ROB FORD
• Doug Ford didn’t come back for you either [Now]
• James: Unorthodox Rob Ford coated in Teflon [The Star]
• Complainants retain high-profile lawyer in fight against Ford [Globe & Mail]
• The Rob Ford Agenda: May 24-30 [The Grid]
G20
• Toronto police G20 probe a ‘cat and mouse’ game, lawyer warns [...
June 1st, 2011
Wednesday’s headlines
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TAXI LICENSING
• City to study woes of taxi-licensing industry [Globe & Mail]
• Taxi controversy boils over at City Hall [National Post]
• Ambassador cabby loses licence after attack [The Sun]
• Minnan-Wong chased down hall as taxi war off to raucous start [The Star]
TORONTO HUMAN SOCIETY
• Trow loses THS board bid amid cheers [National Post]
• Former president fails in bid to regain control over humane society [Globe & Mail]
POLICE LAYOFFS
• Layoffs possible as city asks Blair to reduce police staff by 10 per cent [Globe & Mail]
• Crime spikes in cities with police layoffs [...
May 31st, 2011
Tuesday’s headlines
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ROAD TOLLS & TRANSIT FUNDING
• Mayor Ford won’t support tolls to fund Sheppard extension [The Star]
• Mayor's transit plans lambasted [The Sun]
• Rob Ford calls toll road idea ‘nonsense’ [Globe & Mail]
• James: Sheppard subway? Not now, maybe not ever [The Star]
TORONTO POLICE
• Chief Blair told by civilian board to consider police layoffs [The Star]
• Consider reducing number of police officers in budget, Chief told [National Post]
• City Hall ponders cop layoffs [The Sun]
CAMPAIGN FINANCES
• Ford asks court to halt audit of his campaign finances [The Star]
• Mayor files appeal of campaign ...


















