Happy first day of October! Making headlines today: A summary of TTC outsourcing, bikes vs. e-bikes on Sherbourne, bye-bye occupy garden, Ford pushing to rescind plastic bag ban, and Nuit Blanche gets animated. 

The TTC outsourcing by the numbers (National Post)

Ban ‘geographic profiling’ for insurance companies: Scarborough councillor (National Post)

Car vs. bike may become bike vs. e-bike on Sherbourne (Globe and Mail)

City begins removal of five-month-old Occupy Toronto vegetable garden (Globe and Mail)

Canada leads the world in highly-educated adults (CBC)

Happy birthday, dump: Halton celebrates longevity of its recycling-friendly landfill (Toronto Star)

Delegations off to Italy, China (Toronto Star)

Thousands hit streets for CIBC Run for the Cure to fight breast cancer (Toronto Star)

Plastic bag ban: Ford pushes radio listeners to help get it rescinded (Toronto Star)

Nuit Blanche 2012: Animated! (The Grid)