Rob Ford admits jaywalking ticket in Vancouver; Toronto's mixed-use boom coming to a 'hood near you; fighting against the condo tide along Restaurant Row; and more news.

Fire damage to former Toronto church pegged at $100,000  (Globe & Mail)

Man suing Toronto mayor spoke highly of Fords to new book’s author (Globe & Mail)

Rob Ford admits jaywalking ticket in Vancouver (Globe & Mail)

Saks and the city: Luxury retail shifts south  (Globe & Mail)

When Toronto’s main event is just as bad as its sideshow  (Globe & Mail)

Wiarton Willie predicts six more weeks of winter (Toronto Star)

Toronto's mixed-use boom coming to a 'hood near you (Toronto Star)

Fighting against the condo tide along Restaurant Row (Toronto Star)

Karen Stintz blockades construction crew that took down trees (Toronto Star)

GO fares climb 5 per cent starting Saturday (Toronto Star)

Ford’s wife confided that husband was ‘not giving up the blow’ shortly after he became Mayor, book says (National Post)

Decision to fire Pan Am Games head will cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars (National Post)

Historicist: “All Ski Jumpers Are Not Intent on Suicide” (Torontoist)