Scarborough subway plan should be reconsidered if costs go above $3.56-billion; Toronto declines call to open armouries to shelter homeless; TTC’s removal of old streetcar poles is a slow process; and more news:

Scarborough subway plan should be reconsidered if costs go above $3.56-billion: Byford (Globe and Mail)

Bike lane design allows for hearse parking (Toronto Star)

Toronto declines call to open armouries to shelter homeless (Globe and Mail)

Council rejects request to study whether Scarborough subway is good value for money (Toronto Star)

Heritage, development at odds as cities come under pressure from growth (Metro News)

Toronto's Galleria Mall to be replaced by 8 mixed-use condo towers (Inside Toronto)

TTC’s removal of old streetcar poles is a slow process (Toronto Star)

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