The City will consider nearly doubling development charges for construction projects; former premier Dalton McGuinty is back for another grilling at the gas plants committee hearings; Mayor Ford furious at province for phasing out transfer payment; TTC gives study of car-free King St the go-ahead; Metrolinx to study Yonge subway relief line and better use of GO train lines; and more news.
Toronto to consider almost doubling development charges levied on construction projects (National Post)
Dalton McGuinty to testify about deleted gas-plant emails (CBC)
Study of car-free King St. gets go-ahead (Toronto Sun)
Mayor Ford furious at province for ending transfer (CBC)
TTC CEO Andy Byford asks for 60 more streetcars at a cost of $300M (National Post)
Subway relief line to be studied by Metrolinx (Toronto Star)
Toronto will miss Tony Coombes, who thought big about what we could be: James (Toronto Star)
Church Street parking spots await transformation into ‘parklets’ (Toronto Star)
Winston LaRose: Jane-Finch’s advocate for 20 years is still working for its betterment (Toronto Star)
Why Mayor Rob Ford's gravy train has hit a dead end: Cohn (Toronto Star)