Is Toronto drab? Council is pushing for a ‘more beautiful’ city; City of Toronto takes complaint over Ford government cutting its council size to Supreme Court; New 44-storey church-condo proposal has midtown residents praying for construction relief; and more news:

Is Toronto drab? Council is pushing for a ‘more beautiful’ city (Toronto Star)

City of Toronto takes complaint over Ford government cutting its council size to Supreme Court (National Post)

New 44-storey church-condo proposal has midtown residents praying for construction relief (Toronto Star)

160 residents displaced by North York highrise fire register with Red Cross, with no timeline of when they can return home (Toronto Star)

Emergency shelter for residents displaced in Toronto apartment fire moved to university (Globe and Mail)

A Potpourri of TTC Items (Steve Munro)

I lived on the streets for years — here are the things Toronto’s homeless could really use this winter (Toronto Star)

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