Newsstand: May 7, 2009

Ruby Dhalla loses critic job as nanny storm grows (Toronto Star): "Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla has lost her job in Michael Ignatieff's shadow cabinet, announcing she has resigned as critic for youth and multiculturalism while she tries to repair the damage to her career over her nannies controversy." [More coverage in the Globe.]

Group seeks mandatory green roofs by next year (Toronto Star): "Green roofs should be mandatory on large new buildings starting next year, a city council committee is recommending." [More coverage in the Globe.]

Zoo faces fundraising challenges as split from charitable foundation looms (Globe and Mail): "The Toronto Zoo and its former fundraising arm go to court tomorrow to wrap up their 'divorce,' amid skepticism over the city agency's ambitions to raise an unprecedented $250-million over the next 10 years."

Billboards for artists (Now): "Every day on ground zero of the biggest intersection in Toronto, street artists and corporations battle it out for a piece of the sidewalk."

Balsillie offers $212.5M to bring Coyotes to Ontario (CBC): "Jim Balsillie confirmed Tuesday that he has offered to pay $212.5 million US to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes on the condition that the bankrupt team relocate to southern Ontario." [Previous coverage on Torontoist: The Phoenix Coyotes Might Rise from the Ashes in Toronto.]

'Toronto 18' member pleads guilty to terrorism-related charge (CBC): "In a surprise move, one of the so-called Toronto 18 has pleaded guilty to aiding a 2006 terrorist plot."

Toronto police officer faces drunk driving charges after DVP accident (National Post): "A Toronto police officer with 21 years of service has been charged with drunk driving after she crashed her vehicle on the Don Valley Parkway." [More coverage in the Sun.]

That's colour with a 'U' (Toronto Sun): " If your 'favorite' 'color' is a 'somber' 'gray', Councillor Howard Moscoe says you're eroding Canadian identity. The veteran councillor is urging City Hall to tackle its use of American English, that he suspects is the result of Microsoft Word's default spell-check settings."