By Hamutal Dotan

Police fight race ruling (Toronto Star): “A human rights tribunal verdict of racial profiling against a Toronto constable sets ‘an impossibly high standard’ that will be challenged in court, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said yesterday.”
Money flowing fast to Toronto’s long-neglected eastern waterfront (National Post): “In a muddy field saturated by driving summer rain, a fair hike from the nearest condos, office towers or transit routes, politicians from three levels of government braved the deluge yesterday to break ground on the public centrepiece of Toronto’s rapidly transforming eastern waterfront.” [More coverage in the Globe and Mail.]
Toronto eyes self-serve bike-rental operation similar to Montreal (National Post): “The City of Toronto is looking to the City of Montreal to provide a self-serve bike-rental operation, similar to the one launched in Montreal in May, that will be ready by the spring and be revenue neutral.”
The top 60 items for special council meeting (Toronto Star): “Toronto City Council will meet Aug. 5 and 6 to deal with urgent business that’s been put on hold by the strike.”
For Toronto, a longer strike would mean larger savings (Globe and Mail): “Measured in dollars and cents, the longer the garbage bags fester, the pools stay closed and the vermin prosper and multiply, the better it is for Toronto’s bottom line. A longer strike, according to history, strike experts and politicians and their spreadsheets, is a more affordable one.”
Windsor strike deal reached (CBC): “After more than 46 hours of bargaining, a deal has been reached that could end the 100-day strike by civic workers in Windsor, Ont.” [Previous coverage on Torontoist: A Natural Benefit of an Extended Municipal Strike.]
Via strike looms as talks break off (CBC): “Talks between Via Rail and the union representing locomotive engineers broke off early Friday morning, hours before the noon ET deadline for a strike at the passenger rail.”