By Hamutal Dotan

David Miller: Hanging by a thread (Globe and Mail): “Abandoned by the left, hated by the right, it’s hard not to wonder at the loneliness of Mayor David Miller.”
Garbage crews work around the clock (Globe and Mail): “The 5,000 litter bins dotting Toronto streets have been emptied and the mountains of green garbage bags that had transformed skating rinks and parks into makeshift dump sites have been hauled away as clean-up crews worked around the clock this weekend, attempting to remove every last physical trace of the largest municipal strike in Canadian history.”
Green bin program a mess (Toronto Star): “Toronto garbage workers have been routinely mixing green bin organics with regular trash that is trucked to a Michigan landfill, say city employees interviewed by the Star.”
TTC’s nerve centre exposed (Toronto Star): “Every time a passenger hits the alarm in the subway; every time a collector has a fare dispute; every time an operator is assaulted; every time a collector leaves his booth to go to the washroom, Transit Control knows about it. This is the TTC’s safety valve on a system that carries 1.5 million people a day.”
Courts plug parking ticket loophole (Toronto Star): “The free ride is over for drivers who requested a trial for a $30 Toronto parking ticket in the hope that their day in court would never arrive.”
Ontario plans more family health teams (CBC): “Ontario is expanding its model of creating family health teams, in a move away from encouraging doctors to set up solo practices.”
Judge blasts ‘tragic’ neglect of legal aid (Toronto Star): “A former Superior Court judge known for his law-and-order proclivities has blasted the Ontario government for its continuing ‘neglect’ of the province’s legal aid plan, warning that continuing down the same path will do irreversible damage to the justice system.”