The Breakfast Hub: making Front Street more pedestrian friendly, the poppy box thief, hiring security guards for police officers

Front Street may soon be more pedestrian friendly. A proposal is being examined by the city to expand pedestrian pathways and reduce the number of car lanes in the area around Union Station.
[The Grid]

Times must be really tough if you’re stealing poppy donation boxes.
[CBC]

York Region police in Aurora are hiring a private security firm to monitor their own building. Apparently, it’s cheaper than having police do the job. Primary Response Inc. has been awarded the $700,000 three-year contract.
[Toronto Star]

A la carte cable could be coming to Ontario soon. Rogers has announced that it plans to test out the idea with select customers in London, ON until March 2012.
[Toronto Sun]

Toronto got another glimpse of royalty last night as Prince Albert and Princess Charlène of Monaco attended the opening of the Grace Kelly: From Movie Star to Princess exhibit at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.
[Globe and Mail]

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