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Toronto - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, alongside City Manager Joe Pennachetti and Councillors Paul Ainslie and Sarah Doucette, launched the annual Toy Drive at city hall Friday. Ford also talked to reporters about pool shutdowns and the Toronto Star.

Toronto - As the city of Toronto faces a $774 million budget deficit in 2012, the city's budget team is asking Torontonians what they would cut from the budget. Residents have until June 17 to submit online input.

Toronto - Two internal leaked memos state that Toronto City Hall may look at laying off municipal workers in order to trim the 2012 $784 million operating budget. City Manager Joe Pennachetti issued a second Q&A memo to address employees' concerns over job losses.