Mayor Ford on a leaner Toronto: 7,000 city job cuts 'give or take'; eight books worth reading about Toronto; Toronto's unsolved mysteries of 2011; and more news.

Mayor Ford on a leaner Toronto: 7,000 city job cuts 'give or take' (Globe & Mail)

Affable Toronto mayor pulls few punches (Globe & Mail)

Talks resume over York Region Transit strike (Toronto Star)

Rob Ford losing key votes on council, analysis shows (Toronto Star)

Rob Ford ‘not worried at all’ about subway plan (National Post)

8 books worth reading about Toronto (blogTO)

Toronto’s Unsolved Mysteries of 2011 (Torontoist)

Heroes and Villains 2011:Heroes—Cultural Leadership (Torontoist)