Toronto ranks 8th in livability index; Richmond Hill to buy Dunlap Observatory lands; a history of the breweries in Corktown; a winning bid for the PanAm aquatics centre; Batman ad creep and more:

Pricey repair bills on the chopping block at TDSB (Globe & Mail)

Rob Carrick's Reader: Toronto's housing market is no New York (Globe & Mail)

Province highlights winning bid for $158-million PanAm aquatics centre (Globe & Mail)

Streetcar driver 'accosted' me, Ford says of run-in with TTC (Globe & Mail)

SIU clears Toronto police officer who punched Occupy protester in the face (Globe & Mail)

Peel strike vote pushed back (Toronto Star)

Pan Am Games funding questioned by MPP Rod Jackson (Toronto Star)

Toronto ranks 8th in world in revised liveability index (Toronto Star)

Richmond Hill buys David Dunlap Observatory ‘panhandle lands’ for $19.5M (Toronto Star)

Here & There: What kind of home does $315,000 buy you in Cabbagetown vs. West Queen West (The GridTO)

Retro T.O.: The sinking of Captain John’s (The GridTO)

Batman ad creep is a bit of a bummer (blogTO)

A brief history of early breweries in Corktown (blogTO)

A sign of things to come if the Jarvis Bike lane is removed (Spacing)

LORINC: The two solitudes of the One City transit plan (Spacing)