City posts $188 million surplus; dead alligator and grow op in Milton; how to solve Toronto's bike-parking problem; TCHC report recommends retaining single-family homes and more news:

$180 art history text that contains no art sparks petition on Toronto campus (National Post)

Blink and you might miss Toronto parking signs that spell out 3-hour limit (National Post)

TCHC should retain most single-family homes, says working group (National Post)

Bad day at a Milton grow op: Firefighters finds hundreds of plants and a dead alligator (National Post)

For Team Toronto, a junket to Chicago can be broadening (Globe & Mail)

Toronto reports $188-million surplus for first half of 2012 (Globe & Mail)

Occupy Toronto protesters mark first anniversary of movement (Toronto Star)

Pearson airport will soon have Canadian citizen customs queues (Toronto Star)

At the old Brick Works, rubber works as a playground material (Toronto Star)

How to solve Toronto’s bike-parking problem (The GridTO)

New Little Italy restaurant and bar does junk food right (blogTO)

NO MEAN CITY: In The Globe and Mail – John Shnier’s unorthodox condo (Spacing)