No money coming from endowments next year, U of T warns faculty Funds had been slated to generate $62-million By ELIZABETH CHURCH  -- The University of Toronto is warning faculty and staff not to expect any money next year from its endowment funds because of the size of investment losses. The funds, which were slated to generate $62-million in income next year to support research, student aid and faculty posts, have been hit like many other investments by the recent financial market freefall.  FULL STORY

Mounties 4, Muslims 4 Soccer match leads to Q and A on polarizing topics By COLIN FREEZE  TORONTO -- Some of Canada's foremost counterterrorism cops secretly took on a group of young Muslims yesterday, in a pitched contest in downtown Toronto. The result? A 4-4 tie. Soccer matches, not typically seen as a means of advancing national security, can apparently help get the ball rolling. At least, that sensibility led a group of Mounties and Muslim youth to a downtown stadium yesterday, where an hour spent as soccer adversaries was followed by a friendly question-and-answer session.  FULL STORY

$1.5-billion earmarked to rejuvenate city's social housing stock 10-year scheme gets broad approval; to go before council in February By JENNIFER LEWINGTON  -- A $1.5-billion proposal to repair and rejuvenate social housing in some of the city's poorest neighbourhoods won broad political support yesterday, with how to pay for it the biggest question for the future.  FULL STORY

Couple donates $10-million to Robarts library renovation By JOSH WINGROVE  -- A Toronto couple have donated $10-million to the renovation of Robarts Library, adding to a legacy of support for the University of Toronto. U of T grads Russell Morrison, 85, and his wife Katherine Morrison, 83, yesterday announced the gift to the $40-million renovation set to begin next year at Robarts, North America's fourth-ranked research library.  FULL STORY

City council approves plastic bag charge By JENNIFER LEWINGTON  -- Toronto retailers must charge customers five cents for use of a plastic bag starting June 1, 2009, one of several wide-ranging waste-reduction measures approved overwhelmingly by city council yesterday after a sometimes-rancorous debate spread over two days.  FULL STORY

MURDER CHARGE By TIMOTHY APPLEBY  -- A Brampton man accused of breaking into a 36-year-old woman's ground-floor apartment on the weekend, sexually assaulting her and beating her to death appeared briefly in court yesterday charged with first-degree murder.  FULL STORY