{"id":17091,"date":"2011-01-07T01:35:22","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=17091"},"modified":"2011-01-07T10:40:34","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:40:34","slug":"fridays-headlines-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/01\/07\/fridays-headlines-180\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY COUNCIL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Library board defies Ford to seek increase [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917751--library-board-defies-ford-to-seek-increase\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 City wants to be \u201cAt Your Service\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/city-wants-to-be-at-your-service\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 What a deal! $6M in property for $260Gs [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/01\/06\/16790076.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>HERITAGE BUILDINGS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Top storey of Yonge St. building facade comes down [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/917085--top-storey-of-yonge-st-building-facade-comes-down\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Firefighters face increasing peril as vacant death traps proliferate [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/christie-blatchford\/firefighters-face-increasing-peril-as-vacant-death-traps-proliferate\/article1860962\/n\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Mysterious figure seen entering building before Yonge Street blaze[<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/07\/mysterious-figure-seen-entering-building-before-yonge-street-blaze\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Home of Maclean\u2019s founder faces the wrecking ball [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/home-of-macleans-founder-faces-the-wrecking-ball\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 An Empress Hotel Mystery [<a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/01\/an_empress_hotel_mystery.php\">Torontoist<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Kids and seniors can now use Presto card on transit [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/917724--kids-and-seniors-can-now-use-presto-card-on-transit\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 City to build curbs for separate bike lanes downtown [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917749--city-to-build-curbs-for-separate-bike-lanes-downtown\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Some late-night TTC bus routes being reviewed [<a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.blogs.com\/thegoods\/2011\/01\/some-late-night-ttc-bus-routes-being-reviewed.html\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 It&#8217;s a transit platform, it&#8217;s a bike lane, it&#8217;s a&#8230;? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2011\/01\/its_a_transit_platform_its_bike_lane_its_a\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 How will Toronto&#8217;s electric car infrastructure be powered? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/environment\/2011\/01\/how_will_torontos_electric_car_infrastructure_be_powered\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEALTH BOARD<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Health board wants budget boost to fight bedbugs [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917659--health-board-wants-budget-boost-to-fight-bedbugs\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Health board asks for $500k to fight bed bugs [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/health-board-asks-for-500k-to-fight-bed-bugs\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Public Health seeks budget boost to fight bed bugs [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/public-health-seeks-budget-boost-to-fight-bed-bugs\/article1860625\/?cmpid=rss1\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Bed bugs among budget pests biting into Ford\u2019s hold-the-line plans [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/bed-bugs-among-budget-pests-biting-into-fords-hold-the-line-plans\/article1860871\/?cmpid=rss1\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Filion re-elected health board chair [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/01\/06\/16786076.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>POLICE &amp; CRIME<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Abdelhaleem \u2018principal architect\u2019 of Toronto 18 plot: Crown [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/abdelhaleem-principal-architect-of-toronto-18-plot-crown\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Blair, Ford heading for showdown [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/01\/06\/16790646.html#\/news\/columnists\/joe_warmington\/2011\/01\/06\/pf-16791201.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEIGHBOURHOODS &amp; COMMUNITIES<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 King Township power plant looks a go [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917567--king-township-power-plant-looks-a-go\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Fiorito: Poverty makes us sick; it ought to make us angry [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917594--fiorito-poverty-makes-us-sick-it-ought-to-make-us-angry\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Terror threat fails to halt Christmas services for Canada\u2019s Coptics [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/terror-threat-fails-to-halt-christmas-services-for-canadas-coptics\/article1860936\/?cmpid=rss1\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford pays a visit to Roncesvalles [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2011\/01\/rob_ford_pays_a_visit_to_roncesvalles\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Fixing Toronto&#8217;s uneven wards [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/toronto\/file\/2011\/01\/fixing-torontos-unequal-wards\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 When Koreatown gets a little less Korean [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/toronto\/file\/2010\/10\/when-koreatown-gets-little-less-korean\">OpenFile<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Big beer tank convoy changes route [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/917529--big-beer-tank-convoy-changes-route\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Podcast: On police, policy and pitchmen [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/01\/06\/podcast-on-police-policy-and-pitchmen\/\">National Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY COUNCIL \u2022 Library board defies Ford to seek increase [The Star] \u2022 City wants to be \u201cAt Your Service\u201d [National Post] \u2022 What a deal! 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