{"id":18334,"date":"2011-03-02T03:16:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T07:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=18334"},"modified":"2011-03-02T03:19:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T07:19:57","slug":"tuesdays-headlines-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/03\/02\/tuesdays-headlines-191\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY COUNCIL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford scores 60 per cent approval rating: poll [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/rob-ford-scores-60-per-cent-approval-rating-poll\/article1925231\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1925231\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Another senior city official quits under Ford [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/inside-city-hall\/another-senior-city-official-quits-under-ford\/article1925348\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1925348\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Support for Ford strongest outside of city core: poll [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/03\/01\/support-for-ford-strongest-outside-of-city-core-poll\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Chris Selley: City Hall goes panhandling again [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/03\/01\/chris-selley-city-hall-goes-panhandling-again\/\">National Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC streetcar evacuated \u2014 over gum [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/946789--ttc-streetcar-evacuated-over-gum\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Part-time students ruled ineligible for TTC discount passes [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/947056--part-time-students-ruled-ineligible-for-ttc-discount-passes\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Fare cheating on the rise at TTC [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/ttc\/article\/946909--fare-cheating-on-the-rise-at-ttc\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Jump in fare evasion costs TTC $22-million in 2010 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/jump-in-fare-evasion-costs-ttc-22-million-in-2010\/article1926079\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1926079\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 TTC votes to send Giambrone the bill for blown budget [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ttc-votes-to-send-giambrone-the-bill-for-blown-budget\/article1924978\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1924978\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Rocket Talk: Streetcar Track Switches [<a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/03\/rocket_talk_streetcar_track_favouritism.php\">Torontoist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Fare-shirking still costing the TTC millions each year [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/toronto\/file\/2011\/01\/ttc-fare-evasion-costs-millions\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Do TTC fare hikes lead to fare evasion? [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/blog\/general\/2011\/do-ttc-fare-hikes-lead-fare-evasion\">OpenFile<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOUSING<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Former public housing CEO remains mum [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/947046--former-public-housing-ceo-remains-mum\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Fiorito: An 8-point plan to clean up TCHC [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/946728--fiorito-an-8-point-plan-to-clean-up-tchc\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Housing board defies Ford, refuses to resign [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/946794--housing-board-defies-ford-refuses-to-resign\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 341 Bloor: Nice view, but not very accessible [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/947029--341-bloor-nice-view-but-not-very-accessible\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 100 High Park: Still waiting for a simple fix [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/947030--100-high-park-still-waiting-for-a-simple-fix\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Pendrith Park: A do-it-yourself apartment [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/947026--pendrith-park-a-do-it-yourself-apartment\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Firm behind controversial housing contract defends its work [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/firm-behind-controversial-housing-contract-defends-its-work\/article1925065\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1925065\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford meets briefly with head of Toronto Housing Corp. [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/03\/01\/ford-meets-briefly-with-head-of-toronto-housing-corp\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Housing board refuses Ford\u2019s call to step down [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/03\/01\/housing-board-refuses-ford\u2019s-call-to-step-down\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Tenants upset with spending spree [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/03\/01\/17458496.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 TCHC lost $41.4 million in stock market [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/comment\/columnists\/sueann_levy\/2011\/03\/01\/17457016.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>STREETS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The Fixer: New sidewalk seems a soggy mistake [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/fixer\/article\/946725--the-fixer-new-sidewalk-seems-a-soggy-mistake\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 So what is Toronto&#8217;s ugliest street? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2011\/03\/so_what_is_torontos_ugliest_street\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARCHITECTURE<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The New Broadview House Hotel stands its ground [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/toronto\/file\/2011\/03\/new-broadview-house-hotel-stands-its-ground\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The &#8220;lost&#8221; architecture of Peter Dickinson [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2011\/03\/the_lost_architecture_of_peter_dickinson\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Urban Affairs library slated to close [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/947096--urban-affairs-library-slated-to-close\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Riverdale rallies behind corner store owners targeted by thieves [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/03\/01\/riverdale-rallies-behind-corner-store-owners-targeted-by-thieves\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Police not immune to Ford&#8217;s eye for savings [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/columnists\/joe_warmington\/2011\/03\/01\/17458716.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY COUNCIL \u2022 Rob Ford scores 60 per cent approval rating: poll [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Another senior city official quits under Ford [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Support for Ford strongest outside of city core: poll [National Post] \u2022 Chris Selley: City Hall goes panhandling again [National Post] TRANSIT \u2022 TTC streetcar evacuated \u2014 over<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/03\/02\/tuesdays-headlines-191\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Wednesday&#8217;s Headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4089,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[984,15916,1174,983,11087,641,2219,22085,8341,17164,11969,17165,405,19,9670,22090,16977,391],"class_list":["post-18334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-ceo","tag-chris-selley","tag-ford","tag-head","tag-headlines-city-council","tag-national-post","tag-peter-dickinson","tag-politics","tag-riverdale","tag-senior-city-official","tag-tchc","tag-the-new-broadview-house-hotel","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-housing-corp","tag-transit","tag-urban-affairs-library","tag-usd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wednesday&#039;s Headlines - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/03\/02\/tuesdays-headlines-191\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wednesday&#039;s Headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY COUNCIL \u2022 Rob Ford scores 60 per cent approval rating: poll [Globe &amp; 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