{"id":19255,"date":"2011-04-14T00:25:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T04:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=19255"},"modified":"2011-04-14T00:25:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T04:25:33","slug":"thursdays-headlines-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/04\/14\/thursdays-headlines-195\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 City\u2019s citizen committees set to be scrapped [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/torontocouncil\/article\/974064--city-s-citizen-committees-set-to-be-scrapped\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford administration wants to put more restrictions on councillor expenses [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/04\/13\/ford-administration-wants-to-put-more-restrictions-on-expense-reports\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Chainsaws, street meat, apartheid and \u2018gayness\u2019 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/chainsaws-street-meat-apartheid-and-gayness\/article1984884\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1984884\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vaughan wants mayor to stop protecting feds [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/04\/13\/17983281.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Councillors want to speed up meetings [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/04\/13\/17979341.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The latest leftover bull from David Miller [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/comment\/columnists\/sueann_levy\/2011\/04\/13\/17983216.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Council Votes to Bring in Consultants for Major Service Review [<a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/04\/council_votes_to_bring_in_consultants_to_review_all_services.php\">Torontoist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford bruising [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180167\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The Fixer: Broken lights leave pedestrians in the dark [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/fixer\/article\/974310--the-fixer-broken-lights-leave-pedestrians-in-the-dark\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Mind the gap [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/city\/features\/article\/114086--mind-the-gap\">Eye Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERAL ELECTION<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Crucial issues for Toronto in the 2011 Canadian Election [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogto.com\/city\/2011\/04\/crucial_issues_for_toronto_in_the_2011_canadian_election\/\">BlogTO<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 &#8220;Very Ethnic&#8221; Torontonians Rock the Vote [<a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.openfile.ca\/toronto\/file\/2011\/04\/very-ethnic-torontonians-rock-vote\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Battleground T.O. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180165\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Lib service to the city [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180164\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor\u2019s Harper connection [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180168\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATERFRONT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Government-sponsored waterfront development a waste: Doug Ford [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/government-sponsored-waterfront-development-a-waste-doug-ford\/article1984730\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=Toronto&amp;utm_content=1984730\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The city should pull out of Waterfront Toronto: Doug Ford [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/04\/13\/the-city-should-pull-out-of-waterfront-toronto-doug-ford\/\">National Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>URBAN FOOD<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Shut down ethnic street food project, city staff urge [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/974008--shut-down-ethnic-street-food-project-city-staff-urge\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 City staff recommends shutting down A La Cart food project [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/04\/13\/city-staff-recomend-shutting-down-a-la-cart-food-project\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Bid to lift ban on bottled water goes down drain [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/news\/torontoandgta\/2011\/04\/13\/17985686.html\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 The limits to local [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180147\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 World crops come home [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180144\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Putting the culture back in agriculture [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=180143\">Now Weekly<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 City\u2019s citizen committees set to be scrapped [The Star] \u2022 Ford administration wants to put more restrictions on councillor expenses [National Post] \u2022 Chainsaws, street meat, apartheid and \u2018gayness\u2019 [Globe &amp; 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