{"id":21503,"date":"2011-07-21T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=21503"},"modified":"2011-07-21T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T12:33:21","slug":"thursdays-headlines-208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/21\/thursdays-headlines-208\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday\u2019s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL &#8211; CUTS &amp; AUDITS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: Ford ally loses major battle [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1027893--hume-ford-ally-loses-major-battle\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0City committee unlikely to make painful cuts [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/marcus-gee\/city-committees-unlikely-to-make-painful-cuts\/article2104425\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The alarming truth about waste at City Hall [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/opinions\/opinion\/the-alarming-truth-about-waste-at-city-hall\/article2104136\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Radical thinking as city set to tackle $742M in savings [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/radical-thinking-as-city-set-to-tackle-742m-in-savings\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0T.O. on ($742M) cutting edge [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/to-on-742m-cutting-edge\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Doug Ford and 3 other councillors won&#8217;t be audited: ruling [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/doug-ford-and-3-other-councillors-wont-be-audited-ruling\/article2103923\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Campaign expense audit waived for Ford allies [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/21\/campaign-expense-audit-waived-for-ford-allies\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Audit ordered of Li Preti&#8217;s campaign finances [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1027630--audit-ordered-of-li-preti-s-campaign-finances\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Peter Kuitenbrouwer: City orders compliance audits [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/20\/peter-kuitenbrouwer-city-orders-compliance-audits\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Public will have say on recreation cuts [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1028074--public-will-have-say-on-recreation-cuts\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Doughnuts vs books? In Etobicoke, it&#8217;s 3-1 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/torontocouncil\/article\/1027962--doughnuts-vs-books-in-etobicoke-it-s-3-1\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Time to close book on city&#8217;s libraries [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/time-to-close-book-on-citys-libraries\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0City rejects firefighter recruit class [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1028062--city-rejects-firefighter-recruit-class\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto cuts money for fire service recruiting classes [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-cuts-money-for-fire-service-recruiting-classes\/article2104470\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0City douses training for new firefighters [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/20\/city-douses-training-for-new-firefighters\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0City streetscapes latest target for Toronto&#8217;s cuts [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1027582--city-streetscapes-latest-target-for-toronto-s-cuts\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Arts initiatives, heritage properties next on KPMG hitlist [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/20\/arts-initiatives-heritage-properties-next-on-kpmg-hitlist\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Privatize zoo, councillors urged [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/privatize-zoo-councillors-urged\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Cops could walk a lonely beat [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/cops-could-walk-a-lonely-beat\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Putting a Bull&#8217;s-Eye on Toronto City Hall&#8217;s sacred cows [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/putting-a-bulls-eye-on-toronto-city-halls-sacred-cows\">The Sun<\/a> &#8211; Sue-Ann Levy]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TTC<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0Road to privatized TTC would be bumpy [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/ttc\/article\/1027603--road-to-privatized-ttc-would-be-bumpy\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0City will consider privatizing TTC routes [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/20\/city-will-consider-privatizing-ttc-routes\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0TTC&#8217;s Wheel-Trans, Blue Night on hit list [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/07\/21\/ttcs-wheel-trans-blue-night-on-hit-list\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto bus driver pepper-sprayed by disgruntled passenger [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-bus-driver-pepper-sprayed-by-disgruntled-passenger\/article2103704\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0TTC passengers help arrest suspect after driver pepper-sprayed [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1027602--ttc-passengers-help-arrest-suspect-after-driver-pepper-sprayed\">The Star<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIKES AND CARS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Cyclists take over Jarvis to protest bike lane removal [<a href=\"http:\/\/thestar.blogs.com\/cycling\/2011\/07\/cyclists-take-over-jarvis-to-protest-bike-lane-removal.html\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 More than 15,000 charges laid during car-safety week blitz [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/more-than-15000-charges-laid-during-car-safety-week-blitz\/article2104453\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Toronto police nab 15,500 drivers in car safety week blitz [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1028004--toronto-police-nab-15-500-drivers-in-car-safety-week-blitz\">The Star<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEAT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How to cope with the extreme heat throughout the GTA [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1028050--how-to-cope-with-the-extreme-heat-throughout-the-gta\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Eight reasons not to buy into the heat hype [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/20\/eight-reasons-not-to-buy-into-the-heat-hype\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0How hot is it? Extreme, says Toronto Public Health [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/07\/20\/how-hot-is-it-extreme-says-toronto-public-health\/\">National Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL &#8211; CUTS &amp; AUDITS \u2022 Hume: Ford ally loses major battle [The Star] \u2022\u00a0City committee unlikely to make painful cuts [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022\u00a0The alarming truth about waste at City Hall [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022\u00a0Radical thinking as city set to tackle $742M in savings [The Sun] \u2022\u00a0T.O. on ($742M) cutting edge [The Sun]<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/07\/21\/thursdays-headlines-208\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Thursday\u2019s headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4102,"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":[5169,18025,12367,18027,427,18026,1174,4686,641,4773,22085,18028,1078,405,19,1643,391],"class_list":["post-21503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-bus-driver","tag-car-safety-week-blitz","tag-city-committee","tag-compliance-audits","tag-driver","tag-expense-audit","tag-ford","tag-kpmg","tag-national-post","tag-peter-kuitenbrouwer","tag-politics","tag-privatize-zoo","tag-sue-ann-levy","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-police","tag-usd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thursday\u2019s 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\/07\/21\/thursdays-headlines-208\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thursday\u2019s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL &#8211; 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