{"id":22224,"date":"2011-08-25T07:03:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=22224"},"modified":"2011-08-25T07:03:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T11:03:42","slug":"thursdays-headlines-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/08\/25\/thursdays-headlines-213\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Hey City Hall, Jack is watching [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/marcus-gee\/hey-city-hall-jack-is-watching\/article2140957\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Under his thumb [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/under-his-thumb\/\">The Grid<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>REMEMBERING LAYTON<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Kuitenbrouwer: Layton&#8217;s legacy will withstand a little rain [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/08\/24\/kuitenbrouwer-laytons-legacy-will-withstand-a-little-rain\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0CN Tower will glow NDP orange for Layton&#8217;s funeral in Toronto [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/cn-tower-will-glow-ndp-orange-for-laytons-funeral-in-toronto\/article2140510\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0In tribute to Jack Layton, CN Tower to go orange [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/article\/1044128--in-tribute-to-jack-layton-cn-tower-to-go-orange\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The country grieves a hero [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182394\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Jack grew into himself [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182391\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Jack&#8217;s spirit is still hard at work [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182397\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Timeline of a political genius [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182398\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0He&#8217;d already made the revolution [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182399\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Rural folks trusted this city pol [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182400\">NOW<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Toronto lent Jack to Canada [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182402\">NOW<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT, COMMUTING, AND TTC WOES<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0The route to commuter happiness? Two wheels [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1044550--the-route-to-commuter-happiness-two-wheels\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Canada&#8217;s slowest rush hour [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1044026--canada-s-slowest-rush-hour\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Toronto still Canada&#8217;s longest commute: StatsCan [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/08\/24\/toronto-still-canadas-longest-commute\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Testing the reverse commute: downtown to Markham, and back [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1044515--testing-the-reverse-commute-downtown-to-markham-and-back\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Matt Gurney: Transit, what a waste of time [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/08\/24\/matt-gurney-transit-what-a-waste-of-time\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Keeping the peace in Toronto&#8217;s subways [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/08\/24\/keeping-the-peace-in-toronto%E2%80%99s-subways\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0TTC seeks to ban abusive riders [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1044545--ttc-seeks-to-ban-abusive-riders\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0TTC may start banning abusive riders [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/08\/24\/ttc-may-start-banning-abusive-riders\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0TTC ridership is up, up, up! [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/08\/24\/ttc-ridership-is-up-up-up\">The Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Google gets behind the wheel [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/time-to-lead\/google-gets-behind-the-wheel\/article2141122\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Speed bumps costly and unneeded? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1044450--speed-humps-costly-and-unneeded\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Good Bike art project under attack [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1044520--good-bike-art-project-under-attack\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Hero racehorse rests among the weeds [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1044495--hero-racehorse-rests-among-the-weeds\">The Star<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Hey City Hall, Jack is watching [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022\u00a0Under his thumb [The Grid] REMEMBERING LAYTON \u2022\u00a0Kuitenbrouwer: Layton&#8217;s legacy will withstand a little rain [National Post] \u2022\u00a0CN Tower will glow NDP orange for Layton&#8217;s funeral in Toronto [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022\u00a0In tribute to Jack Layton, CN Tower to go orange [The Star]<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/08\/25\/thursdays-headlines-213\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Thursday&#8217;s 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":[457,686,1109,18243,12809,641,22085,405,15979,19],"class_list":["post-22224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-canada","tag-cn-tower","tag-google","tag-hey-city-hall","tag-matt-gurney","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-the-star","tag-the-sun-other-news","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thursday&#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\/08\/25\/thursdays-headlines-213\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thursday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Hey City Hall, Jack is watching [Globe &amp; 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