{"id":22464,"date":"2011-09-09T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=22464"},"modified":"2011-09-09T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T12:00:42","slug":"fridays-headlines-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/09\/09\/fridays-headlines-213\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 New port lands plan will cost taxpayers $270 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/new-port-lands-plan-will-cost-taxpayers-270-million\/article2159100\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford defends brother\u2019s waterfront vision <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1050823--mayor-ford-defends-brother-s-waterfront-vision\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Doug Ford is a genius. Maybe. <a href=\"http:\/\/fullcomment.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/08\/joe-oconnor-doug-ford-is-a-genius-maybe\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto could lose 400 police officers to buyouts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-could-lose-400-police-officers-to-buyouts\/article2158774\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Police board to consider outsourcing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051248--police-board-to-consider-outsourcing\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Library employees may be offered buyouts <a href=\" http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051245--library-employees-may-be-offered-buyouts\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Police, libraries mull buyout plans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/08\/police-libraries-mull-buyout-plans\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAFFIC CONGESTION<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 For Toronto drivers, the good news is it\u2019s not Mexico City <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/for-toronto-drivers-the-good-news-is-its-not-mexico-city\/article2159031\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City looking for ways to battle gridlock <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/08\/city-looking-for-ways-to-battle-gridlock\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: Ford loyalist not convinced Toronto streets are for pedestrians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051017--hume-ford-loyalist-not-convinced-toronto-streets-are-for-pedestrians\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Scramble intersection: more hugs and delays <a href=\" http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051280--scramble-intersection-more-hugs-and-delays\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Scrambling for inspiration from the past <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.torontoist.com\/2008\/07\/scrambling_for_inspiration_from_the\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTC &amp; TRANSIT NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 TTC imports Aussie executive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1051247--ttc-imports-aussie-executive\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 TTC looks to Australia for its new chief operating officer <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/08\/australian-rail-executive-appointed-to-oversee-operations-at-ttc\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 20 foot sinkhole closes Danforth at Woodbine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1050932--20-foot-sinkhole-closes-danforth-at-woodbine\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 St. Clair street signs blocked by good intentions <a href=\" http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/08\/st-clair-street-signs-blocked-by-good-intentions\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto police considering charges for cyclist who fatally struck pedestrian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-police-considering-charges-for-cyclist-who-fatally-struck-pedestrian\/article2158467\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto ranks 9<sup>th<\/sup> among \u2018greenest\u2019 North American cities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1050963--toronto-ranks-9th-among-greenest-north-american-cities\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Miller gets warm welcome but vows to stay out of politics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051251--miller-gets-warm-welcome-but-vows-to-stay-out-of-politics\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto police accused of racial profiling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1051358--toronto-police-accused-of-racial-profiling\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto\u2019s official plan soon to be open to public consultation <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.torontoist.com\/2011\/09\/torontos-official-plan-soon-to-open-to-public-consultation\/ \" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ava Baccari on the ill wind at city hall <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=182587\" target=\"_self\">[NOW] <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT \u2022 New port lands plan will cost taxpayers $270 million [Globe &amp; Mail]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Mayor Ford defends brother\u2019s waterfront vision [The Star]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Doug Ford is a genius. Maybe. [National Post] CITY HALL \u2022 Toronto could lose 400 police officers to buyouts [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Police board to consider outsourcing [The Star]\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/09\/09\/fridays-headlines-213\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Friday&#8217;s headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"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":[1220,18365,18363,965,14697,426,2610,641,18364,22085,405,19,1643,391],"class_list":["post-22464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-ava-baccari","tag-chief-operating-officer","tag-cyclist","tag-doug-ford","tag-mayor","tag-mexico-city","tag-national-post","tag-new-port","tag-politics","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>Friday&#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\/09\/09\/fridays-headlines-213\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT \u2022 New port lands plan will cost taxpayers $270 million [Globe &amp; Mail]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Mayor Ford defends brother\u2019s waterfront vision [The Star]\u00a0\u00a0 \u2022 Doug Ford is a genius. 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