{"id":22660,"date":"2011-09-21T08:04:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T12:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=22660"},"modified":"2011-09-21T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T12:04:52","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-217","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/09\/21\/wednesdays-headlines-217\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Ford forfeits goal to control port lands property <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/marcus-gee\/ford-forfeits-goal-to-control-port-lands-property\/article2173838\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Councillors sink Ford\u2019s port lands plan <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/20\/councillors-sink-fords-port-lands-plan\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford gives up goal of seizing port lands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/torontocouncil\/article\/1057053--ford-gives-up-goal-of-seizing-port-lands\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 James: waterfront 101: clean, green, people place <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1057065--james-waterfront-101-clean-green-people-place\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Port lands sports complex hits a hurdle as lease extends to 2041<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1057138--port-lands-sports-complex-hits-a-hurdle-as-lease-extends-to-2041\" target=\"_self\"> [The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 \u2018Consensus\u2019 reached on port lands revitalization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/20\/consensus-reached-on-port-lands-revitalization\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Waterfront petition urges council to stick to original plan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/20\/waterfront-petition-urges-council-to-stick-to-original-plan\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 First salvo in battle for waterfront launched in February: documents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/first-salvo-in-battle-for-waterfront-launched-in-february-documents\/article2173239\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUDGET CUTBACKS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Ford backs down from cuts for now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1056515--ford-backs-down-from-cuts-for-now\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Moderate voices won in the vote over cuts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/torontocouncil\/article\/1057031--moderate-voices-won-in-vote-over-cuts\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford backs away from controversial cuts, but warns budget crisis remains <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/20\/mayor-backs-away-from-controversial-proposals-but-warns-budget-crisis-remains\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What exactly is the deal with Rob Ford\u2019s budget? <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/21\/what-exactly-is-the-deal-with-rob-fords-budget\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Councillors eye helping you pay more taxes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/20\/councillors-eye-helping-you-pay-more-taxes\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Library workers union has doubt in Ford\u2019s promise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/09\/20\/library-workers-union-has-doubt-in-fords-promise\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>URBAN DESIGN<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Sugar beach among 23 Toronto urban design winners <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1057007--sugar-beach-among-23-toronto-urban-design-winners\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Design lauded months after city kills costly Fort York bridge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1057107--design-lauded-months-after-city-kills-costly-fort-york-bridge\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Department of Ironies: Toronto kills Fort York bridge then awards it Toronto design award <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/09\/department-of-ironies-toronto-kills-fort-york-bridge-then-awards-it-toronto-design-award\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Doug Ford and Margaret Atwood meet at party for former arts adviser <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1057096--doug-ford-and-margaret-atwood-meet-at-party-for-former-arts-adviser\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ex-MP and new Mississauga councillor Bonnie Crombie reflects on election win <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/mississauga\/article\/1057014--ex-mp-and-new-mississauga-councillor-bonnie-crombie-reflects-on-election-win\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 NDP transit pledge might help but won\u2019t cure TTC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1057008--ndp-transit-pledge-might-help-but-won-t-cure-ttc\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Plans afoot for Toronto\u2019s first flash-mob picnic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/living\/food\/article\/1056765--plans-afoot-for-toronto-s-first-flash-mob-picnic\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Urban orca\u2019s platonic ideal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/culture\/media\/urban-orcas-platonic-ideal\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Canadian air and space museum evicted possibly to be replace by ice rink <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/09\/20\/canadian-air-and-space-museum-evicted-possibly-to-be-replaced-by-ice-rink\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Steeper hills, new momentum <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/09\/steeper-hills-new-momentum\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT \u2022 Ford forfeits goal to control port lands property [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Councillors sink Ford\u2019s port lands plan [National Post] \u2022 Ford gives up goal of seizing port lands [The Star] \u2022 James: waterfront 101: clean, green, people place [The Star] \u2022 Port lands sports complex hits a hurdle as lease extends<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/09\/21\/wednesdays-headlines-217\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Wednesday&#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":[15290,18121,408,18460,876,1174,17498,8963,79,514,641,8088,405,19],"class_list":["post-22660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-adviser","tag-bonnie-crombie","tag-councillor","tag-department-of-ironies","tag-flash","tag-ford","tag-fort-york-bridge","tag-margaret-atwood","tag-mississauga","tag-mp","tag-national-post","tag-sugar-beach","tag-the-star","tag-toronto"],"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\/09\/21\/wednesdays-headlines-217\/\" \/>\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=\"WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT \u2022 Ford forfeits goal to control port lands property [Globe &amp; 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