{"id":22953,"date":"2011-10-05T08:32:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=22953"},"modified":"2011-10-05T09:41:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:41:44","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/05\/wednesdays-headlines-219\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Zero tax increase in 2012 unlikely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/04\/zero-tax-increase-in-2012-unlikely\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The budget versus the badge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/the-budget-versus-the-badge\/article2191314\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Decision to cut police officers rests with board: Blair <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/04\/decision-to-cut-police-officers-rests-with-board-blair\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vital Signs 2011 report: ten issues Torontonians should know <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/05\/vital-signs-2011-report-ten-issues-torontonians-should-know\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Police board\u2019s G20 review to wrap up in March 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1064550--police-board-s-g20-review-to-wrap-up-in-march-2012\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mammoliti floats province of Toronto idea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/04\/mammoliti-floats-province-of-toronto-idea\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>PROVINCIAL ELECTION<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Provincial election primer <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/10\/provincial-election-primer\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Provincial Tories vow to protect Richmond Hill observatory if elected <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/04\/provincial-tories-vow-to-protect-richmond-hill-observatory-if-elected\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MISSISSAUGA NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Hume: until McCallion goes Mississauga won\u2019t grow up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/mississauga\/article\/1064540--hume-until-mccallion-goes-mississauga-won-t-grow-up\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 O\u2019Brien mum on criticism from Mississauga inquiry <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/mississauga\/article\/1064534--o-brien-mum-on-criticism-from-mississauga-inquiry\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hazel\u2019s \u2018fixer\u2019 in the middle of development scandal, inquiry finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/hazels-fixer-in-the-middle-of-development-scandal-inquiry-finds\/article2191288\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 We the Tweeple: hurricane Hazel strikes again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/we-the-tweeple-hurricane-hazel-strikes-again\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRAFFIC &amp; TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 TTC breaks single day ridership record <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1064488--ttc-breaks-single-day-ridership-record\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Traffic chaos looms over running events <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1064538--traffic-chaos-looms-over-running-events\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Driver says Rob Ford caught talking while driving again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/torontocouncil\/article\/1064754--driver-says-rob-ford-caught-talking-while-driving-again\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto mayor Ford accused again of using cellphone while driving <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-mayor-ford-accused-again-of-using-cellphone-while-driving\/article2190557\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Renaming York region\u2019s boulevard of dreams <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1064586--renaming-york-region-s-boulevard-of-dreams\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC driver comes to the rescue of ailing senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1064758--ttc-driver-comes-to-the-rescue-of-ailing-senior\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 New strike deadline looms for GO transit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1064541--new-strike-deadline-looms-for-go-transit\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Pottery road still closed: the war on the car is not over <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/04\/peter-kuitenbrouwer-pottery-road-still-closed-the-war-on-the-car-is-not-over\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Highrises? We\u2019re tops on the continent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneyville.ca\/article\/1064773--highrises-we-re-tops-on-the-continent\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Food bank donations up, Sally Ann finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1064727--food-bank-donations-up-sally-ann-finds\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 New tower gets greenlight near Yonge but at six storeys shorter than asked for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/04\/new-tower-gets-greenlight-on-near-yonge-but-at-six-storeys-shorter-than-asked-for\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fiorito: here\u2019s what bugs me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1064484--fiorito-here-s-what-bugs-me\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Zero tax increase in 2012 unlikely [The Sun] \u2022 The budget versus the badge [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Decision to cut police officers rests with board: Blair [National Post] \u2022 Vital Signs 2011 report: ten issues Torontonians should know [National Post] \u2022 Police board\u2019s G20 review to wrap up in March 2012<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/05\/wednesdays-headlines-219\/\">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":[18610,13440,427,1174,7408,426,79,641,18608,22085,676,18609,16608,405,19,2378,496],"class_list":["post-22953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-bank-donations","tag-blair","tag-driver","tag-ford","tag-g20","tag-mayor","tag-mississauga","tag-national-post","tag-new-tower","tag-politics","tag-richmond-hill","tag-richmond-hill-observatory","tag-sally-ann","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-ttc-driver","tag-york"],"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\/10\/05\/wednesdays-headlines-219\/\" \/>\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=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Zero tax increase in 2012 unlikely [The Sun] \u2022 The budget versus the badge [Globe &amp; 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