{"id":23091,"date":"2011-10-14T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=23091"},"modified":"2011-10-14T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:05:24","slug":"fridays-headlines-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/14\/fridays-headlines-219\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto library services face cutbacks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069630--toronto-library-services-face-cutbacks \" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Report proposes $17 million in cuts for libraries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/report-proposes-17-million-in-cuts-for-libraries\/article2200793\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City\u2019s head librarian pitches $9.7M in \u2018efficiencies\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/13\/city%E2%80%99s-head-librarian-pitches-9-7m-in-%E2%80%98efficiencies%E2%80%99\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Budget surplus shouldn\u2019t be a bailout <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/13\/budget-surplus-shouldnt-be-a-bailout\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto poised to ban shark fin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069548--toronto-poised-to-ban-shark-fin\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 McGuinty, Ford have yet to commit to Pan Am games in Guadalajara <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mcguinty-ford-have-yet-to-commit-to-pan-am-games-in-guadalajara\/article2200821\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PROTESTS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 G20 memories loom on eve of Occupy Toronto protests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069628--g20-memories-loom-on-eve-of-occupy-toronto-protests\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Occupy Toronto protests gaining momentum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069112--video-occupy-toronto-protests-gaining-momentum\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Occupy Toronto organizers hold planning session <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/13\/occupy-toronto-organizers-hold-planning-session\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bracing for the occupation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=183173\" target=\"_self\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTC<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Want to tell the TTC how to be the better way? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1069254--want-to-tell-the-ttc-how-to-be-the-better-way\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC seeks \u2018critical friends\u2019 to advise new customer service panel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ttc-looks-to-riders-for-ways-to-improve\/article2200161\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC ponders ending free evening parking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1069515--ttc-ponders-ending-free-evening-parking\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC reviews drug screening policies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1069438--ttc-reviews-drug-screening-policies\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Airport train will mean inconvenience to GO riders, says Weston MP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1069495--airport-trains-will-mean-inconvenience-to-go-riders-says-weston-mp\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ottawa clears way for pedestrian tunnel to Toronto island airport <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069490--ottawa-clears-way-for-pedestrian-tunnel-to-toronto-island-airport  \" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Motorists face multiple road closures this weekend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069431--motorists-face-multiple-road-closures-this-weekend\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit City\u2019s minority report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=183135\" target=\"_self\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Labour group calls for criminal investigation into York construction fatality <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069620--labour-group-calls-for-criminal-investigation-into-york-construction-fatality\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Five things we learned at The Walrus\u2019 Toronto project debate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/five-things-we-learned-at-the-warlus-toronto-project-debate\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City targets moving-company ripoffs with licensing plan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069281--city-targets-moving-company-ripoffs-with-licensing-plan\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Death of Danforth neighbourhood legend leads to questions about life stories he loved to share <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1069651--death-of-danforth-neighbourhood-legend-leads-to-questions-about-life-stories-he-loved-to-share\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rabindranath Maharaj wins Toronto book award <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/arts\/books\/rabindranath-maharaj-wins-toronto-book-award\/article2200509\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Toronto library services face cutbacks [The Star] \u2022 Report proposes $17 million in cuts for libraries [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 City\u2019s head librarian pitches $9.7M in \u2018efficiencies\u2019 [National Post] \u2022 Budget surplus shouldn\u2019t be a bailout [The Sun] \u2022 Toronto poised to ban shark fin [The Star] \u2022 McGuinty, Ford have yet<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/14\/fridays-headlines-219\/\">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":[18654,1174,7408,9043,18655,18657,641,346,22085,405,19,247,391,18656,496],"class_list":["post-23091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-drug-screening","tag-ford","tag-g20","tag-guadalajara","tag-head-librarian","tag-library-services","tag-national-post","tag-ottawa","tag-politics","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-island","tag-usd","tag-weston-mp","tag-york"],"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\/10\/14\/fridays-headlines-219\/\" \/>\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=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Toronto library services face cutbacks [The Star] \u2022 Report proposes $17 million in cuts for libraries [Globe &amp; 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