{"id":23301,"date":"2011-10-27T07:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=23301"},"modified":"2011-10-27T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T13:38:43","slug":"thursdays-headlines-222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/27\/thursdays-headlines-222\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Business lobby says city must look at new taxes, tolls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1076589--business-lobby-says-city-must-look-at-new-taxes-tolls\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 James: police cuts? An insult to our intelligence <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1076397--james-police-cuts-an-insult-to-our-intelligence\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Police dry cleaning bill to be $700,000 less in new budget <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1076567--police-dry-cleaning-bill-to-be-700-000-less-in-new-budget\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What could go wrong with a low bid garbage contract? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/what-could-go-wrong-with-a-low-bid-garbage-contract-cont\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Trash clash <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=183414\" target=\"_self\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ROB FORD<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Ford swore at 911 dispatcher: report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1076717--ford-swore-at-911-dispatcher-report\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford blasted 911 after CBC ambush <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/27\/mayor-ford-blasted-911-after-cbc-ambush\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob (effing) Ford makes a bad situation worse <a href=\"http:\/\/fullcomment.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/27\/rob-ford-makes-a-bad-situation-worse\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Almost mayoral candidate Steve Murray offers advice to Rob Ford <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/27\/almost-mayoral-candidate-steve-murray-offers-advice-to-rob-ford\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT &amp; TRAFFIC<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Striking transit workers plan rally in Newmarket <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1076584--striking-transit-workers-plan-rally-in-newmarket\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cycling a better way to get around than it looks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/fixer\/article\/1076579--the-fixer-cycling-a-better-way-to-get-around-than-it-looks\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Service gap: most TTC complaints are about service levels, not rude ticket-takers or in-your-face drivers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=183417\" target=\"_self\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit city? <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/10\/transit-city\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TORONTO ZOO<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Political animals vote to move elephants, save sharks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/marcus-gee\/political-animals-vote-to-move-elephants-save-sharks\/article2215329\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City hall \u201cnot qualified to make the decision on elephants\u2019 future:\u201d zoo staff <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/10\/26\/city-hall-not-qualified-to-make-the-decision-on-elephants-futures-zoo-staff\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bob Barker lauds council elephant decision <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/26\/bob-barker-lauds-council-elephant-decision\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OCCUPY TORONTO<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 What Occupy Toronto and Ford voters have in common <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/what-occupy-toronto-and-ford-voters-have-in-common\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bonfire of occupying vanities for city <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/26\/bonfire-of-occupying-vanities-for-city\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Clock is ticking for Occupy Toronto: Holyday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/10\/26\/clock-is-ticking-for-occupy-toronto-holyday \" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Occupation hazard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=183419\" target=\"_self\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Cheers \u2013 then bickering \u2013 greet Brampton integrity report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1076402--cheers-then-bickering-greet-brampton-integrity-report\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Durham used illegal method to make tardy tenants pay up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1076588--durham-used-illegal-method-to-make-tardy-tenants-pay-up\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Parkdale\u2019s great debate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/parkdales-great-debate\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Business lobby says city must look at new taxes, tolls [The Star] \u2022 James: police cuts? An insult to our intelligence [The Star] \u2022 Police dry cleaning bill to be $700,000 less in new budget [The Star] \u2022 What could go wrong with a low bid garbage contract? [The Grid] \u2022 Trash<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/10\/27\/thursdays-headlines-222\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Thursday&#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":[17094,143,307,495,1174,426,2469,641,22085,227,8586,405,19,8015,22090,391],"class_list":["post-23301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-bob-barker","tag-brampton","tag-cbc","tag-durham","tag-ford","tag-mayor","tag-mayoral-candidate","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-rob-ford","tag-steve-murray","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-zoo","tag-transit","tag-usd"],"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\/10\/27\/thursdays-headlines-222\/\" \/>\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 Business lobby says city must look at new taxes, tolls [The Star] \u2022 James: police cuts? 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