{"id":24240,"date":"2011-12-02T10:11:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=24240"},"modified":"2011-12-02T10:11:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:11:33","slug":"fridays-headlines-226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/12\/02\/fridays-headlines-226\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BUDGET CUTS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Pools, arenas, zoos on budget hit list revealed at last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1095612--pools-arenas-zoos-on-budget-hit-list-revealed-at-last\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City urged to reconsider cuts to school pools <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1095548--city-urged-to-reconsider-cuts-to-school-pools\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford defends layoff plans as overdue effects of amalgamation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ford-defends-layoff-plans-as-overdue-effects-of-amalgamation\/article2257637\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fiorito: sell-off has tenants on tenterhooks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1095649--fiorito-sell-off-has-tenants-on-tenterhooks\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: private lives and public policy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1095710--hume-private-lives-and-public-policy\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Firefighters are not gravy! <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2011\/12\/fire-fighters-are-not-gravy\/\" target=\"_self\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>GUN BYLAWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Council keeps gun controls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1095391--council-keeps-gun-controls\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto city council debates motion that would undo gun range ban <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-city-council-debates-motion-that-would-undo-gun-range-ban\/article2256699\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 OMB to decide future of Toronto gun bylaw <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/12\/01\/toronto-city-council-considering-compromise-to-2008-gun-bylaw-that-could-allow-new-shooting-ranges\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNION CONFLICT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Councillors lose bid to transfer approval power to council for city worker lockout <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/12\/01\/councillors-lose-bid-to-transfer-approval-power-to-council-for-city-worker-lockout\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford and unions still at loggerheads <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/12\/01\/ford-and-unions-still-at-loggerheads\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Union head says surplus could save city jobs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/12\/01\/union-head-says-surplus-could-save-city-jobs\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TTC &amp; TRAFFIC<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 TTC launching annual Christmas toy drive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/12\/01\/ttc-launching-annual-christmas-toy-drive\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC management too friendly with union <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/12\/01\/ttc-management-too-friendly-with-union\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Five things to know about motorcycle parking in Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2011\/12\/01\/five-things-to-know-about-motorcycle-parking-in-toronto\/\" target=\"_self\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Doug Ford to Star: drop dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1095839--doug-ford-to-star-drop-dead\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford fact check: when facts cease to matter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/ford-fact-check-when-facts-cease-to-matter\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Accusations of poor budgeting rile Brampton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1095763--accusations-of-poor-budgeting-rile-brampton\" target=\"_self\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mississauga tax freeze finally thaws <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mississaugas-tax-freeze-finally-thaws\/article2257598\/\" target=\"_self\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 St. James park grass tag could hit $60Gs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2011\/12\/01\/st-james-park-grass-price-tag-could-hit-60gs\" target=\"_self\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Will Liberty Village get its much needed new street <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/will-liberty-village-get-its-much-needed-new-street\/\" target=\"_self\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDGET CUTS \u2022 Pools, arenas, zoos on budget hit list revealed at last [The Star] \u2022 City urged to reconsider cuts to school pools [The Star] \u2022 Ford defends layoff plans as overdue effects of amalgamation [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Fiorito: sell-off has tenants on tenterhooks [The Star] \u2022 Hume: private lives and public policy<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2011\/12\/02\/fridays-headlines-226\/\">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":[143,1158,14697,1174,593,79,641,405,19,14300],"class_list":["post-24240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-brampton","tag-christmas","tag-doug-ford","tag-ford","tag-location","tag-mississauga","tag-national-post","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-union-head"],"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\/12\/02\/fridays-headlines-226\/\" \/>\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=\"BUDGET CUTS \u2022 Pools, arenas, zoos on budget hit list revealed at last [The Star] \u2022 City urged to reconsider cuts to school pools [The Star] \u2022 Ford defends layoff plans as overdue effects of amalgamation [Globe &amp; 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