{"id":24742,"date":"2012-01-06T08:35:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T13:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=24742"},"modified":"2012-01-06T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T15:37:26","slug":"fridays-headlines-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/06\/fridays-headlines-229\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 New user fees will take a bite out of Toronto wallets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1111302--new-user-fees-will-take-a-bite-out-of-toronto-wallets\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto&#8217;s year-end surplus surges to $154 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1111037--toronto-s-year-end-surplus-surges-to-154-million\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Battle looms over city budget surplus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/05\/city-budget-surplus-to-reach-154m\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Property-tax windfall may stave off cuts [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/property-tax-windfall-may-stave-off-cuts\/article2292433\/\">Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford applauds saved nutrition programs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/05\/ford-applauds-saved-nutrition-programs\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hello, 911? Help! Rob Ford is still our mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184597\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Adam Giambrone on putting a stop to Rob Ford&#8217;s policy fiascos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184603\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Jarvis &#8220;gravy lane&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=184620\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LABOUR DISPUTE<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 City negotiators get their directions for talks with workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1111213--city-negotiators-get-their-directions-for-talks-with-workers\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor&#8217;s bargaining position challenges security of unionized workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mayors-bargaining-position-challenges-security-of-unionized-workers\/article2293262\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Labour mandate may be too &#8216;extreme&#8217;: councillor <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/05\/extreme-or-responsible-city-issues-instructions-to-negotiators-in-public-sector-contract-talks\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit offer going to a vote in York region <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1111270--transit-offer-going-to-a-vote-in-york-region\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit city code red <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184596\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fighting for the TTC: meet CodeRedTO [<a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/fighting-for-the-ttc-meet-coderedto\/\">Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Who designs the TTC&#8217;s fantastical metropass? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/who-designs-the-ttc%e2%80%99s-fantastical-metropass\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Tougher Toronto traffic policies useless without enforcement <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/06\/chris-selley-tougher-traffic-policies-useless-without-enforcement\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Urban Scrawl: confessions of a sidewalk cyclist <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/06\/urban-scrawl-confessions-of-a-sidewalk-cyclist\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Vaughan mayor&#8217;s dream inspires unofficial slogan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1111326--vaughan-mayor-s-dream-inspires-unofficial-slogan\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 How the 905 stole our urbanist mojo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/how-the-905-stole-our-urbanist-mojo\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 A bolder and more balanced Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1111377--a-bolder-and-more-balanced-toronto\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Energy board denies Toronto Hydro rate hike for system upgrade <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/energy-board-denies-toronto-hydro-rate-hike-for-system-upgrade\/article2293146\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What the Ed Mirvish theatre&#8217;s new sign will look like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/what-the-ed-mirvish-theatres-new-sign-will-look-like\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 New user fees will take a bite out of Toronto wallets [The Star] \u2022 Toronto&#8217;s year-end surplus surges to $154 million [The Star] \u2022 Battle looms over city budget surplus [The Sun] \u2022 Property-tax windfall may stave off cuts [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Ford applauds saved nutrition programs [The Sun] \u2022 Hello,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/06\/fridays-headlines-229\/\">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":[629,408,1174,426,641,22085,227,19141,405,19,22090,391,529,496],"class_list":["post-24742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-adam-giambrone","tag-councillor","tag-ford","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-rob-ford","tag-sidewalk-cyclist","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-transit","tag-usd","tag-vaughan","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\/2012\/01\/06\/fridays-headlines-229\/\" \/>\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 New user fees will take a bite out of Toronto wallets [The Star] \u2022 Toronto&#8217;s year-end surplus surges to $154 million [The Star] \u2022 Battle looms over city budget surplus [The Sun] \u2022 Property-tax windfall may stave off cuts [Globe &amp; 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