{"id":24978,"date":"2012-01-13T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=24978"},"modified":"2012-01-13T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T16:30:22","slug":"fridays-headlines-230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/13\/fridays-headlines-230\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Man accused of threatening to kill Mayor Rob Ford appears in court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1114838--man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-mayor-rob-ford-appears-in-court\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford dismisses calls for security detail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1114594--rob-ford-dismisses-calls-for-security-detail\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 February lockout possible as city announces a deadlock in talks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1114625--february-lockout-possible-as-city-announces-a-deadlock-in-talks\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Labour shutdown a step closer for Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/labour-shutdown-a-step-closer-for-toronto\/article2300359\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto union president offers to flat-line wages for thousands of outside workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-union-president-offers-to-flat-line-wages-for-thousands-of-outside-workers\/article2301517\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City just days from possible lockout or strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/12\/city-days-from-lockout-or-strike\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford&#8217;s high stakes union gamble <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184705\">[NOW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUDGET CUTS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto budget: Arts funding won&#8217;t be cut <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1114806--toronto-budget-arts-funding-won-t-be-cut\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford allies reject proposed cuts to arts and library <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1114640--toronto-budget-rob-ford-allies-reject-proposed-cuts-to-arts-and-library\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford executive team blunts budget cuts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ford-executive-team-blunts-budget-cuts\/article2300061\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Executive committee backs off on budget <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/13\/executive-committee-backs-off-on-budget\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Politicians shouldn&#8217;t decide what&#8217;s on library shelves, librarians should <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/13\/chris-selley-politicians-shouldnt-decide-whats-on-library-shelves-librarians-should\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Swimsuit-wearing protesters fail to sink council&#8217;s pool cuts <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/12\/swimsuit-wearing-protesters-fail-to-sink-councils-pool-cuts\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Budget breakaway <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=184725\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Chopping-block talk: fighting HIV and losing grant money <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/chopping-block-talk-fighting-hiv-and-losing-grant-money\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 York region boosts Yonge buses as strike drags on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1114756--york-region-boosts-yonge-buses-as-strike-drags-on\">[The Star]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PAN AM GAMES<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Pam Am Games athletes&#8217; village construction under way <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1114743--pan-am-games-athletes-village-construction-under-way\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: Pan Am Games 2015 Athletes Village a winner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1114733--chris-hume-pan-am-games-2015-athletes-village-a-winner\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 2015 Pan Am Games on track and on budget, Ontario Liberals say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/2015-pan-am-games-on-track-and-on-budget-ontario-liberals-say\/article2300136\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Organizers kick off construction of 2015 Pam Am&#8217;s Atheletes&#8217; Village <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/12\/organizers-kick-off-construction-of-2015-pan-ams-athletes-village\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Viva Toronto&#8217;s Athletes&#8217; Village <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/viva-torontos-athletes-village\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Peel region tax increase less than 1% <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1114750--peel-region-tax-increase-less-than-1\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Oshawa decides to keep picking up its own garbage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1114830--oshawa-decides-to-keep-picking-up-its-own-garbage\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ontario mulls cashing in with a new Toronto casino [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ontario-mulls-cashing-in-with-a-new-toronto-casino\/article2301118\/\">Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Man accused of threatening to kill Mayor Rob Ford appears in court [The Star] \u2022 Rob Ford dismisses calls for security detail [The Star] \u2022 February lockout possible as city announces a deadlock in talks [The Star] \u2022 Labour shutdown a step closer for Toronto [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Toronto union president<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/13\/fridays-headlines-230\/\">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":[5134,426,641,636,13571,9941,22085,475,227,405,19176,496],"class_list":["post-24978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-executive-committee","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-ontario","tag-pam-am","tag-pan-am","tag-politics","tag-president","tag-rob-ford","tag-the-star","tag-viva-toronto","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\/13\/fridays-headlines-230\/\" \/>\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 Man accused of threatening to kill Mayor Rob Ford appears in court [The Star] \u2022 Rob Ford dismisses calls for security detail [The Star] \u2022 February lockout possible as city announces a deadlock in talks [The Star] \u2022 Labour shutdown a step closer for Toronto [Globe &amp; 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