{"id":25423,"date":"2012-01-25T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=25423"},"modified":"2012-01-25T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T14:41:09","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-232","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/25\/wednesdays-headlines-232\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Rob Ford compares rival councillors to Soviet Union&#8217;s Joseph Stalin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1120634--mayor-rob-ford-compares-rival-councillors-to-soviet-union-s-joseph-stalin\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford says five councillors are &#8216;left of Joe Stalin&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/rob-ford-says-five-councillors-are-left-of-joe-stalin\/article2313350\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ground shifts at Toronto&#8217;s city council as the Ford agenda stalls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/ground-shifts-at-torontos-city-council-as-the-ford-agenda-stalls\/article2314067\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s executive avoids bold moves on TCHC, Hydro, EMS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1120866--ford-s-executive-avoids-bold-moves-on-tchc-hydro-ems\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Paramedics are an essential service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/24\/paramedics-are-an-essential-service\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Del Grande wants housing money shifted to &#8216;burbs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/24\/del-grande-wants-housing-money-shifted-to-burbs\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Task force recommends no major changes to arts funding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1120846--task-force-recommends-no-major-changes-to-arts-funding\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford hits the track, tries to\u00a0ditch the snacks <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/24\/mayor-ford-hits-the-track-tries-to-ditch-the-snacks\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 A new Toronto transit proposal delivers more bang for the $8.2 billion buck <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/1120946--a-new-toronto-transit-proposal-delivers-more-bang-for-the-8-2-billion-buck\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Compromise would bring leg of Eglinton LRT back to street level <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/compromise-would-bring-leg-of-eglinton-lrt-back-to-street-level\/article2313981\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Street-level transit plan gains traction <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/25\/street-level-transit-plan-gains-traction\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 This is no time to get cute on transit <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/24\/chris-selley-this-is-no-time-to-get-cute-on-transit\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Tentative deal reached in York transit strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1120929--tentative-deal-reached-in-york-transit-strike\">[The Star]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Street art shakes up the AGO <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/street-art-shakes-up-the-ago\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The artists&#8217; soup kitchen feeds the body and soul <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/the-artists-soup-kitchen-feeds-the-body-and-soul\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Mayor Rob Ford compares rival councillors to Soviet Union&#8217;s Joseph Stalin [The Star] \u2022 Rob Ford says five councillors are &#8216;left of Joe Stalin&#8217; [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Ground shifts at Toronto&#8217;s city council as the Ford agenda stalls [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Ford&#8217;s executive avoids bold moves on TCHC, Hydro, EMS<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/25\/wednesdays-headlines-232\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Wednesday&#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":[4171,1174,19239,426,641,19240,227,2656,17425,405,16074,19,22090,391,496],"class_list":["post-25423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-executive","tag-ford","tag-joseph-stalin","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-paramedics","tag-rob-ford","tag-soviet-union","tag-task-force","tag-the-star","tag-the-star-other-news","tag-toronto","tag-transit","tag-usd","tag-york"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wednesday&#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\/25\/wednesdays-headlines-232\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wednesday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Mayor Rob Ford compares rival councillors to Soviet Union&#8217;s Joseph Stalin [The Star] \u2022 Rob Ford says five councillors are &#8216;left of Joe Stalin&#8217; 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