{"id":25433,"date":"2012-01-26T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=25433"},"modified":"2012-01-26T03:04:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T08:04:43","slug":"thursdays-headlines-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/26\/thursdays-headlines-228\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford&#8217;s trojan horse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184945\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Housing minister not yet sold on sale of city-owned houses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1121393--housing-minister-not-yet-sold-on-sale-of-city-owned-houses\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s scattered sell-off stalls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=184948\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto committee votes to uphold backyard chicken ban <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1121314--toronto-committee-votes-to-uphold-backyard-chicken-ban\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Councillors reject backyard hen reform <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/councillors-reject-backyard-hen-reform\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City ponders clothing drop box ban <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/25\/city-ponders-clothing-drop-box-ban\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 New plan for Eglinton LRT appears to be a go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1121464--new-plan-for-eglinton-lrt-appears-to-be-a-go\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Spineless Metrolinx is failing transit users <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1121401--royson-spineless-metrolinx-is-failing-transit-users\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Premier open to &#8216;formal proposal&#8217; on changing Eglinton LRT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/premier-open-to-formal-proposal-on-changing-eglinton-lrt\/article2314610\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 &#8216;I&#8217;m building subways&#8217;: Rob Ford <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/01\/25\/im-building-subways-rob-ford\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit plan battle brewing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/25\/transit-plan-battle-brewing\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Queen&#8217;s Park wants a TTC decision <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/25\/queens-park-wants-a-transit-decision\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Striking Viva bus drivers set to vote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/01\/25\/striking-veolia-drivers-set-to-vote\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Seizing the transit initiative <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/seizing-the-transit-initiative\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Colour coding your commute <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/01\/colour-coding-your-commute\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Power shift <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/power-shift\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The TTC responds to our diagonal bus-route idea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/opinion\/the-ttc-responds-to-our-diagonal-bus-route-idea\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Demolition of historic Toronto house has locals fuming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1121551--demolition-of-historic-toronto-house-has-locals-fuming\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ideas to make Toronto better? 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