{"id":25882,"date":"2012-02-08T07:08:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=25882"},"modified":"2012-02-08T05:12:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T10:12:52","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/02\/08\/wednesdays-headlines-234\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Council lets Mayor Ford off hook for integrity violation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1127823--council-lets-mayor-rob-ford-off-hook-for-integrity-violation\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: killing OMB a risk, but one city must take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1127697--hume-killing-omb-a-risk-but-one-city-must-take\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto moves toward extracting city from OMB <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/07\/toronto-moves-toward-extracting-city-from-omb\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford vs. Thomas Menino? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1127725--fiorito-rob-ford-vs-thomas-menino\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Councillors delay pay hike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/07\/councillors-delay-pay-hike\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City ponders expansion of multi-use trail network\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/city-ponders-expansion-of-multi-use-trail-network\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Rush hour parking hogs to face $150 fine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1127818--toronto-council-decides-to-raise-rush-hour-parking-tickets-to-150\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto councillor says province should ignore council if it rejects mayor&#8217;s subway plan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1127526--ignore-council-transit-vote-and-just-start-digging-toronto-councillor-norm-kelly-says\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit planners don&#8217;t like each other much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1127832--transit-planners-don-t-like-each-other-much\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Liberals need not cheer Ford&#8217;s transit woes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/adam-radwanski\/liberals-need-not-cheer-fords-transit-woes\/article2330452\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vote over subway called &#8216;a straight-up fight&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/vote-over-subway-called-a-straight-up-fight\/article2330503\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Much maligned St. Clair line not so bad after all <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/much-maligned-st-clair-line-not-so-bad-after-all\/article2330468\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Video: Marcus Gee explains the fight over urban transit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/video\/video-marcus-gee-explains-the-fight-over-public-transit\/article2330139\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Comparing Toronto&#8217;s transit plans <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/07\/comparing-torontos-transit-plans\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto council gridlocked on subways <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/07\/toronto-council-gridlocked-on-subways\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Transit feuding not the better way for Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/08\/toronto-transit\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Stintz takes an unprincipled stand <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/07\/stintz-takes-an-unprincipled-stand\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Council poised to kill Ford&#8217;s transit plan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/07\/council-poised-to-kill-fords-transit-plan\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses class action lawsuit regarding St. Clair transit construction <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/02\/ontario-court-of-appeal-dismisses-class-action-lawsuit-regarding-st-clair-transit-construction\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Council lets Mayor Ford off hook for integrity violation [The Star] \u2022 Hume: killing OMB a risk, but one city must take [The Star] \u2022 Toronto moves toward extracting city from OMB [National Post] \u2022 Rob Ford vs. Thomas Menino? 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