{"id":25967,"date":"2012-02-13T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T12:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=25967"},"modified":"2012-02-13T02:15:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T07:15:40","slug":"mondays-headlines-223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/02\/13\/mondays-headlines-223\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 New city fees shock baseball players <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1130206--new-city-fees-shock-baseball-players\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mark Ferguson: Union sought compromise while city looked for conflict <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/12\/mark-ferguson-union-sought-compromise-while-city-looked-for-conflict\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Outside workers vote Monday on contract <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/12\/outside-workers-vote-monday-on-contract\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Doug Ford bound for Queen&#8217;s Park? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/11\/doug-ford-bound-for-queens-park\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s approval drops after transit defeat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1130246--ford-s-approval-drops-after-transit-defeat\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Irrelevant? Not so fast, Mr. Ford <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185183\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Truth and fiction in Toronto politics <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/02\/truth-and-fiction-in-toronto-politics\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TCHC<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Mayor Rob Ford set to compromise on sale of 675 TCHC houses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1130126--mayor-rob-ford-set-to-compromise-on-sale-of-675-tchc-houses\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TCHC tenants victims of repair backlog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/tchc-tenants-victims-of-repair-backlog\/article2335946\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto Mayor reassessing plan to sell off social housing units <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-mayor-reassessing-plan-to-sell-off-social-housing-units\/article2334990\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford open to suggestions on TCHC home sale <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/10\/ford-open-to-suggestions-on-tchc-home-sale\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 U of T transit expert Eric Miller insists a city like Toronto must have a full range of transit options <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1130123--u-of-t-transit-expert-eric-miller-insists-a-city-like-toronto-must-have-a-full-range-of-transit-options\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Service cuts on more than 35 TTC bus and streetcar routes take effect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1130134--service-cuts-on-more-than-35-ttc-bus-and-streetcar-routes-take-effect\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Karen Stintz reveals her master plan: there is none <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1129549--karen-stintz-reveals-her-master-plan-there-is-none\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford is perpetrating a hoax on commuters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mayor-ford-is-perpetrating-a-hoax-on-commuters\/article2335012\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 St. Clair Avenue no disaster, councillor asserts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/st-clair-avenue-no-disaster-councillor-asserts\/article2335008\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Newsmaker: Transit talk <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/10\/newsmaker-transit-talk\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 After the vote: what does the future hold for council and the TTC? <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/02\/after-the-vote-what-does-the-future-hold-for-council-and-the-ttc\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Costs escalate for Vaughan civic centre project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1130294--costs-escalate-for-vaughan-civic-centre-project\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Metcalf Foundation study: working poor numbers way up in Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1129631--metcalfe-foundation-study-working-poor-numbers-way-up-in-toronto\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The poor in Toronto: they&#8217;re working but not getting any richer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/globe-to\/the-poor-in-toronto-theyre-working-but-not-getting-any-richer\/article2334814\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What would make Toronto a more desirable tourist destination? <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/11\/what-would-make-toronto-a-more-desirable-tourist-destination\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Why Toronto could use a little Seoul <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/11\/why-toronto-could-use-a-little-seoul\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Condo battles can be costly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/12\/condo-battles-can-be-costly\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The elegant new Sutton Place hotel <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/02\/the-elegant-new-sutton-place-hotel\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Historicist: Empire state of mind <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/02\/historicist-empire-state-of-mind\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 New city fees shock baseball players [The Star] \u2022 Mark Ferguson: Union sought compromise while city looked for conflict [National Post] \u2022 Outside workers vote Monday on contract [The Sun] \u2022 Doug Ford bound for Queen&#8217;s Park? 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