{"id":26214,"date":"2012-02-15T07:47:46","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T12:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=26214"},"modified":"2012-02-15T09:27:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T14:27:29","slug":"wednesdays-headlines-235","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/02\/15\/wednesdays-headlines-235\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Doug Ford, fellow conservative clash over Build Toronto CEO&#8217;s $453,000 salary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1131402--doug-ford-fellow-conservative-clash-over-build-toronto-ceo-s-453-000-salary\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto councillors split over casino question <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-councillors-split-over-casino-question\/article2338742\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford allies back casino <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185219\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Vaughan wants casinos banned from Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/vaughan-wants-casinos-banned-from-toronto\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Etobicoke councillors&#8217; letter seeks free vote on transit plan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/etobicoke-councillors-letter-seeks-free-vote-on-transit-plan\/article2338179\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Stintz could win mayor&#8217;s race <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/stintz-could-win-mayors-race-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s approval rating on the rise: poll\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/fords-approval-rating-on-the-rise-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Time to shift gears for Rob Ford <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185197\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Scarborough cabinet ministers not supporting subways <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/scarborough-cabinet-ministers-not-supporting-subways\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City&#8217;s executive committee holds onto bag tax <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/citys-executive-committee-holds-onto-bag-tax\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The end of the Ford era? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/the-end-of-the-ford-era\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LABOUR NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Union&#8217;s seniority concession in CUPE 416 deal is unique in Canada <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1131461--union-s-seniority-concession-in-cupe-416-deal-is-unique-in-canada\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The big wins for CUPE 416 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185203\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Paramedics mulling &#8216;mutiny&#8217; against CUPE over labour deal with the City <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/14\/paramedics-mulling-mutiny-against-cupe-over-labour-deal-with-the-city\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Deal with city &#8216;terrible&#8217; for paramedics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/deal-with-city-terrible-for-paramedics\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto LRT transit plan stalling on Queens Quay East <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1131538--toronto-lrt-transit-plan-stalling-on-queens-quay-east\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC cuts hurt everyone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1131267--fiorito-ttc-cuts-hurt-everyone\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 James: the TTC subway report Mayor Rob Ford doesn&#8217;t want you to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1131431--james-the-subway-report-mayor-rob-ford-doesn-t-want-you-to-read\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Could the TTC now reject the Presto smart card? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1131165--could-the-ttc-now-reject-the-presto-smart-card\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC executive apologizes for subway delays <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/ttc\/article\/1131311--ttc-executive-apologizes-for-subway-delays\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC board may get citizen members <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/15\/ttc-board-may-get-citizen-members\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto wants subways: poll <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/02\/14\/toronto-wants-subways-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 How Rob Ford lost the transit fight <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/how-rob-ford-lost-the-biggest-fight-of-his-mayoralty\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Portrait of Mayor Rob Ford selling for $5,555.55\u00a0 (U.S.) on eBay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1131393--portrait-of-mayor-rob-ford-selling-for-5-555-55-u-s-on-ebay\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Stepping up to a new arts activism <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/arts\/theatre\/stepping-up-to-a-new-arts-activism\/article2338455\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 English town has proud tradition of cutting the waist, with annual weigh-ins for mayors, city officials <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/02\/14\/english-town-has-proud-tradition-of-cutting-the-waist-with-annual-weigh-ins-for-mayors-city-officials\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Doug Ford, fellow conservative clash over Build Toronto CEO&#8217;s $453,000 salary [The Star] \u2022 Toronto councillors split over casino question [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Ford allies back casino [NOW] \u2022 Vaughan wants casinos banned from Toronto [The Sun] \u2022 Etobicoke councillors&#8217; letter seeks free vote on transit plan [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/02\/15\/wednesdays-headlines-235\/\">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":[457,984,14697,4829,4171,1174,426,641,22085,227,89,3860,17639,19341,405,19,22090,19342,506,391],"class_list":["post-26214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-canada","tag-ceo","tag-doug-ford","tag-ebay","tag-executive","tag-ford","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-rob-ford","tag-scarborough","tag-smart-card","tag-the-grid-other-news","tag-the-grid-labour-news","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-transit","tag-ttc-subway-report-mayor","tag-united-states","tag-usd"],"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\/02\/15\/wednesdays-headlines-235\/\" \/>\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 Doug Ford, fellow conservative clash over Build Toronto CEO&#8217;s $453,000 salary [The Star] \u2022 Toronto councillors split over casino question [Globe &amp; 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