{"id":27379,"date":"2012-03-15T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=27379"},"modified":"2012-03-15T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:00:03","slug":"thursdays-headlines-240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/15\/thursdays-headlines-240\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s conflicts of interest date back to 2005 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1146465--ford-s-conflicts-of-interest-date-back-to-2005\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fight Rob Ford on the facts, not the technicalities <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/fight-rob-ford-on-the-facts-not-the-technicalities\/article2369726\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 CUPE poll shows Toronto loves its librarians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1146363--cupe-poll-shows-toronto-loves-its-librarians\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto librarians say system moving toward &#8216;big box store&#8217; model <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/14\/toronto-librarians-say-system-moving-toward-big-box-store-model\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Library strike looms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185696\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City wants to scrap protection for workers under 17 years seniority <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/15\/city-wants-to-scrap-protection-for-workers-under-17-years-seniority\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Anti-union propaganda from a union guy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/anti-union-propaganda-from-a-union-guy\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Public-housing agency trying to recoup $60,000 from former CFO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/public-housing-agency-trying-to-recoup-60000-from-former-cfo\/article2369753\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 TTC&#8217;s Byford brings fresh thinking to foul washrooms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1146007--ttc-s-byford-brings-fresh-thinking-to-foul-washrooms\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Taking the piss out of the TTC <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/taking-the-piss-out-of-ttc\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 New service brings app-summoned cars to Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/15\/new-service-brings-app-summoned-cars-to-toronto\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Pro-subway portion may be cut from Sheppard report: Chong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/14\/pro-subway-portion-may-be-cut-from-lrt-report-chong\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Close vote expected on Sheppard transit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/14\/close-vote-expected-on-sheppard-transit\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 In Scarberia, it&#8217;s LRT all the way <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=185740\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Etobicoke residents supportive of resurrected Finch LRT <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/03\/etobicoke-residents-supportive-of-resurrected-finch-lrt\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Oshawa mayor gives 10 reasons why Oshawa is not the middle of nowhere. Take notice, Jann Arden <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1146379--oshawa-mayor-gives-10-reasons-why-oshawa-is-not-the-middle-of-nowhere-take-notice-jann-arden\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto recycling: what does it take to get citizens to recycle properly? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1146393--toronto-recycling-what-does-it-take-to-get-citizens-to-recycle-properly\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto museum wouldn&#8217;t remount James ossuary display, vice-president says [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/toronto-museum-wouldnt-remount-james-ossuary-display-vice-president-says\/article2369672\/\">Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Shining arbor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/shining-arbor\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ghost City: 382 College St. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/ghost-city-382-college-st\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Life in the coffin factory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/life-in-the-coffin-factory\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Off the wall: Waxhead &#8211; creating graffiti with crayons for adults <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/03\/off-the-wall-waxhead\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s conflicts of interest date back to 2005 [The Star] \u2022 Fight Rob Ford on the facts, not the technicalities [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 CUPE poll shows Toronto loves its librarians [The Star] \u2022 Toronto librarians say system moving toward &#8216;big box store&#8217; model [National Post] \u2022 Library strike looms<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/15\/thursdays-headlines-240\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Thursday&#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":[3462,1090,19500,426,641,16748,227,405,19,5213,391,4948],"class_list":["post-27379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cfo","tag-college-st","tag-jann-arden","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-oshawa","tag-rob-ford","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-museum","tag-usd","tag-vice-president"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thursday&#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\/03\/15\/thursdays-headlines-240\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thursday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s conflicts of interest date back to 2005 [The Star] \u2022 Fight Rob Ford on the facts, not the technicalities [Globe &amp; 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