{"id":27431,"date":"2012-03-19T07:45:30","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=27431"},"modified":"2012-03-19T03:22:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T07:22:03","slug":"mondays-headlines-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/19\/mondays-headlines-228\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Ford&#8217;s approval rating still high: poll <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/16\/fords-approval-rating-still-high-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Yes to subways, no to casinos: poll\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/16\/yes-to-subways-no-to-casinos-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Talks fail as Toronto library workers go on strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1148230--talks-fail-as-toronto-library-workers-go-on-strike\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Walkout to shut down Toronto public libraries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/walkout-to-shut-down-toronto-public-libraries\/article2373014\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Library workers on strike as talks stall <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/18\/library-workers-on-strike-as-talks-stall\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Library union calls strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185776\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Cityof Toronto inside workers will hold strike vote on Tuesday <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/18\/city-inside-workers-will-hold-strike-vote-on-tuesday\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Councillor says robocalls targeting him for supporting LRT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1147915--toronto-transit-councillor-says-robocalls-targeting-him-for-supporting-lrt\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Robocalls target Matlow&#8217;s LRT support <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/16\/robocalls-target-matlows-lrt-support\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s last Sheppard subway lifeline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1147895--ford-s-last-sheppard-subway-lifeline\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Panelist defends report&#8217;s pro-LRT conclusions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/panelist-defends-reports-pro-lrt-conclusions\/article2372399\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Experts agree, it&#8217;s Sheppard LRT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185758\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Light rail transit &#8216;better bang for the buck&#8217;: advisory panel <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/17\/light-rail-transit-better-bang-for-the-buck-advisory-panel\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford open to subway referendum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/16\/ford-open-to-subway-referendum\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford vows to scuttle LRTs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/18\/ford-vows-to-scuttle-lrts\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 How the Left has been letting Rob Ford win on transit <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/03\/how-the-left-has-been-letting-rob-ford-win-on-transit\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto condos: how close is too close to the Gardiner? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1148246--toronto-condos-how-close-is-too-close-to-the-gardiner\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 St. Patrick&#8217;s Day revelry ends in spate of violence across GTA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1148191--st-patrick-s-day-revelry-ends-in-spate-of-violence-across-gta\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 High Park residents vow to rebuild after &#8216;thugs&#8217; torch beloved playground <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1147957--arson-suspected-in-high-park-playground-fire\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 High Park community rallies to rebuild beloved playground <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/high-park-community-rallies-to-rebuild-beloved-playground\/article2373275\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Casino in GTA could have dire effect on Rama First Nation, chief warns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/politics\/article\/1148261--casino-in-gta-could-have-dire-effect-on-rama-first-nation-chief-warns\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Artists to give telephone booths across Toronto a facelift <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/arts\/artists-to-give-telephone-booths-across-toronto-a-facelift\/article2372021\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Bidding wars infect Toronto real estate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/globe-to\/bidding-wars-infect-toronto-real-estate\/article2372192\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto&#8217;s home for freelancers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/coworking-it-out\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Ford&#8217;s approval rating still high: poll [The Sun] \u2022 Yes to subways, no to casinos: poll\u00a0[The Sun] \u2022 Talks fail as Toronto library workers go on strike [The Star] \u2022 Walkout to shut down Toronto public libraries [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Library workers on strike as talks stall [National Post] \u2022 Library<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/19\/mondays-headlines-228\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Monday&#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":[19516,408,1174,641,22085,672,14588,19517,405,19,22090],"class_list":["post-27431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cityof-toronto","tag-councillor","tag-ford","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-real-estate","tag-st-patricks-day","tag-telephone-booths","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-transit"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Monday&#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\/19\/mondays-headlines-228\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Ford&#8217;s approval rating still high: poll [The Sun] \u2022 Yes to subways, no to casinos: poll\u00a0[The Sun] \u2022 Talks fail as Toronto library workers go on strike [The Star] \u2022 Walkout to shut down Toronto public libraries [Globe &amp; 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