{"id":27519,"date":"2012-03-22T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=27519"},"modified":"2012-03-22T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T13:49:27","slug":"thursdays-headlines-241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/22\/thursdays-headlines-241\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Fiorito: Library strike conundrum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1149252--fiorito-library-strike-conundrum\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto&#8217;s inside workers could walk off the job Saturday after voting &#8216;overwhelmingly&#8217; for strike mandate <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/21\/torontos-inside-workers-could-walk-off-the-job-saturday-after-voting-overwhelmingly-for-strike-mandate\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City&#8217;s inside workers give union strike mandate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/21\/citys-inside-workers-give-union-strike-mandate\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford shuts down transit debate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1149603--transit-debate-goes-to-council\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Subway debate: misinformation flies as councillors fail to resolve Sheppard transit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1150186--subway-debate-misinformation-flies-as-councillors-fail-to-resolve-sheppard-transit\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford&#8217;s subway plan kept on life support for one more day <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/fords-subway-plan-kept-on-life-support-for-one-more-day\/article2376532\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford and allies able to delay vote on subways vs. LRTs until Thursday morning <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/21\/rob-ford-and-allies-able-to-delay-vote-on-subways-vs-lrts-until-thursday-morning\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Chris Selley on the Toronto City Hall transit debate: Please. Just. Build. Something <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/21\/chris-selley-on-the-toronto-city-hall-transit-debate-please-just-build-something\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City budget chief Mike Del Grande proposes commercial parking fee to pay for TTC expansion <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/21\/city-budget-chief-proposes-commercial-parking-fee-to-pay-for-ttc-expansion\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Sheppard subway debate to be continued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/21\/sheppard-subway-debate-to-be-continued\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Political risk to councillors&#8217; subway vote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/20\/political-risk-to-councillors-subway-vote-poll\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 LRT lifeline to Scarborough <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=185850\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fordists filibuster transit vote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185861\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Could Rob Ford really hold a subway referendum? <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/03\/could-rob-ford-really-hold-a-subway-referendum\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Liveblog: The Sheppard debate, Day Two <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/03\/liveblog-the-sheppard-debate-day-two\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Banning spray paint? Mississauga ponders bylaw to keep teens from buying &#8216;graffiti implements&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1149930--banning-spray-paint-mississauga-ponders-bylaw-to-keep-teens-from-buying-graffiti-implements\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The Fixer: Toronto parks are thick with people but thin on staff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/fixer\/article\/1149839--the-fixer-toronto-parks-are-thick-with-people-but-thin-on-staff\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Hume: Pining for Bell Canada&#8217;s new cellphone towers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1149945--hume-pining-for-bell-canada-s-new-cellphone-towers\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Fordmania!: A selection of Rob Ford portraits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/globe-to\/fordmania-a-selection-of-rob-ford-portraits\/article2370557\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 High Park goes up in smoke, again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/high-park-goes-up-in-smoke-again\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Yak attack: the quest to save the High Park Zoo <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/yak-attack-the-quest-to-save-the-high-park-zoo\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Fiorito: Library strike conundrum [The Star] \u2022 Toronto&#8217;s inside workers could walk off the job Saturday after voting &#8216;overwhelmingly&#8217; 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