{"id":27806,"date":"2012-03-29T06:46:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T10:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=27806"},"modified":"2012-03-28T23:51:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T03:51:10","slug":"thursdays-headlines-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/29\/thursdays-headlines-242\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s fight against city-ordered campaign finance audit to begin in April <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1153139--mayor-rob-ford-s-fight-against-city-ordered-campaign-finance-audit-to-begin-in-april\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Former integrity commissioner gave blessing to condo purchases by TCHC executives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1152908--tchc-board-requests-independent-review-of-condo-purchases\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Nothing shady about Pam McConnell&#8217;s Regent Park condo purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/nothing-shady-about-pam-mcconnells-regent-park-condo-purchase\/article2385005\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Regent Park property purchase intended to demonstrate confidence in revitalization, developer says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/regent-park-property-purchases-intended-to-demonstrate-confidence-in-revitalization-developer-says\/article2384948\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Daniels Corp. has their say on Regent Park <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/03\/28\/daniels-corp-has-their-say-on-regent-park\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Election finance audit shows &#8216;apparent contraventions&#8217; by Vaughan councillor Michael Di Biase <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/28\/election-finance-audit-shows-apparent-contraventions-by-vaughan-councillor-michael-di-biase\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LABOUR<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Toronto library strike: union and board reach tentative deal to end strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1153454--toronto-library-strike-union-and-board-reach-tentative-deal-to-end-strike\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto library workers reach tentative deal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/toronto-library-workers-reach-tentative-deal\/article2385078\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Striking Toronto library workers reach tentative deal with city <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/28\/striking-toronto-library-workers-reach-tentative-deal-with-city\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Union president lashes out as CUPE 79 votes on city&#8217;s final offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/union-president-lashes-out-as-cupe-79-votes-on-citys-final-offer\/article2384777\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Voting city workers&#8217; mood: it&#8217;s a bad deal, but maybe better than a strike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1153166--some-toronto-inside-workers-could-settle-with-mayor-rob-ford-administration-some-could-strike\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Union &#8220;disheartened&#8221; as members vote on new contract <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/daily\/news\/story.cfm?content=185966\">[NOW]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 City inside workers won&#8217;t strike Thursday whether they accept contract or not: union head <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/03\/28\/city-inside-workers-vote-on-new-contract-could-strike-if-city-imposes-it-against-their-wishes\/\">[National Post]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSIT &amp; CYCLING<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Mississauga hopes being the easy kid translates to transit cash <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1153288--mississauga-hopes-being-the-easy-kid-translates-to-transit-cash\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 TTC answers rider questions and concerns at thestar.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1153056--ttc-answers-rider-questions-and-concerns-at-thestar-com\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto cycling and bike-lane stats <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/wheel-numbers\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 &#8216;Walkable&#8217; city linked to health benefits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1153307--walkable-city-linked-to-health-benefits\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mississauga officials try to allay fears about park&#8217;s toxic ash <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/mississauga\/article\/1153398--mississauga-officials-try-to-allay-fears-about-park-s-toxic-ash\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto Port Authority picks Oxford Properties to develop downtown land <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1153332--toronto-port-authority-picks-oxford-properties-to-develop-downtown-land\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Collaboration and competition help business clusters foster innovation and growth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/collaboration-and-competition-help-business-clusters-foster-innovation-and-growth\/article2385039\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 #conversationfail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/politics\/conversationfail\/\">[The Grid]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s fight against city-ordered campaign finance audit to begin in April [The Star] \u2022 Former integrity commissioner gave blessing to condo purchases by TCHC executives [The Star] \u2022 Nothing shady about Pam McConnell&#8217;s Regent Park condo purchase [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Regent Park property purchase intended to demonstrate confidence in<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/03\/29\/thursdays-headlines-242\/\">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":[19596,888,15813,19595,426,1868,79,641,3993,1269,475,227,17639,405,19,1275,14300,2703],"class_list":["post-27806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-city-ordered-campaign-finance-audit","tag-commissioner","tag-daniels-corp","tag-finance-audit-shows","tag-mayor","tag-michael-di-biase","tag-mississauga","tag-national-post","tag-pam-mcconnell","tag-port-authority","tag-president","tag-rob-ford","tag-the-grid-other-news","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-port-authority","tag-union-head","tag-vaughan-councillor"],"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\/29\/thursdays-headlines-242\/\" \/>\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 fight against city-ordered campaign finance audit to begin in April [The Star] \u2022 Former integrity commissioner gave blessing to condo purchases by TCHC executives [The Star] \u2022 Nothing shady about Pam McConnell&#8217;s Regent Park condo purchase [Globe &amp; 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