{"id":28068,"date":"2012-04-06T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=28068"},"modified":"2012-04-06T03:24:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T07:24:54","slug":"fridays-headlines-241","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/06\/fridays-headlines-241\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Leagues win on home turf: council to waive controversial new sports fees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1157687--leagues-win-on-home-turf-council-to-waive-controversial-new-sports-fees\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Sports leagues won&#8217;t have to pay new fees this year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/sports-leagues-wont-have-to-pay-new-fees-this-year\/article2393900\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor wants to scrap new sports fees <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/05\/mayor-wants-to-scrap-new-sports-fees\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mysterious poll asks what Toronto thinks about a casino, Mayor Rob Ford, some councillors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1157229--mysterious-poll-asks-torontonians-what-they-think-of-a-casino-mayor-rob-ford-and-certain-councillors\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Robocall poll on casinos a preview of our next wedge issue? <a href=\"http:\/\/torontoist.com\/2012\/04\/robocall-poll-on-casinos-a-preview-of-our-next-wedge-issue\/\">[Torontoist]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Taking a gamble: what some of us think about a casino <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1157545--taking-a-gamble-what-some-of-us-think-about-a-casino\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Casino has suitors if spurned by Toronto <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/casino-has-suitors-if-spurned-by-toronto\/article2393725\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ford drops appeal of audit order <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1157482--ford-drops-appeal-of-audit-order\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor agrees to election audit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/05\/mayor-agrees-to-election-audit\">[The Sun]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford drops appeal, agrees to audit of campaign expenses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mayor-ford-drops-appeal-agrees-to-audit-of-campaign-expenses\/article2393461\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford gives up legal battle to fend off campaign finance audit <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/05\/rob-ford-gives-up-legal-battel-to-fend-off-campaign-finance-audit\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Ratings down, but still strong, for Mayor Rob Ford&#8217;s radio show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1157184--ratings-down-but-still-strong-for-mayor-rob-ford-s-radio-show\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Rob Ford&#8217;s lengthy to-do list <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/05\/rob-fords-lengthy-to-do-list\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Insurers slam Toronto&#8217;s proposed 38% hike in towing rate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/article\/1157190--toronto-council-to-consider-hiking-towing-rates-38-per-cent\">[The Star]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 The trouble at TIFF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/arts\/tiff\/the-trouble-at-tiff\/article2393498\/\">[Globe &amp; Mail]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 What will become of the animals at High Park zoo if it closes? <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/05\/question-of-the-week-what-will-become-of-the-animals-at-high-park-zoo-if-it-closes\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 WTF: Have dirt? Make a Leslie Street Spit West <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/05\/wtf-have-dirt-make-a-leslie-street-spit-west\/\">[National Post]<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 End of road for Jarvis cyclists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/05\/end-of-road-for-jarvis-cyclists\">[The Sun]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Leagues win on home turf: council to waive controversial new sports fees [The Star] \u2022 Sports leagues won&#8217;t have to pay new fees this year [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Mayor wants to scrap new sports fees [The Sun] \u2022 Mysterious poll asks what Toronto thinks about a casino, Mayor Rob Ford, some<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/06\/fridays-headlines-241\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Friday&#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":[19623,19622,19102,426,641,22085,227,405,15979,19],"class_list":["post-28068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-campaign-finance-audit","tag-controversial-new-sports-fees","tag-high-park-zoo","tag-mayor","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-rob-ford","tag-the-star","tag-the-sun-other-news","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Friday&#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\/04\/06\/fridays-headlines-241\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday&#039;s headlines - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CITY HALL \u2022 Leagues win on home turf: council to waive controversial new sports fees [The Star] \u2022 Sports leagues won&#8217;t have to pay new fees this year [Globe &amp; 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