{"id":2837,"date":"2008-02-28T07:40:20","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T12:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2008-02-28T08:11:23","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T13:11:23","slug":"thursdays-headlines-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/02\/28\/thursdays-headlines-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">TRANSIT<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/FederalBudget\/article\/307725\">Peterborough awarded high speed rail<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/307726\">A transit coup &#8216;out of the blue&#8217;<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080228.wttc28\/BNStory\/National\/Ontario\/\">TTC to move ahead with light rail-transit<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/toronto\/archive\/2008\/02\/27\/a-seat-on-the-queen-streetcar-don-t-make-me-laugh.aspx\">A seat on the Queen streetcar? Don&#8217;t make me laugh<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=339328\">In a rush? Get off and walk<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/02\/28\/4881583-sun.html\">TTC tells province: Pony up<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/02\/28\/4881584-sun.html\">Subway boss says derailment problem fixed<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/city\/features\/article\/19149\">Sympathy for the driver<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">CITY HALL<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20080228.TORFLAHERTY28\/TPStory\/TPNational\/Ontario\/\">Budget remarks see Miller branded as &#8216;isolationist&#8217;<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2008\/02\/27\/to-millerbudget.html\">Miller slams federal budget as &#8216;missed opportunity&#8217;<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161936\">More power to him<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/city\/cityhall\/article\/19326\">Cities want a fair deal<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/city\/editorialdigest\/article\/19146\">A strong democracy system<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=339333\">Name streets after war dead, councillor urges<\/a> [ National Post ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">QUEEN ST. 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FIRE<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/02\/28\/4881582-sun.html\">Queen St. supports its own<\/a> [Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2008\/02\/27\/to-queenfire.html\">Fire scene on Queen St. still closed to traffic<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161943\">Hope in the ashes<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161938\">We will not see their like again<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161946\">Eclipse on Queen<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">ENVIRONMENT<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/307681\">Online eco challenge pits neighbour vs. neighbour<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/GTA\/Columnist\/article\/307718\">Biofuel bandwagon has a big hitch<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/lifestyle\/story.cfm?content=161914\">We won&#8217;t recognize ourselves<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161920\">Return to sender<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">UNIVERSITIES<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/307733\">Major upgrade planned for Robarts Library<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080228.wglendon28\/BNStory\/National\/Ontario\/\">York, U of T get millions to renovate, expand<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MISSISSAUGA<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/307711\">&#8216;Vibrant waterfront&#8217; planned approved<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=339335\">Mississauga councillors vows to fight power plant<\/a> [ National Post ]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MISCELLANEOUS<\/span><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/GTA\/Fixer\/article\/307691\">Residents scorching mad about still-icy sidewalks<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/307692\">Vertical Village<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=161949\">Rinkside sellout<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSIT &bull; Peterborough awarded high speed rail [ Toronto Star ] &bull; A transit coup &#8216;out of the blue&#8217; [ Toronto Star ] &bull; TTC to move ahead with light rail-transit [ Globe and Mail ] &bull; A seat on the Queen streetcar? 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