{"id":28609,"date":"2012-04-23T07:30:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=28609"},"modified":"2012-04-23T00:22:16","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T04:22:16","slug":"mondays-headlines-233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/23\/mondays-headlines-233\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto\u2019s 5-cent bag \u2018fee\u2019 should help plant trees, city told [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1165574--toronto-s-5-cent-bag-fee-should-help-plant-trees-city-told\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford\u2019s approval rating up [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/mayor-fords-approval-rating-up-poll\/article2408791\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Council&#8217;s middle plans to push agenda [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/20\/councils-middle-plans-to-push-agenda\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Land transfer tax likely to stick around for\u00a0now [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/21\/land-transfer-tax-likely-to-stick-around-for-now\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto councillors asked if they will show at Pride [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/22\/toronto-councillors-asked-if-they-will-show-at-pride\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Should a regional sales tax fund GTA transportation improvements? [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/20\/should-a-regional-sales-tax-fund-gta-transportation-improvements-the-experts-weigh-in\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Mayor Ford takes a sick day [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/22\/mayor-ford-takes-a-sick-day\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 It\u2019ll take a whole lot of money to solve GTA\u2019s transit woes; we\u2019re willing to pay [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1166015--hume-it-ll-take-a-whole-lot-of-money-to-solve-gta-s-transit-woes-but-we-re-willing-to-pay\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 James: Has Mayor Rob Ford made our transit dreams possible? [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1165368--james-has-mayor-rob-ford-made-our-transit-dreams-possible\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Video of TTC subway driver using cellphone prompts investigation [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1165891--video-of-ttc-subway-driver-using-cellphone-prompts-investigation\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Subway driver caught texting and driving [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/22\/subway-driver-caught-texting-and-driving\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 TTC investigates video of subway driver using mobile device [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2012\/04\/22\/toronto-ttc-investigates-youtube-video-driver-cellphone.html\">CBC<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> COMMUTING<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto not the worst place to drive [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/22\/toronto-not-the-worst-place-to-drive\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Car commuters would pay for relief [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/transportation\/article\/1165636--car-commuters-would-pay-for-relief-poll?bn=1\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong>CYCLING<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Newcomers to Toronto connect to city on two wheels [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1166083--newcomers-to-toronto-connect-to-city-on-two-wheels\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Cyclists on path to confrontation [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/21\/cyclists-on-path-to-confrontation\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> EARTH DAY<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto Mayor Rob Ford picks litter at Amesbury Park [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1165816--earth-day-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-picks-litter-at-amesbury-park\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Ford gets a blast from clean-up duties [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/04\/21\/ford-gets-a-blast-from-clean-up-duties\">The Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> ROUNDHOUSE PARK<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Roundhouse hydro transformer could kill railway museum [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/roundhouse-hydro-transformer-could-kill-railway-museum\/article2409756\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto Hydro pushes aside plans for Roundhouse railway museum [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/article\/1165532--toronto-hydro-pushes-aside-plans-for-roundhouse-railway-museum\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> DEVELOPMENT &amp; REAL ESTATE<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Hundreds of metres up, the rock stars of Toronto\u2019s building boom help keep the city\u00a0growing [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/20\/the-high-life-hundreds-of-metres-up-the-rock-stars-of-torontos-building-boom-help-keep-the-city-growing\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Weak Start for Trump Site [<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304331204577356131349238626.html\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto split over casino proposal, poll\u00a0finds [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/19\/toronto-split-over-casino-proposal-poll-finds\/\">National Post<\/a>]<br \/>\n<strong> OTHER NEWS<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Man-made Humber islands would solve two problems at once [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/marcus-gee\/man-made-humber-islands-would-solve-two-problems-at-once\/article2409781\/\">Globe &amp; Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Toronto Hydro\u2019s profit faces risk: DBRS [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/article\/1165469--toronto-hydro-s-profit-faces-risk-dbrs\">The Star<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Hot Docs returns for its 19th edition, now in a new home [<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/04\/21\/hot-docs-returns-for-its-19th-edition-now-in-a-new-home-and-a-wider-reach-than-ever-before\/\">National Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY HALL \u2022 Toronto\u2019s 5-cent bag \u2018fee\u2019 should help plant trees, city told [The Star] \u2022 Mayor Ford\u2019s approval rating up [Globe &amp; Mail] \u2022 Council&#8217;s middle plans to push agenda [The Sun] \u2022 Land transfer tax likely to stick around for\u00a0now [National Post] \u2022 Toronto councillors asked if they will show at Pride [The<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/04\/23\/mondays-headlines-233\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Monday&#8217;s headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4109,"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":[307,1349,5323,1952,231,19771,426,6871,641,22085,227,19768,19770,405,19,22090,3859,19769,4254],"class_list":["post-28609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cbc","tag-cent","tag-earth-day","tag-gta","tag-hot-docs","tag-man-made-humber-islands","tag-mayor","tag-mobile-device","tag-national-post","tag-politics","tag-rob-ford","tag-subway-driver","tag-subway-driver-using-mobile-device","tag-the-star","tag-toronto","tag-transit","tag-transportation-improvements","tag-ttc-subway-driver","tag-wall-street-journal"],"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\/04\/23\/mondays-headlines-233\/\" \/>\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 Toronto\u2019s 5-cent bag \u2018fee\u2019 should help plant trees, city told [The Star] \u2022 Mayor Ford\u2019s approval rating up [Globe &amp; 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