{"id":2952,"date":"2008-04-03T06:08:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T11:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/04\/03\/thursdays-headlines-43\/"},"modified":"2008-04-03T06:08:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T11:08:53","slug":"thursdays-headlines-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/04\/03\/thursdays-headlines-43\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRANSIT<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Canada\/Census\/article\/409412\">Commuters shift to car-free mode<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2008\/04\/02\/census-commute.html\">Public transit, walking favoured by younger commuters<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/city\/features\/article\/22834\">Strike one option out<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/04\/03\/5179986-sun.html\">TTC chief: OT cheaper than hiring<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=418771\">Drivers made more than me: TTC chief<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=418768\">Worker who complained about smokers says he&#8217;s taking heat<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/04\/03\/5180081-sun.html\">Tipsters respond to subway video<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>CITY HALL<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/LAC.20080403.REDLIGHT03\/TPStory\/TPNational\/Ontario\/\">City eyes crackdown on running red lights<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/GTA\/article\/409417\">Report urges increase in red-light fines<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/04\/03\/5180006-sun.html\">More red-light spies<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=162427\">Seeing red<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/toronto\/archive\/2008\/04\/02\/steve-murray-s-newsmaker-fortune-rob-ford.aspx\">Steve Murray&#8217;s Newsmaker Fortune: Rob Ford<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/04\/03\/5179991-sun.html\">Living high on the hog<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/News\/TorontoAndGTA\/2008\/04\/03\/5179996-sun.html\">How Toronto measures up on merit pay<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=162426\">Optics trump taxes<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>EARTH HOUR<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/SpecialSections\/EarthHour\/article\/409419\">Mega-power saved during Earth Hour<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=162436\">Tales from the Dark City<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/news\/story.cfm?content=162431\">Blinded by the lights<\/a> [ NOW magazine ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOSS PARK<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/network.nationalpost.com\/np\/blogs\/toronto\/archive\/2008\/04\/01\/moss-park-residents-don-t-expect-peace-to-last.aspx\">Moss Park residents don&#8217;t expect peace to last<\/a> [ National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/toronto\/story.html?id=418769\">Reservists claimed right to kill: witness<\/a> [National Post ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/Columnist\/article\/409418\">Witness in beating of homeless man kicked &#8216;to the street&#8217;<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2008\/04\/02\/census-toronto.html\">Almost half of Torontonians visible minorities<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]<br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/Canada\/Census\/article\/409455\">Visible minorities gaining<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<br \/>\n&bull; 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