{"id":32887,"date":"2012-08-16T02:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T06:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=32887"},"modified":"2012-08-16T02:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T06:07:53","slug":"thursdays-headlines-262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/08\/16\/thursdays-headlines-262\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday&#8217;s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>POLICE SPENDING<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/levy-targeting-police-spending\">Levy: Targeting police spending<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/blair-says-budget-freeze-would-force-layoffs\/article4482879\/\">Blair says budget freeze would force layoffs<\/a> (Globe &amp; Mail)<\/p>\n<p><strong>ONTARIO PLACE<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/the-man-with-an-ontario-place-plan\">The man with an Ontario Place plan<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/08\/15\/mcguinty-government-backs-john-torys-revitalization-plan-for-ontario-place\/\">McGuinty government backs John Tory\u2019s revitalization plan for Ontario Place<\/a> (National Post)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/08\/15\/posted-toronto-political-panel-cinesphere-today-gone-tomorrow-can-ontario-place-be-salvaged\/\">Posted Toronto Political Panel: Cinesphere today, gone tomorrow \u2014 can Ontario Place be saved?<\/a> (National Post)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/places\/mistakes-by-the-lake\/\">Mistakes by the Lake<\/a> (The Grid)<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNE<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/cne-sky-ride-takes-off \">CNE Sky Ride takes off<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/article\/1242448--behind-the-scenes-at-the-cne-from-building-sand-castles-to-testing-new-rides\">\u00a0Behind the scenes at the CNE: From building sand castles to testing new rides<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/places\/the-ex-factor\/\">The Ex Factor<\/a> (The Grid)<\/p>\n<p><strong>FORD&#8217;S CHIEF OF STAFF<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2012\/08\/16\/rob-ford-names-mark-towhey-new-chief-of-staff\/\">Rob Ford names Mark Towhey new chief of staff<\/a> (National Post)<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/mayor-fords-policy-guru-is-his-new-chief-of-staff\/article4481905\/\">Mayor Ford\u2019s policy guru is his new chief of staff<\/a> (Globe &amp; Mail)<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NEWS<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/its-ok-if-ford-hires-driver-taxpayers-group\">It&#8217;s OK if Ford hires driver: Taxpayers&#8217; group<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/court-date-for-accused-in-eaton-centre-shooting\">Court date for accused in Eaton Centre shooting<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2012\/08\/15\/pan-am-games-an-inspiration\">Pan Am Games an inspiration<\/a> (Toronto Sun)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/cityhallpolitics\/article\/1242373--dominus-deal-brampton-city-staff-face-demands-for-transparency\">Dominus deal: Brampton city staff face demands for transparency<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/article\/1242499--pussy-riot-support-rally-coming-to-toronto\">Pussy Riot support rally coming to Toronto<\/a> (Toronto Star)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/art-fights-stereotypes-in-regent-park\/article4483491\/\">Art fights stereotypes in Regent Park<\/a> (Globe &amp; Mail)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openfile.ca\/toronto\/story\/leslieville-lose-local-weston-bakeries-next-year\">Leslieville to lose local Weston Bakeries next year<\/a> (Openfile)<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegridto.com\/city\/local-news\/torontos-storage-wars\/\">Toronto\u2019s storage wars<\/a> (The Grid)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POLICE SPENDING \u2022\u00a0Levy: Targeting police spending (Toronto Sun) \u2022\u00a0Blair says budget freeze would force layoffs (Globe &amp; Mail) ONTARIO PLACE \u2022\u00a0The man with an Ontario Place plan (Toronto Sun) \u2022\u00a0McGuinty government backs John Tory\u2019s revitalization plan for Ontario Place (National Post) \u2022\u00a0Posted Toronto Political Panel: Cinesphere today, gone tomorrow \u2014 can Ontario Place be saved?<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/08\/16\/thursdays-headlines-262\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Thursday&#8217;s headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4111,"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":[13440,143,10176,427,1804,1802,1174,20808,444,654,593,17283,426,4127,641,20807,19,341,1642,20809],"class_list":["post-32887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-blair","tag-brampton","tag-chief-of-staff","tag-driver","tag-eaton","tag-eaton-centre","tag-ford","tag-from-building","tag-john-tory","tag-leslieville","tag-location","tag-mark-towhey","tag-mayor","tag-mcguinty-government","tag-national-post","tag-targeting-police","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-star","tag-toronto-sun","tag-weston-bakeries"],"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\/08\/16\/thursdays-headlines-262\/\" \/>\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=\"POLICE SPENDING \u2022\u00a0Levy: Targeting police spending (Toronto Sun) \u2022\u00a0Blair says budget freeze would force layoffs (Globe &amp; 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