{"id":3488,"date":"2008-08-21T10:50:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-21T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/08\/21\/thursdays-headlines-63\/"},"modified":"2008-08-21T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-21T14:50:01","slug":"thursdays-headlines-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/08\/21\/thursdays-headlines-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

PROPANE FIRE<\/strong>
\n• Mayor Miller left for daughter’s birthday<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • Miller defends absence after blast<\/a> [ National Post ]
\n• Let city handle it, Miller says<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Family birthday came first: Miller<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Blowing us off?<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]
\n<\/span> • City facing $2-million cleanup bill<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]
\n• Lots of talk, but no answers: Why we need a full inquiry<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]
\n• Strategy fuels rush to sue Sunrise<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<\/span>
\n• Asbestos cleanup nears end<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • McGuinty mulls safety changes after propane blast<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]<\/span>
\n• Premier opts to wait-see<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<\/span>
\n• Community united after explosions<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • Safety authority shuts 4 more propane sites during Ont. audit<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]
\n• Internal combustion<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]<\/p>\n

TRANSIT<\/strong><\/span>
\n• Bus firm calls online car pool illegal service<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • Carpooling company offers illegal service, bus firm complains<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]
\n• City gears up for bike rental plan<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • Downtown bike thefts drop 20%<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Police give owners more time to reclaim stolen bicycles<\/a> [ National Post ]
\n• Police search for suspect linked to at least three TTC sex assaults<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]<\/p>\n

CITY HALL<\/strong>
\n• City may ban plastic water bottles as a way to reduce waste and garbage<\/a> [ National Post ]
\n• Plastic bottle ban eyed<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Councillor’s ‘Dear John’ to criminals<\/a> [ National Post ]
\n• Strong letter to follow<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]<\/p>\n

ART<\/strong>
\n• Can a mega-studio lure Hollywood back north?<\/a> [ Globe and Mail ]
\n• Megastudio waits for its first role<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Lofty plot ousts artists<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]<\/p>\n

NEIGHBOURHOODS<\/strong>
\n• Scarborough zone happy to use guards<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• Dirty bum gets tossed<\/a> [ Toronto Sun ]
\n• 6 months later, rebuilding Queen St. West still a question mark<\/a> [ CBC.ca ]<\/p>\n

HISTORY<\/strong>
\n• 1,00 died of cholera in 1800s<\/a> [ National Post ]
\n• Dispute broiling over origin of antiques<\/a> [ Toronto Star ]
\n<\/span> • Haunted Hogtown<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]<\/p>\n

TORONTO
\n<\/strong> • Secret stroll<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Gardens: know ’em<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Secret, sunken, shuttered<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Flush with success<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Extermination music site<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Space is the place<\/a> [ Eye Weekly ]
\n• Little shop of horrors<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]
\n• Hangin’ at the ER<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]
\n• Park place is no bored walk<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]
\n• Dungeons & dragons<\/a> [ NOW Magazine ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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