Thursday’s Headlines « Spacing Toronto

June 25th, 2009

Thursday’s Headlines

By Jake Schabas // 4 Comments

STRIKE
• Long strike feared [Toronto Star]
• No, we're not calling in the army [Toronto Star]
• Police won't cut picket line waits [Toronto Star]
• No one answering phone at City Hall [Toronto Star]
• City's pettiness is really what stinks [Toronto Star]
• Mayor is wrong on council pay [Toronto Star]
• Toronto strike locked in political stalemate [Globe & Mail]
• A back-to-work order would be bad news for Toronto [Globe & Mail]
• A tale of two pickets [Globe & Mail]
• City to open 19 extra sites for trash [National Post]
• Let strike talks continue, McGuinty says [National Post]
• City cancels farmers' market, but allows union rally in Nathan Phillips Square [National Post]
• Province won't step in [Toronto Sun]
• Pickets ease wait time [Toronto Sun]
• Striking out [Eye Weekly]

OTHER NEWS
• Miller scrambles to save new streetcars [Toronto Star]
• Torontonians chill out despite extreme heat alert [Toronto Star]
• Metrolinx chief not rulling out 'radioactive' road tolls [National Post]
• Walkout is least of David Miller's problems [National Post]
• Riverboat revisited [Eye Weekly]
• John Tory would beat David Miller, Ipsos-Reid poll finds [National Post]
• Where the streets have no cars [Toronto Star]

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RE: "No, we're not calling in the army"

I know it's pretty unlikely...but I think I get ripped off by Royson James.

This is from a couple days ago, compare for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/m3rp9g

Comment by Josh Hind

Metrolinx's Robert Pritchard is quoted in referring to road tolls ""Too often, these ideas are ruled off the table, regardless of their merits, and before a serious public discussion takes place." That sounds a lot like the Metrolinx's refusal to electrify the Georgetown corridor.