The CBC online reports that Toronto council has approved spending some $3 million to hire dozens of new firefighters. This was a decision that Mayor Rob Ford had opposed but in the end, he supported. It includes many new hires and the maintenance of five fire trucks and the Runnymede Fire Hall, which had been slated to close. Some called it a defeat for the mayor but he has vowed to maintain other budget measures. Council voted 40-5 in favour of a motion to add 63 firefighters at a cost of $3.1 million. CBC
