After announcing plans to sue the TTC, the consortium building the Eglinton Line 5 LRT has now formally requested permission to stop work on the project; Ontario could announce before the end of the week whether Mississauga will become an independent municipality, with Doug Ford already expressing support for the decision; Kensington Market community moving forward with plan to acquire two properties to be rented at affordable rates, needs $4 million to complete the deal; and other news.
Companies building Eglinton Crosstown LRT seek court’s permission to stop construction (Toronto Star)
A section of Kensington Market will soon be owned by the community — if they can foot the $4M bill (CityNews)
‘This is the future of a clean grid’: Ontario ramps up battery — and natural gas — capacity (Toronto Star)
8 mayoral hopefuls weigh in on how they’d handle the Eglinton Crosstown debacle (CBC)
In a hybrid work world, Toronto’s downtown core faces an existential crisis (Globe and Mail)
Doug Ford now says the Greenbelt is a ‘scam.’ Was he ever serious about protecting this natural space? (Toronto Star)
Ontario water, air quality a concern: auditor general state of environment report (Global News)
Let’s face it, solving Canada’s housing crisis will be unpopular and difficult (Globe and Mail)
Real estate prices on the rise again: RBC report forecasts the housing market correction is over (Toronto Star)
4 years after Toronto’s Housing Now plan, there isn’t a single new affordable unit in the city (CBC)
‘Horizontal homes’ dance with an old church (Globe and Mail)