{"id":13308,"date":"2023-02-19T02:34:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-17-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-19T02:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T10:34:04","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-17-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-17-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 17, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>Ontario recently announced plans to build the country&#8217;s largest energy storage plant, comprised of lithium-ion batteries, set to reduce emissions by storing fossil fuel energy for longer; Montreal city councillors put forward motion calling on federal support to construct a high speed rail network from Toronto to Montreal, reducing travel time to three hours; a week after the news of his affair broke, John Tory has officially resigned as the Mayor of Toronto; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/02\/10\/ontario-has-just-unveiled-the-largest-electrical-grid-battery-project-in-canada.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_canada\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario has just unveiled the largest electrical-grid battery project in Canada<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/high-speed-train-between-toronto-and-montreal-one-step-closer-to-becoming-reality-1.6278087\" target=\"_blank\">High-speed train between Toronto and Montreal one step closer to becoming reality<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/video-toronto-mayor-john-tory-submits-formal-resignation-over-staffer-affair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Mayor John Tory submits formal resignation over staffer affair after budget approval<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/02\/17\/toronto-has-another-vacant-unit-tax-and-its-complicated-scary.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto has another vacant unit tax and it\u2019s complicated, scary<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/what-on-earth-canada-net-zero-modelling-1.6750782\" target=\"_blank\">Canada is racing to net zero. But do we have the data to get us there?<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9491110\/john-tory-transition-plans-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto deputy mayor prepares for transition of power, not running to replace Tory<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/02\/17\/recession-what-recession-canadian-employers-desperate-for-workers-as-hiring-growth-expected-to-continue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Recession? What recession? Canadian employers \u2018desperate for workers\u2019 as hiring growth expected to continue<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-we-must-urgently-reinvent-public-transit-for-the-postpandemic-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">We must urgently reinvent public transit for the postpandemic world<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/niagara-falls-tourist-district-dealing-with-influx-of-thousands-of-relocated-migrants-1.6277136\" target=\"_blank\">Niagara Falls tourist district dealing with influx of thousands of relocated migrants<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/17\/how-much-income-do-you-need-to-buy-a-home-in-toronto-thousands-more-than-last-year.html\" target=\"_blank\">How much income do you need to buy a home in Toronto? Thousands more than last year<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/peel-region-housing-podcast-1.6750818\" target=\"_blank\">Peel Region spends $55K on sole-sourced podcast on housing crisis<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/02\/16\/freezing-rain-warning-toronto-gta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slippery Friday morning commute for Toronto, GTA; some buses cancelled<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/02\/news-roundup-february-17-2023.51371\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario recently announced plans to build the country&#8217;s largest energy storage plant, comprised of lithium-ion batteries, set to reduce emissions &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 17, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-17-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 17, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}