{"id":13563,"date":"2023-02-26T02:49:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T10:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-24-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-26T02:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T10:49:34","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-24-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-24-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 24, 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>The TTC&#8217;s planned service cuts will begin on March 26th, with 60% of service changes leading to longer wait times for riders; Toronto&#8217;s 501 Queen Street Streetcar is slated to close for a period of 20 months, being replaced with a bus while construction of the Ontario Line moves forward; City councillors create a new subcommittee specifically to provide residents an opportunity to voice concerns over the Ontario Line and its construction; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/23\/ttc-is-rolling-out-service-cuts-march-26-find-out-if-your-commute-will-be-affected.html\" target=\"_blank\">TTC is rolling out service cuts March 26. Find out if your commute will be affected<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/busy-toronto-streetcar-to-shut-down-for-20-months-starting-in-may-1.6287076\" target=\"_blank\">Busy Toronto streetcar to shut down for 20 months starting in May<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/02\/23\/toronto-ontario-line-subcomittee-metrolinx\/\" target=\"_blank\">City councillors create Ontario Line subcommittee for Metrolinx to hear residents&#8217; concerns<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/opinion\/2023\/02\/24\/affordability-not-inflation-is-the-biggest-crisis-canadas-economy-faces-today.html\" target=\"_blank\">Affordability \u2014 not inflation \u2014 is the biggest crisis Canada\u2019s economy faces today<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/tenants-midtown-toronto-building-priced-out-1.6758697\" target=\"_blank\">Longtime midtown Toronto tenants fear proposed condos will price them out of their neighbourhood<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-federal-housing-advocate-reviewing-human-rights-crisis-of-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\">Federal housing advocate reviewing \u2018human rights crisis\u2019 of homeless encampments<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/02\/24\/home-renovation-make-energy-efficiency-a-priority.html\" target=\"_blank\">Home renovation: Make energy efficiency a priority<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9506833\/housing-canada-million-dollar-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s how much home you could buy in 8 Canadian cities \u2014 if you had a million dollars<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/02\/24\/harbour-60-toronto-event-space\/\" target=\"_blank\">Historic Toronto building home to Harbour 60 to be transformed into event space<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/02\/23\/toronto-to-hold-byelection-for-new-mayor-on-june-26.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto to hold byelection for new mayor on June 26<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/canada-s-inflation-rate-is-expected-to-fall-significantly-this-year-here-s-why-1.6287422\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s inflation rate is expected to fall significantly this year. Here&#8217;s why<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-oil-sands-climate-policy-pledges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s oil sands companies are undermining climate policy despite net-zero pledges, think tank claims<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/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-24-2023.51420\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TTC&#8217;s planned service cuts will begin on March 26th, with 60% of service changes leading to longer wait times &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 24, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-24-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 24, 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-13563","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\/13563","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=13563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}