{"id":13799,"date":"2023-03-04T15:12:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T23:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-3-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-03-04T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T23:12:59","slug":"news-roundup-for-march-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-3-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for March 3, 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 City of Toronto will soon begin a $9 million project to rescue a &#8216;micro-tunnelling boring machine&#8217; that has been trapped in construction waste deep below the ground for the last 9 months; the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board&#8217;s February report shows that home prices in the GTA were down 18% compared to this time last year; formal plans have now come forward for the City&#8217;s redevelopment effort on Toronto Island&#8217;s Hanlan&#8217;s Point, outlining a new event space; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/city_hall\/2023\/03\/02\/a-digging-machine-is-trapped-under-toronto-inside-the-9-million-rescue-plan.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">A digging machine is trapped under Toronto. Inside the $9-million rescue plan<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/toronto-area-home-prices-down-18-from-last-february-sales-halved-board-1.6297372\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto-area home prices down 18% from last February, sales halved: board<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-city-of-toronto-drops-plan-to-create-formal-event-space-at-hanlans\/\" target=\"_blank\">City of Toronto drops plan to create formal event space at Hanlan\u2019s Point after concerns raised<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/03\/03\/whats-jordan-peterson-got-against-bloor-west-village.html\" target=\"_blank\">Life in the culture war zone is actually quite lovely<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/03\/02\/ttc-proposed-transit-priority-roadway-jane-street\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC seeks public input on proposed transit changes along busy Jane St. bus routes<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/nordstrom-canada-1.6766073\" target=\"_blank\">Nordstrom closing down in Canada, shuttering all 13 stores<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/03\/03\/one-year-after-the-housing-peak-a-record-drop-in-prices-and-signs-of-a-tightening-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">One year after the housing peak, a record drop in prices \u2014 and signs of a tightening market<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9524085\/bike-share-toronto-rates-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cost of Bike Share Toronto rentals to increase under new rate structure<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-the-art-gallery-of-ontarios-expansion-a-machine-for-showing-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Art Gallery of Ontario\u2019s expansion: A machine for showing art<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/03\/03\/when-a-real-estate-deal-falls-through-you-should-weigh-whether-litigation-is-worth-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">When a real estate deal falls through, you should weigh whether litigation is worth it<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/winter-storm-toronto-march-3-1.6766792\" target=\"_blank\">GTA bracing for winter storm Friday: Here&#8217;s what to expect and when<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/boc-expected-to-hold-interest-rate-next-week-one-year-after-aggressive-cycle-began-1.6297370\" target=\"_blank\">BoC expected to hold interest rate next week, one year after aggressive cycle began<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/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\/03\/news-roundup-march-3-2023.51531\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Toronto will soon begin a $9 million project to rescue a &#8216;micro-tunnelling boring machine&#8217; 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