{"id":14358,"date":"2023-03-19T04:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T11:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-17-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T04:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T11:44:38","slug":"news-roundup-for-march-17-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-17-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for March 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>With $500 million already spent on the East Gardiner Expressway rebuild project, how it will be completed has become a key issue in Toronto&#8217;s upcoming mayoral race; the City is planning prescribed burns in High Park this spring in an attempt to help reinvigorate a rare and historic grassland ecosystem that has been threatened; Board of Health calls on Ontario to revisit building code standards for ventilation and make the necessary upgrades to improve air quality; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/03\/15\/the-worst-type-of-political-opportunism-how-the-gardiner-has-become-a-key-mayoral-race-issue.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The worst type of political opportunism\u2019: How the Gardiner has become a key mayoral race issue<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/03\/16\/toronto-high-park-black-oak-savannahs-burn-cherry-blossoms-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">City to burn parts of High Park to preserve rare, 4,000-year-old grassland<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-board-of-health-calls-for-ontario-to-upgrade-to-building-code\/\" target=\"_blank\">Board of health calls for Ontario to upgrade to building code ventilation standards<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/03\/17\/ana-bailo-wants-to-lead-toronto-and-she-has-plans-to-reverse-ttc-cuts-and-save-money-on-highways.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ana Bail\u00e3o wants to lead Toronto \u2014 and she has plans to reverse TTC cuts and save money on highways<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/what-on-earth-winter-biking-1.6781027\" target=\"_blank\">Is it possible to improve winter biking in Canada? Finland shows the way<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ttc-responds-to-outrage-over-online-reporting-options-of-safety-concerns-on-transit-1.6316127\" target=\"_blank\">TTC responds to outrage over online reporting options of safety concerns on transit<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/03\/16\/in-toronto-2500-will-rent-a-one-bedroom-apartment-heres-what-it-will-get-you-in-other-ontario-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\">In Toronto, $2,500 will rent a one-bedroom apartment. Here\u2019s what it will get you in other Ontario cities<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/3-suspects-sought-in-alleged-downtown-toronto-home-renovation-scam-1.6316472\" target=\"_blank\">3 suspects sought in alleged downtown Toronto home renovation scam<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/03\/16\/gta-transit-agencies-fare-integration\/\" target=\"_blank\">New report urges GTHA transit agencies to work on fare integration once again<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/03\/15\/how-are-you-going-to-compete-canadians-grapple-with-tight-housing-market.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018How are you going to compete?\u2019: Canadians grapple with tight housing market<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ford-stag-and-doe-greenbelt-1.6780978\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario integrity commissioner pauses Ford stag-and-doe probe<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/toronto-airport-ranked-among-the-top-10-in-north-america-1.6316354\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto airport ranked among the top 10 in North America<\/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-17-2023.51697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With $500 million already spent on the East Gardiner Expressway rebuild project, how it will be completed has become a &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for March 17, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-17-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for March 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-14358","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\/14358","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=14358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}