{"id":14961,"date":"2023-04-02T05:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-31-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T05:29:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:29:36","slug":"news-roundup-for-march-31-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-31-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for March 31, 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 fate of the East Gardiner Expressway rebuild project is tabled for discussion at City Council today, with some councillors pushing to pause the project and do a cost update; TIFF announces that they have planned changes for their Downtown Toronto headquarters, the Bell Lightbox, which is slated to receive an interior and exterior update; Ford Government promises fare integration across GTA transit services by the end of this year; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/03\/30\/how-much-will-we-really-pay-for-the-gardiner-expressway-eastern-rebuild.html\" target=\"_blank\">How much will we really pay for the Gardiner Expressway eastern rebuild?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/film\/article-tiff-plans-rejuvenation-of-bell-lightbox-headquarters-inside-and-out\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIFF plans \u2018rejuvenation\u2019 of Bell Lightbox headquarters, inside and out<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9590240\/toronto-fare-service-integration-promise-ford-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government promises fare integration between Toronto, surrounding regions by end of 2023<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/homes\/opinion\/2023\/03\/31\/in-ontario-it-should-be-illegal-to-insist-house-buyers-be-of-a-particular-nationality.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_life\" target=\"_blank\">In Ontario, it should be illegal to insist house-buyers be of a particular nationality<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/housing-measures-federal-budget-2023-1.6795811\" target=\"_blank\">Critics call out a lack of measures in the federal budget to push down the high cost of housing<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ttc-ceo-calls-for-subway-cell-service-amid-public-transit-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC CEO calls for subway cell service amid public transit safety debate<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/03\/30\/doug-ford-calls-federal-environment-minister-a-real-piece-of-work.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_politics\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford calls federal environment minister \u2018a real piece of work\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9589839\/ttc-reserve-funds-transit-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">TTC will dip into reserve funds to address safety concerns<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/lack-of-data-on-transit-violence-amounts-to-blanket-of-ignorance-researcher-1.6337040\" target=\"_blank\">Lack of data on transit violence amounts to &#8216;blanket of ignorance&#8217;: Researcher<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/03\/31\/is-the-cottage-real-estate-bubble-bursting-prices-set-to-fall-amid-waning-activity.html\" target=\"_blank\">Is the cottage real estate bubble bursting? Prices set to fall amid waning activity<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-carbon-price-and-rebates-rising-saturday-in-ontario-prairies-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carbon price and rebates rising Saturday in Ontario, Prairies<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/lifestyle\/tourism-shot-up-in-2022-but-still-far-short-of-pre-pandemic-levels-statcan-1.6336215\" target=\"_blank\">Tourism shot up in 2022, but still far short of pre-pandemic levels: StatCan<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/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-31-2023.51909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fate of the East Gardiner Expressway rebuild project is tabled for discussion at City Council today, with some councillors &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for March 31, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-31-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for March 31, 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-14961","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\/14961","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=14961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}