{"id":15806,"date":"2023-04-25T06:34:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-25-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T06:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:34:17","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 25, 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>Anti-bike lobby group proposes the removal of bike lanes as a solution to Toronto&#8217;s traffic issues, using misleading stats to advance argument; Ford government rejects calls from oppositional parties to release more details on Ontario Place lease agreement and business case; Province is looking into possible transit solutions that could better connect Ontario Place to the Ontario Line terminus at Exhibition; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/04\/25\/toronto-bike-lanes-are-not-the-problem-misleading-stats-by-the-anti-bike-lobby-are.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anti-bike lobby peddles misleading stats \u2014 and a bogus idea for fixing Toronto\u2019s traffic<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ford-government-rejects-calls-to-release-lease-agreement-business-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government rejects calls to release lease agreement, business case for Ontario Place<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9647332\/ontario-line-exhibition-station-ontario-place\/\" target=\"_blank\">Province examining \u2018solutions\u2019 to connect Ontario Line passengers to Ontario Place<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/04\/25\/one-third-of-canadian-homeowners-now-have-mortgage-periods-of-more-than-30-years.html\" target=\"_blank\">One third of Canadian homeowners now have mortgage periods of more than 30 years<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ont-toronto-electric-buses-1.6820707\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto is buying over 300 new electric buses with help from the federal government<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/industry-news\/property-report\/article-bmo-place-transforms-iconic-retail-space-at-toronto-eaton-centre-into\/\" target=\"_blank\">BMO Place transforms iconic retail space at Toronto Eaton Centre into offices<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/04\/24\/doug-fords-government-defends-controversial-95-year-lease-for-ontario-place-spa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford\u2019s government defends controversial 95-year lease for Ontario Place spa<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/trca-says-province-did-not-consult-on-ontario-science-centre-move-to-ontario-place-1.6369877\" target=\"_blank\">TRCA says province did not consult on Ontario Science Centre move to Ontario Place<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/04\/24\/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-sloane-station-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\">Never-used Eglinton Crosstown LRT station platform ripped up due to uneven concrete<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/life\/travel\/2023\/04\/23\/in-ontarios-cottage-country-the-back-roads-are-littered-with-ghost-towns-what-happened-to-them-and-why.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">In Ontario\u2019s cottage country, the back-roads are littered with ghost towns. What happened to them \u2014 and why?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/transit-association-says-more-police-security-needed-on-city-buses-trains-1.6368958\" target=\"_blank\">Transit association says more police, security needed on city buses, trains<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ottawa-provinces-must-tackle-housing-mental-health-crises-to-curb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa, provinces must tackle housing, mental health crises to curb transit violence, says advocacy group<\/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\/04\/news-roundup-april-25-2023.52211\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-bike lobby group proposes the removal of bike lanes as a solution to Toronto&#8217;s traffic issues, using misleading stats to &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 25, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-25-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 25, 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-15806","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\/15806","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=15806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}