{"id":16201,"date":"2023-04-28T06:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-28-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T06:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T13:40:53","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-28-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-28-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 28, 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>Metrolinx CEO shares details on causes of Eglinton LRT delays, commenting that hundreds of issues need to be resolved, as the project enters its 12th year of construction; as Canada seeks solutions to ease the national housing crisis, could Singapore&#8217;s strategy offer insights into a path forward?; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp says that home prices will not be restored to pre-pandemic levels this year; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/27\/metrolinx-ceo-sheds-light-on-reasons-for-eglinton-lrt-delays.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx CEO sheds light on reasons for Eglinton LRT delay<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-canada-housing-crisis-singapore-real-estate\/\" target=\"_blank\">To solve Canada\u2019s housing crisis, learn how Singapore nationalized real estate<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/average-home-price-will-not-revert-to-pre-pandemic-levels-this-year-cmhc-1.6374185\" target=\"_blank\">Average home price will not revert to pre-pandemic levels this year: CMHC<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/27\/canadian-home-prices-stabilizing-but-market-faces-alarming-lack-of-housing-starts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian home prices stabilizing, but market faces \u2018alarming\u2019 lack of housing starts<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-moving-the-ontario-science-centre-is-bad-science-and-bad-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Moving the Ontario Science Centre is bad science, and bad policy<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-organics-collection-green-bin-1.6823064\" target=\"_blank\">No green bin in your building? Ontario&#8217;s plan to fix that may be off-track, experts say<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/04\/28\/condo-rents-climb-15-per-cent-setting-the-stage-for-more-sales.html\" target=\"_blank\">Condo rents climb 15 per cent, setting the stage for more sales<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/drive\/mobility\/article-the-defining-characteristic-of-ontarios-400-series-highways-is-immense\/\" target=\"_blank\">The defining characteristic of Ontario\u2019s 400-series highways is immense boredom punctuated by sudden fear<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/mayoral-candidate-plans-to-sue-metrolinx-for-1-billion-1.6375141\" target=\"_blank\">Mayoral candidate plans to sue Metrolinx for $1 billion<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/the-fixer\/2023\/04\/28\/damage-to-lawns-by-plow-operators-is-sky-high-this-year-why-the-record-number-of-complaints.html\" target=\"_blank\">Damage to lawns by plow operators is sky-high this year. Why the record number of complaints?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-pushing-for-credible-eglinton-lrt-timeline-mulroney-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eglinton LRT delays frustrating but project shouldn\u2019t be rushed, Premier Doug Ford says<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/parkdale-residents-identify-housing-as-priority-issue-for-toronto-s-next-mayor-1.6374624\" target=\"_blank\">Parkdale residents identify housing as priority issue for Toronto&#8217;s next mayor<\/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\/04\/news-roundup-april-28-2023.52252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metrolinx CEO shares details on causes of Eglinton LRT delays, commenting that hundreds of issues need to be resolved, as &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 28, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-28-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 28, 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-16201","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\/16201","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=16201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}