{"id":16698,"date":"2023-05-08T07:03:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-8-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T07:03:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:03:54","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 8, 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 Toronto&#8217;s mayoral race reaching its full stride, find out what kind of transit improvements the City&#8217;s leading candidates are promising; Ontario&#8217;s NDP party gets involved in Ontario Place conversation, calling on the Conservatives to cancel the lease of Ontario Place lands to Therme Group; plans for a new airport in pickering were first proposed 50 years ago, decades later, opponents of the proposal hope it will be put away for good; and other news.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/06\/inside-the-toronto-mayoral-campaign-a-shiny-new-subway-and-other-transit-promises-you-may-have-missed.html\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the Toronto mayoral campaign: A shiny new subway \u2014 and other transit promises you may have missed this week<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Start)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ndp-call-for-cancellation-of-ontario-place-lease-with-therme-1.6388222\" target=\"_blank\">NDP call for cancellation of Ontario Place lease with Therme<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9679229\/pickering-airport-opponents-hope-proposal-abandoned-after-50-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pickering airport proposal is 50 years old. Opponents hope it will finally be scrapped<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/05\/07\/the-obsession-and-its-invisible-toll-of-trying-to-find-housing-in-toronto.html\" target=\"_blank\">The obsession, and its untold costs, of trying to find housing in Toronto<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/airbnb-licence-issues-1.6833347\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto landlord found condo listed on AirBnb by someone who wasn&#8217;t her tenant. She blames lax city rules<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/inside-the-market\/article-home-owners-build-high-density\/\" target=\"_blank\">A way to persuade homeowners to embrace housing development in their own backyards<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/08\/doug-fords-government-wants-a-bigger-role-in-selling-off-school-buildings-heres-what-might-be-lost.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford\u2019s government wants a bigger role in selling off school buildings. Here\u2019s what might be lost<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-science-centre-protest-mayoral-debate-1.6834885\" target=\"_blank\">Unions, supporters take to Ontario Science Centre in protest of plans to move location<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/toronto-election-why-one-expert-would-bar-candidates-from-making-transit-promises-1.6386589\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto election: Why one expert would bar candidates from making transit promises<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/amateur\/analysis\/2023\/05\/08\/canadians-need-sports-venues-is-there-a-better-way-than-waiting-for-the-next-olympics-or-pan-am-games.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canadians need sports venues. Is there a better way than waiting for the next Olympics or Pan Am Games?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-why-more-rent-control-isnt-going-to-fix-torontos-housing-affordability\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why more rent control isn\u2019t going to fix Toronto\u2019s housing affordability problem<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/08\/yonge-dundas-square-toronto-renaming-gordon-lightfoot-singer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon Lightfoot Square? Idea floated to rename Toronto landmark after late singer<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/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\/05\/news-roundup-may-8-2023.52363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Toronto&#8217;s mayoral race reaching its full stride, find out what kind of transit improvements the City&#8217;s leading candidates are &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 8, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-8-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 8, 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-16698","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\/16698","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=16698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}