{"id":17386,"date":"2023-05-23T07:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-23-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T07:39:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:39:01","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-23-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-23-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 23, 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>Toronto Star invited for exclusive tour of the Eglinton LRT, riding the trains for the first time and discussing the issues that have characterized the project; latest polls show that Olivia Chow enjoys a substantial lead in Toronto&#8217;s mayoral race, with back to back debates scheduled for this week; 20 years into the life of the restored Distillery District, CBC investigates how the site was transformed into a thriving attraction; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/20\/a-first-private-look-inside-the-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-line.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018This is the kind of project that threatens companies.\u2019 An exclusive first look inside the Eglinton LRT as Crosslinx breaks silence on what\u2019s gone wrong<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/chow-maintains-commanding-lead-in-polls-ahead-of-more-toronto-mayoral-debates-1.6408445\" target=\"_blank\">Chow maintains commanding lead in polls ahead of more Toronto mayoral debates<\/a>\u00a0(CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/distillery-district-20-year-anniversary-1.6846457\" target=\"_blank\">How Toronto&#8217;s Distillery District was transformed into the attraction it is today<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/05\/23\/game-changer-ontario-engineers-remove-canadian-work-experience-requirement-for-immigrants.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Game changer\u2019: Ontario engineers remove Canadian work experience requirement for immigrants<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-empty-offices-downtown-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\">Empty Canadian offices fill 89 Rogers Centres \u2013 and it\u2019s a chance to reimagine downtown<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/crombie-liberal-leadership-bid-1.6851350\" target=\"_blank\">Bonnie Crombie exploring bid for provincial Liberal leadership<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/05\/19\/doug-ford-says-hell-offer-more-money-to-keep-stellantis-ev-battery-plant-in-ontario.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_politics\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa offers Doug Ford help with Highway 413 in talks to keep Stellantis EV battery plant: sources<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-the-dynamos-on-torontos-flank\/\" target=\"_blank\">The dynamos on Toronto\u2019s flank<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-multiplexes-housing-economics-1.6848643\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto&#8217;s expanded multiplex era is coming. But how much housing will it actually provide?<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/05\/13\/how-the-workers-won-why-were-never-going-back-to-the-office-full-time-and-toronto-will-never-be-same.html\" target=\"_blank\">How the workers won: Why we\u2019re never going back to the office full time \u2014 and Toronto will never be same<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/go-train-service-being-expanded-between-toronto-and-niagara-falls-1.6406033\" target=\"_blank\">GO Train service being expanded between Toronto and Niagara Falls<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/22\/kensington-market-development-buyers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kensington Market community group agrees to buy homes as development rumours swirl<\/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-23-2023.52576\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Star invited for exclusive tour of the Eglinton LRT, riding the trains for the first time and discussing the &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 23, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-23-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 23, 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-17386","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\/17386","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=17386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}