{"id":17648,"date":"2023-05-30T07:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-30-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:58:38","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 30, 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>Since a 2018 report found that large elevator companies were primarily responsible for declining elevator safety standards in condos, little has been done to resolve the issue; Toronto claims four out of ten spots on CAA&#8217;s worst roads in Ontario list, with Eglinton Avenue West close to the top; Ontario farmers join in the opposition against Doug Ford&#8217;s plan to construct housing in the Greenbelt, and may be driving results; and other news.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/05\/27\/exasperated-by-elevators-that-are-constantly-out-of-service-experts-say-poor-oversight-of-the-four-companies-controlling-the-market-is-making-the-problem-worse.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why are so many condo elevators out of service? Experts say just four companies control most of the market \u2014 and oversight is poor<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/30\/caa-worst-roads-in-ontario-2023-toronto-eglinton-avenue-west\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four Toronto streets crack CAA&#8217;s top 10 worst roads in Ontario. Here&#8217;s the list<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-farmers-housing-severance-land-use-doug-ford-1.6856666\" target=\"_blank\">Farmers pressure Doug Ford government to reverse course on housing plan<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/27\/east-enders-seeing-red-over-postapocalyptic-hellscape-on-lake-shore-how-will-they-cope-with-years-of-traffic-turmoil.html\" target=\"_blank\">East-enders seeing red over \u2018postapocalyptic hellscape\u2019 on Lake Shore. How will they cope with years of traffic turmoil?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/lone-tenant-in-a-400-a-month-apartment-could-hold-up-major-montreal-condo-project-1.6418934\" target=\"_blank\">Lone tenant in a $400-a-month apartment could hold up major Montreal condo project<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9730549\/pickering-nuclear-power-station-extension-deadline-approaching\/\" target=\"_blank\">Time running out for Ontario to formally request Pickering nuclear power station extension<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/05\/29\/stellantis-makes-counter-offer-to-ottawa-to-salvage-ev-battery-plant-deal.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_politics\" target=\"_blank\">Stellantis makes counter-offer to Ottawa to salvage EV battery plant deal<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-homeless-encampments-mayoral-race-1.6858423\" target=\"_blank\">What Toronto mayoral candidates promise to do about homeless encampments<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/industry-news\/property-report\/article-velocity-finds-new-digs-in-kitcheners-rapidly-growing-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Velocity finds new digs in Kitchener\u2019s rapidly growing Innovation District<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/05\/30\/how-newcomers-affect-canadian-real-estate.html\" target=\"_blank\">Are Canadian newcomers pushing real estate prices higher? The answer is surprising<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9726716\/alberta-election-results-canada-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Danielle Smith\u2019s Alberta election win means for the rest of Canada<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/clean-hydrogen-canada-1.6856584\" target=\"_blank\">What can we expect from clean hydrogen in Canada?<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/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-30-2023.52697\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since a 2018 report found that large elevator companies were primarily responsible for declining elevator safety standards in condos, little &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 30, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-30-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 30, 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-17648","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\/17648","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=17648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}