{"id":18007,"date":"2023-06-08T08:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-8-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T08:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T15:18:45","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 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>Frank Gehry looks ahead to the role his tallest project to date will play in his hometown, Toronto, at the ground breaking of Forma; the polls are officially open today, as advanced voting gets underway for Toronto&#8217;s mayoral by-election; a new on ramp to the Gardiner Expressway has been closed just weeks after it was renovated and reopened, sparking frustration from drivers; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/06\/07\/the-light-is-free-how-frank-gehry-hopes-his-condo-project-will-give-back-to-his-home-city.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The light is free.\u2019 How Frank Gehry hopes his condo project will give back to his home city<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/advance-voting-begins-in-the-toronto-mayoral-byelection-today-here-s-what-you-need-to-know-1.6432392\" target=\"_blank\">Advance voting begins in the Toronto mayoral byelection today; Here&#8217;s what you need to know<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/06\/07\/toronto-drivers-speak-out-on-newly-rebuilt-gardiner-on-ramp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Money wasted? Drivers speak out on newly rebuilt Gardiner on-ramp nobody can use<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/06\/08\/we-are-slowly-but-surely-killing-the-cafto-patio-program-shame-on-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">We are slowly but surely killing the Caf\u00e9TO patio program. Shame on us<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-climate-change-forest-fires-politics-ford-stiles-1.6869071\" target=\"_blank\">Ford refuses calls to link wildfires to climate change<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-financialization-of-housing-is-not-the-problem-in-fact-we-need-more-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Financialization\u2019 of housing is not the problem \u2013 in fact, we need more of it<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/02\/ttc-shares-new-details-for-bloor-yonge-station-expansion-project-including-plans-for-platform-edge-doors.html\" target=\"_blank\">TTC shares new details for Bloor-Yonge station expansion project, including plans for platform-edge doors<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9752291\/bell-telus-say-rogers-ttc-framework-lacks-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bell, Telus say Rogers\u2019 proposed TTC wireless framework lacks key details<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/06\/07\/the-new-reality-canadian-wildfires-become-the-global-face-of-unfolding-ecological-disaster.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The new reality\u2019? Canadian wildfires become the global face of unfolding ecological disaster<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/editorials\/article-immigration-canadas-economy-cant-rely-on-temporary-workers-and-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration: Canada\u2019s economy can\u2019t rely on temporary workers and study permits forever<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/06\/08\/interest-rate-hike-will-squeeze-homeowners-but-will-it-stall-torontos-real-estate-recovery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Interest rate hike will squeeze homeowners, but will it stall Toronto\u2019s real estate recovery?<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/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\/06\/news-roundup-june-8-2023.52815\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Gehry looks ahead to the role his tallest project to date will play in his hometown, Toronto, at the &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 8, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-8-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 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-18007","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\/18007","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=18007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}