{"id":18252,"date":"2023-06-15T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-15-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:32:21","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 15, 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>Following Markham Mayor&#8217;s proposal to amalgamate the York Region, experts weigh in on how the move would impact the municipalities in question; several kilometres of new bike lines have now been approved by City Council, despite some mayoral candidates vowing that they would cancel their installation; with the Volkswagen EV Battery plant costs ballooning to over $16 Billion, has Canada gone too far with the project? And other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-newmarket\/news\/council\/2023\/06\/14\/should-ontario-dissolve-york-region-like-it-s-doing-with-peel-or-amalgamate-or-stay-the-same-experts-weigh-in.html\" target=\"_blank\">Should Ontario dissolve York Region like it&#8217;s doing with Peel? Or amalgamate? Or stay the same? Experts weigh in<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/06\/15\/toronto-bike-lanes-election-mayoral-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto approves several new bike lanes as some mayoral candidates vow to stop installation<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/london\/st-thomas-ev-battery-plant-volkwagen-subsidy-1.6876156\" target=\"_blank\">Canada is paying &#8216;an enormous price&#8217; for the Volkswagen battery plant. Is it worth it?<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2023\/06\/15\/theres-one-sure-fire-way-to-fix-torontos-traffic-woes-just-dont-expect-any-candidate-to-suggest-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s one sure-fire way to fix Toronto\u2019s traffic woes. Just don\u2019t expect any candidate to suggest it<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/article-redevelopment-of-birch-cliff-quarry-offers-contrast-to-torontos-push\/\" target=\"_blank\">Redevelopment of Birch Cliff Quarry offers contrast to Toronto\u2019s push for higher density<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9765050\/london-ontario-artificial-intelligence-homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\">How one Ontario city is blazing the trail for public sector AI use<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/14\/i-know-how-to-do-political-organizing-olivia-chow-on-how-she-would-deal-with-doug-ford.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018I know how to do political organizing\u2019: Olivia Chow on how she would deal with Doug Ford<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-university-of-guelph-launches-state-of-the-art-honey-bee-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Guelph launches state-of-the-art honey bee facility<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/cafeto-permit-changes-1.6875933\" target=\"_blank\">Small businesses denied Caf\u00e9TO permits despite previous approvals take aim at the city<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/06\/15\/they-thought-theyd-found-an-affordable-place-to-live-they-were-never-told-about-the-radioactive-mining-waste.html\" target=\"_blank\">They thought they\u2019d found an affordable place to live. They were never told about the radioactive mining waste<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-ottawa-needs-extensive-regulatory-changes-to-meet-climate-goals-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa needs extensive regulatory changes to meet climate goals, says Alberta business council<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9767905\/toronto-cost-of-living\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto ranks as Canada\u2019s most expensive city for 2nd year in a row: survey<\/a>\u00a0(Global 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\/06\/news-roundup-june-15-2023.52915\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Markham Mayor&#8217;s proposal to amalgamate the York Region, experts weigh in on how the move would impact the municipalities &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 15, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-15-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 15, 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-18252","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\/18252","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=18252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}