{"id":18336,"date":"2023-06-17T20:39:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T03:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-16-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T20:39:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T03:39:45","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 16, 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>Canada&#8217;s big banks urge homeowners to &#8216;Hold On&#8217;, predicting that July with see another interest rate hike; Doug Ford weighs in on Markham Mayor&#8217;s recommendation to amalgamate York Region with a rejection of the plan; as Toronto&#8217;s shelters continue to exceed capacity, the growing number of asylum seekers in the city are resorting to sleeping in the streets; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2023\/06\/15\/homeowners-hold-on-expect-another-rate-hike-in-july-canadas-big-banks-say.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">Homeowners, hold on: Expect another rate hike in July, Canada\u2019s big banks say<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-premier-doug-ford-rejects-markham-mayors-call-for-york-region\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford rejects Markham mayor\u2019s call for York Region consolidation<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/refugee-asylum-seeker-shelters-1.6876287\" target=\"_blank\">Asylum seekers sleeping on Toronto streets as at-capacity city shelters overwhelmed<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/15\/long-term-airbnb-guests-arent-covered-under-ontario-tenant-law-landlord-and-tenant-board-rules.html\" target=\"_blank\">Long-term Airbnb guests aren\u2019t covered under Ontario tenant law, Landlord and Tenant Board rules<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/06\/15\/toronto-cafeto-restaurants-denied-mayoral-candidates-campaigns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Restaurants complain about &#8216;painfully slow&#8217; Caf\u00e9TO program as mayoral candidates vow to fix it<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-hole-east-york-1.6878050\" target=\"_blank\">A giant hole in a Toronto neighbourhood hasn&#8217;t been fixed 2 months on. Residents want answers<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/16\/the-hot-air-balloons-are-back-at-scarborough-town-centre-and-people-are-emotional.html\" target=\"_blank\">The hot air balloons are back at Scarborough Town Centre. And people are emotional<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/canada-s-wonderland-by-gondola-is-vaughan-really-getting-an-aerial-transit-system-1.6442738\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s Wonderland by gondola: Is Vaughan really getting an aerial transit system?<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/bowmanville-go-train-expansion-1.6877350\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government moves forward with GO train expansion into Durham Region<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/06\/16\/thousands-allowed-back-home-but-officials-say-wildfires-still-leaving-many-displaced.html\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands allowed back home, but officials say wildfires still leaving many displaced<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-liberal-leadership-contenders-distance-themselves-from-bonnie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Liberal leadership contenders distance themselves from Bonnie Crombie Greenbelt comments<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/willowdale-cheng-modular-housing-toronto-1.6876806\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto city council rejects proposed changes to Willowdale supportive housing plan<\/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\/06\/news-roundup-june-16-2023.52931\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s big banks urge homeowners to &#8216;Hold On&#8217;, predicting that July with see another interest rate hike; Doug Ford weighs &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 16, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-16-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 16, 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-18336","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\/18336","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=18336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}