{"id":18379,"date":"2023-06-19T08:42:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-19-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T08:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:42:47","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-19-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-19-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 19, 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>Waterfront Toronto&#8217;s Don River Naturalization project is falling behind schedule, and is now targeting the end of 2024 for completion; new affordable housing developments being built to high efficiency green standards end up being more affordable for residents through energy savings; TTC posts update video over the weekend explaining service changes that will be in effect until the fall; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/18\/why-the-transformative-new-river-valley-on-torontos-east-waterfront-wont-open-next-year-after-all.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why the transformative new river valley on Toronto\u2019s east waterfront won\u2019t open next year, after all<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/green-affordable-housing-1.6876487\" target=\"_blank\">Many of Canada&#8217;s greenest apartments are ultra-affordable. Here&#8217;s why<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/significant-changes-to-toronto-s-transit-system-explained-in-new-ttc-video-1.6446442\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Significant changes&#8217; to Toronto&#8217;s transit system explained in new TTC video<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/06\/18\/our-housing-couldve-been-beautiful-it-can-still-be-how-expo-67-shows-us-a-way-out-of-2023s-problems.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_canada\" target=\"_blank\">Our housing could\u2019ve been beautiful. It can still be. How Expo 67 shows us a way out of 2023\u2019s problems<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-housing-multiplexes-financing-construction-1.6876678\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto wants more multiplexes built. But how will they be financed?<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-torontos-housing-affordability-crisis-poses-threat-to-citys-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s housing affordability crisis poses threat to city\u2019s future<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/18\/allan-gardens-is-a-no-go-zone-where-city-hall-has-lost-control.html\" target=\"_blank\">Allan Gardens is a no-go zone where city hall has lost control<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-downtown-construction-traffic-map-1.6877478\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s going on with construction traffic in downtown Toronto? Here&#8217;s what we found<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/commentary\/article-to-fix-the-housing-crisis-overhaul-city-taxes-to-incentivize-building\/\" target=\"_blank\">To fix the housing crisis, overhaul city taxes to incentivize building affordable units<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/19\/toronto-election-reality-check-how-the-top-mayoral-candidates-would-fix-city-finances-and-what-the-experts-say.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto election reality check: How the top mayoral candidates would fix city finances \u2014 and what the experts say<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-expands-strong-mayor-powers-to-26-municipalities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario expands strong mayor powers to 26 municipalities<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/06\/17\/indigenous-led-protest-to-save-trees-metrolinx-lrt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indigenous-led protest not backing down to save trees from Metrolinx construction<\/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\/06\/news-roundup-june-19-2023.52936\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterfront Toronto&#8217;s Don River Naturalization project is falling behind schedule, and is now targeting the end of 2024 for completion; &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 19, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-19-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 19, 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-18379","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\/18379","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=18379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}