{"id":18427,"date":"2023-06-20T08:44:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-20-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:44:45","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-20-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 20, 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>Four years ago, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation received $1.3 Billion in federal funding for the upkeep of its buildings, but a new report shows that many are still in disrepair; Architecture firm BDP Quadrangle&#8217;s new office in The Well is a textbook example of the kind of workplace that brings employees to the office; organization TTCriders challenge mayoral candidates on key transit issues with new survey, pointing to several &#8216;red flags&#8217;; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/20\/amid-steady-progress-more-than-34-toronto-community-housing-complexes-remain-in-critical-disrepair.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amid \u2018steady\u2019 progress, 34 Toronto Community Housing complexes remain in critical disrepair<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/industry-news\/property-report\/article-in-the-age-of-the-hybrid-workplace-flexible-amenities-attract\/\" target=\"_blank\">In the age of the hybrid workplace, flexible amenities attract employees back to office<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/public-transit-toront-mayor-election-ttc-riders-1.6881245\" target=\"_blank\">Transit advocates take temperature of mayoral hopefuls on key TTC issues<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/19\/average-rent-up-almost-30-per-cent-in-ontario-says-new-housing-index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Average rent up almost 30 per cent in Ontario, says new housing index<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9777709\/manitoba-crash-trans-canada-highway-intersections\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba crash shows the danger of intersections on Canada\u2019s highways<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/2227128899841\" target=\"_blank\">Ready to vote? These are the issues that may decide Toronto&#8217;s mayoral race<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/06\/19\/gas-leak-results-in-road-collapse-in-the-beach-neighbourhood.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gas leak results in road collapse in the Beach neighbourhood<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-toronto-mayoral-by-election-candidates-weigh-in-on-strong-mayor-powers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto mayoral by-election candidates weigh in on \u2018strong-mayor\u2019 powers<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9779241\/toronto-mayor-election-eglinton-lrt-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s next mayor will likely open the Eglinton LRT. Can they save local businesses?<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/contributors\/2023\/06\/20\/olivia-chow-i-have-hope-for-the-future-of-our-city-because-i-have-faith-in-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Chow: I have hope for the future of our city, because I have faith in us<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/06\/20\/canada-tourism-businesses-dire-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tourism businesses in a \u2018dire\u2019 state, with debt mounting and demand meager: industry<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/low-income-neighbourhoods-air-pollution-toronto-1.6881518\" target=\"_blank\">Vulnerable groups need more support with poor Toronto air quality, say climate experts<\/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-20-2023.52946\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years ago, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation received $1.3 Billion in federal funding for the upkeep of its buildings, &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 20, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-20-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 20, 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-18427","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\/18427","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=18427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}