{"id":19857,"date":"2023-07-22T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T17:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-21-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-07-22T10:06:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T17:06:11","slug":"news-roundup-for-july-21-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-21-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for July 21, 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>Modular housing cost from pandemic-era program cost Toronto twice as much as originally budgeted; faster work permits could help ease Canada&#8217;s refugee shelter crisis; a new study highlights the gap between condo and house prices in major Canadian cities; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/modular-housing-cost-toronto-up-to-twice-as-much-as-originally-budgeted-says-city-watchdog\/article_40b7ea84-e728-50b2-9012-cc0755c4df3a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Modular housing cost Toronto up to twice as much as originally budgeted, says city watchdog<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/refugee-housing-shelter-asylum-seekers-work-permits-1.6911571\" target=\"_blank\">How faster work permits could help ease Canada&#8217;s refugee shelter crisis<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/new-study-highlights-the-gap-between-condo-and-house-prices-in-major-canadian-cities-1.6487067\" target=\"_blank\">New study highlights the gap between condo and house prices in major Canadian cities<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/democracy-is-completely-thrown-out-the-window-how-doug-ford-s-push-for-more-housing\/article_9d0e69db-bf7a-552a-9980-60a3d0879b65.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Democracy is completely thrown out the window\u2019: How Doug Ford\u2019s push for more housing is fuelling fears for the future of local government<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/thunder-bay\/mining-rally-queen-s-part-1.6912795\" target=\"_blank\">Leaders of northern First Nations rally at Queen&#8217;s Park against Ontario&#8217;s mining push<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/wildfire-smoke-highlights-need-for-better-ventilation-in-public-spaces-experts-say-1.6488601\" target=\"_blank\">Wildfire smoke highlights need for better ventilation in public spaces, experts say<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/want-a-cheap-cottage-alternative-near-toronto-consider-a-dockominium\/article_f8d9fdcc-9d92-5085-9101-35bc3bd3380b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Want a cheap cottage alternative near Toronto? Consider a \u2018dockominium\u2019<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/film\/article-how-to-shoot-a-film-inside-torontos-arrival-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to shoot a film inside Thorncliffe Park, Toronto\u2019s \u2018arrival city\u2019<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/07\/20\/church-and-wellesley-community-staple-considering-closure-over-violence-and-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Church and Wellesley community staple considers closing over violence, vandalism<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-snow-clearing-troubles-1.6912971\" target=\"_blank\">Time to fine snow-clearing contractors who leave Toronto in the cold, city councillors say<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-as-the-architects-behind-thermes-ontario-place-project-we-feel-the\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion: As the architects behind Therme\u2019s Ontario Place project, we feel the park\u2019s revitalization is key to Toronto\u2019s future<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/07\/21\/toronto-weekend-events-womens-world-cup-festivals-ttc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need to know: Women&#8217;s World Cup, cultural festivals; road\/TTC closures<\/a> (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\/07\/news-roundup-july-21-2023.53324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modular housing cost from pandemic-era program cost Toronto twice as much as originally budgeted; faster work permits could help ease &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for July 21, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-21-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for July 21, 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-19857","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\/19857","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=19857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}