{"id":20300,"date":"2023-08-03T10:36:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-3-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T10:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:36:49","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-3-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 3, 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>Many voice concerns about accessibility over impending High Park changes; Toronto home sales drop in July for second straight month; cost to purchase physical PRESTO card set to drop; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/02\/high-park-accessibility-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds voice concerns about accessibility over impending High Park changes<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-toronto-house-prices-real-estate-july\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto home sales drop in July for second straight month<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9872611\/presto-card-price-drop-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cost to purchase physical PRESTO card set to drop<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/doug-ford-gets-greenbelt-draft-report-amid-predictions-the-walls-are-closing-in-on-his\/article_4f97451c-3bdd-5a11-9a82-008489263cd1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Doug Ford gets Greenbelt draft report amid predictions \u2018the walls are closing in\u2019 on his Tories<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/02\/screeching-noises-from-ttc-streetcars-along-the-woodbine-loop-causing-headaches\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Deafening&#8217;: Screeching noises from TTC streetcars along Woodbine loop causing headaches for residents<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/what-s-open-and-closed-in-toronto-this-august-long-weekend\/article_a4ef2302-ca3d-5cd5-95be-24f36bf6569e.html\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s open and closed in Toronto this August long weekend<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-toronto-city-staff-inspecting-park-trees-after-falling-branch-kills\/\" target=\"_blank\">After falling branch in Trinity Bellwoods Park kills woman, Toronto city staff inspect park trees<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/average-price-of-a-toronto-home-falls-to-1-118-374-as-sales-trend-lower\/article_07a2871a-25f0-56c3-922e-5302d6d191a8.html\" target=\"_blank\">Average price of a Toronto home falls to $1,118,374 as sales trend lower<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/arts\/art-and-architecture\/article-national-portrait-gallery-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Jamie Fobert conquers London with his fuss-free architecture<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/inmates-barrie-ontario-1.6925884\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario has dropped ex-inmates in Barrie for years. Now the city is paying to change that<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/hot-and-humid-weather-returns-to-toronto-on-thursday-1.6505069\" target=\"_blank\">Hot and humid weather returns to Toronto on Thursday<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/mayor-olivia-chow-backs-dundas-street-renaming-even-as-councillor-in-favour-says-we-can\/article_1fcf1ea1-f84b-522b-999d-88afa5609c01.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Olivia Chow backs Dundas Street renaming, even as councillor in favour says \u2018we can\u2019t afford it\u2019<\/a> (The Star)<\/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\/08\/news-roundup-august-3-2023.53465\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many voice concerns about accessibility over impending High Park changes; Toronto home sales drop in July for second straight month; &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for August 3, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-3-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for August 3, 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-20300","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\/20300","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=20300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}