{"id":20942,"date":"2023-08-19T11:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-18-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:19:37","slug":"news-roundup-for-august-18-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-18-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for August 18, 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>Toronto&#8217;s budget woes may be eased by higher parking fees and a luxury home levy; Ontario First Nations leaders address the Greenbelt controversy, calling for housing minister and chief of staff resignations; a startup is offering loans for rental deposits to help with high costs of housing in Ontario; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/higher-parking-fees-and-a-luxury-home-levy-could-ease-toronto-s-budget-woes-says\/article_e9ec5d45-37d8-5512-9082-110ed429debe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Higher parking fees and a luxury home levy could ease Toronto\u2019s budget woes, says staff report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-greenbelt-first-nations-1.6939336\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario First Nations leaders call for housing minister, chief of staff to resign over Greenbelt controversy<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/household-finances\/article-housing-in-ontario-is-so-expensive-a-startup-is-offering-loans-for\/\" target=\"_blank\">Housing in Ontario is so expensive, a startup is offering loans for rental deposits<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/17\/can-the-ford-government-survive-the-greenbelt-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;The buck stops with me&#8217;: Can the Ford government survive the Greenbelt scandal?<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/highway-closures\/toronto-highway-closures-for-planned-roadwork-on-aug-18\/article_8f98303d-0744-5595-8d7c-da9e61833bed.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto highway closures for planned roadwork on Aug. 18<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health\/fall-covid-wave-boosters-1.6939751\" target=\"_blank\">Early signs suggest fall COVID-19 wave starting in Canada \u2014 before updated boosters are available<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/pickle-cotton-candy-spicy-lemonade-and-frog-legs-it-s-opening-day-at-the-cne-1.6522118\" target=\"_blank\">Pickle cotton candy, spicy lemonade, and frog legs: it&#8217;s opening day at the CNE<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thebigstorypodcast.ca\/2023\/08\/18\/one-in-five-cars-on-canadian-roads-have-been-recalled-has-yours\/\" target=\"_blank\">One in five cars on Canadian roads have been recalled. Has yours?<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-ford-others-to-build-12-billion-battery-materials-plant-in-becancour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford, others to build $1.2-billion battery materials plant in B\u00e9cancour, Que.<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/colleges-universities-have-role-to-play-in-solutions-to-housing-crisis-report\/article_c5ea0868-4a30-5594-95da-0c408c27e852.html\" target=\"_blank\">Colleges, universities have role to play in solutions to housing crisis: report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/08\/17\/weekend-toronto-events-cne-jonas-brothers-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need to know: Canadian National Exhibition, Jonas Brothers, cultural festivals<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/feds-could-spur-rental-construction-with-tax-incentives-financing-experts-1.6524425\" target=\"_blank\">Feds could spur rental construction with tax incentives, financing: experts<\/a> (CP24)<\/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-18-2023.53615\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s budget woes may be eased by higher parking fees and a luxury home levy; Ontario First Nations leaders address &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for August 18, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-august-18-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for August 18, 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-20942","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\/20942","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=20942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}