{"id":21710,"date":"2023-09-08T12:04:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-8-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:04:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:04:31","slug":"news-roundup-for-september-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for September 8, 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>Newcomers are still being turned away from the main shelter system in Toronto; Via Rail ramps up its services in Ontario to its pre-pandemic levels; Toronto to tax luxury home sales, asks province for sales tax amid budget crunch; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/newcomers-still-being-turned-away-from-main-shelter-system-city-confirms\/article_45999325-6256-501a-85ba-b5e37c17b2d3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Newcomers still being turned away from main shelter system, city confirms<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/via-rail-increase-service-ontario-1.6959723\" target=\"_blank\">Via Rail ramps up Ontario service in return to pre-pandemic levels<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-toronto-to-tax-luxury-home-sales-asks-province-for-sales-tax-amid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto to tax luxury home sales, asks province for sales tax amid budget crunch<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/will-the-ford-government-keep-the-greenbelt-housing-minister-won-t-say\/article_16e5b619-59f4-5f20-9366-4706010798f7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Will the Ford government keep the Greenbelt? Housing minister won\u2019t say<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/crossways-toronto-fire-power-outage-1.6960233\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds without power in 2 west-end Toronto towers after electrical fire<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/ontario\/this-is-what-democracy-looks-like-huge-crowd-overwhelms-public-meeting-on-greenbelt-in-ancaster\/article_18d68985-b265-56b9-9b4a-3f1550602cf3.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018This is what democracy looks like\u2019: Huge crowd overwhelms public meeting on Greenbelt in Ancaster<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/they-were-looking-at-the-greenbelt-inside-the-deal-from-2-developers-perspectives-1.6552741\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;They were looking at the Greenbelt:&#8217; Inside the deal from 2 developers&#8217; perspectives<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/09\/08\/toronto-weekend-events-tiff-yorkville-run-drive-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need to know: TIFF, Drive Fest, Yorkville Run; TTC\/road closures<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/three-progressives-register-in-byelection-race-to-replace-gary-crawford-as-scarborough-southwest-councillor\/article_16249e31-9d65-5c14-b48d-1ec180ed2fa1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Three progressives register in byelection race to replace Gary Crawford as Scarborough Southwest councillor<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ford-governments-appointee-to-greenbelt-foundation-had-family-ties-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government\u2019s appointee to Greenbelt Foundation had family ties to developer<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/09\/08\/jobs-unemployment-rate-canada-august\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unemployment rate steady at 5.5% as economy adds 40K jobs<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/bank-of-canada-may-need-to-raise-rates-again-despite-this-week-s-hold-macklem-1.6551888\" target=\"_blank\">Bank of Canada may need to raise rates again, despite this week&#8217;s hold: Macklem<\/a> (CTV News)<\/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\/09\/news-roundup-september-8-2023.53808\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcomers are still being turned away from the main shelter system in Toronto; 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