{"id":21759,"date":"2023-09-10T00:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T07:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-7-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T00:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T07:08:58","slug":"news-roundup-for-september-7-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-7-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for September 7, 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>Bank of Canada holds interest rates steady at 5%; road closures in downtown Toronto as TIFF begins today; Greenbelt protection could be lifted from more land, says new housing minister; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/bank-of-canada-rates-sept-6-1.6957903\" target=\"_blank\">Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady at 5%<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/09\/06\/tiff-is-almost-here-that-means-a-ton-of-road-closures-in-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIFF begins today. That means road closures in downtown Toronto<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/greenbelt-protection-could-be-lifted-from-more-land-doug-ford-s-new-housing-minister-says\/article_26405814-efb9-5dd6-9de3-be70fcf91147.html\" target=\"_blank\">Greenbelt protection could be lifted from more land, Doug Ford\u2019s new housing minister says<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/ontario-housing-minister-to-make-second-announcement-in-two-days-1.6551128\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario housing minister to make second announcement in two days<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/council-to-ask-for-a-city-sales-tax-in-bid-to-ease-toronto-s-budget\/article_ea17a973-49b9-5065-b477-aeae61acf1eb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Council to ask for a city sales tax in bid to ease Toronto\u2019s budget crunch<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-fiscal-picture-grim-1.6957049\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto council approves new measures to deal with grim financial situation<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/entertainment\/tiff-2023-here-s-where-the-festival-s-trickle-of-celebs-are-likely-to-be\/article_1c5156ce-e561-51e5-9561-84f86192de3f.html\" target=\"_blank\">TIFF 2023: Here\u2019s where the festival\u2019s trickle of celebs are likely to be found<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/community\/nuit-blanche-toronto-returns-this-september-showcasing-ground-breaking-art-1.6950703\" target=\"_blank\">Nuit Blanche Toronto returns this September, showcasing &#8216;ground-breaking&#8217; art<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-toronto-city-council-debates-financial-future-as-olivia-chow-presses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto City Council debates financial future as Olivia Chow presses for refugee shelter help<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/tiff-ttc-504-king-streetcar-1.6958097\" target=\"_blank\">TIFF starts Thursday. Here&#8217;s how TTC service is changing<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/young-money\/article-inflation-driving-more-canadian-postsecondary-students-to-stay-home-as\/\" target=\"_blank\">More post-secondary students rely on parents, stay home to finish school, RBC poll shows<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/09\/06\/heat-warning-ends-in-toronto-cooler-temperatures-on-the-way-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heat warning ends in Toronto, slightly cooler temperatures on the way<\/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\/09\/news-roundup-september-7-2023.53794\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of Canada holds interest rates steady at 5%; road closures in downtown Toronto as TIFF begins today; Greenbelt protection &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for September 7, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-september-7-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for September 7, 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-21759","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\/21759","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=21759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}