{"id":28638,"date":"2025-01-18T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T20:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-17-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T12:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T20:23:48","slug":"news-roundup-for-january-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for January 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto metropolitan population hits seven million spurred by immigration; Metrolinx reportedly explored naming deal for GO station with online gambling company; a look at events happening in the city this weekend, including\u00a0a taste of summer at the Toronto Boat Show; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/toronto-metropolitan-population-hits-seven-million-thanks-to-immigration\/article_b399d974-d421-11ef-af79-6b2a86311d16.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto metropolitan population hits seven million thanks to immigration<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/metrolinx-station-name-gambling-1.7431212\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx explored naming deal for GO station with online gambling company: sources<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/01\/16\/toronto-events-weekend-international-boat-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Get a taste of summer at the Toronto Boat Show<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2025\/01\/16\/toughest-year-in-three-decades-new-condo-sales-in-gtha-saw-steep-decline-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Toughest year in three decades\u2019: New condo sales in GTHA saw steep decline in 2024<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/toronto-traffic-this-weekend-richmond-street-closures-and-ttc-changes-due-to-eglinton-crosstown-lrt\/article_abdc73b0-d25d-11ef-ad5f-63eb26b9dae9.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto traffic this weekend: Richmond Street closures and TTC changes due to Eglinton Crosstown LRT work<\/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');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/01\/news-roundup-january-17-2025.57791\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto metropolitan population hits seven million spurred by immigration; 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