{"id":30382,"date":"2025-05-11T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-9-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T12:57:12","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-9-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-9-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 9, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A look at what it would take to achieve Mark Carney&#8217;s promise of half a million new homes a year within a decade; City could explore a bridge, tunnel or even a gondola to get more visitors to Toronto islands; weekend Mother&#8217;s Day activities in Toronto include high tea and a Leafs playoff game; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/mark-carney-promised-half-a-million-new-homes-a-year-within-a-decade-heres-what\/article_27746484-b643-4286-8417-3bd76bfb15e6.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carney promised half a million new homes a year within a decade. Here\u2019s what it would take to get there<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-island-bridge-tunnel-gondola-ferries-1.7529582\" target=\"_blank\">City could explore a bridge, tunnel or even a gondola to get more visitors to Toronto islands<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/05\/08\/mothers-day-maple-leafs-toronto-events-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Celebrate Mother\u2019s Day with high tea and a Leafs playoff game<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/average-asking-rents-down-annually-for-seventh-straight-month-at-2-127-report\/article_48a6897c-d505-5115-a0e9-a1de25f3a0c3.html\" target=\"_blank\">Average asking rents down annually for seventh straight month at $2,127: report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11170538\/cn-rail-hub-milton-ontario-supreme-court-dismiss-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\">CN Rail hub set to proceed after Supreme Court dismisses appeal request<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/torontos-neighbourhoods-are-losing-local-storefronts-fast-heres-what-can-be-done-to-save-them\/article_f8cd05e1-77cb-4817-a50a-06081f4fbb2b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s neighbourhoods are losing local storefronts fast. Here\u2019s what can be done to save them<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/expect-these-traffic-and-ttc-delays-as-sporting-life-10k-takes-over-city-streets-on\/article_5d69b8ac-a4b3-4183-a05f-75792fd27a60.html\" target=\"_blank\">Expect these traffic and TTC delays as Sporting Life 10K takes over city streets on Sunday<\/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\/05\/news-roundup-may-9-2025.58572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A look at what it would take to achieve Mark Carney&#8217;s promise of half a million new homes a &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 9, 2025\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-9-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 9, 2025\">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-30382","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\/30382","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=30382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}