{"id":31294,"date":"2025-07-11T08:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-11-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T08:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:03:57","slug":"news-roundup-for-july-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for July 11, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A look at why three affluent Toronto areas have seen prices drop below pre-pandemic levels; Metrolinx owes railpath residents transparency, say city councillor and advocate; Coldplay concerts offer lessons on GO Transit service, AI responses, says observers; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/these-three-affluent-toronto-areas-have-seen-prices-drop-below-prepandemic-levels-heres-why\/article_4eff8bd9-5c6d-4dc3-af0c-e2c0506a3ff0.html\" target=\"_blank\">These three affluent Toronto areas have seen prices drop below pre-pandemic levels. Here\u2019s why<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/metrolinx-railpath-delays-1.7582238\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx owes railpath residents transparency, say city councillor and advocate<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/07\/10\/go-transit-ai-responses-barrie-line-train-service-coldplay-rogers-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Coldplay concerts offer lessons on GO Transit service, AI responses: observers<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/who-should-pay-for-green-retrofits-to-apartment-buildings-not-tenants-report-argues\/article_b01b4de4-1841-4da1-b458-2be3b2190db4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Who should pay for green retrofits to apartment buildings? Not tenants, report argues<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-city-council-congestion-officer-traffic-1.7581972\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto moves closer to hiring &#8216;chief congestion officer&#8217; to fight gridlock<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/07\/09\/parkside-drive-speed-camera-vandalized-high-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto police launch criminal probe into repeated destruction of Parkside Drive speed camera<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11282810\/canada-weak-condo-market-move-up-buyers-stuck\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s weak condo market leaves potential house buyers \u2018kind of stuck\u2019<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2025\/07\/10\/toronto-events-weekend-ribfest-salsa-transit-info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Ribfest at Sankofa Square and Salsa on the Beach<\/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');<\/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\/07\/news-roundup-july-11-2025.58968\" 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 why three affluent Toronto areas have seen prices drop below pre-pandemic levels; Metrolinx owes railpath residents &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for July 11, 2025\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-11-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for July 11, 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-31294","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\/31294","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=31294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}