{"id":31484,"date":"2025-07-23T08:29:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-23-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:29:43","slug":"news-roundup-for-july-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-23-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for July 23, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto&#8217;s city manager is &#8216;blindly optimistic&#8217; the overdue Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open soon; a look at why the median cost that a single-family home is selling for in the GTA has dropped; Metrolinx laid off customer service workers days before using AI after Coldplay concert; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-opening-date-very-close-city-manager-says-1.7591011\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto&#8217;s city manager is &#8216;blindly optimistic&#8217; the overdue Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open soon<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/photos\/2025\/07\/23\/the-median-cost-that-a-single-family-home-is-selling-for-in-the-gta-has-dropped-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">The median cost that a single-family home is selling for in the GTA has dropped. Here\u2019s why<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/metrolinx-laid-off-customer-service-workers-days-before-using-ai-after-coldplay-concert\/article_51a686a3-a306-413c-93f4-baed94d50bca.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx laid off customer service workers days before using AI after Coldplay concert<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/new-metrolinx-ceo-eligible-for-bonus-1.7591124\" target=\"_blank\">New Metrolinx CEO eligible for potential 6-figure bonus<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/local\/article\/summer-sizzle-hot-humid-weather-returns-to-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Summer sizzle\u2019: Hot, humid weather returns to Toronto<\/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');<\/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-23-2025.59053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto&#8217;s city manager is &#8216;blindly optimistic&#8217; the overdue Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open soon; a look at why the &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for July 23, 2025\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-july-23-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for July 23, 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-31484","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\/31484","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=31484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}