{"id":33775,"date":"2026-01-01T01:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-december-16-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T09:10:15","slug":"news-roundup-for-december-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-december-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for December 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">CMHC reports November housing starts up 9.4 per cent from October; Toronto bike share probing loyalty program, seeking $41M in new funding; Toronto axes traffic camera pilot to fight gridlock after Ford government&#8217;s speed camera ban; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/cmhc-reports-november-housing-starts-up-9-4-per-cent-from-october\/article_842a8984-0f40-58cc-8bd5-f502a5cdf945.html\" target=\"_blank\">CMHC reports November housing starts up 9.4 per cent from October<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11578126\/toronto-bike-share-loyal-program-capital-funding-2030\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto bike share probing loyalty program, seeking $41M in new funding<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-traffic-camera-pilot-cancelled-9.7013763\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto axes traffic camera pilot to fight gridlock after Ford government&#8217;s speed camera ban<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11579705\/toronto-thorncliffe-park-highrise-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fire at Thorncliffe Park highrise has been put out, no return date for residents<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-ontario-science-centre-temporary-home-harbourfront\/\" target=\"_blank\">Opinion: Doug Ford shrinks Ontario Science Centre to fit in temporary home at Toronto Harbourfront<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11578365\/toronto-youth-homelessness-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">New report urges action on Toronto\u2019s youth homelessness \u2018crisis\u2019<\/a> (Global 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\/12\/news-roundup-december-16-2025.60062\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] CMHC reports November housing starts up 9.4 per cent from October; 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