{"id":34037,"date":"2026-01-25T01:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-23-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T01:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:58:13","slug":"news-roundup-for-january-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-23-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for January 23, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto&#8217;s new Finch West LRT experienced 350 delays in December, city data shows; 100,000 real estate jobs at risk as new home sales drop to lowest level in 45 years; Toronto saw dramatic decline in new bike lanes during 2025 after provincial ban; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/finch-west-lrt-delays-december-city-data-9.7057478\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto&#8217;s new Finch West LRT experienced 350 delays in December, city data shows<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/toronto-real-estate-100-000-jobs-at-risk-as-new-home-sales-drop-to-lowest\/article_b9b3f36c-4a49-4c71-a870-be615d794ca7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto real estate: 100,000 jobs at risk as new home sales drop to lowest level in 45 years<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11625324\/toronto-bike-lanes-drop-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto saw dramatic decline in new bike lanes during 2025 after provincial ban<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-public-inquiry-liberals-9.7055988\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Liberals demand public inquiry into Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction delays<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/does-toronto-really-plow-bike-lanes-before-roadways-heres-what-we-found-out\/article_bca9933b-9d55-4a83-beee-9014750a593e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Does Toronto really plow bike lanes before roadways? Here\u2019s what we found out<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/ontario-homelessness-rates-surge-amid-stagnant-income-assistance-rates-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario homelessness rates surge amid stagnant income assistance rates: report<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/01\/22\/weekend-need-to-know-scotties-tournament-hearts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Curlers hit the ice at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts<\/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\/2026\/01\/news-roundup-january-23-2026.60249\" 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 new Finch West LRT experienced 350 delays in December, city data shows; 100,000 real estate jobs at risk &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for January 23, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-23-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for January 23, 2026\">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-34037","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\/34037","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=34037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}