{"id":34129,"date":"2026-02-01T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-29-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:13:12","slug":"news-roundup-for-january-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-29-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for January 29, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">&#8216;There might be some surprises yet,&#8217; says TTC board chair as details for Eglinton LRT opening remain scarce; wellness retailers dominated Toronto\u2019s commercial leasing in 2025, with a look at the brands leading the charge; Liberal MPP urges province to reopen Ontario Science Centre as roof withstands record snow; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/eglinton-lrt-opening-line-5-9.7065147\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018There might be some surprises yet,\u2019 says TTC board chair as details for Eglinton LRT opening remain scarce<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/wellness-retailers-dominated-torontos-commercial-leasing-in-2025-with-these-brands-leading-the-charge\/article_11d803e2-ba00-477a-a91e-58dfabcf934d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wellness retailers dominated Toronto\u2019s commercial leasing in 2025, with these brands leading the charge<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-science-centre-roof-passes-test-call-to-reopen-liberal-mpp-9.7065687\" target=\"_blank\">Liberal MPP urges province to reopen Ontario Science Centre as roof withstands record snow<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/01\/28\/snow-removal-update-city-of-toronto-says-theres-a-gap-in-performance-around-clearing-sidewalks\/\" target=\"_blank\">City of Toronto says there\u2019s a \u2018gap in performance\u2019 around clearing sidewalks of snow<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/catching-the-seabus-report-offers-glimpse-of-proposed-route-for-potential-toronto-harbour-service\/article_3a54abd9-e584-46ca-bd24-97890da7d739.html\" target=\"_blank\">Catching the \u2018seabus\u2019? Report offers glimpse of proposed route for potential Toronto Harbour service<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/01\/28\/toronto-drivers-lost-an-average-of-100-hours-last-year-thanks-to-traffic-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\">This is where Toronto stands among North America\u2019s most congested cities<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/the-fixer\/toronto-now-seems-to-be-the-city-that-doesn-t-work-one-woman-frustrating\/article_e6f4cd25-aa69-4d52-b997-fafdcf959296.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Toronto now seems to be the city that doesn\u2019t work\u2019: One woman\u2019s frustrating attempts to get the city to fix a broken sidewalk<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11641193\/toronto-tourism-statistics-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\">Record 28.2M Toronto tourists generated $9.1B in spending last year: report<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/variable-rate-mortgages-rising-in-popularity-as-global-turmoil-pushes-up-fixed-rates\/article_21ed1287-c29c-4684-ad0f-e317536dd91a.html\" target=\"_blank\">Variable-rate mortgages rising in popularity as global turmoil pushes up fixed rates<\/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\/2026\/01\/news-roundup-january-29-2026.60290\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#8216;There might be some surprises yet,&#8217; says TTC board chair as details for Eglinton LRT opening remain scarce; wellness &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for January 29, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-29-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for January 29, 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-34129","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\/34129","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=34129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}