{"id":34310,"date":"2026-02-15T02:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-13-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T02:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:41:12","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Insufficient rail screws behind derailment that caused days-long GO disruptions, Metrolinx CEO says; the City is seeking a partner to build micro shelters, but they need to bring their own land; Mayor Chow reacts to budget approval: &#8220;Building affordable housing is my top priority;&#8221; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/metrolinx-go-disruptions-9.7086471\" target=\"_blank\">Insufficient rail screws behind derailment that caused days-long GO disruptions, Metrolinx CEO says<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/the-city-is-seeking-a-partner-to-build-micro-shelters-but-theres-a-catch-they\/article_490554eb-dd66-4a74-9429-cdbc2eed22b9.html\" target=\"_blank\">The city is seeking a partner to build micro shelters, but there\u2019s a catch: they need to bring their own land<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/video\/2026\/02\/13\/building-affordable-housing-is-my-top-priority-mayor-chow-reacts-to-budget-approval\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Building affordable housing is my top priority\u2019: Mayor Chow reacts to budget approval<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/metrolinx-says-its-learned-these-lessons-from-its-eglinton-crosstown-lrt-odyssey\/article_8e8b6431-5935-497b-bf5c-066b9b48e81e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx says it\u2019s learned these lessons from its Eglinton Crosstown LRT odyssey<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11665295\/metrolinx-go-train-refunds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Automatic refunds for passengers caught up in GO train derailment chaos<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/toronto-pays-off-duty-police-100-an-hour-to-oversee-construction-sites-some-councillors-want\/article_3705062b-71b0-40af-a76a-e81a3ca4a4ee.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto pays off-duty police $100 an hour to oversee construction sites. Some councillors want to know why<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/02\/12\/toronto-events-weekend-family-day-valentines-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Family Day and Valentine\u2019s Day celebrations<\/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\/02\/news-roundup-february-13-2026.60404\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Insufficient rail screws behind derailment that caused days-long GO disruptions, Metrolinx CEO says; the City is seeking a partner &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 13, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-13-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 13, 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-34310","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\/34310","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=34310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}