{"id":34325,"date":"2026-02-16T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-12-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:44:12","slug":"news-roundup-for-february-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for February 12, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Homeless advocates concerned GTA respite centre is closing early for World Cup despite tough winter; Province commits $1.6B for Mississauga LRT downtown loop as project delays continue; Finch West LRT dropped to 88% of target service one week while Metrolinx says it\u2019s improving; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/especially-cold-winter-homeless-response-9.7084618\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless advocates concerned GTA respite centre is closing early for World Cup despite tough winter<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/02\/12\/province-commits-1-6b-for-mississauga-lrt-downtown-loop-as-project-delays-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\">Province commits $1.6B for Mississauga LRT downtown loop as project delays continue<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11663787\/finch-west-lrt-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finch West LRT dropped to 88% of target service one week. Metrolinx says it\u2019s improving<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/go-train-derailment-details-to-be-revealed-at-metrolinx-board-meeting-today\/article_ab7c715a-471b-47ac-88a3-b42c50caf47b.html\" target=\"_blank\">GO train derailment details to be revealed at Metrolinx board meeting today<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/video\/2026\/02\/12\/really-disheartening-cyclists-call-on-city-to-step-up-snow-removal-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Really disheartening\u2019: cyclists call on city to step up snow removal efforts<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/02\/10\/a-perfect-storm-new-home-construction-in-the-gta-to-decline-for-next-2-years-amid-economic-uncertainty-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018A perfect storm:\u2019 New home construction in the GTA to decline for next 2 years amid economic uncertainty, report says<\/a> (CP24)<\/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-12-2026.60399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Homeless advocates concerned GTA respite centre is closing early for World Cup despite tough winter; Province commits $1.6B for &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for February 12, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-february-12-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for February 12, 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-34325","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\/34325","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=34325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}