{"id":34583,"date":"2026-03-08T04:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-6-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T04:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:26:24","slug":"news-roundup-for-march-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-6-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for March 6, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Fewer new listings in GTA could lead to increased competition in the future, says TRREB; Ford eyes artificial island for massive convention centre, according to sources; Metrolinx sheds 400-plus consultants as agency grapples with growing mandate; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-real-estate-february-home-sales-9.7115633\" target=\"_blank\">Fewer new listings in GTA could lead to increased competition in the future: TRREB<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ford-eyes-artificial-island-for-massive-convention-centre-sources-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford eyes artificial island for massive convention centre, sources say<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11718490\/metrolinx-cuts-consultants\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx sheds 400-plus consultants as agency grapples with growing mandate<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/drivers-could-soon-be-paying-more-to-park-in-toronto-if-proposed-hikes-move-ahead\/article_a05a1387-b269-440f-b999-139f23d27135.html\" target=\"_blank\">Drivers could soon be paying more to park in Toronto if proposed hikes move ahead<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/03\/05\/brad-bradford-ttc-station-safety-measures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Bradford calls for police at every TTC station, platform-edge doors to improve safety<\/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\/03\/news-roundup-march-6-2026.60520\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Fewer new listings in GTA could lead to increased competition in the future, says TRREB; Ford eyes artificial island &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for March 6, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-6-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for March 6, 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-34583","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\/34583","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=34583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}