{"id":34835,"date":"2026-03-28T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-27-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:07:40","slug":"news-roundup-for-march-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-27-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for March 27, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">More Americans are looking at Ontario cottages, but market remains in a \u2018holding pattern;&#8217; environmental advocates are speaking out against a planned development in northeast Pickering; Ontario\u2019s battered housing sector revises its projections down again; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/more-americans-are-looking-at-ontario-cottages-but-market-remains-in-a-holding-pattern\/article_aaf81753-7e15-493f-a663-e4f062d0f2ac.html\" target=\"_blank\">More Americans are looking at Ontario cottages, but market remains in a \u2018holding pattern\u2019<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/environmental-advocates-concerns-northeast-pickering-development-9.7142267\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental advocates are speaking out against a planned development in northeast Pickering<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11747370\/ontario-housing-budget-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario\u2019s battered housing sector revises its projections down again<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/soc-wcup-toronto-transit-9.7143530\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto plans to increase transit, close roads to keep people moving around city during FIFA World Cup<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-toronto-transportation-plan-transit-world-cup-congestion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Officials urge people to take transit or work from home to avoid World Cup congestion<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11747697\/skydome-act-cancellation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario moves to cancel SkyDome Act to free up downtown land. It\u2019s not yet clear why<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/03\/26\/blue-jays-opening-weekend-toronto-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Celebrate the 50th season of the Blue Jays on opening weekend<\/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-27-2026.60667\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] More Americans are looking at Ontario cottages, but market remains in a \u2018holding pattern;&#8217; environmental advocates are speaking out &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for March 27, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-march-27-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for March 27, 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-34835","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\/34835","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=34835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}