{"id":35007,"date":"2026-04-12T05:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-10-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:36:14","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 10, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Markham loses over $7 million in federal funding after blocking fourplexes with \u2018strong mayor\u2019 powers; debate over Scarborough LRT heats up as mayor, councillor offer competing motions; a look at events and what&#8217;s happening this weekend, including Toronto sports and closures on GO lines; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/markham-loses-over-7-million-in-federal-funding-after-blocking-fourplexes-with-strong-mayor-powers\/article_73c6c6a1-4c46-470f-bc39-3f98cf36950c.html\" target=\"_blank\">Markham loses over $7 million in federal funding after blocking fourplexes with \u2018strong mayor\u2019 powers<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/scarborough-lrt-line-9.7158388\" target=\"_blank\">Debate over Scarborough LRT heats up as mayor, councillor offer competing motions<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/09\/weekend-need-to-know-sports-toronto-go-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Big Toronto sports weekend, closures on GO lines<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/collision-blocks-path-for-finch-west-lrt-snarling-service-on-part-of-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\">Collision blocks path for Finch West LRT, snarling service on part of the line<\/a> (CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/line-2-hydraulic-fluid-spill-9.7158715\" target=\"_blank\">Line 2 subway service resumes after 2nd hydraulic fluid spill this week, TTC says<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11771496\/northlander-unveils-pricing-for-new-trains-from-toronto-to-northern-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northlander unveils pricing for new trains from Toronto to northern Ontario<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/more-than-84000-ontario-houses--roughly-the-number-in-markham--are-owned-by-businesses-and-for-profits-statscan-wants-to-find-out-more\/article_f4bb7cdc-284a-4a88-b15c-17565bbf087f.html\" target=\"_blank\">More than 84,000 Ontario houses \u2014 roughly the number in Markham \u2014 are owned by businesses and for-profits. StatsCan wants to find out more<\/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\/04\/news-roundup-april-10-2026.60760\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Markham loses over $7 million in federal funding after blocking fourplexes with \u2018strong mayor\u2019 powers; debate over Scarborough LRT &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 10, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-10-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 10, 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-35007","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\/35007","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=35007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}