{"id":35102,"date":"2026-04-19T17:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-17-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:51:30","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-17-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto\u2019s condo market sets a new record: zero new projects launched in the first quarter; TTC to add service, express shuttles, later trains to get fans to and from World Cup games; \u2018catastrophic\u2019 fluid leaks led to Toronto service disruptions, TTC board says; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/torontos-condo-market-sets-a-new-record-zero-new-projects-launched-in-the-first-quarter\/article_f72ec18c-925a-4e30-8838-b22611b6b4fa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto\u2019s condo market sets a new record: zero new projects launched in the first quarter<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ttc-plan-details-fifa-world-cup-games-transit-plan-9.7167460\" target=\"_blank\">TTC to add service, express shuttles, later trains to get fans to and from World Cup games<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11804053\/catastrophic-fluid-leaks-toronto-service-distruptions-ttc-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Catastrophic\u2019 fluid leaks led to Toronto service disruptions, TTC board says<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/how-many-torontonians-oppose--and-support--jets-at-billy-bishop-a-new-polls-pulls-back-the-curtain\/article_6960e5d6-a18f-46e2-97eb-d2dc477a4443.html\" target=\"_blank\">How many Torontonians oppose \u2014 and support \u2014 jets at Billy Bishop? A new poll pulls back the curtain<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/16\/weekend-need-to-know-raptors-kick-off-their-playoff-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Raptors kick off their playoff run<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/exhibition-places-ceo-has-a-bold-green-vision-for-the-downtown-site-will-it-align-with-doug-fords-plans\/article_85c37d83-a304-49c0-b1b5-bbd67f9c157d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Exhibition Place CEO unveils plans for giant park, year-round vendors. But will his vision align with Doug Ford\u2019s?<\/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-17-2026.60824\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto\u2019s condo market sets a new record: zero new projects launched in the first quarter; TTC to add service, &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 17, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-17-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 17, 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-35102","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\/35102","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=35102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}