{"id":35183,"date":"2026-04-26T06:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-24-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:04:18","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">A look at whether HST cut on new homes will save buyers money, with 78% of prices the same or higher; legal dispute pits Roncesvalles tenants against landlords over eviction notices and housing security; in the midst of commuter chaos, meet the Toronto subway musicians bringing rhythm to rush hour; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/most-toronto-developers-have-not-changed-homes-prices-following-hst-announcement-early-data-shows\/article_d9a318f3-2f73-4f1d-b280-8e3e1092c403.html\" target=\"_blank\">Will HST cut on new homes save buyers money? Early look finds 78% of prices are the same or higher<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/roncesvalles-eviction-dispute-9.7175214\" target=\"_blank\">Legal dispute pits Roncesvalles tenants against landlords over eviction notices and housing security<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-toronto-subway-musicians-ttc\/\" target=\"_blank\">In the midst of commuter chaos, meet the Toronto subway musicians bringing rhythm to rush hour<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-island-airport-9.7175120\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto pushes back against &#8216;land grab&#8217; after Ontario tables bill to take over island airport<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/this-little-toronto-park-could-get-paved-over-for-a-billy-bishop-airport-expansion-heres-what-locals-worry-would-be-lost\/article_6e7dba86-18dc-44a8-9843-5ca85b538598.html\" target=\"_blank\">This little Toronto park could get paved over for a Billy Bishop airport expansion. Here\u2019s what locals worry would be lost<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/23\/toronto-events-weekend-gardiner-closure-raptors-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Weekend need-to-know: Gardiner closure, Khalsa Day Parade<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/frequent-flooding-driving-up-ontario-home-insurance-premiums-as-much-as-26-per-cent\/article_944ed292-d037-44f6-8e87-55f363cffb66.html\" target=\"_blank\">Frequent flooding drives up Ontario home insurance premiums as much as 26%<\/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-24-2026.60873\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A look at whether HST cut on new homes will save buyers money, with 78% of prices the same &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for April 24, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-24-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for April 24, 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-35183","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\/35183","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=35183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}