{"id":35402,"date":"2026-05-13T06:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-13-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:38:02","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-13-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-13-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 13, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Real-estate firm bulk buys $30 million of downtown Toronto condos; officials unveil $88M plan for Ajax police station as chief cites growing population; Toronto risks \u2018collapse\u2019 if cars flood streets during World Cup games, says planning expert; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/real-estate-firm-bulk-buys-30-million-of-downtown-toronto-condos-theyre-sitting-empty\/article_899ba81b-b385-43ad-9370-86178d487187.html\" target=\"_blank\">Real-estate firm bulk buys $30 million of downtown Toronto condos: \u2018They\u2019re sitting empty\u2019<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/durham-regional-police-service-plans-new-station-ajax-location-9.7197354\" target=\"_blank\">Officials unveil $88M plan for Ajax police station as chief cites growing population<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11845345\/toronto-cars-world-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto risks \u2018collapse\u2019 if cars flood streets during World Cup games: planning expert<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-canadas-world-cup-host-cities-contend-with-funding-uncertainty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s World Cup host cities contend with funding uncertainty<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-e-scooter-pilot-program-9.7197181\" target=\"_blank\">How 3 GTA cities are managing Ontario\u2019s e-scooter pilot program<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/ttcs-ceo-says-electrical-workers-are-asking-for-unreasonable-wage-hikes-could-a-weekend-strike-or-lockout-be-looming\/article_c1de767c-0b2c-4c11-a9ae-f5956e9621c5.html\" target=\"_blank\">TTC\u2019s CEO says electrical workers are asking for unreasonable wage hikes. Could a weekend strike or lockout be looming?<\/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\/05\/news-roundup-may-13-2026.60985\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Real-estate firm bulk buys $30 million of downtown Toronto condos; officials unveil $88M plan for Ajax police station as &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 13, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-13-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 13, 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-35402","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\/35402","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=35402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}