{"id":35471,"date":"2026-05-19T06:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-19-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:50:20","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">TTC and union announce tentative deal to avert strike as FIFA World Cup approaches; Ontario touts $8.5B annual economic impact from Toronto Island airport expansion \u2014 but won&#8217;t show the math; Ottawa still pledging to double construction pace despite home building headwinds; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/ttc-and-union-announce-tentative-deal-to-avert-strike-as-fifa-world-cup-approaches\/article_a7d3b287-f187-5a2e-ab99-9a8f62daab07.html\" target=\"_blank\">TTC and union announce tentative deal to avert strike as FIFA World Cup approaches<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-billy-bishop-airport-economic-impact-9.7200797\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario touts $8.5B annual economic impact from Toronto Island airport expansion \u2014 but won&#8217;t show the math<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11854041\/ottawa-construction-pace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa still pledging to double construction pace despite home building headwinds<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/tempered-enthusiasm-no-spring-real-estate-bloom-but-buyers-are-slowly-coming-back\/article_20f0e38f-6564-5315-8178-70cbd6f116a1.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Tempered enthusiasm\u2019: No spring real estate bloom, but buyers are slowly coming back<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/lobby-makeover-royal-theatre-9.7199796\" target=\"_blank\">With a lobby makeover, Royal Theatre looks forward to its next era of business<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/cmhc-reports-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-in-april-up-from-march\/article_ba823232-f5c2-5e2a-9115-a7b9594a8030.html\" target=\"_blank\">CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in April up from March<\/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-19-2026.61014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] TTC and union announce tentative deal to avert strike as FIFA World Cup approaches; 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