{"id":35480,"date":"2026-05-20T06:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-20-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T06:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:52:18","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-20-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Metrolinx subway extension to Richmond Hill delayed, confidential TTC documents reveal; Ford government faces criticism for lack of a business plan for Billy Bishop expansion; Mimico neighbours cry foul after builder applies to turn fourplex into eightplex; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/metrolinx-subway-extension-to-richmond-hill-delayed-confidential-ttc-documents-reveal\/article_977cf92f-9377-470c-81e2-ef79fac727f1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metrolinx subway extension to Richmond Hill delayed, confidential TTC documents reveal<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/05\/19\/ford-government-faces-criticism-for-lack-of-a-business-plan-for-billy-bishop-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government faces criticism for lack of a business plan for Billy Bishop expansion<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/mimico-neighbours-cry-foul-after-builder-applies-to-turn-fourplex-into-eightplex\/article_9f724db7-e36a-4da7-96f3-b1c3176b0586.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mimico neighbours cry foul after builder applies to turn fourplex into eightplex<\/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&#8217;s claims of economic impact for Toronto Island airport expansion based on incomplete study<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/toronto-city-council-today-billy-bishop-referendum-metrolinxs-smarttrack-invoices--and-a-councillors-legal-bills\/article_e5f79cd6-5b51-404b-8007-0d9c392685df.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto city council today: Billy Bishop referendum, Metrolinx\u2019s SmartTrack invoices \u2014 and a councillor\u2019s legal bills<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/billy-bishop-expansion-plan-9.7204928\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Bishop expansion could cost up to $5B. But taxpayers won&#8217;t foot the bill, federal agency says<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/internet-free-sundays-more-playgrounds-and-spreading-joy-heres-what-these-torontonians-would-do-if-they-were-mayor\/article_0e408e07-f58e-417e-b574-e79bbdc1b70e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Internet-free Sundays, more playgrounds and spreading joy: Here\u2019s what these Torontonians would do if they were mayor<\/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-20-2026.61020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Metrolinx subway extension to Richmond Hill delayed, confidential TTC documents reveal; Ford government faces criticism for lack of a &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 20, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-20-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 20, 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-35480","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\/35480","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=35480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}