{"id":35622,"date":"2026-06-01T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-1-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T07:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:16:51","slug":"news-roundup-for-june-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for June 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto tenants go on rent strike as landlord says social housing status exempts them from rent control; Toronto council nudges heat bylaw plan forward as renters face another stifling summer; Waterfront East LRT in the works along with expansion of GO lines to Milton and Kitchener; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/toronto-tenants-go-on-rent-strike-as-landlord-says-social-housing-status-exempts-them-from-rent-control\/article_4e6b4fa4-e556-4fb5-aabf-65a68c660fcd.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto tenants go on rent strike as landlord says social housing status exempts them from rent control<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/toronto-hot-apartments-air-conditioning-9.7216525\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto council nudges heat bylaw plan forward as renters face another stifling summer<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/03\/30\/waterfront-east-lrt-in-the-works-along-with-expansion-of-go-lines-to-milton-and-kitchener\/\" target=\"_blank\">Waterfront East LRT in the works along with expansion of GO lines to Milton and Kitchener<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11876076\/world-cup-tourism-spending-bmo\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup to spur \u2018short-lived bump\u2019 from tourism spending: BMO<\/a> (Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/video\/2026\/05\/31\/concertgoers-at-rogers-stadium-brace-for-commuting-headaches\/\" target=\"_blank\">Concertgoers at Rogers Stadium brace for commuting headaches<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/building-more-toronto-area-social-housing-could-give-the-economy-a-50-billion-boost-report-says\/article_fe02401d-6d0e-4110-8d03-a9df785da895.html\" target=\"_blank\">Building more Toronto-area social housing could give the economy a $50-billion boost, report says<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/02\/17\/lrt-traffic-signal-priority-drivers\/\" target=\"_blank\">How will Traffic Signal Priority for LRTs impact your drive?<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/new-york-mayor-secured-50-world-cup-tickets-for-residents-why-didnt-toronto-do-the-same\/article_329414f5-fad7-4b0f-aa94-365c329b1fba.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York mayor secured $50 World Cup tickets for residents. Why didn\u2019t Toronto do the same?<\/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\/06\/news-roundup-june-1-2026.61087\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto tenants go on rent strike as landlord says social housing status exempts them from rent control; Toronto council &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for June 1, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-june-1-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for June 1, 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-35622","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\/35622","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=35622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}