Parkdale tenants disrupt hearing in protest over proposed rent hike; Toronto and Vancouver housing markets threaten Canada’s rapid economic growth; High-speed Rail For Whom?; and more news:

Parkdale tenants disrupt hearing in protest over proposed rent hike (Toronto Star)

Toronto surfers protest waterfront project that could ruin ‘magical’ Lake Ontario surf spot (Toronto Star)

Hillcrest Mall installs beehives on roof to fight declining bee population (Metro News)

Toronto and Vancouver housing markets threaten Canada’s rapid economic growth, OECD says (Financial Post)

High-speed Rail For Whom? (Torontoist)

Toronto’s strange climate change plan in the age of Trump (Spacing Toronto)

TTC has no plans for New York style doggie bags for the subway (Toronto Star)

Toronto Public Library's new $15M Albion branch opens in north Etobicoke:Old library remained open while new one built in parking lot (Inside Toronto)

Five Toronto hiking trails you can reach by the TTC (Metro News)

Global news from our sister site, SkyriseCities.com:

Cladding Underway as The Greenpoint Tops Out in Brooklyn (New York)

City Releases First Look at Viaduct-Free False Creek (Vancouver)

Duke at Mission Enters Final Stages of Construction (Calgary)

Voluntary City-Led Program to Help Reduce Energy Use in Buildings (Edmonton)