Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations; the building that housed the Toronto Star for more than 50 years is looking at its next life as a waterfront hotel; national home sales fell nearly 2% in 2025 after trade war fuelled uncertainty; and other news.

Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations (The Star)

This building housed the Toronto Star for more than 50 years. Its next life? A waterfront hotel (The Globe and Mail)

National home sales fell nearly 2% in 2025 after trade war fuelled uncertainty: CREA (BNN Bloomberg)

Toronto-area home prices tumble 5.7 per cent in fourth quarter, will continue to fall throughout 2026 (The Star)

Finch LRT uses same switches as Ottawa's plagued transit line (CBC)

Snowstorm shuts down Line 6 Finch West LRT as TTC grapples with widespread weather delays (CityNews)

Lane reductions begin at Queen and Broadview for streetcar track and watermain replacement work (CP24)