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  "id": 586783,
  "title": "Cost to build the Ontario Line now tripled at $34 billion and climbing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/cost-to-build-the-ontario-line-now-tripled-at-34-billion-and-climbing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:43:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/news/cost-to-build-ontario-line-34-billion-and-climbing"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ontario Line is a 15.6-km-long standalone rapid transit line that will link Exhibition Place to an area near Don Mills Rd. and Eglinton Ave., near the site of the now-closed Ontario Science Centre.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Ontario Line cost has tripled from original 2019 projection: Metrolinx CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ontario-line-cost-has-tripled-from-original-2019-projection-metrolinx",
        "published": "2026-08-11T17:26:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Ontario Line cost has tripled from original 2019 projection: Metrolinx CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/ontario-line-cost-has-tripled-from-original-2019-projection-metrolinx-593479",
        "published": "2026-08-11T18:15:56.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}