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The Don River and Central Waterfront Project – Study update and report to Public Works Committee

August 31st, 2011

Study Update and Report to Public Works Committee Municipal Class Environmental Assessment StudyRead a PDF version here.In 2008, the City of Toronto initiated the Don River and Central Waterfront Project – a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study to further the recommendations of the City's Wet Weather Flow Master Plan on a solution to improve water quality... (more)

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Ford plans to make waterfront dazzle | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

August 31st, 2011

TORONTO - They bit the bullet in Barcelona, in Chicago and in Sydney, Australia — and all have since reaped the benefits of a destination waterfront.But in Toronto, development of a precious and valuable parcel of our waterfront — the Port Lands — has been on what one might call a slow boat to China.As I discovered while participating in the Midsummer Night’s... (more)

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Toronto News: Doug Ford’s waterfront vision – thestar.com

August 31st, 2011

In Doug Ford’s Toronto: A wide-eyed tourist arrives at Union Station, camera in hand, and jumps on board a newly built monorail (not operated by the TTC, by the way).Our visitor could head west to Ontario Place, checking out a soccer game at BMO Field or spend a day wandering around the water park, but let’s assume they’re looking for something a bit more exciting:... (more)

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Toronto News: Don’t kill waterfront neighbourhood, urban designer says – thestar.com

August 31st, 2011

Councillor Doug Ford frequently says he would like the city to conduct itself more like a business. But Toronto would be squandering millions if it chooses to pursue his vision for the Port Lands instead of the existing plan for a mixed-use neighbourhood, says a prominent urban designer involved in the planning.“I’m looking at this with a certain amount of disbelief,”... (more)

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Toronto News: There’s fog in Doug Ford’s waterfront vision – thestar.com

August 31st, 2011

Councillor Doug Ford tried to clarify his waterfront vision Tuesday, but ended up further confusing officials about the city's intentions for the Port Lands.The uncertainty is in the geography.Ford hopes to lure private investors to build a monorail system, world-class shopping mall and a gigantic Ferris wheel on a barren portion of land south of the Don Valley Parkway... (more)

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Port Lands councillor Paula Fletcher slams ‘backroom’ planning – The Globe and Mail

August 31st, 2011

The Ford administration’s new vision for the Port Lands, bandied about behind closed doors with unnamed parties, marks a return to the kind of “backroom planning” that plagued waterfront development in the past, says the city councillor for the area, who was not involved in those discussions.Such secret sessions should be a thing of the past, said Paula Fletcher, the... (more)

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Doug Ford’s vision for the Port Lands includes giant Ferris wheel – The Globe and Mail

August 31st, 2011

Etobicoke Councillor Doug Ford, the brother of the mayor and his closest adviser, is the point man for ambitious new plans to put a waterfront hotel, “mega mall” and monorail at the foot of the Don River on land currently slated for a new community and urban park. The councillor says the existing plan for the Port Lands – approved by the former council last year – is... (more)

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Ford’s ‘abrupt and odd’ move to take control of port lands denounced – The Globe and Mail

August 30th, 2011

Plans by the Ford administration to seize control of development in the port lands go against a commitment from three levels of government to create a large urban park at the mouth of the Don River, says Glen Murray, the provincial cabinet minister who is MPP for the area.Calling the move, “abrupt and odd,” Mr. Murray pointed out that most of the funds for Waterfront... (more)

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Fool’s gold

August 23rd, 2011

Re: Gold Runs In Their Veins, Joe O'Connor, Aug. 13.Your profile piece on gold prospecting refers to Ontario's first great gold rush in 1866. That discovery turned out to be significant in the history of mining in Canada, in part because of the vast inventory of toxic materials discharged into the local waterway and left around the site of the discovery.Today, the... (more)

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Waterkeeper comments on Cameco’s Vision 2010 project

August 23rd, 2011

Cameco Corporation owns and operates a uranium conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario. The plant is located at the heart of one of Lake Ontario’s most historic and environmentally vulnerable harbours. For decades, nuclear-related industrial pollution has affected water quality and the natural environment in and around Port Hope. Cameco currently has the opportunity to... (more)

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