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Greater Toronto Region
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On this site, the Greater Toronto Region includes the City of Toronto, Mississauga, Oakville, and areas to the north. There are close to a dozen rivers running through this area, which is home to roughly 4-millioni people. The area is highly urbanized, and water quality is influenced by airports, development, sewage overflows, and industrial facilities. Toronto is also the Provincial Capitol. Toronto Harbour is one of Lake Ontario's "Areas of Concern".
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Offshore wind turbines should not be closer than 5 kilometres from the shoreline, Ontario’s environment ministry has proposed.
If approved, the guideline would appear to pose problems for Toronto Hydro’s proposed wind development off the Scarborough Bluffs.
Toronto Hydro wants to erect up to 60 turbines in Lake Ontario on a reef that runs two to four kilometers... (more)
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
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Greater Toronto Region
Ontario
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Waterfront Toronto, in partnership with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), are now moving forward on an $8 million upgrade at Tommy Thompson Park affectionately known as the Leslie Street Spit.
The plans for the sustainable infrastructure enhancements were recently unveiled during the park's 10th annual Spring Bird Festival on Sunday, May 8.
The... (more)
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Development & Land Use
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Greater Toronto Region
Waste Management
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The TWRC has received key approvals from the Ministry of the Environment to construct a site on the Toronto waterfront for stockpiling and - hopefully - treating contaminated soils. The air approval is available online here and the waste site approval is available online here.
The project details have changed dramatically since Lake Ontario Waterkeeper first voiced concerns... (more)
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Greater Toronto Region
Waste Management
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Seven of Toronto’s 11 beaches are blue flag and as pristine as any body of water in Kawartha Lakes because of improvements that have been made to the sewage system, a city official says.
“Our beaches are the best kept secret and they are absolutely safe to swim in. You would be hard-pressed to think in the middle of the largest city in Canada there would be blue flag... (more)
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Environmental Law
Greater Toronto Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
Swim
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The Rouge Watershed will celebrated next week with a number of different events.
From Wednesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 29, residents can take part in the celebrations initiated by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Rouge Park, Town of Markham, Region of York, Town of Richmond Hill and the City of Toronto.
Opening ceremonies will be held at the Glen Rouge... (more)
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Greater Toronto Region
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Despite the encroaching city, an enchanted wilderness prevails
When you were a child, did you have some special, magical place in the outdoors: a tangle of woods behind the house that was your own, personal Narnia, a hill that you climbed as if ascending Everest, a cottage bay that seemed as secret as a pirate’s cove?
For me, that place was the Rouge Valley. In the... (more)
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