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South Etobicoke neighbourhood split over city plan to add sidewalks
A south Etobicoke community group is trying to persuade the city to leave its neighbourhood free of sidewalks. Kingsway Park…
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Toronto under a heat warning as temperatures expected to hit 32 C today
Summer isn’t even here yet, but Toronto is getting a heatwave this week. The city is under a heat warning…
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Toronto launches $3B project to improve water quality in Lake Ontario and city’s waterways
City officials have launched Toronto’s largest and most significant storm water management program — the Don River and Central Waterfront…
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Scarborough councillor wants to send bill for emergency services to people who get stuck on Bluffs
An east end city councillor is suggesting that daredevils who get stuck trying to climb the Scarborough Bluffs should be…
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How climate change gave added urgency to a $1.25B project to prevent flooding in Toronto
In May 2017, record-breaking levels in Lake Ontario left much of the Toronto islands underwater throughout the summer. The following year, a powerful…
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Flooding in Prince Edward County forces provincial park to turn away visitors
Visitors are being turned away from Sandbanks Provincial Park after the rising waters of Lake Ontario flooded one third of the park’s beaches this…
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Small businesses, residences on Great Lakes being ‘destroyed’ by high water this summer
Suspicion is growing that this year’s high water levels in the Great Lakes are not simply the result of a…
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2 dead after car plunges into Hamilton Harbour at edge of Lake Ontario
A man and woman are dead after a vehicle plunged into Hamilton Harbour at the edge of Lake Ontario on Tuesday,…
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‘It’s a problem for society’: Climate change is making some homes uninsurable
It’s easy to see the flood risk of homes perched along the shores of the Ottawa River or the Red River. Everyone…
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Flooding on Toronto Islands means dragon boat race festival in limbo
Organizers of the Living Realty Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival say they will decide with city staff this Thursday…
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Toronto Islands face ‘distressing time’ as lake levels on rise, high winds in store
Areas of Toronto Islands are vulnerable to flooding because of high winds predicted on Thursday but 15,000 sandbags and 30 sump pumps are in…
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Toronto man becomes 1st Canadian to swim across world’s highest navigable lake
Robert McGlashan has managed to do something nobody from this country has ever done. Last weekend, according to the company that organized…
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Toronto’s streets are getting dirtier, and the city doesn’t have the sweepers to keep up
The City of Toronto is struggling to clean its expressways and local roads due to ongoing maintenance issues with its…
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Ward’s Island residents get ready for possible flooding
There are massive sandbags lining the shore, the ground is cold and soaked, and there’s already five centimetres of water in…
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Toronto under ‘shoreline hazard warning’ as Lake Ontario water levels rise
Toronto is under a “shoreline hazard warning” as water levels in Lake Ontario approach those last seen in 2017, when…
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Toronto Island residents, conservation authority keeping ‘very close eye’ on rising lake levels
While a town in cottage country is under a state of emergency due to flooding and many people in upstate…
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From 1971: Ontario Place under construction and over budget
It took two years, “three old freighters” and a million and a half cubic yards of landfill to build Ontario…
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