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Toronto

LORINC: 10 questions about the Ontario Place redevelopment

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At some point this week, City officials will upload the Ford government’s zoning bylaw amendment application for the Ontario... Read More

Vancouver

The Blue Cabin: A Dream of Home in Uncertain Times

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Amidst widespread housing instability, many feel that we may never again be able to dream of a home to call our own. There’s a deep... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Paul Bedford on what happens next with the Ontario Place redevelopment

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In the days immediately following the municipal election, the second round of public consultations on the revitalization, so-called... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Who is behind the Therme Group, the spa company redeveloping Ontario Place?

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When Sidewalk Labs rolled into Toronto in 2017, there was no ambiguity about the corporate family tree. Sidewalk officials repeatedly... Read More

Toronto

RENZETTI: What we lose when we lose Ontario Place

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On a gusty warm Sunday in September, I enjoyed a bit of paradise at the edge of Toronto. I know: Toronto and paradise, not exactly... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: Clear-cutting Michael Hough’s landscaping at Ontario Place

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Toronto, arguably, is in the midst of what the city may look back on as a golden age of landscape architecture and design. In the past... Read More

Toronto

Ontario Place re-development: Paving over paradise

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Looking out to Lake Ontario in late March, when the ground is still thawing from winter, a daring aerialist deftly skims the water’s... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: The slow boats to Centre Island

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After the dock collision on the weekend that injured more than a dozen people and has reduced ferry service to the Toronto Islands for... Read More

Toronto

Protecting Ontario Place’s pebble beaches

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Downtown Toronto’s only beaches adjoin Ontario Place, where we swim year-round, even in winter. The most magical of these is... Read More

Toronto

LORINC: The future of Ontario Place must become an election issue

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The only thing worse than the design proposed for Ontario Place’s indoor spa mega-project is the fact that a firm with such a... Read More