Ageing residents who live on idyllic Toronto affordable housing islands have said that they can t sell-up and buy in a more senior-friendly area - because their trust won t let them make a profit.
The government agency that oversees Toronto's waterfront is mulling over the idea of an expanded water shuttle network that could serve the city's waterfront communities from Etobicoke to Scarborough.
For 30 years, island homes have been doled out by a community trust, keeping prices radically lower than in the cutthroat real estate market across the lake. But it’s had unintended consequences.
A colony of double-crested cormorants has made itself at home near Hanlan's Point on the Toronto Islands this summer. While residents complain of their fishy odour and their excrement, conservation authorities are trying to limit the damage they do to the trees they nest in.