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With views of the leafy Highland Creek ravine, the centrepiece of Scarborough’s Colonel Danforth Park, Perch Condos will appeal to property-seekers looking to get back to nature. But unlike other scenic builds, the Firmland Developments project is giving back to nature, too.
The builder is dedicating nearly 40 per cent of Perch’s property to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), which protects the ravine, says Firmland president Michoel Klugmann. “We are proud to contribute to conservation, and to help ensure that the building stays in touch with nature forever.”
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This story is Part 2 of a series about the Ford government s use of ministerial zoning orders. Read Part 1 here.
In Pickering, Ont., a cluster of marshes and swamps south of Highway 401 has become an unexpected battleground, pitting job creation against environmental preservation.
The wetland of willow trees, silver maples and cattails, once protected from development by provincial rules, is now slated to become a warehouse attached to a nearby casino development.
Since 2018, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government has used unappealable special orders to allow a host of powerful developers to build in a number of ecologically sensitive areas, bypassing the usual approval process.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Small s Creek Ravine in the Woodbine and Danforth area is green space that s well used by the local community. Now residents worry hundreds of trees and walking trails will be lost once the rail corridor is widened to make way for a GO Train track expansion.(Philip Lee-Shanok/CBC)
Neighbours in the areas of Danforth and Woodbine avenues fear a tiny oasis of greenspace in the city will be lost when Metrolinx widens the rail corridor to expand its GO train service along Lakeshore East.
Small s Creek flows through the community from the northeast through a steep ravine between the tracks and homes south through a culvert, and continues on southwest through the Williamson Park Ravine.