The Toronto Islands are just over an hour away from the city center and give a rare glimpse into the industrial past of the city. From the grounded shipping containers to the abandoned manufacturing plants, the islands were once an important part of Canada’s industrial infrastructure. Today, though, they’re home to a shrinking population. The island park recently reopened for the season with dozens of abandoned buildings for those looking to spend a warm day outdoors and they’re no longer accessible by ferry.
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The waterfront of the lower Toronto Islands has taken a beating in recent years. Its fragile geology has made it prone to flooding; surging tides have swallowed up the shores of the island park over the years. Just one year after flooding at the Toronto Islands forced many people out of their homes, the city is faced with yet another threat: protecting a sinking island park from the Gulf of St. Lawrence waterway. Since 2016, the island has flooded nearly a dozen times. The site of a collapsed logpile held back water in 2017, and this year another logpile of logs has taken on water. The Toronto Islands have been hemorrhaging shoreline for years, but now a slate of studies aims to uncover why the water levels keep rising. Further dislocating the island park’s indigenous population is the only way the city can protect the site, which is now threatened by rising sea levels.
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The waterfront of the lower Toronto Islands has taken a beating in recent years. Its fragile geology has made it prone to flooding; surging tides have swallowed up the shores of the island park over the years. Just one year after flooding at the Toronto Islands forced many people out of their homes, the city is faced with yet another threat: protecting a sinking island park from the Gulf of St. Lawrence waterway. Since 2016, the island has flooded nearly a dozen times. The site of a collapsed logpile held back water in 2017, and this year another logpile of logs has taken on water. The Toronto Islands have been hemorrhaging shoreline for years, but now a slate of studies aims to uncover why the water levels keep rising. Further dislocating the island park’s indigenous population is the only way the city can protect the site, which is now threatened by rising sea levels. A group of volunteer scientists and engineers plan to create a 10-year groundwater study on the island’s resources and what might be done to protect the land.
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What the Crown thinks about sex and philanthropy. Global Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland takes questions from the press about sex education and LGBTQ+ rights on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, after meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland of Canada, in Ottawa. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)