Newly completed section of trail in the Meadoway in Scarborough opens
CBC
City officials opened on Friday a new section of trail in a linear urban park that is coming together in Scarborough.
The two-kilometre section is part of the Meadoway, a park project in which a 16-kilometre-long stretch of land in a hydro corridor is being transformed into a network of meadowlands, with the aim of preserving biodiversity.
When completed, the Meadoway will link Rouge National Urban Park and downtown Toronto.
John MacKenzie, CEO of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, said the newly opened section connects Military Trail to Neilson Avenue. He said Friday marks "an exciting milestone" for the conservation authority.
"This newly constructed section of trail is the first gap of the 16-kilometre Meadoway corridor that has been completed since approval of the municipal class environmental assessment in 2020," he said.
MacKenzie said the project is about "restoring ecosystem functions" within a utility corridor. He said there was a lot of "thoughtful" planning, design and innovation that went into the section of the trail.
Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie said the Meadoway will connect four sections of Toronto's ravine systems at the Rouge River, Highland Creek, Taylor Creek and Don River.
"This will create a fabulous network of natural corridors for urban wildlife while also making it easier for Toronto residents to access this beautiful green space and to enjoy it," she aid.
In a news release, the TRCA said: "Users will traverse an iconic pedestrian bridge overlooking the annual salmon run, an elevated boardwalk across a significant wetland, and a scenic switchback showcasing the beauty of the surrounding community and valley.
"Completion of this trail will not only open a significant east-to-west connection within the hydro corridor, but it will also connect to the Upper Highland Creek Pan Am Path, allowing users to travel south to join with the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail at Lake Ontario."
It's small things, like a cigarette or a pair of clean socks, Rachel Montour says, that can go a long way to make you feel more human when you’re out on the street.
Several dozen members of Windsor's Chaldean community and its supporters celebrated in the cold at the corner of Marentette Avenue and Wyandotte Street East Friday, as city officials gave a secondary name to the section of Marentette between Wyandotte and Tuscarora Street: Chaldean Way.
Allison Hill says she tries to make people’s experience at the Thunder Bay Food Bank “as pleasant as possible.”
Two years after a man went missing in Scarborough, Toronto police are renewing the investigation in hopes that the public will bring forward more information.
A musical instrument created in Guelph, Ont., has been thrust onto the international stage — or rather, screen.
More than 1,000 Maritime Electric customers are without power after high winds blew across the Island Friday night into Saturday.
The Supreme Court of Canada is deliberating a case that could shape the way sentences are handed down in cases where both the offender and victim are Indigenous, which some Nunavut lawyers say could have ramifications for the Inuit-majority territory.
A man barricaded in a former church in Welland, Ont., was taken into custody early Saturday, nearly 24 hours into a standoff that began over a fence dispute.
Peel police are investigating after a Friday night shooting in Mississauga left one person dead, police said.
Another busy construction season has come to an end in London, and the city is already looking ahead to next spring when a slew of new projects are expected to begin.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has begun to lay out publicly what he sees as boundaries when dealing with China, as his government wades into a new relationship with the economic giant.
Ferry crossings are cancelled and over a thousand households are left without power Saturday morning, due to high winds and severe weather conditions.
Tens of thousands of Nova Scotia Power customers are waking up without power on Saturday morning after high winds and rain hit the province on Friday night.