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City council considers turning construction dirt into idyllic islands in Lake Ontario

By Stephen Spencer Davis
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Yesterday, the city’s public works committee heard a proposal to create a series of islands near the mouth of the Humber River (because after you build something like the Eglinton doom trolley light rail line, all that excavated dirt has to, you know, go somewhere). Apparently, the man-made archipelago would act as a barrier to the polluted water that flows from the Humber into Lake Ontario, improving the water quality at nearby Sunnyside Beach. If council approves the scheme, the islands could be landscaped, populated with wildlife and opened to the public, making for an idyllic picnic destination. That is, until someone tries to turn them into a red light district. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »

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