[generalcanada]

"This spa is not a place for millionaires": Therme Group CEO Robert Hanea on his controversial plans for Ontario Place

The man behind the proposed spa at Ontario Place explains what his company actually does, how much tickets will cost and why he believes most of the public backlash is due to misinformation

torontolife.com

Now that is PR working overtime. Ads are one thing but sit-down interviews with a newspaper is another
Though most of theese are softball questions

 

[Northern Light]

Hoarding going up around the parking lots. And around treed areas at the west end.

Last I heard, the contract for tree cutting on the West Island had not yet been let. But that may have changed.

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No permits have been pulled for the parking garage as yet. * the province does not need to get permits from the City under the law, but typically does, as its a second check by the City's Engineers for structure/code compliance.

I would wager this may be for serving infra. and/or borehole testing or remediation, none of which would trigger a City permit.

 

[generalcanada]

Reinforced fence appears around Ontario Place and people are furious

Premier Doug Ford's controversial Ontario Place pet project managed to anger the public yet again last week, when the province erected an enormous ...

www.blogto.com

from the article what the ministry of infrastructure is saying whats happening here

A spokesperson for Kinga Surma tells blogTO that, "As part of the Ontario Place redevelopment project, perimeter fencing has been put up across Lake Shore Boulevard and throughout the property to ready the site for site servicing construction activities, which includes designing new internal infrastructure for water, sanitary, storm, electrical, gas and telecommunication systems."

"This work requires heavy machinery and construction equipment, as well as trained personnel with proper safety gear."


"To ensure safety and longevity of the perimeter fencing, solid wooden hoarding has been installed along Lake Shore Boulevard," says the minister's spokesperson, adding that the province's "first priority is ensuring the health and safety of our visitors and workers."

 

[mburrrrr]

Not a very clean shot from Saturday.

 

[DSC]

Global news:

Auditor general to probe Ford government’s Ontario Place redevelopment | Globalnews.ca

Critics of the plan have accused the government of shrouding the redevelopment in secrecy and welcomed the auditors probe believing it will bring transparency to the process.

globalnews.ca

 

[alisunderji]

Long Time lurker here (thanks everyone!) but would also note this - apologies if it's already been posted:
https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/mun...l-20-the-ontario-place-that-never-was-7771120

And yes, there are Ferris wheels.

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[denfromoakvillemilton]

I would rather rebuild the park at this point.

 

[generalcanada]

from what i can tell, this is actually quite routine for the auditor general, they have "value for money" audits of everything the government does.
That includes this one

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

from what i can tell, this is actually quite routine for the auditor general, they have "value for money" audits of everything the government does.
That includes this one

Kind of like the value of money audits for the greenbelt landswaps - it's not about the actual act of audit, but what the audit will or will not report.

AoD

 

[tripwire]

I'd rather have a ferris wheel than a private spa.

 

[picard102]

I'd rather have a water park than a ferris wheel.

 

[adma]

I'd rather have a water park than a ferris wheel.

I'd rather have a park by the water than a water park (i.e. in the cheesy Mount Splashmore sense--even if that's what a lot of younger people most remember OP for)

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

I'd rather have a park where I can shoot those water cannon thingies at Mr. picard102 as he's comin' down the slide like they did with the original water park back in the 70's... <3

 

[picard102]

I'd rather have a park by the water

Plenty of that already in this area.

 

[Johnny Au]

I'd rather have a thrill park with many high-intensity roller coasters.

Thrill park sounds much better than the standard amusement park or theme park.

This would provide real competition to soon-to-be Six Flags Canada's Wonderland.