3 h. ago Ford government running new Ontario Place advertisements, won’t disclose cost

The government said it launched the campaign at the end of August and expects it to run until late December, promoting plans to modernize the Toronto waterfront attraction. 

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6 d. ago Toronto's newest park is now open but don't get too attached to it

Toronto's newest park is officially open, but you might not want to get too attached to the freshly debuted public space at 50 Queens Quay East.Menkes Developments and the City of Toronto unveiled the new 10,000 square-metre park on Monday, Nov. 10, delivered as part of Menkes' Sugar Wharf community. The space introduces a new public amenity to the rapidly evolving eastern waterfront, though, in typical Toronto fashion, this park is set to be ripped up in the not-too-distant future to be replaced by… another park.This temporary nature is reflected in the space's name, "Park in Progress," and its minimalist look from landscape architect O2 Planning and Design.With a permanent replacement a few years down the road, this space was never envisioned to be a masterpiece. A few notches above purely utilitarian, it is intended for community use in the interim while plans are forged for a permanent destination for this site.Park features include vast ex...

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2 w. ago A beloved Toronto amphitheatre is entering an exciting new era thanks to RBC

The future of live entertainment is bright in Toronto thanks to an exciting new partnership between RBC and Live Nation Canada.Now officially renamed RBC Amphitheatre, the iconic live music and entertainment venue at Toronto’s waterfront is being reimagined into a year-round venue for fans to experience more artists and more shows in a new-and-improved space.An expansion for the agesSupporting the future of live entertainment in Toronto is important to the city and to music fans, which is why RBC is helping to transform RBC Amphitheatre into an expanded year-round venue by 2030.These changes are expected to significantly increase the number of shows each year, hosting more than 1.5 million fans annually. This includes an expanded capacity for the venue’s famous summer season, with the ability to host approximately 9,000 fans in the winter, featuring both seated and open-air lawn options from May to October.Inspired by fan feedback, the reimagined venue will include a new...

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2 w. ago Toronto’s waterfront music venue renamed RBC Amphitheatre, will close in 2027 for renos

TORONTO — Live Nation Canada says a planned overhaul of a popular waterfront music spot will increase summer lawn seating and add movable enclosures for winter concerts. The performance space at Ontario Place has also been renamed the RBC Amphitheatre, thanks to a multi-year partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada running to 2038. It […]

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3 w. ago Enormous towers revealed for waterfront would be among Toronto's tallest

A Toronto megacomplex already in the process of producing Canada's new tallest building is set to get even bigger, with an ambitious new plan revealed in October promising even more skyscrapers along the waterfront.The sky-scraping Pinnacle One Yonge complex is already turning heads along the waterfront with its massive 106-storey SkyTower currently rising towards a height of almost 352 metres — roughly equivalent to the CN Tower's main observation deck.In addition to the similarly tall Phase 3 tower planned to rise next to the SkyTower, developer Pinnacle International has completely reimagined plans for the future southern half of the complex, which will replace the current Toronto Star building.Pinnacle had initially pursued redevelopment of this block with a commercial development consisting of 24- and 40-storey towers comprising the 4th and 5th phases of the complex.When approved in principle back in 2017, the plan called for a massive office compon...

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last month Military assault boats and hundreds of soldiers to invade Toronto waterfront

Don't freak out if you notice a sudden military presence in downtown Toronto in the coming days, as an "amphibious training exercise" is set to take place in the heart of the city next weekend.A Toronto Army Reserves exercise planned along the city's waterfront will involve 300 Canadian Armed Forces members from across the 32 Canadian Brigade Group simulating a mass-casualty evacuation.Conducted as part of Exercise Steadfast Response, the simulated crisis will take over an area stretching from near Exhibition Place to the Keating Channel.As part of the exercise, the public may witness military assault boats on Toronto Harbour, travelling from HMCS York to the exercise site in the Port Lands, in conjunction with military land vehicles on local roads in the downtown area.A Canadian Forces notice explains that "All measures are being taken to ensure minimum inconvenience in these areas during the exercise dates," and advises the public "to take ext...

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