A drone image from Friday, September 13 of the demolition in progress on the West Island of Ontario. Photo by Daniela Rupolo
A group is filing an appeal for its legal challenge to the redevelopment of Ontario Place. The original case was heard this summer and the case was dismissed by a judge at the Superior Court of Ontario. The appeal would be heard by the Ontario Court of Appeal, the province’s highest court.
Ontario Place Protectors filed one of two public interest court challenges questioning the government?s ability to enable the private redevelopment of Ontario Place to proceed without an environmental assessment. The group also challenged the site?s exemption from the Ontario Heritage Act and the City of Toronto?s noise bylaws. While a judge at Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice decided against Ontario Place Protectors this summer, the group has now filed an appeal to this decision. A drone image from Friday, September 13 of the demolition in progress on the West Island of Ontario. The demolition has currently removed the modular structures associated with the Village area on the West Island. The current plans for the Therme facility will require the removal of all 837 trees that are currently on the West Island, the landmass in the foreground of this image. Photo by Daniela Rupolo
In August 2021, Austrian company Therme Group and North American entertainment giant Live Nation were selected to redevelop large sections of Ontario Place, a legacy waterfro...