Canada project reclaims 'foul' industrial area to contain floods
Thursday, 31 July 2025 () Toronto, Canada (AFP) July 30, 2025
The spur to build Toronto's billion-dollar-plus flood prevention project dates back to a devastating hurricane in 1954, but planners say its urgency was reinforced by the recent tragic flooding in Texas. The Port Lands project has, in part, reversed a consequence of industrialization by reconnecting Lake Ontario with the Don River, more than a century after they were severed to create an ind