I’m one of many who swim and paddle in downtown Toronto year-round.  I have no summer cottage.  The beach is my cottage. Until our last swim on January 7th, 2024, we swam nearly every day year-round at Michael Hough Beach, Ontario Place West Island.  It is now closed for development.  This fine pebble beach hasContinue reading "Dangerous Development: ‘Boulder beaches’ are unsafe and bad for us and our environment"

I’m one of many who swim and paddle in downtown Toronto year-round.  I have no summer cottage.  The beach is my cottage. Until our last swim on January 7th, 2024, we swam nearly every day year-round at Michael Hough Beach, Ontario Place West Island.  It is now closed for development.  This fine pebble beach hasContinue reading “Dangerous Development: ‘Boulder beaches’ are unsafe and bad for us and our environment”