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The 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion was a disaster which occurred on April 24, 2003, after a backhoe operated by Enbridge contractor Precision Utility breached a pipeline on Bloor Street in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario. The resulting explosion destroyed a two-story mixed commercial and residential building, killing seven people and ...
Etobicoke (/ ɛ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ k oʊ / ⓘ, eh-TOH-bik-oh) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River, on the west by Etobicoke Creek, the cities of Brampton, and Mississauga, the Toronto Pearson International Airport (a small portion of the ...
The Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant is the city of Toronto's main sewage treatment facility, and the second largest such plant in Canada after Montreal's Jean-R. Marcotte facility. [1] One of four plants that service the city of Toronto, it treats the wastewater produced by some 1.4 million of the city's residents and has a rated ...
[1] [2] It consists of three greenhouses and 12,000 square feet (1,100 m 2) of plants including a cactus house, a tropical house and a show house which features seasonal displays. It is located in Centennial Park, in the former City of Etobicoke. This conservatory is cared for by Toronto Parks who also run Allan Gardens. Admission is free.
Etobicoke was adopted as the official name of the township (later city, now part of the city of Toronto) in 1795 on the direction of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. [4] The name for the waterway used in the Toronto Purchase treaty was Etobicoke River. [5] Simcoe in a memo from April 5, 1796 refers to it as "Smith River or Etobicoke". [6]
The 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi), [5] 18-stop line is to extend from Finch West station on Line 1 Yonge–University to the North Campus of Humber Polytechnic in Etobicoke. The line will operate in a dedicated above-ground right-of-way, much of it within Finch Avenue, segregated from street traffic.
4: 1934: Orillia Power Generation [83] Misema Hydroelectric Dam: Marter Township: 3: 2003: TransAlta [26] Mission Generating Station: Wawa: 16: Brookfield Renewable Power [60] Moose Rapids Hydroelectric Dam: Sudbury: 1: TransAlta [26] Mountain Chute Station: Greater Madawaska: 170: November 11, 1967 [84] Ontario Power Generation [50] Nairn ...
Via Rail's Toronto Maintenance Centre is a railway yard in the western end of Toronto, which stores and services Via trains.It lies within the south side of the former Canadian National Mimico Yard directly opposite of the Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility on the north side; GO Transit's Lakeshore West line separates the two facilities.