LIVING ON THE ISLAND

Interested in buying a property on Toronto Islands? You can only lease the land as it belongs to the City of Toronto

Did you know that when a property on Toronto Islands becomes available, it can’t be put on the free market. It’s offered for a fixed price to the first hundred people on a five-hundred-person waiting list. If there are multiple interested buyers, the property goes to the person closest to the top of the list.

If none of the first hundred people are interested, the property is offered to people further down on the list. For obvious reasons, this is very rare.
(Source: torontoist.com)

THE UBER CONTROVERSY

New regulations allow Uber and similar ride-booking companies to operate legally here while also easing oppressive rules that encumber the traditional taxi industry. The more than 15,000 UberX drivers currently operating in Toronto will now be in a legal position to carry fee-paying passengers using unmarked personal cars. These drivers will face the same criminal record checks and other standards required for cabbies, and they will have to carry the same insurance.
(Source: Toronto Star)

DOORS OPEN TORONTO THIS WEEKEND – DO NOT MISS!

Saturday, May 28 + Sunday, May 29
Free and rare access to more than 130 architecturally and historically significant buildings across the city.