[URBAN NOTE] Four links about infrastructure and parks in Toronto, including the Toronto Islands

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• Torontoist's Emily Macrae notes the importance that parks will have for a Toronto with an aging population.


• The Toronto Star's Ben Spurr reports that Siemens is challenging Metrolinx's award of the contract for new streetcars to Alstom.


• Global News shares arguments from business owners that the floodwaters around the Toronto Islands has fallen enough to reopen them.


• CBC News' Justin Li reports that Ward's Island, easternmost of the Toronto Islands, actually is open for business.