[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: Doug Ford, Ontario Place, rent control, 650 Parliament, cannabis

[rfmcdonald]

• This Toronto Life profile examines how Doug Ford managed to get elected premier of Ontario.


• blogTO looks at how the province of Ontario has just taken over Ontario Place, preparing to redevelop this waterfront site in what we fear will be a bad direction.


• blogTO notes how the scrapping of rent control for new units risks making housing still more unaffordable in Toronto.


• Refugees from the 650 Parliament Street disasters are now being billed for their hotel stays, Global News reports.


• NOW Toronto has this first-person essay from Pete Young talking how his cannabis business took him to the Toronto Stock Exchange.