A recent police raid in a Pickering neighbourhood east of Toronto found a large and sophisticated marijuana grow operations, including more than 1,100 plants estimated at more than $1million in street value.
In late 2008, an independent contractor was working on a kitchen cupboard refurbishing project in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto’s east. Once he began the work, however, he got a nasty surprise – toxic black mold was rampant throughout the walls in virtually all of the building’s 27 units, and it was causing indoor air quality problems.