1997: Ontario Place officials announce plans to build an $80 million aquarium funded by Ripley’s. June 1997: Directors of the province-owned Ontario Place and city-owned Exhibition Place endorse a merger. “This should give us the clout to do what we...

Del Grande “isn’t a bad person, per se. He genuinely thinks what he’s doing is the right thing for the city,” said Kassam, who works for a food-centred non-profit and did some work on the Joe Pantalone mayoral campaign. “But I think what he’s doing is...