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Whatsapp Nikki Bradley on a 45-foot abseil in Iceland. Bradley, a bone cancer survivor, runs the 'Fighting Fit for Ewing's' campaign. Photo: Paul Doherty (pauldoherty.ie).

Since then, she has climbed Mount Errigal. She is also the first woman to have abseiled from the Fanad Lighthouse - another adventure undertaken with Miller.

"Trying to get oversite, and is subject to the Ontario Heritage Act. The City of Toronto also has a heritage designation study underway, which could result in the area getting a Heritage Conservation District designation. That would add more protections for the site and require city approval for any alterations, additions or demolitions within the site.

But Nasmith worries that with all the condo development taking place in the area right now, the horse may already be out of the barn before the city even finishes its assessment.

“The city can’t seem to keep up with the development industry. ” she said.

In 2015 Nasmith delivered a lecture in Hamilton called Main Street as Old Growth Forest. The idea was to apply analogies from the environmental conservation movement to city planning and urban design.

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