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All bark, no bite: residents say offleash rules unclear City responds to Rennie Park noise complaints LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com

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The city is taking steps to alleviate the noise and disruption to those who live in the vicinity of the off-leash area in Rennie Park after residents shared their concerns with parks department staff. Charles Merivale has nothing

against dogs – it’s their barking he takes issue with; especially because the St. Olaves Road resident lives adjacent to the Rennie Park off-leash area. He and his family continue to be awakened by dogs barking next door before 6 a.m. “virtually” every morning, he said. On the civic holiday Monday, a group of dogs barked nonstop between the hours of 8 and 11 a.m. Rather than quieting their dogs, the owners simply congregated, talking loudly over the noise, Merivale said. The barking continued until after >>>CITY, page 16

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As the ministries of environment and natural resources await the results of tests made to the water and dead fish found in High Park’s Grenadier Pond last week, a spokesperson has reported that no further species have died and the waterway has been cleaned up. “The city has cleaned up

the dead fish and the die-off appeared to be over,” said the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Jolanta Kowalski recently. Yellow perch, rock bass, black crappy as well a few other species died in what the ministry referred to as a “die-off.” Small die-offs are not an u n c o m m o n o c c u r re n c e, Kowalski said, but she classified the late July die-off as large. >>>TEST, page 16


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