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Feeding birdS: Oliver Paris looks surprised as a chickadee lands on his stick during an event at Howard Park Tennis Club in High Park where visitors were tasked to make bird feeders to hang through the park over the winter months.
West-end parents lobbying to end overcrowding at schools LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Elementary schools in Parkdale-High Park are bursting at the seams, say local parent council members. Ward 7’s Runnymede Junior and Senior Public Schools and Swansea
Public School, are as much as 30 per cent over capacity. Playground space is shrinking due to the growing number of portables; class sizes have reached as many as 40 students while storage closets have been transformed into classrooms. “The lunchtime noise level is
beyond deafening – above what’s been considered acceptable,” Runnymede P.S. council co-chair Caron Iybould told The Villager. “Kids are being shoved into smaller and smaller classrooms. Some of the gym classes take place in the hall >>>FULL-DAY, page 10
St. Joe’s names clinic exam room after former patient LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com No longer with his family and friends in body, 16-year-old Andrew Olynyk lives on in spirit in the new Just for Kids clinic at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. Last Wednesday, those closest to the teen gathered at the hospital
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to see for the first time “Pediatric Exam Room 1” and plaque named for the boy who was known for his empathy and for inspiring those around him. “Andrew is smiling,” said his mom, Daria, who had gathered at St. Joe’s new Our Lady of Mercy wing in which the kids’ clinic is located. >>>RED CARPET, page 6