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on Tuesday, effectively undoing many of the shortcomings of the government’s $333 million fiveyear overhaul of the province’s autism program. >>>ALL, page 31
Instead of celebrating the start of summer vacation this week, kindergartners at Princess Margaret Junior School spent their last three days of school mourning the tragic loss of a “beautiful, active little girl who loved life.” Five-year-old Isabela Kuci died last Friday when the car she was traveling in with her mother Valbona Vokshi, 35, and grandmother Xhemile Vokshi, 55, was involved in a fiery, 11-vehicle pile-up on Hwy. 400. While OPP had not yet officially released the names of the collision’s four fatalities as of Wednesday, close family friend Katerina Seitaj confirmed to The Guardian that the three generations of the Etobicoke family were among those killed. “Valbona was my very good friend and we were roommates for many years. I was the first person to hold Isabela when she was born,” Seitaj said of her close connection with the family. “Isabela was always happy, >>>STUDENTS, page 23
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