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Spadina subway extension stalled
Kindergarten kids benefit from health screening FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com
Fatal construction accident among causes of delay RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Unforeseen delays, including a fatal construction accident at York University last year, will stall the completion of the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension by nearly one full year. The six-stop extension traveling north from Downsview station, to be renamed Sheppard West station, and ending in Vaughan will now open in the fall of 2016 as opposed to December 2015 – if there are no more further delays to construction, said TTC spokesperson Brad Ross. “We put out a schedule that wasn’t achievable,” said Ross, executive director of communications for the TTC. “The fatality at the York site was a significant impact.” The TTC has released a report indicating the altered schedule that was to be presented to its board of commissioners yesterday. The report attributes the lengthened timeline to “major schedule impacts” including the fatal accident at the planned York University subway station construction site on the university’s campus last fall that resulted in the death of a worker. Kyle Knox was killed on Oct. 11, 2011 when a drilling machine >>>new, page 5
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Gail Williams’ four-year-old son, A.J., was having some trouble with word pronunciation so she brought him to a screening clinic set up for kindergarten students at Gosford Public School. The clinic, the first of its kind in the Toronto District School Board, saw 66 of 89 potential junior and senior kindergarten students throughout the day Wednesday. Along with seeing a pediatrician, parents could also access information on dental care, healthy eating, speech and language development and vision concerns. “It’s convenient, it’s right next door,” Williams said of why she brought A.J. to the screening clinic instead of his pediatrician. Young A.J. is one of the lucky students who has a physician. Dr. Kevin Chan, who ran the screening clinic, said 30 per cent of Gosford pupils are without a pediatrician. Chan, a pediatrician with The Hospital for Sick Children, volunteers his time once a month to operate a clinic out of the Finch Avenue and York Gate Boulevard school, which is open to students and their siblings for acute care. So it was only fitting Chan was approached to run the kindergarten screening clinic. “The vast majority of students are healthy, they are just getting a check-up,” he said in between appointments. Most of the issues focused on heart murmurs, vaccinations, behavioural problems and weight, Chan said. Sarah Sarpong was one of the parents who brought her child in >>>gosford, page 3
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