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Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes, a west-end resident who went to Humberside Collegiate, left, sets the ball for teammate Taylor Pischke from Manitoba during Pan Am Games preliminary round beach volleyball action against the Cayman Islands on Monday at the Chevrolet Beach Volleyball Centre. Canada went on to win the match 2-0.
Humberside CI grad back home for Pan Ams HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com
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Team Canada handled their first match of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games like pros as the
women swept the Cayman Islands in both sets Monday night at the Chevrolet beach volleyball centre in front of hometown crowd. “We haven’t been home in
three months, but being back here is really nice for us; it’s really comforting. To play in front of all these people is once in a lifetime, (it) is very special,” said Melissa Humana-Paredes, a
Humberside Collegiate grad. “We’re really lucky to be able to do this.” From the first serve the women’s team overpowered >>>GOOD, page 10
St. Joseph’s Health Centre is looking to grow a community garden initiative this summer in front of the Our Lady of Mercy Wing on Sunnyside Avenue. To plant the seeds of community involvement in the project, a meeting was held Thursday evening at the hospital to discuss the vision for the garden. The plan is to have four raised cedar garden beds: three will be four feet by eight feet with one larger bed that will be 12 feet by eight feet. Each one will be wheelchair accessible, which is a main focus, said Ryan McGuire, the hospital’s collaborative practice leader. “The key things are leaving room underneath, so that people’s feet don’t bump into the beds and aren’t able to reach; or, having an angled edge (at the bottom) so that the feet of people in wheelchairs can go right underneath,” said McGuire. “We’d also like one of the beds to be over three feet tall because it’s easier for someone sitting in a wheelchair if something is a little higher they can reach in and do some gardening.” Despite the idea, accessibility >>>BABY, page 5