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Input still being sought on new Rouge urban park MIKE ADLER madler@insidetoronto.com Work on the higher concept to shape the Rouge Valley into a national urban “people’s park” continues, while politicians squabble over patches of land in the park and around it. This month, Toronto residents can join the discussions at both levels if they wish. Parks Canada, having committed cash for the Rouge and launched a public consultation process on what their experimental federal park should be has extended a public consultation on it until Monday Oct. 8. People on the agency’s website (www.parkscanada.gc.ca/Rouge) can read a 20-page document explaining how the new park can “connect people to nature and his-
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tory” and fill out a survey, as nearly 2,000 have, Pam Veinotte, the park’s first superintendent, said. Settling into the job since midJuly, and now searching for a temporary office near the park, Veinotte has also brought the outreach campaign to area groups and festivals, where she said responses were positive. “People are extremely interested,” said Veinotte, formerly a superintendent at Banff, Canada’s oldest national park. “They want to be involved and they want to stay involved.” Dave Harvey of Park People, a group trying to improve Toronto’s green spaces, is a fan of the process and said he believes the Rouge NUP will be one of Greater Toronto’s greatest green assets one day. But though Parks Canada will bring more resources to the Rouge >>>CITY, page 17
Local day care planning community celebration St. Crispin’s Day Care is back and wants to celebrate with the community. The non-profit facility, established by members of the Craiglee Drive church in 1977, was homeless for a few months this year after Toronto’s Anglican diocese put the church up for sale. St. Crispin’s re-opened in May, however, and hosts a community
fall festival at its new location in Highway Gospel Church, 530 Midland Ave., next Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The festival features bake and rummage sales, games and crafts for children and a pumpkin carving contest for youths. Proceeds will go to the day care’s new toddler room and the church’s “Zoom Kidz” program.
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LITTLES ROAD PARK CELEBRATION: Auriel Haynes picks tomatoes during the opening celebration of the Littles Road Park Community Garden on Saturday.
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