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Track meet, classes cut due to heatwave
York Central has new name, new brand
BY KIM ZARZOUR
kzarzour@yrmg.com
BY ADAM MARTIN-ROBBINS
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York Central Hospital is getting a new name — drum roll, please — Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital, The Liberal has learned. Its long-awaited sister hospital in Vaughan is to be called Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital, sources said. Representatives from York Central tasked with the development of the new facility in Vaughan declined to confirm the new name in advance of today’s official announcement. But multiple sources close to York Central suggested that is, in fact, the new moniker. The name links both hospitals with the new overarching corporate entity dubbed Mackenzie Health, that will oversee both York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill and the Vaughan hospital. Both hospital sites are located along Major Mackenzie Drive, about eight kilometres apart. Of course, there’s also a new logo. It’s a person with a purple head, arms and a torso shaped like an M in orange and purple legs shaped like an H. The words Mackenzie Health, in purple lettering, appear to the right. York Central’s president and CEO Altaf Stationwala said the process to come up with See OFFICIAL page 2.
STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE
With record heat and humidity yesterday, lucky students from the Grade 2/3 class at Kettle Lakes Public School in Oak Ridges cooled off at a nearby splash park. Amelie Mohammed pours refreshing water from a bucket over the head of classmate Nicole Stylianou at Grovewood Park’s splash pad. For more photos of cooling off fun, go to yorkregion.com
From cancelled track and field meets to shortened recesses, York Region students have felt the heat this week. Usually, extreme heat alerts don’t arrive until the dog days of summer and classroom learning isn’t affected, but with two hot spells in June, this year has been unusual. It’s led to the rescheduling, for the first time, of the regional track and field meet for elementary students in the public system. The event, which was to be held yesterday at the Stouffville municipal arena field, has been switched to Friday, instead. A regional meet for Catholic Cool off at one of elementary school students, however, 11 splash pads went ahead as see story page 28 planned yesterday at York University. “The decision was made before the extreme heat alert was put in place,” said York Region separate board spokesperson May Moore. “But we couldn’t schedule a make-up day and the students would have missed out altogether.” The public board is able to reschedule its meets because it doesn’t use York University’s facilities. It holds its meets at their high schools, Ms Moore added. Hundreds of students from various boards took part in yesterday’s meet, including 40 York Region students. The athletes were encouraged to bring water, umbrellas, hats and sunSee EXAMS, page 35.
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