TORONTO STAR, JANUARY 3 1958: "It is true that the parks department operates 58 natural ice rinks for skating and 23 for hockey - or will do so, if and when there is enough frost. For all the freezing weather we get here most winters, the department might as well spare the trouble and expense, and get on with the job of multiplying the number of artificial ice rinks."
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ward 18 AIR maintenance Issues A letter from City Councillor Adam Giambrone, January 29 2009, to Parks, Forestry, and Recreation (PF&R) general manager Brenda Patterson, cc'd to City Councillor Janet Davis (chair of the Community Development and Recreation Committee, City Councillor Paula Fletcher (chair of the Parks and Environment Committee), Parks Director Paul Ronan, Recreation Director Malcolm Bromley, Recreation manager Lucky Boothe, Parks supervisor Peter Leiss, and Recreation supervisor Tino DeCastro.