A long-limbed young man stands in the middle of an almost-unrecognizable, iceless Scotiabank Centre rink crowded with people. He’s wearing a baggy t-shirt and shorts with neon yellow shoes. He stares straight ahead, focused, despite all those who are literally building a tennis court around him: Two men on a scissor lift are wallpapering over […]
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What’s wrong? Common tennis courts are falling apart.
What’s wrong? Common tennis courts are falling apart. Who’s responsible? Blair Blakeney, coordinator of parks, 490-6789. Remarks: As reader Ross Soward points out, the courts “have not been resurfaced… they have rusted-out fences, no garbage cans, no water fountain,” et cetera. And Blakeney completely agrees. The courts, he says, were built for the 1969 Canada […]