Extended outdoor pool hours for the Labour Day weekend

City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release:  September 4, 2015

Extended outdoor pool hours for the Labour Day weekend
With a warm Labour Day weekend ahead, the City of Toronto will be extending leisure swim hours at ten outdoor pools across the city on Sunday, September 6 and Monday, September 7, weather permitting. All outdoor pools will be open for regularly scheduled leisure swims on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6.

The following locations will be extended (Sunday and Monday only):•    Smithfield Outdoor Pool
•    Sunnyside-Gus Ryder Outdoor Pool
•    Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool
•    Fairbank Memorial Outdoor Pool
•    Driftwood Outdoor Pool
•    Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool
•    Alex Duff Memorial  Outdoor Pool
•    Monarch Park Outdoor Pool
•    McGregor Outdoor Pool
•    Heron Park Outdoor Pool

For swim times, please visit http://www.toronto.ca/swim.

Toronto beaches will be open throughout the Labour Day weekend and splash pads remain operational through September 20.

This news release is also available on the City of Toronto website at http://www.ow.ly/ROjnz.

Toronto is Canada's largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world's most livable cities. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can visit http://www.toronto.ca, call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us @TorontoComms.

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Media contact: Howie Dayton, Parks, Forestry and Recreation – Community Recreation, 437-346-1175, hdayton@toronto.ca