Victoria seniors protest at vacant university field, looking for park area

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VICTORIA — Dozens of Victoria seniors have staged a rally at a previous faculty discipline to demand from customers a lot more elder-pleasant park space, contrasting their problem with amenities accessible to youth that incorporate a new skateboard park nearby.

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About 100 seniors, numerous utilizing walkers and motorized scooters and carrying placards, took portion in the protest close to the land owned by the Increased Victoria Faculty District, and say they are staying shut out of green space close to their households.

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The vacant discipline was on the grounds of a former significant faculty, and protester Terry Dance-Bennink says reworking it into a senior-pleasant area would present more than 1,000 older people in the neighbourhood a place to physical exercise, socialize and enjoy character.

Dance-Bennink suggests the seniors have approached the school district about turning the place into a momentary seniors park, but have not heard back.

The Higher Victoria School District was not right away offered for comment.

Final 7 days, B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie produced a report expressing the province ranks past in Canada in furnishing important monetary supports to seniors.