{"id":126114,"date":"2025-09-07T07:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126114\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T07:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:55:06","slug":"toronto-park-renamed-after-late-coun-cynthia-lai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126114\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto park renamed after late Coun. Cynthia Lai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A park in Scarborough has been renamed in honour of Coun. Cynthia Lai, who passed away in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/news\/city-of-toronto-renames-park-in-honour-of-late-councillor-cynthia-lai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/news\/city-of-toronto-renames-park-in-honour-of-late-councillor-cynthia-lai\/\">The city announced on Saturday<\/a> the renaming of Rosebank Park at 1051 Progress Ave. to Cynthia Lai Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the city, the park, which was chosen with the support of Lai\u2019s family, commemorates the late councillor\u2019s contributions to the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">During her time in the office, Lai supported cleanup and maintenance efforts at local parks, including Rosebank Park, making it a fitting location to remember the late councillor, the city said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCynthia Lai was a passionate champion for families and communities in Scarborough. Naming Cynthia Lai Park after her is a fitting tribute, as it will forever stand as a place where her mission of creating a better Scarborough and Toronto can be enjoyed by all,\u201d Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The city said the 4.3-hectare park features an open green space, horticultural displays and basketball courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lai, who represented Ward 23 Scarborough North, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/toronto-city-councillor-cynthia-lai-dies-days-before-election\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/toronto-city-councillor-cynthia-lai-dies-days-before-election\/\">died in the hospital at the age of 68 on Oct. 21, 2022<\/a>, following a year-long battle with an illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A park in Scarborough has been renamed in honour of Coun. Cynthia Lai, who passed away in 2022.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-126114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}