Ossington elementary students, parents protest tar roofing fumes

Posted May 26, 2014 6:35 pm.

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Concerned parents pulled 70 kids from class on Monday and rallied in front of Ossington Old Orchard Junior Public School to protest the tar fumes emitted during roof repairs there.

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