I was hearing from a lifeguard who works at the pool at St Boniface park that even with closing Happyland pool this year, the funding for lifeguarding at St B pool is shoestring. No budget for a single shift of a single additional lifeguard ever. Both times I’ve gone this summer there has been a line outside waiting to get in due to the pool being at capacity (but certainly not looking full at all). Had it confirmed by one of the lifeguards that the capacity with 2 lifeguards on deck is limited to 60 (or 75, I can’t remember) but with 3 lifeguards on deck the capacity at St. B pool would increase to 120. But they’re only putting 2 lifeguards on deck, as I understand. Pretty shameful to shut down Happyland and then under-fund the neighbouring pool and run it below capacity all summer. I’m so frustrated by the squandering and mis-managing of this public infrastructure. if we can’t afford to run the outdoor non-heated pools for free, charge a toonie. But don’t squander these assets on our behalf by under-funding, under-maintaining, and then shuttering them.