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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The day after elementary school teachers in Ontario voted in favour of a strike mandate, Catholic teachers have handed their union the same bargaining tool. Teachers represented by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) voted 97 percent in favour of a …
Read More »Why more universities are covering tuition for some First Nations students
The University of Toronto is the latest Canadian university to announce it’ll be covering tuition for First Nation students whose community’s traditional territory is on or near campus. This move is one that’s popping up across Canada and the U.S. Earlier this year the University of Waterloo and Kwantlen Polytechnic University …
Read More »Matt Dunstone dumps top-ranked Brendan Bottcher at Grand Slam’s Tour Challenge – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 19, 2023 6:17 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Matt Dunstone defeated Brendan Bottcher 7-1 in a battle of Canadian skips on Thursday morning at the Grand Slam’s HearingLife Tour Challenge. Dunstone, from Winnipeg, MB, scored three points in …
Read More »First stage of demolition begins at Edmonton’s Exhibition Lands – Edmonton
After years of sitting untouched, work has finally started on the Exhibition Lands in central Edmonton. Slowly, each building will be knocked down, making way for the future of the former Northlands area — which some residents say has been a long time coming. The main stables at the horse …
Read More »Date set for inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri at Lindsay, Ont. jail
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A coroner’s inquest has been scheduled during November 2023 for the death of a mentally ill man who died in an Ontario jail cell in December 2016. On Wednesday, Dr. Paul Dungey, regional supervising coroner for East Region, announced the date for …
Read More »‘This is not good’: Leslieville businesses affected by Metrolinx construction – Toronto
Business owners in Leslieville would like the province’s transit agency to better coordinate how it reduces traffic in the area, noting poor signage and congestion from infrastructure upgrades are scaring congestion-weary customers away. Metrolinx has been making upgrades to several bridges over consecutive months to strengthen them from the incoming …
Read More »Manitoban JC Haney’s path from mental health struggle to nonprofit leadership – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoban JC Haney struggled with mental health for years and he noticed a lot of gaps in the province’s mental health-care system which ultimately led him to pursue leadership of his own non-profit to help bridge those gaps. For more than a …
Read More »Okanagan’s real estate listings could increase after new short-term rental rules – Okanagan
Jack Mendes is already contemplating what he will do with his short term rental unit in downtown Kelowna, B.C., if new legislation prohibits him from renting it to vacationers four months out of the year. “I am positive that I will sell it,” Mendes told Global news. “Right now, we …
Read More »Dick’s video debut with Drake happened by chance
TORONTO – In his first ever NBA pre-season, forward Gradey Dick promised himself to put in long hours at the Toronto Raptors’ training facilities and do whatever his coaches asked of him. That dedication quickly paid dividends as it led to him appearing in a music video with famous Toronto …
Read More »Toronto police charge 2 in door-to-door home renovation scam – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Toronto have arrested two men and charged them in connection with an alleged home renovation scam. Investigators said they believed a scam had run between June and October, involving two men going door-to-door. Toronto police said the two men would …
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