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Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes

Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she’s looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. “I think a lot of my colleagues are very relieved and happy that we’re finally going back …

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Olivia Chow has been a front runner before, what’s different for the mayoral hopeful? – Toronto

TORONTO — Before the last high-profile debate of Toronto’s mayoral byelection campaign, Olivia Chow was prepared for attacks from the other candidates on stage. She was leading the polls, and in the crosshairs of her political rivals. What she was not prepared for was the large heart-shaped red card her …

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Ontario Liberal hopeful Bonnie Crombie facing backlash for Greenbelt comment

Mississauga Mayor and Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Bonnie Crombie is facing heat on the day she officially announced her entry into the race for comments she made about the Greenbelt. Speaking to reporters after she officially launched her Liberal leadership bid, Crombie outlined a situation in which she said she …

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Ontario Liberal leadership hopeful sets out key housing policies

Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine-Smith is pledging to create a provincially-owned construction agency to build new affordable housing, part of the first major policy push of the campaign. Erkine-Smith, who was the first candidate to officially launch his leadership bid, unveiled a housing strategy that also promises to eliminate …

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Injury-riddled Jets ‘hopeful’ Scheifele plays crucial Game 5 in Vegas – Winnipeg

Mark Scheifele brought some hope with him when he arrived with the Jets at the Winnipeg airport for their Tuesday flight to Las Vegas. However, the team’s top goal-scorer, who left Monday’s 4-2 playoff loss to the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury, still remains a question mark for Thursday’s …

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‘She is alive’: Sister of abducted Ontario woman says family is still hopeful 1 year later

The last time Aysa Hajtamiri spoke with her sister was nearly a year ago. They kept the phone conversation short as Hajtamiri was driving but planned to reconnect soon. That next phone call never happened. Not long after she got home, Hajtamiri said she learned that her younger sister had …

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World AIDS Day: HIV activists hopeful for end to backsliding on infections, stigma – National

HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. “It’s clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people …

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Hudson’s hopeful: Northern B.C. wildfire evacuees find support from neighbours

Diana Jewan was celebrating her grandson’s birthday on Saturday as ash fell from an eerie, orange sky.  The Battleship Mountain wildfire, ignited about 50 kilometres west of Hudson’s Hope, B.C., was drawing near.  Shortly after the party, an evacuation order was issued, forcing hundreds of residents to leave the area …

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Conservative leadership hopeful Pierre Poilievre tables bill to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Conservative leadership contender Pierre Poilievre has tabled a bill in the House of Commons that, if passed, would prohibit the federal government from imposing vaccine mandates on federal workers and the travelling public. Poilievre, who has been a vocal opponent of mandates since the convoy of protesters against vaccine mandates rolled …

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Manitoba residential school survivors hopeful about Pope’s visit, but want a say in apology

Residential school survivors met with Catholic bishops in Winnipeg Wednesday to discuss what they’d like to hear from Pope Francis when he visits Canada this summer. The Pope is expected to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in abuses suffered at the schools, but it’s the wording of that apology that was the focus of …

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