Educational workers hold strike vote as Ontario students head back to...

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TORONTO — Ontario students returned to class Tuesday amid uncertainty surrounding labour talks between the government and unions representing public school teachers and educational workers. Education...

Ontario restricting cellphone use in classrooms starting in November

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TORONTO — Ontario will be restricting the use of cellphones in classrooms starting in November. The government had originally announced the ban earlier in the...

Standardized tests for teachers don’t necessarily improve student scores: report

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TORONTO — Giving teachers standardized tests often doesn’t lead to better outcomes for students, the agency tasked with developing a new math test for...

Cities urge federal leaders to wade into wastewater debate

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OTTAWA — In Canada’s largest city, raw sewage flows into Lake Ontario so often, Toronto tells people they should never swim off the city’s beaches for least...

Students head back to college and university amid cuts to loan...

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TORONTO — Ontario college and university students are heading back to school with lower tuition fees, but accompanying cuts to government assistance mean many...

Stephen Harper fundraising pitch used to raise money, for Liberals

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OTTAWA — Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has been conscripted to help fill the election war chest — of the Liberal party. The Conservatives posted a...

Standardized tests for teachers don’t necessarily improve student scores: report

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TORONTO — Giving teachers standardized tests often doesn’t lead to better outcomes for students, the agency tasked with developing a new math test for...

Ontario needs a regional immigration strategy, new report suggests

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TORONTO — Ontario’s small communities could benefit from the influx of immigrants that are disproportionately settling in the Greater Toronto Area, a new report...

Ontario gas stations must have anti-carbon tax stickers posted by today

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TORONTO — A law requiring gas station owners across Ontario to post anti-carbon tax stickers on their pumps came into force Friday, but the province said it...

Ontario in talks with Ottawa to revive plans for French-language university

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TORONTO — Ontario is reconsidering plans for a proposed French-language university it cancelled late last year, negotiating with the federal government to split the...

Celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary involved in fatal boat crash

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SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary was involved in a boat collision in Ontario’s cottage country that left two people dead and...

Ontario government files carbon tax challenge with country’s top court

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TORONTO — Ontario has filed a challenge against the carbon tax with the country’s top court, a move that comes days after Premier Doug...

Grassy Narrows chief, NDP candidate urges Ottawa to talk turkey on...

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OTTAWA — The chief of Grassy Narrows First Nation, an NDP candidate in this fall’s federal election, wants to sit down with Indigenous Services...

Lottery for next wave of Ontario cannabis stores being held today

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TORONTO — Ontario is holding its second lottery to select operators hoping to run cannabis shops in the province. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario...

Scheer repeats call on RCMP to investigate Trudeau’s actions in SNC...

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OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal ethics commissioner’s stinging conclusions about Justin Trudeau’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair appear to align with a criminal offence. Speaking in...