| | TORONTO STAR Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 AM | |  The rates range widely among boards, but the boards are not required to break down the numbers by job category so parents are often in the dark about rates for teachers. |
| | TORONTO STAR Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 AM | |  Teachers' union raises concerns about how changes to guidance counselling role will affect students needing greater mental health supports amidst the pandemic. |
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| | Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 AM | | If Canada doesn't get better prepared for the inevitable shift to a low-carbon future, 800,000 jobs could be on the line says Canadian Institute for Climate Choices.
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| | Toronto Sun Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 AM | | Replacing coal-fired electricity with renewable energy will cost Canadian taxpayers and hydro ratepayers up to $33.7 billion annually, with only minor reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute. The report, Canadian Climate Policy and its Implications for Electricity Grids by University of Victoria […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:58 AM | | A man is dead following an early morning shooting in North York. Police were called to Bakersfield Street, in the area of Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue, shortly before 3:30 a.m. The victim was found at the scene suffering from gunshot rounds and was rushed to hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:31 AM | | CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton released a video on Wednesday, saying he is on the road to recovery after being hospitalized in Southern California for six days to treat an infection unrelated to COVID-19. Clinton, 75, who arrived Sunday at his home in New York, said he was glad to be back […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:28 AM | | As Canadians begin packing their bags following the easing of international travel restrictions, some looking to urgently renew their passports may have to wait a little longer. A network outage at some Service Canada Centres is preventing a few locations across the country from providing urgent, express and pick-up services. Service Canada Centres – Passport […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:18 AM | | MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday registered the highest daily numbers of new coronavirus infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic as the authorities hoped to slow the spread by introducing a nonworking week. The government coronavirus task force reported 36,339 new confirmed infections and 1,036 deaths in the past 24 hours that […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:16 AM | | KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rains have killed at least 99 people in Nepal since Monday, officials said. In neighboring India, heavy downpours this week have also wreaked havoc, killing at least 88 people, while flooding roads, destroying bridges and causing landslides that washed away several homes. Police […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:15 AM | | You've probably heard warnings to start your holiday shopping early this year — this is why. With much of the global supply chain thrown into chaos by a combination of several complicating factors, it's impossible to tell when or if you'll be able to find exactly what you want. But a little shipping inconvenience is […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:14 AM | | Not being able to work in the jobs they qualified for in their native countries is a common issue many immigrants face in Canada. Only one-quarter of internationally trained immigrants in regulated professions are working in jobs that match their level of qualification in Ontario. CityNews has learned the Ford government is planning to […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:05 AM | | OTTAWA — More than 880,000 Canadians work in industries at risk of decline or closure in the global transition to clean energy, a new analysis says. The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices is warning in its publication Sink or Swim, that if these industries and federal and provincial governments don't acknowledge that change is coming […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:59 AM | | CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Outback town of Quilpie hoped its offer of free residential land to anyone who would make it their home might attract five new families to the remote community of 800. But authorities have been overwhelmed by more than 250 inquires in less than two weeks from around Australia and […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:38 AM | | JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The United States is at a turning point in deciding how to handle the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, weighing further political and economic steps to pressure the government to change its behavior, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. "The situation is getting worse inside Burma, both from a humanitarian point of […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:35 AM | | ISTANBUL (AP) — Six suspects, including four Russians, have been jailed pending trial over an alleged plot against Chechen dissidents in Turkey, state broadcaster TRT News reported Thursday. The suspects have been held on charges of "political and military espionage," the station said. They had been preparing "armed action and spying" against Chechen opposition figures, […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:20 AM | | BC-US-ELECTION 2022-MINNESOTA-GOVERNOR-JENSEN Vaccine doubts fuel doctor's rise in Minnesota governor race WATERTOWN, Minn. (AP) — A small-town family doctor angling to become Minnesota's next governor is tapping conservative anger at the Democratic strategy of trying to vaccinate, mask and social-distance America out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Scott Jensen has been using social media to […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:15 AM | | TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Thursday kicked off an annual air force drill across the country, a week after holding another massive exercise in air defense, state TV reported. The report said bombers, jet fighters, and attack and surveillance drones will participate in the drill, using heavy weapons including laser-guided missiles. It said all […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:15 AM | | In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 21 … What we are watching in Canada … Almost 70 organizations from across the country have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging […]
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| | CityNews Toronto Thursday, October 21, 2021 4:11 AM | | LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Joshua Samuel painfully recalls the day, one year ago, when Nigerian soldiers opened fire in Lagos while he and thousands of others were protesting police brutality. "People were running and some were falling," the 23-year-old said of the Oct. 20, 2020, shootings at the Lekki toll gate plaza in Lagos. "I […]
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| | Ottawa Sun Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:30 AM | | Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.
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| | Ottawa Sun Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:30 AM | | The return of winger Brady Tkachuk to the Senators is the No. 1 reason you should watch.
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| | Ottawa Sun Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:00 AM | | At some point, Diane Deans has to take the plunge and run for mayor.
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| | Montreal Gazette Thursday, October 21, 2021 5:55 AM | | West Island food banks need help to restock their shelves.
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