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Wynne sets sights on long-term goals
Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking at reforms to the province's school system as a way to help future generations find employment. In an interview with CBC News, Wynne said she wants to work with her education minister on improving what kids are taught in class. Now that her minority government has another year of life in it, with the budget passed, Wynne is setting to tackle ...
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TDSB to vote on $2M in cuts to music program
The part-time jobs of two dozen music instructors are on the line at Wednesday night's meeting of the Toronto District School Board. The proposed cuts would save the public school board approximately $2-million of the $27-million deficit it needs to wipe from next year's budget. As part of the music program on the chopping block, part-time instructors train elementary teachers who ...
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Record-high heat scorches parts of Canada strains power grids
by Mark BourrieA heat dome that has been hovering over parts of Canada several days are setting record highs across Eastern and Central Canada on Thursday, which could be the hottest day of the year.Environment Canada, the federal government agency that monitors weather, released a special weather statement for the region, warning residents that a "sultry tropical air mass" will make ...
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Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin
An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...
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Britain stands to lose the most if Canada-EU trade talks tank
Why was David Cameron more upbeat than Stephen Harper when discussing the Canada-European trade negotiations? Maybe because he knows that Europe needs this deal every bit as much as ...
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Inside the Canada-Europe trade talks How politics are undermining the deal
A man on a mission, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is using his European tour and the G8 summit to advance the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement - known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the national leaders who constitute the European Union's 'board of directors.'CETA was the central message in his meetings with British Prime Minister David Cameron, French ...
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Architect Tony Coombes helped reshape Toronto’s core
Tony Coombes had a keen sense of aesthetics and place-making that informed both his personal style and his philosophy of city-building. Tony Coombes for Obit. "3 COL. ABSOLUTE MAX - NO CROPPING - 3 COL - ABSOLUTE ...
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REFILE-Statoil finds oil offshore Canada near previous find
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:36am EDT OSLO, June 19 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil discovered light, high-quality oil offshore Canada, about 500 kilometres north-east of St. John's in Newfoundland and Labrador, it said on Wednesday. "While it is still too early to determine Harpoon's resource potential at this time, this is very encouraging for the area and especially for the ...
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Media Advisory - Settlement approved in Canada wide Neurontin class action
Canada wide Neurontin class action has now been approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The class action was previously certified on behalf of Canadians who were prescribed and ingested the drug Neurontin prior ...
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Joni Mitchell plays rare performance at Luminato tribute
Joni Mitchell waves to the crowd during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian ...
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Canada mulls penalties for offshore oil
The Canadian government announced plans to increase the liability for energy exploration companies working in Atlantic and arctic waters. Exxon Mobil announced plans in January to produce more than 700 million barrels of oil from the Hebron oil field off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan has said oil spills from offshore platforms in the ...
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Three cheers for Toronto
Toronto fund, a community endowment built with contributions from Community Foundation Fundholders, individual donors, and the corporate sector. The grants fund inspired programs and individual work that aim to provide solutions to issues identified in Toronto's Vital Signs Report. The ...
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Press Digest-canada-june 19
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:16am EDT June 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * Amid questions about the Prime Minister's Office, Senate spending, Justin Trudeau's work for charities and Thomas Mulcair's run-in with Mounties on ...
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Canada on ice as Harper fails to secure EU trade deal
CANADIAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper will conclude his eight-day European trip unable to complete a trade agreement with the EU, just as the opening of EU-US talks raises the risk that his country will be left ...
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Cluster bomb victims call on Canada to ratify convention to ban dirty weapon
Raed Mokaled is pictured in Geneva in April, 2013 at a major international meeting on the Convention on Cluster Munitions. His son, Ahmad, was killed on his fifth birthday by a cluster bomb near their home in Lebanon in February 1999. Mokaled now works to have the weapons banned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike ...
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Of wetlands and waterfronts
If our city fathers had known that one day in the future officials would be gathering on Toronto's shores to announce the creation of a swamp, they would have shaken their whiskered heads in disbelief.The marshland that covered much of the eastern waterfront in Toronto's early years was viewed as a threat to the city's health and welfare, a breeding ground for disease. Authorities ...
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Misconduct investigations put Canada in different light
MONTREAL - Canada, among the 10 least corrupt countries in the world the past six years according to rankings by Transparency International, is mired in scandals. Quebec’s anti-corruption task force Monday arrested Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum over fraud allegations, adding to controversies rocking political circles in Toronto and Ottawa that have taken the shine off Canada’s ...
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2 men jailed in Dominican wedding fight return to Canada
Stacey Vernon poses with her new husband, Nick Miele, just hours before he was arrested after a fight at the Bahia Principe Esmeralda resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (Courtesy Vernon ...
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Ex-teammate Esmil Rogers tames Rockies as Blue Jays cruise to win
More photos. (Fred Thornhill , Reuters) TORONTO - Esmil Rogers, a pitcher who could never harness his talent in Colorado and who happens to be the Blue Jays' best starter, couldn't help himself. When Toronto manager John Gibbons removed him in the seventh inning, the right-hander smiled like someone who had just talked his way out of a parking ticket. His growth in Colorado was not ...
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FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller to direct Canada’s men’s team at CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament
Colin Miller’s déjà vu season as Canada’s men’s national soccer team head coach continues. The FC Edmonton head coach will be the interim coach for a third time in 2013, as the team gets set for next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. Here, Miller is pictured at Commonwealth Stadium when he was named head coach for FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League in ...
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MLB Toronto 8 Colorado 3
Maicer Izturis on solo shots as streaking Toronto reeled off a seventh consecutive win. Former Rocky Esmil Rogers (3-2) collected the victory, yielding three runs (two earned) on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out five. Colorado ...
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40 of Indigenous Children in Canada Live in Poverty Study
Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous children, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Save the Children Canada. The study disaggregates child poverty statistics and identifies three tiers of poverty for children in Canada based on data from the 2006 census, which is ...
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Blue Jays rout Rockies for seventh straight victory
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Esmil Rogers throws against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of their MLB Interleague baseball game in Toronto June 18, 2013. (FRED ...
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Blue Jays turn to guru to help with pitching program
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil pitches against the Colorado Rockies in 8th inning AL action in Toronto on Monday June 17, 2013. (Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN ...
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Gatineau MP denounces Ontario government’s ‘cavalier’ attitude on Kettle Island bridge
OTTAWA -- The Ontario government's announcement that it would not support a bridge spanning the Ottawa River at Kettle Island demonstrates self-centred thinking, Gatineau MP Franoise Boivin said Tuesday."Is the Ontario side just saying, 'We actually don't care about the Quebecers,'?" asked Boivin.She said the announcement Monday came as a surprise since ...
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Toronto's historical hospital due for upgrade
Toronto East General Hospital is undergoing a massive redevelopment and expansion plan that aims to update the tired facility, which is one of the oldest in the city.
Toronto East General Hospital was opened in 1929 and has been in continual operation ever since, located at 825 Coxwell Avenue in the capital of Ontario, the hospital is a community teaching hospital and has a bed capacity of 470. It treated over 60,000 people in its emergency room last year and provided in-patient care to over 19,000 people. Read more
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