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Education workers ending walkout as Ontario pledges to repeal law

Under pressure, Premier Ford says he will repeal law forcing 55,000 workers to accept contract in Canadian province.

Al Jazeera

Fire & Flower's Hifyre Platform And Spark Perks Program Now At Several Circle K Co-Located Cannabis Stores

Fire & Flower Holdings Corp.

Benzinga

Education workers agree to end strike in Canada's Ontario

An education workers union agreed to end a strike that forced hundreds of school closures in Canada's most populous province after the Ontario government on Monday offered to rescind a controversial law that imposed a contract on the workers and outlawed strikes.

Reuters

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Flyers snap losing skid with 2-1 win over Senators and former captain Claude Giroux

OTTAWA, Ontario ― Despite the “weirdness” of facing off against their longtime captain Claude Giroux, the Flyers overcame penalties, sloppiness and emotions to beat Giroux and the Ottawa Senators, 2-1, snapping a three-game skid.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Thousands of education workers in Canada’s Ontario launch strike

Union denounces legislation banning strikes, imposing contracts on 55,000 workers as ‘trampling’ on their rights.

Al Jazeera

Over 55,000 Ontario education workers strike in defiance of ‘draconian’ law

Move comes after Canada’s most populous province fast-tracked bill that fines striking workers C$4,000 a day

The Guardian - US

Ontario schools shut as some 55,000 education workers strike in Canada

A union representing 55,000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Canada's most populous province of Ontario after failing to reach an agreement with the provincial government for better pay and more frontline staff in schools.

Reuters

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Ontario school strike: Government's use of the notwithstanding clause — again — is an assault on labour relations

The government of Ontario has passed Bill 28 imposing a four-year contract on 50,000 education support workers and making it illegal to strike.

The Conversation

Canadian bill would fine workers $4,000 for each day they strike

Justin Trudeau has sharply criticised Ontario legislation tabled by Doug Ford’s conservative provincial government

The Guardian - US

Health Canada Grants Dealer's License To University Scientists For Magic Mushroom Cultivation

Ontario Agricultural College’s Department of Plant Agriculture University of Guelph (UG) professors and researchers Dr. Max Jones and Dr. Gale Bozzo received approval by the federal agency Health Canada to study psilocybin mushrooms.

Benzinga

Tiger Army’s Nick 13 on the return of Octoberflame, tiki drinks and the Misfits

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tiger Army vocalist-guitarist Nick 13 said returning to the stage for the first time in two-and-a-half years to play with Danzig at Toyota Arena in Ontario back in May was a strange feeling.

The Orange County Register

From Non-Alcoholic Cannabis Beverage To Advent Calendar Pre-Rolls, Entourage Launches A Slew Of New Cannabis Products

Entourage Health Corp. (TSX-V:ENTG) (OTCQX: ETRGF) (FSE:4WE), expanded its brand portfolio, releasing its most extensive suite of new products into the Canadian market to date.

Benzinga

Stars’ picturesque start to the season finally met with first imperfection

OTTAWA, Ontario — A half-dozen games into a picturesque start, the Stars have met their first imperfection.

Tribune News Service

Canadian Company Plans EV Battery Gigafactory For New York

Ontario-based battery manufacturer Electrovaya plans to produce cells and batteries at a 137,000-square-foot former electronics plant on a 52-acre campus.

InsideEVs

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The Conversation

Why the spongy moth outbreak has vanished in Québec

Last year, forests across southern Québec and Ontario and much of New England turned eerily leafless. The air hummed with the sound of munching mandibles and tree trunks were covered with a writhing carpet of caterpillars, while showers of caterpillar poop fell softly on the heads of unsuspecting hikers and…

Chicago Sun-Times

Childhood friends MacKenzie Entwistle, Taylor Raddysh, Jason Dickinson amazed by Blackhawks reunion

They grew up as friends and teammates in the relatively small town of Georgetown, Ontario. Now, they’re all in the NHL, playing for the same team — a 1-in-8,000 coincidence that even bewilders them.

Zenger

Anti-Semitic Vandals Hit Ontario Region

There is a growing concern for the safety of Jewish Canadians after numerous occurrences of anti-Semitic vandalism were discovered

The Guardian - US

Ontario mayor faces lone challenger – the brother he doesn’t speak to

Charles Steele runs against estranged brother Bill in Port Colborne mayoral race – but siblings keep mum on source of conflict

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“The New Residential School System”: How a First Nation Rallied Against the Foster Care System

A six-year-old Gitxsan girl was removed from her community in northern British Columbia. The community brought her back

The Conversation

Even school boards are now experiencing severe political polarization

Recently there has been a resurgence of movements across North America resisting anti-racist reforms such as the use of critical race theory in schools.

Benzinga

Marijuana Legalization In Kansas, MMJ Patients In Florida, UK Hemp Company & Ontario Lawsuit

Kansas Prepares MMJ Bill A special committee is preparing a medical cannabis legalization bill for the 2023 session.

The Conversation

After four years of legal cannabis, provinces should review their policies

Oct. 17 marks the fourth anniversary of Canada’s recreational cannabis legalization. When The Cannabis Act was passed in 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize the sale, possession and non-medical use of cannabis by adults.

The Conversation

Despite its long history of wildfires, Canada still doesn't know how to live with them

In the fall of 1922, the city of Toronto sent 85 surplus streetcars to Haileybury and other northern Ontario towns to help house thousands of desperate people who had lost their homes to wildfires.

Salon

A foodie's guide to eating in Toronto

Chaya Milchtein breaks down how travelers of every size can enjoy the Ontario's gorgeous capital city

Benzinga

Canadian 'Shrooms Kit Company Acquires Established Dutch Farm To Expand Production

Ontario-based producer of functional mushroom home grow kits and premium magic truffles Red Light Holland Corp. (OTC Pink: TRUFF) has acquired MiniChamp B.V., a dutch home grow mushroom farm, through its wholly-owned subsidiary RLH Netherlands B.V.

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