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Ontario education workers accept labour contract with province

Education workers in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, have voted to accept a labour deal with the provincial government, union representatives said Monday.

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Alberta becomes second Canadian province to ban UFC betting over integrity issues

Alberta joins Ontario in banning UFC betting.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ontario Enforces Ban on UFC Betting as Suspicion Grows

Why does the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario have concerns? Plus, Kevin Holland previews Saturday’s headliner vs. Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.

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Wagering on UFC banned in Ontario amid concerns of insider betting

UFC hasn't complied with Ontario's integrity requirements.

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Ontario gaming commission bans betting on UFC fights amid concerns of impropriety

As investigations continue into a UFC fight flagged for suspicious betting activity, Ontario's gaming commission has made up its mind.

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Jaroslav Halak earns his first win, Rangers beat Senators to end three-game skid

OTTAWA, Ontario — These were dire straits for the Rangers. If there was such a thing as a must-win game for an NHL team in November, this one, against the lowly Senators, was it for the Blueshirts, who’d lost their previous three games and who were facing a crisis of…

Newsday

Convicted felon to plead guilty to BB gun attacks on Planned Parenthood in Pasadena

LOS ANGELES — An Ontario man agreed this week to plead guilty to a series of BB gun shootings against a Planned Parenthood facility in Pasadena and violating a federal law that prohibits interfering with a woman seeking reproductive health services, authorities said.

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No, invoking the Emergencies Act isn't the same as using the notwithstanding clause

Some commentators are comparing the federal government’s use of emergency legislation to deal with the prolonged “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa and the Ontario government’s decision, since abandoned, to invoke the notwithstanding clause to impose back-to-work legislation on education workers.

The Conversation

Ontario's education workers reach tentative deal with province

Ontario's education workers on Sunday reached a tentative deal with the government of the Canadian province, fending off a strike set to begin on Monday.

Reuters

With COVID, flu and RSV circulating, it’s time to follow the evidence: Return to mask mandates

The number of children and babies with respiratory illnesses currently exceeds the capacity of our health system to care for them. More adult Canadians will die directly of COVID-19 this year than died last year or in 2020.

The Conversation

Ontario's Bill 23 proposes more homes built faster, but this comes at an environmental cost

The Ontario government recently proposed a new bill, the More Homes Built Faster Act, or Bill 23. This bill contains some positive elements, like the removal of duplicate plan approval requirements and adding measures aimed at increasing urban density and housing mix.

The Conversation

Weather tracker: Great Lakes region of US hit by lake-effect snow

Buffalo City on edges of Lake Erie and Watertown on Lake Ontario among areas deluged with huge snowfall

The Guardian - UK

Preventing use of the notwithstanding clause is a bad idea — and unnecessary

During the Cold War era, American military strategists thought the Soviet Union would be deterred from dropping a nuclear bomb on North America only if the United States also built up sufficient nuclear weapons capable of annihilating the Soviets.

The Conversation

Ontario to repeal new law threatening workers’ right to strike following pushback

Major reversal for the Canadian province’s conservative government follows days of immense political pressure

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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.

Benzinga

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

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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.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

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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.

The Guardian - US

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

Reuters

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.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - US

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

Benzinga

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.

The Orange County Register

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.

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