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Queen's Park Reporter, with a focus on education, at the Toronto Star. Mom of three and hockey rink/soccer field regular.

Toronto, Ontario
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  1. 11 minutes ago

    Marit Stiles says Premier Doug Ford “set a terrible tone for negotiations” making cuts to education and talking of union leader “thugs” ⁦⁩

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  2. 16 minutes ago

    Now up - Edu critic ⁦⁩ says ⁦⁩ offer of mediation doesn’t de-escalate tensions with teacher unions but “raises tensions” and that if govt wants to land deals, needs to reverse cuts to education

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  3. 32 minutes ago

    Edu Min ⁦⁩ says sides not that far apart - mediator can help bridge gap. (Teacher unions have said govt seeking drastic cuts). Lecce says want to avoid situation where parents left anxious up to last minute

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  4. 38 minutes ago

    At Queen’s park with ⁦⁩ who says “I don’t want a strike” by teachers.” says unions have escalated with strike votes, job action. Now asking for unions to agree to mediation says it worked with Cupe

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  5. 1 hour ago

    NEW: files for help of conciliator in talks, says has met "30 times" with prov/school bds& made significant progress but "govt not only continues to insist on drastic cuts, but have demo'd total lack of understanding or respect for barg process"

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  6. 1 hour ago

    Education Minister Stephen Lecce will hold a news conference this morning, preempting an announcement from OSSTF (public high school teachers) Last time Lecce did this the gov’t announced it was backing away from its class size increases.
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    Nov 15

    For this week’s Amplify, I wrote about my Bubby and her 99-year-old boyfriend Bob, because they’re the best. ❤️

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    Nov 16

    Full-page ad from in today’s apologizing for the 737 Max crashes. In the same edition, ’s piece on the toll for a Toronto man who lost his three children, wife, and mother-in-law aboard 302.

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    Nov 17

    Santa is taking a different route this year. The parade starts at Bloor and Parliament and heads west.

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    Nov 16

    ‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pioneering surgery ⁦⁩

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    Nov 16

    Ontario students and parents will soon be caught in the middle of a costly, messy dispute between teachers and Doug Ford's Tories. Was their collision course avoidable, or politically inevitable? Today's column:

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    Nov 15

    Do you think Toronto is too drab? Send me your photo nominations for best and worst buildings in the city for a story to run soon in ⁦⁩

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    Nov 15

    Pigs might not fly, but LiLou the therapy pig is on duty to make air travel less stressful for passengers at the San Francisco airport. RELATED:

    World's first airport therapy pig arrives at San Francisco airport
    LiLou is the world's first therapy pig.
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  14. Nov 15

    NEW: The integrity commissioner has found trustee who called McCrimmon middle school "McCriminal" did not violate trustee code of conduct Edu Min has has previously announced review team to help trustees/board with issues of racism, dysfuction

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    Nov 15

    Remembering our friend David Caplan, who would have been 55 today. David was one of the very good people in Canadian politics.

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    Nov 15

    New: High school teachers' union says it will announce the results of strike votes on Monday and discuss next steps. Bargaining took place this week and is scheduled for next week as well

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    Nov 14

    Between big, pricey projects — switching out an oil furnace for natural gas — and the smaller “phantom flush,” I’ve learned a lot, writes millennial homeowner writes.

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    Nov 14

    Government statistics show many drivers charged under the new offence of careless driving causing bodily harm or death have faced none of the stricter penalties afforded by the legislation.

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    Nov 14

    BREAKING: Former Scarborough councillor Jim Karygiannis has filed a court application to get his council seat back

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    Nov 14

    What should parents do if they catch their young child in a lie? 🤔 In , prof. Kang Lee helps parents understand why children lie and how praise instead of punishment can help them tell the truth. Learn four strategies for addressing kids' fibs: .

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