Ontario Teachers Launch Week Of Rotating Strikes Across The Province
By TORONTO — Ontario’s elementary teachers start a week of rotating one-day strikes Monday, shutting down schools in three boards. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is holding its first strikes Monday at school boards in York Region, Toronto and Ottawa-Carleton. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey The strikes will hit different boards each day this week […]
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Airlines Have A Huge Plastic Waste Problem And No One Can Fix It Alone
Boarding a plane, you settle into a seat, perhaps pulling a blanket and pillow from plastic wrapping to get more comfortable. You take the flimsy plastic headphones offered by the flight attendant, accept some juice in a plastic bottle, with a plastic cup and stirrer, and settle in to pick at the in-flight meal, arranged […]
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COVID-19: The Coronavirus Has A New Name. Here's Why That Matters.
The new coronavirus that has killed more than 1,000 people in recent weeks has been named COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Tuesday. While this may seem like a strange thing to trumpet at this late stage in the outbreak, there is a very good reason for it — avoiding potential stigma. The director […]
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Conservative Leadership Candidates Will Be Grilled About Their Pasts
OTTAWA — Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs. A copy of the 2020 leadership candidate application form obtained by The Canadian Press asks a number of personal questions about a candidate’s history, including one about whether […]
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Bernie Sanders Emerges As The Democratic Front-runner In 2020
MANCHESTER, N.H. ― U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November. Sanders, with a win Tuesday night in New Hampshire and a contested victory in Iowa under his belt, is in the strongest position to seize the nomination at the Democratic […]
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Trudeau Tells Troops In Kuwait That Canada Must ‘Step Up’ In Middle East
KUWAIT CITY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadian military personnel that their efforts have been essential in the “fight” to defeat Islamic militants in Iraq and elsewhere. He delivered that message at the start of an unexpected, whirlwind visit to Kuwait where many Canadian troops had to relocate about a month ago from Iraq. […]
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Trudeau Backs Rights Of Anti-Coastal GasLink Pipeline Protesters But Says Laws Must Be ‘Respected’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government respects the democratic rights of protesters who have blocked railway traffic across Canada, but expects the rule of law to be “respected.” At a press conference in Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, the prime minister was asked what message he would send to activists who have, in recent days, blocked […]
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Trump Nominates Aldona Wos As New Ambassador To Canada
WASHINGTON — Aldona Z. Wos, a former Manhattan physician, Republican fundraiser and North Carolina lawmaker who once was George W. Bush’s ambassador to Estonia, has been nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump as the next American emissary to Canada, the White House announced Tuesday. Once confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Wos — currently the vice-chair of the […]
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Feds Increased Advertising Spending To $58.6M Ahead Of Election
OTTAWA — The government of Canada ramped up its annual advertising spending ahead of the federal election, increasing from $39.2 million billed in the previous year to $58.6 million. Most of the money — $23 million — was spent on digital ads, reads a report tabled at the end of January. Digital ads include text, […]
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Weekend highlights from New York Fashion Week
Celebrities, capes and car parts: AFP rounds up the best shows from Saturday and Sunday of New York Fashion Week. Tory Burch Actresses Julianne Moore and Lucy Liu, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour sat front row as Tory Burch showcased floral patterns inspired by Turkish, English and French porcelain on Sunday. The fall-winter 2020 collection […]
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