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CANADA: Post-humous ruling for prof a win for academic freedom, union says

CANADA: Post-humous ruling for prof a win for academic freedom, union says

Michael Persinger, who died last year, was improperly removed from teaching first-year psychology course in 2015, arbitrator rules
ONTARIO: High school teachers to start administrative work-to-rule campaign on Tuesday

ONTARIO: High school teachers to start administrative work-to-rule campaign on Tuesday

It will coincide with a similar campaign by Ontario elementary teachers
ONTARIO: Vaughan-area doctor jailed for role in Sudbury drug ring

ONTARIO: Vaughan-area doctor jailed for role in Sudbury drug ring

He wrote prescriptions for fentanyl patches that were sold to addicts here
ONTARIO: Waterloo Brewing bilked of $2.1 million in cyberattack

ONTARIO: Waterloo Brewing bilked of $2.1 million in cyberattack

Waterloo Brewing says it is working to recover the missing money but there is no guarantee it will get it back
ONTARIO: Details of extortion allegations heard at former Thunder Bay mayor's trial

ONTARIO: Details of extortion allegations heard at former Thunder Bay mayor's trial

It's a weird one
WORLD: Disney+ warns subscribers of ‘outdated cultural depictions,’ prompting controversy

WORLD: Disney+ warns subscribers of ‘outdated cultural depictions,’ prompting controversy

Some people are upset that the company has not taken full ownership over some of the troublesome cultural depictions
CANADA: Don Cherry's recent remarks, and how bystanders can challenge unacceptable comments

CANADA: Don Cherry's recent remarks, and how bystanders can challenge unacceptable comments

Prejudice remarks often go unchallenged because people are afraid of provoking violence, want to avoid conflict, or don't know how to step in
BREAKING: Don Cherry out following poppy comment controversy

BREAKING: Don Cherry out following poppy comment controversy

Move announced this afternoon
CANADA: 553 foreign items left in patients post-surgery between 2016 and 2018, study shows

CANADA: 553 foreign items left in patients post-surgery between 2016 and 2018, study shows

And the number is on the rise
Thunder Bay paramedics say they're assaulted so often they need body armour

Thunder Bay paramedics say they're assaulted so often they need body armour

Union representing Superior North EMS responders looking at the possibility of outfitting paramedics with battalion armour as added protection on the job