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The Barrie and District Labour Council (BDLC) held a free family picnic at Sunnidale Park in Barrie this afternoon. The BDLC is a group of volunteers affiliated with over 20 …

Catholic high school and elementary teachers will soon have to pay for parking, as the school board grapples with a $32.8 million funding shortfall. The Toronto Catholic District School Board …

In what appears to be precedent-setting, Toronto’s Catholic board plans to charge teachers $10 a day for parking in the school lot — a “ridiculous” move that amounts to a …

School boards across northwestern Ontario agree on one thing: the upcoming school year will have fewer staff on the payroll. How the payroll changes though, will be different for each …

Ontario’s high school teachers say pre-bargaining talks have gotten off to a rough start, with the two sides already at an impasse over what should be negotiated provincially and what …

Ontario’s high-school teachers’ union is warning that its initial discussions with the government to reach a new contract have hit a snag. In a memo to members on Friday, the …

Union members protested the provincial government’s cuts to education in front of local MPP Steve Clark’s office this week. Hoisting signs proclaiming that “class size matters” and “cuts hurt children,” …

On May 16, Brampton Centre MPP Sara Singh asked Education Minister Lisa Thompson to address the Peel District School Board (PDSB) trustees’ open letter on the cancellation of secondary courses. …

On average, each Ontario student is going to be worth 0.44 per cent less in terms of funding beginning this September. The province has released its funding to school boards …

As a part of reforms to the education system, the Provincial government raised the limit on class sizes from 22 to 28, meaning that less teachers will be teaching more …