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More than 135 local teachers could lose their jobs under the province’s plan to increase secondary school class sizes. Larger class sizes and mandatory online courses for high school students are among the many education changes announced by the Ontario government. The average class size for high...

The Ontario government’s plan to increase high-school class sizes will result in the loss of thousands of education positions, says the head of the secondary school teachers’ union which has vowed to fight the changes. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Harvey Bischof, the president...