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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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    12 hours ago

    PSA hire this woman!!!

    Taps mic🎤 Some personal news: Today is my last day at The Logic. I've learned so much working with this incredible team, but it's time to explore something new. I’m going to take a bit of time off, and then start a new chapter — details to come.
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    Aug 27

    They don’t get the same salaries, fanfare, attention, platform as their NBA counterparts. But look at these elite athletes extending their fight for equality.

    WNBA players from the Mystics, Dream, Lynx, Sun, Mercury and Sparks take a knee and lock arms while wearing shirts that spell out Jacob Blake No WNBA games will be played tonight.
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    Aug 27

    Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health says the return to school "is safe" but only if teachers/students adhere to infection prevention protocols. He says he doesn't believe teachers will be at a higher risk than others of contracting the virus w/ infec prevention.

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    Aug 27

    Ontario First Nations group says federal back-to-school funding comes too late for remote communities via 🎒

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    Aug 27

    Following today (and everyday) for all the Quebec back-to-school news you can use and all the parenting drama you can handle.

    Coronavirus pandemic return to school drama: The Grade 1 and the Grade 6 got lollipops but the Grade 2 didnt.
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    Aug 26
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    Voted In Favour of a breach Martino de Domenico Li Preti Rizzo D'Amico Di Pasquale Di Giorgio Voted Opposed to a Breach Lubinski Kennedy Crawford Tanuan

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    Aug 26

    Question re start times vis-a-vis screening protocols - working on these details now and will communicate

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    Aug 26

    Concerns re TPH list of 80 schools - different from TCDSB schools - AD Snider notes they are meeting with and will see how additional funding can support areas

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    Aug 26

    Parents fear pandemic will lead to more exclusion of special needs students ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  10. Aug 26

    To clarify - needed eight votes in favour of censure for trustee Del Grande. Only seven voted in favour. Four said no censure.

    New from the ... fellow trustees vote and majority decide that Michael Del Grande did NOT breach code of conduct when he connected lgbtq rights to bestiality, pedophilia
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  11. Aug 26

    At the time, Toronto Mayor called the trustee’s behaviour“dinosaur like”

    New from the ... fellow trustees vote and majority decide that Michael Del Grande did NOT breach code of conduct when he connected lgbtq rights to bestiality, pedophilia
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  12. Aug 26

    New from the ... fellow trustees vote and majority decide that Michael Del Grande did NOT breach code of conduct when he connected lgbtq rights to bestiality, pedophilia

    Trustee who connected LGBTQ rights to bestiality and pedophilia did not breach code of conduct, Catholic school board trustees find
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    Aug 26

    The CDC, changing its Covid-19 testing guidelines, no longer recommends testing for most people without symptoms, even if they've been in close contact with someone known to have the virus. Many doctors are puzzled by the agency's change.

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    Aug 26

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    Aug 26

    Have a listen to podcast conversation and learn more about multiple entry points to play-based learning. with

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    Today on the podcast, it's and join to emphasize the importance of play as "the child's work". What are the assumptions that are holding us back from embracing that?
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    Aug 26

    BREAKING: Abbott launches a $5 Covid-19 test with a 15 min turnaround. The test doesn't require lab equipment.

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    Aug 26

    Using the slogan "Rona for Real," a business-backed group has launched a public awareness campaign that seeks to educate young people in Michigan about the seriousness of .

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    Aug 26

    Please join us for Board Meeting tonight - public at 7pm - click here - We expect the Director to update on the Federal announcement today as well as Reopening Plans in addition to the Agenda items -

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  19. Aug 26

    Students who get sick when school is back in session won’t have to get a COVID-19 test before returning to class unless they’ve had contact with a confirmed case, Ontario health officials say as province releases back-to-school outbreak protocols

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    Aug 25

    I wrote a little something for about reporting on the crisis facing migrant workers, including the time I spent in Mexico with families who have lost loved ones. Even before COVID-19, it's been an emotionally heavy one.

    "A worker told me several of his colleagues lost their spot on the program after speaking up about a bunkhouse in rural Ontario. I visited it myself, and counted more than 100 beds." — takes us inside Canada's migrant worker crisis
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