The leader of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has said reducing teaching jobs is a non-starter in upcoming contract talks. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Report urges fighting algae problem at its source – farms
Environmental Defence suggests government encourage farmers to get away from using phosphorus as a way to tackle the toxic green slime plaguing the Great Lakes. ...
Premier, mending fences, commits to ‘fair, honest’ teacher talks
Kathleen Wynne tells Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario delegates that the government stands by its wage restraint plan but that ought not impair the tone of upcoming contract negotiations. ...
Meet Monte McNaughton: Average Ontarian, modern Conservative … and leadership hopeful?
The MPP packs his wife and daughter in the family minivan for a 107-riding tour, to connect with the grassroots and present a new face (and possible leader) for Ontario Tories. ...
Horwath vows Liberals will be held accountable on education
The NDP Leader says the 'first test' of the relationship between teachers and the Liberal government is collective bargaining this fall. ...
Elementary teachers’ union head boasts of beating Hudak
ETFO president Sam Hammond addresses teachers on the first day of his union's annual meeting, touting their role in former PC leader Tim Hudak's defeat. ...
Tory MPP says spring leadership contest ‘levels the playing field’
Possible PC leadership candidate Monte McNaughton says he is 'satisfied' with the spring window for the contest chosen by the party's executive. ...
For new health-care partners, the prognosis is … shared IT
Ontario's first voluntary cross-sector integration of community care and hospitals is finding ways to help clinicians share and access information about patients: Meet the chief medical information officer. ...
Full-time work dries up as jobless rate falls to 7.4 per cent
Ontario's unemployment rate improved to 7.4 per cent in July, albeit at a cost of about 29,300 full-time jobs. ...
Ministers say pork industry will survive Kremlin’s kibosh
Ontario's agri-food industry will get by without exports to Russia, as the amount going there is ‘small compared to our overall agri-food exports,’ government says. ...