Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Steve Lambert
Publication Date: June 12, 2024 - 19:16
Manitoba school board mired in controversy now under provincial oversight
June 12, 2024
The Manitoba government has appointed a panel to oversee a school board that has been shaken by controversy and seen board trustees quit.The three-member oversight panel is to ensure that the Mountain View School Division in western Manitoba concentrates its efforts on student learning, with an eye on diversity, inclusion and reconciliation, Education Minister Nello Altomare said Wednesday.“The oversight panel is going to help with agenda items to ensure that they’re focused on, essentially, student learning and well-being. Agenda items need to be focused on that,” Altomare said.
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Lawyers representing members of the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto argued in court Thursday that attempts to dismantle the protest infringe upon the free-expression rights of protesters and violate the institution’s purpose as a centre of debate.In a hearing before the Ontario Superior Court, lawyers for members of the encampment urged Justice Markus Koehnen to reject the university’s application for an injunction that would authorize police to clear the protest, which has occupied the school’s King’s College Circle for more than six weeks.
June 20, 2024 - 22:14 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
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June 20, 2024 - 22:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
The 2021 flood damaged more than 30 sites at the park, including the Othello Tunnels. Restoration work is expected to be completed and part of the park reopened by mid-July.
June 20, 2024 - 21:36 | Darrian Matassa-Fung | Global News - Canada
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