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School may be out for summer, but for a considerable number of students that won’t make a huge difference to the time spent in classrooms. Chronic absenteeism, defined by experts as missing more than 10 per cent of school days, or about two instructional days per month, rose sharply during the pandemic but has stubbornly refused to come down, a trend seen throughout the Western world. To combat the problem, the Ontario government announced a plan in April that would tie attendance to grades — in secondary schools only, so far. Paul Calandra, the province’s education minister, said...
June 26, 2026 - 07:00 | Scott Stinson | National Post
June 26, 2026 - 07:00 | | The Globe and Mail
A Saskatoon teacher who just turned 38 — the same age her mother died from leukemia — marked the milestone by running 1,500 kilometres in a month, crossing Saskatchewan north to south. She reached the finish line at the Canada-U.S. border Thursday.
June 26, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
June 26, 2026 - 06:24 | Dylan Robertson | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. Volunteers are a powerful and underappreciated engine of Canada’s health systems. The Globe is launching a series on those unpaid helpers, starting with the women filling the gaps at Toronto’s SickKids. More on that below, along with intergenerational friendships and the King’s taxes.
June 26, 2026 - 06:21 | Jennifer Yang | The Globe and Mail
The search came a day after a man who lived in the complex was linked to the midday shooting that left a Montreal police officer and a bystander dead.
June 26, 2026 - 06:00 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
