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Ontario education minister issues warning against 'inflammatory' content in schools ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
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'Those responsible should be held accountable': Ontario education minister investigating TDSB field trip to rally
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'Hard on all of us': Petition pushes back on Ontario high school telling students to keep backpack in lockers
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Ontario cutting funding from daycare centres not in $10-a-day program
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Police identify Toronto victim of alleged serial killer
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Oshawa man charged in connection with historic assault of a minor
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Son charged with indecent interference of dead body found in Toronto home
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