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Watching the Watchdog: Think Newspapers Are Over? Read This

Tim Knight | Posted 02.27.2013 | Canada
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Tim Knight

Just before our recent over-sentimental overindulgence in gifts, food, drink and religion, the Star came out with a massive two-page spread titled "A Culture of Secrecy." It's a splendid rebuttal to the myth spreading through our culture that newspapers like the Star are doomed.

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The Toronto District School Board Hates Kids

Ryan Doherty | Posted 11.28.2012 | Canada Alberta
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Ryan Doherty

As reported earlier this week, the fine folks running The Toronto District School Board have been up to a few things which have led me to conclude that they do, in fact, hate kids, or at the very least have some bad ideas on what to do with them. First on the docket was this little number. Now in the perfect world, an all gay school, or one that allows the "free expression of homosexuality" would be awesome, a big step forward as they say. But here's the problem with it. It is, for all intents and purposes, segregation. Removing a visible minority from the public high schools, and placing them in their very own school. Sounds good, but isn't that what they did in Little Rock, AK circa the late 50's. If I recall history class, there were riots and national guard deployments over that. And also note the idea of having an "inclusive society" generally implies having everyone working together, not in their own little sectors.

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Madrassah Booted From Toronto School

CP | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada
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A Toronto Islamic school that runs weekend classes at a Scarborough, Ont., high school has been barred from teaching there, pending a pol...

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O Canada A Cappella: Students Forced To Sing Anthem?

The Huffington Post Canada | Brian Vinh Tien Trinh | Posted 04.13.2012 | Canada Living
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Singing out loud can be a nerve-racking experience, but if one Toronto school trustee gets her way, some Toronto students may be forced to do just tha...

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Rachel Mendleson

Will Cafeterias' New Nutrition Rules Mean Kids Eat Elsewhere?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 10.28.2011 | Canada Business
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You can fill school cafeterias with healthy food, but you can't make students buy it. That's the conundrum facing school boards and catering compan...

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Valley Park Middle School or Valley Park Muslim School?

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 09.24.2011 | Canada
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Supriya Dwivedi

Toronto's Valley Park Middle School is allowing certain students a get out of jail -- I mean school -- free card, under the guise of the protection of religious freedoms. However, in a pluralistic society, such as Canada, no religion has a place in a secular school during class time, plain and simple.

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Faith Groups Protest Muslim Prayers In Toronto School

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.23.2011 | Canada
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TORONTO - Several faith-based groups plan to protest outside the Toronto District School Board's headquarters today over allowing Muslim prayers in a school.

The Jewish Defence League of Canada, the Canadian Hindu Advocacy and the Christian Heritage Group are opposed to a school's decision to allow 300 students to pray in the cafeteria.

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