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Thousands of Ontario education workers hit picket lines across the province Friday morning, honking noisemakers, waving flags and chanting "stand up, fight back," on the first day of an indefinite walkout that's shut many schools.

Thunder Bay police and paramedics should receive mandatory, ongoing training on anti-Indigenous racism, unconscious bias and the history of colonization, an inquest jury recommended Friday after examining the police custody deaths of two First Nation

About 2,200 GO Transit bus operators, station attendants and other employees will go on strike Monday, the union representing them said Friday – with the potential job action set to affect some transit service.

TORONTO — Several Ontario school boards said Friday they will move to remote learning next week indefinitely if an education workers' strike continues.

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to remove land from the protected Greenbelt in order to build at least 50,000 new homes, while adding new land to it elsewhere – contradicting a pledge made last year.

TORONTO — Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. says its net income for the third quarter went down by almost 21 per cent to $28.9 million, from $36.5 million during the same quarter a year earlier.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 200 points Friday amid stronger-than-expected jobs data, with strong gains in the financial sector and base metals, while U.S. stock markets also posted gains.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,449.81, up 208.59 points): Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB). Energy. Up 55 cents, or 1.03 per cent, to $54.17 on 16.4 million shares.

TORONTO — From rap music to social movements to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," the Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists drew from a wide array of influences to write books that contribute to the cultural conversation.

TORONTO — Associations representing Canada’s doctors, nursesand other health providers are calling on governments to work together to solve the health-care crisis that is affecting people across the country.