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Unions blast Catholic teacher deal with ministry BY KIM ZARZOUR
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Not good enough. That’s the word from the hold-out teacher and school staff unions who, at a joint news conference this morning, blasted the McGuinty government for reaching a “back-room deal” with Catholic teachers they say will demoralize the workforce. “Shocked, dismayed, disheartened, upset and occasionally angry” were words being used by the leaders of Ontario’s elemen-
ON THE WEB For more stories about this issue, go to yorkregion.com. Have a comment? E-mail tkibble@yrmg.com tary, secondary public school teachers unions, who said they have “tremendous concerns” about a deal that imposes a twoyear wage freeze on the province’s 45,000 Catholic teachers. Presidents of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario and l’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens — who still don’t
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Georgina Deputy Fire Chief Steve Richardson surveys the damage and reiterates the importance of working smoke detectors after a family of three was forced to flee its Roberts Street rental in Keswick and the owner fined after a fire Wednesday night.
$100K fire leaves Keswick family homeless BY HEIDI RIEDNER
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Fire destroyed a Keswick home Wednesday night, leaving a family of three homeless, damages in the amount of $100,000 and the owner of the building facing fines for not having working smoke alarms. Georgina fire department responded to a reported structure fire on Robert Street in the
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suffered damage to its south-facing exterior wall from excessive heat exposure. All occupants, including a young child, who rented the Robert Street home were out of the house with no injuries when fire crews arrived. The cause of the fire is believed to be an extension cord that was plugged into a portable See page 8.
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