Scarborough students miss ‘Nutcracker’ because bus never showed
Seventy-six students were given free tickets courtesy of Sun Life Financial to watch the National Ballet of Canada’s Nutcracker on Friday evening. But, as CityNews reporter Amanda Ferguson found out,...
View ArticleHundreds attend Markham vigil for Pakistan massacre victims
Hundreds of people filled the Markham Civic Centre Sunday evening to remember those killed in the Taliban attack on a military-run school in Peshawar. Khalid Usman, who organized the event, said he was...
View ArticleTDSB hears from parents about concerns over school safety
Parents and students met with members of the Toronto District School Board as well as the Safe Schools and Engaged Communities Steering Team on Tuesday night, in the first of two community forums to...
View ArticleTDSB hears from parents about concerns over school safety
The forum is part of an independent review into the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Grade 12 student Hamid Aminzada, who died after trying to break up a fight at North Albion Collegiate...
View ArticleWynne meets with teens over adding consent to sex-ed
Two 13-year-old girls met with Premier Kathleen Wynne on Monday to discuss adding the topic of consent to the sexual education curriculum across the province. CityNews reporter Andrea Piunno finds out...
View ArticleTDSB cancelled buses but kept schools open
The TDSB cancelled buses during Monday’s snow storm but did not cancel classes. CityNews reporter Natalie Duddridge spoke with parents and school officials about the decision.
View ArticleQueen’s U. investigates claim that health studies prof teaches anti-vaccine info
Officials at Queen’s University launched an investigation Wednesday into claims that a health sciences instructor has been teaching anti-vaccination materials in a first-year level course. The...
View ArticleTDSB approves a response for Minister’s directives
Toronto District School Board trustees say they have found ways to comply with the 13 directives from Queen’s Park [PDF] to improve oversight and bring costs under control across the board. With...
View ArticleToronto students win court petition over prom breathalyzer
Two Toronto high school students get an “A” for taking on the system. They petitioned the court over their school forcing students to take a breathalyzer on prom night, and won. Last year the...
View Article3 in 4 Canadian adults bullied in school; 46% say their kids were bullied: poll
Three in four Canadian adults said they were bullied while in school, according to a new survey, while nearly half of the parents polled said their kids have been bullied at some point. The Angus Reid...
View ArticleBoy’s problems bringing iPad to school a bigger issue, autism advocate says
The mother of a non-verbal, six-year-old boy with autism said until CityNews got involved, his Brampton school would not allow him to bring his iPad to class — the best way for him to communicate and...
View ArticleTDSB trustees petition ministry over policy change to access existing repair...
A group of Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees is petitioning the province to change a policy they say is keeping the public board from accessing much-needed funds. New home developers are...
View ArticleMock First World War battle popular with Toronto students
It’s a living history class that helps students learn — and have fun at the same time. Every year, high school students from Toronto’s Central Toronto Academy run a simulated First World War “training...
View ArticleBelleville high school could be named after Gord Downie
BELLEVILLE, Ont. — A new consolidated high school in eastern Ontario could be named after the late lead singer of The Tragically Hip. Quinte Secondary School in Belleville, Ont., will close next June,...
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EXCLUSIVE: Boundary confusion leaves daycare walkway snowed in
It’s an 11-year mystery, one Toronto daycare said it hasn’t been able to solve. Who is in charge of maintaining a walkway that’s bordered by several facilities, including a city park and arena, a...
View ArticleHijab-cutting incident involving Toronto girl did not happen: police
A Toronto police investigation has concluded that an incident reported by an 11-year-old girl who claimed her hijab was cut by a scissors-wielding man as she walked to school did not happen. On Monday,...
View ArticleOne-third of Ontario parents believe school zones are unsafe: Ipsos poll
Just days after a five-year-old girl died after being pinned between two cars while being picked up from school, the CAA is out with a new survey that shows one-third of parents believe school zones...
View Article2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; student to be charged with...
A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school. “He was determined. He...
View ArticlePathway fenced off near Scarborough school after child fatally hit by car
A Scarborough city councillor has taken action nearly a week after a young boy was struck and killed while crossing the street after school. Students and parents near Kennedy Public School in...
View Article2 injured in Maryland high school shooting; gunman dead
A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire...
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