The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 24
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TEACHERS’ UNION CALLS FOR FIRST PM’S NAME TO BE TAKEN OFF SCHOOLS: An Ontario teachers union says the provincial government should remove the name of Canada’s first prime minister from all schools and buildings. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario cites what it calls Sir John A. Macdonald’s role as the “architect of genocide against Indigenous Peoples.” The union passed a motion at its annual meeting last week, but it was not unanimous.
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