Headlines for April 16, 2018

Globe and Mail
Ontario launches commission to examine York University strike
The Ontario government has launched a commission to look into a contract faculty strike at Toronto’s York University that has left tens of thousands students out of class for more than a month.
Globe and Mail
B.C. parents hope province can recruit French teachers from Europe to fill French-immersion demand
Parents who lost the chance to get their children into French immersion through a lottery system are hoping the education minister’s teacher-recruitment trip to Europe will create more opportunities.
CBC
Big buzz about new cannabis law course at U of O
Starting next year, the school’s law faculty will offer up two courses in the emerging field — making the U of O the first Canadian university to do so.
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