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Peace: Funding boost little solace for Ontario’s small universities

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Despite this month’s funding announcement, Ontario’s small universities will remain in crisis.   Paralyzed by a tuition cap, provincial funding freeze and federal restrictions on international students, small university campuses have been doing more with less for years. Campuses have closed or been restructured.  An announcement by the province on Feb. 12 to restore some post-secondary funding after nearly a decade of cutbacks will certainly make a difference, but its impact will not reverse the […]

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Police investigating as ‘bomb threat’ shutters London high school

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A west London high school was closed for the day on Wednesday over what’s been described as “a concerning message” that has prompted a police investigation. Students and families have been advised to not attend Oakridge secondary school on Wednesday “until further notice,” officials with the Thames Valley District school board said in a media […]