Illiteracy crisis in Canada grips the economy and schools
Mainstream Canada argues Canada faces a literacy crisis with about one in five youths illiterate. The piece links funding, teacher student relations, standards, parental responsibility, and labor shortages to a stalling economy, noting CFIB backing national standards and slow cultural change.
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Jim Bennett
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Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
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Neighborly recycling lesson from Hanna Lions group
Don Richardson leads Hanna Lions in a tale of profitable recycling with twenty eight members and two full time workers turning paper glass metals plastic and used oil into a $70 000 gross yearly business netting $21 000. The club donates to the community center and supports local youth sports while sharing how other towns gain from recycling.
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Hanna Herald
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Hanna Lions
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