Students demand principal change at Foremost school
About 70 students staged a sit in in the Foremost school gym seeking changes to end staff feuds they say hurt morale and grades Principal Mary Jenkins was away at a Prairie Rose Division meeting Trustees later voted to keep her in place with one abstention A suspension triggered the protest and Superintendent Keith Jones met with students for nearly an hour while reporters were kept out by staff members
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Dunmore
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Children brave snow to seek popsicle in Welland
A four year old boy and his two year old sister wandered in snow in Welland with four cents aiming for a banana popsicle. A passing motorist rescued them, drove them to a store, and alerted police. Officers learned their mother was ill and asleep, and authorities arranged care.
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Ontario
Gasoline prices vary across provinces as crude climbs
Alberta motorists pay nine cents per litre in tax yet face similar pump prices to others as crude climbs toward thirty dollars a barrel. In British Columbia the per litre tax rises to eleven cents making BC prices higher despite cheaper crude, with Hatters at 59.9 to 64.9 cents per litre and Vancouver area at 54 to 55 cents depending on station.
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RCMP probe juror Murrin trial relationship
Vancouver police review a juror juror Kathy Macdonald alleged to have met Shannon Murrin during the Mindy Tran murder trial. Investigators received a tip on Feb 9 about travel involving Macdonald who says she was researching a book. Acquitted Murrin was charged earlier with first degree murder.
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