#BREAKING - The Ford government will table legislation Monday to prevent a strike by CUPE education workers. The union says the government is legislating a new contract on them

#BREAKING - The Ford government will table legislation Monday to prevent CUPE education workers from striking. CUPE had issued a 5 day notice of a strike.

#LATEST : The Toronto Catholic District School Board confirms schools would be closed starting on Friday if CUPE education workers engage in a full strike.
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This week’s interesting stories wrap with ⁦Richard Southern⁩ includes what some might say is the worst food you can hand out to trick-or-treaters. ⁦⁦CityNews Toronto⁩
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Two Ontario school boards say they will close schools if education workers go on a full strike next month.

Negotiations between the union and the province are scheduled to resume on Tuesday. toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/28/2-o…

NEW - A judge has confirmed November 1 as the date to hear Premier Ford's request to quash his summons to testify in front of the Emergencies Act Committee.

Public Health Ontario says the proportion of the new BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 Omicron subvariants in the province is growing twice as quickly as the dominant BA.5 strain toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/28/omi…

A series of Halloween memes is amusing social media users, and it’s just what kids want this year, Richie & Erica costumes. Plus, the push is on to bring the McRib back to Canada. Today’s interesting, fun stories report with Erica Natividad & I. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/10/…

Ontario's financial watchdog says he's discovered a significant contingency fund on the Ford government books. The opposition say the money should be spent now while the Finance Minister says it’s important to be cautious in uncertain times. My report. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/10/…

NEW - Premier Ford shows up to question period and responds to questions from interim liberal leader John Fraser. “I don’t direct the police” says Ford

NEW - Question period featuring more questions about Premier Ford’s refusal to testify before the emergency act committee. Premier Ford is not in attendance, Government House Leader Paul Calandra answers. He does not stray from his talking points that it’s a “federal” matter.

“The emergency room was chaos.”

An early virus season surge means hospital beds for sick children are in short supply in Ontario.

Parents are being warned of unprecedented wait times for pediatric patients. toronto.citynews.ca/2022/10/27/chi…

Canadians being a bit selfish when it comes to which Halloween candy they buy, & Erica Natividad fesses up to being the newsroom candy thief. Plus, a man lands a dream acting gig after pretending to be dead for nearly a year. Today’s interesting stories report. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/10/…

Premier Ford remains in the hot seat over the healthcare crisis. One coalition is promising to push back against what it says is the privatization of surgeries and other procedures. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2022/10/…

NEW - A letter form Nikki Kaur’s lawyers to the city of Brampton obtained by CityNews claims her dismissal was “Targeted retaliation and formed part of a larger conspiracy against her involving senior staff at the City and the Mayor’s Office”

NEW - Health Minister Sylvia Jones has tested positive for COVID-19, the government confirms to CityNews.