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Toronto police are warning about a batch of dangerous narcotics being sold downtown after seven overdose deaths in the city since Aug. 2.Police say they believe the drugs responsible are a deadly batch of fentanyl or carfentanil.Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller about 100 times stronger than morphine and carfentanil is an even stronger opioid originally developed for veterinarians to sedate elephants and other large animals. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW These opioids have been blamed for the growing overdose crisis that federal health officials say killed at least 1,460 Canadians in the first half of 2017.The police warning comes a day after the Ontario government paused plans to open three new temporary overdose-prevention sites as it conducts a review to determine if such facilities will continue to operate. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley thermoskannen Ontario Health Minis stanley cup ter Christine Elliott said Monday that the Progressive Conservative government will make a decision on the sites, as well as more permanent facilities aimed at fighting the opioid crisis, by the end of September.She said sites set to open in Thunder Bay, St. Catharines and Toronto will be put on hold as the government decides if they have merit. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Figures from Toronto Publ stanley thermoskannen ic Health show that in 2016, fentanyl replaced heroin and morphine as the most com Byiv Peterborough County looking to dip into reserves to lessen tax increase: 3 issues in front of county council
Math teachers at G. Ray Bodley H stanley tumbler igh School want to create a new course, one that they hope will entice more students to take a fourth year of math.Teacher Penny Downing outlined for the Board stanley quencher of Education this week a request to create a course on statistics.The course would become an option for high-performing math students after the third course in the math sequence, Algebra 2 and Trigonometry and would be a second fourth-year option, alongside Precalculus.She told the board that the math teachers want to reduce the loss of students in the math sequence from year to year, which is more than 50% from 7th grade to the fourth class of high school. 聽 We are hoping it will keep some of our accelerated program students that we lose, she said.Many of those high-performing students opt not to take math in 12th grade, preferring to take an elective instead. 聽The problem with that, Downing said, is that math is also required in college. You take a break for one year and its not a wise thing to do, she said. 聽Those students are more likely to score stanley cup low enough on placement exams to be required to take a remedial math course in college. placement_509781_0_iwidth:100%;margin:0 auto;She said the change, if approved by the board, would not require hiring another teacher. 聽The math teachers would simply shift their workload to accommodate the new class. Print this entryShare this:EmailLike this:Like Loading...Related
Toronto police are warning about a batch of dangerous narcotics being sold downtown after seven overdose deaths in the city since Aug. 2.Police say they believe the drugs responsible are a deadly batch of fentanyl or carfentanil.Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller about 100 times stronger than morphine and carfentanil is an even stronger opioid originally developed for veterinarians to sedate elephants and other large animals. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW These opioids have been blamed for the growing overdose crisis that federal health officials say killed at least 1,460 Canadians in the first half of 2017.The police warning comes a day after the Ontario government paused plans to open three new temporary overdose-prevention sites as it conducts a review to determine if such facilities will continue to operate. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley thermoskannen Ontario Health Minis stanley cup ter Christine Elliott said Monday that the Progressive Conservative government will make a decision on the sites, as well as more permanent facilities aimed at fighting the opioid crisis, by the end of September.She said sites set to open in Thunder Bay, St. Catharines and Toronto will be put on hold as the government decides if they have merit. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Figures from Toronto Publ stanley thermoskannen ic Health show that in 2016, fentanyl replaced heroin and morphine as the most com Byiv Peterborough County looking to dip into reserves to lessen tax increase: 3 issues in front of county council
Math teachers at G. Ray Bodley H stanley tumbler igh School want to create a new course, one that they hope will entice more students to take a fourth year of math.Teacher Penny Downing outlined for the Board stanley quencher of Education this week a request to create a course on statistics.The course would become an option for high-performing math students after the third course in the math sequence, Algebra 2 and Trigonometry and would be a second fourth-year option, alongside Precalculus.She told the board that the math teachers want to reduce the loss of students in the math sequence from year to year, which is more than 50% from 7th grade to the fourth class of high school. 聽 We are hoping it will keep some of our accelerated program students that we lose, she said.Many of those high-performing students opt not to take math in 12th grade, preferring to take an elective instead. 聽The problem with that, Downing said, is that math is also required in college. You take a break for one year and its not a wise thing to do, she said. 聽Those students are more likely to score stanley cup low enough on placement exams to be required to take a remedial math course in college. placement_509781_0_iwidth:100%;margin:0 auto;She said the change, if approved by the board, would not require hiring another teacher. 聽The math teachers would simply shift their workload to accommodate the new class. Print this entryShare this:EmailLike this:Like Loading...Related