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The Toronto District School Board is cutting more than 200 administrative staff a little more than a month after it announced planned cuts for some teaching roles. A total of 218 central staff are being laid off, along with the elimination of 91 vacant positions, according to TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird.“The important thing is that we are trying to minimize the impacts to the classroom to the greatest extent possible and I don’t think that there is any significant impact to classrooms by any means as a result of these central cuts,” Bird said in an interview.This week’s reductions come…

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.”The company didn’t provide any details on the agreement, including whether it involved a payment, and didn’t elaborate who was behind the hack. Instructure temporarily took the system offline while it investigated, locking out students and faculty. Instructure CEO Steve…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailMichelle Meyer, Mastercard Economics Institute chief economist, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the state of the travel economy, how its changing and much more.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described his proposed tax reforms as “contentious” but a step in the right direction for young Australians struggling to break into the housing market.In Tuesday night’s budget, Mr Chalmers and Anthony Albanese broke a pre-election promise not to touch tax breaks by axing the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount in favour of inflation indexation across all asset classes.Investors will be given a one-year grace period before the pre-1999 regime kicks in.New investors will no longer be able to negatively gear properties from July next year, unless the property is a new build.Camera IconFinance Minister…

Note:  All times on the map are Iran time. The New York Times A light, 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.The temblor happened at 11:46 p.m. Iran time about 40 miles east of Tehran, data from the agency shows.As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Sources: United States Geological Survey (epicenter, aftershocks, shake intensity); LandScan via Oak Ridge National Laboratory (population density) | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A California Democrat running for Congress in a newly redrawn Central Valley congressional district has campaigned on bringing transparency to his local school board — but during his tenure, the board he served on reportedly settled multiple sex-abuse cases behind closed doors. Randy Villegas, running to represent California’s newly redrawn 22nd Congressional District in the U.S. House following passage of the state’s Proposition 50, is a college professor and most recently a school board member who ran on bringing transparency to the Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) in Central California. Meanwhile, on the website…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer asking Montana officials to not release an illegal alien from jail who is charged with raping his dead girlfriend’s daughter.Wualter Jesus Travieso Soto, 29, who authorities say entered the United States illegally in 2023 and was later released, is being held in Flathead County on felony charges of sexual intercourse without consent involving a child under 16, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office started to look into Soto in May 2025 after his former girlfriend’s sister told authorities that…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Sherren family is still grieving the loss of their son, Robbie, who died two years ago at the age of 40 following complications from a brain injury. Family members say Robbie was known for his kindness and generosity, values rooted deeply in his family.Lorraine Sherren, Robbie’s mother, says she’s an organ donor herself.“I donated one of my kidneys to Derk (Sherren, Robbie’s father) because he lost both of his kidneys,” Lorraine said. “So he’s here today because he’s walking around with one of my kidneys.” Get daily National news Get daily…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pro wrestler Vinny Pacifico has made a name for himself on the independent scene and the success has led him down roads he never thought possible.The Staten Island, New York, native started training in a pro wrestling ring when he was just 14 after telling his father he no longer wanted to play high school football. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview it was chats with John Cena and Bryan Danielson (formerly known as Daniel Bryan) that convinced him he was on the right path.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE…

Artificial intelligence tools will be used in unexpected ways by the government, from finding tax-return mistakes to assessing environmental projects.