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    Ontario Hydro

    Ontario Hydro was a Crown corporation owned by the Ontario government until it was privatized in 1999.

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    Ontario Hydro Meltdown

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on August 25, 1997. Partner content is not updated. Carl Andognini gives his diamond pinky ring a fiddle and offers a thin smile. A very thin smile. He has just come from yet another meeting with a crowd of ONTARIO HYDRO staffers in the mega-corporation’s mirrored headquarters in downtown Toronto.

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    Ontario Hydro to be Privatized

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on February 12, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Hydro's $6 Billion Loss

    It was a sight to behold: men and women who have dumped all over the province's public electrical utility from the dawn of political time, running in rhetorical circles in an effort to persuade worried voters and nervous consumers that Ontario Hydro's decision to write $6.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 2, 1998

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Implements Tax Break

    It was perhaps ironic that Ontario's controversial Conservative government could not even cut taxes without sparking an agonized debate. Eleven months after Premier Mike Harris swept to power, he fulfilled a key election promise in last week's budget, introducing the first stages of a 30.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on May 20, 1996

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    Ontario Music Educators' Association

    Ontario Music Educators' Association (OMEA). A non-profit organization that represents music educators in Ontario. Its main objective is to "provide leadership in establishing and maintaining high standards of school music throughout Ontario and Canada.

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    Ontario Provincial Police

    The Ontario Provincial Police is the third-largest deployed police force in North America, with jurisdiction over all Ontario except in municipalities having their own police.

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Public Service Strike Ends

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on April 8, 1996. Partner content is not updated.

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Public Service Strike Violence

    When David Harris, a 40-year-old Toronto elementary school teacher, arrived at the Ontario legislature last week, the ornate building was surrounded by almost 5,000 striking members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 1, 1996

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    Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association

    Ontario Registered Music Teachers' Association (ORMTA) - Ontario Music Teachers' Association (OMTA) 1936-46. Organization formed in Toronto in 1936 to promote and maintain high musical and academic qualifications among its members. An earlier OMTA (Canadian Society of Musicians) was founded in 1885.

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    Ontario Research Foundation

    The Ontario Research Foundation (ORF) was established as an independent corporation by a provincial Act in 1928; laboratory facilities were provided at the outset.

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    Ontario Schools Question

    The Ontario schools question was the first major schools issue to focus on language rather than religion. In Ontario, French or French-language education remained a contentious issue for nearly a century, from 1890 to 1980, with English-speaking Catholics and Protestants aligned against French-speaking Catholics.

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    Ontario Science Centre

    The Ontario Science Centre is located in the Don Valley, Toronto. It was opened (1969) as one of Ontario's projects for the Canadian Centennial, funded both provincially and with a federal grant.

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Slashes Spending

    While it may seem odd for a businessman to criticize austerity measures by a Conservative government, equally unusual was the size and scope of Eves's cost-cutting program. The financial statement, which slashed $6.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on December 11, 1995

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  • Macleans

    Ontario Teachers Return to Class (Nov97 Updates)

    Over the past few weeks, Jamie McAlpine and his wife, Ann, had several intense and emotional discussions across the kitchen table about the provincewide teachers' strike that gave 2.1 million Ontario children an unscheduled holiday.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 17, 1997

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