Newsstand: September 3, 2015

It might be one day closer to the weekend but it's also one day closer to the new school year. Hurrah! In the news: Parents continue to protest Wynne's new sex-ed curriculum, two charged in fatal Garden Restaurant shooting, and the English Catholic teachers union reaches a tentative deal with the province.

By Sarah Duong • Illustration by Matthew Daley

Parents continue to protest Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum ahead of the new school year. More than 50 protestors took to the office of Kathleen Wynne, and three stood outside Glen Murray’s Carlton Street office to voice their concerns. Wendy Cassibault, a retired Toronto teacher, said the new curriculum is “indoctrination of children and it’s corrupt. It shouldn’t be imposing those values on our children—let them be children.” Currently, those who withdraw from Wynne’s new sex-ed curriculum can only do so for religious reasons.

Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting that took place at Garden Restaurant last November that left one person dead and two injured. Earlier this month, Abdirisak Yusuf Ibrahim, 30, and Havard McKenzie, 24, were arrested and detained on first-degree murder charges. Clifton Vassel, 28, and Derek Oppong, 22, have also been arrested in connection to the case.

Ontario’s English Catholic secondary teachers have reached a tentative deal with the province that offers the same 2.5 per cent raise awarded to teachers working under the public board. Now, 34,000 members of the Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association (OECTA) will have to vote on the three-year contract September 17, which sees no raise for the 2014-2015 year, a 1 per cent lump sum payment for the upcoming 2015-2016 year, and a 1.5 per cent raise in 2016-2017. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will continue to bargain with the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association this week.