OSSTF recommends teachers restart extracurricular activities

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Posted February 22, 2013 8:20 pm.

Last Updated May 29, 2015 2:17 pm.

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After-school clubs and competitive sports could be back soon at public high schools after the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) voted Friday to recommend that teachers restore extracurricular activities.

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