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    Onion

    The onion (Allium cepa), is a biennial, herbaceous plant of the Amaryllidaceae family. It is Canada's most important condiment crop. (Multiplier Onion) and A.

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    Ontario and Confederation

    Ontario became one of the founding members of the Dominion of Canada on 1 July 1867 when it joined New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Québec in Confederation.

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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 opened in 1969 with the purpose of exhibiting and conducting public education programs about science and technology. Since its opening, the Centre has been recognized for its hands-on or “learn-through-play” approach to exhibition and educational programming. In 2023, the Ontario government announced that the Centre would move from its original Don Valley location in Toronto to a new site in Ontario Place. In the summer of 2024, the Don Valley site was closed to visitors due to deteriorating infrastructure.

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