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. waged, right here in Durham. It was in the fall of 1998 that 'keep other school boards from recognizing some teachers' duties as the equivalent of class time -- and counting it 'was talk of labour unrest, work to rule measures, and even 'strikes among teachers' union representatives. situation, the province has lit the wick... just months before 6 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, March 14, 2000 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" PUBLISHER................. J. Peter Hvidsten GENERAL MGR........... Don MacLeod ( )( | 1d | & ORT PP + RRY S AR Canadas MANAGING EDITOR... Joff Mitchell A J bo IR L LER 4 = i - Conny Gr CNA OFFICE MANAGER... Gaylo Stapley = "> : . . | A ADVERTISING MGR.... Deb McEachern REPORTER.................. Chris Hall Freelance Writers- Heather McCrae, John B. 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That's because that particular battle has already been Durham's public high school teachers went on strike, with the issue of increased classroom time (and an accompanying reduction of preparation time) at the core of the dispute. The matter eventually went to arbitration, and the decision favoured the board, whose representatives said all along they were merely attempting to comply with Bill 160. In Durham, the dispute still reverberates; most extracur- ricular activities are no more. Teachers insist for the most part that the bumping up of required classroom time, to an average of four hours and 10 minutes a day, leaves no time for such voluntary participation. When the minister pledged last week to tighten rules to od : TS QUIT toward the requirements of Bill 160 -- straight away there So rather that attempt to defuse a potentially explosive 'school boards begin talks on collective agreements with SIAR 'their teachers. Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy the summer... Port Perry Star Letter of the Week Posting restaurants may soon come To the Editor: Dear Mr. Egan: Thank you for sharing your views on the posting of restaurant inspection results in Durham Region. (Letter, Make inspection reports public, March 7). As you correctly point out, postings do occur in other juris- dictions. But in order for this to occur consistently, appropriate provincial legislation would need to be enacted to enable local medical officers of health and "public health inspectors to require all restaurants to post inspection results. As a result of the 'Dirty Dining' articles in the Toronto Star, | understand that several mea- sures to improve food safety in restaurants are currently under active consideration by the Ministry of Health. 1 am confident that the posting of inspection results is also being considered. I believe that it is safe to eat in Durham Region restaurants. For example, in 1999, over 95 per cent of high risk food premises were inspected in accordance with provincial standards. In addition, close to 2,000 notices of violation of the food premises regulation for over 6,000 violations were issued by region- al public health inspectors; 24 tickets were issued, 74 pieces of food equipment were seized, 536 kg of food was condemned and one food premise was closed. Regional council receives reports on the health depart- ment's enforcement activities semi-annually, including a list of food premises and tobacco ven- dors who are convicted of offences. Roger Anderson, Regional Chair