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The Ontario legislature struck a blow for freedom of speech last week when it passed an act that bans anti-SLAPP lawsuits.

The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario reached a tentative agreement Nov. 2 with the province and the Ontario Public School Boards Association, meaning classroom activities went back to normal for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board elementary students.

The busy downtown intersection of Bank and Somerset continues to be adversely accentuated by the shell of a century-old heritage building that was once a neighbourhood centrepiece. Derelict Somerset House is now in its eighth year of deterioration.