Navigator EdBeaton,left, andpilotRobertCharlesPearson, right,were among thecrew of a bombershot down byGermans inoccupied Francein June 1944.

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Ontario’s two-tier bargaining system —two times the headache?

Just ask frustrated parents, whothought the threat of strikes was overonce province-wide deals with teacherunions and CUPE support staff were an-nounced, only to find out that local jobaction is still possible and is indeed hap-pening in some schools.

Unions complain the process is cumber-some, apparently costly and needs rework-ing. Even the government acknowledges“further improvements” are in order.

Despite months of tough negotiationsthat led to the five deals, “there are still anumber of central tables (deals) yet to benegotiated” with other support staff andsmall unions, said Paul Elliott, presidentof the Ontario Secondary School Teach-ers’ Federation.

Critics callfor educationbargainingmakeoverToday’s cumbersome, costly and ‘gruelling’ processneeds a rethink, parents, unions and province agree

Leaking roofs, peeling paint and cock-roach infestations are only the start of it.There has been a SWAT team bust of agrow-op, a pool of blood left in the stair-case by a fleeing thief, and 28 water cut-offs in one year, all in this single southOshawa apartment building, tenants say.

Then there are the fires.In the past year, three fires have broken

out at 275 Wentworth St. E. Tenantsblame faulty wiring and poor mainte-nance; the Oshawa Fire Department saysat least one was set intentionally.

Tenants unite to haltbuilding’s declineIt was once Oshawa’s ‘mini-palace. ’ Today, it’s plaguedby crime and fires, and residents have had enough

“There’snon-stop crapin this building,and we still pay high rent.” TERRY GLOVER RESIDENT OF 275 WENTWORTHST. E., OSHAWA

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Terry Glover, left, Laura Green and Raymond Fortune havestarted one of Oshawa’s first tenants’ rights associations.

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A former ORNGE airplane and thou-sands of decommissioned law enforce-ment vehicles were among the itemssold by Canada’s Crown asset surplussite over the past year, an analysis ofauction sales data shows.

According to the GCSurplus website,roughly 20,000 items were sold betweenAugust 2014 and August 2015.

The highest-ticket item sold in thatperiod, a 2010 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft,went for $3.12 million in July. The plane,which featured a custom medevac inte-rior, was originally purchased along withnine other aircraft in 2008 at a cost of$4.56 million (U.S.) per aircraft.

The PC-12 was purchased by Kudlik Avi-ation, a Quebec City company whose cor-

porate affiliate, Kudlik Construction, hasnumerous building contracts in Nunavut.Jean Labrecque, director of flight opera-tions for Kudlik Aviation, says the planewas first stripped of its medevac interiorto accommodate more passengers.

ORNGE originally paid $400,000 forthe custom medevac configuration,which was included in the $4.56-millionprice tag.

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Recent surplus asset salesinclude ORNGE air ambulance

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THE HELMETAND THE WAR MYSTERYTHE HELMETAND THE WAR MYSTERY

Katie Daubs recounts Frenchman’s quest to identifya downed Canadian airman — 70 years later, A3

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“We are into the 18th monthnow. Somethingneeds to bedone aboutthe efficiencyof this.”PAUL ELLIOTT PRESIDENT, OSSTF