Ontario introducing plan to limit cellphone use, social media, vaping in schools
Ontario will limit cellphone use in classrooms, restrict access to all social-media networks and ban vaping on school properties this fall.
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Ontario will limit cellphone use in classrooms, restrict access to all social-media networks and ban vaping on school properties this fall.
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Premier Doug Ford says "staggering numbers" of Ontarians support curbs on cellphones in schools, which is why his government is restricting students' use.