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Cellphones now banned in most Canadian classrooms
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Schools in B.C., Alberta, and Ontario have become the latest to ban cellphones in classrooms, bringing those provinces in line with most of the rest of Canada. Heather Yourex-West reports on how students are feeling about the new rules; and how Canada is catching up with many other countries.
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