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Small groups of pickets were on hand at some Ottawa public elementary schools Wednesday morning as part of “Wynne Wednesdays” by the teachers’ union.

The members of the Ottawa-Carleton Elementary Teachers Federation planned “information pickets” for about 40 Ottawa schools. The morning sessions ended about 15 minutes before the school bell as teachers went to classes.

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More information pickets are expected this afternoon.

But there was also some hopeful news in the labour dispute during which teachers have escalated a work-to-rule campaign since the school year began.

On Tuesday night, the Elementary School Teachers Federation of Ontario announced that it had accepted an offer by Ontario Education Minister Liz Sandals to go back to bargaining. Teachers have been without a contract for more than a year, and are in a legal strike position. Bargaining broke off earlier this month.