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Thanks for the kindness of strangers

Thanks for the kindness of strangers

Dear Editor: I really must say thank you to the three Good Samaritans that worked together to help me on the morning of June 2 after I tripped and fell alongside Willingdon Avenue, just north of Midlawn Drive.
Education underfunding must stop now

Education underfunding must stop now

Dear Editor: The government keeps insisting that the teachers' demands are "unaffordable." Actually, the government has been spending $1,000 less per student than the national average.
Corrigan stands up for citizens

Corrigan stands up for citizens

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor must learn to cooperate with others, Letters to the editor, June 20. I differ in Mr. Evans' opinion because I thought Mayor Corrigan's reasons for voting against the plan reflected some critical thinking on his part.
Take a stand and speak up now

Take a stand and speak up now

Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals defend their "no new money" tactic when negotiating with government employees as their "means" to the balanced budget "end.
SFU scientists call for moratorium on oil sands

SFU scientists call for moratorium on oil sands

Here's a press release that just came in from SFU for those of you following pipeline or climate change issues.
Kudos to Tories for tightening up foreign worker rules

Kudos to Tories for tightening up foreign worker rules

After more than a year of scandal and outrage over abuses of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program, the Tories have changed the rules to better protect Canadians and the foreign workers themselves.
Public education is essential

Public education is essential

Dear Editor: I need to be enlightened, and perhaps some of your readers can do that for me.
Public education was hard-won

Public education was hard-won

Dear Editor: "Education for the marketplace" is the slogan by which public education is being attacked and dismantled by corporate powers, but education is not the art of training and subjugating people to serve the profit of others.
Stephen Harper's gift to the environmental movement

Stephen Harper's gift to the environmental movement

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may not realize it, but his government's decision to conditionally approve the Northern Gateway pipeline may be a huge gift to the very folks who are leading the charge against the pipeline ever being built.
Enbridge pipeline still faces hurdles in B.C.

Enbridge pipeline still faces hurdles in B.C.

On Tuesday, one of the worst-kept secrets in politics was announced with the federal government's approval of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline.