Opinion

Dear Editor: Education Minister Peter Fassbender and Premier Christy Clark have stated numerous times that the B.C. Teachers' Federation needs to be "realistic." I am a teacher and I have a reality check for them.

Dear Editor: Is $200 really stopping us from opening the public schools? Once again the government has rejected the B.C. Teachers' Federations's offer to have their labour dispute settled through binding arbitration.

Dear Editor: Re: Fassbender: Wage demands must be cut, Sept. 5 If anyone had any doubts which party is blocking progress in the teacher's labour dispute, that became glaringly clear yesterday.

For a woman who campaigned hard (twice) for a seat in the B.C. legislature, Premier Christy Clark sure doesn't seem to like the place very much.

The latest twist in the teachers' dispute is starting to remind us of one of those old cartoons where someone is staring up the wrong end of the barrel of a rifle and snickering, "I've got you right where I want you.

Here is the full statement from the Criminal Justice Branch on the Election Act charges against Brian Bonney and Mark Robertson. Since the investigation is ongoing, the authorities won't say much else besides what's here.

There's no doubt that emotions are running high in the teachers' contract dispute, so it is perhaps not surprising that all kinds of people are trying to whip up enthusiasm getting recall campaigns organized against B.C. Liberal MLAs.

Dear Editor: This letter is in response to the many letters to the editor regarding the teachers' strike. I started coaching football in 1998 as a community coach with Coquitlam.

Dear Editor: As a Burnaby resident, I am one of the "silent majority" that sadly cannot support the striking teachers for the following reasons. Firstly, the current government was given a mandate by the people of B.C.

It's one thing to hear or see news about energy development projects that destroy the environment in the far north, it's quite another to see it happening in your own neighbourhood.