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Keep home, children safe during summer

Keep home, children safe during summer

The mercury is rising again and the region’s brief love affair with warmer weather has begun. Beaches are getting busy, motorcycles are roaring around and BBQs are being fired up. It’s (almost) summer, and the living is easy.
Teachers, government have failed to learn from history

Teachers, government have failed to learn from history

As this latest dispute between B.C.'s teachers and the province rages on, we can't help but feel there are some lessons that just aren't being learned.
Pipeline process is illogical

Pipeline process is illogical

Dear Editor: I find it impossible to believe that we are already past the point where people can submit themselves to be intervenors in the National Energy Board hearings regarding Kinder Morgan's pipeline when the oil company itself continues to cha
Don't panic about LNG exports

Don't panic about LNG exports

Dear Editor: There are reports that the Vancouver LNG conference last week regarded the recent $400 billion Russia-China natural gas deal as a warning sign that B.C.
Public education is being dismantled

Public education is being dismantled

This is my anniversary. This year marks 20 years that I have been a teacher, something that I have wanted to do as a profession and have had a calling to do for my entire life.
Feds' new online crime bill goes too far

Feds' new online crime bill goes too far

Bill C-13, the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, is the latest Tory Trojan horse that would undermine citizens' privacy rights under the guise of protecting us from online evil.
Teachers' dispute is a neverending soap opera

Teachers' dispute is a neverending soap opera

The B.C. Liberal government has largely shed the labour relations headaches it helped create when it first took power in 2001, with one glaring exception.
Yes, class size matters - and here's why

Yes, class size matters - and here's why

Dear Editor: Peter Cameron, speaking to media on behalf of the B.C. Public School Employers' Association, has been dismissive of the notion that class size matters to student outcomes.
New blood needed in city

New blood needed in city

Dear Editor: Re: New coalition takes aim at school trustees, Burnaby NOW , May 21 The announcement of a new political party to contest the upcoming municipal elections in November is an encouraging sign for many reasons, especially when that party is
Heritage homes undervalued

Heritage homes undervalued

Dear Editor: Re: 114-year-old heritage house to be razed, Burnaby NOW, May 16 If the city of Burnaby isn’t really interested in preserving the few historical houses it has, one can hardly blame the new owners of the Alexander Evans house for wanting