Opinion

The Editor, Should teachers think like economists? I, for one, don’t. I’ve been a teacher for 13 years and I recently met with my MLA, John Yap (on Sept.

Independent research and consultancy firm ETFGI reports there are 5,410 exchange-traded products (ETPs) globally, with 10,477 listings from 222 providers listed on 60 exchanges. These ETPs represent US$2.62 trillion as at the end of July.

You should learn one thing from the recent infamous hacking of celebrity accounts for nude pictures: a password, however strong or complicated, is not enough to protect your email, Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The Editor, Re: “Howling mad at dog parks.” Letter, Aug. 28. After my third stroll around South Arm Park I still had not spied the off leash dog park, so I asked a lady with a dog where it was.

The Editor, With the teachers’ job action continuing and the schools held in abeyance, the students can do nothing but kill time in anticipation for the school year to commence after an entire week of no education.

The Editor, After reading your Wednesday, Sept. 10 paper, I find myself quite dismayed by the seeming lack of objectivity in the editorial section. Out of the three letters discussing the teacher strike, all three are pro-teacher.

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.

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.

Though the current stress for many parents is arranging daycare and keeping kids productively occupied until our schools reopen, September is a month of anticipation, relief and anxiety.

A team of students at North Carolina State just created a nail polish designed to change colour when dipped into a cocktail spiked with commonly-used date rape drugs.