Opinion

As the Great Teachers War of 2012 winds its way to a bitter conclusion, its worth brushing aside the overheated rhetoric and exploding a few myths as we watch events unfold.

March is here, and it's time to look at the garden with fresh eyes and head on out there. Because... It's time to lime. If your yard has any grass at all, it's time to apply lime and sweeten up the soil.

The Editor, I am a Richmond resident who teaches Grade 7 in Surrey at an elementary, inner city school. I have been in my current position for 10 years.

Wednesday was Pink Shirt Day. In some other provinces, the last Wednesday of February is called Anti-Bullying Day. Its "pinkness" sprang from an incident in a Nova Scotia high school that captured national attention.

The recent spate of negative incidents involving the RCMP has been well documented in the media. This has led to public concern about the operations of the RCMP across British Columbia.

The Editor, A wage increase is not what it's about for most teachers.

The recent spate of negative incidents involving the RCMP has been well documented in the media. This has led to public concern about the operations of the RCMP across British Columbia.

At the end of my last column, I promised that I would tell you something that ought to end the Chinese-signage controversy for once and for all but wouldnt. Here it is. There are virtually no Chinese-only signs in Richmond.

Here's a scary thought - you've been asked to speak in public before a large audience, on a complex subject, without any notes. Could you do it? I couldn't. And yet, this is precisely what orators in ancient Greece were expected to do.

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