Opinion

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.

There are certain words that journalists dance around when discussing public figures. Rob Ford, for example.

The Editor, Teachers are the cornerstone of our educational system. Without their creativity, dedication, inspiration and skill, we would not have the successful public schools that we have taken for granted in our province.

The Editor, If Christy Clark thinks that the teachers don’t deserve what they are asking for to teach our kids, I don’t think she deserves the handsome pay packet and perks she is receiving to run the government.

The Editor, I have been feeling very anxious and disappointed lately that it is September and hundreds of thousands of students around the province are not in classes. I have written a letter to Ms.