Opinion

There's been a lot of whining about strikes in the last few... well, years really. Teachers strike, truckers strike, bus drivers strike, civic workers strike, even tug boat crews can go on strike. And then the complaining.

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Our children deserve better," Letters, June 11 While it is evident that this teacher has acted on a conviction that she must speak out in defense of her profession, she has done so in contravention of the BCTF Code of Ethi

Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Our children deserve better," Letters, June 11.I would like to add to Tanya Blumel's open letter to the Honourable Linda Reid. I had written the Hon. Mrs. Reid asking some specific questions.

Richmond - The Editor, I wanted to extend an enormous thank you to Steveston Pizza Company for their support of the teachers and public education over the last few weeks.

As the latest contract dispute involving B.C.'s teachers careens towards the inevitably unsatisfactory conclusion for all involved, it's worth asking whether another bargaining model should be adopted.

The trials of Trinity Western University are a reminder of the importance and dangers of religious freedom. Thousands of B.C. lawyers cast votes this week, denying TWU's law school accreditation. In part, the decision hinged on a 2001 B.C.

The Editor, Re: "When equal doesn't equal fairness," column, June 4. I am pleased to clarify the city's policies and fees for garbage collection.

Richmond - The Editor, Open Letter to the Honourable Linda Reid, MLA, I am writing this letter today as a teacher and a parent, in the hopes that you, as a former public school teacher, politician, and now Speaker of the House, can communicate my con

History has a timely and poetic way of making itself relevant.

Many of us have had the chickenpox. For you, it may be a distant, vague memory of an unpleasant, itchy period when you had to stay home from school and were too sick to even enjoy it properly.