Opinion

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.

Richmond - The Editor, As a teacher having many casual discussions these days with members of the public - many of them parents - about the realities of learning and teaching in public education, I'm saddened that the main concern seems to be over di

Richmond - The Editor, A lot of us have received the corrected 2014 property tax bills.It seems that the property taxes have increased dramatically for the seniors with the change in the grant threshold from $1,295,000 to $1,100,000.

Richmond - The Editor, My grandma was a teacher, my mom was a teacher, my sister is a teacher and I have been teaching for 15 years. I don't recommend that any young person pursue a career in education.

On May 22, 12 diplomats from five Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) made a visit to Richmond. It was hosted by Tourism Richmond with the assistance of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

Richmond - The Editor, The BC Teachers' Federation's (BCTF) strike is now spreading like wildfire.

Seattle's city council has made the audacious decision that if you're going to work within city limits, you deserve at least $15 per hour.

Richmond - The Editor, It is astounding and reprehensible that the BC Liberals cut off debate on Bill 24 in the legislature this week, ignored recommendations of the ALC chair, and voted in massive, debilitating changes to the Agricultural Land Reser

Another school year is coming to a close in B.C., and the kids are headed out in the world to party and look for summer jobs and start racking up some student loan debt of their very own.