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Future of UNBC requires fair pay, funding

Future of UNBC requires fair pay, funding

I am a charter faculty member at UNBC, i.e., I arrived here in 1994 about a month before Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Prince George campus.
Failing grades for both sides

Failing grades for both sides

And so it ends. Except it's just begun. With UNBC's application to the Labour Relations Board under Section 55 to suspend strike action and appoint a mediator, a ceasefire is now in place between administration and faculty.
Thinking incorporating a farm

Thinking incorporating a farm

My great grandfather lost his small farm in southern Alberta after three consecutive years of bad crops due to poor weather.
Botulism the deadliest toxin

Botulism the deadliest toxin

Thailand, 1998. Six people are admitted to the emergency room of a provincial hospital. Seven more are admitted the next day. All thirteen are determined to have eaten from the same batch of home-canned bamboo shoots.
End the strike

End the strike

My family lived 10 plus years in Hudson's Hope, Tumbler Ridge, and Fraser Lake. As a result, and combined with having relatives in Prince George we have spent many days in Prince George.
Underfunding education 'short sighted'

Underfunding education 'short sighted'

This is in response to the underfunding of education at all levels in BC. No one in my family had completed a high school education. Due to violence in my family and poverty I left home very early to waitress and live independently.
Complaint raises eyebrows over eye procedure

Complaint raises eyebrows over eye procedure

An anonymous complaint to a health authority has rekindled concerns about the potential for conflict of interest and the limits on access to care imposed by a treatment protocol that creates a lucrative practice for a small number of retinal speciali
Hailing Hayley

Hailing Hayley

Hayley Wickenheiser's is a giant and a trailblazer for her athletic accomplishments and her contributions to Canadian sport and culture. Her accomplishments are without precedent.
Song of the Day

Song of the Day

As we discussed the after math of our lovely St. Patrick's Day in the editorial meeting some of us oldsters broke out into song with the lyrics and rather wobbly tune of that classic Unicorn Song from The Irish Rovers.
Professor, author unaware of city's literary presence

Professor, author unaware of city's literary presence

In Frank Peebles' article "Budde in running for BC Book Prize," Prof. Budde states that Prince George " is becoming its own subject of art, in that local people are giving it local representation.