Opinion

UNBC kicked off its 25th anniversary celebrations Tuesday with plans to expand its bioenergy heating system, thanks to funding from the provincial government, TransCanada, the B.C.

Paper-making companies and wood products manufacturers, both mainstays of the B.C. economy, have faced some gloomy times in recent years, but both can look forward to brighter, though only slightly brighter, futures.

There's one little phrase in B.C.'s labour law that could be exploited as a long-shot way to end the teacher strike.

It was a clear and almost crisp morning, like we get often in the early fall, the air felt clean and cool. We joined the hundreds (possibly thousands) of people for Canfor's free breakfast and cake in front of city hall and Ed Delorme's garage.

I recently read a book by Rhonda Byrne called The Magic, which focuses on the magic words "thank you". The idea of the book is to look at all aspects of our lives, one day at a time, with a sense of gratitude.

Like a gift from the paving gods, I left my house a few weeks ago in the minivan with my noisy children in tow to discover that a road near my house was actually being repaved.

For 36 consecutive years retired School District No. 57 Superintendent Jim Imrich started another school year each September; first as a teacher, then as a principal and finally as the School District No.

Who has the power? Children need to be in school. Teachers want to be in school. Whisperings that school will not be back in session until October . . . or later are unjustifiable.

For a time, hating Nickelback was a pop culture trend. After all their music is predicable, vapid, lacking creativity and frequently chauvanistic.

I was having lunch with a friend and former colleague last week when he asked me an unusual question: who are some of the students that I have taught? It is one of those questions which floors you for a moment.