Workers must defend rights

Everyone working in B.C. has the right to a safe workplace.

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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTING BACK UP ON SEPT. 7 NEXT WEEK?

Learn to learn past the droning

Okay, kids. Outa the pool! -- Party time's over.

Tamils being met with racism

After a months-long sea crossing in a leaky converted freighter, more than 400 people from a nation wracked by terrorism and civil war land on Canada's shores.

Fish tale could have tragic end

"There are fish in the river," the watchers have proclaimed.

Wild ride lasts 40 long years

In a world of shifting enterprises and quick-change business assets, reaching a 40-year milestone is a significant accomplishment. It's even more significant when the public's perception of the type of business being conducted has changed dramatically...

Missed plenty, but not enough

I just came back from our place in the woods where I bury my head in the sand for a few days every year.

The prince of fashion died poor

The names of the inventors of the light bulb and the telephone come to mind very easily - Edison and Bell. Other world-shaking inventions have inventors a little more obscure - far too many people don't know that Nikola Tesla invented alternating...

No tears for drunks driving

At least that's the goal behind new drinking-and-driving legislation that will come into force exactly one month from today.

Community journalism is us

Every once in a while, people will fall prey to the delusion that, because I write for a living, I may also be able to speak.

Your View

What should be done to stop people from sparking fires with cigarette butts?

Thanks, farmers, for everything

Though many of us may be working in factories or offices, chasing the Canadian dream, the work of farming in the Fraser Valley is going stronger than ever, more than 175 years after potatoes, wheat, and peas were seeded into the fertile soil around...

Why your keyboard looks weird

I learned to type on an old Macintosh, using one of those programs that commands you to type increasingly complex sentences at higher and higher speeds. An animated lobster followed my cursor, and if it caught up as I misspelled words or slapped...