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Vancouver Island NDP MLAs react to leader's resignation

Vancouver Island NDP MLAs react to leader's resignation

Vancouver Island NDP MLAs say leader Adrian Dix's resignation was the right decision for the party. Here's what several told the Times Colonist after Dix's announcement he would resign but remain as interim leader until a leadership vote next year.
Les Leyne: More school labour strife in the offing

Les Leyne: More school labour strife in the offing

Remember former education minister Don McRae’s advice last year to school districts? He said they should save up some money so they could afford to give pay raises to staff. Such a quaint notion.
Andrew Cohen: Federal NDP seems destined for third place

Andrew Cohen: Federal NDP seems destined for third place

Is Canada creating a new political realignment, which looks an awful lot like the old one? Is it returning to a three-party system in which the Conservatives and the Liberals hold power, alternating with each other, while the New Democrats languish o
Comment: Grandmothers help Africans turn the tide of AIDS

Comment: Grandmothers help Africans turn the tide of AIDS

The Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign supports African grandmothers to identify what they need to care for and nurture their grandchildren and other vulnerable children in their care.
Hannah Arendt: The Responsibility of Conscience

Hannah Arendt: The Responsibility of Conscience

Margarethe von Trotta’s new film “Hannah Arendt” has reignited an emotionally charged and important debate that has raged since cultures been aware of the violence that characterizes so much of human behaviour.
Comment: Vladimir Putin is right — for a change

Comment: Vladimir Putin is right — for a change

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the virtually unprecedented step of directly addressing the U.S. public — and much of the world — by writing an op-ed piece in the New York Times.
Les Leyne: Adrian Dix has array of career choices

Les Leyne: Adrian Dix has array of career choices

There’s more to New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix’s career call — expected this week — than “stay or go.
Geoff Johnson: Mexican teacher scandal is breathtaking

Geoff Johnson: Mexican teacher scandal is breathtaking

Those of us who enjoy occasional vacations on the beaches of Mexico watched the education news from Mexico City last week in awe.
Comment: Royalty, environment are a natural partnership

Comment: Royalty, environment are a natural partnership

Kensington Palace announced last week that Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is leaving the military to focus on his royal duties and charity work.
David Bly: Our words have the power to harm or heal

David Bly: Our words have the power to harm or heal

The fact that students celebrating Frosh Week participated in similar rape chants at universities on both coasts suggests the phenomenon is not uncommon.
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