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Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett is retiring. His last day on the bench will by May 31. Parrett, who recently presided over the Cody Legebokoff murder trial, graduated from Mount View Senior Secondary School in 1964. He attended the University of Victoria and received his bachelor’s degree in 1968. He then attended the University of B.C. receiving his LLB in 1972. After being called to the bar, he practiced with Hope Heinrich. On December 24, 1987, he was appointed Queen’s Counsel. He was...

Editor: We are writing this letter in regards to the impending abrupt closure of the Dental Studies Programs at the College of New Caledonia. We are strongly urging the President and the Board of Governors of CNC to reconsider the closure of the Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting programs. Both of these programs represent jewels in the dental education community and are involved in serving the entire Northern half of the province with well-trained dental professionals. Closure will create...

Editor: Please help us get the word out Bill C-51 must be stopped. If this bill is allowed to go through, within a few short years we will lose every freedom we currently enjoy. This bill will open the door to more drastic abuse from our government and the corporations that control them. In this day when a large percentage of Canadians have access to Internet, all people should have the right to vote on any and all bills, corporate contracts and any thing else that will effect the people of...

  Paul Strickland Special to the Free Press New trade agreements further contribute to the trend toward dissolving national boundaries and removing protections for Canada’s labour force. Corporations show no loyalty to the safe, stable country that helped them build up their holdings to the point that they could compete internationally. Despite some changes last year, negative impacts from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program continue. This is at a time of a 13-per-cent youth...

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Part of the Lheidli T’enneh reserve at Shelley now has fire protection, thanks to an agreement signed Monday between the band and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. The two groups signed the historic agreement, which will see Shell-Glen Volunteer Fire Rescue provide services to the south side of the Lheidli T’enneh Indian Reserve #2, adjacent to Shelley. “We would like to acknowledge and thank the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in working with Lheidli T’enneh for this...