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Several Walnut Grove Secondary students left class to show their frustration over the prolonged labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government. Heather Colpitts/Langley Advance
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Brookswood Secondary students who walked out made signs to express concerns about the labour dispute and its impacts.
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Walk-out protests lockout/strike
Students who felt caught between teachers and the provincial government walked out of class in protest. Michelle Carduner
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There has to be a better way to resolve the dispute between the provincial government and the teachers, said a Walnut Grove student. Liam Sutherland-Ryan was among the thousands of B.C. students who walked out of their classrooms Wednesday morning. “I don’t think we need to fight,” he said. “They shouldn’t be punishing us.”
Joining the Grade 8 student on the sidewalk outside Walnut Grove Secondary were several others. The student protest was organized by a Lord Tweedsmuir student in east Surrey via Facebook. Sutherland-Ryan said he’s been missing key courses because of the labour dispute, namely math and science. “I need math and science,” he said. He said classrooms are locked before and after class and during lunch so the students can’t use the facilities. Province-wide, more than 13,000 students signed up to take part through the Facebook campaign which has also fostered a petition through change.
Monastery escapes destruction
Firefighters saved a Buddhist meditation retreat from burning up. mclaxton@langleyadvance.com
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as long as essential service provisions are met. Student Elise Cluney’s concern is not being able to get help in the days leading up to exams at her school, Brookswood Secondary. “I walked out because I feel us students are not being heard properly,” she told the Langley Advance. She and others took part in the protest, with some students spending the entire school day protesting, and others returning to class after a while. Cluney said teachers have labour rights, but the teachers and provincial government have left students stuck in the middle. “It’s almost like a divorce,” she said.
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org. It calls on the B.C. Teachers Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) to resolve this dispute and stop the turmoil. On Tuesday came word that the teachers made a modest move on their wage demands. There are two more days this week of rotating strikes. Langley schools were out June 2 and there’s no word on what’s next. On Wednesday, the Labour Relations Board decided that the employer could cut teacher pay 10 per cent for reduced workload during the strike and lockout, and that teachers’ rotating strikes were lawful. It also said that while teachers have the right to strike, employers have the right to lock out staff at certain times,
A Buddhist meditation centre and monastery in rural Langley suffered a fire on Wednesday, but there were no serious injuries. The fire broke out just before noon during a cooking accident, said Langley Township district fire chief Russ Jenkins. A pan of oil was being heated over a propane element on a covered deck at the rear of the meditation centre, in the 6200 block of 264th Street north of the Gloucester
Industrial area. The oil caught fire and the flames got into the soffits of the building’s covering. The monks at the centre used a garden hose to try and keep the fire under control, but it had already reached inside the ceiling. Two fire trucks were called out, for some extra manpower, Jenkins said. They managed to knock down the flames quickly, and then spent some time tearing apart the soffits to make certain they had extinguished every bit of the fire. One person suffered some minor smoke inhalation, and was treated and released at the scene by B.C. Ambulance paramedics. The meditation centre is relatively new, having replaced a butcher shop that formerly used the site.
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Firefighters tore apart walls and ceilings to make certain they had extinguished all traces of fire at a Buddhist meditation retreat in rural Langley.