TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
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Students take to the streets No school expected again this week; local youth not impressed AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
While the provincial teachers’ strike heads into the second week of the new school year, some local students are voicing their opinion. About 15 students held a rally last Thursday at Kwalikum Secondary, the scheduled first day of class in District 69. “A bunch of people pulled over to show their support, almost everyone honked or gave a thumbs up,” said 16-year-old organizer Danielle Heron of their day in front of the school alongside the teachers. “We should be in school today, we have a right to an education,” said fellow organizer Sarah Clapoff as she took to the side of the road with friends first thing Thursday. “I don’t blame either side, but they need to come together, they are jeopardizing our future,” she said. Heron said several people stopped to specifically praise the students “for standing up for our rights.” A few gave the students the middle-finger salute, she said, but they just laughed it off. See ARBITRATION OFFER REJECTED, page A4
Debating pay for pols CANDACE WU news@pqbnews.com
As a taxpayer you’re footing the bill for elected officials, but do you know how much your local councillors, RDN directors and school board trustees are banking? With municipal and school board elections coming this fall, the salaries of politicians are now in flux. Lucky Butterworth, director of finance with the City of Parksville, said remuneration is reassessed at the end of each term, before the inauguration of the next board or council. Butterworth explains “remuneration is what they (elected officials) are paid annually.” He noted the city’s current bylaw prohibits councillors from changing their own remuneration — instead they change it at the end of their term and the new numbers are in effect for the next board. See YOUNG CAN’T AFFORD TO SERVE, page A9
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PARTY ON THE DRIVE: More than 7,000 people attended the Party on the Drive on Sunday in Parksville. Above, one of the 58 artists (there were also nine food vendors and six stages with music), Susan Koch, shows off some of her products and one of the tools she uses to make them. For more photos from the event, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PQBNews.
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