Opinion

I am a cyclist with over 25 years of riding on the road. I have been fortunate to have avoided contact with a vehicle; albeit, not without some close calls.

With spring in full bloom and summer just ahead most folks are out and about enjoying life in this little patch of paradise. But more than a few of us are getting steamed up about a budding list of pesky pinch points.

Growing up in B.C., something I never thought I’d hear myself saying is, ‘Thank God for the rain.’ Yet, as I write this on a rainy day, here I am. Living in Squamish during the summer creates a lot of pressure — pressure which I haven’t felt before.

The Howe Sound Women’s Centre does amazing work advocating and protecting women in the Sea to Sky Corridor.

Who belongs? For me, this question is at the heart of understanding changes in the right to access, use, and occupy urban space.

Editor’s note: This is a follow-up letter to the letter, “Squamish camping bylaw is discriminatory,” published May 3, that received dozens of comments online.

I have lived in B.C. for many years and proudly became a Canadian Citizen a couple of years ago. I am a finance director, and most importantly a Mom.

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the story, “Squamish hospital and nursing home not keeping pace with population, say 22 seniors,” in The Chief on April 25.

With the countdown to the federal election set for Oct. 21 begins, The Chief asked readers what they are looking to hear from politicians to win their vote. Several said climate change and environmental stewardship.

It has been one heartbreaking report after another from the UN lately. Firstly, the IPCC’s special report in late 2018 on Global Warming of 1.5ºC charts a catastrophic future unless we dramatically and immediately reduce our global carbon footprint.