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LETTER: Regarding Tourism and industry: visions for Darrell Bay (July 19, 2018)

LETTER: Regarding Tourism and industry: visions for Darrell Bay (July 19, 2018)

As many of the Squamish Chief’s longtime readers know, Darrell Bay was used to transport staff to and from the Woodfibre pulp mill, which closed in 2006.
OPINION: South is out — BC is staycation paradise

OPINION: South is out — BC is staycation paradise

The bad attitude south of the border is enough to make you cancel your holiday plans to Yosemite or San Francisco and spend your money in the Great White North. The south is out. B.C. is a staycation paradise.
LETTER: Fact No Fiction

LETTER: Fact No Fiction

Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the District of Squamish and copied to The Chief. A response from the District is included after this letter.
EDITORIAL: For all the Steffanies

EDITORIAL: For all the Steffanies

Editor's note: The Chief's weekly editorial represents the opinion of the newspaper. Steffanie Georgina Anne Lawrence should be enjoying her fifteenth summer swimming at the lake, sleeping in and perhaps working a part-time job.
GUEST COLUMN: Squamish to the Sunshine Coast on Foot

GUEST COLUMN: Squamish to the Sunshine Coast on Foot

After fits and false starts, adventurer travels from Gibsons to Squamish
LETTER: About the dock at Darrell Bay

LETTER: About the dock at Darrell Bay

Re: "Tourism and industry: visions for Darrell Bay" (July 19, 2018) As many of the Squamish Chief's longtime readers know, Darrell Bay was used to transport staff to and from the Woodfibre pulp mill, which closed in 2006.
LETTER: Leashes and proportional representation

LETTER: Leashes and proportional representation

One of the things that first attracted me to proportional representation (PR) apart from the fact that it just made sense, is that it is supported by people across the political spectrum.
LETTER: Hello, generous Squamish

LETTER: Hello, generous Squamish

I am a cancer survivor and have been waging a war for life for the past two years. I just moved here a year ago so don’t really know too many folks. I moved because I felt it had a sense of community.
LETTER: Dogs — changing habits, expectations, and policy

LETTER: Dogs — changing habits, expectations, and policy

Editor’s note: this letter was sent to the District of Squamish and copied to The Chief. Long-in-tooth Squamish residents will remember when dogs were permitted in Garibaldi Park.
OPINION: My mea culpa

OPINION: My mea culpa

I was riding my bike along a trail on Saturday morning when I turned a corner and almost ran straight into a 40-something man kneeling on the ground. He appeared to be shooting up. What he was doing wasn’t disturbing to me.