Opinion

W hen I was 13 years old, my family moved into unit 13 of a townhouse complex – no bad luck omen there.

The next municipal election is a little more than one year away. Residents in B.C. municipalities go to the polls Oct. 20, 2018.

I n a script right out of Animal Farm, George Orwell’s classic political satire, it appears all visitors to Squamish are equal but some have become less equal than others. We’ll get to the gist of that narrative shortly, but first a bit of history.

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the article “Guide outfitters question trophy hunt ban” that was originally published in Pique Newsmagazine on Aug. 24. You can read it on page B8 of The Chief.

I bicycle commute to work every day that there isn’t ice on the road – so drivers see me out there all the time, at the same times of the day that they are out there commuting.

A n yone who knows me will tell you that I wasn’t exactly an angel growing up. I got into trouble once in a while on the path to maturity, got detention occasionally, maybe a suspension or two in high school.

T here is no better time to support the local arts scene now that the month-long Squamish ArtWalk is underway. In a time when the world seems more turbulent – be it civil unrest or record-breaking storms in the U.S.

Me and You Arts opens in the Squamish Town Hub

This is a response to Colin Burkes’ letter against a water park in last week’s edition of The Chief. He is entitled to his position but the argument he put forward holds no water.

With increasing population and traffic in Squamish, I am concerned about the number of bicyclists that bicycle on the wrong side of the road.