Opinion

Editor’s note: This letter was sent to MLA Jordan Sturdy and the minister responsible for BC Parks, as well as The Squamish Chief. I arrived at Murin Lake on Highway 99 around 9:20 a.m.

O h boy, it’s September all ready? I was on Facebook today and saw someone starting a page looking for people interested in being on council; such a good idea to get dialogue going on this one.

O h, that lovely time of year. School’s back, and with it comes the opportunity to walk your kids to school.

A lthough they will likely miss their children, it’s still that time of the year many parents eagerly await. Kids in Squamish returned to school earlier this week after summer break.

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I could not disagree more with the letter “Taxpayers want a spray park” published on Aug. 24. We do not need another taxpayer-funded (water) hole to throw money into when we are at the terminus of nearly countless natural water parks called “rivers.

Editor’s note: The Chief contacted the District of Squamish to see which bylaw was being broken.

I always looked at her with admiration. She was always surrounded by a hive of activity. So stately, full of the strength in her healthy life. This living beauty was the tallest tree in downtown Squamish.

Growing up as a white, middle-class male with environmentalists for parents, I was consistently barraged with ideas of the wilderness as a place uninhabited by humans – a place where people could retreat for short periods of time and, in doing so, re

I t’s been 10 years since the doors of Quest University opened to a new kind of educational experience. During that decade, enrollment swelled from 74 to 700 students and the cutting-edge post-secondary institution faced a steep learning curve.