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LETTER: Let’s rethink the Training Dike

LETTER: Let’s rethink the Training Dike

Most of us are happy and supportive of the past decade or so of tentative gains made in restoring the ecological viability of Howe Sound, often a direct result of the work of John Buchanan and the Squamish Stream Keepers.
LETTER: More development, more traffic

LETTER: More development, more traffic

Notice has been served to the retail tenants at Britannia Beach to vacate premises in order to prepare for a retail/housing development to begin next spring.
COLUMN: Age discrimination ‘bytes’

COLUMN: Age discrimination ‘bytes’

A s my birthday fast approaches (Sunday) ageism has been on my mind. Squamish is a young town. The median age is about 37, according to the most recent census. I am about a decade over that.
EDITORIAL: Violence needs to end

EDITORIAL: Violence needs to end

T eetering in red stilettos, a group of men marched down Cleveland Avenue on Sunday (cover photo and page A25) to help end violence against women.
LETTER: Higher gas rates in future

LETTER: Higher gas rates in future

LNG is a valuable commodity which we can either sell to foreign interests at rock bottom prices and a guarantee of less than 5 per cent tax (legislated by the current provincial government) while adding a significant risk to the environment, or sell
LETTER: Higher gas rates are in our future

LETTER: Higher gas rates are in our future

LNG is a valuable commodity which we can either sell to foreign interests at rock bottom prices and a guarantee of less than 5 per cent tax (legislated by the current provincial government) while adding a significant risk to the environment, or sell
LETTER: Protection for Squamish’s water supply

LETTER: Protection for Squamish’s water supply

Water-wise decisions are becoming increasingly important for all communities.
COLUMN: Why Classical music isn’t boring

COLUMN: Why Classical music isn’t boring

Admittedly, I didn’t know much about 17th century music from Germany and England, but I wanted to find out more when Thor and Dorte Froslev, the owners of the Brackendale Art Gallery Theatre, stopped by to tell me about an upcoming show.
EDITORIAL: Let’s stand up for mental health

EDITORIAL: Let’s stand up for mental health

Stigma and mental health shouldn’t go together but, even in 2016, it’s an all too common occurrence. This weekend marks Squamish’s first Ride Away Stigma, a group mountain bike ride that is raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention.
COLUMN: There’s No Fair in F-O-I

COLUMN: There’s No Fair in F-O-I

There’s No Fair in F-O-I I t has been an exercise in frustration for me to obtain documents from a provincial government Freedom of Information (FOI) request. “So what,” you may say, “don’t bore me with silly reporter problems.