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Letter: Proud to be Canadian

Letter: Proud to be Canadian

Hi everyone, My name is Shahmeer Singh, born in Canada. I just want to tell everyone about Canada, our Canada born on July 1, 1868. It has 10 provinces and three territories. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
Parking a garden of confusion

Parking a garden of confusion

T he discussion about our downtown parking problem is beginning to resemble a Confucian garden, or more accurately, a garden of confusion, where a hundred flowers bloom and a thousand thoughts contend.
The field behind the plow

The field behind the plow

Farming a good analogy for life in politics
Letter: Praising no school board raise

Letter: Praising no school board raise

I was pleased to see the school board funding resolved with the help of the bureaucrats accepting to fulfill their duties without a raise.
Letter: Squamish much more than a 'hip place to be'

Letter: Squamish much more than a 'hip place to be'

Helmut Manzal’s recent editorial piece wherein he sought the opinion of the developer Doug Day regarding the over-heated Squamish housing market left me dumbfounded. Mr.
Time for $10-a-day daycare

Time for $10-a-day daycare

S quamish children deserve to be well cared for while mom and dad work. This is such a simple statement and so obvious, and yet for many families in Squamish finding appropriate child care is a struggle.
No post-holiday turkey for me

No post-holiday turkey for me

I f you’d asked teenaged me if there was a sport I truly hated, I would have had an instant answer. Rugby. First off, our junior high coach continually bugged me about going out for the team.
Gaining traction

Gaining traction

L ast week during Aboriginal Day a canoe race was held on the Mamquam Blind Channel that pitted representatives from the Squamish RCMP detachment and five other teams against a collection of young Squamish Nation paddlers and their adult skipper.
Letter: Thanks to Bike to Work Week riders

Letter: Thanks to Bike to Work Week riders

The Sea to Sky Clean Air Society congratulates everyone who participated in Bike to Work/School Week this year, as well as all of the amazing volunteers and sponsors who made the event a huge success.
A grizzly called Mammie

A grizzly called Mammie

People have been concerned over the status of grizzly bears in British Columbia for many decades. Back in 1989, there was so much publicity over these bears that the students of Mamquam Elementary School raised over $300 to spend on grizzly bears.