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So far, so good with the dress challenge

So far, so good with the dress challenge

Twenty-nine days have passed since I started my 90-day challenge to wear the same black dress. The challenge’s aim, among other things, is to raise awareness of fashion consumerism. So far, so good: I am not completely sick of the dress yet.
Letter: Current marijuana laws are unfair

Letter: Current marijuana laws are unfair

I read with interest the editorial about marijuana (“Smoked out of our minds, March 17). I am very concerned about developing brains being adversely affected by its use as well.
Letter: Put it in writing, Woodfibre LNG

Letter: Put it in writing, Woodfibre LNG

Regarding the not hiring temporary foreign workers for the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant as we have workers available here: The availability of workers is not the issue, as prices of LNG have decreased dramatically.
A rant about the baffling way people behave

A rant about the baffling way people behave

Is it just me, or is human behaviour becoming more baffling every day? For example, one resident of the Lower Mainland has been ticketed 14 times over the past five years for distracted driving.
Squamish’s hot market

Squamish’s hot market

They gathered last week to talk about building up Squamish, about creating homes for the multitude of people who want to live in this recreational paradise.
Letter: We mourned a forest today

Letter: We mourned a forest today

“It’s a sign of progress and a barometer of the growth of our small town,” I whispered to myself today as my nine-year-old daughter walked me through the recently decimated forest next to Brennan Park, making way for a new subdivision.
Is B.C. a climate leader or climate laggard?

Is B.C. a climate leader or climate laggard?

Who leads and who lags in the world of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions? British Columbia has been internationally recognized for our approach to carbon pricing and the historical success that North America’s first broad-based revenue-neut
A festival gone, tradition lost

A festival gone, tradition lost

I had my first concert experience when I was 13 years old. It was to some hair band in the ’80s that I didn’t even like, and I didn’t know its music very well.
EDITORIAL: Smoked out of our minds

EDITORIAL: Smoked out of our minds

It’s a dangerous idea. As more U.S. states have legalized marijuana and Canada is now considering it, many people believe the drug is harmless.
Is this the spring of hope for Squamish?

Is this the spring of hope for Squamish?

In 1859, Charles Dickens published A Tale of Two Cities, an epic novel based on the French Revolution.