Opinion

ICBC’s request for another rate hike comes with more twists and turns than the Sea to Sky Highway.

The most shocking fact in the most recent Squamish Chief wasn’t that Squamish residents use an average 564 litres of water per person per day – although that’s a huge amount of our fresh water down the drain.

Squamish is currently one of the fastest growing communities in British Columbia. This presents both opportunities and challenges for our local government.

It seems I have crossed a dangerous line. When I first arrived in Squamish and British Columbia a year ago, I was terrified of bears. I had seen them only a few times in my life, always from a great distance or from the safety of a car.

Wow.... Squamish has a surplus of cash. Nice. What to do with it? Fill potholes, repair playground equipment, donate to Community Christmas Care? No, let’s pay an Australian to come paint the trees blue.

The election on Oct. 19 needs to be about voting, not vote splitting. I am writing this letter to strongly encourage people not to vote strategically. Voting strategically dilutes democracy and turns the whole electoral system upside down.

While we respect Herbert Vesely’s feelings toward the new location option we’re proposing for the Squamish compressor facility, it’s important to clarify some of the information contained in his Oct. 8 letter.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) gives us a comprehensive account of how the Indian residential schools and their legacy affects the lives of our aboriginal fellow citizens.

Getting around Squamish is difficult enough if you’re able-bodied, due to the wind and the steep grades of some hilly and mountainous regions of town. But for people with disabilities, it can be a nightmare.

Every person quoted in a reporter’s story makes an impact both on the story and the journalist, but some make more of an impact than others.