Opinion

Boy is it nice to be back with you on this page. Loosing the opinion column (Cynical Sunshine) was definitely tough.

What exactly is a tweet? And if I've been tweeted does that mean I'm twittered? It seems that Twitter and Facebook have taken the world by storm. If I'm not being poked, I'm receiving tweets.

A three-year-old child was hurt and traumatized from a cougar attack in her own neighbourhood Tuesday (June 16).It's such a horrifying incident that the story hit the airwaves and newspapers from here to the other side of the country.

Recently I walked the proposed Seventh Avenue connector corridor. The route will essentially divide a part of the estuary as well as impact one of the more prolific marshes in the area. I came home angry.

I arrived in Squamish almost three years ago from Toronto. I have settled in Squamish and opened a business. My wife and I do not go a day without saying how lucky we are that we landed in Squamish.

Re: SLRD approval of a rotating sign, or one similar, in Britannia to replace the present signage. "SLRD briefs," The Chief , May 29).

This Sunday (June 21) is Father's Day and the B.C. Museum of Mining at Britannia Beach is offering dads a free mine tour and a gift for each dad. The Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and it is also a fun family place to visit.

In 2004 -the most recent data available - about 75,000 Canadians had a heart attack, 19,000 of them died. Indeed, about a quarter of Canadians develop some for of heart disease.

I love technology because mostly it improves the quality of our lives by making things generally easier.

When I think of volunteer firefighters I think guys with other jobs as well. Sixty guys with loads of experience from their daily jobs, guys that work with financial questions, money situations, budgets and problem solving in all areas.