Opinion

Editorial: What idiot would vandalize in Squamish?

'Reflecting with compassion on why this may be happening — vandals not feeling connected to their community, powerless or frustrated with how their life is going — may be a better path to reducing it.'

Nov 10, 2022 5:06 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Leaked VPD report an inflated work of fiction

The VPD summary concludes that $1.1 million is being spent a day on “charitable investments into non-profit organizations based in the Downtown Eastside” while poverty and crime get worse.

Nov 9, 2022 9:44 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Poilievre and Eby have a lot in common on housing

Pierre Poilievre and David Eby have a lot in common in their plans to address British Columbia’s housing market. It’s just that neither of them wants to actually say that out loud.

Nov 8, 2022 10:44 AM Read more >

Letter: The bizarreness of applying with Vail Resorts in Whistler

"Why would a company offer jobs to all of these people who have no accommodation in a town experiencing an extreme housing crisis?"

Nov 8, 2022 9:40 AM Read more >

Jack Knox: Computer pioneer lived quietly in our midst

Kathleen Booth’s work was so significant that when the 100-year-old died this fall, her passing merited major media coverage in her native Britain. So why didn’t we all know that she had spent the past 44 years living in Sooke?

Nov 8, 2022 4:25 AM Read more >

Ingrid Rice cartoon — Remembrance Day

There are two Squamish Remembrance Day events on Nov. 11: one at the Cenotaph at Stan Clarke Park at 11 a.m. and one before that at Totem Hall at 10 a.m.

Nov 7, 2022 3:40 PM Read more >

Mario Canseco: Survey: Support for changing British Columbia’s name is highest among youth

In August 2021, shortly after the federal government announced its intention to enhance support to Indigenous communities as a result of recent discoveries related to residential schools, Research Co.

Nov 7, 2022 2:00 PM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby has yet to live up to mounting ‘man of action’ expectations

David Eby never actually called himself the “man of action,” but boy has the moniker stuck in the early days of the premier-designate’s tenure. Unfortunately, that label is proving to be both a blessing and a curse.

Nov 7, 2022 10:25 AM Read more >

A Squamish (imagined) bird story in five parts

Squamish photographer Aafreen Arora recently captured this American dipper and created an adorable story out of the resulting photos.

Nov 6, 2022 10:21 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: Eby praises period poverty cause as provincial task force gets underway

“No one should have to choose between buying groceries and period products, it’s that simple,” said David Eby.

Nov 6, 2022 9:46 AM Read more >