Opinion

All around the Squamish region is evidenced a hint of climate change. We have a mass die off of salal, formerly green, now brown, at the side of most of our forested roads.

Re: “Squamish hospital and nursing home not keeping pace with population, say 22 seniors,” published on April 25.

Last week, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s top health officer, issued an urgent call to the provincial government to immediately decriminalize possession of illegal drugs for personal use.

Are we pregnant but ignoring the possibility of a baby, Squamish? It wouldn’t be the first time we didn’t think carefully about unintended consequences. Case in point: the housing complex being erected in front of Squamish Elementary School.

Tourists, here’s why you shouldn’t come: Squamish’s pretentious fitness mountain culture risks alienating many honest, non-hardworking people who prefer to watch mould grow between their toes rather than get on a treadmill.

Kayakers, windsurfers, divers, dragonboaters, climbers, mountain bikers, trail runners, hikers, base jumpers (you get the idea!) all recreate in Squamish.

When Squamish General Hospital opened in May of 1952, the “modern” facility could accommodate 20 patients. It had two operating rooms, an X-ray machine, and a lab.

These days, people bring everything they have at home to their park holiday.

A few weeks ago researchers published a photo of a black hole larger than our solar system from which nothing, not even light, can escape.

April is daffodil month. The month that the Canadian Cancer Society picked in the 1950s as a national fundraising campaign for the fight against cancer. The Daffodil was selected to symbolize strength and courage.