Opinion

Editor's note: The Chief's weekly editorial reflects the official opinion of the newspaper.

Editor's note: In support of National newspaper week , which is Oct. 1 to 7, The Squamish Chief is running this op-ed by Bob Cox, chair of the board of News Media Canada. It’s time to save news.

I joined an NFL football pool this year. That's nothing special. Lots of people do, I guess, but I know nothing about the NFL or football.

A preliminary investigation of the mayoral candidates in the upcoming municipal election reveals some interesting bits and bytes of information.

Editor’s note. This is reporter Haley Ritchie’s last column with The Chief, but she will still be around town working for us until Oct. 21.

For seven years they’ve been hooting in derision, vehemently objecting, voting against and generally shooting down government moves to make liquefied natural gas plants take shape in B.C.

Drug overdoses have killed 972 people in B.C. so far this year, according to the most recent statistics.

I was relaxing on the couch, calmly reading The Chief when I got to the column about driving manual transmissions. Suddenly, I couldn’t contain my emotion enough to remain prone; I had to reply, as requested... Allow me to explain.

Editor's note: The Chief's weekly editorial reflects the official opinion of the newspaper. It is a rainy weekday in Squamish. At a local downtown Squamish lunch spot, the staff behind the counter are chatting in Greek with a customer.

Squamish pet owners face lots of choices when it comes to their pets these days. What food, accessories and toys to buy, how much exercise to give them and what vaccines their fur-babies need.