Opinion

While I love country music, I also attended a high school across from a mall. I am no country girl. Maybe that’s why I’m such a curmudgeon.

Last weekend, a firestorm erupted on The Chief’s Facebook page over our monthly trail column. The column was about hiking to Levette Lake, a popular area that includes a provincial recreation site.

Anybody who has driven to Whistler or North Vancouver on a busy weekend in the summer might be ready to conflate the Sea to Sky Highway with a legendary mythological Greek hero.

We live in a community rich with abundant wildlife and natural spaces. During the winter months, the ground becomes saturated with rain and stays wet well into the spring.

Editor’s note: Before the work was done, the District of Squamish posted notices about this clean up, which was done in preparation for the May long weekend. On Wednesday, May 16, I was on my way for a peaceful 7 am: coffee at the Zephyr Cafe.

Editor's note: Tom Harris is the executive director of the International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) Despite the federal Conservatives repeatedly asking the Trudeau Liberal government how much their plans for pricing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio

Squamish will soon have a new Official Community Plan and, I have to say, it looks pretty good.

This is how to improve your sex life, Squamish! OK, that was click bait. This is actually about changing the laws around voting. We know that isn’t the most exciting or sexy topic, but it is essential stuff.

I was at a public information meeting a few weeks ago where I overheard someone saying, in very emphatic, accusatory terms, that because the mayor lives in Brackendale, she is opposing all the developments in that neighbourhood and supporting project

How far women have come is reflected in every crook and cranny of Squamish. It wasn’t that long ago that most local wives and mothers existed outside the labour force, as a 1974 provincial housing department report on the district shows.