Opinion

Editor's note: Jason Loutitt is an award-winning, Squamish long-distance runner who has competed in races across North America and Europe.

For all of its challenges and flaws, Quest University is a ground-breaking institution that Squamish is lucky to claim as its own. Full disclosure, my son attends Quest.

War is not the solution to the crisis in Syria, but, neither is in action.

Editor’s note: This letter was sent to MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones and copied to The Chief I voted for you and the Liberal party in 2015 because of the promises to invest in green energy, alternative technology, and the environment made by Justin Trude

In regards to the Kinder Morgan pipeline construction, two major items are being ignored.

I have seen this twice now come up on social media over the last number of months.

It was one of the most touching displays of Canadian solidarity — certainly, as far as I can remember. Never have I seen so many people come together to show their support for a cause.

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” - Muhammad Ali I went to a wonderful play on Saturday night by Between Shifts Theatre. It was funny, entertaining, emotional and thought-provoking — everything art should be.

Since the dawn of industrialization, some workers have had to trade their health for a paycheque. Historically in Squamish, mill and chemical plant workers, forestry and marine employees suffered physically for their pay — some paid with their lives.

With all the jingoism over Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion creating jobs — and almost all of it temporary work — it’s conspicuous how there’s no mention of creating actual long-term employment by processing enough of our own crude to, at the very