Opinion

M embers of a local Facebook group were shocked to see a sign for a new townhouse development in Squamish has been replaced. According to the sign, the three-bedroom homes now cost $120,000 more than they were a couple weeks ago.

I have a problem with Helmut Manzl’s article, Property tax hike (June 22) explaining the District of Squamish property tax increase, he appears to have drank the Kool Aid. Before I proceed too far, some basic accounting 101 is necessary.

I t appears every nook and cranny up and down this valley has become fertile ground for residential and commercial development. And that outburst of activity is garnering mixed reviews.

The younger they start the better, says expert

W hen I was a kid, around this time of year I’d be going to the library to get my reading club booklet filled with participation stickers.

A lmost everyone in Squamish seems to know someone impacted by the hundreds of wildfires burning across the province.

I spent Father’s Day in Squamish at Alice Lake, camping with my family. It was an awesome experience, setting up the camp, fishing for the first time with my eight-year-old son, and sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows.

From the Horstman Glacier to the nude beach

Squamish Highway is not made for bicycles, yet some do it anyway in spite of the hazard. This is not a reason to close the highway to cars in order to have the RBC GranFondo Whistler.

I read with some optimism that our council was trying to build a bridge to reconciliation with local First Nations.