Opinion

I happened to peruse the Annual Report recently and I was disappointed by the lack of creativity used in trying to hoodwink the taxpayers.

H ere we are approaching the end of summer and it appears anybody with a building plan and a bulldozer is getting the green light to launch a housing development in Squamish.

Most of us are happy and supportive of the past decade or so of tentative gains made in restoring the ecological viability of Howe Sound, often a direct result of the work of John Buchanan and the Squamish Stream Keepers.

Notice has been served to the retail tenants at Britannia Beach to vacate premises in order to prepare for a retail/housing development to begin next spring.

A s my birthday fast approaches (Sunday) ageism has been on my mind. Squamish is a young town. The median age is about 37, according to the most recent census. I am about a decade over that.

T eetering in red stilettos, a group of men marched down Cleveland Avenue on Sunday (cover photo and page A25) to help end violence against women.

LNG is a valuable commodity which we can either sell to foreign interests at rock bottom prices and a guarantee of less than 5 per cent tax (legislated by the current provincial government) while adding a significant risk to the environment, or sell

LNG is a valuable commodity which we can either sell to foreign interests at rock bottom prices and a guarantee of less than 5 per cent tax (legislated by the current provincial government) while adding a significant risk to the environment, or sell

Water-wise decisions are becoming increasingly important for all communities.

Admittedly, I didn’t know much about 17th century music from Germany and England, but I wanted to find out more when Thor and Dorte Froslev, the owners of the Brackendale Art Gallery Theatre, stopped by to tell me about an upcoming show.