Opinion

A nybody who leafs through our municipal council’s most recent strategic plan will be impressed by its scope. It promises to be “future-focused” while providing “clear direction” and “nimbleness to respond to emerging needs and opportunities.

It must be at least seven years now since the new highway was built. I would like to know how the movers and shakers in this community get to and from work.

When did it become a crime to be black? What an awful reality that is. That a young black boy has to hide his skin from a police officer or they’re at risk of losing their life.

In response to the letter from Fortis BC, published in The Chief a couple of weeks ago: Fortis has been fast to react to the recent activities organized by local residents.

D o online comment forums have a future? The answer to that question is a definitive maybe. According to the CBC’s resident pundit Rick Mercer, at one time the idea of a virtual online debate had considerable upside. But that has changed.

I t is an understatement and becoming cliché to say Squamish is changing. It seems not a week goes by without talk of a new development or initiative in the district. Some changes have caused consternation among residents.

S ummer means music festivals. There was this weekend’s event in Pemberton, and of course everyone was expecting Squamish’s own fest to follow on Pemby’s heels – until it was cancelled, though we’re not entirely sure it’s dead or simply dormant.

I watched the live streamed Squamish Council Committee of the Whole meeting wrestle again with the IFHMP.

I feel compelled to write and compliment the staff at Squamish General Hospital. Our friend was recently admitted to a hospice bed at the hospital during her short and very brave battle with pancreatic cancer.

Re: Letter “Woodfibre LNG safety questions” (July 13, 2016) The Woodfibre LNG Project is being designed by a team of registered professionals with international LNG experience.