Opinion

T his past week, the country celebrated its 149th birthday, allowing us a chance to rejoice in being Canadian. It’s not always an easy thing to reflect on, as recent events in other countries remind us.

Hi everyone, My name is Shahmeer Singh, born in Canada. I just want to tell everyone about Canada, our Canada born on July 1, 1868. It has 10 provinces and three territories. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

T he discussion about our downtown parking problem is beginning to resemble a Confucian garden, or more accurately, a garden of confusion, where a hundred flowers bloom and a thousand thoughts contend.

Farming a good analogy for life in politics

I was pleased to see the school board funding resolved with the help of the bureaucrats accepting to fulfill their duties without a raise.

Helmut Manzal’s recent editorial piece wherein he sought the opinion of the developer Doug Day regarding the over-heated Squamish housing market left me dumbfounded. Mr.

S quamish children deserve to be well cared for while mom and dad work. This is such a simple statement and so obvious, and yet for many families in Squamish finding appropriate child care is a struggle.

I f you’d asked teenaged me if there was a sport I truly hated, I would have had an instant answer. Rugby. First off, our junior high coach continually bugged me about going out for the team.

L ast week during Aboriginal Day a canoe race was held on the Mamquam Blind Channel that pitted representatives from the Squamish RCMP detachment and five other teams against a collection of young Squamish Nation paddlers and their adult skipper.

The Sea to Sky Clean Air Society congratulates everyone who participated in Bike to Work/School Week this year, as well as all of the amazing volunteers and sponsors who made the event a huge success.