Opinion

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.

The pabulum that the taxpayers are fed is the policing and increased infrastructure costs are what is driving the tax increases. Salaries and wages is without any other costs is over a $1,000 per year.

The lady exited the staff room with a clipboard tucked under her arm and took her seat, just in time for the little ones to get into the water. I nudged the poolside mom next to me, “What’s that all about?” I asked.

I applaud Port Moody-Coquitlam MP Fin Donnelly’s Bill C-228 to control salmon farms destruction of wild salmon. I am a coordinator of the Squamish Streamkeepers, which was formed in the 1990s when coho salmon stocks collapsed on the West Coast of B.

This council makes big productions about everything. We have drive-thrus, we have distracted driving; council can’t connect the dots. Seems like a no brainer to me and most people I talk to.

I t is no secret that an unprecedented transformation is underway in Squamish. And what is becoming all too apparent is that some folks are capitalizing on the rapid growth washing over this community, while others are being left on the fringes.