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COLUMN: Let’s move on from 1996, please

COLUMN: Let’s move on from 1996, please

S ometimes we seem stuck in the 1990s. While I would argue the music was pretty great back then – grunge was “all that and a bag of chips” – this country’s relationship with its First Nations really wasn’t.
LETTER: Woodfibre LNG safety questioned

LETTER: Woodfibre LNG safety questioned

In a recent post in The Squamish Chief, Woodfibre LNG’s VP Byng Giraud said he must “cut costs to make the business profitable.
Let them all cheat

Let them all cheat

T his isn’t going to be a popular opinion, but hear me out. I think when it comes to professional sports, there should be no limits on cheating, doping or whatever needs to happen to win. I mean it.
Letter: Blessing welcome at grad

Letter: Blessing welcome at grad

I am an aboriginal youth and recently graduated June 17 from Howe Sound Secondary as​ co-valedictorian with a great friend, and metres away from the Squamish Yekwapsum Village​.
Letter: Clarify the facts about the proposed compressor station

Letter: Clarify the facts about the proposed compressor station

It’s important to clarify the facts about our operations and proposed compressor station at Mount Mulligan.
EDITORIAL: In the dark despite fireworks

EDITORIAL: In the dark despite fireworks

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.
Letter: Proud to be Canadian

Letter: Proud to be Canadian

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.
Parking a garden of confusion

Parking a garden of confusion

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.
The field behind the plow

The field behind the plow

Farming a good analogy for life in politics
Letter: Praising no school board raise

Letter: Praising no school board raise

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