Opinion

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.

People have been concerned over the status of grizzly bears in British Columbia for many decades. Back in 1989, there was so much publicity over these bears that the students of Mamquam Elementary School raised over $300 to spend on grizzly bears.

Who can forget riding on one of those classic wooden roller coasters that pitched back and forth so energetically it caused the lowermost extremity of your digestive tract to come close to being embarrassingly compromised? Welcome to the topsy-turvy

I am writing today to encourage council to consider purchasing the Brackendale Art Gallery as a public asset for the community.

My sister graduated from Howe Sound Secondary on June 17 and, while I was extremely proud and happy to watch her cross the stage, there was one thing about the commencement ceremony that irked me.

The local news often keeps us up-to-date, and last week was no exception. We have housing by the millions of dollars but we still don’t have a real theatre, although it was once promised by an earlier council.