Opinion

When I was 27, my husband and I bought our first house for $112,000. We were both educated professionals already making about $50,000 each per year, and we had saved a down payment of 10 per cent.

The most endearing wish at the recent Squamish 2040 visioning event was scrawled by a child on a dream board: “more rainbows.” While the child who wrote this was probably thinking of actual rainbows, not painted ones, his or her dream is coming true.

Last July, the most recent iteration of the District of Squamish strategic plan was set in motion. That ambitious document charts the district’s course of action for the next four years and beyond.

Our elected officials need to think about the long-term consequences of their short-term decisions.

If you are a parent of a child in the public school system, it may seem that there are more and more Pro-D Days being added to the school calendar. Two non-instructional days were added this fall in B.C. In School District 48, the dates are Jan.

If you are a parent of a child in the public school system, it may seem that there are more and more Pro-D Days being added to the school calendar. Two non-instructional days were added this fall in B.C. In School District 48, the dates are Jan.

It was truly painful to watch the District of Squamish council recorded proceedings of Jan.

Budget deliberations are underway, and it appears council is about to give local ratepayers another collective wedgie in the form of a double-digit combined municipal taxes/utilities rate hike.

Never has leadership been more important to Squamish. As the Garibaldi at Squamish $3.

Covering sports, I’ve written about people who’ve jumped off towers, skied off mountains and walked across high wires. Some call these “extreme sports,” although I gather the term is not entirely acceptable.