Opinion

The Monday morning after the Pemberton Music Festival must have been a little like waking up from a hangover for the residents of Spud Valley. Lack of sleep, ears ringing, slightly disheveled, and garbage – lots of garbage.

Re: “Face reality: We use fossil fuels,” column by Keith Sones, July 23. After reading Mr.

On May 21, I was hiking with the Golden Age Hiking Club on the Crumpit Hills Trail. It was a gorgeous, sunny day. We had hiked several kilometers up the trail and I removed my hat as we re-entered a shady patch in the forest.

The pace of change is rapid – and to many, frighteningly so. The population has almost doubled in the past 14 years, from 12,000 to approximately 20,000 today, and the pace of growth continues unabated.

The mess left behind by revelers at the recent Pemberton Music Festival has sent online media comment pages into hyperdrive.

The car coming towards me on Government Road the other day was acting strangely. It would slowly meander into the wrong lane (the one I was currently occupying), and then it would veer back into its own lane with a sudden and jerky movement.

On July 11, a group called Save Our Sound organized an event to protest the proposed Woodfibre liquefied natural gas facility. I have to say I was proud to see people who are willing to stand up for what they believe in.

It would appear that Squamish District Council is oblivious to what is going on with the operation of Municipal Hall. A good example is the position of the administrator, CAO, CEO or whatever you want to call it.

Who is our MP, John Weston, kidding? His recent announcement of funding for upgrades to the Tenderfoot Hatchery (“Local salmon hatchery receives $500,000,” July 16), while welcome, is so obviously timed right before the election that it can only be a

Chances are that as a child, you walked or biked to a school in your neighbourhood.