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Time to get rid of the ugliness about LNG

Time to get rid of the ugliness about LNG

It’s an ugliness that reveals a deeper problem that is developing in Squamish. Over the weekend, a post on an anti-LNG Facebook page turned nasty.
Are ‘Dad bods’ sexy?

Are ‘Dad bods’ sexy?

I just found out that I’m sexy. Now, looking at that big, round, bald, apple pie face smiling out at you from the page, you’re probably thinking, “Yeah, that’s totally what I imagine when I think of the word ‘sexy.
Letter: Dawson Creek needs Squamish as market for fracked gas

Letter: Dawson Creek needs Squamish as market for fracked gas

When I first heard that the mayor and council of Dawson Creek had offered a fracking faculties tour, I was a bit confused.
Letter: Government should not be able to dictate

Letter: Government should not be able to dictate

The recent ruling of the BC Supreme Court in favour of the government was not the one B.C. teachers had been hoping for.
Sea to Circus Highway needs improvements

Sea to Circus Highway needs improvements

According to the number crunchers at ICBC, some of the major intersections on Highway 99 in Squamish are accident magnets.
How much should a sign cost?

How much should a sign cost?

How much should we spend for an entrance sign for Squamish? Council has budgeted $100,000 for a new sign to replace the one at the south entrance that was destroyed in a traffic accident in 2012.
I’m a ‘rippie’ – yes, redneck hippie

I’m a ‘rippie’ – yes, redneck hippie

I have coined a new term – a label if you will – for people like me, of which there seem to be many in Squamish. We are “rippies,” redneck hippies. (I toyed with “hippnecks” and “redpies,” but those labels just didn’t have the same ring to them.
Making Squamish renewable

Making Squamish renewable

“The living city is not an island: its metabolism is interlinked to surrounding ecosystems and its people and culture networked to other viable urban cells to form a living and developing tissue, a net primary producer (of energy), not a parasitic sy
Letter: Bad spot for an oil and lube business

Letter: Bad spot for an oil and lube business

Re: “Oil and lube proposed for entrance to downtown Squamish.” First, I would like to say thank you to Councillor Susan Chapelle for standing up against this project.
Letter: LNG won't solve the problems of Squamish

Letter: LNG won't solve the problems of Squamish

The Woodfibre-LNG project requires three main things to succeed: the continued consumption of fossil fuels, fracking to extract the fuel, and for the majority of citizens to support the project.