Opinion

The holiday season is upon us and many readers will be feeling the strain financially, physically and emotionally.

In 2008, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District - after five years of work by district staff and directors representing its four member municipalities and four rural electoral areas - adopted something called the Regional Growth Strategy.

EDITOR, I was recently fired from my job of customer service person for "being too friendly"! I took too long talking to customers.

I just want retailers to know that I am keeping a list and checking it twice, and the naughty and nice log I compile will be the basis from which I choose where to spend my holiday dollars.

When out shopping, consider giving a donation to the Community Christmas Care. There are several ways to do that and one that is easy, is donating non-perishable food items in the specially marked boxes in the super market or at churches in the area.

Editor's note: This is a letter to Mayor Rob Kirkham. It was copied to The Chief for publication. I was pleased to have been able to attend the two public hearings held last Tuesday in Squamish.

Steven Hill/Technically Speaking It appears that some folks at Cambridge University aren't taking any chances when it comes to the possibility of a robot uprising wiping out humanity.

Have you ever taken the epic Hurley River Road to Bralorne, Gun Lake and beyond? Or driven the precarious Carpenter Lake Road between Gold Bridge and Lillooet? In July, the SLRD board took a tour of the district's northern reaches.

EDITOR, I never thought that I would witness a more poorly organized public relations event than the one I attended put on by Garibaldi at Squamish a few years ago - that is, until I attended the one they put on last Thursday.

Ms. Chen aspires to become a biologist. She says she almost feels like an animal. Playful with words? No, Ms. Chen has no time for games. She gets off from work and she goes straight to bed, and the next day she does the same thing all over again.