Opinion

Editor's note: This letter was sent to the District of Squamish. It was copied to The Chief for publication. Re. Recently altered parking arrangements at Brackendale General Store, post office and restaurant.

EDITOR, While Squamish City Hall and the chamber of commerce reassure us that the economy is improving, cold statistics tell a different story.

Many gardeners are growing their own food these days, with good reason. We've talked a lot about vegetables and herbs in this column, but lately I have been fielding some questions about growing fruit, particularly apple trees.

Type "sounder" into Google and the first thing that pops up is a reference to a 1969 book about the story of a young African-American boy living with his sharecropper's family.

EDITOR, Well said, David Burke ("It's not the road" Editorial, Chief, Feb. 24). It is not so much the road and though fewer, we still have error-driven crashes. Seventy-three is still many which mostly could have been avoided.

EDITOR, Jim Harvey's letter in the Chief last week, "Congratulations Quest," has captured the key elements that describe the disconnect between the university and the community.

Is it my imagination or do more Internet-based exchanges these days take place behind a smoke screen of anonymity? In contrast, with only a few exceptions, contributions to the print media in the form of letters to the editor, or other correspondence

A federal Liberal Party staff member resigned early this week after admitting he was responsible for the so-called "Vikileaks" attack on Public Safety Minister Vic Toews that saw sordid details of Toews' divorce broadcast on Twitter in response to th

In a recent Environics Institute survey, 34 per cent of Canadians ranked voluntary work as something they do to feel like a good citizen. Taking a voluntary position also has many practical benefits.

EDITOR, Well said, David Burke ("It's not the road" Editorial, Chief, Feb. 24). It is not so much the road and though fewer, we still have error-driven crashes. Seventy-three is still many which mostly could have been avoided.