Opinion

As Flaubert once said: There is no truth. There is only perception. The Squamish Youth Soccer Association (SYSA) has a perception problem – that perception being that some parents in the SYSA are more equal than others.

As a member of the Sea to Sky Fisheries Roundtable, I need to provide clarification on John Weston’s letter to the editor in the June 12 edition of the Squamish Chief — that our group is not supportive of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline.

Double soft darts to the person who wrote in the June 12 paper in regards to “selfish teachers.” Teachers spend more time with our children than we do in a day. They are, in effect, helping to raise our kids.

Seeking Adventure columnist John French dives into the teachers dispute

Technically Speaking columnist Steven Hill explores the life of a hitchhiking robot

Happy birthday Canada. About Town columnist Maureen Gilmour delves into the celebrations

Climber Jamie Finlayson looks at Squamish's soon-to-be new climbing gym

Market Insider Olivia Bevan delves into Be Clean Naturally

The thing I’ve noticed about common sense is it isn’t exactly a common thing. This thought occurs to me almost every week when I’m proofreading the police report in our newspaper on production day.

For the past few weeks, being the parent of public-school students in B.C. has felt like one living in a banana republic — you know, where public facilities (in this case schools) are open some of the time, but not at other times.