Opinion

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When I was 12, my best friend’s mom gave me a pin. I thought it was cool. It was the gold colour of Men At Work’s album Business As Usual, but instead the badge — a square turned on its side — sported bold black letters that read “Women At Work.

Rhododendrons are synonymous with the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. In fact, it’s hard to imagine a garden without one. There are many reasons that rhodos are so popular.

The yearly Friends of the Library Book sale is this weekend on Saturday (April 5) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday (April 6) from noon to 3 p.m. in the Squamish Public Library. Paperback books in good condition are being accepted for the sale.

Editor's note: This is a guest column from Dave Obee, managing editor of the Victoria Times Colonist. The B.C. government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken — and it’s making a mess in the process. Cities and towns in B.C.

The Year 2014 marks the celebration of 100 years of Squamish history and the 50th anniversary of our incorporation as a municipality. As I write this, it is April 1; however, the fantastic start to 2014 has been no joke.

Silicon Valley. Just say the name and it conjures up images of young, rich, geeky people. Crank Corridor. The tag needs work, but you get the idea. Last week’s announcement by development company Solterra was a small piece of a bigger puzzle.

The revelation hit the news on Tuesday (April 1), but it was no April Fool’s joke: Premier Christy Clark was a partner in a firm that, beginning in 2005, lobbied the federal government in support of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline.

Re: Innergex/Creek Power Inc.’s Upper Lillooet River Hydro Project.

Re: “The FATCA of the matter,” Letters, Chief, March 20.