Opinion

Squamish's new council laid out its "strategic priorities" this week, and the litany includes many of the issues that were front-and-centre during last November's municipal election campaign.

Spring must be just around the corner as this weekend, Daylight Saving Time begins. That's when we all turn our clocks, watches etc. one hour ahead before retiring on Saturday (March 9).

Editor's note: Paige Mader, a Grade 11 student at Howe Sound Secondary School, has agreed to write a series of columns and/or articles on school-related issues for The Chief during the final months of the school year. This is her first offering.

Editor's note: This is a letter that was sent to a teacher at Howe Sound Secondary School. It was copied to The Chief for publication.

EDITOR, The government is proposing to appoint a mediator to find a settlement to the teachers' dispute.

EDITOR, I want to write to you and tell you the kind of community we live in. I was diagnosed in 2010 with cancer. Since then I have only found love and compassion from the people of Squamish.

Following the media reports, one might be excused for believing that the youth in the province are being held hostage by a group of radical extremists bent on overtaking the government and undermining the very fundamentals of democracy. B.C.

EDITOR, I want to write to you and tell you the kind of community we live in. I was diagnosed in 2010 with cancer. Since then I have only found love and compassion from the people of Squamish.

EDITOR, Voter fraud? What next from our esteemed "Conservatives"? I hope all have been following the latest voter fraud shenanigans back east and are regarding it with some well-deserved suspicion.

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.