Opinion

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.

Re. Ben Lypka’s column (“B.C. missing its ‘pot’-ential,” Reporter’s Notebook, Chief, March 13).

Though it feels like the “real” winter just started yesterday, the season will soon be over and cross-country venues will close their gates until next November.

What if Ogden Nash had not shuffled off this mortal coil and instead moved to the Shining Valley? Would the classic ode attributed to the late America poet look like this: “Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the Oceanfront lands neg

I’ve never been much of an environmentalist. Don’t get me wrong. I love the environment... y’know, like the Earth that gives me stuff like food, and the air that keeps me from keeling over onto a blue face with bulging eyes.

Wow, where did March go? I am happy to announce my crocuses are up and now that the snow has gone, for sure this time, the birds are singing happily! A big huge welcome to the newest bank in town, CIBC.