Opinion

EDITOR, I wanted to give a bit more perspective on the Letters to the Editor written by Dorte Froslev in last week's Squamish Chief ("Canary in the coal mine?").

"Think inside the triangle." Given its location in the mathematically shaped area defined by Interstates 580, 5 and 205, so reads the trademarked motto chosen by the City of Tracy, Calif.

I've lived in Squamish for a decade or so, been editor and a writer for its award-winning community newspaper, as well as its tourism bureau - but I still never really know what to call the people who live here.

People who don't play video games usually stereotype gamers as either 14-year-old boys, obese and nerdy 40-year-old men who still live in their parents' basements, or - thanks to The Big Bang Theory - nerdy and lovably odd physicists.

EDITOR, Re. "Minister visits Squamish," Chief, Jan. 13. The Brackendale Winter Eagle Count may well be the canary in the coal mine for B.C.'s wild Pacific salmon. Federal Minister Keith Ashfield (Dept.

Hilary Hanbidge. Location: Latitude, 47.6 degrees North and longitude 122.33 degrees West. Status: Alive. "It's been pretty crazy," she says over the phone having just poured herself a glass of red wine. Hilary is one of my best friends.

The Howe Sound Musical Festival's (HSMF) concert Inspiration will take place Sunday (Jan. 22) at 2 p.m. at St. John's Anglican Church. A variety of music from music teachers and past HSMF members will make for a pleasant afternoon.

Want to be involved in real scientific research, but think you need lots of time or training? Think again. Research projects from across the globe are looking for citizen scientists.

Squamish ranked a dismal 161st out of the 180 Canadian communities of 10,000 or more on Money Sense magazine's "Best Places to Live" list for 2011.

The Squamish Winter Farmers' Market will take place at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park in the CN Roundhouse and Conference Centre on Sunday (Jan. 15) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.