Opinion

EDITOR, It was troubling to read local reactions to recent cougar encounters ("Two cougars kill Squamish family's cat," Chief, Sept. 2). The Chief reported on a resident, Enzo Milia, expressing worries about a cougar killing his family's cat.

EDITOR,The No. 98 Squamish Commuter transit service ends this month. This loss takes the Sea to Sky community back to where we were in the 1990s. We are where the Sunshine Coast was in the 1980s.

We all remember where we were and how we heard about the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

EDITOR, Re. "Politics as usual," Editorial, Chief, Sept. 2.

I may have been one of the few people in the world who didn't know what was happening on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

EDITOR, I don't mean to be critical toward Greg Gardner's achievements as mayor.

"What's in a pebble?" Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty Minerals would say, "$300 billion," the estimated value of the recoverable metals contained in the Pebble Mine, a copper, gold and molybdenum deposit in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska.

EDITOR, I like how "stakeholders" are on board with this plan, such as the police who are great to have on board when many of their members aren't from Squamish and are basically working this event, not having to endure it - they can just turn on the

EDITOR, Re: "Building a quiet oasis," (Chief, Aug. 26) by Rebecca Aldous. A quiet oasis of prayerful nuns is needed and most welcome. It is no accident that they are here in our midst.

In one sense, Christy Clark is probably correct in her assertion that British Columbians don't want an election this fall.