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Not impressed

Not impressed

EDITOR, Well, after two hours of sitting on highway trying to get home from the city and then enduring three days of rude and belligerent young folk with a overinflated sense of self entitlement, we (Squamish) are left holding the bag.
Celebrating our history

Celebrating our history

Editor, I am writing, with a copy to Council, in response to the column written by Doug Race (Sq Chief June 27. page A15) regarding the centennial Legacy project.
A world of moderation

A world of moderation

My husband is an extraordinarily smart man. Some time ago, he had listened to CBC. "Victoria was making their sidewalks three lanes," he said matter-of-factly. "They are adding a passing lane.
Bottoms up

Bottoms up

Re. "Cheers to drinking in the park" Chief, Aug. 1. Cheers to drinking anywhere. You are right on. The idea of removing the laws against public drinking is a century late, for these laws are truly asinine.
The newest trick in the (Face)book

The newest trick in the (Face)book

To deactivate your Facebook account: Click the "account" menu at the top right of your Facebook page Select "Account Settings" Click "Security" in the left-hand column Click "Deactivate your account." Done. I'm free. Unfettered. Unshackled.
The art of PIP

The art of PIP

On the ferry over to Hornby Island where the family and I spent eight blissful (read: sporadically blissful) days and nights camping I had an insight. No matter how stealthy you think you are as a parent, someone is ALWAYS watching.
The boomer apocalypse is nigh

The boomer apocalypse is nigh

Before we proceed any further, full disclosure is in order here. I am a boomer, a member of that formerly eminent generation born between the end of the Second World War and the early 1960s.
Mind your language

Mind your language

Did you know that you could have as many as 50,000 thoughts a day? Imagine if many of those 50,000 thoughts were negative ones.
Proposed mine opposed

Proposed mine opposed

EDITOR, We are sending this letter to your community on behalf of many Kamloops citizens who are opposed to development of an open-pit copper and gold mine immediately adjacent to, and partly within, our city's boundaries - the Ajax mine .
Channel water 'foul'

Channel water 'foul'

Editor's note: This letter was sent to Squamish's mayor and council, and forwarded to The Chief for publication. I had to use sandpaper to remove a seven-centimetre-wide stain on my vessel's water line recently.