Opinion

I doubt anyone in Squamish (or all of British Columbia for that matter) will argue when I say this past summer has been the most glorious one in recent - or even distant - memory.

EDITOR, I am writing about the current and ongoing gas price situation in Squamish. Now the gas prices are cheaper in North and West Vancouver than they are in Squamish.

EDITOR, Why are Canadian taxpayers paying for Prime Minister Harper and his pack ofministers and senior bureaucrats to travel to B.C. for them to shill for Big Oil? The message has been loud and clear from B.C.

There are many worthy fundraising projects in our community this weekend starting with the annual Relay for Life. The location is the Don Ross Secondary School in Brackendale ongoing from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 21).

EDITOR, I would like to know why the women of the slo-pitch team are referred to as "ladies," instead of women ("Diamond queens," The Chief, Sept. 12). I'm sure you wouldn't report that the gentlemen on the hockey team did quite well.

EDITOR, Am I the only one who missed something, some subtle or wrenching shift in the rules of modern society? Or is the library no longer a sacred place, a place where knowledge awaits the adventurous reader on every shelf and the librarian lords ov

Editor's note: This is a copy of a letter to local Member of Parliament John Weston. It was forwarded to The Chief for publication.

Fall is my favourite season in the garden. I love to sit back and see how everything grew over the summer.

Travelling through Iran, the locals would joke about the "fashion police." Squads of uniformed men hunted out anything deemed immoral - tight clothes, scarves too far back on the head, tattoos.

The main fundraiser for the Squamish SPCA is the annual Paws for a Cause and Walk and it will be held at the O'Siyam Pavilion area on Cleveland Avenue on Saturday (Sept. 14) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.