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Cheers, Mr. Choo

Cheers, Mr. Choo

EDITOR, Our family will also be sorry to see the Highland Video storeclose. Mr. Choo has been an excellent example of a goodcitizen. We were always assured of good service, and affordable prices... year after year.
The sky is falling

The sky is falling

Chicken Little was right. The sky actually is falling. Well, not the blue, nothingness we call sky, but rather big honking chunks of space debris hurtling through it that's what's falling.
Decision 'inexplicable'

Decision 'inexplicable'

This is an open letter to Jennie Aikman, B.C. Parks and Terry Lake, B.C. Minister of Environment. It was copied to The Chief for publication.
Ruling in public's interest

Ruling in public's interest

Editor's note: This is a copy of a letter that was sent to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District board. It was forwarded to The Chief for publication. I have recently been forwarded a copy of Chair Patricia Heintzman's Feb.
Get in the flow

Get in the flow

The other day, at the suggestion of Scott Noelle (whom I've mentioned in this column before), I sat and watched the water drops as they formed and slid down my shower door.
Store will be missed

Store will be missed

EDITOR, It is very sad to see Highland Video close after all these years - definitely an end to an era ("Highland Video closing its doors," Chief, Feb. 7). Highland Video was opened in 1983 by Gwen and Bern Taylor and Al Newman.
Answers, please

Answers, please

It doesn't seem to matter how big or small the environmental damage is: The bureaucratic response to spills of toxic substances seldom, if ever, seems adequate -certainly not enough to convince big industrial users to take steps to prevent the next o
Court defends public education

Court defends public education

I gloated for days after the B.C. Supreme Court found that the government had unconstitutionally stripped teachers' contacts and then bargained in bad faith during the last round of negotiations.
Squamish is… a great place for business

Squamish is… a great place for business

Editor's Note: The Council Corner that appeared in the Feb. 21 edition of The Chief was incorrect, as the District mistakenly submitted a previously run column.
Pssst! Can we talk about poo?

Pssst! Can we talk about poo?

Number of residents at the District of Squamish's Liquid Waste Management (LWMP) open house - 0. Amount of cash at stake - more than $100 million.