Opinion

EDITOR,Squamish Commuter transit service is scheduled to end on March 31, 2011. It is time to do something.

Ian MacKay is not your average 20 year old - when rejected by relief organizations, he took matters into his own hands and independently made his way to Haiti, just five weeks after the earthquake in January 2010 devastated the country.

EDITOR, I want to thank the slack-liners who set up slack lines at the oceanfront beach. My kids and I really enjoyed challenging ourselves on the learner slack-lines, and watching experienced slack-liners walk the higher, longer lines.

To cheerlead or not to cheerlead. That is the question. Last month, the Edmonton Oilers became the first National Hockey League team in Canada to introduce a cheer squad.

Our winter has been incredibly mild. Several deciduous shrubs in the garden have yet to lose their leaves. All this warm weather creates an itch that needs to be scratched by gardeners, but I encourage you to hold your horses for a touch longer.

In late 2006, the Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association released a study -funded in part by city halls and other groups in Squamish, Whistler and North Vancouver - stating that mountain biking-related tourism generated $1.

EDITOR, I would like to take the opportunity to rebut the contents of a letter attacking me in your last issue ("In defence of teachers," Chief, Jan. 7).

EDITOR, I would first like to commend the community concern and media coverage which continues to draw attention to the issue of bullying in Squamish schools.

MOMAR is no more, at least here in Squamish. Our loss is Burnaby's gain. The Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race combined cross-country mountain biking, navigation, bushwhacking, orienteering, trail running and rappelling.

It's great news to know that during this winter, the Squamish Farmers' Market is going to be open once a month until its official summer opening in May. The location is the West Coast Railway Heritage Park and the market will be held Saturday (Jan.