Opinion

EDITOR, I read with interest the clarification B.C. Hydro's Dave Conway made in response to Nicole Trigg's thoughtful article on our documentary film Peace Out ("Site C issues clarified," Letters, Chief, March 16). It's a shame Mr.

The Chief came across an opinion piece this week titled, "Never trust a statistical ranking," by a writer named Richard Gerst. The article was one of hundreds of similar items that appear every week in this writer's email inbox.

EDITOR, Re. "New run-of-river eco-concerns raised," Chief, March 16. I read with interest your article on the damaging effects of "ramping." I assume at this point the damage results from poor management rather than the technology itself.

A few years ago, when my daughter had just started kindergarten, I was at home watching a PBS documentary about art one afternoon when she glanced up from her Legos, Dora dolls or whatever she was into at the time and said, "Oh, look daddy, that pain

The Squamish Public Library and Quest University Canada Lecture series continues on Thursday (March 29) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the library. Guest lecturer Shira Weidenbaum will speak on The Rhetoric of Religious (In) Tolerance.

Like most red-blooded geeks, I've always wanted a robot.

EDITOR,Re: "(Peace)ing together the puzzle," Chief, March 2. I would like to clarify some statements made in a recent article about Site C and electricity demand. Site C is being proposed by B.C.

Since moving to Squamish 21/2 years ago, I've spent a lot of time looking up. Up at the expansive sky views, up at the Stawamus Chief, up at the breathtaking mountains surrounding our valley.

Editor's note: This is the first column by Maurice Freitag, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District director for Electoral Area D, focusing on issues facing the area that includes Britannia Beach, Furry Creek, the Upper Squamish and Paradise Valleys.

You've got to hand it to the ruling federal Conservatives. They're consistent where anything to do with the environment is concerned: consistently anti-environment, consistently pro-industry, consistently shortsighted and consistently well, wrong.