Opinion

Dear Editor, I find it somehow sickly humorous that our province spends how many billions on the Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, the DOS is working on how many road upgrades around town, and we still don't have a good valley trail to link this sprawled

Editor, Several times the Squamish River Watershed Society has met with representatives from Anthem Properties (along with the Squamish Trails Society, Squamish Streamkeepers and the Squamish Environmental Conservation Society) to discuss the vegetat

With Halloween now behind us, the West Coast Railway Heritage Park shifts immediately into a month of preparations for our Christmas events.

I've always loved movies like Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and the Matrix, because they challenge our notion of reality.

Editor, It has recently come to my attention that the developer of the new Holiday Inn is requesting the District of Squamish's permission to remove the treed buffer from along Highway 99, even though this proposed removal of trees appears to be dire

Editor, I was disappointed to read in last week's Chief about council's decision to continue processing Holiday Inn's application to remove trees between the hotel and the highway.

This letter was copied to The Chief for publication. Mayor and council, The Squamish Environmental Conservation Society would like to voice our objection to the recent trapping and killing of beavers in our community.

The provincial government would be hard-pressed to appear more heartless if they tried.

Editor, Since this past summer, I, among others, have been trying to raise awareness of the issue of the tree buffer along the Discovery Trail north of Commercial Way in between Highway 99 and the under-construction Holiday Inn.

In 2003 our community received an incredible gift. In a transaction facilitated by Squamish Nation, the province of British Columbia transferred title to 60 acres of land and 40 acres of water lots to us for a nominal amount.