Opinion

Psychology has been studying our stress response since the early part of the previous century. It is our physiological response to a possible life threatening event, also called the fight or flight response.

It's not a sound I'm eager to hear again anytime soon - the wrenching of a bike rack from the roof of a Subaru Outback. It all happened so quickly, so innocently, really. My partner and I were returning from a 2,000-kilometre journey through B.C.

A community Family Pancake Breakfast awaits you at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #227 on Sunday (Aug. 21) from 8 to 11 a.m.

It has been 28 years since I publicly announced in our local newspaper my intent to seek a seat on council. It was new territory for me and the one-year term, created by a resignation, made sense.

Editor,GranFondo Canada produces mass participation cycling events across Canada in our most exciting riding destinations. You are probably aware of theRBC GranFondo Whistler coming up on Sept.

The announcement that east-west Highway 99 crossings throughout Squamish will be closed Sept. 10 for the much-lauded RBC GranFondo Whistler will most likely create some ripples in the Squamish pond.

There's no excuse. No excuse for the mayhem and random acts of violence that marked the post-Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver. No excuse for those who have rioted in the United Kingdom over the past few days just because well, just because.

EDITOR, To the people of Squamish, I would like to say to the volunteers at the Squamish Days festivities, thank you for putting on a great show with such little support from the new condo crowd that seems to have overrun the town.

EDITOR, For the last six years now we have struggled with the issue of the Redpoint development and the need for a land-use plan for the Upper Mamquam Blind Channel.

Whether we like it or not, every single home and business in British Columbia will soon be outfitted with a smart meter.