Opinion

EDITOR, The parking lot on Mamquam Road adjacent to, and to the east of, the Squamish Valley Golf and Country Club is used on a year-round basis by the public who include dogs and owners, mothers pushing children in carriages, bird watchers, walkers

Growing up, there were certain myths my mother loved to perpetuate. Because she was my mother I believed them to be true.

The Howe Sound Performing Arts Association (HSPAA) is pleased to be sponsoring the Inspiration Concert that will be held at St. John's Anglican Church on Sunday (Feb. 6) at 2 p.m.

EDITOR, As a perpetual dog owner and lover, I'm proud that our "Cleo" (part mastiff, part Lab) is a rescue dog (she would have been killed by her owner had we not taken her into our family).

The civilized world has reacted with shock and revulsion to the revelations surrounding the alleged slaughter of some 100 sled dogs last year by the manager of a company that conducted tours for Outdoor Adventures at Whistler.

EDITOR, Leaving aside for the moment the issue of Paul Lalli using the Council Corner column of the newspaper to pander to Kevin Falcon, I object to the content of his column. ("Falcon delivers for Squamish," The Chief, Jan. 21.

Editor's note: This letter has been sent to the chair and board of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District. It was copied to The Chief for publication.

EDITOR, I would like to thank The Squamish Chief for taking up the search for answers on the boats of Britannia ("Derelict ship sinks at Britannia Beach," Jan. 28).

Somebody with thinner skin than me likely would have received his first email like a kick in the teeth: "Dear Ana, Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm. I've had a solar thermal water heater for 25 years, and I built it myself out of old bits and pieces.

It was monsoon season in Squamish, so the record rainfall of October 2003 did not even seem out of the ordinary. At least, not until the water came within a foot of overtopping some of our dikes and many homes were flooded.