Opinion

Inequality is a fact of life, but does it need to be a fact of health? Of death? People in different social circumstances experience avoidable differences in health, well-being and length of life.

Many Liberal legislators don't have a favourable opinion of how the provincial government's top financial watchdog John Doyle is doing his job.

Will the upcoming muni sponsored China trip be a colossal boondoggle or a potential bonanza? The answer to that question depends on what cards our mayor presents at the high stakes China investment poker game in September.

Next weekend our 53rd Annual Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival takes place and with it, a chance to showcase our community to the many visitors expected. All you want to know and do during Loggers Sports is in this week's issue of The Chief.

Publisher's Prerogative by Tim Shoults

As the sun descended behind the beautiful mountains of the "central cordillera of Bolivia" surrounding the city of Sucre, firecrackers are set off on balconies and in the streets while the smoke from small bonfires engulf the city as people celebrate

Probably the oldest story recorded is the Epic of Gilgamesh. Written in cuneiform script on clay tablets around 2700 B.C., the stories revolve around the hero king Gilgamesh and his companion Enkidu.

Ever since I picked up my iPhone 3GS last year, I've been telling anyone who wants to listen (and even some who don't) about my love for the gadget.

"I made a choice when I left politics to leave politics and I'm enjoying myself in Arizona. But thanks for the question.

It took only 36 hours. That's about 12 hours less then I predicted, but after only about a day and a half, I heard my first complaint about the heat. I happened to be in a Home Depot in Nanaimo, and I had to call the woman on her complaint.