Opinion

Editor, Recently Canada was granted approved destination status from China.

As the song says, it's "summer time and the living is easy," as it should be. This is the time of year we look forward to all winter. Summer is the time for the beach and park, camping and cooking and eating outdoors.

Editor's note: Squamish Climate Action Network (CAN) member Ana Santos provides Chief readers with her observations during an expedition to study the impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on the Prince William Sound, 21 years after its devastation.

Remember back to the days when our great province produced swill wine by the truckloads and anything pink or bubbly had a duck on the label? Well thank goodness for the taste revolution brought about by the likes of Harry McWatter's and other VQA pio

It's becoming a more and more common story in Squamish: local tradespeople are working but not getting paid for it.

Canada Day came and went with plenty of happy revellers wandering around downtown ready to party. As always, our resident pipe-band squeezed out a stirring rendition of Scotland the Brave.

Editor, Great news about SERF collaborating with Live at Squamish this year. It should lots of fun and good exposure for the town.

Story: There are many times in life when if we could only summon ourselves to "just breathe" we would be harnessing an innate ability to soothe ourselves. Our breath can be the medication of choice in the moment.

The concept of boundaries has escaped the therapeutic setting and has been captured in everyday life.

"Good fences make good neighbours" so they say.