Opinion

"Scratch any middle-aged mountain-biker," my wife told me the other day, "and underneath you'll find an arrested adolescent." "Will not," I bawled and stomped into my room.

The unfortunate timing of the closure and strike that left Squamish a one-grocery-store town (no offence intended to the smaller food sellers) has led to the recommendation from Save-on Food management that it might be smart to do your grocery shoppi

Okay, that's probably wishful thinking. This is almost certainly not the last word on the rejected Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation (SODC) proposal. Especially not if Dawn Lecky has anything to say about it.

It may sound strange, but sometimes the right thing to do is to break a promise. That's the hard lesson that Canadians will have to learn in the wake of the federal government's surprise decision on Tuesday (Oct.

Shot in the foot Editor, Who loaded the gun that shot Squamish in the foot? You may not feel the injury yet but as it explodes into your reality the pain will be very real.

With the collapse of the potential partnership between the Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation and residential developers Qualex the recriminations and second-guessing have gone into overdrive.

Two Developers walk down the street. "You hear the latest joke?" "No" "Squamish!" "Ha ha good one, but it's not new." As the dust settles from the first waterfront battle now's a good time to check out the cards left on the table.

Tongues are wagging on the street and in our letters to the editor section this week about Coun. Mike Jenson's rather dramatic gesture at last week's Squamish council meeting.

This issue of has five pages of letters from residents expressing their strong views on the proposed Oceanfront Development and the partnership between Qualex Landmark and The Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation.

Editor, As Doug Day stated in last week's paper, he pays a lot in property taxes and so do I (at least mine are as a resident, not as a developer).