Opinion

Choosing topics for Council Corner is always challenging because of the volume and complexity of the issues we are dealing with.

I am back at school taking the Advanced Master Gardener program at Van Dusen Gardens, and botany terminology are swirling around my head.

Local news around here has followed a familiar trajectory: the Olympics, Garibaldi at Squamish, Oceanfront Development, the electronic billboard issue, a sprinkling of police blotter reportage, and so on.

Squamish has suffered a major loss this week with the death of Dr. LaVerne Kindree at the age of 88. Dr.

The 2010 Winter Olympics may be all about going for the gold but those running the provincial government's Olympic Games secretariat seem to be having trouble just reaching the finishing line.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. LaVerne Kindree last week. His many years of practice and service to the community will not soon be forgotten. We were all so proud of him when he received the Order of Canada. Dr.

Editor, As a member of a community preparing to welcome the world in a few months, I was rather disturbed by an incident I witnessed at a local supermarket last weekend. Three people noticed a man in Arab clothing.

The new B.C. laws related to speeding and drunk driving are now the toughest in Canada and the opinion spectrum is all over the road map. Under the revamped rules, testing for a blood-alcohol reading of .

I was watching an episode of Star Trek the other day (yes, surprising isn't it?) and I found myself wishing we had their futuristic "holodeck" technology.

Over 100 seniors were in attendance on Wednesday, Sept. 16 when the new Squamish Seniors Centre was officially handed over from Solterra to the District of Squamish.