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GAS the only option

GAS the only option

This letter was sent to MLA Joan McIntyre and copied to The Chief for publication. Please accept this email as my request that you count my family and I as strong supporters of the proposed Garibaldi at Squamish resort.
No saving downtown

No saving downtown

Editor, Re: "Saving Downtown" [The Chief, Aug. 14]. I might be late to the game here, but I just read your editorial on saving downtown. I think you guys mean well, but you miss the point.
Kindree vs. the King

Kindree vs. the King

Editor, It was with dismay that I read the Aug. 7 front page showing a picture of "Elvis" birling at Loggers Sports with the headline of Dr. Laverne Kindree being awarded the Order of Canada - the highest civilian award in our country.
Cuts are intolerable

Cuts are intolerable

Editor, Have you had enough yet? I have! I am writing to voice my extreme frustration with the BC Liberal government. Cuts everywhere. Cuts to addiction services. Cuts to libraries. Cuts to sports programs affecting thousands of B.C. kids.
Welcoming wedding showers

Welcoming wedding showers

Although it rained on my wedding day I didn't find it the slightest bit ironic. Sorry Alanis, it was actually quite nice. The nerve-racking moments leading up to the big day - Aug. 10, 2009 - were what I imagine the apocalypse might be like.
The beginning of another great year in Squamish

The beginning of another great year in Squamish

September is my favourite month, and not just because of the warm late summer weather and crisp evenings. For me September signals the start of a new year, more so than January.
At least I don't Twitter

At least I don't Twitter

I'm not always proud of the things that I do. Too often I get smug and sanctimonious about things, and then have to backtrack and rationalize when I find myself, well, being hypocritical. Technology, it seems tops the list.
Time for change

Time for change

This submission was sent to the Powell River Peak and copied to The Chief for publication. Canadians don't want another election so soon after the last one. But Stephen Harper has left the country no choice.
Video games a 'portal' to higher education

Video games a 'portal' to higher education

It seems like ever since I first set my thumbs to a gamepad many years ago, I've been defending video gaming as a valid entertainment medium that goes far deeper than just allowing us to live out pixilated fantasies involving violence, anti-social be
End the name-calling

End the name-calling

Editor, Re: "Lyme advice a disservice," The Chief, Aug. 21. I have been a patient of Dr. Ashley Gordon since 2006, and find Jim Wilson's attempt of character assassination extremely distasteful. Dr.
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