Opinion

Editor, What are the people of Squamish going to hear next? If beavers are drowned in traps, when will the district be doing the same with an over-population of dogs and cats? Reasonably-priced alternatives - beaver bafflers or beaver-deceivers - are

Kool-Aid drinkers. That's how provincial New Democrats have often described the Liberals and their past tendency to unquestioningly follow party leader Gordon Campbell's decisions - at least when the cameras are rolling.

Dear Editor, I find it somehow sickly humorous that our province spends how many billions on the Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, the DOS is working on how many road upgrades around town, and we still don't have a good valley trail to link this sprawled

Editor, Several times the Squamish River Watershed Society has met with representatives from Anthem Properties (along with the Squamish Trails Society, Squamish Streamkeepers and the Squamish Environmental Conservation Society) to discuss the vegetat

With Halloween now behind us, the West Coast Railway Heritage Park shifts immediately into a month of preparations for our Christmas events.

I've always loved movies like Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell and the Matrix, because they challenge our notion of reality.

Editor, It has recently come to my attention that the developer of the new Holiday Inn is requesting the District of Squamish's permission to remove the treed buffer from along Highway 99, even though this proposed removal of trees appears to be dire

Editor, I was disappointed to read in last week's Chief about council's decision to continue processing Holiday Inn's application to remove trees between the hotel and the highway.

This letter was copied to The Chief for publication. Mayor and council, The Squamish Environmental Conservation Society would like to voice our objection to the recent trapping and killing of beavers in our community.

The provincial government would be hard-pressed to appear more heartless if they tried.