Opinion

Council Corner

I'm relieved to hear that Triack Resources Ltd. is closing its doors in Brackendale. Our family has been exposed to high levels of jet engine-like noise from their worksite.

Squamish no longer exists. This is the thought that runs through my mind when I hear about the countdown to the Vancouver-Whistler 2010. As I read the Vancouver metro newspaper, I'm disappointed that nothing is said about Squamish.

A recent story on the CBC around a Springfield, New Brunswick school eliminating the singing of the national anthem, and subsequently having it reinstated, made me question the practices here in the corridor.

On Monday, Feb 16, at approximately 6 p.m. I had the misfortune of witnessing a dog being hit by a car at the downhill entrance into Valleycliffe. The dog was running loose, weaving in between cars.

I am writing on behalf of the Squamish Needy Animal Foundation (SNAF) with a plea for help.

I wish I could have ridden in on the coattails of Alexandra Morton and her spectacular court victory in insisting the federal government do its duty around fish farms and stop leaving the future of wild salmon to a privatizing fish farm crazed BC pre

Is the town with a reputation as a place that woulda, shoulda, coulda got it done, finally getting it done? The Oceanfront Development is moving closer to the much anticipated spades-in-the-ground phase.

Editor, It's 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, and that noise is on again. It sounds like the wind is howling outside. Except that the treetops are still; there is no wind whatsoever. It turns out this sound is coming from the Triack grinder.

I usually have to wait until I'm home alone or it's really late at night before I can play any video games. That's due to the fact I have an impressionable six-year-old daughter as well as a predilection for games that feature quite graphic violence.