Opinion

It's the talk of the town. Everyone felt their blood pressure go through the roof while driving to and from work this week.

Amid images of frazzled high-voltage wires, Mr. Manzl in his column last week asks "what's happening up at Quest?" ["Squamish - a town fraught with questions," The Chief, April 24]. I am only too happy to reply. To begin, however, a few corrections.

I understand that the government of B.C. promised the communities that were serviced by BC Rail to all share in the $1 Billion profit that the government made in the sale of the railroad to CN Rail.

It's the constant question in Canadian elections: should you vote for the person or the party? And if you vote for the person but dislike the party's policies, can you be confident that your representative's voice will be heard in our stifling party-

"We've tried everything except love.

I have to admit that up until recently, I really hadn't gotten into the whole Twitter thing. I just have a hard time taking anything seriously that has the word "twit" right up front.

As a senior and tenant of the Squamish Manor, I would just like to say "Bravo, bravo" to our wonderful organization and their people who came to our aid that fateful day that we encountered the fire in our residential building [Fire takes life at sen

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman~ It has been a tough two weeks for our firefighters.

Jim Horner of Whistler, thank you for your letter of April 17, explaining in three strikes and a simple listing of why you would not vote Liberal again, and for the admonition that we all must do a bit of careful homework before voting.

Prohibition not only doesn't work ["Prohibition still doesn't work," The Chief, April 17] it increases hard drug addiction rates.