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Letters to the Editor for the week of March 21

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 21

Make room for pets NP/NS (no pets/no smoking) ... landords, it's time to reconsider the no pets policy that continues to hobble this town in broader ways than you might realize.
Epic Hakuba: First things first

Epic Hakuba: First things first

This is what I remember from my first trip to Hakuba: the monkeys keeping their distance. Plodding through the snow in single-file silence, furred soldiers in winter.
Government should heed Unist'ot'en message

Government should heed Unist'ot'en message

I visited the Unist'ot'en camp near Kitimat, B.C., a year ago. The people, led by Chief Freda Huson, are trying to re-establish a sustainable relationship with territory that has enabled them to flourish for millennia.
Letters to the Editor for the week of March 14

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 14

Thank you for supporting the bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships On behalf of our team at the Whistler Sliding Centre and Whistler Sport Legacies, I would like to thank our community for its support of the BMW IBSF World Championships.
Push the snooze button

Push the snooze button

I don't know about you, but I am not "springing ahead" as the well-used adage for Daylight Saving Time (DST) suggests we should be.
Waste not

Waste not

Japan, as anyone who has visited will note, is a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar sights, sounds and sensations, where deep historical traditions in wood, paper, fibre and other sustainable practices collide with rabid headlong futurism and an often oddbal
Reassessing our relationship with risk and death in the mountains

Reassessing our relationship with risk and death in the mountains

"This search for the sublime drew us outwards, and upwards. The great peaks of the world began to exert a force upon the imagination. A siren song that was easy to hear, hard to resist. And sometimes, fatal.
Letters to the Editor for the week of March 7

Letters to the Editor for the week of March 7

Snowboarding accident highlights our impressive emergency medical system My stepson, who recently moved from Vancouver to Squamish, is an accomplished athlete in snowboarding, rock climbing and running. At age 30, he is in peak physical shape.
SAR Memorial Day: Honouring those we call on for rescue

SAR Memorial Day: Honouring those we call on for rescue

It's an amazing experience to glide the glens of B.C.'s alpine, where the silence of snow is unlike any peace you will find elsewhere. The trip, long anticipated or perhaps a spur-of-the-moment one, is perfect ... until it is not.
Too soon to tell whether SNC-Lavalin affair is the Liberals’ Watergate—or Tunagate

Too soon to tell whether SNC-Lavalin affair is the Liberals’ Watergate—or Tunagate

OPINION: This is a question that can only be answered once the electoral campaign starts