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Letters to the Editor for the week of June 8th

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 8th

The single rental-pool concept is obsolete The 21-year-old Phase 2 covenant needs to be phased out, not strengthened.The Phase 2 covenant was brought in to deal with some specific issues of the day.
Strength in community

Strength in community

"Tell them Chrissy sent you." Those are the words shared by the parents of social worker Christine Archibald of Castlegar hours after learning that their 30-year-old daughter had been run over and killed in a terrorist attack in London, U.K.
Your brain on DOMS

Your brain on DOMS

It's the middle of the night and I have to pee. As in I really have to pee. Because I've been putting it off. I've been lying here for hours thinking about putting it off because I can't sleep.
Protecting oceans is paying off

Protecting oceans is paying off

Do you remember Harry Potter's invisibility cloak? It turns out wizards aren't the only ones who can vanish from sight with a special coat.
Islamist terrorism: Who's to blame?

Islamist terrorism: Who's to blame?

It happens after every major terrorist attack by Islamist terrorists in a Western country: the familiar debate about who is really to blame for this phenomenon.
Letters to the Editor for the week of June 1st

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 1st

Welcome pay parking Particularly as a citizen concerned about safety, health and the environment, I am pleased that the RMOW is finally making tentative progress in the establishment of demand management of personal motor transport in the valley.
Solution II: Details, details.

Solution II: Details, details.

Last week, I wrote about UNESCO Global Geoparks' function to unite biodiversity and geodiversity as an all-encompassing cri de coeur in touristic regions, and how this could not only apply to our area, but also provide a high tide on which to float t
Relationships key to embracing change

Relationships key to embracing change

Change is the only constant in life," said Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher who lived around 500 B.C. It's a fitting comment as events unfold around us this week.
Letters to the Editor for the week of May 25th

Letters to the Editor for the week of May 25th

Workers bear brunt of parking changes The recent changes being made by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) to public parking in Whistler feel like a misguided step trying to address a much larger problem.
Taking action on traffic

Taking action on traffic

It was a May long weekend for the record books — not least because for the first time in years the weather was warm and wonderful.