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You, too, can enjoy Super Sunday

You, too, can enjoy Super Sunday

For football fans, this upcoming weekend is arguably the biggest of the year. The Super Bowl goes down this Sunday (Feb.
Striking a balance

Striking a balance

Maclean's magazine recently published a cover story titled, "99 stupid things the government did with your money.
The SOPA opera isn't over yet

The SOPA opera isn't over yet

Forget tobacco companies, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Christian right. The Internet is the biggest political powerhouse mover-and-shaker lobbyist these days.
Stop the pipeline

Stop the pipeline

Editor's note: This letter was sent to John Weston, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country. It was copied to The Chief for publication. I am no, I was, one of the silent majority who accepted things as they were.
Feds are listening

Feds are listening

EDITOR, I wanted to give a bit more perspective on the Letters to the Editor written by Dorte Froslev in last week's ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp ("Canary in the coal mine?").
Tired of tires: A Baja lament

Tired of tires: A Baja lament

"Think inside the triangle." Given its location in the mathematically shaped area defined by Interstates 580, 5 and 205, so reads the trademarked motto chosen by the City of Tracy, Calif.
What the heck are we, anyway?

What the heck are we, anyway?

I've lived in ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµappfor a decade or so, been editor and a writer for its award-winning community newspaper, as well as its tourism bureau - but I still never really know what to call the people who live here.
Online gaming goes free-to-play

Online gaming goes free-to-play

People who don't play video games usually stereotype gamers as either 14-year-old boys, obese and nerdy 40-year-old men who still live in their parents' basements, or - thanks to The Big Bang Theory - nerdy and lovably odd physicists.
Canary in the coal mine?

Canary in the coal mine?

EDITOR, Re. "Minister visits Squamish," Chief, Jan. 13. The Brackendale Winter Eagle Count may well be the canary in the coal mine for B.C.'s wild Pacific salmon. Federal Minister Keith Ashfield (Dept.
Me like weather-talk. You?

Me like weather-talk. You?

Hilary Hanbidge. Location: Latitude, 47.6 degrees North and longitude 122.33 degrees West. Status: Alive. "It's been pretty crazy," she says over the phone having just poured herself a glass of red wine. Hilary is one of my best friends.