Squamish News Highlights

BC United's new housing plan is 'small ball,' says UBC researcher

Kevin Falcon aims to tackle taxes and fees that add 'massive costs' to homebuyers and introduce a rent-to-own program.

Feb 21, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

A Swift crossing: BC Ferries is adding extra sailings for Taylor Swift's Vancouver concerts

Reservations are open

Feb 21, 2024 11:29 AM Read more >

B.C. has longest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada

The average wait time in Victoria was 107 minutes, or one hour and 47 minutes.

Feb 21, 2024 10:39 AM Read more >

Millennials outnumber baby boomers in Canada as immigration slows population aging

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says there are now more millennials than baby boomers in the country, ending the 65-year reign of the post-Second World War generation as the largest cohort in the population.

Feb 21, 2024 8:46 AM Read more >

Rob Shaw: After throne speech, will B.C. voters accept NDP version of reality?

Crime down, health care swinging upwards, housing booming. B.C. throne speech paints a picture too rosy for some.

Feb 21, 2024 8:00 AM Read more >

Isobel MacLaurin, Whistler’s ‘spark and light,’ defied everyone’s expectations but her own

Considered Whistler’s first professional artist, the irrepressible 92-year-old died last week surrounded by loved ones

Feb 21, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

Les Leyne: Throne speech has people programs to help NDP stay atop polls

Premier David (I’m a people person) Eby set out the NDP government’s itinerary to get from where they are now (top of the polls) to where they want to be come voting day this fall (exactly the same spot).

Feb 21, 2024 5:45 AM Read more >

Islanders step up to find contents of Alberta woman’s stolen suitcase

The suitcase, left behind in a Parksville hotel parking lot, contained some beloved family belongings, including a plaid coat that belonged to Challaine Emerson’s late grandmother

Feb 21, 2024 5:30 AM Read more >

Broken TV at Royal Jubilee Hospital finally expected to be fixed

Fate of other broken televisions in the patient care centre is still up in the air, amid a contract dispute between Island Health and TV-service provider HealthHub Solutions

Feb 21, 2024 5:15 AM Read more >

After daughter allegedly threatened with rape, father questions B.C. ski club's response

A North Shore father says he had to pull his daughter out of her ski club on Grouse Mountain after alleged verbal and physical threats made against the 13-year-old were not handled seriously.

Feb 21, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >