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There will be a few new faces along with familiar ones on council come December following the District of Squamish municipal election Saturday (Nov. 15).

An early morning rockslide hit Highway 99 Wednesday (Nov. 12) and a geotechnical analysis has yet to reveal what caused the mass of debris above the roadway to dislodge.

School trustee candidates confirmed VANOC does not have a role in the school board's decision to shut down schools during the Olympics, during a Chamber of Commerce all-candidates meeting at Brennan Park Monday (Nov. 3).

A vision from Squamish's not-so-distant sawmill history reappeared with the arrival of a large Seaspan chip barge docked in the Mamquam Blind Channel.

Council for the District of Squamish rejected a contentious Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) plan to get all regional communities in-line with growth principles.The vote, made during the Tuesday (Nov.

Fresh from the 2008 Olympic summer games, local business owner George Chang says the town was well represented at the British Columbia - Canada Pavilion in Beijing. "The second floor press room had a 10 by 15-ft.

A Squamish Off Road Cycling Association (SORCA) all-candidates meeting drifted away from talk of trails and bike lanes to the rough terrain of Garibaldi at Squamish (GAS) and the vacant District of Squamish environmental co-ordinator position on Mond

A plethora of ideas circulated throughout the Create the Oceanfront open houseMonday (Oct. 27).

Squamish has a long history of water issues - from the rewatering of the Mamquam Blind Channel to the recovery of the Cheakamus River following a caustic soda spill to the recent adoption of a riparian areas bylaw, residents have long been protection

The District of Squamish is the only one of 11 Sea to Sky municipalities yet to embrace the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS), and with the local vote for adoption scheduled for Nov. 4, the town is becoming ever more polarized.