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The protected lands of the estuary are about to experience a 13-acre growth spurt. The Nature Trust of B.C.

"Storm" certainly was the word of the day Saturday (Aug. 9) when the African Storm Festival, the Stormy ultramarathon race and stormy weather collided to create well, a perfect storm.

A 300-pound black bear was killed last week after breaking into a Kiewit office trailer in the Callaghan Valley and attacking a worker who walked in on it.On Thursday (Aug.

A shipping company involved in spilling 29,000 litres of oil into the Squamish Estuary is pursuing Squamish Terminals and Squamish Tugboat to recoup costs associated with the 2006 incident.On Friday (Aug.

A beloved climbing pioneer is being remembered after succumbing to a heart attack while scaling a route at Smoke Bluffs Park Monday (July 28).Tony Cousins died while climbing Sally Five Fingers, a moderate 5.

The Sea to Sky Corridor lived up to its name last week as the Highway 99 closure made air and water the only direct routes between Vancouver and Squamish.

It may be two years behind schedule, but the new intersection at Highway 99 and Commercial Way has still come too soon for some local trail users.

Ministry of Transportation (MOT) workers proved they could move mountains last week as 16,000 cubic metres of debris was cleared off Highway 99 in a round-the-clock four-day effort.

A colourful piece of Squamish history is finally falling into place now that the Squamish Historical Society has tracked down Ken Barbour, an 85-year-old logging cartoonist and historian whose family cleared some of the first roads in Brackendale.

Now that Highway 99 has reopened, some are questioning whether the government could have done more to stabilize Porteau Cove, which is already stained by a series of rockslide-related deaths.