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Cedar Valley School moves to Squamish

Valleycliffe's Cedar Mountain Community Church will soon be bustling again, this time as Cedar Valley School, the independent school inspired by Waldorf education.

Daycare grasping for staff

A state-of-the-art childcare facility local MLA Joan McIntyre proudly helped unveil in downtown Squamish last fall is now sitting at less than two thirds its capacity due to an ongoing struggle with staffing.

Squamish engineers recognized for excellence

Four Sea to Sky Corridor engineers have been awarded for their work at this year's prestigious Consulting Engineers of British Columbia gala.

London Drugs comes to town

It's official - London Drugs is coming to town. The long awaited announcement that the big box store is opening a Squamish location arrived yesterday (March 27).

Ahoy! Our largest visitor ever

As the new public docks at the Squamish Habour Authority move closer to completion, they are already delivering on their promise to bring an economic boost to Squamish.

Pinecone Park boundary change quashed

A proposal to cut through a four-kilometre swath of Pinecone Provincial Park for power transmission lines was defeated in a surprise announcement by the provincial government Wednesday (March 26).

Skilled students step up

Squamish students have mad skills, and they proved it last week at the Skills Canada B.C. Competition at Howe Sound Secondary School.

Community gaming centre a great opportunity, says Squamish Nation

The opportunity for revenue from a proposed gaming centre on Highway 99 is just too good to ignore, said the Squamish Nation's head of project development and negotiation, Toby Baker."They are a massive amount of economic stimulus.

Browning Lake free of fuel contamination

District of Squamish environmental co-ordinator Peter Woods says Murrin Provincial Park's Browning Lake is safe from contamination after an accident involving a tanker on Highway 99 caused 2,200 litres of fuel to spill onto the accident site.

VANOC considering 2010 festival on Oceanfront

Squamish's Oceanfront is poised to become a major Olympic celebration destination in 2010. The District of Squamish has been in negotiations with the federal government, and the B.C.
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