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After 18 months of unsuccessful negotiations and two overwhelmingly supportive strike votes, Extra Foods workers took to picket lines at 7 a.m. on Thursday morning (Nov. 16), leaving only one open grocery store in town.

In a week where Canada faced international criticism during the UN Climate Conference for replacing the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions with the Conservative government's Clean Air Act, Sea to Sky residents may perhaps breath easier with t

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] The Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation (SODC) has seen another resignation from its board following the collapse of a partnership with private development company Qualex-Landmark.

Quest University Canada, due to open in the Garibaldi Highlands in under 10 months' time, has passed two important milestones this past week.

"The worldwide rise in house prices is the biggest bubble in history. Prepare for the economic pain when it pops." So warns a recent story in adding "never before have real house prices risen so fast, for so long, in so many countries".

Approximately 3,200 local natural gas customers may see bill increases of up to $90 annually following the recently announced amalgamation of Terasen Gas Squamish with its parent company, Terasen Gas Inc. (TGI).

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Residents and travellers were ambushed by raging weather for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday (Nov.

Howe Sound Performing Arts Association is pleased to welcome back to Squamish percussionist and former resident, Bruce Henczel. He will perform at the Eagle Eye Theatre on Saturday (Nov. 18) at 8 p.m.

Mayor Ian Sutherland is not calling people up to solicit financial help for his family - but someone else is apparently doing so as part of a bizarre scam.

District to undertake drainage studySylvie Paillard [email protected] A series of natural events and infrastructure problems resulted in dramatic flooding in the Garibaldi Highlands and downtown on Monday (Nov. 6).