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Squamish Search and Rescue (SAR) members discovered the body of a 22-year old snowboarder missing on North Vancouver's Cypress Mountain since Sunday (Jan. 8).

Steven Hill [email protected] New Carney's garbage totes coming to all Squamish residents in February are less secure against bears than regular garbage bins, according to local Bear Aware coordinator Kris Hopping.

Wind power mogul Rick West of WestTech Energy has a grand vision for Squamish that includes wind turbine manufacturing plants and a 32,000 square foot research institute.

Propert values in Squamish are on the rise, jumping from $2.4 to $2.6 billion this year, but area assessment officers said the increase is modest.

New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Judith Wilson says it's time for a change. Time to elect a candidate who will stand up in Ottawa and fight for common values. The lawyer and "soccer Mom" thinks she's the candidate for the job.

After going into labour just after midnight on Monday (Jan. 2), Whistlerite Meghan Deschenes fully expected to make a brief stop at Squamish General Hospital on her way to Vancouver to give birth to her second child.

Approximately 12 people dipped into the frigid waters off Nexen Beach for the 2006 unofficial Polar Bear swim Jan. 1. But confusion over the event could just as easily have left people high and dry.

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Only two elders in the Squamish Valley retain the ability to fluently speak Squamish Nation's language.

Local RCMP arrested two men, aged 48 and 43, in conjunction with the discovery of a marijuana grow operation in the 2200 block of Read Crescent. On Dec. 29, RCMP were conducting surveillance on the residence, which was purchased last fall.