Local News

Property values continue to climb in Squamish - but surprisingly, the overall increase in provincial assessments for 2006 was below the provincial average. B.C.

RCMP, Fire Rescue and Canada Post have teamed up to catch a suspected arsonist who targeted the Valleycliffe General Store bulletin board Wednesday, Dec. 27.

Flooding on Fifth Avenue not tied to Skye project, says mayor Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.

Those beautiful, fresh Christmas trees that adorned your home in December are probably sitting in your backyard to be disposed of. Scouts Canada is offering a chipping service for those trees on Sunday (Jan. 7) at the Garden Centre.

It took only 48 minutes on New Year's Day Monday for the 800 spots available for the North Shore Credit Union Test of Metal mountain bike to sell out. "This simply blew away our expectations," said race organizer Cliff Miller.

The Sikh world is celebrating the birthday of tenth Guru Gobind Singh on Jan. 5.

A Dentville house was the scene of two dangerous police tasks over the holidays where serious criminal activities were allegedly taking place.

RCMP and Search and Rescue workers went through a rollercoaster of triumph and tragedy over Christmas with the rescue of one elderly man and the grim discovery of a young man who died in his vehicle.

The presence of Highway 99 improvements will heighten within Squamish over the next few months, but commuters will feel less of an impact with a reduction of scheduled delays, according to Sea to Sky Improvements executive director Peter Milburn.

The District of Squamish is looking at four solutions to the fast approaching closure of the Cheekye Fan landfill, but at least one option for dealing with solid waste has Brackendale residents fuming.