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Planes, helicopters, boats keep corridor moving

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.

Traffic lights irk trail users

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.

Rockslide rapidly cleared

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.

Bringing history to life

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.

Porteau Cove prone to slides

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.

Squamish man escapes plane crash

A Squamish man is recovering in Victoria General Hospital with a broken pelvis after surviving a plane crash Monday (Aug. 4) in dense old growth north of Port Hardy, killing five of its passengers.

Adventures stem from closure of Highway 99

When boulders poured down on Highway 99 last week, they sent a ripple effect throughout the Sea to Sky Corridor. People found ways to keep give birth, plow through plummets in business and shake off near-death experiences.

'The show must go on'

When Squamish Days Loggers Sports first began 51 years ago, Highway 99 had yet to be built.

Hudson House property back on the market

The site of the former Hudson House is back up for sale, sparking questions about when new housing will go up where one of the town's most affordable places to live used to stand.

Clean up begins

With a geotechnical assessment now complete, contractors for the Ministry of Transportation have stabilized a precarious precipice at Porteau Cove and begun the blasting and removal of 16,000 cubic metres of debris off Highway 99 resulting from a roc
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