Local News

When extreme weather hits Squamish, there will now be a place for homeless people to find refuge from the cold. BC Housing announced on Friday (Oct. 5) it would be funding an emergency shelter downtown.

A morning shuttle bus has had little effect on the enthusiasm of Quest University students. The private school's 80 students are staying at Sea to Sky Hotel while they wait for their residence rooms to be completed at the end of the month.

A fun frolic in Howe Sound waters turned tragic on Sunday (Oct. 7) when two North Vancouver athletes lost their lives in a sea kayaking accident.

The Can Do Grannies can do more than raise funds. After working the door at the upcoming Whistler event, A Night with Stephen Lewis, members of the group plan to step into schools around Squamish to get youth thinking about those affected by AIDS.

The man behind Quest University retired last week just as students were returning from their first block of studies in the Kootenays. Dr.

Train aficionados young and old lined the rails at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park on Saturday (Sept. 29) to transport their senses to the past.

A public hearing on the proposed Loggers Lane development had some residents asking if the town's growth is out of control.

A local 28-year-old actor who died in Maple Ridge late Friday night after reportedly being stabbed at a small house party will be remembered by friends and family as an artistic and proud member of the Squamish Nation.

As the rain poured down around Alice Lake Friday (Sept. 21), students from Stawamus Elementary School could only imagine how grueling Terry Fox's cross-country trek must have been.

A local family was thrilled and relieved last week when told their beloved dog Sam was on his way home.