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Residents clash over recovery house

Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.com Residents from all over Squamish packed City Hall last Thursday (March 9) to hear about a recovery support house intended for a former Brackendale bed and breakfast on Depot Road at Hwy. 99.

Bright lights, small town

Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.com A new Squamish industry may be in the works. Locals are already feeling the benefits of a potential locally based TV series with the initial pilot episode currently in production.

Council updates budget numbers

Steven Hill shill@squamishchief.com Squamish Council made a few changes to the municipality's proposed budget Tuesday (March 7) in a Committee of the Whole meeting.

Weekly steps towards completing the Britannia Project

Revitalization changes at the B.C. Museum of Mining will be happening weekly, according to the organization's director Kirstin Clausen.

Back from Torino

Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.com West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Blair Wilson may be struggling with the quagmire of federal bureaucracy as the Conservatives attempt to organize Ottawa, but he is open for business.

Carney neighbours want odour gone

Steven Hill shill@squamishchief.com A delegation of business owners and at least one homeowner on Tuesday (March 7) told Squamish Council they wanted action taken on the odour problem at Carney's Organic Recycling facility.

Three crashes on same day

Briefs from RCMP and Fire Rescue: Steven Hill shill@squamishchief.com Local RCMP were put through their paces Friday (March 3) when three separate car accidents occurred within minutes of each other in the evening.

About town

It's Spring Break time and the West Coast Railway Heritage Park invites you and your family to visit the Park and to climb aboard for a "Rail Blast". It's always fun to hop on board the Mini Rail Train Line for a 3 km tour of the entire park.

Still going strong

I would like to say that I took a holiday from the column last week; I was indeed in Portland visiting our son, his wife, daughter (now six-months-old, can sit up alone and has two razor sharp teeth) and baby's other grandmother (visiting from South

Locals angry over 'surprise' recovery house

Brackendale addictions facility creates fear Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.
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