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Council for the District of Squamish will consider expanding the board of the Squamish Sustainability Corporation on Sept. 5 following a notice of motion put forward by Coun. Greg Gardner during the regular council meeting, Tuesday (Aug. 1).

Because of the leadership it has shown with youth engagement initiatives, the Squamish RCMP detachment has been invited to participate in a youth advisory pilot project by E Division Community Policing Services.

Extra Foods employees won the battle to freely express themselves in a decision that union members are calling "a major victory for working people in B.C.

Six acres of prime real estate near Hwy. 99 and the waterfront at Britannia Beach have been sold by the BC Mining Museum to Macdonald Development Corp. (MDC) for $1,140,500.

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Council for the District of Squamish expressed "serious concerns" in a Thursday (July 27) news release over a memorandum of understanding drafted during negotiations between the board that oversees Oceanfront development and their joint venture partn

A group of aspiring yoga students sit on the grass at Stan Clarke Park on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning. Everything is quiet except for the older model car coming down Second Avenue with its windows down and music turned up.

BC Hydro announced on Thursday (July 27) the results of the 2006 Open Call for Power, awarding 38 contracts to independent power producers around the province. The aim is to add more than 7,000 gigawatt hours per year to B.C.'s electricity output.

A host of First Nations and government dignitaries gathered at Totem Hall Monday (July 24) to acknowledge a joint federal and provincial investment of $1 million into the Squamish/Lil'Wat First Nations cultural centre being built in Whistler.

The end of parking meters in BC Parks may be in sight, according to Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) spokespersons during a campaign for the abolishment of the "user pay scheme".