Local News

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Council for the District of Squamish held a public hearing Tuesday (April 18) on the low-density residential zoning amendment bylaw proposed to regulate the size of homes in Squamish.

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] The baby that captured the community's heart three years ago is about to undergo one last surgery to fix his own heart.

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Downtown business owners and representatives are speaking out following what some are calling a rash of break-ins.

Steven Hill [email protected] With the coming of Spring, many people start Spring cleaning in their homes. Pitch-In Canada Week aims to see people doing the same thing for their communities.

This evening, Good Friday, the choral work The Seven Last Words from the Passion of Christ will be performed at St. John's Anglican Church (behind the Sea to Sky Hotel) at 7:30 p.m.

Grandparents as well as parents will be interested to learn that the annual Firefighters' Easter Egg Hunt will take place at 11 a.m.

Jane Emerick [email protected] Members of the Squamish Streamkeepers believe they've solved the mystery surrounding the depletion of the herring population in the Mamquam Blind Channel and are now working towards a solution to the problem.

Allan Bishop Special to The Chief If you're a hat lover, there's an event coming to town just for you. Ivan Sayers will be coming to Squamish to present a show called Hats and Fashion from 1900s to 1970s.

Jane Emerick [email protected] Learning about one another through cultural sharing has led two Squamish Nation artists to Scotland for the construction of totem poles, story telling, traditional ceremonies and eventually deportation.

Jane Emerick [email protected] The recent removal of trees along the Discovery Trail in front of the future sight of Wal-Mart has "left the trail basically desecrated," according to the president of the Squamish Trails Society, Bob Brant.