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Lonsdale, Sutherland spar as council approves deal John French Chief Staff Writer The final signatures went onto the Nexen land transfer agreement this week and that means the only thing that can hold up the deal at this point is the voters of Squami

One of the major owners of undeveloped land in Squamish says it won't flood the housing market in the near future if it's allowed changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP).

For a group of Squamish women, the statistics are simply unacceptable. According to the National Cancer Institute of Canada, about 21,100 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and 5,400 will die from the disease.

A group of Canadian and American sports car lovers who know each other only through the Internet will gather in Squamish Saturday (May 29) to drive the Coast Mountain Circle Tour in memory of a fallen friend. Starting in Squamish at 8 a.m.

We're going to the polls after Prime Minister Paul Martin announced on Sunday (May 23) that his Liberal government's mandate will end a week into summer.

Like many days last spring, May 31, 2003 was a great day for climbing. While it may have started as a good climbing day for David Christopher Gunstone, it certainly didn't end that way.

A recent birthday party in Brackendale was interrupted by the shooting of a black bear that had been the source of more than 40 complaints over the past two months.

Supporters of two proposed run-of-the-river hydro electric projects on the Ashlu and Sigurd Creeks were a rare sight at a public hearing Monday (May 17) that was key to the future of the projects.

"Bad Weeds Gone Good" is not a new concept, but it is something that needs to be carefully considered. To begin with, what is a weed? There is no botanical category of plants called weeds. A weed, by most definitions, is a "plant out of place".

You can add Calatafimi Segesta, Italy to Mayor Ian Sutherland's list of international travel destinations since being elected to the community's top political post.