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Bingo will take place at the Legion on Monday (Feb 6) at 6:30 p.m. though doors open at 5:30 p.m. Contact Edith at 604-89-3048 or Nancy at 604-898-8422. The Over the Hill Hikers will meet at 10 a.m.

Steven Hill [email protected] A candle is being blamed for a fire in a Brackendale bedroom Jan. 25. Firefighter Bob Fulton said crews were called to a structure fire at 11:21 p.m. to respond to report of a basement bedroom on fire on Hope Road.

Cassidy Olivier Special to The Chief Don Evans said it came as a surprise to be named Squamish's 2005 Business Person of the Year award at the 72nd President's Banquet and AGM last week.

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] A young couple is lucky to be uninjured after a tree in Garibaldi Park came crashing down around them Saturday (Jan. 28).

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Aboriginal leader and soccer player Deanna Lewis said she's still on a high since returning from a team trip to the world's soccer Mecca, Brazil.

Extreme tides creating construction challengesSylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.

Steven Hill [email protected] The Squamish Credit Union name has changed and so has its local spending power. Squamish Credit Union became Squamish Savings at the end of 2005 as a result of its merger with Vancity Credit Union.

Steven Hill [email protected] Work on the Sea to Sky Highway is scheduled to begin in Squamish during the week of Feb. 13, on either side of Industrial Way.

This is a special year for the Squamish Public Library as 50 years of service to the residents of Squamish is commemorated. Please join the staff, the Library Board and invited guests to celebrate this special day on Sunday, Feb. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] The remnants of a turn-of-the-century Brackendale hotel that sits on the corner of a Government Road development will be preserved, but stakeholders are still unsure how.