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District of Squamish staff said the Upper Mamquam Blind Channel (UMBC) planning study is on the backburner in favour of what district planner Cameron Chalmers said are "higher priority" plans - namely the new Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Dow

Whistler and Squamish are back in step with the federal government for the first time in 15 years.

Voting Liberal is the only chance to keep Conservatives at a minority, Liberal candidate Ian Sutherland over 200 people at the Sea to Sky Hotel in Squamish during the local all-candidate riding debate Monday (Oct. 6).

8:46 PM: With 70 polls of 249 reporting, Conservative John Weston has been projected to win tonight's federal election in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country by CBC News.Weston has 7,003 votes to 4,362 for Liberal Ian Sutherland.

By day's end Friday (Oct. 10), Squamish residents will know who their choices will be for the seven council seats and mayoral seat on Nov. 15.

Whistler and Valley Express (WAVE) may have a plan to expand bus service throughout the Sea to Sky Corridor during the 2010 Olympics. Caley Denton, VANOC vice president of ticketing and consumer marketing, told local media on Friday (Oct.

Capilano University's future in Squamish is looking brighter with the purchase of 1.87 hectares (4.64 acres) of downtown waterfront land near the estuary that was formerly owned by BC Rail.

Municipal nominations close with 18 council candidatesSylvie [email protected] nominations closing at 4 p.m. Friday (Oct. 10), the official list of candidates running for municipal council during the Nov.

Quest University has released rental rates for its new all-weather turf field and community sports teams are not impressed.

Three young Squamish women embarked on a journey this summer that would take them over 15,000 kilometres away from home to one of the poorest countries in the world on one of the poorest continents.