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Nine-foot retaining walls risk quality of life, say residents

Residents concerned about size and scope of 84-unit rental housing project

After more than 30 years in the education profession and four years as Howe Secondary School principal, Nancy Campbell announced this week that she's retiring at the end of this school year.

The Sea to Sky School District wants cash from VANOC, and it has hired former realtor and current Village of Pemberton Councillor Ted Craddock to negotiate the use of space in its school during the Olympics.

For years the Squamish River Estuary has been home to a growing number of squatters, and the problem has resurrected the idea of a municipally designated squatter's campsite.

Victim's elderly mother lived next door, now in care

Participants hope town hall wasn't an exercise in futility

Environmental groups recharge on running waters

Over-sized cheques and showmanship marked provincial government funding announcements in Squamish earlier this month, in a display one councillor is calling into question.

The province doled out $1.1 million this week for mould remediation at Howe Sound Secondary School, but the funds won't help the school district in its struggling to make ends meet.