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Pemberton festival exodus causes record sales along Highway 99

Music fans passing through Squamish to and from the Pemberton Music Festival needing to fuel up on gas, food and caffeine caused record sales for businesses along Highway 99 last weekend.

Red Point to be RV park

The site of the failed residential project Red Point might soon be home to a Recreational Vehicle (RV) park.

Train ride cheers up seriously ill children

A young Squamish resident enjoyed a day of distraction from constant pain thanks to a children's charity that focuses on "brightening" seriously ill children's lives.Looking at Briana Butcher, one wouldn't know that she has a serious illness.

Resident troubled by drop-in centre activity

Sightings of dubious activity around the Helping Hands Society drop-in centre has one downtown resident of the newly built Artisan complex asking that site monitoring be improved.

Construction manager eyes mayor's seat

It looks like there will be a mayoral race in Squamish this fall now that a former candidate from 2002 is "seriously considering" running for the position.

Burn Camp puts children at ease

Burn survivors from across the province are enjoying summer camp - and lots of water fights - at Paradise Valley's North Vancouver Outdoor School this week.

CN suspected in cause of forest fire

A forest fire that swept through an acre of Paradise Valley brush last Friday (July 18) is suspected to be linked to work on CN railway tracks that occurred the previous day.

No peace for Ashlu IPP

Two years after local governments lost control over the approval of Independent Power Projects (IPP), Squamish Valley residents and Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) are still feeling powerless.

Mountain Woman may move to Squamish

The popular Mountain Woman Restaurant in Britannia Beach could be starting a second life in Squamish.

Squamish Access Society upset by filming

A contribution to the Squamish Access Society will not be enough to smooth over tensions about Smoke Bluffs Park filming on the eve of the Squamish Mountain Festival.
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