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Housing prices climbed faster in Squamish than any other in the Lower Mainland in 2007, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

Local homeowners are attempting to cash in on the Olympics with offers to lease their homes for as much as $25,000 for less than a month in February 2010.

The 22nd annual Brackendale Eagle Count on Sunday (Dec. 6) brought in alarmingly low numbers: only 893 eagles - less than half found in the area in 2007 - were back one year later.

Environmentalist lashes out against plan Laura Hendrick [email protected] A proposed Independent Power Project (IPP) on Fries Creek has moved one step closer to fruition. On Dec.

Volunteers are gearing up for this year's Brackendale Eagle Count on Sunday (Jan. 6), which could firm up or dispel the notion that only a fraction of the area's bald eagles returned to feed this winter.

Two years after its opening, some local artists are questioning whether the Squamish Store at the Squamish Adventure Centre store is fulfilling its promise to promote local businesses.

It took three days in hospital followed by a C-section to get Squamish's New Year's baby to show her face. Riya Rai, the first local baby of 2008, was welcomed into the world at 5 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 1). Although due on Dec.

A kid without a bicycle is almost like a kid without air, says local cycling enthusiast John French.

Squamish marked New Year's Day in a sad way with the destruction of the first bear of the year. The bear, an immature male black bear, was destroyed Tuesday (Jan.

The Squamish Scouts are offering Christmas tree chipping services at the Garden Centre on Mamquam road tomorrow (Jan. 5) Your donations to the Squamish Food Bank of non-perishable food items would be, as always, very much appreciated as well.