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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.

Registrants from as far away as the U.K., Yukon Territory, Virginia, Oregon, Ontario, Manitoba, Hawaii, and California raced for the 800 available spots for this year's North Shore Credit Union Test of Metal selling it out by 8:01 p.m.

What do you anticipate for 2008? I think there are going to be a lot of things continuing on from what we started three, four, five years ago, last year. There's a lot of construction already taking place in the community.

As Coun. Mike Jenson moves into the New Year, he is planning to leave plastic bags and his alarm clock behind him - but not his career in municipal politics. After 18 of working for Squamish Savings, he has opted for retirement.