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The Brackendale Farmers Institute Fall Fair returns for its 13th annual celebration this from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday (Sept.

A resident at Castle Rock Family Housing says she and her children have suffered under the shadow of black mould problems for months, and adds she is not satisfied with the response of the complex's non-profit owners, the Sea to Sky Housing Society.

Test of Metal Inc. is announced the creation of a new Squamish-based race series for the 2008 mountain bike season on Thursday (Sept. 6).

Shut out of the lucrative holiday market in Whistler after the resort's council unanimously rejected its application to build there, London Drugs is now looking at the possibility of establishing a big-box store in Squamish.

With the aim of providing "Intimate, Integrated and International" education, Quest University Canada opened its doors to its first-ever intake of 77 students from around the world and their families at its opening convocation on Wednesday (Aug. 29).

Quest University founder Dr. David Strangway's list of honours grew last week after the District of Squamish announced that a street in the University Heights neighbourhood is to be named Strangway Place. On Thursday (Aug.

An executive of Squamish Savings says the downtown branch may undergo a facelift a little sooner than expected after one of its two light-backed signage boxes plummeted to the ground from the second storey on Friday (Aug. 24).

The first hints of snowfall are still months away, but on the pock-marked asphalt of the Paradise Valley Road the future of cross-country skiing in western Canada is out for an early morning training session.

Two local vet technicians who were scheduled to head to Peru to help animals injured or stranded by the country's recent devastating earthquake will now have wait to see whether or not their mission is a go.

It's been a deadly week for bears in the Sea to Sky Corridor, with six animals dead or destroyed since last Tuesday (Aug. 14) in a series of incidents, one of which saw a bear break into a house twice on the weekend. The first occurred Tuesday (Aug.