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Free wheeling for a cause

Wheelchair athlete Kristen McBride is determined to make all local amenities accessible to chair-bound residents, and to make her goal a reality she'll represent Squamish in the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion fundraiser Sunday, June 10.

Spotted owl down to 25 specimens

With only an estimated 25 B.C.

What was old, is new again

Only the long-time Squamish Days Loggers Sports fans will remember the truck rodeo, an event that hasn't been held at the festival for 13 years.

District ponders CN suit

CN Rail may soon be facing a second suit over the August 2005 derailment that resulted in thousands of litres of caustic soda spilling into the Cheakamus River.

Waterfront Landing inches forward

Downtown Squamish may finally be on its way toward a much-anticipated transformation.

Noted volunteer to leave food bank

A long time fixture at the Squamish Food Bank Society will be leaving the community and taking her generosity with her to Kamloops.

Surrey grads trash Anderson Beach

Ray Wangenrwangen@squamishchief.

Downtown grizzly relocated to Upper Elaho

An adult male grizzly that took a wrong turn and ended up waling the streets of downtown Squamish last week has been captured and relocated by local conservation officers. "We captured him on Thursday (May 17) evening at about 6 p.m.

Weighing affordable housing

Future residential developers will have to contribute toward creating affordable housing in Squamish. However, what form that contribution will take is still up in the air.

An end to Greyhound strike?

There may soon be an end in sight for commuters stranded by the Greyhound bus strike. A tentative deal was reached late Wednesday (May 23) in the workers' strike that halted service just before the Victoria Day long weekend Friday (May 18).