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Fire Chief Ray Saurette went before council for the District of Squamish Tuesday (Oct. 17) to request funds for Squamish Fire Rescue's "critical shortage of manpower". Saurette said ideally, calls should receive a crew of five firefighters.

While children funnel back into the classrooms, teachers across the district are looking at ways to keep them safe, healthy, literate and ready for the new school year. Seb Amenta, principal of Valleycliffe Elementary said it's simple.

A man is in hospital and a Save-On Foods security guard is under investigation after a suspected shoplifter was believed to have been injured while being confronted. At 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.

In the next 25 years the population of the Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) is expected to more than double.The prediction comes from an annual B.C.

A celebrated trails advocate credited with spearheading innumerable community enhancement projects is saying goodbye to volunteerism because of what he calls a snub from the District of Squamish.

Once an "iconic" regular at the PNE, logging sports has been missing from the exhibition since 1998. This year it's back, with a local man representing the sport and Squamish at the show's nightly finale performance.

Is the Business Park in the midst of a big box brawl? With Home Depot just a few months away from opening its doors, neighbouring Mountain Building Centres has just completed the sale of its three-store chain to Rona, the largest Canadian distributor

Two hundred grannies from Canada and 100 grannies from Africa met at the 16th International AIDS conference in Toronto in mid-August for the Grandmothers' Gathering.

In the wake of a provincial report listing Squamish ninth in provincial crime rates, Crime Stoppers is launching a new initiative to fight the problem in the Sea to Sky corridor.

After 10 years as the anchor of Squamish Station Shopping Centre, MarketPlaceIGA will close its doors in 90 days, employees learned this week.