Local News

Two hikers spent an unexpected night in the bush on Monday (Aug. 15) after becoming separated while bush whacking up Rubble Creek near Garibaldi Lake. The pair had only intended to be out for the day and did not carry overnight gear.

Mayor Ian Sutherland said he blames Whistler for a corridor-wide loss of $18 million following VANOC's decision to move sledge hockey and wheelchair curling Paralympic events to Vancouver.

Some called him gaudy, others fell in love at first sight. But everyone agreed: there was no missing Sam the Squamish Axe Man as you drove past him on Hwy. 99.

Focus Wildlife and Canadian Wildlife Service at odds over cannon net use Sylvie Paillard [email protected] The group hired to collect oil-contaminated birds left town Monday (Aug.

Whistler lawmakers this week pledged their support for an initiative to fill the composting vacuum left by the impending closure of the Carney's Waste Services organic recycling facility in Squamish.

With fall fast approaching, election season has unofficially begun. Coast Reporter's election coverage begins today with this preview of candidates for the mid-November municipal election. Voters will go to the polls on Nov.

Candidates in the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding were off and running this week in the third federal election in four years.

Cleanup efforts continue in the Howe Sound and Squamish estuary following the Westwood Anette oil spill.

B.C. Housing granted the Salvation Army money to host an extreme weather shelter in their facility in Gibsons this winter.

RCMP have been unable to locate a group of children who appeared severely intoxicated while roaming Garibaldi Estates during the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 9. At 9:30 p.m.