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Employees represented by the United Food and Commerical Workers Union at the local grocery store have heard unofficially that employer Westfair Foods is willing to sit down and negotiate the union's contract demands equaling a recent Park Royal Extra

Seven Squamish firefighters with a combined total of 193 years of service to the District are being honoured on Saturday (Nov. 4) at the annual firefighters' fall dinner.

Qualex-Landmark president Roger Navabi said he's humbled by community pleas to return to the Oceanfront bargaining table, but added it's no use - the company is not coming back to Squamish. "I don't know how to respond," said Navabi.

A ruckus over rights-of-way access to the Cattermole Pond and nearby trails along surrounding dykes downtown has resulted in temporary signage and fencing being torn down by irate walkers, and has the developer of the nearby Skye complex worrying tha

Ramped-up project proposes 22,500 beds, 24 lifts and two golf courses Cathryn Atkinson catkinson@squamishchief.

The Whistler Health Care Foundation (WHCF) and its corridor partners this week launched a campaign to raise up to $2 million to help pay for the Sea to Sky corridor's first Computerized Tomography (CT) scanner at the Whistler Health Care Centre (WHCC

Conflicting segments of the community came together to discuss watercourse protection regulations on waterside developments during an invitation only stakeholder meeting held by the District of Squamish, Monday (Oct. 30).

You can shake your shimmy, massage your aches or generally heal was ails you at this weekend's Health and Wellness Expo.The event, which takes place on Saturday (Nov.

A 46-year-old man from Whistler is facing charges of impaired driving after a head-on accident on Highway 99 Tuesday (Oct. 31). Squamish RCMP said the man drove his 2000 Lexus into a 2002 Jetta carrying three passengers at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Eighty-five years ago this week, one of the greatest tragedies ever in the Sea to Sky region took place at Britannia Beach.Torrential rain fell for 12 hours on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28, 1921 - a total of 5.74 inches of precipitation.