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After staying at the same rate for more than 10 years, the District of Squamish is finally updating its charges to developers for building in Squamish. The local Development Cost Charges (DCC) bylaw is under a microscope.

They enrich our lives with natural beauty and provide us with space to relax and enjoy all that they have to offer, so why not celebrate them? They're Canada's parks, and we have some of the nicest in the world right here in our backyard.

On Monday (July 12), more than 35 international students from 27 different countries stopped in Squamish on Day 12 of their 30-day trip across Canada to help beautify the community.

A telephone survey of Squamish residents had members of Squamish Council and the Sea to Sky University (SSU) project team buzzing last week. The Chief learned that Merrill and Ring (M&R) commissioned the survey.

What the Olympics are to sports, the B.C. Provincial Music Festival is to music. Four talented young people from Squamish and Pemberton recently journeyed to Victoria to represent Howe Sound for the first time.

It's time for Squamish to put on its best face and welcome the judges. The judges for the national Communities in Bloom 2004 competition come to Squamish this Tuesday (July 20) to assess our community.

ICBC expected to deal with 74 crashes involving Squamish residents from May 5 to 27. In fact, only 60 people were involved in accidents during that time. In the month of May, the Insurance Corporation of B.C.

One hundred years has passed, but the years and years of memories live on in the hearts and minds of the former residents of Britannia Beach and the townsite once known as Mount Sheer.

It's hard to put a price tag on the thrill of climbing - but the Climbers Access Society of B.C. (CASBC) is determined to prove just how much climbing contributes to the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada's economy.

Indian wife of Squamish man caught in immigration mess John French Chief Staff Writer For the second time in six months, Canada's immigration bureaucracy is causing heartache in Squamish's Indo-Canadian community.