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McLennan, Patterson also to seek seat Sylvie Paillard spaillard@squamishchief.

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Spring has sprung. Yes, there are mountain bike tracks, dirt bike tracks, golf cart tracks, and very soon there will be bear tracks. It's that time of the year when the bears shake off their winter lethargy and start foraging for food.

It is of the utmost importance that all Squamish seniors be aware that a new seniors' centre is about to become a reality. A great many people over a great many years have worked to bring the task to the point of space being allocated.

The Spring Fun Fair at Garibaldi Highlands Elementary School is tomorrow (May 6) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is sponsored by the Parent Advisory Council and parents, teachers and students are pitching in to make this a great day.

Jane Emerick [email protected] Think drugs can't happen to your straight-laced, straight-A student? Think again, says Lynn Marie Smith.

Local government officials in the Sea to Sky corridor this week spoke with one voice in condemning new provincial legislation aimed at usurping the authority of municipal and regional governments over zoning for independent power projects (IPPs) on C

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] A motion by Coun.

Editor's note: This is the winning local essay in the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspapers Association/B.C. Press Council's $10,000 scholarship program. Scholarships of $5,000, $3,500 and $1,500 are awarded to the three students in B.C.

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Members of the Squamish Nation waved, cheered and gave the thumbs up sign to the first truckload of logs coming out of Tree Farm Licence 38 under First Nations stewardship 38 Monday (May 1).