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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).

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] An unnamed 53-year-old Squamish resident faces numerous charges after allegedly attacking RCMP officers with a knife.

The Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation (SODC) won't be attending a Squamish Chamber of Commerce public forum on its joint venture union with Qualex-Landmark to develop Squamish's waterfront, choosing instead to hold their own session to intr

Sylvie Paillard [email protected] Squamish New Directions (SND) did better at the cash box than the ballot box in last fall's municipal elections, thanks in large part to heavy backing from the development community.

Since 1992, local photographer Garry Cotter has been enduring G forces and airsickness while capturing spectacular images from Canadian Forces Snowbirds' cockpits. Now the grueling work has paid off.

WorkSafe B.C. has announced their financial turn around from a $500-million deficit to a $300 million dollar surplus and the local labour committee is calling the recent claims "outrageous" and "shameful.