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CANADA DAY celebration at Pavilion Park and Stan Clarke Park, downtown Squamish, 9 a.m.- 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 1. Family fun activities including races and ribbons. OFFICIAL FLAG RAISING CEREMONY at Stan Clarke Park, 11 a.m.

The Vancouver Winter Olympics may be six years away, but Squamish's first steps towards hosting the youth of the world in 2010 are being taken this summer.

Consensus isn't achieved very often in Britannia Beach. But at a public hearing on Wednesday (June 16) residents agreed that a zoning bylaw proposed for the community is acceptable.

It is going to be the hottest Test of Metal ever - and that means the riders will need your help.

Efforts by local residents to block a controversial run-of-the-river hydroelectric project appear to be working.

It must seem like déjà vu for three Howe Sound Secondary School Grade 12 students.

The Squamish Chamber of Commerce is hosting an All-Candidates' Meeting for the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast riding on Monday (June 21) at the Sea to Sky Hotel from 7 to 9 p.m.

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast Liberal candidate Blair Wilson is claiming a poll shows his party leading the Conservatives by 17 percentage points in their North Shore stronghold.

In an apparent show of confidence, incumbent Conservative MP John Reynolds is splitting more of his campaigning time this election between his West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast riding and the rest of the country.

A dead bear is causing a stink for Squamish residents who live along the Mamquam Blind Channel. About two weeks ago, a black bear was found tied to a tree near Marina Estates and was reported to provincial Conservation Officers.