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The commuter bus pilot project between Squamish and Whistler is a hit. The new service is off to a good start and proof of that can be seen through the statistics generated in the first full week of operations.

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The effects of global warming on the glaciers in Garibaldi Provincial Park will impact Squamish, according to a local researcher. Johannes Koch is a Simon Fraser University Ph.

Kindness is a virtue. And so are respect, love, loyalty, peacefulness, enthusiasm, generosity and determination. In fact, there are hundreds of virtues, ranging from the obscure (detachment) to the common (respect).

The concept of Squamish adopting a tsunami-stricken village in south Asia for redevelopment is spreading. The initiative put in motion by Jeff Dawson and backed by hundreds of volunteers in Squamish picked up a new partner this week.

It's an event so popular, even Canucks player Trevor Linden is on the waiting list. The 800 spots for the 10th annual Test of Metal mountain bike race sold out last Friday (Jan.

Ten dedicated Squamish citizens have been nominated for the 2004 Business Person and Citizen of the Year honours.

They've been counted and tallied, and the results are in: there were more eagles in the in Brackendale during the 19th annual Brackendale Winter Eagle Festival and Count this year than there was the year before.

What started as a four-month globetrotting adventure for two local residents is now a full-on humanitarian initiative in Sri Lanka.

Grandmother Joy McLennan has a new joy in her life - New Year's baby Daniel McLennan. Her daughter Marisa McLennan gave birth to Daniel McLennan, the first baby delivered at Squamish General Hospital on Jan. 1 at 11:08 a.m.