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Delta to ban 'inhumane' sport

Delta to ban 'inhumane' sport

Pigeon racing will be banned in Delta. Council has directed staff to report back with a bylaw prohibiting the activity.
Ravenswood daycare's expansion a near certainty

Ravenswood daycare's expansion a near certainty

Project Play's proposal receives third reading from District of Squamish council
Squamish Search and Rescue ties record year for most callouts

Squamish Search and Rescue ties record year for most callouts

With months left in the year, the team is poised to surpass 2018 as the busiest year
Second grizzly this month captured in Squamish

Second grizzly this month captured in Squamish

Both bears relocated by Conservation Officer Service
Pandemic gave couple time to build dream farm. 'Ridiculous' lumber prices nixed those plans

Pandemic gave couple time to build dream farm. 'Ridiculous' lumber prices nixed those plans

Lumber yards cut production with the pandemic hit. That's when people found the time to do their renovation projects. The resulting combination of low supply and high demand has tripled lumber prices
Viral tweet spurs donations of supplies and money to Nunavut schools

Viral tweet spurs donations of supplies and money to Nunavut schools

Mother in Iqualuit shocked when stocking up on simple school supplies consumed one-quarter of her family's weekly living budget
Saving Western Canada’s only endangered tree

Saving Western Canada’s only endangered tree

Whitebark pine thrives on disturbance — just not on the magnitude of climate change.
Taxi rollover injures Whistler driver

Taxi rollover injures Whistler driver

A Whistler man was injured last week after his taxi rolled over on Highway 99, police said in a release . At about 12:30 p.m. last Thursday, Sept.
TIME TRAVELLER: Squamish pole once welcomed nation's annual salmon run

TIME TRAVELLER: Squamish pole once welcomed nation's annual salmon run

This photo from around 1920 shows W’axayus, a Squamish Welcome Figure. The Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), unlike many Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples, traditionally did not carve totem poles.
Legal access sought for magic mushrooms after therapeutic successes

Legal access sought for magic mushrooms after therapeutic successes

When Laurie Brooks received her second cancer diagnosis last year, she turned to psychedelic mushrooms to help her handle the anxiety of facing what might have been the end of her life.