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Here’s how you can get money for your conservation or recreation project

Here’s how you can get money for your conservation or recreation project

A $240,000 annual pot of money has been opened up for volunteer and community-led projects centred around conservation and recreation.
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Looking for work or hiring during a pandemic

Looking for work or hiring during a pandemic

What is the current pandemic doing to the Squamish job market and what can we expect post-COVID-19?
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Salt Spring woman ambushed, shot by husband, family says

Salt Spring woman ambushed, shot by husband, family says

Family members of a Salt Spring Island mother who died on Monday say she had left her marriage and was retrieving items from the family home when she was ambushed from the woods by her husband of 18 years, who shot her twice, then turned the gun on h
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Senior abuse and the pandemic

Senior abuse and the pandemic

What to do if you are being mistreated, or suspect someone else is
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Bowen's original name will soon greet those arriving on the island: Nexwlélexwm

Bowen's original name will soon greet those arriving on the island: Nexwlélexwm

Squamish People called this island Kwilàkm and Nexwlélexwm long before settlers attached “Bowen” to its shores.
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Family of Alberni woman shot by police demands public inquest

Family of Alberni woman shot by police demands public inquest

The family of a 26-year-old Port Alberni woman is flying to Edmundston, New Brunswick, on Sunday in a quest for answers as to why Chantel Moore was shot by police during a wellness check early Thursday morning.
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Getting back on the shuttle — or in the ride-share — during COVID-19

Getting back on the shuttle — or in the ride-share — during COVID-19

What you need to know before you hitch a ride in Squamish
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Squamish Search and Rescue: five incidents in three days

Squamish Search and Rescue: five incidents in three days

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry asking people to avoid ‘extra risks’
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'Lucky' owl released in North Van after second poisoning

'Lucky' owl released in North Van after second poisoning

Lucky, the North Vancouver barred owl who survived being poisoned twice in three weeks , has been released back on the North Shore, hopefully this time for good.
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Engineers face discipline over Mount Polley disaster

Engineers face discipline over Mount Polley disaster

Three engineers are facing disciplinary hearings, six years after one of the worst mine disasters in B.C. history.
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