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School attendance rates are 50% or higher in Squamish

School attendance rates are 50% or higher in Squamish

Students are invited back to class on a rotating schedule this month
Orphaned fawns moved to wildlife centre after outcry

Orphaned fawns moved to wildlife centre after outcry

Two orphaned black-tailed deer fawns from Roberts Creek have been rerouted to a wildlife rehabilitation centre – with the intent of eventually releasing them back to the wild – after spending two weeks with a company that trains animals for televisio
Squamish municipal hall partially reopens

Squamish municipal hall partially reopens

COVID-19 restrictions partially lift, allowing for limited in-person services from 10 a.m to 3 p.m.
CRA snitch line now open to information about federal COVID-19 aid fraud

CRA snitch line now open to information about federal COVID-19 aid fraud

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has expanded its so-called snitch line to any tips and leads about suspected fraud in the federal government’s COVID-19 emergency aid programs.
To calm traffic in the Garibaldi Highlands, developer Bob Cheema proposes access road

To calm traffic in the Garibaldi Highlands, developer Bob Cheema proposes access road

Squamish’s mayor says extending school zones is more practical in short term
North Vancouver family having a blast watching the jays (PHOTOS)

North Vancouver family having a blast watching the jays (PHOTOS)

With live sports still mostly shut down around the world, one North Vancouver family has found a new form of entertainment right outside their door.

Update: Family says Salt Spring woman was ambushed, shot and killed by her husband

Update: 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
Vancouver Island man’s brother and cousin die amid protests in Chicago

Vancouver Island man’s brother and cousin die amid protests in Chicago

Ladysmith intermediate school principal Dionte Jelks was a world away with his family strolling a Victoria beach when his mother phoned on Sunday to say his younger brother and a cousin had been shot dead in Chicago amid violence stemming from protes
New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

New West restaurant puts up glass dividers and more to keep diners safe

Piva Modern Italian restaurant pivots and goes above and beyond many other eateries to handle COVID-19.
VIDEO: Sea lion and anchovy dance from Bob Turner

VIDEO: Sea lion and anchovy dance from Bob Turner

See the sea lions dive and the anchovies dance in Bowen filmmaker Bob Turner's latest Howe Sound short film.