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Squamish funeral home still able to comfort families during pandemic

Squamish funeral home still able to comfort families during pandemic

Extra precautions taken, large celebrations of life postponed, but otherwise business as usual
She’s 95. He’s 102. Their love still shines through the window

She’s 95. He’s 102. Their love still shines through the window

Hilda Duddridge made a promise to her husband of nearly 75 years and she won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way. “I said I’d look after him until the day he died,” said Hilda, 95.
Squamish bylaw officers empowered to enforce health officer’s orders

Squamish bylaw officers empowered to enforce health officer’s orders

Enforcement includes banning gatherings of 50 or more, but questions linger about smaller groups
Open burn restrictions in Squamish

Open burn restrictions in Squamish

B.C. government announces efforts to improve air quality during pandemic
Squamish group fundraising for ventilator for our hospital

Squamish group fundraising for ventilator for our hospital

100 Women Who Care launches initiative to help during the pandemic — and after
Squamish Hospice Society moves to provide online care

Squamish Hospice Society moves to provide online care

Sea to Sky volunteer palliative services impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, but support still available
BC Ferries worker tests positive for COVID-19; up to one in three is ill

BC Ferries worker tests positive for COVID-19; up to one in three is ill

Pandemic plan augmented as ferries may ban non-essential travel
Burnaby man found dead in Lions Bay area, south of Squamish

Burnaby man found dead in Lions Bay area, south of Squamish

Ryoji Fujita, a 37-year-old outdoor enthusiast, was caught in an avalanche
The new normal

The new normal

How to cope when nothing is the same as it was and we don’t know what is next
Squamish’s Howe Sound Secondary gym converted to homeless shelter

Squamish’s Howe Sound Secondary gym converted to homeless shelter

Downtown shelter too small to accommodate the two-metre COVID-19 distancing rules