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Can I blaze before my flight? YVR says yes

Can I blaze before my flight? YVR says yes

Vancouver’s International Airport says people are welcome to smoke weed in its designated smoking areas post-legalization, but the Airport Authority is reminding travellers that crossing international borders with the plant is still not allowed regar
Police briefs

Police briefs

Stolen truck. Multiple thefts. B & E liquor arrest, and more...
Canada joins the Global Ghost Gear Initiative

Canada joins the Global Ghost Gear Initiative

The organization helps fight the harmful impacts of abandoned fishing gear
Tantalus fire hall is safe but doesn’t meet highest of seismic standards: District staff

Tantalus fire hall is safe but doesn’t meet highest of seismic standards: District staff

District responds to concerns about steampunk-looking building
DFO looking for Squamish properties, according to FOI documents

DFO looking for Squamish properties, according to FOI documents

Latest emails obtained by The Squamish Chief show the office could stay put
Woman uses wildlife know-how to fend off ‘dispersing’ cougar

Woman uses wildlife know-how to fend off ‘dispersing’ cougar

A woman’s mushroom picking excursion on the Sunshine Coast was cut short last Saturday after she was stalked by a male cougar, which approached her approximately five times before she was able to retreat to her vehicle.
Call for youth looking to take charge in Victoria

Call for youth looking to take charge in Victoria

Applications are now open for B.C. youth who want to take charge in Victoria for a week in December.
Recent Whyte Lake fire sparked by embers from camp oven

Recent Whyte Lake fire sparked by embers from camp oven

A fire that burned three hectares of forest land near Whyte Lake in West Vancouver in August appears to have been started by a makeshift oven, possibly used by a person or people living in the bush.
Squamish votes to ask provincial government to implement motor fuel tax

Squamish votes to ask provincial government to implement motor fuel tax

Regional governments plan to write a letter asking for the tax
Squamish police briefs

Squamish police briefs

Furry Creek Motorcycle accident. Laptop stolen. Probably just climbers. Mystery meat solved.