Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is urging Sea to Sky residents to take precautions due to poor air quality resulting from local wildfires. Air quality in Whistler and Pemberton slightly improved overnight but the air quality in Squamish is now worse.

Due to elevated wildfire activity in British Columbia, the province confirmed that 70 personnel will be arriving from Ontario to assist with B.C.’s firefighting efforts. Photo: Global BC

The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has issued a Wildfire Smoke Advisory for the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and surrounding areas because of forest fire smoke that is affecting areas from Howe Sound through Squamish and Whistler to Pemberton and surrounding areas. Above, a picture posted by Squamish Shell on their FB page.

Unemployment is down. Average discretionary income is up. We are buying new cars, and even more luxury cars. Crime is down. And more of us are biking and walking to work and using public transit. Should we crack open the bubbly or hold it yet?

IN 1998, the original resort plan was supported by 90 per cent of the community of Squamish and by 85 per cent of the community of Whistler as presented in a Marketed Independent Research Study conducted in April 2002 in which the original 8,000 acre project site was enlarged to 12,000 acres.

I wasn't too worried about the actual shaving of my hair, as it was something I had planned to do 17 years ago when I was going to be ordained as a Buddhist nun in Thailand.

WE LIVE in an endemic region for Lyme disease according to Health Canada. The International Lyme and Associated Disease Society says that Endemic areas have closer to 50 per cent of ticks carrying the disease. This differs substantially from the 1 per cent that the suggested by the Center for Disease Control.

A LITTLE while back, as we were getting ready to offer a series of music-healing concert abroad, my fiancé & I were gifted T-shirts with the inscription ‘Silence is luxurious’.

Want this new family in Squamish to get excited? Just talk to them about mountain biking.

Garibaldi at Squamish: three little words that have been the dream of some, and the nightmare of others, for more than 30 years. The Brohm ridge proposal for 23 ski lifts, 124 ski trails, several village centres, and 20 000 units of hotel and housing pits billionaire development companies Northland Properties and Aguilini Investment Group against concerned citizens and existing stakeholders.

When asked my advice, I recant, “Choice, Chance, Change.” Make a choice to take a chance, or your life will never change. With that advice, I hand them my recruiter’s business card, share employment opportunities and offer to help spiff up their résumés.

More tech jobs are opening up in Squamish and as companies either relocate their operations to Howe Sound, existing small

District has cancelled Canada Day fireworks on July 1 due to the high fire risk. The issuance of current backyard campfire permits is suspended until further notice.

Preparation for the annual Sikh Parade on Saturday, June 20, is an act of piety as people pitch in every way they can.

AT THE O’Brien Pet Foods and Supply store, you will find gecko lizards, goldfish, hamsters, ferrets, budgies and finches, along with all kinds of pet accessories and, of course, pet food. But there is something that isn’t for sale: Princess, the store’s African Grey parrot who endearingly walks up to you and tries to nibble on your shoes, especially if you are a guy.

The test is not the most technical race course, nor the hardest but it is just a great day out with 800 of your closest bike friends, says Test of Metal director Cliff Miller in this special interview with Paula de Jong.

BILL Stoner has been in Squamish for only a few months but his new job has placed him in the thick of Squamish action during a major event.

As a result of the Elaho Valley wildfire, the Air Quality Health Index is currently indicating that air quality in Squamish is 9 or “high health risk”.

The 40-kilometre marine trail spans Howe Sound -- from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish to Gibsons -- and includes campsites in Porteau Cove, Halkett Bay and Plumper Cove provincial parks along with six new provincial marine recreation sites.

Reports from the Wildfire Management Branch indicate that the fire at Elaho Valley is approximately 15 to 20 hectares in size, and appears to have been human caused.

AS MENTAL Health week dwindles to an end, my friends on social media are still asking others to share a post on how life isn’t easy. It suggests that many of us are living with issues that can cause mental health challenges in one form or another.

Squamish will take the lead in celebrating the inaugural International Day of Yoga on the Summer Solstice at Stan Clarke Park from 9 to 11 am. The event will be organised by the Chopra Wellness and Addiction Centre.

Here is a once in a life time opportunity to own one of Squamish's most iconic established business. The Brackendale Art Gallery has been listed for sale for $2.7 million by local realtor,Tara Hunter.

The District of Squamish has released its 2014 annual report highlighting the work of council and staff in 2014.

John Howe from Squamish Search and Rescue was awarded the 2015 SAR Volunteer of the Year Award for his long time involvement in West Vancouver – Sea to Sky and his outstanding contribution in managing the April 2014 rescue of Christine Newman, who was resuscitated after being found unconscious in deep snow in a tree well.