TAKE as many pictures as you want of Drake, Sam Smith or any of your favourite bands in the Squamish Valley Music Festival lineup — but just leave that selfie stick behind.

Despite the initial cultural shock, the family from Ontario is warming up to the mountains and abundance of nature all around.

WHEN I first moved to Canada back in 2005, I knew it wouldn’t be an easy road. Despite the fact that I've always had a subconscious desire to live in another country since I was a child, I knew I would miss my roots.

AT SOME some point you may have experienced some sort of discrimination; no matter what your gender, race, religion, partner preference or political beliefs.

IT’S NOT clear exactly how much Woodfibre LNG will pay in taxes but we do know that the taxes the company will generate will be significant.

Woodfibre LNG has already low-balled us, and the government has shown how they respond. We cannot consider only short-term fiscal rewards of operations in Squamish. We must look at all costs. Tax is tax; we all pay the bill.

Squamish RCMP reported that there was a fake bomb threat call at the Ministry for Child and Family Development office on Hunter Place at approximately 1 p.m. this afternoon.

Will Ballard’s blue poppies bloom? Will Smyth see the passion flowers she planted three years ago? Tales of hope and persistence from local gardens.

Local artists say outsiders are welcome but they should also be involved.

There is a lot that a men’s centre can provide in Squamish, according to the man behind the initiative.

Howe has taken part in hundreds of search-and-rescue although he admits it’s easy to lose count when you have been giving back as a volunteer for almost three decades. And that is what got him started in SAR in the first place.

The annual report certainly makes it seem like we’re doing well. Although it doesn’t give itself a letter grade, it reads as if we’ve gotten an A, or even an A+!

THERE has been much hype over Quinoa (Keen-Wah) over the last couple years, and for good reason. Quinoa is one of the most amazing seeds around.

Sleeping in the same house, in the same bedroom, in the same bed, which is positioned in the same celestial spot since day one. Exciting I know, but bear with me.

IT’S NO secret that I love dogs…and cats and pigs and horses and goats and cows and, really, all animals, but I especially love dogs — they have a special spot in my heart.

People want to move here but there’s a limit to what people can and are willing to afford and real estate is not the investment it was 20 years ago.

By Jason WoodPublished: July 10, 2015   MY WIFE and I were rowing a canoe around Salt Spring Island 11

The Virgin Mobile Presents Squamish Valley Music Festival will be searching for qualified candidates to fill a number of important paid employment positions for the second annual Job Fair on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Squamish Adventure Centre.

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.