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.

In response to our story on the rockfall report, the District of Squamish has clarified that it did not pay for the controversial report.

A district-commissioned report riddled with sweeping claims, contradictions, and insufficient data downplays the risk of rockfall on the Chief mountain.

Squamish has been ranked 74 out of 209 best places to live in Canada, its overall rank rising by 59 spots. It was ranked 133 in 2014.

More rock scaling work will be done on the Stawamus Chief June 4 and 5, 2015 in the vicinity of the rock fall that occurred in the Angel’s Crest area.

Squamish is one among the top BC communities for Binge drinking, according to a new My Health, My Community survey conducted by Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health and UBC.

In a baby-boom town brimming with young families and kids, we explore lives of a few local twins—and of their parents.

Residents can recycle air-freshener cartridges, bottle caps, Swiffer packs and other "non-recyclable" home cleaning waste at the Squamish London Drugs.