The Scott Crescent development is finally moving ahead despite concerns by Hospital Hill residents about traffic and unsustainable density in the neighbourhood.

When you are running a private for profit business, decisions need to be made based on financial prudence, effective risk management and an understanding of future cash flow and profits.

Recently Coun. Raiser argued in a recent interview with the Reporter that councillors should probably take home close to $34,000 a year for their work, the idea being that increasing pay attracts more and better candidates.

Elections Canada reports that since the 90s we have gone from 70 per cent down to 61 per cent in the most recent federal election.

Routine testing for HIV at Squamish General Hospital and in Squamish-area physician offices will be offered from October 29. Tests will be offered when other blood tests are ordered for a patient.

Clasina van Bemmel, a first-time developer who plans to build a spiritual centre in downtown Squamish, donated $140,865 to the Howe Sound Women’s Centre to support housing for women and children fleeing abuse.

Woodfibre LNG provided me with some of their own projections into wages and tax contributions to the local economy (and no, I’m not on the payroll, so we can skip the drama).

A while back I was told off in an online comment forum. Why are you guys at the Reporter so hard on Council? Why all the negativity? Why can’t you just be positive and supportive instead of nitpicking everything? My answer was: because that’s our main job.

Woodfibre LNG claims the use of electric drive will enable the plant to be among the LNG facilities with the lowest GHG emissions in the world.

Coun. Ted Prior ran in 2009 on the promise of a renewed waterfront, diking, economic development, and better governance. He speaks about his first stint as a councillor and shares his views on SODC, LNG, and other issues.

Our Pemberton Avenue was first a Magee ranch dyke built along a line separating his Lot 486 from Squamish Island Indian Reserve to the north.

BC Timber Sales will reduce by one-third the harvestable area at the Squamish Chief to address visual and recreational concerns. The proposed logging is in the Upper Oleson Creek area located behind the Stawamus Chief in Squamish.

Scott Wengi, a golf professional employed at the Squamish Valley Golf Course, announced his bid for Squamish council today.

Auli Parviainen has announed her bid to run for mayor in the upcoming local elections on Nov. 15.

Since the closure of Woodfibre mill in 2006 many in Squamish have bemoaned the loss of industrial tax revenues and well-paying jobs. With eyes firmly planted in the past resource-industry glory it is easy to miss the fundamental economic shift taking place now and into the future.

No other tourism venture has taken our town to such soaring heights as the Sea to Sky Gondola. It has brought generous and positive press attention to Squamish, and has emboldened locals to think of themselves as a tourism destination in itself, not just a pit stop on the way to Whistler. Gagandeep Ghuman spoke to Trevor Dunn about the public response to the gondola and plans for the future.

As the air gets crisper and the sun starts to set earlier. The short days mean less daylight hours to play outside, however, there are still many incredible adventures to experience in Squamish. We compiled this list of the best fall adventures for you and your family to enjoy rain or shine.

More than 50 volunteers visited some 4,564 homes and collected more than 8,200 pounds of non-perishable food for the Squamish Food Bank as part of the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive.

A BC Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of Bank of Montreal (BMO) and ordered the Aqua developer to pay the bank $24 million, as well as interest owing from March 2013.

Her family has made peace with the fact that they won’t see Jodi Henrickson ever again, but a question gnaws at them every day: What happened to her?

FortisBC plans to construct a new natural gas pipeline that will course its way from Coquitlam through Squamish to the LNG site. The construction will start in 2016, and the project is expected to cost Fortis $350 million.

Stephen Fryer, a Squamisher by birth and a vice-president of Squamish Minor Hockey, announced his bid for Squamish council.

For the world that walks through it and stops to admire, Lily’s Garden is well-maintained public park run by the District of Squamish. For Ruth Fenton--and her 11 siblings-- it’s a passage to childhood and to memories of mom, Lily Carson, the woman whose name the garden has immortalized.

The BC LNG industry will add to the GHG emissions, spur fracking, and worsen global climate change, but even the economic arguments for it isn’t sound, said Sean Lumb, a member of My Sea to Sky.

It won’t be so much fun, but hold my hand dear reader and let’s go down the SODC rabbit hole. What are we getting into, you ask? A deep doodo of $11.5 million debt.