In the December 1969 elections, Alice Makowichuk topped the aldermanic polls – the first female elected to local government here since Jean McRae in 1948.

Sea to Sky Gondola is holding its first annual Job Fair at the Executive Inn in Squamish on April 4th and 5th, 2014.

Dave Crewson and Mario Gomes have created Startup Squamish, a place where entrepreneurs can share ideas and information, and find the support they need to transmute passion into action.

When the utility bill makes its way to the Squamish Seniors Housing Society, Laura Modray will receive it with a sense of relief and curious anticipation. This year, Modray knows the bill wouldn’t be as bad as it has been for years because of the new water meters at the housing complex.

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists (APEG) have started a bursary in honour of the late Squamish geologist Frank Baumann.

A Ring Creek home owner faces $35,000 in cleanup bills after a hoarder converted her property on Ring Creek Road into a fortress of garbage. The home owner says most of it came from the Squamish landfill, and with the active help of the landfill staff.

You don’t go to this gym; you just stumble upon this hidden gem installed behind the Brennan Park Recreation Centre. And you may not have stretched a muscle on it, the same can’t be said about your wallet.

Squamish Off-road Cycling Association (SORCA) is offering riders — specifically those from out of town — the opportunity to donate $15 and receive a trail pass to pay for materials and wages for some local professional trail-builders.

Personally I am agnostic about drive-thrus. But below I have collected a few of the common arguments against them for the purposes of offering an opposing viewpoint for balance.

By Craig CherletPublished: March 13, 2014   It’s been nearly 30 years since the inaugural TED conference in 1984, a conference

With Training Innovation's Encore Program and the support of local businesses, mature workers learn new skills that help them re-enter the economy.

Garibaldi at Squamish proponents have asked for a one-year extension for the environmental assessment process, asking the EAO to extend the deadline to submit supplemental information to June 2015.

It can take as many as 10 days, sometimes two weeks, to receive the call bookworms eagerly await: Your inter-library loan book has arrived. Now, council has approved a budget cut that will further delay that call.

In 2007, District of Squamish staff logged 12,988 hours of overtime, but that number has been on a downward slide since.

Managed solely by community volunteers, the medical equipment loan program lends patients medical equipment for temporary use.

Numerous plans, visions and reports along with the OCP sit on the shelves at our municipal hall yet none of them seem to present the top cover of the puzzle box as the guide.

An LNG plant in our community holds the promise of high paying jobs and large municipal tax payments without many of the drawbacks of the former heavy industry tenants of Howe Sound.

In an interview with Gagandeep Ghuman, the general manager of financial services Joanne Greenlees talks about expenses, reserves, debt and the challenge of drafting a budget that balances service expectations and tax increases.

For the past two years, countless volunteers have worked on creating a new trail at Murrin Lake Park. It's expected to open officially in June.

A 54-year-old male Squamish resident who was found unconscious following a fight on early Sunday morning outside the local pub in Valleycliffe has died.

Affordable housing is actually quite prevalent on the free market locally and has been a growth trend I have been financing for more than 10 years.

This International Women’s Day, challenge yourself to not only be the change, but to inspire the change you want to see in the world.

Police have spoken to a person of interest in the aggravated assault incident that left a Squamish man in hospital with serious injuries.

An understaffed RCMP has removed the only police officer working as a school liaison officer in town. RCMP and council both agree the position is important, but haven’t always agreed on how to make it work.

Issues around dogs are by far the most frequently reported bylaw violation (368 complaints) in the district for the year ending November 1, 2013.