It’s environmentally clean, but nothing can happen there unless there is a certificate of compliance from the Ministry of Environment, which can only come if there is an Oceanfront Park.

A local company, Coastal Mountain Custom (CMC) Homes, has won an award for a Built Green TM Renovation they completed in Hospital Hill in 2011.

By Graham Fuller Published: Oct. 27, 2012   As a Squamish resident and writer, Middle East specialist and former CIA

By Nate Dolha Published: Oct. 26, 2012   There is a much abused concept trotted out frequently at municipal hall:

Stan Clarke Park in downtown Squamish is now open to the public.

Conservation Officer relocated a bear last week after it was found persistently feeding on apple tree in Brackendale.

The Community Policing Office (CPO) will re-open on Cleveland Avenue in downtown Squamish after being closed since November 2010.

One of the most visited tourist spot in this town, the Eagle View dike, doesn’t even have a proper washroom. It was supposed to be built five years ago.

Second Tim Hortons is being planned in the lot opposite Husky gas station on Garibaldi Way.

Six school board trustees and the school superintendent would be leaving for San Diego next week to immerse themselves in the innovative education culture of High Tech High school.

Mary MacGregor is giving her gift, a quilt from her mother-in-law, to the Squamish Historical Society.

The Squamish Transit System will introduce a series of changes to Squamish routes and schedules effective October 22, 2012.

An enthusiastic crowd filled Squamish United Church on Saturday September 29for the 2nd annual “Unity in Diversity Dinner” hosted by Squamish Multifaith Association.

It looked like a secret military strategy with mysterious code names and numbers. But the terrifying grid of information that adorned the council chamber walls was the district’s land development application.

The conservation officer service has been forced to destroy 12 bears within the Squamish area since May.

MP John Weston’s recent ‘yes’ vote on a controversial motion to open discussion on human life was guided by a desire to review an aging legal definition, he said.

The district funding of local trails group enabled them to hire five people this summer to upgrade local trails.

District of Squamish has received $418,000 contribution from federal Gas Tax funds for Corridor Trail.

Chris Pettingill is the new president of the Squamish Chamber of Commerce. He was elected president by the chamber board on Tuesday.

District of Squamish has hired Christina Moore, a local resident and long-time communications practitioner, as communications manager.

Citing unfavourable market conditions, a steady stream of developers have approached the district to extend development permits.

Releasing the spur is one of district’s 2012 major projects, and it’s 10 per cent complete. The district is researching to determine whatcan be done with the closed spur line, said district spokesperson Kate O’ Connell.

In a span of a summer, local activists like Lee and Ray, along with Carolyn Morris, and Krystle tenBrink have brought new life to a barren empty lot in downtown Squamish.

Goodman, the president of Tri City Group of Companies, said he is busy analysing whether there would be any profit margin left if he went ahead.

The Squamish Farmers’ market is a significant economic player in the local economy, injecting over $1.8 million annually into the local economy, according to a recent study.