B.C. government funding is now available to support local food producers by encouraging British Columbians to shop for food produced in their own communities.

Visa Canada is planning to increase the fees it charges to process credit card purchases by one-third by next April, a decision that is expected to be burden small and big businsses struggling with an economic downturn.

Sea to Sky MLA Joan McIntyre billed $14,839 in travel expenses to the provincial tax payers between April and September this year.

A Waterfront walkway, a community centre, and a pedestrian bridge from Rose Park to the Spit are just some of the community amenities Kingswood might bring to the table, if they came with a development application at all.

  By Gagandeep Ghuman Published: Oct. 19, 2012 It’s been talked about, discussed, and vigorously debated, but Squamish still lacks

Local Handyman Gian Mameli was honoured with a Medal of Bravery for trying to save a man from a burning truck in Richmond.

The proponent of a planned retreat facility in Brittania Beach says it could take up to two more years before construction begins on the project.

With doors opened wide, patrons of all ages corralled into Thor Froslev’s cozy fireplace lit gallery to behold the talents of the regionally named Sea ‘T’ Sky Big Band.

The Squamish Public Library is inviting local writers to join National Novel Writing Month, the world’s largest writing challenge.

By Adam Hart Published: Nov. 3, 2012 The other day I was sitting at my desk starting my morning like

A public fitness centre and a physiotherapy clinic at the Brennan Park Recreation Centre, rebranding the seniors centre as the community centre, and relocating the equestrian centre.

District of Squamish will remove six trees near the Brennan Park Recreation Centre to prevent any further building damage as the trees grow larger.

Spartan Race organisers will be making a donation to the Squamish Trails Society to compensate for the damage the race did to a mossy area in the Smoke Bluffs Park.

In the next few days, Kingswood will be gingerly approaching the district to make enquiries from the planning department.

A lower mainland real estate agent, Dwayne Engelsman is proposing a five lot duplex subdivision on Wilson Cres. in Dentville.

District of Squamish is looking to spend some money on holiday lights along Cleveland Ave.

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.