Is Coun. Patricia Heintzman a populist politician who wants to appease potential voters? Or is she sincerely trying to gauge public opinion on a deeply contentious issue? The answer depends on what you believe about Woodfibre LNG, a project that has polarized the community, and may well become the swing issue in the November municipal election.

An increase in wages, staff increments for better performance and hiring of four full-time employees (FTE) added $1.2 million to overall staff compensation at the District of Squamish in 2013.

MP John Weston has expressed his disapproval of the recent motion passed by West Vancouver council to ban the passage of LNG tankers in the Howe Sound.

Kelly Jian’s greased hands have fixed logging trucks, cranes and CATs every day for the last 20 years. But there is something even his rugged hands can’t fix: Zoning.

The carnivalesque protest met the humourless state once again on Tuesday, July 15 as members of the My Sea to Sky made their presentations to the Squamish council.

The district is keeping quiet on what it may cost to create a commercial truck route for industry such as the Squamish terminals.

Last month, the District of Squamish appointed 13 community members to help staff assess the proposed Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project. The district recently updated its website to reveal a fuller view of who the people behind the LNG committee are.

It’s been almost a month since Steen Larsen promised the boat would be removed, but it remains in Squamish, casting an ominous shadow on the Howe Sound.

With the right investors from the community, Squamish may soon be home to eight new businesses that will reflect that triple bottom line of people, profit and the planet. Colleen Myers is planning to start a food co-op.

Branding committee members defended the branding process and urged the community to stand behind it.