Are You Thick Skinned ? Join the Brand Leadership Team
The district is looking for residents and business operators to join the Squamish Brand Leadership Team (BLT).
Hoping a Year will Soothe the Nerves
Mike Quesnel has set a difficult aim and he’s got a year to achieve it: Win the hearts and minds of those who oppose the skatebowl park.
Another Reason to Take the Gondola
Running aficionados will be able to take part in a new race amidst big alpine vistas, deep forests and spectacular rocky perches with the new gondola. The organisers of the Coast Mountain Trail Series have announced a new trail race in partnership with Sea to Sky gondola.
Our History: Remembering Alderman Alice Makowichuk
In the December 1969 elections, Alice Makowichuk topped the aldermanic polls – the first female elected to local government here since Jean McRae in 1948.
A Meeting Place for Ideas in Downtown Squamish
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.
Want to Give Back to Trails ? Buy a SORCA Trail Pass
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.
People You Can Lean On
Managed solely by community volunteers, the medical equipment loan program lends patients medical equipment for temporary use.
Murrin Park Loop Trail Becomes a Reality
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.
Hoping Language is a Bridge to Culture
For two days every week, the Sikh temple on Fifth Ave. rings out with the sounds of Punjabi alphabets as children learn the language their parents hope will keep them connected to their culture.
Squamish Artist Fran Solar Wins Niche Awards
In January 2014, Fran Solar was decorated as a Niche Awards winner — awards recognizing excellence in fine craft — for her ten-pound copper-woven sculpture “Pleated Vessel.”











