Much of the community’s business, political debates and gossip occurred around the pot-belly stove as residents waited for the mail to be sorted.

As the debate on niqab rages in the country, we talk to Squamish Muslims to know what niqab means in their home countries. Niqab is not compulsory in Islam. It is a cultural phenomenon that varies from country to country.

Despite health issues that limit her mobility, Susan Magnuson has been part of the food drive for the last four years for the sheer joy of it.

In the early 1950s, when the community decided to build its own hospital, the biggest challenge was to raise funds. How people came together in a rare cooperative spirit and accomplished the task can be a valuable lesson for today's Squamish.

After incinerating fire and black rain came years of scarcity and disease. Sachi Rummel, now a Squamish resident, survived it all.

Velaniskis’s new position ties directly to his education at Guelph, where he specialized in rural planning. With competing priorities of industrial, residential and agricultural land use, planning in rural communities offers unique challenges to planners.

Unemployment is down. Average discretionary income is up. We are buying new cars, and even more luxury cars. Crime is down. And more of us are biking and walking to work and using public transit. Should we crack open the bubbly or hold it yet?

Preparation for the annual Sikh Parade on Saturday, June 20, is an act of piety as people pitch in every way they can.

AT THE O’Brien Pet Foods and Supply store, you will find gecko lizards, goldfish, hamsters, ferrets, budgies and finches, along with all kinds of pet accessories and, of course, pet food. But there is something that isn’t for sale: Princess, the store’s African Grey parrot who endearingly walks up to you and tries to nibble on your shoes, especially if you are a guy.

The Taizé style of worship isn’t limited by age or geography. In churches across the world, members gather once or twice a month to worship God with chants, music, short prayers and silence. At St. John the Divine Anglican Church, they gather on the first Monday of each month for a Taizé service that takes 25 minutes