The B.C. government is investing $5.4-million on safety and mobility upgrades for the Sea-to-Sky Highway from Lions Bay to Pemberton, happening this summer and fall 2016.

There is a seemingly innocuous element on Highway 99 that can cause serious injury and even death — the lack of concrete barriers that divide the Highway 99.

Coun. Susan Chappelle brought forward the motion asking the Mayor write a letter to Whistler council to discuss reinstating the regional transit between the two communities.

Conservative candidate John Weston says service to community and country is deeply rooted in his family history.

Working on the farm during his childhood in the prairies, Larry Koopman of NDP saw in daily practice the ideals of social justice and direct community action.

The maverick Ken Melamed of Green Party was the only Whistler councillor to oppose the hosting of the Olympics

The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has issued a Wildfire Smoke Advisory for the Sea-to-Sky Corridor and surrounding areas because of forest fire smoke that is affecting areas from Howe Sound through Squamish and Whistler to Pemberton and surrounding areas. Above, a picture posted by Squamish Shell on their FB page.

The 40-kilometre marine trail spans Howe Sound -- from Horseshoe Bay to Squamish to Gibsons -- and includes campsites in Porteau Cove, Halkett Bay and Plumper Cove provincial parks along with six new provincial marine recreation sites.

The signs, which are to be installed at the northbound lane near the Cleveland Avenue intersection as well as at the southbound lane near the Mamquam River Bridge, are expected to help mitigate vehicle-wildlife collisions along Highway 99 and protect the local elk population.

The Centre for Sustainability is launching a new Social Venture Challenge (SVC), a new program to support entrepreneurs in the Squamish-Lillooet / Sea to Sky region to develop new business initiatives that have community benefits.