Squamish News

​FortisBC has received regulatory approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission to increase the cost of natural gas from August 1.

​District of Squamish will enforce a $500 fine per offence for those found flouting the district's short-term rental bylaw.

​The District of Squamish is hiring a full-time Bylaw and Animal Control Officer.​  

​The Squamish Chamber of Commerce has been awarded $56,000 from a new one-time Rural Community Development Grant to deliver Workforce Development and Business Sector Promotion programs.​ 

BC Parks has reduced parking at Alice Lake Park by 25 % to maintain physical distancing as part of its COVID-19 response.

The District of Squamish is not likely to construct or maintain a new rail crossing into the Squamish estuary, according to Gary Buxton, the general manager of community planning and infrastructure.

I miss the beauty of your landscape and your mountain views but mostly I miss your wonderful support system that you provided through raising a family, a fulfilling career and recreation for many years.  

The District of Squamish council is expected to give first and second reading to a rezoning application for a pod hotel on Tue​s​day, July 21.

​​Di​strict of Sq​​uamish staff have identified three unsurveyed Crown Land areas and one private land parcel east of Valleycliffe that the district wants to change zoning for.

​District of Squamish is planning to extend the camping ban to all of the district area, a year after it restricted camping in the Estuary and Mamquam Forest Service road areas.