Squamish News
Brackendale Property Owner to Sue District
A Brackendale property owner is planning to take the province and the District of Squamish to the court for what he claims is unlawful and discriminatory decision that has cost him millions of dollars.
Here’s Some Food For Thought
The Squamish Food Swap and Share group connects community members and enables them to share, swap, or simply give away food that would have otherwise gone to waste.
Three Local Schools to Get Traffic Beacons
DISTRICT of Squamish will spend $41,496 in installing six sets of pedestrian crosswalk beacons at local schools.
Bylaw Change Allows Food Trucks on District Land
Recent changes to the bylaw now allow mobile food trucks to operate on district land while earlier operators such as Shard could only operate on private land. Now, operators will be allowed on district land including roads and parking spaces.
CN and District Install Decals to Promote Safety
THE District of Squamish and CN have worked together to improve rail safety awareness and placed 28 bright-yellow thermal decals at nine at-grade rail crossings throughout the community.
The Politics of LNG
The conditional federal approval of Woodfibre LNG shows the role of ideology and realism in politics.
Where Are You When You’re in the Middle of Nature?
The modern independent individual is a big lie. We are never independent—when we are independent of society or family we are dependent on something else.
District Updates Eight-year-old Green Mapping
DISTRICT of Squamish has embarked on an environmental mapping project, creating a better index of forests, watercourses, wetlands, species and other sensitive eco systems in town.
15 Per Cent Real Estate Tax: Seven Scenarios for Squamish
1. Vancouver buyers unable to buy in Squamish If foreign buyers in Vancouver or the North Shore lose interest in
District Issues Campfire Ban
Effective Wednesday, August 17 at 12 p.m., Squamish Fire Rescue has issued a campfire ban within the District of Squamish boundaries.