Squamish News

Squamish Historical Society has announced that BC Heritage Fairs Society has selected Squamish as the host location for the 2018 Provincial Heritage Fair. Approximately 60 students from around the province will gather together in Squamish from July 5th to July 9th.

The District of Squamish is looking for feedback on these, and other high level topic areas to help inform decision-making around the 2018 to 2022 Five Year Financial Plan.

The District of Squamish has bought a new snow removal machine, a heavy duty, narrow (around 48” wide) machine that can easily fit on trails and sidewalks.

Paradise Valley and Squamish Valley traffic will encounter delays on Thursday, November 16, 2017 due to urgent CN rail maintenance just south of the Cheakamus River bridge at mile 46.9 on the Squamish Valley Road.

Backcountry Brewing of Squamish won numerous awards in some of the mostly hotly contested categories at BC Beer Awards.

The District of Squamish and its partners Squamish Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Squamish are the recipients of provincial funding to support local economic development initiatives.

The cougar was spotted on Montrose Way and also on Jura Crescent heading towards Perth Drive.

Squamish RCMP were called to the area to investigate a report of a suspicious male who had allegedly approached a 10 year old girl, on a trail at the end of Clark Drive.

The most recent real estate report for Squamish shows that an average detached house costs $970,100, an average townhouse $669,400, and an average condo $445,800. These are year over year price increases of 19.5 per cent, 10.4 per cent, and 31 per cent respectively – pretty crazy.

Garibaldi Estate resident Kaija Belfry Munroe wants the district to consider funding a Dynamo Apollo Spinner as part of the phase 2 expansion of the park.