Squamish News

IT’S NOT clear exactly how much Woodfibre LNG will pay in taxes but we do know that the taxes the company will generate will be significant.

Woodfibre LNG has already low-balled us, and the government has shown how they respond. We cannot consider only short-term fiscal rewards of operations in Squamish. We must look at all costs. Tax is tax; we all pay the bill.

Squamish RCMP reported that there was a fake bomb threat call at the Ministry for Child and Family Development office on Hunter Place at approximately 1 p.m. this afternoon.

Will Ballard’s blue poppies bloom? Will Smyth see the passion flowers she planted three years ago? Tales of hope and persistence from local gardens.

Local artists say outsiders are welcome but they should also be involved.

There is a lot that a men’s centre can provide in Squamish, according to the man behind the initiative.

Howe has taken part in hundreds of search-and-rescue although he admits it’s easy to lose count when you have been giving back as a volunteer for almost three decades. And that is what got him started in SAR in the first place.

The annual report certainly makes it seem like we’re doing well. Although it doesn’t give itself a letter grade, it reads as if we’ve gotten an A, or even an A+!

THERE has been much hype over Quinoa (Keen-Wah) over the last couple years, and for good reason. Quinoa is one of the most amazing seeds around.

Sleeping in the same house, in the same bedroom, in the same bed, which is positioned in the same celestial spot since day one. Exciting I know, but bear with me.