Squamish News

Ridership in Squamish has seen a 3.9 per cent increase since BC Transit improved and added new bus services, a provincial transit official said.

In the December 1969 elections, Alice Makowichuk topped the aldermanic polls – the first female elected to local government here since Jean McRae in 1948.

Sea to Sky Gondola is holding its first annual Job Fair at the Executive Inn in Squamish on April 4th and 5th, 2014.

Dave Crewson and Mario Gomes have created Startup Squamish, a place where entrepreneurs can share ideas and information, and find the support they need to transmute passion into action.

When the utility bill makes its way to the Squamish Seniors Housing Society, Laura Modray will receive it with a sense of relief and curious anticipation. This year, Modray knows the bill wouldn’t be as bad as it has been for years because of the new water meters at the housing complex.

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists (APEG) have started a bursary in honour of the late Squamish geologist Frank Baumann.

A Ring Creek home owner faces $35,000 in cleanup bills after a hoarder converted her property on Ring Creek Road into a fortress of garbage. The home owner says most of it came from the Squamish landfill, and with the active help of the landfill staff.

You don’t go to this gym; you just stumble upon this hidden gem installed behind the Brennan Park Recreation Centre. And you may not have stretched a muscle on it, the same can’t be said about your wallet.

Squamish Off-road Cycling Association (SORCA) is offering riders — specifically those from out of town — the opportunity to donate $15 and receive a trail pass to pay for materials and wages for some local professional trail-builders.

Personally I am agnostic about drive-thrus. But below I have collected a few of the common arguments against them for the purposes of offering an opposing viewpoint for balance.