Squamish News

With the right investors from the community, Squamish may soon be home to eight new businesses that will reflect that triple bottom line of people, profit and the planet. Colleen Myers is planning to start a food co-op.

Angela Rivers is taking the Ride to Conquer Cancer challenge on June 14 because cancer has deeply affected both her professional and personal lives.

Branding committee members defended the branding process and urged the community to stand behind it.

District of Squamish has won a national award for its recently launched Customer Service Program from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA).

Compared over six years, in a four month period, home sales have almost tripled. Local realtors estimate about 30 per cent of new Squamishers are moving to town from Lower Mainland and other parts of Canada.

By Auli ParviainenPublished: June 6, 2014   Locally in Squamish, LNG is quickly becoming a divisive issue with the battle

By Nate DolhaPublished: June 7, 2014   While folks continue to beat each other up over the proposed LNG facility

In an interview with Gagandeep Ghuman, Finn says heavy industry like Woodfibre LNG threatens the environment and the town's emerging tourism-based economy.

Local lakes such as Cat Lake, Brohm Lake and Alice Lake have yielded close to 1300 pounds of garbage, which the Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans will try to recycle as much as they can.

District of Squamish has appointed 13 community members to the community committee to help staff assess the proposed Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.