Squamish News

This year, the council will focus on downtown as their top priority, launching quick win programs and eteching out a longer vision.

Eivind Tornes, the owner of Shady Tree, says the new water metering system being proposed is unfair and would hurt his business. District says it's one step towards more equitable water metering.

The Triack saga is set to take a positive turn after all, it seems. The council has agreed to help Dave McRae find an alternative site for his business.

Developer Doug Day is reviving plans for a nine-hole golf course on the southern side of Garibaldi Springs Golf Course.

The District of Squamish has settled a lawsuit with the owners of Marina Estate. The district was one of the defendants in the lawsuit that began two years ago.

As many as 22 movies were shot last year in Squamish, resulting in over $1.5 million in direct economic benefit to the community, the District of Squamish says.

By Christine CampbellPublished: Jan. 13, 2013   I know I was quite young at the time of the silver thaw

Nijjar has now joined a growing number of developers who are asking the district to extend their development permits, their dreams of condos and commercial offices postponed.

On Tuesday, Dec. 18, the council also authorized a secondary residence at another location on the same property. The second residence is allowed under RL-2, for which McCargar’s property is zoned.

But even as some business close down, there are others who are taking a leap of faith, and expanding. Some despite the economy; others because of it. And there are yet others who have expanded in the past, confident in the town’s future.