Squamish News

Squamish Valley Music Festival brought thousands of music lovers to town and boosted local business. But it wasn’t the win-win most believe it to be, at least not for the organizers who claim they lost money on the event.

Some ideas are just worth spreading, and TEDx Squamish: Radical Shift will provide the platform for that kind of intelligent exchange on Nov. 2 at Quest University.

In an interview with the Reporter, Jayson Faulkner, the General Manager of the Sea to Sky Gondola, talks about how the gondola will change the perception of Squamish, making the town a destination in itself.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is encouraging people to arm themselves against this year’s flu season by getting vaccinated.

Local and provincial governments have poured hundreds of thousands into it. Yet, seven years and $1.4 million later, the Corridor Trail has a key links missing for its completion.

Squamish Oceanfront Development Corporation has chosen Matthews Southwest Developments (MSW), and Bethel Lands Corporation (Bethel) as developers for the Oceanfront lands, but financial details have yet to be negotiated.

Five local non-profits were awarded grants worth $10,000 by the Squamish Community Foundation at the Squamish Adventure Centre on Oct. 10.

Eduardo Torres, a new resident of Squamish, is starting a 21-seater commuter van from downtown Squamish to downtown Vancouver.

While the Straight would protect Squamish from a major Tsunami, an earthquake inside the gerogia basin could generate some local tsunamis, says a UNB researcher.

In 2008, a tugboat named La Lumiere sank at a dock in Britannia Beach, spilling close to 1,000 litres of diesel fuel. Five years later, they are still fighting over who owned the vessel.