Squamish News

Squamish Nation members from North Vancouver to Lillooet and beyond are going to the polls Dec.

A proposed electronic billboard at the Burrard Bridge, one of six planned by the Squamish First Nation in the region.

Chances Gaming Centre: Doorway to heaven, or gateway to hell? Any day now some enterprising teacher will assign that essay question to an unsuspecting class.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta.- Canadian alpine skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis was the surprise winner at Lake Louise, Alberta, capturing the season-opening super-G race Sunday.

Officials with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympics Organizing Committee are inviting Sea to Sky corridor residents to attend one of three upcoming meetings to learn more about life during the Games.

Music fans dance to the music at the Pemberton Festival in 2008. Members of the Pemberton Valley Utilities and Services Committee are still working to ensure that all the pieces are in place to facilitate the return of the festival in 2010, despite concerns that time may be getting short on ironing out details.

B.C. Hydro has scratched Run of River Power Inc'.s plans to put small dams and turbines on eight streams in the area north of Pitt Lake.

Without the vision of the Sechelt Indian Band 47 years ago, it's doubtful that St.

Earn the title of salmon royalty, participate in stream side planting or just watch countless salmon swim upstream to spawn at the 2009 Squamish Salmon Festival this Sunday .

Shaun Richard Funk, 35, was arrested by Regina police late Wednesday night. Regina police have arrested a man facing sexual assault charges in British Columbia.

British Columbia's transportation minister says the future of one of Canada's smallest railways is under review.

Local resident John Buchanan travels the newly-built Centennial Way underpass in a canoe as heavy rains cause flooding Monday .

Police warn that Shaun Richard Funk, 35, is considered to pose a high risk to public safety and should not be approached.

The association representing small B.C. airlines and flying schools wants Ottawa to compensate them for disruptions caused by air security restrictions during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

On Nov. 7 at 1:16 a.m., a member on patrol observed a black GMC pick up speeding eastbound on Garibaldi Way, the vehicle was stopped and the 39-year-old male driver showed signs of impairment and blew a 'fail' on the roadside screening device.

Dignitaries and employees cut a ribbon in celebration of the Service Canada grand opening in downtown Squamish Monday .

VANCOUVER a ' Heavy rains deluging British Columbiaa TMs south coast and parts of Vancouver Island have prompted the provincial Environment Ministry to warn residents to be on the lookout for flooding along the regiona TMs rivers.

W arnings of flooding, landslides and possible fatalities have been issued across British Columbia's south coast as more than 300 millimetres of rain is predicted through Tuesday -- almost twice the average monthly downpour for November.

Parts of BC's South Coast are now under a flood watch. Environment Minister Barry Penner says heavy rain and higher temperatures over the next few days will hit recent mountain snowfall and combine to make river levels rise.

The Member of Parliament for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country is elated at the decision to situate a Service Canada office in Squamish and feels he's helped shorten the distance between his riding and the federal government.