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 Squamish FC suffers holiday hangover
The holiday season proved to be perhaps a little too jolly for Squamish FC, as the soccer club fell to Sarajevo FC by a score of 6-1 at Quest University field on Saturday (Jan. 8).In what was a battle between the two top teams in Division 2A of the
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 Eagle count totals just 627
Editor's note: Freelance writer Dawn Green joined the 25th annual Brackendale Winter Bald Eagle Count, covering the Baynes Island designated counting area on Sunday (Jan. 2), with a team led by count co-ordinator and District of Squamish Coun.
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 New year, old garbage
Gulliver's TravelsDirector: Rob LettermanCast: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily BluntRated: PGRunning time: 85 minutes
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 From the surreal to the sublime
The surrealist paintings of Bill Higginson and the colourful, beaded artistic designs of Jody Sparkes are featured at the Squamish Public Library's Foyer Gallery now through Jan. 31.A persistent surrealist painter, Higginson can't stop himself from
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 Hancock to speak this Sunday
Well-known biologist, conservationist and writer David Hancock will be the first speaker in the Brackendale Eagle Festival's Art of the Natural World speaker series this weekend.Based in the Lower Mainland, Hancock is known as a dynamic lecturer on
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 Do you speak my language?
Jag har alltid alskat sprak.If, like me, you don't speak a word of Swedish other than what you learned from that chef guy on the Muppet Show, then you didn't understand a word of that first sentence.Loosely translated into English, it says, 'I've
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 An example of what works
EDITOR,I left the area where I grew up for the same variety of reasons as other people. Recently I've been reading more about my old home and comparing it to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, where I live now.
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 In defence of teachers
EDITOR,I would like to say I disagree with some rather ignorant and offensive statements made by Mr. Phillip Trueman in his letter 'No Pay for
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 Sander: PIJHL all-stars' lone Wolf
Don't blame Konrad Sander for not being too excited about being named to the Pacific International Junior Hockey League's (PIJHL) all-star team.The leading scorer on the Squamish Wolf Pack simply wasn't aware that he had earned the honour.'To be
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 Dry spell in desert for Quest
Cacti, coyotes and the desert are not exactly three of the first things that come to mind when thinking about Christmas, but the Quest University Kermodes men's basketball team got its fair share of all three this holiday season.
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 Media in the spotlight
British Columbia journalists came under fire on two separate fronts this week in situations that, on their face, couldn't be more different. In both cases, though, the same principle
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 It's a boy! Squamish's first baby of 2011 welcomed
Neither Kayla Stillas nor her family was expecting to head to the hospital early Sunday (Jan. 2) for the birth of her third son, unofficially named Lucas Stillas. She wasn't due until between Jan. 14 and 20, but luckily her midwife was ready...
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 Transport modes need to diversify
According to the latest update on Squamish's transportation plan, a monorail isn't in the works, but a passenger ferry might be.Squamish's transit issues are numerous and complex and community development director Mick Gottardi has his work cut out
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 Japanese delegation visits Sea to Sky Corridor
The Sea to Sky Corridor's representative in Ottawa this week touted a visit by a delegation of Japanese legislators as a testament to the area's 'great potential for business, investment, tourism and student exchange.'The visit, part of the 17th
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In April 2010, Chief Administrative Officer Kevin Ramsay presented to District of Squamish council a document that he said reinvented the municipality's governing system.The Squamish Service Initiative (SSI) was meant to usher in a new era of
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 Squamish, Pemberton buses getting electronic fare boxes
Starting this month, transit passengers in Squamish and on the Squamish and Pemberton commuter services will use a new electronic system that officials say will improve fare security, reduce fare disputes and collect accurate ridership data.
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 Property values rose two per cent in 2010
Squamish residential property values rose nearly two per cent in 2010, bucking the Sea to Sky Corridor trend but lagging far behind the 12 per cent rise posted by those in Vancouver.The figures, which were available online at www.bcassessment.ca on
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