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The cleanest fuel for the dirtiest engines? You decide

Do you own a small engine? Do you know what small engine emissions do to your health and the environment? Do you know why small engines pollute so much? Are you tired of your small engine equipment having starting...

Squamish Days Celebrates 52 Years

Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival is one of the biggest events in the Sea to Sky Corridor. From Friday, July 31st through Sunday, August 2nd its non‐stop entertainment. Just over a year ago Squamish Days event organizers were rushing to finalize festival preparations in...

Jodi Henrickson Missing: Teen Wall of Silence Plagues Police

Jodi Henrickson has been missing for nearly two weeks.  The 17-year old Squamish girl went missing June 20, 2009 from Bowen Island where she had gone to visit “friends.”  Her family reported her missing on June 24, 2009 when she did not return home from Bowen...

Maureen Espinosa Saves Daughter Maya, Three, from Cougar Attack

Maureen Espinosa saved her three-year-old daughter, Maya, from a cougar attack in Squamish, British Columbia, on June 16. The mother and daughter were picking salmonberries near their home in Brackendale, when a cougar lunged toward Maya. According to Espinosa, the cougar...

One Free Reusable Shopping Bag to Every Home in Squamish

Greener Footprints, a local non-profit society, will be launching its Kick Your Bag Habit Squamish Farmers Market downtown Squamish. The launch marks the start of a month-long promotion to help people to reduce disposable plastic bag use and ease the transition to a more...

More artists participating in ArtWalk, Squamish, BC

Here are more of the 32 artists who will be participating during ArtWalk the annual self-guided studio and gallery tour. Over 2,000 people are expected to turn out for this two day event spread over 20 venues,...

Gearing up for VISUALS' ArtWalk Squamish Valley

34 artists in the Squamish Valley are busy getting geared up for ArtWalk, the annual Studio and Gallery Tour, held the third weekend each September. The event was voted best art event last year by readers of the...

Countdown to ArtWalk Squamish Valley

ArtWalk is VISUALS' showcase weekend event, held every September 20 and 21. Enjoy meeting the artists in their studios and be inspired by their talents. Delight in discovering the rich and diverse displays by...

Massive Rock Slide Closes B.C.'s Sea to Sky Highway

A large rock slide occurred Tuesday evening on the Sea to Sky Highway and the road will be closed for at least 24 hours while the debris is being cleared. See additional NowPublic coverage from member Barbara...

Trouble at Ashlu River (Movie Review)

In October, I was at the Planet in Focus Film Festival in Toronto for a screening of my film You Never Bike Alone. One of the other British Columbian films that I caught there was 49 Megawatts. Bryan Smith is a kayaker who discovered that a dam was going to be built on one...

"RECORD CROWDS FOR 50TH YEAR OF THE LOGGER SPORTS"

The world championship logger sports celebrates 50 years of amazing fans and families. Loggers for all over the world converged on squamish BC this weekend to compete for over fifty thousand dollars in prize...

" WHAT A SHOW WITH NEAR RECORD CROWDS "

Squamish logger sports started off there two day event with the novice event at the AL McIntosh logger sports grounds in squamish,B.C on Saturday Aug 04. The show continues on Aug 05 with the intermediate show...

LOGGER SPORTS CELEBRATES 50 YRS

Squamish days logger sports is 5 days of fun , excitement , magic aimed at the entire family young and old. It starts with bed races on Friday, activities in and around the town of squamish on Saturday...

LOGGER SPORTS CELEBRATES 50 YRS

Squamish days logger sports is 5 days of fun , excitement , magic aimed at the entire family young and old. It starts with bed races on Friday, activities in and around the town of squamish on Saturday with the intermediate & novice logger sports at 1:30 sharp and...

Squamish Nation To Put 13 Billboards Near Lion's Gate Bridge

This is such a strange issue. On one hand everyone thinks billboards are so nasty, and besides that they are typically operated by these giant right wing companies like Clearchannel so nobody wants to support...

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