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A funny thing happened at the lake:

Spending the weekend at a Portuguese sailing regatta

I crossed into southern Portugal from Spain’s Rosal de la Frontera border and turned northwest to nearby Grande Lago Alqueva. In 2002, Portugal completed the 96-metre-high dam on the River Guadiana, creating Portugal’s largest artificial lake.…

Taking advantage of a hard reset

Every technologically adept person knows that 99 per cent of IT issues are solved by the good ol’ “turn it off, then turn it on again” trick. Sometimes you need to go a bit further by unplugging the device from its power source or wiping the hard drive’s memory altogether in order to get anywhere close to the device’s original state.…

Banding together: new music video showcases Sea to Sky corridor’s gratitude during pandemic

Local musicians, more than 150 community members take part in project

Heather Geluk had just moved to Squamish from Toronto and was settling in to her new community when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Quickly and unexpectedly, she found herself self-isolating at home.…

B.C. businesses can start re-opening Tuesday

B.C. businesses can start re-opening Tuesday as long as they do so with caution and have policies in place to protect staff and customers, provincial medical health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said May 16. “Businesses can start the process of re-opening,” Henry said.…

Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial approved: Trudeau

Dalhousie University’s Canadian Centre for Vaccinology to host trials

Health Canada has authorized COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials at Dalhousie University, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said May 16. The trials are part of work at the Halifax, Nova Scotia university’s Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Trudeau said speaking from Ottawa’s Rideau Cottage.…

Canada Child Benefit giving extra $300, program to expand in July

$6,765 per child under age 6 and $5,708 per child aged 6 through 17.

“Whether it’s used for groceries, new clothes, or at home activities, this extra support will make things easier on them as they deal with regular everyday expenses and the extra challenges caused by COVID-19,” Trudeau said, speaking from Ottawa’s Rideau Cottage. Trudeau said the additional tax-free support would assist families with food, clothes, and activities expenses.…

Giving birth in Squamish during COVID-19 — and a baby boom

Five babies born on Mother’s Day at Squamish Hospital; 35 expected by end of the month

As if being pregnant and in labour during COVID-19 wasn’t enough, Micaela Giuffre wasn’t sure she was going to make it to Squamish General Hospital to deliver her second child on Mother’s Day night. In fact, as her husband Geoff Patterson drove them down the Sea to Sky Highway from Pemberton, the pair debated pulling over at Brohm Lake for her to birth the child in the truck.…

Ferry service between Horseshoe Bay, Departure Bay to resume June 3

Expect four round trips per day instead of the usual eight

B.C. Ferries is planning to resume service between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay starting on June 3. There will be four round trips per day instead of the usual eight.…

Home and the deranged (plus Quarantino 8)

If there’s one thing most of us know a lot about these days, it’s home. And since we all signed up (and probably forgot to cancel) those trial Apple TV+ accounts to watch Beastie Boys Story a couple weeks ago, it’s a good time to check out Home, an Apple series dedicated to cool architecture, innovative design, and the sense of what gives a space a soul.…

Biodiversity: Playing the long game

Back in 2015, federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with input from other stakeholder groups, collaborated on producing 2020 Biodiversity Goals and Targets for Canada in response to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its global Aichi Biodiversity Targets (Aichi being the Japanese town where these were conceived in 2010). Canada’s four goals comprise 19 targets that reflect both the particular context and priorities for biodiversity conservation here, as well as ways we can contribute to the global effort.…

Researchers unveil details of Mount Meager field studies

‘Very preliminary’ results released on geothermal energy potential

More than 80 people logged into a Zoom open house last Thursday, May 7, to learn more about field work that took place last summer exploring the geothermal energy potential on Mount Meager. “If we seem a little bit nervous or maybe a little bit excited—or perhaps a little of both—this afternoon, please bear with us,” said Richard Truman, director of external relations at Geoscience BC.…

WorkSafe BC issues COVID-19 guidelines as businesses ready to reopen

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s workplace safety agency has released new guidelines as businesses across the province get set to reopen. WorkSafe BC’s guidelines cover sectors ranging from restaurants to office space.…

Surge in digital health care from doctor consultation to prescriptions

Pandemic shows patients, physicians ready to embrace online health

As COVID-19 shifts the way people connect with the health care system, patients, doctors and pharmacists could be seeing each other differently in the future. Literally.…

Canada-wide warrant issued for Nanaimo man

Nanaimo RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating Peter Ludvigson, a 45-year-old Nanaimo man who is the subject of a Canada-wide warrant. Ludvigson is wanted for parole violations after serving time for such offences as break-and-enter, trespassing by night and theft.…

Sea to Sky Gondola announces reopening for passholders and their guests on May 22

The gondola will be undergoing a two-phased reopening process

As COVID-19 restrictions begin to loosen, the Sea to Sky Gondola has announced it is reopening on May 22 for annual passholders and their guests. It’s the second time in less than a year the gondola has had to close and reopen.…