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Garibaldi at Squamish asks to be included in District boundaries

Squamish Nation representatives repeat support for the project

Garibaldi at Squamish has asked if Squamish wants in on its project. The company has formally asked the District to examine the impacts of extending its boundaries to include the project, which has become a lightning rod for debate on development and environmental impact among locals.…

Madsen third at Xterra Victoria

Local triathlete podiums after recent heart procedure

Whistler triathlete Karsten Madsen acknowledged he wasn’t initially satisfied with his third-place finish at the Xterra Victoria race on July 7. After all, he’d won the event in 2016 and 2017.…

First Nations take Trans Mountain approval back to the courts

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is launching another legal challenge to Canada’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The nation’s leadership, joined by the Squamish Nation and four other First Nations from along the pipeline route, announced Tuesday they were filing fresh documents in Federal Court of Appeal seeking a judicial review of the government’s approval of the project last month.…

Mission man arrested after returning to pub where he allegedly assaulted bartender

Police briefs: Half-dozen reports of vehicle break-ins; officer allegedly assaulted by North Van woman

One of the dumbest things you can do as a criminal-other than, you know, breaking the law in the first place-is return to the scene of the crime. But that’s just what happened last Tuesday, July 2 when a Mission man allegedly ventured back to a Whistler village pub only two hours after he had reportedly assaulted a bartender.…

Two more bears destroyed in North Van

Bears seen approaching picnickers; accessing kitchens

Two bears killed in North Vancouver over the Canada Day long weekend are the latest casualties in a season that has already seen a high number of human/bear conflicts on the North Shore. Seven bears have been destroyed by conservation officers in North and West Vancouver this year after becoming addicted to human food and garbage and losing their fear of people.…

Family-owned Squamish/Whistler concrete company sells to Lafarge

The Fasts sell the Cardinal Group of Companies after close to 50 years in business

After 46 years in business, a Squamish-based, family-owned company has been sold. The Cardinal Group of Companies-Cardinal Concrete, Coast Aggregates, and Westland Concrete Pumping-were sold by the Fast family to Lafarge Canada Inc., a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim, which has its headquarters in Switzerland.…

B.C. and Canadian-infused lineup to launch Constellation Festival

Inaugural three-day event comes to Squamish July 26 to 28

Years ago, Sam Lynch was in the crowd at the Squamish Valley Music Festival. Now, she’s returning to Squamish, this time on stage at the Constellation Festival.…

Tour de France: Viviani storms bunch sprint to win Stage 4

NANCY, France — Elia Viviani had left the Giro d’Italia utterly disappointed. Two months later, the Italian rider left bitterness and his sprinting rivals in his wake to claim his first career stage win in the Tour de France after storming a bunch sprint on Tuesday with an impressive display of power and speed.…

MPs not running again will get paid around $1.6 million in severance

Retiring local MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones to get at least $90,000

Members of Parliament who have decided not to run for re-election this fall will cash in a cumulative $1.6 million in severance payments, and millions more will likely be paid out after the election. Thirty-nine sitting MPs have declared they won’t run again in the next election, of whom 18 are eligible for severance payments totalling an estimated $1,618,850, according to an analysis by The Canadian Press.…

North, West Vancouver councils latest in B.C. to declare climate emergencies

Canadian House of Commons took same action last month

The districts of North Vancouver and West Vancouver are the latest British Columbia governments to declare climate emergencies. Councillors in both districts voted unanimously Monday night to adopt motions recognizing a climate crisis and declaring an emergency exists.…

Rivers of wine and cognac—A river cruise through France’s Bordeaux region

There’s a reason that the Bordeaux area in southwestern France is considered one of the world’s finest wine regions. And there’s a reason that the three rivers that flow through the area are instrumental in contributing to the distinctive terroir defining Bordeaux wines.…

Pemberton council to weigh in on transit plans

First look: SOFI report; new building rules

Here’s a quick look at what’s on the agenda of tomorrow’s (July 9) Village of Pemberton (VOP) regular council meeting. The meeting kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at Council Chambers (7400 Prospect Street).…

23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia’s fragile salmon stocks

VANCOUVER — A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restore wild fish stocks. Federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham announced the recipients Friday of the first round of funding under the B.C. Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.…

Government of Canada issues travel advisory for the United States

The Government of Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States due to earthquakes in the Searles Valley in California. Classified under “natural disasters and climate,” the advisory was issued on July 6 after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Searles Valley.…

Ride-hailing may hit B.C. roads by September

The B.C. government says companies hoping to operate ride-hailing services in the province will be able to submit applications and potentially operate by September. While ride-hailing services are available in most jurisdictions across North America, Vancouver is known to be the largest city in the continent without transportation options such as Lyft Inc.…