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MAP: This interactive map shows all of the earthquakes in B.C. this year

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the B.C. coast Wednesday, July 3 followed by a second earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude. However, a multitude of earthquakes hit the coast every year – but not all of them make headlines.…

Hitting the bumps

Michigan skier, 72, makes strides at Momentum’s moguls camp

When she retired in 2012, Dr. Leslie Arwin’s main focus became fitness. Since then, she’s become a Pilates instructor, taken up golf, joined a weightlifting gym, and took dressage lessons on her horse.…

Parents opposed to three-way split classes

SD48 decision to do three-way splits at Spring Creek ‘purely educational’

Some parents with children in the French Immersion program at Spring Creek Community School are not at all impressed with a plan to implement three-way split classes next year, citing concerns around bullying, teacher burnout and the quality of education their children will receive. In an email to parents in mid June, Spring Creek principal Stuart Bent explained that, while the specific configurations won’t be finalized until September, the school is moving ahead with multi-age classrooms.…

Sea to Sky fire quiet and under control

Wildfire between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay 4.5 hectares in size

The Strip Creek fire, along the Sea to Sky Highway between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay, is at 4.5 hectares in size, according to Dorthe Jakobsen, fire Information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre. It is under control and “quiet,” she said in an email to The Squamish Chief.…

Over 158,000 responses in first week of B.C. daylight saving time survey

Have you say until July 19

Turns out, gaining or losing that extra hour of sleep twice a year is a very hot topic in our province. According to the B.C. government, just one week into its Daylight Saving Time (DST) survey over 158,000 responses have come in from residents expressing how time should be observed.…

McCullough named finalist for Premier’s Awards

SD48 superintendent up for District Leadership award

The Sea to Sky School District’s (SD48) top educator has been named a finalist for the 2019 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education. Superintendent Lisa McCullough is one of three finalists for the District Leadership award, to be presented at a ceremony in Victoria this October.…

Hidden Burnaby BMX park facing demolition

Kush Woods built under municipality’s nose in conservation area

A hidden BMX bike park is facing demolition after it was discovered by a City of Burnaby employee. Kush Woods has grown in secret over the last 25 years in a conservation area in North Burnaby, according to BMX rider and trail builder Chester Jones.…

Canada Day thoughts

While I’m not blind to Canada’s many faults, past, present and probably future, I really do feel like I live in the best country in the world. That’s lucky, because I don’t know if I belong anywhere else.…

‘Constable Scarecrow’ takes up post on Squamish highway

New pop-up RCMP officer intended to deter speeding

There’s a new face in Squamish. You may have seen him from one of his several posts along Highway 99, holding up a speed-reader.…

SURVEY: Television, microwave are major ingredients in B.C. mealtime habits

Two income families mean lots of frozen dinners

Over the past few months at Research Co., we have taken a look at certain habits of British Columbians when it comes to food. We learned about their views on calorie counts and website visits in restaurants, as well as how many of them are growing food in their homes.…

Federal review flags concerns in efforts to protect right whales in Canada

Six North Atlantic right whales have died in Eastern Canadian waters since early June

OTTAWA — Measures taken to protect North Atlantic right whales from being struck by ships and getting caught in fishing gear may not be doing enough to prevent more whales from being hurt or killed in Atlantic Canada, according to data contained in a new federal scientific review. Speed restrictions and fishing-zone closures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have lowered risks that the endangered whales will be harmed, but dangers remain — especially in the waters outside protected zones, according to the national study.…

Scrambling to Italy

Part-time Whistler resident cracks national climbing squad for Youth World Championships

Brielle Zacharias is just 16, planning a trip to Italy—and looking to do it without a handout from the Bank of Mom and Dad. Oh, and she’s heading to the northern Italian community of Arco for the International Federation of Sport Climbing Youth World Championships as the only Canadian girl in her age category who met the qualifying time.…

Squamish Beer Festival returns with 55 breweries pouring suds

Fifth annual event returns to O’Siyam Pavilion on July 6

Heading into its fifth year, the Squamish Beer Festival has grown to the point where it now has to turn away breweries interested in taking part. According to organizer Scott McQuade, it’s Squamish’s cache as a beer destination unto itself rather than a stopover on the way to Vancouver or Whistler that has led to its burgeoning popularity with B.C. craft brewers.…

Quite the Quest

Pemberton coach Hugh Fisher and three PCA alums win division in Yukon paddling marathon

A crew of Pemberton Canoe Association (PCA) alums and coach Hugh Fisher teamed up to tackle the Yukon River Quest from June 26 to 29. Fisher, along with George McLeod, Heather Hellevang and Sydney van Loon, completed the 715-kilometre contest up the Yukon River from Whitehorse to Dawson City, handily winning the mixed C4 division, taking second among all C4 teams and placing seventh overall in a time of 47 hours, 23 minutes and five seconds (47:23:05).…

When polls are meaningless …

Oh, Canada! The angst.…