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The Uber of private planes is getting off the ground in B.C.

The platform boasts flights on more than 40 aircrafts connected to 300 B.C. airports

Twenty businesses participate in the Squamish Hot Chocolate Festival

The Squamish Hot Chocolate Festival is coming up, and this year there are more options to try than ever before. Twenty businesses across Squamish will be dishing out tasty hot chocolates from Feb. 3...

Court denies province's appeal to reject Greengen lawsuit

The B.C. Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal filed by the provincial government’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations; regional water manager; and the Ministry of...

Labour Relations Board rules in favour of GFL Squamish workers' union

Board approves vote-count for a proposal to add Abbotsford and Chilliwack GFL workers to Squamish's bargaining unit.

Squamish company showcases its hydrogen liquefier

To attract investors, a local company is trumpeting its hydrogen liquefier as a potential big player in the future of green energy.  On July 15, Quantum Technology made its case for hydrogen power...

BC company launches e-bike-motorcycle crossover

Squamish-based electric vehicle startup Lyric Cycles soon to demo ‘Graffiti’ in Vancouver.

New FortisBC temporary work camp for 600 workers proposed for Squamish

This and other updates related to the Woodfibre LNG facility presented to District of Squamish council.

Plan in the works for CapU campus on Squamish oceanfront

Capilano University will pay $5 million for two acres of property in the Oceanfront Squamish development

Howe Sound designated a UNESCO biosphere region

A five-year effort in the making has achieved success.

2020: The COVID-19 pandemic in Squamish

One in a series of four stories from British Columbian communities reflecting on how they dealt locally with the pandemic in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic swept through Squamish, upending businesses,...