Squamish News

Free refreshments and prizes are up for grabs next week for participants in Bike to Work Week, starting Monday in Whistler and beyond.

McNab Creek, which flows into Howe Sound 22 kilometres southwest of Squamish, is the site of a gravel-mining proposal from Calgary-based Burnco Rock Products Ltd.

Just one year into his foray into the world of crossfit athletics, Squamish resident Ray Krumme has made an impact and nearly qualified for the Crossfit Games in California.

Homicide investigators say a body found on Bowen Island, off West Vancouver, B.C., does not solve the nearly three-year-old mystery into the disappearance of a Squamish teenager.

While the number of calls was up over last year, Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair believes that the resort is continuing to move in the right direction when it comes to curbing violence and rowdy behaviour during the once infamous May long weekend.

The May Two Four weekend has come and gone, so it is now time to start thinking about summer plans, despite the fact that the gateway long weekend to summer started with sunshine, but ended feeling more like a bridge to winter.

Quest student Mischa Chandler glides down the hill during last year's Britannia Classic.

An autopsy on a body found on Bowen Island, B.C., last Friday has determined the man was not the victim of a homicide.

His ancestral name is Xwalacktun but most people know him as Rick Harry. He will also now be known by a new title, as a member of the Order of British Columbia.

As B.C. medical community works to improve diagnosis, one Squamish Lyme patient looks south of the border for treatment As B.C. medical community works to improve diagnosis, one Squamish Lyme patient looks south of the border for treatment On the wall of the basement suite hangs a pencil drawing of a little girl.

For the first time in the event's history, the Salomon Five Peaks trail running series is coming to Squamish.

Shan Ree, assisted by Squamish Nation carver Xwalacktun , signs a new carving created with the students of Gleneagles elementary to celebrate the addition of a First Nations name - Ch'axay - to the school.

B.C. tech sector companies ranked by number of employees in B.C. in 2012. Source: Business in Vancouver magazine.

From Whistler to Rome then back to Whistler, chef Michael Guy is taking over the kitchens at the Nita Lake Lodge.

The B.C. government is spending $600,000 to upgrade background camping facilities at a popular site in Garibaldi Provincial Park near Squamish.

A woman who was trafficked across Canada to work in the sex trade as a teenager is now giving B.C. high school students lessons on how to avoid being exploited.

Between Shifts Theatre members Liz Gruber, left, and Kathy Daniels hold up the awards their theatre company won for their production of The Cemetery Club at the Theatre B.C. North Shore Zone Festival of Plays.

Measured several different ways, the winter of 2011-12 has been one of Whistler's best.

Many people suffer from allergies and for those who would like more information on this subject, the Lunch and Learn Series at the Shannon Falls Retirement Residence at 38225 Third Ave.

For Neal Kindree the start of the 2012 mountain bike race season is looking much like the start of the 2011 season.