News
Open Fire Ban Reinstated
With the hot, dry weather expected to continue, the Coastal Fire Centre and District of Squamish Fire Rescue are reinstating the open fire ban effective noon Friday, August 1st. Read More
District of Squamish Launches Squamish Business Walks as part of the BC Business Counts Program
As part of the BC Business Counts Program and the District of Squamish’s ongoing Business Retention & Expansion Program, the Economic Development Department is launching a ‘business walks’ initiative in… Read More
District of Squamish to host 50th Anniversary Community Picnic, Monday, August 4
Fifty years ago this year, the Village of Squamish amalgamated with Mamquam and Brackendale to create the newly incorporated District of Squamish, and to celebrate this milestone, the District is… Read More
IT’S MORE THAN JUST MUSIC AT VIRGIN MOBILE PRESENTS SQUAMISH VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL!
July 28, 2014 Vancouver, BC – Virgin Mobile Presents Squamish Valley Music Festival is teaming up with the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada – Squamish, BC, to provide Festivalgoers and locals… Read More
Cheekye Fan Hazard Studies Presented to Council
The Cheekye Fan is an alluvial fan, a formation found in mountainous regions where deposits of alluvial sedimentation and material from debris flows and debris floods accrue over time. Read More
Temporary Lifting of Fire Ban in Squamish and throughout BC
Following the Province of BC's temporary lift of a fire ban across the Coastal Fire Centre, the District of Squamish Fire Chief has lifted the Open Fire Ban in Squamish. Read More
Grizzly Bear Update
July 21 UPDATE: The Conservation Officer Service has captured, relocated and released the grizzly bear. Read More
Open Fire Ban in effect July 17, 2014
Effective July 17, 2014 at noon, all open fires within the District of Squamish are prohibited. Current backyard campfire permits are suspended until further notice. Read More
Bear activity alert for McNaughton Park area of Valleycliffe
WildSafeBC, in partnership with the District of Squamish and the Conservation Officer Service, is issuing a wildlife email alert to notify the public about bear activity within the McNaughton Park area in Valleycliffe.… Read More
Grizzly bear sighted in Cheekye Fan area
WildSafeBC, in partnership with the District of Squamish and the Conservation Officer Service, is issuing a wildlife email alert to notify the public about a grizzly bear in the Cheekye… Read More