April 10, 2025

GET TO KNOW THE CANDIDATE

A Q&A with Conservative candidate Keith Roy

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025

RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE IN FRONT OF ENGAGED CROWD AT THE ALL CANDIDATES MEETING

MP hopefuls highlighted housing affordability, a lack of regional transit and strengthening Canada in the face of U.S. threats

INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY ilemayconway@squamishchief.com

It was a night of respectful dialogue among four candidates running to represent West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country on Tuesday night at the 2025 Federal Election All Candidates Meeting.

The two-hour event was held at the Squamish Capilano University campus on April 8. In attendance were incumbent Liberal MP Patrick Weiler, Green Party of Canada candidate Lauren Greenlaw, Jäger Rosenberg of the NDP and People’s Party of Canada candidate Peyman Askari.

Conservative Party candidate Keith Roy was not in attendance, which was noted by the candidates and in a question from the audience.

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Moderator Megan Veck told the audience he was invited, but declined to attend

Leading up to the federal election on April 28, the debate gave the aspiring MPs a chance to speak on Sea to Sky issues such as housing, health care, fossil fuel projects, child care, transit and U.S. President Donald Trump. The event, held in front of a crowd of almost

200 people, also touched on broader issues such as the gender divide, lowering the voting age, and the Israel-Hamas war.

ON HOUSING

The youngest of the candidates, Rosenberg, 18, tackled the topic from the point of view of many Gen Z aspiring homeowners.

“Housing affordability is one of the most important issues for people across the country, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to afford it That’s the simple reality for my generation,” he said.

“We need to lower housing costs … and we need to have more options for types of housing.”

DEBATE: Continued on 2

PHOTO BY INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF

A crowd of close to 200 people attended the all candidates debate held at CapU

DEBATE: Continued from 1

Weiler said his party is proposing a plan that would “double the housing construction to 500,000 units per year” to help meet the demand across the country.

Askari, on the other hand, stressed the need to tackle the debt to help people own homes

Askari, who immigrated to Canada when he was six years old, also said reducing immigration would help to “relieve pressure from the housing market.”

Greenlaw said Squamish needed more affordable housing, and that the public deserved more clarity on how much of the rental space FortisBC and Woodfibre LNG was taking up

“A healthy market is about 3% to 5% vacancy. Prior to [FortisBC and Woodfibre] coming in, we had about 0.6% [vacancy] and now it’s around zero.”

ON WHAT THEY THINK ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS IN SQUAMISH

Weiler said he wanted to support Squamish’s growing community by supporting infrastructure

“For a community that’s growing as fast as Squamish is, it’s [important to] make sure that we have the supporting infrastructure to allow that,” he said.

“It’s not just things like Brennan Park, which we absolutely need to expand and the federal government needs to be a partner in that, [but] it’s certainly transportation infrastructure to support more density that’s being brought in.”

Greenlaw said she believed Squamish needed to build more resilience as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to leave Canada in a state of uncertainty with tariff threats.

“Trump’s entire tactic is chaos, and what chaos does is it puts people in a reactionary state, and we need to be able to be responsive,” she said

“So in order to build resilience in our communities, we need to have that affordability piece. We need to have safe housing, we

need to have access to food, [and] we need to eliminate the barriers that companies and small producers are facing We need to start having that resilience within our riding in order to protect us from, well, lunacy.”

Askari said he believed the biggest concern was the economy because “everything else falls when you have a broken economy.”

Rosenberg said a major concern was the lack of mental health support.

“That’s really the issue that got me involved in politics. Across the province, but especially here, we don’t have enough mental health resources,” he said.

“You know, every single person in this room, I guarantee, has either personally struggled with mental health or has someone close to them who has struggled with it, and we don’t recognize that At best, we’re treating the symptoms and not the root causes of the problem

“So I think we need more investments in mental health facilities and we need to really talk to people and listen to what their concerns are.”

ON THE ENVIRONMENT

While Askari reassured the local audience that the PPC does care about nature as a whole—he noted it wasn’t their top priority.

“We love the environment and we believe in environmentalism. But we don’t believe in destroying the economy,” he said.

As an earth scientist, Greenlaw rebutted Askari’s concern about the economy by saying that it wouldn’t exist without the environment.

“I’d like to point out something that we are learning right now is that we are exceeding the bounds of our planet, and that is clear,” she said

“I will point out that you cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy environment, that is backwards All of our wealth, all of our assets, come from and ultimately return to the earth.”

Weiler, on the other hand, noted that through a number of policies introduced during his term, emissions have reduced dramatically.

“Our emissions have gone down to the lowest point that they’ve been since 1996, and it might not be the top of mind issue for a lot of people, but it is affecting us on a day-to-day basis,” he said

ON TRANSIT AND HIGHWAY SAFETY

Regional transit along the Sea to Sky has been a hot topic for many years and Weiler was quick to thank West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jeremy Valeriote for helping to secure an agreement with the reigning NDP to bring it to reality by the end of this year.

“That’s going to be transformational for this region. so as this goes forward, the federal government doesn’t fund operations of transit, but we can provide targeted funding for the expansion of transit,” he said

Greenlaw, who has been a strong advocate for regional transit in Squamish as a District of Squamish councillor, said local towns are being designed around the promise of it

“We are literally designing our towns waiting for regional transportation You know you’re feeling this parking crunch downtown—that’s because we’re waiting for regional transportation so that our houses don’t all need to have two cars,” she said.

Greenlaw also suggested adding reflective paint on the Sea to Sky highway could help significantly improve driver safety.

“When you’re driving that highway at night it’s gross, especially at this time of year, it does not feel safe. And I feel like that’s a ludicrously small ask,” she said

ON WOODFIBRE LNG

One of the more spicy topics of the evening, Weiler told the audience that his government would hold Woodfibre LNG accountable if they didn’t meet a number of conditions placed upon them

“Woodfibre was permitted back in 2015 and there are conditions that are binding on that company and that project for what they need to meet,” he said.

“My role, if I’m re-elected, is to continue to

hold the company accountable to meeting those conditions And if they’re not there, there are remedies that are there to ensure that they’re held to account for that.”

Unsurprisingly, Greenlaw who has stood against the project as a local councillor said the community was “never given an opportunity to give consent on that project.”

“We have been busting our little bums to get those pieces and to hold them to account and to get financial benefits from this project, and we have basically no way to get it,” she said.

“The local government piece has almost zero power in this entire conversation, and that right there, to me, is one of the reasons why I’m sitting in this chair.”

ON HEALTH CARE AND CHILD CARE

One of the last topics of the night was health care which all candidates agreed was not operating as best it could.

Askari took aim at long wait times.

“I talk to several of the voters, and they have to go to the US and pay out of pocket,” he said

“I want to free up the health care system, remove some of the bureaucracy and streamline it.”

For Squamish specifically, Greenlaw said the town needed a “much bigger hospital” and more investment in child care.

As for how they would fund it? She suggested “de-funding fossil fuels.”

IN SUMMARY

At the end of the night, Weiler summed up the evening as a whole: “while we might disagree on policy, we are not disagreeable.”

All candidates in attendance expressed their opinions on community concerns in a respectful manner, with the crowd reciprocating the same behaviour in return

Greenlaw slightly led the way with crowd applause, followed by Weiler and then Rosenberg.

The event was put on by the Squamish Chamber of Commerce, Tourism Squamish, the Downtown Squamish BIA and The Squamish Chief.

DEVELOPER CLAIMS COUNCIL CHANGED RULES, ACTED UNFAIRLY

Tantalus at Paradise Valley Inc. sought to rezone and develop 100 out of 172 acres of land for 82 rural residential lots and an equestrian centre

JEREMY HAINSWORTH

news@squamishchief.com

The lawyer for a company looking to develop a residential area with various amenities was in B.C. Supreme Court beginning April 1 claiming the District of Squamish acted unreasonably in blocking the development.

Nathalie Baker appeared before Justice Mark Underhill on behalf of Tantalus at Paradise Valley Inc., which had sought to rezone and develop land for 82 rural residential lots and an equestrian centre

She said the process for rezoning the land near the Cheakamus River began more than a decade ago.

The District approved the Tantalus application to rezone the land in 2008, the Tantalus July 15 petition to the court said

“Between 2008 and 2012, Tantalus provided the District with various requested reports, including a July 11, 2012 peer-reviewed report of flooding and geotechnical hazards,” the petition said.

The petition noted the District’s 2023 Housing Needs Report said:

• Squamish’s annual growth rate is close to three times the provincial average;

• the high growth population projection for Squamish could see about 24,000 new residents by 2036; and,

• by 2031, 6,840 additional housing units will be needed in the district to maintain income and housing diversity.

In its Sept 24, 2024 response to the Tantalus petition, the District said that same report said

the community specifically needed housing for rentals, families, seniors, people at risk, and special needs individuals.

“The Housing Needs Report does not recommend the provision of housing in high-hazard areas,” the response said

Baker said District staff were not supportive of the project but council agreed to it with conditions. The company lawyer told Underhill District staff said Tantalus had not met all the conditions.

The petition said Tantalus had problems meeting with District staff, eventually complaining to the council about it.

It was in June 2019 that council adopted a new official community plan.

In 2020, Tantalus began preparations for the project, the petition said

In September 2021, the petition said, staff advised that while they were not opposed to the

project, the District understood that the inspector of dikes would require a public dike Tantalus was told the District was not willing to take on the maintenance of any public dike due to municipal policy

In June 2023, staff told Tantatus it was going to downzone the property to stop it from moving forward, according to the petition

“Tantalus explained to the District that a public dike was not required, and it expressed its concerns with the proposed downzoning of the property,” the petition said.

The District of Squamish argument

In its Sept. 24, 2024 response to the Tantalus petition, the District referenced its Integrated Flood Hazard Management Plan, a district-wide assessment of flooding hazards.

The response said the District understood the inspector of dikes would require a public dike for the project, something the new community plan does not envision taking on

It further said the property would be rezoned to bring it in line with the new official community plan, including relevant flood-related policies

And, the response said, District staff met with Tantalus representatives who expressed opposition to the rezoning

It said the dike issue once again arose and the representatives were told provincial policy no longer permitted private dikes.

So, Tantalus began working with the inspector.

By March 2024, the response said, Tantalus provided an application package with a cover letter saying, in part, “this property does not flood.”

The response said the letter further said a private dike was sufficient to meet provincial and District guidelines

The District was represented before Underhill by lawyer James Yardley.

What does the company want?

What the company wants, according to its July 15, 2024 petition to the court, is declaration that the decision made by the District council on June 18, 2024 to downzone Tantalus at Paradise Valley Inc.’s property from comprehensive development to resource was unlawful, unreasonable or was made in bad faith.

It further seeks an order quashing the District’s downzoning bylaw.

The District, however, argued the right to procedural fairness in the case was at a low level and had been met through council’s consideration and the mayor’s questions.

The response further said the company had not shown the District’s behaviour to be unreasonable.

The case was before Underhill April 1 to 4.

The judge will take time to review all the submissions before making his decision

NEWS BRIEFS

BACK TO THE POOL

The Squamish pool has reopened to the public on April 2.

Swimming lessons will resume May 5, with lesson schedules available on the District’s website and registration opening on April 15

The District of Squamish says that an independent engineer’s report and a different method of testing led to the reopening of the pool, without the municipality having to change the tiles.

The pool has been shuttered since Feb. 12, after a closure order from Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) due to a concern over potential slipping on the pool deck

This came after a report of a patron slipping in the Steam Room was investigated by the health authority, who then inspected and subsequently shuttered the facility

The engineer, hired by the District, “worked with staff to seek proposals, investigate and test various possible solutions, including chemical etching, tile coating and epoxy retrofit. The professional also recommended that additional comprehensive testing be undertaken to re-assess the tiles,” a District news release states.

The new test was done on Feb. 28.

The results of this test, as supported by the engineering report, showed that the pool area floor tiles met slip resistance standards.

The engineer’s report outlining the findings was submitted to VCH on March 12 for reconsideration of the closure.

The report, as well as an onsite inspection by VCH on March 24, is what led to the pool’s reopening

As a precaution, the District has added new signage in high-visibility areas indicating that the pool deck and walkways may be slippery.

It will also be submitting monthly safety reports to VCH. An update of the municipality’s Pool Safety Plan has been conducted to incorporate more detailed descriptions of safety protocols.

An additional deep cleaning of the pool deck, including degreaser application, heavy-duty scrubbing and pressure washing, has been completed.

The Steam Room remains closed at this time, as its tile flooring was not up to the standard required. Work on this is ongoing, the District said

District staff will monitor how the pool tiles are holding up and bring forward any future work before the council for consideration in the annual budget process.

“It is clear how far-reaching the impacts of the pool closure have been on our community, and we are grateful for everyone’s patience,” said Mayor Armand Hurford, in a news release. “This much-loved asset is an aging facility, and this situation has brought to light the floor’s performance as an additional factor to be incorporated into our ongoing asset management. The careful work of staff to reopen safely while looking to the future is appreciated by council. I’m looking forward to further conversations during future budget processes where asset management, including the pool, will continue to be a key consideration.”

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A PUBLIC HEARING IS FINALLY COMING FOR THE GARIBALDI ESTATES NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

The District of Squamish councillors voted to move ahead to public comment on the plan after years of preparation. May 27 is the likely date

INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY

ilemayconway@squamishchief.com

Apublic hearing for the Garibaldi Estates Neighbourhood Plan is on the way.

District of Squamish councillors might not have been ready to go to a public hearing the last time the plan came to council in December, but it seems now things have changed.

After receiving the results from the Mashiter Creek Overland Flow Hazard Assessment, councillors almost unanimously supported giving the plan its second reading and moving ahead to public comment.

THE MASHITER CREEK OVERLAND FLOW HAZARD ASSESSMENT

Council gave the Garibaldi Estates Neighbourhood plan first reading on Dec. 17, but requested staff to address the outcome of the Mashiter Creek Hazard Assessment.

District planner Matt Gunn said that the study—which examines a hypothetical flood risk in the Garibaldi Estates caused by a blockage of Mashiter Creek—was completed in February

“The situation this hazard represents is related to Columnar Peak which is above Elfin Lakes. It’s composed of volcanic material similar to [Mount Garibaldi] Nch’ḵay and in the scenario, material would collapse off Columnar, flow down Mashiter drainage and be added to from the creeks and rivers along the way and create a blockage near the bridge at Paco Road,” Gunn said.

“That could direct Mashiter Creek towards the golf course and the estates neighbourhood.”

The results of the study showed that “most of the water would flow across the golf course and head into the Mamquam River and a small amount of water would pond in the southwest corner of the estates neighbourhood.”

As such, the one metre flood construction level in Management Area 1— which covers most of the Garibaldi Estates Neighbourhood Plan

area was found to be higher than necessary.

The recommendation instead is to construct a flood construction level of 0.3 meters

A BRIEF HISTORY

The Garibaldi Estates Neighbourhood planning process started back in 2021, and is part of the municipality’s ongoing efforts to create blueprints for future development in each major neighbourhood in Squamish

The plan includes; the supported increase of residential densification between Mamquam Road and Diamond Road, employment and services in multi-storey buildings within the Garibaldi Village and throughout the neighbourhood as accessory commercial units, and additional public open spaces.

From the start of the process years ago, some residents in the area have vigorously objected to the proposed plan to densify the area

The District’s own engagement on the project

showed this clearly.

“A majority of participants in Stage 3 feel the neighbourhood should remains at its current density or see a limited increase in the future Participants expressed mistrust in the planning process and feel that the proposed scenarios do not reflect input the neighbourhood has provided in earlier stages,” reads the District’s engagement summary from back in 2023

“Participants believe development will have negative impacts on issues such as neighbourhood character, environmental values, transportation, parking, infrastructure, and amenities.”

COUNCILLOR COMMENTS

All councillors except Coun. Lauren Greenlaw voted in favour of giving the plan its second reading and moving ahead to a public hearing.

Coun Andrew Hamilton said he was looking forward to hearing the public’s input after such a

long planning process.

“This has been a very long process, and I haven’t even been here for all of it It really clarified for me a lot of the challenges that exist in neighbourhood planning because we are taking homes that people hold dear and they see the District planning for changes to their neighbourhoods and I think that’s challenging. But it’s also very important because if we don’t plan these changes, [they] will happen in ways that we don’t plan,” Hamilton said

“We’ve consulted the community very deliberately, very deeply, and I think that on the balance, we’re making a decision that’s best for both the existing community and the people who want to live here in the coming 10, 15, 30 years.”

Coun. Eric Andersen said the event could be one of the most important public hearings in recent years.

“This upcoming public hearing … will be an important one and in fact, I doubt that we’ve seen such an important public hearing and opportunity for the public and for us to consider our input in a long while,” Andersen said “I hope that we can all approach it with an open mind and listen carefully to what comes before us at that event.”

Coun Greenlaw said she wouldn’t support the motion to show solidarity for the local residents who were against the plan

“I look forward to the public hearing, but I’ll still be speaking against the motion for concerns that I’ve stated before I just feel like there’s too much opposition in the community about this, and I feel that has not been adequately incorporated,” she said.

“But again, we’ll see at the public hearing how the public feels about it.”

The public hearing is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 27 and will likely be held at Brennan Park Rec Centre.

For more information on the plan visit the District of Squamish website.

~With files from Jennifer Thuncher/The Squamish Chief

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WAY FOR AN OCEANFRONT NEIGHBOURHOOD

The hearing will be on bylaw amendments for a childcare centre, public arts facility and a change of employment away from marine light industrial

INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY ilemayconway@squamishchief.com

Apublic hearing on three bylaw amendments for the Oceanfront Squamish development is on its way.

The District of Squamish council voted in favour of giving the three amendments their first and second reading at their regular council meeting on April 1.

THE CHANGES

The Oceanfront Squamish development is set to comprise six neighbourhoods, each with its own style and purpose.

The bylaw amendments are for a portion of The Works neighbourhood in the south west portion of the development.

“This development proposes to amend three bylaws to permit a mixed-use development consisting of primarily light industrial uses and residential rental, and a dedicated child care facility and arts centre on Lot O of the Oceanfront Peninsula,” reads a report to council.

Last year, developer Matthews West had proposed a climbing gym be built above the child care facility, but have since decided to construct the sporting facility in another

Concept

location

Instead, the District manager of current planning, Jessie Fletcher, revealed this has changed and the building would now be shared with Squamish Arts

“The applicant proposes a child care use and a public art use which would include securing 390 square meters as child care space and dedicating 98 sq m to Squamish Arts at a $1 lease rate plus

triple net for a minimum term of 25 years,” Fletcher said

The proposed child care facility could accommodate approximately 12 infant/toddler spaces (aged between 0 and 2 years) and 25 spaces for older children (ages 3 to 5)

She noted that the climbing gym location will be decided at a later date.

employees of businesses located at the Oceanfront and downtown has also been removed.

“[The applicant] has agreed to add a policy addendum to the housing agreement to prioritize local workforce first, but this would avoid penalizing employees if they could no longer work or lost their local employment,”

Fletcher said

NO BOAT LAUNCH

While marine employment was originally selected as the purpose of this workspace, an analysis completed by the applicant and senior planning staff from the District revealed it was no longer feasible.

“During the master planning process and development of the Cattermole shoreline with Carbon Engineering, it has become apparent that the area is insufficiently deep or wide to accommodate a boat launch,” Fletcher said “This is further exacerbated by the fact that the flood construction level accounts for sea level rise and raises the land significantly as it relates to the high water mark.”

Because the application is not currently in alignment with the Official Community Plan, a public hearing is required before the development can proceed.

ON THE MOTION

In a letter to council, Squamish Arts executive director Clea Young said she was “pleased” to formally confirm their interest in the space at the Oceanfront.

“The space will be designed to meet all required building code standards at the time it’s handed Squamish Arts and will offer the flexibility to support a variety of uses, ranging from storage to gallery exhibitions and other arts-related activities,” Young wrote.

“We are excited about the potential for this space to contribute to the growth and accessibility of the arts in Squamish, and we look forward to working with the developer to ensure it serves the needs of the community effectively.”

According to Fletcher, the child care centre and Squamish Arts area would need to be delivered prior to the construction of the 120th residential unit.

Another amendment would see the employment use changed from marine employment and marine accessory uses to light industrial uses more generally.

According to the report to council, “some small-scale marine adjacent uses are still permitted” in the proposal

Above the light industrial use area would be 207 rental units, 20% of which would be three-bedroom units, and 20% would be adaptable housing.

Included in the amendment is a parking reduction, which Fletcher noted “would still be higher than the downtown rate of one stall per unit but slightly lower than the community-wide ratio.”

However the ratio for employment uses is to remain the same.

A restriction around tenants having to be

Councillors voted 5-2 in favour of moving ahead to a public hearing.

While in favour of the application, Coun Eric Andersen said he was concerned about where the marine light industrial area would be moved to if it was no longer possible in the original location

“I’d like to express regret that we are not giving attention to the central issue in this whole proposal; we now do not know where we’re going to locate marine light industrial,” Andersen said

“There’s a deja vu for me here The same occurred during the same proposal of converting marine light industrial to mixed-use residential at Waterfront Landing. There was an earlier sub-area plan and an earlier zoning which provided for light industrial space, marine-oriented light industrial activities such as small boat building, repair and maintenance in marinas within the mixed-use area.

“The developer came along and presented us with a study in 2016 and suggested that although the demand for these marine uses could be located at Waterfront Landing, basically it’s not our vision

“We’re doing the same thing again. We’re bouncing around not knowing where to locate the marine light industrial I think it’s a serious issue and it’s not properly highlighted here.”

Coun Chris Pettingill was against the proposal as he wanted a no-gas covenant to be placed on the entire lot, not just residential spaces.

“Without [a no-gas covenant for all uses] this is

OCEANFRONT: Continued on

WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE HOWE SOUND SECONDARY LIBRARY?

The school library at the high school is set to be temporarily reduced in size by almost 50%

INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY ilemayconway@squamishchief.com

The library at Howe Sound Secondary is going to look a little different this September.

As a way to accommodate the large number of students entering the school next year, the SD48 has announced the library will be renovated to make way for two additional classrooms.

“At Howe Sound Secondary School, we recognise that we needed some additional classroom space, because we want to ensure that we’re providing the best possible learning environments for our students,” SD48 Supt Chris Nicholson said at the March 12 regular board meeting.

“We went through a number of scenarios, including what we thought was an easy move of one or two portables [to the site] that we thought would meet our needs. However, we were made aware of new bylaws and requirements from the municipality of Squamish in terms of flood mitigation, and the costs to meet those needs were untenable for us. I will just say [they] were probably at least three times the cost that we were anticipating.

“So ... we decided the best course of action would be to renovate the Howe Sound library and be able to put in some temporary walls to provide us with two additional classrooms, while at the same time maintaining more than 50% of the space.”

Nicholson said the renovations will also allow for new flooring in the library.

“One of the things we think we’re going to be able to do is whole new flooring for the entire library, where we have very old carpet, and some other not so nice surfaces So just that conversion alone is going to make that a much more welcoming, bright, clean and hygienic place,” he said.

While the transformation of the library is expected to be temporary, Nicholson said that it could last a little longer than planned.

“I think this is the best we can do moving forward. And I do want to assure the public that

OCEANFRONT: Continued from 6

not supportable for me I understand this will be coming back, I believe to a public hearing, maybe I’m being optimistic, but I would love to hear the developer come with a resolution here,” he said

“I would love to find a workable collaborative solution, I don’t want to totally throw this out, but until this piece is resolved, I would not be able to support [it].”

Also not supporting the motion was Coun. Lauren Greenlaw, who said she believed the reduction in parking was excessive and the child

your board has not stopped in their advocacy with the Ministry of Education and the BC government for ensuring that the top priority and ask of the ministry is funding for the seismic upgrade combined with the expansion of Howe Sound Secondary School,” he said

“So we see this as a temporary measure, but I also want to be transparent, the temporary we know in government and in schools can sometimes be a little bit longer than we would hope for.”

The renovations are expected to be completed in time for the students’ return to school in September with minimal impact.

AN IMPORTANT DECISION

SD48 trustee Celeste Bickford said that the decision to renovate the library was initially discussed in camera prior to being made public at the meeting.

“The decision to utilize the library for classroom space is not a decision that was made lightly by either staff or the board’s input that was provided,” Bickford said

“But given the environment of limited resources that we’re working with and the difficult decisions that had to be made around how to accommodate the large number of students, this bubble of kids that are coming into Howe Sound, the building really is bursting at the seams.”

Bickford wanted to reassure parents and students that the walls in the library will be temporary.

“It may not have been apparent today, but the walls that will be put up are temporary. They can be taken down and reused to reconfigure other places if the numbers in the school go down again in the future, that space will go back to being completely a library space, but it will be preserved for the time being,” she said

“So we value our library. We are very, very thankful for our librarian, and that space will continue to be utilized by students as a library.

“But this was the result of a difficult decision that had to be made in light of the large number of students that we have entering the school next year.”

care centre would be too big for any business to operate.

“I also won’t be supporting the motion on the floor in part because of the no gas conversation but also [because] I do have concerns that the 4,800 foot child care facility will not be feasible and it’ll be difficult to find a tenant at Squamish prices,” she said

“But mostly, I was uncharacteristically on board with reduced parking proposed [at an earlier Committee of the Whole meeting], but this further reduction, I feel will be too much.”

A public hearing is currently tentatively scheduled for May 6.

Federal Election

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B.C. WEAKENS NET-ZERO EMISSIONS POLICY FOR NEW LNG TERMINALS

Instead of producing net-zero emissions by 2030, proponents of LNG facilities will now only need to provide a ‘credible plan’ to achieve the target, according to a letter from B.C.’s energy minister

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The B.C. government has weakened a policy that required new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the province to produce net-zero emissions by 2030

In a letter—quietly published to a government website and dated March 21 Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix backpedalled on commitments made by his predecessor to require LNG terminals to operate in a way that produces no net greenhouse gas emissions.

The new government policy now requires proponents of LNG facilities to provide a “credible plan” for the project to be “net-zero ready” by the end of the decade, wrote Dix to Alex MacLennan, chief executive assessment officer of the province’s Environmental Assessment Office

Dix went on to explain that means having an LNG terminal ready to be powered by grid electricity unless not possible because there’s an inability to provide enough electricity.

The amended policy does not say when the facilities would need to stop producing greenhouse gas emissions and operate at a net-zero level.

Matt Hulse, a lawyer with the firm Ecojustice, said the letter appears to apply to all LNG projects currently under environmental assessment.

Powering the Ksi Lisims LNG project with gas alone instead of electricity would produce another 1.8 million tonnes of emissions per year, said Hulse. That’s equivalent to the carbon produced by more than 551,000 passenger vehicles in a year, according to Natural Resources Canada

Under the new “net-zero ready” plans, terminals could simply ignore those emissions, added the lawyer

“It provides an open-ended invitation for these LNG facilities to build gas-powered generators without any deadline,” Hulse said

The B.C. Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions has yet to respond to questions from BIV

LNG A CRITICAL PART OF CANADA SURVIVING TARIFFS, SAY PROPONENTS

Proponents of LNG say gas exports will continue to bolster B.C.’s economy for years to come, and are especially important in lieu of the U.S. tariff war that further escalated to dozens of countries around the world Thursday.

Earlier this week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his party would commit to all five requests made by the oil and gas industry to expand their footprint in response to U.S. tariffs.

The five-point plan included declaring an “energy crisis” and using emergency powers to speed up development of key projects in the “national interest.”

Oil and gas executives also called on Ottawa to eliminate the federal government’s cap on emissions; reassess the West Coast limit on oil tankers; and repeal the carbon levy on large industrial emitters

“We need to get out from under America’s thumb and start building the infrastructure that is essential to sell our natural resources to new markets, bring home jobs and dollars, and make us sovereign and self-reliant to stand up to Trump from a position of strength,” said Poilievre.

“Canada’s energy sector, the experts on energy growth, have told us what we need to do. Today I am committing to meeting all of their urgent recommendations.”

NET-ZERO READY A ‘PIPE DREAM’: ECONOMIST

Werner Antweiler, an energy economist at the University of British Columbia, said he worries that pursuing such open-ended policies will only lead to short-term benefits

“I do see this crisis is being used for advancing controversial projects that should be looked at with proper care for future British Columbians,” he said

He pointed to several studies that have raised concerns over B.C.’s ability to remain competitive on global LNG markets.

Antweiler said the province’s promise to require new LNG terminals to operate at net-zero emissions by 2030 amounted to government “window dressing.” Dix’s letter does little to change his assessment.

“It’s a pipe dream to call them net-zero ready,” Antweiler said.

Part of the reason for the misplaced optimism, he said, was that the terminals would have to find carbon offsets somewhere else. Antweiler said it’s never been clear where and how those offsets—which can include planting trees somewhere else to absorb carbon—would occur.

When it comes to emissions, the “elephant in the room” is the fact none of the calculations count upstream emissions that are released in the processing of gas. If the largely methane gas leaks into the air during extraction, storage or transportation, it acts as a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over the first 20 years in the atmosphere

Then there’s the question of having enough electricity. The Ksi Lisims LNG project is expected to consume roughly the equivalent amount of energy that the Site C dam produces every year.

With BC Hydro’s latest successful call to power, Antweiler said there are enough electricity generating projects coming online over the next five to seven years to satisfy demand from transportation and heat pumps, and maybe a few more data centres. After that, there’s little left over.

“To actually electrify, you actually have to have enough electricity,” Antweiler said

“But when you do the math, we’d need to essentially dedicate all the new capacity to these facilities.”

Squamish Curbside Battery Collection

•When: your Garbage service day: April 21st –25th

•How: Collect batteries in aclear bag. Place the batteries on top of your Recycle

Tote on the curbside,theywill be collected by hand.

• Why: Therecycle tote will indicateyour participation and prevent batteries from being tippedinto the garbage truck.

Squamish is the first community in BC to offer aCurbside BatteryCollection Program.In 2024, 1,318 kgs of batteries were collected from the curbside service alone!

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EDITORIAL

LONG NAME, COMPELLING RIDING

Withthe federalelectioncampaigninfull swing, it is worthlooking at ourridingand its history.

TheWestVancouver—SunshineCoast—Sea toSky Country riding hasanew boundary this time around.

As of April22, 2024,achunk of easternWest Vancouver,which includesParkRoyal,SentinelHill and Ambleside, is part of theNorth Vancouver riding,not ours

Thechangewas apparently to make thepopulationsof theridingmoreequal (Legally,ridingboundarieshavetobereviewed aftereach10-year census.)

Currently, our riding includesmorethan114,000 people andstretches almost 13,000 square kilometres, spanning theSunshineCoast Regional District,Bowen Island,aslice of NorthVancouver, WestVancouver,Lions BayuptoPemberton and MountCurrie.

We used to have thelongest federalridingname, butwereusurped by Ontario’sLeeds—Grenville— Thousand Islandsand Rideau Lakesin2015.

Yearsago,wewerepartofthe Capilano-Howe Soundriding.

It includedportionsofNorth VancouverDistrict, West Vancouver, andmuchofthe Squamish-Lillooet Regional District.

Ourridingwas called West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast from 1997 to 2004.

It changedtoour currentnameinthe early2000s, atthe requestofour then-MPJohnReynolds.

“He requestedthe name change throughaprivate membersbillwhich changedthe namesofseveral ridings,”reads aSquamishChief storyfromthe time.

VOTINGWITHFLAVOUR

MOUNTAINVIEWS INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY

ThisApril marksthe monthofthe federal election in Canada andwillalsomarkmyfirst time voting in anew country.

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Reynolds wasan interestingand storiedpolitician, servingfederallyasarepresentativeofthe ConservativeParty of Canada,and itspredecessors, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance andthe Reform Party of Canada.

Provincially,heran forthe Social Credit Party.

This riding also brieflyhad Canada’s firstGreen PartyMPafter theLiberal-elected BlairWilson, who crossedthe floortothe Greensshortly before the 2008federal election, whichhethenlostto ConservativeJohnWeston.

Historically,it hasbeena LiberalorConservative riding,withnoNDP candidateelected

This riding hashad itsfairshare of female representation.

Forexample,wewereledbyConservative(and feminist)Pat Carney in the1980s,and,more recently, Pamela Goldsmith-Jonesofthe Liberal Party, whowas electedin2015, afterbeing a councillorand mayorinWestVancouver.

Throughoutall of this history, we,the people,have held themostinteresting power, as we do now, writingthe next page in ourhistorywhenwe go to thepolls laterthismonth.

As Ipreparetocastmyballot, Ihad athought as to whetherthere areany differencesbetween Canada and Australiawhenitcomes to voting anditdidn’t takemelongtorealize that theanswertothisisyes

Firstthingsfirst—votinginAustralia is mandatory.

Yes, everyone in thecountry must vote,eitherby advanced voting,postalvoteorinpersononthe day. Regardless of howyou vote,the factisyou must I have sincediscoveredthatthisisnot thecasein Canada andlikelyexplainswhy theWestVancouver SunshineCoast—Sea to SkyCountry riding with a population of 119,113people(in 2016)onlysaw atotal of 63,738 people vote.

According to theAustralianElectoral Commission, sincebringingincompulsoryvotingin1924, Australian electionshavenever fallen below90% participation.

In the2021federal election,onlyabout 62.5%of Canadianscasttheir vote forwhich partytheywanted as theleader of thecountry.

Another difference—which Ibelieve is more in favour of Canada’s voting ways—isthe famous all-candidatedebates.

These events seeridingcandidatesgiven thechance

to debate issues in frontofapublicaudience. It also showsthe public how each candidatehandles the pressure of adebatescenario, public speaking and addressing issues that areimportant to thelocal community.

Whilefirst impressionsaren’teverything, the all-candidates debate canplayabig part in swaying thevotes of people whomay be undecidedonwho to vote for.

Whiledebates betweenthe topgunsvying forthe titleofprime minister in Australia exist, all-candidatesdebates betweenridings (orelectorates as they call it across theocean)are notathing

Amissedopportunity,I say.

Finally, andsomemay saymostimportantly,the biggestdifferencebetween voting in Canada and Australiaisthe legendarydemocracy sausage. Yes, youdid read that correctly, ademocracy sausage, which is theiconofvotingday in Australia. Outsideofalmostevery voting placeacrossthe countryisasausage sizzle,which acts as afundraiser forlocal non-profitgroups.

Afterplacing your ballot (orbefore, there’sno judgment here), voters areabletopurchasefor around $2 asausage on apiece of breadwithoptionalonion andasquirtoftomatosauce.Yes,other sauces are optional too.

To be honest,the democracysausage is likely the biggestreasonpeoplegoout andvoteinAustralia. SoCanada, as away to boost your pollingresults, mayI suggestamaple-inspiredtreat outsideofthe pollingbooths?

Whoknows,itmight just do thetrick! Election DayisMonday, April28.

Ha7lh skwálwen cht kwis emút cht iy sts’its’áp’ cht iy kw’shétsut cht na7tkwa temíxw tl’a Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw

(We have good feelings that we live, we work and we play on the lands of the Squamish Nation)

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Compared with past elections, how much attention are you paying to the upcoming federal election?

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SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH: Pearl’s Value & Vintage is highlighting Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April with its current window display. The popular store is a non-profit, with 100% of its thrift store proceeds going to PearlSpace’s programs, which support women and children fleeing violence

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

LIGHT AND SHADOW

After two extraordinary weeks in Nepal, I return home forever changed. The warmth, generosity, and resilience of its people touched me in ways I never expected My journey took me into classrooms, universities, and colleges, where I shared knowledge and supported students I worked closely with special education schools, providing autism training and communication systems for non-speaking children I visited senior homes, countless temples, and led a yoga class for 100 non-English-speaking adults But what shaped me the most was living within the Nepalese communities—staying in homes, sharing meals, and spending time in an orphanage with 37 beautiful children who shifted my perspective on life Nepal is a country of immense light. Its people are kind and giving, their spirituality deeply rooted, and their sense of community unwavering. From the moment I arrived, I felt embraced by a culture that prioritizes connection, education, and well-being. I witnessed firsthand the power of resilience and joy,

LETTERS POLICY

even in the face of challenges.

Yet, where there is great light, there is also shadow. Nepal faces profound socioeconomic, political, and environmental struggles. I saw families working tirelessly to provide for their children, students fighting for access to education, and entire communities navigating the impacts of poverty. The streets are a chaotic dance of motorbikes, buses, cows, and people, all moving with an unspoken rhythm that somehow works.

But nothing could have prepared me for my final day in Nepal. What should have been a simple ride to the airport turned into a harrowing experience A peaceful protest escalated into violent unrest—gunfire, tear gas, burning vehicles, and streets filled with fear and uncertainty. Roads were blocked, and I was trapped for 3 hours, with time slipping away to make my flight and the violence coming closer to my taxi

I won’t minimize the fear I felt in that moment. But then, something extraordinary happened. With no way forward, an unexpected solution emerged, curated by my hosts who were

in connection with me, trying to help me escape. They sent an ambulance, sirens blaring. Two men jumped out, grabbed my luggage and rushed me into the back of the ambulance. They told me to lie down under a blanket, stay quiet, and within minutes, sirens continuing, we pushed through the chaos to the airport. It felt like something out of a movie. Even in the darkness, the light of Nepal shone through. Strangers became protectors New friends became my heroes People acted selflessly to ensure my safety Amidst the tension, there was kindness, courage, and humanity.

This journey has been a powerful reminder that light and shadow exist side by side—not just in Nepal, but everywhere, within every society and every human heart. Nepal is a country committed to peace and growth, and I hold deep prayers for its continued transformation

I do not claim to fully understand Nepal, but I have been immersed in its beauty and its struggles. And I will return.

Diana Lockett Squamish

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MOST READ STORY

Woodfibre LNG receives EAO warning over hazardous material storage

TOP TIKTOK OF THE WEEK

This week, reporter Indigo Lemay-Conway attended the District’s Repair Café at The 55 Activity Centre Check out this and many other videos on our TikTok page, found at @squamishchief

PHOTO COURTESY OF VALERIE NAGY

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO FILM AT THE SQUAMISH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT?

The cost to film at the Squamish Municipal Airport – Don Patrick Field is about to jump up significantly, more than doubling current prices

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It’s going to cost a little more to film a TV show or movie at the Squamish Municipal Airport – Don Patrick Field.

At the regular council meeting on April 1, District of Squamish council voted in favour of giving the first three readings to a bylaw that would increase filming costs on select parts of the airport by more than double

According to a report to council, the Squamish airport is not tax-funded and “relies solely upon revenue generated from lease fees, grant funding and any other usage revenue such as fees from filming for its operating and capital costs.”

The filming fees at the airport have not been updated since 2011.

A CHANGE IN PRICE

At the meeting, District director of financial operations, Reann Sousa, said that the daily fee for vehicle parking related to filming at the airport is currently $250 per day.

“Currently, the daily fee for both parking lots is $250 per day and use of the runway, taxiway, and apron is $750 per day,” Sousa said

According to the report, parking rates are on par with Langley Regional Airport, but much lower than Boundary Bay Airport—which charges between $500 and $1,000—and Pitt Meadows Regional Airport—which charges between $900 and $3,000.

The report also shows that the rates for filming on the apron, taxiways and runway at the Squamish Airport are “considerably less” than the five other airports reviewed (Boundary Bay, Pitt Meadows, Langley, and Ontario airports: Brantford and Niagara District) who

each have a second or third runway that can be used to limit disruptions during filming.

To use the apron and taxiway at Boundary Bay Airport costs $5,000 per day and the runway at Langley Airport costs $2,000 per day.

“Squamish has one runway, making it challenging to accommodate filming on any of the operational areas (runway, taxiways, or aprons) without disrupting the tenants or private operators,” reads the report

As such, Sousa said that District staff recommended a significant jump in filming fees

to put Squamish on par with other airports

“After consultation with the District’s aviation consultant, staff are proposing to increase fees to $750 per parking lot per day, $750 per hour for the taxiway and apron and $1,500 per hour for the runway,” Sousa said

Councillors voted unanimously in support of the price increase.

“I think the changes at the airport just make good sense and put us where we should be,” Mayor Armand Hurford said.

RECENT FILMING ACTIVITY

According to the District of Squamish, no filming has occurred at the Squamish Airport in 2025

“We haven’t had any filming at the airport in 2025 In 2024 there were two productions that filmed at the airport: Tracker (TV Season One) and Shiver (Film),” District digital and graphics technician Alex Preston told The Squamish Chief.

“In general, we have one to five productions a year and the impact depends on what is being filmed, whether they need the use of the runway or if they are parking/filming within it.”

The bylaw will be scheduled for adoption at the next regular business meeting.

For more information on filming fees, visit the District of Squamish website.

FILE PHOTO BY INDIGO LEMAY-CONWAY/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF Filming prices are set to increase at the Squamish Municipal Airport.

KEITH ROY DISCUSSES CONSERVATIVE PLANS FOR SEA TO SKY

Q&A with the West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country MP candidate

JENNIFER THUNCHER jthuncher@squamishchief.com

In the second week of the five-week election campaign, all the candidates, including those for the West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country riding, are out electioneering in full force.

The Squamish Chief caught up with Conservative Party candidate Keith Roy just after he finished a door-knocking blitz on the Sunshine Coast, for an interview about a wide range of topics

The long-time realtor lives in Whistler with his wife and young son.

Roy was nominated to represent his party in March of 2024 and has been in campaign mode ever since.

What follows is a version of our conversation, which took place Friday, edited for length and clarity.

Q: From where you started as the nominee in the spring of 2024, to now, so much has happened in the world. Obviously, voters are thinking about U.S. President Donald Trump a lot. What are you concerned about with him in terms of the Sea to Sky?

A: There’s an overwhelming sense of concern vis-à-vis Donald Trump that has permeated Canada, and rightfully so There are still all of the domestic problems that the Liberals have left us And so, when I’m talking with people at the doors they are certainly concerned about Donald Trump. They’re still very concerned about Canada’s domestic position—crime, deficits, lack of homes, all those issues still exist. The Liberals would love to think that all of those things have gone away.

Q: Over this last year, the Conservatives and leader, Pierre Poilievre, were at the top of all the polls for a good while, until Trump was elected and his threats began. Now the polls have flipped with Liberals in the lead. What do you make of that, with this short election campaign?

A: It is a fear reaction by Canadians who are questioning what the new landscape of the world looks like

Q: Can you walk me through the big things the Conservatives would do that would make it better for Sea to Sky businesses?

A: We will reduce the tax burden that businesses pay, that will be a forthcoming announcement. We will reduce personal income taxes by 15%, saving the average family money that they will then be able to spend in the community. We will bring in a dollar-for-dollar spending law to stop the ever-burdening debt and deficit so that any new dollar of spending has to be met with $1 of savings somewhere else. We just need to stop the ballooning before it pops We will

stop the inflationary money printing that this government and this prime minister have advocated for. All of this is about restoring the promise of Canada, where you can build a small business and be successful in doing so.

[Note: The tax cut would drop the tax rate on the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 12.75%. See the Conservative news release on this here.]

Q: And reducing capital gains tax, right?

A: We were the only party that was very vocal about the Liberal desire to increase capital gains.

[The day after this interview, Pierre Poilievre announced that any person or business selling an asset will pay no capital gains tax when they reinvest the proceeds in Canada Companies that reinvest in active Canadian businesses would also defer any capital gains tax. According to a Conservative news release, “these gains will still be taxed later on when investors cash out or move the money out of Canada. The break will be available on any reinvestments done until the end of 2026.”]

Q: You have a young family, and there are lots of young families in Squamish. Can you speak to policies that will help young families?

A: We have announced that we will retain all of the existing child care funding agreements. I

want to make that point, because the Liberals are scaremongering on this issue. I am the father of a four-year-old I am very familiar with the thought of daycare. I understand the challenges it presents for young families I want to make that very clear to your audience I’m proud to stand with a party that is going to retain those agreements I’ll turn it back to one of my earlier comments, we are going to reduce income taxes for everyone by 15%, which is going to provide savings for the average family I want to see [parents of young children] represented in Parliament, and I want to see our children have the promise of Canada restored. That’s why I ran for the nomination. Looking forward to my son graduating, I don’t think he has the same opportunities that I did when I graduated.

Q: A lack of housing is obviously a huge issue in Squamish. Can you speak to that and what the Conservatives would do?

A: Great news, we made an announcement that we’re going to remove GST on new homes up to $1.3 million and this makes a big difference in a place like Squamish That is a direct savings of up to $65,000 for a young family buying a new townhouse at SEAandSKY [housing development]

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Keith Roy, with his wife and son.

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You open up a lot of new opportunities for people with $65,000.

One of the main reasons housing prices have risen so dramatically is that the Liberals broke the immigration system and allowed over a million people a year into Canada, which put too much pressure on the housing system So what we have said is we are going to tie immigration numbers to housing completions so that we have enough houses for the people we bring, while simultaneously catching up and building enough houses for the people who are already here We will tie immigration to housing completions, not housing starts—completions.

We will eliminate the billions of housing-related bureaucracies that the Liberals have created, and we will put the money into places where the gatekeepers are removed and the houses get built.

For example, the Liberals currently pay federal infrastructure money to municipalities that continually raise Development Cost Charges and block new homes from being built. What we will do is, through the federal infrastructure money, we will pay communities that build more homes, so if they build 15% more homes, they will get 15% more money. If they build 15% fewer homes, they will get 15% less money. They will not get paid until the homes are built, which will incentivize the municipalities to sharpen their pencil and get the homes that Canadians need built.

Q: As you know, we have the only BC Green Party MLA in the Lower Mainland area. The environment is a huge issue here. Can you speak to things about the environment that Conservative policies would help enhance or that would protect?

A: We believe climate change and pollution are a global problem, and we want to use Canada’s energy and Canada’s resources to offset global emissions and pollution For example, we should manufacture more steel in Canada, rather than in China [which emits more emissions than steel made in Canada] The world will be better off if we do that We should get Canadian resources to markets beyond America. We should sell our LNG to China and India and offset coal-fired plants.

Our party has been talking about this for years, and the Liberals have ignored us.

Q: Reading the Conservative policy document, do I have it right, the Conservative Party is still about having renewable energy and new ideas for renewable industries, but it is also about transitioning, so LNG and supporting that, too. Have I got it kind of right?

A: I think you have it in reverse. We already have the resources, and you’ve kind of predated the resources with the transition We have the resources. Canada should be the richest country in the world. We are blessed with an abundance of resources. We need to harvest those resources for the benefit of our people

Breaking News

It’s a Canada-first policy. That doesn’t preclude responsible environmental stewardship. One great example of this is Woodfibre LNG where the local Squamish Nation is enforcing the environmental conditions that have been set forth. If you can’t trust the local First Nations to look after the environment on a project, who can you trust?

They’re doing a great job, and we’re getting Canadian resources out of the ground, and we’re creating jobs that produce powerful paycheques and benefits for communities all across Canada.

[On March 31, after this interview, Poilievre announced, if elected, he will create a “Canada First” National Energy Corridor to fast-track approvals for transmission lines, railways, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure across the country, in a pre-approved transport corridor, transporting resources “within Canada and to the world while bypassing the United States.”]

Q: Perhaps this is an unfair question, but the stereotype is that Conservatives wouldn’t work [well] with First Nations?

A: Let’s make this very clear for your readers, Pierre Poilievre came to Squamish and met with the Squamish First Nation [members] and announced in Squamish our Indigenous policies that will make Canada’s Indigenous people the wealthiest people in Canada. That is what we want for them because it is right for them It will be good for Canada. It will be good for First Nations. It’s

why Chief Dale Harry is supporting me in the campaign.

Q: Anything else—one thing—you would like to stress?

A: I have a policy disagreement with the Green Party in the Sea to Sky. I think Canada should harvest its resources with responsible environmental stewardship for the benefit of us locally and Canadians everywhere And as far as I can tell, Miss [Lauren] Greenlaw would like to lock up all of our Canadian resources. Mr [Patrick] Weiler doesn’t appear to have any conviction on this position at all. I think the conversation in Squamish is between people who support the Green Party and people who support us That’s what I’m hearing when I’m at the doors. If you want to develop resources in a responsible way in Canada, you should vote for the Conservative Party. If you want to lock up resources in the ground and suffer the economic consequences, you should vote for the Green Party. It is a binary choice, particularly given the threat coming out of the United States.

The General Election is set for Monday, April 28

Other candidates for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country include incumbent Liberal MP Patrick Weiler, Lauren Greenlaw of the Green Party of Canada, NDP candidate Jäger Rosenberg, and Gordon Jeffrey of the Parti Rhinocéros Party.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ARLENE MCARTHUR SIGNS OF SPRING: These chionodoxa, considered early spring bloomers, have been sprouting in Arlene McArthur’s Brackendale yard

PEARLSPACE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS

24/7 service and public initiatives aim to reach survivors across the Sea to Sky

LIZ MCDONALD emcdonald@wplpmedia.com

PearlSpace is marking Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April with a public campaign to inform, support and empower survivors of gender-based violence throughout the Sea to Sky corridor

The organization, which offers crisis response and support for survivors of sexualized violence, is leading a multi-pronged effort to raise awareness, prevent violence and connect community members with services in Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton and the Stl’atl’imx/ Lillooet region.

“We’ve seen year-over-year increases in people accessing services,” said Ashley Oakes, executive director of PearlSpace “That’s tied to rising population and turnover, especially in Whistler, which means we constantly need to re-educate people about what supports are available.”

In 2024, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) had a 14.2-per-cent rise in reported intimate partner violence, according to the Whistler RCMP While the rise is notable, most calls came from out-of-town visitors staying in

hotels For Squamish, there was almost a 30-per-cent decline in calls for service last year

Data from 2017 published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Nursing showed 23 per cent of residents in the Sea to Sky region had experienced sexual violence, but only nine per cent reported it to police—highlighting the importance of alternative support systems.

A GROWING NEED AND A GROWING RESPONSE

In 2023, PearlSpace launched a 24/7 sexual assault response program funded by the provincial Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. The service offers confidential support via phone, text or online messaging, as well as in-person accompaniment to hospitals and police.

“Sometimes people just want to talk with an experienced person, other times they want action we are there to advocate and support,” said sexual assault service worker and drop-in coordinator Jazz Lewis.

Lewis emphasized support looks different in every case, but the organization always provides the same level of care—including access to clean clothes, food, water and referrals for counselling Survivors can engage with the service for as long as they wish

PREVENTION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

April’s campaign will include bus ads, social media outreach, news media, posters, and a series of public installations, including a clothesline project featuring handmade shirts with messages from survivors in local businesses and the Squamish Public Library. One initiative invites people to create bracelets with words promoting consent and healthy relationships.

The campaign also aligns with National Prevention of Violence Against Women Week in mid-April, and leads into Crime Victims Awareness Week from May 11 to 17.

SERVICES FOR EVERYONE, NO MATTER THEIR STATUS

The 24/7 sexual assault service is free to access for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, residency, or immigration status While most services are fully funded, some counselling may carry a small fee based on a participant’s means.

“The sexual assault line isn’t just for people who have recently experienced sexual assault. It’s also for people who have historical sexual assault,” Oakes said PearlSpace also recently received a federal

Sometimes people just want to talk with an experienced person, other times they want action … we are there to advocate and support.

JAZZ LEWIS

Department of Justice grant, enabling it to expand outreach through marketing—something Oakes said many non-profits struggle to fund

In the lead-up, PearlSpace will be distributing rape whistles and informational materials across the corridor—small but tangible tools to help community members feel safer and more informed.

Anyone in need of support can call PearlSpace’s 24/7 line at 1-877-890-5711 or visit their website for more information.

SPORTS BRIEFS

SHARPE BRINGS HOME HARDWARE FROM WORLDS

Squamish’s Cassie Sharpe broughthomea bronze medalfromthe Engadin2025FIS Snowboard, Freestyleand FreeskiWorld ChampionshipsinSwitzerland

Theevent washeldfromMarch17to30, in theresorttownofSt. Moritz in theEngadin valley,

In thefreeski halfpipe finals,Great Britain’s ZoeAtkin,22, wonthe freeskihalfpipewitha scoreof93.50 in hersecondrun,according to anewsrelease from theInternationalSki Federation (FIS).

China’sLiFanghui,who is also 22,was a closesecond, at 93.00, earningher silver.

Sharpe,32, earned 88.00for thebronze, aftera75.75 firstrun.

In themen’s category,Finley Melville Ives, of NewZealand,earnedgold, with 96.00.

U.S. skierNickGoepper garnered silver at 94.00, whilehis teammateAlexFerreiratook bronze with 92.50.

Forthe uninitiated, with thefreeski halfpipe,inaU-shapedtube—or halfpipe athletes do aseriesofjumps,spins and “grabs,” meaninggrabbingorholdingtheir skis

Theathlete’s runs arejudgedaccording to theheight, difficulty andexecution of the tricks,aswellasthe overallpresentation.

ROUNDHOUSE’S FIRSTFIGHT NIGHTHITSTHE MARK

Squamish FightNight onMarch 29 wasa hit, accordingtoorganizers, with 400people in attendance at TotemHall.

This wasthe firstsuchevent forlocal gym Roundhouse MartialArts.

“Wehad 10 fights,20fighters, andafew localSquamish businesses sponsoring the event. Outofour sixSquamish fighters,three of them cameawaywiththe win, andone fighterwith adraw,”saidthe gym’sCandace Smith.

“It wasa largesuccess forthe community, andweare so happytobe able to putona greatshowfor Squamish.”

Here arethe full results:

•Lincoln McCardle vs.Kevin Seyforth =Lincoln McCardle won •Madison Skrypnekvs. DanielaDimitras =MadisonSkrypnekwon

• Tanner Hewitt vs.MoKianford =TannerHewittwon

• AydenCollier vs.GaisBenaliouat =Draw

•SeamusLoughranvs. Prav Sandhu =PravSandhu won

•Laura Jeffersonvs. Cristy Fernando =CristyFernandowon

LOCALRIDERSSHINE AT 2025 NEIL EDGEWORTHMEMORIALBANKEDSLALOM

AnnieAkehurst, DanBarkernet bronze amongpro women andmen respectively

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The 26th annual Neil EdgeworthMemorial Banked Slalom concludedatthe endof MarchinBig White, andlocalsfound themselves raking in no shortage of hardware. As NorthAmerica’s second-oldestbanked slalom eventbehindonlythe MountBaker LegendaryBankedSlalom, this contestdebuted in 1987 underthe name “InlandSnowboard Big WhiteBankedSlalom”.Itwas renamedto honour Edgeworth, aBig Whitelegendwho passed away in an avalancheinFrance. Here areall thepodiums with SeatoSky content:

ProMen

1. ChrisBradley,WestKelowna (1:26.51)

2. KaiHooper, Burnaby(1:27.10)

3. DanBarker, Whistler (1:27.51)

ProWomen

1. Carleigh Quiring, Kelowna(1:34.28)

2. KianaPutman, Wasilla(1:36.68)

3. AnnieAkehurst, Whistler (1:37.10)

PHOTOCOURTESYOFVAIRDYFRAIL

Boys’age 12 to 14 podium at the2025Neil EdgeworthMemorialBankedSlalom, left to right: Torger Frail, Odin Frailand Ezra Kuhn

Boys’12-14

Please Contact the SPCA for more details! Visitour website:spca.bc.ca

Meet Ken

This is Kenthe redheadedGuinea Pig. Kenlovesgreens, applesand his piggiepellets. He does happysqueals at thesound of packagingand it doesn’t matter if it is paperpackaging, plastic packagingorany other type of packaging. To Kenthatmeans the possibility of food.Pellets, greens and treatsall comeinsomekindofpackaging and to Kenthe Guinea Pig, thatisthe best sound in theworld

ProMasters Men

1. Carl Cowtan,Kelowna (1:30.42)

2. BrandonFrail,Brackendale (1:33.92)

3. Roland Hould, Brackendale(1:34.37)

Men’s50-54

1. Bill Laing, Mackenzie(1:39.93)

2. Ture Loffler, Squamish (1:40.51)

3. Nick Russell, NorthVancouver (1:40.77)

Women’s35-44

1. KimberlyLamoureux,Garibaldi Highlands (1:43.85)

2. LizSay,Big White(1:45.79)

3. LauraPrice,Kelowna (1:45.83)

Men’s25-34

1. ClintonPederson, Kelowna (1:32.86)

2. DavidBasterfield,Squamish (1:33.70)

3. PatrickShier,Big White(1:35.66)

1. Odin Frail, Whistler Valley SnowboardClub (1:31.91)

2. Torger Frail, Whistler Valley SnowboardClub (1:33.31)

3. Ezra Kuhn,Rossland(1:33.57)

Girls’ 12-14

1. Rumi Cooper,WhistlerValleySnowboard Club (1:34.56)

2. AvaEchle,Rossland(1:39.97)

3. AvlynSmirl,Kelowna (1:40.80)

Boys’U11

1. AJ Pitaoulis, Revelstoke (1:37.27)

2. BodhiCooper, Brackendale(1:43.65)

3. Magnus Schubert,Rossland(1:44.48)

Girls’ U11

1. EffiePalmer, Whistler Valley SnowboardClub (1:45.89)

2. SofiaTowers, Pemberton(1:47.61)

3. RueEchle,Rossland(1:56.33)

Dr.D.J.(Don) Lawrence 1936 -2025

Don died peacefully surrounded by his familyatthe SeatoSky Hospiceon31March.His wife Pauline, daughtersRose (Jeff) and Carolyn(Nigel), brother Rick (Joan), and granddaughtersPippaand Mia will miss him greatly.

He grewupinHalifax, Nova Scotia and attended QEH then Dalhousie University.Heearnedhis PhD atQueen Mary College,Universityof London, England where he furthered hisloveofphysics, took up dinghy racing and metPauline.

Don’scareer as aresearch scientistand oceanographer at Bedford Institute of Oceanography(BIO) spanned over 35 years. His work focussed on modelling surfacecurrentsonthe Scotian Shelf. He embraced changes in the field frompaper calculations to large computermodels. Projects took him out onresearch ships in the North Atlanticand Don had manystories of life at sea

His physics knowledge, natural curiosity and enthusiasm helped with tinkeringonhis Mini Cooperrally car,his daughter’sphysicsand calculus classes, and fixing just about anything.Don wasinvolved in his daughters’and granddaughters’ lives and proud of their achievements.

Throughout hislife, Don was an avid sailor. He was also keenly interested in localtheatre where his technical skills came to the forewith sound and lighting. He enjoyedadventure andheand Pauline travelled widely.

In2005, Don and Pauline moved to B.C., leaving behind good friends in Halifax andgainingnew ones in Squamish.Don enthusiastically took up volunteering on projectsatthe Squamish Railway Museumand working with the brush-back group of theTrails Societyand the Streamkeepers.

Towards the end of his life, Don was wellsupported by manycaring members from Sea toSky Home Support, and in final days the Sea to Sky Hospice. We are gratefulfor theircompassionatecare. Don waswellloved by friends and family and willberemembered for hisjovialstory telling. His fulllife will have us reminiscing for yearstocome. To write acondolence to the family, please visit www.squamishfuneralchapel.com

Missing Cat -White and Brown We are still missing our catPotato. Lastseenon MarinasidePlace on December 3, 2024.We suspect she has been misplaced. 2,000$ rewardfor her safe return. Smallfemale catwithlittleskintag on right ear.778-549-2952

•Includes Heat,H/W &Parking

•Secured, Bright,Spacious

•Beautifully landscaped grounds

•CommonLaundry& Storage

•NearBus,Shopping &Schools

•Proactive BuildingManager

•Pet FriendlyComplex

Cardinal Concrete, ADivisionofLafarge Canada Inc is theleading supplierofready-mix concreteinthe SeatoSky Corridor.Weare currently seeking acareer oriented individual to fillthe roleofCommercial Transport/Heavy Duty Mechanic at ourHead Office LocationinSquamish, BC

This is askilled position which primarily involves preventative maintenanceand repair of alarge fleet of commercial transportvehicles including concretemixer trucks,dump trucks,trailers,forklifts and light-duty trucks

MinimumQualifications:

•B.C.Certificate of Qualification,and/or Interprovincial Ticket as aCommercial TransportMechanic, and/or Heavy Duty MechanicTicket

• 3-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combinationofeducation andexperience

Compensation $46.71 to $50.21

To view afull copy of this Job Description visit: www.cardinalconcrete.ca/about/careers Applyto: info@cardinalconcrete.ca

CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Front-End Driver /Sideload TruckDriver

Coastal Mountain Disposaliscurrentlyseeking aresponsible and safetyconsciousFront-End Driver /Sideload Truck Driver to join our team in Whistler.

KeyResponsibilities

·Safely operateaFront-End Truck &aSideloadTruck,among otherequipment

·Workingknowledge of residential,commercial, construction site safety, and road safety regulations

·Able to maneuvertrucksintight spaces

·Provideexceptionalcustomer service Qualifications

• Maintainavalid class3orclass1BCdriver’s license with air brakeendorsement

• ProvideCleandrivers abstract

• Able to sit forlongperiodsoftime

• Comfortable working&driving in allweather conditions

• Able to liftupto50lbs andmoveheavyequipment HoursofWork

• Days of theweekTBD – weekendavailability required

• Statutoryholidays availability required

• Overtime mayberequired Compensation

• Very competitivehourly rate$35.00-$40.00

• Extendedhealth anddental benefits

If youare interested, please submit your resume and cleandrivers abstract to admin@coastalmountaindisposal.ca Welook forwardtohearing from you.

Foreman/Journeyman Electrician

To oversee projects in Whistlerand Squamish

Wagesbased on experience, Vehicle,travel, medical benefits, overtime provided

Email: admin@baseelectric.ca

Evans Lake is Hiring First/Head Cook Batch cooking for 40-120 at youth camp, with experience in ordering, inventory, and special diets. $23-$28/hr + housing. Seasonal (March -Nov). Apply: food@evanslake.com https://evanslake.com/ getinvolved/ job-openings/

EmployeeHealth &Wellness Planavailable

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR – Minimum 5years or 5,000 hours operating experience onexcavator.Full-time, Monday –Friday.$33-$42 per hour.

HEAVY DUTYEQUIPMENT MECHANIC – Commercial Truck &Transport, Transport Trailer, Class 1or3air brakes preferred. 4x10 or 5x8 schedule. RedSeal certified receive $200/month tool allowance. $39.70- $47.90 per hour.5%premium on hourly wage for Lead Hand position.

CONSTRUCTION LABOURER – Great opportunity to learn on-the-job. Stamina for physically demanding work and perseverance to braveinclement weather required. Previous experience preferred but notrequired.Training provided. $25-$32 perhour

HYDROVAC OPERATOR – Valid Class 1orClass 3with air brakes required. Manual transmission. 2years experience preferred. $35-$40.45 perhour.

PIPE LAYER –Minimum 5years experienceincivil construction Full-time, Monday –Friday.$33-$42 per hour

TRUCKDRIVER –BCDL Class 1orClass 3with air brakes required.Manual transmission. 2years experience preferred. $32-$40.45 perhour.

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HOROSCOPE WEEK OF APR 10,2025-APR 16,2025

ARIES March 21-April 19

This week,yourgenerosity will shine brightly,eveninthe eyes of thosewho mighttake advantage of it.Fortunately, your abilitytospeak your mind will puteverythinginto perspective, and you’ll earn the respectyou deserve

TAURUS April 20-May20

Youmustthoroughlyprepare beforeenteringintoany negotiations,whether for a businessdealorapersonal purchase.You must gather all the necessary information, ataskwill requirealot of patience

GEMINI May21-June 20

This week is the perfect opportunitytoresolve conflicts and correct past mistakes.You’ll be pleased with the outcome.You must consider many elements to restorebalance and harmony within your social circle.

CANCER June 21-July 22

Buyingahome requires significant financial resources and time.You’ll takegreat pride in this impressive achievement—it’samilestone

that’s not within everyone’s reach.

LEO July 23-Aug. 22

Enjoyqualitytime with yourfamilythis week. Amajor projectinvolving yourloved ones,such as amoveororganizational change at work,awaits you. Youmay alsoreceivenews aboutanupcomingbirth.

VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22

Summer is almosthere! You’ll want to treatyourself by buyingnew clothes. Your social calendar is set to blossom. Many exciting outings await!

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Look at home improvements as avaluable investment. Youmusthavedeep conversations with those closetoyou to nurture yourrelationships To keep yourrelationship friendly, avoid lending moneytoafriend.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21

You’refilledwith energy this week! Even though you’re bound by time constraintsor financial limitations,you’ll

diveintoa series of initiatives, each moreexcitingthanthe last

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21

If you don’ttaketime to unwind and relax, you could be overwhelmedbystress. Consider adoptingalifestyle that nourishes yourspirit and alignswith yourcorevalues to cultivatealastingsense of well-being.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19

Despiteyourreservedand shynature, you’ll enjoy some fun experiences in good company.You mayeven organizeaworkorfamily gathering.

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb.18

Expect abig promotion at work this week.Ifyou’re lookingfor ajob,anew position offeringexcellent career opportunities with rapid advancementwill come yourway

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20

This week,you’ll feel the urge to travel or escape to ascenic destination. If you’replanning an adventure with agroup, stay alert—some individuals maycomplicatethings

HOWTOPLAY:

LASTWEEK’SANSWERS:

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Holy Communion and Morning Worship Sundays at 10:00 AM Rev Cameron Gutjahr 1930 Diamond Road 604-898-5100

www.squamishanglicanchurch.ca info@squamishanglicanchurch.ca

Exalting Jesus,Equipping His Followers,Engaging theWorld

WorshipService Sundays 10am on our website and Facebook Live 2262ReadCres. 604-898-3737 www.squamishbaptistchurch.org

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