LOCAL LEADERS PUSH FOR REVIEW OF GAS PRICING
Business organizations in Squamish are calling on their MP to push for an investigation into what they describe as inflated and unexplained fuel prices
JENNIFER THUNCHER jthuncher@lodestarmedia.ca
“Why the heck are gas prices in Squamish as high or higher than in the Lower Mainland, when we don’t have Metro Vancouver’s TransLink tax?”
A version of that question has likely been uttered as often by visitors and new locals as “Is it always this windy here?”
Recently, a collective of local leaders banded together to call on the Sea to Sky’s member of Parliament to do something about what they see as inflated prices at Sea to Sky pumps.
In a letter copied to The Squamish Chief, Anne Mackenzie, executive director of the Squamish Chamber of Commerce, called on West
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Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler to spark a federal investigation into the matter
The letter wasn’t just from the chamber. Mackenzie wrote on behalf of the Squamish Joint Engagement Committee, which is a collective of board directors and the executive directors from the chamber, Tourism Squamish and the Downtown Squamish BIA.
The committee represents “not only the interests of our 750-plus collective members, but also the interests of the business community at large,” Mackenzie wrote in the Oct. 6 letter.
“Local businesses who are deeply affected by the substantial and often mysterious fluctuations in gas prices that we are experiencing in Squamish,” the letter states “Squamish’s unique position on the Sea to Sky Highway—an important corridor between Vancouver and Whistler—appears to be creating an environment of demand-based pricing, which is seemingly detached from the actual costs of supply and infrastructure This has resulted in price discrepancies that are creating undue economic pressure on both residents and local businesses, many of
whom rely on fuel to operate and serve our community.”
The letter, which is also signed by Lesley Weeks, executive director of Tourism Squamish, and Kerry Neil, executive director of the Downtown Squamish BIA, calls on Weiler to have the federal government look into how fuel is priced in Squamish
“As the local business community continues to struggle with the high cost of fuel, we believe it is imperative that there be greater transparency in how fuel prices are determined in Squamish. In light of the factors I’ve outlined, we respectfully request that you initiate a federal investigation into the pricing practices of fuel suppliers in our region,” the local leaders request in the letter.
“We seek clarity on the methods used to calculate fuel prices in Squamish, as well as the role demand-based pricing may be playing in artificially inflating those prices.”
SUBMIT TO THE COMPETITION BUREAU
This is an issue Weiler, who has been a Sea to Sky MP for six years, is well aware of
He said the key is submissions to the Competition Bureau
The organization is an independent national law enforcement agency whose
mandate is to protect and promote competition for the benefit of Canadian consumers and businesses
“This has been a long-standing concern, something that former MLA Jordan Sturdy has really highlighted before,” Weiler said “What the NDP provincial government has passed through, legislation with the Fuel Price Transparency Act, to be able to have more transparency in the market And they themselves have noted that the Sea to Sky is part of an integrated market with Metro Vancouver, and then they didn’t have an explanation for that price differential. So they definitely took a positive step in creating the ability to have that transparency, but they never actually took the next step of using that data and submitting it to the Competition Bureau, which can investigate what is at play here.”
He noted he and West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jeremy Valeriote are also on the same page, in regards to the situation with the gas prices in Squamish
Weiler said, as a citizen, he will make a submission to the Competition Bureau on behalf of the organizations that wrote the letter, however, the federal government can’t take action on prices itself
“We can’t direct the Competition Bureau,
that would be an abuse of the system,” he said
He encouraged locals to write to the bureau themselves
“The most appropriate thing would be for the Bureau to investigate that and in the absence of the province submitting their data, I’m happy to submit the data that I have access to, which, again, is compelling enough in and of itself that I think that would give grounds for the Competition Bureau to really look at this quite closely,” he said. “Because I know how much of a huge impact it is for businesses—the cost of fuel generally, but just a living issue for everybody, and so this is a really important matter that deserves to be looked at.”
He noted that the price difference is also seen on the Sunshine Coast.
“I just would recommend for your readers to please reach out to me and please reach out to the Competition Bureau on this matter, so that they understand the perspectives that are there and have the information that they need to do their work,” he said
To reach MP Weiler, see his contact information on his Member of Parliament page
Go to the Competition Bureau site to write in or learn about making a complaint.
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SEEING DOUBLE: Twin bears in Squamish Authorities are warning residents to avoid the estuary trails after a woman was attacked by a sow while walking her dog there on Oct. 8. Hikers are urged to carry bear spray, make noise on the trails and keep dogs leashed.
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SEA TO SKY MLA CALLS FOR HALT TO LNG EXPANSION OVER FLARING HEALTH CONCERNS
West Vancouver–Sea to Sky MLA is calling on the provincial government to halt further expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure after a new report linked unregulated methane flaring at LNG plants with potential public health hazards
JENNIFER THUNCHER jthuncher@lodestarmedia.ca
Following a newly released research study on the impact of flaring at liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, MLA for West Vancouver–Sea to Sky, Jeremy Valeriote, is calling on the provincial government to stop the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, including LNG Canada Phase 2, Cedar LNG, Ksi Lisims, and the under-construction Woodfibre LNG.
“This government has sacrificed climate, air and water quality, ecosystem integrity, and Indigenous title and rights considerations to push LNG projects forward,” said Valeriote, in a news release. “It’s now obvious they are fine to sacrifice the health of British Columbians The premier needs to get real about LNG flaring, and include it in emissions reporting and environmental assessments.”
The findings on flaring were recently published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Flaring at LNG export facilities is when the plant is burning excess methane—the main component of natural gas—as it’s processed into a liquid for transport overseas.
Emissions from flaring have been linked to health impacts, such as worsening asthma.
The study, Analysis of Flaring Activity at Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Export Facilities Worldwide, found the amount of natural gas burned during the start-up of a liquefied natural gas export terminal is nearly three times higher than during regular operations,
yet those emissions during the start-up phase are not considered in the province’s Environmental Assessment Office certificate for these projects, according to Tim Takaro, a physician and researcher at Simon Fraser University who supervised the study.
Following Valeriote’s statement, environmental group My Sea to Sky joined the call on the province to act.
“This is a glaring loophole that has direct impacts on communities in British Columbia The Eby administration continues to advance the false premise that Canadian LNG is ‘clean’ while massive amounts of greenhouse gases and toxic air pollution are going unmonitored,” said Tracey Saxby, executive director of My Sea to Sky, in a news release.
“The B.C. government must respond to whether they’re going to let residents be exposed to possibly years of unmonitored pollutants, like particulate matter, volatile organics, and other toxins that are harmful to human health,” she added.
“We’re calling on the BC government to immediately require full modelling and accounting of flaring emissions in the LNG commissioning phase, including for projects that have already been approved. We endorse the call by doctors, nurses, and First Nations leaders for an independent, cumulative, comprehensive human health impacts assessment of the gas industry in B.C.—from fracking to transport, liquefaction, and export.”
For its part, a spokesperson for both the Environmental Assessment Office and the Ministry of Environment and Parks told The Squamish Chief that potential impacts to
human health and local communities are “important factors” examined by the EAO during the environmental assessment process.
“For each LNG project reviewed in B.C., the EAO assesses how project construction and operation may affect human health in consultation with technical experts,” the spokesperson said.
Using the LNG Canada project as an example, the spokesperson said that project was required to develop and implement comprehensive air quality management plans during both construction and operations phases, including monitoring flaring activity during operations
“This work is carried out in collaboration with the B.C. ministries of environment and health, the BC Energy Regulator, the local health authority, and other technical experts.”
LNG Canada also completed a human health risk assessment focused on air quality at its workforce accommodation centre and developed a Workforce Air Quality Health Plan LNG Canada is expected to engage First Nations “meaningfully” in the development and implementation of these plans.
“In addition, LNG Canada, as well as Cedar LNG, are required to participate in regional air quality and deposition monitoring programs for the Kitimat airshed,” the spokesperson added.
In terms of air quality monitoring, the EAO and Ministry said that Kitimat has an extensive network of air quality monitors for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and
other air contaminants.
(That data is publicly available at: Latest air quality data - Province of British Columbia.)
According to the spokesperson, analysis of available data “does not demonstrate adverse impacts on air quality due to flaring.”
“It is recognized that flaring can result in a short-term increase in the concentrations of certain air contaminants, including PM2.5, SO2 and NO2,” the emailed statement from the EAO and ministry continues.
“With regards to elevated asthma and COPD rates, this could be attributed to a combination of factors. Correlation does not mean causation. Considering limitations on data, it is challenging to attribute these rates to any specific cause. Also, to clarify, there has been no Northern Health study into this There was a community presentation by Northern Health using publicly available data.”
As previously reported by Lodestar Media’s Stefan Labbé, the scientists from the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, and Texas A&M University, who were behind the flaring study, plan to publish another research paper in 2026 assessing Woodfibre LNG’s anticipated impact on air quality and how it might harm public health and the local economy.
Once complete, the Woodfibre LNG terminal is expected to produce 2.1 million tonnes of liquefied gas per year, almost seven times less than the 14 million tonnes of fuel expected to be produced annually at the now complete LNG Canada Phase 1 facility.
~With files from Stefan Labbé.
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LOCAL MAN SENTENCED TO 4.5 YEARS FOR FATAL DRUNK DRIVING CRASH
After admitting guilt earlier this year, John Cernos was officially sentenced by a North Vancouver judge for his role in a deadly impaired driving incident
bodily harm, and two years consecutively for leaving the scene.
alcohol, Mr. Cernos attempted to drive himself to the casino,” Hinkson wrote.
BOB MACKIN
For The Squamish Chief
The Squamish man who pleaded guilty to drinking and driving and killing a woman and seriously injuring another was sentenced Sept 29 to four-and-a-half years in jail
John Tristan Travis Cernos pleaded guilty earlier this year and underwent a two-day sentencing hearing in August in North Vancouver Provincial Court for impaired driving and dangerous operation causing the death of Gurpreet Sangha, impaired driving and dangerous operation causing bodily harm to Sangha’s cousin, and failing to remain at the scene.
The Crown proposed a five-year total sentence, and the defence asked for three years.
In his verdict, Judge Timothy Hinkson officially sentenced Cernos to a total of six-and-a-half years: four-and-a-half years for impaired driving causing death, three years concurrently for impaired driving causing
However, due to court sentencing principles to avoid unduly long or harsh punishment, Hinkson reduced the impaired driving causing death sentence to four years, but kept the leaving the scene sentence at six months consecutive, “solely to ensure that the total sentence fairly reflects Mr Cernos’s moral culpability.”
Hinkson also banned Cernos from driving for seven years, effective immediately.
“This sentencing cannot resolve the despair felt by all of those who have been impacted by this event,” Hinkson said “There are many victims. One is dead; another was seriously injured. There are their families, most of whom live very far away There is the community at large, a small, tight-knit community intensely affected by this incident.”
On Sept 2, 2022, Cernos crashed a 1999 Ford F250 into the bus stop at Cleveland and Pemberton avenues before midnight He admitted to the charges against him in January of this year, thus cancelling what would have been a two-month trial.
“This terrible incident occurred because, after consuming a significant amount of
“Having driven a short distance at a high rate of speed, Mr. Cernos lost control of the vehicle while turning a corner The vehicle came to rest on a wooden bench at a bus stop where Ms Sangha and [her cousin] had been sitting. Ms Sangha was pinned under the truck; [the other woman] was found about 100 yards from the truck.”
While people rushed to help the two women, Cernos left the scene, fabricated a story for his fiancée, and returned home
When he was arrested the next day, Cernos denied being the driver and claimed he spent the night at home with his fiancée.
Cernos was so intoxicated during the crash that he does not fully remember the incident Hinkson took into account Cernos’s guilty pleas, remorseful statement to the court, and pledge to rehabilitate himself. But Hinkson decided that his blameworthiness is high and the circumstances aggravated
Hinkson said he believes Cernos’s acceptance of responsibility and remorse are genuine. He said the man has a history of depression, substance abuse, and criminality, but stopped drinking immediately after the crash and began attending Alcoholics
This sentencing cannot resolve the despair felt by all of those who have been impacted by this event.
JUDGE TIMOTHY HINKSON
Anonymous and seeing a counsellor Cernos has kept a clean driving record since the crash, and he is “searching for some way to redeem himself.”
“He has remained in Squamish so as to not run away from what he did, hoping to show the community that he is trying to better himself and learn from what he has done,” Hinkson said. “He is approached by people occasionally and asked questions about the offences. He tries to respond and accept any criticisms people express.”
NEWS BRIEF
PILOT CRITICALLY INJURED
The pilot of a downed helicopter suffered critical injuries in the Squamish crash on Oct. 7.
A spokesperson for Woodfibre LNG says the Bell 214 B1 helicopter, which was doing work for the company, went down the morning of Oct. 7.
Woodfibre LNG’s Sean Beardow said that at approximately 10:45 a.m., the contracted helicopter was doing maintenance work on behalf of Woodfibre Management Limited near the Henriette Dam when it crashed.
According to RCMP, the pilot was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The spokesperson for the RCMP said that the Sea to Sky RCMP General Investigations Team is working closely with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) and WorkSafeBC to determine the cause of
SPORTS BRIEF
ELLA MACPHEE FOURTH AT LAKE PLACID CROSS-COUNTRY WORLD CUP
Close, but no cigar for Ella MacPhee.
The Squamish native missed out on hardware during Sunday’s World Cup cross-country Olympic (XCO) race in Lake Placid, N.Y. She finished in one hour, 15 minutes and 38 seconds but had to watch Vida Lopez De San Roman triumph on home soil (1:14:01). Silver went to Sara Cortinovis (1:14:16), and Valentina Corvi obtained bronze (1:14:34).
MacPhee won her inaugural World Cup on May 23 in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, but hasn’t podiumed since the early-June short track event in Leogang, Austria. She relinquished the U23 women’s overall lead to Corvi (922) some time ago and now occupies second (744) with a mere
the crash.
The under-construction LNG export facility is located approximately seven kilometres southwest of downtown Squamish on the shores of Howe Sound.
The dam is located on the eastern side of Henriette Lake—west of the Woodfibre LNG site.
Beardow said there are no concerns with the integrity of the dam.
“In any incident, our first concern is the safety and well-being of anyone working with us Our thoughts are first and foremost with the injured individual and their loved ones,” said Luke Schauerte, CEO of Woodfibre LNG, in the release.
Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) posted a message to its members that said that no Nation members were involved in the incident or on site at the time of the crash.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ELECTORAL AREAD
Public Notice is hereby giveninaccordancewithSection 466 of the Local Government Act that an electronic Public Hearing will be heldregarding the following bylaws:
1. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District ElectoralAreaD Zoning BylawNo. 1350-2016, AmendmentBylaw No.1915-2025
2. Squamish-LillooetRegional District ElectoralAreaD Official Community Plan BylawNo. 1135-2013,AmendmentBylaw No.1916-2025
PurposeofBylaw No.1915-2025 and1916-2025
nine-point buffer on Cortinovis (735).
Nonetheless the Sea to Sky athlete remains in good spirits, writing on her Instagram account: “Lake Placid tasted sweet and I loved it! Oh it feels so good to climb back into the top five of a World Cup. A lot to fight for next weekend [in Mont-Sainte-Anne]!”
“It was a really exciting race which pretty quickly came down to three of us at the front,” said Lopez De San Roman in a press release.
“It was super dynamic back and forth and came down to the last lap. I put a really big attack in, I wasn’t sure if it was going to hold and just left it all out there on the last lap.
“I definitely had some extra speed on the course today by hearing so many people cheering my name It was a really special day. It has been a really great season and a lot of learning throughout the season to get to this point. I’m hoping to finish on a high note.”
As aresultofchanges to the Agricultural Land Commission Act(ALCA) and Agricultural Land ReserveUse andGeneral Regulation (ALR UseRegulation), theSLRDneedstoupdatezoningbylawstobeinalignmentwiththeProvincial regulatoryframework.ZoningAmendment BylawNo. 1915-2025 seeks to incorporatethesenecessary changes intothe ElectoralAreaD Zoning Bylaw. Theproposed changes reflect theapproachimplemented in Electoral Area Cand arealigned with theElectoralAreaD Official Community Plan (OCP)Bylaw andSquamish ValleyAgriculture Plan. Policychanges under theAgriculture Designationofthe Area DOCP Bylaw arealsorequiredto remove referencetooutdated termsand processesrelated to residentialuses in theAgriculturalLand Reserve (ALR).Additionally,OCP mapping changes arerequiredtoreflectnew ALRboundaries in theUpper SquamishValley. BylawNo. 1915-2025 and Bylaw No.1916-2025 applytothe ElectoralArea DAgriculture Zone and ElectoralAreaD OCPAgriculture Designation.
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Acopy of theproposed bylaws and relevant background documentsmay be inspectedatthe Regional District office,1350 AsterStreet, Pemberton, BC, duringofficehours8:00amto4:00pmnot includingweekendsand statutory holidaysor by reviewinganelectroniccopyonthe SLRD websiteathttps:// www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/news-notices/notice-public-hearing-electoralarea-d.All persons whobelieve that theirinterestinthe property is affected bythe proposed bylaws shallbeafforded areasonableopportunity to present submissions respecting matters contained in thebylaws.
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Writtensubmissions must be addressedto“SLRD BoardofDirectors,”and include your name and community of residence. Until4:00pm on October 27, 2025, writtensubmissionswill be received at thefollowing:
Email: planning@slrd.bc.ca
Hard Copy: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Planning Department PO Box219, Pemberton, BC V0N2L0
Writtensubmissions will also be accepted on October27, 2025 between 4:00pm andthe time when themotion to closethe Public Hearing is made. During this timeframe, writtencommentsmustbesubmittedbyemail to: cdewar@slrd.bc.ca.
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ThePublic Hearingwill take placeelectronically on October 27, 2025 at 7pm.Alinkwillbepostedonthe SLRD websitethree daysprior to thePublic Hearing. Youmay also email thePlanning Department threedaysprior to the Public Hearingatplanning@slrd.bc.ca to requestany necessary information.
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WATCHING THE SNOWLINE: The annual tradition of watching the snowline creep down has begun, as a dusting of snow has appeared in the alpine
MAKING THE DENTIST EASY
Married couple Jonathan Visscher and Debra Matson have opened their dental practice in the SEAandSKY development
WILL JOHNSON
For The Squamish Chief
They got married in Squamish, so why not start a business here?
Ever since Jonathan Visscher and Debra Matson tied the knot back in 2008, they’ve been trying to make it back to the Sea to Sky Corridor—and in September they achieved their dream, opening the doors to Chief Dental Squamish, which comes with an epic view of their namesake
“Squamish was where we spent most of our time, most of our weekends climbing and riding, but there wasn’t a dental practice for sale here at the time so we went to Kelowna and bought a practice. After four years we sold it,” Visscher told The Squamish Chief.
“It was just too big a city for us, it was getting crazy with the traffic, so we moved to 100-Mile House and started a practice there in 2016. And then we were planning to open a second practice here and had our practice listed for sale just for fun because we didn’t think we’d be able to sell it, but it did sell.”
Now they’re in their dream location, and
trying to match their business to their motto:
“make it easy.”
“We just want to make dentistry easy for
people, so we try to be on time or early and then make it short appointments I don’t take long to remove teeth or anything When we do fillings we work with a microscope so I can see 20 times zoom instead of what your eyes are capable of, and that helps me see what’s going on and work fast so you don’t have to spend as much time in the chair,” Visscher added.
“I like it when people walk out saying, ‘Wow, that was easy.’”
Chief Dental is currently on the lookout for new people to join their staff, particularly someone who specializes in children—which is a current gap in coverage for Squamish As part of the SEAandSKY development, they’re looking to maintain the friendly, easy-going vibe they’ve envisioned They have 3D printing and milling right in the office, which means their patients don’t need to wait for weeks to get crowns, mouth guards, dentures or bracing— it’s all done on-site.
Another way they’re making the process more comfortable is by decking out their surroundings with artwork from local artists and photographers such as Chris Christie, Sofia Warrington and Eileen Kiyonaga, among others.
“So when you’re laying on your back looking
up at the ceiling you can see views of the Tauntalus Range or biking in Britannia or climbing or skiing It’s nice you can look out the window and see the [Stawamus] Chief, or you can lean back and there’s something nice to look at there too.”
The Squamish Business Beat was developed in response to local demand for more business-focused news. To be considered, please reach out to news@squamishchief.com.
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The aesthetic of Chief Dental aims to be relaxing and welcoming.
SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSES MAKING PORTABLE TOILET A FIXTURE AT GARIBALDI HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY
The Sea to Sky School District is working to get the porta-potty ‘bolted into the ground’
INA PACE ipace@lodestarmedia.ca
The Sea to Sky School District’s Board of Education is discussing whether to make a portable washroom permanent at Garibaldi Highlands Elementary (GHE).
Board trustee Lisa Turpin brought forward the discussion about the porta-potty’s fixture as part of the agenda for the Board’s Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 8.
“[The porta-potty] has been knocked over a couple of times that we’ve noted on dog walks, but it gets tilted back up again,” Turpin said in the meeting. She explained that it had been moved temporarily sometime during the winter months last year.
School district secretary-treasurer Danielle Haverstock assured Turpin that the school district is working to get the porta-potty “bolted into the ground.”
Haverstock explained that in June, the Board gave an update about having difficulty with the porta-potty’s re-installation at the GHE bike hub due to the forest fires, but thus far there have
been no complaints from GHE.
“Hopefully they’re not taking it out again, because it’s utilized … [in] a partnership with the District of Squamish … year round as a
parking haven for the bike riders in the community,” Haverstock said.
“Having it seasonally there or not there, I wouldn’t suggest is viable. I think it needs to be
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permanent if [the community are] going to be utilizing that parking lot.”
Ina Pace is The Squamish Chief’s Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) reporter. This reporting was produced through the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI), which supports original civic journalism across Canada.
Construction Progress at WoodfibreLNG
TheWoodfibreLNG site is taking shape.Onland,crews are progressing on foundations afterplacing the pipe rack modules.Offshore, piling hasbegun forthe first permanent supports forthe floatingstorage tank —amajor step in marine construction.
Allmarine work is supportedbymarine mammal observers and hydroacousticmonitoring.These safeguards pause work ifunderwater sound nears regulatory limits or if marine mammals enterexclusion zones
We’reproud to be building the world’sfirst net zero LNG exportfacilitysafely, responsibly,and under the oversightof the Sḵwxwú7meshÚxwumixw (Squamish Nation) —follow ustosee how it’s taking shape righthereinSquamish.
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DR. JULIANA NEGREIROS TO SPEAK ON MANAGING KIDS’ ANXIETY
In a world still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, childhood anxiety is becoming increasingly common—and one expert says it’s time we change how we respond
WILL JOHNSON
For The Squamish Chief
Anxiety has a bad reputation
It’s an emotion that everybody feels, hard-wired into our system to alert us to danger and potential negative outcomes So it serves a very specific purpose in our lives, but it’s often associated with an overwhelming imbalance—think panic attacks, dread and full-on fear
That’s what children are experiencing these days, in a post-pandemic world, and often parents feel powerless to intervene. Do they remove their kids from the environment they fear? Do they sleep in their bed with them if they’re afraid of the dark? Do they cancel their extracurricular activities if they don’t want to participate?
These are the sort of questions that Dr. Juliana Negreiros is planning to address during her upcoming talk presented by the District 48 Parent Advisory Council, SD48 and Beacon Psychology at the Eagle Eye Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. As one of the architects of the EASE curriculum—that stands for Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators—her work has already had an impact on students’ lives.
“Anxiety in children is important to talk about because it’s an emotion we all have, and many times it has a bad reputation because it’s associated with stress and overwhelm and uncomfortable feelings in the body, but it’s there for a very good reason Most of the time, it’s there to protect us,” Negreiros told The Squamish Chief.
“With everything going on with world events after COVID, I think it’s important for people to know how to manage anxiety and also to understand that anxiety can be a good thing that we can use to our advantage.”
She feels that one of the driving forces behind anxiety in children these days is technology, including social media and the breakneck pace of its evolution since around 2010
“There are many studies showing that anxiety and depression and other challenges that have increased specifically in children come from having a lot of access to information that sometimes is not age-appropriate,” she said
So if a parent starts to witness anxiety in their child, her advice is to be proactive. If the child is becoming disinterested in activities they used to enjoy, or seems to be withdrawing from social circles, this is a red flag that their level of anxiety is interfering with their enjoyment of life. Encouraging them to re-engage, as well as leading by example, can help them navigate the feelings that are holding them back.
“At my talk, we’ll be talking about how anxiety presents in children as a ‘fight, flight or freeze’ response and what that looks like nowadays.”
She feels parents should be reminded that
With everything going on with world events after COVID, I think it’s important for people to know how to manage anxiety and also to understand that anxiety can be a good thing that we can use to our advantage.
DR. JULIANA NEGREIROS
anxiety because they never learn that they can do it. Rather, if you use the little by little approach to those situations that make them feel uncomfortable over time, they learn they can handle it, and they keep going for it, then they become independent.”
To get tickets for Negreiros’ talk, go to “Anxiety in Children and Youth” on Eventbrite.
their responses to anxiety come from a primordial place, and that helping their kids means understanding that.
‘PROGRAMMED TO BE RESCUING’
“As mammals, we have this intuition. The way we’re programmed is that when we have kids, we have to protect them right from the get-go They are born, and then you need to protect them because if you don’t, they die. It’s different from other animals,” she said
“So we’re programmed to be rescuing them from dangerous situations and distress, but when it comes to anxiety, our parents also use their gut feeling to rescue kids from anxiety-provoking situations because we feel stressed when they feel stressed.”
The thing is, this often isn’t the right course of action
“What makes kids learn that they can manage these situations rather than avoiding them is to go through those situations little by little, so one of my take-home messages from the talk will be on parents understanding that even though sometimes they have the best of intentions, it may not be the right course of action.”
Instead, she encourages parents to validate their child’s feelings before encouraging them to face their fears in an incremental fashion. For instance, if a child is afraid of sleeping alone, a parent might move from the bed to a chair, and then slowly exit the room once they’re asleep.
“If we just keep them away from situations that produce anxiety, that tends to maintain the
PHOTO SUBMITTED Dr Juliana Negreiros.
Permissive TaxExemptionPublicNotice
PermissiveTax Exemptions allowthe DistrictofSquamish to support voluntary, non-profitorganizationsbyexempting land,improvements orboth, from taxation, under section 224 of the CommunityCharter.
BylawNo. 3191, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2026
Squamish Helping HandsSociety –OPS
(a) LotB,Plan VAP3960, DistrictLot 486, Group1,New Westminster Land District, PTN –FOR PERMITTED USE-CONTINUOUS EMERGENCYSHELTER
ACCOMMODATION INCL DAYTIME DROP-IN PROGRAM
Held by Squamish HelpingHands Society37930 Second Avenue.LeasedtoSquamish HelpingHands Societyheld by DistrictofSquamish (Assessed under Roll No 5000000932001)
Total
BylawNo. 3192, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2025 2026 2027 Squamish SikhSociety
(a) LotA,Block 14, Plan VAP3960, DistrictLot 486,Group 1, NewWestminsterLand District. Held by the Squamish SikhSociety, 37947 FifthAvenue (Assessed under Roll No.5000000840000).
(b) Lot1Block 14 DistrictLot 486New Westminister Land District. Held by theSquamish SikhSociety, 37947 Fifth Avenue (Assessed underRoll No. 5000000865000).
Total
BylawNo. 3193, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2025 2026 2027 Squamish Baptist Church
(a) Lot113, Block I, Plan VAP11240, DistrictLot 511,Section 12, Township 50, Group 1, New Westminster Land District. Held by theSquamish Baptist Church, 2262 Read Cres (Assessed under Roll No.6000010632000)
Permissive TaxExemptionPublicNotice
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Synod of Diocese of NewWestminster
(a) LOT2,BLOCK A, PLAN VAP11794, SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 50, GROUP1,NEW WESTMINSTER LAND DISTRICT, & BLK B. Held by TheSynod of DioceseofNew Westminster,40285 Diamond Road (Assessed under Roll No 3000071543000).
BylawNo. 3195, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2025 2026 2027
Roman Catholic ArchbishopofVancouver
(a) Lot5,Plan VAP14003, DistrictLot 511, Group 1, New Westminster LandDistrict. Held by theRoman Catholic Archbishop of John Paul II Pastoral Centre,2449 TheBoulevard(Assessed under Roll No.6000010526000)
BylawNo. 3197, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2025 2026 2027
Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints
(a) LOT1,BLOCK B, PLANVAP19061, DISTRICTLOT 3186, SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 50, GROUP 1, NEW WESTMINSTER LAND DISTRICT, OF LOTC,&BLK 77, &SEC 23 &26. Held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,42081 Ross Road (Assessed under Roll No.2000078795000).
Estimatedpropertyvalue taxes imposed if not exempt.
BylawNo.
3200, 2025
Abylawexempting properties from taxation. Authorized by Section224 of theCommunity Charter. 2026 Squamish ValleyGolf Club
(a) BLOCK CSECTION 1 TOWNSHIP 50 NEWWESTMINISTERDISTRICTPLAN VAP12475 PART NW ¼BCAGROUP 1LEASEDFROMDIST OF SQUAMISH TO SQUAMISHVALLEY GOLF &COUNTRYCLUB. 2458 Mamquam Road (Assessed under Roll No.4000067676000). $136
(b) LOTD TOWNSHIP50 NEWWESTMINISTERDISTRICTPLAN VAP12475 BCAGROUP 1EXCEPTPLANBCP30206 EXCPLANS: SROW PL 15402 AS HWY/PTDEDICATED RDBCP30206 NW 1/4 OF SEC 1&OFNE1/4 OF SEC 2. PID 008-886-211 Leased to Squamish Valley Golf and Country Club and held by DistrictofSquamish. 2458 Mamquam Road (Assessed under Roll No.4000067681000)
$42,740
Total $42,876
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EDITORIAL
DEMENTIA RESPITE
Dementiaissomething we allthink we understand untilitstrikes ourfamily.
Ifyou don’tknowsomeone dealingwitha decline in memory,thenyou soon will.
Alzheimer SocietyofCanadasaysabout 800,000 peopleinCanadalivewithdementia.
Everyday,morethan414 people developit. This is morethan17cases everyhour.
Alzheimer’s diseaseisthe most common type of dementia.
If youare living with oneofthe 25 different diseasesand conditions that causedementia, or you areacaregiver,you know themassive impact this canhaveonevery aspect of life
It canbecomeveryisolating andheavy forall involved
Journalistsare encouraged thesedaystosay someone is “living” with dementia,but forthose closest to itsepicentre,the formerly more common use of theterm“suffering,”can sometimesseem muchmoreapropos.
Butthere can—andshould— be connection,joy andevenfun foreveryoneinfamilieswhere dementia lives.
TheMakingConnections Squamish programfor those with memory loss andtheir caregivers just started in Squamish this month.
It is afreeonce-a-week programthatisrun outofa spacious room at Westwinds.
Participants candropinand take in movement dance or yoga,for example—music, crafts,orjust haveacoffee, snackand achat.
Theco-ordinator of thelocal program,clinical psychologistBruna Tabak, explainedthatWhistler has hadthe programfor threeyears.
“Here, we started[this month],and we alreadyhad 10 participants,” shesaid, adding that thepairs that came expressedthe relief of having anicetimewith their lovedone.
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“The people whocamewiththeir care partners,it was interestingto hear that they haven’tbeen enjoyingsomething meaningful andfun,especially funtogether,”she said,notingthatthe path of dementiacan be alongand windingone,where life canbecomeconsumedby theillness
Theprogram allows participants to relaxinasafe spaceand have agoodtimetogether.
It is hard to overstatethe gift such time canbe.
Theprogram,which is free forparticipants, has beenfundedfor oneyearso far.
Afew localbusinesseshavealsogenerously steppedforward with in-kinddonations forthe program. Tabaksaidifother businesses wanted to get involved,itwould be appreciated.
“Weare allaging,and thecommunity is growing. Sothisissomething we allhavetothink about— healthy aging, andasweall want to ageinplace,” she said.
Contactsquamishmakingconnections@gmail. com to donate, volunteer, or find outmore.
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SFUPROFESSOR LINKSWORKERSTRIKES TO INFLATIONAND CLASSDIVIDE
IEDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
JENNIFER THUNCHER
tisn’t only theDistrictofSquamishthatishaving labour strife thesedays.
TheDistrictisenteringits second week of rotating jobactionbythe Canadian UnionofPublicEmployees, Local2269, whichrepresents250 municipalworkers Meanwhile, picketers areout in frontofCanadaPost officesacrossCanada, as areBritish Columbia General Employees’ Unionmembers,likethose whoworkat theBCLiquorStore at GaribaldiVillage mall
TheSquamishChief caught up with SimonFraser University labour studiesprofessor John-Henry Harter to find outwhy thereissomuchlabourunrestright now.
Q: Ihaveseenyou speakabout howcorporationsare getting richer andthatworkers have hadenough ofitand aregoing outonstrike. In thecaseofthe threestrikes that impact Squamish right now, theyare allwiththe government,the District,the province andthe federalgovernment.Can you speaktowhat’sgoing on there?
A: Really, what we’reseeingisjustacost-of-livingcrisis andthe thingthatgetslostwhenwe’re reading— whether it’s social media, traditionallegacymedia orwhatever—aboutpublicsectorworkers’demands or theirbargainingposition forwageincreases is thatiftheydon’t startatthe rate of inflation, then they’reactuallygetting apay cutand what we’ve seenpost-pandemic,isahugeincreaseinthe cost of living in inflation.
Andwenever getthatback. Thosepricesnever really went down.The five majorgrocery chains across Canada pretendedthatitwas goingtobe temporary,but we allgogrocery shopping,weall have seen theincreases
So whetherit’sthe District or aprivate employer,it doesn’t matter forthe workers; they’restill facing cost-of-livingincreases that arereallyquite astronomical compared to thewages they’re receiving. Andthat’s simple,but that’s really it Thisisn’t aboutworkers needingto tightentheir belts. We’vealready been doingthat. Thecostofour real wageshasn’tkeptuptothe cost of living for decades. We’veseenthisyearafter year,decade afterdecade—an increasing wealth gapwhere more of us arenot keeping up.
Q: But, in thecaseofthe District,iftheygivebig wage increases, it will impact allpropertytaxpayers, thoseofusbarelyhanging on to ourmortgage, struggling to make endsmeet. Isn’tthathurting thesamepeopleyou aretalking about, whoare notkeeping up?
A: Good point. Butfor theDistrictofSquamish, it seemstomethatpeoplelikeits chiefadministrative officer, theirpay hasgoneup. TheCAO earned
$265,605 in 2024
Whydoesthe District payits topmanagement increasesinpay,withfaircost-of-livingincreases, butwants to deny theirworkers?And then their argument is,“Hey, we can’taffordit.”It’slike, well, what you’re saying is,what’sgood forthe gooseis notgood forthe gander
They couldsay,“Oh,but that’s oneperson. Thereare 250workers on strike,” butthey’re contradicting themselves andreallydisplayingthe ultimate hypocrisy. Thepeoplemakingthe most moneyare gettingthistypeofwealthincrease, andwell, denyingittothe people that runthe District
Q: Is thereaclass issuehereinwhatthe public sees as valuable jobs versus thosetheydon’t?
A: Ithink that’s ahugeissue.Absolutely, it’s ahuge issuereallyinNorth America. People take it for grantedthatthere’s ahugegap in paybetween a corporatelawyerand acustodian.But Ihavegot to tell you, Iwantand valueacustodian farmorethanI valueacorporate lawyer,and to be honest, Ivalue a busdriverway more than Idoachief executive officer, becausethe custodian, thebus driver,the sewermaintenance person,theykeepour cities and ourdistricts running,literally.
Q: Butisn’t thereadisconnectthere,post-pandemic? From what Ihaveread, some of theseunions around theworld arebeing more vocalbecause they seetheir valuefromhow essentialtheywere during thepandemic.
A: Really,itisabout classconsciousness.We’ve been encouraged for40years to identify ourselves individually as temporarilyembarrassed millionaires. We’resupposedtoidentifywiththe CEOs, with thecorporate lawyers, with thechief executive officers,asifsomehow theirinterests areour interests, right? Butreally, thejanitor,the sanitation workers, theirinterests areour interests. They are us,weare them,because we’reall gettingpaidway closer to what thoseworkers whoare on strike are gettingpaid, butthenalsoclass jealousy gets used againstus. Almost everytimethere’s astrike, you’ll seeletters to theeditor, andnow it wouldbemore like on social media, people whomakelessthan whatever worker is on strikesaying, “I wish Imade that.”
So,would theirsolutionbetodragthe janitor’s wagesdown? Wouldthatmakethemhappy? Iwould argueitshouldbethattheir wagesneedto be broughtup. Theconversationweneedtobe having is,“Oh,I don’tmakethatmuch. MaybeI should join aunion.Maybe Ishouldorganizewith my coworkers.”
Q: In Squamish,there aren’t alot of unionized businesses,for aformermilltown, where, fora shorttimeanyway, therewas NorthAmerica’s firstMcDonald’stobeunionized.Can youspeak to that more broadly?
A: What you’ve observed,anecdotally,isactuallya
LABOUR: Continuedon13
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)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ABOUT ANXIETY
A recent article in The Squamish Chief announced an upcoming event focused on managing childhood anxiety. As someone who works closely with autistic children and their families, I was glad to see attention being paid to this critical topic. At the same time, I believe we need to ensure that local conversations about anxiety reflect the diversity of children’s experiences—especially those of neurodivergent kids
Much of the public conversation about anxiety focuses on exposure-based strategies, where children are gradually encouraged to face the situations they fear This approach may be helpful for some, but it can overlook the complex reasons anxiety shows up in the first place—especially for children whose nervous systems are wired differently.
For neurodivergent children, anxiety is often not an overreaction but a valid response to overwhelming, inflexible, or unsafe environments. When we push kids to tolerate more than their systems can handle, we risk increasing their anxiety, harming their mental health, and teaching them to ignore their own bodily cues.
In my experience, the most meaningful progress happens when we work with
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children to understand what their anxiety is telling us—and to make supportive changes accordingly. This doesn’t mean avoiding all challenges, but it does mean respecting the wisdom in a child’s nervous system and pacing support in a way that feels safe When this happens, anxiety often decreases, and kids build confidence, self-advocacy, and trust.
As our community engages in important conversations about mental health, I hope we continue to make space for neurodivergent voices and approaches that look beyond exposure to center safety, relationship, and co-regulation.
Lauren Baldwin Squamish
ENGAGE IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET
I’ve seen how the housing crisis has deeply affected our community. More and more people are being pushed into homelessness, and it feels like everyone is falling behind. We must turn things around, and we have an opportunity in front of us with the upcoming federal budget on Nov. 4th.
The only way to unlock Canada’s full economic potential is if our governments take leadership to end homelessness and solve the housing crisis once and for all.
LABOUR: Continued from 12
whole trend in Canada for the past 30 or 40 years, which is public sector unionization increasing and private sector unionization is decreasing I want to say that over the past number of decades, private sector unionization declined from 30% to around 15%. So, when I say that 30% of workers across Canada are unionized, that’s true—it’s been a little above 30% and it’s been a little below 30%. However, 70% of those workers are public sector workers. There are a lot of reasons for that Some major private corporations that are big employers across Canada are quite anti-union Some have made keeping unions out of their stores almost a religion Walmart comes to mind Part of it is also what we’ve been talking about, that sort of neoliberal mindset of seeing ourselves as individuals rather than collectively.
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Recently, the federal government announced Build Canada Homes, including a $1 billion investment in supportive and transitional housing. This is an important first step, but the scale of our housing and homelessness crisis demands a more robust response We need a system that works for everyone, especially in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and the uncertainty that so many are facing Bold action and even bolder commitments and investments can shape a future where everyone has a safe and affordable place to call home.
I know that’s possible, but people in our community have to come together and show our federal representatives that this Budget is our chance to create lasting change and put an end to the housing and homelessness crisis
I’m encouraging readers to join me Raise your voice for a bold 2025 Federal Budget that prioritizes action on homelessness and housing.
We can’t wait any longer. You can go to [budget_25]https://action. caeh.ca/budget_25 to learn more & take action.
Roberta Williams Squamish
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TemporaryUse Permit
No.TU000084
NOTICE is herebygiven in accordance with Section 494 of the Local GovernmentAct thatthe District of Squamish has received application and will be considering issuanceofa Temporary UsePermit as indicatedherein. The DistrictofSquamish will receiverepresentationsfrompersons whobelievethat their interest in the property is affected by the proposed temporaryuse.
AffectedLands
38902 BowenAvenue,Squamish, B.C.
Legal Description: Lot23DistrictLot 759 Plan 18954
Existing Zoning
I-11 (Business Park Industrial)
Proposed TemporaryUse
To allowfor adog training officeona portion of the propertyshown on the Location Map(within Unit #2).
Acopyofthe proposed TemporaryUse Permit andrelatedinformation that has been or maybeconsideredbythe Council maybeinspectedonline or at Municipal Hall
Onlineat: squamish.ca/showcase
Municipal Hall at 37955 Second Avenue,Squamish, British Columbia, from October 9, 2025 to October 23, 2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday, excluding statutoryholidays.
Public input will be considered by theDistrictinreview of the application. Persons who believethattheir interest in property is affectedbythe proposed TemporaryUse Permit maysubmit written submissions to planning@squamish.ca or,inperson to theSeniorDirectorof Community Development. Written submissions can be addressed to the Senior Director of CommunityDevelopmentand will be received up until 4:00p.m. October 23, 2025.
Allsubmissions will form partofthe public record
This is the second of twonotices,dated this 16 dayofOctober, 2025, at Squamish, British Columbia.
TemporaryUse Permit
No.DTU00077
NOTICE is herebygiven in accordancewith Section494 of the Local GovernmentAct thatthe DistrictofSquamishhas received application and will be considering issuance of aTemporaryUse Permit as indicated herein. The DistrictofSquamish will receiverepresentations from persons who believethat their interest in property is affectedbythe proposed temporaryuse(s).
AffectedLands
41809 Faith Road,Squamish, B.C.
Legal Description: Lot10Block4South 1/2ofthe South East 1/4ofSection 22
Township 50 Plan 3917
Existing Zoning
R-3, Residential 3
ProposedTemporary Use
Under the District’sZoning Bylaw No.2200, 2011, short-term rental use is not permitted in adwelling unit thatisnot aprincipal residence; short-term rental use is also not permitted in asecondarysuiteor accessorydwelling unit (coach house). If approved,the Temporary UsePermit would allowthe shortterm rental use in the secondary suitefor aperiod of 3years.The applicantcan apply to renewthe permit foranadditional period of up to 3years following the expiryofthe original permit
Acopyofthe proposed Temporary UsePermit and relatedinformation thathas been or maybeconsidered by the Council maybeinspected online or at Municipal Hall.
Online at: squamish.ca/showcase
Municipal Hallat37955 Second Avenue,Squamish, British Columbia, from October 9, 2025 to October 23, 2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
MondaythroughFriday, excluding statutoryholidays
Public input will be considered by the Districtinreview of the application. Persons who believethattheir interest in property is affectedbythe proposed TemporaryUse Permit maysubmitwritten submissions to planning@squamish.ca or,inperson to the Senior DirectorofCommunity Development. Written submissions can be addressed to the Senior Director of CommunityDevelopmentand will be received up until 4:00 p.m. October 23, 2025.
Allsubmissions willformpartofthe public record.
This is the second of twonotices,dated this 16 dayofOctober,2025, at Squamish, British Columbia.
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CLIMBING LEGENDS REMEMBERED AT NEW PARK DEDICATION
The spirit of adventure lives on in Squamish as residents celebrated the unveiling of a new public park dedicated to Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper, whose daring climbs left an indelible mark on mountaineering history
JENNIFER THUNCHER
jthuncher@lodestarmedia.ca
Under a bright blue Squamish sky, members of the Baldwin and Cooper families mixed with veteran climbers and supporters at an opening ceremony for the new Baldwin & Cooper Park, on Oct. 5.
The new public park, in the Highline at Garibaldi Springs community, is named to honour the famous Jim Baldwin and Ed Cooper, pioneers of rock climbing
“The park honours not only Cooper and Baldwin, but all the pioneers of rock climbing at Squamish and southwest B.C., and the contributions of climbing and climbers to the fabric of Squamish,” said Anders Ourom, who was the main organizer of the park dedication.
He noted for the audience of about 50 in attendance, that in 1961 Baldwin and Cooper did the first ascent of the Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief, its first major route.
“They went on with Glen Denny to make the first ascent of the Dihedral Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1962,
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the third route on that cliff.” Baldwin died at the age of 26 while climbing on Washington Column in Yosemite in 1964.
The ceremony at the park, which has a stunning view of the Stawamus Chief, was followed by a reception at Howe Sound Brewing.
Proposed Radio Communication Towers at Woodfibre LNG
DATE: October16, 2025
Woodfibre LNG General PartnersLtd.(Woodfibre LNG) herebyprovidesnotificationtothe public and the District of Squamish,for the proposed installationoftwo communication towers on theWoodfibre LNG projectsite. The purposeofthisnoticeistoprovide opportunityfor review andcommentonthe twoproposed communication towers.
One radiotowerwillbeused to support on-site radio and internet service during the facility operationalphase andhas been designed to allowfor extendedradio coverage in the area for Squamish Fire andRescue. The second radiotower will bolster communications with BC Hydrowhich will provide power to theoperational LNG facility.
As part of thepublic notificationprocess, Woodfibre LNG is following the formal notification and public commentprocess as per theInnovation, Science andEconomic Development Canada(ISED)process,asoutlinedbyCPC-2-0-03—Radiocommunication and Broadcasting Antenna Systems (canada.ca).
For furtherinformation can be found on the Woodfibre LNGwebsite at Woodfibrelng.ca/RadioTowers, or by contactingWoodfibre LNG at info@wlng.ca or 1-888-801-7929.
Please submit comments to info@wlng.ca. The closing date for the submission of comments is November 15, 2025.
Donors and supporters of the park include Highline at Garibaldi Springs Strata, British Columbia Mountain Foundation, Polygon Homes Ltd, British Columbia Mountaineering Club, Trish and Brad Forster, Marc d’Entremont, Adrian Burke, Brian Baldwin, Chris Ludwig, Ryan Block, Wendy and Richard Strachan, Glenn Woodsworth, Eva van
Avis public
Emdem and anonymous donors.
Donations toward the public playground are still being accepted. Go to the “Baldwin & Cooper Park,” Canada Helps page to contribute.
For more on the historic climb of Baldwin and Cooper, watch In the Shadow of the Chief, by Compass Digital Media.
Projet d'installation de pylône de radiocommunication àWoodfibre LNG
DATE :Le16octobre2025
Woodfibre LNG General PartnersLtd. (WoodfibreLNG) informe, par la présente, le public et le district de Squamishdeson intentiond'installer deux pylônes de communication sur le site du projet WoodfibreLNG. Le but du présent avis consisteàoffrir la possibilité d'examiner et de fournir des commentaires sur le projet d’installation des deux pylônes de communication
Unpylône radio sera utilisé pour assurer les services radio et Internet sur le site pendant la phase opérationnelle de l'installation. Il aété conçu dans le but de permettre une couverture radio étenduedans la zonepour les pompiers et les secours de Squamish.Ledeuxième pylône radio sera utilisé pour renforcer les communications avec BC Hydro, qui fournira l'électricité à l'installation opérationnelle de LNG.
Dans le cadreduprocessus d’avis public, Woodfibre LNG suit la procédure officielle de notification et de consultation publique conformément au processus établi par le ministère d'Innovation, Sciences et Développementéconomique Canada (ISDE), tel que décrit sur la page CPC-2-0-03 –Systèmes d’antennesderadiocommunication et de radiodiffusion (canada.ca).
Pour plus d'informations, consultezlesite Web de Woodfibre LNG àl’adresse Woodfibrelng.ca/RadioTowers, ou communiquez avec Woodfibre LNG àl’adresse info@wlng.ca ou au 1888 801-7929.
Veuillez soumettre vos commentaires àinfo@wlng.ca. La datelimite d’envoi des commentaires est fixée au 15 novembre 2025.
PHOTOS BY JENNIFER THUNCHER/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF
Left: The new park is in the Highline at Garibaldi Springs
neighbourhood Right: Family, friends and supporters of the climbers were in attendance
TemporaryUse Permit
No.DTU00078
NOTICE is herebygiven in accordancewith Section 494 of the Local GovernmentAct thatthe District of Squamishhas received application and will be considering issuance of aTemporaryUse Permit as indicatedherein. The DistrictofSquamish will receiverepresentations from persons who believethat their interest in property is affectedbythe proposed temporaryuse(s).
Affected Lands
1002Balsam Place, Squamish,B.C.
Legal Description: Lot11DistrictLot 515Group 1New Westminster District Plan LMP41372
Existing Zoning
R-5, Residential 5
Proposed TemporaryUse
Under the District’sZoning Bylaw No.2200, 2011, short-term rental use is not permitted in adwelling unit thatisnot aprincipal residence; short-term rental use is also not permitted in asecondarysuiteor accessorydwelling unit (coach house). If approved,the Temporary UsePermit would allowthe shortterm rental use in the secondary suitefor aperiod of 3years.The applicantcan apply to renew the permit foranadditional periodofup to 3years following the expiryofthe original permit
Acopyofthe proposed Temporary UsePermit and relatedinformation thathas been or maybeconsidered by the Council maybe inspected online or at Municipal Hall.
Online at: squamish.ca/showcase
Municipal Hall at 37955 Second Avenue,Squamish, British Columbia, from October 9, 2025 to October 23,2025, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday, excludingstatutoryholidays
Public input will be considered by theDistrictinreview of the application Persons who believethattheir interest in property is affectedbythe proposed TemporaryUse Permit may submitwritten submissions to planning@squamish.ca or,inpersontothe Senior DirectorofCommunity Development. Written submissionscan be addressedtothe Senior Director ofCommunityDevelopmentand will be received up until 4:00 p.m. October 23, 2025.
Allsubmissions will form partofthe public record. This is the second of twonotices,dated this 16 dayofOctober, 2025, at Squamish, British Columbia.
InfrastructureUpgrades
•Installation work on the watermain near Bill’s Placehas shiftedfocus towardsHighlands WaySouth.
•Sanitaryliftstation rehabilitation on PiaRoad continues.
•Watermain upgrade on Birken Road continues.
•Construction of anew chlorine injection chamber near Powerhouse Springs is underway.
•Xwu’nekwParkSea Dike upgrades continue
•The Garibaldi Cemeteryexpansion upgrades areongoing
•Installation of anew transit shelter on DiscoveryWay is underway.
•EVCharging Stations installation work at Brennan Park continues.
•Loggers East StormSewer projectcontinues
VICTORIA STREETACTIVE TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES
•Paving work is nowfocused between Second Avenue and ThirdAvenue.Please be awaretherewill be road closures and traffic impacts as work continues.
CROSSWALK INSTALLATIONS AND UPGRADES
•GovernmentRoad beside WatershedGrill
•QueensWay at Resolution Way
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‘EVERY BEER HAS A STORY’: HISTORIC BEER COLLABORATION REKINDLED TO CELEBRATE JOHN MITCHELL’S LEGACY
Brewing
entrepreneur John Ohler releases historic collaboration
WILL JOHNSON
For The Squamish Chief
It all started at a cosy little pub in Horseshoe Bay
When you talk about the craft beer scene in British Columbia, you can’t leave out the name John Mitchell, the historic owner of Horseshoe Bay Brewery.
As one of the entrepreneurs responsible for kicking off the craft beer industry, he was well known as a towering figure in his field. And though he passed away in 2019, he’s still the inspiration behind the 2025 release of Trans Atlantic Collaboration IPA, part of the John Mitchell Signature Collaboration.
It uses yeast from the famous Fuller’s Brewery in England, and is a collaboration with Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub on Vancouver Island, masterminded by John Ohler, executive director of the John Mitchell Award for Brewing Excellence.
The Squamish Chief sat down with Ohler, a former longtime Squamish resident, to hear more about the history behind this latest brew.
Q: For those readers who have never heard of him, who was John Mitchell?
A: John Mitchell actually started the craft industry in 1982 when he founded Horseshoe Bay Brewing Company, and he—John was an Englishman, raised in England—loved his beer, but at that time the breweries were going on strike so he didn’t have any beer to serve at his pub so he decided to open a craft brewery but you couldn’t The laws wouldn’t allow it So he decided to petition the government and have the law changed, which allowed him to open Canada’s first craft brewery.
Mitchell’s favourite brewery in England was Fuller’s, which is one of the oldest and most famous breweries in the world, and his favourite beer was called London Pride so he contacted them back in the early 80s and asked if they would donate yeast for his new brew, and they agreed. That set the stage for what became the first international beer collaboration, so Fuller’s played that key role in helping start Canada’s craft beer industry Mitchell’s Bay Ale was modelled after Fuller’s London Pride, and it quickly became known as the “best beer in Canada.”
Two years later, Mitchell opened Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub with Paul Hadfield on Vancouver Island and that was the first purpose-built brew pub. I decided to contact Fuller’s to see if we could recreate this historic collaboration that they started 43 years ago and they agreed, so we’ve been working on this for the last year and Spinnakers is the host brewery for this.
Q: How did that idea come to you, to propose this collaboration?
A: Before Mitchell died in 2019, we were very good friends. I first met him when I was 15 and we ended up working together at Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish in 1996, so I became very close. So, when he passed, I launched the John Mitchell Award for Brewing Excellence. I was thinking of ways to keep Mitchell’s legacy alive, but also generate revenue that could end up going back into scholarships at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), which would help pay for the education of the next generation of brewers. I thought it would be cool to recreate this collaboration and it’s been a great experience so far.
Q: What can you tell me about the John Mitchell Award for Brewing Excellence?
A: I launched it back in 2023. The John Mitchell Award was established to celebrate John Mitchell’s legacy as Canada’s original craft brewer and to honour the next generation of brewers, and professionals who have made a major impact on Canada’s craft beer industry So we recognize not beers, but actual people who have played a major role and made a major difference in B.C.
Q: Is there anything else you think readers should know about this?
A: I just think it’s great for the industry to know the importance of collaborations and also consumers benefit from having unique and different flavourful beers and it keeps things interesting. At a time when the craft industry is facing some challenges, it’s very important to keep things interesting and fun. Every beer has a story, and no collaboration beer has a better story than this
The official launch of the Trans Atlantic Collaboration IPA was on Oct.14, at Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub in Victoria.
Proceeds from the sale of the beer were donated to the John Mitchell Scholarship at the KPU brewing school.
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FORMER TEACHER LEADS CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING IN B.C.
As digital threats grow and youth vulnerability increases, one woman is sounding the alarm about the dangers of online grooming and calling for sweeping changes across B.C.
WILL JOHNSON For The Squamish Chief
It all started with a promise.
Cathy Peters was a school teacher in Surrey when she was tasked with accompanying a young woman named Christine, who had recently escaped from a decade of sexual exploitation The request came from then-member of parliament Joy Smith, who had recently introduced three federal human trafficking laws
“I got flown to Ottawa to watch Joy in action, and she’s the one on the cutting edge of all of this in the country. She’s been doing this for decades. She really is the expert in the country. Her focus is all of Canada, and my focus is British Columbia,” Peters said
“She had me take care of a young girl who had been sex trafficked for 10 years and wanted to tell her story. I had to take care of her for three days because she was going to go public, and if you go public and you’ve been in the commercial sex industry, you’ll be killed. She needed protection.”
As Peters travelled from one location to the
Kids are now sharing nudes and accessing pornography at rates never before seen historically, according to sex trafficking expert Cathy Peters, and she points to the suicide of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd as one example of the potential implications of online exploitation
next with Christine, she realized that she was the same age as her own children. She watched as her young companion studiously completed her homework in their hotel
room—she was studying to become a social worker—and eventually she heard the grotesque details of her story.
Abused by a foster parent following a family split, Christine had ended up on the streets of Toronto at age 11, and it only took a few hours before she was discovered by a trafficker and hooked on alcohol and cocaine.
“When I heard her story, there’s a chapter about her in my book (Child Sex Trafficking in Canada and How to Stop It), I promised Christine that I would stop it in British Columbia,” Peters said
“I was crying so hard in the taxi on the way back to the hotel. Now I didn’t know what I was saying I was very upset, but Joy Smith was sitting in the front seat of the taxi, and she still reminds me of what I promised.”
This experience galvanized Peters, who has since made it her life mission to eradicate child sex trafficking in all its myriad forms. Along with publishing two editions of her book, she has now done 650 presentations to over 200,000 people since 2014, including city councils, school districts and police agencies.
On her website, she has multiple videos where she passionately promotes parent education on the topic and shares best
practices on how to prevent exploitation and trafficking, particularly in the online world. According to Peters, kids are now sharing nudes and accessing pornography at rates never before seen historically, and she points to the suicide of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd as one example of the potential implications of online exploitation She said both parents and law enforcement are untrained and unprepared to shield their kids from these realities, giving them unfettered access to mobile devices and the internet
“It’s a human rights issue. What’s most common is kids sending nudes online, and when they get something in exchange, they are being sex trafficked. They get a purse, or money, or video game coupons, and suddenly they have a way to make money. They don’t understand what is happening because those images will be sent all around the world online, and Canada is known as a child sex destination in the world.”
THREE ASKS
Peters has three asks to address the issue of child sex trafficking in B.C. #1. Write Premier David Eby and ask the government to reverse the policy that
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#2. Ask the premier to remove phones from all schools. This is occurring in many states and countries around the world.
#3 Enforce and educate about the Federal Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (2014) In British Columbia, that criminalizes the root cause of human trafficking, the sex buyers and profiteers, Peters said
She notes that the RCMP recently announced a BC Counter Human Trafficking Unit of 12 officers, and urges the District of Squamish, the school board and all other governing bodies to access their expertise.
OFFICIAL RESPONSE
The District of Squamish media relations and content specialist Lilly Marie Peterson said the municipality takes this issue seriously. “This issue is concerning for every level of government, and ensuring public safety within the District remains our utmost concern. At the municipal level, the Squamish RCMP would be responsible for matters related to this issue. We would strongly urge that any individual who has any concerns related to human trafficking contact the RCMP directly,” she said According to communications officer Jenn Armstrong of School District 48, it is not within their mandate to “develop or act on policy” in the area of child sex trafficking, and when it comes to cell phone use, they are
aligned with provincial guidelines.
The Squamish Chief reached out to the local RCMP detachment but did not receive a response before press time.
GUARD RAILS
Peters’ advice to parents is to be proactive about managing their children’s digital lives.
“People ask, ‘How can I help?’ We have to train parents on how to keep their children safe in the digital space because parents don’t know how to do that, how to set up guard rails,” she said
“What we really want is to reach parents. They throw up their hands and think they can’t do anything, but they are the most important influences in their child’s life Be present. Model the right behaviour. Make meal time sacred and phone-free, with no phones at the dinner table.”
Her advice is not to give devices to children until they are at least 16 years old
“Delay is the way with social media. You know how we have graduated driver’s licences? We need a gradual approach to social media, a tiered gradual approach I call scaffolding.”
She believes the most crucial group of people to impact this issue is boys and men, simply by treating the women in their lives with respect.
“To teach them to cherish and respect the women in their lives. We need them to care for the women in their lives, because if they did, this would stop. We need good men to stand up and say ‘enough.’”
BreakingNews
Peters’ website is beamazingcampaign.org, and she also recommends defendyoungminds.org and protectyoungeyes.org.
The federal RCMP offer the following information on human trafficking:
RECRUITING TACTICS
Human traffickers meet their victims in person, online, or through mutual connections They identify vulnerabilities, such as:
Traffickers may use tactics on their victims, such as:
- showering victims with affection and gifts (like jewelry, designer clothing and designer bags)
- promising an exciting lifestyle and money
- offering work, education, or financial support for their families
They approach potential victims in various ways, including:
- pretending to be a love interest, friend, or sponsor
- advertising jobs and opportunities in newspapers or online
- resorting to threats or kidnapping connecting through social media platforms
RISK FACTORS
Human traffickers can target anyone, as they are skilled manipulators and predators. They exploit the vulnerabilities of potential victims, such as:
- the desire for love or belonging
- substance addiction
- financial struggles
- language barriers
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Certain groups face higher risks due to factors beyond their control, including:
- migrant workers
- new immigrants
- youth
- indigenous individuals
- women and girls
- people living in poverty
- people with substance use disorders
- survivors of abuse and trauma
- individuals who identify as 2SLGBTQI+
- people facing cultural or societal inequities
No one willingly chooses to be exploited.
WARNING SIGNS
Victims of human trafficking may:
- not be able to explain their circumstances
- be unaware of the location of their documents (that is passport, identification)
- unaware of surroundings despite having been in the area for an extended period of time
- not be able to move or leave their job
- have tattooing, or branding to indicate ownership
- from a foreign country and neither speak English nor French and/or not speak on their own behalf
- have bruises, show signs of abuse and/or malnutrition
- show evidence of being controlled, intimidated, or afraid
- frequently moved or accompanied by their trafficker
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