What is up with the District of Squamish’s economic development department?

The District’s economic engine is shifting gears slightly from prioritizing attracting big investment to ‘empowering’ local partners.

Squamish Chief
Squamish wildfire risk and prevention: Council mulls new plan

The proposed resiliency blueprint calls for changes ranging from additional firefighting equipment and a water-delivery assessment to improved coordination of fire bans across agencies, as officials look to strengthen suppression capacity while reducing threats in the wildland-urban interface.

Squamish Chief

Volkswagen Beetle stunt was ‘illegal and potentially dangerous,’ ‘not a prank’: UBC

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11771960/volkswagen-beetle-stunt-illegal-potentially-dangerous-not-prank-ubc/

Volkswagen Beetle stunt was ‘illegal and potentially dangerous,’ ‘not a prank’: UBC
A helicopter was used on Thursday morning to lower the car after contractors climbed the rock on Thursday to place the car into a large net.
#Education #squamish #UBC #VolkswagenBeetle
https://globalnews.ca/news/11771960/volkswagen-beetle-stunt-illegal-potentially-dangerous-not-prank-ubc/
Volkswagen Beetle stunt was ‘illegal and potentially dangerous,’ ‘not a prank’: UBC
A helicopter was used on Thursday morning to lower the car after contractors climbed the rock on Thursday to place the car into a large net.
#Education #squamish #UBC #VolkswagenBeetle
https://globalnews.ca/news/11771960/volkswagen-beetle-stunt-illegal-potentially-dangerous-not-prank-ubc/
Volkswagen Beetle stunt was ‘illegal and potentially dangerous,’ ‘not a prank’: UBC
A helicopter was used on Thursday morning to lower the car after contractors climbed the rock on Thursday to place the car into a large net.
#Education #squamish #UBC #VolkswagenBeetle
https://globalnews.ca/news/11771960/volkswagen-beetle-stunt-illegal-potentially-dangerous-not-prank-ubc/
Volkswagen Beetle removed from rock face in Squamish, B.C.
A group claiming to represent a group of anonymous University of B.C. engineering students took credit for suspending the car last week, as part of a long-running tradition of pranks.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/volkswagen-beetle-removed-squamish-rock-face-9.7157153?cmp=rss
Volkswagen Beetle removed from rock face in Squamish, B.C.
A group claiming to represent a group of anonymous University of B.C. engineering students took credit for suspending the car last week, as part of a long-running tradition of pranks.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/volkswagen-beetle-removed-squamish-rock-face-9.7157153?cmp=rss
Volkswagen Beetle removed from rock face in Squamish, B.C.
A group claiming to represent a group of anonymous University of B.C. engineering students took credit for suspending the car last week, as part of a long-running tradition of pranks.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/volkswagen-beetle-removed-squamish-rock-face-9.7157153?cmp=rss

Red VW Beetle hung from cliff by #UBC Engineer Pranksters

“Parks officials in British Columbia said a hollowed-out Volkswagen Beetle suspended from a rock face in an apparent prank will be removed this week.

The vehicle, painted red with a Canadian flag on the hood and the letter E on the roof, was spotted on a #Squamish rock face known to climbers as The Papoose in late March.”

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/04/08/canada-Squamish-rock-face-Volkswagen-Beetle-suspended-prank/2021775665068/

Watch: Pranksters suspend VW Beetle from rock face in British Columbia - UPI.com

Parks officials in British Columbia said a hollowed-out Volkswagen Beetle suspected from a rock face in an apparent prank will be removed this week.

UPI