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VCH announced the news during a Sea to Sky health-care webinar, which included updates to health systems in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton LIZ MCDONALD
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A PHOTO BY NIALL BELL
RARE SIGHT: Squamish’s Niall Bell was up around Joffre Lakes Park north of Whistler on April 15, when he spotted a Canada lynx, an animal that notoriously avoids human contact. Bell has a career of wildlife highlights, but big cats are a favourite of his, he said. “I’m hugely passionate about big cats—I’ve spent time in India with tigers too—and feel it is quite incredible to know we share this amazing landscape with such majestic and elusive creatures,” he said. Practicing ethical wildlife photography guidelines, Bell is not sharing the exact location where he saw the animal. Bell, who is heavily involved with the conservation group Nature Squamish, said a big reason for sharing his images is to send the message of how important it is to input such things into iNaturalist and, in the case of birds, into eBird. “It’s super important that when people see cool things, they share it,” he said. “It reinforces the data we have and we can better predict where they should be and we can better protect their habitats,” he added. NEW LISTING
6-1024 Glacier View Drive
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University Highlands lot on cul-d-sac in Legacy ridge Ready to build!!
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new CT scanner is still on its way to Squamish General Hospital, a small long-term care home is in the works for the community, and a purpose-built seniors facility on Loggers Lane remains in limbo—those were among the key announcements at a Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) public forum webinar for the Sea to Sky Corridor held April 15. The modular unit to house the new scanner arrived on site roughly three weeks before the forum, said Darlene MacKinnon, VCH vice-president of coastal community. The scanner is projected to perform about 7,000 scans a year (roughly 20 a HEALTH: Continued on 2 NEW LISTING
40608 Highlands Way North
3 bedroom Highlands home on a nice corner lot in Garibaldi Highlands. Steps to the Elementary!
$1,499,000
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