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COUNCIL CRACKS DOWN ON FIREWORKS AFTER SAFETY CONCERNS
Following years of concern over public safety and environmental impact, the District is outlawing the possession and use of personaluse fireworks JENNIFER THUNCHER
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T PHOTO BY JENNIFER THUNCHER/THE SQUAMISH CHIEF
ON STRIKE: Postal workers across Canada—including in downtown Squamish—hit the picket lines Friday after their union declared a nationwide strike Thursday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers called the walkout in response to federal plans to overhaul Canada Post, including ending door-to-door delivery for most households within 10 years.
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his upcoming Halloween should be a quieter one in the district. At its Sept. 16 meeting, council voted unanimously to pass first, second and third readings of a bylaw amendment that bans the possession of fireworks in Squamish. Related bylaws—notice enforcement amendment bylaw and the municipal ticket information amendment bylaw—are also to be amended to give tools to the firefighters and police officers to enforce the ban. “A prohibition on consumer-grade fireworks sets a clear directive for enforcement and removes the ambiguity of whether a permit has been obtained or FIREWORKS: Continued on 2
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