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Returning chinook
WOODFIBRE DECISION
Salmon are being returned to the Elaho River decades after road construction reduced their numbers
Council votes to require LNG company meets higher standards
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020
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PHOTOS BY WARWICK PATTERSON / SQUAMISH FLYING CLUB
SEA TO SKY FLYOVER: The Squamish Flying Club held a tribute flyover Monday night in honour of the Snowbirds’ Operation Inspiration, which ended with a deadly crash Sunday. Capt. Jenn Casey died in Kamloops when the jet she was in suddenly crashed into a residential home. The local club flew over Squamish and Whistler at 7 p.m. in Operation Backup Inspiration.
DISTRICT’S CLIMATE INITIATIVES GET POSITIVE REVIEW The thumbs-up arrives after the municipality approved its climate plan STEVEN CHUA
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ne of the top figures at the David Suzuki Foundation is giving the District of Squamish’s environmental efforts a thumbs-up. Ian Bruce, the chief operating officer of the foundation, said that compared with
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smaller communities of similar characteristics, the town is doing well when it comes to climate-conscious efforts. “It’s hard to compare cities small and large to each other,” said Bruce. “What I can tell you is that I’ve worked with many cities and provinces putting in climate change plans for over the last decade, and I can say that Squamish is
really helping lead the way for communities that aren’t necessarily large urban cities.” Bruce was part of the District’s climate leadership team and was an advisor — but not an author — to the municipality’s climate action plan. The plan was approved by council last month and gives the community a blueprint to reduce its carbon emissions in
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line with the goals set out by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC. That means the intended targets are a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 45% from 2010 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2050.
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