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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2024
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PHOTO BY BRIAN AIKENS
SNOW MY GOSH: Local residents woke up on Monday morning to find much of Squamish covered in sugared icing. The last couple of weeks have seen several days of snow, which, given the small snowpack this season, is a welcome event. Authorities have been warning about the possibility of drought this summer, should the snowpack remain too small.
LONG-AWAITED CT SCANNER COMING TO SQUAMISH HOSPITAL The equipment is expected following Sea to Sky Hospital District’s approval of $4.3-million budget SCOTT TIBBALLS stibballs@piquenewsmagazine.com
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he Sea to Sky Regional Hospital District (SSRHD) board has approved and adopted its budget for 2024, with the new computerized tomography (CT) scanner coming to Squamish taking up the lion’s share of capital projects for the year.
Total expenses for the SSRHD’s capital projects are forecast to be $3,139,249, with $2.6 million of that going towards the SSRHD’s contribution to the new $6.5 million CT scanner for the Squamish General Hospital (SGH), which was announced in mid-February. At the Feb. 28 meeting, the board acknowledged that the $2.6 million would be taking a large bite out of the SSRHD’s reserve fund,
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which meant that the hospital district would be increasing its tax requisition increase on residents by 5% for an additional $75,511. The district’s total funds raised through requisition is a little over $1.5 million across the entire district. In 2024, the average tax burden on residents in the Sea to Sky for the hospital board will be $29.10 per million dollars of assessed property
value. Contributions to the hospital district are collected through property taxes annually in each of the member municipalities and passed to the district, which uses those funds to advocate for and build up health care resources. HOSPITAL: Continued on 5
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