Council, news, roads, deadlines and what people here are saying. The council part is what our Friday email says.
Council didn’t meet in the last week. The next meeting is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
After that: Tuesday, November 17, 2026, council meeting. The main meeting where council makes official decisions and votes.
November 3, 2026. Inaugural meeting of the 2026 to 2030 council.
November 16, 2026. Last day for 2027 Community Enhancement Grant applications.
November 17, 2026. First regular council meeting. We post who voted which way the same night.
November 26, 2026. Inaugural Squamish-Lillooet Regional District board meeting.
Email budgetfeedback@squamish.ca; the November information night date is to be confirmed.
Highway 99 between Horseshoe Bay and Whistler, from DriveBC. Live on Squamish today.
Mayor Sean Easton and six councillors take their oaths on Tuesday, November 3 at 6 p.m. at the Squamish Valley Golf Club, not Municipal Hall. Six of the seven are new to council. On the same night they hand out the first…
Source: November 3, 2026 inaugural meeting agenda (District of Squamish)
After the initial count, Jeremy Valeriote of the BC Green Party leads the riding by about 2,000 votes. Across British Columbia the Conservative Party leads in enough ridings for a majority. Valeriote is one of two Green…
Source: Elections BC results
Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for southern sections of Howe Sound, including Bowen Island. Northerly winds of 70 km/h gusting to 90 km/h are expected to develop early this morning. Winds should ease late…
Source: Environment Canada
Each year council adopts a 10-year financial plan that sets how much money it raises from property taxes. Taxes rose 12.8% in 2026. Staff's draft for 2027 starts at a 10.4% increase (about $342 for the average home) before any new items, driven mostly by costs already committed such as RCMP contracts, wages and reserves.
The new council inherits the draft and is expected to adopt the 2027 to 2036 financial plan in winter 2026/27 and set 2027 tax rates in spring 2027.
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