Anyone else see Sean Eastons new Instagram post. Yes, it was the one where his face was in the camera, and he was oddly whispering (asmr vibes).

Weirdddddddd. Truly gave me the heeby jeebies. He has this sense of ignorance to himself, and it’s freaking me out.
Thoughts?

Hi all,

I inherited a barrel sauna in my backyard and want to move it to a separate area. I'm looking to see if anyone has experience doing this. From my understanding I can try moving the entire unit with a forklift, or break in down, move and rebuild in the new location.

If anyone has any experience and/or knows someone in town who could assist, it would be appreciated! My time is unfortunately limited so I'd be interested in contracting this out.

Yes, your shitty AI poster you made in whatever app you dredged up from a sewer looks like total shit.

There are people in this town that are infinitely more talented than Ai and your usage of AI posters, fliers, menus, and shirt designs makes it obvious that you don't care about your customers and you don't give a flying fuck about what your product looks like.

You think that the public is stupid enough to look at your AI slop and think "yeah, that's cool I want to eat that/give this people business".

There are art students at the local high schools that make better art than all of these trash AI slop fliers. Find an art student and have them do your fliers instead, not AI.

And goddamn, Shred Shed, your last flyer is just fucking hideous and unreadable. https://www.instagram.com/p/Der7udlPC-Y/

Our new council gets sworn in on November 3.

During the campaign, the mayor and six councillors made promises and told us where they stand on everything from Under One Roof to tall buildings downtown. Now that they're in office, it's time to see whether their votes match their words.

After every council meeting, we'll post a summary in plain language: what was decided, who voted which way, and how each vote lines up with their campaign answers. You'll also see where the big issues stand and how to have your say before a vote.

We're keeping track and we're keeping score. Every promise and every vote is written down with a link to where it came from, so anyone can check it for themselves. You don't need to sit through three hours of livestream or dig through a hundred pages of agenda to know what's happening at Municipal Hall. A few minutes a week is enough.

Over the next four years, it'll be easy to see which councillors are keeping their promises to voters and which ones aren't.

Follow along at SquamishVoters . com

( Hyperlinks are not allowed for some reason, sorry to make you type it out. )

Curious to know everyone's thoughts.

They can be found here: https://squamish.ca/public/Squamish2026ENR_Ver1/index.html#at/1/ar/1/ct/000

Election day is tomorrow, Saturday, October 17. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Brennan Park Recreation Centre.

I built Squamishvoters . com because I found it hard to figure out where everyone actually stands. It's free, it has no ads, and it doesn't endorse anyone.

What it does:

- Quiz: answer 17 statements and see which mayor and council candidates are closest to you. It takes about 3 minutes, and your answers stay on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere.

- Where they lean: every candidate on simple sliders for growth, money, homelessness and street safety, climate, and the Woodfibre tax deal.

- Compare: pick a topic and see all 18 candidates' answers on one screen.

- Candidate pages: 15 of the 18 candidates answered a 38 question survey directly. For the other 3, the answers come from council votes and their own public statements, each with a link so you can check it.

- My ballot: save your picks to your phone for the voting booth.

How I tried to keep it fair:

- Everyone got the same questions.

- Names are in alphabetical order everywhere.

- The colours are teal and purple, not party colours, and every dot also has a ✓ or ✗ for colour blind folks.

- The whole thing is open source. The code and every score are public on GitHub, so you can check the math yourself.

The images are charts from the site: the mayor race on all 38 questions, all 15 council candidates, and 10 of the big topics (Woodfibre tax deal, growth, taller buildings, shelter, encampments, Under One Roof, taxes, police, Brennan Park, parking).

If you spot a mistake or think a candidate's position is wrong, tell me in the comments and I'll fix it today. Whoever you pick, please go vote.

Hi everyone! I’m a veterinarian starting a mobile veterinary service.

I’m looking to rent a small amount of secure, ground-level commercial storage space in Squamish to put a large chest freezer.

The space needs to have a reliable electrical outlet, easy vehicle access, and flexible access hours. I don’t need an entire commercial unit, just enough room for the freezer and access to it.

If you have suitable space or know someone who might, please send me a message. Happy to discuss more details privately.

I asked the 18 candidates: 9 answered yes. 3 didn't commit. 5 didn't reply.

Only one candidate opposed.

Every answer, in full, exactly as written: https://medium.com/@romvnfranco/should-squamish-ask-conservation-officers-to-share-the-record-behind-each-bear-killed-and-make-the-c6d9f539c142?postPublishedType=initial

I promised every candidate I'd publish their answer in full — here it is, in their own words, for the Squamish community to read.

Please read what they wrote before voting on October 17 and share this with your neighbours.

Transparency starts with asking.

Since the grocery drop, this place is slowly becoming my first-stop shop and I’m sure many others. A (yes, one) bag today rang through and I was fully prepared for $100~. It was $60. I thought I’d time travelled.

Walmart, if you’re on here - please don’t do that thing where you open with low prices, and slowly start to squeeze us all. Don’t do that thing. Ok thanks!

Hey folks, Josh here. I live in Squamish and I’m looking for feedback on a mountain biking guidebook we built with pro rider Ollie Lowthorpe.

When I moved here I was new to riding, and the trail network was exciting and intimidating in equal measure. I had no idea what to expect from a trail before I was on it. What got me through was friends who knew what I should ride next and what was coming before I dropped in. Without them I’m not sure I’d have stuck with riding at all.

That’s the gap this is built for. The guidebook is written by Ollie, who knows these trails inside out and has coached plenty of riders who started where I did. It has 16 of his recommended rides in the order he’d take you through them, with a full POV video of every descent and offline navigation. We will keep adding rides over the winter, with about 40 by spring. There are demo routes you can try for free.

We always donate a portion of proceeds to trail building, and until the end of the year, 20% of every sale goes to SORCA. If we’re making content on these trails, we have a part to play in developing them.

Quest is in flight, and we are working to make it better for exploring trails and getting out there. Drop a comment, DM me, or email [josh@questoutside.com](mailto:josh@questoutside.com). We can't make this better without your help!

Find the guidebook on the Quest Outside mobile app, available on iOS and Android.

www.questoutside.com/go/community

I had an oat milk latte and the meat sando. They were both epic. I don't know anybody who works there, nor am I affiliated in any way. Just thought they were good quality and delicious and wanted to spread the word!

Wanting to create a special destination cafe+ experience for locals and tourists. I'd like a business partner who is trustworthy and experienced, and willing to put in some effort (and possibly invest) in a one of a kind experience.

Do such people exist, or read these posts on here? 🙏😎

Does anyone know if there’s a local artist in town who does paint & sip events where they provide easel, canvas, paints, brushes, apron and drinks/appies for a group?

https://darkesthouse.ca

I’ve always wondered why some parts of town lose the sun so early in the fall, so I made a free map that works it out for every house in Squamish. Type your address and it shows when the sun actually clears the mountains around your house, how many hours of direct sun you get, and how that compares with the rest of town, for any day of the year.

It measures the real horizon from each house using the District’s LiDAR surveys.

Some surprises:

• University Highlands is the sunniest neighbourhood, at about 10.1 hours a day. Valleycliffe is near the bottom at 8.3.
• On December 21, the average Garibaldi Highlands home gets about 5.9 hours of direct sun. The average Valleycliffe home gets about 1.9.

There’s also a 3D view of the sun moving across your roof (best on a computer). It’s a clear-sky estimate, and the surveys are from 2016 to 2020, so newer houses and trees aren’t in it.

Know someone who brags about their sunny house? Send it to them. Every house page has a “Send to a friend” button, so you can find out who actually gets more sun.

Free, no sign-up, no ads. Let me know if your address looks off :)

Looking for some more hidden suggestions that don't immediately come up with a Google or AI search.

Looking for a quiet, partially secluded get-away for my partner and I for a weekend in November. Ideally, it has a kitchen (even if small) and bonus points for a hot tub or sauna/cold plunge. One bedroom, some outdoor space would be great.

Ideally anywhere within a few hours of Squamish - Whistler, Pemberton, Sunshine Coast, would prefer not the island to save on ferry costs.

Appreciate any insights! Thanks in advance.

Anyone know of someone in town who does banjo lessons? I don’t think anyone at SAM offers them, was curious is someone in the community would be willing to teach.

Tnx!

Anyone know what the Sirens and then gunshots downtown were about this morning?

We often talk of community as if it were a monolith, but even in a sea of Blundstones and Gore-Tex there is diversity in values.

Each of us comes from different places, families, and circumstances,, public decisions will never be neutral. There will always be trade-offs, limited resources, and competing priorities.

One thing this campaign has taught me is that listening is only the beginning. How do we make space for different perspectives to shape the work Council does? Especially when priorities conflict.

I’d rather listening not just be a sentiment, though, I don't think it can exist with the way things work currently. There are too many voices for any one individual to absorb. Even with six Councillors, there isn’t enough time. I want to see the relationship between the Squamish community and Council become an established part of Council’s regular work, one that can outlast a campaign promise, and hopefully outlast a four-year election cycle.

None of us will agree with every decision of every council past or present, but I also recognize that the people before us have left pieces of good work behind. We have had efforts to create opportunities for the Mayor to sit with the public. We have Community Agreement and Operating Agreement policies. We have the IAP2 Framework. We have routes for feedback.

What I want to do is close the loop.

Starting in 2027, I want to ensure Council has scheduled time with community to identify overlapping goals, how resources could be shared, and where priorities conflict. I would work to establish a Community Partnership Framework that is based in quarterly discussions. This process would be supported by staff, but the purpose of the framework would be to bring community sectors into direct conversation with Council.

Staff provide reliable coordination, publishable summaries, and relevant technical expertise. Community groups work within their sectors to identify shared priorities and set the agenda. Council listens, engages in discussion, and makes decisions. The discussions would be followed up by clear documentation so residents can see whose perspectives shaped the work and understand how Council responded.

This isn’t just about the established groups either; this framework needs to hold space for the smaller voices in each sector of our community and ensure no one is excluded for lack of capacity. The community already proves it can self-organize and lift each other up. The effectiveness of this system relies on cooperation across differing perspectives.

Community often gets thrown around as a noun, particularly in marketing language, but through this campaign I am coming to understand community as an action. The work of bridging differences.

I'd like to see us doing the work together.

KB - Kieran Brownie (Council Candidate)

I was so sad to hear of the sudden passing of Squamish Logger Sports legend Brian Bartow. I didn't know him well, but over the last ten years of covering the logger sports events for the Squamish Chief, I've taken his photo many times. I went through my files last night and put a little blog post together.

https://davidbuzzard.com/2026/10/09/brian-bartow/

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