Local fundraiser for earthquake reliefLong-time Lions Bay residents Catalina Lopez-Correa and Maria Escobar Trujillo have got a treat for you. They are holding a bake sale this Saturday to raise funds...

Big changes in store for garbage collectionPlanned changes to garbage collection in the Village are drawing negative feedback from some residents.In a recent letter to Council (and copied to The Water...

Local consignment business off to a good startRebecca Loyo Mayo believes in sustainability — and that extends to the clothes on your back. So after having a frustrating experience trying to find secon...

Eight candidates vie for Councillor seat, two for Mayor.Potential nominees for the upcoming municipal elections were required to file their papers with the Village Office by 4 p.m. on Friday, and at c...

Gran Fondo cycles through first thing, Firefighters' Day begins at 2The Annual Gran Fondo takes place tomorrow, with cyclists riding from downtown Vancouver to Whistler along the Sea to Sky. While most of the riders are expected to cruise past the Village by 10 a.m., the finish line in Whistler does not close until 3 p.m., which means that travellers heading north should expect traffic disruptions for much of the day. Organizers are telling drivers to expect significant delays and changing traff

Blackwell shares thoughtsLions Bay residents are being asked to participate in a provincially-mandated review of the Village's Official Community Plan (OCP).The current version of the plan (downloadab...

Largest Village 'Emergency Pod' yetby Ron McLaughlinIn the mid-summer Evacuation Plan meeting at the Hall, I was impressed with the Emergency Program Coordinator’s message, and observed from those res...

Declarations must be made by Friday at 4 p.m.Note from the editor: Shortly after this story was posted, long-time resident Leslie Nolin joined the race for a Council seat. Lions Bay's municipal electi...

Butterflyway Rangers need help battling invadersGot a moment to spare for your garden this long weekend?Lions Bay Butterflyway Rangers Val Morton and Hana Boye would love it if you would fill a bag wi...

A walk in the woods gone wrongA hiker who went missing after riding up the Sea to Sky gondola last Sunday, and has been the subject of intensive search efforts all week, managed to make his way out o...

Lions Bay School opens doors next weekIt's back to school time, and local vice-principal Jennifer Ohlhauser and her staff are looking forward to welcoming students to another year of learning at Lions...

LBSAR assist in hunt for Stanislav VoloStanislav Volo has been missing since he stepped off the Sea to Sky gondola on Sunday morning.Members of Lions Bay Search and Rescue (LBSAR) are taking part in t...

Village ursine residents still very much aroundWhat has been a very bear-centric summer is coming to a close, with the number of regular visitors to the Village undiminished, the death of a bear after...

LBSAR rescues climber after swarmingFall is in the air on our local mountains, but the wasps are still out in force. Just last week, members of Lions Bay Search and Rescue were called in to help a cli...

First OCP event in the books: will you take part?Residents recently gathered to share their thoughts about a new, fully-funded reassessment of the Official Community Plan (OCP) along with an update to...

Community Recycling Depot wants to save you time and moneyThe Lions Bay Community Recycling Depot (CRD) has been open just over a year, and in the first twelve months has kept over 1,700 kilograms (1....

Some Oceanview Road and Kelvin Grove homes on noticeUpdate 11:45 a.m.: Notification via both Alertable and BC Wildfire that the Lone Tree Creek fire is now being held. Alertable notification:Sign up f...

Some Oceanview Road and Kelvin Grove homes impactedLions Bay Fire Chief Lorenzo De Arcangelis issued a precautionary evacuation alert at 9 p.m. on Sunday evening to residents of for homes on Oceanview...

BC Wildfire, LBSAR on scene, asking residents to avoid areaBC Wildfire and Lions Bay Search and Rescue have been deployed to a wildfire near the Village. Likely the result of a lightning strike from l...

Community support after a devastating earthquakeAn earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck the western part of Colombia earlier this month, killing at least 321 people, injuring more than 4,600, and...

Official Community Plan update awaits your sayThe last comprehensive update to Lions Bay's Official Community Plan (OCP) was 17 years ago in 2009. According to Chief Administrative Officer Ross Blackw...

August's Coastal Canine was born to adventureSeven had a bit of a journey before she landed with her family here in Lions Bay. She was found with her siblings in a swamp in Mexico at about six months ...

Young bear spotted by hikers in Deeks Lake areaA number of hikers have reported spotting a light brown grizzly bear near Deeks Lake, about three kilometres north east of Tunnel Bluffs, in the past wee...

Air quality shows some improvement, fire situation remains criticalSmoky skies continue in the Lower Mainland and the Sea to Sky, with vivid sunsets balanced with poor air quality. British Columbia re...

Porteau Cove fire adds to Howe Sound's smoky skiesThere are currently 123 fires burning across BC, with 27 of them within the Coastal Fire Region, and more than half of those are rated as out of contr...