{"id":87078,"date":"2024-11-18T09:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=87078"},"modified":"2024-11-18T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:27:40","slug":"spirit-school-founder-among-business-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/spirit-school-founder-among-business-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit School founder among business award finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Bhagyashree Chatterjee Local Journalism Initiative\u00a0 When Danielle Searancke first arrived in Squamish 22 years ago, it wasn\u2019t spirituality that brought her\u2014it was race cars. 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