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WHEN MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE SEA

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IN THE GROOVE

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42 When Mountains Fall into the Sea As glaciers melt, unstable slopes are being exposed and are on the precipice of collapse. - By Tyee Bridge

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Kelowna’s Heather Wurtele

of Whistler chief administrative officer Mike Furey is moving into a new

wins the final Subaru Ironman Canada six years after husband Trevor won

role at municipal hall.

the first.

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with its findings.

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IN THE GROOVE

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08 OPENING REMARKS As visitor numbers climb and staffing remains a challenge, should we be pressing our case more strongly with the federal government?

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers voice concern over the new Whistler Housing Authority rules for rentals and allowing dogs off leash.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Dan Falloon looks at Ironman’s presence in Whistler, which has long been complicated, and considers its legacy as it gets set to return to its Okanagan roots.

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50 TRAVEL Writer Teresa Bergen explores skinny Sable Island where every person who sets foot on the island must first be briefed on proper conduct and biosecurity measures.

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62 FORK IN THE ROAD Writer Glenda Bartosh explores foods for BC Day with local chefs, and gets a few tips on enjoying Chilliwack corn and salmon.

64 EPICURIOUS The Canadian National BBQ Championships welcomes competitors from all over North America, who will duke it out for the title of grand champion from Aug. 2 to 4.

68 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW Feet Banks looks at the idea of family in two new flicks: Hobbs and Shaw and Once Upon A Time ... in Hollywood.

70 MUSEUM MUSINGS Learn about Don MacLaurin and his life-long impact on sustainable forestry in Whistler.

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Businesses need help to secure workers THIS TIME OF YEAR is always a busy one for the resort.

Weekends are at or near capacity for everyone, the highway is bumper-tobumper Thursday through Sunday and workers are turning to Red Bull as they burn the candle at both ends riding and earning their paycheques.

But back in the day, there was a kind of “we-are-in-this-together” feeling, and besides, we knew that just a few short months away we would all get some muchdeserved downtime.

These days, however, it feels like there is no downtime, and if social media

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commentary is anything to go by, we are in a snarky mood. One can hardly post a comment without being roasted. Facebook is becoming one of the most negative forums around.

Being busy has its downsides, for sure,

“It’s my view that the proposed changes will only further exacerbate the labour troubles that are plaguing the tourism industry in this country.”

- ALROY CHAN

but you won’t find me complaining (I remember the doldrum years). However, that does not mean our community can stand by while our quality of life is adversely impacted.

Whistler is a destination resort and we want and need it to be busy, and we are excited to welcome all our visitors from near and far.

But those 500,000 extra visitors (we are

now up to 3.2-million visitors a year) are really stretching us. This in turn has created more jobs. We have gone from 12,200 fulltime equivalent jobs in 2013 to 16,300, driving growth in the local, permanent population in excess of 20 per cent to nearly 12,000 residents.

This in turn has created the housing shortage we all know about and live with.

But here is the elephant in the room— we still need more workers. You don’t even want to say that out loud when faced with the housing crunch, but many businesses are suffering, as is some customer service due to lack of staff.

And we are not alone.

This week, in a message to its members, the chair of the Tourism Industry Association of BC, Alroy Chan, lamented the shortage of workers and raised concerns over the changes the federal government is making to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFW).

“The federal government recently announced some proposed changes to the TFW program that are concerning to us,” he wrote. “Most notably, the changes would allow workers to freely move from one employer to another for any reason, at any time.

“This effectively renders the TFW program moot—why would an operator spend months (not to mention thousands of dollars) bringing an employee into the country if they cannot guarantee a certain level of commitment from said employee?”

B.C.’s tourism industry is projected to create 106,000 new job openings in a range of careers over the next decade.

B.C. tourism is projected to need 12,500 professional cooks and chefs; 11,500 food counter attendants and kitchen helpers; 8,100 food and beverage servers; 7,600 restaurant and food service managers—and that is just one sector.

It’s all well and good to address the challenges in the TFW program but perhaps a way forward would be to hold the businesses that use it more accountable

through enforcement rather than sweeping changes that capture the nurturing businesses as well, making the system to expensive and difficult to use.

It’s not clear how many TFWs there are in Whistler right now, but it is an avenue open to those looking to hire multiple staff.

In some cases, businesses are being advised by recruiters that while they might find one Canadian for a skilled job they are unlikely to find two, and so using the TFW program becomes part of the search for employees.

Said Chan: “It’s my view that the proposed changes will only further exacerbate the labour troubles that are plaguing the tourism industry in this country.

“This would mean millions of foregone business, taxes and opportunities that would drastically hurt our local economies.

We’re hopeful that the government will hear our concerns loud and clear, and that they will reconsider these proposed changes.”

Canada’s historic low unemployment levels are impacting many sectors. Veronique Simard, a spokeswoman for Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, told the Canadian Press last month: “While this economic success is good for business, it is also creating challenges for employers who are struggling to find enough workers to meet demand.

“The temporary-foreign-worker program continues to experience an increased volume of labour market impact assessment applications across Canada.”

Indeed, the volume of applications is up almost 25 per cent over last year with the wait for approval over 100 days for the low-skill stream and 85 days for the highwage stream.

The federal government needs to step up its game in helping businesses secure labour from creating a “trusted business” status for applicants for TFW to considering exemptions for destination resorts such as Whistler.

The federal government has been vocal about growing tourism—it wants to see a 25-per-cent increase in tourism revenues to $128 billion by 2025—but its goal will be unattainable without staff on the frontlines. n

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New WHA categories out to lunch I’m sure like many hundreds of other people on the Whistler Housing Authority’s (WHA) rental waitlist, I received an email recently from them with the “Updates to WHA Employee Rental Housing Program and Eligibility.”

I must admit, I was never very aware of what the previous rules regarding rental pricing and eligibility consisted of. However, looking at the new rules, it is obvious that the WHA must be concerned that people have been taking advantage of the program. If that is the case, then change is warranted.

It seems now the WHA has taken the step to charge rent based on an individual’s or family’s gross income or their net assets, whichever is the greatest amount. Net assets include owned real estate, investment accounts, RRSPs, GICs, etc. I can understand how gross income may be a good metric to look at when deciding what people should pay for their rent; however, the category system they have come up with is highly flawed, while the inclusion of net assets is also very problematic.

First off, I am sorry if I don’t entirely understand how the new category system works. I have read, and reread many times the infographic “Understanding Changes to the Employee Housing Program Policy,” that they link to in their email and I feel that whoever

wrote that infographic and the example demonstrating how to calculate your income category didn’t understand it either.

Anyways, I think I do have a basic understanding of it, so I’ll go over it quickly.

There are six categories that people can fall into based on their income or asset levels.

The size of unit (studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, etc.) you are restricted to is based on your family size. My wife and I being only two people, we are restricted to a studio or onebedroom suite. If we make less than $32,000, we are considered Category 1 and our rent

would be anywhere from $800 to $1,400 per month.

Level 2 is less than $45K, Level 3 is under $54K, Level 4 under $63K, Level 5 under $87K, while Level 6 is less than $200K. Again, this is all based on those restricted to a one-bedroom unit.

There are also maximum net asset limits attached to each level, and if you earn under a certain amount and fit into a category based on your income, but your assets pass a certain threshold, you are bumped up to the next level to base your rent on.

If this all sounds really confusing, it is.

Like I said, I’m not sure I entirely understand it.

One of the biggest problems in my opinion is the spread of maximum incomes separating each level. The difference in maximum income from Level 1 to Level 2 is $6,000. The difference in income levels from Levels 2 to 3 is $9,000. From Levels 3 to 4 is also $9,000.

From Levels 4 to 5 is where you start to see the income differences start expanding significantly. The difference from Level 4 to 5 is $24,000 while shockingly, the difference between Levels 5 and 6 is a whopping $113,000!

This means, if I understand it correctly, that a person or family making $87,001 is expected to pay the same rent as someone making $200,000 per year! How does that even sound right to anyone?

When they were making the income categories, did they just get bored once they got to Level 5 and say, “Screw it, just put everyone else in Level 6?”

Again, all of these numbers I have given are related to those restricted to one-bedroom units. And the price they are asking for these units seem out of touch with reality, especially if you aren’t making $200,000 per year. Onebedroom units basically go for $2,000 per month. When people in this town talk about how unaffordable rent is, that is the example that is given!

The WHA’s mission statement says, “Whistler’s long-term success as a vibrant resort community is contingent upon retaining a stable resident workforce.” It feels to me that these new categories in particular aren’t in the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR best interest of the community. Especially to average income earners who are often senior or management level employees and don’t make $200,000 per year and are often the backbone of the places they work.

If these people still can’t afford to live in Whistler, I don’t see how “Whistler’s long-term success as a vibrant resort” can continue.

There are many other problems with the updates that WHA has made to the rental program, too many for me to get into, as this letter is long enough.

The email also stated that there will be info sessions coming up at a later date and I will raise my concerns there. I hope others on the rental waitlist will also look at the changes, and bring your concerns to these sessions as well.

Jason Drury // Whistler

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[The owner] doesn’t take any of the blame and puts it all on the “aggressive bear.”

We need to stand up and do better. Dog owners need to leash their dogs on trails and streets. Every day, about 30 off-leash dogs run past my house as their owners think their dog is above the law.

Bylaw needs to get the message out there—we have leash laws and you need to abide by them!

For your safety and the bear’s.

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Dogs and bears In the past week, a dog had an altercation with a bear on Whistler Mountain.

A worker [took] his dog to work with him and did not have it secured or on a leash. This [dog] had an altercation with a bear and was injured. Whose fault is this? The owner’s.

Not only did he have a dog where he shouldn’t, it was not secured in an area where there are known to be bears. This is highly irresponsible.

Thankfully the conservation officers are not destroying the bear as the bear is doing what a bear does when provoked by another animal.

I feel for the injured dog and the owner, as no one wants to see their pets hurt.

The GoFundMe account is covering the vet bills but I’m not sure it puts the whole

you for showing us the hard work it takes to put on a world-class sporting event like Ironman Canada. Thank you for giving us a chance to watch the sunrise over the mountains as the mist lingers amongst the early morning racers. Thank you for showing us who the real champions are among us: those racers crossing the line just under the 17-hour cutoff, in the pitch dark, surrounded by cheering strangers. Thank you for giving our children an opportunity to volunteer in service of others while raising funds for their local clubs, teams, and community groups. Thank you for giving us the chance to bear witness to the grit and determination that it takes to be an Ironman athlete. We will miss you.

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Saying farewell to Ironman WHEN I FIRST moved to Whistler in the fall of 2014, skiing and snowboarding were obviously the sports at top of mind. Then, thinking ahead to summer, mountain biking was always going to be a big one.

I knew theoretically that Whistler was the Ironman Canada host, but it never really clicked until that first, unseasonably

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chilly day in July 2015. Not that our resort is a baffling choice to host, not by any stretch, but there are a mittful more activities that come off as more iconic Whistler.

It was thrilling to see several of the sport’s top pros do what they do best, even if the conditions were unpleasant and hoofing all over the resort on an old bicycle wasn’t my preferred mode of transportation. Still, getting paid to photograph and write about a race is a thousand times better than anyone’s best day in the salt mines.

But for those who don’t have the privilege of being the sportswriter in a town literally built on sports, it must be much tougher to reconcile finding a way to get to work hours before your shift is supposed to start unless you can hitch a ride on

someone’s handlebars.

While it’s always amazing to bear witness to the triumph of the human will, especially among the final finishers who tough it out for up to 17 hours, I gradually became more and more lukewarm on the race as the years progressed. You never want to see anything leave, but gun to my head, forced to give up one of Whistler’s major sporting events, it’s the obvious choice.

costs and sometimes shady nature of some rentals are strikes against us for some. While Ironman was just a day, what are the odds its presence was more of a turnoff than an asset?

That’s not to mention the outlay the Resort Municipality of Whistler was required to provide to Ironman, owned by a successful, for-profit Chinese conglomerate, to host the race. The number ranged between $250,000 and $282,000 annually in both cash and the

Ironman has always been the clearest example of the push and pull of resort life.

Ironman has always been the clearest example of the push and pull of resort life.

The jobs in our town aren’t viable without the visitors—especially the deep-pocketed ones the likes of Ironman attracts—but at the same time, hosting visitors isn’t a possibility without the worker bees who serve the meals, sell the gear and tidy the messes. Whistler is undoubtedly a world-class resort, but as our current labour shortage illustrates, workers are going to need to be able to pursue a certain quality of life if they’re going to opt for our community over others. The high housing

value of in-kind services during the seven years Ironman was around. Providing some of those services is perhaps understandable for the ethos of helpfulness it projects, even if it is going to a company that’s already taking over our infrastructure and walking away with a mound of cash. But, even if it is a drop in the bucket compared to the financial rewards, cutting a cheque using taxpayer money to toss on that pile always seems unsavoury. Exactly how much do our residents need to give up for the sake of visitors to be a welcoming host?

Considering the dissatisfaction that the

Village of Pemberton had with the five years the route wound its way through town, shuttering downtown for the day, it’s hard to believe it put up with what it did for as long as it did, even if it didn’t have the hammer of leverage until the contract came up for renewal in 2017.

Sure, the athletes’ dedication is admirable, but you can see it every September at the Whistler Alpine Meadows trail race (which is adding a mind-melting 175-kilometre distance for 2019). It doesn’t clog up the community’s main arteries for the better part of a day, either.

That said, for all of Ironman’s detractors, no other event (except perhaps Crankworx) inspires its hardcore fans more. Being at the start line, with hundreds of competitors’ friends and family members who hiked and biked to Rainbow Park well before the crack of dawn gave you a sense of the fervour.

Then there are all the roadside supporters lining Highway 99’s route north to south within Whistler’s boundaries.

Ironman’s presence in Whistler has long been a complicated one, and as it gets set to return to its Okanagan roots, its legacy will be no simpler, especially considering the projected downturn in tourism looming.

However, given the lengths the RMOW went to in order to make the move look amicable, it appears that the hope is that the relationship is on a break, not a break-up. n

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OUR ONLINE CONVERSATION On Sunday, July 28, Whistler played host to Ironman Canada for the seventh and final year before the event returns to Penticton in 2020, as Pique columnist Vince Shuley detailed in his column, “A steely farewell to Ironman.”

Here’s what a few of our Facebook followers had to say one day before the race: “Awesome event. Sad to see it go. A few negatives but overall a spectacular event to showcase the athletic spirit which some in Whistler see[m] to forget.”

“I wonder how many of the few people that want it here actually have to work on that Sunday? Or are they … retired so it doesn’t [a]ffect them?”

“So sad. I know me and a large crew of amazing local moms, dads and friends will be there cheering and helping out all athletes including the MANY locals that participate.”

“ ” “ Good riddance.

Sad to see it go. I love the high energy it brought to the town for the weekend and days leading up to it. It was lovely to see the athletes training all around the village and on the Valley Trails.

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Writer Andrew Mitchell looked behind the scenes of Ironman in this 2015 feature, “The logistical Ironman.” He learned that it takes a full-time crew of 10, around 30 seasonal workers and another 20 part-timers, backed by a cast of thousands of volunteers, to organize the Ironman Western Canada Series. In 2015, the race required two semitrailers full of different types of bottled water plus over 22,700 kilograms of ice. Organizers also bring in crates full of carbohydrate drink mix, fresh fruit, 10 huge tureens full of chicken soup broth, and all kinds of other foods, from cookies to potato chips, that athletes like/need to eat during the race.

The Whistler event required between 1,500 and 2,000 volunteers with shifts running over seven days. To boost numbers, the Ironman Foundation donated up to $1,500 to any community group that supplied 25 volunteers for the race, which included a 3.8km/2.4 mile lake swim, 180km/112 miles of road biking, and a full 42.2km/26-mile marathon course. n WOP looks to future P.12

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Whistler’s top staffer Mike Furey to take new role with RMOW SEARCH FOR NEW CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER NOW UNDERWAY

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AFTER

EIGHT YEARS as chief administrative officer (CAO), Mike Furey is preparing to take on a new role with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).

Furey’s new title will be chief of strategic policy and partnership, under which he will be tasked with “accelerating strategic initiatives, policy development and furthering RMOW relationships with regional, provincial, federal and First Nations partners,” according to a release.

The recruiting process for a new CAO is now underway.

In his new role, Furey will report to the new CAO, while providing leadership to the RMOW’s economic development department, which is primarily responsible for project management and initiatives related to the resort economy, housing and strategic planning.

Furey’s new role will also help in the transition of the new CAO, and will end in early 2021.

“This agreement gives the RMOW the capacity we need to deliver on the opportunity to provide a strong transition to a new CAO,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.

“Mike is a content expert on the files that he will carry forward … this arrangement allows the RMOW to move those projects forward effectively.”

TALKING STRATEGY Municipal chief administrative officer Mike Furey is taking on a new role as chief of strategic policy and partnerships.

The search for a new CAO is underway.

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Some of the projects in question, Crompton said, are the outcomes of the Official Community Plan (OCP) and its agreements with First Nations, the Strategic Planning Committee process and outcomes, and the Economic Partnership Initiative.

While creation of the new role amounts to a new senior management position at municipal hall, Crompton said the RMOW will be getting good value for its money, and noted that there will not be an ongoing payroll impact past 2020 (Furey was the RMOW’s top earner last year, with a total remuneration of $246,043. He will carry on in the same terms as his current contract).

“Mike’s work to secure $22 million of provincial [Resort Municipality Initiative] funding is just one example of what gives me confidence that we’ll get good value for our money,” Crompton said.

“Although there is a cost in 2020, this is a short-term position without an ongoing payroll impact.”

Asked how the arrangement came about—whether Furey proposed it or council asked him to stay on—an RMOW spokesperson said the decision was a mutual one.

“Ongoing discussions between the CAO and council have brought to light the opportunity to increase focus on council’s ambitious work plan,” they said.

As for the hiring process, and whether the position needed to be advertised, the RMOW said the new job was created at the direction of council.

“Senior management positions are not always posted and are sometimes done by appointment,” the spokesperson said.

Pique sat down with Furey on July 25 to discuss his new position and where the

resort goes from here.

The interview has been edited for clarity and length.

ON WHAT PROMPTED THIS DECISION: MIKE FUREY: “Myself and [Mayor Jack Crompton] and council are constantly in dialogue on how we move forward on major initiatives, how we achieve the ambitious policy agenda and project agenda that council has come up with … By stepping away from the day-today operations and management, it frees up my time to focus specifically on those [major policy and project initiatives], and hopefully move those forward in a substantive way.

“I think council is happy that the projects … around the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the housing policy, and the strategic planning committee, have all been moving forward at a fairly good pace, but there’s definitely room to accelerate those, and they are key, foundational pieces for the community.

“I think at the top of the list of things we need to do, along with other fairly, equally significant initiatives such as securing long-term funding for wildfire mitigation, continuing to work towards a regional transit regime … one of the personal priorities for me is continuing to build our relations with the Lil’wat and Squamish [First Nations], which I think we have made significant progress on over the last number of years.”

ON FIRST NATIONS RELATIONS AND THE OCP: MF: “I think it’s moving to a different place. Away from sort of the OCP approval

discussions and negotiations, and working specifically with the province, to more, I hope … community-to-community work in areas such as growing cultural awareness— starting within the municipality, but also growing partnerships. “[Lil’wat Chief Dean Nelson] and I and Jack and others have talked about seeing their members directly involved in the success of Whistler in terms of everything from working in jobs here to … running businesses here, and you look at the opportunities in this community—and there’s opportunities that they’ve been growing in Mount Currie—but there’s so much they can build on here.

“So it’s more moving away from capturing understandings in legal documents, etc., to more how do we share opportunities between our two communities.

“There’s things we’re going to do and we are doing, like more recognition of the presence of Squamish and Lil’wat through our signage and through displays in various parts of the land around the community, but again, sort of moving beyond that and finding ways that we could be partners from an economic perspective.

“Kadenwood has quite a development potential and there is bed units assigned to that and zoning in the OCP, so I assume at some point the Lil’wat and Squamish will want to pursue that, so we would be starting our economic development committee that’s in the [OCP] as well, [which] will have membership from Squamish and Lil’wat and RMOW, and

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NINE-YEAR-OLD Australian shepherd/blue heeler dog is recovering after being attacked by a bear in the Garbo Zone in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park on July 25.

The dog, Molly, was accompanying her owner, Steph Malette, a Whistler Blackcomb (WB) trail builder, when the pair came across an aggressive black bear.

“The bear charged us and managed to grab Molly by the neck, swinging her like a rag doll,” Malette wrote on a GoFundMe page set up for Molly. “I screamed and threw objects at them to try to break the scuffle, to no avail. The bear dragged Molly through thick forest where I couldn’t see or hear them anymore. At this point I was thinking that Molly had not survived the brutal attack and I retreated to safety and called for help.

“I broke down thinking that I had lost my best friend when someone came screaming that there was a bloody dog higher up the hill. Molly had managed to free herself and instinctively ran back to my truck, she was beaten and bloody but she was alive!”

Reached on Facebook, Malette declined to comment.

The Conservation Officer Service (COS) investigated the incident, and determined there was no evidence to indicate the dog was chasing the bear, said Sgt. Simon Gravel, noting that, under the Wildlife Act, an individual can be charged for letting their dog chase a bear.

“In this case, it was not exactly what

happened,” he said. “We understand it was a group of workers that were on the mountain, they had a dog with them, and the bear came and it was like a bit of a fight between the dog and the bear.”

More than 50 per cent of negative encounters between the public and bears involve dogs, Gravel said.

“That’s why we always recommend to keep your dog at home when you go in bear country, and obviously inside of the Whistler municipality under the bylaw your dog is supposed to be on leash,” he said. “So that’s a good way to avoid such situations.”

WB’s policy states that it does not want employees to bring their dogs on the mountain, said communications director Marc Riddell.

“It’s a super unfortunate incident. We feel real bad for our employee Steph, and certainly we really feel badly for the injuries that his dog Molly suffered, and at the same time we’re also extremely thankful that the bear wasn’t euthanized as a result of the interaction,” Riddell said. “We completely understand people’s connections to their pets—we do have working dogs on-mountain, like our patrol dogs—but we do have a clear policy in that case where we don’t want our employees to bring their dogs on-mountain.”

Following the incident, WB will “re-emphasize” the policy with staff, Riddell added.

After a relatively quiet summer, bear activity is beginning to pick up in the valley, Gravel said. Residents are reminded to secure all attractants and report bears in residential areas by phoning 1-877-952-7277.

Find more at www.whistler.ca/bears. n

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ON WHAT HE SEES AS PRIORITIES FOR THE NEW CAO

MF: “Well, a couple of thoughts. One, I have changed different positions over the years and have had successors, obviously, and my general inclination is to not try and influence that person’s thinking too much one way or the other, in terms of how they manage or run the organization, because you want them to grow their own impression and not have it sort of sullied by my perspectives.

“That said, I think, while it’s not immediately evident over the last months

or so, the wildfire threat [is a priority] … you look across the province the last couple of years, the province has just been on fire.

Last year there were 1.3 million hectares of land burned in B.C., … there is only 11,000 so far this year, so that’s pretty good.

“It’s not like it’s gone away, I think we’ve just got a bit of a reprieve, knock on wood, this year, because we’ve had some nice rain.

“I won’t have any part in [the hiring of the new CAO]. I will report to the new CAO, and one of my views is there can be only one leader in the organization, and I will be available as little or as much as that person may or may not want to call upon me. I have reached the point now in my career where I have no aspirations for any other things, and so it’s like, how can I be of assistance?” n

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Municipality addresses parking issues on Mountainview Drive NEW TRAILS ON MOUNT SPROATT AND RAINBOW MOUNTAIN ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN

BY JOEL BARDE AND MEGAN LALONDE RESIDENTS OF WHISTLER’S Alpine neighbourhood may have noticed a few changes this summer.

In response to concerns that Mountainview Drive was being turned into a parking lot for hikers and mountain bikers looking to access the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) alpine trail network, the municipality has made a number of changes.

In addition to getting rid of a muchhated portable toilet that it placed at the end of the Mountainview Drive cul-de-sac last year, the municipality has installed new parking signage, as well as signage that explicitly tells visitors to “Respect the Neighbourhood” and offers suggestions as to how to do this, such as not littering.

The RMOW also moved the trailhead for the Mount Sproatt and Rainbow Mountain trails from the end of the cul-de-sac to the parking lot behind Meadow Park Sports Centre. The RMOW has worked with Tourism Whistler to make sure visitors are directed to that parking lot.

“We want to have an amicable experience for everybody, so [that means] having appropriate parking, and the signage that goes along with that,” said Acting Mayor Jen Ford, adding that the RMOW would be monitoring the neighbourhood for illegal parking.

“Bylaw will be doing periodic parking control to address those parked vehicles, and they are focusing on education as well as enforcement,” she said.

According to area residents, the changes have gone over well.

“We are very happy to have our neighbourhood back,” said Janet Hart. “While it is still early, to date the no-parking signs, increased patrols, no porta-potty and changing the location of the trailhead to Meadow Park has made

ALPINE ASCENT Changes to Whistler’s Alpine Trail Network this year include two new trails on Mount Sproatt.

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a significant difference in reclaiming our neighbourhood.”

Mountainview Drive resident Marianna Orr also commended the RMOW’s efforts, saying that it reacted well after a public information session held with area residents in April 2019.

That said, Orr feels the RMOW did not properly consult with residents before building the new trails on Sproatt and Rainbow mountains, and that the culde-sac isn’t a suitable entrance to the alpine-trail network.

“We now have a significant rise in traffic going up and down our street, and nonresident vehicles parking, the full length of the [legal side of the] street,” she said.

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NEW TRAILS OPEN There are also changes to the alpine trail system this year, including two new trails on Mount Sproatt: Rush Hour and Last Call.

Also new for 2019 is an expanded Mount Sproatt/Rainbow Mountain Alpine Ranger Program, which will see rangers “now on-site for more hours and more days,” according to a release.

Rangers’ responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining trails, public education, collecting data on wildlife and recreation users, and administering first aid when necessary, as well as communicating with RMOW staff and partners, like the Conservation Officer Service, Search and Rescue and provincial biologists.

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In accordance with Whistler’s recently released draft e-bike policy, the electronic bikes are not allowed access to the Sproatt alpine trail network above Flank Trail. As in previous years, bikes will not be permitted on Rainbow Lake or Skywalk hiking trails.

To that end, the municipality is also urging users to respect the trail network’s “sensitive alpine vegetation” and to “stick to the marked trails to avoid damaging the environment.”

Because the Rainbow Lake trails are located within the municipal water supply area, camping, biking, swimming and dogs are not permitted in this area in an effort to protect Whistler’s water supply. “In all areas, pack out all garbage, use outhouses, take only photos and leave no trace,” added the release.

Trail users should also keep in mind that grizzly and black bears can be found in the Whistler area—including near the alpine trail network.

“All trail users should be bear aware by carrying bear spray and knowing how to use it in the event of an encounter, never hiking or biking alone, being alert to bear signs (scat, prints, tree markings), being able to differentiate between grizzly and black bears, and respecting trail closures,” stated the release.

The RMOW is currently developing a plan to help mitigate potential conflict with grizzlies on its alpine trail network. The province decided to close the trail network last September after two separate groups of hikers had a close call with a grizzly near Rainbow Lake.

Though there is signage and cell phone coverage along most of the trails, all located on the west side of the valley, hikers and bikers can find updated maps of all the RMOW’s official hiking and mountain biking trails at trailheads and online at trailforks.com.

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Province seeks input on plastic COUNCIL BRIEFS: RCMP SELECTS NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM LEADER; INFORMATION GOVERNANCE POLICY ADOPTED

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AS MORE B.C. communities

pass resolutions concerning single-use plastic, the provincial government is seeking input from the public on the matter.

“The message from British Columbians is loud and clear—we need to take action to reduce plastic waste, especially single-use items like water bottles and plastic bags that often find their way into our waters, streets and environment,” said George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, in a release.

The government is proposing action in four areas: bans on single-use packaging; dramatically reducing single-use plastics in landfills and waterways; expanding the deposit-refund system to cover all beverage containers; and reducing plastic waste overall.

British Columbians can weigh in at cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/plastics until September 18 at 4 p.m.

Four B.C. communities that have passed resolutions concerning eliminating singleuse plastic—Victoria, Rossland, Squamish and Tofino—issued a joint release praising the province’s direction.

“As mayors of communities that are taking a leadership role to reduce singleuse plastics, we are delighted to see the province launch a consultation period to hear from British Columbians on this important issue,” the joint statement said in part.

“We are keen to work with the provincial government to establish a clear role for local governments, our residents and businesses to move towards a sustainable, zero-waste economy and environment.”

The provincial consultation follows a June announcement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laying the groundwork for a federal ban on single-use plastics as early as 2021.

At the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), staff are monitoring other communities and “continue to work to navigate next steps,” a spokesperson said

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“The municipality continues to encourage the community and visitors to be active in waste reduction, particularly around single-use plastics.”

Said Mayor Jack Crompton: “It’s something we’re paying extremely close attention to.”

Following Trudeau’s announcement, Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong— who oversees the RMOW’s environment portfolio—said he expects a community ban to be formalized by the end of the summer.

“Whistler is beginning to look as a bit of a laggard on banning single-use plastic. We

are not a laggard; we are a leader,” De Jong said on June 11. “It’s time to move on this.”

WHISTLER RCMP SELECTS NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM LEADER The Whistler RCMP is hoping to expand its community outreach by way of a new community engagement team leader.

Cpl. Jeff Witzki has been in the role for the past month, said Insp. Kara Triance in a presentation to Whistler council on July 23.

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“Over the next year we’re hoping that he can build a team of community policing volunteers that are security cleared and can help him in delivering community policing programs that can be done in a volunteer capacity,” she said.

Witzki has been busy in his first month,

“The end goal is to have a searchable, electronic index that is dependable and defensible.”

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creating a new seasonal bike patrol, taking over the adopt-a-school program and pulling stakeholders together to address community issues or at-risk people in a collaborative way.

The approach is different than what the RCMP was doing before, Triance said.

“Formerly your community police constable was a sole entity in the community on [their] own, working community policing functions, which has a bit of a silo effect,” she said, adding that Witzki has under his purview the ability to manage and deploy

resources more strategically.

“We’re hoping that you’ll see this kind of grow over the next year or two, and we can come back before you and say, ‘Here’s where we’re at with the results,’” she said.

“If it’s working, great—we’ll continue on with it, and if not, we change directions.

So more to come on this.”

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE POLICY ADOPTED Also at the July 23 meeting, council adopted a new policy pertaining to information governance.

The policy’s stated objectives are threefold: to establish a mandate and foundation for the management of info, records, data and their security; to create a framework of standards, practices and definitions to align existing procedures, inform future initiatives and create consistency; and to reaffirm the RMOW’s commitment to meeting its legal obligations while maintaining public transparency and maximizing the value of information.

“The RMOW has a lot of collaboration happening, we have been trying to use technology and methodology to maximize the value of our information, we’ve been trying to protect against the risk of that information—what we do not have is a formal, in-writing type of policy and process that describes how we actually do that, and that’s what we’re trying to accomplish,”

said records and information management coordinator Brian Gilroy in a presentation to council.

“For a municipal government, maximizing information value means things like the better delivery of municipal services, it means responding to Freedom of Information requests and requests for information, and it means safeguarding people’s personal information, which is one of the crucial aspects of this policy.”

In short, the information governance policy is basically the RMOW’s overarching strategy concerning information, Gilroy said.

“It’s a framework in which we make our decisions about the software that we employ, the scanning techniques that we employ, the organization of our information within our document and records management systems,” he said.

“The underlying aspect, of course, is that this is based on standards and accountability and oversight. The RMOW staff has been working particularly hard over the last nine months or so to actually establish these standards … The one key aspect that we’re missing is a formal structure to publish and communicate those.”

The RMOW is also continuing work on digitizing all of its records, including council packages, presentations and reports.

“Essentially all the most important records of the municipality, especially the

ones that are permanent, the ones that are vital,” Gilroy said.

“The end goal is to have a searchable, electronic index that is dependable and defensible.”

MEADOW PARK DEHUMIDIFIER REPLACEMENT CONTRACT AWARDED Swimmers at the Meadow Park Sports Centre will soon be able to breathe easier thanks to a new dehumidifier.

On July 23, council awarded a contract to Entity Mechanical in the amount of $950,000 to replace the rooftop unit, which was originally installed in 2007.

Entity’s bid was the lowest of three, said manager of facility construction and management Andy Chalk in a presentation to council.

“The project funding for this is through general capital reserve, and the schedule is to start as quickly as possible, and have it substantially complete in the fall of 2019,” he said.

And yes, swimmers will notice an improvement in the air quality, Chalk said.

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Invasive species council seeks volunteers for Valley Trail project SEA TO SKY INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL WANTS WHISTLERITES TO ‘ADOPT’ A SECTION OF THE VALLEY TRAIL

BY JOEL BARDE IF YOU’RE INTERESTED in helping rid Whistler of a pesky weed this summer, the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council (SSISC) would like your help.

The organization is looking to recruit volunteers to rid the Valley Trail of common burdock and is launching its Adopt-A-Trail program for the second year running.

“We really need every section of the Valley Trail to be adopted to have an impact,” said Clare Greenberg, executive director of the SSISC. Common burdock is most distinguishable by its purple flower heads that mature into prickly and clinging brown burs, as well as its large, wavy-edged leaves.

Those burs, which contain seeds, can easily get stuck on people and animals and be transported down the trail, said Greenberg.

“They essentially hitch a ride along the trail network on people’s clothes and pets,” she said.

Burdock can displace indigenous plant life, resulting in less food for certain animals, such as bears, she added.

“There have [also] been bats and birds that have been stuck in the burdock burs and died—so it’s a wildlife hazard as well,” said Greenberg.

To make things easy, the SSISC has broken the Valley Trail down into sections, with each less than 100 metres long.

The organization is hoping that the project can be seen as a “team-building” activity for local businesses, that they may commit to taking on a section in order to build camaraderie and do something positive for the larger community.

(Individuals, and groups of friends, are also encouraged to adopt a section.)

To facilitate the adoption process, the SSISC has created an interactive map,

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which allows users to see which sections of the trail has been adopted and displays key information, such as the density of burdock in a particular section.

It can be viewed at ssisc.ca/adoptatrail.

To help entice people to take part, the SSISC is offering prizes supplied by local companies such as Scandinave Spa, Whistler Day Spa, Forged Axe Throwing, and Moguls Coffee House.

“We are really looking for companies and families and groups of friends to take it on,” said Greenberg, who said she would “love” to see 100 people in total sign up.

Greenberg added that this project is by no means reserved for green thumbs.

“It’s a species that is relatively easy to remove,” she said, adding that a how-to video

is included on the organization’s website.

“You just need a shovel and you can dig it up.”

Removal essentially involves digging up the taproot, or severing the root at the collar directly below ground level.

All flowering heads and burs must then be bagged and disposed of with general household waste or in the invasive species bin at the transfer station. (The leaves, stems, and roots can be left to compost onsite.)

Greenberg said she hopes to see uptake on the program this year, adding that there is simply “way too much” common burdock in Whistler for SSISC staff to handle by itself.

“We thought it would be a good candidate for volunteers and for the community to help with,” she said. n

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Whistler Centre for Sustainability, SLCC launch Indigenous Tourism Start-up Program APPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM DUE AUG. 1

BY BRANDON BARRETT BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS of two similar initiatives, the Whistler Centre for Sustainability and the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) are launching a business development program aimed at giving Indigenous tourism start-ups a leg up in the market.

The Indigenous Tourism Start-up Program is meant for members of Indigenous communities from Vancouver to Lillooet looking to develop an Indigenous-centred tourism business concept. Modelled in part after the Whistler Centre for Sustainability’s Social Venture Challenge and last year’s Squamish Lil’wat Sťáťyemc Business Start-up Program, the project is a blend of classroom and distance learning, and runs from September to November 2019.

“For young Indigenous people … coming to do a tourism start-up, they can see firsthand how a tourism organization [like the SLCC] can work from a First Nations’ perspective, and how suddenly beneficial it can be to have a First Nations

or Indigenous background, with unique offerings in terms of products,” explained Brady Smith, executive director of the SLCC, where the program will be hosted.

“They can actually see firsthand that they can come to work in Whistler or the city and have lots of opportunities.”

The program was made possible thanks to a $95,000 grant through the BC Rural Dividend Program, which provides up to $25 million a year in funding to assist rural communities with a population of 25,000 or less to strengthen and diversify their local economies. The funding will cover all program costs, including the participants’ accommodation and travel.

Smith spoke to the historical barriers that have faced local Indigenous entrepreneurs.

“If you’re a First Nations entrepreneur and you’re trying to be successful on reserve in Mount Currie or the St’atl’mx area, you have to really be full of grit, because you may not have the clientele coming and knocking down on your door as you would in a larger metropolitan area,” he said. “I think the tertiary component there is access to proper mentorship and guidance, and

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that’s why this program … is so important, because we’re providing that mentorship

and guidance and really, one-on-one teaching, for Indigenous entrepreneurs to bring forth their business ideas.”

Among the program’s listed goals is to help participants develop their business planning, financial literacy, marketing, branding and other related skills.

The demand for First Nations-based tourism has been on the rise in recent years, with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada reporting last year that 37 per cent of visitors to Canada are interested in Indigenous tourism experiences.

“Whether it be a museum like ourselves or an outdoor activity such as whale watching, or walking through the old growth forest with a First Nations tour ambassador, people are looking to experience those off-the-grid leisurebased activities,” said Smith. “We’re primed perfectly to welcome the world to our doorstep and we need to ensure that we have the proper product that is both market and export ready.”

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS MOST PARENTS ARE satisfied with Whistler’s Kids on the Go (KOTG) program, according to a survey conducted in June— but almost half said they were unsatisfied with the current registration process.

As it stands, parents are asked to line up in person to register for the entire year of programming.

In previous years, in-person registration has been held at midnight, 11 p.m. and 9 a.m., which resulted in some parents camping out overnight to ensure their spots.

This year, registration will take place on August 11 at 6 a.m.

Wrote one survey respondent: “The fact that the absolutely ridiculous situation of parents lining up overnight was so widely known throughout the community and that the admin did zero to solve that massive problem is a complete fail of a response. 6 a.m.? Line up overnight just to get a shot at maybe getting kids in? Really?”

The switch to 6 a.m. was based on feedback from parents, said manager

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“There’s no good time to do registration,” Weetman said.

“We had a lot of pushback doing midnight registration, and we pushed it to 11, now we’ve done 9 a.m. … for someone it will never be ideal.”

This year, staff will be handing out numbers at 6 a.m. to serve people at a specific time.

“We’ll serve the first six people at six o’clock, and have, for example, the next six come back at 6:30 a.m.,” said Weetman.

“We’ve got a bit of a staggered approach on that and we think that will help, and we’ve had to really kind of be hard and firm on our proxy rule, meaning basically one person per family.”

Further, some “software shortcomings” in the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) registration software means online registration won’t be an option for the first three days.

The way the software is set up, parents can’t register more than one child at a time, Weetman explained.

Some councillors had concerns about

the software failure, noting that there are other programs—TeamSnap being just one example—that allow online registration for multiple kids at once.

“We had a lot of pushback doing midnight registration...”

- ROGER WEETMAN

But the “broad requirements” needed by the RMOW narrowed the field down to two or three providers, Weetman said.

“What’s unique about the recreation software is you’re looking for a multifaceted software that can do bookings, it can do point of sale, it can do program registrations,” he said.

The RMOW opted to move to the new software, provided by B.C.-based developers PerfectMind, last summer, when a required update under the old software would have

resulted in higher annual fees.

Whistler is one of 22 municipalities that banded together to source the software.

“They are challenged to kind of keep up with what the customers are wanting,” Weetman said.

There is collaboration amongst the communities, and “regular meetings” happening with the software provider to address the issue, he added.

Sorting out online registration needs to be made a priority, said Councillor Ralph Forsyth.

“Lining up to do something like that just doesn’t seem acceptable to me in this day and age with all the technology and IT and the millions of dollars we spend on IT,” Forsyth said.

“We’ve got to do a better job of that for those families.”

The RMOW has offered licensed schoolage childcare through KOTG since 1991. The program offers afterschool care on school days and full-day care programs during statutory holidays, holidays and summerbreak weekdays for kids aged five to 12.

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Whistler recreational real estate takes a dip: Re/Max EXPERTS POINT TO PROVINCE’S TAX STRATEGIES, INTRODUCED TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY, AS LIKELY CAUSE

BY JOEL BARDE A NEW SURVEY of Re/Max brokers and agents on recreational real estate in Canada signals a cooling off of the Whistler market.

The report released last week presents Whistler and Squamish sales in the same category, stating that the median, yearover-year sale prices for recreational sales dropped by nine per cent.

(Median prices were calculated for the periods of July 2017 to June 2018, and July 2018 to June 2019.)

According to Ann Chiasson of Re/Max Sea to Sky Real Estate, while the formulation in which Whistler and Squamish figures are presented together isn’t ideal (she’s asked for a change), the nine-per-cent drop is in line with what’s happening in the Whistler market, with the high-end of the market taking the hardest hit.

“Things that are priced in the under $2 million range are getting far more action than anything priced at over $2 million,” said Chiasson.

There has, she added, only been five sales in the over $4 million category this year.

The price drop is at odds with the provincial trend for recreational property,

which saw prices rise by eight per cent across the province, with Tofino leading the charge with a median price increase of 35 per cent.

In Chiasson’s view, a reduction in price is likely to spread elsewhere, as global forces—such as the election of U.S. President Donald Trump and unrest in Hong Kong— takes its toll on buyer confidence.

“It’s a whole combination of things,” said Chiasson. “I think that people that

meaning a small number of sales can have a dramatic impact on median price.

“For example, Tofino saw a huge increase in recreational property, but it’s such a hyper local market that you can sell five properties and it could lead to a big change,” said Ash. In Ash’s view, provincial policy aimed at cooling off the Lower Mainland housing market—such as the speculation tax and the foreign buyers’ tax—is having a knock-

“We are still doing deals and people are still buying.”

- ANN CHIASSON would [traditionally] look at Whistler as their recreational place are just waiting now.”

Chiasson added that she doesn’t believe things are dire—or that we are on the edge of a recession.

Sales remain healthy, being primarily driven by the B.C. market, she said.

“We are still doing deals and people are still buying,” she said.

Elton Ash, regional executive vicepresident of Re/Max of Western Canada, said that it’s important to remember that the recreational market is “hyper local,”

on effect on the Whistler market.

Prices in West Vancouver and North Vancouver have seen a significant dip, meaning residents are less willing to buy in Whistler, too, he said.

Andrey Pavlov, a professor of finance at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, agreed, saying the Whistler market has been negatively affected by the policies.

The fact that most of them—including the speculation and foreign buyers’ tax— don’t even apply in the market doesn’t really matter, he said.

“If you are sitting somewhere in China or in the States or even in Alberta, you just don’t know [what’s next],” said Pavlov. “You hear the news that B.C. is now imposing all of these taxes on foreigners and locals and the real estate market isn’t doing that well because of [it], and that news is enough to make you take your money elsewhere.”

Once governments start signalling that they are eager to manipulate the market, “I think that’s basically like putting up a sign, ‘We’re closed for business, don’t come here,’” said Pavlov.

Moreover, Whistler homes valued at over $3 million are subject to the new additional school tax rate, which levies a 0.2-per-cent tax on homes between $3 and $4 million and 0.4-per-cent tax on homes assessed at over $4 million he said.

Pavlov said that there is also uncertainty surrounding the threshold—that it could be moved down.

“There are all these proposals that this is going to be moved down to a million [dollars],” he said.

At the end of the day, the taxes are sending the wrong message to investors, and investors, in turn, are attracted to other regions that, like Whistler, are “quite beautiful and very attractive,” but also welcoming, said Pavlov. n

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Naturespeak: What does the 2019 bird migration tell us?

BY KARL RICKER BIRDS ARE THE MOST STUDIED organisms in Whistler thanks to a long-term volunteer bird-monitoring program. Birds are a vertebrate class that contain many indicator species. Because they often migrate between different environments, tracking their behaviour and numbers can tell us a lot about what’s happening to climate, habitat, and food availability in those species.

Here is what happened during the 2019 bird migration compared to the long-term average arrival dates, including about 95 species that did show up, out of about 148 species being monitored. I say about, because some birds are in the Whistler area in every all seasons in some years; that is, they hang around in winter in low numbers, whereas in other years they choose to migrate in the winter. Mallards, robins, bufflehead ducks, bald eagles, as well as some woodpeckers and finches fall into the category of the “indecisives.”

Using 148 as the number of fairly persistent migrating species, out of 268 species known to have been at Whistler over the last 100 years, 95 migrant species were seen this late winter-early summer migration period. That is a somewhat weak 64-per-cent return. So, what were the 53

ANOTHER SPOT The spotted sandpiper species was among the “no-shows” to the 2019 bird migration.

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“no-show” species?

The important “no-shows” were: grebes (three species); scoters (two species); sandpipers (four species); terns and gulls (seven species); cliff swallows; Nashville warbler; western meadowlark; gadwall; pintail and ruddy ducks; harrier hawk; kestrels; and fox sparrows. The other 27 missing migrants are seen on a very irregular basis (i.e. less than 10 appeared over the 21 years).

There were also a few very rare

appearances: A whimbrel and western kingbird were recorded for only the second time each. An American bittern was a rare passerby as well.

Of the 95 that did show up; were they on time or late or surprisingly early? Here is the rundown: • On time (within six days of the average date of arrival) – 27 species.

• Slightly early (one to two weeks ahead of average date) – 20 species.

• Very early (greater than 14 days ahead

of schedule) – 17 species.

• Slightly late (one to two weeks) – 17 species.

• Very late (greater than 14 days) – 14 species.

The very early arrivals were the common merganser (34 days) and the accipiter hawks (hunting the pine piskins!), whereas a very late arrival was the Eurasian collared-dove (an invasive species).

More perplexing, however, are the usually all-seasonal species, which weren’t seen or heard this spring—no wing drumming by ruffed grouse, no house finches or pine grosbeaks. Glaucous wing gulls were all but absent at the compacter site, and the house sparrows of the town centre decided to leave us this winter (not seen until April 14 this year).

Is the volume of birds reduced for any given species this year? For Canada geese, robins and perhaps juncos, no.

For most other migratory species, the counts are down. Why? There are many plausible reasons including: severe winter elsewhere; increasing urbanization of Whistler; increasing traffic/aircraft in the Sea to Sky corridor; local weather anomalies; or last summer’s forest smoke.

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VOP council attendance records go public COUNCIL BRIEFS: ANOTHER RECREATIONAL CANNABIS SHOP APPLICATION; SECOND QUARTER UPDATE; PEMBERTON BARN DANCE FUNDING

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(VOP) council received a full account of council attendance at its July 30 regular council meeting.

The report—which is the first of its kind for the VOP and was requested by Councillor Ted Craddock earlier this summer—shows that Coun. Amica Antonelli has missed the most meetings so far.

Since this council began its term in November 2018, Antonelli has missed 10 meetings in total (three regular council meetings, four in-camera meetings, and three Committee of the Whole meetings).

The report also states that VOP Mayor Mike Richman has attended all such meetings and public hearings to date.

But in an email to Pique, Antonelli disputed the tally, saying that the “report staff has written is inaccurate.”

“The mayor has been absent several times since last October, which is not reported for some reason,” wrote Antonelli, adding that she and Coun. Leah Noble were recently the only council attendees at an elected officials forum on emergency management that was not counted in the reckoning.

“A more accurate depiction of attendance is that I have missed one more day than the others,” wrote Antonelli. “I think it is really unfortunate that staff have released a report to the public which is inaccurate.”

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regular council meetings, and in camera meetings take place on the same day, meaning that if you miss one day, you effectively miss three meetings.

Antonelli, who works as a planner with the Resort Municipality of Whistler, said she has only missed one meeting due to work obligations.

Whistler council often holds its regular council meetings on the same days as the VOP. “There is actually very little overlap between the two organizations,” said Antonelli.

“My reasons for missing the other meetings are personal and I don’t care to share.”

Antonelli added that she has still attended the majority of meetings.

“I am 100 [per cent] certain that when the residents of Pemberton voted in a woman with a young family and a career, they expected me to attend the majority of meetings, but would understand should I miss a few,” she wrote.

Reached by Pique after the regular council meeting, Mayor Mike Richman said that he has, in fact, attended all of the meetings, but clarified that he attended one electronically rather than in person, as is indicated in the report. “[The report] was accurate in the sense that I have not missed any meetings, but I flagged the fact that that one should be noted as an electronic presence as opposed to being in house,” said Richman.

The report also states that Coun. Noble has missed three meetings (one regular council meeting, one in camera meeting, and one committee of the whole); Coun.

Ted Craddock missed two (one regular council meeting and one special meeting);

and Coun. Ryan Zant missed three (one regular meeting, one in-camera meeting, and one Committee of the Whole).

RECREATIONAL CANNABIS SHOP APPLICATION VOP council also voted to support the issuance of a cannabis retail licence for Hemptation Cannabis during its July 30 meeting.

The proponent has applied for a licence from the provincial Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB), and support of the municipality is necessary for the application to move forward.

The potential business would be located at 109-7433 Frontier Street.

However, the business might never see the light of day, as council has already supported two LCRB applications, and the VOP’s retail cannabis bylaw states there can be no more than two pot shops in the community at a given time.

In November 2018, council voted to support the owners of the Pemberton Hotel’s application to open a shop in their building.

And in March 2019, it supported an application from Mark Mendonca and Todd Mumford to open an outlet at 3-1366 Aster Street.

“If either of the [first two] do not get approval provincially—or for whatever reason do not go through—then this third application is in queue for one of the two spots,” said Richman.

SECOND QUARTER UPDATES VOP council also received second-quarter updates from its various departments at

the meeting.

The reports to council show that development services had a busy quarter (April 1 to June 30), issuing building permits for seven single-family dwellings, eight single-family dwellings with suites, and three industrial buildings.

In total, the value of construction represented $18,365,836, with $166,257 in permit fees.

The VOP’s operations department was also busy with regular maintenance projects and some small projects over the quarter.

The recreation department—which was officially transferred from the SquamishLillooet Regional District to the VOP this year—saw an uptick in total registrations (from 473 to 663) in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the same period last year.

The VOP’s volunteer fire department responded to 148 incidents in the quarter, an increase of 56 incidents over 2018.

Members also engaged in a total of 19 training sessions, representing a total of 53 hours of work.

“The two most striking reports were from development and fire rescue,” said Richman. “Fire rescue is showing a significant increase in calls, so that definitely stood out. As well, development services has got a lot of activity.”

FUNDING REQUEST VOP Council also considered a funding request for the Pemberton Barn Dance during its July 30 meeting.

It decided to support the organizers of the Pemberton Barn Dance—the Pemberton Lions Club and the Rotary Club of Pemberton—with a $2,500 grant, up from $1,500 in 2017 and 2018. n

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BY JOEL BARDE WITH THE EMERGENCE of 16-yearold Greta Thunberg as a leader in the fight against climate change—and the school strikes she helped inspire taking off around the world (including here, in Whistler)— it’s clear that many youth are anything but apathetic when it comes to the climate crisis.

A new program, Co-Creating a Sustainable BC, is seeking to build on that groundswell of enthusiasm and help raise up a new generation of environmental leaders—right here in the Sea to Sky. “Youth are very ambitious, and they have a lot of energy and passion for their communities,” said Cherry Tam, youth program coordinator The Fraser Basin Council, a non-profit dedicated to promoting sustainability.

“We are really looking to take this opportunity to bring youth together who might not necessarily be already connected with each other.”

Participants will meet biweekly to learn about the specific sustainability issues facing the Sea to Sky corridor and discuss ways to address them with people who are working on them.

the ground.

“We want them to dream big. If they come up with a big project idea, we are fully supportive of that.”

Recent Whistler Secondary School graduate Matthew Ogilvie-Turner said he thinks the program could empower participants.

“A lot of kids might feel like they can’t do anything towards helping climate change and sustainability,” said Ogilvie-Turner. “I think this might be a good opportunity for those kinds of kids to get involved and actually make a positive impact.”

Inspired by the global school climate strike movement—known as Fridays for Future—Ogilvie-Turner organized two school strikes here in Whistler.

The first, organized with friend Diesel Kopec, garnered about 70 students and supporters, with the second drawing about 40, said Ogilvie-Turner.

Despite the incredible surroundings, it’s not as though every Whistler teen is interested in the environmental movement, he said.

“I think there are more teens who might be environmentally minded [than in other similarly sized communities], but there are also lots that aren’t,” said Ogilvie-Turner.

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A goal of the program is to have participants identify gaps in their communities when it comes to sustainability, then develop their own projects to address them.

The youth will have the support of the Fraser Basin Council to get the projects off

“I know a lot of people who don’t really care about the climate and think what I’m doing is stupid, [but] … you have to do what you think is best and see what happens.”

In describing the application process, Tam said that Fraser Basin is looking to admit a wide range of participants into the program, and participants don’t necessarily have to have a ton of past experience working on sustainability issues.

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HABITAT FOR Humanity Canada may expand to the Sea to Sky corridor, potentially bringing much-needed affordable housing options to families in acute need.

The effort is being explored at a grassroots level by members of Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast, an affiliate of the organization.

“What we would like to do is form a locally based steering committee, and that group could guide the development of the formation of a chapter that would cover the Sea to Sky Region,” said Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast chair Laurie Vance, who splits her time between there and Whistler.

Vance, along with other members of the Sunshine Coast chapter, met with representitives of the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), the Village of Pemberton, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, and Lil’wat Nation on Monday, July 22.

It was a “very good meeting” intended to start a conversation on how Habitat for Humanity might be able to work in the corridor to develop “new forms” of affordable housing, said Vance.

Habitat for Humanity operates in communities across the country, mobilizing volunteers and community partners to build safe, decent housing, which is sold to low-income families in need of support.

completely support the work that they’ve done over the years, and we are not in any ways trying to step on their toes,” said Vance. “But we do see an opportunity in the area for us to potentially build homes and support the community.”

Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast has a long track record of building housing for families in need, having completed 15 projects since 2003.

The organization currently has another two developments on the go, including seven duplexes in Wilson Creek.

Habitat for Humanity homes are owned by the families that live in them, though the organization retains the right of first refusal.

To qualify for a home, families must meet certain criteria and provide 500 hours of “sweat equity” (on their home or other Habitat for Humanity initiatives) in lieu of a down payment.

“Basically, what happens is a family is selected, and they have to pay a mortgage each month of 30 per cent of their notice of assessment income,” said Vance. “And that 30 per cent includes their property taxes and the cost of carrying that mortgage.”

RMOW councillor and Whistler Housing Authority chair Jen Ford attended the July 22 meeting and said she came away impressed.

“I like what I see from their program proposal, and I’m excited to see how it can be implemented in Whistler,” said Ford, noting it’s still early days.

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“We’re not a huge organization, but we can provide access to funding that is not available through other sources,” said Vance.

Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast largely fundraises through its ReStores, which sell “hard goods” such as tools and building materials donated by individuals or Home Depots, said Vance.

The organization is looking to open a ReStore in the corridor, but it’s too early to say exactly where it might be, said Vance.

Wherever it is, it won’t directly compete with the Whistler Community Services Society’s (WCSS) Re-Build-It and Re-Use-It centres, which fund the WCSS’s outreach work, said Vance.

“As a long-term [Whistler] resident, I

do things differently, because things are different. This is one way of thinking about things differently.”

As the initiative gathers steam, Vance said that Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast is currently seeking local volunteers to form the Sea to Sky chapters’ steering committee.

Habitat for Humanity Sunshine Coast, she added, is also open to teaming up with developers on development projects.

“Are there developers who are looking for a component of affordable housing on their project? Can we partner with you?

Would you be interested in partnering with us?” she said.

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THE SEA TO SKY School District’s (SD48) top educator has been named a finalist for the 2019 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education.

Superintendent Lisa McCullough is one of three finalists for the District Leadership award, to be presented at a ceremony in Victoria this October.

“I definitely struggle with awards in general, and I struggle to be nominated; it’s not a comfortable thing for me,” McCullough said over the phone on July 4.

“But what I would say is if there’s any chance that the nomination and the recognition can bring awareness to the important work that our district is doing, then I’ll just use it to try to share that.”

Where SD48 gets some attention, McCullough believes, is in its six-year completion rates, which are now at the top of the province for all children.

“It’s virtually 100 per cent. We graduate more First Nations students than any school district, (and) we graduate more children with special needs—those rates are at about 96 per cent,” she said.

“I think that what I’m the most proud of with all of that is the moral stewardship of our staff, combined with their sense of teamwork to learn and actually get that work done.”

It’s not just the staff and students doing the work, McCullough added, but the parents and communities as well.

“What we have in common is that everybody cares about our children and our youth, and so everybody has a stake in it,” she said.

“When you can align everybody, through that sense of moral purpose, and go after a common thing, instead of everybody just doing random things, that alignment is incredibly powerful, and I think that’s what we’re benefiting from.”

McCullough has been superintendent for

the past eight years, and is in her 30th year as an educator.

When she stepped into the role, graduation rates for all students were in the low 70 per cent range, while rates for students with First Nations ancestry were about 35 per cent, she said.

McCullough partly credits the shift to the district having an aligned education plan.

“When we learn from our most vulnerable students, the types of things that learners benefit from, then we can make those supports universal for everybody, and I think our most vulnerable children teach us what we need to know about the way people learn,” she said.

“And then we apply it to the whole school district, and I think that’s the thing—we have learned so much from our children, and I do think we’re good at then scaling that up.”

With the district still growing—an additional 133 students were enrolled district-wide this year, with about 1,000 more in total in the eight years McCullough has been superintendent— officials are still in discussions about how to manage the capacity.

Two new portables will be brought in next year (at Mamquam and Garibaldi Highlands elementary schools), while Don Ross Middle School will undergo renovations to add two new classrooms.

In Whistler, a brand new middle school remains the top priority, but it won’t move ahead until the resort’s growing demographics are better understood.

“What the ministry will want to do is ride that out over a bit of time to see if those [growth] numbers continue, because if they don’t, they’re not going to put a massive $30-million school in place; they would want to see us put portables in place and absorb the shock of those numbers,” McCullough said.

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Whistlerite weighs in on B.C.’s high gas prices LOCAL ROBYN ALLAN HAS SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION INQUIRY INTO GAS PRICES—BUT NOT EVERYONE AGREES WITH HER CONCLUSIONS

BY JOEL BARDE WHAT’S GOING ON with gas prices in this province?

That question has been on the mind of many in recent times, with gas prices hitting $1.70 per a litre in the Sea to Sky corridor in May and major volatility in pricing in recent years.

Whistlerites pay considerably more at the pump than both Squamish and Vancouver when you factor in the 18.5-cent TransLink tax paid by Vancouver drivers.

With no easy answers and a multitude of factors at play, the provincial government has tasked the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) with conducting an inquiry into gas prices in the province, with the results expected at the end of August.

As part of the inquiry, Whistler local and former CEO of the Insurance Corporation of BC Robyn Allan has submitted a report to the BCUC. The report—written with Marc Eliesen, former chairman and CEO of BC Hydro— argues that there is a lack of competition among the province’s gas suppliers and calls for the BCUC to be given the power to regulate gas and diesel prices in B.C. “This report finds that an absence of competition among refined product suppliers has caused the market to fail,” it reads. “Price is not a function of cost plus a

PRICEY Gas prices have seen major volatility in

recent years, rising to $1.70 a litre in the Sea to Sky corridor in May. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE

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reasonable return on investment as should exist in a functioning market. Price is a function of what the market can bear. This is price gouging.”

In an interview with Pique, Allan said there are essentially five companies that supply the province’s refined gasoline: Parkland, with its own refinery in Burnaby; Husky, which owns a refinery in Prince George and mostly serves northern B.C.; and Suncor, Imperial Oil and Shell—all of which have refineries in Alberta.

The market is overly concentrated, and “when a market is concentrated … it means there aren’t a lot of independent suppliers who become disciplined in their pricing due to competition,” said Allan.

That said, Allan believes that the problem isn’t one for the Competition Bureau of Canada to address, as the companies are not getting together in backrooms and colluding.

The market, rather, is so small that firms can easily recognize when there are constraints on supply, and then set their prices accordingly.

“They aren’t going to get into a smokefilled room and decide what they are going to do,” she said of the companies. “They don’t need to because they understand how the market works.”

Regulation through the BCUC, she said, could help correct the market and promote competition.

“You regulate because the market has failed,” she said. “It’s no longer competitive, and you want to inject competition back in by managing the prices to reflect cost plus a reasonable return on profit.”

While Allan’s conclusions have received major support in some progressive circles—

with The Tyee running an article on the report’s findings that was shared more than 7,000 times—some take issue with Allan’s arguments and call for government regulation.

“Regulating oil companies through the BCUC is also not an option,” said Werner Antweiler, economist at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, in an email to Pique.

“Oil companies and their distributors are not public utilities—there is no natural monopoly, as in the case of BC Hydro, nor is there a state-mandated monopoly, as in the case of ICBC. “Anyone who suggests that high gasoline prices can simply be lowered through regulation does not understand energy markets.”

According to Antweiler, there is a “significant amount of competition” in both retail distribution of gasoline and crude oil supply.

Moreover, unlike Allan (who argues that the “evidence shows that there is no lack of supply”) Antweiler said that a lack of transmission capacity is a factor in the high prices.

“The result is that at times we are bringing refined product to BC from greater distances, sometimes even from the U.S. Gulf Coast,” he said. “That adds to cost.”

Antweiler also sees the high cost of real estate as a “contributing factor” as “higher land cost translates into a higher retail margin.”

Local MLA Jordan Sturdy said he is waiting for the results of the BCUC’s inquiry report before deciding on the best way forward.

Since February, his office has been comparing gas prices in Squamish and Whistler to those in North Vancouver.

It found that Squamish paid an average of 16.8 cents less than North Vancouver, whereas Whistler paid an average of 10.4 cents less than North Vancouver.

In Sturdy’s view, Squamish gas prices, on average, reflect the expected differential from the 18.5-cent TransLink tax paid by Vancouver drivers, but Whistler’s don’t.

“It’s somewhere between a half a cent and a cent to transport fuel between Whistler and Squamish, so that doesn’t account for that,” he said.

Sturdy said this office will continue to monitor the price differentials between the communities, saying that it is especially important given a proposed 2.5-cent gasoline tax being proposed

by Sea to Sky communities to fund regional transportation.

In a statement to Pique, Husky Canada— which sets the price for the Whistler Husky—said that its prices reflect market costs.

“As we said in our response to the inquiry, Husky endeavours to set retail fuel prices at the market rate and generally, retail prices move in correlation with the wholesale rack costs,” reads the statement.

“At corporate stations, pricing decisions are generally made by a Husky District Manager in the region, in consultation with headquarters.

“Retail prices are influenced by many different variables, including local competition, transportation costs, real estate costs, credit card fees and wages in the local market.”

The Green Lake Chevron Station— which is supplied by Parkland—declined to comment, but clarified that as an independent retailer it charges a small margin over the price it pays to purchase the gas. n

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Mountain News: More electric cars needed in order to meet emission goals allen.best@comcast.net IS THERE HOPE for electric cars accelerating? That’s the question in many states, including Colorado, now as utilities have started pivoting sharply toward wind and other renewable sources to produce electricity.

Colorado in early 2018 adopted a goal of having 940,000 electric cars on the state’s roads by 2030. Now, as a result of aggressive new actions by state legislators and Gov. Jared Polis, that goal looks too modest. One of his first steps as governor in January was to direct the state’s Air Quality Control Commission to study whether to adopt the zero-emission standards adopted by California and other states. This would have the effect of requiring car dealers in Colorado to add substantially more electric vehicles for sale, increasing consumer choice.

On Monday, Colorado and major automakers announced they had reached a deal that would result in automakers introducing more electric cars while earning more credits for earlier sales.

The commission must approve the compromise agreement.

Everywhere, though, cost matters, and so do the range of EVs. The most costly component of an EV is its battery, but battery prices have dropped 85 per cent in the last nine years. As for range, that remains a concern, but again there are advances. Some luxury models can go up to 480 kilometres per charge. New charging infrastructure, including the fast-charger that can refuel a car in less than 30 minutes, has also calmed range anxiety.

As for buildings, they’re a more difficult proposition. Here and there, some builders are constructing homes that have no natural gas lines. All the heating, both of space and water, is done by electricity and improved technology called airsource heat pumps. Several units in a 23-unit affordable housing project called Basalt Vista, located 30 kilometres downvalley from Aspen, use those and other technologies, as does a science school in Avon, at the foot of Beaver Creek.

SHE CAN RUN FAST, BUT SHE COULD NOT OUTRUN A GRIZZLY CANMORE, Alta.—Emma Lunder can run fast. She’s an Olympic biathlete who lives in Canmore, at the entrance to Banff National Park, where she often jogs along on trails.

But when she saw a sow grizzly with two cubs from about 50 metres away along a trail recently, she tried other tactics.

As the sow charged, getting to within 20 metres, Lunder screamed, put her hands over her head and backed up.

As she did, she got out her bear spray.

That was a good thing. The bear stopped, then charged again. “When she got to three to four metres away, I sprayed the bear,” Lund told the Rocky Mountain Outlook.

“As soon as it hit her, she threw her head down, did a 180 and then sprinted away, and then the cubs ran with her and I ran in the other direction.”

“It was definitely terrifying,” she said.

“It was purely an instinct, and I’m superimpressed that I did it.”

Wildlife officials said they suspected the bear was feeding on buffaloberries, but had otherwise been a particularly wary and secretive bear.

WILL VAIL RESORTS HELP COMPOST ORGANIC WASTE?

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CRESTED BUTTE, Colo.—Vail Resorts has set a goal of zero waste for its various properties by 2030. Now that it owns Crested Butte Mountain Resort, does that mean it will get engaged in community composting there?

The Crested Butte News explained that Guerrilla Composting ceased operations late last winter. The owner was overwhelmed by the amount of compost but also work and cost.

“In two years of operations I collected over 200,000 pounds of food scraps from our local restaurants, inns, and restaurants,” Julie Donahue said. She was outgrowing the capacities, in space and her financial resources. She also pointed out that delivering a composting service to a low-density, highly dispersed community takes time and is not energy efficient.

She believes Vail and others may be looking at an anaerobic digester, which requires no oxygen and can also be used to produce energy.

Although businesses are trying to move away from traditional single-use waste items, everything now is going to the landfill.

An option, but maybe not a good one, is to haul composting material 43 kilometres down-valley to Gunnison.

There, Western State University will begin composting this fall using the A900 Rocket technology. It can take everything from garden waste to meat and animal waste. The university bought the technology with aid of a US$140,000 (all funds reported in U.S. dollars) federal grant administered through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Nathan King, director of sustainability at Western, estimates the dining halls at Western generate 25 gallons of compostable waste daily.

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BY DAVID SUZUKI we’re missing the window to shift gradually to renewable energy and lighten our impact on Earth’s natural systems.

This year, Europe has reeled under the highest temperatures ever recorded, the Arctic is burning, cities in Africa and India are running out of water and more than half the U.S. has been under excessive heat warnings. Scientists say global average temperatures for June and July are the hottest on record. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report that nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2005, and the past five years were the hottest—mainly because of human activity.

Do these records simply reflect natural cycles, as the “skeptics” would have us believe? No. Three recent studies published in Nature and Nature Geoscience show temperatures have not risen this quickly and extensively for at least 2,000 years.

By examining evidence from proxy records such as tree rings, pollen trapped in lake mud, cave formations, ice cores and sediment from all continents, researchers concluded that periods like the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period were not global phenomena but localized shifts that affected less than half the world and varied over time and geography.

Many previous climatic shifts were caused by volcanic eruptions, which triggered different changes—mostly cooling—over different regions, but those don’t match the scale and speed of heating over the past few decades.

The research also confirms, along with many other studies, the 1998 “hockey stick” graph devised by scientists including Michael Mann at Penn State University, which showed a sharp spike in global temperatures starting in the 20th century.

“The familiar maxim that the climate is always changing is certainly true,” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis paleoclimatologist Scott St. George wrote in a Nature article. “But even when we push our perspective back to the earliest days of the Roman Empire, we cannot discern any event that is remotely equivalent—either in degree or extent—to the warming over the past few decades.” (St. George was not

involved with the research.)

Despite the overwhelming evidence, many people we elect to represent our interests aren’t acting quickly enough—and some not at all. Even those who speak to the necessity of reining in global heating continue to promote further fossil fuel development, ignoring alarming statistics about temperature rise and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg recently told French politicians she never hears journalists, politicians or businessmen mention the dire numbers.

“It’s almost like you don’t even know these numbers exist. As if you haven’t even read the latest IPCC report, on which much of the future of our civilization is depending. Or perhaps you are simply not mature enough to tell it like it is. Because even that burden, you leave to us children,” she said.

Rather than advocating for economic diversification and growing clean tech opportunities in the face of climate chaos and declining prospects for coal, oil and gas, many Canadian politicians continue to exaggerate the economic importance of dirty bitumen and fracked gas and downplay the negative consequences of processing, transporting and burning them. Even proven methods for slowing global heating, such as carbon pricing, have become contentious.

We no longer have time to piss around.

There’s room for discussion about the most effective ways to address the climate crisis, but ultimately we have to deploy every

“ ... perhaps you are simply not mature enough to tell it like it is.”

- GRETA THUNBERG

solution available and keep developing new ones—including energy conservation and efficiency, carbon pricing, public transit, vehicle and industrial electrification, clean energy technologies, education and family planning to empower women and slow population growth, reducing consumerism and more.

If we want Earth to remain habitable for humans and other life that makes ours possible, we must make tough choices, promote solutions and become more politically engaged.

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RANGE ROVER

A big day PADDLING THE YUKON River, it’s sounds that strike you first. To start, a constant, pervasive fizzing suggests air leaking from a tire. In a raft it might be panic-inducing, but in a canoe we’re not sure what to think until guides Colm and Andy of Castlerock Canoe and Klondike River Rafting explain

BY LESLIE ANTHONY that it’s silt striking the hull. Given the sediment-filled valley it wanders, the Yukon is an unapologetically gritty river—coloured like weak coffee with skim milk—its hiss intensifying over upwellings that stir extra silt from the bottom. At first disquieting, it soon becomes oddly comforting.

The next aural question is echoes, whose answer lies in the many places the river is pinched by bluffs—even where these are kilometres from the sound source. This also explains why even the tiniest gurgling sidestream is amplified into a roaring Niagara.

While our heads swivel like dogs in an arcade, Colm and Andy remain nonplussed, having tracked this 76-kilometre route from Dawson City to the pullout at 40 Mile many times. Andy, a Yukoner of six years originally from Quebec, loves her adopted home, despite its city-like strain on personal resources—the cabin she rents in Dawson at Whistler-esque prices has no water or electricity. Small, wiry and unperturbable, Colm has river guided 20 years but done many other things including

SOLITUDE It turns out paddling the Yukon River isn’t as quiet as one might think.

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placer gold mining; when I ask where the Yukon’s gold originated, he says no one knows, it’s all still theory. It clearly eroded from uplifted rock, as gold-rich gravels found at higher elevations have further washed into valleys, but Pleistocene ice sheets may have erased these original ore veins from the land.

Much human history has also been erased here. We pass a ship graveyard where abandoned paddlewheelers are heaped on shore, many hidden by trees. To our right is the dwindling First Nations community of Moosehide, on the left an island farmed by a British couple whose enormous dogs threaten from the shore; then Sisters Island, where nuns once grew vegetables to supply Dawson’s Catholic hospital, and Dog Island where sled dogs are still raised. Beyond these, half an hour after leaving Dawson, we’re

and magnificent, though words can’t truly describe its scale; where the Yukon braids around large, wooded islands, channels can be wider than the mighty Fraser. Getting to one side of the watercourse requires planning kilometres in advance, especially when winds throw up metre-high swells to mix with the river’s 10 to 14 kph current, whirlpools, boils and frequent strong eddy lines. Though rapids are rare and confined to low-water at this point, we still manage a few short-lived thrills. Gravel bars and mudbanks constantly surprise from beneath the opaque surface, and it’s easy to see why navigating this shifting subaqueous landscape was so difficult even for the shallow-drafted paddlewheelers plying the river during the Klondike Goldrush.

Alternating cliffs and mountainsides

... a heinous wind blows in our faces when the river turns north, strong enough to obviate most of the help we’re getting from the current. Fortunately these spells don’t last more than the half-hour it takes to reach another turn in the river. paddling through the Middle of Nowhere, our only companion the restless river.

Since the last Ice Age, when it formed a corridor by which many species of plants and animals—and possibly humans— infiltrated the continent’s interior, the Yukon has drained the Canadian subarctic in a 3,200-kilometre journey across Alaska to where its gigantic delta meets the Bering Sea. As rivers go, it’s massive

bookend the flats of tributary deltas where clear-water confluences once hosted mining towns and riverboat stops like Silver City, DeWolfe’s Halfway House, and Cassiar House, now consigned only to names in history books. After four hours, we stop for lunch at the end of a long island, where wind whips up mini-sandstorms and bear and moose tracks crisscross shoreline mud that wobbles like jelly when you walk on it.

It’s genuinely and surprisingly hot in the sun, and warm enough in the shadows thrown by passing clouds that the outsized nature of our mission—completing what is usually a two-day paddle in a mere one— seems more acceptable than if it were storming. Nevertheless, a heinous wind blows in our faces when the river turns north, strong enough to obviate most of the help we’re getting from the current. Fortunately these spells don’t last more than the half-hour it takes to reach another turn in the river.

Still, the Yukon presents a world of wonders. At one point we see a small grizzly swimming the river, and, in the final canyon, columns of smoke curl skyward from a ghost fire burning through tree roots and ground peat since last year.

Now fatigued, end-of-the-day blues see us rounding point after point hoping for a landing that never seems to come.

Finally, after 10 hours on the water, we arrive at 40 Mile, the Yukon’s oldest town.

Established in 1886 by prospectors and authorities looking to shore up Canada’s border with Alaska, the site was variously inhabited by Indigenous peoples for 2,000 years before Europeans threw up saloons, pool rooms, library, an opera house, and, still standing today, a Royal North-West Mounted Police barracks, general store, Anglican mission, and telegraph office.

As we walk the historic townsite, abandoned during the upstream Klondike Goldrush and now co-managed by Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and the Yukon government, we hear the one sound that has eluded us all day: silence.

Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain or a river he didn’t like. n

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WHEN MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE SEA

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Editor’s Note: The following feature delves into the risk of tsunami caused by collapsing glaciers and what researchers are doing around the globe to minimize the threat, which has only been exacerbated by climate change.

There has been little recent research on slide-induced tsunamis in B.C., and while we are roughly 120 kilometres from the coast, the risk of rockslides is very real in the Sea to Sky—as evidenced by two recent slides on Joffre Peak, which scientists theorize were likely due to melting alpine permafrost.

AS GLACIERS MELT, UNSTABLE SLOPES ARE BEING EXPOSED AND ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF COLLAPSE

HOWARD ULRICH and his eight-yearold son had just fallen asleep in their salmon troller when a sudden barrage of waves nearly knocked them out of their bunks.

Their boat, the Edrie, was anchored in an uninhabited Alaskan inlet called Lituya Bay. Ulrich ran onto the jolting deck half dressed and heard a rumbling from the mountains at the head of the bay. His boy, Sonny, clambered onto the deck with him, and as the boat pitched and tugged at its anchor chain, they watched the 2,000-metre-high mountain peaks shudder and convulse, sending clouds of snow billowing into the air. Then it happened: “A mighty seismic disturbance … exploded with a deafening crash,” Ulrich recalled in an Alaska Sportsman magazine article. It was followed by a massive landslide.

The Ulrichs had anchored in the wrong place at the wrong time: ground zero for the strongest earthquake in Alaska in 60 years. It lasted over a minute, and the tremors were felt as far south as Seattle. The landslide it triggered was not a gradual tumbling of individual boulders. Rather, 82 million tonnes of rock and ice—the weight of 240 Empire State Buildings—hit the water as a slab. The impact was like an asteroid strike. Dropped from more than 900 metres, the slab sent up an instant, towering displacement wave that tore into the forested mountainside directly across the northern end of the inlet.

It was, and is, the largest wave ever recorded: 524 metres high. The initial splashdown kicked out a second, smaller wave that sped across the inlet at over 150 kilometres per hour, shearing trees off the surrounding hills as it went. That wave was headed directly for the Edrie.

Ulrich shook off his awe, threw his son a life preserver, and told him to start praying.

Though his anchor was stuck on the bottom—possibly pinned by newly shifted boulders—Ulrich managed to steer the boat

toward the oncoming wall of water and climb it, snapping the anchor chain like fishing line as he did. The wave had reduced to about 20 metres high by the time it reached the Edrie, and after cresting it, Ulrich was able, barely, to ride out the ensuing chaos of refraction waves and log debris and exit the bay.

Unbeknown to Ulrich, there were two other trollers in Lituya Bay on that July night in 1958. One, the Sunmore, was lost along with its two-person crew.

The other, the Badger, had been anchored by owners Bill and Vivian Swanson on the opposite side of the inlet from the Edrie. The Swansons experienced what might have been the most bizarre phenomenon of the evening.

As a United States Geological Survey (USGS) report put it, the speeding tsunami picked up their boat and carried it “stern first just below the crest of the wave, like a surfboard,” 25 metres above the treetops of a narrow spit at the mouth of the bay.

“We went away up over the trees,” Bill Swanson recalled to an Alaska Sportsman reporter, “and I looked down on rocks as big as an ordinary house as we crossed the spit. We were away up above them. It felt like we were in a tin can and somebody was shaking it.”

Lituya Bay is a glacial fjord on the Alaska Panhandle. From its narrow entrance to the opposing shore, the bay is 12 kilometres long, with two glacier-fed inlets emptying into it from either side. On a sunny summer day, it’s a Southeast Alaskan postcard: jagged peaks and snowfields at the head of the bay, a small island dotting the centre, the waters an electric turquoise from runoff silt. But for boat captains, it has a reputation as a hazard—slack tide is usually the only time to avoid the breaking waves and sucking currents at the narrow entrance— and it possesses, obviously, other dangers. The bay is surrounded by mountain slopes that were buttressed by glaciers for thousands of years. Left exposed by retreating ice, they are now prone to landslides.

The potential for big rockslides is boosted by another aspect of Lituya Bay’s geology: the two riverlike glaciers at its head lie directly on top of the Fairweather Fault, a seismic rift where a massive continental tectonic

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Evidence of landslide tsunamis there goes back to the mid-1800s.

On the west coast of North America there are other, older examples close at hand. Recent research in British Columbia has shown that the Da’naxda’xw First Nation village of Kwalate—with an estimated population of about 100 people—was wiped out by a huge displacement wave in the late 1500s when between 3 million and 4 million cubic metres of rock dropped into Knight Inlet.

Events like these are relatively rare, but climate change has ramped up the risks. As the world warms and glaciers disappear, more unstable slopes are being exposed. Alaska’s glaciers alone are losing 75 billion tonnes of ice—the weight of 14,000 Giza Pyramids—every year.

In Alaska in 2015, a mountainside collapsed onto the Tyndall Glacier, whose terminus extends onto tidewater. It was one of the largest landslides ever recorded in North America, more than double the size of the Lituya event—dropping as much as 540 Empire State Buildings worth of rock into the fjord and onto the glacier’s floating “toe.” The resulting wave surged 190 metres up the opposite hillside, stripping it bare of trees, and wreaked havoc as it roared down the 50-kilometrelong shoreline of surrounding Taan Fiord, tearing out vegetation and depositing massive boulders.

That fjord, like Lituya Bay, is uninhabited—at least by humans.

In June 2017, a huge landslidegenerated wave took a greater toll in the village of Nuugaatsiaq, Greenland. It washed away almost a dozen houses, leaving four people missing and presumed dead.

In Norway, the prospect of another major rockslide tsunami is not a question of if but when. The country has suffered several deadly ones in the past century; its national register of disaster scenarios puts a displacement wave in Storfjorden, the fjord area of the Sunnmøre region of

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southwestern Norway, in the country’s top five list of things to worry about. (Two of the others are a pandemic and a nuclear accident.) A Storfjorden tsunami even provided the basis for the 2015 Norwegian disaster movie, The Wave.

Dan Shugar is an assistant professor of geoscience at the University of Washington Tacoma. He’s conducted research on landslides that has linked the Tyndall

collapse to glacial retreat likely caused by climate change. In one 2018 paper, Shugar and his co-authors noted the worrying increase in landslides, citing the fact that there have been “at least eight large, longrunout landslides” in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park since 2012.

Shugar points out that most of Alaska’s unstable, rockslide-prone slopes are located in fjords that don’t have large communities

in them. But some potentially hazardous fjords do have significant human habitation, he adds, and others are heavily populated in summer by tourists. The tidewater glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park—and in particular the Lamplugh Glacier, site of another huge 2016 landslide—are frequent destinations for large cruiseships. Some of the ships, like those run by Princess Cruises, can carry 2,500 passengers and more than

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“I don’t want to be fearmongering here,” says Shugar, “but the potential for instantaneous destruction is pretty substantial.”

When a river carves out a valley over eons, Shugar explains, the land is characteristically shaped like a V in cross section. But glaciers have a different effect.

“When they’re actively living, for lack of a

better term, glaciers erode the valley walls “by decades, centuries, or even longer, of they live between,” he says, “carving them small, slow movements. The rock there into more of a U shape with steeper sides.” might creep downwards only a couple As long as a glacier occupies a valley, centimetres, or only a couple of millimetres, it holds up the steep walls. But when the per year,” he explains. “Then one day they glacier begins to recede, or thins out, those just go—all of a sudden.” walls are no longer supported, sometimes For the people who live, work, or play in leading to major slope collapse. In some areas vulnerable to massive displacement cases, the catastrophic failure of these waves caused by rockslides, research efforts mountainsides is preceded, says Shugar, boil down to two practical questions: can

rockslide-induced waves be predicted? And can the people who find themselves, knowingly or unknowingly, in harm’s way— villagers, fishermen, tourists—be warned in time?

In Norway, rockslide tsunamis are imprinted in the national psyche. Three big ones struck there in the 20th century; the worst, a 63-metre wave that killed 40 people, hit the village of Tafjord in Storfjorden in 1934. The fact that climate change makes such disasters more likely is causing, in the words of one University of Oslo geologist, “an emerging state of unease” among Norwegians.

Storfjorden is one place for nervous Norwegians to avoid. It’s one of the longest and deepest fjords in the world, and one of its branches has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for its archetypal fjord landscape.

As a result, it’s a major cruiseship destination, with more than 800,000 tourists visiting each year.

The downside of its attractive features—sheer mountainsides rising above sea level, blue waters nearly half a kilometre deep—is that they’re ideal for tsunamis.

The main risk in Storfjorden is a mountain named Åkneset, which is expected to one day shrug off a massive amount of rock—about the weight of 225 Empire State Buildings—and produce a wave that would peak around 85 metres.

Dealing with these realities in Storfjorden and elsewhere has made Norway a global leader in assessing and monitoring unstable slopes. (Switzerland, with more than half of its land base covered by the Alps, is another leading light in this area.)

The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) has been measuring movements in rock mass at Åkneset since the 1980s. In 2005, the NGU began mapping danger zones across the country with airborne laser scanning and other remote sensing techniques to create high-resolution topographic maps.

The array of technology now trained on Åkneset is impressive. Scientists

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periodically scan the mountain for the throttle. deformations by ground-based radar, Oppikofer laser scanning, and satellite radar called notes that, in at InSAR. They monitor minute vertical and least one regard, horizontal shifts in existing cracks and Norway is lucky: it has few earthquakes. boreholes with fixed lasers and devices Western Europe’s seismic events cluster called extensometers. around the Mediterranean, and in “There are always movements going on,” mainland Norway there has never says Thierry Oppikofer, a lead researcher been a recorded earthquake that has with NGU who has worked on many scans registered above magnitude 6 on the of Norway’s unstable mountains. “On Richter scale. Åkneset, these movements can be from a When the few centimetres in the eastern part up to 10 time comes to or 15 centimetres in the west section.” warn people, Monitoring is not merely a research Norway has other exercise; it’s primarily a safety measure. groundbreaking While rockslides can happen suddenly and tech: a cellphone alert without warning—especially in earthquake- system. In the event that prone areas like Alaska—many experts slope movement at Åkneset believe they can be predicted. When not starts to accelerate triggered by a seismic event, an unstable and authorities slope will give notice that it is about to let believe a slide is go, says Oppikofer. The catch is that you imminent, the alert have to be watching for it, using the types system will detect of rather expensive technology that Norway all nearby cellphones, as well and Switzerland have perfected. as their country of origin, and “Slides are always happening in slow send a message—essentially, motion, and these movements go faster “Run!”—in Norwegian, English, before a major slide. This has been or German. seen in several past events,” Oppikofer While Norway has spent the past says. Tracking movement rates can give dozen years mapping its landslide hazards, authorities up to three days’ warning. That’s creating a risk 72 hours to evacuate the local population, classification and, in a place like Storfjorden, to tell all the system, and cruiseships to turn the hell around and hit installing

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monitoring and warning smaller than the one that occurred in 1958 systems in several locations in Lituya Bay, but that it posed a “very high” across the country, the risk due to the cruiseships that pass Tidal picture in Alaska Inlet throughout the summer months. is very different.

Despite the potential danger, there has Despite significant been little follow-up by the USGS. It’s not deglacierization something that the organization currently and a related spike does, Coe says, adding that any assessments in huge landslides— or monitoring programs would be initiated many near or within by individual parks, towns, cities, or states. the bounds of heavily “The awareness of the slides that have touristed areas like been happening in Alaska, that’s growing Glacier Bay National Park—the U.S. every year,” says Coe. The recent Greenland federal government hasn’t funded tsunami and other rockslides in northern anything similar for the area. regions in the past few years are creating “Up to this point, “a rising awareness that this is something the USGS hasn’t that we need to address as a community,” done monitoring or he adds. But so far that recognition hasn’t assessment in Alaska in added up to anything concrete. any systematic Gabriel Wolken is a research scientist way,” says Jeff and manager of the Climate and Cryosphere Coe, a research Hazards Program at Alaska’s Division of geologist at the Geological and Geophysical Surveys. He’s USGS’s Geologic the co-author of a November 2017 paper Hazards Science Center. warning that many of Alaska’s formerly Coe notes one exception: in the glacier-filled valleys are now dangerously early 2000s, the agency identified a unstable. potential landslide at Tidal Inlet Wolken says that the risks posed by in Glacier Bay National Park and landslide tsunamis in Alaska are “low predicted a significant wave if potential, but high cost,” and that he agrees the slope lets go. The researchers “completely” with Shugar’s assessment of stated in a 2007 possible catastrophes. “The Lamplugh paper that the Glacier avalanche, which was the largest wave would be rock, snow, and ice avalanche in the world significantly in 2016, would have completely destroyed

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any cruiseship in Glacier Bay if it had hit the water,” he says. “That also goes for the Tyndall event as well if there had been a cruise ship near it.”

But Glacier Bay, says Wolken, is not the only risk zone. The same rock type that is in the national park area extends all the way over to the Kenai Peninsula, he says, and it has the same instabilities. “There’s no reason landslides can’t happen in the other areas in Alaska, areas where we have critical infrastructure and where people and property exist. It’s really an important issue.”

Unfortunately, the State of Alaska has yet to assess any of these hazards. There are

two reasons for this, according to Wolken.

First is the state’s size, which is more than 4.5 times that of Norway. The second is a lack of research dollars. While there are limited resources available to study avalanches and rockslide tsunamis after they occur, says Wolken, there is even less available to investigate the hazards of at-risk slopes.

“A broad-scale assessment of unstable slopes has not been done, and it desperately needs to be done,” he says. “What I would like to see is for this to be taken to another level, which means to assess the dangers ahead of time instead of just responding to events after the fact. If we can do that, then

we can really start to save lives, critical infrastructure, and money.”

Climate change has put policymakers and hazard planners on their back foot in the past 10 years. The world is facing a laundry list of disaster scenarios: sea level rise, high-intensity hurricanes, wildfires, and the kind of apocalyptic water shortages currently unfolding in South Africa. In this context, rockslide tsunamis start to sound like an outlier on which it’s not worth spending already scarce public resources.

Whether the next tsunami disaster on the West Coast is more likely to hit a fishing boat of two people, a village of 100, or a

cruiseship of 3,500 is impossible to say. There seems to be only two ways of dealing with the problem: monitor at-risk slopes like Norway, or create no-go zones in these areas and either wait for, or induce, slides. The second option means some people would have to move and cruiseships and other tourism operations would be robbed of their scenic cash cows.

But the cost of doing nothing at all could turn out to be incalculable.

This article was originally published in Hakai Magazine on May 1, 2018 at www. hakaimagazine.com/features/whenmountains-fall-into-the-sea. ■

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BALD DUNE ISN’T VERY HIGH, but our feet sink into its shifting white sands, slowing our climb. Finally we reach the top and see the other side of skinny Sable Island. I fight the wind, pushing my hair off my face so I can see the small brown horses on the beach. One scratches its back on a driftwood log. Another rolls in the wet sand while its friends wade in the surf. There’s a sense of purity, being 175 kilometres off the shore of Nova Scotia with these wild creatures, who have lived here in isolation for 250 years. Then the wind shifts, engulfing us in eau-de-dead-seal.

I’m on an Eastern Atlantic cruise with British Columbia-based One Ocean Expeditions, and this is our most exotic port of call. Only about 450 people manage to visit per year, either on small cruise ships, private planes or private boats. Unless you’re Parks Canada staff or an approved scientist, it’s day trips only. Every person who sets foot on the island must first be briefed on proper conduct and biosecurity measures. This means vacuuming out pockets and Velcro closures to prevent transporting seeds, and dipping the soles of our shoes in a chemical that kills diseases found on horse farms. Fortunately, One Ocean’s emphasis on visiting delicate polar regions make them biosecurity champs.

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Sable Island visitors are happy to comply with biosecurity. “The hardest thing for people is to maintain the 20 metres from the horses,” Phillips says. “The horses have no predators on the island, so they have no fear.

They will approach people.”

Sure enough, as I walk around the island with my small group, our guides tell us to back away when a strong and frisky stallion gets a bit too interested in us. I don’t have to be told twice. My human fragility is apparent.

If he decides to trample me, there’s not much anyone can do about it.

Crescent-shaped Sable Island is 42 kilometres long and 1.5 km at its widest point.

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BY DAN FALLOON SUBARU IRONMAN CANADA began its Whistler history with a Wurtele win, and that’s just the way it’s leaving, too.

In 2013, the first time the race came to Whistler, Trevor Wurtele came away with the pro men’s win. In its last running before moving back to Penticton on July 28, his wife Heather ran away with the pro women’s division, finishing in nine hours, 20 minutes and 41 seconds (9:20:41) to best Penticton’s Jen Annett by 7:02. Kelsey Withrow of Walnut Creek, Calif. came third, 17:47 back of Wurtele.

“It’s very cool. They’re two of the most meaningful wins for us, too, so that’s nice,” Wurtele said. “It was a really big goal for me and that was motivating me all day.”

Wurtele battled with eventual fourthplace finisher Dede Griesbauer of Colorado on the bike course before pulling away in the final stanza.

“On the bike, I was riding pretty well and Dede was just going pretty hard that first loop. I was just trying to stay patient,” the 40-year-old said. “Sure enough, she faded at the end of the ride so I was able to get to the front before we got off the bike. I felt really strong at the end of the bike and the first bit of the run I was like, ‘Sweet, this

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is a good day.’

“But an Ironman is always tough, so it’ll always come back to bite you a little bit at the end.”

Wurtele felt “awful” after crossing the line as she transitioned out of race mode, as minutes after crossing the line strongly and confidently, she creakily ascended to the top step of the podium. It was Wurtele’s sixth full-distance win and first since 2014 as she’s focused primarily on the half-distance 70.3 event in recent years.

cold,” the 34-year-old said. “My feet thawed out at 130 kms.”

Annett said she achieved one of her two goals, securing a slot in the Ironman World Championships in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

While her late push in the run significantly closed the gap on her Okanagan rival, she wasn’t quite able to overcome Wurtele for her first-ever Ironman win.

“I’m not going to lie, I had my money on her to win,” said Annett, who also placed second in 2017. “I’m happy for her and I’m

“It’s very cool. They’re two of the most meaningful wins for us, too, so that’s nice.”

- HEATHER WURTELE

“You go from giving all you have and then you can’t even climb up on the podium after your legs are so shot,” she said. “You know you’ve given it your all.”

While Wurtele said the weather conditions were near perfect apart from being a tad chilly early in the bike, Annett said she was “freezing” coming out of the water and “For the first 70 kilometres [on the bike], I could barely even take my water bottle out to get my nutrition in. I missed a couple of water bottles at the aid stations because I couldn’t even take them out of people’s hands because my hands were so

happy about my Kona spot, so I think it was a win-win for us. It’s nice to have the Okanagan girls first and second.”

Annett said while in a typical race, she’d excel on the bike and get passed during the run, that didn’t happen this time around.

With a new course lined up to challenge athletes with more elevation gain than any Whistler offering before it, Annett adjusted her strategy to stay fresher later.

“I knew that if I went too hard on the bike, then I was definitely going to pay for it,” she said. “I stuck to my plan. I don’t know if I could have biked any harder and

had the same type of run.”

Withrow was the first out of the water, six seconds ahead of Wurtele, but proceeded to fall behind on the bike course before rallying on the run.

“I’ve had a few good marathons, and I didn’t feel that great today, but I had some moments where I felt good, too. When I knew I was gaining on third, that was when I just killed myself,” she said.

Wurtele said she plans to decline her World Championships placement, meaning that Withrow would take the second available spot. Withrow, an International Triathlon Union and Ironman 70.3-distance veteran, was thrilled to punch her ticket in her first year of seriously gunning for it.

“I’ve tried so hard to get this darn Kona spot and I knew that if I just stayed tough that I could do it. It didn’t look like it after the bike. I was like, ‘Oh man, I don’t know how I feel,’ but I was really excited,” the 37-year-old said.

For her part, Wurtele said focusing on Hawaii ate up a fairly significant portion of her career and moved to a different stage with different focal points.

“I’m not going to go to Kona,” Wurtele said. “I’ve focused on that race so many times in the past and I like really tough courses, but not tough because it’s hot and humid, tough because of the terrain like Whistler. I’m just kind of over the Kona thing.

“I wanted to come win this race to win this race, not just to qualify.”

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On July 27, in the fourth and final task of the weeklong competition, Siegel won the day with a score of 915 to edge American pilot Mitchell Riley in the open category.

Siegel’s three qualifying scores totalled 2,253 to Riley’s 2,232.

“In the middle of the race, I was able to lead and fly from there until the goal. It was for sure the most exciting one as I jumped into first place after the last half,” he said. “It was for sure very nice flying against Mitch.

“I felt very strong.”

The two pilots will meet in Macedonia for the World Championships later in August.

Siegel, who was tied for the lead after the first task, was thrilled to pull off the win. The fourth task was also his favourite to complete, as the day was the “most competitive” of them all.

“We had extreme fast flying,” he said.

“In the last task, we weren’t sure if we were going to fly because the winds were pretty strong and it was raining in the morning.

But then it cleared up really well.”

Siegel is based out of Toronto, not exactly a paragliding mecca, but often travels for work and can get some air time on the road.

“More than 50-per-cent of the year, I’m travelling around the world,” he said.

“Toronto has a few spots, but it’s not good for training.”

Meanwhile, Vancouver’s Nicole McLearn captured the women’s title once again, posting a cumulative score of 1,320 to top fellow Canadian Claudia Schwab’s 1,164.

McLearn’s favourite task of the week was the second on July 23, where pilots flew toward Face Mountain and Mount Sampson. “[It’s] a little bit further than a lot of pilots are comfortable doing on their own, but we had a big group with us and the weather was really, really good,” she said. “We had a lot of very happy pilots at the end of the day who were busy taking photographs and oohing and ahhing at the glaciers and all the snow-capped mountains.”

She also enjoyed how high she and other pilots could get that day, though at times, it was perilously close to the airspace limit.

“The clouds were popping all over the place, so we were racing as fast as we could to get around the course line without getting sucked up into the clouds,” she said.

With a boost from the fact that the United States held its national event in the weeks before the Canadian contest, several international competitors showed up to compete at both, inflating the ranks while

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“We do have a fairly conservative group of pilots in Canada, so whenever we have people showing up from outside of the country, it always helps to improve our skill level by pitting ourselves against people we don’t get to fly with,” McLearn said.

“Having all these international pilots come to Pemberton is good for our sport in that it allows us to get our skill level up.”

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- NICOLE MCLEARN

While there’s been some consideration of trying to host a major event in Pemberton annually, McLearn feels that the current biennial pattern works well.

Siegel, however, would be happy to see Pemberton utilized more greatly.

“In general, Canada is not a big paragliding nation, unfortunately,” he said.

“I hope they can expand this a little bit more. Maybe we can have a pre-World Cup [event] and make people understand that we have some outstanding competition flying in this area.”

The winners in the remaining three categories were: Canadian Evo Beshinsky (sport); American David Hach (fun); and American Christopher Cote (serial).

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Peatfield youngest to complete this year’s 70.3 18-YEAR-OLD WHISTLERITE TRAINED FOR FIRST IRONMAN ALONGSIDE FATHER

BY DAN FALLOON HANNAH PEATFIELD VERY nearly opted against doing her first-ever triathlon, the Subaru Ironman Canada 70.3, on July 28.

Hampered by a knee injury that kept her from training for months, Peatfield was unsure of her participation until Ironman announced it would be taking the event back to its Penticton roots next year.

“Right when I was deciding if I really wanted to do it, it got announced that it was going to be the last year,” she said. “That pushed me to want to do it more. I’ve always wanted to do it.”

The 18-year-old, a lifeguard at Meadow Park Sports Centre, said she was inspired by watching the athletes compete at the event while she volunteered. On race day, she was the youngest woman in the entire 70.3 halfIronman field.

However, Peatfield injured her knee shortly after putting pen to paper, losing much of her preparation time and casting doubt on her participation.

“I couldn’t train from September to May, so I wasn’t even sure if I could even do it. I was going to pull out,” she said. “I was going to physio every single day and then

FINISHING OFF Hannah Peatfield (right) with father Mick, was the youngest racer in the Ironman Canada 70.3 on July 28.

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in late May, I could finally do everything again.”

Though she had just two short months

to get back to a high level, Peatfield managed to complete the 70.3 half-distance course in seven hours, six minutes and

15 seconds (7:06:15), good for 14th in the women’s 18-to-24 division.

“I felt like that was enough training to perform how I wanted to,” she said.

“I just wanted to finish. I wasn’t going for a certain time or anything.”

Peatfield said after cheering people on as a teenager, it was gratifying to be the one who was cheered as it helped to lift her through tougher sections of the course.

“Having people cheer me on the whole way, I think that’s what gets athletes through the race … They really keep you going,” she said. “On the bike, towards the turnaround, there’s not really anyone there except for a few people at the aid station, but then once you get back into Whistler, it was a re-boost to be able to go and do the run.”

Another fun element, Peatfield said, was that she got to experience her home community a little bit differently during the race.

“I hadn’t been on foot to a lot of places on the course like the Valley Trail near Green Lake, so getting to see the scenery on my feet versus in a car was a lot different,” she said.

To prepare, Peatfield trained with her father, Mick, who crossed the line in 6:15:48. It was his first Ironman event, she said, though he’d done other triathlons in the past.

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“Even on the course, we didn’t do it together—he finished before me—but we would see each other, pass each other, stop and chat for a second, then keep going,” she said.

As she gets set to head to Vancouver Island where she’ll pursue her business education at the University of Victoria, Peatfield said she’d like to do another similar event someday.

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Locals who completed the full-distance Ironman were: Johanna Hudson (first in the women’s 40-to-44 division); Marla Zucht (second in women’s 45-to-49); Chris Bowen (sixth in men’s 30-to-34); Angela Shoniker (14th in women’s 40-to-44); Nina Wills (17th in women’s 25-to-29); Tomas Korab (20th in men’s 30-to-34); Matthew Robinson (23rd in men’s 25-to-29); Alicia Santry (40th in women’s 35-to-39); Anton Masich (49th in men’s 30-to-34); Ben Thomas (51st in men’s 45-to-49); Ashley McMillan (62nd in men’s 45-to-49); Shane Burgess (70th in men’s 45-to-49); and David Vodicka (105th in men’s 40-to-44).

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Long tops U21 division at Panorama PLETHORA OF SEA-TO-SKY LOCALS SHINE AT ENDURO, DOWNHILL NATIONALS

BY DAN FALLOON LOCAL RIDERS made an impression at the 2019 Canadian DH and Enduro Nationals at Panorama Mountain Resort on July 27 and 28.

For starters, Whistler’s Julia Long came away with the U21 women’s win in the Norco Canadian Enduro Championships, topping runner-up Emmy Lan of Comox by 26.56 seconds.

However, Long felt the race was set to be more of a battle between her and friend Lucy Schick of Gibsons, who had a crash in the first stage and placed third over a minute back. Long also went down later on, but recovered to take the win.

“Everyone crashed at least once. I had a pretty bad crash on Stage 4 but seemed to pull it out,” she said. “[After the crash], I wasn’t riding to my full ability. I just wanted to make sure to keep it safe since I was in the downhill the next day, too [placing sixth among elite women]. I just wanted to stay in one piece and survive the weekend.

“I managed to stay on my bike. I wasn’t as fast as I knew I could ride, but just wanted to make it down and survive the day.”

The race started in the Panorama alpine,

with Long describing riders ascending a pair of chairlifts before a 90-minute hike and bike session just to get to the start.

“It was amazing to be so high up. We don’t usually get to experience riding in the alpine that high up. Right off the bat, the first few minutes of the stage was wide open, going over a ridge and I got distracted by the views,” she said. “I was trying to stay

Another local winner on the weekend was Spencer Wight, who topped the expert men category. Wight was thrilled to return to Panorama, where he enjoys riding.

“Last year, we were out there and it was one of my favourite races of the year, so I was just really excited to be back there and to be racing again,” he said. “It was officially national championships this year, so there

“I wasn’t as fast as I knew I could ride, but I just wanted to make it down and survive the day.”

- JULIA LONG

smooth and not crash.

“If you crashed, you’d be going pretty far down.”

Long has been racing less this year, focusing more on enduro than splitting time between that and cross-country. She is set to enter the Canadian Open Enduro race here in Whistler as part of the Enduro World Series (EWS) before heading to Northstar, Calif. for the next EWS, and for her first race on the circuit outside of Whistler.

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was a bit of extra excitement going on.”

Wight won three of the day’s five stages and nicked runner-up Marty Schaffer of Revelstoke by 2.16 seconds.

He said the course was fairly similar to the 2018 race, though the opening alpine stage underwent a bit of a change.

“This year, it started even higher so we were hiking and biking for about an hour and a half up to the start point,” he said. “I had a good result on that stage. I felt good on the

stage and was excited for the rest of the day. It was definitely a good way to start out, feeling good on the bike and not making too many mistakes, especially on a stage as long as it is.”

Wight explained that he raced in the expert category to attain enough points to qualify for the full EWS race here in Whistler, a feat he accomplished with the win. As such, he was focused more on his overall time, which would have placed him comfortably in ninth in the elite division.

“I was happy with that. I was more looking at how I would compare in my overall result rather than just in expert men. I’m obviously happy to take the win in that but being top-10-ranked in Canada is a really cool thing,” he said.

Other locals who excelled in the enduro included: Jacob Tremblay (first in 21-to-29 men); Stefanie Lachance (second in open women); and Guillaume Racine (third in 40-plus men).

As for the downhill championships, Finn Iles edged Kirk McDowall by 0.73 seconds in the UCI elite men’s event while Georgia Astle took second in the elite women’s event.

Meanwhile, Fish Nelson placed second in the U17 sport men category, Tegan Cruz took second among U15 men, and Amy Ertel was third among junior women.

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Hey, hey—it’s B.C. Day all the way!

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First up: James Paré, co-owner and executive chef with the creative touch and great sense of humour at the longtime favourite, Caramba! Restaurant in

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“Oh my God, well, there’s a few of them that I love,” he says with a laugh. “The problem for me is that there are so many things that I like, I’m a multi-facetted liker of food!”

But James quickly narrows it down for B.C. Day, which started in 1974 since other provinces had an August long weekend and we didn’t. (B.C. Day also echoes B.C.’s official start, on August 2, 1858.)

“First of all, I’m from Chilliwack. So come on… Chilliwack corn! Of course!” he says.

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have. Given the short trucking distance anywhere Sea to Sky, you also know your Chilliwack corn, whether it’s Peaches and Cream (James’ favourite) or Sweet Jubilee, will have been picked and shipped in such a short cycle all those natural sugars we love will have less time to change to starch.

That’s the secret to fresh corn-on-the-cob: Pick it and eat it as soon as you can.

There’s science behind that secret: Most of the glucose plants produce making energy through photosynthesis, and more, is metabolized right away for growth and reproduction. Glucose not used right away is converted into starches.

To cook your corn, James says leave the husks on, and steam them on the grill or bar-b for 20-30 minutes, until they’re cooked. When they’re done, pull the husks back and tie them with string to make a handle. Then just put out a pound of Canadian salted butter and let everyone roll away to their heart’s content. For zip, try a sprinkle of something like Old Bay Seasoning (also great on seafood). Fun for the kids. Fun for everybody.

Of course, you can also toss the peeled cobs into a pot of boiling water for just a few minutes, but why bother? You’ll just have a pot to wash.

If you have a microwave oven, you can also try the old microwave trick, which is also way more sustainable than boiling up a pot of water. It all depends on your microwave’s power, but try cooking two cobs on high (husks on), a minute and a half each time, for four separate cycles. Rotate the cobs 45

degrees each round of cooking so they cook evenly. Yes, they’re hot to peel when done, but probably someone nearby has asbestos hands, like my hubby. The tasty, not-watereddown results are worth it.

For a new twist, James has another concept that segues nicely into our other chef’s choice: corn succotash with fresh, wild, B.C. halibut or salmon.

“Succotash” is from the Narragansett First Nation’s word msiquatash, originally an American dish of corn and lima beans.

But James’ corn succotash is made from some lovely cooked white beans and corn, with just enough light, lemon cream to coat them and a little kick from jalapeno, smoked chipotles, or those sweet little red piquillo peppers from Spain.

Once the corn and beans are succotashing away, sear your fish in a second hot pan so it’s nice and caramelized on both sides, then then pop it into your succotash stew. Voila. “You’ve got your onepot wonder,” says James.

As for our other top chef’s top pick, Tyler Moey at the hip, popular Hunter Gather Eatery and Taphouse, also in the village, says his B.C. favourite is definitely sockeye salmon. His favourite way of preparing it?

Curing it for a day, then smoking it.

“I usually cure it in a mixture of fennel and celery seeds; dill, if I have some; brown sugar and pickling salt. Put it all on top of the salmon, and rub it all over with your hands,” says Tyler, who’s originally from Australia and doubles as the kitchen manager at Hunter Gather.

“Once it starts taking the moisture out of the salmon—taking the liquids away from it—you can continue to do that until it’s completely cured, which is generally one to two days, and you can literally just eat it like that—raw.” Perfect for a charcuterie platter.

But after 12 to 16 hours, Tyler prefers to pull it out of the fridge, where it’s been curing, wash it, and hot-smoke it for about 15 minutes using applewood chips.

In keeping with the spirit of Whistler and all things summer and funky, Tyler points out you can buy a smoker, cheap, but it’s really easy to make your own using any old big metal pot with a lid or foil on top (think Whistler’s Re-Use-It Centre), and a rack for your salmon above the chips. Or just partially wrap your smokin’ chips in a foil roll in the bottom of a heat-proof pan.

If you don’t like that idea, grill or panfry your sockeye—“or anything you want to do,” and try it with Tyler’s brew pick, Day Dreamer IPA from Coast Mountain Brewing in Function Junction. Highly recommended.

The thing is you get to have fun and pump out some really tasty results on B.C. Day, which is about as “B.C.” as it gets.

Whatever you do, “you don’t want to sit there and be cookin’ all day,” points out James. “You just want people to enjoy it and have another glass of wine, right?”

Right!

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In the heat of the battle GRILLING TWO OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING COMPETITORS OF THE CANADIAN NATIONAL BBQ CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY BRANDON BARRETT JOHN MCGEE, six-time grand champion of the Canadian National BBQ Championships, has one simple piece of advice for his fellow competitors.

“Do not offend any judge. Seriously,” says McGee, who runs the Duvall, Wash.based Happy Campers BBQ Team alongside his wife, Rhana, who is affectionately referred to as “Taste Bud” for her well honed flavour palate.

Of course, it’s always a good rule of thumb to avoid bringing up religion or politics in front of polite company, but this isn’t the type of offence McGee is referring to. “Basically for each meat, you’ve got six judges. There are six different sets of taste buds on that table. You have to find a happy medium that will please every palate. It’s not easy,” he said.

After many years on the competitive circuit, the McGees have gathered plenty of intel on the preferences of different judges.

But after so much success—Happy Campers has won Pacific Northwest’s barbecue team of the year six times—they haven’t had to tweak their formula too much.

“We have changed our recipes very little over the years,” McGee said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

The Canadian National BBQ Championships return this weekend to Creekside, where McGee will be defending his grand champion title. Another longstanding competitor is Dave McKay, the cameraman turned pitmaster who has taken part in the event since 2002. While he’s won just about every other award under the sun, McKay has yet to claim the grand champion title, an overall award based on the competitor’s barbecued chicken, pulled pork, brisket and pork ribs.

“There are so many good cooks on the tour, it’s impossible,” he said of the coveted title. “Unless you’re cooking every weekend like a lot of them are, you just don’t get to practise your skills enough. Barbecue is worse than having a boat; you’re just throwing money at it the whole time.”

McKay welcomes the competition, but

LICENSE TO GRILL The Canadian National BBQ Championships welcomes competitors from all over North America, who will duke it out for the title of grand champion from

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it’s the bond he’s developed with his fellow grillers he relishes the most.

“The spirit of barbecue, when you actually compete, is something totally different from anything else I’ve ever done. The camaraderie is incredible,” he said. “It’s like a pack of nomads travelling around and meeting up a few weekends every month in the summer to compete. You’re really not winning a lot of prize money, even if you are winning. It’s the bragging rights and being with friends that you just see during the summer.”

Barbecue being the hyper-regional cuisine that it is, the Pacific Northwest has yet to earn the same reputation as its Southern or Midwestern counterparts, but that doesn’t mean the region hasn’t developed a style of its own. West Coast barbecue tends to fall on the sweeter side, although McKay said that’s starting to change.

“I used to have to add honey to my barbecue sauce that I used just because the judges seemed to like it better. But that’s not the case anymore,” he said, adding

that the smoking woods used will generally dictate a finished product’s flavour profile.

McGee sees the Pacific Northwest drawing from all different barbecue styles, as he typically does on the competitive circuit, describing his brisket as “Texas style,” which tends to be big on hickory and a tangy, tomato-based sauce; his pulled pork as “Carolina style,” using a typically thinner, vinegar-based sauce; and his ribs as a mixture of the Kansas City style, which is usually slow-smoked over a variety of woods before being slathered in a thick and sweet tomato-based sauce, and what he calls a “Northwest style.”

“It’s a little bit of everything. It’s based on Kansas City style, but it’s more or less the one thing that we have that is different from what everyone else is doing,” said McGee, refusing to divulge any further secrets.

For the non-competitive set, there’s plenty to enjoy as always at the Canadian National BBQ Championships. Centred around Dusty’s, the bar will be hosting two

all-you-can-eat dinners on Saturday, from 5 to 7 p.m. and then from 7:30 to 9 p.m., as well as live music daily, which will include a VIP area with food samples and cocktails.

(See related story on Daniel Wesley’s live concert on page 73.)

Dusty’s head chef Vinnie Hall, who recently made the move from Whistler Blackcomb’s mountaintop fine dining restaurant, Christine’s, said there will be some new offerings this year in addition to the endless amounts of barbecued meats available.

“We’ve upped the level of what we’re doing as well, with the type of menu we’re putting on,” he said. “There are hocks and croquettes and tenderloins and things going on along with the usual briskets and chicken and that sort of stuff. The garnishes we take on are a lot of Asian-inspired stuff, but with a bit of a barbecue twist.”

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Bard in the Barn returns with lighthearted take on Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar THE PEMBERTON FARMERS’ MARKET FUNDRAISER HITS THE STAGE AUG. 3

BY BRANDON BARRETT RENATA

ZABLOTNEY’S theatre students at Pemberton Secondary School (PSS) have a nickname they refer to her as: “Drama Mama,” which speaks to the lasting impact she has had on her pupils even after Graduation Day. “It’s absolutely phenomenal,” she says of the connection with her former students, at least four of whom have gone on to pursue theatre at the post-secondary level.

The trust Zablotney has forged with her students means there is a steady stream of familiar faces at the ready whenever she’s in need of performers. The five-person cast of her latest production for Bard in the Barn is made up almost entirely of Zablotney’s former students, with another, Dallan Brodowski, serving as assistant director.

“We’ve grown such a camaraderie through our drama program at PSS. But then,

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it’s amplified even more by the fact that I see these people outside of school and they still connect with me and they still reach out and want to be a part of this art form. That means the world to me,” Zablotney adds.

The PSS teacher is going back to the Shakespeare well this year at Bard in the Barn, a fundraiser for the Pemberton

actors and one of them is terrible, so he’s trying to get rid of him, but then that actor gets everybody on his side … so Shakespeare has to sway the company to get rid of this actor,” Zablotney explains. “He plays the Mark Antony to his Brutus.”

Shakespeare’s plays are no stranger to modernization, and Zablotney uses humour

“I think it’s really relevant today and I think taking those themes and twisting them and making them funny or making them a satire is important.”

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Farmers’ Market, with several lighthearted scenes inspired by his historical play, Julius Caesar. The production takes a distinctly contemporary view on the Bard’s political tragedy, featuring, for example, a scene performed entirely in a film noir style, while another, written by Zablotney, strikes a meta tone by transplanting the political machinations of the original play into the, er, cutthroat world of a theatre company. “[In that scene] Shakespeare has two

to deliver the writer’s layered messaging and themes. Similarly, last year’s Bard in the Barn adapted Shakespeare’s plays—all 37 of them—into one breakneck, knee-slapping comedy, with each actor playing a flurry of roles (that trend continues this year, although most of the cast maxes out at just a handful of characters). It’s by adapting the Bard’s work for a modern audience that its timelessness becomes all the more apparent, Zablotney believes.

“We’re still so familiar with all of Shakespeare’s works already that I think when you mention a play by him, you know a rough outline of what you’re getting yourself into. So I think to actually reflect on it in a modern context, you get to see how relevant the works still are,” she says.

“I think Julius Caesar is incredibly relevant in the sense of how it is about friends and about political mob swaying and about imagery. I think it’s really relevant today and I think taking those themes and twisting them and making them funny or making them a satire is important.”

After producing last year’s inaugural Bard in the Barn event, Zablotney says it’s clear that Pemberton is “starved for arts and culture” and could be primed for a small theatre scene to develop there.

“I just want to see it getting bigger and bigger. I think a lot of people really strive for these opportunities to have this kind of fun arts and culture in their backyard,” she says.

Bard in the Barn is set for the Pemberton and District Community Centre on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 4 p.m. It will feature live music and fresh-made treats from farmers’ market vendors. Tickets are $20, available at www.eventbrite.ca/e/bard-in-the-barntickets-65080525604. n

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Pemberton science writer Nicola Jones hits the TED Talk stage JONES TRAVELLED TO SCOTLAND TO PRESENT ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF OCEAN NOISE

BY BRANDON BARRETT PEMBERTON’S NICOLA Jones is used to picking the brains of noted scientists in her work as a freelance journalist, but last month, it was Jones who addressed a room full of leading thinkers as part of a TEDSummit in Edinburgh, Scotland.

“Most TED talkers are either talking about their own personal research or if they are journalists, then perhaps they have written a book on the subject … I was in a more unusual position just representing a group of scientists who I consulted with about the talk before it went forward,” Jones explains. “So I don’t hope for knock-on effects for me, I hope for knock-on effects for their work.”

The ever-humble Jones—who has written several cover-feature stories for Pique over the years—was invited to give a talk at the renowned conference after a piece she wrote this April on the impacts of ocean noise on marine life in the science journal, Nature.

Jones was inspired to write about the subject after learning of a study, led by researcher Rob Williams, that took advantage of a Hindu religious holiday called Nyepi, a day of silence that is primarily celebrated on the Indonesian island of Bali. “[Williams] put hydrophones in the water to see how this day of silence affected the noise levels in the ocean—and by day of silence, I mean no planes can take off, no boats go out fishing, everyone has to be really calm and not talk to each other. I just thought it was such a beautiful study to have done,” she says.

Jones was drawn in by the apparent poeticism of the study, with Williams, an accomplished scientist who described himself as an “acoustic prospector,” on the lookout for “places of quiet in a sullied ocean,” as Jones puts it. But she soon learned that there were significant, real-world impacts from ocean noise that deserved attention.

“Intuitively, I kept thinking, ‘Well, noise, I can see, poetically, that this is really interesting, but surely, isn’t it just an irritant?’ If I’m in a noisy nightclub or they’re doing construction right across from my house, it annoys me, but it’s not going to kill me,” Jones says. “Then the researchers I spoke to pointed out, ‘Well, no, marine life rely on sound the way we rely on sight.’ So it’s like going blind, it’s not just an irritation.”

As it turns out, perhaps the most widely studied species population when it comes to ocean noise was one that could be found not far from Jones’ backyard: the southern resident killer whale. Research has shown that the local population of killer whales

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spend 18 to 25 per cent less time feeding in the presence of loud boat noise. For a dwindling subgroup—there are only 76 remaining southern resident killer whales, Jones says—that already struggles to find enough food, ocean noise is only compounding the problem.

Jones acknowledges that ocean noise pales in scope to more pressing issues in our oceans like acidification and plastic pollution, but, given the interconnectedness of our ecosystems, she believes it’s important to shine a light on it.

“People have many different impacts on environmental systems, like the ocean, and these impacts don’t act in isolation.

They act together and they multiply their effects, so it’s really important that you pay attention to all of them,” she says.

Admittedly not a performer, Jones says she rode “a roller coaster of anxiety” preparing her roughly 2,000-word talk in front of some of the world’s most innovative minds. A prolific science writer with degrees in chemistry and oceanography, you imagine Jones had the content of her speech dialled. But it was another arena where her friends lent a much-needed hand before the big day. “[My friend] said, ‘Nicola, you’re going to do great but you need an intervention in terms of what you’re wearing,’” Jones relays. Being the generous souls they are, Jones’ friends pooled together some money to pay for a stylist.

“I absolutely [took it as an insult] but an acknowledged one. I appreciate my own shortcomings. I was very appreciative,” says Jones through fits of laughter, before shouting out her stylist: “Jessie McNaught.

She’s awesome.”

Jones’ TED Talk should be posted in the coming days at ted.com. Read Jones’ article in Nature at www.nature.com/articles/ d41586-019-01098-6. n

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Blood is thicker than…

SUMMER IS ALL ABOUT family: the kids are out of school, everyone gets together at the cabin/cottage and the whole season is dripping with togetherness and connectivity with the ones you love. Family is even a staple of big summer movies like Toy Story 4 or Jon Favreau’s uber-realistic but emotionally lacking Lion King remake,

BY FEET BANKS which highlights both the broader familial interconnectedness of the animal kingdom, but also the roles and responsibilities of fulfilling your family legacy.

But few film franchises take “family” as seriously as Dominic Toretto and the thieves-turned-heroes in The Fast and Furious universe, and that philosophy extends into the franchise’s first spinoff,

FURIOUS FAMILY Dwayne Johnson and Jason

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Hobbs & Shaw, the only new release opening this week at the Whistler Village 8.

There were no pre-screenings of this one at press time but in an interview with Cinemablend.com, franchise writer Chris Morgan confirmed, “Yes, you have insane action sequences, for sure. You also have characters acting with a moral code, and family is something that is important to them. The way you make it through your obstacles are family.”

What we do know about Hobbs & Shaw is it reprises the chemistry between Hobbs, Dwayne (I still call him “The Rock”) Johnson’s law-abiding head crusher, and Shaw, Jason Statham’s ex-elite military asskicker. Astute fans of the Fast franchise (No. 7 on the list of most financially successful franchises in cinematic history) will recall the nimble action and wordplay both actors brought to the prison riot scene during The Fate of the Furious. The odd couple (but not really) are forced to work together after a cyborg anarchist badass (played by Idris Elba) threatens Shaw’s sister—and the world!

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Tarantino subverts the family theme by putting the Manson family in his latest flick, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, but even he highlights a familial bromance between Leo DiCaprio’s aging-actor character Rick Dalton and his trusty stuntman, Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth—“He’s more than a brother and less than a wife,” Dalton says, in the flick that is dividing audiences as to whether it’s Tarantino’s best or worst piece of work.

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Margaret Qualley as the most charismatic underage hippie chick ever), his love and attention to the details of the world he’s recreating, and the dude’s general mastery of the art form, this flick charts high. Not as high as Inglorious Basterds when it comes to dialogue, character and thematic resonance, but there’s also no such thing as a bad Tarantino flick. (Hollywood also gave Tarantino his most profitable opening weekend ever—a US$40.35-million domestic box office.)

On the small screen, Crave has all the seasons of mid-2000s hit Veronica Mars, including the new season just released.

It might be a guilty pleasure to watch a teenage girl detective navigate the trials of life, crime and high school in Southern California but Veronica Mars also excelled at the idea of family, with stunning performances by Kristen Bell as Veronica and Enrico Colantoni as her private eye father. Filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob) is a huge Mars fan who once wrote on his blog, “The tender and witty repartee between these two wonderful actors makes you want to be a better parent.” And he’s right, this one is worth a re-watch. n

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BY HAILEY SCHMITKE AS WITH MANY newcomers, I only knew the basics of Whistler’s history when I moved here, and I hadn’t even thought about the influence forestry has had—and still has—on the community, development, and economy of the area. I have been working on the Don MacLaurin archival collection for the past few months, and it has shown me an important side of Whistler that I may not have discovered otherwise. I know more now about forestry and sustainable ecology than I ever could have imagined, and it’s becoming very clear to me just how much MacLaurin and the rest of Whistler’s fantastic longterm residents have shaped the way the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has developed.

For those of you who don’t know, MacLaurin was instrumental in the promotion of sustainable forestry and recreation within the RMOW and the

room for that in this article. These are only a few of the many roles he took on (the entirety of his résumé would fill a very interesting book, I’m sure) and the documents in his archival collection are a brilliant, detailed illustration of his extensive involvement.

Archival collections (and donations to the archives, of course) are extremely important in the preservation of a community’s history, especially in a place as flowing and dynamic as Whistler.

Collections like MacLaurin’s are an invaluable resource for researching the industries, events, and programs that have influenced Whistler, even in recent history.

As of 2017, 32 per cent of British Columbia’s exports were forestry-related, so the documents in this particular collection are not only invaluable to the history of Whistler, but they also provide an important insight into the history of the province. MacLaurin’s collection is a wealth of information on sustainable forest management that will aid forestry researchers for decades to come, and this is only one

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A glimpse into the Don MacLaurin Collection

Sea to Sky corridor. He spent many years—decades, in fact—working on the development and maintenance of the Whistler Interpretive Forest, from creating interpretive signs and self-guided tour pamphlets, to organizing the installation of a suspension bridge over the Cheakamus River. That suspension bridge is now known as MacLaurin’s Crossing in his honour.

MacLaurin also acted as a consultant for many other projects in the region, and was very involved in the Whistler Arbour Day Committee during the 1990s, which was responsible for organizing tree planting events and other environmental awareness activities during National Forest Week.

I could go on listing MacLaurin’s many accomplishments, but there’s not enough

of the many magnificent collections housed within the Whistler Museum and Archives.

If you’re interested in learning more about MacLaurin and his dazzling wife, Isobel, I would highly recommend checking out Pique’s online articles, as well as articles on Whistler Museum’s blog and the Arts Whistler website. They are easily accessible through a search on each organization’s website, and paint a beautiful picture of these lovely Whistler locals.

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1 BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE A black bear took a break from munching on trees to take in the view in a not-very-bear-friendly area in Whistler on Wednesday evening, July 24. PHOTO BY JENELLE PRITCHARD. 2 IRON COUPLE Heather Wurtele—winner of the seventh and final Ironman Canada race held in Whistler—celebrates with her husband Trevor—winner of the first-ever Ironman event held in Whistler—after crossing the finish line to claim the win on Sunday, July 28. PHOTO BY DAN FALLOON. 3 PAINT BY NUMBERS Festival attendees joined forces to complete a collective paint-by-numbers mural at the Squamish Constellation Festival on Sunday, July 28. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 4 FORGED FUNDRAISING Rich Den Duyf (left) and Tim Regan (right) pose for a photo during a fundraising event held at Forged Axe Throwing in Function Junction on July 11, hosted by Regan and Vision Pacific. The funds raised will benefit the Ride to Conquer Cancer, which Den Duyf will be riding in later this month. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 IRON KIDS Charli Carter, Maia Slater, Liv Robb, Wynne Varrin and Lucy Carriere, members of the Whistler’s new Atom Girls Hockey Team, volunteering at the Ironman run aid station Sunday, July 28. PHOTO COURTESY VISION PACIFIC CONTRACTING LTD.

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‘We’re not far from the animal we are’ MONTREAL AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE PAPAGROOVE MARKS NEW ERA WITH THIRD ALBUM, THE HUNT

BY BRANDON BARRETT SCORES OF WRITERS and pundits have warned of the alienating effects of the digital technologies that have become enmeshed in nearly every aspect of our lives.

Our instincts have been dulled under the weight of convenience, modern luxuries that have disconnected us from an elemental part of ourselves we once took for granted.

But, according to Sébastien Francisque, lead vocalist for Montreal Afrobeat collective Papagroove, these “modern activities” are only an extension of our baser, animalistic instincts, something the band sought to capture in its latest album, The Hunt.

“How we live our everyday lives is an extension of that feeling of hunting,” says Francisque in his thick Quebecois accent.

“Even though we think [through a lens of] modernity, we are far from it. Everyday life goes back to it, our behaviours, our actions are very near to those basic needs.

The album is an integration of that. The modernity is there, but we’re human and I

NEW ERA Montreal collective Papagroove moved away from its Afrobeat origins for a more eclectic sound on its latest album, The Hunt.

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think we’re not far from the animal we are.”

Papagroove was originally formed in 2006 as a purely instrumental jam band, drawing on influences from Afrobeat, funk and jazz. The collective gained a voice shortly thereafter when Francisque joined as lead vocalist and lyricist.

Building on the politically charged protest songs of Afrobeat’s pioneers, Francisque doesn’t shy away from social messaging in his songs.

The band sought to expand on its Afrobeat horizons on the latest record to incorporate a wider range of styles. Like the song “Walls,” the album’s closing track, which guitarist and Juno-nominated producer Guy Kaye describes as a more “minimalistic, spacey type song” than the group’s usual output.

“We have a few songs that are a little more towards the mainstream, and then other stuff is more in the Afrobeat vibe,” he

“How we live our everyday lives is an extension of that feeling of hunting.”

- SÉBASTIEN FRANCISQUE

“Having fun with the music, having a good time, but having something more profound behind it, I think it’s in my nature,” says Francisque. “With the kind of music we’re doing, it just comes naturally. It comes from the integration of Afrobeat, but we don’t have the same reality (as a place) like Nigeria, but this music influences us and we’re very conscious of our environment here, so we try to write about that reality.”

says. “It was an interesting exploration to see how we could expand the soundscape of the band.”

Francisque says Papagroove’s sonic evolution has progressed naturally, incorporating different elements from its diverse roster that reflects the cosmopolitan makeup of the band’s home base of Montreal.

“We’re not trying to make very

traditional Afrobeat music, because I think that would be copying or not very authentic,” he says. “We try to keep it with what we’re surrounded by: the musicians we are and the people we play with. We all try to combine it naturally when we’re playing together and not forcing it. That’s kind of been our approach the last year.”

Known for their dynamic, get-outyour-seat live show, Papagroove makes a point of giving each of its members—11 in all, including a brass and rhythm section, although only eight are on the current tour—a chance to shine onstage.

“Seb, who is a modest guy, he really gets people going quickly,” says Kaye. “It’s a very energetic show and we drop things down for soloists. Things get almost rocksounding at times. Maybe not aggressive, but it can really take off and then come back down. It’s a real experience to see and to live.”

Papagroove plays a free show at Olympic Plaza on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Wanderlust Festival Whistler (non-festival attendees are permitted). Then, on Aug. 2, Canadian all-star collective Broken Social Scene hits the Olympic Plaza stage at 7 p.m., followed by Nahko and Medicine for the People on Aug. 3, also at 7 p.m.

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ESCAPE PLAN Daniel Wesley left the hustle of the Lower Mainland for the tranquility of the Sunshine Coast and

quit his electrician job last year so he could focus on his music full time. The laidback singer-songwriter plays the Canadian National BBQ Championships this Friday.

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Daniel Wesley finds space to grow REGGAE-TINGED SINGER-SONGWRITER PLAYS DUSTY’S AUG. 2 AS PART OF BBQ CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY BRANDON BARRETT AT A CERTAIN POINT, Sunshine Coast singer-songwriter Daniel Wesley got tired of having to fit into a box whenever someone asked him what kind of music he made.

“I kind of do a lot of different things,” says Wesley, “but I got in a habit of calling it beach music.”

A lover of a wide range of musical styles, these days, Wesley hews more to a stripped down, reggae-tinged sound that led to his appropriately titled ninth album, Beach Music.

“My idea of beach music is something that brings your pulse rate down quite a bit,” says the 37-year-old. “It’s all about vibe, it’s all about creating that atmosphere that you can take a break in.”

Wesley had originally intended a more rock-heavy sound on Beach Music, but found the demo tracks he had laid down on his 1961 Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar already had everything he was looking for.

“We got to the end of the album, and I had brought all my amps and all my electric guitars and they had just been sitting in the corner collecting dust all week. I didn’t want to add anything. I didn’t think the tracks were going to say any more than what we’d already said,” Wesley recalls. “I go through cycles where two or three albums will be fully all-electric, and some will be rock-y, and some will be more skanky reggae, and then I’ll do a full acoustic album. It just felt like this is where it was headed. That’s kind of where my headspace is still at.”

Wesley’s laidback sound aligns with his family’s relocation, two years ago, from the hustle of the Lower Mainland to the relative quiet of Roberts Creek. That, coupled with Wesley’s departure, last year,

from his electrician job to fully focus on his music, has allowed him the time and space to develop his sound in a more natural, organic way.

“I took last year to catch my breath and find where I wanted to be,” he explains.

“Where we live has definitely been a big part of that. I would go light a fire and sit there and just kind of fiddle around and things would happen. I really find when I can let myself naturally find things, that’s usually when the best songs come. I’ve grown my hair long and I think that’s the whole idea: to just shrug off the daily.”

Letting the chips fall as they may has proven fruitful for Wesley, but that laissezfaire creative process doesn’t necessarily lend well to categorization—but then, neither does Wesley. Punk being his first love, the singer-songwriter actually got his start in a punk band he started with a handful of buddies called The Dropouts, which he jokes “at least 12 people” knew about at its height. He is more concerned with making music for himself than to fit into any preconceived genre.

“Music’s music. That’s why it’s been hard for me to categorize myself, because I do have rocking songs and old-school rock and a little bit of reggae, a little bit of pop, singer-songwriter stuff. I just like writing songs. I never ever try to separate genres; I just write,” he says.

“To be honest, this Beach Music thing was a far cry from anything I’d done before.

It was a completely different sound, and I just did it because it made me feel happy.”

Wesley plays Dusty’s Bar & BBQ on Friday, Aug. 2 at 9 p.m. as part of the Canadian National BBQ Championships in Creekside this weekend. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.eventbrite.ca/e/ daniel-wesley-tickets-65566811097, or $15 at the door. n

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WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA

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Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200 Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. All women, all ability levels welcome. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time.

Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its permanent collection.

Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership.

604-962-0413. > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

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BNI MOUNTAIN HIGH

BNI provides a positive and structured environment for development and exchange of quality business referrals. It does so by helping you build personal relationships with dozens of other qualified business professionals. Register by emailing melissa@ betterbrainhealth.info. $20. > 6:45-8:30 am > Whistler Chamber Boardroom

The electric bass becomes an extension of his hands and his voice has developed a rhythmic centre of its own. Dino DiNicolo is a master musician with a groove so deep that it moves the mind, the body and the soul. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

COCKTAIL DANCE PARTY

Connect with friends, new and old, through weekly activities. Meet at Whistler Community Services Society.

In partnership with Mature Action Community. > 9:30-11 am > Whistler Community Services

PARENT INFANT DROP-IN

The SFU Writer’s Studio offers free one-on-one, 45-minute consultations. Register at least one week prior to the consultation time required. Seven pages of poetry or a prose manuscript must be submitted one week prior to your scheduled appointment. Doublespaced with title and your name on each page with the page number on the bottom. For more information and to register, call the library at 604-935-8435. > 2, 3 & 4 pm > Whistler Public Library

DINO DINICOLO

An opportunity to develop a supportive social network with other parents of young babies. Speakers and a public health nurse are often in attendance. Free. > 11 am-12:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM

Join the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium to learn about what the club is doing to support your local community and international projects. Lunch is available for $20. Everyone welcome. > 12:15 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

Start your weekend early with a handcrafted cocktail.

Then hit the dancefloor or rock our legendary dancing cage with help from DJ Peacefrog. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

WHISTLER PRESENTS CONCERT SERIES: PAPAGROOVE

With its high-energy afro-funk fusion Papagroove is easily recognizable on stage by its raw spirit, its mastery of improvisation and its explosive presence.

Free. > 7:30 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

KARAOKE WITH JACK-QUI NO

Put it on the rocks and call it a show! Hosted by Jack-Qui No. > 8-11 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

Come lounge out, dance and listen to all the Throwback hits one could need. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

RORY MALKIN

Playing acoustic classics from the Smashing Pumpkins, Queens of the Stone Age, Biffy Clyro and Pearl Jam. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

BAND CAMP

Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at Jam Night’s make their debut. This week it is Nicole and Alex a.k.a. Hot Licks on guitar and vocals from 9 pm. Free.

604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

THROWBACK THURSDAYS WITH MR. TWITCH

Enjoy a musical journey of nostalgia curated by Mr. Twitch. Disco-funk-hip-hop-house and whatever else.

Old-school vibes, remixes mash-ups and new stuff to keep you on your toes. Free. > 9 pm-midnight > Three Below

LIVE MUSIC AT BRICKWORKS DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

The club meets every week and visitors are welcome.

For a partner, please call Gill at 604-932-5791. > 1-5 pm > Whistler Racquet Club

Live music every Tuesday and Thursday. > 8 pm > Brickworks Public House

THURSDAY LOCALS’ NIGHT

Come join our legendary locals’ night every Thursday, kicking off the night with a game of skate at 9 pm followed by DJ Praiz and friends throwing down some dope tracks. Email info@garfinkels.ca for guest list and VIP options. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

WHISTLER YOUTH BAND SUMMER WHISTLER NATURE CAMP

Whistler Nature Camp’s summer session offers a unique opportunity for kids age six to 10 to connect with Whistler’s natural backyard! Imagine a place where their natural sense of wonder can ignite at the centre of their fun and learning and helps to inform the direction each day will take. > 8:30 am-3:30 pm > Spruce Grove Field House

Let the trumpets sing! The Whistler Youth Band is a beginner band for youth ages 10 and up. Grab an instrument and make music with friends. > 6-7:30 pm > Myrtle Philip Community School

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Wanderlust Whistler has yoga and meditation teachers, outdoor instructors, musical performers, speakers, artists and chefs to light your path. For 2019, they’ve added full-day Thursday immersions and new outdoor excursions to make Whistler an unforgettable waypoint in your journey to true north. For more information visit wanderlust.com/festivals/whistler. > Whistler

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These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

COMMUNITY

ONGOING & DAILY Arts & Entertainment

WHISTLER MUSEUM

Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history.

Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum

SUMMER WHISTLER NATURE CAMP

> Every other Monday-Friday, 8:30 am3:30 pm > Spruce Grove Field House

WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP

Come and say, “hi” if you are new to Canada and Whistler! Everyone and every age is welcome. Casual meet up, workshops, information about living in Canada. Check calendar at www.welcomewhistler.com for full details. Contact info@welcomewhistler.com or 604-698-5960. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY

Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. The pathway will lead you through beautiful surroundings and six cultural institutions: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler Museum, Whistler Public Library, Maury Young Arts Centre, Lost Lake PassivHaus, and Audain Art Museum. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

COMMUNITY

GAMES CAFE ART AFTER DARK

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DISCOTECH

Join us for a night of funk, house, disco and retro remix with DJ Mary Merlin and friends. Happy hours until 11 pm. For guest list and group perks, email guestlist@ moejoes.com. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA

He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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There will be a weekly “Jummah Salah” (Friday Prayer) held at the Maury Young Arts Centre Multi-Purpose Hall. It is open to all and everyone is welcome. There is no cost for this event. Organized by the BC Muslim Association. > 1:30 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

ART AFTER DARK

Art After Dark is every Friday, with artmaking for youth (18 and under) 3:30 to 5:30 pm, and adult artmaking 6:30 to 8:30 pm. > 3:30-5:30 & 6:30-8:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

WHISTLER YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

For ages 13 to 18. We offer ping pong, a skateboard mini-ramp (skateboards and helmets to borrow), free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, guitars, board games, a projector and widescreen TVs. Free. 604-935-8187. > 3:30-11 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

YOGA @ THE AUDAIN

Yoga @ the Audain every Friday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. > first Friday of every month, 6:30-8 pm > Audain Art Museum

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

SPORTS

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

Triathlon-focused swim squads. Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions. Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Nonmembers $8 drop-in (includes entry into Meadow Park). > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN

Have fun playing the fastest growing sport in North America. All levels welcome. Free paddle rental. For more, call 604-932-1991. $10. > 4-6 pm > Whistler Racquet Club

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors

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GREG NEUFELD

Greg Neufeld comes armed with a guitar, stompbox and one of the best soulful voices you will ever hear. Free. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

A WHOLE LOTTA LED LIVE MUSIC

Solo artists perform every week, except on the first Friday of every month when they swap out for a full band. No cover, no lineups. > 6-9 pm > Whistler Brewing Company

A Whole Lotta Led brings their world-class Led Zeppelin tribute back to Whistler for another epic show. All Zeppelin, all night! > 10 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

SEA TO SKY

TEQUILA MONKEYS

> 6-9 pm > Whistler Brewing Company

MOONDROPS

Helen Hamilton and Ethan Henderson are a dynamic duo that will be sure to blow your mind playing their original music and covers that they make their own.

Free. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

PEMBERTON FARMERS’ MARKET

Pemberton Farmers’ Market brings together Pemberton area producers and consumers creating a marketplace for vibrant collections of fresh produce, delicious food, unique art and more. Come meet and support local “makers, bakers and growers,” enjoy live music every Friday from June to October. Free. 604-966-4422. > 3-6:30 pm > Pemberton Downtown Community Barn

LADIES’ NIGHT

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We have a gift for all ladies. Enjoy a glass of champagne then hit the dance floor and dance the night away with DJ Peacefrog. Info@buffalobills.ca for guestlist or table bookings. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

CHAMPAGNE FRIDAY

Kick off your weekend at Garf’s. Get on the guest list and join the party: info@garfinkels.ca. > 7:30 pm > Garfinkel’s

WHISTLER PRESENTS OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

As much a creative collective as an indie rock band, Broken Social Scene is a Toronto-based ensemble whose flexible lineup has included some of the best and best-known musicians in the city’s left-of-centre music community. Free. > 7:30-10 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

ART TALKS

Every month, the Whistler Contemporary Gallery will be featuring an artist from their diverse collection of contemporary artists. The gallery invites the public to come and explore the artistic process offering a fascinating insight from conception to completion. > first Saturday of every month, 4 pm > Whistler Contemporary Gallery

FIRE IT UP FRIDAY

Come down to Tommy’s Whistler and set the bar high for the weekend. DJ Dre Morel spinning pop, rock and hip hop beats all night long. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. Let us know if you are celebrating for a gift from us to you! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > first Friday of every month, 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER NATURALISTS MONTHLY BIRD WALK

Join the Whistler Naturalists on its monthly bird walk, meeting at the foot of Lorimer Road at the Valley Trail, and walk to Rainbow Park and back counting all the birds that are seen and heard. Free. > 7 am > Whistler

SINGING WITH THE BABIES FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS

Start the weekend off right with music by B.C.’s finest party DJs mixing the best in hip hop, rap, R&B and party anthems. Whistler’s most energetic dancefloor. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

Learn songs and rhymes to soothe and entertain baby while encouraging early language development. For kids up to walking age. Free. > 11-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

FAMILY TOGETHER TIME FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

Live music by Whistler favourites Red Chair. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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A parent-directed hour with board games, crafts and a story corner with felt puppets. A drop-in program for families of all ages. Free. > 3:30-4:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

PIQUECAL WHISTLER YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

> 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

SPORTS

SUPERVISED SAILING ON ALTA LAKE

Join the Whistler Sailing Association for its Supervised Sailing program every Saturday on Alta Lake. This program is designed for experienced members to practice their sailing while having a certified coach onsite to help with rigging, launching and safety on the water. Participants require a basic membership ($20) and must know how to sail to participate. > 1-4 pm > Whistler Sailing Association

WHISTLER PARKRUN

Whistler parkrun is a free 5-km community fun run or walk held every Saturday over spring and summer. All levels and abilities welcome, walkers, runners, kids, strollers and dogs. Join us every Saturday at 9 a.m. at Lost Lake Passivehaus. Free. > 9-10 am > Lost Lake Passive Haus

MUSIC

DJ Turtle and friends mix up everything from hip hop, R&B, new rap, dance hall and Top 40 bangers. Email guestlist@moejoes.com for VIP and group perks. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB

He got your blood pumping last night, now satiate your thirst for amazing cocktails and unique beats with tyMetal’s eclectic DJ feats. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

SUPREME SATURDAY

DJ Nikky from Vancouver brings the Whistler’s biggest weekend party and best vibe. VIP champagne parades along with the hottest hip hop and remixes! For VIP and guest list, email info@garfinkels.ca. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

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MICHAEL FABRO

Michael Fabro is a Canadian acoustic pop-rock performance artist. With a focus on crowd-pleasing hits and infectious vocal hooks, the young artist has fused multiple styles into a dynamic live act. Free. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

PETER VOGLER

Peter Vogler, also known as “Pete Catastrophe,” is a long-time local singer-songwriter based in Whistler and co-founder of local ska band, The Hounds Of The Buskerfield. He’ll be playing a solo gig going through a fun mix of ska and reggae. Free. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

WHISTLER PRESENTS OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES: NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE

A music collective with a mission to motive and inspire their global tribe, Nahko and Medicine for the People is a six-member group headed by frontman Nakho Bear. Their music incorporates a variety of sounds, ranging from alternative roots to acoustic roots, while promoting social change. Free. > 7:30-10 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

SUNDAYS AT THE POINT

This summer tradition invites the whole family to enjoy Sunday afternoons all season-long with live music by local and visiting musicians, bocce on the grass, the Obstacles art show in the lodge and a café menu featuring Ophra’s famous ethnic cuisine, desserts, specialty coffees and cold drinks. Free. 604-698-5482. > 12-4 pm > The Point

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER FARMERS’ MARKET

The market hosts an average of 90 local vendors showcasing fresh fruit, produce, artisan crafts and food products. > 11 am-4 pm > Whistler Farmers’ Market

WEEKEND GETAWAYS

Tommys turns it up every Saturday night with VIP tables and a party not to miss out on. DJ Dre Morel spinning pop, rock and hip hop beats all night long. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. Let us know if you are celebrating for a gift from us to you! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

BROTHER TWANG

Come wind down your day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge

FAMILY STUDIO SUNDAY

Family Studio Sunday is every Sunday. > first Sunday of every month, 12-4 pm > Audain Art Museum

MUSIC

STEPH & SHANE

Live music from noon onwards. Free. > 12 pm > Stonesedge

LIVE MUSIC SUNDAYS LIVE @ BLACK’S

> 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

Join us on our patio every Sunday afternoons for live music featuring Whistler musicians. Free. > 3-5 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

LADIES’ NIGHT

It’s Whistler’s No. 1 stop for stag and stagette parties.

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GAMES NIGHT AT PANGEA

Challenge your crew: Cards Against Humanity, Jenga, Settlers of Catan, HedBanz, and many more. Drinks and food specials all night long. > 4 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

MICHAEL FABRO > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

SUSAN HOLDEN

Susan Holden will be playing upbeat folk and country originals and covers you’ll love. Free > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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SOULFUL SUNDAYS

Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

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RHYME & SONG THE SUNDAY GLOW PARTY

Moe Joe’s is transformed into a psychedelic, UV-infused rave cathedral, as Fidel Cashflow, Zapps and La Dooda cook up an aural feast of house and electro beats.

Arrive early to beat the line. > 9 pm > Moe Joe’s

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Vancouver-based singer-songwriter formerly of the 99.3fm CFOX Seeds-winning band theTURN. Free. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

This program gives toddlers, parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn songs, rhymes and finger plays together. Movement is encouraged and your preschooler’s early language and literacy development is supported. For more information, please come to the library, call 604-935-8436 or email youthservice@ whistlerlibary.ca. Free. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library

OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT

An open stage invitation for all who can sing, perform or even just wanna jam out with our house band.

Whistler’s longest-running jam night every Sunday at Crystal Lounge. All instruments are provided. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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Cranked is the perfect place for new artists to try performing in front of a small supportive audience.

This night always bring a solid mix of seasoned and budding artists together, and opportunities to collaborate. Hosted by Kostaman. Free. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

MONDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH WHAT A RACKET!

Local legend Monty Biggins offers hits of the eras in an Americana Swing sound. His soulful voice has been described as a journey of the heart. An entire rat pack in one man, he’ll tip his glass to you with that jazzy swagger. > 7-10 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

MARTINI MONDAY > 7:30 pm > Buffalo Bills

MUSIC & WORDS

This drop-in program is for kids two to four years and it focuses on early literacy through music, rhyme, stories and movement. Free. > 10 am > Whistler Public Library

WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN

Get your resume reviewed, learn about the local labour market, job search tips, and more. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611 or go to WhistlerESC.com. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

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Channel your inner granny and dominate bingo at the locals’ living room. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

Catch the Oscar-nominated drama for free. Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she’s pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond with the family. Free. > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

LIVE MUSIC AT BRICKWORKS > 8 pm > Brickworks Public House

TRIVIA TUESDAY

Grab your crew and re-energize those brain cells as hosts Emily and Stephen bring you four rounds of trivia fun. > 8:30-10 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

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ALLSORTS WHISTLER CYCLING CLUB TUESDAY RIDES

Whistler Cycling Club rides for A, B and C level road riders. See www.whistlercyclingclub.ca for details. Free with club membership > 5:15-8 pm > Whistler Village Sports

Bringing a wide variety of sounds to your Tuesday evening, ED:WIN will be playing “AllSorts” of music to get you dancing down at Three Below every Tuesday night. Listen to hip hop, R&B, house, garage and disco!

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tyMetal’s diversified taste translates to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems, guaranteed to tweak your brain stem! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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Sport and beer—what more do you need? How about a chance to win our famous meat raffle? Proceeds donated to charity. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

WHISTLER BMX WEEKLY RACES

Whistler BMX races every Tuesday at the track in Cheakamus Crossing. All bikes, all ages, all levels welcome! Registration on site at 5:30 p.m. and racing starts shortly after 6pm. Volunteers always needed! $3-$7. > 5:30-7 pm > Whistler BMX Track

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TRIVIA NIGHT

The Crystal Lounge hosts trivia every Monday night!

Bring your friends and test your knowledge for a night of fun, laughs, prizes and the chance to “burn your bill.” Conditions apply. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

MONDAY MIX MADNESS

He’s top of the food chain and he’ll sweep away the Monday pains. He’ll shock your brain, the one and only DJ Gainz. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s longest-running karaoke night and belt out all your favourite hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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This week we are doing something a little different!

Join us for our second annual “Hash Run”. Unsure what this is? Give it a Google, then come along for the adventure! This week’s run will finish at The Dubh Linn Gate Pub for well-earned beers and great WRW deals on food. Visit facebook.com/groups/werunwhistler for updates. Check out our full summer schedule at werunwhistler.com Free. #werunwhistler.com > 5:55 pm > Salomon Store Whistler

DJ Dre Morel and weekly guests turning it up every Tuesday night all summer long. Pop, rock and hip hop to crank up your Tuesday night. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ

Hip hop, drum and bass and jazz mixes that transcend eras, beats that burn hard and soothe like aloe vera. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WEDNESDAY NIGHT RACING, SAILING

Join the Whistler Sailing Association for our weekly Wednesday Night Race Night and social. Members will participate in a fun and competitive sailing race, followed by a social evening (barbecue or après at a local restaurant). Please visit http://whistlersailing. com/races-family-club-sail/ for prices, prerequisites & registration. Rig at 5:30 pm, first horn at 6:15 pm. > 5:30 pm > Whistler Sailing Club

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Mother Goose is a free group experience for children newborn to 18 months and their families. Registration is required, and spaces are limited. Register today!

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All Levels are welcome to join in the Locals’ Night.

Clinics for beginners and casual play for intermediate and advanced players. Free racket rental, snacks, and beverage included! $20. > 6-8 pm > Whistler Racquet Club

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Join the library each week for a little natural history, a story, and a craft, presented in partnership with Whistler Museum. > 11 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

Once the word gets out, everyone is going to want to see Conor Fitzpatrick play. He is already one of Cranked’s favourites. On warmer days, he will be playing outside on our sunny patio. > 4:30-7:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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PATRICK GAVIGAN WHISTLER FARMERS’ MARKET > 2-7 pm > Whistler Farmers’ Market

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QUEER WEDNESDAYS INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

Interact is a club for young people ages 12-18 who want to make a difference in their community. Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

We reserve the prime family-style table by the Ola Volo mural for our LGBTQ2+ family. Get your game (or gay’m) on. > 5-8 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

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Green Drinks is a global movement in over 70 countries and 537 cities worldwide. Locally it is hosted by AWARE, Whistler’s environmental charity. The group comes together on every first Wednesday of the month to discuss local or global environmental issues and concern, brainstorming ideas and promoting sustainable living. A great way to meet new likeminded people in town and have stimulating conversation. By donation. > first Wednesday of every month, 7-9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

Pow Bingo Night with DJ Foxy Moron. $2 per sheet, prizes to be won and all proceeds will be forwarded on our behalf to the downtown Women’s Centre, which gives homeless women amenities, food and a safe place. > 8-11 pm > Pangea Pod Hotel

Brush up on your general knowledge for quiz night every Wednesday with Whistler legend, Quizmaster Stache. > 9-11:55 pm > Three Below

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WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAINZ

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Diary: Last night my

Aries friend dragged me to the Karaoke Bowling Alley and Sushi Bar. I was deeply skeptical. The place sounded tacky. But after being there for 20 minutes, I had to admit that I was having a fantastic time. And it just got better and more fun as the night wore on. I’m sure I made a fool of myself when I did my bowling ball imitation, but I can live with that. At one point I was juggling a bowling pin, a rather large piece of sweet potato tempura, and my own shoe while singing Led Zeppelin’s ‘Kashmir’—and I don’t even know how to juggle. I have to admit that this sequence of events was typical of my adventures with Aries folks. I suppose I should learn to trust that they will lead me to where I don’t know I want to go.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In his poem “Wild Oats,” poet W. S. Merwin provided a message that’s in perfect alignment with your current astrological needs: “I needed my mistakes in their own order to get me here.” He was not being ironic in saying that; he was not making a lame attempt to excuse his errors; he was not struggling to make himself feel better for the inconvenience caused by his wrong turns. No! He understood that the apparent flubs and miscues he had committed were essential in creating his successful life. I invite you to reinterpret your own past using his perspective.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Even if you’re an ambidextrous, multi-gendered, neurologically diverse, PhoenicianRomanian Gemini with a fetish for pink duct tape and an affinity for ideas that no one has ever thought of, you will eventually find your sweet spot, your power niche, and your dream sanctuary. I promise. Same for the rest of you Geminis, too. It might take a while. But I beg you to have faith that you will eventually tune in to the homing beacon of the mother lode that’s just right for you. P.S.: Important clues and signs should be arriving soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What would a normal, boring astrologer tell you at a time like now? Maybe something like this: “More of other people’s money and resources can be at your disposal if you emanate sincerity and avoid being manipulative. If you want to negotiate vibrant compromises, pay extra attention to good timing and the right setting. Devote special care and sensitivity to all matters affecting your close alliances and productive partnerships.” As you know, Cancerian, I’m not a normal, boring astrologer, so I wouldn’t typically say something like what I just said. But I felt it was my duty to do so because right now you need simple, basic, no-frills advice. I promise I’ll resume with my cryptic, lyrical oracles next time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s check in with our psychic journalist, LoveMancer, who’s standing by with a live report from inside your imagination. What’s happening, LoveMancer? “Well, Rob, the enchanting creature on whose thoughts I’ve been eavesdropping has slipped into an intriguing frontier. This place seems to be a hot zone where love and healing interact intensely. My guess is that being here will lead our hero to breakthrough surges of love that result in deep healing, or deep healing that leads to breakthrough surges of love—probably both.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo figure skater Scott Hamilton won an Olympic gold medal and four World Championships.

He was a star who got inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame and made a lot of money after he turned professional. “I calculated once how many times I fell during my skating career—41,600 times,” he testified in his autobiography. “But here’s the funny thing: I also got up 41,600 times. That’s the muscle you have to build in your psyche—the one that reminds you to just get up.”

In accordance with current astrological omens, Virgo, I’ll be cheering you on as you strengthen that muscle in your psyche during the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What’s the story of your life?

Psychologist James Hillman said that in order to thrive, you need to develop a clear vision of that story. How do

you do that? Hillman advised you to ask yourself this question: “How can I assemble the pieces of my life into a coherent plot?” And why is this effort to decode your biography so important? Because your soul’s health requires you to cultivate curiosity and excitement about the big picture of your destiny. If you hope to respond with intelligence to the questions and challenges that each new day brings, you must be steadily nourished with an expansive understanding of why you are here on Earth. I bring these ideas to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to illuminate and deepen and embellish your conception of your life story.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide,” wrote psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. I think that description fits many people born under the sign of the Scorpio, not just Scorpio artists. Knowing how important and necessary this dilemma can be for you, I would never glibly advise you to always favour candid, straightforward communication over protective, strategic hiding. But I recommend you do that in the coming weeks. Being candid and straightforward will serve you well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Aracelis Girmay writes, “How ramshackle, how brilliant, how haphazardly & strangely rendered we are. Gloriously, fantastically mixed & monstered. We exist as phantom, monster, miracle, each a theme park all one’s own.” Of course that’s always true about every one of us. But it will be extraordinarily true about you in the coming weeks.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be at the peak of your ability to express what’s most idiosyncratic and essential about your unique array of talents and specialties.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sometime soon I suspect you will arrive at a crossroads in your relationship with love and sex—as well as your fantasies about love and sex. In front of you: a hearty cosmic joke that would mutate your expectations and expand your savvy. Behind you: an alluring but perhaps confusing call toward an unknown future. To your left: the prospect of a dreamy adventure that might be only half-imaginary. To your right: the possibility of living out a slightly bent fairy tale version of romantic catharsis. I’m not here to tell you what you should do, Capricorn. My task is simply to help you identify the options.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): How many handcuffs are there in the world? Millions. Yet there are far fewer different keys than that to open all those handcuffs. In fact, in many countries, there’s a standard universal key that works to open most handcuffs. In this spirit, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I’m designating August as Free Yourself from Your Metaphorical Handcuffs Month. It’s never as complicated or difficult as you might imagine to unlock your metaphorical handcuffs; and for the foreseeable future it will be even less complicated and difficult than usual for you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People who sneak a gaze into your laboratory might be unnerved by what they see. You know and I know that your daring experiments are in service to the ultimate good, but that may not be obvious to those who understand you incompletely. So perhaps you should post a sign outside your lab that reads, “Please don’t leap to premature conclusions!

My in-progress projects may seem inexplicable to the uninitiated!” Or maybe you should just close all your curtains and lock the door until your future handiwork is more presentable. P.S. There may be allies who can provide useful feedback about your explorations. I call them the wounded healers.

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Big Brothers, Big Sisters Sea to Sky Volunteer to Mentor- just 1hr/week - and make a difference in a child's life. Call 604892-3125.

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Welcome Centre at Whistler Public Library - Information, support, community connections and ESL practice groups for newcomers and immigrants. Meet people, make connections, volunteer, build your communication skills in English.

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COMMUNITY LISTINGS ARTS & CULTURE Arts Whistler - Full arts & culture listings.

Comprehensive artist directory & programs, events & performances year-round. For info 604-935-8410 or visit www.artswhistler.com Pemberton Arts Council - Connect with other artists, writers, artisans, musicians & help make Pemberton a vibrant arts community. Call 604-452-0123 or visit www. pembertonartscouncil.com Pemberton Writers - Meet with other writers to review and critique monthly.

Opportunities for writing in a comfortable and creative setting. Email crowley7@telus. net Sea to Sky Singers - Invites new & former members to join us for an exciting new term, the spring & fall terms culminate with a concert. Choir meets Tues, 7-9pm at Squamish Academy of Music, 2nd Ave. Veronica seatoskysingers@gmail.com or 604-892-7819 www.seatoskysingers.net

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Whistler Community Band - Rehearsals on Tuesdays 7 - 8:15 pm CONTACT whistlerchorus@gmail.com FOR LOCATION Whistler Singers Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9pm at Myrtle Philip School in the Toad Hall room.

Everyone is welcome!

Inquiries can be sent to whistlersingers@gmail.com For more info, visit: https://www.facebook.com/ whistlersingers/

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS Donate Used Clothing & Household Goods- To be distributed to local charities

by Sharon 604-894-6656 for pick up.

Playground Builders: Creating Play Building Hope - Playground Builders is a registered charity that builds playgrounds for children in war-torn areas. Learn more, volunteer or donate at www. playgroundbuilders.org Sea to Sky Community Services - running dozens of programs in Whistler to help people through times of crisis and with everyday challenges. www.sscs.ca 1-877892-2022 admin@sscs.ca Stewardship Pemberton Society and the One Mile Lake Nature Centre- Connecting community, nature and people through education, cooperation, and community involvement. www.stewardshippemberton. com Whistler Health Care Foundation raises funds for improving health care resources and services. New board members welcomed. Contact us at info@ whistlerhealthcarefoundation.org or call Karen at 604-906-1435.

SPORTS & RECREATION Alpine Club of Canada Whistler Section - Outdoor club focused on ski/split board touring, hiking, mountaineering and skills training.

More info: accwhistler.ca Trip Schedule: accwhistler.ca/trips/

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Griffin Squadron Squamish Air CadetsOpen to youth 12-18yrs at Don Ross Secondary School on Tues at 6:30pm.

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Pemberton Valley Trails AssociationMeets the second Wed of each month. 7pm at the Pemberton Recreation Centre. Call 604-698-6158 Sea to Sky RC Flyers - Model Aeronautics Association of Canada Club active in the Sea to Sky Region flying model airplanes, helicopters and multi-rotors. Contact S2SRCFLY@telus.net Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Provides sports & recreation experiences for people with disabilities. Chelsey Walker at 604-905-4493 or info@whistleradaptive. com Whistler Martial Arts offers - Kishindo Karate for kids age 4 and up, Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for kids and adults. Also Kickboxing, Judo, Yoga and Bellyfit for adults. Call Cole 932-2226

Banquet Captain PM Server Assistant In Room Dining Server Steward Front Desk Agent Spa Supervisor Security Officer The Four Seasons team is looking for these roles to start immediately. $500 signing bonus available for all hires

Women's Karma Yoga - Thursdays, 9:30-10:30, ongoing by donation and childminding provided. Whistler Women's Centre: 1519 Spring Creek Drive. Drop-in for weekly yoga classes led by an all female team of certified yoga instructors. All women, all ability levels welcome. hswc.ca | 604-962-8711

YOUTH ACTIVITIES 1st Whistler Scout Group - outdoor & adventure program for girls and boys aged 5-17. Times and locations vary.

More info: http://1stwhistlerscoutgroup. webs.com.

Contact scoutsatwhistler @gmail.com or 604-966-4050.

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We think that you’ll LOVE working at Nita Lake Lodge!

• Enjoy discounts at Aura Restaurant, Cure Lounge and Fix Café • Receive staff rates at our award winning spa • Season end bonus • Staff accommodation available • Free parking Current positions include: Hostess / Host, Steward / Dishwasher, Casual Banquet Servers, Spa Receptionist.

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Whistler Children's Chorus Rehearsal Tuesdays at MILLENNIUM PLACE (4 - 5:30 pm) contact whistlerchorus@gmail.com Whistler/Pemberton Girl Guides Adventures for Girls age 5 & up. Sparks & Brownies (Gr K,1,2,3) Guides (Gr 4,5,6) Volunteers always welcome. coastmountaingirlguides@gmail.com Whistler Youth Centre - Drop - in: Fridays 3:30 - 11 PM & Saturdays 6 - 10 PM for ages 13 - 18. Located downstairs in the Maury Young Arts Centre (formerly Millenium Place). We offer: a Ping pong table, Pool table, Skateboard mini ramp w. skateboards and helmets to borrow, Free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, Guitars, Board games, Projector and widescreen TV's. Facebook THEYC Crew, www.whistleryouthcentre. com or call 604-935-8187.

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LEISURE GROUPS Duplicate Bridge Club- Whistler Racquet Club reconvenes in late fall. The club meets every week and visitors are welcome. For partner, please call Gill at 640-932-5791.

Knitty Gritty Knit Night- Held every Tues 6-8pm. Free evening open to everyone with a love for knitting/crocheting. Beginners welcome. For location and further details email knittygrittywhistler@gmail.com or find us on facebook.

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Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets Tuesdays AM & PM www.whistler-rotary.org

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LEISURE GROUPS Mountain Spirit Toastmasters- Builds communication, public speaking, and leadership skills . Wednesdays at the Pan Pacific Mountainside - Singing Pass Room, 5:30-7pm. Email contact - 8376@ toastmastersclubs.org www.whistler. toastmastersclubs.org

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FRONT DESK AGENTS We are looking for fun loving and energetic people to join our team. Subsidized housing available onsite at the hostel, located in Cheakamus Crossing. Flexible schedule with tons of time to explore Whistler this summer!

Part Time & Full Time Hosts & Server Assistants FREE golf, many perks/benefits Whistler’s Best Patio, great culture/ events, competitive wages, more!

For a more detailed job description, please visit our website.

Please submit a cover letter and resume as soon as possible; consideration of candidates will begin immediately.

Inquires: jgordon@golfbc.com

Email: careers.pm@hihostels.ca Website: hihostels.ca/careers Phone: 604-962-0025

Friendly, hard-working candidates are invited to apply for this fun and rewarding day at the farm. Meals, transport from Whistler, and competitive renumeration included.

Hospitality training is preferred.

Please email your resume to: longtable@araxi.com or apply in person Sunday - Thursday from 3-5pm.

Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782 Shades of Grey Painters Meets twice a week - Tuesdays, Watercolour, 11.00am-2.30pm @ The Rec, Pemberton.

Thursdays, Acrylic, 1.00pm-3.30pm @ The Amenities Building, Pioneer Village, Pemberton. We are like-minded people that get together & paint. Gretchen is the painting coach. $5 to attend.

Whistler Reads - Meets to discuss a new book every eight weeks. Go to bookbuffet. com & click on Whistler Reads for the latest book/event. Paula at 604-907-2804 or wr@ bookbuffet.com

SEEKING EVENT STAFF Be a part of our signature event as we prepare to host our Longtable Dinner at North Arm Farm in Pemberton, BC on August 18th.

Pemberton Women's Institute - Meets the third Mon of each month in the activity room at St. David's United Church at 7:30pm.

New members welcome. Linda Ronayne at 604-894-6580

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District of Squamish Job Opportunities RCMP Prison Guard - Casual/On Call This position ensures the care and wellbeing of prisoners within the RCMP Detachment, Squamish.

Clerk 2 - Casual/On Call If you are a flexible administrative professional who excels at customer service, this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Visit squamish.ca/careers to learn more, and to find out how to apply!

Maury Young Arts Centre - Whistler's community centre for arts, culture & inspiration. Performance theatre, art gallery, daycare, youth centre, meditation room, meeting facilities. www.artswhistler.com or 604-935-8410 Pemberton & District Community Centre - Located at 7390 Cottonwood St. Fitness Centre, facility rentals, spray park, playground, children, youth, adult & seniors programs. For more info 604-894-2340 or pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca

MUSEUMS Pemberton and District Museum and Archives Society - Located at 7455 Prospect St. Open: May to Nov annually from 10am-5pm. Guided tours and activities for all ages. Join us for "Tea & Tales" every Tuesday at 2pm in July and August. Some seasonal closures. Closed on holidays. www.pembertonmuseum.org

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Advantage English School E/J is currently looking for ESL teachers with experience in hospitality, tourism and/or business to join our team. This position is part-time but qualified teachers will also be considered to continue with us year round based on student enrollment.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: University degree or equivalent A background in business, hospitality or tourism (work experience or degree) Native or proficient level English Highly motivated, proactive and positive Organized and thorough and able to work well under pressure and within strict time constraints Excellent planning and organization skills, with good attention to detail DESIRED QUALITIES: TEFL certificate (CELTA or equivalent) OR 2 year teaching experience Experience with social media, marketing a bonus

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Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre Explore First Nations Art Galleries, and Interactive Exhibits. Gift Shop & Cafe are in our admission free area. Open Tuesday'sSunday's per week. 10am-5p.m..

Whistler Museum & Archives Society Explore interactive exhibits, listen to local stories & discover Whistler's journey. Open daily 11am-5pm, 4333 Main St. www. whistlermuseum.org or 604-932-2019

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING Whistler Breakfast Club Meets monthly at 6:45-8:30am at Whistler Chamber office. Offering a chance for business owners to meet and "speed network" with other business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea 2 Sky Corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/ whistlerbreakfastclub

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Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com

Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com

FOR SENIORS Activate & Connect - Come join us Thursday mornings 9:30am to 11:00am at Whistler Community Services for a weekly drop in program for seniors 50+. Everyone welcome, in partnership with Mature Action Community. www.mywcss.org

Mature Action Community (MAC) - Represents seniors in Whistler and welcomes new members. MAC meets for fun and interaction with local seniors and those just visiting on Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Whistler Community Services Community Room for Activate and Connect. Come join us for coffee and socializing while engaging in fun activities. Check us out at www.whistlermac. org or view our schedule on Facebook Whistler Mature Action Community Group page.

Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults dealing with the challenges of social wellness. Please call our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker.

Pemberton Men's Shed - Weekly social meetings WED. 11-2 in the Seniors/youth Rec. bldg. beside library. Social meeting with BYO Bag lunch, card games and pool/ snooker. Help out in YOUR community, operating the Pemberton Tool Library.

Senior Citizen Organizations - Is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Ernie Bayer 604576-9734 or ecbayer2@gmail.com

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com

Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479.

Free private presentation on request. www. healthylivingwhistler.com

Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items.

Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@ mywss.org

Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604-932-3733

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY COORDINATOR: • 3 years construction experience & site/field safety role • Experienced in developing health & safety resources Also Recruiting: • Heavy Duty Mechanics • Dump Truck Drivers • Pipelayers & Labourers

Email resume to careers@coastalmountain.ca

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 2004 • $241.50 Bi Weekly Staff Housing (Incl bills) • Staff Meals & FREE COFFEE • 15% Grocery Discount At “The Grocery Store” • Local Customer Base • Competitive Wages • Parties, Perks & Positive Vibes

“Great Team & Awesome Staff Housing” - Irelands Finest Export PADDY BRANGAN

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POP INTO SEE IAN AT DELISH CAFE OR EMAIL ian@whistlergrocery.com

Now Hiring for the Following Positions: HOUSEKEEPERS **$500 Signing Bonus** plus: • Competitive Wages • Wellness Allowance • Associate Housing • Discounted Food • Extended Medical Benefits • Complimentary Associate Stays • Flexible Schedule • Spa Discounts

Discover new opportunities and embark on a career in Hospitality with Pan Pacific Whistler To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers.ppwhi@panpacific.com

We are looking for a Service Plumber (Apprentice or Journeyman) to start immediately.

REQUIRED SKILLS: • Plumbing apprenticeship ,or certification • Gas fitting or experience • Residential & Commercial Plumbing ( Trouble Shooting and repair) • *Drivers license with clean abstract Wages are based on experience Please email your resume to turbo45@telus.net

JOIN THE MONGOLIE CREW! We are hiring full time & part time:

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Send your resume to careers@mongoliegrill.com Or drop off your resume in person before 5pm!

Management training Opportunity Ruby Tuesday is looking for the right Salesperson to join our team today This is a full time key holder position with management training - management role to begin end of October to cover maternity leave.

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Re-Use-It - Daily 11:00am to 6:00pm, Donate all household goods in good shape.

Accepting bottles & cans, old electronics, anything with a cord, and light fixtures for recycling. All proceeds to WCSS. Call 604.932.1121, www.mywcss.org, reuseit@ mywcss.org.

SERVICE TECHNICIAN Great opportunity for a super motivated/organized person to excel in the field of hardware installation and lock technician services.

Compensation starting at $24-$30 depending on skill level. Includes: Health Benefits, Mobile Phone Plan, Ski Pass The successful individual will have experience in carpentry and/or building maintenance. Any experience in low voltage electrical and/or hotel card access systems will prove very beneficial. Good communication and customer service skills as well as a strong work ethic are essential to this position.

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) Whistler's Natural Voice since 1989. Regular events, project and volunteer opportunities. www.awarewhistler.org info@awarewhistler.org

The Mountain Village Social Gathering Join us at one of our regular social gatherings on the last Wednesday of every month.

There is a group of us at The Mountain Village who are forming a sustainable, multi generational neighbourhood based on the co housing model. WHAT IF... Housing wasn't just a place to live, but rather, a way of life? To find out more, visit our Facebook page @themountainvillage or go to our website www.themountainvillage.ca

Please reply to alpinelock@telus.net with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability and qualifications for the position.

No drop-ins or phone calls please, apply only by email.

FAMILY RESOURCES Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-9323202

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Now Hiring for the Following Position: EXPERIENCED HOUSEKEEPERS – CASUAL • Competitive Wages - $25/HR • Discounted Food • Flexible Schedule • Spa Discounts Discover new opportunities and embark on a career in Hospitality with Pan Pacific Whistler To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers.ppwhi@panpacific.com

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Night Audit/Guest Service Agent – Part-time These roles include the following Perks and Benefits:

Staff discounts and incentives Extended Benefits Central Location A dedicated and supportive management team A fun team, and fantastic staff events Wages starting from $17.50 per hour Please reply with a cover letter and resume to hr@listelhotel.com

Thank you for your interest. Only those applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Camp Fund - Provides financial assis-tance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org

Families Fighting Cancer In The Sea To Sky - We are a non profit partner with Sea to Sky Community Services. We provide financial and practical support to children and parents with dependants diagnosed with cancer. Please contact us on our confidential email: ffcseatosky@gmail.com, visit our Facebook Page or website www. familiesfightingcancer.ca

KidsArt - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in arts and culture education. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org.

Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org.

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Office Administrator Busy Plumbing and Heating Company seeking Office Administrator to work with other office administrators. The ideal candidate will be independent, witty and organized. A fast learner with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an office setting.

Required Skills • Skilled in all aspects of Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Word and Outlook • Must be very good at MS Excel • Must be able to produce and maintain excel spreadsheets • Excellent phone skills (screening calls, message taking, work order taking) Send resume in confidence to:

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Protect your pooch this summer!

With increasing temperatures, it is far too dangerous for dogs to be left in vehicles. Heat stroke, coma and death can result even with the windows left open.

Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults and families experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness.

Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www. mywcss.org.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

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Access to Justice - Need legal advice but are financially restricted? Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to find out more or visit www. mywcss.org.

Counselling Assistance Available - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counselor for $35-$50/hr depending on financial need.

Contact an outreach team member at 604932-0113 www.mywcss.org

Counselling Assistance - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counsellor depending on financial need. Contact an outreach worker at 604.932.0113 or visit www.mywcss.org.

ESL Volunteer Tutor Program - Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960

Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101

Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Monday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717 for as-sistance. www.mywcss. org, food-bank@mywcss.org

Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101

Meadow Park Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $131.20 municipal recreation credit.

Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

North Shore Schizophrenia Society Services for family, friends & community.

Mental illness info, support & advocacy. Call Chris Dickenson at 604-966-7334

Outreach Services - Free, confidential support for youth experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness. Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www.mywcss.org.

RMOW Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $127.60 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org

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Pemberton Strong Start Family Drop-InA play group for you and your under-5 child.

Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm-3pm. Call 604894-6101 / 604-966- 8857

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Whistler Public Library - Open Mon-Thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am. Parent & Infant dropin, Thurs 11am. Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am. Singing with the babies, Sat 11am.

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FINANCE MANAGER ResortQuest Whistler is currently hiring:

· Maintenance Techs · Guest Service Agents · Night Audit · Room Attendant Benefits include - activity allowance, extended medical, RRSP match, opportunities for growth and more.

To apply for this opportunity, please specify the position and email your resume and cover letter to: beth.fraser@resortquestwhistler.com We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Whistler Community Services Society is seeking a Finance Manager The position is full-time with a flexible work schedule. It provides extended health benefits, a wellness benefit and MSP coverage.

Requirements: CPA designation required, Criminal Record Check, a minimum of three years’ experience in the management of financial systems, budgeting, reporting and analysis.

Please send your cover letter and resume to hr@mywcss.org.

WCSS is Hiring:

RE-USE IT CENTRE AMBASSADOR Whistler Community Services Society is seeking a Re-Use It Centre Ambassador This position is full-time permanent with a varied work schedule. It provides extended health benefits, a wellness benefit and MSP coverage.

Requirements: • High school diploma and completion of some secondary school education • Satisfactory Criminal Record Check • One year in a Customer Service role • Some previous professional experience working within a retail environment Please send your cover letter and resume to: hr@mywcss.org

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DOUG BUSH SURVEY SERVICES LTD. is looking for a

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Flexible hours. Competitive Wage. Maternity leave position. Data entry experience and detail oriented required. Knowledge of sage/simply accounting, proficiency in Excel and Payroll experience an asset.

PROJECT LEAD, RESEARCH Full Time, 1 Year Contract

The Project Lead is responsible for the coordination and execution of a large scale research and data communication plan to be executed throughout the length of the contract. The project will involve research reporting, building interactive data visualizations, coordination and facilitation of training sessions, and communication with both internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is knowledgeable about tourism in Whistler and Whistler’s visitors, up-to-date on current market research trends, and preferably has experience analyzing data and writing research reports.

Tourism Whistler Is Also Recruiting For: • Visitor Experience Agent (Part Time)

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With a two or three year college or technical school program in geomatics. Three years experience and proficient in the use of robotic survey instruments and GPS equipment for engineering and building construction layout, topographic site surveys, site improvement surveys and precise monitoring. Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D also an asset to assist in office with computations and drawing preparation.

Please call Ian @ 604-932-3314 or email @ ian@dbss.ca #18-1370 Alpha Lake Rd. Whistler BC V0N 1B1

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Pearl's Safe Home - Temporary shelter for women & children experiencing abuse in relationships. Locations in Whistler & Pemberton avail 24/7. All services are free.

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Whistler Community Services Society Outreach Services Now Available Monday to Saturday at our new location - 8000 Nesters Road (next to WAG) 604.932.0113 www. mywcss.org

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Whistler Housing Authority - Long term rental & ownership housing for qualified Whistler employees . Visit www. whistlerhousing.ca

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Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com

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Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub is hiring:

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Qualifications • Previous restaurant leadership experience is required • WSET Level 2 or equivalent is an asset Excellent training and growth opportunities available within an award-winning restaurant group.

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Refine or jump-start your culinary career in our fast-paced and busy kitchen. We offer competitive wages, tips and a season ski pass. Please stop by the pub between 10am and 5pm with a copy of your resume.

You can also submit your resume via email to careers@dubhlinngate.com

We are currently hiring Part Time Sales Representatives with personality!

Please stop by our Whistler Village location with your resume to fill out an application and say Hi to Michelle or Tina.

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We offer year-round full hours, competitive wages, gratuities, extended medical & dental, accommodations, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.

Whistler Opt Healthy Sexuality Clinic - Professional sexual health services at a reduced cost. Free HIV testing. Clinics at Whistler Health Care Ctr, 2nd floor on Tues 4:30-7:30pm. Winter hours Thurs. 5:00pm7:00pm. Confidentiality assured.

Whistler Women's Centre - Provides confidential support, resources, referrals and advocacy for women living in the Sea to Sky corridor. All services are free of charge and include access to emergency safe housing, child/youth counselling, play space and computer access. Drop-In Centre open Mon 12-230, Tue-Thu 12-5. 1519 Spring Creek Drive. You can also access our services at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 p.m. www.hswc.ca or call (604)962-8711. 24 HR Crisis Line: 1-877-890-5711

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Whistler WorkBC Employment Services Centre - Provides free one-stop employment services to job seekers and employers.

Drop in services at the Pemberton Library Thursdays 1-5 PM, and at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 PM. For more information visit www.WhistlerESC.com or call us at 604-932-1600

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Look for WAG’s bright orange bandanas on dogs being walked by volunteers! These dogs are looking for their forever home.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Birth, Baby and Beyond - Join a registered counsellor and meet other moms with the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences in a safe, welcoming and nonjudgmental setting. Call 604.932.0113 for more information or visit www.mywcss.org.

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss - Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this program is designed for couples and individuals who have experienced loss of a child, either before or after birth. Please call WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak to an outreach worker for more information or visit www. mywcss.org.

SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse con-cerns.

Drop-in: Registration is not necessary.

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room)

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Sea to Sky Healing Room - For Blessing/Prayer/Encouragement In the Community Church building, 7422 Dogwood Street, Pemberton.

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday: 4-6 PM Whistler Church- Join us for worship and fellowship around Jesus. Sunday 10 am at Myrtle Philip Community School, 6195 Lorimer Rd. Nursery, Sunday School to gr. 6, Youth gr. 7 and up. Call Pastor Jon 604-7983861 / Kelvin 204-249-0700 or www.whistlerchurch.ca

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The Adara Hotel, Whistler We now have the following position available:

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· Program Leader · Technology and Support Services Librarian · Manager, Information Technology · Student Computer Systems Technician – GIS Resort Municipality of Whistler whistler.ca/careers WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE:

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FUR & FEATHERS Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more about coexisting with bears. To report a conflict, garbage or attractant issue call 604-905BEAR (2327) www.bearsmart.com Pemberton Wildlife Association Advocates for the conservation of fish, wildlife & wilderness recreation. Also offering target shooting & archery facilities. www.pembertonwildlifeassociation.com WAG - Whistler Animals Galore - A shelter for lost, unwanted, and homeless cats and dogs. Let us help you find your purrfect match...adopt a shelter animal! For more info 604-935-8364 www.whistlerwag.com

To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com

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Jesus Rock Of Ages Ministry- A bible based church that holds services at Millennium Place's main floor theatre at 4:30pm. www. jesusrockofages.com Roman Catholic Church- Come celebrate mass at Our Lady of the Mountains, Whistler on Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am, Tuesday 5:45pm, Wednesday 7pm, Thursday/Friday 5:45pm. St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton on Sunday 12:30pm and Friday 9am. St. Christopher's, Mt. Currie on Sunday 11am.

604-905-4781

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Assistant Restaurant Assistant RestaurantManager, Manager, Wildflower Mallard

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AssistantPurchasing Restaurant Manager, Wildflower Manager Public Relations Manager

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Public Relations Manager Assistant Restaurant Manager, Mallard Certified Dental Assistant for busy family dental clinic

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Key Deliverables: • Teach all subjects in the Grade 6 class with Physical Education, Ucwalmícwts (traditional language), and a library time supervised by other teachers or staff.

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Key Qualifications and Attributes: • Possession of or eligibility for a BC Teaching Certificate • Membership in the Teacher Regulation Branch • Ability to work with First Nations students in a First Nations community • Innovative and energetic • Positive thinking and ability to work as a team member • Skill in developing instructional strategies based on essential skills and engaging for students • Teaching record of success an asset.

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Busy Structural Steel Fabrication business in Pemberton is seeking to fill multiple positions within the company.

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Contact Information: Glenda Gabriel Receptionist/Secretary Xet’ólacw Community School PO Box 604, Mount Currie, BC, V0N 2K0 Tel: 604-894-6131 Fax: 604- 894-5717

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Let’s make BC Day our own!

THIS WEEKEND, CANADIANS from coast to coast to coast—with the notable exception of Quebec—will celebrate ... well, let’s just leave it at that. They’ll celebrate.

Canadians aren’t really very good at celebrating. It makes us uneasy. It’s too much like boasting. Canadians consider boasting an American shortcoming and therefore go out of their way to avoid boasting, unless they’re boasting about something that distinguishes them from Americans, in which case they’ll beat whatever it is to death boasting about it.

But celebrating makes Real Canadians a little uneasy. After all, somewhere, someone is suffering in this unjust world and as long as that poor, unfortunate, overlooked, oppressed person can’t get into the swing

BY G.D. MAXWELL of things, who are we, after all, to be celebrating? Shame on us.

A good example of this was brought into fine focus some time last winter. Feeling particularly listless on a Monday evening, I was channel surfing and found myself wondering once again how, with so many choices, I couldn’t find anything remotely engaging. I’d winnowed the dismal choices down to two. CBC, our “beloathed” public broadcaster, was showing a suitably sombre exposé about starving, oppressed, Third World people. Austere in the extreme but totally in keeping with the overall Leave No Depressingly Oppressed Issue Behind, guilttripping, victim porn mentality at the public broadcaster. Meanwhile, over on the U.S. public broadcaster, PBS, there was a show called Sandwiches that Taste Great. It was a sybaritic travelogue dedicated to ferreting out the most tasty sandwiches in the USofA. I tussled with my conscience for maybe 30 seconds and went with the sandwiches.

I’ve been in Canada long enough that my choice made me feel a little guilty. But I still retain enough increasingly latent U.S. sensibility that it made me feel hungry. Talk about your two solitudes.

Cultural hangups aside, this is the August Long Weekend and it’s time to dance and celebrate. Discretely though, we’re Canadian.

Having wrested another statutory holiday from the captains of industry, who would gladly see us shackled to our Means of Production 365 days a year if they could get away with it, let us honour the first Monday in August in all its utter lack of meaning.

This is, after all, the quintessential Canadian Holiday. Contrived, borrowed, and with absolutely no connection to anything that’s ever happened anywhere in the country, it verily screams Canada.

More than 20 years ago, in an effort to give the holiday some panache, the government of British Columbia declared the holiday formerly known as the August

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Long Weekend Civic Holiday would henceforth be known as British Columbia Day. I don’t know about you but my heart just about bursts with provincial pride at the mere thought of celebrating British Columbia.

And by simply changing the name of the holiday from the August Long Weekend to British Columbia Day, the wise leaders of our province have lifted us out of anonymity and meaninglessness and blazed a trail. Manitoba renamed the holiday Terry Fox Day, a tribute to both Terry Fox, a British Columbian, and B.C. itself. Saskatchewan renamed the holiday after itself and as far as I can tell, only the Northwest Territories continues to honour the Honda Civic.

Our next-door neighbour, Alberta, celebrates Heritage Day. Festivities include the ceremonial Turning Off The Oil Tap and symbolically letting the Eastern Bastards freeze in the dark and British Columbians run out of gas.

PEI and Nova Scotia celebrate Natal Day although the real celebration is the first Tuesday in August, known as Post-Natal Hangover Day. And Ontario, where like so many other things it all started, celebrates Civic Holiday, except in Toronto where they celebrate Simcoe Day in honour of John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada’s first LieutenantGovernor and the man most responsible for Canada looking a lot like England without the mouldy, historical trappings.

Let’s be serious though. In this modern day of cheap symbolism, Canada needs something to really celebrate and August is one great time to celebrate whatever it is. At least as long as it’s something summery as opposed to, say, snow.

Since Canada, as a loosely affiliated country of provinces, can’t really agree on anything, it’s pretty much up to us, as British Columbians and more specifically Whistleratics, to show the way. And why not? First in Tourism, first in partying, first in trailblazing real holidays instead of these bogus, faux holidays devoid of meaning and chest-thumping symbolism. Amen!

Coming as it does at the height of summer, I ask you, what could be more in keeping with relaunching the Whistlercentric August Long Weekend, formerly known as BC Day, than to turn it into a celebration of that most loved summertime passion—barbecue? You knew there had to be a tie-in somewhere, didn’t you?

With the Canadian National BBQ Championships firmly rooted in Whistler— and let’s take a little pride here, folks, these are the Canadian Nationals, not some dinkytown festival of tulips—and barbecuing in all its incarnations being one of the things that define that briefest of seasons in this Land of Ice and Snow, who could possibly object to rededicating this holiday to the pursuit of the Holy Grill?

OK, maybe the vegetarians, definitely vegans. But I say even they can barbecue.

Granted, tofu tends to slip through the grill but heck, barbecue historically includes such non-animal side dishes as beans, coleslaw, pickles and buns. And all the New Age barbecuers toss on such untraditional veggies as eggplant, kohlrabi and that most ubiquitous symbol of summer, zucchini. It’s not all about meat here people; break out.

Why, with the murky history of barbecue, we could even claim the cuisine as our own!

Who’s to say the rich tribal traditions of our coastal First Nations Aboriginal Peoples didn’t embrace cooking things slowly over smoky fires? It’s not our fault our miserable rainy weather—but only sunny and warm during Major Tourist Events—rotted and obliterated the historical record of the Tlingit people inventing barbecue shortly after they sailed from Russia in dugout, cedar canoes. I say that’s the True Origin of Barbecue. Prove it didn’t happen.

So in the spirit of—I can’t believe I’m saying this—Ontario, Whistler should rename the already renamed Civic Holiday National Heritage Barbecue Day. In Ontario, a number of municipalities have renamed the holiday to celebrate local history: Joseph Brant Day in Burlington and Benjamin Vaughan day in, yeah, Vaughan.

Happy Jack should proclaim BC Day as National Heritage Barbecue Day in Whistler and open the doors of Tiny Town to the hungry hordes.

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Quarter-share spacious 2 bed, 2 bath condominium.

Future owner can use their weeks for a relaxing stay or rental pool. Lots of building amenities, pool + gym too. Nearby Creekside shops / restaurants / ski lift access to enjoy! $264,900 + GST

Meticulously kept, spacious 2 bedroom plus large loft, 3 bathrooms in Alta Vista Pointe. Tastefully renovated with granite counter-tops, SS appliances, wood doors, and heated tile floors in baths and foyer. You won’t want to miss this one. $1,379,000

Custom post & beam home, 4.5 bed/4.5 bath & 1 bed rev. Suite on 10 acres. 5 Stall barn, tack room & gust studio, fenced paddocks. Ideal for horse boarding, B&B, hobby or micro farm and only 5 min to Village. $2,242,000

Rob Boyd

Kathy White

Jody Wright

Brigitta Fuess

6-2500 Taluswood Place

302 Week D - 2020 London Lane

604-935-9172

604-616-6933

1503-3050 Hillcrest Drive

7334 Clover Road

604-935-4680

604-932-0751

CYPRESS PLACE

EMERALD

CREEKSIDE

EVA LAKE VILLAGE, NORDIC ESTATES

This opulent, brand new, custom built home is situated on the 5th hole of Nicklaus North Golf Course. Featuring 4 bedroom plus a 1 bedroom suite, and expansive decks on both levels of the home. Nightly rentals allowed! $6,490,000

Solid log house was built in 1993, 3200 sqft of living area, plus 1000 sqft basement. 4 Bedr, 3.5 Baths.

Rental suite potential. Expansive windows oriented towards Green Lake with ample natural light and breathtaking views. $2,950,000 *NEW PRICE*

This contemporary lakeside condo features an open plan layout with wood burning fireplace, luxury rain shower with heated floors, private sauna & ensuite laundry. Private lake access, tennis courts, and 2 minutes from Creekside Gondola. $549,000

Eva Lake Village is a conveniently located complex within the Nordic Estates neighbourhood that is occupied by employees or retirees of Whistler and as a result offers a wonderful feeling of community. $499,000

Carleigh Hofman

Ruby Jiang *prec

Alyssa Salloum

Maggi Thornhill *prec

8044 Cypress Place

9328 Autumn Place

604-805-5358

D205-1400 Alta Lake Road

778-834-2002

31-2230 Eva Lake Road

604-358-5595

604-905-8199

PEMBERTON VILLAGE

NORTHYARDS, SQUAMISH

DOWNTOWN

SQUAMISH

This 3rd floor, 1 bedroom and den Elements condo, has a solarium off the master bedroom, overheight ceilings and an open, spacious and inviting floorplan.

Sold furnished with Whirlpool appliances. This is a great opportunity. Call today! $399,000

Spacious 4 Bedroom Townhome! 4 Bed, 2.5 Bath, 1 car garage + carport! Centrally located nearby parks, river, and breweries! Renovated bathrooms + kitchen 2017! Huge master ensuite and walk in closet! $615,000

1 bedroom condo located in the hub of Squamish. 9ft ceilings, plank wood laminate & tile flooring, in suite storage with undercover parking stall. Located west side of the building. Beautiful mountain views. Close to the beach, trails & shops. $349,000

Family size 3.5 bed / 2,350 sq ft Townhouse.

Sunny patio with direct access to private park & playground. Hardwood floors, double garage, balcony, hot tub, workshop & lots of storage space. $799,900

Nick Swinburne *prec

Jake Breuer

Angie Vazquez *prec

Rachel Edwards

309-7445 Frontier Street

10-39752 Government Rd

604-932-8899

205-37841 Cleveland Avenue

604-698-7259

48-40632 Government Road

778-318-5900

Whistler Village Shop

Whistler Creekside Shop

Squamish Station Shop

36-4314 Main Street · Whistler BC V0N 1B4 · Phone +1 604-932-1875

325-2063 Lake Placid Road · Whistler BC V0N 1B2 · Phone +1 604-932-1875

150-1200 Hunter Place · Squamish BC V8B 0G8 · Phone +1 778-733-0611

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604-966-4200

8190 Meadow Lane

$1,799,000

This is the property you have been looking for. The location could not be any better.

Right across from the high school, valley trail, little traffic on this street, flat lot, spectacular Japanese themed outdoor garden. Incredibly well maintained property by originals.

Doug Treleaven

3.5

604.905.8626

Black Tusk

$648,000

8409 Matterhorn Drive

$1,685,000

Amazing RI1 lot ( infill zoned ) allows for duplex and/or secondary dwelling. Easy build site with all day sunshine and mountain views. This Whistler classic ‘A’ frame has been extensively upgraded over the years and is very cute, cozy and livable while you make plans to redevelop or simply enjoy as is. Good building lots like this don’t come up very often so act now!

James Collingridge

604.902.0132

#312A - 2020 London Lane

2

$249,000

#2 - 2101 Whistler Road

$650,000

Freshly renovated 1.5 bedroom townhome! This stunning property is turn key and move in ready. Good times await as you are only a 5 minute walk to the Creekside Gondola and all amenities. Featuring new floors, new carpets, updated bathroom, new kitchen, new appliances, and fresh paint throughout, this property checks all the boxes!

Josh Crane

604.902.6106

#3 - 7381 Laurel Street

1.5

$659,000

Just in time for building season - this 7535 flat vacant lot in Black Tusk is ready for your client. 15 minutes south from Whistler Creekside you arrive at the gated community of Black Tusk Village. This private community offers single family housing at an attractive price point.

Quarter Ownership in a modern well appointed condo at the base of Whistler Mountain.

The building has a pool with sauna and steam room, this unit has a great kitchen, open floor plan, and is pet friendly. Use your unit 1 week every month, or allow it to be rented out for revenue. Comes with a ski locker in the building. and lockable owner closet in the unit.

Pemberton townhome, generously proportioned, ideally located, in a family friendly complex and with a covered balcony its own fenced backyard! Nicely upgraded and lovingly cared for, this welcoming property is ideal for a family or investor alike with numerous large windows facing the peak of Mt.Currie, large open main floor, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.

Laura Barkman

Matt Chiasson

Matt Kusiak

604.905.8777

1531 Highway 99

$975,000

604.935.9171

#3I - 2300 Nordic Drive

2

$195,000

Near Village of Pemberton this rare 2.5 acre property is the ideal hobby farm opportunity within a comfortable walking distance to Village and schools. Existing outbuildings provide storage for tack and feed as well as equipment/tools. Other structures provide shelter for horses and other farm animals. 2 level with 2 bedrooms up and 2 down.

This 1/10th share townhome includes 4 spacious Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, media room, and fully furnished right down to the placemats and towels. Offering its own private hot tub, bbq, as well as being Ski in, Ski out, directly onto the Dave Murray Olympic run, these homes are managed by Fairmont Heritage Place, which includes all of the amenities of a luxury hotel.

Michael d’Artois

Mike Nauss

5

604.905.9337

#408 - 4557 Blackcomb Way

$799,000

604.932.9586

9145 Wedge Creek Rise

4

$749,000

3

604.935.0762

Lot 1 Heather Jean Properties

$1,250,000

Unique property opportunity in Lillooet Lake’s gated community, Heather Jean properties. This is a 4045 sq ft 7 bedroom home over two levels on 1.89 acres, with truly spectacular lake and mountain views from huge sundeck. Heating options include two woodstoves, two fireplaces and a forced air system with heat pump for AC purposes.

Patrick Saintsbury

604.935.9114

#25 - 2217 Marmot Place

7

$615,000

This 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and full kitchen unit is as close to the ski hill as you can get. The updated kitchen features a full size fridge, range, microwave and dishwasher, along with granite counter tops and custom cabinets. Living room has twice as many windows as most other units, giving a great view of Whistler mountain.

Beautiful estate lot in WedgeWoods where you can start building right away! Build up to 5920 sq ft plus auxiliary building on this 1.112 acre lot. The lot is on a quiet cul-de-sac and offers easy level access, sloping down to Wedge Creek that runs through the bottom of the property.

Bright corner unit with mountain views make this one-bedroom apartment stand out from the rest. The complex is very well maintained and managed, and the gardens are beautiful. Walking distance to the shops at Creekside and the Gondola to Whistler Mountain, which runs for both summer and winter sports.

Richard Grenfell

Sally Warner*

Sherry Baker

604.902.4260

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