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DECEMBER 12, 2019 ISSUE 26.50

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RENDEZVOUS

Whistler Blackcomb

announces expansion of restaurant

HIGHWAY HOLDUP Closures on Highway 99 are down, but safety still an issue

HARP ON

The Nadeau Ensemble

brings A Prairie Christmas to Whistler

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

What we need to do to cut 45% Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by nearly one-half is achievable—but likely not in the 10-year timespan the climate-change panel advocates, experts say. - By Nelson Bennett

RENOVATED RENDEZVOUS

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Gabby Flynn comes home with double mini trampoline gold from World

reduce congestion at the mountain-top restaurant.

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END GAME

The Sea to Sky School District 48 is one step

GETTING CRAFTY

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SNOW TROUBLE AT ALL

As resorts work

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to combat less snow early in the season, snowmaking is becoming the norm.

Prairie Christmas to the Maury Young Arts Centre on Dec. 15 to get you in

Are ski resorts becoming addicted to the technology and is it sustainable?

the holiday spirit.

COVER It’s nice know that despite the fact that our habits must change drastically for the foreseeable future, at least the first electric plane took flight this week. - By Jon Parris 4 DECEMBER 12, 2019

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08 OPENING REMARKS It’s easy to take our winter environment for granted—our glaciers, the snow—but the water they hold needs to be protected.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers applaud Whistler Blackcomb for great service, give thanks for generous support of causes, and bemoan the challenge of parking.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Andrew Mitchell argues that it’s time to heed the warnings that the world is entering a full-blown climate emergency as we consider the slow start to our season.

86 MAXED OUT Max takes on which Christmas songs are naughty or nice and why people get so upset about the lyrics.

Environment & Adventure

Production production@piquenewsmagazine.com CLAIRE RYAN - cryan@wplpmedia.com LOU O’BRIEN - lstevens@wplpmedia.com WHITNEY SOBOOL - wsobool@wplpmedia.com

34 ECOLOGIC Do we need to save species? And if we do, how do we go about saving their DNA and

Arts & Entertainment Editor ALYSSA NOEL arts@piquenewsmagazine.com

35 THE OUTSIDER Vince Shuley offers up some Christmas gift ideas for the backcountry enthusiast

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choosing which ones to protect? Writer Leslie Anthony ponders the crisis facing species extinction.

on your list.

42 TRAVEL Writer Glenda Bartosh visited CERN, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, which sits astride the Franco-Swiss border, and tells us now is the time to go.

Lifestyle & Arts

52 VELOCITY PROJECT This is the season where we all feel rather overwhelmed by it all. Lisa Richardson writes we need to understand the history of this reaction and embrace the drive to consider how our year has been.

54 EPICURIOUS Whistler Cooks launches meal, grocery delivery service, Fridge Full. The move is part of continued growth for the resort catering company.

58 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW These days, Christmas movies come in all shapes and sizes—from scary to cheesy. Columnist Feet Banks picks which you should bother to see.

60 MUSEUM MUSINGS Since Whistler opened, people have told stories about the chairlifts not working properly. This week, we learn about what happened to mountain users when the Blue Chair stopped working in 1967.

64 PIQUECAL Looking for last-minute gifts? The Made In Whistler Market returns to the Westin on Sunday, Dec. 15 with Sea to Sky artisans.

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OPENING REMARKS

Water, water everywhere … OF COURSE WE ALL WANT snow, and even rain, to fall as we think of enjoying our mountain pursuits. After all, carving our way down the slopes brings a certain feeling of freedom that really can’t be found in any other activity. But as we slip over the snow, let’s spare a thought for what is under our skis and boards. Snow is much more than just the source of great recreational activities and indeed whole industries; it is a fundamental source of water. Recently, we learned from the Whistler Naturalists that our two glaciers are continuing to recede, though unevenly, thanks to myriad reasons (“Glacier

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

monitoring update shows Wedgemount continues to recede,” Pique, Nov. 17, 2019). These melting glaciers are stark reminders of the climate crisis we are facing. We can see and measure the change in a way that can’t be ignored. Wedgemont has been measured

when the weather is hotter and drier and the need greater. They seem so majestic and huge at a global level it is hard to imagine they too are a threatened entity, and that their demise globally threatens the lives of 1.9 billion people. This hard fact was brought home in an even more concrete way this week with a report published in the journal Nature titled: “The importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers.” A group of 32 international scientists, including a professor at the University of B.C. (UBC) wrote the report to highlight the importance and vulnerabilities of what they call Earth’s 78 water towers. The authors concluded that it’s essential to develop international, mountain-specific conservation and revamp climate-change policies and strategies to protect ecosystems and people downstream from glaciers. The world’s most relied-upon mountain system—and also one of the most vulnerable, according to the report—is the Indus water tower in Asia, made up of vast areas of the Himalayan mountain range and covering portions of Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan.

“ ... the conversation needs to move beyond the changes that are happening to the cryosphere [frozen water on Earth] and what are those downstream impacts of these changes to people ... ” - MICHELE KOPPES

across 46 years, starting in 1965, and since then has receded 585 metres. Overlord’s monitoring began in 1986 and the last time it was assessed in 2017, it had receded 264 m. Glaciers are an important source of water during melt times, creating hydro power, irrigation to lowland farms and gardens, as well as providing water to wildlife and local streams and rivers. They are in many ways the perfect storage mechanism, capturing water in times of plenty and releasing it

Other high-ranking water tower systems are the southern Andes, in Latin America; the Rocky Mountains, in North America; and the European Alps. Researchers investigated how important the water from the glaciers was to those living at the base of the mountains. “It was more about really reinforcing that the conversation needs to move beyond the changes that are happening to the cryosphere [frozen water on Earth] and

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what are those downstream impacts of these changes to people,” UBC geography professor Michele Koppes, who was part of the study, told CBC on Dec.8. She said as populations grow and climate change affects these water towers, other associated events such as floods, landslides and water turbidity will occur. Koppes pointed to a pair of massive landslides that decimated the northeast slope of Joffre Peak, resulting in the closure last May of the Nlháxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy, located north of Pemberton as examples. She also said there will be less water in the summer and that has implications for how we use water to make electricity. And what will be the long-term impact on snowmaking, more and more the saviour of ski resorts facing low precipitation levels in the early ski/board season? “There [are] all these cascading impacts,” said Koppes. “It’s really important to understand that we’re vulnerable to these changes.” You may recall that in 1992, countries around the world adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the first near-universal international agreement to tackle global climate change. The objective of the treaty was to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and prevent the dangerous effects of climate change. Every year since 1995, the Convention of the Parties, or COP, is held to make progress towards this objective. This week, COP 25 took place in Madrid and part of that was the presentation of Blue COP, which is focused on the world’s most important carbon sponge—the oceans. Healthy oceans absorb carbon and provide a buffer against climate chaos, so damage to them is damage to the climate, and vice versa. This all goes to remind us that water, whether fresh or salt, solid or liquid, is foundational to our existence. So, as we do the Ullr snow dance and enjoy that glass of fresh, cold water take a moment to consider how to honour this precious resource. n

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Pay parkers needs grace time to get ticket

Five minutes later! ... sincere apologies from WB, and a happy customer. William Caulfield // Whistler/North Van

Warm memories

Sadly, Whistler now has gone predatory. I live in Whistler part time and had girlfriends visiting from Florida, driving a rental car. I tried to use my app to park their rental car at Marketplace. I even looked over at the parking control car and said: “there is the f***er who is going to try to ticket us.” I took a picture of the rental car licence plate to have it with us, entered into my app and clicked on park. My credit card did not go through. I looked for just a meter where we could pay to park but did not see one. Then both my friends, who also had the Passport app downloaded, entered the plate number, entered a credit card number and tried parking, but their international data would not work. We ran over to [a coffee shop] to use Wi-Fi and parked the car through the app at 12:29 p.m. The car was ticketed at 12:27 p.m. Indeed it took us two minutes to get to Wi-Fi and park the car. We were looking at the meter (attendant’s) car and wondering how a tourist, with data not functioning optimally, could pay to park, without leaving the car for two minutes to use Wi-Fi

somewhere. The meter [attendant] quite obviously clearly saw us stand by the car as we all three tried to get the app to work, which must have taken 10 minutes. The predatory behaviour is just not Whistler. I always talk about how much we love Whistler, how wonderful it is to be here. I am embarrassed for Whistler to my friends and my guests. This just is not the Whistler I know and love. Sabina and Michael Lorion // Whistler

I was saddened by the notice on Nov. 21 of the passing of Byron Gracie. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the celebration at Roland’s [Creekside Pub] on Dec. 5. But I would like to share a memory [that] demonstrates what a genuinely nice fellow Byron really was. It was the mid-1980s and I had frozen a toe during a Jungle Jim ski camp in -25 Celsius temperatures. My ski buddies suggested I go and see Byron, who worked downstairs in Dave Kirk’s ski shop. They knew Byron since racing with him during high school and college days. Well, with a very friendly and helpful manner, he fitted me into a used pair of Intuition liners and they made the difference between always cold feet and warm comfortable feet. I still have those liners inside a pair of Sorels for snowshoeing. I currently have three boots on the go and they all have the Intuition liners. Every time I see those liners, I think of Byron. Byron was very friendly and easygoing, a genuinely nice guy, and man, could he ever ski. Whether I saw him on the hill or in the village, we would stop for a chat and catch up. It would have been his birthday next Friday and I will surely have a thought for him. Thanks for the warm memories, my friend. Doug Wylie // Whistler

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 66 EAGLE RIDGE On behalf of the Whistler Waldorf School, I would like to thank all who participated in our annual Winter Faire. Despite the lack of snow, the mood was festive, and children once again delighted in holiday crafting and making gifts to give. Thank you to all our student and parent volunteers for your enthusiasm and energy and a very special thank you to our community sponsors: Creekside Market; Mount Currie Coffee Co.; Nesters Market; and Power Wood Corp. Your support is greatly appreciated! We look forward to seeing you all again next year. Sonya Hwang // Parent Advisory Council chair

Because of our community’s generosity, we are so happy to announce we reached our fundraising goal of $35,000! For a full list of donors, please visit our website: freestylewhistler.com Thank you to our event sponsors: Whistler Blackcomb/Vail Resorts; Creekside Dental; and Kokanee. And lastly a huge thank you to our freestyle centre sponsors: Whistler Blackcomb Foundation and The Gemini Trust Company. We are so excited to have the new Gemini Freestyle Centre built on Blackcomb this summer! Jennifer Dunn, Julia Smart and Meagan McPherson // Ullr Gala 2019 Chairs

Freestyle Whistler gives thanks to Ullr!

Fundraising success

On behalf of Freestyle Whistler, we wish to send out many thanks to all the vikings who came out to the GLC on Nov. 30 for our third annual Ullr Gala. They gave generously and danced the night away and the next day the snow arrived! Thank you to DJ Foxy Moron who kept our disco, viking-themed party going with a full dance floor all night long. Also, to the amazing staff at the GLC that helped out, as well as our awesome gala volunteer team. Thank you to all the local businesses who donated to our auction.

Whistler Gymnastics would like to extend a huge thank you to Creekbread and the following businesses for making our recent fundraiser and social a great success: McCoos Whistler; Ziptrek Whistler; 21 Steps; Rolands Pub; Alta Bistro; Whistler Sport Legacies; Imagine Cinemas; Ruby Tuesday; Nonna Pia’s; Starbucks Creekside; Whistler Chocolate; Vida Spa; Blenz; TAG Whistler and The Adventure Group; Mongolie Grill; and Mike Douglas and Salomon. As Whistler Gymnastics is a non-profit organization, fundraising and volunteering are

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Snow joke AS I WRITE THIS ahead of press time, the long-term forecast doesn’t look great. That’s not to say it won’t change, but even if it does we’re still well behind the curve for snowfall this season, for the second season in a row. We usually get over two metres of powder in the month of November alone, which didn’t come close to materializing.

BY ANDREW MITCHELL You can only hit refresh on your always open Snow-Forecast.com tab so many times before you decide you just don’t want to know anymore. Social media doesn’t help either—not when you have friends getting dumped on in Revelstoke and Canmore. Full credit goes to Whistler Blackcomb’s snowmaking team for pulling off a miracle for opening day, people had nothing but good things to say about the man-made conditions. I can’t comment because I went mountain biking instead. There’s always talk of burning a few pairs of skis in these desperate times to appease Ullr, Norse deity and the patron saint of skiers, but combusting petroleum products is likely part of the reason we’re in a funk right now. Climate change is a

more realistic worry than the possibility we somehow angered a pagan god. As a resort that depends on tourism, a lot is riding on the next few weeks. Our reputation for reliable snow can get us through a bad Christmas snowpack one year or maybe even two. If this trend continues, however, then it’s eventually going to have an impact. It seems impossible. We always open on time (and usually early) and stay open later than a lot of other resorts. We have never completely failed to deliver. However, at a moment in weather history when Australia’s Perisher resort is getting more snow after the end of its winter season than we are at the start of ours, all bets are off. It’s time to heed the warnings underlying the snow report—or, you know, the 11,000 climate scientists who released a joint statement last month to the effect that the world is entering a full-blown climate emergency. Whistler needs to be doing its part, but that’s difficult when our economy is rubber tires and jet fuel. We are huge climate hypocrites because our snow obsession (we’re well beyond “hobby” at this point) is a net contributor of greenhouse gases. We heat rooms and water for 25,000 visitors a day and keep gas-heated hot tubs and pools open year-round. Patios have propane and natural gas fixtures so people can be outside

but still feel warm. Locals and guests alike gorge themselves on food imported from California and Mexico. All of this has been said before—and acted upon. In 2008, we started offering offsets to guests to spend a carbon-neutral visits, although that had little success at that time. That’s unfortunate because offsets and carbon credits are really our only option to make a measurable difference. We are making some progress. Whistler Blackcomb cut its carbon output by something like 70 per cent over the last decade while various hotels, tour operators, etc. have also made great strides. The municipality now gets to charge its offsets to the Cheakamus Community Forest, keeping more money and old-growth trees in the community. However, we’re not quite keeping up with growth in tourism and population. According to the municipality’s annual greenhouse gas emissions report, our community carbon footprint is pretty much where it was in 2008 after a few years of growth wiped out some gains. In 2001, community carbon output was 152,077 tonnes, shrinking to 107,718 tonnes in 2012 before going back up to 125,711. It was hard to find current estimates for how much carbon Whistler’s 3 million annual visitors contribute to the climate crisis, but it’s significant. And unavoidable. A train will never happen. People aren’t

going to pay more to travel here, and take longer doing it, when they have perfectly good cars sitting in their driveways. It’s nice to see more bus options, but if there’s more than one person in your group and you enjoy the convenience of door-to-door travel, then the car is still the better personal option. Electric cars are bound to put a dent in carbon consumption—as will the province’s goal of eliminating gas-powered cars by 2040—but we’re still a few years away from hitting any kind of tipping point for a crisis that’s already happening. New plane designs will consume less fuel, and fuel alternatives are being tested— including an all-electric prop plane that Harbour Air had a test flight this week. But long-distance and intercontinental flights will continue to burn jet fuel for at least a decade and maybe longer. All of which means circling back to offsets. Maybe the time is right to sell them again as a booking option, or to build micro offsets into every meal, lift ticket, hotel room, drop of fuel and piece of clothing sold in the resort. A few extra dollars won’t keep anyone away and can fund projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere. If you love snow, then you have to look at your own consumption and habits as well, and spend some money to offset the things you can’t cut. We can’t be part of the problem anymore. n

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Last week, Pique posted a story about a new business that will be joining Whistler’s restaurant scene in the new year. However, the new establishment boasts a familiar name: Joe Fortes, the beloved Vancouver chophouse, is opening a second location here in Whistler, filling the space previously occupied by Trattoria di Umberto. Though the Italian eatery had been a local mainstay for over three decades, Trattoria owners ultimately decided to sell the restaurant instead of seeing through renovations that had been ongoing for the last two years. While a few of Pique’s Facebook followers were sad to see the Tratt go, most seemed stoked by the prospect of having a Joe Fortes closer to home.

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Since Whistler opened, stories about chairlifts not working properly, and skiers and boarders having to hike “for hours” to get off the mountain have been told. This week we learn about what happened to mountain users when the Blue Chair stopped working in 1967.

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It’s an age-old conversation in Whistler— why do we stay here, often sacrificing careers, love, family—so many things—for the adventure lifestyle. Our cover story in this December 2010 edition took a playful look at life here. Titled, “What your friends and family really think about your life in Whistler,” writer Lisa Powell Holdaway pondered how Whistler captures our hearts. ”The lesson that I have learned living here in Whistler is that it’s my life for the enjoying,” she wrote. “If I’m happy living in Whistler then it doesn’t matter if others don’t get it. I am happy here, and hopefully others have figured out the secret as well. Live the life you love, and the rest will fall into place.” n

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BY BRANDON BARRETT THIS WEEK, Vail Resorts announced plans to expand the Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb Mountain. The plans include the addition of 250 seats and related facility upgrades, increasing the restaurant’s current capacity by roughly 34 per cent. In an interview, Whistler Blackcomb’s (WB) new COO Geoff Buchheister said that increasing capacity across the resort’s facilities is a “strategic focus” for the company. “As we look at our portfolio, seating is an area that we’re limited on. It’s not just at the Rendezvous, it’s in general,” he said. “I think it’s going to help us in the summer, I think it’s going to help us with group events and different things we can now do because of the [new Blackcomb] Gondola. This is not a result of the gondola, I think it’s going to complement it quite nicely and something that we will continue to be focused on is seats going forward.” Vail Resorts’ West Coast communications director Marc Riddell added that the expansion ties into the Broomfield, Colo.-based company’s overall sustainability goals.

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“From a practical standpoint, with our ‘Commitment to Zero’ right now, the way a lot of [the supplies] get in is a combination of the gondola and also the snowcats,” he said. “So the goal is to alleviate the reliance on the snowcat delivery and more reliance on the gondola to be able to stock what we need.” The additional seating is expected to be done in time for the 2020-2021 winter season. WB last renovated the Rendezvous in 2015, prior to Vail Resorts’ takeover, which increased its seating capacity by 8.5 per cent, part of $5.8 million in upgrades to the restaurant. The upcoming expansion is part of Vail Resorts’ 2020 capital plans, estimated at between US$210 million and US$215 million.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENT DELVES INTO DIVERSITY INITIATIVE INSPIRED BY WB Hundreds of local business leaders got a closer look this week at a Vail Resorts’ initiative dedicated to promoting diversity that was inspired by a similar program at Whistler Blackcomb. POWDER (Providing Opportunity for Women through Diversity, Equality and Respect) was launched last year, with plans to roll out the program across all of Vail Resorts’ properties. The program was modelled after Women of Whistler Blackcomb, which began in 2015 when

women leaders from every division of the company came together to ask how they could better foster a culture of equality. This led to a shift in how WB considered everything from its hiring practices to scheduling, career development and advocacy to education. “POWDER is about creating opportunities, it’s about inclusivity, it’s about diversity, it’s about conversations and having dialogue, and through that, creating stronger, better, more diverse teams,” explained Kate Roddick, WB’s manager of internal communications and POWDER co-leader. “It’s something all of us can benefit from.” The program features internal events, such as a recent talk on “mindful communication,” that each of WB’s divisions are invited to. A series of six events is also being planned into next year in different regions where Vail Resorts operates. The goal is to expand the program to offer diversity-focused events in the wider resort community as well. Initially, POWDER will remain focused on gender inclusivity, with plans to broaden its reach over the next three to five years “for inclusivity and diversity across the board,” said POWDER co-leader and WB senior leadership member Miriam Macdonald. Asked how the company intends to drive diversity in an industry that has, historically, primarily attracted a mostly white, upper-class demographic, WB COO Buchheister said while Vail Resorts’ international programs “might not always

bring ethnic diversity,” they attract “diversity and different thought processes” in other ways. “I think the approach is to be open and inclusive and also to be strategic about people who may want to be in this industry, and certainly at [a specific] time of their life,” he added. “You’re thinking about a younger demographic who want to come up. Maybe they’re finished their high school and want to see what’s out there in the world, and this is a great place to do it.” Riddell also pointed to a Vail Resorts’ initiative, underpinned by a US$10-million donation over five years by company CEO Rob Katz and his wife, bestselling author Elana Amsterdam, to improve access to skiing and riding for underserved youth in urban areas such as Vancouver, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Seattle. “We understand we have a diversity issue in this industry, and we understand that it’s stagnant in terms of growth, so we want to open opportunities for people from communities that may not necessarily come up to the mountains or think about a career in the mountains,” Riddell said.

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Foundation, founded by Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and his wife, Elana Amsterdam. Part of the more than US$2.8 million in grants the foundation will hand out this year, the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, the Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) and the Whistler Learning Centre will receive CAD$130,000, $120,000 and $103,270, respectively. The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, which works in conjunction with the foundation to determine grant recipients, will use the funds to help identify and fill gaps in local behavioural health programs and services. At WCSS, the money will go towards bringing together key leaders to help launch a “crisis stabilization team” in Whistler. The funds for the Whistler Learning Centre, meanwhile, will support its plans to expand First Nations programming, including life-skills training and peer support groups, that will be developed with members of the Lil’wat Nation. The funds will also help the learning centre, alongside its partner, the BC Institute of Technology, to apply for federal grants to build a national excellence

The continued push of Vail Resorts’ suite of passes is paying off for the Colorado ski giant, according to a first-quarter earnings report this week. In its earnings call on Monday, Dec. 9, the company reported a 17-per-cent bump in season pass sales dollars along with a 22-per-cent increase in units compared to the same period last year, ending Dec. 2. ‘We are very pleased to see strong sales growth in our season-pass program that exceeded our expectations,” said CEO Katz on the conference call. “Our local markets continue to show solid overall growth, driven by favourable results among our local guests in the Whistler Blackcomb region, with particular strength in Seattle from the first full pass sales season with access to Stevens Pass.” Katz added that the majority of sales growth stems fro the company’s Epic and Epic Local pass products, “where we saw solid growth in new pass holders and renewing pass holders, with less trade down to Epic Day Pass then we were expecting.” Katz also acknowledged the poor

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DRESS LIKE SANTA DAY BACK ON THE CALENDAR After fears that one of Whistler Blackcomb’s long-running festive traditions would be going the way of the Yule log, the company has reinstated Dress Like Santa Day. Inviting skiers and riders to don the red and white every holiday season, Dress Like Santa Day was initially put on hiatus to be “rethought and maybe return as a more robust event,” said communications director Riddell. After feedback from the public, that decision was reversed. This year’s Dress Like Santa Day is now scheduled for Friday, Dec. 20. The first 100 people in line dressed as Santa or Mrs. Claus will receive free lift access. Tickets will start being handed out at 7 a.m. at the base of the Whistler Village Gondola.

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weather conditions at Whistler Blackcomb to start the season, calling them “more challenging that probably anywhere else in our network.” “The data points on Whistler generally look fine, largely in line with what we would expect, but obviously, in part, some of our resorts will depend of course upon the actual conditions when people come for the holidays and beyond,” he added. “I think one of the good things about Whistler is that you obviously have a lot of people who book with longer lead times, and so long as conditions come before the holidays, I think that still gives us a good opportunity to essentially have a strong holiday period.” Net loss attributable to the company was US$106.5 million for the first fiscal quarter of 2020, compared to a net loss of $107.8 million in the same period last year. Quarterly losses included approximately $6.8 million in acquisition- and integration-related expenses as well as roughly $1 million of “unfavourable foreign exchange as a result of the U.S. dollar strengthening” over the past year compared to the Australian dollar, where the company operates three resorts. “Our first fiscal quarter historically operates at a loss, given that our North American mountain resorts are generally not open for ski season operations during the period,” Katz said. “The quarter’s results are primarily driven by winter operating results from our Australian resorts and our North American resorts’ summer activities, dining, retail/rental and lodging operations, and administrative expenses." n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS AT WHISTLER’S budget open house on Nov. 12, Mayor Jack Crompton made reference to the resort being “middle-aged,” and in need of some “knee replacements.” The mayor has a point. In 2020, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) will turn 45—still a relative youngster in the grand scheme of B.C. municipal incorporation. “Whistler is of an age. It’s time for reconstruction, rehabilitation,” Crompton said in a recent interview. “It’s important work. If we don’t do it now it will cost more later.” To that end, the RMOW’s recently introduced proposed budget places a strong focus on water, sewer and other infrastructure upgrades—to the tune of more than $50 million over the next five years. The biggest project that local residents will notice in 2020 is the replacement of the water and sewer lines in Alta Vista, said GM of infrastructure James Hallisey. “It’s not going to be finished next year, because it’s too big for that, but we’re going to do a bunch of it next year,” Hallisey said. “We’re replacing both water and sewer through the neighbourhood. There’ll be

some repaving that goes on after that, but the final repaving will all be [in] 2021.” The project has $1.7 million budgeted for it in 2020, and another $350,000 in 2021. “It’s a little bit similar to what we did in White Gold this year, but Alta Vista is just a bit of a busier place than White Gold is so it’s going to have a little bit more of an impact,” Hallisey said. Residents can follow the work at whistler.ca/business/constructionproject-tracker. Another big spend coming down the pipe is the Alta Lake Sewer Project, which has $3 million earmarked for it in 2021 (along with $100,000 in 2020 and $500,000 in 2022). The RMOW is currently looking for a design consultant, Hallisey said. “We have a preliminary design that was done and redone several times … we had a bunch of redesign work done in 2015, lots of different ways trying to fit it into some of the grant applications that we were unsuccessful with,” he said. “We have to take those and do a more detailed design, get to a point where we can put it out for tender and get some prices in—but that’s going to be late in 2020, for construction in 2021.” There’s also $4.7 million set aside for sewer lift station upgrades over the next

five years, and about $13 million in total for sewer main upgrades. “A chunk of that is for relining the trunk sewer, and some of it is underneath the CN rail tracks,” Hallisey explained. “Those are the really expensive parts to work on, because we have to coordinate with CN and put all of the equipment on rail cars and things like that.” On that note, Hallisey added that the RMOW is looking at relocating its sewer trunk from underneath the tracks (though that’s a much longer-term project). “In the long term it doesn’t seem like the place you [want to] have that, but there it is, so we’re kind of stuck,” he said. “Some of that $13 million is earmarked against figuring that part out, too.” In prioritizing such work, the RMOW refers to its long-term water supply and conservation plan, most recently redone in 2015, Hallisey added. “It’s due for being redone yet again, but it’s usually those sort of long-term plans that we use for identifying the priorities, and we do some tests [to find out] what is the best way for us to spend our money,” he said. “Sometimes things are more immediate, like we discover a situation where there is corrosion or something going on where, OK, we need to rearrange the priority. We can’t

put that off for five years, we need to deal with it in the next two years. “But usually we’re sticking to those more long-term plans.” Part of the money included in the proposed budget is to update the RMOW’s long-term planning for water projects, Hallisey added. In terms of other impacts residents can expect next year, Hallisey pointed to a project to replace a sewer manhole at the intersection of Highway 99 and Village Gate Boulevard. “We’re going to have to be very careful with that schedule, because that’s a really busy spot, so it will probably be next fall, is the idea,” he said. “So we’ll have to try and pick a week where there’s as [few] other things [as possible] going on.” While there’s a loaded slate of complicated, expensive work to be done in the coming years, Hallisey lauded the experience of the RMOW’s project delivery team. “Our frontline staff sat down with the sort of four lead hands on the utilities crew last week, and the newest guy there has been in town for 14 years … the other ones are 24, 27, 30 years they’ve been on the crew,” he said. “And it’s like, wow, OK, … these people know what they’re doing, so that’s really good.” n

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BY JOEL BARDE WHILE HIGHWAY CLOSURES were few and far between last winter, experts are warning the public to drive cautiously this winter season, as there are traditionally a significant uptick in accidents. According to ICBC, casualty crashes (where at least one person was injured or killed) due to driving too fast for conditions increase by a staggering 87 per cent across B.C. in December compared to October. (The calculation is based on police data from 2014 to 2018.) Tom Webster, a road safety and community coordinator with ICBC, said that Highway 99 can be especially challenging for drivers, given the variability in conditions that are often seen on the highway. “You have to think of all the possibilities ... just because it’s raining in North Vancouver doesn’t mean it’s not snowing once you get to Alice Lake or places further north,” he said, adding that he recommends snow tires as opposed to M+S, which are also permitted. Webster advises the public to check out the DriveBC website, where cameras show real-time shots of what conditions are like,

allowing the public to know exactly what to expect. “The drive cams are one of the best things because they usually show a realtime shot of what the road looks like, and they can really give you a good heads up of what to expect.” Drivers should also be particularly cautious when entering bridges and shaded areas where black ice can form, especially when the temperatures are hovering around zero degrees, said Webster. Last winter saw relatively fewer nonplanned closures than in previous years, with two closures for a total of 191 minutes, according to Ministry of Transportation statistics. The previous winter (2017-18) saw four closures, for a total duration of 522 minutes, with one fatality on Highway 99 between September 2017 and March 2018, confirmed the RCMP. The following season, from Sept. 2018 to March 2019, there was also one fatality, said police. RCMP Sgt. Rob Knapton said road closures are caused when the road is either blocked due to an accident or police are investigating an accident. “A big part of [the length of a delay] is the complexity of the investigation,” he said.

Accidents involving a fatality require special investigators with the Integrated Collisions Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS), as well as a coroner to respond to the scene. “We’re not permitted under legislation to move the body in any way without the coroner’s direction,” said Knapton. Some closures, however, may not be reflected in the statistic provided to Pique by the Ministry of Transportation.

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“In an instance where we had a vehicle that was off the side of the road, but we needed to stop traffic to allow the tow truck to remove the vehicle, that may or may not get reported to the Ministry Transportation, because it could be [just] minutes,” said Knapton. In 2017, RCMP developed a pilot project to cut back on police response times and road closures following accidents on Highway 99. Convened in partnership with Lower Mainland Traffic Services (LMTS) and

ICARS, the initiative allows for police to fly a traffic reconstructionist via helicopter from the Lower Mainland on a case-by-case basis following major accidents on the Sea to Sky Highway. According to RCMP, while the pilot project is still in place, it has not yet been utilized in the Sea to Sky corridor. “I know that there are some challenges that come with the helicopters that are available,” said Knapton. “We had one that was out for quite a period of time and is still in the midst of being certified for police use right now.” Knapton added that Sea to Sky officers have received additional training to assist with accident investigations. “While we still need ICARS to come out to fatal collisions, the more work we can do in advance of them attending [the scene of an accident] makes their work easier and faster,” he said. Knapton also urged the public to be respectful and patient when there are delays. “That’s the biggest thing to keep in mind: It may be inconvenient … but think about the family [of a] person that just died. I think that the level of inconvenience [of waiting] for a couple hours pales in comparison to what they are going to go through for the rest of their lives.” n

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home to a large number of Finnish-Canadians, saunas were “a quintessential summer experience” for Cass Spence. But more importantly, as a member of the Cree Nation, they also spoke to her Indigenous heritage. “It was the connection with First Nations people doing similar cultural practices in the form of a sweat lodge, so drawing those similarities between those experiences,” explained the 25-year-old Whistler resident. Now, Spence is drawing on both cultures as the inaugural winner of the Whistler Centre for Sustainability’s (WCS) and Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre’s (SLCC) Indigenous Tourism Start-Up Program, a business development initiative aimed at giving Indigenous entrepreneurs a leg up in the market. The three-month program, which wrapped last month, saw 10 entrepreneurs from as far away as Saskatchewan cultivate their tourism-related concept in four twoday sessions, which taught everything from business planning to financial literacy, marketing, branding and other related skills. The mentorship program culminated in a pitch event, which saw Spence win the $5,000 prize for her traditional barrel sauna rental concept. Spence said she would tap local First Nations’ artists to decorate the saunas with Indigenous murals, and the business would feature other Indigenous artisans’ wellness products and practices. ‘I think [the program’s goal was] for people to really understand how important their culture is but also how they can share that culture through a business,” said Cheeying Ho, executive director of the WCS. The demand for First Nations-based tourism has grown in recent years, with the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada reporting in 2018 that 37 per cent of visitors to Canada are interested in Indigenous tourism experiences. In an emailed statement, Brady Smith, outgoing executive director of the SLCC, said the program “continues to build momentum as it inspires Indigenous entrepreneurs within our two nations and Canada-wide to make their businesses become a reality.” Along with business mentorship and education, the program, which was modelled off of two previous WCS initiatives, the Social Venture Challenge and last year’s

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Squamish Lil’wat St’át’imc Business Startup Program, also featured guest talks by five successful Indigenous entrepreneurs, such as Dennis Thomas of Takaya Tours and restaurateur Inez Cook, who co-owns Vancouver’s only First Nations restaurant, Salmon n’ Bannock. “As an Indigenous person, it’s quite common in our traditional practice to return to the land, return to the people and give back, that circle of life. It just further solidified that belief that we’re always going to be supportive of one another,” Spence said of meeting her fellow Indigenous entrepreneurs. “Regardless of how successful one might be, that success is always going to be reciprocated and that knowledge is always going to be passed down. It was really beautiful to get that opportunity, to get all these really amazing and successful entrepreneurs together, because you see it is possible to do it.” The program was made possible in part thanks to a $95,000 grant through the BC Rural Dividend Program, but Ho said that officials are retooling the fund in 2020, so the money will have to come from elsewhere. “We will look for other sources of funding and we definitely want to deliver it again,” she said. n

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WHISTLER’S long-awaited Zero Waste Committee is set to get to work after receiving its first appointments at the Dec. 3 council meeting. Former Whistler Councillor Sue Maxwell—a waste management specialist and longtime advocate for the committee— will serve as its citizen at large, while current councillors Arthur De Jong and Cathy Jewett (who will serve as chair) were also appointed. The rest of the committee will be made up of the Mayor of Whistler, one representative each from the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment, Whistler Blackcomb, the Whistler Community Services Society and a staff member from the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, as well as three Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staffers and three members of the business community. Council approved its terms of reference on Oct. 22. The committee’s goal will be to reduce the amount of waste generated in Whistler and subsequently sent to landfill. While about 61 per cent of waste managed by the RMOW was diverted from landfill in 2018, the Zero Waste Committee will look at ways of reaching at least 90-per-cent diversion (the definition of zero waste). Whistler’s 61-per-cent waste diversion rate is a big improvement over the last decade (up from 41 per cent in 2008), but still slightly off the provincial target of 350 kilograms of landfilled waste created per person. In 2018, Whistler generated about 389 kg of waste per person, according to a recent update to council. Find more at whistler.ca/ wastereduction.

Whistler’s Mature Action Community (MAC) is hoping to benefit from some Union of BC Municipalities funding in 2020. MAC chair Kathy White was on hand for the Dec. 3 meeting to present to council on the opportunity, and request that the RMOW apply for a $25,000 grant through UBCM’s 2020 Age Friendly Communities funding. If successful, the money would be used to undertake “age-friendly planning” in 2020. “This grant would help Whistler prepare for the future as we move from 40 years young into setting an example of how fun it is to age in place in Whistler,” White wrote in a corresponding letter to council. UBCM’s Age-friendly Communities program helps communities support aging populations by developing and implementing policies and plans, undertaking projects that enable seniors to age in place, and facilitating the creation of age-friendly communities. Since 2005, the provincial government has provided more than $7 million to support the program, and more than 150 communities across the province have completed projects or been approved for funding, including local governments and First Nation Communities. In receiving White’s letter, council supported the request for the RMOW to apply for the grant. At the meeting, Jewett pointed out that with about 1,200 people over the age of 55 in the 2016 census, 10 per cent of Whistler’s population qualifies as a senior citizen. “One of the things that is—it’s not absolutely certain, but you sure want it to happen—is that you’re going to be older one day as well, so I think it’s really important to support our seniors population,” she said. “Our medical services, our social services, to a certain extent are geared towards younger people, but they aren’t even keeping up with that.” n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS AS WHISTLER HAS SEEN recordbreaking visitation in recent years, the concern around the impact to the environment has been well noted. But how do you tell people about the multitude of issues affecting Whistler’s environment—things like proper backcountry etiquette, invasive species, wildfire prevention and bear safety—when they may only be here for a few days, or months? “Those were our concerns—how do we just get the message out to people who are coming here, how do we do that in an engaging and a fun way that’s in line with who we are as Whistlerites, but also will hopefully help protect some of these things that we value?” said Claire Ruddy, executive director of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE). With the help of filmmaker Mike Douglas and his team at Switchback Entertainment, AWARE put together a seven-minute video jam packed with information that manages to hit all the right notes. Featuring fun cameos from Whistlerites like pro skier Stan Rey, Olympic gold medallist Kelsey Serwa, invasivologist (and Pique columnist) Leslie Anthony and more, and hosted by filmmaker Robjn Taylor, the video has been a big hit at the Whistler Chamber’s Whistler Experience Live sessions, Ruddy said. And with Tourism Whistler onboard, the hope is its messages will spread far and wide (you can watch for yourself at awarewhistler.org/ecocitizen). “The hardest thing with these sorts of videos is making them interesting enough so people will watch them,” Douglas said, adding that he drew inspiration from some funny and entertaining safety videos produced by Air New Zealand. “We set out to bring that same feel to this series.” Over seven minutes, the video covers topics like littering, waste sorting, reusable bags and bottles, invasive species, rock stacking and land disruption (to name just a few), and it does it in a way that is both charming and memorable. Whistler locals populate the background as the video seamlessly transitions from one instantly recognizable locale to another, sourced from all around the valley. “Writing the screenplay and location scouting was the most challenging part for me,” Douglas said. “We brought Leslie Anthony in to help with the script and then it was lots of hours of trying to figure out how to bring it all to life with visuals.” Filmed over three days, the video— funded by the Whistler Community

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Foundation and Whistler Blackcomb Foundation—was a blast to produce, Ruddy said. “There was a lot crammed into those three days in terms of location changes,” she said. “Having never really been involved in a video project like this, it was really interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes, but we were really fortunate with the people who said yes we’ll be a part of this.” One cameo in particular is a highlight for Ruddy—firefighter and Whistler FireSmart coordinator Scott Rogers, in full turnout gear, showing up out of nowhere in the forest to offer some helpful fire safety tips. “Scott just sidled in from the side— every time that just makes me laugh,” she said. With the video, Ruddy hopes the community gets a “baseline understanding” of the actions we can all take, whether we’re here for a day or a lifetime. “As a small organization, we had to figure out what we could do that would help other people get the word out—we can’t possibly be in touch with every guest, we can’t possibly be in touch with every resident—but by creating something like this we give everybody the ability to share these messages that have been kind of curated by the environmental non-profit sector in town, as the priority messages,” she said. AWARE is currently running an online donation campaign to celebrate 30 years. Head to awarewhistler.org to contribute. n

Notice of Nomination 2020 By-Election for the Office of Electoral Area A Director PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of Electoral Area A of Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) that a by-election will be held on Saturday February 15, 2020 to elect the Electoral Area A Director for the remainder of the 2018-2022 term. Nominations for the office of Electoral Area A Director will be received by the SLRD Chief Election Officer (or a designated person) as follows:

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Nomination packages are now available (until the close of the nomination period at 4:00 p.m. on January 10, 2020) as follows: • Printed copies are available for pick up during regular business hours at the SLRD office (1350 Aster Street, Pemberton, BC); and • Electronic copies are available for downloading from the SLRD website (https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/legislative-services/elections).

QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a member of local government if they meet the following criteria:

Whistler’s Place Brand: Member & Community Engagement Session – Thursday, December 19

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Naturespeak: It’s all for the birds BY SHAWN MASON BIRDS ARE THE most-studied organisms in Whistler thanks to a long-term volunteer bird-monitoring program. Birds are an indicator species—tracking their behaviour and numbers can tell us a lot about what’s happening in our environment. The Christmas Bird Count is a yearly event organized by the Whistler Naturalists in Whistler. This year, it will be on Dec. 14 when we will once again collect data on bird species and numbers. Volunteer participants spend the day with binoculars out and around Whistler spotting birds, identifying birds, and counting the numbers of each species found. We have volunteers in vehicles, walking trails and neighbourhoods, observing bird feeders and even have some great spotters on both Mountains—riding the lifts and skiing the trails while counting birds. Lots of volunteers are needed, so here is more information on how you can get involved.

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are hibernating, you can watch your feeder (or spy on them with a webcam). Choose an active time of the day when you know the numbers would be highest—early to midmorning is often best. Identify the birds you can, record the number of birds for each species, add up the numbers and submit your results by phone or email after 4 p.m. on Dec. 14. If you see a bird you cannot identify, snap a photo and submit it for identification to whistlernaturalists@gmail. com or post it in the Whistler Naturalists Community Facebook group.

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JOIN IN ON A WALK If you have an interest in birding and would be willing to volunteer for the Whistler Christmas Bird Count, we always need more eyes and ears out there. Even if you are just a beginner, your spotting skills will enormously help the more experienced birders with the count. We start the day at 8 a.m. in Creekside and end about 4 p.m. All you’ll need is to dress warmly, pack a lunch and bring binoculars if you have them. You’ll spend the day in a small group of friendly and talented birders counting the birds you see or are able to identify by call.

The Christmas Bird Count is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science Project. Everyone can participate in this community event. It was started in the year 1900 as a replacement for the Christmas Bird Hunt. The Christmas Bird Count is generally accepted as the best, if not the only, tool available for assessing long-term trends in the early winter bird populations of North and Central America. Each annual regional count is to occur on a day from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5 of the Christmas season, which ensures reasonable consistency

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

Council supports Pemberton Secondary School subdivision despite reservations COUNCIL BRIEFS: BC TRANSIT DELEGATION; INDIGENOUS CULTURAL TRAINING

BY JOEL BARDE THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) council gave third reading to the subdivision of the Pemberton Secondary School (PSS) property following a public hearing and lively debate on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The rezoning requires two amendments— to the VOP’s official community plan and a zoning bylaw—that would allow the Sea to Sky School District 48 to subdivide the lot and create a new single-family residential lot on the corner of Poplar and Aster streets. The district is hoping to operate a new program out of PSS that would give students the opportunity to gain hands-on learning experience in multiple trades such as design, construction and landscaping, prior to being involved in the sale, marketing and staging of the new home. But according to Fran Cuthbert—who lives directly beside the proposed property— the school district has offered conflicting information about the project from the start. “The school district is being contradictory with their statements,” she said during a public hearing held during a break in the Dec. 10 regular council meeting. “We understand the proposed house is already designed. How were students involved with this process? We also understand a construction contractor has been hired to build the proposed home in a six-month

OPPOSITION NOTED Fran Cuthbert raised some concerns about the Pemberton Secondary School rezoning during a Dec. 10 public hearing. PHOTO BY JOEL BARDE

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period. Again, how are the students involved, and how is this a valuable educational experience?” she asked. Cuthbert also raised concerns about where the proceeds from a sale would go. “Will they stay in the school district for further educational opportunities, or do the funds go to the Ministry of Education?” she asked. Following Cuthbert’s remarks, council debated the merits of the plan, with Councillors Leah Noble and Ryan Zant expressing a desire to see the project be retained as housing for PSS teachers (known as a teacherage), rather than be sold on the private market.

only Antonelli voted against it. In his comments, VOP Mayor Mike Richman expressed frustration with the school district, saying that it had the opportunity to speak at the public hearing. While VOP staff said two SD 48 representatives were at the public hearing, neither spoke, nor did they stay for the subsequent vote. Following the vote, Cuthbert said she felt that VOP staff had unfairly “guided” council’s decision on the matter. “I don’t think [VOP] staff should be guiding [council’s] decision making,” she

“We understand the proposed house is designed. How were students involved with this process?” - FRAN CUTHBERT

(The district has not indicated which route it would like to take. But by going through the rezoning process, it has the option to sell on the private market.) Coun. Amica Antonelli said she would like to see a more-detailed rendering of the project and “more detail on what the educational benefits would be” of the project. Coun. Ted Craddock spoke in favour of the subdivision, saying, “So, are we going to miss out an opportunity for an infill lot and more housing over the fact that we want to say that it has to be a teacherage?” In the end, Zant and Noble supported the redevelopment along with Craddock, while

said. “I think they are accountable to us, the electorate and that as taxpayers we should be guiding their decision making.”

BC TRANSIT DELEGATION Council also heard from a delegation from BC Transit during the regular council meeting. Rob Ringma, senior manager of government relations for BC Transit, and transit planner Bronson Bullivant, presented the agency’s future overview and annual performance update to council.

With two routes within Pemberton, Ringma said that at 83,000 users a year ridership is quite strong in the community. He added that total operating cost recovery (essentially what people contribute to the fare box) is “very respectable” as well. Local Pemberton buses saw a total of 19 passengers per hour in 2018/19, compared to 17 in 2016/17. Mayor Richman said he has heard of instances where commuters were left stranded due to staffing issues. “In the short term, is there any discussion in terms of how we could pull drivers from Whistler so that we don’t ever have that loss of service?” he asked. In his response, Ringma said staffing is the responsibility of the contractor operating the service, Whistler Transit. “I can tell you that in our service provider operating agreements, it the local operating company’s responsibility to not miss service,” he said. “That is quite stipulated, even if it comes at an impact to their bottom line. They are contractually obligated to provide that service. So I will have that conversation with them.”

INDIGENOUS CULTURAL TRAINING Council also supported a grant request for cultural training for the VOP’s emergency management personnel. The application is to the Union of BC Municipality’s Community Emergency Preparedness Fund, Indigenous Cultural Safety & Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training Program for up to $25,000 for the purpose of providing “essential cultural competency training” for the team. n

NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

Pemberton food bank seeks donations in absence of annual fundraiser SEA TO SKY COMMUNITY SERVICES HOPES TO FIND A NEW HOME FOR THE GINGERBREAD PROJECT

BY JOEL BARDE IT’S WELL KNOWN that the holidays can be a challenging time for families, with food banks serving as a crucial resource for those in need. And while donations are picking up, the Pemberton Food Bank will have to make due without the assistance of a crucial fundraising event, as The Gingerbread Project is not taking place this year. The event, which has taken place at the Pemberton Valley Lodge for the past eight years, saw families bid on elaborate gingerbread homes that were donated by local Pemberton Valley businesses. The event raised between $10,000 to $15,000 annually. “Yeah, it’s a bit of a loss,” said Loralee Seitz of Sea to Sky Community Services (SSCS). “David MacKenzie [owner of the Pemberton Valley Lodge] has reached out to me to try and figure out a way we can continue it elsewhere. “We hope to have something going forth for next year. I’m just not sure what it’s going to look like.”

“I have a volunteer that drives down once a month, in our food bank vehicle, and brings back a small van full of food from North Van,” said Seitz, adding that the food bank is currently seeking protein-rich foods (think peanut butter) and easy-to-eat foods for children, such as granola. SSCS offers an emergency food bank, with the public invited to contact Seitz at (604) 907 2014 or loralee.seitz@sscs.ca. The public can donate to SSCS online at sscs.ca/programs/pemberton-food-bank. The Pemberton Food Bank is open twice a month from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at 1347 Aster St. Upcoming dates are Dec. 16, 30 and Jan. 13 and 27. At the Whistler Food Bank, Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) executive director Lori Pyne said that what’s needed most is fresh food. “Money really is the best thing for us to get, because we have more buying power with the money,” she said. In 2018, the Whistler Food Bank, which sits in the new WCSS building at 8000 Nesters Rd., gave out food 2,773 times. The organization also gave out 300 emergency food bags, which are distributed

“We hope to have something going forth for next year. I’m just not sure what it’s going to look like.” - LORALEE SEITZ

In an email to Pique, MacKenzie said he was sad the hotel could no longer host the fundraiser, and would like to see another organization take it up. “Unfortunately we no longer have the space and [are] suffering serious labour challenges, so I reached out to the community centre to encourage them to take it on with our help but it was not something they were willing to take the leadership on,” he said. “[I’m] very sad as I think the food bank is a very important charity that needs more community support.” The food bank was well stocked this past summer thanks to donations from local farmers and an arrangement with Stewardship Pemberton that saw freshly picked fruit donated. It also benefits from an arrangement with a North Vancouver Salvation Army store.

outside of regular food bank hours, last year. This figure is double that of 2017. According to Pyne, about 70 per cent of clients use the food bank one to three times, and the majority of people reach out due to illness or injury. Pyne explained that the organization has moved away from using financials to determine who is in need and that it is not concerned about people abusing the system. “If you are in need, you get food,” said Pyne. “It is very low-barrier.” Donations to the Whistler Food Bank can be made in person during WCSS’s office hours (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.) or online at mywcss.org/get-involved/donations/. The public can also donate at Whistler grocery stores in the blue and pink bins labeled “food bank.” The Whistler Food Bank is open every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to noon. n

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The trouble with all that snowmaking THE PRACTICE OF TURNING WATER TO SNOW IS FACING INCREASED SCRUTINY

BY JOEL BARDE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE resulting in more variable conditions at ski resorts the world over, resort operators are increasingly turning to snowmaking machines to complement what naturally falls from the sky. And while the snowmaking manufacturing industry hums along, environmentalists are increasingly raising concerns about both the amount power and water snowmaking equipment utilizes. The trend towards purchasing snowmaking equipment is alive and well in B.C., though the province’s resorts were years behind their counterparts back east when it came to making the investments, explained Blake Butler, a PhD candidate in history at the University of Western Ontario. “It’s a business decision at the end of the day,” said Butler, whose research looks at the history of snowmaking at Canadian ski resorts. “Without snow, you can’t ski, and for resorts, that’s a loss of revenue.” The loss, he added, isn’t confined to just the operators, as all of the adjacent businesses—think tourist operators, retailers and restaurants—also suffer.

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“Average winter temperatures are rising and are expected to continue to rise while annual snow falls are expected to decline in the future,” said Butler. “So for a lot of ski resorts, having snowmaking equipment is going to become even more important. But on the flip side ... people are becoming more aware of the environmental impact of it.” The problem, however, isn’t lost on North American ski resorts, which are increasingly under the microscope for their heavy carbon footprint. According to Allana Williams, senior manager of sustainability for Whistler Blackcomb (WB), the resort has made significant strides in lessening the environmental footprint of its snowmaking equipment, investing in energy-efficient infrastructure and sophisticated computer equipment that results in energy savings. WB recently purchased 20 low-energy snowmaking guns that use between 10 to 30 per cent of the amount of energy as a traditional snowmaking gun, she explained. Of the resort’s 338 guns, 81 are now lowenergy, she said. WB’s new low-energy guns perform best in colder conditions, said Williams, and are therefore well suited for mid-mountain, whereas the older guns are better for warmer conditions (near the base). She added that WB—which has a stated goal of being zero waste, zero-carbon and zero net emissions—has lessened its electrical footprint in recent years. “In the 2018 calendar year, we used less electricity

on mountain than we did in 2005,” said Williams, noting that that was the year that WB began working with BC Hydro on energy retrofits. It is also important to remember that B.C. operates predominantly from a renewable energy source in terms of hydroelectric power, added Marc Riddell, WB’s communications director. “We operate primarily off renewable energy,” he said. WB’s parent company, Vail Resorts, has also got on board with the energysaving game of late, making a significant investment in wind energy to offset its carbon footprint. The operator signed a “virtual-power purchase agreement” last year, said Williams. “So essentially, we are investing in a wind farm [that] is putting enough wind power [out so] that it equals the whole North American electrical consumption for all North American resorts in 2019.” Snowmaking equipment, however, continues to be a huge draw when it comes to water usage. And while WB did not share how much water it takes to produce snow, Grouse Mountain reported on its website that it takes about 180,000 gallons (681,374 litres) of water to cover one acre with one foot (30 centimetres) of snow. And in Jan. 2014, Pique reported that WB had converted approximate 265 million gallons (about 1 billion litres) of water to snow that season, effectively salvaging the

money-making winter holidays for visiting tourists and justifying $60 million in snowmaking infrastructure spending. Baker said that while he hasn’t heard much in terms of opposition to snowmaking in Canada, that has been a much more significant issue in the U.S., even leading to some lawsuits against ski resort operators. “In the ‘60s and the ‘70s, some resorts were a little wary about snowmaking but a lot of people jumped on them pretty quickly,” he said. “I think it’s once [snowmaking equipment has] been in place for a while and people become more comfortable with [it], that they start to say, ‘but where are we getting the water and energy from?’” Christopher Nicolson, head of the Canada West Ski West Areas Association, said that snowmaking represents one adaptation that resorts are making because of climate change, along with other initiatives to be more environmentally friendly. “There are more ski resorts investing in snowmaking. But there are a variety of motivations for that, with competition [for] race teams and to open early,” he added. “In many areas there are higher skier counts, so you’re trying to build up your base of snow in those areas so you’re then able to extend your snow over a longer season.” Moreover, in years like this one—which is seeing a relatively slow start around the province—the equipment is paying off, he pointed out. “The areas that are open have had the benefit of snowmaking,” said Nicolson. n

SCIENCE MATTERS

THE FACTS OF the climate crisis aren’t in dispute. We know the planet is heating at an unnaturally rapid rate, mostly because humans are wastefully burning fossil fuels and destroying natural areas like forests and wetlands that store carbon, putting human health and survival at risk. Yet, as many of us prepare to break bread with family and friends during the holiday season, some dread the polarizing conversations that can arise. Many of us have listened to someone confidently assert that climate change is a hoax or that it’s no big deal. How do we talk to them? Should we bother?

BY DAVID SUZUKI Although most people know the climate emergency is serious and needs addressing immediately, we’re all in denial to some extent. For those in the know, it’s partly what allows us to go about our days. The difficult, frightening reality is that humanity continues to rapidly develop and burn fossil fuels, pushing atmospheric greenhouse gases to their highest concentrations in three to five million years—when global temperatures were 2 to 3 C warmer, sea levels were 10 to 20 metres higher and our species didn’t yet exist! Confronting these facts isn’t easy, but not paying them enough heed over the past few decades has stalled action that could have prevented upheaval. We’re now at a point where further delays could spell disaster. “Talking is the most important thing we can do and it does make a difference!” climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe argues. But how do we do that? It’s a difficult

CliMate, on Facebook Messenger, allows users—regardless of their position on climate change—to move through a conversation with possible questions and responses, offering feedback to help people find common ground and shared values. It’s not about winning a debate but about reducing polarization and cultivating empathy—based on a growing body of evidence about the best ways to make progress on contentious subjects. People aren’t always swayed by facts, evidence and reason, as important as they are. Some even argue we’re in a post-truth era! Research shows emotional language can be more compelling. And many people trust peers, family and loved ones more than they trust scientists, experts and environmental organizations, so anyone who cares about resolving the climate crisis can make a difference. “The key to persuasive political dialogue is creating a safe, and welcoming space for diverse views with a compassionate spirit, active listening and personal storytelling,” Karen Tamerius and David Campt write in the New York Times, describing their Angry Uncle Bot, designed to help people discuss U.S. politics. Sharing stories is especially important. People relate more easily to others’ experiences of pollution-related health issues, or dealing with wildfires or flooding, than statistics and evidence. You don’t have to be an expert to have good conversations. Talk about what you know and have experienced, and ask others about their experiences. Above all, avoid trying to score points or make others look stupid. It can be difficult. Some people refuse to accept climate science, despite massive evidence showing climate disruption poses an existential crisis that we could overcome

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subject even for those who study it. And many people feel they don’t know enough to discuss it. Others have been misled by massive industry-funded campaigns, supported by politicians and media, to downplay or deny the evidence.≠≠≠≠≠ Hayhoe says we shouldn’t argue about science with those who dismiss it, but rather, we should be “connecting the dots to why it matters to us and what we and other people are already doing to fix it.” Technology is increasingly helping people cut though polarization on subjects ranging from U.S. politics to climate. The David Suzuki Foundation’s new CliMate conversation coach is designed to help people through difficult but important conversations about climate disruption and its solutions.

by acting quickly and decisively. Without significant public pressure, politicians and industry have failed to take the kinds of action needed to resolve the crisis. But as more people come together around this crisis and talk about it, we can convince our elected representatives to prioritize the health of the planet and its people, including those yet to be born, over shortterm, often harmful economic interests. Here’s to good conversations this holiday season! David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor and Writer Ian Hanington. ■

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BY LESLIE ANTHONY While uncomfortable applying medical metaphors like “triage” to endangered species conservation, its cost in time, energy and money saw most attendees at Thinking Extinction agree that some form of prioritization was necessary. At issue were the criteria and ethos for “valuing” species for conservation purposes. To that end was a presentation by Dr. Arne Mooers, a biology professor at Simon Fraser University. His rhetorical title, “Are some species more equal than others?” was purposely Orwellian in presaging an argument that evolutionary isolation—as measured by “phylogenetic diversity”—might be a criterion for prioritizing conservation efforts. To begin, Mooers noted this wasn’t an entirely new idea. In 1982, celebrated biologist E.O. Wilson stated that conservation’s ultimate aim should be to

split from each other 20 million years ago, those two branches add up to 40 million years of independent evolution. By this measure, phylogenetic diversity is the total amount of independent evolution represented by adding branch lengths for a given set of species. For all 9,993 species of living birds, for example, Mooers calculated about 77 billion years’ worth of evolutionary information; for the 575 of those species at risk of extinction, about 2.7 billion years. Figuring out what that meant from a conservation standpoint suggested why biologists and philosophers could find common ground on the question of extinction: Can we identify species that we can’t afford to lose because of the information they represent? Can we use evolutionary history as a guide? Can we make choosing which species to save less ad hoc—i.e., not because they’re iconic or cute but because they’re evolutionarily unique? While evolution was important in and of itself, Mooers averred, he believed it could also be a proxy for other things. If, for instance, evolutionary history was used to prioritize saving species with few or no relatives—that is, the oldest, most isolated branches—this would, in effect, preserve maximum biodiversity because of the amount of unique information these represented. The argument was clear: use a family tree to find the lonely uncles and aunts, because if they go, all the information they carry on unique solutions for evolutionary problems goes with them. By contrast, if a member of a more recent, more populous group disappeared, we might lose the organism, but not all of its information, because some of it was also carried by close relatives, and thus the biosphere had something to fall back on for potential replacement.

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preserve all the information contained in the DNA of all currently living species. (Thus followed efforts like the Frozen Ark Project, launched in 1994 to freeze tissues, cells and DNA from all known endangered species; the more grandiose Earth BioGenome Project proposed in 2017 intends to sequence the DNA of all life on Earth). From this molecular milieu, Mooers plucked a notion both novel and practical—if choices had to be made around which species to conserve, maybe it made sense to choose those that carried the most information on evolutionary history in their DNA. Biologists use diagrammatic trees to depict the evolution of species based on divergence from a common ancestor. Sometimes it’s only the branching pattern that’s of interest—who’s related to whom. Increasingly, however, DNA sequence data is used to understand the timing and rate of divergence—in effect, the length of branches. In this view, if two species

The proxy aspects weren’t necessarily conservation criteria. For example, would prioritizing an isolated species deliver some other utility on the landscape in question? If, for instance, a broad array of organisms are saved by association, we could end up with things needed for a productive landscape, but also things we didn’t know we needed. Another interesting proxy was cultural. People see evolutionarily isolated organisms—aardvark, platypus, coelacanth, hoatzin—as both unique and “cool,” which can be motivating to conservation efforts. In the end, people understand “oneof-a-kind” because it makes animals and plants interesting and lovable, so they want to aid in saving them even if the real reason for doing so is the scientific argument that what it really conserves is information. Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in connecting the dots. ■

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The Outsider’s 2019 gift guide HAVING EXPERIENCED the fickle life of a gear junkie in the past, I am now a firm believer in buying things that I need, not things that I want or unnecessarily replacing equipment that is perfectly fine. Doing so might help the economy, but it can also come at an environmental cost, a cost higher than we all realize. So if you made it through the Turkey Sale and the Black Friday/Cyber

BY VINCE SHULEY Monday consumerism cage fights without any frivolous spending, I salute you. Spending a bunch of money on ourselves makes us feel good, but just like recreational drugs, the high is only temporary. Leading up to purchase time we have countless internal debates about whether this shiny new product is worth our money, on which brand/model/colour is really our favourite and whether our bank account can handle such atomic devastation. Then, when we actually do pull the trigger, we inevitably start checking around to see if we got the best deal,

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we realize we might have actually wanted the other brand/model/colour and rent is due next week. Such is buyer’s remorse. While I’ll exercise resistance against sales season, I’m less against holiday-gift season because the spirit is to buy things for others. With that in mind, here are some gift buying options that will be of more use in keeping your love alive this winter, rather than just looking good on the hill.

GARMIN INREACH MINI SATELLITE COMMUNICATOR ($449) This is probably the most important piece of gear after your avalanche safety equipment. I’ll say this right here; this device is more likely to save your life in the backcountry than an avalanche airbag. The highest chance of survival is always with the fastest response time; if search and rescue hear about your situation sooner they can get to you sooner. With the two-way communication of the inReach, rescuers can even text you for more details about the scene and relay instructions. It does come with a subscription fee which starts at about $15 per month. Garmin does make the more expensive SE and Explore models, which have more functions, but the Mini pairs with a cell phone for most of those conveniences and can still trigger an SOS if all phones are dead.

Avoid the cheaper competitor Spot X, as this product has had well-documented issues with signal reliability and build quality.

BACKCOUNTRY SAFETY COURSE (PRICES VARY) Give the gift of knowledge—not stuff—this holiday season. The two-day Avalanche Skills Training (AST) Level 1 course is the best place to start for backcountry beginners and comes in at around $300. If your gift recipient has a couple of years of experience, the four-day AST 2 ($600) is well worth the investment. One course many aspiring backcountry folks overlook is crevasse rescue training ($325+). Being able to fish your friend out of an icy hole with a rope, improvised anchor and Z-pulley system is essential for anyone wishing to ski tour on glaciers, especially during the early winter and spring months. Pick up a gift card for one of our local guide bureaus as a contribution to said course and your loved one will have no choice but to sign up.

STAYING ALIVE IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN BY BRUCE TREMPER ($29.95) The one avalanche book to rule them all. Unless you plan on pursuing education as an avalanche forecaster, this book will pretty much have all the theory you need to stay safe.

What it doesn’t provide is the experience and wisdom of good decision making in avalanche terrain. You’ll have to go out and earn that yourself in the field. Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain comes complimentary with pretty much every AST Level 2 course, so it’s worth saving up the time and money and do the course before or while reading this book from cover to cover. For more reasons to pick this up (and actual read it), look up “The Outsider” archives for “A 2019 avalanche education challenge: Whistler, read this book” (January 26, 2019, www.piquenewsmagazine.com).

HIP FLASK ($20 AND UP) OK, a hip flask won’t really keep them any safer, but you never know when your special someone might need a swig of courage in the backcountry. GSI makes the rugged yet surprisingly stylish Boulder 10, which can purportedly survive being dropped off a cliff and is also BPA-free. Stanley make a range of stainless steel options but can be a tad heavy for the weight weenies. If you want to buy the best of both worlds, pay the premium and pick up a titanium flask. Shop wisely this holiday season and stay safe in the backcountry. Like everyone else, Vince Shuley is watching the weather forecast. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@ vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

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by nearly one-half is achievable—

he moral panic that has gripped the Western world for a year now— one that has sparked climate strikes and hastily cobbled Green New Deal proposals—can be traced to a single report. In October 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special assessment, at the request of the United Nations. To keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius, as mandated by the Paris Agreement, a 45-per-cent reduction in greenhouse gases (GHGs) from 2010 levels will be needed by 2030, the report said. This prompted U.S. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to warn, “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change,” and a 16-yearold Swedish girl to rocket to fame with her earnest appeals to do something about rising temperatures. Unlike high-flying, mansion-dwelling Hollywood climate scolds with private jets, Greta Thunberg at least has tried to walk the talk—refusing to fly, drive in fossil-fuelpowered cars or eat meat. Asked what, exactly, she would have the adults of the world do, Thunberg simply pointed to the IPCC special assessment and said, “Listen to the scientists.” So what would a 45-per-cent reduction in 10 years take? What would it cost? And what would we all have to give up to accomplish it? Globally, it would require building the equivalent of four nuclear power plants every single day for the next 10 years, Roger Pielke Jr. recently calculated in Forbes. He didn’t even bother trying to estimate what that would cost. “We don’t often see these numbers for obvious reasons,” Pielke writes. “The scale— no matter what assumptions one begins with—is absolutely, mind-bogglingly huge.” Given that fossil fuels provide 80 per cent of the world’s primary energy, trying to cut that nearly in half in just 10 years would be courting “economic apocalypse,” according to one of the researchers for the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project. The deep cuts that are needed globally are feasible, sustainable energy experts say, but not in a single decade. “I do believe that humanity can

the climate-change panel advocates, experts say By Nelson Bennett

decarbonize significantly over multiple decades, which requires action immediately,” says Mark Jaccard, a sustainable energy economist at Simon Fraser University (SFU), who will be one of the authors of the IPCC’s sixth assessment in 2022. “If you were to ask about the cost of, globally, a 45-per-cent reduction by 2030— yeah, that’s a huge cost,” Jaccard says. “We’re talking decarbonization as costing you a year or two of economic growth over a 30-year period. When you suddenly say over a 10-year period, the costs grow dramatically.” Even if a breakthrough in fusion energy happened tomorrow, many experts acknowledge that replacing nearly half of the world’s power plants and vehicles with non-emitting energy sources simply isn’t feasible. “I don’t think it’s the right question to be trying to target minus-45 [per cent] by 2030,” says Chris Bataille, a climate policy and energy researcher at SFU and an author of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project analysis for Canada. “Instead of thinking in terms of targets like minus-45 [per cent] by 2030, I would instead suggest—if we really want to do what Greta Thunberg wants—we should be putting all our efforts such that every new thing that gets built, it’s much lower and it’s going toward zero. “So by 2030 to 2035, you don’t build a building, you don’t build a vehicle, you don’t put in an industry that’s emitting—it’s all zero. And you don’t crush the existing stock, because you’re asking for economic apocalypse.” Vaclav Smil, the Canadian scientist that the journal Science dubbed “the

world’s foremost thinker on energy,” points to the physical limitations of technology, like renewables, to replace fossil fuels on the kind of timelines that have been suggested. “It took a single decade to come up with entirely new mobile phones,” he writes in IEEE Spectrum. “But you just can’t replicate that pace of adoption with techniques that form the structure of modern civilization—growing food, extracting energy, producing bulk materials, or providing transport on mass scales. “While it is easy to extol—and to exaggerate—the seductive promise of the new, its coming will be a complicated, gradual, and lengthy process constrained by many realities.” The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) recently calculated that transitioning to a 100-per-cent carbon-free transportation system in B.C. by 2055 would require a doubling of clean-power generation.

Getting halfway to that target in onethird the time would require taking roughly 2 million internal combustion vehicles off the road and replacing them with electric vehicles (EVs) in 10 years. Curran Crawford, the author of the PICS study on electrifying transportation, doesn’t think that’s realistic. Even if governments continue to offer subsidies, and EVs reach

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FEATURE STORY price parity with gas-fired vehicles, there is a problem with fleet turnover. “Things have typically 10-, 15-year lifetimes to them,” Crawford says. “You’re not just going to trash them. It’s that inertia in the system that’s the thing. That’s our challenge if we want to get to 2030.” While attempts have been made to calculate the cost to society of deep decarbonzation, those calculations are typically based on 20- or 30-year timelines, not 10. So it’s difficult to even try to estimate what it would cost to execute such a radical transformation in just 10 years. The IPCC itself, however, offered at least one estimate of a cost that the average person can grasp: taxes. If meeting the 45-per-cent target by 2030 were done strictly through carbon pricing, it would take a carbon tax of US$135 to US$5,500 per tonne (CAD$178 to CAD$7,225), the special assessment estimated. Ross McKitrick, an economist at the University of Guelph, calculates that, in Canada, that would add between $0.41 and $17 to a litre of gasoline in carbon taxes. Of course, no politician in his or her right mind would try to rely solely on carbon taxes as a climate action tool. But it at least gives consumers an idea of what 45 per cent by 2030 might cost them. Deep decarbonization will, in fact, require a suite of tools—regulations, subsidies, emissions trading—not just carbon pricing. It will require increased electrification to phase out—or at least reduce the use of—coal and natural gas and move towards a more electrified transportation system. It would take an investment of $2 trillion over 30 years to meet the objectives in Canada’s climate change plan, the Conference Board of Canada has estimated. The bulk of that—$1.7 trillion—would be for zero-emission power generation and transmission to facilitate the switch from fossil fuels to electricity. That’s for a 30-per-cent reduction by 2050, not 45 per cent by 2030. That’s roughly $15 billion to $20 billion a year, every year, being invested mainly in nuclear and hydroelectric power. “You’d need something like 15 or so nuclear plants,” says Conference Board executive director Michael Burt. Getting that same amount of energy from solar power would require 6,000 solar farms, taking up a footprint half the size of Nova Scotia, he adds.

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FEATURE STORY The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project estimates the cost of decarbonization would be lower than what the Conference Board calculates. It estimates $13.2 billion in investment is needed every year for Canada to meet its Paris Agreement commitments. It estimates that for Canada to hit a 30-per-cent reduction target by 2030, carbon taxes would need to be at $100 to $150 per tonne by 2030, and the country would need to increase emissions trading imports under the Western Climate Initiative. It estimated that per capita GDP in Canada would grow from $48,601 per person today to $59,244 by 2030 without climate policies, and to $58,651 with the Trudeau government’s policies. In other words, Canada would sacrifice only one per cent of per capita GDP growth over a decade to meet Canada’s 30-per-cent reduction targets by 2030.

Is growth the real problem? Critics of carbon taxes or renewable energy point to both, and then to increasing global emissions, as evidence that neither works. What they fail to account for is growth. According to Bloomberg, US$2.6 trillion has been invested globally in renewables— mostly wind and solar—over the past 10 years. They now account for 11 per cent of the global electricity supply, according to the International Energy Agency, but just two per cent of the world’s total primary energy, according to the renewable-energy think tank REN21. And though global emissions stabilized between 2013 and 2016, they ticked up again by 1.7 per cent in 2018, reaching 33.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)—the highest ever on record. All of the wind and solar power built over the last 10 years might have resulted in significant GHG reductions had the world’s population and economies not grown so much. The same can be said of B.C.’s carbon tax. Despite having a carbon tax for more than a decade, B.C.’s emissions today—63.5 megatonnes of CO2e—have barely budged from the 63.6 megatonnes emitted in 2007. But B.C.’s GDP grew 25 per cent between 2009 and 2018, and its population grew by 600,000. B.C.’s per-capita emissions intensity has actually gone down significantly since the carbon tax was introduced. Per person, British Columbians produce fewer GHGs than they did 10 years ago. Generally, there is a correlation between prosperity and emissions. The countries with the highest per capita GDP tend to have higher per capita GHG emissions. The exceptions are those countries, like the Netherlands and Sweden, which have managed to decouple emissions from economic growth—continuing to expand their economies while reducing emissions. The deepest declines in GHGs over the

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... that iPhone of yours— It’s not so much the embedded emissions of making it that are the problem— according to Apple’s (Nasdaq:AAPL) own calculations—

that power your apps.

Climate goals put consumerism in the crosshairs Population growth, economic growth and hyper-consumerism are really what has been driving emissions through the roof over the past few decades. Put in a way that, say, the average teenager might understand, cutting 45 per cent of emissions by 2030 could be accomplished by taking half of everything you own and half of everything you earn and giving it up. You could start by forcing your parents to downsize from your 2,600-squarefoot (242-square-metre) home into a 1,300-square-foot (121-square-metre) home. Or, have them invest in a highly efficient natural gas furnace, or heat pumps, and triple-paned windows. If your family owns two cars, get rid of one, or buy electric vehicles. No more flying, except for funerals. Staycations must become the new norm. Learn to live with half the clothes you wear (don’t even think of buying fast fashion—its carbon footprint is huge), and cut your consumption of meat in half. And that iPhone of yours—maybe give that up, too. It’s not so much the embedded emissions of making it that are the problem—about 76 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), according to Apple’s (Nasdaq:AAPL) own calculations— but the energy consumed by the servers that power your apps. Most of those servers are based in the U.S., which derives 64 per cent of its power from coal or natural gas. As a result, a single photo shared on Snapchat generates about 0.1 grams of CO2, according to one calculation done by Inverse. And you don’t even want to know how much CO2 you put in the atmosphere when you binge on Netflix (but we’ll tell you anyway): 3.2 kilograms of CO2e per hour of viewing, according to The Shift Project. The think tanks said video streaming generated one per cent of the world’s GHG emissions in 2018—300 million tonnes of CO2e—and digital technologies in general accounted for four per cent of global emissions. So while you are getting rid of your iPhone and half your clothes, walking to school instead of getting a ride, and taking no more vacations that require air travel, cut your Netflix and chill time in half, as well. Then convince all of your friends’ families to do the same. A version of this story originally appeared in Business in Vancouver on Dec. 3. It can be read at biv.com/article/2019/12/what-weneed-do-cut-45-2030. n

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SCIENCE NOT FICTION (Top) Canadian artist Gayle Hermick’s ribbon sculpture frames CERN’s giant wooden Globe of Science and Innovation. (Below) Microcosm’s Science Garden features 1964-98 equipment, like this copper accelerating cavity.

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JULY 4, 2012: Sensational headlines were everywhere— and they had nothing to do with America’s Independence Day. CERN was at the heart of them. The Higgs boson, an elementary particle crucial for verifying the Standard Model of particle physics, had finally been discovered at the huge 27-kilometrecircumference Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. While it’s home to many research sites, the LHC is the flagship of CERN—the French acronym for the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the world’s largest particle physics research facility. Founded after the Second World War to boost European science, the centre now resembles a postmodernist mini-city that sits 30 minutes by tram northwest of Geneva. (You won’t miss your stop—the huge round, wooden Globe of Science and Innovation makes an outstanding landmark and, along with the Microcosm exhibition, is the best place to start your visit before signing in across the street.) The Higgs boson had not been found since its existence was predicted in the 1960s by six theorists, including its namesake, Peter Higgs. On that monumental July day, the distinguished Dr. Higgs, then 83, and fellow physicist, Dr. François Englert, were obviously moved as they sat in the packed CERN auditorium, tears spilling down their cheeks while the discovery’s details were unveiled. The following year, Higgs and Englert received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Today, it’s still very moving to sit in that auditorium, and you can, too, when you take one of CERN’s free public

TRAVEL & ADVENTURE tours. Our group included 20-some young, energetic British students, and a hush fell over us all as we entered. Last year, more than 135,000 people visited CERN, which sits astride the FrancoSwiss border near Geneva. Scads of people I know have always wanted to go, but haven’t, even after the Higgs discovery. If you’re one of them, now there’s an even better incentive besides sitting in that hallowed auditorium. With the LHC shut down until 2021 for a major upgrade (only the second time in its 11-year history), you can experience some of CERN’s coolest sites in exceptional ways as they “open up” the equipment for upgrades—massive equipment festooned with complicated nests of colourful wires or golden blades that look like giant windmills. The scale is mind-blowing. The ATLAS detector itself, which we saw, weighs 7,000 tonnes! It feels like you’re inside a sci-fi world as yet undiscovered, and it’s all used to chase the biggest questions we humans have: What is the universe made of? Where did we come from? But don’t worry, you won’t be intimidated. Smart, easy-going tour guides, like Canadian physicist Kate Whalen from New Brunswick, are excellent at explaining what you see. When we visited CERN this July, it was during another big European heat wave. Temperatures hit a record 45 C in France. Near beautiful Lake Geneva, with the Valais Alps in the distance, it was “only” 38 C. So it was refreshing stepping into CERN’s airconditioned lobby to register and get our security passes. On the front doors, I was excited just seeing the distinctive CERN logo, which represents particle accelerators. On the floor, you can’t miss an amazing mosaic. Serge Moro’s “Cosmic Song,” built at CERN

workshops, uses fluorescent light effects governed by the constant rain of cosmic ray particles from outer space. In fact, you’ll soon see that the entire CERN site is filled with all kinds of art and moving stories, from busts of physicists like Marie Curie to huge, colourful murals. My favourite was the swirling, 11-metre, stainlesssteel ribbon sculpture near the Globe. Created by Canadian artist Gayle Hermick, it features formulae and inscriptions from nearly 400 scientific discoveries in the language of their origin, starting with cuneiform from ancient Mesopotamia. But the best was yet to come... We were unusually lucky on one of our visits and had a rare tour of the LHC tunnel located 25 storeys underground so it’s not impacted by radiation (plus it was cheaper than acquiring land on the surface!). After donning hard hats and going down, down, down the concrete elevator shaft, the tunnel was serene and cool—almost like a sanctuary. The LHC itself is, essentially, two large tubes called beam pipes where subatomic particles are accelerated close to the speed of light using giant electromagnets, then smashed together. The reactions are tracked on huge detectors located at various experimental sites around the LHC. The strange thing was when I saw the joints in the exposed beam pipes, I couldn’t help but think of our old vacuum cleaner hose at home! You never know which sites you’ll visit at CERN since you’re clustered in groups according to language, but there’s so much you’ll want to see, you’ll just have to come back for more. You must sign up for tours, so here’s my best tip: Go to Visit CERN well before you leave, and take as many as time allows.

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Flynn golden at World Age Groups WHISTLER GYMNAST WINS IN DOUBLE MINI TRAMPOLINE

BY DAN FALLOON GABBY FLYNN MAY have momentarily thought about keeping her perfect record intact. After winning her first-ever international contest, topping the women’s 17-to-21 double mini trampoline event at the World Age Group Championships [WAGs] in Tokyo on Dec. 5, Flynn’s Canadian teammates razzed her that she may as well quit while she was ahead. “There was kind of a joke that I should just go home now and leave it at that one,” said Flynn, who trains with Burnaby’s Shasta Trampoline Club and recently moved to the area. Flynn posted a two-routine score of 66.7 to finish 0.5 points ahead of runner-up Iullia Petrova of Russia and 0.8 points up on American Mikaela Hunter. When discussing her approach to the competition, the 18-year-old said she kept it simple. “I did what I knew how to do,” she said. “I didn’t expect it at all.” The double mini-trampoline competition consisted of four different passes, each comprising of two different skills. While Flynn had three of them down pat, she had to pull out one that was made up of newer skills. “One of the passes I’d never even done before. I’ve only ever completed it around four times. One of them was really new and the others were hard, but I’ve been doing them for a while,” she said. The newer pass Flynn completed was the Rudy out, a front double flip with oneand-a-half twists to a double backflip, which helped to push her over the top. “After landing, I didn’t know I had won,” Flynn recalled, noting a couple friends tried telling her that her chances were good after landing her final pass. Flynn sat fourth after her first routine,

BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS Gabby Flynn (centre) celebrates her double mini trampoline with at the FIG Age Group Championships in Japan.

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0.3 points back of leader Susan Gill of the United States. Gill’s performance slipped in the second attempt, leaving the door open for Flynn to leapfrog the competition. “[I felt] pretty good. It’s still a pretty high position, so I felt calm. I knew what I was doing and knew that if I just did it, I could stay a little higher, [closer] to the top,” she said. Flynn said she started out a little groggy, feeling disappointed in her warmup and even though she qualified in second, acknowledged it still took a while before it her that she was competing on the world stage. “I was pretty out of it by my first pass. I still didn’t believe that I was at WAGs competing in front of the world until I got to finals and got to the second round of competing,” she said. “I’m already doing well, and I wanted to keep doing well. I got nervous.” Even so, Flynn stuffed down any butterflies she felt, tying for first in her second attempt to take the win. Flynn competed in two other events in Japan, placing 10th in individual trampoline and teaming with Maja Bonham to take 13th in the synchronized contest. Only the top eight entries qualified for finals. “I focused really hard on the other events as well and synchronized and individual trampoline were really awesome, even though I didn’t make finals, but watching the other people was honestly insane. I

of stuff they’re doing, what type of skill level they’re at. Some of the girls we were up against in trampoline I’ve seen in past years. They were just incredible and I knew them from watching other competitions on YouTube or something,” she said. “Seeing them live and seeing what they were doing

“After landing, I didn’t know I had won.” - GABBY FLYNN

know I need to improve my skill level, get it higher and make it harder.” Flynn enjoyed the experience of competing at an International Gymnastics Federation event, noting that it ran on time and was well organized. She also appreciated watching fellow gymnasts from around the world do their thing. “Watching the other countries was my favourite part, getting to see what type

was really cool.” Flynn will be primarily competing on the provincial level for the remainder of the year. With the national team going into an Olympic year in 2020, it’s a quieter season on the international stage, but Flynn is eager to see what 2021 brings as she jumps headfirst into the 2024 quadrennial. “I’ll be better by then, and will hopefully

do some World Cups leading into the World Games,” she said. Getting back into her home gym, Flynn is coming back with ideas of how she wants to ramp up her skill level. “More triples,” she said, noting that she expects her coaches to be game for that jump. At the end of the competition, with Canada taking three medals overall, Gymnastics Canada was pleased with its haul. “We had many great performances this week and it will be exciting to get to watch these young athletes grow, as they are the future of our sport,” trampoline gymnastics program manager Niki Lavoie said in a release. “It was exciting for them to have the opportunity to compete in the Olympic venue, and it was a great way to end the competition by singing our national anthem.” Snagging a gold on the international stage in her final year before making the jump to senior-level competition, Flynn hopes her win will elevate her in the eyes of the national brass. “It will increase my standing, I think,” she said. n

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Morrow qualifies for Youth Olympics WHISTLER SKI-CROSS RACER HEADING TO SWITZERLAND IN JANUARY

BY DAN FALLOON JACK MORROW’S FIRST overseas race is set to be a doozy. The Whistler ski-cross racer will head to Switzerland next month for the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne after qualifying in early December. “It was pretty exciting. I’ve been working pretty hard throughout the summer and the last couple months, so it feels good that it’s all paying off,” the 17-year-old said. Morrow punched his ticket through a qualifier at Canyon Ski Resort in Red Deer, Alta. Racers competed in 10 round-robin heats, with points being awarded for their placements in each heat. Morrow won eight of 10, finishing second in the two others. Each racer’s two lowest results were dropped, leaving Morrow with a perfect score of eight. Morrow, who placed third in the Western Canadian Ski Cross Series last year, credited an intense summer of training in the gym, along with some bike riding, with helping him feel strong on course. “I was doing a lot more gym work than I have in the past, so I was focusing on gaining more muscle and getting physically bigger,” he said. “I could generate a lot more power out of places that I couldn’t in the past. Overall, I felt stronger. I was beating people I wasn’t beating as much last year.” Morrow noted that the qualifiers at Canyon were held before the resort was officially open for business, adding that though there wasn’t a lot of precipitation, the ski-cross course rode well. “There wasn’t a ton of snow. We were actually up before opening day doing our races,” he said. “They made a lot of snow and they shaped a pretty good course,

actually.” Heading into the Youth Olympics, Morrow is looking forward to the opportunity to race 15-to-18-year-olds from all over the world. “I’m not entirely too sure what to expect. I’ve only been racing in North America so far, so I’m not exactly sure what they’re doing over there in Europe. It’ll be interesting to find out,” he said. “I’ll

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go as hard as I can and we’ll find out what happens.” Morrow won’t get the chance to scope out the competition beforehand, as he’ll head straight into Europe right after racing the NorAm Cup event back at Canyon on Jan. 11 and 12. The ski-cross event at the Youth Olympic Games runs on Jan. 19, though the Games in their entirety go from Jan. 9 to 22. After returning from Europe, Morrow will take part in a couple NorAm Cup races in Eastern Canada before coming back to Whistler. “I’m trying to fit some school into all that as well,” said the Grade 12 student. n

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Seger sets new personal best—again WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB ALUM TAKES 13TH IN BEAVER CREEK DOWNHILL

BY DAN FALLOON ANOTHER WEEKEND, another new benchmark for Brodie Seger. Less than a week after equalling his Audi FIS World Cup personal best of 16th in the super-G at Lake Louise, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) alumnus topped it in Beaver Creek, Colo., taking 13th in the downhill on Dec. 7. Ultimately, Seger was 0.91 seconds off the pace set by winner Beat Feuz of Switzerland and 0.5 seconds off the podium. France’s Johan Clarey and Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr tied for second. “It’s pretty exciting. I think the look on my face when I crossed the finish line says it all. I was just really happy to keep the momentum rolling,” he said. What’s been impressive about Seger’s recent run of success is that as a younger competitor, he’s done it from the back of the pack. Seger wore bib 55 after wearing No. 57 at Lake Louise.

“It’s definitely a challenge and with the amount of time it takes to run a full World Cup field, sometimes it feels like you’re running it a different day than the top guys. I watched the top guys run from my couch in my hotel room before I’d even put my boots on to go up for my run,” he said. “Stuff can change with the weather or the snow. Sometimes the flats slow down when they’ve been baking in the sun for awhile. “This season, so far, it has been a little bit lucky with the conditions we had. Both races, in Lake Louise and Beaver Creek, the conditions held up really well.” What also helped Seger was his love of Beaver Creek, which he enjoys riding from top to bottom with its variety of challenges, ranging from fast sections, technical sections, rollers, a steep pitch and larger jumps near the track’s end. With his enthusiasm and familiarity, the 23-year-old was content to let his skis guide him and for the most part, it worked. “Just like Lake Louise, my goal for my run was to let my skis run as much as possible. Be aggressive, but let everything

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flow with the course and the hill,” he said. “I would not say that my run went perfectly as planned. There were definitely a few little bobbles, but I was just trying to stick to that plan the whole way down to let things run, and I think that paid off.”

Seger’s other result of the weekend wasn’t quite as high, as he took a 37th-place finish in the Dec. 6 super-G. Things started off positively, but a couple of skids later, he found himself trying to make up time. All told, though, Seger sees plenty

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of positives from which to draw as he progresses in the campaign. “I’m just trying to stay focused on the skiing side, because I know if I stick to my plan, and I trust in the way that I’m skiing, and I’m skiing with confidence and letting things run, then I know the time will be there,” he said. “This past weekend was a good example of that, going from the super-G on Friday to the downhill on Saturday. In the super-G, I had a really good run going. I was sixth on the first interval, then had a couple mistakes then just lost too much time towards the bottom. “I ended up outside of the top-30 and you can see how easily that happens. A couple things don’t go your way and all of a sudden, you’re out the back.” While he’s enjoyed success at the World Cup level this year, Seger is heading into this week’s NorAm Cup action back at Lake Louise with gold on his mind, at least a bit. Even though he won the NorAm super-G

section of the start list before the end of the season in mind, Crawford noted that it’s been important to figure out what it means to compete at the World Cup level, which could be a little less for skiers of his ability than one might anticipate. “You get this feeling that you have to do more than you have to to win,” he said. “To be fair, you do have to do a little bit more, but it’s no different from training or racing at the NorAms. If you bring that same skillset that you have, it should be enough to win races. “World Cup isn’t that much different than NorAms. It’s just got a much deeper field.” Crawford had some unfortunate news on the weekend, as he crashed out hard in the downhill. While he’s feeling OK physically, it hadn’t been determined if he’d sustained a concussion during a Dec. 9 interview. Crawford participated in training on Dec. 10, but did not complete his first run. “My body is OK, but I hit my head. I’m

“Just like Lake Louise, my goal for my run was to let my skis run as much as possible. Be aggressive, but let everything flow with the course and the hill.”

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title in 2017, in parts of seven seasons on the tour, he’s never gone and won a race, leaving the feeling of some “unfinished business.” Still, Seger is trying to remain focused on the task at hand. “I’m here to hopefully pick up some points and improve my start number for the World Cup,” he said. Seger was the top Canadian in the Beaver Creek downhill, with countrymen Cameron Alexander (42nd), Jeffrey Read (53rd), and Ben Thomsen (54th) also putting down two runs. Alexander is also a WMSC alumnus. Meanwhile, another WMSC alum was the top Canadian in the super-G, as James Crawford took 21st, finishing 1.86 seconds back of winner Marco Odermatt of Switzerland and setting a new personal best in the process. Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde took second and Austria’s Matthias Mayer was third. Other Canucks were: Dustin Cook (31st); Read (41st); and Thomsen (58th). Crawford said both he and Seger have taken major strides in recent races, and he appreciates doing it together. “I finally started to ski the way I know I can. I was really starting to push in a good way, not just going down the course and trying to win every single section, every single part of the course,” he said. “It seemed like I started maturing a little bit this week, which was quite nice and like a step in the right direction. “I realized what it actually takes to be a World Cup racer. You can be the fastest skier on the planet, but if you can’t get to the bottom, you’ll never see success in this sport.” With his goal of getting into the top-30

still going through the motions to see if I have a concussion or something along the lines of that,” he said. “At the moment, I feel good and physical activity and mental activity don’t seem to cause any problems. I’m taking it slow and trying to get back into racing in Lake Louise again.” In the Dec. 8 giant slalom, meanwhile, Trevor Philp posted the best Canadian result of all three days with a seventh-place finish, 2.09 seconds back of winner Tommy Ford of the United States, with Norwegians Henrik Kristoffersen and Leif Kristian NestvoldHaugen rounding out the podium. The Canadian women, meanwhile, hosted a trio of speed races in Lake Louise over the weekend. Marie-Michele Gagnon was the country’s best throughout, starting the weekend with a 28th-place showing in the Dec. 6 downhill, 2.43 seconds back of champion Ester Ledecka of Czechia. Switzerland’s Corinne Suter nicked Austria’s Stephanie Venier for second. Other Canadians were Roni Remme in 40th and Candace Crawford in 47th. Gagnon was then 26th in the Dec. 7 downhill, 2.54 seconds behind winner Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria. American Mikaela Shiffrin and Italy’s Francesca Marsaglia were second and third, respectively, while Remme was the only other Canadian to finish, taking 40th. In her best result of the three, Gagnon took 19th in the Dec. 8 super-G, 1.70 seconds off the pace set by winner Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany. Italy’s Nicol Delago and Switzerland’s Suter rounded out the podium. Crawford, meanwhile, was 35th. n

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Whistler legacy babies to compete at FIL World Cup WATTS, ELLIS LINING UP AT SLIDING CENTRE’S FINAL TUNE-UP BEFORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY DAN FALLOON A LITTLE HOME COOKING could be a cure for Reid Watts. With finishes of 17th and 19th on the Viessmann FIL World Cup tour so far this season, the 20-year-old is hoping to get back on track when the World Cup swings into the Whistler Sliding Centre for race action this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 13 and 14). “I’m a little disappointed in my results so far. I’ve been happy with how I’ve been sliding down the track but there have been some problems at the start this season,” he said. “It’s the pull and the paddle. They’ve not been as effective as I would like them to be.” After the second World Cup of the season in Lake Placid earlier this month, Watts headed with the team to Calgary to work out the kinks. While it wasn’t possible to completely fix the beginnings, Watts said the extra attention was making some positive difference. “For me, it’s almost getting back to basics and getting it together for the home race,” he said. “I’m in a better place now.” While Watts is pleased with how he’s controlling his sled once he’s on the track, the caveat is that the slower starts have

made that skill moot. “If you don’t quite have the momentum off the start, you’re only playing a game of catch-up the whole way down, a bit of damage control so to speak,” he said. Watts added that with his current revisions, he’s not looking for a resultsbased goal, and will instead continue to focus on his process. The Sea to Sky’s other entry, Pemberton’s Trinity Ellis, has had a more positive start to the season, opening the season with an eighth-place finish at Igls, Austria, in just her third World Cup contest. Sitting in 16th after her first run, Ellis shot up to the top-10 after posting the fifth-best time in her second run. Heading into her first-ever World Cup race at home, Ellis is looking to show her hometown what she can do, eying another top-10 placement and being among the 15 to qualify for the Sprint World Cup contest. “I’m hoping it’ll be a good race. I’m feeling pretty confident going in. We had a lot of sliding here in the preseason at the beginning of the year and I’m feeling confident, so hopefully I can show my best,” she said. This weekend’s World Cup will hold a bit of extra importance, as it’ll be Whistler’s final FIL event before hosting the 2021

World Championships. Even so, Ellis said she isn’t feeling any additional weight on her shoulders coming in. “I don’t think it’ll add too much more pressure this weekend. It’ll be just me, sliding my best and see where it goes,” she said. Watts, meanwhile, said that the looming World Championships aren’t creating any added stress, but there’s the double-edged sword of being at home that seems to pop up at every race here. “It’s the track you know the best, but that also comes with the added pressure that I put on myself of wanting to do well,” he said. “It’s going to be a big benchmark, for sure, to see how I race and what my result is. “It’s going to be really telling as to what I need to improve on for next season with the big show, World Championships.” Meanwhile, Whistler Sport Legacies president and CEO Roger Soane is anticipating an action-packed weekend up on Blackcomb Mountain, especially with the 50th edition of World Championships coming to town in 2021. He’s excited for locals to see the legacy babies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games compete on the big stage. “It is great and it’s why the races are

here. To see those kids come through the program over the years, in Whistler and in Calgary, it makes everything that we do seem worthwhile,” he said. While skiers and boarders bemoan the lack of snow on the mountain, Soane said that the dry conditions were good for business. “The lack of precipitation is good for us as a track. The cool temperatures mean that the track will be fast,” he said. “Friday will be a low of minus-3 and Saturday, a low of minus-7, which is perfect for sliding.” It’ll remain to be seen if the dry conditions remain, as the forecast as of Dec. 11, however, called for rain and/or snow for most days leading into the races. Racing action kicks off on Dec. 13 at 1:40 p.m. with the women’s singles followed by the men’s doubles at 4:30 p.m. The next day, the doubles race kicks off the proceedings at 12:45 p.m., with the Sprint World Cup starting at 3:30 p.m. As well, fireworks will follow the action on Dec. 13. Tickets for the race are $10 per day, though children 12 and under are free. As well, parking is available in Day Lots 7 and 8, though the Excalibur Gondola runs free of charge for those looking for access from Whistler Village. n

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BY DAN FALLOON JOE DAVIES IS adjusting well to his new home. The Pembertonian moved to Canmore, Alta. for this coming cross-country ski season, and in his first NorAm race with the Foothills Nordic Ski Club, Davies scored a 16th-place finish in the 10-kilometre interval start classic event in the open men’s category on Dec. 7. He was also the top under-20 men’s finisher. Whistler’s Michael Murdoch, meanwhile, took 55th overall and seventh in under-20. Davies said everything clicked in his favourite discipline. “That was definitely my best race. I’ve always liked the 10-km. The 10-km classic is my ideal race,” he said. “As soon as I started, I realized how good I was feeling and just went from there.” Davies said that being an interval start, he couldn’t tell his standing from one moment to the next, but was at least able to receive regular updates as he completed each lap.

“I was getting splits off of other people from my coach,” he said. “The first lap, I heard I was tied for first in my category, then I came through again and heard I had 20 seconds on second and when I came around again, I had 45 seconds.” In the 15-km interval start free race on Dec. 8, Davies was 37th overall and fourth in under-20, while Murdoch was 57th overall and 10th among under-20s. Davies said the conditions throughout the weekend were favourable to good racing. “We’ve got a fair amount of snow. It was quite cold, at least for the skate race on Sunday it was minus-15,” he said. “It was cold, but it made for pretty fast conditions. It was still fairly icy in the Saturday race, so it was quick out there.” In the two months that he’s been in Alberta, Davies has adjusted quickly, explaining that he feels like he’s right at home in the Foothills club, which welcomed him straightaway. “It’s definitely been an advantage. It’s been a really nice change and it’s definitely helped my training a lot to have a new team with a bunch of fast people,” he said. “The few people that I was skiing with in Whistler

JOLTIN’ JOE Pemberton’s Joe Davies won the U20 division of the season-opening NorAm Cup race in Canmore, Alta. on Dec. 7.

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were all going their own ways, whether that was to school or to a new team. After graduating, I knew that if I wanted to keep skiing, I had to find somewhere new to train and this team has some of the best athletes in Canada.” Davies’ season will continue with a race south of the border at Sun Valley. He’s also eying qualifying for the FIS Nordic Junior Cross-Country World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany from Feb. 29 to March 7. Davies also plans to return to Whistler next month for the 2020 Western Canadian Championships from Jan. 16 to 19.

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It was Mahler’s turn for gold on Dec. 7, as he edged out Frenchmen Bastien Midol and Jean Frederic Chapuis for the victory. Other Canadians in the top 30 were: Drury (fifth); Leman (sixth); Del Bosco (18th); Cook (26th); and Belczyk (27th). The women’s team started out strong as well, taking a pair of medals on Dec. 6. Courtney Hoffos and India Sherret were second and third, finishing behind only Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund. Whistler’s Marielle Thompson made the big final, placing just off the podium in fourth, while Zoe Chore (seventh), Brittany Phelan (eighth), and Abby McEwan (25th) all made the top 30. On Dec. 7, Hoffos appeared on the podium again, taking third behind winner Fanny Smith of Switzerland and Naeslund. Sherret took fourth, Chore was eighth, Thompson ninth, Phelan 10th and McEwan 25th.

KINGSBURY WINS IN FINLAND Canadian moguls legend Mikaël Kingsbury extended his record for most FIL World Cup wins at the 2019-20 season opener at Ruka, Finland on Dec. 7. Kingsbury won his 57th career contest, scoring a 90.80 to hold off Japan’s Ikuma Horishima and Sweden’s Walter Wallberg. Other Canadians included Kerrian Chunlaud in sixth, Laurent Dumais in 15th, Gabriel Dufresne in 19th, Elliot Vaillancourt in 38th and Pemberton’s Brenden Kelly in 48th. Justine Dufour-Lapointe was the top Canadian among women, finishing in sixth while France’s Perrine Laffont topped Japan’s Anri Kawamura and Australia’s Britteny Cox for the win. Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, meanwhile, was 13th. Whistler’s Sofiane Gagnon did not compete due to injury.

KRIPPS OPENS SEASON WITH PAIR OF BRONZES Justin Kripps brought home a pair of bronze medals from the first BMW IBSF World Cup races of the season at Lake Placid, N.Y. on the weekend. In the first of two two-man bobsleigh races on Dec. 7, Kripps teamed up with Benjamin Coakwell to take third, 0.26 seconds behind Germans Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer. Another German duo,

Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, placed second. The next day, Kripps worked with Cameron Stones to a similar result, finishing 0.57 seconds behind Friedrich and Alexander Schuller while Lochner and Christian Rasp took second. “It was a good day. I think the first start we had a bit of a headwind because we were quite slow and it wasn’t what I expected so we had to play some catch up,” Kripps said in a Dec. 8 release. “Yesterday I didn’t think I had a great draw, and it was actually the same thing today. But the luck of the draw is how it goes so I just focused on being consistent.” In the women’s bobsleigh, Christine de Bruin started the year with a fifthplace finish alongside Dawn Edith Richardson Wilson, finshing just 0.02 seconds off the podium and 0.46 seconds behind champions Kaillie Humphries and Lauren Gibbs of the United States. It was Humphries’ first World Cup race since being granted her release from the Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton this fall. In skeleton, Mirela Rahneva was just 0.07 seconds out of the medals, taking fourth. Rahneva was 0.78 seconds back of winner Jacqueline Loelling of Germany, while Austria’s Janine Flock was second and Germany’s Tina Hermann took third. As for the men, Kevin Boyer was the lone Canadian to get two runs, eventually placing 17th. Germany’s Axel Jungk held off Latvia’s Martins Dukurs and Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov for the victory.

O’ROURKE TIES FOR 44TH IN ARIZONA Whistler’s Padraic O’Rourke cracked the top 50 at the PGA of Canada Head Professional Championship in Arizona from Dec. 2 to 5. Competing at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz., the Fairmont Chateau Whistler pro posted a three-round seven-over, 28 strokes back of winner Gordon Burns of Ontario, who himself was seven shots ahead of runner-up Philip Jonas of B.C. O’Rourke, who also tied for 33rd in the low club professional contest, found consistency throughout the week, shooting a 77 in the first round before tallying backto-back 73s. n

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Unearthed SOMETIMES WHEN I tell myself to breathe, it triggers panic—as if by drawing attention to this innate, unconscious, automatic action, breathing in and out suddenly becomes improbably difficult. Meditation, swimming laps, yoga…all these experiences often contain a few extremely panicked moments when I gasp, unable to

BY LISA RICHARDSON catch a breath that has suddenly awakened to itself, like an animal realizing it is trapped and throwing itself at the bars of the cage. It’s weird. “Here, notice this amazing thing you do. Breathing. Doesn’t it calm you down?” “OMFG. I can’t get enough air. I’m going to die!” I feel a little bit the same about this time of year: Mild fluttery panic somewhere beneath the rib cage. Up until now, you may have known this feeling as par for the course, as the essence of Shoulder Season, these days of Waiting for the Snow to Seriously Fly. The panic flutter channels as a kind of scarcity fear that ripples onwards and onwards, as the days shorten, darken, flip over, tumbling towards the bottom of the year: will there

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be enough snow? Will I get enough work? Will I ski enough days to pay off my pass? HOW many days left before Christmas? Have I got something for everyone? Will there be enough food to make it a feast? Will I manage to get through all the social occasions without melting down? Do I have enough of a tribe that I won’t be lonely? This year, thanks to Pemberton-based teacher Natalie Rousseau and her online programs, 13 Moons and The Witches’ Year, I have gleaned a slightly broader perspective on this time of year. I see that these questions arise from a deeper and older one: Will the light return? Every season that saw preindustrial people store their harvests away and duck into shelters to weather the winter and live alongside the literal fruits of their labours, the consequences of their actions

in strange ways, asking to be noticed, remedied, attended to. For weeks, as I’ve learned of friends’ relationships breaking down and buried frictions waking up, tidied up the receipts of the year, seen stories I wrote months ago land in print, or stood in front of my pantry, outside the mushrooms were pushing themselves up with quiet force. Surfacing. Unearthing themselves. What did it all mean? Paul Stamets, the author of Mycelium Running, calls mushrooms “mycomagicians.” They are not afraid of endings, of decay. They are, in fact, “the grand recyclers of our planet, disassembling large organic molecules into simpler forms, which in turn nourish other members of the ecological community. Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death.”

“Important work happens in the catacombs and secret chambers of our soul during this season, even if our culture doesn’t recognize it.” - NATALIE ROUSSEAU

over the course of the preceding year, was a time of reckoning and resolution. It was a season of living with the question, what have I done with my time? Was it good enough? Rousseau calls this time of year, a 52-day period that runs from Samhain or Halloween to Yule or Winter Solstice, The Dark Season. I’ve come to think of it as a time of Unearthing. Of things not wanting to stay in their boxes, getting untidy, becoming pushed forth. Stories. Emotions. Stuff we’ve tried to bury, all heaving up, surfacing

Kind of the perfect symbol for the Dark Season. Beneath our feet, beneath this surface of frosty soil that will soon be buried even deeper by metres of snow, (may it be so), vast intelligent complex fungal networks underscore and entangle everything. This is the season in which we glean a tiny window into that, as the fruit of all that complexity pops up. The question was never, “have I done enough?” But: Have We? Collectively, not just as little tribes, but in concert with the life force surging invisibly beneath our feet, all around us.

Much is being unearthed, heaving to the surface, in these days, of unravelling climate systems. Much of our collective behaviour is nestling in for the winter, and demanding a reckoning. Sure makes you want to run for the nearest all-inclusive beach resort. Or beg the gods for the happy oblivion of a powder day. But before the flight, or fight—before the adrenalized response—the Wheel of the Year, the cycles of history, have built in this beautiful terrifying moment, this awful awe-full moment, a chance to be still and consider: have we done enough? Where have we fallen short? If we are gifted a new breath and a new day and another season together, what shall we plant in this beautiful living Earth? What shall we bequeath the future? “For most of our human evolution on this planet this was a season of rest,” says Rousseau. “And our souls still crave it. Important work happens in the catacombs and secret chambers of our soul during this season, even if our culture doesn’t recognize it.” Her prescription is generous, if not counter-intuitive to what we tend to expect of ourselves at this time of year: slow down. And notice. The year breathes its long sigh, and here, at the bottom of the breath, there is a pause. It’s OK if it makes you panic, a little. Notice that too. (Eventually it settles, I swear.) The pause is the most beautiful gift of the year, the echo of the harvest, in which all possibility hovers, looking for a place, a body, a community in which to land, to come into being once the light returns. The Velocity Project: how to slow the f*&k down and still achieve optimum productivity and life happiness. n

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BY BRANDON BARRETT TWO TRENDS in the world of food that have run adjacent in recent years have been the increasing demand for nutritious, sustainable whole foods alongside a steep decline in the amount of time people spend in the kitchen. Popular meal-kit delivery services like Chef’s Plate and Hello Fresh, which promise healthy meals ready in just 30 minutes, have already capitalized on these lifestyle changes. Now, Whistler’s top caterer is getting in the mix with the launch of its meal and grocery delivery service, Fridge Full. “Everyone’s on the go,” said Whistler Cooks GM Alistair Cray. “We’re in an area where, whether it’s locals or tourists, everyone wants to make the most of their time here. This is a really positive way for people to get access to great food through an easy way rather than having to do it themselves.” Fridge Full builds on Whistler Cooks’ existing meal delivery service by adding a selection of dairy, meat, fish, bakery, produce and dried goods from its roster of local suppliers, spanning from Pemberton to the Lower Mainland. “For us, it was just another add-on for guests to allow for that one-stop shop for them. Obviously there are some great local grocery suppliers in town, but we wanted to make it easy for guests,” Cray said. The ready-to-go meals, which will rotate seasonally, are divided by breakfast, lunch, dinner and après options, and include things like charcuterie boards, salads, a range of hearty soups and curries, smoked beef brisket, lasagna, and both vegan and vegetarian offerings. “It’s more the stuff that everyone wants, the essentials,” Cray said. Fridge Full comes at a time when fewer people are cooking for themselves. According to a recent survey commissioned by LG Electronics, 64 per cent of the Canadians polled wished they could

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enjoy more home-cooked meals. In a fastpaced town like Whistler, with its myriad distractions and ample dining options, you have to imagine that number is even higher— particularly for visitors, who make up the

quite a bit, second homeowners and stuff, and it’s really popular with them already.” Outside of your standard pizza offerings and Whistler Dine In—which will deliver Fridge Full products nightly after 5 p.m.—

“By bringing on products like Fridge Full, like Hunter Gather, it’s just really allowing us to show off that brand stronger.” - ALISTAIR CRAY

bulk of Whistler Cooks’ delivery clientele. “There’s definitely opportunity there to make it easy for people—and we do,” Cray said. “We have some people who are up here

there’s also not much variety in Whistler when it comes to food delivery, a niche that Whistler Cooks was eager to fill. Fridge Full is part of the catering

company’s continued growth over the past few years, including the opening, in 2017, of its busy flagship Main Street eatery and taphouse, Hunter Gather. And yet for all the expansion, Cray said founders Grant and Hilarie Cousar are adamant about maintaining the company’s intimate feel. “By bringing on products like Fridge Full, like Hunter Gather, it’s just really allowing us to show off that brand stronger,” he explained. “Yes, we’ve seen growth over the last four, five years as Hunter Gather has taken off, but we still have that family feel. We still all sit down for lunch every day. That’s still core to who we are and we will continue to do that, and hopefully show our guests that same sort of experience.” To learn more and view the full delivery menu, visit fridgefulldelivery.com. n

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Celebrate the season with The Knitty Gritty LOCAL TEXTILE ARTIST HOSTS FELTED ORNAMENT WORKSHOP, WEEKLY KNITTING GROUPS

BY ALYSSA NOEL ONE DAY, back when she was still a university student in England, Anna Lynch noticed a new knitting store had opened up near her school. There was a big sign out front that read “knitting lessons.” “I thought, ‘I’ll try this. It’s a fun day out,’” she says. “It just hooked me. I like to try different things all the time; I want to try everything. But knitting and felting have stuck for a long time.” Two years after that first lesson, around 2010, she moved to Whistler. Still struggling to learn the new art, she turned to a wellknown knitting website and searched a forum to see if there were any local knitters. She found six. “I sent them a message asking them if they wanted to meet up,” she says. It turns out they did. And, in 2011, The Knitty Gritty Whistler was born. While members come and go, on average between eight and 12 meet up every week—currently on Tuesdays from 6 to 8

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p.m. at Blenz—to knit, crochet, and chat not just about their projects, but about life too. “Some of my best friends I’ve met through the knitting group,” Lynch says. “It’s nice because what we do is sit there and work on whatever we’re doing. It gives you time to put into your knitting. We don’t just discuss knitting; we discuss life.”

(She has formal training in film production and photography, but is entirely self-taught in textiles.) “I have a bit of a fascination with patterns and textures of things—even things like lichen when you see it on the trees, I’m always going up and touching it,” she says with a laugh. “I’m fascinated by the patterns and the feel of things.”

“Even if you’ve never knit before, but you’re interested in learning, we’re happy to give you the basics, we like having new people come.” - ANNA LYNCH

The members range in age from their 20s to their 80s and they’re always welcoming new people—regardless of their knitting skills. “Even if you’ve never knit before, but you’re interested in learning, we’re happy to give you the basics,” Lynch says. “We like having new people come.” While knitting has remained a big part of her life, Lynch has since delved into other textile arts, including felting and weaving.

To that end, this year marks the third Christmas season Lynch has taught a felted ornament workshop at the Maury Young Arts Centre. Because the last two years sold out, she decided to host two sessions this year. The first one was last Wednesday and the next is Dec. 14 from 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The group learns the basics of wet felting techniques—using wool, salt, and hot water to bind felt—and the needle

felting method—using a needle with a barb to shape the material—and make their own Christmas ornaments. “Last class someone made a wookiee,” she says. “Some will stick to the templates I’ve done as examples. Others work from their own ideas.” Currently, there are five spots left for the upcoming session, but Lynch said she might add another if it sells out. “Around this time of year when people are getting in the holiday spirit, it’s nice to learn something new and come away with something you can put on your tree,” she adds. Looking ahead to the New Year, she hopes to add entirely new workshops to her roster. Currently, she also offers private knitting and felting lessons for beginners and intermediates. “The textile stuff started off as a bit more of a hobby, but now it’s becoming more of a profession,” she says. There’s something appealing about spending time making functional art, she adds. “I like to have something that has some practicality to it,” she says. “To know you’re going to use it and have it out and take it with you places.” For more information about Lynch’s work through Knitty Gritty Textiles, or to sign up for the felted ornament workshop, visit knittygrittytextiles.com. n

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Two cookbooks on the fancy-fun continuum PIQUE OFFERS A SELECTION OF BOOK REVIEWS FOR THE READERS (OR COOKS) ON YOUR LIST THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

BY G.D. MAXWELL “COOKBOOKS? That’s so passé. Nobody reads cookbooks any more. I get all my recipes online.” Perhaps. But that fails to explain why the cookbook segment of publishing continues to be a perennial winner. So why cookbooks? Do you know what you want to cook? Great. Grab the recipe online and hope it works. Do you want to be inspired? Tutored? Mentored? Read a cookbook. Even bad ones will likely spark your imagination and good ones will take you to gustatory heights you didn’t know you were headed for when you posed the neverending question: What’ll I make for dinner? Gather and Dirty Food both inspire, while moving towards opposite ends of the fancy-fun continuum. Gather is catnip for the serious foodie. Dirty Food is a raving case of the munchies for anyone who thinks food without fun isn’t worth the trouble. Gather is David Robertson’s follow up to The Dirty Apron Cookbook, a collection of recipes, instruction and technique you might encounter if you’re fortunate enough to take part in one of the classes at The Dirty Apron Cooking School in Vancouver. It is as much about life and philosophy as it is about food. But make no mistake, it is about food: how to prepare it, how to enjoy it, how to think about it and how it brings friends, family and strangers together for an experience all will be richer for having shared. Gather is not for those whose shelves are filled with dinner-in-30-minutes genre cookbooks. This is real cooking, cheffing even, that results, in many cases, in the kinds of plates you’ll pay dearly for in expense account restaurants. The genius, of course, is in the teaching and in that regard, Gather will walk you through the steps needed to whip up a salmon, spinach and fennel Wellington that’ll make you wonder why you ever cooked salmon any other way. Oh, and why you haven’t been making your own puff pastry all along? Something else you’ll learn along the way. Many recipes bear witness to Robertson’s passion for world cuisine, melding flavours perhaps less familiar with old friends we’ve known forever. Like his coconut-lemongrass braised beef short ribs or South Indian-spiced port tenderloin with lemon rice. Both offer new territory with old favourites. Don’t get the impression Gather is all about meat. Many of the dishes are gluten free; many more vegan or vegetarian. Roasted squash and pine nut tortellini with wild mushroom ragout will have you making your own pasta, foraging local woods and impressing friends and family. Julie Van Rosendaal, on the other hand, firmly believes food is about fun.

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About sticky, saucy, gooey, crumbly, messy, shareable food that thumbs its nose at the pretentiousness of those who believe food can be parsed along a clean-dirty continuum. It was, she writes, the tsunami of “clean” food writing that inspired her latest cookbook. “Its [clean food] universally virtuous connotations play into all the usual guilt traps we have around what we eat....” Dirty Food ain’t about guilt. It stakes out its territory with the very first recipe: a panful of sticky buns that’ll have you ready to grab some flour and yeast, roll up your sleeves and count the minutes until this gooey goodness is cool enough to get down and messy with. But much of what’s covered is, well, actually good for you. Extra clumpy peanut butter and honey granola packs twice the protein and a fraction of the sweetness of even the most heart-healthy commercial granola. Papdi chaat, dirty rice and drunken noodles are practically health food, so full of good ingredients you’ll wonder whether Julie’s having you on with the title. Oh, but then there’s her take on corn on the cob: Doritos dust street corn. Yep, Doritos. Corn brushed with sour cream, mayonnaise and chili powder and dusted with crushed Doritos and feta cheese. It’s the beginning of winter and I desperately want to try this! So, here are two inspiring choices for yourself or the cook on your gift list. Reading Gather, I’m inspired to sign up for one of Dave’s classes at his school, make puff pastry and set aside the better part of a couple of afternoons to bring some of his recipes to life. And Dirty Food makes me want to head to Calgary and beg Julie to invite me over for lunch and a plateful of her trashy cookies. One experience will be informative; the other will simply be a blast. Both titles are available at Armchair Books, Whistler’s world-class bookstore. And you can find out more about both authors at: dirtyapron.com and dinnerwithjulie.com. n

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Christmas and Clint CHRISTMAS MOVIES are a huge thing. There are at least 45 holiday cheer offerings on Netflix alone right now, everything from classics like The Grinch to super random garbage like The Dogwalker’s

BY FEET BANKS Christmas Tale, a riveting story about an entitled young woman who maxes out her credit card and has to get a job walking dogs over the holidays. Do you wanna guess that she finds a valuable life lesson while picking up dog shit? Remakes are also hot these days, so Blumhouse is hoping to ride both those waves this week with Black Christmas, which opens Friday the 13th at the always dependable Whistler Village 8. Blumhouse is the company that built

PLAYING GAMES Jumanji: The Next Level opens this week.

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their name making horror flicks that cost less than $5 million, until one those “little” genre flicks—Get Out—won an Oscar. These days, they’re known for solid genre offerings and for supporting femaledriven projects, including Vancouver director and ex-Heavy Hitting Horrorfest winner, Gigi Saul Guerrero, whose Blumhouse-backed thriller Culture Shock just played at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver and maintains a 100-per-cent approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator. With Black Christmas, actress/writer/ director Sophia Takal (Green, Always Shine) isn’t reinventing the wheel, but at least she’s offering a blood-splattered alternative to the standard Christmas pablum. Sticking true to the 1974 Canadian original (which arguably kicked off the slasher genre) and the 2006 remake, Black Christmas 2019 follows a group of sorority girls who are being stalked by a mysterious masked stalker (or stalkers). However, led by Imogen Poots (28 Weeks Later, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), these victims kick a lot more ass. Also opening, and staying in the remake/ sequel lane, Jumanji: The Next Level also

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kind of bureaucracy vs. the common man story that late-career Clint Eastwood loves. An accomplished auteur at age 89, Eastwood’s politics seep into his films, and Richard Jewell offers him ample opportunity to rant against the media (here represented by a single reporter played by Olivia Wilde), the government (coalesced into Jon Hamm’s FBI agent character) and the division between what he sees as the ruling and working class. And while Richard Jewell is an entirely watchable flick, it can also (easily) be read as the conservative anxieties/paranoia of an old man who’s hoping to somehow make America great again. On the small screen, the Stream of the Week is Adventures in Babysitting, one of the best examples of just how out there ‘80s movies could be. Forced to help a useless friend in need, reluctant suburban babysitter Elisabeth Shue takes a trio of kids (two of which seem to be 14 or 15 years old) to brave the danger and depravity of “the city.” Full of ridiculous set pieces and 100 per cent perfection by Shue, this one is free on Disney+ (it sucks that they censor the profanity though. It’s better to pay for it on iTunes). The new Star Wars drops next week— that should be mellow. n

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BY ALYSSA NOEL THE TICKETS have been taken, the popcorn eaten and—most importantly—the awards handed out. The Whistler Film Festival wrapped up its 19th edition on Sunday, Dec. 8. The big winner this year was Antigone by Quebecois writer/director Sophie Deraspe. That film won the $15,000 Best Canadian Feature Film as part of Borsos Competition awards. Deraspe also won the Best Borsos Director Award and Best Screenplay. Meanwhile, the film’s star Nahéma Ricci, was awarded the Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film Award. Wrapping up the Borsos awards, Best Cinematography in a Borsos Film went to Celiana Cárdenas for her work in The Cuban. Other award winners included: • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, directed by Daniel Roher won the World Documentary Award; • Director Tony Dean Smith and the film Volition won the brand-new Just Watch Us: Best BC Director Award; • Coming Home, directed by Ryan Scura and Dylan Ladds, won the Best Mountain Culture Film Award; • My Favourite Food is Indian Tacos, My Favourite Drink is Iced Tea and my Favourite Thing is Drumming, directed by Derius Matchewan, won the $1,000 Canadian ShortWork Award; • Daughter, directed by Daria Kashcheeva, won the International ShortWork Award; • New Washing Machine, directed by Mitch Huttema, won the $500 BC ShortWork Student Award; • Heather Perluzzo and her film Wild Flower won the MPPIA Short Film Award; • Liberte: A Call To Spy, directed by Sarah Megan Thomas, and Deraspe for Antigone, both won the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Feature; • Sonia K. Hadad, director of Exam, won the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Short Film; • Pamela Gallant, on behalf of her film

Monica’s News, won the Women in the Director’s Chair 2019 Feature Film Award; • Hedyeh Bozorgzadeh won the WFF Power Pitch, including a $41,000 prize package, for her film Brother Man: The Antonio Joao Story.

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The Sea to Sky Singers are set to celebrate the holidays with their show A Celtic Christmas. The performance takes place on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. at St. John the Divine Anglican Church in Squamish. “Beloved carols with an unmistakeable Celtic flair will transport you across the foggy moors and settle you safely back in your own home, just in time for a traditional ceilidh!” the description reads. “Bring your instruments as we raise our voices (and glasses!) in a time-honoured sing-along.” Special musical guests will include Katherine Fawcett on fiddle, Max Kony on guitar, and Erik Musseau on flutes and pipes. Tickets are $20 (free for kids 12 and under) at Anna’s Interiors or Concrete Blonde in Squamish. For more, visit seatoskysingers.net.

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GLASS ETCHING On Dec. 20, the Audain Art Museum’s Art After Dark series will host a glass etching session. Inspired by their current exhibit Emily Carr Fresh Seeing, participants will learn how to incorporate trees into their work. “Experiment with creating an image, turning it into a resist layer and then etching it into glass,” the description says. That workshop is for adults over 18 and runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The all-ages session, meanwhile, will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and teach how to use vinyl tree cutouts and add them to clear cups. Kids 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. The workshops are free for anyone with a membership or with admission to the museum. For more, visit audainartmuseum.com/ events. n

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE IN FEBRUARY 1968, The Garibaldi’s Whistler News (GWN) published an article entitled “Were 107 Skiers Really Lost on Whistler Mt.?” The article was meant as a (somewhat belated) response to articles published in Lower Mainland newspapers on Dec. 4, 1967 about an incident that occurred at the Blue Chair on Whistler Mountain. In 1966, the Blue Chair had become the second chairlift to be installed on Whistler Mountain. It was located in the same general area that the Harmony Express runs today, loading in the same area and carrying skiers up to where today’s Emerald Chair offloads. According to Lynn Mathews, the Blue Chair was part of a popular circular route. After riding the gondola and Red Chair, skiers could go up the T-bar, hike over to the back bowl, and ski down to the base of the Blue Chair, which they could take back up to start the circle again. On Sunday, Dec. 3, 1967 the Blue Chair was shut down for part of the day, and skiers who had expected to take the lift back up were led out from the bottom of the chair via the beginner trail, just over three kilometres. According to The Vancouver Sun, the Blue Chair broke down, “stranding scores of skiers,” but the versions of events presented by those who were “stranded” differed greatly from the lift company. Those who talked to the paper claimed that 117 skiers were led by four ski patrol volunteers on “a gruelling 6 ½-hour hike through shoulder deep snow,” with skiers needing rescue after falling off of the single-file trail trampled by the patrollers, finishing long after dark (in December, sometime after 4 p.m.). The Sun wrote that the mountain operator’s response to these claims was to “sneer.” Jack Bright, then the area manager for

Whistler Mountain, reported that it took less than four hours for the group to hike out, using a ski run “which happened to have a bit more fresh snow on it.” The company handed out free passes to those who had been stranded, but claimed that the number of passes handed out did not necessarily reflect the number stranded, as “Everybody claimed to be stranded so they could get a free ticket.” Two months after the incident, the mountain operator used the GWN to clear up lingering questions. According to Jack Bright in the GWN, high winds and extremely heavy snow caused mechanical difficulties for the Blue Chair, causing the engine to overheat and automatically stop the lift. The operator announced that it would take from an hour to an hour and a half for the engine to cool off before they could restart. The auxiliary engine was used to evacuate the chair. The decision was made to send those waiting in line, accompanied by five experienced patrollers and employees, out along the beginner trail. Due to the snow, it took longer than expected for the group to make it out. The trail was marked and, according to Bright, “however irritable people were, there was a general gay harmony throughout the safari.” This agrees with the memory of Lynn Mathews, who remembered her husband Dave, Whistler Mountain’s operations manager, coming home late and announcing that there were over 100 people lost on the mountain, although she said he told her, “They’re not lost, they’re having too much fun at the moment.” According to Lynn, Dave claimed the skiers in the group were making snow angels, throwing snowballs, and generally having a good time. No matter what truly happened on the mountain that day, this experience is unlikely to be repeated today as over the past five decades both chairlifts and grooming (as well as on-mountain communications) have advanced. n

PARTIAL RECALL

1 SPEARHEAD CREVASSE A gaping bergschrund is clearly visible on the Spearhead Glacier—directly underneath a popular and currently unsafe ski line dubbed “Don’t Swill”—in this photo captured on Monday, Dec. 9 around midday. If you’re planning on heading into the backcountry this month, do your research and take proper precautions. PHOTO BY PETER NOWICKI. 2 PUPPY PUDDLE These eight-week-old members of Whistler Animals Galore (WAG’s) “royal” litter—including Fergie and Kate—snuggle up for a snooze at the local animal shelter. Interested in giving one of these cuties a forever home? Head to WAG’s website for more information about their adoption process. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 3 WOMEN OF WHISTLER From left to right: Steph Corker, Matt Corker and Heather Odendaal are pictured at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce’s Women of Whistler: Building the Dream Team event, held at the Audain Art Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Corker siblings, principal consultants behind human capital consulting firm The Corker Co. were keynote speakers on hand to help attendees take their companies to the next level. PHOTO BY ZOE LOMORO. 4 CHRISTMAS CAROL A group of Christmas carollers brought holiday cheer to Whistler Village on Saturday, Dec. 7. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 5 CHAMBER CHAT Members of Whistler’s business community gathered at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Power Lunch and Annual General Meeting to hear about Whistler Blackcomb’s POWDER initiative (Providing Opportunity for Women through Diversity, Equality and Respect) on Tuesday, Dec. 10. PHOTO BY JOERN ROHDE. 6 AWARDS SEASON Director Sophie Deraspe poses with the multiple awards earned by her film Antigone on the final day of the Whistler Film Festival—including the WFF Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film. Antigone is Canada’s official submission in this year’s international film Oscars category, and also won four of the festival’s five Borsos Competition Awards, including Best Canadian Feature. PHOTO BY ERIC BECKSTEAD. 7 A WALDORF WINTER Whistler Waldorf students kept spirits bright with a performance during the school’s Winter Faire, on Saturday, Dec. 7. PHOTO SUBMITTED.

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The Nadeau Ensemble brings A Prairie Christmas to the mountains VANCOUVER HARPIST WRAPS UP THIRD YEAR OF HOLIDAY SHOW IN WHISTLER ON DEC. 15

BY ALYSSA NOEL WHEN I PHONE Janelle Nadeau after she lands in Edmonton, we’re supposed to talk about the Christmas concert she’s touring across Western Canada. But I have one burning question to address before we can dig into carols: What was it like to play with the orchestra that accompanied The Who at Rogers Arena in October? I had no idea she had been the harpist onstage—hired as part of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra—at the massive rock concert until I read her biography in preparation for our interview. “They walk on, you sit down, you run through the pieces and anything that’s a little bit wonky or didn’t go as well as they wanted, they tell you,” she says, summarizing the experience with the legendary U.K. rockers. “As classical musicians in that setting, it’s your job to play every note and following

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everything, that’s it … It’s not terribly complicated music for us. It ended up being really enjoyable.” (While they didn’t interact much with the band, the orchestra did get a thank you from Pete Townshend.) I might have been impressed, but it’s hardly the first time Nadeau has played alongside big names. She’s also taken the

Eades on violin, the group has made their way from Vancouver to Pinawa, Man., and back this year. They will cap it off in Whistler on Sunday, Dec. 15. “We tell stories about our Christmases, pasts, traditions, and families,” Nadeau says. “This time of year, it’s about the connection with people we care about— maybe even people who aren’t around

“This time of year it’s about the connection with people we care about—maybe even people who aren’t around anymore. I find Christmas brings those memories back every year ... “ - JANELLE NADEAU

stage with acts like Diana Krall, Kanye West, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. But, currently, she’s in her third year of touring her show A Prairie Christmas with The Nadeau Ensemble. Alongside Kim Robertson on Celtic harp, Joaquin Ayala on a range of littleknown instruments like the symphonie, tambura, and harmonium, and Serena

anymore. I find Christmas brings those memories back every year—and, of course, we’re living in the here and now, making memories this season.” In general, they stay away from “commercial Christmas music” in favour of carols like “Silent Night” and “Angels We Have Heard on High.” The goal is to conjure up the simple,

cozy feeling of the prairie Christmases of Nadeau’s youth—hence the show’s name. “There’s something lovely and quaint about a prairie Christmas,” she adds. “Even the imagery of that—there’s snow, it’s cold, it’s not flashy, there’s not a lot of fuss. It feels good and warm. It’s all the good parts of Christmas. It feels right.” Now into her third year touring the show, Nadeau says it has been special to become part of people’s traditions. “We also get new people and lots of young people who say, ‘I can’t wait to do this next year,’” she says. “My grandma comes—obviously—to my shows, but my 16-year-old cousin thinks we’re awesome too. It’s something they can enjoy together. Besides their game of mini golf this summer, there’s not many things they’re connected with.” That’s part of why Nadeau puts so much time into the show; she’s been working on it since summer. But, luckily, “I love Christmas,” she says. “So it’ll take a lot more than a tour to Christmas me out.” Catch The Nadeau Ensemble: A Prairie Christmas at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 at showpass.com/aprairie-christmas or $20 at the door. n

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CHRISTMAS CAROL The Whistler Singers have a busy month ahead of them, culminating in the Christmas Eve Carol Service on Dec. 24.

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Get in the holiday spirit with the Whistler Singers THE LOCAL CHOIR IS PERFORMING AROUND THE VILLAGE ALL MONTH LONG

BY ALYSSA NOEL WHEN THE DOORS OPEN for the Christmas Eve Carol Service on Dec. 24, Alison Hunter can finally relax. That’s because the long-running event marks the end of a busy month that’s jam packed with music and singing. “I am really looking forward to that hour,” says Hunter, who organizes the service and directs the Whistler Singers. “Once we get to the hour, all the work is done. What’s really important to me is that for an hour people put away their distractions and they just focus on what’s important about the season, regardless of what they believe in. I think that’s really important.” She adds, with a laugh, “Christmas is kind of relaxing after that.” In total, around 2,000 people usually show up for the service at the Westin Resort and Spa. Heading into its 36 year, the evening’s format has been long established. Everyone sings the same seven traditional carols, readers—who are carefully selected members of the community—share Christmas readings, and the Whistler Singers perform a few songs too. (It’s at 6:30 p.m.) This year, readers include retired RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair, Beth Harlow, who will read with her granddaughter Rebecca Blaser, Donna Savage, Mandy Rousseau, Ryan Grills, and Bill Janyk. “It’s a good mix of people from our community,” Hunter says. But before that, you can get in the Christmas—and Hanukkah—spirit with several other musical events in the coming weeks. If you didn’t catch the Whistler Singers carolling through the village last weekend, you can find them in various locations on Dec. 13 and 14, thanks to a new partnership with Tourism Whistler. On Friday they will perform from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, catch them from 3 to 7 p.m. “It’s our first year doing it,” Hunter says. “We’re really excited to be working with Tourism Whistler.”

On Dec. 15, the Whistler Children’s Chorus will put on their concert at 5 p.m. at the Whistler Public Library. Then at 7 p.m. that day, the Whistler Singers will perform their Winter Lights concert at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church. “We’ll be singing … Hannukkah songs and we’ll be singing some traditional Christmas music and seasonal music,” Hunter says. “We’ll also be inviting the audience to sing. For a couple of the tunes I’m going to accompany the choir on my harp. We have a small vocal ensemble that practice separate from the choir and they’re doing a solstice carol.” In another new holiday gig this year, the Whistler Singers and the Whistler Children’s Chorus will be singing at the Hanukkah celebration at the Whistler Public Library on Dec. 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. “Jeanette [Bruce, who leads the Whistler Children’s Chorus and directs Barbed Choir] has the Hanukkah celebrations at the library,” Hunter explains. “This year we’re singing Hanukkah songs—there are a lot out there. We’re singing two songs about candles because light is a very integral part of the Hanukkah miracle.” Finally, the Whistler Singers and the Whistler Children’s Chorus will head to the Fairmont Chateau Whistler for their annual carolling on Dec. 23. “It’s really cool, they have this glass wedding chapel [on the roof]. When they do this Christmas event they have fire pits and you can roast marshmallows, but it is kind of dark. We’ll have headlamps so we can see the music,” Hunter says. Looking ahead to the New Year, the group is always interested in adding more singers to their group—which is now at 55 members. “It’s such a growing and vibrant group with such a range of ages,” Hunter says. “If there are people out there who are feeling a little lonely and don’t feel they have ties in the community, choir starts again in January and we welcome everybody. There’s no audition. You become part of a community of people who will say, ‘Do you need a ride to choir?’ ‘Let me help you with that.’ I love that part.” For more details on the events visit facebook.com/whistlersingers/. n

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

ALPHABET SOUP HOLIDAY SPECIAL: GENDERBREAD DECORATING

You’re invited to a very special Alphabet Soup: Holiday Edition! They will be decorating Genderbread People! > 5:30-7 pm > Whistler Community Services

STITCHES IN THE STACKS

This group is free to attend, but you’ll need to bring your own supplies. Curl up by the fire and make something beautiful together. (Crochet lovers, you’re welcome, too!) > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

COMMUNITY

DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER

This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. We will be offering weekly workshops where participants can learn and create together. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

PARENT INFANT DROP-IN

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

ACTIVATE AND CONNECT FOR SENIORS 50+

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

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One-man band on the run, songwriter, world traveller original van lifer. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

HOLIDAY SINGAPALOOZA WITH BARBED CHOIR

Whistler’s rock choir is cooking up a set of festive holiday pop songs for an awesome community singalong. Cash bar, hot festive drinks, and holiday treats. All ages, everyone welcome! Entry by food or cash donations to the Whistler Food Bank. > 6:30-9 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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

TOMMYS WHISTLER X LIQUID LOUNGE

Liquid Lounge every Wednesday and Thursday night. Tommys is lounging out and we invite you to do the same. Pull up a chair or hang out on our couches and enjoy the house tunes. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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

GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS FAMILY APRÈS

Sip a hot beverage and enjoy live music, dancing, face painting, hula hooping, characters in costume, balloon twisting animals, arts and crafts, popcorn, cookies, doughnuts, juggling and games—all in the heart of the Village at Whistler Olympic Plaza. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

WHISTLER YOUTH BAND

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

LOVEROCK

Loverock the band is a local, West Coast, future-folk duo. Mixing relevant, original music with some of the most soulful songs of our time, Teal and Sarah are busting on to the scene with a clean, acoustic sound and positive message that need to be heard. > 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 nights make their debut. Free. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

KARAOKE WITH JACK-QUI NO DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA

Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200 Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre

MUSIC

Whistler’s longest running locals’ night! Every Thursday, you can expect weekly giveaways and a mix of the hottest hip hop, tap, trap, and EDM. 604-932-2323. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

RUCKUS DELUXE

Ruckus Deluxe features former Cirque Du Soleil lead singer Chad Oliver and Grammy nominated violinist Ian Cameron playing Celtic and classics on mandolin, fiddle and electric guitar. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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

LEVEL UP > HOUSE & TECHNO

Featuring a rotating selection of DJs playing some of the best underground electronic dance music in house and techno, the “Level Up” nights are set to up your dance game. For more visit facebook.com/LevelUPwhistler. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

NEON STEVE’S MONSTER FULL-MOON PARTIES

Neon Steve’s Monster Full-Moon Parties and special guest SiVz. Beach-themed party, with neon face painting! > 9:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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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Come and watch the wonderful Whistler Skating Club skate to all your favourite jukebox songs! Followed by the chance to Skate with Santa, enjoy dinner, bake sale, turkey toss challenge and win some amazing silent auction prizes! All proceeds help support Whistler Skating Club. We’d love to see you there! By donation. > 6-8:30 pm > Meadow Park Sports Centre

COMMUNITY

WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP STARRY NIGHT SKATING PERFORMANCE AND COME SKATE WITH SANTA! OCT 12 MEADOW PARK SPORTS CENTRE

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 welcomewhistler.com for full details. Contact info@welcomewhistler.com or 604-698-5960. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

SPORTS

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME LEAGUE NIGHT

Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

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

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

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One-man-band on the run, songwriter, world traveller original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

APRÈS JAMS

Dive headfirst into the weekend with Sounds of Stache’s DJ residency every Friday après. It’s going to be a really good time. For table reservations, book through our website. 604-962-2929. > 2:30-5:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

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Voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001! The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must-see! > 3:30-8 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

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

LADIES’ NIGHT

This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 p.m. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history. Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum

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

MONTY BIGGINS @ ALPINE CAFE

The larger-than-life Monty Biggins is back in the house for another fun-filled Friday night! Join us for some upbeat soulful jazzy sounds, unique only to his style, which always a crowd pleaser. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

COMMUNITY

GAMES CAFE

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

FREESTYLE FRIDAYS

Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

CIROC FRIDAYS

Every Friday, take advantage of our table service features while our resident DJ plays smash hits guaranteed to get you dancing. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

FIRE IT UP FRIDAY MUSIC

ONGOING & DAILY

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

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

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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

RUCKUS DELUXE

> 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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COMMUNITY

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

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SINGING WITH THE BABIES

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

VIESSMANN LUGE WORLD CUP

The Whistler Sliding Centre will play host to the third stop on the World Cup luge circuit as more than 100 athletes representing more than 20 countries will blast down the Olympic Track at speeds up to 130 km. > 1-7:30 pm > Whistler Sliding 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. 604-932-1991. > 4-6 pm > Whistler Racquet Club

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

Catch A.E.L. (Anarchist Employment League), one of Whistler’s newest bands, featuring Peter Vogler, Monty Biggins, and Drew Doy. The music is ska, northern soul, a bit of reggae and funk—and anything else they can throw into the mix to lift the audience out of their daily worries and get them to dance, drink and laugh. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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

BROTHER TWANG

Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge

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SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY

This is Whistler’s biggest nightlife event each week. From Top 40s to big hits of today and classic rock, the dance floor will be bumping! > 9 pm-2 am > Buffalo Bills

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE STARING BEN TRAILL

Ben Traill is an Irish singer-songwriter from the city of Derry. With styles including rock and soul, he is sure to get the whole bar up and singing! > 6 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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FREE ADMISSION AUDAIN ART MUSEUM

RBC invites you to a free admission weekend at the Audain Art Museum. Don’t miss the final weekend of the museum’s special exhibit Emily Carr Fresh Seeing. > Audain Art Museum

The beautiful and talented Aude Ray is in town and we are over the moon to have her back at the cafe for this special Saturday night performance! Her amazing voice and soulful acoustic folk style are sure to leave you in goosebumps. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

WEEKEND GETAWAYS

Whistler’s newest nightclub and lounge 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

LADIES’ NIGHT

It’s Whistler’s No. 1 stop for stag and stagette parties. 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

Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

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MADE IN WHISTLER MARKET AT THE WESTIN RESORT & SPA

Presenting a curated group of artists from the Sea to Sky area, Dec. 15, 22, 23, 27 and 28 at the Westin Resort & Spa, Retail, Level 1. Talk to the artists and see jewelry, wood work, art, food and textiles. > 12-5 pm > Made In Whistler Market at the Westin

FREE ADMISSION AUDAIN ART MUSEUM

RBC invites you to a free admission weekend at the Audain Art Museum. Don’t miss the final weekend of the museum’s special exhibit Emily Carr Fresh Seeing. > Audain Art Museum

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PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA!

Come out and welcome Santa as he makes a special trip to Whistler, just for your pet! Professional digital photography will be provided with a sneak peek photo printed on-site! Complimentary refreshments for humans and dogs, carols, and stocking stuffers are also available. All proceeds benefit WAG! 604-935-8364. > 12-5 pm > Race and Company Law Firm

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ARTS WHISTLER LIVE! A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS

The Nadeau Ensemble presents a captivating concert of music to celebrate the season, honour special traditions and cherish with family and friends. For tickets go to https://artswhistler.com/event/a-prairie-christmas. > 3 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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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 dynamic live act. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

WHISTLER CHILDREN’S CHORUS HOLIDAY CONCERT

Join them for an evening of festive music! The Whistler Children’s Chorus has been working hard to prepare a variety of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter tunes for their fans. This event is free to attend, and everyone is welcome! > 5-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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

SUNDAY FUNDAY

Darragh will be kicking it off. There will be nothing neutral about these jams. RSVP for guest list and VIP reservation requests, please reach out to info@ tommyswhistler.com or visit www.tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

LOCALS’ SUNDAY SESH

You are invited to party like a local at the locals’ house party. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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MOUNTAIN HORSE CHRISTMAS

Come to Mountain Horse School for a day of oldfashioned holiday magic! Go for a reindeer ride through the forest on one of our costumed horses, make a wreath, shop treasures and gift cards for your loved ones, and enjoy s’mores, hot chocolate, and photos and snuggles with the animals. $10/person. 778-266-0677. > 11 am-3 pm > Pemberton (Pemberton)

RED CHAIR

A proper four-piece rock band playing all your radio favourites and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

JERRY’S DISCO

Dust off your gaper-day getup, from backwards helmets to gorby gaps, ‘cos the best Jerry outfit gets a free bottle of Prosecco! > 7-10 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

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On Monday afternoons, you can find representatives from the Whistler Welcome Centre, WorkBC, Whistler Community Services Society, and the Sea to Sky Legal Advocacy Program at the Library. Visit whistlerlibrary. ca/events for more details. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

GAMES NIGHT

Join us for a fun and free evening of board games, popcorn and Oreos. Play strategy games such as Ticket To Ride, Settlers of Catan and Carcassone, or old favourites like Monopoly, Scrabble and Clue. Sponsored by The Friends of the Whistler Public Library. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

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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

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

SUNDAY NIGHT THEORY

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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> 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

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IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM

Open mic night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Kostaman. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

MOUNTAIN MONDAYS

Legendary Locals’ Night. Rotating DJs dropping bangers all night long. Ski and Swag giveaways every week. > 7 pm > Longhorn Saloon

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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

DINO DINICOLO

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. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

Facebook page (facebook.com/groups/werunwhistler) for weekly updates. Visit werunwhistler.com to plan your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain or shine! Headlamps are mandatory. Free. > 5:55 pm > Lululemon

NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other. These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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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

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TOMMY TUESDAYS

Tommy Tuesdays winter series. Every week on a Tuesday, we will be giving away amazing prizes to appreciate you all. The grand prize will be a $1,000 flight voucher and will be drawn on Christmas Eve! For multiple entries arrive before 10:30 pm. Tunes by Dre Morel and Guests! > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

BOOK & CRAFT CLUB

Drop in for this casual session, where preschool-aged children will enjoy a short story and then use different media to create a fun craft. A great opportunity for parents to connect with other parents of young children! > 10:30-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

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From Belfast, Conor Fitzpatrick brings the pub sounds of Ireland to Whistler’s Irish pub. Joined by Marcus Ramsey, Rad Koppitz on fiddle and Andrew Crome on percussion, The MisFitz fill the dancefloor. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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PHASEONE

Australian bass king PhaseOne brings his punk and hardcore inspired bass sound to Whistler as he plays Garfinkel’s Whistler on Wednesday, Dec. 18 with support from Fidel Cashflow. 604-932-2323. > 9-11:59 pm > Garfinkel’s

Jam night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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5-DAY BOBSLEIGH PILOT SCHOOL

“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

Join us for a pool game, and wing eating competition starting at 8 p.m., where the winners win a bar tab. Partygoers will also have a chance to win a K2 snowboard or a Ride snowboard. > 8 pm > Buffalo Bills

JAM NIGHT

COMMUNITY Youth and adults (16+) who want to acquire the basic skills to pilot their own bobsleigh can enroll in one of these five-day programs that combine classroom with on-ice sessions. The school is an ideal starting point before joining the seasonal program. $250 to 750. 604-964-0040. > Whistler Sliding Centre

> 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

INDUSTRY NIGHT

CHAD OLIVER

Ruckus Deluxe frontman and former Cirque Du Soleil lead singer Chad Oliver sings Celtic, rock, pop and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to make a difference in their community. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS

Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters. Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

Whistler’s funniest night of the week! Stache hosts outrageous rounds and hilarious tasks for a trivia night with a Whistler twist. Celebrity degenerates, corporate scandals and a host of fun-filled rounds will leave your squad in stitches. $100 bar tab for winning team, spot prizes and so much more. Free. > 9-11 pm > Three Below

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAINZ

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Are you away from home for your first Christmas ever? Maybe you’re looking to start a new holiday tradition with your friends? Or perhaps you need a totally FREE night amidst the overspending of the holiday season? Look no further than Whistler Public Library’s Orphans’ Christmas Party! Join them for a gingerbread house decorating contest accompanied by cheesy Christmas tunes and delicious treats, followed by a screening of Elf! > 6-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ

Hip hop, drum and bass and jazz mixes that transcend eras, beats that burn hard and sooth like aloe vera. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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Belfast busker of the year Conor Fitzpatrick performs at Cranked. Once the word gets out, everyone is going to want to see this guy play. Conor Fitz is an Irish singer/ songwriter who spent the past few years performing his music in bars around the world. > 4:30-7:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Nobody knows really what

they’re doing,” says Aries comedian Conan O’Brien. “And there are two ways to go with that information,” he continues. “One is to be afraid, and the other is to be liberated, and I choose to be liberated by it.” I hope you’ll be inspired by O’Brien’s example in the coming weeks, Aries. I suspect that if you shed your worries about the uncertainty you feel, you’ll trigger an influx of genius. Declaring your relaxed independence from the temptation to be a know-it-all will bless you with expansive new perspectives and freedom to move. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Creativity expert Roger von Oech tells us, “Everyone has a ‘risk muscle.’ You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don’t, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.” Here’s what I’ll add to his advice. If your risk muscle is flabby right now, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to whip it into better shape. Start with small, modest risks, and gradually work your way up to bigger and braver ones. And what should you do if your risk muscle is already well-toned? Dream and scheme about embarking on a major, long-term venture that is the robust embodiment of a smart gamble. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many people engage in laughably feeble attempts to appear witty by being cynical—as if by exuding sardonic irony and sneering pessimism they could prove their mettle as brilliant observers of modern culture. An example is this lame wisecrack from humourist David Sedaris: “If you’re looking for sympathy you’ll find it between s--- and syphilis in the dictionary.” I bring this to your attention in the hope of coaxing you to avoid indulging in gratuitous pessimism during the coming weeks. For the sake of your good health, it’s important for you to be as open-minded and generous-spirited as possible. And besides that, pessimism will be unwarranted. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for,” writes pundit Paul Krugman, “but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for.” That’s a good principle to apply in every area of your life. It’s always smart to know exactly what you need and want, but sometimes—like now—it’s important that you put yourself in position to encounter what you need and want but don’t realize that you need and want. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Bachianas Brasileiras is a nine-part piece of music that blends Brazilian folk music with the compositional style of Johann Sebastian Bach. The poet Anne Sexton relied on it, letting it re-play ceaselessly during her long writing sessions. My painter friend Robin sometimes follows a similar method with Leonard Cohen’s album Ten New Songs, allowing it to cycle for hours as she works on her latest masterpiece. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to select a new theme song or collection of theme songs to inspire your intense efforts in behalf of your labours of love in the coming weeks. It’s a favourable time to explore the generative power of joyous, lyrical obsession. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack of imagination,” mourned Virgo musician Nick Cave, who’s renowned for his original approach to his craft. I’m bringing this to your attention because I suspect you will be endowed with an extra fertile imagination in the coming weeks. And I would hate for you to waste time and energy trying to make full use of it in the presence of influences that would resist and discourage you. Therefore, I’ll cheer you on as you seek out people and situations that enhance your freedom to express your imagination in its expansive glory. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A scholar counted up how often the Bible delivers the command “Fear not!” and “Don’t be afraid!” and similar advice. The number was 145. I don’t think that approach to regulating behaviour works very well. To be constantly thinking about what

you’re not supposed to do and say and think about tends to strengthen and reinforce what you’re not supposed to do and say and think about. I prefer author Elizabeth Gilbert’s strategy. She writes, “I don’t try to kill off my fear. I make all that space for it. Heaps of space. I allow my fear to live and breathe and stretch out its legs comfortably. It seems to me the less I fight my fear, the less it fights back.” That’s the method I recommend for you, Libra—especially in the coming weeks. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was one of history’s most influential scientists and a key contributor to physics, astronomy, mathematics, and optics. His mastery of the nuances of human relationships was less developed, however. He had one close friendship with a Swiss mathematician, though he broke it off abruptly after four years. And his biographers agree that he never had sex with another person. What I find most curious, however, is the fact that he refused to even meet the brilliant French philosopher Voltaire, who reached out to him and asked to get together. I trust you won’t do anything like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio. In fact, I urge you to be extra receptive to making new acquaintances, accepting invitations, and expanding your circle of influence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How did humans figure out that a luxurious fabric could be made from the cocoons of insect larvae? Ancient Chinese sage Confucius told the following story. One day in 2460 B.C., 14-year-old Chinese princess Xi Ling Shi was sitting under a mulberry tree sipping tea. A silk worm’s cocoon fell off a branch and landed in her drink. She was curious, not bothered. She unrolled the delicate structure and got the idea of using the threads to weave a fabric. The rest is history. I foresee a silk-worm’s-cocoonfalling-in-your-cup-of-tea type of event in your future, Sagittarius. Be alert for it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires,” wrote Capricorn author Rebecca West. “It must abandon itself to its master passion.” That’s a high standard to live up to! But then you Capricorns have substantial potential to do just that: become the champions of devoting practical commitment to righteous causes. With that in mind, I’ll ask you: How are you doing in your work to embody the ideal that Rebecca West articulated? Is your soul loyal to its deepest desires? Has it abandoned itself to its master passion? Take inventory—and make any corrections, if necessary. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would never try to talk you into downplaying or denying your suffering. I would never try to convince you that the pain you have experienced is mild or tolerable or eminently manageable. Who among us has the wisdom to judge the severity or intractability of anyone else’s afflictions? Not I. But in the coming months, I will ask you to consider the possibility that you have the power—perhaps more than you realize—to diminish your primal aches and angst. I will encourage you to dream of healing yourself in ways that you have previously imagined to be impossible. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at,” wrote Piscean poet W. H. Auden. In other words, you have a responsibility to develop your potential and figure out how to offer your best gifts. It’s not just a selfish act for you to fulfill your promise; it’s a generous act of service to your fellow humans. So how are you doing with that assignment, Pisces? According to my analysis, you should be right in the middle of raising your efforts to a higher octave; you should be discovering the key to activating the next phase of your success—which also happens to be the next phase of your ability to bestow blessings on others. Homework: Resolved: The answer to a pressing question will come within 72 hours after you do a ritual in which you ask for clarity. FreeWillAstrology.com.

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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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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 For meetings, trips and events: accwhistler. ca/Events.html Griffin Squadron Squamish Air CadetsOpen to youth 12-18yrs at Don Ross Secondary School on Tues at 6:30pm. 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 Women's Karma Yoga - Thursdays, 9-10, 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 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.comwhistlersingers/

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Whistler Children's Chorus Rehearsal Tuesdays at MILLENNIUM PLACE (4 - 5:30 pm) contact whistlerchorus@gmail.com

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..

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

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.

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. 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 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 Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets Tuesdays AM & PM www.whistler-rotary.org Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782 Shades of Grey Painters Meet on Thursdays from 1-00 - 4:00 pm @ the Amenities building, Pioneer Junction, Vine Road, Pemberton. We are like-minded 50+ acrylic painters who get together to paint and learn from one another. No Fee. 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 Whistler Valley Quilters Guild - Meets most 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from September through May. Visitors interested in Quilts and other Fibre Arts are more than welcome to join us. Experience not a requirement. For location and topics of upcoming meetings email: whistlerquiltguild@gmail.com , visit www.whistlerquilters.com or look us up in the Arts Whistler calendar under What's On.

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 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

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

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

Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com

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

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

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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. 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

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 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. 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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SUPPORT GROUPS Whistler Alcoholics Anonymous: 12-step support group for men and women who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Meetings are held at 7 pm Mondays (women's only), 8 pm (open meetings) Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays; Whistler Medical Center, 4380 Lorimer Road, 2nd Floor multiple purpose room; 604-905-5489, https://www. bcyukonaa.org

RELIGION 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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District of Squamish Career Opportunity IT Business Analyst Regular Full Time Reporting to the Manager of IT, this position will work closely with District departments to assess current practices, processes, and systems and make recommendations for improvements and changes. This position plays a key role in driving positive change by leveraging technology and communicating effectively with all areas and levels of the organization.

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Sales Manager - This is an exciting opportunity to establish a new image for one of Whistler's original village hotels. The right person will be experienced in the Whistler accommodation sales market and have existing knowledge of what is takes to bring guests here. As well, the ability to establish strong relationships with sales teams within Whistler and with our distribution channels. Reservations and Sales Coordinator - Part time experienced vacation consultant and administration position available. Experience with accommodation reservations and hotel operations essential and understanding of groups sales and OTA's an asset. Front Desk Agents [Full-time & Part-time positions available] - We offer a great work environment, exible work schedules, a variety ts including Wellness Program or Spirit Pass, training, development & more. Reply by email to cheryl@whistlerreception.com www.whistlerreception.com

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Join Our Team Employment Opportunity When the snowing gets tough, the tough get snow clearing. The Village is seeking a casual on-call labourer to provide snow clearing relief on Village roads and sidewalks during peak �mes. The expected dura�on of this casual on-call posi�on is December 2019 – March 2020. Ac�vi�es related to this posi�on are o�en strenuous in nature and require an individual who is physically fit and safety conscious. Qualifica�ons: • Class 5 BC Driver’s License and sa�sfactory Driver’s Abstract • Qualified to operate snowplows, bobcats and dump trucks • Minimum of 3 years’ related experience in a similar role • Strong verbal communica�ons and customer service skills • Air Brakes cer�fica�on an asset Interested applicants are invited to submit their resume and references by 12:00 noon, Friday, December 13, 2019, via email to recrui�ng@pemberton.ca. This posi�on is part of the Collec�ve Agreement between the Village of Pemberton and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2010.

We are the Spa for you If you are looking for a new place to call home: • We manifest positive energy • We have a long term and loyal team • We treat you fairly and look out for your wellness • You are listened to • We give you proper breaks and time to set up between services • We offer extended medical benefits • We have potential staff housing at affordable rates • You can enjoy $5.00 cafeteria meals • You have the opportunity to work for other Vida locations in slow season We are here for you. Vida Spa at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler is currently recruiting: REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST (signing bonus RMT only) SPA PRACTITIONER • ESTHETICIANS GUEST SERVICE AGENT To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com Vida Spas - Vancouver & Whistler Live well. Live long. vidaspas.com

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Japanese Teppanyaki Chefs in Whistler.

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Prepare and cook Teppanyaki and other Japanese food including Sushi. Ensure food meets quality standards. Estimate food requirements and cooking time. Instruct Kitchen Helpers and Cooks in preparation, cooking, and presentation of food. Assist Head Chef and supervise cooks and kitchen helpers. Inspecting ingredients for quality and freshness and supervising all food preparation. Create new menu, recipes and specials. Ensure to provide excellent live cooking presentation and customer services at the Teppanyaki bar. Work as a team and ensure orders are completed in timely manner. Ensure Teppan cooking presentations are performed in most safe environment.

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All season, Permanent Full-time, 30 hours per week $24 per hour Benefits: 4% vacation pay Start Date: As soon as possible. Language of work is English Address: 301-4293 Mountain Square, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Apply by email at teppanvillage@shaw.ca

Office Administrator and Bookkeeper We are a Squamish accounting firm looking for an organized individual with office administration and bookkeeping experience to complete our team for the upcoming busy tax season. This is a year round, part-time position with lots of flexibility with scheduling. Duties • Reception duties, greeting clients and answering general phone calls • Provide exceptional client service and administration support to other team members • General bookkeeping for clients up to the trial balance • Other general accounting duties • Prepare client financial packages • Mailing, filing and other office duties • Follow up on accounts receivable of invoices Qualification and Skills • Extremely organized and takes initiative • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Understanding of and experience with bookkeeping • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software such as Excel and Word • Experience with Quickbooks, Sage, Caseware accounting software would be beneficial Please send your resume and cover letter to info@rwmacleod.ca Our sincere appreciation to all those expressing interest in the position, however, only those applicants invited for an interview will be contacted.

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The Village of Lions Bay is a small, compact community located on the scenic coast of Howe Sound, ten minutes north of West Vancouver and twenty minutes south of Squamish. We are looking for someone with drive and determination to contribute to and help grow the capacity of our dedicated team. This is an exciting, full-time administrative opportunity for a person with solid municipal experience who wishes to advance his or her career in municipal government. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Municipal Coordinator functions primarily in a legislative services role and as a senior assistant to the CAO, involved in all aspects of work flow, scheduling, deadline control, records management, handling and preparation of reports and correspondence, agenda control, policy development, and acts as the recorder for Council meetings. See: https://www.lionsbay.ca/government/employment-contract-opportunities for a detailed job description. Posting closes December 19, 2019. DECEMBER 12, 2019

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MAXED OUT

Tuning into Christmas I HAVE, I BELIEVE , a well-documented

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phobia about Christmas Carols. Many of them contain messages that trouble me. Some still give me the occasional recurring nightmare. Quite a few make me twitch with classic symptoms of a torture survivor, largely because they’ve been drilled into my brain with enough frequency to create disturbing, repressed memories. Other than the fact they were everywhere in the public airspace from midto-late November until New Year’s Day, I could, as an adult, avoid them by just staying home. Home was a carol-free zone and I spent many blissful holiday seasons with nothing but jazz, classical and rock as my soundtrack. That ended when I married my

BY G.D. MAXWELL Wonderful Wife. She loves Christmas carols. And all things Christmas. Being a supportive, understanding kind of guy—no, really—my iTunes now contains about one thousand Christmas songs. Of course there aren’t one thousand individual Christmas songs, but there are several thousand versions of the same songs out there in the Christmas-carol universe and many, many of them live on my computer. My sanity clause is an agreement they can’t be played until Dec. 1st and are banished shortly after the 25th. But today I am here to, well, if not sing the praises of Christmas carols, at least give them a hearty defence. Why? Not, I assure you, because of any growing fondness of the genre. It’s because they have come under such absurd attacks by various National Victimhood Associations for their inherent political incorrectness that I derive a certain twisted pleasure just knowing they make overly sensitive people even more uncomfortable than they make me. Early salvos against the insensitivity of carols were launched by the Take Christ Out of Christmas movement. Unchristian soldiers, those who worship a different imaginary deity or none at all, felt somehow oppressed that an obviously commercial holiday created by the Coca-Cola company should have such Judeo-Christian themes. It did not matter to them that taking Christ out of Christmas only left you with “mas” and etymologically speaking, the use of the word—old English for celebration—hit its peak in 1730 and is virtually extinct as a stand-alone word today, except in Spanish, a language in which más means more, as in, Más cerveza, por favor. But I digress. We witnessed what I thought was peak absurdity last year when the All Sex is Rape Coalition hectored the CBC—ever watchful for yet another compelling victim—and others until they banned, temporarily, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from their playlists. The song, an obviously plaintive cry for

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sexual liberation by a societally repressed aroused woman, was somehow twisted into a predatory tune about a loathsome lout slipping a date rape drug into an unwilling woman’s drink. Unexpectedly, cooler heads prevailed and the song was back in rotation within a week. And if you’d like to see a realistic, 21st-century version I’d suggest you YouTube Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s duet. As usual, I was wrong thinking that effort would dampen the spirits of the PC crowd. Various media blossom with screeds against any number of Christmas carols. None are spared; none are safe. A sample herewith: Unquestionably topping the list is, for obvious reasons, “White Christmas.” Is any explanation really necessary? The song title alone invokes the ghost of Bing Crosby whose

to draw the ire of almost everyone. The offending line, “don we now our gay apparel,” is both celebrated and reviled by a segment of the LGBTQ community. Use of the word gay in any context offends many conservatives. Liberals are offended that anyone would think gay apparel even exists. Linguists are saddened the word gay has been hijacked and now has only one meaning. And lyricists chaff at the fa la la la la ad infinitum of the lyrics. I believe this could all be overcome if, instead, we donned our ugly Christmas sweaters, although fashionistas might get their noses out of joint. A number of songs, among them, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, “The Christmas Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” are considered offensive to

I believe this could all be overcome if, instead, we donned our ugly Christmas sweaters, although fashionistas might get their noses out of joint.

crooned rendition and eponymous movie is white as white can be. The only thing whiter than the fake snow in the film is the cast. Yet, yet ... a sampling of the two dozen versions of the song I have include performances by The Supremes, Otis Redding, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Hadda Brooks and Nat King Cole. Stockholm syndrome? You decide. “Deck the Halls” manages, ironically,

anyone suffering from depression, orphans, those who have recently lost loved ones and people who don’t think chestnuts are really edible. Each in its own way describes the warmth of home and family, friends and relations, as fundamental to enjoying the holidays. They are, in a word, insensitive and should, therefore, not be played unless listeners are piping them directly into their brain through earbuds.

The “Twelve Days of Christmas” is considered a cruel and unfeeling song by the National Association of Head Injury Victims (NAHIV). It is at least eight days too long, unnecessarily repetitive and fails to explain what a partridge is doing in a pear tree in the middle of winter. It is also under siege for copyright infringement by the International Olympic Committee which believes it has an absolute monopoly on five golden rings. I stand in solidarity with the NAHIV and challenge anyone to recite all 12 days of nonsense without looking it up. The International AIDS Foundation has roundly criticized Clarence Carter’s “Back Door Santa” for its salacious content and glorification of casual sex. If you’re not familiar with it, the protagonist, Back Door Santa makes his “rounds” about the break of day, makes all the little girls happy while the boys are out to play. He bribes children to get them out of the way ... I’ll spare you the rest of the gruesome details. Needless to say, we can only hope Back Door Santa is taking precautions. No group I’m aware of has a hate on for “Little Drummer Boy.” I’m guessing there is some low-level grousing about not having a little drummer girl, or grrl, but despite that it’s on my list because it is the one carol I despise to the very core of my existence. Whenever it comes on I turn it off or, in public, leave the building, fingers in ears, humming loudly. I don’t know why I hate it but I don’t need to know. So have a tuneful holiday. Listen to what you like knowing someone somewhere is offended and would like to see it banned. It makes it that much sweeter. Fa la la la la. n

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