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PUT AWAY YOUR CELLPHONE—BOARD GAMES HAVE EXPLODED OVER THE PAST DECADE

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48 Game on Put away your cellphone—board games have exploded over the past decade. - By Nicola Jones

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS A petition to ‘Make Whistler Great Again’ is acting as a valve for the

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frustration of skiers and boarders with mountain operations. But can it create change?

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week salute the 2010 Games legacy venues in

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Oscar winner Parasite is a distinctly South Korean film, but its themes of economic disparity are sadly more globally relevant than ever, writes Brandon Barrett.

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47 RANGE ROVER Writer Leslie Anthony heads to Mount Washington to explore the Vanouver Island slopes and take in the breathtaking views.

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72 FORK IN THE ROAD This week, Glenda Bartosh delves into sleep patterns and caffeine consumption. Her choice? Drink tea, namely Whistler’s Namasthé.

74 EPICURIOUS Black’s Pub, one of the village’s first bars when it opened in 1985, sold last month to another long-running resort operator: Gibbons Whistler.

80 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW This week, Feet Banks marks Black History Month with a look back at some of the film industry’s icons.

82 MUSEUM MUSINGS We are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the 2010 Games this month, but this week’s column takes a look at the original bid to host the 1968 event.

86 PIQUECAL Can you believe it has been 10 years since Whistler hosted the Olympics? Festivities to celebrate that anniversary kick off in earnest this week, including the opportunity to try Olympic sports at Whistler Olympic Park.

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Petitioning for change 7,022.

At press time, that’s how many people had taken the time to sign a petition asking Vail Resorts to address concerns skiers and boarders have with Whistler Blackcomb (WB).

The change.org petition—titled Vail Resorts: Make Whistler Great Again!—was started on Feb. 1 by two people who are passionate about our mountains with the initial goal of getting 500 signatures. Now, the goal is to get 7,500 to sign the petition and it looks like they are well on their way.

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

The point of the petition is not just to gripe about the issues skiers and boarders are experiencing at Whistler Blackcomb this season, it’s to get the attention of WB’s owner, Vail Resorts (VR), and its shareholders and say, “Hey, look over here.

Things are not as they should be and you need to pay attention before it’s too late.”

U.S. pricing in a Canadian resort, the high price of tickets, poor grooming) driving the actions of those who are signing.

It would be easy to dismiss the petition as just chatter, but that would be a mistake.

A significant percentage of those who have signed are from out of country and many of those have indicated they are not coming back to Whistler—and they will probably tell their friends.

All of Whistler needs to be paying attention to this—we are all in this together.

Leaders at WB say they are listening— we hope that’s true. Action is needed.

It’s true this year has been one for the record books when it comes to weatherrelated issues. The late opening of the alpine, 477 centimetres of snow in January followed by 155 millimetres of rain and howling winds whipping granular ice-sand into every nook and cranny of every lift and gondola, including the barns and towers, resulted in new procedures at the Peak 2 Peak gondola and other operational lessons as well.

WB operations did plan ahead for the storms—gondolas/lifts were kept running 24 hours a day in some cases to prevent

A significant percentage of those who have signed are from out of country and many of those have indicated they are not coming back to Whistler—and they will probably tell their friends.

This is not about just one thing; it is mountain users venting their frustration borne out of many different issues over the last few years. It is the small things (the cleanliness of washrooms, staff misinformed about service policies, the Vail Resorts mountain app EpicMix using imperial measurements), as well as the big things (weekly lift and gondola delays and stoppages, the lack of communication with the thousands stranded in lift lines,

ice build-up for weekend powder hounds salivating to ski and ride after months of less than perfect mountain conditions—but what Mother Nature has thrown at us so far has been a new unknown.

On-mountain workers and patrollers have been absolutely heroic in their efforts.

But the hand dealt to the operations team seemed to be stacked with plenty of wildcards this year and the multiple and frequent delays for avvy control, the

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manual removal by rubber mallet of ice from lifts and gondolas and the thousands of kilometres of lines and electrical issues have resulted in public outcry.

However, weather doesn’t explain why last weekend, after only a few centimetres of snow fell and Saturday was a bluebird day, some lifts opened late and others continued to experience slowdowns. On Saturday, 7th Heaven was supposed to open at 9 a.m. but didn’t get up and running until 10:40 a.m. with no explanation offered.

Twitter is the main source for operational updates these days and it’s been great to have the continuous flow from #WBOps about what’s happening, but it made people cringe that, throughout the stream of information about all the closures and slowdowns, Vail Resorts’ Colorado-based PR team was posting endless messages about how amazing it was in Whistler and encouraging people to get on the mountains—oblivious to the 4,000 people lined up at Skier’s Plaza waiting for the Village Gondola to open.

There is no doubt that WB offers the most epic of skiing and riding experiences, but Vail Resorts can’t keep charging champagne prices for a no-frills experience.

We know that the men and women of WB are doing their very best in trying circumstances to keep the mountain experience second to none (FYI: booing uniformed WB staff is a disgraceful thing to do). We are told that the head of operations and patrol are making decisions in the same way as before VR’s takeover of WB, and that staffing levels are consistent with presale days—but still, we are left asking if something is rotten in the state of WB? Say what you might about ski-resort rankings, the reality is that for years WB was ranked No. 1. but now we’re slipping—the latest Forbes/ZRankings have WB at No. 7 this year while last year it was sixth.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Your Olympic legacy venues say “thank you!”

This February and March, our whole region commemorates the anniversary of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2010.

For our organization, Whistler Sport Legacies (WSL), this anniversary is a big milestone. We are celebrating a decade of keeping the legacy venues, Whistler Olympic Park, the Whistler Sliding Centre and the Whistler Athletes’ Centre, relevant for sport and accessible to the community and visitors.

Over the past 10 years, WSL has stayed very true to its mandate to keep the facilities open for high-performance sport, as well as to operate the venues as community facilities and to enrich the tourism offerings in the region.

We offer affordable recreational activities and youth sport programs and camps. Close to 20,000 Sea to Sky elementary school students have learned to cross-country ski at Whistler Olympic Park, and many more have experienced an introduction to our core disciplines, both in our entry-level programming for sliding, and Nordic sports.

We provide unique opportunities to the public to try Olympic sports such as bobsleigh, skeleton and biathlon, and have helped educate local coaches through development courses to benefit the corridor’s clubs and sport groups beyond our core sports.

mission to grow sport. We could not achieve this without the daily support of our amazing colleagues, the Sea to Sky community, our guests, volunteers, clubs and partners! You help us keep the spirit of the Games alive. On behalf of the Whistler Sport Legacies team, I thank you for the past 10 years, and look forward to continuing the legacy of 2010 for many years to come.

Roger Soane // President & CEO, Whistler Sport Legacies

Keep grooming

The Whistler Sliding Centre and Whistler Olympic Park offer some of the best highperformance training and competition sites to local, national and international athletes.

The Whistler Sliding Centre is part of the sports’ World Cup circuit and still considered one of the best venues in the world. Thirty-nine international sliding events have been held here since 2010, and it will again host the Luge World Championships in February 2021.

Whistler Olympic Park continues to be the site of many grassroots and high-performance events, and is in the running to host the Nordic

Junior World Ski Championships in 2023.

We are very proud of our “Whistler grown” athletes’ success on the world stage. Since 2010, 15 local sliding athletes have been nominated for the national teams and just last month, we all celebrated the silver medal that Whistler lugers Caitlin Nash and Natalie Corless brought home from the Youth Olympic Winter Games. Our full-time biathlon team has been growing, and just this season, 10 of our young biathletes were nominated to race for Canada overseas in Europe.

Our organization was created with the

I have noticed a significant improvement in grooming on the mountain since the recent change.org petition and the Pique article (Pique, “Whistler COO says Vail Resorts is listening to criticism,” Feb. 6).

I have also appreciated that part of the Olympic venues have recently been groomed for the first time this year, notably Fallaway and Weasel.

I wonder if the mountain could consider grooming the rest of the Olympic venues, particularly the Olympic finish run a.k.a.

Powerline, and if [that’s not possible] to groom could [you] at the very least [groom] the area around the Olympic rings? With the recent valley level melt freeze, it is not safe to ski/ walk to the base of the [Olympic] rings, and I have seen multiple guests falling trying to get there over the last few days to get their photos.

It would be amazing if the top to bottom of these Olympic runs could be groomed for the first time this year, especially the women’s

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WB even promotes this on their Wonder Routes activity guide map of things to do on the mountain for guests.

Paul Hothersall // Whistler

Vail Resorts has not failed Whistler Blackcomb I disagree with Ben Cherniavsky’s petition about making Whistler Blackcomb great again (Pique, “Whistler COO says Vail Resorts is listening to criticism,” Feb. 6).

The title is too much like Make America Great Again, which disingenuously ignores advances made while nostalgically yearning for a past that wasn’t real.

Have conditions really deteriorated with the Vail Resorts’ acquisition? I haven’t seen that this acquisition has been much different than previous ownership transitions over the years.

Some fits and stops at the start, but then things smooth out with time.

Big queues, lift stops/breakdowns, slow openings because of challenging weather conditions happened in the past as much as they do now, and are expected in ski areas.

Skiing/riding is an outdoor sport subject to uncertain weather conditions. Not only does Whistler Blackcomb use Twitter for communications on delays and closures, but we can check [independent site] whistlerpeak. com, which is a great resource for on-mountain and backcountry weather and conditions.

Customers are compensated for certain issues—being stuck on a lift that is stopped too long, for example. But no ski area should be expected to compensate for bad weather conditions or queues. I will gladly wait for ski patrol to clear an area—I have a deep appreciation for the work they do assessing conditions, doing avalanche control and sweeping to help ensure safety.

The quality of food on the mountain seems just as tasty to me and [there are] lots of choices. The Zero Waste program started before the Vail Resorts acquisition and [it] continues to support it, and so on...

I suggest Mr. Cherniavsky focus on helping WB stay as great as it is, because I believe Vail Resorts is listening and willing to make positive changes. For example, isn’t it time to replace the worn out, aged Creekside Gondola?

Kathy Robertson // Washington state

Address concerns, Vail Resorts “I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.”— Buffalo Springfield.

[These are] lyrics the founding mothers and fathers of Whistler in the ‘60s would have recognized that resonate today.

Over the weekend I, like many concerned Whistlerites, signed a petition titled: Vail Resorts: Make Whistler Great Again. Apparently

started on a whim by a [part-time] local I was the 600th-and-something signatory. By midweek, the numbers had swollen through 2,000, illustrating the worry and frustration that is currently circulating our fair resort.

It certainly appears as though the Whistler experience is deteriorating: this season, the alpine has been closed more days than it has been opened—fractures in the snowpack and high winds being blamed, equipment reliability has lead to enlarged lift lines in an alreadycrowded environment, yet all seems right in Vail Resorts’ world where we continue to get bombarded with PR on how much pow there is.

Honest communication is so important, and addressing the negatives as well as the positives is part of PR. It’s time for Vail Resorts to address these issues by communicating explanations to us— their customers who pay a serious amount of money to enjoy the Whistler experience—and to let us know what they are doing to address these issues.

Whistler has lost its mantle as No. 1 ski resort in North America and if the concerns of their customers are not addressed, then word of mouth will further damage the brand.

It’s not what anyone who lives here wants, so Vail Resorts step up and address the problem.

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We know the dire environmental and financial consequences if fossil carbon continues to be extracted and burned into our atmosphere. Fossil carbon must stay in the ground.

Please join Alan in writing or calling our Liberal MP Patrick Weiler, and in fact most importantly, the Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (MP for North Vancouver), who is ultimately responsible for this decision.

There are, I believe, self-interested and misguided, yet very powerful, voices from the fossil industry urging this project be approved.

Help Patrick and Jonathan have the strength to do the right thing and not approve this massive release of carbon into an already saturated atmosphere.

As much and as soon as possible, fossil carbon must be left in the ground and we must create a future for ourselves and our children using the alternatives. It is and will be a huge task. We must ask our representatives to devote more attention to lessening our country’s economic and physical reliance on fossil energy.

Approving projects like Frontier will only make us more reliant with a commitment to decades of future reliance, which Alan points out may negate our personal efforts to change.

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I would never support an authoritarian regime, but I have to respect the actions of the Chinese leaders in their efforts to control this epidemic. Of course, I realize that some local authorities tried to control what looked to them as initial rumors; I think that is natural.

In the Western world, the warnings of the first responders would have probably got out earlier but would we, in fact, have been able to lock down a city or a province based on a few cases so quickly? Would we have been able to build whole hospitals and treatment

facilities almost overnight and provide all the professionals and staff required to treat all these patients in such a short time?

The rate at which this virus is spreading shows us how small our planet has become and how we all affect and depend on each other. This is not a time to blame anyone but a time to cooperate and work together to overcome this crisis.

At a time when the supreme leader of the Western world is blatantly lying into the face of his people and the people of the Earth and everybody knows that he is lying, it becomes increasingly challenging to recognize what is truth and what is not.

It really hurts everyone when we cannot trust our elected leaders any more. The Earth desperately needs honest governments to take us into this decade with all the challenges we are facing.

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I’ll give the weather gods this much: they have certainly been consistent this winter.

They’ve delivered us a regular pattern of storms followed by short-lived breaks in between.

The recent parade of Pacific frontal systems has been a case in point. Plenty of new snow (so divine), lots of wind (not so heavenly), and only a brief respite before the cycle repeats.

Through times like this, avalanche hazard is mostly a matter of assessing how much new snow there is and how much it has been affected by the wind. Mostly. There is an important caveat, but let’s come back to that.

When sufficient new snow falls in one storm (usually around 30 centimetres or so), we start to observe avalanches in steep terrain. When there is less snow but enough wind to blow it around, avalanches still occur but tend to be triggered on wind-affected slopes where the wind-transported snow has added to the amount of built-up snow.

Clues that a slope with fresh snow should be avoided include: noticing more than 30 cm of new snow in the last 48 hours; seeing evidence of wind transport such as plumes of snow along ridge lines; noticing wind-blown drifts that look smooth and pillowy from far away but rippled or layered when up close; and seeing large, looming cornices along ridge crests.

Provided you can heed the signs, there is plenty of good riding to be had under the current conditions, but we do need to come back to the caveat. There have been a very small number of very large avalanches in the Whistler backcountry as recently as last weekend. They appear to have been confined to aggressive, alpine terrain.

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys exploring the upper bounds of what mortals are capable of, consider holding back a little on the big lines. That way you’re less likely to find yourself in a situation where divine intervention is required. n

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SUNDAY, the South Korean thriller Parasite made history as the first foreign-language film to take home Best Picture honours in the Oscars’ 92-year existence—and deservedly so.

The film is clever without being pretentious, engrossing without losing its savage sense of humour, and contains the kind of striking

BY BRANDON BARRETT visuals that director Bong Joon Ho has become known for. At its core, though, Parasite is a nuanced and disturbing sendup of class dynamics in a country that has only seen its wealth gap widen through globalization.

Filled with historical references and in-jokes that only a Korean audience is likely to understand, Parasite indirectly takes aim at the hierarchical chaebol system (chaebols are massive family-run industrial conglomerates like LG and Samsung that dominate Korean economic life), and riffs on the notion of space as privilege in a country where half the population is crammed into a single metropolitan area.

So what explains its surprising crossover appeal?

By and large, North American audiences aren’t big on subtitles, something Bong referenced in his Golden Globe acceptance speech last month, saying that, “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

It could simply be the latest in the Academy’s long-running effort to rehabilitate its image as a stodgy, out-of-

how a biting satire intended more for the art house than the multiplex would go on to become the most successful Korean film in history—no small feat given how many excellent movies the country has pumped out over the past 20 years.

Parasite has clearly struck a nerve with Western audiences because, in my mind, its insightful examination of the ways class division disproportionately impacts

“Rich people are naive. No resentments.

No creases on them ... ” - KI-TAEK (PARASITE)

touch institution that fails to reflect the diverse voices making up contemporary cinema today. It’s true that the Oscars race in recent years has seemed to take on, as Variety writer Owen Gleiberman put it, “the intensely heated quality of a culture war.”

Take last year’s Best Picture winner, Green Book, which sparked major backlash over what many viewed as its oversimplification of race relations in 1960s America, adding yet another “white saviour” story to a long line of them in Western cinema.

While I’m sure the Green Book controversy played a part in the Academy’s decision this year, I think it fails to fully explain

those at the lower end of the totem pole is becoming even more resonant in our current economic climate. Bong represents this “trickle-down” effect beautifully in the film with reoccurring images of water.

The torrential downpour that triggers the film’s disturbing and violent conclusion is a minor inconvenience for the wealthy Park family, who watch the storm from the massive floor-to-ceiling windows of their sprawling hilltop mansion, while for the lower-class Kim family who works for them, the storm is catastrophic, flooding their basement apartment and ruining the few material possessions they own. In such a

hierarchal urban landscape, there’s only one way for the rain to flow: down. And in that way, the film also deftly critiques how the poor are forced to bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change.

One truly bizarre element of Parasite’s unlikely global success has been watching how quick the Hollywood establishment has been to embrace it. Even with all its subtleties, Parasite doesn’t shy away from exposing the ugly underbelly of capitalism and the ways it exploits the poor in order to prop up the privileged—a model Hollywood has employed to great effect for generations.

The A-listers so eager to champion the film are either naive to its underlying message or convinced they’re not the bad kind of rich people. That mirrors the obliviousness of the wealthy Parks in the film: they are so far removed from working-class life that they struggle to remember what it’s like to ride the subway.

“Rich people are naive. No resentments.

No creases on them,” says the Kim family patriarch, Ki-taek.

“Money is an iron. Those creases all get smoothed out by money,” replies his wife, Chung-sook.

While on the surface it may appear that Parasite is a distinctly South Korean film, its examination of the growing chasm between rich and poor is sadly more relevant than ever. n

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OUR ONLINE CONVERSATION Last week, we wrote about a recent petition calling on Whistler Blackcomb to “address the problems they have created by idly neglecting the magic that once defined the unforgettable experience.” In response, WB’s new COO Geoff Buchheister said the resort has been challenged by a difficult snowpack this year, but is listening to concerns and will make changes where appropriate. Here’s what a few of our Facebook followers had to say: “While Vail are a #3 resort teaching a #1 resort how to be #3, I disagree with complaints from people about getting the mountain open quicker. Patrol works incredibly hard to get as much terrain open as possible but if it’s in the interest of safety for everyone, it won’t open.

Don’t blame Vail or Patrol, blame yourself for not checking the forecast and realising that some things may not open…”

“Blaming the weather is weak sauce.

There’s been many, many lift delays due to mechanical and operational issues…”

“Anyone that is mad about the alpine or the snowmaking should give their head a shake. The snowmaking worked so hard to get all of us something to ride on. Then patrol has done everything to keep all of [us] safe and not dead. Does anyone that is actually mad think that they wouldn’t [have] opened the alpine if it was safe? Make Whistler great again, really? This place is great and can and will only be as great as you make it. Is your cup half full or half empty with tears?”

“I’ve heard nothing good about WB since Vail took over. And the lift tickets are ridiculous. I will not spend any money there, which saddens me cause I spent five years living in Whistler and ripping down the mountains...never thought I would be sentimental about intrawest...”

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I’d like to see the stats on the lift maintenance issues lately compared to the past.

I have never seen years in which it’s a daily occurrence to have multiple lifts down at one time ‘with maintenance on the scene.’ Are the lifts running as well as the past or are they not? Seems like they’re not to me.

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Emerald residents weigh in on RMOW land purchase WHILE MANY ARE POSITIVE ABOUT RESTORED REC ACCESS, NEARBY NEIGHBOUR ‘DEVASTATED’

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHILE MANY Emerald Estates residents are happy with the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) purchase of a residential lot to restore recreation access behind the neighbourhood, the deal isn’t striking everyone the same way.

“It’s like somebody just ran over me with a Mack truck,” said George Vodarek, who lives next to the now-municipally owned property at 9561 Emerald Dr. “We’ve been here for 32 years, we built this house when there was nobody here, and we’ve just loved the tranquility, and now you wake up and they’re going to put a public trail through the neighbouring lot, and you’re going to be dealing with thousands of people walking in your backyard … it’s devastating.”

Access to the Crown land surrounding the neighbourhood—which includes One Duck Lake and trails for hiking and mountain biking, as well as a wiffle golf course—has effectively been cut off in recent years due to private development, leaving residents frustrated.

By purchasing the $1.7 million lot, the RMOW plans to restore access—though

PASSING THROUGH The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s recently purchased property at 9561 Emerald Dr. PHOTO BY BRADEN DUPUIS

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planning for how exactly that will work is still in the very early stages, according to a municipal spokesperson. The lot currently holds a four-bedroom house that the RMOW intends to eventually use for employee housing.

“While there will be an opportunity for a neighbourhood discussion, it has not yet been planned or scheduled at this early date,” the spokesperson said.

“We definitely would appreciate the access to that backcountry again, One Duck and the bike trails and everything that are there. It’s been pretty restricted for the last couple summers, and winters as well for snowshoeing.”

There are some concerns around wildfire management with potential increased use, he added, but users of the land have been “pretty respectful” in the past.

“It’s like they’re going to build a park or something right next to you, without even telling you about it, without there ever being a plan.”

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“Further, access to this area and to the trails beyond will not be available for some time. More details will be shared as they come available.”

Many Emerald residents are applauding the move, including Dale Stephens, who along with Karin Kausky wrote to council to suggest a neighbourhood working group be struck to provide input on things like parking, garbage management and logistics of use.

“I think most people I’ve talked to here are positive,” Stephens said.

“If it’s just what was there before, I don’t think there will be an influx. It will basically be the neighbourhood that will make use of it, and won’t draw a whole bunch of other traffic,” Stephens said.

“If it’s the kickoff point to another major mountain bike trail or something then that could be an issue in the future, but near term I don’t see that.”

A major influx of users is exactly what Vodarek fears, pointing to issues seen on Mountainview Drive in Alpine in recent years after a trailhead was built at the road.

“There’s a huge demand for access. I get it. It’s just that we’ve been thrown under the bus. We’re the ones that get to put up with the people walking through our yard,” he said.

The change of use for the property is “mind boggling,” he added.

“How can the muni decide that the house next door is going to be the new access trail to the backcountry?” he said.

“Like, that’s completely unreasonable.

It’s like they’re going to build a park or something right next to you, without even telling you about it, without there ever being a plan.”

There was no consultation with residents before the RMOW committed to the purchase, Vodarek said.

“The only clue [was], we saw a bunch of [RMOW] people looking at the house next door a couple months ago, and I remember thinking, ‘What the hell is that about?’” he said.

“But not in my wildest dreams did it occur to me that they would do something like that.”

Emerald residents have been urging the RMOW to address the access issue since at least 2016 (see Pique, June 20, 2016: “Emerald residents pushing for solution to Crown land access”).

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Whistler Village fire sparks déjà vu PUREBREAD, OTHER BUSINESSES HIT WITH WATER DAMAGE

BY BRADEN DUPUIS A FIRE AT THE Tyndall Stone Lodge building in Whistler Village on the morning of Monday, Feb. 10 brought back some unsettling memories for Purebread owner Mark Lamming—more specifically, memories of a fire in the exact same building in 2013.

That blaze nearly seven years ago kept

the bakery out of operation for a year.

“Your first thought is, you go back to what it was seven years ago and go, ‘it can’t be that bad again, surely,’” Lamming said.

“So anything other than that is almost like a good thing.”

Thankfully, the small fire on Feb. 10 amounted to some water damage but nothing too major, and Purebread is aiming

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EMERALD PURCHASE FROM PAGE 16 transferred to the RMOW in exchange for municipal lands in Kadenwood as laid out in a 2017 memorandum of understanding.

The transfer will become official once Whistler’s updated Official Community Plan is adopted later this year—which will necessitate a broader discussion about the future use of the land, said Emerald resident Johnny Mikes.

“Ownership comes with responsibility, and so it’s really important that there’s a really clear future for what the intent of those lands are,” Mikes said.

“I think a lot of people in Emerald would like to see them left in a natural state and not developed particularly at all.”

Mikes’ property backs onto the Crown land, meaning he never technically lost access, but he said he’s pleased to see restored access for his neighbours.

That said, many residents will no doubt have questions concerning signage, parking, garbage, fire risk and more, he posited in a letter to council, suggesting that a community meeting or workshop be held to address concerns.

“And also … it’s going to go between two homes, and so it’s important that there be some well-thought-out signage so people are responsible when they’re going through

and not disturbing the people on either side,” Mikes said.

The problem isn’t with neighbourhood residents using the access, but in the large groups coming to the neighbourhood specifically for it, said Rick Clare, who lives beside the old (now-defunct) access to the lands.

“It’s the people that come and park their buses and go play [wiffle] golf up there, bring their staff up in a bus of 40 people, or when WORCA comes and has 15 guys going to the bathroom in my front yard because they’re going for a bike ride,” Clare said.

“The average person, in their defense, doesn’t realize that they’re the 40th person that’s gone up there that day … I’m just kinda glad that it’s not beside me anymore.”

For Vodarek’s part, he said at the very least he’d like to see the RMOW take the trail straight back from the access lot, providing a buffer to nearby houses, and have proper signage to keep people from stumbling off trail.

“We have the right to quiet use of our property, and they’re violating that right here,” he said.

“So that behooves them to at least do their best in somehow steering the crowds past the houses.” n

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In a striking coincidence, both the 2013 and 2020 fires occurred directly over Purebread (though the former was on the third floor, and caused by exterior construction work, and the latter on the second, and originating in the kitchen).

While an investigation is underway, Whistler Fire Rescue Service (WFRS) deputy chief Chris Nelson said it may have stemmed from an electrical issue with the microwave.

The call came in at about 9:20 a.m., and the unit was unoccupied at the time.

“This is pure speculation from my perspective, but it appears to be the microwave that started the fire … not 100-per-cent sure, but I think in all likelihood that’s where it started,” Nelson said, adding that he has notified Technical Safety BC of his suspicions.

“But the sprinkler head did its job; it contained the fire.”

In all, 10 residential units and six commercial units were affected, though a rep with WRM strata management, which oversees the property, couldn’t provide many details beyond that, saying it’s still early in the process.

Red Cross Emergency Social Services assisted two people with a hotel and food, and a few others with information, a spokesperson with the Resort Municipality

of Whistler said.

“Many were visiting, so their priority was gaining access to their personal belongings … it is highly likely there were others impacted, but they did not reach out to us for assistance,” the spokesperson said.

The WFRS spoke with a number of people at the scene of the fire, Nelson said.

“Some of them are full-time renters, some of them are just coming here for a couple of days, one person was a monthlong visit kind of thing—so there’s varying tenants in there,” he said. “[The units] just need to be dried out …

I don’t know how damaged the drywall is, and that sort of stuff, so I don’t know how long they’ll be out.”

Nelson was also one of the WFRS members who responded to the 2013 fire in the same building.

“This one is completely unrelated. It’s interior, it’s a kitchen fire, and no one was home, so it was just a fluke,” he said.

“We stopped as much as we could … and I think [Purebread] will be back up and running hopefully sooner than later, but yeah, it’s just horrible to have that happen to them twice in literally seven years.”

Even in the immediate aftermath of the fire, Lamming was looking to the bright side.

“It’s life. It seems to test you,” he said.

“I’m just trying to look on the positive side; no one was hurt, and there’s bigger things in life to worry about than this, and we’ll just do what we can.” n

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Ask Whistler is here to answer all your burning questions TOURISM WHISTLER LAUNCHES NEW LIVE CHAT SERVICE

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHERE’S A GOOD place to get pizza in Whistler? How do I access the Peak 2 Peak?

How do I get to Olympic Plaza?

Spend any time living in Whistler, and you likely know the answers to these questions (or at least where to find them).

But for guests and newcomers, sometimes the resort can be overwhelming to navigate.

Enter Ask Whistler, a new live chat service run by Tourism Whistler (TW).

“We really recognize that the guests coming into the resort are more and more demanding of instant information, and in this day and age of digital technology, they want the answers right here, right now, at their fingertips,” said Tory Kargl, TW’s director of visitor services and whistler. com, in a presentation to the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 4.

“Likely their source is Google, but we

recognize that by providing this service we could elevate that in-resort experience, as well as provide them with this exceptional knowledge, because we are directing them right through to real live people who live and breathe Whistler, and are passionate about it and are incredibly knowledgeable.”

The service can be accessed through Facebook Messenger (@GoWhistler) and through text or WhatsApp (1-604-2659600).

Send a message through Ask Whistler between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. (365 days a year), and you’re instantly connected with one of two live operators ready to answer all your burning questions.

“These are local individuals aged between 25 and 30, they’ve lived in Whistler for a number of years, they know super accurate answers to questions, and I think anyone who has tried the service has come back to us often,” Kargl said, adding that the team has averaged about 30 chats a day in the first couple of months of operating.

ASK AWAY Tourism Whistler’s director of visitor services Tory Kargl presents to the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 4.

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“Our challenge right now is continuing to get the word out,” she said.

“But once guests do find us, we know, right now, that they’re loving the service.”

The service can also be accessed through QR codes that will be situated throughout the resort, and distributed on posters and business cards.

The live chat is well complemented by the free WiFi rolled out by TW and the Resort Municipality of Whistler last year, Kargl added. Current free WiFi locations in Whistler Village include Mountain and Village Squares, Gateway Bus Loop, Village Common, Town Plaza, Whistler Olympic Plaza and the Whistler Conference Centre.

“It looks really neat, and it’s very

on-brand and it really meets the objectives of the community; the one thing that I would say is maybe missing is that it’s not apparent that it’s a free service,” said Councillor Jen Ford.

“I would just highlight that this is an amazing service that is included in the amazing experience of just walking the village … but otherwise I think it’s great.”

The service represents some interesting possibilities from a data collection standpoint, said Coun. Arthur De Jong. “[It would be interesting] to know where, after a couple of years, where the questions actually originate from, to a point where we can help the signage,” De Jong said.

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS NEARLY A DECADE after the first Uber ride in San Francisco in 2011, ride hailing has officially arrived in Whistler.

Whistle!—the first ride-hailing company to be approved in B.C.—began accepting rides in the resort on Monday, Feb. 10.

Whistlerites can download the Whistle app at whistle.ca or through the App Store on iPhone or Google Play on Android.

“We’re just super excited … we’re going to have our largest response in Whistler,” said Whistle founder Dylan Green, adding that the company did a soft launch in Tofino on Feb. 5.

“It was the perfect opportunity to give the app a try in real life, and we’re really happy how the app performed and are ready for Whistler.”

The company launched with a stable of 10 drivers.

“Our goal is to really use locals with their own cars to collect fares for themselves,” Green said.

“We really think that is what ride sharing is … and we think that that’s why ride sharing is going to be able to help

NEED A LIFT? Ride hailing officially arrived in Whistler on Monday, Feb. 10, with Tofino-based company Whistle! being the first to accept rides in the resort.

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in Whistler during those peak demand periods.”

Whistle fares will be “very similar to a traditional taxi,” he added, noting that the intent is not to replace existing taxi companies.

“What’s unique about what we’re providing is the ease of using your phone to book a ride,” Green said.

“The minute a driver accepts it, you’re going to know the driver and the car, you’ll know exactly how long it’s going to take for

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the car to pick you up, and you can track it in real time on your phone.

“When you get on the ride you’ll see the time for your destination, and you’ll be able to rate the driver at the end.”

Pique tested the service on its first day of operations, catching a ride from Function Junction to Creekside at a cost of $17.75 (gratuities included).

A follow-up call to Whistler Taxi confirmed a trip from Function to Creekside would cost approximately $10 to $15, depending on the meter. Whistler Resort Cabs pegged their costs at between $15 and $20 (read more about the experience at piquenewsmagazine.com: “Rating Whistler’s new ride-hailing service,” Feb. 10).

There are plans to expand Whistle to Squamish and Pemberton in the near future, but all drivers will be focused in the Whistler area at launch, Green said.

“We’ve already learned a lot from launching in Tofino, and launching in Whistler is going to be where we learn the most,” he said.

“So we’re definitely totally open to feedback from all our riders the first week, and our drivers, because that’s just going to

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 28 help us work with our app team to make the app more specific to Whistler and Squamish and Pemberton.

“We really want to make it specific to the regions that we’re in.”

While both Uber and Lyft are also approved to operate in Whistler, it’s unclear when either will launch in the resort.

A spokesperson with Lyft said its timing will depend on the number of drivers it can secure in the community.

“As we enter B.C., we believe the best way to uphold our high standards for both riders and drivers is to begin operating in a select area,” the spokesperson said in a statement.

“As we fine-tune our operations and bring more drivers into the community, we’ll expand our operating area. Over time, we will work to serve the entire region.”

An Uber spokesperson offered a similar statement, saying the company would like to service the entire region but it’s a matter of having enough drivers to meet demand.

“There’s no definitive timelines attached,” the spokesperson said. “Uber right now has a fairly robust service area in the Metro Vancouver area, and it will grow organically as the number of drivers available increases.”

From a municipal perspective, the Resort Municipality of Whistler is issuing business licenses to ride-hailing companies, with Whistle and Lyft the only two companies to apply so far (both were approved).

“I haven’t tried (Whistle), but I welcome it. Technology makes things better,” said Councillor Ralph Forsyth, who sits on the municipal Transportation Advisory Group.

“It makes sense for me, and if it’s better for the customer then that’s better for tourism and better for everybody, right?”

As for if the ride-hailing innovators can coexist with Whistler’s existing cab companies, Forsyth is optimistic.

well as provide the company with accurate analytics on drivers and their routes to offer improved service, Nijjar said.

It’s not clear how the advent of ride hailing will impact traditional taxi business in the resort, Nijjar said, noting that it’s a wait-and-see approach.

“We are doing our best right now … how (ride hailing) works, let’s see. Right now we are going with the flow,” Nijjar said.

“It makes sense for me, and if it’s better for the customer then that’s better for tourism and better for everybody, right?

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“I think they’ll be able to. Those are long-established companies,” he said.

“But at the same time, no one frets about the demise of a shoemaker, or the horseshoe guy, right?”

Whistler Taxi is doing its part to keep up with the times, with an app of its own set to launch on Feb. 17, said part-owner Jinder Nijjar.

The app will show passengers how long their ride will take to arrive and allow them to choose what type of vehicle they need, as

“This is a tourist town … when it’s busy, it’s busy, when it’s slow, it’s very slow, right? And yeah, I want to see what’s going to happen.”

One factor to watch will be the availability of drivers, he added. Whistler Taxi has 40 cabs and employs 50 to 60 drivers, but “we are always short,” Nijjar said.

“We have a very hard time finding drivers, and so let’s see what kind of drivers (the ride-hailing companies) get … that’s the most challenging for them.”

Prospective Whistle drivers need a commercial Class 4 license, but can apply for a restricted Class 4, Green said, which means they can take the road test in their own vehicle.

Drivers require a criminal record check and a driver record check, as well as a vehicle that is 10 years old or newer, though Whistle has procured four of its own vehicles that it will rent to interested drivers when they want to do a shift.

Whistle drivers also won’t need to switch their rate class with ICBC, Green added.

“Because it’s all app based and we have all the data with GPS and everything, we know where the pickups are, we know where the drop-offs are,” he said.

“We provide the data to ICBC from the moment you accept a ride … and those kilometres are on our insurance, so your car is covered under our insurance if anything happens.”

As for the question of peaceful coexistence among local transportation companies, Green is also an optimist.

“I ran Tofino Bus for 16 years and quickly realized that being a transportation business, you need to work with your neighbouring transportation companies, because it’s such a demanding industry that no one can do it alone,” he said.

“The more you can work together, the better it is for the passengers … we’re looking forward to being a member of the transportation team up there.”

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officer scammed a Whistlerite out of “thousands of dollars” this month, according to the RCMP. In a release, Mounties said they were advised of the con on Feb. 4 after the victim reportedly received a call from a 1-800 number “falsely advising that a social insurance number had been compromised and someone was committing criminal acts using their name and number.” The victim was then told they needed to speak to a police officer, and the call was transferred to someone who falsely identified themselves as a member of the local detachment. The transfer number was masked and showed up as “Whistler RCMP” on call display, police said.

The impersonating officer also knew the victim’s address and advised that “they would be arrested in the afternoon unless they complied with directions,” the release said. To avoid arrest, the caller instructed the victim to deposit money into a local Bitcoin machine using a provided QR code.

They were then told to purchase a number of Google Play gift cards and provide the security numbers listed on the back.

A similar incident involving a caller masking their display number as the Whistler RCMP occurred in October, but in that case, the individual hung up and called police before any money was exchanged.

A local server who received a similar call in the spring of 2018 wasn’t so fortunate, and ended up sending nearly $10,000 in

Bitcoin to scammers posing as CRA agents.

Following a national trend, Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes said in a follow-up call that these types of scams have been on the rise locally.

“One of the big headline stories last year involved scams and frauds, not just specific to Whistler, but in general. There are huge losses across Canada as a result of scams and frauds like this,” he said.

In 2018, Whistler ranked 188th Canadawide in fraud, with a rate of 253.29 reported instances per 100,000, below the national average of 349.2. Even still, the resort saw more than double the number of incidents (87) compared to the year before (42).

According to a report by Swedish think tank Truecaller, Canada is one of the countries most affected by scam calls, finishing just outside the top 10 worst countries worldwide. The report said that nuisance calls increased by 18 per cent globally in 2019.

This type of con is mostly a numbers game, Hayes noted, with callers attempting to dupe “hundreds or thousands of people in order to get someone to fall for their scam.”

The RCMP will never demand anyone pay Bitcoin or purchase gift cards to deal with a police matter. If you doubt the validity of a caller claiming to be a police officer, the Whistler RCMP advises not to provide any personal information and to call the police yourself and ask to speak to the officer in question.

“If it is truly a police officer, then we have no problem with people doing those sorts of things to confirm who they’re speaking to,” Hayes added. n

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WSS enviro club making waves CLUB SEEKS NEW PRESIDENT, MEMBERS IN 2020

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WITH DAILY HEADLINES and millions marching in the streets, 2019 was something of a banner year for climate change awareness.

And at Whistler’s Sept. 27 climate march, Whistler Secondary School (WSS) student Jade Quinn-McDonald was right in the thick of it.

“It was definitely life changing … seeing the feedback from the community and from the mayor has been really amazing,” said Quinn-MacDonald, who serves as president of the WSS’ environmental club and spoke at the Sept. 27 post-strike rally.

Mayor Jack Crompton pointed to the climate march as one factor that led to WSS students getting free bus passes this year, Quinn-McDonald said.

“That was great to hear, because it was kind of a direct consequence of our actions,” she said.

“So that was really amazing, and I think next year someone else will be inspired by my actions, and by previous leaders’ actions in the school, just to keep the strikes going and keep action against climate change going.”

The WSS environmental club and

its 12 members took on a wide range of initiatives in the past year, including waste management and education, schoolwide challenges, a workshop with the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment, addressing the mayor with specific issues and the aforementioned climate strike.

The club meets every Thursday at lunch and usually tends to have a couple initiatives on the go, Quinn-McDonald said.

“Usually we have one global initiative, one local initiative and one initiative within the school,” she said.

One recent global initiative saw the club raise $1,600 for hurricane relief in the Bahamas, Quinn-McDonald said, adding that raising money for those affected by the bushfires in Australia is likely to be the club’s next global project.

Though Quinn-McDonald, 17, is graduating a semester early from WSS and heading to Vancouver Island to do an outdoor education program, she’s confident the club will find new leadership.

“We’ve actually got three really motivated grads who want to sort of battle it out to take on the role of president, which I’m really looking forward to seeing,” she said, adding that anyone who wants to get involved can join the club.

CLIMATE CROWD Jade Quinn-McDonald stands with Mayor Jack Crompton and dozens of fellow marchers at the Sept. 27 climate march in Whistler.

PHOTO BY KITT DAVIS

“These days we have a pretty consistent group of kids who show up every week and make the effort and put in extra time whether it be their recycling duties or fundraising, and we could always use more members.”

Quinn-McDonald wanted to thank

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her teachers at WSS for their support, in particular the club’s sponsor Emma Stapleton.

While addressing climate change can seem a daunting problem when taken as a whole, Quinn-McDonald said it’s about bringing it back down to a personal level, and things you can change in your own life.

“I would just say it’s our future. It’s in our hands. Whether you believe in climate change or not, our actions all have consequences, and I just think it’s really important to bring it down to a personal level,” she said.

“I think it’s really important to have a leader who can really bring it down to a level that is achievable for everyone.”

Asked about his chat with QuinnMcDonald, Crompton said he thanked her and the club for its advocacy.

“It has resulted in action taken by our municipality. We are enthusiastic about getting high school students free transit and hopeful that will help people take climate action in their day to day lives,” the mayor said.

“Our local government is eager to take action and provide tools for our community to take action. This is an example of our community taking action and I think it’s a good example for us to follow.” n

Thank You FOR 10 YEARS!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games 2010.

Every day, the spirit of the Games lives on at Whistler Olympic Park, the Whistler Sliding Centre and the Whistler Athletes’ Centre. We introduce locals and visitors of all ages to our sports, grow new athletes and see our local “legacy babies” succeed and become the next generation of Olympians.

Our mission is to Grow Sport, and we could not achieve this without the daily support of the Sea to Sky community, our guests, volunteers, clubs and partners!

On behalf of the Whistler Sport Legacies team, I thank you for the past ten years and look forward to continuing the Legacy of 2010 for many years to come.

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Naturespeak: Autumn birds finish year on an unexpected crescendo

BY KARL RICKER THE AUTUMN MIGRATION did not disappoint. Sightings in September and October tallied 111 species and not too shabby volumes, but November’s quirky weather added nothing more. In October, Shawn Mason registered the surprise of the year with a new one for our list—a northern mockingbird in her yard at Creekside on two successive days. The identity was confirmed by photo.

While this is the first record of the bird in Whistler it has been seen twice before at Squamish, once at Pemberton, several times in the Vancouver-Sechelt Coast areas, and very rarely on Vancouver Island. Its normal range is throughout southern U.S. and eastern North America but seen least often in the Pacific Northwest. So, kudos to Shawn, our new Christmas Bird Count Coordinator.

Otherwise, the autumn highlights are the successful rearing and departure of our osprey from their nest near Meadow

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Park Sports Centre in mid-September.

Heather Baines found greater whitefronted geese in the reeds at the mouth of the River of Golden Dreams. Four of the five species of grebes were finally seen, after a hiatus of all but the pied-billed in the other seasons.

There was also a first autumn record of a turkey vulture, Sabine’s gull and rednecked phalarope. Otherwise gulls and shorebirds were hard to come by and we saw only one red-tailed hawk. An injured saw-whet owl was duly rescued and taken to the rehab facility near Vancouver. Several hops up the lift system finally gave us a Clark’s nutcracker, the important bird for dispersal of whitebark pine seeds.

Alpine sightings of other species were sparse except for bold ravens and ubiquitous juncos. Eight species of warblers was about normal as were ten species of sparrows. We missed on orioles, and three species of finches was underwhelming.

Where were the house finches? All told however 111 species exceeded the 14-year average of 104 species (range 90 to 114). Did we miss any regulars? Yes, no fox sparrows

RARE AFFAIR Northern Mockingbird was found for the first time ever in Whistler last fall.

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or Barrow’s golden-eye ducks!

Thanks to the autumn bonanza 177 species were seen over the birding year, which concluded on Nov. 30. This is above the 15-year average of 172 (range 148 to 188) and certainly a rebound from the previous few years of decreasing species numbers.

Thus, the diversity remains in good shape, but numerical counts of nearly all species are light, the only exception being the hundreds of American wigeon ducks seen this autumn.

If you’d like to get to know local birds

better, all are welcome to join our monthly bird walk on the first Saturday of each month.

We meet at the bottom of Lorimer Road across from the Catholic Church (6299 Lorimer Rd) and walk to Rainbow Park and back, covering a variety of ecosystems.

Another great resource for birding is the free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Reminiscing on a golden era of ski patrol FORMER PATROLLERS SHARE STORIES AT STANDING-ROOMONLY WHISTLER MUSEUM EVENT

BY JOEL BARDE WHEN ONE THINKS of ski patrol, few eras seem as distinct (and frankly, as fun) as the 1970s and ‘80s.

Long before the advent of fat skis, Whistler’s pro patrollers were constantly adapting and innovating, learning how to safely manage a glut of dynamic—and dangerous—terrain that quickly came online.

Curtis Petersen’s 1980 short documentary, Pro Patrol, continues to serve as an important document of this time, providing fascinating insights into the important work of Whistler Mountain ski patrol.

The documentary—which features stunning images of patrollers setting off massive avalanches and effortlessly skiing deep fields of powder on 200-centimetre-plus race skis—served as a jumping off point for the first instalment of the Whistler Museum’s 2020 Speaker Series, held on Jan. 29.

Sitting in front of a rambunctious

standing-room-only crowd (there were plenty of current patrollers in the house), former Whistler Mountain pro patrollers Roger McCarthy, Brian Leighton and Bruce Watt reminisced on some of the challenges faced, as well as some of the hijinks that made patrolling in that era so fun.

McCarthy, who served on the ski patrol between from 1974 to 1990, opened up the talk by discussing a harrowing rescue that he and his team of fellow patrollers undertook in 1978.

A skier was stuck in the West Bowl, requiring patrol to take a cat ride to the Saddle on Glacier Bowl, before traversing the rest of the way.

“From there on, we had to drag the toboggan up and over these piles of rocks and stuff and around the backside of Whistler Bowl,” he explained.

That injured person, it turned out, was Curtis Petersen, who had broken his leg.

“He showed up a year later and made this film,” remarked McCarthy.

The 1980s was marked by ferocious competition between Whistler Mountain

OLD FRIENDS Roger McCarthy hamming it up with old patrol buddies Bruce Watt (left) and Brian Leighton (right) at a Jan. 29 Whistler Museum Speaker Series talk.

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RETRO LOOK Roger McCarthy (left) and Bruce Watt (middle).

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from the audience.

In 1986, Whistler responded with the Peak Chair, opening up five magnificent bowls to ski.

The Peak Chair was a “game-changer”

for the mountain, said McCarthy.

Yet opening all of the new terrain it allowed access to represented a significant challenge to patrollers.

“Just the signage and avalanche

control” alone created a lot of work for patrollers, said McCarthy. “All of a sudden, we were in the helicopter for over an hour … And you know, it’s two loads of bombs, come back and get another box, go out there

and just blow the crap out of everything.”

The lack of skiers, he added, meant that slopes didn’t get the “skier compaction” that they don now, making them more susceptible to avalanche risk, he explained.

That original Peak Chair featured a mid-station, and according to Watt, it turned into a bit of “a money-maker” for the enterprising patrollers.

“People would have their poles between their legs and they’d get to that ramp and they’d snap both poles in two,” he explained.

“Then they’d get to the top, and patrol had prepared poles from the day before and would sell [them] to these new people.”

“Ya, the tip fund—we did pretty well,” said McCarthy, prompting another round of big laughter from the audience.

“We had an eggnog party at Christmastime that left scars on a few people.”

Brian Leighton served as a patroller between 1974 and 1980, before serving in patrol director and safety manager roles.

Following the talk, he said that when the documentary came out, he thought it was bit cheesy, but that doesn’t diminish its overall importance.

“When I first saw it, when it was made, it was kind of hokey and built us up to be some kind of heroes,” he said. “We were just regular guys out there doing what we had to do.

“But it’s very nostalgic now, to see some the faces. Some of those faces aren’t with us anymore.” n

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VOP to apply for bike path grant for Pemberton Farm Road East COUNCIL BRIEFS: WELLNESS ALMANAC FUNDING; NATURAL HAZARDS RESOLUTIONS; MAYOR’S MEETING WITH NEW MP

BY JOEL BARDE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON

(VOP) council directed staff to move forward with a grant application that would see the construction of a multi-use bike lane on Pemberton Farm Road East.

The section of path would be used as a connector for the Friendship Trail, which connects the VOP with Lil’wat Nation.

The path would also run past the VOP’s new recreation ground.

“Of high importance for us is to make sure—as we develop this recreational area for communities—that there is a safe, nonvehicular route [available],” said VOP Mayor Mike Richman, following the meeting.

Staff presented two options for consideration—without lighting, for a total cost of $294, 276, and with lighting, for a cost of $537,000.

Council also heard about an option for the VOP to build a more modest bike path as part of needed roadwork repair project.

But council ultimately saw this option as prohibitively expensive.

The area in question was identified during development of the VOP’s draft Cycling Network Plan, which was informed by community consultation. As part of the grant application requirements, there would be a barrier seperating the path and

CLOSE LOOK Councillor Ted Craddock takes a close examination of the layout of a proposed multiuse bike path that could run along Pemberton Farm Road East.

PHOTO BY JOEL BARDE

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the road.

The grant in question—known as the BC Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant—cost shares up to a maximum of $500,000 per project.

It covers 70 per cent of project costs for communities with a population of 15,000 or less, and 80 per cent of project costs for those working in partnership with an Indigenous community.

Richman said that the VOP discussed putting in a joint application with the Lil’wat Nation, but the nation was unable to, as it is requesting funding from the fund for a different project. And entitities are unable to apply to the fund multiple times in the same cycle.

“It was actually staff at Lil’wat Nation that brought [this grant opportunity] to our attention,” said Richman.

VOP also passed a resolution to allocate its matching contribution (of $92,000) via the VOP’s Gas Tax Community Works Funds, as well as send a correspondence to the SLRD to request it to contribute.

Also, given the fact that the connector in question connects the Friendship Trail, council passed an additional resolution to send a letter to the SLRD to see if funds could be accessed via the Sea to Sky Trails fund.

WELLNESS ALMANAC FUNDING While noting its appreciation of the work it produces, council effectively decided not to increase its funding to the Wellness Almanac.

“I think the Wellness Almanac is great and I really support it continuing on,” said Councillor Amica Antonelli. “[But] I can’t help but think of all the other needs in the

community.”

The daily blog, which highlights events and issues in the Pemberton valley, is seeking to expand its coverage and hire an Indigenous content creator. It was requesting the VOP— along with the SLRD and Lil’wat Nation—to increase its contribution from $4,000 each to $7,500 each This would result in a total budget of $22,500 for the organization, up from its current $12,000 budget.

The Wellness Almanac is a project of the Winds of Change Steering Committee, an initiative designed to build healthy relationships and respect between the people of the Lil’wat Nation, N’Quatqua, Pemberton and the SLRD. Council ultimately passed a resolution referring the item to the Pemberton Valley Utilities and Services Committee for funding consideration along with council’s feedback, recommending that the funding increase not be granted.

NATURAL HAZARDS RESOLUTIONS VOP council also gave staff direction on two resolutions for the forthcoming Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA) annual meeting, which will be held in Whistler from May 6 to 8.

Staff is seeking council’s direction with respect to a draft resolution on provincial funding for dyke upgrades, as well as a draft resolution regarding funding related to regional geohazards.

Council supported a resolution to advocate for “proactive measures for risk management of regional geohazards through

the establishment of consistent and regular monitoring” as is, but work-shopped the language around resolution that regards access to money for dyking infrastructure.

Currently, funding opportunities for dyke upgrades through the province require that all upgrades meet specific seismic standards, which bear significant costs and require specific structural fill.

Following the meeting, Richman explained the VOP has run into issues on one dyking project that doesn’t meet currently required seismic specifications.

“We sit outside of the high-risk seismic area that Vancouver sits in [and] the funds that are available would not pay for rebuilding that dyke to [the required] seismic rate,” he explained.

“So it kind of feels like we’re getting stuck in a situation where we’re being told to do nothing rather than do something that could protect us for the majority, if not all, of the local small- to medium-size highwater events that we have here.”

MP MEETING During his mayor’s report, Richman noted that he had two successful meetings with West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast- Sea to Sky Country MP Patrick Weiler on Monday, Feb. 10.

Richman said the leaders discussed various issues facing the community, from the lack of available daycare to emergency management and preparation.

Following the meeting, Richman joined Weiler and others at an event organized by the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce in which many of the same themes came up. n

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Last-minute transit cancellations cause problems for Pemberton Valley commuters ROUTE SAW THREE UNEXPECTED CANCELLATIONS IN JANUARY

BY JOEL BARDE THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) and Lil’wat Nation are raising concerns about transit service—and more specifically, outright cancellations—following a spate of them in January.

Just last week, Ernest Armann, chief administrative officer for the Lil’wat Nation, sent out a letter to band council and community members explaining that he had reached out to the VOP about the issue. Armann also shared a link so people could sign up for BC Transit notifications.

In total, there were three cancellations in January, one due to mechanical breakdown (Jan. 20), and two due to driver illness (Jan. 21 and 22).

There have been other unexpected cancellations in recent months as well.

“There has been some challenges with the service,” said Armann, adding that there have been instances where people waited in “nasty weather” and the bus never arrived.

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contracted with the agency are required to backfill “even if it comes at an impact to their bottom line.” “[Whistler Transit is] contractually obligated to provide that service, so I will have that conversation with them,” he said.

In an interview with Pique, Richman said the VOP is looking for ways to prevent the cancellations from occurring.

“Consistency is everything,” he said.

“People need to know that they can depend on their transit when they expected to be there.”

In an email to Pique, Colin Hoffman, service delivery manager for Whistler Transit, said that both of the company’s regular Pemberton drivers are currently off work due to medical conditions and that the company has not had any success in filling the positions.

The company has therefore been drawing on Whistler drivers to replace them, he explained.

“These drivers are employed in Whistler and we are obligated to use these drivers to provide transit service in Whistler prior to deploying them elsewhere,” said Hoffman.

“We are actively working to resolve this staffing issue as soon as possible and I apologize for the inconvenience.”

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Speaking more generally about transit service in Mount Currie, Armann said that there are ongoing challenges for the community.

Because of a lack of transit options, it can take people a half a day to travel from one end of the community to the other, he explained.

“When the scheduling was created, it was really to help support people going to Pemberton and Whistler, and we haven’t been able to come up with a solution to deal with some of our [own specific] transit needs,” said Ringma.

Armann added that the problems owe to financial constraints. The First Nation needs to raise revenues, through such means as levying taxes, on its own territory, he said.

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The VOP administers the service and shares the cost of it with Lil’wat Nation and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD).

As part of the service, the fare-box revenue goes to the VOP in order to reduce overall service costs.

The company contracted to deliver the service is Whistler Transit.

The VOP is aware of the last-minute cancellations, with VOP Mayor Mike Richman raising the issue when officials with BC Transit presented to VOP council during a Dec. 10 regular council meeting.

In his remarks, Richman said that people’s jobs are affected by such cancellations and that they have been “very well communicated” to the pubic.

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One Mile Lake boardwalk being cleared this winter PEMBERTON PILOT PROJECT PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

BY JOEL BARDE THE ONE MILE LAKE boardwalk and Friendship Trail are being cleared this year thanks to a trial program between local government and an enterprising Pemberton Valley resident.

Dani Schranz has been getting up early this winter, plowing the walkways, along with a stretch of the Valley Loop East trail.

Schranz initiated the project, which he said he feels is of great benefit to the community.

“This year was the pilot project,” he said, adding that he’s received positive response so far.

“For public health and mental health, it’s crucial that we can go out in the winter.”

Schranz said that he sees the service as helping to promote a “healthy routine” for Pemberton residents.

Carrying out the work with Tesfaalem Gebremariam Goitom, Schranz said this year has been a learning process.

He recently cleared the snow at around 9 a.m. at the One Mile Lake boardwalk, only to find out that people had already walked the path, making it difficult to plow, he explained.

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“A lot of people go there in the morning, so we should go at 5 a.m. before anybody else goes,” he said.

Village of Pemberton (VOP) Mayor Mike Richman said that the initiative has been “very, very well received by community members.”

Schranz is receiving a small stipend from the VOP to carry out the One Mile Lake initiative, and a small stipend from the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD)

to plow the Friendship Trail, said Richman, adding that there has long been a desire to see the boardwalk plowed, but that VOP staff doesn’t have the capacity to do so, as it must focus on other, high-priority areas after major snowfalls.

Richman did not recall the precise amount Schranz was receiving for the One Mile Lake job, but “suffice to say, Dani is doing a lot of it out of the goodness of his heart,” he said, appreciatively.

“I don’t know how many hours he’s put into it so far this winter,” he said.

“We’ll have a look at it at the end of the season. But he’s put a good deal of time in.

“Yeah, a big thank you to him and his crew.”

The arrangement, added Richman, will allow local government to gauge how much use the trails receive.

Asked if the plowing project was something that the VOP would support in the long term, Richman said that council would consider this at a later date.

“It’s definitely going to be a consideration,” said Richman. “Like anything else, it’s budget driven.”

“I think at the end of the season we’re going to look at how much time was put in and therefore how much it would cost, and we’ll look at how much usage it got,’ he said.

“And within the context of the budget we will decide if this is a good use of taxpayer money.”

Schranz said that he hopes to receive the funding to continue to carry out the project in future years.

He believes that over time, more and more people will enjoy the plowed trails.

“I think we have to do it for five years, because it needs to change people’s culture,” he said. n

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‘It dawned on us that maybe we won’t be going home’ WHISTLER CREW SHOOTING SKI FILM IN REMOTE CHINA EVACUATED OVER CORONAVIRUS—ONLY TO BE TRAPPED BY AVALANCHES

BY BRANDON BARRETT FILMING SNOW HUNTERS, an upcoming docuseries tracing the ancient origins of skiing to far-flung locations around the world, executive producer Chris Winters knew he and his crew would run into some difficulties. Just getting to one of their first shooting locations, the remote village of Kohm in the northwestern part of China (known as Hemu Village in China), close to the Kazakhstan border, presented myriad logistical and political challenges.

“Going into this project, we knew the first place we wanted to start, China, was going to be the most difficult, but it still made the most sense to begin the story there and really capture everything, especially with the future really being China with the [2022 Winter] Olympics coming up,” said the Whistler filmmaker.

But those difficulties turned out to be only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Joined by fellow Sea to Sky filmmaker Brian Hockenstein, gold-medallist snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington and pro skier Brennan Lagasse, the crew had planned to shoot some footage with locals in the village, who still use a form of skis—constructed from boiled wood and horsehair—to get around. But poor weather forced them to stay in Altay City, a five-hour drive away—inconvenient,

STRANDED A crew filming the upcmoing docuseries Snow Hunters had to contend with the spreading coronavirus as well as avalanches in remote China.

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but not unusual for that part of the world.

What was unusual were the rumours they kept hearing “about this weird virus that was happening in the eastern part of China,” Winters said. But being about as far as one can get from the province of Wuhan, the epicentre of the eventual coronavirus outbreak, while still being in China, the team didn’t think much of it at first.

“When we were finally able to fly up two days later and get to this small village, within a day it was starting to become apparent that this was not just a small little

We were told that we would have to stay in our cabins and we wouldn’t be able to go to certain places in town, which was really weird because this town was literally the furthest place from Wuhan in all of China,” Winters said. “We kept saying, ‘Why are they giving us so much trouble for this?’”

It was only thanks to a local government official who had championed the film project that the group of foreigners was slated to leave on the last flight out of Altay City.

“He happened to be in the village at the time and he personally commandeered

“I’ve come to appreciate the effect that it’s had and the discipline that I saw in the Chinese populace in terms of how they’ve responded to everything.”

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passing virus or flu,” Winters explained.

The cultural events held in Kohm that the crew had explicitly planned their trip around were cancelled. The small village, made up of just a few hundred locals primarily of Tuvan, Mongolian and Kazakh descent, slowed to a standstill. With little in the way of news— which, as it is, is tightly controlled by the Chinese state—and virtually no internet connection to speak of, information came in trickles. But it didn’t take long for Winters to realize something was amiss.

“Around this time, it started becoming a lot more clear that things were on lockdown.

this evacuation for us,” Winters said.

The relief the crew felt was short-lived. With a police escort in tow, the team began to make the drive back—only to discover, about an hour in, that several “massive avalanches” had blocked the only road out.

“It dawned on us that maybe we won’t be going home and we would have to go back to the village, where we would still be right now if we didn’t end up getting out,” said Winters.

For hours, they sat and waited in the cold, mulling over potential exit strategies, when, suddenly, “we see this light and this big snow-removal truck is blowing snow just

wide enough for our cars to get through,” Winters recalled. “When we finally jump back in the cars and start driving through it, we realized there were multiple avalanches and snow drifts over the next 50 kilometres.

They had undergone this massive effort to clear this huge amount of snow, really, just for our rescue.”

In hindsight, Winters acknowledged it’s likely the Chinese government wanted to avoid the potential PR disaster of having a group of foreigners trapped in an isolated village in the midst of a developing pandemic. Even still, he’s appreciative of the lengths they went to to get them out— not to mention the resilience of the locals.

“I’ve come to appreciate the effect that it’s had and the discipline that I saw in the Chinese populace in terms of how they’ve responded to everything,” said Winters.

The whole ordeal has given Winters and his crew some illuminating footage from the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak, and it’s also provided some themes for them to delve into as the first episodes of Snow Hunters get set for a summer release. (A sizzle reel is expected in May.) The irony of shooting a docuseries, intended to highlight the sustainability of ancient Indigenous skiing traditions, being confronted with two very modern issues— the increase in pandemics and extreme weather events—was not lost on Winters.

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on, smoke chokes the air and coral reefs bleach and die, Australia’s leaders are touting development of yet another huge coal mine, the Adani Carmichael megamine in Queensland, designed to produce 2.3 billion tonnes over 60 years of mostly low-quality, high-ash coal.

Australia’s fires cover an area 15 times larger than those in the Amazon, which are also bad. More than 30 years ago, my wife Tara and I, along with others, worked with the Kayapo in Brazil to help protect their traditional territory in the rainforest from development. Together, we convinced the World Bank to pull funding for a massive dam system, which put the project on hold.

As Brazil’s economy improved and World Bank money was no longer needed, the project went ahead under a new name.

Warmer winters have also facilitated the spread of tree-destroying insects like mountain pine beetles that cold winters once kept in check.

Intact forests produce oxygen and provide many other services beneficial to humans. They sequester carbon, which helps regulate global temperatures. They prevent runoff, slides and flooding. They maintain and filter water. They provide food and other necessities for people, and habitat for plants and animals.

In the midst of its fires, Australia has been hit by extreme weather events, including terrifying massive dust storms, battering hail and flood-producing torrential rains. Smoke from the fires is also a potent greenhouse gas. So, as a heating planet causes more forests to burn, the fires release even more carbon into the atmosphere, creating feedback loops that accelerate warming.

What will it take for politicians and others to listen? As Greta Thunberg warns, our home is on fire. It will get worse if we fail to change our ways, quickly. But politicians and industry keep expanding fossil fuel development, trying to cash in before markets fall in the face of better alternatives and climate chaos. Our economic systems still run on endless growth and consumerism, creating unconscionable waste and devastation.

We judge how well the economy is performing in part by how quickly we are tearing up the world.

It makes no sense.

Why is Australia going ahead with a massive coal mine? Why is Canada considering approving a 24,000-hectare

Flooding is just one threat to this precious forest. Clearing and burning to make way for agriculture and industrial development are also fuelling rapid destruction.

Some call the Amazon the “lungs of the world,” because the rainforest breathes in carbon and exhales oxygen. Canada is home to what some call the “northern lungs”—the boreal forest stretching from Yukon to Newfoundland and Labrador, covering 55 per cent of Canada’s land mass. The amount of oxygen forests produce is difficult to calculate and often exaggerated, but there’s no doubt forests are important for human survival.

The boreal is also under threat from rapid development and global heating. As with recent massive wildfires elsewhere, climate change is increasing the boreal fire season and fuelling intense burning over larger areas than ever—regardless of whether fires are set by lightning, arsonists or sparks from machinery or a train wheel.

open-pit oilsands mine, the Teck Frontier project in Northern Alberta? Why is the U.S. reversing environmental protections and facilitating fossil fuel expansion? Haven’t they heard we’re facing a global crisis the likes of which we’ve never experienced? Or do they just not care? Are money and power really more important to them than the health and well-being of citizens and the future of our children and grandchildren?

We’re not being held back by a lack of solutions—there are plenty existing and more being developed. We’re hostage to a lack of political will and imagination.

Wake up humanity! All that money and power won’t mean anything if we destroy our only home.

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RANGE ROVER

Skiing the real coast IT HAD RAINED hard the day before, the freezing level climbing perilously high before dropping overnight with a skiffle of snow ushered in by a passing cold front.

That meant dust-on-crust up top, and less dust on breakable, quasi-crusted, isothermic

BY LESLIE ANTHONY snow down low—the worst combo in all of skiing. And yet, skiing the Pacific Northwest you get used to it. You abide. You adjust expectations. You make it work.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned skiing Whistler over the years, it’s this: always be prepared to enjoy the day—no matter the direness contained in weather or conditions reports. In fact, the unpredictability of coastal skiing makes pleasant surprises as common as nasty ones (nudge, nudge to anyone who, like I, enjoyed two fabulous “sleeper” powder days last week). An open mind is key, as is a knack for recognizing opportunity and a capacity to appreciate the tiniest of blessings.

Of course, it also helps if you know a resort and how to get around. As I’ve documented in this space before, it wasn’t until my third visit to Whistler Blackcomb that I actually saw these mountains, understood how the various terrain aspects worked. But the prelude above doesn’t concern Whistler. It’s actually

VIEWS THAT KILL The Salish Sea from Mount Washington Alpine Resort.

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about another destination mountain even more affected by the coastal roller coaster of fluctuating freezing levels and highwater-content snow: Mount Washington on Vancouver Island.

The only way to have a ski area closer to the ocean is if it rose directly from it. And, on my first visit 20 years ago, it felt like we were literally out to sea, so thick was the fog and mist; on the zero-visibility steeps, snow was pliable but spring-patchy, so we switched gear and spent the day on the resort’s treed Nordic trails. As an alpine trip it was a bust. This time will be different.

Despite ostensibly challenging conditions, it’s full bluebird and no air of disappointment clouds the base; lifts

Despite the icy veneer elsewhere, the groomers are exceptional. Riding Eagle Express and Sunrise Chairlifts, trees display the unmistakable bareness of having been doused clean by a great celestial force, the runnelled snow beneath lumped by the flocking they once enjoyed. Yet every ride ends with a breathtaking view and renewed commitment to the run. The infamous Outback area is still too thin to open, but no worries; the frontside surface improves as the day wears on and temperatures climb just above zero on the lower mountain, making for exceptional carving on consistent fall-line runs under the shuttered Whiskey Jack Chair, where the resort’s night skiing takes place.

The only way to have a ski area closer to the ocean is if it rose directly from it. spin early and excited skiers pour into the parking lot. Around these parts, sun is more an attractant than powder, and it doesn’t take long to understand why.

Vancouver Island’s only full-service, allseason alpine resort boasts one of the most spectacular coastal alpine settings in North America, with views west to booter-shaped Mt. Edward Albert and the rugged peaks of Forbidden Plateau and Strathcona Provincial Park, as well as north and south over the Comox Valley and Beaufort Range, and east across the Salish Sea to the Coast Mountains.

Mount Washington bears no relation to the eponymous American president.

Instead, it was named for Rear Admiral John W., official hydrographer to the British Royal Navy, by a Captain Richards as he explored the Pacific Coast in 1860. The idea for a resort began in 1975 when avid skier and Campbell River businessman, Alex Linton, marvelled over the 1,588-metre a peak’s 11-metre average annual snowpack and surveyed the mountain in his friend Henry Norie’s helicopter. The following year, the pair purchased the land from a forestry company and hired Whistler’s

Ecosign to masterplan the resort that opened in 1979. A decade on, the founders sold to investors who upgraded lifts, terrain, buildings and roads. In 2015, that group sold the resort and most developable land to Utah-based Pacific Group Resorts. These days, the mid-Island resort located just 25 kilometres west of the Comox Valley and 50 km south of Campbell River boasts over 80 alpine trails served by nine lifts on 507 m of vertical, as well as 55 km of crosscountry and 25 km of snowshoe trails with a dedicated Nordic lodge.

Washington is where Whistler’s perennial favourite citizen, Mike Douglas, cut his alpine teeth. And though his legacy isn’t marked (where’s the gold statue?), the local charm and quirkiness he often regales me about abounds. At the top of Hawk Chair, a guy with a massive white beard who channels Santa Claus but dresses more like a Voyageur in a red wool blanket cinched with a belt and leather pouch, entertains two ravens he seems to know. They pick up food items from the snow as he points to them. When one fills its beak then turns to go, the guy barks “Hey!” and points to an overlooked piece; the raven dutifully returns to stuff that into its mouth as well, then flies off.

With the softer pistes and a handful of blow-in stashes discovered by our crew, we ski hard after lunch. As the skiing improves, however, visibility goes the other way, and by the time of our last run it’s snowing too hard to even make out the trees.

But that’s OK—I’ve seen all I needed to.

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I’M STANDING CLUTCHING a red token secretly in my palm; a terrorist in hiding. If only I could work out which of my fellow terrorists has the bomb. And who the President is. And get the bomber in the same room as the President. But, so far, I have very little information: my only co-conspirator is a nine-year-old girl.

Two teams of 15 people each are playing Two Rooms and a Boom in the middle of a very noisy Vancouver Convention Centre. We are here for the now-popular board game convention SHUX, an expo run by and named after a popular (and amusing) British YouTube series about board games: Shut Up & Sit Down. But you don’t need to be at this convention to play: this is a party game you too can purchase and take home. Our tokens, randomly assigned, mark us out as terrorists (red) or government (blue). Notes on the tokens let us know who the bomber is, the President, spies, co-conspirators, and more. We have a few minutes to chat, share knowledge or keep it secret, before sending small groups of hostages over to the other side. The blue team tries to save the President; the red team tries to wipe her (or him) out.

Meanwhile, in real life, everyone is making friends.

When most people think about tabletop games, they tend to think of the classics: Monopoly, Trouble, Snakes and Ladders. People like me, born in the 1970s, are aware of a handful of card games; dexterity games like Jenga; party games like Charades or Pictionary. These are games you might pull out at a family reunion, or save for the annual Christmas party. The assumption is that video games have overtaken the next generation; that

PUT AWAY YOUR CELLPHONE— BOARD GAMES HAVE EXPLODED OVER THE PAST DECADE

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board games are fusty and musty and maybe a bit geeky. Dungeons and Dragons still conjures the image of nerds locked in a den with shag carpet, rolling dice on a card table jimmied between the laundry racks.

Things have changed, and the stereotypes are breaking down.

“Which do you like better, board games or video games?” I ask my nineyear-old co-player, Vancouver-based December Goodkey. “Board games!” she says with split-second consideration. Her dad, Kennedy, is a fledgling game designer. “He makes me test them. I like most of them,” she admits grudgingly.

The world today has been over-run with new tabletop games. “It is unbelievable how much the industry has changed,” says Mark Wootton, a freelance game developer from the Comox Valley. Fuelled by popular television shows like The Big Bang Theory, gaming has become cool, or at least something to no longer be ashamed of. A-list celebrities have come out of their gaming closets to openly disclose their passions: The Rock, for one, loves Dungeons and Dragons (and was even in talks to star in a D&D movie.) Meanwhile, the rise of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter has given indie game developers (basically every hobbyist with an idea) an easy entry into the market. Gaming is one of Kickstarter’s biggest categories, raking in US$1 billion for 17,000 projects from 2009 to 2019, more than twothirds of which were board games as opposed to video games (one hit was the now-popular card game, Exploding Kittens). All this has filled tabletops worldwide with cards, boards and colourful plastic tokens.

The global market value of tabletop games was US$7.2 billion in 2017, and is forecast to reach $12 billion by 2023. Okay, sure, digital games blow that out of the water with global value set to hit $265 billion by 2023. But the boom for board games is still outpacing what might be expected in a high-tech, 5G-enabled, digital world.

BREAKING OUT OF THE BASEMENT As the market for tabletops expands, the audience is diversifying, too. “In the last 10 years, gaming has moved out of a basement of antisocial white men to a broader group of women, all genders, all kinds of people,” says Aurora Borin, a freelance music teacher from Calgary who has flown in for the SHUX convention and who generously agrees to play War Chest with me while my brain explodes over its complex rules. She is wearing a kind of Steampunkinspired sexy aviator costume, and a badge that says “She/her.”

“I tried to get everyone to do cosplay,” she laughs (practically everyone else is in jeans), “but here I am!” SHUX in particular, she says, has proven really welcoming to a more diverse audience. “The vibe at this convention is the most friendly.”

For three days each October, the Vancouver Convention Centre plays host to thousands of gamers (6,000 this year); a handful of gaming companies demo’ing their games; dozens of indie game developers hawking their inventions; and a library stacked tall with more than a thousand

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FEATURE STORY games that can be checked out and played attend ($150 for SHUX), and much, much at hundreds of tables, spread out cafeteria more on the games themselves. Stephen style. In the back rooms, people play mass Wells, who works for Community Living multiplayer role-playing games, or listen to BC in Abbotsford, used to spend $1,200 a stage shows for panel talks and live podcast year on games (though with a library of broadcasts. At one point, people line up 180 games now stacked in his home, his to get their gaming swag autographed by spending has slowed down). the Shut Up & Sit Down personalities. Here, “When I was 13, we’d start playing Shut Up & Sit Down co-founder and SHUX Diplomacy at midnight and go to 6 a.m. regular Quintin Smith is famous. (Too You’d make more mistakes as you got tired; famous, it turns out, or at least too busy, to that’s part of it,” Wells notes somberly. accept an interview request from this local These days, he has given Diplomacy up for journalist.) more collaborative games. “I can’t play that The atmosphere is friendly, with people anymore. You make too many enemies.” His randomly sitting down to play together: wife Pamela Wells, meanwhile, jokes that there’s no antisocial wallflowers hiding she only recently “married in to gaming.” behind a convention itinerary. Everyone But she loves it. “Since I married you, seems open to playing just about anything I’ve gotten smarter,” she says to Stephen. with anyone else. And there’s an almost “Seriously.” Their son, meanwhile, taught audible buzz from brains working overtime. himself to read so he could play Pokemon.

Many of these games require intense He’s not alone. Game-based-learning concentration. I walk by one table and is a popular idea in education circles these comment on the lush game pieces (there’s days, and everyone agrees that playing an actual wooden birdhouse in this a game is way more fun than filling out edition of Wingspan, and tokens that look homework sheets, while often just as like pastel Cadbury Mini-Eggs) and they productive. Games boost vocabulary nod, mentioning it has taken an hour just (Scrabble), math skills (see Point Salad in to figure out how to play. “We watched the sidebar, Do Try This At Home), memory a 20-minute YouTube video,” one says. (um, Memory), patience (um, Patience), “That helped.” and heaps of strategy (Risk, chess, etc.).

There are games for everything. In Poor parents driven mad by endless games the library, I saw games inspired by puns of Candyland now have far more options at (Keeping it Saxy), games with boxes that their disposal. look and feel like a pirate’s treasure chest, and games jammed into a box the size of POLITICS AND PANDEMICS a pack of gum. There is a dexterity game for flicking counters around a race track At lunch, I find myself in a queue behind that requires a space the size of two dining someone with an unusual nametag: “Chief World Championship Pandemic Final is tables to set up, and one with a wooden of the Department of Intelligence” it reads. I playing out (yes, a real international final, board so beautiful you could hang it on the have to ask. Turns out she’s halfway through with teams literally flown in from Italy, wall in your living room as art (Crokinole). a six-hour roleplaying game called Sworn to Germany, France etc., each with a national There are games that help you talk about Serve, “a megagame of legislative action and flag at their table). They are locked in emotions with your kids (The Color US federal oversight.” Players are assigned to concentration for timed turns as epidemics Monster), and improv-based comedy games be members of Congress, and work to make start wiping out large swaths of Europe, with titles designed to shock (Someone bills and attempt to get re-elected. “Um, is and moderators in actual lab coats oversee Has Died). Games that teach you about that…fun?” I ask. She winces a little. “I don’t play. France—the only team with custom birds (Wingspan) or quilting (Quilt Show), think we defined our roles as well as we could T-shirts—wins the day, to much applause. the Periodic Table, carbon dioxide, and have,” she admits. “But it’s heating up now.” “It was down to the wire; it was very tense,” endangered species. Some take 10 minutes When I pop in later, someone is being accused says Beth Erikson, who was overseeing the to play, a day to master. Others take more of embezzlement and the media corps is firing game. Dozens of teams compete in national than six hours to pan out. nasty headlines at a crowd that’s booing with competitions in about a dozen countries, This convention is just one of many. glee. It does look fun. she says, with the winners being flown out One held in Essen, Germany called SPIEL When the congressmen troop out, a to compete here. In today’s 1.5-hour battle, (German for “play”) tops the list: it had batch of dwarves troops in for the next six- Canada was wiped out at the last minute by 190,000 attendees last year. GenCon, in hour adventure, with fake beards, blow-up the Black Plague, leaving France as the last the U.S., typically hosts more than 60,000 pickaxes, and homemade spectacles. country standing. The prize hasn’t yet been people. People pay hundreds of dollars to Meanwhile, outside the door, the determined; in previous years, the winners

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Later, these tables will be filled with teams attempting to crack codes on a set of nested boxes, trying to get to the prize nestled inside. They have two hours to complete this tabletop version of an escape room. I watch them—teams composed of people who haven’t met before—work together, brows furrowed. It is seriously hard. The first puzzle involves matching cut-out letters from a ransom note with a picture of a host of popular board games, then working out that if the cut-out letter is, say, the fourth in a word, then you need to write down the fourth letter from the name of the corresponding board game, then eliminate half the answers based on some obscure logic and re-order it into a word

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FEATURE STORY and…there’s no way I would have got it. the mother-daughter team. For now, they But these guys are having fun. And the are focused on getting the games played at mood, though intense at times, is still more fundraisers or at corporate team-building open and less glazy-eyed than in a room full events, though it’s also a good option for of video screens. A lot of the people here who birthday parties, and general “phone-free have developed games seem to be, perhaps fun for friends and family,” says Maartense. ironically, software developers. Gavin “Ultimately we’d like to make money, Vickery, for one, makes apps through his but that will be a long road,” she adds. “Also, company Input Logic on Vancouver Island, we’re just trying to have fun and inspire and is trying to start up Input Games (he is kids to run their own businesses.” Thirteenhere at SHUX showcasing his new hunting year-old Giesebrecht says she enjoys the card game DuckBuckMoose, which is now scriptwriting and playing ringmaster when on Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/ they roll out the game for a fundraiser. The inputgames/duck-buck-moose-card-game). best bit? “Having more experience than But for Vickery, cards and other physical most 13-year-olds in business,” she says, games both have a similar logic to them that “and doing it with my mom.” “scratches my software itch,” he says, while being far more inclusive and open than video DO TRY THIS AT HOME gaming. “I like the analog feel, especially with my kids,” he says. “Board games are a Some popular and ski-themed games to really powerful way of connecting people and while away a rainy day (price estimates getting them talking.” based on Amazon.ca for basic game).

Like fishing, or even a meal, a board game provides an excuse for people to Ski Run: Ski the mountain and be back first gather, and a framework on which to hang for après. A piste map makes up the board; discussions about other, more important gameplay is with cards. Watch out for ice things. So, if you’re stuck in a hotel room and wipe-outs. on a rainy no-ski day, pull out a box and dig (2-5 players; light; into some rules. It might stretch your brain, $40 on Amazon.com.) and let you get to know each other. In short: Game on.

Code Names: Wordplay game in which spies compete to make contacts with secret agents.

MOUNTAIN MYSTERY GAMES Provide a single-word clue that points to multiple codewords on the board.

Jacqueline Maartense sometimes teaches (2-8 players; light; entrepreneurship to teenagers in the 15 minutes; $20.)

Whistler community, getting kids to invent things out of piles of scrap or to compete Point Salad: The name for this game is in Dragon’s Den-type scenarios through a an inside joke for gamers: games with program called Junior Achievers. As a mom complicated scoring schemes are often and self-employed strategy consultant for called a “point salad.” This card game takes start-up companies, she sees a future world that literally: players collect vegetables and in which many traditional jobs will fade scoring cards that provide complex point away and people, like her daughter, will totals for different salad mixes. need to be more creative and proactive about (2-6 players; light; finding or making work, and reinventing 15-30 minutes; $30.) themselves as times change. So what’s the best way to teach those skills to her daughter Ticket to Ride: A series of games that let Ciara Giesebrecht? Invent a board game. you build trains between stations in cities The duo has so far scripted and made from London to New York. Simple rules and two how-to-host-a-murder-mystery-style scoring, plus strategy, makes it great for the games, through their Mountain Mystery whole family.

Games company, launched in 2019. The first, (2-5 players; light; Avalanche, sets participants on track to 30-60 minutes; $35 and up.) figure out who triggered a deadly snowslide.

The second, the Circus Pique Mystery (no Tiny Towns: Construct a tiny town in a forest relation to Pique Newsmagazine), aimed at inhabited by woodland creatures a younger audience, invites guests to work (1-6 players; medium-light; out who set free a band of mischievous 45-60 minutes; $50) monkeys from a visiting circus. Both operate on the same basic principle: guests Settlers of Catan: A consistent favourite and are assigned a character, and given a set long-running top seller, Catan involves a of limited information about themselves lot of strategy while still being easy to learn. (such as where they were at a given time, Build settlements by exploiting resources or why they might hold a grudge against (wood, ore, etc.). another character; no one knows whodunit, (3-4 players; medium-light; not even the perpetrator him/herself).

60-plus minutes; $50.)

Guests then simply mingle and chat, always answering questions honestly, to figure out Treasure Island: A game of bluffing; players who amongst them has the means, motive, question each other about the location of and opportunity to be the culprit. buried treasure.

The scenarios come with pre-game (2-5 players; medium-light; videos that guests can watch to help set 45 minutes; $80.) the scene and describe the mystery. You can buy access to the materials online for Wingspan: A sumptuous game featuring as little as $35, or pay more to borrow pre- bird-egg pieces and complex cards that printed booklets, name tags and more from actually teach you about birds and ecology.

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FEATURE STORY Complex tactics makes it fun for serious gamers even if they don’t like birds.

(1-5 players; medium; 60 minutes; $95.)

Gloomhaven: A tactical combat game that runs like a choose-your-own-adventure.

Players with sets of specialized skills clear out dungeons, and explore and loot ruins.

(1-4 players; medium-heavy; 60-plus minutes; $120.)

Whistler Challenge: Be the first to complete a day trip to Whistler: drive up the Sea to Sky Highway, ski some runs, and drive back.

(I can’t find any copies of this for sale, but the fact that it exists is fun. Learn more at boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21167/ whistler-challenge.)

SEA-TO-SKY GAMING HOTSPOTS Re-Use-It Centre: This always-popular shop usually has a good stack of board games for sale, some of which have never been played. ($1-5.)

The Library: Libraries now have decent stacks of games to play in-house or check out (a dozen in Whistler). The Whistler Public Library hosts a Games Night every other Monday, from 7 to 9 p.m., with free snacks.

The whole conference room typically fills up with between 10 and 60 people. “It’s a very popular program,” says program coordinator Jeanette Bruce. (Free.)

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Escape! Whistler: Puzzle your way out of a locked room with a group of friends.

There are four scenarios to try: Pirate Ship, Pinball Machine, the Rabbit Hole, and the avalanche-themed Buried Cabin. ($33/ player; free on your birthday.)

“Ultimately we’d like to make money, but that will be a long road. Also, we’re just trying to have fun and inspire kids to run their own businesses.” CLARA GIESEBRECHT

Social centres: Plenty of cafés and venues in town have board games available for play, from the Pangea Pod Hotel to Fitzsimmons Pub. (Free.)

Whoola Toys: The local toy shop sells close to 100 different board games, aimed at three years to adult. ($20-80.)

Facebook: The Board Game Exchange group on Facebook sees a lot of action with nearly 25,000 members: facebook.com/groups/ boardgameexchange. ■

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$5,250,000

For more info on this listing

contact Annette: 604-932-4329

annette.roehlig@shaw.ca

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SPRING CREEK

$3,895,000

This bright open concept, four bedroom chalet home has large vaulted ceilings, a double car garage, multiple balconies and a spacious deck. You can take in the jaw dropping mountain and valley views from your floor to ceiling windows. The house features a spacious one bedroom one bathroom rental suite for monthly revenue. Ready to move in, this home is on a quiet, private cul-de-sac in Spring Creek. Spring Creek Public School is just a short walk down the road. Check out the close by breweries, hikes or biking trails in Function Junction. There is so much to do and explore right out your front door.

ELIZABETH CHAPLIN

NE W

7662 CERULEAN DRIVE

$310,000

Ready to build the home of your dreams in Pemberton’s Sunstone community? This lot has 17,760 sq ft on which to build and offers beautiful Mount Currie views.

LISA HILTON Personal Real Estate Corporation

lisah@wrec.com | 604 902 4589 SUNRIDGE

3850 SUNRIDGE COURT

$7,995,000

Sunridge Plateau’ is one of Whistler’s most desirable neighbourhoods. This charming “Chateau in the Mountains” is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac offering expansive mountain views. This home is built of the highest quality, featuring spectacular vaulted ceilings and gorgeous hardwood floors throughout. Exquisitely designed and crafted with families in mind, complete with 6 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. Most notable is the expansive 3-story staircase with unique design of the eye, providing a focal point in the home. A MUST SEE!

TRACEY CRUZ tracey@wrec.com | 604 905 9552

PEMBERTON

1406 POPLAR STREET

$699,000

Centrally located 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with an additional 1 bedroom and bathroom nanny suite. Vaulted ceilings in the open concept living and dining room, a large kitchen, wood accents, lots of light and Mount Currie views. There is a one car garage and lots of parking for your toys. A minute’s walk to both schools and town’s amenities, you won’t find a better located house.

PEMBERTON

1316 EAGLE DRIVE

$345,000

Are you looking to have it all: mountain views, a quiet residential street in Pemberton’s newest and premier neighbourhood, being nestled in the forest with direct access to trails, while being only minutes to all the amenities of downtown Pemberton? Look no further than this 8,023.4 sq/ft build lot in Pemberton’s Benchlands, ready for you to build your dream home!

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$199,000

5 acres with a 550 sq ft off the grid cabin with mountain views. Well and hand water pump in place, ready for weekend backcountry adventures or a build in the future.

SUNSTONE, PEMBERTON

NE W

LOT B-9506 PORTAGE ROAD

This spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhome is situated in the popular complex of Twin Lakes. In addition to the 1,315 square feet of living space, there is a huge 212 square feet storage area on the lower level. With fantastic amenities including tennis courts, swimming pool and private beach access on Alpha Lake, you will have no shortage of leisure options for the summer. And in the winter there is a shuttle bus to take you to and from the ski hill! There is even an onsite live-in caretaker to provide security and peace of mind.

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100 - 1200 ALTA LAKE ROAD

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elizabeth@wrec.com | 604 932 1311

$1,395,500

TAMARISK

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1585 KHYBER LANE

WHISTLER VILLAGE

354 MARKETPLACE LODGE

$665,000

This top floor 1 bedroom in the Village is an adorable, fully furnished end unit with a gas fireplace plus a great balcony with views of Rainbow mountain. Rental zoned, in-suite laundry plus a hot tub in the complex and secure underground parking!

EMERALD ESTATES 9119 EMERALD DRIVE

$1,859,000

A fabulous family home oozing with character and charm! The spacious floorplan offers 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a large media room and a private library.

Bonuses include a generous 1 bedroom suite AND a detached double garage.

PEMBERTON

$789,000

Looking for a unique and very private riverfront property? Look no further than this 52-acre parcel situated on the east side of the Lillooet River 15 km’s up the Pemberton Meadows Rd.

9410 PORTAGE ROAD

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PEMBERTON

DL1164

$565,000

Sitting on .37 of an acre is this quaint 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom cottage, with guest accommodation, in the heart of Birken BC.

DANIELLE MENZEL Personal Real Estate Corporation

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1312 EAGLE DRIVE

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PEMBERTON

$1,650,000

Come home to 1312 Eagle Drive, a stunning and newly constructed family home over 3 levels on a quiet street in the heart of Pemberton. Constructed by trusted local builders, TM Builders, the property provides in excess of 4,000sqft of generous and versatile living whilst offering expansive views of Mount Currie and the surrounding valley. Move in ready!

2008 TIYATA BOULEVARD

$879,000

Tiyata’s newest single family home! This architecturally designed home is inspired

by Pemberton and family living with an open concept layout offering a 3 bedroom plus a den home with 2.5 baths and ample storage and yard space. Currently under construction by trusted local builders, Fitzgerald Building Co. this home comes with a 2/5/10 New Home Warranty and is available for occupancy June 2020!

WHISTLER VILLAGE

606 WHISTLER PEAK LODGE

$125,000

Cozy top-floor revenue producing studio suite right in the heart of Whistler Village.

Features a kitchenette, fireplace and queen size bed, all within steps of Whistler Blackcomb. Freehold full ownership. The Phase Two covenant allows for 56 days per year of personal usage. Share in pooled hotel revenue when you are not using it. A strong revenue producing property and resort home combined in one!

PEMBERTON

1470 OLIVE STREET

JANE HEIM

$989,000

The perfect three bedroom home with double car garage and one bedroom revenue suite in The Glen. Features a spacious open living area with cozy fireplace and vaulted ceiling, large entrance area with radiant heated floors, fresh interior paint, recently painted exterior, metal roof in excellent condition, and large deck and back yard with amazing views of Mt Currie.

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PEMBERTON

THE RIDGE AT PEMBERTON

JILL NOTMAN COLPITTS jill@wrec.com | 604 932 1372

SOLD

These bluebird days have us thinking of spring which means building season is around the corner. Congratulations to my clients who will be building their dream home with this view! The Ridge is a new neighbourhood in Pemberton that is perched on a mountain with spectacular views and will be walking distance to future community recreation facilities. Let me know if you’re dreaming about your forever home too!

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ARE YOU THINKING OF SELLING? Timing in real estate is critical. Currently, the listing inventory is still low and sales remain steady. Now is still a good time to sell your property.

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35-1400 PARK STREET

$594,000

Family friendly Creekside Village has a great location just across the road from One Mile Lake and walking distance to all amenities.

This townhouse has been recently painted and has a renovated kitchen with new appliances, backsplash, cupboards, and countertops!

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204-2222 CASTLE DRIVE

$1,175,000

Ideally situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in Nordic Estates with easy walking access to the Dave Murray Downhill, Creekside shopping, fine dining, and amazing lakes and parks, you will find this bright and updated south facing townhome.

DAN SCARRATT

CREEKSIDE

16A-2300 NORDIC DRIVE

$160,000

Enjoy 5 weeks each year of incredible luxury and easy Whistler Mountain access via the Dave Murray Downhill at Natures Door. This private oasis offers all of the amenities of a luxury hotel.

Personal Real Estate Corporation

42-1400 PARK STREET

$587,000 Tastefully renovated 3 bedroom townhome in Pemberton Creekside, This bright unit has seen many upgrades including, engineered hardwood flooring, fresh paint, stainless appliances, tile backsplash, new industrial grade garage door providing superior insulation and a new hot water heater. Enjoy the convenience of living across from One Mile lake and the extensive trail network that surrounds it.

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BLUEBERRY

222-3309 PTARIMIGAN PLACE

ERIN MCCARDLE STIEL erin@wrec.com | 604 902 0520

$999,000

Spacious 2 bedroom 2 bath Condominium in Greyhawk. One level of bright open floor area in one of Whistlers most sought after neighborhoods, Blueberry Hill. Located on the second floor this unit is tucked in behind tall cedars providing privacy on the large SE facing deck. In suite laundry, stainless appliances, gas fireplace, built in speakers. Located within walking distance to the village. GST is paid, nightly rentals allowed. No foreign buyer tax or vacant home tax.

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AWESOME ANDALUSIA Granada, a city seeped in intrigue and home to Spain’s most famous fortress Story and photos by Virginia Aulin

GRANADA IS INDEED GRAND. But its name has nothing to do with grandeur. It means pomegranate in Spanish and the fruit abounds here, not just on trees but in architectural carvings, art and even the city’s coat of arms. Resembling an imperial orb, the fruit is said to stand for temporal power, while theologically it represents the Church and priesthood.

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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE It’s a fitting name for a city, then, that bloom profusely. The gardens provided has been inhabited for 2,500 years by a cool haven for the sultans during the incredibly diverse religious populations furnace of Andalusian summers. We too and royal leaders. It was first an Ibero- appreciate the shade from the intense heat.

Celtic settlement, then a Greek colony Water is integral here—for architectural and, in 711, Arabs and Berbers from as well as practical purposes. The sight and northern Africa crossed the Strait of cooling qualities of water fit seamlessly into Gibraltar and conquered the city, bringing interior and exterior design, in fountains, Islamic rule to all of the Iberian Peninsula. marble canals, reflecting pools.

In 1492, King Ferdinand II and Queen This place, these buildings are a surprise Isabella laid siege and forced the King of for the eyes and a feast for the soul, no matter Granada to surrender the town. Christians what your spiritual beliefs—and the perfectly soon “persuaded” Jewish and Muslim curated outdoor spaces offer opportunities residents to convert and began making for quiet reflection. It’s truly a wonder. significant changes to the appearance of We depart after wandering alongside the city to hide its Muslim character. gardens that still produce vegetables— As a result, there is a unique avocadoes, artichokes, plump purple conglomeration of Christian and Islamic eggplants—grown when the rulers lived influences here. We tiptoe into ornate here. Which gets us thinking about food.

Catholic churches and then turn a corner Given its rich Moorish heritage, to find intricately carved arched doorways Granada offers many Arabic restaurants of small mosques tucked between buildings serving everything from Moroccan to of a newer era.

Lebanese cuisine. (We also stock up on We stay in a 300-year-old building exotic freshly ground spices at street-side with apartments arranged around an stalls for ridiculously cheap prices.) inner courtyard, beside a 1,000-year-old But our favourite feast is with Francisco bell tower in the Albaicin neighbourhood, in the back room of his olive oil shop, La a World Heritage Site with Medieval Oliva. There are only five other people Moorish stone streets winding between dining with us because, as Francisco insists, whitewashed buildings.

“This is not a restaurant. I am not a chef!”

The North African influence is evident I’m not sure what his definition of in the incense-scented shops selling chef is, but the delicacies he prepares in mosaic hanging lamps and tablecloths a tiny space with only a hot plate and with geometric designs (Islamic art rarely one assistant indicate culinary talent. His features human figures) and in tea houses goal is to ensure we “experience the taste and hookah bars. of Granada via a pedagogical-tasting meal High on a hill is the highlight of in order to know Spanish “tradicional Granada (some say of all of Spain), the gastromic products and confort food [sic].”

Alhambra. Arabic for “the red,” it was He describes the fresh ingredients and likely so named because of the colour their history (for example, 50 per cent of of the clay used to build the outer walls. all Spanish asparagus is grown in Granada, This fortress, which sprawls over more mostly for export. Called “green gold,” than 10 hectares, encompasses royal Andalusian asparagus stands out because palaces, lush gardens and extravagant of its fine texture, intense green colour water features built by the Nasrid kings, and its crown, which tends to be more the Arab Muslim dynasty that ruled from closed) and cooking methods as he serves, 1230 to 1492. and why he has paired each dish with a The beauty of the palaces is hard to specific spirit. describe: ornately carved ceilings that look We start with a tasting of three EVOOs like inside-out wedding cakes, sophisticated and Fino (a pale white sherry) and then tile work, elegant horseshoe-shaped arches, move through 17 individually plated tapas elaborately sculpted and scalloped posts served with a rosado, a Blanca, two Tintos and walls adorned with Arabic inscriptions and a Pedro Ximenez (a dark, intense (in many places the Arabic reads “There is dessert sherry)—all for less than 50 Euros no victor but Allah,” which scholars have each (about $70 Cdn). only recently deciphered).

Francisco’s elaborately presented, The Comares Palace was the official innovative and oh-so-fresh food, wines and residence of the king and contains the entertaining commentary could almost be breathtaking Hall of the Ambassadors, described as a religious experience. Which with double-arched windows at eye fits in perfectly with this spiritual city. level providing light accentuated by illumination from lattice windows set near the soaring ceiling. The Palace of the Lions was the private area, where the Harem lived! There is an alcove here Alhambra is one of the world’s most built for a favoured wife—it has the only popular monuments so book as far in stained glass in the Alhambra. advance as possible. At the official site, The Catholic Monarchs undertook a tickets are 15 Euro (about $22 Cdn). Show number of restorations after they seized the up early and, once inside, head straight city. Charles V built his eponymous Roman- for the Nasrid Palaces because you can style palacio, partly as a tribute to his access them only in the hour indicated on grandparents, Ferdinand and Isabella, but your ticket. If the official ticket site is sold also as a reminder of Catholic supremacy. out, you can book a tour, which is what we The Generalife, which means “garden of did. It’s more expensive but our tour guide the architect” and signifies paradise, offers was excellent and made it a much more narrow paths between slender cypresses enriching experience than had we visited and towering oleander trees; myriad flowers on our own. ■

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Thinking we needed a hammer to break a window, or a screwdriver to pick the lock, I, being full of bravado and unaware of the time (midnight!) and in my yellow bikini sans towel, started knocking on doors throughout the Whistler Highland Condo complex! Needless to say, few answered, and those that did were less than helpful. But I persevered.

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like you. But I’m too busy to date. We’ll never see each other,” said the burly, bearded man as he gulped back his third Guinness on our first date.

t would have been harder to force my lazy body for a morning run if it wasn’t for [it being] such a beautiful bluebird day. And to tell the [truth], I was also hoping to run into the guy with red sneakers.

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I thought, “Wow. OK. Umm...I distinctly remember you asking me out there, bud,”and said, “That’s OK, I am busy too. I live alone but I have a cute kitty at home. He’s good company.”

“Oh...you...have a cat?” he focused.

“Yes. He’s awesome and I trained him to do all sorts of tricks, like using a human toilet. His name is Bobo. It takes him a while to warm up to strangers, but he’s a great cat everyone loves.”

“I LOVE cats. I grew up with them. He’s gonna love me, you’ll see!”

“I guess you’ll have to find time in that busy schedule of yours then, eh?” I joked. “Heh, yep.”

And that’s how it all began. He came to my house the first time to meet my cat. Little did I know that my cat also had a penchant for beards. They were instant buds. Before long, this “too-busy” man came to my house five nights a week.

He would bring treats for Bobo, dinner and wine for me.

Smitten as kittens. Then on one particularly dark day, my neighbour gave us the sad news that Bobo had passed away [after] coyotes [had attacked].

Sheer devastation. Shock. Anger. Fear, that I was now truly alone. But I wasn’t alone. Terry was right there with me. Not just to hold me as I sobbed, but to sit there in the insurmountable grief and mourned with me.

We lost something we truly loved—but still had each other. Bobo, losing you was heartbreaking. But because of you, we both found something. You helped two hearthardened, scorned workaholics find love.

Thank you for everything. We miss and love you.

Nikki and Terry

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So far we have exchanged polite [greetings]: “Good morning!” and “Yee, dude, we are better than 95 percent of the human race, because we woke up at 6 a.m.” kind of looks.

With my brain running on autopilot, I was following my regular path. Until something flew out of nowhere at me.

Drone? Cougar? Eagle? Witch? What the hell! Here it was again and it seems even bigger than before. I was running on the Don’t Look Back trail, but here I was disobeying the instructions and looking back, trying to escape. But the demon struck again, wind blowing around my face, and everywhere I looked I see either wing, beak or claw.

I covered my face and froze completely until something took me down.

When I opened my eyes, I was staring at a hairy leg and a big red sneaker!!! The rest of the owner of the shoe was laying over me, protecting me from the attack. We untangled our bodies and finally looked at each other.

“You have zero survival instincts,” he informed me of the obvious.

“What was that?” I said.

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Avon second in FWT debut JUNIOR WORLDS WRAP: GASCOIGNE SIXTH; BULFONE 13TH

BY DAN FALLOON WHEN CLAUDIA AVON seriously injured her back in the finals of the Burton U.S. Open in 2010, she thought her contest career was over.

Up until very recently, it was.

But the Pemberton snowboarder found herself with an opportunity to compete in the second stop of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort on Feb. 7, competing in her first major contest in a decade. It went well, as Avon scored a second-place finish with a 71.33 behind France’s Marion Haerty (80.00) and ahead of American Erika Vikander.

“At the top, I was a little bit worried about the snow conditions. It was a bit stiff,” she said. “It happened really quick.

I missed a feature, so it wasn’t exactly the run I wanted to do, but I wanted to have fun. I never rode Kicking Horse before and the event was new to me, so really I was looking forward to having fun and having something with good fluidity.

“I went there without any expectations and was just looking to have fun. It turned out great. I could not have expected anything better, really.”

Avon described her approach as being

STICKING THE LANDING Claudia Avon (left) celebrates her second-place showing at the Freeride World Tour stop at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort on Feb. 7.

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all out, so when preparing her run, she sought to balance her ability to charge her line with the ability to do so safely. While there was perfect visibility, the stiffer snow left her liable to going over the nose of her board and getting into trouble.

“I committed to, basically, the centre line of the face. I think what helped me out was the fluidity, just no hesitation,” she said. “I went after something that I knew had good snow and I wouldn’t have any hesitation going down it. It wasn’t

Being a newbie on the tour, however, there were a few growing pains for Avon.

“Luckily, I had my board bag packed and my gear all packed. I went to the contest not even knowing what I had to bring,” she said. “I was missing a bunch of stuff, like a back protector. They were requesting more safety equipment. I reached out to the rest of the tour and people helped me out.”

Being 10 years since her last major competition, after she suffered a compression fracture of her back at the U.S.

“I went there without any expectations and was just looking to have fun. It turned out great. I could not have expected anything better, really.”

- CLAUDIA AVON

necessarily the most technical, but the fact that I could link it up without any hesitation, the judges kind of liked that.”

The runner-up showing was particularly impressive for Avon as she had just over a week to prepare. Avon said she knew former FWT competitor Laurent Gauthier, and through him, managed to make a connection with the tour. When a scheduled competitor was injured, she was offered a wildcard spot.

Open, Avon boarded with little visible rust.

She rides plenty locally while participating in some film projects, but is admittedly “low-key” and not overly interested in the social media and marketing side of the sport, another factor that made her surprised to be invited to compete.

“I asked myself questions of what my heart was into and contests wasn’t really the way to do it for me. My heart was set in the mountains and I liked freeriding,

so I decided that sponsorships or no sponsorships, I’m going to keep doing it for myself,” she said. “I stopped all competitions and rode for myself.”

After her second-place showing, Avon said she has been invited to join the tour for its remaining three events. However, she had committed to her career as a heavymachine operator in northern Alberta for the winter and will have to consult with her employer to see if hitting the other competitions is doable.

Avon said that after purchasing a property in Pemberton, this is the first winter she’d put snowboarding on the backburner, but acknowledged that life sometimes works out in funny ways.

“It’s not something I was expecting, so I’m actually clueless on how things are going to turn out for the next little bit,” she said. “I would be pretty happy if it [works out.]”

Also in Kicking Horse, Whistler Freeride Club alumnus Tom Peiffer placed seventh in the men’s ski event while another wild card, Pemberton’s Logan Pehota, earned a 23rd-place finish. Meanwhile, in the men’s snowboard event, the lone Canadian—Whistler-based wildcard Craig McMorris—scored a seventh-place finish.

Full results are online at freerideworldtour.com.

GASCOIGNE SIXTH, BULFONE 13TH AT JUNIOR WORLDS Whistler Freeride Club athlete Leif Gascoigne managed to deal with a multitude of venue

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changes and challenges as he scored a 77.67 en route to finishing sixth at the Freeride Junior World Championship at Kappl, Austria on Jan. 30.

Gascoigne explained that organizers twice changed the site for the contest because of the changing conditions, and decided to forgo the requirement common to Europeanbased contests that competitors can’t ride the terrain before the competition.

“The main one we visually inspected was new and hard, and it snowed a metre and a half, so they couldn’t run that venue,” he said. “They were looking at another one, and the other one couldn’t do it either, so we actually did it on the third line.”

While the course was easier than what was initially planned, Gascoigne made it work for him, despite nursing a sore ankle that he’d injured in the lead-up to worlds.

“It was just nice and flowy, fast and clean, no bobbles or anything,” he said. “[I hit] a cliff at the top, and then there was a ridge line, so [I was] just jumping the ridge a couple times at a couple of points.”

Being the worlds, there was more fanfare than Gascoigne was used to, as he had the camera faced squarely on him in the start gate. However, once he dropped, he tuned it out and did what he had to do.

“There were helicopters flying around and cameras everywhere,” he said. “It was just a really high-end competition.”

In terms of atmosphere in Austria, Gascoigne said he enjoyed the food, particularly the schnitzel on offer in Kappl.

He also observed some differences in how skiers there approached the mountains.

“Everyone in Europe just skis the main groomer runs, so no one really goes offpiste,” he said. “The whole time we were there, it was just us, the people there for the comp, that were just skiing not on the groomers, so it was nice.”

Gascoigne will be competing in upcoming two-star events at Big White on Feb. 15 and 16 and Crystal Mountain from Feb. 28 to March 1. If required, he may line

up at others with an eye toward qualifying for the North American Junior Freeride Championship, back at Crystal Mountain, in April.

With a top-10 placement at an international event under his belt, Gascoigne is feeling good about the rest of the season.

“I do feel more confident now that I’ve been there, and done something more serious and bigger,” he said.

Meanwhile, teammate Ryder Bulfone posted a 63.33 to end up in 13th.

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- LEIF GASCOIGNE

“I had a good run but had a couple control issues and backslaps leaving me in 13th place,” Bulfone said in a text message.

During the competition, Bulfone enjoyed staying with his fellow Canadians, shredding the European resorts. Though there was a bluebird day for the competition, the conditions were a mixed bag throughout the trip, he said.

“The snow when we first got there was really bad. It had completely melted and then froze leaving everything terrible except for a few north faces. Then it snowed a metre overnight and which made for an amazing couple days,” he wrote. “The comp venue had to be moved from its original big alpine face to a much smaller face right under the chair due to avalanche danger and accessibility issues. The smaller venue was not ideal but it was the best option they had.” n

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Kelly sets new career best in Utah PEMBERTON MOGULS SKIER FEEDS OFF DEER VALLEY CROWD

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he’s ever skied in front of, Pemberton moguls skier Brenden Kelly pulled off his best-ever FIS World Cup result.

With an estimated 8,500 fans roaring at the dual moguls contest in Deer Valley, Utah on Feb. 8, the 29th-ranked Kelly bested sixth-seeded Dmitriy Reikherd of Kazakhstan and seventh-ranked Sacha Theocharis of France before his Cinderella run ended at the hands of No. 3 Benjamin Cavet of France, the eventual finalist as he finished seventh overall.

“The pressure is off of me in those situations. I’m the underdog and so I felt really open to go for it and not hold anything back,” he said. “I’ve been to Deer Valley a number of times before, but never skied that late in the day, so the energy was just phenomenal. “[There are] people yelling your name, making a ton of noise. The thunderous roars of the crowd as you’re standing on the top about to drop in in a head-to-head race against one of the best in the world is an incredible feeling.”

The result was the second top-10 placement of Kelly’s career after he earned a 10th in moguls at Thaiwoo, China in December 2018. In between Kelly’s top-10 appearances, he popped up in the top 15 just once, but after putting in hard work to make some necessary changes, feels he’s made sustainable progress.

“I finally made a big breakthrough,” Kelly said. “I was working really well with my coach throughout all of the training days. He rephrased some of the things that I’d been working on for the past three or four years and the way he said them really stuck with me.

“He kept telling me, ‘If you go faster, your skiing becomes better looking and nicer, so you just have to keep going fast.’”

Kelly managed to execute that vision, understanding that the higher speed will feel comfortable as he makes the required transitions and weight shifts.

“We’ve been working a lot on turn timing and the initiation part of the turn, but it clicked a lot in Deer Valley,” he said.

“The middle section is so long that you don’t have to slow down for about 150 metres, so you can really get into a good rhythm and allow yourself a ton of time to ski 10 to 20 moguls at a top pace.”

Even with the next World Cup taking place on a shorter course in Tazawako, Japan on Feb. 22 and 23, Kelly is confident that he’ll be able to tap back into a similar mindset. “[It’s] the ability to trust my ski line as I get into that top jump. Now I know I can get into that rhythm and I can feel comfortable at that speed, I’m not going to feel the

NEW HEIGHTS Brenden Kelly earned a seventh-place finish in dual moguls at Deer Valley, Utah on Feb. 8.

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desire to slow down as much,” he said.

After Deer Valley, Kelly is 18th in the overall standings, admittedly a little lower than he’d like to be. However, he still has five events remaining to climb the table.

“My work is cut out for me. I got a seventh-place and that’s amazing, but I can’t lose sight of what’s up next,” he said.

“My singles results need to improve to the same calibre as that dual result.”

As part of the dual contest, Mikaël Kingsbury and Justine Dufour-Lapointe both took gold.

In the women’s event, Dufour-Lapointe knocked off American Hannah Soar while another U.S. athlete, Jaelin Kauf, came away with third.

Other Canadians included Valerie Gilbert in 19th and Freestyle Whistler alum Maia Schwinghammer in 24th.

Meanwhile, Kingsbury bested Cavet in the final to extend his career-record gold haul to 61. Sweden’s Walter Wallberg, meanwhile, took third.

Other Canadians included Laurent Dumais in ninth, Kerrian Chunlaud in 13th, Elliot Vaillancourt in 18th, Gabriel Dufresne in 42nd and Robbie Andison in 46th.

In single moguls action on Feb. 6, Kingsbury earned a second-place finish behind Japan’s Ikuma Horishima while Sweden’s Felix Elofsson placed third. Down the table, Chunlaud was ninth, Kelly took 22nd, Dumais and Dufresne were back to back in 24th and 25th, respectively, Vaillancourt placed 40th and Jordan Kober took 53rd.

As for the women, Dufour-Lapointe hit the podium in third, just 1.19 points back of winner Perrine Laffont of France and 0.35 points shy of second-place finisher Jakara Anthony of Australia. Other Canucks included Gilbert in 16th and Schwinghammer in 17th. n

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Sea to Sky Nordics skiers win in Prince George POCHAY-MCBAIN, LOWE SNAG BC CUP GOLD

BY DAN FALLOON SEA TO SKY NORDICS sent just two athletes to a recent BC Cup cross-country event in Prince George, and the duo came home with quite the haul.

Competing in the U16 division, 2005-birthyear Marin Lowe won the 2x3.75kilometre classic mass start, while winning her age group, finishing fourth overall, in the 800-metre sprint heats. Meanwhile, in the same division, 2004-birthyear Sierra Pochay-McBain won the sprint heats overall and finished second in her age group, fourth overall, in the classic.

It was Pochay-McBain’s second consecutive weekend in Prince George as she had attended a biathlon contest in the last weekend of January.

“I had a little bit more experience on the trails. It was some fast snow and nice conditions, so that was good,” she said.

Pochay-McBain said she enjoys the sprint heats in particular, as they’re not only a thrill, but they allow her to watch her friends competing while she’s taking a breather.

“In sprints, you get to battle it out and they go by so fast, but they’re so exciting,” she said.

Lowe, meanwhile, surprised herself with her mass-start victory, acknowledging that as a trained biathlete, she isn’t as well versed in the classic technique. However, with her endurance abilities, she felt strong heading into the final lap and held off the pack.

“I love long-distance racing, so it went really well,” she said. “On the second lap, I was ahead and I was in first for the rest of the race.

“I need to pinch myself because this is a dream. It was such a cool experience.”

As for the sprints, Lowe said she wasn’t the most dominant athlete on the day, but managed to do enough to get to the final, where she came through when it counted.

“In finals, I won, which was pretty surprising because I hadn’t been winning the qualifying, quarters or semis,” she said. “I had some slip-ups in the previous races before the finals. In the qualifying, I fell going up a hill and in the semis, my basket came off my pole, so those were some hiccups.”

Though Lowe still loves biathlon and watches it regularly, she prefers to stick to just skiing when it comes to her own athletic pursuits.

“I didn’t have the best relationship in the range. My shooting wasn’t the best,” she

GOLDEN GIRLS Sierra Pochay-McBain and Marin Lowe each took home gold at the BC Cup race in Prince George earlier this month.

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said. “It’s a very mental and physical sport.”

Pochay-McBain joined biathlon in order to race with more athletes that are roughly

her age as several high-achieving Whistler Nordics skiers are now based elsewhere.

The additional training has been a boon for her, she said.

“In biathlon, I’ve been able to at least catch up with my skiing. My shooting is not super great, but I only started biathlon two or three years ago,” she said.

While Lowe and Pochay-McBain were the skiers flying the Sea to Sky Nordics flag, the club has established a relationship with Hollyburn Cross-Country Ski Club to lend a hand.

“Hollyburn takes us in and waxes and coaches for us,” Pochay-McBain said. “Hollyburn doesn’t let us get lonely, for sure. They include us in all their accommodations and we stay with them.”

Added Lowe, “We have a very good bond with the athletes. We’re kind of like a family. We’re all friends and it’s really fun.”

Next up for Lowe is the BC Winter Games in Fort St. John from Feb. 20 to 23 before provincials in Kelowna and, potentially, nationals in Vernon.

Pochay-McBain, meanwhile, is looking forward to the Coast Outdoors Payak on Feb. 22 before provincials and nationals.

Both athletes hope that the remainder of the season brings more medals and, ideally, spots on the provincial development squad. n

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Sharpe wins Dew Tour stop SPORTS BRIEFS: READ 16TH AT CHAMONIX; JORDAN HITS NORAM PODIUM

BY DAN FALLOON CASSIE SHARPE CAME through on back-to-back weekends.

Competing at the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. on Feb. 8, the Whistlerbased skier topped the modified superpipe final, scoring an 85.00 to best fellow Canadian Rachael Karker, who placed second with an 83.00. Zoe Atkin took third with an even 80.00.

The week leading up to the event saw plenty of unpredictability as there was one day that brought 35 centimetres of snow, causing the contest to be delayed.

As well, Sharpe hasn’t generally enjoyed the modified pipe, with its quarter-pipe hits leading into a traditional pipe, but she made the most of it this time.

“I didn’t love doing the modified pipe last year, so I just thought that I come out here, have fun, do my best and try to end up on top. Having fun is the whole point of doing a modified pipe,” she said in a release.

Sharpe, coming off a concussion that delayed the start of her season, has now hit the podium in all three events in which she has competed, including a World Cup win at Mammoth Mountain the weekend prior.

Canada also took gold in the men’s event as Noah Bowman’s 95.00 bested Gus Kenworthy’s 92.66 and Nico Porteous’ 88.00.

“It’s just once a year you get to do it and it allows so much more room for creativity,” Bowman said in a release.

Also at Dew Tour, Sharpe’s brother Darcy scored a ninth-place finish in the snowboard slopestyle final in which the top seven athletes all topped 90 points, including Canadian Mark McMorris in seventh with a 90.33.

For complete results, check out www. dewtour.com.

READ 16TH AT CHAMONIX Erik Read was sweet 16th for Canada’s best result of the weekend in Audi FIS World Cup racing.

TWO IN A ROW Cassie Sharpe goes high in the Dew Tour’s modified superpipe to secure her second win in as many weekends on Feb. 8.

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Read posted a 16th-place finish in the parallel giant slalom at Chamonix, France on Feb. 9 as a pair of Swiss racers topped the podium with Loic Meillard earning the win and Thomas Tumler taking second.

Germany’s Alexander Schmid, meanwhile, took third. Trevor Philp was the only other

Canadian in action, taking 26th.

In the Feb. 8 slalom, neither Read nor Philp completed two runs. France’s Clement Noel topped Norway’s Timon Haugen and Austria’s Adrien Pertl for top spot.

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Competing in the super-G, Gagnon put up a 22nd-place finish, 2.48 seconds back of winner Corinne Suter of Switzerland.

Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer took second while Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener came third.

In the previous day’s downhill, Gagnon was near the back of the pack in 40th, 5.19 seconds behind winner Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany. Italy’s Federica Brignone and Czechia’s Ester Ledecka rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively.

JORDAN HITS NORAM PODIUM Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) alum Asher Jordan came through with a podium appearance at the NorAm Cup series at Mont Edouard, Que. last week.

Jordan scored a third-place finish in the giant slalom, 1.06 seconds back of winner George Steffey, on Feb. 6. A handful of other WMSC skiers cracked the top 30, as Riley Seger took eighth, Kyle Alexander was 14th, and Tait Jordan was 26th.

Of that group, only Seger and Asher Jordan finished the previous day’s giant slalom, with Seger finishing seventh and Jordan 27th.

Lastly, in the Feb. 4 slalom, Nathan Romanin was the lone Whistler rep to finish, sliding into 19th In women’s action over at Osler Bluff, Ont., Whistler Mountain Ski Club alumnus Stefanie Fleckenstein finished just outside the top 10 in a pair of races.

In a slalom field dotted with World Cup regulars, Fleckenstein finished 13th, 2.22 seconds back of winner Roni Remme on Feb. 7.

The day before, Fleckenstein took an 11th-place showing, also in slalom, coming in 2.84 seconds behind champion Ali Nullmeyer. Fellow WMSC rep Ella Renzoni, meanwhile, crossed the line in 41st.

However, Fleckenstein slipped into the top 10 earlier in the week at Georgian Peaks, Ont., placing ninth in the giant slalom on Feb. 5. In the Feb. 4 giant slalom, meanwhile, Fleckenstein and Renzoni finished 24th and 29th, respectively.

WHISTLER FREESTYLERS TAKE NORAM TOP 10S Whistler Valley Snowboard Club’s Jadyn Chomlack finished just off the podium in NorAm Cup slopestyle action at California’s Mammoth Mountain on Feb. 7.

Chomlack scored a 72.50 to finish four points out of third. Whistler teammates Finn Finestone and Jacob Legault took ninth and 43rd, respectively.

In the big air on Feb. 9, meanwhile, Legault and Finestone were 19th and 20th, respectively.

On the women’s side, Juliette Pelchat came away with an eighth-place finish in the slopestyle.

On the ski side, Freestyle Whistler alums Skye Clarke and Chase Ujejski earned top-10 finishes in the big air on Feb. 7.

Clarke scored a sixth-place showing in the women’s event, while in the men’s contest, Ujejski was the top Canadian in

eighth and Ben Lynch took 37th.

In the slopestyle contest on Feb. 5, meanwhile, Nicholas Suchy was the top local rep in 36th, while Lynch was 41st and Ujejski took 49th. Clarke, meanwhile, was 16th among women.

MORROW JUST OUTSIDE NORAM TOP 10 Whistler ski-cross racer Jack Morrow found himself just outside of the top 10 in a pair of NorAm Cup contests at Calabogie Peaks, Ont. In the Feb. 11 event, Morrow took 11th, jumping a spot from the day before, as he placed 12th on Feb. 10.

FREERIDERS HIT TOP 10 AT KICKING HORSE Two Whistler Freeride Club members hit the podium amidst a smattering of top10 appearances at the Jeep Jr. Freeski competition at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort on Feb. 2.

In the female 15-to-18 ski division, Kierstin Higgins scored a 30.63 to finish just over a point behind winner Khara MorganSmith (31.83) of Lake Louise.

Meanwhile, in the male 15-to-18 ski contest, Kenzo Okazaki also took a secondplace finish, with a 34.23 to champion Gardner Dominick’s 35.63.

Also in the top 10, Marcus CordySimpson and Wei Tien Ho tied for ninth.

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WMSC RACERS CAPTURE 12 MEDALS WMSC made sure the bulk of its medals stayed in the family as it hosted the U14 Teck Coast Zone Race on Feb. 8 and 9.

The local group secured 12 of the 18 available podium positions during the weekend, filled with three giant slalom races.

In the first contest, Stella Buchheister won the ladies’ race while Thomas Legg, along with Joseph Gibbons and Braden Aitken, led a WMSC sweep of the men’s podium.

In the second event, Buchheister and Lola Gilbert scored the top two stairs of the ladies’ podium while Legg and Gibbons tied for first on the men’s side.

On the second day, Gilbert and Vanessa Young took second and third, while Gibbons and Aitken wrapped up the weekend in first and third.

Complete results are available online at bcalpine.com.

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CHEW UP FOR KAZLAW AWARD Whistler mountain biking mainstay Phil Chew is up for a prestigious award.

Chew, the longtime organizer of the Westside Wheel-Up, is one of five nominees for the KazLaw Contest put on by the B.C. Bike Race.

The Westside Wheel-Up, a seasonclosing mountain bike event, was long a fundraiser for the provincial Para-Ski Team, which Chew used to coach.

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FORK IN THE ROAD

Sweet dreams are made of this TIRED OF BEING TIRED? TRY SOME NEW DRINKING HABITS FLIPPING AND FLOPPING in bed all night? Having a hard time falling asleep due to (check all that apply): too much coffee; too much booze; too much on your mind; too much on your plate; too much “face” time, meaning the face of your insidious little blue-light gizmos, especially late at night; hormonal or other physical changes; all of the above?

BY GLENDA BARTOSH If you’re not getting enough sleep, or enough quality sleep, welcome to the world of one in three Canadians. The most recent data we have (released 2017 and gathered for studies for the Canadian Health Measures Survey 2007-13) shows that only about twothirds of us are getting enough sleep.

Canadians aged 18 to 64 years, who are recommended to get seven to nine hours of sleep a day, reported averaging 7.12 hours a night, just squeaking over the minimum.

A full third reported getting less than the recommended amount—and that’s the time you’re actually sleeping, not just lying in bed trying to wish yourself asleep.

(The study notes that people tend to overestimate the time they actually sleep, so if

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Namasthé

tea crafter Isabelle Ranger in her usual element— drinking tea in her favourite mug, outdoors.

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you’re reading this and counting on your fingers the number of hours you figure you sleep each night, keep that in mind.)

One of the more interesting pieces is that even with the hormonal disruptions of menopause and perimenopause, which often interfere with our usual sleep habits, women reported getting more sleep than men (7.24 hours vs. 7.0). However, everyone reported getting less sleep than in 2005, when we slept 8.3 and 8.1 hours for women and men, respectively.

As for older Canadians, 65 and up, they reported averaging 7.24 hours of sleep each night, with about one third saying they get fewer than the recommended seven hours.

Scientists also suggest that people in this age category get no more than eight hours a night. So, yes, too much sleep is bad for you, too.

But not getting enough sleep, enough good sleep, is no laughing matter.

“Insufficient sleep (short duration and poor quality) is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, injuries, all-cause mortality, depression, irritability, and reduced well-being,” writes the health report’s authors.

It also makes people grumpy, shorttempered, and prone to talking too much, driving too fast, and generally getting aggressive too easily and sick too often because nerves and immune systems are shot to hell. And then you drink even more coffee. And so it goes, on and on, people getting more and more wired when all they really want to do is r-e-l-a-x and sleep.

One of the biggest myths is that booze will help you in that department. Not. According to the Sleep Foundation, alcohol interrupts everything from REM sleep, the most restorative type of sleep, to your circadian rhythms. And if you want another reason to help you cut down your boozy habits, Australia’s health officials have just ratcheted back the amount of safe alcohol consumption from two standard drinks a day to 10 standard drinks a week, or 1.4 a day. “… I also see people who used to drink too much but who have now cut back or stopped. Their sleep has improved, their mood has improved, their blood pressure has returned to normal,” said Kate Conigrave, chair of the Aussie committee looking into alcohol consumption, in a recent Guardian article.

But if you want to really tackle drinking habits that are troubling your sweet dreams, kick some coffee out and try substituting it with tea.

It’s complicated because of all kinds of variations, from where your coffee beans or tea leaves are grown, to the way they’re processed and brewed, but your average eight-ounce cup of coffee contains anywhere from 95 to 165 milligrams of caffeine, while your average eight-ounce cup of black tea contains 24 to 48 mg.

Green tea is in the lower range of that, at 25 to 29 mg. of caffeine and, of course, many delicious herbal teas don’t contain any caffeine at all.

But there’s more to it than that. Just ask Isabelle Rogers, Whistler’s master tea

crafter who started, and heads up, one of the best tea companies on the planet, Namasthé Tea. “Teas with caffeine—which are lovely because I drink a lot of them and I sleep really well at night—what you try to do is have them in the morning,” says Isabelle.

“Teas actually have quite a bit of caffeine in them. But it’s the way that you’re drinking the tea and the way it goes through your body that’s a bit different from coffee.

So you don’t get that big jolt—that big hit that hits your adrenals, and makes you go up and then crash down, and up and crash down, which is what makes people really tired, and then they need another coffee.”

Another good point from Isabelle: “Tea doesn’t have that same effect because it has an amino acid in there called L-theanine, which is a blessing in the way it dispenses caffeine and how it works.”

L-theanine, which a lot of people buy in health food stores to help them sleep, is known for reducing anxiety and creating a state of “relaxed wakefulness,” just what the doctor ordered for today’s stressed-out world.

Yes, the days are short and dark, and all these lousy storms don’t help. We all need a lift. But are the things you’re trying to pick yourself up with really crashing you down?

Think about it and, in the meantime, know that Isabelle has brewed up an herbal tea mix just for the occasion—Spirit Soar.

What more can I say?

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who, like her mom, never could handle caffeine. n

MEADOW PARK SPORTS CENTRE SWIM • SKATE • SWEAT • SQUASH

Meadow Park Sports Centre is located 4 km north of Whistler Village.

OPEN DAILY: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Last entry by 9:30 p.m.

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I Zumba Barre Sculpt Gold 10:30-11:30a.m. 10:30-11:30a.m.

I Zumba 12:15-1 p.m.

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PWR! Moves 1:15-2:15p.m.

Gentle Fit for Seniors 2:30-3:30p.m.

Can Active 2:30-3:30p.m

I Functional Conditioning 5:30-6:30 p.m.

I Boot Camp 5:10-6:10p.m.

Spin 6-7p.m.

Pilates Mat Class 6:45-7:45p.m.

I Mind & Body Stretch 8-9p.m.

I Zumba 6:20-7:20 p.m.

I Stretch ‘n’ Roll - Revive!

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W/OT Drop-In Hockey

FRI 14

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MON 17

55+ Drop-In Hockey

8:15-9:45a.m.

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8:15-9:45a.m.

Drop-in Hockey 10-11:30a.m.

Public Skate 12-2p.m.

Adult Stick & Puck 10-11:30a.m.

Public Skate 12-3p.m.

Public Skate 12-3p.m.

Adult Stick & Puck 10-11:30a.m.

Public Skate 12-3p.m.

Public Skate 6:30-8p.m.

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TUE 18

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8:15-9:45a.m.

Drop-in Hockey 10-11:30a.m.

Public Skate 12-3p.m.

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Half ice only.

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Monday’s & Friday’s 10-11:30 a.m.

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EPICURIOUS

Village mainstay Black’s Pub sells to Gibbons Whistler AFTER 34 YEARS, OWNER LAWRENCE BLACK SAYS ‘IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON’

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHEN LAWRENCE Black first opened Black’s Pub (then known as The Original Ristorante) some 30 odd years ago, it was part of a broader plan to launch up to 10 bars and restaurants in the Vancouver area. Knowing that the ski resort was a popular weekend getaway for the Lower Mainland crowd, even then, he thought a bar in the burgeoning community would be a great way to expose himself to the Vancouver market.

It wasn’t until after he opened the pub overlooking Skier’s Plaza on Dec. 15, 1985 that he decided to change course.

“I opened the bar and honestly, virtually the whole town came to wish me success and support me. That sold me. I never left,” said Black.

On Jan. 15, Black closed a chapter that began 34 years ago, selling the pub bearing his name to another long-running resort operator: Gibbons Whistler.

“Thirty-four years of running a restaurant and a pub, it was time for me to move on,” said Black, who added that others who “wanted to close it down, get rid of all my employees and turn it into a corporate box” have approached him several times over the years.

Gibbons Whistler CEO Joey Gibbons, meanwhile, has committed to keeping the existing staff on and learning from them as the business moves forward.

“Lawrence has been there for a long time, so we will respect what he’s created and learn from it. Then maybe we will operate it as is for six months or something, and if we feel like we need to make some changes to move some walls around or whatever—we just want to learn about the business,” Gibbons said. “When I was younger, I used to buy a place and shut it down and do a renovation and take down walls and then all of a sudden realize why that wall was there and been like, ‘Ah, crap.’

SOLD Black’s Pub, one of the village’s earliest bars when it opened in 1985, sold last month to another long-running resort operator: Gibbons Whistler.

PHOTO BY BRADEN DUPUIS

I’ve just learned to be a bit more humble with our approach, respect the people who are there and listen to them a lot.”

There’s no question Gibbons Whistler is the biggest player in the resort bar scene, and with the addition of Black’s, now counts seven local bars, clubs and restaurants under its banner—along with running the Whistler Village Beer Festival and, for the first time this year, the World Ski and Snowboard Festival.

But even with all of the acquisitions over the years, Gibbons said he is adamant about preserving the character of Whistler.

“I’m quite passionate about making sure the fabric of our community is maintained, that character that we know, and that soul. I feel like that’s a huge part of what’s allowed us to be successful,” he said.

“You look at some of these other villages and communities in Europe that have been bought out by people who aren’t from there and it becomes a bit of a soulless strip mall.”

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Gibbons had initially approached Black to buy last spring, before backing off in August when a vote passed to terminate the Sundial strata corporation, a mixed-use Phase 2 and commercial strata that includes Black’s Pub, Mexican Corner and Sushi Village. Although the issue is still winding its way through provincial court, if approved, the strata termination—launched by one of Canada’s largest real estate developers, Concord Pacific, which owns more than 80 per cent of the strata lots at 4340 Sundial Crescent—could trigger the sale of the three holdout properties for well below market value. (See “Strata termination could force sale of Sushi Village, Black’s and Mexican Corner for ‘nickels on the dollar,’” Pique, Oct. 31, 2019.)

“Normally we would buy the real estate and the business, but in this case we just bought the business and Lawrence is dealing with what he needs to deal with in the real estate stuff with Concord,” Gibbons

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said. “Whistler is becoming more and more popular and people from outside of town are getting excited to get their hands on things, which is great, but at the same time we’re hopeful that the people who are coming to town don’t want to just take from our town.”

Black, who forged countless relationships over the years, including with fellow restaurateurs Miki Homma of Sushi Village and Wayne Katz of the Lift Coffee Company, among others, said it’s those personal connections he will remember the most.

“I look back on how fortunate I have been. To meet all those people, to make friends with them—I still have incredible friends here,” he said, adding that he’s staying in Whistler—although there might be a bit more sailing in his future now that he’s retired.

“I’ve got a nice boat that I didn’t get to sail once last summer,” he added. “I was meeting some people today saying, ‘What sailing trips are we planning?’” n

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Pemberton school tackles the weird and wacky world of Wonka WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY RUNS AT THE MAURY YOUNG ARTS CENTRE ON FEB. 14, 15, 21, AND 22

BY ALYSSA NOEL PEMBERTON SECONDARY School drama teacher Renata Zablotney goes through the same cycle when she’s deciding which production her class will put on.

She ruminates on a few ideas, but is careful not to get too attached to any because when she sits down with the students, they usually inspire the choice.

That was the case again for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, set to debut at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Friday, Feb. 14.

“When we were doing some of our exercises it struck me because of the cast I had and because of some of their laughs and mannerism, I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, we could do Willy Wonka!’” she says. “I have two amazing Wonkas and Grandpa Joe. I can see all the cast here. My students inspired the script and why we’re doing it.”

In total, 16 students are acting in the play—in two different casts—but a huge number also worked behind-the-scenes to

SWEET SHOW From left: Sean Staehli, Kieran Nott, Evan Mares, director Renata Zablotney, and Rafe Murphy pose for a photo during rehearsals for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

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give the show a unique look.

“We’re doing some special effects for our set,” Zablotney says. “Our set is quite beautiful. We’re going to be relying a lot on lighting. In terms of set, what I wanted to do is in the first act before we get to Wonka’s is a lack of set. We’ll transport you from reality, where it’s black and white, and go into this colourful, zany psychedelic world

page. I thought, ‘We should do a Gene Wilder play.’ I’m so inspired by him.”

To that end, the two actors playing Willy Wonka took different approaches to the role.

“I took the Gene Wilder approach,” says Rafe Murphy, one of the Wonkas. “I tried to structure myself off the movie. Then Sean [Staehli, the other Wonka] has a zany, out-

“All the plays I’ve done have been fun to put on, but this is more zany and ridiculous ... ” - KIERAN NOTT

in the second act.”

Story and style-wise, the script pulls from various versions, including the original movie, the Broadway show, and the movie remake. At the centre is the story of Charlie Bucket who finds a golden ticket that grants him a tour to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, along with a handful of other kids with questionable morals.

“I’m a really big Gene Wilder fan,” Zablotney says. “When we were [thinking about] this it was close to the anniversary of his death and it popped up on my Facebook

there character, giving it his all on stage.”

For Evan Mares who plays Charlie the biggest challenge was playing a regular character when all the other personalities are so exaggerated.

“Unlike almost anybody else in this play, Charlie is more sane,” he says. “Being around everybody else, you want to act out more and be more insane, but you can’t really do that with Charlie. I found that kind of difficult to do—trying to be more calm.”

Staehli, meanwhile, has had to balance recovering from spinal surgery and

rehearsing his part as the other Wonka. “I wasn’t able to move as much for a while, which was worrisome because Wonka is such an active character,” he says. “I’m doing really well in moving, walking, a bit of running.”

Another challenge: several of the cast members this year are first-time actors.

Kieran Nott, who has been in several PSS plays, says, for context, this production focuses on fun. He plays Grandpa Joe. “All the plays I’ve done have been fun to put on, but this is more zany and ridiculous,” he says. “I’m Grandpa Joe; it’s not a challenging role, per se, but it’s a fun role where you can do whatever. It’s a ridiculous character. He’s basically insane; I can do whatever on stage.”

That stage, this time around, is at the Maury Young Arts Centre in Whistler—and a lot bigger than their usual performance space at the school.

“In Whistler … you have a massive stage,” Zablotney says. “It’s five times what’s here. We’ve done high-calibre shows at the school, but they’re a little more serious or professional in Whistler.”

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory runs on Feb. 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the Pemberton Secondary School office, at the door, or you can reserve them online at eventbrite.ca. n

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CARNIVAL CROWD Participants at last year’s Cypress Point Winter Carnival enjoy a sunny day on Alta Lake.

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Celebrate the season—and Olympics—at the Cypress Point Winter Carnival CATCH ALL THE ARTS, SPORTS, MUSIC, AND FOOD AT THE POINT ARTIST-RUN CENTRE ON SUNDAY, FEB. 16

BY ALYSSA NOEL OVER THE LAST seven years, the Cypress Point Winter Carnival has seen every type of winter weather.

“We’ve had everything from totally open water [on Alta Lake] with a polar bear swim to three feet of ice,” says Stephen Vogler, artistic director at The Point ArtistRun Centre, which organizes the festival.

“One time the lake was really beautifully frozen, but there was grass around the lodge; there was no snow.”

To that end, when Vogler runs down the list of events meant to take place on Alta Lake on Sunday, Feb. 16, it’s with the caveat that Mother Nature makes the final call.

“There’s still great outdoor space to be on—the indoor space too,” he adds.

Those on-ice events include ice (or snow) dancing, curling, and shinny— though alternatives are in place depending on the temperatures and ice thickness.

“I don’t know what snow dancing looks like, but I’m sure it’ll look awesome with some good tunes going,” Vogler says with a laugh.

The one-day event will kick off at noon with snow sculpting, snow angels, flag painting and sketching/painting.

This year, because the festival falls in the middle of Whistler’s celebrations for the 10-year anniversary of hosting the Winter Olympics, there will be an “Art-lympic” spin on activities. After a campfire singalong and a visit from Frosty the Snowman, at 1 p.m. there will be an opening ceremony and torch lighting ahead of the ice sports and the brand new “Donut Olympic Ring eating event.”

For that last event the donuts are “on a string and you position yourself underneath and you have to try to eat the donut—which, in this case, is an Olympic Ring—and beat

everyone else,” Vogler says. “We will have many prizes, and medals too.”

Finally, wrapping up the afternoon festivities before the awards ceremony and final campfire sing-along—led by local musician Susan Holden—there will be a “drop-the-gloves” event. Participants take part in the “great Canadian tradition” of hockey fights—only, minus the violence.

Instead, they have to drop their gloves in the lead up to the fight in the most stylish and unique way possible.

“We encourage people to come in some kind of costume or national team [clothing]—and we’ll have our big tickle trunk of stuff and costumes on site—that you can dress up in and paint a flag that represents your team,” Vogler says.

The fun continues into the night with dinner starting at 6 p.m. followed by Olympic Improv, a live winter Art Auction— with paintings created during the day—and a performance by Vancouver band Small Town Artillery.

“Angie Nolan is cooking up [Olympic Improv] with a team of local improvisers,” Vogler says. “It’s going to incorporate a lot of Olympic and sports themes into improv.”

The idea for this year’s Olympic theme came from the Resort Municipality of Whistler, he adds. “They noticed our winter carnival is during the 10-year anniversary period … [and they] asked if we wanted to do something. We said, ‘Sure that’s a great idea,’” he says. “Then they leant financial support to us bringing that aspect into it, which was really nice. It’s fun to incorporate something unique into this year’s winter carnival.”

The afternoon events are free, but tickets to the dinner and evening shows are $35 for adult and $25 for kids 12 and under or $20 for the show only, or $15 for kids.

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audainartmuseum.com/events Spring Break Art Camps Registration now open Looking for an inspiring setting to explore your artistic side this spring break? Half day visual arts camps are available for ages 6 – 13. New this year: a full day photography camp is available for ages 10 – 13.

Art After Dark: Youth Exploring Photography – Sculpture Fridays | 3:30 – 5:30pm Drawing inspiration from the The Extended Moment: Fifty Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada, experiment with photography combined with papier mâché techniques to explore the third dimension. *Children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult.

Adult art workshop will be held February 28 only.

Yoga @ the Audain | Fridays | 6:30 – 8pm Family Studio Sundays | 12 – 4pm The theme this month is art inspired by Canadian artist, E.J. Hughes. Hughes created detailed and colourful seascapes of the British Columbian Coast. This week create your own seascape using watercolour paints.

BC Family Day Monday, February 17 | 12 – 4pm Celebrate BC Family Day at the Audain Art Museum through the Scavenger Hunt and Sketch Challenge. Then visit the Schmidtke Studio to get creative with paint.

Walk & Talk Tour Schedule Permanent Collection | Daily - 1pm Special Exhibition | Friday - 5:30pm Saturday & Sunday - 3pm

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No�ce is hereby given that, under Sec�on 26 (3) of the Community Charter, the Village of Pemberton proposes to dispose of certain land or improvements: Descri Descrip�on of Lands or Improvements: A por�on of the Remainder of KAP4769 (Except Plan KAP44479 and KAP92677) comprising of 1400 square meters, more or less, shown as Lease Lot 10, and 7510 square meters, more or less, shown as Lease Lot 4 as shown on the drawing below: Persons to Acquire the Property: Pemberton Hangar (Lot 10): Nature and Term of the Proposed Disposi�on: Ten (10) year Lease with op�ons to renew for four (4) addi�onal terms of five (5) years each for a maximum term of thirty (30) years to facilitate the development of a private hangar.

Blac Blackcomb Helicopters (Lot 4): Nature and Term of the Proposed Disposi�on: Five (5) year Lease with one (1) op�on to renew for an addi�onal five (5) years for a maximum term of ten (10) years to facilitate a Hydro Line Training Facility.

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Conside Considera�on: Minimum Rent of $2.02 per square meters adjusted annually based on the previous year’s Minimum Rent place CPI Plus Addi�onal Rent, which includes Addi�onal Snow Removal Service Costs and Airport Fees, as may be required.

For more informa�on, please contact Sheena Fraser, Manager of Corporate & Legisla�ve Services, at the Village Office at 604-894-6135 or by email at sfraser@pemberton.ca.

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NUTT JOB Tim Nutt returns to Whistler for a stand-up comedy show at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Feb. 20.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL TIM NUTT’S long-running comedy career has a (tenuous, but real) Whistler connection.

Decades ago, Nutt was living in Vancouver working in the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant when he fell down the stairs and hurt his back.

“I fractured my spine in two places,” he says, over the phone from New Brunswick, minutes before taking the stage at a festival.

“There was no spinal cord damage, but it was very painful.”

As a result of the injury, he had nine months of workers’ compensation to recover during which he couldn’t lift heavy items in the kitchen.

Now, here comes the Whistler connection.

During that time, his childhood friend, Tammy Tanner, who now calls Whistler home, decided to sign him up for an amateur stand-up comedy night. “I was the life-of-theparty, kitchen-yapper at shindigs. Tammy said, ‘You should do this.’ She signed me up for amateur night and it went OK—well enough to try again,” he says.

By the time he was ready to return to work, Nutt was already finding some success in stand-up. “I did well enough in that nine months to figure it was something I wanted to pursue,” he says.

Since then, he’s made appearances on Just for Laughs, Comedy Now, and CBC’s The Debaters—alongside travelling the world over to perform.

His talent has been tapping into daily irritants we all feel—and magnifying them.

“I get upset about fairly mundane things

people can relate to a little bit,” he says.

One example? In one bit, he rails against how social media has given everyone a platform to share their opinions—maybe when it’s not necessary or deserved.

“My philosophy was, ‘I thought this was funny and I’m sharing it with people,’” he adds. “I’ve been lucky people relate.”

After a stint in Toronto, Nutt now lives with his family in Kelowna, which has offered a much more peaceful way of life— and new comedy inspiration.

“Living somewhere that’s not Toronto is terrific,” he says. “It never felt like home … We moved to get away from traffic and nonsense. It’s a better place.”

As a result, his jokes now focus more on “the idea of bringing a little bit more peace and calm to things,” he says. “[I’m] trying to find things people are riled up about and going, ‘It’s not that bad.’ It’s what I’m working on now; being incrementally better.”

Perhaps part of that laidback persona has to do with spending time on his home mountain of Big White. “I’m a skier,” he says. “This is part of the scheme to get up to Whistler.”

When Tanner recently encouraged him to come visit Whistler and ski the resort, he was keen—but only if he could also perform.

“I said, ‘I can’t come up for free, so let’s do a show,” he says.

To that end, Nutt will be performing at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Thursday, Feb. 20 with doors at 6 p.m. and the show at 7 p.m. Comedian Stuart Jones, also from Kelowna, will open up the show.

“I’m excited,” Nutt says. “I’m looking forward to this.”

Tickets for the show are $25. Get them at showpass.com/tim-nutt-whistler/. n

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Ski movies and black icons FROM THE EARLY DAYS of the artform, cinema has always had a boner for skiing.

In 1910, French actor Max Linder starred

BY FEET BANKS in Max Goes Skiing, a flick where, much like Snakes on a Plane, the title is the plot. By the 1920s and ‘30s, there were a bunch of popular ski-centric silent movies with titles such as Avalanche (1923), Love on Skis (1928), The Great Leap (1927).

By the 1960s, skiing had infiltrated the action genre, peaking with James Bond and some pretty decent machine-gun cliff drops and some gnarly one-footing action in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. (Bond would revisit the sport, with slightly better

HIT THE HILL Downhill, starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, opens in theatres this week.

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shredding—including a switch back-half off a cornice and a legit ski BASE jump—for the opening scene of 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me).

By the ‘80s and ‘90s, skiing entered its best cinematic era with sexed up comedies like Hot Dog, Ski Patrol, and Ski School.

Sadly, that was the high-water mark for the sport, and aside from 2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine, it’s been mostly downhill from there.

Literal case in point: Downhill, a skiing family dramedy starring Will Ferrell as a family man who ditches his family in the face of what appears to be a dangerous avalanche, opens this week. Once the snow-dust settles and he learns everyone is OK, Ferrell has to face his true colours, and worse, his wife— played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Based on a 2014 Swedish comedy called Force Majeure, Downhill relies heavily on the wit and charm of Dreyfus but the tone is a bit forced and Ferrell once again reveals his range is limited. Still, I guess if Marriage Story proved anything it’s that people will watch a relationship go down the toilet; at least Downhill does it on a ski hill.

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History Month and while tiny incremental gains are being made for minorities in Hollywood (f*ck yeah Bong Joon Ho) it’s definitely worth taking a look back at some of the iconic black actors and directors that really carried the torch in Tinseltown the past 40 years.

This week, we’ll kick things off with actor Laurence Fishburne. He was just 14 years old when he started filming Apocalypse Now with Francis Ford Coppola, smoothly stepping into a supporting role that drove home the idea that America was literally sending its children to die in the jungle. After kicking around the TV/Bmovie scene for the next decade (Death Wish II, Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Red Heat and of course as “Cowboy Curtis” on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse), Fishburne basically invented the hip-hop, street-gangsta archetype in 1990 with Abel Ferrara’s King of New York (incredible flick).

From there he upped the game, playing the OG dad in Boyz n the Hood, co-starring with Jeff Goldblum in Deep Cover, and then earning an Oscar nom for his take on Ike Turner in 1993’s What’s Love Got to Do With It? But for Fish, the big time came

calling in 1999, as he played Morpheus to Keanu Reeve’s Neo and set off one of the most successful sci-fi franchises ever, The Matrix. He continues to act, write, direct and perform on the stage.

On the directing side, Spike Lee is the icon but let’s pour some on the block for John Singleton. Born and raised in south L.A., Singleton was one year out of USC film school when he wrote and directed Boyz n the Hood. Besides launching Ice Cube’s film career (as well as Cuba Gooding Jr. and Nia Long), the flick earned Singleton—just 24 years old at the time—a Best Director Oscar nomination, the first African-American and youngest person to ever be nominated (Jonathan Demme ended up winning for Silence of the Lambs).

Singleton continued to make films that spoke to and shared the culture of urban and black audiences (Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Baby Boy, and the historical drama Rosewood) before shifting to action and TV projects. Singleton died of a stroke last April, but he will be remembered for bringing the black experience to the world at a time when few were given the opportunity to do so. n

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ARTS NEWS: ANONYMOUS ART SHOW SEEKS ARTISTS; KIDS GET CRAFTY EVERY THURSDAY

BY ALYSSA NOEL LOOKING TO SPICE up those rainy, deep winter days with a little art?

Well, you’re in luck because new solo art exhibits abound in Whistler this month.

First up, B.C.-based painter Shannon Ford has a new show called Bear in Mind opening with a party on Friday, Feb. 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Mountain Galleries. While she focuses on wildlife (like bears, hence the show’s name), horses, and cattle, she puts her own unique spin on it “to capture the personality, and more poignantly, the energy of her subjects.”

Bahamas-based Canadian artist Jane Waterous is also coming to Whistler for her annual solo show at Whistler Contemporary Gallery fro Feb. 14 to 16. She’s best known for her Gatherings series in which she uses three-dimensional, sculpture-like figures that come together to create a bigger image.

Check out her latest work—and take part in a meet-and-greet—during this show.

Then from Feb. 15 to 21, head to the Adele Campbell Gallery for Angela Morgan’s solo exhibit. Her new winter collection— made up of whimsical wintery scenes—will be on display with an opening party on Feb. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Right on the tail of that show, wildlife painter Susie Cipolla will take over the Adele Campbell space for her solo exhibit, with the opening reception on Feb. 22 from 5 to 7 p.m.

ANONYMOUS ART SHOW RETURNS The Anonymous Art Show—one of Arts Whistler’s biggest fundraisers of the year—is

returning on April 3 to the Maury Young Arts Centre.

But first, they’re looking for art.

To be considered for the show— which, as the name suggests, exhibits each eight-inch by eight-inch (or 20.32 centimetre) piece with the name hidden until it is purchased—you have to submit a completed piece of work on canvas to Arts Whistler and fill out an online registration. Each artist can submit up to two pieces of work, but note that Arts Whistler reserves the right to only display one.

The deadline to submit is March 2 at the end of the day. For full instructions and more information, visit artswhistler.com/ event/call-for-artists-anonymous-art-show.

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OPENING FEBRUARY 14, 2020

ART FOR KIDS Arts Whistler’s Krafty Kids series returned this month with different crafts for budding artists ages three to eight every Thursday through March.

On Feb. 13, the theme is Crafts for Friends and Families, with kids making handmade items to show their friends and family some love in time for Valentine’s Day and Family Day. On Feb. 20, participants will have “fun with felt,” and on Feb. 27 the superhero/ super-royalty theme will see them making masks and crowns.

Each session runs from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for $5 (you can also purchase a fivetime punch card with the fifth session free).

All ages are welcome, but kids must be accompanied by an adult. All supplies are included.

For more information or to register, visit artswhistler.com/event/krafty-kids. n

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GAME ON An expedition searches for Olympic sites in Garibaldi Park in 1960.

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Celebrating Whistler’s Olympic milestones

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be plenty of opportunities in Whistler to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (including the Whistler Museum’s next temporary exhibit highlighting the volunteers of the Games, opening Friday, Feb. 28). While many people may still be wondering how a decade has passed, this week we took a look even further back, to when the first Olympic bid was submitted by the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) 60 years ago.

Following the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, a group from Vancouver very quickly organized a committee to explore the idea of hosting the Games in the Garibaldi Park region.

The California Games ended on Feb. 28, and in March GODA invited Sidney Dawes, the Canadian representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to assist in the search for an Olympic venue. Cliff Fenner, the park supervisor for Garibaldi Park, also assisted in the search, which included reconnaissance flights, snowmobile explorations, and test skiers. London Mountain (now known as Whistler Mountain) was chosen as “a highly desirable area,” and by November of 1960 GODA had put together a bid for the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, which would have seen all events take place within the Whistler Valley.

Creating a bid for the chosen site meant planning to build an entire Olympic site from scratch. Alta Lake, as the area was known at the time, was comprised of a few lodges, summer cabins, and logging operations. The valley was accessible by rail and courageous drivers could make their way up via service

roads in the summer. According to the 1968 bid book, prior to exploring possible Olympic sites, the provincial government had already spoken publicly of extending the highway that ran from North Vancouver to Squamish and further north to Pemberton.

Other services we often take for granted today had also not yet reached Alta Lake.

The list of venues and facilities to be built in the valley for 1968 included not just sporting venues, but also a water supply system, sewers, sewage disposal, a substation for power supply, a fire station, and a hospital.

Though the prospect of building all of this was daunting, in the bid book GODA pointed out that it had been done before, for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games that were held in Vancouver in 1954.

As they put it, “Here, too, a project was begun with nothing more than an idea, a desire to hold the event here, and an enthusiasm that made the project become a reality…Given the go-ahead, work will begin to transform the Whistler Mountain area into one of the finest sites ever developed for the Olympic Winter Games.”

As we know, the 1968 Olympic Winter Games were not held on Whistler Mountain (they were held in Grenoble, France), but that did not mean that all of the work of surveying, planning, and negotiating with provincial powers was for nought. Instead, GODA formed a sister organization, Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., to develop Whistler Mountain as a ski resort, Olympics or not.

Like with the bid for 1968, a tremendous amount of work was done in a relatively short time in order to open Whistler Mountain for skiing in January 1966. The ideas and enthusiasm of GODA were finally fulfilled in 2010 and, though it took much longer and looked very different than they had first planned, in five decades the Whistler Mountain area has been significantly transformed. n

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1 SUNNY SATURDAY The sun finally popped out on Saturday after a string of cloudy, rainy days—prompting these boarders to hike up high towards the blue skies to escape weekend lift lines. PHOTO BY JENNIFER TREPTOW. 2 CHEERING SQUAD All 17 members of the Whistler Winterhawks all-girls atom hockey team travelled south to Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Wednesday, Feb. 4, to take in game between Team Canada and Team USA’s women’s teams. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 HELLO TO RIDE HAILING A Whistle! driver drops off his very first passenger on Whistle’s launch day, Monday, Feb. 10. The newly launched ride-hailing app was the first to be approved by the B.C. government. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 4 VOTE FOR SNOWLA Whistler Animals Galore (WAG) staff and volunteers spent part of their week building a larger-than-life “Snowla”—inspired, of course, by beloved longtime WAG resident Lola—as part of Shaw Spotlight’s ‘Build Frosty’ contest. The snowmen (or animals) that receive the most votes will receive a monetary donation for their charities. Head to Shaw Spotlight’s Instagram and Twitter accounts and ‘like’ the photo to vote for WAG. Voting is open until Feb. 29. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 CYCLING FOR CREEKBREAD Michel Chartrand greeted guests while riding his bicycle at Team iRide Sea to Sky’s fundraiser for the BC Ride To Conquer Cancer, held at Creekbread on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Chartrand, pictured with teammate Teresa Knight, right, sports the team’s Chili Thom jerseys. (Join their team to get one too!) PHOTO SUBMITTED. 6 STOMP THE YARD Whistler teen Leif Gascoigne, a member of the Whistler Freeride Club, absolutely sent it off Air Jordan and the third step on Saturday, Feb. 10, stomping every landing—to the delight of the crowd waiting in the Peak Chair line. SCREENSHOT, VIDEO SHOT BY RYAN OAKDEN.

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MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

Work and fun collide for Patrick Gavigan VANCOUVER MUSICIAN PLAYS THE MALLARD LOUNGE ON SATURDAY, FEB. 15

BY ALYSSA NOEL PATRICK GAVIGAN’S day job is playing music.

His after-hours passion project? Also playing music.

“The drive has never stopped,” the Vancouver musician says. “Since I was a kid, it’s honestly all I ever wanted to do.”

To clarify, Gavigan’s money-making “day job” is performing solo…a lot. After those gigs wrap up, he focuses on his band, Best Night Ever, which plays a mix of pop, soul and R&B. “I’m not a massive touring musician,” he says. “But I play 230-something shows a year and make a really good living playing music.”

While he performs original songs, and toned-down versions from his former hard-rock band The Turn, he usually sticks to way-below-the-radar covers like The Marcus King Band and Childish Gambino.

“I pick stuff I like,” Gavigan says. “A lot of the time it’s not Top 40 or super familiar to people.”

MUSIC MAN Catch Vancouver musician Patrick Gavigan at the Mallard Lounge on Feb. 15.

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Travelling up to Whistler—which he called home for about two years after high school—around two to three times a month, usually to play the Mallard Lounge, he’s also happy to field requests. “[Requests are] good. It means they’re engaged, they want to hear what you’re doing,” he says. “I’m happy to oblige, if I know the song.”

His aforementioned rock group, The Turn, won the coveted 99.3 CFOX Seeds (awarded each year to an unsigned local band) in 2005, which launched their career.

But after eight years of touring, opening for some of their favourite bands, and releasing an album, that project fizzled.

Gavigan decided to strike out on his own. “I played drums in another band for

“I would sit in the back and pretend I knew how to play drums and sing along. I fell in love with it and started my first lip sync band.”

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If he doesn’t, he’ll sometimes opt to look it up during the break and give it a whirl when he returns.

“People are really appreciative if you’re giving it a shot,” he adds. “It’s fun though for me too … I’ve got a few hundred songs in my set.”

Gavigan’s passion for music dates back to when he was six years old and his dad directed the church choir. “I would sit in the back and pretend I knew how to play drums and sing along,” he says. “I fell in love with it and started my first lip sync band.”

a couple of years,” he says. “I had been the singer, guitar player, and principle songwriter; I wanted to do something different. It was a lot of fun. I needed to change the pace a bit.”

For seven years he also co-ran a recording studio in Langley with a friend, which helped further entrench him in the music community—and even led to a surprising celebrity encounter.

“I got to work with a lot of awesome local bands—and had [famed life coach] Tony Robbins come through and record

one of his motivational CDs,” Gavigan says.

“He’s an intense dude.”

All the while, he was also stepping in as a session musician and to play occasional gigs with various Vancouver bands.

“There’s a solid community of musicians who work together, write together, gig together. All these events bands, they’re populated by the same 100 people. It’s just mix-and-match of who’s working that night. But for freelancers, we really have to have our hands in everything. That’s how I find we stay busy and fed and pay our mortgages,” Gavigan says.

That also led to one his latest projects—a forthcoming solo album that combines country, pop, and soul.

“When I started working with Dan [Swinimer]—he’s a producer/songwriter [and 2018 CCMA producer of the year nominee], he would get me to sing his demos,” Gavigan says.

“I would come in and he’d hire me to sing his demos. He loved the marriage of soul and pop and new country. We started writing songs and that’s what came out.”

In the meantime, you can see Gavigan perform at the Mallard Lounge in Whistler on Saturday, Feb. 15 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and again from 8 to 11 p.m.

For more, visit patrickgavigan.com or check out his band Best Night Ever at bestnighteverband.com. n

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Notice of Public Hearing AMENDED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2019 – 6:00 P.M.

NEW MEETING DATE TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 – 6:00 P.M.

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(formerly MILLENNIUM PLACE) Franz Wilhelmsen Theatre, 4335 Blackcomb Way, Whistler BC ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW (WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB) No. 2256, 2020 SUBJECT LANDS: 2028 Rob Boyd Way More specifically these lands are described as: LOT 3 DISTRICT LOT 5316 GROUP 1 NWD, LMP47410, PID: 024-867-900 and as shown on the map attached to this notice.

PURPOSE: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to rezone the lands from CC2 (Commercial Core Two) to LR11 (Leisure Recreation Eleven) to enable development of a proposed new residential building containing four units and utilizing approximately 380 square metres gross floor area.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: A copy of the proposed Bylaw and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Reception Desk of Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) from February 20, 2020 to and including March 3, 2020.

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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: All persons, who believe their interest in the property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard by Council at the Public Hearing.

Written comments must be addressed to “Mayor and Council”, and include a mailing address and must be submitted prior to the public hearing (by 4:00 p.m. on March 3, 2020) :

Email: corporate@whistler.ca Fax: 604-935-8109 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 4325 Blackcomb Way Whistler BC V0N 1B4 All submissions included in the Public Hearing Package will form part of the public record. The Package will be available on our website at www.whistler.ca with other associated information.

After the conclusion of this Public Hearing, Council cannot receive representations from the public on the proposed Bylaw.

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW (WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB) NO. 2256, 2020 SUBJECT LANDS – 2028 ROB BOYD WAY, WHISTLER, BC

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LIVE MUSIC AT RMU (ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNDERGROUND) IN UPPER VILLAGE

Come by, enjoy some live music and try their awardwinning cocktails, local draft beers and browse some new backcountry gear! Free. > 4-7 pm > RMU Blackcomb

THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and 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! > 5:30-8:30 pm > Sidecut

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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. Dancing. 604-932-2323. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA

He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Artist Shannon Ford will be painting in the Fairmont lobby as part of an artist-in-residence program. > 10 am-4 pm > Fairmont Chateau Whistler

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its permanent collection. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards.

These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. 604-962-0413. > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

Come lounge out, dance and listen to all the throwback hits one could need. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

TOWN SQUARE OPEN MIC NIGHT

Don’t miss open mic night at Town Square in Pemberton. It runs the second Thursday of every month. > second Thursday of every month, 8 pm > Town Square (Pemberton)

FIRST NATIONS WINTER FEAST

Join the Cultural Centre after hours for a culinary journey that blends traditional ingredients and food preparation with modern plates while Nation members in regalia share songs and stories from their journey along the Pow Wow circuit. Guided tour at 5:30 p.m. optional; welcome song and dinner at 6 p.m. $75.

604-967-1281 > 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

DISCOVER LUGE

This one-session sport program enables children and youth (8-to-14 years old) to get a taste of the Olympic winter sport of luge by sliding down the track on their own sled! Reservations essential. $20/40. 604-9640040. > 4:15-7 pm > Whistler Sliding Centre

LEAGUE NIGHT

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

COMMUNITY

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. All women, all ability levels welcome. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time.

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

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

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. This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@ capilanou.ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. > 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

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

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WORKSHOP

Registration is now open. Email publicservices@ whistlerlibrary.ca to sign up. Space is limited. > 1-3 pm > Whistler Public Library

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

The club meets every week and visitors are welcome.

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

WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN

Drop in to the Pemberton Public Library every Thursday afternoon and learn how WorkBC can assist you in your job search and career planning. All services are free.

For details call 1-877-932-1611. > 1-5 pm > Pemberton Library (Pemberton)

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

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Happy Family Day

WHISTLER MUSEUM

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

THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY

Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

COMMUNITY

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GAMES CAFE

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

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Celebrating 20 years as a band and 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

APRÈS JAMS

Dive head-first into the weekend every Friday for 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

FREEBY FRIDAYS

Valentine’s Day featuring free live music from Magnolia Street, a new Squamish rock ‘n’ roll band, and free samples from the evening menu. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

MARC CHARRON

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

LIVE MUSIC

Solo artists perform every week, except on the first Friday of every month when they swap out for a full band. No cover, no lineups. > 6-9 pm > Whistler Brewing Company

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

KOSTANTINO VALENTINO AND DON JUAN TON @ ALPINE CAFE

Kostaman and our local legend Don join forces to bring you the most romantic Valentine’s Day show around!

Come along and feel the love. Free event. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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PIQUECAL WEEKEND GETAWAYS PRESENTS - FREESTYLE FRIDAYS Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

The Youth Centre is a fun space for 13 to 18 year olds featuring ping pong, pool, video and board games, a skateboard mini-ramp, rails, and more. > 3:30-11 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

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

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

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Books, songs and rhymes for preschool-aged children, accompanied by a caregiver. Registration is not required. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library

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

SPORTS

FRIDAY PICKLEBALL

Come and enjoy the fastest growing sport in North America. Free paddle rental. $5. 604-932-1991. > 4-6 pm > Whistler Racket Club

> 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

SHANNON FORD - BEAR IN MIND SOLO EXHIBITION

Fused with energy and life, Shannon Ford’s work is characterized by seemingly sporadic line work, surprising colour palettes, expressive brushstrokes, drips, textural elements and mark-making. She will be in attendance for the exhibit opening of her solo show. > 4-6 pm > Mountain Galleries

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WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions.

Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Non-members $8 drop-in. > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY

From top 40s to big hits of today and classic rock, the dance floor will be bumping! > 9 pm-2 am > Buffalo Bills

WILL ROSS/TUNA MARMOT APRÈS Tuna Marmot is a three-piece trio preforming some favourite classic covers. Their three part harmonies alongside exceptional musicianship will have you dancing in your ski boots all après long! > 3 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

COMMUNITY

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

THE HAIRFARMERS WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP

Everyone and every age is welcome. Casual meet up, workshops, information about living in Canada. Check calendar at www.welcomewhistler.com for full details.

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

2010 GAMES ANNIVERSARY PANCAKE BREAKFAST

Come to the Whistler Public Library on Friday, Feb. 14 and eat like an Olympian at the free pancake breakfast.

Please bring your reusable mug. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

OLYMPIC-THEMED STORYTIME WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

BROTHER TWANG

STUDIO 604

What can you expect to see at Studio 604? The usual celebrity suspects will be cruising around the club (Andy Warhol, Freddie Mercury, Grace Jones, etc.), aerial dancers, drag queens, a catwalk for voguing, and so many more surprises to make your night unforgettable.

Tickets are $30. For more information visit eventbrite. com/e/studio-604-tickets-88587338113?. > 9 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Join the Whistler Public Library for a sports and Olympic-themed story time. This program is for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must-see! > 3-6 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

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

PATRICK GAVIGAN

Vancouver-based singer-songwriter formerly of the 99.3 FM CFOX Seeds-winning band The TURN. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

Music featuring Charlie & Bob. This playful jazz and soul duo will blow your mind and is a show not to be missed. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

SOUL CLUB @ ALPINE CAFE

Keep the love vibes alive. Have a wine and some homestyle dinner, while listening to the smooth funky sounds brought to you by the talented Ben Keating, a real disc jockey spinning the old-school vinyls. Free. > 7 pm-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

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

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

JUMMAH SALAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)

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

SUPREME SATURDAY

WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL Lets send it on and off the mountain with Weekend Getaways brought to you by Tommys Whistler and DJ Dre Morel. RSVP for VIP reservations and guest list inquiries at tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

COMMUNITY

2010 GAMES ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK

Whistler Sport Legacies will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Games with a three-day activation at Whistler Olympic Park over Family Day weekend.

Saturday will be the main activation day, featuring free access for 2010 Games volunteers, the opportunity to try Olympic sports, watch sport demonstrations or to meet an Olympic mascot! > 10 am-2 pm > Whistler Olympic Park

SINGING WITH THE BABIES

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

OLYMPIC-THEMED CRAFTS

2010 GAMES ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Come by the library and enjoy this parent-directed hour.

We will have games, materials for crafts, and a story corner with felt stories and puppets, all based around the theme of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and winter sports. This program is for families of all ages. > 3:30-4:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

Whistler Olympic Park. Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 2pm

SCOTT JACOBS YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

> 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

Scott Jacobs is a young and up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter from Vancouver Island, Canada. He has studied jazz music at Vancouver Island University and graduated with a diploma in jazz performance. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

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! > 8-11 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

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

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

LOCAL’S SUNDAY SESH THE HAIRFARMERS

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The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must-see! > 3:30-6:30 & 7:45-10:45 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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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

OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT

MUSIC

SUNDAY FUNDAY SUNDAZE WITH DJ NAT MOREL

Spend your Sundays in a heady daze. Head over for DJ Nat Morel’s Brickworks residency, Sundaze, every week for après from 3 p.m. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

Darragh will be kicking it off. RSVP for guest list and for VIP reservation requests, please reach out to info@ tommyswhistler.com or visit www.tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

LOCAL EXPERTS GLOBAL REACH

Whistler’s longest-running jam night every Sunday at Crystal Lounge. All instruments are provided. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

CYPRESS POINT WINTER CARNIVAL

This year we are celebrating 10 years since the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with Art-Lympics! Chock-full of fun and free events all afternoon followed by an entertaining evening show featuring Art-Lympic Improv and a live concert by Vancouver band Small Town Artillery. > 12-4 & 6-10:30 pm > The Point

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

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

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

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM

Open Mic night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Jenna Mae. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. Cranked is the perfect place for new artists to try performing in front of a small, supportive audience. This night always bring a solid mix of seasoned and budding artists together, and opportunities to collaborate. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

FIRST NATIONS WINTER FEAST > 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

EVENTS + FESTIVALS

MADE IN WHISTLER MARKET AT THE WESTIN RESORT & SPA

The Made In Whistler Market, held at the Westin Spa & Resort on the retail level 1, is a carefully curated collection from artists and artisans from the Sea to Sky area. Find the perfect gift or a wonderful keepsake of your time in Whistler. From 12 to 5 p.m. Free. > 12-5 pm > Westin Resort & Spa

TRIVIA 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

RECOVERY MONDAYS

Whistler’s biggest party every Monday night. DJ Fidel Cashflow and Jacky Murda help you dance your hangovers away with the best in EDM. 604-935-1152. > 9:30 pm-3 am > Moe Joe’s

MONDAY MIX MADNESS SPORTS

FIRE & ICE SHOW

A free, all-ages night of entertainment. Whistler’s top skiers and riders (including Whistler Blackcomb ski school instructors) spin and twist through a burning hoop. > 7 pm > Skier’s Plaza

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

> 10 am-2 pm > Whistler Olympic Park

2010 GAMES ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK > 10 am-2 pm > Whistler Olympic Park

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. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

Get your resume reviewed, learn about the local labour market, job search tips, and more. All services are free. For details call 1-877-932-1611 or go to WhistlerESC.com. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

SERVICES PROVIDER DROP-INS

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. No appointment required, all services are completely free. Visit whistlerlibrary.ca/events for more details. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

INDOOR PICKLEBALL

Free paddle rental. Pre-requisite: must be able to keep ball in play and keep score. Intro to pickleball classes available by certified coach. $5. 604-932-1991. > 9-11 am > Whistler Racket Club

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

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“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

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

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

GREG NEUFELD

Armed with a guitar, stompbox and one of the best, soulful voices you will ever hear. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

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

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This program gives toddlers, parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn songs, rhymes and finger plays together. Movement is encouraged and your preschooler’s early language and literacy development is supported. For more information, please come to the library, call 604-935-8436 or email youthservice@ whistlerlibary.ca. Free. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library

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DJ Dre Morel and weekly guests turning it up every Tuesday night all winter long. Pop, rock and hip hop to crank up your Tuesday night. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

KARAOKE NIGHT WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN

SPORTS

MUSIC & WORDS MUSIC

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

RHYME & SONG

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WE RUN WHISTLER: WEEKLY GROUP RUN

Group run for intermediate runners and above. We offer two distance options,~6 km and ~10 km. Check our 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. > 5:55pm > Lululemon

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING BY-ELECTION FOR THE ELECTORAL AREA A DIRECTOR PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of Electoral Area A of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Director representing Electoral Area A and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

Director – One (1) to be Elected Surname

Usual Name

Residential Address

DEMARE

SAL

Gold Bridge, BC

OAKLEY

STEVE

Bralorne, BC

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS GENERAL VOTING will be available to qualified electors of Electoral Area A as follows:

DATE

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Saturday February 15, 2020

8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Gold Bridge Community Club 699 Gun Lake Rd., Gold Bridge, BC

ELECTOR REGISTRATION

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There is no pre-registration. Registration of all qualified electors for this by-election will take place at the time of voting. To register, you will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: •

18 years of age or older on general voting day; and

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a Canadian citizen; and

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a resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration; and

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a resident of Electoral Area A or registered owner of real property in Electoral Area A for at least 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration; and

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not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature).

Photo identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

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Non-resident property electors must produce: • 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity; and • proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property (recent Land Title Office certificate, property tax bill, or property assessment notice); and • if there is more than one owner of the property, written consent from the majority of the property owners. (Please contact the SLRD ahead of time for the required consent form - it must be signed by a majority of the property owners. Unsigned or incomplete consent forms will not be accepted); and • Please note that no one can vote in respect of property that is owned (in whole or in part) by a corporation.

MAIL BALLOT VOTING Qualified electors are eligible to vote by mail if they: •

have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects their ability to vote at another voting opportunity, OR

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expect to be absent from Electoral Area A on general voting day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities.

Until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 13, 2020, you can request a mail ballot package by submitting the following information to the SLRD Administration Office by mail (Box 219, 1350 Aster Street, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0), by fax (604-894-6526) or by email (kclark@slrd.bc.ca): (1) Full name; (2) Residential address; (3) Address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors); (4) Method of delivery of your mail ballot package (your choice of the following options) • pick up at the SLRD Administration Office (1350 Aster Street in Pemberton), OR • regular letter mail service through Canada Post to residential address, OR • regular letter mail service through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the mail ballot package; (5) To ensure you receive the correct registration application form in your package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident elector or as a non-resident property elector.

The SLRD will send out mail ballot packages by regular letter mail service (or have them ready for pick up at the SLRD Administration Office in Pemberton).

To be counted, your completed mail ballot package must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15, 2020 – please see more detailed information at https://www.slrd.bc.ca/byelection regarding how and where to return your completed mail ballot package.

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MINES ACT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT APPROVING THE Amended

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Take notice that Tori Burwell of 1096594 BC Ltd has filed with the Chief Inspector of Mines, pursuant to Part 10.2.1 of the Health and Safety Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia, a proposed mine plan together with a program for the protection and reclamation of the land and water courses related to the proposed Sand & Gravel Pit located at PID 026741717 Block H District Lot 1549, Lillooet. Shown on Plan KAP81445 A copy of the permit application, including supporting documentation, is available for public viewing at Pemberton Library, 7390 Cottonwood St., Pemberton, BC, V0N 2L1 Any person affected by or interested in this program has 30 days to make written representation to the Chief Inspector of Mines, Ministry of Energy and Mines, c/o Mining Division, Southwest Region, PO Box 9395 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC, V8W 9M9, or Email: SouthwestMinesDivision@gov.bc.ca, with a copy to: 1096894 BC Ltd, #370 - 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6E3 FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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The RMOW would like to remind residents to have their Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV) in working order to avoid possible property damage.

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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. Conor plays a mixture of pop, folk, rock and sing-along classics. > 3:30-6:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

We reserve the prime family-style table by the Ola Volo mural for our LGBTQ2+ family. Get your game (or gay’m) on. > 5-8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

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Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to make a difference in their community.

Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

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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

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now that she’s in her

late 40s, Aries comedian and actress Tig Notaro is wiser about love. Her increased capacity for romantic happiness has developed in part because she’s been willing to change her attitudes. She says, “Instead of being someone who expects people to have all the strengths I think I need them to have, I resolved to try to become someone who focuses on the strengths they do have.” In accordance with this Valentine’s season’s astrological omens, Aries, I invite you to meditate on how you might cultivate more of that aptitude yourself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus artist Joan Miró loved to daub coloured paint on canvases. He said he approached his work in the same way he made love: “a total embrace, without caution, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back.” In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to invoke a similar attitude with all the important things you do in the coming weeks. Summon the ardour and artistry of a creative lover for all-purpose use. Happy Valentine Daze, Taurus!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1910, Gemini businessman Irving Seery was 20 years old. One evening, he travelled to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City to see an opera starring the gorgeous and electrifying soprano singer Maria Jeritza. He fell in love instantly. For the next 38 years, he remained a bachelor as he nursed his desire to marry her. His devotion finally paid off. Jeritza married Seery in 1948. Dear Gemini, in 2020, I think you will be capable of a heroic feat of love that resembles Seery’s.

Which of your yearnings might evoke such intensely passionate dedication? Happy Valentine Daze!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve been married twice, both times to the same woman. Our first time around, we were less than perfectly wise in the arts of relationship. After our divorce and during the few years we weren’t together, we each ripened into more graceful versions of ourselves; we developed greater intimacy skills. Our second marriage has been far more successful. Is there a comparable possibility in your life, Cancerian? A chance to enhance your ability to build satisfying togetherness? An opening to learn practical lessons from past romantic mistakes? Now is a favourable time to capitalize. Happy Valentine Daze!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1911, the famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova and the famous Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani were in love with each other. Both were quite poor, though. They didn’t have much to spend on luxuries.

In her memoir, Akhmatova recalled the time they went on a date in the rain at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris.

Barely protected under a rickety umbrella, they amused each other by reciting the verse of Paul Verlaine, a poet they both loved. Isn’t that romantic? In the coming weeks, I recommend you experiment with comparable approaches to cultivating love. Get back to raw basics.

Happy Valentine Daze!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): [Warning: Poetry alert! If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop reading now!]

Happy Valentine Daze, Virgo! I hope there’s someone in your life to whom you can give a note like the one I’ll offer at the end of this oracle. If there’s not, I trust you will locate that person in the next six months. Feel free to alter the note as you see fit. Here it is. “When you and I are together, it’s as if we have been reborn into luckier lives; as if we can breathe deeper breaths that fill our bodies with richer sunlight; as if we see all of the world’s beauty that alone we were blind to; as if the secrets of our souls’ codes are no longer secret.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the course of your life, how many people and animals have truly loved you? Three?

Seven? More? I invite you to try this Valentine experiment: Write down their names on a piece of paper. Spend a few minutes visualizing the specific qualities in you that they cherished, and how they expressed their love, and how you felt as you received their caring attention. Then

send out a beam of gratitude to each of them. Honour them with sublime appreciation for having treasured your unique beauty. Amazingly enough, Libra, doing this exercise will magnetize you to further outpourings of love in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): [Warning: Poetry alert! If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop reading now!]

Happy Valentine Daze, Scorpio! I invite you to copy the following passage and offer it to a person who is receptive to deepening their connection with you. “Your healing eyes bless the winter jasmine flowers that the breeze blew into the misty creek. Your welcoming prayers celebrate the rhythmic light of the mud-loving cypress trees. Your fresh dreams replenish the eternal salt that nourishes our beloved song of songs. With your melodic breath, you pour all these not-yet-remembered joys into my body.” (This lyrical message is a blend of my words with those of Scorpio poet Odysseus Elytis.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The poet Virgil, a renowned author in ancient Rome, wrote three epic poems that are still in print today. His second was a masterpiece called the Georgics. It took him seven years to write, even though it was only 2,740 lines long.

So on average he wrote a little over one line per day. I hope you’ll use him as inspiration as you toil over your own labours of love in the coming weeks and months.

There’ll be no need to rush. In fact, the final outcomes will be better if you do them slowly. Be especially diligent and deliberate in all matters involving intimacy and collaboration and togetherness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): [Warning: Poetry alert!

If you prefer your horoscopes to be exclusively composed of practical, hyper-rational advice, stop reading now!]

Happy Valentine Daze, Capricorn! I invite you to copy the following passage and offer it to a person who is ready to explore a more deeply lyrical connection with you. “I yearn to earn the right to your whispered laugh, your confident caress, your inscrutable dance. Amused and curious, I wander where moon meets dawn, inhaling the sweet mist in quest of your questions. I study the joy that my imagination of you has awakened. All the maps are useless, and I like them that way. I’m guided by my nervous excitement to know you deeper. Onward toward the ever-fresh truth of your mysterious rhythms!”

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Derek Walcott had a perspective on love that I suspect might come in handy for you during this Valentine season.

“Break a vase,” he wrote, “and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.” I urge you to meditate on how you could apply his counsel to your own love story, Aquarius. How might you remake your closest alliances into even better and brighter versions of themselves?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean poet Saul Williams wrote a meditation I hope you’ll consider experimenting with this Valentine season. It involves transforming mere kisses into SUBLIME KISSES. If you choose to be inspired by his thoughts, you’ll explore new sensations and meanings available through the act of joining your mouth to another’s. Ready? Here’s Saul: “Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful petting but transcendental metamorphosis, when you became aware that the greatness of this other being is breathing into you.

Licking your mouth, like sealing a thousand fleshy envelopes filled with the essence of your passionate being, and then opened by the same mouth and delivered back to you, over and over again—the first kiss of the rest of your life.”

Homework: Want to get married to yourself? The ritual’s here: https://tinyurl.com/YouCanMarryYourself.

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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

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Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Provides sports & recreation experiences for people with disabilities. Chelsey Walker at 604-905-4493 or info@whistleradaptive.com

Discover a workplace as awesome as our location…

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 … and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you!

1st Whistler Scout Group - outdoor & adventure program for girls and boys aged 5-17. Times and locations vary.

More info: http://1stwhistlerscoutgroup. webs.com.

Contact scoutsatwhistler @gmail.com or 604-966-4050.

Work alongside our amazing team and enjoy perks: o Staff rates at our award winning spa and restaurants o A free overnight stay each year as well as friends and family rates o Benefits & End of Season Bonus ($300) o Work for a Canadian family owned and operated Boutique Lodge

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

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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

email your resume and expression of interest to: careers@nitalakelodge.com

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY: Campus Administrator Join the collaborative and caring team at Tamwood International School connecting students with educational opportunities.

- Competitive wage, benefits and work life balance.

- BONUS: free village underground parking!

- Flexible schedule: 25-30hrs/wk Mon-Fri 8:30am-2pm How to Apply: Email talent@whistler-jobs.com with your cover letter and resume.

For more Info: Please call us at 604-905-4194 ext 2.

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OFFICE ADMIN / CASH AUDITOR & FULL TIME DOORMEN Interested applicants and for more information please email info@tommyswhistler.com 4204 Village Square, Whistler BC info@tommyswhistler.com | 604.932.6090 visit our website for more info www.tommyswhistler.com

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LEISURE GROUPS Duplicate Bridge Club- Whistler Racquet Club reconvenes in late fall. The club meets every week and visitors are welcome. For partner, please call Gill at 640-932-5791.

Knitty Gritty Knit Night- Held every Tues 6-8pm. Free evening open to everyone with a love for knitting/crocheting. Beginners welcome. For location and further details email knittygrittywhistler@gmail.com or find us on facebook.

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

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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.

Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782

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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.

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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.

WE’RE HIRING

Do you want to share in something special this winter?

DISHWASHERS Apply today!

COMMUNITY CENTRES Maury Young Arts Centre - Whistler's community centre for arts, culture & inspiration. Performance theatre, art gallery, daycare, youth centre, meditation room, meeting facilities. www.artswhistler.com or 604-935-8410 Pemberton & District Community Centre - Located at 7390 Cottonwood St. Fitness Centre, facility rentals, spray park, playground, children, youth, adult & seniors programs. For more info 604-894-2340 or pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca

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

If challenge & fun at work is what you desire, come see us today!

Cooks Hosts Expeditors Barbacks Setters Shift Managers Join us! Go to www.earlswantsyou.com and apply through our site. We will be in touch soon!

Staff Housing Available!

Competitive Wage + Benefits Package This storied restaurant offers a modern taste of Italy and brings a fresh, contemporary style of dining to the mountain.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

FRONT-OF-HOUSE Server Assistant

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Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com

We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.

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

Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@ilcaminetto.ca

FOR SENIORS Activate & Connect - Come join us Thursday mornings 9:30am to 11:00am at Whistler Community Services for a weekly drop in program for seniors 50+. Everyone welcome, in partnership with Mature Action Community. www.mywcss.org 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

WE ARE HIRING!

HOUSEKEEPERS Whistler Health Care Center Compensation: $15.57/hr during probation period, after $16.82/hr, Benefits & 4$/hour remote allowance Please send your resume to Francis.Massicotte@cgc-healthcare.com

FINE FINISH PAINTING HIRING EXPERIENCED PAINTERS COMPETITIVE WAGES AND BONUSES FUN CREW TO WORK WITH AND FLEXIBLE HOURS

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

Send resume to: finefinishpemberton@gmail.com

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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479. Free private presentation on request. www.healthylivingwhistler.com Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items.

Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@mywss.org

Is hiring

(FULL TIME) DISHWASHERS COOKS Wages are very competitive (based on experience), great perks and benefits.

Come join the best team in Whistler!

Interested applicants please email your resume to or contact Samantha at skeenan-naf@Crystal-Lodge.com

Basalt Wine + Salumeria are currently looking to fill the roles of:

COOKS Please send your cover letter and resume to skeenan-naf@crystal-lodge.com Wages are very competitive (based on experience), great perks and benefits. Come join the best team in Whistler!

[Line Cooks] [Sous Chefs] [Dishwashers] [More] May start date; meet us NOW

JOIN THE MONGOLIE CREW! We are hiring full time:

HOSTESS & GRILL COOKS

Hourly wage + tips, flexible schedule, fun & fast-paced

$575 walking distance housing

FREE golf, Whistlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Patio, recently renovated kitchen, great culture

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Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604-932-3733 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 604-932-3202 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

work environment, staff meals.

Send your resume to careers@mongoliegrill.com Or drop off your resume in person before 5pm!

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.

The Pinnacle Hotel Whistler has the following positions available:

ROOM ATTENDANTS (F/T AND P/T) Please reply by email: parmstrong@pinnaclehotels.ca

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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.

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION LABOURER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT

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.

Coastal Mountain Excavations (est. 1975) is a Civil Construction and to apply: https://secure.collage.co/jobs/coastalmountain/15499/apply Snow Services company serving the Sea to Sky Corridor and beyond.

PIPE LAYER We are currently recruiting: to apply: https://secure.collage.co/jobs/coastalmountain/15529/apply to apply: https://secure.collage.co/jobs/coastalmountain/15592/apply

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Email resume to careers@coastalmountain.ca

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Access to Justice - Need legal advice but are financially restricted? Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to find out more or visit www. mywcss.org.

Counselling Assistance - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counsellor depending on financial need. Contact an outreach worker at 604.932.0113 or visit www.mywcss.org.

ESL Volunteer Tutor Program - Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960 Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101 Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717. www.mywcss.org/food-bank

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Pemberton Strong Start Family Drop-InA play group for you and your under-5 child.

Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm-3pm. Call 604894-6101 / 604-966- 8857

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Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

Whistler Public Library - Open Mon-Thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am. Parent & Infant dropin, Thurs 11am. Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am. Singing with the babies, Sat 11am.

Call 604-935-8433

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OperatiOns and Maintenance Manager required Full tiMe perManent pOsitiOn

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES APPLY TODAY! Diamond Resorts Canada Ltd., Whistler, BC

Full Time House Person Full Time Housekeeper

The successful candidate will be responsible for the year round inspection and maintenance of an intricate diking system located within the Pemberton Valley Dyking District boundaries.

Qualifications Include: - knowledge of dikes and flood protection works an asset - excellent verbal and written communication skills for liaison with Government, Public Bodies and Contractors - project and construction management

Eligible successful candidates may receive*:

- environmental management planning skills

• Extensive benefits package which may include; ski pass or wellness allowance, disability coverage, travel insurance and extended health and dental.

• Travel Allowance and discounted employee rates at any Diamond Resort International resort.

• Full-time work year round and a FUN work environment.

- administrative and computer skills – Word and Excel

*eligibility and conditions based on DRCL policies and practices set out in general terms and conditions of employment.

- large equipment operating and maintenance ability an asset Salary, commensurate with experience and qualification, is accompanied with benefit package and pension plan. Please email resumes to admin@pvdd.ca or fax resumes to 604 894-5271

by February 20, 2020.

To view the detailed job description visit the Pemberton Valley Dyking District website at www.pvdd.ca/news/

Email your resume with the position you wish to apply for to: embarc_hr@diamondresorts.com

Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101 Meadow Park Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $131.20 municipal recreation credit.

Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

North Shore Schizophrenia Society Services for family, friends & community.

Mental illness info, support & advocacy. Call Chris Dickenson at 604-966-7334 Pearl's Safe Home - Temporary shelter for women & children experiencing abuse in relationships. Locations in Whistler & Pemberton avail 24/7. All services are free.

1-877-890-5711 or 604-892-5711 RMOW Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $127.60 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org Sea to Sky WorkBC Centre - Provides free one-stop employment services to job seekers and employers. Services available in Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton & Mt. Currie.

For more information, call us: 1-800-7631681 or email: centre-squamish@workbc.ca Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101 Victim Services - Assists victims, witnesses, family members or friends directly affected by any criminal act or traumatic event.

Call 604-905-1969 Whistler Community Services Society Outreach Services Now Available Monday to Saturday at our new location - 8000 Nesters Road (next to WAG) 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org

Whistler Premier Resorts, Whistler’s leading property management firm is currently recruiting!

What We Offer You:

• Full Time Position • Competitive Wages • Discounted Ski Pass • Health & Wellness Benefits • Supportive Team Environment Current Career Opportunities:

GUEST SERVICES AGENT ROOM ATTENDANT HOUSEMAN

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LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED CHARACTERS WANTED! Barista/Café Team Member Food Handling & Barista Experience Necessary Benefits!

• Affordable Staff Housing • $262.50 Biweekly For Your Own Room!

• 15% Off Purchases & Groceries At “The Grocery Store” • Seasonal Bonuses • Staff Parties • Staff Meals & More POP BY TO APPLY! @ 1380 ALPHA LAKE ROAD OR EMAIL: ian@whistlergrocery.com

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Don’t forget to scoop the poop!

It’s not fun to step in, or to see around town.

Help keep Whistler clean and pick up after your dog.

· Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (permanent part-time) · Lifeguard/Swim Instructor (casual) · Bylaw Parks and Trails Ambassador (term) · Bylaw Parks and Trails Ambassador (casual) Resort Municipality of Whistler whistler.ca/careers FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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SOCIAL SERVICES Whistler for the Disabled - Provides info for people with disabilities on what to do & where to go.

Visit www.whistlerforthedisabled.com

Mountain Resort Planners Ltd.

AutoCAD/ Resort Planning Technician Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd. of Whistler B.C. specializes in the planning and design of four-season mountain resorts, resort village and real estate and Winter Olympic Alpine and Nordic competition venues.

We are currently seeking a skilled AutoCAD / Resort Planning Technician for a full time / permanent position. The ideal candidate will have completed at minimum a diploma-level program in Landscape Architectural Technology or Architectural Technology or similar and will have related work experience.

Now hiring for the following positions: ROOM ATTENDANT HOUSEPERSON MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN • • • • • • •

Competitive Wages Associate Housing Wellness Allowance/Ski Pass Flexible Schedule Discounted Food Extended Medical Benefits Spa Discounts

Discover new opportunities and embark on a career in Hospitality with Pan Pacific Whistler To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers.ppwhi@panpacific.com

This entry-level position consists of general AutoCAD and graphic support for our resort planning design team. Typical project work will include working with large topographic mapping data sets, preparation of hand drawn and computer rendered site plan drawings and profiles, conceptual grading and drainage plans and production of digital and paper presentations and technical reports.

A keen eye for details and graphic presentation is essential as well as a general understanding of the design process and problem solving.

A comprehensive understanding and strong working knowledge and experience of AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (particularly Photoshop and InDesign) software is essential. Must be proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. The ability to visualize and work in 3D, with familiarity using programs such as Civil 3D, 3DS Max and SketchUp would be an asset.

The successful candidate will be a team player and must be prepared to work in a deadline-oriented office environment. A positive attitude and interest in outdoor activities and a mountain resort lifestyle will be an asset. Hourly pay rate will be commensurate with experience.

Please submit a letter of application, including a resume and portfolio to the attention of:

Mr. Ryley Thiessen President Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd. P.O. Box 63 Whistler, B.C. Canada V0N 1B0 Email: info@ecosign.com

Whistler Housing Authority - Long term rental & ownership housing for qualified Whistler employees .

Visit www.whistlerhousing.ca Whistler Mental Health & Addiction Services - If you or someone you know needs help with a mental health issue or substance misuse or addiction problem, we can assist. Mon-Fri 830am-430pm.

604-698-6455 Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Whistler Opt Healthy Sexuality Clinic - Professional sexual health services at a reduced cost. Free HIV testing. Clinics at Whistler Health Care Ctr, 2nd floor on Tues 4:30-7:30pm. Winter hours Thurs. 5:00pm7:00pm. Confidentiality assured.

Whistler Women's Centre - Provides confidential support, resources, referrals and advocacy for women living in the Sea to Sky corridor. All services are free of charge and include access to emergency safe housing, child/youth counselling, play space and computer access. Drop-In Centre open Mon 12-230, Tue-Thu 12-5. 1519 Spring Creek Drive. You can also access our services at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 p.m. www.hswc.ca or call (604)962-8711. 24 HR Crisis Line: 1-877-890-5711

SUPPORT GROUPS Are you troubled by someone's drinking? AlAnon can help.

Al-Anon meeting, multi-purpose room, 2nd floor, Whistler Health Care Centre, Wednesdays, 5:30 pm. 604.688.1716 Are you troubled by someone's drink-ing?

Al-Anon is for you! Pemberton sat-ellite group to Whistler Al-Anon meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at St Francis Catholic Church, 1360 Pemberton Farm Rd. Pemberton, BC 6:00-8:00pm.

Call 604-688-1716

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

ResortQuest Whistler is currently hiring:

· Guest Service Agent · Room Attendants Benefits include - activity allowance, extended medical, RRSP match, opportunities for growth and more.

To apply for this opportunity, please specify the position and email your resume and cover letter to:

To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com

beth.fraser@resortquestwhistler.com

Vida Spas - Vancouver & Whistler Live well. Live long. vidaspas.com

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Birth, Baby and Beyond - Join a registered counsellor and meet other moms with the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences in a safe, welcoming and nonjudgmental setting. Call 604.932.0113 for more information or visit www.mywcss.org.

Concussion Support Group - WCSS is offering a recurring 8 week program to support people living with persistent postconcussion symptoms. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker about upcoming sessions or visit www.mywcss.org.

Epilepsy Support Group- For individuals & families seeking guidance or support.

Contact eswhistler@gmail.com Immigrant Peer Educators - Immigrants providing support and information for those who may be experiencing challenges adjusting to a new culture. 604-388-5511 info@whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Pregnancy and Infant Loss - Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this program is designed for couples and individuals who have experienced loss of a child, either before or after birth. Please call WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak to an outreach worker for more information or visit www. mywcss.org.

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Sea to Sky Healing Room - For Blessing/Prayer/Encouragement In the Community Church building, 7422 Dogwood Street, Pemberton.

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday: 4-6 PM

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Roman Catholic ChurchCome 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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Whistler Alcoholics Anonymous: 12-step support group for men and women who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism.

Evening meetings are held 8:00pm Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and 7:00pm Monday. Whistler Medical Center, 4380 Lorimer Road, 2nd Floor multiple purpose room; 604905-5489, https://www.bcyukonaa.org

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

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SUPPORT GROUPS SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse con-cerns.

Drop-in: Registration is not necessary.

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room)

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Valentines in a leap year IN CASE YOU HADN’T NOTICED, 2020 is a leap year. Oh yeah, baby, one extra day to celebrate in the shortest month of the year.

For those who don’t like the idea that an extra day sneaks into years every four years, let me offer two thoughts: You’re probably wound too tightly; loosen up, and, think of it as a bonus for any subscription or service for which you pay a yearly fee.

We all know leap years come around during years divisible by four, 2020 being no exception. But human lifespan being what it is—which explains why people keep rebuilding cities, New Orleans comes to mind, in places where rivers refuse to stay on a fixed course over centuries—it has probably escaped whatever recall those of

BY G.D. MAXWELL us who aren’t wonkish about such things remember about the years divisible by four that are not leap years.

Stick with this even though it requires another level of math. The calendar we—and I use the word we with reservations—use, the Gregorian calendar, recognizes the whole leap day/year thing is an approximation of the speed at which the Earth moves around the sun. A leap day every four years would, eventually, throw things out of whack, albeit not to the extent simply ignoring the need for one would.

And so, in years divisible by 100 but not divisible by 400, you guessed it, no leap day. If you’ve done the math in your head, you are probably scratching it right now because those years tend to fall as randomly as, say, prime numbers. Did I mention the wonkishness thing?

So we don’t have to worry about this until February 2100, by which time most of us won’t be worried about anything. But in 2100, 2200 and 2300, there will be no leap year/day. Don’t lose sleep over this. Most turn-of-the-century years aren’t divisible by 400 so, really, it’s just one of those parlour tricks you can bore your friends (readers) with.

But, just to flog this horse beyond death, there is a significant percentage of the world’s population who do not use the Gregorian calendar and, therefore not only fail to celebrate leap year but, at this time in their histories, are woefully behind the rest of us. For them... oh, never mind.

All this leap year stuff is, at best, tangential to the real purpose of this column, “real purpose” most likely being a misnomer itself. But if, hypothetically, there is a real purpose, it is to remind you that Friday—and I apologize for only giving you one day’s notice—is Valentine’s Day. Oh boy, here we go again.

My younger brother, who was born with a deficit of whatever gene induces hopeless romanticism, once got in trouble with his wife when he told her, about a week ahead

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of time, he had tickets for a hockey game on February 14th...and was going with a friend.

Miffed at the idea he’d spend Valentine’s Day boozing at a hockey game with his buddy, she glared at him and said, “On Valentine’s Day?” Most men, faced with a clearly pissedoff spouse and realizing they’d made a serious faux pas in the waning romance department, would have humbly apologized and backtracked faster than Michael Jackson could moonwalk. Most men.

My brother, back-pedalling furiously, offered to take his wife to the hockey game instead...knowing full well she cared not a fig for hockey. He then compounded the situation by saying, “How was I supposed

something romantic, a display of love and affection for their long-suffering partner.

In a leap year, however, while the exact history of the tradition is murky, women are permitted/expected to take the lead on the battlefield of love. In an era where women were expected to wait demurely, which is to say manipulate stealthily, for men to propose marriage, the tables were turned during a leap year. Since we fortunately live in a somewhat more enlightened time, it only seems right that once every four years the burden of Valentines should be borne by the more romantic gender, or some such nonsense.

Of course, that still leaves the 600pound (272 kilo) gorilla in the room—what

My brother, back-pedalling furiously, offered to take his wife to the hockey game instead...knowing full well she cared not a fig for hockey.

to know it was Valentine’s Day?” Having mistaken the every-February-14th Hallmark holiday for something like Easter, a holiday with no fixed address, it took both of my sisters to explain to him why his wife had the locks changed while he was at the hockey game.

But I digress.

Valentine’s Day generally falls on the dodgy shoulders of men to come up with

to do to show you care on Feb. 14?

I once suggested a marketing campaign to a local jeweller. The triumvirate of Valentine’s Day clichés are flowers, chocolates and jewellery, de rigueur dinner reservations notwithstanding, although the late Anthony Bourdain had some cautionary words about dining out on the 14th.

I suggested flowers are a two-edged

sword: beautiful but transient and suggestive of personal and romantic decay.

What’s more disheartening than a vase of flowers in the final stages of composting?

Well, throwing them out for one.

And chocolates, while universally wonderful, can be a minefield of despair for those who have issues with sugar, calories, self-control and guilt. Besides, when you give your partner chocolate, they know it’s as much for you as for them.

So with the inevitable messages of death or obesity, jewellery wins hands down, conflict diamonds notwithstanding. Unless, of course, all three just seem so...done.

If that’s the case, I’d like to suggest a romantic ski date, a bottle of champagne (regardless of its site of origin), a light picnic and a secluded glacier, weather permitting.

And what could be more romantic than poaching a hot tub après ski at one of several classy hotels in the village. It’s easier than you think and once you’re wearing one of their plush bathrobes, you can pretty well sign with your imaginary room number for whatever you drink to rehydrate at the bar.

(Ski-bummery, 101) However you choose to celebrate the day of love, celebrate. If you don’t currently have a romantic partner, celebrate self-love, without which no love is really possible.

Especially in this Age of Vilification and Hatred, nothing is more important; nothing is more necessary, nothing is more life affirming than love.

C’mon, it’s only one day. As Tom Lehrer once sang about National Brotherhood Week, be thankful that it doesn’t last all year. n

I T I S W I T H G R E AT P L E A S U R E W E W E L C O M E

Kathryn, Steve & Javier to Engel & Völkers

Kathryn Marsh

Steve Legge

Javier Hidalgo

Kathryn Marsh is excited to be joining the Squamish team of Engel & Völkers, from the Whistler office where she had been working as an assistant for Maggi & Max Thornhill for several years.

Steve believes that Whistler is truly a lifestyle choice.

When he arrived in Whistler in 1986, he never imagined he would still be here 33 years later. Steve came for the winter and stayed for the summer.

Born & raised in Knowlton, Quebec, Kathryn followed in her parents footsteps and became a Realtor in 2004. In 2008, Kathryn’s heart led her west to beautiful British Columbia and she can now boast 12 years of experience living & working in the Sea to Sky.

In Steve’s early years he worked for Blackcomb Mountain as a ski coach which led him to the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games as the Head Coach for the Canadian Alpine Snowboard Team. Steve was looking for new challenges and choosing to be an entrepreneur and a Realtor was a natural fit. Steve has been a realtor for 11 years.

Javier Hidalgo is a native to Malaga, Spain. Where he grew up and embarked into a career in sales and marketing. He then journeyed over to New Brunswick, Canada, where he worked as a project manager for 3 years. In 2012 he continued his travels to London and in 2014 he settled down in Whistler, Canada. A town that became his second home. After nearing 5 years of being rooted to the stunning mountain town, he gained tremendous customer service skills while working in Whistler’s rapidly paced hospitality industry.

Kathryn loves participating, volunteering and being involved in community events & activities. Kathryn can often be found getting in some hot laps on Whistler Blackcomb, swim training in any one of the spectacular lakes in the Sea to Sky, hiking or chasing her golf ball around one of the scenic courses found in Pemberton, Whistler or Squamish!

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Steve has been blessed with 25 years of marriage to his wife Andrea, raising 2 children Aiden and Taylor in Whistler.

Steve loves being involved in the Whistler community, so don’t be surprised if you find him at the arena or in the community volunteering at various events.

On the rare occasion you don’t catch him at the Engel & Volkers Creekside office, you will find him enjoying all that Whistler has to offer.

Kathryn is the key to your new home and she looks forward to hearing from you and listening to your needs!

Steve loves talking about real estate, you could meet him on the hill, the water, the golf course, or even over a coffee to discuss your residential or commercial interests.

Contact Kathryn

Contact Steve

604-902-9505 kathryn.marsh@evrealestate.com

604-902-3335 steve.legge@evrealestate.com

Ready for a new challenge, Javier received his real estate license with RECBC in the fall of 2019 and joined the Engel and Völkers agency.

Javier’s free time is filled with skiing the rugged mountains, enjoying the pristine and brisk lakes of Whistler, and continuing his travels throughout the world.

He is truly invested in the Sea to Sky area. His working experiences in the tourism industry, and playing tourist around the world has familiarized him with the growth dynamics and housing development in destination areas.

A true asset to both buyers and sellers.

His heart of gold and contagious energy, will represent your best interest and perform a confident process in fulfilling your real estate needs

Contact Javier 778-320-2426 javier.hidalgo@evrealestate.com

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#52 - 4325 Northlands Blvd. $1,650,000

#229 - 4905 Spearhead Drive

This Phase 1 townhome is as close to the centre of the Village as you can get in a townhome but also offers a quiet setting with spectacular views. Features include 3 full bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen with a new fridge, new carpet throughout, new couch, a 60-gallon hot water tank, gas fireplace and in-suite laundry.

Ski in Ski out location only a 5 minute walk to Upper village. Located in Greystone which is an extraordinary complex with an outdoor pool and hot tub right on the ski hill. This 1 bedroom with lock off is one of the largest one bedroom units listed with zoning for Tourist Accommodation or unlimited personal use.

Sally Warner*

3

604.905.6326

3129 Hawthorne Place

$2,875,000

A Family Home walking distance to Whistler Village. Large Master Suite on the upper level with two ensuited bedrooms off the family room. Two Flex spaces provide for an office or small bedroom. The 15,179 sq foot lot is beautifully treed for privacy and allows for expansion of the home. 3D Matterport Showcase: rem.ax/3129

Ann Chiasson

3

604.932.7651

#306 - 4749 Spearhead Drive

$899,000

1.5

604.938.2499

#4 - 2142 Sarajevo Drive

$529,900

GREAT SKI HILL ACCESS, GREAT REVENUE PRODUCER! This Townhouse, with a quiet location and mountain views is located just minutes from the ski hill. It offers excellent access to all the wonderful amenities Whistler Creekside has to offer; the Creekside Gondola, restaurants, hiking, biking, Alpha and Nita lakes and the Valley Trail system.

Dave Halliwell*

604.932.7727

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604.932.1315

#114D - 2020 London Lane

$110,000

Enjoy all of the benefits of luxury condo ownership at the base of Whistler Mountain at a fraction of the cost. This 1 bed/1 bath quarter ownership property in Evolution offers custom finishings, contemporary design & comes fully equipped. Building amenities include: outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, steam room, games room, exercise room & media room.

Bob Cameron*

This bright one bedroom plus loft suite offers two full updated bathrooms, an open kitchen, dining and living area with cozy gas fireplace. Wildwood Lodge offers an outdoor pool and hot tub, secured individual storage locker, bike and ski storage and underground parking. Matterport 3D Showcase: rem.ax/306wildwood

Chris Wetaski

Sherry Baker

$949,000

1

604.935.2214

#104 - 7350 Crabapple Court

$449,900

840 square foot 2 bedroom in Orion, Pemberton’s newest condo development.

Great views, private garage, storage, efficient state of the art design and construction, Orion is due to complete in early 2020. Beyond “passive” standard for energy efficiency and a focus on healthy living construction techniques.

Darryl Bowie

2

604.220.5751

#322 - 3309 Ptarmigan Place

$1,319,000

This spacious 1,437 square foot two bedroom + loft unit is ready to move in; beautiful renovated, including dishwasher, microwave, new washer/dryer, large private balcony, gas fireplace and has extra storage - perfect for weekend getaways or full time residence. Nightly rental permitted and GST is exempt.

Ursula Morel*

604.932.8629

#202 - 4865 Painted Cliff Rd.

2.5

$840,000

The owner will have title to 1/2 interest in this fully equipped recreational property.

Enjoy this 4 bedroom townhouse on Blackcomb Mountain 25 weeks each year. Park underground right beside the basement entrance for easy loading & unloading and enjoy the 3 decks for outside sunny views on both sides of the building.

Bruce Watt

604.905.0737

8124 Alder Lane

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$2,399,000

Located in Alpine Meadows near the high school, Meadow Park, Alpine Cafe and Green Lake Station. A single-family home with over $600K in recent renovations is ready for you. There are 4 bedrooms in the main home and a 2 bedroom rental suite. The floor plan allows easy conversion if you wish the rooms to return to the main home.

Dave Beattie*

604.905.8855

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#209 - 4865 Painted Cliff Drive $1,550,000

6533 Balsam Way

This dazzling 2 and a half bedroom at the Snowbird on the Blackcomb Benchlands is truly one of a kind. This 1315 ft townhome has had a complete renovation that opened the entire floor plan and took full advantage of the light that 2 decks and 2 patios brings to this end unit.

Freshly painted & decorated; minor repairs & other tweaks undertaken; gardening & landscaping cleaned up; beds are made; fireplace primed... And then perhaps plan on expanding next year. Already well planned with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms over 1,373 sf on a 7,600 sf flat lot. 3D Matterport Showcase bit.ly/6533BalsamB

Dave Sharpe

Denise Brown*

604.902.2779

2.5

604.935.2013

$1,975,000

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