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OLYMPIC OFFSHOOTS LOOKING BACK AT HOW THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS LEFT ITS MARK ON WHISTLER, CANADA AND BEYOND

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Olympic offshoots Looking back at how the 2010 Winter Olympics left its mark on Whistler, Canada and beyond. - By Dan Falloon

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economic and cultural impacts—in Montana as climate change makes its mark.

and making a home in the Sea to Sky corridor after two decades away.

COVER Having seen past Winter Olympic sites with decaying and weed-infested bobsleigh runs, overgrown Nordic sites, broken-down ski jumps and other venues in various stages of disrepair, it’s so great that Whistler has been able to maintain the legacy and keep our venues open and available to everybody. - By Karl Partington 4 FEBRUARY 20, 2020

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08 OPENING REMARKS The 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games left behind a host of amazing legacies still worth celebrating—so let’s do so!

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week tackle how sharing trails can foster neighbourly feelings, how lift failures are impacting mountain enjoyment and give thanks for awesome bus drivers.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Alyssa Noel ponders what’s in a name, as she gets ready to tie the knot and considers the age-old tradition of taking her husband’s surname.

86 MAXED OUT Max shares some of the things that have kept him up at night over the years, and highlights the elephant in the room globally: population growth.

Environment & Adventure

32 ECOLOGIC Leslie Anthony explains the partnership between climate groups, which will make it possible to share evidence or modelling tools required to fully understand real economic impacts of global environmental change.

33 THE OUTSIDER Vince Shuley proposes a possible solution to long lift lines—set up a system so those who choose to can uphill ski to access terrain inbounds.

42 TRAVEL Writer Steve McNaull bathes in the beauty of Barbados taking in shipwreck snorkelling and more.

Lifestyle & Arts

50 VELOCITY PROJECT Lisa Richardson explores the 5 Rhythms Movement seeking to understand how sweat through dance acts as an ancient and universal form of self-healing.

52 EPICURIOUS Welcome, Forecast Coffee. This new offering (in the old Olives spot) opens up in Function Junction offering groceries, coffee, grab-and-go meals and a community space.

56 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW After heading back to the drawing board, a less-creepy Sonic hits theatres this week.

58 MUSEUM MUSINGS How did ski school get started in the resort? This week, Museum Musings traces the history of ski lessons going back to 1966.

64 PIQUECAL Uprising, a new photo competition featuring both established and emerging photographers, takes place on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler.

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OPENING REMARKS

Our Games, our legacies I WAS THINKING about the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games the other day as I drove from Vancouver to Whistler.

It’s a drive many of us take for granted these days (or complain about as we experience bumper-to-bumper traffic) as we make our way up and down the corridor.

Put your hand up if you remember it before the $600-million upgrade! I admit to still getting queasy if I think about the cantilevered parts of the highway—an engineering feat of magnitude I might add.

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Then, as you come into town you pass the entrance to the Cheakamus Crossing neighbourhood, which I would argue is the jewel of the legacies left behind after our 2010 Games. So many host venues build temporary athlete housing or more hotels, but our council of the day pushed for a

negotiations with the province to expand its boundaries by 25,000 acres (10,117 hectares) and received the 300-acre parcel of land the landfill then sat on—now the neighbourhood.

These land gifts allowed Whistler to control its destiny and exercise the commitments made in the Official Community Plan (and yes, we are still waiting for the updated OCP to come back to us from stakeholders). It allowed significant expansion north and south, said Whistler’s Olympic Mayor Ken Melamed not long after the biggest sporting event in the world was over for us.

The Cheakamus Crossing Athletes’ Village used just about 75 acres of the 300acre (30-ha) plot.

The Olympic municipal council also negotiated the Resort Municipality Initiative funding program, or RMI, the grandiose title for the transfer of a portion of hotel taxes into municipal coffers, which has so far generated about $93 million for Whistler and has, without doubt, allowed us to expand our tourism offerings through the RMOW’s Festivals, Events, and Animation program, as well as hard infrastructure like

What can’t be quantified is the spirit and pride that the event created in our community—a feeling that I say continues to this day ...

different solution, and what an amazing gift it has been to Whistler.

In its original form, the $145-million Athletes’ Village had 221 affordable ownership units, 55 affordable rental units, 188 youth hostel beds and 20 market-priced townhomes, as well as the high-performance athletes’ training centre. That it could be built in that location was a result of Whistler’s

the Gateway Loop (I’m not going to get into its ridiculous cost here…).

Then, of course, there are the legacy venues. The $122.5-million Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan, the $109-million Whistler Sliding Centre, $13-million Olympic Plaza, and the Passiv Haus (which was gifted to us by Austria) are all still in use to this day.

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Whistler Olympic Park sees, on average, 65,000 skier visits, the sliding centre sends 17,000 sleds hurtling down the track each winter, and about 10,000 people take part in the public sliding adventures each winter and summer.

(The 2010 venues are supported from a $110-million, taxpayer-funded Olympic legacy trust set up before the Games to ensure some venues didn’t become white elephants.)

These venues have also inspired youth growing up here to reach for the Olympic rings with many now competing at a high level and some already with Games experience under their belts.

It’s never been entirely clear how much Whistler Blackcomb’s then-owner Intrawest received for hosting the alpine events, though estimates at the time said the make-whole agreement was for between $40 and $90 million from the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Games.

We do know that a significant amount of snow-making equipment was part of the legacy for on-mountain operations.

Whistler and Vancouver’s Games came in at $4 billion, plus another $4 billion in associated costs such as the new Canada Line, the Sea to Sky Highway upgrades, the upgrades to the Vancouver Convention Centre, and so on.

Of that $8 billion, more than $6 billion was from governments or public agencies like TransLink and the airport authority.

So that’s the dollars and cents.

What can’t be quantified is the spirit and pride that the event created in our community—a feeling that I say continues to this day if the line-ups at the various Olympic Ring installations and Inukshuks are anything to go by. I’ve seen quite a lot of red mittens out in the last few weeks as well.

2010 Games boss John Furlong summed it up best when he said: “It touched every life … I walk around the city, and you can still feel it.” n

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sharing trail access can bring new positive relationships Twenty years ago, a group of trail advocates began a campaign of planning and instigating a network of mainly flatland trails in the Pemberton Valley with the funding and planning needs provided by local government and a newly formed PVTA (Pemberton Valley Trails Association).

The network quickly expanded into the backcountry to augment the historic biking and walking trails that Whistler residents are familiar with. The “Bathtub” and “Happy” trails link the valley to those trails.

The PVTA mandate became oriented to service those needs. The flatland trail development, meanwhile, was focused on the 8.5-kilometre Valley Loop. This goal was achieved slowly but with concerns from some affected residential and farming community members.

During these years, the Naylor strawberry farm was retiring operations. The farm was situated at a crucial location linking Urdal Road to the Lillooet River crossing and the back- and mid-country trails.

An unsanctioned trespass route to the trailhead on Urdal Road on the farm property,

trailheads visible from the road and accessible only by walking next to or “through” some backyards. The only inconvenience there from the trail user’s perspective would be the delay of departure after having to accept a cup of tea from a landowner or a tour of their gardens.

It is too much to attempt (or unnecessary) to achieve the level of hospitality displayed

by Newfoundlanders but we can, through positive communication and trailmanagement details, especially mitigation practices, maintain (or improve) trail userlandowner relationship experiences.

Hugh Naylor // Pemberton

Why are WB lifts experiencing so many delays?

often a muddy, overgrown mess became more and more used. For several years, we considered our options and decided to offer a six-by-130metre width of property to the [Squamish Lillooet Regional District] to become a permanent (attached to the property title), non-motorized access, public right-of-way. The result is a wellbuilt and maintained, heavily used trail.

We were apprehensive at first, fearing possible uncomfortable conflicts with trail users.

It took a couple of years to educate a few misbehaving dog owners and dirt bikers about ethical behaviour, but a wonderful outcome

I’m a season pass-holder who endeavours to ski 50 days a year.

The question to answer is why have lift stoppages occurred at an exponential rate since Vail Resorts took over [Whistler Blackcomb]? (No one can control nature and whether or not there’s a dearth or plethora of snow, understandingly affecting lift openings/closures).

I was on the slopes with a group of local and destination skiers recently and, without overexaggeration, every time we uploaded on to a lift, regardless [of whether it was] on Whistler or Blackcomb [mountains], the lift stopped.

Just look at the [Whistler Blackcomb’s] Twitter account on a daily basis to confirm my on-the-mountain lift experience.

I was one of many on a recent Monday when Symphony opened later in the day. We

has been the evolving local-trail stewardship relationship that developed. There are always volunteers to help with trail maintenance. Dog doodoo or garbage does not accumulate. Cows graze undisturbed on the other side of a split-rail fence after the hay comes off. But most of all, the appreciative feedback and socializing we experience more than makes up for any modicum of inconvenience.

But our perceived altruism pales when compared to that of Newfoundland residents, which we felt on a visit a few years back. Our photo album contains memories of signs at

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR got a few laps in and then we got stuck on that lift for at least 15 minutes! Unacceptable.

Adding insult to injury, when I called in to guest services, I was offered an apology by both the representative and the supervisor, but expressly told, “management told us that no compensation was to be offered!”

Of course (and unfortunately), both Adam [Mercer, WB’s patrol director] and Doug [MacFarlane, WB’s vice president of mountain operations] are highly paid individuals who are beholden to Vail Resorts Corp. and are going to (try to) spin what message Vail Resorts tells them to say in order to keep their jobs.

As was said in the video link (“VIDEO: Whistler Blackcomb staff respond to ‘Make Whistler Great Again’ petition comments, piquenewsmagazine. com, Feb. 15), the guests experience is their reality and what Vail Resorts needs to do is simply admit their egregious errors/changes in operations and apologize to their local base.

In closing, I am not only a passholder, I’m also an owner of Vail Resorts stock, so I read the quarterly reports. I challenge [WB COO] Geoff Buchheister to pop his head out of his office and talk about the fact that Whistler Blackcomb is one of approximately three dozen resorts that Vail Resorts owns, where (approximately) 20 per cent of Vail Resorts’ profits are generated [from], yet there’s no way that 20 per cent of their operations budget goes back in to their cash cow.

Andrew Langner // Lower Mainland

Fossil fuel vodoo?

I am writing to comment on G.D. Maxwell’s article on Feb. 6 [“Stop the insanity…I want to get off] in which he states, “The subsidies ladled out by Canada amount to almost $60 billion...that’s over $1,600 per Canadian...”

Mr. Maxwell has advised me that these figures were provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in their working paper Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates. The IMF calculated the “subsidy” by determining the gap between existing and efficient prices (i.e., prices warranted by supply costs, environmental costs, and revenue considerations and a misuse of the term “efficient pricing”).

It would seem that the IMF added some calculated environmental costs and other factors to their idea of warranted prices, subtracted the actual price of the fuel and multiplied this gap times the fuel consumed during the period.

One can only guess at the voodoo economics that went into the creation of the environmental costs.

The definition of subsidy is, “a sum of money granted by the government or public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive.”

No money changed hands in the IMF’s scenario, and certainly no Canadian paid $1,600, therefore this is not a subsidy. In addition, if one were to accept the notion that some consideration accrued to someone due to fossil fuel being consumed, shouldn’t the

recipient of the benefit be the consumer of the fuel, not the manufacturer? And finally, if we are going to add environmental costs into some equation, should we not also subtract the value of the benefits created by the use of the fuel?

Don’t we like having our Whistler roads being plowed in the winter, the runs groomed, our homes heated, and so on?

I find it morally reprehensible that the promoters of various agendas manipulate us with confusing and unsupportable facts, but hey, Mr. Maxwell, and I suppose many others, got their headline, which I suppose was the point of all of this in the first place.

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The case involved a house where insufficient foundations were discovered by city building inspectors. A stop-work order was posted but not enforced. The house was later sold to the Nielsens. On discovering the construction deficiencies, the Nielsens successfully sued Kamloops for negligent building inspection in what was to become the first successful lawsuit of its kind in Canada.

Alleged negligent building inspection was not something new for local governments in B.C. Nielsen was simply the first party to successfully hold a local government in B.C. accountable for negligent building inspection.

After the Supreme Court judgement, municipal lawyers sounded alarm bells. They saw the bold-face writing on the wall of the implications of the Supreme Court judgement on municipal liability.

A significant source of exposure to liability they flagged was building inspections, especially liability created by the wording of building bylaws that suggested to the public and the courts that the inspection process amounted to a guarantee of compliance with codes.

Accordingly, municipal lawyers advised their clients to amend their building bylaws immediately or face the consequences. Few local governments heeded this warning. A tsunami of litigation ensued.

In response to an increasing inability of local governments to obtain adequate insurance, the Municipal Insurance Association (MIA) was founded in 1987 by 144 local governments in B.C. to provide financial security and stable insurance costs. But even with the MIA in place, some local governments continued with business as usual. In the early ‘90s, systematic leaks began to appear in the hull of the local building-inspection system with the emergence of the leaky condo crisis.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR building bylaw with the objective of reducing RMOW exposure to liability. In 1995, I took the bylaw before council for adoption.

But even as lawsuits for alleged negligent building inspections continued to mount, some local governments still continued with business as usual.

Instead of introducing the Local Government Accountability Act, in 1998, the province introduced the Homeowner Protection Act. Conspicuously absent from the conversation was the fact that provincial legislation enables, but does not compel, local governments to regulate construction.

Local governments who cannot manage the associated liability, or that do not wish to be exposed to liability, have the option to choose to not enact building regulation bylaws or to rescind existing bylaws.

By the turn of the last century, the MIA was facing insolvency due to the volume of pending litigation. This served as the impetus for them to undertake a building bylaw project in 2002 that resulted in a standardized core bylaw with a recommendation that local governments adopt it in order to reduce their exposure to liability.

I took the core bylaw before council for adoption in 2002.

The solution to the insurance crisis offered by the province was not to make local governments more responsible and accountable, but instead to make it more difficult for the public to hold local governments accountable.

This was accomplished by severely limiting the timeframe in which to properly research alleged negligent inspections and file a lawsuit.

The result is that local governments in B.C more than simply being above the law, have literally become the law.

That we now have a condominium insurance crisis in B.C. should come as no surprise.

David MacPhail // Whistler

Ride-share impact Once again, I am protecting my livelihood in order to live in such a beautiful [place] like Whistler.

I’m talking about the new ride-share that

has started up in the last week.

I’m here to represent the Whistler taxi drivers, as we are out here 24/7 working hard to provide the service this town needs.

And when it’s busy, it gets crazy busy, and the reality is you have to wait for a taxi. You have to wait in line at the bank, grocery store, morning coffee shop and so on and they all have peak times, too.

I just think society needs to be more patient with everything we do.

The two taxi companies in town are under new ownership and working together to provide the service the customer expects. We are not Vancouver, Toronto or Los Angeles—this is Whistler, a town of 12,000 that has limited housing options right now and we are doing the best we can to help you get from A to B in this town.

I want to commend the NDP government for protecting the taxi industry and keeping ride-share drivers on the same page with us by making it so you need a Class 4 licence.

I understand that ride-share costs more, so if you want to use it, you will have to pay for the service, and with the cost of living in town, our taxi rates are very fair compared to ride sharing.

And, one last thing from a driver’s perspective, when calling a taxi, be ready no matter what the wait time is; this way, the wait time is shorter for everyone.

Doug Ryan // Whistler

A big shout-out to Whistler bus drivers I boarded the bus with my $2.50 prepaid ticket.

The driver refused to take my ticket and instructed me to pass it to the young man in the next seat. This newcomer to Whistler—as evidenced by his yet-to-be-removed flight tag on his luggage—had just paid a $5 note but Whistler Transit buses do not give change.

Upon disembarking, I approached the driver to thank him for his kindness to this new traveller to “even out the fare,” and the driver replied, “We really try hard to be fair.”

I think this is awesome. So give your bus driver some love. They’re a great bunch!

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What’s in a name?

THIS SUMMER, I’m getting married.

Thank you. At 35 years old, I’m considered well over the hill for such activities in my hometown, but here in the Sea to Sky, I’m basically a child-bride.

Planning a wedding has been both harder and easier than I imagined. Easier because, as the long-time editor of Wishes

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magazine (the Sea to Sky wedding magazine you might have noticed in very random places around town), I can rattle off every single wedding vendor and ceremony location from south of Squamish to north of Pemberton in my sleep.

Harder because never in a million years did I think I’d be the kind of person to utter the phrase, “Ehhhhh what’s another $1,000?”

As part of this process, I’ve also had to field many questions.

Wedding date and location aside, the one that’s come up most often has been triggering for me—forcing me to confront my values, biases, and feminist beliefs.

“Are you going to change your last name?”

Ninety per cent of the time I’ve answered before thinking: “Oh, f*ck no.”

Not only is my name my identity, but nearly 15 years into a journalism career, it’s also my byline.

Plus, in my opinion, it’s a pretty good name (thanks mom and dad!). It’s nice, succinct, and has a reasonable number of syllables. And, every year of my life, I’ve been alerted to the coming Christmas season with dumb jokes about how fitting it is.

I want to keep my name is because I’m a feminist and it feels wrong to be swallowed up into my husband’s identity just because I want to make a deeper commitment to our relationship. (And yes, I know, you don’t need to get married to do that and, in many ways, the institution of marriage is flawed— but that’s another column—and also, my dress is so pretty. Leave me alone.)

But, guess what NOEL, part of being a good feminist is allowing women the

... in many ways, the institution of marriage is flawed—but that’s another column—and also, my dress is so pretty. Leave me alone.

But, more than that, my name feels inextricably intertwined with who I am.

When people ask me if I’m changing that—giving up a huge part of myself when my future husband doesn’t have to make the same sacrifice—I feel a strong, visceral reaction.

Hence, the “f*ck no.”

Here’s the problem—a lot of women still do change their last names and when I respond with expletives, I sound judgemental. And, yes, part of the reason

freedom to make choices without being harassed for it.

For all the flack we give “the modern day” and its modern problems, one positive change has been that more couples than ever are free to do whatever they want with their last names when they get married (not to mention love and marry whomever they want).

I know couples that have combined their last names into a new one. I know at least one situation in which the husband

took his wife’s last name. And, growing in popularity, I know multiple couples that have both hyphenated their names.

I was discussing all this with my groomto-be on a run last night. More specifically, I was telling him it was my turn to write this column and I was thinking about airing my grievances on and struggles with this issue.

He could not care less that I’m not taking his last name. But, he said, what about that both-people-hyphenating option?

If you’ll do it, I’ll do it! I offered.

In a way, it seems like a perfect solution.

It speaks to the fact that we’re becoming our own family while honouring the families from which we come. It would also mean that any future children (canine or human—don’t get too excited, mom) would share this family name with us both.

The idea still sends a bit of fear into my heart, but—newsflash—marriage is kind of scary. In a way, combining our names would be the perfect gesture to acknowledge the massive leap we’re taking into an unknowable future.

Wait, I forgot to mention one other option. I know another couple that fully intended to both hyphenate their names… until they realized just how much effort goes into that endeavour.

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This week, Pique’s Facebook followers had many opinions on Gibbons Whistler’s purchase of Black’s Pub, the Village mainstay that was sold by owner Lawrence Black after 34 years. Here are a few of them: “Sad to see this long-time independent go down to the mega-corp gobblers. All the best to Lawrence and thanks for all the great beers and pizzas.”

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How did ski school get started in the resort?

This week, Museum Musings traces the history of ski lessons going back to 1966.

Part of that legacy is still here in the form of McCoo’s retails ski and outlets. The businesses founder Jim McConkey took over the Garibaldi Ski School in 1968—but only after securing the rights to handle rental equipment and the ski shop.

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In this Olympic issue’s cover feature, “Walking the talk: Whistler athletes represent in Whistler style” author Michel Beaudry opens with a statement that is still true today. “The performance bar has always been set high at Whistler, ask anyone. Whether dropping into a fresh line of thigh-deep powder or chasing down a puck at the local hockey rink; whether lofting off an impossibly big hit at the bike park or suffering a gut-busting mountain run over three summits and five climate zones—newcomers had better be on top of their game if they plan to make an impression here.” n Back to basics

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RMOW may reconsider sourcing asphalt from Squamish TRUCKING ASPHALT FROM SQUAMISH HAS COST AN ADDITIONAL $456K AND PRODUCED 270 TONNES OF CO2 SINCE 2011

BY BRANDON BARRETT A DECADE AFTER it last sourced asphalt from Cheakamus Crossing’s contentious asphalt plant, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) may reconsider its current arrangement, which sees the product trucked in from Squamish.

Presenting to elected officials at Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, municipal GM of infrastructure services James Hallisey said that several factors have changed since the RMOW adopted a policy requiring all asphalt be sourced a minimum distance of three kilometres from any Whistler neighbourhood.

“That decision was made in 2011 for some good reasons, but things have changed,” he said. “One of the big things that has changed is the Whistler Asphalt Plant was upgraded in 2012.”

For the past nine years, the RMOW has trucked in asphalt from a plant in Squamish run by Alpine Paving, which also runs the Cheakamus plant. The change came after numerous complaints from residents over air quality in the neighbourhood— although the municipality’s monitoring

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has shown that particulate levels never exceeded provincial guidelines during that time, except on days when wildfire smoke blanketed the community.

In 2012, a new $2-million filtration system was installed at the Whistler plant; the same system is not in place in Squamish.

The Whistler plant can also use up to 30 per cent recycled materials in its asphalt, unlike the Squamish facility.

last year (it should also be noted that, if the RMOW were to source locally, it would likely be able to piggyback onto existing contracts at the plant, and wouldn’t necessarily add additional operation days to the schedule).

Since 2011, trucking asphalt from Squamish has generated 270 tonnes of CO2, representing between two and five per cent of the municipality’s annual corporate emissions, depending on the

“If the air quality is not an issue to our community, then it’s kind of climate madness to be driving this all the way up the highway.”

- ARTHUR DE JONG

“It’s still a much more efficient plant than the one operating in Squamish that has ended up supplying Whistler with asphalt for most of the last nine years,” Hallisey noted.

Although numerous residents Pique heard from said they regularly contend with dust and soot on days the plant operates, a 2016 assessment of air quality in Cheakamus found no statistical correlation between the level of particulates in the air and plant operations. The Whistler plant operated on 69 days in 2019. By comparison, the RMOW trucked in asphalt from Squamish on 19 days

year, and cost an estimated $456,000 more than if it were sourced locally over that time, according to the RMOW. “Given the climate crisis we’re in, we need to take every step we can,” said Councillor Arthur De Jong. “If the air quality is not an issue to our community, then it’s kind of climate madness to be driving this all the way up the highway.”

Hallisey said he couldn’t recall any complaints from residents over the plant since at least 2016, although there have been a small number of complaints related

to operations at the nearby quarry.

That doesn’t mean Cheakamus residents don’t have their concerns.

“The bottom line is that the neighborhood has changed and now has become [its] own little community where people live and it shouldn’t have an asphalt plant next to it,” wrote Gabi Moeller on Facebook, one of several resident comments critical of the plant.

“I love that they put down [an] expensive soccer field to let our kids play metres from an asphalt plant. Trucking from Squamish is not … the solution either. But I don’t want any more asphalt produced right next to where I live.”

The local asphalt plant was a major point of contention for Nancy WilhelmMorden during her previous two terms as Whistler’s mayor. In 2012, she shared residents’ disappointment over a B.C. Supreme Court decision allowing the plant to continue operations in Cheakamus. At the time, Wilhelm-Morden said she believed homeowners had been told by municipal staff before moving into the former 2010 Olympic Athletes’ Village that the plant would be relocated.

“The people who bought into the neighbourhood were under the impression that it would be moved,” she told the Whistler Question in 2012.

A public information meeting on asphalt procurement is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Delta Whistler Village Suites. n

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BY BRANDON BARRETT THE DEVELOPER of a housing project proposed for 5298 Alta Lake Road has come back to the table with a revised application reducing the number of market and tourism accommodation units in favour of more employee housing.

The project floated by Empire Club Development Corp. had originally proposed 15 employee-restricted units (eight of which were intended to be maintained by the proponent) and 22 market tourist-accommodation units, which would be zoned for short-term rental, if owners choose to do so.

After being presented in September, the proposal garnered swift and extensive backlash from neighbours, concerned primarily with the project’s density, the additional traffic and parking, as well as impacts to the lakeside environment.

While still including 22 market units, the revised proposal, which was presented to officials at the Feb. 18 council meeting, reduces the number of tourismaccommodation units to 11, with the remainder slated for market residential.

The proposed gross floor area (GFA) of the market units has decreased from 4,400 square metres to 4,202 m2, allowing for improvements to sightlines and increasing the building setback from the south property line from 7.6 m to 20 m.

The application calls for 11 three-bedroom residential units and 11 three-bedroom tourism-accommodation units, which are zoned for short-term rentals. The applicant has also agreed to build an amenity building for checking-in short-term guests that would be manned by a caretaker.

The number of employee units, meanwhile, has increased to 21, now with only one unit to be retained by the developer, which would be occupied by the caretaker.

The revised application increases the GFA of employee housing from 1,590 m2 to 2,001 m2 and provides for a mix of 12 two-bedroom units and nine three-bedroom units.

The RMOW said the priority for the employee units would be on ownership, and would be for sale through the WHA waitlist at approximately $425 a square foot.

“This is a much stronger proposal than what we saw in September. I am enthusiastic to see employee housing close to services, lakes and within walking distance of the Creekside Gondola,” said Mayor Jack Crompton. “The last time this development was in front of us, I said I wanted a better deal for our community. I think this is a better deal.”

Several Nita Lake residents were in

attendance at Tuesday’s meeting, and while they mostly welcomed the revisions, they still had lingering concerns over the project.

“We are now moving towards a superior development but we are not there yet,” said Jordan Lane resident Richard Durrans.

“Given this is the current site-sensitive zoning, is it necessary to have such a large, 41-per-cent increase in density, bringing with it added traffic, environmental and other impacts?”

Cheryl Green, president of the Nita Lake Estates strata, also raised issue with the project’s suggested density. She handed out photos of the parking overflow at neighbouring Nita Lake Estates to members of council, and questioned how the added traffic and parking would be managed.

“Make no mistake: this will be a cardependent neighbourhood,” she said.

In response, Coun. Duane Jackson agreed that parking on Nita Lake Road was a concern, but said that “should be addressed by the property causing the problem, not the property down the road.”

Jackson also spoke to residents’ concerns around density, pointing out that the bulk of the additional GFA is intended for employee housing.

“This is really the intent of the [RMOW’s housing] policy: what can we do to optimize the land? It’s still a very low density to achieve affordable housing that’s close to ... Creekside.”

As part of the proposal, the RMOW would control the riparian and natural treed buffer zones on the site as municipal lands, which would amount to 1.44 hectares. The RMOW would also acquire 0.54 ha. of WHA lands for future development.

Empire has also agreed to design and construct a neighbourhood park on the site, which would include the replacement of a bridge over Gebhart Creek.

The historic Hillman cabin, also known as Toad Hall, would be relocated to the new parklands and restored by the developer so no new municipal investment is required.

If approved, the proponent would also be responsible for building a paved section of the Valley Trail connecting the south parcel line to the north, providing access to lands beyond for future trail expansion.

Submitted under the RMOW’s guidelines for private developers, it is the first application to make it this far through the approval process.

“The good thing about this is it will be a model moving forward for some of the other proposals we’ll get in front of us in the near future,” said Coun. Cathy Jewett.

Council ultimately authorized staff to begin drafting a zoning amendment bylaw for the site, which requires a future public hearing. n

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BY BRANDON BARRETT AT TUESDAY’S regular meeting of council, elected officials heard about the progress made on Whistler’s environmental goals in the final quarter of 2019, and the focus sat squarely on two sectors that make up the bulk of the resort’s emissions.

Part of the regular reporting on Whistler’s ambitious Community Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP), municipal climate change coordinator Max Kniewasser first spoke to the work done at the end of the calendar year on the transportation front, the leading contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the resort.

“Transportation … is a primary focus,” he said. “It is the biggest source of emissions in our community but it’s also a sector where there are significant opportunities in the short- to medium-term.”

Kniewasser said the RMOW participated in a number of electric mobility events in the quarter, including the EVS Whistler conference where staff learned about the latest technologies and business innovations in the field, as well as a workshop in Vancouver, which was also attended by senior Whistler Blackcomb staff, that explored actions that

local governments can take to mitigate climate change.

“No jurisdiction can do this by themselves, so this was to get key players in the room,” Kniewasser said.

An electric vehicle charger at municipal hall was upgraded during the quarter to double charging capacity. Kniewasser added that municipal staff has also kept “close ties” with Natural Resources Canada and he’s optimistic that the RMOW’s funding application to add 28 new EV chargers will ultimately prove successful.

In November, council approved a pilot project to provide free transit to Whistler high schoolers, which began at the start of the year.

In the building sector, the second biggest contributor to local emissions, Kniewasser said he had advanced discussions with several of Whistler’s largest hotels and other commercial buildings to identify opportunities for reducing energy use.

“We’re finding that there’s quite a bit of opportunity in these hotels and bigger buildings and also quite a lot of interest in capitalizing and taking advantage of these opportunities,” he noted.

During the quarter, there were also internal discussions at municipal hall on ways to incorporate the Energy Step Code to

so-called “Part 3” buildings, which include larger complexes such as shopping malls, for instance. Kniewasser said opportunities to limit the direct heating of outdoor spaces have also been explored.

“That’s beyond just patio heaters, which get a lot of attention, but there are other things happening,” he said.

“Transportation ... is a primary focus.”

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Kniewasser also touched on other efforts in the quarter, including the completion of wildfire fuel-thinning projects in Kadenwood and along the western boundary of Lost Lake Park and the review of a feasibility study to install solar photovoltaic panels at Meadow Park Sports Centre.

Overall, the municipality made progress on 54 of the 135 action items in the CECAP during the quarter. Kniewasser added that the RMOW has also tapped the Whistler Centre for Sustainability to assist in developing a strategy that will see the CECAP reorganized

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to prioritize the “big moves” that will have the most impact on environmental targets.

MUNI UPDATES BIKE, SKATEBOARD POLICY IN PEDESTRIAN ZONES Also at Tuesday’s meeting, Whistler council gave first three readings to a bylaw amendment that adds scooters, e-scooters, Segways and hover boards to the list of personal mobility vehicles banned from the Village Stroll and Upper Village.

Originally adopted in 1992, the existing bylaw prohibits bicycles and skateboards from pedestrian-only zones. The new devices were added to coincide with their rise in popularity over the years.

The original bylaw also allowed for the impoundment of bikes and skateboards, but the amendment removes that langauage as the RMOW’s lawyers had advised it was unlawful.

Mobility aids for the disabled are still permitted.

Coun. Ralph Forsyth asked if a skateboard had ever been impounded at municipal hall.

“I remember we did back in the day,” said protective services planning analyst Kevin Creery. “It wasn’t a pleasant experience for anyone involved.” n

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How does Whistler fit in to B.C.’s looming restaurant labour shortage?

OUTDATED CULTURE, LOW PAY AND LONG HOURS AT HEART OF ISSUE—BUT WHISTLER RESTAURANTS HAVE DISTINCT CHALLENGES OF THEIR OWN

BY BRANDON BARRETT A RECENT REPORT paints a dire picture for the future of the B.C.’s restaurant industry, predicting the province will come up short on skilled labour by 514,000 workers over the next decade.

The B.C. Restaurant and Foodservices Association (BCRFA) report pinned the lack of qualified workers in the industry primarily to its reputation for long hours and low pay, as well as an outdated culture that persists in many kitchens.

The report also suggested that chefs and cooks already employed in the industry aren’t recommending the profession to their peers, which has only exacerbated the labour gap.

“I understand that there is more money and more permanence in almost every other trade other than professional cooking,” said Red Seal chef Mike Quigley, who has worked in several Whistler restaurants and hotel kitchens over the years.

Quigley said it is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain a viable career in cheffing, in part because of the low value society generally places on food. He pointed to the tipping culture that is so entrenched in North America as another major culprit.

“There’s no reason why a first cook in a nice restaurant should make $16 an hour, work 10 hours a day and get $50 every two weeks as his quote-unquote portion of the tip pool,” he said. “A server comes in at the same very nice restaurant, works for four or five hours—yes, they work hard, yes, they deserve to get paid $20 an hour, but they do not deserve to take home $250 a night in tips. That is ludicrous.”

Quigley also spoke to the longstanding ethos, particularly in fine dining, that “the

COMING UP SHORT A recent report predicts B.C.’s restaurant industry will be short 514,000 workers over the next decade, pinning the labour gap primarily on an outdated kitchen culture and long hours for comparatively low pay.

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better the restaurant you work in, the less you get paid.

“It’s usually in a traditional set-up, with your typical angry chef cooking Old-World cuisine,” he added. “You don’t typically start making good money until you reach the chef de cuisine or sous chef level. Your first cook, your chef de partie, the guys that are actually physically doing a lot of the prep work and the cooking on the day to day, they don’t get monetized.”

While he agrees it still persists in the industry, that old-school approach isn’t as common in the resort’s restaurant sector, according to Eric Griffith, owner of Alta Bistro and the president of the Restaurant Association of Whistler (RAW).

“Any of us in our group at RAW would agree that that’s definitely something

that’s been part of this industry for many years. But I think it’s changing,” he said.

“Now, work-life balance is so important to everyone, so we’re having to adapt. If you’re working hard and working longer hours in Whistler, you’re getting the ability to enjoy it as well. We still have these shoulder periods. These are times when the days are shorter, you have an extra day off a week, and it kind of refreshes everyone.”

Whistler, of course, has had to contend with its own longstanding labour shortage.

With such high turnover, there is almost always a new stream of entry-level workers available, but the constant churn of staff presents yet another barrier to career advancement, Quigley said.

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to spend any time bettering yourself or in any sort of personal mentorship role with the person who’s got more skill than you have,” he noted.

Whistler has other distinct challenges, Griffith said, pointing specifically to the exorbitant cost and red tape required to hire temporary foreign workers, which he stressed make up a significant portion of Whistler’s restaurant industry.

“It costs the business up to $10,000 to get a foreign worker. When you consider legal and all these things, that’s an enormous cost to a small business,” he said.

“Something we’ve been working with the province, our MLA and our MP on is continuing the thought that resort municipalities like Whistler, like Tofino, should have some type of special right for temporary foreign workers.”

Last summer, the Whistler Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to Ottawa decrying several proposed changes to the federal program. Chiefly, the chamber requested the government consider how businesses will recoup the “significant costs” of recruitment and training in the event a worker moves on; that workers recruited through the program be required to remain with their initial employer for a minimum of six months; and that an alternative model be developed that “could involve regional-based, community-focused or sector-specific temporary permit holder labour pools,” an idea that has been floated in Whistler for years.

Given the lack of long-term job prospects in the industry, Quigley said it’s inevitable that more trained chefs will be looking to go into business for themselves, moving into private cooking or launching their own food trucks, as Quigley has. His Hawaiian-themed drink trailer, The Island Oasis, is set to launch this spring. n

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Whistlerite blasts GoFundMe after administrative snafu CAMPAIGN FOR AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRE RELIEF RESURRECTED AFTER MORE THAN $26,000 DISAPPEARED FROM THE PAGE

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HIGH-PROFILE Whistler fundraiser for Australian wildfire relief hit a major stumbling block because of an administrative issue with GoFundMe, a popular crowdsourcing tool that was being used to collect donations.

As of Feb. 5, a local group had raised $26,401 for Wildfire Victoria thanks in large part to a silent auction that was held at the GLC in January. But later that day, Zoey Cotton—who organized the fundraiser in coordination with Simon Stribling, Deborah Bordignon and Andy Flynn—watched with horror when the group’s GoFundMe account was reduced to nothing after the company refunded all of the donations.

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and Cotton later learned that she hadn’t completed the process.

And while Cotton was insistent that she hadn’t received any email reminders or warnings, GoFundMe told her that it had sent them, she said.

On Wednesday, GoFundMe revisited that position following a request from CBC News to see verification.

A spokesperson acknowledged the administrative oversight in an email to Pique.

“The campaign organizer was notified during the sign-up process, but was not properly receiving reminders over the course of the 30 days,” wrote the spokesperson. “Our team is currently investigating this issue.

“We apologize and GoFundMe is working closely with Zoey Cotton to contact all donors multiple times over the next 30 days and encourage everyone to make their donation again.”

Cotton said that she was happy to

RAISING FUNDS A local fundraising initiative for Australian wildfire relief has run into some challenges thanks to some administrative issues with GoFundMe. Left to right, organizers Deborah Bordignon, Simon Stribling, and Zoey Cotton.

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see her GoFundMe page relaunched on Wednesday, Feb. 12, and thrilled to see that many people were re-pledging money. As of Wednesday, Feb. 19, the page has already collected $15,150 in donations.

That said, Cotton said that GoFundMe has not properly taken ownership of the issue, and has declined to acknowledge its administrative oversight in its emails to donors.

“It would have been really nice if they just took a bit of ownership of what happened with everybody that donated,” said Cotton.

Cotton said that seeing the company’s

acknowledgement turn up in the CBC News story was a real relief.

“It’s been a whole week of me thinking that I was going crazy, constantly checking my deleted items, my spam,” she said. “It’s been very exhausting.”

Cotton said that overall she has been extremely disappointed with GoFundMe’s communications approach.

“It’s funny how they will get back to CBC but they won’t get back to me,” she said.

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SKY HIGH Creekside resident and local artist Sid McMillan, and photographer Rick Meloff enjoyed an amazing day of bluebird skiing on Blackcomb, Feb.18. As the day drew to a close they decided it was time to head over to Whistler’s

peak and take in the sunset. Meloff had his camera equipment with him and they settled down to wait in an area known as Cupcake. ”I knew it was going to be spectacular,” said Meloff in an email to Pique. “After getting some amazing shots of Black Tusk, and a raven that was hanging out with us, [I thought] why not try for a cool skiing shot? The results are priceless.”

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École La Passerelle students win big for fire-safety video WHISTLER’S FIRE CHIEF PRESENTS GRADE 1 AND 2 STUDENTS WITH $1,000 CHEQUE

BY JOEL BARDE STUDENTS AT École La Passerelle were bubbling with excitement last Thursday, Feb 13, as Whistler’s fire chief and a group of firefighters visited the school to present a host of prizes for the students’ winning submission to the Fire Prevention Week 2019 video contest.

In front of a room full of students, Whistler Fire Rescue Service chief John McKearney distributed the prizes, which included a new GoPro camera, a stuffed animal (to serve as the school’s “new mascot,” joked McKearney), as well as a cheque for $1,000 towards the school. The school will also be given $100 towards a pizza party.

In his short speech, McKearney said that the selection panel was struck by the creative thinking that went into the video.

“This young group here put on a

video that was really well done, and really captured the hearts and minds of the panel,” said McKearney. “They nailed it …

This school and class is really plugged into [the fire-safety message].”

The video, titled Not Every Hero Wears a Cape, delivers important advice on topics such as planning escape routes from every room in your home and steering clear of dangerous items (dynamite, cigarettes, and stoves).

The advice is narrated over drawings by the students.

The video was produced by the school’s first and second grades, with additional support from Anika Bougie (Grade 5), Annabel Maclennan (Grade 5), and Cedric Smerychynski (Grade 6).

André Morin, a special education assistant at École La Passerelle, said that she was thrilled with the results of the students’ hard work adding that a lot of the ideas included in the video resulted from

CLASS ACT Whistler Fire Rescue Chief John McKearney presents a cheque for $1,000 at École La Passerelle for students’s winning video submission.

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the drawings that students produced.

A former professional videographer herself, Morin explained that she worked closely with student Orson Graebling.

“He’s really, really creative,” she said.

“He loves doing arts and crafts, so I [figured] this would translate really well.”

While nothing is set in stone, École La Passerelle has a popular new robotics program, and Morin said that the $1,000 may be put towards that.

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Asked about the end-goal for the video contest, McKearney put it simply: “To inspire young people to have top of mind being fire smart [and think] in terms of fire safety.”

The Fire Prevention Week 2019 video contest was supported by the Office of the Fire Commissioner, the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn Fund and the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Association.

You can see the video that the students produced here: youtube.com/watch?v=JrM LPWshvFI&feature=youtu.be. n

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BY MALLORY LAKINS SNOW CONTINUES to blanket the landscape, despite our surprising (and welcome) jaunt of warmer weather, and I often wonder at the well-fed deer trotting through my backyard. With so many species laying dormant for the winter, what are these brave souls eating? My question was answered—in part—by watching them nibble lichen from the trees by a local creek.

I confess to often skipping over the lichen section of my otherwise well-worn copy of Plants of Coastal British Columbia (Pojar and Mackinnon). Despite my neglectful studies, it’s hard to overlook the grey-green strands of witch’s hair draped copiously over tree branches at the edges of old-growth forest.

Contrary to their somewhat unappetizing appearance, lichens are an important food for deer and caribou through the winter. Lichens, especially those in the Alectoria and Cetraria genera have a surprisingly high glucose content.

Some enterprising early peoples in Russia even processed certain species of lichen to make a molasses-like sweetener.

Before you go out and start harvesting lichen to sprinkle in your coffee (likely, I’m sure), be warned that lichens bioaccumulate pollutants. Bio-accumulation is the gradual build up of a toxic substance in a living organism. Due to this tendency to bio-accumulate, hair lichens such as witch’s hair (Alectoria sarmentosa) and old man’s beard (Usnea sp.) are great indicators of air quality. Lichens don’t have roots to help them source nutrients from soil—they absorb water, nutrients, and pollutants from air through their outer skin. Toxins taken in remain in the lichen for a long

time, and so, testing cuttings can reveal the levels of pollutants in their system, and in the environment around them.

Although lichens are generally equipped to reproduce through fruiting bodies (appearing in A. sarmentosa as cute, little, brown saucers), most of its spread is caused by stormy winds dislodging pieces of it and blowing the wandering chunks from tree to tree. Their strands lengthen over time, growing to the tune of only few millimetres to a few centimetres per year!

Another quirk of lichens is that they are not single organisms. Lichens are formed through a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship between two organisms. In lichens, a fungus (the mycobiont) and an alga (the photobiont) work together. The alga component is usually a green alga or blue-green cyanobacteria that works as the photosynthesizer of the team. The alga harvests energy from the sun (something the fungus can’t do) and turns it into carbohydrates for growth and reproduction.

The fungus gets a constant source of nourishment through “farming” the alga and in return, the alga secures a protected environment.

Wet days are often the best days to go looking for lichens. When the conditions are dry, they turn dormant, becoming brittle and fading to a more demure display.

If wet, the foliage plumps and turns more intense shades of green, brown, or black.

When the surrounding air is clean, lichens become abundant. If you spot a host of these beauties draped on the trees around you, make sure to take a nice deep breath and enjoy.

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Black Tusk Village says no to $4.5-million government infrastructure grant DECISION IS ‘SHORTSIGHTED’ SAYS SLRD BOARD CHAIR

BY JOEL BARDE IT’S NOT EVERY DAY that a governing body declines $4.5 million in federal and provincial money for an infrastructure project.

But the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) did just that at its Jan. 29 board meeting, following a nearunanimous vote from Black Tusk Village strata members to decline the funding and upgrade its wastewater facility.

A gated community located south of Whistler, Black Tusk Village’s wastewater treatment plant is more than 35 years old and in need of upgrading, according to the SLRD. It is now in compliance with its Ministry of Environment permit, but was not at the time the grant application was made.

In October, strata members voted 69 in favor and four opposed to “reject” the $4,508,328 grant (made up of both provincial and federal government funds), which would have been used to upgrade the community’s wastewater collection system and redirect wastewater to a new, expanded treatment facility in the adjacent community of Pinecrest Estates. Responsibility for the treatment centre would have also be The residents of Black Tusk Village, a community located south of Whistler, recently turned down a $4.5 million infastructure grant out of concern for the matching funds portion they would have to put up ($1.65 million) and potential cost overruns.

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transferred from Black Tusk Village to the SLRD. The total project was estimated to cost more than $6.1 million.

Seventy-three of 94 Black Tusk Village strata lots were represented in the vote.

As part of a proposal put forward by the SLRD and Black Tusk Village, strata members would have been responsible for 26.67 per cent of the total project cost ($1,639,672).

They would have also been responsible for any cost overruns.

Black Tusk Village’s eventual decision

According to Danny Epp, president of the strata council, it only agreed to support the grant application on the condition that the SLRD would be open to making “major changes” to the plans for the new treatment plant if the grant came through.

He added that he thought the community would be unlikely to win the grant given its small size and the large requested amount.

Epp said that SLRD was not amenable to changing the plans after the money was secured.

“Their main reason for turning down this grant was to save money— and it’s so shortsighted.”

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to forgo the plan appears to have caught the SLRD by surprise.

Tony Rainbow, board chair of the SLRD, said he learned of the strata council’s decision after the money was awarded in August.

“The strata council made [its] decision amongst themselves and didn’t bother to tell us,” said Rainbow.

“In May or June of last year, they decided, ‘Oh, we’re going to go a different way. We’re not going to have a new facility, we’re going to retrofit our old one.’

“If they had have told us at that time, we could have pulled the application, which would have meant that another community would have received the grant instead of us.”

He added that the $1.65-million Black Tusk Village portion of the project was untenable for taxpayers and that they would also risk having to pay more if the project went over budget. “[The project] was [also] going to be very disruptive to the community,” said Epp. “[The SLRD] wanted to tear up all of our streets and put all new services in place.

“In addition to that, we had no confidence that the SLRD could actually carry out this project, as they didn’t have any staff to be able to manage it.”

Epp said that the community is planning to bring its treatment facility up to “new condition” on its own, funding the project itself.

Once that work is completed, he said that the strata council would like to gain a sense of operating costs, and then transfer the facility to the SLRD. “Once we’ve completed that upgrade, we want the SLRD to assume that responsibility,” he said, adding that the community intends to spend up to $500,000 for previous and future improvements.

“We are now spending the money to upgrade that plant, so that it is like new…It will be good for another 30 years.”

The SLRD, however, has reservations about taking on the facility and Rainbow feared that the process could be costly.

“We are under no obligation to take over a wastewater treatment plant, and if we were going to take over a retrofitted 35 year-old-plant, there would be some pretty significant conditions attached to them,” said Rainbow.

A fund would have to be established to pay for a new project for the community down the road, he added. “[The strata council] seems to think that if the SLRD owns [the wastewater treatment facility], there’s some money available to support it from somewhere other than their community. But that’s not how regional districts work,” said Rainbow.

“If we’re operating a service in a community, then that community has to pay 100 per cent of the cost of that service.”

Rainbow is concerned that the situation could end up costing strata owners more in the long run.

“Their main reason for turning down this grant was to save money—and it’s so shortsighted,” he said. n

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BY JOEL BARDE THE SEA TO SKY’S new Member of Parliament made his way to Pemberton on Feb. 10, where he met with the mayor and members of the local business community.

Patrick Weiler, who was elected in the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding in October, said he believes the Pemberton Valley’s biggest challenge is access to a robust regional transportation system.

“Probably the biggest challenge that I see facing the community—given that it in large part is a bedroom community—is to really address regional transportation,” he said.

“So I’m going to be doing everything I can to advocate with the province and to see if there is a role for the federal government to play in the system.”

In November 2019, the Sea to Sky regional transit committee—made up of Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations—proposed a funding model based on the current provincial/municipal cost-sharing formula for local transit: ridership fares, property tax and a motor fuel tax of 2.5 cents.

But the funding model for corridor transportation was rejected by the province.

On July 2, the District of Squamish issued a release on behalf of the committee, noting that funding solutions are still “under development,” and urging the province to reverese its decision.

“I know there’s a lot of disappointment that the surcharge on gas wasn’t approved by the province, and I think it is a really good model,” said Weiler.

While public transit falls within the purview of local government and the province, Weiler said he would continue to advocate for the requested model with provincial decision makers.

“I’ve been speaking to different MLAs, both within the BC Liberals and the BC NDP caucuses, and I know there is quite a bit of support for this,” said Weiler, adding that he thinks a deal is within reach. “I think it’s close.”

The region’s many geo-hazards were also a focus of conversation at the Pemberton meeting, which was organized by the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce.

A 2018 engineering report called for significant sediment removal from the Lillooet River over the next several decades, related to the 2010 Mount Meager Landslide.

Weiler said that there might be some

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federal support for that work thanks to potential reforms to Canada’s Disaster Mitigation and Adaption Fund.

Launched in 2018, it is a 10-year, $2-billion national program designed to help communities better withstand current and future risks of natural hazards.

He explained that the prime minister’s mandate letter for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Communities indicated a desire to see the threshold for project funding lowered from its current $20-million minimum, opening the fund up for smaller entities to apply to.

“It was [previously] a pretty high threshold that made it difficult for a lot of smaller communities,” said Weiler.

As he did in his campaign, Weiler said he is also advocating for reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

He is also hopeful that a new program, still in its early stages, could provide some relief in key sectors, such as childcare.

“There is a separate program that is being put together called the Municipal Nominee Program, which will give municipalities and chambers the ability to identify specific sectors where they need additional labour and to create specific immigration spots to address that,” he said.

Among the group that met with Weiler were Veronica Woodruff of Stewardship Pemberton, Sue and Bob Adams of the Pemberton Valley Supermarket and chamber president Graham Turner, who said that the exchange of ideas was good and helped create a fulsome discussion—for both Weiler and everyone who sat around the table.

Turner added that the province’s chambers are currently developing policy ideas to take to the annual BC Chamber AGM and Conference.

“I think it’s good … just having everyone in a room, talking [and learning about the many issues affecting the area],” he said. ■

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Winter traditions are feeling the heat of climate change WARM TEMPERATURES CANCEL LOCAL EVENTS LIKE SKIJORING—RESULTING IN ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPACTS

BY JUSTIN FRANZ High Country News ON JAN. 20, 2020, Ted Valentiner and the other organizers of the annual World Invitational Skijoring Championship in Whitefish, Mont., stood in a snow-covered field just outside of town. They had gathered to make a fateful decision about the upcoming event, scheduled to take place a few days later—a decision they hoped they would never have to make. They were thinking about cancelling the whole thing.

“We agonized over the decision for hours and when you finally do decide to cancel, you always second guess yourself,” says Valentiner, a Whitefish resident who is on the event’s volunteer board. “It’s a big disappointment.”

Skijoring combines skiing with horseback riding. In its simplest form, the sport features a horse dragging a skier, and

SKIJORING occurs throughout the Western U.S.,

from Leadville, Colorado, to Whitefish, Montana. But it can’t go on during warmer winters.

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this event puts them together on an obstacle course of jumps, gates, and hanging rings that the skiers are supposed to grab as they speed by. Each run through the course is timed and, if a skier misses a jump or a ring, a few seconds are added on.

Skijoring, which means “ski driving” in Norwegian, dates back centuries and originated—like a number of winter

and other winter sports and pastimes in the near future. Enough days without good ice, and it might not be worth it to set up that rink. Enough canceled community winter sports events, and cities and towns may decide to do something else entirely.

Since the 1960s, skijoring has been the marquee event of Whitefish’s annual Winter Carnival celebration. In the early years,

“The classic image of climate change is the polar bear standing on a melting iceberg, but most people can’t relate to that. But they can relate to skating on an outdoor ice rink.”

- COLIN ROBERTSON

sports—as a way to get from one place to another. In the early 20th century, competitive skijoring spread across Europe and North America; it was even included as an exhibition sport at the 1928 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

It’s unlikely the joy of the backyard rink or the spectacle of skijoring will go extinct soon, but it’s easy to see how warming winters are going to be an obstacle to these

it was held downtown, but the carnival’s insurance provider put the kibosh on that in the 1970s after one of the competitors nearly skijored through a plate glass window.

About 20 years ago, a group of riders and skiers got together to revive the event—at the edge of town, where Valentiner and the others had gathered. In 2020, more than 80 teams—a horse, rider, and skier—were signed up to compete.

There was plenty of snow in the field on January 20, but everyone was worried about an incoming warm front. Skijoring requires a lot of deep, fresh powder. It had never been a problem before, not in a place that can get more than 65 inches every winter and four times as much on the mountain that looms over the town. In the end, that warm front did what even insurance reps couldn’t do—put an end to the skijoring championship, at least this year. It was a hard decision, but the right one, since much of the snow melted a few days later.

Unfortunately, the Whitefish event isn’t the only skijoring competition that had to be canceled this winter. A mild season led to the cancellation of a half-dozen more in Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado over the last few weeks.

Warm winters can disrupt everything from water supplies to fruit crops, and they have a negative impact on cold-season sports, and the economies and communities that rely on them. According to a 2019 report from Climate Central, a nonprofit science and communications organization that focuses on climate change, nearly 24 million Americans participate in winter sports, contributing roughly $11.3 billion to the economy. The report goes on to

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state that if climate continues to change as it is projected to, winters will get shorter and drier. In Colorado, where snow sports support more than 43,000 jobs, there was an average of 170 days with below-freezing temperatures every year between 1981 and 2010. If warming trends continue, that could drop to just 144 days per year between 2040 and 2059—a major blow to one of the state’s key industries.

The impact is being noticed on ice, too. In 2012, two geographers at Ontario’s Wilfrid Laurier University, Colin Robertson and Robert McLeman, decided to start tracking the number of days it was cold enough to skate on outdoor ice rinks in their area, including both homemade, backyard rinks and municipal ones. The scientists set up a website called Rink Watch with the hope that a few people might be able to help them out with data. Eight years later, they’ve received reports from more than 1,500 users from across North America.

“We initially hoped that a few people would participate and it grew a lot faster than we ever anticipated,” Robertson says.

On the site, citizen participants can log if they can skate on their rinks and the quality of the ice: hard and fast or soft and slow. In 2015, using the data that they had gathered, the Rink Watch crew released a report that suggested the number of days cold enough for skating in Quebec and Ontario would drop by 34 per cent this century. Robertson says while it may still be possible to set up a backyard rink—usually by laying out a plastic liner, flooding it, and hoping it freezes overnight before adding another layer—in the coming decades, the ability to actually use it will become much more unpredictable. The

biggest enemy of the rink, backyard or public, he says, is just like the one that claimed the skijoring events hundreds of miles away: the sudden warm spell.

“Ice rinks are important to cities and small towns, it’s part of Canada’s cultural fabric,” Robertson says, adding that he hopes he can soon teach his three-year-old daughter how to skate. He adds that what he likes most about the Rink Watch project is that it helps show the general public how the climate is changing—and how that change will affect their lives and culture.

“The classic image of climate change is the polar bear standing on a melting iceberg, but most people can’t relate to that,” he says. “But they can relate to skating on an outdoor ice rink.”

Despite the challenges, however, Valentiner isn’t throwing in the towel. He says it takes months to organize the skijoring competition in Whitefish, including lining up sponsors and vendors. One day last year, he put more than 300 miles on his truck driving around northwest Montana trying to get people to sponsor the event. It will take more than a few warm, dry, frustrating winters to derail his love for the sport and the community that turns out for it.

“The weather is constantly a concern, it’s always in the back of your mind when you start planning,” he says. “But when you do get that good snow year, it’s just a joy to put the event on.”

Justin Franz is a writer based in Whitefish, Mont. This article was originally published

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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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The hight cost of loss IF YOU’RE a regular reader of this space, you’re likely aware of the combined subtext underlying the range of subjects collectively tackled: that political, economic and sociocultural business as usual (BAU) is killing the planet.

BAU is primarily defined as widespread and random land-use change, continued increase in carbon emissions, and extensive loss of natural habitats and wildlife. From climate-change-driven extreme weather and flooding, to drought, soil erosion, and accelerated species extinctions, scientific evidence shows that Earth is changing faster than at any other time in its history, and that the way we “feed, fuel and finance” ourselves

BY LESLIE ANTHONY is destroying the planet’s life-support systems.

Since all humankind depends on these systems, it’s more than just an environmental crisis. There’s looming economic crisis, increasingly a focus of detailed study, as well; if verifiable environmental apocalypse can’t get the attention of conservative greedheads and climate-denying politicos, then perhaps massive losses to government revenues, the global corporate purse—and their own wallets—might.

Last April, a collective of conservation scientists, NGOs, and indigenous leaders urged governments to adopt a Global Deal for Nature to tackle the combined biodiversity and climate crises. This was followed soon after by Glowing, Glowing, Gone, a campaign highlighting the danger posed by fluorescing coral reefs (as high ocean temperatures and acidic seawater bleach coral, it loses the symbiotic algae that both protects and feeds it and must marshall its own pigments for protection against the tropical sun; thus, just before it dies, coral often glows brightly in a desperate last act of survival). Midsummer, a coalition billing itself Business for Nature pledged to bring a united global voice to international negotiations that could voice how protecting nature is now not only a moral, but economic, imperative. The combined thrust of these initiatives was a not-so-subtle shout-out to foot-dragging governments to either adopt ambitious actions that both protect and enhance the natural world, or face economic catastrophe. And now, as the hope of a new decade dawns, a new initiative is reporting on what, exactly, the catastrophic macroeconomic impact of BAU might look like.

Global Futures—overseen by the World Wildlife Fund in conjunction with the Global Trade Analysis Project and the Natural Capital Project—adds to a growing litany of business-and-beyond partnerships committed to halting and/ or reversing global biodiversity loss in an effort to safeguard our collective futures.

Employing cutting-edge economic and environmental modelling, Global Futures calculated impacts of nature’s decline on

world economies, trade and industry that offered a stark warning: unless we can act collectively to reverse this loss, trillions of dollars will be wiped from the world’s economies, with the lives of millions affected.

The research considers benefits that nature provides both individuals and industries through ecosystem services (e.g. crop pollination, protection of coasts from flooding and erosion, water supply, timber production, carbon storage, coral reefs, coastlines, fisheries), as well as human threats to underlying natural capital assets (i.e., habitats and species, minerals, water, geomorphology, atmosphere), and how, if managed sustainably, these can renew themselves to provide ecosystem services in perpetuity.

The results show that in a BAU scenario, reduction of only six key ecosystem services would lead to a drop of 0.67 per cent in annual global GDP by 2050 compared to a baseline scenario of no change in services from 2011 (the base year for comprehensive data available for analysis). This number is equivalent to a staggering annual loss of US$479 billion—a total cumulative loss of US$9.87 trillion from 2011 to 2050.

Agricultural sectors will be hardest hit by loss of nature benefits, hiking global prices for commodities like timber, cotton, oil seeds, and produce anywhere from three to eight per cent. Sadly, developing nations will bear the brunt, stressing already vulnerable economies with annual GDP losses of up to four per cent. Developed nations’ largest losses will be in coastal infrastructure and agricultural land through flooding and erosion.

... trillions of dollars will be wiped from the world’s economies ...

Yet, scarily, these figures are highly conservative, as the model not only reflects a subset of total natural capital assets and ecosystem services, but doesn’t account for potential tipping points—thresholds for rapid change and irreversibly, such as rainforests shifting to drier and more fire- and droughtprone savannahs. As future versions of the model incorporate such issues, the economic case will only strengthen.

Naturally, the report’s primary targets are decision-makers in governments (e.g. heads of state and advisers in various ministries) and the private sector (banks, corporations, investors). Currently, none of these has access to either the evidence or modelling tools required to fully understand real economic impacts of global environmental change. Global Futures can now provide those, but it can’t provide the intelligence or courage to act.

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OUTSIDER

Solution to a lift-line apocalypse?

Ski uphill.

“There is a hell and it has lift lines.”

— advertisement for Scarpa ski touring boots in Powder Magazine, circa 2010

FOR ALL THE THINGS that Whistlerites are known for enduring, traffic is not one of them. I’ll happily walk, pedal or ski for 10 hours straight, but put me in the driver’s seat on Taylor Way in West Vancouver on any

BY VINCE SHULEY given afternoon from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and I soon turn into a flustered, irritable mess.

The same could be said for when I’m forced to brave any of Vancouver’s bridges during rush hour. I keep my heavy metal playlist on standby for just such occasions, so at least I can scream at something without looking or feeling like a crazy person.

Then there’s traffic on the ski hill. Just like living in the big city often comes with the caveat of car-clogged roadways, skiing

CUTTING LINES The Hankin-Evelyn Backcountry Recreation Area near Smithers, B.C. offers treed terrain for ski tourers travelling both uphill and downhill. Could a similar application could help alleviate heavy lift lines at popular ski areas?

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on powder days comes with the inevitable sea of Gore-Tex in the lift line corrals. No whining here, I know it comes with the territory of skiing at a resort that’s within a blockbuster movie-length drive from an urban centre. The best ways I’ve found to deal with heavy line ups are: • Get up early and park yourself closer to the front of the line. It’s still waiting, but at least your first run of pow isn’t completely pillaged; • Get over it. You’re still outside on the weekend, aren’t you?; • Turn around, go home and ski another day.

Last week’s lift lines at Vail Mountain Resort—so expertly captured by phones and POV cameras mounted on selfie sticks—didn’t exactly inspire me to go skiing. I’m sure most of the people in those lines probably weren’t that inspired either.

But if you had driven for two hours (plus the requisite delays due to poor highway conditions and way too many cars) on Interstate 70, what choice would you make?

Unless you were willing to start driving at 4 a.m., probably option b). If you weren’t an Epic Pass holder and had to pay the walkup window price of over US$200, you could choose option c), but then you’ve wasted a day driving to the ski resort and back, all for no skiing. Option a) is always the safest bet, but your family or carpool crew may not be down with the dawn patrol start and the

locals will probably beat you there anyway.

Whistler gets its share of lift lines, oh yes.

Saturday mornings with good snow and/or clear skies can greet skiers with a gondola line back to Zog’s in the Village or Starbucks in Creekside. The initial upload bottleneck is always the worst wait, just as we saw in those “Lift Line Apocalypse” images from Vail Mountain skiers. But what if there was a fourth option?: • ski uphill Wait…That actually is an option at Vail Mountain! While you do need uphillcompatible equipment, uphill travel at a resort doesn’t require any avalanche safety gear or training. So instead of waiting in a bottlenecked base area line for an hour or more, you could skin up to the mid station where you either: 1) ski back down and be content with a morning of exercise on snow; or 2) upload the next lift with proudly (and fairly) earned lift line privilege (complete with dedicated RFID gate to weed out the impostors) as well as gaining an Epic uphill ski pass discount, mountain money credit or some other reward that ends up making the resort money in the long run.

Option 2 is obviously a fantasy at this point, but the delineation between uphill and downhill skiing is growing fuzzier by the season. The partially crowdfunded Bluebird Backcountry at Peak Ranch near Kremmling, Colo., effectively a resort

without chairlifts, opened (with limited capacity) last Saturday (Feb 15). Smithers, B.C. has managed to execute a similar model of a “gladed self-propelled ski area” (without the bells and whistles of lodge, rentals and optional guiding) with HankinEvelyn since 2010. Whistler Blackcomb doesn’t have an uphill skiing route or policy in place yet, but the recent ski patrolescorted procession of B.C. Mountaineering Club members up an optimistically-termed “Blackcomb Access Corridor” will hopefully turn a page or two in that book.

Lift lines have existed since chairlifts were invented, but with the advent of aggregated resort access such as the Epic and Ikon passes, crowding on both powder and fair weather days is only going to get worse.

Yes, Vail Resorts wants to invest in more lift infrastructure that will help with those lineups, but only if it will be cost effective in bringing in even more skier visits. Grotesque lift lines at base-area lifts can be alleviated with some smart operational and branding decisions. When it’s that busy, give energetic skiers and splitboarders an incentive to ski uphill and all visitors will benefit.

Vince Shuley will happily walk uphill in place of slowly shuffling forward. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. n

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ore than 40 years after its first attempt, the resort of Whistler finally achieved what it had initially set out to do: host a Winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee approved the Vancouver-Whistler bid in 2003, and on Feb. 12, 2010, the world’s most impressive athletic stage came to British Columbia.

Though the fanfare is long gone and the roar of the crowd has died down, the traces left behind by the Olympic and Paralympic Games are still evident in several ways that were long planned.

“We started to write the story of what the world would think of us post-Games. We started the talk of what it would be like now, and then we tried to build a Games that would make us feel 10 years on, 20 years on, that we had done a good thing,” says Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) CEO John Furlong.

However, there were other side effects that sprouted organically—and even tragically.

Here, Pique looks back at the Olympic effect not just on Whistler and its people, but the province, the nation, and the Olympic movement as a whole.

T H E A T H L E T E S It’s no surprise that Whistler has produced more than its fair share of alpine athletes, but the Whistler Sliding Centre’s construction allowed for the resort to produce a more diverse set of high-achieving athletes.

It wasn’t always easy for those pursuing the new-to-Whistler sliding sports. For luger Reid Watts, declaring his sport of choice resulted in more than a few double takes from his friends’ parents. “’How do you let your son do this?’” he recalls his own parents being asked.

Watts started luging shortly after the track opened, so he was already well on his way when the Olympians showed up in February 2010. Still, seeing the world’s best at home lit a fire in him, and just eight years later, at age 19, he rocketed to a 12th-place finish at the PyeongChang Games alongside 2010 athletes Sam Edney, Alex Gough and the doubles team of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith.

“It was a magical time, for sure. I definitely remember really fondly watching all the sliding. I’d been sliding for a year prior to the Games just when the track was opened,” he says.

“Watching that, I knew that’s where I was destined to be and

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Similarly, a mere eight years after watching Olympic alpine athletes carve Creekside in the new Dave Murray National Training Centre, essentially her own backyard, Mollie Jepsen lined up in the start gate at the Paralympic Winter Games in South Korea.

Just 18, Jepsen went on to win four medals, including gold in the super combined.

Before taking in the Whistler Games, however, Jepsen says she was pursuing gymnastics move avidly. With Spring Break moved that year to overlap with the Games, Jepsen and her family posted up at their Creekside vacation home, and despite not entirely understanding the significance of the Olympics, she was quickly caught up in the magic of the Winter Games, watching fellow Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) representatives such as Britt Janyk compete.

“My entire life had been shaped by a few moments at the Games, knowing that that is what I wanted to do,” she says. “I always wonder if things would have been different if the Games hadn’t been in Vancouver because I wouldn’t have had that exposure to those athletes and that energy.

“Looking at it now, I was so happy that I got involved in skiing and because of the Games, I found this love for the sport that I wasn’t necessarily considering being competitive in at the time.”

Being on the world stage herself, Jepsen rekindles the electricity of 2010 each time out.

“It’s hard to describe that feeling. It’s the same feeling I have now, too, competing at these bigger races, and the same feeling I had at the Games—the want to win, to want to do it,” she says.

T H E C L U B S There’s no doubt that local sporting clubs have enjoyed the upgrades the Games provided.

For WMSC executive director Mark Tilston, the most significant legacy is the Dave Murray National Training Centre. The

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site provides a training and race venue for the athletes.

“It’s significant in the development of our athletes and going on and making new Olympians,” he says. “The important thing for me is, ‘How do we get a legacy out of it that continues to feed the Olympic movement?’”

Before the centre was constructed, Tilston says the club’s skiers trekked all over Whistler to find the best possible descents. It’s nice, he explains, to have a home.

“There were training slopes, but they moved around the mountain a lot, so now that we’ve got a dedicated training centre, we’ve got the equipment all stored up at the top,” he says.

Looking at the club’s numbers, Tilston notes there was a registration boost shortly after the Games. Though the rise was only temporary, the added presence left its mark, as the influx in membership fees allowed the club to improve its infrastructure.

And, in terms of WMSC presence on the national level, it’s no surprise that high achievers such as Stefanie and Katie Fleckenstein, Brodie and Riley Seger, Cameron and Kyle Alexander, Jack Crawford, Broderick Thompson and Asher Jordan were in the sweet spot of their early teenage years at the time of the Olympics, at an age where they could dream big while developing the ability to back it up.

Tilston, the husband of 2010 Olympian Britt Janyk, adds that the Games brought out the best in Whistler’s volunteer culture, including the legendary Weasel Workers.

“The big thing about the Olympics is it does literally take thousands of people to make it happen and that volunteer culture that the Olympics created has again facilitated smoother events for the 10 years since,” he says.

That amplified sense of volunteerism helped set the stage for other major events, according to Mo Douglas, the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) director of communications and current head of Arts Whistler. Wrangling 2,500 volunteers for Subaru Ironman Canada, which debuted in Whistler in 2011, would have been much more difficult were it not for the latent Olympic spirit.

“We already had a pretty strong culture of volunteerism in Whistler because there already was a number of big festivals,” she

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Mollie Jepsen (left) with mom Abbie Milavsky and brother Curtis at the 2010 opening ceremonies in Whistler. Mollie Jepsen at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

PHOTOS SUBMITTED. Reid Watts competes in FIL World Cup action in Whistler in 2019. FILE PHOTO BY DAN FALLOON. Reid Watts at the Whistler Sliding Centre in 2009. PHOTO SUBMITTED

says. “But the magnitude, it’s 25,000 people and 10,000 in the corridor, many of whom were recruited from the corridor because accommodation was a challenge.

She later adds: “I think it brought volunteerism into people’s hearts in a much more important way than we’ve seen in a long time.”

Back in the Callaghan, meanwhile, the newly developed Whistler Olympic Park proved to be a boon for local Nordic clubs.

Whistler Nordics president Tony Peiffer notes that before the site opened in 2008, the only option for local skiers was the Lost Lake Trails.

Like WMSC, Whistler Nordics saw a bump in numbers after the Games. While the count eventually waned, those who stuck with the sport have a beautiful park in which to hone their craft.

“We saw some absolutely flourishing years after the Olympics up to 2013 or ‘14,” he says. “The Games are a big part of it. For one, we have a legacy that’s second to none.

You go skiing out there today, it’s absolutely first class. We have a training facility that’s first class that kids all get to use.”

Another parallel to the alpine club is that several local Nordic skiers are making their mark internationally. Peiffer’s daughter, Benita, and Michael Murdoch are set to attend the Junior World Championships in Germany later this month, while a third club member, Joe Davies, was named as an alternate.

“The Olympics played a part in solidifying, in my mind, their joy of sport.

That’s all you’re really giving your kid is the joy of sport,” says Peiffer, whose cousin, Arnd, represented Germany in biathlon in 2010.

As well, Whistler Sport Legacies launched the Whistler Nordic Development program in 2016. That very first year, Bobby Kreitz qualified for the International Biathlon Union Youth/Junior World Championships, while five members attended this year’s event.

Because of Callaghan Gold stored snow helping athletes start the season early and glacier skiing extending the season into summer, they can realistically ski from October to July.

“They’re competitive, which is awesome, which is a legacy that, without something like Whistler Olympic Park, we would never have,” Peiffer says.

T H E V E N U E S On a physical level, the local venues most easily associated with the Games are the two then-brand-new sites that hosted competition: the Whistler Sliding Centre and Whistler Olympic Park, both managed

by Whistler Sport Legacies (WSL).

Despite concern the sliding centre in particular could become a white elephant (the Cesana Pariol site used for the 2006 Turin Games was ordered dismantled in 2012, for example), the track has managed to reinvent itself and find ways to make its cash flow work, whether it’s sending guests down the track in a bobsled or hosting a wedding at its Blackcomb Mountain site.

WSL president and CEO Roger Soane explains that being situated in Whistler is a major factor in the track’s success, with a fresh selection of new tourists streaming through the site every year—even if it’s just a small portion of the resort’s overall tourism base.

“As much as we’ve been very successful, in the winter, we only put down maybe 6,000 people on that track. As a percentage of the visitors that are coming to Whistler, it’s still relatively small,” he says. “Hopefully, for many, many years, we will have that same percentage of people that will want to come and experience this Olympic ride.

“If we were putting down 50,000 or 100,000 people a year, I would start to think, ‘OK, where are we going to get our new audience from?’ But every year, we have new people coming.”

With the sliding centre a short car, gondola or bus ride away from Whistler Village, it’s easily accessible for visitors to town. The same can’t be said for the other venue under WSL’s purview, Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley.

Though the park has attracted events ranging from Tough Mudder and the Red Bull 400 (even hosting its World Championships last July), Soane acknowledges that its bread and butter will always be the locals.

“It is a different issue because it is so far removed from the village, and we know that visitation to Whistler doesn’t always relate to visitation to Whistler Olympic Park,” he

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Performers regualrly hit the Whistler Olympic Plaza stage.

The Squamish-Lil’Wat Cultural Centre.

Tough Mudder at Whistler Olympic Park.

PHOTOS BY MIKE CRANE/TOURISM WHISTLER

says. “We’re looking at a different audience and rather than it being a bucket-list thing, it’s a lifestyle thing for people.

“You drive to Whistler Olympic Park and you’re on the edge of the wilderness, which gives you a completely different experience to being in Whistler Village.”

Early forethought allowed WSL some leeway in finding their postOlympics footing because of the Games Operating Trust (GOT), which, after an initial $110-million endowment from the provincial and federal governments, grew to $133.6 million by 2007. The Whistler venues received 40 per cent ($53.44-million), as did the Richmond Olympic Oval, while the remaining 20 per cent was placed in a contingency fund.

“We were smart enough at the time to leave money behind to protect the facilities and make sure they were always there,” Furlong says. “It’s always a challenge for a community to continue to promote itself and to continue to look for events. It’s brought people to the community, and these people are world class, every one of them. It’s a terrific asset to have and it’s obviously important to maintain them and

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look after them, and I think the society is doing a very good job.”

In its most recent report, Whistler’s portion of the Games Operating Trust sat at $52.803 million while the overall total was $137.427 million.

Soane credited officials for recognizing a legacy fund was necessary to keep the venues “vibrant and useable,” while the organization’s tax-free status with the Resort Municipality of Whistler has also helped.

“There were a lot of people who felt that the Whistler legacies would be a drain on the community and on the taxpayer. I’m happy to say that that’s not the case. As sporting venues, we know that they are very capital intensive and very operationally intensive,” Soane says. “I’m proud that we have not had to go back to the government.

We have not had to go to the municipality.

We have great partnerships with them.”

As well, Whistler Olympic Plaza became the first satellite site for medal presentations and later became the largest green space in Whistler Village, hosting tent-pole events ranging from Subaru Ironman Canada, the RBC GranFondo

Whistler, Rogers Hometown Hockey and the B.C. Bike Race, as well as the Whistler Presents concert series and the Whistler Village Beer Festival.

T H E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E Hosting the Games kept builders busy away from the venue site as well.

The community of Cheakamus Crossing sprung up as the Athletes’ Village, complete with the Whistler Athletes’ Centre, as well as 154 townhomes and 67 condo units for resident housing, and a 55-unit apartment block managed by the Whistler Housing Authority. Currently situated on 37 hectares of the overall 136-hectare land grant from the provincial government, further development of Cheakamus Crossing is eyed as a way to maintain the resort’s goal of housing 75 per cent of its workers.

Then-mayor Ken Melamed, who served in the role from 2005 to 2011 and was a councillor for nine years prior, says building

the new neighbourhood was arguably the largest project ever undertaken by the Resort Municipality of Whistler.

“It’s a fantastic neighbourhood—diverse, built on Smart Growth principles using green-building practices,” he says. “Our desire was not just to provide residentrestricted housing but also to increase the stock of affordable housing, so the youth hostel going from 25 or 30 beds, really hard to get to on the west side of Alta Lake to over 100 beds, serviced by transit, I think was a huge asset for the community.”

Melamed, who approached the mayor’s role with an environmentally conscious perspective, oversaw the installation of the District Energy System into the neighbourhood’s homes. Though touted as a greener and cheaper heating alternative, as it extracts energy from treated wastewater, system users faced technical problems and expensive repair bills. Late last year, the RMOW settled with Cheakamus residents, offering homeowners $5,000 apiece if at least 75 per cent of each respective strata agreed and waived the municipality of future liability. That amount is just over a third of the initial installation cost.

FEATURE STORY For his part, Melamed was sorry for how the system was handled, noting that the RMOW approached the University of British Columbia’s environmental economics department as well as an engineering firm to study the proposed system and neither found issues, in theory.

“What nobody bothered to tell us back there was that it was so new that within the industry, there wasn’t the technical expertise to actually build and deliver the system,” he says. “It seems like an obvious question now, but it wasn’t obvious then.

“We didn’t choose a conventional system, so there were cost overruns and breakdowns and it’s still a problem for some,” he adds.

The other major infrastructure upgrade was the $600-million Highway 99 between Vancouver and Whistler, though Melamed downplays the effect the easier-to-drive roadway had on the resort, noting the portion from Squamish south saw the bulk of the work and it was that community that saw most of the benefits.

Melamed also adds that the roadwork would have been done, Olympics or not, though the Games certainly accelerated the timeline.

The Games also proved to help all of British Columbia’s 14 resort municipalities with the introduction of the Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI). As one of the only times a single local government has the ear of higher levels, the RMOW insisted on the program, which is collected as the municipal and regional district tax.

Whistler received $7.5 million in RMI funds last year and has taken in $93 million in the program’s lifespan. Local projects that have received RMI funding include the Whistler Presents concert series, Gateway Loop, village wayfinding upgrades, the Alpine Trails Network, Cultural Connector and Village shuttle.

T H E P A I N & T R A G E D Y The opening of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games was set to be one of the best days of Besso Gotsadze’s life.

As a volunteer with the Georgian delegation, Gotsadze sported his blue jacket, eagerly representing his homeland in his adopted country of Canada.

But one call changed everything.

On Feb. 12, 2010, Gotsadze was informed that there had been an accident at the Whistler Sliding Centre involving luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, one member of the eight-athlete contingent representing Georgia at the Games. Gotsadze remembered being summoned to an information desk where he was informed of the news. A mix of emotions overcame him.

“I will always remember this look. It was like sadness, something, I don’t know, but I found out something happened,” he recalls.

“I went to the hospital and there is blood, blood, blood.

“The one thing that was keeping me up was knowing that I have to be strong because there were young people and other people. I had to keep them up, supporting

them.”

At the opening ceremony, which went on as planned later in the day, Gotsadze received nothing but warmth from the Canadians he encountered.

Gotsadze, who came to Canada in 2006 and applied to volunteer with the Georgian delegation the following year, said being accepted for the position was one of his happiest moments. He came to know Kumaritashvili through his work with the delegation and remembers him fondly.

On the 10th anniversary of Kumaritashvili’s death, a small group of Georgians, including Georgian ambassador to Canada Konstantin Kavtaradze, went up to the Whistler Sliding Centre with a Georgian priest to hold a short ceremony at the crash site.

Afterwards, the group joined a march through the village organized by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) advocate and first responder Terrance Kosikar, who attended to Kumaritashvili after the crash.

“For us to be able to march through the village with some drumming, some good vibes and everybody waving their flags, dinging their cowbells, bringing out their red mittens and blue suits, and walk in honour of the athletes, ultimately, the goal is to do this walk, say prayer, and pay our respects,” Kosikar says in the days before the memorial. “We will do this every single year until they bury me, and we will honour the legacy of Nodar Kumaritashvili.”

With an eye on accentuating any positive side effects of Kumaritashvili’s death, Gotsadze and the Georgian community also plan to support Kosikar at an event in Vancouver during PTSD Awareness Month in June. On June 6, Kosikar will hold Tire’d of the Stigma at Jack Poole Plaza from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in support of Camp My Way, a program Kosikar founded designed to help first responders with PTSD and their families. The event will wrap up Kosikar’s 30-day effort of flipping a 400-pound (181kg) tractor tire up Brandywine Glacier.

Kosikar has been in contact with the Kumaritashvili family and hopes they can attend the event in June.

For more information, visit campmyway. com.

T H E F O U R H O S T F I R S T N A T I O N S An acknowledgement can go a long way, according to Squamish Nation Councillor Kwitelut (Carla George).

For starters, acknowledging one’s presence on Indigenous traditional territory is one sign of improved relationships between First Nations and other governments, with subsequent development of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry also positive outcomes, according to Kwitelut.

“Previous to the Olympics, it didn’t feel that we were in that place of being able to have that opportunity to acknowledge or engage at the level that we’re at now,” she

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Kwitelut was elected to the Squamish Nation council in 2005, and worked with the Nation in the lead-up to the Games.

She saw several of the developments firsthand, including the formation of the Four Host First Nations, which teamed Squamish with the Lil’wat, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam to give rise to Indigenous voices in the Games planning, a first for the Olympics.

“Having the ear of the government at the highest level was definitely a lot different from where we were,” she says.

The Olympic torch passes through “Various colleagues were able to call upon Mount Currie in advance of the the premier and have that kind of dialogue.

2010 Games.

“We didn’t have to kick the doors down.

PHOTO BY BRAD KASSELMAN/COASTPHOTO.COM They were opening up and there was collaboration.”

In Whistler, the Nation teamed up with the Lil’wat to build the Squamish-Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) in advance of the Games, as well as to sign the landmark Master Development Agreement (MDA) with Whistler Blackcomb in 2017. “[The MDA has] opened up many doors protests in support of Wet’suwet’en a Pride House and expand beyond ethnic for an opportunity for youth to participate, hereditary chiefs, who are standing against diversity to social diversity of LGBTQ [people], work on the mountain and ski or board on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C. which has always been a challenge in sport.” the mountain,” she says.

Interview requests sent to Lil’wat As well, widespread Russian doping at the As well, the newly founded Aboriginal Nation were not returned.

Games led to 11 of its athletes being banned Youth Sport Legacy Fund helped the First Douglas, in her current role at Arts for life and clean Russian athletes competing Nations Snowboard Team get off the ground Whistler, also recalls an Olympic connection, under the neutral “Olympic Athletes from in 2004. The program now boasts hundreds highlighting the organization staging the Russia” banner in 2018. of members from more than a dozen nations world premiere of útszan, a one-woman play “If you look back in recent history, from British Columbia to Nova Scotia.

by Yvonne Wallace in which she speaks both Vancouver in 2010 was one of the better Kwitelut also highlights the SLCC’s English and Ucwalmícwts, the traditional ones from a social-legacy perspective,” says Indigenous Youth Ambassador program, a language of the Lil’wat. Douglas recalls that Dr. Angela Schneider, the director of the 16-week immersive cultural and business colleagues she met during the Games helped International Centre for Olympic Studies program for Indigenous youth, for bring the partnership to fruition. at the University of Western Ontario. “The producing, among others, one of Kwitelut’s Sochi question and what happened there— council colleagues as well as a professor questions around doping, questions around at Simon Fraser University teaching WADA—that didn’t touch Vancouver.”

Skwxwú7mesh Snichim, the Nation’s T H E Though the Olympic movement within traditional language, one example of a Canada seemed to take a hit with Calgary G R E A T E R greater respect and acknowledgement of O L Y M P I C residents rejecting a bid for the 2026 Winter the Nation’s culture in education.

Olympics in a referendum last year, Schneider M O V E M E N T As well, the Squamish Nation began feels that it had little to do with the 2010 flexing its construction-industry muscle With its environmental credentials, including Games, noting the immense infrastructural in advance of the Olympics as Newhaven publishing five sustainability update reports and financial obligations of the Games as Projects Limited Partnership, a joint along the way, Indigenous inclusion and, at greater concerns. venture between the Nation and Newhaven US$7 billion, a relative bargain compared “There was a negative reaction with Construction Group, which worked on to the US$51-billion price tag for the Sochi Calgary, and Calgary also hosted the Olympics Whistler Olympic Park and the SLCC. The Games just four years later, the 2010 before that. I don’t know for sure how we Squamish Nation also teamed up with Games seemed to be a turning point for the can draw a causal relationship, particularly, Musqeam and Tsleil-Waututh to form the International Olympic Committee and the from Vancouver to Calgary on that,” she says.

MST Development Corporation, which Olympic movement.

“People are a little more leery right now until currently oversees six properties consisting However, despite London’s Summer they see a clear movement away from [the of nearly 65 hectares of prime land in Metro Games in 2012 keeping some focus on excess], but I think we have been seeing that.”

Vancouver valued at more than $1 billion. sustainability, subsequent Olympics have left Indeed, the IOC has allowed bids that While Kwitelut focused on the positives Douglas with the opinion that 2010 marked propose reusing past Olympic venues, from the Games, saying she could not the “last truly great Games.” with Calgary considering tabbing Whistler think of any negative aspects herself, she Of particular concern to Douglas was Olympic Park to host ski jumping and Nordic acknowledges there is a long way to go for the Russian government passing legislation combined as part of its bid. reconciliation between the First Nations making it illegal to support pro-gay views Sustainability has become key beyond and the rest of the country. in 2013. She flew to Sochi to meet with IOC the Olympics, according to Ann Duffy, who “There’s still a lot of work to be done, representatives and, later in 2014, the IOC served as VANOC’s chief sustainability yes, but I feel that things are starting to recommended that “non-discrimination on officer from 2006 to 2011, a role she described shift,” she says. “We need to acknowledge sexual orientation” be included in the sixth as seeking to “create social benefits for the things that have occurred, the atrocities Fundamental Principle of Olympism. enterprises in the communities that don’t that have occurred, to our people, through “Right on the heels of us, we had the typically benefit from mega events like the being removed from their homes, sent to Russian Games, that started out for us with Olympics.” Now based in Whistler with her residential schools. How can we rectify the a lot of hope on a different kind of Russia, own company, the Ann Duffy Group, she wrongs that have occurred to our families and the Russia we have in front of us in the explains that in working with the successful and to our community?” world of sport is what exists now,” she says. United 2026 North American bid for the FIFA It’s especially stark given the recent “We went from being the first Games to have World Cup, the effects on the host cities came

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to the fore.

With hosts spread across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the World Cup will have a significantly larger footprint, so developing a climate action plan will be key, Duffy says.

“If you don’t think about community and environmental impacts in the host region, you don’t get support for the bid,” she says. “There’s the recognition that if we want to have future cities and regions put their hands up to host the Games or a FIFA World Cup, it needs to have better attention and appreciation for the region after the event is gone.”

Other areas of focus for Duffy while with the World Cup bid include promoting ethical conduct, human rights and avoiding corruption, including match fixing.

“It’s still not perfect but it is much better than it was certainly when I was working at the Olympics,” she says. “When we know better, we can do better.”

University of Waterloo economics professor Corey van de Waal explains that while initiatives such as reusing venues will make it more appealing for some cities to throw their names in the ring, a truly stringent focus on sustainability will turn some off. “[A]ny additional IOC requirements will make the process more cumbersome for host cities. In fact, this new focus will almost certainly dissuade some potential host cities from undertaking the application/bidding process,” he writes in an email.

“The IOC mandate for sustainable practices highlights the organization’s desire to be seen as taking a leadership role in terms of responsible governance. Whether they wish to be or not, sports organizations and sportspersons are often key influencers of the broader social conscience.

“Some things are worth the extra effort.”

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada and, indeed, certain corners of the world are all still feeling the effects of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games here in our resort. With so many of the lasting legacies still in operation, it will be fascinating to see what transpires in the years to come. ■

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Coach Ricker second in return to Mount Baker CANADIAN SNOWBOARD-CROSS LEGEND SETTLING IN TO POST-COMPETITIVE LIFE

BY DAN FALLOON A LOT HAS CHANGED for Maëlle Ricker since she last competed, and won the pro women’s category, at the Mount Baker Legendary Banked Slalom in 2016.

At that contest, just a couple of months after announcing her retirement from competitive snowboarding, the 2010 Olympic gold medallist in snowboard-cross transitioned into an assistant coaching role with Canada Snowboard, had a daughter, and had a knee replacement last January.

At this year’s Mount Baker contest, with finals on Feb. 9, Ricker sought her ninth win overall. Though she fell just short, as Banff’s Audrey Hebert snuck past Ricker during the second run to leave her in the silver-medal position, she was still glad to be back at snowboarding’s longest-running event, now in its 34th year.

“I really like riding there. I like to reconnect with a bunch of people I don’t see throughout the year, especially the last few years, I’ve been sort of out of the scene,” she said. “I love riding the banked slalom as well. It’s such a great course. It’s a light, flowy feeling.

ROLLING ON Maëlle Ricker (left) celebrates her second-place finish in the Mount Baker Legendary Banked Slalom on Feb. 9.

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“It’s a little adrenaline kick, especially because I don’t race or do anything else anymore,” she added with a laugh.

Ricker described the atmosphere at the Washington-state event as a collaborative, friendly one.

“It’s technically a race but it’s more of a giant hangout. There’s the parking lot full of RVs and a lot of Sea to Sky families that are all out in the RVs hanging out,” she said.

As for the race itself, Ricker held a 0.11-second advantage on Hebert after the first run, but couldn’t improve on it the second time around as the Albertan came away with a 0.45-second win.

Ricker said while her first run went well, she showed some rust in the encore.

“It was a little loose, I’m not going to lie,” she chuckled. “I definitely need to have stronger legs.

“I was definitely a lot more out of control than in previous years.”

Ricker noted that she had experienced issues with her knees, with 11 surgeries over the course of her career before retirement, so it was welcome to have had the knee replacement a year ago. Still, there were some other feelings that she had to get used to.

“I’ve got some new little tweaks that I’ve got to deal with, but the main thing is I just have to get stronger,” she said. “I’ve been slacking. I need to get into the gym and get stronger.

“I did pretty good in the summer, but in the

fall and early winter, I’ve been focusing on other things.”

Apart from being back in competition physically, Ricker also acknowledged a few bumps returning to the game mentally, though she reached the level she needed to attain by the time finals were going down.

“I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel since I’ve been out of that competition mindset myself, so I definitely was told on the first day that I looked a little safe, so I thought, ‘Come on, Maëlle, you better step it up,’” she said. “It was fun to put the pressure back on my shoulders.”

Despite stepping away from the competitive life as an athlete, Ricker has stayed involved as an assistant to national snowboard-cross head coach Jake Holden.

Ricker said she’s enjoyed the transition to a different facet of high-level sport.

“I love being involved with the team still and I really enjoy the travel. I like working in the mountains every day and I feel very, very lucky to be a part of it,” she said Ricker took some time off from the team after having her daughter, who is now two years old, and said that parenthood has changed her approach to make her a more effective coach.

“Now that I’m back after a couple winters’ break, I feel like I gained some perspective,” she said. “I feel like I got some toughness from dealing with my little one. Before, I was really just trying to give as much as I could but not step on

any toes whereas now I feel like I’ve got a little toughness with my coaching, which hopefully will help.”

What’s been most gratifying for Ricker is seeing the Canadian team, which comprises athletes aged 18 to 33, enjoy success in the increasingly competitive snowboard-cross world. It was especially fun for her to see the team’s youngest member, Eliot Grondin, hit the World Cup podium for the first time with a second-place finish at Big White on Jan. 25.

“It was neat to see how the team all celebrated together. That was very, very exciting,” she said.

Several other local athletes hit the slopes at Mount Baker. Whistler resident Seth Wescott topped the pro men’s podium, Rafe Hudson scored the win in the next gen boys’ 11-and-under category, Amalia Pelchat took second in the junior girls’ 12-to-15 division and Samantha Shelly was third in the next gen girls’ 11-and-under event. As well, Mark Tremblay, who listed Chicoutimi and Whistler as his hometowns, was second in pro men’s. Additionally, Anthony Shelly took fourth in the junior boys’ 12-to-15 race, Pierce Smith placed fifth in the pro men’s, Tomas Velisek took 21st in pro men’s, Marie-France Roy placed fifth in pro women’s, Sara Niblock took 12th in pro women’s, Rube Goldberg placed sixth in pro master’s, Akasha Weisgarber finished ninth in pro master’s and JF Pelchat took 14th in pro master’s. n

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BIG TIMER Skye Clarke (centre) celebrates her NorAm Cup women’s big air win in Aspen on Feb. 15.

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BY DAN FALLOON THE 2019-20 season started off with plenty of promise for slopestyler Skye Clarke.

The Freestyle Whistler grad kicked things off by earning a $10,000 Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellence grant, and in December was named to the Canadian team heading to Lausanne, Switzerland for the Youth Olympic Games.

However, it was in Switzerland that the 17-year-old’s season took a turn, as she was sidelined with the flu and unable to line up in the contest.

“I was feeling terrible and I just couldn’t do it on the comp days,” she said. “It really sucked, but it happens.”

Though she wasn’t able to compete, Clarke was still glad to have at least gotten some of the Youth Olympic experience before falling ill, staying in the village for about a week.

“It was really cool seeing all the different teams with everyone in their uniforms. You would just go to lunch or something and you’d meet somebody from Germany,” she said.

Feeling better after spending a few days recovering at home, Clarke had a fairly quick turnaround to head to California for her NorAm Cup season debut during the first weekend of February. She was admittedly still regaining her strength at Mammoth Mountain, where her bad luck continued as she suffered a broken binding in slopestyle qualifiers.

However, Clarke got past her recent disappointments and bounced back last weekend in the NorAm Cup contests at Aspen-Buttermilk, Colo., winning both the slopestyle and big air competitions on Feb. 14 and 15, respectively.

“I just try to have fun and not think about what’s happened the past few weeks.

I focus on what I’m doing now,” she said.

In the slopestyle event, Clarke tamed “the biggest course of the year,” posting a best run of 79.50 to blow past American Jenna Riccomini (73.33) and fellow Canuck Megan Cressey (70.33). Clarke took advantage of Aspen’s shark fin feature, a rarity in NorAm Cup competition.

“I was the only girl doing a [540] on there, so I think that probably helped,” she said. “I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable on big jumps and big courses.”

As for the big air, Clarke appreciated the new scoring rubric where competitors are scored on the best two runs out of three, where they are required to spin in two different directions, as opposed to the former best single run of two format.

Her best efforts, a switch 720 and forward 900, resulted in a combined 170.60, where she again topped Riccomini (164.20) and Cressey (146.40).

Clarke spoke from the site of the next NorAm Cup stop in Calgary, where she’ll compete this weekend before returning home for a week. March brings her final two contests at Park City, Utah and Le Relais, Que. “I hope that I’m happy with all the skiing that I’ve done this year,” she said.

“It would be nice to get results, but as long as I’m happy with my skiing, I’ve accomplished everything I wanted.”

Three Freestyle Whistler grads were also in action on the men’s side. Steven Kahnert put up an 11th-place finish in the halfpipe on Feb. 15, while Chase Ujejski (33rd in slopestyle and 42nd in big air) and Kai Smart (39th in slopestyle and 55th in big air) also threw down.

Full results are online at www.fis-ski. com. n

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Chomlack 10th in second-ever World Cup PEMBERTON SNOWBOARDER THRILLED TO MAKE FINAL IN CALGARY

BY DAN FALLOON LINING UP on a familiar course in Calgary at the Snow Rodeo FIS World Cup stop, Jadyn Chomlack looked out, saw friends and family hoisting humungous bobble versions of his face, and with that inspiration, posted his first-ever World Cup top-10 finish.

“Having lots of friends, family and stuff watching, it was really fun,” he said.

All the more impressive is that the 17-year-old Pemberton snowboarder was making just his second World Cup start as he made the finals and finished 10th overall with a score of 58.71. New Zealand’s Tiarn Collins (80.50) came away with the win ahead of Japan’s Ruki Tobita (79.53) and Canada’s Liam Brearley (76.58).

“I had a really good flow in my run. I was happy with how it all went together,” Chomlack said. “I think the judges appreciated it for what it was.

“I was working on my run all week, trying to stick to it. It was working for me and it felt good to put it together in the contest.”

Other Canadian finishers were: Tyler Nicholson (eighth); Carter Jarvis (11th); Whistler resident Darcy Sharpe (12th);

Michael Ciccarelli (18th); Liam Gill (23rd); Whistler’s Finn Finestone (39th); Francis Jobin (40th); Michael Modesti (41st); William Izzard (43rd); and Whistler’s Jacob Legault (51st).

Chomlack said that he still had some butterflies heading into the contest, but being on familiar Canadian soil was a major help. He added that the Calgary Olympic Park course is one he and his teammates train on regularly, though some of the features are made larger for the competition.

“I was still pretty nervous, but I felt pretty good. I was excited and happy to be in Canada,” he said. “It was overall a great experience and I was happy with the outcome.”

Since it was nearly a year since Chomlack’s World Cup debut, a 28th-place showing at California’s Mammoth Mountain last March, there wasn’t too much he brought forward from that experience.

However, a pair of top-five NorAm Cup finishes this season gave Chomlack a sense of his progression since then.

“It felt kind of similar. The last World Cup start was last year, a while ago, but I didn’t really make it that far,” he said. “It felt good to land a run.

“I felt like I learned a lot and maybe came into it with a little more confidence.”

Chomlack said that he’s been happy with his season so far as he’s been able to travel a lot, see new places and meet new people. On course, he’s been working on landing big air 1280s and 1440s.

Chomlack is currently in Eastern Canada for NorAm Cup competitions, and he will head to Austria later this season for the World Rookie Tour finals at Kitzsteinhorn.

Also in Calgary on the weekend, Canadian Laurie Blouin scored 79.56 to win the women’s slopestyle event over Norway’s Silje Norendal and Great Britain’s Katie Ormerod. Fellow Canadians Sommer Gendron and Brooke Voigt finished sixth and seventh, respectively.

In the halfpipe, Derek Livingston was the top Canadian in men’s action, finishing seventh, as Japan’s Ruka Hirano topped Australia’s Scotty James and Switzerland’s Patrick Burgener for the win. The remaining Canadians finished well back, with Joshua Reeves, Jack Collins, Shawn Fair, Braeden Adams, Kiran Pershad and Liam Gill finishing 22nd through 27th, in order.

No Canadian women competed as China’s Xuetong Cai topped Japan’s Mitsuki Ono and China’s Jiayu Liu for top spot.

On the ski side, Canada took three podium appearances. In the men’s halfpipe, Brendan MacKay scored a 91.00 to finish

just behind American Gus Kenworthy, who had a 93.20 while American Birk Irving took third. Meanwhile, Noah Bowman took fifth, Dylan Marineau was 11th, and Andrew Longino placed 12th.

In the women’s event, Rachael Karker’s 89.20 was also good enough for second behind Ailing Eileen Gu of China, who posted a 94.00. Russia’s Valeriya Demidova was third. Other Canadians were Rachael Anderson in 11th, Dillan Glennie in 16th, and Amy Fraser in 17th. Whistler’s Cassie Sharpe was a late scratch due to an injury suffered at last week’s Dew Tour stop.

Lastly, in slopestyle, Canada’s Megan Oldham scored a third-place finish with an 80.70 behind winner Gu (89.18) and Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud (87.13).

Other Canucks were Dara Howell in fifth, Olivia Asselin in seventh and Elena Gaskell in 12th.

Lastly, no Canadian men hit the slopestyle podium, with Evan McEachran taking fourth as Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli held off Americans Colby Stevenson and Nicholas Goepper for the win. The Canadian contingent also included Etienne Geoffroy Gagnon in seventh, Mark Hendrickson in 13th, Max Moffatt in 19th, Alex BeaulieuMarchand in 44th, and Whistler’s Teal Harle in 45th. n

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Whistler skiers top divisions in Vernon LOCAL MASTERS SKIERS HOPE TO HELP KEEP LONG-RUNNING RACE GOING

BY DAN FALLOON JULES LAJOIE has attended the Over the Hill Downhill in Vernon for the past decade, and at 74, he hopes to attend for several years to come.

The Whistler resident topped the men’s 70-to-74 age category in the Master’s Open Downhill at Silverstar on Feb. 9, and finished 29th overall in the Over the Hill Downhill earlier in the day.

Lajoie explained that though the course remains fairly consistent from year to year, attending the four-day camp in advance of race day is key to learning its intricacies.

Lajoie noted that in 2012, his second year racing the event, he set a record by taking 46 runs in four days.

“In downhill, when you’re on a particular run, it’s basically set the same way every time,” he said. “One of the modifications you have to make is to have functional speed.

“If you have a tailwind, for example, the faster you go and you’ll have to adjust your line accordingly.

It’s the speed, according to Lajoie, that keeps him coming back, as it’s not unheardof for racers to top 100 km/h with the fastest racers hitting 110.

“It is a fairly safe course as downhills go,” he said. “It’s not the kind of downhill course that you see on TV where the corners are very tight and you’re hanging on for dear life.”

Meanwhile, former World Cup racer Chris Kent came back to the race for the first time in nearly a decade, winning the men’s 55-to59 division as part of a Whistler sweep with Richard Harley and Geoff Gerhart, while also taking ninth overall in the first race.

Kent said he hit the race as part of a sojourn east to Alberta he had planned anyway. He appreciated getting back in the competitive mindset after avoiding contests like the Peak to Valley and the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme because of osteoarthritis in his knee.

“Running that downhill in Vernon was just fine. It didn’t bug my knee at all. It’s a very easy course and it just doesn’t torque out your joints the same way as a giant slalom does,” he said.

Being back in Vernon, Kent said racing was just like riding a bike, as he slid right back in to the downhill course.

“I felt like I didn’t even need to inspect the course. I’ve coached at camp and skied that course many times over the years, and it doesn’t really change much other than a few feet here or there with the gate,” he said.

With his coaching hat on, Kent praised Gerhart, who made a breakthrough to crack the 74-second barrier, finishing his second run in 1:13.54.

“When Geoff came down, he was really ecstatic, so a shout-out to him,” he said.

DOWN THE HILL Tommy Thompson competes during the Over the Hill Downhill on Feb. 9.

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Despite winning his division, the former national ski team member acknowledged feeling he could have posted a better time.

“I just didn’t go prepared enough. A race course like that, you need to actually take a pair of skis and prepare them, and I borrowed a pair of skis,” said Kent, who plans to be ready for the race’s 40th anniversary in 2021.

“In the world of downhill racing, if you want to be fast, especially on a flat course like that, you’ve gotta have skis that run.”

The third Master’s Open Downhill winner from Whistler was Tommy Thompson, who topped the 60-to-64 division and was sixth overall in the dayopening contest.

With three of top five in the opening race—Steve Hatch, Murray Smith and Willy Raine—boasting World Cup and Olympic pedigree, Thompson was more than satisfied with his results overall and in the division.

“It feels good to be the top master’s [racer] for your age in Canada. It’s a goal.

Second doesn’t quite feel as good,” he said.

“Gold’s always a nice colour.”

Thompson, a former World Cup ski jumper, credited local legends like Kent and Rob Boyd for lending a hand on the coaching side.

“It’s nice to have those big-name guys there, and they suck it up,” he said. “If it was a harder course, they’d be doing better, so it’s nice of them to take one for the team.”

Though people come from all across Canada and even the world, including from Australia, to take part in the event, numbers have dwindled from highs of more than 300 to roughly 80 this year. With few downhill options for masters’ skiers, though sometimes FIS races at Kimberley will run a masters’ division on occasion, there’s a strong desire from Thompson and the other locals to see it continue.

“You see the same people every year and you’re all going for beers after,” Thompson said. “You all watch the videos and there’s a little bit of trash talk. The normal stuff.” n

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Storm hoopsters eye provincials SPORTS BRIEFS: RILEY SEGER HITS NORAM PODIUM TWICE; BRODIE SEGER CRACKS WORLD CUP TOP 30

BY DAN FALLOON THE WHISTLER Secondary School (WSS) Storm boys’ basketball team is closing in on a provincial berth.

The Storm upset Collingwood 77-69 in North Shore “AA” League playoff action on Feb. 12 to finish third in the league and advance to the Vancouver regional playoffs. Collingwood was ranked ninth in the province entering the game.

WSS was set to face Collingwood in a rematch in the Vancouver regional playoffs on Feb. 19, though the result was not available at press time. Whistler entered as the fourth-ranked team while Collingwood was No. 5. A win would advance the Storm to the semifinals with a great chance of claiming a provincial berth as the top three teams qualify.

Head coach Scott Riley said the Storm trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half before cutting the deficit to three at the midpoint and taking over to close out the Feb. 12 contest.

“The guys played the best they possibly could as a team,” he said. “We were working for a long time to get these guys to play as one unit and they did. They were able to

play awesome defence, score at will, and it was a team effort, for sure.”

Luke Haasen, named to the league’s first all-star team, led the way with 28 points while Brent Amores (22 points) and Joel Delmendo (19 points) also hit double digits.

“Luke has been a leader. He’s been a person who has a great deal of basketball sense and knowledge, and is able to share with individuals to help their learning along the way,” Riley said of Haasen. “He’s been a driving force along the way and teams have been keying on him because he’s been so good.”

Haasen, who is in Grade 12, is weighing his options to play university basketball next year.

After a rebuilding year last season, Riley estimates WSS won roughly 60 per cent of its games this year and is the best squad the school has put on the court in recent memory.

“I’ve been helping coach for the last five years and this is the first time that they’ve reached this level,” he said.

SEGER HITS NORAM PODIUM TWICE Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) alum Riley Seger took a pair of second-place finishes in NorAm Cup racing action at New York’s

HOOP HONOUR WSS basketball star Luke Haasen was named to the North Shore League’s first all-star team.

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Seger’s ascent to the podium began with the Feb. 11 single-run super-G, where he was 0.19 seconds back of fellow Canuck Sam Mulligan. Fellow WMSC grad Kyle Alexander also finished strong, taking fifth, while Nathan Romanin took 27th, Tait Jordan was 34th, and Asher Jordan was 50th.

The run counted towards the Alpine combined contest, in which Seger took

sixth, Alexander 10th, Romanin 20th, Asher Jordan 22nd, and Tait Jordan 23rd.

Seger also took second in the Feb. 13 giant slalom, coming in 0.29 seconds back of American Bridger Gile.

Alexander took another top-10 appearance, placing ninth, while Asher Jordan was 20th, Romanin 28th, and Tait Jordan 46th.

Earlier in the week, Seger posted a fifthplace finish in the Feb. 10 super-G, 0.48 seconds back of winner Jimmy Krupka and 0.21 seconds off the podium. Alexander hit the top 10 in seventh, while Romanin placed 21st, Asher Jordan was 31st and Tait Jordan took 41st.

On the women’s side, Stefanie Fleckenstein hit the top 10 in all four of her races.

Fleckenstein started the week with a ninth-place showing in the super-G on Feb. 10, 1.03 seconds back of winner Patricia Mangan of the United States. Meanwhile, Ella Renzoni took 11th.

Those results also carried over into the alpine combined, in which Fleckenstein climbed to fourth, 0.16 seconds back of Mangan and Storm Klomhaus, who tied for first, and just 0.03 seconds off the podium.

Renzoni, meanwhile, wrapped the day in 14th.

Fleckenstein then skied into sixth in the Feb. 11 super-G, 1.10 seconds back of

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Richard John Ross September 02, 1951 December 23, 2019

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Rich on December 23, 2019 while on vacation in Costa Rica.

His last days were spent doing what he loved, biking, sur ing, enjoying time with friends and embracing Pura Vida! His love of music, sense of humour, gentle voice and warm smile were shared by many.

He is preceded in death by his father Allan (1969) mother Helen (1997) and brother Bill (2011)

He is survived by his wife Karen, son Taylor, daughter Katie (David), grandsons Justin and Ryan, sisters Gail (David), Sharon (Ron), Lynda (Tim), brother Don (Gisele), sister in law Pat and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial will be held at the Pemberton Community Centre on April 11th, 2020 at 2:00 PM. Donations may be made to Canadian Cancer Society or Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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Wrapping her time at Whiteface, Fleckenstein was again sixth in the Feb. 12 giant slalom, 1.32 seconds back of winner A.J. Hurt of the U.S., with Renzoni coming in 25th.

The scene then shifted to the National Winter Activity Center in New Jersey for a Valentine’s Day parallel slalom.

Asher Jordan made it to the semifinals before being eliminated from the men’s competition, earning a tie for fifth, while on then women’s side, Fleckenstein was toppled in the quarters as she took a tie for ninth.

SEGER CRACKS WORLD CUP TOP 30 Whistler Mountain Ski Club grad Brodie Seger put up his fifth top-30 finish of the season in FIS World Cup super-G action at Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria on Feb. 14.

The top Canadian in the race, Seger came in 27th, 1.94 seconds back of winner Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde of Norway, while Switzerland’s Mauro Caviezel and Germany’s Thomas Dressen rounded out the podium. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Read placed 33rd and James Crawford took 38th.

In the Feb. 13 downhill, meanwhile, Benjamin Thomsen was the top Canuck in 33rd, 2.25 seconds back of Dressen, who topped Swiss racers Beat Feuz and Caviezel for first. Crawford, meanwhile, was 35th, Cameron Alexander placed 38th and Seger was 40th.

The Canadian women put up some solid slalom results in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on Feb. 16.

Erin Mielzynski led the charge with a 14th-place showing, 2.99 seconds back of champion Petra Vlhova of Slovakia.

Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener came in second while Austria’s Katharina Truppe placed third. Other Canadians included Roni Remme in 17th and Ali Nullmeyer in 19th.

No Canadians competed in the giant slalom on Feb. 15. New Zealand’s Alice Robinson came away with the win, with Vlhova taking second and Slovenia’s Meta Hrovat and Holdener tying for third.

BENNETT EARNS TWO MEDALS AT KIMBERLEY FIS RACES WMSC’s Emeline Bennett came away with a pair of medals from a series of speed races in Kimberley earlier this month.

Bennett came away with the win in the Feb. 2 downhill while on the men’s side, Alexander Katrusiak was the top team member in ninth.

The following day, in another downhill, Bennett scored fifth while Callum Clarke was the top WMSC racer in 10th.

In the Feb. 4 super-G, Bennett was just off the podium in fourth while Ryuji Gaman came in 12th. In the slalom that evening, Gaman hit the men’s podium in third while Gemma Bexton was the top women’s racer, taking fifth.

Lastly, in the Feb. 5 super-G, Bennett wrapped the week with a podium appearance, taking second, while Clarke led the WMSC men in 17th.

Full results are online at www.fis-ski.com.

CAPICIK TAKES NINTH IN UTAH Freestyle Whistler alumnus Chase Capicik cracked the top 10 in NorAm Cup moguls competition in Deer Valley, Utah on Feb. 13.

Capicik skied to a ninth-place finish in dual moguls action, making it to the eighth-finals before bowing out.

Meanwhile, Mackenzie Schwinghammer placed 28th, Jessica Linton was 30th and Malica Malherbe (representing South Africa) took 37th.

In single moguls action on Feb. 13, Capicik placed 24th, while Malherbe took 33rd and Maya Mikkelsen was 34th.

As for the men, Sam Cordell took a 22nd-place finish in the dual moguls event, while Phillip Kang (representing South Korea) took 43rd.

In the singles contest, Cordell placed 35th, Josh Maga took 45th, and Kang placed 50th.

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SEA TO SKY NORDICS BIATHLETES HIT BC CUP PODIUM Sea to Sky Nordics biathletes claimed six total medals from the BC Cup competition at Burns Lake’s Omineca Ski Club on Feb. 8 and 9.

To start, Gary Tate took second in the master’s men’s 6-km sprint, as did Sofie Hill in the senior girls’ 6-km sprint. Sean Benson, meanwhile, placed third in the senior boys’ 6-km sprint. Andrew Benson ended up sixth in the men’s recreation 3-km sprint.

The next day, Hill won the senior girls’ 7.49-km individual event, while Taylor Fulton bounced back from a crash on Day 1 to take fourth in the same category. Sean Benson also scored a win in the senior boys’ 7.49-km individual division, while Tate wrapped the weekend in second in the master’s men’s 10-km individual race.

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LOCALS PREPPING FOR BC WINTER GAMES Fourteen athletes from Whistler, Pemberton and Mount Currie are making their way north to Fort St. John for the 2020 BC Winter Games from Feb. 20 to 23.

In alpine skiing, athletes include: Braden Aitken; Sophia Cross; Joseph James Gibbons; Lola Gilbert; Olivia Imregi; Hannah Jensen; Thomas Legg; Vanessa Young; and Seth Robert. As well, coaches include Kate Angus, Eloise Julliand and Henry Yeigh.

As for cross-country, Tyler Thuma and Talon Pascal are going, as is figure skating official Lyse Prendergast. Biathlon also makes up a major contingent, with athletes Graham Benson, Ryan Clark, and Sophie Firth, as well as coaches Andrew Benson and Katrina Nightingale, and official Dave Clark.

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VELOCITY PROJECT

Sweat your prayers I WALKED TENTATIVELY into the temporary dance space. Dozens of people were there already, sprawled on the floor, stretching casually. I could tell from looking at them that they were “body” people, the type of people who naturally gravitate towards a 5 Rhythms Movement workshop, “a moving practice for

BY LISA RICHARDSON Freedom” promoted with a photograph of people leaping exuberantly into the air.

I am not a body person. The last time I danced in public, I was drunk. The earliest times, I was enrolled in a kind of movement class called Physical Culture, that saw girls and women parade around in a square, in leotards and ballet slippers, marching with pointed toes, and moving through an annually refreshed syllabus of choreographed robotic moves. It was oriented towards a competition at the end of the year, when the best girl—as judged by two faceless people somewhere out in the dark theatre—won a huge trophy.

So, you may see why the moment the lithefigured and commanding Bettina Rothe cranked up the music and invited us to “just feel your body and dance around” the welllit room, I entered a state of physical shock resembling rigor mortis.

SWEET SWEAT “Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self-healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweatlodge. I do it on the dance floor,” wrote Bettina Rothe’s mentor, 5 Rhythms Movement founder Gabrielle Roth. Rothe brought the practice to Whistler last month.

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Movement-oriented people gyrated and leaped and spun and exuded exuberance and I high-school danced back and forth, trying not to take up too much real estate.

I closed my eyes, in fierce dialogue with an inner voice that said: “You look like an idiot and nothing you can do tonight is going to change that. Maintain some shred of dignity and retreat now.”

Rothe was alarmingly quiet as this played out, attending mostly to her role as DJ. I kept my eyes mostly shut and played with moving through space, in and around a sea of people, as we all rode the beats and the invitations Rothe offered out—“think about your elbows!” “Find a partner and watch each other’s feet!”

When the three hours was over, I grabbed my coat and scurried for the door. Half the people in the room would be coming back the next day for a more intensive embodiment workshop. I felt as if I might puke.

A week later, I connected with Rothe by phone. For 19 years, she has been holding a regular weekly 5 Rhythms class in Vancouver. She studied psychology and neuroscience in her native Germany, and works now as an executive coach, teaching “embodied leadership.” She also teaches roving workshops across North and Central America, including the session she offered in Whistler on Jan. 24 and 25.

“I’m not surprised you felt a bit nauseous or off-balance,” she says kindly, when I share my experience. “When you first start moving, nausea comes up. You’ve shoved experiences down, they’re not digested, so when you start unfreezing your body, things come up.”

Rothe confesses that her head and body often duel too. “In my head, the voice is about ‘getting it right.’ But there isn’t any such thing.”

Rothe took her first 5 Rhythms dance class with the practice’s founder, Gabrielle Roth, at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur California, a mecca of personal transformation. Having grown up in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, hyper-aware that everyone was slotted into one category or another—friend, ally, Jew, Stazi, Nazi— she was stunned by how inclusive and expansive California felt. At Esalen, the 5 Rhythms Movement class was held at 8:30 a.m. “I had no frame of reference for that,” she laughs. She’d been a devotee of the Berlin house scene and suddenly was dancing in broad daylight. “There were no cool club clothes, the beats were minimal, even cheesy. It was just weird.”

She wasn’t a dancer. “I got kicked out of ballet at 12,” she confesses, “because I wasn’t graceful enough.” That’s why Rothe is careful now with her language, often inserting “movement” in place of “dance.”

“Anybody who has a body can move,” she asserts. Heartbrokenness has a dance, she says. The frozen shoulder has a dance. The wrestle to give yourself permission to dance is its own dance.

Rothe uses her vast music collection to bring a room into rhythm and to bring people back into their bodies and its innate intelligence. “One of my beliefs is that in the body is a memory of our personal stories, but it also holds the memories of our ancestors and our community. It’s the software that we’re running. Most of us are driving this vehicle from the smallest control centre in the body, that we recognize as the rational critical mind. But the body is a living entity.

It is entirely conscious. It runs on its own mostly because we’re not aware of it. So how do we become aware? The first task in the 5 Rhythms way is to come in to the body, come into awareness.”

It sounds beautiful when she puts words to it. In practice, it felt like navigating rust.

Rothe laughs: “It’s not easy. It’s very catalytic.

It can be ecstatic. It can also be hard work. Our personality is very patterned. We typically move in very predictable ways. The dance creates an invitation. Are you willing to drop a little deeper into who you are? Freedom doesn’t happen without effort.”

The poet John O’Donohue wrote: “One of the lovely ways to pray is to take your body out into the landscape and to be still in it.

Your body is made out of clay, so your body is actually a miniature landscape that has got up from under the earth and is now walking on the normal landscape.”

Your body is clay. Your body is rhythm.

Your body is also made of impulse and electricity, of fluids that answer, like tides, to the pull of the moon. It is so much more than meat. There is so much within us. What could you give expression to, by dimming the lights, cranking the beats, and letting go?

Helping people be more conscious of how they’re moving, how they’re communicating, how they might be undermining themselves, is one of the tactical offerings that Rothe, in her coaching practice, helps professionals with.

But her bigger agenda is to liberate people out of the tiny cage of the brain and into the fullness of our bodies. I went, looking for a bit more physical grace, and spent three hours eye-closed wrestling with my extreme self-consciousness, before getting incredibly nauseous. You might think that means I’d say: never again. Surprisingly, I find that I’m ready to dance.

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Forecast Coffee, formerly Olives, poised to become Function Junction’s newest hangout RENOVATED GROCERY STORE ADDS ESPRESSO BAR, SEATING AND EXPANDED MENU OF GRAB-AND-GO ITEMS

BY BRANDON BARRETT IN 2011, ARTS WRITER Stephen Smysnuik wondered in the pages of Pique if Function Junction had become Whistler’s SoHo. While I’m not quite ready to put the resort’s southern-most neighbourhood on that level (we still need a few more years of gentrification and skyrocketing real estate prices for that honour), there’s no question that Function is on the up and up.

In the past few years alone, the everchanging neighbourhood has added another award-winning brewery, a café, a pizza parlour, a vintage shop/vegan eatery and even an adult play space in the form of The Hangar. On Monday, Feb. 17, you can add boutique espresso bar and grocery store to that list with the opening of Forecast Coffee in the former Olives Community Market space.

Jim Salusbury of 49 North Foods Co. purchased the store last May from longtime owners Angela Perzow and Chris Pelz, and he has spent the past nine months listening to customers on what they wanted from Function’s lone grocery store.

The one thing he heard again and again?

More affordable groceries.

“I think what people wanted, what we were hearing was more value-priced options, things that were a bit more affordable, a bit more mainstream, your everyday staple products for groceries,” Salusbury said.

“There are some great local products here, so we wanted to support local by bringing in those kinds of products. We’re still going to work with our Pemberton farmers for our produce in the summer, so things like that we will definitely keep organic and local, but we’ve also been blending in a lot of mainstream staple items: your cereals, your pastas, your normal things that you buy every day.”

Groceries now take up less square footage on one side of the newly renovated

BOOM, ROASTED Forecast Coffee opened on Family Day in the newly renovated space that formerly housed Olives Community Market.

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shop, with the other side boasting an expansive espresso bar, with long-table seating and comfy leather couches. A wall has also been knocked down to open up the kitchen, and a four-metre window has been added to the northern-facing wall to bring more light into the space.

“We completely gutted it and started from scratch,” Salusbury said. “We really wanted it to be a very warm, inviting, cozy place to just come and hang out.”

Along with an expanded coffee menu— including bags of Forecast-branded coffee beans made in conjunction with East Van’s Agro Roasters—the shop will feature a greater emphasis on ready-made items.

That means breakfast buns and pastries in the morning, and a selection of curries, rice bowls and noodle dishes for lunch to go along with the hearty homemade soups, sandwiches and salads that Olives was known for.

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the lunch; all of our Function locals here come in for lunch. They wanted a grab-andgo option for lunch that was more than just a sandwich,” Salusbury noted.

A chartered accountant by trade, Salusbury left the Vancouver firm he started several years back to enter the food-service industry. In 2016, he, along with a partner, purchased Lift Coffee Co. and Gone Eatery from Wayne Katz, so he’s no stranger to the Whistler food scene. (He now owns those businesses outright.)

He also knows full well the challenge that can come with balancing a sustainable business against the wants of a clientele loyal to their beloved haunts.

“It’s one of those things where we’ve got to structure the business properly and keep it healthy so we can stay in business, but be always trying to exceed customers’ expectations and create great products and delicious menu items for everyone,” Salusbury explained. “It’s just a lot of our

team collecting feedback from customers, a lot of people in our company talking and brainstorming and trying to come up with great products, but then trying to, in the background, put some systems in place that actually work as well.”

Forecast will also include a philanthropic component, with Salusbury committing to earmark one per cent of sales for community and environmental initiatives. He’s also hopeful to start hosting events that speak to the heart of the resort community.

“A big part of this change with Forecast Coffee is creating a big open space, and we’d like to get an event calendar going and have it as a community space where we can host events and talks, get involved in the community and the environment and start putting some money back into the community,” Salusbury said.

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Bears in the spotlight for new exhibit at The Gallery BEAR EVERYTHING—WHISTLER PAWTRAITS OPENS ON FEB. 26

BY ALYSSA NOEL IT’S NO SECRET that Whistler is bear crazy.

Need proof? Just wait until spring rolls around and locals start sharing their “first bear of the year” sightings.

But before that, you can find a display of Whistler’s love for our four-legged furry neighbours in the new exhibit Bear Everything—Whistler Pawtraits at The Gallery at the Maury Young Arts Centre, starting on Feb. 26 and running until March 23.

“The show itself is bear-inspired,” says Charmaine Carpenter, senior program and event coordinator with Arts Whistler. “I put out an invite to specific artists and they’re sending me bear works, which is Whistler’s favourite. Everywhere you look there’s bears. Why not celebrate the obvious?”

In total, over 34 artists—along with the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC)—have submitted around 40 pieces for the show. They range from paintings to sculptures, photography to illustrations.

“I’m also working with the SLCC to get

BEAR IT Zoë Lomoro’s bear illustration is featured in the exhibit Bear Everything, opening on Feb. 26.

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a few pieces from their collection; that’s really great,” Carpenter adds. “They did a call out, so we have artists from their community as well. We have a sculpture coming in, which is really exciting.”

Representations of bears run the gamut.

“Everyone sent in bear stuff, but some are serious representations and others are quite funny and clever. It’s a nice combination of everybody’s style,” she says.

Artists include Andrea Mueller, David

giving pieces off their wall. They’ve been willing to sacrifice their interior design,” Carpenter says with a laugh. “A lot of the pieces from the SLCC are from their gift shop—masks, a drum, a talking stick, all bear-inspired. Those pieces are on sale at the SLCC and they’re lending them for the show.”

Arts Whistler’s Krafty Kids—a weekly arts workshop for kids ages three to eight— will also have a section dedicated to their

“Everyone sent in bear stuff, but some are serious representations and others are quite funny and clever. It’s a nice combination of everybody’s style,” - CHARMAINE CARPENTER

McColm, Karen Love, Kate Zessel, Levi Nelson, and Vanessa Stark, to name just a few.

Graphic designer Zoë Lomoro also created one piece that stood out. “It’s very Whistler inspired,” Carpenter says. “It’s a bear holding a ski helmet with a biking jersey on.”

Most of the pieces on display will also be for sale. Although, “some people are

bear art. “We’ll put some of their work on the wall,” Carpenter says. “Everybody loves bears. When everybody sees them they get excited. I hope that comes through.”

Part of the exhibit will be dedicated to educating people about bears and how to share the community with them safely.

“I also reached out to the municipality and they’re going to give us a bunch of bear information about how to take care

of bears in our community—but also a bear pelt and skull, so people can get a better grasp of how big they really are.

That will probably be part of the opening,” Carpenter says.

Also part of the opening reception—set for Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.—will be photos from local bear expert Michael Allen that will run on screens throughout the evening.

“We’ve got some video and photo footage [from him],” Carpenter adds.

“He’s put a slideshow together for us with local bears caught on camera. It’s really incredible the footage he does.”

She recently attended Allen’s annual popular year-in-review talk that delves into the local black bear population. “I learned a lot,” she says. “I learned bears don’t always hibernate all the way through winter.

They’re so closely connected to the seasons.

You never know when you’ll see one.”

Meanwhile, Arts Whistler is getting ready for the opening party, which is free for the public to attend.

“We’ve got some bear-inspired food, which is pretty funny,” Carpenter says. “It should be a lot of fun. The whole point of this is to celebrate the bears we live with, but also raise awareness of how we can take care of them better.”

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ARTS NEWS

NEW HIRE Heather Paul, pictured here accepting an award for Citizen of the Year in 2017 at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence Awards, has been named the new executive director of the SLCC. PHOTO BY JOERN ROHDE/ SUBMITTED

Heather Paul named executive director of SLCC ARTS NEWS: POET’S PAUSE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS

BY ALYSSA NOEL HEATHER PAUL has been named the new executive director of the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC).

After a “nation-wide recruitment process” the centre landed on the long-time local, it says in a release. Brady Smith, who held the position for five years, announced he would be leaving last November.

“Joining the SLCC most recently from the Resort Municipality of Whistler, [as an economic development analyst], Heather brings a dynamic blend of leadership skills through project management, community engagement, and government relations,” the release says. “She has led several large scale complex projects, and executed notable multi-organization cultural events, such as the Chili Thom Experience.”

Paul has also served as chair of the Arts Whistler board of directors and was named Whistler’s 2017 Citizen of the Year at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce’s Excellence Awards.

“I truly appreciate Heather’s ability to share compassion and understanding,” Carla George, who sat on the hiring committee, says in an email. “She is a visionary as she spoke of how we could further elaborate on our Indigenous Youth Ambassador program. We look forward to seeing this come in to fruition for our frontline staff, youth who we wish for greater success for their future endeavours. Our staff and communities look forward to welcoming Heather to our SLCC family.”

Set to start the job on March 9, Paul will work with SLCC’s team to deliver its three-year strategic plan, build operational plans, drive business revenue, and support funding opportunities.

POET’S PAUSE COMPETITION OPENS It’s that time of year again.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler

issued a call out for submissions to its annual Poet’s Pause competition last Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Writers are encouraged to submit original, unpublished poems for the chance to be displayed at the Poet’s Pause sculpture sites in Alta Lake Park.

The winning poems will receive $200 each and be read during an April council meeting as part of National Poetry Month.

“The Resort Municipality of Whistler is a proud champion of the art community, and supports emerging and established artists in a variety of mediums through our public art program,” Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton says. “Public art creates a rich resort experience and inspires creative conversations and thoughts. The Poet’s Pause poetry competition has a long history in Whistler and has helped showcase the work of local writers.”

Poems can be submitted for one or both of the display sites. The theme for the large metal chimes is listening, and the theme for the giant Adirondack chairs is togetherness.

Poems can be any type or format, but should not be longer than 240 words.

The deadline to submit is Monday, March 9 at 3 p.m.

Submit to resortexperience@whistler.ca.

WSS GRAD FASHION SHOW Tickets are on sale now for the annual Whistler Secondary School grad fashion show.

Set for Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the high school, the theme this year is “Barbie 2020.”

“We chose this theme to represent all the different things barbie can be and how she has changed and adapted,” organizers say in an email.

Along with the fashion show, there will also be a silent auction, 50/50, and a bake sale. All funds raised will go towards the dry grad and grad legacy.

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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 fabric and plastic water bottle yarn.

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NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW

Sled dogs and hedgehogs SONIC THE HEDGEHOG OPENS this week, and aside from a second kick in the nuts for actor James Marsden (as if Hop wasn’t bad enough) this one is also notable

BY FEET BANKS for the “internet controversy” behind its titular character, or more specifically— his nose.

Back in the spring of 2019, the first trailer for Sonic elicited immediate uproar from fans—the character didn’t look enough like the one in the game (the movie character design looked more realistic, like something that might actually exist biologically). Sony bowed to pressure, pushed the release date, and the end result looks decent and will probably keep your kid entertained, but don’t

RUFF STORY Harrison Ford stars in The Call of the Wild, hitting theatres this week.

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expect too many adult synapses to fire.

Unless you ponder the larger question: where should we draw the line between artistic integrity and internet/fan outrage culture? And is catering art to the common denominator a race to the bottom? To be sure, calling Sonic—a film based on a defunct videogame—“art” is a bit of a stretch, and there is a certain sensibility to catering your financial endeavour to its preexisting fan base, but does it make for better movies overall?

I don’t think it does. Let filmmakers take risks; if they flop, better filmmakers will rise up. Allowing the internet to dictate what should and shouldn’t be reminds me of that famous quote about leaders and game changers: “Seek any statue in any city, you’ll not find one of a committee.”

Also showing this week, The Call of the Wild, a live-action (sort of) adaptation of the famous 1903 Jack London novel about a California-raised St. Bernard/Scotch Collie mix who is dognapped from his posh life and ends up as a Yukon sled dog on a gold rush adventure for the ages.

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The Croods), this one cuts way back on the harsh realities of London’s Yukon (a harsh, literal dog-eat-dog world) and ups the relationship between the dog and his man (Harrison Ford, turning in an excellent performance). The result is a heartfelt, wholesome family film with solid CGI—the dog is not real, nor are most of the backgrounds—the entire flick was filmed in California. That’s the only hitch, for a movie about nature, it would have been nice to see the real thing. Still though, solid effort all around.

Black History Month continues and this week, it’s a toss up on whether Denzel Washington or Will Smith is the most influential Black Actor of the past 40 years.

On the awards front, Denzel has the lead, with two Oscars, two Golden Globes and a Tony Award. Smith has no acting awards (but four Grammys) and an edge at the box office (his flicks have grossed close to $8 billion worldwide). Both actors successfully made the leap from TV to Movies (Denzel was in St. Elsewhere; Smith, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) but on pure cinematic output, I think the nudge has to go to Denzel.

He hit the screen hard as an ex-slave soldier in 1989’s Glory then hooked up with Spike Lee and landed the lead in Malcolm X before going on to work with Tom Hanks, Angelina, Whitney Houston, Meg Ryan, Tony Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Antoine Fuqua and a number of Hollywood elite.

The awesome thing about Denzel is his range. He’ll give hugely dramatic roles (The Hurricane, Flight), then switch over to action (Safe House), thriller (Inside Man), or go super dark (Training Day). It’s safe to say Denzel consistently makes better movies than most actors of his generation, black or white.

But the Fresh Prince has that goddamn charisma, and while he can handle dramatic roles (Six Degrees of Separation, Ali) his bread and butter is that hard-to-nail mix of action and comedy (Bad Boys, Men in Black, Hancock). Smith also holds the advantage in the producer’s chair (he produces a ton of stuff) and is one of the most recognizable celebrities ever (even his Insta is lit), but his movies aren’t as good.

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS The bell underneath the ski school sign called skiers to their lessons at the gondola base.

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WHISTLER ATTRACTS skiers and snowboarders of all ability levels and it comes as no surprise that there are a great number of people who first learned to ski on Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, or even on the nearby slopes of Rainbow Mountain.

On Whistler Mountain, formal instruction has been on offer since it opened in 1966.

Garibaldi Ski School was opened by Roy Ferris and Alan White, who persuaded Omulf Johnsen from Norway to manage the school.

After two years Johnson moved on to Grouse Mountain and Jim McConkey was asked to take over instruction at Whistler. McConkey had taught skiing in Utah for 10 years before moving to Todd Mountain in Kamloops. He agreed to come manage the ski school in Whistler on the agreement that he would also handle equipment rentals and the ski shop.

McConkey described the ski school as being in a class of its own due to there being limited beginner terrain. The ski school grew to have a few salaried instructors and more than 25 regular instructors who worked on commission. Joe Csizmazia and Hans Mozer had started using helicopters for skiing in 1966 and McConkey took over helicopter operations in 1968 for six years. He, along with a couple of his top instructors, acted as guides for heli-skiing off of the regular runs on Whistler Mountain.

Ski lessons were a bargain at $18 for six two-hour classes. In 1969 the mountain introduced adult summer ski programs in addition to children’s camps. The adult summer lessons combined skiing with apres and summer recreation. After a few

hours of skiing in the morning, the group would have lunch at the Roundhouse and then go swimming, canoeing, horseback riding, or McConkey, who was an avid golfer, would take groups to the Squamish Golf Course. Each week’s camp ended with a slalom race and an evening barbecue.

McConkey also began holding instructor courses where weekend skiers could learn to become ski instructors.

Students at Whistler Mountain were called to their ski lessons by the ringing of a bell at the base of the gondola.

McConkey had heard that there was a bell in Pemberton that belonged to the Lil’wat Nation. The bell had been installed in the steeple of a church in Mount Currie in 1904 but had been unused since the church caught fire in the late 1940s. McConkey asked for permission to use the bell and had a picture drawn to show what it would look like at the base of Whistler. The council was consulted and agreed to lend the bell to the ski school. McConkey and Dick Fairhurst brought the bell to Whistler and installed it at the gondola base, with a plaque to tell the story of its origins.

McConkey left the ski school in 1980, at which point Bob Dufour took over as its director. When Blackcomb Mountain opened in 1980 they made their own ski school called Ski-ed. It was advertised as a chance to ski with a pro on Blackcomb.

In 1985 Ski Esprit was opened as a dual mountain ski school with six instructors.

Since the 1980s, Whistler and Blackcomb mountains have combined more than just their ski schools, and thousands of skiers, and now snowboarders, continue to learn on the slopes of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. n

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1 OLYMPIC MEMORIES A group of 2010 Olympic volunteers gathered at Whistler Olympic Park last Saturday, Feb. 15, during Whistler Sport Legacies’ 2010 Anniversary Event to share stories and memories, and participate in a few Olympicthemed activities. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 2 WINTER ART-LYMPICS Attendees tried their hand at “Olympic Rings donut-eating”—as well as other activities like curling and live art—during the seventh-annual Cypress Point Winter Carnival, held at the Point Artist-Run Centre on Sunday, Feb. 16, which this year celebrated 10 years since the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 CELEBRATING WSAR Whistler Search and Rescue members and their partners/spouses celebrate at an appreciation dinner held at Nita Lake Lodge on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in recognition of the service and support they give to our community. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 SYNCHRO STARS Whistler’s synchronized skating team shows off the bronze medals they earned at a competition in Ladner on Saturday, Feb. 15. From left to right: Shelagh Thiessen, Christina Smyth, Calvin Winter, Erica Vanderham, Jill Wynott, Catherine Power-Chartrand, Joelle Tiessen and Heather Murray. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 HONOURING NODAR Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge athlete who died tragically during training on the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, was honoured during a memorial hosted by the Diaspora of Georgia in B.C., Terrance Kosikar, a track medic who attended the scene, and Georgian ambassador to Canada, H.E. Konstantin Kavtaradze on behalf of Nodar’s family from Bakuriani, on the 10th anniversary of his death. PHOTO BY JOERN ROHDE / COURTESY OF CAMP MY WAY.

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‘I feel like it chose me this time’ LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITER MARC CHARRON REFLECTS ON RETURNING TO THE SEA TO SKY CORRIDOR AND MAKING MUSIC

BY ALYSSA NOEL IN JANUARY 2018, Marc Charron needed a break.

The solo musician had been playing music full-time for 14 years with up to 250 gigs a year—sometimes working until the early morning hours for days upon days.

“I burned out on music,” he says over an Americano at Gone Eatery last Saturday morning. “I took six months off.

I got nauseous thinking about it. It was the weirdest thing for someone who’s been a life-long [musician]. So I took an unplanned six months off.”

It was hard, but ultimately the right move.

“My whole identity, that’s what I based it around,” he says. “What am I if I’m not a musician?”

He still played music for himself in the comfort of the decked-out box truck he shared with his wife and rescue cat, but for half a year he didn’t perform once.

There wasn’t a turning point that brought him back the stage, but rather, an organic pull towards his calling.

“I don’t know what changed,” he says. “I remember booking my first gig in Squamish at A-Frame … I don’t know why I went in

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there, but Jeremy, one of the managers [recognized me and] was like, ‘I used to book you in Ottawa.’ That same day he was like, ‘OK, you’re playing Friday.’”

That chance reunion re-ignited Charron’s performing career—and the bookings kept rolling in.

Since then, he signed on with a talent agency that books several Whistler venues and fulfilled his goal of playing the Dusty’s stage a few times. He plays both original tracks—his love of rock filtered through

passion for skiing led him to Whistler.

“I got a job working on the Gondy on a bunch of chairs. Lived in staff accom, bought my first legal beer here at the beer store and that was my grocery store,” he says gesturing to the nearby stores.

He was playing music then, but he lacked the confidence to perform much around town. While he spent two seasons in the resort, Charron, who, for context, is now 45, ultimately left for more than two decades—until mid-2018.

All the other times I was trying to move here—or chose to move here. This time we were just driving through … I feel like it chose me this time.”

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a singer-songwriter lens—and takes on popular, but rarely covered hits like “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” “All Night Long,” and “Little Red Corvette.”

“As soon as there was an ignition of fire I was like, ‘I’m going to do this again,’” he says.

Charron first started out playing drums as a kid growing up in Ontario near Ottawa.

But after his dad died when he was 13, he picked up a guitar, in a way to honour the life of his dad, who was a singer and guitar player as well.

Then at age 18, after graduating high school, he decided to head West and his

In between, he met and married his wife and the couple bought a small house near Camp Fortune, in Quebec. Eventually, she suggested they ditch their day jobs, sell their house—and almost all their belongings— and live the simple life travelling and living in a converted box truck. (They’ve since upgraded to a bigger fifth-wheel with luxuries like a studio and a desk.)

For the most part, they travelled around B.C., living in various ski towns. After a winter at Red Mountain in 2018, they hit the road again, this time, intending to pass right on through the Sea to Sky corridor—

only, they got to Squamish and never left.

“We didn’t try to move back here,” he says. “I love the fact that we were like, ‘We’re here’ and it just happened. It’s been almost two years that we’ve been in the Sea to Sky area. All the other times I was trying to move here—or chose to move here. This time we were just driving through … I feel like it chose me this time.”

On top of playing a growing number of gigs in the area, Charron also writes personalized songs and jingles for people and companies. He’s penned tunes for a festival in Ottawa, a 10-year wedding anniversary, and a Dubai girl’s birthday as a gift from her father.

“I’m pretty good at it—just from years of writing. I can sit down and write a song. I may not play it tomorrow or ever again, but if you’re asking me for a song right now, I can sit down and write it,” he says.

When he’s not crafting custom songs, Charron is living for the local shows that keep him playing music. Every so often the crowd and performer just gel and feed off each other’s energy.

“Like last night,” he says. “I don’t know what happened last night. It was incredible. I felt like people actually sat and watched and listened to music and enjoyed music … When that happens, it’s a tank filler.”

Catch Marc Charron next at the Mallard Lounge on Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and again from 8 to 11 p.m.

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MUSICAL COUPLE Marcel and Elizabeth Bergmann are performing in Whistler at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Feb. 29.

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Bergmann Piano Duo play the hits WHITE ROCK-BASED PIANISTS MESH CLASSICAL AND ROCK REPERTOIRE FOR BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WITH TWO PIANOS ON FEB. 29

BY ALYSSA NOEL MARCEL AND ELIZABETH Bergmann have been performing as a piano duo since they first met in music school in Germany.

Decades later, the couple now calls White Rock, B.C. home where they perform, teach, and serve as artistic directors of White Rock Concerts. They’ve also won several international prizes—including the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition and Provincia di Caltanisetta International Chamber Music Competition—played with orchestras around the world, and released several albums, the most recent being 2016’s Bergmann Duo American Stories for Two Pianos.

Their sold-out Whistler show at the Maury Young Arts Centre as part of the Arts Whistler Live! series on Feb. 29 will showcase Marcel’s pop and rock arrangements, as well as their talent in classical music.

One highlight: they’re partnering with the Sea to Sky String Orchestra for the beloved and epic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Pique caught up with the Bergmann Piano Duo to talk about working with a spouse, establishing themselves in B.C., and balancing chamber music with playing the hits.

PIQUE: You two met in music school in Germany?

ELIZABETH: How it all started was I came over to Germany to study. We were in the same class, studying with the same teacher. We would have a repertoire class where we would play for one another— like a master class situation. Often times, we would accompany each other

in orchestral productions and the other person would play a second piano. Our very first experience [performing together] was playing with an orchestra in Greece. We were together as a couple by then and our teacher said, ‘Hey, why don’t you team up?’

Pique: Did you work well together right away?

MARCEL: We noticed pretty quickly we were quite compatible in terms of playing together and musical interests.

ELIZABETH: Back then, we were students and younger. We worked a lot of relationship things out. Then you also have to be able to work together. Over the years, we really found a way. The first few years were difficult and a lot of work, but then we found our motives of communicating that allowed [us] to still be professional and not make it personal.

Pique: I don’t know if this is too personal, but in those years, did you prioritize either the relationship or the music?

MARCEL: It got quite intertwined. It’s very hard to separate those two things. That’s one of the challenges. When you’re that close, you don’t have a filter.

ELIZABETH: You say it how it is. [Laughs.] Of course, now it’s so easy. People says, ‘It must be so wonderful.’ And it is to be able to travel together. A solo pianist’s life can be very lonely. They play a concert and if they don’t know anybody in that town, they’re by themselves or with strangers … This way, we’re always together and can tackle the challenges together.

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younger audience … ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ I did the original arrangement for string quartet and piano four hands, at one of the coffee concerts. We had a lot of extra people come to that concert because of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’

ELIZABETH: Pretty much. We don’t have to talk about a lot of stuff. It just happens.

MARCEL: We used to argue over the right tempo. Now, we always find our tempo very organically.

Pique: What do you think it is about that song that people love?

ELIZABETH: Musically, too. Spontaneous things happen and we can respond to each other because of that intuition and because we’ve been playing together for so many years. We can respond to one another in a spontaneous way.

Pique: I can imagine it being tough at first.

ELIZABETH: If you can get through it, you’ve made it. The challenge now for us is to create space and time apart when we’re not performing. We also have couple time, but individual time, too. Every couple faces those challenges.

Pique: You moved to Calgary and then White Rock. What has been like since moving to B.C.?

MARCEL: We’re very lucky. It’s been great. We had a lot of other opportunities out here— some of them came very unexpectedly.

ELIZABETH: We have a coffee concert series we do all around the Lower Mainland and a

STRING ALONG The Sea to Sky String Orchestra are performing “Bohemian Rhapsody” with the Bergmann Piano Duo at the Maury Young Arts Centre.

MARCEL: It’s one of these classic songs that everybody loves. It’s very unusual. When it came out, it really made a splash because, of course, Queen are influenced by The Beatles and so on, but there was something about that song, that collage, all these different sections, full of surprises. It has this episodic structure that’s longer than the average song and much more complex. It’s something people love across generations … and Pink Floyd is a little bit the same. A lot of my students had Dark Side of the Moon t-shirts.

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couple of place on the island. We basically play the same program in each place. That happens four times a year, so 20 morning concerts. Basically, they start at 10:30 a.m. and there is coffee and treats. It varies from venue to venue. People come early, grab coffee or tea, and we play a concert for 75 minutes—60 minutes of music and 15 minutes of talking. It’s an informal setting to talk about music. It’s really grown over the last two years … We always have a guest that joins us. It could be a violinist, singer, guitarist or cellist.

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Pique: What will the show be like when you come to Whistler? You’ll also have guests for that one with the Sea to Sky String Orchestra playing on “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

MARCEL: We’re doing a little bit of a cross section of repertoire. When we talked to Imogen [Osborne, programs and events manager at Arts Whistler] she said it would be nice if there’s a little bit of classical content in it—Rachamaninoff, Gershwin.

The idea is the whole thing could attract a

Pique: Anything else you want Whistler to know?

ELIZABETH: We’re super excited to play in Whistler and really pumped that it’s going to be really full. We’re excited to share our music with everybody.

Tickets to the Bergmann Piano Duo are sold out, but you can always check in at the door on the day of the event. It starts at 7 p.m. on Feb. 29.

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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

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

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

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

GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS

Whistler’s longest running local’s 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

KARAOKE WITH JACK-QUI NO

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

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

Come lounge out, dance and listen to all the throwback hits one could need. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

LIVE MUSIC - WILL ROSS

Will Ross is a firm favourite on the Whistler scene, for his acoustic live-looping and beautifully layered instrument use. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

DAN VOGL

Dan Vogl is an indie/pop artist born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Originally a self-taught singer/songwriter, Dan’s songwriting involves an eclectic mix of folk, indie, pop and rock and his live show is an amalgamation of fragile moments and upbeat sing-alongs. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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

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

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TOURISM PEMBERTON AGM

The Tourism Pemberton Annual General Meeting will take place on Feb. 20 at The Beer Farmers. The meeting will include the election of the 2020 Board, review of annual reports and a tour of the Beer Farmers brewery.

Refreshments will be served. All welcome! FREE. > 7-9 pm > The Beer Farmers (Pemberton)

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

Featuring a rotating selection of DJs playing some of the best underground electronic dance music in house and techno, the Level Up nights are set to up your dance game. Hosted by DJ Miss KosmiK. Drink specials all night. For guest list, email guestlist@moejoes.com.

For more visit facebook.com/LevelUPwhistler. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA

He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

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

SPORTS

DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER

This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. We will be offering weekly workshops where participants can learn and create together. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@capilanou.ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. This is a partnership program with the Whistler Multicultural Network, Sea to Sky Community Services, and Capilano University. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

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

ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM

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

LEAGUE NIGHT

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

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER BREAKFAST CLUB

The Breakfast Club will offer 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 to Sky corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/whistlerbreakfastclub and buy tickets at this website whistlerbreakfastclub.eventbrite.ca. > third Thursday of every month, 6:45-8:30 am > Whistler Chamber of Commerce

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BEATS & BEVS

Dive headfirst into the weekend every Friday for après with guest DJs. For table reservations, book through their website or call 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

MARC CHARRON

Singer/songwriter, world traveller, powder snow connoisseur. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

PARENT INFANT DROP-IN

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

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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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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! > 3:30-8 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

BOBS & LOLO

Juno Award-winning musicians Bobs & Lolo are back at the library! This dynamic duo is dedicated to connecting children to nature wit h music, movement, and make-believe. Join them at the library for their upbeat, interactive show,part of the 2010 games anniversary celebrations. > 4-5 pm > Whistler Public Library

FREEBY FRIDAYS

Featuring free live music from Ben Henchman and free samples from their evening menu. All the way from Sydney, Australia, Ben is far from new but new to Whistler. He plays a mixture of all your favourite classic pop tunes that everyone loves. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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WELCOME CENTRE MEET UP: INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY

What’s your first language? Share your language and learn about others on International Mother Language Day. Share your language, learn some Korean Hangul (the Korean alphabet), take a language quiz, learn how to spell your name in American Sign Language. Free to attend, everyone welcome! For more information about their Friday morning meet-ups, contact the multicultural outreach worker at info@welcomewhistler.com. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

OLYMPIC-THEMED STORYTIME

Join the Whistler Public Library for a sports and Olympic-themed story time. They will share songs and stories that celebrate winter sports and the Olympic spirit! This program is for preschool-aged children and their caregivers. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

JUMMAH SALAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)

Bobs and Lolo the dynamic duo is dedicated to connecting children to nature wit h music, movement, and make-believe.

LADIES’ NIGHT

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

PETE MCELROY @ ALPINE CAFE

Don’t miss the talented Pete McElroy making his Alpine Cafe debut this Friday! With acoustic chilled cover vibes, get ready for a relaxed and enjoyable evening of entertainment. Free event. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB

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

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

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

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

WEEKEND GETAWAYS PRESENTS - FREESTYLE FRIDAYS

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

> 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

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

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards.

These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

SPORTS

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

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. The pathway will lead you through beautiful surroundings and six cultural institutions: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler Museum, Whistler Public Library, Maury Young Arts Centre, Lost Lake PassivHaus, and Audain Art Museum. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC FEATURING GYPSY FEB

This young rising star is making her mark in the local Whistler music scene. If you haven’t had a chance to check out this Whistler songbird, you’re missing out. Her killer vocals paired with her guitar are unforgettable and draw crowds. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

A night of lively fun and good times with the talented and legendary Monty Biggins! Free Event. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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DAN VOGL

Dan plays a varied repertoire of cover songs from the ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and top 40. Something is sure to please everyone. > 3 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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

WHISTLER MUSEUM

MONTY BIGGINS @ ALPINE CAFE

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

LIVE MUSIC AT RMU (ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNDERGROUND) IN UPPER VILLAGE > 7-10 pm > RMU Blackcomb

There will be a weekly “Jummah Salah” (Friday Prayer) held at the Maury Young Arts Centre Multi-Purpose Hall. It is open to all and everyone is welcome. There is no cost for this event. Organized by the BC Muslim Association. > 1:30 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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

WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL

Let’s 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.https://soundcloud.com/dremorel > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

BROTHER TWANG 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! > 3-6 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

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

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY

This is Whistler’s biggest nightlife event each week.

From top 40s to big hits of today and classic rock, the dance floor will be bumping! > 9 pm-2 am > Buffalo Bills

Triathlon-focused swim squads. Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions. Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Nonmembers $8 drop-in (includes entry into Meadow Park). > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

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DJ NAT MOREL

Brickworks residency, Sundaze, every week for après from 3 p.m.

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

SPORTS

EVAN KENNEDY

SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

COMMUNITY

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

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

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

YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

> 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

UPRISING

Come celebrate Whistler’s mountain culture with a slideshow showcase from five of skiing and snowboarding’s most celebrated photographers and athletes and their teams of up-and-comers. Tickets are $25 at eventbrite.ca/e/uprising-tickets-87716072133. > 7-10 pm > The Fairmont Chateu, Whistler

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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! > 3:30-6:30 & 7:45-10:45 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

An open stage invitation for all who can sing, perform or even just wanna jam out with our house band.

Whistler’s longest-running jam night every Sunday at Crystal Lounge. All instruments are provided. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

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

SUNDAY NIGHT THEORY BARBED CHOIR – “WAVIN’ FLAG”

> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT

THE HAIRFARMERS

SUPREME SATURDAY

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

Evan creates a unique live performance mixing in lesser-known album songs with the songs of today. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

Do you love to sing? Do you love meeting new people?

Come out and make some music with Barbed Choir, Whistler’s rock ’n roll choir! They will be offering a special, Olympic-themed session on Feb. 23, singing K’Naan’s beloved anthem, “Wavin’ Flag”. No musical skill or experience required! > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

SUNDAY FUNDAY

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

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

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

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

JERRY’S DISCO

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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

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

LOCALS’ SUNDAY SESH

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

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

PIQUECAL 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 collections from artists and artisans from the Sea to Sky area. Find the perfect gift or a wonderful keepsake of your time in Whistler. Free. > 12-5 pm > Westin Resort & Spa

SPORTS

TRIVIA NIGHT

The Crystal Lounge hosts trivia every Monday night!

Bring your friends and test your knowledge for a night of fun, laughs, prizes and the chance to “burn your bill.” Conditions apply. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

RECOVERY MONDAYS

Whistlers 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

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

MONDAY MIX MADNESS

He’s top of the food chain and he’ll sweep away the Monday pains. He’ll shock your brain, the one and only DJ Gainz. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

COMMUNITY SPORTS

AWARE KIDS NATURE CLUB

These free sessions educate local and visiting youth about all things environmental through fun and interactive activities. Open to all, but mainly intended for kids ages five to 11. All kids must be accompanied by a parent. Free. > Last Sunday of every month, 10-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

GAMES CAFE

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

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

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

ADULT AND TEEN SKATING

Whistler Skating Club offers an adult and teen skating program. Returning to skating or wanting to learn. For more information or to register, call 604-935-PLAY (7529) or visit www.whistler.ca/recreation. > 6:30-7:30 pm > Meadow Park Sports Centre

COMMUNITY

SOUND BATH SANCTUARY

You’re invited to this unique 90-minute sound bath to slow down, rest, and receive healing vibrations while immersing into a soundscape of gongs, crystal singing bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, steel tongue drums, and more. Go to www.whistlersoundbath.eventbrite.ca to see all event details. $35. 778-680-5992. > 7-8:30 pm > SPACE

MUSIC & WORDS

This drop-in program is for kids two to four years and it focuses on early literacy through music, rhyme, stories and movement. Free. > 10 am > Whistler Public Library

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EVAN KENNEDY

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

ITS 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

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

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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

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WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN

Get your resume reviewed, learn about the local labour market, job search tips, and more. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611 or go to WhistlerESC.com. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

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> 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

SEA TO SKY DEATH CAFE

Death Cafe is a non-profit get together for the purpose of talking about death over tea and cake.

The goal is to educate and help others become more familiar with the end of life. People can discuss their understanding, thoughts and fears about death in a safe confidential setting. Free. > 7-8:30 pm > Whistler Museum

KARAOKE NIGHT

“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

HEAVY TRIP ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

Rock Night is back! Heavy Trip is dropping a new album. To celebrate they’ll be taking the stage with support from Matty R + The Scars. $10. > 9:30 pm-2 am > Moe Joe’s

GAMES NIGHT

Join the Friends of the Library for fun and games. Bring a friend, play an old favourite or learn a new game, enjoy refreshments, and win prizes! No registration required. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

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ANTONIO LAROSA

The equally fresh and nostalgic sound of Antonio Larosa’s music has been described as a hybrid of roots rock, country and blues. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

CONOR FITZPATRICK 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

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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SKIITOUR APRÈS WITH CAZZTEK RHYME & SONG

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

This program gives toddlers, parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn songs, rhymes and finger plays together. Movement is encouraged and your preschooler’s early language and literacy development is supported. For more information, please come to the library, call 604-935-8436 or email youthservice@ whistlerlibary.ca. Free. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library

SPORTS

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! > 3-6 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

SAFE SEASONAL WALKING

Meet at the entrance to the Meadow Park Sports Centre. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy footwear.

Walking poles optional. Join Sharon Denny, BCRPA fitness leader. > 9-10:30 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

A CRANKED WORD OF MOUTH

An evening of open storytelling with host Robyn Forsyth.

Writers, tellers, readers, poets, toastmasters, listeners, lovers of stories, come tell a tale or sit back and listen to others. Sign-up see Robyn upon arrival if you’re inspired to “have a go” at the open mic-with stories, poems, or in other form. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

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

NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

TOMMY TUESDAYS

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

SkiiTour Ap-Rave return to the GLC with a very special guest Cazztek! $10 tickets available at GLC or on www.showpass.com/skiitourandcazztek. > 3:30-7 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

A Louisiana fairy tale from somewhere over in Rainbow.

With a voice that embodies 100 years of music, a finger style guitar rooted in the Delta, this local legend presents covers new and old in an Americana Roots Swing Style. Free. 604-966-5711 > 6-9 pm > Cure Lounge at Nita Lake Lodge

KARAOKE & COCKTAILS WITH HOST JACK-QUI NO

Looking for a few cocktails and a giggle with friends? $150 BAR TAB for best cover of the night. Doors at 8pm. (Last Wednesday of every month.) For any table reservations please visit tommyswhistler.com. > Last Wednesday of every month, 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

WHISTLER SINGERS COMMUNITY CHOIR

Whistler’s community choir where everyone (ages 13 and up) is welcome. If you’d like to sing some great songs with others in a community-minded environment, come and join them. No auditions, no music reading ability necessary. 604-932-2979 > 7-9 pm > Myrtle Philip Community Centre

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

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

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAIN

He’s hot, he’s sicker than your average, Gainz comin’ through mixin’ tracks like a savage. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

BOOK & CRAFT CLUB EVAN KINSELLA

This Squamish-based folk, hip-hop artist creatively blends genres for a unique, soulful sound. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

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QUEER WEDNESDAYS

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

COMMUNITY

INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

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

> 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

ALPHABET SOUP

Alphabet Soup is a monthly drop-in program for LGBTQ+ individuals along with their friends, family, and allies. > fourth Wednesday of every month, 5-7 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS

Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters.

Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

INDUSTRY NIGHT

JAM NIGHT > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

FOOD + DRINK

GAMES CAFE MONTY BIGGINS LOCALS NIGHT

COMMUNITY

GAMES CAFE

Join Whistler Public Library and Armchair Books on the fourth Wednesday of every month for this community book club. Free and open to all. Pick up the book at the library or mention the book club to buy it for 15-percent off at Armchair Books. Free. > Last Wednesday of every month, 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

WSS GRAD FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER 2020

Whistler Secondary’s annual Grad Fashion Show Fundraiser. The funds raised will be going to the Grad 2020 dry prom and legacy piece in the school or community. $15 in advance $20 at the door. > 5:30-8 pm > Whistler Secondary School

BOARDS, BEER AND BINGO

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you feel ready to change

your mind about an idea or belief or theory that has been losing its usefulness? Would you consider changing your relationship with a once-powerful influence that is becoming less crucial to your life-long goals? Is it possible you have outgrown one of your heroes or teachers? Do you wonder if maybe it’s time for you to put less faith in a certain sacred cow or overvalued idol?

According to my analysis of your astrological omens, you’ll benefit from meditating on these questions during the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When she was alive more than 2,500 years ago, the Greek poet Sappho was so famous for her lyrical creations that people referred to her as “The Poetess” and the “Tenth Muse.” (In Greek mythology, there were nine muses, all goddesses.) She was a prolific writer who produced over 10,000 lines of verse, and even today, she remains one of the world’s most celebrated poets. I propose that we make her your inspirational role model for the coming months. In my view, you’re poised to generate a wealth of enduring beauty in your own chosen sphere. Proposed experiment: Regard your daily life as an art project.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever dropped out of the daily grind for a few hours or even a few days so as to compose a master plan for your life? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to give yourself that necessary luxury. According to my analysis, you’re entering a phase when you’ll generate good fortune for yourself if you think deep thoughts about how to create your future. What would you like the story of your life to be on March 1, 2025? How about March 1, 2030? And March 1, 2035? I encourage you to consult your soul’s code and formulate an inspired, invigorating blueprint for the coming years.

Write it down!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian novelist William Makepeace Thackeray (1819–1875) is famous for (Vanity Fair), a satirical panorama of 19th-century British society. The phrase “Vanity Fair” had been previously used, though with different meanings, in the Bible’s book of Ecclesiastes, as well as in works by John Bunyan and St. Augustine. Thackeray was lying in bed near sleep one night when the idea flew into his head to use it for his own story. He was so thrilled, he leaped up and ran around his room chanting “Vanity Fair! Vanity Fair!” I’m foreseeing at least one epiphany like this for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. What area of your life needs a burst of delicious inspiration?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Who loves you best, Leo? Which of your allies and loved ones come closest to seeing you and appreciating you for who you really are? Of all the people in your life, which have done most to help you become the soulful star you want to be? Are there gemlike characters on the peripheries of your world that you would like to draw nearer? Are there energy drains that you’ve allowed to play too prominent a role? I hope you’ll meditate on questions like these in the coming weeks.

You’re in a phase when you can access a wealth of useful insights and revelations about how to skillfully manage your relationships. It’s also a good time to reward and nurture those allies who have given you so much.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Doom and gloom dominate the forecasts made by many prophets. They experience perverse glee in predicting, for example, that all the rain forests and rivers will be owned by greedy corporations by 2050, or that extraterrestrial invaders who resemble crocodiles will take control of the U.S. government “for the good of the American people,” or that climate change will eventually render chocolate and bananas obsolete.

That’s not how I operate. I deplore the idea that it’s only the nasty prognostications that are interesting. In that spirit, I make the following forecasts: The number of homeless Virgos will decrease dramatically in the near future, as will the number of dreamhome-less Virgos. In

fact, I expect you folks will experience extra amounts of domestic bliss in the coming months. You may feel more at home in the world than ever before.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don’t require everyone I learn from to be an impeccable saint. If I vowed to draw inspiration only from those people who flawlessly embody every one of my ethical principles, there’d be no one to be inspired by. Even one of my greatest heroes, Martin Luther King Jr., cheated on his wife and plagiarized parts of his doctoral dissertation. Where do you stand on this issue, Libra? I bet you will soon be tested. How much imperfection is acceptable to you?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio comedian John Cleese co-founded the troupe Monty Python more than 50 years ago, and he has been generating imaginative humour ever since. I suggest we call on his counsel as you enter the most creative phase of your astrological cycle. “This is the extraordinary thing about creativity,” he says. “If you just keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.” Here’s another one of Cleese’s insights that will serve you well: “The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer, and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) developed a vigorous and expansive vision. That’s why he became a leading intellectual influence in the era known as the Enlightenment. But because of his inventive, sometimes controversial ideas, he was shunned by his fellow Jews and had his books listed on the Catholic Church’s Index of Forbidden Books. Understandably, he sometimes felt isolated. To compensate, he spent lots of time alone taking wide-ranging journeys in his imagination. Even if you have all the friends and social stimulation you need, I hope you will follow his lead in the coming weeks—by taking wide-ranging journeys in your imagination. It’s time to roam and ramble in inner realms.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Absolute reason expired at 11 o’clock last night,” one character tells another in Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. I’m happy to report that a different development is on the verge of occurring for you, Capricorn. In recent days, there may have been less than an ideal amount of reason and logic circulating in your world. But that situation will soon change. The imminent outbreak of good sense, rigorous sanity, and practical wisdom will be quite tonic. Take advantage of this upcoming grace period. Initiate bold actions that are well-grounded in objective rather than subjective truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Renowned Aquarian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828) created more than 700 compositions, some of which are still played by modern musicians. Many of his works were written on and for the piano—and yet he was so poor that he never owned a piano. If there has been a similar situation in your life, Aquarius—a lack of some crucial tool or support due to financial issues—I see the coming weeks as being an excellent time to set in motion the plans that will enable you to overcome and cure that problem.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1908, British playwright W. Somerset Maugham reached the height of success.

Four of his plays were being performed concurrently in four different London theatres. If you were ever in your life going to achieve anything near this level of overflowing popularity or attention, I suspect it would be this year.

And if that’s a development you would enjoy and thrive on, I think the coming weeks will be an excellent time to set your intention and take audacious measures.

Homework: I declare you champion, unvanquishable hero, and title-holder of triumphant glory. Do you accept?

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COMMUNITY LISTINGS LEISURE GROUPS 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 PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATING ELEVATED EXPERENCES. ARE YOU? Whistler’s original Scheduled flights, Award-winning service & industry scenic tours & and only leading safety charters seaplane airline

A top Canadian employer WORK WITH AN AWARD-WINNING TEAM COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION & PERKS EMPLOYEE EXCELLENCE REWARDS

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

North America’s first fully-carbon neutral airline

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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

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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

Discover a workplace as awesome as our location…

Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com

FOR SENIORS

Come and join our dynamic Front Office leadership team! … and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you!

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

Assistant Manager, Front Office Night Manager, Front Office

We are currently hiring: BELLMAN/WOMAN BREAKFAST COOK PASTRY ASSISTANT RESTAURANT HOST

SPA THERAPIST SOUS CHEF STEWARD

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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.

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO APPLY, PLEASE VISIT:

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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

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Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479.

Free private presentation on request. www. healthylivingwhistler.com Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items.

Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@mywss.org

Do you want to share in something special this winter?

If challenge & fun at work is what you desire, come see us today!

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

Cooks Hosts Expeditors Barbacks Setters Shift Managers

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

Join us! Go to www.earlswantsyou.com and apply through our site. We will be in touch soon!

The Mountain Village Social Gathering Join us at one of our regular social gatherings on the last Wednesday of every month.

There is a group of us at The Mountain Village who are forming a sustainable, multi generational neighbourhood based on the co housing model. WHAT IF... Housing wasn't just a place to live, but rather, a way of life? To find out more, visit our Facebook page @themountainvillage or go to our website www.themountainvillage.ca

FAMILY RESOURCES Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-9323202 Camp Fund - Provides financial assis-tance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org Families Fighting Cancer In The Sea To Sky - We are a non profit partner with Sea to Sky Community Services. We provide financial and practical support to children and parents with dependants diagnosed with cancer. Please contact us on our confidential email: ffcseatosky@gmail.com, visit our Facebook Page or website www. familiesfightingcancer.ca KidsArt - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in arts and culture education. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

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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

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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Pique Newsmagazine is seeking an Advertising Sales Representative.

Do you enjoy meeting new people and are comfortable starting conversations? Are you self motivated and a quick learner? Do you work well in a team environment and have sales experience? If you answered yes to all of the above, this is the career for you! Pique Newsmagazine requires ambitious advertising sales representative to join our sales team in Whistler. Reporting to the sales manager, the chosen candidate will bring a fresh perspective to our experienced and professional sales team.

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MAINTENANCE/ HANDYPERSON POSITION(S) Glacier Lodge is seeking a Maintenance Contractor on a permanent contract basis.

Glacier Lodge is a 4-story building encompassing 99 Residential Strata Lots and 4 Commercial Strata lots. The multi-use building has common areas requiring regular maintenance attention including: lobby area, parkade, gym, outdoor pool and hot tubs, and outdoor grounds.

RESPONSIBILITIES: General building maintenance and cleaning (ie: touchup painting, small drywall repairs, changing lightbulbs, plants, and cleaning etc.)

Inspect and maintain interior and exterior of the common property Repairs that may not require a specialized technician (luggage carts, etc.)

Maintain aspects of HVAC system supporting boiler and HVAC system day-to-day operations (report any problems to licensed repair contractor) Liaising with Property Manager, Front Desk Staff and Strata Council Liaising with contractors REQUIREMENTS: Experience in basic construction/maintenance industry – with hands-on responsibilities Strong verbal and written communication skills Excellent time management and organization skills Must have a valid BC Driver’s License WorkSafeBC coverage number is a must Level 1 First Aid would be an asset Computer skills would be an asset HOURS/COMPENSATION: This position requires approx. 4 hours per day, 7 days per week – times may increase due to seasonal requirements as agreed upon Ideal contract for small local company Competitive compensation based on experience Please submit your proposal and references as required to beau@wrm.ca We thank all who apply, however, only those qualified will be contacted.

COMMUNITY LISTINGS FAMILY RESOURCES Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults and families experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness.

Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www.mywcss.org.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

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 604-894-6101 / 604-966- 8857 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

SOCIAL SERVICES 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 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

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR

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

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION LABOURER ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTANT

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EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

Email resume to careers@coastalmountain.ca

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The Pinnacle Hotel Whistler has the following positions available:

ROOM ATTENDANTS (F/T AND P/T) Please reply by email: parmstrong@pinnaclehotels.ca

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

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Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101

N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre

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 for the Disabled - Provides info for people with disabilities on what to do & where to go.

Visit www.whistlerforthedisabled.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

SOCIAL SERVICES 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

PO BOX 88/64 CASPER CHARLIE PLACE, DARCY BC V0N 1L0

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DISHWASHERS Apply today!

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

BACK-OF-HOUSE Line Cook 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.

Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@ilcaminetto.ca

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 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.

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

APPLY TODAY AT PEOPLE@WHISTLERPREMIER.COM

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR AND/ OR ABORIGINAL SUPPORTED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT WORKER The N’Quatqua First Nation is seeking a qualified Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker to fill a full-time position at N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre. The successful candidate will join our NCFDC team, the function of the Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker is to provide the extra staffing support to a child care center in order for children with extra support needs to fully participate in the child care settings chosen by their families. The Early Childhood and/or Support Worker works as a team member with child care setting staff and with all the children and families providing general support to the whole program to ensure effective inclusion of the children.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability in: • Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child.

• Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and staff.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, positive, professional, nonjudgmental attitude.

• Physically ability to carry out the duties of the position.

• Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports community, inclusion and is culturally significant for young Aboriginal children • Understanding and working knowledge of Child Care Licensing regulations • Interpersonal, written, oral communication skills and maintaining positive communication with parents • Collaborating with community service providers, Self-directed and able to initiate and complete projects In addition, the Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker will have: • A minimum of 2 years work experience in a child care setting • Valid Early Childhood Education Certificate, Special Needs License to Practice or going to school to take Early Childhood Educator and/or special needs.

• Special Needs certificate or relevant experience preferred • Clear Criminal Records Check & Current First Aid • Food Safe, or willingness to obtain • Some knowledge of curriculum and philosophies in First Nations Early Childhood settings Terms of Employment: • Full-time Permanent, Monday to Friday hours to be determined • Start Date: As soon as possible • Wage: (negotiable depending on experience) Cover Letter & Resume to: Title: Lisa Sambo, Manager Agency: N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre Email: lisa.sambo@nquatqua.ca Fax: 604-452-3295/3280 Deadline: until position is filled We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Epilepsy Support Group- For individuals & families seeking guidance or support.

Contact eswhistler@gmail.com

Mountain Resort Planners Ltd.

AutoCAD/ Resort Planning Technician H l Us Help U Fill the th World W ld with ith the th Light and Warmth of Hospitality

BREAKFAST COOK ROOM ATTENDANT MARKETING COORDINATOR (PART-TIME) GROUP RESERVATIONS COORDINATOR (FULL-TIME) OUR BENEFITS • • • • •

AMAZING Team Member Travel Program Life & Leisure Program Health Benefits Gym and Pool Access

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Parking Free Meals Free Yoga 50% Food & Beverage Discount

Email resume to hr@hiltonwhistler.com or visit us Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm

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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.

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.

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.

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) 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; 604-905-5489, https://www.bcyukonaa.org

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

HOSPITALITY

RELIGION Jesus Rock Of Ages Ministry- A bible based church that holds services at Millennium Place's main floor theatre at 4:30pm. www.jesusrockofages.com Roman Catholic Church- Come celebrate Mass at Our Lady of the Mountains, Whistler on Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am, and Tuesday through Friday at 7pm. St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton on Sunday, 12:30pm and Friday 9am. St. Christopher's, Mt. Currie on Sunday, 11am and Thursday, 11am. 604-905-4781

LOVE YOUR JOB & YOUR LIFE

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

COORDINATOR, DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT Full Time, Year Round The Coordinator, Destination Development works with both the Destination Development (80%) and Market Development (20%) departments. This position supports the fulfillment of Tourism Whistler’s goals and objectives through maintaining administration needs to the departments, with a focus on building strong relationships with our clients and members.

ASSOCIATE, CONFERENCE SALES Full Time, Year Round The Associate, Conference Sales supports the fulfillment of Tourism Whistler’s goals and objectives through the building of relationships with our clients. Through the use of outstanding communication, interpersonal skills, a high level of enthusiasm and initiative, the Associate will deliver superior service to our clients with a strong passion for our industry and purpose.

We are also recruiting for: Specialist, Web Marketing & Sales (Full Time, Year Round), Travel Consultant (Full Time, Year Round).

To view our career opportunities, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES APPLY TODAY! Diamond Resorts Canada Ltd., Whistler, BC

Full Time House Person Full Time Housekeeper Eligible successful candidates may receive*: • 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. *eligibility and conditions based on DRCL policies and practices set out in general terms and conditions of employment.

Email your resume with the position you wish to apply for to: embarc_hr@diamondresorts.com

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Whistler Church- Join us for worship and fellowship around Jesus. Sunday 10 am at Myrtle Philip Community School, 6195 Lorimer Rd. Nursery, Sunday School to gr. 6, Youth gr. 7 and up. Call Pastor Jon 604-7983861 / Kelvin 204-249-0700 or www.whistlerchurch.ca

FUR & FEATHERS Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more about coexisting with bears. To report a conflict, garbage or attractant issue call 604-905BEAR (2327) www.bearsmart.com Pemberton Wildlife Association Advocates for the conservation of fish, wildlife & wilderness recreation. Also offering target shooting & archery facilities. www.pembertonwildlifeassociation.com WAG - Whistler Animals Galore - A shelter for lost, unwanted, and homeless cats and dogs. Let us help you find your purrfect match...adopt a shelter animal! For more info 604-935-8364 www.whistlerwag.com

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Accountant / Bookeeper Minimum 3 years experience in Simply Accounting - Performing full-cycle bookkeeping.

- Reconciling accounts.

- Calculating WCB, GST, PST. - Preparing payroll calculations, pay cheques and source deduction remittances.

- Posting transactions for bank accounts, credit cards, account receivable, accounts payable. wgresumes@hotmail.com LAZY BEAR LODGE requires CHEFS, FIRST & LINE COOKS & BAKERS Located in Churchill, Manitoba.

Our season runs from Mid-June to 3rd week in November. Staff housing provided. Email resume to louise@lazybearexpeditions.com or fax 1-204-353-2944.

Lazy Bear Lodge Servers, Front Desk & Housekeeping Staff Required Located in Churchill, Manitoba.

Our season runs from Mid-June to 3rd week in November. Staff housing provided. Email resume to louise@lazybearexpeditions.com or fax 1-204-353-2944

Murphy Construction CONSTRUCTION CAREER Are you a rock star Site Supervisor that enjoys running new and exciting projects? Are you a lead carpenter that is looking for more responsibility? Do you want to become a Gold Seal Supervisor? Do you have the skills to pay the bills? We are hiring for all the jobs. natalie@murphyconstruction.ca www.murphyconstruction.ca Whistler Personnel Solutions Side Hustles, Shifts Temp, FT or PT 604-905-4194 whistler-jobs.com

St'at'imc Eco-Resources Board Director Since 2012, St’at’imc Eco-Resources (SER) has provided environmental services in the Lillooet area. We are seeking energetic & creative directors with experience in business development to help us diversify our markets. For information visit our website: https://statimceco.com/ SER encourages all qualified candidates interested in this opportunity to submit a resume and cover letter to: projects@statimceco.com This posting will remain open until the Board has recruited an effective mix of skills and experience. projects@statimceco.com

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The elephant in the room?

Population growth IN THE PALE predawn light, a time when most of us were trying to wring out the last moments of sleep, with the mountains to the south of me just beginning to take shape, blackened silhouettes against a sky fierce with wind and torn cloud, punctuated by moving lights of late-shift groomers, the muffled sound of a couple of kilos of explosive reverberates down the valley. My windows shake as the percussion plays the house like a giant timpani.

Closer to my bedroom window, a dull rumble grows in loudness and becomes the metallic scraping of an early morning

BY G.D. MAXELL snowplow, clearing a pathway on the street and building a berm of dirty snow at the end of my driveway. More bombs puncture the warm darkness, half-dreams come to a premature end. The hissing and spurting of coffee beginning to drip in the kitchen reaches my ears moments before the smell wakens my nose. Can’t remember the last time I used an alarm clock.

In the pale light of the desert’s predawn, a few seconds before 6:00 a.m. on July 16, 1945—34 miles (55 kilometres) from where I lived 34 years later—Joe Oppenheimer and his band of mad scientists lit up the New Mexico sky with a 19 kiloton atomic firecracker, the first of its kind on Earth, and turned much of the Jornada del Muerto desert into glass.

For my entire life, the thought that some idiotic politician could bring the 4-millionyear human experiment to a fiery end was never far away. As the gene pool plays out and nuclear weapons find their way into the arsenals of countries whose collective wisdom hasn’t even reached the Homer Simpson School of Problem Resolution, as the choices for world leader grow ever more discouraging, The Button looms large like a mushroom cloud on the horizon.

In the pale light of bombs illuminating the deserted, rubble-strewn streets various towns during the Arab Spring, sometime after midnight on Oct. 30, 2011, the 7-billionth human was delivered onto the face of the Earth. What may have been a celebration of life somewhere was cut short by the sound of machine-gun fire and the crying wail of the 7-billionth and first and second and third human born faster than you could say, “Meh.” I love the smell of avalanche bombs in the morning. Well, at least the sound of them. They mean patrol is up the mountain releasing prodigious amounts of snow from places I’ll want to be skiing in a couple of hours without having to worry about being buried as the Earth moves under my feet.

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They’re bombs I welcome and even miss during the ever-growing interlude between ski seasons.

Long before Stanley Kubrick made Doctor Strangelove, I learned to stop worrying and love the Bomb. While other kids grew up learning to duck and cover, I resigned myself to ducking and kissing my ass goodbye. When you live a few kilometres from a Strategic Air Command base, or right down the road from a super secret weapons lab, both of which are first strike targets, hiding under your desk and covering your head is a lot like trying to stop a freight train with a down puffy.

And now, I’ve finally learned to stop worrying and be happy about the population bomb. More than 200 years ago, Thomas Malthus wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population. The essence of Malthus’

If you think math is hard now, imagine what it must have been like 200 years ago to get your little Dickensian mind around those progressions. Most of the population of the time had trouble figuring out what came after one potato, two potato, three potato, possibly because they had only three potatoes.

It would be unfair to say Malthus’ arguments fell into disrepute. They were never considered reputable in the first place. In his time, he was seen as a crackpot by the humanists— who believed mankind was on the cusp of perfection—and as a deranged, dangerous man by the captains of industry who needed more and more people to work in sweatshops making goods to sell to more and more people who could afford to buy them. Not the same people, by the way.

The only guy who thought Malthus

I can’t get too worked up about this because I’ve reached an age where my actuarial odds of outliving clean air, clean water and enough food to keep the inner fire burning are pretty slim.

argument was that humans are not terribly different than other animals and animals have a natural tendency to breed until they outstrip the carrying capacity of their habitat or predation reduces their numbers.

In human terms, he made the mathematical argument that human population grew geometrically—2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64...—while food supply grew arithmetically: 1, 2, 3, 4...

wasn’t a complete crackpot was a countryman named Charles Darwin. Of course, when Darwin incorporated some of Malthus’ ideas into his own observations of natural systems, asking and answering the question who survives when the inevitable clash between population and resources occurs, everyone thought he was a crackpot, too.

When Malthus penned his warning of

doom and gloom, the world’s population was 27 years from reaching one billion people. A hundred years later, it had doubled. Thirtytwo years after that, another billion folks came to the party. Twenty-seven years later, two billion more brought the total to a nice round five billion. Six billion took about 12 years, seven, 12 more. The next billion shouldn’t take much over 10. A billion here, a billion there; it starts to add up to real numbers sooner or later.

People still think Malthus was a wacko.

Agricultural output has more than kept pace with population. The billion or so people who go to bed hungry every night are victims of the politics of distribution, not production. Western cultures commit parenthood at a rate insufficient to replace themselves. The quarter of a million net new people scratching out an existence on this planet every day are just opportunities waiting to be tapped.

I can’t get too worked up about this because I’ve reached an age where my actuarial odds of outliving clean air, clean water and enough food to keep the inner fire burning are pretty slim. I can coast the rest of the way and leave the worrying to those who are younger while I try to rationalize whatever quantum of guilt I feel about all of this.

So what’s this got to do with life in Whistler? Not much...other than that pesky growth thing we keep struggling with.

Notionally, we still have a limit to growth here. We still pay homage to our carrying capacity, whatever that is. Few are starving to death; nobody is getting blown up. But growth has been and will always be the elephant in the room. Room’s just getting a bit more crowded, eh? n

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Engel & Völkers Whistler *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION ©2018 Engel & Völkers. All rights reserved. Each brokerage is independently owned and operated. All information provided is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed and should be independently verified.

8190 Meadow Lane

$1,739,000

Looking, looking, looking for that perfect home in Whistler? This has it all for you. Location, location, location. Family-owned home since the beginning 40 years ago. Peaceful Japanese themed rock garden to enjoy outside. Wood-stove heats the entire home. Has a mortgage helper suite that can easily be converted back to a stunning 4 bedroom home.

Doug Treleaven

3

604.905.8626

#231C - 2036 London Lane

$210,000

Legends ski-in/out hotel @ the base of Whistler Mountain in Creekside Village. This recently updated unit has arguably the best location in the building, only a hop, skip & jump to the Hot Tub & amenities - outdoor pool, theatre, gym, billiards, BBQs, ski/bike locker & more.

Owner usage of one week per month with rental revenue available when not in use.

Madison Perry

2

778.919.7653

#8 - 3502 Falcon Crescent

$2,495,000

This beautiful 4 bedroom Falcon Ridge townhome enjoys privacy not found in many complexes as it is at the top end of the 8 townhomes facing Blueberry Drive. Heated tile floors, granite countertops, custom appliances and hardwood floors all compliment the Whistler home feeling as you enjoy the open plan and vaulted ceilings across the main floor.

Meg McLean

4

604.907.2223

7294 Clover Road

$3,600,000

Rare opportunity to own 81.6 acres, 30 minutes from Vail Resort’s Whistler Blackcomb, world renowned ski & Summer paradise. The property is nestled at the foot of the majestic Mt. Currie in the beautiful Pemberton valley, surrounded by spectacular farm land, trees and sweeping views of the mountains.

Richard Christiansen

604.907.2717

5

WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

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#228B - 2036 London Lane

$174,900

Quarter ownership. The best ski-in/ski-out location on Whistler Mountain with unbeatable amenities including: heated year-round outdoor pool with 2 hot tubs, BBQ, exercise facility, movie theater, kid’s games room and owner’s lounge. Offered fully furnished & equipped this air-conditioned property features a gas fireplace, gourmet kitchen & in-suite laundry.

James Collingridge

604.902.0132

#212 - 1025 Legacy Way

2

$859,000

A wonderful spacious 2 bedroom condo in Whistler’s Cheakamus Crossing neighbourhood.

Excellent mountain views, proximity to recreation and a short walk Function Junction.

Geothermal Radiant heating and efficient appliances reduce energy costs and floors and finishings are low maintenance and easy to clean. Come visit your new home.

Matt Chiasson

604.935.9171

4729C Settebello Drive

2

$499,000

Enjoy owning a 1/4 share in this beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom townhome with absolutely incredible views of Blackcomb mountain. After a hard day on the ski hill, you can enjoy relaxing in your own private hot tub. It’s just a short walk to all sorts of shopping, restaurants and the village square, yet far enough away for peace and tranquility.

604.932.9586

3

#301D - 2020 London Lane

$240,000

Michael Nauss

#205 - 4111 Golfer’s Approach

$799,000

LOCATION, LOCATION! Phase 1 apartments don’t pop up very often within VILLAGE CENTRE, and this gem is certainly dressed to impress and ready to go for its new owner. With custom tile work throughout, super functional layout, even a king size bedroom - you’ll be amazed at the overall presentation.

Laura Barkman

604.905.8777

#104 - 7350 Crabapple Court

1

$449,000

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.

Matt Kusiak

604.935.0762

#312 - 7445 Frontier Street

2

$569,000

Remarkable top floor corner suite with two master bedrooms,a den/guest room and huge 14’ X 28’ living space! This 1302 sq.ft. top floor condo is located in the “tower” corner in Pemberton’s beautiful Elements Building, having two private master bedrooms at opposite ends of the suite, each with 4 piece ensuite bathrooms.

Patrick Saintsbury

604.935.9114

#35 - 4725 Spearhead Drive

2.5

$950,000

2 bedroom 2 bathroom Evolution quarter share condo - a corner unit facing the outdoor heated pool and forest. Whistler mountain is on your doorstep, and when not enjoying the slopes, enjoy the modern interior of one of Whistler’s newer complexes. 1 week of owner usage per month can either be used for personal use or revenue gain.

Enjoy this spacious one bedroom and den townhome on the Blackcomb Benchlands.

With 875 square feet all on one level it features 2 sleeping rooms, a fully equipped kitchen, wood-burning fireplace, open plan living/dining space and a large patio for outdoor entertaining after a day on the golf course or on the bike trails.

Richard Grenfell

Sally Warner*

604.902.4260

2

604.905.6326

1.5

PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070