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FREE THE LAND

Lil’wat Nation poised to capture economic potential

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OPENING PLANS

Whistler Blackcomb

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BACK TO SCHOOL

Parents voice

concerns over back-to-school plans

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BOOK IT

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Growing pride With Whistler’s Official Community Plan now in place, the Lil’wat Nation is poised to capture its economic potential. - By Braden Dupuis

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OPENING PLANS

Whistler Blackcomb unveils

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SLRD says “no”

its plans to open for the winter season, including setting up a reservation

to WedgeWoods employee housing proposal at first reading, but with 6-4

system to get up the mountains.

vote, proponents hope board will reconsider.

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BACK TO SCHOOL

Local schools are preparing

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career Enduro World Series victory in the first race of 2020, a rain-

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Megan Lalonde gives thanks that we have technology to stay connected during the pandemic, but is reminded of the power of being disconnected during a break from work.

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OPENING REMARKS

A whole new world WELL, WE ALL NOW know that both mountains are going to open this winter.

And we have some details about how riding and skiing on Whistler and Blackcomb are going to happen, but there is still a deep nervousness running through our community like a dark, underground stream.

Obviously, none of us know what is going to happen and we have to realize that while the community can have a hand in its

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own winter destiny, we are by no means the last word.

We need only look to the experiences of a couple ski resorts in Australia in recent months, which were closed as the region headed back into lockdown thanks to a COVID-19 pandemic surge.

ski resorts. This included a reservation system for booking days on the mountain, mandatory mask-wearing, physical distancing, pre-packaged dining options and new pass products.

Some of this has already been tested both in the resorts in the Southern Hemisphere but also as the Whistler Mountain Bike Park opened and ran this summer.

While there was definitely not the volume of riders this summer as in a usual summer operation, there were no doubt lessons about the pinch points in the lineups, staffing, food and beverage and more.

Staffing is going to be a challenge—no doubt about it. WB is working as we speak to recruit and understand what staff housing might look like this year. But it is not doing any overseas recruitment and will rely on Canadian employees. To sweeten the pot for job seekers, WB employees and their dependents will get passes and will not need to use the reservation system to get up the mountains.

It seems that every time the resort hits a road bump, it’s the rubber-tire traffic that keeps us motoring along.

Local ski towns were devastated by the closures as they struggled to survive, but their reality—and ours—is that health policy regulations must come first.

That is why it is, and will remain, imperative for everyone here and our visitors to practice physical distancing and mask-wearing.

Last week, Vail Resorts, Whistler Blackcomb’s (WB) owners, released its operating plan for its North American

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After years of complaints from Lower Mainland day-trippers and weekenders, Vail Resorts has created a Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass. This lets skiers and riders buy from one to 10 days on the pass and the more days they buy, the greater the discount. So buying a 10-day pass means you pay about $108 a day. Considering last year’s walk-up price for a day ticket was at least $179, that’s a significant reduction. However, as always, the devil is in the details. If you buy the pass

for just one day, your price-per-day would be about $139.

If you are not buying a season’s pass, look carefully at the Edge Card as the 10-day option makes your price-per-day about $86.

(An Edge Card comes for two, five and 10 days only and is available to all Canadians.)

Two things to remember as we head into this COVID-19 ski season: You cannot buy any pass product after the purchase deadline (well, except for the Whistler Chamber’s employee Spirit Pass), and you can’t make a reservation without a pass.

Many in the resort are wondering what the winter will bring after observing the sort of micro-tourism we have experienced this summer, with thousands coming here for the day to get out into nature. People were hiking, and biking and camping for the first time in many cases. Will people come and ski for the first time? Even at, say, 50-per-cent capacity, the lifts on both mountains are capable of carrying 50,000 people an hour.

WB will be offering ski lesson programs (which include a ski pass for the day of the program) and those could be a real draw for the visitor looking for new outdoor experiences, as will trying cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, ziplining and more.

We hope they do come but preparation is key—think highway congestion and winter weather for a start.

It seems that every time the resort hits a road bump, it’s the rubber-tire traffic that keeps us motoring along.

So let’s get ready to welcome winter visitors back but with full COVID-19 protocols in operation, and plans to deal with winter traffic, parking, and a lot of takeout!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Finding the Fountain of Youth on my float down the River of Golden Dreams On the B.C. Day long weekend, I was with my family in Whistler. Many activities were done and enjoyed, but the most enjoyable and craziest one of all was my decision to go with the younger generation on a float trip down the River of Golden Dreams, despite the discouraging reports of toolow water for our little rubber dinghy, too many sticks and fallen tree trunks.

We started our trip at the end of Lorimer Road. The rubber dinghy did not look on land all that small, but when my two grandsons tried to get this 85-year-old, crazy lady into the boat, it felt like an elephant trying to fit into a walnut shell.

OK, let our dreams begin.

In the first two boats is one of my grandsons, and in the other, his wife. Then it is my turn, but in my case, my other grandson walks behind the boat pushing it or holding it back. After us come my daughter and granddaughter.

The sun is shining and there are no boats or rough waters around us, but suddenly we experience some challenges and I decide to lie on my stomach and become the pilot, directing my grandson: “Stick to the right or left, very low water ahead or stump with fast running water to the left or right.” When this happens, I float

landing. When we reach Meadow Park, he runs up towards sun, warm asphalt and is provided towels and I am helped out of my walnut shell.

It was a wonderful trip down the River of Golden Dreams, but should there be a next time, it will be in a much bigger rubber dinghy where my co-pilot and protector can enjoy the float as much as we did.

Wally Becker // North Vancouver

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into still, standing water or hold on to branches while he helps his mother and sister to get through the water rush. In the meantime, we try not to be a nuisance to the canoeists, stand-up paddlers or other boaters.

We have lots of laughs, but above all, I am enjoying the absolute fantastic view of the snowcapped mountains, particularly Wedge Mountain, towards which we are slowly, slowly floating.

It puts me almost in a state of meditation, all the worries of this world disappear and I feel like a little child, with no pain, nothing but contentment, happiness and peace, although

I phoned to renew season passes for the family for 2020-21 and, much to my surprise, was told that because we were getting a credit for the early closure of the mountain last season, we were not entitled to the 10-per-cent family discount.

This is despite the fact that per the Whistler Blackcomb website, it is available to anyone who purchases at least one adult and one child/teen season pass. There is no indication in their advertising anywhere restricting the discount to pass holders that are receiving a credit (which would be pretty much all pass holders from last season).

I was told it was one or the other: If I wanted the family discount, then I had to forgo the 2019-20 credits.

This is quite frankly ridiculous. The credits (which should have been a refund but that’s another story) are compensation for the early closure of the mountain last season. Why should that mean that we don’t get a family discount this season, which is advertised as been available to anyone who buys an adult and youth pass?

frequently interrupted by giving direction to my co-pilot, passing groups of floaters just staying around and sunbathing or letting the serious floaters go by.

We are getting towards the end of our dream float; the sun disappears behind high trees and the water gets deeper and I wake up to reality and my responsibility as an adult.

My grandson in the water is cold and almost hypothermic. High time to get him out of that water, though he is not accepting any offer to change with my other grandson. So I am counting the minutes until we are at the

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This is another example of Vail Resorts making a big song and dance about looking after its customers and then not honouring its commitments.

As per usual, when I asked for an explanation, I was stonewalled, with the person I spoke to repeatedly saying that this was just the way it is.

It’s disgraceful business practices like this (and others), which give them a deservedly bad name.

Ian Quek // Whistler

WedgeWoods West and the SquamishLillooet Regional District What a shame. Yukon Inc., the company that built WedgeWoods, wants to build more affordable housing, five minutes from Rainbow shopping centre, and our elected officials found ways to make it not happen.

This fully serviced development would allow workers who are the backbone of our communities to buy a three-bedroom townhome for $450,000, supply affordable rentals to singles, couples and seniors in one- and two-bedroom apartments. And they were going to give the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) 300 acres as well.

Why not ask for more homes?

What’s not to like?

Well, I’ll tell you: Excuses like you should be able to walk to your services and amenities; the traffic is going to be affected and it’s a dangerous intersection; how are we going to manage it?; what about the liability of owning all that land?; is it going to be built to the highest building standards?; Whistler’s original resident housing covenants were unenforceable, so we better not do this one.

This is scary stuff! It’s the, “No, Can’t, Shouldn’t and Won’t Board.”

I certainly hope when election time comes around, we remember who was trying to make things happen, or not.

Bruce Watt // Whistler

public right to vehicle access must be restored.

During the winter, the gate can be locked to preserve cross-country snow quality. In the summer, if in a fire or emergency, the gate can be locked and the area patrolled for rowdy campers, but this denial of access is not in the public interest.

For decades, the Madeley Lake road has provided access to Madeley Lake for a variety of outdoor recreation activities including canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, fishing, camping, and hiking.

While it is still possible to access these areas on foot, it adds approximately five kilometres each way, which is an insurmountable distance for anyone wanting to take personal watercraft, such as kayaks, to Madeley Lake. It also makes the previously reasonable day trip to Hanging Lake on the Madeley Rainbow Trail a much more challenging outing.

At a time when all forms of backcountry use are dramatically increasing, every effort should be made to maintain or increase public access to the backcountry, not to close it off.

Impeding public access to one area only moves the problem to a different area. At a time when many areas of the backcountry are at or near capacity it is imperative that we do not lose any existing access points.

We need more, not less, public access to public lands to recreate. The private tenure of public lands was never intended to reduce recreation by the public, but to increase public participation by private capital investments. In the case of Madeley Lake, a private operator, created with public money, is stopping hikers from using trails built by public money.

Michael Blaxland // Chair, Alpine Access Committee, Alpine Club of Canada-Whistler Section

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(Editor’s note: Please see www. piquenewsmagazine.com, “Proposed campsites at Whistler Olympic Park ‘premature’: RMOW,” Aug. 12 for more on this story.)

Saying goodbye Madeley Lake trail should not be gated I am a winter supporter of Whistler Olympic Park (WOP), a Whistler taxpayer who funds WOP, a hiker, chair of the Alpine Access Committee of the Alpine Club of Canada (Whistler Chapter), and on the board of the Whistler Rotary.

I am most upset that I cannot drive to Madeley Lake to hike on a trail built with free Rotary workers and money.

The Squamish Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) should withhold campsite approval and capital grants to WOP until WOP removes the gate blocking off the Madeley Lake access road.

There is growing concern from the public that Whistler Olympic Park has blocked this public driving access to Madeley Lake.

Unknown to us, years ago, somehow WOP was able to expand its tenure to include the Madeley Lake Forest Service Road (FSR) and the lake, because in the summer it appeared to be an FSR open to the public.

The WOP tenure is not exclusive and the

It was with a heavy heart that I learned of the passing of Mike Suggett.

Fond memories of all the times he would walk past our house with a call out, “Johnny!”

Many conversations shared and remembered. Farewell, my friend “Crazy Mike.”

May you rest in peace.

John Champion // Whistler

Mismanagement in salmon fishing continues The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has had the Fraser River open for several gillnet fisheries this summer, despite saying that the closures for sport and commercial fishing were for conservation concerns about Chinook salmon, along with the fact this was one of the worst years for Fraser River sockeye ever.

We all know that gillnets can’t selectively fish!

Thus far, DFO’s own website is reporting 8,716 Chinook harvested in these fisheries in

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The harvest of Chinook in the mid and upper Fraser River is 2,254: (See https:// www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/fraser/docs/ abor-autoc/UpperFraser/UMFHarvestReporteng.htm.)

They also harvested 7,692 sockeye in the upper and mid-Fraser River: (See https://www. pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/fraser/docs/aborautoc/UpperFraser/UMFHarvestReport-eng. htm) After having fishing closed in the Howe Sound and Vancouver area from April 1 to Aug. 31, 2020, this appears to be more like a selective reallocation of salmon than an actual

“check out” for the day. This could be handled in any one of many ways, all of them simple.

Our passes would be invalidated for the rest of the day. There could then be a physical or virtual queue of those wanting mountain access. The next pass in the queue (or the next person in line) could be validated for the rest of the day.

Please give this idea some consideration.

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I’m an old guy who still enjoys my skiing. I show up early and am gone by noon. There are many others who follow a similar pattern. There are also many people who show up at “the crack of noon” and ski to the end.

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Everyone was out there for what was by far the best day I’ve had on the water in Whistler, and the best adventure with my little dude to date.

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Feeling the disconnect THERE’S REALLY NO way around it: this pandemic sucks.

That said, it would have probably sucked a whole lot more if it had happened in another decade.

It’s the easiest time in history to stay connected with your friends, family and coworkers without seeing them face-to-face.

BY MEGAN LALONDE I don’t even need to ask my friends what they’ve been up to anymore, because I’ve already seen it all on Instagram, while our entire Pique office can meet without having to gather more than six people in a room, all thanks to Zoom and Google Hangout.

In the past few months, I’ve found out friends are engaged over FaceTime, watched a coworker get married through a livestream, celebrated bachelorette parties and birthdays over Zoom, even (virtually) met a close friend’s new baby—all events that would typically have happened in person, but through a screen is better than not at all. I can’t honestly say I would have made it through the lockdown days with my sanity fully intact if I wasn’t able to shoot my friends a quick text or see my family’s

faces, even if it was just over FaceTime. I don’t even want to think about how much more difficult living through a pandemic would be if we were still relying on snail mail to communicate with loved ones in other cities.

We also have more entertainment at our fingertips than ever, which means you can transition from your work day to the next episode of whichever Netflix series you’re currently binging without having to move a centimetre.

But that’s the other thing—with a job that requires me to stay glued to a screen for a minimum of eight hours a day and be constantly immersed in whatever news is going on in the world, good or bad (we all know it’s mostly bad), even the most mindless of Netflix reality shows aren’t enough to give my brain a break when I clock out for the night.

I’ll admit there were many days prepandemic that my phone could have been surgically attached to my hand and I probably wouldn’t have noticed the difference, but I’ve been spending what likely amounts to hours more in front of a screen a day thanks to our current circumstances, and I’ve definitely noticed a few changes.

(If you have an iPhone, I’d advise against checking the feature that allows you to see how many hours you spend on your phone, or how many times a day you pick it up. It’s

truly disturbing, at least if you’re me.)

Despite all the benefits that come with technology and the ability to stay constantly connected to the outside world, the drawbacks are hard to ignore. I can’t be the only one noticing my stress level start to rise ever-so-slightly with every additional notification.

But when the adverse effects of screen time really become apparent is on the one day a week that I try to head for the trees and out of cell range. We all know how beneficial spending time in nature is for our mental health, but to me those benefits multiply exponentially when your phone stays on airplane mode.

With wifi and 5G networks available pretty much everywhere except the backcountry, there also seems to be an expectation that if you’re in cell range, you should be reachable 24/7. How many times has the worry crept in when a friend or family member you’re trying to get in touch with doesn’t get back to you? There’s a weird sense of freedom that comes with sending a “gone hiking, text you when I’m back” message, and not being able to reply even if you wanted to.

During a four-day camping trip where I didn’t pick up my phone for any purpose other than pressing play on Spotify or taking the occasional photo, I noticed how thoughts about work or the pandemic or other day-

to-day responsibilities that typically take up my brain space started to slow down. The soreness in my jaw that’s become a regular occurrence from clenching it subconsciously was gone, and my most pressing concern was making sure a not-very-sneaky weasel’s continuous attempts to steal our snacks were not successful.

But like all good trips, it had to end.

I turned my phone back on only to be met with a rolling stream of missed texts, calls, emails, Google Calendar invites and news alerts about yet another unarmed Black man shot multiple times by police.

I immediately felt overwhelmed trying to determine what needed reading or replying to first. Gone was any shred of the blissful ignorance I’d enjoyed waking up in a tent on the beach.

I’m fully aware I’m preaching to the choir—I can’t imagine there’s another community on this planet more tuned into the benefits of getting outside than Whistler’s. But it never hurts to be reminded about the importance of disconnecting every once in a while, or that it’s OK if climbing up a steep boulder field sometimes (always?) feels more manageable than replying to a backed-up email inbox. Just like it’s OK to be grateful for the technology and connectivity we have access to, while simultaneously wanting to throw your phone in Alta Lake. ■

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WB says it has enough capacity to make reservation system work WHISTLER BLACKCOMB SET TO OPEN NOV. 26

BY BRANDON BARRETT WITH B.C. and the wider global community nowhere near out of the woods on the COVID-19 pandemic just yet, skiing at Whistler Blackcomb (WB) was always going to look different this winter, and with the news last week that Vail Resorts would be instituting an online reservation system for passholders, how we book our ski days will be a new experience as well.

“There is no doubt this season will be different but we are committed to what matters most: working to protect our guests, employees and communities and doing everything we can to provide great skiing and riding all season long,” said Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz in an Aug. 27 letter to guests.

With a first booking period from Nov. 6 to Dec. 7, the new reservation system will give priority to passholders of all types, including exclusive early-season access, with no lift tickets sold until Dec. 8; allseason access with week-of reservations; and priority reservation days to lock in days before lift tickets go on sale.

New this season is the Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass, which can be used for as little as one or two days, and offers up to 50 per cent off

OPENING DAY Whistler Blackcomb is set to open—with strict COVID protocols and a new online reservation system in place—Nov. 26.

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the regular ticket-window price depending on how many days you purchase.

For the reservation system, a passholder is anyone who purchases the following products in advance of the pass sales cutoff: WB Unlimited/limited Pass Holder, Epic Pass Holder, 2-, 5-, or 10-Day Edge Card holders, and the new WB Day Pass.

No passes will be available for

system will allow us to manage volume and help us deliver on our commitment to the safety of our guests, community and employees. There is a chance we may be able to remove the reservation system during the season—but we feel strongly that having this system in place early, will allow us to deliver a season from start to finish.”

The reservation system could be lifted,

“We’re the largest ski area in North America, so we’re fairly confident you’re going to get whatever reservation you want.”

- MARC RIDDELL

purchase after Dec. 7—except the Spirit Pass for resort employees.

Although concerns have mounted locally over mountain capacity, WB CEO Geoff Buchheister is confident the resort will have more than enough terrain to accommodate skiers and riders—especially with the likelihood the U.S. border remains closed for the foreseeable future.

“Whistler Blackcomb is North America’s largest resort and we feel confident that for the vast majority of days, we’ll have plenty of capacity,” Buchheister said in a statement. “That said, the reservation

said Vail Resorts’ West Coast communications director Marc Riddell in a follow-up interview, in the event the U.S. border does open at some point during the season.

“If that’s the case, we’d be hard-pressed to keep that reservation system,” he noted, adding that, as always, the company will follow the guidance of public health officials.

Some have also pointed to the potential for passholders to “hoard” reserved days during peak periods, only to no-show on the day of. Riddell reiterated that, with 3,414 hectares of skiable terrain, capacity shouldn’t be an issue.

“We’re the largest ski area in North America, so we’re fairly confident you’re going to get whatever reservation you want,” he said.

There is precedent at Vail Resorts for this kind of system: The company staggered online booking times at one of its Australian ski resorts, Perisher, this summer after seeing fellow Aussie resort, Thredbo, get flooded with demand that eventually crashed its website.

While there are likely to be some growing pains with the new reservation process, Riddell believes the company’s IT systems are robust enough to handle the anticipated onslaught of traffic once bookings open on Nov. 6.

“It’s something that obviously we’re going to monitor, and like anything new, there will be adjustments throughout the year, but we’re pretty confident we’ll have the system ready to handle the volume,” he said.

WB’s phone system seems to tell another story, however. Pique has received numerous reports of long wait times trying to get through to a guest services agent.

Local Gillian Smith said she and her husband called both the WB and Vail Resorts customer lines several times during the day of Aug. 27 to inquire about booking seven passes for her family, only to be met with a voicemail telling her to call back during business hours.

Eventually, her husband was able to reach an employee through WB’s online chat forum, and was informed he’d get a call back the following day.

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“We don’t want to dump on Whistler Blackcomb by any means. It’s a terrible time for everybody, whether it’s a ski mountain, restaurant, or whatever,” Smith said. “It was simply just a frustration in that they could have just had a message saying, due to overwhelming interest, lines are busy.”

A longtime WB customer, Smith said she is willing to give the resort the benefit of the doubt as it navigates uncharted waters this ski season.

“The mountain has been very good to us,” she added. “Once or twice, they’ve asked us questions and they’ve always listened, so we’re supportive of the mountain and are willing to wait and see.”

To prioritize guest safety this winter, all guests will be required to wear face coverings on-mountain and in all other areas of resort operations, including in lift lines and while riding chairlifts and gondolas. To maintain physical distancing on the lifts and gondolas, WB will be seating guests that are skiing or riding together; or two singles on opposite sides of a four-person lift; two singles or two doubles on opposite sides of six-person lift; and two singles on opposite sides of a larger gondola cabin.

Ski school will still be offered, as well as on-mountain dining, but with changes in place to ensure guest safety.

On the food and beverage side of things, liquor and hot food service will be limited to pre-packaged products, both on- and off-mountain, but WB will not operate any full-service bars “as we do not believe convening in a traditional bar setting, anywhere in resort or throughout our community, is safe amid COVID-19,” Katz stated in his letter.

Riddell added that it’s still being worked out how WB’s off-mountain establishments—Dusty’s, Merlins and the GLC, the latter two of which remain closed—will be used this winter.

“It’s our intention to open those facilities,” he said. “That’s what we’re working towards, but in what manner, how and who is going to go into those facilities, we just don’t know right now.”

WB’s pass sales early-bird deadline has been extended to Sept. 17, including the deadline to use passholder credits from last season.

For more information, visit whistlerblackcomb.com/explore-the-resort/ about-the-resort/winter-experience.aspx.

WB OPENING A RELIEF FOR LOCAL TOURISM Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton unsurprisingly welcomed last week’s news that WB would be open for the season.

“I’m extremely pleased to hear that Whistler Blackcomb plans to reopen this season,” he said. “Any announcement about skiing gets me excited, to be honest.”

Tourism Whistler (TW) president and CEO Barrett Fisher called the announcement “great news” for Whistler’s tourism sector, which expects to weather a much slower shoulder season than in years past.

“The on-mountain experience is a key business driver for the resort, so having it officially announced that Whistler Blackcomb plans to open both mountains

certainly adds to our consumer confidence,” she said. “It will help us in getting the message out and to bolster our sales and marketing efforts for this upcoming winter.”

TW has already targeted B.C. in its marketing this summer, and is currently in the process of shifting focus to Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and the rest of Canada for the fall.

“When we look at ski markets, certainly British Columbia is an important one, with a large volume of loyal mountain visitors, but as well, Alberta, Ontario and somewhat new for us, Quebec,” noted Fisher. “We are looking at all four of those provincial markets as being key targets when it comes to skiers, but as well, some national Canadian efforts that will cover all provinces.”

TW has also encouraged longer stays and midweek bookings, something she said British Columbians have been more apt to do during the pandemic.

The destination marketing organization has also noted rising demand from a relatively new market to Whistler: remote workers.

“We have in fact, through our reservations department, seen some interest coming from the Ontario market, for example, where visitors are actually looking to make a 30-day stay and giving them the option to live in a beautiful mountain environment and work from their hotel room or their condominium, but then simultaneously use their spare time to enjoy our mountain environment and go skiing,” Fisher said, adding that TW is already starting to promote to remote workers.

Keeping both mountain and highway capacity in mind, Fisher said TW will prioritize the ski market this winter, but that the organization has been talking about how to cater to the non-skiing customer looking to Whistler for their next getaway.

“Maybe there are opportunities to promote Nordic skiing or other outdoor winter activities like snowmobiling or snowshoeing or ziplining to give people an outdoor experience,” she noted. “Without a doubt, we are contemplating the non-ski market, but we just want to make sure we do that in balance with the capacities the resort can sustain, understanding that we are in a slightly more limited capacity as a result of COVID.” Keeping COVID in mind, Whistler has experienced a relatively busy summer, Fisher said, with weekend occupancy rates staying steady at about 70 per cent in the months of July and August. Midweek has been a tougher prospect, although room night rates have climbed during those periods from about 25 to 30 per cent in June to roughly 40 per cent in recent weeks.

“I think the summer for Whistler has gone very well, especially when we compare to other city destinations across Canada that have not fared as well. It has typically been resort destinations like Whistler or Tofino or the Okanagan that have fared better because they’re seen as a summer destination vacation,” Fisher explained. “But when we look towards the fall, certainly we have some greater concerns, because when kids are back to school and the warm weather starts to recede, that’s when we do have concerns that it will get quieter.”

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Sea to Sky School District unveils more about backto-school plan WITH CHANGES TO BUSSING AND SEMESTER SYSTEMS, HEADING BACK TO CLASS LOOKS MUCH DIFFERENT IN 2020

BY ALYSSA NOEL THE SEA TO SKY School District (SD48) has released a detailed back-to-school plan, but not all parents are comfortable sending their kids to class on Sept. 10.

Meredith Gardner, chair of the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), has opted to have her son, a Grade 12 student in Pemberton, learn online for the first quarter while keeping his spot for in-school learning reserved for the second quarter.

“I’m registering my kid for school— there’s a plan in place—but he’s not going back until we feel safe,” Gardner said. “I do believe, personally, that there is a gap between what the Ministry of Education has mandated for back to school and what most parents feel would be safe for their kids at this point.”

The new quarter system for Grades 10 to 12 is just one way school will look different in SD48 this year.

As the province announced at the end of July, students will be grouped in cohorts of 60 students for elementary and middle schools and 120 students at the secondary level. They will not be required to wear masks or physically distance within their cohorts, but they are encouraged to take both precautions outside of that bubble.

In the Sea to Sky, changes also include: 20 to 30 students per class, depending on the grade; staggered breaks, lunch times and class transitions; designated areas for different cohorts outdoors; floor markings and posters to direct traffic; restrictions around local field trips; and regular hand sanitizing.

Extracurricular activities like sports, arts or clubs are allowed, but they will require physical distancing between

CAUTIOUS RETURN Sea to Sky students head back to school on Sept. 10 with several new rules in place.

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students from different cohorts. Interschool events will not take place.

In addition, secondary students will take just two classes over each of four quarters with the opportunity to learn online for the first quarter and transition back to school for the second quarter in mid-November. After that, they either have to choose to return or remain online. “[We’ll have] double staff for a couple months,” said district superintendent Lisa McCullough. “It’s hard to find enough teachers to fill all the roles sometimes—like in French immersion—then we’re going to be carrying a double suite of staff to do our

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While online learning wasn’t initially available for students in Kindergarten to Grade 9, that’s changed. “Staff took recommendations from the board at the last meeting to open it up for K to 9, knowing that families were looking for options right now,” McCullough said.

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An amazing property in an amazing location! Situated on 1.3 acres within walking distance to the Creekside Ski Lifts & Bike Park, Jordan’s Pointe offers nightly rental zoning & an exceptional family home or executive retreat. Designed for entertaining both inside & out, this property is unique in many ways.

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#102 - 4865 Painted Cliff Rd.

$5,000,000

Located in the heart of Alta Vista, this stunning 4,465 sq.ft. property is 3 minutes from Whistler Village and less than 200m walk to Alta Lake! Featuring a chef’s kitchen and an open floor plan that embraces entertaining family and friends! With maple cabinetry, high quality Bosch dishwashers, wall oven and six burner gas stove the kitchen is the centerpiece of the home.

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$1,725,000

8600 Drifter Place

$1,579,900

A forested private drive welcomes you into a completely renovated 3,500sf openplan Chalet with spectacular panoramic views of Blackcomb and the Wedge Mountain Range. With 2 massive entertainment areas – both with incredible views – plus 5 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms, it is perfect for 2 or 3 families to enjoy.

Renovated 3 bedroom townhome in Snowbird. This property offers a large common hot tub & outdoor BBQ grill’s perfect for hosting dinner parties! Zoned for nightly rentals & unlimited owner usage. If you are looking for a profitable investment this is the one for you!

A Whistler log cabin with a cozy fireplace, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms recently upgraded. Situated on a cul de sac with great view corridors and privacy. Perfect investment property, or easy to live here and plan a rebuild or enjoy a real taste of Whistler life.

Sally Warner

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#1005 - 3050 Hillcrest Drive

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$1,199,000

You have to see this top floor, one level 3 bedroom townhome in Alta Vista Pointe. It is a great recreational home with space for all the family. Bright and airy, it features a fully equipped kitchen, open plan living/dining area, wood-burning fireplace, 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, laundry and a sundeck to relax and live the dream.

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#206 - 8080 Nicklaus North Blvd.

$1,190,000

Quality upgrades in this 2 bedroom include fully renovated bathrooms, radiant floor heating & more. When you are not in town you have the option to nightly rent the unit which has the ability to generate fantastic revenues. 5-minute drive to the base of both mountains. Prkg stall in the upper village avail for purchase with unit.

Madison Perry

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#304A/B - 2129 Lake Placid Rd.

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#23 - 4725 Spearhead Drive

#212 - 1025 Legacy Way

Sally Warner

$819,000

A spacious 2 bedroom condo in Whistler’s Cheakamus Crossing. Excellent mountain views, proximity to recreation and a short walk Function Junction it makes for a spectacular residence for a young family. Geothermal Radiant heating and efficient appliances reduce energy costs and floors and finishings are low maintenance and easy to clean.

Ursula Morel*

Matt Chiasson

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RARE OPPORTUNITY to own a unique PHASE 1 lock-off with TWO SEPARATE RENTAL UNITS which generate great cash flow in Whistler! This bright, renovated top floor, lock-off floor-plan gives the option to have 1 two bedroom unit, or 2 separate units. Rent through short or long term platforms or use for your own personal usage.

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$1,049,000

Renovated one bedroom and den in Wintergreen townhomes on Blackcomb. This spacious townhome is all on one level and features a beautifully updated kitchen, 2 separate bedrooms, renovated bathroom, wood-burning fireplace and large patio which is perfect for outdoor entertaining.

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$999,999

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1466B Laburnum Road

$769,000

Wonderful 1/2 DUPLEX, and no strata fees! Situated on a large, fenced lot with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms plus a self-contained nanny quarters on a quiet and friendly culde-sac in “The Glen” and close to everything in town. A duplex that feels like a home with a garden to grow your own vegetables, lots of privacy and spectacular views of Mt. Currie!

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$704,900

#265 - 4314 Main Street

$659,000

WedgeWoods is a private 108 lot community with unique privacy and many larger properties.

You can build a family home as well as an auxiliary building of 2150 sq. ft. Perfect for a workshop, studio or guest suite with extra garage. A select group of properties located in The Highlands at WedgeWoods have just been launched and offer beautiful views.

Beautiful large studio unit with an optimal layout to sleep 4 with screen doors separating the bedroom and living quarters. In Deer Lodge, Town Plaza at the ideal, quieter end of the Village Stroll. Equipped with large wheel-chair accessible kitchen and bathroom, stone countertops, stainless-steel appliances, gas fireplace, AC and in-suite laundry.

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$388,000

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$219,900

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$189,900

Enjoy this slopeside 1/4 share suite at the popular Legends at Creekside. This spacious poolside 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom 901 sf suite offers views of the Whistler Mountain slopes, pool & hot tubs. 331D enjoys US Thanksgiving in 2020. Legends ¼ ownership provides 13 weeks annually of owner use or rental, a fantastic location and amenities..

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$225,000

Quarter Ownership in a modern, well appointed two bedroom condo at the base of Whistler Mountain. Overlooking Whistler Creekside Village, this unit has a great kitchen, open floor plan, and is pet friendly. Use your unit 1 week every month, or allow it to be rented out for revenue. Comes with a ski locker, underground parking and a concierge.

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#1015 - 4090 Whistler Way

$365,900

1015 Westin Resort & Spa, a rare 10th floor studio suite with vaulted ceilings and extra-high windows to draw in the natural light and mountain views is now available for purchase by the discerning investor. Phase 2 nightly rental zoning offers 28 days use in the winter & 28 days use in the summer PLUS hands-off management for revenue generation.

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#302C - 2020 London Lane

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A studio suite now available at the award-winning Hilton Whistler Resort. Only 100 steps to the Whistler Village Gondola, this phase 1 nightly rental 346 sf suite is fully furnished & equipped. A galley-style kitchen with granite, refrigerator, D/W, microwave also has a spa-like bathroom, wood fireplace & extra-large owner storage!

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$289,000

Own 2 Chapters in one of Whistler’s most amazing private vacation properties, with 10 weeks of personal use per year. Located next to the Dave Murray Downhill on Whistler mountain, enjoy unparalleled ski in / ski out access as well as the use of the clubhouse, gym and sauna as well as the outdoor pool and hot tubs.

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#156 - 4050 Whistler Way

$540,000

The entire 592 sf luxurious 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom suite in Evolution is For Sale. More similar to a spa than your standard hotel. Sophisticated suites with modern design; soaker tubs & double-sided glass showers; pull-out sofas; spacious decks; fully equipped kitchens; flat-screen TVs & DVD players and fully furnished. 3D Tour - rem.ax/215evolution

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Great revenue investment property at the Delta Whistler Village Suites. Managed by Marriot, with international brand recognition, the Delta is a favorite of investors, owners and guests. #1425 is one of the largest one bedroom floor plans and overlooks the swimming pool from the 4th floor. Relax on your sundeck and enjoy the mountain views and south-west exposure.

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$2,549,000

9024 Riverside Drive

$899,000

#11 - 8073 Timber Lane

$798,000

Incredible estate property on the shore of Gates Lake just 20 minutes north of Pemberton.

Three separately-titled properties adjacent to each other, one of which is a 200 ft. waterfront property with a nicely renovated, lakefront one-bedroom cottage facing the dock. The main home on a 122 acre lot, is zoned RR1, wth a 1970’s-built log home in excellent condition.

Build your dream home up to 4,628 square feet plus a separate auxiliary building of 2,152 on this 1.88-acre property. Lot 7 on Riverside in Phase 1 of Wedgewoods is a short drive from Whistler. Appreciate the privacy and depth of this lot, surrounded by majestic mountains, while remaining peaceful with the Green River running along the back of the property.

This is a perfect weekend getaway or starter home. Timber Lodge enjoys a huge green yard space, close proximity to Meadow Park sports center, Whistler Secondary school, Alpine Market, public transit and Nicklaus North Golf course. This 3 bedroom townhome is ready for new owners with a nice open main floor plan and bedrooms on the upper level.

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 18 survey to find out more about how parents want their children to return to school. Of the 5,000 students, 4,000 surveys were returned. At all levels, 92 per cent indicated they would be returning to school.

At the elementary level, 6.5 per cent said they wanted to move to online learning while less than one per cent of respondents wanted to homeschool their own children.

A small number indicated they were moving away.

However, 16.5 per cent of elementary families also said that while they would like to return to in-school learning, they would prefer a transition period. An additional 22 per cent indicated they “might” prefer the transition. The same question was not asked at the middle or secondary level where eight per cent said they planned to move to online learning. Less than one per cent plan to homeschool.

“We know the importance of education for our children, but we also know the importance of socializing and the mental health support of being connected—feeling like you’re capable and contributing,” McCullough said of the high number of respondents planning to head back to school. “Those are incredibly important elements of human development and our wellness. Families know this and know their children need to be connected.”

While the survey indicated nearly all students will return to in-school learning,

Gardner added that, “the way the survey was posed didn’t really leave a ton of room for people to express their concerns.”

“I’m not saying they’re wrong—I can tell the staff really believe they have a good plan in place and they’re working really hard to communicate that plan—but they’re moving down the path they have to move down because it’s been mandated [by the province],” she said. “I can tell you as a parent, what I’m not comfortable with right now is that it’s all based on percentages of containment. There’s a belief people are willing to take the risk and ride it out if their kid gets it. I don’t know if parents are as comfortable with that strategy as the ministries of health or education believe.”

The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) has started a campaign advocating for the provincial government to mandate several safety changes to the classroom ahead of the return to school, including: smaller class sizes and reduced school density; stronger mask regulations when distancing isn’t possible; options for remote learning; and funding for cleaning and ventilation.

April Lowe, president of the Sea to Sky Teachers’ Association, did not return calls by press time, but in a press release, BCTF president Teri Mooring highlighted that physical-distancing requirements in particular are likely not being met.

“We all want to get back to a place where every student is in school learning, socializing, and celebrating those ‘a-ha’ moments,” Mooring said in the release. “It’s

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why we teach. The pandemic, however, has changed everything and it’s not going away.

We need to do things differently and that starts with making sure staff and students can actually achieve physical distancing in our schools and classrooms. Under the government’s current plan, that physical distancing just isn’t possible.”

But one major concern parents have raised is outside the classroom: new rules

“We know the importance of education for our children, but we also know the importance of socializing...”

- LISA MCCULLOUGH

around who can ride the school bus. With a decrease in the number of children allowed on buses to accommodate distancing, the district is turning to “walk limits” established by the Board of Education prepandemic. If a student in Kindergarten to Grade 3 lives 3.2 kilometres from the school, they are not eligible to ride the bus. That distance increases to 4.2 km for students from Grades 4 to 12.

“There are exceptions to that,” McCullough said. “Children with special needs will have additional services provided. There will be a very small number of situations where we feel the risk is too high for the student to walk. In Whistler, based on the highway or not having a crosswalk in that range, there will be a very small number of situations where we feel the risk is too high for the student to walk.”

One idea the district has proposed is asking the various PACs to create a “walking school bus.”

“The idea … is there would be certain locations students would gather and wait for the walking school bus to come by.

There would be an adult in the group and they would hand off to an adult at the next location and so on. It’s a bit like a relay.”

School principals at each school are the ones who decide on the exceptions, she added.

In the meantime, Gardner’s advice for parents is to contact schools with concerns about any aspect of the back-toschool process.

“It’s going to be really fluid and people have to get as much information as they can get and make the best decision for their family,” she said. “My experience with the schools here in SD48 has always been that the administrators will bend over backwards to try and make it work for the kids and the families. The biggest message is reach out.”

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Strategically located in the south west corner of the complex & fronting onto the first fairway of the Fairmont Chateau golf course, this is arguably the finest location in Gleneagles. The Valley Trail is at your doorstep leading to Lost Lake Park for a hike or mountain bike ride on one of the many trails, a family picnic & a leisurely swim in the crystalclear waters. This townhome has plenty of room for family & friends.

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Court rules against RCMP union in dispute over ‘scramble parking’ POLICE BRIEFS: WHISTLER RCMP PRESENTS ‘SAFE PLACE’ LGBTQ2+ INITIATIVE TO COUNCIL

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE RCMP UNION has lost a court battle over the “hot button issue” of pay parking at the Whistler and Victoria detachments, according to court documents.

Outlined in a pair of complaints filed by the National Police Federation (NPF), which applied in 2017 to represent the RCMP’s 19,000 members and reservists, the issue concerns changes to parking arrangements that were made before the union received final approval to act on their behalf.

Labour law dictates that employers cannot radically alter employees’ working conditions in the lead-up to a union bargaining for them.

At the core of the dispute in Whistler was the municipality’s decision in June 2017 to suspend all free parking for RCMP members, who previously had an arrangement with the bylaw department not to ticket their personal vehicles during work hours.

According to the labour board, the municipality’s general manager at the time learned of the arrangement with bylaw and ended free parking for anything other than

municipal, police, and emergency vehicles.

The situation appeared to be even more dire in Victoria, where the RCMP has its own headquarters and, until June of last year, a 124-space parking lot for 172 employees in the building. Roughly 25 of those spaces were reserved for specific vehicles, with the remaining spaces slotted for other federal or municipal vehicles, visitors and employees.

Both the union and the RCMP described the rush throughout the workday for available spots as “scramble parking.”

“The RCMP attempted to mange the parking situation in a way that balanced the operational need to park police vehicles with the need for employee parking,” the ruling read. “It was a poorly functioning system that resulted in the ticketing of police and personal vehicles and disruptions to the workday, and it still did not provide enough parking for employees.”

Changes instituted on June 3, 2019 increased the use of designated spots for police vehicles in Victoria and “appears to have reduced the parking violations for those vehicles, while maintaining as much employee parking as possible within the limits of the lot,” the ruling continued.

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While acknowledging in both the Whistler and Victoria cases that the RCMP “missed an opportunity to formally consult with the NPF about the policy change before putting it in place,” labour board adjudicator David Orfald ultimately dismissed the complaints, finding that the NPF “failed to establish that the employer altered a term and condition of employment.”

CREATING A ‘SAFE PLACE’ FOR WHISTLER’S LGBTQ2+ COMMUNITY The Whistler RCMP has taken a page out of other police agencies across North America with the rollout of its Safe Place initiative, aimed at making the community a safer, more welcoming place for the resort’s LGBTQ2+ community.

Presenting to mayor and council on Tuesday, Sept. 1, Cpl. Nate Miller outlined how the initiative works: interested businesses and organizations will complete a one-page application before being sent a Safe Place decal or poster to hang in a prominent place.

“By showing this decal in your premises,

essentially what you’re doing is showing members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and twospirited community that they are welcome in your establishment and it is a safe haven,” Miller explained. “If they’re a victim of crime or if they’re feeling in distress, your premises would welcome the individual in and you would help them by allowing them to stay in your establishment, and also, if they need assistance, to help them by calling police, and they would just wait there until we can arrive to assist them in any way.”

Miller said roughly 15 Whistler organizations have signed up so far.

Councillor John Grills welcomed the initiative, saying it comes at an opportune time just days after a Vancouver sports reporter was assaulted and had his leg shattered for confronting a man purporting to belong to a group of anti-gay street preachers that have been spreading homophobic rhetoric over loud speakers in the West End for much of the summer.

“It’s good to have this in place,” Grills said. “Hopefully nothing happens like this during Pride Week, but it’s good for us to be prepared.” n

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Builders keeping busy after COVID-19 slowdown CHBA CALLS FOR INCREASED COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BY BRADEN DUPUIS THE CONSTRUCTION industry in Whistler and the Sea to Sky has rebounded after an initial COVID-19 slowdown, but things like sluggish permit processing and housing for workers remain an issue.

“We’ve been one of the few industries that’s been able to just keep chugging along, and I think that we’re fortunate in that regard,” said David Girard, director of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s (CHBA) Sea to Sky chapter.

There was a period in March and April where CHBA members had projects cancelled or postponed, “but I think for the most part a lot of that has come back on-stream and things are quite busy these days,” Girard said.

“I think some projects just went away, but everybody that I talk to is busy. That’s a positive, for sure.”

And while the industry also had to deal with a PPE shortage at the outset of the pandemic, as well as adapt to new COVID-19 safety guidelines, “I think that everybody is handling it really well,” Girard said.

But in the four years since the Resort

Municipality of Whistler’s Illegal Spaces Task Force (ISTF) last met, communication has been lacking between industry and local government, Girard said in a recent letter to council.

The relationship has been a positive collaborative effort for the better part of a decade, he said, but has been put

In his letter, Girard requested that the ISTF be resurrected, with a new name and reimagined scope.

One of the issues that needs to be addressed is a slower turnaround time for permits in light of the pandemic, which vary by government, he said.

“It’s not consistent, but whether it’s

“We’ve been one of the few industries that’s been able to just keep chugging along, and I think that we’re fortunate in that regard.”

- DAVID GIRAD

on the backburner in recent years as things like the Official Community Plan understandably took precedence.

“We just felt it’s time to rekindle that a little bit and recognize that they have some challenges ahead of them,” Girard said.

“We just want to be good corporate citizen in the community and help them with coming up with solutions.”

this municipality, or other municipalities, or regional districts or whatever the case may be, I think that everyone is just trying to learn how to deal with this, because things do take longer now,” he said.

“I think that the municipality just needs to recognize that there is an opportunity to improve on turnaround times.”

For Whistler’s Coastal Mountain

Excavation (CME), the slowdown in March and April had a big impact, with all 14 of the company’s residential lot preps cancelled or postponed, said president and director Matt Woods.

“We’ve started four of those 14 now.

So, if I’m not digging a hole, plumbers aren’t plumbing, electricians aren’t wiring stuff up, roofers aren’t roofing, guys aren’t banging nails. The trickle down effect is huge,” he said, adding that CME’s revenue is down more than 30 per cent as a result of the pandemic.

“And I’m one of the lucky ones. We still have the doors open. We’re not making a ton of money, (but) we’re surviving.”

As far as how government can best support builders, “I think it’s bigger than the municipality,” Woods said.

“I think it’s provincial, regional and federal, and infrastructure stimulus spending is usually where quick money goes to fund projects to get people back to work, because it does spin off to so many other things.”

And as for the long-term vibrancy of Whistler’s No. 2 industry, the key is more housing, Woods said (see related story on page 32).

“If people could live here, I could hire 20 more people tomorrow,” he said. n

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WOP campground rezoning deferred COUNCIL BRIEFS: RETURN OF IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS POSTPONED

BY BRADEN DUPUIS THIRD READING FOR a proposed campground at Whistler Olympic Park was deferred by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) board of directors on Aug. 26, to allow the SLRD to determine who gated an access road to Madeley Lake, and why.

As previously reported in Pique (“Proposed campsites at Whistler Olympic Park ‘premature’: RMOW,” Aug. 12), it was Whistler Sport Legacies that gated the road.

“There was one too many parties out there, and people not picking up after themselves, so we said we need to close it for vehicle traffic,” WSL president and CEO Roger Soane told Pique. “We haven’t stopped people walking in.”

The application to the SquamishLillooet Regional District (SLRD)—for which a virtual public hearing was held on Aug. 11—seeks to add 26 tent sites and 20 RV sites for seasonal camping between May 15 and Oct. 31.

Nineteen people attended the public hearing, with two making verbal submissions regarding the access to Madeley Lake and grizzly conservation in the area.

Eleven people also made written submissions (six in support and five opposed).

With the deferral, third reading will be delayed until a later meeting.

“Speaking as director for Area D … closing provincial parks, the effect that that had on the Area D was it greatly increased the numbers of campers in unserviced areas, camping in the bush and with no

“We haven’t stopped people walking in.”

- ROGER SOANE

bathroom facilities,” said SLRD chair and Area D director Tony Rainbow.

“We need more campgrounds … people are still coming here in their RVs, they’re still coming with their tents, they’re still camping. I think it’s better to have them in a controlled environment rather than just let them go wherever they wish, wherever they can find in the bush.”

Whistler director Jack Crompton asked if keeping the road open could be

considered as a condition for approval of the campsites (which is “in the realm of possibility” confirmed director of planning Kim Needham).

“Recreation is something that I think we should be investing in in this region,” he said. “We have definitely seen the impact of it being limited, and I hope this gets back to us soon with the opportunity to consider it before next summer, when we have these same sort of challenges that we experienced this summer.”

RETURN OF IN-PERSON COUNCIL MEETINGS POSTPONED While Whistler council hasn’t met in person since March 3—nearly six full months— meetings aren’t likely to return to the Maury Young Arts Centre (MYAC) any time soon.

At its Sept. 1 meeting, council directed staff to postpone the planned Sept. 15 restart of in-person meetings to allow staff more time to sort out technology and resources to support a hybrid virtual model.

With council meetings considered an “event” by the provincial health officer, no more than 50 people would be allowed to attend, said general manager of corporate and community services Ted Battiston.

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Given the layout of MYAC, occupancy limits would need to be set at 35 in the theatre and 15 in the gallery.

While bringing in-person meetings back is doable, it does come with some challenges, Battiston said, such as the potential for a meeting to become a COVID-19 exposure location, the need to keep staff, council and the public safe, and the complications of mask wearing during meetings (likely to be mandated at the MYAC).

“None of these are perhaps insurmountable in and of themselves, but they do as a cohort present a bit of the context that needs to be thought through as we endeavour to move back to an in-person council meeting,” Battiston said.

With the resolution, Crompton said he hopes staff continues its efforts to bring in-person meetings back sooner rather than later.

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GREENHOUSE gas (GHG) emissions rose four per cent in 2019, which only lends more urgency to the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) new Climate Action Big Moves Strategy, according to a report to council on Sept. 1.

The report from climate action coordinator Luisa Burhenne shows Whistler’s GHG emissions (both corporate and community) totalled 131,166 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2019—a fourper-cent increase over 2018.

Passenger vehicle emissions continue to be the worst polluter, accounting for 54 per cent of Whistler’s GHG emissions, followed by natural gas at 35 per cent.

Community energy consumption was also up three per cent year over year.

On the corporate side, direct GHG emissions from Resort Municipality of Whistler operations decreased five per cent, while emissions from contractors saw a 55-per-cent increase, attributed by Burhenne to “the inclusion of solid waste transportation to the Surrey rail yard from where it is transported to the Rabanco landfill.”

and vehicles first, and to do so, I will be updating the RMOW climate neutral operations plan and setting new targets to reduce our own RMOW GHG emissions.”

The report also includes an update on Whistler’s Community Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP).

As of Q2 2020, nine of its initiatives are now completed, 31 are ongoing, 67 are in progress and 27 are not yet initiated.

This represents a small change from Q4 2019, where eight initiatives were completed, 30 were ongoing, 68 in progress and 27 not yet initiated.

“As local governments we need depth of incentives and disincentives, carrots and sticks, to move the dial on climate, and I really hope in my term that we will be enabled to legislate greenhouse gas (and) waste reduction,” said Councillor Arthur De Jong.

The lack of legislative teeth for municipalities when it comes to GHGs and waste has long been a sore sport for De Jong, and one shared by Mayor Jack Crompton.

“I’ve never been a person who felt that it was legitimate for local government people to say ‘it’s not my job,’” Crompton said.

“It’s our job to convince [other levels of government] that they should act, and I hope that this group of people takes it

“I’ve never been a person who felt that it was legitimate for local government people to say, ‘it’s not my job.’”

- JACK CROMPTON

“How do we get back on track? There are three components to that,” Burhenne said, adding that it will take accelerated action (to hit the RMOW’s new target of a 50-per-cent emissions reduction by 2030), accountability (including developing a GHG impact tool for use with municipal projects) and leadership at the corporate level.

Earlier this year, council reversed course on a longstanding policy to not procure asphalt from the Alpine Paving plant in Cheakamus Crossing, with one reason cited being the GHG emissions produced from trucking asphalt up from Squamish, which Whistler has done since 2011.

In that time, emissions from asphalt trucks have produced 270 tonnes of CO2, equal to the annual output of about 55 passenger vehicles.

But every inch counts, and the RMOW needs to lead by example, Burhenne said.

“We have to show this is possible,” she said.

“We have to work on our own buildings

upon ourselves to really make that case to the people who have the levers to make the changes that we need to make.”

The RMOW has tracked both its own corporate emissions and those of the entire community since 2000, with all reports since 2010 available online at whistler.ca/ climate.

Whistler has one of the longest histories in the province of both setting emissions reductions targets and actively monitoring its GHG emissions footprint at the local government level, a spokesperson said in response to questions about the RMOW’s monitoring standards.

“These reports are diligently put together with a thorough internal verification process that is consistent with provincial reporting requirements and submitted to the province annually,” the spokesperson said.

“There are no external, or third-party reviews/verifications required by the province for B.C. local governments.” n

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SLRD rejects WedgeWoods employee housing proposal WITH 6-4 VOTE AT FIRST READING DENIAL, PROPONENTS HOPE BOARD WILL RECONSIDER

BY BRADEN DUPUIS A PROPOSAL FOR affordable employee housing at WedgeWoods estates north of Whistler was rejected at first reading by the board of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) on Aug. 26, prompting frustration and confusion from supporters.

“I have no words. I am so … angry,” said Matt Woods, president and director of Coastal Mountain Excavations, which did the servicing work for the development.

“I am losing guys daily to housing, and [the SLRD] can’t get their heads out of their ass and approve what’s needed. I could fill the place with my staff tomorrow.”

The rezoning application would add 36 covenanted, non-market, for-purchase townhomes and 16 covenanted rental units, as well as 12 new bare land strata lots to the development.

As part of the deal, proponents Yukon Inc. also planned to donate 120 hectares of land on the west side of Highway 99.

The 36 three-bedroom townhouses would be offered at an initial sale price of $315 per square foot, with estimated sale

REJECTED WedgeWoods Estates’ David Earhardt presents to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District board of directors about an affordable housing proposal on March 20, 2019 in Pemberton. On Aug. 26, the SLRD board rejected the proposal at first reading.

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prices in the $450,000 to $530,000 range.

In voting against the proposal, SLRD directors Jack Crompton, Jen Ford, Mike Richman, Doug Race, Chris Pettingill and Vivian Birch-Jones expressed concerns about increased traffic, the distance from services,

people can access services without getting in a vehicle.”

But in the view of longtime developer Tim Regan of Vision Pacific (who has no connection to the proposal), the affordability issue in the Sea to Sky should

“How do we as a community support those people that are so integral?

We’re not talking about housing for lifties, or for somebody that’s in for a year, we’re talking about the nurses and we’re talking about the people who own businesses.”

- DAVID EARHARDT

the administrative burden of managing resale and rental, and a perceived inconsistency with the SLRD’s Regional Growth Strategy.

“I am not so much opposed to the 12 market lots … The location of the amenity is what I find troubling,” Crompton said at the Aug. 26 meeting.

“We need affordable housing and we are going to push as hard as we possibly can for it. We’ll continue to build it. I think it is important that it is in locations where

have the SLRD taking a closer look.

There are about 45 lots left to be developed in Whistler, many of which will be expensive to bring online, Regan said.

“So it’s going to be cheaper for people to buy existing stock, which is basically rental stock at this stage, and they’re going to tear that stock down—I myself will likely be tearing down two to three places come the spring,” Regan said, adding that at $315 per square foot, the developer would be taking

on much of the risk at WedgeWoods.

“I think if we were to create that product in Whistler, we’d be hard-pressed … In today’s construction environment, that is very attractive math,” he said.

“We have a massive backlog of housing required, and these guys could turn this around quickly. So my point is [that] for what they are offering, the risk they are taking, I think we have to be very sober about saying no to it.”

SLRD directors Barb Wiebe, Sal DeMare, Russell Mack and chair Tony Rainbow voted in favour of the proposal.

Hearing the other directors talk about traffic concerns in relation to the new housing is comical, Mack said at the meeting, noting that the highway is already packed most days and another 40 or 50 cars would have a minimal impact.

“I think the car thing is kind of an overblown situation. You’ve got your own problems you should look after before you start blaming another development on that,” Mack said, adding that the proposed parkland donation, which includes the popular “Kill me, Thrill me” trail, is attractive, too.

Proponent David Earhardt said he had more than 30 letters of support for the project, all from families and longtime locals looking to secure long-term affordable housing—a fact that only makes the rejection all the more frustrating.

“How do we as a community support

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Pemberton council receives SOFI report 11 VOP EMPLOYEES MADE MORE THAN $75,000 IN 2019

BY DAN FALLOON IN ITS regular meeting on Sept. 1 , its first following the August hiatus, Village of Pemberton (VOP) council received the 2019 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI) report.

After council received the VOP’s audited financial statements at its most recent meeting on July 28 (“Village of Pemberton OKs gas tax money for EV chargers,” Pique, Aug. 6, 2020), manager of finance Lena Martin presented the information to council as the next step in the process.

“The Financial Information Act requires local governments to prepare a statement to be filed with the ministry following receipt of the audited financial statements,” she said.

Among the highlights was a rise in payroll costs from $2,296,274 to $2,930,126, with benefits jumping from $261,338 to $346,556. The remuneration schedule also, under the Reconciling Items heading, included a line for other expenses totalling $22,413. Martin explained the line is a catch-all for items not included on the T4 summary. “[It’s] something like our extended health plan, which is considered a benefit but is not noted on the T4 statement,” she said. “There are some other reconciling items for staff that are immaterial and not considered a taxable benefit and they don’t appear on the T4 statement as well. Those would be items like boots for our public works department.”

As well, seven VOP employees made more than $75,000 in 2018, with four additional employees making the list last year to bring the total to 11.

Chief administrative officer Nikki

Gilmore was the highest earner, taking home $131,868 up from $120,079 in 2018.

Firefighter and skilled worker Cameron Adams was next, at $101,710, compared to $94,839 a year prior while, also in the fire department, Chief Robert Grossman made $93,934, up from $87,683.

Others topping $75,000 were: manager of corporate services Sheena Fraser ($101,454, up from $93,985); Martin ($97,693, up from $88,407), water treatment supervisor Martin Kluftinger ($88,208, up from $79,062), and building inspector Faruq Patel ($87,614, up from $80,140). On the list and new from 2018 were: manager of development services Lisa Pedrini ($90,421); senior accountant and supervisor Jeanette Einarson ($89,934); water operator Jeff Westlake ($84,429); and assistant manager of operations David Ward ($79,407).

Mayor Mike Richman was paid $29,741, up from $28,699, while each of the four councillors made $14,711 (compared to the full-year salary of $13,396 earned

by Councillor Ted Craddock, the lone member of council to serve for the entire year in 2018).

The VOP’s amount paid to suppliers jumped significantly from $9,162,066 to $17,074,196, though much of the difference was the $5,575,162 paid to Hazelwood Construction Services, Inc., which held the contract for the Downtown Enhancement Works Project. In all, 46 suppliers received aggregate payments of $25,000 or more from the VOP. Other seven-figure payments were: $2,759,037 to Sunstone Ridge Developments Ltd.; $1,536,457 to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District; and $ 1,105,594 to the Minister of Finance for school taxes.

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WEDGEWOODS HOUSING FROM PAGE 32 those people that are so integral? We’re not talking about housing for lifties, or for somebody that’s in for a year, we’re talking about the nurses and we’re talking about the people who own businesses,” Earhardt said.

While the rezoning application has taken two years and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, WedgeWoods is not dependent on it going ahead, Earhardt said. “[WedgeWoods] is going ahead, we’re grateful for it, people are moving into the community and whatnot, so nothing is being made or broke based on this moving ahead,” he said.

“But we really thought it was something good for the community as a whole.”

For Woods, who pays $9,000 a month to rent housing for his staff in Whistler, and pays out of pocket for others to travel from Squamish and Pemberton, the current situation just isn’t sustainable.

“And we actually pay a living wage in this town. Our average hourly rates are probably getting close to $30 an hour,” he said, noting that at 75 staff on payroll, CME is not a small show.

“If we disappear, half of the snow removal capabilities in Whistler are gone,” he said.

“I’m just … frustrated. There are perfectly reasonable opportunities, and people willing to do the work and spend the money to make it happen, just to get … thrown in the ditch.”

The proposal isn’t completely dead yet—with the split vote, either the board chair or a director who voted in the majority can initiate a reconsideration at the next SLRD board meeting.

“The only solution that I can see is that if the public is concerned with it, they need to be vocal about it, or make it known,” Earhardt said. ■

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Orphan wells are those with no known legal or financial owner, often because a company has gone bankrupt.

Finance Canada said Alberta has about 4,700, Saskatchewan 600 and B.C. 350, with another 91,000 inactive wells (no

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Subsidies that help workers are fine, but those that allow industry to continue business as usual while avoiding responsibility for repairing the damage it’s caused aren’t the way to recover from a pandemic or economic downturn. That’s why some forward-thinking people are taking it a step further.

In most cases, it’s best to restore sites to more natural states. But, with roads, grid connections and infrastructure already in place, some can be converted to renewable energy operations, from geothermal to solar.

Around Taber, Alta., the RenuWell project plans to employ fossil fuel

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We are all in this together. The challenge now is how to move forward in a way that leaves no one behind.”

Geothermal energy also shows promise for transforming some wells. In April, the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, Petroleum Services Association of Canada and geothermal developers formed a partnership to promote geothermal development and create opportunities for displaced oil and gas drillers and service workers. Some deeper wells can be used for exploration and monitoring for geothermal potential.

A Narwhal article details Fort Nelson First Nation’s efforts to turn 6,800 hectares of land in the Clarke Lake gas field in northeastern B.C. into a commercial-scale geothermal project. It would reduce reliance on fossil fuels (and thus greenhouse gas emissions) and could provide heat for homes, businesses and greenhouses.

Although data from existing wells in the nearly depleted gas field show high enough underground temperatures for good geothermal potential, drilling is required to determine if water flows are adequate. That can be expensive, but preliminary studies show it will likely pay off.

Other uses for depleted wells include hydrogen production, lithium recovery (used in batteries) and carbon capture and storage.

... the RenuWell project plans to employ fossil fuel industry workers to convert two to four inactive wells to solar energy installations ... industry workers to convert two to four inactive wells to solar energy installations that can generate 2,900 MWh and more than $224,000 in electricity sales a year to the area. It’s an idea that could easily be scaled up. As project originator Keith Hirsche explained, transforming 10 per cent of inactive wells to solar installations in Alberta alone would provide enough renewable energy to meet the government’s 2030 goals without removing additional land from agriculture.

The project is supported by funding from the Municipal Community Generation Challenge, an initiative of provincial and municipal agencies. As part of the project, an organization of former oil workers called Iron & Earth is partnering with Medicine Hat College to develop a five-day “rapid upskilling program for fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to learn the basics of solar before working on transforming the well sites themselves.”

Seeing the need to diversify in the face

Ideally, most former oil and gas wells and related infrastructure would be returned as close to natural states as possible, restoring habitat for animals like caribou and reversing some of the devastation to traditional Indigenous territories and ways of life.

But in many cases, old well sites provide opportunities to scale up renewable energy without building new roads and infrastructure and encroaching on valuable agricultural land. Some solar installations are also compatible with nature restoration and agriculture.

We must find better ways to hold industry accountable for the many oil and gas wells yet to be orphaned. Innovation for a transition to cleaner energy is something everyone can get behind.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. ■

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Lilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;wat Nation poised 38 SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

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By Braden Dupuis

il’wat Chief Dean Nelson stands on the edge of the First Nation’s four-hectare community farm, on a warm Friday morning in early July.

A group of four Lil’wat youth work diligently in the field before us as Nelson looks on.

“They’re pretty happy here, because it’s a very good environment,” Nelson says, watching them work.

“They’re all really connected to it, and invested in it, and that makes a big difference.”

The farm has come a long way in three short years, he says, and now supplies produce boxes to the community for purchase each Friday.

With a further 400 hectares of farmland that could potentially be added to the plot, Nelson sees a lot of potential.

“We have all that land back there that’s sitting there … People talk about cannabis, and hemp and that kind of stuff.

That’s very doable now.”

The farm represents just one area of untapped potential for the Lil’wat.

Though the First Nation has been working on economic and community projects of different sorts through its Lil’wat Business Group for years, the adoption of Whistler’s updated Official Community Plan (OCP) represents a new era for the Nation.

But the farm represents something else, too.

Nelson says he will often take photos of its crops to share with the community, and marvels at how something so simple as a sack of potatoes can create so much pride.

“That sack of potatoes, it’s just a sack of potatoes, but it’s just where it comes from, and how it’s packaged. It’s just amazing,” Nelson says.

“We are growing emotion, you know?

The emotion of pride.”

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P EMOTIONAL AND PRIDE—T ALL OF THIS IS “WE’RE

- Dean Nelson

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FEATURE STORY

‘Sky’s the limit?’

PROMOTING L ATTACHMENT, THIS IS YOURS. S YOUR GUYS’ NOT MINE.””

Lil’wat Business Group CEO Kerry Mehaffey has worked for the Lil’wat Nation for more than 12 years, serving previously as manager of on-reserve lands and as economic development officer.

A lot has changed for the Nation in that time.

“I think there’s substantially more economic opportunity now than there was then,” Mehaffey says during a walking tour of Mount Currie with Nelson.

“I think that there was a lot of really good work that was done before I started here in terms of negotiating for assets—like a lot of the land base around Whistler and in Pemberton—and so now it’s sort of been more focused on implementing some of those projects.”

With the adoption of the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s OCP (and a related Framework Agreement signed between it, the local Squamish and Lil’wat Nations and Whistler Blackcomb), the Lil’wat have a lot of work ahead of them.

The Framework Agreement details the Emerald/ Kadenwood land exchange, the formation of an Economic Development Committee and the potential development of Whistler Blackcomb Option Sites in partnership with the Nations—all of which were first mentioned in a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2017.

The Kadenwood project holds the most potential in the short-term, Mehaffey says, while the option sites represent a longer-term opportunity for all parties.

The Nation also has a 50-50 agreement with a development partner to develop the next six phases of the Pemberton Benchlands, which could yield a 300- to 400unit subdivision over the next 20 to 40 years.

Then there’s the Nation’s long-awaited Function Junction gas station development in Whistler, which has met with some delays due to the complicated nature of traffic management at the busy intersection.

“For me on the business side, I’d say it’s probably the highest priority development project that we have,” Mehaffey says, adding that the Nation is still aiming to break ground this fall.

“There’s still some work to do. Hoping to do it this fall means probably next spring, but I’m always optimistic,” Mehaffey says with a laugh.

On the Kadenwood lands—about nine hectares adjacent the existing Whistler neighbourhood—the RMOW will support a new site-specific zone for a mix of low- and medium-density detached duplex and townhouse dwellings (that may also be used for tourist accommodation), with auxiliary residential dwelling units for employee housing as laid out in the OCP. The lands will be developed in partnership by the

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“THERE NEEDS TO BE FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE NATIONS TO SHOWCASE OUR VISIBILITY, SHOWCASE OUR CONNECTION TO THE AREA,

‘TO THE MOUNTAINS, TO THE VALLEYS AND TO THE LAKES, BECAUSE OUR HISTORY AS SQUAMISH AND LIL’WAT IS WHISTLER’S - Chris Lewis HISTORY AS WELl.” Lil’wat and Squamish Nations, and the land supports a development of between 40 and 60 units.

It’s too early to say how the Nations will approach development, but the important thing is to remain flexible, Mehaffey says.

“The big thing for me is to have the option, to not say, ‘Hey, we’re pigeonholed, we have to bring in a partner because we can’t do it,’” he says.

But, given the fact that the Lil’wat Nation technically operates a local government, it might make sense to bring in a partner.

“Real estate is a high-risk, high-reward game; we don’t want to be risking $3 million that could go towards running programs in the community or building 20 houses or doing all these other good things,” Mehaffey says.

“So there’s definitely a balance there.”

Taken together, the various projects represent massive potential for the Lil’wat, but it’s hard to quantify exactly how much.

Asked about the cumulative economic potential unlocked with the new OCP, Mehaffey looks to Nelson.

“Dean? Sky’s the limit?” he says.

Nelson considers the question for a second.

“Pretty much,” he says.

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An enhanced presence As much as Whistler’s updated OCP is about economic opportunity, it’s also a framework for reconciliation between local First Nations and the RMOW. It was just over six years ago that Whistler’s updated OCP was quashed by the Supreme Court of B.C. after it was determined the provincial government did not properly consult with the local Squamish and Lil’wat Nations.

But even with literal centuries of presence on the land, some still raise questions about archeological studies, and the legitimacy of First Nations land claims in Whistler.

Those questions show the need for more education, said Squamish Nation Councillor and spokesperson Chris Lewis, in a July interview with Pique.

“Our stories, cosmology and archaeological record go back thousands of years in terms of both Nations being in the valley, being within the area. We have stories of kinship between us and Lil’wat, that tells us of our presence

within the corridor, what we utilized the areas for and all of those types of things,” Lewis said.

“There needs to be further opportunities for the Nations to showcase our visibility, showcase our connection to the area, to the mountains, to the valleys and to the lakes, because our history as Squamish and Lil’wat is Whistler’s history as well.

“It’s a vast array of knowledge and connections … I think a lot of people would be interested in terms of how Squamish and Lil’wat, as the original inhabitants of this area, utilized it, and how we were connected to it, prior to it becoming a world-class resort.”

In Nelson’s view, teaching the history and complexities of the Indian Act and reservation system would also help create a broader understanding between the communities.

Some people don’t understand, Nelson says; sometimes all they see is First Nations people getting things for “free.”

“There’s nothing free. I paid with my heart and my soul, growing up here, with all the stuff that happened to our people,” Nelson says.

“The trauma is still here. It’s passed on. If you don’t stop it, then you pass it on to your children whether you know it or not.”

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‘The pride is there’

“THIS

STUFF IS

GOOD,

As our tour carries on, Nelson greets community members by name as he walks steadily down the centre of the highway.

We stop outside the Lil’wat Gas Station at the turnoff to Lillooet Lake Road, and Nelson greets a high-school-aged student arriving for work—one of five the Nation hired for the summer.

A former schoolteacher, Nelson says he has stayed connected to the community’s youth since first being elected chief in 2015.

There were some opportunities for Nelson as a young man, “but I always believed that they were just programs,” he says.

“They were going to start, they were going to end, and nothing else would come from them. That was my mindset growing up.”

Investing in the community allows the Nation more agency over its future, Nelson says.

Like the sack of potatoes, he sees the gas station as a symbol of something more.

“We’re promoting emotional attachment, and pride—this is yours. All of this is your guys’ stuff. It’s not mine,” he says, gesturing to the gas station and the community beyond.

“Those kids are going to grow up knowing that this is

there, and this is theirs.”

With about 1,700 members, the Lil’wat Nation is the fourth largest on-reserve community in B.C. (out of 203 bands).

While capitalizing on economic opportunities is important, Nelson knows there are multiple pieces to the puzzle.

“This stuff is good, but we still have the other side of it, the social side of it, that we have to work on,” he says.

“This stuff helps. Every day you walk by and you’re reminded that, OK, things are getting better.”

Nelson recalls going to McConkey’s ski school in Whistler as a kid, and the pride he felt seeing Lil’wat Nation members working as construction supervisors at the Conference Centre.

“It was amazing, because I knew those guys. I was like ‘Hey! You guys are the bosses here?’ [And they said] ‘Yeah, pretty much,’” he says, adding that it’s an anecdote he once shared with the grandchildren of those workers, now in the construction field themselves.

“The pride is there,” he says.

Ensuring that pride carries on to future generations will require further investment in the community and engagement with its people, Nelson says.

And as for the youth, “they’re happy,” he says.

“Hopefully we get used to good things.” ■

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Melamed claims Zermatt victory WHISTLER ENDURO RIDER OPENS EWS SEASON WITH SECOND CAREER WIN

BY DAN FALLOON OVERCOMING SOME wet and weird conditions, Whistler enduro rider Jesse Melamed came away with his second career Enduro World Series (EWS) win in Zermatt, Switzerland on Sunday, Aug. 30.

The first EWS contest in the new pandemic world was further challenged by rainy, sloppy conditions, which limited the race to just two stages. Melamed opened up a hearty 10-second gap after the first stanza before hanging on by 4.64 seconds over defending champion Martin Maes of Belgium. France’s Theo Galy placed third.

In an email, Melamed said he was thrilled to have hit the ground running and started strong heading into the unprecedentedly strange campaign.

“It feels amazing. To me the first race of the season is always the hardest. There is so much time spent in the off-season wondering if what you are doing is the best thing. So to come here after the extended off-season and win is the best thing I could have asked for,” he wrote.

“I put everything into my racing and being the best, to have that be rewarded is

GREAT START Jesse Melamed came away with his second career Enduro World Series win at Zermatt, Switzerland on Aug. 30.

PHOTO BY DUNCAN PHILPOTT/ENDURO WORLD SERIES

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a great feeling.”

Rainy and, in some parts, snowy conditions wreaked some havoc on the day, as the race was first delayed and then downsized to just the two stages. Melamed hung out with Rocky Mountain Race Face teammate Remi Gauvin of Squamish, who ended up 24th, as they awaited word of what was to come.

“Remi and I were both super positive

focused on hitting every section without going off course,” he recalled.

Though the Zermatt contest marked the first race of the EWS season, Melamed already had a dozen races under his belt this year by virtue of taking part in Crankworx’s Summer Series (CWSS) in July and August.

Though he didn’t hit the top step in any of the three enduro races on the circuit, but

“I put everything into my racing and being the best, to have that be rewarded is a great feeling.”

- JESSE MELAMED

and eager to get out there and race so we were just twiddling our thumbs, remaining calm and being ready to go when they said go,” Melamed wrote.

When they did get the green light, Melamed was keen to drop in to the first stage, which he said was the best trail of the day.

While it was in less-than-stellar shape after the downpour, he still rode it significantly better than anyone else and rode away on top.

“I had a lot of fun on it in practice so I think I just kept that happy and positive attitude into the race. It was a complete mess from practice though and was super difficult to ride. I just kept myself calm and

did take a downhill triumph, Melamed felt like he was in a midseason mindset by the time he hit the start gate.

“I think it just got all those race jitters and anxiety out of the system. I think when you put so much time and energy into something, it’s hard not to overthink it when the time comes,” he wrote. “The CWSS forced us into so much racing so quickly that there was no time for that, and yet we did 12 races so by the end of it I was just a racing machine!”

Before heading across the pond, Melamed—like several other athletes—had some reservations about travelling such

long distances to compete in the midst of a global pandemic. However, Melamed was also aware that the athletes needed to be as safe and responsible as possible out of respect for the host sites. It was admittedly a bit strange, however.

“It was a bit weird. We’ve all been travelling and racing together for a long time and to have this invisible barrier and awkwardness seeing everyone for the first time this year was a shame,” he wrote. “But things got a bit better and we were able to enjoy being back at the races with all the best in the world.”

Other locals included Squamish’s Rhys Verner in 22nd, and Whistler’s Carter Krasny in 60th. On the women’s side, France’s Isabeau Coudurier topped countrywoman Morgane Charre and Great Britain’s Ella Conolly, while Squamish’s Miranda Miller took 10th. Andreane Lanthier Nadeau crashed in practice earlier in the week and opted to sit out the race.

Riders will get a bit of a break before resuming the season at Pietra Ligure, Italy on Sept. 20, starting a mad dash to the season’s end that includes racing four of the following five weekends.

Melamed’s strategy for getting through the next few months: “Trying not to overthink it and just have some fun while we are over here. There’s obviously not much travelling that we can do so we just need to keep ourselves and the team sane during the eight-week trip.” n

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It is with a heavy heart to be writing that Michael Messeguer has unexpectedly passed away at 33 years of age, leaving behind many grieving family members: His beautiful expectant wife Tamara, mother Jeanine, father Bernard, sister Eleanor, stepfather Jim, in-laws Dave, Laura and Becky and many dear friends To Michael, we love and miss you.

Your strength, passion for life, cheeky smile, twinkle in your eye, intelligence and wicked sense of humour will stay with us forever.

You will be forever remembered as a caring husband, a loving son, a devoted brother, a loyal friend, and a pillar of the ski community.

Your child you were so excited to have will be cared for by many loving hands.

A Celebration of Life Family and Friend’s Ski Day will be organised this coming winter.

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• Maintain two metres of space from others. Avoid large group gatherings.

• Wash your hands. Stay home when sick.

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SPORTS THE SCORE NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given in accordance with the Local Government Act and the Community Charter that the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (“SLRD”) has proposed the following bylaw: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Pemberton and District Transfer Station Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1661-2020 (“Bylaw No. 1661”).

Bylaw No. 1661 relates to the SLRD’s Pemberton Refuse Disposal Local Service Area, which includes a portion of Electoral Area C and the Village of Pemberton as participants (the “Service Area”) as shown on the map below:

Area A

Area B

Service Area (Village of Pemberton and Portion of Area C)

Portion of Area C Not in Service Area

Village of Pemberton

Area D Resort Municipality of Whistler

± 0

1:550,000

5,000 10,000

Pemberton Refuse Disposal Local Service Area Service Area

20,000 Meters

The borrowing of the sum of $1,375,000 has previously been authorized for the purpose of constructing the Pemberton & District transfer station pursuant to Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Pemberton and District Transfer Station Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1567-2018.

The purpose of Bylaw No. 1661 is to authorize the SLRD to borrow additional funds up to $811,353 over a term of 30 years for the purpose of acquiring property and constructing the Pemberton and District transfer station on such acquired property for the use and benefit of residents in the Pemberton area. $811,353 is the maximum amount of debt to be created by Bylaw No. 1661.

Repayment of the borrowed funds is intended to be spread out over a term of 30 years, the cost of which is to be borne by the taxable properties within the Service Area. If the full amount of the $811,353 loan to be authorized under Bylaw No. 1661 is issued, the estimated tax requisition is as follows: (*The electoral area rates below are higher due to a mandatory 5.25% provincial fee which is added to properties within electoral areas.)

Participant

Rate per $1,000

Max. Annual Tax Requisition for a $100,000 Property

Max. Annual Tax Requisition for a $500,000 Property

Village of Pemberton

$0.0258

$2.58

$12.90

Portion of Electoral Area C *

$0.0272

$2.72

$13.60

The SLRD Board is seeking participating area approval of the electors by way of Alternative Approval Process for the entire Service Area. The number of eligible electors in the entire Service Area is 4,753 and the number of elector responses required to prevent the SLRD Board from proceeding without the further assent of the electors is 395. The deadline for receiving elector responses for this Alternative Approval Process is 4:30 p.m. on October 13, 2020. The SLRD Board may proceed with this Bylaw unless, by the deadline stated above, at least 10% (being 395) of the electors of the Service Area indicate that the SLRD Board must obtain approval by assent vote (referendum).

Elector responses must be given in the form established by the SLRD Board.

Elector response forms are available at the SLRD office (1350 Aster St., Pemberton, BC) and at www.slrd.bc.ca/PTS_AAP. The only persons entitled to sign the forms are electors of the Service Area. For more information about elector qualifications, see www.slrd.bc.ca/PTS_AAP. Public inspection of the Bylaw can be made at the SLRD office (1350 Aster St., Pemberton, BC) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Monday-Friday, except holidays) and at www.slrd.bc.ca/PTS_AAP. For more information: SLRD Corporate Officer K. Clark (604) 894-6371 (ext.

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Ross tops Aerothlon PEMBERTON ADVENTURE ATHLETE ENTERED LATE, BUT FOUND A WAY TO WIN

BY DAN FALLOON AUSTIN ROSS MIGHT be most closely associated with skiing and other winter fun, but for those unaware, he served notice that he’s full of summer skill as well.

In his Pemberton Aerothlon debut on Aug. 30, Ross came away with the singles victory by edging out Peter Lister.

Ross tends to shy away from competitions, recalling his most recent contests were ski racing and cross-country running as a teenager, but talked himself into registering in the week leading up to the event. Though he partakes recreationally in all three sports that make up the Aerothlon—paragliding, mountain biking and trail running—doing it all back-to-back-to-back made for an interesting experience.

“I’d personally never done anything like that,” said Ross, who lives near Pemberton’s One Mile Lake and is able to access all three sports without using a vehicle. “It was really cool to get back in the headspace of a competition and really be pushing it.

“It involved three of the activities that I do on a daily basis here in Pemberton, so it would be silly not to sign up.”

The Aerothlon itself provided its share of challenges, especially to start, as the wind didn’t cooperate for the gliding portion.

“The one day we had planned for this event, the wind wasn’t ideal,” he said. “The majority of the pilots did end up flying. We just waited for an hour or so until the sun came over the mountains.

“We were able to do it safely and it worked out well.”

Despite being “rowdy,” Ross’ flight mostly went well, though he stopped a few minutes’ trek from the landing site, which was further from the typical touchdown place near Pemberton Meadows Road.

“We were flying into a headwind, so it made it difficult to get all the way to the landing zone. A few people did, but I came up short,” he said.

During the bike section, the sun had stopped beating down, situated behind some clouds, and the rain held off until after the run was completed.

There was some confusion determining the winner, though it was eventually determined Ross’ time bested Lister’s after consulting airtribune.com data.

“I knew personally that I gave it my all.

I pushed myself mentally and physically, and I did a good job,” Ross said. “Anyone who completed this is definitely on the winning side.”

Organizer Peter Chrzanowski said plans were complicated by the absence of organizing partner Pablo Renato, who is based in Mexico. Onsite, the timing was completed by hand, though the digital data was later used to determine the champs.

Just over 30 participants registered to take part in the contest in one of the three

THREE FOR THREE Even in a pandemic, the third Pemberton Aerothlon went off well.

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divisions: singles, duo team or three-person relay. Vincent Pagot, Remy Guignard and Peter Cagasek won the relay while Luke Myers and Marcin Zmudzinski took home the duo team victory.

As well, eight core volunteers helped make the event run, according to Chrzanowski.

However, doing the bulk of the administrative work himself is a load for Chrzanowski, who appreciates the support of local businesses.

“The prizes helped smooth everything over,” he said. “I knew there were shortcomings because we were understaffed.”

Chrzanowski said he’s considering alternating hosting duties with Chilliwack starting next year, as the event could utilize a gondola under construction near Bridal Falls.

“That would give me more room to breathe, have more time to do it,” he said.

Chrzanowski has long hoped to connect with a company like Telus or Rogers to help bring the sport to a wider audience, but with other iterations of the Aerothlon expanding to Austria, there’s also hope to land a coveted connection with Red Bull down the line.

As well, Chrzanowski was happy with how the event ran in terms of following safety protocols related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and feels it could be used as an inspiration for others looking to hold small contests in the current climate.

“There’s hope, still. You can do these events outside. You can socially distance and you can still have fun. You just have to be reasonable,” he said. “You don’t have a big party after. You wear masks in vehicles and don’t slobber over each other, basically.

“It’s all common sense.” n

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Green Moustache founder is heading across Canada to raise awareness of the power of food as medicine NICOLETTE RICHER WILL BIKE, RUN 7,200 KILOMETRES AS PART OF 22 MILLION STRONG CAMPAIGN

BY BRANDON BARRETT MOST WHISTLERITES are pretty good at striking a work-life balance that tends to weigh more towards the “life” side of the scale than the “work” part. But nutritionist, educator and restaurateur Nicolette Richer may have found just the right project to land at a perfect balance that speaks to her business experience, passions and desire to live an active, healthy lifestyle.

It’s just going to require her to bike and run more than 7,000 kilometres across the country.

The co-founder of vegan, whole food café Green Moustache, which now counts five locations in Canada, and nutritional consultants Richer Health, Richer found herself stuck behind a desk more often than she’d like. A big proponent of the ways diet can help those dealing with chronic diseases, she wanted to practice what she preached and “get out from the computer.”

“When I thought about it, I was like, ‘Well, we have a deep need for communities across Canada to learn about food as medicine,’ so how do we educate? What’s the best way to do that? Face-to-face has always been the best way to connect with people,” Richer added.

Those complementary goals soon meshed into a concept: 22 Million Strong.

On June 1, 2021, Richer will set off from Victoria and make the planned 75-day trek on bike and foot to St. John’s, Nfld., stopping along the way to meet with physicians and Indigenous communities— which are disproportionately impacted by certain chronic diseases—to speak about the role diet can play to not only prevent certain diseases, but help reverse them.

“We hate to use the word ‘educate’ when it comes to Indigenous communities because they’ve held this knowledge for thousands of years. We like to use the word ‘remembering’— helping indigenous communities remember this knowledge,” Richer said.

While the exact route is still being

LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP Green Moustache founder and nutritionist Nicolette Richer will travel more than 7,000 kilometres on bike and foot next year to raise awareness of the ways diet can help reverse chronic disease.

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finalized, Richer plans to stay close to the U.S. border for much of her trip. Her route will take some crucial detours, however, so she can visit certain remote Indigenous communities, like in northern Saskatchewan, where the suicide rate is consistently higher than the rest of the province. Suicide is the leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 49 in northern Saskatchewan.

Aiming to bike 80 km and run 20 km a day, in the evenings, Richer said she plans to host “circle dinners” in Indigenous communities to connect with locals and gather research data alongside them. Her research is centred on “de-colonizing food systems to reverse the leading chronic diseases, like Type 2 diabetes, which affects Indigenous members at higher rates than non-Indigenous members,” she noted in a

follow-up email, “the causes of which are attributed to trauma from being moved off their lands, separation from their traditional food systems, residential schools, and so many more injustices.”

22 Million Strong is named after the 10 per cent of North Americans who deal with chronic disease, and Richer also hopes her nation-spanning trek will reach at least that many people.

“We know from the work we do that when we educate one person, they inspire 10 other people to also go and change their diet, their lifestyle,” Richer noted. “We thought we can crush the chronic disease epidemic by hitting that goal in the next decade.”

The campaign will also be combined with Richer’s PhD dissertation at Royal Roads University, which is focused on traditional

food systems and how they can specifically help reverse Type 2 diabetes in Indigenous communities. The work will also include a documentary capturing her journey.

On that front, Richer has been training up to five hours a day and is working with vegan nutritionist Luckie Sigouin, local trainer Meaghan Sutter, as well as ultra-endurance athlete and Olympic swimmer Chris Hauth to get herself in shape by next summer.

“I wake up every day feeling like a brandnew person,” she said of her rigorous training regimen. “I’m not the same person I was when we first started thinking about this.”

The 22 Million Strong campaign continues to look for additional sponsors, donations (visit fundrazr.com22mstrong) and volunteers. To learn more, head to richerhealth.ca/22mstrong. ■

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Meet the roving bookseller SEA TO SKY HISTORY ABOUNDS IN DAVID ELLIS’ MASSIVE COLLECTION

BY ALYSSA NOEL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, an email from David Ellis arrives in my inbox.

It’s plain, simple with no fanfare or hard sell. It’s just a list of obscure, rare historical books about the communities that make up the Sea to Sky corridor—with a few maps occasionally thrown in for good measure.

A title, author, and year—that’s it.

Maybe it was because I had never heard of most of these books or maybe it was something about the humbleness of this list in an era of flashy marketing, but for whatever reason, on a recent Friday it caught my eye and I wondered, “Who is this guy?

And where did he find all these books?”

A quick Google reveals I’m not the only reporter to inquire; Ellis’ roving book van has been featured in both the Globe and Mail and on CBC over the years.

So, I called him up to find out more about books like The Whistler Hostel Hiking Book from 1979, 1971’s Beyond Garibaldi, and the 1965 copy of A Climber’s Guide to the Coastal Ranges of B.C. “I used to go to Whistler myself as a boy with my family and I got the books then,” the 69-year-old Vancouver resident says.

GOOD READS Beyond Garibaldi is just one book in David Ellis’ massive collection.

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“I gathered them and kept buying … I kept buying all this Whistler stuff and then I bought the Squamish stuff. My dad had a big section of local history. I’ve got histories for the whole of B.C.” Ellis inherited his book business— which consists of a specially constructed van and somewhere in the realm of 30,000 books—from his father after Bill Ellis died in 2002.

spring for a month and the fall for a month,” he says. “I’ve been to Yellowknife, all over B.C. I had it all figured out … I was the roving bookseller.”

Increasingly, though, schools and museums have had smaller budgets for books, he says. The best market he’s found in recent years has been Indigenous communities that are keen to piece together parts of their history lost to colonization.

“It’s a pretty interesting business. If you keep at it and you’re disciplined, you’ll make a living at it. And I’m looking for that person who wants to do it—travel all over and meet these folks.”

- DAVID ELLIS

Since then—more so in his younger years—Ellis would load up the van with books that were relevant to a particular region and drive to those communities around B.C., Alberta, and beyond and try to sell them.

He has no internet or social media presence; rather, it’s about connecting with people and matching them with the right books, he says.

“For 23 years, I would go away in the

“They’re very interested in history. A lot of it was taken away from them with residential schools. There’s a strong need now,” he says. “It’s more the First Nations that drive this business now. They want [the books] at their schools, but the families want them, too.”

While it’s been a fulfilling career, Ellis says he’s now hoping to sell the business to the right buyer.

“I’m looking for a buyer for this romantic

business in which you go see these interesting people,” he says. “It’s a pretty interesting business. If you keep at it and you’re disciplined, you’ll make a living at it. And I’m looking for that person who wants to do it—travel all over and meet these folks.”

The one attribute Ellis has—which is evident within 10 minutes of talking to him— that others might not is his deep knowledge of local history and, of course, his relationship with the massive book collection.

On the Whistler front, Ellis has tales of travelling to town before the highway was built, impressing Myrtle Philip as a teen when he retrieved a trap line hidden in the mountains, and catching massive trout in Alta Lake.

There’s a book that applies to each memory, too: many on the PGE rail line, a trio of novels (that I had no idea existed) penned by Alex Philip, and even a map that traces the local First Nations’ trail past Alta, Alpha and Nita lakes before the railway.

“I have [the books] all by region,” Ellis says. “Whistler is two shelves, Squamish First Nations, climbing books, Dick Culbert books, and the Loomers are all in one section. When I go for a trip, I go to that section. It’s all organized. You have to be well organized and you have to know them.

I’ll have to make a tape recording for the person who buys the business.”

If you’re interested in the books or the business, email Ellis at davidellis222.de@ gmail.com. n

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FILM FUN The Whistler Film Festival board of directors added a new member at their annual general meeting last month.

WFF adds to board of directors

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ARTS NEWS: SEE ART ON REAL WALLS AHEAD OF ANONYMOUS ART SHOW; BUY TICKETS FOR THE WHISTLER WRITERS FESTIVAL

BY ALYSSA NOEL THE WHISTLER FILM Festival added a new member to its board of directors during its annual general meeting on Aug. 26.

Rob Larson, a business agent with the Directors Guild of Canada, has joined the group of eight directors.

He is part of a team that includes: returning members Ann Chiasson, managing broker for Re/max Sea to Sky Real Estate; Roger Soane, president and CEO of Whistler Sports Legacies; Sue Brouse, director of member services and human resources with UBCP/ ACTRA; Daniel Cruz, CFO and managing director with Liquid Media Group; Sue Chappel, PhD and consultant; Nathaniel Lyman, associate with Chandler Fogden Aldous; and Shauna Hardy Mishaw, founder and executive director of the Whistler Film Festival.

“On behalf of all at WFF, I would like to welcome our new and returning members to the Whistler Film Festival Society Board of Directors, and thank our returning directors for their continued commitment to the organization and their valuable work on the board,” said Chiasson, in a release.

“My board colleagues and I look forward to working together and benefiting our combined, extensive experience as we set the society’s path forward in these unprecedented times.”

IN-PERSON VIEWING KICKS OFF FOR ANONYMOUS ART SHOW The Anonymous Art Show might have shifted largely online for 2020, but you can now officially head into the Maury Young Arts Centre for in-person viewing.

On Sept. 1, the organization opened up The Gallery for visitors to stop by and check out pieces hung on real, live, non-virtual walls. Then you can pick your favourites

and log on for Buying Night on Sept. 18 to try to snag one.

While the two top-tiered buying spots are sold out, there are still plenty of tickets for third-, fourth-, and fifth-tier buying times.

If you’d rather check out the art pandemic-style, you can head to artswhistler.com/anonymous-art-2020 now to peruse the selections. In total, you’ll find 333 pieces of art by more than 200 artists.

The fundraiser is set to raise money this year for Arts Whistler’s community arts programs and new theatre equipment.

The 56,000 sq. ft. Audain Art Museum designed

by Patkau Architects provides ample space for a physically distant cultural experience.

To explore the art of Britsh Columbia this summer tickets may be purchased online for contactless payment, or at the door.

TICKETS ON SALE FOR WHISTLER WRITERS FESTIVAL You can now snag tickets to this year’s Whistler Writers Festival.

Tickets for the festival’s various events—which are all virtual for 2020— went on sale on Aug. 31.

Running from Oct. 15 to 18, they include The Literary Cabaret, Saturday night Gala with Wade Davis, Sunday Brunch and the Domestic Thriller event.

Meanwhile, there will also be online writing workshops and publishing sessions. “Nineteen years ago, we started the Whistler Writers Festival in my living room,” says Stella Harvey, artistic director of the festival, in a release. “This year, as we work to keep our audiences safe in this virtual format, we remain committed and connected to what we started so long ago: workshops for emerging writers, readings that encourage and engage healthy, provocative and thoughtful debate, as well as an intimacy that involves as broad and inclusive an audience as possible.”

The festival is also hosting a virtual bookstore with participating authors’ books for festivalgoers to read ahead of the fall event.

For tickets, access to the bookstore, and the full lineup of authors and events, visit whistlerwritersfest.com. n

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ALL FOR ONE The one-room schoolhouses at Alta Lake may have been small, but according to teachers, they could be a great place to work.

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE WITH THE BEGINNING of a new (though uncertain) school year, we thought we’d take a look back at the first school built in the Whistler Valley and one of its teachers.

The Alta Lake School was built in 1931 and operated until 1946, when it closed due to an insufficient number of students.

It reopened in a new building in 1956 but continued to struggle with enrolment.

Mel Carrico was born in Alberta and after the Second World War, he and his wife Dagmar decided to raise their family in British Columbia. Though trained as a teacher, Carrico worked for Alcan in Kitimat and the Department of Labour in Smithers through the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1958,

and he had wanted to be a Cub Scout. Most of the students came from families employed by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. No matter their age, all students learned in the same classroom. Rob remembered that, “It was always interesting because you could listen in on all the lessons.” If the Grade 3 lesson was not too exciting, the Grade 5 lesson might have been more intriguing.

According to Rob, Alta Lake was “a good place to go to school,” partly because of the nearby creek where one could go at recess to catch Kokanee. Each year, his father ensured that the school put on a big Christmas concert, usually including a puppet show. The students would help to make marionettes and a stage would be constructed at the school. The concert was a big event for the small Alta Lake community.

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According to Rob, Alta Lake was “a good place to go to school,” partly because of the nearby creek where one could go at recess to catch Kokanee. he returned to the classroom, teaching first in the one-room schoolhouse in Garibaldi and then becoming the teacher at the oneroom schoolhouse at Alta Lake.

According to an oral history interview with Rob Carrico, Mel’s son, his father was asked during his interview with Don Ross, then the head of the school board, how many school-aged children he had, as four were needed to reopen the Alta Lake School.

There were technically three potential students, but Rob’s younger sister was put into Grade 1 at the age of five to make up the numbers and Mel Carrico was hired.

The family spent two years living near the school at Alta Lake. Looking back, Rob said his only regret about his time there was that there were no other boys around his age

Rob remembered the community as closeknit, where neighbours would look after each other, visiting often and coming together for bingo and other events, such as the Ice-Break Raffle and the summer fish derby (which he thought might have just been an excuse to gather a lot of fish and have a big community fish fry).

The Carricos left Alta Lake in 1961 when Rob’s elder sister reached high school.

The Alta Lake School did not teach higher grades and so she would have had to leave her family and attend school in Squamish while being boarded. Instead, the entire family moved to Squamish and Carrico continued to teach in the school district.

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Given the interconnected layout of the trails, all trails on Nesters Hill are closed for the duration of the project, including:

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CONSIDERATION OF TEMPORARY USE PERMIT NO. 3080-20-05

Library Board of Trustees Applications Applications are being received for Trustee positions on the Whistler Public Library (WPL) Board. Library Board Trustees are appointed by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Council.

The Village of Lions Bay (the “Municipality”) is considering issuing Temporary Use Permit No. 3080-20-05 (the Permit) for the property located at 60 Panorama Road and more particularly known and described as:

Pursuant to the Library Act, ss. 5-6, there are three (3) vacancies available for a two (2) year term effective (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2022).

Interviews will be conducted in the second week of October.

PID: 009-364-901 LOT 6 BLOCK 7 DISTRICT LOT 1575 PLAN 10595 (the “Lands”)

Eligibility requirements: • Must be resident or an elector of the RMOW. • Must not be a RMOW employee.

• Must not be a WPL employee.

The Lands are shown in bold outline on the map attached to this notice.

PURPOSE: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed permit is to authorize Short Term Rentals on the Lands, pursuant to section 4.6 of Part IV of Zoning and Development Bylaw No. 520, 2017.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: A copy of the proposed permit may be inspected at the Reception Desk of Municipal Hall at 400 Centre Road, Lions Bay, BC, during regular office hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from Monday to Friday, excluding Wednesdays and statutory holidays.

WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS The Council of the Village of Lions Bay has delegated its authority to issue temporary use permits to the Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”), who will consider issuing Temporary Use Permit No. 3080-20-05 on September 9, 2020. Before deciding whether or not to issue the Permit the CAO will consider written submissions on matters relevant to the issuance of the Permit, from persons who believe their interests may be affected by the Permit.

Submissions must be addressed to “CAO-TUP”, and submitted by 4:00 p.m. on September 8, 2020.

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Board guidelines: • The Board consists of nine (9) members. Eight (8) are appointed from the community and one (1) member from the RMOW Council.

• The Board elects a Chair and Vice Chair at its first meeting in each year.

• The Board must meet at regular intervals at least six (6) times a year.

• Meetings are currently held on the first Wednesday of each month, except August, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

For further information on the responsibilities of the Board members, please contact Chair, Selection Committee, Bevin Heath Ansley at: wplboardrecruits@gmail.com or visit whistlerlibrary.ca/about-us/wpl-board.

Application packages are available at the Municipal Hall or www.whistler.ca and the Whistler Public Library at 4329 Main Street or www.whistlerlibrary.ca.

Please submit applications to: Lisa Bast Legislative Services Administrative Assistant Resort Municipality of Whistler Municipal Hall 4325 Blackcomb Way Whistler, BC V0N 1B4 Email: corporate@whistler.ca Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday September 24, 2020.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly it’s modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly it wheezes and tips over.” Those words were written by Aries author Marge Piercy, who has been a fount of good new ideas in the course of her career. I regard her as an expert in generating wheezy, fragile breakthroughs and ultimately turning them into shiny, solid beacons of revelation. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, is to do as Piercy has done so well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Every day I discover even more beautiful things,” said painter Claude Monet. “It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all. My head is bursting.” That might seem like an extreme state to many of us. But Monet was a specialist in the art of seeing.

He trained himself to be alert for exquisite sights. So his receptivity to the constant flow of loveliness came naturally to him. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I think that in the coming weeks, you could rise closer to a Monetlike level of sensitivity to beauty. Would that be interesting to you? If so, unleash yourself! Make it a priority to look for charm, elegance, grace, delight, and dazzlement.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author Renata Adler describes a time in her life when she began to notice blue triangles on her feet. She was wracked with fear that they were a symptom of leukemia. But after a period of intense anxiety, she realized one fine day that they had a different cause. She writes: “Whenever I, walking barefoot, put out the garbage on the landing, I held the apartment door open, bending over from the rear. The door would cross a bit over the tops of my feet”—leaving triangular bruises. Upon realizing this very good news, she says, “I took a celebrational nap.” From what I can tell, Gemini, you’re due for a series of celebrational naps—both because of worries that turn out to be unfounded and because you need a concentrated period of recharging your energy reserves.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak,” proclaimed Cancerian author Lillian Hellman. I feel the same way.

So often, people have nothing interesting or important to say, but say it anyway. I’ve done that myself! The uninteresting and unimportant words I have uttered are too numerous to count. The good news for me, and all of my fellow Cancerians, is that in the coming weeks, we are far more likely than usual to not speak until we are ready to speak. According to my analysis of the astrological potentials, we are poised to express ourselves with clarity, authenticity, and maximum impact.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Of all the mournful impacts the pandemic has had, one of the most devastating is that it has diminished our opportunities to touch and be touched by other humans. Many of us are starved of the routine, regular contact we had previously taken for granted. I look forward to the time when we can again feel uninhibited about shaking hands, hugging, and patting friends on the arm or shoulder. In the meantime, how can you cope? This issue is extra crucial for you Leos to meditate on right now. Can you massage yourself?

Seek extra tactile contact with animals? Hug trees?

Figure out how to physically connect with people while wearing hazmat suits, gloves, masks, and face shields?

What else?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible,” says singer-songwriter Holly Near. “It requires training as well as magic.” How are you doing on that score, Virgo?

Now is a favourable time to intensify your long-term art project of creating the healthiest, smartest version of yourself. I think it will feel quite natural and not-at-all impossible. In the coming weeks, you’ll have a finely tuned intuitive sense of how to proceed with flair. Start by imagining the Most Beautiful You. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I propose we resurrect the

old English word “museful.” First used in the 17th century but then forgotten, it meant “deeply thoughtful; pensive.” In our newly coined use, it refers to a condition wherein a person is abundantly inspired by the presence of the muse. I further suggest that we invoke this term to apply to you Libras in the coming weeks. You potentially have a high likelihood of intense communion with your muses. There’s also a good chance you’ll engage with a new muse or two. What will you do with all of this illumination and stimulation?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Each of us has a “soul’s code”: a metaphorical blueprint of the beautiful person we could become by fulfilling our destiny. If our soul’s code remains largely dormant, it will agitate and disorient us. If, on the other hand, we perfectly actualize our soul’s code, we will feel at home in the world; all our experiences will feel meaningful. The practical fact is that most of us have made some progress in manifesting our soul’s code, but still have a way to go before we fully actualize it. Here’s the good news: You Scorpios are in a phase of your cycle when you could make dramatic advances in this glorious work.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules,” observes Sagittarian author Ashleigh Brilliant. According to my research, you have made excellent progress in this quest during the last few weeks—and will continue your good work in the next six weeks. Give yourself an award!

Buy yourself a trophy! You have discovered at least two rules that were previously unknown to you, and you have also ripened your understanding of another rule that had previously been barely comprehensible. Be alert for more breakthroughs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer,” said rambunctious activist and author John Perry Barlow. Adding to his formulation, I’ll say that if you want to be a successful explorer, it’s crucial to get lost on some occasions. And according to my analysis, now is just such a time for you Capricorns. The new territory you have been brave enough to reconnoiter should be richly unfamiliar. The possibilities you have been daring enough to consider should be provocatively unpredictable. Keep going, my dear! That’s the best way to become un-lost.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you,” said psychic Sylvia Browne. She was referring to the mysterious stories that unfold in our minds as we sleep. I agree with her assessment of dreams’ power to show us who we really are all the way down to the core of our souls. What Browne didn’t mention, however, is that it takes knowledge and training to become proficient in deciphering dreams’ revelations. Their mode of communication is unique— and unlike every other source of teaching. I bring this up, Aquarius, because the coming months will be a favourable time for you to become more skilled in understanding your dreams.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In June 1876, warriors from three First Nations defeated U.S. troops led by General George Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana. It was an iconic victory in what was ultimately a losing battle to prevent conquest by the ever-expanding American empire. One of the Nations that fought that day was the Northern Cheyenne. Out of fear of punishment by the U.S. government, its leaders waited 130 years to tell its side of the story about what happened. New evidence emerged then, such as the fact that the only woman warrior in the fight, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, killed Custer himself. I offer this tale as an inspiration for you Pisceans to tell your story about events that you’ve kept silent about for too long.

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BAND ADMINISTRATOR SUMMARY OF WORK DESCRIPTION: The Accountant will work in conjunction with the Band Administrator and key Program Staff in maintaining the financial accounting and control system for all programs. He/she will ensure maintenance of all computerized ledgers, journals and produce financial reports. The Bookkeeper will supervise the finance staff and provide support.

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Banking: - oversee monthly bank reconciliations.

Accounts Payable: - Reconcile accounts payable sub-ledger.

Accounts Receivable: - Preparation of invoices and statements as required.

- Maintenance of cash receipts journal.

- Preparation of aged accounts receivable listing.

Financial Reporting: - Prepare monthly-computerized financial reports including budget information.

- Alert the Program Managers as to any significant variances in actual budget comparisons.

- Complete special reports for submission to the Managers and Chief and Council.

- Review reports for accuracy for outside agencies including Health Canada, Human Resources Development Canada and AANDC. - Work with Program Managers to ensure all program reports are submitted to funding sources in a timely manner.

Budgeting: - Work with Program Managers of each Department to ensure annual budgets are prepared.

- Provide advice and assist the Program Managers in implementing/ monitoring of budgets throughout the year.

- Provide recommendations to the Program Managers and Chief and Council.

Payroll: - Prepare quarterly report & payment for W.C.B. Other related duties: - Attend and participate in Council and community meetings upon request.

- Other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: Must have: - Training in accounting, auditing, budgeting, financial planning combined with experience; - Proven experience in financial budget analysis, preparation of monthly/ annual financial reports, and accounting principles; - Experience in working in First Nations accounting or financial management environment.

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BAND ADMINISTRATOR The Band Administrator is responsible for the efficient and effective operations of the Band. The Band Administrator will work closely with

each of the Departments of the N’Quatqua Band and will serve as the Supervisor of the Department Managers. The Band Administrator will administer multiple programs and services, including financial assets of the band, property, natural resources and information and will manage in accordance with policies and priorities set out by Chief & Council. He/she will forecast program needs and plan for future program requirements. He/She will ensure effective financial management of programs and services, including accountability and will seek funding enhancements to improve service opportunities. The Band Administrator will keep abreast of new initiatives and will ensure programs are managed, delivered and evaluated in a coordinated and integrated approach on a fiscal basis and in a culturally appropriate and responsive manner. The Band Administrator will develop a detailed annual budget for Council approval, and will assist Department Heads in preparing annual departmental budgets. He/she will maintain sound working relationships with Staff, representatives of other departments, governments and outside agencies.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Supervision/Performance Management: Provides a structured process for the supervision of Staff to ensure that required standards and program policy guidelines are met; Provides consultation on a day to day basis to the Department Managers, as appropriate, in the performance of their duties in relation to: a) Policy interpretation d) resource management practice b) Program eligibility e) workload management c) Case management practice f) conflict resolution Works closely with Chief & Council in policy updates and/or developments; Administration & Financial Management: Maintains information, records, monthly calendar, schedules; Ensures that files are secure; Consults with Chief and Council on a regular basis; Provides regular reports and ensures the financial systems of the programs are maintained and accountability is in place; Monitors revenues and expenditures of all departments and works closely with department heads and/or Finance Manager on budgets; Identifies new sources of revenue for programs and services and applies for additional funding; Identifies and informs Council about new economic opportunities and risk assessment; Meets deadlines; EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: - Degree in Business Management or combined post-secondary education and work experience; - Previous work experience in a First Nations Band Office; - 3 to 5 years working experience with a First Nation;; - Must have experience in planning, conducting and managing programs and projects in a First Nations setting.

- Must have knowledge of First Nations history, traditions, lifestyles, culture, including approaches to community development and programming; - Must have experience and good skills in proposal writing, strategies, policies, operational and financial planning; - Must have excellent communication skills; - Must have ability to prioritize goals and objectives within timeframes; - Must have a sound understanding of financial management and preparing detailed annual budgets with working experience; - Must have good understanding of outside government organizations and funders; - Must have experience in supervising Managers and Staff; - Must have experience in negotiations; - Must have strong leadership skills; OTHER: - Must pass a criminal records check; - Must be able maintain flexible hours.

- Must have transportation and a valid BC driver’s license.

- Must have ability to work as a team member.

- Must have excellent public relations, interpersonal and communication skills.

- Must be able to work independently and serve as a Team Leader.

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The closing date for this job posting will be August 20, 2020 at 4pm

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At some point during the Republican National Convention, a Never Trump commentator said, “If Trump is re-elected, you won’t recognize the country in four more years.”

That’s about the time those lyrics from David Byrne’s Rei Momo album began to play in the jukebox in my brain. I don’t want to be part of that world. And frankly, as far as not recognizing the US of A, that ship sailed long ago.

The worse thing that could be said about the U.S. when I left it in 1979 was it was about to elect Ronald Reagan. The best was that disco was on life support. Both were harbingers of the death spiral to follow, culminating in what we see now if we can bear to peek in on what’s going on down there.

Cadet Bonespurs has lived down to the worst expectations anyone had of him. Until the pandemic rolled into town, the best anyone could say about him— with the exception of his rock-solid core supporters—was that he’d “managed,” a word used advisedly, the economy well.

This accolade was based solely on the performance of the stock market, managing to hit new highs until it fell off a cliff near the end of February.

But as a metric of success, the S&P 500 is thin gruel. It is a tide that raises few boats—those large yachts owned by the One Per Cent of the One Per Cent for the most part. Between all wealth seemingly being measured by the stock index and the redistribution of wealth represented by the Cadet’s tax breaks favouring the wealthiest, most Americans, whether they were Trump supporters or haters, took it up the hind side. Wages still stagnated, jobs still disappeared, more people slid toward or into poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness.

But at least they had someone to hate, which, when you’re down and out, is strangely comforting. The anti-Trumpers hated Trump. The Trump supporters seemed to pretty much hate everybody. And the Cadet stirred that hatred and stirs it still,

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more rapidly and more frothy than ever.

Daily, he churns hatred for anyone who disagrees with him or dares to present facts, also known as alternative facts since he disagrees with them, that cast him in a bad light, going so far to ascribe that outcome as their sole purpose in presenting them in the first place. The centre of the Cadet’s universe is himself, naturally, although that centre may well be a black hole.

He encourages hatred for the country’s closest and most longstanding allies, impugning their motives, claiming they’re screwing America, chastising them for

version of the U.S., the Cadet’s handling of the ongoing pandemic would have been the death knell of his presidency.

Uncharacteristically, there is no jingoistic cry echoing across the country of, “We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1! USA! USA!” in response to the news the U.S. has won gold in the number of COVID cases and death toll, topping every other country in the world... and not because of its excellent and widespread testing protocol.

From dismissing it outright, to saying it would magically go away when the weather warmed, to advocating ineffective

The centre of the Cadet’s universe is himself, naturally, although that centre may well be a black hole.

slights perceptible only to him. At the same time, he embraces the strongman dictators of the world, envious, perhaps, of their ability to rule by fiat, fear and murder.

In a well-oiled feedback loop, his hatred stirs up both his base and those on the extremes opposed to him, leading to the inevitable clashes that ended in yet another death this week, this time to one of his supporters in Portland. The violence is his manna.

In a more sane time, in a more sane

drugs and even more ineffective intake of disinfectants, to blaming it all on Democrats, the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control to, of course, China, the administration’s handling of the pandemic has been criminally negligent.

But the trauma continues. While it would be an overstatement to say the election in November is an even bet, it would be ill advised to rule out four more years of a whole new ring of Hell.

A far different reality was spread across

the landscape during the Democratic National Convention.

Never has reasonableness seemed so foreign. While rife with propaganda, sloganeering and its own form of jingoism, the version of the future dished up by Biden & Co. was more like Alice taking tea with the Mad Hatter and his friends than Trump’s version that hewed closer to the Queen of Hearts’ croquet game.

But if, in fact, the collective we, get the government we deserve, whatever happens in November will be what the people of the U.S. deserve. Just as they, or at least enough of them to tilt the pinball game known as the Electoral College, chose the path of increasing tribalism, polarization, indignation, hatred and anger four years ago, they might choose tea or croquet this time around.

It’s hard to call because it’s hard to understand what has turned the country once thought of as the bastion of freedom, St. Reagan’s shining city up on a hill, into a land of violence, oppression, police lynchings, even greater xenophobia, racism and anti-intellectual thought. After all, it was less than 50 years ago members of both political parties, having due regard for the oath of office they took, came together to rid the country of a president who failed to uphold his own oath to protect and defend the Constitution. The blind pursuit of power—worthy of the most ripe of banana republics—has made such an alliance impossible.

When the only interest worth pursuing is self-interest, the decline of the empire can’t be far off. n

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