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TWIN PEAKS WHAT’S BEHIND THE SEEMING ABUNDANCE OF TWINS BORN IN THE SEA TO SKY?

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BUDGET SEASON Sea to Sky MP Patrick Weiler discusses budget’s housing measures

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SO LONG, DE JONG Environmental visionary Arthur De Jong retires

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32 Twin peaks What’s behind the seeming abundance of twins born in the Sea to Sky? - By Dee Raffo

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BUDGET SEASON

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TAKING CARE

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spaces is “a really big win” for Pemberton, says Mayor Mike Richman—

loopholes are “still to be determined,” according to MP Patrick Weiler.

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tickets made up 99 per cent of all bylaw notices issued.

a two-year hiatus.

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SO LONG, DE JONG

After 42 years,

environmental visionary Arthur De Jong retires from Whistler Blackcomb.

CALL IT A COMEBACK

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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS Where to draw the line between important, need-to-know information and

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week’s letter writers offer up more historical search-and-

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Megan Lalonde takes us behind the scenes of a pair of recent Pique cover features.

66 MAXED OUT Max reflects on the ski season that was, deeming it worthy of a “workperson-like” six out of 10.

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31 RANGE ROVER With Canadian Independent Bookstore Day taking place on April 30, it’s a great

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38 FORK IN THE ROAD With so much going on, it seems that Earth Day—which is happening Friday, April 22—has gotten overlooked, overwhelmed, and largely relegated to the sidelines, writes Glenda Bartosh.

42 MUSEUM MUSINGS Originally run entirely by volunteers, First Aid Ski Patrol on Whistler started with 12 people in 1965, before construction of the lifts had even been completed.

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Don’t panic IN HIS 1999 BOOK, The Culture of Fear, sociology professor Barry Glassner posited that Americans, due in part to a constant barrage of sensational news stories, were afraid of all the wrong things, even as the world around them improved.

Drugs, crime, plane crashes, minorities—you name it, in the late ’90s, Americans were afraid of it.

The media of course plays a huge role in this, but it’s not alone, Glassner

BY BRADEN DUPUIS wrote; businesses, advocacy organizations, religious sects and political parties all promote and profit from fear.

“A group that raises money for research into a particular disease is not likely to negate concerns about that disease. A company that sells alarm systems is not about to call attention to the fact that crime is down,” Glassner wrote. “News organizations, on the other hand, periodically allay the very fears they arouse to lure audiences.”

The so-called culture of fear is a complex and fascinating topic, and Glassner’s book (updated in 2009 for its 10th anniversary) holds up today. But if you want the to-the-point conclusion, it’s a predictable one—and it’s the same insidious cancer that is seemingly at the root of all of society’s ills: greed.

“The short answer to why Americans harbour so many misbegotten fears is that immense power and money await those who tap into our moral insecurities and supply us with symbolic substitutes,” Glassner wrote.

And all of this before 9-11, which signaled a new modern era of rabid, jingoistic fearmongering.

Following the devastating terror attack in New York City, the George W. Bush

administration—aided wholeheartedly by the cheerleading news media—coined a somewhat abstract phrase that would go on to define the decade: The War on Terror.

“The little secret here is that the vagueness of the phrase was deliberately (or instinctively) calculated by its sponsors,” wrote former U.S. national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski in an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2007.

“Constant reference to a ‘war on terror’ did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear. Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.”

I arrived at the topic for this week’s Opening Remarks in a somewhat roundabout way, as I contemplated Earth Day (taking place Friday, April 22) and the impacts of climate change.

to have real impacts on media, 25 of the top minds in American journalism gathered at the Harvard Faculty Club to discuss the future of their craft.

“Instead of serving a larger public interest, they feared, their profession was damaging it. The public, in turn, increasingly distrusted journalists, even hated them,” wrote journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, in their 2001 book The Elements of Journalism.

By 1999, just 21 per cent of Americans believed the press cared about people, down from 41 per cent in 1987, the authors wrote.

Following that meeting in 1997, those 25 journalists set out to conduct a careful examination of their craft and what it was supposed to be.

Three years and hundreds of hours of interviews later, a set of core principles was decided on, the first being that the purpose of journalism is to provide people

publish things that can’t be verified—a standard not applied to the blogs, social media accounts and hyper-partisan online rags of the modern internet.

(For the uninitiated, the rule of thumb is triangulation, or confirming a piece of information with three unrelated sources before running with it.)

Keep in mind both of the above referenced works were published before the dawn of high-speed internet and social media, both of which have amplified the fear factor by an order of magnitude.

These days we’ve all got smartphones, and it’s safe to say we are each and every one of us consuming far more news, current events and half-baked hot takes than the human brain was ever wired to handle.

And in recent years, the news has been heavier than in living memory: climate change, COVID, Ukraine, inflation—these are all complex, challenging topics that by

“The short answer to why Americans harbour so many misbegotten fears is that immense power and money await those who tap into our moral insecurities...”

- BARRY GLASSNER

I sometimes hesitate to broach certain topics, as I’m acutely aware of the oversaturation of those topics in people’s feeds.

At the same time, the last thing I want to do is ignore the real challenges facing all of us, or put “lipstick on a pig,” to put it crassly.

So where to draw the line between important, need-to-know information and fearmongering, or sensationalism? It can be a fine balance, and it’s a longstanding debate in the industry.

In 1997, as emerging technologies began

with the information they need to be free and self-governing.

Some of their other principles are at the core of my own professional philosophy: that journalism’s first obligation is to the truth (or the closest approximation, arrived at through strict verification), and its first loyalty to the citizens.

It shouldn’t have to be said, but the reason you don’t see your favourite conspiracy theories or alternative narratives in the “mainstream media” or your local newspaper is because real journalists don’t

their very nature inspire anxiety, depression and, yes, fear.

We can’t just ignore them, or downplay them. But we can’t let our lives and decisions be dictated by fear, either. We all have a responsibility to engage the news honestly, with an open and critical mind.

So please, inform yourself. Think critically about what you’re reading and watching. Do your best to triangulate the information you come across before blindly buying into it.

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More on the history of search and rescue in Whistler I was very interested in Pique’s recent articles on the 1972 avalanche and the subsequent starting of the Whistler Search and Rescue (“They just vanished,” Pique, April 7, and “Searching for a legacy,” Pique, April 14).

You may be interested to know a few pieces of information that add to these articles.

Before Whistler started, Franz Wilhelmsen and I, as head of the volunteer ski patrol, toured the mountain by helicopter to start deciding what would be required in the way of patrolling such a large area. As very few skiers were expected during the week at that time, with the bulk of skiers coming from Vancouver each weekend, it was decided that the volunteer ski patrol would handle the weekends and a couple of pro patrol would handle the weekdays. This is how it started in 1966.

Due to the inexperience of Vancouver skiers on a big mountain and the relatively poor safety equipment in those days (long thongs and crude safety bindings) there were a lot of accidents each day. The patrol was handling on average about 30 accidents per day on weekends.

Many skiers ventured out of bounds and ended up lost and exhausted. So started the first search and rescue. The patrol was called out many nights to help search for these lost

skiers. Some, of course, were not lost, but were in the pub or had gone home without telling their friends. However, many were truly lost and some did not survive even though they’d been found that same night. Sometimes skiers were found within the ski area by the evening sweep.

The volunteer patrol would go down each run, stopping periodically and yelling to hopefully get a response. The uncle of one our future patrollers was saved this way.

So started the genesis of search and rescue on Whistler Mountain.

Another major problem was communication between the patrol and the various lifts. To solve this, the volunteer patrol installed a telephone switchboard, donated by Telus, in the patrol room, and laid wires to each lift where we located a hand-crank telephone. This

helped immensely in getting information of the whereabouts of injured skiers.

Then there was the avalanche problem.

Nobody had experience in avalanche rescue or prediction. We therefore started right at the beginning in 1966 by purchasing avalanche probes and obtaining training in avalanche rescue and prediction. Two of our senior patrollers, Ian Mackenzie and Robin Manson, were invited by the US Forest Service to go down to Washington and take a two-day training course. This is not very long for such a complex subject. However, it was a start, and Ian and Robin came back and started training the whole patrol.

As time went on we received help from people like Hans Gmoser and Eric Lomas, who at that time was Whistler hill manager.

Eric came from Banff and was of great help.

We also received guidance from [avalanche forecasters] based in Revelstoke. Other experienced individuals such as Ron Royston joined the patrol, and with many probe and search practices, we became the first trained avalanche search group on the mountain. This all occurred during the mid- to late ’60s.

It was while training with Eric Lomis to “test” the snow on “small” slopes by skiing down the slope and performing a hard stop to see if the snow would slide, that we set off an avalanche that completely covered me.

However, being on a safety rope, the other patrollers at the top were able to stop me until the snow cleared. This left me hanging over a small cliff wondering what had happened. This certainly was an experience that heightened our awareness of the unpredictability of snow.

I hope you find this an interesting adjunct to the information Pique has already given on the avalanche dangers and deaths in the early days of Whistler Mountain. As you can see, the volunteer ski patrol played an integral part in the growth and knowledge of avalanche rescue.

(Read more in this week’s Museum Musings column on page 42.)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Throughout those two decades I’ve endured remarkable change in not only my personal life but in the town and the world we live in.

One constant though is the depreciation of the housing inventory for locals. Once in a while there are a few wins through Whistler Housing Authority (WHA) units in Cheakamus and Rainbow that soften the blow. But by and large, we have seen population increase and housing availability decrease without much reversal. I recently had to leave town when the owners took back control of their suite to use as their ski condo—a reality many others have also faced.

Old locals will say that they had it bad as well—this problem is nothing new. Yet other solutions existed back in the day such as building your own place in the woods.

Nowadays people can’t even park a van on the street without being driven out. Others will

living in such dire conditions. If someone wants to spend $5 million on a property they only use for a few weeks out of the year, then a few hundred thousand extra to build a rental suite is not a big ask. We often forget that in a democracy, the citizens have the right to make up the rules as we go along, and decades of stagnated policy usually ends up benefiting only a few.

Steve Andrews // Vancouver

Now is the time for anti-racism WOW. I thought that G.D. Maxwell was going somewhere positive with his April 14 article “The long fight against prejudice.” But it never did. It actually supports racism.

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say that it’s not a problem unique to Whistler, so the burden of finding a creative solution does not rest within municipal boundaries. For many, the reaction to people’s grievances is, “if you don’t like it, you can always leave.”

This type of thinking is not only myopic, it will also come to haunt Whistler down the road after the last longtime local finally leaves. It already has by the plethora of young people leaving for better opportunities elsewhere, and those among the older generation who sold out and took their windfall elsewhere in B.C. One of the big reasons I decided to take residence for so long was the community of other misfits and fun-lovers who saw value in an attachment to the natural world. People who knew that the idea of a better life meant forgoing the pitfalls of modern society in favour of falling in a much different way: in style and synchronicity with gravity and Earth’s other forces to elicit moments of pure ecstasy.

Somewhere along the way Western society got the idea that obscene gains in real estate investing was a good thing. Indeed it is to a certain class and always has been, especially when demand outnumbers supply by an increasingly larger margin every year. But status quo will not solve this issue, and more drastic measures will need to happen if anyone hopes to have any hope of solving our housing issues for future residents. Banff enacted fairly drastic measures decades ago and while nobody wants to be another Banff, we know that creative policy solutions are possible to conceive. While the WHA is a positive step, it does nothing to address the vast number of properties that serve as vacation homes and sit empty most of the year. Maybe it is time to rein in on empty houses when people who literally keep the so-called “machine” running are

struggle. About halfway in, the insidious, ubiquitous monster that is racism reared its ugly head. Racism lives in the grey zone, where there is confusion and pronouncements such as saying that not acting on our prejudice makes us “good enough” and saying “I am not a racist” is worthy of a boast. Really?

And if we do act on our prejudices,”a momentary eruption of what lies in our unconscious does not an “...ist” make.” Acting on our prejudices is exactly what discrimination is, and if it is against others of different colour, it is exactly what a human racist is made of.

Racism does not have to be full-time, it can be constructed of “momentary eruptions” of prejudice. Racism is ever-evolving, versatile. It is also about excuses and white people letting ourselves off the hook.

After this part of the article, I thought, OK, now he is going to talk about the most important part of racial prejudice: the harmful impact we—as whites—can cause through racism, on a spectrum ranging from a small daily hurt to the destruction of another human’s mental or physical health. That was not mentioned, nor was the possibility that if we do “slip” and act on our prejudices, we can apologize; when we see or hear a discriminatory act, we can step up, speak up, advocate. We can be an antiracist, anti-sexist, etc. It is not “good enough” to be silently complicit anymore.

We have decades of scholarly, welldocumented, available information to help anyone who is interested in understanding our “cesspool of deeply-ingrained prejudices … I’ll never drive them out. You’ll never drive yours out. For the most part, I’ll never even understand what all of them are; neither will you.”

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We, as white Canadians, have no excuse when it comes to understanding what stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination entail, and we have the option to fight racial prejudice, and in our world today, it is not “good enough” to be a part-time human racist.

It is time to be a full-time anti-racist.

By the way, the last paragraph is super confusing and disturbing and off-the-wall racist. Are you actually saying that someone who won’t accept a “little” racism is intolerant, and intolerance is “just another ugly prejudice ... one that makes lynching seem reasonable”?

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I enjoyed reading Leslie Anthony’s article on [the history of the] Doppelmayr lift company (“Range Rover: Reaching for the moon,” Pique, April 11). I also enjoy the comfort and safety of the Doppelmayr lifts found here at Whistler Blackcomb. Interesting to note Doppelmayr claims to have invented the detachable ski lift in 1972. I have to guess Leslie missed the opportunity to ride the original Swiss-built, Mueller-brand gondola installed in 1965 from Creekside to the mid-station. It was, indeed, a detachable gondola. Not high-speed, not automated (you had to manually push the gondola around, but certainly detachable).

Perhaps Herr Doppelmayr never had the opportunity to ski here. If he had, maybe he would update his museum!

Ken Snowball // Whistler

Grateful for a great ski season in Whistler My husband and I are “super senior” skiers.

We’ve skied 80 days averaging 6,000 metres

a day this season. Despite considerable “Vail Fails” (weak and limited grooming, lift mechanical failures, and bad updates on web reports), we have some remarkable callouts. Creekside lifties who consistently help with loading skis; wonderful company in the gondola, including a 114-days-this-season skier, and a father and six–ish daughter who was articulate and delightful and wellparented; and attentive ski instructors who encourage confidence in their class students.

Too bad it’s not acting like spring out there! Overall we’ve had a great season.

Jan and Alan Erickson // Whistler

Open-net salmon leases should not be renewed This letter was sent to MP Patrick Weiler and shared with Pique.

Please support our honourable Minister of Fisheries, Joyce Murray, in her daunting task of removing open-net Atlantic salmon farms on our beautiful B.C. coast when they expire this June.

I know how powerful the professional aquaculture lobby in Ottawa is.

I am proud of our Liberal governance finally doing what is right.

It has been a very long and frustrating road in my hopes and dreams of removing this cancer from our coast.

I worked as a commercial salmon troller for the first 30 of the 50 years that I have lived in Whistler.

I care, and I have witnessed the horrific consequences these feedlots have done to our native salmon.

Please let me know if you can help end this by supporting the choice of not renewing the leases that expire this June.

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AS OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Spring down low, winter up high.

It’s looking like it will be a beautiful weekend with sunshine and warming temperatures.

Great riding will likely be found on shady and sheltered terrain at upper elevations.

Winter has put up quite the fight this year and spring has not yet sprung in the alpine where the snowpack is still mostly dry with numerous crusts throughout. It hasn’t yet undergone its transformation to a diurnal melt/ freeze cycle that slowly warms the snowpack from the top down, making the layering much more homogeneous.

As freezing levels begin to climb towards mountaintops and remain elevated overnight, the likelihood of very large natural avalanches will increase, especially on days with strong solar radiation. It’s very difficult to predict the exact timing of when these avalanches will occur. In my experience, these events most commonly take place after several days when freezing

levels reach the mountaintops and remain elevated overnight.

There will be many days this spring where daytime warming is followed by a solid overnight freeze. On these days, the standard strategy is to start very early in the morning and be out of avalanche terrain before the heat of the day impacts the snowpack. It is the days when there is no re-freeze at night that you should be especially cautious.

It’s looking unlikely there will be elevated nighttime temperatures over the weekend but it’s going to happen at some point this spring.

For those diehards that aren’t quite ready to get on their bikes and plan to continue playing in the snow, the best advice I can give is to be prepared to make conservative terrain choices when this warming trend does occur. This means avoiding all avalanche paths and slopes that are capable of producing large avalanches.

This is the final weekly update for the season.

Daily forecasts are scheduled to end Monday, April 25. Have fun and play safe out there! ■

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The story behind the story “WHAT DO YOU usually write about?”

That’s pretty much the exact follow-up question I get in response from anyone who asks where I work, or what I do for a living. Normally—considering writing about general news takes up the bulk of my time at Pique these days—I answer back with something along the lines of, “it kind

BY MEGAN LALONDE of depends, whatever happens to be going on, or whatever people are talking about.”

What I usually fail to bring up is that it depends more on what people are willing to talk to me about. Despite what some out there seem to think, journalists can’t make up stories out of thin air, or (at least in most cases) publish a set of facts attributable to someone known only as “anonymous.”

What I also forget to bring up sometimes, in talking about work, is that we don’t just write about general news here.

As far as community newspapers go, in an industry that’s continuously trying to do more with less, the cover features published in Pique every week—the kind of long-form, in-depth storytelling that warrants far more space than your typical 500- to 700-word

news story—are increasingly rare.

Depending on the complexity of that basic news story, it can be a fairly quick process. Find/hear about a topic, do some Googling, send an email or two, have a phone conversation or two or three, transcribe those phone conversations, and bang out a few paragraphs. Generally, it takes a few hours when all is said and done.

That’s usually… not exactly the case with features, in my experience.

The one constant, whether it’s a more-than-5,500-word feature series or a 250-word web hit, is that journalism, for the most part, depends on what people are willing to share with you. With the kind of hostility that’s commonly thrown around on the internet, it sometimes feels like people are more and more hesitant to include their names in print.

Maybe that’s why I’m still a little dazed and overwhelmed by the level of community support that went into the feature series published in Pique’s last two issues (“They just vanished,” Pique, April 7, and “Searching for a legacy,” Pique, April 14).

It started with a phone call to our publisher, Sarah, to tell her about a fatal avalanche on Whistler. Not a new one, but one that happened nearly half a century earlier, in April. It may have played a role in the formation of Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR), the caller mentioned—

which the organization’s “history” tab on its website corroborated—and the 50th anniversary was approaching. His sister and her husband were two of the four victims, and the families were looking to mark the milestone anniversary in some way.

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this or know what really happened,” said our publisher, “but it definitely sounds like it lends itself to a feature, right?”

It sounded like an interesting story for sure, but aside from a brief mention on WSAR’s website, any initial Googling yielded, not unexpectedly, very little in the way of information from an avalanche that occurred long before the terms “search” and “engine” were put together.

I definitely wasn’t prepared for the onslaught that was about to follow—not just of questions that arose, but of offers to help answer them.

In the weeks after that initial phone call, I had countless people reach out with lengthy, written accounts of their memories from the incident and the two-day-long search; with scanned photos and dugthrough archives; and with more phone calls to chat about the four lives that were lost in the tragedy—way too many to include all of them in the final draft. For a lot of people I spoke with, particularly the families and close friends of the victims, their offers to help represented a willingness to talk about

one of the worst days of their lives, and trust in me (and my editors) to tell their stories.

Never, since walking into my first university journalism classroom just over a decade ago, have I experienced so many people be so generous with their time and resources and so willing to help with a story. It is super humbling, to say the least. My only regret is that I couldn’t sit down and have hours-long conversations with all of them.

I think that support shows just how deep a mark those four individuals, the search for them, and their loss left on the community, even 50 full years later.

As big of a privilege as it was to learn about this story and the incredible people involved, one of my favourite parts of this feature story is our publisher Sarah’s decision to donate a cut of our advertising revenue from that issue to WSAR. It feels like the perfect way to pay some of the support I received forward— especially in light of the seemingly crazy string of inbound avalanches in the last month or so serving as a reminder that accidents and emergencies can happen anywhere, at any time.

Basically, think of this column as a massive thank you to everyone who lent a hand to that feature series, and to everyone who works to keep people safe in the mountains today. I appreciate you! ■

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Federal ban on foreign ownership likely won’t affect Whistler DETAILS ABOUT POTENTIAL LOOPHOLES ‘STILL TO BE DETERMINED,’ MP SAYS

BY ROBERT WISLA IN ITS BUDGET released April 7, the Canadian government announced its intentions to temporarily ban new foreign ownership in housing in an attempt to help Canadians purchase homes—but the new measures aren’t likely to impact Whistler.

Currently, the ban won’t apply to recreational properties, which are defined as “land in a rural area that is part of a parcel used for overnight commercial accommodation that exists predominantly to facilitate specific outdoor recreational activities,” according to the BC Assessment Authority.

This means in practice that if a house is used primarily as a bed and breakfast or secondary accommodation by foreign buyers, these new rules may not be applied.

However, details and possible loopholes are still to be finalized, according to Patrick Weiler, Liberal MP for the Sea to Sky. “The details of that are still to be determined, but presumably, [it would be] kind of similar to the [provincial] speculation tax, which doesn’t apply to Whistler. You would look at recreational properties from a similar light,” Weiler said.

“In the budget here, we’ve announced our intentions to do this, and what’s going to happen from henceforward is we’re going

RECREATIONAL PURSUIT Ottawa’s new twoyear ban on foreign homeownership doesn’t apply to recreational or second homes—for now.

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to have a consultation on that. So we’ll be connecting with folks in Whistler and across the country that have a different perspective to bring to bear on this.”

Whistler is one of the top destinations for foreign ownership in Canada, with nonresidents—people whose primary residence is outside of Canada—owning about 16 per cent of the properties in the resort, according to 2018 data from Statistics Canada.

This puts Whistler in second place behind only the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks (18 per cent) for

Municipality of Whistler, the average cost for a single-family dwelling topped just over $4 million per home in 2021 and continues to rise.

The reasons behind the extreme rise in housing prices are complex. A mixture of blind bidding, foreign ownership, population growth and a lack of available housing stock have all contributed to a highly inflated market.

With its budget, the federal government has created a suite of plans and investments it is hoping will help cool the national

“[T]he proportion of foreign buyers in the housing market designed for owner-occupiers is very small.”

- ANDREY PAVLOV

the largest amount of properties owned by non-resident foreigners.

Of all the issues in the Sea to Sky, housing is the most pressing, and it plays a large role in Canada’s 2022 budget, Weiler said.

“One of the top three themes, I would say, for the budget is on housing. I think Whistler is not unique in seeing the housing shortage, the housing crisis, but it’s certainly more acute just given how desirable of a place it is to live,” Weiler said.

Since Weiler’s Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, took power in 2015, housing prices in Canada have increased by 85 per cent. In the Resort

housing market and make housing more accessible to younger people.

“That’s one of the centrepieces of this budget; there’s over $10 billion in investments into affordable housing,” Weiler said.

The programs put forward to help with the housing crisis include investing in cooperatives, creating a first-time home savings account, increasing the first-time homebuyer’s credit, creating rent-to-own programs, and the aforementioned twoyear ban on foreign ownership.

“We’re looking to double the amount of home construction over the next 10 years.

So that’s a pretty lofty goal,” Weiler said.

“The way that we’re going to be able to do that is by working very closely with municipalities to create a new fund called the Housing Accelerator Fund, which will allow municipalities that are going to build in more density and use inclusionary zoning to get more capacity, whether that’s urban planners or for folks that are going to be doing building permit approvals.”

Despite its focus on housing, the budget doesn’t get a passing grade in that respect, according to Andrey Pavlov, a professor of finance at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business.

What Canada needs is to eliminate obstacles to new supply put in place by municipal and provincial governments, Pavlov said.

“I realize we’re talking about a federal budget, but instead of throwing money at the problem, the federal government can take steps to limit the power provincial and municipal governments have to delay and stop new housing,” he said, adding that the ban on foreign buyers is a separate matter.

“Whistler, being a resort municipality, is of course not subject to the [B.C. foreign buyer] tax, and rightfully so. Much of the real estate in places like Whistler is for investment purposes (rather than owneroccupied) and, as such, there’s no problem if a foreigner buys it. But other than that, the proportion of foreign buyers in the housing market designed for owner-occupiers is very small.”

Learn more about the federal budget at budget.gc.ca.

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Parking, pets and noise topped list of Whistler bylaw calls last year PARKING INFRACTIONS MADE UP 99% OF THE NEARLY 18K BYLAW TICKETS ISSUED IN 2021

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER’S BYLAW department presented its annual report to elected officials earlier this month, and parking, animal responsibility and noise made up the top three calls for service in 2021.

Overall, calls for service for the year rose slightly from 819 in 2020 to 858, bringing the community closer in line to its pre-pandemic 2019 total of 854 calls. The number of bylaw tickets issued increased at an even higher rate, from 15,019 in 2020 to 17,676 last year. For comparison, there were 20,875 bylaw notices in 2019.

Eclipsing all other issues by a wide margin last year was parking and traffic, with 337 calls for service, more than triple the next most common call. Parking also made up the vast majority—about 99.1 per cent—of the 17,676 bylaw tickets issued last year. The 26 tickets issued last year for parks-related infractions were the next most common concern.

Pay parking represents a significant and steady revenue stream for the municipality, which saw its strongest Q3 parking revenue in history—$473,757— for the period ending Sept. 31, 2021. Since 2019, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has introduced hourly parking rates at electric-vehicle charging stations and increased parking rates at the day lots, the conference centre and library. The municipality also introduced pay parking in local parks last summer, a move that, while largely unpopular with residents, had its intended effect of increasing turnover in Whistler’s already overburdened parks, a strategy it also employs in the day lots.

“Pay parking is intended to increase availability by reducing the peak parking demand and also increase turnover,” explained Lindsay DeBou, the RMOW’s

manager of protective services, in a presentation to mayor and council at the April 5 council meeting.

About $1 million in annual parking revenue from the day lots goes to Whistler’s community transportation initiative fund, DeBou added.

“Pay parking lots also help to offset the cost to maintain the parking lots,” she said.

“People also ask, ‘Why isn’t parking free?’ Well, it costs money to pave, it costs money to linepaint, snow removal, all of that. So we have a user-based pay-parking program to remove the fee from taxpayers and put the fee onto the people that are actually using the parking.”

TO THE DOGS Animal responsibility was next on the list of calls for service, with 99 for 2021, up from 89 the year prior and 72 in 2019. The RMOW adopted its new Animal Responsibility Bylaw in 2019, which, while similar in intent to its previous bylaw, was updated to include more specific language and a host of new fines for things like chasing, threatening or biting; leaving a dog in a hot car; and failure to control a dog in an off-leash area. A dozen tickets were issued last year in connection to the bylaw.

“A large number of the increase was actually due to barking dogs,” DeBou noted.

“I think as people started working from home a little more, they could hear other people’s pets, so that was a big issue that we were dealing with last year.”

Identified by the public as the No. 1 concern during the engagement phase of the RMOW’s Recreation and Leisure Master Plan adopted in 2015, conflict with dogs has long been a thorny issue in a town with ample green space and an abundance of pets. The bylaw department has mostly taken an educational approach in dealing

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 15 with the issue, preferring to speak with dog owners directly to spur compliance rather than issue a ticket. There were 19 dog bites reported to bylaw last year, and four so far in 2022. Of those cases, five tickets were issued for an animal at large, and five were issued for threatening, chasing or biting, along with several warnings. Four of the reports did not have sufficient evidence to follow up on.

Last summer also saw the introduction of the RMOW’s Parks Ambassador program, which has bylaw officers rotating through Whistler’s busiest parks and sections of the Valley Trail throughout the spring and summer to educate guests on proper parks etiquette and the applicable local bylaws.

That program returns this month.

Noise rounded out the top three most common calls for service last year at 88, up from 55 the year prior and 60 in 2019, which may also have something to do with the prevalence of remote work in the pandemic.

“As people are more at home, they’re going to notice more noise around them … that is anecdotal, so we don’t know for certain, but yes, more people are working from home and there have been more noise complaints,” said DeBou, noting that construction was the most common noise complaint.

Bylaw is also tasked with enforcing against illegal nightly rentals, which resulted in 22 calls for service last year, exactly half of the number of complaints from 2020 and down from 59 in 2019. Of

those reports, 17 resulted in fines, and all six of the tickets that were disputed last year were ultimately upheld in adjudication.

“The number of files investigated [since] 2019 has dropped significantly, which could be due to a couple factors, such as our level of enforcement and the impacts of the pandemic,” DeBou noted. “Staff continue

construction projects. There are currently about 3,400 open business licenses, of which approximately one third are for home-based businesses.

The RMOW generated roughly $628,000 in licensing fees last year, up 13 per cent from 2020, due primarily to an increase in the annual business license

“We noticed ... social media has not only increased the speed of information sharing, but it also increases the community desire for immediate service.”

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to diligently respond to these complaints and proactively investigate as visitation is normalizing.”

fee from $165 to $190, along with the introduction of a standard $25 application fee for new licences.

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The bylaw department typically processes about 400 business licence applications in a year, with about 350 licences closing annually, which DeBou said is mostly to do with businesses leaving town or relocating elsewhere in the community, as well as short-term licences issued for things like

Looking ahead, the bylaw department expects Whistler’s growing visitor and traffic numbers post-pandemic will continue to “strain our resources,” all while the public demand for quick action and enforcement escalates, noted Juan Pineda, bylaw supervisor.

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media has not only increased the speed of information sharing but it also increases the community desire for immediate service. The technology behind mobile phones and portable devices are constantly being developed to track and report bylaw infractions,” he added.

The RMOW is now working on a Good Neighbour campaign, a guide that will serve as part of a wider effort to help “residents and guests to better understand our bylaws,” Pineda said.

The department is also working on updating its noise bylaw and its commercial parking bylaw, and completing a minor amendment to its fire safety bylaw.

“We want to be known in the community for delivering proactive, responsive and exceptional customer service; that our bylaws and processes are easy to understand and legally sound and enforceable; and that public safety is enhanced and public spaces are being managed effectively through a more visible presence throughout the community,” said DeBou. Covering a wide swath of community concerns, the bylaw department was commended by Whistler’s mayor at the April 5 council meeting.

“It is not easy work and you guys do it with a tremendous amount of professionalism and respect,” said Mayor Jack Crompton. “I’ve had a chance to walk the stroll with some of your team and they are pros and we’re grateful to have people that do that work in that fashion.” n

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Mountain and environmental visionary Arthur De Jong retires from Whistler Blackcomb OVER HIS 42-YEAR CAREER, DE JONG LED THE CHARGE FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCY AT WB AND THE WIDER SKI INDUSTRY

BY BRANDON BARRETT THERE ARE those pivotal moments, impossible to recognize as we live through them, that inexorably chart the path the rest of our lives will take.

For Arthur De Jong, that moment came when he was still a teenager, working as a ski patroller for Blackcomb Mountain in 1980. Schmoozing his way into the job as a mature 19-year-old (Blackcomb had a strict policy against hiring teens, so De Jong fudged his age—“Serves me right for hiring a ****ing teenager,” Blackcomb’s first patrol director Ken Newington liked to remind him), De Jong had to choose between a number of promising careers. He was working on a business degree from Simon Fraser; enrolled in a diploma program in HR management at BCIT; was training as a paramedic and served (and still does) as a crisis line support worker. Oh, and did I mention his father owned a dairy farm he hoped his son would take over?

As it turned out, the choice wasn’t all that difficult for a young De Jong.

“It was easy for me to choose between

running my dad’s manure spreader and getting into a helicopter filled with bombs,” he said with a laugh.

Thus began a decades-long career in the ski industry that saw De Jong go from a wide-eyed, mop-headed patroller (yes, he once had hair) to addressing the U.N.

“I can retire. I’m OK that way. But with the environment and where I can add value, I want to help out. I want to roll up my sleeves.”

- ARTHUR DE JONG

and World Bank on climate resiliency. It was a remarkable path for one of Whistler’s most prominent environmental voices, who announced his retirement from Whistler Blackcomb last month after 42 years.

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a number of causes with respect to the environment,” De Jong said.

When he was hired, De Jong was thrust headlong into a heated rivalry between what was then two separate ski companies in Whistler and Blackcomb mountains.

Without the terrain or the infrastructure to

rival Whistler, Blackcomb president Hugh Smythe recognized they had to find other ways to compete.

“It was Blackcomb as the little upstart against the established Whistler Mountain, and the only way we could win was through a service war,” De Jong said. “It eventually got us from a bankrupt backwater to the best in the world. That’s it. But how did that

happen? It was through great leaders.”

This is something you hear a lot from the ever-humble De Jong. Throughout our interview, he rhymes off a list of mentors and colleagues he credits with shaping who he is today—Doug Forseth, Dave Brownlie, Rob McSkimming, Bob Dufour and Smythe, to name just a few.

It was another Whistler visionary who would further cement De Jong’s career path: avalanche forecaster and patroller Peter “Xhiggy” Xhignesse, who tapped the 20-something as Blackcomb’s next patrol director as he was battling a devastating cancer.

“Several days before he died, his wife calls me. ‘Come quick, Peter needs to talk to you.’ I’m thinking I’m coming over to say goodbye,” De Jong recalled. “The man probably lost about 30 per cent of his body weight, and he’s leaning against a wall in his living room, just crouched, and he gives me a two-hour-plus lecture on how I’m going to become the patrol director and become the guy running mountain operations. He put so much confidence in me and saw something in me that I certainly didn’t see at the time.”

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“He did all the ski patrol training and really showed an interest and a passion for passing on his knowledge to the new people coming on,” said Smythe. “As he picked up more leadership skills and those successes, he really enjoyed that and I think that supported the direction he moved in over the years.”

It wasn’t long after that Smythe offered his star employee the newly created position of mountain planning and environmental resource manager, a role tailor-made for the inquisitive and innovative De Jong.

“Hugh Smythe is a visionary. Not only did he create one of the first mountain manager jobs in the North American ski industry … but it was because of him that we had a position on-mountain that was specifically focused on environment and planning,” he noted. “So we dug deep on the environment and dug deep with our community.”

Fast-forward to 1993 and De Jong, now in his early 30s, is working with a glaciologist studying Horstman Glacier, “who really made climate change clear, tangible and real to me,” he said. “I went back to Hugh and said, ‘We have a problem here. We need to get focused on this stuff.’”

Long before climate change dominated headlines around the world, De Jong had the prescience to understand its potential implications for the ski industry and global tourism, and it was this mindset that would inform much of his work to come.

It’s difficult to overstate De Jong’s impact on WB from both an environmental and planning perspective. The Symphony Zone on Whistler is a prime example—and codified on De Jong’s business card, which reads, in part: “Create experiences inside ecosystems—don’t change them.”

“His work on Symphony was significant,” Smythe said. “Rather than coming in with the big machines, which has to be done in some cases, Arthur wanted it done with small or no machinery. If you walk through there, you will see very limited disturbance.”

De Jong was also instrumental in WB’s push to achieve a net-zero operating footprint, a strategy that was adopted across all of Vail Resorts’ ski properties after the Coloradobased company took over WB in 2016.

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“That’s the biggest compliment we could get,” he said.

Since 2000, WB has reduced its waste by 70 per cent, and the company has, to date, carried out retrofits that save more than 575,000 kWh of electricity per year, equivalent to about 15 per cent of WB’s on-mountain consumption.

In 2010, production began on a microhydro renewable energy plant located underneath the Peak 2 Peak Gondola that returns the equivalent of WB’s annual energy demands to the grid.

De Jong is the first to acknowledge the seeming irony of his role over the years: a voice for the environment in a town that relies on jet-setting visitors and mountainscarring ski infrastructure. But herein lies one of De Jong’s greatest assets: his innate ability to impress the urgency of climate change without veering into fatalism. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more eloquent and impassioned advocate, a role he sees Whistler playing on the international stage.

“Whistler becoming sustainable is like taking a teaspoon to the Titanic. So what?” he said. “But if we can influence the ski industry and tourism at large—which makes up 10 per cent of the global economy, roughly—then we’re really making a difference.”

As for what’s next for the inexhaustible De Jong? He plans to carry on with his environmental design firm, and, despite an admitted aversion to politics, he will continue to influence the community through his role on council—at least until this fall’s election.

“I really have enjoyed my work on council, mostly because of the councillors and staff. I don’t like politics. I don’t,” he said. “So we’ll see what happens.”

After more than four decades working long hours on-mountain, in the short term, De Jong is just happy “to get home before daylight.” But after some much needed R&R, you can be sure he will be back to what he does best.

“I can retire. I’m OK that way. But with the environment and where I can add value, I want to help out. I want to roll up my sleeves.”

WB held a retirement party late last month for both De Jong and longtime building and electrical manager Laird Brown, who did not return a request for comment. n

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A Q&A with Air Jordan’s viral ‘Running Man’ LIFELONG WHISTLER LOCAL JADEN LEGATE, 18, LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION WHEN HE PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE PEAK CHAIR LINEUP EARLIER THIS MONTH the tumble unscathed, earned the most attention as it made the rounds online. It even earned a space on @jerryoftheday’s Instagram feed, where the video has since amassed more than 1.6 million views.

With Peak Chair closed for another winter, Pique caught up with Legate to find out what it’s actually like to double-eject off Air Jordan—and go viral for it.

BY MEGAN LALONDE IT’S AMONG THE MOST beloved of Whistler traditions.

When the skies clear and the alpine lifts crack for the first time after a heavy storm, the lineup for Peak Chair fills with people eagerly anticipating steep, deep, untracked laps.

The crowd’s collective attention will eventually turn to looker’s right, towards the resort’s most famous double cliff drop.

Inevitably, skier after skier (or snowboarder) will make their way to the top of Air Jordan, take a deep breath, and send it, treating the audience to a spectacular series of bails, stomps and the occasional backflip.

Some performances—like the time Julian Carr cleared both cliffs with a single frontflip—go down in the record books, but this season, few attempts (successful or not) have been quite as memorable as Jaden Legate’s.

Legate has lived in Whistler for all of his 18 years and has been ripping around the resort on skis since he was two. He attempted the legendary drop for the first time on April 5, one day after a spring storm dumped more than 70 centimetres of fresh

(This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.)

PIQUE: Growing up in Whistler, has Air Jordan always been something you’ve wanted to do?

RUNNING MAN A video of Whistler’s Jaden Legate jumping off the legendary Air Jordan cliff after losing both skis has been making its rounds on the internet.

JADEN LEGATE: Yeah, I’ve been looking at it for a long time. I was planning to do it for a few years but just didn’t have the right people to go with or the right conditions.

What made that day the right day?

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snow over the resort in a 24-hour period.

It didn’t exactly go according to plan.

Though the 18-year-old was one of several skiers to stack the landing off Jordan that

day, footage showing Legate hucking himself off the first step, losing his skis, running forwards off of the second step and, most importantly, emerging from

Well, a friend of mine did it—we had kind of been deciding we would do it, and then he did it a week prior, so now the pressure was

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 20 on for me to do it. And then the conditions lined up. It snowed quite a bit, and it was kind of the last day of the season that I thought was going to be good.

Can you walk me through what it feels like to ride up Peak Chair, drop in and know that you’re about to stand on top of this cliff?

It’s a little nerve-racking, just because Air Jordan is so legendary in Whistler. But I’ve done cliffs that are similar sizes before, no problem, so I knew that I had the ability to do it. Or at least I thought I did. (laughs) Part of Air Jordan’s legend is that it’s so visible. Did the massive Peak line that day add any extra pressure for you, or did the cheering make you feel more stoked and supported?

It definitely got me hyped up to do it. I think there were four or five people who dropped in before me … by the time I was in there looking at it, everyone was cheering— or I think they were cheering—so I couldn’t really back out at that point.

What was your strategy heading in?

Was it just all about survival, or did you have a plan?

My plan was just to do the first drop, which is

pretty small, and then do one turn, and then do the second [drop], but as you can see in the video, I dropped in and right away, I just kind of hit a bump or got bucked somehow.

And that’s when I fell.

tomahawked once, slid down a little further and stopped.

I was a little bit shocked that I was OK, because I was totally fine—like, I didn’t even pull a muscle.

What went through your mind when you realized things weren’t going well?

How did it feel to watch the video after and see it go viral?

can prove you hit Air Jordan that day, then you get one, so I asked him and he said he was going to make a special-edition Running Man version. So that was pretty fun.

Amazing. Do you have plans to try to attempt it again next year?

Oh yeah, I’ll definitely go back.

If you watch the video, I kind of spin around, and as I’m getting spun, all I could think about was getting forwards because I didn’t want to fall on my head or backwards.

So I tried to flip around forwards, and at some point I lost my other ski, and then for a very brief moment I was sliding on my butt. But I knew I didn’t want to just drop off the cliff … because I knew there were rocks down below, so right at the last moment I just tried to push off as far as I could … and I just was flailing in the air to try to get my balance so that I wouldn’t land funny.

How scared were you after realizing you were about to ride a cliff without skis on?

Yeah, I wasn’t sure. I was midair and I was worried I would just hit the snow and my feet would go in and my legs would just break off or something, or I would hit the rocks … But thankfully the landing was really soft, and there was tons of snow.

It’s hard to see from the video because there’s a big cloud of snow, but I think I

“Oh yeah, I’ll definitely go back.”

- JADEN LEGATE

I mean, it was cool, but I feel like there are a lot of other videos of people doing actual cool stuff on Air Jordan that should have gone viral instead of my video. There’s people that land backflips off it, or other things that are actually skilful. (laughs) And then my video of me failing goes viral.

Have any of your friends been making jokes about it since that happened?

Not really. I mean, I guess everyone’s kind of calling me ‘The Running Man,’ but that’s about it. There’s one guy on Facebook, who made this T-shirt, I think it was in reference to that day about people hitting Air Jordan.

He posted in Whistler Winter and said if you

Do you have any tips for anyone else who wants to try it out?

You’ve got to be pretty confident that you can do it—it’s a pretty serious cliff. It’s big, but it’s also that you need to stick the first landing in order to do the second one—that’s a must, so that adds a challenge.

Also, some people that day, I think, did get pretty seriously injured when they fell off of it. I was pretty lucky in that sense, but it didn’t go so well for other people.

What lessons are you taking away for your next attempt?

I’m going to crank my DINS a little higher next time (laughs) … and just to know, also, when to back out. I could tell that the landing was pretty firm when I was going to go, and I kind of went for it anyways, so that may have played a factor in why I fell.

But yeah, if you’re not fully confident, don’t do it and just wait for the right conditions, because you can always wait. It’s not worth risking your life over; it’s just a cliff. n

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

Funding for childcare spaces ‘a really big win’ for Pemberton AS VILLAGE GROWS, ADVOCATING FOR BETTER WAGES FOR CHILDCARE WORKERS WILL BE KEY, MAYOR SAYS

BY HARRISON BROOKS AFTER YEARS of trying, Pemberton has finally secured funding to bring more childcare spaces to town.

The funding, totalling $2,771,000, was secured through the Childcare BC New Spaces Fund and will create 50 new childcare spaces via a new addition to the Pemberton Children’s Centre (PCC).

The village has applied for the funding three times since 2018, each time being denied due to the cost-per-space being too high. But, according to Mayor Mike Richman, through hard work and strong advocacy the village was finally able to prove its case to the province and show why the funding is necessary despite the slightly higher building costs.

“We are really excited. Every round came with a lot of strong conversations and a lot of work with the province to prove out our case … this is a huge step,” Richman said.

“I can’t overstate how excited I am about this. This is a really big win for us. I look forward to watching it develop and fill up and like I said there is a still a lot of work to do in the meantime.”

The shortage of childcare spaces has

CHILDCARE CONUNDRUM An addition to the Pemberton Children’s Centre is expected to be completed by Fall 2023.

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been an issue in Pemberton dating back well before the first application to the Childcare BC New Spaces Fund, with a majority of the burden unfairly falling on the town’s female population, said Richman.

Pemberton resident Imogen Farren has felt that burden first-hand since moving to Pemberton from Chilliwack in March 2021, having to start from scratch in her attempt to find suitable childcare for her two young children.

“By September 2021, when my maternity leave was ending, I was facing giving up my career as a biologist in order to

coalition in an attempt to affect change in the community.

And while most of the coalition’s work led to “disheartening information,” before the group fizzled out due to the burnout that came with the pandemic, Farren still hopes they can return to being a voice for positive change in the community.

In the meantime, she said she is “thrilled” with the village for prioritizing this issue and the progress it has made with the new funding, even if it won’t directly affect her family.

“Although this will not help our family

“I can’t overstate how excited I am about this. This is a really big win for us.”

- MIKE RICHMAN

look after our children at home,” she said.

“We had looked into nanny shares and all other childcare possibilities and there was nothing available. Instead, I worked from home with them until January. It was hell.

I was trying to juggle work meetings and clients with 24-hour-a-day toddler struggles and snack demands.”

Her struggle, combined with seeing so many others on social media dealing with the same thing, led Farren to start a parents

as the waitlists are so long that we don’t have a chance of securing a space for either of our kids, I feel happy for families that will benefit from this in the future,” said Farren, who was able to find childcare for her kids in Whistler two days a week.

“The village is taking great steps towards resolving this issue, but it isn’t just on their shoulders. There are so many factors that are in play when it comes to this issue, and I hope that eventually—even if it’s 15 years down

the line—all parents and children have easy access to safe and affordable childcare. When I have a little more energy, I’d like to keep pushing towards this goal for our area.”

With the 50 new spaces for children aged three to five years old, the expansion to the PCC brings Pemberton’s ratio of licensed childcare spaces per 100 children up to 18.7— exceeding the provincial average of 18.4.

Despite Pemberton soon having six more childcare spaces per 100 children than at this time three years ago, Richman said this will still be an ongoing issue for the community as the village continues to grow.

But with multiple new housing development proposals in the works, which include space for childcare facilities, Richman said the next step for the village is to advocate for proper wages for childcare workers “We’ve already done some work in terms of zoning around town to facilitate new childcare spaces, and I think we need to continue working with developers and looking at new developments and opportunities for any possible childcare spaces,” he said. “So we are going to build the spaces, we are going to work with the childcare society and Employment BC to look at training options to get folks ready to staff the new spaces.

“It’s really important that we continue to advocate for proper wages for childcare workers. These are the folks that are looking after our children. It’s an important job. It’s a difficult job and they deserve to be paid appropriately.” n

NOTICE

PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW

This notice is applicable to owners of property situated within the Resort Municipality of Whistler and whose properties are subject to the Alta Lake Road Local Area Service Parcel Tax established by the: • “Alta Lake Road Sewer Extension Local Area Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2237, 2021”, and • “Alta Lake Road Local Area Service Parcel Tax and Parcel Tax Roll Bylaw No. 2349, 2022”.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler advises that the parcel tax roll for the 2022 tax year is available for public inspection at the Resort Municipality of Whistler Municipal Hall, 4325 Blackcomb Way, business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays).

A person who owns a parcel included in the parcel tax roll may request that the roll be amended on one or more of the following grounds: • • • •

Errors or omission of a name or address, Errors or omissions on inclusion of a parcel, Errors or omissions of taxable area or taxable frontage, An exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler also advises any complaints of the tax roll must be received in writing by the Manager of Financial Services no later than 10:00AM, Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Complaints will be heard by the Alta Lake Road Parcel Tax Review Panel, as appointed by Council. Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 204 of the Community Charter that the Parcel Tax Review Panel will meet on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 10:00AM at Municipal Hall, 4325 Blackcomb Way, to deal with complaints received.

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VOLUNTEER FEATURE

The Sea to Sky Hospice Society would like to thank and honour the many volunteers who continue to support community members through life limiting illness, through caregiving and through grief.

You are the people others turn to in our community and Covid has only amplified this.

Thank you for taking time, stitching quilts, making calls, sewing care bags & pillow cases, facilitating groups and continuing to advocate for dignity and care through end of life.

YOU ensure the extra layer of support and for that we thank you.

THANK YOU FROM THE WHISTLER COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY

We Are Grateful To our passionate and dedicated volunteers Thank you for your time, your energy and your skills in supporting WCSS all year long.

You make all the difference to our community.

We couldn’t do it without you!

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‘Our community gets stronger with every volunteer’

AFTER TWO YEARS OF BEING PUSHED ONLINE OR CANCELLED, IN-PERSON EVENTS ARE RETURNING TO WHISTLER

By Robert Wisla or the past two years, in-person events—arguably the heart and soul of the Whistler tourism machine—have been either severely restricted or cancelled altogether.

And with them, a small army of eager volunteers has been mostly sidelined.

But as B.C. shifts its approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, health restrictions have relaxed across British Columbia. The masks have come off, vaccine passports are no more, and in-person events that were put on pause for the last two years are finally returning in full force.

There was some worry among non-profit organizations that coming out of the pandemic, there might be some fatigue among people wanting to volunteer, or that the numbers wouldn’t be as strong as pre-COVID. Thankfully those fears were unfounded.

“There are people that want to get back involved, and they are super excited. I don’t know whether everybody’s back to that stage yet,” said Dave Clark, longtime Whistler volunteer, fundraiser and youth sports coach, and co-founder of the Whistler Friends Community Health and Welfare Society.

“I had some concerns that maybe people have filled their volunteer time that was sort of taken away from them at the beginning of the first year-and-a-half of COVID—time they would normally spend volunteering—or found other things to do with that time, but it seems like in my experience that people are keen to get back.”

Whistler Friends is a non-profit that was founded by Clark and his wife Wendy in 2002. Over the last 20 years, the non-profit has brought together hundreds of volunteers to raise funds and awareness for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada and the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Since the organization began, it has raised more than $695,000 for those two causes through many in-person events, including the Whistler favourite Balding for Dollars—held in-person on April 10 at the Garibaldi Lift Co.—and the upcoming Whistler Half Marathon, which is happening this June.

During the pandemic, both the Whistler Half Marathon and Balding for Dollars events were held under challenging circumstances, resulting in lower returns. With a return to in-person events, it is hoped that the events will come back even stronger.

The challenges brought forth by the pandemic were hard to overcome but also served as a learning opportunity for the events Whistler Friends puts on, Clark said.

But as with so many other events in Whistler, there is one special component needed to make everything run smoothly.

“A community like ours needs lots of volunteers, and our community gets stronger with every volunteer that signs up to do something,” said Clark.

“I encourage anybody that can spare a bit of time to get out and volunteer, and as much as it feels like you’re doing something for somebody else, you’re truly doing it for yourself too.”

Anyone looking for volunteer opportunities in Whistler can visit the Whistler Community Foundation’s “one-stop non-profit shop” to get connected with non-profits in need at whistlerfoundation.com/work/non-profit-network/volunteer-in-whistler.

And if you know someone that goes above and beyond with their volunteering, you might want to consider nominating them for the prestigious Citizen of the Year award at the upcoming Whistler Excellence Awards presented by the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, said Whistler Community Foundation CEO Claire Mozes.

“The nominations are open right now, and the real criteria for that is somebody that’s really made an impact in a volunteer role—so thinking about different people that have made impacts in their non-profits and charities and really inspired others to get involved,” said Mozes.

“It is really special to be able to recognize your volunteers, because honestly, not any nonprofit or charity will be able to run without them. It just absolutely couldn’t happen.”

Find more info and a link to the nomination form at whistlerfoundation.com/work/ whistler-citizen-of-the-year. ■

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THANK YOU, Whistler Olympic Park Volunteers!

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VILLAGE HOST AND BIKE HOST VOLUNTEERS During National Volunteer Week we want to thank and celebrate you – our wonderful Village Host and Bike Host volunteers!

These last few years have been different and challenging. We have learned to adjust and to pivot, and to do things in new ways.

Through all of this you continued to be dedicated, friendly and caring. You gave freely of your time and your knowledge.

You supported businesses and visitors, and helped to keep us safe.

You are an integral and important part of Whistler’s passionate and engaged community.

YOU ARE INVALUABLE AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!

Village Hosts Kim Andiel Lynn Ashton Mary Beadon Susan Bird Sylvia Brandt Sue Brown John Champion Rosemary Cook Sandy Culpitt Patricia Dagg Sharon Doiron Lisa Donahoe Bob Douglas Judith Dyer Jennifer Erickson Marilyn Fell Doug Fell Karen Gardner Bruce Hall Heather Hall Beth Harlow Jon Harper Liz Harvey Anne Hibbelin Lorna Hill Adrienne Hughes David Hughes Kirk Hulse Janice Hulse Alison Hunter

Daniel Jonckheere Sue Kelly Tim Kelly Sherry Klassen Carol Kline Mary Ann Kumli Jinny Ladner Sue Lawther Marie Leduc Sarah Leyshon Hughes Audrey Lundie Steve Lusena Ken Martin Doris Matthews Karina Meik Christina Merer Rupert Merer Robin Nichols Bev Oakley Jorge Ojeda Chris Patrick Julia Punessen Michele Radnidge Bea Searle Amanda Shaw Gail Rybar Amanda Shaw Trish Sloan Judi Spence Susie Spiwak Helen Stanley

Sharon Tyrell Len Van Leeuwen Tonnie Van Ginkel Jill Wallace Margaret Waller Tom Waller Sheilagh Waterman Anita Winkle Ted Winkle Jane Wong Liz Whelan Dan Whelan Bike Hosts Don Armour Brian Buchholz Jon Condon Tracy Dixon Abby Deveney Nick Leighton Ernest Leyshon Hughes Roger Lundie Phyllis Money Jon Money Belinda Mogridge Beverly Oakley Claire Oliver Colin Pitt Taylor Joelle Tiessen Mike Winter

Whistler Olympic Park volunteers, you truly were a tremendous support to our non-profit organization in a season with considerable staffing challenges.

Your help provided a great experience to our cross country skiers, snowshoers, recreational visitors and Nordic athletes!

You assisted our guest services and patrol teams, helped prepare our snowshoe trails, provided information to guests, shared the joy of Nordic skiing with children participating in our school program, and supported our teams in numerous other supportive ways.

An additional thank you and congratulations goes to the tremendous efforts by those who volunteered for the numerous biathlon, cross country ski, ski jumping and Nordic combined events which returned to the Park this year. We look forward to working with this dedicated community for future events, especially the FIS Nordic Junior/U23 World Ski Championships next January.

Finally, thank you to the many volunteers who facilitate programming for local Nordic clubs and community partners.

Volunteers keep our legacy venue vibrant, and your support is of immeasurable value to the Nordic community and to our mission to grow sport in the Sea to Sky region.

Have a happy, safe and healthy summer, and see you again next season!

Tim Hope, Whistler Olympic Park Managing Director & Team

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say a HUGE THANK YOU to all sponsors and donors this season. We appreciate your generosity in supporting our club.

Thank you for a great season.

We are looking for volunteers to join the Board of Directors.

If you are interested, please email admin@whistlernordics.com

audainartmuseum.com

The team at the Audain Art Museum extends a sincere thank you to our dynamic and dedicated team of Volunteers, Educators, Docents, and Committee Members!

The involvement of these passionate individuals is critical to the overall Museum visitor experience.

The AAM is thrilled to be once again welcoming new Volunteers to share their knowledge and expertise. If you are interested in contributing, our team would love to hear from you!

Email connect@audainartmuseum.com to learn more about becoming involved.

Darby Magill

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The team at Whistler Public Library would like to thank our Board of Trustees and the Friends of the Library for their unwavering support.

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Notice of Public Hearing LAND USE CONTRACT TERMINATION BYLAW (BLACKCOMB MULTI-FAMILY) NO. 2344, 2022 Tuesday, May 3, 2022 @ 5:30 p.m.

Via Zoom Online/ Telephone

Purpose: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to terminate the Blackcomb Land Use Contract (LUC) from the subject lands and apply a new RTA35 Zone (Residential/Tourist Accommodation Thirty-Five) to the subject lands. The RTA35 Zone accommodates the existing apartments, townhouses and auxiliary uses; it also permits townhouse and apartment dwelling units in the RTA35 Zone to be used for temporary accommodation when not occupied for residential use. If the Bylaw is adopted, it will take effect one year after the date of adoption.

Subject Lands: The lands that are the subject of the proposed Bylaw are identified as “subject lands” on the map attached to this notice.

The subject lands are located in the Blackcomb Benchlands and consist of parcels located along portions of Blackcomb Way, Glacier Drive, Painted Cliff Road, Spearhead Drive, and Spearhead Place.

To learn more: A copy of the proposed Bylaw, background documentation and written comments received from the public regarding the Public Hearing for LUC00005 are available for review from April 21, 2022 to May 3, 2022 at: •

Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) • Online on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) website at: whistler.ca/LUC00005 How to provide input: All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be given an opportunity to provide written and verbal comments that will be considered by Council as follows:

1.

Submit written comments to Council via email: corporate@whistler.ca (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on May 3, 2022) (include “Public Hearing for LUC00005” in the subject line, address the comments to “Mayor and Council”, and include your name and mailing address in the email); and/or

2. Submit written comments to Council via mail/hand delivery: Resort Municipality of Whistler, Legislative Services Department, 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler BC V8E 0X5 (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on May 3, 2022) (include “Public Hearing for LUC00005” in the subject line, address the comments to “Mayor and Council”, and include your name and mailing address in the letter); and/or 3. Provide verbal comments at the Public Hearing via online video or phone conferencing. Visit whistler.ca/LUC00005 or scan the QR code below for instructions on how to access and participate in the Public Hearing. The Public Hearing link and phone numbers are also below.

After the conclusion of this Public Hearing, Council cannot receive further input from the public on the proposed Bylaw.

For more information visit: whistler.ca/LUC00005 Public Hearing link: https://whistler.zoom.us/j/66076279526 Public Hearing phone numbers: +1-778-907-2071 +1-647-374-4685 Webinar ID: 660 7627 9526

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Thus, the famous words uttered

by Bob Homme in his landmark (albeit hallucinatory) children’s show, The Friendly Giant. Those who watched on the regular were doubtless already familiar with big ol’

BY LESLIE ANTHONY chairs you could squeeze two into—most of our parents having a favoured example—as well as the notion that these were household loci for pursuits both relaxing and cerebral: the place where dads smoked pipes, read papers and watched TV; where moms knitted, pearled and worked their way through the typeset infinities of pictureless novels no child’s brain could heft—either aesthetically or intellectually. Every once in a while, though, we’d be hauled up from our carpeted netherworld into the laps of these armchair-bound adults and recited our own fanciful volumes. Long before we understood its meaning, the armchair as semiotic for consumption of literature was as firmly imprinted as the pun this represents.

No wonder, then, that walk-ins to Armchair Books often spend their first few minutes glancing around for the expected comfort seat. That is, until owner Dan Ellis politely explains that his mother, who started the Whistler institution back in 1983, named it for the nearby Armchair Glacier. Judging by customer loyalties, that

GRAB A CHAIR The best thing about owning a bookstore is the customers, says Armchair Books owner Dan Ellis.

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factoid probably does more to endear them to the store than disappoint.

“Definitely the best thing about owning a bookstore is the customers,” says Dan. “When people come in, they’re in a peaceful mindset, so right off it’s a happy place to be. And our clientele ranges from longtime locals to people from all over the world who make a point of coming in once a year to catch up.”

On an overcast Friday in April, the store is busy. To be expected at the start of a holiday weekend, last of the ski season. Also to be expected because Armchair’s space, split by a pedestrian walkway, captures traffic heading elsewhere. And despite the pandemic, it has been a best-ever year for Armchair. With pent-up demand, it seems plenty of folks included Whistler in their travel plans, many of whom found their way to the store.

because we have such a multi-age, diverse clientele,” says Dan. “My team, which includes assistant manager Sarah Temporale—who, by the way, can run this place without me—and a few part-timers, do best with contemporary fiction. But right behind that are kids’ books, adventure travel, history, cookbooks—I mean, it is a foodie town.”

In addition, Dan enjoys excellent relationships with a range of publishers.

“Armchair is fantastic,” says Don Gorman, publisher of Victoria-based Rocky Mountain Books. “Its attention to detail in curating books that celebrate Canadian writing and publishing, along with mountain culture as a whole, is vital to ensuring these are available in areas outside of major metropolitan centres. It’s always a joy to see our books in their store.”

Of course, when Hazel Ellis opened

“We do well with all parts of our store because we have such a multiage, diverse clientele.”

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“We’ve never been busier,” says Dan. “COVID affected people in a lot of ways and reading was a nice escape—including helping lower kids’ screen time. Plus, more people are embracing the shop-local ethos.

Whether it’s hardware, books or food, they want that personal connection, to meet the owner, talk products, contribute to the community. I’m definitely feeling the love.”

The path for this general trade bookstore that stocks all genres has not been an easy one, but it has been steady.

“We do well with all parts of our store

Armchair some 40 years ago there was only one season—winter—and the long shoulder season typically served locals. As Whistler changed into an all-season resort, however, the store’s size quadrupled from an alcove (now the kids’ book section) to the area it currently occupies. With its bisecting walkway, the space is unique, projecting a bigger feel.

With Hazel’s retirement imminent and a personal love of reading, Dan himself switched from the family moving business to bookstore wizard-in-training in 1998, and

has been at it 24 years. Much has happened since, delivering plenty of lessons.

“We lost many customers during the 2008–2009 sub-prime mortgage disaster in the U.S.,” he recalls. “Just as Amazon was ramping up, people were getting into eBooks, and headlines were announcing ‘Bookstores are dead.’ It scared the crap out of me so I started fighting to stay alive. It happened all over. Some places didn’t make it, but those that did learned to be lean, mean and have the best customer service possible.”

Service like schlepping stacks of all the relevant titles for the Whistler Writers Festival to all its events. “[Former director] Stella Harvey approached me about supplying authors’ books when it first started and I said sure,” says Dan. “So we partnered up and from modest beginnings it has been a great relationship I’m very grateful for.”

The Sea to Sky community is grateful in return, just as it was when Dan introduced an Armchair presence in Squamish—where he grew up and still lives. He dismissed a brick-and-mortar outlet because he had his hands full with Whistler. Instead, he advertised free Squamish book delivery on his website. This had modest traction over the years, but when the COVID stay-athome order hit, word got out and it was suddenly all he could do to stay on top of things. And it hasn’t let up.

“It means something when you order online and the owner of the business shows up at your door to deliver it,” says Dan. April 30 is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, a great time to drop into Armchair and show our longtime local readery some love.

Leslie Anthony is a biologist, writer and author of several popular books on environmental science. ■

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TWIN PEAKS WHAT’S BEHIND THE SEEMING ABUNDANCE OF TWINS BORN IN THE SEA TO SKY?

When my husband and I found out we were pregnant with twins, we were shocked.

They didn’t run in my family and we weren’t doing any fertility treatments that might have increased our chances of twins, but there they were, two little blobs on the ultrasound printout. A few scans later and we found out they shared a placenta, which about 70 per cent of identical twins do, known as monochorionic twins.

We also learned they were identical twins, which don’t typically run in families the same way fraternal twins do.

As my belly grew, and grew, and grew, the more I talked to friends, neighbours and complete strangers about my pregnancy and how I’d got two-for-one baking in the oven. And that’s when I heard it, the bit of local hearsay that inspired this article.

What I heard went something like this: “You’re having twins? Did you know that the Sea to Sky corridor has one of the highest rates of twins in North America along with a small potato-farming town in the States?”

If only one person had mentioned it to me, I would have likely forgotten about it, but I heard it over and over from different people.

Then, last summer, I got into my friend’s truck with three other women to go for a bike ride and one of them commented how crazy it was that not only were all four of us mothers of twins, but we all live in the same neighbourhood—three of us even on the same street! What were the odds?

When I started researching this article, I reached out to the Sea to Sky Multiples group on Facebook (yes, it’s a thing) and a lot of them had heard almost exactly the same hearsay I had. I was not alone (or crazy).

“I have 20-month-old identical twins and I have been told this many times by random people at Strong Start (Sea to Sky Community Services program) and at the park.” Sarah Ewing, identical twin girls, Squamish.

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LET’S CONNECT Ben & Lucy “I have heard that. I actually blamed the carrots after hearing this because I was eating a lot of Pemby carrots when I got pregnant— same soil!” Jasmine Robinson, fraternal twin boys, Whistler.

“When I was pregnant with my twins, nearly 10 years ago, my OBGYN in North Van said something about a study, but I never asked for specifics.” Anon, Squamish.

“I actually have heard that, but I don’t know where. Someone also once said there were studies done in the area or they were going to do studies on the high number of twins in the area. I’m not sure how true it is though!” Jen Bang, fraternal twin girls, Whistler.

Callaghan & Revie So, does this hearsay have any truth to it?

Do we have a high number of twins in the Sea to Sky? If so, why? Can potatoes actually play any role in it? As it turns out, these questions don’t have simple answers.

“You’re going to need to ask some detailed questions to really understand this,” explained Dr. Marina Tourlakis, life sciences tutor in molecular genetics at Squamish’s Quest University, in an email. “Fraternal, or non-identical twins, can result from fertility treatment, which often induces the release of more than one egg during a woman’s menstrual cycle (super-ovulation). Fertility issues are prevalent in our society … and hence increased twinning rates, if nonidentical, might be explained by increased awareness of, and accessibility to, fertility treatments. Hence, I’d wonder if the proposed high rates of twinning in Whistler are of identical or fraternal twins as these are two very different questions to ask.

“If the average age of the mothers in Whistler is high, and we are talking about fraternal twins, then I’d wonder if this is indeed linked to an increase in fertility treatment (since fertility drops precipitously with age). Given that fertility treatments are expensive and Whistler is typically associated with an affluent demographic, this too would make me wonder if this is the main factor at play.”

Statistics Canada helped me compare the number of twins born in the Sea to Sky to the rest of Canada between 2000 and 2020. For 12 out of those 20 years, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton’s combined twin percentage rate was higher than the Canadian average. For six straight years spanning 2012 to 2017, the corridor remained above the national average. It’s worth noting, however, that the mean average of those years puts the twinning

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rate at 3.1 per cent, in line with the rest of Canada, while a median average puts us at 3.3 per cent, just over.

Statistics Canada does not collect information on whether twins are identical or fraternal, or if they were conceived using fertility treatments, but for 60 per cent of that 20-year period, we’ve had more twins than the national average, so the hearsay about the Sea to Sky having an above-average amount of twins could be somewhat true, although the reasons why are an educated guess without more robust data.

What Tourlakis was saying about fertility treatment being the major driver in increased fraternal twin rates is echoed in a comprehensive, global study led by Christiaan Monden, a professor of sociology and demography at Oxford University. The research shows that over 40 years, the twinning rate worldwide has increased by a third, which means that one in every 42 babies is now born a twin.

“Our results show that twinning rates were recently peaking at a historical high, with

rates of over 15 twin deliveries per 1,000 Associate Professor Joseph Tomkins, UWA deliveries in many countries, including the School of Biological Sciences.

USA, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Note that this research refers to South Korea, Taiwan, and almost all African fraternal twins specifically, as the reason countries,” the study says. an egg “randomly” splits to create identical The report goes on to say the reasons for twins is still a mystery. However, new the increase are driven by fertility treatments research into epigenetics might be the start (responsible for two-thirds of the increase) of unravelling this biological enigma. in combination with households delaying “Epigenetics refers to the turning on and childbearing, in other words, older mothers turning off of genes,” explains Dr. Nancy L. (responsible for one-third of the increase).

Segal, a professor of psychology, director of An international collaboration (2020) the Twin Studies Center at California State involving researchers at The University of University, Fullerton and author of seven Western Australia (UWA), DePauw University books on twins, speaking on the podcast, in Indiana and the London School of Hygiene Speaking of Psychology: What Studying and Tropical Medicine found that women Twins Can Teach Us About Ourselves. “What are more likely to conceive fraternal twins environmental triggers are there before once they reach their 30s as a result of an birth and sometime after birth, that will evolutionary response to combat declining activate a gene or perhaps silence it. And embryo viability. this is where identical twins, who differ in “This research offers important insights fundamental ways, may be of greatest use into how our evolutionary past still to us in the medical sciences because we influences our modern lives, with fraternal know that the similarity rate of identical twinning rates increasing as women twins with diabetes or multiple sclerosis is increasingly delay childbearing,” said only 50 per cent, schizophrenia maybe 40

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A 2019 CBC article stated that B.C. has the highest number of older mothers in Canada, with the average age of first-time mothers being 31.6 compared to the national average of 29.2. It went on to say that in B.C., between 2000 and 2017, the number of mothers aged 35 to 39 increased by 60 per cent, and the number of mothers aged 40 to 44 doubled.

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Statistics Canada helped me dig into the Sea to Sky numbers and in 2020, the average age of a mother in the corridor was 33.5, so above both the national average (31.3) and the B.C. average (32.1). Of the children born to mothers in the corridor, 78 per cent were born to mothers aged 30 to 39. In 2000, that figure was just 54 per cent. UBC professor Paul Kershaw, founder of research and advocacy group Generation Squeeze, is quoted in the CBC article saying the numbers didn’t come as a surprise.

“This is the province where hard work pays off the least for younger people in their prime childbearing years,” Kershaw said.

Kershaw’s research compared today’s young adults to those of a generation ago and found that the full-time incomes of British Columbians have dropped the most in Canada during that time while housing prices have increased the most.

The nature of work, housing, and the propensity towards play in the Sea to Sky could be a factor in people deciding to wait longer to start a family. The result? More issues conceiving, possibly fewer kids, but

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also a slightly higher chance, biologically speaking, of these women producing twins.

Interestingly, while older mothers might have issues getting pregnant, they are statistically more likely to have a successful multiple pregnancy if one does occur, said researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in a 2017 study.

TT A A TT EE R R TT O O TT SS A U.S. study by the National Center for Health Statistics spanning from 1980 to 2009 showed that the national twin birth rate rose an incredible 76 per cent over that period, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births.

Increases were seen across all 50 states and by more than 100 per cent in five states— Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

The report notes that Connecticut had the highest number of twin births at five per cent in 2009. More recent figures published by Statista in May 2021 also show

Connecticut as the state with the highest twin birth rate from 2017-19.

While it is known for its stunning fall foliage, Yale University and being the home of ESPN, Connecticut is not exactly known for potatoes.

So, the Sea to Sky’s connection to a small, potato farming town in the U.S.? Still possible, but again, without more data, it’s difficult to say for sure. (The U.S. CDC was unable to narrow down where this mythical potato town with the high twinning rate is located.) Seed potatoes have been farmed in Pemberton for more than a century, so wouldn’t the numbers of twins stay consistently high or spike when we had bumper crops? What a woman eats and drinks have not been scientifically linked to the subsequent production of twins, although some people think it could be.

Anna Capria, a human genetics and genomic data analytics masters’ student, led me to an article on a small Nigerian town called Igbo-Ora. Nigeria has one of the largest populations of twins in the world and the highest dizygotic/fraternal twinning rate (45 per 1,000). A recent 2020 study delved into the local people’s beliefs as to why this might be, and mentioned a soup produced with okra leaves and a local delicacy made from cassava, a root vegetable.

“Since the same foods are consumed in neighbouring communities that have lower rates of twinning, we conjecture that nutritional and other environmental factors may produce epigenetic modifications that influence high DZ twinning rates in IgboOra community. We conclude that more directed scientific studies based on these findings are required to further elucidate the etiology of the high rate of DZ twinning in Igbo-Ora,” the study says.

My post on the Sea to Sky Multiples group helped to unearth other twin-heavy places in Brazil and India. In an article about Kodinh, a small village in India that counts more than 400 sets of twins, it was interesting to read that some of the pervasive reasoning for multiple births, like more mature mothers and access to fertility treatments, are not a factor there. The doctor interviewed mentioned that he thinks it’s something in the food or water in the area, but again, there’s no concrete evidence.

One long-held twin myth that has recently been busted is the notion that identical twins don’t run in families. “We thought that for a very long time,” says

Segal. “And yet, some recent research from Sweden and Singapore looking at inbred populations has found that there are these pockets of people around the world in India and Iran, where there are multigenerations of identical twins. And so, we think that within some families that there’s a tendency towards zygotic splitting.”

In the podcast, Segal goes on to explain that the offspring of two pairs of identical twins would be first-cousins and full siblings, because each parent is genetically interchangeable, which is rare—but a trend that’s not so rare is identical twins marrying unrelated people, and that their children would be genetic half-siblings. Mind-blowing.

D D EE A AR R TT H H O O FF D DA A TT A A What’s become clear over the course of digging into this hearsay is that there is a serious lack of comprehensive research on twins, part of a longer trend in academia that tends to skew towards a male perspective.

“Female reproduction has a long tradition of being studied primarily from a male lens (because researchers and medical doctors were primarily male) and poorly at that (perhaps because the funding bodies deciding what research to fund were also primarily male),” says Tourlakis. “Recently there has been a surge in attention (perhaps due to an aging mother population, and perhaps also due to increased numbers of women in research positions) to reproductive studies, which is leading to all kinds of interesting new findings about fertility, so I imagine we will continue to have exciting new findings hitting our science news feeds in the coming years.”

So, one day we might be able to debunk or uphold this strange bit of Sea to Sky hearsay, but for now, it’s still a bit of a mystery.

“Being the mother of twins in the Sea to Sky area these days may seem commonplace, but it doesn’t take away from how incredibly special it is to have them.” Sarah Lindsay, identical twin boys, Squamish.

Writer’s Note: Thank you to Dr. Marina Tourlaski and Anna Capira for explaining genetics basics and to David Raffo for patiently helping me draw some answers from the data. n

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Saudan Couloir Extreme returns after two-year hiatus THE ICONIC BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN SKI RACE, WHICH GOT ITS START IN THE 1980S, RETURNED TO WHISTLER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019 ON APRIL 16

BY HARRISON BROOKS ON SATURDAY, April 16, for the first time in two years, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme returned to Blackcomb Mountain.

The race first got its start in 1987 and ran through the ’90s before being discontinued in 2001. After a 17-year hiatus, the race was ultimately brought back in 2018 and 2019 before the pandemic threw a wrench into the plans once again with another two-year hiatus.

“It is super exciting to see this event return. The sense of excitement was really palpable, with people packed along the ridgeline and lots of hoots and hollering.

Maybe not as much carnage as we might have come to expect in other years, but still super exciting,” said Whistler Blackcomb events manager Steve Crowley.

“This event really generates a level of buzz unlike almost anything else. It’s such a great way to wrap up our winter season. It really brings everyone together to celebrate the winter, test yourself … and give people the opportunities to come together and race your

BURNING THIGHS A racer makes their way down the mountain during the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme on Saturday, April 16.

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friends and have that sense of community.”

Billed as 2,500 feet of thigh-burning hell with a tagline of, “In the mouth of the couloir no one can hear you scream,” the race, which starts with a mogul-filled, 45-degree slope, truly is one of the most unique—and challenging—ski races in the world.

And this year’s event lived up to that billing.

“To me, it’s more of an adventure than a race. It’s a real challenge. There’s absolutely nothing normal about the couloir part for sure, but even the whole way down. It’s just gnarly. It’s got bumps, it’s got ruts, even when you’re going in the top heat it’s still crazy and gnarly. It’s never easy,” said competitor Wendy Brookbank.

“Everybody has an adventure on the way down. Nobody has a clean run.

Nobody comes through the finish gate and goes, ‘oh my god, I just skied that so well.’

Everybody’s hanging on for dear life, so it’s an adventure for anybody.”

Racing in her sixth Saudan Couloir Extreme on April 16, Brookbank finished third in the Women’s Ski 50+ category and fifth overall for the women (she previously competed four times in the ’90s, and a fifth when the race was brought back in 2018).

Finishing at the top of the overall categories were Heather Munroe in the Ski Women category with a time of 3:08, and Sam Mulligan in the Ski Men category with his time of 2:46.6. On the snowboard side of

things, the women’s top finisher was Sandy Ward with a time of 4:25.5, while Jonathan Penfield took the title for the men with a time of 3:30.1.

However, despite all the great performances from the overall winners, it was Alex Cairns who stole the show—even if he didn’t want to—as the first-ever sit skier to compete in the event.

“We’ve all done the run a million times.

But I don’t think a sit skier has ever done that race before and I don’t think there’s a reason for that. There are so many sit skiers that could do that, no problem. And if we can do it, and do it more often, it’ll take some of the shock factor out for people,” said Cairns.

“The sport is at a problem stage where people have no idea what sit skiers can do.

And that’s kind of why you do these things every once in a while. I don’t like the spotlight … but it is kind of a necessity for developing sport and creating opportunities in it.”

Now that Cairns has gotten his first Saudan Couloir Extreme experience under his belt, he plans to make it a yearly occurrence, but hopes to see some more sit skiers take part as well in the coming years.

For Brookbank, who initially planned for this to be her last kick at the can for this race, the event proved to be so much fun that she’s already planning on competing in at least one more race next year—though she does hope to see a minor change to the format that would bring back the event’s pro category.

“In the past, like back in the ’90s when I did it … you had to be in the pro category. And it was all about the money.

If you won, you won money. So this year had a bit of a different feel to it. Because there was no money and there was no pro category,” she said.

“I think a few people were turned off just because they’re like, ‘Why would I do that gnarly race without being able to win money?’ So that added a bit of a different flair to it. It changed the field. It was way more of an amateur event this time … it was more of a ‘try it if you dare’ kind of experience as opposed to a super hardcore, ‘go for the money’ one.

“So it was more casual and fun but I definitely want to see the pro category come back again.”

While racers will have to wait until next year’s event to find out if the pro category will return, the one change from this year’s race that skiers can expect again next year is the new course layout that took racers up the “skiers’ right side of the moraine, so the middle section of the course became essentially like a big, banked slalom,” said Crowley.

“So they were skiing up on the walls and it was something that was different and it was pretty well received, so I think we’ll probably be doing that again in the future.”

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Squamish local starts GoFundMe for Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame JEFF PATTERSON HOPES TO FIND A LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN WHISTLER TO CAPITALIZE ON THE INGRAINED SNOWBOARD CULTURE AND HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC

BY HARRISON BROOKS BACK IN THE MID-’80S, in his hometown of Kimberly, B.C., the newly invented sport of snowboarding quickly became a major interest for current Squamish local Jeff Patterson.

But what started as a cool new hobby and something to do with his friends after school and on weekends quickly grew into something more: First a passion, then an obsession, and finally, a way of life.

With so few boarders at the time, and a rather hostile reception from many skiers and ski resorts, snowboarding quickly gained traction due to its rebellious, counterculture nature. And from there, a community was born.

“We just kind of got tied into this really tight community of people. We started travelling around to other resorts and you’d meet the other 10 snowboarders at each of the hills that were around because there wasn’t many people doing it,” he said. “So all the guys who were [snowboarding], you’d look for them on the hill … and you’d just be part of the pack. It was a really cool time to be part of the sport.”

From there, Patterson’s life followed snowboarding. First through competitions, then into a career building snowboard parks at ski resorts around the world, and finally into a film and photography career.

And everywhere his snowboarding journey took him, he started collecting memorabilia and stories from the sport’s infamous beginnings, eventually building up a collection of boards and equipment from people and brands across the sport’s three decades.

“From that early stage, being shown that first board, that was my eye-opener to how much snowboarding had changed even in a few years from when I started,” said Patterson. “And as I was travelling around building parks, I would always see people’s garage sales, or posts in newspapers of old snowboards, and I would pick up boards at pawn shops, and kind of had a lot of people on the lookout for me for boards. So I started amassing older boards for quite a long time.”

The collection’s growth has slowed in recent years as the price for memorabilia from snowboarding’s early days has begun to skyrocket. Now, Patterson mostly relies on his connections in the industry to add to his personal collection.

But as Patterson’s collection grew too large for his parents’ basement and began filling up a storage unit, he realized something needed to be done with all this stuff. But even though his collection would be worth thousands of dollars, Patterson

was never interested in collecting for profit—he did it because of his passion for the sport.

So as a way to give back to others who share that same passion, Patterson decided his collection needed to be on display in a snowboard museum. And where better to make that happen than in one of Canada’s premier ski resorts: Whistler.

“I’ve been pushing for this idea of trying to figure out a way to have a community space and I’ve had good conversations with some of the brands that are supportive of the idea and want it to happen,” he said. “But the hardest thing at this point is Whistler is obviously the best place in Canada and one of the best places in the world to have something like this, because of its ties within the history of snowboarding, but the real estate costs in Whistler are also far greater than many of the other resort towns across B.C.” While there are many different grants and funding options available for nonprofits like the one Patterson has registered for his museum, the main hang-up is you need an actual physical location before you can apply for most of them.

So Patterson is hoping the GoFundMe he started can help be the catalyst that promotes his idea while raising the necessary money to find that perfect Whistler location to set up shop.

However, Patterson’s vision is more than just a space where he can display his collection of snowboard memorabilia and any other donations that may come to fruition if the museum ever gets off the ground. Instead, he envisions a space that fully takes visitors back to those early days of the sport.

He wants his space to recreate that oldschool snowboarding, dirtbag, hangout culture where people go to meet friends, grab a snack and just spend time browsing all the archived videos, pictures and stories that have been collected throughout the years from snowboarding’s past.

“When we were teenagers, we’d go into the snowboard shops and you’d go watch the videos to see what was coming out next and see the catalogues for next year. And we got places like The Circle that are like the core snowboard shops but we lost that—it’s weird to say—but that dirtbag culture where you go to the shop to meet your buddies,” he said.

“So I kind of want to have this space that’s like a community gathering hub where you can pay homage to all the people that came before, because there’s just so much colourful history through the ’80s and ’90s that tells so many stories. So I just really would love to find a spot that we could properly archive and showcase all these things.”

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Saving the Earth from ourselves STUDENT-LED ANTI-WAR PROTESTS INSPIRED EARTH DAY SO HOW ARE YOU hiding out from Earth Day this year?

Maybe you’ll be wearing the latest Dyson gizmo—headphones for your best tunes that simultaneously blow filtered, fresh, pollutionfree air into your nostrils. Seriously.

Maybe you’ll be binge-reading-withchocolate and sniggering over Benjamin Schwartz’s New Yorker cartoon of a Godzilla-shaped darkness hovering between skyscrapers while a terrified passer-by warns people, “Look out! It’s Everything That’s Been Going On Lately!”

I’m with you. There has been wa-aa-y too much going on lately. And so it seems that even Earth Day this year—

BY GLENDA BARTOSH which is happening Friday, April 22 in case you’ve forgotten—has gotten overlooked, overwhelmed, and largely relegated to the sidelines, even at Whistler.

I wonder why, and I don’t wonder why.

Earth Day is 52 years old this year, and we’re still looking at millions of hectares of rainforests being hacked down annually, methane levels skyrocketing, extremes of 40 C above normal in our polar regions and so much plastic in our waterways there’s a meme floating around where the customer asks the vendor for a plastic bag for the whole fish they’ve bought. “It’s inside,” quips the vendor.

Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. senator and

BETTER DAYS Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton embraces Jade Quinn-McDonald, then-president of Whistler Secondary School’s Student Environmental Club, during a 2019 climate strike. Fingers crossed we’ll see more demonstrations like this at future Earth Days.

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environmentalist from Wisconsin, first started talking about an Earth Day with JFK and Bobby Kennedy in 1962. Nelson wanted to harness the anti-Vietnam-War student movement into concern about environmental degradation—something totally absent from the political and social landscape of the day.

Nelson got his Earth Day but it wasn’t until 1970, when people wore those funky “negative heel” earth shoes to events.

Here we are, 52 years later, decked out in our Arc’teryx and North Face, still trying to save the Earth from ourselves. The silver bullet would be to all hold hands and jump off a bridge. But given the unlikelihood of that, the most viable option is to clean up our collective act.

I’m with the Katharine Hayhoes (Canadian climate scientist) of the world.

I don’t want you getting all depressed and curling up in a ball. But come on, folks, we have to get over supposedly caring about the direction our planet and every ecosystem on it is going, then barely doing anything besides wringing our hands and

yapping about it. (Carbon Brief reports that the number of editorials in the U.K. calling for more action to tackle climate change quadrupled from 2019 to 2021.)

We need to be as determined as those passionate protestors against the immoral war in Vietnam. These days, maybe, Russia’s immoral war in Ukraine could trigger some positive movement. Although it’s usually young people with their energy, imagination and clarity who lead civil society to change, they can’t be the only ones on the frontlines. Really, if there’s any kind of justice in the world, it should be us oldsters leading the way, starting with all the decrepit oil company executives who’ve run bullshit ads for decades.

“Oil pumps life.” “Lies they tell our children.” “Who told you the Earth was warming…” These are just some of the taglines in multi-billion-dollar ad campaigns run by the likes of ExxonMobil to confuse and mislead the public and politicians alike about the existential dangers of fossil fuels.

There’s an excellent exposé about it

THREE CHEERS FOR LOCAL EARTH DAY EVENTS! • DIVING IN ART TOUR OPENING, THUR. APR. 21: Join artist Michael Binkley, Henry Wang of Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans and more from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Squamish Public Library to launch the Sea to Sky Arts Councils Alliance’s Diving In Art Tour that will hit Whistler and other communities later this year. Using trash cleaned from local waterways by divers like Henry, artists have created unique works to illustrate the challenge of marine waste. Everyone welcome.

• PITCH-IN DAY, SAT. APRIL 23: The RMOW is hosting PITCH-IN Day for its 32nd year— bravo! Join hundreds of volunteers to pick up litter from Emerald to Function Junction. Pick up garbage and recycling bags, vests and supplies from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Public Works Yard, 8020 Nesters Road. After, Whistler Fire Rescue Service invites volunteers to a free barbecue at Fire Hall No. 1, with donations from Nesters Market, Your Independent Grocer, the Whistler Grocery Store and Fresh Street Market.

• FOUNDRY FILM SERIES’ THE NATURAL IMPACT, SAT. APRIL 23: To mark Earth Day, this screening features two locally-based films about youth-based climate action and environmental stewardship: Sam and Me and Walking with Plants. 2 p.m. at Maury Young Arts Centre in Whistler Village. n

all in The Guardian by Geoffrey Supran and Naomi Oreskes—Harvard professor of the history of science and one of the most astute climate trackers on the planet.

To change the path we’re on, we must get active and engaged politically, socially, culturally. Vote, vote, vote. Run for office yourself. Support political parties with strong green agendas, and groups like the Whistler Centre for Sustainability or 350.org that push for policy change based on science.

Then add some solid consumer smarts. I nearly fell off my chair when I read that the latest IPCC report—released in April and prompting UN Secretary-General António Guterres to declare we’re on a “fast track to climate disaster”—actually mentioned changing consumer habits as a way to halve carbon emissions by 2030. After all, the wealthiest 10 per cent of households generate one third to 45 per cent of climatechanging emissions.

Stop eating meat as much as you can if you aren’t vegetarian or vegan already.

Read your labels and just say “no” to palm oil. Use organic and eco-friendly products.

And here’s a good one right from the IPCC: Buy less and buy things that last. How about only purchasing three new items of clothing a year? Try to live below your means.

And join your neighbours for one of the local Earth Day events, below.

As for substantive change and a reason to be hopeful, remember—it was President Nixon, old “Tricky Dicky,” who went on to become the greenest president in America’s history, bringing in the Clean Air Act and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Which goes to show you just never know...

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who hopes some young ones will hang a banner or fill Village Square with noise this Earth Day. n

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Hardcore icons Comeback Kid co-headlining Whistler’s first punk show in ages WINNIPEG BAND JOINS FELLOW HARDCORE STALWARTS CANCER BATS AND MISERY SIGNALS AT GARF’S ON APRIL 24

BY BRANDON BARRETT WITHOUT THE USUAL catharsis of playing in front of a live audience available to him, Andrew Neufeld had to get creative whenever he wanted to blow off a little steam during the pandemic.

“When we weren’t able to tour, I felt really caged up,” he says. “I think the main thing about being off-tour and not being able to play shows was that I had no other way to release my energy. It’s definitely cathartic, in a way.”

The lead vocalist for beloved Canadian punk band Comeback Kid, whenever Neufeld was feeling itchy, he would head down to his empty, Toronto rehearsal space, fire up the band’s latest tunes, and start what I can only imagine to be the world’s rowdiest one-person mosh pit.

“I would literally sing along with it, karaokestyle. I’d take off my shirt,” he recalls. “Luckily there was enough room in the rehearsal spot

CALL IT A COMEBACK Winnipeg hardcore stalwarts Comeback Kid will co-headline Whistler’s first punk show in ages on April 24 alongside Cancer Bats.

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for me to mosh around a little bit.”

Fortunately for Neufeld, he’s had plenty of company in the pit lately. Comeback Kid’s latest tour, which kicked off last month, saw them join fellow Canadian hardcore icons and longtime friends, Cancer Bats.

“It’s just a great, really comfortable atmosphere to be coming in and doing

Never ones to sit on their hands for too long, Comeback Kid used the downtime of the past two years constructively, writing and recording their seventh studio album— and first in five years—Heavy Steps, released in January through German record label, Nuclear Blast.

While the lyrical content of the record

“Luckily there was enough room in the rehearsal spot for me to mosh around a little bit.”

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these shows,” Neufeld says.

Although originally hailing from Winnipeg, these days the band—which counts guitarists Jeremy Hiebert and Stu Ross, bassist Chase Brenneman and drummer Loren Legare, along with Neufeld—are all scattered throughout the country, so “it’s almost like every show is a hometown show,” he says. “There are friends and family coming out. It’s definitely a family vibe.”

doesn’t address the pandemic head on, it’s clear the themes Neufeld tackles—owning your struggles and persevering in the face of pain—were borne out of the uncertainty of the past two years.

“What I hear in the lyrics when I listen back to what I wrote is desperation, resilience and just clawing your way up. Do or die. All bets off,” Neufeld says. “None of the songs are about the pandemic, but it forced us all to make some hard decisions,

I think, and that’s what we did. That’s what a lot of the songs are about, whether it’s in relationships or making changes in your life that you need to make.”

As Comeback Kid has crossed the country on their latest tour, Neufeld has been heartened to see how vibrant the hardcore scene is these days, especially coming out of COVID, a period that has in its own ways inspired a return to punk’s DIY roots.

“What I’m seeing is a new breed of hardcore kids putting on their own local shows. Especially in Alberta, you’re seeing all these festivals, like the Wild Rose Hardcore Festival, and a couple others in Vancouver, too,” he says. “I feel like a lot of people are eager to make events happen and are willing to put themselves on the line to do some really cool things. Everyone wants it, everyone needs it, so people are taking the initiative.”

In what will be Whistler’s first punk show in ages, Comeback Kid hits the Garfinkel’s stage on April 24 along with Cancer Bats and Misery Signals. Doors to this 19-plus show open at 7:30 p.m.

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GARDEN PARTY The Whistler Singers choir had to get creative to keep the momentum going during the pandemic, even meeting in choir director Alison Hunter’s backyard for a time last summer.

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BY BRANDON BARRETT THE WHISTLER SINGERS’ concert set for later this month has been a long time coming.

Originally scheduled for April 2020, a little thing called the pandemic hit, and Whistler’s longest-running arts group could only watch as all of its upcoming gigs dried up. But through a mix of creativity and tenacity, the choir has managed to keep on singing even as other choral groups have floundered.

“It was interesting because for two years we had to find ways around it,” says choir director Alison Hunter.

That meant meeting on Zoom for a time, “but that’s a tough one for a choir because you can’t all sing at the same time,” explains Hunter. The Fairmont Chateau Whistler was gracious enough to allow members to rehearse in one of its ballrooms last fall—that is, until COVID19 restrictions ramped up again. They met last summer out of Hunter’s backyard before resuming indoor rehearsals in the fall at Myrtle Philip Community School, where they have voluntarily maintained mask and vaccine requirements.

“We have choir members that have vulnerable family members, so we’re protecting everybody,” Hunter says. “The BC Choral Federation—who are amazing, I will point out—they just did a recent workshop where they said you’re only as safe as your most vulnerable choir member. So I think my choir is OK now; we’re still singing in masks.”

The pandemic has also thrown a wrench in the plans for the Whistler Singers’ (and Whistler Children’s Chorus’) biggest show— and fundraiser—of the year, its Christmas Eve Carol Service, which, for close to four decades, has delighted revellers with a set of traditional holiday carols. Usually drawing dozens, if not hundreds, of attendees every Christmas Eve, the service went virtual over the past two years.

“We did Christmas Eve as a video for the last two years, which was really expensive.

It’s expensive to produce because usually

the donations cover the cost, but we did not come even near that,” Hunter notes. “But you know what? It’s a community service.

That’s what we do.”

Hunter is also hopeful to drive membership up after the pandemic has kept some choir regulars away. Prior to the pandemic, Hunter said the Whistler Singers counted about 50 members; these days there are about 25 regular active members. It’s an opportunity to not only welcome back old members as they grow more comfortable coming out of COVID-19, but also add new members to the already diverse group.

“We welcome everybody. There are no auditions. I would never turn anybody away,” Hunter says. “Our youngest member, I think she just turned 19. And our oldest member, she’s in her 80s. We have people who work on the mountain, we have accountants, we have people who work at the health-care centre. We have people who drive from Squamish and who drive down from Pemberton. Everybody’s welcome, because it’s about singing but it’s also about being in a community.”

Teaming with the Whistler Public Library, Hunter and Whistler Children’s Chorus director Jeanette Bruce will be relaunching their multi-generational choral sessions after a pandemic break. The weekly sessions begin May 28 and will run until the end of June. “It’s for families; it’s for everybody,” Hunter says.

Check back at whistlerlibrary.ca for more details and to register.

For their April 24 show at Our Lady of the Mountains Church, the Whistler Singers will bring with them the same repertoire they had prepared for the show two years ago. Featuring a variety of songs under the theme “From Sea to Sky,” attendees can expect some classic folk and choral numbers, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the classic maritime song, “Away from the Roll of the Sea,” and even a song from the beloved musical The Sound of Music, “because, oh gosh, we’re in the mountains,” Hunter says. Sea to Sky String Orchestra violinist Izumi Inoue will also accompany the choir for two numbers.

The show kicks off at 7 p.m. Entry is by donation. Masks are recommended. n

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to a safe and functioning ski resort. The first people on the mountain and the last to leave, ski patrollers ensure the terrain is safe before anyone else can access the runs.

They also regularly take risks to save lives.

Originally run entirely by volunteers, First Aid Ski Patrol on Whistler started with 12 people in 1965, before construction of the lifts had even been completed. There were more than 80 active volunteers at its peak.

With Whistler Mountain growing rapidly, professional ski patrollers were brought in, and First Aid Ski Patrol volunteers continued to support professional patrol until Blackcomb opened in 1980.

Tony Lyttle was the head of the First Aid Ski Patrol from 1965 to 1971. According to Lyttle, “In 1965, when the mountain opened, we were all staying in trailers along with the rest of the staff of Whistler. As Whistler got more and more paid staff, there was less and less room for the patrol to stay.

So that’s when we eventually got moved to the floor of the cafeteria, and that wasn’t very good because they started cooking at about 3 a.m. or earlier. So people would never get any sleep.”

On top of sleeping in the cafeteria, everything that a patroller needed was selffunded, relying on donations, fundraising and the generosity of the patrollers themselves, including the construction of the patrol clubhouse. In 1972, there was a raffle to raise money for portable twoway radios which revolutionized ski patrol practices. Before this they used the “bump system,” where patrollers would rotate between skiing a lap and waiting at the top of a lift so someone could always be found in an emergency. It also meant waiting long

periods out in the elements, and could be bitterly cold in the days before Gore-Tex. Along with the volunteer patrollers, there was a rotation of 10 doctors who could administer pain relief and assist with diagnosis, sutures and dislocated shoulders.

Flags were raised to get a doctor’s attention when additional medical support was required. There was no medical centre, only a small first-aid room. Without ambulances, people mostly went home injured or travelled to Squamish or Vancouver via private vehicle.

There was a helicopter landing pad by the gravel parking lot, but only the most serious head or back injuries were flown out via helicopter for further treatment.

Washouts and rockslides regularly closed the road to Whistler. Lyttle remembers once loading dozens of injured skiers onto the train to Vancouver on Sunday night after the road was closed all weekend. “There were people loaded in that train on every seat, on the floor, down the aisles, all their luggage was piled high in the racks and then we had two freight-type cabins where we piled all the patients,” he said.

“All the stretchers were one on top of each other on racks. It was unbelievable and people were being sick and we were trying to give hypodermic needles, painkillers in the semi-dark with flashlights. It was like a movie. Then when we arrived in Vancouver, every ambulance in the city was at the North Vancouver station with all these red lights flashing and police cars.”

Recognized as some of the most capable patrollers in North America while paid not a dime, volunteer First Aid Ski Patrol was responsible for risk management, marking runs, trail maintenance, lift evacuations, finding lost skiers and first aid, and they regularly had to help dig out the lifts after a big snow. However, as many fondly remember, the parties were legendary and the powder never got skied out! n

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Piercy writes, “I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience, who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.” According to my analysis of the astrological factors, you’ll be wise to be like a person Piercy describes. You’re entering a phase of your cycle when diligent work and impeccable self-discipline are most necessary and most likely to yield stellar rewards.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1879, Taurusborn Williamina Fleming was working as a maid for astronomer Edward Charles Pickering, director of the Harvard Observatory. Impressed with her intelligence, Pickering hired Fleming to do scientific work. By 1893, she had become a prominent, award-winning astronomer. Ultimately, she discovered the Horsehead Nebula, helped develop a system for identifying stars, and catalogued thousands of astronomical phenomena. I propose that we make her your role model for the duration of 2022. If there has ever been a year when you might achieve progress like Fleming’s, it’s this one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For 2,500 years, Egypt was a conquered territory ruled by non-Egyptians.

Persians took control in 525 BCE. Greeks replaced them. In succeeding centuries, Egypt had to submit to the authority of the Roman Empire, the Persians again, the Byzantine Empire, the Arab Islamic Caliphate, the Mamluk Sultanate, the Ottomans, and the British. When British troops withdrew from their occupation in 1956, Egypt was finally an independent nation self-ruled by Egyptians. If there are any elements of your own life story that even partially resemble Egypt’s history, I have good news: 2022 is the year you can achieve a more complete version of sovereignty than you have ever enjoyed. And the next phase of your freedom work begins now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): During the next four weeks, some of the best lessons you can study and learn will come to you while you’re socializing and communicating. Even more than is usually the case, your friends and allies will offer you crucial information that has the power to catalyze dynamic decisions.

Lucky encounters with Very Interesting People may open up possibilities worth investigating. And here’s a fun X-factor: The sometimes surprising words that fly out of your mouth during lively conversations will provide clues about what your deep self has been half-consciously dreaming of.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Hold on tight, I would tell myself, but there was nothing for me to hold on to.” A character in one of Haruki Murakami’s novels says that.

In contrast to that poor soul, Leo, I’m happy to tell you that there will indeed be a reliable and sturdy source for you to hold on to in the coming weeks—maybe more than one. I’m glad! In my astrological opinion, now is a time when you’ll be smart to get thoroughly anchored. It’s not that I think you will be in jeopardy. Rather, you’re in a phase when it’s more important than usual to identify what makes you feel stable and secure. It’s time to bolster your foundations and strengthen your roots.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government collaborated with professional hunters to kill millions of bison living in America’s Great Plains. Why? It was an effort to subjugate the Indigenous people who lived there by eliminating the animals that were their source of food, clothing, shelter, bedding, ropes, shields, and ornaments. The beloved and useful creatures might have gone extinct altogether if it had not been for the intervention of a Virgo rancher named Mary Ann “Molly” Goodnight. She single-handedly rebuilt the bison herds from a few remaining survivors. I propose that we make Goodnight your inspirational role model for the rest of 2022. What dwindling resources or at-risk assets could you restore to health?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): British Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) was born under the sign of Libra.

He was a brilliant and unconventional strategist whose leadership brought many naval victories for his country.

Yet he was blind in one eye, was missing most of his right arm from a battle wound, and was in constant discomfort from chronic seasickness. I propose we make him one of your patron saints for the coming weeks. May he inspire you to do your best and surpass your previous accomplishments even if you’re not feeling perfect. (But also keep in mind: The problems you have to deal with will be far milder than Nelson’s.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Anti-apartheid activist Bantu Stephen Biko (1946–1977) was profoundly committed to authenticity. The repressive South African government hated that about him. Biko said, “I’m going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I’m not going to be what you want me to be.” Fortunately for you, Scorpio, you’re in far less danger as you become more and more of your genuine self. That’s not to say the task of learning how to be true to your deep soul is entirely risk-free. There are people out there, even allies, who may be afraid of or resistant to your efforts. Don’t let their pressure influence you to dilute your holy quest.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul,” said Sagittarian painter Wassily Kandinsky. Inspired by his observation, I’m telling you, “The practical dreamer should train not only her reasoning abilities but also her primal intuition, creative imagination, non-rational perceptivity, animal instincts, and rowdy wisdom.” I especially urge you to embody my advice in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Now is a favourable time to make abundant use of the other modes of intelligence that help you understand life as it really is—and not merely as the logical, analytical mind conceives it to be.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The language spoken by the Indigenous Cherokee people is at least 3,000 years old. But it never had a written component until the 1820s. Then a Cherokee polymath named Sequoyah formulated a syllabary, making it possible for the first time to read and write the language. It was a herculean accomplishment with few precedents in history. I propose we name him your inspirational role model for the rest of 2022. In my astrological understanding, you are poised to make dramatic breakthroughs in self-expression and communication that will serve you and others for a long time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A study by psychologists concludes there is a good way to enhance your willpower: For a given time, say one week, use your non-dominant hand to brush your teeth, wield your computer mouse, open your front door with your key, or perform other habitual activities. Doing so boosts your ability to overcome regular patterns that tend to keep you mired in inertia. You’re more likely to summon the resolution and drive necessary to initiate new approaches in all areas of your life—and stick with them. The coming weeks will be an especially favourable time to try this experiment. (For more info, read this: https://tinyurl.com/BoostWillpower) PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be justified to say something like that in the near future. Now is a favourable time to honestly acknowledge differences between you and others—and accept those differences just as they are. The important point is to do what you need to do without decreeing that other people are wrong or misguided.

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About The Opportunity The Director Squamish Valley Operations will have full responsibility of all programs and services operating through formal service agreements in partnership with the Directors for Ayás Mén̓ men̓ Child & Family Services; Ta7lnew̓ ás Education, Employment & Training, Yúustway Health & Wellness, Ts’íxwts’ixwnitway Member Services, and Ta na wa Ns7éyx̱ nitm ta Snew̓ iyálh Language & Cultural Affairs. Squamish Valley members living both on (six reserves) and off reserve are entitled to receive efficient, effective, and culturally safe Squamish Nation programs and services. The uniqueness of the Squamish Valley Operation is that programs are collaboratively managed in partnership with other Squamish Nation Departments. The Director Squamish Valley Operations, reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer therefore encompasses a wide array of responsibility extending from internal oversight including management of staff (and associated working environment) across many program area through to external advocacy and relationship building and maintenance with membership and outside agencies and partners. Strategic (not day-to-day operational) planning, positioning, advocating, monitoring, evaluating, and communicating will be key focuses of the position while maintaining a solid and visible reputation for delivering consistent quality services that meet or exceeds the local needs of the Squamish Valley community. Ensuring that service operations are conducted in a responsible, confidential, ethical, and culturally sensitive manner is essential. The position will act as a key member of the Senior Management team under a One Nation philosophy, working in collaboration with the other Directors and the CAO, with regular reporting to Squamish Nation Council.

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MAXED OUT

Reflecting on a ski season SNOW FLURRIES in the morning, slow, half-frozen mosquitoes in the afternoon.

Springtime in Whistler, and the livin’ is…

The piles of snow in the backyard are gone. They grew and shrunk over and over again this season. Deep enough to obscure the view out my window during the depths of December’s snowfalls, then slowly reduced to something about the size of an ancient plains burial mound, only to rise up once more when the snow decided to revisit—two weeks after we’d put the snow shovels away.

Gone now, replaced by new shoots of

BY G.D. MAXWELL garlic, snowdrops, crocus, and other hardy perennials willing to risk exposure to Whistler’s painfully slow striptease toward spring.

I’m basing my concept of spring on astronomical observations and the calendar. Up on the mountain it still felt like winter last week with days of -10 C, frozen toes and full-on winter layers. No shorts under ski pants, no sunburns—windburn and possibly frostbite—no corn snow, no schmoo and only the occasional patch of sandpaper snow to make me wonder when the last time I waxed was. Oh yeah, day before yesterday.

Meanwhile, the confluence of high holy days from three religions, the Ghost of WSSF Past and a four-day weekend went off with no riots, no murders, no bodies broken beyond repair, nothing to insult the propriety of even the most do-right of Mounties—well, maybe some parts of Gaper Day—and a reported good time had by all.

The village rocked, packed with people unsure what to do with themselves but happy nonetheless to be here. Kids clambered on a seek-and-destroy Easter hunt, and I didn’t win a Creekside Gondy— probably a good thing since I have no idea where I’d put one, but did give passing thought to converting one into an electric vehicle, just for the shock value of people wondering why an old gondy car was coming down the road toward them, pot smoke streaming from its windows as usual.

All in all though, I couldn’t help thinking the whole religious carnival atmosphere might be enriched by a tasteful mélange of games of chance. Win a gondy? Sure.

But why not a wheel of fortune or games of dexterity? Toss the ring around the bottle, guess your weight, knock over the milk bottles, dunk the mayor, bear wrestling while they’re still groggy. Maybe next year.

Perhaps most joyous of all was simply reaching closing day for the first time in a couple of years. While not living up to the promise of spring skiing, Whistler Mountain, again this year, closed the bulk of the season out with enough snow on the slopes to keep skiing until June. A 278-centimetre base with more snow in the

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immediate forecast which, as we all know, is marginally reliable but enough to be wistful about losing Whistler’s options.

With Blackcomb opened spring hours, 10-4 good buddy, we can only hope the Broomfield Braintrust deploys some of Whistler’s groomers to polish more of the runs on Blackcomb than they’ve managed during the regular season. Yes, I’m an optimist. Yes, I’m likely to be proven wrong.

No, I don’t really care because by the time Pique comes out, I’ll have decamped to the

chain wasn’t interrupted, it flowed like water over rock, grasshopper. We weren’t blessed with too many copious dumps but we suffered no droughts. Liquid snow to the top was almost nonexistent. Freezing cold conditions made brief appearances. A houseguest who bought groceries and did dishes.

This season was bipolar. There was so much snow before the holidays I heard people grumping it was too much. Some of them were driving snowploughs and had run

The village rocked, packed with people unsure what to do with themselves but happy nonetheless to be here.

Cariboo to triage this summer’s projects and the ones left over from previous summers.

So, with that introduction, the annual question arises: What kind of season was it?

Disappointing... with an asterisk. In the overall scheme of things, it wasn’t that bad. The asterisk appears only because last season was so good, almost scripted.

Until the PHO so gracelessly ended it. Early.

Again.

Last season was like an extended visit from an old friend. It wasn’t flashy but when we needed snow we got snow. The supply

out of places to dump snow. Some of them wondered what happened to the width of their street. Some wished they’d contracted a snow removal service instead of spending their money on physio appointments after repeated driveway shoveling. There was talk of an epic—no trademark—season to come.

And then... not so much. There was an eerie feeling during the meat of the season that we were reliving 2005, or 2006, can’t remember which. But clear memories of a long stretch with no significant snowfall.

Snow so old we were on a first-name basis

but not particularly friendly. Moguls so big, old and icy we started to give them names.

Like mountains.

It was almost like that. Of course, that season we were rewarded because it finally started to snow on St. Patrick’s Day and it snowed for 35 consecutive days. Copiously.

This year, not so much.

The biggest improvement this season was the thankful disappearance of base lift lineups that snaked back for the better part of half a kilometre. That more than made up for the early, intolerant altercations between the masked and unmasked on gondolas, but even they waned as the season marched on.

This season was a bit like waiting for a service person to show up to fix whatever you called a service person for. It worked in the end, but it wasn’t something that’ll burn itself into your memory as a great experience, something that’ll grow bigger with the passing of years and the retelling of tales.

There were good days, there were days that wished they could be good. The subtle difference between saying skiing is good and the skiing is good. It’s all good. It’s not all memorable.

Unquestionably it was another season in paradise, albeit with the occasional nod to Milton’s Paradise Lost. But all in all it was way easier than getting through that epic poem. I’ll enter it in the book as a workperson-like six out of 10. Memorable mostly in the fact we finally made it to the end of a season.

Bring on Blackcomb. ■

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8424 Matterhorn

$2,200,000

WOW! This end unit/top floor condo at Marketplace is sure to impress, with custom finishes throughout, Wi-Fi heating and cooling, in suite laundry, and a great deck to enjoy the VIEW - it will be a nice pad for you or your guests to relax for time in town. Marketplace Lodge offers direct stroll access, valley trails across the street, a hot tub down the hall.

Twin Lakes 31 is nestled on the shore of Alpha Lake. This property offers beautiful views and easy access to the water. With 3 bedrooms & 2 full baths, you’ll have plenty of room for family & friends. The spacious main living area features a vaulted ceiling and a wood-burning fireplace to cozy up after a day on the slopes.

Build your dream home on this beautiful view lot in Alpine Meadows! Excellent redevelopment opportunity on this quarter acre parcel, with views of Wedge Mountain.

Property is just a short walk to Meadow Park. Residential infill zoning 1 allows for some flexibility. Existing old timer cabin on site.

Laura Barkman

Madison Perry

Matt Chiasson

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604.905.8777

778.919.7653

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3D Tour - rem.ax/8345mtnview

8345 Mountain View Drive

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3D Tour - rem.ax/4644montebello

$4,488,000

#30 - 4375 Northlands Blvd.

$1,850,000

Walk in and embrace the eye catching panoramic view of our beautiful mountains and valley below. Situated below street level this 5 bedroom 3 bathroom home on 3 levels is a classic Whistler chalet. This allows for an easy walk from the car to the kitchen, dining and living area on the main floor.

This Valhalla town home is an extremely spacious 2 bedroom and den, with 2 bathrooms and a powder room. Situated in the North Village it is larger than most similar town homes in this area. You can catch the free bus right across the street, it will take you to both Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain.

Michael d’Artois

Michael Nauss

604.905.9337

604.935.9171

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WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

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604.932.9586

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4644 Montebello Place

$2,875,000

Conveniently located a short stroll from Whistler Village, this 3 bedroom/3 bath townhome is ideally situated on a quiet street providing a private and tranquil setting. With a beautifully renovated kitchen, wood floors, updated entry, exposed wood beams, vaulted ceilings, and a wood-burning fireplace.

Sally Warner*

604.905.6326

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PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070