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BACK THE BID Whistler council supports the 2030 Olympics, but bid might be in trouble

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28 Of shoes and happiness A throwback to Pique’s summer short story contest from more than 20 years ago. - By Kara-Leah Grant

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GROWING PAINS

Whistler’s mayor and

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POSITIVE TRENDS

Violent crime in the

council heard an update on the Balance Model Initiative on July 18—and

Village of Pemberton was down across the board in 2021, according to

potential strategies to deal with projected growth pressures.

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BACKING THE BID

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July 19 to continue supporting a 2030 Olympic bid, but the process might

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hit a wall in Vancouver.

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week’s letter writers argue that hunters are conservationists

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and that rail should be revitalized in the Sea to Sky, as well as draw attention to a dangerous intersection.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Brandon Barrett ponders how to build a life of adventure without having to leave our own backyard.

62 MAXED OUT As it relates to the drive for a new Whistler Catholic church, it ain’t about the building, writes G.D. Maxwell—it’s about the people, the believers and the spirit.

Environment & Adventure

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27 THE OUTSIDER Every Whistler season doesn’t need to be a ramp-up to some climactic victory over

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34 FORK IN THE ROAD Glenda Bartosh gives us a look inside the fridge of Binty and Cheryl Massey as they prep a move to the Sunshine Coast.

40 MUSEUM MUSINGS The historical Rainbow Lodge in Whistler once housed 40 cabins, stables, and a store, as well as the main lodge—much of which was destroyed in a fire in April 1977.

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Where are all the Whistler candidates?

LAST WEEK, we learned that longtime Pemberton resident David MacKenzie plans to run for mayor in this fall’s municipal election, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15.

MacKenzie is the first Pembertonian— current mayor and council included—to formally announce plans to run.

In Squamish, Mayor Karen Elliot

BY BRADEN DUPUIS announced on June 1 that she will not run again, while Councillors John French and Chris Pettingill are seeking re-election.

And in Whistler… all quiet on the electoral front. At least for now.

The official nomination period doesn’t begin until Aug. 30, and by the time it closes on Sept. 9, we should have a decent slate of potential representatives to choose from (knock on wood).

So there is still plenty of time, but I’m surprised we haven’t heard any announcements in Tiny Town yet. Here we are in the middle of July, 12 weeks out from election day, and yet, nobody’s talking about it. Maybe it’s the summer effect?

Could be. But one would think that any serious challengers to Mayor Jack Crompton’s office would have started laying the groundwork for their campaign months ago—and would likely have a hard time keeping their intentions secret to this point.

So I checked in with a few trusted sources on the matter. Surely they’ve heard something?

For the most part, the people I spoke with have heard very little, if anything,

though at least one person in the know is expecting a busy election season, and a flurry of announcements in the coming weeks.

In the meantime—all quiet on the electoral front.

In fact, as I sat down to write this, I wasn’t even sure who among our current council plans to run again. So I asked them.

Councillors Cathy Jewett, Ralph Forsyth and John Grills all said they are undecided, while Coun. Jen Ford said she is not ready to formally announce.

Coun. Arthur De Jong gave a “conditional yes,” noting he first needs to discuss with his environmental committees and the broader community.

Coun. Duane Jackson said he hopes to continue his work on housing—just not from the council table.

relatively short history—six people put their names forward for mayor, with Nancy Wilhelm-Morden taking the win in a landslide.

In the 2014 election, the lone challenger to Wilhelm-Morden’s re-election was perennial candidate Shane Bennett (RIP), who garnered 136 votes to WilhelmMorden’s 2,083.

A whopping 20 candidates put their name forward to run for council in 2018— but nobody stepped up to challenge Crompton, who was elected by acclamation.

The mayor has yet to formally announce his re-election campaign—but spoiler alert: he’s running.

We don’t see eye to eye on all issues, and we likely never will. That’s to be expected.

But despite some missteps, I believe Crompton has done an admirable job under

Put another way, I want a choice—but I don’t want amateurish bullshit, pie-in-the-sky ideas, or to have to listen to candidates campaigning solely due to ego. If you want attention, start a TikTok.

Whatever our current council plans to do, I’m confident we’ll see a diverse slate put their names forward for the chairs this fall.

It’s the mayor’s race that remains a question mark.

It has been more than a decade since Whistler had a proper race for the mayor’s chair.

In 2011—by all accounts one of the most hotly contested elections in Whistler’s

extremely challenging circumstances in his first term as mayor.

That said, Whistlerites deserve a proper race for the mayor’s chair in 2022.

Whistler deserves to see Crompton stand in front of the community and answer their hard questions about housing, labour, growth and community balance (and everything in between).

I want qualified, intelligent challengers

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Will our nature be protected? Will our guests be inspired? Will our community thrive?

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to step up and drive the discussion towards real, tangible solutions before we vote— emphasis on qualified and intelligent (and yes, I do have a few choice candidates from Whistler’s past elections in mind when I set those parameters).

Put another way, I want a choice—but I don’t want amateurish bullshit, pie-in-thesky ideas, or to have to listen to candidates campaigning solely due to ego. If you want attention, start a TikTok. At the risk of putting too fine a point on it, I view the Oct. 15 vote as one of the most crucial in Whistler’s history. The ideas floated, issues explored and debates that take place this fall will set the course for the next four years and beyond.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Whistler council know how you feel about the 2030 Olympic bid”). I reluctantly agree, at least as a courtesy to the bold First Nations adventurers who are framing and presenting the bid.

I strongly recommend that we think collectively about the prerequisites we wish to see before the planning permits are approved for these Olympic Games. They should be the things which can be achieved within eight years, preferably seven.

I often pick up my Pique at the Husky station and wander over to the bridge over the creek flowing out of Nita Lake to read it. There I read My Learned Friend Max’s column with his welcome skepticism about how evidence of support for the 2030 bid would be mobilized.

Then he said, “The COC is supposed to provide this information by Aug. 15?” and the prerequisite was staring me in the face. I mean our high value and useless railway, sold in 2003 by some dubious hustlers in the previous government to a once-Crown corporation that has no abiding interest in it and no abiding interest in the Sea to Sky corridor.

The railway runs along or near Highway 99, which has become a zone, not a tunnel from city to mountain as we thought, but a wider zone of diesel pollution. We are running huge trucks beside a facility which is built to carry heavy goods. This highway is occasionally frozen by accidents and is blocked for 60 to 100 minutes in one or both directions.

The bid-makers and the COC have the influence to require CN to cooperate or get out of the way. A newly formed “Corridor Railway” (North Van to Lillooet and back) could

Hunters are conservationists Reading through Stefan Labbé’s article “’A Culture of Killing?’” (Pique, July 14), I was struck by how the issue was presented from only one side. How different communities deal with wildlife interactions is a question worth looking into, and indeed if some communities are more eager to pull the trigger, that should be addressed. But I do not think it is at all fair to say that because some conservation officers are hunters, their intentions are not to protect wildlife. To say that hunters do not care about protecting wildlife is like saying cooks don’t like to eat. Without conserving the natural world where their hunt can take place, there is no hunt.

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, whose mission is “to improve the conservation outcomes of B.C.’s fish and wildlife, and the habitats in which they live,” receives 62 per cent of its funding from hunting and fishing licences, and only one per cent from general donations, according to their website. I am not a hunter, but I buy an annual fishing licence every year, and I am proud to be contributing to the betterment of the natural world we are so lucky to be a part of.

People who want to protect wildlife and their habitat are people who have intimate relationships with them, and in many ways, there is nothing more intimate than taking an animal’s life, and making the most of what it

has to offer. Does someone who eats bear meat all year and rests on a bearskin rug really not care about protecting bears? I have to believe the conservation officers who are hunters found their profession because of their life as a hunter, not in spite of it.

I don’t want to see any bears killed unnecessarily either, but I hope one day to harvest one for its meat and other resources.

When I read the statistics of 540 black bears killed per year, I think of how different the issue would be if they were killed by hunters.

Instead of taxpayer resources being wasted on unnecessary killing, revenue would be

generated for habitat protection and the bears would not have given their lives for nothing.

Of course, this is a simplified way of looking at the problem, and the BCCOS admits it is a complex problem, but hunters can be part of the solution.

John Alpaugh // Pemberton

2030 Olympic bid offers golden opportunity to revitalize rail in the Sea to Sky G.D. Maxwell’s advice to us is to respond to the official invitation to comment on the 2030 Olympic Episode 2 Re-Run (Pique, July 14: “Let

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR prepare for pre-games operations in 2028-29 involving delivery of construction equipment and material, etc., and game-time operations delivering tourists and equipment in 2030.

It would continue to do well over the tourist summer of 2030. There are people in B.C. who know exactly how to operate a railway, and this would be a familiar freight and people run.

If CN were smart and cooperative, the whole thing would go smoother and restore their poor local reputation. If not, could they please step aside from Montreal?

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and the municipal councils have permitpower. Lillooet would be liberated from its dependence on two long roads, Shalath and Portage the same way. The two Lillooet and Lil’wat Tribal Councils have land and influence with the bidders, and could see this as an economic development initiative. Mount Currie could cultivate a train-tourist, overnight-stay business if it wishes to. Why should small First

Are future Winter Olympic bids ignoring an ‘Inconvenient Truth?’

Vancouver, Sapporo and Salt Lake City all seem to be ignoring an Inconvenient Truth with their bids to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.

With runaway global warming now firmly established, they could be investing billions of dollars into outdoor snow events that are no longer viable eight years from now. I think Antarctica would be a much safer bet.

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8271 Alpine Way “Enough is enough. This intersection needs some sort of traffic control. A four-way crosswalk on a divided four-lane road is simply unacceptable. At the very least, speed must be controlled by large speed bumps on Lorimer, but preferably the entire intersection would be controlled by traffic lights.”

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Nations be disconnected from the economy by an uncaring ex-Crown corporation?

Members of Parliament should love the reopening of the railroad. If someone asks you “how could it possibly make money?” just answer by asking how much money is that “new” $600-million Olympic highway making?

There are 10 full-force and not-fish-bearing creeks along the route from which electricity could be generated (at least nine months a year) to transform the Corridor Railway system into an electric rail system, just like—dare I say it—where Olympic decisions are made, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Impress the IOC by bringing a Swiss railway expert to assess our situation. B.C. is a leader in medium-sized hydro power systems, so let’s show it on the trains and curb the diesel pollution along Highway 99.

If this electrified railway took 33 per cent of heavy diesel and 20 per cent of pickup and car traffic off the road by 2030, that itself would be an achievement. The COC could require use of the railway for some contractual purposes in 2029 and 2030.

Could Pique please help us by inviting people who have studied this subject to respond expertly to this proposal? The corridor is ready for constructive criticism.

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shatter the safety glass, and just moments ago an irate driver almost ran over a pre-teen girl walking her bike through the crosswalk.

Screeching tires and blaring horns are daily, sometimes hourly events (there have been two near-misses while writing this letter). While the drivers are ultimately responsible, pedestrians and cyclists also seem to not understand how a crosswalk works.

Enough is enough. This intersection needs some sort of traffic control. A four-way crosswalk on a divided four-lane road is simply unacceptable. At the very least, speed must be controlled by large speed bumps on Lorimer, but preferably the entire intersection would be controlled by traffic lights.

Will this disrupt the traffic flow? Yes, but as the alternative is someone being killed, this is a cost the public must bear. It’s going to happen, and if council refuses to act they will be partially responsible as this has been a known issue for years.

Peter Colapinto // Whistler Bike Co.

About that house on the hill…

Most local residents would know the mansion that I am referring to. The one that sits high on the west side of Alta Lake at the south end, and is rumoured to be owned by a Los

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Unfortunately, it is also the one that is rarely occupied, yet leaves every one of its lights on for 365 nights of the year. This doesn’t seem acceptable in Whistler, which is vying to have the highest environmental standards of any town anywhere.

Aside from the waste of energy is the light pollution that it causes. Whistler used to be a place to gaze at the stars in the dark, but with a lit-up development like this, those days are apparently gone. (Beware, east side residents of Nita Lake, for what might come).

Formerly I would have walked up to the door and asked politely if the resident could turn down the lights. But I can’t get within a quarter kilometre of this highly secured and fenced-in property.

Besides, there is no one there anyway.

Bylaw, please.

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exchange at the various events when the church opened to the larger community.

Unfortunately, the current pastor has severed this umbilical cord for me and for others I know in the community (the beauty created by musicians and artists in general generates communion because it unites God, man and creation in a single symphony, said Pope Francis) and in parallel, on the strength of his authority and with the support of the bishop, he made this plea about building a new church that would “inspire and help to find the Divine” (see Pique, July 14: “Whistler’s Catholic church looks to expand its footprint and presence—but not all are onboard”).

In Europe, the albeit splendid basilicas are increasingly empty, testifying to the deep crisis facing Catholicism; the church in Whistler similarly does not fill to its capacity for even two days a year.

In this time, we Catholics are exposed to much criticism and tragic legacies: “the best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better,” said Richard Rohr, and that should be our response.

The proposed funds to be raised for the new church could certainly facilitate some true reconciliation programs with Indigenous people and all victims of abuse.

St. Francis, in embracing his vow of poverty, love for the universe and to feel nature, always walked barefoot; as an exception to his vow, Pope Gregory lX had a basilica built (in 25 years) to include the saint’s tomb.

Does history teach, or does it repeat itself?

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Wherever I go, there I am I DON’T NORMALLY take life advice from fictional mob bosses, but for all his criminal exploits, rampant philandering and frequent violent outbursts, Tony Soprano, the scenestealing mafia head from HBO’s landmark TV series, also had the odd moment of surprising lucidity. (Probably all that therapy.)

BY BRANDON BARRETT One of his quotes has stuck in my mind since I first heard it in an episode from The Sopranos’ final season, and chances are you’ve heard some version of it even if you aren’t a fan of the show (to which I say: c’mon): “There’s no geographical solution to an emotional problem.”

I think this piece of advice has stayed with me over the years largely because I haven’t been particularly good at following it. When I was living in Ottawa after my criminology degree, working a mindnumbing retail job and feeling all sorts of restless, I made the move to South Korea to teach English and get out of my comfort zone. A year later, I was enrolled in journalism school and, fresh off a breakup, decided to head to Medellin, Colombia for my required co-op placement instead of sticking around

Ontario like most of my classmates.

I don’t regret these decisions at all. They led to the kinds of transformative experiences that have played a huge role in shaping who I am today—and let’s face it, very few people wind up on their death bed regretting the leaps of faith they took, even if they didn’t always stick the landing. But did uprooting my life to head halfway around the world ultimately resolve the underlying issues that drove me there? Not really. They may serve as a temporary fix, the shiny object distracting you from your shit for a brief spell, but, somehow,

many of us, used that time to reflect on what’s truly important to me.

One of those realizations was how much I value and crave adventure. But instead of falling back on my usual tendency to seek out adventure in some far-flung destination, I’m trying to recalibrate my perspective to find it in my own backyard.

That may sound silly to the average Whistlerite who spends nearly every waking moment chasing the next mountain to conquer or trail to master, but for someone like me who has told himself for so long that he is not

[V]ery few people wind up on their death bed regretting the leaps of faith they took, even if they didn’t always stick the landing. some way, the shit always resurfaces.

To trot out another well-used adage that seems to hover in the back of my mind: Wherever you go, there you are.

It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. Maybe it was turning 36 recently and taking stock of where I’m at in life. Perhaps it’s approaching my 10-year mark in Whistler and pondering what’s next. I’m sure these past couple years of lockdowns and travel restrictions are a big part of it, too, as I have, like so

exactly a Great Outdoorsman, this represents progress. Besides, another epiphany I came to in the pandemic is just how limiting the stories we tell ourselves can be. The truth is, when I first landed in the resort in 2012 for work, I didn’t find it to be the little slice of paradise so many others did. Expensive, corporate, and cliquey, I resented Whistler for some time when I first got here, which inevitably bled into how I perceived the recreational pursuits that make up the lifestyle here.

A decade later and I still don’t really ski

or bike, and possess the camping skills of a newborn baby, but my view of Whistler—and myself—has shifted in important ways. I may not know how to start a fire or tie a bowline knot (I had to Google “camping knots” to even know what a bowline is, FYI), but I do know that I’m not as dissimilar to most Whistlerites as I used to think. After all, the common thread that ties most of us together is that we took a leap to even be here, foregoing the typical 9-to-5 grind for something more— something meaningful—and that I can definitely get onboard with.

British explorer Alastair Humphreys has made a life out of adventure, but a few years back he hit pause on his epic, continentspanning treks to focus more on what he calls “microadventures”—a movement that has since taken off and especially grown in popularity over these past couple years. “[Adventure] is a state of mind, a spirit of trying something new and leaving your comfort zone. Adventure is about enthusiasm, ambition, open-mindedness and curiosity,” he writes in his bestselling book, Microadventures: Local Discoveries for Great Escapes. “If this is true, then ‘adventure’ is not only crossing deserts and climbing mountains; adventure can be found everywhere, every day, and it is up to us to seek it out.”

Not quite as quippy as Tony Soprano’s oft-used quote, but one I’m going to keep close to heart nonetheless. ■

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Whistler’s Balance Model Initiative moves to Phase 3 HOW TO MANAGE ‘UNCONSTRAINED GROWTH?’ THAT WILL BE FOR WHISTLER’S NEXT COUNCIL TO DECIDE

BY ROBERT WISLA WITH

THE IMPLICATIONS of potential “unconstrained growth” firmly in mind, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is moving to Phase 3 of its Balance Model Initiative, which will explore strategies and actions to ensure a manageable future for Whistler.

At the July 18 council meeting, staff presented a new long-term strategic planning interim summary report on the Balance Model Initiative, marking the beginning of Phase 3.

So far, the Balance Model has used statistics and local data to highlight worrying trends related to things like potential population and visitor growth, increased workforce shortages and traffic congestion in the resort.

“We’ve identified three big areas of focus that we are calling foundational ... because they are building blocks, and they set the foundation for everything else as a result without any significant further intervention,” said RMOW manager of economic development and tourism recovery Toni Metcalf, in a presentation to council.

“The three are housing, transportation, and demand management. We have picked these three because they go across the breadth of our Official Community Plan vision and goals, they impact the community, they impact our economy. They also impact the environment, which is super important because that impacts everything.”

To address these three key areas, seven fundamental principles have been developed in workshops with community

BALANCING ACT Whistler’s mayor and council get a look at the RMOW’s latest Balance Model Initiative report on Tuesday, July 19.

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stakeholders, including members of the Strategic Planning Committee, Transportation Advisory Group, Economic Partnership Initiative and the environmental non-profit AWARE. The seven principles are guided by the BALANCE acronym: • Balance considers the interconnectedness of the number of visitors with workers needed and how both economic and community needs can be sustained; • Availability of and access to housing requires a sustained increase in supply; • Labour efficiencies are needed with a coordinated approach; • Active participation of all resort stakeholders and citizens to enable change, step by step; • No single initiative on its own can deliver balance; • Climate goals will not be achieved without radical intervention, and; • Evaluating performance requires new metrics.

FINDING SOLUTIONS Along with the principles, the interim summary report includes discussion points around potential solutions to some of the municipality’s complex challenges.

To address the current housing crisis, the report notes there would need to be a significant increase in the supply of resident-restricted employee housing, which needs to be built at a faster pace than what is currently being delivered as the demand for labour outstrips the current rate of development.

The report also highlighted Vienna’s municipal housing program, which has built rental housing throughout the Austrian capital. The housing is delivered by the municipal government, private developers and social enterprises on cityowned lands and is similar to the existing

Whistler Housing Authority (WHA).

Currently, employee-restricted housing makes up approximately 16 per cent of the total residential accommodations in the municipality.

The report noted that 1,000 new employee restricted beds have been approved since the Mayor’s Task Force on Employee Housing was struck in 2017, and are currently in rezoning application or building permit processing. Factoring in the new beds brings the total of employeerestricted beds to about 7,500 bed units—18 per cent of the municipality’s total residential bed units.

Another intriguing idea is offering temporary mobile housing for Whistler’s workforce, to “take advantage of the growing trend for temporary workers choosing a more mobile lifestyle,” as the report puts it.

The idea would be to create a transitional solution that includes transforming lands slated for future development into a location for temporary workers who have their own mobile homes, or who may lease onsite mobile tiny houses for a maximum one-year term.

“We need to build a lot of housing, but we need to also understand the community effects of building more housing, and using the housing we have to its maximum efficiency is very important,” said Councillor Jen Ford.

“So I think that whatever creative solutions come, everything is on the table as far as how we can be efficient in using not only the employee housing that we have in town but all of the housing.”

RADICAL INTERVENTION Given that Whistler will miss its climate targets “without radical intervention,” the report also floats some big ideas for reducing emissions: building overhead trams (like Vancouver’s SkyTrain) to move people more efficiently throughout the municipality; creating a visitor reservation system for

transit and parking; bringing back passenger rail service to Pemberton; and creating a BC Transit service to Squamish.

Some shorter-term ideas that could be implemented relatively easily include paving and painting a priority lane on Highway 99 for bus prioritization, enhanced Valley Trail maintenance for winter bike commuters and creating a park-and-ride service with reservation systems.

Coun. Arthur De Jong appreciated the harsher language used for the guiding principles.

“I appreciate that the language [makes it clear that our] climate goals will not be achieved without radical intervention. I certainly took some criticism from some of our environmental committees that we weren’t pushing hard enough there, with that language,” said De Jong.

“The other thing I often worry about is this is very much about capacity analysis at our resort as it’s managing its maturity.

We’re always just one world crisis away from bleeding for business, and the language is in there, too, that we need to be adaptive, humble, [maintain] the ability to pivot quickly as we have over the last few years, so we should never lose sight of that.”

From here, staff will further develop ideas generated from the workshops into coordinated sets of actions that can be implemented and prioritized with a shortterm and longer-term focus. Staff will also engage with the Lil’wat and Squamish Nations on the insights and implications arising in the report through the Economic Development Committee.

RMOW staff plan to hold broader community engagement opportunities related to Phase 3 of the Balance Model Initiative in November to inform a final report. Once the consultations are finished, recommendations and a final report will be brought before Whistler’s new mayor and council in 2023. n

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‘We all have to stay in the canoe’: Whistler council votes to continue working toward 2030 Olympic bid INDIGENOUS-LED GAMES COULD ESTABLISH ‘GLOBAL MODEL FOR RECONCILIATION AND PARTNERSHIP’

BY MEGAN LALONDE PARTICIPATING IN AN Indigenousled effort to bring the Olympics back to B.C. is an honour Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton doesn’t take lightly.

“It has been, I would say, one of the highest privileges of my life to be in that canoe with you and to do that work,” he told representatives from the Four Host First Nations and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) during a meeting in Whistler on Tuesday afternoon.

“And,” Crompton continued, “I will have to be pushed out of the canoe.”

Vancouver city councillors could be the ones to deliver that nudge.

The city’s mayor and council were due to debate a staff report on Wednesday, July 20—following Pique’s print deadline—before deciding whether to continue supporting a potential bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the report, city staff advised councillors to hold off on that decision until lingering questions regarding the Games’ funding model are cleared up.

But if Vancouver’s municipal government withholds its support, getting those answers might become a lot more difficult.

Whistler’s elected officials were faced with the same decision during their regular council meeting on July 19, during which councillors unanimously passed a motion to support continued work towards a potential bid.

Their endorsement came in response to a detailed presentation from Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) CAO Ginny Cullen on the topic, after hearing an update from the COC’s feasibility team and representatives from the Four Host First Nations during the RMOW’s Committee of the Whole meeting earlier in the day.

The Squamish, Lil’wat, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the RMOW and the City of Vancouver in December, before signing a collaboration agreement with the COC earlier this year.

The feasibility team has since released a draft hosting concept that would see events split amongst Vancouver, Whistler and Sun Peaks—reusing existing venues from the 2010 Games wherever possible—and pegged the total cost to stage the event at about $4 billion. At least $1 billion would be taxpayer funded, according to initial estimates.

The team has also secured approval for proceeding with the bid exploration from the Four Host Nations, and is currently in the public engagement phase of the process.

In order to keep pushing that process along, “we all have to stay in the canoe and move forward together as one,” said Squamish Nation cultural ambassador Chris Lewis on Tuesday.

The International Olympic Committee plans to name the 2030 host in May 2023.

As Whistler’s CAO pointed out during her presentation, Sapporo, Japan is currently B.C.’s main competitor for the Games. (Salt Lake City has also expressed interest in a bid, but U.S. officials are reportedly now eyeing the 2034 Olympics.)

“There is an indication that our bid could be an incredibly strong bid and that this is ours to lose,” Cullen told council.

But that potential bid hinges on support from higher levels of government that has yet to be offered. B.C. Minister of Tourism, Art, Culture and Sport Melanie Mark has given the COC an Aug. 15 deadline to produce a detailed proposal, including a breakdown of how host municipalities and First Nations would share in costs and risks.

A lack of support from the City of Vancouver could put a crack in the process before that report even crosses the minister’s desk. COC president Tricia Smith told Whistler councillors the B.C. government is only willing to back a bid if all parties responsible for paddling the canoe to this point remain onboard.

“The province has said very clearly, ‘we will come to the table when we know there is support in the community, the Nations, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the City of Vancouver … and then the federal government has told us, ‘if the province wants this, then we will come to the table,’” she explained.

As they wait to hear from the province and the feds, RMOW staff is now tasked with estimating the cost of Olympic-related essential services, conducting a financial risk assessment, and considering design and location options for an Athlete’s Village.

Directing staff to continue that work appeared to be a no-brainer for those seated around Whistler’s council table Tuesday, with most councillors listing the various legacies those Olympics left behind in Whistler. As the conversation turned toward what Whistler could gain by welcoming the world back— this time with First Nations partners at the helm—strengthened relationships was agreed to be one major benefit.

Crompton concluded Tuesday’s discussion by reading a letter addressed to Whistler and Vancouver councils and signed by the chiefs of the four Host First Nations, asking for the municipalities’ continued support and engagement in the bid exploration.

“We ask you as cities who are committed to reconciliation to continue to paddle with us,” the letter read. “Together we have the power to positively transform the country and lead the way in establishing a global model for reconciliation and partnership.”

Said Crompton, “I’m not sure there is any way our organization can say no to this invitation, and I could not receive this invite with more enthusiasm.” n

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Lil’wat Nation inks landmark education jurisdiction agreement with feds FOUR B.C. FIRST NATIONS NOW HAVE CONTROL OVER CURRICULUM, TEACHER CERTIFICATIONS AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

BY MEGAN LALONDE LIL’WAT NATION students will likely notice a few changes when they return to Xet’ólacw Community School in September.

The First Nation is one of four that will finally have total autonomy over how education is delivered in their communities when the school year starts, after finalizing a series self-government agreements with the federal government that were more than a decade-and-a-half in the making.

Representatives from Lil’wat Nation, alongside Cowichan Tribes, aq’am, and Seabird Island Band gathered at Seabird Island on July 11 to celebrate the conclusion of the landmark agreements recognizing the Nations’ law-making authority over its Kindergarten to Grade 12 education systems, the federal government and First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) announced in a release.

“Where the struggle came in, I guess, [was] in recognizing what needs to be taught. We didn’t have a say in what was best for our students,” said Lil’wat Nation Chief Dean Nelson.

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He recalled the time when 13 B.C. First Nations started negotiating with the federal government regarding educational jurisdiction 16 years ago.

Those talks kicked off in 2006, when the FNESC, British Columbia and Canada signed an Education Jurisdiction Framework Agreement. Though education typically falls under the jurisdiction of the provinces, First Nations’ education remains under the federal government’s control.

That initial agreement—and subsequent legislation passed at both the provincial and federal levels—laid out the path for B.C. First Nations to assume jurisdiction by formally recognizing their right to establish and control their own education systems.

The province has also played a role: it made legislative changes last year to allow First Nations to certify and regulate teachers who work in schools, while offering operational support to Indigenous communities.

The four participating Nations voted to ratify those agreements earlier this year. The remaining nine Nations who took part in those early negotiations still need to finalize their own deals.

Though the Lil’wat Nation has been operating its own band-run school since

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the mid-1970s, the new agreement means the Nation can now make independent decisions about what students learn and who teaches it to them, explained Nelson, a former schoolteacher himself. “[Teachers] don’t all fit in the same certification area, because of culture and spirituality and other things that our members have strengthened but that are not recognized in the provincial system,” he said.

Particularly when it comes to implementing and expanding culturally based curriculum, from language to history, these staff members’ “teachings are just as, if not more important than what’s been provided in the professional system,” and will help create a “more solid foundation,” for students, Nelson said.

In addition to teacher certification, school certification and curriculum, the agreement enables each Nation to set its own individual graduation requirements and approve courses while preserving students’ postsecondary opportunities.

“It’s been a long time coming, from when we first started our own school without the support of the province, with just basic funding. There’s just so many people to thank,” said Nelson. “To carry on that way,

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The July 11 event also marked the establishment of the First Nations Education Authority (FNEA) board. Tasked with helping the participating Nations provide education in their own communities, develop curriculum and set guidelines for certification, the new board will be comprised of two directors appointed by each of the participating Nations.

The agreements represent a major step along the path towards reconciliation, aligning with the right to establish and control education systems as affirmed by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and recognized under Section 35 of Canada’s Constitution Act, 1982.

“The signing of these Education Jurisdiction Agreements will transform the way First Nations students learn, helping them to reach their goals and full potential,” said federal Minister of Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu in the release. n

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The selfless spirit of Sulee Sailer, ‘the heart and soul’ of WCSS WHISTLER COMMUNITY SERVICES’ LONGEST-SERVING EMPLOYEE DIED SUDDENLY LAST WEEK AT 73

BY BRANDON BARRETT SULEEPORN “SULEE” Sailer officially began working at the Re-Use-It Centre in 2008, making her the Whistler Community Services Society’s (WCSS) longest-serving employee.

But her time with the social-service provider stretches back even further than that.

“Her official start date with us was Feb. 4, 2008 … but she volunteered well before that,” explained WCSS executive director Jackie Dickinson. “At some point, the organization said, ‘Sulee, we need to start paying you because you’re in our stores so much.’”

It is perhaps the perfect encapsulation of who Sailer was: deeply committed to giving back in whatever way she could, without needing the accolades or recognition that went with it.

The Thai native and longtime Whistlerite died suddenly last week at 73, hours after finishing her shift at the Re-UseIt Centre, where she was a fixture, as well as at the Re-Build-It, for years.

It’s hard to overstate the impact Sailer had, not only on her colleagues at WCSS, but in the community at large, said Re-Build-It manager Rowland Stanley.

“She was kind of like everyone’s

grandmother. She cared about people,” he said. “It’s not just us at WCSS. It’s not just her husband or her literal family. It’s hundreds of people in Whistler who’ve just lost someone.

“She’s been the heart and soul of WCSS since before I worked here, before many people worked here.”

A fashionista with an impeccable style herself, Sailer would often remember her clients’ tastes, going out of her way to put aside a particular piece of clothing if she thought it suited them. Dickinson told the story of the time Sailer set aside a pair of soccer cleats for her then-five-year-old son—in his favourite colour, orange.

“He believed by putting on these shoes that he was a superhero,” she added. “I think that’s a great example of what she did for each person. When they were designated an item, ... they walked away feeling way better than when they started, which is essentially the whole purpose of what we do.”

That extended to the people she worked with at WCSS. Recognizing the inherent challenges that come with living in Whistler, Sailer was quick to offer a helping hand to her younger coworkers in ways large and small.

“Whether it was housing insecurity or relationship insecurity or financial insecurity, she was always there for them. She lent them

money. She would help them open bank accounts. She would buy them things if they needed something,” remembered husband Alan. “She wanted them to feel special and she wanted them to feel comfortable and not be all stressed out. It’s amazing. I’m getting all this outpouring from all these kids, many of them are scattered around [the world].”

More often than not, Sailer expressed her love and care through food. Known for her incredible cooking skills, Sailer was adept at pretty much any cuisine, and would often make much more than she and her husband could eat themselves simply so she could bring leftovers to WCSS the next day.

“She’d often walk around with a Tupperware container and you’d think, ‘Who is she bringing this container of food to?’ and she’d seek them out and know exactly that they needed it,” Dickinson said.

“It was made by her and made with love.”

But you didn’t even have to know Sailer personally to benefit from her deep well of generosity. Longtime friend and local lawyer Greg Diamond shared the story of a time Sailer picked up a hitchhiker on the side of Highway 99 and, recognizing he was “working below his potential,” she invited the stranger back to her house for a little brainstorming (and food, of course). By the end of their conversation, Sailer had convinced the man to enrol at the

University of British Columbia and today he has a successful career in accounting.

“She had this really unique ability to speak very frankly without upsetting anyone,” Diamond said. “To me, that was her special skill that allowed her to help so many young people who were less fortunate or struggling.”

An avid hiker who was in great shape for her age, Sailer’s passing came as a shock to all those who knew her (a cause of death has yet to be determined). For husband Alan, it was a stark reminder to show the people you love what they mean to you—something that was never a problem for Sailer.

“You never know how many people you touch in your life until something like this happens,” he said. “In the course of our day, every time we see somebody we like, we can’t just give them a hug and a kiss and tell them how much we love them, because it would be weird. But maybe we should.”

A celebration of life is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26 at one of Sailer’s favourite local spots, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, on the Woodlands Rooftop. In fact, the morning after her passing, WCSS arranged for the Fairmont team to cater a lunch for staff in honour of one of its own, with a seat reserved for Sailer.

“That’s how she showed her love, so we wanted to show it back,” Dickinson said. n

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Notice of Proposed Zoning Amendment Bylaw – No Public Hearing to be Held ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW (3201 BLUEBERRY DRIVE AND 3300 PTARMIGAN PLACE) NO. 2365, 2022 (the “proposed Bylaw”) Purpose: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to amend the RTA30 Zone (Residential/Tourist Accommodation Thirty) within Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015 to include ‘townhouse’ as a permitted use for Key Plan Areas C and E only.

Subject Lands: The lands that are the subject of the proposed Bylaw are shown on the map attached to this notice. The subject lands comprise the following two developed properties: The Lynx – 3201 Blueberry Drive (Key Plan Area C), and Deer Run – 3300 Ptarmigan Place (Key Plan Area E).

Bylaw Readings: Consideration of the first, second and third readings of the proposed Bylaw will be at the Regular Council Meeting on August 2, 2022.

To learn more: A copy of the proposed Bylaw and background documentation are available for review from July 21, 2022 to August 2, 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/RZ001174

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How to plan for every crisis at once CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF PLANNERS CONFERENCE IN WHISTLER PROBES CLIMATE, HOUSING, LABOUR AND MORE

BY ROBERT WISLA FROM JULY 5 TO 8, Whistler hosted the Canadian Institute of Planners conference, which brought together more than 650 urban planners in person with another 350 online from across the country to discuss the future of urban planning in Canada.

The four-day conference featured speeches from Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton, MP Patrick Weiler and keynotes from engineer Ramy Nassar and former New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, along with 40 sessions, 10 learning tours and 10 workshops.

The conference touched on various topics pertaining to modern urban planning in Canada, but there were three main themes that stood out to the Whistler planning department: climate adaptation and mitigation; diversity, equity and inclusion; and housing.

Climate change, the housing crisis and the complex labour market are issues that every community in the country is dealing with and addressing in unique ways. But how can planners tackle multiple concurrent crises at once?

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general manager of planning and resort experience with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), these challenges require long-term planning that goes beyond the four-year term limits of a council.

“When you look at climate or housing, those are not one-term mandate questions.

These are decades of work. I think all municipalities will be facing tough questions around what are we doing to mitigate climate,” said Gresley-Jones about adapting to things like last year’s heat dome and recurring flooding in the region.

“I feel quite fortunate that in Whistler, we have a department of individuals working on environmental stewardship. We have the capacity to focus on some of those big questions, but not every municipality has that capacity. So I think that’s part of the reason for a conference like this, is to get a lot of voices in a room to be able to make connections, and look to colleagues in a similar situation ... and pull really important lessons.”

One panel on housing featured speakers from BC Housing, Canada Lands Company and the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and talked about the importance of having local, provincial and federal governemnts all at the table to figure out the province’s housing issues.

At a session on pilot projects, it was noted that some places are trying new ways to tackle the housing crisis. In Iqaluit, for example, officials are in the process of doing a pilot on allowing recreational vehicle hookups in driveways as a way of opening up more temporary spaces for people to live in.

However, while planners love a good pilot project, Gresley-Jones noted that it’s difficult to do pilot projects related to housing in Whistler due in part to increased costs, as well as the complexity and difficulties that might arise when experimenting with private homes—which can lead to mistakes that directly affect people.

“At the end of the day, these are people’s homes, and they’re not an easy thing to kind of trial and make mistakes [with], and you really do want to make sure you’re getting that right,” he said.

Another challenge facing planning departments across the country is the labour crunch. With more baby boomers retiring and increasingly complex zoning and design guidelines nationwide, having enough staff to work through permits and policy has become difficult for many municipalities, including Whistler.

Staffing shortages, new provincial policies and last year’s cyber attack on the RMOW conspired to create a permitting

backlog at municipal hall.

Fortunately, the backlog is getting shorter as the years-long Land Use Contract rezoning process is finally wrapping up.

“I don’t know if [labour challenges are] unique to planners. I think it’s most professions as a result of just demographic shift and boomer retirement, which we should have seen coming,” said GresleyJones. “We maybe didn’t do enough about it, and I think when we look at permitting times in every municipality, we’re asked to do more and more with each file.”

With that in mind, planners should be looking to “extract more value” from each file they process, whether that’s through community amenities or alignment with broader community policies (like Whistler’s Big Moves Strategy), he added.

While work continues on the comprehensive “enhanced rezoning” process for the Northlands near Whistler Village, aside from some ongoing housing projects, Gresley-Jones said he doesn’t expect any big planning surprises for Whistlerites in the coming months.

“I think we’ll probably see some of the initiatives coming forward that have maybe been quiet for some time, but I don’t see anything big and new that’s going to surprise the public in the next while,” he said. n

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Suleeporn Sailer (“Sulee”) (June 14, 1949 – July 13, 2022) Whistler lost one of its outstanding citizens suddenly, on July 13th.

Born one of ten children in a traditional Thai family, Sulee grew up and was educated in Bangkok until she left home to study Business at the University of Houston. There, she met her husband and inseparable partner, Alan, falling in love at a Hallowe’en costume party. Together, they built a life in Texas until an early retirement led them to seek northern climes, a little closer to home. In 1996, the Sailers arrived in Whistler and immersed themselves into the local community, building and operating the #1 ranked B&B, and spending immeasurable hours volunteering and working at the ReUse-It Centre. The B&B’s high ranking was, no doubt, a reflection of Sulee’s cooking. Anyone who knew Sulee could attest to the fact that this self-taught chef could conjure the most incredibly diverse meals of the highest quality, even on short notice. If Sulee was not cooking or working, you would find her out for long hikes with the dogs: her dogs, your dogs, and many other people’s dogs. Our canine pals always leapt in excitement when Aunt Sulee was at the door. But Sulee’s greatest impact was her tireless work for the Whistler Community Services Society in which she was engaged until her last day. She mentored and cared for all the people that worked there along with many of the regular customers of the Re-Use-It Centre that needed some extra support. A generation of young Whistlerites have lost a surrogate Aunt and our whole community has lost a one its greatest soldiers for those less fortunate.

A memorial service will be held at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler on Tuesday July 26th at 2:00 p.m. The family thanks you for donations to the Whistler Community Services Society in lieu of flowers.

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NEWS WHISTLER

Naturespeak: Our critter and climate calamity

BY CHLOE VAN LOON THE CLIMATE CRISIS is here, but did you know that the biodiversity crisis is equally important, and both are intricately intertwined?

In 2021, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agreed that the climate crisis cannot be solved without recognizing and acting upon the current biodiversity crisis.

All living things—from mountain lions to millipedes to microbes and the rest of the species that live among us—are impacted; the biodiversity of life is undergoing Earth’s sixth mass extinction.

With a million plant and animal species currently under threat of extinction, this is just a narrow preview of what’s to come.

So what can we as outdoor-loving citizens of this biodiverse region do? One fun action—yes fun—is to participate in a BioBlitz. A BioBlitz is an effort to document what species are present in a given area within a set timeframe. The info collected, like species observed, is used to add data points to existing biological inventories which leads to discoveries and informs range distribution, as well as informs

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BLITZKRIEG BOP Naturalists and scientists observe a Coastal Tailed Frog tadpole in Brandywine Meadows during last year’s BioBlitz.

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policy, contributes to research projects and helps establish protected areas.

A BioBlitz helps us humans connect to the native species we live amongst. When we are more connected to species, we better understand and relate to their struggles in adapting to shifts in weather and climate.

How do you think our local birds and bugs fared in the heat dome of 2021, or the snowmaggedon of late 2021/early 2022?

To help facilitate a greater connection to nature, the Whistler Naturalists community connected with our area’s

youngest scientists by visiting 23 classes during this year’s June BioBlitz. Grade 4-6 students at Spring Creek were blessed with Tyler the Entomologist’s knowledge of insects. “The novelty and variety of the specimens that he brought with him, along with the opportunity to see them magnified, brought out the students’ curiosity and enthusiasm. It was truly amazing to see them so very excited. I’m sure they will look at bees, flies and wasps differently now that they’ve seen them up close,” said teacher Lenka Hennessey.

At the end of July, look out for BioBlitz Part 2; a group of mostly adult scientists, and local naturalists, combing the soil to the sky near Black Tusk and in the Callaghan in efforts to add to the Whistler Biodiversity Project. So far, 5,428 species have been observed for Whistler and Pemberton, but who is still out there unaccounted for?

So besides connecting with nature on the regular, what are solutions that will help address the biodiversity and climate crises? Reducing forest deforestation and degradation lowers greenhouse gas emissions and retains flood resilience.

Restoring habitats for non-humans gives them a greater chance of surviving through climatic shifts while benefiting humans through coastline protection, ensuring water quality, soil erosion control, and more. Increasing protected areas offers more resilient land for all of Earth’s inhabitants while providing reliable resources.

Jeepers, the biodiversity and climate crises are truly overwhelming to think about. So perhaps take a deep breath and start in your own micro habitat (a.k.a. backyard), or on your favourite trails during your weekend outdoor adventures.

Naturespeak is prepared by the Whistler Naturalists. To learn more about Whistler’s natural world, go to whistlernaturalists.ca. n

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

Violent crime was down across the board in Pemberton last year INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT CRIME DROPPED FROM 148 TO 94

BY HARRISON BROOKS VIOLENT CRIME in the Village of Pemberton was down across the board in 2021, with the total number of reported incidents dropping to 94 from 148 the year prior.

The biggest decreases came in total assaults, common assaults and domestic violence, which dropped 49 per cent, 48 per cent and 43 per cent, respectively—together accounting for a drop of 43 incidents.

The one violent crime category that saw an increase in 2021 was sexual assault, which went from four cases in 2020 to six in 2021. However, the total number of sex offences—which includes everything from indecent exposure to sexual interference and child and adult offenses of a sexual nature, according to Staff Sgt. Sascha Banks—was cut nearly in half, dropping from 16 cases to nine.

“The pandemic years are unlike any other years that we have had. So we thought comparing 2020 and 2021 statistics to anything that was 2019 and prior was sort of irrelevant and probably not noteworthy,” Banks said in a presentation at Pemberton’s July 12 Committee of the Whole meeting.

“But we will definitely have something more next year when it comes to looking at the 2022 stats.”

While violent crimes decreased almost across the board, the opposite was true when it came to property crimes.

For the most part, increases in most property crime categories were miniscule, and consisted of just one or two more offences than the year prior. The one category that saw the biggest increase, though, was fraud, which grew by 175 per cent—from just eight cases in 2020 to 22 in 2021.

“I think that’s something that has been a general trend coming out of the pandemic … you were seeing some of those increases in frauds that were going around because people were online a lot more,” Banks said.

“And they were isolated a lot more, and they

CRIME DECLINE Pemberton RCMP’s year-end report showed crime dropped significantly in 2021.

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were seeing [those types of crimes] across the board, no matter what municipality that you’re in.”

Outside of the property and violent crime categories, there were also decreases

Thankfully, the one exception in the motor vehicle category was in the number of fatal collisions, which dropped to zero in 2021.

Moving forward, the Pemberton RCMP

“There’s no doubt that mental health has been a concern for a long period of time.”

- SASCHA BANKS

in cases of public intoxication and mental health-related incidents, while missing persons cases rose by 27 per cent.

In general, motor vehicle incidents were also on the rise in 2021, led by instances of impaired driving, which were up 35 per cent last year.

plans to put more focus and resources into its mental health services, as overall mental health-related incidents are up from years past, according to Banks.

“There’s no doubt that mental health has been a concern for a long period of time,” she said. “And I don’t think it’s a secret to

anybody that the pandemic has certainly been a catalyst of making this more in the forefront, which is where it needs to be.”

A focus on mental health is included in the RCMP’s first of five strategic priorities (crime reduction and community safety). The other four priorities include: road safety; operational excellence and emergency planning; partnering for social impact; and employee excellence and workplace culture.

Some of the specific actions in the strategic priorities include: putting more focus on seasonal tire checks; an increase in intelligence-led policing; yearly wellness checks for employees; health initiatives and physical fitness challenges between detachments; and more operational planning for high-volume weekends with proactive enforcement initiatives, among others.

All stats presented pertain only to the Village of Pemberton, and do not include the surrounding area. n

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IN THE RUNNING Pemberton Valley Lodge general manager David MacKenzie will run for mayor for the second time this fall, after first running in 2008.

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Longtime Pemberton resident David MacKenzie to run for mayor MACKENZIE IS THE FIRST TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY FOR UPCOMING MUNICIPAL ELECTION

BY HARRISON BROOKS THE UPCOMING municipal election in Pemberton got its first official candidate for mayor on July 13 when longtime resident David MacKenzie threw his hat in the ring.

After more than 18 years living in Pemberton, the former town councillor and current Pemberton Valley Lodge general manager is looking to be part of the solution to the town’s housing crisis moving forward.

“I would say my main platform is actually listening to the local taxpayers.

Over the last year, I have been doing a lot of that as it is, and there seems to be a lot of people who are not too happy with the status quo right now,” said MacKenzie.

“First and foremost, I would say our biggest challenge right now would be affordable housing. We’ve seen a bleed of people out of the community that just can’t afford to live here any longer. It’s a great place to start a family, raise young children, but we certainly have a lack of amenities to keep them here. And as we grow our tax base, I want to make sure that the community amenities are growing at the same pace.”

On top of his previous experience as a town council member from 2005 to 2008, MacKenzie has also sat on the board of many other national and provincial organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society, BC Hotel Association and the Tourism Industry Association of BC, all of which he views as valuable experiences he will be able to use in the role of mayor.

MacKenzie also ran for mayor in 2008,

losing that election to now-MLA Jordan Sturdy.

“I have been very active in the community, and I certainly understand the connection between municipal local government and provincial and federal government,” he said. “I have been doing a lot of advocacy work with those provincial boards that I sit on and am willing to bring that knowledge to the table and see what I can help do for the community.”

Describing himself as a strong leader with the ability to get things done, MacKenzie, if elected, also plans to focus on helping small businesses in the community, especially after the challenging few years many have faced during the pandemic.

“Small businesses these days can be challenging, especially with all the things that have been thrown at us with the pandemic,” he said. “So for me to be able to have that strong business leadership, I can certainly bring that to the table and help make our community more prosperous.”

MacKenzie is the first Pemberton candidate to officially announce their candidacy ahead of the Oct. 15 municipal election.

Longtime councillor Ted Craddock told Pique he plans on running again, seeking a fifth term on council. Meanwhile, the other three councillors, Leah Noble, Amica Antonelli and Ryan Zant, as well as current Mayor Mike Richman did not respond by press time.

The nomination period runs from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9, with the official campaign period taking place between Sept. 17 and Oct. 15. ■

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Life after the peak ONE OF THE HARDEST things in sport is the moment you realize that your highest achievements are behind you. “Peaking,” they call it—that period when you were on top of your game and basked in the admiration of your peers and community.

When you didn’t need much else in life as

BY VINCE SHULEY long as you had the endorphins firing in your brain, your body instinctually reacting to whatever demands you threw at it.

For elite athletes, competition on the world stage is the yardstick for performance.

Your result is a function of how hard you trained, how far you pushed on race day, and how many risks you took to be the fastest (or the highest scoring). Add to that a sprinkle of how talented you are, how lucky you were and how good your

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equipment performed that day. Your rank in the world in your chosen sport represents how consistently you were able to win (or how close you came to winning) over the course of the season.

For the rest of us commoners, the yardstick is a bit different. Racing—even at the grassroots level—isn’t necessarily how we measure our season of sport. When I was skiing Whistler Blackcomb in my early and mid-20s, I’d measure the success of my season by how big I went: the size of cliffs I dropped (with mixed success), which slopes I (recklessly) straight-lined, and which terrain park features I was willing to hit. Now I measure my winter by how many days I manage to get up the hill and how many new zones, peaks or couloirs I get around to exploring in the backcountry.

I might still get a powder day or two when I’m feeling the mojo and decide to go a bit bigger than usual, but I’m pretty sure at this stage of my life, I’ve gone as big as I’ll ever go on skis. While it was hard to grapple with those first couple of years of regression, skiing powder simply never gets old. I’ve more or less made peace with peak skiing.

On the bike, I’ve steered clear of racing downhill and enduro. Mostly because: a) I don’t want to take risks that will get me injured, and; b) I don’t want to embarrass myself with laughable results.

I’m just not that fast. And I’m OK with that. As long as I don’t keep my faster friends waiting too long at the bottom of the trail, I’m having a good time. I’m never going to hit train gaps or blow up berms, but what I’ve always thought was my calling with biking was the steep and technical stuff. Trails like Upper Joy Ride, Captain Safety, Green Monster or even Gargamel.

Some of the more obscure, unsanctioned trails scare the shit out of me so much I’m only willing to ride them once a year, if that.

Last summer I believe I found peak steepness on my bike. A trail in the Sea to Sky (which I won’t name for obvious reasons) was built so steep and had so much fall exposure that I had to reassess what I’m looking for out of my beloved sport of mountain biking. I enjoyed most of the trail. I attempted one of the steepest chutes in my life and, thankfully, I didn’t get hurt. I just had to lay the bike down in the loam of the exit corner and dust myself off. But about two-thirds of the way

down that trail, simply staying on my bike became as much about stress management as the strength and endurance to stick to the line. I survived and I was glad I threw everything I had at that trail, but I honestly don’t believe I’ll go back. I want my rides to be fulfilling. Tipping over into an anxiety-inducing descent isn’t my jam.

Not anymore, anyway.

The feeling that the hardest bike trail I’ll ever ride is likely now in my past doesn’t fill me with stoke. I’ve come to terms with my body not recovering from crashes like it used to. My risk-versus-reward equation has needed a rebalance. Coming back from my most recent injury, I realized I’d been overlooking the little things, like cleaning a technical climb, landing in the sweet spot of a Goldilocks-sized jump or drop or simply managing to get on my bike five or six times in a week. Every season doesn’t need to be a ramp-up to some climactic victory over a trail or a feature. Just ride. The rest will take care of itself.

Vince Shuley has probably peaked. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince.shuley@gmail.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

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unavut is Canada’s newest territory, Prime Minister Jean Chretien is still months away from getting pied in the face, boy bands dominate the music charts, and, in a low for fashion history, frosted tips and puka-shell necklaces are all the rage.

It’s 1999, the last days of the millennium (hey, remember all that Y2K hullabaloo?), and in Whistler, Pique Newsmagazine is a fresh-faced five years old, still finding its legs as the resort’s irreverent, independent weekly.

In the dog days of summer, typically a slow period newswise, Pique launched a summer short story contest open to any and all writers who were inclined. Twenty-three-year-old Kiwi Kara-Leah Grant heeded the call, and her whimsical winning entry, “Of Shoes and Happiness” took home the top prize, despite being wildly over the word limit.

“I remember being at dinner with G.D. Maxwell, who writes the column on the back page, and he told me, ‘You know your story was way over, right? But it was also way better than anything else submitted so we had to run it,’” Grant recalls, today a yoga teacher and author of three nonfiction books, including Sex, Drugs & (mostly) Yoga, which recounts some of her time in Whistler.

Maybe it’s because we’re feeling a tad nostalgic these days (I mean, who isn’t?), Pique went back to the archives to revisit Grant’s winning tale, which we hope helps get you through your own dog days of summer. And stay tuned for a short Q&A with the author following the story.

- Brandon Barrett

ONCE UPON A TIME, in a country

not too different to this one, there was a village.

The village, Shortsbury, was much like any other small village. There was the general store, which had been in Mrs. Brown’s family for generations and sold everything from licorice and string to pots and flour. There was a tiny school,

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a rather old church and a fabric store that sometimes doubled as a blacksmith.

People in Shortsbury had lived there all their lives and the few who did leave never ever came back.

Life in Shortsbury was very pleasant, the sun shone most days, there were plenty of fish in the local river and the town jail hadn’t been used since Mrs. Brown’s grandfather ran the store.

Fifteen miles up river was another village very much like Shortsbury. Except, the sun seemed to shine a bit more often there, the fish practically jumped on to a fishing line and they didn’t even have a town jail.

Oh, and they were tall. Compared to Shortsburians anyway. For some long forgotten reason, people born in Shortsbury were short. Not dwarf-short, just never more than 5-6. That would have been OK except for that village 15 miles up river. Talleston, it was called. Not that the people there were particularly tall, just 5-10 or so on average. The problem was, Tallestoners couldn’t resist pointing out that their taller village always seemed to be a little better than the smaller Shortsbury. They always won the annual strongman and brightwoman contests, leaving second place to Shortsbury.

Still, people in Shortsbury weren’t a complaining bunch and they felt they had a pretty good life.

One fine fall day, much like the other days that week, a stranger rode into town. Nobody took much notice and rode straight out the other side on their way to Talleston.

This stranger didn’t. She slowed her horse down outside the only pub in town, dismounted and strode in.

“A pint of your finest, please.”

Head turned, It was mid-afternoon and the locals were starting to drift in. The barman placed the pint in front of the woman, trying not to stare, but failing miserably. She ignored him and sat down. For a while nothing much happened. The locals continued to glance over at the stranger, she continued to ignore them. Then she finished her beer and stood up.

“Where’s the real estate office, please?”

Despite her commanding tone, her voice was quite musical and the bartender noted she was rather polite. For a stranger, that is.

“Er…” For a moment, he couldn’t think. Did they even have a real estate office in Shortsbury?

“Straight up the road and on your left,” drawled one of the locals, his piercing blue eyes meeting hers.

“Thanks.”

She strode out. The locals shrugged and went back to their beers. Two days passed before the full story of the stranger was put together from different sources. She’d gone up to

the real estate office and paid cash to rent a store in town, then she’d moved her rucksack into the rooms above and disappeared again, riding out the way she’d come in.

People talked about it for a few days. Nobody could remember what the store used to sell, it had gone out of business so long ago. What she wanted with it was a mystery.

By the end of the week, the stranger was forgotten and people gossiped about other things.

One day in late fall the stranger rode back into town. This time her horse pulled a wagon and the woman spent the day unloading boxes into the store before disappearing again. The gossip only lasted a day this time. There wasn’t much you could say about boxes. What happened next, though…

Monday morning, Mrs. Brown was on her way to open the general store in time for her first customers at 9 a.m. She glanced over at the woman’s store. And stopped. Mrs. Brown stared at the sign, she read it slowly, then re-read it. For the first time in Shortsbury’s history, the general store opened three minutes late.

A lot of people walked past the woman’s store that day.

They all read the sign, but none of them went in. At 6 p.m. on the dot, just as the sun was sinking below the hills, the woman turned the open sign to closed, locked the door and left for the pub.

The pub was full and louder than usual. Everyone had something to say and some of the arguments were getting rather heated.

“A pint of your finest, please.”

The pub hushed. Everybody looked. She sat down on a barstool and leaned casually against the wooden bartop. One might have suspected she was waiting for something but she just sat there and continued to drink beer.

“So what’s your sign?”

She glanced up and met the same piercing blue eyes that had given her directions to the real estate office.

“Nothing. It’s what I sell.”

She met his stare and didn’t move, taking a long gulp of her beer as he continued to watch her.

“Mmm…” He signalled the bartender and ordered another two beers.

“My name’s Blue-Eyes. Johnny Blue-Eyes.”

She took the offered hand and shook it, the barest hint of a smile playing around her eyes.

“Catriona Sells.”

They drank their beers in silence, unaware the whole pub had been listening and watching their conversation.

“So,” Johnny broke the silence, “you sell shoes.”

“That’s right.”

“Shoes that make you taller.”

“Correct.”

“Shoes that make you taller without a visible heel.”

This time she smiled. “I see you’ve read my sign.”

“How?” “Sorry?”

FEATURE STORY “How do they make you taller?”

Business was again brisk at Sells’ Shoes and “Ah, that’s a trade secret, I’m afraid. Why don’t you stop by by lunchtime, Catriona was both pleased and the store tomorrow and try some on. After all, the proof is in exhausted. She’d almost sold out all her stock, so the wearing.” decided to close for the day.

Catriona stood, thanked Johnny for the beer and strode She was just locking the front door when she out of the pub. The wagging tongues started well before the spied Johnny down the street. Catriona waved and door even shut. smiled as he walked back towards her.

Her doors opened at 9 a.m. the next morning and at 9:12 “I see your balance has improved.”

Johnny strolled in.

Johnny grinned. “Sure has. These shoes are great. I “Black leather. Size 12.” feel like I’ve got a new lease on life.”

He sat down.

“Really?” Catriona pointed to the sign she’d just put in “Please.” her window: “Closed until Tuesday, new stock arriving.”

Catriona strode out the back of the store to find a 12, giving “I’ll do a trade-in next week if you like,” she said.

Johnny a chance to look around. It looked like any other shoe “A trade-in?” store. Men’s, women’s and children’s shoes each lined one “I’m getting some three-inch stock in. I can do you a deal if wall and the window display was full of the latest fashion. you want to move up.”

“Here you are.”

She pocketed her keys. “Come and see me next week.”

Johnny took the shoe and turned it over, glancing Johnny stared at Catriona as she strode down the street curiously at the sole. to the pub.

“It’s just an ordinary shoe.”

“Three-inch heels?” He shook his head and continued Catriona smiled. down the street towards Mrs. Brown’s General Store.

“No, it’s not. This one has a height increaser of two inches.

“Morning, Johnny,” Mrs. Brown said as he pushed the Should make you about my height, 5-9.” door open.

Johnny frowned and then slipped the shoe on.

“Morning.”

“Fits.”

“Come for some cigarettes?”

He laced the shoe and then put the other one on. Johnny “Yes ma’am.” slowly stood up and found himself at eye level with Catriona.

Johnny started counting the money out, even though he “Huh.” He took a step. “It feels… high.” knew he had the exact change.

“Of course it does. You can’t gain two inches and expect to “You look different today, Johnny.” balance the same. Take a walk around the store.”

“Do I?” Johnny obeyed and was surprised to find that he actually “Yes,” Mrs. Brown peered closely at him. felt a little wobbly. He stopped and peered down at the shoes.

“You get a haircut?”

“Don’t worry, you’ll get used to it very quickly.”

“No, ma’am.”

Catriona walked over to the till.

“Hmph. When are you going to find yourself a girl anyway?

“Will that be cash?”

You must be nearly 25, my boy.”

“Uh, yeah,” said Johnny, staring down at the shoes. He was Johnny handed her the coins. out of the store and down the road before he realized he had “To the day, Mrs. Brown,” he grinned and turned to leave. just paid half a week’s wages for shoes that were supposed to “You’re taller!” exclaimed Mrs. Brown as she suddenly make you taller. clicked.

“Catriona Sells,” he muttered, shaking his head. “She sure “Sorry?” does.”

“What the hell have you done to yourself, Johnny?

Things moved very quickly after that. Word got around That there counter used to be at your stomach and by late morning, Catriona was beginning to sell out of the but now it’s closer to your hips.” more popular sizes.

Mrs. Brown stared down at him. She “Sorry, sir,” she said to Mr. Bottom, the town mayor. “I sold was one of the few Shortburians to hit 5-10. my last size 9 at 10:30 a.m.”

It was rumoured her mother had once been “Oh,” the mayor frowned. He was a small man even for a with a Tallestoner, but Mrs. Brown was very Shortsburian, but the people still voted him in as mayor every tightlipped about it. year, just as they had done with his mother before him.

Johnny shifted uncomfortably in his Catriona smiled. “Will next Tuesday be all right?” shoes. He’d known Mrs. Brown since he was “Next Tuesday?” a boy. She reminded him a bit of a rather stern “That’s when my next shipment is due.” but kind school teacher.

“Oh, yes. Right.”

“Um, new shoes, ma’am.”

The mayor smiled, suddenly liking this stranger who had “New shoes?” Mrs. Brown frowned again. ridden into town one fine fall’s day.

“Seems to me a few people have new shoes in “Tell you what, I’ll pay now, then I’ll be certain to get a pair.” town.”

“Certainly, sir. Just let me get the paperwork.”

“Yes, ma’am. Shop just opened, that’s all.”

Shortsbury’s local police chief was out of town She stared hard at Johnny. “Them shoes make this particular day, attending one of the courses the city you taller, don’t they, boy? Now why would you want to be sporadically held for all the regional police chiefs. This one taller, huh? That’s what I want to know.” was on improving social relations with the public.

Johnny said nothing, just glanced at his watch.

Police Chief Andrea Hardnose didn’t think it was that “That’s right, Johnny, your lunch break’s nearly over. You relevant to her, but forced herself to stay right to the end. After skedaddle out of here. Oh, and don’t break you ankle on the all, the local police chief must set an example. steps now, you hear?”

It was nearly 8 p.m. when Hardnose made it to the pub Tuesday rolled around and the mayor got his new shoes for her nightly whiskey and ginger. She was tired and grumpy and grew three inches. For the first time ever he found he after the one-and-a-half-hour ride back from the city, and could glare down some of the councillors. Johnny came in and just grunted when the barman handed her the drink. A sip traded up to a three-inch heel. of her drink went some way towards improving her mood.

Catriona continued to sell shoes. By Friday she was sold Taking another sip she glanced around the dimly lit pub. Then out again. frowned. She looked again. Something was not quite right.

Saturday was officially the last day of fall, the day when Chief Hardnose puzzled over it for a while but her brain was Shortsbury held its annual fair. Traditionally, Talleston feeling decidedly dead, so she finished her drink and left. council hopped on a bus and Tallestoners came down to try Next morning dawned bright and clear, maybe a little their luck at the games. Like every year, their luck was very brighter and a little clearer than normal. People said hello to each good; 100 per cent, in fact. other in the street with a little more enthusiasm than normal.

The atmosphere at the fair was very optimistic this year.

Even the birds seemed a little chirpier.

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FEATURE STORY lifting more than usual in the last week or so. could run itself very nicely without a council. Nobody Renee Goddit, the local brightwoman, was could be bothered putting this on the agenda though so the also feeling confident. She’d spent the last council stayed. week memorizing the latest edition of The Shortsbury gossip being what it was, word had got City Encyclopedia and found it surprisingly out that Chief Hardnose wanted to address council. That easy. Both were confident in a win. was enough to guarantee the 30 seats set out every month History was against them, though. After for the public to watch the meeting were—for the first all, Tallestoners had their 100-per-cent time ever—full. And people were standing. This all threw record behind them.

Mayor Bottom somewhat. He wasn’t used to an audience.

The Tallestoners bounded off the bus, Remembering words of advice from his mother, he cleared every pore oozing confidence. It didn’t take his throat, took a deep breath and stood up. them long to realize something was up.

“Order…” His voice was a squeak. The less compassionate “Shortsburians have grown!” in the audience giggled. Mayor Bottom turned red.

“Impossible. They’ve always been short.”

“Order.” He sat down quickly and let his secretary take over.

‘They have! Look, he’s my height.”

The meeting progressed quickly with an expectant note As the Tallestoners talked amongst in the air. Item No. 6 was where people’s attention was fixed. themselves, their confidence began to seep away.

“The council calls on Chief Hardnose.”

It slowly emptied out of their pores as they faced The chief was up before the mayor had sat down. She a taller and more upbeat group of Shortsburians walked slowly and precisely up to the desk at the front reserved than any of them could ever imagine. for audience members who wished to speak. The microphone The strongman contest was first and Talleston’s mounted on the front was unnecessary, but the chief still turned representative didn’t feel quite as confident as it on before sitting down and arranging her notes. the last five years, especially when he realized Ian “Mayor Bottom, councillors,” her voice rang, slow and Hearth was actually a little bit taller than him. clear, nobody had to strain to catch a single word.

Twenty minutes later, Ian was ecstatic with his “I would like to move a new bylaw be added to our books.” win and the Tallestoners seemed to melt into the Shortsbury hadn’t had a new bylaw since 1971, when it background. was passed that buskers could not occupy any space on Main The brightwoman contest was next; it was no surprise Street without an appropriate licence. to the crowd when Renee Goddit romped in.

The audience continued to wait, holding their collective The Talleston bus left before the prize-giving. breath.

Shortsburians muttered something about being sore “I’d like to suggest that shoes with a height increaser losers, but were too excited to really care. be banned and all current stock be destroyed,” said Chief Shortsburians’ fortunes just seemed to keep Hardnose. improving that winter. The weather seemed better, The breath expelled, but nobody said a word. They were more money poured into town, a record-sized fish still waiting. was caught in the local river and even the people “On what grounds?” asked the mayor, glancing nervously seemed happier and friendlier. at his feet.

Catriona continued to sell shoes at a very “That the shoes are psychologically addictive and pose a fast rate. She found it hard to keep up with the serious health risk to the user. We have just had our first shoedemand. Only the day before Mayor Bottom induced death” had come in and ordered a six-inch booster, The audience could no longer contain itself and opinions muttering something about councillors who and questions broke out all over the room. kept growing.

“Order… order…” Mayor Bottom stood up, paused and took Perhaps it was this background of a deep breath. fortune and optimism that made Emily “The passing of a bylaw is a, um, very serious business. It, Spark’s death that little bit harder to take. It uh, can’t be decided on without all the necessary facts and was an accidental death—how else do 24-year- figures. With this in mind, I suggest the council spends the olds die?—so Chief Hardnose had to call in the next week getting to the bottom of this matter and we meet coroner, Mr. Gloom. then to debate both sides.”

“Well?” she demanded when Mr. Gloom The mayor sat down in relief, barely noticing as his tentatively knocked on her open door. secretary officially ended the meeting and people began to file “Um…” Mr. Gloom wasn’t a confident man at noisily out into the cold winter’s night. the best of times.

Catriona hadn’t been at the council meeting. The first she “Spit it out, man!” Shortsbury’s improved knew of it was the following morning. A distraught looking fortunes hadn’t seemed to affect Chief Hardnose mayor wondered into the shop at around 10 a.m. at all.

“Morning, Catriona.”

“Cause of death is, well, primarily a knock on the “Good morning, Mayor Bottom.” She glanced at his shoes. head…”

“How are the new shoes? Surely you don’t want to trade up “And secondarily?” just yet.”

“Well,” Mr. Gloom wrung his lily-white hands “What?” The mayor followed her gaze down to the floor. together. Strange to think of how many dead bodies “Oh, no. Just thought I’d come in for a chat.” he had touched.

“Oh?” Catriona looked carefully at the mayor.

“Umm, it appears the fall was caused by a loss of “Yes, you see, last night, at the council meeting. Well, um, balance caused by… um… a pair of Catriona Sells’ your shoes…” shoes. The four-inch variety. Emily fell off the ladder “My shoes?” she was working on, knocked her head on the ground “Yes.” The mayor stopped and frowned. and, well, died.”

“Why don’t you take a seat and I’ll make you a coffee?”

“I knew it.” Chief Hardnose stood up. “Thank you said Catriona, steering the mayor out to the back of the store, very much, Mr. Gloom.” switching the open sign on the door to closed as she did so.

She was on the phone before he’d even closed Over a large cup of very hot coffee, the mayor finally the door behind him. managed to tell Catriona about the council meeting.

“Mayor Bottom? I think we have a problem. A very serious “So you see, I have to prove the shoes didn’t cause Emily’s problem. I’d like to address tomorrow’s council meeting.” death.”

Council meetings in Shortsbury were dull affairs. There “They probably did.” were only four councillors and the mayor, so arguments— “What?” Mayor Bottom stared at Catriona. She smiled back when there were any—were not very heated. There was at him. never much on the agenda, and some people felt Shortsbury “Electricians should know better than to wear height

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FEATURE STORY increasers while working, especially when they are working up a 12-foot ladder.”

Catriona sipped her coffee slowly. “So I don’t know if I can help you.”

“But, but…” blustered the mayor. “Chief Hardnose wants to ban the shoes—you would be out of business!”

Catriona put her coffee down. “I don’t think the shoes should be banned at all. I’m just saying in this particular case, the shoes probably were the cause of death.”

Mayor Bottom shook his head. “Will you at least come to the meeting?”

“Of course.” Catriona smiled softly. “After all, my business is at stake.”

Shortsbury was a hive of activity that week. Everyone had an opinion to offer on the shoes and no one was shy about offering it. The chief was busy collecting examples of people who had either injured themselves while wearing the shoes or found it hard to function without wearing the shoes. The mayor was doing the opposite. He was talking to people who had achieved things while earing the shoes or felt their quality of life had improved.

Johnny Blue-Eyes walked into the pub one evening to find Catriona sitting at the bar drinking an orange juice.

“What’s this?” he said as he sat down beside her. “I thought you only drank a pint of the finest?”

“Of course not. One has to have variety in life.”

“Oh. Well, I might order a whiskey on the rocks then.”

“Go ahead,” smiled Catriona. “It’s a free world.”

“So,” Johnny said carefully as his drink arrived, “how has business been this week?”

Catriona shrugged. “A bit slower than usual, a bit faster than usual.”

“Oh?” Johnny raised an eyebrow. “How so?”

“Some people are staying away and some are placing extra orders.

s e o h s e h “[T] ychops e r a y l l a c i g o l e v i t c addi se po d n a s u o i er a s isk r th l . a r e e h s u e h t to ave h ur o We ad h just shoet ” s h r t i a f de d e c u d n i

“How’s your work?”

Johnny frowned. “Why? He’s making more sense than he “Mine? Oh, um, fine I guess.” ever did!”

They lapsed into silence.

“Exactly. People respond to emotion and passion, not “So what’s the deal?” Johnny asked. common sense.”

Catriona glanced up. “About what?”

The mayor continued on with his speech. Catriona stayed “The shoes! The meeting! What everyone else has spent all just long enough to hear him say banning the shoes wasn’t week talking about.” the answer, as people would just use them illegally. Instead, “Oh. That.” people should be educated on the safest use of the shoes.

“Yes—that! Goddamn it, Catriona, for a woman about to Johnny watched her go and slipped out after her. She lose her business, you seem pretty damn calm.” was standing on the grass verge, staring up at the moon. He Catriona shrugged again. Johnny shook his head in thought he saw a tear in her eyes, but could detect a subtle frustration but shut up. smile as she turned to him and spoke.

Catriona finished her juice and stood up.

“I’ll be seeing you then, Johnny.”

“Thanks for the conversation, Johnny.”

“You’re leaving…”

She walked out, leaving a speechless Johnny sitting at the “My lease runs out this week and I’m out of stock.” bar holding a half-finished whiskey in his hand.

“So, this meeting, you don’t even care. You’ve made your The meeting was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m., and by money and now you’re gone.”

7:10, it was obvious no one else could possibly cram into the Catriona smiled. “Of course the meeting matters, Johnny. tiny town hall. Mayor Bottom glanced at his secretary, who To you, because you live here.” nodded to him. The mayor stood up hesitantly and called Catriona turned to stare at the moon again and when she for order. Silence descended immediately. The mayor looked spoke, Johnny couldn’t be sure if she knew she was still there. nervously at the audience before him, drew a deep breath and “Strange… you try to bring a little happiness into people’s began to speak. lives, one or two get addicted or abuse it and then no one “There is only one matter before us today, a motion to is allowed to use it. Happens every time.” Her eyes met his. introduce the following bylaw: ‘That height increasers be “Bye Johnny.” banned and all current stock recalled and destroyed.’”

And the stranger walked up the road, jumped on her horse The mayor stopped and shuffled his feet, then his and rode out of town, into the clear winter’s night. Johnny papers, before resuming. “First to speak to the motion is watched her go and smiled to himself. She was probably on Chief Andrea Hardnose.” her way to Talleston to try and sell them a little happiness.

The chief was not slow in taking her place behind the microphone, but once there, she paused, seeming to collect her thoughts. Her gaze took in the entire hall, and when she spoke, every person there felt she was talking directly to them.

“Before I start, I would like to ask a question: How many people here are wearing height increasers?”

Catriona almost laughed out loud when only about a quarter of the hall put up their hands. She turned to Johnny The following has been edited for length and clarity. and muttered quietly. “Nearly every damn person in this hall has a pair of my shoes!”

So you were 23 when this story came out, The chief didn’t comment on the answer to her question, and it’s now 23 years later. Reading it but nodded thoughtfully before starting her speech. back, what does it tell you about who “I’m calling for the ban of these shoes because they are you were back then? addicting and dangerous. I have signed statements from two psychologists stating the shoes are damaging to mental health, I actually started it a few years earlier than when I submitted which I will read out in full.” it. I’d been in London, at 21, for a couple months and got Someone groaned in the third row and was shot a piercing immersed in rave culture for the first time ever. glance by the chief before she continued.

So I was going out in my early 20s and grew up being told “I also have signed statements from 16 people who have that drugs were bad and only bad people did drugs. It was a suffered various injuries while wearing these shoes, including,” real contrast between what I had experienced growing up and the chief glanced down at her notes, “one broken leg, three what I had experienced in London. So I think the story was sprained ankles, one broken arm and one death.” written as a way to make sense of that conflict, to explore the “Yeah, right,” Catriona remarked dryly. “I’m sure Emily idea drugs aren’t inherently bad. It’s your relationship to them Sparks signed that statement!” and how you use them. It’s an allegory.

The chief swept on, spending the next 20 minutes going Also, when I read it now, the first thing is I want to edit it. into detail about the addictive quality of the shoes. She I want to make it way tighter. [Laughs]. summed up with a statement from one of the local teachers who felt his instructive skills and general interaction with Whistler has obviously undergone so much people was so much better when he was wearing his shoes and change since then. Paint us a picture of said he couldn’t leave home without them. what the Whistler of 1999 was like for “I’m sure you’ll agree with me,” Chief Hardnose said, you back then. looking pointedly at the mayor and councillors, “that these shoes are ruining the moral fibre of our community and we It really felt magical and it felt connected. It felt like there must do everything in our power to stamp them out.” was a community. I would wander into the village and I was The chief sat down, a smug smile planted firmly on her lips. guaranteed to run into people I knew who were doing fun and The mayor was next to speak. exciting things.

“Well, um.” He paused and took a deep breath.

It was just a sense of home and community and connection “Shortsbury has traditionally been a liberal town. When and a real integration with the land as well. The mountains other towns in the area started telling their citizens they and the forests and the lakes and the Valley Trail. And in some couldn’t paint their houses in certain fluorescent colours, ways, that village life that I talk about in the story is a little like Shortsbury remained silent. We have always given our the village life of Whistler back then. Shortsbury and Talleston citizens credit, credit that they would have the wisdom to definitely have similarities with Whistler of that time, even know what was good for them and the wisdom to apply though it was written before I came to Whistler. common sense to all that they did. Emily did die as a result of her shoes, but she should have been wise enough to Kara-Leah Grant is a tantric instructor and public speaker who realize that height increasers and ladders don’t mix.” has worked with hundreds of clients over the years. A former Catriona shook her head and whispered to Johnny. freelance journalist, she is the author of three books and an “That’s it. The mayor is going to lose.” award-winning screenplay. Learn more at karaleah.com. ■

A (VERY SHORT) Q&A WITH KARALEAH GRANT

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SPORTS THE SCORE

Sea to Sky mountain bikers race to success in Europe PEMBERTON’S TEGAN CRUZ LANDS ON THE PODIUM, WHILE WHISTLER’S WEI TIEN HO GRABS SIXTH IN HIS FIRST JUNIOR WORLD CUP OF THE SEASON

BY HARRISON BROOKS IT’S BEEN A HOT START to the season for some of the Sea to Sky’s best young mountain bikers. While Squamish’s Jackson Goldstone continues the stellar pace he set last season with another handful of gold and silver medals already this year, other local riders like Pemberton’s Tegan Cruz and Whistler’s Wei Tien Ho have been quietly putting up strong seasons.

Following a couple top-10 and top-15 performances earlier in the season, Cruz finally cracked the Junior World Cup podium at the most recent race in Vallnord, Andorra, where he finished third.

“It was definitely pretty awesome to have my first World Cup podium in Andorra. I just really liked the track and felt confident on my bike all week and had amazing support from my team,” he said.

“Just really happy with that result and to keep building moving forward.”

Coming off his worst performance of the season one weekend prior in Lenzerheide, where he finished 13th—eight spots behind

WHEELS DOWN Wei Tien Ho flies down the course at the World Cup stop in Lenzerheide, Switzerland last weekend.

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Ho in his first Junior World Cup of the season—Cruz said it was just a matter of refocusing and piecing all the little things together that got him back to where he knows he can be.

“I definitely struggled a bit in Lenzerheide. I quite enjoyed the track and felt like I was riding decent, just didn’t really piece it all together in time for race day. But I learned from my mistakes there, went to Andorra the next weekend, and it definitely all pieced together,” said Cruz.

“I more just focused on myself and what I needed throughout the whole weekend, just took the time to really focus on the track and make sure everything was going well on-track. So it’s kind of just all the little things pieced together. Turned out to be a good weekend.”

On the flip side, Ho, in just the second World Cup of his career in Lenzerheide, managed to secure his best-ever finish, coming in sixth and accomplishing the top10 goal he set out for himself before the race.

Despite some nerves about where he matches up against the best young bikers in the world heading into the race, it was the experience he gained from his first World Cup race in 2021 that gave Ho the confidence to go out there and show he belongs with the other top riders.

“I was super happy to qualify in fifth.

It was unexpected, the run wasn’t perfect, but it’s just nice to see where I match up.

I always doubt myself and I’m always nervous to see where my pace is, especially against these guys who are the best in the world at our age,” he said.

“But I felt like I just handled the process well and then coming down it was really nice to see that my pace was there.”

Unfortunately, Ho wasn’t able to replicate that result the next week in Andorra. After once again qualifying in the top-10, a popped tire led to Ho slipping down the rankings and finishing the race in 23rd.

But while the Andorra race didn’t finish quite the way he wanted, the experience Ho gained in his time in Europe has given him some good takeaways to build off of for the rest of the season. And being able to watch his longtime friend Cruz land on the podium was as good a consolation prize as he could get.

“I’d rather go out that way than have a lap that I’m just not happy with and I know I didn’t leave it all out there. So I’d rather go like that. And at the end of the day I’m healthy and I’m ready to go to the next races. So I’m happy with that and just knowing that the pace is there,” Ho said.

“We were all stoked to see the Canadians do well. There’s definitely that part, which I’m obviously super happy for them, but it’s a little bittersweet, because I’d like to share that experience. But for now I’ll just live vicariously through them, I guess. But it was

super exciting to watch them come down.”

While Cruz and Ho ended up with opposite results across the last two races, their goals moving forward remain the same: to build off of the success they had in Europe when they hit the slopes in Kicking Horse this weekend for the Downhill National Championships.

But with incredibly stiff competition set to be there, like four of the top five finishers at the Vallnord World Cup, including Goldstone, Cruz, Bodhi Kuhn (fourth) and Tristan Lemire (fifth), as well as other skilled local riders like Coen Skrypnek and Marcus Goguen, Ho is looking to put down a run he’s happy with and hopefully challenge for a top spot, while Cruz has got his eyes set solely on the podium.

“I would definitely like to continue as the Canadian national champ. So really looking forward to this weekend and fighting with the rest of the Canadians for that top spot,” said Cruz. “I’m definitely going into nationals a little different than my normal routine in the World Cup just not being with the team and everything, but just need to stay focused, work on my riding and piece things together for race day.”

On the men’s side, Whistler’s Finn Iles also hit the podium in Andorra, finishing third behind France’s Loris Vergier and Loic Bruni in first and second, respectively (Iles wasn’t available for comment before Pique’s deadline). n

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FORK IN THE ROAD

What’s in your fridge?

BACK ON THE SHELVES WITH BINTY AND CHERYL MASSEY: PART TWO WHAT DO YOU DO when: a) you’re an artist; b) your studio/gallery is in your home, and; c) you’re moving? Why you pick up a hammer, dismantle your gallery and take it with you, of course!

That won’t surprise anyone who knows Cheryl and Binty Massey, two longtime Whistler locals appreciated as much for their character as for their many contributions to the community, including

BY GLENDA BARTOSH Cheryl’s intricate baskets made from local flora and fauna and Binty’s unique pottery and ceramics.

Dismantling the studio/gallery in their Alpine Meadows home is just one aspect of packing up after 37 years and moving to the Sunshine Coast. But last week we also encountered two things that won’t be moving—their stalwart GE fridge and The Trough, the island in their open-plan kitchen/ living room where, for decades, family and friends have happily gathered round to eat.

This week we’re jumping right into the shelves themselves, and here’s what we find—including a jar of THC oil…

On the top shelf there’s oat milk; cheese from Costco; two different kinds of full-fat, plain yogurt (the Masseys are into eating good, healthy food in a high-fat, low-

TAKIN’ HOME THE BACON The bacon ketchup, that is—an all-time favourite of two Whistler favourites, Cheryl and Binty Massey, who also treasure white wine and fresh fruit presented in their own handmade baskets and bowls.

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carb, keto-paleo kind of way); and Binty’s sourdough starter. We talked about Binty’s long tradition of making bread last week, but it was Tyler, their son, who got dad into sourdough. The fermentation process makes gluten more digestible.

“I’d gone right off wheat for a while… but not anymore,” says Binty.

Then Cheryl spies a highlight—bacon ketchup that their daughter, Michela, brought back from Kelowna. Made with the usual tomatoes, along with B.C. maplesmoked bacon, garlic, amber ale, and cayenne pepper and ginger for zing, this is far from your average ketchup, notes Binty.

There’s also sparkling water (booze gives Binty migraines); leftovers from the teriyaki chicken Cheryl made last night (she cooks 60 per cent of the time, but does most of the grocery shopping); some nutritional supplements; turmeric paste for Binty’s breakfast smoothies; sambal oelek; and fresh olives and tapenade, probably from Bosa Foods or a Persian market in Vancouver.

Note that the Masseys have just gotten back from a big-city shopping run, but despite the seeming contradictions, they usually shop local.

“We spread our love around,” says Binty. They’re mostly Creekside skiers, so in winter they shop Creekside Market, then the farmers’ market in summer to support Pemberton and Lillooet farmers. But the majority of their time here, they shopped Nesters Market in White Gold, which opened in 1987, soon after they arrived.

“We know all the staff and everything.

We have a joke here that it’s the community centre, or your local pub. If you want to be social, go to Nesters at five o’clock,” he says.

Shelf Two starts with the THC oil.

Binty calls it “a medicinal condiment,” and laughs. You can easily search for a

recipe online like Cheryl did. Or you can use Binty’s quick method: Take a handful of bud, cook it on medium in a shallow frying pan with butter and coconut oil (twice as much as the bud). When it starts to bubble, lower the heat. Cook for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain it through cheesecloth after it cools a bit, then keep the oil refrigerated. It’s so potent you just

A ZERO-MILE MEAL TAKES DOWN THE 100-MILE DIET Here’s one of Cheryl’s favourite meals.

It’s part of a recipe book she made for their kids when they first left home. “I love to make (this) because everything is super-über fresh!” says Cheryl.

The Nelson Island Zero Mile Meal Fillet freshly caught salmon Dig potatoes from the garden Pick lettuce greens from the garden Boil potatoes just until tender. Toss your lettuce greens with dressing. Grill salmon on the barbecue. Cook until just done and eat right away, when the fish oils are at their peak. Throw the salmon rack/spine on the bar-b; there’s lots of good meat there, too. When salmon is freshly caught, there’s no need for marinade. Maybe a squirt of lemon is all you need.

Cheryl’s easy dressing Mix together: 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar 1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil Chopped fresh basil, salt & pepper

need a tiny bit “if you’re stressed, to take the edge off,” Cheryl says.

Next we find containers of broth for cooking and for Lucie, their border collie.

Cheryl prefers to make her own, but these are made from Better than Bouillon. Next come homegrown garlic scapes, and a treat Cheryl likes to nibble on—chocolate truffle cheesecake she knows is safe from Binty since he’s allergic to chocolate. Finally, there’s spinach; corn tortillas; tofu; bacon fat drippings; and miso for soup.

On the third shelf are two cartons of eggs— although these aren’t from the chickens Tyler and his wife, Erica, raise in Squamish—and a drawer with nothing but cheese. Below that, crisper drawers hold mostly organic, mostly green veggies. No fruit—that’s kept in a big hand-built Binty bowl with legs that’s been on the kitchen counter for 20 years, or one of Cheryl’s baskets.

On the door we find unsalted butter, a plethora of condiments especially hot sauces and ones with zip; more soda beverages; two lovely bottles of white wine waiting for Cheryl; organic maple syrup; coconut nectar seasoning that tastes like molasses; mayo; barbecue sauce; tamari; and ketchup, mustard and relish for the grandkids’ hamburgers.

And that’s a wrap, for the fridge and the Masseys, who are almost out the door in a major way. But don’t feel bad. Here’s a wonderful way to remember them till you see them again...

This meal is inspired by the Massey’s second coastal home on Nelson Island. To clarify last week’s article: They’re moving to their Sechelt home, not Nelson Island.

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who started the Whistler arts council that Binty was a key part of for years. ■

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Whistler’s Flag Stop Theatre and Arts Festival is growing up THE POINT’S ANNUAL FESTIVAL RETURNS FROM AUG. 1 TO 6 WITH A NEW FIVE-DAY FORMAT AND BRAND NEW VENUES

BY MEGAN LALONDE MOST MAJOR ARTS events in B.C. are celebrating a more-normal summer after having to make a few adjustments during the COVID-19 pandemic, from downsizing to relocating to outright cancelling.

While Whistler’s Flag Stop Theatre and Arts Festival was able to carry on over the past two years by limiting crowds and keeping all performances outdoors, its 11th iteration won’t mark a return to business-as-usual.

Instead, the annual festival is coming back bigger than ever.

Typically only held as a weekend-long event, Flag Stop is expanding to a five-day format and venturing beyond its lakeside home at The Point Artist-Run Centre when it kicks off next month.

This year’s theme, In Motion, is “fitting,” says The Point’s artistic director Stephen Vogler.

Flag Stop will make its first foray into Whistler Village when audiences and performers take over Rebagliati Park on Aug. 1 and 2, complete with a temporary stage, tent, food trucks and a beer garden.

Wednesday evening, Aug. 3, will see Flag Stop’s programming scattered across town as riders—or audience members, rather—head south across the valley as part of a Pop-Up Performance Bike Ride. After

FLYING THE FLAG Lil’wat reggae band The Spiritual Warriors are just one of the acts performing at this year’s expanded Flag Stop Theatre and Arts Festival, which runs from Aug. 1 to 6.

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making a few stops along the way, a lantern boat parade across Alta Lake will signify Flag Stop’s shift back to The Point for the remainder of the festival. Entry for the first three days will be by donation.

Realizing the long-held idea to expand the festival was “quite a big undertaking” largely made possible by a series of new grants from the provincial government’s fairs, festivals and events fund, supplemented by continued support from Flag Stop’s community sponsors. explains Vogler.

“That really pushed it, because you need funding to be able to expand and hire that many more artists, and crew and technicians and everything else.”

Though the grassroots festival is typically a hyper-local affair with a sprinkle of visitors from the Lower Mainland’s arts community, the hope is that bringing Flag Stop—and with it, The Point—to a new part of town will broaden the festival’s horizons and draw in new audiences.

“We’re trying to create a real good kind of folk festival atmosphere,” in Rebagliati Park, says Vogler. “We’re known at The Point for bringing in really unique and original music and theatre acts, and so now we’re wanting to bring that out to the village and around the valley … and showcase these performances to locals and visitors alike.”

THE SCHEDULE Flag Stop will begin with a reminder of whose unceded territory the festival is taking place on, courtesy of Lil’wat Nation rootsreggae group Spiritual Warriors at 6:30 p.m., before magician Travis Bernhardt steps up to entertain the crowd. Jacques Lalonde

will perform a 30-minute one-man show, followed by Just Obit—a 17-minute, one-act play by Janice Carroll about a woman who stumbles across her own obituary—on the Rebagliati Park stage.

Tuesday’s festivities will begin earlier in the day, with an improv performance from Ira Pettle’s Youth Theatre, joined by Lalonde.

Doors will reopen at 6 p.m. Tuesday ahead of a set from Ndidi O and her five-piece soul and R&B group, followed by a 7:45 standup comedy show from Erica Sigurdson, known for her frequent appearances on CBC Radio’s The Debaters. Lalonde will be back for another rendition of his one-man show before the evening concludes with an encore performance of Just Obit.

Adults can also try their hand at improv—and “learn the 22 principles of comedy”—during a workshop hosted by Lalonde at The Point on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m.

That will follow a kids-specific workshop from noon to 1 p.m. where Lalonde, a former Sesame Street guest star, will help aspiring artists learn to create their own stories, poems or songs. (Those interested in either workshop can register in advance through thepointinfo@gmail.com.)

Vogler cited his inspiration for Wednesday’s pop-up performance bike ride as similar events he’s attended in Vancouver. “They’re really cool and a fun thing to do,” he says.

Beginning with live music at Cross Country connection, participants will set off towards Florence Petersen Park, where they’ll be treated to stand-up comedy from Emily Quereshi. Along the way they’ll also take in a performance from

Pemberton company Gruff Goat Dance, a “really intriguing” piece in the stone circle performed by Lalonde and written by Lower Mainland playwright John McGie—best known for his Chair Series monologues that many Whistler art fans are already familiar with—and finally, live music from 12-piece East Vancouver horn band Balkan Shmalkan at Wayside Park in Alta Vista.

After a one-night reprieve for audiences on Thursday, Flag Stop returns to The Point’s newly renovated cabin the following evening.

Friday and Saturday nights will most closely resemble Flag Stops of years past, offering festival fans the option of enjoying dinner alongside a slate of opening acts before the (metaphorical) curtain drops on the Centre’s floating stage. The stage will host the debut of five one-act plays, a collaborative effort created by Flag Stop Theatre and Squamishbased Between Shifts Theatre that features a roster of local actors, before the party moves inside. Country-roots band Carolyn Mark & the New Best Friends are scheduled to headline on Friday, while bluegrass band Dustin Bentall & the Blue Wranglers will make the trek down from Clinton, B.C. to round out the festival on Saturday night.

Their set begins at 9 p.m.

“The festival that we always used to do is now sort of a wrap-up of the whole week,” Vogler explains.

Tickets for the Friday and Saturday night events are available to purchase at thepointartists.com. Adults can gain entry and dinner for $50, or $30 for just the show, while kids aged 12 and under are offered a $10 discount. Flag Stop is also recruiting more volunteers to help with this year’s festival.

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From Addis Ababa to Whistler, ZADA has arrived ETHIOPIAN-BORN NEO-SOUL SINGER PLAYS HER DEBUT SHOW IN FRONT OF A HOMETOWN OLYMPIC PLAZA CROWD ON JULY 22

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHEN WHISTLER’S ZADA and the team behind the stunning video for her breakout single, Nomad, were looking for the kind of scenic backdrop that could stand in for her native Ethiopia, they settled on the arid desert landscape of Ashcroft, B.C. “We love the scenery and we loved being able to have a bit of rainforest vibes and then going straight into the desert,” she says of the video.

It’s this kind of reimagining of home that the singer-songwriter has become accustomed to in her 19 years. Born near Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, ZADA—full name Zada Geremush Szocs— was adopted by the Szocs family as a child and has spent the past decade and a half in Whistler. It’s this confluence of touchpoints that has helped shape ZADA’s unique sound, which blends neo-soul and R&B with elements of Afrobeat and her Ethiopian roots. Her first single, Nomad, even includes a breakdown meant to mimic the cacophony of an Ethiopian market.

“I wanted to write about what it’s like to be an immigrant, and for me—coming from Ethiopia—that meant excessive TSA

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HOMECOMING Whistler’s own ZADA plays as part of the Whistler Summer Concert Series in front of a hometown crowd on Friday, July 22.

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checks, accustoming to new cultures, and travelling,” says ZADA of the song, produced by Vancouver-based JUNO Award-winning producers, Chin Injeti and Brian West. “There are beautiful parts about this lifestyle and the perspective gained

from my story, so I wanted to bring light to that.”

Released alongside Nomad was the companion track, Tear Us Apart, ZADA’s distinct take on a love song that was inspired by a story her grandmother once told her

about how her royal bloodline was jeopardized by the actions of a palace gardener and a princess. ZADA switched the roles around, turning the gardener into a dapper prince and the princess into a rugged, nomadic bandit.

“Everyone’s always like, ‘When are you going to write your love song?’ I’m not writing it, but I just knew there was a story kicking around here. So I called my grandma and said, ‘You’ve always wanted to talk about this. This is your time, because I’m looking for inspiration.’ And she was like, ‘Well…’ And she got all into it,” ZADA recalls. “It was pretty cute. I did change some things to make it a little bit more 2022.”

This summer marks something of a coming-out party for the young artist, and she couldn’t be more excited to announce her arrival on the scene in Whistler—just one of the places that makes up the idea of home for her.

“It’s pretty cool to have your town support you first. It’s just amazing,” she says. “All I can say is people gotta bring their dancing shoes.”

ZADA plays a free show at Olympic Plaza on Friday, July 22 as part of the Whistler Summer Concert Series. Crippledwheel will start things off at 6:30 p.m., before Injeti hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. to introduce Whistler’s own ZADA. n

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TGR’s ambitious new film speaks the universal language of mountain biking ESPERANTO FEATURES 21 PRO AND AMATEUR RIDERS FILMED ACROSS EIGHT FAR-FLUNG LOCATIONS

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHEN TETON GRAVITY Research approached Jeremy Grant about their latest film, the legendary action sports and adventure filmmaker wanted to shoot footage of some of the world’s best riders in a variety of off-the-beaten-path locations across the world, showcasing the farreaching appeal of the sport.

A novel concept for a bike film, no doubt, but practically speaking? Not an easy sell.

“Jeremy had this idea and I was like, ‘Well, you know, there is a pandemic going on.

It’s pretty ambitious,’” remembers Aaron Whitley, a Nelson-based producer and cinematographer on TGR’s Esperanto. “Sure enough we got the greenlight and things did start opening up. We just had to be creative.”

Shot across eight locations, from mountain biking hotspots such as Boulder, Colo. and Innsbruck, Austria, to emerging destinations such as Ecuador and Zambia,

Esperanto showcases the universal language of biking and its recent growth internationally.

“It’s one of those things that doesn’t matter where you are in the world, if you’re riding a mountain bike, you’re experiencing the same joy and feeling of adrenaline and passion that someone on the other side of the world is,” remarks Justin Wyper, a Whistler-based rider and trail-builder who was featured in the film’s B.C. segment.

“Everyone is feeling that same thing when they hop on a mountain bike.”

Although the feeling may be the same, of course the sport’s significance differs across cultures. What’s remarkable about the film, outside of its jaw-dropping riding, is the variety of athletes it shines a light on. Esperanto’s roster of 21 riders ranges from the biggest names in the sport, such as Whistler’s own Brandon Semenuk, American freeride pioneer Cam Zink and Swedish slopestyle superstar Emil Johannson, to less known up-and-coming athletes like Gift, a teenaged cross-country racing phenom based in Zambia. After his

TOKYO ON TWO WHEELS Japanese trials biker Tomomi Nishikubo rides on top of a bridge in Tokyo in Teton Gravity Research’s latest film, Esperanto.

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dad died and passed down his trusty bike, Gift proved himself a natural, joining his local bike club and quickly blowing away the competition.

“He just destroys the competition there.

He just beats everybody,” says Whitley.

“He’s got an amazing attitude. It’s a really special story about what a mountain bike can do for someone.”

Esperanto is just the latest and perhaps most ambitious example of what TGR, the Wyoming-based action sports media company, is capable of. Despite having to contend with lockdowns and constantly changing travel restrictions, the company made use of its connections on the international bike scene to hire local crews to film, like in Zambia or Japan, the latter being completely closed off to out-of-country visitors at the time of the shoot. In a way, the

making of Esperanto highlights the sport’s global reach just as much as the breathtaking bike footage that resulted from it.

“This day and age, there are people who do what we do all over the world and it’s great to be able to draw from some of the connections I’ve made in the industry over the years,” says Whitley. “All these stories that we showcased were because somebody in the crew knew somebody. It all came together through a lot of hard work.”

Esperanto hits the Maury Young Arts Centre on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24, with an all-ages screening at 6:30 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m.) followed by a 19-plus screening, with bar service, at 9 p.m. (doors at 8:15 p.m.). The event features live music by DJ ManCat and prize giveaways.

Tickets are $10 for youth and $20 for adults, available at showpass.com/tgr-esperanto. n

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE WHILE VISITING Rainbow Park, you may have noticed a few old cabins by the railway tracks; these are the last remaining structures of Rainbow Lodge.

Opened by Alex and Myrtle Philip in 1914, Rainbow Lodge operated for decades as a successful summer destination for those looking to fish, sail, hike, and more.

The Philips sold their business to the Greenwood family in 1948, who continued to run the lodge until 1970, when they retired to Arizona and sold Rainbow Lodge to Joan Saxton. As Rainbow Lodge at one time included 40 cabins, stables, and a store, as well as the main lodge, you might wonder why there are so few buildings left on the site today.

In the early 1970s, Rainbow Lodge ceased operating as a summer resort, though rooms and cabins could still be rented out. Then, on April 21, 1977, the main lodge building caught fire. According to the report in the Whistler Question at the time, there were plumbing alterations being done on the upper level of the building and somehow the fire began in the course of this work. Because the plumbing was being worked on, the water to the building had been shut off. The Whistler Volunteer Fire Department arrived at Rainbow Lodge only 15 minutes after the call had gone out to its members and were able to contain the fire.

However, they ran out of water and had to get a pump to supply water from Alta Lake, as the nearest hydrant that could fill their tanker truck was at the time located on Timber Lane in Alpine Meadows.

The fire department was still able to prevent the fire from spreading to most of the buildings on the property, but the main

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lodge and part of the bathroom block were described as “burned out.”

The remaining cabins on the Rainbow Lodge property continued to be lived in by tenants, often younger people working in Whistler, but the main lodge building was not rebuilt after the fire. Ten years later, the municipality announced that it was going to expropriate the Rainbow Lodge property in an effort to increase public access to the waterfront. The plan was to turn the property into a public park (the Rainbow Park that we have today).

At that point, quite a number Rainbow Lodge cabins were still standing, many of them along the shore of Alta Lake, and the municipality took over the rental agreements with any tenants.

In February 1989, a master plan for Rainbow Park was presented to council. This plan aimed to “integrate the historical character of the area with recreation.” The central area of the park, including the location of the main lodge building, was to be left as a seeded grassy area, which would leave open the option of rebuilding the lodge. The plan also suggested building a boardwalk to link the trail that would come through the park with the remaining buildings, which would house concessions. As well, the plan called for the reconstruction of the Bridge of Sighs and the Rainbow Lodge gateway at the park’s entrance.

As Rainbow Park was developed, the Bridge of Sighs and the gateway were rebuilt according to plan. Most of the buildings on the property were removed and three structures were moved further back from the shore. Today, the remaining cabins at Rainbow Park are used to share the history of the Rainbow Lodge property through interpretive panels installed in many of the windows. n

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Season of Love’s Renewal. To celebrate, I offer you a poem by eighth-century Tamil poet Andal. Whatever gender you may be, I invite you to visualize yourself as the “Snakewaist woman” she addresses. Here’s Andal, bringing a fiery splash of exclamation points: “Arouse, Snakewaist woman! Strut your enchantment! Swoop your mirth and leap your spiral reverence! As wild peacocks shimmer and ramble and entice the lightning-nerved air! Summon thunderheads of your love! Command the sentient wind! Resurrect the flavour of eternal birth!”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Tips to get the most out of the next three weeks: 1. Work harder, last longer, and finish with more grace than everyone else. 2. Be in love with beauty. Crave it, surround yourself with it, and create it. Be especially enamoured of beautiful things that are also useful. 3. Taste the mist, smell the clouds, kiss the music, praise the earth, and listen to the moon in the daytime sky. 4. Never stop building! Keep building and building and building: your joy, your security, your love, your beauty, your stamina, your sense of wonder.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini astrologer Astrolocherry says that while Geminis “can appear naive and air-headed to onlookers, their minds usually operate at light speed. They naturally absorb every surrounding particle of intellectual stimuli. They constantly observe their interactions for opportunities to grow their knowledge.” I believe these qualities will function at peak intensity during the next four weeks, Gemini—maybe even beyond peak intensity.

Please try to enjoy the hell out of this phase without becoming manic or overwrought. If all goes well, you could learn more in the next four weeks than most people learn in four months.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Naeem Callaway founded Get Out The Box, an organization that mentors at-risk youth in low-income and rural communities.

Here’s one of his central teachings: “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.” Even if you don’t fit the profile of the people Callaway serves, his advice is perfect for you right now. For the time being, I urge you to shelve any plans you might have for grandiose actions. Focus on just one of the many possible tasks you could pursue and carry it out with determined focus.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A Leo astrologer I’ve known for years told me, “Here’s a secret about us Lions.

No matter what happens, despite any pitfalls and pratfalls, my ego will stay intact. It ain’t gonna crack.

You can hurl five lightning bolts’ worth of insults at my skull, and I will walk away without even a hint of a concussion. I believe in myself and worship myself, but even more importantly: I trust my own selfcoherence like I trust the sun to shine.” Wow! That’s quite a testimony. I’m not sure I fully buy it, though. I have known a few Leos whose confidence wavered in the wake of a minor misstep. But here’s the point of my horoscope: I encourage you to allow a slight ego deflation in the coming days. If you do, I believe it will generate a major blossoming of your ego by August.

And that would be a very good thing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo poet Claude de Burine described how one night when she was three years old, she sneaked out of the house with her parents’ champagne bucket so she could fill it up with moonlight. I think activities like this will be a worthy pursuit for you in the coming days. You’re entering a favourable phase to go in quest of lyrical, fanciful experiences. I hope you will make yourself available for marvels and curiosities and fun surprises.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is a distinction between being nice and being kind. Being nice is often motivated by mechanical politeness, by a habit-bound

drive to appear pleasant. It may be rooted more in a desire to be liked than in an authentic urge to bestow blessings. On the other hand, being kind is a sincere expression of care and concern for another. It fosters genuine intimacy. I bring these thoughts to your attention because I think that one of Libra’s life-long tasks is to master the art of being kind rather than merely nice. And right now is an especially favourable phase for you to refine your practice.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You sometimes feel you have to tone down your smouldering intensity, avert your dark-star gazes, conceal your sultry charisma, dumb down your persuasive speech, pretend you don’t have so much stamina, disguise your awareness of supernatural connections, act less like a saint and martyr in your zealous devotions, and refrain from revealing your skill at reading between the lines. But none of that avoidance stuff usually works very well.

The Real You leaks out into view. In the coming weeks, I hope you won’t engage in any of the hiding behaviour I described. It’s a favourable time to freely pour forth your Scorpionic blessings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There could be interesting and important events happening while you sleep in the coming nights. If a butterfly lands on you in a dream, it may mean you’re prepping for a spiritual transformation in waking life. It could be a sign you’re receptive to a breakthrough insight you weren’t previously open to. If you dream of a baby animal, it might signify you’re ready to welcome a rebirth of a part of you that has been dormant or sluggish or unavailable. Dreams in which you’re flying suggest you may soon escape a sense of heaviness or inertia.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): How to be the best Capricorn you can be in the coming weeks and months: 1. Develop a disciplined, well-planned strategy to achieve more freedom. 2. Keep clambering upwards even if you have no competitors and there’s no one else at the top. 3. Loosen your firm grasp and steely resolve just enough so you can allow the world to enjoy you. 4. Don’t let the people you love ever think you take them for granted. 5. Be younger today than you were yesterday.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the next seven to eight weeks, I’d love for you to embody an attitude about intimacy articulated by author Hélène Cixous. Here’s her aspiration: “I want to love a person freely, including all her secrets. I want to love in this person someone she doesn’t know. I want to love without judgment, without fault. Without false, without true. I want to meet her between the words, beneath language.” And yes, dear Aquarius, I know this is a monumental undertaking.

If it appeals to you at all, just do the best you can to incorporate it. Perfection isn’t required.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I periodically consult a doctor of Chinese medicine who tells me that one of the best things I can do for my health is to walk barefoot— EVERYWHERE! On the sidewalk, through buildings, and especially in the woods and natural areas. He says that being in direct contact with our beloved earth can provide me with energetic nourishment not possible any other way. I have resisted the doc’s advice so far. It would take the soles of my feet a while to get accustomed to the wear and tear of barefoot walking. I bring this up, Pisces, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to try what I haven’t yet. In fact, anything you do to deepen your connection with the earth will be extra healing. I invite you to lie in the sand, hug trees, converse with birds, shout prayers to mountains, and bathe in rivers or lakes.

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The Napa Institute has no place in Whistler IN OCTOBER 1996 , as dusk was settling in on a white-sand beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast near the town of Sarasota, my friend, The King of Farts, was marrying the Queen of Domesticity. The event was being officiated by a woman wearing the garb of the Anglican Church, although her affiliation with that organization was never exactly made clear and there were reasons to believe she was a freelancer, not to say someone who’d just rented the outfit from a party store.

We were chatting after the ceremony.

She asked where I was from and I responded, “Possibly the only town in North America

BY G.D. MAXWELL that has no church.” Unexpectedly, she replied, “Lucky you.” That was when I began to wonder about her bona fides, a subject she cleared up in the next sentence, telling me she’d been raised a Catholic but migrated to the Anglicans because they recognized women as real people.

We both laughed.

Of course, it wasn’t really funny. Nor exclusive. There are all sorts of people the Catholic Church, as an institution, won’t really recognize as full-blown people— women, homosexuals, transgender and non-binary folks, divorced people and those who marry outside their religion. And that, of course, doesn’t even begin to count the millions, probably billions of people who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal saviour and son of the one true God, whose beneficence has doomed them to eternal damnation in the fires of Hell... even if they’ve never even heard of him or his only begotten son.

So when I read, as I did last week, the words reportedly spoken by the padre at Our Lady of Perpetual Powder, Andrew L’Heureux, I’m left with only one question.

Well, actually a number of questions. Here’s what he had to say. “[F]or Catholics, our whole thing is whenever you demean the human person into some sort of a label or category, you remove an aspect of their humanity and then they become something that can be dispensed of. That’s something we’re always very careful of.”

And, I might add, very good at. Father, consider yourself nominated for the International Hubris Award.

The Catholic Church has a rich and bloody history of demeaning the human person, labelling them, categorizing them and removing all aspects of their humanity. As well as their lives. I’m not sure the good padre didn’t mean disposed of instead of dispensed of but I’m not certain it matters.

Ironically, he wasn’t trying to explain

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or justify the recent history of the church demeaning, dehumanizing and burying in unmarked graves the hundreds of First Nations children who died in residential schools run by the diocese of which he is currently affiliated. He wasn’t trying to soften the reality of the scores of pedophile priests who crammed religion down the throats of their young followers. He wasn’t talking of the barbaric Inquisitions the church ran in more remote times.

No. He was answering a question put to him by Pique reporter Brandon Barrett about whether he thought the Napa Institute’s ideals align with the majority of Canadians or the Whistler community.

What’s the Napa Institute got to do with anything? Father L’Heureux is spearheading a fundraising campaign to expand Our Lady of the Mountains, down at the end of Lorimer Road. As did so many of his predecessors, he

hall opening up to hold another 300 folks.

Part of the perceived problem with the existing structure is the padre’s quip, shortly after arriving in 2018, that, “I don’t find God here.” The padre, obviously not a Jesuit, must have been absent the day they covered the Book of Matthew in seminary school.

Let’s see, what was that passage? “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

(Matthew 18:19-20) It ain’t about the building, Father, at least not in God’s eyes. It’s about the people, the believers, the spirit.

But then, it’s never been about the people for the institution of the Catholic Church. Back when I would actually step inside churches, I was always struck by the wealth on display in even the smallest old churches in agrarian, subsistence-level villages where peasants were browbeaten

The intolerance and ideological jihad preached by Napa has no place here.

has grandiose dreams of a larger church designed, it seems, for religious tourism.

The current building is large enough for the 160 parishioners the church hosted before a number of them decided they couldn’t condone the steps the padre has taken. But not the one-day-a-year overflow crowds at Christmas mass. So a new build here, a tweak there, and plans are for something that’ll seat 200 with the existing

into tithing funds, crops and livestock they could better have used to nurture their mortal selves, sacrificed to the glory of God for their eternal salvation in the afterlife rather than eternal damnation for pissing off the priests.

But back to the Napa Institute. The funds needed to realize Father L’Heureux’s dream come to around $5 million. Hard to raise with 160 parishioners... even when one

of them has deep pockets. Enter the Napa Institute, a conservative, California-based, Catholic organization that seems to believe in the separation of church and state at least as far as keeping the state out of the church while allowing the church to manipulate the state is fair game.

As reported in Brandon’s outstanding piece last week, Tim Busch, one of Napa’s co-founders, described the organization’s mission as, “[F]aith formation, truth telling and uniting Catholic leaders to transform the culture,” which he said was more urgent than ever as “religious liberty is attacked, right to life is attacked, transgender ideology is forced upon our children and Black Lives Matter is promoting racism, critical race theory, and destroying the nuclear family.”

In other words, virtually every single dog-whistle, red-meat, social-conservative movement defining the current Republican Party in the U.S. Is this really what the parishioners of Whistler’s Catholic church want?

Which of those demeaning, humanitystripping ideals fit well with this community and Canada in general? Here’s the short answer, father: NONE! Religious liberty is not under attack here. Quite the opposite. The intolerance shown is far more frequently instigated by religions than the other way around. Seems to me the church still ducks property taxes, just for example. Right to life is an attack on women’s and society’s choice around reproduction. Abortion is legal in Canada.

Same sex marriage too. Transgender acceptance is preached here.

The intolerance and ideological jihad preached by Napa has no place here. And yes, I am intolerant about intolerance. And I appreciate the irony. ■

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