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Utility connection fees increase as municipality plans for repairs JEAN STRONG FEES TO CONNECT TO WATER OR WASTEWATER SERVICES IN SUN PEAKS are making a sharp jump after municipal council voted to approve changes to the utility on June 21. Previously free, it will now cost $3,000 to connect both water or wastewater for every six bed units. A single family home is defined as six bed units and larger developments will have more. Other utility fees will also see large increases. Fees for hydrant use moved from $100 to $1,000, fees for standpipe use changed from $50 to $500 and hydrant/standpipe meter set rentals bumped from $25 to $100. These fees are often charged to festival organizers to fill ponds, or to homeowners or contractors for lot compaction. Those applications already being processed will not be charged the new fees but any building permit applications after June 21 will be required to pay. Rob Bremner, chief administrative officer for Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM), said going forward they are trying to balance the cost of water and wastewater with a combination of rates and fees. He said connection fees prior to SPMRM’s purchase of the water utilities from Sun Peaks Resort LLP in
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early 2018 were very low compared to other communities and that each connection takes capacity from the system. He added more changes may come as Development Cost Charges come into effect sometime this year. A report presented to council by Pat Miller, director of utility services, said increases are an attempt to recover true costs and encourage water conservation as well as prepare for future repairs. With over $48 million in assets, some components of the system are starting to show their age. The sewer system uses gravity to flow waste downhill to the treatment plant but the same inclines that make directing the sewer easy make moving water a challenge, requiring pumps to push water to all areas of the village at the right pressure and to maintain flows for firefighting. The water is also treated with liquid chlorine and filtered before it flows out the taps, one reason the municipality wants to discourage its use on construction sites. Previous rate structures were designed to collect around 50 per cent
from usage fees and the remainder from fixed fees. Those rates cover operational costs and minor maintenance but the systems immintently require expansion and upgrades. Small repairs have been scheduled over 10 to 15 years, falling short of the three to five year schedule that would meet best management practices. Large, more expensive, projects have also come up in recent years including a well across the street from the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Burfield Chair that was replaced for $350,000 but cannot yet be used as the correct license has not yet been granted. The report also said $1.8 million is required to replace a reservoir that sits underneath Expo ski run. It’s now too small and low in elevation to supply water for the planned development in the West Village area. $2 to $4 million is also needed to meet current water demands using surface water and work may not be able to wait until receiving a govern-
ment grants (one of the main reasons the municipality took over the water utilities.) It continued, stating as water becomes scarcer and more expensive to treat it’s important to repair as many leaks as possible in the 15.5 kilometres of piping in the current water system. The wastewater system is also in need of significant repair. Wastewater is pumped through a system which uses oxygen and eventually solids are separated from liquid and added to wood chips,
becoming class A compost, available for free at the waste transfer station. Items in the treatment centre need work. The clarifier walls in the bioreactor (steel walls in the tank where waste moves up and down) need replacement. The headworks of the plant are also due for repair, as are manholes throughout the village. Reserves for both water and wastewater are currently mostly depleted as they were used for other projects that arose in the last few years.
The report recommended to meet the minimum requirements of good asset management SPMRM should be putting at least $558,000 a year into various reserve funds for the utilities. To address these issues and make a plan for funds to be placed in reserves SPMRM staff are looking at the creation of an Asset Management Plan that would allow them to apply for grants to help with the required work.
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NIKKI FREDRIKSON WITH AN EMPTY LOT AT THE END OF THEIR STREET and homemade bike jumps and obstacles lining the road, homeowners on Burfield Dr. decided to work together to create a bike park for children in their neighbourhood. “We just decided we would build them something that was proper to ride in shoulder season when the bike park isn’t open. And to create something that was aimed at younger kids that would be utilized for run bikes,” said Chris Cooper, a Burfield homeowner. With two community lots along Burfield Dr. one on the east end and one on the west, the owners of the west end lot began discussing what they could do with their empty space.
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“Originally the owners of West Burfield, who own that lot jointly, decided we wanted to clean it up and make sure it didn’t become a spot where random vehicles and garbage would be kept,” explained Cooper. “The first step was to clean it up and make it nice, and we sent out an email to all the owners asking if (a) bike trail would be acceptable to them, and everyone really liked the idea. The park was then constructed by many homeowners with use of equipment donated by Meranti Developments and Powder Ventures Excavations before being turned over to the creative eye of the neighbourhood children. “I think it will develop and grow and just become better all the time. We hope they take an interest in it and make it their own,” he said.
the growth of the community, Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM) has hired Urban Systems, a consulting firm from Kamloops, to complete a study on traffic in the area for a cost of around $7,500.
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While the new park is on private property Cooper said it’s for the entire community but users of the park ride at their own risk. “The intent is that people
Rob Bremner, chief administrative officer of SPMRM, said the consultants will focus on speed, pedestrian movement and traffic calming measures. Traffic will be counted on key weekends and counters were placed alongside Sun Peaks
will respect that it is something that’s been donated by the residents of Burfield and hopefully that will help us to keep the area clean and enjoyable.”
Road on the Canada Day weekend. The report, which started in June, will begin to come together in August giving council and SPMRM staff much needed data to make informed decisions. Bremner said focus
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LOCAL NEWS Sun Peaks tops list of non-resident homeowners JEAN STRONG AS SUN PEAKS GROWS IN SIZE AND POPULARITY IT HAS ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. With that attention comes more people buying vacation homes in the community, as seen in the recent real estate boom. A study released by Statistics Canada on June 25 placed Sun Peaks at the top of the list in B.C. with the most non-resident home owners, 16.5 per cent. A non-resident is defined as someone who may be a citizen but doesn’t have a primary address in Canada. The village, with around
600 full time residents, was a full percentage point ahead of Whistler, and also beat Vancouver (4.6 percent), Fernie (6.6 per cent), North Okanagan (7.8 per cent) and Revelstoke (5.2 per cent). Liz Forster, managing broker for Sotheby’s International Realty Sun Peaks, said she thinks the number would’ve been higher a few years ago. She has seen a trend of increasing B.C. buyers and decreasing international buyers, especially those from the United States. Forster said an average of 85 per cent of buyers are from B.C. while international buyers have made up around 11 per cent in recent years She said the loss of direct
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A KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12 SCHOOL AT SUN PEAKS HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN PLACED on a list to receive funding from the school district. At a meeting in June district trustees approved placing Sun Peaks on the Capital Plan which prioritizes expansion and replacement projects in the district. It was placed fifth on the list,
behind Valleyview Secondary School, Westmount Elementary, Pineview Valley and South Kamloops Secondary. The Valleyview addition is already moving ahead which will move Sun Peaks to the top four. The Sun Peaks school is listed with an estimated cost of over $16 million, the fifth most expensive on the list of 12. Ross Blakeney, President of the Sun Peaks Education Society, said they are hopeful the facility isn’t too far away. “This is a significant step to-
ward having long term school facilities built in Sun Peaks and recognizes the rapid growth in the community and our student numbers,” he said. Currently elementary students attend school at the top of the platter lift while high schoolers are housed in P2, next door to the Health Centre. This summer the trailer that previously held the health centre and then acted as the headquarters in the search for Ryan Shtuka will be renovated for use by the Sun Peaks Secondary Academy.
LOCAL NEWS Scouts set sights on Berg Lake trip KIDS FUNDRAISING AND TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR BIGGEST TRIP YET JEAN STRONG SUN PEAKS SCOUTS WILL BE KEEPING BUSY on the trails this summer in preparation for a six day hike to Berg Lake in late August. In addition to lots of hiking to prepare, they’re fundraising throughout the summer to raise the $5,000 needed to make the trip. They are selling $5 raffle tickets for prizes like golfing, a wine tour, bike park tickets, massages, hiking tickets, mountain cross cart passes and a gift certificate to Baby Doh’s. Liz Forster, managing broker of Sotheby’s International Sun Peaks, also donated $1,000 to the cause. In addition to the generous donations and raffle ticket sales, individual Scouts are stepping up to raise money. Samanah Shanko, in her first year of the program, has been creating simmer jars which are mason jars filled with orange peel, cinnamon, pine cones
and other scented products. When water and a candle are added they fill any room with a fresh, woodsy scent. The handmade products were first made to sell at a craft fair at Christmastime but more are being created to sell on Sun Peaks Market Days for the Berg Lake trip. Darby O’Toole, in the program since age 11, is helping plan the trip as well as making paracord bracelets to sell at the market days. She said in addition to her own training through the Crossfit Teens program at Black Beaver Athletic she is planning meetings for younger members and helped make a plan for all members to improve their fitness before the expedition. James Cannon, a five year member, will also fill a leadership role as a patrol leader guiding seven other Scouts. He worked with O’Toole in creating the six week training plan for members, working their way up from shorter hikes to hiking 18 km with a 25
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pound backpack. Cannon said he liked last year’s five day trip on Clearwater Lake but is really excited for the responsibility and challenge this year.
Scouts will be at the Sun Peaks Market Days each Sunday selling their creations. There is also a GoFundMe to support the trip at gofundme. com/sun-peaks-scouts-berg-
lake-trip which has raised just over $700 of the $1,200 goal. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the market stand and Scouts will go door to door to sell throughout the village.
First passengers arrive on Toronto direct AIR CANADA INTRODUCES YYZ TO YKA FLIGHT JEAN STRONG ON JUNE 21 PASSENGERS ON THE FIRST DIRECT TORONTO TO KAMLOOPS FLIGHT LANDED, welcomed by local politicians, community leaders and a cheering crowd. The flight, which will fly three days a week, may become permanent after the summer’s test run. Air Canada said they will watch summer traffic of the flight each way before deciding if they will continue the service this winter. Arlene Schieven, chief executive officer and president of Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP), said it was great to see the first flight arrive in Kamloops. “Ontario is definitely an important visitor market for us,” she said. “There are also quite
a few second home owners. “In terms of where we put our marketing it focuses on Vancouver, Seattle, Alberta and Ontario.” Schieven said TSP worked closely with the Kamloops Airport and Tourism Kamloops over a few months to make the flight available. She added it’s promising and they are hopeful it will be extended into winter, when the market in Ontario is much stronger. In support of the addition TSP added a new marketing campaign in Ontario this summer. One family disembarking the first flight, Gord and Lisa Ross and their three children, recently purchased a second home in Sun Peaks after visiting for just one day. “It’s a lot more convenient, it’s really nice not to have to
The Ross family waits for their luggage after taking the first flight from Toronto to Kamloops.
change plans in Vancouver. We’ve also flown through Calgary as well but having a direct flight makes it a lot easier to get here,” said Gord.
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Summer months busy for rural areas on many fronts MEL ROTHENBURGER TNRD REPORT director.mrothenburger@tnrd.ca
Mel Rothenburger is the TNRD Director for Electoral Area P, including Whitecroft and Heffley Creek. He was the mayor of Kamloops from 1999-2005 and a former newspaper editor.
Our part of the planet has been a busy place, and the summer won’t see any break in activity. Here are a few things that are going on in Electoral Area P: The lack of cellphone service between Heffley Creek and Sun Peaks continues to be an irritant. The Heffley Lake Community Association continues its hard work, with support from residents up and down the valley, in trying to get something done about this. One day soon, Telus will hopefully see its responsibility to extend service to rural areas. Pinantan Lake has the same issue. A recent inter-
>> Proposals under review for Sun Peaks Centre The ground hasn’t been touched yet, but work has been happening behind the scenes on the Sun Peaks Centre. The municipality announced an expansion and $6 million in federal grant funding in March. A request for proposals closed in July with Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality (SPMRM) receiving five
ruption in landline service, as well as a notable incident involving lack of cell service during last summer’s wildfires, point to the importance of extending cell service to rural communities. McLure residents have voted in favour of moving their volunteer fire department into administration by the TNRD. This decision was not taken lightly, as it will necessitate a significant tax increase for fire service, but it will ensure the sustainability and resourcing of the fire department. Now the transition begins. Water quality is easily the major issue of concern in the part of Pritchard located on the north side of the South Thompson. This spring’s freshet was especially hard on the water system. Without filtration, it just couldn’t handle the turbidity caused by the high water this year, and a boil notice was in effect
proposals, mostly from companies based in B.C. Proposals will be judged on criteria like their experience constructing and working with municipalities, qualifications of the project leaders, experience in alpine environments, knowledge of local conditions and their references. Rob Bremner, chief administrative officer for SPMRM, said once finalists are selected they will be interviewed. He added they hope to make a selection by the end of July. Timelines vary based on
throughout the spring. Understandably, Pritchard residents want to know what the TNRD is going to do about it. The answer to the problem is filtration, and it’s expected that the Interior Health Authority will eventually insist that rural water systems are filtered.
“A BUSY SUMMER INDEED.” A report on the options and costs for filtration for the Pritchard system, as well as other systems, is expected by the end of the summer and I’m hopeful it will provide residents with a sense of certainty about the future of their system. Meanwhile, the battle for changes to criteria and eligibility for gas-tax funding continues. Gas taxes are the major source of funding for many capital projects in
the proposal but Bremner said most are aiming for completion between fall 2019 and spring 2020. Some companies have proposed starting in 2018 while others have suggested waiting until 2019 to begin work. Announced in March, the Sun Peaks Centre will combine the current Sports Centre and ice rink to create a large facility that can be used for conventions, tournaments, concerts and year round activities. The multipurpose facility will hold up to 3,000 people at a time and cost an estimated $7.2 million
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rural areas but restrictions keep them from being used as well as they could be. I’ve worked with Rivershore, for example, for the past two years trying to get gas-tax funding for their water system but that community has been deemed ineligible because it’s a strata corporation. Next year is the scheduled review of funding criteria and I’ll be submitting a case to the federal government for giving strata corporations access to such funding for community projects. The only difference between a strata community and any other service area when it comes to things like utilities is structure, and I’m hoping the feds will come to understand that. MP Cathy McLeod has been very helpful in this quest. Sun Rivers, as you may know, comes under a recent MOU signed between the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc
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and the City of Kamloops to extend transit service to band lands. A change in criteria allows gas taxes to be provided to eligible projects on band lands. I’ve been discussing the contribution of Area P gas-tax funds towards capital projects relating to transit, and am confident we can get something done there. Finally, I’d like to mention another ongoing file with respect to fire service, this one relating to community operated brigades. Paul Lake, Pinantan and East Paul Lake are in this category and currently have no access to government funding. With the recent Abbott-Chapman report and a pair of resolutions going from the TNRD to the Union of B.C. Municipalities in September, I’m hoping we can get that changed.
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LOCAL NEWS School’s unsung heroes recognized JEAN STRONG TWO STUDENTS FROM SUN PEAKS ELEMENTARY WERE RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL ISABELLE HAMPTONSTONE at a July 28 assembly and awards ceremony. Hamptonstone selected Nicole Shaw and Sadie Grunling as the winners of the Unsung Hero award based on criteria including helping others, being unselfish and kindness. Shaw was chosen for many of those reasons. Hamptonstone said she is talented in many areas and excels in her schoolwork. “Nicole is a hard working student, and is mature and responsible beyond her years. She is selfless, easygoing and a friend to everyone. She is extremely dedicated to her school, her family and her community. Nicole has a strong sense of justice and is incredibly honest,” Hamptonstone said.
“NICOLE IS A HARD WORKING STUDENT, AND IS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE BEYOND HER YEARS.” “I have only just gotten to know Nicole over the past 10 months but every day I have been impressed with her attitude, her sense of humour, her kindness and her incredible work ethic.” Grunling was also selected for her work ethic, among other qualities. “She is a kind friend who looks out for everyone in the school regardless of if they are her close friend or not. Sadie helps out in all areas of the school and is often found organizing the classroom and helping her teacher. “Sadie can often be quiet and reserved but is an incredibly hard working young girl.”
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>> Summer vibes at Jardines One of Sun Peaks’ original ski shops is turning their attention to summer.
This year for the first time Jardines will be open seven days a week for the summer season from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours on the weekends. Brother-and-sister duo Derek and Kerri MacGowan purchased the shop
almost two years ago and decided to bring in biking gear and kids’ and family biking products alongside summer fashion wear. “We want to be there for both locals and guests throughout the summer,” said
Kerri. “You can tell there are a lot more people here in the summer now, especially using the bike park. It’s really nice to see more people around.” Jardines is located in the Hearthstone Lodge.
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LOCAL NEWS Much needed staff housing comes to West Village FIRST BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED FOR WINTER JEAN STRONG STAFF COMING TO WORK FOR SUN PEAKS RESORT LLP (SPR) this winter will have one more building available for staff accommodation. The new housing, being constructed between the two existing staff accommodation buildings in the Burfield area, will have 41 double rooms. In early July work was being completed on backfilling and the foundation. General manager for SPR, Darcy Alexander, said they are aiming for a December move in date. “We’ve basically signed an agreement with local developer Dale Basko. He’s already started building... it should be in place for the ski season.” Dale Basko, president of Binford Construction based in Kamloops, B.C. said the project is his first commercial development in Sun Peaks and will see an investment of around $3.5 million.
“We’re trying to provide reasonably priced housing for people to live in the winter,” he said. Basko added if things go as planned a second similar build will be added next year, replacing a temporary structure erected in 2016. The temporary beds will be removed in the spring as a temporary use permit expires in 2019. Alexander said availability of beds and the price play a big role in potential staffs’ decision on where to work so more infrastructure is necessary to stay competitive in the industry. “It’s just going off the continued growth, we need those elements of infrastructure to grow,” he said. SPR’s additions to the West Village will be complemented by additional projects in the area. Developers have been busy building homes on Burfield Dr. and Parcel Three, recently cleared beside the firehall, will become a development with a mix of commercial and residential space.
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New first aid training equipment impacting community JEAN STRONG IN UNDER A YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION, the Sun Peaks Mountain Rescue Society (SPMRS) has raised enough funds to purchase over $3,400 worth of first aid training equipment that is already being used by community first responders. Among the recent purchases by SPMRS is a CPR doll with an advanced airway, an artificial hemorrhaging limb and six advanced CPR training dolls. Each tool allows for different lifesaving skills to be practised. An advanced life support paramedic in Alberta and previous Sun Peaks patroller, Riley Bennet, also donated two spinal vacuum mattresses to the society. Valued at $2,000 each, the mattresses expedite transport of patients who have been immobilized due to spinal concerns. Chris Mark, SPMRS president, explained the new training tools have already been used in a variety of settings. “The equipment has already
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been used by Sun Peaks Fire Rescue (SPFR) for their Red Cross instructors course (and) for their public emergency medical responder course in May,” he said. Some of the tools were also incorporated into summer bike patrol training, which included Sun Peaks Health Centre staff. The new gear is already having an impact on organizations such as the fire department, according to Captain Joss Advocaat, training officer for SPFR, who co-instructed one of the courses that used the props. He was enthusiastic about how the equipment can better train his department’s responders. “(The aids) are very realistic and give better feedback to the student,” he said. He added the airway doll and bleed trainer allow department members to simulate specific medical emergency scenarios that were previously too challenging to reconstruct in training. The training aids are available for everyone in the community to use, Mark said, as they belong
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to the SPMRS charity, not Sun Peaks Resort or the municipality. The public can get hands-on with the equipment on July 15 at the Sun Peaks Market Day when SPMRS hosts an instructional CPR demonstration on the Upper Plaza Stage at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join and practise on the CPR dolls. Participants will not become certified in CPR but the session and new equipment will allow them to familiarize themselves with simple life saving techniques. “Public education was a long term goal of ours and it’s nice to see after eight months we are already starting to implement that.” Moving forward, Mark said the society is looking to obtain an automated external defibrillator training device. SPMRS also hopes to raise enough funds over the summer for a LUCAS machine, a device that performs mechanical chest compressions during CPR. In a remote community where access to definitive care is nearly always delayed, this kind of tool could “improve survivability substantially” in cases of cardiac arrest, said Mark. The second annual Fire
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Truck Pull, to be gust 25, is one raising events for summer. If you
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Rd. and continue for 11.5 km then turn left on the Pinantan-Pritchard Rd. and follow it for another 6 kms. You should see the sign for Paul Lake Provincial campground on your right. Follow the signs to the day use area. Park as far down in the parking area as possible. The trail starts near the boat launch at the far end of the Paul Lake Provincial Park day use parking area. The trail begins with a fork, keep to the right as the trail to the left takes you down to the boat launch. Continue following the slow and steady uphill climb for about 1km. Here you will reach the base of the bluff and the intersection of multiple trails. Take the trails to the left. Follow the trail as it climbs more steeply up the bluff until you reach the top. Enjoy the views from all sides as you explore the area and take in the views! This trail can be challenging on hot summer days as it is a pretty steady climb to the top. However, there is plenty of shade and lots of opportu-
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JEAN STRONG TURNING UP THE DRIVEWAY WITH A CLOUD OF DUST BILLOWING BEHIND MY CAR the first thing I see is horses, 122 of them to be exact. I’m at Sundance Guest Ranch, near Ashcroft, B.C., for a day living out my cowgirl dreams. Open from April to the end of October, Sundance gives guests a true western experience with rides for hours in the morning and afternoon or evening each day. Miranda Treloar, the head wrangler at the ranch, greets me and gives me a tour of the buildings, cozy rooms, an open and relaxed lounge, and a large dining room with air conditioning give us brief reprieve from the heat. Back outside we walk through a large pen to where two horses wait, Molly and Dawson. We groom them and tack them up quickly before heading out on a trail that leads back down the driveway then follows alongside a dirt road. It’s different being in a saddle after many years of not riding, but she makes me feel at home launching into stories from the
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last five years she has worked on the ranch. Treloar explains how many guests return year after year, some even ten times in a single season, creating a family atmosphere. “Our guests are like family and have ended up being some of my closest friends,” she says. Having worked at other guest ranches previously, she says she loves how well the animals are taken care of at Sundance. “They get any food, vet care, or anything special that they need so they look amazing and perform well. Our business runs around these horses so we make sure they are happy and healthy which isn’t always the case with guest ranches.” Soon we’re turning up into the mountains, climbing high above the Thompson River. At one point we stop to take photos of the view of the valley before continuing up the mountain to the top. We move on quickly and gallop up a small hill where we stop for lunch. It feels like we’re the only people for miles, out somewhere on the 1,200 acres they ride on. Treloar talks more about why she loves the job. She said her
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favourite part is caring for the herd alongside their vet. “We get a lot of our horses from a rescue in Vancouver and they often aren’t in the greatest condition. I love watching them fatten and muscle up, you see their personality totally
change,” she says. She has her own two-yearold mare, Posie, at the ranch but has fallen in love with Molly. After a few hours of riding we head back to the pen to unsaddle the horses and spend the rest of the afternoon enjoying
the other aspects of the ranch like getting ice cold drinks from the bar and relaxing by the pool. I can see why people keep coming back, even a one day visit feels like you’re away from it all and right at home.
“Our guests are like family and have ended up being some of my closest f riends.”
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Highlighting the market’s finest MORRISEY’S PUBLIC HOUSE TAKES BRUNCH TO THE NEXT LEVEL BRANDI SCHIER WHEN CHEF SUDHIR D’SOUZA STROLLED THROUGH THE MARKET on Sundays in Sun Peaks, he was inspired to bring the flavours, smells, and personalities to the plate and the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel & Conference Centre was behind him all the way. “The market is an integral part of the Sun Peaks summer weekend experience and we wanted to build something around that,” said Vivek Sharma, general manager of the hotel. “It helps tell that story and it’s also a place where Chef can get creative.” Morrisey’s Public House is perfectly situated at the
top of the market. The patio provides the optimal location to listen to the live music, enjoy the morning sun and people watch on the busy village stroll. The space is filled with colourful flowers and greenery and provides a relaxing atmosphere, perfect for “brunching.” Every week D’Souza meets with vendors to talk about what is available and plans for the next week’s menu. Most of the menu changes every week based on seasonality. Guests can be sure an eggs benny and a scramble or hash will be on the menu, but different variations are offered each week. “On Canada Day we were also hosting our Lobster Fest,
so Chef was inspired to create a lobster crisp parma ham benny,” said Sharma. “We even had guests who saw him purchase herbs in the market and then walk right back into the kitchen to use them.” Other dishes included a classic chicken and waffles, a lemongrass and ginger pork belly hash, and a summer frittata with Barriere River spring greens. There’s even dessert if the bacon and parmesan home fries included with every dish don’t fill you up. “We really wanted to fill a gap in the offerings in the destination,” said Sharma. “It’s not about driving numbers, it’s about giving guests more to do.”
The Farmers Delight serves up classic brunch flavours inspired by the market. | PHOTO SPIN
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EVENTS Rotary Scavenger Hunt returns JEAN STRONG
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AFTER RAISING NEARLY $4,000 IN THEIR FIRST YEAR, the Sun Peaks Rotary Club is hosting the second annual Scavenger Hunt this fall. All proceeds are donated to the Sun Peaks Skate Park Foundation. On Sept. 2 teams will run throughout the village solving a new outdoor puzzle. For this year’s event an international theme means teams of four to six people will be assigned a country to represent with prizes given for the best costumes.
ARE DONATED TO THE SUN PEAKS SKATE PARK FOUNDATION.”
Snacks and games will be available and the event is open to all ages. Tickets can be purchased at the Sun Peaks Market Days, online or in person at a Rotary meeting, the first three Thursdays of each month at 8 a.m. in Mantles restaurant.
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COMMUNITY Neighbours helping neighbours BURFIELD DRIVE FORMS COMMUNITY GROUP JEAN STRONG ON JUNE 24 THE FIRST BURFIELD DR. BLOCK PARTY WAS HELD; kids raced bikes, blew bubbles, chased frogs and slurped on frozen treats and dogs collected crumbs while parents and neighbours mingled nearby. Previously regarded as maily a street for seasonal staff, where parties took place every night and the rules were lax, Burfield Dr. has transformed into an area filled with families. Homeowner Claire Bolgil said she has seen the area change a lot. “The dynamic on the street has really changed in the last couple of years,” she said. “There’s still a few party houses, but many of the homes are now occupied by families with kids who are living here yearround. The number of children on the street is incredible and it’s amazing to see them all playing together.” To support and continue
this development, a group of residents formed a Burfield Drive Homeowners Association. The new community-focused group was created to increase the sense of community on the street and unite for common causes.
“THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ON THE STREET IS INCREDIBLE AND IT’S AMAZING TO SEE THEM ALL PLAYING TOGETHER.”
The first two items on the agenda? Host a block party and clean up the common property at the east and west ends of the street. The block party was a smashing success and the west end of
the road has been transformed into a bike track for kids from the street and elsewhere. One of the founding members, Melissa Vike, said the idea had been in the back of a lot of people’s minds for a few years. “There are more principle owners that are taking ownership of the street,” she said. “We’re laying out community issues, creating a line of communication to work together.” Vike, who moved to Burfield Dr. in April 2015, said she was excited to join to become more socially involved in her neighbourhood. “I’m working in town and don’t have kids yet so I was socially detached. There are so many people moving in and I’ve met so many awesome people, it’s been great,” she said. “I feel very lucky we ended up on this street.” With the party and west end clean up complete, the group is turning their attention east to tidy another common lot. In the future they have plans to
Sarah Russell and daughter Macy enjoy the sunshine at the Burfield Block Party. | PHOTO SPIN
address issues like the speed limit, garbage pick up and additional community events. Bolgil, who is also a founding member, said she would like to inspire other neighbourhoods to join together. “It’s my hope that if our Burfield group keeps going and that if we’re able to get things
done with a louder group voice that maybe other streets in Sun Peaks would be inspired to do the same, and that maybe one day we have something like a Sun Peaks residents’ association that represents everyone in making sure the residents across the whole of Sun Peaks have a voice.”
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IN PHOTOS Early morning mountain side yoga at the Mountain Spirit Festival on June 23.
The 2018 Sun Peaks Secondary Academy graduates celebrate at thier ceremony on June 25.
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Marshall (Bram) Treissman accepts the first annual Sun Peaks Independent News Scholarship on June 24. - PHOTO ALPINE IMAGES
ABOVE Local Jase Petersen snags first chair on
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RIGHT Harry Bear cuts the cake at
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LEFT Local chef Annie Campbell poses
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BELOW Business owner Ryan Schmalz
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Getting close to nature but without all of the hardships WHISTLER, B.C. – A Canadian company called Moment Factory has eight “lumina” shows around the world that seek to create even more spectacle in night time scenes of nature, including a new one this July in Whistler. This is one of several new attractions at Whistler this summer that seeks to make the outdoors more accessible. Unlike John Muir, who famously shimmied up a tree in Yosemite in order to see a storm from the perspective of the tree, these new experiences work in the opposite direction. There’s less effort, less sweat, less discomfort. The night-time show is called Vallea Lumina. When debuted in Quebec in 2014, one writer said it “gives visitors an amazing audiovisual experience, but it also draws on local legends to provide a deeper understanding of the cultural history and significance of the forest.” In Whistler, the attraction is being assembled in the coastal rainforest on the town’s northern edge. Pique Newsmagazine called it “showcasing nature in high-def: Ancient rushing waters, swaying cedars and hemlocks, and fresh westcoast air meshed with massive screens, interconnected lights and sounds that create an innovative and evocative nighttime world of wonder.” This new world is one of “talking trees, larger-than-life animals, luminescent fish, shooting stars, showering stardust, and an adventure quest in the rainforest,” said Pique.
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The local production was put together over nine months by Joey Houssain, whose company the Adventure Group does zipline tours, whitewater rafting and snowmobiling. This show, said Houssain, sets out in a new direction. “I hope the experience evokes in people the interconnectedness of us all; that humans are not separate from nature, we are a part of nature,” he said. In this new role, Houssain sees himself as a guide that uses “lights and sound and a little bit of magic—and also an insane amount of technology.” Houssain is the son of Joe Houssain, who in 1986 founded Intrawest. Intrawest at one time owned Whistler Blackcomb and a great many other ski areas before finally being dissolved last year. It has been replaced by Alterra Mountain Co., which even occupies the same second-floor office space in Denver’s trendy LoDo district formerly occupied by Intrawest. Whistler Blackcomb, of course, is now owned by Vail Resorts, which also has a new offering this summer, a sus-
pension bridge among the ski runs that spans 130 metres delivers its pedestrians to a lookout with mountaintop views for kilometres in every direction. The bridge, said Rob McSkimming, vice president of business development for the ski company, “is really just part of a longer-term plan to continue adding those ‘wow’ attractions.” This is part of Vail Resorts’ $366 million in upgrades, the company’s largest single-year investment ever at a resort. Yet a third new summer offering at Whistler is Sky Walk, which takes guests on a twohour guided tour over suspended bridges and walkways. Again, there’s new technology, unlike the clip/unclip harness for the Via Ferrata, Sky Walk features a system where guests are clipped in the whole way and simply slide their clips through the entire course. Pique asked a logical question: Do these dilute the Whistler brand? That brand has more to do with hard-core, double-black-diamond adventures. These adventures are more passive. Those delivering these new
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a jaw, and sustaining enough injuries that it died. It had been previously collared for research purposes. Jesse Whittington, an ecologist with Parks Canada, told the Rocky Mountain Outlook it was possible the wolf was just passing through. Also a possibility, given the high elevation, was that the wolf was hunting mountain goats. Until biologists collared wolves with GPS devices, they had no idea that wolves hunted mountain goats.
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A special thank you to Nancy Greene Raine and Al Raine for their participation and continued support of the event and to Keith Lyall, Karly Ross, Lauren Fine and all Golf Course and Golf Shop staff members and marshals who helped make this event a success! A huge shout out to Masa’s Bar & Grill for creating and hosting an amazing dinner for us this year!
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>> SPORTS Sun Peaks dominates BC Downhill Cup RIDERS REPRESENT THE MOUNTAIN JEAN STRONG LAST YEAR EMILY PERRINS WORKED AT THE BC DOWNHILL CHAMPIONSHIPS and BC Cup in Sun Peaks as a medic, watching riders fly by on the course. This year she took home gold in the Women’s Open 17 to 29 on July 7. “I decided I’d give the race a go at last year’s event. I was a medic on the sideline watching and figured ‘why not?’ I knew the track well enough to enter despite not having any racing experience,” she said. Perrins prepared by running the track while working parttime as a bike patroller but said she was still nervous heading into it. “It’s an intense event, and even though I know the track well, I felt completely out of my league ahead of time.” She said her ride felt good but wasn’t perfect. “Early on during my lap my shifter cable broke so I lost the function of my gears and wasn’t able to pedal well either so that upped the excitement a little!” said Perrins. Flying past friends and locals she ended with a time of 7:49 nearly a full minute ahead of the second place winner. For the youngest local competitor, Mattias Grunling, the race also marked his first downhill competition. With a time of 5:58 he came in 10th place in the U15 Men’s category. “I felt like it was a good time,” Grunling said. “I cleared everything on the run, I didn’t mess up at all.” He said he scoped out lines the day before to prepare for tricky sections and has rid-
den the park every day since it opened. The 12-year-old rider has been ripping for four years and is looking forward to his second race in SilverStar July 15. “I feel like I’ll do good and I’m excited for them.” Also headed to SilverStar is Sun Peaks racer Gabriel Neron. Neron took home gold at the Sun Peaks event, a goal he set after the previous weekend’s race in Whistler.
“IT’S AN INTENSE EVENT, AND EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THE TRACK WELL, I FELT COMPLETELY OUT OF MY LEAGUE AHEAD OF TIME.” Competing in the Junior Sport 17 to 18, Neron raced second last but finished with a time of 5:10, just ahead of the silver medal winner. “Racing second last was nerve wracking,” Neron said. “Seeing everyone dropping in at the top not knowing their times. “I made one little mistake where my foot came off the pedals but I got it back together.” Neron prepped with four practise laps the day before but said he still felt nervous competing on home turf. On July 15 Neron will head to SilverStar and hopes to bring home another gold medal but admitted it will be a close competition.
Mattias Grunling and Gabriel Neron on July 8. | PHOTO SUPPLIED
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>> SPORTS Maddie Avery heads to Canadian Rugby Championship NIKKI FREDRIKSON HEADING TO SASKATOON, SASK. TO COMPETE IN THE CANADIAN RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP (CRC) with the U20 Team BC rugby team, Maddie Avery of Little Heffley Lake, B.C. is looking forward to gaining experience in her new position as a centre. “Prior to this, I was playing a position called flank. So I was a forward which is more of the stronger group, the tacklers. Now I’m playing a centre which is one of the back positions, more of the playmakers and kind of the ones that try to score the tries,” said Avery. Avery was shocked when the coach at the University of McGill moved her into the position. While Avery started each game she said she’s looking forward to having the opportunity to develop her skills further in the position before returning to her university team in August. “So it’s double my playing
experience there (CRC) and prepares myself for the fall. I’m really excited for that,” she explained. The championships won’t be the first time Avery has represented Team BC in competition; last summer she was part of the U18 team that travelled to Europe to compete against Irish and French provincial teams. With roughly two-thirds of this year’s U20 team made up of athletes who also went on the trip Avery said the team already has great chemistry heading into the national tournament. Avery said she was unsure of how Team BC compared to the other provinces as she has never played at the national tournament but stated most years B.C. and Ontario are the top two competitors. “As far as our team goes we have a really strong group of forwards and I would say we have a lot of fast girls... I play in the back and we have a lot of chemistry I would say,” she added. Due to the majority of the
Maddie Avery with the U18 Team BC program in Ireland last summer. | PHOTO SUPPLIED
athletes on Team BC playing university rugby and living across Canada the athletes will only compete in the single national tournament. “The difference is that when we’re going to nationals it’s a tournament, so you play five games in five days versus university which is spread out. You have one game a week. It defi-
nitely takes a lot more preparation to play at a national tournament,” said Avery. Meeting for four practices and one training camp prior to the competition the athletes have each had to work on their skills individually. “It’s all position based. We get feedback from our coaches throughout the practices, so in-
dividually we all have things to work on, but as far as fitness goes that’s self-motivated,” said Avery. Following the CRC Avery will spend a few more weeks at home before returning to McGill for summer training in late August.
Justin Rokosh selected for Team BC NIKKI FREDRIKSON ON JUNE 19, 17-YEAROLD JUSTIN ROKOSH RECEIVED THE NEWS he’d been waiting 14 weeks to hear. He was cleared to return to return to physical activity after a lacerated spleen ended his competitive ski season at the Junior Nationals Slopestyle competition at Mount Louis Moonstone in Ontario. That same day Rokosh received an email that said he was selected as a member of the BC High Performance Park & Pipe Team. Rokosh said he was really happy to get the email but added it was unexpected. “After I hurt my spleen and wasn’t able to go to the selection camp I was less expecting it but I still hoped that I would end up making it,” he said. Rokosh was able to make Team BC through an extraordinary circumstances clause in the BC Freestyle Ski Team selection criteria in which the high-performance committee
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can nominate athletes who they feel qualify. He said he felt spending time with the team last season and skiing with the group helped him in the selection process as the coach knew his ability. Rokosh received the Timber Tour Best of Series award for the U18 Men’s slopestyle category for his performance in all three BC Timber Tour stops last season. As a Team BC athlete, he will now transition out of the smaller competitions into the Canadian Open Cup series and NorAm competitions. “I’m feeling pretty confident, especially after how last season went for me. I feel like it went pretty good. I’m not really worried but still nervous about it all,” said Rokosh. Training for Team BC started July 3 however a family trip prevented Rokosh from attending. He will spend a week on the glacier and working on water ramps in Whistler with his new team later this summer. “I’m wanting to learn more, like always. Going to hopefully get more double flips going in,
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Justin Rokosh took the top spot in the Timber Tour’s U18 Men’s Slopestyle Best of Series for his results this season. | PHOTO SUPPLIED
those always score better and work on pretty much everything in skiing,” he said. To focus on skiing Rokosh decided to take a year off after
graduating high school in June with the goal of one day making a career for himself in the sport. “I’d just like to do as good as I can, meet more people who
can help me go further into this, see if I could end up one day having a job doing something in skiing,” said Rokosh.
>> SPORTS Motocross racer Max Rokosh cracks top five in Merritt
Max Rokosh has cracked the expert category in motorcross with a fourth place finish at the Nicola Valley Bar Bender. | PHOTO SUPPLIED
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SUN PEAKS SKATE PARK FOUNDATION Our mission is to plan, design, and build a world class skate park for the Sun Peaks community. We are a group of community leaders, business owners, skateboarders, residents, and volunteers who are dedicated to creating a new public use multi-season recreational entity in our community. The skate park is fully supported by the Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality mayor and council who have set aside $50,000 in matching funds in addition to allocating land to the project.
MAX ROKOSH IS HEADED TO CALGARY, ALTA. for the Red Bull Rocks & Logs Endurocross, one of the largest competitions of its kind, with a recent top-five finish under his belt from the Nicola Valley Bar Bender on June 17.
“IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST COURSES I’VE EVER DONE”
The annual Rocks & Logs event is an obstacle course race which draws in 264 competitors from 10 classes to compete. This will be the first year Rokosh competes in the expert class. Rokosh said he is feeling more confident after making the transition from the intermediate class at the beginning of the season. After a slow start to the season, Rokosh said he wasn’t expecting to finish as well as he did with a time of of 4:27:09 for fourth place. “It was probably one of the toughest courses I’ve ever done,” he said. “It was really challenging just doing the entire thing was an accomplishment in
its own. “When I came across the first lap I realized I was in sixth place so I was pretty happy with that because I wasn’t expecting to even get that good. Throughout the entire next laps I passed a couple people so when I crossed the finish it was just a big sigh of relief it was finally over.” Looking to maintain consistency throughout the season, Rokosh trains every chance he can get both in and out of the gym to prepare for both motocross and endurocross competitions. He said he favours the longer courses that let him break away from the pack and race on his own.
The foundation has raised close to $7,500 through local fundraising campaigns.
2017 Accomplishments • Contracted grant writer • Partnered with local rotary club • Annual fundraising totalling over $2,000
2018 Goals • Submit public and private grant applications • Continue grass roots fundraising activities • Awareness campaigns To volunteer or donate, contact: SunPeaksSkateParkFoundation@gmail.com Facebook.com/SunPeaksSkatePark
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>> SPORTS Racin’ Jason White bounces back to top 15
Jason White racing in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series at Jukasa Motor Speedway June 16, in Hagersville, Ont. | PHOTO MATTHEW MANOR/NASCAR
NIKKI FREDRIKSON RACING WITH DJK RACING IN JUNE at the Jukasa Motor Speedway in Ontario, Racin’ Jason White found his groove despite a few setbacks and finished 11th. White advanced throughout the 200-lap race to pass the most competitors for position
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Big a big success This year’s Nancy Greene Little BIG Golf Challenge has raised more than $13,500 for the Sun Peaks Education Society (SPES) and Sun Peaks Elementary School. The event moved from
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and was awarded for the accomplishment. “It’s a pretty cool award to get, we didn’t really want to start where we did so it’s kind of a catch 22. We were kind of bummed out that we were starting at the back but to come up and to pass eight cars in a 19 car field was pretty good,” said White. White was set back for
its usual September date, which often had variable weather, to June and was rewarded with a sunny day. Twenty-six teams made up of 52 players competed on June 23 before enjoying dinner at Masa’s Bar + Grill with guests including Sun Peaks’ Mayor Al Raine and former Senator Nancy Greene Raine. Organizer Jodi Shaw said the staff of the golf course were a huge help to her and the other planners.
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a second time for a penalty after leaving the pit stall for maintenance. “The official waved me out so I went and then they said I left too soon, but it was their official that told me to go. It put me back at the very back of the field again where I had already worked myself up to almost halfway through the field and it put me right to the back
“None of us have ever participated in the event nor taken part in organizing a golf tournament so Keith, Karly and Lauren’s help, suggestions and expertise were invaluable,” she said. Bill Hanrahan of Remax Alpine Realty assisted with silent auction items to help with fundraising. Eighty per cent of funds raised go to SPES and the remainder to the elementary school parent advisory committee.
again late in the race. I didn’t have enough time to gain those positions back again,” explained White. Despite the penalty White was able to keep up his momentum and passed three cars in the green-whitecheckered finish for 11th place. White said the his finish was decent but he was a bit disappointed.
A “little” golfer practices at the range before hitting the course. | PHOTO SPIN
“It just shows I’m not happy with 11th, I felt like I should have been seventh or eighth but having said that with a couple setbacks we had I feel like we came back and we persevered,” said White. White will now shift focus to his next competition on July 14 on a road course at the Honda Indy Toronto.
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Ground level, bright and spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo fronting directly onto the second fairway and Valley Trail. This sunny Golf Course location is beautiful in both summer and winter, with views of Mt. Morrisey and easy ski-in access via the street. Heated tile floors in kitchen and bathrooms, cozy wood burning fireplace with beautiful fieldstone and timber mantle, natural wood raised panel cabinetry, private patio and extra storage. Offered furnished, available for quick occupancy; GST applicable.
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SOLD 23 MCGILLIVRAY CREEK | $729,900 Warm & inviting 3 bed plus den, 3 bath townhome located only a few steps to the Mt. Morrisey Chairlift overlooking the 17th fairway & little lake on the back nine of the Golf Course. Attractive end unit with creek setting & south facing sundeck where you can relax and unwind with family & friends. Large kitchen with heated tile floors opens up to a spacious dining area & cozy living room with natural river rock fireplace with timber mantle, and vaulted ceiling. Master bed located on the top floor with ensuite & private covered deck with beautiful mountain views. GST paid.
26 SNOW CREEK VILLAGE | $539,900 Popular slopeside development - true ski-in, ski-out access adjacent to the Village and lifts. Fully furnished, warm and inviting 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhome is on three levels and offers heated tile floors, a bright open kitchen, dining and living area with cozy fireplace and private patio with hot tub backing onto forest. Sunny deck with BBQ and beautiful mountain views of Mt. Morrisey. Extra storage and private two car tandem garage, add’l surface parking available. GST is applicable.
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