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BUDGET REVEAL
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GLACIER REVIEW
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STRING SONGS
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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE
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45 Celebrating Pique Did you know that the first edition of Pique is dated the day before it was available, or that our offices are a haven for dogs, or that G.D. Maxwell is on column No. 1,237? We celebrate 25 years of Pique in this week’s special feature. - By Brandon Barrett, Dan Falloon, Bob Barnett, Jon Parris and Dave Buzzard
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42 FROM BLUE TO BRONZE
Whistler’s proposed 2020
Whistler
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defender Rena Nakajima helps University of Toronto women’s soccer
infrastructure spending.
team to historic third-place finish at nationals.
31 TOURISM TABULATED
A new report quanti-
52 FILM FEST
The Whistler Film Festival is drawing
fies the importance of tourism to Pemberton and Area C of the Squamish
near with organizers releasing the film lineup—and names of stars
Lillooet Regional District.
set to attend.
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58 STRING STARS
What do you call the Borealis String
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Quartet when they’re down two musicians, but up one pianist? The Aurora
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Piano Trio will let you know this Sunday when they make a trip to Whistler.
COVER 25 years means almost 1,300 different covers! We’ll see you at 50! - By Jon Parris 4 NOVEMBER 14, 2019
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08 OPENING REMARKS It’s hard to believe but Pique is turning 25 this month. Our first edition went to press Nov. 26. We hope you enjoy this special edition to mark a Whistler milestone.
10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers share thoughts on Remembrance Day and
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recognize the success of the Authors in the Schools program.
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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Joel Barde takes at look at the perceptions around spending
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on Gateway Loop, the proposed public washrooms and the organization around hiring a new municipal CEO.
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MAXED OUT It’s almost impossible to sum up 24 years of writing for Pique, but Max picks a few
highlights and reminds us of the value of our provocative publication.
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36 ECOLOGIC In the recent election, Canadians may have resoundingly told decision-makers to stop
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37 THE OUTSIDER Backcountry.com has been stirring up anger with its campaign to sue operations
catering to oil and gas and their conservative proxies—yet the barbarians remain at the gate, writes Leslie Anthony.
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using the word ‘backcountry’ in their names. Writer Vince Shuley takes the company to task for the strategy.
40 TRAVEL Writer Tim Morch offers some advice for kayaking the islands of Ranog, along Thailand’s isolated coast.
Classifieds and Reception mail@piquenewsmagazine.com Circulation and Accounts LAURA PRIOR - lprior@wplpmedia.com Office and Accounts Manager HEIDI RODE - hrode@wplpmedia.com I.T. and Webmaster KARL PARTINGTON Contributors G.D. MAXWELL, GLENDA BARTOSH, MICHAEL ALLEN, FEET BANKS, LESLIE ANTHONY, ALLEN BEST, ALISON TAYLOR, VINCE SHULEY, LISA RICHARDSON President, Whistler Publishing LP SARAH STROTHER - sstrother@wplpmedia.com Pique Newsmagazine (a publication of Whistler Publishing Limited Partnership, a division of Glacier Media) distributed to over 130 locations in Whistler and to over 200 locations from Vancouver to D’arcy. The entire contents of Pique Newsmagazine are copyright 2019 by Pique Newsmagazine (a publication of WPLP, a division of Glacier Media). No portion may be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the express written permission of the Publisher. In no event shall unsolicited material subject this publication to any claim or fees. Copyright in letters and other (unsolicited) materials submitted and accepted for publication remains with the author but the publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms. Letters to the Editor must contain the author’s name, address and daytime telephone number. Maximum length is 250 words. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject any contribution. Letters reflect the opinion of the writer and not that of Pique Newsmagazine. Pique Newsmagazine is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent organization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact (edit@ piquenewsmagazine.com). If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil. ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information. This organization replaces the BC Press council (and any mention of it).
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48 VELOCITY PROJECT Writer Lisa Richardson argues that too often, we’re just blindly batting based on too-narrow information. But time is running out. What we need now is not two eyes, but two-eyed seeing.
50 EPICURIOUS Twenty of the best international shuckers descend on Whistler for the World Oyster Invitational Shucking competition and ‘Bloody Caesar Battle,’ which closes out Cornucopia this weekend.
54 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW This week, columnist Feet Banks encourages you to hold off on streaming The Irishman on Netflix and, instead, wait for the theatrical screening as part of the Whistler Film Festival.
56 MUSEUM MUSINGS Learn about the beginnings of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, which began track laying up the Sea to Sky corridor in 1909 and faced significant problems as its expansion continued.
60 PIQUECAL Fill your face for one more weekend with Cornucopia, Whistler’s food and wine festival, hosting events around town until Sunday.
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OPENING REMARKS
Pique, 25 years and counting COMMUNITY. That word, that feeling, that focus is the heart of what Pique has been for the last 25 years. And though I haven’t been here for all of Pique’s quarter-century (only 21 years) our commitment to reflecting where we live, the issues that affect us and joy we feel in living here (well, most of the time) has always been part of the pages you read.
BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com
When I decided to apply for a part-time job at the Pique after seeing a help-wanted ad, and while working full-time for the Vancouver-based Province Newspaper, I fully expected editor and newsmagazine founder Bob Barnett to shoo me out of his office. After all, I explained, I couldn’t put
But within a few weeks I had a desk to use when not out covering stories, was making new friends at Pique and was learning the real meaning of “working” at a newspaper. Reporting for Pique is like doing a marathon every week: You start out slow and steady, on pace, but as the finish line gets closer a frantic adrenalin surge begins that pushes you faster and faster over longer and longer hours until the deadline hits for news. Then, as you collapse over the finish line, your last thought Wednesday night is, “I have do it all again.” I didn’t apply to Pique because I needed another job, I applied because as soon as I read it I knew that it valued writing, it valued stories, it nurtured wordsmiths in its reporters and its columnists, and the weekly feature was nothing less than a marvel in a time when long-form writing was threatened. It was true to its mantra to “stimulate, arouse and provoke.”
We are watchdog and partner, fact-finder and illuminator; we are honest and unafraid to be so.
Pique first. The Province had to come first. And I probably couldn’t do the stories he wanted me to do. I had to do the stories I wanted to do. And by the way, I just moved here and knew nothing and was planning on covering everything that moved connected to the proposed 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. “Hmm,” said Bob in that quiet sort of non-committal way he has that makes you go from “I’ve got this,” to “think again.”
I have written many long-form features and am proud to say I have won awards from my peers for them, so to be part of a paper that wasn’t tied to a “format,” but was free in its expression and the stories it pursues is kind of like winning the journalistic lottery. We collaborated with each other, we edited and copy-edited each other’s stories—we tried to make each other better reporters, and Bob was always there with advice and fact-checking (thank
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God!!). It felt like a “real” newsroom. Having worked for a big daily for more than two decades before coming to Pique full-time as its editor in 2011, I have truly come to value community newspapers. I understand the foundational role they play in shaping community. We are watchdog and partner, fact-finder and illuminator; we are honest and unafraid to be so. But we are all also part of the community we report on, and while this can sometimes make covering the news challenging, we hold ourselves to a higher standard than media outlets covering Whistler from afar. Pique’s eclectic nature from must-read news, to in-depth coverage of local politics, to arts, sports and columnists who are not afraid to tackle thorny issues from all points of view make Pique an authentic and challenging read each week. And commissioning a unique piece of art each week to grace the cover is a commitment from Pique to arts and culture that reaches back to the newsmagazine’s very foundation. Let’s face it—Pique knew art was cool long before local government commissioned a study to tell us! Today, the newsroom, production and sales teams are fully committed to bringing you reporting that is contextual and relevant not just for our community, but for how Whistler fits into the world around us from environmental issues, to tourism, to sport, art, culture and food. Yes, the world of media is changing, but Pique will continue to be at the forefront of the change while remaining committed to strong writing and honest, reliable reporting. So, raise a glass to us this week, and toast Pique on its next 25 years and counting. n
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A few years ago on Remembrance Day, I was at Juno Beach in Normandy, a 10-kilometre stretch of coastline where Canadian soldiers landed under intense fire from German defenders on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Juno Beach is part of a 100-km stretch of the Normandy French coastline, and as you know, this beach was assigned by Operation Overlord to Canada’s armed forces. Other beaches to the east and west were assigned to Britain and the U.S.—code-named Sword, Utah, Omaha, and Gold. Canada’s participation in the greatest amphibious landing in history was the most successful landing of the three main Second World War allies on D-Day, and while suffering 1,074 casualties, Canadian armed forces took control of Juno Beach and Canada’s assigned sector of the Normandy coast by the end of the day. On D-Day, a total of 110 Royal Canadian Navy warships crossed the English Channel and more than 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed on Juno Beach or were parachuted just inland by squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force. On Remembrance Day in particular, our French cousins remember Canada’s contribution to liberating France and other occupied countries during the First and Second World Wars, and I was amazed at the number
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of Maple Leaf flags on display throughout Normandy when I attended the Remembrance Day ceremony, which commemorated the Normandy Landings. This ceremony took place at Canada House, the Canadian memorial museum on Juno Beach. My most vivid memory of this ceremony involved a flypast by RCAF helicopters, which flew along the beach disgorging tens of thousand of poppies, the symbol of Canada’s casualties in both World Wars. In the Second World War, a total of
This year, The Whistler Writing Society invited four of Canada’s most highly regarded children’s and young-adult authors to be a part of the Authors in the Schools (AITS) program—and they came! Cherie Dimaline, Deborah Ellis, Kit Pearson and Richard Van Camp gave riveting presentations to students from 17 schools in Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and Mount Currie. Four hundred and nineteen copies of the authors’ books were purchased from our program supporter Armchair Books and given to classrooms in the corridor for schools to read, study, and keep as a legacy for the future. Book-loads of thanks go to volunteers Stella Harvey (Founder and Artistic Director of AITS), Libby McKeever, Cristiana Spooner and Meredith Gardner. The program is generously funded by the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, B.C. Arts Council, Province of British Columbia, Community Foundation of Whistler, Libby McKeever, Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium and the Whistler Public Library. Our hope is that students who get to engage with the award-winning, Canadian and Indigenous writers of the books they’re reading will not only be inspired to read and write more, but to tell their own stories. Rebecca Wood Barrett, program manager Authors in the Schools // The Whistler Writing Society n
1,159,000 Canadians served, with Canadian casualties in both World Wars totalling 333,000, including 106,000 dead. The main French Second World War Memorial in Caen Normandy not only has a beautiful sunken Canada Garden in its grounds, a significant section of the museum, staffed by Canadians, is devoted to Canada’s participation at Dieppe and Normandy in the Second World War. Thanks is due to our guys and the women who rose to the occasion twice in the last century. We’re lucky to be alive and not young
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NOTICE: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with s. 59(2) of the Community Charter, that Council of the Resort Municipality is considering Business Licence and Regulation Bylaw No. 2253, 2019 (the “proposed Bylaw”).
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PURPOSE: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is a bylaw to provide for the granting, refusal, suspension and cancellation of business licences, to fix and impose business licence fees, to provide for the effective periods of business licences, to establish terms and conditions of a business licence, and to regulate certain businesses in the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
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INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: A copy of the proposed Bylaw and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Reception Desk of Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) from November 7 to and including November 19, 2019.
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: All persons, who consider they are affected by the proposed Bylaw, will be provided a reasonable opportunity to make representations to Council in writing.
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Written submissions must be addressed to “Mayor and Council”, and must be received by November 19, 2019 to: Email: Fax: Hard Copy:
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Written submissions received for the proposed Bylaw will be included in the information package for Council’s consideration.The Package will also be available on the RMOW’s website at www.whistler.ca with other associated information.
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It’s winter which means the inevitable task of snow clearing your property is here... We thank you for keeping strata and private driveways clear of snow. Please remember that all cleared snow must be stored in designated areas on your own property. Dumping snow on municipal roads, parks and creeks is never allowed. Please note that a municipal road allowance is typically 20 meters wide and is not just considered the travelled portion of the roadway and sidewalk. Should you have any questions or comments please email engineers@whistler.ca
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PIQUE’N YER INTEREST
Could Whistler’s backroom deal come back to haunt it? IF THERE WAS ONE ISSUE that seemed to unify most voters in the lead up to last year’s municipal elections, it was a desire to see more transparency and fiscal responsibility from local government. Frustration came to a head during the third and final all-candidates meeting, when a local developer called out the previous
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council and staff for its handling of the redevelopment of the village bus loop. The capacity crowd at Maury Young erupted in applause; the Gateway Loop project had clearly become a focal point for public concern about wasteful spending at muni hall. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) first pegged the redevelopment at $3.1 million in 2014; its final price tag was $6.8 million, which was on-budget after council signed off on an increase to the cost of the project. (The structure’s massive roof, with German-made components, had a total cost of $2 million alone, and Whistler’s difficult construction market certainly didn’t help.) It’s against this backdrop that the
creation of a new senior-level position at the RMOW has angered so many. In case you missed it, in July, the municipality announced that its highest-paid employee was stepping aside and a new chief administrative officer would be hired. Yet rather than leaving the municipality, council decided (without any public consultation) to create a new position for current CAO Mike Furey. Under the terms of the agreement, Furey will step into the role of chief of strategic policy and partnership once the RMOW hires a new CAO. (The hiring is ongoing, with the RMOW recently hiring a firm, at $175,000, to headhunt someone to fill the position.) According to an RMOW release, Furey’s new role will entail “accelerating strategic initiatives” and furthering the municipality’s relationships with provincial and federal government and local First Nations. Furey will carry on under the terms of his current contract, which saw him take home $246,043 in total remuneration last year. This new position was not posted and, according to the RMOW, will end in early 2021. In defending the appointment, Mayor Jack Crompton said the arrangement will give the municipality “the capacity we need to deliver on the opportunity to provide a strong transition to a new CAO,” as well as further key projects, such as the official community plan, strategic
planning committee process and economic partnership initiative. “Mike is a content expert on the files that he will carry forward,” said Crompton. “This arrangement allows the RMOW to move those projects forward effectively.” Yet for many, this rationale falls flat. Indeed, if having a skilled leader to navigate critical relations is of such importance, why place a seemingly arbitrary end-date on the job? And will the RMOW’s new big boss really benefit from the old one looking over their shoulder? As pointed out by Dawn Titus—a retired schoolteacher who ran in last year’s election—the arrangement adds another layer of bureaucracy onto a system that doesn’t appear to be broken. “There are five newly appointed and very capable individuals on the newly created Strategic Planning Committee at the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). Do they really require a ‘Chief?’” asked Titus, in a letter to Pique. Whistler is, without a doubt, an impressively run municipality, which has undoubtedly benefited from Furey’s hard work. As Crompton pointed out, Furey has helped secure $22 million in provincial money for tourism-related infrastructure and programming via the Resort Municipality Initiative funding program.
There is, however, increasing concern with how Whistler’s largesse is being spent. This week the RMOW’s proposed budget revealed that it has earmarked $4.58 million for three bathrooms slated for construction. This is an increase on the $3 million price tag previously discussed—a figure that was already widely interpreted as outrageously high. Whistler also spent close to $10 million on its latest 24-unit rental-housing complex, which works out to about $411 per square foot of building—very close to market rates for a high-end Whistler build, but notably high for employee housing. Whether justified or not, there is a perception of wasteful spending at the RMOW, and many are questioning the CAO arrangement. Going forward, could the arrangement lead to problems for the RMOW and taxpayers? Next month, the RMOW will begin renegotiating its contracts with staff and its fire service. The last four-year agreement for municipal staff covered between 2016 and 2019, providing for wage increases of 1.5 per cent in 2016, 1.5 in 2017, two per cent in 2018, and two per cent in 2019. It is yet to be seen what kind of increases workers will see this time around. But it is safe to say that they may be thinking about the deal struck at the top of the organization. n
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Last week, Pique posted an online article to our Facebook page about a group of Squamish residents protesting gas prices. Their argument? That gas in Squamish and Whistler is often more expensive than in Vancouver— despite the fact that our communities don’t pay the 18.5-cent-per-litre TransLink tax that Vancouverites do. Here’s what our followers had to say when asked what they think should be done to address the disparity in the cost of gas between Vancouver and the corridor: “Stop buying anything else from those gas stations to add some extra hurt. No milk, lottery tickets or smokes or anything that can be purchased elsewhere. Every time you pay at the cash register, let them know you are boycotting any additional purchases and will spend your money at retailers who treat us fairly. If 100 people a day did that, it would have an impact. Boycott their car wash. And of course, tank up in Pemberton or Vancouver when you can.”
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585 m The number of metres the Wedgemount Glacier has receded since monitoring started on it in 1973. This year’s horizontal recession was 12.8 metres.
15 The number of world-premiere movies that are being screened at the Whistler Film Festival this year, which runs from Dec. 4 to 8.
DID YOU KNOW
The railway line that is for the most part taken for granted these days between the Lower Mainland and points north of Lillooet has a long history. A very expensive project to build, thanks in part to the terrain it had to travel through, the line brought Alex and Myrtle Philip’s fishing lodge to life. Read all about the development of the line in this week’s Museum Musings.
THROWBACK THURSDAY
As we wait for the snow to blanket the mountains, bear this in mind: Beside the ski runs, the bears of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains are hibernating. It’s a strange thing to contemplate but in 2000, writer Robyn Cubie looked into the ski-run bears and their winter sleep. At that time, about 70 bears hibernated there, said black bear researcher Michael Allen, adding that the dens are as close as 20 metres from the ski runs used by thousands of people a day during the peak season. Said Allen at the time: “One snowboarder did hit a tree and the bear woke up. You could hear the bear inside, his claws scraping on the bark, and then he calmed down. The snowboarder just carried on, he had no idea. “I’ve also found people sitting on top of a den eating lunch in January with 400 centimetres of snow between them and a sleeping bear.” n
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Budget proposes 2.8% property tax increase WATER, SEWER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE TAKE STRONG FOCUS
BY BRADEN DUPUIS ANOTHER TAX INCREASE is in store for Whistlerites with next year’s municipal budget. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is proposing a 2.8-per-cent property tax increase in 2020, along with two-per-cent increases to sewer, water parcel and solid waste fees. The details were revealed at an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 12, attended by about 30 people. As in previous years, the relative change of the value of your property will determine whether your tax bill increases or decreases, said director of finance Carlee Price. “If [your] property appreciates by some amount in 2020 that’s greater than the average for the community, [your] tax bill will go up by more than the average amount. If [your] property appreciates less, or if the value of [your] property declines, then the tax amount owing may actually go down,” Price said in a presentation at the open house. “So one of the reasons why we can’t get specific about dollar amounts just yet
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is that none of you have these assessment values before you. They will be mailed out in January.” The two per cent increases to sewer, water and solid waste fees equate to an increase of $23.61 over last year’s fees, Price said. The 2020-2024 proposed projects list includes 162 projects, with a proposed budget cost of $39 million in 2020 (including up to $10 million carried over from 2019).
have spent a lot of time considering priorities and service levels. “The annual budget process allows us to look at our organization’s plans and priorities comprehensively to determine how to deliver them in the most fiscally responsible way. We know going into the budget every year that there are some cost pressures and some opportunities. This year is no exception,” he said.
“Whistler is middle aged; it’s time to do some knee replacements.” - JACK CROMPTON
The total municipal budget is worth $90.4 million next year, up from $87 million in 2019. Much of the focus in the project budget is directed at infrastructure. “Whistler is middle aged; it’s time to do some knee replacements,” said Mayor Jack Crompton. “Those pipes, those below-ground infrastructure projects are critical to maintaining this community moving forward.” Now in his second budget process as mayor, Crompton said council and staff
“As our community and infrastructure matures, services and costs see upward pressures, and as economic cycles fluctuate, it is a continual balancing act to ensure we are investing where we need to, maintaining the right level of services for our community and guests, and looking forward to future needs to build on our successful foundation.”
WATER, SEWER AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE The lion’s share of this year’s proposed
budget is made up of sewer and water projects, which together account for a whopping $50.4 million over the next five years. Sewer projects include sewer main upgrades ($14.75 million over five years), lift station ($4.775 million) and trunk main ($150,000) upgrades, and general operation ($3,085,000). Water projects, meanwhile, include watermain upgrades ($4.6 million), reservoir and intake upgrades ($4.7 million), implementation of a water-metering program ($5.58 million) and pump station upgrades ($4.57 million). “Whistler is at an age that much of our below-ground infrastructure needs to be replaced,” Crompton said. “You can expect to see more of that type of investment over the next few years.” The budget also includes $8.5 million over five years for road upgrades, including 2020 paving work on sections of Nesters Road, Lorimer Road, Main Street, Whistler Way, Blueberry and Nordic Drive. A new bus layby in Emerald and expansion of the layby area in Cheakamus Crossing will support expansion of the Whistler Transit System ($340,000 is budgeted over three years to complete those and other bus stop upgrades). The Wastewater Treatment Plant also constitutes a major spend, with $3.9 million budgeted over five years (and across nine different projects), mostly related to equipment upgrades and replacement.
RECREATION Whistler’s Valley Trail will get lots of attention over the next five years, with extensions planned from Millar Creek to Function Junction ($1.5 million) and Rainbow to Scotia Creek ($1.025 million), as well as $685,000 for access and safety improvements and $412,000 for lighting from Alta Vista to Nita Lake (all proposed to come from the provincial Resort Municipality Initiative program—see related story on page 18). There’s also $750,000 for the Alpine Trail Program (2020 work will include establishing a working ranger station in the alpine, adding an outhouse, improving signage and buying more trail counters and wildlife cameras to assist with data collection), and $100,000 to build new (and revitalize existing) trailheads. The artificial turf field will be completed in 2020 ($80,000), while tennis courts at Taluswood and Myrtle Philip will also be reconstructed in 2020 ($75,000). The Meadow Park Sports Centre will see completion of the cardio room expansion ($489,000 in 2020), building envelope repairs ($1.67 million over four years) and a new dehumidifier ($600,000 in 2020). Complementing the facility itself is $721,697 over five years for recreation equipment upgrades and $2.12 million over five years for other infrastructure replacements (work planned for 2020 includes underground pipe repairs at Meadow Park, CO2 safeguards in the pool area, additional overhead LEDs and sound baffles, as well as conceptual design for a solar roof over the arena).
ENVIRONMENT Whistler’s Western toad population is getting a boost from the municipal budget, with $178,000 earmarked over four years
one at municipal hall), with an additional $123,000 coming from provincial grants, as well as $40,000 over four years to upgrade existing chargers from single to dual port. Making progress on the RMOW’s Community Energy and Climate Action Plan has taken on increased urgency for many in the community as of late, with about 40 people attending the Nov. 5 council meeting to urge council to act. There were some great questions at the meeting, said Chief Administrative Officer Mike Furey, but the “shared challenge” in the community is taking personal ownership of our individual impacts. “The municipality can do a lot, but without everyone in this room really changing their lifestyles—and I know we’re all hypocrites, I certainly am, around changes I need to make— but I think we need to get beyond that hypocrisy that we all feel and start owning the change,” Furey said in a presentation at the open house. “I really don’t think we’re there yet, and that’s what we need feedback from the community on, is how we, and you, can help the community and individuals grasp that need for personal ownership and change.”
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new Chief Administrative Officer; $72,000 for collective bargaining with Whistler’s firefighters and select municipal staff (both of which have contracts expiring on Dec. 31); $375,420 for a seismic and emergency power review; $130,000 in 2021 for the RMOW website; and $138,000 for planning initiatives (including infill housing, Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2 and a cannabis retail policy). Find the full proposed-projects list, along with more local budget information, at www.whistler.ca/budget, and submit feedback by email to budet@whistler.ca. If you weren’t able to attend in person, a video of the presentations will be posted to the RMOW’s website. Check back with Pique in the coming weeks for in-depth looks at some of the bigger projects being considered. n
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Controversial bathroom project sees price jump RMI, HOTEL TAX CONTINUE TO PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN MUNICIPAL BUDGET
BY BRADEN DUPUIS A CONTROVERSIAL project to build three washrooms in Whistler Village has increased in cost by 50 per cent. The project—originally budgeted at $3 million—is now listed at $4.58 million in the 2020-2024 budget, which was unveiled at an open house on Nov. 12. Further, while the project was originally slated to be paid for entirely by provincial Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funds, it is now listed as an 85/15-per-cent split with the general capital reserve. A Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) spokesperson said the municipality engaged a construction manager to review the designs and previous contract package, “which resulted in changes and identified cost savings. “That said, the overall cost increase is reflective of anticipated local market construction conditions,” the spokesperson said, adding that funding for the project from RMI is reflective of funds available in the appropriate reserves. Increasing costs or not, the washroom
project is just one of several to benefit from RMI and provincial Municipal and Regional District Tax (MRDT—often referred to as the hotel tax). RMI money accounts for $13,223,563 in proposed project funding over the next five years (up slightly from the $13,150,000 proposed in last year’s fiveyear plan), while MRDT project funding totals $3,207,300 (down from $3,614,081). In 2020, $9,301,313 is proposed to be spent from RMI (though some of that is carried over from 2019—the RMOW expects to get about $6.8 million in RMI funding from the province next year, in line with recent years), and $782,600 from the hotel tax. “The RMI and MRDT are foundational to Whistler’s ability to contribute to the provincial economy,” said Mayor Jack Crompton. “Whistler delivers 25 per cent of B.C.’s gross export tourism revenue. Without these financial tools our community would not be contributing to the provincial economy in the way we are today.” The provincial government earmarked $39 million over three years for the RMI program—designed to assist small, tourism-based municipalities to support and increase visitation—in its 2019
budget, and committed to making the program part of its baseline budget. That’s good news for Whistler, which has put its RMI funding to work in a variety of ways since the program was rolled out in 2006. Some big RMI-assisted projects in this year’s budget include Valley Trail improvements ($1.5 million for a connection from Millar Creek to Function Junction and $1.025 million for a connection from Rainbow to Scotia Creek, as well as $685,000 for access and safety improvements and $412,000 for lighting from Alta Vista to Nita Lake); park improvements ($1.97 million for rejuvenation of Meadow Park and $865,000 for the same at Rainbow Park); and $750,000 for the Alpine Trail program. Other RMI projects include Whistler’s geopark designation ($350,000 over five years), a project to create and install interpretive panels ($450,000 over five years), and annual reinvestment into the Whistler Conference Centre ($750,000 over five years). Meanwhile, MRDT funds are proposed to be spent on village enhancement ($850,000 over five years), reconstruction of portions of the Valley Trail ($550,000
over five years), work on recreational trails ($400,000 over five years) and improvements to Whistler’s parks ($1.075 million over five years), among other things. Whistler got approval to increase its MRDT rate from two to three per cent in November 2018, which the RMOW expects will bring in an additional $2.5 million annually. While taxes collected from online accommodation providers can now be used for housing, the relatively small amount (about $600,000 in 2019) will do little to put a dent in Whistler’s upcoming housing projects in Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2, said Chief Administrative Officer Mike Furey. “That money for housing sort of goes right to immediate survey costs or architecture costs, those sorts of things,” he said. “We are going to borrow tens of millions to build buildings, so that money, it’s helping, but if you’re looking at a $45-million build, that’s not really denting it too much.” See pages 16 and 17 for more on next year’s budget. Find the full proposed-projects list at www.whistler.ca/budget. n
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BY BRANDON BARRETT A BLACK BEAR that had been relocated twice previously from Whistler Village was killed by conservation officers last week, confirmed the Conservation Officer Service (COS). The adult male black bear was killed on Saturday, Nov. 9 after it had accessed garbage in the village and displayed “rapidly escalating defensive behaviour, charging members of the public and responding officers,” according to a municipal notice. The issues with the bear stretched back to the summer, said COS Sgt. Simon Gravel. “For multiple weeks, we had a persistent bear matching the same description, a brownish collar with an ear tag, that we had been hazing out of the village multiple times using different techniques—everything we had, pretty much,” he noted.
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the process is they take all the bins from the restaurant, leave them at the front of the restaurant and then load them down to the garbage room,” Goff explained. “Usually it’s inside the door, we usually leave them there where we keep our cans at the front. This employee used their judgment to go outside, and in the process of collecting the garbage, which is a five, 10-minute job to run up all the bags and starting loading them down, the bear came down. “It’s really unfortunate circumstances, but everything we can possibly do now that this has happened, we’re doing it and we’re taking it seriously.” The restaurant’s garbage collection process was amended “instantly” following the incident, said Goff, who vowed it wouldn’t happen again. The restaurant’s swift response has done little to dampen the backlash after a photo of garbage left in front of the restaurant was posted to social media. “We’ve had people online threaten to burn the place down, threaten our employees,” said Goff. Wildlife sightings in residential areas can be reported to the COS at 1-877-9527277. For more information on peacefully coexisting with bears, visit whistler.ca/ bears.
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The tagged bear had been relocated twice to separate locations only to have it return to the village shortly after. There were also multiple reports of the bear “charging people, following people, so obviously our level of concern raised,” Gravel said. Conservation officers “conducted attractant audits and utilized all available non-lethal hazing methods over a twoweek period” before the bear was killed due to “serious concerns for public safety,” according to the RMOW. It was the second bear killed in Whistler due to conflict this year, after an elderly bear accessed a home in early October—an incident that was not reported by the COS until now. While he couldn’t confirm “100 per cent,” Gravel said the COS suspects the bear killed was the same that had accessed garbage in front of a Main Street restaurant late last month. “We had one bear at the time that was very persistent in the village, and we highly suspect it was the same bear,” he explained. Splitz Grill owner Peter Goff confirmed a bear did access garbage that was briefly left in front of the restaurant on Oct. 30. “The crew were doing a garbage run and
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After 17 years of giving, the American Friends of Whistler announce plans to dissolve THE U.S. NON-PROFIT HAS DONATED MORE THAN $2M TO A HOST OF LOCAL CAUSES
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE AMERICAN Friends of Whistler (AFOW), a U.S. charitable non-profit that has donated to a host of local causes over its nearly two-decade existence, has announced it is winding down operations. “The American Friends of Whistler would like to extend sincere appreciation to all who have provided financial contributions to the association. It is hoped that past donors will continue to support such an extraordinary place,” said AFOW president Gerry Brown in an Oct. 31 release. In the statement, the AFOW explained that it had become “increasingly difficult” to find volunteers to replace the number of longstanding board members and officers that have left the organization in recent years. “A lot of our board members, I would say probably three quarters of them, have been on the board since the beginning, so 17 years,” explained executive director Mary Forseth in a follow-up interview. “That’s a long time. That’s a commitment. Our lives are changing and things happen. We
definitely have added some new members who have been awesome, but it’s going to take more than just a couple people to do all the work that’s involved on a board.” Forseth said that AFOW members would remain active in local fundraising efforts. The organization will also maintain its website, which will direct visitors to thirdparty non-profits in the U.S. that can help administer tax-deductible contributions. “So Americans will continue to be able to make donations to Whistler non-profits,” Forseth noted. “This allowed us to go forward with this decision and not feel that we were abandoning our commitment to Whistler non-profits.” The challenge for the AFOW has largely been a demographic one, as it has struggled to recruit younger members. Forseth believes that is at least partially to do with the ways charitable giving has evolved over the years, particularly with the rise of crowdfunding platforms that allow contributors to donate directly to a cause of their choosing. “I think younger people have a different approach to how they support and do their charitable work. I think they’re doing it; it’s
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just in a different format,” she said. Founded in 2002 by a small group of American second homeowners and visitors to Whistler, the AFOW has raised more than $2 million for a wide range of local organizations. Among its many contributions over the years, the AFOW has granted $117,000 to the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program, $105,000 to the Whistler Search and Rescue Society, $100,000 to the Audain Art Museum, $75,000 to the Whistler Public Library, and $50,000 to the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. Along with formalizing the connection many visiting Americans felt for their second home, the AFOW served an essential role for local non-profits when needs emerged and other funding sources had dried up. An avid supporter of the local health sector, the AFOW, for instance, stepped up to fund crucial upgrades at the Whistler Health Care Centre, such as a new CT scanner and automated CPR device, when traditional funding sources failed. “They were really good at personalizing what they did in terms of their giving,” said Whistler Public Library director
Elizabeth Tracy, who noted that the AFOW was instrumental in funding the library’s revamped service model and renovation. “They were just very responsive, and I think the construct of the organization enabled them to be pretty agile in their response to the community’s needs.” The Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) has been an annual recipient of AFOW grants since 2005, receiving thousands of dollars for the food bank and other social-service programs. Acting WCSS director Lori Pyne said the AFOW “pretty much singlehandedly” funded its popular Birth, Baby and Beyond program, which offers confidential, free doula counselling to expectant and new mothers. “We’ve seen increased visits and increased costs in these programs, so it will affect us, however, we are super motivated to keep the programs going because we often see a waitlist for Birth, Baby and Beyond,” Pyne said. The WCSS will, however, receive support over the next year, as it has been selected by the AFOW to receive a one-time gift upon its dissolution, Pyne added. For more information, visit afow.org. n
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‘Where is the money?’ HEAD OF AWARE WANTS CLIMATE ACTION TO BE BIGGER PRIORITY IN MUNICIPAL BUDGET
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of Whistler (RMOW) has vowed to take comprehensive action to protect our environmental locally, and its ambitious, overarching climate plan is proof of that commitment. But the head of Whistler’s leading environmental organization is once again calling for resort officials to put their money where their mouth is. “Since 2016, at every budget meeting, we have raised concern around the lack of budget commitment and the line items that transfer to actions in the CECAP (Community Energy and Climate Action Plan),” said Claire Ruddy, executive director of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE). “Where is the money?” AWARE analyzed the 2018 municipal budget and found that only seven per cent, or $2,906,538, of the RMOW’s projects budget was dedicated to environmental initiatives. That figure is open to interpretation, however. When asked how much money is dedicated to green initiatives in its draft 2019 budget, Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton
said, “I think it’s very difficult to draw lines between environmental action and other line items in the budget,” as responding to climate change “requires investment throughout the budget.” He cited the examples of growing transit use and improving buildings’ energy efficiency through the Step Code, as both efforts are cross-departmental and touch different areas. The RMOW’s own proposed budget does make that distinction, however. In the 2020 draft budget, 20 out of 120 line items are categorized under “Climate Action & Environment,” totalling $1,972,300 (which also includes funds carried over from 2019). That represents 10.2 per cent of the $19,203,721 dedicated in the draft to projects next year. “I think we’re investing significantly in taking climate action,” said Crompton. “We’ve hired staff that reflect that commitment, we’ve increased levels of transit that reflect that commitment, we’ve established free transit for high-school students. This is an all-tools approach to taking climate action in our community. We are not finished yet. There are many opportunities to invest moving forward.” Of course, tackling climate change isn’t the sole responsibility of local government, but it is imperative municipalities enact
the systemic change required to inspire behavioural change at the individual level—something Crompton pointed to with the announcement, last week, to offer free transit in 2020 to local high-school students, which itself will be funded by a hike in price to monthly parking passes in Day Lots 1 to 3. “There are examples of systematic climate solutions happening everywhere, and they are successful when they are backed by public support. This means supporting leaders to introduce policies that align with our values so that individual actions are easier—and when they aren’t, asking why not,” said Randi Kruse, a former RMOW staffer who, along with AWARE, invited community members to attend last week’s council meeting and progress update on the CECAP. Key to driving that behavioural change is reporting back to the community on environmental progress—something Ruddy feels has been missing since the CECAP was rolled out three years ago. “When the CECAP was developed, that was really created as a document for the entire community and what we are consistently not seeing is the engagement back to the community to get everybody onboard with delivering actions,” Ruddy
said. “There are actions outlined in there that are dedicated to organizations other than the municipality. But it is a municipal plan, so there is an inherent responsibility to help those other resort partners on their end. So far we haven’t seen any reporting back on that. What are the people doing?” In last week’s CECAP update report, the municipality committed to increasing the frequency of community and stakeholder consultation and engagement on climate initiatives, which will entail a website re-design and a more active social media presence. Mike Douglas, a local freeskiing pioneer and board chair of Protect Our Winter Canada, applauded the steps the RMOW has taken so far on climate change, and said that Whistler can and should lead by example for the scores of visitors who come here every year. “If anything, we should be leading the way in terms of climate action in ways that inspire people to take a little bit of what they see here back home. That way, we can have a much bigger effect outside of this valley than we do inside of it,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if we’re perfect here in Whistler. If no one around us is taking action and being affected by what we’re doing, then it’s all for nothing.” n
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Whistler gathers to mark Remembrance Day ‘MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND, UNKNOWN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN’
BY MEGAN LALONDE A SIZEABLE AND SOMBRE crowd made its way to the Whistler Cenotaph on Monday, Nov. 11 to mark Remembrance Day—a time to pause, reflect and pay respect to the millions of Canadians who served our country, and the over 118,000 of those who paid for our freedom with their lives. Held under cloudy skies, it was a similar scene to the one that took place at cenotaphs and monuments in rural communities, towns and cities across the country. While many Canadians took the opportunity to remember relatives, friends or members of their community who fought—and in too many cases, paid the ultimate sacrifice— the approximately 1,000 Canadian military members, first responders, residents and visitors who gathered in Whistler were prompted to think about the many who perished, unknown. “They were the victims of the increasingly anonymous slaughter of modern warfare. They lie under hallowed ground, beneath markers bearing no names. They are unknown soldiers,” said Anne Townley during her delivery of the
annual Act of Remembrance, written this year by G.D. Maxwell. The First World War was nearly over by the time these nameless victims were finally afforded their own monument of remembrance, said Townley. It was an army chaplain who happened
would be laid in Westminster Abbey, “and symbolically all the unknown dead would find eternal rest amongst the kings of the empire,” Townley told the crowd. The proposition was warmly received not only in Britain, but, eventually, around the world.
“They were the victims of the increasingly anonymous slaughter of modern warfare. They lie under hallowed ground, beneath markers bearing no names. They are unknown soldiers.” - ANNE TOWNLEY
upon a grave marked by a rough cross, with a simple, pencilled inscription that read, “An Unknown British Soldier” in 1916 who started the remembrance. Moved by the sight, the chaplain later proposed the interment of an unidentified soldier from among the French battlefields the solder
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Vimy Ridge in France. “So this year, as we gather to remember all those who have served, we take special note of those who fell in circumstances that led to them becoming unknown,” said Townley. “They weren’t unknown to the ones who served alongside, they weren’t unknown to those who waited anxiously at home for word of their loved ones. But modern warfare, and what passed for modern warfare a century ago, has made killing increasingly anonymous. And so it becomes more important than ever to remember those who were left behind, unknown but not forgotten.” Though Whistler has held an annual Remembrance Ceremony since the mid1980s, this year marked the second time the ceremony was held at the Cenotaph in Whistler Olympic Plaza. The service began with a Veterans’ Parade and Colour Party that set off from the Ted Nebbeling Bridge down Village Stroll, before joining the gathering in Olympic Plaza. The Whistler Singers and Whistler Children’s Chorus performed songs of Remembrance, while community members and organizations laid wreaths and poppies across the Cenotaph. This year’s Remembrance Service
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marked the 101st anniversary of the end of the First World War—101 years to the day that Germany formally surrendered, signing the armistice that resulted in a total ceasefire while the terms of peace were negotiated. The war ended at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Following the service at the Cenotaph, many of military members who gathered in Whistler made their way to the Whistler Fire Hall for a secondary ceremony. Rather than the public thanking those who served in Canada’s Armed Forces, this ceremony instead saw the Canadian Forces Reserve recognize a local employer. Whistler-based Coastal Mountain Excavations was honoured with an Employer Recognition certificate, an award “that recognizes the firm’s unwavering support and generosity towards an employee who also serves as a Canadian Forces Army Reservist,” explained a media advisory from the Department of National Defence.
“This is probably the most fun part of my job, because we get to recognize exemplary employers who have gone above and beyond looking after all of you,” Honoury Colonel Derral Moriyama of the Canadian Forces Liaison Council (CFLC) told the Canadian Forces members gathered at the Fire Hall. “When you think of it, without support from your employers, it makes it very difficult for you to do your jobs. To honour them, with them serving people who serve, is a tremendous honour for CFLC,” said Coast Mountain Excavations employee and Army Reservist Master Cpl. Ian Ross. “Throughout the years, Coast Mountain Excavations has been there for me through the good times and bad times—those days that we all know that we have, when we have to take off that little bit early … These guys have gone above and beyond for me. They’ve been more than just an employer, they’ve been my family.” n
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Newcomer or not, consider yourself a local CONNECT WHISTLER TEACHES THE INS AND OUTS OF SURVIVING WHISTLER
BY BRADEN DUPUIS ONE OF THE MOST common questions asked of people who live in Whistler—“how long have you lived here?”—has always been a bit off-putting to Mayor Jack Crompton. “It can become a bit of a measuring stick,” the mayor said. Though Crompton’s own roots in the resort run deep—some of his earliest memories here include scouring the ditches for bottles and cans at six years old and using the money to buy candy at the Husky—he doesn’t see newer arrivals as any less. “I say to new people, ‘if you are going to work here and help make Whistler go this year, you are a local … don’t let anyone tell you there’s a minimum number of years you have to commit, or hoops you have to jump through to qualify,’” he said. “We are a community from all over the world, and if you’ve been here a month, a year or your whole life, this place is for you.” As Whistler Blackcomb gears up for opening day on Nov. 28, hundreds of newcomers to Whistler are navigating their way through the resort, assisted by messages
like Crompton’s (which he’ll espouse at the Whistler Chamber’s upcoming Whistler Experience Live events) and resources provided through the Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS). The social-services provider held its annual Connect Whistler week from Nov.
“We are a community from all over the world, and if you’ve been here a month, a year or your whole life, this place is for you.” - JACK CROMPTON
4 to 8, highlighted by social events like dodgeball, a polar bear dip, and a scavenger hunt with a Whistler Blackcomb season pass on the line. “What we do is hand out passports, and then they go around to different services and businesses, and it kind of gives them an introduction,” said Lori Pyne, interim executive director of WCSS.
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“So that’s how they find out where this business is, and that’s how they find out where the medical centre is, [or] where WCSS and the food bank and the Re-Use-It Centre and all these different services are.” Newcomers are often faced with similar challenges—homesickness, easier access to
drugs and alcohol, a higher cost of living or a lack of available housing, to name just a few, Pyne said. “So [Connect Whistler] is just bringing their awareness to these things in that first month or two that they’re here,” she said. “We have outreach workers that can provide strategies and suggestions for things—not always the solution, but they
can point them in the right direction of how to get there.” Complementing Connect Whistler week (which Pyne said is put on in partnership with the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, the Whistler Public Library, the Whistler Museum and Archives, Whistler Blackcomb staff housing and the Resort Municipality of Whistler), WCSS also produces the Whistler Survival Guide—the newcomer’s one-stop-shop for all their burning questions. “It is a great resource, and we make those available all year, kinda all over the place,” Pyne said (the guide is also available online at www.mywcss.org). And when in doubt, new arrivals can always find help at WCSS’ headquarters located at 8000 Nesters Rd., where outreach workers are available six days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “They can ask them questions— anything from homesickness to drug addiction to ‘I miss my sister’ to housing,” Pyne said. “We help navigate through the community, because we know the resources that are out there, and lots of people don’t when they come.” Check out more resources online at www.mywcss.org. n
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$39 - FOUR COURSE RECEDING GLACIER Wedgemount Glacier (2005) with approximate outline of future “Tupper Lake.” It began to
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The survey of Wedgemount Glacier this year was on Sept. 20, as two long weeks of wet weather precluded an earlier visit—this is becoming an annual delay. The field party of four consisted of Kristina Swerhun, Dave Lyon (son of original crew member Don Lyon), Doug Wylie and Karl Ricker. Unfortunately, Rob Tupper (chief surveyor and son of original member Bill Tupper) could not attend. As recession of Wedgemount Glacier continues from Wedgemount Lake, uphill to an obvious rock hump (exposed fully by 2005), and to a new smaller lake basin at glacier terminus (beginning to develop in 2013), we are now seeing a much steeper glacier surface. On the other hand, the northwest arm of the glacier located under Parkhurst Mountain is nearing full disappearance with another new lake below it. This year’s recession (horizontal) was only 12.8 metres, as opposed to the 30-plus metres of recent years. Why? Most of the terminus is no longer submerged in the buoyant and warming influence in Tupper Lake, although the skier’s right terminus, fully exposed to the sun, has drawn back about 46.7 metres (we ignored that for reporting purposes). Tupper Lake expansion is now to 3.4 hectares (or approximately seven football fields), but an appearing rock bluff wall will
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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 25 reduce further enlargement. It needs a depth survey, known to be more than nine metres. Another facet of glacier monitoring is the location of the equilibrium line— where bare ice meets year-round snow cover. As the line rises in elevation with the procession of ever-warming climate change, so does the terminus of the glacier recede. It is a more or less direct coupling effect. Photo 1 taken of Wedgemount Glacier in 2005 shows it to be at the upper icefall—definitely an unhealthy position. For 2019, however, Photo 2 shows the line well below the upper ice fall bordering the intermediate crevasse zone at about 2,150 metres—a cooler summer! Overlord is another glacier that started being monitored in 1986. On that first visit, it was revealed that the glacier advanced since 1951, a worldwide phenomenon with many glaciers. The 2017 survey of Overlord Glacier showed that recession over 27 years was 264 metres. It’s interesting to note that over the same time span Wedgemount Glacier receded 472 metres. Why the difference in two glaciers in such proximity? It could be a myriad of things and shows just how complex glacier science is. Unfortunately, the Overlord Glacier survey was again missed this year, but it will be a priority mission in 2020. After 46 years of surveying, Karl is near retiring and will be handing off these two projects to a younger generation of
RECEDING GLACIER The full extent of Wedgemount Glacier (2019) from summit of Wedge Mtn (2,904m) to “Tupper Lake.” Note equilibrium line of bare ice to snow cover (arrow) and what is left of the stagnating northwest arm of the glacier (*) below Parkhurst Mtn. PHOTO BY DOUG WYLIE
researchers. The contribution Karl has made to our understanding of the natural world is unmatched. He has explored the mountains, valleys and regions around Whistler perhaps more than any other person alive. A remarkable naturalist, Karl
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has not only contributed glacier monitoring data, but has also studied the flora and fauna of our region. He has contributed in huge ways to our knowledge of the animals and plants that inhabit and surround our community. He has been a tireless
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New report spells out impact of tourism on Pemberton and Area C TOURISM PEMBERTON-COMMISSIONED REPORT ESTIMATES SOME 325,000 PEOPLE VISITED AREA LAST YEAR
BY JOEL BARDE IT’S LONG BEEN thought that tourism makes up a significant chunk of Pemberton and Area C’s economy, but until now, there hasn’t been a definitive study to back that notion up. That’s changed now thanks to a recently released study from Pacific Analytics Inc., which studied statistics from 2018. The report was commissioned by Tourism Pemberton, and according to the not-for profit’s director, Don Coggins, it’s a game-changer. “This gives us a stake in the ground to be able to say, ‘This is what the value of tourism is in the area,’” said Coggins. “It also allows the community at large to understand the importance and the relevance of tourism to the area.” Tourism in Pemberton and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Area C generated $31.2 million in domestic output, with $21.2 million staying within the region, according to the report, which drew on financial information from participating
BUSY, BUSY A new Tourism Pemberton report estimates that 325,000 people visited Pemberton and Area C in 2018. PHOTO BY JOEL BARDE
businesses and publicly available data. The report estimated that some 325,000 people visited the area in 2018, and that the tourism industry is responsible for 234 jobs and $8.5 million in labour income. This is the first time an effort has been made to get an all-inclusive snapshot of the impact of tourism in the area.
“We aren’t a purpose-built community like Whistler,” said Coggins. “We have to understand the impact that [tourism] has on the people who live here and make sure that they’re not being disadvantaged.” Supporting sustainable tourism initiatives, such as the annual Sunday Slow Food Cycle, is key to this, he said.
“This gives us a stake in the ground to be able to say, ‘This is what the value of tourism is in the area.’” - DON COGGINS
“We knew that tourism has been important here, but we didn’t know just how important,” said Coggins. “I think a key takeaway, for us, is that tourism in the area is more important than we thought it was.” An average day-visitor spends about $50, while those that stay overnight spend $150 on average a day, said Coggins. And while Tourism Pemberton is clearly aiming to grow the Pemberton Valley’s tourism economy, Coggins said it recognizes the importance of doing so in a responsible manner.
The report was financed by Tourism Pemberton and a grant awarded through the SLRD. Coggins noted that Tourism Pemberton is hopeful that the report will assist the organization in its efforts to secure longterm funding. It is seeking yearly funding guarantees from both the Village of Pemberton (VOP) and SLRD, as well as through the Municipal Regional District Tax (MRDT). Previously known as the Additional Hotel Room Tax, the MRDT is a tax of up to
three per cent on the purchase of short-term (under 30 days) accommodation (fixed-roof lodging, of four or more rooms) imposed in specific geographic areas of the province. “We are looking to get sustainable funding from both the SLRD and the Village and to set in place an MRDT so that we can continually promote Pemberton,” said Coggins. “We have no solid basis of financing, so we are always beholden to others to try and make something happen.” The situation makes it difficult to plan ahead, he said. “You don’t know what you’re looking at year to year in terms of the financial input.” Tourism Pemberton President Mark Mendonca said he thinks the report clearly lays out the importance of tourism to Pemberton and Area C’s economy. Tourism Pemberton is currently working on a formal business plan to present during the budgeting processes for the SLRD and VOP, he said. Mendonca said he sees potential to grow the sector, noting that Pemberton’s close proximity to Whistler bodes well for its continued success. “The management of Whistler Blackcomb is intent on growing their business and tourism, and we can only benefit from Whistler’s growth,” said Mendonca. “Tourism plays a very important and healthy role within our community.” n
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Province amends closure of popular backcountry destination AVAILABLE ROUTES TO KEITH’S HUT ALL CROSS ‘COMPLEX AVALANCHE TERRAIN’
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be delighted to hear that the province has decided to open a vast swath of a popular touring destination. But experts warn that that the remaining routes to the area’s only hut are sketchy and require skill, training and knowledge. BC Parks closed the Nlháxten/ Cerise Creek Conservancy in May after two landslides from Joffre Peak heavily impacted the Cerise Creek watershed within the Conservancy. The province, in coordination with the Lil’wat Nation, has decided to amend the closure after advocacy from the backcountry-skiing community. BC Parks recently announced that while the area surrounding the slide path will remain closed, the rest of the conservancy—including the land that the Keith Flavelle Hut (Keith’s Hut) sits on—is now open to the public. The closed area is outlined in red on a map posted on the Nlháxten/Cerise Creek Conservancy website and seen above. The Keith Flavelle Hut is overseen by the Keith Flavelle Memorial Hut Society, a registered charity responsible for its upkeep and permitting. In a statement to Pique, BC Parks warned of the dangers of the alternate access routes to the hut. “Any alternate routes cross through complex avalanche terrain…We very strongly recommend a high level of avalanche training; equipment and experience is mandatory,” reads the statement. “This is not beginnerfriendly terrain.” Outdoor advocate Steve Jones noted that the closed area bisects the Cerise Creek Trail, the main route to the cabin. While there are a few different options to access the hut, none of them are beginner friendly, he said. “[It] remains to be seen what the best
route is going to be,” said Jones. It may be possible to go through Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, and then down [Anniversary Glacier], but that’s a very advanced route that requires glacier travel and mountaineering. There’s a lot of avalanche danger [and] a particularly active slide path involved in that route.” The other possible routes also have their respective dangers, said Jones. “It’s not going to be very practical for a lot of people to get there.” Jones helped lead the effort to get BC Parks to reconsider the full closure of the conservancy. He said it’s important for the public to abide by the closure that’s in place, noting that BC Parks has been “kind enough to respond to the public feedback.” BC Parks, he said, takes the expert advice of geologists in making its decisions. “I think they’ve done the community a favour, and I just hope that people appreciate that and respect the closure,” said Jones. BC Parks has put up signage indicating the closed area at the trailheads of the conservancy. The slide wiped out forested land, making it obvious where the closure is added Jones. With the backcountry-ski season just around the corner, Jones stressed the need to be prepared when heading into the backcountry. Avalanche and navigational training are essential, he said. “Although [Keith’s Hut] remains open … there is no route to it this year that’s going to be as safe as previous years,” added Jones. “Every single alternative introduces significant danger.” BC Parks is currently working in coordination with the Lil’wat Nation on the management of the conservancy, following the recent completion of the Nlháxten /Cerise Creek Conservancy Management Plan. n
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Gauging wildfire fighters’ health THE PROVINCE IS SUPPORTING TWO NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF FIGHTING FOREST FIRES
BY JOEL BARDE THE UNIVERSITY of Northern British Columbia and the University of Alberta are conducting studies to learn more about how firefighting activities affect the health of fire crews. “There is really no data that tells us about the long-term effects on the respiratory system of working year after year as a wildland firefighter,” said Dr. Nicola Cherry, who serves as the tripartite chair of occupational health with the Division of Preventive Medicine at the University of Alberta. Fighting wildfires is thought to place firefighters at risk of asthma, lung diseases and mental-health issues. Cherry’s work will examine the nature and concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the air that firefighters breathe and accumulate on their skin. PAHs are a suite of organic compounds produced when organic material burns, some of which can be carcinogenic.
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Cherry’s work in B.C. will look at the relationship between skin hygiene and the absorption of PAHs. “We are measuring the exposure by looking at concentrations of a metabolite of PAHs in the urine before the shift, after the shift, and the next morning,” she explained. To measure that difference, her team of researchers broke the sample set into two groups: wildfire fighters who showered and put on clean clothes immediately after a shift, and those who didn’t. Results are forthcoming. Cherry has previously worked with firefighters in Alberta on a similar project, where her research showed that the firefighters who were on the ground in the early days of the Fort McMurray fire and had little opportunity for skin hygiene had “heavy exposure” to PAHs . The study also showed that there were long-term consequences of such exposure. “We also showed that people who got very high exposures to particulates in the first days of the fire seemed to have ongoing respiratory problems,” said Cherry. The fact that there were fewer wildfires in B.C. this year than in previous years presented a challenge for her team, she explained. “There weren’t all that many fires this summer,” said Cherry. “So when [the BC Wildfire Service] knew there was going to be a fire, we would rush down and set up camp and then measure the firefighters who
volunteered.” Cherry’s work will also explore the practicality and effectiveness of using respiratory protective equipment when fighting wildfires. Some of the firefighters her team worked with volunteered to wear them, allowing her team to measure their effectiveness in terms of preventing the inhalation of PAHs or vapours. “We’ve got no results from the labs [yet], but we do know [that wildfire fighters] complain less of coughing symptoms the next morning if they have been wearing [respiratory protective equipment],” she said. Wildfire fighters don’t traditionally wear the devices, she said, noting the extremely physical nature of the job. Cherry’s investigation will also explore whether wildfire fighters suffer chronic lung disease at a greater rate than other people of the same age, gender and geographic location. A progress report on the initial phase of this project is expected in March 2020. Cherry’s work is being undertaken alongside that of Chelsea Pelletier, an assistant professor with the School of Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). The BC Wildfire Service has provided $305,000 to help fund the B.C. research projects. Pelletier was unavailable for an interview, as the UNBC Faculty Association,
which represents teaching staff, is currently on strike But according to a release from the province, her work will conduct a global scan of the scientific literature on wildfire fighter health and wellness. The work will be drawn on to identify any modifications that could be implemented to reduce potential health impacts of the job, and identify gaps in the research. According to the province, the Pelletier’s work is expected to be complete by the summer of 2020, and the “outcomes of this project and other information will help the BC Wildfire Service establish a long-term research strategy for worker health.” The research projects come at a time of increased awareness of the threat of wildfires and interest in their health effects. Cherry spoke to Pique shortly after attending a conference in Fort McMurray where researchers shared their wildfirerelated analysis with the public. Lessons from several federalgovernment-funded projects were shared. “I think it was an important conference because the community had gotten ideas that weren’t necessarily supported by the data,” said Cherry. “For example, there was a group who did a study that looked at the dust in people’s houses and a year later didn’t find any [concentrations of] chemicals that [were of] any concern.” n
SCIENCE MATTERS
THE CLIMATE and ecological crises touch each of us to varying degrees. Some carry the emotional weight of worrying about what kind of diminished, unstable world we’re leaving for our children while others are directly, physically affected by climate-fuelled disasters like storms, wildfires, droughts and changing wildlife patterns. Our responses to these crises also vary. Most people know the traditional reactions to crises: fight, flight or freeze. But as climate scientist and activist Susanne Moser said, “We keep talking about the three Fs but there is a fourth one, and that’s
BY DAVID SUZUKI the one that actually helped us survive. The forming of bonds, or the be-friending. That’s the piece that got us to cooperate as a species and recognize that we have greater advantage when we work together as opposed to everyone for themselves. This is biology. It is in the genetic history of our species. We are here because we cooperated. It’s part of us.” Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine examines how capitalism takes advantage of disasters, always ready to profit from the destabilization they create. On the flip side, a new phrase has emerged to recognize the human capacity to cooperate in the face of calamity—“disaster collectivism”—described by writer Rebecca Solnit as “the sense of immersion in the moment and solidarity with others caused
Margaret Klein Salamon, founder and executive director of U.S.-based The Climate Mobilization, argues that society actually needs to enter “emergency mode” in which “individuals and groups function optimally during an existential or moral crisis — often achieving great feats through intensley focused motivation.” The climate and ecological crises are manifest in destroyed homes and livelihoods during floods, hurricanes and tornadoes, drastic declines in wildlife populations and the disappearances of vast tracts of forests consumed by increased wildfires, but they are ultimately symptoms of the underlying crisis of our societal failure to take responsibility for our impacts on the planet so that it can continue to provide us with stable, life-supporting ecosystems. It is a crisis facing us all, that we created and to which we must respond. The systems we’ve been using to structure the way we extract resources need to be rethought. Although we sometimes see our economy as an absolute, as something apart from us, it is our creation, and it can be recreated if we recognize the planetary harms it sets in motion. Ideally, the fissures in the wall that has upheld business-as-usual operations provide an opportunity for us to come together, equipped with tools to redress, repair and rebuild. Some of the fixes will be technological, like better ways to make renewable energy sources accessible and affordable everywhere, but what is mainly needed is a new vision that sets limits to better manage the pace and reach of our historically unrestrained plundering of the planet’s offerings.
“We keep talking about the three Fs but there is a fourth one, and that’s the one that actually helped us survive. The forming of bonds, or the be-friending ... ” - SUSANNE MOSER
by the rupture in everyday life, an emotion graver than happiness but deeply positive.” This term has emerged from the displays of compassion, altruism and creative solution-seeking that blossom when climate disaster strikes communities. News reports are full of stories about neighbours and strangers going out of their way to share food, rescue pets, locate loved ones and help rebuild what has been lost. Although disaster collectivism was coined in 2018 in conjunction with the dizzying increase in climate-caused calamities, the phenomenon of the potential of positive reaction to stress has been documented by scientists. A 2012 article in Scientific American, “How the Stress of Disaster Brings People Together,” points to studies that found, “acute stress may actually lead to greater cooperative, social, and friendly behavior.”
Reimagining and acting to create a better world can be a deeply positive experience, as Solnit highlights. In the act of coming together, we can also rewire the status quo so that taking care of each other becomes the norm. As Barry Lopez observes in his book, Horizon, “Our question is no longer how to exploit the natural world for human comfort and gain, but how we can cooperate with one another to ensure we will someday have a fitting, not a dominating, place in it.” Change isn’t easy, but when people come together for the good of humanity and Earth, we can accomplish great things. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin. n
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Regarding Bayshores Land Use Contract Termination (LUC00003) The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) invites interested members of the public to attend an open house on: MONDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2019 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. at the Whistler Conference Centre, 4010 Whistler Way (Garibaldi Room). RMOW Council has authorized staff to prepare the necessary bylaws to zone lands subject to the Bayshores Land Use Contract (LUC) and to terminate the Bayshores LUC pursuant to sections 547 and 548 of the Local Government Act. On September 17, 2019, staff presented Council with a draft of the zone that is being proposed to replace the Bayshores LUC. This draft zone is entitled “RMB Zone – Residential Multiple Bayshores”. The proposed RMB Zone is intended to mirror the regulations established by the LUC, applicable permits, and covenants for each lot within the LUC area. It also applies the general regulations from Zoning and Parking Bylaw No. 303, 2015, which provide for auxiliary residential dwelling units and gross floor area exclusions. The purpose of the open house is to provide information on the proposed RMB Zone for affected property owners. At this meeting, staff will present an overview of the proposed RMB Zone and be available for questions about the draft zone and the LUC termination process. A presentation from RMOW staff will begin at 5:30 p.m. For more information on the Bayshores LUC Termination and the opportunity to provide written comments on the draft RMB Zone, visit www.whistler.ca/landusecontracts or contact the Planning Department at 604-935-8170.
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Barbarians at the gate THE ELECTION IS OVER . Two-thirds of Canadians voted for immediate increased climate action, though you’d never know it from post-election mainstream media coverage. Meanwhile, record storms, droughts, floods and wildfires continue to impacts lives, and kids are increasingly scared to the point that 15 young people from across Canada are suing the federal government for contributing to and perpetuating dangerous climate change. Reaction to this Writing on the Wall from neighbouring Alberta’s new conservative government? To stamp their little feet like a petulant child that can’t get what it wants—despite knowing what it
BY LESLIE ANTHONY wants isn’t good for anyone, a fascinating crucible of delusion and entitlement. Simultaneously, federal Conservatives under PM-reject Andrew Scheer act like they’re somehow relevant, warning they’ll use “every measure available” to bend the feds to their theatrical demands over western alienation. “Justin Trudeau has not come close to seeing the force of three million mobilized Albertans …,” said bloviating Calgary MP, leftover HarperCon, and notorious Twitter-blocker Michelle Rempel Garner. “So my message to him is giddy up.” And yet the so-called unity crisis isn’t a “regional” schism, but a climate-literacy schism, increasingly deepened by the rhetoric of Conservative governments and industry. Rempel Garner’s predictable comments came only a day after Napoleonic Alberta Premier Jason Kenney blustered the province’s demand for more autonomy, a plan that would see it open extra-provincial offices (presumably with redneck ambassadors), petition referendums, and create an “advisory panel”—led by RWNJ Preston Manning—to crisscross the abandonedwell-constellated landscape to consult on things like whether to establish its own revenue agency, pension, or police force. This manufactured diversion provides cover for yet another conservative cabal—as recently ascertained by the courts—convicted of electioneering fraud, such that many have labelled Kenney’s premiership illegitimate. In an illuminating podcast with Stand.earth’s erudite climate campaigner, Tzeporah Berman, Progress Alberta (the organization, not the oxymoron) digs into Kenney’s other considerable smokescreen—energy entitlement. As Berman rightly points out, resistance to Alberta’s tarsands isn’t about shutting it down, but about the wisdom of expanding, and how the moot conversation over garnering a better oil price through more capacity to tidewater renders the Trans Mountain
Pipeline a red herring. “Jason Kenney is being played. Right now he’s a tool for billionaire CEOs,” said Berman, excoriating oil companies for crying wolf, accepting ever more government subsidies, returning nothing, and rallying Albertans to their defense as they make money hand-over-fist, lay people off, and stash billions offshore. “But the atmosphere doesn’t negotiate,” she said. “The fact is we’re sitting her in Alberta and those emissions are going up, not down.” In a May 2019 article in the National Observer, Barry Saxifrage demonstrated how most of Canada was close to meeting the low-ball 2020 emissions target of a 17 per cent reduction from 2005 levels set by the HarperCons (and adapted by the Trudeau Liberals) in the 2010 Copenhagen Accord. A graph shows combined emissions from 85 per cent of Canadians— representing all but two provinces—are on pace to match that target. The two outliers? Alberta and Saskatchewan. In provinceby-province comparisons, Ontario led with a reduction of 45 Megatons of CO2, two-thirds of which came from eliminating coal-generated electricity, while Alberta’s skyrocketing tarsands pollution increased its emissions by 42 MtCO2, erasing Ontario’s climate progress from the national tally. Saskatchewan’s spike of 10 MtCO2 similarly wiped out the combined climate progress of Quebec and B.C. How’s that for national unity? While tens of millions of Canadians now demand greater climate action and emissions cuts, Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)—famously invited by Harper and then natural resources minister Joe Oliver to dictate a rewrite of Canada’s environmental laws— continues working behind the scenes to derail efforts to address climate change. This October, Environmental Defence released a report exposing a decade of “sweeping consequences” from CAPP’s lobbying efforts. It highlights three key findings, all of which have worsened since the HarperCon regime: 1) Continued axing of environmental regulations—including water protection, environmental review of industrial projects, and carbon pricing— to further oil and gas industry interests; 2) lobbyists demand for a huge increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector; 3) industry hoarding profits (from 2000–2016, oil production in Canada increased by 75 per cent, while royalties and corporate taxes paid to government decreased by 63 and 50 per cent, respectively). In the recent election, Canadians may have resoundingly told decision-makers to stop catering to oil and gas and their conservative proxies—yet the barbarians remain at the gate, rattling their rubber sabres. Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in reversing political spin. n
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Rising up in the face of the outdoor industry’s corporate bullying IF YOU’VE EVER shopped for ski gear online you’ve probably heard of the online retailer Backcountry.com. Its iconic mountain goat logo sticker can be found on everything from skis to truck windows, especially in ski towns south of the border. In the last few weeks, however, this successful
BY VINCE SHULEY online enterprise has experienced massive blowback from the online community after a scathing story in The Colorado Sun reported Backcountry.com had pursued trademark lawsuits against all manner of small businesses that used the word “backcountry” in their own business name. Like many mountain town success stories, Backcountry.com had humble beginnings, with Jim Holland and John Bresse selling avalanche beacons out of a garage in Park City in 1996 under the original domain names BCstore.com and BackcountryStore.com. The company purchased the domain name backcountry. com in 2004 for US$75,000, at which point online purchases of sporting goods equipment accounted for less than three per cent of total purchases in that category.
WHOSE NAME? Online retailer Backcountry.com’s legal efforts have caused quite a stir in the outdoor community. IMAGE SUPPLIED
Things have certainly changed since then. Online sales have slowly edged out mom and pop ski shops all over the world; the once-niche sport of backcountry skiing has exploded in popularity; and in 2007, the online retailer backcountry.com decided it would call itself simply “Backcountry” by securing its first registration of a service mark (similar to a trademark but used to differentiate the company from its competitors, in many cases in the form of a slogan). Backcountry (I’ll refer to them as such henceforth, to avoid a lawsuit of my own) has also experienced rapid growth over the last 20 years, acquiring other successful online retailers such as bergfreunde.de, motosport.com and Competitive Cyclist and in turn being acquired by larger parent companies, most recently by corporate conglomerate TSG Consumer Partners. Backcountry has big plans to expand its own in-house branded products (think MEC) and in turn has expanded its service mark scope by applying for trademarks on hundreds of types of outdoor gear, from heart rate monitors to mountaineering equipment. And herein lies the source of all these ridiculous-sounding lawsuits. Backcountry wants to apply its own name to every type of outdoor product and if you happen to have a company or product that conflicts with that, they’ve probably sent you a cease and desist letter. The ones reported thus far are Backcountry Denim (which makes jeans), Backcountry Nitro coffee, Marquette Backcountry Ski and even the
company Constellation Outdoor Education, which trademarked the name Backcountry Babes for clinics offering women-focused avalanche education courses. In the case of Marquette Backcountry Ski, The Colorado Sun reported that Backcountry demanded three times all the profits he’s ever made selling the Marquette Backcountry Ski as well as legal fees and a penalty. The excerpt from the lawsuit read: “Backcountry requests punitive or exemplary damages … in an amount sufficient to punish and deter defendants and to make an example of them.” Popular outdoor brands such as REI, Patagonia and YETI coolers have all enacted similar trademark lawsuits against similarly-named competitors, yet the Backcountry debacle stands above them all. When you look at it objectively and without emotion, Backcountry is simply protecting its intellectual property. Interestingly, it hasn’t touched the brand Backcountry Access (which makes avalanche safety gear and is a large supplier to Backcountry for these products). That could be because of the potential business conflict or the risk in taking on another large corporate legal team (Backcountry Access was bought by ski brand K2 Sports, which is in turn owned by private equity firm Kolhberg & Co.) Backcountry CEO Jonathon Nielsen broke his silence last week, stating publicly that his company’s perceived conduct in the media is “not reflective of how we behave in the market, how we treat partners, and how we treat people. We were never holistically trying to own the term ‘backcountry.’”
His actions were no doubt fuelled by a global #BoycottBackcountry movement on social media (including a Facebook group of more than 19,000 members). Nielsen came out again on Nov. 8, 2019 stating that the company had fired its California-based trademark law firm, dropped any outstanding lawsuits and was beginning to mend the bridges with the companies affected by its recent legal actions. So chalk one up for the internet doing some good last week and keeping corporate values in check. With so much corporatization permeating the outdoor industry, how can we help prevent these sorts of unnecessary, heavy-handed tactics? I asked Squamish resident Victoria Farrand, who led a #BoycottBackcountry initiative to reclaim the internet search term “backcountry” from the company in question. “Vote with our dollars,” she said. “Businesses exist because we buy what they sell. Every wallet is powerful, no matter the size. Decrease the influence of companies who don’t align with your values by helping to grow new, healthy competition which does. If we want to see more corporate responsibility we have to invest in it. Every dollar we spend at a company makes us an investor in the future of the industry. We can all choose who is the future of the outdoor industry. The question is: what kind of future do we want?” Vince Shuley encourages you to shop local. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. n
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“I CAN MAKE KANG KHAO ISLAND,” my paddling partner said, “it’s only 15 kilometres.” We had just rounded the southwestern point of Phayam Island and conditions were good to cross the strong currents of Ratchakrut Channel. A few hours later, we landed on a narrow strip of beach, where the only signs of life were footprints of crab-eating macaques in the sand. Talk about getting away from it all. Ian Taylor and I were on our third kayak expedition along Thailand’s west coast in our Vancouvermade Feathercraft collapsible kayaks. These boats have proven capable of handling the unpredictable waters of the Andaman Sea. Thailand has more than 3,000 kms of coastline and hundreds of islands, many remain surprisingly
unknown. Ranong Province, next to the Myanmar border on the Andaman coast, is perfect for paddling and camping. Its empty beaches, massive mangrove forests and uninhabited islands remain unspoiled and unexploited. Paddlers should note this coast is exposed to the Andaman Sea, so swell can be big, building across the unimpeded waters between here and the Indian subcontinent to the west. Surf-launch and surf-landing skills are a must. As well, tidal forces can lift these waters as much as 3.5 metres on the way up and fall the same six hours later. Tide charts are widely available and anybody who paddles without one is a fool—you might have to lug gear several hundred metres across a muddy flat or watch your kayak float away as the water rises. Land access to this coastline is limited so a good base is Phayam Island, roughly 25 kms from the mainland town of Ranong. Rent a beachfront bungalow (they vary from typical Thai bamboo to airconditioned resorts), get acquainted with the Andaman Sea, practice
BELOW: Feathercraft kayaks on Chang Island
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launch and landing and explore sheltered bays and mangrove forests. Phayam’s north point often provides a lesson in what can happen when swell, wind and tide collide, creating a soupbowl of froth. Neighbouring Chang Island has a scattering of bungalows, allowing a leisurely two-to three-night trip around the island without camping. Don’t miss my fav place, Green Banana on Aow Lek at the southern tip. Explore the mangrove forests of the 300 sq-km, UN-designated Ranong Biosphere Reserve and camp on nearby Sai Dam Island or head further south to Bang Ben National Park, at the narrow mouth of Khlong Kapoe. Khlong (“estuary” in English) Kapoe has three long watery arms clawing deep inland toward the mountains revealing subsistence fishing villages, mussel farms and a myriad of waterfowl. Most of the region is under the protection of Laem Son National Park. Use a flood tide to push you in to explore the estuary and let the ebb pull you out. Southward, in the tiny fishing community of Baan Talae Nok, there is a homestay and offshore, Mu Koh Kum Islands National Park is back in business after its offices were levelled in the 2004 tsunami. I went there 10 days after witnessing the tsunami and saw the destruction firsthand—the island had been ripped in two. Staff returned in 2013, so visitors can now spend a few days exploring these idyllic and
uninhabited islands. Crossing into northern Phang Nga Province puts you in reach of three large islands. Ra Island, the most northerly, has a national park office on the northern end with camping, freshwater shower and a friendly park staff. Its west coast is dotted with stunning beaches, where a solitary sunset camp is yours. A narrow channel separates mountainous Ra Island from the flat— and intensely bio-diverse—Phra Thong Island. A turtle breeding program, mangrove protection strategy and safari-style, savannah wildlife tours to view deer, storks and hundreds of bird species have been put in place since the tsunami. A few dugong survive here and the immense mangrove forest on the east side of the island is reputedly home to a few saltwater crocodiles. Local schoolchildren are learning about their environment and starting to lead nature tours. Rent a nearby bungalow on the west side or camp on the endless stretch of beach. Next door, Khao Island has one lonely resort and long stretch of empty beach, a far cry from the southern half where resorts abound and the tourism engine revs up. It’s a good place to start the return journey north to Phayam Island, hitting the spots you missed on the way down. And perhaps discovering macaque footprints in the sand. ■
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CLOCKWISE: Feathercraft kayaks on Sai Dam Island; Thai Fisherman; View of Phayam Island from Chang Island; Ian Taylor in the Mangroves.
Public Information Meeting – Monday, November 18, 2019, 6 pm at PSS School District No.48 has submitted an application to amend the Village of Pemberton Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw to allow for the subdivision and development of a single-family residential lot on a portion of the Pemberton Secondary School (PSS) site that is situated at the corner of Aspen and Poplar. The intent is to provide an opportunity for the students to help design and build this home as a valuable learning experience. The home will be retained by the School District and used as future employee housing (a ‘teacherage’), pending approval from the Village of Pemberton regarding subdivision and rezoning of school district property and Ministry of Education approval to grant disposal of the property for the purposes of facilitating a student housing construction project. As part of the OCP and Zoning Amendment process, SD 48 is required by the Village of Pemberton to hold a Public Information Session to gather nearby residents’ comments and gauge general community support for this amendment. We invite you to learn more about this project on Monday, November 18th, 2019 at 6 pm at Pemberton Secondary School. We would appreciate you taking the time to come show your support and look forward to answering your questions!
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Nakajima helps Varsity Blues to USports bronze DEFENDER MADE STRIDES IN FIRST ACTIVE SEASON
BY DAN FALLOON WHISTLER’S RENA Nakajima was part of University of Toronto soccer history this season. Prior to the 2019 campaign, the Varsity Blues had never even qualified for the U Sports women’s soccer championship, but after this year’s tournament in Victoria on the weekend, the club walked away with its first medal after downing Acadia 1-0 on penalty kicks in the bronze medal game. “We’ve actually hosted Canadian nationals, but we’ve never actually qualified … on the women’s side,” Nakajima said. “It was really cool to be a part of the first team on our side to make Varsity Blues history. “It was definitely new to all of us, so it was definitely cool to get the experience.” In the national tournament, Toronto blanked Cape Breton 3-0 before falling 3-1 in the semifinal to the eventual silver medallists from Calgary. “It was really cool for us to experience the high level of play from all over the country,” Nakajima said. “They were quite good teams right from the start and I really think it challenged our team to step it up as well. “We definitely showed up to the games, showed that we deserved to be there … We definitely surprised some teams with the
VARSITY PRIDE Rena Nakajima helped the University of Toronto Varsity Blues to bronze at the USports women’s soccer championship. PHOTO COURTESY OF RENA NAKAJIMA
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level of skill we brought to the games.” In the third-place contest, playing their third game in four days, Nakajima said the Varsity Blues weren’t able to push the pace as well as they usually do, but still managed to come away with the win. “Because it was our last game of the season, a lot of us were quite tired from
is just working so hard to excel in school, excel in sport, and I think it’s just been an incredible vibe to be around during my time at U of T,” she said. Over the two seasons she’s been with the team, Nakajima said she’s made strides both athletically and academically as she works on her mechanical engineering
“Even though I’m playing in Toronto now, Whistler … is where I started to really like soccer, so I feel really grateful for everyone along the way that helped me get to where I am now.” - RENA NAKAJIMA
having multiple games [so close together],” she said. “The speed of play wasn’t as high as we wanted it to be, but we had some really good opportunities to score during regular time. Although we didn’t, we managed to finish it off in the penalty shootout.” Nakajima redshirted with the Varsity Blues in 2018, meaning she practiced but didn’t play with the team while attending school. Stepping into an active role this year, she started 16 of 19 games she played while chipping in an assist offensively. “It’s really incredible to be a part of such a great group of people. Everyone here
major. She credits a plethora of veterans on the squad with helping to show her the way. “On the field, I definitely had to learn from a lot of the veterans on the team,” she said. “I really get to learn from them in terms of the speed of play, the technique that they show. It’s really incredible to gauge where I stand off of them. “Off the field, in school, time management has been the most key part I’ve been working on—balancing school, balancing a social life, balancing soccer.” Moving from the club level to university was a bit of an eye-opener for Nakajima, as
she had to adapt to a more physical style of play. She said that because, top to bottom, every player on the pitch wants to be there, the intensity is ramped up. “Everyone at the university level is there because they wanted to continue after high school. Most people play sports in high school, and some people do it because they want to and some people do it because they have to,” she said. “In university, the difference is everyone is just so motivated to be there, worked so hard to get to where they are, so the level of play and the desire to get the ball is a lot more intense.” Admittedly, the five-foot-four Nakajima isn’t necessarily naturally built for a roughand-tumble style, but she’s made some adjustments in her game to make it work for her. “Definitely, it’s been challenging, especially because I was never the biggest person on the field,” she said. “We’ve been focusing as a team to work on weightlifting in the gym, getting really strong, working on the fitness aspect of it. “I was trail running all summer, so that way, when I got back into it in August, it wasn’t too difficult for me to smooth right into the play.” Nakajima added that she is all around thankful for having grown up in Whistler, and how it led to the opportunity to get an education while playing the sport she loves. “Even though I’m playing in Toronto now, Whistler … is where I started to really like soccer, so I feel really grateful for everyone along the way that helped me get to where I am now,” she said. n
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Wellness Talks MEXICAN CREW The women riders and members of the trail crew at the TranSierra Norte in Mexico.
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Corridor riders podium in Mexico PEMBERTON’S SLACO, WHISTLER’S WILSON AMONG THE MEDALLISTS AT TRANSIERRA NORTE
BY DAN FALLOON ENDURO RIDERS from the Sea to Sky corridor performed well at the TranSierra Norte race near Oaxaca, Mexico earlier this month. In the four-day stage race, held from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, Pemberton’s Emily Slaco took second to former Whistlerite and current Squamish resident Andreane Lanthier Nadeau in the women’s division, completing the four-day race in 153 minutes and 6.79 seconds (153:06.79), 5:19.7 back. Slaco explained that the course provided plenty of variety for the riders. “It was kind of wet and jungle-like, and then as we got lower and lower, the trails got steeper and steeper, rockier and tighter,” she said. “It was a fun mix of stuff.” Though the race was a bit of a longer one, running over four days, Slaco said she’s become more comfortable with stage races and felt confident heading in. She wasn’t necessarily expecting to land on the podium, though. “I was just hoping to have a good time and check it all out,” she said. Slaco added that there was also a hodgepodge of weather conditions throughout the four-day contest. “It was kind of cool and rainy, and some days, as we got lower and lower, the temperature fluctuations would get hotter. All in all, it was a nice mix of cooler temperatures and some warmth, too,” she said. Slaco was drawn to the race because she had never been as far south as Oaxaca, so she was excited to see that part of the country, especially during Day of the Dead celebrations. “All the vibrant colours and culture added to the whole experience, and then you had a race on top of it,” she said. Craig Wilson of Whistler, meanwhile, ended up third in the men’s open 40 division, finishing in 152:51.91. For being more than 4,000 kilometres from home,
Wilson felt in many ways like he was riding in his own backyard. “It was pretty surprising that it was the same weather that we’re having here in Whistler right now,” he said, noting it rained all four days. “It was comparable to what a Squamish or Pemberton enduro would be, and we did that four days in a row. “Some of the descending was longer than we have here, which was somewhat surprising. For the people that live and ride around here, it wasn’t extremely challenging, but the people that don’t have Whistler as a resource definitely were struggling,” Wilson added. Wilson noted that the riders set up camp at an altitude of roughly 2,900 metres (9,500 feet) and achieving a maximum of roughly 3,350 metres (11,000 feet). “It was a different Mexican experience than everyone expected, but it was pretty amazing at the same time,” he said. “It was quite challenging, and reminded me a little bit of riding in Lillooet. It was very variable. You’d start out and it was very similar, muddy and slippery conditions up high, and as you descended down closer to the valley, it changed to a Lillooet-style trail. “The lowest parts were where it was actually Mexico, but we never got to see a whole lot of that. We stayed pretty high for the majority of the event.” Wilson joined the race as other friends of his had completed other races by the same organizer over the last several years. He decided he didn’t want another year to go by without him doing one. “This year, I didn’t want to miss out. I wanted to experience it,” he said. “It was word of mouth that it was really good, so we went for it, and it was an amazing experience.” He added that because there was no cellular reception, the race provided a welcome reprieve from devices. Other local riders finishing the race were Jaime Hill (eighth in women’s) and Davis English (11th in pro men). n
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Pique Newsmagazine publisher Sarah Strother, front, and editor Clare Ogilvie look for any last-minute fixes to the paper on a recent production day. // Photo by David Buzzard / www.media-centre.ca
Pique today By Sarah Strother, publisher PIQUE’S GROWN UP over the past 25 years, but I’d like to think its personality remains the same: inquisitive and independent, provocative and edgy, youthful and artsy. We’re old enough to have a depth of knowledge and to have earned respect in this community, and to have collected a 25-year archive of Whistler’s stories. There’s rarely a topic our editor, Clare Ogilvie, doesn’t have a historical timeline for explaining its genesis, struggle and current-day reality (think “housing” or “Whistler development” and do a search of our stories), but if Clare can’t remember what happened, she’s got a long list of contributors, columnists and community leaders at her fingertips who always have the answer—and perhaps more importantly, the time to give—to make Pique’s story complete. In the early days, I suspect that founders Bob and Kathy Barnett and the original team at Pique had to fight hard to establish the newsmagazine as a serious news leader, whose reporters should be called back, whose sales team’s promises could be believed to deliver an effective advertising campaign, and whose design work was consistently top-notch, agency quality. Pique’s reality today is quite different. Many of our reporters came here for the job— not the skiing, boarding or lifestyle—because Pique has a reputation as a newsroom
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that writes real stories with context and insight, and it offers an opportunity to explore, investigate and be creative in its many features and pages. Our designers today aren’t fledgling upstarts but serious artists with years of experience and talent such that they can imagine, create and produce one of our weekly covers in just that: a week, or sometimes less. And our sales team has the confidence to meet with any business and present it with a marketing campaign that truly will deliver. Our many national, provincial and community news awards for best newspaper in its class are testament to the fact that Pique’s reputation reaches beyond Whistler’s borders. And yet with this experience and established presence in the community as the trusted source for Whistler’s news, Pique has never allowed itself to be boring, lazy or rest on its laurels. Its mindset is still as creative and upstart as it was in the beginning. Does that story sound a bit like Whistler itself? A community that’s grown up and made its mark, but still has a youthful attitude and a lively, determined spirit. Well, I sure hope so, because we have no better singular purpose than to reflect our community and tell Whistler’s stories: stories of where Whistler’s been, its people and its places … and all that’s still to come.
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Issue 1.1 WE THOUGHT WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING
By Bob Barnett, founding publisher/editor THE DATE ON THE FIRST ISSUE of Pique Newsmagazine says Nov. 25, 1994, but in a classic case of underestimating the challenge and/or overestimating our abilities, the paper wasn’t seen by anyone until Saturday, Nov. 26. We thought we knew what we were doing, all of us having worked at newspapers, including the Whistler Question, for a while. … The feature story—asking the now-ironic question: How busy will Whistler be this winter?—was written by Steve Threndyle and submitted well in advance of the publishing deadline. Leanna Rathkelly had organized a photoshoot for the cover (featuring former Question reporter Paul Dillon surrounded by a blur of fast-moving people) to illustrate the story. There was lots of news. There was only enough advertising for a 24-page paper, but we bumped it up to 28 pages because we wanted to show the world what we could do. In those early days, the paper was printed by a company in Coquitlam. Internet connections were brand new, and slow, which meant the digital information needed for printing the paper had to be loaded onto a Syquest cartridge and delivered to the printer by 9 a.m. Thursday. Kathy usually drove the cartridge to the printer Thursday mornings. Someone else would pick up the printed papers Thursday evening and drive back to Whistler, arriving anywhere between 1 and 3 a.m. And then we would all gather at the office at 7 a.m. to distribute Friday’s paper. The first issue was going to raise the bar for newspapers in Whistler. We arrived at our Function office early that Wednesday morning, excited to sit down in front of our four new Macintosh computers and start putting together the premiere issue of Pique Newsmagazine. As the day wore on, we found there were more holes to fill than expected. There were font conflicts—and other conflicts. Computers weren’t talking to each other. Our internet connection went down every time a fax came in, because they used the same phone line. We were still putting the paper together when the sun went down that Wednesday, and we were still in the office putting the paper together when the sun came up Thursday morning. At around 10:30 that morning—having missed our 9 a.m. press time and still trying to put the first issue to bed—the power went out in Function Junction. A bulldozer had pushed a tree onto a powerline. So we packed up half our computer system—two computers—and moved it to our home in Nordic, and continued to try and put the paper to bed. Just after noon that Thursday, Kathy and I sat down with Scott Roberts of Mountain FM for a live interview. We were invited to tell everyone about this new
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paper that was going to appear the next day—knowing that we’d missed our press time and there wasn’t going to be a paper on Friday. Late Thursday afternoon, we finally wrestled the paper to bed. Of course, the Syquest cartridge still had to be driven to the printer in Coquitlam and the printer still had to find time in their schedule to print it. Sometime late Friday evening, the first 28-page issue of Pique Newsmagazine was actually printed. There wasn’t time to staple the paper together or trim the edges. It was distributed Saturday morning. Around noon Saturday, when we’d finished distribution and could finally breathe a little sigh of relief, it occurred to me that we’d had a couple of months to prepare for the first issue and we’d missed all our deadlines. We now had four-anda-half days to produce the second issue.
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An animated history By Adrian Raeside Editor’s Note: Former Whistlerite Adrian Raeside drew Pique Newsmagazine’s editorial cartoons between 1999 and 2016. His work runs the gamut from the political to the irreverent, and is always injected with Raeside’s sarcastic brand of humour, showcasing the underbelly of life and politics in the resort and beyond. We asked Raeside to look back on his time with Pique as well as pick his favourite cartoons from over the years. (After a three-year hiatus, Raeside is drawing again. Check out his work at raesidecartoon.com.) The Thursday routine: Pick up Pique. Check out which artist created the artwork for the cover—I have my favourites—then read the editorial, followed by the letters to the editor (if you want to know what’s really happening in Whistler, just read the letters to the editor), flip ahead to Feet Banks, who writes the most amusing film reviews ever, and finally turn to the last page to see who Maxwell is pissing off. Then back to the first page to start reading everything else in between. Whistler has changed so much in 25 years; the only thing that has remained the same is Pique. May it stay the same for the next 25 years.
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We asked notable Whistler figures to describe what Pique represents to them. THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN EDITED FOR LENGTH AND CLARITY.
Sue Adams
Stella Harvey
Local entrepreneur and philanthropist
Twenty-five years ago we were in awe that Kathy and Bob would embark on establishing a newsmagazine—and it would be free! From the beginning, it was obvious that journalistic excellence and informed and unbiased community commentary would be the signature of this publication. Today, the same principles apply. The community relies on “our” community voice, whether it is editorial or letters to the editor, to inform and educate. As a business owner, Pique has been key to our marketing and communication efforts, not only for the business, but also for the community programs we support. Thank you Team Pique. We are still in awe of the standard of excellence and community contribution.
Author and founder of the Whistler Writers Festival
Stella Harvey
Mike Douglas
Pioneer of freeskiing and filmmaker
At its essence, Whistler is really about community and Pique is a perfect reflection of that. It broke the old newspaper mould when it arrived and changed the narrative around small-town news. It’s not so much a record of what happened in any given week in Tiny Town (thanks Max); it’s more a reflection of who we are, what we care about, and where we are headed. After being away, the first thing I do when I get back to town is grab a Pique and remind myself of why I’ve chosen to live in this place for the past 30 years. Thanks for 25 great years, Pique!
Danielle Kristmanson
Principal and creative director of Origin Design Mike Douglas
Barrett Fisher,
President and CEO of Tourism Whistler
As a former news reporter and editor, I appreciate the importance of a local newspaper fairly and objectively representing the interests of its community. Pique Newsmagazine has been that trusted source of information for Whistler. Pique is the voice of our community, documenting our history, our wins and our successes. But just as importantly, Pique has been there to document our challenges and our losses, highlighting the issues and concerns facing our resort so we can rally together to address them. In today’s world of false news and misinformation, I am Danielle more grateful than ever to have a reliable source like Pique sharing the stories that matter most to Whistlerites, week after week. Congratulations on 25 solid years of journalism!
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I moved to Whistler 19 years ago (I’ve never lived anywhere this long), a stranger with an idea or two. I put an ad in Pique. Twenty-six committed souls answered that ad and showed up at my door for that first meeting of the Whistler Writing Society in 2001. Later, a dream grew. With the help of Kathy and Bob Barnett, who offered advertising space at a reduced cost and editorial content, a festival began. A day and a half long, 20 participants and one guest author. That was the summer of 2002. The festival grew, more people came, and the program evolved, but none of this would have been possible without the support of Bob and Kathy in those early years, and folks like Clare, Alyssa, Brandon, Max and so many others since. They shared our dream and vision, so much so that I remember a young journalist from Pique calling me one evening, excited to report that she’d noticed after a number of years of trying to apply for a particular grant, we’d received it. Her voice was raised. “You got it, you got it,” she said. “I’m so happy for you. You deserve this.” That grant from the Resort Municipality of Whistler allowed us to further grow. We wouldn’t be here without Pique and so many others. As I’ve said before, no one succeeds alone. And this stranger would not have found her community, the one she loves so much she has remained here for 19 years. Again, for me, Pique = Community. Thanks so much for all you do!
My relationship with Pique started in its earliest days. Kathy Barnett was my bookkeeper when she and Bob decided to launch Pique. While we were both starting out in our businesses at the same time, her experience in running a company, and knowing what the hell she was doing, was far deeper than mine. She became my mentor, not in the traditional way mentors become engaged, but as my friend and confidante. She taught me the basics of finance (which was all that I was up for, frankly) and the details of operations, but most of all, she taught me how to balance business and relationships in ways that would eventually turn both of our businesses into more family than company. I’ve watched Pique grow, first without her, then without Bob and have seen how that culture has prevailed. It is a testimony to Pique’s strong beginnings.
Ace Mackay-Smith
DJ, go-go dancer and event producer Kristmanson
Pique has always been cool. It has always suited Whistler in a way that most other small town weekly papers could never do. Starting with the graphically hip front page, all the way to the funny and contentious
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Maxed Out back page. I think it really represents Whistler in so many ways. Whenever a visitor asks me what’s up in Whistler, I always recommend picking up Pique. It has been the main mode of communication for this valley, whether you were looking for a place to rent or a new job, it was the “bible.” Even though the internet has taken on some of those responsibilities now, Pique has still managed to stay relevant and desired. We are lucky to have such a high-quality free weekly paper with some really great writers, photographers, artists and designers. Happy anniversary and thanks!
Ace Mackay-Smith
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Joan Richoz
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Arts advocate and former Citizen of the Year
Joan Richoz
It’s Thursday! Time to find out which cultural events will be taking place in the community. Time to read about the latest political or community issues and to read people’s (over)reactions in the Letters to the Editor. Time to read a story about something I never thought I would be interested in, i.e. herpetology by Leslie Anthony. Time to read Glenda Bartosh’s column and learn about the science of food and food habits/trends. Time to read witty movie reviews by Feet Banks. Time to agree/disagree/laugh/get angry with the ever-cynical G.D. Maxwell.
Hugh Smythe
Ski industry veteran and former head of Blackcomb Mountain
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Pique Newsmagazine is for us a valued link to our own community’s views and news, be it good or bad, and upcoming events, as well as the local political landscape and insights on wider subjects. In an electronic, digital, immediate world, the weekly paper edition of Pique is a great invitation to pause, sit down, absorb and discuss the big and small details of what’s what in our community. We check online for major news when travelling but we also ask our neighbours to pick up copies for us to fully enjoy when we return.
Nancy Wilhelm-Morden Former mayor and councillor
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It’s not often that a politician, even a former one, writes in praise of local print media. But I am and I have no hesitancy in commending Pique Newsmagazine on 25 years of important community publishing— insightful editorials, accurate reporting, engaged discourse from columnists and readers alike. Your paper helped me do my job. Congratulations and thank you.
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Page No. 1 By Jon Parris, art director LIKE MOST PEOPLE WHO SETTLE IN WHISTLER, when I first arrived I didn’t think I would stay for more than a season or two. But four months into my first season, I saw an ad in the Pique for a graphic designer. I got into graphic design because I was known to spend hours in the bookstore, not reading books but looking at magazines. So when I saw the ad I jumped at the opportunity—and now here I am almost 17 years later! To my knowledge, we’ve never missed a week in 25 years, so by that math there should be around 1,300 issues. Of those, I’ve designed almost 200. To be honest, some I’m not that proud of! Certainly one of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of the job has been designing the cover. It’s not always easy to come up with a concept for some of our feature cover stories. In the end, some of my favourite covers have been the ones for local elections. Thankfully, if I don’t like it they disappear in seven days. On the other hand, it has helped me mature and grow as a designer. Along the way, I’ve also been lucky to always be working with other designers and artists who constantly push the limits of the budget and timeline of a weekly free paper. It has been quite the journey and an endless source of inspiration. Also, being a fan of bad jokes, when it’s time for us to come up with the “FREE” on the cover every week, it often puts a little smile on my face! I miss Kathy, our founding publisher. She had high standards and wasn’t afraid to ask me to redo the front page on production day if it didn’t measure up. But while tough, she was also very good at letting you know when you impressed her. I’ve taken this attitude and have tried my best to honour her vision. She’s always in the back of my head when I ask myself, “Is this good enough?” So here’s a little historic selection of covers from mostly former and present staff, as well as a few prolific local artists who have all certainly lived up to her standards.
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Chili Thom // 2005
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A week in the life of Pique
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Braden Dupuis interviews Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton following a council meeting.
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The Pique newsroom has, let’s say, an odd interior design aesthetic, hence the flying cats.
Office pooch Teebo joins reporter Joel Barde on production day.
Pique staffers line up to get their fill of a homemade feast, part of a weekly fall office tradition: “Crocktober.”
Wednesdays are production day for Pique, when that week’s issue is laid out and checks are made for any last-minute fixes before sending it off to the printers.
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Whistler Magazine editor and former Pique reporter Alison Taylor chats with editor Clare Ogilvie on production day.
Pique features editor Brandon Barrett is an unabashed wrestling fan, as evidenced by the collection of action figures on his desk.
Production manager Karl Partington, a.k.a. “Big Daddy,” “Large Father,” and “K-Pop.”
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Pique staff pore over “The Wall” for any 11th-hour changes to the paper on production day.
Office and accounts manager Heidi Rode, left, never fails to brighten up the office. Here, Heidi chats with publisher Sarah Strother. In the background multiple cupboards host Pique’s many national and provincial newspaper awards.
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Joel Franuelas looks over a test print of Pique Newsmagazine at Kodiak Press in Vancouver. James Esguerra photo.
Left to right: Todd Drinnan, Keith Gordey, Eligio Cabrera, Augustin Sollestre, Marvin Llagas and Joel Franuelas, the team at Kodiak Press. James Esguerra photo.
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A quarter century of Pique by the numbers By Dan Falloon AS PIQUE’S SPORTS EDITOR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, I’m admittedly also a bit of a stats geek. So when we were pondering the arduous task of compiling and interpreting some of our publication’s key stats from 1994 until the present day, I jumped at the challenge. I flipped through each and every one of Pique’s editions, tracking which of the 753 published writers posted the most bylines, and which members of our community wrote the most letters to the editor.
Bylines This category is perhaps not as cut and dried as one might expect. In the early days of Pique, countless stories were printed without credit, but in talking to current editor Clare Ogilvie, most if not all were written by former editor and founding publisher Bob Barnett. Bob would far and away be the leader in this category, but for the purpose of this exercise, we’re counting bylines only, so here are the story counts for each of Pique’s full- and part-time staffers.
Andrew Mitchell 5302 Alison Taylor 2580 Brandon Barrett 1675 Dan Falloon 1553 Cathryn Atkinson 1508 Clare Ogilvie 1495 Bob Barnett 1208 Braden Dupuis 1165 Jesse Ferreras 899 Nicole Fitzgerald 850 (plus two as Teddy Fitzgerald) John French 773 Holly Fraughton 708 Alyssa Noel 702 Claire Piech 638 Stephen Smysnuik 557 Paul Andrew 520 (Paul was notable for writing the first Pique’n Yer Interest column in his debut on April 16, 1999.)
Christopher Woodall 483 Shelley Arnusch 464 Joel Barde 456
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Oona Woods 430 Cindy Filipenko 363 Loreth Beswetherick 358 Eric MacKenzie 319 Vivian Moreau 290 Adam Daff 287 Dana Michell 241 Susan Hollis 238 Nancy Hyndman 225 Paul Carlucci 207 Amy Fendley 200 Lynn Mitges 197 David Branigan 168 (David sometimes signed his columns as DJ DNA)
Robyn Cubie 150 Shari Burnett 147 Megan Lalonde 124 Greig Bethel 106 Andy Stonehouse 58 Kevin Damaskie 48 (plus 61 in his role as RMOW Sustainability Coordinator and Policy and Program Development)
As for columnists and other regular contributors with more than 50 bylines, the leader, to no one’s surprise, is G.D. Maxwell. Max made his first appearance outside the Letters to the Editor by responding to a call for fishing stories, which was published in the June 9, 1995 edition. By Dec. 8 of that year, he was spinning his yarns in our pages regularly, and by Feb. 16, 1996, he had taken the backpage position, which he has only occasionally relinquished while on vacation.
G.D. Maxwell 1367 Allen Best 866 Feet Banks 849 (Pique’s current film writer debuted in 2003, writing about new releases, including The Rundown, Under the Tuscan Sun, Lost in Translation, Duplex, and School of Rock)
Rob Breszny 796 Glenda Bartosh 631 Leslie Anthony 427 (plus one credited as Anne Lesthony) Michel Beaudry 412 Jack Souther 221 Brian Walker 171 Anthony Gismondi 164 Vince Shuley 153 David Suzuki 142 Michael O’Connor 123 Gwynne Dyer 117
Karl Ricker 111 Lisa Richardson 109 Kristen Robinson 91 Britt Janyk 84 Lynn Martel 80 Glen Watson 81 Gagandeep Ghuman 71 Bob Brett 64 Allyn Pringle 63 Steve McNaull 59 Jack Christie 57 Joan Richoz 57 Allen Appelbe 56 Stephen Vogler 55 (in addition to one as Charles Barkowski, translated by S. Vogler)
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Letters to the editor While the news section is a great place to take the pulse of a community, the letters to the editor is fantastic for taking its temperature. In its 25 years, you’d never know what you’d find in the letters from one week to the next, be it responses to previous stories, bouquets after a community event happened, boos to local trends or decision makers, poetry, or even local students being published for the first time. Over the years, Pique has run letters from not only locals and Lower Mainland residents, but postmarked from across the continent, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Tibet, India and Sweden. Some of the more prolific letter writers continued to write to us even after moving away. What’s also striking from looking at the Letters to the Editor is how many different hats people in the community wear. While some folks write only in response to a pet issue or two, many others have numerous different reasons for writing in. As well, depending on the topic, writers sometimes would even specify their home neighbourhood in Whistler. Without further ado, here are the top 25 most prolific writers (well, 27, due to a tie) in Pique history.
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49 Doug Barr (writing from Whistler) 44 Mike Roger (writing from Whistler and Birken, representing the Sea to Sky Trail Society) 43 Dave Buzzard (writing from Emerald Estates and Whistler) 41 Lennox McNeely (writing from Whistler) 35 Jean-Louis Brussac (writing from Coquitlam) 38 Brian Buchholz (writing from Tapley’s Farm, Whistler, Barcelona, Bali, Melbourne and Amsterdam, representing the Whistler Service of Remembrance and the BC Professional Burn Fund)
37 Cathy Jewett (writing from Whistler, as a Professional Ski Patroller, representing the Myrtle Philip Community School PAC, the District PAC, and Communities That Care)
36 Sylvia Dolson (writing from Whistler, representing the Jennifer Jones Whistler Bear Foundation, the Canadian Bear Alliance, Get Bear
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35 Van Clayton Powel (writing from Whistler) 35 Bruce Kay (writing from Whistler, Squamish and Powell River) 35 Terry Smith (writing from Garibaldi Highlands and Squamish) 32 Linda McGaw (writing from Whistler, representing the WAG Board and Dance Whistler) 32 Jane Reid (writing from Whistler, representing Friends of the Whistler Public Library) 32 John Weston (writing from Whistler and West Vancouver as MP and volunteer president of the National Health and Fitness Foundation) 31 Drago Arh (writing from Whistler) 31 Dave Brownlie (writing from Whistler, representing Whistler Blackcomb and the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation) 30 Grant Lamont (writing from Whistler, Steamboat Springs, Colo. and “Planet Earth”, representing WORCA, Wild Willie’s Ski Shop, Epic Events and the Cheakamus Challenge Fall Classic)
29 Dr. Tom DeMarco (writing from Whistler) 29 Allan Eaton (writing from Nordic Estates and Whistler) 26 Barrett Fisher (writing representing Tourism Whistler and the Whistler Resort Association) 26 Sara Jennings (writing from Whistler, representing the Whistler Community Services Society and AWARE) 26 Louise Taylor (writing from Pemberton, New Denver and Kaslo, as a Valhalla Wilderness Society researcher) 26 Stephen Vogler (writing from Whistler, representing The Point Artist-Run Centre) 25 Alix Nicoll (writing from Alpine Meadows and Whistler, as a school trustee and representing the Whistler Public Library Art Committee) 25 Brian Wolfgang Becker (writing from Whistler, Burnaby, North Vancouver and Lloydminster, Sask.) 25 Eckhard Zeidler (writing from Bayshores, Whistler, and Texas Creek Ranch, as an RMOW Councillor and representing AWARE)
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There have been a handful of, well, interesting names to sign letters: The Artist formerly known as Stewpendous; John and Matt (the guy who passed out); Charles Evans (indignantly); the “Noble Dirtbag” Binty Massey; “Little Brat” Sarah Phillips; and Stephen “Coffee-double-double-chocolate-glazed-doughnut-deprived-in-Whistler” Chan.
FREEdom Of course, Pique is famous for its cheeky “FREE” label in the top right corner of every cover. We’ve run 988 unique “frees,” with a handful repeating over the years. The most common have been Home FREE, FREE Ride, FREE Love, FREE for all and FREE Flowing, running six times each over the years, while FREE Thinkers, FREE Country, FREE Wheel, FREE Choice, FREE Advice, FREE Spirits, and FREE Candy have all been used five times. (Don’t we sound like a fun bunch?) The only time we were never free—we were actually priceless—was in 2010 when Ashleigh McIvor captured the Olympic gold in women’s ski cross.
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Writer Reflections WE ASKED PAST AND PRESENT PIQUE WRITERS TO DISCUSS AN ARTICLE OR COLUMN THEY WROTE FROM OVER THE YEARS THAT STOOD OUT AS THE MOST MEMORABLE TO THEM. THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN EDITED FOR LENGTH AND CLARITY.
Oona Woods
Reporter, arts and entertainment listings editor: 1997-1999
When I think back to my time in Whistler, there are a few outstanding memories. My ski tips reaching out over the edge of Whistler Bowl before a run that was later described as “far too fast for my skill level.” A guy on Whistler Plaza at 8 a.m., telling me: “Smile dude, you’re in Whistler.” A fact that should have been obvious because he was completely naked. Or I think about standing outside the Pique offices in Function Junction with Andy Stonehouse, watching a dog chase a bear, followed by a bear chasing a dog, which in turn triggered a six-metre fallen tree to bounce haphazardly down the slope, scattering all the animals. Without missing a beat, Andy said, “The next wildlife shows will be held on the mezzanine deck at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30.” As for stories, the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival was the funnest thing I have ever covered. The Pemberton Community Plan was probably the least fun, but likely the most important. For me, the most memorable, and the one that has had a lasting impact on my psyche, was For former Pique reporter Alison Taylor, the stories she remembers the most are the ones about the people a feature story on the wildfire initial of Whistler, especially the people she never met—like Owen Edmundson, pictured, who died in his parents’ attack crew. So much has changed in the world since I landed up in Whistler arms at just five days old. Photo submitted. with $7 in my pocket, having run out of money on my way to the Yukon. Now we eat buddha bowls and ask for golden lattes and slide into dms, but with Reporter: 2001-2017 climate change, the wild firefighters’ work has only grown. At the time, former “smoke jumpers” from the Yukon explained how they had During my 16 years at the Pique I met thousands of people, told hundreds of stories— been burned by fire rolling over their crews. They told me how it was a mental complicated stories about municipal budgets, salacious stories about impending game, strategic and exhausting—and that 96 per cent of fires were put out by the lawsuits, fun stories about living and making the most life in Whistler. But the stories initial attack crews before they got big enough to go public. Whenever I see wildfires that I remember the most are the ones about the people, especially the people I never roaring through the world news, I think of the bravest, coolest and most crucial met. Like Marty. Martin Janson had plans. So many plans. He was 19 years old when people around rappelling out of helicopters into the most dangerous scenes saving he died in Whistler, unbearably far from home. His parents travelled to Whistler to homes and being heroes. bring him back to Australia where he now rests on a hill overlooking a sunny valley in Kurrajong. Rachael Bagnell and Jonathan Jette were spending one last weekend together in the mountains they loved before a year-long separation. More plans, more adventures lay on their horizons. The young couple went missing in the backcountry close to Pemberton by the heart-shaped Valentine Lake. So many questions endure; Reporter: 2001 it’s been more than nine unimaginable years since they went missing. Owen Edmundson died in his parents’ arms under an old oak tree. He was five days old, The stories I remember covering most during my short reporting and writing stint at the Pique were the ones on housing, affordability and social sustainability problems. and yet his parents could tell you hundreds of stories about him, their words washing over you like a warm blanket. And I think of Jeremi Lindstrom when I drive up the Sea An $11.2-million luxury home on Nita Lake was listed for sale, making it the most to Sky Highway at night, waiting to see the twinkling white lights of “Jeremi’s Tree” expensive single-family home ever in Whistler (at the time). Now unaffordable resort-style seemingly suspended in the black sky, a comforting sign that home is near. It never real estate prices and unsustainable lifestyles, driven by carbon-spewing international fails to make me think of the immense power of true friendship. amenity migrants and baby-boomer retirees, have not only infected other super-natural mountain towns in B.C., but the province’s cities as well. I don’t go to Whistler anymore. These are just a handful of the people I think of often. The common thread to I seek out my solitude—on the ocean, on the rock, in the forest, in the mountains—far all these “stories” is love. I count myself so lucky that I got to go to work for all those from the crowds and the madness of modern life that threatens to drag us down. years and feel that love.
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like a visual metronome or ticking time bomb the climate disaster is. If I got through to one other person, I’m happy.
Holly Fraughton
News reporter and arts editor: 2007-2011
I moved to Whistler from Halifax, N.S. fresh out of journalism school to write for Pique. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, hands down. I met the raddest bunch of kind, creative-minded, adventurous people there: talented writers, photographers and artists. Bob and Kathy Barnett took a chance by hiring this random woman from the East Coast, and I’m so glad they did. During my fiveyear stint at Pique, I got to cover everything from politics and news to the arts and entertainment beat. Plus, we were front-row-centre for the 2010 Olympics. It really was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. One of my favourite stories from my time at Pique had to be when all of the reporters wrote short stories for a Halloween feature. I decided to write a “true crime” type story about a serial killer on the loose in Creekside. All in good fun, right? Well, a few readers thought it was real, and we may have gotten a call from the RCMP. Oops. Guess I should stick to non-fiction. Pique is truly one of a kind, and part of the fabric of the community. Keep up the good work!
Braden Dupuis For longtime columnist and feature writer Glenda Bartosh, her favourite story from over the years was actually one she wrote just a few months back, a tribute to the 500 glaciers that have melted in Switzerland since 1850. The Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps is pictured. www.shutterstock.com.
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Columnist, feature writer: 2002-present More than once when I’ve read anniversary tributes like this one, I’ve been blown away when the person chooses a memory, an article, a whatever that they’d just produced weeks ago. Oh man, I’d think, their memories are bad, or they’re so lazy they couldn’t be bothered to dig out anything else. Here’s the thing: I did dig, not 25 years back because I wasn’t writing for Pique then, but back to 2002, when I started. My first column, which was on coffee, made me laugh—”the cheapest legal excitement money can buy.” I love the “What’s in your fridge?” column I did in 2010 with artist/adventurer/ force of nature, Chili Thom, because I’d barely known him and was so lucky to have gotten the chance. Nobody could have guessed he would be gone six years later, when we ran it again in memoriam. Similarly, I love the tribute I wrote in memory of the Whistler Question’s co-founder/co-guardian, Jane Burrows, when she passed away last year. I had to dig deep to reflect on her partnership with newspapering and the community. Women running newspapers weren’t that welcome back then. I also really like the feature I did on how and why I started Whistler’s arts council—not because the council was my baby, but because it sketches out a unique, behind-the-scenes take on the arts council and how it embedded the arts into Whistler’s DNA. And I like the features I wrote on the brave hydrogen fuel cell buses that operated at Whistler during the 2010 Olympics. I defended those buses tooth and nail—advocating for them, trying to get politicians not to dump them because even then it was frighteningly obvious we desperately needed technology like that to deal with climate change. (The buses got dumped.) Which brings me to my favourite article in the 17-plus years I’ve been writing for Pique. I felt compelled to describe all the above—not by way of proving I don’t always follow directions (I was asked to pick one favourite article and stick to 150 words) or to defend my lousy memory (real, but not a factor here). I wanted to show I really did drill down through the years, so unlike those poor sods I once criticized (insert winking emoji). Conclusion (you guessed it): My No. 1 favourite article is a column I wrote weeks ago on our climate: “500 words: One for each glacier gone”. I love its power and succinctness. I love that it made me actually think and write and feel differently, just like we need to do now on so many fronts. I love how Pique’s art director Jon Parris laid it out—simply but powerfully, the words counted out boldly
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Reporter: 2014-present
I’ve written dozens of memorable news stories during my five and a half years at Pique, but I think what stands out most is the unique creative writing opportunities this paper affords. I always look forward to writing the annual April Fool’s story and the inevitable inclusion of fake quotes from made-up source Pene Esposti (which, for the unilingual like myself, translates from Spanish to “Penis Exposed,” because he first appeared in a fake story about a nudist festival, and I sometimes have a hard time letting a good bad joke die). But if I had to pick just one, it would be my heartwarming holiday short story published in 2016, “Merry Christmas, You Bastards,” about the blowback Santa receives after it is discovered his massive, unethical reindeer farm singlehandedly pushed humanity past the climate-change brink, virtually guaranteeing the deaths of hundreds of millions. I won’t spoil this (now-classic) Christmas tale for you if you haven’t read it, but it features an angry, out-of-touch, borderline-PTSD Santa and closes with a real scorcher of a yuletide poem. How many news reporters get to write shit like that?
As Pique’s senior reporter, Braden Dupuis is tasked with covering a whole host of serious issues that matter to Whistler. He has also, for several years now, penned Pique’s satirical April Fool’s Day story, including, in 2015, the news that Whistler would launch its own nudist festival called Cheekside. “We were born naked, weren’t we? I’m naked right now,” Pené Esposti, the festival’s definitelyreal organizer, was quoted. Image designed by Karl Partington
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Pique and Question: From rivals to family THE STORY BEHIND PIQUE’S 2013 PURCHASE BY ITS LONG-TIME COMPETITOR
By Brandon Barrett, reporter/features editor THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES. The Red Sox and the Yankees. Coke and Pepsi. Or, if you’re looking for a more Whistler-appropriate rivalry, snowboarders and skiers. Whatever historical feud you want to use as a reference point, chances are it pales in comparison to the intensity and bitterness I once felt for my crosstown rivals at Pique Newsmagazine. As a cub reporter for the Whistler Question, I was dropped fresh out of journalism school straight into this two-decade-long mutual hostility when I was first hired back in 2012. I still remember the Thursday tradition—one I know my Pique adversaries also engaged in—of leafing through the competitor’s paper with disdain, revelling in every typo and misprint, and lamenting every scoop they beat us to. Despite being Whistler’s original paper of record, by the time I had arrived, it felt very much like the Question was the scrappy underdog compared to the larger, sexier Pique—because it was. Pique had double our staff, triple the number of pages, and got to do the kinds of irreverent, in-depth and downright cool work that the more traditional Question couldn’t get away with. I would never have admitted it back then, but a big part of the animus I felt towards Pique at the time was definitely rooted in a level of professional jealousy. Don’t get me wrong, I loved cutting my teeth at the Question, and still look back fondly on the work we did there. It was those marathon Tuesday-night writing sessions after all, fuelled by energy drinks and cheap takeout, that helped turn me into the reporter I am today. But it always felt like Pique understood and reflected the ever-changing community it reported on—the playful tone, the focus on arts and culture, the ambitious, longform cover stories—that would make it a great place to work one day. That would be put to the test about a year after I started at the Question, when it was announced that our parent company, Glacier Media, would be purchasing Pique from founding publisher Bob Barnett. Not only that, but we learned, weeks later, that the Question staff would be relocating from our Marketplace base to join Pique’s office in Function Junction—and I would come onboard as Pique’s newest news reporter.
Despite my begrudging admiration for the work Pique did, the reality of joining forces with them was initially difficult to swallow. Suddenly, my professional fate was in the hands of an editor I wasn’t sure had my best interest at heart. I certainly wasn’t reassured that first day I stepped foot in Pique’s high-ceilinged office, the entire staff’s collective dagger stare cutting into me like a Ginsu. It felt akin to Luke Skywalker piloting his X-wing into the bowels of the Death Star to start his new day job with the Galactic Empire. (Yes, I’m Skywalker in this poorly crafted analogy— narrative is all about perspective, folks.) For those first few months following the merger, the respective Question and Pique staffs mostly kept to themselves, the lingering tensions taking some time to wear off. Looking back, the contentious air that permeated the office back then seems almost comical now. Over the years, the office has evolved into the most creative, dynamic and fun workplaces I’ve ever been a part of. As I write this, our loving family of office mannequins—a stylishly dressed unicorn named Eunice and her punk-rock horse husband, Horace—stares back at me, while the distinct sounds of a vigorous game of ping-pong fill the newsroom. Like most Whistlerites, we work hard and play harder, and it’s that permission to not take ourselves too seriously that has fostered such a positive work environment. People attracted to the news business tend to be unadulterated weirdos—it takes a certain kind of lunatic to pursue such a tumultuous, relatively low-paying career, especially in 2019—and publisher Sarah Strother and editor Clare Ogilvie understand the value of letting their employees’ freak flags fly. Put simply, we are allowed to be who we are, to flex our creative muscles and pursue the kinds of stories that align with our passions. In this town, in this day and age, bosses like that are not always easy to find. The old adage that you’ll never work a day in your life as long as you love what you do sounds clichéd until you actually find a job that fits the bill. My love for the work is a big part of that, but it’s my love for the rivals-turned-family that I’m lucky to count as colleagues that explains why this job stopped feeling like one a long time ago.
It’s funny to look back now on the tension that filled the office after the Whistler Question’s parent company purchased Pique in 2013 after nearly 20 years as bitter rivals.
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By Bob Barnett, founding publisher/editor NINETEEN-NINETY-FOUR is remembered as the year Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa, the World Cup of soccer was held in the United States and OJ Simpson went for a test drive in a white Ford Bronco. Closer to home, in 1994, the expansion of Whistler Village north of Village Gate Boulevard was just starting, the prelude to a 10-year development project completed in five years after the NDP discovered Whistler real estate. In the original village, above Village Square, the venerable Whistler Question was going through a bunch of changes in management and staff. These local developments were the catalyst for Pique Newsmagazine, although the launch of a daily paper focussed solely on the World Cup and published only for the duration of the tournament was also inspiring. We—Kevin Damaskie, Dave Rigler, my late wife Kathy and I—started Pique because there seemed to be an opening for another paper (actually, there already was a second paper: The Town Crier, published “periodically”). And because we all needed jobs. We’d worked together at the Question in the early ’90s: Kathy as publisher, I was editor, Kevin was a reporter and Dave was sales manager. We started talking about another paper and a few people encouraged us to give it a try. Greg Newton at the Royal Bank came up with a $35,000 business start-up loan. A few family members and friends, including Rick Clare, put up $5,000 each to became preferred shareholders. And with a grand total of $70,000 Pique Newsmagazine was launched. Dave came up with the name “Pique” and the typeface, with the lower case “e” that has endured. Our partnership did not. Kevin left early in the second year and Dave departed in 1999. Our belief was a new paper needed to be different from the Whistler Question. The Question was well established and was solidly in the community newspaper mould. We thought there was room for a paper that brought more depth to news stories, had a large focus on entertainment and would constantly strive to define Whistler’s mountain culture—whatever that means. Our model was the Georgia Straight and other alternative weekly newspapers, although we didn’t even know there was an Association of Alternative Newspapers (now called the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, or AAN) when we started. AAN papers are all free circulation, which made sense to us. Everyone knew the Question and residents were willing to pay 50 cents for a copy. As the new paper in town, publishing a day later than the Question, it was unlikely many people would pay for a copy of Pique. We figured that free circulation and comprehensive entertainment listings would make Pique attractive to visitors. And reaching visitors would be attractive to advertisers. A couple of other elements we believed were important were coverage of the food and beverage scenes in Whistler and a local voice or personality. Restaurants, cafés and bars are a big part of Whistler—and employ a lot of people—but the people behind them and the issues they face didn’t get regular coverage. We tried to change that. And then there was the personality. One of my goals when we started Pique was to get something in every issue that would make the paper essential reading; so that Whistlerites would be afraid to miss an issue. That isn’t easy when both papers cover the same council meetings, go to the same press conferences and hear the same rumours around town. So we went looking for a new voice… It started with a few letters to the editor, not all of them under his real name. But eventually this G.D. Maxwell fellow introduced himself. He was fairly new in town but he seemed to know how to write. We asked him to do a couple of feature stories. After our first year, we invited him to write a column. He’s been doing it for 24 years now. In the early years, we ran bylines but no photos of any of our writers. Max, being relatively unknown in Whistler, enjoyed his writing platform and his anonymity.
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For a little while, whenever Max was critical of Mayor Ted Nebbeling, his partner, Jan Holmberg (Pique’s landlord at the time), would say to me: “Who is this Max? Is that you?” I rarely knew what Max was going to write about but always knew it would be worth reading. Everyone recognizes his humour, his winding anecdotes and his passion for Whistler, but most don’t realize how much knowledge lies behind some of his work. I recall one early piece about a private employee housing project that was being marketed as a great investment. Max showed me the numbers and calculations he’d done to support his argument that it was a poor investment, from a financial perspective. It was only then that I found out his previous job was finance executive with a major Canadian bank. Max’s role in Pique’s story is huge—certainly in bringing a voice and personality to the paper but also behind the scenes with advice, support and occasional coaxing. I only wish we heard more often from J.J. Geddyup (Max’s outspoken “low-rent” friend/ alter ego.) Max, of course, is only one of the people who have contributed to Pique’s success—“success” being a paper published every week for 25 years. That’s certainly not easy to do in 2019 when Facebook, Google, Craigslist, Kijiji and others have gobbled up advertising revenue that used to go to newspapers and the internet now provides businesses direct access to their customers. But in Pique’s first few years, the challenge was trying to get people to believe the paper would survive, let alone be a success. In some cases, it was advertisers who didn’t think we would be around long enough to collect. Meanwhile, some suppliers didn’t think we’d pay our bills. A few cut us off. Money was very tight the first couple of years and we were often slow to pay. Despite this, people like Max and Joanne Turnbull, who worked in production, showed tremendous commitment to the paper and continued to work based on a “promise to pay” when we could. And there were people like Christie Pashby, a journalist who was in Whistler for a few weeks while on her way home. She called one day and offered to help out. She didn’t ask for any compensation, although we did manage to scrape together a few dollars to give her. In addition to the people who worked on faith, it was Kathy’s financial/juggling skills that kept the paper alive in those early days. But while revenue was meagre, the fledgling Pique did attract talent. Perhaps it was a coincidence, but there seemed to be a bunch of writers and artists looking for an outlet at the time Pique was getting started. Writers like David Branigan and Michele Bush were given space and let loose. Visual artists were given the cover. We didn’t anticipate how many artists, throughout the corridor, would want to illustrate a cover. There have been some amazing works—Richard Cass’s drawing of Rabbit for a Best of Whistler issue, David Henderson’s intricate collages, Aaron Baggio’s freehand drawings and numerous covers by the current production team. It sometimes seems unfortunate the covers are only around town for a week. If there’s one issue that I feel ties Pique to the Whistler community it’s affordable housing. Pique hasn’t built any affordable housing or been part of any of the committees and organizations that actually bring about affordable housing, but I think the paper’s consistent support has helped most Whistlerites understand and accept the need for affordable resident and employee housing. From the vantage point of 2019, that seems like a modest accomplishment. But if you look at many other towns and cities—Vancouver, for example—there is still a solid core of people opposed to the whole idea of affordable housing; still of the belief that “Nobody helped me buy my house” so why should others get any assistance? I think Whistler has outgrown (irony intended) that point of view. We still have debates about individual projects, about how much and what type of affordable housing we need, but just about everyone understands how critical it is to the town. I think Pique played a small role in getting to that understanding. There have been a lot of other changes over the last 25 years—the Olympics have come and gone, The Natural Step came and… I don’t know. But if reflection is what we’re upon, I’d offer this: I’ve always felt there were very few towns in Canada where a handful of people could start a newspaper from scratch and it would survive, let alone thrive. That says something about the town of Whistler. I think it also says something about Pique’s role in the community.
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Pique and Whistler: A shared history 1966: Whistler Mountain opens for skiing 1975: Resort Municipality of Whistler created April 1976: First issue of the Whistler Question April 1977: First issue of the satirical Whistler Answer 1978: Construction begins on Whistler Village 1980: Blackcomb Mountain opens 1983: Whistler Children’s Festival launches 1985: Blackcomb Mountain expands terrain to become North
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1988: Whistler Express Gondola, one of Canada’s largest ski-lift projects, opens
1992: Whistler Pride and Ski Festival, now one of North America’s longest running LGBTQ+ ski weeks, launches
1992: Whistler named No. 1 ski resort in North America for the first time by Snow Country Magazine
August 1993: Whistler Answer publishes final edition November 1994: First issue of Pique Newsmagazine April 1995: World Ski and Snowboard Festival launches 1997: Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation bought out by real estate developer Intrawest 1998: Whistler and Blackcomb mountains merge
1998: Whistlerite Ross Rebagliati wins first ever Olympic gold medal in snowboarding, which is stripped after he tests positive for THC—a decision that was eventually overturned
1999: Whistler Mountain Bike Park opens 2003: Whistler and Vancouver win bid to host 2010 Winter Olympics
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November 2004: Pique Newsmagazine moves weekly publication from Friday to Thursday
2006: The legendary Boot Pub closes its doors after 36 years 2006: Intrawest purchased by Fortress Investment Group 2008: Kathy Barnett, co-founder and publisher of Pique Newsmagazine, dies in cycling accident in New Zealand
2008: Peak 2 Peak Gondola, linking Whistler and Blackcomb 2008: Major upgrades to the Sea to Sky Highway completed 2008: Squamish-Lil’wat Cultural Centre opens January 2010: Fortress defaults on loan payment, forcing partial sale of Whistler Blackcomb
February 2010: Whistler hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics 2011: Making provincial history, Whistler votes in entirely new council, not electing a single incumbent
2012: Pique reporter Alison Taylor wins prestigious Jack Webster Award for her feature on the Whistler Health Care Centre
2013: Pique Newsmagazine purchased by Glacier Media Group, owners of the Whistler Question
2015: Pique wins Best All-Around Newspaper in its circulation category for the first time at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, a title it regained again in 2017 and 2018
2016: Audain Art Museum opens 2016: Whistler Blackcomb sold to Vail Resorts in $1.4-billion deal January 2018: Whistler Question publishes final edition
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BY DAN FALLOON THE WHISTLER WINTERHAWKS bantam C team came home from Vancouver Island with gold medals around their necks, and a little extra knowledge of Remembrance Day’s significance as well. In the Bantam House Invitational Tournament in Lake Cowichan, the Winterhawks stormed to a perfect 4-0 record, regularly posting 50 or more shots and toppling Ridge Meadows 4-1 in the final to win gold on Nov. 10. Head coach Kevin Sopp said that while the Winterhawks fell behind in a couple of the games, including the final, they didn’t let playing from behind faze them. Whistler allowed just two goals in the entire tournament. “We were down 1-0 early and the boys never wavered, never changed course. We were really consistent from the first time we got on the ice to when we finished the whole thing off,” Sopp said. While the team has picked up just three losses in league play so far this season, Sopp said there are still some elements of the game that they could tighten up. He hopes the bonding experience of the out-of-town weekend tournament against unfamiliar competition gives the team a sense of what it’s capable of. “The guys are together for three days straight, playing four games in two-and-ahalf days,” he said. “Being away from all their friends, being away from Whistler, being in the hotel together and hanging out, eating dinner together, it brings everyone together.” The hope, Sopp noted, is that now that the squad has a taste for big victories, it will start to become habit as the season wears on. “It sets the tone for the rest of the year. We’ve got the kids in a situation where
they see what they can do and see what the results are, and see how much fun it is to move the puck and score goals, and defend strong and have everyone be a winner,” he said. “The bar is set for all the games from now on. Getting away, setting that bar, proving you can do it is key.” Being Remembrance Day weekend, there wasn’t just hockey on tap as the Winterhawks incorporated some recognition of the holiday during a break in action. “The day of the second game, I asked the kids, ‘What is this weekend about?’” Sopp said. “Not everyone knew why it was
“The bar is set for all the games from now on.” - KEVIN SOPP
a long weekend or what was happening, so I took it upon myself to say it was a pretty important weekend.” Sopp said the team went and purchased a bouquet of flowers, then headed to the Lake Cowichan cenotaph to pass along the message of why Remembrance Day is held at this time of year. “We have to remember the people that gave us the ability to play hockey and the ability to go on family vacations, and the ability to go biking and skiing and snowboarding,” he said. Sopp recalled one player was struck by the length of the First and Second World Wars, how they extended half-a-decade and beyond. When he left town after the tournament, Sopp drove by the cenotaph again, and found that the flowers were still in place. n
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The Lil’wat Nation / Lil’wat Forestry Ventures LP have applied to the Province of British Columbia for a First Nations Woodland Licence (FNWL). The N2V FNWL licence will grant the holders an area-based forest tenure within the traditional territory of the Lil’wat Nation. The FNWL has a proposed harvest volume of approximately 79,380m3 annually. The N2V FNWL is submitting for approval, a Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP). The FSP is proposed for a term of 5 years, and when approved, will form the basis of forest management planning within the FNWL. An approved FSP is required to allow for the issuance of permits authorizing road construction, harvesting and other primary forest activities. The FSP has been prepared to conform and comply with applicable Higher-Level Plans, the Forest and Range Practices Act and the associated regulatory framework.
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BY DAN FALLOON IT’S BEEN A busy few months for the Gracie Barra Whistler Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club. The local group, which boasts roughly 100 members, moved into a new Function Junction location in July and is performing well at recent events. At the Canadian Compnet tournament in Vancouver on Nov. 3 that featured
are encouraged to do so. Those who aren’t interested in competing, he reasoned, are certainly quality competition for their comrades during training. The club took over the old Awesome Arts Academy space in Function Junction at 1420 Alpha Lake Rd. in July, seeing a spike in membership, roughly doubling in size, since moving there. The chapter also operates in Pemberton twice a week and Mount Currie once a week. In Mount Currie, the program started
“They all competed with kids more experienced than them, and they did very well.” - MARCO VIEIRA
roughly 300 competitors, Gracie Barra Whistler came away with eight medals, including five gold, as Kengo Hatanaka, Bo Grier, Anika Cousins, Derek Perizzolo, Theo Bennett and Joanna Vieira all competed. Vieira and husband Marco run the club along with coach Alvaro Arocena. “They all competed with kids more experienced than them, and they all did very well,” Marco said. Three club members also attended a Gracie Barra Challenge Night at Vancouver’s BMO Theatre earlier this year, where Joanna said each competitor picked a walkout song as they walked out to compete on a stage. “It’s cool that we can provide that kind of an experience for students here,” she said. While Marco said he tries to foster a friendly environment for the joy of the martial art, those who also enjoy competing
without mats or proper uniforms, or gis, but it has subsequently secured those items for the 20 kids that train with them. Drop-ins are part of the experience as well, as there are several Gracie Barra chapters in the Lower Mainland, and membership in the Whistler club allows a member to train with any of the others. “We have a lot of visitors from all over the world, all different clubs,” Joanna said. “That’s really fun because they can drop in for a night, and maybe they’ll be a brown belt or a black belt. Maybe they have a move they can show us.” As well, Marco was recently named as a Pacific Northwest Gracie Barra Ambassador, qualifying him for funding through the club. He intends to tap into the opportunity quickly, as he, Joanna and Hatanaka plan to head to Portugal for competition early next year. For more, check out gbwhistler.ca. n
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The puzzle of two-eyed seeing THE DARK SEASON is here, and my dinner table is about to be given over to a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. I feel a bit sheepish about confessing the grandma-ness of this, but I haven’t had to write a resume for over a decade, so I am now liberated of having to impress anyone with my chosen hobbies.
BY LISA RICHARDSON Jigsaw puzzling through the deepest chunks of last winter gave me a way to be present with my family, but check out meditatively without resorting to swiping, scrolling or going down the device rabbit hole. It was a weird form of brain relaxation, and surprisingly addictive. I discovered, if I instagrammed about it, or stopped by the library to borrow one of their puzzles, that I was definitely not alone in my nerdy bliss. Last year, I laboured for months over a $2 Re-Use-It-Centre score—a brand new, still in the wrapper, Emily Carr puzzle that was damned near impossible. (I’d smugly thought myself the winner for having scored such a bargain. More likely, a propuzzler, far savvier than I, had abandoned the muted, moody piece immediately upon identifying that it would be too hard to be enjoyable. The colours and brushstrokes were so blended that, for the last 100 pieces, I literally had to fill gaps by trial and error,
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trying to match one piece at a time, into an unfilled space, one hundred attempts in a row. It was painfully slow and infuriating. I’d thought myself pretty handy with a jigsaw puzzle when my son was a toddler. I’d sort the pieces for him and then sit on my hands to restrain myself from slotting them into place, so he could work it out by himself. It would seem so obvious to me—that piece clearly goes there! How can you not see this! Maybe the three-year-old brain can only see a puzzle piece in one of two ways—the art on top, or the piece shape—never both at the same time. If he was paying attention to the shapes, he’d miss the obvious picture match. He would turn the piece around, 360 degrees, to see if it fit, while I could glimpse from the image on top that there was an obvious match. The two ways of looking—shape or pattern—were mutually exclusive. My brain had most likely just become proficient, over time, at switching quickly from one way of seeing, to the other, at integrating the two divergent pieces of data. (At least, so I thought, until Emily Carr took me down.) In Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind, Dr. Elizabeth Mayer, scientist, rationalist, skeptic, tries to make sense of an encounter she had with a psychic, who helped her locate her daughter’s stolen harp—without leaving his home 800 kilometres away. She spent the next 14 years uncovering reams of scientific evidence of paranormal experiences. In trying to come to grips with why science hasn’t been able to accommodate intuition better, she referred to psychology’s Gestalt theory. Gestalt theory (how the mind makes a sensible whole out of many parts of information or experience) is most familiar to us as those puzzling drawings that could
be one of two things, depending on what your attention focuses on—a chalice or two faces in profile, a wine glass or a woman. “The gestalt experiments show that we’re always dividing up the visual world this way,” writes Dr Mayer. “Whatever we perceive as foreground defines the picture we end up seeing. We spend our lives pulling foreground out of background to create coherent pictures of the world, and while we can become adept at changing the picture—at shifting from seeing profiles to chalice and back again—we can never see both at the same time. Chalice and profiles can’t both be foreground at once. No matter how useful we might find integrating whatever we’ve learned from seeing one way with whatever we’ve learned from seeing the other, we simply cannot organize our perceptual field so that we can see both ways simultaneously.” More recently, Australian author and historian Bruce Pascoe has written a gamechanging book, Dark Emu. Pascoe trawled through the journals of first colonial settlers and explorers in Australia excavating their first-contact impressions of Aboriginal culture—descriptions of sophisticated fish weirs, wells and irrigation systems, buildings, villages, pathways wide and welltrodden as roads, fields tilled and planted out in crops—evidence that utterly explodes the dangerous myth that the country was built on, that it had only been inhabited by unsophisticated hunter-gatherers and therefore, was ripe for the taking and colonizing and cultivating and civilizing. The title, Dark Emu, refers Aboriginal astronomical knowledge of Dhinawan the emu, a shape that appears in the southern night sky in March and April. Dhinawan is not a constellation of stars, like the astrological signs we know, but a shape visible in the
dark space between the stars’ glow, a shadow shape. Dhinawan is an invitation, in Pascoe’s hands, to try a different way of seeing, to let the background become foreground, to let ourselves see something that was there all along, and thus, complete the picture of this puzzling history, this puzzling narrative, this puzzling universe. When I was 11, my grandfather became partly blind from a cataract that formed over one eye. He gamely stepped out to play table tennis with me, as he always had. I defeated him so easily, I lost my heart for playing, the victory soured by his brave decline, his wild swings that couldn’t connect with the ball. I hadn’t appreciated, until that moment, that we need two eyes to pinpoint a moving object in space—that light information bounces back to the brain from two separate angles to form a picture with enough richness and depth that we can truly step up and respond to it. Too often, we’re just blindly batting at where we guess the ball is coming, based on too-narrow information. Or, we’re labouriously trying to test each piece for a fit, one mis-fit at a time, until time runs out. Time is running out. What we need now is not two eyes, but two-eyed seeing. Imagine what meetings would be like, if leaders heard one take and then insisted— “OK, give this to me from a completely different angle. Let’s build a richer picture.” We need to learn to see the stars and the space between the stars. We need to be able to say “yes, and” instead of “no, but.” We need to stop trying to cancel each other out and discover the richer picture that emerges when all the pieces come together. The Velocity Project: how to slow the f*&k down and still achieve optimum productivity and life happiness. n
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Twenty of the best international shuckers descend on Whistler for the World Oyster Invitational SHUCKING COMPETITION AND ‘BLOODY CAESAR BATTLE’ CLOSES OUT CORNUCOPIA THIS WEEKEND
BY BRANDON BARRETT A FEW YEARS AGO, the organizers of the World Oyster Invitational & Bloody Caesar Battle ran into a problem: Shuckers from around the world weren’t as keen to compete in the competition as they had once been. You can blame Eamon Clark for that. The perennial Canadian champion and in-house shucker at Rodney’s Oyster House (which Clark’s dad owns) in Toronto went a perfect 3-0 in each of the three oyster invitational he took part in. Turns out, Clark’s fellow shuckers didn’t exactly appreciate his winning ways. “Those guys are a bunch of wusses,” he said with a hearty laugh. “I never got good enough by worrying about who was in the competition.” These days, Clark has taken a behindthe-scenes role at the competition, which is spearheaded by Bearfoot Bistro. He has helped round out the field of 20 invitees, who are coming from as far away as Japan, Denmark and across North America. Competitors will be timed shucking 30 oysters, with the fastest time earning the $5,000 top prize. Clark, who has competed in shucking competitions around the world, said Whistler’s invitational has grown in size and stature over the years, partly because it offers the most level playing field. “The reason why this competition has evolved to its fullest is because it deals with three different species of oysters,” he explained, referring to the Pacific gigis oyster, the Eastern Virginica oyster, and the European edulis oyster that each shucker is required to work with. “You take all three of those, along with people from those three regions and it really becomes the most competitive and fair competition, because usually the best oyster opener will win. So many of these competitions around the world that you go to only use a certain species of oyster.” Along with having a laser focus and exceptional hand-eye coordination, Clark
SHUCK-OFF Crowds of eager onlookers watch the competing shuckers vie for the top prize at last year’s World Oyster Invitational. PHOTO BY JOERN ROHDE / COURTESY OF THE BEARFOOT BISTRO
said they look for shuckers who can have a good time while onstage. “You want somebody who is diverse in shucking different types of oysters so that they can be competitive in this situation, but you also want people who are going to go out there and put on a show and make it fun for the people observing” he said. Of course, it’s not just the shuckers who get to enjoy their handiwork. Since the event’s inception nine years ago, Sawmill Bay Shellfish Company has provided Pacific oysters—more than 10,000 in all— for the scores of attendees who indulge in one of the most decadent events on the Whistler calendar. “It’s really satisfying to see so many people enjoying our oysters,” said Sawmill Bay’s Steve Pocock, who added that the real draw for him over the years has been the event’s charitable focus. This year, net proceeds from the invitational will go to the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation to
support upgrades to the Whistler Health Care Centre’s trauma room. “That’s the main driver for me,” he said. “We’ve supported some really good causes over the years, from cancer research at the BC Children’s Hospital to mental health last year, and that’s what keeps me really keen to be still doing it and to carry on doing it.” The event has transformed over the years as it’s grown from just a handful of competitors shucking in the confines of Bearfoot Bistro, to now being the closing event of Whistler Cornucopia, with hundreds expected to take in the festivities at the conference centre. “We’ve noticed over the years that there is a huge interest in oysters. It’s something that guests really enjoy and it’s an event now that is bigger than it’s ever been,” said Marc Des Rosiers, marketing manager for Bearfoot Bistro. “We’ve established ourselves as one of the social events of
Cornucopoia, and for Bearfoot Bistro, we consider this as one of our signature events throughout the year.” The drink component of the oyster invitational has become a bigger selling point over the years, as Bearfoot has incorporated a bloody Caesar battle, which is bigger than it has ever been, with 10 different spirits on offer. Mixologists will be tasked with creating the most innovative Caesar possible with their respective spirit, which includes the standard Caesar companion, vodka, along with gin, rum, sake and more. The top winner will earn $1,000. All the Caesar creations will be available for tasting at the event, along with wine from 24 different wineries and beer from three breweries. The World Oyster Invitational & Bloody Caesar Battle is schedule from 3 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17 at the Whistler Conference Centre. Tickets are available at whistlercornucopia.com. n
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Whistler Film Festival releases diverse lineup packed with premieres THE FESTIVAL WILL MARK ITS 19TH EDITION FROM DEC. 4 TO 8
BY ALYSSA NOEL WITH 86 FILMS screening as part of the Whistler Film Festival’s 19th edition, it can be hard to choose which to highlight. Instead, Paul Gratton, the festival’s director of programming, points out a number he’s particularly proud of. “There are 14 world premieres,” he says. “The most exciting thing for me is the extent to which we’re getting these world and North American and Canadian premieres. As a proportion of our films, it’s enormous.” Running from Dec. 4 to 8, the films— 43 feature-length and 43 shorts from 15 countries—are also two-thirds Canadian. “That’s been pretty constant with the Whistler Film Festival,” Gratton adds. “It’s a source of great pride.” The films run the gamut from documentaries to mountain culture, indie and Canadian offerings and they were all selected from 800 submissions with a Whistler audience in mind. “We try to stick to the kind of films I like, which are films that will find favour
STAR POWER Paul Gratton, director of
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with an audience,” Gratton says. One of those is Cabarete, a film about a kite surfer in the Dominican Republic. “It’s a fictional film about this talented kid who hangs around the beach and hustles tourists of the Dominican Republic, but he enters this contest for kiteboarding, which is a sport I don’t even know about,” Gratton says with a laugh. “There are dozens of colourful kites, this beautiful green water, the blue sky—and we’ve got the world premiere.”
Simon Pegg for opening night and Chelsea Peretti … is an incredible talent in her own right. We’ll be handing her a Trailblazer Award.” Peretti will be starring in the film Spinster—which will be premiering at the festival—about a woman in her late 30s who’s dumped by her boyfriend and goes on a quest to find love through a series of blind dates. “It’s very funny and very accessible,”
“There is a lot of heavy stuff in the themes this year. A lot deal with mental illness, Alzheimer’s, breast cancer … The other theme is moral rage towards women and toxic masculinity. We have three or four films on that.” - PAUL GRATTON
Another premiere he’s looking forward to is Katharine O’Brien’s Lost Transmissions, which will open the festival with its Canadian debut. Simon Pegg (Star Wars, Mission Impossible, Star Trek), who stars as a schizophrenic musician-turned-producer will be in attendance, alongside O’Brien. “We’re very happy with the celebrities coming this year,” Gratton adds. “Getting
Gratton says. Not all the films are premieres, though. Compulsive Liar/Menteur, for example, was making huge waves at the Quebec box office when Gratton drove from his home in Toronto to Gatineau, Que. to see what all the fuss was about. That story is about a compulsive liar who suddenly finds all of his lies happening in reality.
“It made $6 million at the box office and only played in Quebec,” he says. “I sat with a couple friends and we were holding our sides it was so funny.” The levity is an important addition to a lineup that often tackles tough topics. “There is a lot of heavy stuff in the themes this year,” Gratton says. “A lot deal with mental illness, Alzheimer’s, breast cancer … The other theme is moral rage towards women and toxic masculinity. We have three or four films on that.” Another outside-the-box offering this year is the restored version of The Grey Fox, a 1982 film about an aging stagecoach robber directed by Philip Borsos, who the festival’s Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature is named after. “That’s probably the greatest movie that’s ever come out of Western Canada,” Gratton says. “It’s been out of circulation for a while. The producer, Peter O’Brian, personally oversaw the restoration and we’re showing it for the first time.” For a complete list of the films— and to buy passes and tickets—visit whistlerfilmfestival.com. “The most exciting thing for me is the extent to which we’re getting these world and North American and Canadian premieres,” Gratton says. “It relies on the support of the people of Whistler. Come out and buy tickets and make sure the theatres are full.” n
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ACT OUT The Whistler Film Festival has named Vancouver actress Andrea Stefancikova a Star to Watch this year. PHOTO SUBMITTED
A long road to Promiseland for Vancouver actress ANDREA STEFANCIKOVA STARS IN PRODUCTION PREMIERING AT THE WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL ON DEC. 5, NAMED STAR TO WATCH
BY ALYSSA NOEL WHEN VANCOUVER actress Andrea Stefancikova found out last week that the Whistler Film Festival had named her one of its Stars to Watch this year, she burst into tears. It’s been a long road to get to this point. “It’s a really big deal,” she says. “You should’ve seen me … I feel so grateful and honoured and humbled.” The award stems from her performance in Promiseland, which is set to make its world debut at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 5 (with another screening on Dec. 6). She co-stars alongside director Kirk Caouette as Velvet, a sex worker with a troubled past. Stefancikova, who is originally from Czechoslovakia, has been vocal about what she calls accent discrimination. The main issue is with her Eastern European accent she’s been relegated to roles like prostitute in the past—but said she was drawn to this character because she had depth and was so well developed. “She’s a victim of human trafficking, but she evolves into this pure survivor,” she says. “The journey she takes the audience on, there’s a lot of action. It’s beautifully shot. It features Vancouver and some of the shots are seriously stunning.” Stefancikova and her family immigrated to Vancouver in 1998. While she always wanted to study acting, a bad experience with an acting school temporarily set her on a different path. “My English was quite terrible when we moved here,” she says. “I went to audit a class—I won’t say which school or the class—and the teacher laughed at the end of the class and said, ‘You want to study acting when you can’t speak English?’ I was still really young—17 or 18 and I was a bit humiliated. I thought, ‘This is the worst. I’m moving out of Vancouver.’” Shortly after, she was scouted for modelling and wound up moving to Milan
for a year, but the urge to act stayed with her. She moved to Toronto and then Montreal, where she hired an accent reduction coach. While she landed a few small roles in that city, eventually, decided she was ready to return to the West Coast to finish what she started. Stefancikova had no trouble landing an agent or auditions, but she began to struggle with a drug addiction that prevented her from giving her career the focus it needed. “My agent sat me down and said, ‘You’ve got to do something. You’ve got to go to rehab,’” she recalls. She listened and after spending time at a facility, she moved to the Middle East to a dry country where she could further work on her sobriety. Now back in Vancouver, she’s spent the last four years clean and three sober. “I went back to classes and studying and making sure every time I auditioned, I’m super prepared,” she says. With credits in productions like Unmasked, Dark Harvest, Below Her Mouth, and Kidnapped in Romania, to her name, Promiseland is one of her biggest starring roles. That’s thanks, in large part, to giving it everything she has, she says. She met director Caouette at a coffee shop in Vancouver while she was out with a mutual friend one day. By chance, they were just starting to cast for the role. When he found out she was an actress, he sent her home with the script and asked her to write a biography for Velvet. She took the homework very seriously. “I created this whole life her,” Stefancikova says. “Kirk said the next day, ‘Oh, that’s really interesting. I didn’t expect it. You wrote so much and I’m intrigued now.’” While she’s seen an early private screening of Promiseland, she’s looking forward to its debut in Whistler. “I’m so excited,” she says. “[The festival] has been so amazing that they chose to have the world premiere in Whistler.” Tickets for the films and festival passes are on sale now at whistlerfilmfestival. com. n
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Angels, ninjas and a local mob hit FRIENDS, I HAVE failed you. The Irishman, the new Martin Scorsese flick that I’ve been talking about for the past few weeks, is streaming on Netflix USA but is not yet available for those of us here in the
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MOB CROWD The Irishman is set to screen at the Whistler Film Festival next month—if you can wait that long. PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX
The Irishman streaming on Nov. 15, but wait! You might want to hold off because the Whistler Film Festival just announced they will be screening The Irishman twice on the big screen, big sound at the Rainbow theatre at noon on Thursday, Dec. 5 or at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. Real movie fans ought to jump at the chance to enjoy three-plus hours of Scorsese, DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, Ray Romano and crew doing their thing in an actual movie theatre (which is how Scorsese wants it to be seen, as he stated in his rant against Marvel films a few weeks ago). In any case, this is just the tip of a fully packed WFF film lineup that we will dig into over the next few weeks. (Bruce McDonald returns!) I also forgot to mention our third and final “Ninja Movie of the Week” last week, in honour of The Ninja Gym in Squamish (check it out!), so let’s skip ahead to the highwater mark of ninja comedies, starring one of the greatest performers of the past 30 years—Chris Farley in 1997’s Beverly Hills Ninja. Sure, sure, it only has 14 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes but that’s because North American critics around the turn of the millennium were either not
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smoking enough weed, or too afraid to admit it publicly (see also: Strange Wilderness, two per cent for one of the greatest comedies of the 2000s.) Certainly Beverly Hills Ninja is not the strongest flick in the Farley portfolio (Tommy Boy wins), and the fish-out-ofwater-in-Beverly-Hills story was already perfected by Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop II is almost better than the first), but with the way the world is today, it’s goddamn refreshing to sit back and watch a talented comedian commit 110 per cent to a script about an overweight, clumsy, round-eyed, pale skinned, blond “ninja” unleashed in a world of opulent excess to fight a counterfeit money operation and find love. Farley was a god and Beverly Hills Ninja is the download of the week. (And if you haven’t yet, check out Adam Sandler’s stand-up special 100% Fresh on Netflix for a beautiful Farley tribute at the end. You can also find just the tribute on YouTube.) Speaking of things we need right now, Charlie’s Angels hits the big screens this week. A retake on the classic ‘70s show, this version is directed by Elizabeth Banks (best known as an actress and producer) who
brings an updated, femme-centric take on the female crime fighting/espionage team. Kristen Stewart (Adventureland, Twilight), Naomi Scott (Aladdin, The Martian) and newcomer Ella Balinska star in an easy breezy espionage tale involving corporate douchebaggery, whistle blowing, car chases, stake-outs, dudes underestimating things, and Banks stepping into the iconic Bosley role. Long-criticized as either objectified navel gazing or angry feminist backlash, the new Banks Charlie’s Angels keeps a lot of the standard dress-up fetishism (random jockey outfit included) but carries a definite run-by-women-who-can-run-shit vibe (also, jokes about how awesome cheese is). It could have pushed the individualism of its characters a bit more but this new Charlie’s Angels is decent empower-pop entertainment and it’s always good to see Stewart lets loose. Ford v Ferrari also opens this week (maybe in Whistler). It’s a solid racecar tale, based on a true story and is essentially the “dude offset” movie to the Angels’ bubblegum fun. Speaking of cars, put your snow tires on and pray for snow! n
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LB Productions offers spin on Frozen II LOCAL CHILDREN’S THEATRE COMPANY PARTNERS WITH MOVIE THEATRE FOR MOVIE OPENING ON NOV. 22
LAST YEAR, LB Productions took The Positivity Tour on the road. The goal was to use song, dance and theatre to combat bullying and help kids build self-esteem. “I’ve gotten to go a lot of places,” says Anita Burleson, who runs the Whistler children’s theatre company. “The premise is teaching children to value themselves, each other, and the community.” To that end, the initiative has been renamed The Empowerment Project and Burleson has set her sights on spreading that message even further by producing an album of the songs associated with it. “Hearing a song one week and never getting the concepts again, it’ll fade away,” she says. “But [it’s different] if the teacher says, ‘Hey remember that time we sang about love? Let’s sing it again because
something for kids, we’ll come in in costume.’ She said, ‘How about Frozen II?’” Burleson recalls. She liked the idea and LB Productions set to work with Lara Mullings, an LB student, and Burleson writing “A Frozen Christmas.” On Nov. 22 at 6:15 p.m. the group will be in the theatre lobby in costume to meet guests and take pictures before going into the movie theatre for a short 10-minute presentation with a few songs in lieu of previews ahead of the 7 p.m. screening. “This is a fun thing and an opportunity to partner in the community with the movie theatre,” Burleson adds. The show will also serve as a fundraiser for The Empowerment Project album. But before that performance, LB Productions will perform the full production of A Frozen Christmas at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m. with entry by donation. “The show itself has … 15 songs in a [one-
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hour] show,” Burleson says. “It’s a lot of fun singing and dancing with a cute storyline. Hans, of course, is still the villain. It has all the components everyone loves with a twist to our story—not knowing exactly what’s in Frozen II.” Even if you can’t make it to the movie theatre on opening night, there will be a donation jar for those who would like to contribute to The Empowerment Project album until Nov. 24. For more visit lbpentertainment.com/. n
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IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN out hiking near the train tracks on the western side of Whistler, you know how difficult the terrain can be. The cliffs, creeks, and rivers running through the valley make for beautiful scenery and photographs, but they can make travel very difficult. As a result, building a railway from coastal British Columbia to the Interior was an expensive, difficult venture, and it took a long time to build the rail line that exists today. The first company planning to build a railway from coastal B.C. to the B.C. Interior was incorporated in 1891, but not much came of it. Once the Howe Sound and Northern Railway Company (HSN) was incorporated in 1907, however, things really started moving in the right direction. Surveys from Squamish through the Cheakamus Canyon were conducted in secret by the Cleveland and Cameron engineering firm, and the demand for a railway into the B.C. Interior was very high. When a feasibility report was published by the HSN Railway Company in 1909, it was the talk of the town, making headlines in the Daily Province newspaper. The feasibility report announced that the construction of a railway through the Cheakamus Canyon was possible, and the first rails were laid that very same year. The HSN Railway was taken over by the Foley, Welch, and Stewart Firm in 1912. It renamed the company the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), and within a year of the new company’s incorporation, track
was being laid on two separate sections of the route. The PGE Squamish Line finally reached Pemberton in October of 1914. The new railway brought many opportunities for people in the Whistler Valley, especially Alex and Myrtle Philip. Their Rainbow Lodge opened the same year the railway reached Pemberton, and they received a lot of encouragement from the PGE workers to host fishing tours. The first tours were held in May of 1915, and fishermen, with rods and tackle in hand, arrived by train to stay at Rainbow Lodge. Expansion of the rail line continued, but not without difficulty. The PGE line from Squamish reached as far as Lillooet, but going further was a financial problem. The B.C. government stepped in, and the PGE received a loan of $10 million ($200 million in today’s currency) in order to continue extending the rail line in 1916. The money didn’t help much, though, and in 1918, the PGE was forced to default on the loan. The provincial government took over the PGE Railway Company, but due to the expensive nature of the project, the rail company was listed for public sale in 1924—there were no takers. Despite everything, the railway pushed on. The province undertook a $10 million redevelopment program for the PGE in 1949 (over $110 million in today’s currency). It took a lot of work, a lot of money, and a lot of time, but the PGE did eventually reach its destination. Finally, after over 50 years of planning and development, the PGE Railway reached Prince George on Sept. 11, 1952. If you would like to learn more about the influence the PGE had on Whistler, stay tuned for future articles! n
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1 REMEMBRANCE RECOGNITION Whistler-based employer Coastal Mountain Excavations was honoured by the Canadian Forces Liaison Council and National Defense with an Employer Recognition certificate following Remembrance Day services on Monday, Nov. 11. The award recognizes the firm’s generosity towards an employee who also serves as a Canadian Forces Army Reservist. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 2 CAT’S GOT IT Otis agreed with this historical column from Alison Taylor as his dad Dan Falloon worked on a piece for this week’s feature. PHOTO BY DAN FALLOON. 3 WAG WALKS Longtime Whistler Animals Galore resident Lola enjoyed the sunny fall weather during a walk in Whistler last week (and yes, she’s still looking for her forever home). PHOTO BY KENDALL BENBOW. 4 BEAR CRAWL This black bear was spotted on a local golf course during a sunny day earlier this month, hopefully preparing for a long winter nap. PHOTO BY CLARE OGILVIE. 5 SILENT DISCO From left to right, Brittany Kirby, Jillian Stahr, Chantel Clayden, Jess Richards and Michelle Roydhouse having a blast at Cornucopia’s Silent Disco on Sunday, Nov. 10, thanks to the tunes flowing from their headphones. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 6 PANCAKE BREAKFAST President Brian Brown and members of the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium were on hand to flip and serve pancakes during Whistler Community Services Society’s Connect Whistler week. PHOTO SUBMITTED.
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Borealis Strings make Whistler debut with pianist in tow MEMBERS OF VANCOUVER’S BOREALIS STRING QUARTET PLAY CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES ON SUNDAY, NOV. 17
BY ALYSSA NOEL AFTER NEARLY two decades, the Borealis String Quartet is trying out a longdistance relationship. The group first formed in Vancouver back in 2000, but recently violinist Patricia Shih and violist Nikita Pogrebnoy made the move to Texas where Shih accepted a teaching position. “It’s certainly new, but we’re taking it one step at a time,” says Yuel Yawney, violinist and the other founding member of the group. “We have concerts booked into 2021, so we know what we have ahead of us … We know each other so well and we’ve played together so long, it doesn’t take long to bring back a piece we played together.” Back in 2000, Yawney and Shih met through their shared mentor, a professor of violin at the University of British Columbia. Shih brought Pogrebnoy onboard and they auditioned a cellist. (The cellists have changed over the years, but Sungyong Lim is now in that role.)
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“We were kind of lucky,” Yawney says. “We started out and the quartet was based at UBC at a place called Green College. We all lived there. It was a residence for masters and post-doctoral students. We were invited as guest scholars, so we got to live there in such close proximity it made it easy to practice daily.” And, he adds with a laugh, there was “wonderful food there. It was heaven for a
predominant media at the time,” Yawney says. “We got a tremendous amount of TV coverage and play. It really skyrocketed the awareness of the Borealis String Quartet across the country.” Since then, they’ve played just about every country you can think of. “We were in Europe last spring,” Yawney says. “The time just flies by, but we were in Denmark, Poland, Germany, as well as Norway …
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musician.” The quartet quickly landed a manager and, subsequently, played around 20 shows in their first year. But what really set them on an upward trajectory was entering a CBC musician competition around 2002. They were the only classical group in the competition and ended up in the television spotlight. “TV was still the
We’ve been fortunate. Music has been a means of being able to see parts of the world we wouldn’t normally see.” On Sunday, Nov. 17, they will add Whistler to that long list when they perform at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church as part of the Whistler Chamber Music Society series. With Shih and Pogrebnoy unable
to make the trip north, the arrangement will be a little different. Pianist Libby Yu will join Yawney and Lim as the Borealis Strings. But, recently, they settled on the name Aurora Piano Trio (in keeping with their Northern Lights theme). They haven’t finalized their repertoire for the show, but it will include Felix Mendelssohn’s “Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor.” “It’s in four movements,” Yawney adds. “Each has a really unique and expressive quality … We talk about the work before playing for the context and insight. There’s a balance because it’s important to allow the audience to let their imagination follow the music too.” While Yawney has performed in Squamish before, he couldn’t recall ever playing in Whistler the last 20 years. “I’m looking forward to it,” he says. “Unlike the city, where there’s a plethora of opportunities and oversaturation of things for people to do, when there’s an opportunity in a smaller venue or town, people are excited about it—they’re there because they really want to be.” Tickets for the show are $20 for adult and $15 for those under 35. Advance tickets are available at the Whistler Museum (cash only) or online at whistlerchambermusic. ca. They will also be available at the door. n
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BIG WIN From left, Leroy Joe, Julia Schnieder, Britt Smith, Daisy Joe, and Rich Doucet celebrate their wins at the Native American Music Awards.
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BY ALYSSA NOEL LIL’WAT NATION talent earned two awards at the Native American Music Awards in Niagara Falls, NY on Nov. 2. The Kindness Project by Stl’atl’imx Friends won for Best Historical and Linguistic Recording and The Spiritual Warriors’ album Ancestors won in the Best World Music Recording category. “It was such an amazing event to represent not just Stl’atl’imx or Lil’wat, but Indigenous people,” says Leroy Joe, frontman of The Spiritual Warriors and writer and producer of The Kindness Project. “We’re still doing this. It’s contemporary, but we’re doing language revitalization, cultural revitalization.” Collectively, the two albums were nominated for eight awards. In total, 19 people representing the releases went down to the ceremony. “I don’t remember most of my speech; it was kind of a haze,” Joe says with a laugh. “I said most of it in our language. My daughter [Daisy Joe, who sang on both albums] spoke and she’s an amazing speaker.” Rosemary Stager, health director for the Southern Stl’atlimx Health Society, which produced The Kindness Project, echoed that sentiment. She was executive producer of the project and says the most memorable moment of the awards was hearing the young women who sang on the album give their acceptance speeches. (That includes Daisy, Julia Schneider, and Brit Peters. Calvina Smith was unable to attend.) “The singers on the album, the four ladies, they were really, really so impressive,” Stager says. “The speeches they made were so great.
They really took the campaign to heart.” Since arriving back home in Canada, the organization has already been fielding questions about the project—which aims to address lateral violence in Indigenous communities—from other health authorities. “We had meetings with all the provincial ministers at the annual meetings that the
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“It was such an amazing event to represent not just Stl’atl’imx or Lil’wat, but Indigenous people.” - LEROY JOE
province organizes,” Stager says. “We were at those meetings and shared our story about our award. We’re really lobbying and campaigning … We want to keep it going and make a documentary and video. We’re even thinking of having a festival in the summertime. This is just the start. We want to keep the momentum and keep building.” For his part, Joe had hoped that each album would win in one category—and he was pleasantly surprised when that dream came true. “It was amazing to see all the musicians and people,” he says. “It was quite a whirlwind event.” For more on The Kindness Project visit sshskindnessproject.ca. You can find The Spiritual Warriors at thespiritualwarriors. net. n
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Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its permanent collection. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. 604-962-0413. > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
ACTIVATE AND CONNECT FOR SENIORS 50+
Connect with friends, new and old, through weekly activities. Meet at Whistler Community Services Society. In partnership with Mature Action Community. > 9:30-11 am > Whistler Community Services
This group is free to attend, but you’ll need to bring your own supplies. Curl up by the fire and make something beautiful together. (Crochet lovers, you’re welcome, too!) > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library
COMMUNITY
PARENT INFANT DROP-IN
An opportunity to develop a supportive social network with other parents of young babies. Speakers and a public health nurse are often in attendance. Free. > 11 am-12:30 pm > Whistler Public Library
Let the trumpets sing! The Whistler Youth Band is a beginner band for youth ages 10 and up. Grab an instrument and make music with friends. > 6-7:30 pm > Myrtle Philip Community School
The club meets every week and visitors are welcome. For a partner, please call Gill at 604-932-5791. > 1-5 pm > Whistler Racquet Club
ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM
Join the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium to learn about what the club is doing to support your local community and international projects. Lunch is available for $20. Everyone welcome. > 12:15 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side
MUSIC
MICHAEL FABRO KICK THE SUGAR HABIT WITH MELISSA DEALLY
Learn the three main challenges to kicking the sugar habit and seven points you can implement that will curb your sugar cravings. This will allow you to get off the blood sugar roller coaster! Email publicservices@ whistlerlibrary.ca to claim a spot. > 7-8:30 pm > Whistler Public Library
WOMEN’S YOGA
Drop in for by-donation weekly yoga classes led by an allfemale team of Certified 200-Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time. Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre
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NOV. 14-17
Open your palate to fresh ideas and inspiration at lively tasting events, surprising drink seminars, chef lunches and demonstrations, intimate winemaker dinners, and avant-garde parties. For more information, visit whistlercornucopia.com. > Whistler
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COMMUNITY
Michael Fabro is a Canadian acoustic pop-rock performance artist. With a focus on crowd-pleasing hits and infectious vocal hooks, the young artist has fused multiple styles into a dynamic live act. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
TOMMYS WHISTLER X LIQUID LOUNGE
Liquid Lounge every Wednesday and Thursday Night. Tommys is lounging out and we invite you to do the same. Pull up a chair or hang out on our couches and enjoy the house tunes. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
KARAOKE WITH JACK-QUI NO
Put it on the rocks and call it a show! Hosted by Jack-Qui No. > 8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
LIVE MUSIC AT BRICKWORKS Live music every Tuesday and Thursday. > 8 pm > Brickworks Public House
GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS
Whistler’s longest running locals night! Every Thursday, you can expect weekly giveaways and a mix of the hottest hip-hop, tap, trap, and EDM. 604-932-2323. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s
THROWBACK THURSDAYS WITH MR. TWITCH
Enjoy a musical journey of nostalgia curated by Mr. Twitch. Disco, funk, hip-hop, house and whatever else. Old-school vibes, remixes, mash-ups and new stuff to keep you on your toes. Free. 604-962-0601. > 9 pm-midnight > Three Below
THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA
He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
SEA TO SKY
SNOWBOARD GIVEAWAY COMPETITION WITH WILL ROSS
Win yourself a brand new snowboard tonight! We’re giving away a Salomon First Call snowboard with live looping wizard Will Ross. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN
Drop in to the Pemberton Public Library every Thursday afternoon and learn how WorkBC can assist you in your job search and career planning. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611. > 1-5 pm > Pemberton Library (Pemberton)
BAND CAMP
Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at jam nights make their debut. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
THROWBACK THURSDAYS
Come lounge out, dance and listen to all the throwback hits one could need. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler
SPORTS
LEAGUE NIGHT
Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
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Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library
JUMMAH SALAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)
There will be a weekly “Jummah Salah” (Friday Prayer) held at the Maury Young Arts Centre Multi-Purpose Hall. It is open to all and everyone is welcome. There is no cost for this event. Organized by the BC Muslim Association. > 1:30 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre
WHISTLER YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN
For ages 13 to 18. We offer ping pong, a skateboard mini-ramp (skateboards and helmets to borrow), free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, guitars, board games, a projector and widescreen TVs. Free. 604-935-8187. > 3:30-11 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre
MUSIC
MICHAEL FABRO
WSS 2020 GRAD CLASS’S POISETTIA FUNDRAISER
Michael Fabro is a Canadian acoustic pop-rock performance artist. With a focus on crowd-pleasing hits and infectious vocal hooks, the young artist has fused multiple styles into a dynamic live act. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
ONGOING & DAILY ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
WHISTLER MUSEUM
Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history. Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum
THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY
Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. The pathway will lead you through beautiful surroundings and six cultural institutions: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler Museum, Whistler Public Library, Maury Young Arts Centre, Lost Lake PassivHaus, and Audain Art Museum. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre
COMMUNITY
GAMES CAFE
Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
The Point Artist-Run Centre takes over the beautiful Maury Young Arts Centre this November for two nights of theatre, dance and live music! Don’t miss two nights of the play About the Moose, as well as Vancouver musician C.R. Avery on Friday and Gruff Goat Dance Theatre on Saturday. $20 per night. Get them at artswhistler.com or thepointartists.com. > 7:30 pm > The Point
COMMUNITY
WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum
WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP
Come and say, “hi” if you are new to Canada and Whistler! Everyone and every age is welcome. Casual meet up, workshops, information about living in Canada. Check calendar at www.welcomewhistler.com for full details. Contact info@welcomewhistler.com or 604-698-5960. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library
Solo artists perform every week, except on the first Friday of every month when they swap out for a full band. No cover, no lineups. > 6-9 pm > Whistler Brewing Company
UK DAVE @ ALPINE CAFE
The smooth sounding UK Dave, bringing you that classic rock, pop, jazz and blues... a sweet treat your ears! Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe
LADIES’ NIGHT
This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 pm. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills
WSS 2020 GRAD CLASS’S POINSETTIA FUNDRAISER
Whistler Secondary School’s Class of 2020 is hosting a poinsettia sale. Order them online at whistlersecondary.growingsmilesfundraising. com/home. > Whistler Secondary School
CIROC FRIDAYS
Every Friday, take advantage of our table service features while our resident DJ plays smash hits guaranteed to get you dancing. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
Veuve Clicquot is taking over Whistler’s newest lounge and nightclub—Tommys Whistler during Whistler Cornucopia presented by BlueShore Financial. Guests will be greeted on entry with a glass of Veuve Clicquot along with amazing photo ops. Music by DJ Dre Morel Doors at 9pm $25 pre-sale. > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler
MICHAEL BELANGER > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub
SPORTS
WHISTLER TRI CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB SWIM SQUAD Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
Triathlon-focused swim squads. Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions. Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Nonmembers $8 drop-in (includes entry into Meadow Park). > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre
SEA TO SKY
INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN REFRESH MARKET
FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS
Start the weekend off right with music by B.C.’s finest party DJs mixing the best in hip hop, rap, R&B and party anthems. Whistler’s most energetic dancefloor. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s
Refresh Market returns to the West Coast Railway Heritage Park on Friday, Nov. 15 and Saturday, Nov. 16. Shop a selection of handmade, vintage and locally designed clothing, art, ceramics, food, jewelry, housewares and more from 100 B.C. artists, makers and small shops. $3-5. > 4-9 pm > West Coast Railway Heritage Park
Have fun playing the fastest growing sport in North America. All levels welcome. Free paddle rental. For more, call 604-932-1991. $10. > 4-6 pm > Whistler Racquet Club
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
EAT, DRINK, PAINT
Join local artist Karen Love at Cranked Espresso Bar and get ready to laugh, drink, eat and paint your way through an unforgettable night. Bring a date, grab a friend or come solo and let your creativity flow. Registration is $35/person. All supplies are included.
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PIQUECAL No experience is necessary. Register in person at Cranked Espresso Bar. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. Let us know if you are celebrating for a gift from us to you! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler
ABOUT THE MOOSE
KAL MOLLINSON
> 7:30 pm > The Point
Kal Mollinson, frontman of acclaimed Canadian indie band Sandcastle Theory, builds on-the-fly vocal and instrumental arrangements; mixing solo acoustic renditions of classic pub and college rock tunes with live loops and beats. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
COMMUNITY
SINGING WITH THE BABIES
Learn songs and rhymes to soothe and entertain baby while encouraging early language development. For kids up to walking age. Free. > 11-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library
LIVE @ BLACK’S
Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
SEA TO SKY
MUSIC
REFRESH MARKET
> 10 am-5 pm > West Coast Railway Heritage Park (Brackendale/Squamish)
SPORTS
This one-session sport program enables participants (14+ years) to get a taste of the Olympic winter sport of skeleton by sliding down the track on their own sled! Meet the head coach, take your first runs and learn how you can progress in the seasonal programs. $50-225. 604-964-0040. > 1:30-4 pm > Whistler Sliding Centre
Come ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge
JERRY’S DISCO
Dust off your gaper day getup, from backwards helmets to gorby gaps, ‘cos the best Jerry outfit gets a free bottle of Prosecco! > 7-10 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
SUNDAY FUNDAY SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY
BROTHER TWANG
Born and raised in Hamilton, Ont., Will has been making music since the age of 10. He is a multiinstrumentalist, live looping artist. He is currently based out of Squamish. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
DISCOVER SKELETON
FAMILY TOGETHER TIME
A parent-directed hour with board games, crafts and a story corner with felt puppets. A drop-in program for families of all ages. Free. > 3:30-4:30 pm > Whistler Public Library
WILL ROSS
Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub
Darragh will be kicking it off. There will be nothing Nutrl about these Jams. RSVP for guest list and VIP reservation. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
LOCAL’S SUNDAY SESH WHISTLER YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN
This is Whistler’s biggest nightlife event each week. From top 40s to big hits of today and classic rock, the dance floor will be bumping! > 9 pm-2 am > Buffalo Bills
> 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre
MOUNTAIN
POWDER MOUNTAIN SNOWMOBILE CLUB AGM
LADIES’ NIGHT
Powder Mountain Snowmobile Club will be having their Annual General Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7pm at the Cinnamon Bear Grill in the Hilton. Please come by and hear what is happening. Hope to see you there! > 7-9 pm > Cinnamon Bear Grille
MUSIC
It’s Whistler’s No. 1 stop for stag and stagette parties. DJ Turtle and friends mix up everything from hip hop, R&B, new rap, dance hall and Top 40 bangers. Email guestlist@moejoes.com for VIP and group perks. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s
SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB
He got your blood pumping last night, now satiate your thirst for amazing cocktails and unique beats with tyMetal’s eclectic DJ feats. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
EV KINSELLA
> 5-7 & 8-11 pm
SOUL CLUB FT. DJ BEN KEATING @ ALPINE CAFE
You are invited to party like a local at the local’s house party. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY
Spinning the vinyls and bringing the beats, the smooth sounds of DJ Ben Keating is the perfect soundtrack to your Saturday night out! Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe
SUPREME SATURDAY
Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s
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11.17
ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
PIANO TRIO: BOREALIS STRINGS PLUS PIANIST LIBBY YU
Two members of the acclaimed Borealis String Quartet playing violin and cello perform with a talented pianist to treat listeners to a beautiful selection of classical music perfect for a Sunday afternoon. Tickets available in advance at the Whistler Museum (cash only), online at www.whistlerchambermusic.ca or at the door. Tickets: $20/Adult, $15/Youth under 35. 604-932-3665. > 5 pm > Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church
WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
Whistler’s newest nightclub and lounge turns it up every Saturday night with VIP tables and a party not to miss out on. DJ Dre Morel spinning pop, rock and hip hop beats all night long. For guest list and VIP
Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
THE SUNDAY GLOW PARTY
Moe Joe’s is transformed into a psychedelic, UV-infused rave cathedral, as Fidel Cashflow, Zapps and La Dooda cook up an aural feast of house and electro beats. Arrive early to beat the line. > 9 pm > Moe Joe’s
OPEN MIC JAM NIGHT
An open stage invitation for all who can sing, perform or even just wanna jam out with our house band. Whistler’s longest-running jam night every Sunday at Crystal Lounge. All instruments are provided. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
SUNDAY NIGHT THEORY WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
WEEKEND GETAWAYS
SOULFUL SUNDAYS
tyMetal’s diversified taste translates to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems, guaranteed to tweak your brain stem! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
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OPEN: Monday - Friday 11:00am to 8:00 pm Saturday & Sunday 11:00 am to 4:30 pm 1200 Hunter Place, Squamish Station Shopping Mall
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COMMUNITY
MUSIC & WORDS
This drop-in program is for kids two to four years and it focuses on early literacy through music, rhyme, stories and movement. Free. > 10 am > Whistler Public Library
TENANCY RIGHTS LEGAL ADVICE
Peter Kebengele, Poverty Law Advocate at Sea to Sky Community Services (SSCS), will be hosting informal drop-ins at both the Whistler Public Library and Pemberton & District Public Library at various dates until November. Kebengele heads SSCS’s new Poverty Law Advocacy Program, which offers free legal advocacy support and assistance to financially restricted individuals and families in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.For more information, go to sscs.ca/programs/poverty-law-advocacy/. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library
WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN
Get your resume reviewed, learn about the local labour market, job search tips, and more. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611 or go to WhistlerESC.com. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library
GAMES NIGHT
Join us for a fun and free evening of board games, popcorn and Oreos. Play strategy games such as Ticket To Ride, Settlers of Catan and Carcassone, or old favourites like Monopoly, Scrabble and Clue. Sponsored by The Friends of the Whistler Public Library. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library
MUSIC
DJ’s ED:WIN & STACHE are back! If you’re new to town, welcome to the underground. If you’re a repeat offender, see you front left. It’s simple: We drop bangers, you get mashed. Expect the best in UK underground music. Bass provided by PK sound. Free with stickers/merch or $8. > 9 pm > Garfinkel’s
TRIVIA NIGHT
The Crystal Lounge hosts trivia every Monday night! Bring your friends and test your knowledge for a night of fun, laughs, prizes and the chance to “burn your bill.” Conditions apply. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
MONDAY MIX MADNESS
WILL ROSS
> 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard LoungeENT
MOUNTAIN MONDAYS
BANGERS & MASH : THE SEASON OPENER
Legendary Locals Night. Rotating DJs dropping bangers all night long. Ski and swag giveaways every week. > 7 pm > Longhorn Saloon
He’s top of the food chain and he’ll sweep away the Monday pains. He’ll shock your brain, the one and only DJ Gainz. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
SEA TO SKY
ACOUSTIC COFFEE HOUSE
The Acoustic Coffee House is back! Come join in with this afternoon of music. > 4-6 pm > Grimms Deli (Pemberton)
SPORTS
WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD
> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre
5-DAY BOBSLEIGH PILOT SCHOOL
Youth and adults (16+) who want to acquire the basic skills to pilot their own bobsleigh can enroll in one of these five-day programs that combine classroom with on-ice sessions. The school is an ideal starting point before joining the seasonal program. $250-750. 604-964-0040. > Whistler Sliding Centre
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Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
11.19
COMMUNITY
KARAOKE NIGHT
RHYME & SONG
This program gives toddlers, parents and caregivers the opportunity to learn songs, rhymes and finger plays together. Movement is encouraged and your preschooler’s early language and literacy development is supported. For more information, please come to the library, call 604-935-8436 or email youthservice@ whistlerlibary.ca. Free. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library
ADULT INTRO TO AERIAL SILKS WORKSHOP
Have you been wanting to give aerial silks a try? Now is your chance with this one time workshop, no commitment necessary! This workshop will show you what a beginner session is like with us at Treeline Aerial. Open to everyone from all backgrounds, no experience necessary. $28.50. > 7:15-8:15 pm > The Hangar
MUSIC
DINO DINICOLO
The electric bass becomes an extension of his hands and his voice has developed a rhythmic centre of its own, Dino DiNicolo is a master musician with a groove so deep that it moves the mind, the body and the soul. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO
Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other. These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub
“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s longest-running karaoke night and belt out all your favourite hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
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INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER
Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to make a difference in their community. Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre
QUEER WEDNESDAYS ALLSORTS
Bringing a wide variety of sounds to your Tuesday evening, ED:WIN will be playing “AllSorts” of music to get you dancing down at Three Below every Tuesday night. Listen to hip hop, R&B, house, garage and disco! Free. > 9 pm-1:30 am > Three Below
TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ
Hip hop, drum and bass and jazz mixes that transcend eras, beats that burn hard and sooth like aloe vera. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
We reserve the prime family-style table by the Ola Volo mural for our LGBTQ2+ family. Get your game (or gay’m) on. > 5-8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
WE RUN WHISTLER: WEEKLY GROUP RUN
Lost Lake trails offer endless possibilities! Join us as we get creative on the double track trails of this special little spot! Check our Facebook page (facebook. com/groups/werunwhistler) for weekly updates. Visit werunwhistler.com to plan your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain, snow or shine! Headlamps are mandatory. Free. > 5:55 pm > Lululemon
LIVE MUSIC AT BRICKWORKS > 8 pm > Brickworks Public House
INDUSTRY NIGHT
Join us for a pool game and wing eating competition starting at 8 p.m., where the winners win a bar tab. Partygoers will also have a chance to win a K2 Snowboard or a Ride snowboard. > 6 pm > Buffalo Bills
TOMMYS WHISTLER X LIQUID LOUNGE > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
JAM NIGHT MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS
Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters. Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side
WHOLE-FOOD, PLANT-BASED COMMUNITY POTLUCKS
SPORTS
> 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
Join us for a monthly whole-food, plant-based potluck at The Green Moustache Organic Café in Function Junction. Please bring a whole-food, plant-based dish to share - see website for details. Everyone welcome. 604-962-4161. > 6:30-8:30 pm > The Green Moustache Juice Lab
LET’S GET QUIZZICAL
Brush up on your general knowledge for quiz night every Wednesday with Whistler legend, Quizmaster Stache. > 9-11:55 pm > Three Below
Jam night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
LETS GET QUIZZICAL
Whistler’s funniest night of the week! Stache hosts outrageous rounds and hilarious tasks for a trivia night with a Whistler twist. Celebrity degenerates, corporate scandals and a host of fun filled rounds will leave your squad in stitches. $100 bar tab for winning team, spot prizes and so much more. Free. > 9-11 pm > Three Below
WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAINZ
He’s hot, he’s sicker than your average, Gainz comin’ through mixin’ tracks like a savage. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
SPORTS
INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN > 9:30-11:30 am > Whistler Racquet Club
MUSIC
CONOR FITZPATRICK TOMMY TUESDAYS
Tommy Tuesdays winter series. Every week on a Tuesday, we will be giving away amazing prizes to appreciate you all. Grand Prize will be a $1,000 flight voucher to use. The winner will be drawn on Christmas Eve! For multiple entries, arrive before 10:30 p.m. Tunes by Dre Morel and Guests! > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT
WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
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Belfast busker of the year Conor Fitzpatrick performs at Cranked. Once the word gets out, everyone is going to want to see this guy play. Conor Fitz is an Irish singersongwriter who spent the past few years performing his music in bars around the world. Conor plays a mixture of pop, folk, rock and sing-along classics. > 3-6 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
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Aries heroes or leaders or saviours out there, the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to fully bloom and assert your practical magnificence. The lessons you have learned while improvising workable solutions for yourself are ripe to be applied to the riddles that are puzzling your tribe or group or gang. I want to let you know, however, that to achieve maximum effectiveness, you should be willing to do good deeds for people who may not be able to pay you back. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when it’s crucial that your receptivity be as robust as possible. To guide you in this delightful but perhaps challenging work, here are good questions for you to pose. 1. Do you know what help and support you need most, and are you brave and forthright enough to ask for it? 2. Is there any part of you, perhaps unconscious, that believes you don’t deserve gifts and blessings? 3. Do you diligently cultivate your capacity to be refreshed and restored? 4. Are you eagerly responsive when life surprises you with learning experiences and inspirations? GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Many people will not be honest because they fear loss of intimacy and togetherness,” writes self-help author Henry Cloud. But the truth, he adds, is that “honesty brings people closer together,” because it “strengthens their identities.” Therein lies the tender paradox: “The more you realize your separate identities, the closer you can become.” Living according to this principle may not be as easy or convenient as being deceptive and covert, but it’s ultimately more gratifying. Henry Cloud concludes, “Telling loved ones what is really on your mind and telling others what you really think is the foundation of love.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization,” said poet Kenneth Rexroth. That’s the opposite of the conventional wisdom. For many people, the process of growing up and becoming a seasoned adult means trying to fit in, to find one’s category, to be serious and steady and stable. Rexroth, on the other hand, suggested that when you fully ripen into your potentials, you transcend standard definitions; you don’t adhere to others’ expectations; you are uniquely yourself, outside and beyond all pigeonholes and classifications. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to practice and cultivate this sacred art. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there an event from your past that would be empowering for you to remember in detail? Is there a neglected but still viable dream you could resurrect, thereby energizing your enthusiasm for the future? Are there old allies you’ve lost touch with but who, if you called on them, could provide you with just the boost you need? Is there a familiar pleasure you’ve grown numb to but could reinvigorate by visualizing the original reasons you loved it? The coming weeks will be a favourable time to meditate on these questions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Catholic saint St. Francis (1181–1226) loved animals and the natural world. According to one folkloric tale, he was once travelling on foot with several companions when they came upon a place where the trees were filled with birds. Francis said, “Wait for me while I go preach to my sisters the birds.” He proceeded to do just that. The birds were an attentive audience for the duration of his sermon, apparently captivated by his tender tones. Seven centuries later, author Rebecca West offered a critique of the birdwhisperer. “Did St. Francis preach to the birds?” she asked. “Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.” In the coming weeks, Virgo, I encourage you to do the metaphorical equivalent of preaching to both the birds and the cats. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Every now and then I authorize you Libras to shed your polite, tactful personas and express the angst you sometimes feel but usually hide. That’s now! To egg you on, read this mischievous rant
by Libran blogger Clary Gay (claryfightwood.tumblr. com): “We Libras are constantly thinking about how to make everyone else comfortable and happy. There’s not a minute going by when we’re not worrying about radiating a soothing and comforting aura so everyone can have a good time. If a Libra is cranky, it’s because they snapped! Because of some non-Libra who doesn’t appreciate them! If a Libra is mean to people, it’s their own damn fault!” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Robert Bly tells us that the door to the soul is unlocked. You don’t have to struggle through any special machinations to open it or go through it. Furthermore, the realm of the soul is always ready for you. Always! It harbours the precise treasure you need in order to be replenished and empowered. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I think that during the next two weeks, you should abide as much as possible in the soul’s realm—the cornucopia of holy truths and ever-fresh riches. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my estimation, what you’ve experienced lately has been akin to a fermentation process. It’s as if you’re undergoing a transformation with resemblances to the way that grapes turn into wine or milk becomes yogurt or dough rises before being baked into bread. You may have had to endure some discomfort, which is the case for anything in the midst of substantial change. But I think you’ll ultimately be quite pleased with the results, which I expect will be ready no later than 10 days after your birthday—and quite possibly sooner. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Many books have been written about Joan of Arc, a 15th century teenage peasant girl whose improbable ascent to military leadership, under the guidance of her divine visions, was crucial in France’s victory over the English. Among the many miraculous elements of her story was the fact that less than a year before she led troops into battle on horseback, she didn’t know how to ride a horse. She learned by riding around her father’s farm astride his cows. I foresee an equivalent marvel in your future, Capricorn. By this time next year, you will have developed an aptitude that might seem unimaginable now. (P.S. There’s evidence Joan was a Capricorn.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Divine Comedy is one of history’s greatest literary works. Its author, Dante Alighieri, was 43 when he began writing the Inferno, the first part of his three-part masterpiece. Up until that time, he had published just one book and a few poems, and had also abandoned work on two unfinished books. Early on in the Inferno, the not-yet-renowned author presents a fictional scene in which he meets with the spirits of antiquity’s most famous authors: Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. Those illustrious five tell Dante he is such an important writer that he ranks sixth, after them, in his excellence. I’m going to encourage you to dare indulging in behaviour like Dante’s: to visualize and extol—and yes, even brag about—the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Latin word for sea is mare. Flustra is the calm sea. Undisonus means “resounding with waves.” Caeruleus is the sea’s deep shade of blue, aestus is the tide, and aequoreus means “connected with the sea.” My hope is that as you meditate on these lyrical terms, you’ll be moved to remember the first lakes, rivers, and oceans you ever swam in. You’ll recall your time floating in your mother’s womb and your most joyous immersions in warm baths and hotsprings. Why? It’s a favourable time to seek the healing and rejuvenating powers of primal waters—both metaphorically and literally.
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COMMUNITY CENTRES Maury Young Arts Centre - Whistler's community centre for arts, culture & inspiration. Performance theatre, art gallery, daycare, youth centre, meditation room, meeting facilities. www.artswhistler.com or 604-935-8410
Pemberton & District Community Centre - Located at 7390 Cottonwood St. Fitness Centre, facility rentals, spray park, playground, children, youth, adult & seniors programs. For more info 604-894-2340 or pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca
MUSEUMS Pemberton and District Museum and Archives Society - Located at 7455 Prospect St. Open: May to Nov annually from 10am-5pm. Guided tours and activities for all ages. Join us for "Tea & Tales" every Tuesday at 2pm in July and August. Some seasonal closures. Closed on holidays. www. pembertonmuseum.org
Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre Explore First Nations Art Galleries, and Interactive Exhibits. Gift Shop & Cafe are in our admission free area. Open Tuesday'sSunday's per week. 10am-5p.m..
Whistler Museum & Archives Society Explore interactive exhibits, listen to local stories & discover Whistler's journey. Open daily 11am-5pm, 4333 Main St. www. whistlermuseum.org or 604-932-2019
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Email your resume to tandooriwhistler2@yahoo.ca, apply online at tandooriwhistler.com or visit us any time between 12:00-3 pm Or 5-9 pm
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Looking for a dog to adopt? Look for WAG’s bright orange bandanas on dogs being walked by volunteers! These dogs are looking for their forever home. 604.935.8364 | www.whistlerwag.com
Whistler Breakfast Club Meets monthly at 6:45-8:30am at Whistler Chamber office. Offering a chance for business owners to meet and "speed network" with other business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea 2 Sky Corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/ whistlerbreakfastclub
Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com
Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com
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Pemberton Men's Shed - Weekly social meetings WED. 11-2 in the Seniors/youth Rec. bldg. beside library. Social meeting with BYO Bag lunch, card games and pool/ snooker. Help out in YOUR community, operating the Pemberton Tool Library.
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Diamond Resorts Canada Ltd., Whistler, BC
We are hiring for the following positions:
Night House Person (Full Time: 10 pm – 8 am) Eligible successful candidates may receive*: • Competitive wage. • Extensive benefits package which may include; ski pass or wellness allowance, disability coverage, travel insurance and extended health and dental. • Travel Allowance and discounted employee rates at any Diamond Resort International resort. • Full-time work year round and a FUN work environment. *eligibility and conditions based on DRCL policies and practices set out in general terms and conditions of employment.
Senior Citizen Organizations - Is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Ernie Bayer 604576-9734 or ecbayer2@gmail.com
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Activate & Connect - Come join us Thursday mornings 9:30am to 11:00am at Whistler Community Services for a weekly drop in program for seniors 50+. Everyone welcome, in partnership with Mature Action Community. www.mywcss.org
Mature Action Community (MAC) - Represents seniors in Whistler and welcomes new members. MAC meets for fun and interaction with local seniors and those just visiting on Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at the Whistler Community Services Community Room for Activate and Connect. Come join us for coffee and socializing while engaging in fun activities. Check us out at www.whistlermac. org or view our schedule on Facebook Whistler Mature Action Community Group page.
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We offer year-round or seasonal employment, industry leading wages, medical services plan, staff meal, staff discounts and more... Staff housing is available for all kitchen positions. To apply please drop off your resume at the restaurant from 3 to 5:30pm or send it to info@bearfootbistro.com 4121 Village Green | Adjacent to Listel Hotel 604 932 3433 | bearfootbistro.com
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com
Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479. Free private presentation on request. www. healthylivingwhistler.com
Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items. Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@ mywss.org
Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604-932-3733
Certified Dental Assistant for busy family dental clinic
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Located 20 minutes north of whistler in the beautiful pemberton valley. Also seeking
Part-time Dental Hygienist Hours negotiable with competitive wage. Email “info@pembertonvalleydental.ca” or fax to 604-894-6934
Re-Use-It - Daily 11:00am to 6:00pm, Donate all household goods in good shape. Accepting bottles & cans, old electronics, anything with a cord, and light fixtures for recycling. All proceeds to WCSS. Call 604.932.1121, www.mywcss.org, reuseit@ mywcss.org.
The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) Whistler's Natural Voice since 1989. Regular events, project and volunteer opportunities. www.awarewhistler.org info@awarewhistler.org
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Be part of the action to deliver exceptional fine dining experience to guests in an award-winning and high volume dining room.
We are hiring for the following positions:
Host Server
Food Runner
We offer year-round or seasonal employment, industry leading wages, medical services plan, staff meals, staff discounts and more... To apply please drop off your resume at the restaurant from 3 to 5:30pm or send it to info@bearfootbistro.com 4121 Village Green | Adjacent to Listel Hotel 604 932 3433 | bearfootbistro.com
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• 40 hour first aid certification • Class 4 unrestricted BC license (or equivalent) to drive our buses. • Guiding or instructing experience is not required but is an asset
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Weeding, irrigating, harvesting and processing fruits & vegetables. More than one season of agricultural experience required. Looking for hardworking individuals able to work in all types of outside conditions. Minimum 40hrs/wk over a minimum 5 days/wk. $13.85/hr. Job Duration: 32 weeks April 7th through to November 10th, 2020 Applicants can mail, or email resumes to North Arm Farm PO BOX 165, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0 Email: info@northarmfarm.com
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Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-9323202
PERKS INCLUDE: FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE – FRIENDS & FAMILY DISCOUNTS – EPIC STAFF PARTIES - FREE ACTIVITIES FOR STAFF
Families Fighting Cancer In The Sea To Sky - We are a non profit partner with Sea to Sky Community Services. We provide financial and practical support to children and parents with dependants diagnosed with cancer. Please contact us on our confidential email: ffcseatosky@gmail.com, visit our Facebook Page or website www. familiesfightingcancer.ca
Full job descriptions at: www.canadianwilderness.com/employment/
If you are interested in joining our team, please submit your resume to employment@canadian01.com
Room Attendant
TO APPLY: CALL 604.935.2683 or EMAIL DCOTE@COASTCONSTRUCTION.CA
FAMILY RESOURCES
Camp Fund - Provides financial assis-tance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org
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We offer; employee benefits and full time employment year round.
The Mountain Village Social Gathering Join us at one of our regular social gatherings on the last Wednesday of every month. There is a group of us at The Mountain Village who are forming a sustainable, multi generational neighbourhood based on the co housing model. WHAT IF... Housing wasn't just a place to live, but rather, a way of life? To find out more, visit our Facebook page @themountainvillage or go to our website www.themountainvillage.ca
We offer a fun, outdoor work environment with a great team of • Class 4 unrestricted license and clean driving record like-minded individuals. An always changing, always challenging work day with the opportunity to connect with people from • Excellent customer service skills all over the world. Flexible schedules and amazing staff parties are definite perks of the job.
ACROSS THE SEA TO SKY CORRIDOR
Site Supervisors Carpenters Carpenters Apprentice Labourers
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ATV & BUGGY GUIDES
SNOWSHOE GUIDES CANOE GUIDES
Residential/Commercial projects WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING
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Maintenance Person Reservations Agent Guest Service Agent Staff discounts and Incentives Extended Benefits · Central Location Please reply with a cover letter and resume to hr@listelhotel.com Thank you for your interest. Only those applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted.
Resort Municipality of Whistler
Employment Opportunities ·· Lifeguard/Swim Lifeguard/Swim Instructor Instructor ·· Program Leader Skate Host ·· Volunteer - Lost Lake Nordic Trails Supervisor Wastewater Treatment Plant Process ·· Equipment Operator II Lost Lake Nordic Trails Labourer I – Village Maintenance ·· Chief Administrative Offi cer Youth and Public Services Specialist
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KidsArt - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in arts and culture education. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org. Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org. Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults and families experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness. Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www. mywcss.org. Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library. Pemberton Strong Start Family Drop-InA play group for you and your under-5 child. Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm-3pm. Call 604894-6101 / 604-966- 8857 Whistler Public Library - Open Mon-Thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am. Parent & Infant dropin, Thurs 11am. Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am. Singing with the babies, Sat 11am. Call 604-935-8433
SOCIAL SERVICES Access to Justice - Need legal advice but are financially restricted? Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to find out more or visit www. mywcss.org.
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Counselling Assistance Available - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counselor for $35-$50/hr depending on financial need. Contact an outreach team member at 604932-0113 www.mywcss.org
Counselling Assistance - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counsellor depending on financial need. Contact an outreach worker at 604.932.0113 or visit www.mywcss.org.
ESL Volunteer Tutor Program - Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960
Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101
Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717. www.mywcss.org/foodbank
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Full time/part time/on call positions competitive wages and and benefit package flexible schedules priority on the waitlist and discount for your own children email resume at manager@pembykids.com
Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101
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Expeditor / Food Runner
Meadow Park Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $131.20 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.
North Shore Schizophrenia Society Services for family, friends & community. Mental illness info, support & advocacy. Call Chris Dickenson at 604-966-7334
Outreach Services - Free, confidential support for youth experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness. Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www.mywcss.org.
Pearl's Safe Home - Temporary shelter for women & children experiencing abuse in relationships. Locations in Whistler & Pemberton avail 24/7. All services are free. 1-877-890-5711 or 604-892-5711
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Pastry Cook Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub is hiring:
LINE COOK DISHWASHER Work at Whistler’s best location! Refine or jump-start your culinary career in our fast-paced and busy kitchen. We offer competitive wages, tips and a season ski pass. Please stop by the pub between 10am and 5pm with a copy of your resume. You can also submit your resume via email to careers@dubhlinngate.com
RMOW Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $127.60 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org
Line Cook (1-2 years experience) Dishwasher Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@araxi.com or present in person at Araxi between 3-5 pm daily.
We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.
WHISTLER BLACKCOMB INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT. IS HIRING:
Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101
NETWORK ANALYST (YEAR-ROUND)
Victim Services - Assists victims, witnesses, family members or friends directly affected by any criminal act or traumatic event. Call 604-905-1969
Whistler Community Services Society Outreach Services Now Available Monday to Saturday at our new location - 8000 Nesters Road (next to WAG) 604.932.0113 www. mywcss.org
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COMMUNITY LISTINGS SOCIAL SERVICES Whistler for the Disabled - Provides info for people with disabilities on what to do & where to go. Visit www.whistlerforthedisabled.com
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Whistler’s award winning publications are seeking a casual junior graphic designer.
Now Hiring for the Following Positions: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN ROOM ATTENDANT HOUSEPERSON – OVERNIGHT BREAKFAST DISHWASHER GUEST SERVICE AGENT MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATE BREAKFAST COOK VALET SKI VALET
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Competitive Wages Associate Housing Wellness Allowance/Ski Pass Flexible Schedule Discounted Food Extended Medical Benefits Spa Discounts
QUALIFICATIONS: • Excellent knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator in a Mac environment. • Understanding of newspaper printing process, including how to design for newsprint and how to preflight artwork for newsprint output. • Experience in the graphic design industry, specifically in print/publishing. • College diploma or equivalent experience in the area of graphic design. • Ability to work to tight deadlines. • Illustration skills an asset.
Work is on a caual basis as Whistler Publishing’s workload requires and is ideal for designers looking to supplement other employment or junior designers looking to gain experience. Priority is on Tuesdays & Wednesdays Please email your resume and portfolio in confidence to: Karl Partington, Production Manager karl@piquenewsmagazine.com - previous applicants please apply -
Discover new opportunities and embark on a career in Hospitality with Pan Pacific Whistler To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers.ppwhi@panpacific.com Come Grow Sport with us at our Whistler Olympic Legacy Venues
We offer competitive wages, a unique environment, seasonal bonuses, staff discounts and benefits. Ask about accommodation.
Whistler Athletes’ Centre
(High Performance Training and Accommodation) Coordinator, Payroll & Benefits (For all venues & is a maternity leave) Finance Clerk
Whistler Sliding Centre
(Bobsleigh, Luge & Skeleton) Track Worker Facility Operations Worker (Snow Clearing) Guest Activity Rep Host Videographer / Guest Activity Rep Host
Whistler Olympic Park
(Nordic Skiing, Snowshoeing and Outdoor Activities) Heavy Duty Mechanic Groomer Operator Nordic Sport Instructor Ski Patrol Maintenance and Operations Worker Winch Cat Operator Rental Services Tech
Visit our website to view current postings and to apply: www.whistlersportlegacies.com/careers
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Busy Structural Steel Fabrication business in Pemberton is seeking to fill multiple positions within the company.
• Full Time Experienced Steel Fabricator • Full Time Experienced Project Manager Interested candidates to send Resume and CV to info@wwswelding.ca.
Whistler Housing Authority - Long term rental & ownership housing for qualified Whistler employees . Visit www.whistlerhousing.ca Whistler Mental Health & Addiction Services - If you or someone you know needs help with a mental health issue or substance misuse or addiction problem, we can assist. Mon-Fri 830am-430pm. 604-698-6455 Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Whistler Opt Healthy Sexuality Clinic - Professional sexual health services at a reduced cost. Free HIV testing. Clinics at Whistler Health Care Ctr, 2nd floor on Tues 4:30-7:30pm. Winter hours Thurs. 5:00pm-7:00pm. Confidentiality assured. Whistler Women's Centre - Provides confidential support, resources, referrals and advocacy for women living in the Sea to Sky corridor. All services are free of charge and include access to emergency safe housing, child/youth counselling, play space and computer access. Drop-In Centre open, Tue-Thu 12-4. 1519 Spring Creek Drive. www. hswc.ca or call (604)9628711. 24 HR Crisis Line: 1-877-8905711 Whistler WorkBC Employment Services Centre - Provides free onestop employment services to job seekers and employers. Drop in services at the Pemberton Library Thursdays 1-5 PM, and at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 PM. For more information visit www.WhistlerESC.com or call us at 604-932-1600
SUPPORT GROUPS Are you troubled by someone's drinking? Al-Anon can help. Al-Anon meeting, multi-purpose room, 2nd floor, Whistler Health Care Centre, Wednesdays, 6:30 pm. 604.688.1716 Birth, Baby and Beyond - Join a registered counsellor and meet other moms with the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences in a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental setting. Call 604.932.0113 for more information or visit www.mywcss.org. Concussion Support Group - WCSS is offering a recurring 8 week program to support people living with persistent post-concussion symptoms. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker about upcoming sessions or visit www.mywcss.org. Epilepsy Support GroupFor individuals & families seeking guidance or support. Contact eswhistler@gmail.com
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Immigrant Peer Educators Immigrants providing support and information for those who may be experiencing challenges adjusting to a new culture. 604-388-5511 info@whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Pregnancy and Infant Loss Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this program is designed for couples and individuals who have experienced loss of a child, either before or after birth. Please call WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak to an outreach worker for more information or visit www.mywcss.org. SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse concerns. Drop-in: Registration is not necessary. Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room) Whistler Alcoholics Anonymous: 12-step support group for men and women who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Meetings are held at 7 pm Mondays (women's only), 8 pm (open meetings) Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays; Whistler Medical Center, 4380 Lorimer Road, 2nd Floor multiple purpose room; 604-905-5489, https://www.bcyukonaa.org
RELIGION Jesus Rock Of Ages Ministry- A bible based church that holds services at Millennium Place's main floor theatre at 4:30pm. www.jesusrockofages.com Roman Catholic ChurchCome celebrate mass at Our Lady of the Mountains, Whistler on Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am, Tuesday 5:45pm, Wednesday 7pm, Thursday/Friday 5:45pm. St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton on Sunday 12:30pm and Friday 9am. St. Christopher's, Mt. Currie on Sunday 11am. 604-905-4781
Sea to Sky Healing Room - For Blessing/Prayer/Encouragement In the Community Church building, 7422 Dogwood Street, Pemberton. Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday: 4-6 PM Whistler Church- Join us for worship and fellowship around Jesus. Sunday 10 am at Myrtle Philip Community School, 6195 Lorimer Rd. Nursery, Sunday School to gr. 6, Youth gr. 7 and up. Call Pastor Jon 604-798-3861 / Kelvin 204-249-0700 or www.whistlerchurch.ca
This storied restaurant offers a modern taste of Italy and brings a fresh, contemporary style of dining to the mountain.
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RDC Fine Homes is looking for Positive, Reliable & High Performing
Currently seeking a Bar Manager to curate, develop, oversee and manage the bar program at Il Caminetto.
Project Manager
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A strong knowledge of spirits and cocktails
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3+ years experience in a premium food & beverage operation •
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A professionally recognized wine certificate is an asset (WSET or equivalent)
• Positive Work Environment • Paid Education opportunities • Opportunity to work on exciting projects
Staff Housing Available! Competitive Wage + Benefits Package WE’RE HIRING
• Involvement in the strategic planning of the company QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
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• 5+ years’ experience in Residential Construction • High Performance Construction Knowledge - Building Science & BC Step Code
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• Lean Construction Practices
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• RDC is a tech savvy company and staff are at the leading edge of technology usage: Builder Trend, Excel, Adobe, BIM & 3D modelling software.
Dishwasher We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants. Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@ilcaminetto.ca
• RDC is a COR certified company and we have a robust safety culture. Please send your resume and cover letter to: info@rdcfinehomes.com
FUR & FEATHERS Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more about coexisting with bears. To report a conflict, garbage or attractant issue call 604-905-BEAR (2327) www.bearsmart.com Pemberton Wildlife Association Advocates for the conservation of fish, wildlife & wilderness recreation. Also offering target shooting & archery f a c i l i t i e s . www.pembertonwildlifeassociation.com WAG - Whistler Animals Galore - A shelter for lost, unwanted, and homeless cats and dogs. Let us help you find your purrfect match...adopt a shelter animal! For more info 604-9358364 www.whistlerwag.com
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Japanese Teppanyaki Chefs in Whistler.
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Prepare and cook Teppanyaki and other Japanese food including Sushi. Ensure food meets quality standards. Estimate food requirements and cooking time. Instruct Kitchen Helpers and Cooks in preparation, cooking, and presentation of food. Assist Head Chef and supervise cooks and kitchen helpers. Inspecting ingredients for quality and freshness and supervising all food preparation. Create new menu, recipes and specials. Ensure to provide excellent live cooking presentation and customer services at the Teppanyaki bar. Work as a team and ensure orders are completed in timely manner. Ensure Teppan cooking presentations are performed in most safe environment.
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Please email to apply; info@babysittingwhistler.com Kitchen Positions The Pony Restaurant in Pemberton is hiringLine cooks: Must have 2+ years experience in a similar role and feel comfortable cooking a variety of foods offered on our menu-Pizza, salads, plating desserts, ect. Sous Chef: 5+ years experience in a similar role. Have good knowledge of running the kitchen line, strong on grill, pans and contributHARD ing to daily specials. Dishwashers:F/t p/t available All positions have competitive wages, bi-weekly tip outs, and staff discounts. Email: events@thepony.ca
If you have experience supervising or managing a team, excellent customer service and waste diversion knowledge and want to feel part of the community, we would love to hear from you.
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Rossland Manual Therapy Clinic Part Time Physiotherapist Come work to play in beautiful Rossland BC!! ISO experienced manual/sports Physio with IMS training (Gunn preferred)
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Do you enjoy helping others? Are you passionate about helping people and your community?
• Completion of secondary school and 3 years or more experience as a cook/chef. • Experience as a Teppanyaki Cook/Chef an asset. • Good understanding of Japanese food and Teppanyaki food.
All season, Permanent Full-time, 30 hours per week $24 per hour Benefits: 4% vacation pay Start Date: As soon as possible. Language of work is English Address: 301-4293 Mountain Square, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4
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Lost and Found? If you spot a stray animal or have lost an animal, call WAG at 604-935-8364. WAG operates a lost and found service to help reunite lost pets with their families.
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Sea to Sky Orthopaedics Executive Assistant - Medical Office Our client requires an extraordinary senior office administrator. Is that you? With at least 5 years experience in an office environment, you are best known for your excellent care of people, whether it is with clients, partners or professional colleagues. Your direct experience overseeing professional administrative staff has taught you how to truly support others in bringing their best. Please submit your deHARD tailed resume, as well as a cover letter that describes the biggest medical office challenge you have faced to date, and how you won the day. Please send to careers@w alshbusinessgrowth.com
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Executive Director Based in beautiful Whistler, BC, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) is seeking an Executive Director to lead a high performing, passionate team. The Executive Director is an advocate of the SLCC, building strong community awareness and support. The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for implementing the SLCC’s new strategic plan, striving for financial sustainability, and rooting all business decisions in the culture of the centre. At the core of all SLCC business decisions is the sharing of Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation culture through art, history, language and cuisine.
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The honour is mine… THE DAY BOB BARNETT asked me if I wanted to write a column for his year-old Pique was one of the worst days of my life. Wait a minute ... that didn’t come out right. Take II: I was having one of the worst days of my life when Bob Barnett asked me if I wanted to write a column for Pique. Yeah, that’s better. I’d just been informed Blackcomb Mountain—then a separate entity—wasn’t going to hire me back for the winter. I think I was too outspoken for them. Regardless, I was black-listed at Blackcomb. Still one of my crowning achievements. I was flattered but convinced I was talking to a crazy man. Sure, I’d written a couple of features for Pique and a handful
BY G.D. MAXWELL of letters to the editor. But a column? I gave it three, four weeks at the outside. Bob had more confidence and was sure I’d be good for a couple of months. That was 24 years ago. What did we know? He asked for three sample columns. One of them began with the old British military joke, “Captain, captain, the natives are revolting!” “Don’t be silly, Corporal; they’re just different from you or me.” The column was about—and supportive of—the Upper Nicola Band’s Douglas Lake Ranch blockade earlier that year. I thought Bob ought to know what he was letting himself in for. I did use it years later as the opening for a column about the Makah whale hunt. Not like I didn’t warn him. It wasn’t until my ninth column Bob was threatened with a lawsuit. The developer of an early employee-housing project had touted the return on investment buyers could expect. Trouble was, his arithmetic was wrong. Way, way wrong. I pointed that out as nicely as possible. Apparently not nicely enough. He and a sitting councillor burned up the phone lines as soon as Pique was out. I assured Bob my arithmetic was right. It blew over without lawyers. Not so a few years later. My 156th column—crazy, eh?—was 1998’s Maxie Awards, a roundup of the year’s achievements, dubious and otherwise. One, to the manager of the local cable company, rubbed him the wrong way and he launched the first and so far only lawsuit against Pique. It was groundless, of course, but at a time when the paper was just starting to make enough money for people to live on, the last thing they needed was pointless lawyer’s bills. But time heals all wounds and eventually, the event was looked on with the kind of nostalgia you remember about your first root canal.
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Defamation being more than occasionally on my mind, I frequently turned to my good friend and Whistler’s only private eye, J.J. Geddyup, to speak thoughts I was worried about getting sued for. J.J. was always good for a tasteless quote or idea, like the time he was headed back to the U.S. to enter his proposal for the World Trade Centre monument: lifesize statues of Fantasy Island’s Ricardo Montalbán and Hervé Villechaize pointing skyward under the caption, “Look Boss, da plane, da plane.” Needless to say, his idea did not prevail. I finally got on the good side of the Housing Authority and sitting council in 1998 when I wrote in favour of the 19
natives were revolting. It was, possibly, the last time I was in the good graces of mayor and council, who were appreciative of the public support. Always believing in “constructive” criticism, there were not-so-rare occasions when whomever was sitting in the big chair failed to discern the constructive part. But I felt confident Bob and partner and wife Kathy had my back. I was less sure they wanted it after one protracted session when the mayor and CAO of the day complained about what I’d written. Bob, apparently ever the patient man of few words he is, let them vent. When they were done and expectantly awaiting his assurance it wouldn’t happen again, he
Sure, I’d written a couple of features for Pique and a handful of letters to the editor. But a column? I gave it three, four weeks at the outside. Mile Creek project after a particularly cantankerous public hearing in which upstanding citizens one by one took to the microphone and berated the drug dealers and child pornographers they were sure would move in and destroy their neighbouring property values. Calling them boorish, intolerant and elite, I suggested they reminded me of white-hooded Ku Klux Klansmen, their feared “transients” taking the place of southern blacks. Indeed, the
is reported to have said, “If you didn’t do things that piss him off, he wouldn’t write about them.” I like to think he saved taxpayers a lot of money because they might otherwise have hired a high-priced consultant to figure that out. It’s impossible—no, really, I’ve been wrestling with it for more than a month— to encapsulate 24 years of columns into a brief, anniversary-inspired overview. From the early days when few people gave Pique
much of a chance of surviving, through the first few years when none of the founders earned enough to call it a living and I wrote for free, to that magic point where it became a profitable enterprise and, finally, when it smoked the Question and we all knew it was finally a going concern, Pique reported and helped shape peoples’ perceptions and expectations of Tiny Town. Just as it’s hard to imagine Whistler without Blackcomb, it’s hard now to imagine the town without Pique. Yet, as we see everywhere in the world, print journalism is, if not on life support, doddering toward the brink. In that regard, we can be thankful we live in this bubble; it’s a bubble that seems capable of supporting a publication like Pique ... at least for now. I have been, and am, profoundly honoured to have gotten the opportunity Bob presented to me in a moment of what I can only imagine was diminished capacity. It’s given me a chance to weigh in on local, national and international politics, make absurd recommendations like declaring Whistler a Resort Principality and separate country, threaten to run for office, endorse those I considered good candidates for elected office and, hopefully, keep nudging them toward making Whistler an even more amazing place to live. As with so much in life there is more in my rear-view mirror than I see through the windshield at this point. But I’ve got a few columns left in me and there are a few people who still read them. So happy 25th, Pique. I never thought it would last this long and am forever grateful it has. n
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WHISTLER VILLAGE
WHISTLER VILLAGE
Own the brick and mortar that’s being housing this iconic business since 1995.Located at gateway to Function with 2 floors or retail totalling 9622 SF. Great long term investment property a with good cap rate Building for sale only, not the business. $4,750,000
Beautiful complete reno a short walk to the Creekside Gondola. New heated flooring, new carpeting and drywall. Perfect as a turnkey Airbnb. . $695,000
On the Village Stroll in Deer Lodge, this Phase One property allows: self-management, nightly or longterm rentals and full-time living. All inclusive strata fees, secure parking, ski locker + amenities. Strong revenues! $579,000 NEW TO MARKET!
This Hilton‘s locked-off 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms corner suite has a kitchen and two King size beds in lving room and bedroom seperatly.The deck looks at mountains, Whistler golf club, and Hilton swimming pool. NOT an owner restricted. $598,000
Jody Wright
Ken Achenbach
Katherine Currall
Ruby Jiang *prec
1,2-1005 Alpha Lake Road
14-2213 Marmot Place
604-935-4680
261-4314 Main Street
604-966-7640
378/380-4050 Whistler Way
604-966-1364
778-834-2002
WHISTLER VILLAGE
KADENWOOD
BRIO
CYPRESS PLACE
Westin Resort & Spa studio suite with balcony, kitchen & gas fireplace. Ski in / ski out to Whistler Gondola and be close to it all while enjoying the fabulous hotel amenities. Enquire today! $355,000
Large Building Lot with spectacular SW mountain views. Very private, adjacent to crown and park lands. Enjoy ski in/out and access and a private gondola to Creekside. Build 7,500+ sq ft on this Phase1 zoned lot. $3,500,000
Whistler home with lots of potential! Consider option of two families buying for ski + summer year-round use. Evaluate buying for local business staff housing Buy and hold for future dream retirement chalet. $1,948,000
Stunning new home with 4 bedrooms all with ensuite baths, with media room and office. Offering south exposure with golf course and mountain views, outstanding quality, gourmet chef’s kitchen, three fireplaces and lovely covered outdoor decks. $4,995,000
Rachel Edwards
Rob Boyd
Kathy White
Laura Wetaski
486-4090 Whistler Way
2928 Big Timber Court
604-966-4200
3346 Panorama Ridge
604-935-9172
8079 Cypress Place
604-616-6933
604 938 3798
ALPINE MEADOWS
PEMBERTON BENCHLANDS
CRUMPIT WOODS, SQUAMISH
NORTHYARDS, SQUAMISH
5 Bedrooms/5.5 bathrooms – plus revenue suite. 2 Car garage, level entry, hot tub, corner lot. A quality, custom build mountain home offering space and comfort throughout - 4 bedrooms c/w bathrooms ! $2,995,000
Brand new 3.5 bed home with suite in Pemberton Benchlands. Double garage, lge mudroom for all your winter gear, custom kitchen that extends to a covered patio and flat, treed backyard. Walking distance to downtown, schools and trails. $1,390,000
Incredible view lot in prestigious Crumpit Woods, Squamish BC. The views are spectacular and unrivalled, taking in quintessential views of Howe Sound and The Chief! Building plans for a modern build can be available. Call now! $799,000
This exclusive collection of townhouses sets a new standard of quality and style, offering high efficiency living which translates into a reduced ecological footprint, and monthly hydro bill!. Passive House. $879,900
Bob Daniels
Suzanne Wilson
David Wiebe *prec
Pierre Eady
8228 Valley Drive
1319 Eagle Drive
604-932-7997
2261 Mossy Rock Place
604 966 8454
7–1009 Aspen Road
604-966-8874
Whistler Village Shop
Whistler Creekside Shop
Squamish Station Shop
36-4314 Main Street · Whistler BC V0N 1B4 · Phone +1 604-932-1875
325-2063 Lake Placid Road · Whistler BC V0N 1B2 · Phone +1 604-932-1875
150-1200 Hunter Place · Squamish BC V8B 0G8 · Phone +1 778-733-0611
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604-698-6748
#25 - 8030 Nicklaus North Blvd.
$2,298,000
The property features an open main floor plan through the kitchen, living and dining areas with 3 bedrooms on the upper floor and a private guest area on the lower level. 3.5 bathrooms complement the beautifully finished interior spaces with hardwood floors, heated tile floors, granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances.
Meg McLean
3.5
604.907.2223
7294 Clover Road
$3,995,000
1531 Highway 99
$939,000
This rare 2.5 acre property is the ideal hobby farm/garden opportunity within a comfortable walking distance to Village and schools. Existing outbuildings provide necessary storage for tack and feed as well as equipment/tools. Other structures provide shelter for horses and other farm animals. The home is 2 level with 3 bedrooms up and 2 down.
Michael d’Artois
604.905.9337
#34/34A - 4388 Northlands Blvd
5
$1,110,000
#312 - 7445 Frontier Street
$575,000
This 1302 sq ft condo is located in the “tower” corner looking south east offering superior views of sunrises and Mount Currie. Essentially having two master bedrooms, each with 4 piece ensuite bathrooms, you will love the generous floor spaces, high ceilings, ample storage and in-suite laundry.
Patrick Saintsbury
604.935.9114
#66 - 6127 Eagle Ridge Cres.
2.5
$1,199,000
Nestled at the foot of the spectacular Mt. Currie, this privated gated property is a one of a kind opportunity to custon-build your dream estate including your horse barn, caretaker’s suite and many more on acreage which affords privacy, space and the most incredible view of Mt. Currie. Property is 81.6 acres.
This versatile two bedroom in Glacier’s Reach is a “lock-off” townhome - you can stay in one side while renting out the other side for additional income or use it as a 2 bedroom vacation home! The beautiful and sunny sundeck has a private hot tub which is rare to find. Matterport 3D Showcase: rem.ax/34glaciers
This 2 bedroom townhome offers 1183 square feet on 2 levels with a full height basement for all of your adventure gear. Featuring stainless steel appliances, new flooring and lighting, 2 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (one renovated), new paint and a spacious sundeck for outdoor dining and relaxing. 3D Matterport Showcase: bit.ly/66EagleRidge
Richard Christiansen
Richard Grenfell
Sally Warner*
604.907.2717
6471 Balsam Way
4
$2,599,000
This lovely home has 4 bedrooms, large family room and office in addition to the main living/ dining room. The yard offers privacy with lots of room to play and garden, is fully irrigated & backs on to green space and a gently flowing creek. Heated floors in the bathrooms, entrance and Kitchen adds another layer of comfort. Matterport 3D Showcase: rem.ax\6471balsam
Sherry Baker
5
604.932.1315
#8 - 4385 Northlands Blvd.
$1,250,000
This spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhome backs on to the valley trail and is walking distance to EVERYTHING! Symphony is zoned for nightly rentals so can generate high returns. The underground parking, hot tub, central location and free village shuttle to the lifts all result in this spacious unit being a fantastic investment property!
Alexi Hamilton
604.935.0757
2
WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
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604.902.4260
2300 Brandywine Way
2
$1,599,000
Wonderfully secluded duplex backing onto greenbelt of Whistler Mtn. Tucked away but minutes to Creekside lift and shopping. The home has a 4 bdrm 2 bthrm main and access to the 2 bdrm 1 bthrm suite. Many upgrades completed. Huge lower parking area that could have a garage. Enjoy the privacy and quiet of your hot tub.
Ted Morden
604.938.3606
5233 Jordan Lane
6
$6,580,000
604.905.6326
9120 Emerald Drive
2
$1,495,000
Beautifully renovated 4 bedroom chalet, located on a large lot in the peaceful Emerald Estates. Bright, open concept living space, leading out onto 1, of 2 spacious patios that invite the afternoon sunshine. The recent renovation includes new windows and doors, heated flooring, as well as new plumbing and electrical. Matterport 3D Showcase: rem.ax/9120
Ursula Morel*
604.932.8629
4
#24 - 8400 Ashleigh McIvor Dr. $2,748,000
Situated on 1.3 acres within walking distance to the Creekside Ski Lifts & Bike Park, Jordan’s Pointe offers nightly rental zoning & an exceptional family home or executive retreat. Designed for entertaining both inside & out, this property is unique in many ways. Nano Doors in the living room allow for full open access to hot tub patio & gardens.
Contemporary architecture, warm wood finishes, intelligent design & an unbeatable sunny southern exposure set this property apart from all the competition. 3 bedrooms all with ensuites, 4.5 baths, gourmet kitchen, spacious media room with walk-out patio, floor to ceiling windows, air conditioning, double garage & ample storage.
Ann Chiasson
Bob Cameron*
604.932.7651
5
604.935.2214
3
PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070