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FOR MANY OF WHISTLER’S FIRST RESPONDERS, SAVING LIVES IS A FAMILY AFFAIR

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Guardians of the Mountains For many of Whistler’s first responders, saving lives is a family affair. - By Alison Taylor

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08 OPENING REMARKS It’s going to snow. We all know that. But in the meantime everyone needs to focus on helping Whistler put her best snowball gown on as the visitors and new “locals” arrive for the season.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Is it time to re-think the term “Black Friday?” Maybe said one letter writer. Also, it is definitely time to get your flu shot, writes Vancouver Coastal Health.

13 PIQUE N YER INTEREST Writer Alyssa Noel travels home to spend a week with family and observes the joy and trials of being a parent as she helps out with her new nephew.

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MAXED OUT Max answers your letters to him about the ballooning biffy budget, Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau’s election and Huawei.

Environment & Adventure

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50 SCIENCE MATTERS David Suzuki argues that only through great effort and human ingenuity

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52 ECOLOGIC We’ve heard a lot about microplastics and their global ubiquity in aquatic ecosystems, but

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can we learn to better live in balance with nature and survive the climate crisis.

is it time to consider their movement both within and beyond those ecosystems, asks writer Leslie Anthony?

66 TRAVEL Jack and Louise Christie have been contributing to Pique since it started in 1994. This week, they take us on a tour of Hampton Court in the U.K.

Lifestyle & Arts

80 VELOCITY PROJECT Performing her one-woman show 20 times, storyteller and actor Yvonne Wallace graduates from being student and survivor, to teacher and graceful guide, says writer Lisa Richardson.

82 EPICURIOUS Writer Brandon Barrett offers his highly unscientific ranking of movie-theatre junk food just ahead of the 19th annual Whistler Film Festival.

86 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW This week, columnist Feet Banks is urging you to volunteer your time, particularly with the Whistler Film Festival rolling around.

90 MUSEUM MUSINGS At this time of year, everyone is focused on opening day—and the weather.

That wasn’t any different 60 years ago, according to the Alta Lake Echo.

94 PIQUECAL On Thursday, head down to the library for the return of EcoFlix. Catch a screening of Anthropocene: The Human Epoch and then stick around for a discussion.

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OPENING REMARKS

Wait for it…

IT’S EASY TO GET caught up in the “whatifs” of life, including, “what if it doesn’t snow more before opening-day weekend?”

But long experience has taught me that it’s a complete waste of time to entangle oneself in these rhetorical discussions.

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

And worrying about the weather is one of the greatest wastes of time there is (yes, the forecast calls for sun in the next several days, sigh]. It is not something we can control—let’s leave aside the impact

is our currency all year round. We are not really that diverse when it comes to offerings. Sure, we have a great artsand-culture scene and gastronomically we excel. But they are the supporting actors in a stage production where our mountains and the amazing valley are the stars.

We have all gone on holidays where the weather has not cooperated, or the accommodation was not as expected or myriad things have happened to throw the vacation off track. But what always saves the trip are the people you encounter, the service you receive—that one optimistic person who helps you find some activities that stops a family from imploding or a couple from turning to Netflix as a last resort.

“One of the things I learned back in my ski racing days is that there are so many things you can’t control, so you focus on the things that you can.”

- GEOFF BUCHHEISTER

mankind is having on the weather due to climate change from this discussion at the moment. Mother Nature will do as she will and we have to adapt.

What we can all do, as we get set to enjoy another snow-sliding season, is make sure that visitors to Whistler see us at our best.

It’s easy to forget that we are all in this together when it comes to the resort. This is a destination where outdoor adventure

I was reminded of this last week when Pique’s editorial team spent some time getting to know the new COO of Whistler Blackcomb Geoff Buchheister.

A ski racer through university in Colorado, he said: “One of the things I learned back in my ski racing days is that there are so many things you can’t control, so you focus on the things that you can.”

He went on to contextualize this in talking

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“They didn’t send me here by accident,” said Buchheister.

Let that idea settle in for a moment.

Then add to it the fact that he used to work for Park City ski resort—a place he thought he would spend his career at— before it too was taken over by Vail Resorts.

“A lot of folks in this community can relate to exactly what I lived through in that time—working at a resort that was passionate and proud of their identity and who we were, and how we were showing up … All of a sudden you get to the point where you’re an acquired employee and part of a company that for a long time you had viewed as competition.

“I was faced with, ‘OK, I can be part of a group of people that are going to resist this, both internally or externally in the community, or I can step into it and see what’s possible.’ I chose to do that.”

That is Whistler’s culture too. We show up. We show up for friends in need, we show up at sporting events to shovel, slip, keep time, we show up at work to help make sure the guest has a great time, we show up to support organizations like Playground Builders, Bicycles for Humanity, the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, the Whistler Health Care Foundation, and so many more.

We show up.

There will always be challenges in front of us as a resort, and the only way we will overcome them and continue to succeed is to be a partner, to be open to new ideas and show up.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reimagine ‘Black Friday’

Get your shot

Black Friday is coming up very quickly and we really need to think about it as an inclusive society. Maybe we should come up with another term.

The term “Black Friday” was first used on Sept. 24, 1869, when two investors, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, drove up the price of gold and caused a crash that day. The stock market dropped 20 per cent and foreign trade stopped.

Farmers suffered a 50-per-cent dip in wheat and corn harvest value.

Is this something to be celebrated?

In many cultures, black is seen as associated with power, fear, mystery, strength, death, evil, and aggression, authority and rebellion. Think the Black Plague. The Black Hand. Black face ...

Also using the word Friday is against my values.

The name Friday comes from the Old English . .

Fri-gedæg, meaning the “day of Frige,” a result of an old convention associating the Germanic goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess Venus, with whom the day is associated in many different cultures.

This is clearly pagan and hurts me as a religious follower of “The Force.” Why should I be forced to use a pagan term?

Let’s call the day “Snowflake Day.” Oh snap. That might offend the anti-snow group that surely must exist online somewhere.

Patrick Smyth // Whistler

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Flu shots are recommended for everyone six months of age and older and are available free of cost in B.C. for all children between six months and five years old, seniors 65 years old and older, pregnant women, Indigenous people and individuals with chronic health conditions or compromised immune systems.

People who work or live with people who have a higher risk of complications from the flu, and visitors to healthcare facilities are also eligible for a free vaccine.

The intranasal flu vaccine, FluMist, is not available for use in Canada this season. All influenza vaccines available this season will be given by injection.

For healthy people, having the flu means a few days of feeling miserable, but for young children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions, it can lead to a severe illness involving a hospital stay, or even death.

All B.C. health authorities require their staff, students, volunteers and physicians to get immunized or wear a mask while at work during the flu season. To further protect patients, unvaccinated visitors to all Vancouver Coastal Health facilities are asked to wear a mask, beginning Dec. 1, 2019. Masks will be available at nursing stations and/or outpatient reception desks.

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“[Friday] is clearly pagan and hurts me as a religious follower of “The Force.” Why should I be forced to use a pagan term?”

- PATRICK SMYTH

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Backcountry Advisory AS OF WEDNESDAY NOV 27 Early-season snowpack conditions have unfortunately stayed around for longer than we all want them to in the Sea to Sky region.

The snowpack is still quite thin in the mountains, and the weather trend looks like we shouldn’t expect much snow accumulation until sometime next week. Nonetheless, the keeners have still been doing their best to get out and enjoy our beautiful mountains.

Currently there is very little snow below treeline, around 50 centimetres at treeline, and anywhere between 50 to 150 cm in the alpine. Needless to say, the alpine is where the keeners are trying to get to.

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certain amount of snow has to accumulate to cover the rocks and trees before a smooth, continuous snowpack is capable of producing large avalanches. The exception to this is where the snow lies over smooth ground, such as on glaciers, scree slopes, grass slopes, or rock slabs. These areas may be the friendliest in terms of recreating (i.e., less chance of core shots or major injury from hitting a rock!), but they are the most likely terrain features to trigger an avalanche.

If you plan to head out to find some snow, remember to check the daily forecast at avalanche.ca, make your own assessments as you travel, and use caution due to the many early-season hazards that exist out there. The season is long and the snow will come! n

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Grappling with the mysteries of parenthood I SLEPT A SOLID nine hours last night.

While, unlike many people, I’m a pretty decent sleeper on any given night, it was a different, deeper, more blissful sleep than usual.

That’s because I spent the previous five nights at my sister’s house where she and her husband have a five-week-old son and

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an almost three-year-old daughter.

No one in that house—least of all her— is getting much sleep these days.

While I relished every second with my niece and new nephew, the four-day, fivenight experience provided me—strictly a doting dog mother—some clarity on parenting that has long confused me.

An example? I’ve seen many mothers post memes on Facebook (to be clear, not my sister, whose degree in early childhood development prompts her to post about the research-based side of parenthood) about how having kids means you don’t sleep, your body becomes unrecognizable, and your identity is entirely smashed and rebuilt into something different. Then they tack on a line to the effect of “but it’s all worth it.”

Nowhere on that list is anything positive and it never seems to add up.

Why, I wondered, would you choose such a life-altering path that seems to offer such little pleasure and so much intense hardship? Because parenthood is entirely a choice—or at least should be.

And then I found myself on the fifth day of my visit. We were in the car heading back

“Where is his vet?”

“Where is Whistler?”

“Can I come to the mountains?”

Repeat.

I would, without a doubt in my mind, take a bullet for this kid. She is the most fun, hilarious, outgoing ball of energy I’ve ever known. But I. Just. Wanted. One. Minute.

Of. Peace.

[C]onsider that there is no other irreversible, all-encompassing, life-long undertaking on this planet that you can’t even test out before you jump into.

from the Royal Alberta Museum (having an excuse to play in the kids’ section is definitely one strong tick in the pro column for having kids) when my niece began peppering me with a string of unending questions.

“Why do you have to go home?”

“But why do you have to work?”

“Where is your dog?”

And then it hit me. Parenthood means being exhausted and happy; irritated and enamoured; lost and found all at the same time. It means containing conflicting emotions all in the same place at the same time in a way that is hard for the childless to understand.

Perhaps that sounds obvious to anyone

with progeny, but consider that there is no other irreversible, all-encompassing, lifelong undertaking on this planet that you can’t even test out before you jump into.

How crazy is that system?

One other incident in my short-term career as full-time aunt also helped me better understand parenthood.

Like many kids, my niece is deep in the throes of her Frozen phase. (Sidenote: just watched Frozen. Much more progressive than the Disney movies in my day!) She constantly wanted to play “Coronation Day,” which was curiously the exact same game as “camp-out.”

It involved going into her room, turning off all the lights and lining up her stuffed animals in front of a glowing toy aquarium before we pretended to sleep. My only tasks were to arrange the stuffies at her direction and tuck her in like a little burrito.

The first time was fun; the 35th time was tedious. I was over it—or so I thought.

Less than a full day later, back in the Sea to Sky—living a life that is wholly mine, in which I can do anything I want without having to worry about a tiny human—there is nothing I want more than to be back in that dark bedroom tossing around a giant stuffed unicorn at a toddler’s command.

Maybe the real secret to parenthood is it’s unexplainable in any real, concrete way.

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While some of our followers were supportive of the housing project, others took to social saying it’s not enough, or to voice their concern about the minimal number of parking spaces associated with the project:

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Up to 264 residents and 14 parking spaces. Hmm. How[‘] s the parking at the other staff housing [on] the hill?

These units are for seasonal staff. They are ski in ski out. There is transit, gondola access and car share on site. They don’t need cars while they live in these units.

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Opening day, and the weather that comes along with the start of any ski season, was just as talked about 60 years ago as it is today. In 1959, the Alta Lake Echo predicted that, “This is the year of the big snow.” While it did snow that year, the snow came late and heavy. And causing even more distress back then the lakes were slow to freeze frustrating those who loved to skate.

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Five years ago, Pique took a look at the multimillion-dollar upgrades to Whistler Blackcomb as the mountains got ready to open in a cover feature titled, “Journey to the Alpine,” by reporter Braden Dupuis. In it we learned about the Radio-Frequency Identification system—part of a $5.9-million investment into information technology initiatives, as well as the new $6-million, eight-passenger cabin, Whistler Village Gondola. This replaced the existing cabins that had been on the line since 1988. n

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Starbucks closure adds another vacancy to Village Common BUSINESS SECTOR SAYS RENTAL RATES DON’T REFLECT FOOT TRAFFIC IN AREA

BY BRANDON BARRETT WITH THE RECENT closure of a Starbucks location at 4154 Village Green, another vacancy has been added to the already sparsely populated Village Common commercial area.

According to Larco Investments, one of Canada’s largest privately-held real estate companies and landlord for the Starbucks location, the Seattle-based coffee chain has been “rationalizing their operations all across the U.S.,” and are now doing the same throughout Canada, explained Rick Amantea, Larco’s VP of development.

In June 2018, Starbucks announced it would be closing 150 locations across the U.S. this year, roughly triple the number it shutters annually. With four locations already in Whistler, including two others just blocks away in the village, Amantea said Starbucks, which did not return a request for comment, had to decide “whether or not they need that many stores in a marketplace,” and considered “everything from employment cost to the cost of delivering products.”

Amantea said rental rates were not a factor in the closure, calling them

SHUTTERED Starbucks recently closed one of four Whistler locations, at 4154 Village Green, adding another vacancy to the already sparsely populated Village Common commercial area.

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“competitive for the marketplace.” But, judging by the vacancies in Village Common, where Larco manages about 15 retail spaces, with “nine or 10 either leased or occupied or leased and ready for build-out,” according to Amantea, they certainly appear to be a barrier to some prospective tenants.

“If there was an incentive for small business to go into those small spaces, they certainly would have done so,” said long-

along the Village Stroll where ecologyst now operates.

“I think businesses would go in there if the lease rate properly reflected the store traffic, but I think that landlord wants to get [Village] Stroll rates in there,” he said.

“It’s an issue across B.C., across Canada, where landlords don’t want their rates to drop because then they can’t borrow as much money against that property. They’re incentivized to have nobody in there rather

“...landlords don’t want their rates to drop because then they can’t borrow as much money against that property.”

- RENE GAUTHIER

time retailer and Councillor John Grills.

“That’s a concern, period, just with the base lease rates you hear about on the [Village] Stroll, those are definitely at a historic high. It makes you wonder how the small independents will survive.”

Amantea wouldn’t say what the lease rate was at the former Starbucks space, but according to Rene Gauthier, founder of ecologyst (formerly Sitka), who rented a space from Larco next to Village 8 until this spring, the per-square-foot rate was “identical” to the much busier location

than see their lease rate drop because all of a sudden their borrowing power drops with that.”

One of those long-term vacancies is the large, 20,000-square-foot space at 4295 Blackcomb Way that has sat empty since the AlpenRock House closed in 2002. Last year, a proposal by National Beerhall Inc. to bring in a bowling alley, restaurant, patio and game centre drew swift backlash from the local bar and restaurant sector over the project’s extensive size and staffing requirements. Ultimately, the proponent

became “increasingly uncomfortable with what they were being asked to do in their facility,” mostly surrounding the requirement to have “youth under the age of majority in the premises throughout the opening hours,” said Amantea, who added that Larco is looking for a concept that will fill both the upper-level and underground spaces.

Worried about the impression the vacancies in the area give off, Whistler Chamber of Commerce CEO Melissa Pace said she has recently discussed the possibility of beautifying Village Common and the nearby courtyard with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).

“Between Starbucks and that whole section, it really is not an inviting image that we as a community want to have—not only for the community, but for our visitors who come to Whistler and look at that,” she said. “It’s a direct reflection on our community and how business is prospering or not.”

According to Grills, who sits on the municipal Economic Partnership Initiative Committee, the RMOW is eager to see reinvestment in the area.

“Anytime a large complex like that would come forward to the muni saying, ‘We want to do building envelope restoration,’ or ‘We want to do a renovation that’s going to enhance that area,’ that’s something the municipality has said it’s very much open to,” he said. “I know the planning department is very keen to have those applications coming in. We’re certainly not stopping them.” n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS SNOW ON THE valley floor or not, Whistler Blackcomb (WB) is ready for the 2019/20 season.

Both mountains are officially open today (Nov. 28), with uploading options via the Blackcomb, Whistler Village and Creekside gondolas.

“In terms of snow we were lucky that we had a good October where we had some natural snowfall, and then combined with snowmaking, especially in these recent days, we’ve been able to do kind of a final push,” said WB communications director Marc Riddell.

“We’ve got enough and we’re good to go. We’re confident that the package we’re going to offer is similar to what we had last year … we’re excited and we’re hoping that snow comes sooner rather than later and we are skiing in the valley.”

On Whistler, Big Red Express and Emerald will be operating, while the Olympic Zone was still up for debate as of Tuesday (“our snowmakers are kinda working their way down there,” Riddell said).

Blackcomb will have Jersey Cream and the Excalibur Gondola up and running, with the “wildcard” being Excelerator,

On the flip side, on Opening Day two years back, mountaingoers enjoyed “a ton of snow,” and then didn’t get much at all in December, Riddell added.

“So it’s not something that we’re not used to, but you try to anticipate everything that comes at you and make do with what you have available,” he said.

Regardless of weather conditions, getting ready for the opening weekend is like “mounting a campaign,” Riddell said.

“Not just with snowmaking, but also our patrol and ops team working on the mountain to get the mountain ready, marking hazards, setting up rope line, doing all that sort of stuff,” he said.

“It’s getting our food up the mountain, making sure that we’ve got enough for folks on Opening Day, stocking the Roundhouse, making sure Rendezvous is good to go.”

On that note, breakfast will now be offered at all of WB’s on-mountain lodges, rather than just the Rendezvous, “so we’re going to have some options there,” Riddell said.

The Oakley Store will host a grand opening on Nov. 29 with a movie screening, goggle demo and athlete meet and greet, while the Winter Kickoff hosted by The North Face runs from Dec. 6 to 8.

The deadline for pass sales has also been extended to Dec. 2 at midnight.

“That’s significant in that one of the

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again depending on snowmaking progress, Riddell said.

The Peak 2 Peak will also be operating.

Terrain will be varied on Whistler, he added, though there aren’t many options for beginners on Blackcomb at the moment.

“We would encourage the more beginner, lower-intermediate skier to stick to Whistler, but we should have enough there so that folks can move around,” Riddell said, adding that low-snow challenges are nothing novel for the mountain operator.

“This is not a new movie—we’ve seen this before,” he said. “[Opening Day] last year [on Nov. 22] was a prime example of what we’re dealing with now, and then all of a sudden it turned on in December and we had a record snowfall month.”

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products that we’re offering in that is the Epic Day Pass,” Riddell said.

“That pass product specifically gives you 50-per-cent off the ticket window price, so if you’re a casual skier and you know you’re going to ski maybe only one, two, three or four days, it’s a good product to purchase.”

The safety message for guests is the same as it has been on past Opening Days, Riddell added.

“Our teams go out and mitigate the risk as best as possible, they’re marking hazards, marking areas [that] people need to be mindful of, and so we encourage people to take it easy and be sure that they’re ready for a long season ahead and not go out there and go crazy and end up hurt on the first day,” he said. n

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proposed 2020-2024 budget pertains to the “nuts and bolts” of the resort—unseen investments in things like water and sewer infrastructure—residents will see its impact firsthand in 2020 and beyond.

Improvements to the Valley Trail, Meadow Park Sports Centre, Alpine Trail Network, bus shelters and more are all on tap for 2020.

“A budget like this will touch residents throughout their daily lives,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.

“That’s part of why I am so interested in the work of local government—the decisions that we make as a part of this budget process make our community a better place to be.”

Improvements to the Valley Trail in 2020 include extensions 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 (RMI) program.

“Valley Trail extensions are big moves for our climate and our community,” Crompton said. “They drive modal shift away from the single-occupant vehicle and make Whistler a better place to live.”

In a similar vein, there’s $155,000 set aside in 2020 for bus shelter improvements, new bus stops on Highway 99 and upgrades to existing facilities.

“As the Whistler Transit System expands, BC Transit has identified that the transit facilities at either end of the Route 10 service limit the ability to efficiently and effectively schedule the Route 10, 20, and 30 buses,” Crompton said.

“By building a bus layby in Emerald and expanding the bus layby area in Cheakamus Crossing, BC Transit will be able to support expansions to the transit system and schedule the Whistler Transit System more efficiently.”

Also of note are 2020 investments into library infrastructure ($140,000 to upgrade the library’s collection, and another $125,000 to implement changes from the library’s recent space needs assessment, like adding more meeting spaces and comfortable seating, and relocating the teen area), 14 electric vehicle-charging stations ($123,000, supplemented by another $123,000 in grant money) and at Meadow Park ($1.5 million from RMI to replace the water park, add new playground equipment, enhance picnic areas and the recreational space along the river’s edge,

add an off-leash dog area and reconstruct irrigation and drainage systems)—an investment Crompton referred to as an “exciting first outcome of the Parks Master Plan process.”

But they’re not all big-ticket items.

“I’m personally excited about a new dishwasher for the Point Artist-Run Centre ($5,000 for an industrial dishwasher, plus $1,000 for installation),” Crompton said.

“It means we won’t have people washing dishes at 2 a.m. while others are dancing.”

The $80,000 budgeted for the Andree Vajda Janyk Sports Field is carried over from last year’s budget of $630,000, according to the municipality, and includes “project close-out, record drawings and surveys and, if required, minor adjustments to the landscape surrounding the field based upon the results of spring melt out and surface drainage.”

There’s also $150,000 from RMI in 2020 for work on the Alpine Trail Network, including establishing a working ranger station in the alpine to aid in monitoring, research and education, adding an outhouse, improving signage for trail users, and purchasing more trail counters and wildlife cameras for data collection.

“Habitat mapping will be completed by an area biologist before any further trail development plans are made,” Crompton noted.

“It’s taxpayer money, so we expect people to be interested in the process.”

- JACK CROMPTON

These represent just a small portion of Whistler’s $90.4-million budget—read the full list of proposed projects at www. whistler.ca/budget.

The budget guidelines are set to be presented to council on Dec. 3, with the five-year financial plan scheduled for first three readings at the next meeting on Dec. 17 (though both dates are subject to change).

Residents can email feedback to budget@whistler.ca until Dec. 3.

“It’s taxpayer money, so we expect people to be interested in the process, and I personally welcome informed and opinionated feedback,” Crompton said.

“It helps us make better decisions, [and] it helps us deliver better budgets.” n

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Whistler ranks 17th in impaired driving offences nationwide MACLEAN’S RANKED WHISTLER NO. 1, BUT DIDN’T FACTOR IN VISITOR, SEASONAL POPULATION

BY BRANDON BARRETT MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE released its annual Canada’s Most Dangerous Places list this month, and ranked Whistler No. 1 in impaired driving offences nationwide, but the figures don’t tell the whole story.

Maclean’s used a 2018 population of 13,056, which only counts the resort’s permanent residents, not seasonals or visitors. According to the RMOW, Whistler’s estimated daily population equivalent (DPE) in 2018 was 34,347. With 193 offences last year, Whistler had an impaired driving rate of 561.91 offences per 100,000 once its DPE was factored in—still three times the national average. That would rank Whistler 17th out of 237 Canadian communities on the list, just above Penticton.

“I’ve been mentioning since I arrived here [in 2017] that impaired driving would

be a focus and I’ve never shied away from that comment,” said Whistler RCMP Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes.

“We have, over the years, seen a drop in other areas with a high incidence of impaired driving investigations. So we see less crashes, we see less injuries, we see less deaths on the road, but I can’t specifically say it’s because of our impaired focus. But I think there can be something said towards high investigations in impaireds and then lower in some of the other more serious events that occur out there on the road, and we haven’t seen them.”

Whatever the underlying factors, there’s no denying Whistler police have dealt with a far greater number of impaired driving infractions in the past year or so.

Presenting to council in March, Hayes said there were 493 people busted in 2018 for impaired drug or alcohol infractions (which included provincial sanctions such as immediate roadside prohibitions,

ON THE LIST Whistler ranked first in impaired driving offences on Maclean’s Canada’s Most Dangerous Places list, but the resort actually comes in at 17th once its daily population equivalent is factored in.

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unlike the Maclean’s list), a 72-per-cent jump from the year prior and a far cry from the five-year average of 263.

Hayes added that, with Highway 99 being the main artery that runs through the resort, “it’s relatively easy for our members to focus on areas where we’re going to get people coming and going … and we can check for sobriety.”

Once the DPE is incorporated, Whistler came higher than the national average in only two other criminal categories: cocaine trafficking or production, and trafficking or production of drugs other than cannabis (pre-legalization) and cocaine. The resort ranked 64th and 48th in Canada in each respective crime.

“I think it’s all related to the fact that we are hosting a tourist population, and with that comes increased drinking and crimes that are associated in and around that kind

of an entertainment atmosphere,” Hayes said of the drug-trafficking rankings.

In other notable findings, Whistler ranked 150th in sexual assault, with a crime rate of 52.3 offences per 100,000, below the national average of 75.89; 159th in assault, with a rate of 299.88 offences per 100,000, below the Canadian average of 457.01; and 188th in fraud, with a rate of 253.29 per 100,000, below the national average of 349.2.

Whistler saw more than double the incidents of fraud in 2018 (87), compared to the year before (42), a trend that Hayes surmised is consistent across the country.

“I don’t know that we’re specific to that,” he said. “A lot of these Bitcoin scamtype things we’ve seen an explosion of in the last little while.”

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One month in, Weiler still finding his footing ONE-ON-ONE WITH WHISTLER’S NEW ROOKIE MP

BY BRADEN DUPUIS ONE MONTH AFTER Canada’s 43rd election campaign, Patrick Weiler— the 33-year-old rookie Liberal MP now representing the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding—is still finding his footing.

Though he equated the torrent of information he’s consumed in the last month to being “kind of like drinking from a firehose,” much of the orientation and admin work is now in the rearview mirror.

“The main thing for me is, at this point, to get everything set up internally, to make sure I have the right staffing, to make sure we have the internal processes, [and] to make sure we have the best systems to reach out and engage with folks,” Weiler said, in an interview at the Pique offices in Whistler on Nov. 22.

“I know what my priorities will be going forward, but at this point I’m just trying to make sure I get my feet under me before getting too far into it.”

Those priorities are much the same as Weiler stated during the election campaign: affordable housing, climate action and transportation.

“Especially with the loss of Greyhound, it’s much more difficult to get from Pemberton to Whistler and Squamish to Whistler, and so a big focus will be to see what type of avenues we can find to get people out of their cars and into public transit,” Weiler said.

“And looking kind of further down the road, what does this look like in 10 years?

What does this look like in 30 years? And to start building up those plans where we can connect the communities a lot better.”

Communities in the Sea to Sky have hit a wall with the provincial government on regional transit funding—is there anything Weiler can do to force the issue?

“A lot of the levers are at the provincial level, and so it’s really going to be working with all levels of government,” he said, noting that the federal government invested in compressed natural gas buses in the region in 2017.

“So there are ways that the federal government can provide funding for that, and so that’s what I’m going to be interested in looking at … ways we might be able to support financially, or in other respects as well.”

Weiler was in Whistler to speak at an event about the electric vehicle economy (see page 48 for coverage of the event).

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet on Nov. 20, with several ministers shifting into new portfolios.

Weiler pointed out Chrystia Freeland’s new role as deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs (formerly minister of foreign affairs) and Jonathan Wilkinson—another B.C. MP— transitioning to the environment and climate change file as particularly exciting. “(Wilkinson has) got a great background in that area. He’s worked in clean tech, and he’s worked in the mining sector as well, and he’s a Rhodes Scholar,” Weiler said.

“Brilliant guy, very, very down to earth, very measured, and I think he’s going to be the right person for that job, which is going to require a lot of difficult conversations.”

The tourism file remains with Minister Melanie Joly, though it has been rolled into her portfolio of economic development and official languages.

“Interestingly, there’s going to be six parliamentary secretaries that are working for her, so for me [that] kind of allays the concerns that tourism was going to be kind of lost in the shuffle,” Weiler said, noting that a total of seven MPs will be working on the file.

“They’re going to have a number of different focuses in that, but economic development and tourism will be top of mind.”

Weiler’s riding office is located at 6367 Bruce Street in Horseshoe Bay. Constituents can reach him by email at patrick.weiler@parl.gc.ca.

“I’m quite humbled by the trust that people here put in me,” he said.

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Backcountry BC pushing for uphill skiing corridor on Blackcomb Mountain PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZATION PLANNING A PROTEST TRIP

BY JOEL BARDE MEMBERS OF the backcountry community are calling out Whistler Blackcomb (WB) for failing, once again, to dedicate a touring corridor route through Blackcomb Mountain this season.

Under the terms of successive lease agreements with the province, Whistler Blackcomb has been required to commit to work towards establishing year-round, non-motorized public access to Garibaldi Provincial Park for years.

“The Developer commits to work with the Province to designate year-round, non-motorized public access corridors through the Development Area to Garibaldi Park,” reads the 2017 Blackcomb Master Development Agreement (MDA).

“Specifically the required access is winter and summer access to the park (including an alternate to Rescue Road access).”

And while WB’s current operator, Vail Resorts, said it is working towards establishing a route, the president and

founder of Backcountry BC claims the ski operator behemoth is not committed to the process.

Bill Maurer, who is also a director of the BC Mountaineering Club (BCMC), recently took to South Coast Touring, a

Blackcomb can be restored this ski season,” posted Maurer, adding that he will be posting Facebook events indicating specific crossing dates “when we can cross as a group … These will be during and after normal lift operating hours.”

“Ski patrol doesn’t have authority to remove people physically, right? So they would have to really get police or security or somebody involved.”

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popular Facebook page for the backcountry skiing community, to voice his frustration and publicize some forthcoming trips up Blackcomb Mountain.

“After 39 years of patience, here’s hoping that our access corridor through

Maurer said that he is hoping to work collaboratively with WB to ensure skier safety and that the route that he is proposing is a “safe corridor.”

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“There are all kinds of things [WB] could do to minimize the safety risk, but they’re not even dealing with the issue,” said Maurer. “They’re not accepting the fact that there’s a requirement for them to have an uphill corridor through the [Blackcomb Controlled Recreation Area].”

The 2.5-hour route would provide access to a wealth of backcountry skiing terrain located on the south side of the Spearhead range.

The terrain is accessible via the Singing Pass Trail, which lies within the Whistler Development area and is a designated backcountry access point. Yet Maurer said that accessing the terrain via this route isn’t practical for day trips.

Maurer said that if there is a negative interaction with WB ski patrol the group will ensure it’s “all over social media.”

“Ski patrol doesn’t have authority to remove people physically, right? So they would have to really get police or security

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“And if they do that, then we’ll bring this up with council in Whistler, and obviously it’ll blow up.”

Maurer said that he was driven to take up this cause after he saw a WB post a Facebook video last January telling people not to skin up their terrain.

From there, he sent a letter to the province, which resulted in a meeting in April 2019 with a host of other stakeholders, including the Spearhead Huts Society, the BCMC, and WB. Maurer said that while that meeting went well, things broke down from there, with the province’s Mountain Resorts Branch cancelling a proposed follow up conference call.

In Maurer’s view, WB is stalling, and the province is abetting this behaviour by relying on an erroneous interpretation of the Blackcomb MDA clause that says that as long as the parties are working towards a solution everything is fine.

“When we talked to the [province’s] Mountain Resorts people, their interpretation was, ‘we just have to hold meetings, we don’t actually have to [establish] a corridor,’” said Maurer.

Sarah McCullough, director of government and community relations for WB, said that the resort is committed to “looking at options” for an uphill skiing route, but that the route proposed by

Maurer is unsafe.

“We reviewed [it] in depth, and it’s not safe,” she said. “We can’t have active downhill ski runs being used for uphill travel. It’s just too much of a risk to public safety.”

McCullough added that WB is in full compliance with its agreement with the province.

“There is no timeline attached to this and we have confirmed with the province that we are not in breach of our master development agreement,” she said. “We have received a letter from the province confirming this.”

And while Vail Resorts does offer backcountry access, via uphill corridors, that run through some of its resort properties (including at Vail), McCullough said that each mountain is different and requires a different approach.

“I think you have to look at it in terms of the very, very different and unique terrain that we have,” she said. “Both managing [the] terrain and also doing the control work to open up the terrain is vastly different resort by resort, so you can’t compare that terrain in any way to (WB’s) terrain.”

The province also appears to in support of WB’s position—that it is not in breach of its master development agreement.

“Whistler Blackcomb has been actively working to fulfill their commitment to designate year-round public access corridor(s) through the Blackcomb Development Area and is adhering to

the conditions of the MDA,” it said in a statement.

“Finding long-term solutions that best fit the needs of all major stakeholder groups is very challenging. All visitors to the resort are accessing Crown land within the Controlled Recreation Areas as facilitated

by Whistler Blackcomb and public safety is paramount.”

The potential creation of a backcountry corridor starting at the base of Blackcomb could have major implications for WB, especially given the growing popularity of ski touring and walk-up day ticket prices that can approach $200 in peak season.

(WB does sell backcountry access tickets for $59, allowing those touring to ride the gondola to the top and then skin out.)

In a statement to Pique, BCMC President Chris Ludwig put the organization’s support behind Backcountry BC’s efforts, saying that BCMC members are being negatively affected by the access issues.

“The BCMC was central in the original efforts that led to the creation of Garibaldi Provincial Park,” wrote Ludwig. “The BCMC, therefore, in principal supports those individuals and organizations who would advocate for the preservation and improvement of ours and the general public’s historic right to access Garibaldi Provincial Park in a free and unrestricted manner.”

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“The SHS has always been supportive of improved non-motorized public access to the backcountry and to our BC Parks,” wrote Faulkner. “Much work has been done over the years to work on these challenges and we are hopeful that the outcome for backcountry skiers and hikers will be positive. We greatly appreciate the work that all parties are doing on this on trying to come to an agreement.”

What’s next for the delicate work of establishing an uphill skiing corridor through Blackcomb is yet to be seen. But according to Jennifer Goad—executive director of the province’s Mountain Resorts Branch—the protest skin that Backcountry BC is planning might not help the cause.

“In this context, BCBC’s recent online posts identifying and promoting … active downhill ski runs for the purpose of uphill travel poses a real and serious risk to public safety,” she wrote in a letter to Maurer that was shared with Pique.

“Whistler Blackcomb does not endorse the ‘Blackcomb Access Corridor;’ therefore, uphill skiing on this route is not permitted. Posting erroneous and inaccurate information to public forums does not support continued engagement and positive collaboration with the Province and Whistler Blackcomb on this issue, particularly when public safety is at stake.” n

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Whistler’s Gateway Loop at centre of ongoing lawsuit CONTRACTOR’S ALLEGED LACK OF PAYMENT KICKS OFF SERIES OF CLAIMS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHISTLER’S controversial Gateway Loop project is at the centre of a monthslong legal battle between some contractors, consultants and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) over payment for services.

The case sheds more light on the project and its completion delays, as well as the reality of building in Whistler.

In various Statements of Claims and their Responses filed from July 2018 until this fall, the parties raise several alleged issues, including: the design of steel connections for the beams; failing to provide clear and consistent design details; delays in decision making; failure to complete contractually required coatings on the laminated beams; negligence in causing damage to the laminated beams during handling; generally, delayed performance of contractual

requirements and procedures resulting in delay and extra work, to cite a few.

None of these claims have been proven in court.

A notice of civil claim filed in July 2018 names the RMOW and B. Cusano Contracting as defendants and alleges that a subcontractor hired by Cusano— AHC-Derix Laminated Timber Solutions, Inc.—has yet to be paid for its work.

In that claim, AHC alleged it was owed, “for work performed and materials supplied” $550,423.23, and for “reasonable costs of performing work and supplying and delivering materials” in the amount of $223,706.93.

The subcontractor claimed it performed work and provided materials, with the knowledge of the RMOW, including but not limited to the supply and installation of cross-laminated timber, glued laminated timber, related steel parts and related services for the Gateway Loop.

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AHC alleged it invoiced Cusano for the work, and claimed the contracting company “refused or neglected to make payment.”

AHC is seeking relief in the amount of $774,130.16.

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denied the claims, and said it is not aware of the state of accounting between Cusano and AHC, but has retained a holdback as required by the Builders Lien Act.

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 32 In its own response filed Aug. 15, 2018, Cusano denied there was merit to AHC’s claims, “but to the extent that there may be,” it was acts or omissions on the part of the RMOW that contributed to any loss.

Those include (but are not limited to): allegedly failing to provide necessary design information, as well as clear and consistent design details; delayed decision making concerning measures to be taken with respect to the incomplete and/or incorrect design documents; and refusing to grant Cusano reasonable extensions as defined in the main or “head” contract.

In short, Cusano alleged that the RMOW breached the head contract it had with the Vancouver-based developer, and claimed payment from the RMOW in the amount of $1.3 million.

In a separate filing on the same day, Cusano alleged AHC did not perform work and provide materials in accordance with the terms of its subcontract.

AHC denied these claims in a response filed on Sept. 6, 2018.

The RMOW, too, denied Cusano’s claims in a response filed Sept. 11, and in a separate third-party notice filed the same day, the municipality named consulting firm Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. (KWL), alleging that the firm “had certain responsibilities to act as an impartial interpreter in the first instance of the contract between Cusano and Whistler.”

CONSTRUCTION CONFUSION The Gateway Loop’s complicated, $2-million roof structure.

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In that claim, the RMOW denied there was merit to Cusano’s claim, but to the extent that there is, KWL is legally responsible for it.

The tangled web of legal filings didn’t end there.

On Oct. 26, 2018, KWL filed a thirdparty notice against Fast + Epp Structural Engineers—a “subconsultant” with which it had a contract that included provision of structural design and field review services for the project.

In that filing, KWL said it disputes the claims of both Cusano and the RMOW, but in the event it is found liable, it is “entitled to contribution” from Fast + Epp.

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“Particulars of Fast + Epp’s negligence and breach of contract include, but are not limited to,” the failure to design constructible steel connections for the beams; to warn that the originally designed steel connections would not be suitable, and to prepare suitably detailed structural design drawings, according to the filing.

A second filing by KWL on Oct. 26 denied that Cusano or the RMOW suffered any loss as alleged, but if they did, it was not the fault of KWL, but of the RMOW, Cusano or Fast + Epp. On May 10, 2019, Fast + Epp filed its response, denying KWL’s claims, and alleging that, in a contract between the

two parties, KWL “agreed to indemnify and save harmless” [agree to guarantee that any debt, lawsuit or claim which may arise as a result of a contract or contract performance will be paid or taken care of by the party making the guarantee] Fast + Epp against any losses, claims or damages.

The response also claims that if any of the involved parties have suffered loss, then it is for “pure economic loss and is not recoverable at law,” and if KWL has suffered loss, the subcontract between the two consulting firms protects them from legal responsibility.

In the most recent filing, on Aug. 26, 2019, the RMOW sought relief from Cusano “for general and special damages for breach of contract.”

After more than three years of deliberation and construction, the project was completed in July 2018 with a price tag of $6.7 million.

It remains a sore spot for many in the community.

Pique reached out to lawyers for each of the parties involved, and received just one response, from the lawyer representing AHC, who declined to comment as the matter is before the courts.

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Tons of garbage collected along highway by local grassroots movement ORGANIZER HOPES TO TAKE THE IDEA GLOBAL

BY JOEL BARDE IF YOU’VE DRIVEN on the highway over the past several weekends you may have noticed them: A loosely organized group of volunteers collecting all matter of garbage.

Last Saturday, volunteers braved heavy rain and frigid temperatures, collecting a 450-kilogram haul of garbage that included three discarded bikes and a ladder.

“We really want to open up everybody’s eyes and say, ‘Look, if we want the world to change, we can do it,” explained organizer and professional mountain biker Yoann Barelli. “We don’t have to wait for the government. We don’t have to wait for the big corporations. We can do it.”

Barelli got the ball rolling in late October after he watched someone toss a Tim Horton’s cup out of their car window.

From there, Barelli took to Instagram, where he put out a call for volunteers to his 174,000 followers.

That first cleanup day, only one person showed up. But despite the lack of

manpower, the two collected about 300 kgs of garbage from a 1.5-kilometre stretch of Highway 99, near the entrance to the Soo Valley Road.

Over time, the movement has picked up steam. The cleanups have been taking place on a weekly basis.

In Barelli’s estimation, it serves as an important reminder that environmental initiatives can come from the ground

Local government has also taken note.

Barelli recently met with Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton. Crompton wanted to know what the movement was all about, explained Barelli.

“So we talked to him, and at some point in the conversation, he was like, ‘what do you guys want?’ And we said: ‘nothing.’”

Volunteers will continue the cleanups until the snowfall. Over the winter, Barelli,

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up, and that they don’t have to be led by government.

“We haven’t asked anybody to contact us [from government],” he said. “It really is a movement from ‘the community’ and ‘the people.’”

The cleanup has been supported by local businesses such as RideWrap (which has hauled away garbage and covered tipping fees) and Whislife (which has provided coffee and food).

Shane Roy and Ranya Dube are planning on forming an association—Ride for Humanity—that will help foster similar movements around the world.

Barelli added that Ride for Humanity’s work won’t be limited to highway cleanups.

He said that there are opportunities for volunteers to take part in other projects, such as forest-fire mitigation efforts.

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On Sunday, Nov. 17, volunteers collected about 946 kgs of garbage between the PetroCanada in Pemberton and Nairn Falls, and the next morning, all sorts of “big chunks” of garbage had appeared back on the road, he said.

Roy blamed the problem on unrestrained garbage in pickup and dump trucks, as well as tourists.

“When we were out on the highway, cleaning up garbage by Nairn Falls, the tourists were coming out of the campground, and they would drive up the road and throw their garbage on the piles of garbage that we collected,” he said. “They were actually just throwing garbage on the side of the road by us.”

Overall, Roy said he’s been heartened and encouraged by the groundswell of support the cleanup effort is receiving.

“Everybody is super excited about this idea,” he said. “Everyone wants to offer a hand and get dirty.”

If you want to take part in a cleanup, you can hit up Barelli on Instagram through @ride.for.humanity or @yoannbarelli. n

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Whistler girl’s legacy of love lives on DO IT FOR THE LOVE FOUNDATION RAISES HALF A MILLION DOLLARS 18 MONTHS AFTER MISCHA ARNOTT’S PASSING

BY ALISON TAYLOR AT AN ELECTRIFYING fundraising concert in San Francisco last month, musician Michael Franti took the stage, a delicate red glass heart from a Whistler girl hanging from his mic stand.

The heart was a present from 11-year-old Mischa Arnott, given to Franti and his wife Sara Agah Franti to thank them for making her musical wish come true—seeing and meeting Katy Perry in concert last year and telling her, when Perry asked, that “Roar” was the song she was hoping to hear the most. Perry ended the concert with that song. It was, Mischa told her mom at the time, “the best night of my entire life.”

Wrapping her treasured heart in sparkly paper, she wrote to the Frantis: “I wanted you to have my oldest heart so that when you look through it, you’ll always see love.” She died just a few months later after a relentless eight-year fight against a rare and brutal disease.

The heart was a fitting present for the couple behind Do It For the Love, a foundation that has made more than 2, 500 musical wishes, like Mischa’s, come true in a testament to the healing power of music.

Mischa’s family attended this month’s fundraiser concert, The Rocker’s Ball, in San Francisco, which raised half a million dollars.

“In that event, we are able to show our guests what a positive effect music can be,” said the foundation’s executive director Joe Finocchiaro. Granting these musical wishes has a ripple effect too, he added, reaching and healing family and friends, giving momentary respite and hope.

Mischa’s mom Dr. Renata Lewis-Arnott took the stage that night to tell Mischa’s story and share the impact music had on her daughter’s life.

“Music helped define who Mischa was, and gave her strength and hope and purpose,” Lewis told the audience. “It connected her with the world when it was hard to do so physically anymore and was a way to show her love for others. Music gave her freedom. And music gave her the best

FEELING THE LOVE L to R: Dr. Renata Lewis-Arnott, Esme Arnott and musician Michael Franti at The Rocker’s Ball fundraiser in San Francisco. The foundation granted Whistler’s Mischa Arnott’s wish to meet Katy Perry before her passing 18 months ago.

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night of her life, which she talked about every single day. In this way, it truly was the antidote to the hardest of times.”

It’s been 18 months since Mischa passed away in her mother and father’s arms, wearing her favourite T-shirt that said “L-OV-E.” Her spirit and her lifeforce, however, continues to live on.

As difficult as it was to speak before the crowd and share their story, Lewis knows

that it’s helping others.

“Mischa had a real way of giving to others,” added Lewis this week. “Mischa’s gift is still going forward.”

Mischa’s younger sister Esme will be at Bratz Biz this week, alongside other local children selling handmade goods. Esme’s stall will feature fresh gourmet candy apples. All money will be donated to Do It For the Love. n

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Local cancer charity set to expand thanks to donation FAMILIES FIGHTING CANCER WILL NOW OFFER SUPPORT TO WIDER SEGMENT OF SEA TO SKY POPULATION

BY JOEL BARDE A SMALL BUT mighty charity dedicated to supporting Sea to Sky families affected by cancer just got a big boost.

Families Fighting Cancer in The Sea To Sky (FFCSS) recently learned that it has been awarded $13,700 from 100 Women Who Care Whistler, a community organization that quarterly donates $100 from each member to a local non-profit.

The money will be used to allow FFCSS, which has no paid staff, to widen the net of people it is able to support.

Up until now, FFCSS has focused on helping parents or dependent children living with cancer.

The donation will allow the organization to now support all individuals who have cancer and live in the corridor.

Over the last five years, FFCSS has been faced with the “heart-wrenching” task of having to turn away a couple of seniors and individuals who didn’t meet their previous criteria, explained Lisa Geddes, who co-founded FFCSS along with Michelle Williamson back in 2015.

“We always had a dream of being able to expand our mandate, and with this 100

PAYING IT FORWARD Local charity Families Fighting Cancer in the Sea to Sky received $13,700 from 100 Women Who Care Whistler this month. L to R: Kourtney McKercher, Dr. Renata Lewis-Arnott, Ashlie Girvan, Lisa Geddes and Michelle Williamson.

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Women Who Care money, we’re now able to set up a fund for two years to [offer an expanded] program.”

Geddes, whose family has been affected by cancer, said the funding the charity provides is an important source of support for families.

“When you’re going through something like cancer, sometimes it can feel like you’re all on your own,” said Geddes.

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With the vast majority of cancer treatment requiring travel to Vancouver, FFCSS helps out with expenses associated with treatment or palliative care, as well as through the first year of post-treatment recovery.

In the last five years, the organization has supported over 30 parents or dependent children living with cancer. It currently

supports them with up to $3,000, up from $2,000 in previous years.

FFCSS runs in partnership with Sea to Sky Community Services Society, and Geddes said the charity’s lean nature means that donated money goes directly to those in need.

“I think we’re extremely unique in that we are 100-per-cent volunteer run,” said Geddes.

“We have no paid staff, so 99 per cent of every single dollar that is donated goes directly to help our clients.”

Based on the idea of a “giving circle,” 100 Women Whistler brings together women who want to amplify their charitable gifts.

Each woman donates $100 a quarter, which is given away to a non-profit that they vote on.

The group (which actually boasts 137 members at the moment) heard from advocates for three charities—the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment, the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program, and FFCSS—at a Nov. 13 reception at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, explained 100 Women Who Care Whistler founder Ashlie Girvan.

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Naturespeak: Best of both worlds— deciduous conifers

BY MALLORY LAKINS ON A SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT trip last year, I saw the ravages mountain pine beetles have caused in the lush forests near Jasper National Park. Since the 1990s, this wood-boring insect has attacked nearly 50 per cent of the total volume of commercial lodgepole pine in British Columbia.

Although the beetle is native to parts of British Columbia, recent warm, dry summers and milder winters have helped expand its range into new territories in northern B.C. and Alberta.

Within just a few weeks, mountain pine beetles and the fungi they introduce can kill their host tree. Driving through Alberta, you can see large swaths of dead, grey and brown forest—a tell-tale sign of beetle infestation.

When I was driving back from Jasper, I found myself sensitized to the sight of browning conifers in a way I hadn’t been before. On a wander through Whistler last fall, this heightened awareness brought

my attention to a peculiar tree—a conifer that seemed to be turning yellow and losing its needles.

Filled with concern, I took to Google to search for the beginning signs of pine-beetle damage, when I discovered that this golden display was thanks to the natural rhythms of a deciduous conifer, namely, the western larch (Larix occidentalis). While these trees are not native to the Whistler area, L. occidentalis and its relatives subalpine larch (L. lyalli) and tamarack (L. laricina) can be found in patches of B.C. and are favoured by some landscapers and other garden lovers as a joining of two worlds.

There are approximately 20 known species of deciduous conifers across the globe. These trees have bunches of 15 to 40 needle-shaped leaves that protrude from woody nubs on branches. These needles are generally softer than the coniferous cousins they resemble in the summer months, but they change colours in the fall and lose their needles every year like deciduous trees. The young buds and twigs of some species of larch are covered in a fine, woolly hair that protects the trees’ tender shoots from harsh weather.

CONIFEROUS CONUNDRUM These western larch, though a conifer, shed their golden needles each fall. You can see them around the resort including the ones pictured here near the gondola transit exchange.

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As the tree grows, the hairs on the older sections eventually turn black, not needing the extra fuzz for protection. Soft spring needles are interspersed with cones in the spring and summer, some species showing a bright-red cone, others a dazzling purple.

Larches are a pioneer species, a hardy group that are the first to colonize oncebiodiverse sites that have been disrupted by events such as a forest fires or floods.

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VOP seeks public feedback on Draft Hillside Development Design Guidelines GUIDELINES WILL ENSURE THAT HILLSIDES ARE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ‘VALUES OF THE LANDSCAPE’

BY JOEL BARDE WITH A CONSIDERABLE amount of planned development in the works, the Village of Pemberton (VOP) is taking a step to ensure that its hillsides are developed in a sound manner.

The VOP is currently seeking public comment on its Draft Hillside Development Design Guidelines.

The guidelines will help ensure that forthcoming developments will be built in accordance with the “values of the landscape” and that the Pemberton Valley’s beautiful views are preserved, said VOP Mayor Mike Richman.

The current VOP council got the ball rolling on guidelines early in its term, knowing that significant hillside developments were coming, he added.

Council has already had a chance to workshop the guidelines “extensively,” explained Richman. “And now staff will gather some input from the public and make sure we hit the mark.”

The feedback, from both staff and council, will be used to inform a revised draft

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of the guidelines, which will be presented to council at a future council meeting.

Some of the stated goals of the guidelines—which are available for viewing on the VOP’s website—are to foster developments that manage storm run-off and limit erosion hydrology, complement the scenic hillside character of Pemberton, provide environmentally sensitive

appropriate, aesthetically pleasing, and economically feasible.”

And while they are not laws, the guidelines will be considered with development and subdivision applications in hillside areas at the pre-application stage.

They will, therefore, guide certain developments, such as future phases of the Sunstone development, as well as forthcoming

“There are a whole bunch of guidelines in there to sort of create neighbourhoods that are sustainable and [reflect] what we call smart-growth priorities.”

- MIKE RICHMAN

ecosystems and habitats, protect wildlife habitat, screen visual impact and minimize unsightly cut and fill.

“There are a whole bunch of guidelines in there to sort of create neighbourhoods that are sustainable and [reflect] what we call smart-growth priorities,” said Richman.

The guidelines also have a mission statement: “Hillside developments will be environmentally sensitive, functionally

developments in the Benchlands.

Recent surveying work in the Benchlands prompted a considerable reaction from some Pemberton residents concerned about the impact of developments on the hillside area.

The lands are currently in the process of being transferred from the province to the Lil’wat Business Group, which is expected to develop specific areas.

The surveying work prompted six letters

from concerned residents that were included in the Nov. 19 council meeting package.

Richman said he was happy to see residents take an interest in future development of the area, and noted that the guidelines will be drawn upon in the development of it.

“This is a whole new area to our village,” he said.

Richman added that he is looking to see smart growth in the area, and that’s likely to be facilitated through the zoning and official community amendment process that will be required to develop the land in question.

He said that he would like to see a wide variety of housing options in the area.

“I believe you need mixed-use housing to have healthy neighbourhoods,” he said.

“We have mixed housing needs and so we want to make sure they are being met.

To me, that’s very important, on the social level, and on an affordability level.”

The VOP is currently looking for public feedback on its Draft Hillside Development Design Guidelines, which were presented earlier this month to council at a Nov. 5 Committee of the Whole meeting.

You can view the guidelines as well as fill in a questionnaire on the VOP’s website at pemberton.ca/government/news/post/ have-your-say-draft-hillside-developmentdesign-guidelines.

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What is the OCP (Pemberton Secondary School) Amendment Bylaw No. 872, 2019 and Zoning (Pemberton Secondary School) Amendment Bylaw No. 873, 2019 about?

Bylaw No. 872, 2019 amends the Official Community Plan Map B – Land Use to redesignate a por�on of the subject property from ‘Civic and Ins�tu�onal’ to ‘Residen�al’. Bylaw No. 873, 2019 amends the Zoning Bylaw Schedule A – Zoning Map to rezone a por�on of the subject property from ‘Public (P-1)’ to ‘Residen�al -1 (R-1)’.

What is the significance?

The amendments together would enable the applicant to apply for subdivision that would result in the crea�on of a new single-family residen�al lot on Poplar Street that Sea to Sky School District No. 48 would develop. The intent is to provide an opportunity for students of Pemberton Secondary School (PSS) to help design and build a detached dwelling as a valuable learning experience. The School District has proposed that the new home will either be sold on the private market or serve as staff housing for teachers (a ‘teacherage’).

Public Hearing Tuesday December 10, 2019 7 pm Council Chambers, 7400 Prospect Street How do I get more informa�on?

Copies of the proposed bylaws may be inspected at the Village of Pemberton Office, 7400 Prospect Street during the office hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm, from Thursday November 28, 2019 to December 10, 2019 and also online at www.pemberton.ca.

For more in informa�on contact Joanna Rees, Planner at 604-894-6135 (ext. 232).

Shaded portion of the subject parcel are proposed to be re-designated in the Official Community Plan from ‘Civic and Institutional’ to ‘Residential’ and re-zoned from ‘Public (P-1)’ to ‘Residential -1 (R-1)’.

How can I provide feedback?

You may provide comment in-person at the Public Hearing, or you may provide a wri�en submission to the a�en�on of Joanna Rees, Planner, Box 100, 7400 Prospect Street, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0 or via email admin@pemberton.ca prior to noon on Wednesday December 4, 2019 to appear on the agenda, or prior to 4:00 pm on Tuesday December 10, 2019.

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DISPATCHES OUT OF RANGE

Leading experts talk electric vehicle transition—in Whistler and beyond RANGE OF CHARGING OPTIONS NEEDED TO FACILITATE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION

BY JOEL BARDE WHAT IS IT going to take to get the average Joe out of their fossil-fuel consumming vehicle and into an electric one? How does Whistler stack up to other communities its size when it comes to supporting electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure? And just where is EV technology headed anyhow?

Those are but a few of the questions discussed during a public talk last Saturday, Nov. 23: Gearing up for the Electric Vehicle

ALL-STAR PANEL Whistlerites were treated to a fascinating talk on the future of EVs and EV infastructure on Saturday, Nov. 23. Seen here, left to right: Andrew Leedom (inspiratia); Suzanne Goldberg (ChargePoint); Maximilian Kniewasser (RMOW); Suki Cheyne (Whistler Learning Centre); and Marco Dell’Aquila (inspiratia).

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(EV) Economy.

The event was organized by the Whistler Learning Centre and the organizers of the Electric Vehicle & Sustainability Summit—a four-day event that brought together about 80 experts to discuss the future of EV technology and infrastructure.

Over the course of an hour-plus, Marco Dell’Aquila chaired a lively and encouraging discussion about a societal shift that (by the panelists’ accounts) is well underway.

Dell’Aquila is chairman of inspiratia, a company that provides data and analytics to the infrastructure and sustainableenergy sector, and which helped organize the summit He was joined by his colleague, Andrew Leedom (associate director at inspiratia), Suzanne Goldberg (director of policy in Canada for ChargePoint, the leading provider of EV charging infrastructure in North America, and a former Simon Fraser University research director), and

Whistler’s Maximilian Kniewasser, the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) new climate change coordinator.

The following are some highlights of what was discussed, edited for clarity and length.

On how the largest hurdles Whistler faces in terms of reaching its climate change targets involve addressing vehicle emissions: KNIEWASSER: Whistler has strong commitments to reduce climate change, to reduce emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. And we have commitments by 2020 that we’re currently not on track to achieve. The biggest reason we’re not on track to achievement [it] is because of personal transport, people driving personal vehicles. Fifty six per cent of emissions [in Whistler] are from people driving personal vehicles, and it’s the only green sector that’s actually [seen] increased emissions [in recent times].

Suzanne Goldberg (Chargepoint) on the role that charging stations play: GOLDBERG: Charging plays a really important role in the electric vehicle ecosystem. You need to fuel your vehicle. You’re buying a vehicle to take you from Point A to Point B, or if you are a business or fleet director, you’re using that vehicle to deliver goods and services. So you need to make sure you have access to convenient and reliable fuelling.

For passenger vehicles, about 80 per cent of charging happens at home. If I had a magic wand, what I would wish is that we reimagine how we fuel our vehicles. How we fuel an electric vehicle is not how we fuel vehicles [that require] petrol or diesel.

We don’t go somewhere to fuel our [electric] vehicles; we fuel our vehicles where we park. So that is why about 90 per cent of charging happens at home.

There is an important role for public infrastructure and infrastructure at workplaces.

DISPATCHES OUT OF RANGE You might have enough range to get to work, but you might need a top up to get home. You might be driving from Whistler to Vancouver, and you might need to stop along the way, but you don’t want to spend four or five hours. So you might need some fastcharging infrastructure.

So when we’re talking about what are the infrastructure gaps, and what do we need, we really need a whole bunch of different [options]: so fast charging, medium charging [that you might see in parking lots], and charging at home.

[This can] make an electric vehicle really work in your life.

In B.C. right now, we have 1,900 public stations. That’s growing significantly. There are incentives from the B.C. government, and the Canadian government has invested $130 million over five years to ensure that we have public infrastructure. [The federal

purchase an electric vehicle and what will get them to make that that next step On the need for ‘intermediary’ charging stations: KNIEWASSER: The availability of charging is now becoming a key barrier to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

There are quite a few chargers [in Whistler], but they are not all available to the public. So if you stayed in a hotel, you have a few Tesla charges [to choose from].

I just started this job in the summer, and essentially the first project we did was fill out a big grant application to the federal government to help us build our infrastructure.

If successful we will be able to [build] a six-port build-out of chargers in the day lot.

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government has] already invested $90 million to ensure a fast-charging infrastructure network across Canada.

year budget plan, the RMOW has set aside $123,000, plus another $123,000 in grant money, for 14 EV charging stations in 2020.]

On “range anxiety”:

On the need to reimagine how we see vehicles:

LEEDOM: Well, I don’t know that I can go ahead and bust the myth that there’s nothing to be anxious about. I would be a little bit ahead of myself if I were to say that today.

With that said, I do think it is overblown in a very dramatic way. There are quite a number of companies, like Chargepoint and Volta, that are developing much more extensive ultra-fast and DC-fast [charging technology that offers faster charging times than a tradtional AC power source] charging stations at retail and workplaces, and along highways in the gas-station model that everyone’s quite familiar with.

It is coming, it is being built, although some places are quite a bit further ahead than others.

On how studies show that British Columbians are keen to adopt EVs: GOLDBERG: A recent study among B.C. consumers found that just over 55 per cent of B.C. consumers were interested in purchasing an electric vehicle as their next purchase. Of these same consumers, about 60 to 70 per cent of them said that they would be more likely to purchase the electric vehicle if they had convenient access to public charging.

What we found in our research at Simon Fraser University is that having access to home charging was one of the most significant predictors of understanding if someone would purchase an electric vehicle.

So right there, we’re understanding the importance of an individual’s motivation to

LEEDOM: Generally 80 per cent of charging behaviour takes place at home, and then the next 10 to 15 per cent is workplace or retail charging. The remainder is the ultra-fast charging that we were talking about a little bit earlier.

What really needs to happen is people need to stop thinking about cars as moving objects that are sometimes stationary. Indeed, they are actually stationary objects that are sometimes moving.

Consumers very much want that option of going to public fast-charging infrastructure and that makes sense. It is something that needs to be there, and it’s incredibly important. But the reality is, the data shows that most EV owners will not be using fastcharging stations as much as they will be charging at home.

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Failure to address climate crisis puts children at risk ON NOV. 12, VENETO, Italy’s regional council was debating climate policy in its Venice offices. Minutes after a majority voted against budget amendments to address climate disruption, the chambers were inundated with water. Venice is known for flooding, but it’s getting worse, and the timing in this instance felt like a message.

Our existence is a marvellous phenomenon. We live on a spinning ball of water and rock at just the right distance from the sun for natural cycles to have developed to create ideal conditions for life as we know it. But exploding human

BY DAVID SUZUKI

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Public No�ce Call for ALUC & ADRC Commission Members

The Village of Pemberton is seeking volunteers for the following commissions: ADVISORY LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION: Two (2) Year Term – 2020/2021 Two (2) seat vacancies. The main func�on of the ALUC is to provide Council and Village staff with advice and recommenda�ons on ma�ers regarding land use, community planning, major policy issues, and proposed land use bylaws, permits and other regula�ons affec�ng the development of the community. Professional experience in land use planning or community development would be an asset.

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ADVISORY DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION: Two (2) Year Term – 2020/2021 Three (3) seat vacancies. The main func�on of the ADRC is to Th provide Council and Village staff with advice on commercial and mul�-family residen�al development proposals. The Commission strives to promote high-quality development that complements the character of the Village through a�en�on to www.pemberton.ca design elements including exterior design, landscape treatment, ligh�ng, signage and overall site planning.

Professional experience in site planning, development, Pr architecture, landscape architecture or construc�on would be an asset.

Please contact the Village’s Development Services Department for applica�on details and forms. Applica�ons must be received by 4 PM on Monday, December 2nd. Selec�ons will be made at the Council mee�ng on Tuesday, December 10th.

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populations and hyperconsumption-driven societies have, in a relatively brief time, knocked these natural systems out of balance. We’ve upset the carbon cycle so rapidly by indiscriminately burning fossil fuels and destroying natural carbon sinks like forests and wetlands that consequences are hitting much faster than predicted.

Australia is on fire. Parts of Europe are flooding. Melting permafrost in Northern Canada is raising fears that naturally stored methane will escape, accelerating heating.

Refugees are fleeing homelands as climate disruption makes farming and living in many areas difficult. Entire villages in India are being abandoned for lack of water and temperatures too high for crops to survive.

Canada’s North is heating at close to triple the global average rate, and the country overall at twice the average.

increasing from climate-driven wildfires and smoke, insects carrying diseases such as Lyme and dengue are moving into new territory, malnutrition is on the rise as droughts and flooding cause crop failures and food scarcity, and deadly diarrhea from bacteria like cholera is spreading, with children bearing the brunt of the problems.

“Children’s bodies and immune systems are still developing, leaving them more susceptible to disease and environmental pollutants,” said Lancet Countdown executive director Nick Watts.

“The damage done in early childhood lasts a lifetime. Without immediate action from all countries climate change will come to define the health of an entire generation.”

You’d think we’d do everything in our power to protect our children, but we aren’t.

Governments here and elsewhere are still putting the fossil fuel industry’s interests ahead of citizens’, while downplaying the climate crisis. Climate science deniers are as vocal and uninformed as ever. Oil industry executives claim to take climate seriously while arguing that fossil fuel demand is rising so we might as well get some money.

With all the knowledge and solutions available, why are we stalling and putting humanity at risk?

As my friend, UBC professor emeritus of human ecology and ecological economics William Rees argued in a two-part Tyee article, we’re still addicted to fossil fuels. Echoing my sentiments, Rees writes, “A rational world with a good grasp of reality would have begun articulating a long-term wind-down strategy 20 or 30 years ago.”

But we didn’t act rationally, and many still aren’t. Rees offers 11 strategies to deal with the crisis, which he argues

“A rational world with a good grasp of reality would have begun articulating a long-term wind-down strategy 20 or 30 years ago.”

The recent Lancet Countdown, an international academic review of climate impacts on human health by 120 experts from 35 institutions, found people in Canada face a range of health risks, including the many effects of increasing wildfires and pollution, such as asthma and other respiratory illnesses. It found pollution from land-based transportation alone caused more than 1,000 deaths in 2015.

In Canada and worldwide, as well as committing our children, grandchildren and those yet to be born to an uncertain future, we’ve made conditions worse for young people today. The Lancet report found children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to climate disruption, as are the least well off.

Global heating is creating a range of health problems. Illness and death are

must go beyond the current “green new deal.” Included are “Formal recognition of the end of material growth and the need to reduce the human ecological footprint,” and reducing production and consumption.

We can’t go back to former conditions.

But with great effort and human ingenuity, we can learn to better live in balance with nature. We can get through the climate crisis. But it’s too late for half measures. We need an all-out effort as great as or greater than mobilizations for the “great” wars. We need to kick our fossil fuel addiction now, for our sake and the children’s.

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

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WE’VE HEARD a lot lately about microplastics—particles less than five millimetres in size—and their global ubiquity in aquatic ecosystems. But is it time to consider their movement both within and beyond those ecosystems?

In October, U.S. researchers published a study that found larval fish nurseries in Hawaii rife with plastic pollution—so much so that trash bits outnumbered animals seven-to-one. As a result, baby fish were found to be feeding on “prey-sized” plastic bits. It doesn’t take a scientist to understand that if larval fishes are eating microplastics, these are likely concentrating all the way up the food chain to top predators like tuna.

BY LESLIE ANTHONY Just such considerations are now borne out daily on the ticker-scroll of social media: marine scientists find every water sample taken around the Galapagos Islands contains microplastics; an article in Narwhal.ca reports microplastics in the digestive system of Arctic beluga whales harvested as food by Indigenous communities; and a University of Victoria meta-analysis of 26 previous studies on microplastics in salt, beer, sugar, fish, shellfish, water, and air delivers sobering results on our own unavoidable ingestion of these pollutants.

Detailing the latter gives some idea of the problem’s scale. The study estimated annual rates of human consumption of microplastics at 40,000 particles for children and 50,000 for adults. With inhalation factored in, the estimate for adults jumped to 74,000–121,000 particles. In addition, those who regularly drank bottled water ingested another 90,000 particles annually, compared to tap water, which delivered only an extra 4,000 particles.

Shocking as these numbers are, they’re also gross underestimates: with the foods studied comprising only 15 per cent of a typical North American diet, the researchers suggested real numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

So, this much we know: our water and food contain microplastics. Although the effect on our bodies is yet to be completely understood, studies show that while some plastics are expelled, others are absorbed. The tiniest particles enter the bloodstream and lymphatic system, carrying toxic chemicals that can affect immune response. In birds, microplastics have been found to restructure the surface of the small intestine, disrupting iron absorption and stressing the liver.

With such a clear connection between health hazards and consumer practices, microplastics should be a serious concern dictating our tolerance of plastic packaging for food and beverages. The caution extends to consuming foods harvested from, or affected by, microplastics-contaminated water sources. Which brings us to one particular ecosystem: the St. Lawrence River, which drains the Great Lakes—world’s largest freshwater ecosystem and home to 30,000,000 people.

Back in 2014, Anthony Ricciardi, Professor of Invasion Ecology and Aquatic Ecosystems at McGill University, raised the alarm over widespread presence of microplastics in St. Lawrence River sediments in the form of polyethylene microbeads used in toothpastes, makeup, and body cleansers.

Yet microbeads—since banned in Canada— were only a part of the problem. As Ricciardi and students broadened their studies, he cautioned that microbeads were getting all the attention, but were only one component of the broader category of microplastics. “As time goes on, people are going to realize the importance of the other pieces, too.”

Given their high densities in some river sediments, Ricciardi figured that the inevitable ingestion of microplastics by bottom-dwelling fishes, insects, worms and molluscs warranted attention, and his lab turned its attention to microplastics in the freshwater food webs of the St. Lawrence.

Ongoing studies in the Ashpole-Hill Lab at St. Lawrence College in upstate New York have identified microbeads in sediment on that side of the river that also suggest a foodweb connection. Preliminary findings from a 2019 survey by graduate student Nathan Pollack confirm some expectations. First, abundance of microplastics significantly decreases with downstream distance from large cities/towns. Second, major physical forms of microplastic (beads, fibres, fragments) also change with downstream distance; at the head of the river, fibres slightly edge out fragments numerically, but far outnumber the latter further downstream, likely due to higher flotation ability. Finally, beads are significantly lower in frequency than either fibres or fragments at all sites.

... annual rates of human consumption of microplastics at 40,000 particles for children and 50,000 for adults.

Pollack also found a significant relationship between the number of particles found in zebra mussels, and those extracted from their main predator, round goby, demonstrating trophic transfer of microplastics between species. The mussel-goby relationship also has a direct quantitative tie to microplastics’ abundance in local sediments.

Given the numerous sport and commercial fisheries in the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence basin, such bioaccumulation adds to already existing cautions against using plastic-toxin-containing water for crops or drinking, but also harks back to the ocean off Hawaii—something to think about next time you tuck into a bowl of ahi-poke.

Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in connecting the dots. n

OUTSIDER

Vietnam vagabonding AS A SELF-CONFESSED fan of fall, I don’t make it a rule to travel during Whistler’s pre-winter waiting period. I enjoy crisp days and biking under a cover of darkness with powerful lights illuminating the trails. I like that it’s quiet in town and I can enjoy free parking at the end of the Day Lots. I finally have time to catch

BY VINCE SHULEY up on my always-burdened backburner of professional and domestic tasks. But I also like to be around my home in Whistler when winter storms hit and when the hero dirt is ripe, so if I’m going to travel to a place where those things aren’t the sole focus, fall is the time to do so.

I’ll also confess a three-week trip to Vietnam in November wasn’t my idea but that of my girlfriend. It didn’t take long for her to convince me of the cultural and natural appeal of this beautiful country in Southeast Asia. On top of that, flights were more than affordable this time of year

GETTING AWAY Secluded coves in Lan Ha Bay are a welcome retreat from the tourist-heavy attractions of Vietnam.

PHOTO BY VINCE SHULEY

and the reliable (and amazingly cheap) 4G telecommunication networks would allow me to work on the fly pretty much anywhere in the country. So off we went.

Entering Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is as good as anywhere for throwing yourself into the deep end of Southeast Asia. Four and a half million motorcycles zoom through the city in what initially appears as absolute bedlam, horns sounding constantly and traffic rules seemingly

city’s legendary food and drink alleys and paying a visit to the embalmed remains of Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh, who is revered as a sort of communist deity.

Hanoi is a great launch point, but we were soon hungering for fresh air and natural scenery. A two-to-three hour bus ride east and we were riding a ferry over to Cat Ba Island, a busy vacation destination for both holidaying Vietnamese and international tourists. From the harbour we boarded a

... once the floating hotel chugs out of the harbour and you’re relaxing topside with a beer in hand, the tourist rat race feels well and truly in the rear view mirror.

non-existent. Even crossing the road as a pedestrian is enough to raise your heart rate. But after a day or so of navigating the morass of cars, motorcycles and sidewalks overflowing with vendors (and parked motorcycles), one begins to notice the order in the chaos. Everyone drives where they want and everyone accepts that and gets along, somehow without incident. In no time we were confidently walking alongside rush hour traffic, dining in the heart of the

mid-range “cruise” vessel, though its size is more akin to a large houseboat (larger, more luxurious boats do sail in the bays but are not able to maneuver through the tight channels that interlink hundreds of small islands). The tour itinerary and forced party atmosphere all feels a bit cheesy at first, but once the floating hotel chugs out of the harbour and you’re relaxing topside with a beer in hand, the tourist rat race feels well and truly in the rear view mirror.

Our guide leads an afternoon kayak tour where we have our first jaw dropping moment of the trip. Paddling through stalactite caves (where none of the big boats can go), the light at the end opens up into a series of immense secluded coves. Trees cling to sheer limestone escapartments, home to one of the rarest (and most endangered) primate species in the world, the Catbar langur. We’re not lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one today, but spending the afternoon around their unique habitat is a reward in itself.

Later that evening and a few islands over, we return to the kayaks to seek wildlife of the microscopic kind. Bioluminescent plankton flourishes in the warm tropical waters around Catba Island and Halong Bay to the delight of travellers to the region.

With a full-ish moon and clear skies out that night, our guide directs us to paddle up close to the cliffs where the stark shadows reveal the luminescent sea life. Trails of glittering blue swirl around our paddles and I dunk my hand in the water to make sure my eyes are not tricking me. Phone cameras prove useless at capturing these glowing creatures in the dark, but I happily accept the fleeting moment knowing I’ll never forget it.

Vince Shuley is a recently-minted fan of Vietnam. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@ vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

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FEATURE STORY

GUARDIAN THE M O U N TA FOR MANY OF WHISTLER’S FIRST RESPONDERS, SAVING LIVES IS A FAMILY AFFAIR ||

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BY ALISON TAYLOR

wo years ago, as another busy March Break kicked off in Whistler, a 24-year-old American skied into the lift line at Excelerator Chair and collapsed. He didn’t collide with another skier and didn’t run into any obstacles; his heart simply stopped beating. Lying on the snow hundreds of kilometres away from an emergency room, he inexplicably hovered on the precipice between life and death in full-blown cardiac arrest.

A quick-thinking liftie began CPR as another radioed dispatch to summon the closest patrollers, who rushed to the scene. It took a combination of drugs and a portable defibrillator to get his heart beating again, enough to stabilize him to be medevaced to Vancouver General Hospital. There, he was whisked into emergency surgery where doctors discovered an undiagnosed congenital heart defect. Little did he know he had been a ticking time bomb for more than two decades; he just happened to go off on Blackcomb Mountain. And he survived.

As it turns out, the lift line at the Excelerator Chair was not a bad place for his heart to give out.

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Had he been anywhere else, he would not have survived it,” says veteran pro patroller Richard Wynne.

“Had he been in the village, he would not have survived it because of the amount of time it takes to get help to him. If he was in his own car, driving to the store, he would not have survived it. And even at home, he would not have survived it.

“That type of event is very powerful.”

Events like these are part and parcel of living in the Sea to Sky corridor, where millions come every year to make the most of a vast mountain playground. Over the last 60 years or so, a tightknit, expert community of first responders has taken root in Whistler: patrollers, search and rescue volunteers, firefighters, police, ambulance, emergency room doctors and nurses. They are a family of mountain guardians, waiting in the wings for their call to take part in the daily drama of mountain rescue.

A WAY OF LIFE Brad Sills, long-time manager of Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR), has answered hundreds of calls. He has plucked lost skiers from cliffs, tended to injured snowmobilers, searched high and low for missing hikers.

That all amounts to thousands of hours— volunteer hours—spent in the mountains, more often than not in challenging and adverse conditions. This is a calling; it’s what he was meant to do.

But there is a price. It’s a job that takes its toll on the family around him, who accept that the cell phone is always on, the gear is always ready at the door, and regular life is always set for standby. Sills has missed Christmas dinners, anniversaries, birthdays. “For the first responder, when you get the call, you go,” he says.

“When someone is in need, it far outstrips any personal matter.”

Those at home are left to pick up the slack, keep life on track, all while watching and waiting and worrying as their partners disappear into winter storms or risky avalanche conditions, pushing

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the boundaries before darkness falls and night settles in.

“To be an effective first responder, you have to be very focused on what you’re doing,” explains Sills. “You need to know that the rest of your life is in order.

“I don’t know if there’s any real way you could ever compensate a spouse.”

Take it from Wynne, who has been patrolling on Blackcomb Mountain for more than 30 years. “(My wife) has undertaken a huge amount of sacrifice in her career, in her daily life, so that I can continue to do what I do in Whistler.”

And then there are the couples who are in the business of saving lives together.

Search and rescue volunteer Dr. Renata Lewis-Arnott remembers one anniversary dinner in particular. She was just about to sit down to a dinner at home with her husband, helicopter pilot Doug Arnott, when both of their cellphones lit up. It was a call to an injured hiker on Singing Pass. Dinner was abandoned, the anniversary celebration put on hold. They had a job to do.

Arnott often finds his wife hanging 50 metres from his machine as they work in tandem on rescues (Arnott is one of a few local pilots trained in Human External Transport System rescues.

“It’s the work I enjoy doing the most,” says Arnott. “You just get a lot of satisfaction from helping people.”

Like the eight skiers last winter who found themselves “cliffed out” in an area known as Cakehole, a tempting but treacherous out-of-bounds area off the backside of Whistler Mountain. The first was a party of out-of-country tourists, the second a duo who simply followed them past the ski-area boundary. Unable to ski down and now impossible to hike back up, the skiers were stuck. They were scared. And, they were totally ill-equipped to spend a night outdoors in plummeting temperatures.

The quickest, safest and most efficient way of getting them out was a long-line rescue. As dusk approached, Arnott was piloting the machine and his wife was at the end of the long-line rope.

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“We’re very unique in Whistler with our relationship with the other agencies.

The result of all that professionalism is it’s going to make for a good experience for the patient. And that’s good for Whistler.”

Tony Del Bosco

The Whistler Search Rescue team is made of up local volunteers PHOTO SUBMITTED “We know what each other is thinking without it being said,” says Lewis-Arnott of the implicit trust between them when there’s just a length of death-defying rope separating them high above the mountains. She knows how he flies and the time pressures he’s under as daylight fades; he knows that she is compelled to do everything she can to save people who are injured or lost and scared in the mountains. It is a deep and abiding connection under tense and often difficult circumstances.

And there is nothing better than working together to help people, says Arnott, who has been flying for 17 years.

“I always wanted to fly in the mountains,” he adds. “I always wanted to do rescue work.

“When it goes well, there’s no better feeling.”

The same is true for Lewis-Arnott, who was a SAR volunteer in Nelson and Revelstoke before the family moved to Whistler eight years ago. As the main doctor volunteer for WSAR, Lewis can provide a higher level of care than most

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other volunteers. She tends to go to every call that she can attend. And having her there can make a significant difference to someone suffering in the backcountry.

“I love the ‘drop-everything-and-go’ aspect of it,” she says, “not knowing what you’re dropping into, having to make decisions and critical interventions on the fly … literally.”

“That I get to do it with Doug, I love it.”

They made four trips over Whistler Mountain to Cakehole that evening, bright ski suits huddled together marking their journey on one side of the mountain, the flashing red and blue RCMP lights guiding the way back to safety on the other side as darkness closed in. All made it home safely that night.

These are the stories that the couple’s children have grown up on. No madeup fairy-tale stories for them; real-life heroic mountain rescues are the tales that get them to sleep at night, knowing that their parents are dedicated to keeping Whistler safe.

“Both girls were so proud of us being on rescues together,” says Lewis-Arnott.

Bosco, of those multiagency calls.

There is a common theme to all the people who do these jobs: There have been times when the whole “If you talk to people in these roles, there is first-responder community mobilizes—fire, an underlying personality trait … you have ambulance, patrol, search and rescue, RCMP to want to help people,” says Del Bosco. and medical staff at the healthcare centre.

“When people are out there in a bad In 2008, early in the season, a tower on situation, it makes me feel good to be the Excalibur Gondola collapsed, the result helping them.” of “ice jacking”—water had penetrated the Del Bosco works full time with the fire seal between two sections on Tower 4. The department but also volunteers for WSAR water froze, then expanded, causing the top and Whistler Blackcomb patrol. He’s not section of the tower to shear away from the the only one: there are doctors who also bottom and the gondola line to sag. volunteer for patrol; there are patrollers It was an inter-agency response—all who volunteer for search and rescue; there hands on deck. First responders rushed to are police officers who also volunteer for the scene that stretched up the lower part both patrol and WSAR. of Blackcomb Mountain (Tower 4 was just a “We’ve got so much cross-pollination of few hundred metres from the Village). talent here in the corridor,” says retired They evacuated 53 people from the RCMP Staff Sgt. Steve LeClair, who also gondola that day; 12 were taken to the volunteers for WSAR as well as now working Whistler Health Care Centre and later as a reserve constable. released that night.

With so many collective years of “It’s always a reassuring feeling to walk experience and local knowledge of the area, up and see people that you’ve worked with it all stacks up in favour of the patient. over the years,” says firefighter Tony Del “We’re very unique in Whistler with

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FEATURE STORY our relationship with the other agencies,” says Del Bosco.

“The result of all that professionalism is it’s going to make for a good experience for the patient. And that’s good for Whistler.”

LeClair recalls one particular case, a challenging missing persons case involving a couple that disappeared in the backcountry near Pemberton. He recalls a manager at WSAR wondering if the police could access the homes of the missing hikers and figure out what gear was missing; that would give some clue to where they were planning to go and where they might be. It was an angle worth pursuing. The police were able to enter the home and discovered that the hikers had taken crampons, suggesting they may have intended to hike on the glacier. It was one clue, offering a little help in a search that felt like looking for a needle in a haystack. Despite the clues, those hikers, Rachael Bagnell and Jonathan Jetté, have never been found.

Almost 10 years later, LeClair is still actively involved in the file and hasn’t given up.

“From my experience, I’ve learned so much from search and rescue that has helped me from a police perspective,” says LeClair.

He recalls another particular search for two 11-year-old boys, who went missing beyond the ski-area boundary.

Earlier in the day, a witness riding the Peak 2 Peak Gondola took a picture of two figures around Fitzsimmons Creek below; the creek is in the valley between the two mountains, out of bounds and dangerous.

The sighting was reported to patrol and RCMP who investigated but came up emptyhanded at that time. It was only when the report of the missing boys came in, after they failed to return to their designated meeting place, that the sighting became critically important. Armed with GPS coordinates from Google Earth, pulled from that fateful photo, two search-and-rescue teams began to look on both sides of the creek as night fell. The boys were found, unharmed, by 11 p.m.

Nurse Lynda Cowan works at the Whistler Health Care Centre and is married to Del Bosco.

“I feel like we’re a well-oiled machine dealing with that stuff,” she says of the flow of communication and compassion transferred from one level of care to the other.

“Knowing that we’re all in it together brings us together,” she adds. “It affects us when big things happen in a small town.”

DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH Being a first responder often comes at a cost. For a job that is focused on helping others, there are times when first responders are in great need themselves.

Not all events have a happy ending and even the ones that do can be harrowing.

In a 2017 Canadian study, of the 6,000 first responders who were surveyed, 44.5

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Whistler firefighter Tony Del Bosco at work. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY THE RMOW

“Mental health is really coming to the forefront [ of the emphasis these days of breaking down the stigma of people in distress] “As a firstresponder community, we’re definitely heading in the right direction.”

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Research among firefighters specifically shows they experience a 50-per-cent higher rate of marital problems and a 30-per-cent higher rate of death from suicide.

Firefighter Del Bosco has just returned from a three-day course in the city called Resilient Minds: Building the Psychological Strength of Firefighters.

The course is designed to help firefighters build skills to reduce the personal risks related to psychological impacts, as well as help members of the public, colleagues and family who might be struggling with a mental-health problem or be in a crisis.

“Mental health is really coming to the forefront,” says Del Bosco, of the emphasis these days of breaking down the stigma of people in distress.

“As a first-responder community, we’re definitely heading in the right direction.”

First responders all have their own ways of managing their mental health, whether that’s talking about it, spending time outdoors or doing things to calm the mind.

“I think the key is catching it before it becomes a problem,” adds Cowan.

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have to be a poor outcome to have a big impact on first responders. For Wynne, it’s important to focus on the positive. It’s all about perspective.

Take the all-too-familiar sound of the helicopter flying towards the Whistler Health Care Centre. Most people look up with worry or concern.

“My perspective is: Someone is getting the help that they need,” says Wynne. He is part of the team at Whistler Blackcomb dedicated to mitigating the effects of posttraumatic stress.

“It’s fundamentally important to work with people and for people to recognize that they’re not alone,” says Wynne. “As humans, everybody wants to realize that they’re not on their own and they’re part of a community.”

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Yale of Beaufort and the Seymour Unicorn. Within lies a cobbled courtyard surmounted by an outsized golden clock that has intricately ticked away not only the minutes and hours but also the days, seasons, positions of the sun in the zodiac, and phases of the moon for almost five centuries since Henry VIII pre-empted ownership of the grounds in the 1530s.

Attended by a brace of State Apartment Warders—staff versed in the minutiae of life and times of the castle—the vaulted approach elevates the atmospheric bar to regal heights. For added embellishment, a unique fountain anchors the inner yard.

Beneath an inscription that reads “Make Goode Cheere Who Wyshes,” spigots once gushed with red and white wine to toast significant royal occasions that occurred here, such as the birth of Elizabeth I to Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, or his marriage to his sixth wife, Kateryn

Parr. Who wouldn’t invoke good health on such lavish-minded hosts, no matter what uncertain fates lay in store.

Prepare for what lies ahead by donning a crimson scholar’s gown or green jerkin in the cloak room where warders dispense audio guides and point the way to Henry’s Great Kitchen, a good starting point to appreciate the daily demands on staff to smoothly operate a castle when a 1,000-person court was in residence. Drop by on Saturdays to watch the wood-fired hearths lit for an all-day cooking session prepared by food historians with lashings of baked goods and locally sourced, spit-roasted victuals on offer. Further along in Elizabeth’s private kitchen, daily menu offerings include a savoury pastry with a remarkable resemblance to Function Junction-based Purebread Bakery’s pudgy pie, guaranteed to allay any homesickness.

Far from being overwhelming, as is the case with many European regal residences, the human scale on which Hampton Court’s various iterations were designed

serves to put visitors at ease. Well-trodden, elaborately-ornamented stone staircases lead to successive chambers with walls draped in tapestries the size of theatre curtains. Henry alone amassed a collection of over two thousand canvases during his residency from 1529 to his death here in 1547, several hundred of which survive to this day. Five centuries later his oversized presence still permeates the palace with a real-time ambience.

Ride along on the imaginary current of those seeking an audience with their highnesses. In total, nine kings and five queens plus commoner Oliver Cromwell bedded down here in Hampton Court’s Royal Chambers, some for years at a time.

Among the many arresting portraits on display throughout the interior is one by Andy Warhol of the current landlord, a then-youthful Elizabeth II, guaranteed to blur the line between past and present.

With one eye on the extravagance, keep another on the landscaped grounds that unfold outside, glimpsed as you thread your way in and out of rooms into which

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Eight distinctly different formal gardens await leisurely open air inspection. At the junction of the Lower Orangery and Pond gardens stands a greenhouse that shelters the 240-year-old Great Vine in all its braided splendour. In September the largest vine in the world yields a bumper crop of sweet Black Hamburg grapes, harvested each morning by the official Vine Keeper and offered for sale to the public at noon. Not exactly your average gift shop item.

Pathways lead off in multitude directions. At the foot of the Privy Garden, densely planted with flowering spring bulbs and summer annuals, an exuberantly decorated, gilded-iron screen overlooks the Thames River where visitors then and now arrive by boat. From the raised parterre watch for the descendants of Henry’s herd of red and fallow deer that graze in the nearby woodlands. As much as the castle offers engaging performances by a cast of period-costumed staff, sooner or later parents should turn their charges free to roam The Maze—a labyrinth

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Freestyle training centre lands naming sponsor GEMINI TRUST COMPANY INKS THREE-YEAR DEAL

BY DAN FALLOON IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME coming, but the dream of bringing a national freestyle training centre to Whistler appears to be well on its way.

Earlier this month, the National Training Centre (NTC) board signed a naming rights pact with American cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini Trust Company, giving the project, which includes a moguls training and event site and an airbag training facility, the financial wherewithal to get across the finish line.

NTC Board member Julia Smart declined to say how much Gemini paid for the naming rights, but noted that combined with gala events the past two years and friends and family fundraising initiatives, the group had garnered enough to match a $300,000 Whistler Blackcomb Foundation grant. The deal is initially for three years with an option for two more.

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“It will last for five years, we’re hoping,” she said.

Gemini was founded by skiing fans and Olympic rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who the public may know best in their role in the creation of Facebook and their portrayal by Armie Hammer in The Social Network. The connection was forged

by Smart’s husband, John, himself a former

club,’” Smart said. “They were interested in hearing about the project, we followed up, and literally that casual conversation going down the gondola obviously struck a chord with them and they decided to come on board and match those funds.”

In a release, Gemini president Cameron Winklevoss said he was pleased to pitch in.

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Olympian who now runs Momentum Ski Camps. The Winklevosses have been attending the camp for the past three summers, and this past summer, the three were riding the gondola together when John mentioned the training centre.

“He just happened to say, ‘Hey guys, this is the location where we’re volunteering to try to build this training centre for the local

field, developing a new idea, or building a business, perseverance and conviction—two of our core values at Gemini—are key to meeting challenges when they inevitably arise,” said Winklevoss, who was not available for an interview. “We are proud to sponsor the National Training Centre for Freestyle Skiing that will provide facilities to train and develop the champions of the future.”

Smart explained that the process of planning the training centre has been a complicated one with numerous twists and turns. It was challenging enough to get the ball rolling and signing a memorandum of understanding with Whistler Blackcomb (WB) in 2015.

Smart noted that the board presented to the WB Foundation shortly after signing the MOU with WB and were supported with a $300,000 grant, with the caveat that it needed to be matched. Finding a deeppocketed sponsor that wouldn’t trample on WB’s toes proved challenging.

“We weren’t able to bring a sponsor to the table that had any kind of conflict with the mountain sponsors, so that was a bit of a roadblock at first. Understandably, they didn’t want to have anyone that was in conflict with their existing sponsors,” she said.

The Vail Resorts takeover of WB in 2016 threw another wrench into the project, forcing the board to reassess its plans. More recently, when Vail Resorts upgraded its lifts on Blackcomb, the board needed to change the location of the centre from its planned site at Catskinner. Working with WB vice-president of mountain operations Doug MacFarlane, Smart believes the new location on Sorcerer will work well.

SPORTS THE SCORE “It’s going to be in a prime location, so lots of people will be able to see the kids as they train and compete and jump on the airbag,” she said. “The kids who do all the disciplines of freestyle will be able to cruise through the park, hit the halfpipe, hit the airbag, hit the mogul course, do everything in one lap if they wanted to.”

Smart said the organizers have the winter to finalize planning, and should be ready to break ground once the snow melts this spring.

Under the guidance of project managers Mick Gannon, Marie-Claire Gravel and Rick Schwinghammer, the centre will be ready to go for the 2020-21 ski season.

Still, the board needs to raise roughly $35,000 to meet its targets. Smart hopes to reach that goal this Friday, Nov. 30 when the club holds its third Ullr Gala at the GLC. Tickets are $75 and are available online at freestylewhistler.com/ national-training-centre/gala-fundraisernovember-30th-2019.

“We have a budget shortfall to meet our current budgeting,” Smart said. “You never know how things go and things could cost more than you expected, but we hope to make [up] the shortfall.

“It won’t affect whether we do the build.

We’ll still do the build, but it might mean we have to do another gala next year if we fall short of our target. We really do hope that lots of people will buy tickets, come to the auction or to the event.”

THE PROJECT’S IMPACT According to local up-and-coming moguls skiers, the new centre will make their lives easier and help them strive towards their goals of international success.

Daniel Gannon, a 15-year-old up-andcomer from Whistler, will be among the athletes to benefit most acutely from the centre. He’s currently regularly training at Apex Mountain Ski Resort because he’s outgrown Whistler’s existing facilities, and appreciates the chance to prepare in his own backyard.

“It’s super helpful to have our own fullsized mogul course here because the closest full-size mogul course we have is all the way in Apex, which is about a five-and-ahalf-hour drive from here,” he said. “You’re not going to go for a weekend. You’re going to go for a week or two, which means that we’re going to miss a lot of school, and it takes a lot more time just to train.”

While he’s excited to see it happening, Gannon said the centre coming to Whistler didn’t play a factor into his decision to pursue moguls, as it was a “very iffy” proposition, and was always into the discipline before it was announced.

Gannon explained that he started freestyle when he was eight, following in his older sister’s footsteps. He had a quick affinity for moguls, and from there, he’s regularly hit the top of the podium on circuits such as the provincial Timber Tour.

He’ll look to compete on the NorAm Cup circuit for the first time in 2019-20.

“As I got older, I felt like I understood moguls more and it was easier for me. A lot of the people I looked up to at first were in moguls as opposed to big air and slopestyle,” he said. “I kind of aged into

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Explaining that he also admired the moguls skiers in front of him while he was on the rise, Gannon said the centre will provide the same opportunity to young skiers.

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Jordan earns first NorAm Cup win WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB ALUM TOPS THE FIELD AT COPPER MOUNTAIN

BY DAN FALLOON WHISTLER MOUNTAIN Ski Club (WMSC) alumnus Asher Jordan found himself atop the heap at the first NorAm Cup alpine action of the season at Colorado’s Copper Mountain on Nov. 22.

The slalom win, his first ever on the circuit, was an early birthday present for Jordan, who turned 20 on Nov. 23.

Representing the BC Team this year, Jordan topped German Stefan Luitz by 0.88 seconds and American Sandy Vietze by 0.92 seconds to claim the victory. Jordan was the lone racer to crack 52 seconds on the first run, descending in 51.94 to take the early lead and then held on with the sixth-fastest second attempt.

Jordan, whose previous best NorAm result coming into the season was 14th in the giant slalom at Mont-Ste-Marie, Que. in January, said he didn’t change much in the offseason, but some strong training gave him a boost before the races started for real.

“I just came in really confident to Colorado, had a great time in Germany skiing indoors. I came in with a positive mindset, super calm,” he said. “Something clicked and it turned out pretty well, so I’m

pretty happy, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.”

Jordan started the week with a fifthplace finish in the slalom on Nov. 21, finishing 1.91 seconds back of winner AJ Ginnis of the United States and just 0.08 seconds off the podium. He was also the top Canadian.

Jordan said the Copper Mountain course was a new venue, so he and the field were about as level as it could get.

However, the set and the terrain played to his strengths.

“It was pretty consistently steep, which was super nice,” he said. “The course sets were pretty favourable for good runs on there.”

While a birthday victory wasn’t a motivating factor, Jordan said, when the snow had settled, it was gratifying to have a victory in his back pocket.

“It was pretty special when it happened.

I’ve never really been home for my birthday, so it was good to be home with a positive week behind me,” he said.

Jordan’s time home was short, as he was set to head overseas for Europa Cup action on Nov. 25. He will be splitting time between the two continents this season, but if Jordan races similarly in upcoming NorAms, it’s possible he could secure himself a slalom entry in the 2020-21 World Cup season.

Lapanja picked up a second straight victory.

Fleckenstein finished as the top Canadian both days.

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LEAVING ASH Whistler Mountain Ski Club alumnus Asher Jordan (centre) won his first-ever NorAm Cup race at Copper Mountain on Nov. 22.

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“If I can keep this ball rolling, keep my momentum going, anything can happen,” he said.

In women’s action, fellow WMSC grad Stefanie Fleckenstein posted a 10th-place finish in the slalom on Nov. 19, finishing 2.96 seconds back of champion Lila Lapanja of the United States.

The next day, Fleckenstein skied to a 12th-place showing in the second slalom, finishing 3.20 seconds off the pace as

The first FIS World Cup slalom of the year wasn’t a great one for the Canadian contingent.

Only one man and one woman completed both runs in Levi, Finland in the weekend contests, and both finished well back of the pack.

In the women’s race on Nov. 23, Erin Mielzynski was the only Canuck to finish both, though she was 25th, 5.27 seconds back of champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States. Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener and Austria’s Katharina Truppe rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively.

In the men’s contest, Trevor Philp was the lone Canadian to make it through, placing 26th out of 28 qualifiers, 2.04 seconds back of winner Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway. France’s Clement Noel and Switzerland’s Daniel Yule took second and third, in order.

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Whistler skaters jump for gold at Jingle Blades WHISTLER SKATING CLUB ATHLETES SHOWED OFF THEIR SKILLS AT THE LOWER MAINLAND COMPETITION LAST WEEKEND

BY MEGAN LALONDE WHISTLER SKATING CLUB (WSC) athletes had a shiny start to the holiday season, bringing home a wide range of medals—and metals, for that matter—from the annual Jingle Blades competition, held in Mission Nov. 22 to 24.

The weekend marked WSC skater Nana Matsunaga’s first-ever performance at the pre-juvenile competition level, representing a significant leap up in the competitive stream from the recreational “Star” divisions she has previously competed in.

“I was nervous, because it was my first time.

I didn’t know how it was going to be, really, but after my first warm-up practice, I did a few single jumps and I actually felt pretty good and felt, like, really calm,” said Matsunaga.

At the end of the day, Matsunaga said she was pleased with how she fared amongst her new competition, after working hard to land elements like her double-sow and doubledouble jump combination consistently.

“I think I could have done just a little bit better, but for my first time doing [pre]juvenile, I was pretty happy,” she said, adding, “I did fall, but I’m going to work [harder] and next competition I’m going to try to land it—and I will.”

According to coach Dianne Diamond, it was Matsunaga’s strong performance, transitions and interpretation that resulted in not just a ninth-place ranking, but an improved score on her program compared to her previous competition in October.

Matsunaga wasn’t the only WSC member to skate well over the weekend, with teammate Parker Watts coming out on top on day one of the competition. In addition to being the only skater in her Star 3 competition group to earn gold, another highlight of the weekend came for Watts when she landed her axel.

“I’ve been working on it since May,” she explained. “In October I landed it—after the October competition but before this competition—and it was put into my solo, and I had to try and land it in my [competition] solo. I was kind of nervous.”

Rio Povoden also received gold over the weekend, earning the Star 2 division’s highest-possible ranking after “executing her spirals, spins and jumps to a high standard” and “connecting beautifully with the music,” during her solo skate, according to her coach.

Said Povoden: “It was my first time getting a gold so I’m really happy.

“I’m proud of my spirals, because Dianne’s always telling me, ‘Rio, try to get your leg higher.’ When my mom videoed it, I looked at it and thought it had improved a little bit—and I got [ranked] gold on them.”

Like her teammate Watts, Povoden was the only skater to receive a gold ribbon in her group at Jingle Blades.

“They all skated their very best and you can’t do more than that,” said Diamond. “I was really proud of every single one of them.”

Among the hundreds of young skaters who turned up to show off their skills at Jingle Blades, several other WSC skaters also performed well at the weekend competition.

Moka Higashi successfully landed her axel to subsequently land herself in sixth in the Star 4 U10 division—her first time competing in the tough category. Ethan Adanac also jumped up a level, with his first appearance in the Star 3 boys division resulting in a silver ranking, thanks to a strong set of jumps and an impressive combination spin.

Clubmate Teia Povoden placed fifth overall in Star 4 girls U13 after landing her axel and completing all the elements of her program, while Nina Laferriere also completed all her elements to earn the overall bronze in her Star 2 girls division. Fellow Star 2 skater Danielle Bagnall quickly recovered after tripping midprogram to execute all of her jumps with “great height and speed,” according to Diamond, receiving a silver ribbon in the process, while the WSC’s Carol Lynn Gave also skated away with a silver ribbon in her Star 2 group.

Next up, Whistler skaters are preparing for their club’s annual Starry Night Holiday Skating Performance and community skate, set to take place at Meadow Park Sports Centre on Friday, Dec. 13 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will also feature a guest performance from up-and-coming Team BC skater Gabriel Blumenthal. n

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Shelley Fee Hutcheson 1955-2019 With great sadness, we announce the passing Shelley Fee Hutcheson at her home in Collingwood, on November 24th surrounded by her family.

A diagnosis of cancer four years ago did not stop Shelley from living life to the fullest, skiing, golfing, cottaging, playing bridge and always planning her next trip !

Shelley was the daughter of Donald Hutcheson and Winnifred Fee Hutcheson. She will be forever missed by her brothers Guy (Jennifer Gresham), Craig (Marina Kampouris), her nephews Ryan and Trevor, her aunt Carol Ann Gardner (Rudy), her cousins and all her besties that were so dear to her.

In 1973 Shelley moved to B.C. in the early days of Whistler. She was a true mountain women, living in a squatters’ shack on Fitzsimmons Creek. Once the Village was built she moved over to the Westside.

Shelley studied at Simon Fraser University, while developing a keen interest in fine wine and dining. In 2004, she returned to Ontario working for wineries on Niagara-on-theLake before becoming a product consultant for LCBO. Shelley preferred vintage wines and vintage clothes. 1955 was not only a great year for Bordeaux, but also for gifting us this wonderful woman.

A Shelley memorial day will be held at Osler Bluff Ski Club near Collingwood, Ontario on January 15, 2020, where we will carve up the snow in Shelley style.

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BY DAN FALLOON THOUGH SHE’S JUST 17 , Trinity Ellis already has her first Viessmann FIL World Cup top-10 finish under her belt.

The Pemberton product posted an eighth-place finish at the season-opening race in Igls, Austria on Nov. 23, finishing 0.290 seconds off the pace set by winner Tatyana Ivanova of Russia. American Summer Britcher took second while German Jessica Tiebel placed third.

Ellis said she felt confident heading in, and managed to nail a track that provides fewer challenges than others on tour.

“I had good training all week and was able to put down two consistent runs. It put me up there,” she said. “It’s a fun track. It’s one of the easier ones on tour, which makes for really comfortable sliding. You’re just able to relax and push back and let the sled take you down.”

Ellis acknowledged that while she had high hopes for her first contest of the year, placing as high as she did wasn’t necessarily on her radar.

“It was kind of a shock for me to end up that high in the rankings. My goal was top 15, and being the World Cup opener, I wanted to see where I fit in after I had a good summer and good preseason training,” she said.

In relay action on Nov. 24, Ellis helped Canada to a fourth-place finish alongside Whistler’s Reid Watts and the doubles team of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith.

The strong start is a particular shot in the arm for Ellis, who will look to carry the momentum forward on two familiar tracks in upcoming races in Lake Placid, N.Y. and her home track here in Whistler for World Cup contests in December.

“It’s definitely a confidence booster,” she said. “It’s good and it’s motivating, for sure.”

In the offseason, Ellis moved to Calgary for the summer after finishing school at Pemberton Secondary in order to train for

the year. In the early going, it seems to have worked out, as she earned her spot on the NextGen Elite squad and lined up a season at the sport’s highest level.

Ellis noted that she only found out that she would be racing World Cup at the end of the Canadian selection races in October, and now that she’s there, is soaking it all in.

“I’m not really putting too much expectation on it. I’m just going to try to take in my first full year on the senior circuit, just try to slide well and consistent and see where it goes,” she said.

Ellis was called up to do two late-season races last year, taking 16th in Altenberg and 21st in Oberhof, but with the Youth Olympic Games on tap this year, thought that she might do another season of junior to qualify.

“I ended up coming up to the World Cup team, which was exciting, for sure, and a bit of a surprise,” she said.

The Canadian team won’t race a full World Cup schedule this year, instead opting to skip a couple late-season races in order to get more training time on lessfamiliar tracks. As a young athlete, Ellis feels it’s the right move.

“I think it’ll be best in the long term to get more comfortable on those tracks,” she said. “I think that’ll be really beneficial going into future races.”

She’s looking forward to two weeks at Sigulda, Latvia, which is a hard track that the Canadian team doesn’t often visit, while she’s also glad to get extra volume at Altenberg in advance of the race there.

In other action in Igls, lone Canadian Watts started the season with a 19th-place finish, 0.742 seconds behind winner Jonas Mueller of Austria. Russia’s Roman Repilov and Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller rounded out the podium.

In doubles action, Walker and Snith slid to a ninth-place finish, 0.345 seconds back of winners Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany. Runners-up were Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, also of Germany, and Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller of Austria. n

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BY DAN FALLOON JOSH DUECK is becoming an old pro when it comes to Hall of Fame inductions.

After going into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, the 38-year-old was enshrined in the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame in Vancouver on Nov. 15.

“I didn’t quite know what to expect from the experience of the induction itself,” Dueck said. “When I arrived to the venue, I was surrounded by a couple hundred people, which typically would feel kind of overwhelming, but it felt like a family environment with the number of folks that have been involved with the Paralympic movement.

“It was just so rad to be part of an environment of builders and athletes and people who have helped shape the sport into what it is today. It was unbelievable.”

The one-time Whistler resident won silver in the men’s sitting slalom at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver before taking gold in men’s sitting combined and silver in men’s sitting downhill in Sochi in 2014. He also won gold in the 2011 Winter X Games before taking bronze the following year.

Dueck became paralyzed from the waist down after overshooting a jump during a demonstration in 2004. Dueck, who is now based in his hometown of Vernon, is also notable for being the first sit skier to complete a backflip on snow, garnering an appearance on Ellen.

At the ceremony, Dueck was thrilled to cross paths with wheelchair curler Sonja Gaudet, a three-time Paralympic gold medallist who he feels is a torchbearer in the Canadian Paralympic scene.

“She’s just such a phenomenal member of our community and I think that Sonja is the type of person that always makes time for other people,” he said. “She’s just such a champion on and off the field of play that [she’s] somebody that I really look up to.”

Dueck also praised CBC sportscaster and

event host Scott Russell for his enthusiasm and advocacy.

“The man cares so much about sport. He cares so much about Canada, and he really cares about the athletes that make the game,” Dueck said. “He reminds me of a little kid when it comes to his enthusiasm, remembering the details of the players and the games … and his curiosity about what’s next.”

Having had roughly a week to reflect on both experiences, Dueck said that both of his Hall inductions were satisfying in their own way.

“The BC Sports Hall of Fame [ceremony] was incredible on its own merit because it’s fully integrated with all pathways of sport.

They have everything from NHL greats like Cliff Ronning to Ryan Dempster from Major League Baseball,” he said. “That’s really neat to be around such a wide variety of talented athletes and exceptional human beings.

“What you get at the Canadian Paralympic Hall of Fame is a different degree of intimacy in terms of the builders and the shapers and the athletes that are engaged with that stream and that community.”

In addition to Dueck, the other inductees were: para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair racing athlete Colleen Bourgonje; para-alpine skiing and goalball athlete Viviane Forest; wheelchair rugby athlete Garett Hickling; wheelchair basketball athlete Joey Johnson; wheelchair curling coach Joe Rea; and wheelchair sports builder Kathy Newman.

Dueck remains involved in sport, having served as Freestyle BC’s executive director for just over a year. He’s enjoyed being involved in the ski community once again, feeling like it completes the circle for him, providing him the opportunity to give back to a group that has boosted him for the past quarter-century.

“I’ve been involved in many capacities of sport, but this is the first time I’ve been involved in a leadership role,” he said. “I’m reminded about all the great values that this sport has and what a great outlet it is for so many kids in the community.

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GOLDEN DREAMS In this 2017 file photo, biathletes train on Whistler Olympic Park’s Callaghan Gold.

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Whistler Olympic Park holds soft opening CROSS-COUNTRY SKIERS CAN USE CALLAGHAN GOLD TO START SEASON

BY DAN FALLOON WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK is well aware that leftovers can really come in handy.

Though there’s little fresh snow on the ground, the Callaghan Valley-based park opened to the public for classic and skate cross-country skiing on Nov. 22 with its snow saved from last year called Callaghan Gold.

Club athletes have had access to the snow since Nov. 9, but park managing director Tim Hope expects that the additional traffic won’t trample the Callaghan Gold, which was stored under sawdust for the summer.

“It’s holding up well. We’ve got a track that’s just a little bit longer than a kilometre,

get going,” he said.

The park faced similar concerns about low snow in 2018, but about a month after opening, no one would have known anything was amiss, he noted.

“Last year, we had a slower start, but

by Christmas, we matched what our typical snow base is here, so it’s not a concern at the moment,” he said. “It ended up being a fantastic winter and we’re feeling that we’re going to see sort of a typical winter for us here.”

Looking ahead to the season, Hope is excited to welcome several of the region’s top skiers at the Western Canadian Cup cross-country race from Jan. 17 to 19.

He’s also eager to welcome the public to new snowshoe trails that will take people up to the top of the ski jumps.

“Last year, we had a slower start, but by Christmas, we matched what our typical snow base is here, so it’s not a concern at the moment.”

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but the clear, cool nights have been helpful for it. It’s in good shape,” he said. “I think it’s going to be fine [with the public coming in]. The temperatures are aligned. The snow should hold up well with the weather.”

Hope explained that because many of the trails are built on paved or gravel bases, there aren’t massive amounts of snow required to get going. More terrain will be opened as the snow flies. More natural snow is also required for snowshoeing and tobogganing to open.

“If we had 50 cm of snowfall, we’re in good shape. Because of the paved trails and the gravel base, it doesn’t take a lot for us to

“There’s an old-growth stand in there that makes for fantastic snowshoeing,” he said.

The Callaghan Gold is not recommended for beginner skiers.

Passholders can access the trails with a season’s pass, though there is an early season rate of $18 through the main gate.

Rentals are currently available at a 50-percent discount.

“It’s an exciting time of year and we’re ready to get going,” he said. “The team’s ready. Once we get the snow, we’ll make use of it.”

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Nomination forms are available at the following locations: - Signal Hill Elementary – 1410 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC; - Pemberton Secondary School –1400 Oak St, Pemberton, BC; - Sea to Sky School District Board Office – 37866 2nd Avenue, Squamish, BC; and - On the Sea to Sky School District website at https://sd48seatosky.org/ until the close of the nomination period.

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Whistler X Triathlon returning in 2020 RACE WILL SERVE AS QUALIFIER FOR 2021 ITU CROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

BY DAN FALLOON IN JUST ITS SECOND running, the Whistler X Triathlon will serve as a stepping stone to the international level.

Triathlon BC recently announced that the race, set for June 14, 2020, would be an agegroup qualifier for the 2021 ITU Cross World Championships in Townsville, Australia.

Race director Dale Tiessen explained that with all four off-road triathlons in the province interested in serving as the qualifier, they decided to determine a rotation amongst themselves to take on the role. This year will be Whistler’s opportunity.

“The four off-road triathlons in British Columbia have decided that we should share that privilege of the application rather than competing against each other. That informally means that it will move around each year,” Tiessen said.

Tiessen said the cooperation bodes well for all four of the events, which also include races in Squamish, Cumberland and Victoria, but should provide a boost to Whistler’s sophomore contest.

“The combination of us being more united in terms of promotion of all of our events across British Columbia in combination with Whistler being a world qualifier event is going to likely increase interest,” he said. “We had a lot of Sea to Sky residents racing last year. I think with being a world qualifier event, we’ll see more participants potentially from Vancouver, the Lower Mainland, the Interior and northern B.C. who are coming to try to get those qualifying spots.”

Tiessen said he worked with the Resort Municipality of Whistler and other stakeholders to determine that the maximum capacity for the race is 300 participants. With just over 180 taking part in the inaugural event last year, he said there’s space to fill the potential increased demand in 2020.

Triathlon BC executive director Allan Prazsky said the current transition towards off-road began only recently, with Squamish

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ROUND TWO The Whistler X Triathlon will return for its second running on June 14, 2020.

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converting its traditional triathlon to offroad in 2017. While he was initially wary, it was a success from the get-go.

“They transitioned to off-road and boom, it started selling out,” he said. “In that moment, I thought, ‘Hmm, they might be onto something.’”

With the quartet of races in the province, Prazsky is more than fine with granting them the autonomy to decide on who hosts the qualifier with one another.

“They all put their hand up, but in the interest of being democratic, they all had a discussion and the qualifying process went to Whistler,” he said. “From my understanding, the qualifier will travel around the province.”

Additionally, Prazsky said that Triathlon BC is set to launch a cross-triathlon series for the 2020 campaign, allowing racers to gain

points at each of the four contests in search of a provincial championship. With traditional triathlon facing challenges from host venues with regard to road closures, the future may very well be in off-road events.

“There’s a lot of potential given the already-high interest rates in mountain biking,” he said. “With the off-road component, I think there’s a little more flexibility there, and sustainability as well.”

Also, since the majority of participants in off-road triathlons tend to be locals, there is an untapped tourism component that Triathlon BC will look to tap, noting that the organization is working with American triathlon website DirtTRI.com to give the sport a boost.

Another shot in the arm could be coming shortly, as Prazsky added that Triathlon BC is aiming to bring the national

cross championships to Whistler in 2021.

Meanwhile, Tiessen expects this year’s Whistler X Triathlon course to provide a challenge for participants, and those who qualify for worlds will be well served.

“The resounding feedback that we got from the course was that it was very Whistler appropriate. That was the term a couple people used. It’s actually very challenging compared to international standards for off-road triathlon and I think that’s just indicative of the terrain and the trails and the fact that it’s Whistler,” he said, noting Squamish’s race receives similar feedback.

“We want a technical, challenging event for participants. I’d rather that than offering a course that has an off-road run that’s simply a gravel path.”

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The heart is a drum YVONNE WALLACE gave herself seven days to close her heart and put it back in her chest, having stretched it as wide and thin as a deer hide to allow her story to resound through it, to sing of bone-truths.

She had performed her one-woman show, ūtszan, twenty times, from Whistler to Whitehorse, Dawson City and Vancouver—a remarkable enough feat of stamina given that 18 of the shows ran

BY LISA RICHARDSON between Sept. 19 and Nov. 3, that the 70-minute performance is in two languages and no crew members were fluent enough in Ucwalmícwts to be able to prompt her if she forgot her lines, and that she was blazing trail all the way, entering into spaces—green rooms, fancy hotels, spotlights—where few indigenous people are found. Not to mention the additional drain that comes from speaking stories that come from the most raw, emotional places.

“My truth wasn’t scary to me,” reflected Wallace. “I was living it every day, doing my best not to let intergenerational trauma impact my daughter. What was scary was letting people in to my most vulnerable places. I just prayed that they would be kind. And they were.”

The final show played Nov. 3, 2019 in Vancouver’s Firehall to a standing ovation.

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GUIDING SPIRIT Performing her one-woman show 20 times, (including in Whitehorse, as captured here), storyteller and actor Yvonne Wallace graduates from being student and survivor, to teacher and graceful guide.

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It had started as an overachiever’s idea for the capstone project to complete her Liberal Arts degree at Capilano University— to script and perform a play that was partly in Ucwalmícwts, the language she had returned to formal schooling, after 21 years away, to learn. She wanted to create “a fluency moment”—for herself and the audience, a moment when she knew what she wanted to convey, and successfully did it.

It was also a chance to return to her first love of theatre—a ten-year-long passion that had been abruptly interrupted by a domestic assault, two years after she had completed her acting diploma, with honours, in Toronto.

Having sustained a throat injury from the assault, she wanted to reclaim her creative voice, and flip victimhood on its head, but returning to the stage, not fully trusting whether the injury had healed, was, she said, one of her scariest challenges. Singing and speaking two languages for 70 minutes was a lesser-known mountain to climb. She did it because she no longer wanted the incident to dictate her trajectory or her story of herself.

Crafting the script was a process that allowed her first to examine victimhood and her relationship to ancestral survival. She trusted that the language would do the rest.

So it was never just an assignment, or a chance to get an A. It was never just a university degree. It was a mountain on top of a mountain on top of a mountain.

When she’d first tried to return to school, to learn her language, Wallace had attempted to enroll in a First Nations Linguistics course at Simon Fraser Uuniversity. They wanted her to first complete Grade 11 and 12 math and fulfill some language pre-requisites—in French or Spanish—before she’d be considered.

Living in Vancouver with her eightyear-old daughter, she remembers calling Lisa Fisher at the Lil’wat Nation’s Ts’zil Learning Centre in Mount Currie, frustrated

to the point of tears. “I run a $2 million budget and they want me to go back and do my high-school math? Doesn’t life experience count for anything?”

Fisher’s response was immediate and swift. Adult language lessons were on offer five months later at Ts’zil, which Wallace felt obliged to enroll in. Once a week, she’d pick up her daughter at school, drive the highway between Vancouver and Mount Currie in a series of breaking-down-jalopies, make her 6 p.m. class, then return home sometime after midnight.

Five years later, Wallace filled a 70-seat theatre at Capilano University with elders, family, friends, colleagues, faculty, and performed her bilingual play. The front row was full of elders, fluent speakers. “They were laughing at the right places, they were present, they received it.” The University gave her an outstanding merit of community achievement and engagement award.

She got her degree, an award, she told some deeply personal stories, she kicked ass. She could have been done.

But it was never just about her.

The word she named the play, Ūtszan, means to make something better. She has tucked away tiny pebbles of memories from audiences from all the shows that followed that let her know she has been doing just that: overhearing her beloved language teachers discussing an underused word gifted back to their attention by her play; meeting the last two fluent Hän language speakers in Dawson City and realizing how clearly they got her meaning, her heart’s intent, even in a completely different language; creating space for the adult child of Holocaust survivors, from residential school survivors, ‘60s scoop survivors, survivors of suicide loss, of so many traumas, to have a moment of acknowledgement and recognition; hearing someone admit they would now rewrite

an entire just-completed thesis with their new-found perspective on the impacts of colonization. Powerful indigenous and nonindigenous responses. Because Wallace bridges those two worlds, too, uniquely poised to give voice to the trials and tribulations of being of mixed identity. Her non-indigenous father chose her Líl’wat mother, a widow with six children, as his life partner. “There’s a line in the play: that nobody really wanted to admit that looking like the white girl on the rez was dangerous for me. We don’t talk about it. There’s all sorts of travesties we don’t talk about.”

To find a safe space for those kinds of conversations can seem next to impossible.

“So, let’s get you in a dark room, sit you down, lock the doors, and you’re going to have to listen,” says the woman who came home to her theatre gift. “That’s as safe as it gets.”

Wallace isn’t done with Ūtszan, or with making things better. She has applied to University of B.C. to do a Masters in Education leadership with a vision to create curriculum across Canada that makes First Language learning easier. This winter, she will work alongside her teacher and mentor, Sawt Martina Pierre, teaching Ucwalmícwts at Ts’zil two nights a week. And she’s already in conversations about further developing and performing her show. “I want this play to be in community spaces, First Nations halls, universities, places where people are open-minded and they’re learning. Let’s have the most amount of people at the table who are going to collectively make a positive difference. For some, it maybe the first time they’re exposed to what indigenous love looks like. It’s messy, beautiful, generous, hard.”

And full of heart.

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A highly unscientific ranking of movie-theatre junk food GET YOUR FILL DURING THE WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL, DEC. 4-8

BY BRANDON BARRETT LAST WEEK, my esteemed fellow foodie columnist, Glenda Bartosh, dished with another esteemed Pique columnist, film writer Feet Banks (we’re all esteemed around these parts), about his favourite cinematic food scenes.

Following in their footsteps, and in honour of the 19th annual Whistler Film Festival, I’ve decided to compile a highly unscientific ranking of movie-theatre snacks, those sticky, salty and sweet treats that play the perfect accompaniment to our most formative cinematic memories.

10) POPCORN Whoever convinced North American moviegoers that popcorn should be the go-to theatre snack is the greatest conman in all of the movie business—and that’s saying something.

I realize I’m about to lose a lot of you with my very first item on this list.

Canadians, after all, can’t seem to get enough of the stuff, consuming 1.6 billion quarts of popcorn a year. But why? Popcorn is basically the Milli Vanilli of movie snacks: all flash and no substance. Nothing but crunchy air. Everything about it is designed to make you spend more money; it’s overly salty, forcing you to shell out more for watery fountain pop; it’s not at all filling, meaning you can down multiple bags, no problem; and it’s marked up, on average, a whopping 1,275 per cent, which led a Michigan man to sue his local AMC several years back. The hero we need, if you ask me.

In short, duck popcorn.

9) NACHOS Movie-theatre nachos are the exclusive domain of the brave of heart and the strong of stomach. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of nachos in most forms, but cinema nachos are another beast entirely. Usually consisting of stale, deafeningly crunchy chips that taste only slightly better than

salted cardboard, and drowned in a sludge of flavourless liquid cheese that looks like it was scooped from a burbling vat of nuclear waste, I would not advise consuming movietheatre nachos for any reason, ever.

8) ICE CREAM There’s a time and a place for ice cream, and the dark, shoulder-to-shoulder confines of a movie theatre ain’t it, chief.

There is a certain novelty to eating ice cream in non-traditional ice-cream-eating venues, but that novelty quickly wears off as soon as that sticky smear of Rocky Road gets all over your knuckles—or worse, your pants— with only the one, maddeningly ineffective napkin at the ready.

Do me a favour: be a normal person and eat your ice cream alone in bed while sobbing softly and watching Golden Girls reruns like the rest of us.

7) MILK DUDS Milk Duds are kind of like a visit to the dentist. Sure, it seems cool at first when you’re chatting up the cute dental hygienist and watching your favourite episode of Golden Girls on a TV hanging from the roof, but before you know it, doc is wrist-deep in pearly whites tearing out a cavity with his bare hands. Or something.

Milk Duds are a delicious caramel-y treat, but goddamn, are they ever work. After the sixth or seventh chewy gob, your jaw starts to feel like it’s just been pummelled by ‘90s-era Mike Tyson for 12 rounds straight. I want to love Milk Duds, but I’m not willing to put in the work that this demanding relationship requires.

6) GUMMY BEARS Now we’re getting to the good stuff. Gummy Bears are soft, tidy and noiseless, the Holy Trifecta of movie-theatre snackdom. My only complaint is their overly saccharine flavour can get to be a bit much after a while.

For a tastier alternative, may I recommend Real Fruit Gummies, made with real fruit (and real corn syrup—yum!) that have

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5) MALTESERS Maltesers are one of those treats that are synonymous with a night at the cinema.

According to my rigourous polling (of one person), the movie theatre is often the only place some people buy Maltesers.

I’m not quite sure what makes them an ideal theatre snack. Maybe it’s the delightful coat-your-mouth sensation you get, without the heaviness and stickiness of other chocolaty snacks (looking at you, Milk Duds). Of course, the crispy malted milk centre does come with a certain noisiness, but the decibel level pales in comparison to the devil’s snack, popcorn.

4) SWAMP POP The cinema is a place steeped in nostalgia.

Nowadays, the movie-going experience has been diluted by the endless number of films at our fingertips thanks to the glut of streaming platforms available to us, but nothing will replicate the distinct, childlike pleasure of heading to the cinema. Part of the fun was cajoling your parents into buying you the sugariest, teeth-rotting treats money could buy, and for many a kid like myself, that meant swamp pop. Delicious, confusing swamp pop.

For the uninitiated, swamp pop is a cocktail of various fountains sodas that is usually more fun to make than it is to actually drink. But, like most things, it’s all about the journey, not the destination.

3) FANCY-ASS GOURMET FOOD I once went to one of those fancy movie theatres in Portland (where else?) that played, like, obscure Quebecois auteur cinema. But the best part wasn’t the arthouse lineup, it was the gourmet cuisine you could order straight to your seat—a plush recliner, I should add—from a StarTrek-esque, high-tech display panel. It was badass. I imagine it’s a similar feeling to

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getting your kids to fetch a sandwich from the fridge while you watch Goonies for the 17th time—except without all those pesky parental responsibilities involved.

There was this other time I went to go see Pan’s Labyrinth and my college friend busted out a giant loaf of pumpernickel and spinach dip from her purse. Somehow, with the passive-aggressive gaze of the entire row of faithful ticket-buyers bearing down on us, that spinach dip tasted better than it ever had.

2) TWIZZLERS Twizzlers are close to the perfect cinema food: tasty, interactive and practical—is there a better way of sipping swamp pop than through the bit-off ends of a cherry Twizzler? (I feel compelled to mention here that I am a recently diagnosed diabetic; I’m sure these two things are unrelated.)

Liquorice, I might add, is also perfect for flinging long distances, like when these two noisy teen girls were ruining Bad Santa for me with their incessant chatter in an otherwise empty theatre. It was a perfect toss.

1) BOOZE Hey, no one said these items had to be sold in theatres. A sneaky wobbly pop is bound to make any film better, and let’s be honest, there are some movies that are only tolerable with a little liquid courage.

Some cinemas, like the aforementioned hipster one in Portland or the Rio in Vancouver, have caught on to this and actually do sell alcohol. I’m all for it, as long as they’re OK with my Twizzler sippy straw.

OK, that’s it for now, folks. The Whistler Film Festival, which runs Dec. 4 to 8, is loaded with tons of funky little Canuck indie flicks this year, and I highly recommend you check out the offerings— with your favourite cinematic snack of choice, of course.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL THE ARTS WHISTLER Holiday Market is moving this year.

For 2019, the event is leaving its usual home at the Whistler Conference Centre and heading to the Westin Resort & Spa. “We weren’t able to secure a booking at the conference centre, so we were so grateful to the team at the Westin for helping us bring our event to life in the new location,” says Imogen Osborne, programs and events manager with Arts Whistler.

Along with Bratz Biz—which features the work of young Sea-to-Sky artisans and entrepreneurs—over 100 vendors will set up in the space on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.

And, don’t worry, there’s a contingency plan for shoppers who accidentally head to the conference centre. “The conference centre has been really supportive with helping us put some signage at their venue, so if people did turn up to the conference centre, they’d be directed to the road … and a short 250-metre walk to the Westin.”

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HOLIDAY CHEER The Arts Whistler Holiday Market moves to the Westin Resort & Spa this year.

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hotel while Bratz Biz will be located in the corridor where the retail shops are located.

This year, those vendors range from painters to jewellers to wood and leather workers, designers, candle makers and photographers, to name just a few. Between 60 and 70 per cent come from the Sea to Sky corridor, Osborne says. “We also get applications from the interior, Kelowna, Penticton,” she adds. “We get a lot of

with winter-themed wreaths and garlands for decorating home and office. One we’re really excited about is Montis Distillery, a new distillery based out of Function Junction, they’ll be bringing small-batch spirits.”

While the market has always appealed to shoppers looking to support local artisans for environmental reasons, many of the vendors now have a sustainable angle to their business as well.

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applications from North and West Vancouver and some from as far away as Prince George.”

There are also a few new additions to the market this year, she says.

“We’ve got some really good brand new vendors to the market in 2019 that we’re really excited about. The first one is Leigh Joseph of Sk_wálwen Botanicals. It’s a plantbased skin care company that uses Squamish Nation Indigenous plant knowledge to make skin care products. New for this year is Ariel [from] Within the Flowers who’s coming

“We’re seeing a lot more of our vendors using sustainable, recycled material or creating products that substitute for something that isn’t reusable,” Osborne says.

“We have someone doing reusable beeswax food wax. Then we have Modern Imagination, which we’ve had at the market for over two years now. They do a line of wooden toys … [which are] sustainable and handmade.”

Meanwhile, to help shoppers get in the holiday spirit, there will be performers throughout the weekend—interspersed

with visits from the big guy in red.

On Saturday, that includes Whistler Harp, Brilliana and Friends, and the Whistler Singers and Whistler Children’s Chorus. On Sunday, you can catch Angels on High, a group from Vancouver that will be doing a cappella Christmas carols.

“We try to pick entertainment that augments that holiday, Christmas vibe in the venue,” Osborne says. “It’s really important to us to have that holiday spirit.”

Another concurrent event that will help young Whistlerites get into the spirit of the season is a letters-to-Santa station set up in Village Square over the weekend.

“They can write their letter to Santa, put a little stamp on it there and drop that into the nearest post box,” Osborne says.

With the Holiday Market being Arts Whistler’s second-biggest fundraiser of the year, the organization is currently still seeking volunteers.

“We have a range of different roles for the volunteers,” she says. “It is really important for all of our community programming, everything from professional development for artists to arts and crafts for kids.”

The Arts Whistler Holiday Market runs from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Dec. 1.

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ON SET A behind-the-scenes look at Ranger Runners, which screens at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 7 and 8.

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Range Runners takes survival thriller genre into the woods FILM SET FOR CANADIAN DEBUT AT THE WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL ON DEC. 7

BY ALYSSA NOEL DEVON COLWELL and his wife were hiking a small section of the 3,500-kilometre Appalachian Trail when his wife made a comment that instantly changed his perspective on outdoor recreation.

“I’ve always had a secret fantasy of doing the entire Appalachian Trail—dropping everything and doing it,” he says. “She made a comment: ‘I could never picture myself doing that.’ And that sparked me putting myself in her shoes.”

It wasn’t that she couldn’t do the hike or even that she didn’t want to, but rather she talked about the idea of being a woman alone in the wilderness on the trail. “I never considered the idea of the safety of being alone,” he says.

From that new outlook, Colwell began to think about writing a film script.

At the time, he and his writing and business partner with Fatal Funnel Films, Philip S. Plowden, were in the midst of developing a different film, but instead they shelved that project and began to brainstorm what would become Range Runners.

“Devon came to me and said, ‘I have this idea for a survival thriller,’” says Plowden, who directed the film. “I grew up camping and the idea was appealing to me … We were able to take that idea then hash it out into a screenplay … [and] we could shoot for less money than the other one we were working on.”

In the end, Range Runners tells the story of a long-distance runner named Mel (played by Celeste M. Cooper) who attempts to run the entire Appalachian Trail, but encounters two men who steal her backpack that contains all the items she needs to survive. She is faced with turning around

and giving up or chasing them down and reclaiming her dream.

“When she gets everything taken away from her and has to find a way to move forward, she immerses herself and actually finds strength in her surroundings,” Colwell says.

In total, the crew spent 16 of 18 days shooting in the woods in Southern Illinois— which was closer to their home base of Chicago than the Appalachian Trail where the film is set.

While Colwell and Plowden are experienced campers, Cooper, their starring actress, was not. “I don’t think she’ll ever go in the woods again after that,” Colwell says with a laugh.

Plowden adds, “She was a trooper, but she had to deal with things that people in the city don’t have to deal with every day—black widow spiders, we brought in a snake wrangler. Celeste said, ‘Mel is experienced with camping, but Celeste does not do camping.’”

The goal wasn’t to scare people out of the woods, but rather demonstrate a powerful character. “Our tagline says it all; ‘take back what’s yours,’” Colwell says. “The character is not running from somebody trying to save herself. She’s going after them trying to take back what they took from her.”

The film has screened at around 10 film festivals in the U.S.—and even won a few awards—but it’s set to make its Canadian and international debut at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8.

“It fits with the area,” Plowden says, of screening the film in Whistler. “This is an appealing film on many levels, as far as the environment in which it takes place and the situation we put this character through. It’s a unique twist on the survival thriller genre.”

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Give a little bit THE OLD SAYING is, “you get out of life what you put into it; minus taxes.”

And while life here in the snow globe is generally pretty peachy all around (especially when it snows) there is one easy way to make it better: volunteer.

BY FEET BANKS Studies out of Harvard University find that those who commit to helping others feel more “time affluent and less time constrained” than those who don’t.

Volunteering is also linked to lower depression rates, lower mortality rates, even lower risk of heart disease.

So with the Whistler Film Festival on the horizon and a less-than-desirable snowpack in the hills, maybe this is the year for some local film lovers to step

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into the arena and spend a little time volunteering (it’s also a great way to watch flicks if you are short on cash).

The impetus for this (preachy) aside is Skid Row Marathon, a documentary about Craig Mitchell, a Los Angeles judge who started a running club at the Midnight Mission homeless shelter to help homeless people find a healthier addiction and a sense of community/belonging through running/jogging.

Although he admits the endeavour may be his way of offsetting the fact that his day job is to routinely sentence people to life in prison, Mitchell’s dedication to the group is unquestionable. Leading runs on the regular, he also fundraises tirelessly to bring his skid row runners to international marathons in far-off locales like Ghana, Rome and Jerusalem.

Writer/director Mark Hayes wisely balances the film by focusing primarily on the runners, whose life stories, trials and successes make for inspiring fare (they are also some of the only marathoners who light up smokes post-race). Skid Row Marathon is an uplifting flick showcasing the power of one person to make a difference. You can

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On the big screen, Knives Out opens at the Whistler Village 8 this week, with Daniel Craig (Skyfall) leading a stacked cast in an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery from ace director Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick, Star Wars: The Last Jedi).

Part perfect parody of the who-dun-it genre (think Clue), Knives Out pokes around with ideas of class, wealth and isolation while ripping through a whip-smart plot based on the apparent suicide of a wealthy old man (Christopher Plummer) and the subsequent antics of his entitled immediate family faced with the idea of having to earn their keep for the first time ever.

Craig stars as the detective with Michael Shannon and Jamie Lee Curtis as the spoiled children and Spanish smokeshow Ana de Armas filling out the heart of the picture as the old man’s nurse. Toni Collette absolutely steals the show as his widow.

Johnson crafts masterfully detailed films but he also knows how to twist the blade and subvert expectations so Knives Out is among the most fun flicks of the year. A rare adult comedy that doesn’t rely

on dick-and-fart jokes, this one feels smart, fresh, dark, and really fun.

Also hitting screens at the Village 8, 21 Bridges is a gritty New York cop thriller starring the always-capable Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) in a flick that’s reminiscent of the kind of solid B-movie genre fun we don’t get in theatres much anymore. This is a good night out.

Also playing, Edward Norton steps into the director’s chair for Motherless Brooklyn, another mystery—set in the 1950s—about a private dick with Tourette Syndrome trying to solve a murder with secrets that will affect the fate of the whole city.

This one has that sweet hard-boiled feel at times but it also slogs along at 144 minutes so that classic film noir unease and tension is often amiss.

Other than that, Whistler Film Fest is looking utterly kick ass this year so we’ll dig into that next week.

For now I’ll leave you with these words on volunteering from boxer/poet/ philosopher Muhammad Ali: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

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I SPY Virginia Hall (played by writer/producer/actress Sarah Megan Thomas) screens at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 6. Its second screening on Dec. 7 is Pearl Harbour Day—and the day the real-life Hall’s cover was blown.

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LIBERTÉ: A Call to Spy brings little-known history to light FILM ABOUT FEMALE SPIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR GETS NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE AT WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL

BY ALYSSA NOEL WHEN SARAH Megan Thomas set out to write her latest film, she cast a wide net.

“I always start with a genre that I think is commercial and lacking in female empowerment stories that will also attract a male audience,” she says.

To that end, the writer/producer/ actress decided to broadly explore women who worked as spies during the Second World War. “I love spy films,” Thomas says.

“I’m a huge James Bond fan. But even the films that have female spies, they’re more romances than spy genres.”

Having studied the Second World War extensively in college, Thomas knew about Winston Churchill’s secret army and the 39 women who were part of it. She decided to narrow that down further and dug up three women from different nationalities to focus on.

The result is LIBERTÉ: A Call to Spy, which will screen at the Whistler Film Festival, focusing on Vera Atkins, the “spymistress,” and her two recruits, Virginia Hall (who Thomas plays), and Noor Inayat Khan.

Along with the Special Operations Executive agency, they worked to build a resistance in occupied France under the Nazi regime.

“There was an extensive amount of research,” Thomas says. “What I tried to do with the film was stay true to the women, the arc of their lives, and their spirits.”

As part of her research, Thomas used the women’s CIA files and spoke to their family members, in particular Hall’s nieces. “They didn’t know much

about their aunt, other than the public information because it was a generation that didn’t talk about the war,” she adds.

“But they had tidbits about her as a human being that you would never get from the research. I found that really interesting.”

Like her last film, Equity, which was about women on Wall Street, the goal is to highlight women’s contributions to maledominated domains in an accessible and entertaining way. “I think it’s a perfect time to have a movie about real female heroes on screen,” Thomas says. “Even though the film takes place in ’41, some of the issues are not so removed from 2019.”

The film had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival back in June to coincide with the 75th anniversary of D-Day. “The spies historically were trained in Scotland and to be able to have it in that film festival and premiere it there and then go down to London was incredible,” Thomas says. “The audience was very receptive.”

Next up, Thomas and her film will travel to Whistler for its North American premiere on Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. with an additional screening on Dec. 7 at 1:30 p.m.

While Thomas will be in attendance, much of the rest of her cast is spread around the world and unable to make it. “That was part of the strategy in making the film was to cast a diverse cast from many countries,” Thomas says.

“I’m excited for people to see it and talk about it. One of the reasons I make movies is to entertain, but also I hope when people leave the theatre they have something to talk about. I hope it provides some thoughtprovoking conversation.”

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GIBBONS WHISTLER has purchased the World Ski and Snowboard Festival from Whistler Blackcomb (WB).

“We feel it’s the best move for the viability of the festival,” said Marc Riddell, director of communications with Whistler Blackcomb. “We’re really pleased to be working with Joey [Gibbons] and his team, who we think are really going to take this festival to the next level.”

Neither party would disclose what the festival was sold for, but did confirm there will be no job losses.

In 2018, WB scaled back the longrunning, season-ending festival from its traditional 10 days to six after Watermark Communications stepped down from organizing the event.

That year, WB’s in-house producer Crankworx Inc. and Gibbons Whistler co-produced the event. Then, in 2019, it was pared down again to just five days, leaving the community to speculate about the festival’s future. While Gibbons was involved in the 2019 event, it was not as co-producer.

“We’ve been involved in it in different capacities for forever,” said Joey Gibbons, CEO of Gibbons Whistler. “It’s been super special for me over my lifetime and I’m passionate about seeing it continue.”

Gibbons Whistler will have sole ownership of the festival, but Riddell says WB “will do whatever it takes to help Joey and Gibbons.”

Geoff Buchheister, WB’s new COO, added that he thinks the sale is the right move for the festival.

“I’m a newer arrival to the community and I’ve spent some time with Joey and it’s clear to me that the future of this festival is in great hands in this company because of that history and passion,” he said. “We

want it to live on. It’s got such deep roots in the community’s culture. We want to be an advocate for that. We think Joey and his team are the right ones to take it forward.”

With the ink still wet on the deal, Gibbons said the first step for planning next year’s festival is consulting with artists, athletes, and the community. To that end, the format of the 2020 event remains to be seen.

“A lot of the soul of our community comes from artists, athletes, and entrepreneurs,” he said. “If we can give them as blank a sheet as possible, I’m super curious to go through a process with them and see what comes out of it.”

“It’s been super special for me over my lifetime and I’m passionate about seeing it continue.”

- JOEY GIBBONS

He has been working towards having a bigger role in the festival for many years— long before Vail Resorts purchased WB, Gibbons added.

“I’m excited these guys are giving me the opportunity,” he said. “I’ve been trying to get an opportunity with the mountain for a long time.”

When asked whether the purchase means more stability for the festival’s future, Gibbons offered up some math.

“I’ve been involved in Whistler my whole life. I plan on being here the rest of my life. I want to be older than 100, so I have a good 60 years to sort it out,” he said. “Our plan is to continue to work with this event. I think it celebrates everything we’re about.” n

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ONE OF THE most-talked about topics in Whistler each November is opening day: when it will be, what the conditions will be like, and how the rest of the snow season looks. Often this causes us to look back at previous opening days for but this week we thought we’d look way back, and see what the community of Alta Lake was talking about 60 years ago, years before lifts started operating on Whistler Mountain.

According to the Alta Lake Echo, the (more or less) weekly newsletter of the Alta Lake Community Club (ALCC), those living at Alta Lake in 1959 found the topic of November weather just about as fascinating as we find it today. The newsletter of Nov. 3 reported clear skies, a brisk north wind, and snow within a couple-hundred metres of the lake, with a chance of flurries in the afternoon. Don Gow was even reported to have said, “This is the year of the big snow.”

The next few weeks didn’t seem quite as promising. A lack of snow, however, didn’t seem to be as unwelcome as the thawing of ice on Alta Lake. By the beginning of December, there was reportedly “beautiful” ice forming on the lake, but rain and warmer temperatures washed it away with the snow. This, it would seem, was particularly frustrating for some “would-be skaters who got their Christmas presents early.”

Unlike today, when many people arrive for the season in November and businesses are busily preparing for a bustling winter, Alta Lake residents were looking ahead to a slower pace after a full

summer. Rainbow Lodge officially closed for the season soon after the Armistice Day Holiday, and the fishing season would appear to have been finished. Bill and Phyllis House, who visited Alta Lake each November to fish, determinedly went out in the snow but reportedly caught nothing, a first in 20 years.

Some Alta Lake residents took the slow winter season as a chance to take a holiday, visit friends and family, or even return home after seasonal work, such as Ivor Gunderson who returned to Norway once Valleau Logging ceased operations for the winter. Alec and Audrey Greenwood, the owners of Rainbow Lodge, left for two weeks to San Francisco, and Russ and Maxine Jordan, the proprietors of Jordan’s Lodge, left to wait out the cold season in warmer climes.

There were few evening entertainments at Alta Lake once the summer guests left and the days grew shorter. The ALCC began organizing poker sessions in November.

Participants took turns hosting, and some games were played at the Alta Lake School building. Though scores and winnings were not printed, the Alta Lake Echo did give a fair impression of how the games went, reporting on Dec. 8 that, “Last week saw a good turnout at Cruickshank’s Casino.

This week, Kelly & Dick [Fairhurst] are going to win their shirts back. They’ll use their own cards. Come one, come all… ” Interestingly, these reports were printed in the newsletter’s “Wildlife” section.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL THERE IS ONE BIG PERK to being a violin and flute duo.

Both instruments are “fairly portable,” says guitarist Adrian Verdejo, one half of the McGregor-Verdejo Duo. “It’s easy to get around.”

Easy lifting aside, Verdejo and flutist Mark McGergor first met eight years ago performing in various groups around Vancouver and quickly discovered their shared taste in music.

“Having a lot of overlapping musical interests, we collaborated on a lot of different projects in chamber groups, as well as oneoff concerts as a duo for various occasions,” Verdejo says. “We got to know each other and each other’s musical personalities.”

Three years after they first met, the McGregor-Verdejo Duo was formed. Over the last five years, they’ve primarily performed their mix of modern and more traditional classical music around the Lower Mainland.

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for the Health Arts Society, an organization that puts on musical performances for people in residential care like hospices and hospitals.

“For us as performers, it’s very rewarding because we do see the positive therapeutic results of music directly,” Verdejo says. “From the audience reaction, they seem to gain quite a bit from it as well.”

Next up, the pair is performing in Whistler as part of the Whistler Chamber

classical and Latin favourites. “Some of these pieces are originally scored for flute and guitar from different eras,” Verdejo says.

“There will be a piece by Mauro Giuliani, who’s a well-known guitar composer, a light and spirited serenade for guitar.”

They will also perform “History of Tango,” one of the most famous pieces by Argentine tango composer Astor Piazolla.

“We’re going to play three of these movements,” Verdejo says. “It’s great. [It

“It’s great. [It has] all of the character and lively elements of tango … as well as elements of jazz and modern music. Piazolla music, for a performer, is quite satisfying to play.”

- ADRIAN VERDEJO

Music Society concert series. Not only is it the first time they will play in Whistler, but it’s also Verdejo’s first-ever trip to the resort itself.

“Funnily enough, Mark played up in Whistler with another group in the past, but I’ve never been to Whistler,” he adds. “I’m looking forward to it.”

The performance will be a mix of

has] all of the character and lively elements of tango … as well as elements of jazz and modern music. Piazolla music, for a performer, is quite satisfying to play.”

The duo also recently played smaller B.C. communities like Qualicum Beach and Port Alberni and found the audience to be “very engaged,” Verdejo adds.

“My experience with Mark in the last

couple years, the smaller communities are typically very, very engaged, very enthusiastic, overall very friendly,” he says. “They often come up and talk to us and have a lot of questions about the music, about us as performers, how we ended up together. My general feeling is smaller communities are definitely grateful for us travelling to perform for them. They have a definite passion for the music.”

For his part, Verdejo also often finds himself fielding questions about playing classical guitar.

“Often I discuss the build of the instrument, how the instrument evolved in different parts of the world,” he says.

“It’s such a familiar instrument. We have a selected repertoire for the guitar, which is a little more limited in the historical output, but as someone focusing on newer music, it’s a great time for the guitar. There’s so much contemporary music written for classical guitar.”

The McGregor-Verdejo Duo play at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church as part of the Whistler Chamber Music Series on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 5 p.m.

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

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

ECOFLIX PRESENTS: ANTHROPOCENE

EcoFLIX is back! Join us for a screening of Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, followed by a discussion of the film. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

participants can learn and create together. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@capilanou.ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. This is a partnership program with the Whistler Multicultural Network, Sea to Sky Community Services, and Capilano University. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

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

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WHISTLER YOUTH BAND

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

WHISTLER FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP

The Whistler monthly support group is organized by the North Shore Schizophrenia Society for family and friends of those with a mental-health challenge.

Receive support from others who have been there. No registration is required. > 6:30 pm > Whistler Secondary School

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

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA

Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200 Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. All women, all ability levels welcome. 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

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

DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER

This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. We will be offering weekly workshops where

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

APRÈS SNOW DEEP FLOW WITH CONNOR

Join us for free yoga on Whistler Blackcomb Opening Day. Lole Ambassador Connor Eccles will guide you through a deep flow yoga session. Give yourself some relief after the first day on the piste. Mats provided. > 5:30-6:30 pm > Westin Resort & Spa

LUNA PRESENTS THURSDAY NIGHT YOGA

Come shake your shanti in a 90-minute Hatha Flow yoga class. Get in the flow with an emphasis on breathing and movement. 18 to 35s only, free positive vibes for all in attendance! $5 for non-members. Free for Luna members. > 5:30-7 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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. Free. 604-932-6408 > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

WHISTLER’S BARTENDER CHALLENGE X LIQUID LOUNGE TAKEOVER

Who doesn’t love a bartender challenge! Doors open at 8pm. Teams can only start once they have 10 guests show up. The winners will walk with bragging rights and a cash prize! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

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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

LIVE MUSIC AT BRICKWORKS

MICHAEL FABRO

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 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

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

LEVEL UP HOUSE & TECHNO

Featuring a rotating selection of DJs playing some of the best underground electronic dance music in House & Techno, the ‘Level Up’ nights are set to up your dance game. Hosted by DJ Miss KosmiK. For guest list email guestlist@moejoes.com. For more visit facebook.com/ LevelUPwhistler > 9 pm > Moe Joe’s

RUCKUS DELUXE

Ruckus Deluxe features former Cirque Du Soleil lead singer Chad Oliver and Grammy nominated violinist Ian Cameron playing Celtic and classics on mandolin, fiddle and electric guitar. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history.

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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

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

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SNOWBOARD GIVEAWAY WITH MATT HOYLES

Our last snowboard giveaway of the year! We have a Bataleon Evin Twin Snowboard up for grabs while Matt Hoyles (a.k.a. the bluesman) keeps the vibe going all night! > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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)

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LEAGUE NIGHT

Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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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

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

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

SEA TO SKY

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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Dive head first into the weekend with Sounds of Stache’s DJ residency every Friday Après. It’s going to be a really good time. For table reservations, book through our website. 604-962-2929. > 2:30-5:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

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THE HAIRFARMERS

Voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001, The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must see! > 3-7 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

DAN VOGL

Dan Vogl is an indie/pop artist born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Originally a self-taught singer/ songwriter. Dan’s songwriting involves an eclectic mix of folk, indie, pop and rock and his live show is an amalgamation of fragile moments and upbeat sing-alongs. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

MICHAEL FABRO

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 dynamic live act. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

RUCKUS DELUXE

> 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE LIVE MUSIC

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

FREEBY FRIDAYS

Birdsong is a local jazz trio featuring singer Robyn Forsyth, guitarist M.J. Mullin and bassist Tony Moser.

Their set list includes jazz standards and some blues favourites. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

LADIES’ NIGHT

This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 p.m. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

MACMAYER @ ALPINE CAFE

The talented acoustic duo MacMayer are back in town!!

At the cafe for your listening pleasure this Friday. Free Event > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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

Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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

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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

SPORTS

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

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

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ARTS WHISTLER HOLIDAY MARKET Arts Whistler Holiday Market is two days of local art, holiday spirit and artisinal treats guaranteed to give you the warm fuzzies this holiday season. With over 100 creative makers and artisans from the Sea to Sky region and across BC, there is sure to be something for everyone on your “nice” list. Check out the young entrepreneurs of Bratz Biz, local live music and visits from Santa. > 10 am-7 pm > Westin Resort & Spa

INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN

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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BLACK YAK BRAND LAUNCH PARTY

In-store après party to celebrate our new partnership with Black Yak. Stop by for drinks, food, and prizes, including outerwear packages valued at over $1,200.

Door prizes for the first 50 people. Free. 604-962-3228. > 3-6 pm > Escape Route Alpine Demo Centre

COMMUNITY

GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER

This fundraising eveng will raise funds needed to support refugee family coming to Canada, currently living in refugee camps. Donations of all kinds accepted. Expect to find bikes, gear, household items, etc. For further details please see event FB page. Free/

By Donation. > 8:30 am-1:30 pm > Myrtle Philip Community Centre

> 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

SINGING WITH THE BABIES FIRE IT UP FRIDAY

Come down to Tommy’s Whistler and set the bar high for the weekend. DJ Dre Morel spinning pop, rock and hip hop beats all night long. For guest list and VIP reservations visit tommyswhistler.com. Let us know if you are celebrating for a gift from us to you! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

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

PACK THE CRUISER

You are invited to join the RCMP at Nesters Market on Nov. 30 to help them pack a police car full of food!

PIQUECAL Please say hello, enjoy a free coffee or hot apple cider courtesy of Nesters Market and donate to the food bank.

All food will be donated to the Whistler Community Services Society food bank. > 12-7 pm > Nesters

MANAGING THE STRESS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Melissa Deally shares pointers about managing stress around the holidays. Registration is required. Email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to sign up. > 3-4:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

WHISTLER YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

> 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

RUCKUS DELUXE

> 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY

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

WEEKEND GETAWAYS

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 reservations visit tommyswhistler.com. Let us know if you are celebrating for a gift from us to you! > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

BROTHER TWANG ULLR GALA 2019 BY FREESTYLE WHISTLER

Help us raise the remaining $35,000 for our home for Freestyle Whistler on the mountain! We have secured a naming rights sponsor, The Gemini Trust Company, and construction starts spring 2020. Our viking disco themed party features DJ Foxy Moron, auctions, raffles, fab hor d’ouevres. 604-318-7560. > 8 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

MUSIC

Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge

> 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND NATIVITY DISPLAY

Please come to St. John’s Anglican Church in Squamish for our annual Bazaar (sewing, baking, knife-sharpening, jewelry and more) and nativity displays from all over the world (including Please DO Touch for children). Bring the family and enjoy the wonder of the very First Christmas all over again! Free. 604-898-5100. > 10 am-4 pm > St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Brackendale/Squamish)

SPORTS

DISCOVER SKELETON

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

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

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

A WHOLE LOTTA LED

A Whole Lotta Led brings their world-class Led Zeppelin tribute back to Whistler for another epic show...All Zeppelin, all night! > 9:30 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

DJ WHITNESS @ ALPINE CAFE

DJ Whitness is back in the house! Bringing you all of those funky fun beats, this Saturday is sure to be an Alpine party. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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

SUPREME SATURDAY

Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent.

COMMUNITY

FAMILY STUDIO SUNDAY

Family Studio Sunday is every Sunday from 12 – 4pm. > first Sunday of every month, 12-4 pm > Audain Art Museum

SOUND BATH SANCTUARY

Sound Bath Sanctuary returns to Whistler on Sunday, Dec. 1! You’re invited to this deeply therapeutic 90-minute sound bath to slow down, rest, and receive healing vibrations while immersing into a soundscape of Gongs, Crystal Singing Bowls, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Steel Tongue Drums, and more. whistlersoundbath.eventbrite.ca. > 7-8:30 pm > SPACE

MUSIC

SUNDAZE WITH DJ NAT MOREL

Spend your Sundays in a heady daze. Head over for DJ Nat Morel’s Brickworks residency, Sundaze, every week for Apres from 3 p.m. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

LADIES’ NIGHT

EVAN KENNEDY

Evan creates a unique live performance mixing in lesser-known album songs with the songs of today. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

SEA TO SKY

THE HAIRFARMERS

Voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001, The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must see! > 3-6 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

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SUNDAY SESSION

Featuring Brett Down. This young rising star is making his mark in the local Whistler music scene. By day he’s training hard to make the Olympic Biathlon team and by night he’s playing music to support road to the Olympics. Come help support this incredible musician on his road to gold. > 4:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

EVAN KENNEDY > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

ARTS WHISTLER HOLIDAY MARKET Arts Whistler Holiday Market is two days of local art, holiday spirit and artisinal treats guaranteed to give you the warm fuzzies this holiday season. With over 100 creative makers and artisans from the Sea to Sky region and across BC, there is sure to be something for everyone on your “nice” list. Check out the young entrepreneurs of Bratz Biz, local live music and visits from Santa. > 10 am-5 pm > Westin Resort & Spa

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

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

Sunday Funday presented by NÜTRL Vodka & Tommys Whistler. Darragh will be kicking it off. There will be nothing Neutral about these Jams. RSVP for guest list and VIP reservation request please reach out to info@ tommyswhistler.com or visit www.tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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PIQUECAL LOCAL’S SUNDAY SESH

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

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

SEA TO SKY

IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM

ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AND NATIVITY DISPLAY

> 10 am-1 pm > St. John the Divine Anglican Church (Brackendale/Squamish)

Open Mic night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Kostaman. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. Cranked is the perfect place for new artists to try performing in front of a small supportive audience. This night always bring a solid mix of seasoned and budding artists together, and opportunities to collaborate. Always looking for new musicians, singers and poets. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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Legendary Locals Night. Rotating DJs dropping bangers all night long. Ski and Swag giveaways every week presented by Foon Skis and Gibbons Après Lager. > 7 pm > Longhorn Saloon

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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

MUSIC

DAVE HARTNEY 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

RED CHAIR

A proper four-piece rock band playing all your radio favourite and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

SPACE LACES & MUST DIE - APOCALYPSE ONLINE

Space laces and Must Die take over Garfinkel’s Whistler as they bring the “Apocalypse Online” tour on Sunday, Dec. 1. Presented by Blueprint Events and Garfinkel’s Whistler. $20 604-932-2323. > 9 pm > Garfinkel’s

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

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

SERVICES PROVIDER DROP-INS

On Monday afternoons, you can find representatives from the Whistler Welcome Centre, WorkBC, Whistler Community Services Society, and the Sea to Sky Legal Advocacy Program at the Library. No appointment required, all services are completely free. Visit whistlerlibrary.ca/events for more details. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

SPORTS

Ruckus Deluxe frontman and former Cirque Du Soleil lead singer Chad Oliver sings Celtic, rock, pop and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

MONDAY MIX MADNESS

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

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

TOMMY TUESDAYS

DJ Dre Morel and weekly guests turning it up every Tuesday night all summer long. Pop, rock and hip hop to crank up your Tuesday night.For guest list and VIP reservations visit tommyswhistler.com. > 9 pm > Tommys Whistler

SPORTS

THE MISFITZ ADULT AND TEEN SKATING 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

DISCOVER BOBSLEIGH

This one-session sport program enables participants (16+ years) to get a taste of the Olympic winter sport of bobsleigh by piloting their own sled! Meet the head coach, take your first runs and learn how you can progress in the seasonal programs. $50-250. 604-964-0040. > 12:30-4 pm > Whistler Sliding Centre

NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO

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SUNDAY NIGHT THEORY

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

A mix of modern country and Southern rock. > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

MUSIC

Whistler Skating Club offers an adult and teen skating program. Returning to skating or wanting to learn.

For more information or to register, call 604-935-PLAY (7529) or visit www.whistler.ca/recreation. > 6:30-7:30 pm > Meadow Park Sports Centre

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

Fiddle, guitar and vocals, hitting all the go-to Irish pub tunes, with a side of radio classics and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

KARAOKE NIGHT

“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

EVAN KENNEDY > 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

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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

SPORTS

WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL

Recognized as “Canada’s coolest film fest,” “one of 10 amazing film festivals worth travelling to in North America,” and “one of the top seven film festivals in the world to attend,” WFF will draw our film fans and filmmakers to Whistler to experience a selection of 90 fresh and innovative films from Canada and around the world. For tickets and the lineup visit whistlerfilmfestival.com.

COMMUNITY

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

LUNA LOUNGE FEATURING SKATE NIGHT

Come ride the ramp, or just hang out and sample the ping pong, pool, PS4 & Xbox1! $2 drop in, free for Luna members. Skateboards and helmets provided. > 7-10 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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

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

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

BOOK & CRAFT CLUB

Drop in for this casual session, where preschool-aged children will enjoy a short story and then use different media to create a fun craft. A great opportunity for parents to connect with other parents of young children! > 10:30-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

WHISTLER FILE FESTIVAL NOV 4

Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters.

Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

MUSIC

JAM NIGHT

Jam Night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

CONOR FITZPATRICK

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 singer/ songwriter 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. > 4:30-7:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

DAVE HARTNEY

> 5-7 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

GREEN DRINKS

Green Drinks is a global movement in over 70 countries and 537 cities worldwide. Locally it is hosted by AWARE, Whistler’s environmental charity. The group comes together on every first Wednesday of the month to discuss local or global environmental issues and concern, brainstorming ideas and promoting sustainable living. A great way to meet new likeminded people in town and have stimulating conversation. By donation > first Wednesday of every month, 7-9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

TOMMYS WHISTLER X LIQUID LOUNGE

THE MISFITZ

> 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

> 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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 or Ride snowboard. > 8 pm > Buffalo Bills

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAIN

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

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

INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN > 9:30-11:30 am > Whistler Racquet Club

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ASTROLOGY

Free Will Astrology WEEK OF NOVEMBER 28 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Humans invented the plow in

4,500 BC, the wheel in 4,000 BC, and writing in 3,400 BC. But long before that, by 6,000 BC, they had learned how to brew beer and make psychoactive drugs from plants.

Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel points to this evidence to support his hypothesis that the yearning to transform our normal waking consciousness is a basic drive akin to our need to eat and drink. Of course, there are many ways to accomplish this shift besides alcohol and drugs. They include dancing, singing, praying, drumming, meditating, and having sex. What are your favourite modes? According to my astrological analysis, it’ll be extra important for you to alter your habitual perceptions and thinking patterns during the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What’s something you’re afraid of, but pretty confident you could become unafraid of? The coming weeks will be a favourable time to dismantle or dissolve that fear. Your levels of courage will be higher than usual, and your imagination will be unusually ingenious in devising methods and actions to free you of the unnecessary burden. Step 1: Formulate an image or scene that symbolizes the dread, and visualize yourself blowing it up with a “bomb” made of a hundred roses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The word “enantiodromia” refers to a phenomenon that occurs when a vivid form of expression turns into its opposite, often in dramatic fashion. Yang becomes yin; resistance transforms into welcome; loss morphs into gain. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Geminis are the sign of the zodiac that’s most likely to experience enantiodromia in the coming weeks. Will it be a good thing or a bad thing? You can have a lot of influence over how that question resolves. For best results, don’t fear or demonize contradictions and paradoxes. Love and embrace them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There are Americans who speak only one language, English, and yet imagine they are smarter than bilingual immigrants. That fact amazes me, and inspires me to advise myself and all my fellow Cancerians to engage in humble reflection about how we judge our fellow humans. Now is a favourable time for us to take inventory of any inclinations we might have to regard ourselves as superior to others; to question why we might imagine others aren’t as worthy of love and respect as we are; or to be skeptical of any tendency we might have to dismiss and devalue those who don’t act and think as we do. I’m not saying we Cancerians are guiltier of these sins than everyone else; I’m merely letting you know that the coming weeks are our special time to make corrections.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Erotic love is one of the highest forms of contemplation,” wrote the sensually wise poet Kenneth Rexroth. That’s a provocative and profitable inspiration for you to tap into. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’re in the Season of Lucky Plucky Delight, when brave love can save you from wrong turns and irrelevant ideas; when the grandeur of amour can be your teacher and catalyst. If you have a partner with whom you can conduct these educational experiments, wonderful. If you don’t, be extra sweet and intimate with yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the follow-up story to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, our heroine uses a magic mirror as a portal into a fantastical land. There she encounters the Red Queen, and soon the two of them are holding hands as they run as fast as they can. Alice notices that despite their great effort, they don’t seem to be moving forward. What’s happening? The Queen clears up the mystery: In her realm, you must run as hard as possible just to remain in the same spot. Sound familiar, Virgo? I’m wondering whether you’ve had a similar experience lately. If so, here’s my advice: Stop running.

Sit back, relax, and allow the world to zoom by you. Yes, you might temporarily fall behind. But in the meantime, you’ll get fully recharged. No more than three weeks from now, you’ll be so energized that you’ll make up for all the lost time—and more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Most sane people wish there could be less animosity between groups that have different beliefs and interests. How much better the world would be if everyone felt a generous acceptance toward those who are unlike them. But the problem goes even deeper: Most of us are at odds with ourselves.

Here’s how author Rebecca West described it: Even the different parts of the same person do not often converse among themselves, do not succeed in learning from each other. That’s the bad news, Libra. The good news is that the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to promote unity and harmony among all the various parts of yourself. I urge you to entice them to enter into earnest conversations with each other!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Cecilia Woloch asks, “How to un-want what the body has wanted, explain how the flesh in its wisdom was wrong?” Did the apparent error occur because of “some ghost in the mind?” she adds. Was it due to “some blue chemical rushing the blood” or “some demon or god”? I’m sure that you, like most of us, have experienced this mystery. But the good news is that in the coming weeks you will have the power to un-want inappropriate or unhealthy experiences that your body has wanted. Step 1: Have a talk with yourself about why the thing your body has wanted isn’t in alignment with your highest good.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian composer Ludwig van Beethoven was inclined to get deeply absorbed in his work. Even when he took time to attend to the details of daily necessity, he allowed himself to be spontaneously responsive to compelling musical inspirations that suddenly welled up in him.

On more than a few occasions, he lathered his face with the 19th-century equivalent of shaving cream, then got waylaid by a burst of brilliance and forgot to actually shave. His servants found that amusing. I suspect that the coming weeks may be Beethoven-like for you, Sagittarius. I bet you’ll be surprised by worthy fascinations and subject to impromptu illuminations.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I have a lot of confidence in your ability to renew and reinvent yourself in the coming months. In fact, I think that doing so will be a fun project you’ll both enjoy and be able to carry out with flair. But right now you may be going through a brief period when your own confidence for this project is low. You might be entertaining doubts about your ability to summon the courage and willpower you’ll need. But I feel this is a temporary dip. I have faith that you will soon be tapping into previously unavailable reserves of energy that will provide you with all the fuel necessary to renew and reinvent yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn anything from history.

Philosopher Georg Hegel said that. But I think you will have an excellent chance to disprove this theory in the coming months. I suspect you will be inclined and motivated to study your own past in detail; you’ll be skilled at drawing useful lessons from it; and you will apply those lessons with wise panache as you re-route your destiny.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his own time, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) was acclaimed and beloved. At the height of his fame, he earned $3,000 per poem. But modern literary critics think that most of what he created is derivative, sentimental, and unworthy of serious appreciation. In dramatic contrast is poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). Her writing was virtually unknown in her lifetime, but is now regarded as among the best ever.

In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to sort through your own past so as to determine which of your work, like Longfellow’s, should be archived as unimportant or irrelevant, and which, like Dickinson’s, deserves to be a continuing inspiration as you glide into the future.

Homework: You have the power to re-genius yourself.

Guidance: tinyurl.com/ReGeniusYourself

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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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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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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

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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/food-bank

Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101

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 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.

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.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

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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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

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EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES APPLY TODAY! Diamond Resorts Canada Ltd., Ucluelet, BC

… and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you!

o Work alongside our amazing team and enjoy many hotel perks, including; o A free overnight stay each year, as well as friends and family rates o Staff rates at our award-winning spa and restaurants o Work for a family owned and operated Boutique Lodge o Benefits & End of Season Bonus ($600)

We are currently hiring for: Culinary Team Members

Full Time Housekeeping Supervisor $25.00 per hour Eligible successful candidates may receive*: • Extensive benefits package which may include wellness allowance, disability coverage, travel insurance and extended health and dental.

• Potential housing may be available.

• Discounted employee rates at any Diamond Resort International resort. *eligibility and conditions based on DRCL policies and practices set out in general terms and conditions of employment.

Email your resume with the position you wish to apply for to: embarc_hr@diamondresorts.com

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Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101 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 Whistler for the Disabled - Provides info for people with disabilities on what to do & where to go. Visit www. whistlerforthedisabled.com 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. 604-6986455 Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com

email your resume and expression of interest to: careers@nitalakelodge.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. 5:00pm7:00pm. Confidentiality assured.

Do you want to shred some Pow this season!

Grocery delivery person required for the winter season.

Flexible hours, competitive wages. valid drivers license required

if interested please contact Bruce Stewart at bruce_stewart@nestersmarket.com

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This dynamic role includes the following Perks and Benefits:

• Wages starting from $19.00 per hour • $300 Signing Bonus • Seasonal incentives • Extended Benefits • Staff discounts and commissions • Central location • A dedicated and supportive management team • A fun team, and fantastic staff events • Possibility for staff housing

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.

We are currently hiring Full Time Sales Representatives with personality!

Please stop by our Whistler Village location with your resume to fill out an application and say Hi to Michelle or Tina.

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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.

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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 Mon 12-230, Tue-Thu 12-5. 1519 Spring Creek Drive. You can also access our services at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 p.m. www.hswc.ca or call (604)962-8711. 24 HR Crisis Line: 1-877-890-5711 Whistler WorkBC Employment Services Centre - Provides free one-stop 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? AlAnon 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 nonjudgmental 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 postconcussion symptoms. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker about upcoming sessions or visit www.mywcss.org.

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SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse con-cerns.

Drop-in: Registration is not necessary.

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room)

Incentive Bonus and Ask about accommodation.

We offer competitive wages, a unique environment, seasonal bonuses, staff discounts and benefits.

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.

Spirit Pass Financing Available

For seasonal full time roles Check our website for seasonal opportunities at our 3 venues Visit our website to view current postings and to apply:

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

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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 604-7983861 / Kelvin 204-249-0700 or www.whistlerchurch.ca

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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

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

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Epilepsy Support Group- For individuals & families seeking guidance or support.

Contact eswhistler@gmail.com

Roman Catholic Church- Come 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.

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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

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Room Attendant Night Audit Staff discounts and Incentives, extended Benefits & central Location.

Staff housing available to successful Night Auditor.

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Thank you for your interest. Only those applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Evening hours • Part Time / Full Time Competitive Wages Spirit Pass and other nice benefits 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

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 facilities. 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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THE FIRST PLACE TO LOOK FOR LOCAL JOB OPENINGS 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 contributing 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

ResortQuest Whistler is currently hiring:

· Casual Night Auditor · Room Attendant Benefits include - activity allowance, extended medical, RRSP match, opportunities for growth and more.

To apply for this opportunity, please specify the position and email your resume and cover letter to:

YOUR ULTIMATE NEXT ADVENTURE BEGINS TODAY! JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! CURRENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Shuttle Bus Driver Room Attendant Public Area Attendant Assistant Director, Maintenance Overnight Utility 3, Engineering Colleague Dining Experience Specialist Reservation Agent

Banquet Manager Assistant Manager, Wildflower Restaurant Assistant Manager, Mallard Lounge Cook 1, 2, 3 (including Pastry) Chef de Partie Swiss Alpine Cook Butcher

beth.fraser@resortquestwhistler.com We thank all applicants for their interest

STAFF HOUSING AVAILABLE | SKI PASS DISCOUNT | WELLNESS ALLOWANCE GLOBAL HOTEL STAY DISCOUNTS | COMPETITIVE WAGES EXTENDED MEDICAL BENEFITS | OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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We offer competitive wages, a unique environment, seasonal bonuses, staff discounts and benefits.

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Come Grow Sport with us at our Whistler Olympic Legacy Venues

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 Nordic Sport Instructor Supervisor, Sport and Recreation

Visit our website to view current postings and to apply: www.whistlersportlegacies.com/careers

Whistler Premier Resorts, Whistler’s leading property management firm is currently recruiting!

What We Offer You:

• Full Time Position • Competitive Wages • Discounted Ski Pass • Health & Wellness Benefits • Supportive Team Environment • Staff Housing Available!

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WIDE OPEN WELDING IS CURRENTLY LOOKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITION:

FABRICATOR/ERECTOR Please forward your resume to contactus@wideopenwelding.com

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JT Heavy Equipment Repair Ltd. Heavy Equipment Mechanic Accepting resumes for an experienced Red Seal Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Competitive Wages, benefits, accommodation and 2019 service truck.

Whistler Athletes’ Centre (High Performance Training and Accommodation) Coordinator, Payroll & Benefits (For all venues & is a maternity leave) Guest Service Agent

Hester Creek Estate Winery Chef de Cuisine at Terrafina Restaurant Terrafina at Hester Creek is looking for a full-time, year-round Chef de Cuisine to lead the daily operations of their culinary program. Working closely with the Director of Hospitality and with the FOH Manager, the Chef de Cuisine is accountable for the overall quality of all food and the work environment provided in the kitchen. The successful candidate will have a wide range of culinary expertise including brunch, lunch, dinner and baking as well as a passion for Italian cuisine. The Chef de Cuisine will build locally inspired seasonal menus and have culinary creativity. Send cover letter and resume to roger.gillespie@hestercreek.com https: //hestercreek.com/resources/careers/

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Qualifications: A minimum Class 5 Driver’s License with clean Driver’s Abstract. 5 years of experience as HD Mechanic, excellent troubleshooting and technical skills, shop and/or field work experience, well versed with major brands of equipment.

604-894-5246 info@jtheavyandauto.com

Market Manager Needed Pemberton Farmers Market seeks manager for 2020. Part-time flexible contract starts March 1st.

Community-minded, organized self-starters please apply! www.pembertonfarmersmarket.com SnowPeaks Cleaning Services is seeking individuals for Housekeeping positions.

Multi languages an asset. Full/Part time. Also require Part -time Head Supervisor Wages negotiable depending upon experience. Transportation provided from Squamish to Whistler.

Please call: 604-905-9182 or email: avtar_rai@hotmail.com

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Estheticians Spa Therapists · RMTs Please email your résumé to: careers@nitalakelodge.com

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If you are looking for a new place to call home: • We manifest positive energy • We have a long term and loyal team • We treat you fairly and look out for your wellness • You are listened to • We give you proper breaks and time to set up between services • We offer extended medical benefits • We have potential staff housing at affordable rates • You can enjoy $5.00 cafeteria meals • You have the opportunity to work for other Vida locations in slow season We are here for you.

Vida Spa at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler is currently recruiting: REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST (signing bonus RMT only) SPA PRACTITIONER • ESTHETICIANS GUEST SERVICE AGENT To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com Vida Spas - Vancouver & Whistler Live well. Live long. vidaspas.com Thank You for applying Only those considered will be contacted.

LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 2004 • $241.50 Bi Weekly Staff Housing (Incl bills) • Staff Meals & FREE COFFEE • 15% Grocery Discount At “The Grocery Store” • Local Customer Base • Competitive Wages • Parties, Perks & Positive Vibes

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Lead a team of seasonal farm workers performing all aspects of farm work.

The farm Lead Hand will be involved in all aspects of the farm. The ideal candidate is hard working, not afraid of the weather and likes to fix stuff.

Responsibili�es include: • sowing, tending and harves�ng crops • tend to farm animals • perform general maintenance on the farm including farm vehicles, tools & equipment • maintain crop records • other farm related tasks as required Report to owners of the farm Please reply to info@northarmfarm.com

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Snowflake, a leading Canadian retailer in outerwear and accessories, is looking for a Sales Associate for their Fairmont Chateau Whistler location.

Above-average wage.

Outstanding commissions.

Employee discount.

Health Club membership at Fairmont.

Opportunity for advancement.

Previous sales experience an asset, but not required.

Excellent overall communication skills, both verbal and written.

Enthusiastic and goal-oriented.

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Do More. Learn More. Be More!

Tamwood International College in Whistler is looking for caring, qualified and motivated team players to join our growing team in the following positions: English Language Teacher - Permanent Part-time Qualifications: Bachelor Degree, TESL Certification

Career Instructor, Hospitality and Food and Beverage Programs – Casual Part-time Qualifications: Bachelor Degree and 2+ years fulltime occupational experience in hospitality and tourism and/or food and beverage Please email a resume and cover letter to Kim Feuchter at kfeuchter@tamwood.com

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS The Bearfoot Bistro, Whistler's premier fine dining restaurant is growing its Kitchen team.

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:

Pastry Chef Pastry Cook

Line Cook Catering Chef

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

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EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES APPLY TODAY! Diamond Resorts Canada Ltd., Whistler, BC

Tour Receptionist (Full Time) Eligible successful candidates may receive*: • Extensive benefits package which may include; ski pass or wellness allowance, disability coverage, travel insurance and extended health and dental.

• 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.

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IS HIRING Full & Part-Time Drivers

Required Skills and Experience: • Class 2 (w/ Air Brake) License Preferred • Class 4 Unrestricted License accepted (if willing to upgrade) • Training for Class 2 License upgrade available for selected candidates

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Dogs and pick-up trucks don’t mix!

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When you transport your dog in the open bed of your pickup, you endanger both your dog and other motorists. Even with a restraint your dog may be seriously injured or killed riding in the back of a pickup.

Why risk your dog’s life? Put him in the cab with you in a travel crate, or if you have an extended cab, have your pet ride in the back portion of the cab where he will be away from the front windshield.

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To Apply: either submit an application online at Marriott.com/careers or send your resume to barbara.fraser@deltahotels.com

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Whistler’s Premier Estate Builder Capilano Highway Services Company is seeking experienced personnel for the following positions:

WE’RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR DYNAMIC TEAM Sales Manager - This is an exciting opportunity to establish a new image for one of Whistler's original village hotels. The right person will be experienced in the Whistler accommodation sales market and have existing knowledge of what is takes to bring guests here. As well, the ability to establish strong relationships with sales teams within Whistler and with our distribution channels.

Reservations and Sales Coordinator - Part time experienced vacation consultant and administration position available. Experience with accommodation reservations and hotel operations essential and understanding of groups sales and OTA's and asset.

Reply by email to cheryl@whistlerreception.com www.whistlerreception.com

· Loader/Bobcat Operators/ Plow and Sand Truck Drivers · Labour for Snow Removal We are an established company that provides a conducive working environment as well as competitive pay rates!

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More tales from the inbox INQUIRING MINDS APPARENTLY want to know. That having been said, I still have no idea why inquiring minds ask me. But what the heck, nothing ventured ... So here’s a recent smattering of Tales From the Inbox.

Bear in mind, this is an opinion column.

Hey Max, did you read about our $3-million outhouses ballooning to $4.5 million? And Happy Jack (I love that, by the way, it makes me think of the Who song) trying to explain how that’s just what things cost these days. Is there anything we can do to stop this?

Can’t Stand the Smell Dear Can’t: I’m assuming that’s not your real name, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I suspect the only thing you can do is

BY G.D. MAXWELL either go at home before you come to the village or hold it once you’re there.

I was at the talk Saturday evening at the Chateau about electric vehicles. There was much chatter about ultra-fast charging stations. Perhaps if council rebranded these comfort zones as ultra-fast discharging stations, it might make it seem more hightech and therefore worth the price.

With the exception of an additional facility at the PassivHaus, I think the other two are a lot like parking, only we don’t have to pay to pee. Come to think of it, I remember having to pay to pee in Europe.

So maybe there’s a chance for some cost recovery here.

There are several facilities within a short, albeit fast, stroll from the Bus Mahal and Olympic Plaza. But they’re stealth toilets, except for the one at the Plaza, and unless you’re a seasoned local you have no idea where they are. Secret potties used to be considered the Whistler Standard but, alas, no more. So the short answer is no, there’s nothing we can do to stop this. After all, Happy Jack used the magic words “best practices” (Latin roots meaning: We’re not going to discuss this further) and RMI funding. Money for nothing; chicks for free.

So, you snivelling crypto-libtard, your blackface boy got re-elected despite Scheer’s larger vote total. Guess you’re happy, you Soros-loving commie. Enjoy it while you can.

Turdeau’s days are numbered.

Jeez, man, no Dear Max, just you snivelling crypto-libtard? Such anger. I’d get my blood pressure checked if I were you.

Am I happy? Meh. I’m happy Chuckles Scheer isn’t forming a government. I’m happy the Christian Taliban wing of the Conservative Party is out for his blood. I’m downright giddy if that means they’ll hive off and support the Christian Heritage Party or see if Presto Manning is up for breathing life into the Reform 2.0 Party, thus ensuring those whose comfort lies far to the right of

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centre remain in political palookaville for the rest of my life.

I’m happy when, as they did this week, Conservatives start talking about proportional representation. Especially since they don’t seem to grasp the idea all that well. The only reason they can brag about the party having more votes than the Liberals is because of the supersized percentages coming out of ridings in Alberta and Saskatchewan. But the inconvenient truth is those provinces only have 34 and 14 members of Parliament, respectively.

Proportional representation wouldn’t be based on the total federal vote, just the total vote per province.

Under proportional representation, the Liberals, with 13.7 per cent of Albertans’ votes, would have been entitled to four or five seats in the province instead of, oh yeah, none! And they’d have received one or two in Saskatchewan. The Conservatives, by comparison, would have only picked up four more seats in Ontario but the NDP would have received 14 more than what they got. As Barbie said, math is hard.

So, yeah, I’m happy. A lot happier, apparently, than you are.

Max. You keep up on these things. Should Canada let our telecommunications sector use Huawei products to build the 5G network?

Are you worried about your privacy if they do?

Feeling Paranoid

Dear FP: You’re asking the wrong guy.

I don’t even have a cellphone and I’m not exactly certain what a 5G network is, although I can surmise it’s at least one better than a 4G. I often feel as though I’m in some weird sci-fi movie or old Twilight Zone episode where I’m the only guy walking around actually looking where I’m going instead of having my head lowered staring at something in my hand.

I feel blessed to have been gifted enough imagination to keep myself entertained instead of needing to check, recheck and re-recheck my social network feeds every minute or so to see if a new cute cat thing has been posted.

But no, Huawei shouldn’t be part of any Canadian network. I don’t believe I really have any privacy. Having said that, I do tend to wear clean underwear. I’m sure between CSIS and Google, the concept of privacy is as quaint as, well, not having a cellphone.

But China is a malevolent country and I have no doubt Huawei is simply an arm of its paranoid, control-freak dictatorship. The recent revelations about their detainment and re-education of Uighurs, harassment even of those living in this country, their extra-judicial jailing of two Canadians in a tit-for-tat snit over Meng Wanzhou, their stated goal of dominating as much of the world as they can and their massive surveillance ministry makes even Trump

look like Father Christmas ... although I’m sure he secretly admires them.

Personally, I’d rather deal with Mexican drug cartels. At least they’re honest about killing anyone who gets in their way.

Hi GD. The Global Affairs Department recently said it found no credible evidence linking Canadian exports of military hardware to Saudi Arabian human rights violations. Can you believe this? Is this right?

Peace, love and happiness Yes. And no, respectively. I do believe this. It reminds me of the story about a cop approaching an obviously drunk man crawling on his hands and knees under a street lamp. Asked what he was doing, the drunk explained he was looking for his car keys, saying he didn’t know where he lost them. Asked why he was looking for them there, he said, “The light’s better.”

Global Affairs was looking for credible evidence somewhere in the 48 export permits ready to be signed the moment the government lifts its moratorium. It was looking where the 20 companies who export military hardware to the Kingdom asked it to look. It was looking at the $2 billion in lost trade since the moratorium went into effect.

It wasn’t looking at the dead bodies Amnesty International was looking at. Guess the light was better where it was looking. n

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SOLD

$2,399,000

UNDER ASSESSED VALUE!! Located in Alpine Meadows near the high school, meadow park, Alpine Cafe and Green Lake Station. A single-family home with over $600K in current renovations is ready for you. There are 4 bedrooms in the main home and a 2 bedroom rental suite. The floor plan allows easy conversion if you wish the rooms to return to the main home.

Meg McLean

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604.907.2223

#202 - 4865 Painted Cliff Rd.

$840,000

The owner will have title to 1/2 interest in this fully equipped recreational property.

Enjoy this 4 bedroom townhouse on Blackcomb Mountain 25 weeks each year. Park underground right beside the basement entrance for easy loading & unloading and enjoy the 3 decks for outside sunny views on both sides of the building.

Bruce Watt

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604.905.0737

#328 - 4360 Lorimer Road

$729,000

Michael d’Artois

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604.905.9337

#301D - 2020 London Lane

$255,000

This 2 bedroom 2 bath condo has one of the best locations in the building, a corner unit facing the outdoor heated pool and forest. With a week of owner usage available for Christmas 2019, this unit should be at the top of your list for quarter ownership properties. Access to the Creekside gondola for skiing on Whistler mountain is practically on your doorstep.

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604.902.4260

2300 Brandywine Way

$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.

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604.932.1315

$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.

Richard Grenfell

Located in the heart of Whistler Village by Olympic Plaza this apartment is walking distance to everything you need including the Gondola, Lost Lake trails for hiking, cross country skiing and snow shoeing. The apartment is a fantastic end unit in Marketplace Lodge with a large deck, great views, lots of sunlight and sunsets.

Sherry Baker

1531 Highway 99

Ted Morden

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604.938.3606

Lot 1 - Heather Jean Properties

$850,000

Unique property opportunity in Lillooet Lake’s gated community, Heather Jean properties. This is a 4045 sq ft 7 bedroom home over two levels on 1.89 acres, with truly spectacular lake and mountain views from huge sundeck. Heating options include two woodstoves, two fireplaces and a forced air system with heat pump for AC purposes.

Patrick Saintsbury

604.935.9114

#318G2 - 4653 Blackcomb Way

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$123,000

Great opportunity to purchase a 1 bedroom Quarter-Share in The Horstman House on Blackcomb Mountain. This one level 1 bedroom on the 3rd floor with west exposure and mountain views sleeps up to 4 people. It has recently been updated with new quartz countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, extensive lighting design and new fixtures.

Sally Warner*

604.905.6326

9120 Emerald Drive

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$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

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Open House Sat 2 pm to 4 pm

USD: $2,500,000

34/34A - 4388 Northland Blvd.

$1,110,000

8464 Bearpaw Trail

$3,595,000

#24 - 8400 Ashleigh McIvor Dr.

$2,748,000

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.

Dreaming about classic Whistler Views? All day Sunshine? Join us for a tour of this beautiful new property ready for your family and guests. An amazing Rooftop Deck compliments this well designed 4 bedroom home with private pockets for reading or exercise. A separate 2 bdrm suite is ready for revenue.

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. 3D Showcase: rem.ax/24redsky

Alexi Hamilton

Matt Chiasson

Bob Cameron*

604.935.0757

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604.935.9171

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604.935.2214

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