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LEAD IN WATER

Local government

prepares plan to deal with corrosive water

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RIDE SHARE

Green Coast Ventures to

launch ride-hailing in Whistler

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SWEET SOUNDS

Mark Woodyard brings

live-looping show to the GLC

WISHING YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Photo | Tourism Whistler

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

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50 Stocking-stuffer stories We are reminded of the spirit of Christmas in some of our yuletide tales this year, while others will have you throwing your candy cane at Santa. - By Braden Dupuis, GD Maxwell, Stella Harvey and Angie Nolan

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TRAIL BLAZERS

Whistler lugers Natalie Corless

investigation found lead in some Whistler drinking water, while the

and Caitlin Nash made history at the Whistler Sliding Centre, becoming

municipality expects a water conditioning report in the new year.

the first women’s doubles team to race in a Viessmann FIL World Cup.

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PLANNING ON THE EDGE

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Whistler, Eldon Beck, releases a new book, Edges: Mountains, Forests,

Cemetery.

Creeks, Nature’s Guide to Village Form, which features the resort.

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EXPLORING MOUNT MEAGER

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SWEET SOUNDS

Mark Woodyard, fresh off the

Pemberton-area volcano has become a hub of research since the discovery

most recent Lazy Syrup Orchestra tour, brings his upbeat, live-looping

of fumaroles in 2016.

show to the GLC on Dec. 19.

COVER Merry Christmas, Whistler! May your days off be pow days, your après be long and plentiful and your chairlift stories be wild! - By Claire Ryan 4 DECEMBER 19, 2019

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS As we all give thanks for the snow, we shouldn’t let it lull us into

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complacency—Whistler needs to diversify its weather-independent activities.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers call out Pique’s cover feature last week on the

Founding Publishers KATHY & BOB BARNETT Publisher SARAH STROTHER - sstrother@wplpmedia.com

climate crisis and argue that action, not cynicism, is what’s needed.

Editor CLARE OGILVIE - edit@piquenewsmagazine.com Assistant Editor ALYSSA NOEL - arts@piquenewsmagazine.com

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Megan Lalonde reminds us of the value of our mountain-

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town friendships, even when we have to say goodbye.

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MAXED OUT Max pens his letter to Santa and asks for a few very important things,

including snow.

Environment & Adventure

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48 SCIENCE MATTERS Coal, oil and gas promoters fear criticism of the industry, writes David Suzuki, yet

Arts & Entertainment Editor ALYSSA NOEL arts@piquenewsmagazine.com

49 RANGE ROVER Yes, it’s true. Writer Leslie Anthony has actually called Whistler home for 20 years,

banks are dumping Alberta bonds because of Alberta and Canada’s poor climate record and high per capita emissions.

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66 TRAVEL Writer Len Rutledge tells us how the world celebrates Christmas. Read on to find out more about Glühwein in Germany and the nine early-morning masses in the Philippines.

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82 FORK IN THE ROAD Writer Glenda Bartosh shares some great gift ideas all involving the written word.

84 EPICURIOUS The Grill Room, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s four-diamond-rated steakhouse, has just been named one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants, based on diner reviews from OpenTable.

88 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW Feet Banks isn’t giving anything away from the new Star Wars movie this week, but he does delve into the history of spoiler alerts.

92 MUSEUM MUSINGS Whistler has had some pretty memorable buildings constructed in the valley, but few are as instantly recognizable as the Whistler Skiers’ Chapel.

96 PIQUECAL Don’t miss the all-ages theatre performance of A Whistler Vacation at the Fairmont Chateau on Saturday, and also make time to take in the State of the Art Show at Creekside.

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OPENING REMARKS

If not a waterpark, then what?

I KNOW I AM probably the only person in Whistler who was in favour of the Renaissanceplan waterpark that Whistler Blackcomb (WB) proposed in the spring of 2016.

Pitched as a year-round, weather independent activity centre, it was part of a then proposed $345-million development

by WB as it moved ever closer to an allseason resort. (Though in all honesty, I feel like Whistler has reached that goal and more.)

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

The plan was fully put out to pasture after Vail Resorts (VR) bought Whistler Blackcomb later that year in a $1.4-billion deal, with the ski-industry mammoth’s CEO Rob Katz saying,” … we intend to keep our focus on core mountain improvements.”

Which matches perfectly to VR’s website which states in bold type, “Our product is the great outdoors,” and there is no doubt that an indoor waterpark has little to do with the “outdoors.”

have visited recently, or who will be here over the Christmas holidays, who would have embraced such a facility.

Yes, we have activities that are not skiing. This winter sees Vallea Lumina open for the first time in the winter with its awesome story-tale light show out at Cougar Mountain. We have a great indoor climbing facility, a local recreation centre, escape rooms, an outdoor skating rink and snowmountain play park, cultural activities and more. But a waterpark would have been an engaging all-day adventure addition.

Whistler is one of nature’s greatest outdoor-adventure playgrounds and the resort offers a plethora of off-mountain activities to capture this, from ziplining to bungee jumping to snowmobiling in the winter and the corresponding summer activities.

And staying true to our mountain culture and focusing on upgrades that reflect this focus has always been part of our culture.

But ignoring flat ski and boarder numbers across North America, the impact climate change will have on alpine resorts, and the increasing alienation of new snow sliders due to cost of equipment and passes could be perilous.

There is a push to get new skiers to resorts

Resort survival in the era of the climate crisis and economic challenges rests on becoming, or staying, a year-round destination with multiple activities—diversification is key.

Most everyone felt the waterpark was a step too far down the road to Disneyfication.

But as a mom of two kids born and raised here, I was fully behind the idea. When the Pineapple Express comes to town, or the snow doesn’t arrive as seems to happen every year, a water-play area that included slides, a surf zone, a kids’ splash area, cliff jumping, and hot and cold pools would have been awesome.

The building was also to feature a familyentertainment centre, food and beverage options, and an eight-lane bowling alley.

I bet there are plenty of families who

and to open the activity up to those who might not normally try it or even be able to afford it.

Earlier this month, Vail Resorts announced a program to reach out to the youth in urban centres, including Vancouver.

“The company will provide free lift tickets, ski school, equipment rentals and other services to local non-profits, who will combine those services with youth mentorship for enriching, on-mountain programs across Vail Resorts’ growing portfolio,” states a Dec. 3 press release.

Katz and his wife, Elana Amsterdam, are

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personally donating US$10 million, over the next five years, to participating non-profits to help “develop and expand programs, fund transportation and support other needs necessary to provide mountain access and engaging experiences. The goal of the new initiative, which is expected to launch during the 2020-21 winter season, is to enhance access to winter sports for underserved youth and inspire the next generation of skiers and riders.”

I would argue that these new skiers and boarders will fall in love with the experience, but when they come back on their own, with family in tow, other activities are going to be needed if the momentum is to be maintained.

Resort survival in the era of the climate crisis and economic challenges rests on becoming, or staying, a year-round destination with multiple activities—diversification is key.

Earlier this month, we also learned that a plan for a bowling alley complex that had been floated for one of the long-term vacancies in the village—a large, 20,000-square-foot space at 4295 Blackcomb Way that has sat empty since the AlpenRock House closed in 2002— is also likely dead.

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,” Rick Amantea, landlord Larco’s VP of development told Pique.

Larco is looking for a concept that will fill both the upper-level and underground spaces, he said.

Yes, we are a ski and mountain-bike mecca, but we can’t afford to be complacent as we all face the future together. As we look toward 2020 Whistler’s leaders across the business, activity, culture and localgovernment sectors need to look out across the next 15 years and imagine how to keep our home and resort vibrant and attractive. n

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

If we can do it, so can you I just read your recent column (“Snow joke,” Dec 12, www.piquenewsmagazine.com) about taking a closer look at consumption habits and the connection to climate change.

As you may know, Blackcomb Helicopters recently made the decision to offset all of its operations. If you fly with us, all emissions are offset—full stop.

It is not an opt-in model and it applies to all our industrial and first-response work as well (which remains larger than our tourism operations).

We do not have the prospect of mediumterm technological options to reduce the use of jet fuel, so we decided to make this significant move now.

The response from staff, customers, and community has been very positive and, quite apart from the ethical considerations, we believe it is in our long-term financial interests to make this investment.

It was something of a shock for us to learn that we are the first helicopter company in the world to take this step.

I hope others—particularly business owners with less carbon-intensive businesses—will heed your advice.

If we can do it in a capital-intensive, extremely competitive, high-carbon business, so can they.

Jason McLean // Whistler Director/Owner Blackcomb Helicopters

“I hope others—particularly business owners with less carbon-intensive businesses—will heed your advice.”

- JASON MCLEAN

We must reduce our carbon footprints This unimaginative, defeatist and cynical article was not worthy of re-publication in a magazine as progressive as Pique (“What we need to do to cut 45% by 2030,” Dec. 12, www.

piquenewsmagazine.com).

I appreciate that the public media has to forever bow to the edict of “presenting both sides,” but in doing so for the past 30 years regarding climate change, I feel that the media is partially

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to blame for the disturbing degree of inaction regarding the greatest issue in world history.

Public opinion may be two-sided on the matter but the science is not.

I think our media could do a better job respecting scientific fact, regardless of how inconvenient its truths may be for some people.

[The feature’s author Nelson] Bennett not only mocks any personal efforts to reduce carbon dioxide production, but he makes no attempt whatsoever to calculate the costs of not achieving rapid and drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

How much money will be lost if B.C. loses its forests to wildfires? What are the financial implications of [Vancouver International Airport] and Richmond disappearing under the waves of rising sea levels? What impact would snow-less winters have on the Whistler economy? How would 500,000,000 global climate refugees affect world markets?

Collectively and individually reducing our carbon footprint by 50 per cent is not only eminently achievable, but absolutely necessary.

Thomas DeMarco // Whistler n

FOR THE RECORD In last week’s Village of Pemberton council briefs, it was stated that Councillor Amica Antonelli voted against the rezoning amendments for Pemberton Secondary School. She did, in fact, vote for them.

Pique regrets the error. The amendments received third reading in the vote. n

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Backcountry Advisory AS OF WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 Skiing and riding conditions in the Sea to Sky region have finally started to shape up after a week of consistent snowfall. It’s an encouraging sight, but we all know that with great powder comes great responsibility.

Like we are accustomed to on the coast, new snow drives up avalanche danger as it accumulates and settles into storm slabs.

This danger can abate quite quickly if the new snow forms a solid bond with the previous surface, but it’s unwise to jump the gun on this process. Instead, seek out lowerangle terrain and be mindful of overhead hazards while the bonding process takes its course.

What’s a bit more concerning for our region is that a deeply buried, persistent, weak layer of sugar, faceted snow began showing signs of life (producing large

avalanches) during last week’s storm. This layer has been increasingly stressed by the incremental loading of new snow we have seen over the week. This type of problem isn’t the norm for the coast, and it won’t disappear as new snow bonds to the surface. Instead, the likelihood of triggering this layer—and the consequences for doing so—are expected to remain elevated right through this weekend and perhaps beyond.

The Sea-to-Sky region has taken on a character that has the potential to surprise anyone expecting a forgiving and predictable snowpack. This is a time to use welltuned route-finding skills to seek out simpler terrain while being aware of the unusually weak lower snowpack that is balancing all our new snow on its head. Tipping that balance with a human trigger will carry high consequences. n

CONDITIONS MAY VARY AND CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY Check for the most current conditions before heading out into the backcountry. Daily updates for the areas adjacent to Whistler Blackcomb are available at 604-938-7676, or surf to www.whistlerblackcomb.com/mountaininfo/snow-report#backcountry or go to www.avalanche.ca.

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The friends you make in a mountain town “IT’LL BE SO EASY to make friends— it’s such a transient town; everyone’s in the same boat.”

That’s the phrase I kept hearing over and over when I decided to move to Whistler.

Usually that statement would be accompanied by, “I hear there’s a lot of Australians there,” or “It’s pretty much just

BY MEGAN LALONDE a bunch of ski bums who came for winter and stayed for summer.”

I mean, they weren’t completely wrong.

However, there are a few important facts those well-intentioned words-ofwisdom-givers conveniently left out. First of all, they forgot to mention what kind of friends you’ll make in this town.

With family often thousands of kilometres away, the friendships you form here can turn into so much more than a group of people to grab an after-work drink with.

The casual acquaintances you meet up with in the lift line quickly become the people you call for a boost when your car battery dies in the cold. They’re the people who you celebrate birthdays, Thanksgivings and Christmases with; who make sure you stumble home safely

after a big night, who never hesitate to share their favourite spots on the mountain.

They’re the people you endure tough climbs and appreciate mind-blowing views with, who you can complain or laugh about life in a mountain town for hours with— sentiments your family or friends back home might not understand. They’re the people who comfort you after a breakup or injury, who you turn to for advice, who know your coffee order, who come sit in a cold arena to cheer you on when your beer league team makes it to the finals, who take care of your pets when you’re out of town.

They quickly become your people—after all, Whistler tends to attract the good ones.

That could be why it’s so difficult when some of those friends inevitably leave town.

The other fact those advice-givers forgot to mention? Whistler’s transient nature might mean an endless stream of new arrivals looking for new friends, but it also means goodbyes are just as frequent.

You eventually grow used to the twoyear-long revolving door of new coworkers or neighbours here on working holiday visas, and an ever-growing list of longtime locals who decide they’d rather chase waves than snow, who follow their hearts or career ambitions to the other side of the globe, or decide that the cost of living in Whistler has finally tipped the scales in their hometown’s favour.

In the past four years, I’ve been to countless going-aways—words I never would have thought to use as a noun before living in Whistler. In the past week alone, I’ve been to two.

No matter how happy you are for a friend embarking on their next chapter or how accustomed you’ve become to people coming and going, there’s always a slight sting of disappointment when your favourite riding buddy or your most reliable coworker leaves.

You eventually grow used to the two-year-long revolving door...

Sometimes you don’t know whether your paths will ever cross again. In other cases, the friendships are strong enough that you know you will, but you just don’t know when or where (or, sometimes you know that person well enough to know that Whistler will lure them back in a winter or two). Either way, feeling that sting enough times can trick you into believing that making friends with someone who the federal government will kindly be kicking out in two years’ time isn’t worth the effort.

After all, I think we can all agree that

saying goodbye is never a fun experience.

But through the countless goodbyes living in Whistler has forced me to say, I’ve learned that it feels far worse to dwell on the disappointment of another departure than to focus on feeling grateful for what that friendship offered you.

Sure, some of these friends will move on and create new lives elsewhere. It’s no question that it takes more work to make a friendship function in different time zones than it does when you live a few minutes apart—sometimes, a friendship will stay pretty steady despite the distance, and sometimes that friendship might fade into nothing but fond memories and a supportive Instagram comment here and there. But even if a friendship fades, that doesn’t negate the very real connections and memories you once made.

So cherish the friends you make in this not-so-little mountain town and the experiences you’re lucky enough to share with them. Try your best to keep in touch with the ones that leave, but don’t beat yourself up if you don’t. Be open to welcoming new ones into your circle.

And, most importantly, always remember to look on the bright side: Racking up the goodbyes in Whistler also means racking up people to visit and couches to crash on across the globe. After all, it’s not goodbye; it’s see you later, right? n

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Municipality seeks to calm fears over lead-in-water investigation WATER CONDITIONING REPORT EXPECTED IN THE NEW YEAR; RESIDENTS REMINDED TO FLUSH THEIR TAPS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS THE RESORT Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is under fire for not taking steps to address its corrosive water following an investigative report by Star Vancouver, Global News and the University of British Columbia, which found that some homes had lead in their drinking water.

But Mayor Jack Crompton defended the municipality, saying that even given the results of the investigation, council won’t deviate from its focus on making evidence-based decisions when it comes to drinking water. “(Vancouver Coastal Health’s) expertise is what is guiding decisionmaking for our municipality, and other municipalities,” he said.

“And to be clear, VCH has not directed us to test water in homes or businesses for lead. If they were to direct us, we would do it.”

The main message for homeowners on the coast is to flush their taps—or let the water run until it’s cold—before drinking it.

WATER WORRIES? Mayor Jack Crompton and the rest of council made a point of showing off their water bottles—full of Whistler’s tap water—before the Dec. 17 council meeting.

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“[The investigation] certainly has helped amplify the VCH message that community members should flush their taps before drinking, [and] it amplifies the message that flushing taps works,” Crompton said, when asked for his reaction to the analysis.

“We’ve worked hard to get this message out through information in tax notices,

parts per billion (ppb). In addition, samples collected from one hotel room and another home rented through Airbnb also exceeded the recommended federal limit,” a story published by the outlets read, in part.

Seven of the homes tested were built before 1976, while three were built in the ‘90s.

“(Vancouver Coastal Health’s) expertise is what is guiding decisionmaking for our municipality, and other municipalities.”

- JACK CROMPTON

social media, newsletters, video, but this story really helps amplify the message.”

As part of the Star-Global-UBC investigation, reporters collected water samples from 10 homes, two hotels and one Airbnb property and had them tested for lead.

“All of the samples contained traces of lead and seven contained lead levels exceeding Health Canada’s guideline of five

The highest lead levels were found on “first draw” sampling—done without running the taps or flushing the pipes of a system first.

Though lead levels did tend to drop after flushing, lab tests showed lead was still present in some flushed samples, according to the research done for the investigation.

However, all the homes registered below 5 ppb (the federal guideline level) in

testing after flushing their taps.

Asked for comment, VCH said it cannot confirm if the testing follows provincial guidelines.

“This type of random testing does not reflect actual exposures and while there is no safe level of lead and lower is better, lead in water is a global issue and it is present in low levels in the environment and it is not possible to eliminate it completely,” a VCH spokesperson said.

While Whistler’s water meets all of VCH’s operational guidelines, corrosive water can leach metals like lead and copper from plumbing fixtures, as was the case in the Village of Pemberton (VOP) in 2016 (see Pique, March-April 2016).

Research has shown that there is no safe chronic exposure levels to lead, and that blood-lead concentrations—even at low levels—are linked to lower IQ scores in kids aged three to five, and the associated declines in IQ are in fact greater at lower blood-lead concentrations.

“Very few people have been diagnosed with elevated lead levels in [the VCH] region.

None of those cases we have identified have ever been linked to contaminated drinking water,” the VCH spokesperson said, adding that there have also been no reported cases of children adversely affected by lead in drinking water in the region.

“The [RMOW] is serviced by two water distribution systems, neither of which have

NEWS WHISTLER any lead supply lines that we are aware of.

Tests show that the water distributed by the RMOW is below the maximum acceptable level for lead and safe for consumption for all ages.”

Of the two hotels tested—the Fairmont and the Crystal Lodge—a pre-flush sample showing 9.65 ppb was collected at the Fairmont (but dropped below Health Canada’s guidelines after flushing), while samples collected from the Crystal Lodge were “well below” the guidelines, according to the investigation.

The wellbeing of guests and colleagues is the Fairmont’s top priority, and it is committed to providing them with safe amenities, said public relations manager Lindsay Margane, in an email.

“We rely on the RMOW and VCH to test and monitor our water supply, and past results have not indicated any cause for concern,” Margane said.

“Based on the findings of these most recent tests, we will work with a reputable third-party laboratory to conduct an evaluation of the water quality at the hotel, and take action as necessary based on the results.”

VOP installed a soda-ash conditioning system to treat its water and raise the pH at a total cost of $862,079.

But where the VOP has just one water treatment facility, the RMOW has eight, Furey said.

“So it’s not a simple solution … there’s a lot of smart people that have been looking at this for quite a long time, and it requires a lot of research, and it’s probably going to be ongoing research,” he said, adding that in Pemberton, even after installing the soda-ash system, the municipality is still following the VCH recommendation to flush the pipes before drinking the water.

While the RMOW follows VCH’s suggestions for its water, was there any urgency to be proactive about the problem given the knowledge of corrosivity and the situation in Pemberton in 2016?

“The discussion around that time was ‘how are we meeting what VCH has set out in their order?’ Which we were,” Furey said, adding that RMOW staff has “a lot of interaction” with VCH on its water.

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The RMOW tests its water at 24 locations in the distribution system every second week, and said it meets or exceeds all federal and provincial drinking water standards.

Under the Drinking Water Protection Act, municipalities are required to deliver water within those standards to the property lines of homeowners.

“Once water leaves the public distribution system and enters a private residence, those pipes are the responsibility of the individual homeowners. Some pipes and fixtures in older homes may contain lead,” the VCH spokesperson said.

Whistler’s corrosive water—and the potential hefty price tag of correcting it—was last broached publicly at the May 8, 2018 council meeting (see Pique, May 10, 2018).

A report, which was already underway, will come to council in early 2020 with potential solutions.

“At a high level, [the report is] looking at how we manage the water—in pH (one of 15 factors that contribute to the corrosivity of water) and other aspects of our water— and the implications of getting into managing that and looking at potentially adding things to our water … and what are the outcomes for that, and what are the costs,” said chief administrative officer Mike Furey.

The total costs aren’t known at this point, but it won’t be cheap—in 2017, the

looking at this sort of fresh, this has been something we do on a daily basis and take very seriously.”

Asked to weigh in on the investigation, Lauren Everest, Tourism Whistler’s senior manager of corporate and member communications, said the organization recommends that any visitors who have questions about Whistler’s drinking water visit www.whistler.ca/water.

“As per the RMOW’s recommendation, we will be advising visitors that flushing taps until the water runs cold is the most effective step anyone can take if there is any concern about exposure to lead in drinking water,” Everest said in an email.

“Tourism Whistler encourages everyone in Whistler to continue to drink tap water that has been flushed and not to switch to bottled water, which contributes to plastic waste.”

It’s hard to say how widespread the issue of corrosion is in Whistler. In 2016, University of British Columbia Civil Engineering professor Loretta Li began a study looking into corrosion in the water system, but the RMOW said the study was cut short in 2017 after a federal grant fell through.

Whistler residents can find more drinking water resources—including tips to protect themselves from lead exposure—at www.vch.ca/public-health/environmentalhealth-inspections/drinking-water. n

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Ride hailing is coming to Whistler GREEN COAST VENTURES AIMS TO GET UBER-LIKE SERVICE OPERATING EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR

BY JOEL BARDE WHISTLER COULD HAVE a ridehailing service early in the new year, with the province giving the green light to a Tofinobased company to set up shop in the resort.

Dylan Green of Green Coast Ventures said he was surprised to receive an email on Monday, Dec. 16, telling him that his company was the first ride-hailing company to be approved to set up shop in B.C. “Everyone knows there’s a lot of applicants who applied, including Uber and Lyft,” said Green. “So it’s pretty exciting that they chose a local B.C. company to be the first licence holder.”

A veteran of the transportation industry—Green started and ran Tofino Bus Service for 14 years before selling the company last year—Green won over the Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) with a pitch that highlighted the “unique transportation needs” of Tofino and Whistler.

“Green Coast places particular emphasis on the significant peaks and valleys that resort communities experience in transportation demands as a result of population fluctuations,” reads the PTB decision.

While Green Coast has also been approved to operate in the Lower Mainland and most of Vancouver Island (save for the Capital Regional District), Green indicated that the company is focusing its efforts on Tofino and Whistler, with the aim of acquiring enough drivers to be able to offer service in Whistler by January.

Ride sharing makes sense for a community like Whistler, with the “surge in transportation demand” it experiences on holidays and weekends, said Green.

“It’s really difficult for a small [taxi] company in a small town that is so seasonal to have enough drivers and vehicles just for the weekends or during holiday season,” he said.

“I see ride hailing as a big solution to that.”

Green Coast already has an app—Whistle (this will be the name that the company is known as, said Green)—which it plans on launching in the next week.

The app will allow users to carpool to destinations, saving them money.

“I think it will work perfectly in Tofino and Whistler, where there are mainly single roads going through town,” said Green.

Under provincial regulation, Whistle will be prohibited from lowering its rates below taxi fares, and the public will not have the right to hail a ride-sharing vehicle on the street by hand.

Green said that his drivers will take home the bulk of a fare (at least 75 per cent), and that that amount will be on a sliding scale, with wheelchair-equipped vehicles taking home all of the fare save for a booking fee.

“We feel that to be successful, where the taxi industry wasn’t, we need to have a really strong team of casual drivers,” said Green.

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To qualify to drive for Whistle, drivers will require a Class 4 driver’s licence, a “newer car” with a certified inspection decal, as well as a current criminal record check.

Green added that all drivers will be interviewed, and that passengers will have the opportunity to rate drivers at the end of a fare.

Driver insurance will be covered by an ICBC special premium that will be covered

by Whistle, said Green.

And while his business could be affected,

Jinder Najjar—who, along with three other partners, recently acquired Blackcomb Taxi and Sea to Sky Taxi—didn’t appear phased by the prospect, saying that his taxi service will remain “healthy” and is adapting to the times by launching an app of its own in the near future.

Najjar said that he is focused on improving service levels back to where they were when he drove for Whistler Taxi, from 2007 to 2011—an era that he said was better in terms of service. “We are trying to bring the locally owned taxi back,” he said.

Unlike Whistle, Najjar’s companies provide the vehicles and cover the full cost of insurance for its drivers.

Mayor Jack Crompton—a veteran of the transportation industry—said the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) would be working to ensure that ride hailing is offered in a “safe and accessible” manner.

“The RMOW is working with other jurisdictions for a regional licensing system so that an operator doesn’t have to apply for a licence with each municipality,” said Crompton.

“However, this is expected to take several more months. In the meantime, the RMOW will provide business licences to those [operators] who apply and meet our business-licence criteria.” n

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Solid waste tipping fees set to go up again at transfer station COUNCIL BRIEFS: FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN BYLAW, 2019 BUDGET AMENDMENT GIVEN FIRST READINGS

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SOLID WASTE TIPPING fees are set to go up again at the Waste Transfer Station after council gave first three readings to a related bylaw amendment at the Dec. 17 council meeting.

Under the new bylaw, the fee for landfill waste will rise to $170 (from $155) to match the fees charged at the Squamish landfill; fees for loads with more than 25-per-cent contamination will rise to $375 a tonne (from $325); fees for biosolids will rise to $150/tonne (from $140); fees for clean, unchipped wood waste will rise to $80/ tonne (from $30); fees for dirty wood waste will rise to $135/tonne (from $80); and fees for bulky items like furniture will go up to $170/tonne (from $155).

“Tipping fees need to be adjusted from time to time in response [to] changes for the solid waste program, and the last time the tipping fees were increased was in 2018,” said manager of transportation and waste management Andrew Tucker, in a presentation to council.

“Differential tipping fees are used for different types of waste that we receive down at the transfer station or compost facility to create an incentive for waste reduction based on that waste that’s coming in, and increasing the disposal costs and tipping fees must be balanced with the risk of illegal dumping,” he said.

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN GETS FIRST READINGS Council also gave first three readings to the 2020-2024 Five-Year Financial Plan bylaw at the Dec. 17 meeting.

The bylaw sets out the proposed revenues, expenditures and transfers for the coming years, and guides all municipal operating and capital spending.

The budget is to be based on a 2.8-percent property tax increase in 2020, along with two-per-cent increases to sewer, water parcel and solid waste fees.

The 2020-2024 proposed projects list includes 164 projects, with a total possible spend of $41 million in 2020 (including up to $10 million carried over from 2019).

The total municipal budget is worth $90.4 million next year, up from $87 million in 2019.

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Find Whistler’s budget documents at www.whistler.ca/budget.

2019 BUDGET AMENDMENT Meanwhile, council also gave first three readings to an amendment to the current 2019-2023 five-year financial plan bylaw at the Dec. 17 meeting.

The amendment covers $61,000 in cost overruns related to 2019 road upgrade projects, as well as a budgeting error related to wildfire protection work.

The additional costs for the road upgrades were due to expanding traffic control and additional paving, said director of finance Carlee Price.

“Both in Function Junction and in Spring Creek there were significant [numbers] of pedestrians, and in the case of Spring Creek, student traffic, that needed to be accommodated, so those [traffic control] actions incurred additional costs,” Price said.

“Plus we discovered in the course of this work that additional areas required paving at the judgment of the project manager, so that work was done, expanding the overall cost of the project.”

Staff plan to avoid similar overruns in 2020 by “better planning for traffic management and quantities of asphalt required” for road upgrades, according to a report to council.

As well, grants included in the budget worth a combined $900,000 for a wildfire fuel-thinning project “will not materialize,” according to the report, and were included in the 2019 budget amounts by mistake.

“The gross spend on this project was actually below expectations, and it’s simply a function of those grants not materializing that the budget has run over the allotted amount,” Price said.

“And I’d also note here that if we combine 2018 and 2019, the spend across this program across those two years is well within budget, so [it’s] just a reallocation between the 2018 and 2019 to the tune of about $405,000.”

The report chalks the error up to a miscommunication between the finance department and the project manager.

“Internal processes have since been strengthened and this type of error should not occur again,” the report reads.

The amended bylaw will reallocate the necessary funds to the two projects—$61,000 for road upgrades and $405,000 for wildfire protection—from the general operating and capital reserves. n

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As we welcome our first family to the neighbourhood, the owners of Sunstone and CATA Ma like to extend heartfelt gratitude and a giant thank you to all that have helped us establish the that is forming at Sunstone.

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ADAM KUBIS DIDN’T feel himself. He had had enough of his day job as an electrical engineer, fixing complex cranes and dealing with disgruntled customers.

“I felt that my life got too complicated.

Too many responsibilities. Too many dos and dont’s. I felt I am living the life of someone else,” he wrote in a recent blog post.

So, Kubis did what a lot of Whistler transplants do: he started fresh, relocating from his native Slovakia to enrol in the Whistler Adventure School’s (WAS) retail manufacturing manager program, which teaches everything from bike mechanics to ski and snowboard production and tuning, from boot fitting to business plan development. It was the first school “where I’ve enjoyed every class,” he said. “It is also the first school where I’ve learned only subjects I am interested in.”

Kubis’ experience is similar to many of the students who’ve discovered WAS. The private, accredited post-secondary school was launched five years ago with the goal of catering to the distinct lifestyle and career demands of Whistler, offering practical education in a number of resort sectors. Its flexible schedule—classes are primarily held in the evenings, and a significant portion of class time is spent in the field—along with its hands-on approach, with students learning from a handful of local experts in their industry, has appealed to those who may have felt the traditional post-secondary path wasn’t for them.

“We focus on getting the students out of the classroom,” said Shelley Quinn, the school’s sales director. “The whole idea is that it this is accredited post-secondary education in British Columbia, but it’s with a non-traditional approach, so that students are not just sitting staring at computer screens and listening to an instructor.”

WAS also appeals to international students, which make up roughly half of the school’s 70 students, since it offers both study and work permits through its co-op program. In the past year alone, WAS has made recruiting trips to France, Switzerland, Spain, Andorra and Mexico.

“As my visa to Australia [was] for one year only and I have dreamt to visit Whistler for ages, I found it as a great opportunity to participate in this program, which basically guarantees a visa to Canada, as [a] working holiday is not that easy to get in Slovakia,”

explained photography graduate Dominika Horníková in an email.

Working directly with local employers, WAS is also a surefire way for businesses to find qualified staff looking to further their careers—something that can be hard to find in the seasonal churn of a resort town, said Ryan Brown of Creekside ski, snowboard and bike shop, Coastal Culture.

“There is something desirable about someone who is already willing to do some extra training and then have them come work for you,” said Brown, who has hired three WAS students so far. “It automatically tells you that you have someone who wants to learn more.”

“There is something desirable about someone who is already willing to do some extra training and then have them come work for you.”

- RYAN BROWN

In the midst of Whistler’s staffing shortage, WAS also provides a muchneeded stream of workers, Brown said.

“Last year we really, really struggled finding people. This year we’re in a more comfortable position … [and] one reason we’re comfortable is because we’ve gotten these people who have come,” he said.

“These people are really committing to the school, they’re committed to being here at least a year—most of them are doing two years—so it’s helping the local businesses. There’s no doubt about it.”

Along with retail manufacturing management, WAS offers programs in marketing and media management, rock guide training, alpine guide training, ski and snowboard guide training, bike guide training and a design and innovations program. Individual courses within each program can also be taken individually.

“We’re definitely open also to locals, or to people who are visiting Whistler and decide that they love the mountain lifestyle and want to stay and learn and be able to make a life here,” Quinn noted.

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Updated fire bylaw looks to restrict fireworks WILDFIRE PROGRAM UPDATE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AN UPDATE TO the municipal fire and life safety bylaw could restrict the use of fireworks to just four days a year.

The bylaw—introduced and given first three readings at the Dec. 17 council meeting—seeks to limit fireworks in the resort to four days a year (Jan. 1, Oct. 31, Nov. 1 and Dec. 31).

High-hazard fireworks displays and pyrotechnics (like those used in the Fire and Ice show) will still be allowed with a permit.

“Confining consumer fireworks to the four days will make a meaningful reduction to the fire hazard,” said protective services planning analyst Kevin Creery in a presentation to council.

The bylaw amendment also consolidates all existing fire bylaws under one legislative roof, and updates it to be consistent with current practices and regulations.

In building the new bylaw, RMOW staff referenced fire bylaws in other municipalities including the City of Vancouver and District of West Vancouver.

Campfires will still require a permit, and may still be banned during high fire danger periods. Backyard burning of garden debris

is also prohibited under the new bylaw.

The bylaw also includes an increase to fees for false alarms: the first and second alarm within a 12-month period is free, while a third false alarm will cost you $200 and a fourth (and each subsequent incident) will cost you $300.

Council also heard an update on the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s 2019 wildfire work at the Dec. 17 meeting.

As it has in past years, the efforts focused on three key areas: wildfire fuel reduction projects, FireSmart public education and support, and policy development and improvements, said environmental stewardship manager Heather Beresford.

Fuel-thinning work around Kadenwood was completed in October, while a project targeting a 16-hectare site on the western edge of Lost Lake got underway in the fall and will be completed in spring 2020.

Work on the Cheakamus Lake Forest Service Road is ongoing, with 32 hectares treated and another 40 on tap for the next year.

The WFRS conducted fuel thinning at eight high-priority areas, mainly related to water and sewer infrastructure, as well as at 15 medium and 31 low-priority sites.

The FireSmart program was also busy in 2019, running two crews of three from May

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to October.

The community chipper service removed vegetation from more than 250 properties, and the adopt-a-trail program carried on with four community groups donating time.

In 2020, the RMOW will carry on with its focus on the three priority areas.

Fuel reduction on Cheakamus Lake Road is expected to be finished in Spring 2020, and a project at Spruce Grove/White Gold by summer 2020.

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for the wildfire program in 2019, plus $400,000 for the FireSmart program from protective services.

The 2020 budget includes $4.1 million over five years for community wildfire protection (which will be used for fuelthinning work) and an additional $260,000 for trail and access road upgrades to maintain the ability to fight wildfire in urban interface zones next to Crown lands.

While funding for wildfire mitigation through the Union of BC Municipalities has shifted its focus as of late (see Pique, Oct. 6), a new Wildfire Risk Reduction Program was announced by the province last month, committing $25 million per year for three years, Beresford said—but it’s still unclear where that funding will land.

“It will focus on providing funding for wildfire risk-reduction projects on Crown land within municipalities. The twist on that is that it’s not something that the municipality can apply for … the province will determine priorities in each of the districts and then send those recommendations forward to a decision maker,” she said.

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Cheakamus Community Forest reveals harvest plans for 2020 PROVINCIAL PANEL ON OLD GROWTH ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS UNTIL JAN. 31

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AS THE PROVINCIAL government undertakes a review of its strategy for oldgrowth trees—with an eye to submitting recommendations to the government in spring 2020—Whistler’s Cheakamus Community Forest (CCF) is gearing up for the new year.

Harvesting plans for 2020 posted to the CCF’s website on Dec. 10 are largely the same as those floated in 2019.

Aside from the wildfire fuel thinning project on Cheakamus Lake Road, the CCF didn’t harvest anything in 2019 due to poor market conditions.

“It is very similar to what we had proposed for last year … so there’s a list of areas that are potential for this coming year, but we really don’t know at this time, “ said CCF forest manager Simon Murray, who took over the role from Tom Cole earlier this month.

“Everything in forestry right now is a little bit up in the air, so it could very well be another year where we really just do the fire hazard abatement treatments and we don’t

really do any actual logging at all.”

The 2020 plans—which can be found at cheakamuscommunityforest.com/ harvesting-plans—cover eight different sites, with 23,300 cubic metres and about 105 hectares estimated for log production next year.

point, we can’t necessarily say, ‘No we’re not going to log old growth trees,’ but the focus in the future is to wean ourselves off of that,” he said, adding that the CCF’s carbon project complicates things.

“It really locks up all those younger plantation-aged forests out of the harvesting

“It is very similar to what we had proposed for last year...”

- SIMON MURRAY

That’s slightly above the CCF’s five-year annual harvest of 21,000 cubic metres (for perspective, a typical logging truck holds about 50 m3, depending on species. The 2020 estimated cut would amount to about 460 logging trucks).

The CCF board was set to meet with the provincial old-growth panel this week, Murray said.

“The community forest, really at this

landbase, because those are all tied up in the carbon credits, so this is a real tough thing for us … We really can’t go into these younger stands and start harvesting them yet, because then we wouldn’t be meeting our carbon sequestration targets.”

To find the volume for its harvests, some old growth will have to be cut, Murray said, though the old growth the CCF is looking at removing might not be how the

public perceives it.

“People think of them as big, giant trees, [at the] valley bottom … Generally that’s not what we’re after. We’re after sort of higherelevation, marginally valuable balsam and hemlock trees, sort of similar to what you would see when you go skiing,” he said.

“Anything that’s got big, big trees that are significant, we’re retaining those in any of our logging plans, so when we come across big cedars or old big giant veteran Douglas fir trees, we leave all those behind.”

Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong, who serves on the municipal Forests and Wildland Advisory Committee (FWAC), spoke often of protecting Whistler’s old growth forests during the 2018 election campaign.

“What I can say from the discussions at FWAC is there is a strong, collective will— desire—to no longer cut, or harvest old growth in Whistler, and of course I deeply share in this,” De Jong said.

Whistler is about nature-based tourism, not logging, he added.

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“I say this with absolute sincerity, that the most sustainable thing that this community can do is not burn itself down,” De Jong said.

“So if it involves safeguarding our community, absolutely, the old growth should be removed, in a very balanced and ecosystem-sensitive way, but for me, that’s a given.”

It could also be acceptable in developing recreation, building necessary infrastructure for tourism, or in cases of diseased trees, he added.

“There’s a whole list, I’m sure there’s more, where we should be removing old growth, because it supports our tourism economy,” he said.

“But beyond that, no.”

Whistler’s submission to the provincial panel on old growth—which is accepting submissions from across the province until Jan. 31, 2020 at engage.gov.bc.ca/ oldgrowth—highlighted the tourism value of old-growth trees, and the massive financial contributions Whistler makes to provincial and federal coffers, De Jong said.

That includes $1.3 billion per year to the provincial GDP—equal to the combined contributions of the agriculture and fisheries sectors—and about $428 million in tax revenue per year (or $1.17 million

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per day) to local, provincial and federal governments.

“This one time economic value and job creation of harvesting old-growth trees within the Resort Municipality of Whistler cannot be compared to the long-term sustainable tourism and environmental benefits,” De Jong said, reading from the submission.

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One option is to reconnect an old road system off Jane Lakes Road and concentrate industrial access through the Whistler Aggregates quarry rather than the existing Loggers Lake FSR. To do so, about 535 metres of new road is needed, at a total cost estimate of about $96,000.

“Really what [Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2] is going to end up doing is

constricting our access into that valley considerably, and I don’t really think that the public is going to want to have technically a logging road going right through their community,” Murray said.

“What we’re looking at is getting an alternative access around up into that valley that would go past where the quarry is and then join up with some older roads that are in there … It’s a matter of money at this point, and political will, and the wishes of the public.”

While there is certainly a benefit to keeping logging trucks away from neighbourhoods, De Jong said he doesn’t see the new access as an absolute necessity.

“What I’ve seen on a map so far, and the cost, I’m somewhat skeptical, but I need to walk the proposed alignment and then weigh its cost versus what short- and longterm benefits are we getting out of it,” De Jong said.

“As a conservationist I’m very careful to not open more access into … backcountry or frontcountry, without understanding all the implications of it.”

The public will be able to share its own thoughts on all things CCF at its annual open house, tentatively scheduled for February.

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BY BRANDON BARRETT PEMBERTON RCMP is thanking the public for its help in nabbing an impaired driver who almost struck a snowplow this week, police said in a release.

At approximately 10:45 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, Pemberton RCMP received two reports of a vehicle being driven “very poorly” on Highway 99 near Portage Road. Police said the driver, a 54-year-old Pemberton man, was reported to have “almost hit a snowplow driving in the opposite direction.”

Thanks to tips from the public, Mounties eventually were able to catch up with the driver, who was arrested and taken back to the detachment for breath samples.

The man was released the following morning with a court date set for March.

“The police would like to thank the community of Pemberton for being alert to possible impaired drivers and reporting what they observed to police as it was instrumental in stopping this car and driver quickly and safely,” the release stated.

Investigators are now asking anyone who many have witnessed this incident to contact Pemberton RCMP at 604-894-6634, or Sea to Sky Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 to remain anonymous.

TWO FIREARMS INCIDENTS IN SQUAMISH IN TWO DAYS There were two police cases involving firearms in Squamish over the same number of days, one of which resulted in an arrest.

RCMP arrested a 48-year-old Winnipeg man on Dec. 13 after staff at a local bar had seized a loaded handgun following a confrontation between a group of males at the establishment, a release stated.

Police said Stewart Duncan was remanded into custody and appeared in North Vancouver court on Dec. 16.

Duncan is charged with firearmsrelated offences including, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and possession of a loaded firearm.

In a separate incident Dec. 12, Squamish RCMP said a woman reported to police she was robbed at gunpoint at around 6 a.m.

RCMP said in this case, three males

wearing masks and brandishing firearms entered the home, allegedly assaulted a person and took several items.

The alleged robbery occurred at a residence in the 38000-block of Third Avenue in downtown Squamish.

Before the incident, police said they went to the area around 2 a.m. due to a complaint of a possible break and enter to a garage and a connection between these events is being looked at.

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WHISTLER POLICE REMOVE PROHIBITED DRIVER FROM ROAD Whistler police arrested a Surrey man last week that is prohibited from driving, according to a release.

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DRUNK GUY TOLD TO ‘CALL IT A NIGHT’ RETURNS TO SCENE TO CONFRONT OFFICERS A Port Coquitlam man failed to heed local officers’ advice to “call it a night and go home” after he tried to start a fight on the Village Stroll this week, police said. Turns out that wasn’t a great idea.

At approximately 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, Whistler RCMP members on foot patrol in the village observed an intoxicated man arguing and attempting to fight another man. Police separated the pair and advised both to go home. Instead, the 25-year-old PoCo man continued to argue with police. After “several more warnings,” he eventually conceded and went home.

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‘Relief’ for Cheakamus homeowners who’ve disconnected from District Energy System BUT RESIDENTS STILL FEEL $5K REBATE TO REPLACE HEATING SYSTEM DIDN’T GO FAR ENOUGH

BY BRANDON BARRETT NEARLY A DECADE after moving into his Cheakamus Crossing home, Tony Routley feels a palpable sense of relief.

That’s because, for the first time, his home is being heated by a standard electric boiler, not the controversial ambient heating system known as the District Energy System (DES) that was installed in the former Athlete’s Village as part of the “greenest Olympics ever.”

“It’s a relief,” said Routley, who eventually spearheaded the issue as the volunteer appointee to Cheakamus Crossing’s DES Committee. “When it was all in and done, it was like, ‘Oh, Jesus, I feel like a bit of a weight’s been lifted.’”

That solace is understandable given the headaches Routley and some of his fellow Cheakamus residents have dealt with in the years-long saga of the DES, which was touted by officials in the lead-up to the 2010 Winter Games as a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional heating that would cost them less on their

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DISCONNECTED Cheakamus Crossing DES Committee appointee Tony Routley is one of eight homeowners who have replaced, or are in the process of replacing, their District Energy System unit with a ComboMax electric boiler.

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monthly bills.

For many homeowners, that was exactly their experience, but for a not insignificant

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costs, and the unease that comes with not knowing whether the heating will work on any given day.

“Prior to [the electric system] being installed, I was using my stove to heat my house, so the peace of mind that I feel is from the 15-year warranty and the credibility of the guys who installed it,” said Whitewater resident Jody Wright. “There’s not a lot of moving parts, there’s not many variables to deal with. We had so many different companies that came in who said different things to us [about the DES], so it was this mysterious puzzle.”

After years of lobbying and a handful of proposed solutions that were ultimately rejected by Cheakamus residents, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) came back to the table last August with a proposal offering to pay every homeowner in the neighbourhood $5,000, provided 75 per cent of each respective strata signed on and agreed to waive the municipality of any future liability. Faced with the prospect of enduring another winter without reliable heating, not to mention

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“When you start adding up all of [the potential replacement costs], that was definitely alarming to me,” explained Whitewater resident Mike Boehm. “The fact that the muni did whatever you want to call it, but they were willing to give $5,000 if we were willing to sign it and we wouldn’t come back and sue them at any time down the road, I thought it was the perfect time to take that opportunity.”

Pique spoke with four of the eight homeowners who have either disconnected or are in the process of disconnecting from the DES (with more expected in the coming months), and each acknowledged the $5,000 rebate, while a nice gesture, is still only a drop in the bucket compared to the repair costs they’ve already endured, as well as the $14,500 it cost them to install the Thermo2000 ComboMax Ultra electric boiler.

“The $5,000 didn’t really solve the problem. It wasn’t enough money,” said Wright. “The reason why we accepted the money is because we just wanted to end it and move on. Dealing with the bureaucracy of the RMOW is just too lengthy, too political

and they have more expensive lawyers at their disposal.”

(A silver lining for residents is that, like any capital improvement to a WHA home, they can incorporate the cost of replacing their heating systems into the resale value of their residence.)

issues with the DES or the individual home heating systems that are the result of installation or component failure,” although technicians did note the initial cleaning and start-up of the systems at the time of installation “may have been lacking.”

[T]here’s no question that it was rushed in. It was political. ‘We’re gonna be the greenest [Olympics] and we’re going to slap this thing in’ and other considerations weren’t taken into account.”

- TONY ROUTLEY

But more than a decade after it was installed, there is still little consensus as to what exactly led to the operational issues with the DES. A 2017 report commissioned by the Whistler 2020 Development Corporation, a municipal subsidiary that was responsible for developing the former Athlete’s Village, stated that there does not “appear to be any widespread systemic

For Routley, who has had to verse himself in the inner workings of the complex heating system and its component parts, the root issues are twofold. “I think water quality was definitely an issue and the equipment they put in did not address the water quality,” he said, noting that considerable amounts of sludge were removed from his original hot water tank

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Routley believes the rush to install the state-of-the-art system in time for the 2010 Olympics played a role in the systemic issues residents encountered.

“Absolutely, it 100 per cent played into it,” he said. “If you had a crystal ball, I don’t know if people had more time on the engineering side to figure things out, how it would have gone. Who knows? But there’s no question it was rushed in. It was political. ‘We’re gonna be the greenest [Olympics] and we’re going to slap this thing in’ and other considerations weren’t taken into account.”

With two recent WHA builds, and another project on the horizon, new Cheakamus residents will have no choice but to join the DES. Boehm advised incoming homeowners to do their homework.

“Read your manual as closely as possible and understand that there’s going to be annual maintenance required, there’s just so many moving parts to it,” he said. “If you try and come up with a budget to ensure that you’re going to make your system run as effectively as possible, it works well. But just be prepared that the long-term costs on it are going to be there.”

Wright’s advice was even more pointed: “I would say make every effort not to be part of a system that does not work properly.” n

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Plans underway to expand and ‘enhance’ historical Pemberton Cemetery $60,000 INCLUDES GRAVEL PARKING AND A COLUMBARIUM

BY JOEL BARDE WHILE THE PEMBERTON Cemetery may be the final resting place for many of the Pemberton Valley’s pioneer families, it hasn’t been updated in years and is running out of space.

A new plan from the Pemberton Cemetery Committee will seek to change all that by carrying out a significant “enhancement” of the historical cemetery.

The project includes adding gravel parking, expanding the cemetery’s grounds, and building a new fence.

“We’re now on to our fourth and fifth generations of residents living [in the Pemberton Valley], and we want to have a place where we can honour our families,” said Krista Walden of the Pemberton Cemetery Committee.

Walden said she has been impressed with the level of support the project has received from the public so far.

Pemberton residents and businesses have offered both equipment and labour to carry out the project, so money raised will go directly towards materials and administration fees related to the expansion, explained Walden.

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Valley residents are] very eager to help however possible—and a lot of them are machine operators and truck drivers.”

Walden has secured $7,000 from the Pemberton Valley Utilities and Services Committee (PVUS) for the project, but the cemetery committee will need to raise significantly more money to carry out all of its objectives.

It is planning around $60,000 worth of work, with the most expensive projects being the construction of a parking lot, a new fence with concrete footings, and the construction of an aboveground columbarium.

The committee would also like to install a tool shed and a memory board where families can commemorate loved ones who aren’t buried in the cemetery.

The project has a tentative start date for August or September 2020, and will begin fundraising early in the new year and into spring.

The project will enhance the aesthetics of the cemetery and respond to safety concerns, said Walden, explaining that people currently park on the shoulder of increasingly busy Pemberton Meadows Road and walk to it because on-site parking is not available.

Columbariums—which offer the opportunity to house cremated remains of loved ones—are increasingly popular and would be a good addition to the cemetery, she added.

“It’s another way of increasing our ability to inter people with the limited space we have,” said Walden. “They’re very popular in British Columbia … B.C. has a

very high rate of cremation compared to other places in the world.”

The Pemberton Cemetery Committee is currently working on expansion plans with the owners of the adjacent land Dreamcatcher Meadows farm.

Walden said the owners have agreed to provide some non-arable land that would effectively double the size of the cemetery, which is at around 85 per cent capacity once reserved plots are accounted for.

Yet before that deal goes forwards, B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission, which restricts certain uses on agricultural land, needs to agree to bring the property out of the agricultural reserve, said Walden. “[The transfer is] not a done deal yet, just because we have to get through the regulations of the governing body,” said Walden.

The Pemberton cemetery has an interesting history.

Unlike many cemeteries, it’s run by a the volunteer-run Pemberton Cemetery Committee (not a municipality or district), which was established in 1935.

And, curiously, the cemetery is owned by the Pemberton Legion.

In the 1950s, the land was still on title with the original farm that donated it, so the committee tried to get it put into the names of three individuals who were to act as trustees on behalf of the citizens.

According to the cemetery committee, the province wouldn’t allow this, saying that title must be held by a legal body (not individuals).

That’s when the Pemberton Legion

stepped in and took over title for the cemetery (with the condition that the governance and maintenance continue to be operated by the committee).

“It’s been 85 years now that we’ve had community volunteers administering and governing the cemetery,” said Walden, whose great-grandfather was one of the original trustees of the cemetery.

“I think that’s a cool piece of history.”

Area C Director Russell Mack said that he is impressed with the level of support for the cemetery and the diligence of the committee.

“They’ve got a really good idea of what they want to do ... I will most certainly support them in any way I can,” he said.

Mack added that he could see more opportunity for local governments to contribute funding to the project as it develops in more detail.

“We’re waiting for a plan and a budget to put forward into our budget process for next year,” said Mack, adding that there is a possibility of allocating Area C amenity and gas-tax funds for it.

He added that the cemetery holds significant historical value, with important Pemberton families such as the Menzels, Gilmores, and Ronaynes all buried there.

“There’s a lot of history there,” said Mack.

“Just have a look at the names on the markers ... It’s the history of the valley.”

Anybody interested in being involved with the enhancement project can contact Walden (kjayholdings@gmail.com) or Tanis Ayers at the Pemberton Legion (legionbranch201@shaw.ca). n

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THE PEMBERTON VALLEY Diking District (PVDD) is seeking a contractor to carry out its 2020 Lillooet River sediment removal plans.

The aim is to remove a total of 60,000 cubic metres of sediment from five river bar locations in the Lillooet River: the Voyageur, Beem, Belkin, Big Sky and Airport bars.

“It has to be done in the winter, because it’s got to be done in low-water conditions, and the lowest-water conditions we get are [from] February through the first week of April,” said Steve Flynn, operations and maintenance manager for the PVDD. Workers and equipment, he explained, never go into the water, collecting sediment from bars that form on the riverbank.

The PVDD’s Lillooet River sediment management plan was updated after an extensive December 2018 flood-plain mapping project, which determined that sediment from the 2010 Mount Meager slide has negatively affected the ability of the Lillooet River to convey flow within the confines of the existing dike system, making it more prone to flooding.

Regional District (SLRD), the Village of Pemberton (VOP), and the Lil’wat Nation— applied for funding through the Union of BC Municipalities’ Community Emergency Preparedness Fund. The local governments have applied for $750,000 each in the fund’s flood-mitigation stream. The PVDD has also committed $150,000 to the project should the provincial funding come through.

“Lil’wat Nation applied for a dike upgrade in the Mount Currie area; [the SLRD] applied for sediment removal and monitoring on Mount Currie; and the [VOP] applied for a dike upgrade on the MillerLillooet Dike, just north of the Village [and culvert upgrades on the Arn Canal],” said Flynn. “[The Miller Lillooet Dike] is a highpriority area because a dike breach in that area would be catastrophic.”

The local governments are working collaboratively on the project, having formed the Pemberton Valley Emergency Management Committee in September, following joint meetings with the flood experts and provincial and federal government officials about increased flood risk.

Flynn said he is hopeful that some cost recovery can be done through the sale of the sediment that is recovered.

“We are looking to find high-value

“As a result of the Meager slide in 2010—and the findings of our 2018 floodplain mapping report project—it’s been determined that we need to remove 60,000 cubic metres [annually] out of the lower reach of the river” in order to maintain existing levels of flood protection, said Flynn (see related story on page 46).

This area is the “diked reach” that flows from the confluence of Miller Creek to the confluence of the Green River, he explained.

At this point, the stakeholders have not secured funding for this 2020 project.

“There’s a clause in the [request for proposal] that says if the funding is not received, the project could be postponed until such time that funding is received,” said Flynn.

Earlier this year, the three affected local governments—the Squamish-Lillooet

markets for that material that can be used to help offset the removal cost,” said Flynn.

“It’s our goal, to find markets that will offset 100 per cent of the removal costs.”

VOP Mayor Mike Richman said the municipality supports the PVDD’s efforts.

“We’re really trying to be prepared … and look at the changing geography,” said Richman.

Forecasting estimates that it could take 15 or more years for the sediment from the Meager slide to wash through the Lillooet River, he added.

“A lot of [the sediment] is building up in different bars, which is essentially lowering our dikes,” he said.

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Exploring Mount Meager PEMBERTON-AREA VOLCANO HAS BECOME A HUB OF RESEARCH SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF FUMAROLES IN 2016

BY ALYSSA NOEL IF ALL GOES according to plan, in 2021, a robot named Axel could descend into the ice caves on Mount Meager as part of a NASAled project.

The active, dormant volcano located outside of Pemberton would serve as a stand-in for the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter.

“This robot would winch itself down into the ice caves, take cores of ice, look for extreme life forms, all kinds of stuff,” said Dr. Glyn Williams-Jones, a professor of volcanology at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the co-director of the Centre of Natural Hazards Research.

He’s involved in a grant application— that hasn’t yet been accepted—led by the U.S. aeronautics and space program.

It’s just one of several new studies poised to take place on the volcano, which is the site of Canada’s most recent explosive volcanic eruption, some 2,400 years ago. It’s also where the country’s largest landslide occurred.

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climate change causing glaciers to recede, the risks have increased since then.

“Mount Meager is becoming a place that’s interesting for a number of different reasons from a hazards perspective,” Williams-Jones said.

The dangerous and sometimes unpredictable nature of volcanoes was top of mind after an eruption on New Zealand’s White Island on Dec. 9 that killed 18 people.

“Every volcano is different. The one we’re dealing with in New Zealand is an

heat and water, he added. “[It was] superheated water flashing to steam because of heat from magma under the volcano,” he said. “Those types of events are really rapid and very, very hard to predict.”

While there’s no evidence that Mount Meager would see that type of explosion (“the activity on Meager seems to be very, very low level”) ice, gas, and heat could potentially cause a similar type of eruption.

That type might be hard to foresee, but monitoring for other signs of danger—

“We’re only just starting to get monitoring going on Canadian volcanoes. Meager will be the first. If all goes well, we’ll have the start of a monitoring system going in in the summer ... ” - GLYN WILLIAMS-JONES

underwater volcano that’s popping its way through the surface and is much more active than, say, Mount Meager,” WilliamsJones said. “It’s [had] long-lived activity and, by and large, the Canadian volcanoes are much quieter. With that in mind, the likelihood of something happening with a volcano in New Zealand is greater.”

The White Island volcano eruption was due to an unpredictable interaction between

like tell tale earthquakes—is important, Williams-Jones said.

“We’re only just starting to get monitoring going on Canadian volcanoes.

Meager will be the first. If all goes well, we’ll have the start of a monitoring system going in in the summer,” he said.

A new public-private partnership with Innergex, which has two power stations in the area, has moved those efforts

forward. The company commissioned a landslide alarm system from Weir-Jones Engineering, who has given fourth-year Quest University student Mason Pitchel funding, mentorship and support for the project. (Pitchel spent the summer conducting research on the volcano under the tutelage of local volcanologist and Quest professor Steve Quane.)

Williams-Jones is overseeing that project and Nu Point Systems Inc. has donated equipment as well. The project also received a grant from the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, the Lil’wat Nation, and the Village of Pemberton.

“It has been cool because it is a really collaborative project between a number of organizations so I think it has set up a lot of great relationships,” Pitchel said.

Innergex owns the information collected from the project and the data can be used as research by the university, Pitchel added.

The goal of everyone involved is to raise awareness of the hazard.

He and a team of collaborators are installing a monitoring system at the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex that consists of a geophone, infrasound system, weather station and camera. Transmitter, repeater and receiver stations will be placed in a triangular formation around the slope.

“Data will be collected at the transmitter station, then bounced via radio frequency to the repeater, then bounced to the receiver located at the inlet. Then it will be

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FIELD STUDY (Top) Mason Pitchel and faculty mentor Steve Quane in the field. (Bottom) View of slope of concern.

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transported via fibre optic cable from the inlet to the bunkhouse, where there is highspeed wifi,” Pitchel explained.

“In short, the project is to look, listen, and feel what the mountain is doing, then attempt to analyze the data.”

The camera, for example, will confirm the weather if an event occurs. “If we pick up a signal, we can then look through the images taken by the camera and hopefully see a visible difference,” he said.

“Landslides in this area have been anecdotally linked to warm temperatures and large rainfall events, things that will add a lot of water to a system. We hope to be able to solidify those anecdotes into something more concrete.

“If we assume that the entire slope has the potential to slide, it could be up to 10 times larger than the slide in 2010 …

Basically, it’s not a question of if the slope fails—it’s a question of when.”

Locations for the instruments have been picked and now the team will wait out the winter with the goal to install it in the late spring.

Meager has started to become a hub for research since fumaroles—openings in a volcano from which hot steam and gas emerge—were discovered in 2016.

This past summer, a group of expert cavers donned specialized equipment and actually went into the volcano’s ice caves to explore. “The ice caves are so big that we don’t know exactly where the fumaroles is,

what the exact temperature is,” WilliamsJones said. “We’re trying to find funds to get the whole team back this coming summer … to go in there for hours to map out the ice cave network.”

Of interest to Sea to Sky locals, Williams-Jones recently secured funding as part of the Canadian Mountain Network research project to develop a (unofficially named) community-based natural hazards monitoring kit.

“My idea is to put together a package of instruments that we can deploy in the community to measure air pollution from wildfires, snow avalanches, or rock fall from Mount Currie, and a seismometer and use off-the-shelf, low-cost censor systems along the idea of can we get hundreds of bronze-standard instruments to densify the monitoring around those super-precise, gold-standard instruments?” he said.

The data collected from the “citizen scientists” would then be fed to graduate students to interpret.

In the meantime, he encourages anyone out in the backcountry to be on the lookout for anything unusual in the natural landscape and contact sfu.ca/cnhr to report their findings.

“Take a picture and a GPS measurement and let us know,” he said.

“We’ve got a big empty country. It’s hard to get around, but we have people who are excited about doing things.”

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for the climate emergency among them— continued to elevate the fossil fuel industry’s interests above humanity’s.

When governments fail to lead, it’s up to the people, which is why climate strikes, lawsuits, constructive conversations and pressuring governments are crucial.

Canada played a positive role in Madrid, but we need to accept an important reality: We can’t burn all the bitumen in Alberta without putting our health, wellbeing, economy and likely survival at risk.

Alberta and Canada needed a sensible plan to reduce fossil fuel reliance decades ago, including helping displaced workers. Now we’ve stalled for so long that the province and country need to lead on a global, all-out mobilization to avert catastrophe.

fear criticism of the industry. They know science is not on their side. They know a necessary change is coming, quickly. Banks are dumping Alberta bonds because of Alberta and Canada’s poor climate record and high per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Investors are divesting from fossil fuels. Financial services company Moody’s has downgraded Alberta’s credit rating in part because of the province’s dependence on fossil fuels. Tech companies are choosing to locate in provinces that don’t prioritize fossil fuels over all else. And people in most of Canada voted for federal parties with real climate plans.

Maybe industry leaders believe they can stall for a while to facilitate more of the massive profits they’ve enjoyed while the planet was heating—and with help from media and politicians, they could be right.

But that would be to all our detriment.

The federal government’s decision on whether or not to green-light Teck’s proposed Frontier Mine will be a good indicator of how seriously it takes the global climate emergency. Industry and government justify the project—a 292-square-kilometre openpit bitumen mine that will produce 260,000 barrels a day until 2066 (with full shutdown and reclamation in 2081)—by claiming the sector could remain below the 100-megatonne cap on greenhouse gas emissions imposed by the previous provincial government. But they don’t account for emissions from burning the product in countries where it will end up.

The mine will also destroy 3,000 hectares of old-growth forest and 14,000 hectares of wetlands (both important carbon sinks), threaten wildlife including bison, lynx and caribou, and comes with uncertainty around

Maybe industry leaders believe they can stall for a while to facilitate more of the massive profits they’ve enjoyed while the planet was heating—and with help from media and politicians, they could be right.

Instead, some Albertans—including in government—complain when schools use critical thinking exercises that illustrate varying perspectives on the oilsands.

Alberta’s government launched a “war room,” ostensibly to provide a “fact-based narrative about Canadian energy” that “will reject what is false and promote what is true.” Its website offers this upside down “truth:” “expanding access to Canada’s vast fossil fuel resources will significantly lower global greenhouse gas emissions.” To add to the absurdity, the war room is partly funded by the province’s carbon tax revenue and structured so it’s not subject to freedom of information regulations!

There’s a concerted effort to silence or punish those who speak up about the impact fossil fuel development and use, including oilsands bitumen, are having on air, water, land, animals, plants and climate.

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clean up. It’s also based on an unrealistic saleprice estimate of US$95 a barrel.

The federal government has until the end of February to decide whether it will proceed.

With global heating and its impacts accelerating faster than scientists predicted— including the Greenland ice sheet melting at a rate seven times faster than in the 1990s and Arctic warming releasing carbon dioxide and methane from melting permafrost—we absolutely must shift rapidly to a lesswasteful society that uses renewable energy rather than fossil fuels.

With every year that passes, scientists’ warnings get more urgent. We must resolve to act decisively in the coming year.

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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Turning twenty IF YOU’D TOLD ME back in December 1999, when I took up full-time residence in Whistler, that 20 years would pass in the blink of an eye, I would have laughed. How would such a thing be possible? Metaphysics?

Serial alcoholic blackouts?

BY LESLIE ANTHONY Believe me, it’s possible—and not because of any transmogrification of time or liver tissue. It’s just called getting older.

Mind you, by the metric of Whistler’s youthful itinerant citizenry I was already “old” upon arrival. Forty-two to be exact; a time of life which, on my hindsight reel, now plays like a second adolescence. In Peter Pan Whistler, 40 really was the new 20. But I digress.

In the mid-1990s, as an editor at Powder and writer for a raft of other global ski and outdoor magazines, I visited Whistler often for professional reasons—whether events, backcountry missions, or to interview high-profile locals or visitors.

As a result, having already established

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friendships and relationships here, when the opportunity to relocate from Toronto presented itself, I jumped.

Settling in, I was less starry-eyed about the place than enthusiastically familiar.

Given my numerous previous sojourns, acquaintances frequently mistook my sudden presence for yet another visitation: “How long you here for this time,” I was often asked. It felt immensely satisfying to answer “I live here now.”

I was here because of the skiing, of course, yet this was the aspect it took me longest to warm up to. On my first trip here in the late ’70s, a friend and I skied in the fog for two days, leaving with little idea of the place, but a distinct sense there were discoveries to be made. After several subsequent visits, I had yet to even imagine the fabled Whistler Blackcomb alpine when I finally caught a sunny break in 1996.

Not only did I find the views from both mountains outstanding and unique in North America, but so, too, the skiing— the sheer scope and diversity of inbounds terrain, the tree and glacier skiing, the short hikes to massive in-bounds sectors, and the many off-piste gems you could access from these. It left the kind of impression reserved for childhood encounters with the world’s most flattering geographic wonders—like a Grand Canyon or Mt. Everest. That seems a fitting memory: after 20 years, I still feel very much like a child every day on the mountain—somewhat giddy with only

occasional trepidation.

Once I had the measure of the place I never missed a chance to return, making more friends, exploring further, skiing everdeeper snow. This crucible was a potent draw, but there was another thing about Whistler that hooked me, and I won’t be the first to voice this: the vibe here was different, all about bigger and bolder, with a critical mass of ski bums, pros of every stripe, filmmakers, photographers and other creative types pouring into the place at the same time that both the bigmountain freeskiing, progressive freestyle, and backcountry sledding scenes were exploding—as if the entire snowsport world had plunked itself down in B.C.’s Coast Range. As a seasoned ski writer, I didn’t necessarily see Whistler as the centre of the universe so much as a universe unto itself— one I recognized as a place I could live.

On one of those pre-citizen trips, standing atop West Cirque, my eyes fell between my skis and down over the white veins braiding their way into Whistler Village, where I also saw this: beyond the lifts and plazas and cobbled streets and shops and restaurants curled the pavement paisleys wrapping schools and parks. So … it wasn’t just visitors like me or an annual crop of ski-bum pilgrims that made Whistler what it was. People lived and worked and raised kids here. And this alpine playground, so close yet a world away, defined their lives. I could see why

people were drawn here—but what kind?

After two decades I know the answer: every kind. The surprising energy of this town lies in its diversity: builders, athletes, artists, musicians, naturalists, chefs, guides, instructors and a multitude of others hailing from every part of Canada and beyond, a nexus of sensibilities that brought a critical mass of relentless innovation. Many who move here from smaller, sleepier mountain towns expecting to be overwhelmed are instead pleasantly surprised: if you want the full-on, ski-town vibe and nightlife, it’s here like nowhere else; but if you’re looking for peace and solitude, it’s also here in abundance.

This contrast of wilderness opportunity and big-city attitude has shaped Whistler— and now myself. In cultivating a life apart from the industry that keeps the town afloat, Whistler’s vibrant mix of arts, culture and outdoor enthusiasm has created something more meaningful to share with visitors—character.

Today, I still get lost poking around on the mountain—but not because it’s foggy. Even after all this time, I still find something new to ski every time I go out. And this—a constant sense of potential discovery—is why no day in the 20 years that I’ve been here has ever been less thrilling than the last one.

Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain he didn’t like. n

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The holidays are all about gathering, after all, and whenever friends and loved ones get together for a little festive cheer, the tall tales are never far behind.

It’s why Pique has been sharing the stories of local writers at Christmastime for many moons now. In a town where family is often miles away and the locals are more attuned to the distinct needs of visitors than their own, it’s important that we hold on to the traditions that make this time of year so special—and for our makeshift Pique family, storytelling is one of our favourite pasttimes.

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going home for christmas By

Angie Nolan

On Dec. 24, 1979, the prognosis on the children’s ward at Silver Banks Hospital (SBH) would have been that Christmas was on steroids. Doctors, nurses, desk clerks, cleaning staff were all decorated in festive attire—Santa hats, ugly sweaters, tinsel necklaces, jingling bells and anything that glimmered in hope. It was Christmas Eve after all, and the overriding wish of every child on the ward was to be able to go home for Christmas. Some would get their wish. Some would not.

Little Josephine Pyne still wasn’t sure if she would be lucky enough to wake up at home on Christmas Day or not. She had been feeling so much better lately. Josephine, or Jojo as most would call her, hadn’t been too hot or too cold in a few days. The blankets didn’t stick to her body anymore, like the cotton baton on the construction paper cards her Grade 4 classmates had made for her. Jojo’s fever blisters were almost all gone and she was able to eat

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macaroni and cheese again. She told her favourite nurse, Nurse Kelly, that one of her Christmas wishes was to never eat soup again. Well, Nurse Kelly must be magic, because for breakfast the next morning she brought Jojo a bowl full of warm mac and cheese with extra cheese on it!

“Merry Christmas, sweet Jojo,” said Nurse Kelly. “I hope all your Christmas wishes come true.”

“Do you think I’ll get to go home?” asked Jojo.

“There’s a good chance you might if your appetite keeps up and the fever stays away today,” Nurse Kelly reassured her.

“Home?” spoke a weary voice from across the room.

Nurse Kelly walked over to the bed and opened the curtain. “Well hello, sleepyhead!” she said. “Would you like some breakfast?”

“No,” replied the weak voice.

Nurse Kelly gently buzzed around a girl in the bed.

She was 13-year-old Tessa Dawn, who had been at Silver Banks for an entire eight months. Six and a half months longer than Jojo.

Some days, Tessa Dawn would be bright and cheery,

shuffling through the ward telling Jojo and the other kids silly jokes or stories of her exciting trips to Hawaii and Disneyland.

Some days, she wouldn’t get out of bed at all.

On the good days, Tessa would also strut around with a brand new device called a Sony Walkman. Some kind stranger had given it to her because they felt bad she had to be in the hospital for so long. It was like a mini-stereo that she could play cassette tapes on. Her favorite singer was Billy Joel and she played his tape over and over and over again. Sometimes she would let Jojo and the other kids listen on her headphones. The song she played the most was “Only the Good Die Young.”

“So be as bad as you can be, you’ll live longer!” she would exclaim.

Many adults and staff on the ward didn’t think it was a very appropriate song, but Jojo and Nurse Kelly knew that it somehow made Tessa Dawn feel better.

“Tessa Dawn, sweetie, it’s Christmas Eve day. Wouldn’t it be nice to sit up and see the sunshine?” Nurse Kelly

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She opened the blinds on Tessa Dawn’s side of the room and let the day blaze in. It was a glistening morning with bluebird skies and sparkling snow.

Tessa Dawn only replied in soft moans. “Home?”

Jojo watched in hesitation as Nurse Kelly wound up Tessa Dawn’s bed until the patient was partially sitting up.

“Home?” Tessa Dawn gurgled again.

Nurse Kelly pulled down the bed’s sidebar and sat next to Tessa Dawn, stroking her duck-fuzz hair.

“We’ll talk to your mom and dad when they get here. OK?” As if on cue, Christmas carols began their barrage of “in-your-face festivities” over the hospital’s loudspeaker. Jojo watched in delight as the staff danced down the halls, in and out of rooms, skipping through their morning rounds, dropping a little love at every child’s bed along the way.

Parents, who hadn’t stayed the night, started to arrive in droves and Tessa Dawn’s were the first. Jojo pursed her lips together nervously as she watched Nurse Kelly sweep them out of the room immediately.

Now, Jojo didn’t always understand the inner workings of adult secrets but she knew what bad news looked like. A mother’s palm cradling her mouth, sometimes her chest; a father’s fists jamming into his coat pockets hard enough to punch the entire world out through the bottom of them if he could, accompanied by the incessant throat clearing of a grown man trying not to cry. She’d seen her own parents do that when she first arrived at Silver Banks, and in that moment she knew Tessa Dawn wouldn’t be going home for Christmas.

Jojo managed to get herself out of bed and over to Tessa Dawn. She climbed up into the bed and cuddled into her frail friend.

“I wish Santa and all the Christmas angels were here right now so I could ask them to make sure you get to go home today,” said Jojo.

Tessa Dawn turned her head towards Jojo’s.

“Can you do something for me?” Tessa Dawn whispered.

Jojo nodded. Tessa Dawn then whispered softly into Jojo’s ear.

Jojo pulled back and looked at her for a moment, scared and confused. Tessa Dawn reassured her that everything would be OK. Jojo’s parents arrived shortly thereafter, wearing smiles bigger than crescent moons. Maureen Pyne carried a pink and purple convertible ski jacket that Jojo knew was the perfect size for going home in. Her dad, Teddy Pyne, was giddy and bursting like, well…like a kid on Christmas Day. “We get to take you home sweetheart!” he announced, “Isn’t that just wonderful?!”

Yes, it was wonderful, Jojo thought, but how could she possibly go home and leave Tessa Dawn at the hospital? It just didn’t seem like the right or fair or Christmassy thing to do. Like, at all.

“Could we have Christmas Eve here with Tessa Dawn and

her family and my other friends too?” Jojo asked, cautiously.

Maureen and Teddy were quick to find reasons why they couldn’t stay.

“But we waited so long for this and...and we’ve decorated the house just for you,” Maureen stuttered.

“There are so many presents and goodies waiting for you at home, sweetheart,” Teddy pleaded.

Jojo was torn. The eagerness in their voices landed hard on her heart. They had all been waiting for a long time for this, but Jojo knew Tessa Dawn and her family had been waiting longer. Maureen noticed her daughter gazing over at Tessa Dawn and her parents. She understood the situation immediately. A mother knows another mother’s pain.

Under a stifled sigh, Maureen suggested, “You know what, you’ve made some wonderful friends here Jojo. It might be a nice idea if we all spend Christmas Eve together before going home.”

Once the decision had been made, Teddy and the other fathers, looking for any kind of task to keep them from punching the world through their pockets, rallied to gather all the things required for a much needed injection of joy on the children’s ward today. This meant quick trips home to grab portable stereos, cassette tapes, photo cameras, Santa suits, unopened presents, eggnog and all the things fathers know make Christmas extra special.

The hospital staff gathered cots, beds, blankets and pillows to make sure everyone had somewhere to sleep.

Jojo was quick to point out to Nurse Kelly that this would never happen on any other night of the year! Nurse Kelly told her she was right.

The night swelled into a magical soiree of tall tales, caroling, dancing and an endless supply of twinkling moments.

Amidst the revelry, Tessa Dawn smiled, soaked it all in and stayed awake as long as she possibly could. When Jojo noticed her friend starting to fade, she grabbed the portable cassette player that Teddy had brought in. Shuffling stealthily over to Tessa Dawn’s bedside with it, she slowly turned down the Bing Crosby’s Christmas Classics cassette that was already playing. Jojo then gently placed it on the bed next to Tessa Dawn, ejecting Bing Crosby and carefully replacing him with Billy Joel. Miraculously, the tape was already set to Side B, Song 2. Jojo pressed play and turned up the volume.

As “Only the Good Die Young” echoed throughout the room, their parents reacting in varying degrees of disbelief, laughter and confusion, Jojo wrapped her tiny hand around her friend’s fingers.

“Merry Christmas, Tessa Dawn.”

Tessa Dawn smiled, lightly looped her fingers into Jojo’s and whispered, “Thank you. I guess I’m a good one.”

And there, held in the bosom of moonbeam blessings and wrapped with the light of love in its rawest form, Tessa Dawn said her goodbyes and went “home” for Christmas.

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It was a message that startled much of the world. A slim but stark press release from the North Pole: “Santa Inc.— as it turns out a subsidiary of the hedge fund Frozen Assets LLC—has threatened to cancel Christmas unless an immediate bailout can be arranged no later than… what part of immediately do you not understand?”

And at the North Pole, formerly jovial Saint Nick, looking rather uncharacteristically gaunt, hitched four of his eight tiny reindeer to a sleigh badly in need of a fresh coat of paint. “What am I going to do?” he implored.

“Now, now dear,” Mrs. Claus said. “It’ll all work out.

Have a cookie and some milk.”

“A cookie and some milk? Good grief, woman. I’m 200 pounds overweight, up to my eyeballs in stress, about to embark on a humiliating mission, still trying to work off the cookies and milk from last year’s Christmas Eve jaunt and the sharks are circling! Are you trying to kill me off?”

Mrs. Claus gave Santa “the look,” part understanding, part exasperation, part pull-up-your-socks-and-do-yourjob, it was her most effective weapon.

Without further ado, Santa crawled into this sleigh, prodded the reindeer into action and came, red cap in hand, to the U.S. Senate pleading for emergency funds, having gotten nothing but a vague promise of infrastructure loans and sunny days ahead on his stop in Ottawa.

“I’m not asking for a bailout for myself,” he told the senate finance committee, an old familiar twinkle in his eye.

“What I need is an emergency loan of $12.6 billion dollars to ensure Christmas does indeed come this year for every boy and girl around the world who have, all things considered, been more nice than naughty.”

The old man—flanked by lawyers and financial advisors—was near tears as he rattled off the litany of woes swirling around his workshop at the rapidly melting North Pole. Normally stoic and unmoved by such displays of “failed business plans,” even many Senate Republicans were visibly moved as Santa educated them on the realities of bringing Christmas cheer to children around the globe.

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“You may not be aware of this,” the old man said, hanging his head, “but reindeers, particularly at the North Pole, live quite a long time. Much longer than their strong little bodies can effectively pull a heavily-laden sleigh.”

“Even though I still shout, ‘Now, Dasher; now, Dancer; now, Prancer and Vixen; etc.,’ the reality is this: the original Dasher, Dancer, et. al., have been dead for many, many years. Their children are no longer with us either. Ditto grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. But many of their progeny are still alive and eating me out of house and home. The legacy costs of pensions and healthcare for thousands of aging reindeer alone has added, on average, a 25-per-cent premium to the cost of every doll, every train set, every toy I deliver.”

“Those so-called legacy costs,” drawled Barney Bellicose (R. Georgia), “are the result of sweetheart deals you signed with the International Sleigh Haulers Union, are they not?”

“I had no choice,” Santa replied. “A strike by the reindeer at Christmas would be game over. Besides, what would you have me do with the thousands of reindeer who poured their hearts into assuring children all over the world enjoyed Christmas?”

“Waaalll, offhand, ahh could suggest y’all might eat ‘em,” replied the senator. “Cheaper than mollycoddlin’ ‘em in their old age. That’s how we handle things in mah neck of the woods.”

Santa continued by describing how his legacy costs were further exacerbated by the staggeringly large number of retired elves. “You’d think there’s such joy in making toys for children that the elves would be content to tinker away and die at their work benches. Alas, no. Even though we did away with mandatory retirement decades ago, wham, they hit 65 and it’s off to Florida to lie in the sun and suck back cheap beer, the fat little bastards.”

“If y’all ‘ada been smarter,” interjected senator Ronnie Rougechapeau (R. Louisiana), “y’all woulda outsourced their unionized asses a long time ago. Them elves in India don’t even know what in blazes the word retirement means.

Let the ungrateful sons a’ bitches beg in the streets if they don’t wanna work.”

“If the senator will remember, I tried the outsourcing thing a few years back. Do the words ‘Poisoned Chinese Toys’ ring a bell?”

“Hells bells, Santa, there are other countries in the world besides China with large pools of slave, er, cheap labour.”

“Look gentlemen, ladies, the fact is, Santa Inc. is too big to fail. If I go down, Christmas goes down. What’s good for Santa is good for the country. We’re not just talking about one old man, a couple hundred elves and several thousand aging reindeer. It is generally accepted that scores of millions of jobs worldwide depend on Christmas for a disproportionate percentage of their livelihood. You don’t want to face the wrath of the world’s children if there’s nothing under the tree on Christmas morning. Nobody wants that. Nobody can afford that! You can’t get re-elected on that record.”

“With all due respect, Santa, I believe you’re overplaying your hand here,” piped in Senator Erstwhile Gauche (D. Washington). “I have it on good authority Amazon is capable and ready to pick up the slack should you go under.

Utilizing drone delivery and an army of robots at fulfilment centres, Mr. Bezos is confident the company can promise around-the-world deliveries on time.”

“Amazon? How romantic. Can’t wait for the poetry and cartoons to pour forth,” said Santa, dismissively.

Having made his case, Santa left with empty promises as the assembled senators returned to their troughs for their annual Christmas party.

Checking his phone, his hopes fell further when a text from Chancellor Angela Merkel informed him the EU could not help. “I don’t see how we can bail out Christmas without causing great discord within the Muslim communities of Europe,” it said.

And word from Tel Aviv that the Israeli government just passed a $2.3 billion bailout for Hanukkah only made the outlook for Christmas less than merry.

As he left Capitol Hill, reporters on the scene said Santa, climbing into his sleigh for the return trip to the North Pole, was heard to exclaim, as he drove out of sight, “Merry Christmas to all, and to all…to all…oh, screw it, I’m getting too old for this scene.”

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Merry Christmas, You Bastards: A Less-Than-Heartwarming Sequel

By Braden

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, and up in the North, The man they call Santa, he rocked back and forth.

His senile, angry impatience was clear, He hadn’t delivered a present in years.

His workshop was silent, his wife was long gone, And everyone, everywhere, but him, was wrong.

The children were losers, he said to himself, As he gorged on his cookies, mistreated his elfs.

The climate was changing, society too, But Santa refused to believe it was true.

His sanity failed and he wailed in the snow, while the ungrateful bastards debated below.

After all that he’d given and all that he’d done, It appeared that his battle would never be won.

But he’d never give in and he’d never admit, That his self-proclaimed throne was a small mound of shit.

It had been a long and solitary three years—even more secluded than what old Kris Kringle was accustomed to on his icy perch at the northernmost tip of the world.

In fact, it had been almost exactly three years, on this particular Christmas Eve night, since that damning report from NASA pinning the blame for catastrophic climate change solely on Santa and the methane emissions from his massive, sprawling, hideously unethical reindeer farm.

And though he threw his recently purchased phone in the fire that fateful night three years back, it wasn’t long until Santa ordered his elves to construct him a new one.

Social media is addictive, he soon learned, and the best way for him to speak directly to the earthly public.

And so, rather than plot his annual route around the globe delivering presents to the children, Santa now spent his time tweeting—all his time tweeting.

He tweeted from the toilet, from his bed, and from the fireside.

He tweeted at all hours of the day and night, while neglecting his present-bearing duties.

The character-restrained diatribes all followed a similar script, denouncing his various enemies and creating his own narrative truth.

“The FAKE NEWS media wants you to believe I did the climate change, but in fact they are all CORRUPT and, frankly, embarrassing. Sad!” And:

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“If global warming is real, why is it snowing in the North Pole right now? FAKE NEWS #Santa2020 #MakeChristmasGreatAgain” Also: “If the #FakeNews media had any decency, they would admit that reindeer farts are actually good for the environment, and also the economy! NO COLLUSION!” Global warming, Santa declared, was not a scientific fact—it was a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese government, in conjunction with the Easter Bunny.

But despite his angry, online ramblings, the entire world saw what Santa could not—that he was nothing more than a sad, tired old man, well past whatever prime he may have once enjoyed, mad with imagined power on an icy, isolated throne, far removed from reality.

And now the knives had come out.

The world had heard enough.

Santa’s impeachment hearings had begun.

The impeachment of Kris Kringle The media coverage was wall-to-wall, and the evidence was damning.

As it turns out, Santa was, for lack of a better phrase, a real piece of shit.

One by one, the witnesses gave their testimonies, as the world watched on in awe and horror.

“Go ahead, little Timmy, tell us what you saw,” the stern and intimidating leader of the impeachment hearings said on Day 4.

The assembled audience gasped and sighed, clasped their hands and clenched their teeth as Timmy laid it all out.

Breaking and entering, invasion of privacy, indecent exposure—Timmy’s testimony covered all of Santa’s misdeeds, carried out on an annual basis.

If little Timmy were to be believed, Santa was indeed a real piece of shit.

Santa wasted no time in attacking little Timmy’s character on Twitter.

“Everywhere little Timmy went turned bad. He started off in his bedroom, how did that go?” Santa tweeted, referring to a rumored bed-wetting incident involving Timmy and his Fortnite bedspread.

“It is Santa’s absolute right to deny presents.”

For centuries, the mythical man was a beacon of truth, wisdom and youthful innocence untouched by the banalities of common bickering and judgment.

But the world was changing faster than ever before, and truth was now seemingly in the absolute eye of the beholder. Facts—or whichever alternative facts one chose to believe on any given day—were subjective.

All that mattered was what you believed in your heart, was Santa’s argument.

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For when it came down to it, it was far easier to simply create your own truth—to decide on your belief first, and callously form the facts around it afterward—than to think critically, deduct incisively, change your behaviours and sacrifice accordingly for the greater good.

Santa knew this.

And for that reason, Santa knew he would win.

An avalanche of Snowflakes Back in the North Pole, in front of his roaring fire, Santa groaned satisfactorily into his easy chair, knowing that he had been fully exonerated, at least in the eyes of his most fervent supporters.

But then, they were never going to desert his side, were they?

For his truth was their truth—that the old ways were good ways, and traditions should never, ever change, no matter who was offended or hurt in employing them.

The dissenters were nothing but snowflakes, he knew—fragile and temporary, while crying out that they were unique and deserving of special attention.

He took a gigantic, gluttonous swig of milk, and ordered his nearest elf to bring him a tray of his finest cookies.

Then he picked up his phone, and set to tweeting.

His poetry, so eloquent and ephemeral in years past, had fallen by the wayside.

Everything was temporary now.

But even as he stared into his screen, fat, red thumbs tapping out angry nonsense and personal attacks, the world continued to change around him—unbeknownst to Ol’ Saint Nick himself, and well beyond his own feeble, failing control.

As he tapped, the snowflakes he so derided piled up outside his door.

And before long, he would be buried.

To read Part 1 of this heartwarming Christmas tale, see “Time for Christmas tales,” Pique, Dec. 25, 2016: piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/time-for-christmas-tales/ Content?oid=2873421.

Braden Dupuis is Pique’s senior reporter and wearer of obnoxious Christmas sweaters.

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“We become eternal by being held in memory’s loving arms.”

-Richard Wagamese She was sure the kitchen table would buckle.

Its scrawny legs couldn’t possibly hold up the hefty Christmas plates, the silver cutlery brought here from somewhere else, the hand-embroidered napkins, her mother’s own handiwork and all those bowls and platters of food, every single one foreign to this country they now lived in: avgolemeno, kleftiko, moussaka, eggplant stew, zucchini in olive oil, potatoes, hummus, baba ganoush, taramasalata, and Greek salad with slabs of feta. The ingredients for this food found in small grocers run by people who had also come to this country looking for a better life.

On the counter were two more roasting pans—a ham in one and a turkey in the other.

“Call your father, sister and brother and their friends,” her mother said, her apron, with its delicately knitted poinsettia, pulled a little tighter under the weight of her hands on her hips. “Your friend is in the living room, too. Go get her. It’s time.”

Her mother smiled as she scanned the table.

She adjusted one of the plates. “Perfect.”

“But it’s too much,” she said. She used to like all these dishes that reminded her of a time now fading from her memory.

A time when she had grandparents who fawned over her and aunts and cousins to take her to the park or the sea, a time before her parents had brought them all the way across the ocean.

“We left much behind to come to this

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reminded her of the home they’d left country,” her mother said. “This is the one behind. It made her feel safe that they had time of the year where we remember what so much, especially when she overheard we were and celebrate what we have.

“Okay, but why the turkey and ham?” her parents talk about where they would get the money for school fees or what she asked. “Lamb is enough. Moussaka is enough. Any one of these things is enough.” would happen if her father was laid off.

Somehow her parents found a way. But She was a teenager. She knew what was now it felt obscene to have so much. going on in the world. She read the “Go, get everyone,” her mother said. newspaper everyday or at least whenever “It’s time.” she could grab it before her mother.

They squeezed beside each other, one If she didn’t get it in time, her mother elbow knocking against another. Her father used the newspaper as a sort of cover for sat at the head of the table, her mother the table. She’d spread it out, then scatter seated beside him. a bag of walnuts on top. She’d then find an Dean Martin crooned about a silent empty milk bottle and use it as a rolling pin night on the stereo in the living room. to crush walnuts for her baklava.

In the kitchen, the dull roar of multiple How could she eat such sweet things conversations tripped over each other. when she’d read in the paper that a cyclone had hit Bangladesh earlier in the year, How could she not be carried away by the laughter, the discussion, the contentment?

500,000 people had died and others were left She smiled when her friend said, “my starving? Sixty-seven thousand people had mother never makes this kind of food. What died in an earthquake in Peru. Many others did you call that meat stuff again? It’s so were left without homes, food, or water. How good.” It’s nice that her friends liked her could she and her family justify all this food mother’s extravagances. when so many others had nothing?

“Have some more, kleftiko,” her mother “We live in Canada,” her mother said, “we said. “Or lamb, as you Canadians call it. My must do as the Canadians. So we have ham and turkey, which is the Canadian tradition, serious one thinks she can save the world if and we also include our customary food. she doesn’t eat.”

“I’ve told her,” her friend said. She took Something from our past and something another bite of meat. “Not having enough from our present.” food isn’t fun. I should know.”

“It’s not right. There are people suffering She saw her parents glance at each in the world.” other and nod. She wondered what secret “Yes, my serious one, there are. And that is why we are grateful for what we have. they’d shared that she couldn’t figure out?

Before she could give it much thought, And we share. Each of us has invited a she heard her father wonder where the bread friend today to share our good fortune with was. Her mother jumped up to get the burnt us so we are not alone in our gratitude.” offerings from the oven. Her father teased As a child, when she’d first come to her mother. “You always forget the bread.” this country, she loved the scents that

“It’s our Christmas tradition,” her mother said and laughed.

Yes, as long as she could remember her mother, despite all her preparations and planning always forgot the bread. “Next year, I’ll remember,” her mother said.

Her father laughed. “If you say so.” He kissed her mother’s hand.

She smiled and listened to more of the chatter and took a fork full of kleftiko.

And Now for Christmas Present Fragrances of simmering lamb, baked desserts, and aromatic spices will ignite a memory, a sense of something familiar. She is reminded of a home she once lived in and has visited more often as her parents have aged.

As with smells, her recollections can also be triggered by a glance or words uttered. “Where is the bread?” her father asks, and she imagines her mother cursing herself for forgetting the bread in the oven.

Her mother is not here anymore. But the table is still there; its bony legs have withstood the weight placed on them over the years.

They don’t make tables like that anymore, particularly in this world of disposability.

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There are many Greek restaurants in this city she grew up in. It no longer looks like the city she and her family immigrated to so many years ago.

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mother’s, though. That woman had special hands. She could make anything.”

“It’s better than anything we could do,” she has told him.

Her father laughs. “It’s a wonder we haven’t starved without her. Neither one of us cooks.” His eyes get slightly teary, as if he is picturing her mother in the kitchen fussing over the stove or setting the Christmas table.

“Yup, you said it,” she says.

“And you never liked all that food, anyway.”

“It was just too much,” she said. “When so many had nothing.”

“It was how your mother showed us how much she loved us and the others we invited to our home. This is how we gave thanks for coming to this country. She wasn’t any different from you. She tried to save the world too. You have to understand this, my serious one. She thought she could do it one person at a time.”

Her friend from so many years ago is at the kitchen table, too. “She used to feed us,” she says. “Your mother knew we didn’t have enough.”

She remembers that expression her parents exchanged all those Christmases ago, swallows hard to control the tears she doesn’t want her father to see.

“Where’s the bread?” she hears his insistent words again.

This time she startles awake, sits upright in her childhood bed and slowly realizes her father is gone now too.

She is here to celebrate her first Christmas without him. She’s not sure where or if she’ll find solace. That first Christmas without her mother, they packed bags for the Food

Bank as her mother had done since these places came to be in the early ‘80s. “She gave money to the Sally Ann before that,” her father said, “every year.” So she made a donation in her mother’s name. Over dinner, they told stories about her, the things she made, and the bread she always forgot in the oven. They laughed and toasted her and the ache of losing her waned a little. They’ve celebrated her mother every year since in the same way, and with it, grief passed.

The hole left in her life and stomach after her father’s death this year couldn’t possibly pass. She feels the lacking every day, even as she stuffs more into her life to distract her. Nothing seems to help.

As she gets out of bed, it comes to her.

She is thankful, too, for having had the parents she had. And what did they always tell her: show your love and gratitude, oh serious daughter of ours.

Her siblings and their friends, along with her friend and others, will be back this year. One last Christmas in this old house, her parents’ house. OK, she still can’t cook.

Nothing has changed there. But there are many restaurants she can order her family’s favourites from. She knows the table will hold up under the weight, at least for one more year. And maybe this year, she’ll remember the bread her father could never seem to do without. Or perhaps this story of her mother’s forgetfulness will be handed down through the generations. And the retelling will bring a smile of recognition and a link to the past.

Stella Harvey is the director of the Whistler Writers Festival and author of three novels; her latest is Finding Callidora.

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How the world In most Christian countries, Christmas is the most special time of the year.

Though the most important ingredients of Christmas across the world are the same—festive cheer, family time and delicious food—each country has its own special way of celebrating this magical festival. By Len Rutledge.

Germany

Scandinavia

On the night of Dec. 5, children

clean and polish their shoes and leave them outside the door before going to sleep. Next morning, they find them filled with nuts, candy, and small gifts from St. Nicholas.

He also makes an appearance in shopping malls.

The Advent calendar is an important countdown to Christmas for German children. Every day for four weeks preceding Christmas, a window in the advent calendar is opened to reveal a poem, parts of a story, candy or a small gift.

Advent wreaths were started

by German Lutherans in the 16th century, and today the wreath is still an icon of Christmas in Germany.

The wreath consists of four candles in a bed of pine cones, berries, dried flowers and Christmas ornaments. So too are Christmas angels. They are put up on Christmas trees and all around the house at Christmas time.

Christmas season in Germany is not complete without mugs of steaming hot Glühwein which is sold in ceramic mugs in all Christmas markets. Lebkuche is another special German Christmas treat. These baked delights resemble gingerbread and contain honey, spices and nuts, and can be soft or hard, sweet, or spicy, and with or without icing.

While they may share some

seasonal customs, Scandinavian countries have individual beliefs and their own unique ways of celebrating the holidays.

Christmas Eve is the main event in Norway. For many, it includes church services and last-minute shopping for gifts. At 5 p.m., the churches ring their Christmas bells. Most people have a dinner of pork ribs or lutefisk (a cod dish) at home, so restaurants are usually closed. Christmas Eve dessert usually includes gingerbread or a hot rice pudding, and mulled wine. Then Christmas gifts are opened after dinner.

The Swedish Christmas begins with Saint Lucia Day on Dec. 13 then Christmas trees are set up usually a couple of days before Christmas and decorated with red and white flowers.

On Christmas Eve, many Swedes attend church services.

They return home to a traditional family dinner including a buffet

dinner with ham, pork, or fish, and a variety of sweets. After the festive Christmas Eve dinner, someone dresses up and hands out gifts.

Children help decorate their family Christmas trees in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday in Denmark, which formally begins on Dec. 23. The celebration kicks off with a meal that includes a traditional cinnamon rice pudding called grod.

On Christmas Eve, Danes have a Christmas dinner usually consisting of duck or goose, red cabbage, and caramelized potatoes.

The traditional dessert is a light rice pudding with whipped cream and chopped almonds.

On Christmas morning, Danish cupcakes are traditionally served.

For Christmas Day lunch, cold cuts and different types of fish usually make up the meal. On Christmas night, families gather around the Christmas tree, exchange presents, and sing carols.

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The playing of Christmas carols in shops can start in September! The formal Christmas celebrations start on Dec. 16 when many people go to the first of nine early morning masses.

Christmas customs in the Philippines are a mixture of western and native Filipino traditions.

Filipinos have Santa Claus, Christmas trees, Christmas cards and Christmas carols from western countries!

They also have their own Christmas traditions such as the “parol” which is a bamboo pole or frame with a lighted star lantern on it.

During Christmas Eve evening, Christians go to church to hear the Christmas Eve mass. This is followed by a midnight feast, which is a big, open house celebration with family, friends and neighbours dropping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

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Christmas on Dec. 25, it is during summer vacation. Pre-Christmas, many people attend Carols by Candlelight where they come together at night to light candles and sing Christmas carols outside.

Christmas festivities begin in late November, when schools and church groups present Nativity plays. Shopping centres play carols throughout the month of December.

On Christmas Eve, families may attend church together. Most children expect Father Christmas to leave gifts. After opening presents on Christmas morning, the family sits down to breakfast together. For some families, attending a Christmas Day church service is traditional.

Christmas Day is when families and close friends gather together.

The highlight of the day is the midday dinner. Some families enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner of roast turkey or ham and rich plum pudding doused in brandy and set aflame before it is brought to the table.

Because the weather is hot, other families head for the backyard BBQ to grill their Christmas dinner in the sunshine. Many families even go to the beach or to the countryside and enjoy a picnic of cold turkey or ham and a salad.

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Most Catholics

will go to a Midnight Mass service. After the mass there are often extravagant firework displays and in big towns and cities there are grandiose Christmas Tree shaped displays of electric lights.

For those not going to church, the Christmas Eve meal is normally served around 10 p.m. Exactly at midnight, people greet each other, make a toast wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and after that they will exchange presents. The lunch on Christmas Day is also special and after that some people go to relatives and friends houses to visit while others will go back to church.

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primarily a Buddhist country, and although there are a few resident Christians, much of the holiday revelry is purely secular. There is no holiday for Christmas but the commercial appeal of Christmas is just too much for Bangkok’s big shopping malls to resist. They get in on the holiday action with sales, Christmas lights, and decorated trees.

Many of the city’s major hotels have gala dinners and special buffets for Christmas and most of the standalone restaurants serving Western food also have celebration meals.

Christmas is not

seen as a religious celebration as there aren’t many Christians in Japan and it is not a national holiday. Most businesses will treat the Christmas Day as a “normal” working day.

Christmas Eve is often celebrated more than Christmas Day. Christmas Eve is thought of as a romantic day that couples spend together and exchange presents. Young couples like to go for walks to look at the Christmas lights and have a romantic meal in a restaurant. The Japanese have a Christmas cake, but it’s not a rich fruit cake, but a sponge cake decorated with strawberries and whipped cream.

The Japanese New Year is more like a traditional Western Christmas.

New year is the period where families get together, have a special meal, pray and send greetings cards.

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Corless, Nash enjoy historic World Cup debut GERMANS TOP DOUBLES RACE AT WHISTLER SLIDING CENTRE

BY DAN FALLOON MAKING ONE’S Viessman FIL World Cup debut at the age of 16 is impressive enough.

To be trailblazers in the process, like the Whistler doubles team of Natalie Corless and Caitlin Nash, only adds to it.

The Whistler 16-year-olds successfully completed both runs of the Viessmann FIL World Cup doubles event at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Dec. 14, finishing 22nd out of 23 sleds, as one sled did not finish its second run. In becoming the first-ever women’s doubles sled at the World Cup level, the pair was 2.695 seconds behind winners Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany. Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, also of Germany, took second and Vsevelod Kashkin and Konstantin Korshunov of Russia were third. The duo also took home bronze in the America Pacific Championships, held concurrently withn the World Cup. Corless said after the race that she was still soaking in the experience.

“It hasn’t really set in. It was awesome doing this at home. We completed our goals, had good runs, had fast starts, had fast times,” Corless said.

Nash, meanwhile, said her World Cup debut will stay with her forever.

COMPLETING THE RUN Caitlin Nash and Natalie

Corless complete their second run at the Viessman FIL World Cup on Dec. 14.

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“It was great hearing our friends and family cheering through [Corner] 16 and coming up the outrun. It’s something we’re never going to forget,” Nash said. “We just wanted to be consistent and I think we proved that we are capable.”

When sitting in the start, both sliders said they were glad that they were premiering in a doubles race so they could enjoy the experience together.

“You can definitely feel the nerves, but it was good to still focus and we’ve been

and Justin Snith, was sixth, 0.392 seconds off the lead. Walker explained that they had mixed emotions about their day.

“We’re really happy with our performance, a little disappointed with the result. The starts were awesome ... podium level starts. The runs were as close to perfect as you can in the sport of luge, so I think we need to take a look at how the sled’s running a little bit,” he said.

When trying to square the feeling of having two strong runs with finishing lower

“It hasn’t really set in. It was awesome doing this at home. We completed our goals, had good runs, had fast starts, had fast times.”

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doing it together. We keep each other calm, keep each other focused,” Corless said.

“We feel like we have a good support system between the two of us. We rely on each other. We’re good friends, so that really helps us a lot,” Nash said.

This will be the pair’s only World Cup this season, but they have other major events on their calendar, including the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland next month. Nash and Corless found out they had qualified last week The other Canadian sled, Tristan Walker

in the table than they felt they deserved, Walker said he and Snith try to “control the controllables.”

“We know that there are other teams out there with virtually unlimited research and development budgets,” he said.

“Knowing that there’s nothing we can do about it, we focus on our own game, focus on our mental preparation, focus on our physical preparation, be as fast as we can be. Hopefully at the end of the day, that will show in the results.”

Walker said it was an honour to be

present to watch fellow Canadians in Nash and Corless make history here in Whistler.

“We are really proud to call them our teammates. It was awesome to see history get made like that. Hopefully it’s a push in the right direction to get the women their own category,” he said. “There was a sled there that they almost got, which was really impressive.”

Following the doubles race, Canadians struggled in BMW Sprint World Cup competition to wrap up the weekend, featuring the top 15 finishers from the regular World Cup races in the weekend.

The top result came from the Walker and Snith sled in the doubles race, as the duo took 13th. The podium was unchanged from the World Cup contest, as Eggert and Benecken earned the win over Wendl and Arlt, and Kashkin and Korshunov.

In the women’s race, Makena Hodgson and Carolyn Maxwell took 14th and 15th, respectively, with Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova earning her second gold of the weekend over American Emily Sweeney and Germany’s Cheyenne Rosenthal. No Canadians qualified for the men’s race, in which Austria’s Reinhard Egger topped Russia’s Roman Repilov and fellow Austrian Jonas Mueller.

RUSSIANS DOMINANT IN SINGLES ACTION Roman Repilov fell just two-thousandths of a second short of setting the Whistler Sliding Centre track record, but he still walked away with the men’s singles victory on Dec. 13.

The Russian posted a second-run time

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GRIN AND BEAR IT Tristan Walker prepares to start with doubles partner Justin Snith during the BMW Sprint World Cup at Whistler Sliding Centre on Dec. 14.

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of 49.839 seconds to jump from second to first and win the third stop of the season.

German Felix Loch was 0.147 seconds back and Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller was 0.171 seconds off the pace.

“My plan was to beat the track record,” Repilov said. “My start was good in the second run. My lines were good.”

Though it was his sophomore time racing the track, Repilov said he enjoys

was improved, it still wasn’t at the level he’d like to see.

“I thought they were getting better in the technical aspect, but in the power aspect, nope,” he said.

Despite the challenges, Watts didn’t go home empty-handed as he finished third in the America-Pacific Championships.

The only other Canadian, Colton Clarke, took 25th overall.

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“I like Whistler. It’s my second time [competing here]. It’s the best track for the conditions I’ve seen this season and it’s good for me,” he said.

The top Canadian was Whistler’s Reid Watts, who ended the day in 21st overall, 0.794 seconds back of Repilov.

Watts had endured some struggles already this season, finishing lower than he had hoped for. After finishing ninth in the Nation’s Cup race on Thursday, he sought to make some changes heading into the big race, which didn’t work. Watts had identified his starts as a problem early in the season, working hard on them leading into the Whistler stop, but ultimately, was not happy with his progress.

“I realized my sled wasn’t running fast enough, so today, I decided to take a big risk,” he said. “Obviously, it really didn’t pay off. The starts need a lot of work, but I felt that the sliding today, in my second run especially, the times really didn’t add up, so I’m a little confused. I’m very disappointed and I’ll get back to the drawing board this Christmas, figure out some stuff, and come back stronger than ever in the second half.”

Watts said while his second run start

Russia also topped the podium in the women’s race, with Tatyana Ivanova holding off Germany’s Anna Berreiter by 0.191 seconds and fellow Russian Viktoriia Demchenko by 0.221 seconds.

In just her third-ever World Cup race, Berreiter was thrilled to have tamed the Whistler track, though she credited recent precipitation and some warm temperatures with helping to slow conditions and allow her to learn the world’s fastest track quickly. She also won the Nation’s Cup race to qualify for the World Cup. “It’s an incredible feeling standing on the podium. I love that feeling,” she said. “I was feeling good at this track. The training was very good and yesterday, the Nation’s Cup went very good.

“It’s very fast and it’s not so hard, so you can get it very fast. It’s a lot of fun sliding here.”

Carolyn Maxwell was the top Canadian, taking 12th place, 0.503 seconds back of Ivanova, while Makena Hodgson was 14th, Brooke Apshkrum took 16th and Pemberton’s Trinity Ellis was 20th. Whistler resident Veronica Ravenna, representing Argentina, was 21st.

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Thompson topped her FIS World Cup win total from 2018-19.

The 27-year-old Whistler ski-cross racer recorded back-to-back wins during the strenuous early-season Cross-Alps Tour challenge, emerging victorious in Montafon, Austria on Dec. 14 before topping the night race in Arosa, Switzerland on Dec. 17.

In Arosa, Thompson described having some up-and-down skiing in her heats before hitting her stride in finals. Thompson noted that the start section was tough to pin down, especially with minimal training time possible because of the compressed schedule.

“I snuck into the final, laid it all out in the final, and I think that was probably my best skiing of the day. I made it count when it mattered, thankfully,” said Thompson, who had one World Cup win to go along with her World Championships triumph in the 2018-19 campaign.

“I just wasn’t quite nailing the first start. It’s kind of an uphill, quite different from what we’re used to. I wasn’t quite pulling with all of my strength like I should have been.”

With a chuckle, Thompson added: “I just basically tried a lot harder in the final.”

Thompson explained that the start section had small transitions that required smooth skiing early on. She found the rhythm in finals and chased down early leader Sandra Naeslund of Sweden to top the podium.

“I just had to make sure I did those the best I could because I knew I could be fast in that start,” she said. “From there, I was right behind Sandra after the first turn, which is a good spot. I was pretty close behind her.

Then halfway down the course, she made a pretty big mistake and cased a doubleroller feature and lost a lot of speed. I took advantage of that.”

Switzerland’s Fanny Smith also passed Naeslund and held her off for second.

With some strong Swiss competitors, including hometown racer Alex Fiva on the men’s side, and the change of pace of an evening event, Thompson looks forward to Arosa every year.

“The night event has a really fun atmosphere. The Swiss are great fans of skiing and with the success of their skicross team, they have quite a following.

It’s pretty cool to see all their supporters out there, and they’re not just cheering for Switzerland, they’re excited for everyone out there,” she said.

The other Canadian women at Arosa were: Brittany Phelan (eighth); India Sherret (10th); Zoe Chore (11th); Abby McEwen (12th); and Courtney Hoffos (17th).

Canada also topped the men’s podium, with Kevin Drury holding off Sweden’s

Viktor Andersson and hometown hero Fiva for first. Meanwhile, Kristofor Mahler was sixth, Brady Leman 10th, and Reece Howden 20th.

At Montafon, meanwhile, Thompson overcame tough weather conditions including fog and heavy snowfall. Like Arosa, there was a technical start, meaning Thompson employed a similar strategy to get out of the gate quickly.

“In my first two rounds, I was pretty quick. In my semi, I wasn’t the first out, but I had to make a pass in the second turn and hold it all the way to the end to get myself to the final,” she said. “In the final, I pretty much led top to bottom. I had a pretty fast start and with all that fresh snow, we had to skate after the start feature. I skated as fast and with as much power as I could.”

In men’s action at Montafon, two Canadians made the podium as Switzerland’s Ryan Regez topped Mahler and Leman, in order. Drury also starred, winning the small final and placing fifth.

Thompson and the Canucks will wrap up the pre-Christmas portion of the schedule with back-to-back races at Innichen, Italy on Dec. 21 and 22. After finishing off the podium in the first two races of the season in Val Thorens, France, Thompson is thrilled to be back to her winning ways.

“It’s nice to know that I’m skiing well, can be fast and competitive,” she said. “I’ve really enjoyed the Innichen course over the years. It’s the place where I had my first podium [third in 2011].

“Hopefully, I’ll take some momentum into that, try to keep skiing well and make sure I’m doing everything I can.”

Thompson acknowledges the schedule is challenging, with six races in about twoand-a-half weeks, but it’s a fun way to start the season.

“I have to really make sure I’m managing my recovery and making sure I’m doing all of my workouts to make sure I keep my strength up,” she said.

GRONDIN FIFTH IN SNOWBOARD-CROSS Montafon also hosted World Cup snowboardcross action, though Canadians weren’t a factor in the same way. In the men’s race, Eliot Grondin pulled off a fifth-place finish, while Kevin Hill took 23rd. Austria’s Alessandro Haemmerle earned the victory over Australia’s Cameron Bolton and Italy’s Omar Visintin.

Tess Critchlow was the top Canuck in the women’s race, placing 12th, while Whistler’s Zoe Bergermann was 16th, Meryeta Odine 17th, Carle Brenneman 22nd, Audrey McManiman 24th and Whistler’s Haili Moyer 27th.

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Two Whistler Freeride Club athletes qualify for Junior Worlds LEIF GASCOIGNE AND RYDER BULFONE WILL HEAD TO AUSTRIA NEXT MONTH

BY DAN FALLOON TWO WHISTLER Freeride Club athletes will take on the world in Austria next month.

Leif Gascoigne and Ryder Bulfone were confirmed by the Freeride World Tour earlier this month as two of Canada’s entries into the ski men’s category in the Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) in January.

For the second year in a row, the competition will be held in Kappl, Austria.

After taking a fifth-place finish at the North American Junior Freeride Championship at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in April, Gascoigne did the math and found his point totals should be high enough to earn one of the Canadian spots. It was officially confirmed to him in the fall and announced via a Freeride World Tour email on Dec. 3.

“I knew a bit before,” Gascoigne said.

Gascoigne said he’s excited to go overseas for the first time and take in all the continent has to offer.

“I’ve never been to Europe before, so it’ll be exciting and new. It’s the same venue as

last year, so it’s a pretty big competition,” he said.

North American competitors will be challenged with visual inspection, an added layer to European competition. While in local events, competitors can ski the competition area beforehand, it is not allowed in European contests and they must meticulously scout and plan lines from afar.

“It’s the most challenging part, probably.

We’ll have to work on it this year with our coaches,” Gascoigne said. “We practiced doing it last year a little bit and it was pretty challenging.”

In competition, Gascoigne likes to go all out and trick-wise, leans toward the truck driver, grabbing his skis with both hands.

“I like to go fast and charge hard,” he said.

Whistler Freeride Club head coach Derek Foose echoed Gascoigne’s self-assessment, going into further detail describing his bulldozing approach to skiing.

“Leif is the 100-per-cent full-throttle charger,” Foose said. “From top to bottom, [he’s going] full speed, always looking for big features, and looking for lines where he doesn’t really have to slow down much. He can go full monster-truck style.”

While Bulfone declined to be interviewed for this story as he hoped to keep things “low key” before Junior Worlds, Foose noted that Gascoigne and Bulfone enjoy skiing together despite employing dramatically different approaches to the sport.

“Ryder is very much the flowmaster.

He’s smooth, hoppy, playful and really reads terrain differently than a lot of other people, which makes his competition runs quite unique a lot of the time,” Foose said.

“ ... He can go full monster-truck style.”

- DEREK FOOSE

New Zealand-based club members and twin brothers Lach and Fynn Powell, who ski with the club in the winter before returning home and competing in their home country’s junior tour, also qualified for the FJWC. On their home circuit, Lach finished first while Fynn was third overall.

“It’s pretty sick to have the New Zealand

team and the Canadian team represent Whistler Freeride Club,” he said.

Foose said he and the coaching staff enjoy pinpointing their charges’ strengths and developing them into an exciting and effective rider.

“We find what makes them unique in skiing and really try to shine a spotlight on that. This particular niche of skiing, competitive freeride, is great for that because it’s so wide open. It’s pretty free form,” he said.

Whistler Freeride Club has annually qualified riders for the FJWC, so it’s become part of the club mindset that the international level isn’t far away.

“They’ve seen the other kids go through it and I guess it’s in the back of everyone’s mind during the competition season, but it’s not something that’s a set goal. If you do the things that it takes to succeed, then that’s an outcome of that,” Foose said.

Heading into the club’s season, in a general sense, Foose said things were positive in terms of numbers and stoke, though everyone was disappointed to push back the on-snow portion because of low-snow conditions early in the year. n

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BY DAN FALLOON WHISTLER’S TEAL HARLE was just a quarter-point away from big-air gold at the FIS World Cup stop in Beijing, China on Dec. 14.

The 23-year-old landed all three of his attempts, with his top two combining for a tally of 190.00, just 0.25 back of winner Birk Ruud of Norway. Sweden’s Jesper Tjader placed third.

“I was just feeling really comfortable on the jump, I think. I felt confident going into it with some really good training days. We had awesome weather, nice warm temperatures, and just a really nice jump,” Harle said.

“Everything was just nice and comfy.”

Harle noted that his two successful runs included a switch left double cork 1800 and a leftside double cork 1620.

After spending much of his summer working at a fishing lodge in Bella Coola, Harle got back into training in September by heading to New Zealand for a month. There, he sought to nail down his switch takeoff, which he used in the Beijing competition for his highest-scoring trick.

“I tried to finally figure it out because I’ve been battling with it for years and years and just never really quite perfected it,” he said, “but I’m feeling much better with it after that training camp in New Zealand.”

The competition was held on a manmade structure in Beijing’s Shougang Park, located in an industrial section on the western outskirts of China’s capital.

Pictures from the competition depict tall smokestacks in the background.

“It was a pretty interesting place,” Harle said. “There were these weird, old, crazy structures.

“It was kind of a random place for a jump.”

Harle added that, being his first time in China, there was a bit of a culture shock. It extended even to the venue, as there was an occasion where he was misunderstood.

“It was definitely an experience. I’d never been to China before and it was definitely difficult with the language barrier,” he said.

“The security there was quite strict. We had airport security getting into the venue, and security guards everywhere.

“One day, I just tried to take the stairs up the jump instead of the elevator to get a little warmup before hitting the jump and I wasn’t allowed. I had to take the elevator.”

Another potential concern was of the air quality in the world’s sixth-most populous metropolitan area. While conditions were bad upon Harle’s initial arrival, they improved closer to the competition.

“The first couple days, it was very smoggy, what you would imagine if you think of polluted air,” he said. “You couldn’t really see anywhere, and we thought it was going to be like that for the full week, but after two days, it kind of dispersed and

PODIUM SHOT Whistler’s Teal Harle (left) hit the podium with Norway’s Birk Ruud at the Beijing big air World Cup on Dec. 14.

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maybe got blown away. It turned out to be pretty good air quality for our second day of training and the rest of the week.”

After taking fifth in the first big-air competition of the season in Italy, Harle now sits second only to Ruud in the overall standings. While he’s eying his first Crystal Globe, he plans to take the season step by step, “I’m always just hoping to land my runs, stick to my gameplan, my comp plan,” he said. “That’s all I can control and I’m happy for whatever results that’ll get me.”

Other Canadians in the men’s big air were: Max Moffatt (eighth); Alex BeaulieuMarchand (14th); Edouard Therriault (17th); and Evan McEachran (35th).

In the women’s event, Norway’s Johanne Killi topped Switzerland’s Giulia Tanno and Italy’s Silvia Bertagna for gold.

Canadians Dara Howell and Megan Oldham placed sixth and seventh, respectively.

Canadians also excelled in the snowboard portion of the big air, as Max Parrot earned a win in his first competition since being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in January.

Parrot praised the new 2022 Olympic venue.

“The new venue is simply amazing! I actually think it’s one of the best scaffolding jumps in the entire world. The jump is really big, conditions were great, and you can see it in the level of riding. It was a tough contest for sure,” Parrot said in a release.

Parrot held off Sweden’s Sven Thorgren and American Chris Corning for the win.

Whistler’s Darcy Sharpe, meanwhile, placed ninth, while William Buffey was 19th and Michael Ciccarelli was 23rd.

As for the women, Canada’s Laurie Blouin took third behind winner Miyabi Onitsuka of Japan and Anna Gasser of Austria. Brooke Voigt, meanwhile, placed 12th.

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Think Finn Iles winning the Official Whip-Off World Championships in 2014 when he was just 14 years old after fighting to even compete because of his tender age.

Or Anthony Messere conquering the Red Bull Joyride dragon in his debut at age 15 to earn bronze. Even this year, in the Rock Shox Ultimate Pump Track Challenge, 16-year-old Jakob Jewett of Squamish knocked off Mitch Ropelato, who’d be crowned King of Crankworx a few days later, and Chaney Guennet, the defending pump track world champion, en route to the semifinal.

“It didn’t really feel real. It felt like a dream because usually I watch these events and see all these guys competing. It’s crazy to think I’m there with them,” Jewett told Pique at the time.

Cinderella stories like these only pop up every few years, but Crankworx World Tour general manager Darren Kinnaird hopes a new tour initiative will help smooth the transition from Kidsworx to pro competition. And, perhaps, CWNEXT will give young athletes an opportunity to impress on the pro stage a little more often.

“At the moment, the opportunities and what they’ve done with them are the exceptions,” he said. “These young athletes are going to gain high-level sport experience, it’s only going to benefit them further down the road.

“We may start to see more exceptions, but I don’t think they’ll be exceptions to the rule anymore. They’ll just be highlevel competitive athletes that are super talented.”

CWNEXT will offer U19, U17 and U15 divisions in the pump track, dual slalom, speed and style, and downhill disciplines.

Kinnaird added that the CWNEXT categories will run on the same day as the pro events.

“These young athletes are going to gain high-level sport experience, it’s only going to benefit them further down the road.”

- DARREN KINNAIRD

“There have never been formal categories for these disciplines. By creating this, we also want to do that alongside bringing all of the elements that we are bringing to the professional level of normal Crankworx discipline,” Kinnaird said, noting that the timing and announcers will be on par with the senior-level competition.

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BOBSLEIGH PILOT Justin Kripps kicked off the four-man BMW IBSF World Cup season by stacking up victories in Lake Placid, N.Y. on the weekend.

Kripps and his crew of Benjamin Coakwell, Cameron Stones and Ryan Sommer kicked things off on Dec. 14 by topping a Latvian sled piloted by Oskars Kiebermanis by 0.39 seconds and an Austrian sled helmed by Austria’s Benjamin Maier by 0.47 seconds.

The next day, the foursome bested two German sleds, piloted by Johannes Lochner and Francesco Friedrich, by 0.30 and 0.33 seconds, respectively.

“We are just cruising in the four-man and are having so much fun,” Kripps said in a release. “I think there are two reasons for our success. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton stepped up and invested in a new sled for us this year which is similar to what all of the top teams in the sport have, and the boys are all working so hard on and off the track.

We are just having a blast down here.”

The women’s team was also successful, as Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski took a bronze on Dec. 14. Americans Kaillie Humphries and Lauren Gibbs earned the win while Germans Kim Kalicki and Erline Nolte took second.

In skeleton action, Canadian Mirela Rahneva was just 0.04 seconds off the

podium as she took fourth place. Russian Elena Nikitina cruised to the win while German Jacqueline Loelling and Austrian Janine Flock rounded out the podium.

Fellow Canadians Jane Channell, from North Vancouver, and Madison Charney were 17th and 18th, respectively.

On the men’s side, neither Kevin Boyer nor Kyle Murray qualified for a second run, placing 25th and 26th, respectively. Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov earned the win over Latvia’s Martins Dukurs and Germany’s Felix Keisinger.

Complete results are available online at www.ibsf.org.

BOWMAN, KARKER THIRD AT COPPER Canadian Noah Bowman went home with some hardware from the FIS World Cup halfpipe event at Copper Mountain, Colo. on Dec. 13.

Bowman’s 84.75 score placed him behind only two Americans, with Aaron Blunck winning with an 87.00 and David Wise sitting just behind him at 85.25.

Fellow Canadian Brendan Mackay also posted a solid showing, taking sixth, while the Marineau twins were back to back with Evan earning ninth and Dylan 10th.

Meanwhile, Sam McKeown took 18th and Andrew Longino was 20th.

On the women’s side, Rachael Karker

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With the program running at all three world tour stops, Kinnaird expects it to boost junior competition not just in Whistler, but also Rotorua, New Zealand and Innsbruck, Austria.

Kinnaird added that he expects that the CWNEXT offering will attract new riders to Crankworx as opposed to simply reshuffling those who are already registering for Kidsworx events.

“I think this is going to bring in more athletes, more young athletes, and give them an opportunity to compete,” he said.

“In a lot of cases, the athletes are around at Crankworx, but haven’t had the clear opportunity to compete in a field of their peers. That’s what this is truly creating.”

Pemberton rider Tegan Cruz was grateful to Crankworx for creating the new CWNEXT. Cruz won three gold and a silver at Kidsworx in 2019, and the 14-year-old appreciates the continued opportunity to showcase his skills as he rises through the ranks.

“I think it’s a really good idea because around here and all over the world, there are so many young, really talented athletes.

It’s going to help the sport grow, for sure,” he said. “It’s such a big event. Everyone comes from all over the world, and that’s why I think it’s so fun.”

Cruz added that he enjoys competing in events outside of the downhill mould at Crankworx, and that racing new faces from around the world helps him on his personal development curve.

“Showing me how everyone else races helps me try to get faster and beat them,” he said.

Crankworx announced earlier this year that the 2020 edition in Whistler will expand its footprint on the calendar by two days to a total of 12, and Kinnaird now confirms that it’s in part because of the CWNEXT launch.

“There’s so much going on,” Kinnaird said. “Trying to squeeze all this stuff in is certainly a challenge, but it’s certainly worthwhile.”

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SPORTS THE SCORE << FROM PAGE 76 posted an 81.75 score to take third behind winner Zoe Atkin of Great Britain (87.75) and runner-up Brita Sigourney of the U.S. (85.00). Other Canadians were Rachael Anderson in 14th and Amy Fraser in 20th.

Canadian snowboarders didn’t fare quite as well. In the women’s event, Elizabeth Hosking was the lone Canuck in 14th. Spain’s Queralt Castellet topped China’s Jiayu Liu and American Maddie Mastro for the win. As for the men, Braeden Adams was Canada’s top representative in 22nd while Kiran Pershad was 24th. At the top of the table, Australia’s Scotty James held off Japanese challengers Yuto Totsuka and Ruka Hirano for first.

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ST-GERMAIN FIFTH AT ST. MORITZ Canadian skier Laurence St-Germain excelled in her Audi FIS World Cup parallel slalom debut in St. Moritz, Switzerland on Dec. 15.

St-Germain posted a fifth-place finish in her first-ever World Cup race in the discipline.

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SPORTS THE SCORE << FROM PAGE 78 In the men’s slalom in Val d’Isere, France on Dec. 15, no Canadians cracked the second run. France’s Alexis Pinturault ran away with the top prize over Sweden’s Andre Myhrer and Italy’s Stefano Gross.

KINGSBURY CLAIMS GOLD AT THAIWOO Canada’s Mikaël Kingsbury just keeps on winning.

The moguls legend captured the men’s dual moguls event in Thaiwoo, China, on Dec. 15, defeating France’s Benjamin Cavet in the final. Japan’s Ikuma Horishima knocked off Great Britain’s Thomas Gerken Schofield in the small final to take third.

Laurent Dumais also impressed, taking fifth, while Kerrian Chulaud was 14th, Gabriel Dufresne 16th, Pemberton’s Brenden Kelly 19th, and Elliot Vaillancourt 22nd.

In the women’s dual moguls event, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe was the top Canadian in eighth as France’s Perrine Laffont topped American Jaelin Kauf for the win and American Hannah Soar bested Japan’s Kisara Sumiyoshi in the small final.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe took 11th, Valerie Gilbert was 19th and Freestyle Whistler alumnus Maia Schwinghammer was 28th.

In the Dec. 14 moguls event, Kingsbury took second to Horishima in the men’s contest, falling just 0.60 points back, while Cavet was third. Dumais and Chunlaud

were back to back in seventh and eighth, respectively, while Dufresne took 21st and Kelly 26th.

In the women’s contest, Justine DufourLapointe hit the podium in third, finishing 7.08 points back of champion Laffont while Kazakhstan’s Yulia Galysheva was second.

Chloe Dufour-Lapointe placed eighth while Gilbert ended up 16th.

bronze, while Ng, Clark and Benson were right behind in fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. Russell Schick took the club’s other medal, placing third in the masters’ men 35-and-over event.

As well, Kawano and Tate took fourth and fifth, respectively, in the masters’ men 50-and-over contest, while Firth was 10th among junior girls.

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SEA TO SKY NORDICS KICK OFF BIATHLON SEASON Sea to Sky Nordics members picked up nine medals in the first BC Cup biathlon race of the season at Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre on Dec. 14 and 15.

In the sprint on Dec. 14, Max Sterelyukhin scored the club’s lone gold medal, topping the masters men’s 35-and-over category while Russell Schick took third.

In the junior girls’ division, Josie Clifford was second while Sophie Firth took eighth, and in the senior girls’ contest, Sofie Hill took second while Sierra Pochay-McBain was fourth and Taylor Fulton was seventh.

As for the junior boys, Lucas Gitt took a third-place result, while Jojo Ng was fourth, Ryan Clark placed fifth and Graham Benson took seventh.

In the senior boys’ showdown, Jasper Fleming, Sean Benson and Trevor Schick took fifth through seventh, in order, while Alexander Hatloe took 13th.

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event, Gary Tate and Toshi Kawano were fifth and eighth, respectively.

In the Dec. 15 pursuit, Fleming climbed to second in the senior boys’ event while Schick (fourth), Benson (ninth) and Hatloe (10th) all made the top 10. Also earning silver was Hill in the senior girls’ contest, while Fulton was fourth and PochayMcBain took eighth.

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Canada’s alpine snowboard team took a trio of top-30 finishes in FIS World Cup parallel giant slalom action at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy on Dec. 14.

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LUGE ACTION From top, Latvia’s Andris Sics gets set for the BMW Sprint World Cup doubles run on Dec. 14; World Cup doubles runners-up Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany wave to the crowd after completing their second run on Dec. 14; Pemberton’s Trinity Ellis launches into the track for her first run of women’s action on Dec. 13; American Chris Mazdzer races during men’s singles action on Dec. 13.

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FORK IN THE ROAD

These are a few of my favourite things…

AND MAYBE YOUR HOLIDAY GIFTEES’ FAVES, TOO! ONLY SIX MORE SLEEPS and The Big Day arrives—Christmas 2019, the last one of the decade!

Last time in this space, I came up with thoughtful gift ideas that keep on giving.

Now, with the clock tick-tocking and Santa almost down the chimney, if you’re still scrambling for thoughtful gifts for loved

BY GLENDA BARTOSH ones near and far, fear not, dear reader—’tis a piece of cake, with dried fruits and nuts or otherwise.

Cue the year ahead…

With apologies to the “obvious metaphor” police, now that 2020 is in our sightlines, I clearly see a way to solve lastminute gift-giving dilemmas—a way that supports some of the finest institutions any free society enjoys.

You can take the old newspaper gal out of the newspaper, but you can’t take the old newspaper out of the gal, and I say that good thoughtful, well-researched, well-written publications are more relevant than ever as we drown in scatterbrain social media.

In Whistler, the first choices that pop to mind are the kind of well-written, beautifully rendered outdoor adventure pubs like Mountain Life puts out. “Support meaningful, reader-driven journalism,” the good folks at Mountain Life urge. I’ll toast that. Clink! Did I mention that Pique’s

PUB PRESENTS A subscription to print and digital publications is a surefire way to look after the reader in your life this holiday season.

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own Leslie Anthony and Feet Banks are major Mountain Life contributors? When you support good-quality, thoughtful publications, you also support a lot of good, quality, thoughtful people.

On that lively note, let me branch out and suggest a handful of other pubs that may not be that obvious for giving at Christmas or anytime.

But first, a few tips: Every publication is different. Some are only online; some come both in print and digital form. Also, note that a subscription also gets your giftee into all the excellent digitally archived material these publications safeguard.

So if you’re worried about piles of mouldering paper or all the dead trees, fear not. For those that offer both, you can opt for the digital version only and simply get your giftee through the online paywall that would otherwise restrict their reading and (contemplative) pleasure.

On that point, let me bring in Maryanne Wolf. Scholar, director at UCLA and author of several excellent books, including Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, Wolf points out that when people process information in brief bursts, it actually curtails the part of the brain where we form insight and empathy—the “contemplative dimension” of our brains.

(Think trolls.)

Many of the pubs that engage our fine brains offer gift cards or acknowledgements, or you can make your own or run out and buy the latest edition from the newsstand, wrap it festively and present it your giftee.

If you opt for print issues, think “gifts that keep on giving.” Many libraries as well as centres for literacy and for helping new Canadians—and older ones who still enjoy a good read—welcome quality publications second-hand.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas and all good wishes for the holly-daze.

Happy Reading, whatever you choose.

book reviews; Harper’s for its considered reporting, excellent art and great fiction.

Both make treasured gifts.

GUARDING INTEGRITY

TOP IT UP WITH SCIENCE AND NATURE

The question always comes up at J-school: What’s the best newspaper in the world?

Our instructor of the day, Gerry Porter, didn’t hesitate, but he better framed the answer: “The best newspaper in the Englishspeaking world is The Guardian.” The Guardian is a gem. It and its sister papers, The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, are owned by the not-for-profit Scott Trust, which was created in 1936 to “secure the financial and editorial independence” of the now-plural newspapers and keep them free from commercial or political interference. The Guardian.com is free— no paywall—so technically you don’t have to spend a dime, but then where’s the integrity in that? You can opt for a subscription, or make a donation to The Guardian Foundation in your giftee’s name. Long live the free press!

MORE GOOD NEWS I got into The Washington Post—another “best of” newspaper—after reading Katherine Graham’s awesome autobiography. She took over the Post after her husband died, and oversaw its Watergate days. With its motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” it’s a perfect antidote for much that ails us.

Two other American greats: The New York Times and Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general interest magazine in America— the archive is 169 years old!. Hubby gave me subscriptions to both, and I love them. The Times for the news, the analyses, the climate coverage and, of course, the great art and

No better time than now for 20/20 vision when it comes to what’s happening in nature and science. We had a lovely surprise land in our mailbox last Christmas when my sister and brother-in-law sent us a subscription to Canadian Geographic. Published by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society since 1930, you support the society and its good work in Canada and beyond with this excellent publication. Bonus: your recipient gets a good read.

Then there are the two bastions of science reporting, from biology to astronomy: Scientific American, from the U.S., and New Scientist, out of the U.K. Both are also gifts in our home—one from me to me with love! (I’d rather have a year of New Scientist than a new sweater, any day.) They’re both excellent eyeopeners regarding all aspects of life in our complicated new age.

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Finally, who wouldn’t want a subscription to our own home-grown Pique Newsmagazine, especially if they love you and live far away?

Pique has won dozens of awards for its fearsome reporting and awesome attitude and art, so share a slice of the real “Whistler” with someone you love.

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who still loves the feel of paper in her hands. n

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OPEN DAILY: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Last entry by 9:30 p.m.

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EPICURIOUS

The Grill Room named one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants by OpenTable diners DINER REVIEWS MENTIONING PLANT-BASED FOODS HAVE INCREASED 136% SINCE 2017

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE GRILL ROOM, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s four-diamond-rated steakhouse, has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants based on diner reviews from online restaurant-reservation service OpenTable.

Generated from diner reviews collected between Oct. 1, 2018 and Sept. 30, 2019, the list, which is ordered alphabetically, includes nine B.C. restaurants—but only one from Whistler. The Fairmont’s Executive Sous Chef Derek Bendig said the honour means even more knowing that it was derived from customer feedback.

“That’s always nice, because that’s the people who are coming and spending the money. You don’t know that they’re there, you don’t know that they’re going to review, so it gives you a true depiction of what we’re doing as a restaurant,” he said. “I think there’s still a lot of room for growth for us, but we’re definitely on the right track.”

Bendig added that product has been a big focus for the Grill Room over the past year. Calling it that “indulgent room” where diners will find everything from succulent Iberico ham to foie gras, it’s important that the ingredients on the plate meet the restaurant’s high standards.

“That’s really what the Grill Room is all about,” he said. “We’re an à la carte restaurant, so it is all about the piece of meat or the piece of fish that’s on the plate. Trying to get the best product we can through the doors. That’s a lot of relationship building with people and getting the products not just into our restaurant but into B.C. in some cases.”

Of course, balancing the desire for the finest products with a commitment to sustainability means The Grill Room also relies on its local and regional suppliers using ethical practices, like a new initiative launched this year to bring

KEEPING IT 100 The Grill Room, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s four-diamond-rated steakhouse, is one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants, based on diner reviews from OpenTable.

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in fresh rainbow trout from the N’Quatqua First Nation in D’Arcy.

“You do want to get local stuff and we do,” Bendig explained, highlighting one of its most popular products, its signature dry-aged Pemberton Meadows steak.

“We’re trying to make sure those products are not just quality but a quality of life for the animals.”

The Fairmont’s more casual Wildflower restaurant has been where the hotel has really amped up its sustainability efforts, with roughly half the menu falling under the

Planet 21 banner, a company-wide initiative that promotes sustainable development in the hotel industry.

That falls in line with a trend that OpenTable picked up on in its diner-review data: the rising demand for plant-based foods. Globally, reviews mentioning plantbased foods have increased by 136 per cent since 2017. The findings also showed that healthy substitutions are becoming more popular as well; cauliflower crust, for instance, was mentioned 487 per cent more in diner reviews since 2017, while another

popular vegan ingredient (and common pork substitute) jackfruit has been mentioned 148 per cent more in the past two years.

OpenTable also reported that users are eager to try new things, with 70 per cent of diners making reservations for restaurants they’ve never been to before. In terms of cuisines, North American food was the most popular for breakfast and lunch, while Italian was the top choice for dinner.

The Grill Room just launched its new winter menu. To learn more, visit fairmont. com/whistler/dining/grillroom. n

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Architect of Whistler Village publishes new book EDGES: MOUNTAINS, FORESTS, CREEKS BY ELDON BECK AVAILABLE AT ARMCHAIR BOOKS

BY ALYSSA NOEL THE LANDSCAPE architect behind Whistler Village has always been fascinated by edges.

“Life is richer at the edges—sunlight meets shadow, meadow meets forest, sidewalks meet storefronts, people meet people and people meet nature.”

That’s the first line in the preface of Eldon Beck’s new book, Edges: Mountains, Forests, Creeks, Nature’s Guide to Village Form. “It was a long time coming,” Beck says of the book, which was published earlier this year. “In part of my design world, I’ve had a fascination with the edges of surfaces where things come together. The natural landscape has been my textbook.”

The book mixes pictures, poetry, and anecdotes, all woven together by the overarching theme of edges in nature and design. It’s broken down into five parts: Sun’s Light, looking at sunlight as a “guiding force;” Gore Creek: My Ecotonal Mentor, which examines how a creek in Vail, Colo. influenced Beck’s concept for designing villages—in particular, pedestrian lanes; Peaks to Shore: Continents, Edge to Edge, exploring how one habitat connects to the next; Alpine Settings: Villages and Buildings, highlighting alpine settlements; and Three

GOOD READ Eldon Beck’s book Edges: Mountains,

Forests, Creeks is available in Whistler at Armchair Books and the Whistler Museum.

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Villages: Distinct Yet Alike, looking at the similarities between Interlaken, Switzerland, Mill Valley, California, and Whistler.

“The book, without knowing it, began to form I don’t know how many years back,” Beck says. “I started putting it together under the topic of edges … and worked on that for about a year. Then finally the form of the book began to be interesting. At first I hadn’t thought a lot about having it highly illustrated with lots of pictures, but it became evident that the best way for me to

that guidance, he prioritized things like a pedestrian-friendly area with no vehicles, small buildings adjacent to public spaces so local residents could buy parcels, and putting retail shops and restaurants on the ground floor and tourist accommodation on upper levels.

“In all seasons, the Town Centre was to serve the local residents as well as visitors,” he writes in the book. “It was to appeal to all ages, to the world-wide audience.”

Another goal that he highlights is

“The indefinable spirit of Whistler Mountain flows into the inescapable aura of Village Stroll, and the narrow corridor unites with the broad slopes of the mountain ... ” - ELDON BECK

communicate a theory was to talk about it and to show it.”

For Whistlerites, perhaps the most compelling part of the book is all the insight it offers into the construction of Whistler Village back in the mid-1970s.

Beck was the landscape architect tasked with working with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) to design Whistler Village. As he explains in the book, the very first RMOW council, led by Mayor Pat Carleton, provided broad guidelines on what the village should look like, but as part of

connecting the village to the mountain in a “convenient and dramatic” way to offer “the sense that the mountains were permitted to flow into the village.”

“I believed the village’s relationship to the mountain went beyond physical access.

The link was a spiritual connection: the mountains are places of adventure and mystery where every person could search for meaning,” he writes.

While Beck lives in California, when he comes back to Whistler and walks down the Village Stroll there are aspects that panned

out as he envisioned and some that didn’t.

Village Square to Mountain Square, for example, has had trees removed and never replaced. And Mountain Square itself “never really evolved into the public place that’s interesting and exciting,” he says. “I’d always hoped to see it full of tables, full of people.”

But the biggest success, which he also highlights in the book, is Whistler Olympic Plaza, he says. “That’s become an absolutely wonderful place,” Beck says. “It is really so precious because in its form now, as a product of the 2010 Olympics, with the Olympics leaving electrical and sound systems there that were worth millions of dollars, they’re able to be used for the stage and operation there now … The voice of the community was heard loud and clear— create it is a natural place, not a business venture that people can use spontaneously.

Maybe that’s the beauty of it.”

In the book, he concludes the section on Whistler by drawing comparisons, once again, between the shape of nature and design.

“The indefinable spirit of Whistler Mountain flows into the inescapable aura of Village Stroll, and the narrow corridor unites with the broad slopes of the mountain,” he writes. “The form of the Village, its spaces, buildings and shapes of roofs, find harmony with forms visible throughout nature. The forest is the grand connector. Edges in the village find companionship with edges of mountains, forests and creeks.”

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Books to make you think PIQUE OFFERS THE FINAL SELECTION OF BOOK REVIEWS FOR THE READERS ON YOUR LIST THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

BY LESLIE ANTHONY SURE, WE LIVE in a bubble in Whistler. But

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given the chance, people here seem interested in becoming better-informed about the greater machinations of the world. Thus, two books to pique (have to use that word once a year) the interest of the thinkers on your Christmas list:

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FALTER: HAS THE HUMAN GAME BEGUN TO PLAY ITSELF OUT? BY BILL MCKIBBEN, 2019 Author, climate crusader and founder of 350. org, Bill McKibben delivers his most pointed take yet on how the future might unfold if we don’t heed the consensus warnings of the world’s environmental scientists. McKibben, who first alerted us to the dangers of climate change with 1989’s The End of Nature, now broadens his warning: with increasing signs of deep and widespread planetary change, the human game—a 200,000-year experimental blink of geologic time—may have begun to play itself out. Despite the implied jeremiad that indeed forms the first half of the book, McKibben, as always, unearths hope from amidst the denialist, head-in-the-sand morass, shifting the second part to wide-ranging insights into how we can, collectively, turn the corner from demise to promise.

MAGIC AND LOSS: THE INTERNET AS ART BY VIRGINIA HEFFERNAN, 2016 Answering a question from my late father in the mid-1990s, I explained how his query might best be elucidated on the thennascent World Wide Web, a.k.a., internet.

He nodded politely, then said: “This internet—where is it?” I patiently offered a screed on what I knew of cyberspace and remote servers. Again, listening attentively, he rejoined: “OK, but where is it?”

It was a generational disconnect, but telling. We often refer to the internet as a place (good, bad, dangerous, indifferent), but conceiving of it as something architecturally tangible—more than mere space in which to transact the exchange of goods, information, experiences? Never.

And yet, lacking tangibility in the traditional sense of mass or shape does not imply formlessness. Thus is the starting point for Magic and Loss, in which cultural critic Virginia Heffernan argues, more eruditely than you can imagine, that when it comes to art, the internet is human civilization’s greatest masterpiece. Given the digital world’s disseminate nature, however, this

Art After Dark: Emily Carr Holiday Trees Friday | Youth: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Adult: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Get inspired by the Landscapes in the Special Exhibition Emily Carr Fresh Seeing. Visit the Schmidtke Studio and create a Glass Etching. Experiment with turning an image into a resist layer and then etching it into glass.

Family Studio Sunday | 12 – 4pm GREEN BOOK Bill McKibben’s Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? is a good holiday pick for the environmentalist on your list.

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Experience the snow and ice theme with activities inspired by works in the Permanent Collection. This week take a closer look at the sculpture Arsenal by Gathie Falk, and create your own winter sculpture.

What’s On Display would be art difficult to step back from and describe—the yeoman’s job Heffernan takes on.

Interpreting the life-transformations it has wrought, Heffernan takes the measure of the internet as a “vast cultural artifact” to rival the printing press. The first five chapters cover the evolution of this enterprise in, respectively, design, text, images, video, and music. Heffernan might be more interested in the magic these bring than the loss they invoke (though who among us isn’t?), but the last chapter finds a balance—Heffernan’s reckoning of the Internet as part of her own humanity.

It’s an eventuality that, were my father still alive, might finally answer his question: akin to the atmosphere, whose every bit is connected to every other bit, the internet is the literal communicative nexus in which people and our things now mutually reside, and thus, as integral to our history as the pyramids.

SMALL BOOKS WITH BIG MESSAGES: Whose Water is it Anyway: Taking Water Protection into Public Hands, by Maude Barlow, 2019 The Anthropocene Disruption, by Robert William Sanford, 2019 Little Spring: The Epic Journey of One Plastic Water Bottle, by Jean-Francois Plouffe, 2019. n

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NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW

The future, the past and the spoiler alert FOR SOME, THE PICTURE on this page already gives away too much. For others, the days leading up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have been spent reading online aggregates of responses tweeted by celebrities and critics who had the pleasure of a prescreening but are still held under a review embargo.

BY FEET BANKS But most of us who walk into Star Wars this weekend will do so with expectations built solely on our own tastes, biases and (sometimes vague) memories. Which is how director J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek [2009], Lost, Mission: Impossible III) likely wants it, and how

STAR POWER Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker opens this week.

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you should want it too—there is a definite lack of pleasant surprises these days (and a surplus of shitty ones).

Which means it’s probably best to avoid wise-asses this weekend, and keep your distance from trolls, whistleblowers, party poopers and people in general. And definitely don’t go anywhere near the internet, where spoilers will soon start slop-flopping around like penis fish on the beaches of California. (Google that, it’s worth it.)

Spoiler culture, of course, is nothing new.

Victorian crime novelists used to encounter the same problems—critics giving away the twist—and according to whatculture.com, Hollywood was dealing with the problem as early as 1926, when titles in a silent film called The Bat implored audiences, “Don’t reveal the identity of the Bat.” French thrillers of the ‘50s made the same demands, and for his 1960 classic Psycho, director Alfred Hitchcock instructed theatres to prevent late arrivals from accessing the cinema so as to preserve the early plot twist involving one of the

main characters. Hitchcock even took out ads asking that after they see Psycho, audiences, “please stay away from people.”

The word “spoiler” came from an article in the April 1971 issue of National Lampoon and by the end of the decade (mostly) book and (some) movie reviews carried the warning, “Spoiler Alert.”

In general, audiences and critics did a pretty decent job at keeping quiet, enough so that “I’m your father” surprised enough people it became one of the most ubiquitous pop references of the past four decades.

But times change, and the internet makes it all too easy to ruin a movie, even as you watch it in real time. This past year saw Marvel launch a “Thanos demands your silence” campaign and Quentin Tarantino begging audiences at Cannes not to reveal his latest bit of savage historical revisionism.

So let’s just let leave the new Star Wars alone this week, no point spoiling the final (?) installment of a franchise four decades in the making just yet. (Also, I haven’t seen it.)

I haven’t seen the new Cats movie either, but I can tell you it’s a musical and the trailer looks something like taking way too much acid while babysitting your sister’s kid’s 11th birthday party at Satan’s personal animal shelter, with singing.

I’ve never understood the drive to adapt something written for a stage, a single enclosed physical space, into the vast world of cinema, where no one bats an eye if you want to drive a pimped out DeLorean back to the 1950s to almost accidentally hook up with your own mom before saving the future.

A bunch of cats yowling in an alley can never touch that kind of creative scope, so why bother?

Which reminds me, the Stream of the Week is Framing John DeLorean, a half-documentary, half re-enactment and not-always-endearing look at the renegade American automaker and how he ended up with those suitcases full of cocaine.

Merry Christmas!

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NEW PAINTING Dr. Curtis Collins, director and chief curator of the Audain Art Museum and Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky curator, pose for a photo with the Emily Carr painting, Street, Alert Bay, 1912. The piece was recently purchased with funds from the Audain Foundation.

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THE AUDAIN ART MUSEUM has added a new Emily Carr painting to its permanent collection.

Street, Alert Bay, painted in 1912, was unveiled at the museum on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The Audain Foundation recently purchased the piece for more than $2.4 million from an auction house in Toronto.

The oil painting employs “brilliant colours and expressive details” and depicts a scene from the Kwakwaka’wakw community, the museum said in a release.

It’s based on a 1909 watercolour Carr painted before her career-altering trip to France from 1910 to 1911.

The show examined Carr’s trip to France and the impact it had on her work.

While it wraps up on Jan. 19, Street, Alert Bay helps launch the museum “to the same stature as the National Gallery of Canada or the Vancouver Art Gallery with regard to the quality of our Emily Carr collection,” Collins says.

“We’re very grateful to the Audain Foundation because we’ve been privileged to take in a number of new works, courtesy of the foundation,” he adds. “The collection is building and if someone wants to come through the permanent collection tomorrow, they will notice a bunch of new works... The museum is evolving and changing. It’s great for repeat visitors.

There’s always something new to see.”

“If someone wants to come through the permanent collection tomorrow, they will notice a bunch of new works.”

- CURTIS COLLINS

“When she got back from France she looked to an earlier watercolour and then she totally reworked it,” says Curtis Collins, director and chief curator at the museum. “The things you can notice most obviously are a much brighter palate— that’s one thing she brings back from France—and she’s more concerned with shape and line and form, as opposed to … the British watercolour tradition, sombre tones, recording a scene. In her later work, she’s more trying to evoke an emotional response, if you will, in the subject matter.”

The acquisition comes as the museum’s special exhibit, Emily Carr: Fresh Seeing French Modernism and the West Coast, is heading into its final weeks.

SIT UPON THE THRONE Whistler has an inanimate celebrity coming to town.

An “official replica” of the Iron Throne from the HBO series Game of Thrones will be in Creekside at the future site of a venue called Deli / Wine Bar. From Dec. 20 to Jan. 4 (except for Dec. 25, 31 and Jan. 1) you can hop on the big seat for a photo from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. with the $5 fee going to local charities.

On Dec. 21 and 22, you can take a seat on Santa’s lap while he assumes the throne.

Photos with the big guy will be for a $20 donation.

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ALL WELCOME The Whistler Skiers’ Chapel opened in 1966 and served the community until 2000.

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE WHISTLER HAS HAD some pretty memorable buildings constructed in the valley, but few are as instantly recognizable as the Whistler Skiers’ Chapel. This iconic structure stood in various locations in Creekside for decades and, based on the responses we get to any photograph of the chapel, holds poignant memories for many residents and visitors, past and present.

Franz Wilhelmsen, the first president of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., fondly remembered small chapels in ski villages of Norway where he had skied as a young boy, and the lift company was able to donate land for the chapel right at the base of Whistler Mountain. In 1966, Marion Sutherland and Joan Maclean formed a Board of Trustees and a fundraising committee for the idea.

They approached the Vancouver Council of Churches to supply ministers and the Diocese of Kamloops agreed to include Whistler in the territory of Father Wilfred Scott of Mount Currie.

There were many people who donated their time and money to the construction of the chapel. The chapel’s stained glass windows, designed by Donald Babcock, were gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Southam; Dewer Maclean donated a handlettered founders’ book (currently in the museum archives); and an organ was purchased with the proceeds from a skimovie night held in Vancouver.

The simple A-frame design of the chapel was provided free of charge by Vancouver architect Asbjorn Gathe.

Norwegian-born Gathe studied architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology at the University of Zurich before immigrating to Vancouver in 1951.

He joined the firm of Frank Gardiner and

Peter Thornton, becoming a partner in Gardiner, Thornton and Gathe in 1954 before leaving to start his own practice in 1966.

Gathe is best known for his three decades of work designing Westminster Abbey for Benedictine monks in Mission, B.C., but he has also left a lasting mark on Whistler. In addition to donating his design for the chapel, Gathe also designed Edelweiss Village (a 12-unit complex near the Creekside gondola base) and is responsible for the design of Tamarisk.

When the Whistler Skiers’ Chapel opened in 1966, it became the first nondenominational chapel in Canada. It was purposely designed with no purely Christian symbols and its dedication ceremony included clergy from the Anglican, Lutheran, Jewish, and United faiths.

The first service held at the chapel was for Christmas Eve and was open to any who wished to attend. The chapel’s interdenominational Christmas Carol Service on Christmas Eve proved to be increasingly popular, and by 1978 two additional services had been added to accommodate the several hundred people who attended. By the mid-1980s, the demand had outgrown the small building and the Christmas Carol Service moved to the newly constructed Whistler Conference Centre. It continued to be an inter-denominational service, led in 1986

by Reverend Valerie Reay from the United Church and Pastor Lamont Schmidt of the Whistler Community Church, with carols led by the Whistler Singers under the direction of Molly Boyd.

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1 TREELINE CHRISTMAS The aerial silk artists of Treeline Aerial put the audience in the holiday spirit during their annual Christmas Show—this year, an aerial production of The Nightmare Before Christmas, held at the Hangar in Function Junction on Friday, Dec. 13. PHOTO BY BRIAN AIKENS. 2 SEA TO SKY SANTA It might be prime toy-making season, but Santa (a.k.a. Trevor Chelswick) and his head reindeer Tico still found time to take advantage of the December sunshine for a paddleboard break over the weekend. PHOTO BY RICH DUNCAN / RICHPHOTOGRAPHY.CA. 3 SANTA’S SLEIGH Santa had a busy weekend—he put away the paddleboard and brought his sleigh to the Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain on Sunday, Dec. 15.

PHOTO BY ALLEN LALONDE. 4 HOLIDAY VISITS Canadians Michel Chartrand and Sharon Remillard (centre) went south to Portland to celebrate December birthdays with Kevin Young (right) and John Rudi. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 TALL TREE These Whistler residents just might be in the running for the tallest residential tree this Christmas. PHOTO BY WHITNEY SOBOOL.

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Mark Woodyard brings upbeat, live-looping show to the GLC FRESH OFF LAZY SYRUP ORCHESTRA TOUR, CATCH SOLO ACT AND DJ SET ON DEC. 19

BY ALYSSA NOEL IT DIDN’T TAKE all that much encouragement for Mark Woodyard to take the leap and quit his day job.

After playing a gig on New Year’s Eve 2014, he ran into a friend, the graphic artist Ola Volo. She had quit her marketing job to pursue an art career and it paid off.

“I went outside and she said, ‘Mark you should quit your job and do music full time,’” he recalls. “I didn’t have a full plan.

I was like, ‘I’ll figure this out.’ For the first four months, I did a bit of carpentry on the side, but [music] kind of took over.”

Since then, Woodyard hasn’t looked back. Combining live looping, guitar and vocals to put his unique stamp on cover songs—and craft danceable originals—he’s created a compelling solo act.

“Looping is great,” he says. “People do it in different ways. I do it in a way where I never know where it’s taking me, which is terrifying, but exciting.”

Born and raised in North Vancouver, Woodyard first picked up a guitar at eight years old and quickly started a band with his friends in elementary school.

“A friend of mine was a drummer,” he says. “We all thought he was a big nerd,

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but all of a sudden he could rip on drums.

We thought, ‘We better make friends with this guy.’”

Elementary school turned into high school and the band persisted—changing names from Glue to The New Complaints to The Last Scene. (Woodyard recalls the band names with a laugh.)

But then, one day, he caught an episode of Conan O’Brien featuring the comedian and musician Reggie Watts. Suddenly a

After that, he set out to play solo.

“I was getting inspired by electronic music festivals,” he says. “You’ve got a lot of music festivals in B.C.—a lot are electronic. I’m a big fan of that music and a lot of artistry can happen in that world.”

To that end, he continued to play shows and private parties, but he also had his sights set on Bass Coast, the electronic music and art festival that started out in Squamish, but moved to Merritt in 2013.

“I was getting inspired by electronic music festivals ... You’ve got a lot of music festivals in B.C.—a lot are electronic. I’m a big fan of that music and a lot of artistry can happen in that world.”

- MARK WOODYARD

whole new possibility opened up.

“I saw a clip of him doing a loop set— he does looping and comedy—and I said, ‘What’s that machine? I’ve never seen that before.’”

Compelled, he went out and bought one.

While he was still exploring his sound on the new machine, there was one tell-tale sign he was on the right track. “We played this one Halloween house party and it was the first time in a while I was excited about music again. I found this medium,” he says.

“People kept telling me, ‘You’d be great at Bass Coast,” he says.

So, a couple of years ago, he decided, “I’ll just go to the festival. A lot of my friends are going.”

On the last day, Woodyard was hanging out by the river when someone approached him to introduce himself. “[He] said, ‘Hey, I’m Soren.’ Soren was one of those guys I had 150 mutual friends with, but had never met,” he says.

Along with him was Duncan Smith from

The Funk Hunters, who Woodyard did know and had been encouraging him to get in touch to collaborate for years. The group went back to the tent and jammed all afternoon. After, they invited him to join their group, Lazy Syrup Orchestra, which was on its own fastmoving upward trajectory.

“They’ve put a lot of work in,” Woodyard says. “They have a following that’s quite hefty. Their mixes are really popular. I’m pretty diplomatic when it comes to joining a group—there are a lot of boxes you have to check when joining a group that’s been together for four years. Creatively, do we gel? Can I tour with them? Do I fit into it?

Can I bring something? All those boxes were checked and I was hearing from them, ‘This is the perfect fit.’”

Now balancing solo work with gigs in that group, Woodyard shares one anecdote in which the two overlapped.

“There was a cancellation at Bass Coast last year and Duncan was the reason I got a slot,” he says. “He recommended me. It created an opportunity for me solo I never would’ve had.”

Next up, though, he’s set to headline a solo show in Whistler at the GLC on Thursday, Dec. 19.

“At the GLC I’m given the space to do my own thing for the whole night,” he says.

“Whistler is always a good time. People are usually in that city to party.”

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HIP-HOP VETS Catch Swollen Members at Tommys on Sunday, Dec. 22.

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Swollen Members to play careerspanning show in Whistler HIP-HOP VETERANS HIT THE STAGE AT TOMMYS ON SUNDAY, DEC. 22

BY ALYSSA NOEL GOOD NEWS for Swollen Members fans.

The veteran Canadian hip-hop group likely has at least one new album left in them.

“It’s still in the future, but we do have about five or six new songs in the can,” says Prevail (born Kiley Hendriks) one of the group’s founding members. “We have a start. Whether all those will ultimately make the next record, time will tell … We’ve talked about it. We just want a really solid underground album. We’re not worried about getting anything on the radio or a No. 1 hit. If it happens, awesome, but we want to go into it with—if I can be so brash to say— solidify our legacy of 20 years.”

It’s certainly no understatement to talk about Swollen Members’ legacy. This year marked 20 years since the group released its debut album, Balance. Since then, they’ve added eight more, along with a greatest hits album, compilations, and singles. All that has added up to four Junos alongside other accolades like MuchMusic Video and Western Canadian Music Awards.

Lately, though, they’ve been busy with other projects. Madchild has had a thriving solo career and Prevail recently started a new hip hop/ jazz/ alt-fusion group called XL the Band, which spent the summer in Italy recording a new album.

“I’d call it inclusion fusion. I’m not sure if the group would call it that,” he says, with a laugh.

While Swollen Members has toured sporadically over the years, they’re set to play a show at Tommys Whistler on Sunday, Dec. 22. The reason for the show is two-fold, Prevail says.

First, he’s friends with the owner of the newly purchased and revamped club. (As you’ll recall, it was formerly Tommy Africa’s.)

Second of all, “the mountain is open and the season has started,” he says. “Any chance I have to come up there I take it.”

Prevail is no stranger to the resort. Not only has he played stages around the village over the years, but he also did a season in ’97 (which he calculates after some thought).

“I’ve said this many times, but I do consider Whistler a second home,” he says. “I lived up there for a season many years ago and I’ve been coming up for 15, 20 years … There’s different storefronts, but truthfully, the vibe of the village and Whistler in general has maintained since I lived there. It’s just vibrant.”

As for the show, he promises it will span two decades worth of music. “The touchstone for us is Balance, the first album,” he says. “There are songs that are more familiar to the audience, but our true underground fans want to listen to more obscure things. We try to play two or three songs off each album. I always do a freestyle and Mad always does a single.”

The other option they’ve offered over the years is a VIP ticket that includes a meet-and-greet.

“For the fans really into it, it provides an opportunity to have a bit of quiet time and not just hang out after the show in a busy back room or hang out in the front of the club that can get hectic,” Prevail says.

“This will be a nice tête-à-tête, to have a conversation and get to know each other a little bit. I love it.”

Swollen Members play Tommys on Dec. 22. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $50 for VIP. Get them at showpass.com/swollenmembers-2. n

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business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea to Sky corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/whistlerbreakfastclub/ and buy tickets at this website whistlerbreakfastclub.eventbrite.ca. > 6:45-8:30 am > Whistler Chamber of Commerce

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

STATE OF THE ART

Sub-cultures and anti-movements are celebrated and portrayed in gritty and thought-provoking mediums.

Artists come from far and wide to create a community of urban street and snow ingenuity, and push the boundaries of the State of the Art. Everyone is welcome to enjoy a State of the Art Pop-up Gallery in Whistler’s Creekside for the holidays. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

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

IRON THRONE EXHIBIT

Come check out an official replica of the Iron Throne from the HBO series Game of Thrones, located in Creekside Village at the future Deli / Wine Bar venue.

Visitors will have the opportunity to sit on the throne and take photos by donating $5 to a local charity and on Dec. 21 and 22 the exhibit welcomes Santa to the Throne. Photos with Santa are available for a $20 donation. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

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 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

STITCHES IN THE STACKS

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

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

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER BREAKFAST CLUB

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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

ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM

Join the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium to learn

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

WHISTLER’S BARTENDER CHALLENGE ROUND 2 X LIQUID LOUNGE TAKEOVER

Who doesn’t love a bartender challenge? Teams TBA Doors open at 8pm. Teams can only start once they have 10 guests show up. The winners will walk with bragging rights and cash prize!! > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS FAMILY APRÈS

Sip a hot beverage and enjoy live music, dancing, face painting, hula hooping, characters in costume, balloon twisting animals, arts and crafts, popcorn, cookies, doughnuts, juggling and games—all in the heart of the Village at Whistler Olympic Plaza. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

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’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

BAND CAMP

Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at jam nights make their debut. Free. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

ADAM BAILIE MUSIC

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One-man-band on the run, songwriter, world traveller original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

Adam Bailie is a breath of Canadian fresh air. As a contemporary singer-songwriter, Adam stands out as a cross between acoustic reggae and country soul music. His delivery of rhyme and rhythm is genuine and uniquely his own. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

RUCKUS DELUXE 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! > 5:30-8:30 pm > Sidecut

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

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

THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA

He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history.

Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum

THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY

Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. The pathway will lead you through beautiful surroundings and six cultural institutions: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler Museum, Whistler Public Library, Maury Young Arts Centre, Lost Lake PassivHaus, and Audain Art Museum. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

COMMUNITY

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WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN

Drop in to the Pemberton Public Library every Thursday afternoon and learn how WorkBC can assist you in your job search and career planning. All services are free.

For details, call 1-877-932-1611. > 1-5 pm > Pemberton Library (Pemberton)

SPORTS

LEAGUE NIGHT

Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Books, songs and rhymes for preschool-aged children, accompanied by a caregiver. Registration is not required. > 10:30 am > Whistler Public Library

STATE OF THE ART

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

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

COMMUNITY

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

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

JUMMAH SALAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)

There will be a weekly “Jummah Salah” (Friday Prayer) held at the Maury Young Arts Centre Multi-Purpose Hall. It is open to all and everyone is welcome. There is no cost for this event. Organized by the BC Muslim Association. > 1:30 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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For ages 13 to 18. We offer ping pong, a skateboard mini-ramp (skateboards and helmets to borrow), free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, guitars, board games, a projector and widescreen TVs. Free. 604-935-8187. > 3:30-11 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

MUSIC

APRÈS JAMS

Dive head first into the weekend with Sounds of Stache’s DJ residency every Friday après. For table reservations, book through our website. 604-962-2929. > 2:30-5:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

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! > 3:30-8 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

RUCKUS DELUXE TURKEY DINNER

Don’t miss the free annual Turkey Dinner cooked by Fairmont chefs and free gifts. Ages 13 to 18 welcome. > 7 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

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GREG NEUFELD

Armed with a guitar, stompbox and one of the best, soulful voices you will ever hear. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

PAPA JOSH

Papa Josh is an award-winning funk, jazz, and rock

guitarist with a smooth, soulful voice and a time tested feel for what makes people want to dance. He performs a diverse array of cover songs from artists like Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bruno Mars, The Eagles, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, Hall & Oates and more. His own compositions shine through with modern sounds, great playing, and exceptional lyricism—blended together with old-school groove and soul. > 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

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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

LADIES’ NIGHT

This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 pm. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

FREESTYLE FRIDAYS

Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

PETER TAM

‘Tis the season and we’re all one big Whistler family, so we’re taking it back to tradition family Christmas time. TVs are being turned off, ugly Christmas sweaters are coming out, mince pies and the egg nog is coming out! It’ll be just like being at home for Christmas! The talented musician Peter Tam will be playing a mix of originals and Christmas covers on the keyboard for the evening. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

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

but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

SEA TO SKY

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

DALE AND CARMEN 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

Don’t miss this duo at Town Square! > 8 pm > Town Square (Pemberton) > The Keg

SPORTS

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

WB SANTA SKI DAY FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

CIROC FRIDAYS

FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB WHISTLER TRI CLUB Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts SWIM SQUAD featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help

Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

Dress like Santa or Mrs. Claus and bring the festive fun to the slopes. First 100 people get tickets to ski and board for free. > 7 am > Whistler Village Gondola

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

STATE OF THE ART

See Friday’s listing for more info. > 6-10 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

MUSIC

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

Music Line Up:

HAPPY HOUR

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Friday December 20th : Sean Rose

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! > 3:30-6:30 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

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GREG NEUFELD

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

IRON THRONE EXHIBIT See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

RUCKUS DELUXE

> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

CONOR FITZ

> 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

FILIPINO PARÓL WORKSHOP

Join our local Filipino community to make your own paról, a traditional Christmas decoration! Registration is required!

Email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to sign up. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Free to attend, all supplies provided. > 3-4:30 pm

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

This indoor family fun zone provides entertainment for kids and parents alike during the holiday season. Kids can enjoy a mini-putt course, table games, bouncy castles, crafts and video games free for 15 days over Christmas and the New Year. Parents can relax in the lounge area and enjoy a coffee or hot cocoa while the kids play. > 10 am-6 pm > Whistler Conference Centre

SINGING WITH THE BABIES

Learn songs and rhymes to soothe and entertain baby while encouraging early language development. For kids up to walking age. Free. > 11-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

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

SEA TO SKY STRING ORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS

Come join the Sea to Sky String Orchestra and friends in the Fairmont lobby for some beautiful festive tunes

by Vivaldi, Bach, Corelli and more! Free. > 5:30-7 pm > Fairmont Chateau Whistler

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC STARTING ROBCAT

Robcat’s been playing live music in bars, pubs and patios in Whistler for over 10 years. Lead singer and guitar for the Grateful Dead tribute band FOMO, and the trio Giddy-up Go Daddy (GGD). At this solo show you’ll hear some classics, an original or two and you may discover some cool stuff from artists you haven’t heard of. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL

Lets send it on and off the mountain with Weekend Getaways brought to you by Tommys Whistler and DJ Dre Morel. RSVP for VIP reservations and guest list Inquiries at tommyswhistler.com. https://soundcloud. com/dremorel > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

Thank you, for being green this holiday season!

The RMOW would like to thank all residents and visitors in Whistler for their outstanding efforts in recycling and reusing materials. Remember during this holiday season to separate your recyclables from garbage to keep them out of the landfill.

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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 pm. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

PATRICK GAVIGAN

Vancouver based singer-songwriter formerly of the 99.3 FM CFOX Seeds winning band the TURN. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

ALEX MAHER

This Vancouver music-scene veteran first surfaced in Flannel Jimmy in the late ’90s, later forming hip-hop fusionists DNA6 in the 2000s. Now performing as a one-man band who performs live over loops and beats with guitar and saxophone. > 3:45 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

EV KINSELLA

> 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

JERRY’S DISCO FIRE & ICE SHOW DEC 21

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

SKIERS’ PLAZA

SUNDAY FUNDAY 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

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

BROTHER TWANG

Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

TUNA MARMOT

SUPREME SATURDAY

Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

SPORTS

Winner of the 2014 Whistler’s Music Search Will Ross is a live-looping extraordinaire, he will have you mesmerized from the start of his show right to the end. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

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

FIRE & ICE SHOW

A free, all-ages night of entertainment. Whistler’s top skiers and riders (including Whistler Blackcomb ski school instructors) spin and twist through a burning hoop. > 7 pm > Skiers’ Plaza

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE > 10 am-6 pm > Whistler Conference Centre

SECOND ANNUAL COMMUNITY HANUKKAH CELEBRATION

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12.22

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

STATE OF THE ART

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

LADIES’ NIGHT

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

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

Darragh will be kicking it off. There will be nothing Nutrl 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

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

This three-piece trio performs some favourite classic covers. Their three-part harmonies alongside exceptional musicianship will have you dancing in your ski boots all après long! > 9 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

WILL ROSS

IRON THRONE EXHIBIT

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

We’re excited to present our second annual Community Hanukkah Celebration here at Whistler Public Library!

This family-friendly afternoon event will be hosted by our friend Ira Pettle. Whether you celebrate Hanukkah every year or you’d like to learn more about The Festival of Lights, you’re welcome to join the fun! We’ll have an interactive storytelling session, a dreidel competition with a chance to win (and eat) lots of chocolate coins (a.k.a. gelt), and lots of festive treats. > 2-4 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

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

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! > 3:30-6:30 & 8-11 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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Holiday Hours

Whistler Community Services Society

Tue. December 24 - 11am to 3:00 pm

December Outreach Holiday Hours

Wed. December 25 - CLOSED Thu. December 26 - CLOSED

Tues. December 24 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (noon)

Tue. December 31 - 11am to 3:30 pm

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Wed. January 1 - CLOSED

Thurs. December 26 CLOSED

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No donations accepted from December 24 to 27

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PIQUECAL CAT MADDEN

Cranked Sunday Session presents the 2019 Whistler Music Search champ, Cat Madden. Cat won first place for a reason. Her incredible guitar shredding paired with her unforgettable vocals will leave you speechless. > 4-7 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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 favourites and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

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

MUSIC

PATRICK GAVIGAN

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

SEA TO SKY

OPEN MIC

Come join in with this afternoon of music. Bring your instruments and come early to sign up. > 12-2 pm > Grimms Deli (Pemberton)

THE WHISKEYDICKS

The Whiskeydicks are a group of Celtic Gypsy punk rockers who have spent the better part of a decade carving a reputation for themselves as “one hell of a good time.” > 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

MARC CHARRON

> 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

THE INSIDERS’ GUIDE TO WHISTLER

STATE OF THE ART

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM

Open Mic night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Jenna Mae. 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. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

IRON THRONE EXHIBIT See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

COMMUNITY

MOUNTAIN MONDAYS

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

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

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

WHISTLER HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE > 10 am-6 pm > Whistler Conference Centre

SANTA’S SLEIGH AND BOOT DRIVE WITH WHISTLER’S FIREFIGHTERS

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Free.

Join Santa in his sleigh high atop our vintage 1974 Thibault Fire Truck for a free photo opportunity. Have a chat with the Jolly Old Elf himself and let him know your dreams and wishes for Christmas this year.

Donations are appreciated with all monies raised going directly to the BC Professional Firefighters Burn Fund.

The Fund helps burn survivors recover, get the support they need and even attend the annual Burn Survivor’s Summer Camp in Squamish every year. > 2-5 pm > Village Square

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> 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza

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

SEA TO SKY

ACOUSTIC COFFEE HOUSE

The Acoustic Coffee House is back! Come join in with this afternoon of music. > 4-6 pm > Grimms Deli (Pemberton)

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MUSIC

MARC CHARRON

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

THE WHISKEYDICKS

> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

WILL ROSS

> 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

CONOR FITZPATRICK

CHRISTMAS EVE X UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY DEC 24

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. > 4:40-7:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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INDUSTRY NIGHT SPORTS

MUSIC

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

WE RUN WHISTLER: UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS DASH

Join us for our annual Ugly Christmas Sweaty Dash as we take to the streets of Whistler to spread some Christmas cheer while we run! Come get silly, then stick around for a festive tipple with drink specials at Fitz Pub. Please note: Headlamps are mandatory. Ugly sweaters, Santa suits, Elf costumes … are very much encouraged! #werunwhistler rain or shine. Free. > 5:55 pm > Fitzsimmons Pub, Upper Village

MARC CHARRON

One-man band on the run, songwriter, world traveller.

Original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

THE WHISKEYDICKS

> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub

WILL ROSS

> 4-8 pm > Portobello Market & Fresh Bakery

CHRISTMAS EVE X UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY

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ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

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

NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 11 am-7 pm > Whistler Creekside

IRON THRONE EXHIBIT See Thursday’s listing for more info. > 2-6 pm > Whistler Creekside

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE > 10 am-6 pm > Whistler Conference Centre

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12.25

Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

“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

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

Looking for a few cocktails and a giggle with friends? $150 BAR TAB for best cover of the night. Doors at 8 pm. (Last Wednesday of every month.) For any table reservations please visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION

> 1 pm > Audain Art MuseumCOMMUNITY

JAM NIGHT

Jam night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

LETS GET QUIZZICAL INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

Interact is a club for young people ages 12-18 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

Whistler’s funniest night of the week! Stache hosts outrageous rounds and hilarious tasks for a trivia night with a Whistler twist. Celebrity degenerates, corporate scandals and a host of fun filled rounds will leave your squad in stitches. $100 bar tab for winning team, spot prizes and so much more. Free. > 9-11 pm > Three Below

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAIN

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

KARAOKE NIGHT STATE OF THE ART

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

Join us for a pool game, and wing eating competition starting at 8 p.m., where the winners win a bar tab. Partygoers will also have a chance to win a K2 Snowboard or a Ride snowboard. > 8 pm > Buffalo Bills

KARAOKE & COCKTAILS WITH HOST JACK-QUI

Tommys Whistler is bringing you this holiday season an Edition of Tommys Tuesday - Xmas Pajama Party.

Best dressed WINS $300 bar tab. Xmas Give away of a $1,000 flight voucher. DJ Dre Morel and guests! > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ

ALPHABET SOUP

Alphabet Soup is a monthly drop-in program for LGBTQ+ individuals along with their friends, family, and allies. > 5-7 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS

Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters.

Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The English word “hubris” means prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, “I’m glad you’re so confident. Some would call it hubris.”

Caesar has a snappy comeback: “It’s only hubris if I fail.” I’m tempted to dare you to use you that as one of your mottoes in 2020, Aries. I have a rather expansive vision of your capacity to accomplish great things during the coming months. And I also think that one key to your triumphs and breakthroughs will be your determination to cultivate a well-honed aplomb, even audacity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For years I’ve lived in a house bordering a wetland, and I’ve come to love that ecosystem more than any other. While communing with reeds and herons and muddy water, my favourite poet has been Taurus-born Lorine Niedecker, who wrote about marshes with supreme artistry. Until the age of 60, her poetic output was less than abundant because she had to earn a meagre living by cleaning hospital floors. Then, due to a fortuitous shift in circumstances, she was able to leave that job and devote more time to what she loved most and did best. With Niedecker’s breakthrough as our inspiration, I propose that we do all we can, you and I, as we conspire to make 2020 the year you devote more time to the activity that you love most and do best.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the English language, the prefix “re” comes at the beginning of many words with potent transformational meaning: reinvent; redeem; rediscover; release; relieve; redesign; resurrect; rearrange; reconstruct; reform; reanimate; reawaken; regain. I hope you’ll put words like those at the top of your priority list in 2020. If you hope to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents, it’ll be a year of revival, realignment, and restoration.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I won’t be surprised if you’re enamoured and amorous more than usual in 2020. I suspect you will experience delight and enchantment at an elevated rate. The intensity and depth of the feelings that flow through you may break all your previous records. Is that going to be a problem? I suppose it could be if you worry that the profuse flows of tenderness and affection will render you weak and vulnerable. But if you’re willing and eager to interpret your extra sensitivity as a superpower, that’s probably what it will be.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Does the word “spirit” mean anything to you? Or are you numb to it? Has it come to seem virtually meaningless—a foggy abstraction used carelessly by millions of people to express sentimental beliefs and avoid clear thinking? In accordance with astrological omens, I’ll ask you to create a sturdier and more vigourous definition of “spirit” for your practical use in 2020. For instance, you might decide that “spirit” refers to the life force that launches you out of bed each morning and motivates you to keep transforming yourself into the ever-more beautiful soul you want to become.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back,” wrote author Charles de Lint. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your heart will encounter far more of the latter than the former types of people in 2020. There may be one wrangler who tries to take the heart out of you, but there will be an array of nurturers who will strive to keep the heart in you—as well as boosters and builders who will add even more heart.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Composer Igor Stravinsky was born a Russian citizen, but later in life became a French citizen, and still later took on American citizenship. If you have had any similar predilections, Libra, I’m guessing they won’t be in play during 2020. My prediction is that you will develop a more robust sense of where you belong than ever before. Any uncertainties you’d had about where your true power spot lies will dissipate. Questions you’ve harboured about the nature of home will be

answered. With flair and satisfaction, you’ll resolve longrunning riddles about home and community.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity,” wrote philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler. He was exaggerating a bit for comic effect, but he was basically correct. We all must mobilize a great deal of intelligence and hard work to initiate new friendships and maintain existing friendships. But I have some very good news about how these activities will play out for you in 2020, Scorpio. I expect that your knack for practicing the art of friendship will be at an all-time high. I also believe that your close alliances will be especially gratifying and useful for you. You’ll be well-rewarded for your skill and care at cultivating rapport.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1933, Sagittarian artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a huge mural in one of the famous Rockefeller buildings in New York City.

His patrons didn’t realize he was planning to include a controversial portrait of former Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin. When the deed was done, they ordered him to remove it. When he refused, they ushered him out and destroyed the whole mural. As a result, Rivera also lost another commission to create art at the Chicago World’s Fair. In any other year, Sagittarius, I might encourage you to be as idealistic as Rivera. I’d invite you to place artistic integrity over financial considerations. But I’m less inclined to advise that in 2020. I think it may serve you to be unusually pragmatic. At least consider leaving Lenin out of your murals.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “People mistake their limitations for high standards,” wrote Capricorn author Jean Toomer. In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial that you avoid doing that in 2020. Why? First, I’m quite sure that you will have considerable power to shed and transcend at least some of your limitations. For best results, you can’t afford to deceive yourself into thinking that those limitations are high standards. Secondly, Capricorn, you will have good reasons and a substantial ability to raise your standards higher than they’ve ever been. So you definitely don’t want to confuse high standards with limitations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Historians once thought that 14th-century Englishmen were the first humans to track the rhythms of the planet Jupiter using the complicated mathematics known as calculus. But in 2015, researchers discovered that Babylonians had done it 1,400 years before the Englishmen. Why was Jupiter’s behaviour so important to those ancient people? They were astrologers! They believed the planet’s movements were correlated with practical events on Earth, like the weather, river levels, and grain harvests. I think that this correction in the origin story of tracking Jupiter’s rhythms will be a useful metaphor for you in 2020. It’s likely you will come to understand your past in ways that are different from what you’ve believed up until now. Your old tales will change.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): China produces the most apples in the world. The United States is second. That wasn’t always true. When Europeans first reached the shores of the New World, crab apple was the only apple species that grew natively. But the invaders planted other varieties that they brought with them. They also imported the key to all future proliferation: honeybees, champion pollinators, which were previously absent from the land that many Indigenous people called Turtle Island. I see 2020 as a time for you to accomplish the equivalent, in your own sphere, of getting the pollination you need. What are the fertilizing influences that will help you accomplish your goals?

Homework: Start dreaming about who you can be in 2020. My long-range audio horoscopes are here: https:// RealAstrology.com

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Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-9323202 Camp Fund - Provides financial assis-tance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org 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

MUSEUMS Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre Explore First Nations Art Galleries, and Interactive Exhibits. Gift Shop & Cafe are in our admission free area. Open Tuesday'sSunday's per week. 10am-5p.m..

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Free private presentation on request. www. healthylivingwhistler.com

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING Whistler Breakfast Club Meets monthly at 6:45-8:30am at Whistler Chamber office. Offering a chance for business owners to meet and "speed network" with other business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea 2 Sky Corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/ whistlerbreakfastclub

Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com

Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com

Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782

FOR SENIORS

Shades of Grey Painters Meet on Thursdays from 1-00 - 4:00 pm @ the Amenities building, Pioneer Junction, Vine Road, Pemberton. We are like-minded 50+ acrylic painters who get together to paint and learn from one another. No Fee.

Activate & Connect - Come join us Thursday mornings 9:30am to 11:00am at Whistler Community Services for a weekly drop in program for seniors 50+. Everyone welcome, in partnership with Mature Action Community. www.mywcss.org

Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items.

Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@ mywss.org

Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604-932-3733

Re-Use-It - Daily 11:00am to 6:00pm, Donate all household goods in good shape.

Accepting bottles & cans, old electronics, anything with a cord, and light fixtures for recycling. All proceeds to WCSS. Call 604.932.1121, www.mywcss.org, reuseit@ mywcss.org.

The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) Whistler's Natural Voice since 1989. Regular events, project and volunteer opportunities. www.awarewhistler.org info@awarewhistler.org

KidsArt - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in arts and culture education. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org.

Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www. mywcss.org.

Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults and families experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness.

Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www. mywcss.org.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

Pemberton Strong Start Family Drop-InA play group for you and your under-5 child.

Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm-3pm. Call 604894-6101 / 604-966- 8857 Whistler Public Library - Open Mon-Thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am. Parent & Infant dropin, Thurs 11am. Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am. Singing with the babies, Sat 11am.

Call 604-935-8433

SOCIAL SERVICES Access to Justice - Need legal advice but are financially restricted? Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to find out more or visit www. mywcss.org.

Counselling Assistance - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counsellor depending on financial need. Contact an outreach worker at 604.932.0113 or visit www.mywcss.org.

ESL Volunteer Tutor Program - Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960

Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101

Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717. www.mywcss.org/foodbank

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 youth experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness. Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www.mywcss.org.

Pearl's Safe Home - Temporary shelter for women & children experiencing abuse in relationships. Locations in Whistler & Pemberton avail 24/7. All services are free.

1-877-890-5711 or 604-892-5711

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

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

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Whistler Housing Authority - Long term rental & ownership housing for qualified Whistler employees . Visit www. whistlerhousing.ca

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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

Our ideal candidate will have: · At least 1 year of Commercial Brewery Experience · Ability to stand 8 hours per day and lift/move up to 60 kg.

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.

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

We are looking for someone with brewing experience who is passionate about the industry and has the potential to learn and grow.

Under the supervision of the Head Brewer, the brewery operator is responsible for brewing, filtering & operating the packaging lines (kegging, canning and bottling).

Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com

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

· Ability to work in a manufacturing setting with varying temperatures with moderate noise levels.

Whistler Brewing Company is hiring...

We offer a great health & benefits package, a monthly beer allowance, Taphouse discounts merchandise/ food, RRSP matching, paid vacation & sick days after 90 days probation period. $17.25- $19.25 /hr Please apply within.

Executive Chef Very flexible spring, fall, winter (dinner only in winter, spring/fall closures) Previous Chef is now GolfBC Corporate Chef. Great support & creative freedom.

Very competitive compensation, perks, benefits. Housing options available. golfbc.com/resources/employment Inquires: jlowe@golfbc.com

Certified Dental Assistant for busy family dental clinic

Located 20 minutes north of whistler in the beautiful pemberton valley.

Also seeking

Part-time Dental Hygienist Hours negotiable with competitive wage.

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, 5:30 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.

Epilepsy Support Group- For individuals & families seeking guidance or support.

Contact eswhistler@gmail.com

Email “info@pembertonvalleydental.ca” or fax to 604-894-6934

NORTH ARM FARM

FARM LEAD HAND

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

We are currently hiring Full and Part Time Sales Representatives with personality!

Please stop by our Whistler Village location ll out an application and say Hi to Michelle or Tina.

(4154 Village Green)

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SUPPORT GROUPS 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

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Competitive Wage + Benefits Package Our outstanding team is looking to add individuals with a variety of skill sets and experience. Friendly, hardworking candidates are invited to apply.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES FRONT-OF-HOUSE

Expeditor / Food Runner BACK-OF-HOUSE

Pastry Cook Line Cook (1-2 years experience) Sushi Chef Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@araxi.com or present in person at Araxi between 3-5 pm daily.

We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.

11-4154 Village Green (in the Crystal Lodge) Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Peak Performance Massage Therapy has a rare opening for a

Registered Massage Therapist We require an experienced RMT to join our team on a permanent or part-time basis.

We have a very busy year round business, so this is a great opportunity for an individual to join a highly successful and experienced team of RMT’s and Physical Therapists.

Please send your enquiries to Rick Renaud RMT, at rick_renaud@yahoo.ca

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PART TIME POSITION WITH A COMMERCIAL CLEANING COMPANY • Starting wage of $20.00 per hour.

• Flexible working hours • Must have a valid Driver’s License Send resume to: teamcwhistler@telus.net Or call: 604 935 8715

Pregnancy and Infant Loss - Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this program is designed for couples and individuals who have experienced loss of a child, either before or after birth. Please call WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak to an outreach worker for more information or visit www. mywcss.org.

SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse con-cerns.

Drop-in: Registration is not necessary.

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room) Whistler Alcoholics Anonymous: 12-step support group for men and women who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Meetings are held at 7 pm Mondays (women's only), 8 pm (open meetings) Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays; Whistler Medical Center, 4380 Lorimer Road, 2nd Floor multiple purpose room; 604-905-5489, https://www. bcyukonaa.org

WCSS is Hiring:

RE BUILD IT CENTRE TEAM MEMBER Whistler Community Services Society is seeking a Team Member for the Re Build It Centre.

This is a casual position that will be required to work varying days and hours. Competitive wage and a unique work environment.

For more details, please visit our website at mywcss.org. To apply, send your cover letter and resume to hr@mywcss.org. Closing date is Thursday, January 2, 2020.

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RELIGION Jesus Rock Of Ages Ministry- A bible based church that holds services at Millennium Place's main floor theatre at 4:30pm. www. jesusrockofages.com Roman Catholic 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.

604-905-4781 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 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

FUR & FEATHERS Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more about coexisting with bears. To report a conflict, garbage or attractant issue call 604-905BEAR (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 604-935-8364 www.whistlerwag.com

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Must have; First aid, criminal record check, eligible to work in Canada.If you do not have these at the time of applying We can guide you on how to obtain them.

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 knowlV. EASY edge of running the kitchen line, strong on grill, pans and contributing to daily specials.

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Incentive Bonus and Ask about accommodation.

We offer competitive wages, a unique environment, seasonal bonuses, staff discounts and benefits.

Come Grow Sport with us at our Whistler Olympic Legacy Venues

Spirit Pass Financing Available

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If you are a student 15 years or older, we have flexible hours and we want you!

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Grocery Clerks Produce Clerks Deli Clerks Meat Clerks Bakery Clerks Juice Bar Clerks E-mail or drop in your resume to: bruce_stewart@nestersmarket.com please cc ian_fairweather@nestersmarket.com or call us at 604-932-3545

The Pinnacle Hotel Whistler has the following positions available:

ROOM ATTENDANTS (F/T AND P/T)

PERKS • Competitive wage – Depending on expereince • Access to medical and dental benefits for full time applicants • Percentage discount from store bought goods • Flexible and set schedule • Relative training

Please reply by email: parmstrong@pinnaclehotels.ca

Be a part of our dynamic team at one of Whistler’s busiest spots!

At The High Mountain Brewing Company, Whistler Brewhouse, we take pride in our product and service - From the busy patio to the cozy two-sided fireplace, from our exceptional pizzas to our hand-crafted beer.

We are currently looking for

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to share our vision. Experienced Servers who are passionate about food and beer and excel at service and customer service.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages after a probationary period, as well as competitive wages.

Please come by with your resume or apply via email to adam@mjg.ca

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Basalt Wine + Salumeria are currently looking to fill the roles of:

PART-TIME HOSTS & EXPEDITORS Please send your cover letter and resume to skeenan-naf@crystal-lodge.com Wages are very competitive (based on experience), great perks and benefits. Come join the best team in Whistler!

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Whistler Adventure School (WAS), located in Whistler, BC, Canada is hiring an

OPERATIONS & ADMIN COORDINATOR Flexible work schedule and good remuneration for the right candidate Based in Whistler, BC, Canada, Whistler Adventure School is hiring an Operations & Admin Coordinator. This position is part-time (20 hours/week) with a flexible work schedule and possibility of full-time. The successful applicant will be responsible for managing WAS programs to administer and support enrollment in WAS programs.

Activities of the work include, but are not limited to, any/all of the following: • Maintains inventory of WAS facility and program needs • Assisting in Marketing/Agent support-Working with the WAS sales and marketing team to ensure agents are supported with marketing materials and assisting in student conversion (from inquiry to course enrollment) • Course/Faculty setup-ensuring course materials/supplies/equipment is ordered and ready.

• Oversees and coordinates Cooperative Education (Program “Coops”) • Registration and support of students for program and course enrollment.

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Competitive Wage + Benefits Package This storied restaurant offers a modern taste of Italy and brings a fresh, contemporary style of dining to the mountain.

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• Assists in IT duties such as updating software (MAC) on school computers.

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• Other duties as assigned Requirements: A business, marketing or communications related degree and fluency in spoken and written English is required, additional languages a plus. Strong organizational and administrative skills, effective time-management and an outgoing personality are an asset.

Please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and three professional references by email to: admin@whistlermountainadventureschool.com fax to 604 962 2219. Email is preferred. No phone calls please.

We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.

Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@ilcaminetto.ca

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Whistler Athletes’ Centre We offer competitive wages, a unique environment, seasonal bonuses, staff discounts and benefits.

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District of Squamish Career Opportunity District of Squamish District of Squamish Career Opportunity IT Business Analyst | Regular Full Time Career Opportunity

Come Grow Sport with us at our Whistler Olympic Legacy Venues (High Performance Training and Accommodation) Positions for this venue are currently filled

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EXCELLENCE THROUGH PEOPLE. Clique Hotels & Resorts is searching for hospitality professionals to join our newest property, Blackcomb Springs Suites, in beautiful Whistler BC.

NOW HIRING FULL TIME HOUSEKEEPERS, HOUSEMEN, BREAKFAST & EVENT SERVERS, MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, POOL ATTENDANT & GUEST SERVICE (FRONT DESK) STAFF. • • • •

Recognized as one of Canada’s Employers of Choice The most comprehensive compensation package & outstanding perks Shared housing at $25 per day, including WiFi & utilities* Our strong teams hold the top 5 spots on Trip Advisor in Canmore, AB *based on shared accommodations.

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Please apply if you can bring your smile and positive energy to our team and our guests!

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My Santa wish list …

DEAR SANTA: Oh man, where did the time go. Less than a week to go before the big day and I’m waaaay behind. I know this is, like, the busiest time of year for you and I hate to be that guy but, well, things got complicated and I guess it just slipped my mind. You know, tempus fugit and all that.

So I promise I will never, ever again hit you with last-minute requests, giftwise, but here goes. Shot in the dark and all that. If you can’t swing it this year I’ll understand. Maybe next year. I have a feeling most of these things will still be useful a year from now.

BY G.D. MAXWELL If it’s not too much to ask, and since I know you have lots of it where you live, I believe I can speak for everyone where I live and ask for some snow. This isn’t like those, “Oh I have a lot but I want more,” requests you frequently hear from here.

This is more an, “Oh sweet Jesus, if we don’t get some snow there’s likely to be a very blue Christmas ... January ... February ...” kind of request.

I know sometimes it seems like we take snow for granted, what with all the businesses busy heating the outdoor air with the patio heaters and open doors but you, perhaps better than most, understand the irrationality of humans. As much as I’d like to get everything I ask for, if you can just swing this one I’ll be forever grateful.

But as long as I’m asking ... regime change in my former U.S. home and native land would be, well, a gift for the entire world. I know. There are many people who are happy with how their stock portfolios have performed the past three years and how lots of jobs have been created but considering the cost, isn’t it being just a bit selfish on their parts to want to keep this reign of terror going just for their benefit?

I mean, really, pouting about a 16-year-old beating you out for Person of the Year? How pathetic is that?

Maybe if that’s too much to ask, you can just gift a little backbone and sense of responsibility to 20 or so Republican senators who know, in their heart of hearts, they’d be setting their hair on fire if it was a president from the other party acting the way this one is. As the old song goes, there’s no interest like self-interest. But hope springs eternal.

Of course, I’d like some things for those living in the Great White North. It’s just that being Canadian, we tend to think of the suffering of others. At least we’d like to believe that.

The people in Alberta are having a tough time of it. They’re feeling picked on and slighted by a federal government they didn’t vote for. They’re pretty sure the Prime Minister could just thumb his nose at the Supreme Court and get that damn pipeline built for them if he wasn’t such a Trudeau.

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They think Quebec is robbing them blind.

They’d prefer not to think of how the oil barons have led them down a dead end and successive provincial governments have pissed away a fortune. I know you probably can’t fix these things, but could you at least make it so the rest of us don’t have to listen to their endless whining? That alone would be a grand present.

And while we’re on the subject of

of who we are and our place in the world. It’s led to some egregious examples of excess over the years but at the crux of it, we’ve managed to bid up the price of building just about anything here.

So now our leaders—I frequently call them enablers—want to spend four-anda-half-MILLION dollars to build a couple of new public toilets. They justify this by saying, “It’s not real money, it’s RMI

I suspect if they said that more often if might have a mitigating effect. Maybe not, but it would be refreshing nonetheless.

whining, could you please just put a gag on a certain former Liberal Justice Minister. I fear we’re going to hear a whole new level of whining when she gets rightly booted out of the parliamentary offices she’s no longer entitled to, except in her own mind’s “truth.”

Closer to home, we’d like some relief in Whistler. I know, I’ve already asked for snow but this isn’t like that request. I’d like to ask for, well, nothing instead of something. You see, we have this chimerical thing called the Whistler Standard. It’s an overblown sense

money,” or “That’s just what it costs to build things these days.” Problem is, it costs that much to build things these days because successive waves of enablers haven’t noticed the big “sucker” tags someone pinned to the backs of their shirts.

So, if you could, please gift them the ability to say, “No. We’re not going to build this at that price.” I suspect if they said that more often if might have a mitigating effect. Maybe not, but it would be refreshing nonetheless.

Almost done, Santa. Promise.

It would be nice if you could gift Andrew Scheer a pat on the back. He’s been kicked in the butt so much since October’s election he’ll probably wince when you pat him but it’ll make him feel better once he realizes you don’t have a knife in your hand. Poor Andy.

Zero charisma, bad advice, worse team, can’t walk his talk and no wing of the Conservative Party was happy with him: Too liberal for the rabid right, too conservative for the big tent folks. But maybe it’s all for the best. Some folks just aren’t cut out to be politicians. Too bad the party didn’t know that when they elected him leader ... on the 13th ballot!

Finally, I don’t think there’s much you can do for dead-tree newspapers but maybe you can gift longevity to a few of the survivors. It seems inevitable we’ll be down to just a handful by the end of the next decade and with any luck, the good ones will be able to survive the transition to digital.

But with so much real, fake news floating in the interweb—not the Trumpian kind of fake news, anything he disagrees with, real fake news like the kind on Facebook—it’ll be even more important for the few of us who still wonder what’s really going on in the world to have a couple of sources we can believe.

I know that’s a big ask but it’s OK if you can’t deliver. I’ll still put out scotch and cookies for you Christmas Eve. Sleigh safe, Max n

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