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JANUARY 16, 2020 ISSUE 27.03

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CONTENDING WITH OUR— AND THE SKI INDUSTRY’S— RELIANCE ON FLYING

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TRIAL RUN

Uphill skiers get a trial run

on Blackcomb Mountain

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SHUT OUT?

Recreationalists ask First

Nations to consider their access

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PUNK SHOW

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Squamish Punk Night

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34 On the fly Contending with our—and the ski industry’s—reliance on flying. - By Allen Best

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UPHILL BATTLE

Uphill skiers got a trial run up

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A BOOST FOR TENNIS

The management

Blackcomb Mountain last weekend, with a Whistler Blackcomb patrol

group behind the Whistler Sports Academy has grand plans for the

escort—now they are hoping for more access.

Whistler Racquet Club after recently taking over its lease.

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FEAR AND RECREATION

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COVER All modes of transport have their environmental impact, but starting the conversation and making how you travel more of an ethical decision than a monetary one will hopefully begin to change how we make our vacation plans—and that can only be a good thing. - By Lou O’Brien 4 JANUARY 16, 2020

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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS Avalanches are claiming lives all over the world—let’s not tempt fate

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13 PIQUE N YER INTEREST Dan Falloon delves into the IOC decision to not allow any kind of demonstration—political, religious or racial—at Olympic sites at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.

86 MAXED OUT No one escapes death. So why do we have such a hard time talking about it? Max urges us

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Environment & Adventure

32 SCIENCE MATTERS David Suzuki argues for the establishment of protected areas to maintain

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carbon, support Indigenous conservation initiatives and demand justice for those displaced by climate change.

33 RANGE ROVER Leslie Anthony explores another powder highway in B.C.—the North by Northwest one. Read on to learn how to find it yourself.

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42 TRAVEL Intrepid traveller Tim Morch goes in search of the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, on a dirt bike, along backroads, with a neophyte backcountry companion.

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50 FORK IN THE ROAD Climate change means food prices will continue to rise, says Glenda Bartosh. It’s all part of the carbon-emission equation we have to consider.

52 EPICURIOUS Brandon Barrett fights the freezing weather with a trip to the Four Seasons Whistler’s Patio Camper, which is housed in a retrofitted 1960’s camper, and serves up spiked hot chocolate and s’mores.

56 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW It’s an age-old trope that women like bad boys, but this week Feet Banks pulls up some scientific evidence to prove it’s true—all to mark the opening of Bad Boys For Life.

58 MUSEUM MUSINGS This week we are reminded of the crazy snow-less season of 1976-77, which saw Whistler barely operating and closing completely for three weeks in January.

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OPENING REMARKS

A word to the wise IT WAS AMAZING to get out and play this weekend in some epic snow.

But it also felt like the local snow community has been holding a collective breath with all the warnings about conditions and avalanche risks.

So it was with great sadness that I read the stories this week about the death of Canmore, Alta. family doctor Dr. Laura Kosakoski, who died in an avalanche while skiing the Mount Hector area of Banff National Park.

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Her husband Adam Campbell watched it happen and dug her out, but not fast enough. She lived long enough in hospital to hear her mother say goodbye over the phone during her frantic journey to reach her daughter’s side.

Blackcomb (WB) patroller was caught in a slide Jan. 1 while working in avalanche control (she was not injured and voluntarily returned to work the same day).

So to read on social media in the same weeks as these stories that many people are ducking ropes on the mountains to find powder is just beyond unbelievable.

WB has caught quite a few of them and taken away their season’s passes for a year.

Catching them and then making sure the ski terrain was safe has delayed the opening of runs and areas for everyone else that followed the rules—also an infuriating situation.

Let’s remind ourselves for a minute of the story of Mark Gayowski, who spent New Year’s Eve alone in the backcountry of Red Mountain after spotting an out-of-bounds trail that looked intriguing on his last run of the day, according to an interview he did with CBC. He saw the trail from a chairlift while chatting with his mom and joked that it looked like the kind of trail he might get lost on. His mom made him promise to call

“I took my jacket off and lay in the snow and I was like, I’m done. I’m going to let myself freeze.”

- MARK GAYOWSKI

In recent days, avalanches have claimed lives in the Alps in Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Three were killed and five injured in avalanches in Idaho as well.

Meanwhile, Pique headlines, and those in other newspapers and online, have warned for weeks of the high avalanche danger in our backyard. Indeed a Whistler

when he was done skiing. She never heard from him.

At one point, he told CBC that he gave up.

“I took my jacket off and lay in the snow and I was like, I’m done. I’m going to let myself freeze,” Gayowski told CBC. “So I did that for like 10 minutes but then I was like,

OK, this isn’t happening quick enough, so I decided to head back to where it was warmer.”

After a second night outdoors, he was walking and yelling in frustration to himself when he thought he heard a voice— fortunately it was one of the more than 90 rescuers who were looking for him over the two days he was lost.

Yes, that is correct, 90 search and rescue personnel were looking for him, from teams across the East and West Kootenays.

Our Whistler Search and Rescue teams have already been out numerous times this winter. And we know that between March 1, 2018 and March 1, 2019, WSAR crews mobilized 59 times, up slightly from the 56 mobilizations in the previous year. Its report last year showed that it carried out seven rescues each off the back of Whistler Mountain and in the Spearhead.

So, as you make your plans, take a moment for some sober thought about the risks that always come with our outdoor adventure. While not exactly an albatross around our necks, the little voice of reason and caution is worth listening to right now.

Always check the conditions at avalanche. ca, make sure you are properly equipped for a day out in the conditions and if you are not sure go to AdventureSmart.ca for help.

Closer to home, think about that snow on your roof. Is it sliding off? If it’s not, you might think of how to get it off without it posing a danger to yourself or those who might unwittingly wander into its slide path. There are even avalanche hazards in our neighbourhoods. Cast a wary eye at the gardens and homes around you and if you are concerned, then knock on some doors and let people know.

As we get set to enjoy more fresh snow in the coming days, don’t let your enthusiasm cloud your judgment. Remember it might not be just your life you are putting at risk through poor decision-making.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Creekside intersection needs signage I use the Creekside intersection on a daily basis, mostly to go from the Husky side to the mountainbase side.

I can no longer even keep track of the number of times I have almost been sideswiped [in my] vehicle due to the number of drivers that are unaware that the right-hand turn lane is not a through lane. At least once a week drivers go straight through the right-hand turning lane.

Most recently, a local taxi cab almost ran directly into the side of my vehicle. This was a huge concern as these drivers should absolutely know which lanes feed which direction of traffic. (I have followed up with the company accordingly.)

This is due to a lack of signage in the wintertime, as the arrows painted on the road are hidden under snow, ice and wear off by the springtime.

But the fact that this still happens in the summertime when a vehicle is sitting over the top of the arrows shows that the painted arrows are simply not enough to ensure drivers are aware of which lane feeds which direction.

A simple solution to this would be to put a sign above the traffic lights indicating the lane directions.

After using this intersection on a daily basis [for the last year], I am shocked that no serious accidents have occurred yet.

All of which are treatable.

My eye surgery and breast surgery have been successful. Good news is I do not need chemotherapy, only radiation. It is my hope to have my brain surgery prior to radiation. The duration of my overcoming and healing is still yet to be determined. I am staying mentally positive about the overall chain of events. As I like to say, “I got this!”

I would like to first thank one of the dearest friends anyone could ask for, the lovely Angie Nolan. I thank you for setting up the GoFundMe page, which has helped me survive over the last few months.

“I got this!”

- LINDA EPP

I would love to see a solution to this as soon as possible, so I can feel safe again using this intersection.

Chanel Greenlaw // Whistler

Whistler is so much more than the beautiful mountains You know when you are having a bad day or a bad moment or perhaps a lot of things go wrong at the same time?

For me, I like to get out of the negativity and walk in positivity and I do that by getting outside,

by going to nature, by appreciating this wonderful resort I live in. But in reality, it is so much more— it’s the local people that come together when one needs help.

Friends, words cannot express how humbled I feel for all the support you have given me. I am crying while writing this only because I am overwhelmed by this town’s generosity and love.

My name is Linda Epp. The past year has been a little bit of a challenge for me since I have been diagnosed with a brain aneurysm, then I had emergency eye surgery due to a detached retina, then I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Thank you to all who have donated. You have no idea what it means to me and how you have helped me during this time of healing (gofundme. com/f/help-linda-fight-breast-cancer-and-brainsurgery).

Angie, you have been my rock for so long and have picked me up when I feel beaten down. I love you, my friend. Thank you.

I would also like to thank The Beacon Pub & Eatery for organizing a fundraiser for me that was held on Dec. 19, 2019. You are all amazing! The amount of work you put into organizing the event for me is unbelievable.

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Thank you, Lisa Geddes, for asking my talented local musician friends to play at the fundraiser; it was epic! Thanks Stephen Vogler, Raj Das, Sean Rose and Robin Ferrier.

I am blown away by the number of local businesses that contributed their products and provided gift certificates for the silent auction.

This community is so special to me and I am so fortunate to live here while I am going through this healing journey.

Thank you to all of these contributors for my fundraiser. I have no words…other than thank you for your generosity. Again, I am truly humbled.

All of these amazing donations are listed on my GoFundMe page by way of thanks and recognition.

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One more shout-out to Matt Hall from Whislife. We are working together since I created a logo, called EPPic, which will be put on hoodies, toques etc. and partial proceeds will go towards Families Fighting Cancer in the Sea to Sky. Whistler, I am so blessed to live here while I am going through this journey in my life.

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After a lean start to the season, Whistler and the surrounding Sea-to-Sky region have been getting absolutely hammered by storms since Christmas. The riding quality has been phenomenal. However, it’s often difficult to

escape your past and, in this case, the snowpack still has some deep unresolved issues that we need to continue to monitor. Now is definitely not the time to tee up the big lines. Rather, it’s time to retreat to wind-sheltered terrain below treeline. The good news is these storms have been relatively cold, so mid-elevation tree riding is likely to be quite good.

Over the long-term, the ongoing snowfall should allow our snowpack to continue to mature and heal. It’s still only January and there will be plenty of time for bigger objectives as the snowpack deepens and the days grow longer. If you’re lucky enough to be reading this, then you’re lucky enough to be in Whistler in the middle of an epic series of storms. Get out there and enjoy the bounty of Pow Town, but keep your terrain choices on the conservative side. n

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of three times over the past decade-anda-half tops the list. (The way things are going down south, it could certainly be argued that the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles isn’t looking so great, either.)

Despite this, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reiterating that it is prepared to enforce Section 2 of Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter—“No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas”—at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.

Athletes, however, will still be allowed to express political opinions in official media settings or on social media.

The clarification comes after two American athletes sought to raise awareness

of injustice in the United States during medal presentations at last summer’s Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Fencer Race Imboden took a knee while hammer thrower Gwen Berry raised her fist.

Both were placed on 12-month probation and will be punished if they act similarly in Tokyo.

Berry, when informed of the new rules, said she understands why the rules are in place—the misguided belief on the part of the privileged that sports can entirely separate itself from global political realities—although she didn’t agree with the IOC’s approach to addressing the issue.

“We sacrifice for something for four years, and we’re at our highest moment,” Berry told Yahoo Sports. “We should be able to say whatever we want to say, do whatever we have to do—for our brand, our culture, the people who support us, the countries that support us, [everything].

“We shouldn’t be silenced. It definitely is a form of control.”

It’s a little tricky in that Olympians have long had to accept some control of their expressions based on the Olympics’ mammoth international sponsorship agreements. It’s one frustrating but understandable caveat and compromise that athletes have had to make, rightly or wrongly, in the name of the Games’ economic model.

But to restrict demonstrations by athletes seems to be in contrast to the Olympic values and ideals of fostering peace through sport.

Imboden and Berry, for example, were demonstrating against racism.

Famously, fellow Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists at the 1968 Games while, along with silver medallist Peter Norman of Australia, wearing badges supporting the Olympic Project for Human Rights. Smith and Carlos were kicked out of the Games and all three saw their careers suffer. It’s not insignificant that the IOC president at the time was Avery Brundage, who quelled talks of a boycott of the 1936 Games in Berlin, Germany, then under Nazi rule, and supported including apartheid-era South Africa in the Games.

As the photo of Smith, Carlos and Norman demonstrates, a picture says a thousand words and can have a far longer lifespan than a one-on-one postcompetition interview or even a tweet.

While the Games, understandably, seek to provide a safe and peaceful atmosphere for all its athletes, for many competitors, it will be the biggest, if not the only, stage that they attain to raise awareness of important issues in their home countries.

Many of the demonstrations have been in search of non-violent social good, to give a voice to the voiceless, to raise those who need a boost. There’s certainly a chance

a podium finisher could instead use that opportunity to express support for a brutal regime or backwards social opinion, but how would that not be simply a louder, more conspicuous twist on what the IOC already does given some of the leaders it gets into bed with?

An Associated Press article on the changes ran down some other recent controversies, including seemingly lumping together two disparate occurrences: an Egyptian judoka refusing to shake the hand of his Israeli counterpart at the 2016 Games, or runners-up at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships refusing to join the gold medallist, who had received doping sanctions in the past, on the podium. The waters get a little murkier here, given their interpersonal nature, though a line should be drawn at disrespecting a fellow athlete, rather than his unsporting actions.

Besides, allowing this freedom of expression wouldn’t exempt the athletes from other external consequences. Anyone opting to make a political statement on that level will do it knowing full well that they could face a hammering from their team, media, homeland or sponsors and that their careers could suffer as a result. It would not be a decision taken lightly, and if that’s how an athlete opts to use his or her fleeting seconds of fame, it, at the very least, should not be quashed by the hosts. n

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In case you weren’t aware, Whistlerites care about snowboarding. Like, a lot.

That’s probably why last week’s Museum Musings column, which took a peek at the sport’s early days in Whistler, drew more comments from our Facebook followers than any other article in the last seven days. Asked to share their fondest memories from the good ‘ol days, here’s what a few of our readers had to say: “Amid a great deal of resistance from ski area management (industry wide) the Blackcomb Ski Patrol implemented an evaluation procedure which permitted the first snowboarders on the mountain on a ‘trial’ basis. That was the ‘thin edge of the wedge’ and snowboarding never looked back.

Snowboarding may still not be popular with the ‘old-school boys’ but it saved the (ski) industry back in the late ‘80s.”

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When you read this week’s Museum Musings, which explores the snow situation in 1976-77, you will realize there is absolutley no reason to complain this year about snow levels and weather. Back then, Whistler only managed to open Green Chair at Christmastime thanks to a borrowed snow gun from Grouse Mountain, and the mountain was forced to close for three weeks in January due to lack of snow!

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Uphill skiers get trial run up Blackcomb Mountain terrain MEMBERS OF THE WHISTLER BLACKCOMB SKI PATROL ESCORT GROUP OF 20 TO GARIBALDI PROVINCIAL PARK

BY JOEL BARDE A LONGSTANDING effort to establish an uphill ski corridor through Blackcomb took a major step forward last weekend, as members of Whistler Blackcomb (WB) ski patrol escorted a group of ski tourers to Garibaldi Park via in-bounds Blackcomb terrain. “[Whistler Blackcomb] was totally great,” said Bill Maurer, a BC Mountaineering Club (BCMC) director who has been advocating for an uphill skiing corridor (both publicly and behind the scenes) for the past year.

Maurer added that the event, which took place on Sunday, Jan. 12, was “very much a collaborative process” and that WB selected the final route after he sent along a suggested one.

Under the terms of its 2017 Blackcomb Master Development Agreement, WB is required to commit to working towards establishing year-round, non-motorized public access to Garibaldi Provincial Park.

But a route has never been established, with Whistler Blackcomb as recently as December 2019 citing safety concerns from having uphill skiers utilizing the same (often busy) terrain as downhill skiers.

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ALL IN A group of 20 uphill skiers were led up Blackcomb terrain to Garibaldi Park by two Whistler Blackcomb ski patrol members on Sunday, Jan. 12, in a mission that was meant to ‘ground truth’ an uphill ski route on the mountain.

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WB, said Sunday’s trip was about gathering direct experience, which will inform future decision-making and protocol.

“We wanted to ground truth issues on safety, operational considerations, and particularly the time that people would be uphill skiing on downhill runs,” said McCullough.

“We do still know that uphill skiing on a route like Sunset Boulevard can create some issues, where uphill and downhill traffic won’t be able to see each other, so that’s

said that she was happy to be working collaboratively with Maurer on the issues at play.

“What I’m super happy about is that we’re in a dialogue where we are talking to one another about each others’ insights,” she said. “We know that finding long-term solutions to these kind of issues will require that we collaborate and cooperate and there’s effort from all parties.”

Maurer said he would like to see a few more escorted trips take place in 2020,

“In Germany, everybody’s skinning up the ski slopes. It’s just the normal thing to do.”

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why we had our ski patrol [accompany the group] on Sunday, to not only ensure they were safe, but also to help us understand on-the-ground issues.”

The ski tourers, around 20 in all, skinned up Home Run, Shorthorn, Gondola Road, and Sunset Boulevard, before entering into Garibaldi Park, where they skinned to the top of Disease Ridge before turning around and skiing back to Base 2 via Blackcomb terrain.

The group was accompanied by two WB ski patrol and met briefly with Adam Mercer, patrol director for WB, prior to setting off.

McCullough, who also met the group,

with a long-term goal of establishing a permanent uphill skiing corridor that won’t require an escort.

“I’m certainly willing to discuss future trips with Bill [Maurer],” said McCullough, when asked about the possibility of more escorted trips.

McCullough added that the next step would be to debrief with resort stakeholders and learn from Sunday’s event.

The potential creation of a backcountry corridor starting at the base of Blackcomb could have major implications for WB, especially given the growing popularity of ski touring and walk-up day ticket prices

that can approach $200 in peak season.

WB is not currently looking at an uphill skiing pay structure, McCullough clarified in a follow-up email.

Vancouver resident Silke Gumplinger, who is not a WB pass holder, was among the group of ski-tourers to take part in the tour.

“In Germany, everybody’s skinning up the ski slopes. It’s just the normal thing to do,” she said.

“If the avalanche danger is kind of high and the conditions are not great, people are skinning up the [in-bound] ski slopes.”

Gumplinger added that it is important to have convenient access to Garibaldi Park, adding that from her understanding the BCMC was “quite instrumental” in establishing it as a provincial park.

“The BCMC, I understand, was quite instrumental in years past to get Garibaldi Park established, so I think it’s good for the BCMC to try and push for a backcountry access to the Blackcomb side as well,” she said.

For the time being, uphill skiing remains prohibited on Whistler and Blackcomb ski runs.

Not cooperating with patrol operations or safety requirements or requests may impact pass priveleges, according to WB. People looking to tour up to Garibaldi Park from the base area can, however, do so via the Singing Pass trail.

“I would also just ask people in general who want to access the backcountry that they review the Whistler Blackcomb website, and take a look at the information that’s on that site, so they know what are the rules that they should be following,” said McCullough. n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHEN DALE TIESSEN received a “pre-assessment” letter in December from BC Assessment warning him of an impending spike in his property value, it took him by surprise.

“I was kinda shocked, because we got a pre-assessment letter [that said] ‘Oh by the way, we’re sending you a pre letter because we don’t want you to be shocked when you get your assessment,’ … well that actually shocked me,” Tiessen said with a laugh.

While Whistler’s assessed property values for single-family homes rose by five per cent on average last year, according to BC Assessment, Tiessen’s assessment on his Spruce Grove home showed a 19-percent increase.

Though he’s previously owned land in the Lower Mainland and elsewhere in Canada, it’s the first time he’s received such a pre-assessment letter.

Tiessen talked to some of his neighbours and learned that some of them are experiencing similar increases.

A house similar to his—a single-family home with a Whistler Housing Authority (WHA) suite—also got a pre-assessment letter, while a full WHA house across the street did not.

In determining property values, BC Assessment looks at a variety of sales that have taken place in or around your neighbourhood, said Brian Smith, deputy assessor for the Lower Mainland. “[Property owners should] look at some properties that do have some similar features to the subject property or to the owner property to give you an indication as to whether or not the assessment that we have based on the sales that we are providing seems reasonable,” Smith said, adding that comparable properties are determined by things like location, size and age of the building, size of the lot and views on the property. “If there were situations like this where it doesn’t make sense on those comparable sales, that’s when we encourage people to give us a call and we’re able to provide some information that may be able to assist with that matter.”

In Tiessen’s case, one comparable he found to his property isn’t really all that comparable at all.

“The comparable that I found was in Whistler Cay neighbourhood, it was $2.261 million, so $8,000 less, [and] it was on a lot that was almost twice the size of my lot, in a house that had about 1,000 square feet more than my house,” he said.

“So bigger lot, bigger house, on a dead-

end street, overlooking Whistler Golf Course. And I thought well, I have a WHA suite in my house, I live on a road that I actually am fronted by roadways on both sides of my property, so I don’t get a lot of privacy.

“They don’t compare, but that was the closest comparable that I found.”

With Resort Municipality of Whistler property taxes rising or falling in relation to the relative change in value of your property, residents like Tiessen could be seeing a stark increase in their tax bills this year—and the increase in value has also pushed him past the threshold for the homeowner’s grant, he said.

He has already filed an appeal with BC Assessment.

Property owners must file their appeals

by Jan. 31, and disputes are handled by an independent, three-person property assessment review panel, Smith said.

“They take a look at the evidence that is presented in front of them, so BC Assessment would use the sales that they feel that have sold within the area that would be similar to the subject property, and the homeowner or the property owner would submit that same type of information, saying ‘here are three or four sales that I feel better support the value of my property,’” Smith said.

“And then that three-person independent panel will make a decision based on the evidence that’s presented in front of them, and then give their decision at the end of that 30-minute appointment.”

All property owners pay taxes due on the amount of the original assessment notice, according to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).

“In the case of a successful appeal and a revised (lower) assessment amount, the appellant would receive from the RMOW a refund for the difference (between what they had paid and the amount due on the lower, reassessed value) plus interest,” a municipal spokesperson said.

In speaking out about it, Tiessen said he’s hoping other homeowners will get informed, understand not to just inherently trust the data that’s provided, and do some due diligence and ask questions when they come up.

“I’m happy to pay the taxes; the RMOW uses those all towards really good things. I was just sorta scratching my head when I got this notice,” he said.

“I’m actually quite optimistic that the system will work the way that it’s intended to, and that logical people acting reasonably will come to some conclusion … I’m sure my property value has gone up, I just don’t think it’s gone up to the degree that my assessment value has.”

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WB snowmaking department applies to unionize BIGGEST STEP YET FOR WHISTLER WORKERS ALLIANCE’S BROAD UNION AMBITIONS

BY BRANDON BARRETT IN WHAT IS the biggest step yet in the Whistler Workers Alliance’s push to unionize at Whistler Blackcomb (WB), an application has been filed with the B.C. Labour Relations Board to certify the company’s snowmaking department as a collective bargaining unit.

The application was filed last Tuesday, Jan. 7 by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 1518 to recognize the 30 or so employees in the snowmaking department, excluding millwrights and senior supervisors.

Snowmaking employees’ main concerns surround overtime pay and general wage increases, according to UFCW union organizer Keith Murdoch. The base wage for snowmaking employees is $14.85 an hour, and tops out at $25, he said. Murdoch said department staff have also had to sign averaging agreements that mean overtime only kicks in after working 10 hours in a day, not the standard eight as set out by the Employment Standards Act. (After a request to confirm the above points, a spokesperson for WB said he was instructed not to say anything outside of the statement provided

by WB parent company, Vail Resorts.)

“One of the reasons these workers have decided to unionize is because Vail [Resorts] has refused to listen to their concerns year after year despite their requests being sent up the line,” Murdoch said. “Unionizing is the best option workers have when dealing with an employer who isn’t reacting to issues [and] concerns raised by them.”

In an emailed statement, Vail Resorts said it is “committed to an inclusive culture where our employees feel passionate, engaged and empowered. We encourage open conversations by engaging directly with our employees to ensure we are continuously improving all parts of the employee experience at Whistler Blackcomb. That said, our employees have the right to make informed choices on third-party representation and we will always respect that right and the choices they make.”

The UFCW has been working with WB employees in some form since early 2018, when a small group of Snow School staff approached the union. Since dubbed the Whistler Workers Alliance, the group has set its lofty sights on potentially organizing WB’s entire 4,000-plus workforce.

“Certainly we weren’t limited to ski instructors or anyone else. We’re just trying to make life better for all workers in

Whistler,” Murdoch said.

The logistics of such an ambitious union drive could prove daunting, however.

Speaking with Pique back in 2018, UBC labour economics and relations professor Craig Riddell said the alliance could face a major hurdle obtaining the support of at least 50 per cent of WB’s bargaining unit (meaning non-managerial staff) required to organize.

“It’s a tough labour force to unionize because many of them are only here for short periods of time,” he said. There were roughly 3,700 workers employed as first-time or returning seasonal staff at WB last winter.

The snowmaking department, by comparison, tends to see less turnover, which could make its organization effort more realistic.

“In this department, there is less turnover,” Murdoch said. “But regardless of the transient nature or not, when workers look at their paycheques, they look at the cost of living in Whistler and they look at, for those who are there on a working vacation, if they are working multiple jobs and don’t have any time to enjoy their working vacation; that’s a problem. Our purpose is help find that work-life balance for folks.”

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If the snowmakers’ effort is successful, Murdoch said the UFCW would look at other departments’ union prospects on “a case-by-case basis.”

“If we have 30 departments that are really interested, as well as feeling like we’re able to move forward with being able to unionize them, then we will do them on a departmental basis. If we can do the whole mountain at once, then we would do that, but it’s a huge undertaking, and there are a lot of challenges with coordinating,” he said.

Snowmaking employees held a secret ballot on Monday, Jan. 13, with a majority needed to certify the union. At press time, the ballot boxes remained sealed, pending the outcome of a hearing scheduled for early February. WB has asked the LRB to review the application “because we don’t agree with how the union has defined the bargaining unit and don’t believe their definition is in the best interest of our employees,” the company’s statement concluded.

Based on a number of criteria, including similarity in skills, working conditions and geographical proximity, the LRB will now determine whether the snowmaking department is suitable for collective bargaining purposes. n

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Whistler Chamber welcomes new directors, chair to board CHAMBER CEO ALSO DISCUSSES ORGANIZATION’S NEW THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

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WHISTLER Chamber of Commerce has welcomed its new board chair and directors, who will now set their sights on implementation of the business advocacy organization’s long-term strategic plan.

Sworn in at a ceremony last week, the newly elected board members are Claire Ruddy, head of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE); entrepreneur Heather Odendaal, co-founder of the women’s leadership conference, WNORTH; and Wendy Hargreaves, sales and marketing director for the Fairmont Chateau Whistler.

The directors Pique reached deferred comment to chamber CEO Melissa Pace, who lauded the incoming members for the “extensive set of skills” they bring to the table. As head of Whistler’s largest environmental organization, Ruddy will “really help us stay on top of climate change as it relates to business,” Pace noted. Odendaal, meanwhile, brings “quite an extensive background in events and programs” to the board, Pace said, and will assist the chamber with the 60-plus events it produces a year. With her experience in the hotel industry, Pace said adding someone like Hargreaves to the board “is always a bonus because of the community we live in.”

The new members replace directors Colin Hedderson, GM of the Aava Whistler Hotel; Brady Smith, outgoing executive director of the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre; and Theresa Walterhouse, CPA and partner at BDO Canada. Walterhouse served nine years on the board, including as chair.

“We work so closely together and it’s been a pleasure working with all of them.

It’s always sad to see such incredible talent go,” Pace said of the outgoing directors.

Diana Chan, BlueShore Financial director and owner of Whistler Treats, has been named chair of the board.

Pace credited the board for a number of accomplishments in the prior term, including getting its resolution calling for modifications to the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program approved at both the B.C. and Canadian chambers of commerce, as well as successfully lobbying the Resort Municipality of Whistler for road safety improvements in Function Junction, which were implemented last summer.

One of the largest undertakings at the

chamber in recent years is the drafting of its three-year strategic plan, the first time the organization has embarked on such a long-term vision.

“Our chamber has been planning year over year, and for the first time in my understanding, we have a three-year plan and goals attached to that,” said Pace.

“That really puts us on a trajectory of solid advocacy efforts on our part moving forward.”

The plan has been divided into five key pillars: “Building Whistler’s Employer Brand,” which, working with other resort stakeholders, sets out ways to better attract employees to the resort; “Expanding our Community of Practice,” a strategy to improve employee retention through expanding employers’ medical coverage and “deepening our member services,” Pace said; “Leading the Whistler Way,” which encompasses employee training and the Whistler Experience program; “Business Intelligence for Competitive Advantage,” which involves improving the chamber’s internal IT and data collection; and “Partnering for Shared Success,” which focuses on the organization’s advocacy work at the local, provincial and national levels.

“We’re finally getting a roadmap that we can go out to members and let them know exactly what we’re going to be doing in the next three years. Every year, we will be looking three years out … and the next step for us is to look at the economic possibilities,” Pace said.

“It’s to really safeguard the chamber against any possible economic downturn.

Not that we want to talk negatively, of course, but you just never know. It’s really important not to just us, but, of course, our businesses to always take that into consideration.”

Pace said the local labour market has consistently been around 900 full-timeequivalent employees short in each of the last seven years. One of the goals of the strategic plan is to work with the community and resort stakeholders on reducing that number through a variety of initiatives, such as improving daycare access and filling the regional transportation gap in the corridor with private operators. The chamber is also looking at ways to support businesses stretched too thin to deliver certain labour and skills training on their own.

“It certainly takes a village, or more than that, to get all this done,” Pace said.

Nominations are now open for the chamber’s annual Excellence Awards, set for April 27. Nominations can be made at whistlerchamber.com. n

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With no significant leads, family of missing Calgary man is asking public for help MARSHAL IWAASA’S LOVED ONES TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER TIMELINE OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE

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MISSING Marshal Iwaasa was last seen by family in Lethbridge, Alta. on Nov. 17.

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in Alberta, Fogen said her brother had never been to the area nor had she heard him express interest in going there.

Now, the family is looking for anyone who may have been on the Phelix Creek Trail and Phelix Creek Forest Service Road leading to the hut between Nov. 18 and when Iwaasa’s charred truck was found on Nov. 24 to come forward.

They’ve also extended their search beyond B.C. and Alberta in the hopes that someone might have noticed a sign of Iwaasa on their holiday travels.

“We’re now pushing into Saskatchewan and Manitoba and, really, anywhere in Canada,” Fogen said. “People travel and people are all over for the holidays and may have seen something and I’m just really worried about the amount of time that’s now passed.”

Given the nature of the terrain and the popularity of backcountry recreation here, Whistler and Pemberton RCMP are no strangers to missing persons’ cases. Last year, 136 people were reported missing, and Iwaasa’s is the only case that has yet to be resolved.

In early December, the RCMP called off the search, and the file was turned over to the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS), although multiple departments continue to work on the case. A call to the LPS seeking updates on the case was not returned by press time, but Sgt. Saska Vanhala told media in late December that investigators have ruled out several possible sightings of Iwaasa and leads on his location.

Anyone with info about Iwaasa’s disappearance, or his movements since Nov. 17, is asked to call the Calgary Police Service at 403-266-1234, or the LPS at 403-328-4444.

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The past eight weeks have understandably been excruciating for Iwaasa’s family. They have wracked their brains trying to piece together the timeline of Iwaasa’s disappearance, searching in vain for something—anything—that would bring them closer to finding him.

“As a family, we’re still trying to brainstorm and trying to find out what information might be out there and what information we can [use to] leverage the public,” said Iwaasa’s sister, Paige Fogen.

“We’re just really looking for anything right now because we don’t have anything specific to go off of.”

Iwaasa’s truck was found near the Brian Waddington Hut on Nov. 24 by a group of hikers, one of whom compared the site, which was littered with Iwaasa’s personal ID, some clothes, three smashed cellphones and a destroyed laptop, to “a crime scene” that had “a very eerie feeling.”

For Fogen and her family, the scene only leads to more questions. If Iwaasa was trying to disappear, why would he leave his ID so readily behind? Similarly, if someone stole the truck—or worse—and chose to burn it, then why not Iwaasa’s personal belongings along with it?

While investigators have said there is nothing to suggest foul play, Fogen can’t help but feel the circumstances are suspicious.

“The scene doesn’t make sense,” she said. “That’s why it’s so hard. Other than Marshal’s items being found, we haven’t seen anything that would make me really confident to say, “Yeah, for sure, he was there with his truck.’ His truck could have been stolen, his items could have been in it.”

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS AS BEIJING PREPARES to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, China is predicting a massive boom in ice and snow tourism in the lead-up to the Games.

The country is expecting to welcome 340 million ice and snow tourists in the 20212022 winter season, generating a tourism revenue of US$97.6 billion, according to a recently released report from the China Tourism Academy.

For comparison, the country’s ice and snow tourists totalled 224 million in winter 2018-19, which itself was a 13.7 per cent increase over 2017-18 figures.

It’s a trend that tourism marketing organizations like Destination BC have been watching for a number of years, said CEO Marsha Walden—and one that represents a “huge opportunity” for Canadian ski operators. “[Whistler Blackcomb] has been quite active in the China market for the past five years, really just having a presence on some of the slopes around China, in looking for Chinese-speaking instructors and also providing lessons and other things,” Walden said.

“So there’s been a little bit of activity that’s been ongoing, but in the last two years I would say it really started to ramp up.”

There have also been reports that the 2022 Games could create 30 million new skiers in the world, Walden said.

“That’s pretty interesting to us, because that is nearing the population of our country,” she said with a laugh.

“It’s a huge opportunity. When you think about how quickly you can create a vast number of people interested in snow

sports and in winter travel, this is probably the biggest thing to happen in the world in … probably a decade at least.”

From Tourism Whistler’s perspective, China currently represents less than one per cent of the market share in both winter and summer.

“China is an emerging market for Whistler with specific growth potential for our winter and ski product, especially leading up to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games,” said vice president of destination and market development Karen Goodwin, in an email.

“The market share from China in winter is relatively small at 0.7 per cent and 0.5 per cent in summer; and the growth from this market has been limited over the past five years. Our direct efforts in this market are mostly through trade and media relations and our team partners with Destination Canada and Destination BC promoting Whistler as a lead Canadian ski resort.”

While there hasn’t necessarily been a “huge uptick on the slopes” in terms of Chinese visitation in recent years, there is still “tremendous interest in Whistler” as a destination, Walden said.

“Chinese visitors are also quite intrigued with things like experiencing the Northern Lights, and seeing the Christmas lights of the city, and some of the things that are just a more general winter experience,” she said.

“So more and more tour operators we see adding winter itineraries to their complements of product, but I wouldn’t say that we’ve seen a noticeable uptick yet … it’s the kind of thing where you’re kind of tilling the soil for the long term, and as we see the popularity of winter sports and winter travel growing in a market of that size, we really want to just have a presence and be there on the ground floor of it.” n

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Whistler Alert sees good uptake COUNCIL BRIEFS: WSL HOUSING PROJECT MOVES AHEAD; LOST LAKE NORDIC TRAILS OPEN

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Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) emergency notification system—has seen good uptake since launching in early November, with 1,351 people signing up to receive alerts.

“It’s great uptake. We’re targeting 10,000,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.

Currently, the provincial system only offers alerts for tsunami warnings, he added.

“The Whistler Alert will provide updates on all Whistler emergencies including shelter-in-place recommendations related to chemical spills or gas leaks, boil-water orders and evacuation alerts,” he said.

“The Whistler Alert is the most effective way to prepare your family and our community for emergencies.”

Whistler Alert is available for both residents and visitors.

The RMOW recommends residents keep 72 hours of supplies for themselves and their families in the event of a prolonged power outage, as well as have an evacuation plan in place if an evacuation order is issued.

“Whistler Alert will only be used to send notifications about emergencies that pose an immediate threat to lives or property in Whistler that require residents and visitors to take action … [it] is separate from the BC alerting system,” Crompton said.

“You can learn more about how to prepare a personal evacuation plan at whistler.ca/evacuate, and you can access the Whistler Alert application and additional emergency information at whistler.ca/emergency.”

WSL HOUSING PROJECT MOVES AHEAD A Whistler Sport Legacies (WSL) employee housing project in Cheakamus is moving forward after a rezoning was adopted and related housing agreement bylaws received first three readings at the Jan. 7 council meeting.

The project is one of five private developer employee-housing ventures to arise from the Mayor’s Task Force on Resident Housing (and one of two that was green lit for further review in February 2019).

It will see a new apartment building constructed at 1315 Cloudburst Dr., and shift the existing athlete accommodation

from 20 townhomes at 1345 Cloudburst to the new building.

“The townhouses will be used for employee housing, giving preference to essential service workers,” said planner Amica Antonelli in a presentation to council.

The housing agreement for 1315 Cloudburst ensures that 1,400 square metres of gross floor area of the new apartment building (about 20 dwelling units) will be below market, price-restricted employee housing, while 2,500 square metres will be available for either employee housing or athlete and coach accommodation.

“The tenants in that building for the employee housing will be eligible employees from the [WSL] or the Whistler Housing Authority list,” Antonelli said.

The housing agreement also sets out the rents: $1,200 per month for a 430-squarefoot, one-bedroom unit, and $2,100 for a 650-square-foot, two-bedroom unit.

The housing agreement for the townhomes at 1345 Cloudburst will ensure all tenants are restricted to eligible employees with a preference for essential service workers.

“Those workers have been defined as medical workers including paramedics and ambulance service, police, firefighters, maintenance workers for

roads and utilities, teachers and daycare workers,” Antonelli said.

“The housing agreement includes a clause that allows for athlete and coach accommodation in the townhomes until such time that equivalent units have been built on the vacant land and are available for athlete accommodation.”

LOST LAKE TRAILS OPEN Whistler’s Lost Lake Nordic Trails are officially open to cross-country skiers and snowshoers as of Jan. 6.

A new electric fireplace is being installed at the Lost Lake warming hut this week, while a new grooming snowmobile and utility terrain vehicle will help keep the trails in top shape.

“This year the baseball-diamond parking behind the Meadow Park building is being plowed for those who want to ski the multi-use trail from Meadow Park to Rainbow Park,” Crompton said.

“We encourage all trail users to use this lot instead of the Meadow Park parking lot.”

The trail is groomed for cross-country skiers twice a week, though it is open to others as well. Those using the trail are asked to be respectful of the track setting for skiers. n

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Sea to Sky fishing guides weigh in on ‘dismal’ year for Pacific salmon

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SOCKEYE, CHUM NUMBERS WERE PARTICULARLY BAD, SAY GUIDES

BY BRANDON BARRETT FISHING GUIDES FROM around the Sea to Sky may differ on the exact scope and root causes of the problem, but they do agree on one thing: 2019 was mostly a bad year for Pacific salmon.

Jon Moon of Art of Angling Fishing Guides said he was motivated to sound the alarm after a particularly dire season.

“As a fishing guide here, I’ve seen a massive decline in the last 20 years,” he said. “And it’s not just me saying this, it’s fishermen that I run into on the rivers, other guides in town, and I would really like to have this brought to the forefront.

I feel like it should have been the largest election issue for voters in the Sea to Sky corridor. It’s the backbone of the health of the Pacific coastline.”

Logan Wilkins of Trout Country Fishing Guides concurred, noting “we’ve seen declines across the board in most species locally.” He singled out last year’s chum return specifically as “incredibly dismal.”

Pemberton Fish Finders’ Brad Knowles, whose guiding area spans from Vancouver to Bute Inlet, and as far inland as the Fraser, said that while the Coho and Chinook numbers were “looking OK,” this year’s sockeye run to the Birkenhead River was concerning.

“I think there were only maybe 8,000 fish, which is a very, very low return,” he said.

This summer, federal fisheries experts painted a troubling picture of the challenges facing Pacific salmon, and pointed to climate change as the main contributor.

A report put out by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) this summer said air and water temperatures in B.C. and Yukon continue to rise, while changing precipitation patterns are altering freshwater habitats. These effects have only been compounded by landscape-altering human activity as well, the report stated.

“There is no question that climate change is having a significant impact on our salmon,” said fisheries minister Jonathan Wilkinson at an August news conference in Vancouver.

“Not only do these declines have direct impacts on our ecosystems and the health of our environment, but they have serious impacts on the health of our economy.”

Sockeye numbers in particular were not promising, with the DFO adjusting the species’ expected return to the Fraser River to more than 600,000, down from an earlier projection of nearly 5 million.

Twelve out of 13 Fraser River Chinook populations were also recommended for

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protection under the Species at Risk Act, and a rockslide along the same river blocked the migration route of millions of salmon and prompted criticism of the provincial government’s response.

Last month, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation in Williams Lake put out a statement concerning the “escalating crisis” along the Fraser, and warned that, if the DFO does not carry out the work needed during the low-water winter season, including drilling and blasting runs, the effects on the 2020 salmon run could be disastrous.

Just this week, Ottawa responded in turn by awarding a $17.6-million contract to Peter Kiewit Sons ULC for work on the landslide near Big Bar. Fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan said in a statement that she intends to visit the site and will make an announcement on the next steps to protect the long-term sustainability of key Pacific salmon runs that experts have warned could face extinction as a result of the slide.

Among the fishing guides Pique spoke with, there was little consensus on the major factors contributing to the decline in certain species, with everything from habitat destruction, commercial overfishing, the spread of disease in Chinook through open-net farming, over-predation and BC Hydro’s ramping rates killing fish fry listed as possible factors.

“The reality is that’s kind of why things are the way they are today. No one really knows why, and everyone is jumping at conclusions but nothing is science-based.

When DFO has been making their decisions, it just kind of seems like they are jumping at whims,” said Knowles.

“A lot of people grasp at different things: commercial fishing, Atlantic salmon, nets in the Pacific. But the reality is that I don’t think there’s really been enough done in rehabilitation and conservation efforts.” n

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It’s a boy WHISTLER (FINALLY) GETS ITS NEW YEAR’S BABY

BY JOEL BARDE WHEN ONE THINKS of New Year’s babies, it’s normal to assume they were born on Jan. 1—or maybe even Jan. 2 or 3 (if you’re really pushing it).

But this year’s New Year’s baby, for Whistler, wasn’t born until Jan. 7. Named Archibald Wilfred Swinton, the child was

“We just missed the snowstorm, so it’s good timing.”

Swinton also joked that perhaps Archibald “brought the snow.”

That could be taken as a good omen for the family, as both Swinton and his partner, registered physiotherapist Allison Schneider, are avid skiers.

The new dad said he thinks Whistler will be a great place to raise Archibald, citing the wide range of outdoor activities

“We want to share [our passions] with the little guy.”

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born at 10:32 p.m. at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.

“We’re just kind of looking forward to getting to know the little guy, and having the adventure of being new parents,” said the child’s father, Ross Swinton, adding that he was grateful that Archibald was born before a snowstorm hit metro Vancouver last weekend, causing significant traffic problems in many parts of the city.

available to the family, from mountain biking, to camping, to adventuring.

“Those are all the reasons we’ve stayed,” he said. “We want to share [our passions] with the little guy.”

Swinton works as a mechanic for Whistler Blackcomb, and is also paid on-call with the Whistler Fire Rescue Service. While he took the week of Jan. 13 off, he said he is planning on taking his paternity leave in the summer

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“once the little guy is a little bit active.”

“We will get exploring, once we find our groove,” he said.

Swinton added that the medical team at Lions Gate was “wonderful” and walked the couple through the pregnancy process.

(Archibald is the couple’s first child.)

“Everyone’s been so great,” he added.

“You know, we’re in a rural community and I think everyone kind of banded together …

Once they knew [about the baby] everyone was happy to help.” n

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NEWS WHISTLER

Naturespeak: Highs and lows of corridor Christmas bird counts

BY KARL RICKER AND KRISTINA SWERHUN THE CHRISTMAS Bird Count (CBC) was started in the year 1900, replacing the old Christmas Bird Hunt. The CBC is generally accepted as the best tool available for assessing long-term trends in the early winter bird populations of North and Central America. Each annual regional count occurs between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5, which ensures reasonable consistency among populations of resident, rather than migratory, birds.

The outlook for the Christmas bird counts in the corridor was hardly encouraging. A two-week cold snap in November sent many of our birds southward as shown by monthly counts two to three weeks beforehand. It was not as grim as feared, but most counts in the province showed below average results—five to 10 per cent drops in species numbers was typical but total volume of all species counted showed bigger declines. Whistler saw 38 species, a drop from an average of 40; Pemberton listed 51 species, a decline from 54; and Squamish saw 65, a drop from 71.

During Whistler’s count on Dec. 14 waterfowl were above average with the American wigeon ducks at a record number of 28. Fifteen bald eagles was also

COUNTING CROWS The outome of the 2019 Christmas bird counts in the Sea to Sky was hardly encouraging, with a two-week cold snap in November sending many local birds southward, according to the Whistler Naturalists.

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way above the average of six. Flickers, black-capped chickadees, American dippers and gray jays were also above average counts. Two pygmy owls and a merlin were seen but the “bird of the day” was a northern goshawk seen on only four of our previous 29 counts. Kudos to Liz Barrett, and to Chris Dale who snagged a photo of a yellow-eyed herring gull at the compactor site.

So, what reduced the volume of the

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count? Scant pine siskins and only three Oregon juncos—our usual high-volume birds—and the counts on ravens and crows were way down! A frustrating bird was our first-ever winter surf scoter, seen almost every day before and after count day off the Fitzsimmons delta, but not on count day!

At Pemberton the volume of birds counted was a few hundred below the usual 2,000-plus of previous years. However, there was a strong waterfowl presence,

including trumpeter swans and bufflehead ducks. The bald eagle count was 46, just below the eighteen-year average of 50, and so, up valley from Squamish the overall number of eagles is stable. The surprise “birds of the day” were two sandhill cranes, a first-ever winter record; they should have been basking in Texas!

The Squamish count is the region’s oldest initiated in 1980. There are always great expectations for the count because of the foraging bald eagles, which average over 1,000 in the Christmas count. Alas, the count of eagles for this Christmas was a paltry 286. Ouch. But Squamish’s “bird of the day” was a new one, a streaky swamp sparrow usually found east of the continental divide.

Thank you to Shawn Mason for coordinating Whistler’s CBC this year and all the additional volunteers that make all the counts happen in the corridor. We’re always looking for volunteers to help with our bird monitoring programs—no experience necessary. Our next monthly bird count is Saturday, Feb. 1 at 9 a.m. meeting at the bottom of Lorimer Road.

Hope to see you there!

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Pemberton council approves skills park concept COUNCIL BRIEFS: CANNABIS-RELATED BUSINESS LICENCE FEES; HOT SPRINGS MANAGEMENT

BY JOEL BARDE THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) Council voted to direct staff to work with the Pemberton Off Road Cycling Association (PORCA) to identify a suitable location of a mountain bike skills park during its Jan. 14 regular council meeting.

Specifically, council instructed staff to develop a report that will look at potentially placing the skills park at either the VOP’s recreation grounds or a property beside the new parking lot for the Community Barn, or splitting the park up between the two locations.

In a report to council, staff identified a .53-hectare (site at the recreation grounds that could be used for the park.

This option would see the skills park replace two smaller practice fields that were included in the original recreation site concept.

The idea to look at the downtown core option came at the suggestion of Councillor Ted Craddock, who raised concerns about accessibility, specifically for youth.

Following the meeting, Bree Thorlakson,

SKILLS (L to R) Bree Thorlakson, Suki Cheyne,

Cookie Losee and Aime Fear of the Pemberton Off Road Cycling Association were elated with council’s vote of support for a mountain bike skills park.

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executive director of the Pemberton Off Road Cycling Association (PORCA), said she was happy with the discussion and actions the VOP has taken.

While not everything would fit at the proposed recreation grounds site, she said, there is the possibility of splitting up the features (dirt jumps and pump track).

“It’s a smaller site so not everything will fit in there,” she said. “We could look at splitting the skills park into three, [with] the different features. It’s not ideal, but we’re working with limited locations.”

PORCA has already secured some funding for the project: $25,000 from the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation in April 2019 and an additional $10,000 donation from Squamish-based OneUp Components.

In total, Thorlakson estimated that yearly maintenance of the project would be about $5,000, and the approximate cost of the project would be $160,000—depending on the features selected.

VOP staff has been in discussion with PORCA on the development of a skills park since 2016.

An early plan for construction of the park underneath the power lines close to the BMX track was not approved by BC Hydro due to height restrictions.

The alternate plan, which had the skills park built on School District 48 property adjacent to the Pemberton Secondary School was deemed unfeasible by PORCA out of concern for the requisite insurance costs.

CANNABIS-RELATED BUSINESS LICENCE FEE During the meeting, VOP council also responded to a letter from one of the co-founders of Coast Mountain Cannabis Inc. (CMC) asking the VOP to reconsider its business fee for cannabis-related businesses.

The company, which operates out of a building in the Pemberton Industrial Park, recently became a licensed producer under Health Canada’s regulations.

“Having invested over $5 million to date, much of which has been spent with local contractors, and hired 8 local full time employees on really good salaries, we feel we have contributed a lot to the Pemberton economy already,” stated a letter from Andrew Ellott, one of four founders of the company.

In his letter, Ellott asked VOP council to reconsider its business licence fee for cannabis-related businesses, saying it is “egregious” in comparison to what other businesses in the valley are required to pay.

The VOP’s annual business licence fee for a standard business is set at $150, while its annual business licence fee for a “standard” cannabis production facility is set at $5,000 (or $2,500 for a “micro” production facility).

While that figure is much higher than for a standard business, Craddock and Richman said it was in line with what other municipalities are charging.

“If I recall, the $5,000 was a little bit below the average,” said Craddock.

In the end, council decided to respond to CMC’s letter with the information that council considered when setting the fee.

“We appreciate all that they are doing,” said Craddock of CMC. “I think we need to respond to the letter.”

HOT SPRINGS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY VOP Council was also asked to give input on a management plan for the Meager Creek and Keyhole hot springs at the council meeting.

The province is partnering with Lil’wat Nation on developing a new strategy to manage the sites. (To read more see, “Lil’wat Nation and province working on management plan for hot springs,” page 29.)

Council asked staff to communicate that it is not in favour of opening up Meager Creek Hotsprings for public use, unless a geotechnical analysis is completed and it is deemed safe.

Council did, however, say it would support the opening of Keyhole Hotsprings, as long as a robust management plan was put in place.

“We would support that Keyhole Falls be opened if there is a management plan that includes things like washing facilities, signage and a plan for garbage,” said Richman following the meeting, adding that there would also have to be a significant level of patrolling and management to guard against the risk of forest fires. n

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Lil’wat Nation and province working on management plan for hot springs PUBLIC SURVEY ABOUT FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF FOR KEYHOLE AND MEAGER CREEK OUT NOW

BY JOEL BARDE THE PROVINCE and Lil’wat Nation are working collaboratively on a visitor-use management plan for two popular hot springs located in the Upper Lillooet River Valley.

Harriet VanWart, director of lands and resources for the Lil’wat Nation, said the First Nation is concerned about overuse of the Meager Creek and Keyhole hot springs, both of which have specific closures in effect that are being flouted.

“The province approached us with an interest to addressing these areas and our council supported working collaboratively with them, and using [a] visitor-use management strategy framework to guide us through the process,” said VanWart.

The First Nation is seeking to work “proactively” to avert a scenario that could see even more people flock to the Meager Creek Hot Springs in the future, said VanWart. “We want to try to get ahead of the curve before it gets too heavily used, and make sure we have a good plan on for how to manage it,” she said.

The Meager Creek Hot Springs recreation site has been closed since the 2010 Capricorn landslide destroyed access to the area, and the Keyhole Hot Springs has been closed seasonally (from Apr. 1 to Nov. 15) since 2017 to support grizzly bear recovery.

Despite this, both sites continue to see visitation in breach of their respective closures.

Moreover, recently upgraded industrial roads in the Upper Lillooet and Meager Creek Drainage areas have improved vehicle access to both areas, allowing easier public access.

As part of the management plan process, the parties have enlisted the Fraser Basin Council (FBC), a non-profit environmental organization, to help facilitate public engagement.

The FBC recently launched a public survey to allow people to share their views on future management plans.

Lil’wat Nation is simultaneously conducting its own internal engagement process, said VanWart, adding that the nation held a community meeting in

November to discuss the issues at play.

“We’ve actually got our own survey out for Lil’wat citizens,” she said. “[It] was posted just before Christmas and will be left open, online until the end of January.”

In a letter to the province, Tourism Pemberton President Mark Mendonca said that while the organization supports the Meager Hot Springs closure, it would like to see a management plan put in place that could ensure year-round access for the Keyhole Hot Springs.

“The Keyhole Hot Springs presents an extremely important opportunity to both the locals and guests of the valley being the sole hot spring in the area,” said the letter, which was included in the Jan. 14 Village of Pemberton council meeting package.

“Management of the area is extremely important so we would like to see an onsite patroller in this remote area who can collect a fee as was done in the past with Meager Hot Springs.

“The fee and onsite staff would be used to mitigate any of the overuse issues.”

According to a statement sent to Pique from a spokesperson for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, the results of the FBC survey will be used to inform future management decisions at both sites.

“We are in the early stages of this project and at this time have not proposed any changes to management at either site,” said the statement. “Future management efforts will be determined once the engagement period is closed and the results are reviewed.”

The spokesperson also added that a person trespassing in a closed area can face fines of up to $1,000 and that there may be “additional fines depending on how someone arrives.”

“There is a seasonal motor vehicle prohibition, enforced through the Wildlife Act, on the Lillooet South Forest Service Road (FSR),” wrote the spokesperson.

“Motorized access is prohibited past the 2 km locked gate on the Lillooet South FSR between April 1 to June 15, and again from June 15 to September 16, every year.”

The last date to participate in the FBC survey is Feb. 28, 2020.

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Fear, recreation and reconciliation in B.C.’s backcountry A LAND TRANSFER TO THE SQUAMISH NATION HAS SPARKED WORRIES THAT CLIMBERS WILL BE BARRED FROM AN ICONIC WALL

BY PATRICK LUCAS/ THE TYEE

“PEOPLE ARE FREAKING out,” the email from a climbing friend warned.

The message included a link to a CBC News report that the B.C. government was transferring a parcel of Crown land to the Squamish Nation—including the Petrifying Wall, a “world-class rock climbing area” in the Sea to Sky corridor of southwestern B.C. He went on. “What’s going to happen with the Pet Wall? Will Squamish cut off access?”

And the email’s subject line revealed deeper fears: “This is only the beginning.”

My friend said he respects the rights of First Nations. But what about the rights of people who had been climbing there for decades?

“Don’t we have a say?” he wondered.

“If we don’t do something, the government is going to start handing over land to First Nations and the rights of all Canadians to access recreational areas will be lost.”

The questions reveal powerful fears and anxieties that affect our sense of identity and how we function as a country.

This isn’t a new conflict. Certainly not for the Squamish Nation, who has been fighting for decades to assert its rights and

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title throughout its territories. And it does have implications across the province.

The Squamish Nation hasn’t set out the future for the land or recreational access, spokesperson Khelsilem told the CBC. “Once the land is returned to us, we’ll engage our community—our own members— in terms of developing a land use provision that our community wants for the area.

We’re going to make decisions that are in the interest of our people.”

Some people see the idea that the First Nation might end access to the Pet Wall as deeply unfair. Many in the climbing community feel left out of the process and are upset they weren’t consulted.

Some wrote letters to Squamish council, saying “losing access to Pet Wall would be devastating to the climbing community.”

“Had climbers been consulted... a lobbying effort would have been made to request Pet Wall’s exclusion from the transfer parcel,” wrote one climber.

For many Canadians, reconciliation and land title are abstract concepts. Most of us likely express a genuine desire to see justice for Indigenous peoples, but we’re rarely asked to make personal sacrifices to make that happen.

Issues around access to land for recreation can force people to confront the realities of our country’s history and its ongoing status as a colonial state. It can be an unsettling experience.

I was introduced to the challenge in 2013. I had initiated a new non-profit, the Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Program, dedicated to supporting Indigenous youth in getting outdoors and living healthy, active lives. I’d volunteered with the Mountain Bike Tourism Association to coordinate a symposium on the program in Sooke on Vancouver Island.

It would include time to ride trails near the community.

Then I received a distressing call.

“We’ve got a problem,” said Martin Littlejohn, executive director for the association. The T’Sou-ke First Nation had just signed a pre-treaty settlement agreement that gave them ownership of an area called Broom Hill. The hill happened to be a popular mountain bike destination, one of few in the area.

“Not sure what this means for the symposium,” Littlejohn commented. “Will we be allowed to ride the trails?”

Like the Squamish Nation, the T’Sou-ke were still working on plans for the land. The community had not yet decided what to do with the land, Chief Gordon Planes told the local newspaper. “There will be lots of discussions.”

In the following weeks, there was a buzz throughout the riding community. People were upset that they hadn’t been consulted.

They worried about losing access to trails they had built.

“Imagine putting in all that time and work into building trails, caring for them, sharing them with your friends and family, just to have them suddenly taken away,” one rider wrote.

Over the next few months, Littlejohn and I reached out to Chief Planes, convinced we could persuade him and his nation of the positive benefits of welcoming mountain biking into their territories: enhanced opportunities for healthy living, economic development, tourism and jobs.

His replies were consistent. The T’sou-ke people and elders would make the decision.

They would decide what’s in their best interests.

As the symposium drew closer I started

to panic. The idea that the T’Sou-ke people might say no terrified me. I imagined the issue spreading throughout the province as First Nations asserted their rights and settled land claims and treaties. What if this was the beginning of the end for mountain biking?

I received another phone call. “Chief Planes has agreed to participate in the symposium,” said Littlejohn.

“His nephew works at the local bike shop,” he added. “Chief Planes stopped by and his nephew told him about how he and his friends, and other kids from T’Souke, ride the trails on Broom Hill and how important it is for them. I guess that’s all Planes needed to hear.”

It had never occurred to me that young T’Sou-ke people might be using the trails themselves.

For the symposium, we organized a panel featuring Chief Planes as our keynote speaker. He spoke eloquently and powerfully about the history of the T’Sou-ke Nation, the impacts of colonialism and the importance of having Broom Hill returned to his people.

“We will regain our culture, our language, when we return to the mountain, to the land,” he explained. “That mountain is our church, where we have gathered to pray since time immemorial. We call it Sacred Mountain.

Imagine how you might feel if strangers came and built trails and rode their bikes through your church?”

The room was quiet.

I thought about all the times I’d gone for a ride with little knowledge about the trails and the land they are built on. I thought about the role recreation has played in the bloody history of colonialism. From national parks to cottage country to ski hills and country clubs, Indigenous peoples have been systemically removed from their lands to make way for

DISPATCHES OUT OF RANGE relationship with its ancestral lands.

We haven’t faced wholesale exclusion.

With the creation of respectful and meaningful dialogue, by simply listening, we’ve found ways of moving forward. The riding community has emerged stronger than ever, creating trails and riding experiences that work for everyone.

As the controversy around the Pet Wall climbing area intensified, a statement issued

by Jeffrey Norman, president of the Squamish Off Road Cycling Association, heartened me.

“We recognize that we live on the lands of the Squamish Nation. We unequivocally support the Squamish Nation’s right to selfdeterminacy on its lands, and we are grateful to share in the spirit and beauty of this place.”

We still have a long way to go to fully realize the vision of reconciliation. This is only the beginning.

RESPONSE: CHIEF GORDON PLANES ON THE T’SOU-KE NATION’S CHALLENGES TODAY Chief Gordon Planes remembers the 2013 mountain biking symposium well.

But six years on, he says his nation still faces many challenges in accommodating mountain bikers and other outdoor recreation enthusiasts in T’Sou-ke territory.

Mountain bikers are always pressing to expand the trail system, Planes said. But it’s difficult for the nation to allow new trails, given its focus on healing the land from past resource extraction and restoring it to its natural state.

“If we want to consider who we are as Coast Salish people, we’re always thinking about enhancement. Healing the land, and giving species time to breathe,” said Chief Planes.

Protecting the biodiversity of the region is critical to the T’Sou-ke, and that means protecting large swathes of area from any kind of development so that various species can thrive.

“Cultural health can only happen with environmental health,” said Planes, noting the T’Sou-ke rely on a healthy environment to hunt and gather food and other supplies.

Planes noted that hiking clubs and horseriders also use the trails. All of that activity compounds the effects on the environment.

“If we’re all going to work together in a good way, can we do that? Those questions are still being answered.”

There aren’t many T’Sou-ke people today who mountain bike, he added.

But the nation is still working on how to balance the use of its lands.

“Our natural law is, you should never disrupt Mother Nature. That’s the kind of the context we’re working in.”

Patrick Lucas is a community planner, trails and mountain bike enthusiast, writer, and the founder of the Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Program. When he’s not stuck at his computer he can be found wandering the trails throughout B.C. To read the original story, go to thetyee. ca/Opinion/2019/11/25/Fear-RecreationReconciliation-BC-Back-Country. This Tyee article was edited by Robyn Smith. n

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euro-centric ideals of conservation and recreation.

We like to think we’re just getting out for a bike ride or hike or a paddle on a lake, but every time we step out of our door we’re participating in an explicit political act, built atop hundreds of years of history that we can’t pretend simply doesn’t exist.

Planes closed his address with an observation.

“I’m happy that our youth are getting out on the mountain, riding and connecting to the land. That gives me hope. Perhaps they will be riding bikes on trails because we left something for them.”

Then Lorien Arnold, owner of the local bike shop and president of the Sooke Mountain Bike Club, stood up and addressed Planes.

“Thank you for sharing your history and your story of Sacred Mountain.” He paused. “I would like to ask if you would, please, give us your consent to ride the trails today?”

There was a long pause. I held my breath. What if he said no? Would we, as a community, respect that choice, even if it meant losing access to our beloved trails?

Chief Planes looked around the room and leaned forward. Finally, he spoke. “OK,” he said and gave a short wave of his hand to demonstrate his consent. Relief rippled through the room.

Planes made it clear that this didn’t represent a long-term commitment. His people would still take the time they needed to decide what was best for Sacred Mountain and the T’Sou-ke Nation.

The mountain bike community could continue to ride, but must respect and acknowledge Indigenous rights and title and the nation’s creator-given role as caretakers and stewards of the land. And, in time, we would need to accept and work within the framework of their decisions.

It was a start. By holding a space for Chief Planes, by listening and considering the story of the T’Sou-ke people, we created an opportunity for our own community to rethink our relationship with the land, recognizing it as one that requires ongoing care and renewal. We had the chance to recognize that we must work with First Nations.

Facing these truths is difficult, even scary. But the outdoor recreation community has always thrived on new risks and challenges, pushing ourselves beyond our comfort zones and facing our fears.

That’s how we grow into better athletes and more fully realized human beings.

Following the panel, people bustled about the conference hall preparing to go riding.

One person asked, “Are we riding Broom Hill?”

“No,” came the response. “It’s Sacred Mountain. We’re riding on T’Sou-ke land.

Show some respect.”

Those lessons have spread throughout the mountain bike community. Through the Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Program, we’ve made it our primary mission to advocate for trails and mountain biking that foster authentic reconciliation.

Most important, when a First Nation decides a trail is not in its best interest, when it says no, we accept and respect that decision.

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Protected areas can be excellent climate mitigation tools. Mature forests, peatlands, oceans and marshes house significant carbon stores, while disturbing these ecosystems releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Evidence shows Earth is heating at an accelerating rate, outpacing the capacity of numerous plant and animal species to adapt. To safeguard biodiversity, protected area planning has had to evolve to address the habitat changes brought by climate disruption.

This planning isn’t new. Twenty years ago, the World Wildlife Fund produced “Buying Time: A User’s Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems,” based on the premise that strategic conservation measures could give nature breathing room until the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy was complete.

“Climate change is happening now and nature is experiencing its impacts first,” the report says. “Whether one looks at coral reefs, mangroves, arctic areas or montane regions, climate change poses a complex and bewildering array of problems for ecosystems.

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Connectivity corridors that link conservation areas are, at heart, efforts to provide wildlife with pathways on their journeys to continued survival. The article notes that “geophysical features that create a diversity of microclimates are important to focus on as they can buffer the effects of climate change, giving species more opportunities and time to track the changing climate.”

As landscapes and our approaches to conserving them shift, so too must our social systems. Climate justice and social justice are intricately linked. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has noted climate change is and will continue to disproportionately affect the poor and most vulnerable—internationally and within Canada.

Humans are part of nature.

Humans are part of nature. We form what some social scientists call a “socialecological system.” We must also build resilience in our own lives and support others less fortunate than ourselves, as human resilience is shaped by many factors: where we live, our relationships with the land, at-hand government support systems and our personal economic and social resources.

Activism is one way to foster resilience.

It can help overcome despair. As people living in Canada, we must help shift social and economic structures to advance climate and ecological resilience. This includes advocating for the establishment of protected areas as tools to maintain carbon, supporting Indigenous-led conservation initiatives and demanding justice for those displaced and impoverished by climate change, within our borders and without.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin. n

RANGE ROVER

North by Northwest BRITISH COLUMBIA is famous in international skiing circles for its Powder Highway—a grand circle route in the province’s south linking the (mostly) snowy resorts of Red, Whitewater, Fernie, Kimberly, Panorama, Kicking Horse and Revelstoke.

Given the ranges in which these reside, any mission along the route can become a

BY LESLIE ANTHONY white-knuckle nightmare, so serious winter driving chops are a must. But for those who really enjoy ice-packed asphalt, and don’t mind hauling through protracted whiteouts (i.e., Canadians and not tourists), B.C. has a second powder pathway—one where the distances are greater, the roads far sketchier, the mountains less heralded, and the skiing more sublime. I call this particular route “North by Northwest”—a term I coined in a 1996 Powder article, the last time I drove its western axis before a recent trip.

From Whistler, it goes like this: drive eight hours north on Highway 97 to Quesnel and Troll Mountain; another 5.5 hours north through Prince George then west on Highway 16 to Smithers brings you to Hudson Bay

SNOW DEEP Enjoying the Coast Mountain backcountry around Terrace, B.C., with Northern Escape Heli-skiing.

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Mountain; and a further 2.5 hours toward the coast delivers you to Shames Mountain outside Terrace. Yes, it’ll be 16 hours back on a dry road, but you can break it up with cat- or heli-skiing pitstops, or detour to Powder King two hours north of Prince George.

I’ve written about Troll here before (www.piquenewsmagazine.com, “Tracking Troll,” Jan.18, 2018), and though not this sojourn’s marquee destination, several things about it are worth reiterating: with its fireplace and upright piano, the log baselodge has the coolest ambiance in all of Canadian skidom; the poutine is top-notch (bottomless gravy!), the main T-bar one of Canada’s longest, and the fall-line gladed runs draping its 525-metre vertical a ton of fun—including six-kilometre-long “Snow White.” Troll is 30 minutes outside Quesnel, where you’ll find Barkerville Brewery and other amenities.

The next leg takes you an hour north on 97 to Prince George, passing mostly through bush. When you hit Highway 16 make a left and cross your fingers: the run through Vanderhoof, Burns Lake and Houston to Smithers delivers great scenery, but long, open stretches can also deliver fierce ground blizzards—even on sunny days. Take heart though, your destination, one of the most happening outdoor towns in B.C., will warm your heart. In addition to delis and bistros and quaint/cool specialty shops, there are two craft breweries—Smithers Brewing Co., with a big gorgeous taproom and large selection, and smaller Bulkley Valley

Brewery, a kind of punk-rock compatriot in the funky, rapidly gentrifying part of town that includes the excellent Two Sisters Café and Roadhouse. Meanwhile, on Hudson Bay Mountain, 533 metres of vertical are broken into 40-some runs on two sectors: the largely gentle South Face (home of numerous ski-in cabins and their infamous “cabin culture”) and the more challenging, steeply pitched North Face— some of the best groomers in B.C. When it’s in condition, you can take the long, meandering Rotary Club Community Run back to town. Snowfall isn’t super deep, but it’s consistent, dry, and fluffy.

The resort is great, but the bigger skibuzz on Smithers is over Hankin-Evelyn Recreation Area, a backcountry skitouring haven outside town developed by local Brian Hall and featuring cut runs, transceiver gates, warming huts, and few humans (my favourite part).

Relative to the other distances, it’s a short (though often snowy) drive to Terrace west on Highway 16, passing through Hazelton with its startling, Alpslike backdrop. Terrace doesn’t have the charm of Smithers, but it has Shames Mountain, with 28 runs (including some serious double blacks), an abundance of natural glades, and 7,800 acres of bad-ass backcountry. Only an hour from the coast, Shames’ 1,200-centimetres annual snowfall is legendary, and we were lucky to catch a couple of 50-cm days. Luckier still that when we joined friends for a New Year’s romp at Northern Escape Heli-skiing’s

(NEH) new Mountain Lodge, we benefitted from the 30 per cent greater snowfall this glaciated high-mountain terrain receives.

Despite stormy weather that prohibited flying the first day, we still skied powder because NEH has a backup cat for just such occasions. When skies cleared the next day, we flew into some of the most impressive terrain—and deepest snow—on the planet, making the long, high-alert haul from Whistler worth it.

With storms stacking up off the coast we had to hightail it home as soon as a weather window opened. After another layover in Quesnel, pointed it directly back to Whistler, but if you have the chance to detour to Powder King in Pine Pass, you won’t be disappointed. It has a solid 640-m vertical, plus easy boot-packing/touring to adjacent terrain on which you can enjoy its generous 1,250-cm annual snowfall and still slide right back into this very wild resort.

How wild? On my first visit, there was so much snow that the repeatedly dug-out T-bar was running in a deep, steep-sided gully; somehow a passing wolf became trapped in that passage and was forced to run past everyone on the lift trying to find its way out.

So, the next time you hear a visitor to B.C. boast that they just road-tripped the Powder Highway, smile, fist-bump them, and say: “Cool—which 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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early December, a friend from Denver and I both travelled

to Las Vegas for a conference. I flew, he drove. We both worry about greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere and the strong evidence now emerging of climate disruption. Which of us should have more carbon guilt?

Flying shame, the phrase translated from its native Swedish, has come into vogue, at least in some circles. We zoom around the continent, sometimes across great oceans, because we can, and because it’s wonderful compressing great distances with so little effort, so quickly immersing ourselves in new geographies and cultures, and because, as was the case of my friend and I, we thought our work required it.

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Quick, easy movement has a cost, though.

If emissions from airplanes were a country, they would rank somewhere between Japan and Germany. As of 2012, that represents about 1.5 per cent of global emissions (carbon dioxide equivalent), according to the World GHG Emissions Flow Chart 2014. Other sources, slicing the greenhouse gas pie differently, put it at 2.4 per cent. Residential buildings (11.2 per cent), cars and trucks (10.6 per cent) or even livestock and manure (6.5 per cent) still produce more.

This may understate the impact of airline emissions, though. Scientists suspect emissions at high altitudes have impacts double or more than those at ground level because of chemical interactions.

Uncertainty remains about how contrails produced by airplanes may force radiative heating.

And then there’s this, summarized in a New York Times headline from October: “‘Worse Than Anyone Expected’: Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions.” The story said that air travel has dramatically outpaced gains in efficiency, meaning outsized growth in emissions. Aircraft might account for 25 per cent of the global carbon budget by 2050 as emissions from other sectors phase out combustion of fossil fuels, a 2019 report from United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization concluded.

The larger context is a rapid growth in air travel, an increase from 1.8 billion passenger trips globally to 4.3 billion trips between 2000 and 2008, according to the International Air Transport Association. It projects 8.2 billion passenger trips annually by 2040. North American air traffic has been part of that growth, but the larger story going forward will be China, India and other countries as they produce larger middle classes able to afford air travel.

Even as aviation technology improves and emissions from other sectors fall, that growth will cause aviation to be responsible for 20 per cent of global emissions by midcentury.

Relatively few people cause most aircraft emissions. The International Council on Clean Transportation finds that high-income countries and upper-middle income countries are responsible for 90 per

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cent of emissions. The United States alone is responsible for 24 per cent of emissions. On a per-capita basis, Canadians look a little better.

Less-developed countries that contain half the world’s population accounted for only 10 per cent of all passenger transport-related aviation CO2.

Even within the United States, the few fly frequently: 12 per cent of the population take 66 per cent of flights. “Although huge homes and hulking SUVs are familiar symbols of emissions excess, frequent flyers are among the people with the very biggest carbon footprints,” says Robert Henson in The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change. Just six per cent of the world’s population has ever flown.

The ski industry’s success of the last 60 years has been tightly tethered to airplanes wings. The ease of flight has been so important that many ski resorts have offered subsidies to airlines or at least income guarantees. This poses a conundrum. Snow sliders, perhaps more than most, embrace environmental values, not least the joys of snow. Greenhouse gases pose a direct and almost immediate threat to snow. If winter can still bring tremendous dumps of snow, the edges have begun fraying discernibly, most notably during spring. How can we harm that which we treasure? What is our responsibility?

Despite promising gains, including the beginning of electrified air travel for short distances, major technology solutions remain distant. Far more imminent may be dramatic climatic disruptions.

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What most worries climate scientists is not the evidence of climate change that has emerged so far, but what has already been locked into the system, to emerge later. Rising heat is well documented. The years between 2014 and 2018 were the five warmest years globally since recordkeeping began in 1880, according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. (Data for 2019 were not available as of this writing).

Yes, the climate on its own warms and cools. There is “very strong inter-annual and decadal variability,” a 2019 report by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted. But some of the weather extremes have human fingerprints.

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Consider the wildfires in Australia that in just a few days in early January covered areas the size of Switzerland. As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman notes, “climate change makes the kinds of extreme weather events we’ve been seeing much more likely.”

Can the January rainstorms of recent years in both Vail and Aspen be part of this?

Possibly. Whistler, being much lower in elevation and close to the ocean, has always had winter rain. But Whistler’s rains are projected to become more common. The elevation on the ski mountains of Whistler and Blackcomb where rain turns to snow will rise.

Scientists have stipulated we must keep warming within two degrees Celsius or risk serious threat of destabilization. Better would be 1.5 degrees C. Temperatures have already climbed about one degree C globally, less in some places but more in others. Even if emissions were to stop tomorrow, the heat to be produced from existing atmospheric pollutants will likely increase temperatures another 0.5 degrees C globally.

Why the fuss about one or two degrees?

Even a small change can have outsized impact. Consider that it took just drops of one or two degrees to plunge the Earth into the Little Ice Age, permitting Queen Elizabeth to routinely play ice games during the 16th century on a frozen Thames River. But then there were the Ice Ages, when glaciers marched southward across North America. The last glacial advance

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put parts of Canada under ice of up to four kilometres and extended southward across Wisconsin and other border states. It was accompanied by an average drop of five degrees C. Change may be neither uniform nor linear. The IPCC’s 2019 special report noted that the American South has warmed very little. But places of higher elevations and northerly latitudes have had increases of five degrees C since the 1950s in Alaska and Western Canada. The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin in December wrote about cemeteries in coastal towns of Alaska being submerged by water as the Earth melts.

Scientists fret about feedback loops.

For example, there’s the albedo effect.

White reflects sunlight, but dark materials absorb it. This has been demonstrated in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains as storms have delivered dust from deserts of the American Southwest on the snowfields above Telluride, Silverton and other mountain towns. The dark-coloured dust causes the snow to melt more rapidly. Now consider what happens as glaciers recede and Arctic sea ice is replaced by darkcoloured sea water.

To stay within that margin we need to dramatically cut back emissions. Instead, we’re accelerating like a driver heading into a tight curve.

Consider what has happened since 1988. Even then, climate scientists had been becoming increasingly concerned about impacts of atmospheric pollutants.

James Hansen, a one-time farm boy from Iowa, was summoned by a congressional committee chaired by Tim Wirth, a senator from Colorado who liked to spend time in Crested Butte (as he still does, although he’s no longer in the Senate). Hansen warned the senators of the risks of failing to curb emissions. Concentrations of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas, then stood at 350 ppm, up from 280 ppm when the Industrial Revolution began in the coal-burning factories of England more than two centuries prior.

This year, they can be expected to near 420 ppm. They’ve more than doubled since Hansen’s warnings in the sweltering Senate hearing room in Washington. Instead of slowing our emissions, we continue to add by about three per cent a year, even increasing the rate of emissions in the last few years. Unless we have drastic changes, babies being born this year can expect, when entering college or trade school, to have global concentrations of 450 ppm.

Scientists in 2003, when I began poking my nose into climate change science, warned about greater risks of climate destabilizing at 450 ppm. Since then I’ve observed that scientists, for the most part, have tended toward conservatism. The reality has moved ahead of the predictions of consensus science. Wildfires in the northern boreal forests, such as the one that forced 88,000 residents around Alberta’s Fort McMurray to flee in 2016, have been one part of that reality.

A SLOW BOAT, OR MAYBE A TRAIN? Perhaps the fires above the Arctic Circle have unnerved the Swedes. In 2015, Olympic biathlon gold medalist Bjørn Ferry committed to stop flying. Some Swedish celebrities have followed suit. To avoid flying, the adolescent climate activist Greta Thunberg last summer sailed to the United States to call for urgent action. She has a following, as was acknowledged by Time Magazine with its Person of the Year designation, displacing a churlish Donald Trump, who thought the world revolved around his tweets. It’s fair to assume that some snow riders, with their greater attentiveness to environmental issues, follow the Swedish activist.

No boats being available to ski resorts, what’s the least carbon-tainted mode of travel? Bicycle, obviously, although catching a bus will do you well, too. But don’t be in a hurry. It’s nearly a five-day trip from Toronto to Vancouver (that’s before mentioning that Greyhound cut service in Western Canada two years ago, including to Whistler, although several smaller bus operators have stepped in to fill some of the void.)

How about trains? That’s how the early guests arrived at Sun Valley, Idaho, the Unites States’ first destination ski resort. The ski area was created by Averell Harriman, owner of the Union Pacific Railroad, which delivered passengers

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like Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn and other Hollywood celebrities after the lifts opened in 1936. Today, though, Ketchum has no train tracks. Direct flights into the local airport originate from cities as distant as Chicago.

Rails remain near several resorts, but with little consequence. At Colorado’s Winter Park, for example, rails emerge from a tunnel under the Continental Divide within a few dozen metres of ski slopes, but deliver just 10,152 travellers to the nearby depot in Fraser annually. A ski train from Denver adds 20,000 passengers annually for day trips.

Whistler visitors still have the option of training to Vancouver, before venturing to the resort up the Sea to Sky Highway. It’s a little faster than the Greyhound bus, 96 hours from Toronto to Vancouver. Plane travel comes in at five hours. But even round-trip economy flights produce 511.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency, which has a carbon-tracker website.

What makes environmental sense— and economic sense for ski areas—is that when customers fly, they linger. Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong makes that point.

Most who fly long distances already do. A study of Rocky Mountain resorts by Coloradobased RRC that was commissioned by the National Ski Areas Association found 40 per cent of out-of-state customers who flew stayed six days or longer. Of international travellers, 80 per cent stayed six days

or longer. The difference was particularly evident among those who stayed between 10 and 22 nights at the resorts. “As would be expected, international visitors tend to have the longest stays, followed by out-ofstate visitors (and then) in-state visitors,” says RRC’s David Becher.

Can improved technology diminish the climatic risk caused by air travel.? It is becoming more efficient in jet fuel used per passenger kilometres. In other words, how far does a passenger travel on one litre? It has improved from 13.75 passenger km per litre in 1991 to 22.5 passenger km today.

Not all airplanes are equal, though.

You can bet that Air Force One, the jet that ferries Donald Trump and other U.S. presidents around the globe, with its executive desk and sleeping quarters, gets less than 22.5 passenger km. Flying first class has a carbon footprint three times or more greater than flying economy, owing to the greater space and the heavier seats.

How far you fly also matters. Shorter flights have a greater carbon intensity per mile than long-haul flights. A quarter of the fuel can be burned in getting from the ground to 30,000 feet (9,144 metres).

That makes short-hop flights, say between Calgary and Edmonton or between Portland and Vancouver, the most energy intensive.

This rule only applies so far, though.

The weight of fuel for very long-haul flights itself requires lots of energy to transport.

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Driving, in some situations, could be worse than flying. It depends upon the vehicle and the number of occupants. Driving solo from Toronto to Whistler in a SUV, for example, will be more carbon intensive than flying economy. From San Francisco, though, it’s a tougher call. The best guide to travel comparisons I found was assembled by the Union of Concerned Scientists. (See chart on page 37).

For the water conference in Las Vegas, my friend from Denver rented a mediumsized electric hybrid that gets 100 km per seven litres (40 miles per gallon) and drove alone. I flew first to Reno, a woman next to me, her hair dreaded fashionably and dyed blonde at the ends, her perfume nearly leaving me gasping as I studied the slopes of Deer Valley and Park City below me.

From Reno, I caught a flight to Las Vegas, glimpsing Lake Tahoe. Returning to Denver, I flew directly from Las Vegas even as my friend drove.

My research using the International Civil Aviation Organization’s website suggests that I had the lighter carbon footprint, 109.1 kg, compared to 151.5 kg for my friend in his rented hybrid car. Had my friend and I gone together by car, we would have had much lower carbon footprints.

My friend does buy carbon offsets when travelling, whether by car or by plane. Such offsets have become more common. Air travellers flying in and out of two mountain resort communities are now participating in an offset program call Good Traveler. Good Traveler was initiated in 2016 by the San Diego International Airport, which chose the Rocky Mountain Institute to manage it. It now counts 17 participating U.S. airports, including those in San Francisco, Seattle and New York City.

To qualify, offsets must demonstrate actions that can be verified and measured and prove additionality. Would this action have occurred or been avoided had the money not been invested? For example, the $8 for a round-trip flight from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Aspen collected by the New York airport goes to improve marine efficiency in the harbour there.

The Jackson Hole Airport’s collections go to ensuring the native prairie at the May ranch in southeastern Colorado remains unplowed, continuing to sequester carbon.

Telluride Bluegrass has also purchased offsets for all its festival-goers, with that money also going to the prairie preservation.

If offsets allow us to feel better about our travel, some analysts have been skeptical.

We need actual reductions of emissions, not just offsets, they say.

CAN SHINY GADGETS SAVE US? Burning biofuels, instead of fossil fuels, would theoretically reduce emissions. But they have been unable to achieve scale. In 2018, just 2 million litres of alternative jet fuel were produced, compared to the 360 billion litres of jet fuel consumed that year.

Too, some suspect that lifecycle carbon costs of biofuels make them little better

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than conventional fossil fuels.

Potential electrification has produced more excitement of late. All-electric planes began use in 2019 at a Denver-area airport for training of pilots. In December, a Vancouver company attracted international attention when it conducted a 10-minute demonstration flight of a 17-passenger seaplane retrofitted to operate on batteries.

Harbour Air, the sea-plane operator, hopes to begin commercial operations within two years after safety of the e-planes has been proven. It plans an eventual fleet of 40 e-planes for short hops along the Pacific Coast in the Seattle-Vancouver area.

Slower-moving, short-range and smaller aircraft is also the focus of a company called Ampaire. Think of the short-haul aircraft that shuttle passengers among the Hawaiian Islands. Peter Savagian, the company’s

Even the newest batteries hold just two per more rapid adoption of fuel-saving technology. cent that of liquid fuel, Wired magazine “Without a clear market signal, vendors and explained in a 2017 story. In other words, investors will largely stay on the sidelines,” 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of jet fuel yields Lovins said. He deplored incrementalism that about 14 times more energy than a 1,000- squanders fuel, efficiency and precious time. pound battery.

“The climate crisis will not wait,” he insisted.

In his talk at the Aspen Institute “Business as usual won’t work.” event, “The Future of Aviation in a Carbon Some think we’re in such a climatic Constrained World,” Savagian counselled pickle that we need to explore high-risk patience. “It will be decades before the geoengineering strategies. largest aircraft are likely to be fully For example, can temperature rise electrified,” he said. But when that happens, of accumulated greenhouse gases be both airlines and consumers will benefit. counteracted by reflecting more sunlight His company projects savings of 90 per cent away from the Earth’s surface with a giant from electrified airplanes and maintenance mirror in space? Another calls for spraying costs cut 50 per cent. Those savings, in turn, aerosols into the stratosphere, which is will allow airlines to cut fares by 15 per cent, about 10 km above the Earth’s surface, producing 40 per cent more volume. simulating the effect of volcanic eruptions.

Speaking at the same event, Aspen-area A volcano eruption in the Philippines in resident Amory Lovins—a co-founder of the 1991 cooled global temperature by 0.6 degrees C for about two years afterward.

Direct air capture is another idea, part of a broader set of solutions called negative emissions technology. This idea seeks to withdraw carbon dioxide or other greenhouse pollutants from the atmosphere. This is already being done in Squamish by a company called Carbon Engineering. The company was founded in 2009 by David Keith, then a professor at the University of Calgary (and now at Harvard University). Keith, with backing from Bill Gates and Murray Edwards, the financier of oil/tar sands extradition in Alberta (and co-owner of the Calgary Flames), succeeded in removing CO2 from the atmosphere in 2015 and converting it into fuel in 2017.

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Ampaire and another company, “Many components made of metal today IKHANA, have also been awarded contracts should not be,” Lovins said. He cited a simple

by NASA with the mission of pioneering $20 coffee pot. Replaced by a higher-tech hybrid diesel/electric configurations for the model with energy consumption, it saves 19-passenger Twin Otter. weight and hence fuel. “You take a pound out Advances in battery storage will be of a typical airplane and it’s worth around needed to make electrified flights possible $2,000 in net-present value in fuel costs.” for longer distances. Battery storage has Lovins has credentials. In 1976, amid improved. The battery in a Tesla 3 has the Arab oil embargos, he wrote a landmark 10 times as much energy density as that essay published in Foreign Affairs used in the EV 1, an early electric vehicle magazine that talked about climate change, that went into production in 1996 when renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Savagian was with General Motors. Energy Both businesses and governments from batteries has been increasing eight per responded sluggishly to his vison. Time has cent annually. mostly proven him correct.

But much, much more will be needed.

Price signals are needed to spur airlines to

Now, with backing from oil producers Chevron, Occidental and BHP, he’s trying to accomplish this at scale.

But Keith, in a 2013 book called A Case for Climate Engineering, warned against seeing geoengineering as the solution to climate change. “Our gadget-obsessed culture is all too easily drawn to a shiny new tech fix,” he said. Best, he said, would be to avoid creating emissions.

In aviation, though, it’s easier to create the problem than solutions. A case in point, is Denver International Airport, the fifth busiest airport in the United States and a hub for many connecting flights to ski towns. The airport plans to add 39 new gates to accommodate growing traffic.

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The sleepy border town of Tha Khaek, Laos, is best known for “the Loop,” an easy four-day motorcycle circuit. We were here to rent dirt bikes, find tracks less travelled and seek out the historic Ho Chi Minh Trail for the next three weeks.

Riding north along the Mekong River and east toward Khounkham, my travel companion Astried Huebner and I admired the impressive karst scenery. The famed Konglor Cave, a spectacular 7.5 kilometre river flowing through the mountains, lies 65 kms south and cannot be missed.

In search of jungle trails, hydro workers pointed us to a narrow, deeply rutted track near Thalang—Astried’s off-road introduction. After several tumbles, her gears would not engage, leading to a minor meltdown and a moment of self-doubt. I gave her my bike and pushed hers four kilometres up steep ascents, coasting downhill, eventually emerging in the flats and inching into the nearest village to a shop where I repaired the cable.

A barbecue beckoned, the cook proudly grilling maa—dog—a delicacy. One look at Astried told me the answer lay next door at the chicken restaurant and over dinner, she said if the Ho Chi Minh Trail was going to be like that, she was uncertain of her ability to continue. I assured her the worst was over, going to sleep hoping I was correct.

“Let’s carry on,” she smiled the next morning and we headed toward the Vietnam border.

After repairing Astried’s first flat tire and with spare tube in hand, we found our first section of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network used by the North Vietnamese Army to get around the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war. Eastern Laos was

subject to Nixon’s covert bombing, evidenced by gardens lined with shell casings.

We wound through the jungle, climbing, descending, circling colossal karst outcroppings and passing occasional villages.

The rainy season had scarred the roads with deep ravines, knocked out the bridge at Xe Bangfai River and the current was too powerful to cross. Upstream, a couple with a narrow dugout smiled and beckoned and I knew that if I didn’t roll onboard the journey was finished. Without a word, I rolled down the steep embankment, boarded, placed my feet on the gunnels and held my breath. They paddled back for Astried and when she was safely across, she sat down, eyes as big as saucers, saying: “I thought you were going to come back and take my bike.”

An incongruous asphalt road appeared like a scene from a movie and we entered the frontier town of Bua La Pha, stopping for pho, a sumptuous soup broth with meat and a plate of vegetables to mix in. The owner, learning our plans, nodded and said “many rivers.”

The road ended abruptly at the edge of town, so I asked a woman for directions. I ask women because if they don’t know, they say so while men point in random directions to save face. She pointed left and said turn right after the bridge—a loose term referring to planks the width of a tire that you pray won’t break.

At a nearby fork a man appeared pointing us straight, a second right and a third said turn back, as if to prove my theory. A fourth said to “follow me” so we chased his dust, crossing rivers of varying widths and depths to Khok village.

Around the bend, a wide river met us and we watched a motorcycle cross the strong current, stalling in thigh deep water, the rider pushing the rest of the way. A crowd gathered and a man pointed upstream where I powered in, stalling half-way, waist deep and pushing across. Astried did the same and I dried the spark plug caps, holding my breath until the bikes fired.

Several junctions followed where GPS, map and Google Maps failed to correlate but we eventually popped out in Villabouly, a mining town marked by stripped hilltops and deforestation, and I wondered what Ho Chi Minh would think of the hunt for resources. We were told that although foreigners were rare, a group had been through recently, as in “six months ago.”

Dodging potholes deep enough to swallow a truck, we intersected a good road to Muang Phin finding a guesthouse. Accommodation is generally modern, clean, and most have hot water, a welcome refreshment after another dusty day.

National Highway #23 south to Salavan is clear on the map—the GPS disagreed. The rocky trail became potholed and ravine ravaged and across the Xe Pouan River near the village of Tat Hai, it disappeared. Zigging and zagging in soft sand, hard rock and mud we dead reckoned for 65 kms and then, magically, a sealed road appeared for the final miles to Salavan.

Pick up Pique next week, or go online to www. piquenewsmagazine.com, to read Part 2 of Tim’s adventure in Laos next week. ■

Story and photos by

Tim Morch

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Whistler Sports Academy founders takes over racquet club JAMIE GRANT AND OLLY NIXON HOPE TO RETURN THE SITE TO ‘SOCIAL HUB’ STATUS

BY DAN FALLOON A NEW ERA is being ushered in at the Whistler Racket Club (formerly the Whistler Racquet Club).

As of Jan. 2, Whistler Sports Academy founders Jamie Grant and Olly Nixon took over the building’s lease, and Grant has grand plans to expand the offerings along with maintaining its primary function as a tennis facility.

After the Wild Wood Cafe moved out in 2015, Grant said he regularly offered to utilize the space, and started to gain traction once Beedie bought the property from Holborn Group in 2017.

“We’re going to bring that social-hub feel back to this place so it becomes a fun place to hang out, even if you don’t play tennis,” he said.

Grant has recently had success launching The Hangar, an event space in Function Junction, which has hosted everything from parties and the Heavy Hitting Horrorfest to intramural-style sports nights and roller disco.

He’s hoping to help diversify the site’s offerings, with plans to launch a small cafe

A NEW START The Whistler Racquet Club lease has been taken on by Whistler Sports Academy founder Jamie Grant.

PHOTO BY LOGAN SWAYZE/COURTESY OF JAMIE GRANT

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in the coming weeks with an eye towards offering full-service food and beverage later this year.

Once the food service gets underway, with May targeted for a grand re-opening, contingent on the permits and licences being approved, Grant said the club will welcome live music nights and host events ranging from wine tastings and dance

said the centre is operating in a business-asusual fashion, offering clinics, lessons and leagues. He hopes to add more tournaments and round-robin play to the event roster as part of the overall goal of expanding the club’s social offerings.

As for the site itself, Grant said repairs have been made to the tennis bubble to stop leaks, while in the lobby and restaurant

“It’s going to be great for corporate groups, great for parties. We’re bringing a whole new element to the club, more than just tennis and pickleball.”

- JAMIE GRANT

performances to yoga and pilates classes.

Partnering with Grant is former CFL All-Star Shea Emry, who now runs Axewood Events Co., which offers axe-throwing among other outdoor attractions.

“He builds snowball-fight stadiums and fire pits with hot-chocolate stands,” Grant said, noting an outdoor adventure zone is set to open on the outdoor courts later this month. “Kids are going to love that. It’s going to be great for corporate groups, great for parties. We’re bringing a whole new element to the club, more than just tennis and pickleball.”

In terms of tennis programming, Grant

area, the old carpet has been removed and replaced with hardwood flooring.

Ultimately, Grant’s goal is to create a chalettype atmosphere, as he has plans to bring in antique tables and chairs and make repairs to the fireplace.

In the spring, meanwhile, several outdoor courts are slated for resurfacing, which the Whistler Tennis Association has previously said is long overdue.

Beedie executive vice president Houtan Rafii said the company was familiar with Grant after leasing some of its land to the Whistler Sports Academy for summer camps.

“They’ve been a really good operator.

Their business is thriving,” Rafii said.

“I know they have experience running tennis clubs as well so they have some great ideas for expanding the offerings at the tennis club, both on the tennis side and non-tennis.

“Having worked with them in the past successfully and having seen how professional, proactive and organized they were, we thought it would be a good fit for the tennis club.”

Grant was a longtime tennis pro in Whistler before leaving to start the Whistler Sports Academy and its Kids Combo Camps roughly a decade ago. With the academy, Grant kept the connection with the tennis club alive as one of its camp venues.

Grant praised the Whistler Tennis Association and Whistler Racquet Club manager and director of tennis Kirk Paterson for their work navigating some challenging times.

“They’ve worked really hard to keep this facility going and keep tennis alive,” he said.

The centre will host an open house this Friday, Jan. 17 from 3 to 10 p.m.

Until 6 p.m., the focus will be on family friendly activities such as mini tennis, snow sculptures and snowball target contests, while the evening will turn into more of a cocktail party and mixer. Grant said there will be literature regarding his vision for the site for attendees to pick up at the event. n

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MAGNIFICENT MOLLIE Whistler Mountain Ski Club alumnus Mollie Jepsen, shown here at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games, won four medals at the first IPC Para Alpine World Cup of the season in Switzerland.

PHOTO BY DAVE HOLLAND/COURTESY OF THE CANADIAN PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

Jepsen a podium regular to start season WHISTLER MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB ALUM TAKES THREE GOLD, ONE SILVER AT VEYSONNAZ

BY DAN FALLOON AFTER SPENDING the winter of 201920 sidelined, Mollie Jepsen constantly envisioned what her return to competition would look like.

Ultimately, it couldn’t have been much better as the 20-year-old Whistler Mountain Ski Club alum opened the International Paralympic Committee Para Alpine World Cup season in Veysonnaz, Switzerland with four podium appearances in five races.

Jepsen finished first in three of the races, including in her season debut in the women’s standing super-G on Jan. 8.

“I’ve spent a lot of time off in the past five years because of different injuries and in the back of my mind, it’s always a dream of mine—I want to win my first race back,” she said. “I wanted to show that I was back and that I was healthy.”

After the win, Jepsen said she was actually a little bit jittery in the next day’s race, also a super-G, in which she placed second. She rebounded, however, with a super-G win on Jan. 10 and giant slalom win on Jan. 11.

“I had a mistake, for sure, in the second day’s super-G when I came second,” she said. “I was just a little bit more nervous because I won my first race back. It’s high standards, high stakes, but after that, I got back in the flow and just kept pushing.”

Jepsen felt at home in Veysonnaz, likening the hills there to what she experiences here in Whistler, adding that the conditions were perfect with a week of bluebird days.

Jepsen missed all of last season following a Crohn’s disease diagnosis, but after learning how to live with the condition, is feeling strong entering this year.

“At our first big training camp after Korea after the Games, in September, I

came home very sick and actually ended up being in the hospital for awhile,” she said.

“It runs in my family. It wasn’t a huge shock, but it’s definitely been something I’ve been dealing with for a very long time so the diagnosis was very positive for me, knowing what was up and knowing how to control it now.”

Jepsen attempted a comeback in December of 2018, but was still weak and opted to take the rest of the season off, working with doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital and skiing when possible.

Part of the disease management involved getting a handle on stress, which was a major focus for Jepsen during her time away.

“Over the last year, I focused on getting control of my stress levels, getting control of my overall nervousness on race day,” she said. “I had a very different kind of approach than I’d had in previous years. I was pretty antsy and could isolate myself from everyone.

“During this series, I was having fun, started messing around with my teammates and started completely having fun.”

To start the season, Jepsen is feeling happy, healthy, and in control of her condition.

“It’s not really affecting me anymore.

This is where the stress stuff came into play, because stress levels can have big implications on diseases like Crohn’s disease,” she said. “I’m not really struggling with any symptoms on a day-to-day basis.

I do yoga and meditation and I’m doing pretty well.”

Jepsen enters this year looking to reclaim the super-G Crystal Globe she won in 2018. She has some split attention, though, as she recently completed her first semester at Squamish’s Quest University.

Though she’s currently taking a variety of courses, Jepsen is currently hoping to pursue geology. n

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Spring takes to the skies IN YEAR AWAY FROM WORLD CUP COMPETITION, WHISTLER SLIDING CENTRE PILOT LEARNING TO FLY

BY DAN FALLOON WHEN CHRIS SPRING is done being a pilot, he has his eyes on…being a pilot.

To clarify, the three-time Olympic bobsleigh pilot is currently taking a year away from competition and is using the time to pursue his post-competition career in aviation.

Spring also took the time off to recharge for a run at a fourth Games in 2022 in Beijing, China. Though he’s experienced injuries in the past, Spring felt that he wasn’t forced into the decision, but rather came to it on his own.

“I found that I was getting to the end of the season not in the same shape that I was when I started the season. It’s really important to finish the year strong because that’s when the Olympic Games or World Championships are. For us, that’s our biggest competition of the year,” said Spring, who is currently living in downtown Vancouver. “I wanted to make sure that when I get a chance to compete at those major championships again, World Championships or Olympic Games, that I’m my best athlete. In the last three, four, five years, I just haven’t been that athlete.”

Spring, who turns 36 in March, said that he is, for the most part, feeling better and is getting pumped for a return to the BMW IBSF World Cup for the 2020-21 season.

“It kind of comes and goes in waves and some days, I feel amazing and other days, I feel like some of those old injuries are creeping back in. I’m reassured by the team of therapists and coaches that work with me that this is just the way it goes,” he said.

with Glacier Air, in part because he’d heard glowing reviews, but also because of the amazing views.

“I thought it would, selfishly, be a good opportunity to not only learn how to fly but get to see some really beautiful sites as well in and around the Squamish Valley, up to Whistler,” he said.

More recently, Spring has embarked on his commercial training with Pacific Rim

Spring plans to take his written exam in the coming months and take his commercial flight test before the summer is through. From there, he’ll need roughly 40 to 50 more hours in the air before he’s officially obtained his license, which Spring expects he’ll get in 2021.

His hope is to eventually stay in the Lower Mainland and fly float planes.

While at first he didn’t see as many

“I’m reassured by the team of therapists and coaches that work with me that this is just the way it goes. There has to be patience. I’m listening to my body and understanding that right now, it’s saying hold the horses just a little bit.”

- CHRIS SPRING

“There has to be patience. I’m listening to my body and understanding that right now, it’s saying hold the horses just a little bit.”

For now, though, Spring is occupied with pursuing his aviation goals. He started with the Game Plan program offered through the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Sport Institute.

Spring started flying out of Brackendale

Aviation out of Pitt Meadows, where he is also renting a plane to increase his hours.

Spring’s current license only allows for him to fly single-engine aircrafts, so he has primarily flown the Cessna 172, though he experienced flying a Cessna 180 with Fort Langley Air. Spring added that he’s eying the de Havilland Canada DH-2 Beaver, which Fort Langley also has onsite.

parallels between bobsleigh driving and airplane piloting as he initially supposed, Spring eventually realized that both require a similar calm temperament.

“Sometimes in the plane, there’s a lot going on, especially when you’re coming into a busy airport. There’s a lot of traffic.

You’re looking at the air traffic controller and there are a lot of instructions that you

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"Studs" was born in Johnstone, Scotland. A stones throw from Glasgow. After many years in the UK watching Captain Kirk never grow old, the MacConnachies decided to move west.

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TAKING FLIGHT Bobsleigh pilot Chris Spring with Glacier air owner and Chief flight instructor Colette Morin after receiving the traditional water dunk following his first solo flight in the summer of 2019.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRIS SPRING

have to follow. You can get overwhelmed,” he said. “They talk about getting behind the plane a little bit, and we talk about that in bobsleigh, too—you try to be ahead of the sled. You need to know what’s coming up.

“Being comfortable in an uncomfortable situation, particularly if you’re a little bit nervous or a little bit overwhelmed in that situation.”

Spring hasn’t flown recently, in part

due to weather but in part because of his schedule. In addition to training and working for the Passenger Bobsleigh Experience at the Whistler Sliding Centre, Spring has been working as a ramp agent

for Pacific Coastal Airlines out of Vancouver International Airport. His duties involve loading baggage onto planes, ensuring the plane is loaded correctly so the weight and balance is safe for the pilots, and other ground operations to ensure a smooth flight.

While he misses competition and travelling to beautiful locales with the Canadian team, Spring is grateful for the opportunity to test new equipment on a familiar track in preparation for a major push in the final two years of the Olympic quadrennial. It’s especially welcome considering that on tour, he’s allowed few practice runs as the scene shifts from track to track nearly every week.

“It can be difficult to find the time to do quality controlled testing in an environment that doesn’t have very many outside influences. Even though the testing that I’m doing isn’t extremely competitionspecific, it’s been really valuable in finding out what I think will work in the future as far as equipment goes,” he said.

With the Canada Bobsleigh Skeleton development team coming to Whistler later this month, Spring is eager to help mentor the next generation while also emphasizing that his best is yet to come.

“Taking the year off has confirmed that I’m definitely not done with the sport,” he said. “I’m definitely working hard to make sure that I come back the best athlete I can be and keep competing for Canada for another few years, at least.” n

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WSSF announces 2020 dates SPORTS BRIEFS: WHISTLER FREERIDE CLUB ALUMS SHINE; THREE WHISTLERITES HIT SKI-CROSS PODIUM

BY DAN FALLOON THE WORLD Ski and Snowboard Festival is back to covering two weekends in 2020.

The long-running event, recently purchased from Whistler Blackcomb by Gibbons Whistler, will run from April 16 to 26 this year.

A release said more details would be announced in the coming weeks.

The festival, which brings together snow sports, music and arts, ran for just five days in 2019.

WHISTLER FREERIDE CLUB ALUMS SHINE AT REVELSTOKE Two Whistler Freeride Club graduates excelled in the Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) four-star stop at Revelstoke Mountain Resort on Jan. 9.

In the ski men’s event, Cooper Bathgate earned the victory over fellow Canadian Seth Amundsen and American Colton Shaff.

In the ski women’s event, Olivia McNeill took second in an all-Canadian sweep as Chandrima Lavoie earned the win and Carlene Loughlin was third.

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McNeill was coming off of a win in the two-star Revelstoke FWQ event on Jan. 6.

In the same event, teammate Aoife Gannon took third.

THOMPSON, BENNETT, MORROW HIT PODIUM AT NATIONALS Whistler ski-cross racer Marielle Thompson froze out the competition to hit lucky seven

“I felt like I skied well in every heat.”

- MARIELLE THOMPSON

at the Canadian National Championships at Canyon Ski Resort near Red Deer, Alta. on Jan. 11.

Racing in frigid temperatures, Thompson won her seventh national crown, topping Britt Phelan and Courtney Hoffos for the triumph.

“Today was good, I felt like I skied well in every heat. The course was fun, and I

managed to keep my energy up despite the cold. I am excited to be National Champ again,” Thompson said in a release.

On the men’s side, Reece Howden earned the national title over Brady Leman and Kevin Drury.

In the U19 division, Whistler’s Emeline Bennett won the women’s race while Jack Morrow placed second in the men’s contest.

DE BRUIN SILVER AT LA PLAGNE Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski teamed up for Canada’s lone medal in the BMW IBSF World Cup stop at La Plagne, France on Jan. 11.

In a rare visit to the French track, the bobsleigh duo took silver behind champions Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany, who were 0.21 seconds ahead, while Stephanie Schneider and Leonie Fiebig, also of Germany, were just 0.01 seconds behind the Canadians.

In the men’s four-man race on Jan. 12, Justin Kripps’ Canadian sled posted a fifth-place finish, 0.74 seconds back of the champions driven by Francesco Friedrich of Germany. Johannes Lochner, also of Germany, was second while Latvia’s Oskars Kiebermanis placed third.

It was a rebound from Kripps’ two-man performance on Jan. 11 in which he and Cameron Stones tied for 10th. Friedrich and Alexander Schuller earned the win ahead of Kiebermanis and Matiss Miknis and Swiss competitors Michael Vogt and Sandro Michel.

In skeleton action, Mirela Rahneva was the top Canadian, finishing seventh in the women’s race, 1.82 seconds back of winner Elena Nikitina of Russia. Austria’s Janine Flock and Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively. North Vancouver’s Jane Channell and Madison Charney took 20th and 21st in order.

On the men’s side, Kevin Boyle was 16th and Kyle Murray took 25th. Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov took the win ahead of Latvia’s Martins Dukurs and South Korea’s Sungbin Yun.

CANADIANS SLIDE TO SEVENTH IN ALTENBERG Whistler’s Reid Watts helped Canada claim a seventh-place finish in the FIL World Cup relay at Altenberg, Germany on Jan. 12.

Watts, along with Carolyn Maxwell and the doubles sled of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith, were 0.852 seconds off the pace set

SPORTS THE SCORE by the winning Russian sleds. The Germans were second and the Italians took third.

In singles action, Watts slid to an 18th-place finish as the lone Canadian in the race, finishing 1.249 seconds off the pace of winner David Gleirscher of Austria.

Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller took second while Germany’s Felix Loch was third.

In the women’s race, Carolyn Maxwell was the top Canadian, also placing 18th, 1.053 seconds behind champion Julia Taubitz of Germany. Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova finished second while Italy’s Andrea Voetter took third. Pemberton’s Trinity Ellis, meanwhile, was 21st and Whistler’s Veronica Ravenna, representing Argentina, finished 24th.

Lastly, Walker and Snith slid to a 10th-place finish in doubles action, 0.8 seconds shy of Austria’s Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller, who topped Germany’s Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, and Russia’s Aleksandr Denisev and Vladislav Antonov, for gold.

ST-GERMAIN 10TH AT FLACHAU Canada’s Laurence St-Germain slid into the top 10 during a night slalom event at Flachau, Austria on Jan. 14.

St-Germain finished 2.82 seconds back of winner Petra Vlhova of Slovakia, while Sweden’s Anna Swenn Larsson took second and American Mikaela Shiffrin was third. Erin Mielzynski and Ali Nullmeyer, meanwhile, were back to back in 15th and 16th, respectively.

The women’s speed team, meanwhile, was in action at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria on the weekend. On Jan. 12, Roni Remme posted the top Canadian result, earning a 12th in the Alpine combined, 3.87 seconds back of champion Federica Brignone of Italy. Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener, meanwhile, was second and Italian Marta Bassino was third.

Remme was also the top Canadian in the previous day’s downhill, though she was only 42nd and teammate Marie-Michele Gagnon was 47th. Switzerland’s Corinne Suter came away with the victory over Italy’s Nicol Delago and fellow Swiss racer Michelle Gisin.

The men, meanwhile, saw some strong skiing from Erik Read at events in Italy and Switzerland.

Read took an 11th-place finish at the Adelboden slalom on Jan. 12, finishing 0.66 seconds back of winner Daniel Yule of host Switzerland. Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen and Austria’s Marco Schwartz rounded out the podium.

Read was also the lone Canadian finisher in the Jan. 11 giant slalom, taking a 24th-place showing. Slovenia’s Zan Kranjec scored the win over Croatia’s Filip Zubcic and a two-way tie between Kristoffersen and France’s Victor Muffat-Jeandet.

Earlier in the week, Read was 11th in the slalom at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy on Jan. 8. Yule earned the win over Kristoffersen and France’s Clement Noel.

HENDRICKSON GOLDEN AT FONT ROMEU Canada’s Mark Hendrickson topped the FIL

World Cup slopestyle field at Font Romeu, France, on Jan. 11.

Hendrickson (86.30) eked out the win over Sweden’s Jesper Tjader (85.70) and American Cody Laplante (83.45).

Other Canadians included Noah Porter MacLennan in 18th, Etienne Geoffroy Gagnon in 24th and Edouard Therriault in 37th.

On the women’s side, Elena Gaskell and Olivia Asselin placed eighth and ninth, respectively. France’s Tess Ledeux came away with the victory over Switzerland’s Giulia Tanno and Sarah Hoefflin.

WHISTLER SNOWBOARDERS SHINE ON HOME SNOW Local snowboarders shone as the BC Snowboard Series came to Whistler Blackcomb on Jan. 10 and 11.

In slopestyle action, Juliette Pelchat warmed up for the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland with a win.

Teammate Maggie Crompton placed second. In the men’s event, Finn Finestone also topped the podium while Jadyn Chomlack placed third.

In the big air contest, Crompton came away with the win on the women’s side, while for the men, Truth Smith took the win while Keenan Demchuk placed second.

Full results are online at www.fis-ski.com.

U14 SKIERS SHARP AT PTARMIGAN Whistler Mountain Ski Club’s (WMSC) U14 skiers excelled in U14 Teck Coast Zone action at Whistler Blackcomb on Jan. 11 and 12.

WMSC skiers took home 13 medals from four events over the two days.

In the first ladies’ slalom, Stella Buchheister earned the win while Vanessa Young was third, while in the second, Young took the win while Olivia Imregi was third.

As for the men, Thomas Legg placed third in the first slalom.

On the second day, Buchheister topped the first ladies’ panelled slalom while Carys Griffin placed second. Buchheister also won the second while Lola Gilbert was the runner-up.

Legg and Braden Aitken, meanwhile, were second and third in both men’s contests.

Overall, Buchheister was crowned the top ladies’ skier, followed by Grouse’s Brooke Irish and Young. On the men’s side, Grouse’s Thomas Hung was first after completing the four-race sweep, edging out Legg and Seymour’s Nick Kokot.

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No fooling about our food future BLOWING THROUGH OUR CARBON BUDGET LIKE ADDICTS BLOW THROUGH CASH THE SPIRULINA smoothies; the plateless meals and plush coffees; freakshakes; charcoal chocolates and ice cream; the avocado toast (heck, the avocado-everything).

The past decade of food has served up some pretty fun and fanciful rides. But one thing ain’t at all fun, or funny. It might even be the hidden subtext of our decade of overindulgence and food frivolity, and that’s how food prices have sky-rocketed the last 10 years, and the main driver behind it—our rapidly, frighteningly changing climate.

The most-talked about food-price

BY GLENDA BARTOSH indicator in Canadian 2019 year-end wrapups—one I mentioned last column—is the pot roast that cost you $43 today was only 26 bucks 10 years ago. That’s an increase of 65 per cent.

Single-barometer price comparisons are interesting, fun even, but fraught.

Even though they’re measured in a constant dollar value, really distant price comparisons from the “good ol’ days” are as much removed in consciousness as time.

And while the price change on a single item over a decade might slap us in the face, it’s the overall trend that’s critical.

That said, Statistics Canada has a fun chart comparing food prices from 1935 to

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those of 2008. A dozen eggs in 1935 cost 31 cents; in 2008 they were $2.57. A kilo of sugar was 14 cents vs. $1.21. Strangely, a tin of tomatoes in 1985 cost the same as a tin in 2008—$1.30.

Fun aside, I’m really more interested in the skyrocketing food prices over the last decade or so. Like that dozen eggs that cost $2.57 in 2008 was $3.19 as of June 2019, a 24-per-cent increase. A $4.25 pound of butter in 2008 was up 21 per cent by 2019.

As for that steady-Eddy tin of tomatoes that stayed at $1.30 for 23 years, it crept up 17 per cent to $1.52 in 2019 alone. (Statistics Canada averages prices across the country, so these prices won’t necessarily reflect what you find in any one marketplace, including Whistler.)

Trying to get a grip on all this and see what it might portend for the next 10 years isn’t easy. But the annual Canada’s Food Price Report, produced by Dalhousie University along with the University of Guelph, is a good place to start.

For 2020—who knows what the next nine years will see— the report predicts the average Canadian family will pay nearly $500 more for their food than in 2019. The huge factor in the price increase, as anybody who’s survived the dustbowl conditions and Great Depression of the Dirty Thirties will know, is climate change.

Even people of a much younger age will recall the “freeze of the century” that devasted 90 per cent of Florida’s grapefruit crop in 1989, and how that devastated supply and prices. (The example also nicely illustrates why we switched from the term “global warming” to “climate change” because all kinds of crushing weather

events can occur, including sudden cold snaps.) On the other side of the continent, in 2017, a growing season warmer than usual in Arizona and California followed by too much rain in the Salinas Valley, one of California’s major agricultural areas, saw the price of leafy greens and other crops hit the roof. The wholesale price of a carton of romaine lettuce, for instance, jumped from US$13 to US$56.

Last year alone, there were 14 major weather and climate disaster events in the U.S.—our major food supplier—from tornadoes and flooding to the California wildfires. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, the main monitor in the U.S. of the changing climate, puts the cost of each disaster at US$1 billion. That’s US$14 billion in total, and sooner or later that’s going to hit us in our grocery bills. The jury is still out on just when and how much.

“We’re deliberately pointing out that, you know, climate change is causing the droughts, is causing the bad snowstorms that’s impacting prices,” said Simon Somogyi, lead researcher for Canada’s 2020 Food Price Report, in a CBC interview.

Somogyi and his fellow researchers cited the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released in October, right before the largely failed Madrid conference on getting a grip on carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. The IPCC noted how changing weather patterns worldwide will slam future food production.

Droughts, forest fires, heavy precipitation, reduced freshwater access and rising sea levels will all impact what we eat, and what we pay for food in the future.

Here at home, farmers will be dealing with the climate change fallout, facing “challenges in the future dealing with unpredictable crop yields, heat-wave livestock threats, pasture availability, and pest and disease outbreaks,” states the food price report. And there’s no great hope things will get better anytime soon.

“We’re blowing through our carbon budget the way an addict blows through cash,” Rob Jackson, a professor of Earth Science at Stanford University and chair of the Global Carbon Project, said in an interview with The Washington Post.

Instead of starting a long-awaited decline, greenhouse gas emissions are projected to grow slightly during 2019, reaching another record high.

Add to that any number of factors— the land and water ecosystems already seriously damaged by climate change (can we even imagine what Australia’s food supply and prices will be like after the disastrous megafires that have killed some 100,000 livestock?); further negative impacts from those predicted pest and disease outbreaks; and an everincreasing, ever-more-consumptive human population (the UN says we’re on track for 26 per cent more people on Earth by 2040-50).

Now, maybe, just maybe, you can start to picture our food reality for the coming decade.

I’m betting an $83 pot roast is just around the corner.

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who totally gets why more and more people are eating more and more plants. n

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Happy camper: Four Seasons pours a cup of Canadiana at its outdoor après spot LUXURY HOTEL GIVES STAFF LONG LEASH TO CONCOCT CREATIVE CULINARY CONCEPTS

THOSE PATIO CAMPERS The Four Seasons Whistler’s Patio Camper is housed in a retrofitted 1960s camper, and serves up spiked hot chocolate and s’mores to guests.

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BY BRANDON BARRETT FOR THE AVERAGE Canadian, the concept of s’mores is pretty straightforward.

But for those uninitiated in this most ooeygooey of camping traditions, s’mores are a novel pleasure that can require some basic instructions.

“I even see it with the media we bring in,” said Eleanor Gilkes, PR executive with Four Seasons Whistler. “Our Mexican media, for example, love it. At one point I was put on live TV to show how to make a s’more.

“For us, it’s a quintessentially North American thing that we don’t have at home.”

Giving guests a slice of Canadiana was the main driver behind the Four Seasons’

rustic outdoor Patio Camper, a converted 1960s trailer that serves up boozy hot chocolate, topped with a “snowman” fashioned from marshmallows, pretzels and candied corn, as well as the aforementioned s’mores, cooked on an open fire.

Gilkes said the concept emerged from marketing head Chelan Goonetilleke, who noticed the array of campers dotting Whistler’s streets on his drives through town.

The search kicked off for the perfect trailer, which Goonetilleke found a handful of years ago in Port Moody in a state of disrepair.

“It was completely derelict and they needed to bring it in,” Gilkes relayed, adding that it had to be crane-lifted into the hotel’s courtyard and completely retrofitted for food service.“[Goonetilleke] really thought that it spoke to Whistler. He really wanted to bring a Whistler element into the Four Seasons.”

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Open daily from 4 to 6 p.m., the Patio Camper will also be home to cheese fondue in the coming weeks. In the summer, the camper shifts focus to refreshing cocktails, like the Aperol slushies that were on offer last year.

Although part of a massive, global chain that counted 45,000 employees worldwide and US$4.3 billion in revenue in 2018, Gilkes said the staff at each hotel is tasked with making their respective property distinct. In Whistler, at least on the culinary side of things, that has meant incorporating employees’ passions and backgrounds. In the past handful of years, the Four Seasons has launched a pop-up ramen restaurant that plays on Executive Chef Eren Gruyel’s time working in Tokyo, a Sunday brunch buffet that included such delicious novelties as a donut wall and Cantonese

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“Apparently each region of India has their own thali, so [Kumar] wanted to bring the spices and flavours from home but using local ingredients,” said Gilkes.

In an industry that prides itself on delivering a consistent experience, it’s notable that Four Seasons Whistler has given its staff the creative freedom to innovate on such a regular basis.

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Debra DiGiovanni brings standup set to Whistler—finally L.A.-BASED COMEDIAN JOINS SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR

BY ALYSSA NOEL ARE YOU READY for a little behind-thescenes, how-the-sausage-gets-made story?

Almost exactly a year ago, for Pique’s first issue of 2019, I interviewed Canadian comedian Debra DiGiovanni.

“Hmmm,” our fictional reader who tears through Pique from cover-to-cover each week might say. “I don’t remember reading that story.”

That’s because it never ran.

While DiGiovanni was one of the comedians on the annual, beloved Snowed In Comedy tour, she wasn’t one of the comedians performing at its Whistler stop. Whoops.

When I relayed this story to DiGiovanni during our second interview—this time at the beginning of 2020, over the phone from a hotel in Terrace, B.C.—she immediately apologizes.

The miscommunication was in no way her fault, but her instinctual “sorry” proves her argument that although she’s called

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L.A. home for the last six years, she’s still a Canadian at heart.

“Toronto still feels like home,” she says. “I’m Canadian through and through.

That will never go away. I have my green card … but I’ll never give up my Canadian citizenship. You’ll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands.”

The other bit of insight our oneyear-apart interviews offer comes from reminding DiGiovanni what she had to say

“[The year] had that little bit of a feeling—it was like, ‘This wasn’t a crazy idea moving [to L.A.],’” she said at the time.

“And 2019, hopefully it will be even better.”

When I ask her if the year panned out as she imagined she laughs. “It was maybe not as explosive as I thought,” she says. “I actually had a really good year. I had a good run with the guys [on the Snowed In tour], I did some touring with Just For Laughs, I worked with Comedy Central and did some digital work

“Am I a millionaire? No. Did I get famous? No. Did I have a good year? Yes.” - DEBRA DIGIOVANNI

about her upward trending career on the cusp of 2019.

Not only did she make her late-night TV debut on Conan in 2018, but also the New York-based culture publication Vulture named her one of the “38 Comedians You Should and Will Know” as well as declaring her comedy album Lady Jazz one of the 10 best comedy albums of the year.

with them. Am I a millionaire? No. Did I get famous? No. Did I have a good year? Yes.” This year, the Snowed In Comedy Tour’s 12th, DiGiovanni will perform alongside Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, and Pete Zedlacher. (Yes, I double checked this year ahead of time; 2020 is all about growth!)

While DiGiovanni avoided the Whistler stop last year—mostly because she felt

obligated to give it to a snowboarding or skiing comedian—she will be the GLC all three nights from Jan. 20 to 22.

“The tour is super popular and the boys are wonderful,” DiGiovanni says. “But they got a lot of feedback that it’s nice to have a woman on the show.”

That said, adding a female comic to the mix at a time when there’s push for the entertainment industry to diversify isn’t a coincidence either, she says. “It was a little bit of both,” she says. “They could’ve gotten any guy to fill it … Skiing, snowboarding, I don’t do any of those things. They could’ve asked a bunch of guys who were snowboarders already.”

Much of DiGiovanni’s recent projects— including sketch comedy on Comedy Central and a podcast called Killing Time— focus on relationships…or rather bad dates, cute boys, and the pursuit of relationships.

So how will her comedy be affected the next time she couples up?

“I don’t think I’m going to have to worry about that,” she says, with a laugh.

“I probably have a couple more years of the misery of being single.”

Catch Debra DiGiovanni as part of the Snowed In Comedy tour at The GLC on Jan. 20, 21, and 22.

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GET STOKED The Winterstoke Backcountry Festival returns with clinics, art events and films.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL ROSS BERG is no stranger to guiding groups of backcountry skiers.

As the founder, director, and one of the head guides at Altus Mountain Guides, he’s led plenty of newbies on winter adventures.

But later this month, he’s set to take a unique group out for an overnight trip.

“I’m going to take five artists to the Kees and Claire Hut for the night,” he says. “I thought it’d be cool to bring [them] up to the new space to find inspiration and see [their] take on that area.”

The artists—all Sea to Sky locals—will take in the area and then, on Friday, Jan. 24, they will live paint their interpretation at the Mountain Art event, running as part of the sixth annual Winterstoke Backcountry Festival, put on by Altus and supported by Arc’teryx.

The resulting art will be posted online for a week and auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Spearhead Huts Project (the Kees and Claire Hut is the first of three huts built as part of that project).

“For most of them, it’s their first time ski touring, but they all ski,” Berg says.

“That’s really cool. I’m excited to take them into this totally different environment.”

The art event—which will also include music, food, and drinks at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre—is just one part of the festival, which also features backcountry clinics for beginner, intermediate, and advanced skiers and splitboarders.

Now heading into its sixth year, the festival draws a mostly local crowd with the aim of celebrating backcountry skiing and

snowboarding and connecting the community.

“I think the biggest thing is how can we do something different to engage the backcountry ski community and how can we use our community to benefit something else as well?” Berg says. “I want to engage the community. Backcountry skiing can be a pretty isolated activity. You’re going to the middle of nowhere with a couple of friends.

[If we] create a hub, people can see who the other backcountry users are.”

To that end, on top of the clinics, there are also evening events throughout the festival from Jan. 23 to 26.

The first evening on Thursday, Jan. 23, will feature a panel of avalanche and ski professionals discussing how the community impacts climate change and what it can do to help.

On Jan. 25, catch Local Lines, a film night with local athletes and backcountry experts. And on Sunday, Jan. 26, it all wraps up with an après.

“I’d love to encourage everyone to [buy tickets] asap. In Whistler, everyone is so last minute and it’s easy to miss the boat,” Berg says.

Already, some of the backcountry clinics have sold out. It’s been telling to watch locals flock to beginner classes when the festival first started six years ago and then move onto to more advanced clinics—like navigation and route planning or crevasse travel.

“This year, it’s a little wider spread, which is interesting to see,” Berg says.

“We have a more diverse user base, from introductory to advanced people.”

For more information on the events and clinics, and to buy tickets, visit altusmountainguides.com/winterstokefest-whistler/. n

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NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW

Girls like bad boys because science HEY LADIES, did you know there’s a scientific reason you’re attracted to “bad boys?” (Other than the fact that here in Whistler that is statistically almost the only choice you have—welcome to the valley of

BY FEET BANKS lost children, a conglomeration of outcasts either running from something or chasing something. See also, exhibit B: Peter Pan syndrome.)

But for reals, according to a 2018 story in Business Insider magazine, women’s hormones can push them towards more dominant, “alpha” males, particularly during the week of ovulation.

Apparently it’s a genetic thing written into your DNA that dates back to the days when your mate choices were all animals

GONE BAD Bad Boys For Life opens in theatres this week.

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and savages. According to Dr. Hazelton, who wrote the book Hormonal about this very topic, women seek out those who stand out, leaders, so as to give their offspring a better chance to thrive.

Fear not though, according to Hazelton, the three non-ovulation weeks of the month will see women making better decisions and not necessarily always falling for what she calls the “sexy cad.”

Hazelton goes on to explain that as they get older women begin to lean towards men who are caring, more reliable, and better at “nesting” and adds that women can life-hack their instinctual bad boy tendencies with self-awareness and hormone education. “We can say, ‘I know this desire was designed to help ancestral females solve certain kinds of problems that don’t afflict me in the modern environment, so I can ignore it.’”

But for a decade or so, many never do. As for the dudes, well, they may not be looking at bad boys as mates, but they sure do love them as role models (probably because those “cads” get all the chicks). As such, the image of the “Bad Boy” is what Hollywood and marketing departments call “four-quadrant”: it appeals to males as well as females, both over and under the age of 25.

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Which explains a lot, and kinda sorta even Bad Boys For Life, the third Bad Boys film, which is opening this week at the Whistler Village 8. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in action as two by-theirown-rules, old-school Miami cops who’ve aged into roles they’re not entire comfortable with in the quickly changing world of good guys and bad boys. But when a fierce mob boss with an old axe to grind throws some heavy shade (and bullets) their way, Smith and Lawrence slip back into the groove and rediscover their inner badness, “one last time.”

This one was plagued by delays and a revolving door of directors (never a good sign) but regardless, you can count on fast cars, one-liners, multiple explosions and jokes about “gittin’ too old for this shit.”

Bad Boys, good men… whatever, spectacle prevails.

Also opening this week, with hopefully little or nothing to do with anyone’s instinctual animalistic sexual urges, Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. (in his first post-Avengers role) as the titular doctor/veterinarian who can converse with animals.

The plot revolves around some sort of

adventure to find a cure for an ailing young Queen Victoria and along the way they encounter moral lessons, swashbuckling, and animated talking animals using famous people’s voices.

This one looks like a fairly standard adventure flick, on par with the (forgettable) new genre standards like Jurassic World, Jumanji and that live-action Dora flick.

Nothing wrong with it, but the January release date is worrisome for a childfocused adventure flick like this.

Back to the small screen, bad boys, and human nature, there is actually a subgenre of flicks known as “movies that made you think you could change the ‘Bad Boy.’” Entries include Reality Bites, Dirty Dancing, and the obscure (but pretty good) Mandy Moore flick called How to Deal. Also included, the ultimate bad boy flick of them all—Cruel Intentions, a 1999 masterpiece staring Ryan Phillipe, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

This is amorality at its best (with a side of incest) and it looks like none of the Canadian streaming services, or even iTunes, has it available. So hit the dark web like the bad boys and girls you are.

It’s evolution baby. n

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Performers needed for International Women’s Day show ARTS NEWS: NOMINATE AN ARTS CHAMPION; CHECK OUT AMAZING SENIORS IN NEW DOCUMENTARY

BY ALYSSA NOEL ORGANIZERS OF Whistler’s International Women’s Day fundraising party are looking for local performers to take part in the sixth annual event on March 8.

This year, they’re hosting two separate shows—a matinee from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and an evening show from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Hosted by Arts Whistler and the Howe Sound Women’s Centre, the volunteer female performers can play any genre of music with new musicians of any age welcome. (Because it’s a fundraiser for the Howe Sound Women’s Centre, performers will not be paid.)

The only requirements are performers should be able to play one to three songs smoothly over the five-to-15-minute sets.

The deadline to apply is Feb. 14. If you have questions email Susan Holden at sholden@artswhistler.com.

To apply, visit artswhistler.com/event/ international-womens-day-call-musicians.

NOMINATE AN ARTS CHAMPION Do you know someone who has made a big impact on arts, culture, and heritage in Whistler?

If so, you might want to think about nominating them for this year’s Whistler Champion of Arts & Culture award, which runs annually as part of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce Excellence Awards.

The nominees can be an individual, like an artist, volunteer, or cultural worker, or a business or organization that has made an impact on the growth of arts in Whistler.

“The award recipient is recognized for their support of local arts and heritage events and programs,” the description reads. “Support may have been given through sponsorship, volunteerism, professional services or products, marketing or public relations donations or business leadership that demonstrated support for the arts above and beyond the basic commercial benefits.”

The deadline to submit a nominee is Feb. 2 at midnight.

For more information visit whistlerchamber.com/champion-of-artsculture-award/.

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DOC SCREENING If you’re worried about getting older, you might want to mark your calendar for Jan. 31.

The Fit Generation, a documentary about B.C. residents in their 70s and 80s who are overcoming the challenges of aging to stay fit and active, is having its Whistler premiere that night at the Maury Young Arts Centre.

Not surprisingly, two of the six seniors featured are from Whistler—Marcel Richoz and George Tjelios-Nicholas. “[They show] us how to live life to the fullest—including dancing, biking, skiing and playing hockey,” the film’s description reads.

Those two stars of the film will be on hand at the reception afterwards as well.

Doors for the event are at 6:30 p.m. with showtime at 7 p.m. and the reception at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15—or $10 for “the Silver Set,” a.k.a. those over 55, with the promo code IAMFIT. Get them at showpass.com/the-fit-gen/. n

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NOVEMBER 1976 was dry, with a cold north wind blowing into December. From the time that Whistler Mountain opened for skiing in 1966 through the 1975-76 season, there had always been plenty of snow, with extraordinary snowfall amounts in the 196667, 1968-69, 1971-72, and 1973-74 seasons (1973-74 is still held up as the record year).

Despite the stories of Dick Fairhurst, who moved to the Alta Lake area in 1944, most of us living here in the 1970s thought that the big snow years would never end, and so snowmaking had never been considered. Fairhurst claimed that there had been a couple of no-snow winters in the ‘50s and that he had built the foundation for Cypress Lodge during a snowless February.

So 1976-77 came as a severe shock to the rest of us.

Very early in the 1976-77 season, there was some snow in the alpine—just enough so that skiers could ski to the bottom of the Green Chair. Then it rained and skiers had to hike down the last 100 metres or so in the gravel and mud.

In mid-December lift operations managed to borrow a snow gun from Grouse Mountain and transport it to the bottom of the Green Chair. There used to be a small creek that ran down on skiers’ right of the old Green Chair. The ski patrol put a full case of Submagel, a very potent explosive designed for underwater uses, into the creek near the base of the Green Chair.

Everyone was evacuated from the area due to the obvious hazard of raining debris and the explosion created a reservoir in the creek. After a dam was built at the low end, the reservoir could impound enough water to permit snowmaking for two to three hours each day.

With this limited capability, the packer

drivers were able to spread a narrow ribbon of snow that allowed skiers to ski to the base of the Green Chair. Whistler Mountain was able to open for the Christmas holidays. Those who came could ski on the Green Chair and in the T-bar bowl, but had to download on the Red Chair and the gondola. After the holidays, however, there was a warm rain that wiped out the snow on the lower slopes of the Green and Whistler was forced to close for three weeks in January 1977.

While most of the staff on Whistler Mountain had been laid off, a few of us were kept on so the ski area would at least have some core staff when the mountain was able to re-open. Those of us still employed referred to it as Garibaldi Lifts welfare. The lift company opened a soup kitchen so that its laid-off employees wouldn’t starve.

During this time, the weather was mostly clear with a strong temperature inversion. The local lakes were frozen, allowing a perpetual hockey game on Alta Lake, and after running out of useful things to do, Jamie Tattersfield, the head packer driver, and I built a rather crude iceboat in the maintenance shop. We put it on Alta Lake in front of Tokum Corners and spread the word that anyone could use it as long as they brought it back.

Cheakamus Lake was frozen and clear of snow, so many locals hiked in with their skates on the snowless trail to skate the entire length of Cheakamus Lake. There were a couple of pressure ridges to jump over and the ice was incredibly noisy, constantly pinging and boinging and echoing in the narrow valley.

A small amount of snow came in late January, allowing the mountain to re-open on a limited basis. More snow came later in February, and then the real snow finally came in March. Given the shallow snow pack and early cold temperatures, there was a thick layer of well-developed basal facets, which helped produce some stupendous avalanches later in March. n

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1 PUPPY LOVE Prince Harry was spotted in Whistler! Well, Prince Harry the puppy, that is. The three-month-old Whistler Animals Galore (WAG) resident braved some chilly temperatures to play in the fresh snow on Monday, Jan. 13. He’s the last of the “royal” litter left at the local animal shelter, and still looking for his forever home. Interested in providing one for this cutie, or for one of the many other dogs and cats currently available for adoption at WAG? Head to whistlerwag.com for more information. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 2 CROSS COUNTRY CRAZE Chilko and his human, Alyssa Noel, took advantage of the recent snowfall with a trip to Whistler Olympic Park’s cross-country ski trails over the weekend. The Callaghan Valley park is inviting all women to its 4th annual “Women’s Ski Day” on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Women can pay $20 to register for the ski day, which includes a beginner or intermediate ski lesson and an après event. All female park visitors on the 25th— including those that are not registered for the paid program—will also receive a 20-per-cent discount on day tickets for cross-country skiing and on ski rentals and can participate in a free guided afternoon social ski. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 WE RUN WINTER Cold? What cold? We Run Whistler members took to the trails on Tuesday, Jan. 14 to keep warm as the temperature neared -20. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 LIBRARY LOVE Rotary Club of Whistler members present a $15,000 cheque to Whistler Public Library Director Elizabeth Tracy at the club’s regular General Meeting, held at the Whistler Museum on Jan. 7. The club’s fundraising team, in partnership with members of the library board and led by chairperson Bevin Heath Ansley, (left) “worked above and beyond to achieve this financial outcome for the Wonder Lab project” at the Whistler Public Library. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 HELP FOR AUSTRALIA A “Whistler Helps Australia” event held at the GLC on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 12, raised over $25,000 to help with wildfire relief efforts down under. Event organizers offer “many thanks to the GLC, the dozens of donated items, and those who came out in support.” The local fundraising team is still accepting donations to their GoFundMe page (Search Whistler Helps Australia on gofundme.com) in hopes of reaching their fundraising goal of $40,000. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 6 NATIONAL LEVEL Whistler ski-cross racers Emeline Bennett (first) and Jack Morrow (second) excelled at the U19 Canadian National Championships at Canyon Ski Resort in Red Deer, Alta. on Jan. 11. PHOTO SUBMITTED.

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Vancouver punk band ATD makes Sea to Sky premiere CATCH THE BAND HEADLINING SQUAMISH PUNK NIGHT ON JAN. 25

BY ALYSSA NOEL YOU WOULD BE hard-pressed to find a Sea to Sky resident who didn’t know someone that had moved to the Comox Valley in recent years.

But Vancouver punk band A Total Disappointment (ATD) wasn’t exactly filled in on the Vancouver Island migration when their band played The Waverley Hotel in Cumberland recently.

“We were rolling through town in the afternoon and there was no one around,” says Ben VonDubya, frontman for the band.

“I was like, ‘What the fuck? How is this show sold out?’”

They went to the venue with tourmates The Dreadnoughts, loaded in their gear, and took some time to chill before the set.

“When we went downstairs, the place was packed,” VonDubya says. “It was incredible. It blew me away.”

The band is hoping for a repeat surprise when they make their debut in the Sea to Sky corridor as part of Squamish Punk Night on Saturday, Jan. 25.

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“We’ll probably keep it relatively short and to the point; blast it out. We’re going to blow the roof off the place,” VonDubya adds.

The show marks the band’s first of 2020— which is shaping up to be a big one. While they first formed around 2015, they’re set to follow up several EPs with their debut album on Vancouver label Kinda Cool Records.

“It will be the better part of two years by the time it comes out,” VonDubya says with a laugh. “We’re probably one of the slowest

kid before CDs. You get a vinyl record, it’s huge, you’ve got lyrics, photos, it’s a big, tangible thing … AC/DC had a quote about writing albums, not songs, so they weren’t on iTunes for the longest time. That’s what I like it; you listen to the whole side, flip it, listen to the next side.”

ATD’s members are no strangers to the punk scene. VonDubya and guitarist Joe Gieni are both originally from Calgary and played in a band called Primitive Screwheads.

“It takes me back to when I was a kid before CDs. You get a vinyl record, it’s huge, you’ve got lyrics, photos, it’s a big, tangible thing …

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moving bands in town.”

To be fair, though, he’s only one year out of school at BCIT—and the band has four EPs, a split EP, and a couple of compilations to their name. Plus, they’re forgoing CDs and releasing the full-length record on vinyl (and, of course, digitally too).

“A few of us are vinyl buffs,” VonDubya says. “It takes me back to when I was a

Gieni moved to Vancouver first with VonDubya following a few years later. Their bass player also eventually moved out. The only problem? They needed a drummer.

At the time, VonDubya was working as a driver and merch guy for The Real McKenzies and, by chance, one day the T-shirt he was wearing solved their problem.

“I was wearing a Dreadnoughts T-shirt

[at the merch table at a show] and the drummer for The Dreadnoughts came up to me and said, ‘Hey, nice shirt!’” he says.

They got to talking and Marco Bieri, the drummer, said he wasn’t up to much at the moment, so VonDubya invited him to join the new band.

Their very first show, fittingly, was an opening slot for The Real McKenzies at the Rickshaw Theatre.

“I think there were a few bands in town who were like, ‘What the fuck? How did these guys get this?’” he laughs. “No one had heard us or seen us play. My friend Troy [Zak] was in The Real McKenzies at the time and he put us on the bill.”

Since then, the group has done tours around B.C. and back to Alberta. The Vancouver punk scene, though, has proven to be a good fit.

“The level of talent is through the roof,” VonDubya says. “Every single band is really, really good. It makes all the bands pull their socks up.”

Catch ATD headlining Squamish Punk Night on Saturday, Jan. 25 at The Knotty Burl. Vancouver’s Pet Blessings, Ucluelet’s Scoco Lag, and anonymericans from Squamish are also on the bill.

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In partnership with Mature Action Community. > 9:30-11 am > Whistler Community Services

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

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

FIRST NATIONS WINTER FEAST

Join the Cultural Centre after hours for a culinary journey that blends traditional ingredients and food preparation with modern plates while Nation members in regalia share songs and stories from their journey along the Pow Wow circuit. Guided tour at 5:30 p.m. optional; welcome song and dinner at 6 pm. 604-967-1281. > 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

COMMUNITY

WHISTLER BREAKFAST CLUB

The Breakfast Club will offer 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 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

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+

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. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers.

For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@capilanou. ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. This is a partnership program with the Whistler Multicultural Network, Sea to Sky Community Services, and Capilano University. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

PARENT INFANT DROP-IN

An opportunity to develop a supportive social network with other parents of young babies. Speakers and a public health nurse are often in attendance. Free. > 11 am-12:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM

Join the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium to learn about what the club is doing to support your local community and international projects. Lunch is available for $20. Everyone welcome. > 12:15 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

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

VITAL CAFE: CLIMATE CRISIS

In this Vital Cafe, their Vital Panel of local experts will fill you in on what’s up in Whistler with regards to action toward a lowered ecological footprint. Then, they will break into a facilitated and rotating round table discussion with community members of all sorts of lived experience. Free. 604-935-8080. > 5-7 pm > Whistler Public Library

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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

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LIVE MUSIC - JENNA MAE

Expect big vocals and plenty of soul from the extremely talented Jenna Mae. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

STORM SEWING 101 - EASY SEWING MACHINE PROJECTS

We love nothing more than introducing people to the wonderful world of sewing! Thursday classes will always start with the sewing machine introduction, you can be a complete beginner and you will be leaving with a finished project in your hand. For project schedule check out our yourcreativeuniverse.com.

604-967-2422. > 6:30-9 pm > Muse Lab

Sexy blues tones and warm electric vibes; batten down the hatches, you’re in for a storm. All your favourite tunes stripped raw and served with soul. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS

Whistler’s longest running locals night! Every Thursday you can expect weekly giveaways and a mix of the hottest hip hop, trap, and EDM. 604-932-2323. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

STITCHES IN THE STACKS

This group is free to attend, but you’ll need to bring your own supplies. Let’s curl up by the fire and make something beautiful together. (Crochet lovers, you’re welcome too!) > 7-8:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

THROWBACK THURSDAYS

Come lounge out, dance and listen to all the throwback hits one could need. For guest list and VIP reservations visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

MUSIC

BAND CAMP WILL ROSS

Born and raised in Hamilton, Ont., Will has been making music since the age of 10. He is a multiinstrumentalist live looping artist. He is currently based out of Squamish, B.C. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

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THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and 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

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

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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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

ONGOING & DAILY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WHISTLER MUSEUM

Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history. Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum

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LASER TAG AT THE LIBRARY! JAN 17 WHISTLER PUBLIC LIBRARY

LUNA and WPL welcome you to experience the library like you never have before with our fourth annual, adults-only (18 to 35) LASER TAG night! Please email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to claim a spot. You can register for yourself and a PLUS ONE, whose name and email address we’ll also need. > 7-11 pm > Whistler Public Library

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LUNA PRESENTS THURSDAY NIGHT YOGA

Come shake your shanti in a 90-min. Hatha Flow yoga class. Get in the flow with an emphasis on breathing and movement. 18-35 year olds only, free positive vibes for all in attendance! $5 for non-members, free for Luna Members. > 5:30-7 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

LEAGUE NIGHT

Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

> 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards.

These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum

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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

Dive head first into the weekend every Friday for après. It’s going to be a really good time. For table reservations, book through our website. 604-962-2929. > 2:30-5:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and 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

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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

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. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

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GAMES CAFE

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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

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

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CIROC FRIDAYS

Every Friday, take advantage of our table service features while our resident DJ plays smash hits guaranteed to get you dancing. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s

UK DAVE @ ALPINE CAFE PRESCHOOL STORY TIME

Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library

The smooth-sounding UK Dave, bringing you that classic rock, pop, jazz and blues... a sweet treat your ears! Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

GET JACK’D AT MOE JOE’S

DJ Rosco spins all night long to get your weekend started. For VIP table service email info@moejoes.com.

604-935-1152. > 9 pm-2 am > Moe Joe’s

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

SPORTS

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

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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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

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

THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001! The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must see! > 3-6 pm > Dusty’s Bar and Grill

GREG NEUFELD

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

KOSTAMAN @ ALPINE CAFE

Good vibes only with Kostaman this Saturday! Come down and join the party. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

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It’s Whistler’s No. 1 stop for stag and stagette parties.

DJ Turtle and friends mix up everything from hip hop, R&B, new rap, dance hall and Top 40 bangers. Email guestlist@moejoes.com for VIP and group perks. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s

A Whole Lotta Led brings the house down delivering the classic, gutsy, psychedelic hard rockin’ blues of Led Zeppelin with the intensity and fearlessness of the band at their early ‘70s peak. > 10 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB

He got your blood pumping last night, now satiate your thirst for amazing cocktails and unique beats with tyMetal’s eclectic DJ feats. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

SUPREME SATURDAY

Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WEEKEND GETAWAYS

Let’s 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. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

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LOVE IN ALDARAAN PLACES

Love In Alderaan Places celebrates the stories and Star Wars characters you know and love (and secretly google sexy fan art of in your spare time) with energetic dancing, comedy, and cheeky satire created by artists as nerdy as you are. $15/advanced or $20/day of show.

For more visit https://artswhistler.com/event/alderaan. > 7 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

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

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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 Après from 3 pm. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

MICHAEL FABRO

Michael Fabro is a Canadian acoustic pop-rock performance artist. With a focus on crowd-pleasing hits and infectious vocal hooks the young artist has fused multiple styles into dynamic live act. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and 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 & 7:45-10:45 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

Dust off your gaper day getup, from backwards helmets to gorby gaps, ‘cos the best Jerry outfit gets a free bottle of Prosecco! > 8-11 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

Darragh will be kicking it off. RSVP for guest list and VIP reservation request please reach out to info@ tommyswhistler.com or visit www.tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge

> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

> 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

SUNDAY FUNDAY

BROTHER TWANG WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

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Whistler’s biggest club night of the week. Music provided by Fidel Cashflow, La Dooda, and friends. Get in early to avoid the lines. VIP tables available.

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You are invited to party like a local at the local’s house party. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

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

SOULFUL SUNDAYS

Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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

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

tyMetal’s diversified taste translates to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems, guaranteed to tweak your brain stem! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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The electric bass becomes an extension of his hands and his voice has developed a rhythmic centre of its own, Dino DiNicolo is a master musician with a groove so deep that it moves the mind, the body and the soul. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

> 7 pm > Longhorn Saloon

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 > Skier’s Plaza

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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

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Whistler’s biggest party every Monday Night. DJ Fidel Cashflow and Jacky Murda help you dance your hangovers away with the best in EDM. 604-935-1152. > 9:30 pm-3 am > Moe Joe’s

> 8:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGINNERS

Explore your digital camera with professional photographer Jeff Boyce of Photography Whistler. Email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to claim a spot! > 2-4 pm > Whistler Public Library

LUNA LOUNGE FEATURING SKATE NIGHT

Come ride the ramp, or just hang out and sample the ping pong, pool, PS4 & Xbox1! $2 drop in, free for Luna Members. Skateboards and helmets provided. > 7-10 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

LIVE MUSIC - EVAN KINSELLA

This Squamish-based folk, hip-hop artist creatively blends genres for a unique, soulful sound. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House

TOMMY TUESDAYS

DJ Dre Morel and weekly guests turning it up every Tuesday night all winter long. Pop, rock and hip hop to crank up your Tuesday night. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

KARAOKE NIGHT

“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s longest-running karaoke night and belt out all your favourite hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ

Hip hop, drum and bass and jazz mixes that transcend eras, beats that burn hard and sooth like aloe vera. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR

The Snowed In Comedy Tour with Debra DiGiovanni, Pete Zedlacher, Dan Quinn and Paul Myrehaug. For more, visit snowedincomedytour.com/tour-dates. > 8:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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

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WHISTLER SINGERS COMMUNITY CHOIR

Whistler’s community choir where everyone (ages 13 and up) is welcome. If you’d like to sing some great songs with others in a community-minded environment, come and join them. No auditions, no music reading ability necessary. 604-932-2979. > 7-9 pm > Myrtle Philip Community Centre

WE RUN WHISTLER: WEEKLY GROUP RUN

Group run for intermediate runners and above. We offer two distance options,~6 km and ~10 km. Check our Facebook page (facebook.com/groups/werunwhistler) for weekly updates. Visit werunwhistler.com to plan your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain or shine!

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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

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Drop in for this casual session, where preschool-aged children will enjoy a short story and then use different media to create a fun craft. A great opportunity for parents to connect with other parents of young children! > 10:30-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

UPCYCLE SEWING - FIXING, MENDING, REPAIRING!!!!

Ripped jeans, broken zippers, over-worn clothes, open seams, hemming... Learn from your local seamstress and repair all your damaged clothes. You don’t have to bring any supplies—they provide sewing machines, sergers, all the tools, patches, zippers, entire colour scheme of threads, elastics, buttons, snaps. Beginners welcome! 604-967-2422. > 6:30-8:30 pm > Muse Lab

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We reserve the prime family-style table by the Ola Volo mural for our LGBTQ2+ family. Get your game (or gay’m) on. > 5-8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel

BYOJ: BULLET AND ART JOURNALING WORKSHOP

Want to organize your life without sacrificing creativity?

Art Journaling is for you! Email publicservices@ whistlerlibrary.ca to claim a spot! Max two spots per person. This workshop is for adults only! Bring your own journal - all other supplies will be provided. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

SNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR > 8:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

AMENDMENT TO THE SQUAMISH MILLS LTD., HALRAY LOGGING LTD. PEBBLE CREEK TIMBER LTD. and WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC. FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN A proposed amendment to the existing approved forest stewardship plan (FSP) for Squamish Mills Ltd., Halray Logging Ltd., Pebble Creek Timber Ltd. and Western Forest Products Inc. (dba Squamish Mills) for the Soo Timber Supply Area is available for public review and comment for a 60 day period between January 9, 2020 and March 10, 2020. This proposed FSP amendment would add selected areas from the Gates and Lower Squamish Landscape Units as new forest development units within the FSP. The FSP outlines the results, strategies or measures that Squamish Mills must achieve in order to be consistent with government objectives for forest values including biodiversity, cultural heritage resources, visual aesthetics, wildlife, fish, timber and recreation resources. The FSP does not authorize logging or road building. The FSP merely sets the objectives that must be achieved for Squamish Mills to be allowed to apply for road and cutting permits.

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This FSP is publicly available for review and for written comment at the office of JCH Forestry Ltd., 1551-C Pemberton Avenue, Squamish, BC, V8B 0A7.Those wishing to review this FSP are asked to call JCH Forestry Ltd. at 604-892-5489 and arrange for an appointment.

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Explore your digital camera with professional photographer Jeff Boyce of Photography Whistler. Email publicservices@whistlerlibrary.ca to claim a spot! > 2-4 pm > Whistler Public Library

INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to make a difference in their community. Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

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

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

CONOR FITZPATRICK

Belfast busker of the year Conor Fitzpatrick performs at Cranked. Once the word gets out, everyone is going to want to see this guy play. Conor Fitz is an Irish singer/ songwriter who spent the past few years performing his music in bars around the world. Conor plays a mixture of pop, folk, rock and sing-along classics. > 4:30-7:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

INDUSTRY NIGHT

Join us for a pool game and wing eating competition starting at 8 pm, 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

JAM NIGHT

Jam Night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

LETS GET QUIZZICAL

Whistler’s funniest night of the week! Stache hosts outrageous rounds and hilarious tasks for a trivia night with a Whistler twist. Celebrity degenerates, corporate scandals and a host of fun filled rounds will leave your squad in stitches. $100 bar tab for winning team, spot prizes and so much more. Free. > 9-11 pm > Three Below

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAINZ

He’s hot, he’s sicker than your average, Gainz comin’ through mixin’ tracks like a savage. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF JANUARY 16 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Comedian John Cleese has

an insight I hope you’ll consider. He says, “It’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent. It’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.” I hope you’ll make this advice a priority in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to prioritize important tasks, even those that aren’t urgent, as you de-emphasize trivial matters that tempt you to think they’re crucial. Focus on big things that are challenging, rather than on little things that are a snap.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Honoré Balzac (1799– 1850) was born with sun and Mercury in Taurus and in the tenth house. Astrologers might hypothesize from these placements that he was ambitious, productive, tenacious, diligent, realistic, and wilful. The evidence supporting this theory is strong. Balzac wrote more than 80 novels that displayed a profound and nuanced understanding of the human comedy. I predict that 2020 will be a year when you could make dramatic progress in cultivating a Balzac-like approach in your own sphere.

But here’s a caveat: Balzac didn’t take good care of his body. He drank far too much coffee and had a careless approach to eating and sleeping. My hope is that as you hone your drive for success, you’ll be impeccable in tending to your health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before he was 21 years old, William Shakespeare and his wife had birthed three kids.

When he was 25, while the brood was still young, he started churning out literary masterpieces. By the time Will became a grandfather at age 43, he had written many of the works that ultimately made him one of history’s most illustrious authors. From this evidence, we might speculate that being a parent and husband heightened his creative flow. I bring this to your attention because I want to ask you: What role will commitment and duty and devotion play in your life during the coming months? (I suspect it’ll be a good one.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian-born painter Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) didn’t align himself with any artistic movement. Early on, his work was an odd blend of French Post-Impressionism and 14th-century Italian painting. I appreciate his stylistic independence, and suggest you draw inspiration from it in 2020.

Another unique aspect of Spencer’s art was its mix of eroticism and religiosity. I think you’ll enjoy exploring that blend yourself in the coming months. Your spiritual and sexual longings could be quite synergistic. There’s one part of Spencer’s quirky nature I don’t recommend you imitate, however. He often wore pajamas beneath his clothes, even to formal occasions. Doing that wouldn’t serve your interests. (But it will be healthy for you to be somewhat indifferent to people’s opinions.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the 1440s. In subsequent decades, millions of mass-produced books became available for the first time, making their contents available to a far wider audience than ever before. The printing press caused other changes, too—some not as positive. For instance, people who worked as scribes found it harder to get work. In our era, big culture-wide shifts are impacting our personal lives.

Climate change, the internet, smart phones, automation, and human-like robots are just a few examples. What are you doing to adjust to the many innovations? And what will you do in the future? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these issues.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re skilled at the art of self-editing. When bright new ideas well up in you, you understand they are not yet ready for prime time, but will need to be honed and finessed. When your creativity overflows, tantalizing you with fresh perspectives and novel approaches, you know that you’ll have to harness the raw surge. However, it’s also true that sometimes you go too far in your efforts to refine your imagination’s breakthroughs;

you over-think and over-polish. But I have a good feeling about the coming weeks, Virgo. I suspect you’ll find the sweet spot, self-editing with just the right touch.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Thomas Love Peacock was a Libran author whose specialty was writing satirical novels that featured people sitting around tables arguing about opinions and ideas. He was not renowned for cheerful optimism. And yet he did appreciate sheer beauty. “There is nothing perfect in this world,” he said, “except Mozart.” So much did Peacock love Mozart’s music that during one several-month stretch he attended six performances of the genius’ opera Don Giovanni. In this spirit, Libra, and in accordance with astrological indicators, I encourage you to make a list of your own perfect things—and spend extra time communing with them in the coming weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Jean-Michel Basquiat started his career as a graffiti artist. When he evolved into being a full-time painter, he incorporated words amidst his images. On many occasions, he’d draw lines through the words. Why? “I cross out words so you will see them more,” he said. “The fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.” In the coming weeks, you might benefit from discretely using this strategy in your own life. In other words, draw attention to the things you want to emphasize by downplaying them or being mysterious about them or suggesting they are secret. Reverse psychology can be an asset for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Because of the onslaught of the internet and social media, lots of people no longer read books. But in 2020, I highly recommend that you not be one of that crowd. In my astrological opinion, you need more of the slow, deep wisdom that comes from reading books. You will also benefit from other acts of rebellion against the Short Attention Span Era. Crucial blessings will flow in your direction as you honour the gradual, incremental approach to everything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I love to be surprised by something I have never thought of,” declares Capricorn actor Ralph Fiennes. According to my analysis of the astrological aspects, you’ll be wise to make that one of your top mottos in 2020. Why? First, life is likely to bring to your attention a steady stream of things you’ve never imagined. And second, your ability to make good use of surprises will be at an all-time high. Here’s further advice to help ensure that the vast majority of your surprises will be welcome, even fun: Set aside as many of your dogmas and expectations as possible, so that you can be abundantly receptive to things you’ve never thought of.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I love fools’ experiments.

I am always making them.” So said one of the most famous and influential scientists who ever lived, Aquarian-born naturalist Charles Darwin. In accordance with upcoming astrological factors, I invite you to draw inspiration from his approach. Allow yourself to explore playfully as you conduct fun research. Just assume that you have a mandate to drum up educational experiences, and that a good way to do that is to amuse yourself with improvisational adventures.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “How do you get your main pleasure in life?” That question was posed to Scorpio author Evelyn Waugh and Piscean social reformer William Beveridge. Waugh said, “I get mine spreading alarm and despondency.” Beveridge said, “I get mine trying to leave the world a better place than I found it.” I hope you will favour Beveridge’s approach over Waugh’s in 2020, Pisces—for two reasons. First, the world already has plenty of alarm and despondency; it doesn’t need even a tiny bit more. Second, aspiring to be like Beveridge will be the best possible strategy for fostering your mental and physical health.

Homework: How will you create the story of your life in 2020? https://RealAstrology.com

Resort Municipality of Whistler

Recreation and Leisure Advisory Committee Membership The Resort Municipality of Whistler is seeking qualified applicants to serve in a voluntary capacity on the Recreation and Leisure Advisory Committee for the 2020 to 2022 term.

This committee is to provide an objective view in the public interest to municipal staff and Council on the provision and delivery of indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure opportunities, services and issues.

Download terms of reference for this committee at whistler. ca/committees.

Apply by submitting a resume and brief statement that reflects your interest in participating on this committee in PDF format to resortexperience@whistler.ca. Include ‘RLAC Membership’ in the subject line.

Phone 604-935-8180 for more information.

Submission deadline: Monday January 27, 2020 at 4 p.m.

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NEW class High School: The Workout = (Co-Ed Bootcamp + Your Tunes) x Sweat/Fun. Saturday 7-8 pm Knock yourself out in this full body workout for all the stuff you like to do.

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Welcome Centre at Whistler Public Library - Information, support, community connections and ESL practice groups for newcomers and immigrants. Meet people, make connections, volunteer, build your communication skills in English.

Multicultural Meet Up every Friday 9.3012pm. 604-698-5960 info@welcomewhistler.com FB: WhistlerWelcomeCentre

Big Brothers, Big Sisters Sea to Sky Volunteer to Mentor- just 1hr/week - and make a difference in a child's life. Call 604-892-3125.

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Pemberton Rotary Club at the Pemberton Community Centre, Wednesdays at 7:15am www.pembertonrotary.ca

604.962.2220

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BG Urban Grill: 604-905-5090 & Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at the Pan Pacific, Mountainside. www.whistler-rotary.org

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Arts Whistler - Full arts & culture listings. Comprehensive artist directory & programs, events & performances year-round. For info 604-935-8410 or visit www.artswhistler.com Pemberton Arts Council - Connect with other artists, writers, artisans, musicians & help make Pemberton a vibrant arts community. Call 604-452- 0123 or visit www.pembertonartscouncil.com Pemberton Writers - Meet with other writers to review and critique monthly.

Opportunities for writing in a comfortable and creative setting. Email crowley7@ telus.net

WINTER SKILLS COURSES AVALANCHE SKILLS TRAINING (AST) COURSES LEVEL 1+ AND 2 CREVASSE RESCUE/ GLACIER TRAVEL COURSE BIG MOUNTAIN AWARENESS CAMPS FOR 10-15 YEARS OLD SIGN UP AT EXTREMELYCANADIAN.COM INFO@EXTREMELYCANADIAN.COM OR CALL 604-938-9656

Sea to Sky Singers - Invites new & former members to join us for an exciting new term, the spring & fall terms culminate with a concert. Choir meets Tues, 7-9pm at Squamish Academy of Music, 2nd Ave. Veronica seatoskysingers@gmail.com or 604- 892-7819 www.seatoskysingers.net Whistler Community Band - Rehearsals on Tuesdays 7 - 8:15 pm CONTACT whistlerchorus@gmail.com FOR LOCATION Whistler Singers Rehearsals are Tuesdays from 7 to 9pm at Myrtle Philip School in the Toad Hall room. Everyone is welcome!

Inquiries can be sent to whistlersingers@gmail.com For more info, visit: https://www.facebook.com/whistlersing ers/ Donate Used Clothing & Household Goods- To be distributed to local charities

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CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS Playground Builders: Creating Play Building Hope - Playground Builders is a registered charity that builds playgrounds for children in war-torn areas. Learn more, volunteer or donate at www.playgroundbuilders.org Sea to Sky Community Services running dozens of programs in Whistler to help people through times of crisis and with everyday challenges. www.sscs.ca 1-877-892-2022 admin@sscs.ca

We are currently interviewing:

Carpenters Carpenters Helpers Labourers Level 2 First Aid Attendant Please submit resume to: info@evrfinehomes

Whistler’s Premier Estate Builder

Stewardship Pemberton Society and the One Mile Lake Nature CentreConnecting community, nature and people through education, cooperation, and community involvement. www.stewardshippemberton.com Whistler Health Care Foundation raises funds for improving health care resources and services. New board members welcomed. Contact us at info@whistlerhealthcarefoundation.org or call Karen at 604-906-1435.

SPORTS & RECREATION Alpine Club of Canada Whistler Section - Outdoor club focused on ski/ split board touring, hiking, mountaineering and skills training.

More info: accwhistler.ca For meetings, trips and events: accwhistler.ca/Events.html Griffin Squadron Squamish Air CadetsOpen to youth 12-18yrs at Don Ross Secondary School on Tues at 6:30pm.

Pemberton Valley Trails AssociationMeets the second Wed of each month.

7pm at the Pemberton Recreation Centre.

Call 604-698-6158 Sea to Sky RC Flyers - Model Aeronautics Association of Canada Club active in the Sea to Sky Region flying model airplanes, helicopters and multirotors. Contact S2SRCFLY@telus.net

Whistler Premier Resorts, Whistler’s leading property management firm is currently recruiting!

What We Offer You:

• Full Time Position • Competitive Wages • Discounted Ski Pass • Health & Wellness Benefits • Supportive Team Environment Current Career Opportunities:

GUEST SERVICES MANAGER GUEST SERVICES AGENT

The Spa SEASONAL AND PERMANENT SPA POSITIONS Full and Part-Time Massage Practitioners, Registered Massage Therapists and Estheticians needed.

Contract available beginning immediately.

Competitive Commissions, Parking Available,

On Site Meal Option

To join the fantastic Four Seasons Resort Whistler family,

Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Provides sports & recreation experiences for people with disabilities. Chelsey Walker at 604-905-4493 or info@whistleradaptive.com Whistler Martial Arts offers - Kishindo Karate for kids age 4 and up, Capoeira and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for kids and adults.

Also Kickboxing, Judo, Yoga and Bellyfit for adults. Call Cole 932-2226 Women's Karma Yoga - Thursdays, 9-10, ongoing by donation and childminding provided. Whistler Women's Centre: 1519 Spring Creek Drive. Drop-in for weekly yoga classes led by an all female team of certified yoga instructors. All women, all ability levels welcome. hswc.ca | 604-962- 8711

please contact Caitlin.Hubbard@fourseasons.com

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1st Whistler Scout Group - outdoor & adventure program for girls and boys aged 5-17. Times and locations vary.

More info: http://1stwhistlerscoutgroup. webs.com.

Contact scoutsatwhistler @gmail.com or 604-966-4050.

Whistler Children's Chorus Rehearsal - Tuesdays at MILLENNIUM PLACE (4 5:30 pm) contact whistlerchorus@gmail.com Whistler/Pemberton Girl Guides Adventures for Girls age 5 & up. Sparks & Brownies (Gr K,1,2,3) Guides (Gr 4,5,6) Volunteers always welcome. coastmountaingirlguides@gmail.com

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LEISURE GROUPS Duplicate Bridge Club- Whistler Racquet Club reconvenes in late fall. The club meets every week and visitors are welcome. For partner, please call Gill at 640-932-5791.

Knitty Gritty Knit Night- Held every Tues 6-8pm. Free evening open to everyone with a love for knitting/crocheting.

Beginners welcome. For location and further details email knittygrittywhistler@ gmail.com or find us on facebook.

Mountain Spirit Toastmasters- Builds communication, public speaking, and leadership skills . Wednesdays at the Pan Pacific Mountainside - Singing Pass Room, 5:30-7pm. Email contact - 8376@ toastmastersclubs.org www.whistler.toastmastersclubs.org Pemberton Women's Institute - Meets the third Mon of each month in the activity room at St. David's United Church at 7:30pm. New members welcome. Linda Ronayne at 604-894- 6580 Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets Tuesdays AM & PM www.whistler-rotary.org

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COMMUNITY LISTINGS Whistler Youth Centre - Drop - in: Fridays 3:30 - 11 PM & Saturdays 6 - 10 PM for ages 13 - 18. Located downstairs in the Maury Young Arts Centre (formerly Millenium Place). We offer: a Ping pong table, Pool table, Skateboard mini ramp w. skateboards and helmets to borrow, Free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, Guitars, Board games, Projector and widescreen TV's. Facebook THEYC Crew, www.whistleryouthcentre.com or call 604-935-8187.

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We are the Spa for you If you are looking for a new place to call home: • We manifest positive energy • We have a long term and loyal team • We treat you fairly and look out for your wellness • You are listened to • We give you proper breaks and time to set up between services • We offer extended medical benefits • We have potential staff housing at affordable rates • You can enjoy $5.00 cafeteria meals • You have the opportunity to work for other Vida locations in slow season We are here for you.

Vida Spa at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler is currently recruiting:

Nagomi Sushi is hiring experienced Japanese Chefs in Whistler • Preparing Sushi and cooking other Japanese traditional food.

• Plan menu and ensure food meets quality standards.

• Estimate food requirements and estimate food and labour costs.

• Instruct Kitchen Helpers and Cooks in preparation, cooking, and presentation of food.

• Assist Head Chef and supervise cooks and kitchen helpers.

• Inspecting ingredients for quality and freshness and supervising all food preparation.

• Create new menu, recipes and specials.

• Ensure excellent customer services at the Sushi bar.

• Work as a team and ensure orders are completed in a timely manner.

Qualifications: • Completion of secondary school and 2 years of cook/chef experience

REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST (signing bonus RMT only) SPA PRACTITIONER • ESTHETICIANS GUEST SERVICE AGENT

All season, 30-35 hours per week $24 per hour Language of work is English

To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com

Benefits: 4% vacation pay, extended health plan.

Vida Spas - Vancouver & Whistler Live well. Live long. vidaspas.com Thank You for applying Only those considered will be contacted.

Full-time, Permanent

Start date: As soon as possible.

Address: 108-4557 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Apply by email at whistlernagomisushi@hotmail.co.jp

Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium - Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782 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. Whistler Reads - Meets to discuss a new book every eight weeks. Go to bookbuffet. com & click on Whistler Reads for the latest book/event. Paula at 604-907-2804 or wr@bookbuffet.com Whistler Valley Quilters Guild Meets most 1st and 3rd Tuesdays from September through May. Visitors interested in Quilts and other Fibre Arts are more than welcome to join us.

Experience not a requirement. For location and topics of upcoming meetings email: whistlerquiltguild@gmail.com , visit www. whistlerquilters.com or look us up in the Arts Whistler calendar under What's On.

COMMUNITY CENTRES Maury Young Arts Centre - Whistler's community centre for arts, culture & inspiration. Performance theatre, art gallery, daycare, youth centre, meditation room, meeting facilities. www.artswhistler.com or 604-935-8410 Pemberton & District Community Centre - Located at 7390 Cottonwood St. Fitness Centre, facility rentals, spray park, playground, children, youth, adult & seniors programs. For more info 604-8942340 or pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca

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

Basalt Wine + Salumeria are currently looking to fill the roles of:

COOKS 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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Mountain Resort Planners Ltd.

AutoCAD/ Resort Planning Technician Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd. of Whistler B.C. specializes in the planning and design of four-season mountain resorts, resort village and real estate and Winter Olympic Alpine and Nordic competition venues.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING 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

FOR SENIORS We are currently seeking a skilled AutoCAD / Resort Planning Technician for a full time / permanent position. The ideal candidate will have completed at minimum a diploma-level program in Landscape Architectural Technology or Architectural Technology or similar and will have related work experience.

IS SEEKING TWO LEADERS TO JOIN OUR TEAM:

ADMISSIONS Banquet AMBASSADOR Manager & & ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Team Driver (PART-TIME)

For a complete job description please visit SLCC.ca/Careers. We thank you for your interest; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

This entry-level position consists of general AutoCAD and graphic support for our resort planning design team. Typical project work will include working with large topographic mapping data sets, preparation of hand drawn and computer rendered site plan drawings and profiles, conceptual grading and drainage plans and production of digital and paper presentations and technical reports.

A keen eye for details and graphic presentation is essential as well as a general understanding of the design process and problem solving.

Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults dealing with the challenges of social wellness. Please call our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker.

A comprehensive understanding and strong working knowledge and experience of AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (particularly Photoshop and InDesign) software is essential. Must be proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint. The ability to visualize and work in 3D, with familiarity using programs such as Civil 3D, 3DS Max and SketchUp would be an asset.

Pemberton Men's Shed - Weekly social meetings WED. 11-2 in the Seniors/ youth Rec. bldg. beside library. Social meeting with BYO Bag lunch, card games and pool/snooker. Help out in YOUR community, operating the Pemberton Tool Library.

The successful candidate will be a team player and must be prepared to work in a deadline-oriented office environment. A positive attitude and interest in outdoor activities and a mountain resort lifestyle will be an asset. Hourly pay rate will be commensurate with experience.

Senior Citizen Organizations - Is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Ernie Bayer 604-576-9734 or ecbayer2@gmail.com

Please submit a letter of application, including a resume and portfolio to the attention of:

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

Mr. Ryley Thiessen President Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd. P.O. Box 63 Whistler, B.C. Canada V0N 1B0 Email: info@ecosign.com

SHARE YOUR PASSION.

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

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Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479. Free private presentation on request. www.healthylivingwhistler.com Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items. Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@mywss.org Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604- 932-3733

SPECIALIST, GOLF & GROUP SALES Full Time, Year Round

The Specialist, Golf & Group Sales, manages all reservations generated from Golf Whistler, and oversees the sales and marketing initiatives to grow Whistler as a premiere golf destination. The Specialist also supports the Manager, Reservations & Group Sales in proactively selling all aspects of Whistler, generating new group business and maintaining relationships with existing clients.

Our ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of Golf and Whistler, experience with online booking software, and sales experience in a resort setting.

We are also recruiting for an: Accountant (Full Time, Year Round).

For a complete job description, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.

‌ and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you!

Work alongside our amazing team and enjoy perks: o Staff rates at our award winning spa and restaurants o A free overnight stay each year as well as friends and family rates o Benefits & End of Season Bonus ($400) o Work for a family owned and operated Boutique Lodge

We are currently hiring:

CHIEF ENGINEER SOUS CHEF BANQUET CAPTAIN STEWARD, PASTRY, AM PREP COOK SPA ESTHETICIANS SERVER ASSISTANTS & FOOD EXPIDITERS email your resume and expression of interest to: careers@nitalakelodge.com

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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 The Mountain Village Social Gathering - Join us at one of our regular social gatherings on the last Wednesday of every month. There is a group of us at The Mountain Village who are forming a sustainable, multi generational neighbourhood based on the co housing model. WHAT IF... Housing wasn't just a place to live, but rather, a way of life? To find out more, visit our Facebook page @ themountainvillage or go to our website www.themountainvillage.ca

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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 604-932-3202 Camp Fund - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org

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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 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.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am- 12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

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.

Now hiring for the following position:

ROOM ATTENDANT • • • • • • •

Competitive Wages Associate Housing Wellness Allowance/Ski Pass Flexible Schedule Discounted Food Extended Medical Benefits Spa Discounts

Discover new opportunities and embark on a career in Hospitality with Pan Pacific Whistler To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume to careers.ppwhi@panpacific.com

Pemberton Strong Start Family DropIn- A play group for you and your under-5 child. Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm3pm. Call 604-894- 6101 / 604-966- 8857 Whistler Public Library - Open MonThurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am.

Parent & Infant drop-in, Thurs 11am.

Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am.

Singing with the babies, Sat 11am. Call 604-935-8433

PASTRY COOK • BREAKFAST COOK ROOM ATTENDANT GUEST SERVICE AGENT MANAGER IN TRAINING HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATOR (PART-TIME) OUR BENEFITS • • • • •

AMAZING Team Member Travel Program Life & Leisure Program Health Benefits Gym and Pool Access

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Parking Free Meals Free Yoga 50% Food & Beverage Discount

Email resume to hr@hiltonwhistler.com or visit us Monday to Friday 10am - 4pm

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HOSPITALITY PUT YOUR CAREER ON A NEW PATH.

The Whistler Housing Authority is seeking a qualified candidate to join our organization.

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/food-bank

EMPLOYEE HOUSING PROGRAM COORDINATOR The Program Coordinator will be the primary contact for new applicants to the Employee Housing Rental and Purchase Program. Including initial program intake, this person will plan, organize and execute a wide variety of administrative functions to ensure efficient and effective operation of the Employee Housing Program.

This role suits a self-motivated, progressive thinker with extraordinary communication and administration skills.

A job description is available at www.whistlerhousing.ca Interested candidates are invited to submit a resume and cover letter by email to jessica@whistlerhousing.ca

ACCOUNTANT

Full Time, Year Round The Finance Department is responsible for all account reconciliation, payables and receivables, financial reporting, budgets and forecasts. Reporting to the Controller, and working closely with the Director of Whistler.com, the Accountant is responsible for assisting with the day to day operations of the Finance Department and all aspects of accounting policy and procedures related to the operational departments within Tourism Whistler/Whistler.com.

Our ideal candidate has finance experience in a mid-sized company, and a good understanding of POS systems, product development and transactional accounting.

We are also recruiting for a: Specialist, Golf & Group Sales (Full Time, Year Round).

For a complete job description, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.

Deadline for applications is February 6th at 4:00pm

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SOCIAL SERVICES Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101

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A death that becomes us “Death don’t have no mercy in this land.”

-Rev. Gary Davis

SO

YOU’RE A reasonably robust Whistleratic. You ski, bike, surf, run, do any number of things that make you feel vibrant, alive. You live life pretty much the way you want to live it and you’re just fine with that, thank you.

But what about death?

Bummer question, man.

Not really. It is, after all, inevitable. As I replied once to a colleague who’d asked me what the death rate was in Toronto, “One

BY G.D. MAXWELL per person.” No one gets out of here alive.

So why would you, given a choice, not want to make your final experience as graceful and stylish as the rest of your life?

Given that choice, I’d rather go as several people I know have, with my ski boots on, about to après after a spirited top to bottom, non-stop run on a stunning day.

But it often doesn’t work that way.

What I’d like to avoid, given the choice, is wasting away with what’s left of my mind silently screaming for someone to slip the black capsule into my mouth. My own representation agreement informs my attorney to pull the plug if the medics believe the best likely outcome is only being able to ski green runs. Blue? I’ll stick around for that.

Because of this aversion to lingering death—something I’ve personally witnessed several times—I was buoyant when the Supreme Court of Canada handed down a unanimous decision in 2015 striking down the provisions of the Criminal Code that made it a crime for physicians to give death a helping hand.

The Court recognized an individual’s right to end-of-life assistance if suffering from “... a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual...”

The Court gave Parliament one year to craft legislation making medical assistance in dying (MAID) legal. Not disappointing any of the bookmakers, Parliament punted.

What eventually came out of the sausage maker was a watered-down version of what the Court had in mind. Seven words did violence to the intent of the Court: competent adults whose deaths are reasonably foreseeable.

Uncomfortable stories about people who wanted to end their “enduring suffering” but failed in one way or another to either show their competence or prove their deaths were reasonably foreseeable have brought us to where we are today.

Well, that and a court challenge playing out in Quebec.

Where we are today is in the middle of government consultations designed to modify current legislation. In September, the Quebec Superior Court struck down

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the wording in the current law limiting access to MAID for terminally ill people whose natural deaths were not reasonably foreseeable, that is, people who might linger in their terminal illness for an indefinite period of time, possibly years.

The federal ministers of Justice and Health—not the same ones responsible for the original tepid legislation—want to know what you think about access to MAID, specifically under three scenarios: If you’re a mature minor, not yet 18 years of age; if you’ve made a request for MAID in advance but have reached a state where you cannot express consent just before the moment of

it should be unless you’re comfortable living out your remaining days in a vegetative or near vegetative state, you can let your views be known by completing a survey.

Here’s another link: justice.survey-sondage. ca/f/s.aspx?s=6E6210A5-E100-4201-A55DCFB52ADA1C0C. I still have trouble figuring out why choosing to end your life through the administration of a medical procedure is so fraught with red tape, but it is. Ironically, ending your life is perfectly legal. I prefer to not use the word suicide because it comes with too much social and religious baggage.

A better euphemism is needed. That it is

I’d rather go as several people I know have, with my ski boots on, about to après after a spirited top to bottom, non-stop run on a stunning day. administration; and, if your sole underlying medical condition is a mental disorder as opposed to a terminal illness.

They’ve already think-tanked these issues and if you have a lot of time and patience to read through several hundred pages of findings by an exhaustive expert panel, here’s a link: cca-reports.ca/reports/ medical-assistance-in-dying.

If this is an issue near and dear to you, as

not illegal to end your life was, in fact, the first step towards MAID. It used to be illegal to do so notwithstanding the absurdity of charging a dead person with the crime of bringing about their own death.

But people were, in fact, charged with attempting to end their life. And it’s always been illegal for anyone else to assist someone to end their life.

In the world I live in this makes no

sense. If life has become unbearable why shouldn’t I be able to end it in a relatively painless—not to mention tidy—way? Why should I be forced to leave a mess and inflict undue trauma on whomever stumbles across what’s left of me? Why is death still so stigmatized and scary when it’s waiting down the road for each and every one of us?

I appreciate the legislative safeguards that need to be put into place to protect doctors in the case of people who have expressed a desire for MAID but are reluctant to hasten their departure, preferring to wait until, oops, they’re no longer capable of saying, “Now’s the time.”

No doctor in her right mind wants to run the risk or face the potential liability and litigation from a distraught family member who just can’t accept Uncle Charlie’s death. But such is the apprehension and fear inherent in the final step that it’s just a step too big for many people. While it amounts to a request to “end my life when I’m no longer capable of telling you to end my life,” surely it abides by the expressed wish of the individual to not linger in an incompetent state. This is not an insurmountable obstacle.

Nor should the fact that death is not imminent be a barrier. Requiring this summit to be reached is a heartless way of telling someone they haven’t suffered enough.

Wanting to die is not a sign of mental illness. It’s a personal decision. Getting assistance to end life in a humane way is, well, humane. We demand it for our loved pets because it is inhumane to let them suffer. Weird we can’t manage that for our loved humans or ourselves. n

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