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OF PROGRESSION How a bunch of illegal jumps led to Whistler Blackcomb’s world-class terrain parks
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‘A continuum of progression’ How a bunch of illegal jumps led to Whistler Blackcomb’s world-class terrain parks. - By Joel Barde
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BUSINESS TIME
While the mountain is now in
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SILVER LUGING
Whistler’s Caitlin Nash and
fine form, it was a slow start to the season, presenting some challenges to
Natalie Corless earn silver in women’s doubles luge at Youth Olympic
local business to overcome.
Games in Switzerland.
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The family of a
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FESTIVAL FUN
The Whistler Pride and Ski
Pemberton senior wants council to improve safety for pedestrians who
Festival is set to return with parties, comedy, skiing and, of course, a
have accessibility issues.
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providing a welcoming place to learn the sports.
Whistler’s tight-knit music scene.
COVER Whistler Blackcomb’s terrain parks took years to develop into what they are. It’s enough to make your head spin. Rider Kevin Sansalone gets inverted. - By Scott Serfas/serfasphoto.com 4 JANUARY 23, 2020
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08 OPENING REMARKS Are there lessons to be learned from experiencing yet another “overtourism” weekend?
10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A letter writer weighs in on climate change asking for more action from Vail Resorts and local government, while another gives thanks for a bus driver who went out of his way.
13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Andrew Mitchell offers some facts and figures about the ICBC rate increases we are all experiencing.
90 MAXED OUT Max argues that blame for the climate-change crisis cannot be laid at the feet of the fossil-fuel industry alone. We are all to blame.
Environment & Adventure
36 ECOLOGIC There is so much more to snow that just its popular recreational role, writer Leslie Anthony tells us. It plays a role in animal survival and the global economy as well.
37 THE OUTSIDER Vince Shuley gives is some inside information on Pemberton’s Raven Backcountry Festival, which is set to celebrate the village’s world-class winter recreation opportunities.
46 TRAVEL Intrepid traveller Tim Morch continues his travels along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, on a dirt bike, in the second of this travel series.
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56 VELOCITY PROJECT Lisa Richardson explores mountains and motherhood and finds the time continuum allows a lifetime of lessons.
58 EPICURIOUS One of Vancouver’s most lauded chefs, David Hawksworth, has played a crucial role in transforming Whistler Blackcomb’s on-mountain dining.
62 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW ‘Tis the season for movies that aren’t award contenders to hit the big screen. But this week, Feet Banks parses the offerings and comes up with some winners.
64 MUSEUM MUSINGS The museum looks back on a very busy 2019—in fact the busiest on record. The Museum welcomed 14,410 visitors last year. Here’s to 2020!
68 PIQUECAL Ring in the Lunar New Year at the Whistler Public Library on Saturday. Celebrate with traditional activities, dancing, games and more.
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Are we learning from our experiences? WE HAVEN’T SEEN the types of highway traffic jams or frustration with parking or uploading onto the mountains, as we saw in the last couple of weeks, for a while now. Much of it can be laid at the feet of Mother Nature as we finally enjoyed some significant snowfall in the resort. But some of those frustrations come right out of human behaviour—such as people still driving without proper tires or the experience to handle the conditions— and let’s throw in a U.S. long weekend too.
options and “other.” Part of that plan was to pursue a regional transit strategy (estimated to cost $3.31 million) with corridor and government partners—the hope being to get more buses on the road. In a shortsighted move, the province said this past summer that from its perspective the plan was not feasible. Just a few weeks ago, we learned of the work that Tourism Whistler (TW) has been doing aimed at defining what truly makes Whistler special and charting the long-term vision and strategy for “ideal tourism” into the future. The results are meant to guide not just TW’s marketing, by targeting guests who best match Whistler’s community values and interests, but also to “provide edit@piquenewsmagazine.com a filter” for local businesses and policy makers to help guide decision-making on And simple math dictates that long things like programming and infrastructure waits will be the reality when thousands investment. flock to the four valley ingress points to If you like, it is turning our minds to both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains to the type of visitor who would best enjoy try to enjoy powder after a veritable drought Whistler and its surrounds and come back, in December. and tell their friends. Sadly, these frustrating experiences just It could be that many of those stuck on result in people venting on social media, the highway recently were Epic Day Pass complaining to Whistler Blackcomb, and holders—Vail Resorts introduced this pass generally being very unhappy visitors to here last year. It allows you to ski for as little our resort. as one day for a discounted price with the deal getting better the more days you buy. There can be little doubt that the experience This helped replace the old one-day Whistler many of the visitors had recently is exactly the Blackcomb (WB) Edge type of experience TW is trying to avoid ... cards, which many people from the Lower Mainland bemoaned This is nothing new—for years, the pages the loss of. Losing day-pass options like this of Pique have been filled with stories about made WB too expensive for casual skiers, these types of issues with people voicing they said. concern that we are suffering overtourism. There can be little doubt that the In 2017, concerns over highway-traffic experience many of the visitors had recently congestion lead to the re-formation of the is exactly the type of experience TW is trying Transportation Advisory Group. to avoid in highlighting our place branding. In November of that year, five strategy But these things are not fully within areas were highlighted: Highway 99 our control—you simply can’t let people efficiencies, transit improvements, better flood onto the mountain when there are parking management, active transportation safety concerns.
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Really, there are no easy fixes for these experiences by our guests. One ski area, Washington state’s Crystal Mountain, took an extreme step earlier this month to protect the experience of its snow sliders both on the mountain and off—it limited its ticket sales. In the case of Crystal Mountain, the resort’s COO and president Frank DeBerry said in an open letter to the ski and boarding community: “We are especially regretful to those who attempted to ski or ride with us and were turned around or were severely delayed. It is not what we want our guests or our community to feel. We’ve heard your frustration through a steady stream of emails, phone calls, and social media posts.” After taking time to “deconstruct the last several weekends of this overcrowding,” DeBerry wrote, the resort will “discontinue selling walk-up tickets at the ticket booths on weekends and holidays in order to hold skier visits to what our roads and parking infrastructure is designed to handle.” Our mountains have huge capacity— the hourly lift capacity is 69,939 (on both mountains), there are 200 trails and 8,171 skiable acres—but sometimes it doesn’t feel like it when you are standing in line for over an hour to upload. Our highway carries an average of 11,733 cars daily to Whistler, its capacity apparently 1,650 cars per hour. It should be noted that when the $600 million upgrade was done, the province predicted we would reach 12,000 cars a day by 2025. Clearly we are well ahead of that schedule. Are there lessons to be learned from Crystal Mountain’s action? Should we consider, for example, taking a page out of a resort like Disney, where tickets are time stamped for use? Maybe last weekend’s mess doesn’t happen often enough for us to worry about it, or maybe we should be thinking outside the box to protect the visitor experience when our experience tells us we are heading for a perfect storm of overtourism. n
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Stick up for the planet We’re living in a climate emergency. Instead of talking, we need action—right now! We must stick up for the planet! [There are] ways we can do that: • Stop using single-use petroleum products like gasoline and diesel. While imperfect, electric vehicles provide a cleaner alternative; • Come together as a community and change the climate conversation. We need to focus on the “cost of living” (living: as a person, a town and a planet); • Whistler should declare a climate emergency and impose an annual Climate Emergency Tax (CET) of $250 to $500 on every property in the municipality. The proposed CET would be used exclusively by BC Hydro to create, maintain and deliver free power to the Sea to Sky region for electric vehicles. By establishing a massive network of Level 3 DC Fast Chargers—making it possible for drivers to charge their cars, SUVs, and soon, pickups, semi-trailer trucks, delivery vehicles and buses, anywhere, at any time, without waiting—this would empower the local Whistler community to make the change to electric vehicles. This would have a secondary benefit: it would significantly lower living costs, making it more affordable to live in Whistler and British Columbia. It would save the average driver thousands of dollars annually, money spent on
gasoline/diesel—at the cost of $250 to $500 per household. Additionally, it would demonstrate how serious Whistlerites are about doing what we can to combat climate change. Visitors will be inspired when they see how we’re lessening not only our local footprint, but also that of our guests’ footprints, who often arrive by plane. Does $250 to $500 per household seem too drastic? Well, desperate times call for desperate measures. We wouldn’t be the first community to do something at such a high cost. Case in point: In 1941, in Banff National Park a dam was built, which raised the water level by
By putting our money where our mouth is with the CET, when cities, provinces and countries see how Whistler has created an infrastructure program with a publicly owned entity, they will follow suit, as it is a win/win for the community and the planet. By committing to the CET and its development, this will put the Whistler consumer in the driver’s seat—instead of being pawns to companies like we currently are with the oil industry—setting an example for other communities to follow. If things continue to develop as they are, soon enough electric cars will be as expensive to fuel as petroleum is now. Where do those profits go? Into the pockets of companies and their shareholders. This would be turned on its head with the implementation of CET. The people of British Columbia own BC Hydro, so the CET wouldn’t go into corporate coffers, but into the needed infrastructure of building a better future for our province and the world. What about those who don’t believe in climate change or who don’t care about the environment? The best way to get people to make the change is make it free to fill up. Be cheap, be environmentally sensitive, believe or don’t believe in climate change, it doesn’t matter. Who wouldn’t want to cut their transportation costs dramatically, spending $4.80 to $9.60 a week versus thousands of dollars annually? It’s a no brainer, and that is what needs to happen to push drivers to make the change, making filling up free. Stick up for
30 metres on Lake Minnewanka, submerging the village of Minnewanka Landing. While drastic, this was necessary to provide the power needed by the wartime industries in Alberta to help win the Second World War. Like winning the Second World War, we are at a crucial turning point in history and need a dramatic move equivalent to something as “insane” as building a dam and submerging a town. With Whistler’s track record of changing the game in so many ways, we’re the damn town to do it.
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Epic hot air? As I celebrate my 10th winter in Whistler, I am thankful for all the amazing people who are now friends, the incredible natural playground at my doorstep, and the engagement opportunities to ensure the future of this beautiful community. Of course, access to the playground comes at a cost. Looking back, our family has spent about $50,000 over the past decade for services that enable access, and yet a tiny fraction of that
money has been invested into programs that protect nature. [Whistler Blackcomb’s] Epic Promise isn’t achieving anything close to what is needed, and we are running out of time. It’s both the little things and the big things that get under my skin. The fact that on a busy weekend, disposable cups are often all that can be found, and staff throw up their hands apologetically when asked. Waste management needs to begin much higher up the operation than simply separating what’s left on the tray. From the ethically sourced products in the gift shops to packages promoting buses over cars, there are countless ways for Whistler Blackcomb to demonstrate real Epic Promise leadership. Why isn’t it part of everyone’s job at Whistler Blackcomb to achieve sustainable business operations, and why aren’t managers held accountable for climate action key performance indicators? How can the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) require more of Whistler Blackcomb to achieve our Community Energy and Climate Action Plan objectives, and where are the community engagement opportunities promised by the RMOW last November? Thanks for the thoughtful piece last week in the Pique on the impact of flying (“On
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the fly: Contending with our—and the ski industry’s—reliance on flying,” Jan 16. www. piquenewsmagazine.com). I hope to see more of this kind of critical climate crisis coverage. It’s clear to anyone paying attention that the real costs of the ski industry will be paid for by our children. Yes, we should all be taking personal action to reduce our carbon emissions, but the government and companies we support through taxes and purchases bear significant responsibility as well. Let’s make 2020 the year that we demand better. Write to Whistler Blackcomb: EpicPromise@vailresorts.com, write to the
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Commoners who don’t bike or ski and aren’t dressed in the latest Arc’teryx are not welcome. He dismisses those who come for the day to enjoy the mountains as “Tick-Box Tourists,” definitely a species lower than himself and his special friends. Get out of your bubble, G.D. Christine Lattey // Whistler
the No. 10 and all northbound buses from the village weren’t running at the exact time I needed to be travelling there, leaving me stranded in the village. Michael, the northbound 20X bus driver, went above and beyond to make sure I got to work on time. It was thanks to him that Sunday Funday was able to happen, and on behalf of myself and the Meadow Park members that attended the class, thank you, Michael. You’re the best! Louise O’Brien // Whistler n
Backcountry Advisory AS OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 This week has been full-on winter in the Whistler Blackcomb area. The southwesterly flow is locked in, bringing a regular procession of storms to the region that look to be pretty constant for the foreseeable future. There have been plenty of recent natural and explosivescontrolled avalanches, and as expected with all this new snow and wind, we’ve seen frequent periods of high avalanche hazard. The system that moved through at the end of the week was a warm one, bringing rain up to about 2,000 metres. New snow, strong winds, and rising temperatures are all critical factors for avalanche formation. Expect stormslab avalanches to be susceptible to human triggering, both during and after the incoming snowfall. Here are a few tips: • Avoid slopes that are steep or have a convex shape during, and for a few days after, storms; • Once the storms subside, jump on “snow
mushrooms” or small convex slopes with little or no consequence to test the bond of the new snow; • Start on small slopes with smooth runouts and good escape routes until you feel you have a good handle on whether the new snow has bonded or not; • Avoid terrain traps such as cliffs, creeks, and gullies where small avalanches can have severe consequences. Recent observations suggest it is now difficult to trigger the surface hoar layers that formed in December (now buried 150 to 200 centimetres below the surface). But don’t completely discount the weak crust layers near the base of the snowpack, especially in the easterly parts of the region, such as the Spearhead Range. This layer will continue to be a problem when the snowpack is stressed by new snow or warming, and is best managed by avoiding shallow rocky start zones in the alpine and upper treeline. n
CONDITIONS MAY VARY AND CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY Check for the most current conditions before heading out into the backcountry. Daily updates for the areas adjacent to Whistler Blackcomb are available at 604-938-7676, or surf to www.whistlerblackcomb.com/mountaininfo/snow-report#backcountry or go to www.avalanche.ca.
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Car insurance culprits IF YOU BELIEVE EVEN half of what faceless groups are posting on Facebook about ICBC these days, you might have the impression that our public insurer has failed—that it’s corrupt, incompetent, and needs to be replaced yesterday with a forprofit private market.
BY ANDREW MITCHELL How else can you explain the beleaguered public insurer’s billion-dollar losses? Or the fact they increased insurance by more than six per cent last year, on the back of a previous increase? As always, it’s important to consider the source of information. A lot of negative posting about ICBC is coming from conservative groups that will use it as a wedge issue in the next election, or from the trial lawyers that we learned last week received about a third of almost $2 billion in court-ordered payouts made in the past fiscal year—and have 100,000 other cases on the dockets with an estimated payout of $16 billion. There are businesses that are angry the cost of insuring their drivers has increased. There are young people—who unfortunately
tend to get in accidents at higher rates than other demographics—that are facing prohibitively high insurance costs when they get their licences. There are ordinary people already facing massive cost-of-living increases in almost every other facet of their lives who are appalled they’re being asked to cough up even more for something else. It’s no wonder social media misinformation is spreading. I do agree that it’s a terrible situation that doesn’t look good for anybody. Having the highest insurance rates in the country doesn’t give one a lot of confidence that our public insurance system is working as advertised. However, blaming ICBC for the current situation isn’t accurate or fair. The recent snowfall in the Lower Mainland revealed the real culprit for our rising insurance costs: bad driving. Over a seven-day period of stormy weather ICBC received 14,600 calls, more than they usually see in the entire month of January. A lot of those accidents were caused by people driving in slippery conditions without the proper winter tires or caution. That’s where your increased insurance premiums are going, not into the pockets of ICBC executives. According to financial reports, ICBC paid out almost $7 billion in claims in the last fiscal year, or about $1.5 billion more
than B.C. drivers paid in premiums. Attempts to limit claims or take steps like reducing the number of medical experts that ICBC should pay for have been failing in the courts, which means the province’s plan to try and cap payouts isn’t going well. If things continue along this path, it’s been forecast that the cost of settling claims will rise to about $12 billion a year in the next five years. What’s that going to do to your insurance premiums? And how exactly could any private insurer charge less than ICBC if those are the kinds of penalties that courts are awarding? Ontario has private insurance, and they’re right behind B.C. when it comes to premiums. The reality is that if we want to pay less for insurance, then we have to pay out less for accidents. And if we can’t reduce the amount people are getting from lawsuits, then we need to reduce the number of crashes. Bad driving is the reason we’re in the mess. People need to stop speeding, stop drinking and driving, put phones and other distractions away, keep two hands on the wheel, leave space, and check mirrors and blind spots frequently—drive like you’re supposed to. If people won’t do it for their own safety, then maybe they’ll do it to save money. Government also has a stake in making roads safer, adding police, bringing back photo radar, installing more red-light cameras, and
cracking down even harder on drunk and distracted drivers. We should be lowering the speed limits in certain areas, adding bicycle lanes where possible, and putting more money into transit to get more cars off the road. We should be encouraging more dashboard and rear cameras and rewarding people for snitching on bad driving. People who have caused accidents or racked up enough moving violations should face longer bans and even higher insurance rates. High-risk drivers should have to do more to prove themselves safe. Starting tomorrow, we should be enhancing our driver education and testing. For example, in Germany it costs 2,000 Euros to get your license after more than 40 hours of theory and in-car testing. Their fatality rate is about half of ours. We should be mandating winter tires in winter conditions, regardless of where you live. In B.C., an average of 300 people die in car crashes every single year and probably 10 times as many people are injured—many of whom will never be the same. If 300 people died in elevators in B.C. every year, people would take the stairs— and demand that government do something, anything to make elevators safer. Driving is serious business with serious consequences. Until we take it more seriously as a society, I wouldn’t expect lower insurance rates any time soon. n
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OUR ONLINE CONVERSATION Last week, Vail Resorts released reports of relatively steady revenue across its North American resorts for the ski season to date, while acknowledging skier visits are down—a statistic they attributed, at least in part, to a challenging start to the winter at Whistler Blackcomb and Stevens Pass. Turns out, many of Pique’s Facebook followers didn’t necessarily agree with that attribution. Here’s what a few of them had to say: “I just went on their website and couldn’t believe how expensive lift tickets were. It would cost me $700 for my family of four to ski for a day. Luckily, we have other options on the North Shore...and for someone that only skis a couple times a year, I am more than fine with Cypress.”
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The number of people who called ICBC over the seven days of our stormy weather last week. According to financial reports, ICBC paid out almost $7 billion in claims in the last fiscal year, or around $1.5 billion more than B.C. drivers paid in premiums.
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2019 was an amazing year for the Whistler Museum. This marks the busiest year in the museum’s history for the fifth year in a row, with the facility expanding many of its programs, including the ever-popular Discover Nature program. It also hosted numerous events and programs that attracted 9,486 people.
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From a small skiing group to one of the town’s biggest annual events: the evolution of the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival was the topic of Pique’s cover feature three years ago, “Twenty-five years on: Whistler Pride and Ski Festival.” Written by Courtney Robinson, the feature explored the festival from its humble beginning to the success it still is today. The event has created a place of belonging for many, and welcomes everyone to enjoy it. So, as Whistler gets ready to host this year’s iteration, get ready to have fun. n
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Whistler businesses contend with slow start to the season SNOWFALL AT WHISTLER BLACKCOMB WAS 60 PER CENT BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE THROUGH DEC. 31, 2019
BY JOEL BARDE WHILE BY NOW, most people’s social media feeds are chock-full of skiers and boarders shredding pristine Coast Mountain powder, it was by all accounts a slow start to the season, with things only really picking up business-wise in the lead-up to Christmas. In fact, according to a Jan. 17 earlyseason metrics report released by Vail Resorts, snowfall on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains was 60 per cent below the 30-year average through Dec. 31, 2019, representing the lowest snowfall recorded in more than three decades. “Results at Whistler Blackcomb and Stevens Pass were below expectations, driven by the poor early season conditions that continued through the holiday period,” said Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz in a release. Locally, a dearth in early-season powder affected businesses in a variety of ways. Allan Crawford, president of outdoor adventure company Canadian Wilderness Adventures (CWA), said the delayed snowfall affected the company’s bottom line—though not perhaps as one might assume. “I think we had our best November
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on record, and [at] Christmas we just hammered,” said Crawford, who explained that CWA was able to adapt quickly to whatever Mother Nature threw at it. Rather than pull out the sleds, as is typical in November, CWA opted to keep its summer offerings available well into December. “We kept our e-bikes out,” explained Crawford. “Our guides are trained in multi-disciplinary guiding, so we did ATV, side-by-side Jeep and e-bike tours.” CWA likely benefited from the fact that many Whistler shops that rent e-bikes during the summer had swapped over to winter items, allowing CWA to capture a larger market share, said Crawford, adding that he’s observed that people are increasingly coming here for a wide variety of recreation opportunities. “People are coming to Whistler for more reasons than just skiing nowadays,” he said. They’re here to be able to “get up into the mountains.” Over at Australian meat pie emporium Peaked Pies, co-owner Alex Relf said that the restaurant’s early season performance was in line with previous years. “Our product is sort of in that price point that serves the locals as much as the tourists, so we’ve got a pretty good local following,” said Relf. “I think that’s really kept us afloat.” Speaking on an industry-wide level, Eric Griffith, president of the Restaurant
Association of Whistler and owner of Alta Bistro, said that restaurants experienced a challenging start to the ski season compared to recent years. “[Results] were basically on forecast with Tourism Whistler [predictions], saying that we were going to probably be down a little bit, and we were,” said Griffith. Noting that the impact varies greatly depending on the type of restaurant, Griffith added that early December’s marginal conditions put a dint in the number of regional visitors coming to Whistler. “If the snow is really good, we have a lot of last-minute, weekend bookings that come up, but because it wasn’t very good, condition wise, the weekends were softer,” he explained. Despite the challenges, Whistler hotel rooms do not appear to have fallen victim to the slow start to the season. Saad Hassan, president of the Hotel Association of Whistler, said that occupancy rates actually showed a slight improvement over the previous year, according to Tourism Whistler pace reports. “We had a couple of fairly large groups that came to Whistler in the early part of December,” said Hassan by way of explanation. “They really backfilled [rooms in the event that] there was any drop in the tourist segment that was coming to ski.” As noted in the Jan. 17 Vail Resorts
release, recent snowfall has led to nearly all the terrain opening on Whistler Blackcomb, meaning things are now trending in a more positive direction for this ski season. And, despite early-season challenges, the company anticipates earnings to fall within the “guidance range” it issued in September 2019. “While challenging results at Whistler Blackcomb and Stevens Pass have put downward pressure on overall results, [Vail Resorts] expects Resort Reported [Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization] for fiscal year 2020 to be within the guidance range issued on September 26, 2019 given strong season pass sales, results through the holiday period and the recently improved conditions at Whistler Blackcomb and Stevens Pass,” stated the release. Those positive predictions square with what local business operators have to say. Having weathered a relatively challenging start to the season, they are anticipating a strong season going forward. “Going into January, thankfully we have fantastic snow conditions,” said Hassan. “I was speaking with an old-timer, and he was telling me that it almost seems like old times, the amount of snow that we’ve got. “We are certainly leading well into the rest of the season.” To view the full Vail Resorts report, visit investors.vailresorts.com. n
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS THE RESORT MUNICIPALITY of Whistler (RMOW) is investigating options to address its corrosive water, with some potential cost implications already apparent. The total capital cost for pH adjustment throughout Whistler’s complicated water system is currently estimated at $5.7 million, not including any land acquisitions that may be required to do the work. Staff also estimates an extra two fulltime employees would be needed to operate the systems, as well as $200,000 per year in chemicals, adding an extra $2 million to the current operating budget. “It’s important to note that if we decide to chemically condition the water, we will continue to request people flush their taps [at the recommendation of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)],” said Mayor Jack Crompton after the Jan. 21 council meeting—a fact that makes council’s upcoming decision a challenging one. Added to that is the fact that pH is just one of 15 factors affecting water corrosivity, and that about 43 per cent of Whistler’s water comes from 21 Mile Creek, which is pH neutral. So, how does the mayor feel about the potential price tag? “We take the health and safety of our community incredibly seriously,” he said. “I appreciate the depth that the presentation went into, and we will continue to look to VCH to give us direction on how we deliver on safety.” The report to council on Jan. 21 came one month after an investigative report by Star Vancouver, Global News and the University of British Columbia, which found that some Whistler homes had lead in their drinking water (see Pique, Dec. 19: “Municipality seeks to calm fears over leadin-water investigation”). The lead was likely a result of corrosive water interacting with plumbing fixtures on private property. A recently completed consultant review looked at options for pH adjustment in Whistler’s two water systems. Whistler’s water is complex, as it comes from both surface and groundwater sources —separated into two systems: Community and Emerald. Surface water comes from 21 Mile Creek—which is not used when the creek water is turbid (usually after rainfall and snowmelt events)—while groundwater is supplied from 14 active wells (used when 21 Mile Creek is offline, or when demand exceeds what the creek can supply).
Water is treated at eight locations before distribution. According to the report to council from utilities group manager Gillian Woodward, any proposed upgrades to ground water treatment to address corrosivity would need to be made at seven different locations in the Community system, as well as one in the Emerald system. To keep the approach simple, just three different types of conceptual system designs are being proposed at this time. The proposed conceptual designs were based on a recommended chemical addition of 50 per cent sodium hydroxide solution (also called lye or caustic soda), except for the Emerald facility, which was based on the facility’s initial design of eight-per-cent sodium carbonate solution (soda ash). However, those are not the final chemical selections for treatment, Woodward said. “There are a number of chemicals that can be used to raise the pH,” she said. There are other concerns as well—safety of workers using the chemicals, potential impact to the existing treatment process and potential impact to the environment among them. Further still, it’s difficult to grasp how widespread the problem actually is in Whistler. Though a 1989 change to the BC Plumbing Code restricted the use of lead in plumbing, it was still in practice up until 2014, Woodward said. With rebuilds and renovations—full or in part—taking place all across the municipality, “where would you sample to know exactly what percentage was an issue?” she said. “So it’s something that we’re going to continue to think about, because we do need to be prudent about this—this is a large investment in infrastructure that’s potentially only going to impact a small contingent of the population … and we’re still going to need to flush the taps anyway, which currently is also effective.” Whistler’s water consistently meets the conditions of its permits to operate, and RMOW staff sample water at 24 locations in the distribution system every second week. Anyone concerned about the quality of their water is encouraged to have it tested (a list of labs in the Lower Mainland can be found at www.whistler.ca/drinkingwater). For now, the recommendation from VCH and the RMOW remains the same: flush your taps until the water is cold before drinking it. It was the last presentation for Woodward, who is leaving her role with the RMOW after four years and heading home to New Zealand. n
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RMOW to buy Emerald property to restore recreation access BUDGET AMENDMENT ALSO SEES PROJECT TO BURY WHITE GOLD UTILITY LINES INTRODUCED
BY BRADEN DUPUIS A NEW PROJECT introduced at the Jan. 21 council meeting via an amendment to the five-year financial plan seeks to restore recreational access behind Whistler’s Emerald neighbourhood. The project is proposing to spend $1.7 million from the municipal general capital expenditures and general capital reserve funds to purchase a property at 9561 Emerald Dr. The lot currently holds a four-bedroom house that the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) intends to eventually use for employee housing. The property was assessed at $1.33 million as of July 1, 2019; the RMOW’s $1.7 million spend includes associated building and lot upgrades, as well as money for trail realignment. The municipality is already contracted to purchase the lot, and takes possession on Feb. 8 (council is within its rights to acquire land during in-camera meetings, said Mayor Jack Crompton after the meeting).
Access to the Crown land surrounding the neighbourhood—which includes One Duck Lake and trails for hiking and mountain biking, as well as a wiffle golf course—has effectively been cut off due to private development, leaving residents frustrated. Emerald residents have been urging the
Whistler’s updated Official Community Plan is adopted later this year. “One note is that the purchase of the land will not establish recreational access immediately,” Crompton said. “There is work to do to improve that right-of-way to allow for that access, but it is a big win to re-establish recreational access
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RMOW to address the issue since at least 2016 (see Pique, June 20, 2016: “Emerald residents pushing for solution to Crown land access”). The parcel is next to lands currently held by the Lil’wat and Squamish Nations, which will be transferred to the RMOW in exchange for municipal lands in Kadenwood as laid out in a 2017 memorandum of understanding. The transfer will become official once
to those important trails.” The RMOW expects to have more details available later this year. The budget amendment also concerned two other projects: the HVAC replacement at Meadow Park Sports Centre and the burying of utility lines in White Gold. In the former, the total project budget remains the same at $1.2 million, but a project delay means money budgeted in 2019 will now be spent in 2020, requiring
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an amendment. The White Gold utility undergrounding is a new project, with a proposed budget of $3.5 million from the general capital reserve. On Sept. 5, council received a letter from Toni Metcalf, speaking as a resident of the neighbourhood (she is also the RMOW’s economic development coordinator), expressing the interest of White Gold residents to initiate a formal petition process for the work. Metcalf’s letter was accompanied by the signatures of more than 120 White Gold residents. Under Section 212 of the Community Charter, homeowners may petition a municipality for a “local service area,” with the costs being recovered via an add-on to annual property taxes over a number of years. As such, the RMOW will pay for the project (potentially aided by grant funding from BC Hydro) and recover the costs from White Gold residents via an addition to their tax bills. The amendment received first three readings at the meeting, and will come back for adoption at a later date. n
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WB staff housing building gets third reading COUNCIL BRIEFS: WHISTLER’S GM OF RESORT EXPERIENCE SET TO RETIRE; COMMUNITY LIFE SURVEY UNDERWAY
BY BRADEN DUPUIS A REZONING for a 240-bed Whistler Blackcomb (WB) staff housing building is headed for adoption after council gave it third reading on Jan. 21. The proposed building is six storeys tall with 66, two-bedroom units each about 40 square metres in size. The units include a shared kitchen and bathroom, and would be targeted toward WB’s first-year and returning seasonal employees (four per unit). The rezoning is to increase the floor space ratio, site coverage and building height, as well as add a parking variance and another variance for a small portion of the building encroaching into a 7.6-metre setback. While WB initially proposed rental rates of $400 per room, the mountain operator increased its proposed rates to $600 per bed ($2,400 per two-bedroom unit), citing higher-than-expected construction costs and the seasonality of occupancy. But after reviewing a development pro forma submitted by WB, Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff said they support a maximum rent of $1,900 per two-bedroom unit, which WB agreed to.
With 66 new parking stalls estimated to be needed for the new building and the applicant proposing just 14, a determination of appropriate transit service levels at peak and morning hours was required prior to third reading. RMOW staff worked with BC Transit to do just that, and expect that the incremental service costs will be about $44,000 per year for the next 25 years. Rather than enter into a 25-year agreement, Vail Resorts requested it make an up-front payment of $1.04 million— equivalent to the parking in lieu fee of $20,000 per stall—which staff supported. The money will go into a transit fund dedicated to the incremental service requirements for Route 7, which services staff housing. RMOW staff also supports a minimum of two car-share vehicles on site, with more being added based on demand. The rezoning will come back for adoption at an upcoming meeting.
GM OF RESORT EXPERIENCE JAN JANSEN TO RETIRE Jan Jansen, Whistler’s general manager of resort experience, is retiring after 30 years
with the RMOW, Mayor Jack Crompton announced at the Jan. 21 council meeting. “I just want to say to you Jan, publicly, how grateful we are for your passion, your wisdom, [and] your leadership for our community,” Crompton said. “You are such a pleasure to work with, and we will miss you, but your mark on this community and this organization is deep and clear and obvious.” Jansen was promoted to his current senior management position in late 2009. Over the years, he has contributed to projects like the Meadow Park Sports Centre, Rainbow Park, Village Park, Valley Trail and Creekside, to name just a few. He also played a large role in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, serving at various times as director of Whistler venues, project manager of the Whistler Sliding Centre and executive director of Games operations. “Whether on property site inspection in a hard hat and safety vest or at the boardroom table, Jan has been a team player that has been a foundational person in this organization and this community,” chief administrative officer Mike Furey said in a memo to RMOW staff. Check back with Pique for more on Jansen’s retirement.
COMMUNITY LIFE SURVEY UNDERWAY Whistler’s annual Community Life Survey is officially underway. Phone surveys of Whistler residents and second homeowners began Jan. 17, with a web survey to follow in early February. The survey is an important tool for the RMOW in evaluating its performance and gaining feedback on community life for residents. Its results help council and staff identify priorities and build municipal plans. “The Community Life Survey is a crucial piece of information for us as we make decisions and track trends in the community. I encourage everyone to take some time to fill out the survey online and if selected by phone, please take the opportunity to provide your valuable input,” said Mayor Jack Crompton, in a release. The random phone survey will take place until 500 interviews of 300 full-time residents and 200 second homeowners are completed. The web survey—which offers an opportunity to give more in-depth responses—goes live Feb. 3. Results will be presented to council this spring. n
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Fire Service employees and municipal staff (unionized and otherwise) expiring on Dec. 31, 2019, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is preparing for collective bargaining with both parties. The RMOW has budgeted $72,000 in 2020 for the negotiations. In total, there are 325 full-time equivalent employees in need of new deals: Twenty-three firefighters, 56 unionized municipal staff (represented by CUPE) and 246 “handbook staff.” The municipality has a plan set out in its handbook for labour wage agreements, said chief administrative officer Mike Furey. “The main aspect of it is we look to the Lower Mainland,” Furey said, adding that comparative communities include North Vancouver, West Vancouver, New Westminster and Coquitlam. “So we wait and see what happens in terms of the wage settlements in those communities, and as they progress, usually a pattern develops in terms of not just
retro component, and then going forward the annual increase was loaded into our forward looking budget,” Furey said. With payroll costs representing the single biggest impact on municipal expenses—and Whistler’s firefighters a big chunk of that (21 firefighters made more than $75,000 in 2018, according to the 2018 Statement of Financial Information)—how does the RMOW manage those costs? “That’s something we’re constantly looking at, is how we address the payroll … we are basically a service delivery organization, and in service delivery, it requires a lot of staff to do that,” Furey said. “Particularly in terms of the firefighters, and their union, they are contracted and linked to the International Association of Firefighters provincially and nationally, so they bring that perspective to the table. But at the same time, I’ve always found them reasonable and [that they] have the community’s best interest at heart when they’re bringing ideas to the table.” The local firefighter union generally has three members sit down with RMOW reps to discuss what it would like to improve on in a new contract, with a goal of reaching a
“We expect to achieve a fair and reasonable agreement that is in keeping with the trend set by our regional counterparts.” - AL MACCONNACHIE
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across those communities but really across the Lower Mainland and across B.C., and that pattern is generally followed by most municipalities.” To that end, there hasn’t been a lot of progress on labour negotiations in those communities at this stage, Furey said. “I believe some communities are engaged in the Lower Mainland, but I’m not getting the sense they’re at an advanced stage at this time,” Furey said. “So we’ll wait for that to unfold over the course of 2020.” The $72,000 will be used for a thirdparty negotiator. Both the CUPE and handbook staff are coming off of four-year agreements that included 1.5-per-cent wage increases in 2016 and 2017 and two-per-cent increases in 2018 and 2019. The last contract with the Whistler Professional Firefighters Association, signed in 2015, covered 2012 to 2019 and included annual wage increases of 2.5 per cent. The delay in reaching an agreement meant the RMOW had to include retroactive pay in the new contract. “If I recall correctly, we looked internally to our savings to address the
mutual agreement between both parties, said union rep Al MacConnachie, in an email. “Obviously an agreed settlement is preferred over an arbitrated, binding decision from a third party. We expect to achieve a fair and reasonable agreement that is in keeping with the trend set by our regional counterparts,” MacConnachie said, adding that the department uses Vancouver, New Westminster, Delta, North Vancouver and Richmond as comparables. “Over the years, we have strived to have our wage increases equivalent to the cost of living adjustment. This has been a struggle for many B.C. employees, for what seems like to me a basic standard.” With the last contract spanning eight years, MacConnachie said he would hope for a similar term in the next contract. “An aspect that we are hoping to improve upon with our new [contract agreement] is some type of funding to be implemented for PTSD,” he said. “This is a major concern for all first responders and right now our newest resiliency program has recently lost its funding. The impact to our members is considerable.” n
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Whistler police seek public’s help in identifying reconstructed face of human remains POLICE BRIEFS: COPS CATCH LOCAL SKI THIEF; 19-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN ARRESTED AFTER MLK-WEEKEND ASSAULT
BY MEGAN LALONDE ON AUG. 12, 1987, the skeletal remains of a man were found on Whistler Mountain— but they were never able to be identified. Now, a partnership with the New York Academy of Art is striving to help police discover who, exactly, that man was. Earlier this month, students at a forensic sculpture workshop facilitated by the Academy reconstructed the faces of 14 unidentified human remains discovered in B.C. between 1972 and 2019—including those found in Whistler—and one set of remains located in Nova Scotia. RCMP, along with the British Columbia Coroners Service and the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner, released details of the reconstruction work on Jan. 13. The students used their expertise, coupled with relevant information about the remains, such as each individual’s sex, ethnicity, and height, to reconstruct the faces with clay and 3D-printed models of human skulls. According to the release, four visual identifications have been directly attributed to facial reconstructions created during the
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annual workshop since it began in 2015. While all of the corresponding remains were found in Canada, police caution that the victims could be from anywhere. In the case of the locally found remains, discovered near Franz’ Run, police believe the Caucasian man was 30 to 49 years old and may have been from South Africa or the U.S. According to the case reference, “It is estimated that he may have gone missing a year to three years prior and may have been despondent at the time.” The RCMP is encouraging the public to scan through the profiles on canadasmissing. ca, share the photos, and, if anyone thinks they recognize a face, submit tips.
WHISTLER MAN CAUGHT STEALING SKIS FROM ROUNDHOUSE Whistler police arrested a local man after he was caught stealing skis left in front of the Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain on Thursday, Jan. 16. Police were alerted to the theft after the skis were reported stolen by their owner the following day, Jan. 17. Local RCMP
worked with Whistler Blackcomb’s security department to successfully identify the thief, determined to be a 23-year-old Whistler resident, and reunite the victim with their ski equipment. The man was taken into custody and released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.
AMERICAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING MLK WEEKEND ASSAULT A 19-year-old American man was arrested in Whistler Village after assaulting an employee at a liquor establishment near Skier’s Plaza on Saturday, Jan. 18. According to the release, Whistler RCMP attended the scene after receiving a report of the disturbance at 3 p.m. “A male was causing problems and assaulted a staff member when asked to leave,” police said in the release. The local employee was not injured in the assault. The U.S. resident was later released without charges when he was able to care for himself, said police. The assault was one more serious
ID NEEDED RCMP are seeking tips on identifying a man found on Whistler Mountain in 1987, whose face was reconstructed. PHOTO COURTESY OF WHISTLER RCMP
incident among many minor disturbances that kept police occupied over the American long weekend, which draws college students to the resort. Between Friday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. and Monday, Jan. 20 at 7 a.m., local police received a total of 67 calls for service, including two incidents of assault and 18 calls related to intoxication. By comparison, Whistler RCMP received a total of 54 calls for service during the same time period one weekend prior. n
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Family of ‘95-year-young’ Lions Villas resident wants dangerous walk addressed VOP LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY
BY JOEL BARDE A PEMBERTON-AREA WOMAN is calling on the Village of Pemberton (VOP) council to address what she sees as serious walkability issues for Pemberton seniors. In a letter to council, Suzanne Robert outlined how her mother—“a 95-yearyoung” resident of the Lions Villas on Flint Street—still walks to the VOP’s downtown core, but faces a hazardous route to get there because of a lack of safe sidewalks. Robert said her mom, Marge, is now crossing at The Pony from the Health Clinic driveway—an area that doesn’t include a crosswalk. “This is the only area where [my mom] has a clear view of the traffic and can reach a sidewalk,” wrote Suzanne. The problem is that while pedestrians can traverse a crosswalk at the end of Flint Street that crosses Portage Road, there is no sidewalk at the Signal Hill Elementary
DANGEROUS WALK At ‘95-years-young’, Lions
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School side. Suzanne said in an interview that the only option is for her mother to cut through a parking lot at the school, or walk on the shoulder of the highway—both of which she considers unsafe options. “I know that the Village is promoting walking, but they have to make it safe,” said Suzanne. Moreover, Marge and other residents of the Villas and the neighbouring development face a difficult trek just to get to that Portage
“Because [my mom’s] hard of hearing she wouldn’t even hear them [back out].” VOP Mayor Mike Richman said the Village is concerned about walkability from the Villas, noting that the VOP is in support of an expansion of the Villas, which provides much needed housing for seniors and people living wiht disabilities. “It’s definitely a concern, and it’s definitely something we are going keep looking at,” said Richman. With respect to a sidewalk between
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Road crosswalk, said Suzanne. There is no sidewalk from the Lions Villa to the ambulance station (that sits on the corner of Flint and Portage), meaning pedestrians are forced to walk along Flint Street, she explained. “There’s no other choice. You have to walk down the middle of the road,” said Suzanne. “And then people are parked, like lateral parking, so they have to back onto the street.
the Villas and the ambulance station, the VOP is limited in what it can do, explained Richman, as the land in question belongs to a strata. “It’s a little bit more challenging for the Village on that side,” said Richman. “We can enter into conversation with the strata [on] if there is a willingness to work with us to do it, but it’s not our property to be managed.” Richman added that the VOP is looking to work with the developers of Tiyata Village to build a sidewalk that will link
up to the crosswalk to an existing sidewalk further along Portage Road. “We have spoken with the developer and there was an agreement to work on that area,” said Richman. “There’s a commitment to make it happen. We recognize that we need to join those sidewalks.” In an email to Pique, Tiyata developer Bruce van Mook said, “I have committed to completing the section of sidewalk from Tiyata to the school entrance and [it] is planned for this summer when school is out. “We look forward to continuing to help [walkability in Pemberton] by way of this initiative.” Richman also said that the VOP is looking at the possibility of extending a path that begins at Highway 99, and passes in front of the community centre and skatepark. “We would like to connect that [path] to the [Vancouver Coastal Health] property, if possible, so that people can walk safely right to the crosswalk at the roundabout,” said Richman. Creating a more walkable Pemberton is a priority of council, said Richman, noting that it was a core objective of this summer’s comprehensive downtown enhancement project. “Walkability and safety are super key to us and this council,” said Richman. “There are a few areas that we have to work on, but we’re working in that direction.” n
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BACK AT IT Dave Walden was elected as school trustee for Pemberton on Saturday, Jan. 18. He won the election in 2006 and served in the role until 2011, spending four years as chair of the board. PHOTO SUBMITTED
Dave Walden elected as school trustee for Pemberton WALDEN LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ‘PART OF THE TEAM’ FOLLOWING JAN. 18 VOTE
BY JOEL BARDE DAVE WALDEN has been elected as school trustee for Pemberton following a byelection vote held on Saturday, Jan. 18. Walden received 62 votes. Erica Osburn, who was also running for trustee, received 32 votes. The results are unofficial, with verification coming after press time for Pique, on Jan. 22. Walden said that he was delighted to receive word of his election and looks forward to working with the school board. “I want to be part of the team working to deliver good-quality education to the students of the school district,” said Walden. “I don’t know what’s on [the school board’s] plate right now, I haven’t been privy to that. But I’m sure I’ll find out.” The byelection was called after elected trustee Michelle Butler of Pemberton moved back to New Zealand. A total of 94 votes were cast in the by election, according to unofficial results provided to Pique by School District 48. Though that turnout may be lower than some might desire, Walden said he wasn’t exactly surprised. “It was about what I expected,” he said of the voter turnout. “Byelections aren’t well known for bringing a lot of people out.” The weather, he added, could also have impacted voter turnout. “It was it was quite snowy,” Walden said. “There may have been more coming out if it had not been a snowy day, but [the weather] seemed not to deter 90-odd people from coming out.” This is not Walden’s first time as a
trustee. He won election in 2006 and served in the role until 2011, spending four years as chair of the board. A longtime music teacher, Walden served as vice-principal of Signal Hill Elementary School from the mid 1970s until his retirement. “I’ve been involved with the school district for 53 years now,” he told Pique prior to Saturday’s election, adding that he taught for four years in his native Australia before moving to the Pemberton Valley in 1967. Since his retirement in 2000, Walden has worked as a teacher on call (though he had to give up this role after declaring his candidacy for the trustee race). His educational roots run deep. His father and brother were teachers, and his daughter is a teacher at Pemberton Secondary. “It’s been very gratifying to meet some of my former students and they have told me, ‘Oh yes, Mr. Walden, you got me started in music,” said Walden. He earned a Bachelor of Education degree at UBC and a Masters of Arts degree in education at San Diego State University. Osburn has two children at Signal Hill, where she has been involved with the school’s Parents Advisory Committee (PAC) executive. She has lived in Pemberton for the past 15 years and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of British Columbia (UBC). Walden’s official swearing in will be at the School Board Office on Jan. 29. Following this, Walden will take part in orientation and a celebratory swearing in at the next Board meeting Feb.12. n
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TO SERVE AN DPROTECT The Nature Conservancy of Canada is well on its way to purchasing a large tract of land that follows the Ryan River for over two kilometres. PHOTO SUBMITTED/ NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA
Conservation group to purchase 87-hectare parcel along Ryan River THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA SEES UNDEVELOPED AREA AS CRITICAL ANIMAL HABITAT
BY JOEL BARDE THE NATURE CONSERVANCY of Canada (NCC) is seeking to purchase one of the largest remaining intact, private, land parcels in the Pemberton Valley. The 87-hectare parcel sits around 10 kilometres northwest of Pemberton’s downtown core and follows the Ryan River for over two kilometres, as it courses toward Lillooet Lake. The area serves as a critical refuge for a wide range of wildlife, said Barbara Pryce, the southern Interior program director for the NCC. “We’re really excited about this new project,” said Pryce. The property is home to a coastal western hemlock forest that includes lots of big western redcedars trees and some really incredible old cottonwood complexes, she said. The property is also home to some “really high-quality wetlands,” she added. The Ryan River is known to support coho salmon, as well as rainbow, cutthroat and bull trout. Fundraising for the $1.2-million project is well underway, and has already resulted in securing 95 per cent of that goal. The NCC will be fundraising for the remainder until the end of February. The Ryan River property also lies within the provincially threatened, SquamishLillooet Grizzly Bear Population Unit. Provincial biologists have estimated 59 bears live in this unit, which is a low number for ensuring its long-term health and vitality. Pryce added that black bears, black tailed deer and a “very robust beaver community” also live on the property (“as evidence by the gnawing on the trees”). The land is an important environment for birds. “We think there’s a really good chance that we will find western screech owls there, because they’ve been found right across from the property,” said Pryce,
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adding that cottonwoods are the animal’s “preferred habitat.” Pryce added that the property is close to the Pemberton Wetlands Management Area, adding to its value from an ecological standpoint. The Pemberton Wetlands Management Area has a long-list of birds that frequent the area, including hooded mergansers, great blue herons, western screech owls, short-eared owls, common nighthawks, barn swallows, sandhill cranes, ringnecked ducks, trumpeter swans and turkey vultures, according to the NCC. The conservancy is working on the Ryan River project alongside the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, which seeks to recover grizzly bear populations in the region, as well as the Pemberton Wildlife Association (PWA), a conservation organization with a distinguished history of working in the Pemberton Valley. The NCC began working with these stakeholders when it started on its natural habitat conservation plan for a wider area, known as Fraser West, a geographically diverse area that includes the Pemberton Valley. “We reached out to various individuals or groups that might have expertise in helping us develop science work [related to the conservation plan], and the Pemberton Wildlife Association was one of those partners, along with Coast to Cascades and many others,” said Pryce. The Ryan River project is the first initiative the NCC has worked on in the Pemberton Valley—something Pryce is thrilled about. “It’s the first [project] that we’ve done in the Pemberton Valley area, and we’re just really thrilled to be able to work there,” she said. The PWA is hosting a presentation by the NCC about the Ryan River project on February 11 at the Pemberton & District Community Centre at 7 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome. n
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B.C. remains haven for small, independent resorts MOM-AND-POP OPERATIONS ARE STILL THE ‘BACKBONE’ OF THE PROVINCE’S SKI INDUSTRY
BY JOEL BARDE GIVEN THE trend towards consolidation across North American ski resorts, one might assume that smaller, independent operators here in B.C. are struggling. After all, they don’t have the deep pockets or reciprocal riding agreements that their larger competitors often do. But according to Christopher Nicolson, president and CEO of the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA), smaller resorts in western Canada continue to thrive and effectively serve as “the backbone” of western Canada’s ski industry. The majority of B.C.’s 38 ski areas remain independent, said Nicolson, adding that they play a critical role in developing the sport. “They help create skiers, they support the skiing community, and the actual communities themselves,” he said. In addition to playing an “economic role” in their regions, they also play an important “social role,” he said. “The more rural you get, I would suggest the more fundamental a role the ski areas play within their community and the social fabric.” A key way that Harper Mountain (located about 20 minutes from Kamloops) distinguishes itself is by cultivating a family-
CLEAR SKIES Harper Mountain’s lodge—which
features a wood-burning fire (along with requisite comfort food)—remains one of the intangible draws of the Interior resort. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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friendly vibe, explained Lisa Daburger, who co-owns and operates the mountain with her husband, Norm Daburger. (The couple took Harper over from Norm’s father in 2004.) Daburger said the mountain’s small nature (with its beginner area located right in front of the lodge) is appealing to people who might feel intimidated by larger resorts. “And because we’re not as busy as some of the destination [resorts], we actually end up having some really good powder skiing for a
anything, it affects us positively.” Since 2011, Shames Mountain has operated on a co-op model. General manager Christian Theberge said it has worked brilliantly, though it does come with its own issues. “The challenge in being a small ski area like this, with the co-op model, is we do not have a wealthy owner with deep pockets that we can go to when we have a new project, or some kind of an emergency situation,” explained Theberge.
“And because we’re not as busy as some of the destination [resorts], we actually end up having some really good powder skiing for a lot longer than, you know, noon ... ” - LISA DABURGER
lot longer than, you know, noon,” she said. “We’ll have [powder] for a couple of days.” Of course, skiers in Kamloops also have the option of hitting up Sun Peaks Resort, which offers more modern infrastructure and a much greater selection of runs. But according to Daburger, Harper’s relationship with Sun Peaks is strong and mutually beneficial. “Like any other ski area, they recognize that [the people who frequent Harper] are learning how to ski” and will potentially end up skiing in Sun Peaks one day, she said. Harper, she added, has also benefited from Sun Peaks’ marketing campaigns—“If
The co-op must therefore “pay attention to our budgets and carefully plan for the replacement of our assets.” Shames is currently looking to replace a handle tow with a new covered conveyor lift, he explained. The co-op is raising money through donations from major entities, such as the port authority, LNG Canada and the Northern Development Initiative Trust to fund it. “All of these players together will allow us to put together a $700,000 project, which is installing a new, covered conveyor lift, and of course running power to it,” said Theberge. Walter Bramsleven, general manager of
Mount Timothy Recreation Resort, said the mountain plays a key role in the recreational life of the Cariboo. Bramsleven helped to arrange for the purchase of the resort by the KevLar Development Group after the small resort struggled for years, not opening in the 201819 season. “It’s the largest community recreation centre in the area,” said Bramsleven. “So many families have grown up [skiing] here.” Bramsleven highlighted Mount Timothy’s price point as an attractive feature. “It’s just way more affordable,” he said, in comparing it to other resorts. “We have regular guests from Kamloops, the Okanagan and even from Vancouver that come to our hill because it’s cheaper for them to actually come up and spend a weekend and go skiing for two days than for them to [ski] an afternoon at Sun Peaks or Whistler.” A hotel in Williams Lake or 100 Mile House can be snagged for between $70 and $80 a night, and a lift pass runs about $50, said Bramsleven. “If you have a family of four, you’re paying less than $200 for lift tickets for each day for your whole family,” he said. Nicolson said that he believes that B.C.’s smaller independent ski hills will continue to play an important role in the skiing landscape going forward, and that they promote healthy, family-orientated fun. Theberge of Shames agrees. “The whole family comes up together, skis together, has lunch together, share the poutine and the hot chocolate together,” he said. “It really is a healthy, outdoor, community activity.” n
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Whistlerites discuss the climate fight at both the local and global level DOZENS COME OUT FOR VITAL CAFÉ TALK
BY BRANDON BARRETT LIVING IN A SKI TOWN that both relies on and greatly impacts its surrounding environment, most Whistlerites care deeply about the effects of climate change. And there’s no question that sentiment has only grown stronger as the crisis has worsened and the discussion around our changing climate has intensified in wider society. Dozens of residents crammed into the Community Room at the Whistler Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 16 to discuss what’s being done locally and how they can contribute personally. The climate conversation was guided by seven local panellists invited by the Whistler Community Foundation (formerly the Community Foundation of Whistler) as part of its Vital Café series, which aims to spur discussion on a variety of topics prevalent in the resort. Asked by moderator Libby McKeever to discuss how the climate crisis has impacted Whistler and its economy, councillor and longtime Whistler Blackcomb (WB) environmental guru Arthur De Jong spoke to the adaptability Whistler has as a fourseasons resort. “We have deep resilience but the global economy doesn’t,” he said. “If we go up two, three degrees, the stretch on global resources will put us in a place where we won’t have a housing crisis here because geopolitically we won’t have relevance. “We need to punch well above our weight [in Whistler], and we have and we’re pushing it again.” Pointing to WB weather data dating to 1978, De Jong said that Whistler has consistently seen more snow each decade, and the average winter temperature has increased by 0.5 degrees Celsius in that time. By comparison, summer temperatures have risen by about 2 C. “In science, in such a short window, that is profound,” he said, noting the increased risk of wildfire and drought. “What’s my biggest concern here? It’s not winter,” he added. “The most sustainable thing we can do is not burn this place down in the summer.” Touching on the efforts being made at the local level, Max Kniewasser, the municipality’s climate change coordinator highlighted the expansion of transit, the RMOW’s home-energy assessment program, and its overarching climate plan as a few of the significant initiatives. He was also asked how the community has done to meet its 2020 target of reducing GHG emissions by 30 per cent below 2007 levels. “In short, not that great,” he replied,
adding that the community has reduced emissions by just five per cent. “We essentially have no chance to achieve our targets, but we’re in good company in the sense that almost every resort community has also fallen short.” Asked what the average resident can do to reverse this trend, Kniewasser was clear. “Transport choices,” he said. “The answer is quite simple, really: Take a bike, take transit, carpool, try to avoid taking transport when you can … Choose a smaller vehicle or a hybrid or an electric vehicle.” Former Councillor and waste management specialist Sue Maxwell offered her own suggestions for how the everyday citizen can make a difference: make more conscious decisions about the products you buy and how long you keep them.
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“If we look at reduction, I don’t need eight pairs of skis … Maybe I don’t need a special tree-trimming tool that I can rent from Sabre or borrow it from a friend,” she said, discussing the invisible impact of a wide number of products that come with transport, packaging and other ancillary energy uses that are rarely tracked in full. “[We need to] reduce the amount of stuff we’re consuming. That will reduce our GHG emissions. It’s not going to show up in our municipal tracking at this time … but I think in time we will start to see an accounting of the ‘little backpack’ that comes with the products we use.” Also on the panel was 19-year-old Whistler Secondary School grad and Protect Our Winters member Irie Smith, who was asked how she’s seen the community “wake up” to the threat of climate change. “The two biggest things I’ve seen a change in … is in education and a turn in youth, especially,” she said. “Pushing that on, believing in compost and recycling, youth have a way of pushing their passions and ideas to other people. “Another thing in youth is there is this blind faith and hope—which is what we need. The passion to change the unchangeable … Sticking to what you believe in, even if it is much more expensive or difficult.” n
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(e.g., skiing). As snow lovers, we should understand the massive influence snow exerts on Earth’s climate through its properties of high albedo (reflectivity), insulation, atmospheric cooling, and water-storage— of outsized importance to the planet’s biological, hydrological and nutrientcycling systems. Back in 2007, when the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), released a Global Outlook for Ice and Snow, the extent of Northern Hemisphere snow cover had already decreased 1.3 per cent per decade over 40 years. At the time, climate models projected significant further decreases in snow cover by century’s end, with reductions of 60 to 80 per cent water equivalents in most mid-latitude regions, reduced ice (but increased precipitation) in the Arctic, and rising snowline for many mountain regions. All of this is not only now well underway, but accelerating. Although the importance of snow as an ecological factor was recognized by science early in the 20th century, it wasn’t until the 1950s that the way snow shaped alpine plant communities was analyzed. In the new millennium, experiments explored effects of snow depth and snow-cover duration on plant communities and ecosystem processes. More recently, snow-cover models were applied to ecological issues like nearground temperature regulation. Snow’s high albedo reduces net radiation, and also removes energy from the atmosphere in the form of heat. Thus, snow cover both inhibits soil warming, preventing microbiological activity by keeping temperatures around 0˚C, and insulates, reducing temperature extremes in the under-snow zone known as the subnivean cavity where small mammals like voles, lemmings, and mice remain active and protected from predators. In spring, with higher light levels penetrating thinning snowpacks, plants in the subnivean’s humid snow greenhouse can
start growing weeks before plants covered by deeper snow. Snow can support small animals like birds and small mammals with little trouble, but larger mammals like deer and moose experience critical snow depths above which they can’t move. Thus, snow can both enhance landscape access for certain animals, and inhibit access for others by being too deep or too soft. Snow itself is also a habitat for other lifeforms. The array of organisms found on both seasonal snow cover and in glaciers include ice worms, bacteria, viruses, fungi, diatoms, rotifers, tardigrades, and algae that, with up to 5,000 cells per cubic millimetre, can colour snow red, blue, or green (as you’ve likely seen). Such abundant organic matter in snow reduces its albedo and results in accelerated local melt and nutrient accumulation. On tundra, patchy spring snow cover affects both the breeding of ground-nesting migratory birds and the distribution of plant communities. Plant associations characteristic of hollows where snow accumulates have short growing seasons and are waterlogged after thaw, whereas those on wind-exposed ridges are more drought tolerant. Traditional knowledge of the Eurasian subarctic Saami people describes the influence of snow on vertical distributions of lichen species on mountain birch stems, where one grows exclusively above the winter snow line, another below it. Snow accumulates debris (e.g., seeds), plant nutrients (e.g., nitrogen), and atmospheric pollutants during the winter to be released or redistributed by spring melt; nitrogen release, for instance, results in a flush of moss growth, but in higher concentrations can also have negative effects. Mountain snow cover is a critical source of freshwater, changes to which can have indirect effects such as increased intensity and size of wildfires because of moisture stress on mountain forests, or impacts on anadromous fish like salmon that require high freshwater stream flow for migration to the ocean after hatching. More frequent winter thaws can also affect ecosystems, reducing snow insulation and increasing potential for frost to penetrate into the soil and damage plant roots, or by sparking microbial activity that releases greenhouse gasses at a time when plant uptake of carbon to offset this process cannot happen, leading to increased atmospheric carbon. Impacts to snow cover also apply to agricultural crops. Gradual changes, as well as extreme snow events, can have a strong impact at the start or end of the growing season and change the economic costbenefit of raising certain crops. So, the next time you’re enjoying a big snowfall in the Whistler valley, spare a thought for how important this phenomenon is to everything it touches. Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in connecting the dots. n
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Raven’s first flight PEMBERTON’S RAVEN BACKCOUNTRY FESTIVAL KICKS OFF FEB. 7 WITH ITS HUMBLE frontier roots and ever-evolving community, Pemberton has seen its share of shake ups over the years. Historically derided as Whistler’s northernmost suburb (complete with baby strollers and a daily procession of commuter traffic), one need only dig a little deeper to see what makes this town so special.
BY VINCE SHULEY There’s no lift-accessed skiing (unless you drive south into Whistler to battle with mega resort crowds), so locals looking for fresh tracks tend to rely on their own power. That can be in the form of pure sweat on the skin track, or if you want to really get places, with a snowmobile or helicopter. Add to that a (now slightly) more affordable housing market and you can see why so many amenity migrants, professional skiers and growing Whistler families are choosing to settle there. It was this realization that brought three Pembertonians together with the idea to celebrate the town’s world-class winter recreation opportunities in the form of the Raven Backcountry Festival (RBF). Launching into its inaugural year over
GET OUT THERE Pemberton’s Raven Festival (Feb. 7-8) celebrates backcountry culture in the region. PHOTO BY VINCE SHULEY
two evenings of indoor events and one full day of backcountry clinics, it wasn’t hard to stack the schedule with Pemberton’s community of shredders, artists and adventure companies. “We’re running on fumes in terms of production budget but we’re also incredibly well supported,” says Gus Cormack, a local bed and breakfast operator who teamed up with Blackcomb Helicopters’ Andy Meeker and Broken Boundary Adventures’ Tyler Kraushaur to kick start the festival. “The Pemberton Valley Lodge has stepped up to become the presenting partner for this first year with a cash sponsorship, we really couldn’t have done it without that. Tourism Pemberton gave us some seed funding to help get the marketing and promotion side of it going and we also have awesome sponsorship prizes from Arcteryx and Yeti (Coolers).” The backbone of Pemberton’s winter recreation is its access. With the Hurley to the north, the Duffey Lake Road to the east and Rutherford Creek (one of the access points to the fabled Pemberton Icefield) to the south west, backcountry access routes radiate from the Village of Pemberton like spokes on a wheel. Overseeing it all is the jagged north face of Mount Currie, its couloirs teasing ski mountaineers as they drive through town. All these zones require a laundry list of skills and equipment to gain access, which is where the festival’s clinics shine. “The clinics give people the tools to access the backcountry around Pemberton,” says Cormack. “We wanted to showcase
the different ways people can access the mountains around here so we thought it was important to have a big snowmobile component as well as a heli component. In Pemberton, motorized access definitely gets you through the treeline and up into the glaciated terrain that everyone likes to ski. That’s why you see a sled on every second truck around here in the winter.” On Saturday, Feb. 8, Broken Boundary will be leading snowmobile clinics for all abilities and Extremely Canadian will be guiding clinics for ski touring, splitboarding, heli-access ski touring and crevasse rescue. Almost all clinics will have women-specific groups. While exploration and learning is at the core of the RBF, the two evening events aim to showcase Pemberton’s formidable outdoor winter culture. The welcome event on Friday, Feb. 7 at Big Sky Golf Club will have six local Pemberton presenters; Blake Jorgensen, Tatum Monod, Eric Pehota, Logan Pehota, Kye Petersen and Daryl Treadway. “It’s a really stacked lineup of speakers, but we didn’t really have to scratch the surface to assemble that group of influential athletes and artists in Pemberton,” says Cormack. “It’s really exciting when you start thinking about the festival in subsequent years. There’s a really deep pool of talented, passionate people in this community. Everyone we’ve talked to really wants to be there to support the event.” One of the community initiatives of the RBF is giving financial support to the Lisa Korthals Memorial Bursary, which provides
financial aid to women pursuing a career as a mechanized ski guide. Both Extremely Canadian and Blackcomb Helicopters are donating their staff hours and flight time to raise money for the bursary, as will RBF from any profits on ticket sales and silent auction items. “When we talked about fundraising during the festival it was pretty unanimous when the Lisa Korthals Memorial Bursary came up,” says Cormack. “It’s a great way to support the guiding community and at the same time, give a nod to a legendary Pembertonian.” If you haven’t explored the Pemberton backcountry yet, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. If you haven’t treated yourself to a day of snowmobiling or a heli bump in a while, this is a great way to splurge with some like-minded backcountry enthusiasts. For those who yearn for the good old days of the World Ski and Snowboard Festival with a backcountry spin, the RBF brings it back to the core community without the bloat of massive TV screens and bar parties. You may never look at Pemberton with the same eyes again. For more information on the Raven Backcountry Festival, visit www. tourismpembertonbc.com/ravenfest. Vince Shuley is a longtime fan of the Pemberton backcountry. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. n
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FEATURE STORY Photographer Scott Serfas has captured his fair share of iconic photos over the years, both in the terrain park and Whistler backcountry. Gaetan Chanut (left and middle), and Omar Lundie on the right. All are from the 1990s. Photos by Scott Serfas serfasphoto.com
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Few runs on Whistler Blackcomb (WB) inspire the same type of devotion as the resort’s terrain parks. And really, why would they? including the opening segment of 2016’s Where else can you (if you’re so The Manboys Movie, and features in all inclined/skilled) throw a corked 720 over three Shred Bots films—says he still can’t a perfect, 20-metre kicker with a pitch- resist the allure of the resort’s terrain parks. perfect transition? “I have lived here for six or seven years, Or boardslide a giant S-shaped rail that and probably 95 per cent of the runs [I’ve looks like it belongs in a video game? done] have been through the Blackcomb Or dick around with your friends on the or Whistler park,” he recalls. “I’m not same medium-sized kickers that you’ve hit even exaggerating. I go up there, and 4,000 times before? that’s what I do.” For the past 25 years, the mountain’s terrain parks have grown and evolved with the times, proving to be an outstanding incubator of progress and thrill-seeking— the kind of thing that draws droves of young people to cram into crusty, overpriced double-rooms and live the dream for a season or two…or many more. And when you think about it, what would this town look like without its world- In many ways, Whistler’s first terrain park class terrain parks? was a response to developments that were Over the years, WB’s parks have been already underway at Blackcomb and in the immortalized through magazine and video wider world of snowboarding. coverage, shining a light on some of the Well before merging with Whistler extraordinary riding that’s taken place Mountain in 1997, Blackcomb was an early within them. adopter of snowboarding, and there is a For pro snowboarder Craig McMorris, storied legacy of riders building handWB’s terrain parks were always considered dug guerrilla halfpipes and kickers on the the “holy land” of Canadian snowboarding. mountain predating the construction of a McMorris recalls the first time he and his terrain park. brother Mark (Olympic medallist, all-around Whistler-based photographer Scott shred God) visited the Blackcomb park for the Serfas recalls building jumps around first time, about a dozen years ago. Blackcomb at the time—to the dismay of Growing up in prairie-flat Regina, the ski patrol. boys had ridden some big jumps during “I just remember hitting jumps and getting trips to resorts in Alberta, but their first few in trouble,” says Serfas, who would go on to runs hitting the massive jumps down the become senior photographer for Transworld advance line were special. SNOWboarding (a position he held until 2016) “I just remember that it was like the and capture many of the sport’s most iconic craziest, most groundbreaking experience images. for me and Mark,” recalls McMorris, who, “Ski patrol would always sort of give along with his brother, was a member of you shit—but it got to the point where they the Saskatchewan Snowboard Team at the would say, ‘Make sure someone is watching, time. at least, so you’re not hitting anyone.’” “We always had it in our minds that the According to Brian Finestone, WB’s jumps are built so well that you could do current parks manager, Blackcomb anything and not get hurt,” he says. Mountain always had a more “It was perfect. It was the ultimate place accommodating approach to riders to be.” “enhancing” natural features than Whistler, Years later, McMorris—who has put which banned snowboarders until 1990. out several heavy parts in recent years, “On Whistler, there were some notorious
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patrollers that hunted [jumps] down and smashed them to the ground,” remembers Finestone, who started working for Blackcomb as a lift operator in 1992. At the time, snowboarding was growing by leaps and bounds, and there was clearly a demand for a dedicated place for freestyle riders. But according to local legend Hugh Smythe—who began working as a patroller on Whistler as a fresh-faced teenager in 1966 before helping found Blackcomb Mountain and playing a key role in its merger with Whistler Mountain—the decision to invest in a terrain park was a strategic one. Back then, Whistler was known as a racing mecca, recalls Smythe, having held a series of extremely popular World Cup downhill events. “So what we decided, from a competitive or strategic standpoint, was that we’ll go after some of the other more youthful endeavours, being freestyle and terrainpark snowboarding,” he says. “It was a very strategic marketing decision that we made.” Yet despite Smythe’s vision, Blackcomb’s snowboard park didn’t sit well with everyone. Smythe remembers how he personally experienced “blowback” for the decision to place the park on Choker, a popular run among the mountain’s skiers. “For skiers, snowboarding was new, and they didn’t like having the snowboarders [on one of their preferred trails],” he says. “It wasn’t all roses.”
who was named Blackcomb’s “snowboarder coordinator” in the 1992-93 season. That early park consisted of a “hand-dug halfpipe” that sat just above where the alpine shop currently sits and two jumps at the bottom of Blackcomb’s Catskinner bumps. Osborne, who later became the terrain park supervisor, describes the “snowboarder coordinator” role as a sort of all-encompassing position that allowed him to dedicate his time to growing the sport. “My goal was to basically do everything we could to support the sport, from events, to facilities to instruction to marketing, to everything,” says Osborne. In addition to getting the park up and running, Osborne also oversaw the development of a “ride guide” specifically for snowboarding, which identified all the fun spots around the mountain.
Trial by fire (and ice) The Kokanee Snowboard Park first appeared on the Blackcomb trail map in the 1994-95 winter season. But the park officially launched the year prior, says Stu Osborne,
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STORIED HISTORY (Top left) An early ad for the snowboard park showed ‘snowboard coordinator’ Stu Osborne surrounded by some of the team that built the park. In support of snowboarding, Blackcomb even put out a snowboardspecific riding brouchure (right). Osborne, who played an integral role in establishing the first park, is pictured at the bottom of the Blackcomb halfpipe. Images submitted by Stu Osborne and Brian Finestone.
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In advance of the 1994-95 season, Blackcomb purchased its first pipe dragon, a piece of specialized grooming equipment that could be used to carve out a halfpipe. The purchase, says Osborne, was nothing short of “revolutionary,” making the arduous task of hand-digging a thing of the past. “It created a much more uniform transition and created corduroy after the shaping cut,” explains Osborne. Twenty-five years later, WB now has a dedicated crew of groomers whose sole focus is the terrain parks. With meticulous precision, the highly skilled operators use the machines to dig up and place heavy rails and build massive jumps from a mix of natural and man-made snow. Their abilities are forged through hours upon hours of practice. Steve Petrie holds the distinction of being the Blackcomb park’s first dedicated groomer. In general, the other groomers were not interested in going in the park, recalls Petrie, who began in the 1994-95 season. “I was riding in [the park] with my friends every day, so I was like, ‘Oh ya, I’ll
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work in there and try to make it better.’” Petrie describes those early days of park building as one might expect. Experimentation marked those early years, with the park crew mostly working by the seat of their pants, building as they went through a process of trial and error. “Nobody really knew anything about [terrain] parks,” recalls Petrie. “You could show up one day and there would be like three or four new jumps that no one had ever seen before.” Over the years, Blackcomb’s park grew, expanding to take up all of Choker. “We went from just having that small area on Choker to taking the whole run because the demand was there,” recalls Petrie. “It just seemed to grow and grow every year.” After 11 years with the parks crew, Petrie went on to start Pemberton-based Arena Snowparks, which now builds the lion’s share of WB’s rails, in addition to supplying resorts across North America. Terrain parks, explains Petrie, are an evolving thing, with resorts demanding different types of features from year to year. “Every season, we have no idea what the
orders are going to look like,” says Petrie. “Like last year, it was all fat bars, and then this year, it’s been boxes: boxes, boxes, boxes.”
With their pariah status, skiers had to crash the pipe if they wanted to ride it. “I remember, there would be like five or six guys who would be like, ‘Yeah, let’s do a run through the pipe,’” recalls Finestone. “They would go, ‘3-2-1, go!’ and [drop] in a big train,” snaking all of the snowboarders. “Then they would just kind of hop out the other end and disappear, because if they stuck around, it would often get aggressive.” There were literally “fistfights” on the The beef between skiers and snowboarders decks of the halfpipe, recollects Finestone. in those early days of the terrain park could Osborne also recalls the “tension.” be sizzling hot. In the beginning, the terrain “And I said, ‘You know what, why are park—or, rather, snowboard park—was the we segregating?’ I mean, who was jumping domain of snowboarders, a place where first? they could hit jumps in a controlled area. “The last thing I wanted was for things to Blackcomb, notes Osborne, was explicit go sideways, like it was on Whistler.” about keeping skiers out, with signage that To ease things, Blackcomb quickly put it bluntly: “No skiers allowed.” integrated the park, changing from a According to Finestone, many snowboard park to a terrain park within the snowboarders felt that skiers had a way first couple years of its existence. of ruining the terrain, that they would do Looking back, it’s remarkable how stupid things like ski down the centre of a much things have changed. halfpipe, creating a mogul field that ruined Sure, there may still be the odd riders’ flow. snowboarder with a deep-seated grudge “Whether or not it [actually] happened, against skiers, and vice versa. But for the that was the complaint,” Finestone says. most part, these days, skiers and boarders
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Whistler and Blackcomb’s terrain now serve a wide range of riders, from top pros to groms. The parks offfer a spectrum of terrain, allowing riders to progress at their own pace. Photos submitted/Brian Finestone.
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FEATURE STORY co-exist peacefully. “Yeah, it was a different era,” quips Finestone. “At least at this resort, there is no ‘us’ and ‘them’ … Everyone’s intermingling.”
Best of both worlds In 1998, Whistler got its own terrain park. Taken together, the Blackcomb and Whistler terrain parks offer a handful of lines of varying difficulty, offering up what Finestone calls a “continuum of progression” for riders. “It gives you the opportunity to learn how to jump safely,” he explains. In other words, it gives riders the ability to slowly work their way up through the various grades of jumps—small, medium, large, and (if need be) extra large—gaining more and more control over their skis or board along the way. Though it might be a tad steep for many people’s liking, Blackcomb’s park has the bigger jumps and gnarlier rails. Whistler’s has a mellow pitch that allows riders to flow through fun, mediumsized features. Riders can hit up the Whistler park in the morning and then hop on the Peak 2 Peak to take in some sunny afternoon laps in the Blackcomb park. “A lot of people start on one side, and then bump over to the other, chasing the sun,” says Finestone. McMorris—who, like a lot of pros, uses the features to dial-in tricks for street or backcountry sessions—says there is a “perfect balance” between the two parks. “They really pride themselves on having something that will challenge everybody, no matter who you are,” he adds.
Testing grounds Over the years, the Blackcomb park and its super pipe have served as a training ground for scores of Canadian athletes. Twice a year—in January (before the
X-Games) and at the end of the season—the Blackcomb park hosts training camps for the Canadian national snowboard team. “What is beautiful about it is that it’s not exclusive,” says Finestone. “So we build these features for the national team to train on, but they’re also open for anybody who is a local. “So what we have is the ripple effect of local kids having access to these worldclass training facilities. They may not be part of this elite team, but they’re hitting the same features, and they’re developing and progressing themselves at a rate that we wouldn’t be able to offer if we didn’t have the partnership.” Remarking on the legacy of WB’s terrain parks, Finestone says it’s notable that “this small offering to keep snowboarders out of trouble” managed to morph into “18 Olympic medalling events.” McMorris, who was on the Canadian national team from 2011 to 2014, says there is a direct connection between those national snowboard camps and Canada’s success on the Olympic podium. “You can attest those jumps to winning medals for Canada,” he says. “Max Parrot has been here; he got silver. Mark’s got two bronze. Seb ‘Toots’ [Toutant] got a gold medal in big air. “That’s gold, silver and bronze for guys who have come to these jump camps and ridden these jumps quite a bit.” The level of riding in WB’s terrain parks has gotten to the point where watching an above-average 14-year-old is enough to make your jaw drop—let alone seeing a top pro ride. A trip through either park in the spring, when the transitions soften up in the afternoon and everyone has their tricks dialed, is a thrilling experience, and not just for those hitting the features. There is something profoundly cool about this subset of the skiing and snowboarding population who show such
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dedication, who turn up each day with an unyielding desire for progress. “It’s a place where I can hone my craft and get better at snowboarding, and that’s the most rewarding thing,” remarks McMorris. What’s beautiful is that this is as true for him as it is for anyone else who spends a lot of time riding the park, whether that be a seasonal worker trying to land their first 360 or a weekend warrior wanting to butter a box. Riding the park isn’t about $800 jackets, or riding the same runs with your friends that might be enhanced with some fresh snow. It’s about pushing mental and physical limits (despite the very real possibility that you could injure yourself in the process). Like McMorris, I too remember my first trips through the Whistler park, during an
annual trip my family would make for the World Ski and Snowboard Festival. Fifteen years later, my memories of that time—whether it was hitting specific jumps or airing above the deck of the halfpipe for the first time—stick out in my mind in a way few other experiences do. But perhaps above all, I recall the vibe of the park and the seemingly endless stream of kids with crazy hair and baggy clothes, unified in their shared love for freestyle riding. They were living in the moment, not for some abstract vision of the future. That same vibe is still very much alive today, and we all have WB’s park—and the hundreds of people who have made it a reality (whether that be signing a cheque or pulling a rake)—for making it happen. ■
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would watch the runs of top pros, including Brushie, and re-create them trick for trick—only (way) bigger, or switch. Achenbach filmed some of the sessions from the 1991 and 1992 seasons, and recalls how the editor he was working with (who didn’t know a thing about snowboarding) was stunned with Haackonsen’s dominance. “It was hilarious,” recalls Achenbach. “The editor said, ‘who’s the kid in the Quiksilver shirt … Is he the coach?’ “It was that brutally obvious— even to some guy that knew nothing about snowboarding— that Terje was that far beyond everybody.” Decades later, those sessions remain memorable for Achenbach. “It was insane,” he says. “It was the best ass kicking I’ve seen by anybody in any sport in my life.”
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In search of the Part II—A trail of mechanical failures 46 JANUARY 23, 2020
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE Story and photos by
Tim Morch Last week we read how Tim and his friend Astried Heubner set off from Tha Khaek in Laos on dirt bikes to follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This is famous, of course, as being the network of paths used by the North Vietnamese army to get around the U.S. army during the Vietnam War. Tim and Astried faced plenty of challenges on their backroads journey, not least of which was keeping their bikes going‌read on.
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stried’s clutch cable was on its last strand. Thankfully we found a repair shop and also a guy who said he could help. The cable was short so he tried to jury-rig it, but the clutch would not engage. I tinkered with it to get it going as well while Astried found a shop with a proper cable. We limped over. The boys looked at the crude installation, chuckled, and had the correct cable installed in minutes. I was annoyed and decided to return to the first shop. “Face� is very important in Asia. If you “lose face,� it is over—you are mocked and the situation is rarely resolved. Smile, remain calm, be gently insistent, and things eventually happen. I stood patiently until the first repairman decided to acknowledge me and I explained his cable was too short, as I had said from the outset, and asked for a refund. I would pay for his labour, but not the incorrect part. His wife gave me “stinkeye� while smiling to save face and I smiled and calmly waited until she begrudgingly returned the money. And we were off. Having seen no foreigners for a week or more, we felt overwhelmed by the few dozen Westerners we encountered in Tod Lo. We stayed long enough to hike a steep, muddy jungle track to Tad Soung, a 55-metre waterfall with an endless vista, before striking out for the Bolaven Plateau. Here we found that the ratty roads of yesteryear have been surfaced to service the hydroelectric company and big agriculture that is overtaking traditional farms. Stopping at remote Tayicseua Waterfall, with its thundering falls shrouded in mist, was the perfect anti-tourist tonic and we ended the day in Paksong, the coffee capital of the Bolaven Plateau. Topping up Astried’s brake fluid, keeping in mind her bike’s propensity for breaking down, I requested chain lube as well from the mechanic. But then, as he spun the wheel backwards the drive sprocket flew off! Fortunately, her incredible breakdown luck held, and a new circlip could be installed to keep us going. Pakse is the gateway to the popular 4,000 Islands and a new tire awaited Astried at the dirt bike rental company’s second office. Installed, we headed north to Savannakhet to drop off my Thai visa application and passport. Having a few days on hand, we took blind shots into farms east of town, surprising villagers who rarely see foreigners as we emerged from the fields. Smiles and greetings of Sabai Dii were everywhere.
Visa in hand, we headed east again watching civilization disappear yet adhering to our mantra—“follow the power lines�—which was great, until they stopped. They eventually returned and Kengboum village rose from the dust and there we stopped at a home with a family spanning four generations. They were shocked to see foreigners and the youngest, having never seen a white person, screamed in terror, running into the sarongs of laughing parents. We were treated to sun dried beef, sticky rice and peels of laughter. Bouncing along the track, we eventually reach Villabouly again, and welcome a hot shower—maybe the best of the trip. At the coffee shop, I noticed a westerner at the ATM and asked if he knew the best track to Xai Bua Thong. “Sorry,� he said, “I came in a helicopter, don’t know the roads.� “Do you work for the mine?� I asked. “No, U.S. military. We have two teams in Laos looking for MIAs,� he responded. I was amazed to learn that after all this time, the U.S. military continues to search for fallen servicemen. The best way forward was backward, and across the Xeno River. I asked directions often and we were repeatedly told it was not possible to cross the river. Stopping to ask a group of old men sitting under a tree, they smiled and pointed to a track through the tall grass. At the riverbank, 15 metres below, a raft was tied to a line across the river and a group of smiling kids beckoned. We descended, rolled onto the raft, and the kids, thrilled to have their first Western riders, were eager to demonstrate their English. “Hellohowareyouwhatisyourname� comes out as a single word and I always respond in the same manner: “Hello,� pause, “My name is Tim,� pause, “How are you?� pause,“What is your name?� Wrestling our bikes up the other side, we found a narrow path toward Xai Bua Thong. Before long, Astried had another flat, but a tuktuk magically appeared, loading her bike and driving us to the nearest village. The new tube was installed in minutes, but her bike would not go into gear. Removing the transmission cover exposed a loose spring, which was repositioned. If that had happened in the wilderness, we would have been doomed. We passed tiny Xai Bua Thong before we knew it, ending up in Mahaxai. Two restaurants were out of food, but we found a third and a delicious laab (finely chopped meat) and cold Beer Lao to conclude another awesome day. It was bittersweet though, as we knew tomorrow would be the final day. Back at Tha Khaek, we were greeted like heroes. Mr. Leu, at Wangwang Motorcycle Rental, had the VIP room overlooking the market waiting for us and was busily bragging about our 2,200-kilometre offroad experience on his bikes!
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Nash, Corless slide home with silver WHISTLER LUGE DUO TAKES SECOND AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
BY DAN FALLOON CAITLIN NASH DIDN’T want to settle for being off the podium once again. After finishing fourth in the women’s singles, the Whistler luger—paired with Natalie Corless—once again sat in fourth after the first run of the women’s doubles race at the Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland. The lugers, both 16, steeled themselves, put down the second-best run of all second attempts, and found themselves with a silver medal when all was said and done in the Jan. 18 race at St. Moritz. “After finishing fourth in singles again, I desperately didn’t want another fourth place in doubles,” Nash said. “I definitely had motivation for us to get a medal in the doubles event. We’re really happy with where we finished in doubles and we’re super happy that we could pull off a medal.” In the end, Nash and Corless finished 1.266 seconds back of the German pair of Jessica Degenhardt and Vanessa Schneider while holding off Latvia’s Viktorja Ziedina and Selina Elizabete Zvilna for silver. Nash credited the mindset that she and Corless had going into the second run for their success. “Just being off the podium like that, you just have to shift your focus away from the results and make sure you go down in the
SWEET SILVER Natalie Corless and Caitlin Nash
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best way you can,” she said. “We knew that if we could lay down a good run, we could have a faster time, and we did have a better time in the second run.” The pair left their comeback until a little later, sitting fourth throughout much of the second run before finding speed in between the third interval and the finish line to make the leap into the medals. “It was honestly really crazy,” Corless said, adding that the second run was one of the best runs of the week. “We knew we put down our best runs and we were just really waiting to see if it would be enough to move into a medal position, and it was. It was an awesome feeling to be down there and realizing that we’d be getting a medal.” The duo nearly came home with a second medal in the team relay event on Jan. 20, but once again narrowly missed the podium in fourth. The contest begins with a women’s singles racer, follows with a men’s singles racer, and finishes with a doubles sled. Nine of the 13 teams had a male doubles team, but Nash and Corless’ mixed squad— featuring Canadian Kailey Allan and Italian Alex Gufler—was the top finisher with a women’s doubles anchor. “Everyone on our team had really good runs. Caitlin and I really felt like we pulled our weight even against all the men’s doubles teams,” Corless said. “Although we were just short of the podium, we really did our best.” Added Nash: “We were all really happy with our results and I think it was special being the top women’s sled to finish.” It wasn’t the first time Nash and Corless
had competed in the relay, having lined up during last year’s FIL Junior World Championships. Still, it’s a different feeling from normal competition. “You really have to be on the ball to pull that really fast reaction start. Then there’s the added pressure of a whole team weighing on you,” Corless said.
“I definitely had motivation for us to get a medal in the doubles event.” - CAITLIN NASH
Both competitors enjoyed the track at St. Moritz and have previously had success there. Corless won a youth ‘A’ World Cup race there last season, while Nash, of course, came into the doubles race with her fourth in singles. “It’s honestly one of the smoothest tracks. It’s one of a kind because it’s a natural track with no artificial refrigeration,” Corless said. Away from the track, Corless and Nash participated in an opening ceremony in St. Moritz away from the main host city of Lausanne, which is at the opposite end of the country, though they took part in a live stream of the main event. In addition to hosting all of the sliding
sports, St. Moritz also welcomed speed skating, so Nash and Corless took in some competition away from the track. Given that the luge tour operates separately, both appreciated getting to know their skeleton and monobob cousins a little better. “We’ve met kids from across the world who are around our age and competing in sports like ours, which has been something that not very many people get to experience in their lifetime,” Nash said. “I think we’re really fortunate that we can be here.” The duo will stay in Germany for the next month, training at Oberhof and Konigssee before returning to Oberhof for the Junior World Championships in February, where they will once again compete in the open doubles event. The pair became the first women’s doubles team to race alongside the men in World Cup action here in Whistler in December. Other Whistler-connected athletes were in action at the Youth Olympics. Freestyle Whistler grad Steven Kahnert took an eighth-place finish in the halfpipe on Jan. 21, bouncing back from a 26th-place result in slopestyle on Jan. 20. Snowboarder Juliette Pelchat took a 19th-place finish in slopestyle on Jan. 18. Ski-cross racer Jack Morrow took 13th in the men’s event on Jan. 19 before helping a team of Canadian and Argentinian athletes to 11th in a team ski- and snowboard-cross event on Jan. 21. Lastly, freestyle skier Skye Clarke qualified, but did not start the slopestyle and big air events due to illness. n
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BY DAN FALLOON COOPER BATHGATE COULD very well have been preparing for his Freeride World Tour debut instead of talking about a Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) win, but he’s hoping 2021 will be different. The Whistler Freeride Club graduate narrowly missed out on cracking the top stage for this season, but he maintains he has the resolve to get there next year. “I almost made the world tour last year, so this year, I came in really fired up. I wanted to get it,” he said. “I was in the third and final spot all season, and then on the final day of the season, I got bumped out. It was super last minute.” Bathgate opened the 2020 qualifier season by winning the men’s ski competition at the four-star event in Revelstoke on Jan. 9. Bathgate said the competition atmosphere, for him, was different because instead of attending with his usual crew, he went with friends from work. Several of Bathgate’s friends, including twin brother Jackson, are injured and have been out of action so far this season. “We just filmed all week. It was pretty sweet not really being in a competition mindset,” he said. “We did the comp and it went really well.” Bathgate explained that with foggy conditions, each of the three judges was assigned a section of the course rather than taking in a competitor’s entire run. “It kind of shortens up the venue,” he said. “It’s three separate competition runs within one run. “Each judge is judging just their section, so you have to ski full on top to bottom. If you take it easy in one section, you’re going to be way down.” Bathgate said his approach to competition doesn’t penalize him when competitions are judged in a split manner. “My line fits really well into how they split it, so I get a lot of features in,” he said. Bathgate will compete until he secures a spot on the Freeride World Tour for 2021, which he can accomplish with two more four-star wins, as he’s planning to compete in coming events at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and in Crested Butte, Colo. However, he’ll compete in all five remaining contests if that’s what it takes. “If I need to do ‘em all, I’ll do ‘em all,” he said. “Getting the win is a big confidence booster, so I think I can get two more here and then we’ll see how we go.” Meanwhile, Olivia McNeill also starred in Revelstoke, taking second in the fourstar contest days after winning the two-star event in her first events since injuring her knee over the summer. “I really wanted to get off on a good start, not necessarily send too big, but put down some solid runs I could be confident
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McNeill plans to attend all the four-star FWQ contests this winter save for the New Mexico contest, as she’ll be in Europe at that time. In her first full season on the circuit, she’s looking to land runs and ski well, but if she does well enough to jump a level, she won’t complain. “My goal every year has been to put down runs that I’m really happy about, and honestly, if I put down runs that I ski to the best of my ability, then I don’t really care how I place,” she said. “But ideally, those both could happen and that would be incredible.” n
(4) Method of delivery of your mail ballot package (your choice of the following options) • pick up at the SLRD Administration Office (1350 Aster Street in Pemberton), OR • regular letter mail service through Canada Post to residential address, OR • regular letter mail service through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the mail ballot package; (5) To ensure you receive the correct registration application form in your package, you must indicate whether you are going to be registering as a resident elector or as a non-resident property elector. The SLRD will send out mail ballot packages by regular letter mail service (or have them ready for pick up at the SLRD Administration Office in Pemberton) starting on Wednesday February 5, 2020. To be counted, your completed mail ballot package must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later than 8:00 p.m. on Saturday February 15, 2020 – please see more detailed information at https://www.slrd.bc.ca/byelection regarding how and where to return your completed mail ballot package. Kristen Clark, Chief Election Officer
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Murdoch, Peiffer strong at XC Westerns GROUP LOOKING TO BRING 2023 WORLD JUNIORS TO WHISTLER
BY DAN FALLOON AFTER A SPARSE SCHEDULE to start the season, local cross-country skiers revved up in a big way with the Haywood Western Canada Cup at Whistler Olympic Park from Jan. 17 to 19. The racers made the most of it, bringing home five U20 medals over the course of the weekend in advance of the World Junior/ U23 Championships trials in Mont-Ste.Anne, Que. later this month. Benita Peiffer took first among U20s and second overall in the open women’s sprint heats and was second among U20s and fourth overall in the 15-km free event. Michael Murdoch, meanwhile, was second among U20s and sixth overall in the open men’s sprint heats, second in U20 and sixth overall in the 15-km classic and second in the U20 event and seventh overall in the 15-km free event. Marlie Molinaro was second in the U18 girls’ sprint heats, and 12th in her division in the interval classic race, while leading her BC-1 team to victory in U18 girls’ relay action. Murdoch, who is now attending UBC, appreciated the opportunity to head back home and get in some reps in advance of
TAKING OFF Competitors at the Haywood Western Canada Cup compete in the sprint heats on Jan. 17. PHOTO BY WEISHENG WANG
trials, especially after battling illness earlier this winter. “I started off kind of slow this season, so I wanted to put down some good races before heading out to Mont-Ste.-Anne for World Junior trials,” he said. “I’m excited now that I’m healthy. I’m relaxed a bit more now.
“They’re a stressful race, but going forward, I’ve always been top of the juniors and will hopefully be able to keep that status throughout the week of racing in Quebec.” At Westerns, Murdoch was most proud of his performance in the sprints, considering longer races are more his forte. “Generally, I’m not really a sprinter, but
in the last couple years, I’ve kept it up,” he said. “I made it to the final in open, and I was super surprised and excited to be able to race with those older guys. Those guys are training all year round, so it was pretty exciting to be able to race with them.” Murdoch, who joined the university’s team this year, said it’s been somewhat difficult to find time to train given his academic commitments and the general lack of snow in Vancouver, but he boosted his volume over the Christmas break in order to get caught up. “Over the winter break, I was able to lay down some awesome hours,” he said. “Unfortunately, I got sick later in the Christmas break and I was out for a couple weeks, which sucked, but right before Westerns, I healed up and was able to get some training in.” Murdoch, who is in the Sauder School of Business, enjoys the atmosphere around the Thunderbirds’ recreational team. “They definitely have a focus on school and put cross-country skiing second,” he said. “I’ve been doing the same, but want to keep up my cross-country skiing as much as I can and keep as fit as I can so I can keep up with the best. It’s hard, but I’ve enjoyed it.” Peiffer, meanwhile, also hadn’t done much racing to this point in the season, and
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SPORTS THE SCORE was glad to perform well in one of her first major tests. “I wasn’t feeling super awesome going into the races. I had kind of a slow start to the season,” she said. “Being at home, seeing my family and friends, it was just kind of a fun race surrounded by all my teammates. It was an awesome atmosphere. “There’s not a lot of time to turn things around and get back in shape if you’re not in shape, but definitely mentally, it’s a challenge. Coming out of this weekend, it definitely is a confidence booster knowing that I am in shape and feeling good.” Like Murdoch, Peiffer was proud of her sprint performance, taking the U20 win. “Sprint isn’t always my strong specialty, but I had fun with it,” she said. “It was a great group of girls who are all super strong at sprinting.” That said, Peiffer enjoyed the 15-km skate race as well, as she deployed different tactics throughout the competition
girls’ interval start); Graeme Bowers (13th in U20 men’s interval start and 19th in U20 15-km free); Sean Benson (22nd in U18 boys’ sprints and 30th in U18 boys’ interval start); Trevor Schick (28th in U18 boys’ interval start); Mia Rodger (28th in U14 girls’ interval start); Ryan Clark (30th in U14 boys’ interval start); Graham Benson (32nd in U14 boys’ interval start); Gustave Deseau (33rd in U14 boys’ interval start); Josie Clifford (33rd in U14 girls’ interval start); Sofie Hill (40th in U16 girls’ sprints); and Sophie Firth (42nd in U16 girls’ sprints and 48th in U16 girls’ interval start).
GROUP LOOKING TO BRING WORLD JUNIORS TO WOP IN 2023 Several of Whistler’s young up-and-comers could soon prove their mettle at home on the world’s largest stage. A local organizing committee is
“It’s exciting knowing that we’ll hopefully have some of the best guys around the world here.” - MICHAEL MURDOCH
while chasing national team racer Emily Nishikawa. “She’s a really awesome skier and it was really fun to go out there and chase her and test our ability to keep up with her,” Peiffer said. Peiffer is currently attending the University of Calgary and training as part of the Alberta World Cup Academy, and she is pleased to manage both pursuits, though with its colder climate, it can be more difficult finding safe times to train. “I really enjoy having something else on my plate to keep me kind of busy so I’m not just focusing on skiing,” she said. Molinaro, meanwhile, recently moved from Pemberton to Revelstoke in order to train alongside more athletes her age, which has helped her training. “I’ve only ever trained with older athletes, so now to be able to train with girls my own age, it’s really fun. We push each other,” she said. With conditions varying wildly throughout the weekend, Molinaro was thrilled to start the weekend with a strong sprint result on a bluebird day. “The sprint race was really fun. I was really happy with my results on that day,” she said. “We were focusing on peaking for Westerns, so I was pretty rested going into it.” Sea to Sky Nordics participants on the weekend were: Marin Lowe (sixth in U16 girls’ sprints and 12th in U16 girls’ interval start); Jasper Fleming (seventh in U16 boys’ sprints and 19th in U16 boys’ interval start); Sarah Bowers (ninth in senior women’s interval start); Elliot Holtham (10th in senior men’s interval start and 11th in senior men’s 15-km free); Sierra McBain (13th in U16 girls’ sprints and 20th in U16
looking to bring the FIS World Junior/U23 Championships to Whistler Olympic Park in January 2023. Co-chair Reid Carter said after conducting a feasibility story over the summer, the group felt confident about bringing the 500-plus-athlete event to town and formalized its efforts. “FIS has basically told us it’s ours. It’s not as though we have to compete against Germany or France or something for it,” he said. The committee recently presented to councils in Whistler and Squamish to inform them of the effort. Carter said the committee’s priorities in the near future are to ensure it can secure $1.6 to $1.8-million in funding and that it can fulfil the FIS’ obligations, including providing roughly 10,000 person nights at a maximum set rate of 115 Swiss francs per night. Carter said much of the funding is expected to be secured via grants, adding that using the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance’s STEAM (Sport Tourism Economic Assessment Model), the event is expected to generate between $3 and $5 million in economic activity. Murdoch and Peiffer would be eligible for the U23 division and are enthusiastic about the event potentially coming to their home trails. “It’s exciting knowing that we’ll hopefully have some of the best guys around the world here,” Murdoch said. “That’ll be an amazing goal to set for a few years down the road. I’ll have that in the back of my mind any time I’m training.” “I would be so happy if we brought that to Whistler,” Peiffer added. “We have an awesome facility and I think it’s awesome that it gets put to use.” n
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2020 COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM The Resort Municipality of Whistler will be accepting Community Enrichment Program (CEP) applications from community groups looking for financial assistance for 2020. The application period runs from January 25 until February 15, 2020. The CEP provides funding to not-for-profit organizations or societies based within Whistler that are considered by Council to be contributing to the general interest and advantage of the municipality. The categories include ‘Environment’, ‘Community and Social Sevices’, ‘Recreation and Sport’ and ‘Arts and Culture’. Each interested community group will be required to complete a Grant Application Form and present to Council at a Committee of the Whole Meeting on March 17, 2020. All approved funding will be issued no later than April 30, 2020. Grant Application Forms will be available at www.whistler.ca/cep or at the reception desk of the Whistler Municipal Hall, 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, B.C., Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays. Please submit applications to:
ATTN: Lisa Bast Legislative Services Department Resort Municipality of Whistler 4325 Blackcomb Way Whistler, BC V8E 0X5 Phone: 604-935-8121 Fax: 604-935-8109 Email: corporate@whistler.ca
Completed applications must be received by 4 p.m., February 15, 2020. No late applications will be accepted. Community organizations wanting to learn more about the CEP application and granting process are invited to contact the Legislative Services Department.
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New sponsor for Whistler Cup SPORTS BRIEFS: NEW CAREER BEST FOR ALEXANDER; THREE MEDALS FOR CANADIANS AT NAKISKA; GASKELL PODIUMS IN ITALY Alexis Pinturault and Victor Muffat-Jeandet for the win, while in the slalom on Jan. 19, France’s Clement Noel came in ahead of Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen and Russia’s Alexander Khoroshilov. On the women’s side, Erin Mielzynski skied to a 30th-place finish in the parallel giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy on Jan. 19. Clara Direz of France secured the win while Austria’s Elisa Moerzinger and Italy’s Marta Bassino rounded out the podium. No Canadians completed two runs in the Jan. 18 giant slalom. Italy’s Federica Brignone and Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova tied for the win while American Mikaela Shiffrin was just 0.01 seconds back.
BY DAN FALLOON THE WHISTLER CUP revealed a new naming rights sponsor on Jan. 21. O2E Brands was revealed as the new title sponsor of the race, which will run this year from April 16 to 19. Race director Christine Cogger could not confirm how long the agreement is set to last, though she did call it a “significant relationship.”
ALEXANDER SETS NEW CAREER BEST Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) alumnus Cameron Alexander cracked his first-ever FIS World Cup top-30 at Wengen, Switzerland on Jan. 18. Racing the downhill, Alexander cruised to a 19th-place finish while wearing bib no. 42, coming in 1.57 seconds back of winner Beat Feuz of Switzerland. Italy’s Dominik Paris was second while Germany’s Thomas Dressen took third. “It feels really good to go out today and grab my first World Cup points. It’s definitely a real confidence boost going into the rest of the season and I can’t wait to try
THREE MEDALS FOR CANADIANS AT NAKISKA NEW NAME Canada will look to defend its title at the O2E Brands Whistler Cup this April. FILE PHOTO BY DAN FALLOON
and keep it rolling next week in Kitzbühel,” Alexander said in a release. Other Canadian finishers included Ben Thomsen in 28th, Alexander’s fellow WMSC alum James Crawford in 38th, Jeffrey Read
in 48th and Sam Mulligan in 54th. Canucks failed to complete two runs in the weekends two other races. In the Alpine combined on Jan. 17, Austria’s Matthias Meyer topped Frenchmen
Reece Howden’s first career FIS World Cup win led the Canadian charge during ski-cross action on home soil at Nakiska Ski Area on Jan. 18. Howden shared the podium with fellow Canuck Kevin Drury, who placed second, and Germany’s Daniel Bohnacker in third. “I tried to ski as hard as I could out of the gate on each run and ski better than the people next to me. In the finals, I just treated it like all the other heats of the
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PEIFFER STARTS FWT SEASON IN 11TH Whistler Freeride Club alum Tom Peiffer kicked off the 2020 Freeride World Tour season in the middle of the pack. Peiffer placed 11th in the 23-competitor ski men’s field in the first event of the year at Hakuba, Japan. American Drew Tabke earned the win, topping New Zealand’s Hank Bilous and Sweden’s Reine Barkered.
GASKELL PODIUMS AT SEISER ALM Canadian Elena Gaskell claimed the third FIS World Cup podium appearance of her young career at Seiser Alm, Italy, on Jan. 18. The 18-year-old took a third-place finish in the slopestyle competition, scoring a 79.68 to finish 6.45 points back of winner Caroline Claire of the United States. Norway’s Johanne Killi, meanwhile, was sandwiched between the pair in second place. The only other Canadian on the women’s side, Olivia Asselin, finished in 15th. As for the men, Etienne Geoffroy Gagnon was the top Canadian, posting a solid sixth-place finish. Norway’s Birk Ruud held off Switzerland’s Fabian Boesch and Colby Stevenson of the United States for the victory. Other Canadians in action were: Edouard Therriault (27th); Noah Porter McLennan (28th); and Mark Hendrickson (32nd).
CANADIAN BOBSLEDDERS NARROWLY OFF WORLD CUP PODIUM The Canadian bobsleigh duo of Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski was just out of the medals in IBSF World Cup action at Innsbruck, Austria on Jan. 18. The pair finished 0.26 seconds back of winners Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek of Germany and just 0.04 back of third-place finishers Kaillie Humphries and Sylvia Hoffmann of the United States. Laura Nolte and Erline Nolte of Germany were second. Two other Canadian sleds competed, with Cynthia Appiah and Dawn Edith Richardson Wilson taking 10th and Melissa Lotholz and Janine McCue ending up 15th. On the men’s side, the Justin Kripps-
piloted sled finished fifth in the four-man contest on Jan. 19. The foursome was 0.69 seconds back of the German sled, piloted by Francesco Friedeich, which earned the win. Johannes Lochner’s German team was second, while American Hunter Church slid into third. The top-five was a bounce-back for Kripps, who finished 12th with Benjamin Coakwell in the two-man race on Jan. 18. Friedrich and Thorsten Margis scored the victory, while Great Britain’s Brad Hall and Greg Cackett were second and Germany’s Richard Oelsner and Tobias Schneider wound up third. In skeleton action, meanwhile, Mirela Rahneva posted the best Canadian result of the weekend, taking seventh in the women’s race on Jan. 17, 0.59 seconds back of winner Jacqueline Loelling of Germany. Austria’s Janine Flock took second and American Megan Henry placed third. Other Canadians included North Vancouver’s Jane Channell in 13th and Madison Charney in 17th. The Canadian men struggled, with Kyle Murray and Kevin Boyer taking 23rd and 24th, respectively. Latvia’s Martins Dukurs earned the victory over South Korea’s Sungbin Yun and Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov.
WMSC SKIERS PODIUM TWICE AT PANORAMA Whistler Mountain Ski Club’s (WMSC) competitors scored a pair of medals and nearly had more during four days of FIS racing at Panorama Mountain Resort for Jan. 9 to 12. Both podium appearances came on Day 2, with Julia Ross taking third in the women’s giant slalom and Ryuji Gaman taking third for the men, with WMSC grad and BC Ski Team member Tait Jordan won the latter. Both Ross and Gaman were the top WMSC reps in the Day 1 giant slalom as both took fourth, while Jordan was second among men. In the slalom on Day 3, Alyssa Emery was the top WMSC women’s rep in fifth while Kosuke Akita led the men in ninth. WMSC grad Nathan Romanin won the men’s race while Jordan placed second. In the final day of racing, another slalom, Ross and Gaman once again led the team, taking fifth and seventh, respectively. Romanin and Jordan were again the top two finishers in the men’s contest.
ZEGLINSKI EARNS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINATION Whistler mountain biker Cathy Zeglinski is up for an award at the Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards in March. Zeglinski was nominated for Master Athlete of the Year alongside Sooke track and field athlete Myrtle Acton and Sidney triathlete Keith Evans. Zeglinski won her age division at the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships at Mont Ste. Anne, Que. in August. The awards will be handed out on March 12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. n
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NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY Pursuant to sections 24 and 26 of the Community Charter, Council of the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) intends to dispose of land to the Whistler Sports Legacies Society (WSL) for the development of a new rental apartment building in Cheakamus Crossing. SUBJECT LAND:
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The RMOW would be providing financial assistance to WSL by disposing of the property at less than market value. The transfer of this property to WSL was included in the original planning of the Cheakamus Crossing Neighbourhood, and is required by the Province under the conditions of the Community Land Bank Agreement. Alba Banman Municipal Clerk
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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.
BACK ON TRACK Broderick Thompson is back on snow after a serious knee injury in 2018. PHOTO BY MALCOLM CARMICHAEL/ALPINE CANADA
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confident heading into the 2018-19 FIS World Cup campaign. Coming off two top-20 finishes in the prior season, including an eighth in the Alpine combined in Bormio, Italy, he was regularly skiing on par, or faster, than his teammates and he was eagerly awaiting bombing down the Lake Louise slopes in the lone World Cup on Canadian soil. But it wasn’t to be. While training downhill at Nakiska Ski Area the week before Lake Louise, Thompson crashed at what he estimates was 120 kilometres per hour, suffering a dislocated knee, tore ACL, MCL, LCL, and a completely ruptured patella tendon. “Before I injured myself, I was quite competitive in training, winning a lot of runs, and as it happened, I was like, ‘OK, this is going to be a while until I’m going to ski again,’” he said. “It goes from being on top of the world to planning on what you’re going to do the next day to get better.” The 25-year-old was off snow for more than a year, but recently returned, training at Panorama Mountain Resort for a month before he’ll be reassessed. “It felt like I hadn’t ridden a bike in a year. You wonder if you’re going to be able to keep it upright or if your joints are going to withstand the forces of skiing, because it’s such a foreign thing,” he said. “I can do all the squats I want in the gym but skiing is so foreign to the human body that you have to ski to get better at skiing, and you have to ski to make your body feel normal again. “The first day, I was a little unsure, but as I progressed throughout the day, I began to feel like I hadn’t missed a beat.”
Thompson said he hadn’t been away from snow for more than two months since he was an infant, and credited his doctors and coaches for helping him back to where he is now. “I was spending a lot of time with physios in the gym, five to six days a week for pretty much a year straight,” he said. “I didn’t take very many breaks, so it was a lot of commitment, but it felt like it went by fast because I could see the goal was skiing again. “I feel like I can push it now on snow and I’m excited to start skiing in gates again.” While it was upsetting and frustrating to be away from the sport he loves, Thompson sought to make the most of it, embracing his time at home and spending time with his family. Thompson said as he recovered, he took part in hobbies that he usually reserves only for the offseason, such as woodworking and fishing. “The biggest thing was just having an end goal in mind,” he said. “Being at home all year was all right. I got the best of it. I had an open mind; once I was hurt, I was hurt, so what else was I going to be able to do? “It’s not often you get to be there at Christmas and New Year’s and throughout the whole year.” Thompson said he watched every race in 2018-19, and has caught much of this season’s action as well as his teammates have enjoyed success at the world’s best level. He’s eager to joining them all again next winter. “I’ll probably end up doing a couple race simulations by the end of the season, but not race World Cup until next season,” he said. “I’m focused on getting back, and we’ll see how it goes by the end of the month. The plan is to get strong and get back to where I was before the injury.” n
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How to be successful, according to your future self I CALL UP Squamish-based mountain guide, Julia Niles, on a fun assignment—I’m writing her professional bio for the Arc’teryx athletes page. I’m happy to reconnect with her, after having her as my guide in a climbing clinic two summers ago. After three hours in a workshop, she is the kind of
BY LISA RICHARDSON person who closes with a big hug and says, “let’s go climbing together some time” even though she’s a 5.12 climber and I am … not. Niles is incredibly accomplished professionally. She was the fifth American woman to attain the International Federation Mountain Guides Association certification, and is now an ACMG guide. She did the first female ski descent of the Grand Teton, has climbed El Capitan six times, and made first ascents in South Africa, Wyoming and Canada and first descents of couloirs in the Rockies and the Waddington Range. She’s the first woman to have free-soloed the iconic 13 peak Grand Traverse in the Grand Tetons, alone, in a day. As we start hashing out her bio, she admits, sheepishly, that her last Instagram post was mid-summer, and that when she went to research herself, in preparation for
MOUNTAINS AND MOTHERHOOD “I used to say my previous self would be really disappointed in me now. I don’t believe that any more. But in the first few years after babies, I felt so much loss.” Guide Julia Niles reflects on life in the mountains after motherhood. PHOTO BY LISA RICHARDSON
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this conversation, she discovered that her website has evaporated. She’s working as a guide—heliskiing, teaching ice-climbing clinics, guiding backcountry ski trips to Alaska. Most of her work comes by word-of-mouth—selfpromotion hasn’t been a real priority. She’s studying for a Masters degree in counselling. Now that she has a nine and a six year old, she’s not making the kind of ascents, descents or epic adventures that you put on a resumé—all those resumé-building accomplishments pre-date her kids. “My previous self,” laughs Niles, in her endearing wide-smiling way, “would be really disappointed in me now.” Niles is in the place that most mothers probably recognize, where you feel like a less accomplished version of yourself, professionally diminished by the long hours you’ve shifted into nourishing small human beings, and squeezing your own needs in around the edges. “As young guides, we tend to think that the only accomplishments worth mentioning are in the mountains. It was all that I could see,” she admits, of her younger self. She doesn’t see it that way anymore. “Being a parent is so humbling, it really does give you perspective about what’s important. Motherhood is hard on the ego. But Niles sees it as an evolution. “I grew. I was able to let go of all my identities, even my mountain-guiding identity. At first I felt out of the loop and less of who I was, but then I was also more of who I was—I was nurturing this human being, which was profound. It helped me realize that I am me, no matter what I’m doing. And I think it’s actually a beautiful evolution of what happens in a woman’s life. We have these
shifting priorities. I’m no less of an alpinist. I’m no less of a climber. I’m no less of a skier. I just do it less!” What gives her a sense of accomplishment now is the A grade on the psychology paper she wrote after the kids were in bed, or getting her son to counselling to help him work through the dissolution of her marriage. Clients have become friends she has dinner parties with. Her intuition has kept her groups out of avalanches. Last year, while ski guiding clients in Japan, a woman blew her knee. It was dark, storming, and Niles, who is tall, but slight and lean, hauled her out. “I put together this amazing sled. I put together this amazing splint. I made sure she was comfortable. I gave her all my layers. I wrapped her up, I checked in with her all the time. And hauled her, in extreme physical labour, out of the mountains, and I’m so proud of myself for that. It was a huge success, we did a great job. For me, right now, achievement and accomplishment is just problem solving. You sit there and you take your life, and you say, this is what’s coming at me right now, this is a problem, and we’re going to solve it in the best way we can. It’s just being present in your life.” Those accomplishments don’t fit the six bullet-point formula I’m writing to— and yet, on key levels, they matter even more. It’s the difference between what David Brooks, New York Times opinion columnist and author, calls “resumé virtues versus ‘eulogy virtues’”—the things that matter to the marketplace versus the things that reflect the depth of who you are in your relationships. What would our previous selves say of this turn of events—these shrinking
ambitions, the smallness, the ordinariness of what now feels like success? It doesn’t matter. We are not accountable to those 20-something girls. They were young and gung-ho and they didn’t know what they didn’t know. I love the hustle and hunger of my previous self, who probably thinks that dropping my hours down to 20 hours a week so I can meet my kid at the bus stop shows a terrifying lack of commitment and makes me of dubious market value. I love the intensity of Niles’ previous self, that sustained her as she skied and climbed her way into a profession that did not welcome her, that girl who free-soloed non-stop for 16 hours on a traverse that people have died on, to prove that even with half her left lung missing, she could still do it. But the selves we need at the table, mediating this discussion about our “accomplishments” are the ones yet to come—our 45-year-old selves, our 90-year old selves. I want my future self to feel grateful for the choices I am making right now, for my Nos and Yeses, for flexing in to this realization that I’d rather be a person less-accomplished and less-productive if it grows my ability to be deeply present. It’s not a resumé virtue or even a eulogy virtue. It’s so subtle it barely even rates as a skill, but it might be the single most beautiful, and difficult, quality to cultivate. You only need to spend an hour with Niles to realize, it’s the leadership skill the world needs most. Our future selves know it. We just have to silence our inner hustler for long enough to hear it. The Velocity Project: how to slow the f*&k down and still achieve optimum productivity and life happiness. n
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One of Vancouver’s most lauded chefs has played a crucial role in transforming WB’s on-mountain dining DAVID HAWKSWORTH HOSTS POP-UP LUNCHES AT STEEPS ON FEB. 8 AND MARCH 11
BY BRANDON BARRETT SEVERAL
YEARS AGO, iconic Vancouver chef and restaurateur David Hawksworth was taking a break from skiing on Whistler Mountain when a resort employee handed him a comment card. But rather than fill it out, he simply scrawled his name and phone number on the card with instructions to call him. Being the multi-award-winning, BC Restaurant Hall of Famer that he is, it’s safe to say Hawksworth’s thoughts on the culinary offerings at Whistler Blackcomb (WB) probably hold more weight than the average skier’s. So it was no surprise when Hawksworth got a call from Paul Street, WB’s vice-president of food and beverage, a few days later. “I’ve been lucky enough to ski in Europe, the States and across Canada a little bit, and I just had some ideas and thoughts and feel very passionately about them sometimes,” Hawksworth said. “I think great food and great skiing really go hand in hand, and I just wanted to help.” Hawksworth is now in his fifth year hosting a popular pop-up lunch series at Steeps, and has worked with WB to train chefs at his eponymous Vancouver restaurant, and even consulted on the menus at Steeps and Christine’s, which have since become the two highest-rated restaurants across all of Vail Resorts’ resorts. Hawksworth’s cooking style is defined by its simplicity. He tends to favour rustic, family-style meals made with premium, local ingredients. By his own admission, he’s not reinventing the wheel, just getting back to the foundations of cooking that he honed in Michelin-starred kitchens across Europe. “We’re just trying to find the best products that make the most sense and keep it simple and efficient and let everybody do their job and clear out all that other noise around presentation,” he said. “Obviously,
STEEP SERIES Multi-award-winning BC Restaurant Hall of Famer chef David Hawksworth chats with guests during a recent pop-up lunch at Steeps. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAWKSWORTH COMMUNICATIONS
presentation is extremely important, but it’s about the quality of the product. It all comes together very nicely.” WB—and by extension, Hawksworth— has transformed its on-mountain dining
You look at that Glacier Lodge and you look at how many people go in there and you look at how do you get food there?” he said. “There are a lot of logistical things to figure out and when those doors open and people
“I think great food and great skiing really go hand in hand, and I just wanted to help.” - DAVID HAWKSWORTH
in recent years, challenging the long-held notion that ski food can’t reach the same heights as its fine-dining contemporaries in the valley. Of course, elevating cuisine at such, er, elevation comes with its own distinct set of challenges. “You’re threading a needle. It is tricky.
are hungry, it better be organized.” A long-time avid skier, Hawksworth has contemplated expanding his restaurant empire into Whistler—but not with the resort’s housing and labour shortages still ongoing. “I’d love to do it, but the infrastructure just is not there in Whistler right now.
I know all of the restaurateurs up there and everybody’s complaint is about staff housing,” he said. “Until that gets sorted out, I’m not entering that game.” Following a sellout lunch on Jan. 11, the next instalment in Hawksworth’s pop-up series at Steeps is scheduled for Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. Hawksworth said the menu is still in the developmental stage, but will feature hearty variations on dishes at Vancouver’s Hawksworth and Nightingale restaurants. “We end up doing what would really work for when you’ve just been skiing and you want to warm up. They are dishes we’re very familiar with,” said Hawksworth. Tickets are $68, and typically sell out fast. The season’s final lunch is set for March 14. Advance reservations are strongly recommended by calling 604-905-2379. Visit whistlerblackcomb.com for more information. n
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Whistler Pride and Ski Festival brings the party ANNUAL EVENT RETURNS JAN. 26 TO FEB. 2 AT VENUES AROUND THE RESORT
BY ALYSSA NOEL THE WHISTLER PRIDE and Ski Festival is set to bring a little colour to the dreary month of January. Marking its 29th year in the resort, the festival is running from Jan. 26 to Feb. 2 with skiing and snowboarding, partying, dancing, comedy, and après throughout the week. Pique caught up with the very busy Sunil Sinha, executive festival director, to talk about what’s in store for this year. PIQUE: Event-wise, what’s new this year? SUNIL SINHA: Our parade route has been changed. We are now taking it right directly to the conference centre. We have Lady Bunny as a marshal of the parade. We’re doing a proclamation at the T-dance [after the parade]. It’s free to public for the first hour, so anyone from the parade can come in to the conference centre. We have new talent. For the first time we’re bringing a headliner from the U.K., [DJ/producer] Tom Stephan. We also have Nina Flowers, an androgynous DJ … and we have drag bingo on Friday night, that’s new. It’s by the Rainbow Foundation of Hope. PIQUE: You’re scrapping the cover charge
FEST FUN The Whistler Pride and Ski Festival returns to Whistler from Jan. 26 to Feb. 2. PHOTO BY MIKE CRANE/ TOURISM WHISTLER
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at several events this year. Why did you decide to do that? SS: We totally eliminated a door and coat check charge at the afternoon après. Concept-wise, it’s to keep the community together … We have presenting partners that came in and sponsored the après so we could eliminate the covers. We were able to recover the door charge. PIQUE: When you took over running the festival, you questioned whether to
people his own age who had never skied before from the LGBT community. That fear of why he never went brought him into to a community he never knew existed. [It’s] the impact the fest has on people’s lives. It’s not a big-city event; it’s a destination festival … We’ve got activities you don’t have in the city. And we have been voted—in 2017 and 2018, by the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association—as the No. 1 winter gay destination. That was nice.
“... we have been voted—in 2017 and 2018, by the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association—as the No. 1 winter gay destination. That was nice.” - SUNIL SINHA
continue it, given how much work it is. What ultimately made you decide to carry on with it? SS: What it is, is someone emailed me to volunteer. He noticed our website wasn’t up to date as fast [as it normally is]. He was retired—he had just sold his business. When I met with him he said, ‘I’ve been coming to the festival for four or five years now.’ He’s 53 or 54 and he had never skied before. When he came to the festival and saw we had the free ski- and snowboard-guiding program, he joined one of the green groups and found
PIQUE: If a local is planning to attend Whistler Pride for the first time, what events would you recommend they prioritize this year? SS: I want to encourage locals to come to the parade because it is a Whistler Pride Parade. Any city that hosts a parade knows the locals are the energy, the locals are the spirit. I always find that it’s a proud moment for Whistler. It is the largest gay ski week festival in the world. It’s been the longest-running gay ski week festival the world. There’s a lot
for Whistler and the resident to be proud. We [also] have a lot of local Whistler talent … It’s great, again, for locals to support some of the local talent. As well, Snowball is like an EDM party. The comedy night appeals to people. I really would emphasize the parade and pride T-dance; it’s a Whistler signature event. The mayor does his proclamation at that event. It’s an event where locals can feel so good about what the resort municipality is doing. On Saturday night, we have Lady Bunny at CABN [at the Aava Hotel] doing a cabaret performance. Our comedy night is usually very popular with locals. PIQUE: Where are people coming from this year? SS: No. 1 is Canada. No. 2 is the U.S. Then we get into U.K., Australia. We’re seeing that our average [age] is also coming down. We brought in a youth weekend pass for $99 … for 25 and under. PIQUE: What are you most looking forward to? SS: Snowball for sure. It’s my creative one. Every year we have changed how that event looks. It’s never been repeated in terms of décor and design. When people walk in it’s never the same as the year before. That’s the fun one for me because of the creative concept. The Whistler Pride and Ski Festival runs from Sunday, Jan. 26, to Sunday, Feb. 2. For more information or tickets, visit whistlerpride.com/. n
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SMART ART Cartoonist Lorne Craig created the comic strip Old Growth to help protect B.C. forests. IMAGE BY LORNE CRAIG
Cartoons for a cause ARTS NEWS: COMEDY NIGHT RETURNS FOR PRIDE; CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
BY ALYSSA NOEL VANCOUVER AND Lillooet Lake-based cartoonist Lorne Craig is using art to raise awareness about old-growth logging. Every day in January, Craig has drawn and posted a cartoon strip, aptly called Old Growth, to highlight the looming deadline for the provincial government’s Old Growth Strategic Review. The review includes an online questionnaire for British Columbians to fill out by Jan. 31. “The stats are alarming,” Craig says, in a release. “[Ninety per cent] of B.C.’s valley-bottom old growth is gone. They are cutting down thousand-year-old trees. They’re even logging upstream from the orca rubbing beaches at Robson Bight. I wanted to use whatever might my pen has to get people involved.” The characters in Old Growth include “a capitalist squirrel, a raccoon whose mill job was shut down and a bear who just wants to hibernate,” he continues. You can see all the cartoons at unitoons. ca/oldgrowth. The survey, meanwhile, can be found at /engage.gov.bc.ca/oldgrowth/. “Everyone should make their voices heard,” Craig says. “I can pen a happy ending for my cartoon, but we’re all authors of what happens in the real old growth forests.”
COMEDY NIGHT The Whistler Pride and Ski Festival might be a huge destination event for visitors, but there’s plenty of fun for locals to enjoy too. What’s the one part of the festivities Whistlerites have historically turned out for in droves? Comedy Night. This year, comedian Nicole Byer was
set to take the stage, but had to back out last minute because of a production schedule conflict. Instead, organizers have secured Caroline Reid—better known as Pam Ann— to fill the headlining slot. The Australian comedian and actress has appeared on shows like Project Runway UK and Britain’s Next Top Model. “Caroline did a great job last year and we’re excited to have her back,” says festival director Sunil Sinha, in an email. “And don’t worry—she has assured us that she has more than enough fresh material to take the audience on a hilarious new adventure!” The date, time and venue all remain the same and any tickets or passes that have been purchased are valid. The show is set for Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the Whistler Conference Centre. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 to $125. Get them at whistlerpride.com/events-whistler-prideand-ski-festival/.
CELEBRATE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR The Whistler Public Library is set to host a Lunar New Year Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. Whistler’s Chinese and Korean communities will be there to share Chinese folk dancing, play “yutnori,” a traditional Korean game, and teach some “Wushu” moves. You can also learn more about the 12-year horoscope, pick a red envelope and paper wish, and make your own rat for 2020. The event—which is presented alongside the Whistler Welcome Centre, Whistler Multicultural Network, Whistler and Pemberton Literacy Coalition, and Capilano University—is free with everyone welcome and events for all ages. n
Art After Dark: Youth Repeat Repeat Repeat – Relief Sculpture Fridays | 3:30 – 5:30pm Drawing inspiration from artist Gathie Falk’s sculpture Arsenal, use clay to create a relief sculpture. *Children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult. Adult art workshop will be held January 31 only.
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Micro Exhibition Robert Davidson: Eagle Transformation Mask January 22 – February 6* Robert Davidson’s Eagle Transformation Mask, its accompanying Storage Mask, and three prototypes, provide the viewer with a unique perspective on his creative process in this Micro Exhibition. *Micro exhibition will be closed Saturday, February 1.
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Programs are free for members & with admission Credit: Gathie Falk, Arsenal (detail), 2015, bronze with white patina Audain Art Museum Collection, photo courtesy of Trevor Mills
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No more Mr. Nice Guy (Ritchie) WE’RE DEEP IN THE thick of awards season, a stretch of time where Hollywood is notorious for dumping the movies they don’t have much faith in (a.k.a.: the cinematic doldrums).
BY FEET BANKS The underwhelming Robert Downey Jr. talking-animal flick Dolittle is the perfect example of a standard January let-down, but thankfully the Village 8 is offsetting it with an awards contender: 1917. Sam Mendes’ tale of determination and First World War trench warfare is currently a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars and is definitely worth catching on the big screen. The other horse in the Oscars’ race right now is Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, now
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available to buy (but not rent until Feb. 4) on iTunes, and there are still a lot of people who think Joker will make a late push for the Best Picture statue. Time will tell (the Oscars are slated for Feb. 9). As far as new films, The Gentlemen opens this week, starring Matthew McConaughey as an American ex-pat looking to retire after building an empire selling weed in jolly old London. Cue the murder and mystery as director Guy Ritchie (Aladdin, Snatch) returns to the Brit gangster genre that made him, complete with a time-bending narrative, frantic edits, and a lot of recognizable actors in fast-talking roles (Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Henry Golding, Colin Farrell). While he’s always been a bit of a Tarantino rip-off, Guy Ritchie’s best films had their own unique energy and he used to be able to pull captivating performances out of name-brand actors. This is no longer the case. Using the (ballsy if it works) framing technique of having a character narrate the story from his own potential film screenplay, The Gentlemen does have some decent banter and even lands a few
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jokes. But it’s also a bit cringeworthy in how singular and white Ritchie’s vision of gentrified London is. Racism is played for laughs (fear not, so is homosexuality, bestiality and rape), but if you can get over that and you are a big fan of that classic Guy Ritchie style (because it hasn’t evolved), this one might be worth checking out. That’s a lot of “ifs” though. Also opening, with no pre-screeners (generally not a good sign but becoming more common for horror flicks), The Turning stars Mackenzie Davis (Tully, The Martian) as an unsuspecting nanny who takes the job of watching over two disturbed orphans (including one from Stranger Things) in a super creepy and not surprisingly haunted mansion. The script is based on the classic 1898 ghost story The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James and adapted by the guys who wrote The Conjuring. Italian-Canadian director Floria Sigismondi is running the show—she’s best known for the epic 2010 rock ’n’ roll flick The Runaways, as well as her work on Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. And that
is a good sign; Handmaid’s Tale had a solid, consistent mood, and with Dreamworks’ money behind her, you can probably count on Sigismondi to helm a decent horror flick here. It doesn’t look overly groundbreaking, but don’t let the release date scare you away from The Turning. On the small screen, HBO has The Outsider, a new series based on the novel by Stephen King (who has had his writing adapted for the screen—movies and TV—a stunning 109 times!!!). Jason Bateman (Teen Wolf Too, Dodgeball) produces, stars, and directs what is looking to be an incredible supernatural crime procedural drama that hits the perfect mix of “whodunit?” and “holycrapwhat’shappening?!” There have only been three episodes so far, but this one is a slow burn that sinks the hooks in hard and has strong acting across the board (Cynthia Erivo slays in a private dick/rain woman role). The only thing that sucks about The Outsider is you can’t binge watch; new episodes drop every Sunday. (Remember when all TV used to be like that? Ugh, the stone age.) n
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A BUSY YEAR Isobel MacLaurin speaking during the Legends of Whistler Event—Community Stories, Oct. 26, 2019. PHOTO SUBMITTED
Museum 2019: Year in review BY BRADLEY NICHOLS THIS WAS A HIGHLY successful year for Whistler Museum and Archives Society. The museum continues, with the help of the Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers, to preserve, protect, and interpret Whistler’s history. Over the course of 2019, the museum welcomed 14,410 exhibit visitors. This is an increase of 1,552 people or 12.6 per cent over 2018. In addition to exhibit visits, WMAS attracted a further 905 people to our building through our programs and events. WMAS also held a number of events and programs outside the museum and attracted approximately 9,486 people. In total, the museum provided services to approximately 2,480 individuals. This marks the busiest year in the museum’s history for the fifth year in a row. The museum expanded many of its programs in 2019, including the everpopular Discover Nature program. This program, which ran through July and August in Lost Lake Park, offered a chance for locals and visitors to learn about Whistler’s rich biodiversity through the use of touch tables and face-to-face engagements with our knowledgeable and dedicated interpreters. This year we were able to expand the program an additional day to five days a week, Monday to Friday, and our scheduled nature walks were expanded from June to August and seven days a week. We had another strong year for other events and programs as well, including established favourites like our Valley of Dreams historical walking tours, Speaker Series events, numerous children’s crafts including Crafts in the Park and our annual LEGO competition, and Mountain Bike Heritage Week. The museum continued to develop special exhibitions throughout the year. In 2019, these included Finding a Place: A History of Housing in Whistler and Construction of Whistler Village: 1978-1984. These temporary exhibits
give the museum a chance to explore and present aspects of Whistler’s history that are not part of our permanent exhibit, and to use assets from the museum‘s everexpanding archival and artifact collection. One of the highlights of 2019 was the Legends of Whistler Speakers Series that was hosted in conjunction with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and Whistler Public Library. This threepart event was moderated by Mayor Jack Crompton and featured special guests sharing their own stories and knowledge of Whistler’s history. Speakers included a cross-section of Whistler’s community including former mayors, Olympians, former Whistler and Blackcomb managers, artists, librarians, musicians, and developers. Subjects ranged from development of Whistler Mountain during the 1960s, the design of Whistler Village, the life of a professional athlete in Whistler, Whistler’s cultural sector, and the Whistler and Blackcomb merger. Eldon Beck, the architect of Whistler Village, spoke during one of the events and expressed his thoughts on the events in an email to the museum stating, “It was a oncein-a-lifetime experience for me. I felt an attachment to early Whistler never realized before, very special.” I would like to take a moment to thank our funders and supporters: the RMOW, the Province of British Columbia, the Community Foundation of Whistler, American Friends of Whistler, Canadian Heritage, and our museum members for their continued support over the years. I would also like to say a special thank you to everyone who has visited our exhibits, attended our events, read our Pique column, followed us on social media and otherwise helped spread the word about Whistler’s fascinating people and history. We look forward to seeing you in 2020 (maybe at our first Speaker Series next Wednesday, Jan. 29, where we will screen Pro Patrol, Curtis Petersen’s 1980 short documentary on ski patrol on Whistler Mountain, followed by a talk on changes in ski patrol and mountain safety with Roger McCarthy, Brian Leighton and Bruce Watt). n
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1 PEAK POW When the sun comes out and the alpine opens up. Keat Carl is pictured shredding Whistler Blackcomb’s slopes on Friday, Jan. 17. As of Wednesday, Jan. 22, the resort reported an accumulation of 124 centimetres of snow over the past seven days. PHOTO BY MITCH WINTON, COURTESY OF WHISTLER BLACKCOMB. 2 RUN FOR AUS On Saturday morning, Jan. 18, several members of We Run Whistler—of both the human and canine variety—ran through powder to raise money for the Australian Red Cross. Lululemon Whistler kindly refuelled all who attended while generously matching all donations, raising a total of $600 to help fight the bushfires. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 CONQUERING CANCER WITH CREEKBREAD The four cyclists comprising Team iRide Sea To Sky are pictured at the team’s Ride To Conquer Cancer fundraiser, held at Creekbread Tuesday, Jan. 21. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 BEST IN THE WEST Around 500 athletes from across Western Canada and beyond travelled through true winter conditions for three days of racing at the Haywood Western Canada Cup, held at Whistler Olympic Park and hosted by Callaghan Valley Cross Country this past weekend, Jan. 17 to 19. PHOTO BY WEISHENG WANG. 5 CLIMATE CAFÉ Whistler residents gathered at the Whistler Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 16 for a Vital Cafe discussion on the Climate Crisis, hosted by the Community Foundation of Whistler. Head to page 29 to read more about the event. PHOTO SUBMITTED.
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The Rad Pack makes the most of winter FROM FAMILY APRÈS TO WHISTLER PRIDE, THE LOCAL BAND KEEPS BUSY WHEN THE SNOW FLIES
BY ALYSSA NOEL IF IT HAD BEEN up to Marcus Ramsay, he would be in The McQuaidless Trio. Instead, the band you’ve been able to see at the Family Après all winter, and, of course, at venues around Whistler, is The Rad Pack, featuring Ramsay on vocals and guitar, Radim Kopitz on fiddle, Art Barrientos on bass, and Andrew Crome on drums. “I still refer to us as The McQuaidless Trio…until Kurt returns from music school,” Ramsay says, with a laugh. For the last two years, the group has essentially picked up where The McQuaid Trio left off. That’s because its frontman Kurt McQuaid is in his second year of a twoyear music school program in Nelson, B.C. He’s come back for summers packed with weddings and bar gigs, but when he returns to the Kootenays the remaining musicians transform into The Rad Pack. “I’m pretty sure I’ve convinced him to
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come back. [But when people come back from Nelson] they come back with their crystals and they’re talking about the positive energy there,” Ramsay jokes. In the meantime, The Rad Pack has been buckling down and playing the cold climes of Whistler as part of the Family Après at Whistler Olympic Plaza, which runs every Monday and Wednesday from 3
Kopitz shows up with fingerless gloves and they argue about who gets to play in front of the heater. “I’m the singer, so I like to play the lead singer card and say, ‘I need the heater for my vocal cords,’” Ramsay adds. While they perform the same array of fiddle-driven “good-time bar tunes” and classic rock that they do at indoor venues,
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to 6 p.m. through the winter. “It’s actually a lot of fun, but it’s a bit cold, I won’t lie,” Ramsay says. “The whole crew is friendly and welcoming. Sometimes they do maple taffy in the snow and there’s always hot chocolate … The kids are stoked, the parents are stoked because the kids are stoked. In their eyes, you’re the best because you made the kids happy.” When the temperature dips really low,
they “keep it PG.” “It’s a great time and they really seem to enjoy it,” he adds. With a large-ranging repertoire of cover songs from which to draw, it helps that the band’s members have played together for multiple years in different variations. “For me, Rad, and Drew, who are the core members of The Rad Pack, we’ve been playing together for five or six years now,”
Ramsay says. “Even if a song isn’t in our brains when someone suggests it, usually after a couple strums we can figure it out.” When they’re not busy with The Rad Pack, you can usually find band members playing with any number of local bands or solo musicians. Lately, they’ve worked often with solo musician (and 2019 Whistler Music Search runner-up for) Conor Fitzpatrick. “It’s really cool, it’s a ski town, a party town,” Ramsay says. “There’s tons going on. Even if a gig doesn’t last, a new one pops up.” Alongside the continued gig at après, the group is set to play at CABN, the official lounge set up in the Aava Hotel as part of the Whistler Pride and Ski Festival. The band will play the welcome party on Sunday, Jan. 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. “We did it last year,” Ramsay says. “It was a great time.” Entry to that event is with a festival pass. For more information on that visit whistlerpride.com/events-whistler-prideand-ski-festival. To keep up on The Rad Pack’s other gigs visit facebook.com/The.Rad.Pack. Whistler. n
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION
Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its permanent collection. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. 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 pm optional; welcome song and dinner at 6 pm. 604-967-1281. > 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
COMMUNITY
WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA
Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200 Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. All women, all ability levels welcome. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time. Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre
ACTIVATE AND CONNECT FOR SENIORS 50+
Connect with friends, new and old, through weekly activities. Meet at Whistler Community Services Society. In partnership with Mature Action Community. > 9:30-11 am > Whistler Community Services
DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER
This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers.
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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
DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB
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
PARENTING IN ANOTHER CULTURE: OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS
Join Amanda Walker, a student career facilitator from Capilano University, for a two-part overview of the Canadian post-secondary system. Career and academic options: distance learning, colleges, trades, university; how to choose the best option and apply (including vocabulary to help with scholarships, grants and bursaries) and FAQs. Free. 604-698-5960. > 6-7:30 pm > Whistler Welcome Centre
WHISTLER FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
The Whistler monthly support group is organized by the North Shore Schizophrenia Society for family and friends of those with a mental health challenge. Receive support from others who have been there. No registration is required. > 6:30 pm > Whistler Secondary School
This globe-trotting Irishman brings his musical talents to Whistler, playing songs you can’t help but sing along to. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House
ADAM BAILIE 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
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Adam Bailie is a breath of Canadian fresh air. As a contemporary singer-songwriter, Adam stands out as a cross between acoustic reggae and country soul music. His delivery of rhyme and rhythm is genuine and uniquely his own. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
BAND CAMP
Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at Jam nights make their debut. Free. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
MARC CHARRON
One-man-band on the run, songwriter, world traveller, original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard 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
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
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
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
WHISTLER YOUTH BAND
Let the trumpets sing! The Whistler Youth Band is a beginner band for youth ages 10 and up. Grab an instrument and make music with friends. > 6-7:30 pm > Myrtle Philip Community School
LIVE MUSIC - CONOR FITZPATRICK
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
SPORTS
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-to-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
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Triple J’s Hottest 100 will be streamed live from 100 to number 1, hosted by Dooda and Fidel Cashflow. Free cover for all Aussie’s until 11 pm. 604-935-1152. > 5 pm-2 am > Moe Joe’s
ONGOING & DAILY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WHISTLER MUSEUM 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
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LEAGUE NIGHT
Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME
Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library
FREEBY FRIDAYS
Featuring free live music from Little Earthquakes. You won’t want to miss out on this duo staring Helen Hamilton and Charlie Stenner. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
LADIES’ NIGHT
This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 p.m. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills
Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history. Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum
THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY
Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
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
LAWRENCE MAYER @ ALPINE CAFE
We are lucky enough to have the talented Lawrence Mayer playing for us at the cafe this Friday! Get ready for those soothing acoustic vibes. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe
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FREESTYLE FRIDAYS MUSIC
Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
APRÈS JAMS 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. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum
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WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP
Come and say, “hi” if you are new to Canada and Whistler! Check calendar at www.welcomewhistler.com for full details. Contact info@welcomewhistler.com or 604-698-5960. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library
Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
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
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
WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD
Triathlon-focused swim squads. Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions. Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Nonmembers $8 drop-in (includes entry into Meadow Park). > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre
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! > 3-7 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill
INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub
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
FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB MARC CHARRON
One-man-band on the run, songwriter, world traveller, original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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
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DJ WHITNESS @ ALPINE CAFE
DJ Whitness is back in the house! Bringing you all of those funky fun beats, this Saturday is sure to be an alpine party. Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe
WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
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WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL
> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
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
COMMUNITY
SINGING WITH THE BABIES
Learn songs and rhymes to soothe and entertain baby while encouraging early language development. For kids up to walking age. Free. > 11-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library
LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
Join the library for Whistler’s first Lunar New Year celebration! Whistler’s Chinese and Korean communities invite you to try some traditional activities and learn how they celebrate the Lunar New Year. > 3-5 pm > Whistler Public Library
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
SUPREME SATURDAY
Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s
SEA TO SKY
VISIONARIES GATHERING 2020
Visionaries’ Gathering is an interactive and holistic event that aims to bring people of diverse perspectives and experiences together to reconstruct and heal our relations with the earth, each other, and ourselves. From this reconstruction we intend to co-create and build a community that advocates for the sovereignty of all. 206-829-0512. > 9 am-5 pm > Quest University (Brackendale/ Squamish)
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SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY
Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub
Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge
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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
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LIVE @ BLACK’S
Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
AWARE KIDS NATURE CLUB
These free sessions educate local and visiting youth about all things environmental through fun and interactive activities. Open to all, but mainly intended for kids ages five to 11. All kids must be accompanied by a parent. Free. > 10-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library
MADE IN WHISTLER MARKET AT THE WESTIN RESORT & SPA
The Made In Whistler Market, held at the Westin Spa & Resort on the retail level 1, is a carefully curated collections from artists and artisans from the Sea to Sky area. Find the perfect gift or a wonderful keepsake of your time in Whistler. From 12 to 5 pm. Free. > 12-5 pm > Westin Resort & Spa
ALPHABET SOUP PRESENTS DRAG QUEEN STORYTIME WITH CARLOTTA GURL
Alphabet Soup is delighted to present an afternoon of stories and songs with renowned Vancouver Drag Queen, Carlotta Gurl. This program will be fun for all ages, and everyone is welcome! > 4-5 pm > Whistler Public Library
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
SOUND BATH SANCTUARY
You’re invited to this unique 90-minute sound bath to slow down, rest, and receive healing vibrations while immersing into a soundscape of gongs, crystal singing bowls, Tibetan singing bowls, steel tongue drums, and more. For all event details, go to www. whistlersoundbath.eventbrite.ca. 778-680-5992. > 7-8:30 pm > SPACE
LADIES’ NIGHT
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
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
WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
FIRST NATIONS WINTER FEAST SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB
> 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
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
MARC CHARRON
> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Lawrence Mayer’s gigs are typically very diverse, including a range of contemporary and classic rock musicians with very familiar/upbeat songs. He uses
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DRAG ME TO QUIZ NIGHT
$15 ticket includes quiz night and a dance party after with DJ Foxy Moron. Available on www.showpass.com/ dragmetoquiznight or at the GLC. Carl McDonald a.k.a. Carlotta Gurl hails from Eastern Canada and has been amazing audiences in Vancouver with his incredible and awesome female impersonations of some of the world’s brightest and best performers for the past 15 years. > 8:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)
MUSIC
SUNDAZE WITH DJ NAT MOREL
Spend your Sundays in a heady daze. Head over for DJ Nat Morel’s Brickworks residency, Sundaze, every week for Apres from 3 pm. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House
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The Whistler Pride and Ski Festival is packed with winter-sport, culture, and entertainment. Each day begins with with daily guided ski/snowboarding groups followed by a free festival après skis at the host hotel, and nightly entertainment programming. For more whistlerpride.com/. Whistler
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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
WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD
> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre
GAMES NIGHT EVAN KENNEDY
Evan creates a unique live performance mixing in lesser-known album songs with the songs of today. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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
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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! > 3:30-6:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)
AUSTRALIA DAY 2020
G’day Mates, Whistler’s wildest club night is colliding this year with one of Whistler’s most notorious calendar days. Jan. 26th. At 5 pm, festivities start outside on the patio with a sausage sizzle for all. Music going from 5 pm until 2 am with Fidel Cashflow, Dooda and Steve from accounting. > 5 pm-2 am > Moe Joe’s
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
LOCALS’ SUNDAY SESH
You are invited to party like a local at the locals’ house party. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
SOULFUL SUNDAYS
Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
EVAN KENNEDY
> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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FIRE & ICE SHOW
A free, all-ages night of entertainment. Whistler’s top skiers and riders (including Whistler Blackcomb ski school instructors) spin and twist through a burning hoop. > 7 pm > Skier’s Plaza
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
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SUNDAY FUNDAY
Join the Friends of the Library for fun and games. Bring a friend, play an old favourite or learn a new game, enjoy refreshments, and win prizes! No registration required. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library
Open Mic night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Jenna Mae. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
MOUNTAIN MONDAYS
Moving from funk and disco to banging house and D&B, this KosmiK Konnection DJ takeover will ensure you have the best time. > 7 pm > Longhorn Saloon
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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
FAMILY APRÈS
Sip a hot beverage and enjoy live music, dancing, face painting, hula hooping, characters in costume, balloon twisting animals, arts and crafts, popcorn, cookies, doughnuts, juggling and games—all in the heart of the Village at Whistler Olympic Plaza. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Olympic Plaza
The Crystal Lounge hosts trivia every Monday night! Bring your friends and test your knowledge for a night of fun, laughs, prizes and the chance to “burn your bill.” Conditions apply. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
RECOVERY MONDAYS
Whistlers 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
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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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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This is for the 55-plus community to get together and chat, enjoy coffee/tee, snacks and play cards and board games. Feel free to view the “Whistler Mature Action Community” Facebook page or contact Kathy White at chair@whistlermac.org for more details. > 10 am-noon > Cranked Espresso Bar
WHISTLER’S BLACK BEARS: 2019 IN REVIEW WITH MICHAEL ALLEN
Join local bear expert Michael Allen for an overview of Whistler’s black bear population in 2019. With over 30 years of experience studying Whistler’s bears, Michael will present a detailed and unique picture of our most charismatic omnivores. This event is free to attend, but seating is limited! > 6:30-9 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre
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. 604-932-2979. > 7-9 pm > Myrtle Philip Community Centre
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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 a dynamic live act. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain or shine! Headlamps are mandatory. Free. > 5:55 pm > Outside Creekside Market, Creekside Village
NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO
Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other. These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub
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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
BLACK ‘N’ BLUES
Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
> 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB
Join Whistler Public Library and Armchair Books on the fourth Wednesday of every month for this community book club. Free and open to all. Pick up the book at the library or mention the book club to buy it for 15-percent off at Armchair Books. Free. > Last Wednesday of every month, 7 pm > Whistler Public Library
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 who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre
MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS
Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters. Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side
EVENTS + FESTIVALS
WHISTLER PRIDE AND SKI FESTIVAL MUSIC
Will Ross is a firm favourite on the Whistler scene for his acoustic live-looping and beautifully layered instrument use. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House
KARAOKE NIGHT
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
COMMUNITY
“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
PARENTING IN ANOTHER CULTURE: OVERVIEW OF CANADIAN POSTSECONDARY OPTIONS > 6-7:30 pm > Whistler Welcome Centre
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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> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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
CONOR FITZPATRICK
Belfast busker of the year Conor Fitzpatrick performs at Cranked. Conor plays a mixture of pop, folk, rock and sing-along classics. > 3:30-6:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
SKIITOUR
The moment we have all be waiting for is here! Monster Energy SkiiTour Ap-Rave return to the GLC with a very special guest DJ Dan! > 4-7 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)
QUEER WEDNESDAYS
We reserve the prime family-style table by the Ola Volo mural for our LGBTQ2+ family. Get your game (or gay’m) on. > 5-8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
Join us for a pool game, and wing eating competition starting at 8 p.m., where the winners win a bar tab. Partygoers will also have a chance to win a K2 Snowboard or a Ride snowboard. > 8 pm > Buffalo Bills
JAM NIGHT
Jam night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
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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MONTY BIGGINS LOCALS NIGHT
A Louisiana fairy tale from somewhere over in Rainbow. With a voice that embodies 100 years of music, a finger-style guitar rooted in the Delta, this local legend presents covers new and old in an Americana Roots Swing Style. Free. 604-966-5711. > 6-9 pm > Cure Lounge at Nita Lake Lodge
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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF JANUARY 23 BY ROB BREZSNY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): German writer Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) declared that English writer Lord Byron (1788–1824) was the greatest genius of the 19th century. Here’s an interesting coincidence: Byron regarded Goethe as the greatest genius of the 19th century. I bring this to your attention, Aries, in the hope that it will inspire you to create a similar dynamic in your own life during the coming months. As much as possible, surround yourself with people whom you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening—and who think you are wonderful and interesting and enlivening. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was a renowned German composer who lived most of his life in Germany and Austria. He became so famous and well respected that England’s Cambridge University offered him an honourary degree if he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. (There were no airplanes and Chunnel in those days.) He declined the award. I beg you not to do anything even remotely like that in the coming weeks, Taurus. Please summon the gumption necessary to claim and gather in all you deserve. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you can safely engage with influences that might normally rattle you. You’ll be protected as you wander into the unknown and explore edgy mysteries. Your intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold attempts to solve dilemmas that have previously confounded and frustrated you. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to get a bit wild and exploratory, this is it. CANCER (June 21-July 22): J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) is regarded as one of England’s greatest painters. He’s best known for his luminous and imaginative landscapes. His experimental use of light and colour influenced the Impressionist painters who came after him. But the weird thing is that after his death, many of his works were lost for decades. In 1939, a famed art historian found over 100 of them rolled up like tarpaulins in the basement of an art museum. Let’s apply this event as a metaphor for what’s ahead in your life, Cancerian. I suspect that buried or lost elements of your past will soon be rediscovered and restored. I bet it will be fun and illuminating! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my early adult life, I lived below the poverty line for many years. How did that impact me? Here’s one example: I didn’t own a mattress from ages 23 to 39, but rather slept on a five-centimetre thick foam pad that lay directly on the floor. I’m doing better now, thank you. But my early experiences ensured that I would forever have profound empathy for people who don’t have much money. I hope this will serve as inspiration for you, Leo. The next seven weeks will be the Empathy Building Season for you. The cosmos will reward you if you build your ability to appreciate and understand the pains and joys of other humans. Your compassion will be tonic for both your mental and physical health. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Greek author Theophrastus was a scientist before the concept of “scientist” existed. His writings on botany were influential for hundreds of years after his death. But some of his ideas would be considered unscientific today. For example, he believed that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No modern research suggests that the charms of the flute can literally cure physical ailments like those. But there is a great deal of evidence that music can help relieve pain, reduce anxiety, reduce the side effects of drugs, assist in physical therapy, and even make you smarter. And my reading of the current astrological omens suggests that the therapeutic effects of music will be especially dramatic for you during the next three weeks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Learning to love is difficult, and we pay dearly for it,” wrote the serious and sombre
author Fyodor Dostoevsky. “It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship,” he added. All that’s true, I think. To hone our ability to express tenderness and warmth, even when we’re not at our best, is the most demanding task on Earth. It requires more courage than that of a soldier in the frenzy of battle, as much imagination as a poet, and diligence equal to that of an architect supervising the construction of a massive suspension bridge. And yet on the other hand—contrary to what Dostoevsky believed—sometimes love is mostly fun and inspiring and entertaining and educational. I suspect that the coming weeks will be one of those phases for you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How well do you nurture yourself, dear Scorpio? How diligent are you in providing yourself with the sustenance that ensures your body, mind, and soul will thrive? Are you imaginative in the ways that you keep yourself excited about life? Do you take strong measures to avoid getting attached to mediocre pleasures, even as you consistently hone your focus on the desires that lead you to joy and deep satisfaction? The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to meditate on these questions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Seven books of the Bible’s Old Testament refer to a magical place called Ophir. It was a source of exotic finery and soulful treasures like gold, peacocks, jewels, frankincense, and precious sandalwood. One problem: No one, not even a Biblical scholar, has ever figured out where it was. Zimbabwe? India? Tunisia? Its location is still unknown. I am bringing this to your attention because I suspect that in 2020 there’ll be a good chance you’ll discover and gain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a fount of interesting, evocative resources. For best results, be primed and eager to offer your own skills and riches in exchange for what this fount can provide to you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says it’s crucial for us to have a welldeveloped story about who we are and what we’re doing with our lives. It’s so important, he feels, that it should be the trigger that flings us out of bed every morning. We’ve got to make our story so vivid and interesting that it continually motivates us in every little thing we do. Soderbergh’s counsel is always good to keep in mind, of course, but it will be even more so for you in the coming months. Why? Because your story will be expanding and deepening, and you’ll need to make the necessary adjustments in how you tell your story to yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m a big fan of selfediting. For example, every horoscope I write evolves over the course of at least three drafts. For each book I’ve published, I have written but then thrown away hundreds of pages that I ultimately deemed weren’t good enough to be a part of the finished text. And yet now and then, I have created a poem or song in one rapid swoop. My artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it flows out of me, with no further tinkering needed. I suspect you’re now entering a phase like that, Aquarius. I’m reminded of poet Allen Ginsberg’s operative principle: “first thought, best thought.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Who don’t you want to be, Pisces? Where don’t you want to go? What experiences are not necessary in your drive to become the person you were born to be? I encourage you to ask yourself questions like those in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you can create long-term good fortune for yourself by knowing what you don’t like and don’t need and don’t require. Explore the positive effects of refusal. Wield the power of saying NO so as to liberate yourself from all that’s irrelevant, uninteresting, trivial, and unhealthy. Homework: I’ve gathered all of the long-term, big-picture horoscopes I wrote for you in the past few weeks, and bundled them in one place: https://bit.ly/2020BigPicture.
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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
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Pemberton Writers - Meet with other writers to review and critique monthly. Opportunities for writing in a comfortable and creative setting. Email crowley7@telus.net
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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
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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/
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CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS Donate Used Clothing & Household Goods- To be distributed to local charities by Sharon 604-894-6656 for pick up. 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
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Carpenters Carpenters Helpers Labourers Level 2 First Aid Attendant Please submit resume to: info@evrfinehomes
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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 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
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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
YOUTH ACTIVITIES 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.
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Whistler Children's Chorus Rehearsal - Tuesdays at MILLENNIUM PLACE (4 5:30 pm) contact whistlerchorus@gmail.com
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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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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.
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
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!
Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets Tuesdays AM & PM www.whistler-rotary.org
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
Required Skills and Experience: • Class 2 (w/ Air Brake) License Preferred • Class 4 Unrestricted License accepted (if willing to upgrade) • Training for Class 2 License upgrade available for selected candidates
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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 Millennium - Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782
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Required Skills and Experience: • Customer service skills • Must have booking keeping experience • Microsoft Office proficiency • Ability to multitask with strong attention to detail • Strong customer service and organisation skills • Preferred Candidates should have a class 4 license or be willing to get it
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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.
If you are looking for a new place to call home: • We manifest positive energy • We have a long term and loyal team • We treat you fairly and look out for your wellness • You are listened to • We give you proper breaks and time to set up between services • We offer extended medical benefits • We have potential staff housing at affordable rates • You can enjoy $5.00 cafeteria meals • You have the opportunity to work for other Vida locations in slow season We are here for you. Vida Spa at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler is currently recruiting: REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST (signing bonus RMT only) SPA PRACTITIONER • ESTHETICIANS GUEST SERVICE AGENT To join our unique Vida family, email Bonnie@vidaspas.com Vida Spas - Vancouver & Whistler Live well. Live long. vidaspas.com Thank You for applying Only those considered will be contacted.
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Come Grow Sport with us at our Whistler Olympic Legacy Venues Whistler Athletes’ Centre (High Performance Training and Accommodation) Lodge Attendant Whistler Sliding Centre (Bobsleigh, Luge & Skeleton) Refrigeration Operator Track Worker Whistler Olympic Park (Nordic Skiing, Snowshoeing and Outdoor Activities) Guest Activity Rep Custodian
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Whistler Breakfast Club Meets monthly at 6:45-8:30am at Whistler Chamber office. Offering a chance for business owners to meet and "speed network" with other business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea 2 Sky Corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/whistlerbreakfastclub Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com
FOR SENIORS 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 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. 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.
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & support to people who are interested in making healthier, greener, more peaceful food choices. earthsavewhistler.com Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, info & advice on the best way to green clean your home or work space! Call France 604-698-7479. Free private presentation on request. www.healthylivingwhistler.com Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items. Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@mywss.org Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604- 932-3733 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.
Whistler Chiropractic is looking for a self motivated long-term local with administrative office experience to provide friendly service to our patients. We offer a social, relaxed work environment, flexible hours and chiropractic care for you and your family. The hours are 9:45am to 6:30pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday and some Saturdays. Salary is based on experience. Please email your application to whistlerchiropractic@gmail.com
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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
CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE ASSISTANT
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The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) - Whistler's Natural Voice since 1989. Regular events, project and volunteer opportunities. www.awarewhistler.org info@awarewhistler.org
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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.
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• Instruct Kitchen Helpers and Cooks in preparation, cooking, and presentation of food.
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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COMMUNITY LISTINGS 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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• 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. • Completion of secondary school and 2 years of cook/chef experience
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All season, 30-35 hours per week $24 per hour Language of work is English
Benefits: 4% vacation pay, extended health plan. Start date: As soon as possible.
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.
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 Canadian family owned and operated Boutique Lodge
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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
… and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you!
Address: 108-4557 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Apply by email at whistlernagomisushi@hotmail.co.jp
CHIEF ENGINEER FRONT OFFICE MANAGER SOUS CHEF BANQUET CAPTAIN STEWARD, PASTRY, AM PREP COOK SPA ESTHETICIANS AND RECEPTION SERVER ASSISTANTS & FOOD EXPIDITERS email your resume and expression of interest to: careers@nitalakelodge.com
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.
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Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am- 12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.
Wanted by Long time local Whistler custom Joinery & woodworking shop:
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.
Looking for one experienced & motivated individual with good experience in shop manufacturing & complex site millwork & cabinetry installations for detailed high-end residential architectural projects.
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
Offer a variety of interesting work project, good work / team environment, flexible winter play schedule and competitive wages based on acquired skills and employment potential.
A boutique group events property, gifted by nature and located on 20 private forested acres. Just 10 minutes south of Whistler, but truly a world away.
** Need substantial trade experience or trade certificate to apply for this position
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** Need secured local accommodation to apply The right candidates to Please E-mail resume to mountaindesign@me.com
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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.
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We are currently hiring Full Time Sales Representatives with personality! Please stop by our Whistler Village location with your resume to fill out an application and say Hi to Michelle or Tina. (4154 Village Green)
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SOCIAL SERVICES 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
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Do you want to share in something special this winter? If challenge & fun at work is what you desire, come see us today!
Cooks Hosts Expeditors Barbacks Setters Shift Managers Join us! Go to www.earlswantsyou.com and apply through our site. We will be in touch soon!
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Staff Housing Available! Competitive Wage + Benefits Package This storied restaurant offers a modern taste of Italy and brings a fresh, contemporary style of dining to the mountain. C UR R EN T O P P O R T UN IT IES
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Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101 Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717. www.mywcss.org/food-bank Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101 Meadow Park Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $131.20 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org. North Shore Schizophrenia Society Services for family, friends & community. Mental illness info, support & advocacy. Call Chris Dickenson at 604-966-7334 Pearl's Safe Home - Temporary shelter for women & children experiencing abuse in relationships. Locations in Whistler & Pemberton avail 24/7. All services are free. 1-877- 890-5711 or 604-892-5711 RMOW Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $127.60 municipal recreation credit. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org
We offer year-round full and part-time hours, gratuities, potential for future growth within the company, and an employee discount at all Toptable restaurants.
Sea to Sky WorkBC Centre - Provides free one-stop employment services to job seekers and employers. Services available in Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton & Mt. Currie. For more information, call us: 1-800- 763-1681 or email: centre- squamish@workbc.ca
Please email your resume & cover letter to careers@ilcaminetto.ca
Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101 Victim Services - Assists victims, witnesses, family members or friends directly affected by any criminal act or traumatic event. Call 604-905-1969
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Assistant Housekeeping Supervisor This dynamic role includes the following Perks and Benefits:
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District of Squamish Career Opportunity District of Squamish Career Opportunities Chief Financial Officer in Finance Opportunity at Career the District of Squamish The District of Squamish is seeking a dynamic ChiefFinancial Financial Officer (CFO) Chief Officer individual to provide leadership Finance The CFO will provide leadership to to thethe Finance department, as well as guidance and expertise department, guidance and expertise toto The District ofand Squamish is seeking a dynamic the CAO, Council, senior managers and directors
Please reply with a cover letter and resume to hr@listelhotel.com
senior and leadership directors across individual to provide to themultiple Finance acrossmanagers multiple departments. departments. This position plays a significant department, and guidance and expertise to Manager of Procurement role providing strategic financial advice to The Manager of Procurement is responsible forthe senior managers and directors across multiple managing all aspects of purchasing for the District Chief Administrative Officerplays and to Council. A departments. This position a significant including the development and implementation of Chartered Professional Accountant designation sourcing, contracting and procurement processes. role providing strategic financial advice to the (CPA) is required. Chief Administrative Officer and to Council. A
Thank you for your interest. Only those applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted.
Chartered Professional Accountant designation squamish.ca/job-postings squamish.ca/careers (CPA) is required.
• Extended Benefits • Central Location • A dedicated and supportive management team • A fun team, and fantastic staff events • Wages starting from $21 per hour • $300 signing bonus
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‘We have met the enemy and he is us’ I’D JUST LIKE TO TAKE this opportunity to admit I’m guilty. Don’t feel too smug. You’re guilty too. And you and you and you. All of us. Guilty, guilty, guilty. Unless you’ve lived your life in a cabbage patch—organic, of course—and never gone anywhere, you’re guilty. “Guilty of what?” I hear you cry. Guilty of climate crimes, silly. Complicit in what has been called the climate change crisis. Ouch, that hurt. If you’re uncomfortable bearing your guilt, you can, as one writer recently opined
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BY G.D. MAXWELL in the New York Times, blame it on someone else, notably, “... the rich and powerful (who) have constructed systems that make it nearly impossible to live lightly on the earth.” But really, who is greenwashing whom here? Oh dear, it’s the rich and powerful who made me burn all that gas in my car(s), heat my house to a comfortable, albeit chilly, temperature, get on a plane to go skiing, surfing, sightseeing, blah, blah, blah. Ain’t nothing like a scapegoat when you need one, eh? Blaming someone else for the faults that lie not in our stars but in ourselves is quintessentially human. Biblical even. Etymologically speaking, the term traces its roots back to the Old Testament of Christian mythology. Leviticus (16) if you want to be picky, in which the powerful Guy in the Sky ordered Moses and Aaron to sacrifice two goats each year. The “lucky” goat was put to death. To the second goat, the scapegoat, the High Priest transferred all the sins of the people and cast it into the wilderness to wander forever, burdened by the collective sins of the masses who, sin-free, were free to sin another year. Take that, Harry Potter. Lest this seem ancient and less than relevant to today’s world, take note the alter in every Judeo-Christian church is a contemporary reminder of this practice. Jesus, of course, was the ultimate sacrificial goat, having died for our sins. He wasn’t called the Lamb of God for nothing. (John 1:29) But I digress. Once again, Tiny Town has been offered the chance to embarrass itself by helping scapegoat the oil and gas industry for the sins of climate change. Just before Christmas, council received an offer from the Georgia Straight Alliance and West Coast Environmental Law to join them and other communities to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable—in a monetary sense—for the costs of climate change. They encourage Whistler to explore legal options to recover climate costs, which is to say, sue the producers of the fuels we voluntarily burn.
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While their request was referred to staff, who will report back at a later date, hopefully a much later date, there didn’t seem to be a giddy rush around the council table to jump on this particular bandwagon. Thank you. Asking fossil fuel companies to pay for the costs of climate change strikes me as being similar to asking candy makers to pay for your bariatric surgery after consuming kilos of M&Ms for most of your life. Whether Whistler joins this crusade or not is immaterial although I don’t imagine Happy Jack is anxious to walk down this particular path again any time soon. I’m certain there will be legal action. I’m certain there will be massive paydays for lawyers
But to lay all the blame at the feet of fossil-fuel producers is to absolve each of us of any personal responsibility and let our collective governments who have aided, abetted and urged the production and use of fossil fuels off the hook. The producers may be the pushers but we’re the users and governments are the gatekeepers and enablers. The climate crisis has been a long time in the making and a short time in the understanding, to the extent our understanding of it is very far advanced. While there had been theories about the climatic dangers of manmade pollutants throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it wasn’t until the 1960s the
The producers may be the pushers but we’re the users and governments are the gatekeepers and enablers. on both sides. I’m certain any legal action will be mired in discovery and motions for longer than I’m actuarially likely to live. And I’m sure, at the end of the day, the outcome won’t matter one way or another. Whatever you believe about the climate crisis, we’re only sitting through the coming attractions. The real show has yet to begin. The catastrophes anthropogenic causes of climate change have levelled thus far are only the pointy end of the stick. The main attraction is locked in and will reveal itself with the deft tease of a stripper.
dots began to be connected. It was 1965 when the US Science Advisory Committee produced its report, “Restoring the Quality of Our Environment,” warning about the deleterious effects of burning fossil fuels. It was only 1988 when the World Meteorological Organization established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Sandwiched in between was the 1973 oil crisis. In October of that year, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries declared an embargo against,
among others, Canada and the U.S. because they supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. When the embargo ended, in March 1974, a barrel of oil had gone up in price from—don’t laugh—US$3 to US$12. The price at the pump increased from about $0.38/gallon to $0.55. North Americans went apeshit. There were long lines at open gas stations. Fistfights. Bans on Christmas lights. Really. A hated 55 m.p.h. speed limit on highways in the U.S. An arms buying spree in the Middle East as the result of windfall profits, setting the stage for the quagmire we now have in that part of the world. And, more importantly, a push for oil security that begot fracking, tarsands development and the glut of oil we currently enjoy, accompanied by our climate crisis. Don’t get me wrong. As a species, we need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels... fast! And there is no doubt there are plenty of disreputable players in the fossil-fuel industry, the current over-production melodrama in Alberta being a poster child of greed run amok. But to lay the responsibility for the climate crisis solely at the feet of fossil-fuel producers is fantasy. As Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” They make the gas; we burn the gas. We stop burning it; they stop making it. In the meantime, maybe focus on things we can do locally. I’m tired of writing about them without seeing more businesses close their doors when it’s minus 11° C outside, fewer patio warmers melting adjacent slopes and no reduction in big trucks loaded with big sleds slurping up gas at local stations. Just as an example. Now’s the time. Scapegoating isn’t going to get us there. n
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Remarkable top floor corner suite with two master bedrooms,a den/guest room and huge 14’ X 28’ living space! This 1302 sq.ft. top floor condo is located in the “tower” corner in Pemberton’s beautiful Elements Building, having two private master bedrooms at opposite ends of the suite, each with 4 piece ensuite bathrooms.
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#343 - 4350 Lorimer Road
$699,000
Spectacular views of Blackcomb Mountain and Whistler Celebration Plaza from this top floor 1-bedroom property. Experience the magic of the mountains – you will absolutely love the east facing corner deck and the alpenglow in the evenings. After a day on the slopes enjoy time in the common hot tub then finish your evening curled up inside by the fireplace.
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604.905.6326
7294 Clover Road
$3,995,000
81.6 acre property located in the breath-taking Pemberton Valley, 5 minutes to Pemberton airport and 5 minutes to the Village of Pemberton. Nestled at the foot of the spectacular Mt. Currie, this privated gated property is a one of a kind opportunity to custon-build your dream estate including your horse barn, caretaker’s suite and many more on acreage.
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604.907.2717
6471 Balsam Way
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$2,495,000
This lovely home has 4 bedrooms, large family room and office in addition to the main living/dining room. The yard offers privacy with lots of room to play and garden, is fully irrigated & backs on to green space and a gently flowing creek. Heated floors in the bathrooms, entrance and Kitchen adds another layer of comfort.
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604.932.1315
#301D - 2020 London Lane
$240,000
2 bedroom 2 bathroom Evolution quarter share condo - a corner unit facing the outdoor heated pool and forest. Whistler mountain is on your doorstep, and when not enjoying the slopes, enjoy the modern interior of one of Whistler’s newer complexes. 1 week of owner usage per month can either be used for personal use or revenue gain.
Richard Grenfell
604.902.4260
2300 Brandywine Way
2
$1,549,000
Wonderfully secluded duplex backing onto greenbelt of Whistler Mtn. Tucked away but minutes to Creekside lift and shopping. The home has a 4 bdrm 2 bthrm main and access to the 2 bdrm 1 bthrm suite. Many upgrades completed. Huge lower parking area that could have a garage. Enjoy the privacy and quiet of your hot tub.
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Ted Morden
604.938.3606
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#420 - 4809 Spearhead Drive
$699,900
This beautifully renovated, fourth floor unit is exceptionally maintained and ready for you to utilize the great rental revenues, or make your new home. Heated floors and fireplace are great to come home to after you SKI IN from your day on the slopes, or hop in to the heated outdoor swimming pool and hot tub to unwind.
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604.932.8629
#202 - 4865 Painted Cliff Rd.
$840,000
The owner will have title to 1/2 interest in this fully equipped recreational property. Enjoy this 4 bedroom townhouse on Blackcomb Mountain 25 weeks each year. Park underground right beside the basement entrance for easy loading & unloading and enjoy the 3 decks for outside sunny views on both sides of the building.
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An amazing Rooftop Deck compliments this well designed 4 bedroom home with private pockets for reading or exercise. A separate 2 bdrm suite is ready for revenue. The family room entices movie and game nights while the main living space allows for gourmet dinners and relaxing afternoons on the decks.
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6344 Easy Street
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$2,729,000
#24 - 8400 Ashleigh McIvor Dr. $2,748,000 Imagine rising every morning to the amazing alpine panorama of Whistler & Blackcomb Mountains & then taking in the warm Alpenglow colours from the comfort of your home in the evening. Welcome to 24 Red Sky at Baxter Creek. Featuring floor to ceiling windows, luxurious finishes, gourmet kitchen, media room & double garage.
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#201 - 7350 Crabapple Court
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$439,900
This home features 5 bedrooms, three bathrooms, a den and a broad open main floor plan through the kitchen, dining and living rooms. A revenue suite could easily be added for a nanny, rental or guest separation. With plenty of covered deck space and a huge double car garage, this large lot on the upper side of Whistler Cay is not to be missed.
780 square foot 2 bedroom in Orion, Pemberton’s newest condo development. Great views, private garage, storage, efficient state of the art design and construction, Orion is due to complete in early 2020. Beyond “passive” standard for energy efficiency and a focus on healthy living construction techniques.
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