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Carbon in our atmosphere A nearly three-decade long experiment in Colorado is offering clues to how ecosystems respond to global warming, even as it’s shut down. - By Allen Best
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UNDERSTANDING INJURY RATES
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Freestyle Whistler skier
Trauma Services BC finds that skiing and boarding injury data point to a
Mattheus Heslop looks back on the first Timber Tour of the season at
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Panorama as the team won 17 total medals.
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of Pemberton council goes ahead with a plan to move the welcome-to-
documentary The Fit Generation, which offers inspirational look at aging.
Pemberton sign closer to town.
See it at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Jan. 31.
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MUSIC MAKERS
Andrew Collins Trio return to
others, are making it harder and harder for new ski resorts, such as Jumbo
Whistler to share their music—and the story behind their instruments.
and Garibaldi at Squamish, to be developed.
Catch them at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Feb. 5.
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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS Don’t you hate red tape? This week, we hear about some of the worst
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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week, letter writers give a shoutout for efforts to help those
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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Megan Lalonde comments on the gender equality bias in hockey arguing that the NHL, as hockey’s top tier, has a responsibility to use its significant platform grow the game for everyone.
86 MAXED OUT Skiing or sunbathing? Snow or sand? Max argues there is no debate, skiing vacations
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32 SCIENCE MATTERS If we’re going to tackle the climate crisis, we have to reduce transportation
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emissions, argues David Suzuki. Good public transit can help by weaning us off cars.
33 RANGE ROVER Surf’s up. Leslie Anthony heads to Tofino’s North Chesterman Beach to enjoy winter storms that stay liquid.
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42 TRAVEL Len Rutledge takes us on a tour of Kraków, which offers moving insights into history, as well as postcard-picture perfection in its medieval market square.
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50 FORK IN THE ROAD Take some time to really read the labels of the foods and products that you buy, says Glenda Bartosh. You might be surprised about what you learn and how it could impact your buying.
52 EPICURIOUS There seems to be a surge in food delivery services to your home. This week, we learn about the just-launched MomentAum, which aims to meet your Friday-night cravings for goodness.
56 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW Though the late-January release date doesn’t bode well for new thriller The Rhythm Section, columnist Feet Banks argues that star Blake Lively is an underestimated gem.
58 MUSEUM MUSINGS Since Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. first began hiring staff in 1965, Whistler Mountain has employed thousands of people—this week we learn the stories of a few of the early employees.
62 PIQUECAL The Whistler Pride + Ski Festival concludes this weekend, or head to the library on Tuesday for the latest edition of Armchair Tours, featuring Hailey Elise and Ollie Jones discussing their road trip to Baja, Calif.
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Cutting through the red tape I DON’T KNOW about you, but I can be driven insane by red tape and the seemingly endless steps one has to go through to do everything from adjusting a bill, to something important like adjusting a will. I recently wanted to change something around my cell service and the steps I had to go through with the online chat portal were never-ending, taking over an hour of my time, and then in the end, the email confirmation showed that the request I had made had been ignored and a secondary request was the only thing honoured. It’s a small thing, I know. But it reminded me of the red tape every one
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goes through, including our many small businesses in Whistler, and the frustration levels it can cause. So I had to laugh out loud last week when the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’ (CFIB) annual “Paperweight Awards”
owner’s control that can influence payroll costs. If a business is found to have underestimated their annual payroll, they have to pay the difference with interest. “We can laugh at the absurdity, but these rules are a huge waste of time, money and energy for citizens and small business owners. Most of them also have a pretty clear fix, which we’re suggesting to the governments and agencies responsible,” said Jordi Morgan, CFIB’s vice-president for Atlantic Canada, in the email release. The federal government also got a call out for “Canada’s Labour Market Impact Assessment requirement for businesses applying to the Temporary Foreign Worker program, including costly non-refundable fees, excessively long application forms and a six-to-nine month wait to receive a decision.” This is red tape Whistler can relate to as the business community here, with the Chamber leading the charge, has been trying to create change on this for years now. And I love this one: British Columbia’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s “Community Benefits Agreement” got the nod for forcing employers and employees to comply with 336 pages of
“We can laugh at the absurdity, but these rules are a huge waste of time, money and energy for citizens and small business owners.” - JORDI MORGAN
announcements popped into my email. These awards honour the worst examples of red tape in Canada. And guess what, B.C. took the win for the province’s B.C. Employer’s Health Tax regulation. The Employer Health Tax is especially burdensome to business owners because it forces them to pay quarterly instalments based on estimates of their payroll, not their actual payroll. Local economic conditions, consumer demand and the labour market are all unpredictable factors beyond a business
complex, inflexible union rules, which go as far as outlining what kind of meat and condiments are acceptable in sandwiches.
OTHER FAVOURITES OF MINE ARE: • The Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons and provincial governments, for making it excessively difficult for doctors to move their licences between provinces or travel to provide urgently needed services in provinces experiencing shortages;
• Municipalities across Canada, for outof-date, redundant, and slow business and residential permitting processes. For example, until recently, the permit process in Winnipeg only allowed booking electrical inspections by phone between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m.; • Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Finance, which requires any convenience store selling beer to only accept as many empties returned as bottles sold in the same transaction. Please, governments at all levels, give your heads a shake. We are only a few weeks away from one of my other favourite award lists—this one from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). It hands out the Teddy Awards to call attention to projects that egregiously waste taxpayers’ money. Last year’s list included the City of Vancouver for its “email a tree” initiative. The idea was part of a project meant to highlight local artists. The city posted signs with ID numbers and email addresses on about two dozen trees in the Jericho and Point Grey areas, inviting visitors to get in touch via email. The CTF said five artists were given $10,000 each to respond to those emails “within a week,” acting as the trees. I wonder if the federal government’s Global Affairs Department will be named this year after it was revealed last summer that it had spent $127,000 on crystal glass and stemware since 2016? Could Whistler be named for the $6.7-million Gateway Loop project, which saw $2 million spent on the roof alone? Maybe the proposed $4.5 million public, pavilion-washroom plan will make the list, too? And before you point out that the money is coming from the Resort Municipality Initiative fund paid for by visitors, let’s remember that 40 per cent of visitors are taxpayers from Canada and 28.5 per cent are B.C. taxpayers. All taxpayers to every level of government expect accountability and reasonable decisions to be made about spending our hard-earned dollars. n
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Supporting those fighting the Australian bushfires At Whistler Blackcomb, we’ve been closely monitoring the Australian bushfires and looking for ways we can help. Vail Resorts and the Epic Promise Foundation has provided disaster relief grants to our colleagues at our three resorts in Australia. On Jan. 12, our team at the GLC hosted a Whistler Helps Australia event to raise funds to support relief efforts. Given our connection to Australia through our employees and guests, Australia Day seemed like another perfect opportunity to raise funds. We partnered with the Whistler Fire Rescue Service and on behalf of Whistler Blackcomb, I want to thank them for assisting us with fundraising at Skier’s Plaza on Sunday, Jan 26. Together, we raised $1,766 to support the Australian Fire Services and Australian Red Cross. We appreciate all of the generous donations, including currency from the U.S., Australia and European Union! A big thanks from all of us at Whistler Blackcomb to our guests and our community for making the day a success! Sarah McCullough // Director, Community and Government Relations, Whistler Blackcomb
Drivers need to be responsible I just read your article on ICBC and you are right (Pique, “Car insurance culprits,” Jan 23). Insurance companies have only so much money to spend—the premiums we pay. In regards to winter tires, beyond the Lower Mainland, winter tires are mandatory for the winter months. Making it mandatory in the Lower Mainland, where we normally do not see much snow or ice on the roads, could be an expensive venture for some people. What would happen if ICBC just passed a ruling that if you are driving with regular tires and
get into an accident in the snow or icy roads, then their insurance would be null and void? People need to take responsibility for themselves. If people speed, then no insurance. They could make people more responsible for their own actions. That would help with the bottom line. Arthur Weinstein // Whistler
to the Editor Randi Kruse wrote to Pique Newsmagazine (Jan. 23 issue) urging readers to demand better efforts by Whistler Blackcomb/ Vail Resorts and Whistler’s municipality in our waste management, and to make the sometimes-hard choices by offerIng ethical and sustainable food services, shopping and transport choices for visitors and locals. We can and we must do better. We need to realize our special position as a resort where we can reach millions of people every year and show them we are trying to make a difference in a big way. In reference to another Letter to the Editor in the same Jan. 23 issue of Pique from Ken Achenbach—perhaps some of Ken’s proposed Climate Emergency Tax (CET) could be used to make our buses free for all visitors and locals alike. In addition to hugely reducing local traffic, I imagine our amazing young people, who contribute in a massive way to make this resort work, would love the extra $50 a month a bus pass costs to stay in their pockets. Thanks for all the efforts you as our corporate and municipal leaders are making, and please know that most people want more proven effective local actions on this climate emergency now! Angela Mellor // Whistler
Martin Luther Who? Actions needed now I was prompted to write to Vail Resorts and Whistler’s municipality after reading the Letter
I heard several stories this week about Edge Card holders who drove up to Whistler on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 18 to ski for the day.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Due to the poor weather and high volumes, they endured a very tedious and tricky threehour drive on the Sea to Sky highway. They then had to wait in line for [more than] 30 minutes due to the incessant problems the mountain is having with painfully long and intolerable lift lines. After surviving all of this and finally getting to the RFID gate, these loyal pass-holders were declined access to the hill and told to purchase a day-pass at full price (or go home!). Apparently, Vail Resorts includes Martin Luther King (MLK) Day with Christmas break and the Family Day weekend as a “holiday” during which access is restricted. I am a season’s pass holder (so
this didn’t directly affect me); I am also (obviously) a great admirer of MLK. However, I find it totally unreasonable and insensitive of Vail Resorts to expect local Canadian residents to know when this holiday falls (at least email a notice to these pass-holders) or, for that matter, to restrict access to the mountain on this day. For Canadians, this is just a normal weekend for skiing. Imposing this restriction is just another example of the Americanization of our beloved Whistler Blackcomb and further proof that Vail Resorts is out of touch with the local community and Canadian customs. Fail Vail. Ben Cherniavsky // Vancouver n
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AS OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30 It may be starting to sound repetitive, but this is not a typical season for Whistler or the surrounding Sea-to-Sky region. The season’s dry beginnings have continued to haunt us in the form of deep weaknesses near the bottom of the snowpack. As the region continues to get hammered by storms in 2020, these weaknesses are being buried deeper and deeper, leading to a low-probability, high-consequence situation. They are becoming more difficult to trigger, but any avalanche that slides on one of these layers will be of massive size and consequence. Evidence of this deep persistent slab avalanche problem is not always apparent, but every few days, reports of a new large avalanche reminds us it is not going away, yet. To add a further layer of complexity, another avalanche problem has come into play recently. The constant supply of new snow coupled with mild, windy weather has been a perfect recipe for rapid cornice
growth. When these dense, overhanging ridgetop snow deposits collapse, it’s like a bus falling off the top of a mountain. When there are deep, persistent layers lurking in the slope below, a bus-size load falling on it can have catastrophic consequences. Our main defense tactic is avoidance, both from above and below. Even if you can’t see them, anticipate cornices will be present on the leeward side of sharp ridgetops and peaks. If you’re standing on a ridge, be aware which direction the wind was blowing and keep well back from the edge, as cornices can break off farther back than you’d expect. And be wary of overhead hazard when travelling below a slope that may have a cornice hanging over it. While reactivity may wax and wane as weather conditions change, a cornice problem can be expected to persist through the season. The good news is with storms lined up off the coast, there’s plenty of good powder riding to be had in low-consequence terrain. The big lines will have to wait for another time. n
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Putting the struggle for gender equality on ice I CLEARLY RECALL the first time I realized that, when it comes to sports, girls and boys aren’t considered equals. My brother had just mentioned he wanted to play in the NHL someday. At the time, he and I were both in our first season of organized hockey, playing on the same team—picture a group of wobbly-kneed
BY MEGAN LALONDE five- and six-year-olds wearing Timbits jerseys, attempting to skate with a puck. Naturally, I said I wanted to play in the NHL, too. “Girls aren’t allowed in the NHL!” he retorted incredulously. Just as I began to protest, my dad, as gently as possible, interrupted and said, “He’s kind of right.” Now I was the one who was incredulous. “Why?” I asked. I was already the only girl playing on a boys’ team (keep in mind the entire team was still learning how to read at this point), and saw no reason why I wouldn’t be allowed to do something my brother could. This is where my memory begins blurring, but I remember my dad explaining something about girls not
playing contact hockey—because men are typically bigger, stronger and faster than women, it wouldn’t be safe or fair. I learned there was one woman who’d played in an NHL exhibition game a few years prior, but she was a goalie. From then on, I played with the knowledge that while girls can achieve incredible feats playing high-level hockey, like free university tuition, an Olympic medal or even an induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, no league exists that will make them millionaires or household names. I idolized the women who played for Team Canada, but eventually learned many of them had full-time careers outside of the game, or earned their livings running the hockey schools I attended every summer. The National Women’s Hockey League became the first women’s hockey league to pay its players when it was established in 2015. It shelled out $10,000 to $26,000 to each player, but slashed salaries (in half, according to some reports) the following season in an attempt to keep the league financially viable. The Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL), meanwhile, began paying its players in 2017, during its 11th season. Players received between $1,500 and $7,500, according to a Global News article, while the league operated on a budget of $3.7
million that year—to put it in perspective, the exact amount winger Sven Baertschi will make playing mostly for the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL affiliate this winter. Last year, the six-team CWHL folded, leaving even fewer opportunities for these women. It’s a situation that I’ve always found disheartening. That’s probably why I was so stoked to hear about a new element the NHL introduced this year to its annual All-Star Weekend, held in St. Louis on Jan. 24 and 25. Twenty of the best players in women’s hockey were invited to show off their skills in a 20-minute Elite Women’s 3-on-3 game, with Americans facing off against Canadians (as per usual). Obviously, Canada won. This development came one year after Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in an allstar weekend’s skills competition, filling in for Nathan MacKinnon in the fastest skater contest after he dropped out due to injury. She finished seventh out of eight athletes—just 1.15 seconds behind winner Connor McDavid. I’m definitely not here pushing to make the NHL a co-ed league. But as hockey’s top tier, I believe it has a responsibility to use its significant platform to grow the game for everyone. I’m happy to see the league beginning to do so, and can only hope
that one day, this ever-so-slight increase in exposure results in more opportunity for female players. Hockey isn’t the only sport working towards equality for female athletes in 2020. Earlier this month, the Freeride World Tour announced it’s now awarding female and male athletes equal prize money across all categories, beginning with the season-opening event held in Hakuba, Japan earlier this month. When discussing gender equality in sports, I think athletes, officials and fans can all learn something from basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. The sports world is still reeling after the pair died in a tragic helicopter crash on Sunday. As social media erupted with tributes, a recent video of Bryant telling late-night host Jimmy Kimmel about Gianna’s—or Gigi’s—aspirations to play in the WNBA went viral. “The best part,” Bryant recalled in the interview, was encounters with fans who would approach him and Gigi, saying he and his wife should have a boy to continue his legacy—prompting his daughter to interrupt. “She’s like, ‘Oi, I’ve got this. I’m the legacy. You don’t need no boy for that,” he laughed. “And I’m like, ‘That’s right. Yes, yes you do got this.’” n
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OUR ONLINE CONVERSATION Last week, Pique spoke with several locals to find out how Whistler businesses fared with a slightly slower-than-usual start to the season this year. As many of our Facebook followers expressed in comments below the article, that start may have just as much to do with high prices than with a low snowpack. “…This is the second year I have not bought a 5-Day Edge Card. Pricing is way [too] steep for my budget these days. $180+ depending on the US dollar. Gas, pay parking in the Village, lunch, Aprés cause you have to then the drive back to the city cause the hotel rooms are so steep...”
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I’ve said in the past and I’ll say it again, “snow is the only form of advertising that works for ski resorts.” And you can’t fabricate that.
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What’s wrong with Whistler being a little more quiet?
Locals have less expendable income because the housing crisis has become unmanageable.
185$ for a daily lift pass is a huge turn off for any one who wants to visit for the first time or come back too visit. Between flights shuttles and hotels your strapped.
No snow in a ski resort does that. How odd. Baffled I am. Lol.
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Whistler Mountain has employed thousands of people in the area, some for a season and some for careers that span decades. Like today, one of the challenges facing Lift company employees then could be finding a place to stay while working. Doug Mansell was a superintendent of lift operations for almost two decades. He first moved to Alta Lake at the age of eight with his family in 1945, after his father purchased property on the east side of the lake.
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In this cover feature from 2009 titled “Putting a price on the backcountry,” writer Andrew Mitchell investigates the idea of asking those who go out of bounds and need rescue to pay for the search and rescue services they receive. In general, backcountry groups and even the government have shied away from supporting the idea despite the fact that in the month leading up to the feature’s publication, 15 people died in avalancherelated incidents. We are still weighing the issue today as the allure of the backcountry remains strong. n
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Rate of hospitalization for skirelated injuries up provincewide TREND DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INCREASES IN SKIER NUMBERS
BY JOEL BARDE DESPITE THE widespread adoption of helmets, experts with Trauma Services BC said that analysis of skiing and boarding injuries point to a concerning trend. The stats do not, however, take into account the greater numbers of skiers and boarders visiting B.C. resorts. “[The data is] really just telling us that people are maybe taking a little bit [more] of an extra risk than they should be, and are sustaining more-severe injuries than what we would expect,” said Micheline Wiebe, provincial director of Trauma Services BC. A program of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Trauma Services BC maintains a provincial trauma registry and a burn registry, which contain clinical and demographic information on all trauma patients in B.C. The statistics represent “major injury admissions” from 11 lead trauma hospitals across B.C., including Lions Gate Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital, where serious injuries that occur on Whistler
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and Blackcomb mountains and require hospitalization are typically sent. “When we’re talking about major injuries that required hospitalizations, the most common ones are extremity fractures … internal organ injuries, and spinal cord injuries,” said Wiebe. According to a release from the PHSA, statistics gathered over five years show the rate of hospitalizations for ski and snowboard injuries in B.C. is increasing (though there was an “encouraging” 12-percent drop last winter). In the 2014-15 winter season, 418 people were hospitalized in B.C. with injuries caused by skiing or snowboarding, stated the release. Over the next three winters, the number of injuries steadily increased, peaking in 2017-18 with 573 people requiring hospitalization. (In 2018-19 that number dropped to 503.) According to the BC Coroners office, each year in B.C., there are about 10 deaths from skiing and snowboarding. Males are hospitalized twice as often as females with ski- and snowboard-related injuries. For females, the highest number of hospitalizations occur between the ages of 55 to 59, while for males, the age range is 20 to 24. The PHSA statistics do not, however, factor in the changing number of skiers who are frequenting B.C. resorts. “British Columbia skier visits between 2014-15 and 2018-19 increased by 2.5 million
skier visits, from 4.3 million to 6.8 million,” noted Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) president and CEO Christopher Nicolson, in an email. Nicolson added that safety is the “leading priority” of CWSAA operators, with resorts placing “significant emphasis on safety communication and education programs through ski school and school groups, engaging athletes to promote safe skiing and riding, on-mountain signage, the Alpine Responsibility Code, and online tools such as safety videos.” Locally, Whistler Health Care Centre emergency room physician Clark Lewis said that he has not observed year-toyear increases in major injuries and that overall rates are down this season from the previous one. That said, Lewis added that this year’s early season saw a high number of injuries relative to the number of overall skiers he observed on the mountain. “The ratio of skiers to injuries was extremely high at the start of the season,” said Lewis. “We saw more collisions than normal because nothing was open. “On a powder day, we see lots of ACL tears. When it’s sunny and firm, we see more high-acuity stuff because people ski fast.” However, Marc Riddell, communications director for Whistler Blackcomb (WB), said that the mountain has not seen an uptick in incidents this season—it has remained unchanged from previous years.
“From a WB perspective, I can tell you our guest-incident rate has been consistent the past five years and is, in fact, tracking down this year,” he said. The operator does not, however, track outcomes once a person is taken off the mountain, so Pique was unable to obtain year-to-year figures for hospitalizations of WB riders. Riddell added that “safety is top of mind in everything we do and is one of our strategic priorities as well.” From the information shared with guests upon booking, to arrivals, to grooming and the daily decision on what terrain to open, “safety is baked into everything we do,” said Riddell. When it comes to safety there are, of course, things people can do to improve their chances of getting home safe and sound. Wiebe advised riders and skiers to wear helmets, stay in bounds, and pay attention to their surroundings. “Really look at yielding to the right of way and understanding the rules of the hill,” he said. The PHSA also recommends carrying a whistle, adding the mountain’s emergency number for ski patrol to your cell phone contact list (WB’s is 604-935-5555), and making sure that your equipment is in good condition. The Alpine Responsibility Code can be viewed here: cwsaa.org/policy/alpineresponsibility-code. n
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Jansen reflects on 30-year career
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHEN JAN JANSEN first came to Whistler from Toronto some 30 odd years ago, there were just 2,400 people living in the resort. There was also no Meadow Park Sports Centre, no Whistler Olympic Plaza, and little in the way of summer business. “I actually came out for a 10-day ski vacation, and the intent was to find a job,” recalled Jansen, who is set to retire from his role as general manager of resort experience at the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) next month. “I think I showed up in (then-chief administrative officer) Bill Barratt’s office on day nine, because I was too busy enjoying Whistler, and lo and behold, they were advertising for a parks technician at the time.” The RMOW needed someone to see it through the planning and development of an arena and pool, and Jansen, with experience in facility construction from back east, made a good fit. Three months later, he had his own desk at municipal hall. “Those were obviously really exciting days at the time; it was the construction period for the parks department building, a lot of the destination and the local parks and the various trails, and of course there was all the development of Village North occurring at that time,” Jansen said, adding that the parks team at the time worked out of a trailer in the back of municipal hall. “The medical clinic was where the planning department was, and the library with Joan was where the engineering department was. Municipal hall was a relatively small affair at that time.” And, relative to today at least, so was Whistler. The focus at that time was to bolster summer business, and turn Whistler into a bonafide two-season resort, Jansen said. The arena project ended up representing one of Jansen’s biggest early disappointments (that eventually turned out to be a major success). “When I came on, [we were] trying to determine where to locate the arena and the pool, and the Village North master plan of course included that facility right where we’ve got the Whistler Olympic Plaza right now,” he said. “I remember taking that to council in the very early ‘90s; I started working on that immediately in the late ‘80s when I came, and I think we had a $15-million price tag to build both of those in the village.” The council of the day voted against the proposal—a decision Jansen concedes was the right one—which led to the Meadow Park Sports Centre’s current location just south of Alpine Meadows. The arena was built first, and “we built the pool right after that as a second phase,
and Sharon Audley didn’t have to give swim lessons in her backyard pool over in Nordic Estates anymore,” Jansen said. “I think that was a huge success for the community and I think something that still functions well now, and we continue to add to it.” Jansen’s initial disappointment in not building the facility in the village ended up as a major opportunity for the resort: the space was eventually turned into Celebration Plaza for the 2010 Games, and today represents a lasting legacy that hosts concerts, festivals, ice skating and more. Jansen left his RMOW role for 10 years to work on the Games, serving at various times as director of Whistler venues, project manager of the Whistler Sliding Centre and executive director of Games operations before returning in 2009. In 2011, the RMOW began to focus its efforts on developing a Festivals, Events and Animation program—an initiative that would prove wildly successful in the following years, driving record-breaking visitation and Whistler’s emergence as a four-season resort. “I’m really proud of how the team and everyone has put that together, and we rely on it,” Jansen said. Some of his more recent career highlights include working on Whistler’s Official Community Plan, the purchase of the historic Parkhurst lands along Green Lake, and a land swap deal that added the 44-hectare Prism lands to the municipal portfolio (to name just a few). What stands out about Jansen to chief administrative officer Mike Furey is his deep commitment to the community. “He always put the community’s interest first and foremost, and was always thinking to the long term in terms of what decisions we are making today, how that was going to impact the future,” Furey said, adding that he and Jansen had “one of the best collaborative working relationships” that Furey has known in 33 years of public service. “We really, on quite a regular basis, tackled a lot of tough problems that are facing the community, and more often than not came out with some really creative ideas on how we might move forward.” The general manager of resort experience role will be filled internally on an interim basis, and recruitment for a permanent replacement will begin once Whistler’s new chef administrative officer is in place. For the time being, Jansen plans on enjoying some free time. “I’ll just take it easy for now, and I know that we’ve got a really talented team here, a really capable, passionate team, and things will be left in good hands, so I have no worries in that regard,” he said. “For me it’s been an unbelievable journey, and I feel incredibly fortunate being given the opportunity to play a role in the evolution of the community.” n
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Still no timeline for Whistler cannabis retail MUNICIPALITY FIELDS ‘EXTREMELY HIGH VOLUME’ OF CANNABIS INQUIRIES
BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHILE
CANNABIS retail was considered a 2019 agenda item for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) at the end of 2018, the year came and went with little in the way of public announcements. “If I look back on 2019, I would put housing as our No. 1 priority, and we have focused on that, and a lot of other major infrastructure projects,” said chief administrative officer Mike Furey. “So in terms of not pursuing it in 2019, I think we just had other priorities such as the environment, and responding and getting ready for wildfire mitigation and adaptation and emergency planning, and an array of other areas. “So I think looking back at 2019, it just sort of got overtaken by those.” Whistler prohibited cannabis retail stores from setting up shop via a bylaw update in early 2018. Since then, there has been an “extremely high volume of inquiries” from wouldbe retailers at municipal hall, an RMOW spokesperson said, adding that “staff continue to review the implications and considerations of allowing retail cannabis in Whistler.”
As it stands, there is no specific timeline for the consideration of cannabis retail in the resort. “I think it’s something that we will have more focus on in 2020,” Furey said. Cannabis was one topic of discussion during a recent committee of the whole meeting attended by RCMP Insp. Kara Triance, officer-in-charge for the Sea to Sky, and Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes.
it’s too early to say at this point. Cannabis was just legalized.” And what of those “known locations in town” where people can buy black market drugs, asked Councillor Ralph Forsyth? “We’re working with the Community Safety Unit on the illegal sales of cannabis at shops that we believe are selling cannabis,” Triance said. “We’ve also got some work that we’ve
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“I think having access to cannabis shops is very useful in that we are able to deal with the illegal sales, and the illegal sales are unregulated. I feel like cannabis shops allow us as police officers to do enforcement more clearly and monitor the sales a little bit better,” Triance said, in response to a question about the impact of legal cannabis shops on the black market. “Does it stop the [illegal] sales? I think
done with the municipality locally here, the licensing units, and providing information that we’ve come across in our policing investigations that will hopefully help with the licensing piece of these shops.” At least one prospective cannabis retailer is trying to get out in front of the Whistler application process. Vancouver-based company Eden Empire held a pair of information sessions
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Use of force justified in Whistler RCMP’s arrest of woman, says IIO INTOXICATED WOMAN RESISTED ARREST AFTER IGNORING COMMANDS TO GET OFF BIKE IN PEDESTRIAN ZONE
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE INDEPENDENT Investigations Office of BC (IIO) has ruled that a Whistler RCMP officer was justified in her use of force during the takedown of a woman who ignored commands to get off her bike in a pedestrian zone and resisted arrest. The woman also suffered a broken ankle. According to the ruling released this month by Chief Civilian Director of the IIO, Ronald J. MacDonald, in the early hours of Aug. 17, 2019, the intoxicated woman was repeatedly riding a bicycle past RCMP officers on foot patrol in the pedestrianonly area of Whistler Village. The woman was reportedly cycling at high speed and endangering pedestrians, “riding the bike absolutely wild,” according to one of the attending officers. A male officer decided to stop her, and moved into the middle of the pathway. He yelled at her several times to “Get off the bike,” but the woman ignored the commands and swerved around him. The next time she rode near, the officer said he grabbed her handlebars, told her to get off and that he was seizing the bike. The male officer got into a struggle with the woman, at which point a female officer came over to assist, pulling the woman in one direction, while the male officer pulled the bike in the other. The female officer recalled the woman disregarding several commands to stop and twice riding directly at the officers. The woman was also told she was under arrest and refused to provide identification. By this time, the officer said other intoxicated people on the scene were becoming “hostile” and, concerned the situation might escalate, she decided to handcuff the woman, who resisted physically. In order to get control, the officer said she used a hip toss/tripping manoeuvre to take the woman to the ground. After being handcuffed, the woman complained of pain in her ankle. She was later diagnosed with a fracture, and said she was “pushed and hurried” at the detachment by the male officer who had arrested her. She claimed it was 20 minutes after being lodged in cells that an officer brought her an ice pack. At the woman’s request, police called her an ambulance when she was released in the morning. In the woman’s account of the incident, she acknowledged hearing someone telling her to slow down, but said she could not operate the brakes, as she was not familiar with the borrowed bike. She claimed she
was told, “You are going down” and “We will break your leg.” She remembered being taken to the ground and thought she had been tasered before being handcuffed. She also admitted to being “really drunk” at the time. A civilian witness, one of three who spoke to investigators, said he saw a female who appeared “drunk” riding a mountain bike around the square, who “might have” resisted and pulled away from officers’ attempts to secure the bike. He said the female officer grabbed the woman by the neck or shoulder area and took her to the ground. He said he did not hear any threats made by the officers. A different witness described the incident similarly, except that he recalled there being at least five officers on top of the woman when she was taken to the ground. He considered it a case of “police brutality.” Another witness also recalled “four or five” officers running at the woman and tackling her. He said he heard one officer say, “If you don’t come off, I will break your leg.” He considered the officers’ actions “an abuse of power.” In his ruling, MacDonald said a threat to break the woman’s leg “would be troubling if it appeared reliable,” but that given that two of the witnesses were “clearly intoxicated at the time,” along with one suffering from a concussion stemming from a separate altercation earlier in the night, their recollection was placed in doubt. The accuracy of these witnesses’ account was further questioned by the fact they described four or five officers taking the woman down, rather than just two. The other witness appeared to provide investigators with a more accurate account, MacDonald wrote, and he did not recall any threat being made. According to the ruling, the officers acted lawfully in their attempts to stop the woman from riding a bike around the pedestrian zone. “There is no ambiguity in the evidence on this point, and [the woman] acknowledges having been told to stop,” MacDonald wrote. He added there “seems little doubt that [the woman] was resisting both officers to a significant degree, and [the female officer] was justified in deciding to control her using handcuffs. It is likely that [the woman’s] ankle injury occurred when [the female officer] took her to the ground, but that manoeuvre too was justified, given the continued physical resistance displayed.” The IIO is a civilian-led police oversight agency tasked with investigating incidents of death or serious harm that may have been the result of the actions of a police officer, whether on or off duty. n
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WAG still hoping for info on two cats abandoned in Bayshores snow bank POLICE BRIEFS: IMPAIRED DRIVER HAS JEEP IMPOUNDED AFTER SWERVING INTO TRAFFIC
BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER’S ANIMAL shelter is still hoping for information to emerge about a pair of cats that were crammed into an undersized crate and left in a snow bank this month. On Sunday, Jan. 19, a concerned citizen called Whistler Animals Galore (WAG) after he found the small crate “shoved into a snow bank” in Timber Ridge in the Bayshores neighbourhood. The adult cats did not have collars or microchips, although one of them had a worn-out tattoo in its ear. No one has come forward to claim the cats since they were turned over to the shelter more than a week ago. Now, WAG is hoping for any information from the public on the cats’ previous owners. “We have a four-day holding policy for owners to show up. Nothing has been reported, nothing has been said,” explained adoptions coordinator Mallory Jenkins. “These guys got ditched and nobody has said a peep.” The cats appear to be in good health
and are responding well to volunteers at the shelter. “They’re still pretty spooked and pretty shy, and I think that’s because their world got turned upside down,” Jenkins said. “We have some really amazing volunteers who come in and really go at the animals’ pace. They’ve definitely started opening up.” Jenkins added that it is difficult to launch a cruelty investigation without any information on an animal’s owner, however, such cases are not without precedent. “Unfortunately, we do see numerous cases a year like this,” said Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations with the BC SPCA, who added that, in a case like this, either the person who found the cats or WAG would have to file a complaint in order for an investigation to be launched. WAG executive director Lindsay Suckling declined to comment when asked if the shelter had filed a formal complaint. Chortyk did acknowledge the challenge of linking abandoned pets back to their owners. “In cases like this, there’s usually no actual evidence to trace back to who may have left the [animals] unless there are security cameras in the area or something like that. But sometimes
if we put out a plea through the media …we certainly have, in several cases I can think of, had tips from the public that led us to identifying who abandoned the animals and successfully having charges laid.” Chortyk said the most important message to get out is that there are always options for those who can no longer care for their pets. “The BC SPCA has shelters across the province where people can surrender these animals. We’ll make sure they get where they need and find them a loving home,” she said. “There’s really no excuse to put animals in a situation like that, where it could be fatal and the animals are in distress. It’s against the law.” Animal cruelty can be reported to the BC SPCA at 1-855-622-7722. WAG can be reached at 604-935-8364.
IMPAIRED DRIVER’S VEHICLE IMPOUNDED AFTER SWERVING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC A Tofino woman’s Jeep was impounded last week after she was reported swerving into oncoming traffic and failed a roadside
sobriety test, police said in a release. At approximately 12:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, Whistler RCMP received a report of a black Jeep travelling southbound on Highway 99 at Village Gate that was spotted veering into oncoming traffic, almost causing several collisions, police said. Officers located the driver at the intersection of Lake Placid Road and Highway 99, where she was pulled over. Police said the 32-year-old woman exited the vehicle without putting it in park, which caused the Jeep to roll backwards. The vehicle was placed in park before colliding with anything, police added. The driver subsequently failed a roadside breath test. Her vehicle was impounded and she was issued a 90-day driving ban. It wasn’t the only drunk driver police dealt with over the course of the U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. Over the weekend, Whistler RCMP conducted several road checks and handed out seven 90-day roadside prohibitions, two three-day suspensions and two 24-hour suspensions. “Unfortunately, drivers do not seem to be getting the message not to drink and drive,” read the release. n
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Gauging the cost of lowering speed limits TRAFFIC CALMING UPDATE PRESENTED AT COMMITEE OF THE WHOLE
BY BRADEN DUPUIS THOSE HOPING to see reduced speed limits in Whistler neighbourhoods will have to wait. Council and staff heard an update on the municipality’s traffic calming policy at the Jan. 21 Committee of the Whole meeting, including the potential to reduce speed limits in residential zones—a request council heard loud and clear from select Whistler neighbourhoods in 2019. At its Sept. 3 meeting, council received no fewer than 82 pieces of correspondence urging it to reduce the speed limit on Nicklaus North Boulevard from 50 kilometres/hour to 30 km/h. Residents in other neighbourhoods like Rainbow and Cheakamus Crossing have also raised the issue of traffic safety. But Whistler’s approach to lowering speed limits is, at the moment, contingent on a resolution out of last year’s Union of BC Municipalities Convention. The resolution urged the province to empower municipalities to impose blanket speed limits on residential streets. The Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) currently allows municipalities to set lower speed
limits if they have proper signage—which could carry significant cost implications. If the province were to amend the MVA, as the UBCM resolution requested, the RMOW would need to update existing signs, meaning there would be a cost, but it would be lower than if the municipality took the initiative on itself. Without an amendment to the MVA, more signs would also be needed locally. “If the province doesn’t bring that in, the obligation on us to make it 100-per-cent enforceable would be essentially four signs at every cross intersection, on average. When you go across the community, that’s a lot of signage,” said GM of infrastructure James Hallisey, adding that there are probably local cul-de-sacs and roadways where people can’t reach speeds higher than 30 km/h. “There’s a few places we need to identify that [30 km/hr] is not appropriate, so there’s a little bit of work left to do.” An updated RMOW traffic calming policy will be coming back to council later this year, he added. RMOW staff is reviewing the two approaches to understand the cost difference and potential “sign pollution” impacts, a spokesperson said in a follow-up, as well as looking at potential grant funding for road safety improvement projects.
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“My understanding is that the answer is not in the near future, and that’s from the ministry. So I think we may want to move forward with the ‘no’ answer that is out there currently,” said Mayor Jack Crompton. “I’d certainly be interested in understanding the costs, so when this comes back, hopefully in the spring, we could understand what the cost implications are for our community.” In the meantime, RMOW staff is looking
at some of the problem areas identified by residents, including Nicklaus North and Cheakamus Crossing. “I think there was some immediate response down in Cheakamus Crossing with vegetation removal—that was identified as part of the problem down there,” Hallisey said. “It’s already a 30 km/h neighbourhood, [and] has been since inception, but that’s not the whole solution.” Council first adopted a traffic calming policy in 2001, later amending it in 2004. The current policy serves as a guide for assessing traffic and safety issues, and is used to develop and implement plans and provide technical guidance when it comes to traffic calming measures. “Some of the devices that we have installed since the policy was adopted are speed bumps, raised crosswalks around the village, and median islands which are used to slow traffic,” said manager of transportation and waste management Andrew Tucker. “The primary goals and objectives with the traffic calming policy are to calm traffic, making streets safer for everyone, but it’s also … to enhance the livability by reducing traffic speeds, reducing noise and pollution.” Residents with safety concerns can fill out a traffic calming request form at municipal hall or online. n
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Take-home drug-checking strips being offered through VCH AFTER A PEAK IN OVERDOSE DEATHS PROVINCE-WIDE, ‘THINGS ARE IMPROVING,’ SAYS MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER
BY BRADEN DUPUIS IN AN EFFORT to provide one more tool in the fight against opioid overdoses, take-home drug checking strips will soon be available throughout the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region. The decision was made after a new study showed take-home drug checking is just as accurate as on-site testing when it comes to detecting opioids containing fentanyl, said medical health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn. “Ultimately, we know that not everybody can get to those sites, or wants to get to those sites … so many people are not checking their drugs,” Lysyshyn said, adding that VCH is also aware that many people who die of overdoses are using drugs alone, often in a private residence and behind a closed door. “So we want to get the drug checking technology to that place. It’s one of the only interventions that actually could potentially help somebody in that moment before they take their drugs.” The take-home strips are the same ones that doctors use to test urine for drugs,
Lysyshyn said. “What we tell people to do is take a few grains of drug and dilute them into about 30 millilitres of water and kind of stir it up, and then you take one of these strips and you dip the bottom part into the water and you wait for the water to start wicking up the strip,” he said. If one line appears on the strip, it means the test worked. “If that’s the only line, that means your test is positive, but if a second line forms that means the test was negative, and you have no fentanyl in your drugs,” Lysyshyn said. While the strips can also be used to test stimulants or other chemical-based drugs, VCH has only studied their effectiveness in terms of opioids at this time, Lysyshyn said. In Whistler, the strips will be available free of charge through the Whistler Community Services Society, he added (though there is no exact date for when they will be available at this point). There are “a variety of things people can do” if they get a positive test, including disposing of the drugs safely, or choosing to use the drugs in safer ways, Lysyshyn said. “So start with a test dose, or take half the dose you were planning to take. If you were
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planning to use it alone, maybe now you’ll consider letting somebody know that you’re going to take drugs so they could check on you later, or maybe use it in the presence of somebody else,” he said. “Or maybe go to an overdose prevention site or a supervised consumption site now that you know that the drugs that you have
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS WITH THREE NEW aircraft added in recent years and a commitment to being 100-per-cent carbon neutral, Whistler’s Blackcomb Helicopters (BH) is staying focused on the future. As it looks to expand its operations, the company also has a new general manager at the helm. “We’ve added three Bell 212s to our fleet over the last two years. We have quite an aggressive upgrade and modernization program for those aircraft,” said new general manager Tim Boyle. “We’re working with Alpine Aerotech out of Kelowna and Abbotsford, and we are refurbishing those aircraft with new wiring, new paint, some advanced avionics in the form of some traffic awareness, terrain and obstacle avoidance technology that wasn’t originally in these helicopters.” Founded in Whistler more than 30 years ago, BH has been spreading its wings of late, expanding operations from the Sea to Sky to include fire suppression work in Ontario and Alberta. “Basically by adding these aircraft we’re enabling ourselves to continue the present level of support in the Sea to Sky corridor, and also expand our operations to do a little more in Alberta, in Saskatchewan,
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better for the industry, it’s just a good thing.” At its Jan. 21 meeting, Whistler council supported a proposed survey plan for the Whistler Heliport that would allow BH to consolidate two of its existing leases. The new survey plan consolidates two existing, side-by-side blocks into one, allowing for BH to build a large hangar building on the new block. The building will allow the operator to store helicopters indoors, extend the service life of equipment and improve working conditions, according to a report to council. BH says it will also explore a fire suppression system that could benefit all heliport users as part of the capital improvement. The heliport is on Crown land that is leased by the RMOW, which in turn is leased to the Whistler Heliport Society, and further subleased to individual helicopter operators. n
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Expert panel calls for culture shift in the backcountry this winter CHALLENGING SNOWPACK DEMANDS GREATER AWARENESS
BY JOEL BARDE IT WAS STANDING ROOM only for a recent talk on this year’s challenging snowpack, which saw experts call for caution currently while travelling the backcountry. The panel of heavy hitters—which included Wayne Flann (a part-time ski patroller and popular avalanche blogger), Mitchell Sulkers (an avalanche safety instructor who gets into the backcountry about 150 days a year), Abby Cooper (a remote backcountry photographer), and Ross Berg (founder and director of Altus Mountain Guides)—took a series of questions from moderator Natalie Austin and even stuck around for a few from the crowd. At the heart of the Jan. 23 discussion— part of the Winterstoke Backcountry Festival organized by Altus Mountain Guides—was the deep, faceted layer that formed at the start of the season and was compounded by a cold spell with relatively little snowfall. (Faceted snow refers to snow grains that have transformed into larger angular grains. These facets have weak bonds with neighbouring snow grains and are often referred to as sugary snow.) While some may think that this year’s
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setup is unusual for the Coast Mountains, Sulkers said that there is plenty of precedent for it. “It’s not a unique event in the history of the snowpack in this area, but it’s not something that we see every couple of years,” he explained. Facets, he explained, form quickly when there is a shallow snowpack and cold temperature. It’s important to recognize that they take “an incredibly long time to heal,” he said. Flann then listed several years when faceted layers formed early in the season,
only to cause significant avalanche danger later in the season. “Personally, I think that in the last 15 years, you can’t really call it a coastal snowpack anymore,” said Flann. “Because we have these layers, and we get facets and we’ve got depth hoar, and we get big avalanches.” Another key theme from the talk was safety, with the panellists encouraging the audience to take a cautious approach in the backcountry. Berg noted that the mountaineering culture in the Coast Mountains has traditionally been
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Retired meteorologist is putting out daily forecasts for ‘powder hounds’ DAVID JONES WANTS TO BE YOUR SOURCE FOR WB WEATHER
BY JOEL BARDE SKIERS AND BOARDERS know the drill: When you’re not riding, you’re checking conditions and forecasts, trying to figure out when the next epic day is going to be. Yet most of the go-to forecasting resources are pretty basic, providing a broad overview of what to expect, without in-depth analysis of how specific weather patterns will impact Whistler Blackcomb (WB). That’s where David Jones steps in. A professional meteorologist who retired from Environment Canada in 2017, Jones is producing a daily weather story that’s tailor-made for the Whistler crowd. His goal, he explained, is to fight through the “reams and reams” of weather information available online and appeal directly to the “narrow interests” of riders and skiers. “Unless you want to do some work yourself, not much of [the weather forecasting available] is directed at at the small group of skiers known as powder hounds,” said Jones.
Delivered every day at 10 a.m., the Whistler Weather Story is a two-minute weather-news story that can be seen on Twitter (@djones_weather), Instagram (@ meteorologistdavidjones), Facebook ( David Jones), and YouTube (www.youtube.com/ channel/UCxFXnQxJDlctbpgXN9KmC_A). Jones was a staple on Vancouver television and radio broadcasts for years discussing the environment, and his current rapid-fire stories leverage decades of experience. His goal, he said, is to provide some guidance to the general public, allowing them to plan their days like a meteorologist does. “This year, I’m not skiing because I had a hip replaced,” said Jones. “But last year and years prior, I kind of used my insider knowledge to plan my days and really anticipate what’s going to happen with respect to ski conditions up the mountain.” Though uncertain if he will keep the forecasts up next season, Jones said he’s received a positive response so far. “I’ve had a pretty amazing response from lots of people who seem to really appreciate what I’m doing and their comments back to me,” he said.
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To shore up his forecast, Jones provides confidence statements for his predictions. In his view, a forecast without a confidence statement cannot be interpreted properly, he said. When it comes to big weather stories this winter, Jones said that the dominant one has to be the slow start to the winter. Drawing from Environment Canada data, Jones said he determined it was “the slowest start on record at Whistler since records began.” But in recent weeks, things have really
picked up, he noted. “The atmosphere is so energized,” said Jones. Newly retired, Jones, in a sense, is going back to his roots. He grew up in North Vancouver, at the foot of Grouse Mountain, and said he recalls “constantly” calling up the mountain’s snow phone, looking or updates. “That’s what got me interested in the weather,” said Jones. “So, I am basically doing what I started out as a kid doing, except that now I’ve acquired some real weather knowledge background.” n
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VOP council draws lesson from “Welcome to Pemberton” sign challenge COUNCIL BRIEFS: VAPING PRODUCTS REGULATIONS; STUDENT-BUILT HOME PROJECT; FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
BY JOEL BARDE THE “WELCOME TO PEMBERTON” sign that lies between Whistler and Pemberton may be moving—closer to Pemberton During its Jan. 28 regular meeting, Village of Pemberton (VOP) council directed staff to move forward with a Crown land lease application to relocate the sign to a new location near the top of One Mile Lake Park hill. During her presentation to council, Nikki Gilmore, chief administrative officer of the VOP, said the new location makes sense for the VOP and will facilitate needed maintenance of the sign. “One of the reasons I asked staff to explore a location a little bit closer [to the Village] was so that we could potentially add some flowers and make sure we’re able to do regular maintenance [of the sign],” said Gilmore. Moreover, according to a staff report that accompanied the report, the current location (about 13 kilometres south of Pemberton) can give visitors “a false sense of arrival.” Gilmore added that there was money set aside to refurbish the sign in 2019, but due to workload constraints (in 2019 staff were very busy with the downtown enhancement project), staff was unable to get to it. The “Welcome to Pemberton” signs have an interesting history, which was laid
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out in a staff report to council. The Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce initiated the “gateway sign project” in June 2013. The project saw signs installed at the southern and northern ends of the VOP municipal boundary and received financial support from the VOP. However, as there was no final agreement between the VOP and Chamber, “little to no maintenance” was undertaken on the signs, and in October 2019 ownership was transferred to the VOP, according to the report. Councillor Ted Craddock said he felt “truly disappoint[ed]” at the way things unfolded, adding that the experience should serve as a lesson to council about challenges that can arise when the VOP partners with organizations on projects There have been a couple other times, over the years, where the VOP has entered into “good faith” partnerships, only to have the initiative end up becoming fully the responsibility of the VOP, he said. “The sign is just another indication of how we’ve got to be a little bit more careful with the taxpayer money,” said Craddock. Moving forward the VOP would like to include French and Ucwalmícwts on its signage. It also passed a motion to look into a design that would incorporate these languages. Council chose to defer making any motions with regards to its northern “Welcome to Pemberton” sign, citing the need to carry on ongoing discussions with Lil’wat Nation. While the wheels appear to be in motion, it could be a while before visitors see a new “Welcome to Pemberton” sign south of the community.
“Initial inquiries to the province regarding the application process suggested that timelines to obtain a Crown land tenure through the community institutional program could take up to two years,” read the staff report.
have little practical impact. “I agree with the mayor, I don’t think that raising it to 21 is going to do anything,” said Craddock, who first put forward the request to have staff look into the issue. “I’m more concerned with really young teenagers.”
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With teen vaping an issue in Pemberton (as it appears to be across the country) VOP council received an extensive staff report outlining current regulatory efforts. It, however, declined to move forward a motion designed to curb teen vaping. “It’s becoming a very serious issue across North America and other countries,” said Sheena Fraser, the VOP’s manager of corporate and legislative affairs, in a presentation to council. Fraser also noted the limited abilities local government have when it comes to regulating vaping. (Local government does not have the jurisdiction to regulate or ban the sale of vaping products or control how they are advertised. These abilities fall within the jurisdiction of the provincial and federal government.) Staff therefore recommended that council develop a motion for this year’s Lower Mainland Local Government Association (LMLGA) meeting in May to ask the province to increase the legal age limit for purchasing vaping products from 19 to 21. While council expressed gratitude at the in-depth report prepared by staff, it did not support staff’s resolution recommendation. Richman noted that people younger than 19 are already gaining access to vaping products, so that the age restriction would
VOP Council also gave fourth and final readings to two amendments that will enable Sea to Sky School District 48 to move forward with a plan to build a single-family home on a small section of Pemberton Secondary School property, located on the corner of Poplar and Aster streets. “The amendments together would enable the applicant to apply for subdivision which would result in the creation of a new single-family residential lot on Poplar Street that Sea to Sky School District No. 48 would develop,” reads the staff report to council. The agenda package also included the minutes from a Dec. 10 public hearing on the project and two letters regarding the project (one in support and one opposed). The school district is seeking to use the construction of the home—which will either be used as a teacherage or sold on the market—as an educational opportunity for students. Students will be given the opportunity to gain hands-on learning experience in multiple trades such as design, construction and landscaping, prior to being involved in the sale, marketing and staging of the new home. For more information about the project see: Pique, “Council supports school board’s plan to subdivide Pemberton Secondary School lot despite reservations,” Dec. 14.) n
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Jumbo failure highlights ski resort developers’ uphill fight DEVELOPMENT GROUPS IN VALEMOUNT AND NEAR SQUAMISH TOUT PROJECTS’ ECONOMIC BENEFITS
BY GLEN KORSTROM gkorstrom@biv.com GLACIER RESORTS Ltd.’s decision to end 30 years of working to create a year-round ski resort in B.C.’s Kootenays region offers a cautionary tale for aspiring resort developers in Valemount and near Squamish. Glacier Resorts has agreed to an undisclosed payout to sell its ownership and development rights in its Jumbo Glacier Resort project, while clearing the way for resort opponent Ktunaxa Nation to use up to $16 million in federal funds, and about $5 million in other money, to create a protected Indigenous conservation area. Some of that money might flow to Glacier Resorts as part of the deal. Glacier Resorts’ executives now join their counterparts in other development groups that long touted projects, such as Canoe Mountain in the Rockies and Cayoosh Mountain between Whistler and Lillooet, only to fold their tents. “It’s a significant challenge to build an evergreen resort,” said retired ski-industry veteran Hugh Smythe, referring to new ski resorts on undeveloped land. Smythe led the group that was awarded the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain in 1978. In the 1990s and 2000s, he was president of Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc.’s resort operations, which included up to 13 sites across North America. For Smythe, any prospective resort
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that hopes to succeed needs these key elements: road access (and ideally nearby air access), First Nations support, deeppocketed financiers, a suitable mountain and a business plan that will please environmentalists. While other municipalities in the region, such as Invermere and Rossland, protested Jumbo, one of its biggest challenges was that the nearby Ktunaxa Nation strongly opposed the project, as did many environmentalists. While the mountain would have what Smythe believes would be ideal year-round skiing, and backers seemed to have the financing, the project struggled with a remote location. Smythe said that two other significant proposals for ski resorts in B.C. also have what could be fatal flaws. “Garibaldi at Squamish is not a viable ski area,” he said, referring to a project billed to eventually be a $3.5-billion all-season resort that is backed by the deep-pocketed Aquilini and Gaglardi families. “It’s because of the quality of the terrain, the quality of the climate, quality of a whole lot of things. You would be at best replicating Cypress [Mountain] if you were lucky.” Plans have been in the works at Garibaldi since at least 2003. Project director Sabina FooFat touts her region’s road access and proximity to Vancouver International Airport, the involvement of the Squamish Nation as equity partners and a vision to build the resort to high environmental standards. The project has an environmental assessment certificate that developers plan to apply to extend until 2026, FooFat said. Regional support, however, is shaky.
Negotiations are ongoing with the Squamish Lillooet Regional District and the District of Squamish, and Squamish Mayor Karen Elliott said that obstacles remain— “not the least of which is the impact on the highway and the regional transportation network.” Elliott said she is concerned about the project’s potential social and economic effects on her district and impact on the local water supply, real estate and affordable housing. She also wants an assessment of how much it would cost her district’s taxpayers if the resort fails. Garibaldi at Squamish is not the only resort that has been long on the drawing board. Valemount Glacier Destinations Ltd.’s has been proposing to build what could be a $200 million ski resort near Valemount, in east-central B.C., for more than a decade. However, “Valemount is in the middle of nowhere,” Smythe said. The community’s tiny airport lacks scheduled flights and a control tower. It is a threehour drive from Kamloops Airport, which is serviced by Air Canada and WestJet. It is also nearly a three-hour drive from Prince George Airport. Pheidias Project Management vicepresident Tommaso Oberti, who is a consultant on the project, defended the location. He noted it is about 80 minutes by car from Jasper, which he said could be the source of many visitors. The nearby Simpcw First Nation is a partner in the Valemount project, which also has community support. Early investors included Toronto real estate tycoon Greg Marchant and Toronto condo-marketing guru Hunter Milborne.
Resource industry entrepreneur and North American Tungsten Corp. founder Stephen Leahy was a minor investor. Combined, however, the capital committed is much less than $50 million. Oberti said a scaled-down version of the project could be developed if between $50 million and $75 million is raised. “If the money were to come in tomorrow, we would start construction this summer,” he said. “It would take a year to get the day lodge and initial gondola built, so you’re looking at the earliest possibility for skiers on the mountain being 2022.” Smythe said that for a new resort to start attracting skiers, the upfront investment would have to be at least $100 million. “You can’t build a rope tow, or a couple of fixed-grip lifts and think that you’re going to attract the numbers that you need,” he said. “You’re going to have to put a ton of money into it. I’m talking about everything from the infrastructure, the whole works. There’s the road, the water, the sewer, the power—everything before you even start. Then there’s the lifts, trails, snowmaking and lodges and buildings, and everything like that.” Indeed, after the Gaglardi family’s Northland Properties bought control of the emerging Revelstoke Mountain Resort in 2008, it invested at least $200 million in the mountain, Northland said in a statement. “You’ve got to get a fair number of skiers over the first few years to make a $100 million resort a viable venture,” said Smythe. “It’s extremely difficult.” This article first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Jan.28. For more, go to biv.com. n
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More federal transit money, e-buses could be climate lifesavers IF WE’RE GOING TO tackle the climate crisis, we have to reduce transportation emissions. Good public transit—fast, reliable, affordable—can help by weaning us off of gasoline-burning automobiles. Especially important to address the climate crisis is transit that runs on electricity, which could be subways, light rail or trolley and battery-powered buses. Subways are only practical in population-dense cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Light rail is great in many settings. Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo have light
BY DAVID SUZUKI rail, and Toronto is building a crosstown system that will massively benefit the city, especially in neighbourhoods not currently well-served by rapid transit. But one vehicle is often overlooked: the all-electric bus. E-buses have many virtues. They can be built quickly—no small thing during the escalating climate emergency. Bus electrification is part of an overall move to electrify most of our economy. David Suzuki Foundation policy analyst Tom Green’s 2019 report, Zeroing in on Emissions, says we need to “electrify just about everything.” He writes, “Multiple research projects have concluded that electrifying as much as possible will be a pillar of Canada’s decarbonization effort.” Transportation is the second-largest source of Canadian greenhouse gases, eclipsed only by the oil and gas sector. In 2017 (the year with the most recent data), transportation in Canada accounted for a staggering 174 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent; oil and gas development contributed 195 million tonnes. Emissions-reduction benefits of e-buses are considerable. Even in provinces like Alberta, where power is generated mostly by burning fossil fuels, electric buses stack up well against diesel. Clean Energy Canada, a think tank at Simon Fraser University, says, “When plugged into Edmonton’s grid, a battery-electric bus is expected to emit 38 per cent to 44 per cent less CO2 than a diesel equivalent—and as the electricity gets cleaner, so will the buses.” A 2019 David Suzuki Foundation report, Shifting Gears, states, “Electrification of buses would further reduce the GHG impacts of transit use.” E-bus production can also strengthen Canada’s clean tech sector and create jobs. Our country has a number of companies that produce vehicles for domestic and international markets. New federal funding could give these businesses—including Quebec-based Nova Bus and Winnipeg’s New Flyer Industries—an additional boost. There could even be benefits for national unity. The buses could support manufacturers and transit riders throughout the country, demonstrate Ottawa’s commitment to ensuring all regions reach their potential
and advertise the message, “This clean-air transit service supported by the Government of Canada.” It’s something the federal government should consider seriously as it prepares this year’s federal budget. During the election, the Liberals—who formed a minority government—pledged to make transit funding permanent (as opposed to occasional) and said this money would increase by $3 billion annually. They also said that, starting in a few years, transit investments would be for buses and rail that don’t emit carbon. The prime minister’s mandate letter to Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna tasked her with fulfilling these promises: “Make the federal commitment to fund public transit permanent and rise with the cost of construction over time. Ensure that new federal investments in public transit are used to support zero-emission buses and rail systems starting in 2023.” These are good policies, and we need to ensure they’re implemented—even enhanced—quickly. Scientists tell us we must reduce emissions dramatically within the decade. To capture these opportunities and prevent electric bus manufacturing from going to the U.S., the government needs to act fast. Clean Energy Canada argues, “Canada is home to multiple North-America-leading e-bus manufacturers that, as the world moves to electrify transit, are well-positioned to capitalize—provided transit authorities and policy makers seize the opportunity.” Some cities have already purchased e-buses, but the numbers are relatively small. Toronto just bought 60 (out of a total fleet of
“E-bus production can also strengthen Canada’s clean tech sector and create jobs.” some 2,000 buses) and Edmonton recently ordered 25 (out of about 1,000). These are good steps, but new federal money could turbocharge them. Ottawa plans to fund zero-emission vehicles beginning in 2023. This means the feds could pay for diesel-burning buses for another three years. In a climate crisis, that doesn’t make sense. Canadian technology can produce highquality electric buses (and good jobs) now. In the upcoming federal budget, let’s make cleaner, healthier public transportation a priority. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Climate Change and Transportation Policy Analyst Gideon Forman. n
RANGE ROVER
When off-season is on THE STRUGGLE of getting into a sixmillimetre wetsuit virtually guarantees that many who try winter surfing really have to want it. At least that’s what I’m thinking when, stretching a leg like a giant rubber
BY LESLIE ANTHONY band, I suddenly lose my grip and my hand snaps back to violently punch me in the face. It doesn’t help that when I finally do squeeze into all the rubber—hood, booties, and gloves as well—the tightness activates latent claustrophobia, every fibre of my being suddenly wanting out. Also, with blood flow in my legs now constricted, my feet freeze on the 3˚C walk to the beach with a partner hefting a couple of soft-top longboards between us. Things don’t improve much when our lesson group from the Long Beach Lodge Surf Club settles into a circle on the dark sand to go over key safety and style issues with two young instructors, who, hoods down, seem nonplussed by either the frigid downpour in which we huddle—or the roar of overhead surf pounding across the outer sandbars of Tofino’s North Chesterman Beach. Once we’ve inculcated enough to reduce the chance of hurting ourselves (or others), the boys drop the flag and we bolt for the
MAKING WAVES Sending the surf and
making friends with the Long Beach Lodge Surf Club in Tofino. PHOTO BY LESLIE ANTHONY
ocean. Happily, no matter how angry the sea might seem, as soon as you slip into the North Pacific on a January day, it feels more friend than foe; the water is warmer than the air, and the thin layer that takes up residence between the suit and your body heats instantly. Within seconds, all of us—a collection of folks who may (like myself) have surfed in the past or never at all—are riding the foam for all it’s worth. There’s plenty of power in some of these post-break maelstroms, but let’s be frank: no surfer worth his salt (ha ha) wants the foam. None are searching for rad mush. Thus, this part of the break, far inside of where locals drop into beastly faces like cavorting dolphins, is the realm of Kooks Like Us, as
erect and assume the surf position—feet wide, forward arm outstretched—I grind to a sharp halt, the board’s fin embedded in the sand, water retreating around me, a stranded statue of a failed—but satisfied—surfer. Getting out of the wetsuit seems more exhausting than getting into it, but I’m motivated by what awaits. The genius of having a Surf Club on the premises at Long Beach Lodge is that in addition to providing lessons, all equipment, and killer cappuccino, there’s a warm change room, showers, a hot tub and sauna. For those who aren’t fans of the dirtbag change-inyour-car-or-the-parking-lot nature of most surfing, this is the way to go—in comfort and style steps from Cox Bay, one of
... I grind to a sharp halt, the board’s fin embedded in the sand, water retreating around me, a stranded statue of a failed—but satisfied—surfer.
we haul our boards repeatedly back out finfirst so as not to have to turn them around to ride back in. Though it’s been a few decades, catching waves comes back to me pretty quickly, and I grab a few good ones. Popping to my feet, however, is exceedingly difficult. I briefly imagine that in part it’s fighting the resistance of the suit, but have to admit it’s mostly old age; as a result, I enjoy plenty of rides into the beach on my knees. After an hour, launching a clean-and-glassy last wave, I decide to stand. But by the time I scramble
Canada’s best beach breaks. Having fled the savage floggings of the sea, the sauna feels like calm embrace. “My wife and daughter took a lesson from one of the local surf schools and were asked to remove their wetsuits in the gravel parking lot at Chesterman Beach,” says owner and long-time Tofino-fan Tim Hackett. “My wife slipped and fell; that day I decided we could do something better and started planning the Surf Club.” Whistlerites have many connections to
Tofino, not least of which are the vehicles leaving town with surfboards strapped to the roof whenever there’s a serious swell on the coast. But surfing is only one aspect of a Tofino winter. Though officially “off-season,” given the number of people coming here for storm-watching and other activities it’s more like “going-off season.” If you’ve braved a crazy-cachet-crowded Tofino summer, however, you’ll appreciate how easy it is in winter to find accommodation and also indulge in uncrowded beach walks, hikes in Pacific Rim National Park, and the inventive, world-class dining scene exemplified by ambient Wolf in the Fog (named enRoute’s Best New Restaurant in Canada in 2014), cozy SHED in downtown Tofino, Tofino Resort + Marina’s Hatch Waterfront Pub, and the dining, drinking, sitting and gazing Great Room in Long Beach Lodge itself, one of the coolest interior spaces in Canadian resortdom from which to view the raw nature of a coastal environment. Between surf sessions, Long Beach Lodge is a stormwatcher’s and beachwalker’s paradise. With the tide out, waves pounding the headlands, and sun bathing the whole scene between storm pulses, I literally dropped my bag when I first walked into my beach-view room, running hard across the black sand to water’s edge, counting sand dollars along the way. That night I left my door slightly ajar so I could sleep to the sound of the ocean. And what did I dream of? Surfing, of course. Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain, or a beach, he didn’t like. n
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How a nearly three-decade long experiment in Colorado is offering clues to how ecosystems respond to global warming, even as it’s shut down due to budget cuts
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t the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, the heat lamps that had been strung shoulder-high over five plots in an experiment called Warming Meadows were taken down last July. For 29 years, day and night, winter, spring, summer and fall, electric infrared radiators directed heat downward to warm the top 15 centimetres of soil by about two degrees Celsius. Unique at its launch in January 1991, the experiment high in the Colorado Rockies was the world’s first attempt to foretell the effects of global warming on the natural environment. The experiment assumed increased temperatures of two degrees, which will almost certainly occur by the middle of this century given the continued accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In fact, The Wall Street Journal on Jan. 20 reported the current broad consensus is that the world could warm by roughly three degrees by 2100. Some fear worse. One impact on mountain communities demonstrated by the Warming Meadows experiment will be a shift in ecosystems. The shimmer and glow of a painter’s palette that makes life in the Colorado mountains such a smile in July and August will be dulled by rising temperatures—the broad-leafed forbs that produce the rainbow of wildflowers will lose out to more muted sagebrush. Soil carbon may yet be the biggest takeaway from this long-running experiment within sight of the ski lifts at Crested Butte only six kilometres away, though. Sagebrush stores less carbon underground than the wildflowers. This suggests potential for a global feedback loop. Will the warming climate cause more carbon to be transferred from the soil to the atmosphere in coming decades, which will in turn accelerate warming? In a sense, climate change research has gone underground with this experiment—the results of which are as relevant to Whistler as they are to the mountains of Colorado. Sean M. Smukler, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s department of Land and Food Systems, a frequent skier at Whistler Blackcomb and an avid mountain climber, says soil carbon should matter to anybody in Whistler who appreciates the current climate of snowy winter and great summer weather. Keeping carbon in the soil is one challenge, and even better would be to find ways to remove atmospheric carbon and get it into the soil. If that can happen, he says, “the chances for skiing at Whistler for the next 100 years will be much greater.” As for the experiment in Colorado, it provides an analogue for Whistler. “The climate is changing rapidly and we don’t have enough of an understanding of the impacts,” says Smukler, who remains very interested in the feedback mechanisms of global warming, which was at the core of the research in Colorado.
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LOOKING BACK TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE The laboratory itself is at a one-time silver mining camp called Gothic. The road to Gothic beyond Mt. Crested Butte remains unplowed in winter, when it is home to just four people. However, the population swells to 180 scientists, students and others during the lovely days of summer, with another 50 living nearby. They call the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory by its acronym, RMBL, which is pronounced like the sound of distant thunder: rumble. At any one time, about 200 experiments are underway at RMBL. None have gained the same attention as Warming Meadows. Gothic can best be understood as a distant cousin of Aspen, which is located less than 20 kilometres away but across the Elk Range and among Colorado’s highest, 4000-metre mountains. You can hike between the two in a day, even a long morning if you’re young and strong. One of the notches you might cross is called Frigid Air Pass. Aspen was a brilliant flash of wealth that began in 1879 and then dulled considerably with a recession in 1893. Many fine buildings were erected in that frenzied burst of affluence and energy, a time when Aspen also gained electrified streetlights when almost no one else west of the Mississippi had them. Crested Butte was mostly a coal-mining town, and mansions and giant stone buildings were rare in coal mining towns, no matter how striking the surrounding mountains. Gothic was a different place altogether. Its optimistic energy was brief and shallow. By 1919, less than a year after the end of the First World War, a professor from a nearby college visited Gothic and, enchanted by the diversity of ecosystems, returned with students. In 1928, RMBL was founded. Professors and students have been returning ever since to conduct studies from these old mining shacks now supplemented over the decades by other, still modest offices and dormitories. One study launched in 1962 was of the yellow-bellied marmot. The study
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first yielded a paper in 1968 and there has been a flood of scientific papers since, about 225 altogether. By the start of the 21st century, researchers noted that the marmots were emerging from hibernation 38 days earlier than they had about a quarter-century before. In 1971, David Inouye arrived to study bumblebees and hummingbirds and the sequences of wildflowers blooming. Other summer visitors included Paul Ehrlich, the professor at the University of California, Berkeley, famous for his 1968 book, The Population Bomb. John Harte, also from Berkeley, a physicist turned ecologist, wrote his first paper about global warming in 1970. But, like other scientists, in the 1980s he had begun to ponder future effects of greenhouse-gas emissions being vented into the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels and from land-use changes more deeply. In the opening chapter of the 2019 book Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming, Harte wrote that “predicting future climate entails more than just knowing about the physics of heat and light, air and water. Ecosystems are a big player as well. Vegetation influences the physical stage on which climate plays out, and microorganisms regulate the gases that control energy flow in the atmosphere. And vegetation and microorganisms are controlled not only by climate, but by each other as well. In this truly complex system, as ecosystems are altered by climate, the climate is in turn altered. “These feedback effects can only be understood and reliably incorporated into climate models if we first understand how ecosystems respond to climate change.” This “need to unravel this complexity, to characterize climate-ecosystem feedbacks” motivated him in 1988 to create the outdoor laboratory of warming at RMBL. It was only coincidence, he says, that he was friends with Tim Wirth, then a U.S. senator from Colorado. Wirth, who had a vacation home at Crested Butte, was first elected to the U.S. Congress in 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal that caused Richard Nixon to resign. By 1988 he was in the Senate and an influential member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Gothic was a silver-mining town with a brief life.
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Nearby Crested Butte calls itself the Wildlife Capital of Colorado. PHOTO BY: WILLIAM FARRELL
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FEATURE STORY Resources. The committee summoned Jim Hansen, a one-time farm boy from Iowa who by then directed NASA’s Goddard institute for Space Studies in New York City. “Global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a causeand-effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming,” Hansen testified on a hot June day, beads of sweat on his face. The room’s air-conditioning had malfunctioned. “It is already happening now,” he said. “Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate,” the 1988 New York Times reported the next day on its front page. The lead story that day, however, was about immigration. A new national law, the newspaper reported, had failed to stem the flow of immigration from Mexico. In places like Aspen and Vail, people took note of Hansen’s warning. It came during a hot summer in the Rockies, too. But for most people, the threat seemed so distant.
THE EXPERIMENT BEGINS
Chambers were erected to allow portable photosynthesis machines to capture carbon emissions from the plants and soil. PHOTO BY: WILLIAM FARRELL
For Warming Meadows, Harte chose a ridge above the old mining town, maybe 100 metres away from the road to Crested Butte, and just on the south side of a pine forest. Being on the ridge was important to prevent delayed runoff of snowmelt from entering the five heated plots above. But there was also a small but detectable aspect gradient in each of the 10 plots, half to be heated artificially and half not. But how to heat the plots? Harte says he hit upon the mechanism while at dinner in an outdoor restaurant in San Francisco in 1988. City streets there have received enough snow to make snowballs only once every few decades. It does chill, though. Harte noticed the overhead heat lamps that repelled the cold evening fog. That soon had him searching through farm equipment catalogues. He settled on a product from Pennsylvania designed to keep piglets and chickens warm during winter in northeastern U.S. states. “Remarkably, our heaters have now
endured 28 Rocky Mountain winters without failure,” Harte wrote in Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming. More difficult was deciding whether to attempt adjusting the heat directed toward the soil. “Under real global warming, the incremental rise in soil temperature can differ hugely across the seasons,” he wrote. Achieving a steady two-degree Celsius rise in wet soil, for example, would require more heat. Instead, he chose a fixed level of heat, “mimicking, I hoped, the relatively constant infrared flux from the great big heater in the sky, otherwise known as incremental greenhouse gases. The variations in incremental soil temperatures would, I expected, be realistic, and in retrospect they were.” The heat also dried the surface soil 15 to 20 per cent, moisture being an important part of this investigation of global warming effects. Outward changes came relatively quickly. When heating of the five plots began, all 10 plots had a mixture of forbs and woody shrub. Forbs are broad-leafed herbaceous plants, but not grasses. Think of a sunflower, primrose, or mountain bluebells. The woody shrub is sagebrush, a species common in colder, drier climates of the North American West. The plots all had four times as many forbs as sagebrush covering the ground when the experiment began. A decade later, annual shrub production had overtaken forb production in the heated plots. And by Year 27 of the experiment, shrub production was three times greater than that of forbs. The ratios were nearly upside down. The shift was not caused by migration of sagebrush from elsewhere, but rather infill by the existing sagebrush. That may be what happens elsewhere, too, and with different species, Harte suggests. Crested Butte may soon need to tinker with its economy. Even by the 1990s, it had become a busier summer resort than a winter resort. It has arts shows, music festivals and a wildflower festival that this year will be held July 10 to 19. Crested Butte has been called the wildflower
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capitol of Colorado. The valley’s verdancy gives way to sagebrush in the drive from Crested Butte and Gunnison, as the elevation drops and the montane ecosystem gives away to high desert, the annual It gets more complex. The increased precipitation decreases by more heat from the lamps accelerated than half. At 2,400 metres elevation, the runoff of snow, lengthened Gunnison is to Crested Butte what the growing season and, in some Squamish is to Whistler, but in a cases, emboldened pathogens and sea of sagebrush, not an arm of the herbivores. Again, the effect was not Pacific Ocean. universal. Some pests actually did This shift from leafy green plants better in cooler or later-melting plots. to woody shrubs also caused a shift Even by 2014, a sufficiently long-time in the surface shortwave albedo. series was available to establish the Albedo is the percentage of solar statistical significance of the responses energy striking a surface that is of the control, or unheated, plots. Those reflected away from the Earth. Snow five plots without artificial heat had reflects light more, while a black rock changed, a reflection of the changing absorbs the sun’s energy. The shift climate broadly underway, but not as from the wildflowers to the woody fast as those under the lamps created shrub translated to more energy to warm chicks and piglets. being absorbed, the equivalent of a That, explained Harte in his book, 10-watt light bulb per square metre “reinforces our confidence that averaged over night and day during our heated treatment of the plots the growing season. provides a realistic preview of real That’s double the incremental global warming.” energy absorbed as a result of the Crucial, he went on to say, was the increased atmospheric carbon nature of the experiment: heated dioxide. plots paired with unheated plots. The effects of this increased heat Without the artificial stimulation, it on the plants were not uniform, would have been impossible to say however. Those forbs with more exactly what caused the changes shallow roots consistently showed in the subalpine meadows above greatly reduced growth and Gothic. Many other things are at physiological symptoms of moisture work, including acid deposition from stress in the heated plots. Deepdistant coal-fired power plants, rooted plants showed only a weak more intrusion from cross-country response to the heat. skiers, plus dust blown from deserts “The idiosyncratic response of each of the Southwest. Also, there could species to environmental conditions be natural cycles in the dominance reinforces our finding that there are patterns of vegetation. likely to be changes in community The heated plots compared with composition as the planet warms,” the unheated plots makes it clear Harte wrote in his book.
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After the electricity was turned off last July, researchers arrived to study the changes underground at Warming Meadows.
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the effect of temperature increases during coming decades. Harte clearly had hoped for a still-longer run at Gothic. Continued warming until 2050 could, he pointed out, predict climate effects in that ecosystem to the end of the century. But the costs, if not staggering, at about US$15,000 a year, including US$6,000 for electricity (produced mostly at coal-burning power plants), persuaded funders that it was time to move on.
SOIL–THE BIGGEST TAKEWAY Study of the interaction between the soil and the atmosphere always was an important component of the Warming Meadows experiment. Soil stores 4.5 times the carbon compared to vegetation. Soils are to carbon what the Royal Bank of Canada is to loonies. But will the warming climate cause more carbon to be transferred from the soil to the atmosphere in the coming decades? That would accelerate warming. This is called a feedback loop. It’s perhaps like credit card debt. If you can’t pay off your monthly debt, you accrue interest, which makes paying off the monthly charge even harder. Research, underway even now from the Warming Meadows experiment, is expected to deliver the first good estimate of this response of deep
soil carbon to warming. This new understanding will be used in global climate models to help predict what will happen in the mountains, not just in Colorado or B.C., but across the planet. “Climate change can alter the quantities of carbon sequestered in plants and soil, resulting in feedbacks that either enhance or retard the anthropogenic buildup of atmosphere carbon dioxide,” Harte explains in Ecosystems. “Such feedbacks are especially likely in montane and highlatitude ecosystems where soils are carbon rich, vegetation is sensitive to climate variables, such as snowmelt date and length of growing season, and climate change is expected to be large due to snow albedo feedback.” In July, after the power was cut off, a small backhoe tracked up the trail to the Warming Meadows plots to excavate one-by-two-metre pits. Sensors had all along kept track of heat and soil moisture relatively close to the surface. These pits were 1.5 metres deep. The core question that motivated these pits was whether the soil carbon at this greater depth responded differently than that closer to the surface. A secondary and related question is whether rising temperatures above ground alter interaction among the species living underground. Scientists who gathered in July for about a month to collect samples were looking at 30 to 40 plant species and, depending how you define
FEATURE STORY what constitutes a species, 30,000 microorganisms. “Microorganisms are very diverse,” said Stephanie Kivlin when I talked with her in late August. “We will have data about how they have shifted in their abundance with warming. Putting this all together will be really interesting, but this will take time.” Kivlin first visited RMBL in 2010 as an undergraduate and, after earning her Ph.D. in 2012, now teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the department of ecology and
evolutionary biology. Her research has taken her from measuring effects of global warming during a blizzard in Alaska to collecting soil cores during an earthquake in Costa Rica. Her work and that of others since last summer, first in the field and then in the lab, may yield a high-profile paper during the next year (they hope for Science, the prestigious journal). The goal, she says, is to “understand how ecosystems are going to respond to warming. That includes plants above ground, plants below ground, and all the carbon and nutrients and microorganisms, including the carbon that plants are picking up from the atmosphere and putting into their roots. We want to understand how the entire ecosystem responds.” But again, the key to understanding what happens above ground lies in understanding the subterranean better. “Essentially we had to destroy the [Warming Meadows plots], but it’s really important because half the carbon is stored below 20 cm.” Aimée T. Classen, another researcher at Warming Meadows, goes even deeper on the connection between soil and climate change. “I have always had an interest in soil, and it turns out that soil harbours a lot of carbon,” she says. “It harbours more than the atmosphere or the terrestrial biosphere.” How will those tens of thousands of microorganisms in the soil react to warming temperatures? Will they absorb the atmospheric carbon
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Colourful, splashy forbs dominated before heating began, but by the end sagebrush had largely taken over.
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FEATURE STORY through the roots of plants—or, perhaps, will they emit more carbon themselves? “I spend all my time thinking about this,” says Classen, who directs the Aiken Forest Science Laboratory at the University of Vermont. Classen taught middle school for three years as she nurtured her love of science, working weekends in a soil laboratory before returning as a student to earn a Ph.D. “It was such a neat mashup of ecology and chemistry,” she says. Unlike the layperson, she understands something about “all these crazy microorganisms” that are part of the web of life, but even now the full extent of their diversity remains unknown. Like others, she expects the postWarming Meadows work to have long legs. “People around the world will use these data to build better climatechange models,” she says.
WaRMING PATTERNS
Researchers want to understand how what is happening in the atmosphere affects what is happening more deeply underground in mountain environments.
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Six years ago, a new effort was launched in the hopes of finding patterns in mountainous places across the world, to better detect general trends in the effects of warming or species loss on diversity and ecosystem function. It’s called WaRM, which stands for Warming and (species) Removal in Mountains (some acronyms come easier than others). Among the 11 cold-weather sites in the WaRM network around the globe is Kluane Lake, in the Yukon Territory. The chief investigator at that site, Jennie R. McLaren, who teaches at the University of Texas at El Paso, observes on her website that woody shrubs are replacing grasses in both tundra ecosystems and in the Chihuahuan Desert where she lives. But WaRM has not yet yielded a published study. It takes time for patterns to emerge. Ian Billick has directed RMBL since 2002. He’s a population biologist, with a special interest in ants. He first arrived as an undergraduate in
1988. That’s the same year that Harte began scratching his head about the Warming Meadows experiment and the same year that Hansen warned the world, via his platform in the U.S. Senate, that climate change had arrived, and we’d better get after it. We didn’t take his advice very seriously. About half the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere produced since the Industrial Revolution began two or three centuries ago have been emitted since Hansen’s testimony. Warming Meadows, says Billick, was the first of its kind and became a model that is now replicated in various forms and fashions around the world, such as WaRM. “It led the way for a type of research that is now very common,” he says. Warming Meadows cannot perfectly foretell the effects of warming on British Columbia and other regions. However, the intense study can “provide insights, even if not perfectly, that help us think about the entire world,” says Billick. By way of example, he points to work on human diseases that often start with fruit flies or mice. “Not because they are perfect models for humans, but because they are way easier and cheaper to start with. We can’t study everything about everywhere, so places like Gothic serve as starting points that serve as a model for understanding all of the Earth’s ecosystems,” he says. But finally, the big takeaway from Warming Meadows may well be what the scientists now at work are finding from the soil they retrieved in the pits dug after the heat lamps were removed. “This will be the first good estimate of deep soil carbon response to warming,” explains Billick. As such, it will be used to inform global climate models, which give us our best guesses about the future. So, as you take your next hike out into the backcountry, consider that what lies underfoot may be just as interesting and important as what you see above ground. ■
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classic old tram trundles past as we head down a treeless street towards the centre of Old Town. The buildings we pass are covered with graffiti and many shops seem vacant. Kraków is not as exciting or picturesque as my wife and I had expected. That changes in an instant when we reach the Main Square (Rynek Główny). We stand transfixed as we stare out at Europe’s largest medieval market square lined with pastel-coloured townhouses and clusters of cafes and restaurants that spread onto the cobblestones. This is postcard-picture perfect and a world away from Whistler. Kraków is a wonderful introduction to Poland as it is one of the few major European cities to escape major damage during the Second World War. It was the capital of Poland until 1596, when Warsaw took over, and now it is the second-largest (and most touristy) city in the country.
MAIN SQUARE Main Square is the social hub of Kraków, and the logical place to start exploring this Renaissance-style Cloth Hall, its archways leading to stalls selling jewelry and all types of souvenirs. In one corner of the square stands redbrick St. Mary Church with two towers of unequal height and form. It is not conventionally attractive, but go inside and you find a sky-blue ceiling scattered with gold stars, 14th-century stained-glass windows, patterned marble flooring and an extraordinary altar piece. Main Square is also a good place to sit and watch the world go by. There are buskers, horse-drawn carriages, flowersellers, mime-artists, and happy crowds to grab your attention. We listened to the trumpet played from the top of St. Mary’s on the hour as we sipped our coffee. Later, we visited the Rynek Underground Museum, an interactive panoramic archaeological museum at the medieval level of the city beneath the square.
THE CASTLE The other major attraction is the impressive Wawel, the castle that dominates the city centre. The ancient seat of power in Poland since 1,000 AD, the Wawel is a rambling complex of historic buildings. People have been living here for about 5,000 years, and have built on the hill successively so there is no grand plan. As we explore this jumble of palace, chapels, cathedral, colonnaded courtyards, armouries, and crypts all sitting behind fortified walls, its very lack of classical harmony becomes one of its endearing features to me. You can see Poland’s Crown Jewels in the treasury; the royal tombs and Russian murals in the cathedral; and the highly decorative apartments and state art collections in the castle. I strongly recommend the recently
re-opened Czartoryski Museum, which is famous, of course, for its Leonardo da Vinci painting Lady with an Ermine, but there is much more besides this including two works by Rembrandt.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS Nearby Kazimierz brings home the terrors of the Second World War, when Poland was under German occupation. A Jewish community that had existed here for nearly 500 years was wiped out and reminders of that time are found in major attractions such as the Old Synagogue and the Galicia Jewish Museum. Today, Kazimierz is making a comeback, as it houses some of the wackiest and most-stylish independent stores, art galleries, bars and clubs in Kraków. We walk across the pedestrian bridge that spans the Wisła River, linking Kazimierz with Podgórze, and linger to admire the 10 sculptures of acrobats suspended from its arch. Podgórze was Kraków’s ghetto during the Second World War, where 20,000 Jews were rounded up by the Nazis and forced into an area of 320 houses by a three-metre high wall. We see the stunning St. Joseph’s Church then work our way across to Ghetto Heroes’ Square to see the 70 bronze chairs, representing the furniture left in the street after the residents were rounded up in 1943 for the “final liquidation” of the ghetto. Most will know the name Oskar Schindler, the factory owner whose story gained worldwide recognition with the movie Schindler’s List. The factory is now a museum with a profoundly moving permanent exhibition that covers not only Schindler’s role in saving 1,000 Jews from the ghetto, but the wider story of life in Kraków under Nazi occupation from 1939 to 1945.
EATING, DRINKING AND PARTYING Polish cuisine is not the world’s greatest but we enjoyed the 650-year-old Wierzynek Restaurant. It has elegant surroundings, decorative timbered ceilings and an excellent menu offering dishes such as venison tartar and wild boar goulash. Afterwards, we eat an ice-cream treat from Lody na Starowiślnej, which has been serving a short menu of flavours for many years. Nightlife in Krakow ranges from an uplifting evening listening to one of Fryderyk Chopin’s tinkling piano concertos in the 16th-century elegant Bonerowski Palace to braving Tytano, an old tobacco factory where there are bars, restaurants and clubs. The high ceilings, large loft windows and exposed brickwork have all been retained so there is plenty of atmosphere here. There is a small community of Canadians living in Krakow and contact can be made through www.internations. org/krakow-expats/canadians The Krakow Tourist Card allows you to travel freely on buses and trams across the city, as well as granting free access to more than 30 of the city’s museums. The price for a three-day card is C$42. www.LenRutledge.com
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SPORTS THE SCORE
Heslop earns sweep at seasonopening Timber Tour FREESTYLE WHISTLER EARNS 17 MEDALS AT PANORAMA
BY DAN FALLOON AT THE JUNIOR National Freestyle Ski Championships last spring, Mattheus Heslop realized what he was capable of on a Canadawide level with a third-place in his age group in the moguls event. Returning to action on the provinciallevel Timber Tour, the Freestyle Whistler member put that positivity into action, winning all three events at the first stop of the season at Panorama Mountain Resort from Jan. 24 to 26, claiming gold in slopestyle, moguls and dual moguls in the U14 male division. Conquering the cold in Quebec, Heslop came into the season with a fresh shot of confidence. “I think it helped a lot. I don’t think I was as nervous as I usually was,” he said. “I felt really good.” The weekend started with Heslop’s favourite event, slopestyle, before moving onto the moguls competitions. Snagging a gold early on, especially with some sticky rails, provided a boost heading into the rest of the festival. “I like the creativity and I like getting a lot of air [in slopestyle],” said Heslop,
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adding that his cork 720 that he landed on the final jump was a thrill, as it was the first time he’d thrown it in competition. Another thrill for Heslop was to meet 2014 Paralympic gold medallist and current Freestyle BC executive director Josh Dueck again, as Dueck expressed admiration for how Heslop handled himself on the moguls course. “He was very amazed, since in my second moguls run, I saved a very bad crash,” Heslop recalled. “I was going down
Mold claimed bronze in the U14 male event, as did Emerson Raffler in the U16 male contest while Trenton Schumann won silver in the U18 male showdown. In single moguls, Owen-Mold won another bronze in U14 male, Phillip Kang and Daniel Gannon took gold and silver, respectively, in U16 male, and in the female division, Brooke Armstrong and Lynette Conn took U16 gold and silver, in order. Lastly, in dual moguls, Owen-Mold won a third bronze in U14 male, while Gannon
“I feel we went prepared, and because the athletes were prepared in both moguls and slopestyle, we were able to get the results that we did.” - JEFF FAIRBAIRN
the last set of moguls and I caught my edge and started going backwards. I caught my edge, then did a flip back to my feet and skied out. “It was crazy and very scary.” Heslop expressed thanks to his coaches, to Panorama and to Freestyle BC for making the event happen. Heslop’s three medals were among the 17 that the Freestyle Whistler team claimed at the Timber Tour. In the slopestyle event, Landon Owen-
and Kang switched spots for gold and silver in U16. In the female contest, Linda Madi emerged with bronze in U14 while Conn and Armstrong swapped spots for gold and silver in U16. Several other club members claimed top 10s over the weekend, including: Armaan Asrar Haghighi (U14 male); Deston Swift, Aidan Mulvihill, Owen Scarth, and Ewan Clemenson (U16 male); Liam Rivera (U18 male); and Brynn Johnston (U16 female). In the U16 female division, Itsuki Sato posted
a best finish of 11th in the single moguls. Meanwhile, Whistler-based KR Academy members Thomas Dooley (U14 male) and Catherine Dooley (U14 female) also cracked the top 10. With a smaller contingent, Freestyle Whistler also claimed four medals in Super Youth competition with U12 male skier Finn Henderson claiming silver in the single moguls and slopestyle and bronze in big air, while Poppy Clemenson nabbed third in U10 female slopestyle. Zoe Henderson and Ty Prouse also competed well on the weekend. Freestyle Whistler moguls head coach Jeff Fairbairn was thrilled with his athletes’ accomplishments at the competition. “I feel we went prepared, and because the athletes were prepared in both moguls and slopestyle, we were able to get the results that we did,” he said. Fairbairn noted that like several of the competing clubs, Freestyle Whistler had to contend with low-snow conditions early this season. However, many athletes went to train at Apex Mountain Resort and Calabogie Peaks to prepare for the campaign. “Having that advantage, being able to train, definitely set the stage for us,” he said. The club’s focus, Fairbairn said, is to try to qualify as many of its athletes for this year’s Canadian Junior Championships in Red Deer, Alta. in March, with several Freestyle Whistler athletes in good position early in the process. Fairbairn added that three athletes, Kang, Conn and Armstrong, will make their NorAm Cup debuts in February at the event in Deer Valley, Utah from Feb. 9 to 13. n
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BY DAN FALLOON THE SHARPE FAMILY lived up to its name at the Winter X Games, held in Aspen, Colo. from Jan. 22 to 26. For starters, snowboarder Darcy Sharpe took home a pair of medals in his events, winning the Jeep Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle contest for his first-ever X Games gold while taking second in the Jeep Rail Jam. In the slopestyle, Sharpe came through on his fourth and final attempt to leap from eighth all the way to first, landing tricks such as a switchback 1280 and a frontside triple to knock off Mons Røisland and Red Gerard, while Mark McMorris took seventh. In the rail jam, Sharpe took second to Jesse Paul while holding off Sven Thorgren for silver. Craig McMorris, meanwhile, ended up seventh. Sharpe’s sister Cassie, meanwhile, scored a third-place finish in the ski superpipe, landing a pair of 900s, in her first action of the 2019-20 season. Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru came away with the win while fellow Canadian Rachael Karker also hit the podium in second. “I was really happy with how Rachael and Cassie skied today and certainly having both on the podium was a great result,” head coach Trennon Paynter said in a release. Cassie also took part in a new X Games initiative this year, competing in the Special Olympics unified skiing event alongside Amanda Leonard. “We didn’t win the race but we won for having the most fun!! So honored to have been a part of the inaugural @ SpecialOlympics Unified Skiing event at @ xgames and to have been paired with this amazing woman, Amanda,” Sharpe posted
to Instagram after the contest. Both Sharpes are based in Whistler. Canadian ski and snowboard athletes took home five other medals at the X Games. Snowboarder Max Parrot, just over a year after announcing he’d been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma (which he revealed in July he had beaten), took home the win in The Real Cost Men’s Snowboard Big Air while Mark McMorris took second. With the silver, McMorris equalled American Shaun White with his 18th X Games medal. In the Jeep Men’s Ski Slopestyle, Evan McEachran scored a second-place finish behind Colby Stevenson and ahead of Fabian Boesch, while Laurie Blouin also claimed a silver in the Jeep Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle, with Jamie Anderson snagging gold and Kokomo Murase went home with bronze. Lastly, Brendan MacKay secured bronze in the Great Clips Men’s Ski Superpipe behind Alex Ferreira and Aaron Blunck. Meanwhile, two Canadians made the final but missed the medals in The Real Cost Men’s Ski Big Air, as Alex BeaulieuMarchand and McEachran were fifth and eighth, respectively. Henrik Harlaut topped Birk Ruud and Andri Ragettli for the win. Blouin made a second final, taking fifth in the Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air while Miyabi Onitsuka bested Kokomo Murase and Reira Iwabuchi for the victory. As well, Megan Oldham earned a fifthplace showing in the Women’s Ski Big Air as Tess Ledeux got past Mathilde Gremaud and Sarah Hoefflin for the win. Oldham also earned a sixth-place finish in the Jeep Women’s Ski Slopestyle as Sildaru took the gold over Hoefflin and Maggie Voisin. Lastly, 14-year-old Brooke D’Hondt qualified for the Women’s Snowboard Superpipe final, earning a sixth-place finish as Queralt Castellet topped Kurumi Imai and Haruna Matsumoto for the win. n
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Benson earns double gold in Prince George BIATHLETE HAS SIGHTS SET ON NATIONALS PODIUM
BY DAN FALLOON THE BC CUP SEASON didn’t start ideally for Sea to Sky Nordics biathlete Sean Benson. Finishing off the podium in both races in December wasn’t how he was looking to get going, but Benson rebounded just fine in the second contest of the season on Jan. 25 and 26 in Prince George, winning both the seniors boys’ individual and pursuit races. On the first day of competition, the individual contest, Benson tied for his best shooting score in a four-clip race after hitting 17 of 20 targets. “My ski speed was back up to what my usual is and it felt very strong,” he said. “It all worked out very well. “[In the first race], I got a sixth place and a ninth place and I felt very slow on my skis … This race, I went into it thinking ‘Just ski your heart out. Whatever happens happens.’” In addition to being sick, Benson had a number of things go sideways as his season started on the wrong foot at Sovereign Lake.
“It was probably mostly organization. I had everything ready to go. There were a few instances at the last race where I had forgotten things back at the house so I was flustered,” he said. Benson explained that he prefers the individual event to the pursuit since racers start in 30-second intervals, allowing him a bit of solitude and ability to concentrate solely on himself. “It’s more up in the air as to where you are so you’re not racing head to head. You can think about your own race and you don’t have to think about anyone else,” he said. “On the second day [in pursuit], you start based on where you finished the day before, so I started first. You have more pressure on you to do well.” Several other Sea to Sky Nordics athletes shined in Prince George as the club scored nine medals overall. In the individual race, Trevor Schick and Jasper Fleming finished second and third to help Benson complete the podium sweep, while Taylor Fulton finished third among senior girls, with Sophie Hill and Sierra Pochay-McBain performing well in fourth and sixth, respectively. As for the
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juniors, Graham Benson was third among boys, edging out teammate Lucas Gitt in fourth, while Sophie Firth took eighth. In the pursuit, Pochay-McBain and Hill both took medals, finishing second and third among senior girls while Fulton was sixth. As for senior boys, Schick and Fleming were fifth and seventh, in order. On the junior side, Graham Benson was once again third among boys while Firth placed seventh in the girls’ race. Benson’s season will culminate with the Canadian Biathlon Championships in Valcartier, Que. from March 16 to 22. Benson took a fifth-place finish in the individual contest when the Whistler Olympic Park hosted the 2019 nationals,
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so he’s aiming to reach the senior boys’ podium this time around. “A podium would be great,” he said. “I’m hoping to get closer to the podium but I don’t want to jinx it.” Ultimately, Benson hopes to hit the international stage. With the Youth/Junior World Championships underway, and some athletes he’s raced well against in attendance, Benson feels that he’s not far off from that goal. “They’ve either trained in Whistler or they’ve raced in the BC Cups,” he said. “[Cole Bender] has gone to the same development camps as me. He’s raced in the same races as me. It seems attainable.” n
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Kingsbury ekes out moguls win SPORTS BRIEFS: THOMPSON PODIUMS IN SWEDEN; WMSC GRADS CRACK KITZBUHEL TOP 30
BY DAN FALLOON CANADIAN MOGULS legend Mikaël Kingsbury added to his career medal haul by the skin of his teeth at home at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant on Jan. 25. Kingsbury took his 58th career win, besting Japan’s Ikuma Horishima by just 0.2 points, while France’s Benjamin Cavet was third. “As the day progressed I felt more confident and I was able to open the extra gear in the final,” Kingsbury said in a release, noting the qualifying conditions were challenging. Other Canadians included: Gabriel Dufresne in 12th; Pemberton’s Brenden Kelly in 18th; Kerrian Chunlaud in 21st; Robbie Andison in 23rd; Jordan Kober in 28th; Ryan Portello in 33rd; Brayden Kuroda in 34th; Laurent Dumais in 48th; and Elliot Vaillancourt in 49th. On the women’s side, Justine DufourLapointe was the top Canadian in fifth, 1.59 points off the podium and 3.55 points back of champion Perrine Laffont of France. Kazakhstan’s Yulia Galysheva took second and Russia’s Anastasia Smirnova placed third.
Rounding out the Canadian contingent were: Valerie Gilbert in eighth; Berkley Brown in 16th; Chloe Dufour-Lapointe in 17th; Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert in 19th; and Freestyle Whistler alum Maia Schwinghammer in 30th.
THOMPSON HITS PODIUM IN SWEDEN Whistler ski-cross racer Marielle Thompson hit her fourth podium of the FIS World Cup season in Idre Fjäll, Sweden on Jan. 26. Thompson earned a third-place finish, trailing winner Sandra Naeslund of Sweden and Fanny Smith of Switzerland. Brittany Phelan wrapped up the big final in fourth while Abby McEwen was 13th. “This track is a lot of fun, so many big jumps and features. You really need to nail the rhythm on the bottom section, which I did on most of my runs. In the final I just got stuck behind and didn’t really have anywhere to go. Having watched Ryan (Regez) win yesterday from so far behind I was thinking ‘there’s a chance,’” Thompson said in a release. “I made sure to do everything I needed to do and I’m happy with third.” In Jan. 25 action, Phelan hit the podium in third, while Thompson was fourth. Atop the
podium was Smith, with Naeslund claiming second. McEwen, meanwhile took ninth. The Canadian men earned second place on both days, as Brady Leman was runnerup on Jan. 25, sandwiched between winner Ryan Regez of Switzerland and Francois Place of France. Kevin Drury took eighth while Zach Belczyk was 39th and Chris Del Bosco placed 47th. On Jan. 26, Drury was second to winner Daniel Bohnacker of Germany with Regez placing third and Leman fourth. Kristofor Mahler popped up in 15th, while Del Bosco took 38th and Belczyk was 41st.
WMSC GRADS CRACK KITZBUHEL TOP-30 The downhill in Kitzbuhel, Austria is circled on speed demons’ calendars well in advance of the season, and two Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) grads made it worth their while this year. In this year’s race, held on Jan. 25, two WMSC alums slipped into the top 30, with top Canadian Cameron Alexander and Brodie Seger taking 27th and 29th, respectively. Alexander came in 2.01 seconds behind champion Matthias Mayer of Austria, who held off fellow Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr
and Switzerland’s Beat Feuz. As well, Jeffrey Read took 33rd, WMSC grad James Crawford was 39th and Ben Thomsen placed 42nd. Crawford claimed Canada’s highest result in the super-G on Jan. 24, claiming a 24th-place showing, 1.73 seconds off the pace set by winner Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. Fellow Norwegian Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde took second while Mayer was third. Seger took 31st while Thomsen ended up 46th. In the weekend-wrapping slalom on Jan. 26, Erik Read was the lone Canadian to complete two runs, with his 25th-place finish putting him 8.67 seconds back of winner Daniel Yule of Switzerland. Austria’s Marco Schwartz and France’s Clement Noel rounded out the podium in second and third, respectively. The Canadian women, meanwhile, hit the slopes in Bansko, Bulgaria on the weekend with Marie-Michele Gagnon as the lone representative. Gagnon posted her best result early on, taking 13th in the weekend-opening downhill on Jan. 24. Gagnon was 2.06 seconds back of winner Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, who emerged ahead of
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Slovenia, earning silver in the first of three giant slaloms on Jan. 20. She proceeded to take fifth in the closing event on Jan. 22.
Italy’s Federica Brignone and Switzerland’s Joana Haehlen for top spot. In the Jan. 25 downhill, Gagnon slipped to 27th, 2.44 seconds back of winner Elena Curtoni, who led an Italian podium sweep with Marta Bassino in second and Brignone in third. Lastly, Gagnon’s 25th in the Jan. 26 super-G left her 3.08 seconds back of Shiffrin, again on top. Bassino took another second while Switzerland’s Lara GutBehrami placed third.
GRONDIN DEFENDS CANADIAN TURF AT BIG WHITE Canadian snowboard-cross racer Eliot Grondin hit the podium on home soil in FIS World Cup action at Big White on Jan. 25. Grondin boarded to a second-place finish behind Italian Omar Visentin, while American Alex Deibold placed third. Fellow Canadian Kevin Hill came in eighth while Evan Bichon was 38th, Liam Moffatt took 39th, Anthony Gervais-Marcoux placed 43rd and Colby Graham wound up 47th. In the Jan. 26 race, Grondin was still the top Canadian, though he slipped to ninth. Italian Lorenzo Sommariva earned the win over Austria’s Jakob Dusek and American Senna Leith. Meanwhile, Hill was 14th, Moffatt took 41st, Bichon placed 43rd and Gervais-Marcoux and Graham wrapped up
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CANADIAN KING Canadian moguls skier Mikaël Kingsbury extended his record with his 58th career FIS World Cup win at Mont Tremblant on Jan. 25.
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the weekend in 48th and 49th, respectively. As for the women, Meryeta Odine took back-to-back 10th-place finishes as the top Canadian on both days. On Jan. 25, Italy’s Michela Moioli topped Australia’s Belle Brockhoff and Italy’s Raffaella Brutto for the win. Tess Critchlow took 17th while Whistler’s Zoe Bergermann was 18th, Carle Brenneman earned 21st, Audrey McManiman placed 22nd and Whistler’s Haili Moyer finished 26th. On Jan. 26, Brockhoff edged out Moioli for the win while American Faye Gulini was third. Bergermann, Critchlow and
Brenneman were back-to-back-to-back in 19th through 21st, respectively, while McManiman and Moyer wound up 25th and 27th, in order.
JEPSEN EARNS ANOTHER MEDAL IN SLOVENIA Whistler Mountain Ski Club grad Mollie Jepsen hit the International Paralympic Committee Para-Alpine World Cup podium once again. After taking home four medals in her first stop of the season in Switzerland, Jepsen nabbed another in Kranjska Gora,
Whistler Valley Snowboard Club member Jacob Legault came away with a North American Cup win at Sun Peaks on Jan. 15. The 16-year-old slopestyler posted a best run of 93.25 to hold off fellow Canadians Michael Modesti (90.5) and Cameron Spalding (89.25). Also making the final were: Jadyn Chomlack (fifth); Keenan Demchuk (seventh); Truth Smith (ninth); and Liam Stevens (12th). On the women’s side, Maggie Crompton’s 83.25 landed her just off the podium in fourth while Jackie Carlson (fifth), Ge Rong (sixth) and Bailey Birkkjaer (11th) all made the final. Carlson and Chomlack found their way onto the big air podium on Jan. 16, though. In the women’s contest, Carlson scored a two-run score of 166 to finish second behind American Kaitlyn Adams’ 177. Crompton finished fourth with a 158.5, less than four points out of third. On the men’s side, Chomlack posted a 172.25 to place as the runner-up to American Dave Retzlaff’s 186. Teammates Finn Finestone and Lane Weaver also made the finals, placing fifth and eighth, respectively.
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SPORTS THE SCORE WMSC TOPS JANYK CUP The Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) U12 club captured the Janyk Cup at home on Jan. 19. With 70 athletes from the club, Cypress Mountain, Mount Seymour and Grouse Mountain Tyee lining up in warm conditions, the locals held on to the trophy, named for longtime club volunteer Andree Janyk. The winners were determined by calculating the combined times in a pair of giant slalom races, with Hannah Neeves winning the women’s event and Kingsley Parkhill taking the men’s title. In the first GS race, WMSC swept the 2008 men’s podium with Parkhill leading Dreas Gibbons and Marek Novak, while Parkhill finished ahead of Gibbons and Graydyn Swanson in the second. As for the 2009 division, Luka Buchheister won both while Blake Thornhill was third in both. On the women’s side, WMSC swept the 2008 podiums with Hannah Neeves winning over her sister Sophie Neeves and Alexa Ferguson in both. In the first 2009 contest, Maggie Cormack was second and Maia Harriman placed second, while in the second, Cormack took third. In dual “glalom” action, in 2008 girls, Hannah Neeves topped sister Sophie and Maika Lennox-King, while for 2009s, Cormack placed third. As for the boys, Parkhill led a 2008 men’s podium sweep with Dominic Reid and Gibbons, while in the 2009 men’s category, Buchheister earned the win. The day before, roughly 140 racers from the same clubs competed in the Nancy Greene Skills event. For the first time ever, the overall results for boys and girls were combined in the three race categories. In the dual glalom, Parkhill snagged the 2008 victory while Reid placed third. As for the start and skate, Lennox-King snagged third among 2008 racers. Lastly, in the tuck and skate, Gibbons and Parkhill made the 2008 podium in second and third, respectively, while Buchheister was second in the 2009 contest.
KRIPPS NABS PAIR OF PODIUMS Canadian bobsleigh pilot Justin Kripps hit the podium twice in BMW IBSF World Cup action at Konigssee, Germany on the weekend. Kripps and brakeman Cameron Stones started with a second-place finish in the two-man race on Jan. 25, sliding in 0.51 seconds back of winners Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany while another German sled, Nico Walther and Malte Schwenzfeier took third. The next day, Kripps, Benjamin Coakwell, Ryan Sommer and Stones slid into third in the four-man race behind two German sleds, the winning crew piloted by Friedrich and the runners-up led by Johannes Lochner. The Canadian women, meanwhile, narrowly missed out on a medal as Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski took fourth, 0.06 seconds out of third and 0.15 seconds back of winners Kaillie Humphries and Sylvia Hoffmann of the United States. Germans rounded out the podium, with
Laura Nolte and Erline Nolte in second and Stephanie Schneider and Ann-Christin Stack in third. Canada’s top skeleton athlete also sat fourth as Mirela Rahneva finished 0.26 seconds out of the medals and 0.67 seconds back of champion Tina Hermann of Germany. Jacqueline Loelling, also of Germany, placed second while Russia’s Elena Nikitina took third. North Vancouver’s Jane Channell wound up 15th while Madison Charney was 21st. Lastly, in men’s action, Kevin Boyer was the top Canadian in 17th while Kyle Murray wound up 28th. At the top of the table, Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov edged out South Korea’s Sungbin Yun and Germany’s Felix Keisinger.
TOUTANT TOPS AT LAAX Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant claimed top spot in slopestyle in FIS World Cup action in Laax, Switzerland on Jan. 15. Toutant’s 87.25 held off Americans Redmond Gerard (85.45) and Justus Henkes (82.33) for the win. “I have been coming here for so many years and I’m really proud I finally made it to the top. It is my first contest in 2020 and it is just amazing to win here in LAAX...I took a big crash in practice and was lucky enough to ride the final and land the winning run,” Toutant said in a release.
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Other Canadians included Michael Ciccarelli in 13th, Francis Jobin in 22nd and Nicolas LaFramboise in 48th. On the women’s side, Laurie Blouin was the top Canadian in sixth as American Julia Marino held off Japan’s Reira Iwabuchi and Great Britain’s Katie Ormerod for the win. Sommer Gendron took seventh and Brooke Voigt was ninth. Canada had less representation in the Jan. 18 halfpipe, however, as Braeden Adams and Shawn Fair placed 21st and 22nd, respectively, in the men’s contest. Australia’s Scotty James held off Japan’s Yuto Totsuka and American Taylor Gold for the win. No Canadian women took part. Spain’s Queralt Castellet topped Chinese challengers Xuetong Cai and Jiayu Liu for the victory. In the following weekend’s event at Seiseralm, Italy, Voigt hit the podium with a 68.66 behind Australia’s Tess Coady (73.48) and Ormerod (72.11). Gendron, meanwhile, took eighth and Baily McDonald was 15th. As for the men, Jobin was the top Canadian in 11th with a 70.63. Russia’s Vlad Khadarin (85.25) scored the victory over two Japanese competitors, Ruki Tobita (83.81) and Hiroaki Kunitake (79.75). Other Canucks were LaFramboise in 19th, Carter Jarvis in 25th, and John MacDougall in 42nd. n
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Message in a bottle READING LABELS CAN BE THE COOLEST THING YOU DO TEN OR ELEVEN thousand years ago— long before my days at Emily Carr University for Art and Design, and even longer before I talked my way into journalism school—I signed up for a program in commercial art at Victoria Technical School in Edmonton. As eternally pragmatic as most things were in Edmonton then, the program was focused on ensuring we all got jobs, good jobs, once we graduated. We learned things like brush- and Speedball lettering so we could pump out handcrafted signs and flyers
BY GLENDA BARTOSH for grocery stores (Letraset was around, but it was still pretty expensive). Plus we did a few projects designing packages. One of mine was for black tea, complete with a custom logo: A circle in green and black with the silhouette of a tortured tree against a yellow disc of a sun. Lord knows why I chose a windswept tree to represent tea. Maybe I thought it looked Asian? The point is, it might have looked cool but it was totally meaningless to anyone buying my hypothetical tea. My other personal packaging tale comes from yet another campus—Chulalongkorn University in beautiful downtown Bangkok. My friend Sherry and I enrolled in an “understanding Thai culture” course aimed
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at diplomats and business leaders. Again, I’m not sure how we talked our way into it, but we did, and so there we sat, in a pleasant, air-conditioned classroom at Chulalongkorn, Thailand’s most prestigious university, learning the subtleties of commerce and culture in the so-called “Land of Smiles.” Much to our horror, one of our classmates was a marketing guy from Texas. He was in Bangkok to “improve” packaging to better motivate Thai consumers to buy all kinds of crap they didn’t need using “motivator” tricks like the scary oranges, reds, blues and yellows used on a billion and one packages—Tide, for instance. Most of us pretty much wished he would just go back to America and leave the Thai people to their own packaging devices, like the amazing banana leaves they were still using to wrap up take-away food from the night market. The thing is, with the average U.S. home estimated to contain some 300,000 items (I’m sure our Canuck homes do, too) 99 per cent of those things are processed goods that have come into our lives in packages, including the food we put on our tables. Since the huge majority of it goes through far more sophisticated design processes than I ever dreamt of when I designed my tea package—proposals, focus groups, hidden cameras, re-design, more focus groups and more hidden cameras registering responses—I say let’s milk those packages for all they’re worth, see what we can learn, and then notice how we decide what to buy. Once you start looking, I mean really looking at and reading packaging and labels, you discover all kinds of hidden gems as cool as finding a message in a bottle.
Unpack a package of Dorset Cereals’ Simply Delicious Muesli and you’ll find them advising you they’re only human, and how to contact them if you’re unhappy with their recipe. They also thoughtfully explain why you need scissors to open their packages. (I’ll leave you in suspense.) Likely of greater interest, though, if you follow The Crown or Harry and Meghan headlines, you’ll discover your muesli is part of HRH Prince Charles’ preservation efforts in Poundsbury, England. Another manufacturer with a good story and the right attitude: Nature Clean’s environmentally great cleaning products, produced right here in Canada. Designed by a chemist in the 1960s for his wife, who suffered severe allergies, they make me laugh every time I use them. “Made by really nice Canadians,” says their labels, complete with a sweet little maple leaf. Take apart a package of Kellogg’s AllBran Buds, and you’ll be happy to discover the whole carton is made from 100 per cent recycled fibre. Your Lundberg rice cake package tells you all about the Lundberg family, who’ve been sustainably farming since the 1930s. That kind of info makes me want to buy those products again and again. On the more exotic side, check out labels on products from away. Those are fascinating messages in bottles that tell us what we’re missing. I love poking through the labels on the goodies our friends Chuck and Audrey bring us back from Australia. They feature a distinctive national brandmark with a golden kangaroo on a green triangle and a golden “ruler” showing you what fraction of the product has been made in Oz. These days, it makes the scorching bushfires hit
home all the harder. More importantly, it makes me wonder why we don’t have such a brandmark on Canadian-made products, like those Nature Clean ones, to encourage their purchase over foreignmade items. Another lesson from away: Jiu Zhen Nan’s packaging for lovely, classic pineapple cakes our friends Virginia and Karoly brought back from Taiwan, which includes a big, black “footprint” icon indicating the carbon footprint of the product as designated by Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency (in this case, 190 grams). Again, why doesn’t Canada have a similar system so we could make our purchasing decisions accordingly? Hidden, meaningful gems like these say read your labels, every time, all the time. They’re not just quirky and fun. The best thing you can do for your own health and that of our sorely beleaguered planet is to vote with your dollars. Only buy the stuff you truly believe in and you know is good for you and the rest of us. See those carefully rendered “nutrition facts” on the side of your breakfast cereal package? That list of ingredients that shows they’re using palm oil, not canola oil from a Canadian farmer? They sure didn’t make that info available to consumers when I was designing packages, but we didn’t have 300,000 items in our homes then either—300,000 items produced from something somewhere that left a hole in somebody’s ecosystem before it landed at our doors. Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who likes getting under the carton flaps. n
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BY DAN FALLOON WHEN JENNIFER Welsh’s MomentAum Meal Prep service comes to your door, they hope to be delivering more than just healthy food. In addition to providing healthful meals and snacks, Welsh has an eye on tackling community issues both within and outside of the food community. For starters, the University of Victoria environmental studies graduate is hoping to reduce waste by using reusable glass dishes and jars instead of disposable containers. “The environmental pillar behind the business is probably the most important component to us,” she said. “Meal prep businesses are on the rise and a lot of them, unfortunately, have a lot of waste associated with them. “When I was doing my research and creating it, I saw that a similar model existed in other cities where people were using reusable, returnable containers.” Clients currently pay a $20 deposit for the containers and are charged $3 for every missing container, though Welsh hopes to waive that fee further down the line. “Hopefully as the business grows and there’s more investment behind it, we can maybe take away that deposit. We’ll have more of a cushion,” she said. Another initiative MomentAum is undertaking is redirecting five-per-cent of every dollar spent before tax to hungerfighting initiatives. Half of the donations will go to Operation Shanti, an orphanage in Mysore, India that Welsh has worked with for several years. The other half will stay to help families in the Sea to Sky, Welsh said, though the exact details are still being ironed out. Welsh said MomentAum strives to use as much local produce and as much organic produce as possible, though she faces limitations including seasonal availability and keeping the items at reasonable price points. The current menu offers meals ranging from vegetarian chili and vegetable curry and rice to power cookies and smoothies.
PICKING UP SPEED Jennifer Welsh has recently launched MomentAum Meal Prep. PHOTO SUBMITTED
With summer coming, Welsh said the menu will include more salads, cold juices and other lighter fare. As the business develops, Welsh hopes to connect with local farms, restaurants and bakeries to potentially team up. That’s just one idea to create links with people in the community, as she hopes to connect clients with a personal trainer or nutritionist to help them to healthier living. Other potential events include hosting workshops, symposiums and
online programs to get Whistlerites to not only understand nutrition, but love it. “Health is not just about fitting into a size-six pant or getting your waist to be 32 inches,” she said. “It’s about, ‘Do I have the energy levels I want to have?’ ‘Do I feel good in my own skin?’” While MomentAum is still in its first month of operation, and Welsh has been happy with the initial response, the dream has been something she’s built for nearly a year. As a perfectionist, however, Welsh had
to adopt a “launch and adjust” attitude to finally take the plunge. “I’ve been testing all of the recipes for 10 or 11 months, so all my friends and my clients have been the guinea pigs. They’ve been the test runs and the feedback was really, really positive,” she said. Welsh started in the culinary arts years ago, receiving training after high school before dropping out after realizing that even though she loved food, she did not want to be a chef. She shifted gears, however, and she has now taught yoga for the past 15 years while serving as a personal trainer for the past seven years. Still, her path brought her back to food, albeit in a different way. “Food and nutrition has always been that missing piece of the puzzle for many of my clients. I really wanted to bring all of my passions and my loves together for a service that could benefit the people in my life and the people in my community,” said Welsh, who is working to achieve her certified holistic nutrition diploma. Oh, and about the name? Welsh noted that the Sanskrit word ‘Aum’ (more commonly written as ‘Om’ in these parts) provided her with the necessary inspiration. “All energy, all matter, all that exists exists in Aum,” she said. “In every moment and every moment of your life, you have a decision of what energy you want to create.” MomentAum is currently offering Friday deliveries with an ordering deadline of Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Welsh plans to expand soon to two delivery days a week. Unlike some other services, Welsh noted, customers are not locked in to ordering each week and can instead do so when it suits their needs. The delivery area currently includes Whistler and Squamish, though Welsh will include Pemberton as well if the demand supports it. The service is offering 15-per-cent off an order of $50 or more with promo code GRANDOPENINGMONTH. To order, visit momentaummealprep. com. Those with questions can contact Welsh directly at jennwelsh@hotmail.com. n
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The Fit Generation offers inspirational look at aging WHISTLER SKI INSTRUCTORS STAR IN DOCUMENTARY MAKING ITS WHISTLER DEBUT ON FRIDAY, JAN. 31
BY ALYSSA NOEL WHEN ELTON HUBNER set out to make a documentary about seniors who were staying fit well into their golden years, he wasn’t looking for extraordinary subjects. “I wanted to showcase people who have problems like anyone else does and show how they decided to overcome that,” he says. Still, it’s hard not to be at least a little in awe of the six athletic seniors who star in The Fit Generation, which was released last July, but is making its Whistler debut on Jan. 31. There’s Larry Huzar, who plays hockey three times a week; record-breaking marathon runner Gwen McFarlan; Ava Stone, the sports-car-driving yogi; fitness instructor Barrie Chapman; and Whistler local Marcel Richoz, who teaches skiing and has a penchant for dancing; and his local pal George Tjelios-Nicholas, who also teaches skiing in the resort. Hubner searched high and low to find the right subjects. “I started telling everyone on Facebook and in person, ‘Hey, this is what I’m doing. I’m looking for people that are from the Lower Mainland or Whistler who would be great on camera, who have a character, and who practice different types
NOTHING BUT A NUMBER The Fit Generation profiles six seniors who’ve stayed active into their golden years—including Whistler’s own Marcel Richoz and George Tjelios-Nicholas. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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of sports,” he says. “I started meeting a lot of people in person.” One of those people was Richoz, who then referred him to Tjelios-Nicholas, who was slightly older than him and also a mainstay on the mountain. “I said, ‘Why not? I have the time,’” Tjelios-Nicholas says. While Tjelios-Nicholas has dealt with his share of health problems—from knee replacements to prostate cancer and chronic back pain—he looks and acts nowhere near
“I love coffee!” he says with a laugh. It’s not uncommon for him to come home from a day of teaching skiing to chop wood or shovel the driveway. “Everywhere I am, I keep moving,” he says. “In the house here—at 7 or 8 p.m.—I was shovelling snow. I’m very active all day. Summer, winter, I’m moving.” Like Tejlios-Nicholas, part of the appealing of teaching skiing at an age when many people are retiring is its social nature. “Today I had a student from New York,”
“Everywhere I am, I keep moving.” - MARCEL RICHOZ
his 86 years. He spent most of his life as a businessman in Montreal—though he still skied, drove race cars, windsurfed, and rode bikes—but back in the late ‘90s, he followed his daughter to Whistler where she moved with her children, and became a ski instructor, a position he still holds today. “I like living,” he says. “I’m an extrovert. I love living in Whistler. What I really like about Whistler is the people are super nice and there’s not much stratification here. Rich or poor, it doesn’t matter. Guys living in a $12-million home, the other guy living in his van, they’re still friends. That’s something special here.” Richoz, meanwhile, credits his unending energy, in part, to coffee.
Richoz says. “We talked about the movie industry, Whistler Village, I love that … It’s super rewarding for me.” Alongside an active lifestyle, Hubner said the other lesson he gleaned from the film’s stars was the importance of that type of community as you age. In fact, seeing the value of connecting with family and friends prompted him to marry his now-wife, Michelle Hubner, who also helped with the film, during the threeand-a-half-year project. “Larry, the guy who plays hockey, lives by himself and is a widower,” Hubner says. “[The hockey group] is the only group he socializes with. That was a big thing to me. We decided to get married in that process … Most of the people from the film were invited
to the wedding and they became part of our lives. George, Marcel, Joan [Richoz, Marcel’s wife], they’re friends of ours now.” The 43-minute film—which also features cinematography by Whistlerite Chris Wheeler—had a private screening and a debut in Vancouver in the summer, and has also earned awards on the festival circuit, including Best Director of a Short Documentary at the Nice International Film Festival in France and Best Director at The London International Filmmaker Festival. Just having the production come out after doing it off the side of his desk for several years was fulfilling, Hubner says. “I ended up with 45 hours of footage,” he says. “Because I’m a full-time professional working with my company [Eyes Multimedia], my wife was a volunteer and everyone was volunteer with this. Many times I had to postpone it. It delayed it a little bit.” Aside from the upcoming Whistler screening, Hubner is in talks with a local company in the health-care industry that wants to licence it and show it across North America. “What I want is as many people as possible to watch it,” he says. “The message is very clear: look, there’s no excuses. Whatever you’re facing, there’s no excuse. If you want to live a better life, do as these guys do. Go ahead and do it.” Catch The Fit Generation at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Friday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for general admission or $10 for “the silver set.” n
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HEAVY ARTILLERY Vancouver band Small Town Artillery cap off a night of Olympic-themed fun at this year’s Cypress Point Winter Carnival, scheduled for Feb. 16 at the Point Artist-Run Centre. PHOTO SUBMITTED
This year’s Cypress Point Winter Carnival marks 10 years since Whistler Olympics ARTS NEWS: NOMINATIONS CLOSE THIS WEEK FOR WHISTLER CHAMPION OF ARTS & CULTURE AWARD
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE POINT ARTIST-RUN Centre is getting in the Olympic spirit for its annual Cypress Point Winter Carnival next month, 10 years since Whistler hosted the world at the 2010 Games. Scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16, the “Artlympics” will feature everything from an opening ceremony and torch lighting to an “Olympic ring” donut-eating contest, Olympic-themed improv, art auction and live music by Vancouver’s own rock n’ rollers, Small Town Artillery. The free afternoon activities kick off at noon with a snow-sculpting and snowangel contest, national flag painting and sketching and painting, following by a campfire sing-a-long at 12:30 p.m. The opening ceremony gets underway at 1 p.m. followed by curling and shinny on Alta Lake (ice permitting), ice and snow dancing and a “drop-the-gloves” event at 2 p.m. The afternoon wraps up at 3:30 p.m. with an awards ceremony and more campfire songs. The paid evening festivities begin with dinner prepared by chef Michele Bush at 6 p.m., followed by improv, an art auction and live music closing the night out until 10:30 p.m. Adult tickets are $35 with dinner, or $20 without. Kids 12 and under pay $25 with dinner, or $15 without. Get yours online at thepointartists.com or in person
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NOMINATIONS CLOSE FEB. 2 FOR WHISTLER CHAMPION OF THE ARTS & CULTURE AWARD Being the adrenaline-fuelled sports town that it is, Whistler has only begun to see its arts scene approach similar heights—which makes recognizing those who go above and beyond in the cultural realm all the more essential. In partnership with the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, Arts Whistler has been honouring local artists and cultural workers since 2014 who have made significant contributions to the growth of arts, culture and heritage in the community (although the award technically dates to 2003, when it was presented to local businesses). Nominations for the 2020 award are open until Sunday, Feb. 2 at whistlerchamber.com. Past recipients include: 2019 winner, theatre producer, actor and educator, Ira Pettle; filmmaker and acting coach Angie Nolan; Mountain Life Magazine’s Todd Lawson; and The Point artistic director, writer and musician Stephen Vogler. The Whistler Champion of the Arts & Culture Award is just one of the honours handed out at the annual Whistler Excellence Awards, scheduled for Monday, April 27 at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. n
Looking for an inspiring setting to explore your artistic side this spring break? Half day visual arts camps are available for ages 6 – 13. New this year: a full day photography camp is available for ages 10 – 13.
Art After Dark: Youth Repeat Repeat Repeat – Sculpture Fridays | 3:30 – 5:30pm Drawing inspiration from artist Gathie Falk’s sculpture Arsenal, use paper tubes to explore sculpture. *Children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult.
Adult Art Workshop Art Journaling – Mixed Media Friday, January 31 | 6:30 – 8:30pm Taking inspiration from Emily Carr’s journals, delve into art journaling. Get creative and experiment with stamps, stencils, resists, and mixed media layering.
Yoga @ the Audain | Fridays | 6:30 – 8pm Family Studio Sundays | 12 – 4pm The theme for February is art inspired by the Canadian artist, E.J. Hughes. Hughes created detailed and colourful seascapes of the British Columbian Coast. This week create your own seascape using tempera paints.
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Revenge, racism and Taylor Swift FOR A LONG TIME, movie fans underestimated Blake Lively. Partially because they didn’t sneak into Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants at the multiplex in 2005 like I did, and partially because she was a big-time TV star at the tail end of the era when TV and movies were still kind of separate ecosystems. Plus, she came
BY FEET BANKS up at the same time as the Twitter/social media/gossip explosion so some of her work was overshadowed by her celebrity profile (leggy, California-blonde fashionista-type married to the dude from Van Wilder). For much of her 20s, Blake Lively suffered from a classic case of “hot chick syndrome,” where men fail to take you seriously and women come at you with first-impression animosity, simply because you’re what Derek Zoolander would describe as “incredibly good looking.”
RHYTHM AND BLUES Blake Lively stars as an ass-kicking assassin in The Rhythm Section, out this week.
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But Lively was awesome in Oliver Stone’s Savages (that movie rules), she stole scenes in Ben Affleck’s The Town, rocked The Age of Adaline, and don’t forget that time she anchored an entire movie by fighting a shark in The Shallows. It was, however, her co-starring role with Anna Kendrick in 2018 mystery thriller A Simple Favor that woke the world up to the realization that they’d been dismissing a pretty talented star. Which means this week we get The Rhythm Section, with Lively—now 32 years old and a mother of three—taking her turn at the “hot, ass-kicking assassin” subgenre (see also: Angelina Jolie in Salt, Jennifer Lawrence in Red Sparrow, Zoe Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde, Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight, Bridget Fonda in Point of No Return, and the OG of them all, Anne Parillaud in Luc Besson’s 1990 hit, La Femme Nikita). The Rhythm Section has no prescreenings available and is released in the doldrum weeks leading up to the Oscars, neither of which is a good sign. But don’t count out Lively in the role of a woman whose life is a dumpster fire (ie: junkie prostitute) after the death of her family in a tragic plane crash. Except when she learns the crash was not an accident, she dives into a seedy terrorist underworld to get revenge the best way she knows
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how: by quickly learning how to be a top international assassin (yay, montages!) and capping fools in a host of exotic locales. It might sound dumb (and lean on character arc) but action and genre fans should have faith in Blake. Don’t forget
Don’t forget she made a hit out of a script that can essentially be summed up in one line—Blake Lively vs. a shark. she made a hit out of a script that can essentially be summed up in one line— Blake Lively vs. a shark. Also opening this week at the Whistler Village 8, Just Mercy stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Black Panther) as a freshout-of-Harvard super-lawyer who eschews the big-firm jobs and heads to Alabama to fight for the wrongly convicted or under-represented. Teaming up with a local advocate (Brie Larson, a.k.a. Captain Marvel), Jordan ends up representing a
dude (Jamie Foxx) who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death on sketchy (at best) evidence. Based on real events from 1987, Just Mercy relies on solid performances from a talented cast in a what-you-expect legal drama full of racist cops, racist landlords, and a racist system. Larson’s character seems to be around only to reiterate the facts of the case, just to ensure everyone knows that systemic racism and a bias in the law enforcement and judiciary systems is still a thing. At times it feels like writer/ director Destin Daniel Cretton (The Glass Castle) is preaching a bit too much, but Just Mercy survives on the talents of its cast, especially Jordan, who continues to prove he is a bona fide movie star. On the small screen, not much to get excited about, but speaking of leggy blondes, Taylor Swift has her new flick, Miss Americana, dropping on Netflix on Jan. 31. Touted as an unfiltered look at the 10-time Grammy winner, this one, directed by Lana Wilson (After Tiller), has enough moments of authenticity and vulnerability to appease fans but the film is at it’s best when it’s highlighting the pressures and double standards put on people who grow up in the spotlight (especially women). More of that would have helped this one finish strong. n
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MOUNTAIN WORKERS Doug Mansell stands with Franz Wilhelmsen, Stefan Ples and Jim McConkey at the dedication ceremony for Franz’s Run.
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hiring staff in 1965, Whistler Mountain has employed thousands of people in the area, some for a season and some for careers that span decades. Like today, one of the challenges facing lift company employees then could be finding a place to stay while working. In an oral history interview conducted with Lynn Mathews this past summer, there were some names of employees that came up again and again while discussing early mountain operations. One thing that three of these names—Doug Mansell, Denis Beauregard, and Frank Arundel—had in common was that they all had a place to stay well before the lifts began operating on Whistler. Doug Mansell was a superintendent of lift operations for almost two decades. He first moved to Alta Lake at the age of eight with his family in 1945, after his father purchased property on the east side of the lake. There, the family built and operated Hillcrest Lodge, which opened its doors to guests in July 1946. Doug and his brother grew up at Hillcrest Lodge, and Doug even married a Hillcrest guest, Barb. At 14, Doug began working in Alf Gebhart’s Rainbow Lumber Mill and from 1951 to ‘56 he worked as a telephone lineman for the PGE Railway. Doug and Barb took over the management of Hillcrest when his parents retired in 1958 and later sold the lodge to Glen Mason in 1965. Hillcrest later became known as the Mount Whistler Lodge. After selling, Doug and Barb both went to work for the lift company. As Lynn put it, “Growing up in Alta Lake, you had to be handy, and know how to do things. And Doug was really good.” Doug continued working on Whistler Mountain until he and Barb retired to North Vancouver in 1983. Like Doug, Denis Beauregard, an electrician for the lift company, was an Alta
Lake resident before runs and lifts were built on Whistler Mountain. He and his wife Pat began visiting Alta Lake with the “Witsend group” and built their own summer cottage on the lake in 1961. The story we’ve heard is that at a party at Rainbow Lodge in 1966, Denis remarked that if he could get a job in the area, he would move up permanently. Brian Rowley, who worked for the lift company at that time, told Denis he could supply the job, and neighbour Don Gow offered to share his well water with the Beauregards in exchange for use of their washing machine. The Beauregards moved up and both Denis and Pat began working at the mountain. Both continued to be active members of the Alta Lake community, and even hosted the community club film screenings in the lift company cafeteria. Both of the Beauregards’ sons worked for the lift company as well, and in 1991, Denis and Pat received silver coins commemorating their 25 years of service. The pair retired to Squamish in 1994. Frank Arundel worked for the lift company as a heavy-duty mechanic. He and his family lived outside of the Alta Lake area, in Garibaldi Townsite, until an Order in Council and subsequent government actions cleared all residents from the area in the 1980s, due to a geological risk. Frank had a workshop on the top of the mountain, which, according to Lynn, “was usually buried in snow.” For Julie Gallagher, who grew up at Brandywine Resort in the 1960s and early 1970s, Frank’s work at Whistler Mountain was very convenient as she and his daughter were able to catch rides up to go skiing whenever he went to work. We know there are many more stories of early employees (such as Stefan Ples who perhaps knew the mountain better than anyone) and the early days of mountain operations, and we would love to hear them at the museum, whether you worked for the lift company yourself or heard stories passed down through the decades. n
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1 ROBBIE BURNS DAY Prepping for piping in the haggis on Robbie Burns Day, as per Scottish tradition, at Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub on Saturday, Jan. 25. PHOTO BY OISIN MCHUGH. 2 LUNAR NEW YEAR Attendees celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Whistler Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 25. Hosted by Whistler Chinese and Korean locals, the celebrations aimed to help these locals pass on their New Years’ horoscope, dance, wushu and yutnori traditions to their neighbours. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 SCOTIABANK SUPPORT The Whistler Winterhawks show their appreciation to the Whistler and Pemberton Scotiabank branches, as well as Scotia Hockey, for their continued support of the Whistler Minor Hockey Association, including this recent donation. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 CAT NAP A bobcat was spotted lounging in the sun on a Whistler homeowner’s railing last week. As always, be sure to give our local wildlife lots of space if you encounter them out and about. PHOTO BY ANNA ARCURI. 5 MAKE GOOD DECISIONS Participants increase their knowledge about snow safety during an AST Level 2 course held on Blackcomb Mountain over the weekend, Jan. 25 and 26. PHOTO BY MOUNTAIN SKILLS ACADEMY GUIDE ERIC DUMERAC.
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BY ALYSSA NOEL IF IT WEREN’T for his time as a Whistler ski bum, Andrew Collins might never have become the multi-award-winning musician he is today. Just over two decades ago, he was living in Whistler, backcountry skiing by day and tuning skis at night. “I lived in Whistler for three years and got really passionate about backcountry skiing and photography,” Collins says. “I got really disciplined about this thing that was about personal fulfilment and exploring a beautiful place.” There was only one problem—summer. During the snow-less season one year Collins took a job as the night security guard for a construction site. He had plenty of down time throughout his shift, so he decided to learn the mandolin to pass time. “Having to be awake at a construction site where I could practice through the night, I practiced 40 hours a week,” he says. “I started playing mandolin and it gave me all the same feelings skiing gave me. I’m a very one-track minded person.” He jammed with friends in Vancouver
MUSIC MAKERS Andrew Collins Trio return to Whistler to share their music—and the story behind their instruments. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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and played a few gigs there, but it didn’t offer the kind of full-on music experience he was craving. While he never thought he would return to his home city of Toronto, he soon realized it was the best place in Canada to pursue music. “Music brought me back to Toronto. That was 23 years ago,” he says. It might seem hard for Whistlerites to understand—especially smack-dab in the middle of ski season—but ultimately it was the right move. Collins quickly connected
Hogtown Boys and the Creaking Tree String Quartet. More recently, though, he started the Andrew Collins Trio. In that group he plays mandolin, fiddle, guitar, mandola, mandocello, and sings. Mike Mezzatesta also plays guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and mandola, while James McEleney rounds out their sound on bass, mandocello and on vocals. That group is now his main project. The trio has released four albums, earned five JUNO nominations, and seven Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations—and won
“It’s funny, everyone that doesn’t listen to bluegrass thinks we’re a bluegrass band. Everyone who listens to bluegrass is like, ‘That ain’t bluegrass.” - ANDREW COLLINS
with the bluegrass community in that city and ended up on a faster upward trajectory than he ever imagined. “I didn’t realize how good my timing was,” he says. “I moved back to Toronto at a time when bluegrass was really under the radar. Originally I was expecting to take some lessons [from people in the community] and have these great players to get to see play, but they took me into the community right away.” He began to play in bands like The Foggy
quite a few of those too. “The first few years I was pretty busy with other projects,” he says. “It was a very slow burn. The first half of our time together we didn’t tour a ton. We didn’t play a ton of gigs. Then the second album came out and it changed it into becoming more my main project. Now it’s my only touring project these days.” While the group certainly delves into bluegrass territory—in pace, sound, and instruments—they’re careful not to call
themselves purely bluegrass. They also fall into acoustic/roots, folk, jazz, Celtic, and even classical genres too. “It’s funny, everyone that doesn’t listen to bluegrass thinks we’re a bluegrass band. Everyone who listens to bluegrass is like, ‘That ain’t bluegrass,” Collins says with a laugh. Most recently, the trio experimented with singing and released a double album— Tongue & Groove. Tongue features their vocal harmonies, and Groove includes their more typical instrumental tunes. “We sing, but I definitely don’t consider myself a singer first and foremost,” Collins says. “I was wondering if one was going to sell much more than the other one, but most of the time … people buy both together. It’s been relatively equal. For me, it was a really fun project. I want us to be challenging ourselves and trying something new and not just be putting out the same album over and over again.” The trio is embarking on a crosscountry tour with a stop in Whistler at the Maury Young Arts Centre as part of the Arts Whistler Live! series on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. At 7 p.m. the group will host a pre-show session in which they demonstrate their instruments and talk about their music. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 the day of the show. Get them at showpass.com/andrewcollins-trio-whistler. n
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Little Earthquakes are here to shake up the Whistler music scene ALT-POP DUO REFUSES TO COMPROMISE LO-FI SOUND FOR BAR CROWD
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THE SHOW MUST GO ON , as the saying goes. Helen Hamilton was all too familiar with that well-worn showbiz adage last September when her regular guitarist dropped out at the 11th hour before a gig. Scrambling to find a replacement, Hamilton tapped Charlie Stenner, formerly of the duo Ellie & Charlie, to fill in. Without so much as a rehearsal under their belts, the pair’s unfamiliarity evidently wasn’t noticeable to the crowd at the FireRock Lounge. “It just clicked,” says Hamilton, vocalist and keyboardist for the duo that now plays under the name Little Earthquakes. “I remember announcing halfway through our show that this was the first-ever time we had played together and people were amazed because there was definitely a chemistry. “I knew straight away that we were going to get along musically.” That sonic union has paid dividends for Little Earthquakes in the short few months they’ve been together. Their strippeddown, mellow sound, which Hamilton describes as “lo-fi alt-pop,” has earned them a bi-weekly residency at The Longhorn and pushed them through to the finals of the 2019 edition of Whistler’s Music Search. It was before that annual battle of the bands that Hamilton and Stenner decided they weren’t going to conform to the coverheavy, saccharine pop aesthetic typical of Whistler’s bars and clubs. “This was a conscious decision,” Hamilton says. “The decision Charlie and I made was that we were going to do what we wanted and not try and please a crowd. What I firmly believe is if you are doing the music that you really, really love, no matter what it is, it’s going to be an honest, soul-fuelled performance. I suddenly had a switch in my mind after doing covers for the last two years that I’ve been here that I would start playing music that was way more what I liked. It was really nice to do that in the competition because we literally didn’t care.” That’s not to say Little Earthquakes don’t take on covers, it’s just that they have to be injected with their own style, and they have to push boundaries. (You can find Little Earthquakes’ stirring live rendition of Sharon Van Etten’s “Every Time the Sun Comes Up” on YouTube as a prime example.) “It’s a case of finding a good middle ground where we’re covering songs that people know but always adding our own style to it to make it more enjoyable. It’s got to be challenging as well,” says Hamilton, adding that she’s playing keys more than ever before, while Stenner has incorporated a MIDI keyboard and looping into their songs. She believes Whistler audiences, both
MOVERS AND SHAKERS Little Earthquakes’ refusal to
compromise their sound has paid dividends for the alt-pop duo since forming by chance only a few months ago. PHOTO BY LUCY LE LIEVRE
local and visitor alike, have an appetite for more musical creativity and experimentation, and it’s up to bar managers and promoters to take risks on acts that may not fit the cookiecutter resort mould. “I always say we do our own thing and if you’re looking for party tunes, it’s not going to be us. But a lot of people say to me, ‘No, I really like hearing more of an original sound,’” she says. “I just think people, maybe the locals more but probably the tourists as well, are happy to hear something as long as it’s good, it’s something original and sounds sweet.” Like many a Whistler artist before her, Hamilton has a smorgasbord of side jobs to help make ends meet. Working primarily as a makeup artist, she is also a barista at Mount Currie Coffee Co., organizes regular vintage pop-up markets, and has even lent her vocals to commercials in her native U.K., most recently for luxury watchmaker, Patek Phillippe. (“When they relicense it, you don’t have to do any more work, but you get paid again!” Hamilton enthuses.) But the Whistler grind hasn’t stifled her creativity. In fact, it’s only heightened it. “I found in Whistler that I’ve been more inspired and more creative than I’ve ever been, and I think that’s because of the downtime you do get here,” Hamilton says. “You’ve got to work hard and play hard, but it’s an inspiring place to be. And when you meet the right people, like Charlie, it’s just way better than any other time in my life in terms of creativity.” Catch Little Earthquakes at the Longhorn on Feb. 5, and every second Wednesday after that for the remainder of the winter. The duo is also looking to release more video content coming up, with plans to launch a YouTube channel. 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. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. 604-962-0413. > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
FIRST NATIONS WINTER FEAST
Join the Cultural Centre after hours for a culinary journey that blends traditional ingredients and food preparation with modern plates while Nation members in regalia share songs and stories from their journey along the Pow Wow circuit. Guided tour at 5:30 pm optional; welcome song and dinner at 6 pm. 604-967-1281. > 5:15-8 pm > Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre
KROW’S TRANSFORMATION: ALPHABET SOUP AND PRIDE FILM SCREENING
January 2020 marks the 28th annual Whistler Pride and Ski Festival! The library is excited to partner with Whistler Pride and OUTtv for an LGBTQ+ film screening for teens and adults. The screening is Krow’s TRANSformation, which follows Krow’s two-year transition from teen ‘female’ model, to becoming his authentic male self. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library
ACTIVATE AND CONNECT FOR SENIORS 50+
Connect with friends, new and old, through weekly activities. Meet at Whistler Community Services Society. In partnership with Mature Action Community. > 9:30-11 am > Whistler Community Services
DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER
This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. We will be offering weekly workshops where participants can learn and create together. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@capilanou.ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. This is a partnership program with the Whistler Multicultural Network, Sea to Sky Community Services, and Capilano University. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library
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WHISTLER PRIDE AND SKI FESTIVAL
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
MUSIC
ADAM ROBERT
Vancouver-based singer, guitarist and bassist, Adam Thomas, makes music that is a blend of jazz, soul, R&B, indie, folk, blues and pop. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
RUCKUS DELUXE
Ruckus Deluxe features former Cirque Du Soleil lead singer Chad Oliver and Grammy nominated violinist Ian Cameron playing Celtic and classics on mandolin, fiddle and electric guitar. > 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
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
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THE HAIRFARMERS
Celebrating 20 years as a band and voted “Whistler’s Best Band” every year since 2001! The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs. A Whistler must-see! > 5:30-8:30 pm > Sidecut
DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA
Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200 Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. All women, all ability levels welcome. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time. Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre
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
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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 ski at the host hotel, and nightly entertainment programming. For more whistlerpride.com/. Whistler
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
MULTI-DAY EVENT
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
KARAOKE WITH JACK-QUI NO
Put it on the rocks and call it a show! Hosted by Jack-Qui No. > 8 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
LIVE MUSIC - DJ MARY MERLIN
DJ Mary Merlin brings her eclectic mix of funk, hip-hop, disco, house and throwbacks to Brickworks. > 8:30-11:30 pm > Brickworks Public House
GARFINKEL’S THURSDAYS
Whistler’s longest running locals night! Every Thursday you can expect weekly giveaways and a mix of the hottest hip hop, trap, and EDM. 604-932-2323. > 9 pm-2 am > Garfinkel’s
BAND CAMP
Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at jam nights make their debut. Free. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
THURSDAY NIGHT FUNK FEATURING DJ DAKOTA
He spins old school and new school, ya need to learn though, he burns baby BURNS … like a hip-hop inferno! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
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WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN
Drop in to the Pemberton Public Library every Thursday afternoon and learn how WorkBC can assist you in your job search and career planning. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611. > 1-5 pm > Pemberton Library (Pemberton)
SPORTS
LEAGUE NIGHT
Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
Celebrating 20 years as a band and voted “Whistler’s Best Band” every year since 2001! The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs. A Whistler must-see! > 3:30-8 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill
MICHAEL FABRO
Michael Fabro is a Canadian acoustic pop-rock performance artist. With a focus on crowd-pleasing hits and infectious vocal hooks, the young artist has fused multiple styles into dynamic live act. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
SPORTS
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
RUCKUS DELUXE
> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION
Docents will provide visitors with an introduction to the Audain Art Museum and its special exhibition. Visitors will be encouraged to explore the galleries afterwards. These drop-in tours are free with the purchase of admission or museum membership. > 5:30 pm > Audain Art Museum
COMMUNITY
WELCOME CENTRE MULTICULTURAL MEET UP
Come and say, “hi” if you are new to Canada and Whistler! Everyone and every age is welcome. Casual meet up, workshops, information about living in Canada. Check calendar at www.welcomewhistler.com for full details. Contact info@welcomewhistler.com or 604-698-5960. > 9:30 am-noon > Whistler Public Library
Featuring free live music from Kieran Kawley and free samples from the evening menu. Cawley is a young singer-songwriter new to Whistler, and after gigging extensively across Ireland both as a solo artist and with his band, he now aims to bring his music to the Canadian stage for the first time. His style can be described as alternative folk rock and features intricate lyrics woven through catchy but melodic chords. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
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
A night of entertainment and all of the fun with the talented and legendary Monty Biggins. Free. > 7 pm > Alpine Cafe
LADIES’ NIGHT
This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 pm. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills
FREESTYLE FRIDAYS
Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME
Books, songs, and rhymes for preschool children, accompanied by a caregiver. > 10:30-11 am > Whistler Public Library
JUMMAH SALAH (FRIDAY PRAYER)
There will be a weekly “Jummah Salah” (Friday Prayer) held at the Maury Young Arts Centre Multi-Purpose Hall. It is open to all and everyone is welcome. There is no cost for this event. Organized by the BC Muslim Association. > 1:30 pm > Maury Young Arts Centre
MUSIC
APRÈS JAMS
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
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
ART TALKS MONTY BIGGINS @ ALPINE CAFE
WILL ROSS
Winner of the 2014 Whistler’s Music Search, Will Ross is a live looping extraordinaire. He will have you mesmerized from the start of his show right to the end. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
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
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub
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
MICHAEL FABRO
> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
RUCKUS DELUXE
> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH CALEB MACKENZIE
FREEBY FRIDAY WITH KIERAN KAWLEY
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Every month the Whistler Contemporary Gallery will be featuring an artist from their diverse collection of contemporary artists. The gallery invites the public to come and explore the artistic process offering a fascinating insight from conception to completion. > first Saturday of every month, 4 pm > Whistler Contemporary Gallery
COMMUNITY
MONTHLY BIRD WALK
Join the Whistler Naturalists on our monthly bird walk along the Valley Trail to Rainbow Park. This walk is free and open to anyone interested in birds. The walk is led by birding experts who compile detailed inventories of Whistler’s birds. Meet across from the Catholic Church (6299 Lorimer Rd.). > 9-11 am > Foot of Lorimer Road
Caleb Mackenzie will leave you speechless with his incredible guitar shredding paired with amazing vocals. He will have you dancing in your seats while putting his own twist on all your favourite covers. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
BOB AND CHARLIE @ ALPINE CAFE
Bob and Charlie are back for a jammin’ jazzy good time at the cafe. A talented duo you don’t want to miss! Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe
MOSTLY MARLEY
Mostly Marley returns for a free show celebrating Bob Marley’s birthday. Open for dinner and dancing. Kids welcome until 10 pm. > 7:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)
WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL
Lets send it on and off the mountain with Weekend Getaways brought to you by Tommys Whistler and DJ Dre Morel. RSVP for VIP reservations and guest list Inquiries at tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler
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
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
LAS DIVAS
From shimmery pop to gritty blues, Vancouver’s Las Divas deliver high-energy renditions of favourite songs with an interactive stage performance. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
FAMILY TOGETHER TIME
A parent-directed hour with board games, crafts and a story corner with felt puppets. A drop-in program for families of all ages. Free. > 3:30-4:30 pm > Whistler Public Library
LIVE @ BLACK’S
Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
BROTHER TWANG
Come wind down your ski day or ramp up your Saturday night festivities with the boys from Brother Twang. > 9 pm-midnight > FireRock Lounge
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WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum
ONGOING & DAILY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
COMMUNITY
WHISTLER MUSEUM FAMILY STUDIO SUNDAY
Family Studio Sunday is every Sunday from 12 to 4 pm. > first Sunday of every month, 12-4 pm > Audain Art Museum
EVENTS + FESTIVALS
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
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
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
COMMUNITY
GAMES CAFE
Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. Sunday to Thursday. > 4-8 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
SUNDAZE WITH DJ NAT MOREL FEB. 2 BRICKWORKS PUBLIC HOUSE
LADIES’ NIGHT
It’s Whistler’s No. 1 stop for stag and stagette parties. DJ Turtle and friends mix up everything from hip hop, R&B, new rap, dance hall and Top 40 bangers. Email guestlist@moejoes.com for VIP and group perks. > 9:30 pm > Moe Joe’s
SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY
Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub
SUPREME SATURDAY
Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s
Vancouver-based singer-songwriter formerly of the 99.3fm CFOX Seeds-winning band theTURN. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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SUNDAY FUNDAY
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
THE MISFITZ
From Belfast, Conor Fitzpatrick brings the pub sounds of Ireland to Whistler’s Irish pub. Joined by Marcus Ramsey, Rad Koppitz on fiddle and Andrew Crome on percussion, The MisFitz fill the dance floor. > 3:45 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB
He got your blood pumping last night, now satiate your thirst for amazing cocktails and unique beats with tyMetal’s eclectic DJ feats. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
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You are invited to party like a local at the local’s house party. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub
SOULFUL SUNDAYS JERRY’S DISCO
Dust off your gaper day getup, from backwards helmets to gorby gaps, ‘cos the best Jerry outfit gets a free bottle of Prosecco! > 8-11 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
Soul Club Whistler spinning that funky soul soundtrack. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
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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A proper four-piece rock band playing all your radio favourites and originals. > 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
FIRE & ICE SHOW
A free, all-ages night of entertainment. Whistler’s top skiers and riders (including Whistler Blackcomb ski school instructors) spin and twist through a burning hoop. > 7 pm > Skier’s Plaza
SUNDAY NIGHT THEORY
tyMetal’s diversified taste translates to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems, guaranteed to tweak your brain stem! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
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Annual Spud Valley Loppet XC ski event. 5km/10km categories, classic skiing only at Van Loon Farm at the end of the Meadows Rd (24km). Info at spudvalleynordics.com. Bib pickup or late register at 9am. Start time is 10am. Lunch/prizes after race at 12pm. Please register www.zone4.ca (spud valley loppet) $10-20. > 10 am-2 pm > Pemberton (Pemberton)
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SUPER BOWL LIVE & LOUD
Watch the Super Bowl live and loud in a pub-style atmosphere. Showing over six screens. For table reservations, book through thebrickworks.ca. > 3-11:59 pm > Brickworks Public House
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY @ ALPINE CAFE
Join the fun for Super Bowl Sunday at the cafe!! $5 craft beer, $10 burgers and more. Free. > 3:30-7 pm > Alpine Cafe
MUSIC & WORDS
This drop-in program is for kids two to four years and it focuses on early literacy through music, rhyme, stories and movement. Free. > 10 am > Whistler Public Library
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
WORKBC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES DROP IN
Get your resume reviewed, learn about the local labour market, job search tips, and more. All services are free. For details, call 1-877-932-1611 or go to WhistlerESC.com. > 3-6 pm > Whistler Public Library
> 3:45 & 9 pm > Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub
TRIVIA NIGHT
The Crystal Lounge hosts trivia every Monday night! Bring your friends and test your knowledge for a night of fun, laughs, prizes and the chance to “burn your bill.” Conditions apply. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
INDOOR PICKLEBALL DROP-IN
Enjoy two hours of Pickleball followed by a buffet dinner, live music and $5 fireside drinks. All levels welcome; free paddle rental. $25. 604-932-1991. > 6:30-8:30 pm and 9-11 am > Whistler Racket Club
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
IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM
Open Mic Night with host Kostaman. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. Cranked is the perfect place for new artists to try performing in front of a small, supportive audience. This night always bring a solid mix of seasoned and budding artists together, and opportunities to collaborate. Always looking for new musicians, singers and poets to joins us. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
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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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Get your team together, every week will be a new topic! This week in the Living Room @ Pangea Pod, our topic for Trivia will be Jack-Qui No’s favourite TV show The Office! You won’t want to miss this! 604-962-1011. > 7-9 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
PIQUECAL ARMCHAIR TOURS WITH HAILEY ELISE AND OLLIE JONES
Local travellers Hailey Elise and Ollie Jones present To Baja or Bust as the library’s next instalment of Armchair Tours. Hailey and Ollie hit the road for one month to drive from Whistler to Baja, Calif. and back. Biking, camping, and dealing with everything the road delivers along the way. If you’re interested in combining biking, car camping, and adventure, this one’s for you! We gratefully acknowledge the Friends of the Library’s financial support of this program. Free. > 7-8:30 pm > Whistler Public Library
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“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s longest-running karaoke night and belt out all your favourite hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge
TUESDAY TURNTABLISM WITH DJ PRAIZ
Hip hop, drum and bass and jazz mixes that transcend eras, beats that burn hard and sooth like aloe vera. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg
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Whistler’s community choir where everyone (ages 13 and up) is welcome. If you’d like to sing some great songs with others in a community-minded environment, come and join them. No auditions, no music reading ability necessary. 604-932-2979. > 7-9 pm > Myrtle Philip Community Centre
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Group run for intermediate runners and above. We offer two distance options,~6 km and ~10 km. Check our Facebook page (facebook.com/groups/werunwhistler) for weekly updates. Visit werunwhistler.com to plan your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain or shine! Headlamps are mandatory. Free. > 5:55 pm > Lululemon
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A one-man band on the run, songwriter, world traveller and original van lifer. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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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
Interact is a club for young people ages 12-18 who want to make a difference in their community. Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre
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
BOOK & CRAFT CLUB
Drop in for this casual session, where preschool-aged children will enjoy a short story and then use different media to create a fun craft. A great opportunity for parents to connect with other parents of young children! > 10:30-11:30 am > Whistler Public Library
WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum
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
INDUSTRY NIGHT
Join us for a pool game, and wing eating competition starting at 8 p.m., where the winners win a bar tab. Partygoers will also have a chance to win a K2 Snowboard or a Ride snowboard. > 8 pm > Buffalo Bills
JAM NIGHT
Jam night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
BINGO
“If you’re not there to win, someone else will.” - Jack Qui No. 604-962-1011. > 7-9 pm > The Living Room @ the Pangea Pod Hotel
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Green Drinks is a global movement in over 70 countries and 537 cities worldwide. Locally it is hosted by AWARE, Whistler’s environmental charity. The group comes together on every first Wednesday of the month to discuss local or global environmental issues and concern, brainstorming ideas and promoting sustainable living. A great way to meet new likeminded people in town and have stimulating conversation. By donation > 7-9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
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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
CONOR FITZPATRICK
Belfast Busker of the year Conor Fitzpatrick performs at Cranked. Once the word gets out, everyone is going to want to see this guy play. Conor Fitz is an Irish singer/ songwriter who spent the past few years performing his music in bars around the world. Conor plays a mixture of pop, folk, rock and sing-along classics. > 3:30-6:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar
MICHAEL FABRO BLACK ‘N’ BLUES
Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant
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
> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): My favourite ancient Greek philosopher was the rascal Diogenes. As a joke, he carried around a lantern during the daytime, proclaiming, “I am just looking for an honest man.” When Alexander the Great, the most powerful man in the world, came to meet Diogenes while he was relaxing outside and asked him if he needed any favours done, he replied, “Yeah, stop blocking my sunlight.” As for Plato, Diogenes complained that the famous philosopher talked too damn much and misinterpreted the teachings of Socrates. I encourage you to borrow some of Diogenes’ attitude in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’ll be healing for you to experiment with being brassy, saucy and sassy. Emphasize what makes you most unique, independent and self-expressive. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) published his first novel at age 30. During the next 37 years, he completed 48 additional novels and 18 works of nonfiction. Critics liked his work well enough, but were suspicious of his prodigious productivity. When they discovered that one of Trollope’s motivations for writing was to make money, they disapproved. Then they found out that Trollope kept a watch nearby as he worked, determined to generate 250 words every 15 minutes. The critics hated that even worse. Creative artists are supposed to court inspiration, not adhere to a schedule—at least according to the critics. But I approve of and recommend Trollope-like behaviour for you in the coming weeks, Taurus. Cosmic forces will be on your side if you do. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In accordance with the astrological indicators, I invite you to rise and soar and glide during the coming weeks. I encourage you to expand and enlarge and amplify. Don’t wait around hoping to be asked to explore and experiment and improvise—just do those things. It’s high time for you to enjoy stirring quests and research projects and missions dedicated to discovery. Be a fun-loving pioneer. Sample the joys of being a maverick and outlier. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I love living in the material world. Its crazy-making demands and exhilarating rewards are endlessly entertaining. Despite having been born as a fantasy-prone, overly sensitive Cancerian, I’ve become fairly earthy and well-grounded. I have a good job, a nice house, a smart wife, and an interesting daughter. On the other hand, I also love living in the soul’s realm. I have remembered and recorded an average of three dreams per night for many years. Although I don’t take drugs, I cultivate alternate states of consciousness through meditation, prayer, and ritual. I’ve long been a student of depth psychology, which has trained me to be as focused on my soul as my ego. In accordance with current astrological omens, my fellow Cancerian, I urge you to hang out more than usual in the soul’s realm during the coming weeks. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Can I talk you into being more tender and open-hearted toward the people who care for you? I don’t mean to imply that you are currently too hard and closed. But all of us can benefit from enhancing our receptivity, and the coming weeks will be prime time for you Leos to do just that. I think you’ll find it easier than usual to deepen your listening skills and intensify your sensitivity. You’ll have an acute intuitive grasp of the fact that you can earn yourself huge blessings by expressing love and compassion in very practical ways. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): All of us are in service to someone or something—to certain people or ideas or situations. We provide them with help or energy or mirroring or love. We are dutiful in attending to their needs and wants. For some of us, our service feels like a burden. It’s grating or humbling or inconvenient, or all of the above. For others of us, being of service is fulfilling, even joyful. We find a rich sense of purpose in our devotion to a higher cause or deeper calling beyond our selfish concerns. Among the 12 signs of the
zodiac, you Virgos are more likely than most to carry out the latter kind of service. I bring these thoughts to your attention because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to re-evaluate, reconfigure, and reinvigorate your own service. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author David Markson imagined what it would be like to write a novel that lacked conflicts or confrontations—in other words, a novel unlike any ever created. Libran author Ursula Le Guin also fantasized about stories with plots that weren’t driven by strife and struggle. Since many of us are addicted to entertainment that depends on discord to be interesting, we might find it hard to believe Markson’s and Le Guin’s dream would ever happen. But I’m pleased to inform you, Libra, that your life in the coming weeks may be exactly like that: a fascinating adventure with few hassles and wrangles. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to Scorpio painter Georgia O’Keeffe, success is irrelevant. The most crucial life-long effort that anyone can be devoted to is “making your unknown known.” Did she mean making your unknown known to yourself? Or making your unknown known to other people? Or both? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to do both. So I hope you will tease out your best and biggest mysteries from their hiding places. Give them expression. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You Sagittarians have a talent for burning bridges that really do need to be burned. Your intuition often guides you to assess when the time is ripe to withdraw from connections that no longer benefit you. On the other hand, you sometimes burn bridges prematurely. You decide that they are in such disrepair that they’re of no use to you, even though it might serve your ultimate interests to fix them. I offer these thoughts as a preface for my advice: 1. Refurbish rather than burn a certain bridge you’re a bit disenchanted with. 2. Build at least one new bridge that will be valuable in the future. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The shape of the planets’ orbits around the sun is elliptical, not circular. Capricorn astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) was the first person to figure this out. He didn’t like it. He really wanted the orbits to be circular. That would have been more satisfying to his aesthetic and spiritual sensibilities. Explaining the arduous labour he did to arrive at his conclusion, he wrote, “Take pity on me, for I have repeated these calculations 70 times.” In the big picture of our understanding of the universe, of course, his discovery was felicitous. It’s not a problem that the orbits are elliptical, merely the truth. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I foresee you engaging in a process that’s metaphorically comparable to Kepler’s. Hard work will yield useful, if unexpected results. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Please don’t imitate or repeat yourself in the coming weeks. Refrain from relying on formulas that have worked for you before. Resolve to either ignore or rebel against your past as you dream up fresh gambits and adventures. Treat your whole life like an improvisatory game that has just one purpose: to attract and stir up useful novelty. If you do these things, Aquarius, I can practically guarantee that you will win the game. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Poet Robert Bly believes that each of us has a special genius, and the key to understanding and fully activating that genius is in our core wound. In other words, the part of us that got hurt the worst is potentially the generative source of the best gifts we have to give. Do you know where that is in yourself: the wound that could be the source of your blessing? Now is a great time to investigate this tantalizing mystery. Homework: Avoid the Tragic Magic Triad: taking things too personally, too literally, and too seriously. FreeWillAstrology.com
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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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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 Children's Chorus Rehearsal Tuesdays at MILLENNIUM PLACE (4 - 5:30 pm) contact whistlerchorus@gmail.com
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
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
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 1-877892-2022 admin@sscs.ca Stewardship Pemberton Society and the One Mile Lake Nature Centre- Connecting 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 multi-rotors. 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 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.
Whistler Youth Centre - Drop - in: Fridays 3:30 - 11 PM & Saturdays 6 - 10 PM for ages 13 - 18. Located downstairs in the Maury Young Arts Centre (formerly Millenium Place). We offer: a Ping pong table, Pool table, Skateboard mini ramp w. skateboards and helmets to borrow, Free Wi-Fi, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4, Guitars, Board games, Projector and widescreen TV's. Facebook THEYC Crew, www.whistleryouthcentre. com or call 604-935-8187.
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LEISURE GROUPS Duplicate Bridge Club- Whistler Racquet Club reconvenes in late fall. The club meets every week and visitors are welcome. For partner, please call Gill at 640-932-5791.
Knitty Gritty Knit Night- Held every Tues 6-8pm. Free evening open to everyone with a love for knitting/crocheting. Beginners welcome. For location and further details email knittygrittywhistler@gmail.com or find us on facebook.
Mountain Spirit Toastmasters- Builds communication, public speaking, and leadership skills . Wednesdays at the Pan Pacific Mountainside - Singing Pass Room, 5:30-7pm. Email contact - 8376@ toastmastersclubs.org www.whistler. toastmastersclubs.org
Pemberton Women's Institute - Meets the third Mon of each month in the activity room at St. David's United Church at 7:30pm. New members welcome. Linda Ronayne at 604-894-6580
Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets Tuesdays AM & PM www.whistler-rotary.org
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The District of Squamish is seeking a dynamic Chief Financial Officer individual to provide leadership to the Finance Manager of Procurement department, guidance and expertise to The District ofand Squamish is seeking a dynamic Regular Full-Time senior managers and leadership directors across individual to provide to themultiple Finance Accounts Payable Coordinator departments. Thisguidance position plays a significant department, and and expertise to Temporary Part-Time role providing strategic financial advice to the senior managers and directors across multiple Financial Specialist Chief Administrative Officerplays and to Council. A departments. ThisServices position a significant Regular Full-Time Chartered Professional designation role providing strategicAccountant financial advice to the (CPA) is required. Chief Administrative Officer and to Council. A Chartered Professional Accountant designation squamish.ca/careers To find out more, please visit: (CPA) is required. squamish.ca/job-postings
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Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium Meets every Thurs at 12:15pm at Pan Pacific Mountainside. 604-932-7782
Shades of Grey Painters Meet on Thursdays from 1-00 - 4:00 pm @ the Amenities building, Pioneer Junction, Vine Road, Pemberton. We are like-minded 50+ acrylic painters who get together to paint and learn from one another. No Fee.
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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.
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Pemberton & District Community Centre - Located at 7390 Cottonwood St. Fitness Centre, facility rentals, spray park, playground, children, youth, adult & seniors programs. For more info 604-894-2340 or pemrecinfo@slrd.bc.ca
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PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING Whistler Breakfast Club Meets monthly at 6:45-8:30am at Whistler Chamber office. Offering a chance for business owners to meet and "speed network" with other business owners to build their circle of contacts and collaborators in the Sea 2 Sky Corridor. Learn more at facebook.com/ whistlerbreakfastclub
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Part-time Dental Hygienist Hours negotiable with competitive wage. Email “info@pembertonvalleydental.ca” or fax to 604-894-6934
Whistler Chamber of Commerce - Is the leading business association in Whistler that works to create a vibrant & successful economy. Learn more about the programs & services at www.whistlerchamber.com
Women of Whistler - Group that provides opportunities for Whistler businesswomen to network, gain knowledge & share ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. Learn more at www.womenofwhistler.com
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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.
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Senior Citizen Organizations - Is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Ernie Bayer 604576-9734 or ecbayer2@gmail.com
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
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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY 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
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Re-Use-It - Daily 11:00am to 6:00pm, Donate all household goods in good shape. Accepting bottles & cans, old electronics, anything with a cord, and light fixtures for recycling. All proceeds to WCSS. Call 604.932.1121, www.mywcss.org, reuseit@ mywcss.org. The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) Whistler's Natural Voice since 1989. Regular events, project and volunteer opportunities. www.awarewhistler.org info@awarewhistler.org The Mountain Village Social Gathering Join us at one of our regular social gatherings on the last Wednesday of every month. There is a group of us at The Mountain Village who are forming a sustainable, multi generational neighbourhood based on the co housing model. WHAT IF... Housing wasn't just a place to live, but rather, a way of life? To find out more, visit our Facebook page @themountainvillage or go to our website www.themountainvillage.ca
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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. … and discover why Nita Lake Lodge is the place for you! Work alongside our amazing team and enjoy: o Working for a Canadian family owned and operated Boutique Lodge o Extended Health & Dental Insurance o Staff rates at our award winning spa and restaurants o Complimentary overnight stay plus friends and family discounts
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• Instruct Kitchen Helpers and Cooks in preparation, cooking, and presentation of food. • Assist Head Chef and supervise cooks and kitchen helpers. • Inspecting ingredients for quality and freshness and supervising all food preparation. • Create new menu, recipes and specials. • Ensure excellent customer services at the Sushi bar. • Work as a team and ensure orders are completed in a timely manner. Qualifications: • Completion of secondary school and 2 years of cook/chef experience
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Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-9323202 Camp Fund - Provides financial assis-tance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org Families Fighting Cancer In The Sea To Sky - We are a non profit partner with Sea to Sky Community Services. We provide financial and practical support to children and parents with dependants diagnosed with cancer. Please contact us on our confidential email: ffcseatosky@gmail.com, visit our Facebook Page or website www.familiesfightingcancer.ca 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.
Start date: As soon as possible. email your resume and expression of interest to: careers@nitalakelodge.com
Address: 108-4557 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Apply by email at whistlernagomisushi@hotmail.co.jp
Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org. Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am-12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.
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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.
Whistler Public Library - Open Mon-Thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am. Parent & Infant dropin, Thurs 11am. Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am. Singing with the babies, Sat 11am. Call 604-935-8433
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.
Sushi Village is looking for their next Rockstar Manager! A great opportunity for a hands-on, on the floor manager, with tons of personality and the customer focus at the heart of it. Responsibilities: • • • •
Ensure daily operations function as efficiently as possible to maximize a positive dining experience Lead by example! Offer hands on management style with strong leadership skills Personality! Shine bright and look after our extensive return clientele Answering phones, handling reservations and managing all aspects of the front of house operation to maximize profits and guest experience
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MANAGER, VISITOR INFORMATION & ASK WHISTLER Full Time, Year Round The Manager, Visitor Information & Ask Whistler, leads the Visitor Centre and Ask Whistler teams with a focus on providing exceptional visitor experience, both in person at the Visitor Centre and via digital technology. The Manager works closely with other Tourism Whistler teams to provide valuable guest information and feedback, to assist in developing marketing, sales and visitor experience strategies. Our ideal candidate has a passion and focus on achieving results, extensive knowledge of Whistler, and leadership experience in a similar role.
Competitive Salary Performance Based Bonus Extended Health Benefits Meal Allowance
Working Conditions: Must be available to work evenings, holidays and weekends as business dictates Long periods of standing, walking and talking
If you think you’ve got the passion, desire and experience we’re looking for, please send us your CV and Cover Letter to info@sushivillage.com!
We are also recruiting for: • Accountant (Full Time, Year Round) • Specialist, Golf & Group Sales (Full Time, Year Round) For complete job descriptions, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.
All applicants must speak fluent English, be eligible to work in Canada, and provide two work references.
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
FULL TIME and PART TIME POSITIONS WITH A COMMERCIAL CLEANING COMPANY • Competitive wages, $22.00 - $25.00 per hour (depends on experience) • Flexible working hours • Must have a valid Driver’s License Send resume to: teamcwhistler@telus.net Or call: 604-935-8715
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Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101
Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101
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ESL Volunteer Tutor Program - Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960
Food Bank 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
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Why skiing beats a beach vacay any day AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR I fall out of step with many—most, maybe—Canadians. “Around this time of year?” I hear you snigger. I’ll ignore that. You see, I like February. I mean, what’s not to like? It’s short. There’s a surprise extra day every fourth year, stuck in like a toy in a box of Cracker Jack. By the time February rolls around, the days are getting noticeably longer. The sky’s brighter when I wake up and there’s still light left at the end of the day. If you’ve gotten smart enough to avoid maxing out your credit cards for Christmas, you can squeak through February without being reduced to eating KD. And, of course, there’s my birthday capping off the end of the month.
BY G.D. MAXWELL Now January, there’s a month to hate. January’s like sober Dr. Jekyll to December’s hell-raising Mr. Hyde. January’s a pious Baptist minister droning on about the wages of sin to a congregation of hungover New Year’s Eve celebrants, collectively fantasizing the wood-chipper scene from Fargo, only with the padre’s still-kicking feet pointing straight towards heaven. It is also during February—starts Saturday, you know—when I wonder why everyone doesn’t ski. That being said, there are days when I wonder why anyone skis. I know why I ski but I’m not entirely sure how I managed to get to this point. I’ve never taken part in a more difficult, frustrating, expensive, uncomfortable, confusing, infuriating, rewarding, life-affirming, physically debilitating, potentially deadly sport, and quite frankly, I can’t think of another one that even comes close to blending all those elements into one attractive package and whose participants cover the span of human existence from very young to very old. I know what got me started. I was goaded; more accurately, my bravery— stupidity—was taunted by my wife and sister. Rather than suffer days of indignity listening to their chicken-like clucking sounds, I agreed to go skiing. I’ll spare you the gory details except to say one should never wear slick nylon rainpants the first time one tries skiing, lest one slide all the way down the mountain with no hope whatsoever of self arresting. I know what hooked me. Adrenaline. I was already hooked on mountains, having grown up within sight of them and spent an inordinate amount of time hiking, climbing and generally wandering in them. I also know it was skiing and only skiing that kept me sane through a number of Toronto winters. Winter in Toronto is torture. Pristine snow turns to black slush within hours, unless it gets quickly coated with freezing rain, which it often does. In either case, the city begins to make Aleppo look pretty good. When I took up skiing, I sold the
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expensive lamp I’d bought to fend off seasonal affective disorder. I looked forward to winter...even in Toronto. I stopped browsing vacation brochures touting beautiful, warm beaches. I took pity on those foolish enough to be sucked in. Canadians on beach holidays in February are, to be blunt, pathetic. They’re easy to spot, glowing a pasty, iridescent white, only slightly camouflaged by their first-day, crimson sunburn. They drink too
aware of it while forcing themselves into their swimwear, early thoughts will turn to wistful remonstration over not having spent a bit more time at the gym to tighten up the holiday rolls currently cascading over the tops of their bathing suits. Rationalizing that all the other Canadians look in approximately the same shape, they relax... for about 10 minutes. Then they begin to think about the work piling up in their absence. They can verily hear the dings
Canadians on beach holidays in February are, to be blunt, pathetic.
much. They tend to be first in line at the allinclusive buffet, unless there are Americans there. And they look as though they’re trying way too hard to relax. For many Canadians, a beach vacation goes something like this. Two weeks prior to departure they put in 60- to 70-hour weeks in a futile attempt to avoid returning to 60- to 70-hour weeks made worse by the constant itch of a peeling sunburn. First day out, they grab a book or other distraction, sunscreen, towel, chair and head to the beach/pool to “relax.” Relaxation consists first of contorting themselves to slather on sunscreen that will prove to be marginally effective and after that trying to find a comfortable position to...lie in the sun. Having overcome those hurdles, the real indignities begin. If they weren’t painfully
of incoming emails. They try not to think about them and try harder not to think about the fact they’ll check them when they get back to their room. They grow restless, maybe walk along the beach only to be assaulted by locals hawking handicrafts made in China. They escape into their books, order a cold beer, and start the process all over again, counting the time to dinner and the inevitable gastrointestinal distress that follows. Meanwhile, their neighbours hit the slopes. Outerwear sufficient for skiing hangs in every Canadian’s closet. It is warm and bulky, kind of like themselves. It hides what they’d rather not show. And while skiing is greatly enhanced by a modicum of physical fitness, it is a sport where gravity does most of the heavy lifting.
To be sure, learning to ski/board is a frustrating, often painful, process. But knowing how to slip your way down slopes once you’re over that learning curve is preposterously easy. Sure, your quads will complain, you may even breathe hard but most of energy you’ll burn will be spent keeping you warm on the chair ride back to the top. The brilliance of skiing though is the feeling you are engaged in an allencompassing, tightly focused, strenuous physical activity. This feeling is, of course, enhanced by being in a breathtaking mountain environment: clean air, stunning scenery, wide-open spaces, adrenalin and the fact you can’t even begin to think about work while you’re sliding down a mountain. The alchemical combination of all these things, both real and imagined, will lead you to believe you are not only a fine physical specimen but one deserving of a magnificent dinner and a copious dessert...notwithstanding the fact you wolfed down a platter of nachos and two jugs of beer at après. After a week’s vacation skiing, you’ll head back home feeling on top of the world. Barring frostbite, you won’t have to visit a dermatologist like your sunburnt neighbour, you’ll have marvellous lies to tell co-workers with thrilling high points that’ll make lying on the beach seem pathetic by comparison. Doesn’t matter if they’re not true. Doesn’t matter if you never ventured off green runs. They won’t know. And the salve to the pain of what it costs to go skiing for a week will be this: Winter will be something you look forward to, not loathe. What more could a Canuck ask for? n
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