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FESTIVAL FUNDING

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FIRST DESCENTS Whistler-based company Absolute Experiences heli-skis Pakistan

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OUT LOUD International Women’s Day celebrated in Raising Our Voices event

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34 Inside an Airbnb bait-and-switch On bylaw’s radar for years, Whistler property was at centre of alleged rental scam. - By Brandon Barrett

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FUNDING FORMULA

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events like Ironman, Wanderlust and Tough Mudder not returning this year,

in two-and-a-half years, skeleton athlete Jane Channell took home some

Whistler’s Festivals, Events and Animation committee shifts its focus.

hardware, winning a silver at the IBSF World Championships.

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is seen as critical to growing the organization’s capacity.

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08 OPENING REMARKS As COVID-19 takes over news headlines, we should consider how we as a community should respond.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week voice concern over COVID-19, praise local healthcare workers for helping with virus fears and support the municipality’s move to increase pay parking rates.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Writer Andrew Mitchell argues that the only way to make sense of hosting an Olympic Games is to host two of them.

94 MAXED OUT If Alberta, Canada and the world are to survive the coming climate crises everyone must be focused on the future and that means leaving fossil fuel in the ground.

Environment & Adventure

32 ECOLOGIC Writer Leslie Anthony has been on assignment around the world and reports on how countries and travellers are coping with COVID-19.

33 THE OUTSIDER Vince Shuley trades his skis for a motorbike and shares the fun of twowheeled adventure.

42 TRAVEL Exploring the Pueblos Blancos area by bike takes writer Virginia Aulin up and down switchbacks in this Andalusian trip.

Lifestyle & Arts

50 VELOCITY PROJECT Lisa Richardson ponders how we all find the freedom to be ourselves when everyday living requires so many different “selves.”

52 EPICURIOUS Tired of that same old staff meal you’ve eaten a thousand times? Whistler Food Swap can help through its Facebook group, which connects local workers to trade staff meals.

56 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW Would you like fries with that McDonald’s docu-series?

Take a peek behind a fast-food chain scandal on the small screen this week.

58 MUSEUM MUSINGS This week, we give thanks for the Weasel Workers—keeping our ski runs ready for competitions since the ‘70s.

64 PIQUECAL It’s time to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the 2010 Paralympics. Head to the library on Thursday, March 12 at noon to enjoy some hot chocolate and meet Sumi, the Paralympic mascot.

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Preparing for COVID-19 “Wash your hands like you’ve been chopping jalapeños and you need to change your contacts.”

-B.C.’s provincial health officer Bonnie Henry

IT FEELS LIKE we are skiing a slope and when we stop and look up, we can see a huge avalanche coming at us way off in the distance—so we feel like the risk is low, but we know that it’s not going to stay that way.

So how do we get ready for COVID-19?

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

Well, for one thing, we need to realize that we are all in this together. Small towns like Whistler will weather this event by helping each other and supporting people who need it.

We won’t survive if people go out and buy every single roll of bathroom tissue and bar of soap—everyone in town needs supplies. If you are shopping, think of all the other people

going out that some will end up not surviving at all—and that comes with job layoffs.

Obviously, it’s not sensible to be out mingling if COVID-19 is a threat, but at the same time, we need to ask ourselves what can we do to help our local businesses survive this global health storm?

Residents want to know if we are ready.

Are we ready for a resident to arrive home from Italy, or Japan, or China and find they have COVID-19? Are we ready for a tourist at a local hotel to become symptomatic and unable to travel?

The short answer is that we don’t know.

We certainly hope we are. (I believe our health care providers are ready, but is our community?)

Yesterday, March 4, some Whistler stakeholders met to talk about just that.

Obviously, direction and protocols on this have to come from the provincial ministry of health down through our local health authority, Vancouver Coastal Health, and into the community.

If you think you have COVID-19, you can call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to find out what to do, which would include putting yourself

Don’t shake hands, kiss, or hug to say hello right now. who also need the same things you do.

Vancouver’s international airport is reporting that it expects over a million fewer visitors to transit the facility this year.

You can be sure a goodly number of those missing travellers will be spring break tourists who have cancelled their plans to go anywhere or those not coming to B.C., even to Whistler.

We know that Richmond eateries and shops are suffering so much from people not

in isolation and reaching out to your doctor by phone to ask for next steps. If your doctor thinks you might have COVID-19, they will arrange for testing.

Travellers returning from affected areas should actively self-monitor taking a body temperature twice a day, in the morning and at night, using a digital thermometer by mouth.

It can feel alarming to read the news stories and hear of the number of deaths climbing globally, but panic won’t help. If

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you are a healthy young person, it looks like you have little to worry about. If you are looking after elderly family members, then take extra precautions for they are the highest risk group from this coronavirus. If you have heart disease, or other underlying conditions, or work or live with those who do, you also need to be vigilant: wash your hands; keep your hands away from your eyes, nose and mouth; buy food and supplies for two weeks; and stay away from crowds. And seek help if you need it, both medical and from your neighbours.

Don’t shake hands, kiss, or hug to say hello right now.

Canada has learned a great deal since we dealt with SARS in 2003 and H1N1 in 2009.

Our government’s health agencies speak to each other, the Quarantine Act was passed in 2005, it has increased its lab-testing capabilities, is prepared to trace people’s contacts to find people who might have caught a contagious illness without knowing it, and it created the Public Health Agency of Canada for outbreaks just like this.

All of this is good, but there is no doubt that our health system is going to be sorely tested. Most emergency rooms and hospitals are already at capacity—can they handle thousands of people showing up fearing they have COVID-19? And what about looking at those who are fighting for their lives—are their enough beds for them?

According to the World Health Organization, there is now a total of 90,893 reported cases of COVID-19 globally and 3,110 deaths, as of March 3. About 3.4 per cent of reported COVID19 cases have died. By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than one per cent of those infected— Canada saw more than 39,000 cases of influenza between 2018 and 2019. On average, it causes about 3,500 deaths each year.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thank you to our local healthcare professionals After returning from a trip to Japan, I developed symptoms that raised some concern, as Hokkaido (my destination) had since declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19.

I cancelled work, stayed home and waited 24 hours before the B.C. nurse line advised me to call a clinic, and Whistler Medical Clinic directed me to talk to someone at the emergency room (ER).

The woman I spoke with gave me protocol for arriving (such as donning a mask and using the sanitizing gel they provided) in order to protect others, and then finished the conversation by saying “You are welcome here, we will take good care of you.”

Deep sigh.

It felt like a very generous thing for her to say in a small ER that is often under pressure. The doctor who attended me to administer the test was also outstanding.

Fortunately, the test proved negative. But it was a key public-health action to conduct it on a patient of concern, and I was thankful for their thorough assessment to make sure I was one of those.

Global News reported that as of Friday, Feb. 28, British Columbia had tested more patients for COVID-19 than the entire United States, and

and more to the greenhouse gases that are melting our glaciers, frying our forests and turning snow to rain.

Human behaviour invariably defaults to the cheapest and most convenient option.

It is the RMOW’s responsibility to provide adequate price signals to ensure that singleoccupancy motoring is no longer the automatic choice to get from A to B. Thomas DeMarco // Whistler

Take sensible precautions

stories are already emerging about how the anticipated cost of hospital stays down south are delaying people from being tested (even though the testing is free, the associated costs are not).

We are fortunate to have both the health care system we do, and the extremely professional people who run it.

Asta Kovanen // Whistler

Higher pay parking rates sends right message Self-declared “transit-skeptic” councillor Ralph Forsyth declares, “the community

I was just getting ready to drive to Vancouver to attend the BC Bike Show, Western Canada’s largest cycling show, a two-day event taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

However, shortly after 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 29, The New York Times announced that a male high school student in King County, on the north side of Seattle, had just died from coronavirus (COVID-19), the first American to do so, and one of four cases diagnosed overnight in Washington, Oregon, and California.

None of these four individuals had travelled to China, where the first mass outbreak occurred, or have been in contact with anyone travelling to any areas of the world where this virus is running rampant, including South Korea, northern Italy, Iran, etc.

At this point, this virus has rapidly spread around the world to almost 60 countries on every continent except Antarctica—and in South Korea alone, overnight on the 29th, the number of diagnosed cases of coronavirus increased by one third, with 813 new cases.

really hates it” when the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) proposes parking fee increases.

Do Whistler homeowners enjoy property tax increases?

We are not consulted when they go up, so why do timid politicians feel obliged to seek public input before adjusting parking fees? They should simply proceed with the necessary measure.

This is 2020. Motorists have now had 20 years to voluntarily decrease car trips, but instead, Whistler is more congested than ever, with both locals and visitors contributing more

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Worldwide, the number of cases [at the time of writing] is now more than [90,000].

Although not yet officially designated as a pandemic by the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S., it is obvious that the rapid spread of this coronavirus meets every known definition of the word “pandemic.”

Obviously, the genie is out of the bottle.

In our Whistler bubble, we are not immune and it is highly unlikely that we will escape from infection. We are all aware that Whistler hosts more than 3 million visitors a year from all over the world, and we are also aware that Washington state license plates are everywhere in Whistler.

In the Whistler Marketplace parking area, it is not unusual to see one vehicle in three from Washington state, and we have almost become a suburb of Seattle, with its 2019 metro population of 3,867,000. Vehicles from Alberta, Oregon, and elsewhere are also a common sight here.

Medical experts advise avoiding places where large numbers of people congregate.

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia cancelled Friday prayers—almost unheard of—and there will be no pilgrimages to Mecca or other holy sites in the country this year. And Geneva, Switzerland has just announced the cancellation of the largest annual automobile show in the world.

Now that we have this virus on our doorstep, it is time to wake up and smell the coffee. Clearly, an optional trip to a bike show—where one will mingle with crowds in close quarters—is not an essential priority, and I cancelled my plan to go to this year’s BC Bike Show to see the latest in electric bikes.

While we should not panic and immediately rush out to buy a face mask, a prudent individual should follow the consistent advice of the world’s top health authorities: avoid crowds, wash hands frequently with soap and water, cough or sneeze into a handkerchief, and immediately distance yourself from others who may be coughing or sneezing. If you develop a fever associated with a dry cough, contact your doctor or the nearest medical clinic.

We are in territoire inconnu (unchartered territory). The fact that people who have tested positive may have no coronavirus symptoms might make us all wonder if we should stop routine hand shaking or even giving our friends a big hug…at least until a vaccine has been developed, tested, and approved—likely more than a year away.

Doug Garnett // Whistler

Access to Canada’s premier kiteboarding destination under threat Canada is on the brink of losing a worldclass recreational amenity, which serves as a training ground for Olympians while attracting athletes and tourists from around the globe.

Two years ago, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Pamela GoldsmithJones stood on the southern tip of Squamish’s training dike for a big announcement. She handed over a $1.5-million cheque to the Squamish River Watershed Society (SRWS).

The money was the first portion of a $5-million multi-phased plan to alter the spit, which sits between the Squamish River and estuary.

The concept is noble. In theory, eliminating the chunk of road may aid salmon fry in reaching the safe haven of the estuary before being shot out into the ocean, which would up their survival rate. At the big announcement that spring day were representatives from Squamish Terminals, Squamish Nation and the District of Squamish. Missing were representatives from windsports, watersports, and other recreational users of the area.

This was the first sign of lost opportunity.

The first sign of the lack of understanding elected officials have in regard to the importance of this unique location, which guarantees thermal winds on most summer days—a rare natural commodity that, if in existence, is capitalized by other communities such as Oregon’s Hood River.

The spot on which officials stood to unveil their plan, locally known as the Squamish Spit, hosted approximately 7,000 windsports users last summer—a figure that doesn’t include the countless numbers of visitors.

The Spit also plays home to Canada’s national kiteboarding freestyle championship —KiteClash. The event attracts some of the world’s best athletes, including five-time world kiteboarding champion Aaron Hadlow.

Beyond that, the destination encourages tourists passing through Squamish to stop a while and check out the colourful kites on the water—a sight that is used repeatedly in marketing by the District of Squamish, Tourism Squamish, the provincial and federal governments and local businesses.

Working together, a wide range of ideas could have been explored that would have saved water access and accommodated the fry’s seaward migration—a pier, a pedestrian bridge or perhaps a new recreational area at the end of a shortened dike.

Some politicians assume water and windsports enthusiasts’ requirements will be met by the proposed sports beach at Newport. This is not the case. The plan barely accommodates the kiteboarders and windsurfers currently accessing the water in that area.

If the current windsports users from the Spit were to move to Newport, the approximately 80-metre-wide park would also have to support a minimum of 200 extra athletes. Now add to that the increased boat traffic to the Mamquam Blind Channel, the possibility of future floatplanes and industrial activities at the adjacent log sort and one has all ingredients for a safety hazard.

A world-class recreational amenity is being removed with no real acknowledgement from the government or funding in place to come up with a workable solution.

West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy podiumed the importance of recreation in the Sea to Sky corridor, including kiteboarding, in his re-election bid. In front of provincial representatives in British Columbia’s parliament buildings, Sturdy attested to the sport’s value to the area. User groups need more than words. All options moving forward require money and government backing in

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Unless you also believe the world is flat, there’s no denying we are in the midst of a climate change emergency.

Protesting and signing petitions can show you care, but it’s not going to get us out of this mess, plus it’s divisive. Our best bet is to change our habits and make choices that will force the government and businesses to change their models.

Lessening our dependence on oil for transportation can make a substantial difference and can be done quite easily. Walking and cycling are of course the best, but only if you work close to home. Transit and carpooling are great options in urban areas and more should be done to promote them.

Unfortunately, many people commute long distances from the suburbs and the outskirts as our planning models have been based on the automobile. The easy solution? Electric vehicles!

The prices, the technology and the infrastructure are finally at the point where everyone who is shopping for a new vehicle should consider one.

Do the math: it’s possible to pay off your vehicle in fuel and maintenance savings. Our family recently purchased a pre-owned model and are very happy with it. A few sacrifices will have to be made, but the benefits far outweigh the hassles.

If you travel in mostly rural areas over super long distances, and are always rushed,

maybe a hybrid is best for now. The point, however, is to ditch the internal combustion engine for good.

Think about it: clean fuel at what is the equivalent to 10 to 15 cents a litre (many charging stations are free), no more oil changes, leaky rads, gaskets, spark plugs, injectors, fuel filters, carburetors, rotting exhaust systems, noise and of course pollution.

Even the brakes last longer and your battery charges when you use them or go downhill. They are quick, responsive and fun to drive An unexpected benefit is that we feel it’s actually enhanced our life, slowing us down and appreciating the time it takes to charge, seeing new places, taking walks and going to cafes and restaurants we may not have before. Chatting with other EV owners at the stations, about their experience, and none so far have any regrets.

The government is currently offering huge rebates both federally and provincially that can be up to $8,000 and they will give you from $3,000 to $6,000 for your old gas guzzler. They will even cover the cost of a $1,000 home charger.

I believe this shift could actually boost our economy. People will travel more regionally and frequent businesses with or near chargers. If you build it they will come.

People will have more time and be more willing to spend the money they’ve saved on gas. Everyone can benefit while we reduce our carbon footprint.

If it took about 10 years for the world to embrace smartphones there’s no reason why a total phase out of gas engines (except perhaps industrial machinery) can’t be achieved within a decade. We just have to make the choice.

The market forces and government will adapt and we won’t be fighting over pipelines and oil projects anymore because we won’t need them.

Canada has the most freshwater in the world to create hydro-electricity, which makes us the most energy resource-rich nation.

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Some parts of the region also have a buried weak layer of surface hoar and faceted crystals. This layer formed during a week of clear skies and cool conditions mid-February, and was subsequently buried on Feb. 22. The layer has produced a few avalanches of note in the region, but not widespread activity. The reason for this is suspected to be because

strong wind may have stripped the layer away before the snow fell.

At the time of writing, there haven’t been any reported avalanches on this layer in the mountains immediately adjacent to Whistler; however, triggering an avalanche on this layer is still possible where it exists. The most likely places to find it are in sheltered terrain features in clearings or open trees at and below treeline, and in the lower alpine.

Although the weather conditions may be prime for big and aggressive terrain, you will want to ensure this surface hoar layer does not exist where you plan on recreating. Digging down to look for the layer is one approach.

If you are uncertain, keeping a conservative mindset and avoiding suspect slopes is the prudent choice. Fortunately, there are plenty of big, mellow terrain features that are super fun to ride with good visibility and soft snow. n

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Let the Games (re) begin THE 2010 OLYMPICS were a trying time for me. I had a two-year-old daughter at the time who wasn’t sleeping and most of my days and nights were spent covering events and writing stories. I kept a time sheet and logged 96 hours of overtime over 16 days.

As a Whistler sports reporter, it was particularly frustrating to be lumped in with a bunch of reporters that knew nothing about

BY ANDREW MITCHELL the sports and the athletes I spent my daily life covering, and used their time in the scrums to ask the stupidest questions you could imagine—like what just happened and how do those athletes feel about it. Reporters would ask athletes how their seasons are going and “what’s next for you?” when that information was readily available on half a dozen websites.

It was more than a little insulting to the athletes as well. World-class athletes compete in their sports week in, week out, year after year, only to have a bunch of lazy journos show up every four years to imply that nobody, especially them, was paying much attention up until that moment.

Most Olympic sports keep point tallies over an entire season, crowning all-around

champions based on the average of months of results—rewarding the best overall performance rather than sometimes fluke-y one-time results. Making it all about that one race or competition in the Olympics really isn’t fair to the athletes in a lot of ways.

Despite my experiences and sincere belief that Olympic medals are overrated, I do find myself agreeing with former Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) CEO John Furlong and others that have been using the 10-year anniversary of the 2010 Games to float the idea of a 2030 bid. We should absolutely host the Games again. In fact, all the specialized infrastructure required for a Winter Olympics, like ski jumps, speed skating ovals and bobsleigh tracks, has always made a strong case for designating four or five permanent hosts and rotating the Games between them.

Vancouver has the land to build another athlete village, which could provide the city with some badly needed affordable housing.

More transit is also a priority, and the Games could be leveraged to do already necessary things like doubling Canada Line capacity and adding light rail to UBC and down Broadway.

The skating oval in Richmond could be repurposed, or another badly needed venue could be added to Burnaby and Simon Fraser University for races. Everything else already exists for hockey, figure skating and curling.

In Whistler, the sliding centre is good to

go once again, as is Whistler Olympic Park.

A mix of temporary and permanent housing could be built for athletes in the Callaghan, with temporary housing going to First Nations and/ or resource communities after the Games are over. Putting the nets and safety systems back up on the downhill course could be done in a few weeks over a summer.

The cost of hosting a Games is one of the main reasons people oppose it. However, because most of the venues are already in place and any new additions like housing will eventually pay for themselves, the 2030 Games could be a revenue generator for the province—or should at least cover its own costs while adding things like transit options that were needed anyway.

The IOC is contributing $925 million in U.S. dollars to the host city of the 2026 Olympic Games, which would give Vancouver-Whistler organizers well over a billion dollars to invest in hosting 2030. The federal and provincial governments will also make contributions through various sports and infrastructure programs.

One of the benefits of hosting the Games has always been the intangibles. A cafeteria at the Whistler Athletes’ Village became a busy gymnastics club that has already sent one local athlete to worlds, while the housing around it now provides beds for over a thousand locals. Whistler Olympic Plaza, created for medal presentations, has become

an outdoor skate rink and concert venue.

There are countless examples of Olympic legacies.

There were downsides as well. Business took a hit before and after the Games, although it’s difficult to say how much of that was Games related and how much had to do with the massive economic collapse that occurred just two years before. Development also increased in Whistler as a result, contributing to the traffic we all love so much.

In Vancouver, planned affordable housing never materialized as units at the Olympic Village eventually had to be sold at market rates to recoup costs. It was still a good investment for anyone who bought in, but it didn’t do much to resolve Vancouver’s need for low-income housing or its homeless situation.

Accounting for the 2010 Games is also still hotly debated, and whether the cost of the Sea to Sky Highway upgrades and Canada Line, both necessary things, should be added to the total.

There’s a 100 per cent chance that the “Bread Before Circuses” crowd will go at a 2030 bid full tilt, and I welcome that.

They will ensure that the 2030 Games are transparent and create all the benefits they were supposed to the first time.

The only way it makes sense to host an Olympic Winter Games once is to hold them twice. Let the bid for the 2030 Games begin. n

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FE&A committee unveils 2020 program lineup IRONMAN, TOUGH MUDDER, WANDERLUST OUT, GIVING NEW EVENTS A CHANCE TO SHINE

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WITH SOME BIG events not returning to Whistler in 2020, the resort’s Festivals, Events and Animation (FE&A) programming is taking on a new look.

Big summer tentpoles like Ironman Canada, Wanderlust and Tough Mudder will be absent from this year’s schedule, while a pair of new events—The Back Forty and the Whistler Vegan Fest—will get Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) funding for the first time.

The total FE&A budget for 2020 is worth $3.16 million, and includes funding for 15 events produced by third parties (known as Attract, Retain, Augment events in FE&A terms—or ARA for short) “You might notice that, compared to 2019, the ARA investment is lower, and the original investment is higher. That is part of our strategy to reduce investments in third-party-produced events and grow our investment in original programming,” said FE&A manager Bob Andrea at the March 3 council meeting.

In past years, Ironman represented the biggest slice of the FE&A pie (including $282,000 in 2019).

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But with the triathlon heading back to its Penticton roots in 2020, the World Ski and Snowboard Festival is 2020’s biggest recipient with a grant of $200,000 (up from $170,000 last year).

Other ARA events to get funding in 2020 include: Cornucopia ($50,000), the Whistler Film Festival ($45,000), the RBC GranFondo ($40,000), Whistler Vegan Fest ($36,000), a photo festival at the Audain Art Museum ($30,000), Whistler

the RMOW is in control of producing.”

The total investment in third-party events in 2020 is $549,250 (down from $811,750 in 2019) while the budget for original programming increased from $1.1 million in 2019 to $1,335,000 in 2020 (the overall budget of $3.16 million is the same as 2019, however).

The total budget also includes things like village animation, the festive lighting program, technology services

“It’s important to make sure that we have programming that the RMOW is in control of producing.”

- BOB ANDREA

Pride and Ski ($25,000), Whistler Cup ($25,000), Whistler Children’s Festival ($22,500), Whistler Writers Festival ($18,750), the Whistler Half Marathon ($15,000), Whistler Village Beer Festival ($15,000), Whistler 50 and Ultra ($12,000), Crankworx ($10,000) and the Back Forty ($5,000).

“Typically, third-party-produced events, some of them are from outside the community, and as we can note, some do not stay in Whistler for the indefinite period of time,” Andrea said. “So it’s important to make sure that we have programming that

and maintenance, marketing and human resources.

Original events on the 2020 calendar include GO Fest, the Canada Day parade and concert and the outdoor summer concert series, as well as the Whistler Holiday Experience and New Year’s Eve programming.

“I wish to take this opportunity to assure you that the 2020 FE&A planning process has once again been rigorous, comprehensive and evidence based … the oversight committee is keenly aware of the importance of delivering both immediate and long-term value when

investing in FE&A programs,” said committee chair Sue Adams.

“I’m very satisfied that the 2020 FE&A planning process has been conducted with the utmost integrity.”

Councillor Cathy Jewett, who sits on the FE&A committee, said the focus this year is on filling in the gaps.

“A lot of the information we look at is where are the peaks and valleys in our visitation? What times of year do we need to boost visitation, and will these events do that?” she said.

“By having large events not coming back, or not using as much funding, we’re able to shift the funding to the times of year that we need to even out the visitation so that the businesses remain viable, people stay employed, (and we’re) keeping the resort humming.”

To that end, a new homegrown initiative is being planned for the fall, though it’s too early in development to share any details.

“It’s very secretive at this point—more to come later in the year,” Andrea said.

The FE&A program was launched in 2013 to “provide a coordinated and targeted cultural offering” for Whistler, according to the RMOW. While it was originally funded with provincial Resort Municipality Initiative money, the program is now paid for using Municipal and Regional District (also known as the hotel tax) funds.

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watching the spread of coronavirus—and 12 positive cases in B.C. as of March 3—Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is reassuring the public that the risk to Canadians is low, and there is no identified spread of the virus in the region.

Four individuals who tested positive in the Vancouver Coastal Health region have now fully recovered, according to VCH. Locally, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is monitoring the situation closely with VCH, and a conference call was planned for Wednesday, March 4 to share the latest information with Tourism Whistler and Whistler Blackcomb.

“We are taking our direction from VCH. They are the lead and responsibile in dealing with public health risks,” said chief administrative officer Mike Furey.

“I think it’s important that community members have accurate and timely information, and I would recommend to them to go to VCH’s website.”

Find the latest on coronavirus at www. vch.ca/about-us/news/vancouver-coastalhealth-statement-on-coronavirus.

Asked if there are any plans in place in the event of a coronavirus outbreak in Whistler, both the RMOW and VCH deferred to the provincial ministry of health.

“The province has been planning for many weeks to ensure readiness in the event of a COVID-19 related pandemic,” a ministry spokesperson said in an email.

“Plans for Whistler are like many other communities throughout the province and we’re actually planning to release a wider range of information very soon.”

DEVELOPMENT PERMITS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC WASHROOMS A project to build three public washroom buildings in Whistler Village is moving ahead after council issued development permits for the buildings on March 3.

The bathrooms will be built at the Gateway Loop, Whistler Olympic Plaza, and on the grounds of the Lost Lake PassivHaus (the first two received development permits at the March 3 council meeting, while the third does not require one as it is outside of the Whistler Village Core).

The project drew controversy during November’s budgeting process for its $4.5-million price tag.

While some minor changes were made to the buildings to reduce costs, including simplifying the roof structure details

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and scaling back on stone work, how the final budget is impacted won’t be known until the end of the process, Mayor Jack Crompton said after the meeting.

The bathrooms are proposed as one-storey, at-grade facilities with multistall men’s and women’s washrooms, single-room washrooms and accessible washrooms. A janitor’s room and mechanical room are included in the designs, and the sites incorporate new hardscaping to accommodate pedestrian access as well as new bike racks.

While some trees and landscaping will need to be removed at the Gateway Loop site, mature stands of trees closest to Village Gate Boulevard will be protected, and the landscaping plan includes replanting.

Councillor John Grills asked if hours of operation have been established for the Gateway Loop bathrooms.

“I think it’s a great service to have washrooms available in that area, the taxi loop, as long as possible each evening,” Grills said.

While hours of operation have yet to be set, “the intent is to provide service late night in that area,” said parks planning manager Martin Pardoe.

And while there’s been controversy in the community over the project, the new facilities are sorely needed in each location, said Coun. Cathy Jewett, noting the “severely taxed” facilities at Lost Lake, the “ratty-looking trailers” at Olympic Plaza and the complete absence of any bathrooms at the taxi loop.

“There is no place to go, and so a lot of them are going in the bushes there,” Jewett said.

“So it’s time that we had proper sanitary facilities that are easy to clean, that are robust, that will stand up to the taxi-loop crowd and all those crazy cross-country skiers.”

Construction is expected to begin in April, with completion planned by the end of the year or in early 2021.

The project was first proposed at a total cost of $3 million in early 2019, but a municipal tendering process returned no bids within the original budget.

The new, $4.58 million budget was built after an “extensive overview” that is in line with best practices, Crompton told Pique in November, adding that the RMOW is confident the new total is reasonable (see Pique, Nov. 21, 2019: “Flushing the details out of Whistler’s $4.5M bathrooms”).

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 17 Club (WMSC) rezoning to construct a new staff housing building was deferred at the March 3 meeting, following opposition comments from nearby neighbours.

While no one spoke against the project at the public hearing, council received four pieces of correspondence in opposition, citing concerns over slope stability, runoff and groundwater issues, noise and dust mitigation during construction, loss of natural landscaping, impact on viewscapes, parking issues, congestion on Lake Placid Road, and the potential for a well-used walking trail near the property to be cut off.

The rezoning will come back to council for third reading at a later date.

The four-unit building (two threebedroom and two two-bedroom units) is proposed to be constructed next to the existing WMSC club house at 2028 Rob Boyd Way, and will include common storage, laundry and parking.

While intended to house seasonal ski club staff first and foremost, it will also be able to house other employees as necessary.

Resort Municipality of Whistler staff is proposing a maximum rent of $1,200 per bedroom.

The rezoning would effectively remove the property from the existing Commercial Core Two zoning it shares with other Creekside Village properties and replace it with a new site specific zone (Leisure Recreation Eleven).

might be sooner rather than later.

“We will have details very soon,” Crompton said of the CAO search after the meeting.

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AT THE TABLE Mayor and council watch a presentation at the March 3 council meeting.

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METCALF ASSUMES INTERIM GM ROLE; SEARCH FOR NEW CAO NEARS COMPLETION With the retirement of Whistler’s general manager of resort experience Jan Jansen last month, economic development manager Toni Metcalf will be filling the position on an interim basis.

“We are so excited about you sitting

at that table providing your insight and your very good work,” Crompton said in his March 3 mayor’s report.

“It’s nice to have someone sit there who we know and we trust … we’re so confident having you join us, so we’re grateful for you taking the role.”

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its belt, Whistler’s Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) is ready to start building the framework for the future of Whistler.

The committee will issue a request for proposals in the coming weeks for a consultant to develop a Community Growth Management Model framework.

Economic development manager and interim general manager of resort experience Toni Metcalf was on hand for the March 3 council meeting to provide an update on the committee’s work to date.

“The SPC was established to understand and seek to collaboratively implement Whistler’s vision and Official Community Plan (OCP),” Metcalf said. “It’s about assisting in proactive development of strategies to manage the resort’s activities in alignment with the OCP, and to identify and consider strategic land use issues and opportunities.”

Since their first meeting in July, SPC members have agreed on a set of “priority deliverables,” Metcalf said, including: defining a base set of metrics to support decision making; establishing a definition of the resort’s carrying capacity; developing a framework for balancing economic growth with business and community needs; developing a range of possible future scenarios to understand their implications; and defining tangible metrics and strategic actions in alignment with the community’s vision and OCP policies.

“Not all of this is new—it’s about now ensuring we understand how a decision in one area may have an impact on another so that we can foresee potentially unintended consequences,” Metcalf said.

“So this is about determining that 20-year future for the community. We have the community’s vision, we have the policies and goals through the OCP. This is about articulating those in more specific terms.”

To give a sense of the breadth of what is being considered at the SPC table, Metcalf showed a slide of the various areas needing to be addressed, either today or in the future.

Affordability, strained community services, the pace of recent population and economic growth, resilience to wildfire, transportation and technology, and effective climate change action are just a few of the factors at play.

“There’s a lot there, and the SPC is looking at a very broad aspect of how the community can be successful and continue to be successful,” Metcalf said.

The growth management model will build on community monitoring already in place to gain a better understanding of key

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trends and drivers of growth in the resort over the past two decades.

The model has four objectives: provide an overview of the various drivers of growth; understand possible future scenarios and their impacts; provide measures as targets for each of the base metrics; and have an integrated modelling tool (that will last beyond the committee itself) for evaluation of future major projects or developments.

“The model is intended to integrate all the different aspects of social, environmental and economic outcomes so that we can better understand and drive strategies to get the results that we want to deliver for the community,” Metcalf said.

“And this is not a one-way process, obviously; as the experience improves or the experience deteriorates, there is a need to reflect back on what the drivers are, what we can influence … such that we can continue this cycle.”

The SPC expects to engage the community “at various points” throughout 2020 to help inform its work.

When it’s all said and done, the goal is to have a strategic plan that includes a decision support framework and articulated targets while setting out recommended strategies and policies that the SPC would then put to council, Metcalf said.

“Examples of those strategies may be specifically around land use, investment in infrastructure, social investments, tourism product development, or visitation management,” she said.

Whistler’s SPC consists of Mayor Jack Crompton, chief administrator Mike Furey, the general manager of resort experience, director of planning Mike Kirkegaard, members-atlarge Emily Amirault, Dave Brownlie, David Dale-Johnson, Robyn Spencer and Dave Williamson, as well as councillors Duane Jackson and Arthur De Jong.

The 2020 budget includes $100,000 for the SPC’s work, and another $75,000 in 2021. n

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Soaring insurance rates bad news for Whistler’s condo market WHISTLER RESORT MANAGEMENT SAYS IT’S SEEN RATES SPIKE BY UP TO 200%

BY BRANDON BARRETT AS INSURANCE companies struggle to keep up with claims from global disasters, condo owners everywhere are bearing the brunt of the financial burden—and Whistler is no exception.

“It’s been over the past 12 months when we’ve seen the largest increase,” explained Beau Craig, manager partner at Whistler Resort Management (WRM), which manages more than 200 local strata corporations.

“The strata market is not traditionally a very profitable one from an insurance perspective, so a lot of insurance companies are pulling out of the market completely and the ones who are staying are increasing their rates significantly to make their money back.”

Craig added that he’s seen insurance rates spike anywhere from 40 to 200 per cent a year, a cost that has been translated into higher condo or strata fees.

“The problem is there’s no choice, because these strata properties mandate

that you have to have insurance,” he noted.

“Imagine if ICBC rates went up 200 per cent. You have to get insurance, you have to have it, so you’re kind of handcuffed.”

With several insurance companies exiting B.C’s real estate market, the remaining insurers have typically taken a smaller piece of the liability pie, Craig said.

“The thing is, with strata insurance or any insurance, really, you don’t have one insurance company. There are several insurance companies that are involved in each policy, and so insurance companies that were taking a 60-per-cent stake in a strata, for example, if they are staying in the market, they are reducing their potential liability on that property somewhere down to 15, 20 per cent,” he said. So where insurance policies used to have four or five different insurers on it, now they have 15, 16 different insurance companies involved.”

Warning of the potential for a condo market collapse province-wide, the Condominium and Homeowners Association of B.C. has reported that it’s not only buildings having to pay more for coverage—some are being denied altogether, which puts buyers at risk of

losing their financing and adds barriers to owners looking to sell their homes.

Craig said he hasn’t run into any cases locally of properties without full coverage, but he did acknowledge “it’s quite possible that could happen” this year.

“We’ve been trying to be as proactive as we can be with the FireSmart program to try and entice insurers to continue staying in our market and not pull out,” he added. “[We’re doing] everything we possibly can to reduce the amount of claims and reduce the losses.”

Condominiums are a significant piece of Whistler’s housing market, with medium-density developments accounting for around 70 per cent of all real-estate transactions locally, estimated Pat Kelly, president of the Whistler Real Estate Co. Rising rates could have a serious ripple effect in Whistler’s market, but with few alternatives in the same price range as a typical condo, Kelly believes prospective buyers may have no choice but to swallow the added costs.

“The challenge is price point. A singlefamily [home] is two to three times as much as condominiums and townhouses, on average,” he said. “If your purchase or

ownership is dictated by value, there isn’t any way to get away from the insurance.

If you don’t have insurance, you can’t get a mortgage.

“The idea that if you live in a condo it will be cheaper than owning a house in terms of ongoing maintenance, security and upkeep, I’m not sure you should think that way.”

B.C. finance minister Carole James said last month that the province is working with the B.C. Financial Service Authority to monitor the situation. The Insurance Brokers Association of B.C. has called on Victoria to make reforms to legislation, including adding a standard definition of a strata unit to the Strata Property Act. These changes could help stabilize B.C’s condo insurance market, but the organization acknowledged in a press release that they won’t “directly address the rising stratabuilding premiums and deductibles.”

“The only way this is going to change is when insurance companies start making money again and the market changes so there are more insurers than there are places to insure, so they’re fighting for business,” added Craig. “That is not happening right now. It’s the complete opposite.” n

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Daycares want streamlining of ECE certification INTER-PROVINCIAL CERTIFICATION CAN BE TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE PROCESS, SAY LOCAL CHILDCARE WORKERS

BY JOEL BARDE LIKE OTHER daycare centres in the corridor, the Whistler Children’s Centre would love to hire more certified staff, but it simply can’t find them.

But according to Kari Gaudet, executive director of the centre, the daycare receives applications from candidates with the right education and experience on a regular basis.

The problem, said Gaudet, is that the training they have received is not easily recognized in B.C.—and the process of getting it recognized can be lengthy.

“I am currently about four staff short right now, and we are doing everything we can to fill gaps,” said Gaudet.

“And there are people walking in— wanting a job at the Children’s Centre—that we can’t get them working because of all of these hoops that we have to jump through.”

According to Gaudet, getting a credential recognized from another province can take between four to six weeks, while getting one recognized from another country can take much longer.

Like others Pique spoke to, Gaudet said that the administrative hurdles cause potential workers to give up and simply

seek employment elsewhere.

“It is frustrating to have to turn down experienced candidates with qualifications obtained outside of B.C. and Canada, when there is a shortage of childcare workers here,” said Nina Moore, of the Whistler Waldorf School.

Applicants may have to retake an entire certificate or diploma course again, she added. “Even with training grants and bursaries available, this represents a

recognize those qualifications, that person is gone,” said Sturdy. “It’s already a tough job and government is just making it tougher.”

Whistler Councillor Jen Ford, who is currently serving as third vice president with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), said that she and others with UBCM recently brought the issue up with ministers Katrina Chen (State for Child Care) and Katrine Conroy (Children and Family Development) as part

“It’s already a tough job and government is just making it tougher.”

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significant investment of time and money for candidates.”

Local MLA Jordan Sturdy said that he is well aware of the certification issues, having worked with Sea to Sky daycares and educators seeking to speed up the process.

There needs to be improvements to the way credentials are recognized, especially those that are obtained in other provinces, said Sturdy.

“The problem is when it’s taking [institutions up to a year] to provide and

of the UBCM’s advocacy days.

The UBCM group highlighted the need for more streamlined certification, saying that it goes “hand in hand” with new spaces, said Ford.

“I feel like they’ve heard us and I feel like they’re doing what they can,” she added.

In an emailed statement from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, a spokesperson said “the Province is actively working to improve processes for ECEs, including those who are

looking to transfer their qualifications from other academic institutions in Canada or internationally. With that in mind, we have improved the processing time during the past two years by increasing our capacity and resources to the program.”

In February 2018, the B.C. government announced a three-year, $1-billion investment through the Child Care BC plan—the most significant childcare investment in B.C.’s history. It also it added an $88-million annual investment to it in its most recent budget.

“They’ve also given wage subsidies to daycare centers to be able to pay the staff more,” said Ford. “And so it was $1 an hour up until last year, and then they went to $2 an hour.”

Like Sturdy, Gaudet said that work should be done to improve inter-provincial certification.

“I would definitely like to see it a bit more streamlined, so that we are able to access early childhood educators easier,” she said.

The certification issue is especially pronounced here in Whistler, she added.

“If these people are traveling here—and they don’t have the intention of staying more than a year or two—it’s not advantageous for them to go through these hoops,” she said.

“We lose them to food and beverage or a different industry here in town.” n

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Whistler Blackcomb offers new day pass for 2020-21 season ADVANCE-PURCHASE PASS WILL OFFER DISCOUNTS TO SKI ONE TO 10 DAYS—BUT NO SAVINGS OVER EDGE CARD PRICES

BY JOEL BARDE VAIL RESORTS HAS introduced a new pass product for Whistler Blackcomb (WB).

The Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass allows people to purchase between one and 10 days at a discounted rate in Canadian dollars.

It’s not a “day pass” in the sense that you can turn up at a ticket window and buy it—days will have to be purchased in advance of the season, sticking to Vail Resort’s pre-commitment model.

Vail Resorts will continue to offer two-, five- and 10-day EDGE Cards, which provide discounted days at WB and are exclusively available to residents of Canada and Washington state.

The prices savings offered by EDGE passes are more significant than what’s offered via the Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass.

“The people we [are] really trying to address [with the Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass] is those people who are coming in from those international markets [and]

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maybe don’t want to commit to a whole Epic Pass because they don’t need it,” said Jennifer Smith, communications manager for Vail Resorts, Pacific Northwest Region.

“Local skiers still have all of that Edge Card options.”

Skiers and boarders who purchase a Whistler Blackcomb Day Pass will receive increased discounts the more days they purchase. A one-day holiday restricted pass will cost $118 per adult and $59 per child, while a 10-day pass will cost $1,071 per adult and $536 per child.

The best time to purchase is the spring, with a price increase in summer and one in fall, said Smith, adding that while the Edge Card options continue to offer better value, they can be paired with the Whistler Day Pass tickets, allowing local skiers and boarders the ability to reach maximum savings.

The new pass offering comes amid a challenging season for WB when it comes to public relations, with many Whistler and Lower Mainland skiers and boarders raising concerns over on-mountain operations and the cost of skiing and boarding.

An online petition calling on Vail Resorts to “address the problems they have created by idly neglecting the magic that once defined the unforgettable experience of skiing Whistler Blackcomb” was launched at the start of February and currently has almost 10,000 signatures.

“Many local residents and longtime customers of Whistler Blackcomb have noticed that ever since Vail Resorts bought the mountain four years ago, the lifts have become more and more unreliable, lines have become longer and longer, terrain takes more and more time to open, snow making has been reduced, grooming has gone downhill (pardon the pun), and the food has gotten worse—all while prices have gone sky high!” it reads.

Asked if the new pass offering was in any way related to the public outcry, Smith said that it was being developed prior to the petition’s launch.

“This day pass in particular, is really targeted at that international audience [but it] is obviously a huge benefit to the local audience as well,” she said.

The Epic SchoolKids Pack will return for the 2020-21 season, allowing

kids in kindergarten through Grade 5 in Washington state and Canada to receive five free days of skiing and riding at Whistler Blackcomb.

In addition to five free days, the program also includes one free first-timer ski or ride lesson with equipment rental. No purchase necessary.

The deadline for the popular program is typically in October, said Smith, adding that the free product can be paired up with EDGE Card offerings, allowing families to experience the sport together at a relatively modest price point.

As for window ticket prices, Smith said that they will continue to be the most expensive option as there is no precommitment.

“Our company and the whole Epic Pass system is built around the concept of precommitment,” she said. “If you pre-commit to either the pass or the cards or a ticket, then you’ve given us your commitment that you’re going to purchase.

“That gives us the ability to build a sustainable business that’s not dependent on weather fluctuations like we would traditionally have been.” n

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Lack of tourism focus in B.C. budget a ‘red flag’ INDUSTRY NEEDS STABLE FUNDING, STAKEHOLDERS SAY

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHILE THE PROVINCIAL government will be sorting through budget estimates for each of its ministries over the next several weeks, deliberation over Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture spending is already wrapped—leaving Sea to Sky MLA Jordan Sturdy with some unanswered questions.

During budget deliberations in Victoria on Thursday, Feb. 27, Sturdy asked a number of questions related to the tourism industry, including specifics on labour shortages and the impact of moving Family Day (a decision widely panned by local officials at the time).

“We’ve had a couple of years now that it’s been moved … Have we any metrics on it to know what the impact is?” Sturdy said in a Feb. 28 interview.

“The answer is no, no and no. They didn’t do any forecasting, they don’t have any metrics, and they don’t know what the impact was, other than they seem to believe that everybody in B.C. thinks it was a good idea.”

Questions concerning tourism labour shortages—like how many positions are unfilled, in which industries, in which parts of the province, and what strategies are being used to ease the pain—produced similarly empty answers for Sturdy.

“The only statistic that the minister could trot out was that she says that they have forecasted that by 2028 they will be short 106,000 employees in the tourism sector,” Sturdy said, adding that it would be nice to know some specifics. “They weren’t able to share or provide any of that data, so that was a little bit disappointing.”

Funding for B.C.’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture decreased in the government’s Feb. 18 budget—from $164 million forecasted for 2019-20 to $161 million annually for the next three years—prompting the Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) to speak out (see Pique, Feb. 28: “No money for regional transit in provincial budget.”).

“It’s concerning, frankly,” Sturdy said.

“It does obviously reflect the spending priorities of the government, and doesn’t necessarily bode well for our region.”

In an emailed statement, a ministry spokesperson noted that the government launched a Strategic Framework for Tourism in B.C. last year, with one of it stated goals to grow the workforce.

“As outlined in the Strategic Framework, the minister will continue to champion tourism careers as a profession and work to ensure this industry remains an economic driver, job creator and community builder,” the spokesperson said.

As for funding, the ministry remains committed to supporting the industry through Destination BC (DBC), the spokesperson said.

“Government provides Destination BC with $51.373 million in annual funding.

DBC will reduce expenditures by 2.4 per cent through the careful management of expenses and discretionary spending including: hiring, travel, contracts. DBC will continue to provide high quality international tourism promotion and ensure the province remains competitive and a leading tourism destination.”

Tourism Whistler president and CEO Barrett Fisher praised the government for its commitment last year to include the Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) program in its base budget, while stressing the importance of stable funding for other industry aspects.

The RMI program—intended to assist small, tourism-based municipalities to support and increase visitation—has doled out more than $129 million in funding to 14 communities since 2006.

Whistler got $7.5 million in RMI funding in 2019, and has received a total of $93 million since 2006.

But tourism funding is equally as important, “because if you take your foot off the gas pedal you will see a decline in awareness levels,” Fisher said.

For example, Tourism Whistler monitored awareness levels of the resort before, during and after the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, she said.

“And while Whistler saw quite a spike in awareness levels during the Games, it did reduce considerably post-Games,” she said.

“So it’s not a permanent benefit. You have to continue to nurture it.”

Like TIABC, Fisher stressed the importance of long-term, stable funding for the industry.

“At the same time, we recognize that in any economic environment there will be challenges that arise, and in B.C., there have been challenges with other industries such as forestry and mining … but in an ideal world, we’re not supporting one industry’s needs potentially at the expense of another,” she said. “So it’s really how we work collaboratively to ensure that we’re supporting the industries who have a track record, who are contributing, and who are a proven economic driver for the province.”

Tourism has been big business in B.C. in recent years, now consisting of more than 19,000 businesses employing more than 160,000 people and generating more than $18.4 billion in revenue—and yet, the word “tourism” appears just three times in the government’s most recent budget and fiscal plan (and the word “resort” is missing altogether).

“There’s certainly a red flag there, of concern, when we see reductions in tourism spending, because tourism has been, to a certain degree, a shining star in British Columbia’s economy,” Fisher said. “And tourism might be the golden child today, but if you stop investing in it, it may not be that tomorrow.” n

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Snowmobilers found after spending night in backcountry POLICE BRIEFS: HELICOPTER ROLLOVER LEADS TO MINOR INJURIES

BY BRANDON BARRETT NINE SNOWMOBILERS who spent the night in the backcountry near Brandywine Mountain this week have been located, confirmed the Whistler RCMP. “The sledders are cold and hungry but otherwise OK,” said police in a release.

“The Whistler RCMP wish to thank Whistler Search and Rescue, family, friends and the community for their assistance in ensuring these folks made it out safe.”

Whistler RCMP was first notified Sunday night, March 1, that several snowmobilers had not returned home or made contact with family and friends as planned.

Investigators eventually confirmed that the overdue snowmobilers’ vehicles were still parked at a nearby lot.

Weather conditions near Brandywine “quickly changed to zero visibility” on

Sunday afternoon, police said, which “appears to have affected the ability for the sledders to return to their vehicles,” according to the release.

Nine snowmobilers belonging to three separate groups were initially unaccounted for. Friends and family of the sledders told Mounties that the groups are “knowledgeable” and were “prepared to spend time in the backcountry if required.”

The search for the sledders kicked off Monday afternoon once visibility improved.

MINOR INJURIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH NORTHWEST OF BRANDYWINE MOUNTAIN The pilot and passengers of a Blackcomb helicopter sustained minor injuries in a crash northwest of Brandywine Mountain Feb. 24, police confirmed in a release.

SAFE AND SOUND Three separate groups of sledders spent a night in the backcountry after a rapid change in weather near Brandywine Mountain on Sunday, March 1.

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Whistler RCMP was notified that a helicopter had crashed in the Callaghan Conservancy at about 12:40 p.m.—the Blackcomb Helicopters aircraft rolled over while landing in the backcountry.

The pilot and five passengers were all able to exit the aircraft with no serious injuries reported, and “the well-being of all those involved is the priority,” Blackcomb Helicopters said in a release.

The Bell 407 helicopter was severely damaged in the crash.

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“The aircraft will be recovered once weather conditions permit the safe removal.”

Transport Canada followed up with Blackcomb Helicopter after the accident and confirmed in a statement that it identified “no regulatory deficiencies.”

Transport Canada also confirmed that it, “inspected Blackcomb Helicopters operations in October 2019” and that “Blackcomb Helicopters holds a valid air operator certificate for helicopter operations.”

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BEAR AWARE Spring hasn’t quite arrived, but some bears may be out and about in the Sea to Sky corridor already.

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Naturespeak: Bear Necessities

BY MALLORY LAKINS WHEREVER I WANDER, wherever I roam, I couldn’t be fonder of my big home.

These wonderful few weeks with crisp nights and sunny days have found me thinking about the “bear” necessities. I’m not quite ready to let go of the snow season, but I’m excited for the warmer weather and longer days. With our bracingly cold dose of Arctic outflow earlier in the season, and these last few weeks full of blissfully blue days, it seems I’m not the only one who is getting ready for the incoming season.

Generally, as the tender shoots of skunk cabbage appear in the spring, bears become more active. Male bears usually emerge first in March or April while females with cubs wait until April or May. Whistler’s bears are likely still snuggled up, dozing peacefully in their dens. Any new mums may be having a less restful sleep, nursing her new cubs born in January or February.

As an early rising surprise for our northern neighbours, there have already been bears spotted in Pemberton and D’Arcy. Many factors can drive bears from their dens earlier in the year. When food is scarce in the fall, winters are unseasonably warm, or food is present in the area, bears may shorten or even forgo their winter dormancy.

Even if they get a lengthy winter nap, bears aren’t true hibernators. Some mammals such as bats and marmots enter a hibernation in which their temperature can drop below freezing and they aren’t woken by loud noises or even touch. In this “true” hibernation, animals regularly wake and move every few days or weeks— eating small amounts, passing waste, and increasing body temperature to near normal before returning to hibernation.

Mammals such as bears and chipmunks,

however, hibernate differently, entering a state known as torpor. During torpor, heart rate, breathing, and body temperatures still decrease; a chipmunk’s hard-working heart, for instance, can slow from 350 beats per minute (bpm) in warmer months to as little as four. While animals in torpor don’t eat, drink, or pass waste, they can wake quickly if hurt or threatened.

Whistler’s resident bear expert Michael Allen tracked 35 adult black bears in 2018, the lowest number in 25 years of monitoring. Only 10 years ago, this number was almost 80. One

“Many factors can drive bears from their dens earlier in the year.”

reason for the decline is that Whistler has become a hot spot for bear conflict, so it’s always worth refreshing yourself on bear safety, particularly at the beginning of bear season.

Ensure bears never have access to food or garbage. Clean up food waste outdoors, scrub barbecues after use, and hang food away from sleeping areas while camping.

Give bears as much space as possible, as they habituate quickly to humans. On the trail, carry bear spray in an easily accessible location, stay alert, and make noise so you don’t surprise them.

Keep dogs on leash.

If you do encounter a bear, don’t run.

Stay calm and back away slowly. If we all stay bear aware, we’ll be able to enjoy these beautiful animals for many years to come. n

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

Pemberton and District Chamber hires an executive director NEW, PAID POSITION SEEN AS CRITICAL TO GROWING CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATION

BY JOEL BARDE THE PEMBERTON AND DISTRICT Chamber is taking a significant step forward in its evolution, hiring a paid executive director for the first time.

This will allow the chamber to grow and better represent the interests of Pemberton’s business community, said chamber president Graham Turner.

“I think just having a dedicated individual doing the work that we’ve been doing with volunteers is going to be huge,” he said.

Meredith Kemp, who has been hired for the role, is a senior marketing professional with over 20 years of experience, as well as a long-time Pemberton resident.

Turner said Kemp has a real passion for the community and was the right choice for the job, showing sincere interest in the role from the start of the hiring process.

Having a paid executive director position puts the organization in line with other larger chambers that it typically works with, he added.

ALL IN With a wealth of experience working in the tourism industry, Meredith Kemp is stepping into the role of executive director for the Pemberton and District Chamber—a new position for the organization.

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The new position will allow the organization to further its strategic objectives, said Turner.

These include securing new long-term funding streams, working on a new policy to bring to the forthcoming Chamber of Commerce’s AGM and Conference, and developing a policy position around rural, regional transit.

I’m really looking forward to talking with the local business community, meeting our members, and working with the board, because I recognize they’ve been doing an amazing job of moving the organization forward, but have been limited by being a volunteer board,” she said.

“I’ve been invited to help support them… [with] moving the strategic objectives of the

“I think just having a dedicated individual doing the work that we’ve been doing with volunteers is going to be huge.”

- GRAHAM TURNER

“There are some serious social and economic benefits to having rural, regional, transit sorted out,” said Turner, who will end his term as president next year.

Kemp will be able to help with the transition of the organization, as it elects a new board.

This marks the first time that the Chamber has a paid staff member, with the only paid staff members in the past hired on contract basis to work at the visitor centre.

Kemp said she looks forward to stepping into her new role. “At this point,

organization forward.”

Kemp has a long history of working in the tourism industry.

As the founder and principal marketing strategist for Amplify Marketing Management, Kemp works with businesses and tourism organizations, including Destination British Columbia.

She previously worked as manager of brand and marketing services for Whistler Blackcomb, having held the role in the lead up to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

“When I look back, all my experiences have really been about helping businesses grow and supporting them,” she said.

“I feel like my background and career up to this point … [has] put me in a really good position to be able to support Pemberton businesses and act as a strong voice for advocacy and collaborate.”

Kemp noted there is a lot “percolating” in the Pemberton area right now when it comes to business, including new development.

“The community is growing and changing and I think it’s important for the business community to be a part of that conversation,” she said.

Kemp will be working on a part-time basis for the Chamber and has been hired on for a one-year term, beginning March 9.

Turner said the Chamber is looking to fund the role via the Pemberton Initiative and Opportunities Fund, but will dip into its reserves if need be.

“We are hoping we will get some money through that channel this year,” said Turner. “If we don’t, we have committed to going into our reserve funding to make it happen this year.”

The public is invited to the Pemberton and District Chamber’s annual general meeting & “Lunch & Learn” on March 25 at Town Square Restaurant from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The event is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. n

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UBC students want to dig out access to the Rubble Creek trailhead OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WILL DIG OUT A SECTION OF THE ROAD LEADING TO THE TRAILHEAD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 7

BY JOEL BARDE THE UBC Varsity Outdoor Club (VOC) is taking action to address winter accessibility issues in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

At the start of February, the province installed no-parking signs at the beginning section of Daisy Lake Road, located roughly 25 kilometres south of Whistler and typically plowed by the province.

In years past, backcountry enthusiasts had parked alongside this part of the road, then trekked up the unplowed section to access the trailhead.

The no-parking signs mean that access to the park is “severely restricted,” said Haley Foladare, huts coordinator for the VOC. To address this, the VOC—which operates the Burton Hut, located around 16 kilometres from the trailhead—plans on digging out a section of the road that is unplowed on Saturday, March 7.

This work is being undertaken in coordination with the Whistler section of the Alpine Club of Canada and the Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia (FMCBC), which oversees many of the outdoors clubs in the area, according to the VOC. “Our goal is to dig out 10 to 15 parking spots,” said Foladare. “We want to show that this is really important in that we’re willing to work at it to find a solution.”

Foladare thinks the province’s decision to put up the signage didn’t adequately take into account the needs of the “winter access community.”

“It is understandable that [the province does not] want people parking there because it does block access to some things … but they really didn’t give recreationalists any other options,” said Foladare.

In a statement to Pique, a spokesperson from the Ministry of Transportation said that the no-parking signs went up in August 2019 for safety reasons, and that the province “closed this section of the road to parking because vehicles were obstructing the plows in wintertime, and the Rubble Creek Landslide Hazard Zone ... requires that people move through the hazard area into the safe zone within a 30-minute window,” it reads.

The statement added that the ministry is limited in terms of what it can plow.

“The ministry’s maintenance contractor plows Daisy Lake Road as far as the BC Hydro access portion, where the ministry jurisdiction ends,” it read. “The ministry is unable to plow additional sections of the road outside of our jurisdiction.”

The VOC students’ shovelling job will be a big one. Located at around 400 metres in elevation, Foladare anticipates about

two metres of wet snow will need to be removed from the road and its shoulder.

She’s hoping to draw out around 40 or 50 people—a mix of VOC members and the wider outdoor community.

Foladare added that while the project doesn’t represent a “permanent solution” to the problem, it would help provide access in the interim.

The undertaking will “show the government and BC Parks that this is really a key area and hopefully secure funding to plow the road in future years,” she added.

The province’s decision to install the signage has frustrated members of the backcountry community, who see it against a backdrop of underfunding at the agency.

Despite an increased media focus on overcrowding and staffing levels at some of the province’s busiest parks, the B.C. government has elected not to increase funding to BC Parks for its upcoming fiscal year.

In fact, according to the most recent Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy service plan, the province will downgrade its allocation to the agency from $41.6 million (for the 2018-19 fiscal year) to $40.7 million (for the upcoming fiscal year, ending March 31).

Going forward, this level will be maintained (with a $200,000 increase next year) until the end of the forecast period (2022-23).

In response to the Rubble Creek Trailhead issue, a petition was circulated calling on the outdoor community to work with the province to “get the lot plowed and accessible year-round.” The petition has more than 500 signatures as of March 4.

Foladare said she has been in discussion with BC Parks about funding the snow removal from the actual road, but said that it would be prohibitively expensive and that she was told BC Parks cannot accept donations for specific jobs.

Foladare said that the VOC is facing access issues at all four of the huts it operates.

While unable to go into detail about these issues, she said they relate to logging, road de-activation and the Wildlife Act. In the end, she is hopeful that the undertaking will lead to a permanent solution to the accessibility issues at the trailhead.

The MOTI statement added that Saturday’s event is unsanctioned. “The event is located within the Rubble Creek Landslide Hazard Zone and not sanctioned by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in the interest of public safety,” it read. “It is our understanding that the proposed UBC VOC event will be held on the part of Daisy Lake Road that sits on a parcel owned by BC Hydro.” n

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DISPATCHES OUT OF RANGE

Whistlerites serving as ski pioneers in Pakistan ABSOLUTE EXPERIENCES HOPE TO START HIMALAYAN OPERATION

BY DAN FALLOON UNLESS YOU’RE A COMEDIAN, cracking jokes doesn’t often lead to a career opportunity complete with some incredible international travel.

But it worked for Canadian Wilderness Adventures general manager Craig Beattie.

While arranging the sale of four snowmobiles and other equipment to locally based company Absolute Experiences for a pioneering ski expedition in the Himalayas near Shogran, Pakistan, Beattie made an off-hand comment about coming along.

“I sold them some of our used gear and all serviced up and ready to go. I made a joke to him, ‘When do we leave?’” Beattie recalled. “[There were] a few comments of ‘Can you? Could you? Would you?’ and it came down to talking to my family, talking to my boss and trying to figure out if I could pull it off.”

Beattie was brought on as an activity coordinator, one of 10 people hired from Whistler, but found himself completing more logistics and transportation work as part of the 60-guest trip, which ran from Feb. 15 to 23.

Absolute co-owner Ben Thomas explained that he and business partner Brice Lequertier, who also served as the lead heli-ski guide, organized the trip with Nisar Malik of Walkabout Films. Lequertier had guided Malik in expeditions in Chile in 2015 and 2017.

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FIRST DESCENTS Whistler-based Absolute Experiences organized a pioneering heli-ski expedition near Shogran, Pakistan in February.

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Afiniti (started by Pakistani tycoon Zia Chishti) and Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, were also catalysts for the excursion.

Thomas was thrilled with how the trip went. “[We were] skiing in the Himalayas, skiing first descents nobody’s ever heliskied, ever. In fact, nobody’s ever set foot, let alone skied, in the places that we were,” said Thomas, who also owns VIP Mountain Holidays. “It’s pretty remote and it’s not that easy just to turn up and go skiing.”

While the skiing was excellent—the choppers, provided by the military, were landing at 4,400 metres and the clients were skiing 1,500-m verticals surrounded by 8,000-metre peaks—there were certainly risks associated with the adventure.

“We were choosing the terrain carefully.

It wasn’t about bagging steep first descents.

It was about safe and cruisy heli-skiing, and there’s a lot of everything to choose from,” Thomas said.

While Beattie didn’t get the chance to go skiing himself, he heard from some of the clients that the penultimate day on the slopes—immediately after a storm— provided an all-time experience.

“These people have skied all over Europe and all over the place, so they just hit it with a really big day,” he said.

Whistler Golf Club sales director Ro Davies also took part in the trip, serving as the concierge. He described bluebird, spring conditions, though the weather could change quickly, with Davies saying seeing the clouds rolling in was a sight to behold. In the potentially dangerous terrain, he credited the on-mountain staff for its bang-on decision making.

“The degree of safety and precaution and care taken on decision making and

around entering that environment is really, really elevated. Taking the time and not going when it wasn’t time to go was the right decision,” said Davies, who has known Thomas for several years and has worked with him before.

Heavy-snow days made heli-skiing prohibitive on a couple of the days, though Davies noted that on those days, the group hopped on the snowmobiles and did smaller laps in a nearer range.

In advance of the trip, Absolute ensured that a local lodge, previously only used in the summer, was suitable for winter hospitality. That included creating a lounge with ping pong, darts and other games, while professional photographers along for the sojourn created nightly slideshows of the day’s excitement.

Other infrastructure included Absolute creating a high camp a couple of kilometres from the main lodge with “geodomes”— essentially igloo-shaped structures with clear tenting—complete with blankets and fondues made from cheeses brought along from Switzerland and France. While Absolute employed a western chef, each meal also included a Pakistani buffet, as local chefs even utilized a tandoori oven to bake bread.

Non-ski activities included enjoying a market day in nearby Balakot, hitting biodegradable golf balls off of nearby peaks, and following a torch-lit path on horseback up to a campfire.

Among the surprise visitors were former English cricket captain David Gower, who participated in matches with guests out in the snow.

The guest list, organized by Afiniti, included skiers from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Greece, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. Among the dignitaries

who took part included Princess Beatrice of York, former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.

Though there were big names in attendance, Thomas said everyone was on a first-name basis.

“You wouldn’t have had a clue that some of these people were heads of major companies, blue bloods of England. There was a lot of people from all over the world and they were all amazing, really, really fun to hang out with,” he said.

The Whistlerites also appreciated the locals they crossed paths with as part of the expedition. Beattie worked directly with the Shimshali people (who he described as Pakistan’s equivalent to Sherpas) to build camp and complete other logistical tasks.

“They were magnificent. Absolutely happy people, strong as oxen,” he said. “[They are] very, very humble folk. If you or I had climbed five 8,000-metre peaks, we’d be legends here, whereas these guys, it was like it was nothing.”

Davies said that he hopes the trip helps the world see some of Pakistan’s positive aspects, describing a “beautiful, caring culture,” in the country.

“When you get on the ground, there wasn’t a single Pakistani person who wasn’t the most genuine, welcoming, kind [person],” he said. “I couldn’t walk around without getting offered tea, food, handshakes, ‘Welcome to our country.’”

Thomas hopes to open up a commercial ski operation within the next two years and has had discussions with high levels of the Pakistani government. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa joined the group for part of the trip, while Prime Minister Imran Khan was supposed to visit, but had to cancel because of poor weather. n

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French physicist Fourier was credited with discovering that Earth’s atmosphere retains heat that would otherwise be emitted back into space—later known as the “greenhouse effect.” In 1859, Irish-English

BY DAVID SUZUKI scientist John Tyndall began studying the ability of gases like water vapour, carbon dioxide (then called “carbonic acid”), ozone and hydrocarbons to absorb and transmit radiant heat. A few years later, James Croll observed that dark surfaces like soil, rock and water absorb heat from the sun whereas snow and ice reflect it, which can affect air and ocean currents.

In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius discovered feedback loops that could accelerate climate change. A year after Arrhenius released his findings, American geologist Thomas Chamberlin examined carbon cycles to understand their connection to other phenomena. Research continued to build. Russian climatologist Budyko published two books in the early 1960s “warning that growing energy use

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will warm the planet and cause the Arctic ice pack to quickly disappear, contributing to further feedback cycles.”

This list of notable men omits an important person: the woman who studied the greenhouse effect several years before Tyndall. Eunice Foote was a physicist, inventor and women’s rights advocate from Seneca Falls, N.Y. In 1856, she shared her paper, “Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun’s rays,” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting.

As described in Smithsonian Magazine, “Foote’s paper demonstrated the interactions of the sun’s rays on different gases through a series of experiments using an air pump, four

thermometers, and two glass cylinders.” She tested “hydrogen, common air and CO2, all heated after being exposed to the sun.”

The cylinder with CO2 trapped more heat and stayed hot longer. “An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature; and if as some suppose, at one period of its history the air had mixed with it a larger proportion than at present, an increased temperature…must have necessarily resulted,” she wrote—an early connection between atmospheric CO2 and global warming.

Why were these men recognized while Foote gets so little credit? Tyndall is often lauded for discovering the effects of small changes in atmospheric gas composition on climate and, indeed, his work contributed greatly to our understanding. But Foote carried out comparable experiments and came to similar conclusions three years earlier.

At the time, women didn’t have the same opportunities in science as men. Foote was considered an “amateur,” while Tyndall had a prestigious scientific education and access to equipment, facilities and other experts. Foote didn’t even present her own paper at the AAAS meeting.

“What might Foote have achieved if she had Tyndall’s access to training and resources?” author and Project Drawdown vice-president Katharine Wilkinson wrote in Time.

Foote isn’t the only woman to have been snubbed when it comes to recognition for their contributions to scientific discoveries.

Let’s hope that’s changing. Women inspired my science career, including Silent Spring author and marine scientist Rachel Carson and cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock, whose groundbreaking work on “jumping genes” opened my eyes.

In many scientific fields, especially climate science, more women than ever are making important contributions to knowledge and its communication. We’re all in this together, and we need diverse perspectives to resolve the climate and other ecological crises. Many women around the world understand the need to care for all that sustains us. Beyond heeding and recognizing women’s scientific work, we must also work for women’s rights, education and familyplanning resources to stabilize population growth, which contributes to climate disruption and other problems.

Wilkinson explains it well: “Now is the time to champion women and girls who lead on climate. And to honour those who came before, whose insight and ability ought not to have been ignored.”

We can learn from Eunice Foote, an advocate for science and women’s rights.

We also promise to include her work in future writing about climate science history.

2019

The woman who discovered global warming—in 1856!

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

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THE SECOND WEEK of February, and Richmond, B.C. feels deserted. There’s no problem finding a seat at a restaurant; the problem is finding an open restaurant.

Having suffered up to 90-per-cent reductions in business, most have no affordable way to maintain a regular schedule. The ripple effects are staggering—from direct staff employment, to food and beverage suppliers, on up many converging chains. One can only imagine what’s happening in China.

Two days later, I fly to Tokyo. Haneda airport is mobbed, as always, but in its Japanese food courts, the usual culinary miasma of intertidal-zone-plus-deep-fry is now laced with zephyrs of evaporating

BY LESLIE ANTHONY hand sanitizer. The vast majority of people are masked. It seems grave, but you can still tell when they smile or laugh; the essence of human expression is in the eyes.

Onward to Hokkaido, each transfer like walking the set of a dystopian film about a future where no one can afford to interact directly with another. So many wear masks that we feel naked, despite the fact these are only placebos when it comes to disease acquisition. They do, however, make sick people less infectious and remind you not to touch your face.

Ironically, many now touch their faces more: donning, removing, adjusting. Most know it’s about handwashing and your state of health, but it’s still hard to swallow the paranoia. Someone sneezes or coughs without covering up and the crowd becomes

society. Precautions increase; like 95 per cent of fellow travellers, we now wear masks back to Canada. Too much soap and hand sanitizer has transformed our hands into pink, peeling flippers, and we worry whether erasing your natural biome increases vulnerability. Who knows? There’s little information available from a medical establishment that offers only common-sense bromides. We are on our own.

At YVR, bizarrely few are wearing masks, despite news that an infected woman arrived here a week ago from Iran via Montreal. They don’t say which flight.

Such details are lacking in every news item and report on this epidemic, sparing someone or something. A crashing stock market offers hints as to what. Events are now unfolding as per every science-fiction outbreak book, creating a de facto club of dead-but-prescient writers.

A day later, I’m on a flight to Frankfurt, the only person in my section with a mask.

Frankfurt airport offers similar cognitive dissonance: people here feel safe. They are not. The disease is exploding in Northern Italy, where I am heading; more cases in France; Switzerland as well. Despite the growing calamity, borders remain open all over Europe. Madness.

Working in ski resorts, with people coming and going from everywhere, I fight every urge to leave. Large gatherings are now prohibited. I self-prohibit small gatherings— trams and gondolas—when I can. When I can’t, ski buffs are my new surgical mask.

I wash them out in my hotel room, drying them for the next day. At the top of lifts, I tear them off, eager to breath fresh alpine air. But it’s an ill wind that blows.

In staid Klosters, you’d never know anything was afoot, but as we drive toward Italy in a snowstorm, news follows like

[A]s we drive toward Italy in a snowstorm, news follows like tumbling flakes: doubling cases, travel restrictions. We now realize we can’t do this, that crossing into Italy would be a single act of recklessness. indignant, a mob that wants the authorities called in.

Reality: we dwell in an invisible storm of pathogenic propagules—viruses, bacteria, fungal spores—that coat us daily in the fine flour of potential disease. Buffered by the healthy functioning of our immune systems, when we do succumb it’s to a numbers game: exposure during a spell of fatigue, low biorhythm, or to a novel pathogen.

The good news: with everyone masked, the air is probably less-saturated with disease than ever. In bathrooms, people crowd the non-touch basins—washing from the elbows down, fingers held aloft to rinse, as if heading into surgery.

As we travel Japan, the situation worsens.

The ham-fisted quarantine of an infected cruise ship virtually guarantees a disaster that soon materializes. From such nodes, filaments of disease reach slowly into the fabric of

tumbling flakes: doubling cases, travel restrictions. We now realize we can’t do this, that crossing into Italy would be a single act of recklessness—like skiing a slope with a low but clear avalanche danger—to which we couldn’t answer to our families. We spend the night near the border, then turn around in the morning.

The sun is out. As always, tiny villages huddle beneath snowy peaks stark against a cerulean sky, the timelessness of a region where some things never change.

And yet, as we pass an ambulance at a border tunnel where mask-wearing EMTs and armed guards screen cars coming from Italy, one thing is clear: everything has changed.

Leslie Anthony is a biologist, writer and author of several popular books on environmental science. n

OUTSIDER

Switching travel gears to moto touring I HEAR A HORN honk and dutifully return the courtesy with a couple of blasts from the thumb trigger on my handlebar.

Blind corners on single-lane roads can be dangerous, the exact reason why approaching them often turns into this noisy exchange.

Slowing down and taking the corner wide, another motorcycle whizzes by my own and the rider speeds off towards her destination.

The straightaway ahead is devoid of vehicles

BY VINCE SHULEY so I stomp the gear shifter down and give the throttle a twist, the engine underneath me whining as the bike accelerates. A cool wind licks my face, a gentle vibration purrs through the grips into my hands and my heart rate jumps a notch as I lay the bike over through another sweeping curve.

Beyond the roadside barrier, the terrain drops off into a steep canyon. At the bottom a river snakes through a gorge, its vertical walls rising out of the Earth like pillars. The sun dips on the horizon, mountain peaks illuminated in a golden glow. My partner and I pull over, flick out our kickstands and

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dismount to make as much of this amazing moment as we can. After a few minutes of wordless appreciation and a handful of photos (plus a couple of team selfies), we don our helmets and fire up the engines once more.

Motorcycles have been romanticized in film for generations, from the freedom felt on Peter Fonda’s Chopper in Easy Rider (1969) to the companionship strengthened between Ernesto (Che) Guevara and Alberto Granado aboard their Norton 500 nicknamed “La Poderosa” (“The Mighty One”) in 2004’s The Motorcycle Diaries.

During the Beat Generation, the vehicle quickly became a symbol of rebellion with the likes of James Dean and Marlon Brando brandishing Triumph motorcycles in their roles and lifestyles.

The rebel image may have worn off in 2019, but the thrill of riding a motorcycle is no less powerful now than it was a hundred years ago. On the flip side, motorcycles can also be one of the most dangerous forms of transportation.

Ask any ER nurse and they will likely have more than a handful of stories of motorcyclists getting scraped up off the pavement and surgeons doing their best to stitch them back together.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the U.S. reported in 2013 that per vehicle mile travelled (1.6 kilometres), motorcyclist fatalities occurred 26 times more frequently than passenger car occupant fatalities in

traffic crashes. My own brother once balked at the idea of skiing in off-piste terrain for fear of hitting a tree, Sonny Bono style.

I reminded him that time that he was commuting to work daily on a motorcycle through busy city traffic. He got the point.

While I’ll refrain from encouraging people to take up road motorcycling as a recreational hobby or form of transport, when travelling to more remote parts of the world it can transform the experience entirely. I loathe tour buses and crowded coaches as much as any other traveller, when you end up exiting the vehicle only for bathroom breaks and designated tourist-trap stops. Driving a motorcycle on unfamiliar roads in an unfam iliar country actually makes the motorized travel more than just linking two points on a map, it makes the ride itself a memorable part of the travel experience. See a deserted view point on the highway shoulder? Passing through an intriguing, off-the-map village and want to stop for lunch? Want to see what’s down that dirt road into the next valley? On a motorcycle, the opportunity for unique travel moments increases exponentially.

It’s not all peaches and cream though.

Experienced moto tourers all have their stories of challenging days riding through rainstorms, navigating flooded roads, or worse, coming off their motorcycle at speed. One has to accept the risks to reap the rewards.

The moment of realization that this was my new favourite mode of travel came last November during a trip to Vietnam. The

roughly four-day, 400-kilometre Ha Giang Loop in the northern Vietnamese province of the same name boasts some of the most captivating road scenery and mountain passes in South East Asia. There’s stuff to see around the villages and natural landscape attractions, but it’s the ride that people remember the most fondly. The spike in tourism to Ha Giang in recent years has led to dozens of motorcycle rental companies opening up shop and the government has invested in road improvements, but the occasional washed out gravel corner reminds riders that it isn’t Le Mans. In many places the road is exposed to ravines, so anyone with a sense of self preservation learns to slow down and take their time. That gives you more time to appreciate the view anyway.

Riding a motorcycle isn’t hard, nor does it need to be dangerous. If you are interested in moto touring, it’s worth taking a motorcycle safety course and getting the Class 6 licence. Authorities in many countries—as well as some motorbike rental companies—will ask you for an International Driving Permit (available from BCAA), so it’s best to obtain this prior to departure to avoid roadside shakedowns by police.

Now, where next to ride?

Vince Shuley’s first motorcycle was a wellworn 1969 Kawasaki TR90. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince@vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

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ON BYLAW’S RADAR FOR YEARS, WHISTLER PROPERTY WAS AT CENTRE OF ALLEGED RENTAL SCAM

By Brandon Barrett

arah was relieved to move with her family to their new home in Brio.

After living next to one of those typical Whistler flophouses packed to the rafters with seasonal renters, she was eager to get away from the loud late-night parties and piles of trash left outside. Little did she know then just how much of a nightmare her neighbours would eventually turn out to be.

“It was wrecking our home life,” said Sarah, whose name Pique has agreed to change. “They were listing it [on Airbnb] as a four-bedroom house and they would have upwards of 12, sometimes 15, 20 people using it as a party house every weekend.”

Sarah wasn’t alone in her frustrations.

Since the spring of 2017, dozens of complaints have poured into the municipal bylaw department about the property, not just for the noise and mess, but because the rotating cast of people streaming through the house every weekend seemed to indicate it was being rented illegally on Airbnb. The property owner, initially

unaware of the rental scam, was ultimately fined multiple times, totalling $2,500.

As it turned out, that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Tourist hubs across the globe have had to wrestle with the proliferation of shortterm rental platforms such as Airbnb—and Whistler is no exception. Years into its own affordable housing shortage, local legislators have had to tighten regulations on illegal nightly rentals. That, of course, has not stopped the practice from running rampant. Currently, hundreds of dwellings in the resort are listed on Airbnb, despite only a handful of neighbourhoods being zoned for it.

Through conversations with the property owner, neighbours, nightly renters, and dozens of pages of bylaw documents and photographs obtained through a Freedom of Information request, Pique offers a rare look inside one of these illegal nightly rentals, as well as the “bait-and-switch” scam one of the property’s tenants used to allegedly con one woman out of more than $3,000.

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Barriers to enforcement

Over the span of just a few months in the spring and summer of 2017, Whistler’s Bylaw Services collected reams of evidence against the Panorama Ridge property, including screenshots of the alleged Airbnb listing and numerous photos showing the home’s driveway jammed with cars, garbage and cigarette butts littering the grass, a black bear on the deck rummaging through discarded food, and even a naked man firing up an outdoor grill.

A screenshot of the purported Airbnb listing from that period advertised the residential-zoned property as “The Family ModLodge,” available for $900 a night.

“Luxurious, bright and modern cabin with all the comforts of home,” read the listing, which was posted by an Airbnb user with the profile name “Shawn.” When contacted by Pique,, the Vancouver-based homeowner, Shawn Pozer, denied ever renting the property illegally.

“That was not me,” he said, adding that it was his tenants who listed the home on Airbnb without his knowledge.

“I thought I had long-term renters in there before,” he added. “We’ve maintained that we’ve tried to follow the bylaws to a tee from Day 1, and we have long-term renters in there now.”

Although the home was on the RMOW’s radar, initially at least, bylaw officers’ hands were tied, despite the clear evidence it was being advertised on Airbnb.

Until a new tourist accommodation bylaw was adopted in July 2017, there was no policy against advertising nightly rentals in a residential zone. Once the new regulation went into effect, the RMOW no longer needed proof that rental activity was taking place, and could enforce against “illegal marketing” of a property.

In an Aug. 1, 2017 email to one of the neighbours who had filed a complaint, a bylaw officer said the listing had been deactivated and they expected “no future nightly rentals from this residence.”

That could not have been further from the truth.

Ghost listing On March 29, 2018, a Brio resident emailed Bylaw Services to urge them to reopen the file on the property, believing it was once again being rented illegally.

“The renting has been going on for the past few months.

This week’s current renters today confirmed they are renting the property,” the neighbour wrote. The responding bylaw officer replied that the home had been brought into compliance the previous summer and allegations of illegal nightly rentals since then had been determined to be unfounded.

Things appeared to cool off over the following year, and neighbours were heartened to learn that a local couple, Liyna Boucher and her partner, had moved into the property in the spring of 2019.

But all was not as it seemed. “When we met the couple, who we thought was a couple, we were really excited because

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the owners … said they had rented it for a year to a family. evidence, urging guests to We thought, ‘Great, a family in a family neighbourhood,’” “respect the premises and your Sarah said. “Then we learned they weren’t a family. That neighbours,” and to specifically was just a front, and they were doing the same thing: … watch out for a particular renting it on Airbnb.” neighbour “of primary concern.”

An exasperated Pozer confirmed the couple moved The notice also informed guests that any bylaw fines incurred in in May 2019, and he later learned they had listed the during their stay would be their responsibility to cover and home on Airbnb on weekends without his knowledge, even would result in an additional $1,000 charge per night. employing a common rental scam known as “ghost listing,” Rebecca, whose name Pique has agreed to change, was which involved the tenant advertising a different, more another one of the unfortunate few who thought she was luxurious home only for a guest to arrive and discover it booking a spacious, modern cabin for her family’s trip to was not what they paid for.

Whistler last summer only to find it was not as advertised.

According to one email sent to Bylaw Services in July “I booked a place on Airbnb, this beautiful 4,000-square2019, a woman said her daughter-in-law booked the Brio foot log cabin,” she said when reached by phone. “We property only to realize upon arrival that it “looked nothing showed up and it was that [place] on Panorama Ridge. We like the pictures posted on Air B&B [sic] and the address was were like, ‘Is this the right place?’” different than the one she had been told.” The email also Rebecca’s ordeal started months before arriving in the claimed that an individual, whose name is blacked out in resort. On first contacting the Airbnb “host,” Boucher—one the bylaw records, told the woman’s daughter-in-law that of the tenants at the Panorama Ridge home—Rebecca was “she was waiting for changes to zoning in order to rent the told the house had already been rented. Boucher then home and that in the meantime, she requested that we tell allegedly offered a discounted rate if Rebecca wanted to the neighbours that we were friends staying with her” in re-book at a future date. When Rebecca contacted Boucher order to avoid undue attention from authorities. two months later, it was suggested that to “save some This aligns with a notice posted inside the property, money, we can do [a deal] on the side,” outside of Airbnb. a photograph of which was included in Bylaw Service’s Rebecca gave her credit card details to Boucher, who,

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[ABOVE] BYLAW RECORDS of complaints regarding the illegal nightly rental property on Panorama Ridge.

[RIGHT] A SCREENSHOT of the Airbnb listing of the property. according to a screenshot obtained by Pique,, charged her $3,079.70. The charge was listed under “I.E. Natural Spa Care Whistler BC.” A LinkedIn profile listed to Boucher names her as the director of spa operations at inspirEarth Natural Spa Care, based in Whistler.

Furious to find the place she thought she booked bore no resemblance to the home in Brio, Rebecca posted about the apparent scam to the popular Whistler Summer Facebook group.

In a screenshot of a text from the same number Pique reached Boucher at, she told Rebecca the whole thing could be chalked up to “a sincere accident.” Boucher goes on to write that she was trying to arrange a refund, but the money was “not immediately available” because of the unexpected expense of Rebecca “choosing to be dissatisfied with the home and leave.” Boucher also claimed that the cleaning costs—for a property that was never actually occupied—came out to almost $1,000.

Boucher then complained of Rebecca’s “public online harassment, degradation of character and hate speech against me,” and claimed she would refund the balance if Rebecca removed the Facebook post and agreed not to pursue the issue further. She still has yet to get the money back.

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Pozer, the property’s owner, said it was only through the five fines he was issued over the course of a nine-week span last summer that he learned the property was being rented again illegally on a nightly basis.

He evicted the couple last fall.

Explaining why it took so long to evict the tenants after receiving multiple fines, Pozer said it was because “the bylaw people are incredibly incommunicative and very slow in letting you know what’s going on, [they] hid behind the Freedom of Information Act and would not release any details of what was going on … I had no information on which to terminate the lease, even though I was asking them.”

Asked for clarity, a municipal spokesperson emailed that: “A property owner would not receive details about who made the complaint or certain specific details of the investigation. That is information they would need to submit a [Freedom of Information request] for. If they choose to go through the Bylaw adjudication process, they would receive an evidence package from the RMOW as part of the adjudication process.”

Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the property owner to ensure that their tenants are complying with all the applicable local bylaws, something that provincial adjudicator Tajda Mitha with the Residential Tenancy Branch agreed with in an October ruling over Pozer’s dispute of an earlier bylaw fine. Mitha was “satisfied that there is compelling and convincing evidence” to show that the property was being operated illegally as a tourist accommodation business. In his dispute, Pozer said that the lessees had agreed in writing to cover the cost of the fines. To that, Mitha wrote that Pozer is responsible for any “unauthorized activities” on the property, but that he might have a claim for indemnity against his lessees. When reached by phone in December, Boucher confirmed she had rented from Pozer, but wouldn’t explicitly say whether she listed the property illegally on Airbnb.

“A lot of homes rented on Airbnb have dual purposes, providing long-term rental for Whistler residents and also helping offset the costs of high rent,” she said before hanging up.

[THIS PAGE] NUMEROUS PHOTOS provided to bylaw show trash scattered outside the property—which even prompted a visit from a black bear last summer.

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Playing catch-up

On Jan. 31, two longstanding issues for the City of Toronto—housing and gun violence—converged in a downtown condo, which doubled as a popular weekend party rental on Airbnb, when three young men were killed in a late-night shooting.

The tragedy prompted a quick response from Airbnb, which announced it would begin testing new regulations across Canada to ban local guests under the age of 25 from booking entire homes, an effort to curb so-called “ghost hotels.”

This followed another shooting that killed five at an Orinda, Calif. Airbnb rental during a Halloween party.

After that mass shooting, as well as an extensive Vice Media investigation last fall that uncovered a U.S.-wide scam run by a prolific grifter (or grifters) exploiting the platform’s loosely written rules and enforcement, Airbnb vowed to institute a series of major changes in an effort to regain users’ trust. Chief amongst them is a year-long effort the company has committed to that would involve verifying each of the 7 million properties listed on Airbnb, part of a dawning realization that “we have to take more responsibility for stuff on our platform,” according to CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky, speaking at the DealBook conference in November.

Chesky suggested Airbnb would start asking more specific questions to guests upon checkout, putting the onus on renters to help verify what happens on the platform. While it remains to be seen exactly what it will look like, Airbnb told Vice that the worldwide verification will use a combination of “Agent reviews and algorithmic screening of the listing contents, pictures, etc., guest verifications of specific feature of a listing, in-person inspections, and virtual walk-throughs.”

If a guest checks into a listing that doesn’t meet Airbnb’s accuracy standards, Chesky said, they will either be rebooked into a similar listing or receive a full refund.

Matt Hick, CEO of B.C.-based vacation rental service alluraDirect, which

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boasts more than 270 legitimate Whistler properties for rent, believes verifying the accuracy of a rental property would be easy enough—but he wants Airbnb to go a step further.

“I don’t believe they’re going to do it, but they could do it, which is verifying the zoning of the property and then verifying if it actually has a legitimate business licence in place,” he explained.

“So you put the onus back on the company to verify that the business licence is legitimate and that the zoning is correct.

We have enough information. As rental companies, we have the full address of the unit, we know who is saying they own the unit. We can check with the RMOW if [a property owner] has a licence in place. We already do this.”

Following the Jan. 31 shooting in Toronto, Airbnb said it would also establish a 24/7 neighbourhood support hotline to connect residents with “rapid response agents” to deal with any concerns.

Hick said the effectiveness of such a hotline would depend on how it was set up.

“If the hotline is simply a phone number that phones someone in India or something, and their job is to figure out how to stop the party, really, what they’re going to do is call the property host on file, and if they can get ahold of them, then great. Then they’re just going to pass the buck to the owner,” he said. “But if they can’t get ahold of the owner, what’s the next step? The next step would obviously be contacting security or police. How are they going to scale that? How are they going to know every security company in every location? It’s logistically impossible.”

The added challenge will come when owners have set up their rental property exclusively for the purpose of hosting parties.

“It’s next to impossible when the property owners themselves know what’s happening,” Hick said. “When the properties are set up that way, with cheap furniture, a high damage deposit and they list it at a really high rate, they know what’s happening. So how do you curb that?”

Asked how Airbnb’s year-long verification process might impact Whistler, Mayor Jack Crompton said it was a step in the right direction. “It should mean less fraud, and a better overall guest experience,” he said. “I don’t expect Airbnb’s verification will significantly change Whistler’s enforcement strategy. If anything the adjustment creates greater alignment between Airbnb and Whistler’s tourist accommodation.”

The mayor also believes measures the RMOW has put in place to crack down on properties in neighbourhoods not zoned for nightly rentals is beginning to catch up with the technology.

“It’s improving,” he said. “A lot of the tools that were in place five years ago were built for a pre-digital era. Much of the work we’re doing now is to modernize the tools we have to enforce existing bylaws. The bylaws themselves carry a lot of value when met with a modernized enforcement tool.”

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I CLIMB STEADILY, back and forth on the buttressed switchbacks up the mountain, the sun hot on my back and the landscape a soft, beige blur of baked earth and the dusty green of olive trees.

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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE But on every other curve, I see a shock grassy meadows. There are dozens of of cyan in the lake etched in the ground hiking trails here, beloved by locals and, far below. apparently, not yet discovered by tourists.

Best of all, when my husband and I This dramatic landscape is what makes reach our destination, we enter the Ronda particularly photographic, and one picturesque Pueblos Blancos, which gleam of the most famous of the white towns. On so white they seem like an architectural one side is the circa-15th-century “new” mirage. Awash in Moorish charm, these town El Mercadillo and on the other is the pristine towns are distinguished by their old Moorish part of town. We wander back simple whitewashed houses built in clusters and forth across Puente Nuevo, a stone that cling to mountains or nestle in valleys. bridge spanning the gorge, completed in The architecture derives its influence from 1793 after 42 years of construction.

North Africa (present-day Algeria and This is one place that is packed with Morocco), the Moors’ native land. tourists.

With the famous cities of Seville, There are a dozen or so white villages, Granada and Cordoba hogging the limelight, each has a unique charm. I fall in love these small villages aren’t typically part with Arcos de la Frontera, set on a rocky of a traveller’s tour of Andalusia. But they limestone ridge and boasting exceptional offer myriad opportunities for cycling architecture that conveys the transition and historical exploration and practically from gothic to renaissance styles. Two demand the clicking of the camera shutter cathedrals here competed for centuries to (or, yes, the iPhone equivalent). be named “most important”—Basílica de My husband has plotted some crazy Santa María and Iglesia de San Pedro. In rides up steep inclines in the tire tracks of 1775, the Vatican made the decision that the Vuelta, the Spanish Grand Tour (that the older of the two, Santa María, was the country’s version of Tour de France). Being senior cathedral. a strong cyclist but not a masochist, I leave Given the topic is religion, I have a him to tackle the most gruelling climbs confession to make: my favourite village solo. For example, the infamous Sierra de la is not one of the official white ones. It is Pandera route, which involves 1,200 metres Antequera, a medieval town in the hills of elevation—with grades of up to 24 per further east, overlooked by an Alcazaba. cent—and ends with a torturous 800-m This city has a fascinating history, climb in the last eight kilometres. which is evidenced by a profusion of I cycle with my husband on the less- archaeological and architectural legacies: gnarly but still ambitious rides. One route burial mounds, dolmens (table-like tombs), takes us through the sun-soaked towns Roman baths, gothic churches, renaissance of Grazelema, with charming grey stone fountains, baroque bell towers and the streets and windowsills endowed with pots aforementioned Moorish castle. It’s no of brilliant flowers, and Zahara, where the wonder it’s a World Heritage Site. ruins of an ancient fortress loom overhead.

It’s also where we discover our favorite We climb 1,000 m in 42 kilometres restaurant, Meson Adarve. We go first and I delight in the sharp Spanish fir- for lunch and let the owner bring what scented air and amazing views until I hit he thinks is best today: fresh tuna and the hairpin descents and have to focus on tomato salad drizzled in olive oil; succulent my bike handling. octopus; a variety of croquettes (ham, beef, At one point we are stopped by police; cod); and grilled eggplant covered in Iberian there is a half-Ironman in progress and ham. There is also a lovely rose on offer. we marvel at the triathletes, who face The food is wonderful and the owner, 3,050 m of climbing on the 90-km bike his wife the chef and their son our server and another 460 m on the run. To put this so delightful that we make a reservation into context, the Ironman bike route at for dinner the following evening, when we Whistler (considered a hilly course) was again consume a plethora of simple and a “mere” 2,000 m of climbing spread over delectable local dishes. twice the distance.

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Channell ends challenging season with silver SKELETON ATHLETE SPENT MUCH OF 2019-20 CAMPAIGN ADJUSTING TO SLED

BY DAN FALLOON WHEN IT’S BEEN two-and-a-half years since your last World Cup medal and top-10 appearances are fewer and further between than you’d like, it can be difficult to remain positive.

But for Jane Channell, it was all part of the long game, and she’s feeling jubilant and confident after hitting her first highlevel skeleton podium since 2017 at the IBSF World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, on March 1.

Channell, a North Vancouver product whose home track is the Whistler Sliding Centre, teamed up with fellow Canuck Dave Greszczyszyn to take silver in the mixed team competition, just 0.01 seconds away from the golden time of Germans Jacqueline Loelling and Alexander Gassner.

Italians Valentina Margaglio and Mattia Gaspari ended up in third. The other Canadian team, Mirela Rahneva and Kevin Boyer, was 10th.

In the mixed contest, Channell posted the fastest women’s time by 0.12 seconds, easily besting all four of her runs in the women’s race held on Feb. 28 and 29.

“It feels really good to be able to feel like I belong here on the World Cup. It’s been a long time since I felt that,” Channell told Pique from Germany on March 1. “That first run [of the women’s race], coming down in third place was a real confidence

BIG SMILES Jane Channell celebrates in the finish dock during the IBSF World Championships in Altenberg, Germany on March 1.

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booster. Everyone else—coaches, friends and family—all knew I could do it, but it was a matter of me knowing I could do it.

“It was after that, for sure, where I knew I could do it.”

After catching a bad cold before training, Channell nearly decided to forgo the practice runs, but battled through, finding the payoff on her competition days.

She also felt that the Altenberg locale was favourable, as the track is technical enough to require strong gliding and driving skills.

“To be able to be healthy and have some personal-best push times and some personal-best downtimes was amazing. For me, it was just focusing on what I could do and not worry about the other variables that were out there,” she said. “It was a mental challenge, but it was a really, really solid World Championships for me considering how the season had gone.”

In the team event, Channell was proud to race alongside veteran Greszczyszyn, who competed on the Intercontinental Cup circuit this year, but did well enough to qualify for World Championships and was invited out to Germany.

“It was a ton of fun having him out this week and it was a pleasure racing with him in the team event. He’s always a good teammate to have around,” she said.

Channell felt her only poor run of the week was her second of four attempts in the women’s contest, as she came down in 17th, kneecapping her medal contention as she eventually placed eighth. Channell started out and finished well, with a third-place run the first time down and a fourth-place run to cap it off.

“I was going into today as though this

was the re-do for my Run 2 in the women’s race. I wanted to redeem myself and knew I left a lot of time on the track in that second run,” she said. “I definitely feel like that’s the run that should have been Run 2.

“For it to all come together right now is huge.”

What’s particularly gratifying for Channell is that she finally saw the fruits of her labour after dealing with equipment changes this year. She explained that throughout her career, she’s pingponged between various sleds, switching back to a Bromley sled—on which she’s had her best results, including a third-place overall finish in the 2015-16 season—for 2019-20.

“It was re-learning it and re-trusting it and everything else that comes along with the equipment. Everything was trending in the right direction all season even though the results weren’t there, but I was learning a ton and learning to trust the sled, essentially,” she said, explaining that her driving lines were generally good, but her results were hindered by the learning process.

Channell started her career on a Dukurs sled as her coach at the time, Ivo Pakalns, was most familiar with it. When the Bromley X18 came out, she switched to that to test it out for two years. Because of a partnership the Canadian team had with the Latvians, she went back to the Dukurs sled for easy access to the sledmakers, but with Charles Wlodarczak taking over as national coach after the 2018 Winter Olympics, his familiarity with the Bromley made it sensible to bounce back again for this season.

“I knew this year was going to be a big learning year. With the coaching staff that we have, it just makes sense to move

back,” she said. “The thing is, you have to be willing to try something new, because if you don’t, then you never know if the equipment that you’re on is right for you.

“It was a risk, for sure, but it was a risk I knew I needed to take.”

Channell said she felt she clicked in St. Moritz and she made major strides in the final World Cup race in Sigulda, where the only impediments were mistakes made by Channell, not anything to do with the sled itself.

After being on the road since Dec. 28, Channell now has some time off before Provincial Championships from March 20 to 22 and Canadian Championships on March 28, both at Whistler Sliding Centre.

In the second and final week of World Championships, the only other Canadian in the women’s race was Rahneva, who placed 16th, while German Tina Hermann topped Switzerland’s Marina Gilardoni and Austria’s Janine Flock for gold.

In the men’s race, Greszczyszyn was the top Canadian in 23rd, while Boyer placed 25th. The podium was a German sweep, as Christopher Grotheer won gold over Axel Jungk and Gassner.

The final event was the four-man bobsleigh contest, but Canada’s sled of Justin Kripps, Benjamin Coakwell, Cameron Stones and Ryan Sommer pulled out at the midpoint after pilot Kripps suffered a torn hamstring. The team posted the fourth-best time in both runs and was well in medal contention at the time of Kripps’ injury.

In another German sweep, Francesco Friedrich piloted his sled to gold over Johannes Lochner and Nico Walther.

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FACING OFF The Sea to Sky Bears bantam team battled West Vancouver at Brennan Park Recreation Centre on Saturday night, winning 3-1.

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BY DAN FALLOON IN ITS INAUGURAL SEASON, the Sea to Sky Bears program went two-for-two.

Both the bantam and midget teams qualified for provincials last weekend during zone Final 4 play, with the bantams doing so on home ice, while the midgets ferried over to the Sunshine Coast and came back with the championship banner.

With the top two teams from the Tier 3 tournament advancing to provincials, the bantam team, coached by Tim Knight, advanced after downing West Vancouver 3-1 in Squamish on Saturday night and Sunshine Coast 5-1 in Whistler on Sunday morning. In the final game of the tournament, after both teams advanced to provincials in West Vancouver from March 15 to 19, the Bears beat top-seeded Mission 3-2.

Knight suggested that the quick turnaround time actually benefitted the second-ranked Bears, as he felt they weren’t at their best in the opener but were in full gear the next day.

“I felt like our first game, we were a little bit flat probably because we’ve been sitting idle for so long, waiting for all the other series to work themselves out,” he said. “[For Game 2], I felt like we had a little bit more of a jump in our step. Things were a little bit better executed, clean and tidy, and the powerplay came through when we needed it to with four goals.”

Andrei Stewart was the player of the game against West Vancouver while Aiden Bayliff was the standout against Sunshine Coast. Kieren Rice, meanwhile, was named player of the game against Mission.

Knight said the fan support for both games was great to see, with the arenas

packed for both games. Saturday night in Squamish even saw the team mascot, Cubby, rooting for the squad along with the local atom A1 and peewee ‘A’ teams.

The morning game in Whistler also filled the barn.

“I’ve never seen it that full in a long while,” Knight said. “The support’s been pretty good.”

Knight viewed the Mission game as a measuring stick, as the Stars had come away with the provincial title the past three years, getting past several current Bears who represented Whistler last season.

“The hunger level is there for us. We know what we need to do,” he said before the game. “It’s just tidying up little things on special teams, all those little faceoff plays that make a huge difference to the game, so that we can peak at the right time, which is in two weeks at provincials.

“Ultimately, it’s going to be a good game for us to evaluate what areas we need to clean up.”

While sleeping in their own beds was a boon for the Bears, the flip side of avoiding travel, especially in the heart of Vancouver rush hour en route to games in Abbotsford or Chilliwack, was another benefit for the team.

Both Bears teams were in Flight 2, which is the highest level that local squads have achieved in Knight’s memory.

“It proves that we can combine our efforts with our kids here and have a ton of success,” he said. “Our best athletes can play at this calibre and don’t need to move away from our area to find it.”

The midget team, meanwhile, swept through its Final 4, defeating host Sunshine Coast 9-2, South Delta 8-2 and top-seeded Mission 4-1 en route to claiming the banner.

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Pelchat takes back-toback silvers SNOWBOARDER APPLYING LESSONS FROM YOUTH OLYMPICS AS NORAM SEASON CONTINUES

BY DAN FALLOON WITH A 19TH-PLACE FINISH at the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland in January, slopestyle snowboarder Juliette Pelchat may not have achieved the results she was looking for, but she came back with a good amount of confidence intact.

The 15-year-old kept her head up and hit back-to-back podiums at the NorAm Cup event at Mount St-Louis Moonstone, Ont. on Feb. 24 and 25, taking second to American Ty Schnorrbusch on both days.

“I was kind of surprised because in the second contest, there were some difficult features and there were some very good riders,” she said. “I was super excited to be a part of that experience and ride with all those other riders.”

Pelchat has felt on a roll since returning from Switzerland, as she was challenged there with larger features, and she mostly rose to the occasion.

“I hit so many big jumps in Youth Olympics that I was just super confident going into these other contests because I had a lot of experience. I was a lot less scared,” she said. “Mindset was a big factor.

I was just feeling really confident with the course. It was a good process, also, before that, so I was coming in with lots of confidence.”

Over the course of the weekend in Ontario, Pelchat was focused on making steady progress, increasing the rotation and amplitude of her jumps each time out.

Though her final run didn’t go according to plan, she was still strong enough that it’s a level she’ll soon attain.

“The first day, I started with an easier run and then stepped it up, and on the second day, I started off where I left off from the day before,” she said. “Unfortunately, the second day, I couldn’t quite put down my harder one, but my easier one held up at the end of the contest.

“I was really close, so I feel like if I had another opportunity, I’d be able to put it down, for sure.

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SILVER LININGS Juliette Pelchat (left) celebrates her second-place finish in NorAm Cup action at Mount St-Louis Moonstone in late February.

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“I feel like I have more confidence for trying that harder run in my next contest, for sure,” she added.

As for the other Whistler representatives, in the first contest, Jackie Carlson was just off the podium in fourth while Maggie Crompton took eighth, and in the second, Crompton rose to fourth while Carlson placed sixth.

In the men’s contests, Finn Finestone was the top local in fifth the first day, while Jacob Legault took ninth, Truth Smith was 11th, Jadyn Chomlack placed 20th and Liam Stevens wound up 21st. The next day saw Chomlack place sixth, Legault seventh,

Finestone ninth, Smith 10th and Stevens 11th.

At Youth Olympics, Pelchat said that while the contest aspect was difficult, she was excited to be part of something so large, and to meet new people. And, ultimately, the experience will pay off in the long run as she took guidance on how to best prepare for contests in the future.

“We didn’t get that much practice beforehand and [the course] was a little bit big for my ability. It was still a great experience and I’m looking forward to more,” she said. “I learned to always expect the worst so when it’s good, I’ll be ready, and when it’s bad, I’ll be ready, too.” n

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ON THE WAY Taylor Mitchell competes during the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games in Thunder Bay. PHOTO BY STEVE HARRI COURTESY OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS CANADA

Mitchell medals at Special Olympics nationals SPORTS BRIEFS: ASTLE HITS CRANKWORX PODIUM; PEIFFER CRACKS TOP 30

BY DAN FALLOON TAYLOR MITCHELL CAME home from his first-ever trip to the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games with some hardware.

During the festival, held in Thunder Bay, Ont. from Feb. 25 to 29, the 29-year-old alpine skier earned bronze in the advanced giant slalom before taking fourth in the advanced slalom and the advanced super-G. “The experience was pretty good. It’s a different hill, really icy, but not bad,” he said. “The adjustment was pretty good. I took it easy.”

On earning a medal in his first trip, Mitchell said it felt “cool” to stand on the podium with athletes from Quebec and Ontario.

“I wasn’t really expecting it, but it felt pretty good,” he said.

Being nationals, there were more participants from more regions than at any other event Mitchell had experienced before, and he enjoyed meeting people from all over the country.

Away from the slopes, Mitchell said he got to explore Thunder Bay, visiting the waterfront.

Mitchell prepared for nationals through regular practice as well as racing in the Kokanee Valley Race Series.

WSSF ANNOUNCES SPORTS LINEUP The World Ski and Snowboard Festival revealed its sports schedule for 2020 in a release on March 4.

The competitive portion of the festival will kick off on Friday, April 17 with the Saudan Couloir Race Extreme on Blackcomb Mountain from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the Big Air finals will take place on Saturday, April 18 in Skier’s Plaza from 6 to 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, April 19, the Fam Jam, a friendly halfpipe event, will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Blackcomb Halfpipe.

The anchor of the second weekend will be a new addition, the Banked Slalom, which will hold its finals on Saturday, April 25 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Whistler Mountain.

In terms of off-mountain events, the biggest change is that the high-profile arts events Pro Photographer Showcase (Wednesday, April 22), Intersection (Thursday, April 23), and Swatch 72hr Filmmaker Showdown (Friday, April 24), will take place in Skier’s Plaza instead of their long-time home base at the Whistler Conference Centre. All three events will begin at 6:30 p.m.

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ASTLE HITS CRANKWORX PODIUM Whistler mountain biker Georgia Astle kicked off her 2020 season on the right foot.

Astle scored a third-place finish in the Giant Toa Enduro in Rotorua, New Zealand in the campaign-opening Crankworx contest on March 1.

Completing the five stages in 24 minutes and 4.51 seconds (24:04.51), Astle came in 1:22.35 back of winner Rae Morrison of New Zealand and 11.14 seconds behind runnerup Kate Weatherly, also of New Zealand.

“The podium feels really good. I had some stages that I felt confident that I did OK, but I had some pretty funny crashes where I was off my bike, scrambling to get it back together. So I’m happy that my good stages could hold their own,” Astle said in a release.

PEIFFER CRACKS TOP 30 AT NORDIC JUNIOR WORLDS Whistler’s Benita Peiffer opened the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, with some good news.

The 19-year-old posted a 25th-place showing in the sprint final on Feb. 29,

advancing to the quarterfinals before bowing out. The result was high enough to qualify Peiffer to make her FIS World Cup debut from March 13 to 15.

In the five-kilometre classic race on March 2, Peiffer posted a 49th-place finish and in the 15-km mass start on March 4, she took 49th once again.

Whistler’s Michael Murdoch made his worlds debut in the 30-km mass start on March 4, placing 45th.

PEIFFER 11TH IN ANDORRA Whistler Freeride Club (WFC) alum Tom Peiffer continued the 2020 Freeride World Tour season at Ordino Arcalis, Andorra on March 3.

In the third contest of the year, Peiffer scored a 78.00 to finish in the top half of the pack with an 11th-place finish. He now sits 10th overall on the season. France’s Leo Slemett topped American Isaac Freeland and Sweden’s Kristofer Turdell for the win.

In the women’s snowboard event, Pemberton’s Claudia Avon scored a 45.67 to finish sixth as Australia’s Michaela DavisMeehan topped Spain’s Nuria Castan Baron and France’s Marion Haerty for the win.

FREERIDERS GOGUEN, SHERLOCK TAKE WINS The current crop of WFC riders looked strong over the weekend as well, as Marcus Goguen and Kayley Sherlock won their respective divisions

in IFSA Junior Regional action at Washington state’s Crystal Mountain on March 1.

Led by Goguen’s convincing victory, with a 36.10 score, the club dominated the men’s ski 15-to-18 division with Tristan Curran (33.67) in second, Wei Tien Ho (33.60) in fourth, and Ryder Bulfone (32.37) in seventh. Iliad Mirabbasi and Will Wilson narrowly missed the top 10 in 11th and 13th, respectively.

In the ski female 15-to-18 division, Amber Mullings missed the podium by less than one point, taking fourth, while Takaya Maynard placed 10th.

In the ski female 12-to-14 contest, meanwhile, Sherlock ran away with the win by five points, scoring a 32.93.

Over at the Lake Louise Big Mountain Challenge, locals also snared medals as Nate Wilson (65.70) and Kieren Ferguson (65.63) shared the podium in the ski male 12-to-14 division in second and third, respectively.

In the ski male 15-to-18 division, Lach Powell and Fynn Powell placed 17th and 32nd, respectively.

SEA TO SKY NORDICS CLAIMS 33 MEDALS Sea to Sky Nordics had an impressive weekend at the BC Championships and fourth Biathlon BC Cup contest of the season on Vancouver Island on Feb. 29 and March 1.

In the individual race on Feb. 29, local medallists were: Makenna Griffiths and Anja Weber-Harding (first and third, respectively,

in novice 3-km); Sofie Hill (first in senior girls’ 7.5-km); Aiden Firth, Benjamin Emde and Gustave Deseau (first, second and third, in order, in mixed juveniles 4-km); Lucas Gitt, Jojo Ng and Graham Benson (first, second and third, in order, in junior boys’ 6-km); Josie Clifford and Brydon HarrisIrvine (first and second, respectively, in junior girls’ 6-km); Sean Benson (third in senior boys’ 7.5-km); Meredith Harman (first in Rec 7.5-km); Max Sterelyukhin (first in sport men 10-km); Kaitlin Uribe Pawlowski (first in junior women 12.5-km); Seamus Boyd-Porter (first in men’s 15-km); Jonathan Anderson (third in masters men 35-to-49 10-km); Gary Tate (third in masters men 50-plus 10-km); and Yvette Jackson (first in masters women 50-plus 7.5-km).

In the March 1 mass start, medallists were: Griffiths and Claire Benson (second and third in novice 3-km); Hill (second in senior girls’ 7.5-km); Harman (first in Rec 7.5-km); Uribe Pawlowski (first in junior women 10-km); Boyd-Porter (first in men’s 15-km); Firth, Emde and Taje Hansen (first, second and third, in order, in mixed juveniles); Lucas Clements, Gitt and Graham Benson (first, second and third, in order, in junior boys’ 5-km); Jasper Fleming (second in senior boys’ 7.5-km); Sterelyukhin (first in sport men 7.5-km); Anderson (first in masters men 35-to-49 7.5-km); and Jackson (first in masters women 50-plus 7.5-km).

Complete results are online at vibiathlon.ca/wp.

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SPORTS THE SCORE LINTON CRACKS NORAM CUP TOP 10 Freestyle Whistler grad Jessica Linton made her first-ever NorAm Cup top 10 in duals moguls competition at Val St. Come, Que. on March 1.

Linton scored a 10th-place finish to end up as the top Canadian, while Mackenzie Schwinghammer took 13th, Chase Capicik placed 23rd, Maya Mikkelsen was 26th and Malica Malherbe, representing South Africa, ended up 28th.

In moguls action on Feb. 29, Mikkelsen equalled her best-ever NorAm Cup showing with a 12th-place result, leading a local charge that saw Capicik (13th), Linton (14th) and Schwinghammer (15th) finish right behind her, while Malherbe was 29th.

As for the men, Josh Maga posted a 30th-place result in single moguls before finishing 40th in dual moguls.

WMSC SKIERS CLAIM TYEE CUPS Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) U12 reps claimed both the male and female Tyee Cup titles in alpine action at Grouse Mountain on Feb. 29 and March 1.

Hannah Neeves claimed the female title by just four points over teammate Alexa Ferguson while Kingsley Parkhill claimed the male title.

In the giant slalom, Neeves and Maika Lennox-King hit the female podium, taking second and third, respectively, while

Parkhill led a WMSC sweep of the podium with Dreas Gibbons and Liam Gottfried finishing second and third, in order.

In the Kombi, Ferguson led a female podium sweep while Celeste Ciebien placed second and Neeves was third. On the men’s side, Graydyn Swanson hit the podium in third.

Action continued the next day with the stubby slalom. In female action, Ferguson and Ciebien claimed the top two spots while Sophie Neeves took third, while Gibbons and Parkhill claimed the top two spots in the male race.

Lastly, in the tall gate slalom, Hannah Neeves claimed the female win while in the male race, Parkhill scored the win with Marek Novak in second and Swanson in third.

The U14s were also in action this weekend, taking part in the Teck Coast Zone Race at Cypress Mountain.

The club claimed five podium finishes, with Thomas Legg winning the slalom and Joseph Gibbons taking third in the Saturday slalom.

In the Sunday giant slalom, Gibbons placed second while Legg was third, and on the ladies’ side, Vanessa Young took third.

Full results are online at bcalpine.com.

MORROW HITS NORAM CUP TOP 10 Whistler ski-cross racer Jack Morrow hit the NorAm Cup top-10 for the first time in Colorado on Feb. 22.

After knocking on the door of single digits in recent contests, Morrow posted an eighth-place finish at Ski Cooper.

Whistler teammate Jack MacDonald, meanwhile, competed on both days, equalling his NorAm Cup career best with a 12th-place showing on Feb. 22 before placing 14th the next day.

In other ski-cross news, Nick Katrusiak is competing on the Western Canadian SkiCross Series circuit, posting two podium appearances—both second place results— in four races across stops in Red Deer, Alta. and Fernie so far this season. The campaign wraps up in Big White later this month.

CRAWFORD SETS NEW WORLD CUP BEST Across the pond, WMSC grad Jack Crawford set a new career FIS World Cup best in super-G racing at Hinterstoder, Austria on Feb. 29.

Dropping 22nd, Crawford took a 12th-place finish, coming in 2.09 seconds behind winner Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria to place as the top Canadian.

Switzerland’s Mauro Caviezel took second and Austria’s Matthias Mayer was third.

“Today, I got a little bit lucky with the bib draw and managed to put in a good run.

I sent it as hard as I could and the outcome was exactly what I needed to put myself in a good spot to make World Cup finals,” Crawford said in a release.

Other Canucks were: Trevor Philp in 37th, fellow WMSC grad Brodie Seger in 41st and Jeff Read in 47th.

In the March 1 Alpine combined, Sam Mulligan was the lone Canadian to finish,

placing 28th as France’s Alexis Pinturault bested Caviezel and Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde for the win.

Lastly, in the giant slalom on March 2, Philp and Read were the lone Canadians to place, finishing 22nd and 24th, respectively.

Pinturault again won, topping Croatia’s Filip Zubcic and Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen.

The Canadian women, meanwhile, struggled in the only event of the weekend that survived the weather in La Thuile, Italy, as Marie-Michele Gagnon and Candace Crawford took 36th and 39th, respectively, in the super-G on Feb. 29. Austria’s Nina Ortlieb edged out Italy’s Federica Brignone and Switzerland’s Corinne Suter for the win.

FUNDRAISER COMING FOR DOWNHILL DERELICTS The Downhill Derelicts, a group of visiting freeride skiers who annually make the pilgrimage to Whistler, will be back with a bang in 2020.

The group, formed in 2002, started fundraising for Whistler Adaptive in 2017, raising roughly $92,000 in that time, including approximately $37,000 last year.

This year, the Derelicts are hosting a fundraiser at Summit Sport in the Hilton Whistler on March 12 at 8 p.m. The evening, complete with a James Bond theme, will feature a raffle and silent auction, surprise guests, and music from the Combat Dolphins.

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VELOCITY PROJECT

Who are you when you’re free to be yourself?

“WHAT ABOUT YOU?” asked the other parent, on the sidelines at karate, having just shared how much she loves sewing. “What is your hobby?”

My inside-voice did a quick stocktaking: that week, I’d been watching minidocumentaries of forest gardens and

BY LISA RICHARDSON permaculture success stories. I was still stuck on the idea of the Divine Feminine rising and rebalancing after 5,000 years of exile and wondering whether maybe I need to instigate some kind of circle to help usher it along. But knowing that come Tuesday, my attention could as easily land on how pleasure is at the heart of activism as how personality profiles might help us design our spaces, I paused awkwardly, as if it were a trick question or a job interview that required a perfectly calibrated, although not necessarily honest, response.

Fumbling desperately to make my conversational countermove and keep our

LIKE NO ONE’S WATCHING How can we navigate this question every day: who am I, when I’m not the person other people need me to be?

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pleasantries from becoming awkward, I finally blurted, “Jigsaw puzzles.” A fleeting micro-expression rippled across her face. I interpreted that to mean: “That’s a strange hobby for an apparently healthy woman living in an active mountain town.”

Sigh. How will claiming such geriatric past-times as my defining interest help me ever make friends? As much as I had been tripped up by the word “hobby,” I knew that what she was really asking me was, “Who are you, when you’re not here on the sidelines of your child’s life?”

Good question.

Perhaps this is why Erin Hogue and Vince Emond’s slideshow of passionate snowboarders who are also raising babies resonated with so many audience members last month at Uprising—the photo contest and fundraiser held on Feb. 22. How many of us navigate this question every day: who am I, when I’m not doing this care-giving thing that consumes the best part of my time, attention and energy? (Who will I be, out the other side of this?) Who am I, when I’m not being the person everyone else needs me to be?

Courtney Martin, an American author and journalist, wrote a column for On Being (onbeing.org), posing a different kind of inquiry to get to the heart of who we are, one that steps out of the time of right now and all-the-demands and into a more expansive place: What was your first big

question? What was the first thing that deeply perplexed you about the world?

She looked at her own family: “My father grew up answering the door for debt collectors and became a bankruptcy lawyer; one could think of his ‘first question’ as How can I stay safe? My mother was born a wild spirit with a mother obsessed with appropriateness; she jaywalks with a sly smile on her face and loves to point out the elephant in the room because so much of her life has been guided by the question Why not?”

Martin wondered if that question, the one you weren’t allowed to ask as a kid, becomes your unconscious compass throughout life. “So many of us didn’t get what we needed as children and we spend a lifetime looking for it. But the upside of that initial emptiness is that we create dynamic and beautiful things out of our yearning.”

If someone had foretold my future when I was young, I doubt it would have helped me get to here, any more smoothly. I imagine it would be as frustrating and stilted as the Google Maps voice dishing out one tiny direction at a time, just enough to get you to turn right at the lights, but never to really get you oriented. With moments of “recalculating route” chucked in for good measure. Looking back now, though, I can see a faint trail, some continuity, the sticky burrs that kept latching on to me, those threads that endured and sustained my interest.

I’ve been able to follow this thread of curiosity like the White Rabbit to places I could never have dreamed of and conversations I couldn’t have engineered.

It has brought me to a sense of deep appreciation for people who are sustained by passions that demand complete immersion. For this new companion, a woman who loves sewing, who makes her sons matching pajamas every Christmas, whose house is full of fabrics and patterns and creative projects just waiting to whir to life beneath her quick fingers.

From working with three-year-olds to working with judges, talking with ecosexuals to primitive technology revivalists to animal communicators, I’ve always been nudging curiously up against the edges of my world’s constructs, my ways of thinking, my social set, asking what shapes their choices?

Maybe, having been guided as a child by sure advice that there is one absolutely correct way to do everything, my question has always been: What are the other possibilities?

Beneath the surface of the roles that consume us—the career, the family, the demands—lies a question. It might be the truest thing that shapes, if we’re willing to keep asking.

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Tired of that same old staff meal you’ve eaten a thousand times? Whistler Food Swap can help FACEBOOK GROUP CONNECTS LOCAL WORKERS TO TRADE STAFF MEALS

BY BRANDON BARRETT IT’S THE DREAM of every famished prepubescent teen jacked up on Orange Crush and Nintendo: Pizza for lunch. Every. Single.

Day. But, as it turns out, it is possible to have too much of a good thing.

It’s a lesson Whistlerite Yann Tassé has learned while working at Domino’s Whistler, crushing the hopes and dreams of greasy-fingered youth the world over.

“At Domino’s, we get a small personal pizza or cheesy bread as staff meals,” said Tassé. “I hate to say it, but it gets old.”

This seemingly endless supply of cheesy bread is what prompted Tassé to launch Whistler Food Swap two years ago. Tired of the same old staff lunch day in and day out, he created the Facebook group with the goal of connecting local workers so they could trade grub on their lunch breaks.

“When you work in a restaurant, no matter how good the food is, after a while, you just get sick of it,” he said. “I just thought that, in Whistler, being such a small place, there would be lots of restaurants close to each other, so it would be great to have a place where we can post and share meals.”

The group had only attracted a few dozen members soon after being launched; it wasn’t until Tassé posted to the (much, much larger) Whistler Winter page about a month ago that it ballooned to its current 260-plus membership.

“Since then, pretty much every day people are posting and trading meals,” Tassé said. “I’m pretty stoked on that.”

Of course, not all staff meals are created equal, something Tassé and his fellow staff are well aware of. Scrolling back through the posts, it’s rare for a week to go by without Tassé pleading for someone to trade for his chainstore ‘za.

“You probably wouldn’t want Domino’s,” he wrote to a fellow pizza pusher from Creekbread.

“You’re probably not wrong but stranger

LET’S MAKE A DEAL Domino’s Whistler employee Yann Tassé got tired of eating the same staff lunch everyday, prompting him to create Whistler Food Swap, which connects local workers so they can trade meals on their lunch breaks.

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things have happened,” came the reply.

Just last week, Tassé swapped for a generous serving of ribs, poutine and coleslaw from 3 Below, and it wasn’t long

But, like he always does, Tassé texted after the swap to make sure they were satisfied with the meal. She loved her personal pan pizza. “I was super stoked that

“When you work in a restaurant, no matter how good the food is, after a while, you just get sick of it.”

- YANN TASSÉ

after he dug in to his meal that he began to feel a twinge of guilt.

“It was the greatest meal I’ve had in such a long time,” he said. “It was food for two people.”

we were both happy about it,” he added.

In that way, Tassé sees the food swap as more than just a means to shake up a staff meal, but a way to forge relationships with the other overworked, underpaid Whistler

Food Lovers Unite!

worker bees.

“When I trade with a restaurant for the first time, I always make sure to bring more food to make a good connection and make people happy so they will trade again,” he said.

Tassé said he’d like to see Whistler Food Swap expand outside of the village into Creekside, where there are a handful of restaurants in close proximity. He’s also considered the option of launching the service as an app—but needs someone with the technical know-how to help.

“I have no idea where I would start nor the resources, but I’d be glad to see this become a thing and be part of it if anyone has more [knowledge] and resources,” he said.

In the meantime, I think I’m gonna go get me some cheesy bread.

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Stella Harvey writes most personal novel yet WHISTLER AUTHOR, ALONG WITH POET CORNELIA HOOGLAND, HOST READING ON MARCH 11

BY ALYSSA NOEL WHISTLER AUTHOR Stella Harvey was in Greece having lunch with her relatives when she asked her Athens-based aunt if she had ever gone back to the town where her father and mother lived to find their land.

“She was telling me, ‘I never went back looking for anything. I went once and there were some problems.’ They were very aggressive in the town where her father— my grandfather—was born. She said, ‘In the end, I just figured it must have been a vendetta,’” Harvey says.

That word—vendetta—stopped her in her tracks. For an author who mined parts of her family’s history and culture for stories, the word was loaded with mystery— and rife with storytelling potential.

“My cousin was there and she said, ‘Vendetta?’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s so great.’ Dave [Harvey’s husband] said, ‘Oh no,’” Harvey recalls with a laugh.

At the time, she was in the midst of working on her second novel, The Brink of Freedom. But the conversation ultimately led to Finding Callidora, her third and most personal book yet.

Pique caught up with Harvey ahead

WRITE ON Stella Harvey has released her third novel, Finding Callidora.

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of a reading event called Our Big Fat Immigrant Families alongside poet Cornelia Hoogland—set to take place in Whistler on March 11 and in Squamish on March 9—to talk more about the book’s inspiration and what’s up next for the novelist and founder of the Whistler Writers Festival.

Your book officially launched at the Whistler Writers Festival, but it got a little overshadowed by the festival

the festival, I always say to people, ‘Short readings are what are so impactful.’

This was your third book. You must have the process down pat by now.

What’s it like writing a third book?

SH: I think for me, I have to feel something.

For me, it’s asking a question, ‘Why is this happening?’ So with my second book, it was around a refugee crisis because

“You have to face yourself ... all the mistakes you made because that’s what makes for interesting reading.”

- STELLA HARVEY

itself. It’s nice to do something separate. What will the format of the upcoming events be like?

STELLA HARVEY: We’ll talk a little bit about the origin of our books separately. Then do a reading, and then break off into a Q&A. We may do a second reading … but I think most people really like the discussion and I think from my own experience as a reader, as well as someone who reads from their work in a public place, as well as organizing

I was surrounded by it and, why was that happening? Whereas with this book, it had to do with something my aunt said [regarding the vendetta].

I’ve always missed my culture my whole life. And I’ve often wondered, with my Greek relatives, have they ever had the same feelings to search for their background, their culture? And of course they all laugh at me and say, ‘Our cultures is all around us.’ Yeah, that’s true, but mine is not.

So I just started thinking about that word

[vendetta] and what could’ve happened because nobody really knows what happened … With those parameters I started to put together what could’ve possibly happened.

You’ve always done lots of research, but what was it like blending your family history with the idea of headlines from real newspapers. How did you balance fact and fiction?

SH: It was harder in this first part of the book, which is mostly fictionalized because I don’t know. So you’re making it up. And because I’m really plot driven, it was easier, that bit. Also I didn’t look at things like headlines until much later. The last section of the book, which was the ‘me part’—although not naming me—that was a lot more difficult because what do you tell of a life and how does it relate? What’s important of it that relates to the other parts of the book? That section was the hardest for me to deal with.

You’ve called this book the most autobiographical. Was that scary to do?

SH: You have to face yourself too, all the mistakes you made because that’s what makes for interesting reading. I think the thing I was most worried about was my American cousins because they had … not an easy upbringing, and I only found them by accident and that’s related in the book. I have become very close to them as a result. I

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audainartmuseum.com/events Spring Break Art Camps Registration now open 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 – Drawing Fridays | 3:30 – 5:30pm There are four paintings by Frederick H. Varley in the Museum’s Permanent Collection that were created en plein air, painting outside, inspired directly by nature.

This week, continue the creative tradition of using artist easels to sketch the wild forest through the Museum’s expansive windows using charcoal and chalk pastels. *Children 12 & under must be accompanied by an adult. wanted them to be OK with that. I sent parts of it to them so they would know what I was talking about and they were onboard. They came to the Calgary reading. They live in Boston and New Jersey. I’m a pretty open person anyway, so there’s nothing really that I was ashamed of.

You talked about the idea of belonging and that being the overarching theme of the book. It’s such a relatable theme. Have people been picking up on that thread?

SH: Yes, it’s really quite interesting. People ask me, ‘So do you feel like you know yourself?

Do you feel like you belong now? Do you feel like you know where you should be?’ And I say, ‘I’m a very, very proud Canadian.’ And I am. I’ve lived in Whistler longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life, so Whistler for me is home. I can’t imagine being anywhere else. However, there’s always going to be a part of me that longs for that extended family, that knowing of a culture where you feel accepted … It’s that being with your own.

That will always be a part that is missing.

Does writing about your Greek culture help at all with the longing, just delving into it from Whistler?

SH: It did a little bit. I was asked that in a book club and my students ask the same question.

It helps because everything I write I get right into. Your characters become real and alive

and they stay with you, especially when you’re writing consistently. It does feel as though you’re still there.

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What’s up next for you after these local readings?

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SH: The publisher is looking for me to do an Eastern Canada tour, so hopefully that will come to be. In terms of my writing, I’m going rogue! I’m trying something different. After having read Omar El Akkad’s American War, who was here with us last year [at the festival], and I also just finished Margaret Atwood, The Testaments. Because I’m such a political animal, I really would like to do something futuristic, more speculative fiction. Maybe 10 or 20 years down the road.

Since I’ve started this project things that are not that far from what I’ve tried to create— viruses, closed borders, environmental issues, journalists being shut, there’s so many things that it’s just frightening. I’ve set it in 2056, but we’re not that far away.

I want to do something different and set it in the other part of my history, which is the Middle East, and Canada, and see where it takes me. It’s very early on and who knows where it’s going to go, but I think I’ve delved into the Greek lifestyle [enough] with three books.

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Large fries for the FBI IT’S HIGHLY RISKY to believe anything you read on the internet, however, if you dig a bit, there is some incredible journalism being published online these days.

BY FEET BANKS Take, for example, Jeff Maysh’s story in The Daily Beast about the great McDonald’s Monopoly scam. It’s an incredible read. So incredible, in fact, that Mark Wahlberg’s production company bought the rights and has turned that bit of journalism into a sixpart, true-crime docu-series, and a pretty damn crazy one at that.

Lies, wire taps, secret rendezvous, payoffs, FBI sting operations, mafia goons, psychics, and church-themed strip bars:

GAME TIME Catch McMillions on the small screen this week.

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McMillions has all the ingredients of a bonkers instant classic, and since the victim is one of the biggest corporations on the planet, it’s hard to feel too sorry for them.

Filmed as a mix of grade-A reenactments cut with real surveillance clips, TV coverage, and interview footage of the key players— both cops and crooks—involved in one of the most bizarre scams ever—a dude steals all the big-winner game chits from McDonald’s popular Monopoly game and gives them to his friends and relatives, for like a decade.

In case you’re too young, back in the ‘90s and 2000s you’d tear little tags off McDonald’s’ cups or fries and try to collect the various properties of the Monopoly board to win. McDonald’s profits rose by 30 per cent every time they’d run the game and prizes included everything from small fries to Dodge Vipers to $1 million, instantly.

Mostly you got the small fries, especially here in the Great White North. In Maysh’s article, the ringleader of the scam claims that contest-runners Simon’s Marketing ordered that no high-level prizes ever go to Canadians.

But even in the States, it turns out your

odds of winning a big prize might have been one in ZERO, unless you knew Uncle Jerry…

The finale of McMillions goes live at 7 p.m. this Sunday night on HBO/Crave.

On the big screen, looks like Pixar is hoping to take your money this spring before it takes your money this summer (Soul is coming in June). Onward opens this Friday at the Village 8 and it’s a road trip story about two elf brothers on a low-stakes hero’s journey/quest to meet their father.

Dan Scanlon (Monsters University) directs with Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jennifer’s Body) and Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming) voicing the brothers. Good news is they have a magic staff and a bitchin’ ‘70s van. Bad news is this isn’t a Pixar classic.

Pixar is known for delivering real emotion in ways adults appreciate and children understand and they falter a bit here with a standard “believe in yourself” theme that we’ve seen done better elsewhere (Kubo and the Two Strings).

Onward also suffers a bit because it’s a movie about magic that isn’t particularly

magical, but even despite its narrative/ character shortcomings, this one is still cruising well ahead of most standard kids’ flicks released these days.

Also opening, The Way Back stars Ben Affleck (Reindeer Games, The Town) as a washed-up ex-basketball star/drunken screw-up tasked with coaching the underdog team at his old high school after their real coach is tragically killed.

There were no pre-screeners for this one but we do know it’s directed by Gavin O’Connor—he’s the dude that made The Accountant with Affleck, but he also made Warrior, one of the better sports (and best mixed martial arts) movies of the last while.

It might be a pretty standard sports story but The Way Back focuses as much on the coach as the kids and it doesn’t look too bad. Affleck has really turned his career around—he directs, writes, and his acting is much improved. Not too shabby, considering in October of 2004, I published a column titled “Ben Affleck Should Retire” right here in this very paper.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL TWO FORMER Whistlerites are sharing their adventures through a multimedia documentary at Whistler Brewing on Sunday, March 8.

In 2014, Janick Lemieux and Pierre Bouchard set out to bicycle to the nomadic peoples living between the northernmost point of Europe and Africa’s Southern tip.

“In April 2016, some 21 months after having left the expedition’s departure point and 21,000 kilometres further, our panniers loaded with tens of thousands of photos, tons of anecdotes, hours of videos, and a wealth of data about the nomads on our ‘wanted list’ and their respective environments, we came back to Canada with the desire to share scenes we witnessed, adventures endured and… catch our breath, regroup!” the pair says in an email.

Back in Charlevoix, Que. they created the multimedia documentary on their journey, called NOMADS²: Nomads by Nomads from Cape to Cape! They’ve since presented in 20 locations around Quebec and now they’re set to show their project in Western Canada.

In Whistler, the event is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $16.80. Get them at thepointofsale.com/tickets/obh200308001.

For more information visit nomadesxnomades.com.

SUBMIT YOUR INDEPENDENT BOOK The Whistler Independent Book Awards are now accepting submissions for 2020.

They are open to any Canadian author

who has self-published a physical book in fiction or literary non-fiction. Every entry receives a professional evaluation from the Award Selection Committee.

There are various prizes for those who are shortlisted, named finalists, and winners. The winners will be announced during the Literary Cabaret as part of the Whistler Writers Festival in October.

Submissions are open now until April 30 with the shortlist announced on June 1.

For full details, visit independentbookawards.ca.

LIBRARIES JOIN FORCES The Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton libraries have teamed up to offer readers more material to borrow through Interlibrary Connect.

That means library users from any of the three communities can now place holds on items from the other libraries and have them sent to their home library for pick up.

Effective immediately, when you search for an item in one of the library catalogues, it will automatically search in all three Sea to Sky libraries. Along with books, that will include CDs, audiobooks, DVDs and magazines.

The only restrictions will be on new items added in the last three months, online resources, and non-traditional items like board games, kits, and museum passes.

Cardholders will also be able to renew items up to three times—as long as no one else is waiting for them.

For more information on the new initiative visit squamish.bc.libraries.coop/ explore/interlibrary-connect. n

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WORKING IT Weasel Workers at work on the Olympic downhill course.

PHOTO COURTESY OF 2010 OLYMPIC SKI PATROLLER LANCE

Volunteers of 2010: The Weasel Workers The Howe Sound Women’s Centre would like to thank their generous event sponsors.

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Museum opened a temporary exhibit on the Sea to Sky volunteers of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The exhibit will run through March as Whistler continues to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Paralympic Games. One of the volunteer groups included in this exhibit is a group that formed well before the Games ever came to Whistler.

The Weasel Workers began in the 1970s when Bob Parsons and his crew of six prepped the course for the first World Cup Downhill races in Whistler. Most of the early volunteers were parents of Whistler Mountain Ski Club members, but membership grew over the years as Weasels continued to work on the courses for large races on Whistler and began sending volunteers to help build courses for World Cups, World Championships and Winter Olympics on other mountains. When the Games were awarded to Whistler and Vancouver in 2003, the Weasel Workers began recruiting and building their team well in advance of the alpine events held on Whistler Mountain.

During the 2010 Games, the number of Weasel Workers swelled to about 1,500 volunteers. Volunteers came from across Canada and other nations to join a core group of 400 to 500 volunteers from Vancouver and the Sea to Sky area. About 300 volunteers worked specifically for the Paralympics, and a couple hundred Weasel Workers volunteered to work for both the Olympics and Paralympics.

Weasel volunteers began their work for the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) on Whistler Mountain as early as mid-November 2009 and continued to clean the courses well after the Games had left town.

Even during the Games, the Weasels continued to be a family affair. Bunny Hume, who began volunteering with the Weasels with her husband Dick in the early 1980s when their grandsons began ski racing, volunteered alongside multiple family members. She handed out and collected race bibs, her son Rick was the Chief of Course for the women’s course, and her grandsons Jeff and Scott worked on the dye crew. Rick’s wife Lynne also worked as a Weasel during the Paralympics.

Some of the Weasel Workers who began volunteering as ski club parents even had children competing in the Games. Longtime Weasel Andrée Janyk, who could often be found working on a course with a smile, saw two of her children, Britt and Mike, race in the Olympics in their hometown.

Karl Ricker, also a long-time dedicated Weasel Worker, was on the mountain trying to prevent people from crossing where the winch-cats were working when he received the news that Maëlle Ricker, his daughter, had won a gold medal in snowboard-cross on Cypress Mountain and become the first Canadian woman to claim an Olympic gold on home soil. He went down to Vancouver to attend her medal ceremony, but was back at work on the course early the next morning.

Despite rain, wet snow, and warm weather over the first few days of the Games, and the postponement of three races, the Weasel Workers created and maintained courses for the men’s, women’s, and Paralympic alpine races that were seen around the world in 2010 and those who came to Whistler to work with the Weasels became just as much a part of the team as the long-time volunteers.

Patrick Maloney, then the Weasel president, told The Whistler Question that, “Anybody that’s on that track is a Weasel Worker.” This sentiment was echoed by Weasel Worker Colin Pitt-Taylor, who claimed that, “As soon as you started working on an alpine course, you became a Weasel Worker, whether you like it or not.” n

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Raising Our Voices creates two shows for International Women’s Day A MATINEE AND EVENING SHOW TAKE OVER THE MAURY YOUNG ARTS CENTRE ON MARCH 8

BY ALYSSA NOEL HEADING INTO its sixth year of celebrating International Women’s Day, Raising Our Voices has made some changes for 2020.

While the event started out as an evening of music at Black’s Pub, it has since grown into a six-hour concert, drawing an audience of 400 and featuring more than a dozen performers, at the Maury Young Arts Centre.

“Each year it’s grown in length,” says Susan Holden, a local musician who first started the event and co-runs it with the Howe Sound Women’s Centre (HSWC). “Last year, it was way too long, but every performer fit so well and was so well received. We had an audience for over six hours, but it’s too much from an operations standpoint—and maybe

ON STAGE More than 20 women will perform as

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too much to expect from the audience.”

To that end, this year, the show will be in two parts: a matinee starting at 3 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m.

“I’m hoping every year to provide better performer services, a better performers’ experience, and a better audience experience,” Holden says.

It’s very difficult to manage when we don’t know how many people are coming,” Holden says. “We do stand to make more money [for the HSWC] than by donations if we bring in just as many people, but they can fit over two shows.”

The concerts themselves will be structured the same, but the total of 20

“Through this event I’ve made musical connections with other women. It’s always very special to be up there.”

- SUSAN HOLDEN

Rather than entry-by-donation, tickets will be $15 with all proceeds going to the HSWC, which is currently working on a fiveyear strategic plan that includes a Whistler emergency shelter and fully staffing a transition home in Pemberton.

Last year—with a silent auction and donations for entry—the event raised more than $16,000 for the centre.

“New this year, it’s a ticketed event.

performers will be split into different shows.

Kicking things off will be a songwriter’s circle featuring five musicians—including Holden. “I was trying to say, ‘How can I fit in the most people?’ … It was easy enough for me to say, ‘Let’s put a group of songwriters together on stage and they can talk about why they wrote that song or wrote the music.”

After that, solo performers will take the

stage, followed by duets and culminating in bands.

“I’m thrilled; in the evening show, Cat Madden is coming with her band and Patch of Blue is closing up the matinee, which is Dawn Walsh and her band. Both those women are powerhouse female vocalists,” Holden says. “There are a number of those in the show.”

In the end, performing alongside so many local female musicians is a perfect way to mark International Women’s Day, which is a global day dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women.

“It’s always special,” Holden says. “I’ve made new musical connections through this. One of the women I met in year three is now in my band, Poor Dirty Sylvia. Through this event I’ve made musical connections with other women. It’s always very special to be up there.”

Raising Our Voices take place on Sunday, March 8 at the Maury Young Arts Centre. Tickets are $15 at showpass.com/ iwd2020.

For more information visit artswhistler. com/blog/one-big-party-internationalwomens-day-lineup. n

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Resort Municipality of Whistler

Call for Submissions Poet’s Pause Competition Poetry lovers are invited to submit unpublished, original poems for the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) annual Poet’s Pause Poetry Competition.

Winning poems will be displayed at the large metal chimes and giant Adirondack chairs in Alta Lake Park. Winning poets will receive a $200 prize.

Poems will be read during the April 7, 2020 council meeting.

THREE OF A KIND The Jumaralis Trio is set to perform at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church on Sunday,

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‘We clicked musically right away’ THE JUMARALIS TRIO PLAYS WHISTLER ON MARCH 8

BY ALYSSA NOEL VANCOUVER-AREA musicians are a busy bunch.

Case-in-point: it took clarinettist Julie Begg and cellist Alison Patterson nearly three years to turn a loose conversation about playing music together into The Jumaralis Trio.

“I taught Alison’s daughter saxophone,” Begg says over the phone between teaching music lessons. “Alison is Australian and I’m Scottish and we share the same sense of humour. We got on really well. Alison said, ‘Gosh, wouldn’t it be nice to play together?’

We kicked it around a couple years.”

In the meantime, Patterson had been playing with pianist Martha Brickman who, one day, suggested the pair bring in a string player. Patterson immediately thought of Begg.

“We clicked musically right away,” Begg says. “It was a long time before we actually got things together. As freelance musicians, we’re busy all the time.”

Over the last three years, the trio has primarily played together on the North Shore. But their performance in Whistler on March 8 as part of the Whistler Chamber Music Society series will kick off what they hope are new gigs outside their current home base.

“We’ve been looking for other opportunities to play as well,” Begg says.

While they can go for long breaks without practicing or performing together, the trio is bonded by “maturity,” she adds.

“We’re all in the same place musically—and in terms of where our lives are. That makes a massive difference as well. I’m not saying it’s not pleasurable or satisfying playing with

younger or older people, but we’re all in the same place at the same time. We connected, musically, through that,” she says.

Over the last three years, the group has been performing a program that includes pieces by Johannes Brahms (“Martha is a Brahms-crazy woman. We all are, but she loves that particular composer”), Beethoven, and Nino Rota, most famous for composing soundtracks for The Godfather.

“There’s so much contrast between Beethoven, and early romanticism, to Brahms, [which is] much thicker, more lush, heavy romanticism, then the Nino Rota is more modern,” she says.

Begg performed in Whistler as part of the chamber music society’s inaugural season with another group and is looking forward to returning, she says.

“We found it extremely receptive and warm,” she adds. “There are certain people who haven’t heard this type of music before who came along. We’re very excited to come back up. I’ve been telling [the others] how lovely it was.”

They also plan to take advantage of the intimate setting and share some words on the music they’re playing.

“With chamber music, you can explore things a little bit more deeply, on a more personal level,” she says. “That’s the neat thing with chamber music too. As you get older, your experiences change.

Everything in your head changes. You can play something slightly different than you would 10 or 15 years ago, owing to different experiences.”

Catch The Jumaralis Trio at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church on Sunday, March 8 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for youth (under 35). Get them at whistlerchambermusic.ca, at the Whistler Museum or at the door. n

The deadline to submit poems is March 9, 2020.

Full details at www.whistler.ca/poetrycompetition

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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

SFU WRITER’S STUDIO WRITING CONSULTS

Need an expert opinion on your writing? The SFU Writer’s Studio offers free one-on-one, 45-minute consultations. Register at least one week prior to the consultation time required. Seven pages of poetry or a prose manuscript must be submitted one week prior to your scheduled appointment. Double-spaced with title and your name on each page with the page number on the bottom. For more information and to register, call the library at 604-935-8435. > 2, 3 & 4 pm > Whistler Public Library

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WOMEN’S KARMA YOGA

Drop in for weekly yoga classes led by an all-female team of Certified 200-Hour Yoga Instructors. Includes mat use and childminding. All women, all ability levels welcome. This program is made possible by yoga instructors and childminders donating their time.

Contact us to join the team. Free. 604-962-8711. > 9-10 am > Whistler Women’s Centre

ACTIVATE AND CONNECT FOR SENIORS 50+

Connect with friends, new and old, through weekly activities. Meet at Whistler Community Services Society.

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

DO IT TOGETHER, LEARN IT TOGETHER

This Family and Child Education Program is a great opportunity for parents, caregivers and children to learn new life skills through hands-on activities and crafts. We will be offering weekly workshops where participants can learn and create together. Snacks provided! This program is open to all ages, with activities particularly suited to toddlers. For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please contact: jenniferfitzgerald2@capilanou.ca or 604-986-1911 ext. 3510. > 10 am-noon > Whistler Public Library

PARENT INFANT DROP-IN

An opportunity to develop a supportive social network with other parents of young babies. Speakers and a public health nurse are often in attendance. Free. > 11 am-12:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

ROTARY CLUB OF WHISTLER MILLENNIUM

Join the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium to learn about what the club is doing to support your local community and international projects. Lunch is available for $20. Everyone welcome. > 12:15 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB

The club meets every week and visitors are welcome.

For a partner, please call Gill at 604-932-5791. > 1-5 pm > Whistler Racquet Club

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

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNDERGROUND

Come by, enjoy some live music and try their awardwinning cocktails, local draft beers and browse some new backcountry gear! Free. > 4-7 pm > RMU Blackcomb

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

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

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HE NAMED ME MALALA: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FILM SCREENING

The Whistler Public Library is hosting a screening of He Named Me Malala, in recognition of International Women’s Day. Pre- and post-film discussions will focus on the importance of education for girls and women around the world. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free to attend, everyone welcome, no registration required! > 6 pm > Whistler Public Library

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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

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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

SPORTS

LEAGUE NIGHT

Come show us your dart skills at our league night. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

YOUTH CENTRE DROP-IN

The Youth Centre is a fun space for 13 to 18 year olds featuring ping pong, pool, video and board games, a skateboard mini-ramp, rails, and more. > 3:30-11 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

YOGA @ THE AUDAIN

Yoga @ the Audain every Friday evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. > 6:30-8 pm > Audain Art Museum

ONGOING & DAILY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WHISTLER MUSEUM

Learn more about Whistler’s culture and history.

Now open by donation. > Daily 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm > Whistler Museum

THE CULTURAL CONNECTOR: A JOURNEY OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY

Grab a Cultural Connector guide and explore Whistler’s world of culture. As you follow the Cultural Connector route, you’ll discover the stories that enrich Whistler’s culture, the venues that celebrate it and the milestones that we’ve achieved along the way. The pathway will lead you through beautiful surroundings and six cultural institutions: Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler Museum, Whistler Public Library, Maury Young Arts Centre, Lost Lake PassivHaus, and Audain Art Museum. Free. > Ongoing > Maury Young Arts Centre

GAMES CAFE

Come in and enjoy a massive selection of popular games. > 4-8 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

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Stephen Vogler plays ska, reggae, blues and rock with a healthy mix of originals and covers. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

BAND CAMP

Band Camp is a local talent development night at Black’s Pub. This is where new talent to Whistler debuts and artists who have been honing their skills at jam nights make their debut. Free. 604-932-6408. > 9 pm-midnight > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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)

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

ART AFTER DARK

Art After Dark is every Friday, with artmaking for youth (18 and under) 3:30 to 5:30 pm, and adult artmaking 6:30 to 8:30 pm. > 3:30-5:30 & 6:30-8:30 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

Dive head first into the weekend every Friday for après with guest DJs. For table reservations, book through their website or call 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

Peter Vogler plays ska and reggae, funk, and punk waltzes with a happy and contagious energy. A genuine West Coaster who grew up in the Sea to Sky, he is an accomplished musician who believes perfection is overrated. It’s all about the love in the room! Free. > 7-9 pm > Alpine Cafe

LADIES’ NIGHT THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001, The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must-see! > 3:30-6:30 pm > Merlin’s Bar & Grill

This is a night for the ladies! Ladies get complimentary entry and a glass of bubbly before 10 p.m. > 7 pm > Buffalo Bills

ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNDERGROUND > 7-10 pm > RMU Blackcomb

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

FREESTYLE FRIDAYS

Bringing you a different special guest DJ. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

CIROC FRIDAYS FREEBY FRIDAYS

Lawrence Mayer’s gigs are typically very diverse including a range of contemporary and classic rock musicians with very familiar/upbeat songs. He uses six-string and 12-string guitars along with harmonicas and great harmonies for a rich and unique sound. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

LIVE @ BLACK’S

Every Friday and Saturday, party with local and touring musicians at Black’s Pub. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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Dance the night away to local live music. > 9:30 pm > Tapley’s Pub

FRIDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB Shake off your work week by grooving to deep cuts featuring classics and future gems ... you can’t help but move to the beats! No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

MUSIC

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 MARK FARINA

Opening set by DJ Surgeon. First 100 tickets are $15 then $20. Tickets available at the GLC or online at showpass.com/MarkFarina2020. > 10 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

SPORTS

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

Triathlon-focused swim squads. Full details at whistlertriclub.com/training-sessions. Free to members for fall (includes entry into Meadow Park). Nonmembers $8 drop-in (includes entry into Meadow Park). > 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

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WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION > 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

SATURDAY NIGHT ALL LOVE NO CLUB

BARBED CHOIR

SUPREME SATURDAY

JERRY’S DISCO

He got your blood pumping last night, now satiate your thirst for amazing cocktails and unique beats with tyMetal’s eclectic DJ feats. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

Supreme Saturday features a rotation of Canada’s best DJs, playing alongside local talent. > 10 pm > Garfinkel’s

Do you love to sing? Do you love meeting new people?

Do you like all types of rock music, new and old? Come out and sing with Barbed Choir! Join them on Facebook to find out what they’re singing: facebook.com/groups/ barbedchoir/. > 7-8:30 pm > Whistler Public Library

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

SPORTS

BIG MOUNTAIN RHYTHM

Jamming out all yer favourites for world famous apres at the GLC! Big Mountain Rhythm is comprised of longtime locals Matt King, Gary Yoshida, and Jeff Van Driel in this special trio appearance. > 4 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

SUNDAY FUNDAY SUPER SPORTS SATURDAY

Don your best jersey and come cheer on your favourite team at Whistler’s premier sports bar. > Tapley’s Pub

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC FEATURING ROBCAT

Robcat’s been playing live music in bars, pubs and patios in Whistler for over 10 years as the lead singer and guitar for the Grateful Dead tribute band FOMO, and the trio Giddy-up Go Daddy (GGD). At this solo show you’ll hear some classics, an original or two and you may discover some cool stuff from artists you haven’t heard of. > 5:30-8:30 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

KOSTAMAN @ ALPINE CAFE

Good vibes only with Kostaman this Saturday! Come down and join the party. Free. > 7 pm > Alpine Cafe

WEEKEND GETAWAYS W/ DRE MOREL

Let’s send it on and off the mountain with Weekend Getaways brought to you by Tommys Whistler and DJ Dre Morel. RSVP for VIP reservations and make guest list inquiries at tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

Darragh will be kicking it off. To RSVP for guest list and make a VIP reservation request, please reach out to info@tommyswhistler.com or visit www. tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

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You are invited to party like a local at the locals’ house party. Enter as a stranger, leave as a friend. > 9 pm > Tapley’s Pub

ARTS + ENTERTAINMENT

SOULFUL SUNDAYS MADE IN WHISTLER MARKET AT THE WESTIN RESORT & SPA

Made In Whistler Market at the Westin Resort & Spa presents a well curated market focusing on local artisans. Featuring fine art, jewelry, textiles, children’s wear, baking, pottery, and more. Visit on level 1 at the Westin. Free. > 12 pm > Made In Whistler Market at the Westin

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

WALK AND TALK SERIES, PERMANENT COLLECTION > 1 pm > Audain Art Museum

WALK AND TALK SERIES, SPECIAL EXHIBITION

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

> 3 pm > Audain Art Museum

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTY ART TALKS

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. > 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 Catholic Church (6299 Lorimer Rd.). Free. > 8-11 am > Foot of Lorimer Road

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

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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

LIVE @ BLACK’S

> 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

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 après from 3 pm. 604-962-2929. > 3-6 pm > Brickworks Public House

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FAMILY APRÈS 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

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

THE HAIRFARMERS

Celebrating 20 years as a band and voted Whistler’s Best Band every year since 2001, The Hairfarmers combine uncanny vocals with innovative guitar and percussion covering all your favourite songs—a Whistler must-see! > 3:30-6:30 & 7:45-10:45 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

EVAN KENNEDY

Evan creates a unique live performance mixing in lesser-known album songs with the songs of today. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

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

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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

MUSIC

DINO DINICOLO

The electric bass becomes an extension of his hands and his voice has developed a rhythmic centre of its own, Dino DiNicolo is a master musician with a groove so deep that it moves the mind, the body and the soul. > 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S BINGO

Join us every Tuesday for a BINGO night like no other.

These games will have you crying with laughter. > 8 pm > Tapley’s Pub

TOMMY TUESDAYS

DJ Dre Morel and weekly guests turning it up every Tuesday night all winter long. Pop, rock and hip hop to crank up your Tuesday night. For guest list and VIP reservations, visit tommyswhistler.com. > 8 pm > Tommys Whistler

GAMES NIGHT

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This drop-in program is for kids two to four years and it focuses on early literacy through music, rhyme, stories and movement. Free. > 10 am > Whistler Public Library

RECOVERY MONDAYS

Whistler’s biggest party every Monday Night. DJ Fidel Cashflow and Jacky Murda help you dance your hangovers away with the best in EDM. 604-935-1152. > 9:30 pm-3 am > Moe Joe’s

Join the Friends of the Library for fun and games. Bring a friend, play an old favourite or learn a new game, enjoy refreshments, and win prizes! No registration required. > 7-9 pm > Whistler Public Library

MUSIC

EVAN KENNEDY

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

IT’S YOUR TIME TO SHINE OPEN MIC & JAM

Open Mic Night at Cranked Espresso Bar with host Jenna Mae. This is a super fun night for music lovers and artists of all levels. Cranked is the perfect place for new artists to try performing in front of a small, supportive audience. 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 join them. > 6-9 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

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FULL MOON PARTY

Neon Steve’s Monster Energy Full Moon Parties and special guest Illo. Neon face painting and dancing under the full moon. > 9:30 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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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

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

SPORTS

WHISTLER TRI CLUB SWIM SQUAD

> 6-7:15 am > Meadow Park Sports Centre

Blues night with Sean Rose. > 8 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

KARAOKE NIGHT

RHYME & SONG GAMES NIGHT

BLACK ‘N’ BLUES

FILM SCREENING: THE LIGHTHOUSE

On the second Tuesday of each month, the Whistler Public Library screens a hit movie, straight from Hollywood or fresh off the film festival circuit! > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

COMMUNITY

“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s longest-running karaoke night and belt out all your favourite hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. > 9 pm > Crystal Lounge

GARDEN PARTY ROYAL RUMBLE W COTM, AVERAGE GYPSY, & NADA DEVA

Welcome to the “The Ultimate Tropical Battle” between tech house and bass house! We are bringing in Rise & Shine Festival founders Average Gyspy & Astral Harvest Festival curators Nada Deva to hop in the COTM Rave Garden with us. Get your party shirt to the dry cleaners now and have it ready for this House Music Royal Rumble! > 9 pm > Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC)

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

SAFE SEASONAL WALKING ADULT AND TEEN SKATING

Whistler Skating Club offers an adult and teen skating program. Returning to skating or wanting to learn.

For more information or to register, call 604-935-PLAY (7529) or visit whistler.ca/recreation. > 6:30-7:30 pm > Meadow Park Sports Centre

Meet at the entrance to the Meadow Park Sports Centre.

Dress for weather and wear sturdy footwear. Walking poles optional. Join Sharon Denny, BCRPA fitness leader.

By donation support, WalkforAlzheimers. 250-208-4513. > 9-10:30 am & 2:30 - 3:30 pm > Meadow Park Sports Centre

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS NIGHT

Meet mental health professionals and learn about resources and information for youth and families in Whistler. > 7 pm > Myrtle Philip Community School

SPORTS

WE RUN WHISTLER: WEEKLY GROUP RUN

Group run for intermediate runners and above. We offer two distance options,~6 km and ~10 km. Check our Facebook page (facebook.com/groups/werunwhistler) for weekly updates. Visit werunwhistler.com to plan your winter of running. #werunwhistler rain or shine!

Headlamps are mandatory. Free. > 5:55 pm > Lululemon

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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

OUR BIG FAT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES: AN EVENING WITH STELLA HARVEY & CORNELIA HOOGLAND

Come have a free coffee or tea with the Whistler RCMP. A great opportunity to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know the officers in your neighbourhood. > 1-2 pm > Cranked Espresso Bar

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

INTERACT CLUB OF WHISTLER

Interact is a club for young people ages 12 to 18 who want to make a difference in their community.

Mentored by the Rotary Club of Whistler and Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium, the club includes students from Whistler Secondary School, Waldorf, Spring Creek and Myrtle Philip who want to join together to tackle the issues in their community they care most about. > 4-5 pm > Maury Young Whistler Youth Centre

MOUNTAIN SPIRIT WHISTLER TOASTMASTERS

Harvey and Hoogland, novelist and poet, are memoirists in the sense that their front-line reports are from deeply informed and passionate points of view. Two daughters of immigrants take long hard looks at what happens when families shift and relocate after displacement. > 7 pm > Whistler Public Library

MUSIC

Build communication, public speaking, and leadership skills with Mountain Spirit Whistler Toastmasters.

Everyone welcome. > 5:30-7 pm > Pan Pacific Mountain Side

DINO DINICOLO

> 3:30-5:30 & 8-11 pm > Mallard Lounge

MONTY BIGGINS LOCALS NIGHT

A Louisiana fairy tale from somewhere over in Rainbow.

With a voice that embodies 100 years of music, a finger style guitar rooted in the Delta, this local legend presents covers new and old in an Americana Roots Swing Style. Free. 604-966-5711. > 6-9 pm > Cure Lounge at Nita Lake Lodge

JAM NIGHT

Jam Night with Kostaman and friends every Wednesday night from 9 pm. > 9 pm > Black’s Pub & Restaurant

WILDIN’ OUT WEDNESDAYS FEATURING DJ GAINZ

He’s hot, he’s sicker than your average, Gainz comin’ through mixin’ tracks like a savage. No cover. > 10 pm-2 am > The Keg

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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

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

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF MARCH 5 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Progress rarely unfolds in a

glorious, ever-rising upward arc. The more usual pattern is gradual and uneven. Each modest ascent is followed by a phase of retrenchment and integration. In the bestcase scenario, the most recent ascent reaches a higher level than the previous ascent. By my estimate, you’re in one of those periods of retrenchment and integration right now, Aries. It’s understandable if you feel a bit unenthusiastic about it. But I’m here to tell you that it’s crucial to your next ascent. Let it work its subtle magic.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are most likely to be in sweet alignment with cosmic rhythms if you regard the next three weeks as a time of graduation. I encourage you to take inventory of the lessons you’ve been studying since your birthday in 2019. How have you done in your efforts to foster interesting, synergistic intimacy? Are you more passionately devoted to what you love? Have you responded brightly as life has pushed you to upgrade the vigour and rigour of your commitments? Just for fun, give yourself a grade for those “classes,” as well as any others that have been important. Then—again, just for fun—draw up a homemade diploma for yourself to commemorate and honour your work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you ready to seize a more proactive role in shaping what happens in the environments you share with cohorts? Do you have any interest in exerting leadership to enhance the well-being of the groups that are important to you? Now is an excellent time to take brave actions that will raise the spirits and boost the fortunes of allies whose fates are intermingled with yours. I hope you’ll be a role model for the art of pleasing oneself while being of service to others.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Lionel Trilling (1905–1975) was an influential intellectual and literary critic. One of his heroes was another influential intellectual and literary critic, Edmund Wilson. On one occasion, Trilling was using a urinal in a men’s room at the New School for Social Research in New York. Imagine how excited he was when Wilson, whom he had never met, arrived to use the urinal right next to his. Now imagine his further buoyancy when Wilson not only spoke to Trilling but also expressed familiarity with his work. I foresee similar luck or serendipity coming your way soon: seemingly unlikely encounters with interesting resources and happy accidents that inspire your self-confidence.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Poet Conee Berdera delivered a poignant message to her most valuable possession: the flesh and blood vehicle that serves as sanctuary for all her yearnings, powers, and actions. “My beloved body,” she writes, “I am so sorry I did not love you enough.”

Near the poem’s end she vows “to love and cherish” her body. I wish she would have been even more forceful, saying something like, “From now on, dear body, I promise to always know exactly what you need and give it to you with all my ingenuity and panache.” Would you consider making such a vow to your own most valuable possession, Leo? It’s a favourable time to do so.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Luckily, the turning point you have arrived at doesn’t present you with 20 different possible futures. You don’t have to choose from among a welter of paths headed in disparate directions. There are only a few viable options to study and think about. Still, I’d like to see you further narrow down the alternatives.

I hope you’ll use the process of elimination, as you get even clearer about what you don’t want. Let your fine mind gather a wealth of detailed information and objective evidence, then hand over the final decision to your intuition.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Certain artists are beyond my full comprehension. Maybe I’m not smart enough to understand their creations or I’m not deep enough to fathom why their work is considered important. For example, I don’t enjoy or admire the operas of Wagner or the art of Mark Rothko. Same with the music of Drake or

the novels of Raymond Carter or the art of Andy Warhol.

The problem is with me, not them. I don’t try to claim they’re overrated or mediocre. Now I urge you to do what I just did, Libra, only on a broader scale. Acknowledge that some of the people and ideas and art and situations you can’t appreciate are not necessarily faulty or wrong or inadequate. Their value may simply be impossible for you to recognize. It’s a perfect time for you to undertake this humble work. I suspect it will be liberating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Ralph Bakshi has made animated films and TV shows for over 60 years.

His work has been influential. “I’m the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world,” he says. Milder versions of his experience are not uncommon for many Scorpios. People are prone to copying you and borrowing from you and even stealing from you. They don’t always consciously know they’re doing it, and they may not offer you proper appreciation. I’m guessing that something like this phenomenon may be happening for you right now. My advice? First, be pleased about how much clout you’re wielding. Second, if anyone is borrowing from you without making the proper acknowledgment, speak up about it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Vainly I sought nourishment in shadows and errors,” wrote author Jorge Luis Borges. We have all been guilty of miscalculations like those. Each of us has sometimes put our faith in people and ideas that weren’t worthy of us. None of us is so wise that we always choose influences that provide the healthiest fuel. That’s the bad news, Sagittarius. The good news is that you now have excellent instincts about where to find the best long-term nourishment.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet Adrienne Rich wrote, “When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.” I believe this same assertion is true about people of all genders. I also suspect that right now you are in a particularly pivotal position to be a candid revealer: to enhance and refine everyone’s truth-telling by being a paragon of honesty yourself. To achieve the best results, I encourage you to think creatively about what exactly it means for you to tell the deep and entire truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Through some odd Aquarian-like quirk, astrologers have come to harbour the apparently paradoxical view that your sign is ruled by both Saturn and Uranus. At first glance, that’s crazy! Saturn is the planet of discipline, responsibility, conservatism, diligence, and order. Uranus is the planet of awakening, surprise, rebellion, barrier-breaking, and liberation. How can you Aquarians incorporate the energies of both? Well, that would require a lengthy explanation beyond the scope of this horoscope. But I will tell you this: During the rest of the year 2020, you will have more potential to successfully coordinate your inner Saturn and your inner Uranus than you have had in years. Homework: Meditate on how you will do just that.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In 1637, renowned English poet John Milton wrote “Lycidas,” a poetic elegy in honour of a friend. Reading it today, almost four centuries later, we are struck by how archaic and obscure the language is, with phrases like “O ye laurels” and “Ah! Who hath reft my dearest pledge?” A famous 20th-century Piscean poet named Robert Lowell was well-educated enough to understand Milton’s meaning, but also decided to “translate” all of “Lycidas” into plainspoken modern English. I’d love to see you engage in comparable activities during the coming weeks, Pisces: updating the past; reshaping and reinterpreting your old stories; revising the ways you talk about and think about key memories.

Homework: Don’t tolerate bullying from critical voices in your head or from supposedly “nice” people who are trying to guilt-trip you. FreeWillAstrology.com.

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YOUR QUALIFICATIONS • Minimum of 2-5 years of relevant experience in a similar position • Ability to work independently • Customer service orientated • Ability to adapt to company software/computer skills • Canadian citizen or permanent resident • Live in the Sea to Sky Corridor WHAT WE OFFER • Salary commencing at $22/hour • Comprehensive Group Insurance Plan & Group RRSP with employer contribution (min 24hrs/wk) • Paid Vacation time Submit your resume by e-mail: rstdenis@vikingfire.ca

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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.

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Senior Citizen Organizations - Is an advocacy group devoted to improving the quality of life for all seniors. Ernie Bayer 604-576-9734 or ecbayer2@gmail.com 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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Re-Build-It Centre - Daily 10:00am to 5:00pm. Accepting donations of furniture, quality used building supplies & new items. Deliveries and pickups available for $35. Call 604.932.1125, www.mywcss.org, rebuildit@mywss.org Regional Recycling - Recycle beverage containers (full deposit paid) electronics, appliances, batteries, Lightbulbs, drop-off times are 9am-5pm on Nesters Rd. Pick up service 604-932-3733 Re-Use-It - Daily 11:00am to 6:00pm, Donate all household goods in good shape. Accepting bottles & cans, old electronics, anything with a cord, and light fixtures for recycling. All proceeds to WCSS. Call 604.932.1121, www.mywcss.org, reuseit@mywcss.org.

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• Grade 6 Class Teacher • Outdoor Ed. Coordinator / P.E. Teacher - High School • P/T all grades subject teachers French, Fine Arts, P.E.

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FAMILY RESOURCES Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine immunizations & newly licensed vaccines for purchase, growth & development assessments & plenty of age appropriate resources avail. By appointment 604-932-3202 Camp Fund - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to attend camp. Call WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org 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.

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 Kids on the Move - Provides financial assistance to enable children of financially restricted families to participate in sport programs. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

Outreach Services - Free confidential support for adults and families experiencing challenges with mental health, food insecurity, housing insecurity, substance use, misuse or addiction, employment, eating disorders, violence in relationships, roommate conflict or homesickness. Contact our office at 604.932.0113 to speak with an outreach worker or visit www.mywcss.org.

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public Health Nurse. Every Mon 11am- 12:30pm at Pemberton Public Library.

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PART TIME SALES ASSOCIATE Applicants must be friendly, professional and enjoy multi-tasking. Duties include customer service and performing a variety of print jobs.

2-3 days per week.

Monday shift required other day(s) flexible Please apply in person to 1200 Alpha Lake Road in Function Junction or email resume to whistler@garibaldigraphics.com

Pemberton Strong Start Family DropIn- A play group for you and your under-5 child. Signal Hill Elementary, Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri, 9am-12pm. Thurs only 12pm3pm. Call 604-894- 6101 / 604-966- 8857 Whistler Public Library - Open MonThurs 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm. Music & Words, Mon 10am. Rhyme & Song, Tues 10:30am.

Parent & Infant drop-in, Thurs 11am.

Preschool Story Time, Fri 10:30am.

Singing with the babies, Sat 11am. Call 604-935-8433

SOCIAL SERVICES Access to Justice - Need legal advice but are financially restricted? Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 to find out more or visit www.mywcss.org.

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Counselling Assistance - WCSS subsidizes access to a private counsellor depending on financial need. Contact an outreach worker at 604.932.0113 or visit www.mywcss.org.

ESL Volunteer Tutor Program Volunteer one-to-one tutoring for new immigrants & Canadian citizens. For more information or to register, contact the Whistler Welcome Centre info@welcomewhistler.com or call 604.698.5960 Food Bank, Pemberton - Run by Sea to Sky Community Service. Open every second Monday. 604 894 6101 Food Bank Whistler - Located at 8000 Nesters Road, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For emergency food bags, please call 604.935.7717. www.mywcss.org/food-bank Healthy Pregnancy Outreach ProgramLearn how to prepare healthy affordable meals at this outreach program. Sea to Sky Community Services 604-894-6101 Support Counselling - For women regarding abuse & relationship issues. No charge. Call 604-894-6101 Meadow Park Rec Credit - If you are financially restricted, you may be eligible for a $131.20 municipal recreation credit.

Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker. www.mywcss.org.

North Shore Schizophrenia Society Services for family, friends & community.

Mental illness info, support & advocacy.

Call Chris Dickenson at 604-966-7334

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Delivery Driver Pique is looking for a delivery driver with a reliable vehicle to deliver Pique Newsmagazine in Whistler.

Delivery is on Thursday mornings.

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Please reply with name, phone number, and a resume to hrode@wplpmedia.com

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

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WHISTLER GETS IT

OUR BENEFITS • • • • •

AMAZING Team Member Travel Program Life & Leisure Program Health Benefits Gym and Pool Access

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Sea to Sky WorkBC Centre - Provides free one-stop employment services to job seekers and employers. Services available in Whistler, Squamish, Pemberton & Mt. Currie. For more information, call us: 1-800- 763-1681 or email: centre- squamish@workbc.ca

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Victim Services - Assists victims, witnesses, family members or friends directly affected by any criminal act or traumatic event. Call 604-905-1969 Whistler Community Services Society - Outreach Services Now Available Monday to Saturday at our new location - 8000 Nesters Road (next to WAG) 604.932.0113 www.mywcss.org Whistler for the Disabled - Provides info for people with disabilities on what to do & where to go. Visit www. whistlerforthedisabled.com Whistler Housing Authority - Long term rental & ownership housing for qualified Whistler employees . Visit www.whistlerhousing.ca Whistler Mental Health & Addiction Services - If you or someone you know needs help with a mental health issue or substance misuse or addiction problem, we can assist. Mon-Fri 830am-430pm.

604-698-6455 Whistler Multicultural Network Settlement information, social support and programs for newcomers and immigrants living/working in Whistler. 604-388-5511 www.whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Whistler Opt Healthy Sexuality Clinic - Professional sexual health services at a reduced cost. Free HIV testing. Clinics at Whistler Health Care Ctr, 2nd floor on Tues 4:30-7:30pm. Winter hours Thurs.

5:00pm-7:00pm. Confidentiality assured.

COORDINATOR, DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT Full Time, Year Round The Coordinator, Destination Development works with both the Destination Development (80%) and Market Development (20%) departments. This position supports the fulfillment of Tourism Whistler’s goals and objectives through maintaining administration needs to the departments, with a focus on building strong relationships with our clients and members.

ASSOCIATE, CONFERENCE SALES Full Time, Year Round The Associate, Conference Sales supports the fulfillment of Tourism Whistler’s goals and objectives through the building of relationships with our clients. Through the use of outstanding communication, interpersonal skills, a high level of enthusiasm and initiative, the Associate will deliver superior service to our clients with a strong passion for our industry and purpose.

We are also recruiting for: Specialist, Web Marketing & Sales (Full Time, Year Round), Travel Consultant (Full Time, Year Round).

To view our career opportunities, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR AND/ OR ABORIGINAL SUPPORTED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT WORKER The N’Quatqua First Nation is seeking a qualified Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker to fill a full-time position at N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre. The successful candidate will join our NCFDC team, the function of the Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker is to provide the extra staffing support to a child care center in order for children with extra support needs to fully participate in the child care settings chosen by their families. The Early Childhood and/or Support Worker works as a team member with child care setting staff and with all the children and families providing general support to the whole program to ensure effective inclusion of the children.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability in: • Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child.

• Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and staff.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, positive, professional, nonjudgmental attitude.

• Physically ability to carry out the duties of the position.

• Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports community, inclusion and is culturally significant for young Aboriginal children • Understanding and working knowledge of Child Care Licensing regulations • Interpersonal, written, oral communication skills and maintaining positive communication with parents • Collaborating with community service providers, Self-directed and able to initiate and complete projects In addition, the Early Childhood Educator and/or Aboriginal Supported Child Development Support Worker will have: • A minimum of 2 years work experience in a child care setting • Valid Early Childhood Education Certificate, Special Needs License to Practice or going to school to take Early Childhood Educator and/or special needs.

• Special Needs certificate or relevant experience preferred • Clear Criminal Records Check & Current First Aid • Food Safe, or willingness to obtain • Some knowledge of curriculum and philosophies in First Nations Early Childhood settings Terms of Employment: • Full-time Permanent, Monday to Friday hours to be determined • Start Date: As soon as possible • Wage: (negotiable depending on experience) Cover Letter & Resume to: Title: Lisa Sambo, Manager Agency: N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre Email: lisa.sambo@nquatqua.ca Fax: 604-452-3295/3280 Deadline: until position is filled We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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Experienced Bookkeeper Creekside We are a growing company with assets in real estate, retail and F&B where there is plenty of opportunity to expand your responsibilities.

We work in a team environment where dedication and self-motivation is highly valued.

BENEFITS - Competitive wage that is commensurate with experience.

- Possibility for staff housing.

- Full time, flexible working hours.

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SPECIALIST, WEB MARKETING & SALES Full Time, Year Round The Specialist, Web Marketing & Sales monitors, audits and updates the Whistler.com website to support the execution of Whistler.com’s goals and objectives. As the champion of the sales pages of Whistler.com, the Specialist collaborates with Tourism Whistler’s Marketing teams to ensure the right message hits the right consumer at the right time.

TRAVEL CONSULTANT Full Time, Year Round Travel Consultants have a passion for ensuring that guests have the best possible vacation experience in Whistler. The main goal of Travel Consultants is to sell an entire Whistler vacation package, including accommodations, activities and transportation to guests worldwide.

We are also recruiting for: Associate, Conference Sales (Full Time, Year Round), Coordinator, Destination Development (Full Time, Year Round).

To view our career opportunities, and to apply, visit us online at: whistler.com/careers.

SOCIAL SERVICES Whistler Women's Centre - Provides confidential support, resources, referrals and advocacy for women living in the Sea to Sky corridor. All services are free of charge and include access to emergency safe housing, child/youth counselling, play space and computer access. Drop-In Centre open Mon 12-230, Tue-Thu 12-5.

1519 Spring Creek Drive. You can also access our services at the Whistler Public Library on Mondays from 3-6 p.m. www.hswc.ca or call (604)962- 8711.

24 HR Crisis Line: 1-877-890- 5711

SUPPORT GROUPS Are you troubled by someone's drinking?

Al-Anon can help.

Al-Anon meeting, multi-purpose room, 2nd floor, Whistler Health Care Centre, Wednesdays, 5:30 pm. 604.688.1716 Are you troubled by someone's drinking? Al-Anon is for you! Pemberton satellite group to Whistler Al-Anon meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at St Francis Catholic Church, 1360 Pemberton Farm Rd. Pemberton, BC 6:00-8:00pm.

Call 604-688-1716 Birth, Baby and Beyond - Join a registered counsellor and meet other moms with the opportunity to ask questions and share experiences in a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental setting. Call 604.932.0113 for more information or visit www.mywcss.org.

Concussion Support Group - WCSS is offering a recurring 8 week program to support people living with persistent postconcussion symptoms. Contact WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak with an outreach worker about upcoming sessions or visit www.mywcss.org.

Epilepsy Support Group- For individuals & families seeking guidance or support.

Contact eswhistler@gmail.com Immigrant Peer Educators - Immigrants providing support and information for those who may be experiencing challenges adjusting to a new culture. 604-388-5511 info@whistlermulticulturalnetwork.com Pregnancy and Infant Loss - Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this program is designed for couples and individuals who have experienced loss of a child, either before or after birth. Please call WCSS at 604.932.0113 and speak to an outreach worker for more information or visit www.mywcss.org.

SMART Recovery Whistler (SelfManagement and Recovery Training) A Cognitive-Behavioural group for individuals with substance abuse con- cerns.

Drop-in: Registration is not necessary.

Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm Whistler Health Centre (2nd floor-group room) Whistler Alcoholics Anonymous: 12-step support group for men and women who want to stop drinking or are recovering from alcoholism. Evening meetings are held 8:00pm Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays and 7:00pm Monday. Whistler Medical Center, 4380 Lorimer Road, 2nd Floor multiple purpose room; 604- 905-5489, https:// www.bcyukonaa.org

RELIGION Jesus Rock Of Ages Ministry- A bible based church that holds services at Millennium Place's main floor theatre at 4:30pm. www.jesusrockofages.com Roman Catholic Church- Come celebrate Mass at Our Lady of the Mountains, Whistler on Saturday 5pm, Sunday 9am, and Tuesday through Friday at 7pm. St. Francis of Assisi, Pemberton on Sunday, 12:30pm and Friday 9am.

St. Christopher's, Mt. Currie on Sunday, 11am and Thursday, 11am. 604-905-4781

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Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday: 4-6 PM Whistler Church- Join us for worship and fellowship around Jesus. Sunday 10 am at Myrtle Philip Community School, 6195 Lorimer Rd. Nursery, Sunday School to gr.

6, Youth gr. 7 and up. Call Pastor Jon 604-798-3861 / Kelvin 204-249-0700 or www.whistlerchurch.ca

FUR & FEATHERS Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more about coexisting with bears. To report a conflict, garbage or attractant issue call 604-905-BEAR (2327) www.bearsmart.com Pemberton Wildlife Association Advocates for the conservation of fish, wildlife & wilderness recreation. Also offering target shooting & archery facilities. www.pembertonwildlifeassociation.com WAG - Whistler Animals Galore - A shelter for lost, unwanted, and homeless cats and dogs. Let us help you find your purrfect match...adopt a shelter animal!

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Contact shaesta.rajabali@phsa.ca to learn more Whistler Personnel Solutions Free Career Guidance! PT/FT/Temp 604-905-4194 www.whistler-jobs.com

Whistler Resort Cabs will assist the right candidates in acquiring their Class 4 License.

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General handyperson skills are necessary (plumbing, painting, drywall repairs) Must have a high level of attention to detail Proven self-motivation, ability to work well with minimum supervision Must be team oriented with strong communication and interpersonal skills Previous maintenance experience in a hotel environment preferred.

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The Whistler Golf Club is hiring a summer seasonal, Senior Guest Services Administrator. The Administrator is responsible for the daily bookings of golf related programs and tee times via incoming calls, email and online chat. The Administrator also supports the Sales Specialist and Golf Managers with projects as needed.

Our ideal candidate has passion and knowledge of the golf industry, and a high level of customer service experience and enthusiasm.

To apply for this position, please email Luc Binette at: luc@whistlergolf.com.

The Whistler Golf Club is also hiring for other seasonal positions within: Maintenance, Guest Services and Food & Beverage.

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Looking forward is the future PRIOR TO widespread European exploration and well before the great land grab, it is estimated the size of the North American bison—buffalo—population may have been anywhere from 30 to 50 million animals. Fewer than 100 were alive by the late 1880s.

They were killed for food, profit and, well, fun. Compared to shooting buffalo on the vast prairies of the continent in the early 19th century, shooting fish in a barrel was challenging—not that I’m aware anyone ever did that—but the clichés must have come from somewhere. They were big, slow and plentiful. And as was the case with forests, it seemed as though they would always be plentiful, inexhaustible.

BY G.D. MAXWELL So it’s with a certain irony four of the 33 Conservative MPs from Alberta chose that name for their eponymous declaration, their call to Western arms, the Buffalo Declaration. And the irony is not lost that only those four have signed it.

Of course, the name has little to do with the animal. Buffalo was the name given to the vast territory of Western Canada— known as the North-West Territories—by its first premier, Sir Frederick Haultain. The expanse included what is now Alberta and Saskatchewan and was purchased by the Canadian government from the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1868.

Sir Fred tried to convince the easterners—now pejoratively referred to as the Laurentian Elite—to grant provincial status to the entire tract and create the outsized province to be known as Buffalo.

Seriously. According to the Declaration’s authors, the federal government feared creating a single, vast province would tip the balance of power west, something the old boys of Quebec and Ontario just wouldn’t have. And so, in 1905, Alberta became its own province within Confederation.

The authors lay out exhaustive arguments outlining what a raw deal Alberta got then and continue to suffer from to this day. Layering on more irony, they see the solutions lying along the same path as Quebec. They want the federal government to, among other things: recognize Alberta as a culturally distinct region; acknowledge the province is not an equal partner in Confederation; balance representation in Parliament to safeguard Alberta’s interests; change equalization payments; constitutionally entrench resource projects as the sole domain of the provinces; and, in the Beating a Dead Horse department, acknowledge the devastation the National Energy Program causes Albertans.

They call for actions requiring—and this is an abbreviated list—a magic wand to fundamentally alter decisions made by other nations, notably China, and suspend the laws of supply and demand, to wit:

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restore investment stability in Alberta’s energy sector; make a plan to reverse international agricultural trade restrictions; protect infrastructure to get access to global markets; exempt agriculture from carbon pricing; ensure greater access for Westernbased journalists to the Parliamentary Press Gallery. No, I’m not making that last one up and I’m not sure whether it includes the bogus “journalists” employed by Thumper Kenney’s War Room who have made short work of proving what a laughing stock that idea was.

They end their screed by threatening, “One way or another, Albertans will have equality.”

Naturally, as begets any adolescent temper tantrum, the declarers—and for that matter the province’s political leaders—blame everyone but themselves for the woeful situation in which they find themselves.

They hold Justin Trudeau personally responsible for Teck pulling the plug on their pie-in-the-sky Frontier project. The CEO of Teck, on the other hand, cited a number of reasons for driving a stake into the heart of Frontier: world oil prices that show no sign of dramatically increasing and leave the project economically unviable; a glut of supply of world oil; lack of pipeline capacity for Canadian bitumen; an increasing focus on climate change by people across the country, the world and, most disturbingly, global investors.

Apropos of that, Norway’s wealth fund—a

US$1-trillion investment fund the country enjoys because it hasn’t given away its oil the way Alberta has—announced this week it was on the verge of pulling investments from four yet-to-be-named projects that fail to meet new, more restrictive GHG emissions criteria. The threat is not insignificant; the fund holds around 1.5 per cent of the world’s listed shares.

Now it seems like any reasonably astute political leader would, in this day and age, be looking to the future and cobbling together a plan to, well, lead their province, nation, company, town, etc., toward a better tomorrow. That being said, Thumper has doubled down on portraying Alberta as a victim and bemoaning a glorious past fading into distant obscurity. His vision is defined by what has been, not what might be, and he pins his populist rant on making Alberta great again. Or grating. Whatever.

In his recent budget, Thumper continues to double down on whatever his crystal ball tells him will be the future of oil prices.

There is no contingency to deal with the vagaries of world oil prices and an almost blind belief that what’s been happening for the past half decade will somehow return to “normal.” Budget cuts, falling largely on a bloated provincial payroll, social services, healthcare and education, will allow the province to muddle through to the next boom. And if history is any indication, if that boom ever happens, whomever is in power will manage to piss its largesse away, leaving the piggy bank as empty as the

laughably pilfered Heritage Fund.

Thumper’s cast of villains—the Canadian government, B.C., Quebec, urban green elites, Blackrock, banks, funds and other investors abandoning fossil fuel companies—bring to mind that deranged adolescent currently occupying the White House who is blaming the Democrats and illegal immigrants for COVID-19. To give him credit, though, at least Thumper doesn’t see it as a nefarious plot to make him look bad personally...just hobble the entire province of Alberta.

Fortunately, though, a number of Albertans who seem to have reached a higher state of maturity aren’t buying it.

They might be the “downtown elites” the UPC eschew but they envision the power and creativity, the entrepreneurship the province’s young workforce might harness to lead the province toward a future not entirely reliant on tarsands projects and pipelines in the sky.

They might not be ready to suggest Alberta implement a sales tax, like the rest of Canadian provinces, but they support and draw encouragement from initiatives like BHE Canada’s $200-million Rattlesnake Ridge wind farm.

The future belongs to those who look forward, not those who wallow in the grudges of the past. I’d rather be led forward by someone who stumbles—OK, who shoots himself in both feet—than backward by someone clinging hopelessly to the fading, fading past. n

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