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COVID IS TEMPORARY; CLIMATE CHANGE IS INEVITABLE Whistler’s environmental advocates find opportunity in crisis
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ACCESS DENIED
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SPEAKING OUT
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ROCK ON Cary Campbell Lopes takes the lowly rock and makes it something special
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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE
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COVID-19 and climate Whistler’s environmental advocates find opportunity in crisis. - By Braden Dupuis
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter writers this week
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HAPPY HEART
Whistler runner Elizabeth Boylan, just over a
offer some advice to help kids in pandemic times and ponder whether there was a better
year removed from open-heart surgery, qualified for the New York City Marathon as part
way to deal with COVID-19.
of Team Heart & Stroke.
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The way forward WHILE WE HAVE yet to see how Phase 2 of B.C.’s post-COVID-19 re-opening plan will impact the number of people who come down with the virus, we have been given a glimpse of what lies in store for tourism. There is pent-up demand for getaways from B.C. residents, but there is also concern from destination resorts about how to handle the visitors. It’s not as simple as “wash your hands and cover your nose and mouth if you sneeze” when it comes to planning for and catering to tourists. And for their part, while many visitors might want to enjoy the Valley Trail or other hikes and walks in nature, they might be uncertain about booking an adventure outing or enjoying lunch on a patio.
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This “new normal” for tourism is going to take time to adapt to and provide enough income for those associated with the sector to stay in business. Here in Whistler, it is likely that we will also face the complication of staffing shortages, with many of our seasonal workers
in tourism revenue each year, and the current downturn is forecasted to result in a loss of $550 million by this month, for example. Canada’s travel and tourism industry is a $102-billion sector, accounting for 2.1 per cent of the country’s GDP. One out of every 11 jobs in Canada is directly involved with travellers, and the sector employs 1.8 million workers across the country, split between travel services, accommodation, recreation, entertainment, transportation, and food and beverage industries. Prior to the pandemic, Canada welcomed more than 57,000 international overnight visitors to the country every day. In a recent report prepared for Destination Canada (a federal Crown agency that markets Canada internationally) on the impact of the pandemic on domestic Canadian travel, Tourism Economics found that traveller spending could fall anywhere from $54.9 billion to $34.8 billion in 2020, representing drops of 33 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively. Since COVID-19-related shutdowns began, tourism employment has decreased by 881,700, or 43.3 per cent (to the end of April). These are sobering numbers, which have not improved in May, and are made all the more grave considering that 2019 marked the third year in a row of recordbreaking visitation to Canada. While we
“A lot of people who have lost their jobs are in the tourism sector right now and the entire idea right now is to save the summer, but to save the summer differently.” - MELANIE JOLY
gone and, so far, few arriving to replace them. Over the last several days, government officials took advantage of Tourism Week (May 24 to 31) to announce aid for the sector as it has become abundantly clear over the last few months that tourism is in its own stratosphere when it comes to the fallout of COVID-19. Federal tourism minister Melanie Joly said last month that Chinese tourists visiting Canada accounts for an average of $2 billion
welcomed visitors from all over the world last year, nearly 15 million Americans visited Canada—the sixth consecutive year of growth since 2014 and the highest level since 2004. With B.C.’s premier John Horgan in sync with the federal decision to keep borders closed to travellers, there is no way we will see anything like this number of U.S. visitors. Indeed, even when the border does open, American travellers will likely be very cautious about making international
holiday plans (on the other hand, maybe they will be fleeing America!). This weekend, the federal government recognized the climb tourism is facing in recovery, fully turning the focus within our own borders. Marketing money from Ottawa, about $30 million, is being re-directed away from international to Canada-first marketing campaigns through Destination Canada—it is the first time the Crown agency has provided funding for domestic marketing. “A lot of people who have lost their jobs are in the tourism sector right now and the entire idea right now is to save the summer, but to save the summer differently,” Joly told The Canadian Press in a May 31 interview. “There’s an entire movement across the country to shop locally. We see that people want to discover or support even more their local businesses … Well, I would add to that a new movement: visit local. And rediscover your beautiful city and your region.” Last week, leaders from across Canada’s tourism industry announced the creation of a new roundtable while calling for talks with the government around the easing of travel restrictions and mandatory quarantines to prevent long-term damage to the sector, and sending a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlining their concerns. “We propose to work closely with the federal government to responsibly take the necessary steps, including additional biosecurity measures if appropriate, to ensure that the upcoming summer travel season is not entirely lost,” the letter reads. “The highly restrictive measures in place today are not sustainable. Like the government, we want to avoid a second wave of the virus and are certain reasonable measures can be taken to help mitigate risk.” Whistler, as a one-industry town, is at the epicentre of the trauma tourism has faced from COVID-19. It goes without saying that we don’t want to be the centre of a virus outbreak, but with the continuing strong leadership from those at Tourism Whistler and our businesses through the Chamber of Commerce, we can successfully welcome guests this summer and keep our community safe and supported as well. n
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Parenting in a pandemic: Tools from a child therapist Jimmy Fallon joked earlier in this pandemic that the Olympics were cancelled and the medals were given to the parents stuck at home 24/7 with young children. As a psychotherapist with a specialization in early childhood mental health, I’d like to share a few pandemicspecific tools for parents (in addition to their well-deserved medals). COMMUNICATION: Generally speaking, don’t let young children watch the news. Even if your family is doing well, this kind of exposure can cause increased anxiety, or worse yet, secondary trauma. Kids should get their “news” from their families and other trusted folks. The best strategy is to answer their questions with developmentally appropriate language without elaboration. Kids will ask more questions when they’ve assimilated that information and are ready for more. It’s a helpful model to speak about the pandemic appropriately in front of them without hiding those adult conversations. Truly the most frightening thing for children is that which the adults are unwilling to talk about. MR. ROGERS: Take a page from Fred Rogers and introduce kids to the helpers in the neighbourhood. Show them a photo of [Provincial Health Officer] Dr. Bonnie [Henry] or drive them by the med centre at 7 p.m. for thankful honking and equip them with bells/ horns/pots (dependent on your headache level at that time of day). Point out the Pique giving us helpful news, the grocers making sure we have all the food our tummies need, or the scientists working on a vaccine. POSITIVITY: Young children are generally jolly souls, but this has been going on for a long time now. If we feel that way as adults, imagine what nearly three months feels like when considered in proportion to a life that is only five or six years in total duration (less than half of which is remembered). F-O-R-E-V-E-R. Help them to envision a positive outcome by drawing pictures of what things will be like when this is over (or at least better)—skiing, family camping, watching a movie with friends
at the theatre, travelling to Paris. Take this vision as a starting point and help their little minds be flexible by thinking of pandemic-friendly alternatives that they could do now (i.e. set up a tent in the backyard, make popcorn and have movie night in a dark den, play shadow tag with friends, or make crêpes while wearing berets). REGULATION THROUGH FAMILY BREATHING:
Practice this self-regulation exercise as a family when everyone is calm and it will pay dividends when things fall apart during the witching hour (5 p.m., anyone?). Inhale, allowing the
crisis centre. And don’t forget to breathe! (Just not within two metres of anyone else.) Kristie Baber, MSW, LICSW, CCTP // Whistler
Vail Resorts can learn from Whistler youth It has been encouraging to see Whistler youth step up where Whistler adults still fear to tread, in both the Black Lives Matter rally recently and the past climate change rally. What remains to be seen is exactly how much this will galvanize their parents and community… or alternatively result [in condescending behaviour from others
“Take a page from Fred Rogers and introduce kids to the helpers in the neighbourhood.” - KRISTIE BABER
A sweet day in Rainbow On behalf of the kids of Rainbow, we’d like to give a huge thank you to Scott Grieve from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. Scott generously donated 60 candy apples to our neighbourhood, with 100 per cent of the proceeds raised from the sale of the apples going to the Whistler Food Bank. We raised $376 and sold out in minutes. Thanks to everyone who came out, it was so nice to see all the kids smiling when they got their candy apples! Ella Winter, age 9 // Whistler
COVID-19: Did we do this all wrong?
breath to linger in places of tension, and then prolong the exhale breathing out twice as long as the inhale. It sounds simplistic, but the neuroscience is no joke. After seven or eight breaths, you’ll feel a difference as the release of oxytocin and serotonin balances out the cortisol (stress hormone). Reach out if you feel as though you need some additional support from a local therapist, the Whistler Community Services Society, or the
and being ostracized for] even trying. One way to find out: Vail Resorts, the most powerful and influential employer in the Sea to Sky corridor has yet to publicly, actively and deliberately disavow the Republican Party of the United States, arguably the single most obstructive force in the world today against progress in both climate change and racial equality. Not only is the company silent, it financially contributes to the Republican Party,
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in stark contradiction to its stated beliefs. Vail Resorts is not alone, of course. Facebook is also mangling logic and reason in a similar amoral supplication to the Trump Republicans, yet there at least there are some indications of a grumbling discontent within the actual culture and employees of Facebook. The thin tenuous leadership of Twitter on this front is in the balance. Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg threw his considerable weight in with Twitter. Imagine if Vail Resorts threw their considerable weight in with Aspen Snowmass. Is snow sport culture capable of anything remotely similar to even the vague grubbing of Facebook culture? Now is a good time to find out. Or as Vail Resorts does with Jeremy Jones and POW, the adults will be content to let a handful of children lead where they simply won’t rather than can’t. Bruce Kay // Powell River
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We shut down the world and disembowelled the global economy. Was it really necessary? Was there another way? The damage done will be felt for generations, not just financially but socially. We have just mortgaged the future of Canada and permanently disrupted the rhythms of normal and healthy human interactions. What just happened? World leaders pressured by fear: Fear of not looking decisive; fear of not being seen to be strong. For most political leaders, it became impossible to go against the tide of global lockdowns. At the request of our elected officials nationally and provincially, we have reacted in a way that could only have been justified if many people we all know had been struck down by this virus and fallen seriously ill. But that is simply not the reality we are in.
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Our political system and global connectedness has created a “group think” mentality, a herd instinct where we behave like lemmings which is defined as: “act in a silly way, without thinking, and in large numbers, though it may be stupid.” Every country had unique circumstances that required unique responses. Interestingly, over the winter in Whistler, a lot of people were hit with nasty colds and flu. If a virus emanated from China, it would be logical to assume that B.C. would be an early “hot spot” given our close ties to that country. In the winter of 2019-20 up until March, YVR received around 100 flights a week from
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Governments will continue to tell us that, “we did the right thing by all pulling together,” but they will never admit that maybe they got it wrong. The one thing this pandemic has exposed is the mismanagement and under-funding of many of the “for-profit” privately run, longterm elderly care homes, not just in Canada, but also all over the world. This is the true tragedy that will emerge from this whole episode. The owners and operators of [some of] these homes have failed their caregivers, their elderly residents and their families on every level during this crisis. The correct course of action was to isolate
“The correct course of action was to isolate and protect only the most vulnerable parts of the population, while the rest of us kept the economy operating as normal.” - ROWNDELL TATE
China. All this leads me to believe that COVID19 probably swept through Whistler and most of Vancouver’s population long before March, but with many young, healthy people being asymptomatic, it went undetected as part of the normal flu season. What we have seen in March and April was the more isolated and vulnerable segments of our population, the elderly, the sick, those in care homes (where over 80 per cent of COVID19 deaths have occurred) finally being exposed and succumbing to the virus. That was possibly the end, not the beginning? Don’t get me wrong, the tragedy of this is real and the impact on the families affected will last forever, but that is the case with any death whatever the cause. For a handful of deaths that might have been avoided, we have shuttered the entire B.C. economy, destroyed thousands of small businesses, created immeasurable social and mental anxiety and piled debt onto future generations. We have financially handicapped ourselves with a deficit that will take a generation to pay off. Higher taxes are in our future for a very long time.
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and protect only the most vulnerable parts of the population, while the rest of us kept the economy operating as normal. Our healthcare workers would have still been on the front lines working tirelessly to help those afflicted by the virus, but the vast majority of the working population, as well as universities, schools and daycares could have continued with a routine that was at least close to normal for the past eight weeks. The onus would have been on the most “at risk” to do the right thing and protect themselves and other elderly people they might live with. There was no avoiding the tragic deaths that would result from this virus, but how much did we really reduce the death toll through the lockdown? More importantly, what longer-term mental, social and financial damage have we done to the entire rest of the population, the other 99.8 per cent that did not get sick or test positive? Ironically, our collective response has made us all victims of this virus. There was another way. Rowndell Tate // Vancouver and Whistler ■
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Showing up is only the first step LAST MONTH, Pique shared the story of a cyclist yelling at one of Whistler’s earliest Japanese families to “go back to China” as he pedalled by on the Village Stroll. The response online followed what has become a predictable pattern: anger, feigned shock, and vows that it doesn’t reflect what our community is really about. These are
BY BRANDON BARRETT all natural reactions to such a blatant act of cowardice—but taken on their own, they don’t really amount to much more than a signalling of what side you stand on. Many of us are guilty of it to some degree; just yesterday, I posted a link to Black Lives Matter urging others to donate what they could afford, as I did. Now, is my minor contribution and public show of support going to reverse the tide of centuries of systemic oppression? Of course not. But did it give me a small sense of relief that I did something in the face of such a complex, multifaceted issue? Sure. But let’s face it: Being against racism in 2020 is the absolute bare minimum of basic human decency; it’s not really a brave stance to take—especially if it’s relegated to social media—and ultimately rings hollow if
not followed up with some form of action. So what exactly does that next step look like? For many of us feeling hopeless this weekend watching clip after clip of police south of the border violently tamping down protesters, of peaceful citizens being fired upon by the National Guard for the crime of standing on their front stoop, of my fellow journalists being brutalized and arrested for performing their civic responsibility, it’s tough to know the answer to this question. (Before you scream “But what about the looters!”—
you generation after generation?) I’m not going to pretend like I have some sort of magic Tolerance 101 playbook, because the reality is the onus lies on us to identify how and where to step up, based on our individual circumstances. I do know that, coupled with collective action like the rallies we’re seeing sprout up across North America, it also requires a more personal sacrifice. After all, you can’t say you’re against a system of oppression if you are unwilling to reckon with your position within it. More importantly,
I think a good place to start is being willing to have the kind of uncomfortable conversations about race we’ve been reluctant to have for far too long. there will always be opportunists of all stripes whenever society descends into chaos, and they don’t necessarily reflect all the other peaceful protesters demanding change, just as Michiganders rushing state buildings armed with assault rifles because they want to get their hair cut again doesn’t necessarily reflect all white people. And, while I’m not justifying those protesters that have resorted to violence, wouldn’t you be mad, too, if you had to keep watching Black Americans needlessly die at the hands of those that are sworn to protect
we have to be willing to risk that position in order to amplify the voices of those without the same privileges we enjoy. I think a good place to start is being willing to have the kind of uncomfortable conversations about race we’ve been reluctant to have for far too long. There is a tendency among some white Canadians, whether due to our penchant for politeness, our inherent guilt at Canada’s long history of racism that far too often gets swept under the rug, or both, to avoid wading into these
discussions for fear of saying the wrong thing. I would argue caring more about the optics of a dialogue that’s desperately needed than the actual issue you’re supposed to be addressing is sort of missing the point. You’re going to mess up. You’re not always going to say the perfect thing. But a willingness to learn and work through these complicated issues is the absolute least we can do. The reality is we all have biases, and, at least from an evolutionary standpoint, they can be useful: biases help us to make quick associations in a world that is often overwhelming. But we no longer live in the kind of tribalistic society that requires these split-second judgements. So simply having these biases does not make you a bad person; it’s the weight you attach to them. You have to be open to someone challenging your assumptions. Ultimately, we can’t address these biases until we can acknowledge they exist, and that can only come through a commitment to educating yourself, and, crucially, a willingness to at least try to understand the totality of someone else’s experience, even and especially if that experience differs greatly from our own. So I applaud those who have showed up to fight racism and inequality in whatever shape that takes, but we must remember that showing up is only the first step. If you really want to be an ally, now is when the real work begins—so keep going. ■
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Ski groups voice ‘disappointment’ over lack of glacier access DECISION PUTS CANADIAN ATHLETES AT A DISADVANTAGE, GROUPS SAY
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THE CYCLE of COVID-19 cancellations continues, news on June 1 that Whistler Blackcomb (WB) will not be allowing glacier skiing or riding this summer wasn’t entirely unexpected—but that didn’t take the sting off the disappointment. “Devastating, all around, but I guess I can’t say I’m totally surprised,” said John Smart, director of Momentum Ski Camps, when asked for his reaction. Momentum was gearing up for its 29th summer running freestyle, skiing, big mountain and snowboard camps on Blackcomb’s Horstman Glacier when the news came down. “We’ve been running for 29 years, every single year … we’re not used to having a year off,” Smart said with a laugh. “This is a totally different world, and we’re not used to telling these guys they can’t come to camp and go skiing. It’s a tough one.” While COVID-19 restrictions meant Momentum’s international clientele—who make up about 70 per cent of the 800 or Whistler Blackcomb’s decision not to allow glacier skiing or riding this summer puts athletes at a disadvantage, groups say.
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so athletes the company welcomes each year—were effectively shut off from the resort, Smart said the summer could still have been viable based on demand from Canadians alone. “We started to realize that everyone in Canada was so desperate to ski, because they missed out on the spring training, that we had buy-in from every single team, and calls from them saying, ‘hey, we really need you guys to be up and running because you’re our only option right now,’” Smart said. “And then the decision came down … it was crushing on us.” The news was dropped in an email to WB staff on June 1, in which WB chief operating officer Geoff Buchheister announced there would be no glacier skiing or riding this summer due to COVID-19. “I know many of you, along with some of the biggest names in our sport, have fond memories of participating in summer glacier camps,” Buchheister said. “I am disappointed we are unable to offer glacier skiing and riding this summer. I do not take the decision lightly and understand the impact it will have on the businesses who operate camps on the glacier, but, first and foremost, our priority has to be on planning for a safe summer operation.” Glacier access “adds a layer of complexity over an already complex situation,” he added. “By narrowing our focus to our summer
operation, we can ensure that our team is preparing a plan that is careful, measured and realistic, while in keeping with provincial health guidelines,” he said. “We need to get it right for the sustainability of our business and community. I’ll have more to share on that summer plan in the coming weeks, along with an opening date.” The decision from Vail Resorts is disappointing on a number of levels, said Josh Dueck, executive director of Freestyle BC, which works with national and provincial athletes on the glacier. “This is one of our last opportunities to create a really positive technical training for both alpine and freestyle to be competitive on a world stage, and without our athletes being able to travel internationally to find snow—and now that our last bit of snow has been shut down, or is not opening up—that puts Canada at a real disadvantage globally,” Dueck said, adding that the glacier is also typically used by 25 or so of the province’s best skiers for summer training. “It totally compromises their opportunity to stay competitive across the country, and earn those spots on the national team which they’re working for … it puts us back.” On a local level, the Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) has a long history of using the glacier, and depends on it for a form of income and employment for coaches, Dueck
said (though he was not speaking on behalf of the club; an interview request to the WMSC was not returned before Pique’s deadline). “And then I suppose the fourth level of disappointment is simply the human factor,” he said. “I would have loved to have seen this opportunity for all kids, and adults really, to have some fresh air and a new perspective on top of the mountain, if you will, during these trying times.” As for the longer-term impacts COVID-19 will have on high-level skiing and boarding in B.C., “nobody knows,” Dueck said. “We’re all sharing in that—what will the next couple of years really look like in the ecosystem of sport right now—and I don’t know. I don’t even want to speculate,” he said. “Now we’ve just got to be creative. We haven’t lost hope. We’re certainly looking at other opportunities to provide some technical training for our athletes and really engage them in different ways.” For Smart, the off year is an opportunity to fine-tune Momentum’s automated registration and digital marketing while preparing for what’s sure to be a big year in 2021. “You never know the impact on you until it’s taken away … then you start to realize, ‘Holy crap, do we ever have a cool product up there,’” Smart said. “And that almost drives us more, because the feedback from everyone has been, ‘Man, 2021 is going to be a big one.’”n
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Sea to Sky teenagers organize Whistler anti-racism rally ‘WE REALLY ALL JUST NEED TO BREAK THE SILENCE,’ SAYS FIRST NATIONS ORGANIZER
BY BRANDON BARRETT FOR 15-YEAR-OLD Charlize Littlelight, the discrimination she’s experienced growing up as a First Nations woman in the Sea to Sky hasn’t taken the form of the kind of overt, blatant acts of racism we often see splashed on the news. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t affected her. “I’ve never really experienced anything too crazy but it’s definitely something that I feel and I think about a lot every day,” said Littlelight, who is part Lil’wat and part Tsuut’ina. “I have a pretty supportive community, but just growing up in my generation, there were so many jokes and stereotypes. It’s definitely something I face on a daily [basis]. It just becomes a normal thing and people tell you how to laugh it off and they weren’t serious about it. At the end of the day, it’s all I think about and it’s in my head. It’s not a good feeling. It just makes you feel so small.” A Grade 10 student at Pemberton Secondary School, Littlelight was one of four local teens—alongside Kaiya Nixon, Jaya Guibert and Danika Boucher, who first has the idea to hold the rally—who organized the June 1 Whistler rally in memory of George Floyd, whose death
2007 and 2017 were Indigenous, according to a police document obtained last year by The Globe and Mail. And despite only representing 4.9 per cent of the country’s population, Indigenous people make up more than 30 per cent of all inmates in Canadian prisons. Ashley Knapton, 15, said she was initially hesitant to attend the rally, given she is the daughter of Whistler RCMP Sgt. Rob Knapton—but eventually changed her mind. “I was a little bit worried about that and what people would think … but I know my dad and I know he would never be that type of police [officer]. I know he’s there to help, so I pushed it aside and thought, ‘It’s not going to change what I want to help with.’ I can still do what’s right and try to make a difference.” Having a First Nations voice at the rally was essential, said 16-year-old Nixon— especially with Whistler’s population being predominantly white. “We need to show that we’ll use our voices to speak up for people of colour,” she said. “I think there’s a certain responsibility that comes with white privilege. White privilege can go so far, and people will sometimes listen to us more than black people, so why not use that voice? It’s our responsibility to speak up.”
“We need to show that we’ll use our voices to speak up for people of colour.” - KAIYA NIXON
at the hands of Minneapolis police last week has sparked protests across North America, and other victims of racism and police brutality. Littlelight was also one of several people who addressed the roughly 150 attendees gathered at Olympic Plaza on Monday afternoon. “It’s just important that First Nations people can talk,” she added. “We can relate to the same issues, it’s just not a lot of it is out there. We’re very quiet on it and it’s very buried underneath everything. It’s very deep and it’s not portrayed by the public or anything, so I just wanted to speak on that because we do face similar experiences with police brutality.” More than one-third of the people shot to death by RCMP officers between
According to the 2016 census, 11.4 per cent of Whistler’s population is made up of visible minorities, below both the Canadian (22.3 per cent) and British Columbian (30.3 per cent) rates. For Whistlerites looking to be allies in the fight against racism, Littlelight had a simple piece of advice: educate yourself. “You need to look at other people’s views and read other things that are made by people of colour—because you’ll never truly understand what it’s like to be in our shoes,” she said. “Everybody needs to be part of it … We really all just need to break the silence. I know that’s a scary thing, but it’s what we need to do. It’s way worse to be silent and to not show your support for the black community.” ■
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WHCC hasn’t seen COVID case since early April ALSO, MONEY BEING RAISED TO BUY PORTABLE VENTILATOR FOR CENTRE
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE WHISTLER Health Care Centre (WHCC) has not seen a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus come through its doors since early April, but with B.C. gradually beginning to open up, it’s not unrealistic to expect a second wave of cases, relayed Whistler’s medical director. “We’re still testing and swabbing but we haven’t had any positives. That could change, obviously, as people come in,” said Dr. Bruce Mohr, medical director for the WHCC. “Everywhere is still waiting to see if there will be a second wave due to the schools opening and people travelling. We’re still testing symptomatic people.” Mohr added that it’s difficult to predict what the next wave of cases might look like now that B.C. has entered the second phase of recovery. “Public health [officials] have always talked about how there’s usually a second and/or third wave for any epidemic, so we don’t know,” he said. “That’s why we’re continuing to test and look for it, because with increased visitation, increased travel, increased mixing of people, we can expect to see it. We just don’t know where and
how much.” All in all, Mohr said he was happy with how the community has responded to the pandemic—although he’d like to see more protective masks worn in public spaces when physical distancing isn’t possible. “We’ve done amazingly well,” he said. “I see that it’s not that busy, it’s being done gradually, the restaurants and bars are opening responsibly and keeping to the rules of physically distancing. The mountain, I’m sure, will do the same when they open.”
FUNDS BEING RAISED FOR PORTABLE VENTILATORS Both Whistler and Pemberton healthcare centres could each be home to a new portable ventilator thanks to fundraising efforts by Vancouver-based non-profit, TB Vets. Last year, the facilities put in requests to raise the $53,000, which includes training and accessories, needed to purchase a Hamilton-brand transport ventilator. TB Vets managed to raise enough money to purchase a ventilator for Squamish General Hospital, but weren’t able to help Whistler and Pemberton at the time. Now, with COVID-19 underlining the
need for ventilators, TB Vets has set its sights back on the Sea to Sky’s other two medical facilities. “You think about those two small hospitals, or even Squamish, they just can’t raise these kinds of funds,” explained Kandys Merola, executive director of TB Vets, adding that the organization has so far raised about $45,000 of its $400,000 target to purchase ventilators for seven healthcare centres across B.C. as part of its COVID-19 relief efforts. “We have found that people are responding well and they know what a ventilator is now [because of COVID-19], it’s not so foreign to them.” Mohr said the ventilator currently in use at the WHCC is about 20 years old. Miles Randell, the founder of the Squamish-based privatized search-andrescue service, Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical, and his wife, a registered nurse in Squamish, highlighted the need for ventilators locally, Merola said. The company also agreed to loan its own ventilators to Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish healthcare centres as needed after the pandemic hit. If the funding target isn’t met, TB Vets will divvy up whatever money is raised between the seven healthcare facilities.
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MOHR RECEIVES RURAL LONG SERVICE AWARD Whistler’s medical director was recently recognized by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SPRC) with its Rural Long Service Award. Becoming a SRPC fellow in 2015, Mohr has been a member of the society since 2002, with more than 32 years of rural practice and 23 years as a rural preceptor under his belt. He has also authored articles in the society’s Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine and is a regular presenter at SRPC conferences. “I’m proud of that work, for sure, but I would never want it even mentioned,” said the ever-humble Mohr. “When I got all the acknowledgements from my colleagues, I was quick to point out, ‘Thanks, but there are people who have been here longer than me working in Whistler, who aren’t recognized just because they’re not members of the society.’ That’s why I don’t want to be singled out by any means.” n
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Labour still a big question for Whistler’s post-COVID recovery WHISTLER CHAMBER RESOLUTIONS GET SUPPORT AT BC CHAMBER AGM
LABOUR POOL Whistler’s labour woes were well documented before COVID-19. Now, resort stakeholders are imagining what the labour pool looks like throughout various stages of reopening.
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS AS WHISTLER LOOKS TO its postCOVID-19 economic recovery, one of the biggest questions is one many employers are already familiar with—where will the workers come from? “As businesses continue to reopen, we’re poised to bring back that success that we once had. It’s going to take time, and we are also at this point, in our own community, not sure what the supply and the demand are,” said Whistler Chamber CEO Melissa Pace. “So that’s a big question mark … how much labour do we have in our community, versus how much labour is needed to get through Phase 1, and then Phase 2, and so on.” It’s a question being discussed by local stakeholders at the municipal Economic Partnership Initiative committee, she added,
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“to really understand what those needs are going to be, and then how do we calculate it and how do we understand it better.” A pair of Whistler Chamber resolutions (both written pre-COVID)—unanimously endorsed at the BC Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting held May 22 and May 23—could help ease the labour burden in some areas. The resolutions—one related to increasing the amount of Early Childhood Educators in the province, the other to expanding the Provincial Nominee Program—will now become part of the BC Chamber’s advocacy efforts with government. “We’re encouraging the Government of Canada to expand our Provincial Nominee Program and increase the total number of available nominations to help employers attract and retain employees with skills, experience, and the qualifications that are required to fill current and future openings,” Pace said, adding that B.C. is expected
to have 861,000 job openings in the next decade (again, pre-COVID estimates). “As we go through the phases of reopening, our intention is certainly to get back to a place where we were, and when we get there we need to make sure that programs like this are in full force and supporting the needs of our community.” The resolution was a joint effort with Whistler Immigration, which has been working on similar issues with the chamber for two years now, said partner and managing director Brooke Finlay. While Finlay said she agrees with Pace that it’s likely too early to say what Whistler’s post-COVID labour outlook is, on a national level, the federal government is indicating immigration will play an important role in Canada’s recovery. “Even when questioned by the opposition critic—you know, how do you justify immigration levels when there are
millions of Canadians that are unemployed right now?—the minister sort of pointed to, historically, after a pandemic, after a war, that immigration has played a key role in Canada,” Finlay said. “So they’re expecting it to be the same.” Whistler Immigration has 100 active clients at any given time (both employers and workers), and the current economic shutdown has led to uncertainty on both sides, Finlay said. “Things are changing every single day,” she said. “The government’s enacted the Emergencies Act, the Quarantine Act, there’s travel bans, and with all of that, there comes all the iterations of interpreting these different changes. “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been working in the field of immigration for eight years now. So the uncertainty is the biggest thing.” n
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Sow and cubs relocated from Bayshores only to return days later WHISTLER BEAR ADVOCATES SAY RELOCATION NOT EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR FAMILY UNITS
BY BRANDON BARRETT A SOW AND THREE bear cubs were relocated out of Bayshores last month only to return within days, leading to questions from Whistler bear advocates about the efficacy of relocation. After weeks of reports of bluffcharging and other defensive behaviour in Spring Creek and Bayshores, the Conservation Officer Service (COS) relocated the family unit a short distance to “a habitat that was more comfortable and a habitat that was discussed with a [provincial] biologist as a good location for the sow to help get those cubs a bit bigger and put her outside of a high-use area,” explained officer Brittany Mueller. Initially, there were reports in early May of the sow accessing barbecues, which led COs to patrol the neighbourhoods to ensure no attractants were left behind, and issue a fine. Mueller said the sow also had several negative interactions with off-leash dogs, prompting Whistler bylaw to erect signage, educate residents in the area and the RMOW to issue a wildlife alert. But after exhausting other options, Mueller said the COS made the decision to relocate. “In this situation, we had done everything from Valley Trail closures to signage to wildlife alerts to enforcement, and just with where the sow and cubs were located at the time, and that she had bluff-charged two people, at that point, the decision was made to relocate her to an area just to give her a bit of time to decompress from all the public pressure in the high-use area,” she said, adding that COs expected the family to return to their home range, but not as quickly as they did. “Basically, she was being surrounded by people every day and the community wasn’t giving her the space and the respect that she needed.” Sylvia Dolson, the former director of the Whistler Get Bear Smart Society, questioned the decision to relocate the bears after she said the science has been clear it can put undue stress on a sow with cubs. “Relocating a mother and her cubs will not work. A mother, as has happened, will always come back home,” she explained. “She’s made a life for her cubs there, she knows where to find food, how to stay safe there. She will not stay in the area wherever they drop her off, and if she has to cross highways to get back, that’s going to cause problems. The drug in the system of all four of them is also going to cause problems.” Relocation also poses a risk of capture
myopathy—muscle damage caused by extreme struggle or stress—that can lead to death in approximately two per cent of animals, according to a 2008 study by the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre. “Moving them like furniture usually doesn’t bode well for living animals,” said Ellie Lamb, Get Bear Smart’s appointee to the Whistler Bear Advisory Committee. “It can be effective for adolescent bears, at times it’s been quite effective. So younger, more perhaps adaptable bears, but not so much for the families.”
“Moving them like furniture usually doesn’t bode well for living animals.” - ELLIE LAMB
But relocation would be “no more stress than what’s caused by people surrounding her, dogs chasing her, and being in a highly confined area,” argued Mueller. “Relocation is stressful on any animal, but with the stress of where she was located, we were hopeful moving her would take some of that stress off.” Lamb feels the COS needs to update its management tactics based on the current science. “My opinion is that the COS needs to learn about the behaviour and communication of bears and to understand them, and I don’t believe that at this point the COS has a keen understanding of bears,” she said. “There’s more information in now on these animals and how complex they are, but also how simple they are for us to coexist with. This information is what the COS needs to become familiar with and start to conduct their actions around the information as it is today, not the information that was 20 years ago.” Ultimately, keeping bears safe is going to take a collective community effort, Lamb urged. “I think we need to have the outreach going around and keeping them abreast of what’s going on with those bears, but also keeping in mind that bears are very peaceful,” she said. “It forever surprises me how adaptable and how considerate these animals really are to human presence.” For more information on bear-smart practices, visit bearsmart.com. n
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SD48 braced for decrease in international students DIVISION TO BALANCE BUDGET IN THE FACE OF 73% DROP
BY DAN FALLOON APART FROM MISSING some new faces in the classroom when in-school classes get underway in the 2020-21 school year, teachers and students in the Sea to Sky School District (SD48) shouldn’t anticipate any other major differences in the face of a projected 73-per-cent drop in international students. SD48 secretary treasurer Mohammed Azim said the district is working with a conservative budget in which it welcomes 50 international students for the school year, after hosting 188 in 2019-20. “It’s an issue for all B.C. school districts that have an international education program,” he said. “One of the reasons why we’re being conservative, along with any other school districts in B.C., is because this is such a fluid situation. “We just have to go with the best information we have at this time.” Azim said the district is working off of a $62.5-million revenue projection next year while its expenditures are calculated at
$62.1 million. That $400,000 contingency is roughly equal to the wiggle room that the district has enjoyed the past two years to use in case of emergency. “We have managed to balance our budget,” he said. “Even though our international student [rate] fell, what we’re
“We’re probably going to be adjusting our FTE (full-time enrolment) in the fall for international students, but like I said, we’re just being conservative,” he said. “We don’t want to be over-projecting, especially because it is such a fluid situation right now.”
“One of the reasons why we’re being conservative, along with any other school districts in B.C., is because this is such a fluid situation.” - MOHAMMED AZIM
anticipating is just a temporary reduction in those students for next year.” Azim added that in recent discussions with higher levels of government, the district has reason to believe that international enrolment will likely surpass its 50-student projection.
Tuition for international students in 2020-21 is forecast at $13,000, Azim said. The district will also benefit from an increase in domestic students, which would keep funding rates stable. “Our increase in our FTE when it comes to our regular kids, so far right now, is going
to offset what our decrease would have been when it comes to international students,” Azim said. SD48’s balanced budget comes at a time when cuts are possible in other districts. The Greater Victoria School District, for example, hasn’t ruled out layoffs if not enough teachers retire to offset position cuts. In a May 14 statement, SD48 said the health and safety of students and staff remains paramount, and it will seek guidance from the Provincial Health Officer and Ministry of Education with how best to run international education next school year. “We do anticipate that current international parameters, including but not limited to: reduced international travel opportunities; quarantine expectations; reduced student visa opportunities; [and] general fear many families may feel about releasing their child for a year away from home to learn in another country at this time; are likely to impact our International Education student numbers across our country, province, and here locally in [the] Sea to Sky,” the statement said. n
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Sea to Sky students head back to school
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ABOUT A THIRD OF B.C. SCHOOL KIDS RETURNED TO CLASSROOMS ON JUNE 1
BY ALYSSA NOEL ABOUT 60 PER CENT of eligible students in the Sea to Sky School District (SD48) returned to classes on Monday, June 1, the first day the province’s schools were re-opened on a part-time, voluntary basis. That equals about 21 per cent of the entire school population. “All schools reported the first two days back at school for students as successful,” said Paul Lorette, assistant superintendent with SD48 in an email. “Staff were happy to see their students, and our students were excited to see their teachers and classmates. Student arrivals to school on both mornings were well organized and efficient.” Across B.C., close to a third of all students opted to return. As part of the rules laid out by the Ministry of Education, school density is restricted to 50 per cent for Kindergarten to Grade 5 and 20 per cent for Grades 6 to 12. “We are ready for this and we are reopening because we believe it is safe to do,” said Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, during her daily briefing on Saturday, May 30. Locally, 61 per cent of elementary students invited back decided to return on June 1 and 67 per cent on June 2. At the middle and secondary level, 51 per cent of eligible students returned on June 1 while 50 per cent returned on June 2. “(Our team has) done a terrific job,” said Lisa McCullough, superintendent with the district, ahead of the re-opening. “Our schools are ready in terms of having the classrooms designed as a more open, spacious setting. If there were any spaces that had furniture or equipment, we were able to reduce that to keep the mobility enhanced … We’ve reduced the number of high-touch surfaces as well.” To comply with density restrictions, students from kindergarten to Grade 5 can return for two days a week. Students have been broken into two groups alphabetically—in an effort to ensure family members are returning on the same days—with A to L returning on Mondays and Thursdays and M to Z on Tuesdays and Fridays. (That could vary from school to school, McCullough added.) “On Wednesdays, our teachers will get some time to be in touch with those kids who have not been attending (in-school classes),” McCullough said. Middle and high school students, meanwhile, have the option to return one day a week. Grades 10, 11, and 12 will come in and be grouped with a career and life education classroom teacher. “During that day they will meet with other teachers and get any
help and clarity and support for the other courses they’re doing,” McCullough said. Meredith Gardner, chair of the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), whose son is in Grade 11, toured Pemberton Secondary School ahead of its reopening and took note of extraordinary new measures. “They’re all great schools in the Sea to Sky,” she said. “We’re so lucky. I don’t think people understand how world-leading our district is. We feel, at Pemberton Secondary School, it’s a special school. They’re really adaptive in how they approach education and they’re so caring. The amount of work the teachers had to go through, I don’t know if parents appreciate it.” Speaking from a personal perspective, Gardner said she wondered if it was worth sending her son back for just four days total over the month. But, she added, she understands some parents need respite and certain students have had a hard time focusing at home. “Classically, as a mom or a parent, you always feel there are no-win decisions,” she added. “If I send them, they could get sick. If I keep them at home, they could fall behind. Every decision has two sides to it. Honestly, I’ve never been happier to see the end of the school year come. Usually, I’m very sad.” The province has said that part of the benefit of having students return to classes for one month ahead of summer break is to serve as a dry run for September when COVID-19 protocols will more than likely still be in place. “I actually think that is one of the critical, ongoing reasons why I understand the government is taking this step,” said McCullough, adding the return to school is part of the BC Restart Plan, not instigated by the district. “A big piece is we want to be as flexible and nimble as we can as a province in terms of learning this new flow throughout this exposure control.” Students can wait before deciding if they’re ready to return, she added. “We really encourage everyone to come in at your own readiness to do so,” McCullough said. “We believe we have all the plans in place to keep everyone safe and do great learning together … A big thank you to the whole community—staff, the communities, and other community partners, as well have given us tremendous support with food security and provisions for families, support for devices and so on.” Gardner, meanwhile, advised parents not to worry about their children falling behind. “Whatever happens over the next few weeks, everyone is doing the best they can,” she said. “The biggest thing anyone can do is manage their own anxiety and be willing to step back and just realize that kids learn at their own pace and things can be learned in the future … The education system is flexible and individualized.” n
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Inter-muni ride-hailing bylaws introduced PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN UNTIL JUNE 19
BY BRADEN DUPUIS RIDE-HAILING companies throughout the Sea to Sky and Lower Mainland will soon be able to operate in multiple jurisdictions under a single business licence. At its May 26 meeting, Whistler council gave first three readings to a set of bylaws that will streamline the licensing process for ride-hailing companies, allowing them to operate in multiple B.C. municipalities. The bylaws are part of an Inter-Municipal Business Licence (IMBL) agreement with 24 other municipalities in the Sea to Sky, Lower Mainland and beyond, and will allow a central licensing authority (in this case the City of Vancouver) to issue licenses to ride-hailing companies, which can then operate in any participating communities. While only two ride-hailing companies—Whistle and Lyft—have been issued Whistler business licences to date, should the IMBL be approved, all nine ridehailing companies currently approved for the region would be able to apply for a licence. The proposed annual IMBL fee is $155 per company plus vehicle fees of $150 per standard vehicle, $30 per zero-emission
FROM SEA TO SKY Ride-hailing companies like Whistle will soon be able to operate in multiple B.C. jurisdictions. FILE PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE
vehicle and $0 per wheelchair-accessible vehicle. Revenue would be shared amongst participating municipalities. For Whistle, the new bylaws—and their new per-vehicle fees—just mean more costs, said founder Dylan Green. “We really rely on part-time drivers that just want to add a second income, and so this will make it more difficult just to have a fleet of part-time drivers that can really just jump in during peak times,” Green said, adding that Whistle will probably cover the
new fees for drivers to begin with. “Having a per-vehicle fee will just mean more expenses and perhaps make it less likely for someone to join the team.” One upside of the new licencing structure is that Whistle drivers will now be permitted to take passengers to YVR and pick up return fares to bring back to the resort. “I guess that’s a pretty good positive,” Green said. “Like everything when you’re in a
brand-new industry, everything is changing so quickly with ridesharing in B.C., so you just have to look at every hurdle and see how you can make it work for your company.” Whistle’s goal is to have 20 to 30 drivers operating in Whistler (though with the impacts of COVID-19, that number is currently closer to four, Green said), and 10 to 15 in Tofino. While the company also serves Pemberton, Squamish and Ucluelet, there are no immediate plans to branch out with the new bylaws. “We want to be really strong in Whistler and Tofino first,” Green said. At the May 26 council meeting, Councillor Arthur De Jong voted against the bylaws, arguing more could be done to mandate that ride-hailing companies use electric vehicles. “I recognize there’s infrastructure costs; I’m a free enterpriser,” De Jong said. “[But] we collectively as a society need to push our GHG emissions down by 30-plus per cent in a decade, so I find this hard to support when I see that it could be used as more of a lever for more EVs on the road today.” The public is invited to comment on the proposed bylaws by writing to mayor and council before June 19. n
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‘You get your life back when you get to the other side’ B.C. ENTREPRENEUR’S ‘LIFEGUARD APP’ AIMS TO CUT DOWN ON OVERDOSE DEATHS
BY BRADEN DUPUIS LESS THAN FOUR years ago, entrepreneur Jeff Hardy had nearly lost everything to alcohol addiction. “I lost my home, I lost my business, I lost my family. I don’t really know what I got to keep, to be honest with you,” he said with a chuckle. “But one thing I will say is that once you get through, get to the other side, and get clean and sober or whatever you want to call it—I got my family back. I’ve got this new venture, and we’re saving lives. “You get your life back when you get to the other side.” Hardy’s new venture—an app to prevent people from overdosing while alone (called Lifeguard App)—was inspired by a friend he met while in treatment for his own addiction. The man, Evan, died of a fentanyl overdose in the treatment centre. “It was a pretty horrific scene for us to see,” Hardy said, adding that the incident got him thinking about an app that could prevent overdose deaths. Nearly four years later, his Lifeguard App is rolling out in regional health authorities across B.C. after being picked up by BC
Emergency Health Services. His vision is twofold, he said: saving lives first, then getting people on the road to recovery. Once downloaded, users are asked for a name, phone number and emergency contact info before agreeing to terms of use (real names are not required). On its homepage, users select the drug they’re about to ingest from a drop down menu, and activate the app before taking their dose. After 50 seconds, the app sounds an alarm, which grows louder if the user doesn’t turn it off. After 75 seconds, a text-to-voice call will go straight to 911, alerting dispatchers of a potential overdose. “That information only lands at the desk of 911 and ambulance services. No RCMP, no fire department,” Hardy said. “So it’s only there to help you, not to judge you or arrest you or any of those types of things.” Another feature allows users to connect directly with a crisis line, Hardy added. Coming from a background in sales and marketing (“I’ve got about as much technical ability as this doorknob that I’m looking at right now,” he joked), Hardy’s main input into the project was the lived experience of addiction, he said.
“It gives you a perspective that, if you haven’t gone through addiction, most people, they just don’t get it,” he said. “And so the app was built around those challenges that people who are in addiction have.” Despite the attention being directed to COVID-19 in recent months, the opioid crisis has not gone away, and may in fact be exacerbated by stay-at-home orders, said Dr. Geoff McKee, medical health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).
“ ... it’s only there to help you, not to judge you or arrest you ... ” - JEFF HARDY
“Stigma around addiction results in many people who use drugs, using alone,” he said. “That’s a reality that really needs to be addressed, and now more than ever we are encouraging people to not use alone and to buddy up or access overdose prevention services where they’re available.” Hardy’s Lifeguard App is “another innovative tool in our toolbox” to prevent
overdose deaths, McKee added. “We know that the response to the overdose crisis really requires a lot of different types of interventions,” he said, referencing the intervention “pillars” of harm reduction, prevention and treatment as examples. “And so really we need tools from all the different pillars to help support folks, but we also know that there’s no silver bullet here … It’s just another support that can help prevent overdose deaths or other harms in those settings.” While officials don’t release communityspecific stats related to overdose deaths due to privacy concerns, in April 2020, B.C. saw 117 suspected overdoses—a 39-per-cent increase over April 2019—according to the most recent BC Coroners Service report. Further, March and April 2020 represent the first time the province had more than 100 overdose deaths in back-to-back months since November and December 2018. The VCH region, which includes Whistler, has seen 107 overdose deaths so far this year, second only to the Fraser Health Authority (120). In total, 382 people have died of suspected overdoses in B.C. so far in 2020. Read more about the app at lifeguarddh.com. Find more information and resources at vch.ca/overdose. n
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Whistler library makes books, DVDs available SOME RECREATION OPTIONS OPENING IN WHISTLER, PEMBERTON
BY DAN FALLOON PATRONS CAN NOW access items from the Whistler Public Library through the new Library to Go program, which launched June 1. Books and more can be picked up Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. after library members are notified their order is ready. Upon arriving at the library, readers will find their books in the lobby in a paper bag, arranged alphabetically by last name. On the first day of the program, roughly 20 people picked up their pre-existing holds, said library director Elizabeth Tracy, while others were busy making returns. “We’ve got about 7,000 items out right now and people are chomping at the bit to get them out of their houses,” Tracy said with a chuckle. With a 72-hour quarantine now in effect, she acknowledged that the wave of material coming in is a bit overwhelming. “It’s going to be interesting but we’ll get through it. We’re glad for people to know that we’re still here,” said Tracy. The quarantine process is fairly simple: patrons return items through the book drop into a bin, and the bins are
left untouched for three days before staff check the items back in and place them on the shelves. Being so early in the process and with staff still learning, Tracy said she isn’t entirely sure how quickly requests can be fulfilled and asked readers for patience in the days and weeks to come.
“The first objective, really, is getting physical items into people’s hands...” - ELIZABETH TRACY
“We’re doing this work with constraints that we’ve never worked with before and though we’re a really adaptable organization and we pride ourselves on excellent customer service, things are going to take longer than we probably expect at first until we get really good at it,” she said, adding that the quarantine process could delay some holds. As well, with interlibrary loans currently suspended, some of the library’s items may
be elsewhere, with an unknown return date. The Library to Go program may expand in the future as staff adapt and if demand warrants it, said Tracy. “The first objective really, is getting physical items into peoples’ hands because we think that’s what they have missed and what a lot of people need, and what we can safely provide right now,” she said. As well, the library extended the lending period from three to four weeks, starting on the first day a hold is available—this allows patrons more time with the items. Some larger items, such as story boxes, are not available for lending at this time as the library looks to find ways to safely collect and sanitize them. Recreational opportunities offered through the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), meanwhile, are currently minimal. As neighbouring municipalities such as Squamish have started offering trickles of outdoor classes, Mayor Jack Crompton said the RMOW does not currently have the staff to run programming. “We actually have limited capacity for indoor classes outdoors because of a lack of staff,” he said. “Our instructors are casual staff, and all casual and auxiliary staff were temporarily laid off in March.” However, there will be outdoor classes
as part of National Health and Fitness Day this Saturday, June 6, in the Meadow Park Sports Centre parking lot with instructors volunteering their time. Classes will last for an hour and will be: power walking with body weight exercises led by MarieAnne Prevost at 9 a.m.; Zumba led by Susie Douglas at 10:30 a.m.; total body workout with higher intensity led by Jess Finnegan at noon; and fitness for beginners and seniors led by Diana De Man at 1:30 p.m. Crompton said the classes each have a maximum of 30 people, as COVID-19 physical distancing procedures will be in place. Also at Meadow Park, the annual maintenance shutdown, normally taking place in the fall, has been moved up to a time when the facility is closed anyway. There is currently no timeline for its reopening. Up in Pemberton, meanwhile, the recreation centre’s outdoor spaces and spray pads were open for use as of June 2, with further updates to recreation options expected to be announced in midJune as the Village of Pemberton applies WorkSafeBC’s guidelines to its other spaces. The Pemberton and District Library has offered contactless hold pick-ups since mid-April and has been expanding those services as time has gone by. n
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NOTICE OF ONLINE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND INPUT OPPORTUNITY REGARDING REZONING APPLICATION RZ1146 A PROPOSAL TO REZONE PLAN 13243 BLOCK D LOT 1 DISTRICT LOT 4753 NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT GROUP 1, SITE WHISTLER (7104 NANCY GREENE DRIVE) The Resort Municipality of Whistler invites interested members of the public to participate in an online public information and input opportunity for this rezoning application. In-person public open houses have currently been paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. RZ1146 proposes to rezone the lands located at 7104 Nancy Greene Drive from RS-E1 (Residential Single Estate One) to a new zone that would allow for development of 38 units of employee restricted rental housing in a new three-storey apartment building. The purpose of this online public information and input opportunity is to provide the public with information about Rezoning Application RZ1146, and the opportunity to provide input in the form of written comments, prior to Council’s further consideration of the application. For information on Rezoning Application RZ1146, refer to the RMOW website www.whistler.ca/RZ1146 or contact the Planning Department at 604-935-8170 / planning@whistler.ca. To provide input on the application members of the public are asked to provide written comments. Your name(s) and residence address (or business address if applicable) must be included. Please note that your comments will form part of the public record for this rezoning application. Comments can be submitted via email to planning@whistler.ca or by mail to the RMOW at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler BC V8E 0X5 c/o the Planning Department. To ensure the consideration of your input, your written comments must be received on or before June 28, 2020.
Rezoning Application RZ1146– 7104 Nancy Greene Drive
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INTER-MUNICIPAL BUSINESS LICENSE AGREEMENT BYLAW NO. 2271, 2020
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INTER-MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SERVICES BUSINESS LICENSE BYLAW NO. 2272, 2020
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BUSINESS LICENCE AND REGULATION AMENDMENT BYLAW (PARTIAL DISCOUNT) NO. 2273, 2020
NOTICE: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with s. 59(2) of the Community Charter, that Council of the Resort Municipality is considering Inter-Municipal Transportation Network Services Business Licence Agreement Bylaw No. 2271, 2020”, “Inter-Municipal Transportation Network Services Business License Bylaw No. 2272, 2020”, and “Business Licence and Regulation Amendment Bylaw (Partial Discount) No. 2273, 2020” (the “proposed Bylaws”). PURPOSE: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaws: 1. Inter-Municipal Business License (IMBL) Agreement Bylaw allows Resort Municipality of Whistler to enter into agreement with the partner municipalities for business licensing for ride hailing. 2. IMBL Bylaw, is sets out the various terms and conditions that apply to the IMBL across the participating municipalities. 3. Business Licence and Regulation Amendment Bylaw will be amended to allow for a 50 per cent discount on a new business license if a business licence application is made after July 1 in each calendar year. INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: A copy of the proposed Bylaw and relevant background documentation may be inspected at the Reception Desk of Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., from Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) from May 28, 2020 up to and including June 19, 2020. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: All persons, who consider they are affected by the proposed Bylaw, will be provided a reasonable opportunity to make representations to Council in writing. Written submissions must be addressed to “Mayor and Council”, and must be received by June 19, 2020 to: Email: corporate@whistler.ca Fax: 604-935-8109 Hard Copy: Legislative Services Department 4325 Blackcomb Way Whistler BC V8E 0L2 Written submissions received for the proposed Bylaw will be included in the information package for Council’s consideration. The Package will also be available on the RMOW’s website at www.whistler.ca with other associated information.
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VOP refers Fernwood application back to staff COUPLE REQUESTING VARIANCE TO SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL BYLAW
BY DAN FALLOON A PEMBERTON COUPLE requesting variances to ultimately subdivide their Fernwood Drive property into three total lots must go back to the drawing board. Karen and Miles Dyczkowski, owners of 1368 Fernwood Dr., are seeking to eventually subdivide the existing 0.47-hectare lot to create three total lots. However, since the application first came to the Village of Pemberton (VOP) in 2018, there has been difficulty determining how best to access the property. At this time, the Dyczkowskis are proposing to extend Fernwood Drive, but are requesting a variance to the Subdivision and Development Control Bylaw No. 677, 2012. In particular, the variances requested are to narrow the road and to continue existing overhead electrical, cable and telephone lines when the current standard in new subdivisions is to run them underground. Karen Dyczkowski noted in her presentation to council at its May 26 regular meeting, held virtually via Zoom, that the existing house has underground lines, and the intention, if possible, is to do the same in the new homes. The variances requested for the road include narrowing the right-of-way width from the standard of 18 metres to 15 m, the asphalt width from the standard of 8.5 m to 7.5 m, the land width from the standard of
NARROW ROAD Fernwood Drive is shown in this 2011 Google Street View picture. GOOGLE STREET VIEW
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3.3 m to three metres and the ditch width from 3.6 m to two metres. As well, the road proposal requests a front-yard setback from six metres to 2.25 metres to accommodate a corner of an existing home, with planner Cameron Chalmers noting that there is an additional buffer of land between the property line and the road. New lots would still be required to meet the existing standard. Chalmers added that the proponents’ report used incorrect road standards, as the 2012 Hillside Road Standard applied and was used in his report, which noted that “the variances are not completely out of character with the area or the neighbourhood.” Chalmers explained that any variance approval would not approve any specific plan and details would be subject to further approval. “It is permissive. It does not constitute an approval of the engineering drawings or the specifics of each application,” he said. “The proponent would still need to design an approvable engineering set before those variances are activated.” As well, the variance application presented is separate from the subdivision application, which can only be decided on by the approving officer. Dyczkowski stressed that the road “would service a limited number of people.” “I understand there are concerns because of the existing roads coming in to the property but the road itself that we’re asking for the variance for would be equivalent to the road that exists on Dogwood [Street] at the entrance to Greenwood Street, which is more than ample for the limited number of houses
that are going to be serviced,” she said. “We drive that road ourselves every day and especially in the winter, we understand what their concerns are and can appreciate them.” Though not an official public hearing, residents were granted the opportunity to share their opinions. There was some confusion early on as to how many lots were being proposed, as an initial proposal had pitched four total lots, and signage was not replaced when it was reduced to three total lots, but once that was cleared up, neighbours were generally supportive of the three lots. However, some had concerns with some of the finer details. Neighbour Steven Hitchen said he’s long expected the subdivision in the 27 years he’s lived there. However, he is concerned with snow removal as there is already a lack of proper drainage, noting that the VOP has repaired his driveway three times after a washout from runoff from the ditches. Chief administrative officer Nikki Gilmore said considerations such as snow clearing, paving and drainage will be part of the engineering package considered by the approving officer. Tim Kyne, who owns a home on Greenwood behind the property, is worried about where the northernmost house might be located on the lot, as construction could impact his home. “I would fear that rock breaking would actually damage our house,” he said. Erica Finnsson, whose property is accessed through the easement, called in to support the variances, as she said the road will be wider and it will provide better turnaround
access for snow-removal vehicles. “The improvements that they’re willing to make to the road are going to benefit the entire street,” she said. “As the party that’s probably going to be affected by the development the most, we’re seeing nothing but benefit.” While there was some concern from Greenwood resident Dave Beattie, echoed later by Mayor Mike Richman, regarding approving variances that might not be required, Chalmers explained that the flexibility could be required. “Having worked on a number of hillside sites over the years, it’s really challenging with utility corridors, particularly on narrow roads, because you don’t know in detail what’s under the ground and what amount of cutting and blasting would be needed to put in utility trenches,” he said. Councillor Amica Antonelli felt uneasy with the plan as presented, saying that it seems “on the edge of feasibility” with only fuzzy diagrams and no aerial photos or engineering reports provided. “I have an issue with how we’re being asked to provide a variance and the actual effects of the variance are unknown,” Antonelli said. Coun. Ted Craddock uncomfortable with the number of requests, especially weighing benefits to neighbours including concerns around a lack of parking, and supported more negotiation. Closing her presentation, Dyczkowski welcomed the feedback and hopes to find a plan all neighbours can support. “We’re not in a hurry. We’re residents of Pemberton just like everyone else. We want to do a good job,” she said. n
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Returning to normal after pandemic isn’t good enough AFTER MONTHS of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many people just want to get back to “normal.” We will overcome this crisis. But “normal” means continued climate disruption and species extinction, growing inequalities, increasing pollution and health risks and the possibility of further new disease outbreaks. We should aim much higher than “normal.” The COVID-19 crisis shows it’s possible. Pollution and greenhouse gas emissions have declined substantially as people fly and drive less. A Stanford University study
BY DAVID SUZUKI found better air quality in China during the pandemic shutdown may have prevented 50,000 to 75,000 premature deaths, saving up to 20 times more lives than have been lost there to COVID-19. But a pandemic isn’t a good solution to climate chaos. We can and must change our ways. Hyper-consumption, car culture and burning fossil fuels are putting our future at risk. It’s time to rethink economic systems adopted in the mid-20th century when resources were plentiful and built infrastructure was lacking, when the human population was much smaller and the U.S. promoted consumerism as a way to keep the postwar boom going. It’s time to conserve energy and shift to cleaner sources. It’s time to help workers in sunset industries train for and find employment in industries that will shape our future. It’s time to rethink the ways and hours we work, now that technology has entered every sphere of our work lives. But some are eager to get back to environmental degradation and climatealtering activity. Around the world, corporate supporters are convincing governments to roll back environmental regulations and protections under cover of the pandemic. We’ve seen it in the United States, Brazil and Canadian provinces including Ontario and Alberta. In the latter, where government and media would have you believe bitumen extraction is the only industry that matters, one minister revealed the petro-politician mindset. “Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can’t have protests of more than 15 people,” Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage recently said on an oil well driller podcast. “At least she’s being honest,” teen climate activist Greta Thunberg responded in an interview. Why are these politicians and their corporate and media cheerleaders so determined to spend billions on pipelines for a product that costs more to produce than it fetches on the market? Why do they
throw their support behind an industry that employs fewer people all the time, thanks to automation and market forces? Why, when the world is switching to renewable energy, with numerous clean tech economic opportunities, do they want to double down on a fading industry that should have begun its phase-out decades ago? Why do they want to wastefully sell and burn a finite product that has many other uses? Why are Canadians subsidizing and bailing out what has been the most profitable industry in human history when those billions could do so much to put us on a healthier path? Is there no foresight, no imagination, no courage? The pandemic has created a lot of misery and havoc, especially for the most vulnerable. But it’s also given us a glimpse of the possible. It’s shown that we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. It’s demonstrated that working regimes can shift. It shows that co-operation and altruism will get us through. It’s also exposed the folly of those who reject scientific evidence and common sense, something we’ve seen for years with the climate crisis but that’s heated up among those who see simple, life-saving measures such as physical distancing and mask-wearing as an infringement on their freedom. So many solutions could be implemented immediately—from a fourday workweek to maintaining road closures and restricting car traffic. When one per cent of humanity owns almost half the world’s wealth, and that one
We should aim much higher than “normal.” The COVID-19 crisis shows it’s possible.
per cent is largely behind the push to get the economy rolling no matter the human cost, then we know change is necessary. That U.S. billionaires added $282 billion to their wealth in just 23 days during the pandemic while ordinary Americans were losing jobs and struggling to get by further illustrates the current system’s absurdity. Tackling the pandemic is a start to addressing the other crises we face, including climate disruption and species extinction. We can’t afford to miss the opportunity. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. ■
RANGE ROVER
The Whistler I didn’t know WHEN THE PANDEMIC shutdown hit in March, like many Whistler folks, my partner and I started a daily walk routine as a way to escape the house and get some exercise. For a week or so, our forays were confined to our Creekside neighbourhood, a combination of Valley Trail and street walking on a loop I often ran in the summer.
BY LESLIE ANTHONY Of course, the lakes all remained frozen, slick patches lurked on the Valley Trail, and it was still snowing occasionally. It felt a bit more like winter than spring and so, on a few sunny days when we knew the snow would soften sufficiently we ski-toured up Whistler from Creekside base, starting on the route Whistler Blackcomb had flagged for that purpose—up Lower Dave Murray, crossing over to Peak to Creek, and from there upwards through Kadenwood and beyond. The skiing was fantastic, those excursions some of the best days spent during the early pandemic. They were also revealing: there were all sorts of interconnecting trails and old logging roadways to explore while making our way upwards on skis. Furthermore, without humans around, the number of animal tracks revealed in the snow were legion, crisscrossing the runs everywhere— bear, bobcat, cougar, ermine, rabbit, and
CONNECTING THE DOTS The more you walk around Whistler, the more you learn about it. PHOTO BY LESLIE ANTHONY
numerous small rodents. It was a bit of a window into who we actually share this valley with—a roll call that would continue after we were booted from the mountain when it was shuttered for good before Easter weekend. By this point, the Valley Trail had become disturbingly busy, swarmed with people who weren’t practicing proper physical distancing, and so we had longsince moved our daily walks over to the Whistler Golf Club course, on which trails had been cleared around the entirety. Here, you could walk a loop from one end to another on snow-and-ice-covered asphalt tracks used by summer golfers, with hiphigh snow all around you. With winter still raging on the mountains through April,
quite determined species for. They were just passing through and there would be a new lot every few days, like a shift change. As the snow melted and bare patches were revealed, a curious phenomenon occurred: robins came out of the woodwork. Hundreds and hundreds of them, hunting together through the grass shoots, then flying up like a flock into the low branches of trees as you passed. Soon, the crows and ravens arrived and things got a whole lot noisier. While this was happening, we also began to notice deer tracks here and there. This was interesting because deer are almost phantoms in the valley, and yet here they were, surrounded on all sides by neighbourhoods. Then, out of this same urban patchwork, the bears appeared, one
... what was revealed here over the course of a few weeks was a literal phantasmagoria of tracks and trails connecting all the neighbourhoods...
it was the month or so spent wandering the golf course that really provided a window into how the valley rolls into spring. It started with migratory waterfowl that showed up as soon as there was any water freed from ice. There were Canada geese, of course, whose large males would, later in the season, stand on the path and aggressively challenge you; on the duck ledger, there were the usual mallards and teals and pintails, but also Gadwall, Wood duck, Buffleheads and others that we never
by one, day by day, to mow through new grass shoots on their favourite patch of course. Whether grazing or snoozing on daybeds, they paid absolutely zero attention to us as we strolled by. There was also a unique human dimension: over the course of a few weeks we watched a crew clear all the greens off with snowblowers to allow the grass to rejuvenate, something I never even knew occurred on golf courses but which proved remarkably effective as these areas greened up immediately and any new
snow that fell on them melted instantly. Eventually, with so much preparation work going on—as well the dicey combination of numerous bears and the usual inconsiderate people with off-leash dogs—the course was shut to walkers and we moved on. Now we began exploring farther and wider, crossing the valley to walk or run along the West Side Road and discovering myriad trails we previously didn’t know existed. It provided for lots of fun exploration, wading up from the road through isothermic snow patches onto newly revealed dirt. By this point, I already felt like I’d learned more about the real Whistler in six weeks than I had in the 20 years I’d lived here. But the biggest find of all would come closer to home. Having regularly walked from our house down to the valley, we began climbing up the streets above it. I knew there was at least one way onto the mountain there because many moons ago I’d managed to ski down to these streets and walk home, but what was revealed here over the course of a few weeks was a literal phantasmagoria of tracks and trails connecting all the neighbourhoods on the lower part of Whistler Mountain; some were marked recreational trails, others more dedicated bike routes, and many just abandoned logging roadbeds used mostly by bears to either skirt human developments or find their way into and out of trouble. But now we knew how to connect those dots as well. The valley had woken up—and so had we. Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain he didn’t like. ■
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COVID IS TEMPORARY; CLIMATE CHANGE IS INEVITABLE Whistler’s environmental advocates find opportunity in crisis BY BRADEN DUPUIS
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here is a thought exercise that’s been circling through Zoom meetings and other teleconferences, nonprofits or otherwise, since the COVID-19 pandemic ground society to a halt, forcing businesses to close and residents to self-isolate at home. It involves taking a minute to reflect on the true weight of our current circumstances before offering up a oneword answer to define your feelings. “We’ve done this on a few of our calls, and it’s quite a nice way to hold some space for people to just think for a minute, and in one word, pop into the chat, how you feel reflecting back on a month,” said Claire Ruddy, executive director of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE), at the environmental charity’s virtual annual general meeting held on April 22. For attendees of the virtual AGM, the responses, for the most part, conveyed a sense of hope: Reflective, grateful, responsive, thankful, motivated, introspective, relaxed, inspired, grounded—all of the above. “It’s interesting, because doing this in the first week or so, a lot of the comments were: loss, grief, anxiety, and some of these seem more hopeful,” Ruddy said.
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FEATURE STORY “It looks like we’ve kind of got a grip, a In the view of Whistler Councillor little bit, on what this looks like, and we’re Arthur De Jong—a long-time environmental able to feel more empowered as individuals.” advocate who now oversees council’s Taking the exercise one step further, environment portfolio—COVID-19 and Ruddy closed the meeting by asking climate change are two trains moving at attendees for one habit or lesson they different speeds. would like to see the Whistler community “COVID comes at us like a speed train, carry forward post-COVID. and we get it—dive for cover or you can get The responses, taken as a whole, very sick, and maybe die,” he says. resembled something of a sustainability “Climate appears like a slow train coming wish list, or an idealized roadmap to a at us, but as we put more greenhouse gas fully realized future for Whistler and its into the atmosphere, it becomes like a surroundings. runaway train, and our feet are stuck in To list just a few: Nature over the track.” economy. Reduced car traffic. Less De Jong’s thinking revolves around a consumerism and single-use items. single question: how do we leverage lessons Supporting a diverse local community and from COVID-19 to resolve the climate crisis? businesses. Supporting our neighbours It’s no small topic, and De Jong breaks and understanding the importance of it down into different streams: individual community connections. Remembering responsibility and a sense of urgency; that we’re truly all in it together. lessons from technology; the necessity of a Be collaborative, inclusive and kind “transformational change” from a consumer to nature. Show more appreciation for society to a sustainable one; and translating frontline workers. Shift Whistler’s tourism the adaptive capacity shown in combatting voice to meaningful connections with COVID to the fight against climate change. regional guests. With COVID, most people seem to And there, at the bottom of the list, get it. The sense of urgency is real, and the kicker: COVID is temporary; climate governments and communities across change is inevitable. Canada have been quick to respond. How can that urgency be translated to the climate crisis? A NEW WAY FORWARD The average carbon footprint is four to five tonnes per capita, De Jong notes, and in Sub-Saharan Africa, it’s down to a tonne. With Whistler—and indeed life as we In North America, “we’re at between previously knew it—effectively on pause, 15 to 20 tonnes, per individual, and the G7 the community is taking stock: of losses, countries produce half the world’s carbon. projected and realized, but also of potential The G20 countries produce three quarters opportunities. of global carbon emissions,” he says. “I think that as we are collectively “So there is a much greater responsibility recovering from this, and as we look up for those of us who live in Canada or live in how we work to become a more resilient the U.S., or G7, G20, to take ownership of community, there’s alignment there our emissions. between a pandemic and the climate crisis,” “One of the biggest myths of climate Ruddy said in a mid-May interview. change is that the problem won’t affect us “Some of those strategies are very as individuals, and obviously we need a intertwined, and so there is opportunity deeper recognition of that.” in that.” Whistler has committed to hiring a new The pandemic has highlighted the climate action coordinator after the recent importance of localizing food supply chains, departure of Max Kniewasser despite a she said by way of example. COVID-19 hiring freeze (a fact appreciated by “When we localize our food supply and De Jong), and moving forward, he says he’ll eat in season, that is also supporting our continue to apply the environmental lens to climate goals,” she said. “It means that all of his decisions at the council table. we’re trucking food [shorter] distances, “I have a responsibility through every it means that we have a reduced carbon step of the budgeting decisions we make footprint against that food supply.” going forward that we don’t miss an AWARE is hearing from Whistlerites opportunity again where we can integrate that people are looking closely at their climate policy into economic policy. That consumption habits in the wake of COVID- behaviour needs to happen at every level 19 and rethinking them, Ruddy added. politically,” he says. Whistler has long been very intentional “And I hope companies do the same. about its development goals, she said, There is a lot of logic in going from a going all the way back to the Whistler2020 consumer society to a sustainable one. sustainability vision. There are a lot of efficiency opportunities. “We’ve done it before and I think we “We just need to be very mindful of have the opportunity to do to it again,” ensuring that we embrace every new Ruddy said, pointing to pre-COVID anxiety opportunity possible in this transition.” amongst locals around things like housing, But while personal responsibility and affordability, increased traffic and the a sense of urgency are key, another stream growing impact on nature. of thought for De Jong represents an “So as we look at how we bring people undeniable wildcard—a potential wrench back to the community—to live here and in the climate-action cogs: the question of to visit here—we get the chance to think global cooperation. about how we make sure that we stay and “China and the U.S. represent about 40 become even more unique and special than per cent of global carbon emissions,” De Jong we were before.” notes, referencing an article in The Economist.
“So if the two giants don’t behave responsibly on climate, we’re just not going to get there.”
A REIMAGINED WORKPLACE
For years, Wednesday production days at Pique’s Function Junction office were a hands-on (and all-hands-on-deck) process. Stories were laid out and physically printed before getting proofread twice and corrected for final approval. Then COVID-19 hit, and we were forced to adapt in an instant. How does our most intensive process— one that requires on-the-fly changes and quick answers to sometimes-complicated questions—work in our suddenly physically distant world? The answer, it turns out, is quite well— thanks to technology. While things were touch-and-go the first couple weeks as we adjusted to a brand new digital process on the fly, it’s hard to imagine us reverting back to the old, paperwasting production days of the past once COVID-19 is behind us. While it makes sense to think that some new habits gleaned from the COVID-19
experience will stick, it’s too early to say which ones, according to UBC geographer Seth Wynes. “People aren’t always excited about only working from home, not being able to go out, see their friends and family and things like that, so yeah, there’s obviously going to be a large uptick in mobility once lockdowns are lifted,” Wynes says. “But at the same time, yeah, I do think that some of these habits will stick.” Many employers now realize that it is possible for staff to work from home, for example, and may decide to save on office or parking space costs, and commute times for their employees. “I expect telecommuting to see a bump; I think the same thing might be true of a lot of air travel,” Wynes says. “Where before some of these business trips seemed absolutely necessary, maybe now a company has invested thousands more dollars into really good virtual conferencing equipment, they’ve trialled it, and because of that investment, there’s less need to do so many of those face-to-face meetings.” Since society ground to a halt in midMarch, workplaces, live events, family gatherings—basically every aspect of social life previously conducted in person—have moved online.
“Climate appears like a slow train coming at us, but as we put more greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, it becomes like a runaway train, and our feet are stuck in the track.” - Arthur De Jong
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“We’re in one crisis right now, but that doesn’t make the climate crisis go away, so we’ve got to be thinking of that as we’re spending our money.”
stimulus spending with climate goals, he adds. Municipalities can choose to spend on retrofitting buildings while people are isolating at home, for example, or convert city streets into active transportation lanes. “You can try and look for win-wins for climate and the pandemic, but yeah, it really is about trying to have that transition to a society that we want more,” Wynes says. “We’re in one crisis right now, but that doesn’t make the climate crisis go away, so we’ve got to be thinking of that as we’re spending our money.”
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With so many isolating at home, “we’ve “green recovery” or put us back down definitely seen measurable declines in familiar, well-trodden paths. emissions,” says Wynes, a PhD student who “You’re going to be looking at stimulus studies what individuals and institutions measures to restart the economy once can do to mitigate climate change, adding it’s back up and going … Where are we that some estimates put the reduction spending that money?” Wynes asks. for the entire year at about eight per cent “You have the option of spending it on (factoring in that the lockdown isn’t likely fossil-fuel infrastructure, or you have the to last all year). option of spending it on active-transport With a massive economic rebuild ahead infrastructure, renewable energies, electric of them, governments the world over vehicle charging stations, all of these have some interesting decisions to make— different things.” choices that could launch a revolutionary There are ways to align pandemic
The potentially transformational longterm impacts of COVID-19 are not lost on Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton. “I think one thing that’s really started to settle into my mind is that it’s not just the time that we’re dealing with right now, when we’re so focused on health and safety, and retreating, and dealing with the impacts of isolation, but it’s how we are going to change as a society moving forward,” Crompton said in a Q and A with Ruddy at the AWARE AGM. “I think it’s important that we put our minds to, how will we be different? How will the organization function differently, and what challenges and opportunities are on the other side of this? Because I strongly believe that there are big opportunities.” As Whistler plans its post-COVID economic recovery, how can residents ensure environmental issues are included in the equation? The answer lies in advocacy, Crompton said. “I think that locally, environmentalism has driven governments to make better decisions than they’ve made otherwise, and I don’t think that always has to be a comfortable relationship. I think it’s good when activists and advocates push and build runway and help people in government make the decisions that are right,” he said. “How do we put the environment at the centre of it? I think it’s through advocacy. I think it’s through activism.” There are countless examples of Whistler environmentalists—from AWARE or otherwise—speaking up to influence
change, the most recent being last year’s global climate strike. Organized in part by then-high-school student Jade Quinn-McDonald, the Sept. 27, 2019 march saw close to 600 people walk from Lost Lake to municipal hall, and was later cited by Crompton as a factor in the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s decision to issue free transit passes to high school students. With her post-high school outdoor leadership program sidelined by the pandemic, Quinn-McDonald (who was nominated by Crompton for the Citizen of the Year award at the now-postponed Whistler Excellence Awards) is back in the resort with plenty of time to contemplate the issues. “The advocacy right now I think is really important,” she says, adding that AWARE has been hard at work on that front organizing conference calls with local environmental advocates. “We are living in a democratic country, so our voices do matter—somewhat,” she adds with a laugh. “Change, I think, starts with a small group of people, because if you try to start at the top, more often than not, in my short life experience, it seems that things aren’t always as they seem. “I think grassroots is the way to go.” Local filmmaker Mike Douglas, chair of Protect Our Winters Canada, has been tapped into the conversation as well, and has even discussed it with Crompton personally. “There aren’t a lot of hard solutions yet, but the discussion is happening,” he says. “The fact that almost every sector in our economy is essentially begging for government money right now, it gives the government a lot of power in how to spend that money, and how to direct this recovery, which I think is good.” Douglas doesn’t consider himself to be an activist by nature. “It’s not in my DNA. I’m not one of those people that’s like, always fighting the man,” he says. “But what I’ve learned, and the reason I’ve become so involved, is I don’t feel like it’s OK to be a bystander anymore. There’s too much at stake, and you realize that governments alone are not going to make things happen, or at least not going to make the right things happen on their own. They need people to keep up the pressure.” n
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WEST COAST SALMON FISHING IS ONE OF THE FIRST TOURISM SECTORS TO OPEN AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS EASE STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEVE MACNAULL he big salmon are biting like crazy off the northern tip of Vancouver Island. COVID hasn’t changed that. But what the pandemic did change is how the West Coast sportfishing tourism sector is rebounding after two months of lockdown. “We’re following all WorkSafeBC and B.C. Ministry of Health guidelines,” says Wade Dayley of Port Hardy’s Wicked Salmon, a division of Bear Cove Cottages & Sport Fishing. “We’re using common sense and social distancing on the boats and using masks and gloves.” In the past, the B.C. salmon sportfishing industry attracted a lot of big-spending Americans, who booked into specialized fishing lodges and hired guides up and down the coast. With coronavirus travel bans lingering, high rollers from the U.S. and elsewhere in the world are out of the equation. “We’re now promoting salmon fishing as a staycation, a keep-it-local, drivable activity for tourists from B.C. and Alberta,” says Dayley. “You can also fly into Comox Valley Airport from Calgary and rent a car to drive the three hours and 15 minutes to Port Hardy.” All this talk about the sportfishing industry reopening reminds me of when my dad, my son, and I went out with Wicked Salmon for an epic three-generation experience. The bravado hits fever pitch when my son and I score the fishing double-header. For the uninitiated, the double-header is the much-hyped, but seldom-seen, phenomena of two fishermen in the boat having giant Chinook salmon on the line at the same time. It’s a reel-screaming, arm-numbing good time that elicits laughter, good-natured ribbing, trash talk and oldfashioned competition. My 28-year-old son, Alex, is the first to have his rod shudder violently with the hit of a 7.7-kilogram Chinook.
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The fish takes off, squealing out a 30-pound (14-kg) carbon test line. My encouragement for Alex abruptly ends when a Chinook smashes my line and I have a classic man-versus-fish battle of my own to take care of. As we fight the fish in back-and-forth spurts, we berate each other for poor technique and postulate about whose Chinook is bigger. I claim victory when I get the salmon to the surface first and fishing guide Dayley scoops it up in the net. Soon after, Alex’s fish is beside the boat and Dayley is ready with the net. We high-five and Dayley takes a picture of us with our trophy Chinooks. All of a sudden, I feel sorry for my dad, Alex’s grandfather, who’s also in the boat and ended up being a double-header third wheel. After all, this is supposed to be an epic three-generation boys fishing trip out on the Pacific Ocean. But the pity doesn’t last long. My dad already had bragging rights with the biggest fish of the trip, a glistening 9.5-kg one caught earlier that morning. We all grin and call it a day because we’ve caught our daily limit of two Chinook each. Our feeling of accomplishment is immense. But the reality is Dayley did all the work and we claimed all the glory—though that’s fine with him. “I never get tired of helping my clients catch fish,” says the tall and bearded man. “I’m excited every day for this job.” Wicked Salmon’s most popular package is a four-night stay in one of Bear Cove Cottage’s eight rustic-luxe cabins and three days of fishing. Price is about $2,500 per person based on all-inclusive, double occupancy and also includes fish frozen and vacuum-packed for you to take home. Check out WickedSalmon.com. Pique's travel section will be going on hiatus starting next week, but we eagerly anticipate its return in the future. ■
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Whistler runner qualifies for 2020 NYC Marathon ELIZABETH BOYLAN PART OF TEAM HEART & STROKE
BY DAN FALLOON BEFORE ELIZABETH BOYLAN did her first half marathon after open-heart surgery last June, her ultimate goal was to run the New York City Marathon in 2020. And while the Whistler runner lining up in the Big Apple this November is currently up in the air due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s looking a lot more promising than it did just weeks ago. That’s because after the ball didn’t bounce in her favour during the general lottery, Boylan found her way in through a spot on Team Heart & Stroke. “I’m pretty excited,” she said on May 28. When Boylan’s application to the lottery failed, she donated the equivalent of her entry fee to the Montreal Heart Institute, where she had her bicuspid aortic valve replaced in February of 2019 after collapsing on the Valley Trail while jogging during the summer of 2018 (See Pique, “Quick comeback,” May 30, 2019). Just three months after surgery, she completed the Whistler Half Marathon. Even though the lottery route was blocked, Boylan tried to find another way in, applying to a team raising funds for the American Heart Association. “I reached out to Team Heart & Stroke,” she explained. “They didn’t have a spot, but [then] a spot opened up.” When completing the Whistler Half Marathon last June, Boylan acknowledged
BIG APPLE BOUND Elizabeth Boylan, shown here in May 2019, qualified for the 2020 New York City Marathon. FILE PHOTO BY DAN FALLOON
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she was initially comparing her accomplishment to her pre-surgery days, but then after thinking about all that her body had been through, she accepted that her time of two hours and 12 minutes was something to be proud of. The realization, she recalled, came as she was checking into a local hotel the evening of the race. “I was saying, ‘I did the half marathon and I just had open heart surgery,’” she said. “The desk agent said, ‘Oh, what was your time?’ “Only in Whistler,” she chuckled. “I said, ‘It was two hours and 12 minutes,’ and I wasn’t looking, at the time, at that being such an accomplishment, but
used to running as much, I was running in water and building up,” she said. “I’ve started doing that, too, because the stakes are so much higher with the travel and everything like that.” A typical run, however, will look a fair bit different than it did before as Boylan
“...the stakes are so much higher with the travel and everything like that.” - ELIZABETH BOYLAN
then I said, ‘Looking at the time, that’s pretty good. That’s good.’” Later that month, Boylan trimmed five minutes from her time at the Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon. Heading into New York, Boylan is feeling confident, reasoning that though it’s double the length of her 2019 races, she’s had time to train and she isn’t just coming out of surgery. “I should be OK,” she said. Boylan explained that her training is looking similar to last year, as she seeks to ensure that her trip is worthwhile. “Last year, because my body wasn’t
regularly consults her Apple Watch to keep a close eye on her pulse as she looks to avoid overtraining. Her main target, used for 70 per cent of her training, is the Maffetone method, which calculates the goal heart rate at 180 beats per minute minus one’s age. “That conditions your heart so that when you’re running faster, it’s at a lower rate. I’ve just been monitoring my heart rate to watch when I’m overtraining and overstressing or overreaching because that’s when you have an injury,” she said. “What’s happening during my long run is my joints are getting used to the pounding
for a longer distance. “I’m checking, so when [my heart rate] goes above 136, I’ll slow down or I’ll walk and my heart will recover and then I’ll go back to get it back up.” As part of her 16-week training plan, Boylan also mixes in Fartlek runs, which involve short bursts of speed training followed by walking. If this year’s New York City Marathon does not happen, Boylan said she will run in either Vancouver or Whistler on race day to mark the occasion. As well, she has three years to enter, though she would eye 2021. “I will do it next year in New York if they cancel it at the last minute,” she said. Boylan is eager to run in New York, as she’ll have a friendly face cheering her on. Dr. Ismail El-Hamamsy, who performed her surgery in Quebec, is now the Director of Aortic Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital. As of June 2, Boylan had raised $1,485 of her $4,000 goal to support her event. For more information or to donate, visit https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/Marathon/ FDA-FoundersAffiliate?px=19568429&pg=p ersonal&fr_id=5375. If Boylan surpasses her goal, she will hold a separate fundraiser for the Montreal Heart Institute. “They were so good to me. It’s my hometown and it was so nurturing and such good care I received there,” she said. n
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AFTER THE GREAT SADNESS of losing her daughter Mikayla in a mountain biking accident last October, Christine Martin is embracing the dichotomy of tragedy and joy. A new trail in Squamish’s Alice LakeHighlands area built in honour of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club member, who became a national ski-cross racer and 2018 Junior World Champion, is helping to provide some happiness through the pain. Miki’s Magic is an 800-metre-long blue trail located northeast of Alice Lake near trails such as Ed’s Access and Slippery Salmon. “For me, it’s been really good,” said Martin, who anticipates officially installing a metal sign to mark the trail soon. “It’s such a beautiful trail. It’s such a fun trail. It’ll be such a gift to the community. It is so who Mikayla is. “Mikayla was all about having fun, being outdoors, enjoying sports, enjoying nature. She would love this course.” Martin said it was important to build a trail that riders of all ages could enjoy, as her daughter had a strong interest in children, specifically young women, getting involved in sports. “There’s some really steep stuff here in Squamish, and difficult, challenging stuff,” she said. “The jump from the really basic to the steep and tricky stuff is quite a jump. This is a good in-between [option]. “It is going to be really fun and accessible to a lot of different skill levels.” Lead builder Ted Tempany of Dream Wizards Events made the trail ride, in many ways, like a ski-cross course. Tempany shares Martin’s skiing background, so he wracked his brain trying to incorporate that element. One feature he’s proud of is the start ramp, which gives off a ski-cross course vibe. In addition to the ramp, the corners also follow the theme, added fellow builder Luke Di Marzo. “All our corners have rollers in them, so we’re trying to get the same lightweight feeling as you would on a ski-cross track,” he said. Tempany jumped at the chance when Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association (SORCA) trail crew manager Dave Reid first approached him about volunteering. Noting his positive relationships in the local community and with provincial organizations, Tempany credited Sea to Sky recreation officer Alistair McCrone with helping the application receive quick approval so work could start this spring. As well, Tempany quickly created the general path for the trail, punching through roughly 800 metres of trees, stumps and rocks over the course of two long days, putting in 22 hours total. “We’re getting pretty proficient at doing
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things well but also doing things fast,” he said. “When you don’t have the huge budgets, you have to find ways of doing things better with less money. “I’ve just gotten really proficient at punching a trail.” Di Marzo, a former Team Squamish teammate of Martin, worked alongside Tempany in a smaller shaping machine as they’ve contributed long hours to the project. “Ted, every morning, says ‘You ready to be cross-eyed by this evening?’” said Di Marzo, who won the open junior team division at the 2013 Crud 2 Mud contest as he biked and Martin skied. “He loves it. He says he wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.” Di Marzo said Martin’s friends and family came out to help pick rocks and shape the trail, though passers-by have also been quick to lend a hand. “Basically everyone who’s come past us has stopped, picked up a rake or shovel or started picking rocks without even being asked,” he said. Di Marzo noted that Paralympic sit-skier Alex Cairns has helped out over the course of several days, “[getting] himself down into the corners” to sit down and pick rocks. The trail is open for riding, with some work remaining to connect it into Rob’s Corners to properly incorporate it into the network. For more updates on the trail and a potential celebration, keep an eye on Dream Wizards’ Instagram page @dreamwizards. Tempany said the trail-building process has allowed him to get to know the Martin family better, and he’s appreciated the opportunity. “I really admire Christine’s and [husband] James’ strength throughout all of this. It’s easy to see where Mikayla got all her positive energy from and her eagerness to help all the young kids in town,” he said. ■
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Good ‘inner’ news from outer space WITH SOME LUCK AND FOOD SHARING, BOB AND DOUG WILL BE SPACED OUT FOR A WHILE THERE IT SAT on Sunday’s New York Times’ digital front page. But you had to scroll down three windows, past the updates on the outrage over the murder of George Floyd and the latest pandemic news, to get to it. Then you spy it—the most upbeat news in a long time, and something of a balm for the psyche: At 10:16 a.m. Eastern time on May 31, the SpaceX Dragon crew capsule
BY GLENDA BARTOSH successfully docked at the International Space Station along with its crew, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. These two “great-guy” astronauts are casually referred to by commentators from NASA and SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire Elon Musk, as “Bob and Doug,” which any good Canuck can’t help but think of as Bob and Doug McKenzie circa 1980s SCTV. Can’t you just hear them koo-koooo koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kooing away at the excitement of it all? (Don’t tell NASA—they wouldn’t understand.) After flying for 19 hours at speeds up to 28,000 km/h, Bob and Doug were warmly
JET PROPELLED NASA astronaut Bob Behnken, of the Bob and Doug team, “floaty-flew” Supermanstyle into the International Space Station after gathering all his food and water-bottle garbage before docking. SCREENSHOT BY GLENDA BARTOSH
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welcomed by the three astronauts already stationed there—the current commander, NASA’s Chris Cassidy, along with Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner from Roscosmos, the state corporation that runs the Russian Federation’s space program. Now that they’re safely ensconced at the space station, roughly 300 to 400 kilometres above the Earth’s surface, Bob and Doug are going to be staying a while. Just how long, only time will tell since the space station, like many places on Earth, has been relatively short-staffed lately and there’s so much to do. But it will be somewhere between one and four months. All of which led to one of the head honchos at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to ask Chris what he could do to get the two new arrivals to “stay a little bit longer.” “Well, we could slow down the rate at which we’re eating food and stretch out the comestibles over the next [while],” he kidded. That little interchange, along with a later reminder from a SpaceX mission controller for Bob and Doug to pick up all their food and water-bottle garbage before they left the spacecraft, got me wondering… What the heck do astronauts eat these days? Like, space food in a toothpaste, as we kids used to think back in the ’60s? First off, it ain’t no cold paste in aluminum tubes like it was in the early days. In fact, it’s amazingly similar to what we have here on Earth. Automated transfer spacecraft from the European Space Agency or Russia’s Roscosmos arrive every few months loaded with everything from
peanut butter and jelly to fresh fruit and tortillas along with an assortment of drinks and pre-packaged meals. The full menu at the space station offers more than 100 different items! The astronauts choose what they want to eat in advance. Maybe it sounds better than it really is in real life, but the offerings look surprisingly good. There’s cashew chicken curry, beef ravioli and wild rice salad; Mexican scrambled eggs and tomato basil soup; and strawberries with candy-coated chocolates or cherry blueberry cobbler for dessert. When it’s Thanksgiving, they’ll even get the goods to make a traditional turkey dinner. Some things like brownies come in their regular form, just like what we’d get here on Earth. Others, like the mac and cheese and spaghetti, are dehydrated. There’s mustard, mayo and ketchup, and salt and pepper, but the latter items come in liquid form since anything out of a shaker would float away, possibly clogging air vents or getting stuck in somebody’s eyes. There’s an oven on board to heat things but no refrigeration, so food has to be handled very carefully to stay safe. And in low-gravity and with space at a premium (ahem), special considerations must be made regarding packaging as well as the act of eating itself. NASA has a great video highlighting some of the quirkier situations that can arise during lunch at the space station, including tins of what look like tuna fish or salmon floating through the air, and astronauts sipping their juice—or maybe that’s the tomato basil soup—in flexible
packages that remind me of the pouches that a lot of Whistler-based Love Child’s organic baby food comes in. To make sure they’re getting the right level of nutrition and calories, astronauts fill out questionnaires that are transmitted to on-ground experts, who help them with nutritional advice to make sure they get the right amount of calories per day—around 1,900 for a smaller female astronaut to 3,200 calories for a large guy—and all their other nutritional requirements. I wonder what Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas would think of it all. “Take off, eh?” pops to mind. But, serendipitously, Rick and Dave as Bob and Doug McKenzie actually did a space skit during their SCTV heydays. Their sleek white space suits were remarkably prescient of the stylin’ ones Bob and Doug wore this week, and when somebody asked them at the time why they went into space, their answer was equally prescient: “Earth has become too violent and scary. Space is our new safe and quiet home!” Way to go, guys. Beauty. Thanks to the communications crews at NASA and the European Space Agency for all the interesting info on their websites about what sustains astronauts while they live at the space station. Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who loved watching John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, blast off into space in 1962, following the great Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin—the first person in space. ■
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When life gives you lemons, paint rocks TALENT BEHIND PAINTERTAINMENT CREATES WILD ROCKS OF BLACK TUSK
BY ALYSSA NOEL BLACK TUSK VILLAGE is experiencing an extra dose of whimsy during the COVID19 pandemic. Brightly coloured, expertly painted rocks have been popping up on lawns around the neighbourhood, thanks to Cary Campbell Lopes having a little extra time—and no shortage of creative energy—on her hands. Campbell Lopes and her husband Paulo had work lined up for their costume design and body paint company Paintertainment when the pandemic hit and cancelled all of them. “We went from working to zero,” she says. Inspired by a friend in the U.S. who had been painting rocks and tucking them around town for others to find (Wild Rocks of Durham), she decided to do the same around her home. “I thought, ‘I’m going to do something here where I encourage kids to paint the rocks,’” she adds. So she began collecting rocks and turning them into vibrant critters in her yard with the hopes of inspiring neighbourhood kids to make their own.
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Then the rocks started finding her. Shapes she’d stumble across would spark an idea and she began to paint them with specific neighbours in mind. “I’ve been here 20 years now. There are a lot of neighbours I’ve known for a while. I’ve started doing things that represent the households around here,” she says. One rock transformed into a plaid shirt for her long-time lumberjack neighbour.
While she hadn’t witnessed any of her neighbours discovering their lawn gifts, she has overheard kids walking by her house and finding her personal art rocks. “We have our balcony, so we overhear them when they stop, get off their bikes, and take photos,” Campbell Lopes says. “It’s creating a buzz, but because it’s so brand new, I don’t know if anyone has finished [their own rock] yet. It’s really just starting.”
“It’s just being out in the wild and there’s this splash of colour. A little bit of art in their world—and everyone secretly wants to paint something.” - CARY CAMPBELL LOPES
Another series turned into Winnie the Pooh characters for a family that used to babysit her kids and always dressed like Pooh and his pals for Halloween. “I’m looking for ideas for different people and I find rocks that suit them,” Campbell Lopes says. “It’s got to inspire us.” Most recently, she found a large, flat rock that was undeniably a chocolate chip cookie. That one she planned to slip into the yard of a chef in neighbouring Pinecrest. “It’s half eaten,” she adds. “It’s pretty cute. We’ll leave that in their yard.”
Painted rocks have been popping up in the forests of the Sea to Sky corridor and around the world during the pandemic. The motivation seems to be brightening up the days of community members in this challenging time. Campbell Lopes thinks it also taps into people’s secret desire to paint. “It’s just being out in the wild and there’s this splash of colour,” she says. “A little bit of art in their world—and everyone secretly wants to paint something.” She has some logistical tips for anyone
wanting to get in on the fun. First, it’s all about the rock itself. “Any smooth rock [will work],” she says. “You don’t want to get lumpy, gritty ones. The smoother the rock, the better. Take it home, wash it with soap and water and let it dry in the sun.” Ideally, she adds, paint a light colour base coat with acrylic paint—though really any paint will do if you use a non-waterbased varnish on it afterwards. “I’ve found stones this year which have been in my garden for 15 years and they’re still covered in paint,” she says. “We used to paint them solid colours and I’m still finding them all over the place.” While she’s deep into her rock-painting project, Campbell Lopes has also channelled her creative energy into elaborate lace necklaces under the name Trace of Lace during the pandemic as well. “I picked up a piece of beautiful lace on a trip back from a job in Amsterdam,” she says. “I’ve been cutting that up and dyeing it and making it all colours. The themes keep evolving.” She adds with a laugh, “the problem with artists is there’s no shortage of ideas; it’s the shortage of how do you make a living out of all of this.” To see her rock art visit @ wildrocksofblacktusk on Instagram or Facebook. To see the necklaces visit @ traceoflace on Instagram or https://traceof-lace.myshopify.com/. n
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BY ALYSSA NOEL EVERYONE HAS HAD to find ways to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic—and that includes members of Whistler’s arts and music scene. Flexibility and creativity is what lead to Arts Whistler’s brand new Bike Shop Sessions, a weekly livestream concert series that takes place—at a distance of course— inside Coastal Culture Sports. “We were looking for some fun programming we could safely do during this time,” says Imogen Osborne, programs and events manager with Arts Whistler. “It was perfect. It fit exactly what we wanted to do.” The arts organization first paired up with the Creekside bike and ski shop in May to launch the series. Osborne said they reached out to their large roster of musicians on file to see if any were interested in taking part. “We reached out to people from Squamish to Pemberton,” she says. “The reactions from the musicians have been really positive. They’re so grateful to have somewhere to perform. Although they’re not performing to a live audience, they kind of are. They’re all having fun learning how to communicate and deliver a performance on a new platform.” Last month’s performers included Ev Kinsella, Marble Canyon, Dakota Pearl, and Cat Madden. Logistically, setting up in the shop to adhere to physical distancing has been easier than you might imagine, Osborne said. “The location is perfect. It’s big enough to hold five or six band members properly physically distanced. We go in a couple hours before the band turns up and clear the shop floor. Once the band arrives, the
stage is ready for them to go,” she added. One of her favourite moments: when Kinsella and bandmate Marcus Ramsay walked in and saw the elaborate set-up. “They were silent,” Osborne says with a laugh. “They didn’t expect to walk into what they walked into. It does look pretty impressive with multiple cameras and light boxes.” To that end, Arts Whistler has programmed the series through June. Next up, catch Conor Fitz & Rad on Thursday, June 4. On June 11 catch The Rebel Appliance, June 18 is Red Chair, and June 25 you can find JennaMae and the Groove Section. All of the shows start online at 8 p.m. “We’re having such a great time learning new skills,” Osborne says. “We’ve never livestreamed before. Adapting to a new way of bringing entertainment to the community has been fun for us. The people watching have also been really appreciating having a livestream of their local favourites.” In keeping with many of the other livestream concert initiatives around town, the sessions also double as a fundraiser for the Feed the Need campaign, raising money for food banks in the Sea to Sky corridor during this time of high need. Meanwhile, the series is set to wrap up at the end of the month, but Arts Whistler is planning to announce its new summer initiatives in the coming weeks. “A lot of work goes into our events,” Osborne says. “Having to cancel them has been bittersweet, but we know it’s the right thing to do. We’re all really excited looking at how we can adapt to plan new initiatives—or slightly change existing ones to work through the summer.” To see the full lineup, watch the shows, and find the archived concerts, visit artswhistler.com/blog/bike-shop-sessions. ■
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Quarantino 11—this is the end TIME PASSES slowly up here in the mountains. And life is easy in the bubble, with beauty and nature literally right outside our doors and a community of (mostly) likeminded souls to adventure with. Even in a pandemic lockdown the Sea to Sky is a paradise, so it can be easy to forget that Western civilization is built on a toxic
BY FEET BANKS patriarchal and racist foundation that has been screwing people over for centuries. These are hard truths, especially because this stuff is so ingrained in our culture many of us don’t even fully understand the problem. The mainstream media is also not much help—not just the “if it bleeds, it leads” credo of sensationalistic news reporting, but also in the entertainment we watch. Kathryn VanArendonk recently penned a piece for Vulture about the sheer number of TV shows and movies with cops as protagonists, the good guys, and how
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prioritizing the victories and struggles of the police over those of the communities they are policing helps shape the way people see the world. “The overwhelming mountain of cop shows amounts to a decades-long cultural education in who deserves attention and whose perspective counts most,” VanArendonk says. “TV teaches us that cops are the characters we should care about.” Which isn’t to say there are no good cops or that their perspectives and stories aren’t important (not to mention that it’s an incredibly trying job that can turn good people sour) but the old lesson from Kindergarten still applies: “It only takes one bad apple to spoil it for the whole group” and if there is, as suggested, a code of silence within the force…well, who watches the watchmen? Of course, Quentin Tarantino doesn’t make movies about cops, quite the opposite in fact. And as we wind up almost three months of Quarantino, it’s worth re-visiting the discussion on the role race plays in his films. Filmmaker Spike Lee (and others) have repeatedly criticized Tarantino for writing characters, white and black, that use the n-word, as well as for appropriating slavery and black history and simplifying it into a revenge fantasy spaghetti western in Django Unchained. That style of historical revisionism
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has been common in the second half of Tarantino’s career. And it might be his way of coping with some of the shame and horrors of Western civilization people are rising up against these days. When Quentin creates a world/movie where the slaves take control, or Hitler burns to death in a trap set by Jews, or the Manson murder plot fails, he wants people to remember the horrors of history, but understand we needn’t be stuck repeating them. Tarantino can’t change what’s happened, but he can show his audiences an alternative reality, perhaps in hopes that his version, where the victimized come out on top, will be the way things work out the next time. The only racial commentary in 2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is that there are no visible minorities in the film at all (except for Bruce Lee; more on him later). This can be a commentary on the state of Hollywood in the late 1960s (or now) but for the most part, Tarantino’s ninth film is both a love letter to a bygone cinematic era, as well as a character-driven musing on friendship, aging, celebrity, and the random chaos of violence. Brad Pitt won an Academy Award for his role as stuntman/sidekick to Leo DiCaprio’s has-been actor, but Leo turns in one of the best performances of his career too. Many have noted that Margot Robbie, playing
actress Sharon Tate, is given a too-small, “eye-candy” role, but I found her character got deeper with each viewing. She’s set up as a sort of unattainable ideal for the other characters in the film—a talent on the rise as opposed to the dwindling star of DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton. But the Bruce Lee portrayal was controversial. In his one speaking scene, Lee comes across as cocky and arrogant, but the whole scene is a self-glorifying flashback/memory of Pitt’s character Cliff Booth, who is an unreliable narrator at best. That memory is not what really happened, and to drive this home Tarantino removes a dozen characters from the scene at one point, to show it’s all in Booth’s head. Watch it again, 12 people just disappear as Booth rewrites the story in his own head. All in all, Once Upon a Time… is a love letter to L.A. (Quentin’s hometown) and to the ghosts of cinema past. It’s Tarantino at his most tranquil…until it isn’t. And while the brutality that ends this movie is not for the faint of heart, it’s that revisionist artist flex again. These are the people that killed Sharon Tate and her unborn child, Tarantino would argue they deserve this fate and we as an audience can go home knowing that, while we can’t change mistakes from the past, we can certainly stop them from happening again in the future. ■
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WE’VE COME A LONG WAY BABY The Whistler Museum has come a long way from starting as a display in the
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A virtual AGM: A first for the Whistler Museum BY ALLYN PRINGLE NEXT THURSDAY (June 11), the Whistler Museum & Archives Society will be hosting its 2020 Annual General Meeting online beginning at 5 p.m. using Zoom, one of the many online platforms that have become increasingly popular over the past few months. Though this will be the first time in more than 30 years of operations that we will not be able to welcome our members in person, we’re looking forward to connecting with all who attend using the means currently available. The Whistler Museum & Archives Society became an official non-profit organization in February 1987, but work to start a museum had begun well before that. In the early 1980s, Myrtle Philip and Dick Fairhurst, both early Alta Lake residents, had expressed their concerns to Florence Petersen that the history of the small community would be lost as skiing became more and more popular in the area. In the summer of 1986, Florence and a group of dedicated volunteers began gathering items and archival records to tell their stories. Sadly, both Myrtle and Dick passed away before the first museum opened as a temporary showcase in the back room of the Whistler Library in the basement of Municipal Hall. The Whistler Museum moved into its own space in January 1988 when it took over the old municipal hall building in Function Junction. Thanks to the generosity of the Whistler Rotary Club, which helped renovate the space, the museum was able to open to the public in June 1989 with exhibits on skiing and natural history and even a replica of Myrtle Philip’s sitting room. Over its first season of operations, the Whistler Museum
attracted more than 2,000 visitors. The following summer, that number increased to more than 3,800 visitors. The museum remained in its Function Junction location until 1995, when it and the library moved into temporary spaces on Main Street. Though the new location was actually quite a bit smaller than the old one, this was more than made up for by its increased visibility and prime location. In the first month of operation in the village, the museum attracted 2,168 visitors to its new exhibits. The museum began to offer programs, such as walking tours and school trips, participated in community events such as the Canada Day Parade, and even published cookbooks sharing recipes from local restaurants and community members. In 2009, the Whistler Museum reopened in its current location (conveniently right next door to its previous building) with a new interior and new permanent exhibits with support from the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, the Community Foundation of Whistler, the American Friends of Whistler and, of course, many community members. From this space, the museum has continued to offer programs and events, participate in community events, and offer temporary exhibits on different topics (though there have been no cookbooks published recently, First Tracks, Florence Petersen’s book on the history of Alta Lake, is now in its third printing and is available at the museum by request). We hope that all of our members will be able to join us next Thursday to look back on the past year of museum operations (our busiest on record!). For information on how to attend or to check on the status of your membership, please call the museum at 604-932-2019 or email us at events@ whistlermuseum.org. n
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BLACK LIVES MATTER A sizeable crowd showed up to participate in the march on Monday, with most toting handmade cardboard signs and donning masks due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. PHOTO BY ABBIE NO JUSTICE NO PEACE Local teens who came up with the idea to hold the rally led the crowd of protestors on a march up and down the Village Stroll. PHOTO BY ABBIE FINESTONE. 3 SPEAK OUT Speakers took hold of the megaphone to share their experiences with attendees. PHOTO BY ABBIE FINESTONE. 4 NEVER TOO YOUNG Protestors of all ages turned up to the local anti-racism rally – including one who made a “Black Lives Matter” sign for her doll. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE. 5 TAKING CHARGE Four local teenagers—Charlize Littlelight, Kaiya Nixon, Jaya Guibert and Danika Boucher—were the driving force behind Whistler’s demonstration. PHOTO SUBMITTED. FINESTONE.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Paul Verlaine wrote
“Autumn Song” in 1866. It became a well-known French poem, and eventually played a role in a historical turning point. In June 1944, a top-secret British spy organization used the poem as a code to communicate crucial information to the French Resistance, via BBC radio, about the allies’ upcoming D-Day invasion of Normandy. In the spirit of poetry being used to accomplish practical actions, I’m now sending out a burst of code to you, Aries. It’s adapted from another poem by Verlaine: “Delight in good-omened fortune, baptized by the bristling scents of mint, thyme, and clover on the wind of dawn.” Regard this as a signal for you to acquire a necessary resource, strengthen connections with key allies, and intensify your current quest. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus philosopher Bertrand Russell observed, “The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.” That is always an important principle for everyone to embrace, in my opinion. But it will be an especially essential truth for you in the coming weeks. Your creative powers will thrive, even soar and generate blessings, to the degree that you downplay and outwit your possessive inclinations. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It’s OK to live a life others don’t understand,” writes author Jenna Woginrich. That’s a healthy attitude for an eccentric person like her, who taught herself by trial and error how to run a small farm with a meagre budget while all alone in the middle of nowhere. But does her advice apply to everyone? I say yes, it does. All of us have quirky behaviours and idiosyncratic ideas and odd feelings that other people find hard to understand, let alone appreciate. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because the coming weeks will be a time when it’s best for you to emancipate yourself as much as possible from the need to be perfectly understood as you express your raw, pure, unique self. CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m one of the lucky people who has never been addicted to alcohol or drugs. What’s the source of my great fortune? Two kinds of grace are key: I suffered no abuse and trauma when I was growing up, and my genetic make-up doesn’t predispose me to self-medicate with intoxicants. But I am indeed a bit addicted to other things, like fearful fantasies, sexual feelings, and the urge to win arguments. So I’m blessed in some ways, cursed in others—just like all of us! In honour of our season of introspection, my fellow Cancerian, I invite you to do what I just did: Count your blessings and curses. Doing so will bring you just the right kind of healing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Jacquemus Mini Le Chiquito” is the name of a tiny purse you can buy for $522. It fits into the palm of your hand, and won’t hold much—maybe a single-use strand of dental floss, a shoe from a Barbie doll, a snippet of a loved one’s hair, an aspirin, maybe a few crumbs from a potato chip. In any case, I don’t recommend it for you. You should be surrounding yourself with symbols of capaciousness and roominess. You need influences that inspire you to be a spacious container. It’s time for you to welcome and receive an abundance of blessings, inquiries, and invitations. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don’t,” writes author Rebecca Solnit. “And it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.” Your assignment in the coming weeks is to thoroughly incorporate Solnit’s wisdom—and then wield it with tender ferocity as you reshape your relationship with the future. See if you can manage, if only for 10 days, to fight off and dissolve the reflex to worry. Here’s a tip: Any time the agitated fantasy of an ugly scenario rises up in your imagination, remind yourself that it’s not objectively true and immediately replace it with a fantasy of a desirable scenario.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Nobel Prize-winning Libran author
William Faulkner was asked by a cousin if he was drunk when he dreamed up the imaginative stories and characters in his novels. The truth was that on occasion, Faulkner did indeed consume alcohol in excessive amounts. However, he rarely indulged while actually writing. His creative ideas mostly came from his fertile imagination, not an unhinged spirit. In the coming weeks, I hope you will be like Faulkner during the inventive phases he enjoyed while sober and disciplined and driven by focused intention. The astrological omens suggest that’s the best recipe for generating original ideas and productive visions. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “What use is this howling tenderness?” wrote eighth-century Tamil mystic poet Andal. My research on Google reveals that no one has answered her question until now. I decided you would benefit from hearing my response, since you are in a chapter of your life story when howling tenderness could work to your benefit. So here’s my counsel: Howling tenderness is useful because it has the power to shatter mysterious barriers that have been at least partially obstructing you from exploring the frontiers of sacred intimacy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield articulates the spiritual medicine I think you should seek in the coming weeks. You especially need it, and by happy coincidence, it’s likely to be available. Kornfield writes: “When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.” I urge you to identify the people who can perform this service for you, then ask them point-blank to perform this service, even if it has to happen over FaceTime or via Zoom. To generate the good karma that will ensure this happens in just the right way, offer to perform the same service for others. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The changes we dread most may contain our salvation,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. Although I mostly agree with her conclusion, I’ll also suggest that we could come up with less melodramatic versions of it. For example, we might say, “The adjustments we’re resisting may actually be healthy.” Or “The uncomfortable transitions we’re avoiding might ultimately lead to a better version of comfort.” Or “The revelations we’re attempting to ignore and deny could eventually be the source of relief and release.” Do any of these work for you right now, Capricorn? I bet at least one does. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some people seem to think of sacredness as being pristine and pious—an immaculate and orderly transcendence of earthly concerns. Author and minister Marilyn Sewell has a different perspective. “Who can order the Holy?” she asks. “It is like a rainforest, dripping, lush, fecund, wild. We enter its abundance at our peril, for here we are called to the wholeness for which we long, but which requires all we are and can hope to be.” I recommend Sewell’s version of holiness to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You’re primed to upgrade and deepen your sacred lust for life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When Europeans arrived in the New World, the Iroquois Confederacy in what’s now northeastern North America had been practising participatory democracy for 350 years. The visionary principles of these native people ultimately influenced the formation of the United States and its Constitution. Now would be a good time for you to be inspired by these facts. How? You could draw teachings from the past and use them to create your future. You could study the perspectives of Indigenous people and incorporate their wisdom into the way you live your life. You could tune in to and explore the traditions of people you respect and adopt them for your own use. Homework: What’s your favourite thing to do when you’re alone? Testify: FreeWillAstrology.com
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Travels over water—Part I MY VERY FIRST canoe was handcrafted of birchbark and cedar, formed and decorated in the Algonquin style. Its squat, rounded ends, sharp at the root-laced stems and curving gracefully towards its passengers, opened gently amidships to form a spacious, perfectly apportioned lake traveller. That it was only eight inches (20 centimetres) long and travelled principally within the shores of my bathtub didn’t really matter to me. It was a gift from a land far away— Canada—a romantic place of forests and lakes and fish the size of grown man’s arm where my grandparents went in the summer to camp and angle with their friends. Doubtless purchased at some roadside curio shop, it may have been of questionable heritage and craftsmanship but its sleek
BY G.D. MAXWELL lines and delicate detail sparked my child’s imagination and I longed to own such a craft and glide gracefully across still water. Growing up landlocked in the deserts and mountains of the U.S. southwest didn’t afford many opportunities to paddle ancient waterways. It wasn’t until moving to Canada that canoes began to play any role in my life beyond a vague stirring in my collective conscience. For Canada is a land of canoes, a terrain of lakes and rivers and streams held loosely together by portages of more solid stuff. The facade of modernity strung out along Canada’s southern border—in the form of its cities and virtually all of its population— fades rapidly as you travel north into lake country or wind your way inexorably toward Hudson’s Bay or the Arctic on one of many rivers draining into those incomprehensibly vast land and waterscapes. In many parts of the country, a trip north isn’t even needed to shake the patina of civilization. Lying snug against the border between Ontario and Minnesota is 4,700 square kilometres of protected wilderness consisting of hundreds of lakes, several historically important rivers and innumerable streams and creeks. Three- to four-billion-year-old granite, some of the oldest rock on this planet, is what passes for land there. Since being scoured by glacial ice, 9,000 years of freeze-and-thaw cycles, with the help of pioneering lichens, have pulverized enough of this Canadian Shield to support a forest of jack pine, black spruce, balsam fir and other northern forest trees. To pick a route and dip your paddle into the waters of Quetico Provincial Park is to drink fully of the history of this country. Better than any academic text, to glide silently in the wake of Jacques de Noyon— thought to be the first European to trace these routes—or La Verendrye who followed, or the countless Ojibway braves, trappers, coureurs des bois whose travels led down the Kaministikwia and Maligne rivers and eventually to the shores of Lake Winnipeg,
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Standing waves, haystacks and holes, some the size of large trucks or small buildings, boil for several hundred metres in the fast moving water. The Lachine Rapids was the end of the line for boats built in the European style and it is not an exaggeration to say they represented the dividing line between New France and Canada. To move very far inland of the Lachine Rapids required early explorers and fur traders to adopt Indigenous modes of travel, learn long established water and land routes, and develop cordial relations with Native peoples already familiar with the uncharted territory. In so doing, they and their progeny were changed forever and grew a new country.
swiftly over familiar paths of water, made all the difference in the pace with which Hudson’s Bay Company trappers reached the western end of the continent decades before the mountain men to the south ever tasted Pacific salmon. The birchbark canoe encountered in this new land was, for its time and place, a perfect craft. Lightweight and rugged, bark canoes could take shape, at the hands of master builders, with an ease that must have astounded the new settlers. Using simple hand tools of stone, bone and wood, Cree and Montagnais, Abnaki and Malecite builders, and those of virtually every other tribe save some of the prairie Indigenous people, could carve and lash together everything from a one man canoe to a
“In a canoe a man changes, and the life he has lived seems strangely remote. Time is no longer of the moment, for he has become part of space and freedom. What matters is that he is heading down the misty trail of explorers and voyageurs, with a fair wind and a chance for a good camp somewhere ahead.” - SIGURD OLSON
ancestors figured out how to walk on water. The history of exploration and discovery of Canada is, inextricably, the history of canoes. On the south shore of the island of Montreal, in a blue-collar, workingclass neighbourhood, you can sit on a park bench perched in a narrow strip of grass between the St. Lawrence River flowing in front of you and cars whizzing past on the roadway behind you. Gazing across the water, you can see as nasty a stretch of white water as you’re ever likely to find in an urban setting.
This early “development” of Canada stands in sharp contrast to what was happening south of the then-fuzzy border. When Marquette and Jolliet and La Salle and Champlain were exploring deep inland and Scots and voyageurs were trapping out the beaver further and further beyond Montreal, U.S. pioneers—travelling overland by horse and wagon—had barely made serious forays beyond the first hills west of their thin strip of civilization along the Atlantic Ocean. The canoe, travelling
large tribal boat. Hand-carved white cedar planking and framing formed a solid but flexible hull. Birchbark, the inside facing out, provided a waterproof and durable skin. The canoe was held together and given additional strength by pegging the bark to gunwales, themselves mortised to cross bars and ribs and end stems, with all the disparate parts lashed up with supple split roots of black, red or white spruce. To be continued... n
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GRANITE COURT, WHISTLER VILLAGE 109-4405 Blackcomb Way Rare 3 bed/3 bath upper unit in Granite Court. Just steps from Whistler Village and Lost Lake. Wraparound windows with tons of natural light. Nightly rentals allowed. $1,559,000 GST Exempt
604-938-3815 Janet Brown
KADENWOOD 2928 Big Timber Court Build your Dream Home with incredible views and privacy. Bordering Big Timber Park, ski or bike in/out access and a private gondola to Creekside shops, restaurants, trails and lakes. Drive by for a look. $2,990,000
Rob Boyd
604-935-0700 Allyson Sutton
ALPINE MEADOWS 8361 Rainbow Drive This family home with one bedroom suite is located near valley trail & nearby Meadow Park The Ri-1 Zoning can be explored for future renovations or building your future new Chalet. 3D Matterport Tour: www.8361rainbowdrive.com $1,690,000
604-935-9172 Kathy White
BLUEBERRY 3227 Peak Drive Located within a quiet cul-de-sac in the favourable Blueberry neighbourhood. Flexible zoning allows you to make this one of a kind property your full time Whistler residence, weekend mountain retreat or short term/long term rental. $5,495,000
Maggi Thornhill *PREC
VILLAGE NORTH 72-4388 Northlands Blvd Perfectly located 1 bed/1 bath, within walking distance to everything with an amazing large balcony offering all day sun and privacy. Phase 1 zoning allows for nightly rentals or full time use. $750,000
BLACKCOMB BENCHLANDS 301-4591 Blackcomb Way Upgraded Deluxe King Studio Suite - sleeps 4 (2 adults + 2 kids or 3 adults)! Cozy interior, king bed, sofa bed, fireplace, private balcony & world-class amenities. Personal use and strong rental revenues!. $429,000
604-616-6933 Katherine Currall
ALPINE MEADOWS 8322 Valley Drive Fully renovated 5 bdrm home with gorgeous chef’s kitchen, modern bathrooms, mudroom, cabinetry, tile, carpet, Sonos sound, new furnishings and art. Landscaped back yard with fully equipped outdoor kitchen, fire pit, hot tub, set amidst the privacy of nature and trees. $3,290,000
604-905-8199 Suzanne Wilson
604-932-7609
604-966-1364
DENTVILLE, SQUAMISH 38783 Garibaldi Avenue GREAT LOCATION! Custom built home close to downtown, schools, parks & trails. 7 beds & 6 bathrooms with 4000 sq. ft. of living space. Revenue suite is a good mortgage helper. Lots of features! $1,249,000
604 966 8454 Angie Vazquez *PREC
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8079 Cypress Place
3D Tour - rem.ax/25englewood
$4,995,000
This gorgeous new home is located on the 5th tee box on the Nicklaus North Golf course in Cypress Estates. A quiet cul-de-sac with wonderful southern exposure and spectacular golf course views is the setting for this modern home. Enjoy the groomed cross-country ski trails in the winter and lighted Valley Trail all year round.
Chris Wetaski
4
604.938.2499
#25 - 8030 Nicklaus North Blvd.
$1,998,000
This townhome features an open main floor plan through the kitchen, living and dining areas with 3 bedrooms on the upper floor and a private guest area on the lower level. 3.5 bathrooms complement the beautifully finished interior spaces with hardwood floors, heated tile floors, granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances.
Dave Beattie*
4
604.905.8855
3D Tour - rem.ax/73lagoons
Anderson Lake
$399,000
Featuring 100 feet of lakefront, on .68 of an acre, this property is situated on the east shore of pristine Anderson Lake, so it catches all the afternoon sun. Accessible by boat, the cabin was completely renovated in 2015, with about 936 sq ft of total living space. It boasts spectacular views up and down the lake and of the Bendor Mountain Range to the west.
Dave Halliwell*
2.5
604.932.7727
#73 - 4335 Northlands Blvd.
$597,000
Rare end and corner unit, south-east facing, second story townhome, available as an investment opportunity or year round living. Floorplan provides a spacious feel with over 500 sq. ft. The bright, protected, south facing deck has unique storage capability. This home is extremely bright and inviting, newly upgraded it is a 2 min walk to groceries/restaurants.
Dave Sharpe
604.902.2779
.5
3D Tour - rem.ax/8219mtnview
#215ABCD - 2020 London Lane
$600,000
#215ABCD Evolution is one of those scarce treasures that will pay off forever. The entire 592 sf luxurious 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom suite in Evolution is for sale (all 4 quarters). More similar to a spa than your standard hotel. Sophisticated suites with modern design. Ski In and Ski out too.
Denise Brown*
1
604.902.2033
8219 Mountain View Drive
$3,299,000
Roll into your well heated brand new garage, over to your new elevator with direct access to the kitchen or up to the third floor master bedroom! This custom modern home in family friendly Alpine, with stunning views is just minutes to the high school, sports center, grocery & liquor store. The upstairs outdoor 1,200 square foot deck is a social distancing dream come true.
Doug Treleaven
4
604.905.8626
3D Tour - rem.ax/217nordiccourt
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1-888-COVID19 Call first! #102 - 2111 Whistler Road
$295,000
Best priced phase 1 property available in Whistler, unlimited owner use or rental ! Central location, walking distance to Whistler Creekside. Monthly strata fee is ‘all inclusive’ having just one bill to pay makes ownership so easy! Leasehold property so traditional financing not available.
James Collingridge
604.902.0132
.5
#217 - 2007 Nordic Drive
$574,900
If you are a Whistler resident/employee or Whistler employer this unit is for you. Offering 2 bedrooms/1 bath, this unit in Nordic Court has been updated with new windows, laminate flooring, granite counter tops and in-suite laundry (washer/dryer combo). This is a top floor unit with deck facing north/north east.
Laura Barkman
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