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BACK TO SCHOOL

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32 Whistler’s drive for zero waste COVID-19 lightened the load—making lasting changes will take more effort. - By Braden Dupuis

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08 OPENING REMARKS Students around the world are going back to school in September. Studies from some countries that have already been through it offer insight into what precautions we should take.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week, letter writers look at what can be done to make the Village Stroll flow better and what’s in store for back to school in the Sea to Sky corridor.

15 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Megan Lalonde has always been comfortable in water—until she wasn’t. She shares the story of a snorkelling trip gone wrong.

54 MAXED OUT Sure, we might romanticize the lives of Whistler’s early squatters, but it was a lot of hard work living off the grid. G. D. Maxwell offers insight into that group’s quest for freedom—and free rent.

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OK, the latter item might be unique to the coming 2020-21 school year, but it seems everywhere you turn right now, there are varying opinions on and approaches to back to school.

B.C. announced last week that all students would be returning to classrooms come September—good news for some parents, worrying news for others, and

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general surprise to most.

There aren’t many details available yet while individual school districts interpret the provincial guidelines, but the general gist (read more in our story on page 16) is students will be grouped into “learning groups or cohorts.”

have, however, heard parents express both those emotions.

I also have the vantage point of consuming news for nearly eight hours a day every workday. From that perspective, one thing is clear: back-to-school protocols don’t seem to have a one-size-fits-all solution across the globe.

What’s happening in the pandemicravaged U.S. might not apply to Canada.

What’s happening even one province over also might not apply.

However, it seems perfectly rational to be concerned about sending kids to the classroom in groups larger than those that are allowed to legally gather in public. (That remains at 50.) As has been mentioned time and again over the last few months, given that this virus is novel, the science around it has been updated as data has become available.

With that caveat, the science currently indicates that most kids don’t become as sick from COVID-19 as adults and they appear to have much lower fatality rates.

It’s less certain just how much kids spread the virus, though.

An article published on Wired’s website late last month highlights a new study from

[T]he science currently indicates that most kids don’t become as sick from COVID-19 as adults and they appear to have much lower fatality rates. It’s less certain just how much kids spread the virus, though.

Elementary and middle school students will be in cohorts of up to 60 and secondary students’ groups will be up to 120. In-school attendance will not be voluntary. However, families who don’t want to send their kids back can homeschool or enrol in online learning options—as was the case before the pandemic.

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South Korea that found kids under 10 do not appear to transmit the virus well—though it’s unclear why. However, it also found that older students transmit the virus at rates more akin to adults.

“Should administrators allow only elementary students to attend in person, while middle and high schoolers stay online at home?” the article asks. “If they do, will younger children be able to keep their masks on all day or stay six feet apart?

What about the psychological effects of continued isolation on teens, who many parents believe are already racking up too much screen time during the pandemic shutdown and now are facing months of online learning?”

It can sometimes be hard to put our trust in public officials—especially when it comes to the safety of children. But luckily, B.C. has two things going for it: a public health officer who has proven adept at lowering our rate of infections and a trial run that took place with some students returning to the classroom in June.

And while no country is in identical situations, lessons can be gleaned from school reopenings elsewhere. On Aug. 4, The New York Times ran an article about an outbreak in a school in Jerusalem (“When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools.

It Didn’t Go Well.”) outlining exactly that.

Israel had the virus well under control— with fewer than 100 new infections in May, for example—when it decided to send kids back to school. Initially, schools had safety measures in place like wearing masks, keeping windows open, distancing, and frequent hand-washing.

But when a heatwave hit, off came the masks and on came the air conditioning (which prompted the schools to close the windows). By the end of June, 977 students and teachers had the virus.

While parts of B.C.’s reopening plan seem to fall in line with public health recommendations outlined in that article, others don’t.

The biggest one: “requiring masks for staff and students old enough to wear them properly.”

In the end, the only current choice for parents and students in B.C. seems to be putting trust in health officials—who have, so far, steered us in the right direction.

As we get closer to September, hopefully there will be a more detailed plan that gives families confidence in returning to a new in-school normal. ■

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Whistler Village needs more safety protocols These last few weeks have seen numerous visitors arriving into the resort, which is both a welcome and worrying sign for myself as a business owner and 20-year resident.

The concerns I share do not come from my business. I am confident that we are doing the best job possible to provide a safe environment for our Earls restaurant guests. My concerns come from three groups of my friends visiting from Vancouver, and from what is happening in other communities in B.C., for example, Kelowna [with regard to outbreaks of COVID-19].

I want to share three stories of friends that are very responsible families who visited Whistler over the past few weekends and shared their feelings on how [their] Whistler [experience] occurred for them compared to their lives lived in a COVID-19 Vancouver.

The first family [is] from East Vancouver: Two professionals and their 12-year-old and eight-year-old. They stopped into the village to get a quick grab-and-go from Starbucks.

They were overly concerned about the lack of social distancing on the Village Stroll on [a recent] Sunday at around 5 p.m. They said they had no room to avoid others as they walked their way through a short part of the stroll.

Many people had no idea of flow or respect for space between themselves. People were walking right up towards them when they could have been on the other side of the stroll.

Bottom line: they didn’t feel their space was being respected and they didn’t feel safe on the stroll. Their suggestion was to have increased directional traffic flow on the stroll using a simple barrier down the centre with directional arrows and multiple break spots to allow for people to cross to the other side should they need. Also, activate Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff to help

pedestrian traffic flow in the village.

The third [comment] was from a prominent commercial real estate agent who lives in North Vancouver.

Her comment to me was Whistler feels very “COVID-y.” I asked her what she meant and she said it seems like there is a sense of confidence when walking around Whistler that COVID doesn’t seem to exist and people don’t have to worry up here, which was very concerning to her.

I know how many local businesses are working so hard to protect our own personal, family, business and community’s safety. I would like to suggest, at this stage of summer, that we raise our game and do so starting with creating directional flow on the Village Stroll.

This could be achieved by running a ski line-up fence down the middle and adding directional markers on the ground every 3.5 metres or so. We would need to leave gaps every 30 metres or so where people could get to the other side if they needed to exit the stroll or visit a shop on the other side.

The RMOW has added a white line down the centre of the Village Stroll, but only in parts.

This is helping a little in the painted areas, yet interestingly enough, the opposite happens in non-painted areas where people are walking in all different directions.

Painting the entire stroll as one big line from top to bottom AND adding directional arrows on each side of the line will help improve what we are trying to achieve. If you want to see for yourself, watch the positives around Bar Oso where the line exists and watch

people understand the process.

The second family is from Main and 35th in Vancouver and have a holiday place at Twin Lakes. The husband is a developer and the wife is an actor and active mom in her community.

They shared an experience of shopping at Fresh Street Market where they were blown away that no one was wearing masks and social distancing didn’t seem a concern. This was to the point that the wife said she would shop at her Vancouver grocery store, as she didn’t feel safe in the grocery stores up here.

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We also need to invest in staff hours to help people understand the flow and how it works. Positioning a few staff throughout the village, especially on weekends between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., would be very helpful.

Secondly, I feel we need to be progressive in creating a safe feeling on the stroll. We really should consider making the stroll a mask-zone and potentially handing out masks at key spots throughout the village. What Kelowna [is showing us from] these past few weeks could easily be a Whistler thing if we keep rolling the way we are.

Thanks for [council’s] continued hard work and the consideration of these ideas! We need to keep our resort open and safe and any precautions we can take to minimize the chances of a second wave need to be seriously looked at.

Kevin Wallace, GM Earls // Whistler (Editor’s note: This letter was sent to mayor and council and included in the council package for the July 21 regular meeting. It has been updated to reflect the RMOW painting lines on parts of the Village Stroll.)

Planning for back to school [On July 29], Rob Fleming, the Minister of Education, announced a provincial plan to return all students to school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, under an updated Stage 2 of the BC Education Restart Plan. With the guidance of the Provincial Public Health team, the Ministry of Education has updated Stage 2 in order to enhance the safety measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID while also returning all students to school.

This plan includes provincial funding to support increased custodial services for enhanced cleaning protocols, increased handwashing stations and supplies, increased cleaning supplies for schools, making available reusable masks for staff who wish to use them, and to provide technology enhancements for student learning. The enhanced safety measures in Stage 2 include organizing students and school staff into a Learning Group

Cohort model rather than schools achieving density targets at different grade levels. This means that consistent groups of students and staff will be created and remain safely together for student learning and support. These cohorts will remain together for a determined amount of time and specific measures will be taken in the event of any change to the groupings.

Students and staff who exhibit any symptoms of illness will continue to be asked to remain home. The cohort size for elementary and middle school students and staff will be 60 people. The cohort size for secondary students and staff will be 120 people. Online learning may support some of our secondary school course offerings to assist graduation program students with achieving their graduation and postsecondary goals.

With this provincial pathway forward, we have enough direction to begin our detailed SD48 planning. We will be working over the next few weeks prior to school start-up to create our Learning Group Cohort model for effective educational programming for students and the school safety plans to keep all students and staff safe.

Throughout our planning, we will continue to consult with and follow the direction of the Public Health Officers and the Ministry of Education. We will also receive further ministerial direction in the weeks to come and will then be able to provide more detailed information to you. I look forward to connecting with you again before school start-up. We are very excited to welcome our students back to school in September! Stay safe and enjoy the remainder of the summer vacation.

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Unmasked perspective I am writing this letter in response to those who shame the ones who remain “unmasked” and in particular, the catchy new phrase of “Wear a f***ing mask.”

If we are truly “all in this together,” then how about we give some consideration and attempt some understanding to those who take real issue with potentially being forced to wear a mask in any public space?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I am not talking about those who deny the virus is real, try to downplay the effects or fear the loss of liberty. I am talking about those who understand the risk involved for themselves and those around them and would simply choose not to comply.

Has any consideration been given that perhaps for these people: their quality of life, social wellbeing, professional/financial situations and overall mental health is already stretched so thin to the point of breaking, that something “so simple” as wearing a mask would actually be the final straw to send them over their edge?

If those who remain unmasked have actually weighed the burden of being painfully ill for a few weeks and factored in the real possibility of death on top versus the prospect of having to wear a mask any time they are outside of their own home for the foreseeable future/beyond and they truly would rather roll the dice to the side of the virus: who are any of us to castrate?

Perhaps some believe there are more important pressing issues to deal with, both personally and globally.

I do not drive. I do not own a car. I gave it up when I moved to Whistler (more than eight years ago) because I no longer needed it and understood that owning and operating a vehicle is not good for the environment.

This was my free choice and I feel good about it. I am helping our planet and thus, in turn, helping people. This does not mean that I now go around shaming everyone I see drive by.

When the topic comes up, I share my thoughts, views and experience I have as someone who does not own a vehicle. I listen to those who give their reasoning of why they “need” their car and offer understanding. The same should be offered to those who choose not to wear a mask: education and understanding.

I use a bidet at home. I bought one on Amazon. It connects directly to any toilet. It is very easy to use. It is more much more hygienic than swabbing any hole with toilet paper and actually quite refreshing in the morning.

The money I save on toilet paper is astonishing. The best part is: it is so much better for the environment in so many ways. When I can, I try to educate others about the benefits of the bidet for themselves and for all of us.

I do not have any kids. I love kids and am not imminently against ever having kids.

At this point in my life, I am not in the right position to really consider having kids and have never previously come across that position.

With all of the problems in today’s world and climate change being right near the top of the

list, world population growth is directly related.

We have enough people. If someone wants to have a child, that is a human right. If they and a partner want to have two kids between them, that is very reasonable.

However, when two people wish to expand their family beyond their inherent replacement bodies to three, four, five kids? I do believe that there are a lot of arguments to make for the case that this is selfish. But who are we to judge?

Even if I do feel this way, I would never run up to a large family on the Village Stroll to sling profanity their way and shame them for their disregard of our own sustainability.

I understand that I may not know the whole story and it is not my place to judge others for their choices, even if those choices do affect others.

Because if I did want to share some thoughts out loud; I would say: “Make some REAL f***ing efforts to get your fossil-fuel-powered cars off the road!”

Or…“Quit wiping your f***ing a** with all the world’s resources!”

My point here is we all have many other issues beyond COVID-19 to deal with and these issues all affect people differently. We should not feel the need to look down upon those who do not see things as the same way we do. We need not judge them for their perceived lack of care towards others. We needn’t throw shame upon those who choose not to take up arms against one problem over another.

And we need to appreciate that the real issue for some may not just be wearing a mask but rather, it may be a combination of so many other problems pushing them close to their edge as it is; death by coronavirus would not be so unwelcome as it may seem to be for others. If a law to enforce mandatory masks were put in place, a lot of these people (who would no longer be allowed to even step out of their house without wearing a mask) may very well just seek out their own death on their own terms.

So while doctors are welcome to continue telling people to “Wear a f***ing mask,” I would maybe be curious to know how many pills worth of prescription opioids have been filled or refilled through our medical system in the last 10 years?

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Just keep swimming—safely THE FIRST TIME I felt scared in the water was in Malawi.

I had been there for a few months, volunteering for a local non-profit when a few of the other volunteers and I decided to take a weekend trip to a lakeside town called Nkhata Bay.

BY MEGAN LALONDE If you’re unfamiliar with south-eastern African geography, the entire east side of the country borders Lake Malawi—the fourth-largest freshwater lake in the world by volume. Since the area is known for its snorkelling, a few acquaintances who’d invited us to crash at their house arranged to take us out on a fishing boat for the day.

The weather was sunny and calm when the locals who joined us pointed towards what they said was a good spot, with huge underwater boulders, a tall, sheer rock jutting vertically out of the lake and enough brightly-coloured fish swimming around that I wasn’t convinced we weren’t in a giant aquarium.

A friendly Malawian named Blessings explained we’d have to dive in and swim out to the spot, since there were too many

hidden rocks under the surface to bring the boat any closer.

We were having a blast diving under the surface, pointing out fish and resting on the one dome-shaped rock you could stand on when we needed a break.

And then the wind picked up.

We hadn’t been in the water for more than 25 minutes when the waves all of a sudden became strong enough that you couldn’t stand on that rock for more than a second before being swept off. Treading water was becoming more difficult, with waves continually smashing into our faces.

I was staying pretty outwardly calm, until I locked eyes with my friend and saw them filled with panic.

“I’m not OK,” she said.

That was all I needed to acknowledge, to myself and the rest of our group, that I wasn’t OK either.

We had drifted too far from the boat to make swimming back in the windy conditions look feasible, considering how hard we were already struggling. I remember thinking, “My parents are going to be so mad if I die in a lake in Africa.”

After what felt like an eternity, and a fair amount of yelling back-and-forth in Chichewa, a boat came closer than it probably should have and we managed to pull ourselves over the side.

After some coughing, a “holy fuck” or

five, a few minutes of silence and some seriously heavy breathing, we were good. A few of us did, however, opt out of afternoon cliff jumping.

Up until that moment, I’d always been confident in the water.

My parents tossed me into swimming lessons at the earliest opportunity, and made me continue for years after the initial appeal of laps in the deep end wore off. We were also lucky enough to have a pool in our backyard, meaning water safety was a pretty consistent topic of conversation in our house.

But, despite the fact that I’d been zipping around arm-floatie-free, competing to see how many consecutive underwater laps I could swim and asking my mom to rate my handstands since before I could remember, a calm, sunny day of snorkelling turned into my first time questioning whether I’d make it out of the water.

It was jarring.

I was reminded of that feeling last week, when we first heard reports that someone hadn’t resurfaced after swimming in Alta Lake—something so many of us do on a weekly, if not daily, basis. It became all the more real the next morning when we learned the 20-year-old man had died, despite absolutely heroic efforts from bystanders at Rainbow Park.

Amidst a string of drownings that have

taken place across the province this summer, a recent survey by BC Hydro also revealed that a startling 85 per cent of respondents consider themselves “experienced swimmers,” despite admitting they don’t swim often—suggesting many people in B.C. are overestimating their ability.

In Whistler, where hucking yourself off a cliff is considered commonplace, a dip in the lake seems outrageously mellow in comparison. Not to mention a little thing called COVID that’s making the water an even more appealing place to spend time these days.

This might be why tragic incidents that shatter our perception of lakes as safe spaces are so sobering.

It’s easy to forget that any number of things can go wrong, whether it’s drinking one too many Hey Y’alls before jumping in, or misjudging the depth of the water you’re about to dive into. You could slip on a dock or a paddleboard and hit your head, or have a medical emergency in the water. Or you could just overestimate your swimming ability.

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School District 48 gets to work on cohort learning model CREATING SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR RETURN TO SCHOOL ‘NO. 1 JOB OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,’ SAYS SUPERINTENDENT

BY BRANDON BARRETT WITH THE NEWS last week that students across B.C. will return to class this September, officials from School District 48 (SD48) have several weeks to iron out the details of the province’s new cohort learning model.

On Wednesday, July 29, provincial education minister Rob Fleming announced the full reopening of B.C.’s schools on Sept.

8 with enhanced safety measures and a new learning model in place that will see students and staff organized into consistent learning groups.

Based on advice from provincial health officials, the cohort model is intended to limit the number of people each student and staff member come in contact with, reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission and allowing for quicker contact tracing.

Cohorts for elementary and middle school students and staff will be capped at 60 people, while secondary schools will see cohorts limited to 120.

Sea to Sky School District superintendent Lisa McCullough envisions the cohort model will be easier to implement in the lower grades than in high schools, particularly for graduating students.

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but it’s going to take a lot of planning time to figure out what’s the best way to do this,” she explained. “I think the real tricky things are going to be in the secondary school programming for our students in the graduation program and needing certain courses for their post-secondary and graduation goals. Figuring out a cohort model where we still support each one of those students in being able to achieve those individual goals is really important to us.”

In a July 30 letter to parents, McCullough noted that online learning might be used to further support graduating students. She also added that the learning plan would accommodate students with specific learning needs.

Some key details of the cohort model still need to be ironed out. McCullough said the learning groups will remain together for a determined amount of time, and measures will be put in place in the event of a change to the groupings.

“The cohort models themselves will just take time to set down, because we’ll want to do that on a very personal level for our students in order to get the right teachers in the cohort,” she said. “There may be semester changes and things where we will change cohorts, and then there will be a health protocol for those kinds of changeovers.”

Specific plans around lunch breaks, recess and “mobility in the school” still need to be fleshed out as well, McCullough added.

With just weeks before students return to class, the BC Teachers’ Federation has called for more time to fully develop a back-

to-school plan that will keep everyone safe.

“The reopening needs to be safe, careful, and get the buy-in of teachers, support staff, parents, and students,” said federation president Teri Mooring in a July 29 statement. “If the plan is rushed or too many questions are left unanswered, it won’t be successful. Bringing everyone back all at once, even with some version of a cohort model, on the first day after the Labour Day long weekend, is too much too soon given the many unanswered questions in today’s announcement.”

Acknowledging there may be some kinks to iron out as the district settles into the new learning model, Whistler Secondary School (WSS) PAC chair Tanya Goertzen is confident administrators will find an effective approach.

“I think that in our school and one the size of Whistler Secondary, it’s very possible to go into the cohort model. The social, emotional and academic development really hinges on being in the classroom, so I think this allows kids to look forward to going back to school,” she said, noting that WSS had a student population just over 500 last year. “Definitely our district has some work to do and our school has some work to do on scheduling, but there are a lot of [strategies] out there that will make it possible to go into the cohort model.”

District officials are still unclear on what the corridor’s international student makeup will be next year, with travel restrictions likely to still be in place. Ottawa has allowed foreign students to stay in or enter the country provided they have a valid study permit or permanent resident

status obtained on or before March 18, but there has been no word on whether permits acquired after that date will be upheld.

The uncertainty comes at a time when international interest in Sea to Sky’s schools appears to be on the rise, McCullough said.

“I don’t have any data to prove that, but I certainly know that I’m taking more calls and so is my team. They are very excited about how well our province has handled the situation, and that makes it a safe place for families to send their children,” she noted. “So we’ll be relying on information around student learning visas being accepted [by Ottawa]. It’s a federal matter, so we’re excited to hear that that might still be going forward.”

As it prepares to enter Stage 2 of B.C.’s Education Restart Plan, Victoria has committed a one-time, $45.6-million investment to support school districts as they increase sanitation protocols. This will include increased cleaning of highcontact surfaces, more hand-hygiene stations, and the availability of masks upon request. (Masks will not be mandatory in schools, but recommended and provided in situations where physical distancing is not possible.)

“We’re going to create a safe environment for our students and staff.

That’s ultimately the No. 1 job over the next few weeks, and student learning comes after that assurance that we’ve got a safety plan protocol that works,” McCullough promised. “We’re looking forward to everybody showing up when that first day of school comes so we can get organized quickly to support everybody.” n

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WHISTLER’S METTA Thomas knew he wouldn’t have much time with his father after he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in 2018.

One night, Thomas sat at his ailing father’s bedside to play an antique bronze bowl that had been passed down through multiple generations of their family.

It ended up being the last moments they shared together.

“It’s just so heavy. I’ve lost so much sleep over the past couple of months. I’ve woken up in the middle of the night in this kind of panic, thinking, ‘Oh my god, the one thing in my life that I held as sacred and precious probably ended up being sold for $20, $30 at the Re-Use-It,’” Thomas said.

The “priceless” family heirloom, which was gifted to Thomas’ family by a friend of his great-grandfather’s after uncovering it in a 1946 archaeological excavation in Pakistan, wound up being sold at the Re-Use-It Centre several weeks ago, according to staff, with its new owner almost certainly unaware of its historical and sentimental value.

Adding to the heartbreak for Thomas is the fact the bowl was stored with a canvas zip-up case that contained his father’s ashes and was wrapped in one of his dad’s paisley 1970’s vintage shirts, although Thomas is unsure if those items were turned in to the Re-Use-It with the bowl.

Commenting on Thomas’ July 29 post to the 32,000-member Whistler Summer Facebook group seeking help in tracking down the artefact, a Re-Use-It Centre employee wrote that she remembered seeing the bowl before it went onto the shelves.

“I can clear that up and assure you, it was taken to the Re-Use-It,” she wrote.

“Because I remember seeing it about three weeks to a month ago. I held it in my hands before it was put on the sales floor.”

Lori Pyne, director of operations for the Whistler Community Services Society, which operates the Re-Use-It, said in an email that, with “thousands of pounds” a day in donations, “it is quite possible the artefact came through here, albeit there is no way to be absolutely sure,” adding that the store maintains confidentiality when dealing with community donations, making it next to impossible to determine who might have turned it in. (The employee who remembers seeing the bowl could not be reached for comment by press time.)

Just how the bowl ended up at the store is a similarly tangled web to unweave.

A sound and visual technician for several different music festivals, Thomas was in a rush to catch his pre-pandemic flight to Costa Rica, where he remains, for its

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Initially, Thomas couldn’t remember if he had left the bowl in his off-the-grid cabin outside of Function Junction, something he was wary of doing for fear of it being stolen, or in storage at a Glacier Lodge restaurant where his friend worked. It wasn’t until another friend discovered the cabin had been broken into several weeks ago and thousands of dollars worth of equipment, musical instruments and clothes stolen that he assumed the antique was among the items.

But when the Re-Use-It employee informed him the bowl came through the store, Thomas was convinced he left it in storage, where, after his friend was unable to return to work due to the pandemic, he claims the restaurant’s owner donated all of his employee’s stored items to the shop.

While Pique was unable to reach the restaurant’s owner, his girlfriend said in a phone call that she did not believe the bowl was donated to the shop, and suggested that the employee who remembers seeing it was mistaken. It is, of course, possible the bowl was stolen from the cabin and then turned in to the Re-Use-It. However it ended up there, Thomas is hopeful its new owner will hear his message and return it—with a $1,000 reward for whoever does.

“It’s the one thing that I cherished if I have children in the future, the thought of passing it on,” he said.

Anyone with information on the bowl’s whereabouts can email Thomas at metta@ vusicmedia.com. n

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‘We learn as we go’ WHISTLER’S LEADERS DEBRIEF AFTER BUSIEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR

BY BRADEN DUPUIS ANOTHER WEEKEND, another influx of visitors to Whistler—and more lessons for local officials to consider.

While more physical-distancing measures were implemented ahead of the long weekend, including traffic management, significantly reduced parking at local lakes and a shuttle for easy transportation, social media was still busy with chatter about overflowing garbage cans, crowded parks and disrespectful parking—even at Whistler’s cemetery.

It was the busiest weekend of the year so far, according to traffic counters, and local officials are admittedly still grappling with the influx.

“We learn as we go,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.

“It is an extremely unique situation that we face, and we’re focused on ensuring that we get better at responding.”

To that end, Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) officials were set to debrief and discuss new strategies on Wednesday, Aug. 5 (after Pique’s weekly press deadline— check piquenewsmagazine.com for updates ahead of the weekend).

“We had a good meeting [Aug. 4]. I’d say we’re still gathering information to understand what we learned this weekend,” said chief administrative officer Virginia Cullen, noting that it was particularly challenging to manage the parking on Alta Lake Road.

A pilot-project shuttle transporting people from Creekside to local lakes was well received, with close to 550 passengers between Saturday and Monday, she added.

“We need to make some decisions on how best to allocate resources,” she said.

“We need to make sure we’re covering off all of Whistler, and not just the area around Rainbow Park. So that will be our focus this week: to figure out what makes the most sense.”

Crompton spent the long weekend in the parks and the village, even taking on some shifts as a Village Host for the first time.

He said he spoke with many British Columbians who were visiting Whistler for the first time—and many who had heard the RMOW’s message that “COVID is not on vacation.”

“That message is certainly connecting with tourists, and I was seeing more people than I had [previously] seen taking action to ensure that they were safe,” Crompton said.

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GARBAGE ETIQUETTE Local officials say there is more work to do following the busiest weekend of 2020.

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Even so, overflowing garbage cans and overcrowded parks indicate that the message still isn’t hitting the mark for everyone.

Tourism Whistler and the RMOW have been working together to develop messaging for visitors in recent weeks, said senior manager of corporate and member communications Lauren Everest.

“This ‘travel etiquette’ information lives on whistler.com and encourages visitors to be respectful of Whistler’s COVID-19 safety protocols, but also reminds visitors of things like the importance of ‘packing out whatever you pack in,’ particularly at Whistler’s lakes and parks,” Everest wrote in an email.

“These Travel Manners are being promoted on new signage throughout the village, as well as on social media, prearrival emails to guests, etc. The goal is to help encourage more responsible behaviours across the board.”

The RMOW is also going to be focusing its communications even more, “so that visitors understand what is available when they arrive and how they’re expected to access different parks when they come here,” Cullen said.

Another takeaway for Crompton was admiration for municipal employees on the ground in the village and parks, he said.

“They have been working in what can be classified as unique circumstances and representing Whistler extremely well,” he said.

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BioBlitz heads to the alpine for 14th instalment SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS SCOUR FLORA AND FAUNA FOR NEW SPECIES

BY BRADEN DUPUIS IT MAY HAVE gone down to the wire, but the 14th annual BioBlitz hosted by the Whistler Naturalists went ahead as planned last week, with more than 20 scientists descending on Whistler to count and catalogue flora and fauna in the alpine.

“We did a mini-blitz last year that was really well received, and we went to three different high-elevation areas … People wanted to do it again,” said ecologist Bob Brett, founder of the Whistler Biodiversity Project and co-organizer of BioBlitz.

“Really, we only solidified that we could do it about two weeks ago.”

The key thing was keeping scientists comfortable and safe amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which required more vehicles than usual, Brett said.

“Once we got outside, that’s when everyone was happy. They didn’t need masks anymore, and got to enjoy the outside,” he said, adding that for a lot of the scientists, it was their first fieldwork of the year, which added to the excitement.

only been found in the Whistler area once before—and a rare species of dragonfly local researchers have been searching for for 15 years.

“It’s called a Black Petaltail, as in tulip petal, and its whole life is basically lived in the mud,” Brett explained, adding that it’s of interest because the wet, seepy areas it requires are common in the Whistler Valley (and often considered for development).

“It’s a reminder that those specialist habitats also have specialist species that require them,” he said.

BioBlitz has increased its focus on working with local students in recent years, 2020 being no exception, pandemic or not.

From June 15 to 17, the Whistler Naturalists had five BioBlitz scientists give virtual presentations to classes at Myrtle Philip and Spring Creek community schools.

“Topics included pollinators, insects, birds, ecology and spiders,” wrote Whistler Naturalists president Kristina Swerhun, in an email.

“The format worked really well for these interesting times, with students watching live from classrooms and also from their

“It’s a reminder that those specialist habitats also have specialist species that require them.”

- BOB BRETT

“It is always kind of comical because they get together with all their nets and various equipment and binoculars and all the things that make them stand out in a tourist crowd, but they had big smiles on their faces and they had a great time.”

Researchers scoured Blackcomb Mountain, Brandywine Meadows and near Birkenhead Peak, and while final numbers won’t be collated for some time, Brett estimated about 500 species were counted.

“I would expect almost one fifth of that, around 100 of them, to be new,” he said.

This year’s crop of scientists included specialists on invertebrates, vascular plants, birds and mammals, “but because of late cancellations or just unavailability, we didn’t have anyone doing lichens or mosses or mushrooms,” Brett added.

“It wasn’t a full representation, but given that two weeks ago we might not have had it at all, I think we’re all pretty happy.”

This year’s standouts for Brett, discovery-wise, were the butterwort plant—a carnivorous, bog species that has

homes. For one of the presentations, we had over 60 students tuning in from home!”

The Whistler Naturalists also created a two-part seed cone scavenger hunt video for schools and the community at large.

Find it at whistlernaturalists.ca/seed-conescavenger-hunt.

Two virtual talks hosted by the Naturalists on June 25 are also online at whistlernaturalists.ca/lecture-series.

Now with 4,200 recorded species and counting, the annual BioBlitz event amounts to a puzzle that will likely never be fully solved—but that’s just fine for the researchers and lifelong learners involved.

“A lot of people like certainty and they like figuring out a puzzle and then never needing to figure it out again,” Brett said.

“I’d say the personality trait of the scientists that come up for BioBlitz and similar events, is that they love the idea that there’s always more to learn, and you can never find everything, but you just keep on going for that carrot and the carrot never comes closer.” ■

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With quiet spring, wildfire crews well resourced JUST 69 FIRES IN COASTAL FIRE CENTRE TO DATE, WELL BELOW 10-YEAR AVERAGE

BY BRADEN DUPUIS IT’S BEEN A mercifully tame wildfire season to date, with fires in the Coastal Fire Centre (which includes Whistler) well below the 10-year average—but with high temperatures persisting, that could soon change.

“It’s time for the public to be extra careful in preventing human-caused fires,” said BC Wildfire Service wildfire technician Marc Simpson.

“We have dry conditions, we’re seeing fires starting now, and actually this weekend we were seeing them grow beyond spot sizes.

“We don’t have unlimited resources, so we really want to reduce any human-caused fires we can.”

As of Aug. 3, there were just 11 fires burning in the Coastal Fire Centre, and just 69 to date since April—a far cry from the 109 fires to the same point last year, and the 10-year average of 106.

The region’s fire hazard was greatly reduced by the rains of May and June, Simpson said, noting that hazards are always expected to increase in July and August.

But the relatively wet spring means more resources are available should activity

STAY VIGILANT After a wet and cool spring, the public is reminded to stay vigilant on wildfires as high

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pick up, Simpson said.

“What really stretches our resources is when we get a draw on resources provincially [earlier in the season],” he said.

“Right now we have good capacity for resources in our crews up north. They have

very little fire activity, so should we get more fires down here, we’re going to be able to pull those resources down from up north as well.”

The Pemberton Fire Zone, which Simpson has worked out of for much of his

25-year career, is also benefiting from a new three-person response crew added in April (to go along with two, 20-person crews and three, three-person crews).

“Their primary objective is to get to the fires quickly and control them at the smallest size possible,” Simpson said, adding that the self-contained crews can travel by truck or helicopter, and have the equipment to stay on a fire for 24 hours.

“So we can fly them to a mountainside where a lightning strike has occurred, and they can use hand tools and chainsaws and assistance from a helicopter to hopefully suppress a fire at the smallest size possible.”

Further, Simpson’s position with BC Wildfire was transitioned last fall to more of a prevention focus, allowing him to get more in-depth with FireSmart initiatives and fuel management programs in the region.

“It gives us more horsepower; more time dedicated to prevention activities,” he said.

“There’s a lot to do, and that’s the focus of my work [now], where in the past I’ve had duties as far as basically helping run a 60-person firefighting base.”

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WCSS’ Dickinson returns to old role (in a new world) WHISTLER’S SOCIAL RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC A TRUE COMMUNITY EFFORT

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHEN WHISTLER Community Services Society (WCSS) executive director Jackie Dickinson went on maternity leave in early November 2019, she couldn’t have predicted a global pandemic would turn the world on its head and send hundreds of Whistlerites into crisis before she returned to work last month.

But it’s fair to say she was confident in the leadership of interim executive director Lori Pyne in her absence, no matter what storms rolled in.

“Lori is one of the most passionate people I’ve ever met. You can tell as soon as you meet her she has this energy that’s contagious, and so I know that that energy was essential in leading people through this,” Dickinson said, in her first interview with Pique since returning to WCSS on June 29.

“She’s definitely had a lot of gas in her tank for sure, and so I appreciated the hard work.”

Pyne and the rest of the WCSS team have had their hands full in Dickinson’s absence, to say the least.

The number of Whistlerites accessing WCSS services who were in crisis jumped to 57 per cent in April as a result of the pandemic (from just 15 per cent in February),

JACKIE SO BACKIE Whistler Community Services Society executive director Jackie Dickinson (left) and interim executive director Lori Pyne.

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while food bank usage skyrocketed as well (see Pique, July 2, “More and more Whistlerites finding themselves in crisis.”)

It wasn’t just Pyne, though; Dickinson lauded WCSS’ board of directors, community partners like the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), Tourism Whistler and more.

“We’ve had volunteers from the food bank for over 20 years, and I thought, ‘I wonder if this is the type of climate that might now encourage them to not continue to volunteer for us?’” Dickinson said of longtime food bank

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“A pandemic was not going to stop these amazing women … They came back out, masks on, totally different, new location, and a willingness to respond.”

From her role as an outside observer, it was seeing the interconnectedness of Whistler’s social fabric that most inspired Dickinson.

“Whistler Cooks helped us in terms of ordering food, and packaging food, and volunteered and paid for their staff to assist us; Whistler Connection assisted with some driving and movement and transfer

of items for us, and then we had RMOW employees dispatched to work at the food bank,” Dickinson said, noting that countless people made personal donations as well.

“It was a complete community effort. So to me, being on the outside of it, that was the part that I was so inspired by, was just this collective group of people coming together.”

WCSS also received generous donations from the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, Andy Szocs and the Katz Amsterdam Foundation, Dickinson added.

With her return to work (which she attributes in part to her husband, who is sharing parental leave with her), Dickinson knows she is coming into what is essentially a brand new organization.

Getting up to speed has involved a lot of listening and learning, she said.

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Const. Scarecrow meets an untimely fate—again POLICE BRIEFS: DRIVER TICKETED AFTER INSECURE LOAD OF LUMBER HITS CYCLIST ON SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY

BY BRANDON BARRETT THERE IS ONE RCMP officer that, without fail, seems to bring out the worst in Sea to Sky motorists time and time again.

His name is Const. Scarecrow and he knows when you’ve been speeding.

Perhaps it was his watchful gaze that drew the ire of a pair of drivers last month, after the plastic cutout made to look like a peering traffic cop—radar gun and all—was damaged and then stolen from his perch on Highway 99 near Pemberton, north of One Mile Lake.

“There seem to be lots of people who are for that cutout and then I think there seems to be some people who don’t particularly like it or are too fond of it,” said RCMP Sgt. Sascha Banks.

The resilient, two-dimensional officer has been the target of vandalism and theft several times since he was first introduced to the Sea to Sky last year, so police set up a surveillance camera to watch over him.

That’s how they captured a woman on July 11 allegedly damaging the cutout, before a man was seen the following day taking the officer for a ride.

Const. Scarecrow later turned up at a Squamish bus stop, although, with his head

and feet removed and pocked with bullet holes, he was a little worse for wear, and will need to be replaced.

“It tends to be something that frequently happens but at the end of the day, he is police property and to do mischief against him, as it is with any signage that belongs to anybody, it can be a charge of mischief,” Banks relayed.

Even with the headaches the public has caused, Banks said that Const. Scarecrow is more than worth the hassle, and has proven how effective he can be in reducing speeding in the Sea to Sky and other jurisdictions.

“I think he’s worth it. I think people’s lives are worth it. I think people’s safety is worth it. If he works, we’re not going to be deterred by one or two people that unfortunately don’t like him,” she noted, adding that when Const. Scarecrow was first introduced to Squamish, a (real) RCMP officer stood behind the cutout, clocking drivers and noticed a major drop in speeding.

Given the recent fatalities and increase in traffic this summer on Highway 99, Banks said “anything that will help slow down traffic on the Sea to Sky, for us, is a benefit, and I think it’s a benefit for everybody that’s driving on those highways in general.

“We want people to slow down because we want people to arrive at their final

OFFICER DOWN A man captured last month on police surveillance footage near Pemberton who allegedly stole a plastic cutout that the local RCMP uses to deter speeders.

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destination safe and sound, and that’s really the mantra he stands for.”

Anyone who recognizes the individuals or vehicles in the video stills provided by police are asked to contact Pemberton RCMP at 604-894-3449, or Sea to Sky Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 to remain anonymous.

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A statement from Squamish Traffic Services confirms the cyclist was hit when a pick-up truck with an insecure load passed him Monday on the Sea-to-Sky Highway near Lions Bay. Police say the truck had a load of lumber in its bed, with the longer lengths protruding above the cab of the pick-up, and the strap holding the load steady appeared to have broken.

The load was hanging well over the right side of the vehicle when 45-year-old cyclist Todd Nickel says he was hit from behind, breaking his clavicle, scapula and eight ribs and puncturing a lung.

The police statement says the driver was located and issued a $196 ticket for driving without consideration and a $288 ticket for having an insecure cargo, but those fines will only apply if there is a conviction.

In a social media post on Tuesday, Nickel says he won’t need surgery for his broken scapula but his punctured lung is still “dicey,” although he’s hoping to be discharged Wednesday.

“I haven’t heard from the driver, but I’m not surprised,” Nickel writes.

- The Canadian Press ■

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IN DA CLUB Sea to Sky rotary club members celebrate the launch of the Pedal for Polio campaign on Aug. 1.

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Local rotary clubs team up to ‘Pedal for Polio’ WEEKLONG CAMPAIGN TARGETING $20K GOAL—WHICH WILL BE MATCHED TWO TO ONE BY GATES FOUNDATION

BY BRANDON BARRETT BOBBIE RATHBUN still remembers the time as a child when she wasn’t allowed to go to the mall or the movie theatre or the local swimming pool over fear of coming into contact with large crowds.

While our widespread COVID-19 health protocols are new to most, for a certain generation, physical distancing was the norm as parents tried to protect their children from another devastating, infectious disease: polio.

“I know how happy my parents were when the vaccination became available [in 1955] and parents at that time were lining up to have their children vaccinated because it was such a deadly disease,” recalled Rathbun, chair of the Pedal for Polio initiative for the Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium.

Mainly affecting children under five, polio has largely been eradicated globally, although it persists in certain underdeveloped and often politically volatile countries, such as South Sudan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

With the novel coronavirus stifling the world’s largest immunization program, global eradication efforts were suspended in late March, forcing more than 20 million doctors, technicians and other medical practitioners to put much of their work on hold and leaving at least 13.5 million children either unvaccinated or undervaccinated, according to estimates by health organization GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance.

“As long as there are unvaccinated children in the world, there’s always a chance there will be a hotspot and it will take off. With global travel, it still makes our children vulnerable,” Rathbun said.

The burgeoning anti-vaxxer movement, both abroad and closer to home, has also exacerbated the problem.

“North America is at risk as well because of the anti-vaxxers,” noted Brian Brown, Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium president. “If kids don’t get vaccinated, it could come back. It’s a huge problem.”

Now both Whistler Rotary clubs, as well as the Pemberton and Squamish groups, are teaming up to raise funds for PolioPlus, Rotary International’s long-running program aimed at polio eradication and prevention, through a campaign that asks participants to secure donations for every kilometre they bike, walk or run between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6.

With a local target of $20,000, every donation will be matched two for one for by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The campaign is also designed to accommodate the current COVID times by allowing participants to take part from wherever they are.

“Kids can get their families no matter where they are to sponsor them,” said Gill Forester, Rotary Club of Whistler president.

A longstanding cause for Rotary clubs around the world, polio eradication has led to a level of collaboration among the corridor’s Rotary groups that was welcomed by members of both Whistler clubs Pique spoke with.

“It’s very rewarding,” Forester said.

“I’ve just come on as president and one of my goals has been to get the clubs working together. The two things we’ve started doing together was obviously this Pedal for Polio [initiative] and the other thing we’re starting is a virtual Rotaract Club.”

The newly formed Sea to Sky Rotaract Club brings young adults from across the corridor together to take action in their communities and develop their leadership and professional skills.

Those interested in joining should email seatoskyrotoract@gmail.com.

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Taxi service returns to Pemberton MOUNTAIN VIEW TAXI OWNER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES STARTING UP DURING PANDEMIC

BY DAN FALLOON AFTER A THREE-YEAR absence, Pemberton has a taxi service again.

However, Mountain View Taxi owner Mike Woodley said the first few weeks have been a tough slog.

“We’re nowhere near breaking even right now,” he said. “Unfortunately, it’s a small location and it’s hard for the guys to make a living.

“There’s so little work up there right now that it’s hard for the guys to make any money.”

Staffing has been an issue, Woodley said, as one part-time driver has already left because there’s not enough work, though another driver has been hired. As well, the lead driver has been available throughout the summer, but as a school bus driver will scale down to part-time when classes resume this fall. At that time, he’ll hope to fill service gaps with part-time drivers.

The service, which had a soft launch in late June, runs from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the week, with later hours on weekends.

“Fridays and Saturdays aren’t bad.

They’ll be busier once things open up a bit more,” Woodley said. “During the

UP AND RUNNING Mountain View Taxi has been operating in Pemberton for just over a month.

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week, it’s pretty quiet, and once the legion closes at 8 o’clock, that’s pretty much it ‘til the next day.”

Woodley notes that one driver is on call at the RCMP’s request during off hours.

“We’d love to be able to do more for the people. Unfortunately, we turn down some jobs because guys are off and there’s no money in it for them to be out,” Woodley said.

the Passenger Transportation Board, which gave him approval to operate in Pemberton, Lillooet and Squamish last summer.

He subsequently purchased two 2020 Toyota Rav4s that are currently running, with a third ready to go when work picks up.

“I went and bought some cabs, got ‘em all done up brand-spankin’ new 2020 Rav4s and they’re up there now hoping that it survives,” Woodley said.

“There’s so little work up there right now that it’s hard for the guys to make any money.”

- MIKE WOODLEY

Woodley originally explored the Pemberton market looking to offer towing services after Pemberton RCMP were looking for a new company. After discussions with the force, Woodley discovered there was no taxi service, which the police said was greatly needed.

“I asked them, ‘So what are you looking for to help with the problems you’ve had in the past?’” he recalled. “They said, ‘Well, we could really use a taxi up here.’”

Pemberton RCMP wrote one of three support letters that Woodley presented to

Admittedly, it has been difficult to start offering service during the COVID-19 pandemic, Woodley said.

“There’s not as many people going out to events that they would normally go to, especially the drinking events where they might take a ride to and from home,” he said. “It’s a growing pain that I’m hoping will heal soon.”

In terms of precautions, Woodley has instructed drivers to spray the cabs with disinfectant before picking up the next fare, but has otherwise left it up to their

discretion. Drivers can ask passengers to sit in the back seat and have masks that they can wear, he said.

Woodley noted that the taxi and towing services work in tandem, as the cabs can provide jumpstarts and unlocks, or, of course, pick up passengers whose car has broken down.

Mountain View will have another car on the road in the future, likely in Squamish, as Woodley needs to have half of his six licenses active by October.

“Whether there’s the work or not, I have to license that third car,” he said.

Mountain View is allowed to run trips that start or end in the areas he’s approved for, so can drive someone from Pemberton to Whistler, but can’t do a trip both originating and ending in Whistler, for example.

“If somebody needs a ride from Squamish to anywhere, I can do that.

If they need a ride from Pemberton to anywhere, I can do that,” he said. “If they phone us from Vancouver, coming back to Squamish or Pemberton, not a problem.

They just have to come back into our licensed area.”

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CHARGED UP An EV charging station in Whistler. The Village of Pemberton is applying for grants to bring fast charging stations to Pioneer Park.

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VOP council OKs gas tax money for EV chargers COUNCIL BRIEFS: STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION PRESENTED

BY DAN FALLOON VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) council is looking to bring two direct current fast charger (DCFC) stations for electric vehicles to Pioneer Park.

At its July 28 meeting held via Zoom, council approved $53,060 in funding toward the two chargers, contingent on approval for half the cost through a Natural Resource Canada (NRCan) grant.

Planning and GIS technician Matthew Rempel noted that the total project cost would be $128,000, but more than half would be covered through NRCan and a contribution of $25,000 from the provincial government.

Rempel said the Village first thought about installing the chargers after BC Hydro scouted Pemberton before ultimately installing chargers at the new Lil’wat Gas Station.

In response to an inquiry from Mayor Mike Richman, chief administrative officer Nikki Gilmore said Pioneer Park would be a superior site to, for example, the Downtown Community Barn for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, the chargers need three-phase power, which is available near the gazebo and would reduce installation costs. As well, the park sees lower parking usage than the barn “There are also a few extra spots that aren’t utilized as much as the barn parking lot is,” she said.

Councillor Ted Craddock, meanwhile asked about usage and potential income, wondering about recouping the costs.

Gilmore noted that the community centre chargers were offered free “for a number of years” before the VOP implemented pay-per-service after some abuse by users. She noted the chargers would be more of an investment to welcome electric vehicle drivers to town than to be a serious income generator.

“I’m not sure we would be in it to necessarily generate revenue,” Gilmore said. “We could do that if we wanted to review the fees.

“At this point, we wanted to at least

make sure that it was covering the cost of the hydro that was installed there.”

In ultimately supporting the motion, Coun. Amica Antonelli reasoned that the chargers will be a good investment as longterm infrastructure.

Richman, meanwhile, highlighted that the funding would come from the 2021 Community Works Gas Tax budget, not from taxation, and felt it was an important project to consider.

“This is the future and we want to be part of the future,” he said.

COUNCIL RECEIVES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Also at the meeting, council received its audited 2019 financial statements from regional assurance partner Darcy Haw of MNP. Among the report’s highlights: as of Dec. 31, 2019, the VOP reduced its debt to roughly $4.7 million from $5.1 million at the end of 2018. Meanwhile, wages, salaries and benefits rose to just over $2.9 million from $2.3 million, and materials, supplies and contracted services jumped to $2.3 million from $1.8 million.

Revenue increased by $4.3 million, roughly $500,000 over what was budgeted, because of transfers from higher levels of government.

While expenses increased by $1.3 million, Haw noted that the rises were consistent across all categories. All told, though, the VOP ran a surplus of $7.1 million in 2019 compared to $4 million in 2018.

As well, the Village has $2.1 million in reserves and saw its equity rise by $4 million.

Asked by Richman how the Village’s economic controls were looking, Haw said he saw no points of concern.

“We look at the general controls that exist at the village, especially those that impact the financial reporting systems, so really, that’s the reporting systems that impact the audit the most,” he said. “We do look at other general securities and nothing of significance came up during our review.”

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The EV save revisited

BY NOW, we all understand the four competing certainties involved with buying an electric vehicle.

First, it will be spendier than a comparable gas-powered vehicle (though this is slowly dropping as production increases). Second, that cost will be offset by the considerable money saved in fuel and maintenance over the lifetime of the vehicle. Third, depending on what you use the vehicle for and how it’s charged, battery efficiency and range (both improving daily) will affect those savings. And finally, regardless of the source of electricity used to charge it (renewables versus fossil fuels) and the carbon footprint of its components (especially batteries), zeroemissions make EVs vastly better for the environment in the long run.

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Village of Pemberton Watering Restric�ons

Level 3 in Effect: Thursday, August 6th

To summarize, you’ll spend some money upfront to save far more money in the long run and put up with possible vehicle limitations and minor personal inconveniences to help the environment.

Within this square-off, most people zero in on cost savings over time.

Although comparing how much you’d spend on gas in a year versus how much you might spend on charging seems straightforward, a ton of variables ensure it isn’t. Among these are fluctuating gas prices, cost of electricity where you do most of your charging (home, workplace, public), equipment installation costs (if home), type of charger used (low-efficiency, regular, high-efficiency/rapid), time of day (peak

These rates corresponded to a projected fuel-cost savings of USD$3,078 to $10,445 compared with gasoline vehicles over a 15-year vehicle lifetime. Regional variations and uncertainty on lifetime vehicle use (how long and for what) as well as future fuel prices (both electricity and gasoline) produced even greater variation.

In state-by-state comparisons constrained to a regular-rate charger during off-peak hours, those savings ranged from USD$4,571 in places like Kansas and Mississippi to $12,048 in California and Oregon. That’s pretty good—and it doesn’t even factor in the much-lower maintenance costs of EVs, which have fewer moveable and, ergo, breakable parts. Two further key takeaways: average cost to charge a battery EV was USD$0.15/kWh (CAD$0.20/kWh), and; residential off-peak charging reduces average cost by 24 per cent.

Canada has no similar study (though BC Hydro has this: https://bit.ly/3gtxUJD). But a new report from Uswitch that compared average price per kWh, mileage per driver, and mileage on a full charge in 50 different countries, determined that the average cost of charging an electric vehicle in Canada is CAD$277.19 per year—cheap like borscht!

In fact, with relatively low-cost electricity, Canada is one of the less-expensive countries in which to own an EV. The priciest nations were Denmark (CAD$831), Germany ($705) and Belgium ($680) per year, which still seem like bargains—more so when you consider the cost of gas in those places. Countries with notably cheaper charging than Canada were China, India and South Africa.

Although regional differences exist here as well, even where electricity costs are higher, it works out in your favour. In

Although comparing how much you’d spend on gas in a year versus how much you might spend on charging seems straightforward, a ton of variables ensure it isn’t.

Due to the prolonged dry weather we are experiencing, the Village has moved to Level 3 Watering Restric�ons.

Water restric�ons are set by the Village of Pemberton and apply only to the use of treated drinking water – not private well water and recycled water. With popula�on growth and climate change, there is increasing pressure on our water supply. Water restric�ons help to ensure we have enough treated drinking water for consump�on and sufficient fire flow for firefigh�ng.

Fast Facts about Level 3 Restric�ons

• Hand sprinkling (hose with nozzle) and soaker hoses is s�ll permi�ed; • Sprinkling is restricted to the dedicated day + �mes; • In ground irriga�on may only water on days permi�ed between 10 pm and 4 am on the next day; • Level 3 does not apply to the following: Pemberton Creek Community Garden, sports fields, parks, commercial nurseries and municipal boulevards; • Both Signal Hill Elementary and Pemberton Secondary School are on well water, and therefore are exempt from Village watering restric�ons; and •• Although watering restric�ons don’t apply to municipal lands, the Village has significantly scaled back watering the parks. It is our aim to s�ll provide outdoor areas for our community to enjoy and socialize during the warm summer months; • The Village will be issuing a minimum $100 fine to those in contraven�on to the water restric�ons.

Ques�ons? Contact the Village of Pemberton at 604.894.6135 or admin@pemberton.ca

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versus off-peak) of charging, and each of these vary widely depending where you live.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the jurisdictional jigsaw of the U.S., where every state has its own EV policies (or, in many Republican states, none), vehicle and electricity costs and taxes, and charger availabilities. However, a new study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published in the journal Joule teases this apart to average things out both state- and country-wide for consumers.

A detailed assessment of 2019 “levelized cost” of light-duty EV charging based on purchase and installation costs of charging equipment and real-world utility tariffs, researchers found that actual costs varied considerably from place to place (e.g., $0.08/kWh to $0.27/kWh for battery EVs), with national averages of $0.15/kWh for battery EVs and $0.14/kWh for hybrid EVs.

Quebec, for instance, comparing 30,000 km of annual driving in a car that uses 7.1 litres of gas/100 km ($3,195/year) with an EV that uses 21 kWh/100 km ($680/year), your savings would be $2,500 a year before even factoring in maintenance.

But going back to those competing certainties. According to experts, the real challenge to getting more folks in EVs is making them more available, lowering the upfront cost, and increasing EV average range by about eight per cent to make the range/cost ratio more enticing.

Why? Because you wouldn’t pay $100 for a vehicle with a range of one km. But you’d certainly consider paying $20,000 for a vehicle with a range of 200 km. Because such a vehicle doesn’t exist, however, and a best-case, low-end scenario of about 420 km range for a $45,000 spend, the square-off keeps those with modest incomes—and likely the highest interest in the environment—out of the EV market. ■

OUTSIDER

Day-use passes for BC Parks a great first step SOME YEARS AGO, I was discussing the issue of trail user conflicts in British Columbia with a friend from the U.K. Bikers versus hikers versus horseback riders versus grizzly bears, or something to that effect.

My friend was in disbelief of how

BY VINCE SHULEY much people complained in B.C., citing that his home island of Great Britain had roughly a quarter of B.C.’s landmass and 13 times as many people. With such a high population density and land ownership that can reach back hundreds of years or more, you can imagine the conflicts between recreational user groups on public lands and how they need to be managed. Ditto for the overcrowding of parks and public recreation areas.

So what’s the deal, B.C.? We have all the space, our population isn’t massive, yet here we are scrambling over free day passes to our provincial park trails at 6 a.m. like they were Pearl Jam tickets. If you wanted to score a pass over the B.C. Day long weekend, you better have had a quick internet connection and itchy trigger finger over that refresh key.

LAKE LIFE Garibaldi Lake (accessed from Rubble

Creek trailhead) is one of the BC Parks trails that will now require a day pass to access.

PHOTO BY VINCE SHULEY

The issue of B.C.’s vast wilderness is one of access. While Garibaldi is 194,676 hectares large, it only has five access points, all of which are situated along the already-congested Sea to Sky Highway: Diamond Head (Elfin Lakes), Rubble Creek (Garibaldi Lake), Cheakamus, Wedgemount and Singing Pass. The first three of these access points are the ones with less demanding trails to hike, easier-to-reach vehicle parking and consequently, have experienced a surge in popularity in recent years as more of our regional populations realized that summer

curve and make it through the rest of 2020.

The main reason for the restriction of daily users is the environmental impact.

The press release from the Ministry of Environment lists “trail widening, soil erosion, altered hydrology and damaged vegetation” as the symptoms of this overcrowding issue.

On top of that, with more people comes more of a lazy expectation that someone is there to clean up after you. If you want to dive into a more visceral account of this, I strongly recommend reading the online article “Why I Quit My Dream

“[I]f we’re going to love them to a slow and painful death, we should be willing to pay for the privilege.”

weekends are best spent getting photos of themselves in beautiful places.

The day-use permitting system that BC Parks is piloting this summer is well overdue, COVID-19 countermeasures notwithstanding. Yes, it’s better to be outside than inside to avoid virus transmission, but sandwiching hundreds of people into narrow trail corridors with heavily-used touchpoints (think the ladders on the Stawamus Chief trail), isn’t going to do us any favours as we try to re-flatten the

Job: The Ups and Downs of Working In One of BC’s Most Mismanaged Parks” by former B.C Parks ranger Sarah Bulford on mountainlifemedia.ca.

Bulford was assigned to Joffre Lakes, arguably B.C.’s most notorious provincial park. Her tales of trying to keep up with the littering, trampling of sensitive vegetation and blatant disregard for road safety on the Duffey Lake Road were harrowing.

Bulford did the best she could with the resources she was given, but as park use

at Joffre Lakes experienced hockey stick growth—what Bulford described as “Best Buy on Boxing Day”—her calls for increased staffing went largely unanswered by her superiors at BC Parks.

Sadly, it’s not a new story that this arm of our provincial government is in decline.

But we have the opportunity to turn the state of our parks around and limiting the crowds is a great first step. The next phase should be to charge a nominal fee for those day passes.

I get it’s a public service to provide those parks for our recreation, but if we’re going to love them to a slow and painful death, we should be willing to pay for the privilege.

Maybe then, BC Parks will be able to afford the staffing and resources needed to keep our parks in their natural, pristine state.

Another concern is that the restriction of BC Parks attendance could result in more people venturing into other pristine places that are not patrolled by rangers shooing people away. That’s an unfortunate reality we have to come to grips with, one that can be helped by education and more folks exercising common sense.

Respecting the land that we’re so lucky to have access to is key. Lose that and we’ll never find the equilibrium of preserving our natural environment and recreating in it responsibly.

Vince Shuley doesn’t take his recreation for granted. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider, email vince@ vinceshuley.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

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In

zero

mid-March, Whistler, like much of the world, retreated.

The mountains and parks were closed, restaurants and hotels temporarily shuttered, and the bustling stroll that welcomed 3.4 million visitors in 2019 became a certified ghost town almost overnight.

It’s easy (and let’s be honest, overdone at this point) to lament the devastating impacts of COVID-19—on community wellbeing, economy, mental health and more—but there are positives in the stillness, too.

Take Whistler’s waste, for example.

Compared to 2019, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has seen noticeable declines across most waste streams, including construction waste (down 37 per cent in April 2020 compared to April 2019); biosolids (down 50 per cent) and food waste (down 32 per cent).

Predictably, the reductions are mainly on the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) side of things; residential garbage collected at local depots remained about the same in April 2020 as it was in April 2019, and actually saw an increase of 25 per cent in May 2020 compared to May 2019.

The lightened load is a temporary reprieve at best—as the visitors return, so will the garbage.

In fact, waste streams are already moving closer to 2019 levels with Whistler’s recent reopening, according to the RMOW. But pandemic or not, waste reduction remains a key priority at Whistler’s municipal hall—and a personal responsibility for everyone.

A RENEWED DISCUSSION

By Braden Dupuis

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A CBC Marketplace piece (originally published in October 2019) has sparked some online discussion in Whistler lately, and a subsequent query of municipal staff

by Councillor Cathy Jewett, who chairs Whistler’s recently formed Zero Waste Committee.

In the piece, Marketplace investigators hid trackers in bales of recycling before re-inserting them back into the B.C. recycling stream.

The bales were picked up by three companies (Waste Connections of Canada, which landfilled it); GFL Environmental (which incinerated it) and Merlin Plastics (which recycled it).

The report would later be criticized by some, including Recycle BC (RBC), for being misleading; the plastics in the story were of the ICI sector, not residential, and the transactions in the story were one-time, business-to-business transactions, RBC said in a release (see Pique, Nov. 23, 2019: “Whistler has ‘high degree’ of confidence in recycling program”).

But as markets shift with the pandemic and other forces, so too do the end landing spots of waste.

“What’s happening to our plastic waste right now?” Jewett asked at the July 7 council meeting.

“There is discussion in the community and around the world actually that there’s

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been some big changes since Asia has started to refuse our plastic about where it’s going and what’s happening to it.”

Mixed plastics go from Whistler’s depots to Merlin Plastics, said general manager of infrastructure James Hallisey.

“They are being separated, and I understand that they are buying all of that waste and separating it and they have good markets for their products,” he said.

Plastic film, of which there are two kinds, is more challenging.

“There’s the soft plastic that can be easily recycled when there’s a market for it,” Hallisey said, noting that it’s a challenging market right now.

“It was mostly going to China, and just the prices are so low right now that I believe many of the people collecting that are stuck stockpiling, like GFL is at the moment.”

Then there’s crinkly plastic, which is currently being processed into an alternative fuel and being sold to places like cement kilns and power plants, Hallisey said.

“They can burn that as effectively as

David Lefebvre

spokesperson David Lefebvre.

RBC’s 2019 annual report—which is audited by a third party before being submitted to the province—showed a 78.2-per-cent recovery rate, meaning of all materials supplied into the market, 78 per cent were recovered, in weight.

“That’s a significant amount,” Lefebvre said, noting that fluctuating North American markets have meant many jurisdictions are left holding the bag.

“Some of them are collecting materials and then stockpiling them because they can’t find markets for them; some of them are collecting materials and landfilling them … In B.C., we have the largest basket of materials that’s collected, and we find end markets for all of those materials that can be recycled,” he added.

“Of the materials that we collect, 90 per cent of them are being sent to an end market where they’re being recycled responsibly.”

That remaining 10 per cent is where things can get tricky. For materials that can’t be recycled due to contamination or otherwise, “we still try to find an end use for it to avoid sending to landfill,” Lefebvre said.

But despite best efforts, a portion will end up incinerated for fuel, and a “small, small percentage” will go to landfill.

While recovery rates are solid for things like glass (87 per cent), paper (83 per cent) and metal (73 per cent), plastic remains a challenge.

Just 46 per cent of plastic was recovered in 2019 (and within that, 56 per cent of rigid plastic was recovered, and just 22 per cent of flexible plastic).

“Plastic is a challenge, but it’s a challenge that we’re working on,” Lefebvre said, noting that RBC has been collecting flexible plastic packaging since 2018.

“These are really challenging materials to recycle. They’re materials that are made up of multiple different kinds of plastic, and because of that, there is no recycling solution for them, at scale, basically at a provincial level,” he said.

“So we’re collecting those, and to a large extent, that material is the material that’s being turned into engineered fuel at this time, but we’re working with a company in order to try to find a recycling solution for that material.”

As for the Marketplace investigation, it needs to be recognized that “those are not our materials,” Lefebvre said.

“That’s really important for us, because it is a concern to us if people lose faith in the recycling system that we operate,” he said.

“We’re trying to drive up the recovery rate of materials, like you can see in our annual report, and we need people to know

“In B.C., we have the largest basket of materials that’s collected, and we find end markets for all of those materials that can be recycled.” other fuels—at least it keeps it out of the landfill—but it’s not exactly the recycling we envisioned,” he said.

“So there’s a few different things happening here with the different plastics, but yeah, it’s a challenging market right now. It will sort itself out over time. That’s why it’s being stockpiled, but it’s taking some time.”

CHANGING REALITIES Just how much local plastic is currently being incinerated—and the resulting environmental impacts—is unclear.

A Squamish rep for GFL Environmental declined to answer questions from Pique, and the company’s head of marketing did not respond to an emailed request. (GFL does not list a dedicated media rep on any of its websites—at least none that Pique found.)

But from a residential perspective, at least, British Columbians can have faith in their recycling programs, said RBC

that we’re going to manage those materials responsibly, if they take the time to put the right materials in their recycling.”

Formed in response to provincial regulations introduced in 2014 that obligate producers of packaging and paper products to manage those materials until their end of life (known as Extended Producer Responsibility, or EPR), what RBC does is unique in North America, Lefebvre said.

The system is studied around the world, and as recently as last year, a delegation of state senators and industry visited from California to learn more.

“Certainly, there is work that we can do, and we’re constantly striving to find solutions, and the perfect example of that is the other flexible plastic packaging,” Lefebvre said.

“So I would say that that’s definitely an area of focus for us. We’re still working really hard to drive down contamination, because contamination truly impacts our ability to market materials.”

B.C. residents should download the Recycle BC app, he added.

“It’s very easy to search any material on our app, find out whether it can be recycled, and where it can be recycled,” he said.

“And if we can drive down contamination together, then we can access markets more and more.”

Bring your own bag

THE LOCAL PUSH Reducing waste in Whistler is not a new focus.

An updated Solid Waste Bylaw was introduced in 2017 requiring all businesses and stratas to separate waste into three streams (food-scrap organics, recyclables and landfill waste), and in December 2019, the RMOW made the first appointments to its long-awaited Zero Waste Committee.

Through three meetings so far, the group has been taking stock of the issues and looking for opportunities, Jewett said.

“We’re looking at some of the lowhanging fruit,” she said. “We’re kind of looking at the what, not the how, and that’s the really important thing. First we need to identify what the issues are.”

While it’s still early in the process, the committee will eventually bring forward some recommendations and action items for Whistler council to consider.

“That’s what we’re there for, is to look at the issue, find out where the areas that we really need to improve are, identify those, identify how we can impact those, and then come up with the recommendations,” Jewett said, adding that there will be a chance for public input along the way as well.

But reducing waste isn’t just a government responsibility, she added.

“Every single person has to make it their mission to cut down on the use of plastics,” she said.

“Am I going to buy the lettuce in the plastic tub, or am I going to buy the one that’s just out free and loose?”

Sue Maxwell, a former Whistler councillor and longtime waste-management specialist (who also sits as the citizen-atlarge on the Zero Waste Committee), has been working on strengthening B.C.’s

Bring your own bottle and straw

Try Plastic Free Alternatives

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use natural tools

make your own products

Use your own lunchbox and cutlery

Extended Producer Responsibility—the core philosophy behind RBC’s mandate— for nearly a decade.

While residential waste is mandated under EPR regulations, ICI waste is not.

In April 2019, about two thirds (64 per cent) of Whistler’s waste was generated by the ICI sector (though that dropped to about 47 per cent in April 2020 due to the pandemic).

“There’s definitely lots of things that can be strengthened,” Maxwell said.

Say, for example, streetscape bins.

“If you’re making packaging and it’s ending up in streetscape bins, technically, the producers of Recycle BC are meant to be responsible,” she said.

“But Recycle BC said, ‘Well, we’re only going to do it for communities with a population over 20,000 in an area with a certain density.’ So they’re fulfilling a part of their requirements under the regulation, but not all of it.”

Another example can be found in Smithers, where the recycling centre burnt down in May 2019.

“Right now they have no recycling, even though you could argue that perhaps, technically, under the regulation, it would be the responsibility of the program to deliver that service, and to fund whatever infrastructure would be needed,” Maxwell said.

“Or sometimes there’s just little things … like all the electronic products; nobody stepped forward to cover watches, so there’s things like that.”

On plastic, specifically, the province was making moves to address the issue before the pandemic.

More than 35,000 people responded to a CleanBC Plastics Action Plan survey last year, making it one of the biggest public engagements in the government’s history.

“Based on that public and stakeholder feedback the ministry is working on a series of actions to reduce plastics in our environment,” a spokesperson from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy said in an email.

“Those actions could include bans on several kinds of single-use packaging, expanding producer responsibility for plastic recycling, stepping up our bottle deposit system, and other appropriate policy or regulatory changes. The coordinated series of actions will be announced in the

near future and will align with efforts of local and regional governments. It will take all levels of government working together to make the difference so many Canadians want to see.”

But if people care about reducing plastic waste, the best thing they can do is refuse it, Maxwell said.

“If at all possible, bring your own bags.

Don’t get a straw. Try to get containers or things that are refillable, or not in plastics,” she said, adding that consumers should also be cautious around the biodegradable label.

“Biodegradable on bags means nothing.

It’s not regulated. Technically, everything in the whole world is biodegradable over time.”

ENCOURAGING SIGNS (AND A LONG ROAD AHEAD) There were some encouraging signs in terms of Whistler’s waste reduction even before the pandemic: total landfilled waste for 2019 was 11,851 tonnes—an 11-per-cent drop from 2018.

That reduction was largely due to an increase in ICI recycling, which grew more than 17 per cent year over year, according to the RMOW—most notably in commercial food waste recycling (up 30 per cent) and corrugated cardboard (18 per cent).

Waste collected at Whistler’s two depots is transported to Squamish, where it’s consolidated, processed and sent to market, Lefebvre said.

Glass is sent to an end market in B.C.; metal goes to B.C, Ontario and the U.S. Previously, the majority of paper and cardboard collected was being sent overseas.

“We brought in a new post-collection partner this year … and thanks to that, we expect that we’re going to be able to keep the majority of the fibre that we collect here in the

Pacific Northwest,” Lefebvre said.

In terms of residential plastic, 99 per cent is processed in B.C., while the “one or one-and-a-half per cent that goes abroad, we visited the end market where we sent it, and we know exactly what is happening with it,” he added.

The plastic is shipped in the form of densified polystyrene, and is currently being used to make picture frames overseas, according to RBC. While there are always improvements to be made, new challenges to address and regulations to be strengthened, reducing waste is a responsibility shared by all.

“The reality is that we live in a global society, and people are bombarded by media articles from around the world that talk about the challenges that are facing recycling,” Lefebvre said.

“And the more that we can help people understand that the B.C. system is different, that we actually have an ability to report on our performance, and not only that, but our performance is really good, we can give people more and more confidence to actually recycle.” n

Sue Maxwell

“Biodegradable on bags means nothing. It’s not regulated.

Technically, everything in the whole world is biodegradable over time.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING • ELECTORAL AREA D Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 7pm Whistler Olympic Park Zoning Amendment Application Public Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 466 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held to consider the following bylaw: 1.

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area D Zoning Bylaw No. 1350-2016, Amendment Bylaw No. 1673-2020

This Public Hearing will be held electronically pursuant to Local Government Meetings and Bylaw Process (COVID-19) Order No. 3 (Ministerial Order M192/2020).

BYLAW INFORMATION SUBJECT LANDS The lands that are the subject of the proposed Bylaw are shown outlined in a heavy bold black line and identified as “subject lands” on the map attached to this notice.

PURPOSE OF BYLAW 1673-2020: The SLRD received a zoning amendment application for 5 Callaghan Valley Road in the Callaghan Valley (Whistler Olympic Park). The Crown land tenure area is currently zoned Backcountry Commercial 3 (Whistler Olympic Park) (BC3) in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area D Zoning Bylaw No. 1350-2016. The proposed zoning amendment is to allow for seasonal campground use (May 15 – October 31 annually) with 26 tent sites and 20 RV sites as a permitted use on the land. The proposed locations for campground use within the tenure area are shown on the map below.

video and phone conferencing. If you wish to make oral representations on the proposed Bylaw by online video or by phone, please use the Public Hearing web link or the phone number (including meeting ID and password). The Public Hearing will be conducted using Zoom and can be accessed via either online video or phone conferencing.

The web link for the Public Hearing online video option will be posted at www.slrd.bc.ca/ZABWOPPH three days before the Public Hearing.

The phone number to access the Public Hearing phone conferencing option is as follows: +1 778 907 2071 The meeting ID and password for the phone conferencing option will be posted at www.slrd.bc.ca/ZABWOPPH three days before the Public Hearing.

You can also obtain this information by calling the Planning Department three days before the Public Hearing at 604-894-6371.

Instructions for Participating via Zoom Online Video or Phone Conferencing • Online video: It is possible to access the Public Hearing on a computer, tablet or smartphone. Your camera will not be available, but your microphone will need to be enabled. To indicate that you wish to make an oral epresentation, click on the ‘raise a hand’ feature. The moderator will allow each person to speak in turn. When it is your turn to speak, your microphone will be unmuted and you will be asked to provide your name and address for the public record. Please be patient as there may be others in the queue before you.

• Phone conferencing: To access the Public Hearing by phone, use the phone number above along with the meeting ID and password from the website (www.slrd.bc.ca/ZABWOPPH) as prompted. To indicate that you wish to make an oral representation, use the ‘raise hand’ feature by dialing [*9]. When it is your turn to speak, the meeting moderator will announce the last three digits of your phone number, and your line will be unmuted. You will be asked to provide your name and address for the public record. Please be patient as there may be others in the queue before you.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected on the SLRD website at www.slrd.bc.ca/ZABWOP. Inspection of documents at the Regional District office is not possible at this time as the office is closed to the public due to COVID-19. The public hearing is to be chaired by After the conclusion of this Public Hearing, the SLRD Board cannot receive Electoral Area D Director Tony Rainbow as a delegate of the SLRD Regional representations from the public on the proposed Bylaw.

Board.

General information on participating in the SLRD’s electronic public hearings is available here: slrd.bc.ca/PublicHearings A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation is available for public inspection along with a copy of Bylaw 1673-2020 as set out in this notice on the SLRD website.

Members of the public can also view the Live Stream of the Public Hearing at: slrd.bc.ca/WatchMeetings

All persons who believe that their interest in the property is affected by the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area D Zoning Bylaw No. proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to 1350-2016, Amendment Bylaw No. 1673-2020 – Subject Lands present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw at the electronic Public Hearing. Persons unable to attend the hearing are invited to forward written submissions to the SLRD office in advance of the public hearing date. Details on public participation are outlined below.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing.

All persons can 1) submit written comments; 2) and/or make oral representations LIVE via online video or phone conferencing (your image will not be broadcast to Board members or the public).

1. Submit Written Comments to the Board Written comments must be addressed to “SLRD Board of Directors,” and include your name and mailing address. Until 5:00pm on August 11, 2020, written submissions will be received at the following: Email: planning@slrd.bc.ca Fax: 604-894-6526 Hard Copy: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District PO Box 219 Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0 Written submissions will also be accepted on August 11, 2020 between 5:00pm and the time when the motion to close the Public Hearing is made.

During this timeframe, written comments must be submitted by email to: ghaywood@slrd.bc.ca.

All submissions form part of the Public Hearing record and will be added to the Public Hearing Package as they are received. The Public Hearing Package will be available on the SLRD website at: www.slrd.bc.ca/ZABWOP. 2. Participate LIVE via Online Video or Phone Conferencing The live Public Hearing will take place on August 11, 2020 at 7:00pm via online

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SPORTS THE SCORE

Mountain biker brings more than just skill ANITA NAIDU BRINGS ANTI-RACISM TRAINING—AND COVID-19 PRECAUTION KNOWHOW—TO CAMPS

BY DAN FALLOON IN A NORMAL SUMMER, Whistler’s Anita Naidu would be jetting all over the world for any number of reasons.

But this year, for reasons greater than just the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, she’s happy to stay closer to home.

Naidu wears a number of helmets, ranging from pro mountain biker and coach to electrical environmental engineer to anti-racism advocate, and at a time when racial injustice is in the spotlight, Naidu is sharing messages of effective allyship through sport.

Instead of India, Africa and Europe, Naidu has brought her Bike Fest Series for women of all abilities across Western Canada to Saskatoon, the Cowichan Valley and Cumberland with future dates coming up in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria and Williams Lake.

“It combines high-performance bike skills with social-impact education, and this year’s social-impact training is focused on anti-racism, understanding privilege and learning how to be an effective ally,” she said.

“A lot of the training has to happen here at home, anyway, so it’s worked out quite well,” added Naidu, who is also hoping to arrange camps in Squamish and, for the first time, in her hometown of Whistler this summer.

While combining humanitarian

MOVING MOUNTAINS Whistler’s Anita Naidu hosts Bike Fest Series mountain biking camps for women all over the world.

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messaging in with a bike camp may seem like an odd mix to some, Naidu reasons that the two fit together quite well.

“Bike clinics provide people the opportunity to push their comfort zones, find a new centring of confidence and conquer these mountain bike objectives that they have,” she said, “but the empowerment would just stop there.

“Every chance we have to motivate and teach others, we should channel that enthusiasm into positive social change.

Why not help people reach a higher objective than just teaching people to ride bikes fast?”

Naidu has developed her messaging through not only the sport clinics, as she works with companies, individuals and brands to boost their anti-racism and allyship efforts. She said it’s important to get all people onboard and to eliminate the bystander effect when something is clearly wrong. Another important point, she said, is that people come into camps believing that they are not racist—and leave with an awareness of how important it is to be anti-racist, as well as the tools and strategies to take action.

“I help them understand systemic racism and how it’s a main driver of inequality and how people can be effective in dismantling it,” she said. “The idea is, rather than shaming people to change, we inspire them to change.”

While discussions of racial inequality have seen an uptick since a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, back in May, Naidu explained that while there is awareness, there’s not necessarily understanding.

“Right now, there’s a lot of moral incoherence regarding systemic racism.

People understand that there is a problem, but they don’t understand what the problem is,” she said. “A lot of people understand overt racism. What they don’t necessarily understand is covert racism.

What I’m seeing primarily is that people come to these and they start to understand that people of colour go through a different experience that shapes how they react, how they look at life.

“What people take away from this is how to build a better society.”

In follow-ups with participants, Naidu has received encouraging feedback that her program made a difference.

“There’s so much follow-up in how people interact with their families,” she said. “People will say, ‘You know what? I took everything I was taught and I started to influence my friends and my family.’

“That’s where the biggest change actually takes place.”

While the anti-racism and allyship training is optional, it’s been well attended, selling out within an hour at stops across the country.

Admittedly, the experience of working in Canada has been different for Naidu this year, noting that her experience as a person of colour is different in India or Africa as opposed to North America or Europe.

“The idea of race can be very specific to the country that you’re in,” she said, noting that she speaks the local languages, which helps her appreciate the nuance of race in a particular community.

Locally, B.C. is a world leader in outdoor recreation and mountain biking, especially in a gender sense, she noted. When Naidu travels, in addition to bringing skill, she can provide everything from positive body

image, encouragement to access education, and understanding and willingness of challenging the status quo.

“It’s quite uncommon for women in the Middle East, in India, in Africa, compared to Europe and North America, to even have a culture of acceptance when it comes to women recreating, specifically in sports that are seen as requiring a lot of aggression,” she said. “This has been really pivotal in changing the tide and introducing communities to what women can achieve as they start to gain confidence riding bikes and participating in sports.”

COVID PRECAUTIONS Naidu explained that the clinics also take great COVID-19 precautions, including incorporating CoronaShield, which she helped develop as an electrical engineer. The wristband, worn by all riders, vibrates when a rider gets within two metres of another wearer.

“We’re basically asking people to keep physical distancing and hoping no one has COVID, and that’s just really a shot in the dark, especially when you’re talking about mountain biking,” she said.

“Bikers are breathing so heavily, and they’re sweating, and as our Prime Minister said, they’re talking moistly,” she added with a chuckle.

Naidu said the technology was originally developed for the food industry, but was modified to fit the needs of outdoor camps. CoronaShield, she explained, also simplifies contact tracing if a wearer later tests positive.

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WHISTLER PICKLEBALL WEEK

Whistler Pickleball Week declared LOCAL CLUB OFFERING INTRODUCTION TO THE SPORT

BY DAN FALLOON WHEN HE WAS the manager of the Whistler Racket Club, Kirk Paterson acknowledges that he didn’t give pickleball too much heed when he was first approached about offering the sport.

But in 2018, there was enough of a push from members of the local Mature Action Committee that he opted to give it a whirl.

“Enough people asked about it that we decided to paint a little court on an abandoned tennis court,” said Paterson, who currently sits on multiple Pickleball Canada boards. “It slowly grew from there and then eventually became exponential.”

Two short years later, the Whistler Pickleball Association (WPA) has formed and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) council proclaimed Whistler Pickleball Week from Aug. 8 to 16.

As part of the week, ambassadors will be available to help members of the public learn the game, which is similar to tennis, though with a few key differences.

The court is smaller, the ball has less bounce and players serve underhand, for starters. For more information, check out whistlerpickleball.com.

WPA co-president Garth White, who serves alongside Norm Binion, said the association formed over the winter and had launched its programming in late February before being halted by COVID-19. Now, the group has resumed recreational play in recent weeks after Pickleball BC created return-toplay protocols, including offering the clinics.

“We’ve been following the bouncing ball, and now we’ve caught up to it,” White said, adding that the WPA has tried to sort out specific times it can offer the clinics at local courts, but as of press time, had not received confirmation. As it stands, interested players can head to the website and request a time.

“They can reach us through our website and we can deploy ambassadors out to greet them with sanitized equipment and a 40-minute commitment to introduce them

to the sport,” he said.

White added that all ambassadors are well versed in both the sport and proper protocols to employ to keep participants safe.

“We’ve been able to train our ambassadors about, first of all, COVID safety and a quick intro to get people holding a racket properly, getting them to figure out how to volley or return a ball, a little bit about stance, a little bit about the rules, and get them actually playing a game within 15 to 20 minutes of showing up,” he said.

Though a major reason for pickleball’s ascent has been as a means for seniors to stay active, Paterson highlights it as an activity for the entire family.

Though organized clubs tend to host people who are 60-plus, Paterson said a recent survey conducted by the national organization showed significant participation from younger athletes.

“It’s an approachable game for everyone,” he said. “Grandparents in a club will try to get their whole family to play.

“Tennis is a lifetime sport and a family sport, and pickleball is the same, except the difference is it’s quicker and easier to get started with it.”

White added that there’s a low cost to entry, as a basic racket and ball set can run as low as $20.

As the RMOW has repaired its tennis courts in recent years, it has added pickleball lines on nine in order to maximize their usage. Locations with pickleball courts are: Bayly Park, Alpha Lake Park, Brio, Meadow Park, White Gold and Myrtle Philip.

“Inside the tennis lines, they painted pickleball lines,” White said. “They’re a shade of blue that differentiates them from the background but doesn’t obscure or interfere with the tennis lines.”

Paterson hopes the future will bring pickleball-exclusive spaces down the line, as it would be simple to fit 16 players in the same space that four players currently use for tennis.

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Bringing Pickleball to your neighbourhood!

The Whistler Pickleball Association invites families and friends in Whistler to try this all-age sport at your local municipal Pickleball courts.

Come and meet our Ambassadors and learn to play the fastest-growing sport in Canada.

For information, go to www.whistlerpickleball.com

Whistler Loves Water Let’s Work Together to Use Less

By using our drinking water wisely, we can save it for drinking and fire protection.

Please check the weekly Water Conservation Stages & reduce your overall outdoor water use.

Visit whistler.ca/savewater

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EPICURIOUS

Fort Berens sees spike in visitation with more British Columbians on the road BOOST IN VISITORS STILL HASN’T MADE UP FOR LOSS OF RESTAURANT, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DURING PANDEMIC

BY BRANDON BARRETT ROLF DE BRUIN and the rest of the team at the award-winning Fort Berens Estate Winery were, like a lot of destination businesses, expecting a downturn in visitation during the pandemic. But, as it turns out, British Columbians had other plans.

“Compared to last year, we’re about 20- to 30-per-cent busier. It’s been quite overwhelming,” said de Bruin, winery co-owner. “We anticipated that we’d have a very low level of activity and we’ve seen that with restaurants in Vancouver and Whistler, but starting the second week of July, I think that’s when people became more comfortable with travelling.”

The increase in visitor volume has introduced many first-time customers to the scenic, 15-hectare vineyard, a significant shift from the usual RV-driving European clientele the winery typically sees in good numbers during the summer.

“It’s sometimes more difficult to impress people from B.C. than people from Europe, because for people from Europe, everything is great and everything is new. People from B.C. are accustomed to many things, so when they travel in this direction, they’re not as easily impressed as foreign visitors,” noted de Bruin. “It’s a unique opportunity to show the province off or the winery off to people from British Columbia that might not necessarily come here in the summer because they may go off to foreign destinations.”

The influx has come with its own set of challenges, de Bruin said, chiefly around managing crowds—not to mention wildly differing views on COVID-19 safety protocols.

“Sometimes it can be a little bit difficult to get people to understand that those protocols are in place to protect our safety and their safety,” he added.

“Some people walk in and follow our protocols to the letter … Then sometimes you have people that walk in like, ‘What’s all the fuss about?’ There’s a big gap in the

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE With an influx of visitors to its Lillooet winery, the team at Fort Berens has launched two new, COVID-friendly experiences: a VIP tasting tour and a private lunch offering set in the middle of its vineyard.

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expectations of our visitors.”

Fort Berens has had to be nimble to adjust to the new COVID reality—as well as a slowdown in restaurant sales, a significant portion of the winery’s business, and major delays in shipments at Canada Post.

As online sales shot through the roof

experiences that help facilitate distancing while still offering the elegant cuisine Executive Chef Bonnie Rounds is known for.

The new Vineyard Lunch program, available on Saturdays and Sundays through the summer, offers an intimate setting smack dab in the middle of the

“It’s in a private setting for those that wish to have a good experience at the winery without a lot of interaction with our other guests.”

- ROLF DE BRUIN

at the dawn of the pandemic, the winery even set up “drive-thru” orders in Whistler, Pemberton, Vancouver and Kamloops to allow customers to pick up their wine on the go in a physically distant manner.

At the winery, the culinary team has expanded its patio and created two new

vineyard to enjoy a multi-course meal.

“There you have an hour and a half, two hours of private time in our pinot gris block,” de Bruin said. “It’s very private, it’s very intimate because you’re among the vines and see the grape clusters hanging and the views are stunning.”

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Then there’s a new VIP tasting and tour led by sommelier Brett Cooper, who will take small groups through the vineyard and cellar, capped off by a sampling of some of Fort Berens’ renowned reserve wines. You might even get to try some other extra special offerings that aren’t usually available at the tasting bar.

“It’s in a private setting for those that wish to have a good experience at the winery without a lot of interaction with our other guests,” de Bruin said.

Even with the bump in guests and new experiences on offer, de Bruin was clear that it does not make up for the drop in business from international clientele.

“While it’s nice to see the number of visitors, we really hope that we can beat the pandemic and that we can welcome international travellers once again, because I think a lot of sectors are hurting without those travellers,” he said.

For more information, and to book your next trip to Fort Berens, visit fortberens.ca. ■

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Lazy Ghost rematerialize with new EP CA TCH STRIPPED-DOWN VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE AS PART OF RBCXMUSIC SERIES ON AUG. 8

BY ALYSSA NOEL LAZY GHOST MIGHT be keeping their COVID blues in check, but no one would blame them for being disappointed that their summer plans were quashed.

Whistler’s favourite psych-rock five piece was set to embark on a tour that would take them down the coast to California and across Canada when the pandemic hit.

The feeling that they were on the precipice of bigger things was palpable.

“We were going to go live this cruddy rock ‘n’ roll dream and go travel around in our shitty van,” says Jay Booth, guitarist for the band. “Things are still OK—we get to live in Whistler—but it was really sad.”

The band spent the first month of lockdown not doing much of anything musical. “Nobody wanted to meet—you weren’t supposed to or allowed to,” Booth says. “There were five of us in a band and we were like, ‘See you in a month or so.’”

But as the new reality settled in, they decided they needed to get out of their

GET GHOSTED Lazy Ghost are releasing a new EP, Hungover Hopeful, one single at a time.

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respective homes and make something new.

The result is Hungover Hopeful, a new six-song EP written and recorded in their 4.5-metre-by-4.5-metre shed.

“It was relatively quick, but it was because we could spend so much time together,” Booth explains. “We can all sit together in the shed for six or eight hours and baby the songs

track, “Hungover Hopeful,” slowly builds to a chant-worthy chorus tailor-made for crowds packed shoulder-to-shoulder to sway and sing along to (when better times are here again).

“I think it’s going well. I truly hope people are really liking it. If they don’t like, there’s not much we can do about it. It’s

“Things are still OK—we get to live in Whistler—but it was really sad.”

- JAY BOOTH

and try to get good ideas out.”

Since a big, blowout release party isn’t in the cards, (they’ve cultivated a local reputation for some wild, usually-sold-out shows) the band has been releasing one single a week every Friday with three out at press time.

All possess the same loose, jangly, surf vibe that gained the group favour, but “Like You,” wades into reggae grooves, “Beach Bod,” offers tongue-in-cheek lyrics mixed with melodic garage-rock, and the title

what we’re doing,” Booth laughs.

They have had one gig since B.C. entered Phase 3—complete with plexiglass around the band and strict orders for the crowd not to dance. It was, of course, a tough order to enforce.

“It seems like even playing small shows for us is really difficult,” he says.

Instead, their next gig is a virtual one.

They’ve been selected as an emerging band to participate in a new program called First Up with RBCxMusic. Run by RBC, it

offers a $1,000 stipend, promo support, and networking opportunities to select Canadian bands.

On top of that, since June 25, they’ve been showcasing recorded, 30-minute performances on participating bands’ Instagrams with promotional support at instagram.com/rbcxmusic.

Lazy Ghost’s slot is Aug. 8 at 4 p.m.

“They’re trying to give us some exposure and try to help us out with some money because 95 per cent of revenue is completely gone, which is tough,” Booth says. “It’s really nice that they’re trying to help us out.”

For the session, Booth and singer Kyle Leeming sat on a porch and played three pared-down songs. “It’s a different setting than the manic shows we used to put on,” he says. “People are usually drinking out of their boots at our shows.”

With any luck, the boot guzzling will be back soon.

“I miss it,” Booth says of performing for a live audience. “I’m not a big partier other than that, but it’s so much fun to see everybody let loose and have a good time.”

Catch Lazy Ghost’s RBCxMusic performance on Aug. 8 at instagram.com/ lazyghostband.

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FILM FUN Cozy up on the coach this month to check out the Whistler Film Festival’s Adventure Film Series, GETTY IMAGES

Adventure Film Series runs throughout the month

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running with different outdoor films throughout August.

ARTS NEWS: WFF DOC LAB ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS; WHISTLER INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS RELEASE SHORTLIST

THE WHISTLER FILM Festival (WFF) is hosting its sixth-annual Adventure Film Series online throughout the month.

From Aug. 3 to 30, it will screen five feature and five short films, covering sports from mountain biking and deep water cave diving to kayaking, cycling, skiing and trail running.

The feature films will debut on a Monday and can be viewed for $14 each.

They will be available until the following Sunday on the festival’s online platform.

(Or you can purchase a $50 pass to watch them all—shorts included.)

Once you start a film, you have 24 hours to finish it.

“Whistler is a renowned outdoor adventure destination and, as this year has forced us all to adapt to the times, we’re bringing great outdoor stories to film fans, thrill-seekers and adrenaline junkies who can’t make it here in person,” says Shauna Hardy Mishaw, the festival’s executive director and founder, in a release.

“Audiences from across the country will be able to experience virtual adventures through these carefully curated films and personal stories.”

To see the full range of films or purchase tickets, visit whistlerfilmfestival.com/365events/adventure-film-series.

WFF ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR DOC LAB The WFF is now accepting applications for its online intense, two-phase doc lab.

Up to 10 emerging Canadian documentary filmmakers with films of any length in any stage of development are eligible to apply for the program up until Sept. 10.

“Designed to provide an inclusive environment for project development and career acceleration, this online talent program includes an intensive series of workshops and six-month mentorship experience for documentary filmmakers that nurtures collaboration between creators, funders, and audiences through networking opportunities, one-on-one meetings and professional development sessions,” the description reads.

Applicants will be assessed on their project’s potential in the marketplace, the strength of the story, outreach plan, and funding strategy.

Those that focus on raising awareness, education, and motivating audiences to think critically are encouraged.

For more information or to apply, visit whistlerfilmfestival.com/talent/doc-lab.

The 56,000 sq. ft. Audain Art Museum designed

by Patkau Architects provides ample space for a physically distant cultural experience.

To explore the art of Britsh Columbia this summer tickets may be purchased online for contactless payment, or at the door.

WHISTLER INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCES SHORTLIST The Whistler Independent Book Awards have revealed their 2020 finalists.

Representatives from the Canadian Authors Association and Vivalogue Publishing reviewed submissions and selected six shortlisted titles.

In fiction they include: Jennifer Rouse Barbeau for Dying Hour, R.E. Donald for Yellowhead Blues, and C.V. Gauthier for Charlee LeBeau & The Gambler’s Promise.

Non-fiction nominees include: Anna Byrne for Seven Year Summer, Laesa Faith Kim for Can’t Breathe, and Mary O’Sullivan for Lazarus Heart.

The finalist judges this year will be Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Darcie Friesen Hossack, J.J. Lee, and Susan Oakey-Baker.

The winners will be announced during the Whistler Writers Festival, which is running online from Oct. 15 to 18.

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MUSEUM MUSINGS

WHISTLER’S

CHAIR-ity PROJECT

VISITORS TO WHISTLER in July 1980 would have strolled past construction sites like this one rather than down

the Village Stroll.

WHISTLER QUESTION COLLECTION, 1980

Visiting a different Whistler

BY ALLYN PRINGLE THERE IS A LOT TO DO in Whistler in the summer, even with the restrictions currently in place across British Columbia.

You can go up the mountains to hike and ride the Peak 2 Peak, hike throughout the valley, relax at a lake, or even visit Whistler’s Cultural Connector (which includes the Whistler Museum).

What about, however, if you had visited Whistler during the summer of 1980?

Thanks to Whistler News, a supplement published by The Whistler Question, we can get an idea of what summer visitors to Whistler could have expected 40 years ago.

The first step to visiting Whistler was getting here. Though it’s relatively easy today to find your way to Whistler, in 1980, there were no directional signs in Vancouver pointing the way and Whistler News encouraged drivers to obtain a road map and head north on Highway 99.

The drive up included a 12-kilometre section through the Cheakamus Canyon that was set to be realigned and improved by 1981 but was still somewhat treacherous.

This was still an easier route than those from the north. The route to Whistler through Bralorne was suitable only for fourwheel-drive vehicles and the Duffey Lake Road would not be paved until 1992.

Visitors had a choice of lodgings, both in and near to Whistler. While some of these lodgings, such as the Highland Lodge and Whistler Creek Lodge, are still standing, others such as the Alpine Lodge (a lodge and cabins located in Garibaldi, which the provincial government declared unsafe in 1980) and the White Gold Inn (more commonly known as the Ski Boot Motel) have since been demolished. Those looking to camp had quite a few options, including a BC Hydro campground at Daisy

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Lake and a forestry camp at the Cheakamus and Callaghan Rivers. Supposedly, the summer of 1980 was also going to see the construction of new camping facilities as part of Lost Lake.

Whistler also offered a variety of dining options, from Chinese cuisine at the Alta Lake Inn Dining Room to The Keg at Adventures West. Those looking to provide their own meals, however, were encouraged to plan ahead, as the only grocery shopping in the area was at the Gulf and Husky Mini-Marts.

Visitors could still do many of the things that have brought people to Whistler in recent summers. They could go hiking around the valley (Lost Lake was recommended as having the “spectacular sight” of the ski jump) and spend time around and on Whistler’s lakes, where windsurfing was becoming increasingly popular.

Those more interested in snow could attend the 15th year of the Toni Sailer Ski Camp, perfecting their skiing under the direction of Toni Sailer, Nancy Greene, Wayne Wong, and Bob Dufour.

The summer of 1980 was also a season of huge changes in the area and would have offered visitors many opportunities to view construction in the valley. There was not yet a Whistler Village as we know it today.

In the Town Centre, the first buildings of Phase I were expected to open that season and construction of Phase II buildings was underway. Late in the summer, Whistler Mountain installed its first lifts that ran from what would become the Whistler Village. At the same time, Blackcomb Mountain was building its first lifts, as well as on-mountain restaurants and utility buildings.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her book Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones, Stephanie Rose Bird reports that among early African Americans, there were specialists who spoke the language of trees. These patient magicians developed intimate relationships with individual trees, learning their moods and rhythms, and even exchanging non-verbal information with them. Trees imparted wisdom about herbal cures, weather patterns, and ecologically sound strategies.

Until recently, many scientists might have dismissed this lore as delusion. But in his 2016 book The Hidden Life of Trees, forester Peter Wohlleben offers evidence that trees have social lives and do indeed have the power to converse.

I’ve always said that you Aries folks have great potential to conduct meaningful dialogues with animals and trees.

And now happens to be a perfect time for you to seek such invigorating pleasures.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Joanne Harris writes, “The right circumstances sometimes happen of their own accord, slyly, without fanfare, without warning. The magic of everyday things.” I think that’s an apt oracle for you to embrace during the coming weeks. In my opinion, life will be conspiring to make you feel at home in the world. You will have an excellent opportunity to get your personal rhythm into close alignment with the rhythm of creation. And so you may achieve a version of what mythologist Joseph Campbell called “the goal of life”: “to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Author Gloria Anzaldúa writes, “I am an act of kneading, of uniting and joining.”

She adds that in this process, she has become “a creature that questions the definitions of light and dark and gives them new meanings.” I would love for you to engage in similar work right now, Gemini. Life will be on your side—bringing you lucky breaks and stellar insights—if you undertake the heroic work of reformulating the meanings of “light” and “dark”—and then reshaping the way you embody those primal forces.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink,” wrote Cancerian author Irving Stone. I would love for you to heed that counsel, my fellow Crabs. What he says is always true, but it will be extraordinarily meaningful for you to take to heart during the coming weeks. Here’s how you could begin: Make a list of seven experiences that bring you joy, bliss, delight, fun, amusement, and gratification. Then make a vow—even write an oath on a piece of paper—to increase the frequency and intensity of those experiences.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At times in our lives, it’s impractical to be innocent and curious and blank and receptive. So many tasks require us to be knowledgeable and self-assured and forceful and in control. But according to my astrological analysis, the coming weeks will be a time when you will benefit from the former state of mind: cultivating what Zen Buddhists call “beginner’s mind.” The Chinese refer to it as chuxin, or the mind of a novice. The Koreans call it the eee mok oh? approach, translated as “What is this?” Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield defines it as the “don’t-know mind.” During this upcoming phase, I invite you to enjoy the feeling of being at peace with all that’s mysterious and beyond your understanding.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.”

Author Anne Lamott wrote that, and now I’m conveying it to you—just in time for the Unplug-Yourself Phase of your astrological cycle. Any glitches or snafus you may be dealing with right now aren’t as serious as you might imagine. The biggest problem seems to be the messy congestion that has accumulated over time in your links to sources that usually serve you pretty well. So if you’ll simply disconnect for a while, I’m betting that clarity and grace will be restored when you reconnect.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you been saving any of your tricks for later? If so, later has arrived. Have you been postponing flourishes and climaxes until the time was right? If so, the coming days will be as right a time as there can be. Have you been waiting and waiting for the perfect moment before making use of favours that life owes you and promises that were made to you? If so, the perfect moment has arrived. Have you been wondering when you would get a ripe opportunity to express and highlight the most interesting truths about yourself? If so, that opportunity is available.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes,” writes Scorpio author Maxine Hong Kingston. That would be an excellent task for you to work on in the coming weeks. Here are your formulas for success: 1. The more you expand your imagination, the better you’ll understand the big picture of your present situation—and the more progress you will make toward creating the most interesting possible future. 2. The more comfortable you are about dwelling in the midst of paradoxes, the more likely it is that you will generate vigorous decisions that serve both your own needs and the needs of your allies.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons,” says actor and director Denzel Washington. “When you shine bright, some won’t enjoy the shadow you cast,” says rapper and activist Talib Kweli. You may have to deal with reactions like those in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. If you do, I suggest that you don’t take it personally. Your job is to be your radiant, generous self—and not worry about whether anyone has the personal power necessary to handle your radiant, generous self. The good news is that I suspect you will stimulate plenty of positive responses that will more than counterbalance the challenging ones.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn occultist Peter J. Carroll tells us, “Some have sought to avoid suffering by avoiding desire. Thus they have only small desires and small sufferings.” In all of the zodiac, you Capricorns are among the least likely to be like that. One of your potential strengths is the inclination to cultivate robust desires that are rooted in a quest for rich experience. Yes, that sometimes means you must deal with more strenuous ordeals than other people. But I think it’s a wise trade-off. In any case, my dear, you’re now in a phase of your cycle when you should take inventory of your yearnings. If you find there are some that are too timid or meagre, I invite you to either drop them or pump them up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The people who live in the town of Bazoule, Burkina Faso regard the local crocodiles as sacred. They live and work amidst the 100-plus creatures, co-existing peacefully. Kids play within a few feet of them, never worrying about safety. I’d love to see you come to similar arrangements with untamed influences and strong characters in your own life, Aquarius. You don’t necessarily have to treat them as sacred, but I do encourage you to increase your empathy and respect for them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your body naturally produces at least one quart of mucus every day. You might not be aware of it, because much of it glides down your throat. Although you may regard this snot as gross, it’s quite healthy. It contains antibodies and enzymes that kill harmful bacteria and viruses. I propose we regard mucus as your prime metaphor in the coming weeks. Be on the alert for influences and ideas that might empower you even if they’re less than beautiful and pleasing. Make connections with helpful influences even if they’re not sublimely attractive.

This week’s homework: What helpful tip might one of your wise ancestors offer you about how to thrive in the coming months? FreeWillAstrology.com

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Remembering Whistler’s hardscrabble squatters ONE OF OUR Rumsfeldian known unknowns is what the coming ski season will be like. And one of the largest of those is the size and makeup of the town’s workforce.

But chances are pretty good a tight housing market will endure. Thus it has always been.

So to avoid railing against, in no particular order, anti-maskers, anything Trumpian, the proliferation of arsehole boaters and motorcycle “accidents,” let’s take a trip in the time machine and revisit Whistler’s fabled squatters.

In retrospect, squatting seems so glamourous. But in reality, it was day-to-day living. Every drop of water you drank, cooked

BY G.D. MAXWELL with or washed in had to be hauled inside from a nearby river or stream because, obviously, there was no water system. Washing was accomplished in a basin or bucket or, weather and nerve permitting, by a quick plunge in water from snowmelt.

Most of the cooking was done on woodburning cookstoves, except in summer when heat made firing them up unbearable.

Winter’s firewood had to be close at hand before the snow fell since there was no way to bring it in afterward. Everything from food to building materials to books to the kerosene for lamps had to be carried in by hand.

It took hours of work each day just to keep everything running. But the freedom, the peace, the beauty of living in the bush made it all worthwhile. The sounds of nature infused the space: running water, singing birds, rustling trees.

By one firsthand estimate, they made up as much as 10 per cent of the population of the newly launched Resort Municipality of Whistler. The squatters were young, idealistic, cheap, hard-working, lazy, entrepreneurial, shiftless, good-fornothing, upstanding citizens. Not all at the same time, of course.

They bore a striking—and for many of the more conventional citizenry, uncomfortable—resemblance to pioneers from a century earlier. Shaggy hair, shaggy beards, unkempt clothes. They worked hard in the summers, skied hard as members of the UIC Ski Team during the winter, and partied hard all year long.

As Whistler faced an uncertain future and launched its grand scheme to convert the town dump into the town centre, the squatters were in the way. Some of them were in the way physically, others simply represented the “wrong” element in a buffed plan that had room for only right elements.

They drew the fury of the Alta Lake District Rate Payers Association who were of the firmly held belief that squatters “were not contributing either directly or indirectly to

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the infrastructure here in Whistler and were a personal affront.”

In a letter published Jan. 18, 1978 in the Whistler Question, a gentleman who signed himself Ted Franks pretty well summed up the anti-squat forces when he wrote, “[They] chose to live like gypsies while others pay room and board. They are completely

occupants of 40 properties in November 1977. Final notices were issued in April 1978, requesting the squatters be off Crown property no later than May 31, 1978.

A contingent of squatters petitioned the municipal council of the day at a meeting on May 23, 1978. They requested council’s support in their appeal to Lands Branch

Some of them were in the way physically, others simply represented the “wrong” element in a buffed plan that had room for only right elements. dedicated to their undisciplined lifestyle of enjoying everything the valley has to offer without contributing in any way.”

His point of view was shared, with perhaps less vituperation, by the paper’s publisher, who also objected to the increasing numbers of people living for free wherever they choose.

As a result of a perceived groundswell of opposition, the Lands Branch, overseers of Crown land, issued eviction notices to the

for a one-year moratorium on the eviction actions. Over the May long weekend, they collected 300 signatures from residents to support their case.

Al Raine, appointed to council to represent the interests of the province, recused himself from the debate because of the possible conflict his unique role might represent. Councillor Frans Carpay wondered if perhaps he too shouldn’t recuse himself since he employed a number of the

squatters in his home-building business.

In the end, he stayed and argued in favour of supporting the request. One by one, the other councillors supported, some with considerable reservations, intervening on behalf of the squatters. In the end, only Mayor Pat Carleton objected. He couldn’t understand why the squatters hadn’t moved out when they were told to do so the first time and didn’t see any point in giving them another year.

Lands Branch capitulated and agreed to postpone the final eviction for one year.

In exchange for their forbearance, they required the squatters to post $500 bonds and agree to remove their structures and return the land to its natural state. And just to prove they meant business, on June 23, they torched four unoccupied squats along Fitzsimmons Creek.

The squatters’ “representative” at council was Charlie Doyle. Bearded, longhaired, a little scruffy around the edges, Charlie was about as representative as anyone could be. He’d wandered into Whistler in 1972 after graduating from university in Thunder Bay, Ont. “I didn’t have any intention of ending up here, but I read an article in Banff about ski bumming in Whistler. It profiled Al Davis as ski bum elder statesman and sounded pretty good. As it turned out, when I arrived in Whistler, I singled up in the first line in the gondola barn and got on with the three guys this article was about. By the end of that first day, I had a place to live and a ski pass I got off this guy on a stretcher at the bottom for 10 bucks.”

Charlie figured this place was so good, he’s never left.

After renting a couple of different places, he had the chance to move into an old trapper’s cabin on the Cheakamus River. Having been occupied by a couple of generations of ski bums, it sat near what is now Cheakamus Crossing. Built without the guiding hand of an architect, the cabin was rustic in the serious sense of the word.

A wood-fired cookstove provided heat, mostly, and a Coleman stove expedited morning coffee. Nearby, along the bank of the Cheakamus, Charlie built a sauna for deep relaxation and sweaty parties.

“It was a lovely place,” he says wistfully. “I lived there for four years until 1979 and then I took it apart and moved it to the place I’d rented, thinking I was going to do something with it. It finally ended up as firewood when I moved from that place to another place. I don’t know if I’d still be here if I’d have had to pay rent during those years.”

One of the things Charlie accomplished by living in the cabin was saving enough money to buy into a lot in Tapley’s. One of the things he accomplished while living in the cabin was the Whistler Answer. All by hand. All by lantern light. Real Abe Lincoln, in a counter-culture sort of way.

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