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FALL FEARS

The local business

community looks ahead to September

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CAMPGROUND PROPOSAL

Concerns

around new campground in the Callaghan

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NEW MUSIC

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fundraiser for new EP

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FEARING THE FALL

Whistler stakeholders

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UP TO SPEED

Village of Pemberton council received

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businesses viable) during the resort’s upcoming shoulder season.

including updates on operations projects and municipal finances.

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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS The Sea to Sky corridor has seen five motorcycle accidents in just over a

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week, a local dog writes in to express dismay about

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dangerous litter and residents worry about unsafe conditions in the village and on the Valley Trail.

15 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Brandon Barrett observes that, unlike their outdoor activities, Whistlerites like their art on the safe, predictable side. Could the pandemic change that?

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54 MAXED OUT G.D. Maxwell gives us another fascinating peek into the historical world of Whistler squatters. This time, take a visit to our former mayor’s cabin.

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Something needs to change on Highway 99 DRIVING THE SEA TO SKY Highway brings out the worst in me.

I don’t mean that I speed, cut people off or tailgate—rather, driving the stretch from Squamish to Whistler (as I used to do every work day in the “Before Times”) often fills me with a seething rage at least once per trip.

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And I suspect I’m not alone.

On recent drives, I’ve witnessed a driver pass another in the right lane, slow vehicles clogging up the passing lane, and a mountain biker cut across a busy stretch of

But the situation is shifting from annoying to deadly.

The motorcycle accident that happened near Function Junction last Sunday, Aug. 9, marked the fifth motorcycle incident in the Sea to Sky corridor in just over a month. The highway was temporarily closed in both directions just south of Function Junction as an air ambulance attended the scene.

The situation has progressed from coincidence to a full-on trend. After the third accident—two motorcyclists died in separate incidents on July 3 and 5 near Pemberton and a non-fatal accident happened near Function Junction on July 4—Pique talked to a few experts to try to figure out what exactly was going on. (“Motorcycle fatalities underscore risks of navigating Highway 99,” July 9.)

“If you’re out there riding in a way that isn’t compatible with something you’re not expecting, then you can expect to get in trouble.”

- BRIAN ANTONIO

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At best, it’s unpleasant. At worst, it’s a disaster waiting to happen.

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While Jamieson Murray, owner of the Squamish Motorcycle Shop, suspects multiple factors are at play, there’s a good chance the ultra-heavy traffic is one of them.

“I personally don’t ride on Friday, Saturday or Sunday because it’s a gong show on the highway,” he told Pique.

“People who take those risks, the accidents that are happening, are taking place on the weekend. And now with COVID, everyone is

getting out and going north.”

Another possibility is inexperienced riders are heading out on winding mountain roads they’re not used to navigating.

“If you’re out there riding in a way that isn’t compatible with something you’re not expecting, then you can expect to get in trouble,” said Brian Antonio, school director for ProRide Motorcycle Training in North Vancouver.

While we don’t know the exact details of all five accidents—if the motorcyclists were experienced or what roads they most often ride on—we do know they either took place slightly north of Pemberton or slightly south of Whistler.

We also know something needs to change.

So what can we control in this situation?

First of all, motorcyclists need to slow down. I’m sure I’m not alone in having witnessed bikes go well above the speed limit on the road. With motorcycle riders in my immediate family, it’s a sight that always sends my heart up into my throat.

Second, drivers of four-wheeled vehicles have an obligation to look out for their two-wheeled counterparts as best they can.

Regardless of who’s at fault, it would be an unbearable experience to be a driver who hit someone on a motorcycle.

ICBC, meanwhile, also has a list of safety tips for motorcyclists, including: practicing emergency braking and avoiding unexpected obstacles; staying out of drivers’ blind spots; watching drivers for clues; planning your path before you navigate a curve; and riding at a safe speed.

Summer and motorcycle season is far from done yet. Let’s make the highway safer for everyone with the goal of avoiding any more accidents. ■

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Clean up your butts for the love of pups Hi, I’m Mac, one of the many new puppies in Whistler. I’ve only been here for four months, but I love this place. I love the lakes, the forest, the trails, including the Valley Trail, between Lakeside and Wayside parks, which I get to explore daily.

I’m really good at sniffing and I like to taste everything. I’m a puppy; that’s what we do. I will eventually outgrow it.

But there’s a problem. Lots of people are dropping their cigarette or weed butts. I am learning to ignore the tobacco butts, but cannot stop sampling the weed roaches. They just smell so good!

I have gotten really sick from eating cannabis at least five times in my short life here. IT SUCKS! I feel like crap, my head shakes, I pee myself and I can’t stand up properly. If I eat a lot, I barf!

I sometimes have to go to the vet for tests and treatments, and my owner feels very badly that she can’t do more to help me. My owner keeps me on a short leash and tries to watch everything I pick up. I even found a discarded vape in the bushes beside the Valley Trail one day. Not cool. I could have been seriously injured/poisoned.

My owner is talking about putting a muzzle on me because I’m such a wily puppy. I don’t even get to go to the local park anymore. No fair!

Please help me out by doing your part.

PLEASE don’t drop butts of any kind, chuck them from your car, throw them in the bushes or stub them out on the Valley Trail or in tree stumps. I will find them! Just like hiking, pack it in, pack it out!

Put that roach in the trash can, a baggie, or your pocket! It’s easy for you to do and it saves animals like me!

On behalf of all the Whistler puppies and our big brothers and sisters, thanks for reading, and doing your part to keep us healthy.

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Summer crowding safety concerns I wanted to share two experiences of mine at Whistler recently that cause me concern.

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45 facemasks (nine per cent), but there were probably 500 people that I saw in much closer proximity to each other due to the long-weekend crowds.

My sense is that not enough people really understand how to protect against the transmission of COVID-19. As a senior, wearing a mask and keeping two metres apart is common sense. But for the other 90-plus per cent, it seems like they are not understanding this yet, which is why, unfortunately, the likelihood of a higher and faster spread of COVID-19 in Whistler and other parts of B.C. appears inevitable.

Sorry, Whistler, your small signs that say “use of masks encouraged” and the larger “practice physical distancing” signs are simply not working. Can you use some enforcement to get this message across?

Second: Valley Trail safety. As an avid walker of the paved pedestrian/cycle paths around Whistler, and especially the south Valley Trail, it is very clear that increased activity on summer weekends is resulting in crowded trails and a dangerous mix between families, dog walkers, walkers and bikes (and more and more electric bikes).

Serious accidents look to be inevitable, considering that many of the younger riders are not slowing down and are cutting downhill corners, passing on blind corners, and essentially not being courteous to other walkers or bikers— especially on the winding and hilly sections of the trails.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR an essential courtesy as they approach walkers or before they pass other bikes? Or perhaps post signs along the trail stating that cyclists must ring their bell as they approach slower bikes or walkers. Something simple like this can only help reduce the risk of a serious accident—a low-cost investment to improve safety.

My personal solution to both issues is that we have decided not to go into the village or travel on the Valley Trail on weekends, and especially long weekends. Other visitors do not have this luxury, so keeping the rest of the visitors safer should be a higher priority for Whistler in the summer.

Russ Taylor // Whistler

More courtesy needed from cyclists With the gym closed and social distancing a concern, more pedestrians and cyclists are using our paved paths this summer. Most cyclists are respectful of pedestrians.

However, a significant minority are not.

Shouting “f**k off” or gesturing with your hand is not a respectful way to respond to a pedestrian’s request that you stay in your lane—both of which I experienced on this morning’s walk.

I’ve been hit twice by cyclists: once when she ran a red light and once on a crowded pedestrian street. The second time landed me in physiotherapy for the better part of a year. Both times, the cyclist was in the wrong.

Cyclists don’t like cars that encroach on their space; pedestrians don’t like cyclists who do the same.

Valerie Whiffen // Whistler

Thank you for emergency help My wife Suzanne, a very good friend Alan Baldwin, and I were on our mountain bikes and were heading south to take a ride to Callaghan Lake. As we approached the top of Power Line Hill, we were directed onto the main highway, which had been torn up in preparation for new asphalt.

We were following a dump truck down the hill and then we were directed back into the original paved roadway. I was leading our team and could see the abutment or transition back to the original roadway was approximately a three-to-four-inch (eight-to-10 cm) curb.

I approached the curb at a 70- to 80-per-cent

angle and my bike easily handled the transition.

Behind me, I could hear my wife Suzanne slamming to the ground. I quickly looked around and saw Alan approaching from the same angle and take a disastrous fall.

Both riders had come into the transition pavement at a parallel angle, which caused both bikes to crash. Suzanne fortunately only suffered a mild concussion, road rash, bruising and a very sore shoulder.

Alan wasn’t so lucky. Alan was motionless on the roadway and was in obvious pain. He ended up fracturing his pelvis in two places, three ribs and his clavicle and has a bad concussion.

He is still in Vancouver General Hospital and will require a stay at UBC for rehab for a couple of weeks; he will also be wheelchair bound for a month.

We wanted to acknowledge what a great job that the paving team did when this accident occurred. The truck driver, Owen Sculley, jumped into action. He immediately asked if he had caused the incident and I assured him it was biker error.

He immediately tended to Alan, carefully removed his helmet, used my jacket as a pillow and insisted that he not be moved. He got on the phone and called for the ambulance.

The flagging crew redirected and altered the traffic flow to prioritize the ambulance coming from Whistler. The ambulance crew were excellent and more or less diagnosed Alan’s condition with great accuracy.

This Whistler Health Care Centre was also excellent and made things happen to get Alan the care he needed. We would also like to thank Alex Relf, co-owner of Peaked Pies, who transported the bikes back to Whistler.

We do have our local heroes who should be commended for doing a job well done and helping in a tough situation.

Robert Wheeler // Whistler

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Let’s talk about 2023. That’s the year British Columbia’s tourism industry could be fully recovered. To make it so, government must act today.

No surprise: B.C.’s 2020 tourism industry is in the tank. One estimate is a 69-per-cent decline in tourism revenues from 2019. It will be difficult to regain the sustainable tourism industry we once took for granted.

We want our visitors back.

We need airplanes in the skies, trains on their tracks, conventioneers convening, cruise ships in the passage, restaurants fully open and visitor attractions humming with happy tourists, locals included.

A viable 2023 envisions a return to our 19,300 working businesses in the tourism sector, ensuring 160,000 direct jobs, all generated by $21.5 billion in visitor spending. That provides $4.5 billion in tax revenues each year across all levels of government!

To achieve that, we need a return of 6 million overnight international visitor arrivals.

Of course, we’d all wish 2021 to be the year of full recovery. It’s not going to happen.

Even if the COVID-19 crisis abates on a favourable timeline and borders safely open, people around the world will need to find the willingness, money, time, freedom and personal priority to travel again.

Yet, the stepping stone year of 2021 could see a huge increase in visitors to B.C. with their spending and resulting jobs for British Columbians. If we act now.

And 2022 could see continued growth of foreign visitors, if we do the right things soon to build toward that.

We used to say, “Most people in tourism

don’t know they’re in tourism.” Now, educated

by COVID-19, everyone knows the damage of a tourism downturn. If a hotel is empty, no one’s needed to clean rooms, do the laundry, fix the furnace, paint the building or pave the street out front.

You know the story of hospitality: If a restaurant is closed, no one needs the food supply chain. Not the fishers or delivery truck drivers. Not waiters or cooks, or someone to bus tables. No taxi drivers or those repairing refrigeration units.

Here’s a hard question with an easy answer: What’s the impact on local jobs and employee spending when there are no vehicles with American license plates filling up at our gas stations around the province?

We could describe a thriving B.C. tourism year in 2023 like this: In January 2023, businesses around the province have plenty of advance bookings for the year ahead, with deposits already paid. There is strong consumer confidence that travellers will have the funds and opportunities for weekend and weeks long vacations in the coming 12 months. Tourism businesses around the province offer year-round employment with seasonal bumps for ski and summer destinations.

That’s what it was like in January 2020.

That’s what it could be like in January 2023 if the provincial government delivers on three things right now: A strategic investment of $680 million to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our visitor economy, and reposition businesses for a future of job creation and service delivery; Provision of working capital recovery grants aimed at 2020 through 2022; Support funding for communities, businesses and associations to adapt marketing and visitor servicing to the new world of hospitality and tourism.

There’s no shortcut. Even with this financial assistance, it’s a long journey ahead.

The immense benefits of a healthy, viable, sustainable tourism industry are economic, social, cultural and environmental. The positive impact on city, rural and Indigenous communities is well documented. We must make it happen, again.

We need short-term action for long-term benefits.

It’s all in the recovery. Act now.

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Art should be challenging—but is that what Whistlerites want?

WHILE COVID-19 has forced us to physically distance from those around us, it’s been art that has helped tie us back together during these past few months.

And hasn’t that always been the function of art? To express those innermost, intangible qualities of the human condition in the hopes that it might make someone

BY BRANDON BARRETT out there feel less alone? And in a time of both literal and figurative isolation, it’s impossible to put a price on the true value that art can and has brought us.

Well, maybe that’s not entirely true.

For the countless bands livestreaming no-crowd sets from their living rooms, the plethora of creative workshops held over Zoom, and the renowned museums and theatre companies offering their art and stage productions to a virtual audience during the pandemic, the asking price has most often been nothing at all.

For the tireless creatives already accustomed to having their work vastly undervalued, offering up the art they’ve invested so much blood, sweat and soul into free of charge is a gift I hope society

remembers—with their time and their wallets—when all this is said and done.

I also hope the artists who have left so much of themselves on the stage, canvas or screen, both before and during COVID, aren’t afraid to ask for something in return. And I’m not just talking about fair and equitable monetary compensation, although that, of course, would go a long way towards giving some much-needed stability to a sector that has always sat on shaky ground, at least in this country.

I’m referring to something that’s a little trickier to pin down, but it’s a favour that, if extended, would benefit both artists and audiences alike.

My sincere hope is that when we emerge from our collective reclusiveness, it will come with a fresh perspective on not only the art we consume, but our capacity to consume it. Even before COVID glued us all to a rotating cycle of black screens, the cultural zeitgeist was being homogenized by streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon to the point where an algorithm has more influence over what we watch than our own personal taste. And when we hand over our consumption habits to massive, global corporations whose sole desire is to keep you on their platform for as long as possible, the kind of content we consume tends to fall into two categories: inflammatory, angerinducing sensationalism (looking at you,

YouTube!), or breezy, mindless flicks that are familiar, even comforting to watch, but leave your brain the moment the credits roll. (There’s a reason The Office and Friends have consistently been Netflix’s two most-watched shows. As entertaining and well-made as they both are [well, The Office, anyway], they are the TV equivalent of a big bowl of buttery popcorn: tasty in the moment, surely, but you’re gonna need a bit more substance to feel full.)

[A]rt should be challenging, but it also requires an audience that is willing to take a risk...

Maybe it’s just me, but I feel the issue runs even deeper in Whistler, where, for as educated and enlightened a community as we are, many people don’t necessarily come here to expand their cultural horizons or think too hard about anything other than their next pow day or night on the town.

As someone who has been a small part

of Whistler’s burgeoning theatre scene over the years, it’s something I’ve wrestled with in my own work: What do Whistlerites want from their art, and more importantly, do they want to be challenged?

From my experience, Whistlerites want art that is fun and light, and, crucially, they want to see their town reflected back at them. It’s why our art galleries (Audain excluded) are filled with colourful landscapes and bear portraits, our bars are filled with the sounds of popular cover tunes more often than originals from the many talented musicians who make their living here, and our most beloved cultural showcases, like the 72-Hour Filmmaker Showdown and Deep Winter, are modelled after high-octane athletic competitions.

I say all of this not to wag my finger in condescension at a philistine public, but rather because I know what Whistlerites are capable of. I’ve seen time and again just how willing they are to throw caution to the wind for a sweet dose of adrenaline, how committed they are to milking every last thrill out of life. I just wish they demanded as much out of their art as they did from their recreational pursuits.

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As fall approaches, ‘survival’ of business community a concern RESORT PARTNERS EYE SCALED-BACK FEST EXPERIENCES TO BOLSTER SHOULDER MONTHS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHILE CROWDS HAVE returned to Whistler throughout Phase 3 of B.C.’s COVID19 reopening, providing a minor reprieve to entrepreneurs, local leaders know that the coming months are key.

“To be frank, we’re very concerned with the business community surviving through the fall,” said Tourism Whistler (TW) president and CEO Barrett Fisher.

“Whistler is fortunate that we have some strengths in visitation in the summer, we anticipate that we’ll see some strength in the winter, but the months between summer and winter, they stretch out.

“It will be a long fall, and so we need to ensure that we find opportunities and solutions to help the economic viability of our business community and to make sure that they survive through this year.”

To that end, local officials are considering how best to entice visitation once the summer wraps up, including re-envisioning some perennial favourite festivals as more scaled-back affairs.

Tourism Whistler will be meeting with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and its Festivals, Events and Animation team in the coming weeks to discuss what might be possible in the fall, Fisher said.

In the meantime, the destination marketing organization is moving ahead With large crowds like those typically found at the popular Whistler Village Beer Festival out of the question this year, resort partners are hoping smaller versions of annual events can help drive fall visitation.

with plans for annual food and drink fest Cornucopia (which it owns), she said.

“We are looking at some small food and wine seminars, eliminating the large scale of Crush, and then still working with the restaurant community on some winemaker dinners, and making sure that these are all limited to under 50 people,” Fisher said.

“So we’re looking at small-scale experiences that are a bit more intimate, that support the proper protocols, that have their own separate access and egress, to ensure the safety of our guests.”

Other fall initiatives under consideration include more Art Walks on Fridays during the shoulder months, and hosting small educational groups at the Whistler Conference Centre.

TW will soon expand its marketing from B.C. to Alberta, with a focus on core Whistler experiences like hiking, biking, golf and adventure tourism, as well as arts and culture, dining, wellness and shopping, Fisher said, adding that TW will continue to follow directives from health authorities as it relates to COVID-19.

“Safety comes first, and so if for any reason things change and things have to be shut down, we will ultimately work with the health authorities to take their direction, since they are the experts. Full stop,” Fisher said.

“But in this environment, we have to be agile and flexible to be able to promote what we can, and then continue to follow the health directives.”

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WHISTLER VILLAGE BEER FEST CANCELS MAIN EVENT Concern over fall visitation has been heard at Gibbons Whistler as well, said manager

of marketing and communications Brittia Thompson, prompting the company to soldier ahead with its Whistler Village Beer Festival—again, in a scaled-back form.

“A lot of business owners have expressed that there’s major concern about it just going super quiet come September, so we want to try and encourage people to visit in some manner,” Thompson said.

“We’re just figuring out what that looks like.”

What’s known for sure at this point is that the festival’s main event—the twoday beer-tasting extravaganza in Olympic Plaza—will not go ahead as planned.

Instead, organizers plan to host peripheral programming at venues throughout the village from Sept. 12 to 20, Thompson said.

While it won’t be made official until Aug. 31, the lineup will likely include similar offerings to past years, including tap takeovers by different breweries, brewmaster dinners, beer and food pairings, and more.

“That weekend, a lot of guests have already booked hotels up here [and] it’s a driving factor in the shoulder season to help with business, so we want to encourage people to visit in a safe and respectful way,” Thompson said, adding that all 2020 WVBF main event tickets will be transferred to 2021, and refunds will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

“But we hope that everyone keeps ahold of their ticket and returns for 2021, because it’s going to be good,” she said.

“I think people are going to be itching for a festival of some sort.”

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SECTOR SPECIFIC While it’s been a busy few weekends in Whistler Village, different sectors are saying different things, according to Whistler Chamber CEO Melissa Pace.

“It really varies from business to business,” Pace said.

“In July, what I heard was businesses were doing really well, better than they had anticipated. Moving into August, they’re feeling like the revenue that they’re generating is decreasing slightly.”

And for every bike shop that has seen a bump in sales due to more people wanting to venture outside, there’s a restaurateur handcuffed by a small floor plan with a single access and egress point, or an adventure company lacking in labour.

“Some people are saying they’re doing well, but what’s happening is some money is being left on the table due to the lack of labour,” Pace said.

“And so even with the ability to fill their spaces, they sometimes can’t do it because they don’t have the staff to fill the positions that are needed to service the amount of business that they are getting, so that’s a bit of a problem.”

At this point there is no short-term answer to the labour question, Pace said, and a shroud of uncertainty around the tourism industry in general.

“Once we’ve had the August long weekend, the businesses are starting to talk about, ‘OK what’s next?’” she said.

“And so that’s really where our focus is now, is how to continue to support our business community into the fall, and continue to talk to our MP, our MLA, and ministries, to find ways to support this community.”

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Enviro and traffic reports for Alta Lake Rd project made public ENVIRO REPORT CALLS FOR FURTHER STUDY

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officials have yet to see them, some residents around Nita Lake have finally gotten their hands on environmental and traffic reports for the proposed site of a nearby housing development, raising more questions about the project ahead of its upcoming public hearing.

After months of back-and-forth, Nita Lake Estates strata president Cheryl Green said she obtained copies of a 2018 environmental assessment and a 2019 traffic study prepared for the Michael Hutchison-led Empire Club Development Corp., the proponent of a mixed-use market and employee-restricted housing development proposed for 5298 Alta Lake Rd., both of which were recently provided to Pique by the RMOW. The report’s authors, PGL Environmental Consultants, said the site could support a number of at-risk plant and animal species, but further “species-specific studies would be required” to determine their presence.

Stressing that this isn’t her area of expertise, Councillor Cathy Jewett, who had only seen the reports after being sent them by Pique, said she wants to ensure there are no at-risk species on the site prior to greenlighting the project, which proposes 11 market tourist-accommodation units, 11 market residential units and 21 employee-restricted units, but that the zoning amendment being considered has more environmental protection baked in than the site’s current zoning.

“If the original zoning was to be used, a lot more of the site would be disturbed,” she said, adding that proposal calls for a 20-metre setback from the south property line, compared to its original 7.6 m, as well as the developer’s commitment to building a park on the site.

“If the zoning isn’t passed, it goes back to the original zoning, and instead you have [the allowable use of] a hotel with cabins scattered throughout the site rather than preserving areas for forest and public use, park use, and also that buffer gets lost as well.”

In a recent letter to mayor and council, Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment president Claire Ruddy urged the municipality to consider rezoning the site in the broader context of Whistler’s lake habitats, even calling for a dedicated “Lakefront Strategy” to be developed that would analyze similar areas that have already been developed, and review permitted uses and land management practices that could impact the areas.

“Do we want to safeguard spaces for nature? Have we done the research to ensure these are in the highest value locations for

wildlife (now and as our watershed changes with climate change)?” she wrote. “What controls can be put in place to proactively or retroactively manage lakeshore impacts from planned and unplanned (including unpermitted) use, which can become compounded when dealing with higher densities of people?”

The traffic study, conducted by Howes Technical Advantage Ltd., collected traffic data at two nearby intersections, which was used to project traffic volumes for the year 2023. It found a p.m. peak hour of 708 “through-volume” trips at Alta Lake Road and Highway 99, and 53 through-volume trips at Alta Lake Road and Nita Lake Road.

The consultants stressed the project would make up a miniscule volume of the traffic in the area, accounting for less than one per cent of the projected p.m. peak hour volume at the Alta Lake Road/Highway 99 intersection, for instance. The report did call for improvements to that intersection to mitigate some of the southbound traffic delays, including the installation of a semi-actuated signal.

The report does not address the overflow parking from the nearby Nita Lake Estates, a major concern for residents who have been vocal against the project in its current form.

“You’ve got tourists coming in that don’t know where the heck they’re going. They’re not watching, they don’t know there are kids on the road, even in the summertime.

So we are asking those questions to get those answers,” said Green.

Another concern for Green and others— including, according to internal emails viewed by Pique, one of the RMOW’s senior planners—was that the traffic study was carried out on Oct. 9, 2019, a Wednesday in shoulder season, when traffic volumes would presumably be much lower than other times of year.

In a March 5, 2020 email from senior development planner Roman Licko to Caroline Lamont, land development manager for Hutchison’s Bethel Lands Corp., Licko said “staff have similar concerns to those expressed by members of the public regarding the timing of the study during the shoulder season.”

Lamont wrote “it would have been helpful to know this when our consultant was asking for terms of reference … in the fall,” adding that the company was “not prepared to redo the count,” which came at “a considerable expense.”

Jewett said the project is far from a done deal, with plenty of time for additional input from the community.

“Until that final vote is taken, we’ll be taking in all the information, we’ll be listening to the people, we’ll be reading their letters, and we will be reading any reports that we receive,” she said. n

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Proposed campsites at Whistler Olympic Park ‘premature’: RMOW REZONING APPLICATION PROMPTS CONCERNS ABOUT GRIZZLIES, ACCESS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS A REZONING application from Whistler Sport Legacies (WSL) for new camping facilities at Whistler Olympic Park is “premature” in the eyes of the Resort Municipality of Whistler—and prompting renewed discussions about grizzly conservation and public rec access.

The application to the SquamishLillooet Regional District (SLRD)—for which a virtual public hearing was held on Aug. 11—seeks to add 26 tent sites and 20 RV sites for seasonal camping between May 15 and Oct. 31.

The campsites were first mentioned in the park’s original master plan, said Whistler Sport Legacies president and CEO Roger Soane, though WSL only started talking about the project a couple of years ago.

“We were looking at different things, but we felt that this was a good first step into a year-round activity that keeps the venue going and adds a little bit of revenue for the legacies,” Soane said.

In a written submission to the SLRD, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) raised several concerns with the proposal, including the lack of plans related to wildfire management, wildlife protection, emergency response, and for the Callaghan Valley as a whole.

“Regardless whether additional recreational opportunities in the region may be desired and/or appropriate, and the need for WOP to maintain and sustain operations with a range of revenue streams, there is not yet a plan that would consider how this proposal, and future subsequent proposals from other applicants, can be managed holistically,” concluded the letter signed by general manager of resort experience Toni Metcalf. “Approving this application without consideration of the overall plan for the Callaghan Valley at this time seems premature.”

In a presentation at the public hearing, SLRD planner Alix MacKay noted that the length of stay at the campgrounds would be capped at 30 days, waste and wildlife would be managed in accordance with the SLRD’s wildlife attractant bylaw, and an on-site caretaker would be available 24 hours a day.

The SLRD’s campground bylaw does require a detailed fire protection, safety and emergency management plan, “and that’s actively being worked on by the applicants,” MacKay said. “[That] will be brought forward along with a staff report prior to third reading and adoption of the bylaw.”

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the SLRD’s work plan, MacKay added, due to the fact that users in the area are largely non-intensive, and much of the valley is under longstanding tenure.

“The Official Community Plan does already contemplate this overnight accommodation use, so it’s not a new commercial use that’s being proposed,” she said.

But in the view of local outdoor rec advocate Steve Jones, the application shouldn’t have reached the public hearing stage in the first place.

“I’m worried that this proposal could be approved based on a condition that there’s a wildlife management plan or a wildlife management assessment,” Jones said at the public hearing, after listing off some of the government and conservation agencies that have been working to protect the recovering grizzly population in the Callaghan in recent years.

“Having an approval and just saying, ‘Well you need to have a plan after,’ has been shown time and time again this is basically rubber stamping the project.

“So I really believe that an assessment must be completed prior to a [second] public hearing. Until we have the assessment we can’t actually, I don’t think, really consider this proposal.”

A second concern of Jones’—the continued erosion of public access to public spaces—is shared by more than a few.

An access road to Madeley Lake on WSL’s Callaghan tenure was recently gated, which “has effectively cut off public access to the lake and the trail to Hanging Lake and Rainbow Lake,” wrote Doug Wylie in a submission to the SLRD. Though it has been left open in recent years, the road in question was decommissioned in 2012, Soane said.

“There was one too many parties out there, and people not picking up after themselves, so we said we need to close it for vehicle traffic,” he said. “We haven’t stopped people walking in.”

But the loss of yet another access point speaks to a larger issue in the corridor, Wylie said.

“What’s been happening in the Whistler area is you can look at Mount Brew, Brandywine Meadows, Madeley Lake, Tricouni, Singing Pass, 16 Mile Creek, Black Tusk, Jane Lakes, Ancient Cedars— that’s pretty exhaustive, but probably not complete—but every one of those places is subject to deteriorating road access, or gated roads, or private operations that sort of work against public access,” he said.

“It’s just one more on our list.”

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Victoria announces new youth positions for BC Parks, COS MOVE IS STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT LONG-TERM STRATEGY STILL NEEDED: CPAWS

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE B.C. GOVERNMENT is hiring for several new youth positions at the chronically understaffed BC Parks and Conservation Officer Service (COS), including for the Sea to Sky. Announced last week as part of Victoria’s $1.8-million Youth Employment Program, the 25 new BC Parks’ employees will be responsible for a range of duties, including public outreach and education, facility and trail maintenance, invasive species removal and supporting conservation and recreation projects. Three of the new positions will be added to BC Parks’ South Coast region, which encompasses the Sea to Sky. The program also encourages diversity, with a goal of hiring Indigenous youth and other young people from under-represented groups who may face employment barriers.

BC Parks student ranger program coordinator Owen Catherall said the hirings would allow for several projects to resume that were originally suspended due to COVID-19.

“We’ve seen a lot of shuffling of work duties within [the] region, so these crews

are going to be supporting project work that might not otherwise have been completed this season,” he said.

The COS, meanwhile, will be hiring 18 new officers from an existing list of candidates, before a second phase of hiring later this month, if necessary. That will include an additional officer for the Sea to Sky region, which currently only has five field officers, a sergeant and a seasonal officer covering an area that stretches from North Vancouver past Pemberton.

“We’ll also have the support within the Lower Mainland for some other positions as well,” noted Sgt. Ryane McIntyre. “They’ll do everything from wildlife-attractants audits, working with WildSafe BC and other Bear Aware coordinators and doing public education. This will help alleviate some of the pressure for the responding officers when complaints do come in.”

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to worsen at the start of a pandemic that has shifted British Columbians’ travel patterns to look closer to home for their next trip.

That also led to a lengthy closure of several area parks that was only lifted last month— with new regulations in place.

On July 27, BC Parks announced a new, free day-use pass system being piloted for the Stawamus Chief peaks trail, as well as Garibaldi Park trailheads at Diamond Head, Rubble Creek and Cheakamus.

The ever-popular Joffre Lakes Provincial Park was noticeably absent from the pilot program, and remains closed.

Squamish’s Tori Ball, terrestrial campaigner for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, welcomed the announcement as “a step in the right direction” but said long-term, stable funding is still needed to effectively manage B.C.’s network of more than 600 provincial parks.

“B.C’s provincial parks have just been under capacity with limited staff for a number of years, and so we’re really happy to see an increase in staff, especially jobs going to youth who have been hit incredibly hard by this pandemic,” she said.

“I don’t think it will be an immediate silver bullet. We need secure, long-term funding for those issues to be alleviated now and into the future, but I do think that it’s helpful to get people into the field to help manage visitors, educate people and help with maintaining and possibly building new trails if we can in the short term.”

For more information on the Youth Employment Program and the COS, visit bcparks.ca/yep or facebook.com/ conservationofficerservice. ■

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RMOW preps Recreation Trails Strategy COMPETING LETTERS TO COUNCIL SPARK DEBATE OVER TRIALS BIKES

BY BRADEN DUPUIS QUESTIONS ABOUT jurisdiction behind Whistler’s Emerald neighbourhood—and whether trials bikes should be permitted in what’s known as the No Flo Zone—are set to be explored through a new Recreation Trails Strategy project spearheaded by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).

The question of jurisdiction came up at council recently after competing letters from a pair of user groups: the 99 Trials Association and residents of the neighbourhood.

While residents inferred in their letter that the area is already designated as no-motorized-vehicle zone, it may be more complicated than that.

“There may not be a prohibition on motorized vehicle access in that area, because it’s Crown land. So yeah, stay tuned,” said Councillor Ralph Forsyth, who sits on the RMOW’s Recreation and Leisure Advisory Committee (RLAC), at the July 21 council meeting.

“I think there’s some digging to do to find out whose jurisdiction it actually is, and then who in fact can set the rules, so it’s sticky.”

Asked to clarify, an RMOW spokesperson said the issue of trials bike use in the Emerald area has been discussed at both RLAC and the Trails Planning Working Group, but “the topic requires a larger community discussion as it is applicable to more than the areas between Rainbow neighbourhood and Emerald Estates.”

Further, the Recreation Trails Strategy that will explore the issue (in part—read about the full scope at whistler.ca/culturerecreation/trails/alpine-trail-program) has been delayed due to COVID-19.

Trials bikes—a slow-speed, lowimpact, no-seat motorcycle—have been in the corridor for more than two decades, and often get lumped in with dirtbikes, said Andrew DeBoer, director of northern relations for 99 Trials.

“The way we use the trails, the speed we travel, the way our tires turn … it may sound really technical, but it is very different,” DeBoer said.

“So we do a lot less damage … Most of the time you wouldn’t even know we’d been there, because of the way the tire works.”

Many trails originally built by trials riders have been taken over by mountain bikers over the years, and being restricted from the No Flo Zone would be a big loss, DeBoer said. “[Residents] may not recognize that it’s never going to be a destination. There’s no one coming up from the city to ride that zone,” he said, adding that there are

probably fewer than 200 trials riders in the entire Sea to Sky corridor.

“It’s a small little play area, but for those residents in [Emerald and Rainbow] to suddenly lose that … it would certainly be very disappointing, and it would be an unfortunate precedence to have that set, that we would suddenly be written out of that area.”

In his letter to council, DeBoer requested that, if the RMOW is to designate the zone as No Motorized Vehicles, it add an exemption for trials riders (as is the case in Squamish in some areas).

In the view of some Emerald residents, 23 of whom signed their name to a July 6 letter to council, trials bikes are an unnecessary disruption, and inconsistent with objectives stated in Whistler’s Official Community Plan (OCP).

“In fact, you can hear them easily when they are on the trails, even from the homes of a number of Emerald residents,” the letter read.

“An additional disruption from the peaceful use of these trails in a natural environment is the smell of their exhaust, which lingers and is noticeable not just briefly when they pass by.”

Wear and tear on the trails has also been increasing, the letter said, along with attempts to build new unsanctioned trails.

While the bikes aren’t audible from his own home near the highway, some of the trails are “butted up right against the private property of owners,” said Emerald resident Dale Stephens, one of the signatories to the letter.

“It would be difficult to have somebody access those trails, I think, with a motorized vehicle, and not have significant impact on the neighbours,” Stephens said. “[But] if there are other trails that are further away from the residents, then maybe that could be designated [for trials].”

Further complicating the jurisdiction question—or at least delaying a proper answer—is a land swap between the RMOW and local First Nations as laid out in the recently updated OCP. Once the swap is official, the RMOW will own the Emerald lands behind the neighbourhood.

The RMOW recently purchased the property at 9561 Emerald Drive for $1.7 million to restore access to the area behind Emerald, and plans to hold a neighbourhood meeting prior to any trail planning or building.

“It is a little bit complicated, so it would be good to get everybody together and figure out where the divisions are, and who has jurisdiction over those different parcels, and see if we can get a coherent policy so that everybody’s clear,” Stephens said. n

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Spearhead Huts Society opens Kees and Claire Hut HISTORIC HIMMELSBACH HUT RELOCATED TO SPROATT

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avalanche conditions in January and February or the complications of a global pandemic, it hasn’t been a banner year for the Spearhead Huts Society (SHS) to date.

“You couldn’t ask for a more challenging year to open up a hut,” said SHS president Jayson Faulkner.

“It’s really unfortunate, but, hey, it could be a lot worse.”

Challenges aside, the SHS’ Kees and Claire Hut—the first of three huts planned along the iconic Spearhead Range in Garibaldi Provincial Park—officially opened for bookings on Aug. 7, with some new COVID-19 precautions in place.

The measures were built to follow provincial health authority guidelines, but also those of the Alpine Club of Canada, Faulkner said.

The hut is available for single-group

bookings of up to 16 people, with a flat rate of $2,400 for three nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

Once a group leaves, custodians will clean and sanitize the hut, allowing plenty of lead time before the next group arrives, Faulkner said.

“We were hopeful, given the space that’s available in the hut, that we would be able to do four groups of four, because they could each have their own sleeping quarters, they would have their own cooking station, and they could easily socially distance from one table to the next, as it were,” he said.

“But we frankly couldn’t get the OK from BC Parks on that.”

Visitors to the hut won’t require a day pass from BC Parks, Faulkner added.

“I think it’s one of those things that, as time goes on, we’ll see what kind of response we get and modify things as they go,” he said.

“And of course we’re looking ahead to winter and trying to figure out how do we make this work in the wintertime, too.”

HISTORIC HUT The historic Himmelsbach Hut, built in 1965, was recently relocated to Mount Sproatt.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RMOW

Returning visitors will notice some changes on the landscape this year, as the historic Himmelsbach Hut on the northern shore of Russet Lake was recently relocated

by BC Parks to Sproatt Mountain, where it will serve as a base for search and rescue.

“I think it’s a good idea. It’s a great use of it. Certainly Werner [Himmelsbach, the hut’s builder] is happy with it,” Faulkner said of the hut, which was built in 1965.

Himmelsbach—credited with coming up with the Gothic A-frame hut design— built the hut in his basement before it was flown up in pieces, Faulkner said.

“The glue lams, they got assembled onsite, and the base floor and all the rest of it, so it’s a testament to the quality of the build and the design that it withstood so

many years in such a harsh environment,” he said.

“There’s some great stories around it, so it’s really nice to keep that alive, for sure.”

While the SHS has a funding commitment for a second hut on Mount Macbeth, “we really backed away from pushing or pursuing that over the last year and a bit, just because we had our hands full,” Faulkner said, adding that the society hopes to get going on prep work at the Macbeth site this summer.

“If all goes according to plan, we’ll get a submission of our designs to parks in the fall, and in a perfect world maybe start doing some prep for construction next summer.”

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Whistler post-secondary institutions look closer to home for fall cohort WHISTLER ADVENTURE SCHOOL AND WHISTLER LEARNING CENTRE MOVE TO SMALLER CLASS SIZES, NEW PROGRAMMING

BY BRANDON BARRETT WITH ITS EMPHASIS on small class sizes and outdoor learning, the Whistler Adventure School (WAS) was perhaps better suited to accommodate a sudden, global pandemic than your average school.

“Honestly, we haven’t had to change much because the main features of our school were always small classes and handson, outdoor learning skills, where you’re getting outside and actually practising the skills,” explained Shelly Quinn, the school’s sales director.

In different ways, another of the resort’s post-secondary institutions, the Whistler Learning Centre (WLC), was also positioned well to adapt to physical distancing protocols, thanks to the partnerships it had already forged in the community and beyond, as well as the flexibility that comes without having its own dedicated campus.

Previously running courses out of Whistler’s Tamwood International College, the WLC will move its in-person learning this fall to larger rooms in the Whistler Conference Centre, a

move that effectively kills two birds with one stone by accommodating physical distancing and filling the Tourism Whistler-operated facility during a period when large event and conference business has ground to a halt.

“Those rooms are sitting empty, so when we were trying to look at what are the problems and the solutions, a facility like that jumped out as a great place to hold in-person classes because the rooms are big enough to allow for those physical distancing protocols and we could actually offer in-person classes,” said Suki Cheyne, WLC’s executive director.

That’s not to say both schools haven’t had to make major adjustments on the fly.

Both the WLC and WAS were, of course, forced to close their doors at the onset of the pandemic, and both will have smaller class sizes in place when students begin in the fall.

Administrators at the WLC, which offers accredited courses in partnership with the BC Institute of Technology (BCIT), had to rejig some of its fall course offerings.

“We’ve changed some of the courses so that they’re not so technical in that aspect, and we’ve chosen courses that lend themselves to a more condensed delivery model,” explained

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The WAS, meanwhile, has not had to alter its fall programming due to COVID-

19, although it is offering a new course in Sustainable Trail Building led by local mountain-biking icon and WORCA trail builder Dan Raymond. That’s in addition to its existing accredited courses in Whistler-centric fields, such as adventure tourism, mountain sport technician, alpine guide, rock guide, bike guide, and ski and snowboard guide training.

While interest levels haven’t quite gotten back to pre-COVID levels, Quinn said the Function Junction school is seeing steady demand from prospective students who are considering the next step in their education closer to home.

“Kind of like the town of Whistler has seen, what we’re getting is a lot more interest from people in B.C., which is great, because we’re getting known in our own local market and locals are realizing they can pursue training and education here in Whistler as well,” she said.

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Pemberton council hears second quarter reports ONE MILE LAKE IMPROVEMENTS HEAD OPERATIONS REPORT blocked with dams and overgrowth.

With the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) taking the lead, there are plans to construct a new inlet channel to get more freshwater from the creek. This will decrease weed growth, make a more ideal habitat for salmon with more cold, turbid water and help create a passage for salmon migration. As well, crews will build a trail next to the channel to help facilitate future maintenance.

Csima said the Pemberton Valley Dyking District has provided an excavator to help with the work while a Lil’wat Nation environmental monitor is also contributing.

In June, crews replaced a damaged beaver box in the outflow section and unclogged a culvert. As a result, the lake levels decreased, which Csima said was a sign of success. Once the inlet work is finished, likely in mid-September, there will be more noticeable differences.

“The hope is, if we can get the channel

BY DAN FALLOON VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) council had a busy day of reports from several departments at its most recent regular council meeting on July 28.

As always, the operations department is working on several projects on which manager of operations and projects Tom Csima briefed council.

Heading the list is the One Mile Lake fish habitat restoration work, which is currently ongoing.

Csima described problems related to beaver activity in the inlet connecting Pemberton Creek to the lake, which is

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clear coming in, we’ll start to see it being refilled with that nice, fresh cold water,” he said.

In terms of beaver populations, Csima said there is no way to successfully relocate the animals, according to the DFO and Ministry of Environment.

“The only real way to get rid of the beavers, unfortunately, is lethal traps,” he said. “Anytime you relocate them, you’re either passing the problem on to someone else or you’re putting them in a situation where they won’t survive anyway.

“Beavers can be territorial, so if they’re away from their home, they don’t really stand much chance.”

Csima said that, for decades, a trapper helped control the beaver populations, but stopped that work about 10 years ago, and there has been significant growth in that time.

There is an expectation that once both ends are flowing well that it will naturally take care of the invasive goldfish problem

discovered earlier this summer.

The Ministry of Environment’s invasive species council collected video evidence of the goldfish, but was not able to catch any, Csima said.

“Because they weren’t able to catch any, it shows that they’re probably not overpopulating the lake yet,” he said.

“They’re not likely to travel because they don’t like the cold, turbid water. They won’t go up into Pemberton Creek and on to Lillooet Lake or anywhere else.”

Allowing more cold, turbid water into the lake should “eradicate them,” Csima said.

“If the water quality stayed as it was, they would perhaps thrive, but we’re going on the assumption that we’re going to improve the water quality and we’re not as concerned with them overpopulating,” he said.

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY During the meeting, Councillor Leah Noble brought up safety concerns after hearing that dogs and children have recently fallen off the boardwalk and people have had difficulty pulling them back up.

She proposed ladders being installed at regular intervals, though Csima fears this would encourage swimming in areas where it shouldn’t happen while noting that existing ladders require regular maintenance.

He added that funding for boardwalk accessibility is coming soon, and operations will consider safety measures at that point.

Csima also provided an update on the wastewater treatment plant outfall blockage, first discussed in his first quarter report in April.

The diffuser ports were discovered to be blocked by up to three metres of sediment from the 2010 Capricorn slide, though it was less than that in the end, allowing for some cost savings.

With the sediment cleared, crews took several mitigating measures, including a clean-out tee at the shoreline, allowing crews easier access at future blockages and making it easier to flush the line. As well, it was difficult to find diffuser assembly in the sediment, but when it was discovered, crews attached hoses to the end so even if it gets buried, hoses will sit in the water and allow for flow to continue. As well, crews added a crossbeam connecting the feet to keep the ports from sinking into the river.

“Not only was the sediment building up on top of it, but the riverbed was degrading,” Csima said.

The infrastructure previously had an articulated concrete mattress on top of the outfall pipe. However, it was completely washed away, allowing for the scouring that caused the pipe to sink. With no time to source a new one, crews used large boulders to line the riverbed and provide stability and prevent scouring and degradation.

Csima can’t say all the efforts provide a permanent fix, but hopes it’s bought the VOP “a significant amount of time” to find one.

“There shouldn’t be a blockage caused by the sediment build-up, but at the same time, this sediment, as we know, is going to keep coming,” he said. “It might be something that, down the road, we need to look at modelling the river and continue to survey and see what’s going on.”

Within two weeks of the project completion, the excavation was once again filled with sediment.

“It will need to be assessed on a regular basis to see how it’s performing. We also plan to have the divers come back on an annual basis, which is a small cost relatively speaking [roughly $4,000],” he said.

Other future work includes conducting a follow-up survey to see how the riverbed has changed as well as installing an in-line flushing system to create constant flow.

Csima also recommended pursuing a Land Act authorization for a utility rightof-way. Council supported the Crown land tenure application later in the meeting.

FINANCIAL REPORT In the midst of an unprecedented year because of COVID-19, the VOP’s finance

department is cautiously optimistic in its second quarter report.

Manager of finance and administration Lena Martin said that, as of June 30, the VOP was halfway through the year, but had received 73 per cent of its budgeted revenues and accumulated 57 per cent of its budgeted expenditures. Removing funds collected for other governments alters those numbers to 66 per cent and 44 per cent, respectively, she added.

Revenues are high, she said, because the VOP invoiced for taxes and received non-recurring grants early in the year.

There will be additional revenue coming as projects are completed or, in the case of some funding, underway.

Cash flow and reserves are at levels allowing planned projects to continue, she said.

“We are keeping a very close eye on all projects and we are keeping a close eye on cash flows just to make sure our cash flows match our spending,” she said. “While we have a balanced budget, we want to make sure that our receivables are collected in a timely manner and we’re able to move forward with those projects throughout the year.

“All managers from all departments do check in with [chief administrative officer] Nikki [Gilmore] and myself to see how our cash flow is if we have large expenditures coming up just to make sure we have enough to cover what we’re doing,” she said.

Anticipated major expenditures for the rest of the year are seasonal work such as snow clearing, park closures and other winter operations.

Meanwhile, tax payments have come in at an encouraging pace. The provincial government granted several property classes an extension on paying property taxes until Oct. 1, though Martin said there hasn’t been much difference from a normal year.

“Currently, I don’t see a high risk for continuing our year,” she said.

The lion’s share of property tax is from residences and was due July 2. At the deadline, $500,000 of the more than $1.2 million was outstanding. When utility fees are considered as well, roughly 22 per cent of fees were still outstanding, which Martin said is typical for an average year, as only $27,000 of utility payments had not been made.

Several other property classes are mostly paid, with some being completely paid, even with months to go before the deadline.

“That gives us cash ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline, which helps us out quite a bit,” she said.

Martin added that the third quarter report will reflect results of the annual audit, which was presented earlier in the meeting (“Village of Pemberton OKs gas tax money for EV chargers,” Pique, Aug. 6).

“We will have to apply any audit adjustments that we have, but this will give us a good look at where we are as a point in time, and how we’re working toward keeping within our budget toward the end of the year,” Martin said.

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The Armenian viper caper: Part II IN THE ARMENIAN capital of Yerevan to report on efforts to save the critically endangered Armenian viper, I’d joined my former doctoral supervisor Dr. Bob, Russian scientist Kolya, and our Armenian host Aram, in whose fetid apartment we camped between field expeditions.

BY LESLIE ANTHONY After 10 days in-country, bleary-eyed breakfast again consisted of leftover food and vodka from the night before, and strong, Turkish-style coffee (Aram insisted it was Armenian-style and the Turks stole the idea) whose thick, sugary residue seemed potentially lethal. As usual, Bob downed three before he could function.

Aram worked at the Department of Protected Area Management in the Agency for Bioresources Management of the Ministry of Nature Protection (not joking), partnering on endangered species issues with World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

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was found along Armenia’s border with Georgia on a single misty ridge representing no more than a dirty sock in the vast, geologic laundry pile of the Caucasus, an area of exceptional biodiversity where Europe and Central Asia collided.

Although Darevsky’s viper was an interesting—if not integral—part of this biological crossroads, none of the country’s snakes inspired more fascination than its flagship serpent: the Armenian viper.

Of the many animals named for the prolific 18th-century German zoologist Gustav Radde, Montevipera raddei was the most striking, with prominently horn-rimmed eyes and off-setting rows of rust-orange spots along its brown-black body.

Such comeliness, unfortunately, saw the reptile targeted by an exploding international pet trade, contributing to a decline already turbocharged by habitat loss.

Although one imagined the ornate pattern to be conspicuous, we’d soon discover that in the orange-lichenspattered rubble of its high-altitude home, the creature virtually disappeared.

Next day found us flashing south beneath 5,500-metre Mount Ararat, geography funneling us into the axial of Armenia’s reluctant intersection with Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan. As usual, we’d been hours late leaving. At first, the two 4WD vehicles we’d commandeered seemed perfect for Bob, Kolya, Aram, Levon, myself and our mountain of luggage. Aram would pilot his own, but we soon learned another driver—also named Aram—would command the second, an officious white jeep constellated in WWF livery.

Tall, red-faced, chain-smoking and garbed in a smart grey tracksuit,

soft-spoken Aram No. 2 looked to be moonlighting from the Russian mafia. The assessment wasn’t far off; for years he’d piloted sealed trucks between Yerevan and Moscow, paid in cash, never knowing what contraband he transported. Creeping road piracy had ruined that bonanza, so now he’d resorted to chauffeuring indigent scientists. Given the deadly cargo we’d soon be schlepping, it was arguable which gig was more dangerous.

We also apparently needed a snakewrangling field hand named Alek. He showed up in military fatigues with a jarhead haircut and a look that suggested he’d be happy to snap someone’s neck if requested. He turned out to be more of a gentle giant, however, as did Jingo, Aram No. 1’s bone-white, 65-kilo American Bulldog, who usurped the final seat and any chance of elbow room.

With a head the size of a watermelon, furrowed forehead, slobbering jowls and an enormous tight, pink scrotum bulging horizontally behind him, Jingo was the ugliest dog I’d ever seen. It didn’t stop there.

His left eye was both skewed and bi-coloured, its top crescent the same soft brown as his right, while most of the orb glowed icy blue, a perfect bilateral schizophrenia: sad, doeeyed puppy on the right; leering, satanic murderer on the left. Far outweighing his slight owner, Jingo inspired disbelief in all who glimpsed him; even gas-station attendants stared dumbfounded.

“Surreal,” offered Bob as we crept out of town, a rolling Dali painting.

Yerevan slid by like an unfinished basement, a stark, depressing, postcommunist visage of disintegrating Soviet crap. The new regime was building atop the old master’s mess, creating pockets

of corruption-fuelled opulence amidst the general mediocrity of quotidian construction, the interstices liberally piled with twisted iron, concrete, ageless garbage, and a choke of invasive plants.

A plague of rodents rustled through it all, and, as a result, snakes driven from their habitat by housing construction were following this food source into the city.

One man even caught a deadly Levantine viper in his fourth-floor apartment. The Agency for Extreme Situations (I am not making this up…) had recorded a spike in emergency calls involving snakes. From 1995 to 1999, the annual average had been 30, with almost no cases in Yerevan. In 2004, however, 67 Armenians suffered snakebite and three died. According to the Department for Acute Intoxication (…I swear), Yerevan’s medical centre dealt with 23 of those, and had already seen 12 more by early 2005.

The convoy pulled into a petrol station.

Both No. 1 and No. 2 rolled down their windows, respective cigarettes bobbing.

An attendant interrupted his card game to slouch over, smoke curling from his hand, and bargain over gas. Money changed hands, the tanks filled amid constant argument.

Cigarettes burned. Trapped in the back seat of a two-door, Bob and I contemplated the possibility of incineration.

“Surreal,” he said again, quite unnecessarily.

Find the Armenian Viper Caper: Part 1 in the July 30 edition of Pique. Stay tuned for Part 3.

Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain he didn’t like. ■

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FEATURE STORY

Mexican Corner, Black’s Pub and Sushi Village owners ask court to stop bulk sale of their properties By Mata Press Service SOME OF WHISTLER’S MOST ESTABLISHED RESTAURATEURS have petitioned the B.C. Supreme Court to stop developer, Concord Pacific, from orchestrating a ‘strata squeeze play’ that could see their popular eateries being sold for pennies on the dollar.

The petition, if successful, could also set a precedent on how businesses in strataowned buildings in British Columbia are valued, when a strata is dissolved for a bulk sale—an issue many Metro Vancouver municipalities face.

In their petition, the restaurateurs cite an earlier B.C. Supreme Court ruling involving the Plaza of Nations land in Vancouver that found conduct of Concord Pacific’s senior officials as “dishonest,” “problematic,” and “unreliable.”

“Under the current formula being used by Concord, the parking lot in the building is worth three times more than my property where I had been operating Black’s Pub for over 30 years,” said Lawrence Black, a key player in the ski resort’s bar scene.

The other restaurateurs facing a similar low valuation for their longstanding operations are Naoko Homma of Sushi Village and Wayne Katz of The Mexican Corner.

Collectively, the petitioners have long been known locally as the “go-to guys,” as their pubs and restaurants have been used for countless fundraisers in the community.

“They have always been there to help us and we are not going to simply stand by and see them being forced out for pennies on the dollar… They are the people who actually helped build Whistler into the incredible and successful place it is today,” said former Sushi Village employee Feet Banks, who plans to mount a campaign to ensure the restaurateurs get a fair deal.

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*Naoko Homma *Lawrence Black

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“I believe Concord Pacific is trying to railroad our friends and neighbours out of their livelihoods and legacies … It’s a strata squeeze play that could have huge ramifications for Whistler,” added Banks.

“This has become a community issue.”

Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton said he understands the angst in the local community over the issue.

“The restaurant owners are outstanding members of the community but our hands are tied,” said Crompton, who has raised the issue with the provincial government to see if it would implement a 100-per-cent vote requirement for the wind-up of strata corporations in mixed-use buildings.

Marielle Tounsi, spokesperson for B.C.’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, said the government is aware of the Sundial strata case but has no plans to change the legislation around dissolution of strata corporations.

“Under the Strata Property Act, strata corporations, whether commercial, residential or mixed use, are all treated the same. The Act also requires a court order approving the dissolution. In doing so the court must consider the best interests of the owners, including any significant unfairness to any owners who voted against the dissolution,” she said.

At the core of the dispute is the “interest on destruction” concept on how money from the sale of the entire building is divided by the various owners, once there has been an 80-plus-per-cent vote to dissolve the strata, and after a court approval of the same.

In the Sundial property, the “interest on destruction” schedule does not take into account any upgrades,

Black’s Pub, and a fourth owner in the building opposed terminating the strata, saying they will get pennies on the dollar under Sundial’s “interest on destruction” schedule.

Assuming that the entire building is sold for $80 million today, Black’s Pub would be allocated about $2.1 million, while the parking garage in the building would be valued at $7.49 million.

In his affidavit, Black said he was offered $18 million for his business and real estate. He recently sold the business alone to Gibbons Whistler for $3.25 million.

“I have an offer for $14 million for my property but under this process, I will be lucky to walk away with $2 million,” he said.

Black also claims in his affidavit that the prospective buyer had been told to “lawyer up” by Concord, after he made the offer to buy Black’s Pub. The buyer has now held back on completing the deal for the property.

Kevin Zakreski, staff lawyer with the B.C. Law Institute, which helped design the framework for parts of the Strata Property Act, said the current legislation views a strata “as a strata as a strata,” with no distinction between residential and business owners.

Zakreski agreed with other real estate experts, including Professor Douglas Harris of the Allard School of Law at the University of B.C., that the current strata dissolution laws were constructed with only residential buildings in mind.

For instance, the City of Richmond in a staff report on strata redevelopment addresses only residential properties and does not have any guidance on the value of a business in a wind-up sale. This is the case with the

“This whole situation is very stressful, we have invested our lives in building this business and I can only hope we can survive this threat.”

*Naoko Homma additions or the value of a business itself in the commercial units.

Last August, Concord Pacific, which owns more than 80 per cent of the lots in the strata corporation, held a vote to retain a liquidator to identify a buyer for the property with a view to making an application to the court under the provisions of the Strata Property Act for a winding-up order.

Concord has also indicated that it will bid on the sale of the entire building.

Lot owners Sushi Village, The Mexican Corner,

City of Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver and several other municipalities.

David Church, the lawyer for the Whistler restauranteurs confirmed that an amended petition, which among other things, is seeking a permanent injunction against the bulk sale of the Sundial property without a unanimous vote by all strata holders, has been filed.

He declined further comment.

The allegations made by the petitioners have not been proven in court, while Concord Pacific did not respond for comments on the dispute.

However, Concord Pacific took out an advertorial recently in Pique Newsmagazine to present its case.

“In 2016, an affiliate company of Concord Pacific, together with a few owners, purchased the Sundial Strata Hotel with the vision to participate in Whistler’s phenomenal growth trajectory and ultimately cater to a wider range of customers, especially families,” the developer said.

Although the collective group members own more than 80 per cent of the strata and thus have majority vote on the strata to proceed with its plans, they received strong resistance by four strata members who started legal claims to thwart the modest renovation plan.

“They are opposing our plan and in the meantime we learned the asking prices for their units are multiples of assessed value,” the advertorial said in part.

As a result, the renovation process has been halted and an independent sale process has been commenced, Concord Pacific said, adding it intends to bid on the sale process.

“This whole situation is very stressful,” said Naoko Homma of Sushi Village, which is part of Whistler’s original restauranteur family.

She and her late husband Miki opened Sushi Village in 1985 and the eatery has become an icon as the resort grew to become an international destination.

“We have invested our lives in building this business and I can only hope we can survive this threat,” Homma said.

Concord is also mired in a legal dispute with Singaporean billionaire Oei Hong Leong over the Plaza of Nations lands described as one of the most valuable remaining pieces of waterfront land in Downtown Vancouver.

Oei is suing Concord Pacific president Terry Hui and others over an alleged “conspiracy” to tie up valuable downtown waterfront property in litigation to hamper his efforts to develop the lands with other Canadian or international developers.

The lawsuit also references a $40-million “surreptitious” transaction involving the Asian property titans, as the city is agog with a money-laundering inquiry looking at suspicious cash flow-throughs via Vancouver’s red-hot property market.

This lawsuit followed a judgement last July by Justice Peter Voith of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, who presided over the case where Concord’s Hui had originally sued Oei for allegedly acting in bad faith and breaching an agreement to sell his Plaza of Nations land to them.

In dismissing Concord’s case, Justice Voith concluded it was Concord which had negotiated with Oei and his company in bad faith describing the evidence and conduct of Concord’s senior officials as “problematic,” “unreliable” and “dishonest.” ■

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SPORTS THE SCORE

Walker making the jump FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHINES AT WHISTLER OPEN

BY DAN FALLOON FOR WHISTLER GOLFER Stewart Walker, taking on the junior ranks is old hat.

He’s now setting his sights on the adult levels.

At last week’s Whistler Open, held at his home Nicklaus North Golf Course on Aug. 4 and 5, Walker came away with a tie for fourth in the amateur division, equalling Whistler Golf Club’s Jordan Matheson and finishing four strokes behind champion Taylor Seidel.

Even in the pro side, the three-over would’ve been good for a tie for 16th, and besting the Whistler reps in action.

The 15-year-old didn’t put too much stock in those results, though.

“I know everybody had a tough day out there. I don’t think anyone played as well as they normally would, which is unfortunate,” he said.

Walker noted that even as a regular at Nick North, there are ways to make it look like a whole new course.

“The biggest difference for me was they had the pins in places where I’d never really seen [them] before,” he said. “That really caught me off guard and, I’m sure, a whole lot of others.”

TEEING OFF Stewart Walker makes a shot during his Maple Leaf Junior Tour win at Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club on July 30 and 31.

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The strongest section for Walker came mid-round, after missing a gimme on seven.

“On eight and nine, I went birdie, birdie to go even on the front nine, so those three were my string of holes,” he said.

Walker entered the Whistler Open after pulling off a heck of a comeback at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour stop at Surrey’s Hazelmere Golf and Tennis Club on July 30 and 31.

Walker trailed Vancouver’s William Tu

B.C. Juvenile Championships at Duncan’s Cowichan Golf and Country Club.

HOLMES WINS PRO CATEGORY In the pro category at the Whistler Open, Vancouver’s Evan Holmes used a late charge to earn the win.

Holmes trailed Langley Golf Centre’s James Allenby by two strokes with two

“I’d rather be one or two strokes behind going into the second day rather than having to lead it.”

- STEWART WALKER

by five shots after Day 1, but ran away with the win on Day 2.

“I didn’t play very well the first day, and I don’t think really anybody did,” he said.

“I’d rather be one or two strokes behind going into the second day rather than having to lead it.”

Walker made his hay early in the second round, turning the five-shot deficit into a one-shot lead over the first nine holes.

Shooting three-under on the back nine helped him open up his margin of victory to five over both Tu and Langley’s Caleb Davies.

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holes to go, but parred both while Allenby posted a combined three over.

“I kind of figured it was going to be between me and James. We knew that it was a tough day and he was having a great round,” he said.

After gaining a stroke on 17, Holmes was within one going into the final hole.

“I hit into the hazard on 18, so I was pretty mad,” he said. “James laid it up, he got a bad lie in the rough and he hit it into the creek.

He unfortunately made double [bogey] and I chipped in for par to make a two-shot swing on the last hole, which is kind of nice.”

With five birdies against two bogies,

Holmes enjoyed a fairly consistent day.

“It was mostly wedges and putting. The greens were so good,” he said. “The putter was rolling and I was lucky enough to stick a few wedges in close. I got off to a good start on the front nine before it got too windy.

“I just held on and kept going in that tough finish.”

After playing in the event last year, Holmes was thrilled to return, explaining that Nick North plays to his strengths.

“It’s pretty easy off the tee,” he said, “but you have to hit a lot of good second shots, which I’d say is probably my strength.”

While happy to win and claim $1,500, Holmes certainly would have preferred his original 2020 plan of competing across Europe.

Holmes, however, started the Canada Life Series this week and stayed hot, leading the tour’s first tournament after two rounds as of Aug. 11.

Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Padraic O’Rourke was the top local, tying for 21st at five-over, while Nicklaus North’s Andrew Smart (tied for 26th) and Whistler Golf Club’s Alan Kristmanson (29th) also teed up.

Nicklaus North general manager Jason Lowe was pleased with how the two-day event went off, as COVID-19 precautions such as outdoor registration were implemented.

“The nature of the event, and just the structure of it, made it easy COVID-wise,” he said. “There’s no real need for a large gathering or congestion through the whole event, so there were no real big shifts needed to make sure it was COVID-friendly.” n

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Meadow Park set to reopen on Aug. 17 NEW PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP VISITORS SAFE, OFFICIALS SAY

BY DAN FALLOON WITH THE Meadow Park Sports Centre regularly taking the mantle of Favourite Fitness Facility in the annual Pique Best of Whistler poll, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has good news for a lot of people.

The sports centre will reopen with some offerings on Aug. 17.

Passholders will be able to book 75-minute slots in the fitness centre to use the weight room, cardio room or stretching rooms, or 45-minute bookings of the squash and basketball courts for up to two members of the same household.

Mayor Jack Crompton said a maximum of 20 passholders can be on site, but expects there will be some times that are lighter than others.

“We expect high visitation from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.,” he said. “Facility use is likely to be lower in the middle of the day, as has been the case in the past.

“In the heat of the day, people are less likely to be inside working out. Most will be outside enjoying all that Whistler has to offer.”

Those coming to the facility should come dressed in their gear, as no change rooms or showers will be made available.

Crompton said that 16 staff members—12 at the front desk, two fitness instructors

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staff members will clean high-touch areas frequently. In response to questions about what type of enforcement will be in place for those who do not follow protocols, Crompton, asked multiple times, said only that staff’s focus is “education.”

“The organization, overall, will be implementing and sharing the protocols that we have put in place,” he said. “The primary goal for encouraging protocols will be education.”

No drop-ins will be allowed, and passholders can book slots up to 72 hours in advance. Fitness centre slots can be booked online or over the phone, while courts must be booked by calling 604-935-7529 during business hours, 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Existing memberships have been credited with additional time equivalent to the closure, as well as three bonus weeks.

The RMOW created the centre’s reopening plan with guidance from the BC Recreation and Parks Association, BC Centre for Disease Control, the Provincial Health Office, viaSport, the Municipal Insurance Association of British Columbia, the Recreation Facilities Association of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health.

Looking ahead, it is anticipated that the pool will reopen for laps in mid-September, and indoor fitness classes, public skating and Stick and Puck are also expected to resume in mid-September.

“Additional services will be offered when they can be delivered in a safe,

“Additional services will be offered when they can be delivered in a safe, strategic manner and adequate staff resources are available.”

- JACK CROMPTON

and two maintenance workers—have been brought back to help with the opening, joining the three permanent fitness staff members and seven front-desk personnel who had already been hired back.

An RMOW spokesperson said in a follow-up email that the 19 front-desk staff are still short of the 30 who normally serve in the role, while all fitness staff members “have been rehired as they are all qualified to teach a variety of fitness classes,” the spokesperson wrote.

“Additional fitness staff may be hired to support enhanced sanitation and patron education of new safety protocols,” the spokesperson added.

Two trainers will be in the fitness centre to remind visitors of protocols while other

strategic manner and adequate staff resources are available,” Crompton said.

With the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2015, it would be exciting to see the team continue its tradition of holding training camp in Whistler in even-numbered years.

Crompton said it’s not on the RMOW’s radar right now, though.

“That’s not something that we’re pursuing at this time,” he said.

Even with the indoor facilities starting to reopen, Crompton ended by encouraging residents to enjoy the outdoors.

“Get outside. Enjoy everything that Whistler has to offer,” he said. “Recreating outside is one of the safest things you can do.” n

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FORK IN THE ROAD

Canada’s largest rodent is a joy in more ways than one IF YOU EVER stumble upon a beaver in the wild—and I don’t mean literally, because these amazing animals that have come to officially symbolize Canada are usually so elusive you can’t possibly trip over one— you’ll be as excited as I was.

I’ve looked for beavers in Alberta. In Quebec. In the woods outside of Ottawa, where the flat scaly tails of beavers were what I wanted way more than the sugared BeaverTail pastries for sale in ByWard

BY GLENDA BARTOSH Market. The ponds and valleys of Whistler; Prince George, Lillooet, Port Alberni. You name it. I’ve looked everywhere for beavers.

So where do I finally see a giant one, out of the water, trundling along, minding her own business before gnawing down two willow saplings twice as tall as me faster than you can say Lord Beaverbrook?

In Vancouver’s Stanley Park—the lovely Ceperley Meadow now so wisely allowed to naturalize into a wetland, along with beavers’ help.

Dome-shaped like their lodges and as solid as a half-round of good Quebec cheese, this beaver must have weighed 15

DAM STALWART The beaver was featured on

Canada’s first stamp and our nickels since 1937, based on a design by George Kruger Gray—an English artist who also designed the “tails” of many Australian coins.

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kilograms. (The epic Walker’s Mammals of the World, maybe the best book you can consult on such matters, reports adult beavers weighing 12 to 25 kg, with one hitting 40 kilos!)

Our beaver wasn’t the least bit interested in us human mammals, carrying on with her business, effortlessly towing those two saplings downstream to her lodge hidden amongst the rushes and pink-flowered hardhack. A belted kingfisher, perched overhead, watched it all, too.

Luckily, a volunteer from the Stanley Park Ecological Society just happened to be there, so he filled us in. First, she was a she, since it’s hard to tell a male from a female by sight alone as they’re about the same size and rich, glossy brown colour. Madam Beaver is eight years old, middle-aged for a wild beaver, though reports regarding average lifespan vary widely, to as much as 20 to 24 years.

Our diligent volunteer also cautioned onlookers way more intrusive than we cared to be to give our magnificent beaver a wide berth so she wasn’t stressed. (Wildlife lovers take note: Don’t over-love your subjects, or the images on your phones. Best to just observe with your own eyes, and keep a respectful distance. The urge to “get a better picture” can lead both you and your subject into uncomfortable territory.)

Now, since this is a food column, let’s take a peek at what beavers eat and how.

They feed on the bark, cambium, twigs, leaves and roots of deciduous trees and shrubs such as willow, alder, birch and aspen, notes E. P. Walker, who devoted his life to studying mammals. They also feed on various parts of aquatic plants, especially

young water lily shoots. Their lodges are super-interesting structures, with a feeding platform under the dome with its air vent (Wikipedia has a good diagram).

In winter, beavers don’t hibernate, so they anchor sticks and logs underwater to feed on. Walker reports that a winter store of food can be up to 80 cubic metres!

As you’d expect of an animal that can down a tree 12 centimetres in diameter in less than half an hour and gnaw through a metre-wide trunk, their skull is massive. Their distinctive incisors are well developed, but here’s the interesting thing: they do all their tree-gnawing with their lower incisors only. The giant upper ones simply act as a lever.

As for us eating beavers, neither Whistler Museum nor the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre have reports of beavers being eaten in Sea to Sky by local peoples, Indigenous or otherwise.

But I did find a report of a feast of beaver on the website of Canada’s History Society, started in 1994 from the archives of the Hudson’s Bay Company. It, like much of Canada’s early economy, was built on the back of The Beaver. Literally. In early days, up to 60 million beavers were killed for pelts to make hats for stylish Europeans. They were largely traded through The Bay, whose company magazine was The Beaver until 1994, when it morphed into Canada’s History.

As for the feast: That beaver was stuffed like a suckling pig, for Christmas dinner, circa 1868, on the banks of the Stikine River. Delicious, declared the author. The same report notes that beaver tails were considered a delicacy by some First Nations and pioneers. You chop off the tail, skin it

by blanching, then roast it in the oven or on a stick over a fire.

The Canadian Beaver Book suggests 12 ways to cook beaver tails, including battering them and frying them, boiling them with beans, or in soup. But don’t try any of it, given how important beavers are.

Not only are they instrumental in rebuilding the wetlands of Stanley Park, as biologist Bob Brett of Whistler Naturalists points out how useful beavers are in Whistler. “Protecting beavers is the best way to protect Whistler’s wetlands,” he says, three-quarters of which have been lost to development. See all those migrating Western toads Lost Lake Road has been closed to protect? The wetland habitats beavers create increase breeding opportunities for them, too.

As Bob and I can tell you, seeing a beaver in the wild is a joy. And it’s not hard in Whistler.

“We’ve documented about 25 active beaver lodges in Whistler Valley last year,” he reports, about two-thirds of them on the River of Golden Dreams and adjacent wetlands in the Wildlife Refuge and Rainbow Wetlands, and in the Millar Creek Wetlands. Two obvious places to see active lodges are in Alta Vista Pond, just north of Nordic, and upstream of the Valley Trail Bridge over the River of Golden Dreams.

Go and watch, but watch respectfully.

That includes not plowing your orange Explorer inflatables through an important dam that beavers so skillfully built.

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who’s happily flown in a Beaver, the workhorse of Canada’s north. ■

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Book your timeslot up to 72 hours in advance by Phone – 604-935-PLAY (7529) Mon to Fri, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Existing memberships have been extended for the duration of the closure plus three additional weeks as a thank you for your continued patience. All passes will be active as of August 17.

Please come dressed for your session and only bring essential items. The pool area, changing facilities and showers remain closed and limited storage options will be available for personal belongings

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Cat Madden hosts EP fundraiser show TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR AUG. 21 EVENT

BY ALYSSA NOEL IT WASN’T DELIBERATE, but Cat Madden has undergone a valuable transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the early days of the lockdown, her husband was away working at camp and it was unsafe to see her step-daughter, so she ended up spending a lot of time alone.

“I literally didn’t see another person for almost a month straight,” the Squamish musician says. “I went nuts. I don’t like being alone. I have a lot of anxiety and I was confused about who I was—if I’m a good person or not. I was by myself; I had to deal with this. You’ve got to learn to like yourself because there’s no one else around.”

And that’s exactly what she did. She started biking every day and even went hiking into the backcountry by herself— “which might be stupid,” she adds, “but I found this confidence [from it].”

“I feel like I’ve really changed,” she says. “I

COOL CAT Cat Madden and her band are hosting an EP fundraiser party on Friday, Aug. 21.

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think I’m the most confident I’ve been in my whole life. I feel really good.”

It was from that vantage point that Madden began writing new music that she hopes to someday soon put together as an EP. “The songs are about the times. We have one called ‘Kiss My Apocalypse,’” she laughs. “It’s a dark comedy song because it’s

playing with a synthesizer and a vocoder on my voice. I have a robot voice sometimes.’”

With the pandemic dragging on, Madden and the band are looking to continue with their musical development and take steps towards releasing a new EP. They’re working on grants and tapping a connection to a Vancouver music label,

“Everyone has a fantasy about being in the Mad Max film or something, but the reality is it would be absolutely horrendous. It’s a play on ‘appreciate what you have now.”

- CAT MADDEN

based on how the apocalypse is fetishized nowadays with all the TV shows. Everyone has a fantasy about being in the Mad Max film or something, but the reality is it would be absolutely horrendous. It’s a play on ‘appreciate what you have now.’”

Madden and her band—made up of Marcus Ramsay, Andrew Crome, and Art Barrientos—have also started to experiment with different styles of music. “I started

for one. But they’re also planning a (very) mini-music festival fundraiser as well. Set for Friday, Aug. 21, it will take place at the Second Chance Cheekye Ranch (with 20 per cent of proceeds going towards the ranch’s horse sanctuary) down Squamish Valley Road.

Local rockers Magnolia Street will open the show and the evening will also be livestreamed for fans who couldn’t snag the small number of tickets released.

There will also be raffle tickets for both in-person and at-home audiences with prizes ranging from coffee to Backcountry Brewing merch, jewelry, clothing and more—all from local businesses.

“At minimum, I want to raise $500 to pay the grant writers,” Madden says. “If I apply for a grant myself, it’d be like almost zero chance of me getting a decent-size grant. If they apply on our behalf, we might have a chance of $60,000.”

Looking ahead, Madden says she foresees changes for her band.

“We’re going to do this one show and show everyone where we’re at right now,” she says. “I want to go into hiding. As Cat Madden, I’m going to do every show in the world. But as the band, we’ll go into lockdown for ourselves, see what we’ve done with the EP, see where we’re at, come out with a new band name … Get a finished product and as soon as everything is polished, you’ll see us next summer or something like that.”

In the meantime, you can get tickets for the EP fundraiser show set for Aug. 21 at the Cheekye Ranch, as well as tickets for the raffle by going to eventbrite.ca and searching “Cat Madden EP Fundraiser tickets.”

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FOR A TIME, the allure of New York City was overwhelming for a young Indigenous printmaker from British Columbia’s mountainous interior.

A recently trained printmaker from Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Ed Archie NoiseCat was in New York producing prints for the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Frank Stella—his “legends of contemporary art.”

But even as he embraced the appeal of this exciting new world, NoiseCat’s thoughts were often filled with the stories of his ancestral people.

“My work is inspired by the stories that comprise my life—the people, tricksters, tragedies and triumphs of the Indigenous experience,” he says in advance of his solo exhibit at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) in Whistler.

Sqātsza7 Tmicw - Father Land will showcase a lifetime of NoiseCat’s creative exploration. The exhibit includes his limited edition prints, wood carvings, metalwork, glasswork and handcrafted jewelry.

“His work is visually powerful as it recounts the ancient North American myths, posing fundamental questions and illustrating the primal conflicts of culture and mankind,” says the website Native Online. “Although he draws upon the beliefs and values of his ancient culture, his work is contemporary. As a printmaker he has worked with some of the more celebrated

artists of this generation. Their influence enables him to bring a wealth of nontraditional techniques and an informed understanding of modern art to his work.

At the same time, however, he was born and raised on a reservation with the conflicts of his heritage.”

Just as his work was inspired by the stories he heard growing up in the interior—his mother’s people are the Canim Lake Band of Shuswap Indians; his father’s people are the Lil’wat—NoiseCat will also be in Whistler passing on his knowledge to a young Lil’wat Nation carver.

“NoiseCat will be on site mentoring Qawam Redmond Andrews as they work together on a 20-foot [six-metre] cedar pole,” says the SLCC’s Mandy Rousseau.

“What’s particularly unique about this transfer of knowledge is that NoiseCat, whose late father was Lil’wat, is a master carver and Qawam’s father was the last master carver in Lil’wat. He passed away before completing his transfer of knowledge to the next generation of Lil’wat carvers.”

The cultural centre was thrilled to bring the generations together to coincide with NoiseCat’s solo exhibit.

It is the first time the centre’s temporary gallery space will host a feature artist exhibition.

Sqātsza7 Tmicw - Father Land opens to the general public at the SLCC on Thursday, Aug. 13. (There was a special opening for Squamish Nation and Lil’wat Nation members on Aug. 12.)

It will run until Feb. 28, 2021. For more information, visit slcc.ca. n

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE UNDER A PARTNERING AGREEMENT The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (“SLRD”) hereby gives notice that pursuant to section 272 of the Local Government Act, the SLRD intends to provide assistance to Sea to Sky Soils and Composting Inc. (“Company”) under the terms of a partnering agreement associated with grant funding from the Organics Infrastructure Program (“Program”). The project is an expansion of a composting facility which is owned and operated by the Company and located in the Village of Pemberton. The project cost is $1,311,800.

The Program is a grant partnership between the federal and provincial governments (58.33%) and local government (41.67%) of the project cost. The SLRD is the recipient in the Program, and the Company is required to contribute the local government’s portion (i.e. $546,584) of the project cost. The Company is eligible to apply for reimbursement of the federal and provincial portion (i.e. $765,216) of the project cost.

Under the terms of the partnering agreement, the SLRD and its four member municipalities (District of Lillooet, Village of Pemberton, Resort Municipality of Whistler, and District of Squamish) receive guaranteed capacity for residential and commercial organics at the Company’s composting facility in perpetuity and a guaranteed tipping fee rate for residential organics for a period of 10 years.

NOTICE OF HAZARD This Notice of Hazard is published in accordance with section 25 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and pursuant to Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Policy 7.3: Mount Meager Landslide Hazard Notification.

The SLRD is in receipt of a journal article entitled: “Hazard and risk from large landslides from Mount Meager volcano, British Columbia, Canada”. The article was published on March 1, 2008 in Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards.

The article identifies a safety risk to persons and property from debris flows in the Mount Meager and Lillooet River valley areas as far south as the head of Lillooet Lake.

A copy of the article is available as follows:

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POP UP Downtown Pemberton is set to host the Pemberton Arts Council’s Art HOP, starting on Aug. 15.

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Pemberton Arts Council hops to it ART HOP SET TO KICK OFF AT BUSINESSES AROUND THE VILLAGE ON AUG. 15

BY ALYSSA NOEL THE PEMBERTON Arts Council (PAC) has come up with a way to bring art to locals and visitors this summer.

On Saturday, Aug. 15, the organization will launch Art HOP 2020, a self-guided and physically distanced art tour set up in businesses around town.

Thirty local artists, ranging from established to emerging, have been paired up with local businesses to set up their art in windows so viewers can take in the

Rather than wiping the calendar clean for the rest of 2020, the board came up with the idea for a safe, self-guided art walk.

“It’s giving venues for people who haven’t been represented in town yet,” Love says. “Maybe new people will be discovered.

I found some people I had no idea lived here and I thought it was really great to invite them along.”

Most of the art will be displayed in downtown business windows, but PAC has also developed a map for art hoppers to follow.

It will be available at the various venues as well as on the organization’s website.

“You’ll see stickers on the windows

“It’s giving venues for people who haven’t been represented in town yet, maybe new people will be discovered. I found some people I had no idea lived here and I thought it was really great to invite them along.”

- KAREN LOVE

show from the street. Participants include Vanessa Stark, Levi Nelson, Susie Cipolla, Valerie Butters, and Heidi the Artist, to name just a few, with photography, painting, glasswork, and fibre art on display.

“Everything has been exceptional,” says Karen Love, executive director of PAC and a participating artist. “I’m really impressed by how many artists and businesses have signed up. The community is sharing the love of the arts.”

As the pandemic wore on, PAC board members met to discuss how COVID-19 was impacting their event plans. Essentially, all summer events in the downtown community barn were cancelled and it seemed like no events could be held in the near future.

with our logo,” she added. “We’ll have [maps] at the visitor centre and at the businesses too.”

There will also be an interactive element on Instagram where participants can snap a photo of themselves at one of the venues with a to-be-determined hashtag and post it for a chance to win prizes.

“There are a lot of people in town right now and it looks like a lot of visitors are around,” Love says. “It’s a win-win for new people to see what this town has to offer and the people who live here can discover [it too].”

The Pemberton Art Hop runs at various venues until Sept. 15. For more information visit pembertonartscouncil.com. n

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE IF YOU LISTENED to Vancouver radio in the 1980s, chances are you heard radio ads for Whistler Mountain featuring Dave Murray.

Targeting Lower Mainland listeners, the ads had a very catchy tune that urged listeners to “Get away to Whistler” and Murray’s voice explaining why skiers should head to Whistler Mountain.

One of the creators of the ads was Mike Hurst.

Hurst first came to know Whistler in 1971 while working as a marketing executive for Labatt’s Brewing. He left Labatt’s in the early 1980s to raise his family in B.C. About a month after he arrived, he received a call from the Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation (WMSC) offering him a job as vice president of marketing. He was presented with the challenge of competing with the newly opened Blackcomb Mountain while, at the same time, cooperating with Blackcomb to market Whistler as a destination for skiers.

To complicate matters further, when Hurst asked about the marketing budget, he was told, “Well, zero.”

Nevertheless, he began working for WMSC and stayed with the resort until he returned to Labatt’s in 1989.

In 2015, Hurst participated in a Speaker Series at the Whistler Museum along with Lorne Borgal and Bob Dufour during which he described his early years of working for Whistler Mountain. During his part of the presentation, Hurst talked about some of the programs and marketing that those who skied Whistler in the 1980s and 1990s will find familiar.

At the time, WMSC was adjusting to the idea that they were no longer the only ski hill in town. Blackcomb Mountain was proving worthy competition with on-mountain restaurants, a ski school specifically for kids (Kids Kamp), and an overall focus on friendly customer service.

One of the most enduring Whistler Mountain programs that Hurst spoke about was the master camps run by Dave Murray.

After Murray retired from racing in 1982, he and Hurst sat down to talk about him coming to work at Whistler. According

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to Hurst, he asked Murray what he wanted to do and over the next hour and a half, Murray laid out his vision of using race training techniques to improve recreational skiers’ abilities, partly by getting them involved in competing against themselves for fun. Murray was made director of skiing for Whistler Mountain and his camps soon became a reality for all ages.

Murray’s new position included becoming the spokesperson for WMSC, which is how he came to be the voice on their radio ads (Hurst said that at the time they couldn’t afford television). According to Hurst, Whistler Mountain was seen as “the big ol’ tough ol’ mountain from way back,” while Blackcomb had a reputation as a friendly family mountain.

Murray was able to change that perception by engaging with people and making the mountain personal.

Murray told Hurst that he had never done radio ads before, but that didn’t stop them. Hurst wrote some ads and they went down to the studio in Vancouver to record for an hour.

Hurst said that, “It was amazing to watch Dave ... First couple of times he fumbled and bumbled, but the third time, nailed it.”

They even had time to record extra ads, written on the spot.

Each ad starts with the same phrase, “Hi, I’m Dave Murray of Whistler Mountain,” after which Murray would talk about the variety of skiing options on offer, Whistler’s new NeverEver Special, Whistler’s improved dining options, Ski Scamp programs, or his Masters Racing Camps.

The ads were personable and friendly, with Murray encouraging skiers to “ski with me on my mountain.”

Every ad ended with one of Whistler Mountain’s slogans of the day: “Whistler Mountain, above and beyond,” or “Whistler Mountain, come share the magic.”

The 1980s were a period of huge change for Whistler Mountain and for the area as a whole, and Dave Murray and Mike Hurst played a large role in changing the way that Whistler Mountain presented itself and operated during this period.

Keep an eye out for more stories from the 1980s over the next few weeks and months! ■

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SATURDAY SUNSET While there’s no shortage of great spots to catch the sunset after a sunny day in Whistler, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Woodlands Rooftop summer pop-up restaurant might take the cake. PHOTO SUBMITTED. FUNDRAISING POWER BlueShore Financial recently partnered with the Whistler Community Services Society to raise $27,000 in donations for the non-profit, with BlueShore matching up to $10,000. From left: Simon Johnston, Pierre-Yves Heckert, Tina Nademian and Marci Herron at the BlueShore Lonsdale branch in North Vancouver. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 HALF-CENTURY CELEBRATIONS Longtime Whistlerites Joan and Marcel Richoz celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on 3

Aug. 1 with a physically distanced gathering, in the backyard of the home they built, overlooking the valley they have called home for more than 50 years. “They raised their children in this special house and have participated generously to our wonderful community, still enjoying and now sharing with their grandchildren, the magnificent beauty of this chosen spot,” wrote friend Janice Lloyd. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 HIGHWAY CLOSURE An individual injured in a motorcycle accident on Saturday is pictured being loaded into an air ambulance on the Sea to Sky Highway, just south of Function Junction following the crash. The highway was closed in both directions as a result of the accident. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALAN CRAWFORD.

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF AUG 13 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Motivational speaker Les Brown says his mission in life is to help people become uncomfortable with their mediocrity. That same mission is suitable for many of you Rams, as well. And I suspect you’ll be able to generate interesting fun and good mischief if you perform it in the coming weeks. Here’s a tip on how to make sure you do it well: Don’t use shame or derision as you motivate people to be uncomfortable with their mediocrity. A better approach is to be a shining example that inspires them to be as bright as you are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus musician and visual artist Brian Eno has a practical, down-to-earth attitude about making beautiful things, which he has done in abundance. He says that his goal is not to generate wonderful creations nonstop—that’s not possible— but rather to always be primed to do his best when inspiration strikes. In other words, it’s crucial to tirelessly hone his craft, to make sure his skills are constantly at peak capacity. I hope you’ve been approaching your own labours of love with that in mind, Taurus. If you have, you’re due for creative breakthroughs in the coming weeks. The diligent efforts you’ve invested in cultivating your talents are about to pay off. If, on the other hand, you’ve been a bit lazy about detail-oriented discipline, correct that problem now. There’s still time to get yourself in top shape.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Gemini musician Kanye West confesses the decadent and hedonist visions that fascinate and obsess him. Personally, I’m not entertained by the particular excesses he claims to indulge in; they’re generic and unoriginal and boring. But I bet that the beautiful dark twisted fantasies simmering in your imagination, Gemini, are more unique and intriguing. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to spend quality time in the coming weeks diving in and exploring those visions in glorious detail. Get to know them better.

Embellish them. Meditate on the feelings they invoke and the possibility that they have deeper spiritual meanings.

(P.S. But don’t act them out, at least not now.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Make all your decisions based on how hilarious it would be if you did it,” advises Cancerian actor Aubrey Plaza. I wish it were that simple. How much more fun we might all have if the quest for amusement and laughter were among our main motivating principles. But no, I don’t recommend that you always determine your course of action by what moves will generate the most entertainment and mirth.

Having said that, though, I do suspect the next few weeks may in fact be a good time to experiment with using Plaza’s formula.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the dictionary, the first definition of “magic” is “the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand and deceptive devices.” A far more interesting definition, which is my slight adjustment of an idea by occultist Aleister Crowley, doesn’t appear in most dictionaries.

Here it is: “Magic is the science and art of causing practical changes to occur in accordance with your will—under the rigorous guidance of love.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the latter definition could and should be your specialty during the next four weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The soul, like the moon, is new, and always new again,” wrote 14th-century mystic poet Lalleswari. I will amend her poetic formulation, however. The fact is that the soul, unlike the moon, is always new in different ways; it doesn’t have a predictable pattern of changing as the moon does. That’s what makes the soul so mysterious and uncanny. No matter how devotedly we revere the soul, no matter how tenderly we study the soul, it’s always beyond our grasp.

It’s forever leading us into unknown realms that teem with new challenges and delights. I invite you to honour

and celebrate these truths in the coming weeks, Virgo.

It’s time to exult in the shiny dark riddles of your soul.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised,” writes Libran author Diane Ackerman. I advise you to foster that talent, too, in the weeks ahead. If you’re feeling brave, go even further. Make yourself as curious as possible. Deepen your aptitude for amazements and epiphanies. Cultivate an appreciation for revelations and blessings that arrive from outside your expectations. To the degree that you do these things, the wonderments that come your way will tend to be enlivening and catalytic; unpredictability will be fun and educational.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author and theologian Frederick Buechner writes, “If we are to love our neighbours, before doing anything else we must see our neighbours. With our imagination as well as our eyes, we must see not just their faces but also the life behind and within their faces.” The coming weeks will be prime time for you to heed Buechner’s advice, Scorpio. You’re in a phase when you’ll have extra power to understand and empathize with others. Taking full advantage of that potential will serve your selfish aims in profound ways, some of which you can’t imagine yet.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Refine your rapture,” advised occultist Aleister Crowley. Now is an excellent time to take that advice. How might you go about doing it? Well, you could have a long conversation with your deep psyche— and see if you can plumb hidden secrets about what gives it sublime pleasure. You could seek out new ways to experience euphoria and enchantment—with an emphasis on ways that also make you smarter and healthier. You might also take inventory of your current repertoire of bliss-inducing strategies—and cultivate an enhanced capacity to get the most out of them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you ready to make the transition from slow, deep, subtle, and dark to fast, high, splashy, and bright? Are you interested in shifting your focus from behind-the-scenes to right up front and totally out in the open? Would it be fun and meaningful for you to leave behind the stealthy, smoldering mysteries and turn your attention to the sweet, blazing truths?

All these changes can be yours—and more. To get the action started, jump up toward the sky three times, clicking your heels together during each mid-leap.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Greenland is a mostly autonomous territory within the nation of Denmark. In 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his government was interested in buying the massive island, describing it as “a large real estate deal” that would add considerable strategic value to his country.

A satirical story in The New Yorker subsequently claimed that Denmark responded with a counter-offer, saying it wasn’t interested in the deal, but “would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government.” I offer this as an example for you to be inspired by. The coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to flip the script, turn the tables, reverse the roles, transpose the narrative, and switch the rules of the game.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Doris Lessing told us, “It is our stories that will recreate us.” Whenever we’re hurt or confused or demoralized, she suggested, we need to call on the imagination to conjure up a new tale for ourselves. “It is the storyteller, the dream-maker, the myth-maker, that is our phoenix,” she believed. The fresh narratives we choose to reinvent ourselves may emerge from our own dreams, meditations, or fantasies. Or they might flow our way from a beloved movie or song or book. I suspect you’re ready for this quest, Pisces. Create a new saga for yourself.

Homework: What is a blessing you can realistically believe life might bestow on you in the coming months?

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- Provide advice and assist the Program Managers in implementing/ monitoring of budgets throughout the year.

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Payroll: - Prepare quarterly report & payment for W.C.B. Other related duties: - Attend and participate in Council and community meetings upon request.

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QUALIFICATIONS: - Training in accounting, auditing, budgeting, financial planning combined with experience; - Proven experience in financial budget analysis, preparation of monthly/ annual financial reports, and accounting principles; - Experience in working in First Nations accounting or financial management environment.

- The incumbent must have a vehicle and hold valid B.C. driver’s license.

Please forward resume, cover letter to Jenn Levine, jennifer.levine@nquatqua.ca at N’Quatqua Band Office. Only those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview.

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Accepting Applications for Auxiliary Sales Associates We are seeking customer centric team players to apply for Auxiliary Sales Associate positions in our stores

The Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) is one of the largest distributors and retailers of beverage alcohol in Canada, generating a net profit of approximately $1.1 billion on annual sales of approximately $3.6 billion. The LDB operates approximately 200 retail stores across the province, oversees the operations of Rural Agency Stores and has the role of wholesaler to approximately 700 private liquor retail outlets and 10,000 licensed establishments. The Liquor Distribution Branch is a unique government entity that operates with similar independence to a Crown Corporation under the direction of a General Manager.

We are seeking customer centric team players to apply for Auxiliary Sales Associate positions in our stores Sales Associates must be available on an on-call basis. Shift work is required. Successful applicants must be 19 years of age, in good physical condition, and be able to lift up to 20-25kg cases. In addition, the applicant must have demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service; understand and communicate effectively in English, have an aptitude for cashier and related duties, basic computer skills as well as the ability to bring a positive attitude to the workplace. BC Liquor Stores Sales Associates may be required to operate a variety of mechanical and hand-operated equipment, in addition to handling large volumes of bottles as part of the LDB’s recycling program.

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Qualifications: • Previous experience in a customer service role in a fast paced retail or similar environment.

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N’Quatqua Band 120 Casper Charlie Place, P.O. Box 88, D’Arcy, B.C. V0N 1L0 Phone (604) 452-3221 • Fax (604) 452-3295

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ResortQuest Whistler is currently hiring: • Room Attendants ($21.49 per hr.)

Benefits include - activity allowance, extended medical, RRSP match, opportunities for growth and more.

To apply for this opportunity, please specify the position and email your resume and cover letter to: beth.fraser@vacasa.com We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Now hiring for the following positions:

ROOM ATTENDANT HOUSEPERSON • • • • • • •

Competitive Wages Associate Housing Wellness Allowance/Ski Pass Flexible Schedule Discounted Food Extended Medical Benefits Spa Discounts

BAND ADMINISTRATOR The Band Administrator is responsible for the efficient and effective operations of the Band. The Band Administrator will work closely with

each of the Departments of the N’Quatqua Band and will serve as the Supervisor of the Department Managers. The Band Administrator will administer multiple programs and services, including financial assets of the band, property, natural resources and information and will manage in accordance with policies and priorities set out by Chief & Council. He/she will forecast program needs and plan for future program requirements. He/She will ensure effective financial management of programs and services, including accountability and will seek funding enhancements to improve service opportunities. The Band Administrator will keep abreast of new initiatives and will ensure programs are managed, delivered and evaluated in a coordinated and integrated approach on a fiscal basis and in a culturally appropriate and responsive manner. The Band Administrator will develop a detailed annual budget for Council approval, and will assist Department Heads in preparing annual departmental budgets. He/she will maintain sound working relationships with Staff, representatives of other departments, governments and outside agencies.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: Supervision/Performance Management: Provides a structured process for the supervision of Staff to ensure that required standards and program policy guidelines are met; Provides consultation on a day to day basis to the Department Managers, as appropriate, in the performance of their duties in relation to: a) Policy interpretation d) resource management practice b) Program eligibility e) workload management c) Case management practice f) conflict resolution Works closely with Chief & Council in policy updates and/or developments; Administration & Financial Management: Maintains information, records, monthly calendar, schedules; Ensures that files are secure; Consults with Chief and Council on a regular basis; Provides regular reports and ensures the financial systems of the programs are maintained and accountability is in place; Monitors revenues and expenditures of all departments and works closely with department heads and/or Finance Manager on budgets; Identifies new sources of revenue for programs and services and applies for additional funding; Identifies and informs Council about new economic opportunities and risk assessment; Meets deadlines; EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: - Degree in Business Management or combined post-secondary education and work experience; - Previous work experience in a First Nations Band Office; - 3 to 5 years working experience with a First Nation;; - Must have experience in planning, conducting and managing programs and projects in a First Nations setting.

- Must have knowledge of First Nations history, traditions, lifestyles, culture, including approaches to community development and programming; - Must have experience and good skills in proposal writing, strategies, policies, operational and financial planning; - Must have excellent communication skills; - Must have ability to prioritize goals and objectives within timeframes; - Must have a sound understanding of financial management and preparing detailed annual budgets with working experience; - Must have good understanding of outside government organizations and funders; - Must have experience in supervising Managers and Staff; - Must have experience in negotiations; - Must have strong leadership skills; OTHER: - Must pass a criminal records check; - Must be able maintain flexible hours.

- Must have transportation and a valid BC driver’s license.

- Must have ability to work as a team member.

- Must have excellent public relations, interpersonal and communication skills.

- Must be able to work independently and serve as a Team Leader.

Please forward resume, cover letter to Jenn Levine, jennifer.levine@nquatqua.ca at N’Quatqua Band Office. Only those shortlisted will be contacted for an interview. We would like to have a minimum of 3 applicants prior to setting up interviews.

The closing date for this job posting will be August 20, 2020 at 4pm

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T’ít’q’et requires the services of a full time Lands and Natural Resources Director

to take on the exciting challenge of assisting with the development and implementation of administrative policies and procedures related to land and resource management and other aspects related to T’ít’q’et Land Code. The Lands and Natural Resources Director is responsible for maintaining the T’ít’q’et Lands Registry System. Preference will be given to Aboriginal applicants. Please self-identify in your cover letter or résumé.

RESPONSIBILITIES: • Conduct research for the organization of land administration issues, development of land and resource-related laws, policies and regulations.

• Provides information to members and third parties about the status of their lands and issues related to the granting, alteration, transfer or alienation of interest in those lands.

• Assist with monitoring and ensuring compliance of all leases on T’ít’q’et Lands to ensure terms and conditions are being met.

• Act as a liaison between community membership, leadership, government and proponents.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: • Skill and knowledge usually attained by successful completion of a Post-Secondary degree or diploma program in administration, community planning, lands and resource management or related disciplines, and at least 3 years’ experience managing reserve lands; or an equivalent combination of skill, knowledge and experience.

• Lands Management Certificate Program or actively taking courses in a Lands Management Training program (Introduction to Lands Management, Lands Management 11, Introduction to Leasing, Introduction to Appraisals, Introduction to Surveys and Introduction to Environmental Assessment).

• Knowledge of Land Leasing process, Wills and Estates process and Individual Land Holdings on-reserve would be an asset.

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality guidelines of all records, materials and communications concerning client, staff and T’ít’q’et.

• Proven experience in project management techniques to meet deadlines, manage resources and meet reporting requirements.

• Mathematical reasoning and financial literacy – experience managing budgets and programs.

• Ability to utilize the First Nation Land Registry System or Indian Lands Registry System would be an asset.

• Possess strong computer skills using current MS Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and database management.

• Familiarity of First Nations’ perspectives in relation to lands, resources and governance.

• A valid BC Driver’s License (class 5) is required.

• Ability to pass a criminal record check.

This is a full time position, subject to a three (3) month probationary period. The salary will commensurate with qualifications, education and experience.

To view a complete job posting and job description, visit our website at www.titqet.org.

In addition to a current résumé, submit a cover letter stating clearly how you meet the qualifications and experience, including 2 work-related references and personal salary expectations. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: (August 14, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.)

Interested candidates are required to submit a cover letter and résumé, including 2 work-related references, addressed to the T’ít’q’et Administrator at: reception@titqet.org or mail to T’ít’q’et Administration PO Box 615, Lillooet B.C. V0K 1V0 or hand deliver to #59 Retasket Street, Lillooet BC

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Full Time The Pony Restaurant is currently looking for a full time day bartender, must have experience in a similar fast paced environment and familiar with local craft beers and wines, as well as mixed cocktails and feel comfortable serving tables, and food. Shifts are Thursday-Monday 11:30-5pm.

Also looking for a full time server, shifts will vary, day & night. Must have experience in a similar fast paced serving environment and be flexible with shifts. events@thepony.ca ***Local Automotive*** Automotive technician for year round position in Whistler. 604-905-9109 steve@localautomotive.com

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NIGHT AUDIT AND GUEST SERVICES AGENT Pinnacle Hotel Whistler has an opening for a part time guest services agents and Night Auditors. We are looking for a customer service professional who will help our guest enjoy their experience at our hotel. Duties include check in and checkout of guests, concierge and reservations. Experience preferred but we will train the right person.

Please contact Roger Dix rdix@pinnaclehotels.ca or ph: 604-938-3218

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Squatters’ stories: Part II WHILE

CHARLIE DOYLE was squatting down in Cheakamus, handdrawing the ever-satirical Whistler Answer and driving the straight folk batty, his artisanal abode had the benefit of distance from the nascent village of Whistler and didn’t draw the kind of heat some of the other squatters did—like the party animals up at Soo Valley or the higher-profile squats along Diversion Creek.

Andy Munster felt the heat... literally.

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BY G.D. MAXWELL without benefit of either permit or title was neither here nor there. Who was he going to upset? Bears at the nearby town dump?

Born in Sherbrooke, Que., and raised in the Magog area, Andy skied at Mt. Orford, Sutton and Jay Peak. In 1971, he was itching to ski something bigger and decided Aspen was the place to go.

“Somebody mentioned Whistler, said I should check it out because the powder skiing was great. I came out in a beat-up old MGB and when I got here, I had $5.35 in my pocket. I got a job chopping firewood and for three weeks, never saw the mountains because everything was fogged in. When the fog finally cleared and I saw the mountains, I thought this place was incredible,” he says.

Andy’s never skied in Aspen.

But he did build that first house in what would become Whistler Village. He lived in it for five years with some friends. It cost him $50 to build, using scavenged material from the dump and spending most of the hard cash on roofing material.

You can’t build a good house without a good roof. Andy’s was, by all accounts, a good house, at least until the clock ran out on the squatters in 1979. Then Andy’s first house became the first house to be burnt down by the first fire department in the first resort municipality in Canada. It was in the way. Of progress.

The house—it was really too nice to call it a squat—sat on Diversion Creek near the original course of Fitzsimmons Creek, just about where the skateboard park is now.

Andy built it because it was easier than finding housing in the autumnal scramble for a place to rent. Besides, that’s what he did—built homes for Frans Carpay’s Alten Homes Ltd. “We had some pretty interesting parties while we were there. Usually, we had one

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big party every year. A lot of people in the valley, Hughie Smythe, Ann Chiasson for instance, probably remember our parties.

They usually lasted about three days. There was a big bathtub full of punch, whatever got dumped in, and bands and huge bonfires. The parties went on for three days; they were quite an event,” he says.

Ted Morden remembers the parties at Andy’s house. So does former Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden. They weren’t exactly Andy’s neighbours, but didn’t live all that far away, on the other side of the dump, around the mountain a bit. Right near where Andy built Whistler’s first $7-millionplus house a little over two decades ago.

Along Crabapple Creek, near today’s bridge to Sunridge from Brio, is where Ted decided to build a cabin. “It was a good location,” he says. “The kind of land that would fetch a million bucks these days.”

Ted had come to Whistler from Kitchener, Ont., in 1973, lured by tales of some guys he’d known in high school who were here, working in the bush. “It was wanderlust, the hippie thing, not going on to the next expected thing,” as he describes it.

In an old Oldsmobile, Ted undertook what he remembers as a “fear and loathing” tour across the U.S., up California, north to where he finally ran out of road.

At the end of August, Nancy flew out for a visit. She and Ted were high school sweethearts and when Ted told her he was sticking around Whistler for the ski season, it wasn’t long before she decided that idea sounded better than her already-made plans to attend university back east.

everywhere. And nightmare landlords.

During a trip home that first Christmas, their landlord “moved” them out.

In the fall of 1975, Ted built his cabin

It’s hard not to enjoy the irony of who these “undesirable” squatters are today. Lawyers, builders, small business owners, realtors, people who have made significant and lasting contributions to the fabric of this community.

“The day before I was supposed to fly home, two days before I was supposed to begin university, I called my parents and told them I was staying. I was 18 at the time.

18! We would’ve had a fit if our daughters did that,” she says.

Ted logged, Nancy pumped gas at the Union 76, and they immersed themselves in the lifestyle of the day—dances at Mt. Whistler Lodge, movies at L’Après, parties

out in the woods. It was partially a back-tothe-land thing, but it was also the answer to the housing crunch. “And it was entirely his idea,” Nancy interjects. “I remember thinking, we’re absolutely nuts, going to live in the middle of the bush, with no hydro and no toilet and no shower.”

That Ted didn’t know how to build was not a detail to worry about. Starting in the fall and often working with frozen boards,

the two of them managed to cobble together a cabin and outhouse almost in time for winter. Over the years, it took on homey touches, a candle-burning chandelier, house plants, kerosene heater and, or course, a car stereo run off a battery, all the comforts.

Including bears. “We had bears, obviously. The creek was our refrigerator in the summer. We kept our cooler in the creek.

This one bear caught on to the cooler and would knock it over and eat whatever was inside, then we’d fix it and fill it back up. We pretty much trained him,” Ted recalls.

Or vice versa?

When the squatters on Crown land were being evicted, Ted took the step of contacting the owner of the private land he and Nancy had built on, asking permission to stay just a bit longer. The owner’s lawyer wrote back saying, “No way.” But as Nancy recalls it, living in the squat allowed her to finish university part-time and made it possible for the two of them to save enough to buy a lot in Alpine where they still live today.

It’s hard not to enjoy the irony of who these “undesirable” squatters are today.

Lawyers, builders, small business owners, realtors, people who have made significant and lasting contributions to the fabric of this community.

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DL 2410 Lot A Gun Lake

$275,000

215 - 2020 London Lane

$540,000

Arguably one of the best off lake lot locations on all of Gun Lake. This lot is 2.54 acres with great sun exposure and boasts beautiful views of Mount Penrose and a peak a boo view to Gun Lake. A spacious drive way accesses three tiers separated by grass covered slopes. All three tiers are suitable as future build sites.

The entire 592 sf luxurious 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom suite in Evolution is For Sale. More similar to a spa than your standard hotel. Sophisticated suites with modern design; soaker tubs & doublesided glass showers; pull-out sofas; spacious decks; fully equipped kitchens; flat-screen TVs & DVD players; fully furnished; W/D, spa-like amenities including year-rounded heated pool.

Dave Sharpe

Denise Brown*

604.902.2779

3D Tour - rem.ax/4whistlerwest

#4 - 2201 Eva Lake Road

3D Tour - rem.ax/217nordiccourt

$895,000

This spacious, bright and very private end unit has just completed a “back to the studs” renovation of the highest quality materials and craftsmanship, a true work of art, nothing overlooked! Fully wired for sound/data and led lighting, also featuring a hot tub ready large deck and 2 ample sized secure storage rooms to fit all your sporting equipment.

James Collingridge

2

604.902.0132

1

604.902.2033

#217 - 2007 Nordic Drive

$574,900

2

604.905.8777

$2,149,000

3,600 feet of comfortable bliss, characterized by a large dining room, living areas, kitchen with two stoves, huge ensuite master with walk in closet, family room, bedrooms, private backyard space with a trampoline and an elevated kids fort, perfect for large family gatherings. NEW PRICE!

Doug Treleaven

604.905.8626

4.5

3D Tour - rem.ax/206nicklausnorth

If you are a Whistler resident/employee or Whistler employer this unit is for you. Offering 2 bedrooms/1 bath, this unit in Nordic Court has been updated with new windows, laminate flooring, granite counter tops and in-suite laundry (washer/dryer combo). This is a top floor unit with deck facing north/north east.

Laura Barkman

9234 Emerald Drive

#206 - 8080 Nicklaus North Blvd.

$1,225,000

Quality upgrades in this 2 bedroom include fully renovated bathrooms, radiant floor heating & more. When you are not in town you have the option to nightly rent the unit which has the ability to generate fantastic revenues. 5-minute drive to the base of both mountains. Prkg stall in the upper village avail for purchase with unit.

Madison Perry

778.919.7653

2

3D Tour - rem.ax/2948stanley

#302C - 2020 London Lane

$225,000

Quarter Ownership in a modern, well appointed two bedroom condo at the base of Whistler Mountain. Overlooking Whistler Creekside Village, this unit has a great kitchen, open floor plan, and is pet friendly. Use your unit 1 week every month, or allow it to be rented out for revenue.

Matt Chiasson

604.935.9171

2

2948 Stanley Road

$885,000

A custom 2 bedroom and loft cabin situated on 2.5 private acres surrounded by mountains, lakes and rivers. Nestled away in the Stanley road enclave of Birken, this manicured refuge offers access to the best outdoor recreation British Columbia has to offer yet is only 25 minutes from Pemberton and its amenities.

Matt Kusiak

WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

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604.935.0762

3

#K203 - 1400 Alta Lake Rd.

$519,000

This beautiful updated one bedroom, one bathroom condo in Tamarisk is a mustsee! Amenities include tennis courts and laundry facilities on site, a private lakefront sandy beach in the complex, dock access at Alpha Lake, storage lockers including space for bikes, and an amazing location close to hiking/biking trails and ski hill.

Meg McLean

604.907.2223

1

PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070