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GARIBALDI NEVER SET FOOT HERE. WHY IS A PARK STILL NAMED AFTER HIM?

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34 Why is a park named for Garibaldi?

The Squamish Nation know the mountain as Nch’kay’, a place of refuge during the Great Flood. - By Martha Perkins/Local Journalism Initiative

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STARS ON ICE

Whistler Skating Club members

business owners fear the uncertainty of shoulder season; already short-

got a major boost from a recent camp with Olympic gold medallist and

staffed and with revenues decimated, owners say they are “terrified.”

world champion Patrick Chan.

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WRITERS FEST

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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS The reality is there is no end in sight when it comes to the impacts of the

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week, letter writers remind us that we are doing well

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Dan Falloon wrestles with the realization that the current pandemic status quo is likely going to be the standard for quite some time.

58 MAXED OUT Max has a new, though temporary, member of the family these days, which prompts him to share a favourite bedtime story.

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No end in sight THERE IS A CERTAIN feeling of disconnect in the resort at the moment.

On the one hand, we are being chastised by provincial health officials and the premier over the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases as we settle firmly into Phase 3 of the re-opening plan for the province, while on the other hand, every local park, beach, bike trail, patio and eatery is packed. (However, it must be noted that more and more people are wearing masks in the village and trying to practise physical distancing if possible in the crowds. Alarming, though, a justreleased Angus Reid poll found that one in five (18 per cent) respondents have expanded

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their social circles, don’t physically distance and are ambivalent towards hand-washing and mask-wearing. This last group also professes a clear dislike for the way public health officials and political leaders have handled the pandemic.)

And, we are not alone. I was lucky

not on the inside. But the dark underbelly of the terrible toll this pandemic is taking on tourism is lurking there, quietly eating away at small business, the accommodation sector, labour and more.

In a recent Letter to the Editor, Rick Antonson, the former president and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, predicted that it won’t be until 2023 that we will see a bounce back in the tourism sector, which until now had boasted about 19,300 working businesses offering 160,000 direct jobs generated through the $21.5 billion in visitor spending we enjoy (Pique, Aug. 13, “Immediate financial assistance needed to save B.C. tourism sector”).

Like our own tourism leaders, he has his eyes firmly fixed on the future and understands that as we head into shoulder season and a ski-season winter with the U.S. border closed, it is very likely that the tourism sector will face even greater peril than we saw during lockdown in Phase 1 of COVID19. Let’s remember that it is estimated that B.C.’s tourism industry suffered a 69-percent decline compared to 2019.

He suggests an immediate financial injection of $680 million for working recovery grants for those in the sector through 2022.

[T]he dark underbelly of the terrible toll this pandemic is taking on tourism is lurking...

enough to get to Tofino last week, and Cox Bay looked like Waikiki Beach. It was crazy. In town, line-ups to get takeout were long and people were ratty, and forget heading out for dinner unless you had made reservations ahead of your vacation. And, yes, bring your own groceries.

Back here at home, looking at our overflowing parking lots and the busy stroll, it’s harder to imagine the economic impact COVID-19 is having on Whistler if you are

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And he is not alone in his ideas.

Last month, the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) proposed a mountain resort-funding program.

This “industry now generates $2 billion a year for the provincial economy and north of $121 million per year in tax revenue specific to the province,” CWSAA president and CEO Christopher Nicolson told Pique.

The Association and other supporters want the province to set up a fund of at least $200

million to keep the sector alive until real recovery can begin.

There is little doubt that ski resorts are likely to get walloped this shoulder season and winter with no viable coronavirus vaccine in sight.

In an open letter to the community, Vail Resorts’ Rob Katz acknowledges that the very thing that will mean a successful winter—lots of people coming here from far and wide across Canada—is the same thing that could plunge us into another lockdown if COVID-19 comes back bigger and badder.

“Each one of our communities is a destination for visitors from countless other cities. This is our greatest strength, but it can also be a weakness. We cannot only look at the COVID-19 data in our local communities,” he wrote (Pique, July 30, “For the sake of winter, we must stay vigilant”).

Whistler leaders are at the table brainstorming and working on creative solutions—including Whistler Blackcomb, Tourism Whistler, the Whistler Chamber, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), and the Hotel Association.

They are all meeting regularly as part of the longstanding Economic Partnership Initiative—which has sort of resurrected itself in the face of the pandemic.

In recent days, we have seen Tourism Whistler share its reimagined marketing strategy, the RMOW is taking a second look at festivals to see how they can work in this new world of physical distancing and the Chamber has released its Moving Whistler Forward document to help its members (really, all of us) double down on how to stay resilient right now.

It has been almost overwhelming to see the support Whistler has enjoyed this summer as a destination.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COVID-19 information needs to be shared rationally

Open Lost Lake Park to everyone this winter

The media is consistently making inaccurate statements about our COVID-19 infection rates in B.C. The messaging is that COVID-19 rates are approaching or surpassing the rates at the height of the B.C. pandemic, and that there is a shift in infection toward youth rather than the elderly.

The fact is that at the height of the pandemic, mildly symptomatic 20-year-olds were not being tested and the sick elderly coming into hospital were being tested. In fact, we were not testing very aggressively at all at the height of the pandemic, because our system could not handle it.

Now, we are testing and contact tracing very aggressively. True, rates may have been 10 to 20 times higher during the peak of B.C.’s pandemic, whereas now they may only be five times higher.

Who knows? But to not acknowledge this simple fact is very misleading.

The only valid comparison is that at the height of the pandemic, there were more than 130 COVID-19 patients in hospitals with more than 60 patients with COVID-19 in our ICUs, whereas now there are only four people in hospital with three people in the ICU, 1.5

months after the Canada Day long weekend and two weeks after the BC Day long weekend.

The death rate from COVID-19 has also decreased substantially in this province.

By these measures, we are doing more than 20 times better now than at the height of our pandemic! This is a testament to the ongoing good work that our public health officials and contact tracers are doing.

B.C.’s story is still one of success in handling this pandemic and successfully opening up our economy. Of course, our youth

I am asking council and the mayor to keep Lost Lake Park open 12 months of the year.

Closing this jewel in Whistler’s recreation crown each winter to Whistler taxpayers and visitors so that a few Nordic skiers can enjoy the use of the park, Nicklaus North golf cart path and the Chateau golf cart path is selfish, elitist and out of date.

Since the 2010 Olympics, when the Nordic skiers got their multi-million dollar facility 11 kilometres away at the Callaghan as a legacy (which the taxpayers also pay for), we have asked repeatedly that Lost Lake Park be open 12 months of the year for general and multiuse purposes.

It is now vital in this year of COVID-19 that we are allowed to recreate safely outside 12 months of the year and that means to walk, hike, bike, take our dogs and kids to Lost Lake Park this winter and have the municipality operate it for these activities.

The Nordic skiing at Lost Lake Park has always operated at a loss as the revenue never paid for the operating costs; many of the passes are free to volunteers who are increasingly hard to find, all to police the empty, vast terrain; consider also there is often just not enough snow to ski on, which doesn’t stop the staff from hauling it in at taxpayers’ expense—all so that a relative handful of people can ski in the centre of town while the majority of locals and visitors are shut out of the park for the entire winter.

It is time for council and the mayor to give the people of Whistler Lost Lake Park back for

need to socialize more responsibly, but to panic and overhaul B.C.’s entire strategy because of this is irrational.

When the media ignores these obvious factors in reporting the facts, fear of COVID-19 continues to be stoked in our community. This fear keeps parents from sending their children to school and pressures the system to unnecessarily shut down important aspects of our economy. Now more than ever, information needs to be relayed rationally instead of sensationally.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR the COVID-19 winter of 2020. Let us walk, hike and bike those trails and cart paths we love.

Keep it plowed so we can do it safely. Allow the Callaghan Nordic facility to earn whatever increased revenues it can to unburden the taxpayers.

If you, the people of Whistler, want to keep using Lost Lake Park this winter, you must make your voices heard quickly. The staff is already planning for the winter season and soon we will be shut out of Lost Lake Park—in a matter of months.

Call, write and use your voice to have Lost Lake Park open to the public this winter for multi-use purposes and so we all can enjoy it 12 months of the year.

Kathleen Smith // Whistler

Leash your dog before it’s too late To the individual who continues to walk his full-grown pit bull off-leash in the Bayshores trail network—your dog has aggressively (and frighteningly) confronted me three times while I’ve been trail running in the area.

On Aug. 16, it came at my on-leash Boston terrier (who had fearfully barked at your animal); luckily, I was able to pull her away because she was on-leash, while your dog nearly knocked me over trying to get to her. Your supposed excuses that “you’re in the bush, buddy” (this occurred on the heavily trafficked trail just above the tennis/children’s park) and, “your dog attacked mine, buddy” (we have a 5.4-kilogram Boston terrier on leash, you have an adult pit bull, off leash) are no excuses at all.

You need to understand that if (and I truly hope it never happens) one of these exchanges turns dangerously violent (or worse) you’ll be 100-per-cent culpable … unless you leash your animal. Smarten up!

P.S: Lest this letter is misconstrued, our family loves animals—dogs specifically, and this is not an indictment of the breed—it’s an indictment of your ignorance.

Matt Johnston // Whistler

Nita Lake development will be an eyesore Sometimes people drive off the road because

they are distracted. Fortunately, it is relatively rare. In my view, council is doing the same thing with the proposed development on the west side of Nita Lake.

Our community depends upon tourism; without it, the community will wither and die.

It is obvious that tourists come here to enjoy the activities offered as well as the natural ambience. We are blessed with mountains, lakes, and beautiful forests and these natural wonders enhance the activities enjoyed here.

There are very few tourists who come to a destination to see clear cuts, row housing and overdevelopment. With some notable exceptions, our municipal government has historically done a very good job of blending required development with our environmental features. Unfortunately, Rainbow, and the Baxter development in particular, is a major exception. The development is generally regarded as an ugly clear cut, devoid of trees—a sight we hope most of our visitors do not see and a mistake that should not be repeated.

What is proposed for the West lakeshore of Nita Lake?

The municipality has indicated that a person walking on the Valley Trail will see a chain-link fence erected by CN to keep people off the rail lines. It will probably extend from one end of the lake to the other. It will have the added advantage of reducing access to the lake at no cost (financially) to the municipality. It is likely to be vandalized and rendered ineffective.

As you look up, there will be a partial screen of forest behind the fence. It will be fire safe, so all the lower limbs will be cut from the trees along with the brush removal. Only healthy trees will be left to form the screen and it is likely over time, they will disappear as the residents seek to improve their views.

Behind the screen will be an exquisite clear-cut, covered in row housing, with grossly inadequate parking, which will require further clear cutting to house the cars.

The approach to this rezoning application is piecemeal and no one seems to be looking at the bigger picture and the cumulative effects of this decision. There are neighbouring properties to the west and north of the development, which will undoubtedly be applying for development

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR rights in the future. If this project is approved, then we can reasonably expect the approval of a series of clear cuts with row housing to cover the lower slopes of Mount Sproatt leading down to Nita Lake.

This part of the valley is clearly visible from both the Valley Trail and to people enjoying the west side of Whistler Mountain. It will be an eyesore. A true “Rainbow South.” Is that what the community wants?

It is true that there will be a modest amount of employee housing provided in a location a significant distance from any shopping. In response to the mayor, I say he is correct that you can walk to the Creekside Market, but who wants to carry the shopping home?

I support employee housing, but it should at least meet the guidelines council has already approved. This one does not and appears to be a sellout to me.

I cannot support this kind of development.

To those who shout NIMBY, I say it is our backyard, not just mine.

Ross Clark // Whistler

Let’s get it right!

Thanks to Brandon Barrett for his article focusing on some of the issues with the recently released traffic and environmental reports for 5298 Alta Lake Rd. re-zoning, “Enviro and traffic reports for Alta Lake Rd project made public”, Pique, Aug. 12, 2020.

There is much follow-up required before this rezoning goes any farther.

It is necessary to point out that in the article, Councillor Cathy Jewett attempts to alarm Whistler residents with saying that the existing TA17 zoning footprint, if built, would be worse than the new proposed development as more of the site would be disturbed.

This is inaccurate as the current zoning with the hotel and small cabins could never be built today and the developer knows this.

In an April 2, 2019 email to Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff, Caroline Lamont, lead on the project for the developer, wrote to RMOW staff “… the London Mountain Lodge could not be built in its current form given the changing riparian situation of the site and regulations.”

The environmental report lists these riparian zones and buffers as one of many development restraints on the property. The good news is that the planning department has incorporated these zones and buffers in the latest plans and by doing so, has protected significant green space.

The developer has simply donated land he cannot build on for the park.

So, it seems the developer could not build the existing zoning even if he wanted to and needed to come to council for re-zoning to build something new. Council should have been in the driver’s seat to get a creative solution that provided some employee housing without increasing the density on the lake. They still can. It is not too late.

This development should be held to a higher standard because of its location on the lake. This piece of land is one of the last remaining undeveloped lakeside areas.

Perhaps this is simply not the place for a higher-density development.

Why are we rushing ahead so quickly on this project? Many of us are focusing on keeping ourselves, our families and our community safe, not sure what the future will be. Time is needed to fully review and implement the recommendations in the environmental report.

Let’s slow down to get it right and make sure this development is in the best interest of all Whistler, not only now but in the future.

Please write to mayor and council at corporate@whistler.ca to let them know to get this development right.

Cheryl Green // Whistler

Thanks to Flag Stop festival supporters Thank you to everybody who came out to enjoy the ninth annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival at The Point Artist-Run Centre on Aug. 7 and 8.

It was thrilling to see live theatre, music and aerial performances in a safe outdoor environment. The weather threw at us everything from rain, wind and cold to brilliant sunshine and starlight, and the audiences proved as hearty and unstoppable as the artists.

Old Soul Rebel, Cat Madden and the young Raquel Libman played amazing sets, and the premiere of Shipwreck Casserole and Other Family Secrets was a great success.

The Point would like to thank festival presenting sponsor Gibbons Whistler as well as Nesters Market, Aphrodite’s Organic Café & Pie Shop, Pasta Lupino, Howe Sound Brewing Company, Nesters Liquor Store, BC Arts Council/ Province of B.C., the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Arts Whistler for their support.

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The pandemic lull THERE ARE FEW THINGS my wife loves more than calendars (myself included, quite possibly).

Our house boasts two calendars that are normally chockfull of events, and even our living room’s visual eye-catcher is a 1.2-by-0.9-metre black and white Stendig calendar. There’s a separate wall calendar

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for reoccurring dates, too. She has more datebooks and agendas than I can count, and we’ve already ordered, received and inputted all of our important events into our 2021 editions.

But she took down the bright, cheerful, floral Rifle Paper Company calendars—row upon row of blank boxes were a droning reminder that there’s not much to look forward to these days.

We’re generally happy being homebodies, but month after month of a reality that anytime either of us uses the car, it’s an occasion is a little tough to take.

We have the privilege of being in a better situation than most, too, so it’s almost unbearable to think of how social animals cooped up in darker, less comfortable spaces

are faring. If this is you and you’re finding ways to get your ya-yas out responsibly, you deserve the Order of Canada at minimum.

Kudos and thanks to you.

Being, of course, cognizant of the fact that we’re trying to do our small part to head off a global health crisis, it’s started to become more challenging as the weeks have dragged on. Maybe the novelty is starting to wear off as some of the benefits, such as enjoying hot, homemade lunch every day and pushing snooze a couple more times before starting work each morning, just become parts of the new normal. As we approach the end of August, there’s the overhanging dread that the whole summer has been kind of a bust without any of the traditional beach day, carnival, or outdoor concert fun.

Then throw in the realization that it might be, well, a while before things start to truly return to “normal.” Development and distribution of a vaccine has long been considered the benchmark of when largescale events could start happening again.

But the fastest vaccine development, from collecting viral samples to licensing a drug, still took four years and was created to combat mumps, according to National Geographic.

“A year to 18 months would be absolutely unprecedented,” Peter Hotez, dean at Baylor University’s National School of Tropical Medicine, said in the April 10 story. “Maybe with the new technology,

maybe with throwing enough money on it, that’ll happen. But we have to be really careful about those time estimates.”

How long do we have before we start to see serious noncompliance, though?

The impatience is clear all around: there’s impatience to socialize, to reopen businesses, to go back to the “Before Times” at a juncture when several jurisdictions are experiencing the worst new case count numbers of the entire pandemic. And if there’s no real end in sight, it’s understandable to be overwhelmed by a wave of futility.

There are those who never were going to abide by whatever precautions are recommended for whatever reason, and there are those who’ll likely continue to hermit even after it’s OK to start getting back out there. But what of the mushy middle, though?

Anecdotally, it’s clear to see a sense of invincibility in some segments. There’s an acknowledgement that there’s a pandemic going on, that some precautions need to be in place… but they can have a get-together because it’ll be fine. What could possibly go wrong?

There could, on the flipside, be a sense of inevitability: “If I’m gonna get it, may as well get it over with!” But that, of course, ignores how little we know about the longterm effects and whether getting COVID once bars the doors to coming down with it

again for some length of time.

What’s not working? On the one hand, here in B.C., we’ve been fortunate to have avoided a government-mandated blanket lockdown and have had to work within rigid guidelines instead. Challenging, for sure, but not impossible.

Still, a group of yahoos saw fit to march through Downtown Vancouver and bemoan the province’s tyranny.

Those that locked down to a greater extent seem to have opened too soon, so any positives, such as those experienced on the prairies, have evaporated.

It just goes to show the importance of both hope and human connection. There are only so many experiences that can be Zoomed, and even then, it gets pretty tedious pretty quickly.

I’ve had countless conversations where I’ve been asked when I think certain milestones are going to happen, like the second wave or the end date, but it’s a frustrating discussion to have: it’s something that experts can’t nail down with certainty, as it’s not like the virus is operating with a ticking clock, trying to rack up as many kills as it can before the buzzer.

I get the reason for asking, though.

We all need a glimmer of hope to look forward to rather than years and years of proverbial winter. And not the good kind that brought us here, either. n

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Whistler small business owners fear uncertainty of fall ALREADY SHORT-STAFFED AND WITH REVENUES DECIMATED, ‘WE’RE TERRIFIED’

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AT THIS TIME last year, Kori Klusmeier and the team at Escape! Whistler were in negotiations to expand their business.

“We had signed contracts and the wheels were in motion for the expansion, and we started building on Feb. 1,” Klusmeier said.

Then came March, and with it the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We shut everything down as of March 16,” Klusmeier said, adding that the business was closed for two months.

While guests are returning, Escape’s full complement of staff has not—only four of seven staff members have come back so far, meaning shorter operating hours.

Compounded with new COVID-19 measures like longer lead times between groups to facilitate rigorous cleaning (“we’re pretty much sponsored by Clorox right now,” Klusmeier joked), the business’ revenues have “paled in comparison” to what they were last year.

“So far in July we made about 50 per cent [of the] revenue we did July 2019, and this month, for August, we’re sort of tracking roughly around the same,” Klusmeier said, adding that Escape! Whistler was fortunate

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that its landlord took advantage of the federal government’s commercial rent relief program.

But as for the fall, and its anticipated slowdown?

“Oh yeah, we’re terrified,” he said.

“We’re trying to keep stress levels in control here, because you just don’t know.

You can’t really predict, and that’s the scary part. The business levels are predicted to be at all-time lows for this fall season, which is terrifying when your costs are increasing because of the expansion.

“We’re nervous. We’re scared. But we’re trying to not pull our hair out completely, or what little is left of it.”

According to Priyanka Lewis, owneroperator of Brickworks, 3 Below and Main Street Noodles in Whistler Village, revenue is trending between 20- and 25-per-cent down so far—which could actually be manageable if it keeps up, and if the federal government continues its wage-subsidy program.

“I’m pretty happy with summer’s performance on the whole. But I think it’s just the uncertainty [of the fall],” Lewis said, adding that for food and beverage operators, “capacity is capacity.”

With its patio seating in the summer, Brickworks, for example, can comfortably seat 70, Lewis said. But what happens when winter weather forces everyone inside?

“We’re really trying to get creative, and we’re going to re-do tables, and move stuff around, and barriers and whatnot, but I still think we’re not going to get much past 40 seats in Brickworks,” she said.

“And even if we try and concentrate on takeout and all of that, I just don’t know whether we can make it.”

Factor in the annual flu season—which, in the midst of a global pandemic, will have every employee with the slightest sniffle staying home from work—and the uncertainty only grows.

And if Brickworks was to have a positive case, and be forced to close, as was the case at the Tim Hortons in Squamish on Aug. 7?

“If I have to do that, we’re done … How does that even work?” Lewis said.

“We don’t just have another team hanging around to reopen, and then what about those staff members? How are they going to survive?

“We can bury our heads in the sand and hope for the best, but hoping for the best isn’t going to prevent this inevitable situation that we’re going to find ourselves in.”

In an Aug. 13 letter to Pique, former Tourism Vancouver president Rick Antonson made the case for saving B.C.’s tourism industry, making three suggestions: “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; and support funding for communities, businesses and associations to adapt marketing and visitor servicing to the new world of hospitality and tourism.”

Asked about Antonson’s letter, and if there are discussions about fall relief

for tourism at the province, a Ministry of Tourism spokesperson said the government has worked in close partnership with the sector throughout the pandemic.

“Our government has taken significant actions to support people working in the tourism industry, for which we have received positive feedback from tourism stakeholders. But we know that these are challenging times and there’s more to do to support people and businesses,” the spokesperson said.

“Government is currently reviewing proposals for economic recovery and we look forward to sharing more on that in the weeks ahead.”

While Escape! Whistler’s new rooms have been predictably delayed, Klusmeier hopes to have them open by October.

“We’ve just sunk so much money and time and effort into these new rooms that I think we’re hoping that the local, Sea to Sky crowd who are familiar with our product already are going to be keen to try out the new rooms that we’re building.

That in the end could end up sort of saving us,” he said, adding that he hopes Whistler’s small business community can pull through.

“This is going to be a real test for some businesses in town, and I know firsthand how hard people work at these small businesses, and how much of their time and life and energy and everything goes into their passion of trying to make their business as good as it can be.

“Hopefully the town survives.” n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS A NEW REPORT on childcare availability in Whistler gives officials a good basis to work from, but it’s not about to solve the issues overnight.

“I think it tells us what we know, and it gives us a good direction to start from—but I don’t think that it’s going to solve anything just [with] this report,” said Councillor Jen Ford, who has long been an advocate for increasing childcare spaces.

But it won’t be the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) burden to bear alone, either, Ford said.

“Truly, as we’ve always known, it needs to be a community effort, and a real collaboration,” she said.

“There’s so many pieces to it that I’m glad that it articulates that in this report.”

The Whistler Child Care Project Action Plan, as it’s called, details the current state of childcare in Whistler, projected needs under three different scenarios (decline, flat and growth), and action items for the future.

In particular, it presents 29 prioritized actions and a few non-prioritized actions to be considered, focusing on the two key areas of greatest need and the largest service gaps in Whistler: after-school care for school-age children; and full-time, facility-based group care for children up to three years of age.

on how they plan to increase investment and priority in childcare for Whistler families.”

At the Aug. 18 meeting, Ford noted that since the report was finalized, one local childcare facility has permanently closed its infant program, while another has not reopened since closing due to COVID-19— effectively costing the community more than 30 childcare spaces.

With that said, Ford introduced a motion to direct staff to investigate the feasibility of expanding the RMOW’s Kids on the Go after school program (a motion eventually passed by council).

Childcare is “a provincial mandate, absolutely,” Ford said, “but where the rubber meets the road is here in local government. We cannot fix this problem as a local government alone, we need the advocacy of the Whistler Chamber, of Vail Resorts, of all of the large employers in town right now who are looking for staff.

“We are in a childcare crisis and have been for a long time, and I thank you all for your support and collaboration and willingness … but we are just getting started.”

RMOW officials have requested a meeting with provincial Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen at the upcoming Union of BC Municipalities convention to discuss Whistler’s childcare needs, noted chief administrative officer Virginia Cullen, though the meeting hasn’t been confirmed yet.

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The action items consider things like removing barriers for after-school home care programs, reviewing existing Whistler facilities for possible use as childcare spaces, developing a recruitment campaign for retired community members and exploring ways to offer early childhood education locally (to list just a few—the full report will be posted to whistler.ca/childcare).

But the report and its recommendations don’t go far enough, wrote Whistlerite Jesse Veenman, in a submission to council at the Aug. 18 council meeting.

Further, Veenman was disappointed to see no socioeconomic analysis was completed on how the lack of childcare disproportionately affects women.

“Overall, I find the report underwhelming in terms of suggesting real solutions to assisting childcare in Whistler,” she wrote. “I would like to hear from members of council

In the view of Coun. Ralph Forsyth, who recalls discussing the dire state of childcare during his first stint on council in 2006, the main issue lies with certification, and making it easier for early childhood educators trained in different provinces or countries to work in British Columbia.

As for the issue of who is responsible for providing childcare, Forsyth said he would support Ford’s motion because of the pressing need, “but I’m very tired of having the provincial government knowingly, willingly, fully culpable in subjecting municipalities and the families in this province [to a lack of childcare], and then we get the emails and the letters saying ‘Why don’t you do something about it?’” he said.

“I’ve had enough. If we don’t get the meeting with the minister, let’s take some action and start shaming the ministries until they do something, because time is up.” n

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Family of missing Alberta man push to have case treated as criminal MARSHAL IWAASA’S FAMILY SAYS MONTHS-LONG INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LIMITED BY ITS CLASSIFICATION

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE FAMILY OF a missing Alberta man whose charred truck was inexplicably found in the remote backcountry near Pemberton last winter is petitioning investigators to treat the case as criminal, while the lead police agency on the file maintains there isn’t any compelling evidence to suggest foul play.

Twenty-six-year-old Marshal Iwaasa was last seen in Lethbridge, Alta. leaving his mother’s house on Nov. 17, six days before his burnt-out truck was found near the Brian Waddington hut, along with several personal items, including ID, clothes, a destroyed laptop, and three smashed cellphones that his family said he hadn’t used for years.

Several ground, air, and canine searches around nearby Phelix Creek—including a weeklong search in late June by private investigators the family has hired—turned up no sign of Iwaasa.

The trip, along with several details of the case that have since been publicized, convinced the Iwaasa family that Marshal never set foot in the Pemberton

STILL MISSING Marshal Iwaasa, 26, was last seen Nov. 17, 2019 leaving his mother’s Lethbridge, Alta. home, a week before his charred pick-up truck and personal belongings were found in the remote backcountry near Pemberton.

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backcountry, an area he had never visited or expressed any interest in.

“It was quite difficult terrain and seeing that and actually experiencing it made me feel much more confident that my brother would not drive his truck up there himself,” said Paige Fogen, Iwaasa’s sister.

That suspicion was reinforced for Fogen after learning that her brother’s bank cards had not been used at any point on the roughly 14-hour drive from Lethbridge to the hut—even to fill up on gas. In fact, there is no record of Iwaasa using his bank cards at all between early

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November and his disappearance, which has prompted the family to request banking records going back six months to get a better sense of his spending habits.

However, because the case is treated as a missing-person file, police cannot legally access historical records.

The family has also visited numerous gas stations along the route from Lethbridge to Pemberton to see if there is any surveillance footage of a truck matching Iwaasa’s—but, by and large, the gas station owners have refused to comply unless police make the request themselves.

“This goes into our whole push for this to be treated as criminal, because our understanding of this is that we’re hitting a lot of these barriers and the police are facing similar barriers because this is classified as a missing person’s [case], so it’s difficult to get historical information,” Fogen noted, adding that the family has been told that because it is a missing person’s case, investigators will not examine any fingerprints or other DNA that may be at the scene.

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Whistler man sets up sting for West Van police MAN’S $9,000 ROCKY MOUNTAIN E-BIKE STOLEN IN WHISTLER ON JULY 14

BY BRENT RICHTER A WHISTLER MAN has been reunited with his prized stolen steed after setting up a sting operation for West Vancouver police.

The man reported his $9,000 Rocky Mountain e-bike stolen in Whistler on July 14, according to West Vancouver police.

But the victim wasn’t content to leave it at that, so he became his own gumshoe.

The charger for the bike’s battery can

only be purchased from a licensed dealer so the victim began calling up local bike shops to see if anyone had inquired about purchasing a new charger, said Const.

Kevin Goodmurphy, West Vancouver police spokesman Eventually, he got a name and started collecting corroborating evidence.

“It appears as though he got lucky,” Goodmurphy said.

Then, on Sunday, he arranged to meet with the suspect in the parking lot of Park Royal to “buy” back his own bike. All he had

to do then was inform West Van police, who had a plainclothes officer available to come make the arrest.

“In this case, he did a lot more work than is, in my mind, typical of these types of situations,” Goodmurphy said.

“We do our best to support people in these situations who have located what they believe to be their property online for sale.”

The suspect, a 38-year-old Vancouver man, has been released. Police are recommending the Crown lay charges.

The suspect is known to police.

When it comes to keeping your bike where it belongs, Goodmurphy’s advice: Don’t skimp on the lock.

The West Vancouver Police Department is also a member of the bike recovery project 529 Garage—a database where people can register their bikes so they are easier to track down and return to their rightful owner if they are recovered as stolen property.

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criminal in nature,” the statement read in part, adding that not all information or evidence in the case has been released publicly, or to the Iwaasa family.

“LPS is aware of an online petition initiated by the Iwaasa family to have the missing person case re-classified as criminal, however, in order for any investigation to be deemed criminal there must be evidence to support that a crime has occurred.”

Not wanting to point fingers at any one agency, Fogen believes the problem runs deeper than the local RCMP or Lethbridge police.

“I think there needs to be a systematic overhaul in how these cases are treated,” she said. “Something needs to change, because there are a number of different missing person’s cases with no answers and that’s really not OK. It shouldn’t be that way.

“If the policies you have in place are not helping but hindering people … then something needs to change. Policies were made by people and they can be changed by people.”

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MISSING PERSON INVESTIGATION FROM PAGE 17 body or a weapon, it’s not criminal,” Fogen said. “That seems like you’re not really planning ahead. You’re just waiting for those things to be found in order to classify it as criminal and find out what happened?

It just doesn’t make sense to us.”

The family is also hopeful to learn the results of an investigation by local RCMP, which did not return a request for comment by deadline, to determine the cause of the fire that burnt Iwaasa’s truck. In Fogen’s mind, if the investigation shows that arson was the cause, then the case could be considered criminal.

“Nine months in—isn’t that crazy?” she said of the delay in concluding the fire investigation.

While the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS), the lead agency on the case, did not return a voicemail seeking comment, it did put out a statement this week following a press conference held by the Iwaasa family.

“From the onset of the missing person investigation, Iwaasa’s disappearance has been considered suspicious, however, as previously stated, there is no credible, corroborated or compelling evidence to suggest foul play or that the matter is

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COVID or not, core council priorities remain solid COUNCIL BRIEFS: NEW CEP RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED; FORGED LIQUOR LICENCE SUPPORTED

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHISTLER’S STRATEGIC Planning Committee (SPC) met on July 22 for the first time since Feb. 24—or approximately seven years in COVID time.

But while seemingly everything has changed in Whistler since the group last convened, council’s core priorities remain much the same, according to Mayor Jack Crompton.

While specifics of the closed meeting can’t be discussed, “all of the meetings that we have been having lately have had the COVID lens applied to them,” Crompton said after the Aug. 18 council meeting.

“The input from groups like this, to help us respond to the pandemic we face, has been critical to us.”

In a similar vein, the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) 2019 Annual Report—officially received by council on Aug. 18—might as well be a relic of another time.

“Everything we do now has a COVID lens placed over it,” Crompton reiterated.

“I will say council remains committed to housing, climate action and community

balance.”

While those core principles remain intact, the RMOW hasn’t lost sight of the imminent threats, either.

Local officials had a chance to raise concerns in a meeting with federal minister of economic development Melanie Joly and Sea to Sky MP Patrick Weiler last month.

“The severity of the challenges we face were shared clearly,” Crompton said, adding that there was discussion about the importance of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to local business owners, as well as the need for safety protocols to allow for more modes of transportation to be put back into use (see related story about fall business concerns on page 14).

“I’m hopeful that provincial and federal governments will step up and help air travel and bus travel to be usable modes,” Crompton said.

As for further updates from the SPC, “we’ll have more to say about that soon,” the mayor added.

COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM GRANTS ANNOUNCED Though the RMOW directed its Community

Enrichment Program funding solely to social services at the outset of the pandemic, other community groups will soon see some money, too.

At the Aug. 18 council meeting, Crompton announced funding decisions made earlier in the day, including: $5,000 for the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment and $3,000 to the Whistler Naturalists Society.

Meanwhile, the Whistler Learning Society will receive $5,000, while $3,167.59 will go to the Whistler Waldorf School.

In local sports, $2,000 is dedicated to the BC Luge Association; $3,000 to Sea to Sky Nordics; $6,000 to the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program; $1,500 to the Whistler Blackcomb Freestyle Club; $5,500 to Whistler Gymnastics; $2,800 to the Whistler Minor Hockey Association; $2,500 to the Whistler Mountain Ski Club; $3,000 to Whistler Nordics; $2,109 to the Whistler Pickleball Association; $3,000 for the Whistler Sailing Association; $3,000 for the Whistler Seawolves Swim Club; $2,750 for the Whistler Skating Club; $4,000 for the Whistler Slo-Pitch Association; $5,600 for Whistler Sport Legacies Society; and $5,000 for the Whistler Youth Soccer Club.

In arts, $4,000 was committed to the Point Artist-Run Centre; $2,000 for the Whistler Singers; and $2,000 for the Whistler Valley Quilters Guild Society.

FORGED LIQUOR LICENCE GETS COUNCIL SUPPORT There are a whole lot of Whistlerites who would like to get a buzz on while they chuck their axes—at least judging from the 150 or so patrons of Forged Axe Throwing in Function Junction who signed their names in support of the establishment’s liquor licence application.

Under the application (which council supported at its Aug. 18 meeting), liquor consumption will be kept to certain areas, while Plexiglas dividers will ensure beverages stay out of the axe-throwing zone, said planner Stephanie Johnson in a presentation to council.

“That was a concern raised, and so the applicant came forward with the idea for Plexiglas,” Johnson said. “So I think there is enough room.”

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‘Long list’ of projects that could go ahead in Whistler under resort-funding proposal RECOVERY PACKAGE FLOATED BY CWSAA, RESORT TOWNS CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND TOURISM

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER MAYOR Jack Crompton said there is a ‘long list’ of projects that could go ahead locally if a recent COVID19 recovery package floated by the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) and more than a dozen B.C. resort communities is adopted by the province.

Last month, CWSAA and B.C.’s 14 Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) communities—including Whistler— presented the Mountain Resort Community Emergency Funding Program proposal to provincial officials, which is aimed at diversifying sluggish rural town economies and employment opportunities as well as upgrading infrastructure and tourism assets in the midst of the pandemic.

Modelled in part after Tourism Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement that was established by the governments of Canada and B.C. in 1978 to stimulate the province’s tourism sector, the funding proposal calls for a minimum investment of $200 million to implement

“shovel-ready” solutions to mountain resorts most pressing issues, namely: a lack of affordable housing; the everincreasing cost of building and upgrading infrastructure; and a lack of facilities, services and high-paying jobs needed to attract a year-round workforce.

“What the government wanted to see and some of the criteria that they put forth was that these were projects that needed to be started well within a 12-month period, and that obviously creates and stimulates hiring of people, rehiring of people and the spending of those people within the local communities,” explained Chris Nicolson, president and CEO of CWSAA, in an interview last month.

While he didn’t go into much detail, Crompton said there are a number of local projects that could fit the bill.

“Housing, public infrastructure, like parks, trails, possibly a conference centre expansion,” he said.

Crompton is confident a significant investment in Whistler’s infrastructure will provide a much-needed injection of jobs into the local labour market.

“The reason why I’m supportive of a

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program like this is that it puts people to work, and that’s one of the things we need in a COVID-19 world,” he said.

Along with the obvious challenges of a shrinking economy and a tourism industry cut off at the knees by COVID19, navigating the uncertain future of Whistler’s labour market will be an essential piece of the recovery puzzle.

Nicolson believes the tourism sector will need to shift the public’s perception of the kind of career prospects that are available in resort communities.

“As an industry and more broadly as a key driver within the tourism industry, one of the challenges we have is the perception of tourism as being seasonal and not a viable career,” he said. “That is absolutely not the limit of it and does not fairly describe the industry.”

Jacki Bissillion, owner and president of Whistler Personnel Solutions, said that, while Whistler doesn’t offer the diversity of jobs that other communities of similar size may, for the right kind of employee, climbing the career ladder here can be a much quicker process.

“Even during a pandemic, I’ve always

said, in this town, the cream rises quickly and the sludge sinks, so if someone is ready to come out here and dedicate themselves to a company and contributes, works hard and sticks around, it doesn’t take long for people to build a career,” she said.

That is especially true right now, Bissillion posited, when employers may be reluctant to hire frontline staff over the looming fear of a major dip in revenue come shoulder season, but are looking to hire a “core team” that can anchor their business through stormy waters.

“The majority of the jobs that we see— and there’s a lot less of them in terms of pure volume of jobs available—are those long-term, professional ones, not so much the entry-level stuff. That’s out there, but it’s very short term,” she said. “I think it’s a flashback to when Whistler was young and we struggled to fill in the shoulders.

Businesses hired seasonally as opposed to year-round, so the job market now is a little more specific.”

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Naturespeak: Mountain migrations

BY KRISTINA SWERHUN HEARING THE WORD “migration,” you might think about birds flying great geographical distances. However, there are other kinds of animal migrations like the ones that happen every year in Whistler— altitudinal journeys up and down mountains.

Just like humans that escape the heat and busyness of the valley during hot summer days, other animals are also always looking to improve their living condition.

Our most popular mountain migrants are black bears. They start each spring by feeding in snow-free valleys but then journey up mountains looking to feed on berries, which ripen at higher elevations as temperatures warm up throughout the summer. To prepare for hibernation, a black bear needs to eat 20,000 calories per day, which is equal to 36 kilograms or 78 pounds of berries.

A favourite food of black bears is black huckleberries (Vaccinium membranaceum), which ripen as late as September near tree line. Even higher on the mountain in the alpine, the berry bushes are dwarfed but still an important food for bears. Dwarf blueberry (V. caespitosum) is a common alpine berry and less common is blue-

MOUNTAIN MOVERS In their search for berries, black bears are Whistler’s most popular mountain migrants.

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leaved blueberry (V. deliciosum).

But for bears to enjoy large and plentiful berries, the flowers of Whistler’s berry plants first need to be visited by insect pollinators.

Even though some fruit can pollinate without the aid of insects and other animals, they will produce a much less abundant crop. Insects are another kind of mountain migrant, with many feeding on the pollen or nectar of flowers as they bloom higher and

higher on the mountain.

With insects moving higher on the mountain, whatever feeds on insects will also move higher. Many birds feed primarily on insects so will follow them up the mountain in the summer. One example is the mountain chickadee that feeds on alpine insects and spiders during warm months, then often moves to lower elevations during colder months.

Another mountain migrant in a class all its own is the American dipper—North America’s only truly aquatic songbird. Right now, these adventurous thrill-seekers of the songbird world are up in the mountains.

They feed on insects in fast-flowing mountain rivers and streams, diving in and out of pools, braving waves, waterfalls, and whitewater. When alpine rivers freeze or dry up, this little charcoal-grey bird will be back down in the valley. True to its name, dippers are easy to identify by their odd habit of bobbing (or dipping) up and down while looking for food.

The way everything in nature is interconnected is utterly amazing— to realize that a 400-pound black bear is entirely dependent on tiny insect pollinators for survival! This is especially true in Whistler since black bears here have little (if any) access to fish for food. (Note that all life on Earth would be in trouble if insects disappeared, but that is a topic for another article.)

Hope you have fun exploring Whistler’s amazing natural surroundings. If you enjoy the alpine, you might consider yourself a kind of mountain migrant as well!

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HEADING TO WHISTLER’S PARKS THIS WEEKEND? WALK, RIDE YOUR BIKE, OR TAKE TRANSIT. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO • New traffic control measures have been introduced at Rainbow Park to enhance pedestrian safety: • Reduction of Alta Lake Road speed limit to 30 km/h near Rainbow Park • Installation of temporary speed bumps • Restricted street parking and expanded signage • Enhanced enforcement for parking violations including ticketing and towing • Introduction of designated drop off zone spaces.

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BC Wildfire crews battling blazes near Pemberton 32 NEW LIGHTNING-CAUSED FIRES IN COASTAL FIRE CENTRE SINCE SUNDAY, AUG.16

BY BRADEN DUPUIS A SMALL HANDFUL of lightningcaused fires on the shores of Lillooet Lake grew substantially on Tuesday, Aug. 19, but BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) officials are hoping some expected wet weather will help turn the tides in their favour.

“The crews are out there deployed. We have lots of resources out there working on these fires, they’re making good progress,” said BC Wildfire Service fire information officer Dorthe Jakobsen of the three outof-control fires near Lillooet Lake on Wednesday morning.

NEW BLAZES The BC Wildfire Service is responding to several fires in the Pemberton area, including the 52-hectare Miller Creek fire (pictured).

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“We’re expecting rain today or tomorrow in the area, and that will be a lot of help to suppressing these fires.”

There are no homes or critical infrastructure at risk at this time, Jakobsen added.

Another fire burning in the remote backcountry on Mount Miller also saw massive growth on Tuesday, jumping from four hectares to 52.

“That is a tough fire,” Jakobsen said.

“We’ve got 17 firefighters out there working on that one.”

BCWS crews have been on their feet in the Coastal Fire Centre since the Sundaynight storm ignited dozens of new fires.

The storm sparked no fewer than 32 small fires as of Wednesday morning, including 14 in the Pemberton Fire Zone alone.

Of those 14 fires, six were classified as out and two were under control, while six were classified as out of control on Wednesday morning, Jakobsen said.

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A 0.01-hectare fire was also discovered on Mount Sproatt Monday night at 7:30 p.m., Jakobsen said, but it was quickly extinguished.

Many of the fires are in difficult terrain, but “that’s what the BC Wildfire Service does,” she added.

“That’s what our crews are trained to do. They’re very good at it, and yes, we definitely encounter challenges, lots of access, a lot of terrain challenges, but the crews are well prepared for anything they find out there.”

Human safety is the No. 1 factor when it comes to prioritizing which fires to fight, Jakobsen said, followed by the protection of critical infrastructure.

“When we get this kind of lightning storm, we have initial attack crews who go out, and if we can get on site quickly, we can quite quickly deal with small lightning fires,” she said.

“So you’ll see these fires being dealt with

over the next day or two. Plus we’re seeing in the forecast lots of rain Thursday (and) Friday so hopefully that will be a turning point for all these new lightning fires.”

The Pemberton Fire Zone has four, three-person initial attack crews and two, 20-person crews at its disposal.

“The last thing we need is more fires out there, and human-caused fires are completely preventable, so we are definitely encouraging the public to stay vigilant and safe in our wonderful woods, and make sure that all campfires are small, half a metre by half a metre, and that the ashes are cool to the touch when they leave the area,” Jakobsen said.

It’s possible more lightning-caused fires are smouldering in the backcountry, she added, “so we are encouraging the public also to report anything they suspect might be a fire and call us at 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on the cell.”

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REVVED UP Members of the Porsche Club of America’s Canada West Chapter drove up the Sea to Sky Highway on Sunday, Aug. 16 to present a $1,000 cheque to representatives from the Pemberton Food Bank.

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BY MEGAN LALONDE DID YOU SPOT a striking fleet of Porsches heading up—or down—the Sea to Sky on Sunday?

If you thought it was just a group of friends with similar taste in vehicles out for a leisurely Sunday drive, you’d be wrong.

On Aug. 16, about 15 members of the Porsche Club of America’s Canada West Chapter hopped behind the wheel and drove north up Highway 99, not just to enjoy the stunning views and sharp corners, but to give back to local communities in the area.

The club presented two $1,000 cheques, one each for the Lillooet Food Bank and the Pemberton Food Bank, during a socially distanced “C2Sky Food Bank Drive.” Club members also loaded up their “frunks”—also known as front trunks, due to many of the cars’ rear engines— with tangible, non-perishable donations, resulting in 220 kilograms of food for the Pemberton Food Bank.

“We love driving the road from Vancouver up to Lillooet, and really down into Merritt, and we’ve travelled a lot of that,” said Joel Parker, the driver in charge of Sunday’s event, shortly after returning home from the trip.

As Parker explained, when club members register for group drives, they have the opportunity to make an optional donation during the registration process.

In the past, these funds have been collected and donated to other local causes, for example a $22,000 cheque that the chapter presented to the Lions Gate Hospital’s paediatric department last year.

“We started off this year with the COVID lockdown and really not doing much driving, and getting kind of frustrated and not collecting much money, and then I started to think about food banks and, because we like driving these roads so much, that we would like to find a way to contribute back to the community,” he said.

“When I started to look into it, I realized that, wow, this is a problem,” Parker added.

Food banks’ “funds are really tight ... and the donations have been tough to get in, so that’s when I took this drive and said, ‘Let’s make a food-bank run.’”

“I started to think about food banks and, because we like driving these roads so much, that we would like to find a way to contribute back to the community.”

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The group departed from West Vancouver at 6:30 a.m., reaching their pit stops in Lillooet around 11 a.m., and Pemberton shortly after 1 p.m., before returning to the city later that afternoon— but not before getting stuck in the customary traffic that regularly fills up the

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Pemberton townhouse fire damages four units THE CAUSE OF THE BLAZE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION

BY MEGAN LALONDE TWELVE PEOPLE are displaced after a massive fire damaged four units in a Pemberton townhouse complex Saturday.

Pemberton Fire Rescue (PFR) members were dispatched to the scene at 7408 Cottonwood St. shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, the Village of Pemberton (VOP) stated in a release when reached for comment.

According to witness accounts, the blaze began outside, behind one of the units. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Two units suffered “extensive” damage in the fire, while two more were mainly affected by smoke and water damage, according to the release. All 12 occupants, as well as pets, are reportedly unharmed.

Nineteen PFR members were on scene until approximately 9 p.m. when the fire was declared extinguished. Members stuck around to conduct a fire watch overnight, extinguishing any hot spots that arose until 8 a.m. on Sunday.

Photos captured at the scene show two

townhomes overcome by billowing smoke and colossal flames, with both roofs almost completely destroyed. The backside of both units appears scorched, with melted remnants of siding and charred walls.

Upon receiving the call Saturday afternoon, PFR crews “had just returned from an earlier call and were at the hall putting the apparatus back into service when the page came in,” a VOP

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The “unique, one-off” event and donation was “super amazing and super appreciated,” said Pemberton Food Bank coordinator Loralee Seitz.

Despite being part of a “super supportive” community like Pemberton, resources can often be difficult to find in communities of its size, she explained.

“Somehow, some [people from] the Greater Vancouver area obviously know who we are and know that we’re here, and are willing to support on a wider scale and

that’s fantastic. I hope they keep us in mind for the future—and maybe, because of this, that might open more doors for other organizations that have the means to donate to smaller rural communities,” Seitz said.

“We don’t have a Porsche club in Pemberton,” she added with a laugh, “so it’s great that they came up, and I’m super appreciative, as will be all the clients who receive the big Costco run that they did.”

The chapter’s membership includes a wide range of Porsche models, “all the way from really old cars; you know, back to the

late ‘50s and the ‘60s, all the way up to the ultra-modern one,” Parker said. It also includes a wide range of driver ages, “from 20-year-olds to 80-year-olds, even 95-yearolds,” he added.

To that end, Parker said part of his role as the former president of the club is to ensure the chapter maintains a positive image.

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Level 3 in Effect: Thursday, August 6th

spate of illegal parking, camping, and the bizarre habit of so many dog owners in plucking up their pet’s poop only to inexplicably drop the bags wherever they choose as if some magic eco-fairy will vaporize them on the spot (newsflash: poop bags don’t decompose quickly behind concrete barriers, on stumps, or hanging in trees, but in the heat of a proper composting facility where they end up when you aren’t too lazy to carry them to a receptacle), I worry about humanity.

I know I’m not alone.

As we perch on the precipice of a second pandemic wave, one whose early numbers—

BY LESLIE ANTHONY uncontained by either long-term health care or food-processing facilities—promise a worse bout than the last, many British Columbians are rightly wondering what happened. Why has the already-trepidatious prospect of sending kids back to school been turned into a horror? Why are the livelihoods of so many, precarious for so long, again being threatened? How was all the diligent work and sacrifice of some 5 million of us over the course of five months squandered in the blink of an eye by the carelessness of a partyhounding few?

In a word: Entitlement.

While most of us understand its definition—a belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment of some kind—fewer grasp how deeply entitlement has permeated the zeitgeist,

electric or ride a bike for the same reasons.

We’re similarly entitled to choose to work in a demonstrably destructive industry like asbestos mining, oil and gas, or logging, but our choice doesn’t come with an inalienable right to have that job protected by the state at all costs when the harms are seen to outweigh the gains.

Clearly many things we think we’re entitled to come with negative outcomes for others—like climate change, pollution, or a coronavirus pandemic. And what do these have in common? They all disproportionately affect the marginalized, the vulnerable, and the poor; those who are already suffering, already disadvantaged, already oppressed; exacerbating injustice, racism, and poverty.

Back in May, when the U.S. first began its COVID-19 meltdown, media reporting of pushback over the shutdown zeroed in on “malignantly entitled” white women who, screaming at clerks and refusing to leave stores over obligatory mask wearing, became standard-bearers for a bizarre revolt against common-sense safeguards.

It seemed the only community many wanted to protect was their own, to live their lives in the same comfortable way as always—the health of others be damned.

They were protesting to reopen America not for the right to work as hairdressers, CNN commented, but for the right to have them, the right to drive to whatever closed playground they wanted, and the right to eschew masks as “uncomfortable” and a reminder of how “depressing” the situation was—an entitlement bundled with the rejection of scientific facts.

Professor Katharine Hayhoe, director of the climate institute at Texas Tech University recently tweeted about the

“You’re entitled to your own opinions, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”

- DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN

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

Water restrictions are set by the Village of Pemberton and apply only to the use of treated drinking water – not private well water and recycled water. With population growth and climate change, there is increasing pressure on our water supply. Water restrictions help to ensure we have enough treated drinking water for consumption and sufficient fire flow for firefighting.

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• Hand sprinkling (hose with nozzle) and soaker hoses is still permitted; Washing outdoor surfaces, vehicles, boats, RV’s or trailers with a garden hose is NOT permitted.

• Sprinkling is restricted to the dedicated day + times; • In ground irrigation may only water on days permitted between 10 pm and 4 am on the next day; • Level 3 does not apply to the following: Pemberton Creek Community Garden, sports fields, parks, commercial nurseries and municipal boulevards; • Both Signal Hill Elementary and Pemberton Secondary School are on well water, and therefore are exempt from Village watering restrictions; and • Although watering restrictions don’t apply to municipal lands, the Village has significantly scaled back watering the parks. It is our aim to still provide outdoor areas for our community to enjoy and socialize during the warm summer months; • The Village will be issuing a minimum $100 fine to those in contravention to the water restrictions.

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including such newsworthy touchstones as political polarization, science denialism, and arguments around racism, individual rights, and their intersection. During— perhaps because of—pandemic lockdowns, entitlement, always bubbling beneath our human egalitarian façade, has become epidemic itself, a de facto societal ill on par with the disease seemingly propelling it.

But let’s be clear, entitlement as most practice it (largely without knowing) is an entirely manufactured thing. It does not prescribe a right to do, be, or have something. At best the only entitlement we have as humans, as parents, as dwellers in a particular jurisdiction, is a right to choose what to do, be, or have (or not—on all three counts). And your right to choose always comes with the realities and responsibilities of impacting the rest of us. If we can afford it, for instance, we are entitled to choose to drive a gas-powered car despite knowing its emissions impact the health of others and the planet. But we can also choose to go

environmental entitlement of climate denial: “[It’s not] a stand-alone issue; it’s part of a toxic stew that, today, includes COVID denial. I review profiles of those who attack me… and most include tweets ridiculing masks or claiming [the virus] isn’t serious.”

As late U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously summed up, “You’re entitled to your own opinions, but you’re not entitled to your own facts.”

No one is. Facts stand up to agreedupon testing procedures. Sometimes these are temporary given the scientific method of continually accruing new knowledge, but again, though you may choose to, you’re neither entitled to, nor have a right to ignore facts and the consequences of a poor choice.

So wear a damn mask… and throw out your dog-poo bags.

Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in connecting the dots. ■

OUTSIDER

The summer of bugs A FEW WEEKS AGO, my partner and I hiked up to an alpine lake to camp for a night. It was during that short heatwave that teased us about summer actually making an appearance this year. Sweaty but thankful for a cool alpine breeze, we set up camp

BY VINCE SHULEY plunged into the icy cold water of the lake before cracking a beer and enjoying the scenery of the Coast Mountain Range.

Sounds heavenly, doesn’t it? It was, until the bugs descended on us.

Swatting constantly at mosquitoes, black flies, midges and what seemed like every possible species of Nematocera, we promptly put our clothes back on and hiked to a nearby ridge, hoping our body motion and a bit more of that alpine breeze might stem the tide of feeding insects. It did, briefly.

On the way back to camp, we crossed paths with another party, all sporting mesh head nets. One of them even had a net that covered her entire upper body. The others were in long pants and sleeves, choosing to suffer the heat rather than the bug bites. We

BUGGED OUT When underprepared, improvise.

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felt a bit underprepared coming all the way up here with nothing but a small bottle of insect repellant. Not about to let the bugs ruin our weekend, we spent the remainder of the evening cooking a nice meal, imbibing another beer and walking over to a viewpoint to catch the last of the golden light hitting the peaks across the valley. I kept my hood up and my sunglasses on as long as I could in order to stop the bugs landing on my eyelids or crawling into my

exited the tent. We made the call to return back to the car rather than face another day of perforation and hightailed it out of there.

The bugs are bad every summer in Canada, but the rainy spring and late alpine snowmelt has made the 2020 summer particularly bad. So to get us through the next few weeks before the fall frost zaps those little buggers, I took a look at some ways of combating the world’s most annoying insect.

Don the net. Face masks and coverings

[T]o get us through the next few weeks before the fall frost zaps those little buggers, I took a look at some ways of combating the world’s most annoying insect.

ears and nose. We retreated to the tent, our sanctuary from the vampiric swarms. A few got in as we tried to slip inside the zipper doors, easy swatting targets once they were restricted in their flight paths. We left the fly off the tent so we could fall asleep while gazing upon the stars, a throng of mosquito needles poking through the tiny holes of our meshed shield. I slept uneasily that night, despite having the tent as a barrier.

The next morning, they returned with a renewed vigour, swarming us as soon as we

are all the rage right now, so having mosquito net draped over your head shouldn’t feel too weird. Wearing a ball cap underneath helps keep the mesh off your face and allows adequate ventilation. Plus they are light, cheap and pack down to almost nothing.

Choose the right clothing. Summer should be about tank tops and shorts, right?

That’s what the mosquitoes want you to think! Consider shopping for light and breathable long sleeve shirts and trousers for when bugs are at their peak.

Sick’ em with insecticide. Repellant should already be in your pack next to your sunscreen. But as the trail builders working 10 to 12 hour days in the higher elevation forests will attest, spraying yourself with Off! will only do so much, even if it contains a decent percentage of DEET. The next level of protection is an insecticide called Permethrin, which you can use to treat your clothes and gear (much like treating Gore-Tex with a water repellency solution).

It is strong enough to kill bugs instead of just repelling them (that is, do not inhale or have direct contact with your skin), so make sure you follow application directions closely and have a change of clothes to sleep in. Chemical weenies need not apply.

Try a new gadget. There’s every manner of wizzbang devices out there that claim to repel bugs without being surrounded by a cloud of chemicals. The most practical one I found for backcountry use is the Thermacell Backpacker Mosquito Repeller. It connects to a standard camping gas canister and heats a cartridge of naturally-derived repellant to create a 4.5-metre bug-free zone. The reviews are mostly positive, so probably worth the $50 pricetag.

Vince Shuley swears he’ll be ready for the bugs next time. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider, email vince.shuley@gmail.com or Instagram @ whis_vince. ■

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GARIBALDI NEVER SET FOOT HERE. WHY IS A PARK STILL NAMED AFTER HIM?

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IT’S THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GARIBALDI PARK RESERVE. THE SQUAMISH NATION KNOW THE MOUNTAIN AS NCH’KAY’, A PLACE OF REFUGE DURING THE GREAT FLOOD

BY MARTHA PERKINS

Local Journalism Initiative

THE CREATOR WASN’T HAPPY. He had blessed the Skwxwú7mesh with an abundance of saw it as their Mount Everest. The first recorded ascent natural resources and beauty, and yet they were forgetting was achieved in 1907 by a group of six men who were the teachings of their medicine people and spiritual leaders. instrumental in founding the British Columbia Despite repeated warnings, the people now known as Mountaineering Club that same year.

Squamish Nation continued to disrespect the land and Adventurous souls built a few rudimentary cabins and each other. organized summer camps.

And so the Great Flood came.

“In 1913, W. Gray and P. Long went in ahead of the camp Seeking escape, the Skwxwú7mesh loaded their to blaze a trail for pack horses,” writes Kate Bell in her families and supplies into canoes. Many perished as the detailed 1984 paper called the Cultural History Themes of land beneath them was swallowed up by water. Those who Garibaldi Provincial Park, Black Tusk and Diamond Head. survived were able to tie their canoes to the top of Nch’kay’, “Now that access into the meadows [above Stony Creek, at the tallest mountain in their territory, until the waters elevation of more than 900 metres] was much improved receded. Chastened, the Skwxwú7mesh returned to their with a pack horse route, the climbers sought ways to cross settlements with a newfound commitment to follow the Garibaldi Lake, although boating did not originally start Creator’s ways. They would be wise stewards of the land. out as recreational pursuit but rather a fast and convenient Fast-forward thousands of years, to 1860. The British means of getting to Sentinel Bay.” Navy sent a survey team to the coast that, seven decades The Alpine Club of Canada soon added its voice to calls to protect such “great natural beauty” for the growing earlier, Captain George Vancouver had meticulously mapped out. The captain of the survey ship was George populations of Vancouver and Victoria.

Henry Richards. As he sailed up the Howe Sound, he In 1917, it wrote to Premier H.C. Brewster: “Areas such couldn’t help but be impressed by the snow-capped as this, where the beauties of British Columbia mountain volcanic peak of the highest mountain in the Coastal scenery are so exceptionally well displayed, when made Mountain range. easily accessible and properly advertised, become a useful For reasons lost in the mists of time, Cpt. Richards was asset and draw many visitors from various parts of the also deeply impressed by the recent exploits of an Italian world, thereby providing considerable revenue through “freedom fighter” named Giuseppe Garibaldi. According the monies spent visiting them.” to Encyclopedia Britannica, Garibaldi was “a republican Besides, the letter adds, “it may be said that, owing to who, through his conquest of Sicily and Naples with his its high altitude and mountainous character, it is not likely guerrilla Redshirts, contributed to the achievement of that there are at present outside individual interests that Italian unification under the royal House of Savoy.” would be affected by the creation of such a scenic reserve.”

Firing his ship’s guns, Cpt. Richards christened The province created the Garibaldi Park Reserve in the mountain in honour of a man who had never done April 1920. Seven years later, it enhanced the status to anything even remotely connected to this land. the 195,000-hectare provincial park that, as the Alpine In another leap of time, it’s the early 1900s.

Club predicted, attracts thousands of outdoor enthusiasts The mountain and its bountiful valleys had long been and Instagram adventure seekers to one of the most popular with trappers and prospectors. Mountaineers photographed places in British Columbia.

Mountaineer Charles Townsend is pictured on Whistler Mountain pointing towards Mount Garibaldi in a 1923 mountaineering trip.

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Although he accomplished many feats in his life, and is widely considered one of the greatest military generals of modern times, Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi never actually set foot near the mountain that bears his name.

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Today, on the 100th anniversary of the park reserve’s spiritual training. “Our people would go up into the alpine creation, a pandemic has tossed life upside down for people and sub-alpine terrain and isolate themselves as they tried around the world. It’s coinciding with a time of cultural to figure out who they would want to become,” he says. upheaval. The Black Lives Matter and Idle No More Lewis notes that in a modern-day context, the movements have sparked soulful conversations about the Squamish Nation’s economic development corporation need for a more inclusive retelling of our national narratives. is called Nch’kay’. “It represents the highest mountain in So, is it time to change the name of Mt. Garibaldi to the our homelands so that we strive for that greatness and culturally and historically more appropriate Nch’kay’? specialness. But it also reminds us that, dating back to the When you restore Indigenous names, it creates an story of the Great Flood, that we always have to stick to our opportunity for the Squamish people to start telling their cultural ways and our teachings because when we stray stories, says Chris Lewis (Syeta’xtn), a councillor and from that, that’s when bad things happen. spokesperson for Squamish Nation.

“It reminds us of our connection to the natural and Noting how road signs along the Sea to Sky corridor now spiritual world and how we should conduct ourselves as include Indigenous names, he says that by exposing people to Skwxwú7mesh people in everyday life and on the land.” how the land was first called, you prompt people to start asking While the Squamish Nation has not made a formal questions. Those questions lead to deeper understandings of request to the province to First Nations peoples both past and present. change the name, Lewis says In 1917, the “Everything we do as Skwxwú7mesh is based in place,” they appreciate that there’s Alpine Club of Lewis says. “Our ancestral names come from a place, our now a growing social and Canada wrote songs, our spiritual aspects. They tell people what has political licence to restart a letter to the occurred here or what the place was used for.” the conversation.

B.C. premier in When those names become more broadly used, “our David Karn is a support of the history becomes everyone’s history.” spokesperson for the B.C. creation of the Nch’kay’ mountain gets its name from the river that flows Ministry of Environment.

Garibaldi Park along it. At first blush, its meaning seems incongruous for “BC Parks,” he writes, “has a a mountain of such significance: dirty place or grimy place. Collaborative Management Reserve. The deDirty?

Agreement with Squamish cree was signed “If you go to the main streams that flow off of the Nation. We work together in 1920 and the mountain, they are just choked with volcanic debris—fine on many initiatives in parks reserve became mud,” explains retired geologist Bob Turner. “You can’t and protected areas within a full-fledged drink that water and it’s because the volcanic rock that the traditional territory of provincial park makes up the mountain [is] weak and unstable.

Squamish Nation. We have seven years later.

“Even in the summer when the winds blow, you can get discussed name-changing Image Submitted those dust storms that pick up the volcanic dust from the initiatives with Squamish upper mountain slopes. The name Nch’kay’ is just so appropriate.”

That volcanic rock was also a main source of trade for the Squamish people. Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass found where molten materials flowed down like a river from the peak. When fractured, obsidian has hard, sharp edges that can be turned into coveted tools.

“When you have a resource like that it creates wealth and knowledge,” Lewis says of obsidian’s early value. “Through new archeological technology that finds the DNA of the obsidian artifacts, we can trace obsidian from Nch’kay’ far into the Interior of British Columbia and all down the coast to Portland.”

Nch’kay’ also looms large in Squamish culture as a place of

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THROUGH NEW ARCHEOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY THAT FINDS THE DNA OF THE OBSIDIAN ARTIFACTS, WE CAN TRACE OBSIDIAN FROM NCH’KAY’ FAR INTO THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALL DOWN THE COAST TO PORTLAND.” - CHRIS LEWIS

Nation and hope to work with them in the near future on such initiatives.”

Just as nearly every culture has its great flood story, Lewis believes there’s value in having the name Nch’kay’ serve as a cautionary tale for everyone: beware of treating the natural world unwisely.

“Our story of Nch’kay’ is about losing our way,” he says.

“We weren’t listening to our elders and our teachings. As a result, the Creator brought the waters as a reminder of the gifts that were given to us by the Creator.”

THE GEOLOGICAL TELLING OF THE SQUAMISH NATION’S GREAT FLOOD High atop Canada’s Western mountain ranges, geologists have been amazed to chance upon the fossils of prehistoric aquatic creatures.

How did remnants of a vast tropical seabed wind up touching the sky?

“The reason there are fossil shells on mountain tops is not because the water was that high,” says retired geologist Turner. “Mountains get pushed up and when they get pushed up they carry with them all the geological materials that are part of the colliding zones.”

One-hundred million years ago, this part of the world was covered by a vast sea. “We’re talking about extraordinarily ancient events,” Turner says.

Volcanic activity near Squamish began 2 million years ago and the most recent eruption on Mt. Garibaldi, the highest volcanic peak in British Columbia, was about 14,000 years ago.

For the people of Squamish Nation, Mt. Garibaldi looms large—albeit with a different name. When the Great Flood covered these lands, the Skwxwú7mesh got into their canoes to escape the rising waters. They tethered their canoes to the top of the mountain until it was safe to return.

From a scientific perspective, Turner says, “it’s not surprising that floods would figure large in Squamish Nation history because they’re a riverbank people. These rivers would be very prone to floods.”

Even in the short European settlement history of this area, floods have had an impact.

Turner recalls seeing a photo in the Squamish town library that shows downtown Cleveland Street entirely under water in 1940. Dikes were built to withstand what’s known as a 200-year flood—a flood that might occur once every 200 years—but that doesn’t preclude there being a 500or 1,000-year flood.

The story of the Great Flood’s rising waters also makes sense weather-wise. While the Cascadia earthquake of Jan. 26, 1700 created a tsunami that submerged the west coast of Vancouver Island, the island’s land mass prevented the tsunami from reaching Vancouver’s North Shore.

“The Squamish story completely fits into what we know about floods, in that they’re largely rainfall driven.

Sustained rains can make giant floods,” Turner says.

“In my mind, it’s just a question of how high the waters really rose. Everything else fits in and it makes sense that they would get into their canoes to ride out the floodwaters.

It strikes me as a very authentic story.”

What’s not authentic is naming the mountain after an Italian “freedom fighter” from the 1800s.

“It’s just such classic arrogance to slap on the name of someone who didn’t even visit the place, especially since it’s such a prominent feature on the coast,” Turner says of a British ship captain’s decision to name the mountain after Giuseppe Garibaldi on early survey maps. “It would be a real gift to all of us to rename it Nch’kay’.”

Martha Perkins is the North Shore News’ Indigenous and civic affairs reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. ■

A modern recreation of the Xaays canoe, an ocean-going craft that would have been used by the Squamish Nation during the time of the Great Flood. It was made using the traditional technique of stretching a log open by filling it with hot stones and water.

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Whistler skaters receiving world-class instruction PATRICK CHAN, LIZ PUTNAM HOLD CAMP WITH LOCAL ATHLETES

BY DAN FALLOON IN A WAY, Patrick Chan has come full circle.

The star Canadian figure skater made his Olympic debut in 2010 in Vancouver and now, 10 years later, he is teaching the next generation of skaters at the host Olympic resort in Whistler.

With physical distancing requirements in effect, the 29-year-old, along with his fiancée, fellow skater Liz Putnam, led four days of instruction with 11 local athletes at Meadow Park Sports Centre last week.

Chan was thrilled for the opportunity to instruct the young skaters, aged eight to 12.

“They’re all pretty young and up and coming, so we’re just there to lend our knowledge and our experience,” he said.

“We’re giving the kids a sense of what high-level training would look like, and the skills and the basic fundamentals that are important.”

Chan, a 2018 Olympic gold medallist and three-time world champion, acknowledged that there sometimes can be “shock value” of having a high-profile person come in, preventing the message’s absorption.

STAR POWER Eleven Whistler Skating Club

athletes received high-level instruction from Patrick Chan and Liz Putnam (centre) last week.

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However, he described the Whistlerites as “like sponges,” ready to learn.

“That’s the beauty of working with kids, especially at such a young age. They don’t really care who you are,” he said. “They may have seen you skate a little bit on TV, but some of them are too young to have seen the extent of my career.

“I like that, though. There’s no formalities. We get right to the work.”

In fact, Chan acknowledged being the one more likely to have butterflies as he hones his coaching techniques.

“It’s intimidating as well, I’ll admit it.

I had a pretty successful career in figure skating, but in the last three years, I feel that I developed my teaching ability,” he said. “It’s one thing to be able to do it in your own body, but to translate it and put it into words that an eight-year-old can understand, it is challenging.

“The art of coaching is how to communicate properly and clearly.

Depending on the personality of the skaters, some ways of teaching work and others don’t.”

In addition to zeroing in on the technical side, Chan and Putnam also sought to have the skaters embrace the sport’s creative elements as part of their exercises.

“There’s no rules. You can improvise, do what you want. There’s no wrong way of doing things,” he said. “We turned down the lights in the rink. We turned on the disco lights, we played some music and just had

them move to bring out the creative side of their personalities.”

Chan was proud to see noticeable gains from all 11 athletes by the time the week was winding down.

“Near the end of the week, it was so satisfying to see these kids improve. Day 1, Day 2 was just getting comfortable with each other and Day 3, Day 4, we made some progress,” he said.

Coach Dianne Diamond said Chan and Putnam came for Week 6 of the club’s summer training, with two-and-ahalf hours of on-ice action and an hour of conditioning each day.

“Across the board, we saw huge improvements,” she said. “When someone comes in with certain expectations, your athletes really try to deliver. I think that him just being present and having those expectations of our skaters made them step up.

“At the end of four days of training with him, there was a whole new level, which was exciting to see.”

Diamond said it was beneficial for the skaters to see Chan in action, noting the finer points of his approach—such as his edges, turns, and step sequences—were all dialed-in.

“He has unbelievable power, strength, agility. He’s got it all,” she said, adding that she captured plenty on video for future review with the athletes.

While having Chan at the camp was

huge for all the skaters, Diamond said his presence is extra special for Ethan Adanac, the lone boy.

“I want to show him that it’s an incredible sport for boys. It’s athletic. It’s powerful. It’s the full picture,” Diamond said.

Adanac said it was “really exciting” to work with Chan, taking inspiration from seeing a male in the sport. As well, he also improved his skills on the ice.

“We worked a lot on jumps and spins.

He really helped me land my axel,” he said.

“He told me to push my heel down so my leg was straight instead of bent and loose.

“Patrick Chan, the athlete, is my hero, and Patrick the coach is just a really cool guy, and it was so much fun,” he added.

Both Diamond and Chan expressed interest in maintaining the relationship, with Chan saying he appreciated how supportive the athletes are of one another.

“That’s something you can’t teach and they really showed that they were eager to learn while encouraging each other,” he said.

Looking ahead to this winter, Diamond said Skate Canada may have competitions of some kind ready to go in early 2021, though it’s as yet uncertain how those will look.

In the meantime, the club has brought in another Olympian, Britt Tilston (née Janyk), to help athletes with goal setting, especially in this challenging time.

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Whistler riders wrap up Crankworx SERIES SERVES AS TUNE-UP FOR ENDURO RACERS

BY DAN FALLOON THE CRANKWORX Summer Series was a bit topsy-turvy for the Whistler riders who took part in the three-stop, made-in-B.C. circuit.

Over the course of the series, which featured downhill, Air DH, dual slalom and enduro contests at SilverStar, Kicking Horse and Sun Peaks, downhiller Finn Iles came away with the overall win on the strength of winning all three enduro races as part of his five total victories and 10 podium appearances in 12 races.

“I felt confident that I could compete for the overall,” Iles said in a release after clinching the crown with two events to spare. “I wasn’t sure I could win or what I could do, but I’m happy to have come out and have done what I’ve done to clinch the overall. Proud of myself.”

Whistler enduro rider Jesse Melamed took fourth overall, earning a win, a second-place showing and third-place result in the series.

Even being used to a cramped enduro schedule, Melamed said the 12-event-in-18day gauntlet was an adjustment.

“It’s so different. Of course, we knew what we were getting into, but until you do something like that, you realize you have no idea how massive it is,” he said on Aug. 18. “It turns into a survival of the fittest by the end of it.

“It was really cool and I’m glad that most people got through it OK and it was an amazing effort by the organization team to make it happen. It was a huge success.”

For Melamed, the races were his first in 11 months, so even though he was riding regularly during the downtime, it took some effort to rev up and get going again.

“Racing is just such a different thing to anything you can replicate, so it definitely was a pretty big shock,” he said. “Right now, I just feel like it was this big, huge whirlwind.

“It really flew by, because it went from nothing to three weeks of absolutely everything.”

With Iles sweeping the enduro trio, Melamed’s triumph came in the Kicking Horse DH on Aug. 7.

“Not everyone had their best run and I had a really good run,” he said. “It was honestly good for myself because I hadn’t had any stellar results up until that point.

“Downhill, why people love it is you’re searching for that perfect run when you need it, and when you get it, there’s no better feeling than that.”

Heading into an abbreviated Enduro World Series (EWS) season beginning at Zermatt, Switzerland on Aug. 30, Melamed feels that skills he gained experiencing different disciplines at such a high level will provide immediate dividends.

“This was really aggressive, precise movements on the bike, so that was really cool,” he said. “With downhill, it was seeing

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“You’re doing different disciplines that not everyone is good at or not everyone’s focus is on, so you can’t expect to be as good as the best people,” he said. “But it levelled the playing field for everyone because they came in with their sport but still had to do the others.

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“It took out some of the animosity and competitiveness.”

With the upcoming EWS season, like other riders, Melamed has some mixed emotions about heading overseas in the current climate.

“There’s a bit of hesitation to go flying to Europe during a full pandemic, thinking, ‘Why is what we do bigger than that?’” he said. “But there’s lots of brands and industry that rely on it, so it’s what we have to do.

“I’m excited. I think it’s going to be an adventure. I’m confident we can take all the precautions we need to do it safely.”

In a sense, Melamed said, the Summer Series provided riders not only a warmup on the racing side, but helped prepare them to race in the new normal, including wearing a mask and possessing hand sanitizer at all times.

“We really were respectful of all the places that we went to. We were always wearing masks and being hygienic. We really did a good job to limit our impact on those towns we just visited, so I’m confident we can do that when we go to Europe and I’ll feel a little bit less guilty about it,” he said. “We were really told how to act, how to be and take the precautions that we have to take.”

Other local riders in the Summer Series were: Pemberton’s Lucas Cruz, who took 11th in men’s and won the Kicking Horse Dual Slalom, Whistler’s Trevor Burke, who was 15th among men, and Whistler’s Georgia Astle and Leonie Picton, who were fifth and seventh, respectively, on the women’s side. ■

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It’s not just delicious, it’s ‘Babalicious’ DELIVERY SERVICE LAUNCHED BY RIMROCK CHEFS BRINGS HEARTY, HOMEMADE MEALS RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLERITES are mostly known as warm, welcoming folks, but even Leslie and Etienne Garneau were taken aback when neighbours would show up at their door unannounced.

“We’ve had people show up like, ‘I’m hungry and I don’t feel like cooking. What’s for dinner?’” Leslie said with a laugh.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of unprompted pop-in might seem unusual, but when you’re two seasoned Rimrock chefs cooking delectable homemade mealsto-go for the community, you can expect some hungry visitors from time to time.

Having first met at the Rimrock in the early 2000s, the Garneaus launched a side gig last fall that makes the most of their years of experience behind the line at one of Whistler’s most beloved and long-running fine-dining institutions: Babalicious, a delivery service offering pre-cooked, frozen meals that are almost as easy to prepare as they are to eat.

Affectionately known as Baba since childhood, Leslie’s cooking earned the “Babalicious” moniker after “the big, onepot, kickass” staff meals she would prepare for coworkers at the Rimrock.

“One of our coworkers started saying, ‘Oh, that’s Babalicious!’ because Baba would make the staff meals. ‘Oh, that curry is Babalicious!’” explained Etienne. “When we started this little side hustle, we were looking for a name and that just came naturally.”

Known for her hearty curries—both of the Indian and Southeast Asian variety— Leslie and Etienne have teamed up to craft a shifting menu based on what’s in season, as well as what staples their clientele is asking for.

Right now, their summer menu features classic favourites like their meatballs in marinara, their beloved butter chicken and chicken tikka masala, as well as more seasonal options like pulled pork carnitas and a braised white bean, Italian sausage and kale soup.

“We get inspired by something and then do that,” Etienne said of the flexibility their

GAGA FOR BABA Long-time Rimrock chefs Etienne and Leslie “Baba” Garneau have teamed up to launch a food delivery service aimed at busy families looking for wholesome, tasty meals to go.

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“We have a friend who ski-toured last winter. He hiked up to a hut … in the Spearhead and he said it was so awesome because the guys he went with had freezedried food,” Leslie recalled. “He pulled this thing out and they were looking at him and he opens it up after it’s cooked, and they were like, ‘OK, seriously? What are you eating?’”

Unsurprisingly, Babalicious saw a spike in orders at the start of the pandemic, which has made the Garneaus think about how they can better serve a dining public whose appetites for eating out may be changing due to COVID-19.

“We want to branch out and also do some private cheffing and bring the dinner to people in their home and [provide] the entertainment of it,” said Etienne, who added that they are also hopeful to get in touch with local Airbnb owners to stock up visitors’ fridges with nutritious, chefprepared food before their arrival.

“You travel from wherever and get to Whistler, how many times do you get a Delissio pizza as your first meal? But what if you had a couple meals all ready to go, with a little bag of pasta or a thing of rice and a bottle of wine on the counter?”

Ultimately, Babalicious sprung out of a desire to serve a public—whether they show up at the Garneaus’ front door or not—that consistently lacks the time and inclination to prepare the kind of wholesome, delicious food they really want.

“What spurred the idea was hearing from everyone we know, the worker bees in town, that they had no time for anything,” Leslie relayed. “We just started to think about how we could help people and make it super easy with a delicious dinner for their family—and the kids will eat it, too.

“Honestly, I’d love to be able to grow this so that it can be what we do for work, period. But, really, I just want to keep making good food.”

For more information and to view the menu, visit babaliciouswhistler.com. ■

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Anthropologist Wade Davis headlines virtual edition of Whistler Writers Festival GOING COMPLETELY DIGITAL IN 2020, ORGANIZERS AIM TO MAINTAIN INTIMACY EVENT IS KNOWN FOR

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE WHISTLER WRITERS Festival (WWF) started out from humble beginnings, with its first edition hosted entirely from founder Stella Harvey’s living room. Nearly two decades later, and the event is returning to its roots—albeit with some technological upgrades this time around.

“With the virtual technology, we’ll be going into not only my living room, but everyone’s living rooms,” Harvey says. “We got out of the living room, but now we’re back in the living room. We’ve never lost that importance of connection.”

Founded in 2001, the WWF, with its focus on small workshops and readings, has carved out a reputation as one of British Columbia’s most intimate literary festivals, where attendees have ample opportunity to rub shoulders with some of their favourite authors.

Faced with the new COVID-19 landscape, the festival’s board made the tough decision to go virtual for 2020, a move that initially worried Harvey, a consummate people person, over her fears of losing the closeknit feel WWF has become known for.

“We have a reputation for being a very intimate festival where people can sit and chat with their favourite authors or meet them at the bar or whatever, and I wondered how that would be possible virtually,” Harvey says, noting that organizers have

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set up certain small-group “sessions” for attendees to virtually hobnob with writers after events. Other marquee WWF staples, such as the Literary Cabaret, Saturday Night Gala and Sunday Brunch, will also be held in a virtual format.

“We did contemplate not having the festival but I think we have a following both in the community and in the extended community, so it was important to me to have something that was reflective of this community, of what we’ve done in the past and to just have something for the people who count on us every year,” Harvey adds.

Moving to a digital format hasn’t affected organizers’ ability to land the kind of big names that make the WWF a must-attend on B.C.’s literary calendar.

Headlining this year is bestselling writer, anthropologist, photographer and UBC professor Wade Davis, author of 22 books, including One River, The Wayfinders and The Serpent and the Rainbow.

A former explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society and a 2016 Order of Canada recipient, Davis is “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity,” organizers said. Davis also made waves this month with a staggering essay for Rolling Stone that looked at the U.S.’s failed response to the pandemic and its broader context in American history.

The piece racked up more than 10 million social media responses within a week of publication.

“I’ve wanted Wade Davis for a long time and it worked this year in terms of his schedule. I just think he has a lot to say about the things that have been an issue.

Last year our festival was around the idea of discourse: talking about things, talking about what is going on in our world, talking about different issues and presenting them in different ways. He, I think, epitomizes that,” Harvey says.

Joining Davis and the more than 50 other presenters confirmed for this year’s event is Emily St. John Mandel, the B.C.born author of five novels, including 2014’s dystopian sci-fi and National Book Award finalist Station Eleven, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies, been translated into 33 languages and elevated St. John Mandel to literary stardom.

Wasauksing First Nation writer and CBC journalist Waubgeshig Rice presents at WWF as well. His first short story collection Midnight Sweatlodge, inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community, won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012.

Waubgeshig joins another journalist in the lineup this year: Globe and Mail national reporter Dakshana Bascaramurty, who writes about race and ethnicity. A 2013 National Newspaper Award winner for her coverage of shifting demographics in the Toronto area, Bascaramurty’s writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, and on CBC. While the programming for WWF has long taken on a social bent, Harvey said striking the right diversity of presenters was especially important this year, when a number of long-simmering social issues have bubbled to the surface globally.

“I feel as though we naturally [encourage diversity] as far as programming,” she notes. “However, with what’s been going

on this year more than ever, I felt as though I was hyper-sensitive to it, much more so than I have been, because for me, my belief is that you can’t make somebody do these things. You can have policies, you can have a vision, all of these things, but it has to be ingrained in the way you look at the world, the way you look at issues, the way you look at programming.”

Going digital also comes with its advantages, such as the reduced cost to operate the festival without having to pay for presenters’ travel and accommodation costs— especially timely in a year when WWF will see its grant and ticket revenue drop significantly.

It’s also pushed organizers to bolster the festival’s technological capabilities, which comes with its own set of challenges, Harvey says.

“Part of it is the anxiety, the uncertainty of it. You’re just not sure how it’s going to go. There’s always uncertainty when you put on an in-person festival. Somebody might miss a flight and things happen that force you to adapt,” she muses. “But this feels a little bit more mostly because of the technology and because you want it all to work really well. We’re presenting Whistler to the world now, so I just need it to come off really well and to show what this community and this festival is capable of.

“Would you like to see my grey hair?” she adds with her characteristic laugh. “I’m sure when I go for my physical, [the doctor] is going to say, ‘Look at that ulcer of yours!’”

The 2020 Whistler Writers Festival is set for Oct. 15 to 18. Most readings and workshops will be priced at $10. Tickets go on sale Aug. 31.

To view the full lineup, visit whistlerwritersfest.com. n

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Paddle your way to Art on the Lake… literally PADDLE, SWIM OR FLOAT ON ALTA LAKE WHILE ENJOYING ROVING PAINTERS AND MUSICIANS

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on large gatherings of more than 50 people, Arts Whistler had to run the concept for its newest roving art experience all the way up to B.C.’s top health official.

“We literally had to go up as far as [provincial health officer Dr.] Bonnie Henry to get an exemption for her current event order,” explains Mo Douglas, Arts Whistler’s executive director. “We’re joking that this event is Bonnie Henry-approved!”

Taking full advantage of the outdoor expanses the resort has to offer, Arts Whistler is inviting the community to hop on their kayak, canoe, boat or paddleboard and head on over to Alta Lake on Aug. 27 to enjoy a free, family-friendly afternoon of live music and painting from some of Whistler’s best-known creatives.

Called Art on the Lake…literally, the event had been churning in Douglas’ mind even before the pandemic, and is modelled in part after Arts Whistler’s popular Art on the Lake workshops it has been running at the Station House for several years.

“I always loved the idea of Art on the Lake and this year, we are going to literally put it on the lake,” Douglas says. “We saw the lake and really dug how we could build in physical distancing. We wanted to do something where, to get the full experience, you need to be on the water. I was joking that if you’re in a kayak or a canoe and you’re not two metres away, you might get hit by somebody’s paddle. It’s quite motivating to be physically distanced.”

Attendees are asked to either bring their own watercraft, or rent one onsite from Whistler Eco Tours or Backroads Whistler.

For those who prefer to stay dry, they can set up onshore in Wayside or Lakeside parks and take in the roaming performers from there.

The south end of the lake will be transformed into a floating art exhibit featuring docks with five live painters and more than 30 artworks on display. The lineup of live painters is a who’s who of the Sea to Sky art scene, with Andrea Mueller in Wayside Park; Taka Sudo, Anna Lynch and Matt Henry at Lakeside Park; and Vanessa Stark, Ben Poechman and Dave Petko at the Alta Lake Station House. Meanwhile, David McColm, Levi Nelson, Heidi Denessen (a.k.a. Heidi the Artist), Lisa Geddes, and others, will also have their completed works featured.

On the musical front, DJ Foxy Moron (a.k.a Ace Mackay-Smith) will be spinning at the Alta Lake Station House; Rebel Appliance, Susan Holden and Sean Rose will be playing in Wayside Park, while Bob and Charlie perform in The Stone Circle

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overlooking the lake.

Producing events in Whistler for close to three decades, Douglas said there’s always something special about cultural experiences that incorporate the community’s breathtaking setting with its vibrant arts scene—and especially so in the middle of a global pandemic that has severely limited face-to-face gatherings.

“Everybody we talk to has been so excited about this, and I think it’s for two reasons: It is a fun idea that we haven’t done before, but the fact that we can do it now, that we can do something that feels like it’s special and different and the kind of thing we just haven’t been able to, as a community, come together and do for months and months,” Douglas says.

The new format is perhaps a sign of things to come at Arts Whistler, which has had to rethink its entire slate of future programming in the face of COVID-19. The organization is, for instance, in the process of installing a number of high-end cameras in the Maury Young Theatre to facilitate live-streamed performances and events, technology that could be tested out as early as next month for Hear and Now, Whistler’s local music festival, depending on whether an in-person festival is allowed to go ahead as planned on Sept. 19 and 20 from Whistler Olympic Plaza.

“We’ve got some content ideas and we want to be able to flesh those out with other artists in the community. There’s more to come on that front,” Douglas says.

Art on the Lake…literally is set for Aug. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m. For more info, visit artswhistler.com/art-on-the-lake-literally. n

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

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LEGO UP While past competitions have taken place outside the museum, this will be the first year that contestants will build in their own homes.

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WHISTLER MUSEUM is happy to announce it will be hosting its annual Building Competition with LEGO Bricks again this year! The theme will be announced later this month, and it will be your challenge to interpret that theme using LEGO bricks (or DUPLO for the younger ones). This is a great activity to help keep the little ones entertained and get their creativity flowing this summer.

The museum wants to bring everyone the competition we know and love while also making sure everyone stays safe. That being said, this year is definitely going to be different than previous ones, so it’s important to know the rundown.

But don’t fret, this year won’t be completely different! Some things will remain the same as before. Like past years, there will be 50 spots. You can register your child for $5 at the Whistler Museum website: whistlermuseum.org.

Instead of a one-day event, we will have online submissions open from Sunday, Aug. 23 until noon on Saturday, Aug. 29. To stop any eager beavers (though we do love your excitement about LEGO!), we will be announcing this year’s theme on Saturday, Aug. 22, a day before submissions open.

Each child will have a week to perfect and send in a photo of the LEGO creation along with a description of what’s been made and how it relates to this year’s theme.

A proper submission must include: a photo of the LEGO creation and a completed participation form with the participant’s name, age, a description of how the creation relates to the theme and consent to sharing photos of the creation.

The participation form will be available on the Whistler Museum website once the theme is announced.

We will have grand prizes for category winners and goody bags for all participants thanks to many generous donations from businesses within our community. All the prizes and goodies will be available for pickup at the Whistler Museum from Sunday, Aug. 30 to Sunday, Sept. 6.

(Given the circumstances this year, we unfortunately can’t make any exceptions regarding prize pickup.)

We’ve asked members of the community to be judges for this event so be sure to put forward your best creations! We want this year’s virtual Building Competition to be as fun and fair as possible for all participants. Keeping that in mind, winners will be judged on their LEGO creations as well as the description on how it relates to the theme. We recognize that since families will be using their own LEGO and not all families will have the same amounts, winners will not be judged on how big or extravagant their creations are, but on their creativity, originality and how well they relate what they’ve made with the theme.

Because this year’s event is virtual, we are trusting that all LEGO creations are original and your own (though we certainly know how tempting LEGO is to adults!).

We hope to hear from you over the last week of August for our 24th Annual Building Competition with LEGO bricks! For more information, please visit our website or check out our Facebook event page.

Jasmin is the Summer Program Coordinator at the Whistler Museum & Archives. She is here on a Young Canada Works contract and recently graduated from Whistler Secondary School. n

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LIGHTNING ROUND Sea to Sky photographer Rich Duncan captured this image during a weekend lightning storm from the west side of Howe Sound. PHOTO BY RICH DUNCAN. 2 DINNER VIEWS Araxi hosted its 10th annual longtable event FOOD DRIVE Joel Parker, a member of the Porsche Club of America’s Canada West chapter, made sure to follow COVID-19 regulations as he handed a $1,000 donation to Pemberton Food Bank coordinator Loralee Seitz during the chapter’s “Food Drive” on Sunday, Aug. 16. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 FIRE CREW Fire crews from Canadian Wilderness Adventures responded to a burning tree up on Mount Sproatt in the Callaghan Valley after a lightning strike. PHOTO BY ANDY DITTRICH / WWW.GRIP.TV. 5 AUDAIN EATS Guests at the Audain Art Museum enjoy an intimate guided art tour, paired with fine seasonal cuisine from Alta Bistro’s vintage 1967 Airstream mobile restaurant. The experience runs every Friday night this summer until Sept. 4. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE AUDAIN ART MUSEUM/DARBY MAGILL PHOTOGRAPHY. 6 BLUEBERRY HAUL Volunteers Cathy Jewett and Janet Ouchterlony assisted in picking 65 kg (144 lbs) of blueberries at McLeod Creek Ranch to support the Whistler Food Bank. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 7 FLOWER POWER Laughing Crow Organics’ sunflower maze. PHOTO BY JOHN ALPAUGH. at North Arm Farm on Sunday, Aug. 16, as guests enjoyed a physically distanced feast under the towering Mount Currie. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough,” said Aries singer Billie Holiday. I don’t think that applies to everyone, although it’s more likely to be true about the Aries tribe than maybe any other sign of the zodiac. And I’m guessing that the coming weeks could be a time when you will indeed be vivid proof of its validity. That’s why I’m issuing a “Too Much of a Good Thing” alert for you. I don’t think it’ll be harmful to go a bit too far and get a little too much of the good things; it may even be wise and healthy to do so. But please don’t go waaayyyy too far and get waaayyyy too much of the good things.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) took many years to write The Human Comedy, an amalgam of 91 intertwined novels, stories, and essays. For this vast enterprise, he dreamed up the personalities of more than 2,000 characters, many of who appeared in multiple volumes. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I believe that the next 15 months will be an excellent time for you to imagine and carry out a Balzac-like project of your own. Do you have an inkling of what that might be? Now’s a good time to start ruminating.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Not until the 19th century did humans begin to take organized actions to protect animals from cruelty. Even those were sparse. The latter part of the 20th century brought more concerted efforts to promote animal welfare, but the rise of factory farms, toxic slaughterhouses, zoos, circuses, and cosmetic testing has shunted us into a Dark Age of animal abuse. I suspect our descendants will look back with horror at our barbarism.

This problem incurs psychological wounds in us all in ways that aren’t totally conscious. And I think this is an especially key issue for you right now. I beg you, for your own sake as well as for the animals’, to upgrade your practical love and compassion for animals. I bet you’ll find it inspires you to treat your own body with more reverence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian literary critic Harold Bloom bragged to The New York Times that his speed-reading skills were so advanced that he could finish a 500-page book in an hour. While I believe he has indeed devoured thousands of books, I also wonder if he lied about his quickness. Nonetheless, I’ll offer him up as an inspirational role model for you in the coming weeks.

Why? Because you’re likely to be able to absorb and integrate far more new information and fresh experiences than usual—and at a rapid pace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible,” says Leo politician Carol Moseley Braun. I agree with her, but will also suggest there’s an even higher magic: when you devise a detailed plan for achieving success by challenging the impossible, and then actually carry out that plan. Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect you’re in an unusually favourable position to do just that in the coming weeks. Be bold in rising to the challenge; be practical and strategic in winning the challenge.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances,” writes author Frederick Buechner. What he doesn’t say is that you must be receptive and open to the possibility of joy arriving anywhere and anytime. If you’re shut down to its surprising influx, if you’re convinced that joy is out of reach, it won’t break through the barriers you’ve put up; it won’t be able to land in your midst. I think this is especially important counsel for you in the coming weeks, Virgo. PLEASE make yourself available for joy. P.S. Here’s another clue from Buechner: “Joy is where the whole being is pointed in one direction.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I transformed stillnesses and darknesses into words,” wrote Libran poet Arthur Rimbaud.

“What was unspeakable, I named. I made the whirling world pause.” In accordance with current astrological

potentials, I have turned his thoughts into a message for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will translate silences and mysteries into clear language. What is unfathomable and inaccessible, you will convert into understandings and revelations. Gently, without force or violence, you will help heal the inarticulate agitation around you with the power of your smooth, resonant tenderness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Your desires, whether or not you achieve them, will determine who you become,” wrote author Octavia E. Butler. Now is a fertile time for you to meditate on that truth. So I dare you to take an inventory of all your major desires, from the noblest to the most trivial. Be honest. If one of your burning yearnings is to have 100,000 followers on Instagram or to eat chocolatecovered bacon that is served to you in bed, admit it. After you’re through tallying up the wonders you want most, the next step is to decide if they are essential to you becoming the person you truly want to be. If some aren’t, consider replacing them with desires that will be a better influence on you as you evolve.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you can manage it, I recommend taking a break from business-as-usual. I’d love to see you give yourself the gift of amusement and play—a luxurious sabbatical that will help you feel free of every burden, excused from every duty, and exempt from every fixation. The spirit I hope you will embody is captured well in this passage from author Okakura Kakuzo: “Let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Rapper Eminem advises us, “Never take ecstasy, beer, Bacardi, weed, PeptoBismol, Vivarin, Tums, Tagamet HB, Xanax, and Valium in the same day.” What’s his rationale? That quaffing this toxic mix might kill us or make us psychotic? No. He says you shouldn’t do that because “It makes it difficult to sleep at night.” I’m going to suggest that you abide by his counsel for yet another reason: According to my analysis, you have the potential to experience some wondrous and abundant natural highs in the coming weeks. Your capacity for beautiful perceptions, exhilarating thoughts, and breakthrough epiphanies will be at a peak. But none of that is likely to happen if you’re loaded up with inebriants.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Everyone who has ever built a new heaven first found the power to do so in his own hell,” declared philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

That’s a rather histrionic statement! But then Nietzsche was a Maestro of Melodrama. He was inclined to portray human life as a heroic struggle for boldness and liberation. He imagined us as being engaged in an epic quest to express our highest nature. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I propose that you regard Nietzsche as your power creature during the coming weeks. You have a mandate to adopt his lion-hearted perspective. And yes, you also have a poetic licence to build a new heaven based on the lessons you learned and the power you gained in your own hell.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s some knowledge from author John le Carré: “In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.” According to my analysis, you have, at least for now, done all you can in your work above the line. That’s great!

It was crucial for you to follow the rules and honour tradition. But now it’s time for a shift in emphasis. In the coming weeks, I hope you will specialize in finessing the details and massaging the nuances below the line.

Homework: Meditate on the possibility that you could gain personal power through an act of surrender.

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BAND ADMINISTRATOR SUMMARY OF WORK DESCRIPTION: The Accountant will work in conjunction with the Band Administrator and key Program Staff in maintaining the financial accounting and control system for all programs. He/she will ensure maintenance of all computerized ledgers, journals and produce financial reports. The Bookkeeper will supervise the finance staff and provide support.

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

- Provide recommendations to the Program Managers and Chief and Council.

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

- Other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS: Must have: - 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.

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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.

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In case you were wondering about the dog days of summer FOR THE FIRST TIME in five years, I am not dogless. A large shepherd cross—crossed with what, I have no idea—is bunking with me for a couple of weeks while his people pretend to work on a boat somewhere up the coast. She, the dog, not her personmother, likes bedtime stories. This is her fave.

Once upon a time, there was a man named Orion. He was the hunter in Greek and Roman mythology and was a giant of a man. Of course, during the time of Orion, anything over five feet five would have been considered a giant of a man. Orion would never have made the NBA. The Watusis

BY G.D. MAXWELL would have considered Orion a runt. But I digress.

Orion never left home to go hunting without three things, four if you count his plaid shirt: his bow and arrows—yes, those are actually many things if you want to get literal about it; his dogs—ditto; and a large skin full of wine he’d nip at all day long to calm his nerves, sharpen his eyes and make him seem funnier in case he ran into some fair damsel he wanted to impress with his witty repartee.

Since the prey he often pursued were the seven daughters of Atlas, it wasn’t like he never ran into damsels while hunting.

Atlas was a joker who laboured under the illusion he supported the heavens on his broad shoulders and, being obviously crazy, gave his daughters names like Merope, Sterope, Alcyone and Electra, this being an age before such “normal” names as Ethel, Blanche, and Tiffany. Because no one in ancient Greece could keep all the girls’ names straight, they simply referred to them as the Pleiades, the ancient Greek word for “girls borne of a crazy man and given incredibly bizarre names.”

Anyway, Orion became obsessed by the Pleiades and hunted them like there was no tomorrow. Historically, Orion, it should be noted, was the first recorded stalker in history, but that wouldn’t really become a recognized obsession until late in the 20th century, by which time it would get lost in the miasma of psycho-social maladies.

The Pleiades didn’t particularly enjoy being stalked by a giant of a man who wore plaid all the time, was usually drunk and always had a couple of smelly dogs with him. It was like, “Gag me with a spoon, who is this guy?” So they ratted Orion out to their father Atlas who said, “Gimme a break already. I’m keeping the heavens up, you girls aren’t getting any younger and I don’t see a lot of other guys sniffing around wanting any of you.”

Realizing they couldn’t count on their crazy father for help, the Pleiades turned to

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their friend Diana. Diana was a babe, a real looker. She was also really good with a bow and arrow and she, too, had a dog. Actually, if Orion hadn’t been drunk all the time, he probably would have realized Diana was a much better prospect for his amorous advances and put the moves on her but, like I said, the dude was obsessed. It probably didn’t help that she was also the goddess of virginity in a land where men were men and sheep were worried, but everybody has their cross to bear.

To make a long story short, Diana killed Orion and remained a virgin. Orion and his dogs became constellations in the night sky as did, ironically enough, the Pleiades who

heavens up.

So now—and presumably forever— Orion and his dogs Canis Major and Canis Minor endlessly chase the Pleiades across the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere from December through March and across the Southern Hemisphere between November and April, taking the summer off to vacation in the Greek Isles.

But Siriusly, this isn’t about Orion; it’s about his big dog, Canis Major. Lost to history is the big dog’s name, so we’ll call him Scooter. Scooter and his buddy, whose name is also lost to antiquity, were important enough to the story that they became their own constellations, always

Besides Orion’s mutts, there are Boötes’ Hounds, Canes Venatici, so many dogs in the night sky it’s amazing there isn’t a constellation of some guy scraping off the bottom of his sandal up there. finally pissed Zeus off. Zeus, being the big kahuna of ancient Greek gods and having a lot to keep track of, couldn’t keep the girls’ names straight and got tired of them always harping at him, “No silly, I’m Sterope; she’s Merope.” Zeus, who was a real joker, set the girls among the stars to get them the hell out of ancient Greece and relieve their crazy father of his main terrestrial worry, letting him concentrate exclusively on holding the

leading Orion onwards towards his elusive prey. Well, actually, they’re leading Orion toward the constellation Lepus, the Hare, because any sane dog would rather chase rabbits than sniff around a bunch of girls.

Orion was too dense to realize they had their own agenda.

The brightest star in Scooter is Sirius.

Sirius is, quite naturally, called the Dog Star. If you were drawing the constellation

Scooter, Sirius would be Scooter’s nose. Kind of like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, who isn’t a constellation but we all know the song anyway.

As an aside, in the never-ending battle of dogs and cats, the sky is just filled with dogs. Besides Orion’s mutts, there are Boötes’ Hounds, Canes Venatici, so many dogs in the night sky it’s amazing there isn’t a constellation of some guy scraping off the bottom of his sandal up there. There are no constellations depicting the domesticated cat.

Only lions...and tigers...and bears, oh my.

Historically, the ancient Egyptians— who’d heard the story of Orion and Scooter and the rest of them from Roman travelling salesmen—associated the rising of Sirius with the flooding of the Nile, known in ancient Egypt as the season of wet feet.

Legend has it that in years when Scooter didn’t rise, the Nile didn’t flood and the dogs had nothing to drink but I’m not sure I believe that.

In modern, enlightened times, now that we’ve evolved beyond such myths and no one knows the names or locations of any constellations except weird guys who can’t get dates and look at the stars instead, we still celebrate Scooter and his dog nose Sirius. In the wee hours of early July mornings, the Dog Star rises with the sun.

Since the sun is a lot closer, we can’t see the dog’s nose rise with it so you’ll have to take my word for it.

Scooter poking his nose up with the rising sun happens to coincide with the onset of hot weather in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It’s because of this coincidence we call these days the Dog Days of Summer.

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WHISTLER CREEKSIDE 3-2170 Sarajevo Drive Walk to the Whistler ski / downhill bike Gondola. One Bedroom / One Bath Townhouse with views. Renovated by respected: Ario Construction.

(Phase 1 – Nightly Rental Zoning) GST Exempt $518,000

Kathy White

WHISTLER CREEKSIDE - THE COURTYARD 14-2213 Marmot Place A perfect weekend getaway / starter home in Creekside. Walk to the Gondola. Legal Airbnb. Sundrenched deck. Complete reno, new bathroom, heated flooring, carpeting, fireplace & drywall. Feels like a new home. http://14.digitalopenhou.se $625,000

604-616-6933 Ken Achenbach

LORIMER RIDGE 6256 Piccolo Drive Outstanding Whistler family home in a superb location! Immaculate gardens, new carpets, fresh paint, four bedrms, office, sunroom, deck with hot tub, plenty of storage PLUS a one bdrm suite! $2,390,000

Laura Wetaski

604-966-7640 Janet Robson

WHISTLER VILLAGE 6693 Tapley Place “Serenity” – A true bustom built gem situated on a 3/4 acre of flat lot, with best craftmanship and finest quality materials. 5900 sqft house is well designed with amazing details. Easy walk to valley trail, school and village Center. $9,990,000

604 938 3798 Ruby Jiang *PREC

SPRING CREEK 1529 Tynebridge Lane Gorgeous custom single family home offering 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms gourmet kitchen with top-of-the-line appliances, wide plank fir floors, beautiful landscaping, lots of storage and a large 2 car garage. Studio suite makes up part of lower floor. $2,815,000

604-938-2468

EMERALD 9205 Lakeshore Drive Rare lakefront and mountain views on Green Lake! The perfect, large, private lot (12,086sf) with 64’ of shoreline, an immaculate yard and a charming timber home. A perfect turn-key residence or a potential redevelopment opportunity. A must see! $4,975,000

778-834-2002 Gina Daggett

778-998-2357

NEW TO MARKET

EMERALD ESTATES 9557 Emerald Drive Modern, 2 level, 3200sf home with rental suite. 4 bedrooms, 3 decks, workshop, hot-tub, 2 car garage. Tranquil forest setting and easy access to local hiking and biking network $2,799,000

Nick Swinburne *PREC

PINECREST ESTATES 55 Pinecrest Road A charming, mountain home feel in a lovely gated community 10 minutes south of Function Junction. Three bedrooms plus huge loft, 2 bath spread over 1,884 sq ft. Visit: https://bit.ly/33PctPR $1,140,000

604-932-8899 Katherine Currall

604-966-1364

PEMBERTON - THE PEAKS 8-1450 Vine Road Ideal 3 bdrm/2 bath Peaks townhouse with a double garage, great deck and greenspace, a swanky updated kitchen with the perfect central location minutes to great restaurants in town, One Mile Lake, and biking/hiking trails. $650,000

Suzanne Wilson

Engel & Völkers Whistler

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604 966 8454

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4729-B - Settebello Drive

$514,000

Enjoy owning a 1/4 share in this beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom townhome with absolutely incredible views of Blackcomb mountain. After a hard day on the ski hill, you can enjoy relaxing in your own private hot tub. It’s just a short walk to all sorts of shopping, restaurants and the village square.

Michael Nauss

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604.932.9586

#107 - 4910 Spearhead Drive

The Woodrun is one of the few concrete buildings in Whistler and #107 is conveniently located on the ground floor facing the green belt. The unit features a boot heater, huge owner locker, Washer, and Dryer in suite and the gym and pool access is just across the hallway.

Richard Christiansen

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1489 Balsam Street

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604.907-2717

8624 Forest Ridge Drive

A solid, well-constructed home on a beautiful street in the Glen neighborhood in Pemberton. This home has a beautifully landscaped yard with mature trees, shrubs and raspberry bushes and is fully irrigated and easy to maintain. Incorporated into the landscaping and desks is a hot tub.

4.5

1466B Laburnum Street

Sally Warner*

604.932.8629

$769,000

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3129 Hawthorne Place

$3,200,000

A special opportunity. At 1.24 acres, this spectacular view lot in Nordic Estates with hostel (LR2) zoning which includes 25 bed units & a maximum buildable of 5500 sq.ft. is a unique offering dating back to the beginnings of Whistler. The ski-home trail from Whistler Mountain on Wolverine Crescent is a 5-minute walk away.

Bob Cameron*

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604.935.2214

2578 Snowridge Crescent

Ann Chiasson

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#8 - 3502 Falcon Crescent

$2,189,000

604.905.8855

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$6,200,000

5.5

6256 Piccolo Drive

$2,390,000

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.

Chris Wetaski

604.938.2499

5

3D Tour - rem.ax/212lechamois

Drink in the panoramic mountain views from this beautiful 4 bedroom Falcon Ridge townhome. This home enjoys privacy not found in many townhouse complexes as it is at the top end of the 8 townhomes facing Blueberry Drive. Heated tile floors, granite countertops, custom appliances and hardwood floors.

Dave Beattie*

604.905.0737

604.932.7651

3D Tour - rem.ax/6256piccolo

The 3440 square foot, five bedroom plus den, 4.5 bathroom home is very versatile. Zoned for nightly rental you can separate the income with a 2 bedroom, 2 bath suite and or a 3 bedroom plus den home. Equipped with an outdoor Hot Tub, views of Whistler Peak, Whistler Creek and the Dave Murray Downhill run, will round out the mountain experience.

Bruce Watt

$2,875,000

A Family Home walking distance to Whistler Village. Large Master Suite on the upper level with two ensuited bedrooms off the family room. Two Flex spaces provide for an office or small bedroom. The 15,179 sq foot lot is beautifully treed for privacy and allows for expansion of the home.

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2121 Nordic Drive

5

604.905.6326

3D Tour - rem.ax/3129

Wonderful 1/2 DUPLEX on a large, fenced lot with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms plus a self-contained nanny quarters. Situated on a quiet and friendly cul-de-sac in “The Glen” and close to everything in town. A duplex that feels like a home with a garden, lots of privacy and spectacular views of Mt. Currie!

Ursula Morel*

$2,999,000

A forested private drive welcomes you into a completely renovated 3,500sf open-plan Chalet with spectacular panoramic views of Blackcomb and the Wedge Mountain Range. With 2 massive entertainment areas – both with incredible views – plus 5 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms, it is perfect for 2 or 3 families to enjoy.

3D Tour - rem.ax/1466laburnum

$1,275,000

Sherry Baker 604.932.1315

$729,900

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#212 - 4557 Blackcomb Way

$699,000

At the sought after Le Chamois, Phase 1 zoning allows for unlimited owner use or nightly rentals, your choice! Mere steps from the High-Speed Blackcomb Gondola, Le Chamois is the ultimate Ski In Ski Out property. This spacious, bright 1 bed Lock Off, can be used as 1 property or as a 1 bed and studio suite.

Dave Halliwell*

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604.932.7727

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#212 - 2117 Whistler Road

$325,000

Grocery, coffee shops and the Whistler Creekside Gondola are just a few minutes walk away from this Highland Lodge studio /LOFT. This unit offers outstanding value. Ready to move in or renovate to own level of comfort and taste. Monthly strata fees cover taxes, hot water, cable, internet and snow removal.

Dave Sharpe

604.902.2779

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