Pique Newsmagazine 2739

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 ISSUE 27.39

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INSP. KARA TRIANCE LOOKS BACK ON FOUR YEARS AS HEAD OF RCMP’S SEA TO SKY REGION

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DROP IN THE BUCKET Tourism officials welcome support, but say more is needed

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NO SNOW SCHOOL Parents speak out as WB cancels programs for kids under seven

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

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34 The Exit Interview Insp. Kara Triance looks back on four years as head of RCMP’s Sea to Sky region. - By Brandon Barrett

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DROP IN THE BUCKET

Whistler officials

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SNAP ELECTION CALLED

The NDP

MARATHON FOR TERRY

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government has called a provincial election for Oct. 24—local Liberal MLA

Jude Oliver completed a full marathon in honour of Terry Fox on Sept. 20,

Jordan Sturdy calls it “unnecessary.”

raising more than $4,500 in the process.

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NO SNOW SCHOOL

Whistler Blackcomb

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ANCHORING AWAY

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS The pandemic continues to run rampant, taking out WB’s Turkey Sale and

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week are upset at plans unveiled by Whistler

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15 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST With the death of American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writer Dan Falloon believes it’s important for boys to work on ways to break down barriers of privilege, too.

62 MAXED OUT With thoughts of Thanksgiving running through Max’s head, he roasts “B.C.’s Biggest Turkey,” Premier John Horgan, for calling an election during COVID-19.

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42 FORK IN THE ROAD As our thoughts turn to the fall and harvest, consider buying and using less-than-perfect produce to cut down on waste.

46 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW Feet Banks gets a YouTube surprise as he watches the This is Paris documentary, and rejoices that the platform also has the 1972 Jamaican crime flick The Harder They Come.

48 MUSEUM MUSINGS This December, Blackcomb Mountain will mark an impressive milestone as it opens for its 40th winter of operations. We look back on the preparations to open back then.

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There is no going back…

I POSTED A GARY LARSON cartoon to my Facebook account this week, which pictured an ice-cream truck selling liver and onions instead of the creamy treat, and likened the mobile sweet van to 2020.

It made me laugh, but kind of on that edge of crying, too. Then as I cruised around the social media portal, I read an article shared from the New York Times: “We’re All Socially Awkward Now,” by Kate Murphy— and it touched another nerve.

It hypothesizes that research on those “who have spent extended periods in isolation indicates social skills are like muscles that atrophy from lack of use. People separated from society—by circumstance

BY CLARE OGILVIE edit@piquenewsmagazine.com

or by choice—report feeling more socially anxious, impulsive, awkward and intolerant when they return to normal life.

“Psychologists and neuroscientists say something similar is happening to all of us now, thanks to the pandemic.”

We are, after all, a social species.

Historically, we have found safety in numbers and collective units help make

of human interactions that you need, almost like not eating a balanced diet. We underestimate how much we benefit from casual camaraderie at the office, gym, choir practice or art class, not to mention spontaneous exchanges with strangers.”

This is one reason why Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, wanted to get kids back to school.

So let’s pivot from there.

We can all agree that we want kids to be back at school. We know it is good for them and families. But what we want is for them to be back at school as it used to be. That’s not going to happen.

So now we have the teachers’ union going to B.C.’s Labour Relations Board out of concerns for teachers’ health. What did we think was going to happen?

In the last few days, the province announced that it will post a list of all the school that have incidents of COVID19 so parents and administrators can keep up. Really? By the time the alert is out, the exposure is done—not every action is a reaction and those impacted are just waiting to see if they get sick, and how sick.

Let’s not forget we are at the end of the beginning, but we are nowhere near the end of this pandemic, which now has 22 people in ICU (as of Tuesday, Sept. 22) and 1,465 active cases of COVID-19 in the

“We underestimate how much we benefit from casual camaraderie at the office, gym, choir practice or art class, not to mention spontaneous exchanges with strangers.”

- KATE MURPHY

sure we procreate as well. We are hardwired to be together and loneliness and isolation can have deep psychological impacts— some of us are already experiencing them.

Said Murphy’s article: “Even if you are ensconced in a pandemic pod with a romantic partner or family members, you can still feel lonely—often camouflaged as sadness, irritability, anger and lethargy— because you’re not getting the full range

province, and 3,314 people who are under active public health monitoring.

If you want to see the list of exposures at schools for yourself, go here: bccdc.ca/ health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19/ public-exposures.

This drive to feel and be normal is at the root of a great deal of our discontent right now.

Pique has received many thoughtful and

compelling emails this week about Whistler Blackcomb’s decision not to offer the popular and really, rite-of-passage ski school programs for kids under seven years old.

The mountain, like many others around the world, decided that it could not offer programs to this age group at this time and meet the health protocols in place in B.C. facing as it does staffing and other challenges (I volunteered with this age group to get a free pass in years past and in general it spends more time inside than any other ski-school group).

Parents are upset and angry about the decision, which is understandable, but we need only look at what is happening at the schools to see that the reality is we are likely going to see COVID-19 at ski school despite the best efforts of Whistler Blackcomb.

But this program is about more than fun memories for kids, or learning to ski early and affordably, it provides daycare for many families, including the very workers Whistler Blackcomb is relying on to be in operation this winter.

How is this going to work if parents have to stay home to look after kids instead of working?

Our community, indeed our whole society, has backed itself into a corner when it comes to its reliance on the school system and companies like Whistler Blackcomb to provide all-day care for our little ones (yes, I used all these programs, too).

What is needed now is a community solution. Is there a way for Whistler Blackcomb to reconsider this idea so that it is a half day with the under seven-year-old kids not going inside? Can it be combined with another daycare offering? Is there a way to tap into the parent base to help provide care on a rotating basis so that parents can work and know their kids are looked after?

No one in the community wants Whistler Blackcomb ordered shut down by the province over concerns about COVID19 transmission, so it behooves us as a community to try and come up with some solutions to cope with the season to come.

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A HUGE HEARTFELT THANK YOU! To participants, sponsors, donors and local businesses for continuing to support our fundraising efforts during these difficult times.

This year’s TELUS Golf Classic will make a significant impact on our local charities and Sea to Sky Communities.

For 19 years, TELUS has proudly partnered with the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation to host the annual TELUS Golf Classic. Although this summer has looked quite different for all of us, TELUS stepped up with a $100,000 donation to support community causes, both through this pandemic and beyond.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Cancelling ski school for little kids the wrong decision Vail Resorts should be ashamed of [itself]! [It has] stripped our children of such an amazing opportunity, and life-changing memories. [It] didn’t give us a single reason as to why the young ones aren’t able to participate in ski school this year, and then proceeded to tell us to take advantage of daily and private lessons ... (nice up-sell attempt, Vail Resorts).

Oh, but wait!!!! Your three- or four-year-old cannot have a group private lesson even if it were with friends, it has to be a one-on-one, for an hour only as young kids can’t ski for very long (I’m sorry, but my four-year-old skis for hours and cries when I tell him it’s time to call it a day and I’m sure most Whistler parents can agree with me on that!).

And how is it completely OK for them to go in daily lessons with different kids coming up from the city and on holiday any day of the week, yet it’s not OK for them to be in the same group of four kids all season long, making memories, skiing their hearts out, playing and having fun in the snow, eating that crappy mountain food we all know is so bad for them but they love it?

This [is] a [rite] of passage for Whistler kids and we deserve some answers here!

Our children have been safely going to awesome summer camps since the middle of June, daycares have been open, there has been zero COVID-19 issues [as far as we know].

So why, Vail Resorts? Why are you not running this program? Why are you not giving an explanation? Why are you treating us like tourists and telling us to pay even more money for daily lessons? Don’t forget whom the heart of this ski resort is, who [it is that] keeps this mountain alive, it’s us!

A super pissed-off mom!

Robyne Walker // Whistler

Please reconsider decision on kids ski school (Editor’s note: This letter was sent to Vail

Resorts’ Russ Wood and Donna Kerr and shared with Pique for publication.)

I am writing in response to the email that was sent out on Monday, Sept. 14 in respect to Vail Resorts’ decision to not offer season-long programs for children six years and under.

As I am sure you can appreciate, this was an immense blow to the population of Whistler and the surrounding communities who are the backbone of Whistler Blackcomb.

While I understand many factors are at play, the cancellation of these programs will

have a filter-down effect for years to come.

Ski School is an integral part of this town and the future for our children. By abandoning the youth, you are effectively encouraging children to immerse themselves in other sports and potentially lose these children and their families in the future.

My husband and I have lived in Whistler for 22 years, and we are now raising three young boys, aged nine-, six-, and four-years-old. The decision announced directly affects both our six-year-old and our four-year-old. One would be enrolling in the Skier Development Program this year and the other would have enrolled in the Valley Kids Creekside Monday and Wednesday program. As working parents, business owners, professionals, and avid skiers, we rely on the season-long programs offered by Whistler Blackcomb not only for development for our children, but also for quality care.

It was noted that, “Children 6 and under will have the opportunity to participate in daily group and private children’s snow school lessons with limited class size to allow for physical distancing.”

I am questioning why Vail Resorts is presenting this option for local children, being exposed to other children they don’t know on a daily basis versus creating groups (like every other sport association in town) where cohorts and continuity are possible throughout the season.

If Vail Resorts is presenting daily lessons and private lessons for this age group, why aren’t the season-long programs being presented as well? It makes no sense.

I understand staffing and finances are a

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR challenge to Vail Resorts, but I encourage you to reconsider this path in the best interests of the youth and the community you represent.

As one of the largest employers in the Sea to Sky valley, Vail Resorts has a social responsibility to the community, and I hope you will take this to heart.

With hopes [Vail Resorts] will reconsider.

Elizabeth Harris and Chris McKinney // Whistler

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Whistler Blackcomb failing at climate action responsibility—again I received a thick package of glossy, virginpaper propaganda in the mail today from Whistler Blackcomb.

[It] proudly announced on the front “OUR CHOICES DEFINE US” in big, bold capital letters.

Once again, I am appalled by [the company’s] failure in leadership and total disregard for the corporate responsibility. The entire western U.S. is on fire, and yet our community’s biggest employer is still operating like it’s 1980.

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Thanks to all those who came out for the physically distanced in-person march and for all the support we received along the way. We really appreciated the two- and four-legged participants!

Following the march was a conversation about old-growth forests in Whistler and across B.C. We’d like to thank our guest speakers who shared their amazing knowledge: Georgina Dan from Lil’wat Nation, Claire Ruddy from AWARE and Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong.

If you missed the live stream event and want to learn more about the issues and viewpoints, you can watch on demand at our Facebook page: facebook.com/whistlernaturalists.

If you haven’t already, we hope you’ll be willing to speak up for the old-growth forests that you love before they are lost forever.

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Heroes for all JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, Chicago sportswriter Mark Lazerus was out buying giftwrap for a present for his five-year-old.

They’d been playing the Lego DC Super Villains video game together, he tweeted, so he figured he’d stick with that theme.

But upon discovering a roll with a Justice League print, he noticed something bizarre: there was no Wonder Woman logo.

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“I don’t think boys are nearly as sexist as this gift-wrap manufacturer thinks. What kid likes Green Lantern more than Wonder Woman?” he wondered. (Note, too, that the 2017 Wonder Woman movie nearly quadrupled the 2011 Green Lantern box-office take.)

Of course, this erasure is almost trivial in the larger picture of the myriad challenges women face and are working against every day, ranging from pay inequality to reproductive rights to sexual harassment.

Still, it serves to highlight how deep that inequality is entrenched.

Sad news emerged later in the day, as American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the court, died at the age of 87.

There are multiple reasons why Bader Ginsburg, unfortunately, won’t be properly mourned at this time, and possibly will never be, not the least of which is the political tug-of-war her passing sets up with the balance of power on the bench at stake.

Dedicated to the end, RBG (as she is respectfully called) had to work for the good of the nation up until her final days, and everything she toiled for in her decades in the role could be whitewashed within weeks. Over the weekend, my wife texted with every woman she knew, not only fearful of the future to come but also sharing the sentiment that they’d all collectively lost an aunt or a grandmother.

Ultimately, though, it was easy to see some challenges RBG faced over the course of her career even in some ostensibly well-meaning tributes and responses to her passing.

One came from New Jersey’s Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, who called Bader Ginsburg “an inspiration to countless young women and girls across our nation and around the globe” in a Tweet. Author and The Representation Project executive director Soraya Chemaly responded thoughtfully, “Please stop suggesting that remarkable women are role models for only girls and women. They are and we cherish each and every one of them. BUT BOYS AND MEN NEED TO SEE WOMEN like RGB

as THEIR role models.”

It’s an important point and, hopefully, a cultural step forward. Indeed, why are exceptional men unquestionably presented as heroes to all of humanity while great women are patronizingly relegated to being inspirational solely to women and girls?

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importance of positive depictions of women on women and girls. When the Kristen WiigMelissa McCarthy Ghostbusters movie came out five years ago, my now-wife teared up on the drive home from the theatre, acknowledging that while the movie itself wasn’t an all-timer, it was refreshing to see women as big-screen heroes adding that that representation could be critical for young girls. The film itself, though, saw significant pushback from men who claimed that their childhood memories of the all-male team was somehow sullied by this reimagining. So, to be clear, in a

world where male accomplishments are celebrated and inspirational to all, the fact that heroic women had to piggyback on an existing franchise to tell a story is somehow traumatic and insulting to men?

Thankfully, since then, there have been subsequent blockbusters in the form of the aforementioned Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel.

Whether real or fictional, it’s high time to realize that women’s stories are everyone’s stories. (This holds true, of course, for those who are not Caucasian, heterosexual and cisgender, as well.)

They’re tales of humanity: of pain and loss, of joy and celebration, and of overcoming adversity, but at the same time, they’re distinct in the details, and that’s where the understanding and change truly begins.

The earlier that all children can come to appreciate women as heroes, be they from the Marvel or DC universes, prominent figures like RBG, sports stars or the neighbourhood health-care workers, firefighters and others, the sooner that both girls and boys can recognize that we can all work together to achieve greatness.

It’s important that girls realize that they can grow up and achieve their dreams, but given the never-ending gauntlet of hurdles for women, it’s just as important for boys to learn this and become cognizant of working together to break down those barriers. ■

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Recovery plan welcome tourism boost, but more support needed NDP SPECIFICALLY EARMARKS MORE THAN $100M FOR TOURISM OUT OF $1.5B PLAN

BY BRANDON BARRETT LOCAL AND REGIONAL tourism officials welcomed the more than $100 million specifically earmarked for the industry as part of the NDP’s COVID recovery plan announced last week, but warned that more money will be needed to maintain the viability of the hard-hit sector in the coming months.

“It’s a good start,” said Tourism Whistler (TW) president and CEO Barrett Fisher.

“We’re very appreciative of all the support to date because we recognize there has been a lot of hands out looking for funding support, but without a doubt, tourism and hospitality have been the hardest hit.”

Announced as part of the NDP’s roughly $1.5-billion economic recovery plan on Thursday, Sept. 17, the funds set aside for the tourism sector include: $50 million for a new Tourism Task Force that will seek innovative ideas on how to best position the industry for 2021; $19 million for tourismdependent municipalities to build, adapt and diversify their tourism infrastructure;

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$14 million to targeted tourism development partnership initiatives in B.C.’s six tourism regions that support the industry’s recovery; $5 million to Destination BC to continue to market B.C. domestically and internationally; and $20 million for tourism infrastructure projects supporting destination development., part of B.C.’s $100-million Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program.

While it’s still well below the $680 million originally proposed for the industry by the Tourism Industry Association of BC, Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) president Chris Nicolson said that many tourism-related businesses can still capitalize on other components of the recovery plan, namely the $300 million in small-business recovery grants.

“It’s not only for tourism, but businesses across the board are trying to get through and manage with what they can and try to survive,” he said.

In July, CWSAA, alongside B.C.’s Resort Municipality Initiative communities, of which Whistler is one, floated a recovery plan calling for government grants to be spent on “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects as a way to stimulate local economies and hiring during the pandemic.

Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton said there is “a long list” of projects that could fit that bill locally, and that the municipality is currently focused on its “recovery objectives,” which include: developing affordable housing, childcare

facilities and staff, wildfire risk reduction, regional transit implementation, and highway upgrades.

A small but important element of the NDP’s approach to infrastructure grants this time around, Nicolson explained, was that it allows non-government entities to apply for funding.

“Often in previous programs, it had to be a formal municipality or a formal regional district in order to make those applications,” he said. “Now, it might be a chamber of commerce, it could be a resort association, some sort of formal entity within a community though they might not be an official municipality.”

Crucially, multiple applications can now come from the same municipality or regional district as well.

“The interest there for ski is that the interests of a ski destination or a ski community may be different than the rural needs and interests of the rest of a regional district,” Nicolson continued. “So the challenge within a regional district was tied to making a decision to putting an application towards one or the other.

With multiple applications allowed, then a ski area or community can partner with a regional district. Those things can seem quite small or like a small detail, but they are significant for the ski community.”

While supportive of the emphasis on infrastructure projects, Fisher was quick to remind that, quite often, those projects require significant investment, placing

even more strain on an already cashstrapped industry.

“When we’re talking about cities and resorts upgrading their infrastructure and investing in important things like housing and ensuring that we’re setting ourselves up for success, well, the funding needs to be in place,” she noted. “That’s where some of these grants are absolutely moving in a positive direction, but the investment needs to be sufficient not only to get these projects off the ground but to actually make them happen.”

With the winter inching closer, Nicolson said Western Canada’s ski industry has been looking to resorts across the globe to identify best practices ahead of the 2020-21 ski season.

“Australia and New Zealand have been able to show that operating ski areas and having a ski season in the midst of the pandemic is possible,” he said. “From a consumer standpoint, one of the big things to convey there is … to ‘know before you go.’

Things will not be the same. In order for ski areas to open and operate, procedures and best practices have had to adjust. So from a guest perspective, understanding what those procedures are at their area, if they’re going on a vacation or to their local area, is really important.”

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Snap election call ‘entirely unnecessary,’ local MLA Sturdy says

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But with the drop of the writ on Sept.

21, he felt the decision was already made for him.

“This snap election is something that, it really put me in a position where I felt I needed to support my team and support my colleagues,” he said, adding that the election is “entirely unnecessary” in his view.

“It’s sort of the worst kind of politics, isn’t it? Let’s manipulate things to suit our ends … I mean, I thought we got rid of that 20 years ago,” he said.

While the next provincial election wasn’t scheduled until May 2021, results of an Angus Reid Institute survey released in early September showed massive support for the NDP (with 48 per cent of undecided voters saying they would vote NDP, compared to 29 for the Liberals and 14 for the Greens).

“An early election would, indeed, present Horgan and his party with quite the irresistible opportunity, should they choose to take it,” read a press release from the institute.

But while many a political party has been guilty of manipulating an election cycle, there’s a very real chance it may backfire on the NDP government this time.

“It was clearly a calculated risk from the brain trust there,” Sturdy said.

Sturdy’s priorities for Whistler heading into the campaign are a “continuation of where we’ve been going,” he said, noting that Whistler and the Sea to Sky are still very much grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This is exactly why we shouldn’t be having an election right now—because we should be focusing on the issues at hand and coming up with solutions,” he said, noting that because of the election, the government will effectively be shut down for five weeks (and possibly longer factoring in the expected drastic increase in mail-in ballots, which will extend the time it takes to declare a winner).

“So we could be at it with no government for a couple months. How is that good for anybody?”

While Sturdy has confidence Whistler as a resort will be fine in the grand scheme of things, ensuring locals and businesses can weather the COVID storm in the coming months is about continued collaboration, he said.

Much of it is a discussion with the federal government around the wage subsidy and commercial rent relief, he noted.

“We do need an internal tourism

strategy [at the provincial level],” Sturdy said, pointing to the fact that the border isn’t likely to open soon, and tourism will continue to be reliant on regional visitors.

But as it has since mid-March, the pandemic represents a high degree of unpredictability, too, and officials must remain quick on their feet.

“So we have to sort of plan for the worst in many respects, it seems to me,” Sturdy said.

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Mail-in votes, which typically represent about one per cent of ballots, are expected to skyrocket to as high as 35 per cent of the total vote.

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At the moment, it seems Sturdy’s campaign platform will have many familiar features from past elections.

He said that he would be working on trying to make regional transit a reality—an item that has been on the wishlist in the corridor for years.

“I’m not taking my foot off the pedal there,” he said.

He noted that he was surprised that the current provincial government didn’t offer more support for this measure, as many local governments have been moving together in expressing interest for the initiative.

As of Pique’s weekly press deadline, it was unknown who the other candidates are in the upcoming election for the Sea to Sky. Nominations close at 1 p.m. on Oct. 1, after which a full list of candidates will be posted online at elections.bc.ca.

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Popular snow-school programming on hold WHISTLER BLACKCOMB CITES SAFETY CONCERNS, CHALLENGING LOGISTICS WITH ONGOING PANDEMIC

BY ALYSSA NOEL SOME WHISTLER parents are coming up with alternative plans for the winter ahead after learning that Whistler Blackcomb (WB) will not run snow school programming for kids under seven this year due to the COVID19 pandemic.

Popular programs like Kinder Kids, Valley Kids, and Weekend Club programs have traditionally served as both a way for local kids to learn to ski or snowboard, as well as reasonably priced childcare for many.

“Obviously, this is an extremely difficult decision,” said Marc Riddell, director of communications, West Coast, for Vail Resorts. “It’s not something we jumped willy nilly into. We looked at all the factors in play for all our programs to see where we could deliver. Safety is the thing that we’re [focusing on] this year. It’s the only way that we’re going to be able to open and remain open for the duration of the season.”

To that end, WB decided to forgo the kids under-seven programming for a few reasons: it’s harder to maintain social distancing with young children; those programs require more time indoors; and logistics around loading chairlifts would be challenging.

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To the last point, typically, there are four kids per instructor. Two students ride the chairlift with that instructor while the other two hop on another seat with another adult.

But this year, “we didn’t want to expose one of our guests to a random guest,” said Russ Wood, senior director of snow and bike school with WB. That would mean employing staff strictly to ride chairlifts with young snow school students.

“We feel like we can handle that comfortably at a relatively small number of kids, but blow that up to the number of kids we have in our season-long programs and we just aren’t comfortable we can execute on that,” Wood added.

While local parents understand the pandemic has upended many aspects of life, one common issue they had with WB’s messaging around the program cancellation was the suggestion that they could consider private—and much more expensive— lessons as an alternative.

“I understand there’s not enough staff and COVID makes it difficult,” said Amanda Wilson, who has one child affected by the changes. “But they responded suggesting we put our children in private lessons …

Most people would take their kids out of daycare and put them into ski school. It’s

causing some issues with childcare and most people weren’t expecting it.”

Shelly Bortolotto, another parent, pointed out that many WB employees themselves rely on the program for childcare. While she’s been laid off from the mountain and no longer relies on the program, her Kindergartener was hoping to improve on ski skills this winter.

“She doesn’t require daycare, but she’s not a strong skier and I wanted her to get that extra day in with an instructor,” she said.

Bortolotto also questioned the logic of the drop-in private classes, which, potentially, would see local kids paired up with visitors, rather than being with the same faces each week with ski school.

“I’d be comfortable having my child with the same little group, provided they were doing all the same cleaning and handwashing processes as they were doing with ski school at the end of March,” she said.

WB said private lessons for kids under seven would be either limited to two kids or involve a parent attending to help.

“What we expect to see is a lot more family lessons or fewer kids in the private lessons,” Wood said.

But Patrick Smyth, whose daughter has been in everything from gymnastics to soccer and ballet during the pandemic, said

he wondered why so many kids programs were able to work within safety protocols, but not this one.

“Has it affected my bottom line? No. It’s just another kick in the pants,” he said. “I like spending money on the mountain. I like being a customer, but they’re not letting me.”

WB has two pieces of good news for parents though. First, they will be sending out information soon on the different ways parents can use their credit from last year’s ski school, which was cut short when the mountain closed.

“We are going to open up that credit to apply to more than just a season-long program,” Wood said. “And, fundamentally, if that program doesn’t work for the parents, we’re going to make it right wherever we can for the parents we can’t help out this year.”

Second, despite rumours, ski school for Whistler’s youngest will be back, he added.

“I think it’s actually been a great affirmation that this is important, that this needs to continue to be a core part of what we do within the Whistler Blackcomb snow school,” Wood said. “Assuming things go well [with the pandemic ending], our regional programming is here to stay. It’s a really big part of what we find is important and how we can contribute in the regional business.” n

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UNDER INVESTIGATION RCMP investigators are reviewing dash-cam footage of a multi-vehicle crash on Sept. 5.

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BY ALYSSA NOEL RCMP HAS confirmed investigators are reviewing dash-camera footage of a multivehicle crash involving a Lamborghini that was part of the Hublot Diamond Rally on Saturday, Sept. 5.

While the accident—which took place on the Sea to Sky Highway near Daisy Lake—is still under investigation with no additional updates from police, Craig Stowe, organizer of the charity supercar event, claimed both the footage and eyewitness accounts show that it was a car not associated with the rally that allegedly caused the crash. Multiple people, including two children, were sent to hospital as a result of the accident.

“Early news reports were not completely accurate,” claimed Stowe in response to questions sent in an email by Pique. “As organizers of the Diamond Rally Charity Challenge we are cooperating with the RCMP Whistler in their investigation.

The RCMP [has] the original dash camera footage and the eyewitness statement.”

The day after the crash, RCMP told media a black Range Rover and a silver Lamborghini were travelling northbound where they were involved in an incident that caused the Lamborghini to lose control, strike the median, cross over into oncoming traffic, and hit a Toyota crossover travelling southbound.

Officers at the time said they were investigating both the driver of the Range Rover and the Lamborghini for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. “…Once all details are obtained, including the [Integrated Collision Analysis Reconstructionist Service] analysis, we will have a clearer picture of fault,” Sgt. Sascha Banks said in a release at the time.

In the wake of that news, many took to social media to criticize the event. Stowe believes this stems from inaccurate reports.

“Negative public backlash has come from those that have reacted to social media and mainstream media that inaccurately reported that the Lamborghini, driving with

the flow of traffic and a registered car in the Diamond Rally Charity Challenge, caused the accident,” he added.

Aside from the 2020 event, the Diamond Rally has seen drivers ticketed for speeding in the past. In 2017, police impounded two vehicles that were part of the rally and fined the drivers $493 for “grossly exceeding” the speed limit.

“All registered drivers sign an agreement to follow the rules of the road according to the Motor Vehicle Act,” Stowe said by email.

“As all drivers know, speed limits must be followed and adhered to at all times on public roads and highways.”

The event, which is a charity fundraising platform that aims to inspire drivers to raise funds and awareness for a charity of their choice, has been running for eight years, usually on the first Saturday in May. However, due to the pandemic, it was moved to the September long weekend.

“This year, it was originally scheduled for May 2,” Stowe wrote. “However, due to COVID, the hotels and restaurants in Whistler were closed. We had discussions with the hotels and restaurants on where they needed the economic support for room nights and dining reservations. They responded that outside of July and August, they needed support for room bookings and restaurant reservations.”

There is no timeline for when police might lay charges or release more information on their investigation, said Banks. In the meantime, Stowe said they will review the event and safety policies like they do every year.

“We are saddened to know there were injuries that happened on that weekend and understand that those involved are recovering,” Stowe wrote. “The Diamond Rally Charity Challenge brings together people from all ages, varying walks of life, cultural and social-economic backgrounds to support charitable fundraising automotive events. Many charitable organizations and individuals benefit from the money raised from these collaborative fundraising events.” n

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Dave Clark named Whistler’s Citizen of the Year WHISTLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS EXCELLENCE AWARDS ONLINE FOR FIRST TIME

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHILE HE’S NO stranger to public speaking, the ever-humble Dave Clark isn’t the type to bask in his accolades. So when this year’s Whistler Citizen of the Year learned that the annual Excellence Awards would be held entirely online in 2020, the news was a relief.

“I generally don’t like getting in front of a group of people and talking about how good I am, so to sit on the couch in my sweats and watch it with my family, that really hit the nail on the head in terms of my comfort zone,” Clark said with a laugh.

The long-time volunteer, fundraiser and youth sports coach took home Whistler’s longest running award in a digital ceremony held by the Whistler Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Clark takes home the honour after being the odd man out at the 2019 awards as the third nominee in a year where two individuals shared Citizen of the Year: Pat Montani and Keith Reynolds.

Clark’s fellow nominees for 2020 were PJ O’Heany, former Whistler Youth Soccer president and founder of ski and snowboard instructor training program YES Tours, along

with recent Whistler Secondary grad Jade Quinn-MacDonald, who was instrumental in organizing last fall’s local climate march and volunteers for a number of organizations, including Big Brother/Big Sister.

“I feel that I won just by being in that top three and surrounded by that company,” Clark said, adding that being named 2020’s Citizen of the Year was especially meaningful “in a year when the community came together to do amazing things.”

Founder of the Whistler Half Marathon and long-time baseball and biathlon coach, Clark has also spearheaded the fight against both children’s cancer and colitis, raising roughly $690,000 combined over the years for the of causes both through the Whistler Friends Community Health and Welfare Society and his annual Balding for Dollars event.

He also serves on a number of community committees, and helped launch the Sea to Sky Healing Project earlier this year, a website curated by seven notable locals to offer much-needed tools and resources to manage mental and emotional well-being.

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Forced to go online due to COVID, the Whistler Excellence Awards were held digitally this week after April’s in-person event was postponed at the onset of the

pandemic. Chamber CEO Melissa Pace said the online ceremony, which clocked in under 45 minutes, “was better than I think any of us had expected.

“We were supposed to have this event in April and we really struggled back and forth.

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Of course, nobody did,” she added. “Everyone was running around trying to figure out what COVID-19 was all about and what was going to

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happen to the community. And now that we are in a new now, it’s the end of the summer season and we’ve got a bit of a lull coming into the fall, it’s a great time to pause and reflect not just on these incredibly businesses that were profiled, but everybody.”

Sushi Village owner Naoko Homma was named Business Person of the Year, no doubt a welcome honour in a year when the restaurant—along with fellow Sundial establishment Black’s Pub and Mexican Corner—are ensnared in a strata battle with developer Concord Pacific over

the potential sale of their properties for “pennies on the dollar.”

Nicolette Richer, founder and co-owneroperator of Green Moustache and James Kirkwood of Kirkwood Consulting were also nominated.

Whistler Blackcomb’s Court Larabee, a First Nations activist and director of the Indigenous Life Sport Academy, won the Rising Star award, given to a local businessperson under 39.

Cassandra Spence, Pearl’s safe home and homeless prevention coordinator for the Howe Sound Women’s Centre and Nikki Best, founder of Snowberry Consulting, were the other nominees.

Rounding out the other awards, Snowboard Addiction was named the Innovative Business of the Year, Revolution Power Sports won the Whistler Experience Service Small Business Award, while the Whistler Public Library won the service award for large business. ecologyst took home the Sustainability in Action award, while the Fairmont Chateau Whistler was named the Champion of the Arts by Arts Whistler, which, for the first year, included businesses and organizations as nominees instead of individuals. n

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS CONSTRUCTION OF a new middle school in Whistler remains the No. 1 capital priority for the Sea to Sky School District (SD48), according to superintendent Lisa McCullough, but there are a number of steps to take before the province will fund it.

“The limiting factor to moving ahead right now is simply that we are not yet bursting at the seams. Because we have additional classrooms at Spring Creek, the ministry will expect us to deploy a number of strategies before they simply build a school,” McCullough told Whistler’s Committee of the Whole on Sept. 15.

Those strategies include a boundary review (which would redistribute students from the packed Myrtle Philip Community School, a preference for many parents, to Spring Creek Community School) or moving Grade 8s out of Whistler Secondary to better balance classroom space amongst the schools.

While SD48’s board of directors will continue to look at its options, a public

consultation held in Whistler a few years back showed the plan to build a middle school “was the only one that could actually resolve the issue with our growing enrolment,” McCullough said.

“And we showed a number of scenarios that we could try, and the community overwhelmingly selected that option as their favourite when we did a survey afterward.”

Whistler schools added seven new elementary students this year, while Whistler Secondary has 23 additional students—but COVID-19 could have an effect on enrolment projections, too, McCullough said.

“We don’t know how many employees will be in the Whistler area; we don’t know how many of those will bring school-aged children,” she said.

“So I suspect it’s going to take a little longer than it would have to be contemplating that [middle school] build, simply because the ministry will want to see stable growth before they activate the kinds of millions of dollars they would need for a build.”

Those hoping for answers about recent changes to SD48 school bus routes in Whistler in light of COVID-19 will also have to wait.

The district has reduced density on its buses due to the pandemic, “which means that we are prioritizing those students who are eligible under the board’s policy,” McCullough said, adding that the board has no obligation to provide transportation.

Under the policy, students in Kindergarten to Grade 3 who live more than 3.2 kilometres from their attendance-area school are eligible for transportation, as are students in Grades 4 to 12 who live more than four kilometres away.

“My job is to get those eligible riders seats. Courtesy ridership is only allowed in the policy if there are seats available,” McCullough said, adding that the “hardest part” about the school-bus issue is unclear directions from the ministry.

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students, McCullough said.

“So you would think we can’t add more kids to those buses, [but] then you’ll talk to the ministry and they’ll say, ‘Well, it’s really about contact tracing, so go ahead and load the kids in,’” she said.

“Then I’m going to have very fearful families who are eligible, saying, ‘You’ve just compromised my child’s safety because you want to accommodate families that live two kilometres away.’

“So we still will work with public health to decide, it’s either safe or it isn’t safe to put the kids on the bus in this way, and I’m struggling to get a very clear answer right now, [but] I’m working on that.”

One alternative is to buy another school bus, but with no international program driving additional revenues, “the board has to be very cautious about their finances right now,” McCullough said, adding that even if they could afford it, finding a driver is another challenge altogether.

“If I can get more bus drivers, maybe I can get a couple of less expensive buses, but … we’ve been recruiting for bus drivers [in the north of the district] for months.” n

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Council approves geopark grant application SEA TO SKY FIRE & ICE GEOPARK WOULD HIGHLIGHT WHISTLER’S HIDDEN GEMS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS AFTER A SLIGHT setback, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is once again advancing a project to pursue a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geopark designation in the Sea to Sky. Not only would the project highlight the region’s eclectic and dynamic natural environment through interpretive experiences, it would also secure muchneeded outdoor recreational space in the community, said manager of cultural planning and development John Rae, in a presentation to council on Sept. 15.

“The reason for wanting to add that outdoor recreational space is to enhance opportunities for physical and mental health, life-long learning, as well as help us now with dispersion,” Rae said.

A geopark is defined by UNESCO as a “single, unified geographical area where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development.”

There are currently 161 worldwide,

including five in Canada (Tumbler Ridge became B.C.’s first and only geopark in 2014).

In Whistler, it would begin with four sites (of a potential 60 identified throughout the Sea to Sky) connected by and accessed from the Sea to Sky Trail: The Cheakamus lava escarpment, the volcanic crater at Loggers Lake, Basalt features near Cal-Cheak north and the lava-glacier-bedrock contact gorge at Cal-Cheak south.

The proposed geopark would cover about 2,500 square kilometres, and will include the installation of interpretation materials, as well as trail improvements and infrastructure like boardwalks and viewing platforms, Rae said.

The RMOW recently got word that it has secured a trademark for the geopark’s name, he added: the Sea to Sky Fire & Ice Geopark.

“The fire and ice, of course, comes from volcanism and glaciation, with the interplay of plates,” Rae said.

At its Sept. 15 meeting, council authorized a grant application to the Canada-British Columbia Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, as well as a budget allocation of $229,385 over five years (in addition to $180,000 already budgeted).

If successful, the Government of Canada

would contribute up to 40 per cent of the project’s total cost (estimated at about $1.5 million), while the province would kick in up to one third—putting the RMOW’s contribution somewhere in the $410,000 range, all proposed to come from provincial Resort Municipality Initiative funding.

It’s not the first time council has endorsed a grant for the project—an application for the same grant was denied in early 2019.

“We’ve had several conversations with the program officer at the B.C. Ministry of Municipal Affairs,” Rae said.

“I’m not going to suggest that he said ‘you came this close,’ but we were very encouraged by his response.”

Council expressed support for the project, including Councillor John Grills, though he wondered about a potential “Joffre Lakes effect”—showcasing a hidden treasure and inundating it with crowds.

“When you’re talking to these experts on your team, has there been concerns about all of a sudden … we create something bigger than we want it to be?” Grills asked.

The geopark will be first and foremost a community amenity, and the RMOW will “have to be very mindful about how we promote it, about how we communicate it,

how we position it,” Rae said.

“It has the added benefit of being a long-term tourism amenity as well, but this is about health, life-long learning; this is about sense of pride in our own place.”

Coun. Ralph Forsyth shared the rest of council’s enthusiasm, but expressed concerns about the ongoing security of RMI money.

“There is uncertainty about the amount of RMI funding that we’re going to have moving forward, and there other projects that are going to need money,” he said, wondering what happens to the extra $230,000 if the grant is denied again.

“As attractive as it is, and as professional as our presentations are, I have concerns.”

Aside from the $180,000 already budgeted, any additional money wouldn’t be spent until the grant was confirmed, noted interim general manager of resort experience Toni Metcalf.

“The team can continue to be working through the plan [using what’s already budgeted], and identify elements that would make sense that could be standalone,” Metcalf said.

“And then subject to the grant, they could then be looking at that [additional spend].” ■

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British Columbians see BC Parks having role in economic recovery: survey CPAWS ADVOCATES FOR MORE PROVINCIAL FUNDING

BY ALYSSA NOEL HOW MUCH MONEY do you spend when you visit a provincial park in a different community?

A new online survey from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) found that 80 per cent of respondents spent more than $50 in or around a provincial park on a recent trip while 53 per cent estimated that number to be more than $100. “Over half the people surveyed spent at least $100,â€? said Jessie Corey, terrestrial conservation manager, with CPAWS. “Then a certain number spent over $1,000. That captures people who are travelling further away from their homes ‌ Wells Gray is a good example. People will drive to Clearwater, buy food, alcohol, souvenirs from local shops.â€?

The survey—which polled 979 British Columbians from across the province between Sept. 3 and 8—aimed to look at how people in the province view B.C. Parks’ role in the economy.

To that end, it found that 79 per cent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that tourism to provincial parks plays an important role in B.C.’s economic recovery from the pandemic.

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“It was great to see that line being drawn from parks to economic recovery,�

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On top of that, 94 per cent said they “agreed or strongly agreed� that local businesses near provincial parks benefit from park visitors.

Now at the tail end of a busy summer for parks, the survey also asked about future travel plans. A whopping 89 per cent said they were “more or as likely� to travel to a provincial park in the next year, compared to 2019. Also, 70 per cent said they were likely to travel within the province in the next year.

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rise before the pandemic. In 2014/15, 21 million people visited a provincial park.

That jumped to 26 million in 2018/19.

While the numbers haven’t been released for this season, Google mobility data indicates a 150- to 200-per-cent increase in visits to parks through the spring and summer this year, Corey said. “Part of it is people are looking to explore places closer to home, but people were visiting parks more anyway,� she said. “That combination is what we’re seeing right now with this explosion to visitation.�

CPAWS, meanwhile, is hoping that the provincial government will take note of these numbers and consider giving more funding to B.C. Parks as part of its economic recovery plan. “We do want people to get into parks,â€? she said. “It’s what connects people to a desire to protect provincial parks ‌ We’re hoping the province is going to take this opportunity to listen to what British Columbians are saying in these surveys and put money into parks.â€?

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B.C. extends aging-out-of-care deadline, but advocates call for long-term approach SCORES OF YOUNG ADULTS ARE SET TO AGE OUT OF GOVERNMENT CARE ON MARCH 31

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HOUSING advocates welcomed the NDP’s decision last week to extend supports for young adults across the province aging out of government care, but they say a more long-term approach is still needed.

“I think the next step is to make sure we don’t just push back the deadline to find 700 kids aging out of care six months from now,” said Whistler-based Zero Ceiling’s co-executive director Sean Easton, referring to the roughly 700 B.C. youth who age out of government care each year. “Once this cohort ages out, and hopefully we do a great job finding them placements, we want to make sure no youth aging out of care faces this in the future.”

On Saturday, Sept. 20, the B.C. government announced that youth aging out of foster care, contracted residential agencies or with relatives through the extended family program would be allowed to stay in place until at least March 31, 2021, the second such extension during the COVID-19 pandemic. Typically, youth in

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B.C. age out of government care once they hit their 19th birthday.

“This pandemic is not over. I want youth in care to be assured that they will be able to continue receiving the supports they count on and won’t have the added stress of aging out during these challenging times,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development (MCFD), in a statement. “Especially right now, youth in our care need and deserve to feel supported and safe and our government wants to make sure that happens.”

The province will also maintain emergency measures over the next year that allow access to life-skills and rehabilitation supports through the Agreements with Young Adults program, and, as of Oct. 1, more flexibility is being granted for young adults to access mental-health resources through the same program.

A pre-existing issue that has only been worsened by the pandemic, Easton wants more accurate data from the province on the number of youth set to age out of care and the plans in place to find them sustainable housing.

“It’s not clear how many kids are aging out,” he relayed. “In addition to that, what’s

the plan? Who has housing placements?

Who is staying with their foster parents?

“It would be a positive step forward if we were to able achieve a centralized list of who has plans and who doesn’t.”

Housing providers like Zero Ceiling— which has offered to house two young adults aging out of care in addition to its regular Work 2 Live participants—as well as the private sector are primed to play a larger role in housing young adults aging out of care during the pandemic, said Katherine McParland, executive director of A Way Home Kamloops and a BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness member, alongside Zero Ceiling.

“We all have a responsibility to these kids,” she said. “Housing providers and organizations like Zero Ceiling are absolutely incredible because they foster that sense of protection and belonging that helps youth from becoming homeless and inspires and recreates that family privilege that every youth should have access to.”

The coalition has also discussed the possibility of raising the aging-out-of-care limit from 19, but Easton said such a move would mean little without an improvement in how the province manages and executes

young adults’ transition into long-term housing.

“Transition planning is in the mandate of the MCFD … but it’s not getting done right now. How do we make that leap from intention to actual execution?” he asked. “I think part of it is accountability. So whether that’s inter-ministerial or kids not leaving care until they have a really clear housing placement and means of income.”

Formerly homeless after having aged out of government care, McParland is uniquely positioned to understand the anxiety that comes with an uncertain housing situation at such a young age.

“When young people are homeless, it puts them in a mode of survival where they’re not able to think long-term about housing, employment or education,” she said. “In particular for young people, it puts them in really vulnerable situations where they can get exploited.”

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‘It’s a dream’ KYM FAMILY, LONG-TIME PEMBERTON RESIDENTS, WINS PNE PRIZE HOME IN SUNSTONE DEVELOPMENT

BY DAN FALLOON THE 2020 PACIFIC National Exhibition Prize Home will soon settle in Pemberton’s Sunstone development, and when it does, it will house a local couple.

Heidi and Fritz Kym were announced as this year’s winners of the long-running contest on Sept. 14.

As contest organizers were unable to reach them in advance, Heidi said they got the news indirectly.

“We were driving from Whistler to Pemberton, and our neighbour phoned us and said, ‘They’re looking for you, where are you?’” Heidi recalls. “She said, ‘You won.’

“I was screaming and my husband was driving. I had to be careful that he [was] not driving into the ditch.”

When they arrived home, there were PNE reps onsite confirming the good news and informing them of the next steps.

“It’s absolutely out of this world,” Heidi said.

As previously reported (“PNE prize home coming to Pemberton,” piquenewsmagazine.com, May 25, 2020), the 3,188-square-foot, three-bedroom and two-and-a-half bathroom home, valued at more than $2 million, will settle in the Sunstone development.

The house is currently still at the PNE grounds in Vancouver and will be transported in the spring, Heidi said.

That means that the family can consider what to do with their current property without rushing into a decision.

“We can think about just what we’re going to do, but I can tell you that it’s an amazing, beautiful house,” Heidi said. “It’s incredible and I said to my husband, ‘We’re going to live in there for a while.’”

The home, built by Kelowna’s Freeport Industries, is defined as being net-zeroready, meaning it produces as much energy as it consumes. Such features include highperformance windows and doors and wall insulation that can reduce energy use up to 80 per cent.

LIVING THE DREAM Heidi and Fritz Kym tour the 2020 PNE Prize Home.

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It is also comes fully furnished with several luxurious amenities.

“It looks very comfortable,” she said. “It has everything that you could wish for.

“It has a game room that my husband

home and regularly buys tickets at the fair.

However, with access to the midway limited to a drive-thru experience this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Kyms feeling wary of making purchases over

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likes very much. It has a bar, a hot tub and a sauna. It has a beautiful kitchen.

“It’s a dream.”

Heidi said she bought 10 tickets for the draw—five in her name and five with Fritz’s—with one of her husband’s tickets being selected.

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the internet, they were actually planning to forgo this year until they received a flyer explaining how to enter via snail mail.

“We always buy a ticket, because that’s what you do. You could walk through the house in those days,” she said.

Since the news came out, Heidi said the family has been overwhelmed with congratulations and well-wishers.

“The phone is ringing hot. With email …

I cannot keep up, to be honest with you,” she said. “Right now, we feel like celebrities.”

Fritz, a Lions Club member and long-time fixture on Whistler Mountain who recently retired, has lived in town for 36 years while Heidi has been in Pemberton for the past 21 years after previously living in Whistler.

According to the PNE, roughly 623,000 tickets were sold in all. A spokesperson for the fair said there was “fantastic support” for the lottery from residents of Pemberton, Whistler and Squamish. The spokesperson added that while it’s unusual for a Prize Home winner to be from the hosting community, it has happened before for a Sechelt home.

There were two other local winners in the draw, as Fallon Ross won a 2020 BMW M4 Cabriolet while Dean Lefebvre went home with a $5,000 Air Transat gift card. n

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Council discusses childcare challenges MLA STURDY VISITS PEMBERTON’S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

BY DAN FALLOON LOCAL MLA Jordan Sturdy briefed Village of Pemberton (VOP) council on a variety of topics at its Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 15.

Childcare was top of mind for council as Sturdy’s visit came on the heels of a rejection from the Childcare BC New Spaces Fund.

In council’s regular meeting held earlier in the day, Chief Administrative Officer Nikki Gilmore said the application failed because the cost-per-space, roughly $60,000, was too high.

“We did go back and crunch numbers and see what we could do,” she said. “We were very limited in the location. This was going to be an expansion of the current daycare area and if you know the space, it’s quite tight. We did what we could to improvise to make something work there.”

During Committee of the Whole, Sturdy also expressed frustration with the program, noting the province approved spaces in the Lower Mainland at significantly higher unit costs than what the VOP presented.

“Those cost-per-space issues have not necessarily been dealt with on an equitable basis across the province,” he said. “Clearly, there are cost pressures in Vancouver as well and government recognized that, so they should be able to recognize it here in the Sea to Sky.” Gilmore noted that the second round of applications to the program caps the unit cost at $40,000, which puts the VOP in a challenging situation.

“It shouldn’t just be a piecemeal, cookiecutter scenario because every different town has different parameters [including] construction costs,” she said, noting Pemberton’s additional spaces would be a new build on municipal land. “I’m not sure where that number came from, but they seem to be pretty hard and fast on it.”

Mayor Mike Richman, meanwhile, said that being a new build, it would not be possible to get the cost-per-space below $60,000.

While securing spots is an ongoing issue, the next step of the process, finding staff, is equally challenging. The tightrope that government needs to walk, Richman said, is increasing wages to attract workers while keeping the burden off of families.

“If we built those spaces tomorrow, we don’t have the workers to fill them,” he said. “In my mind, there’s got to be a consideration for how to supplement daycare so people can get paid properly and it doesn’t increase the cost for parents that already exists, which is already high.

“Daycare workers have got to make more if it’s going to be a sustainable service.”

Sturdy agreed, saying that while wages have increased by roughly $2 per hour in the past two years to bring a fulltime early childhood educator to roughly $40,000 a year,

he said that there need to be changes made so that the field is looked at more as a viable career. One possibility is including childcare under the education system’s umbrella.

Another solution to the labour crunch is ensuring that workers’ credentials are recognized. While doing this for international workers remains a challenge, Sturdy wondered whether more could be done domestically.

“What can we do about Canadian institutions, recognizing them and minimizing the delay there?” he said.

Conveniently, the only other item on council’s Committee of the Whole agenda was hearing the Social Planning and Research Council of BC’s (SPARC BC) report on childcare, which was commissioned by the Sea to Sky Putting Children First Initiative and received funding from the Pemberton Valley Utility and Services Committee.

Among SPARC BC’s findings are that Pemberton has just 12.5 childcare spaces for every 100 children, below the provincial average of 18.4. From a questionnaire that received 116 responses, 90 per cent of respondents communicated that childcare availability is inadequate and 60 per cent of respondents opined that childcare is unaffordable. As well, 50 per cent of children that aren’t currently in childcare are on a waiting list.

As well, the report provides three strategic directions and laundry lists of recommended actions and potential partners under each. The three strategic directions are: enhancing availability and viability; improving accessibility and inclusion; and strengthening collaboration.

During this portion of the meeting, Gilmore shared that a childcare provider was looking to start a service downtown, offering roughly 25 spaces over a variety of age groups. After reviewing the zoning bylaws, the VOP discovered that for the application to proceed, the applicants would need to either apply for rezoning or a temporary-use permit (TUP). As rezoning would take longer, a TUP is the recommended route. While there’s a $1,500 fee, Gilmore said there is some consideration to assist with some of the cost, possibly through community enhancement funding.

“They’re looking to get up and running really quickly,” Gilmore said.

Other glimmers of hope from preliminary discussions, she said, included that WorkBC is looking to run paid training for early childhood educators somewhere in the corridor, while two developers have expressed interest in keeping community space available for childcare.

Richman said that solutions need to come as soon as possible.

“It’s hurting our economy. It’s hurting our businesses. It’s hurting women going back to work. It’s brutal,” Richman said.

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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY

New conservation area in Pemberton THE RIVERFRONT LANDS WILL BENEFIT AT-RISK WILDLIFE AND PROTECT THE AREA FROM DEVELOPMENT

BY MEGAN LALONDE WILDLIFE PASSING THROUGH the Pemberton Valley will have safe passage for years to come, thanks in part to a local family.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners have conserved an 87-hectare, ecologically important property along the Ryan River, officials announced on Sept. 16.

The Pemberton Meadows property has been in Bruce Miller’s family for four generations.

“It was kind of like our kind of adventure area,” said Miller in a video posted by the NCC, adding that his family always referred to the land as, “Across the Creek.”

“We didn’t name it honestly … If we were looking for my dad or grandpa, that was the answer. If he wasn’t home by dark, it was like, ‘I think he’s across the creek,’” he said. “We could go out for hours and hours and hours and look for things we’ve never seen. Every sighting of any animal was always reported back to Dad, but we always knew from when I was a kid that it’s like a perfect nature reserve.”

The property, now dubbed the Ryan River Conservation Area, is “extensively” used by wildlife like bears, deer, beaver and migratory birds, the NCC explained in

a release. It encapsulates two kilometres of riverfront habitat, in addition to seasonally flooded wetlands, a large marsh and forested uplands featuring old-growth cedar, cottonwoods and hemlock trees.

Said Miller, “The different types of animals that we’ve seen here, I mean, it goes all the way from grizzly bears to the Venus flytraps that we found in the swamp.”

The local family “was keen to see this property kept natural and intact, and so they chose to work with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to conserve it,” the not-for-profit, private land conservation organization explained.

While the property was not donated outright, “the Miller family did cooperate with us in finding us as a conservation buyer,” confirmed Nancy Newhouse, BC regional vice president for the NCC, during a livestreamed celebration announcing the new conservation area.

“It took their willingness to operate on a different timescale than you normally would, if you’re working in a market environment.

And they also clearly had made a commitment to keeping [the property] in its natural state for so many generations.”

According to the NCC, the property is “one of the largest remaining intact private valleybottom parcels,” in the Pemberton area. As

such, “the conservation of this property safeguards essential and flourishing wildlife habitat from development pressures.”

The Pemberton community has undergone significant changes over Miller’s lifetime, the local farmer explained.

“On the other side of the river, it’s getting a little more crowded and you’re seeing a little more of the environment being taken up … You have to protect the areas like this; this area hasn’t changed,” he said.

With the Pemberton Valley becoming an increasingly popular place to live, work and play, this increased development and traffic “can put a lot of pressure on the natural systems and wildlife in the area,” added Newhouse in the release. “Making conservation one of our priorities in these ecologically rich areas benefits both people and nature.”

The Canadian Wildlife Service identifies the wetlands as being of “the highest ecological quality.” The river is also crucial to the salmon and other fish species that depend on it for spawning and rearing.

Because the region’s grizzly bear population also remains at-risk, protecting the undeveloped lands these grizzlies are known to use to traverse the valley is “essential for maintaining connectivity between populations.”

Several funders contributed to the conservation project in order to make it a reality, including the Government of Canada through the Natural Heritage Conservation Program, part of Canada’s Nature Fund, the Pemberton Wildlife Association, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, the Longhedge Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several individual donors.

According to the NCC, the Pemberton Wildlife Association, Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative and Conservation Northwest also offered “valuable local insight into the natural values in the Pemberton Valley.”

Said Allen McEwan, president of the Pemberton Wildlife Association: “Migrant songbirds are a common sight and are known to nest in the area. Streams on the land here are used by cutthroat trout and coho salmon. Grizzly bears have been spotted here in the spring, likely seeking forage after emerging from their dens. For these reasons and many more, this is an important local conservation project, and our club is excited to be a part of it.”

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SCIENCE MATTERS

Back to school in an uncertain climate THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC has created a unique and challenging back-to-school season. Many parents, guardians and teachers are struggling to balance children’s safety with education, all while keeping their households running smoothly.

It’s like nothing we’ve seen before.

Many adults are rightfully focused on making sure the school year proceeds in a way that serves children and their families and keeps everyone safe.

While these short-term worries must be paramount, we can’t lose sight of the long-

BY DAVID SUZUKI term challenges confronting us, many of which will get worse if we don’t seize this once-in-a-generation opportunity to build back better.

As young people begin the school year, they’re again the ones drawing attention to the pressing need to address the climate emergency. Once more, they’re asking grownups to pay attention and support their call for strong, effective climate action.

September marks a busy month for most young people, but especially those involved in the climate movement.

Youth groups throughout Canada are participating in the Sept. 25 global #FridaysForFuture in-person and virtual climate strikes (Canada has more than 35 Fridays for Future groups). This year’s demonstrations come two days before the

people in Canada believe it should go to trial.

The youth litigants also have the backing of elders. This month, a group of parents and grandparents called Pour Nos Enfants/For Our Kids announced intentions to intervene and support the lawsuit. It’s heartening to see elders show their solidarity. The more we think and speak as one, the more we’ll take responsibility and learn to live sustainably on this planet, respecting our interdependence with nature.

Because most of these passionate young people are too young to vote, they see the courts as one of the few avenues to be heard by politicians and the public. That’s not to say they’re avoiding the political system altogether, though.

Youth groups worked to influence the Sept. 23 throne speech. Expecting it to focus largely on the government’s COVID-19 recovery efforts, these young people made it clear they don’t want to go back to the way things were. That wasn’t working. They’re urging government to invest in a green and just recovery that will create better jobs and help fix our broken economy, while also helping solve the dire environmental challenges we face.

It’s been more than two years since Greta Thunberg’s solitary first school strike for climate in front of the Swedish Parliament. Her commitment helped shine light on a burgeoning global youth climate movement that reached new heights a year ago this month. It will make headlines again just as governments are grappling with how best to emerge from a global pandemic.

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Students are returning to learn, but they also have a lot to teach.

We should listen. one-year anniversary of last year’s epic global climate strike when several million young people around the world took to the streets. Then as now, they were calling on governments to increase climate ambition in line with what scientists say is needed to curb emissions by half by 2030, and fully by 2050, and keep global heating to safe levels. More than a million youth marched in Canada alone—the largest act of civil disobedience in our history.

On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, the 15 La Rose youth climate plaintiffs head to Federal Court for a two-day hearing. These young people, ages seven to 19 and from seven provinces and one territory, are suing the federal government for violating their charter rights by knowingly contributing to dangerous climate change through ongoing proliferation and promotion of fossil fuels.

In May, the federal government announced its intentions to have the case thrown out, but I and thousands of other

lip service to our children as they act as our moral compass, speaking truth to our falsehoods and calling for urgent solutions to problems we’re failing to adequately address, or seize this unprecedented, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to allocate massive sums of financial and human resources and achieve the green and just recovery from COVID-19 we so desperately need. We who are old enough to vote must pledge to support only candidates and parties that promise to make climate their highest priority.

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RANGE ROVER

Eight perfect days THE FIRST THREE portages in B.C.’s Bowron Lakes canoe circuit come quickly.

Totalling six kilometres, it’s a heavy first day if you play it through. But then, utilizing canoe-wheels and carting 27 kilograms of gear inside the boat means two pack-laden canoeists need only make a single trip across, rendering these lake-links pleasant strolls compared to a two-kilometre, double-

BY LESLIE ANTHONY carry in Ontario canoe country. Indeed, one-pass rolling portages are tantamount to enlightenment for anyone who came of paddling age wilting under the sweaty, bugridden, canoe-humping Voyageur version.

Ditto these trails, for which the word “buff” wouldn’t be a stretch; the rocks, roots and muck of even the angriest forest floor here are mere polite intrusions compared to the Tough Mudder gamut dished up by the likes of Algonquin and Quetico parks.

But here’s the real upsell: beyond Cadillac portaging, canoeing the Bowron offers something that Ontario, for all its terraqueous splendour, cannot: mountainous horizons, converging

ADVENTURE BY CANOE Asta Kovanen in the bow, Day 1 on Indianpoint Lake, Bowron Lake Provincial Park.

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contours marching into the distance, gaps where glaciers have sagged through passes to carve out valleys, canyons riven by water dancing down ridges. It’s this sweep of landscape I contemplate in the bell-clarity of a warm late-September day, with two portages behind and a notion to leave the third for tomorrow. After all, with Indianpoint Lake mirror-like under a cloudless, late-afternoon sky, it seems like time to stop and enjoy the 30˚C heat.

A spacious campsite looms on the left and our two canoes nose in. Tents are thrown up, hammocks hung, bathing suits donned. After a quick dip, it’s warm enough to air dry. Sometime later there’s fire, a curry dinner, and a few pulls of scotch before bedding beneath a starspackled firmament. So far so good with seven days to go.

Bowron Lake Provincial Park hugs the western slopes of the Cariboo Mountains.

Its world-renowned wilderness canoe route is a 116-km chain of waterways that typically takes six to 10 days to complete, depending on skill level and timeframe. The west side of the circuit is framed by the uniquely rounded hilltops of the Quesnel Highlands, whose character differs markedly from the imposing Cariboo Mountains on the eastern and southern aspects. Like all B.C. Parks, increased visitation has put pressure on resources here, most of which are usurped by administration at the expense of needed campsite upgrades and expansions. COVID19 didn’t help, as more people than ever were now plying these waters, doubtless,

like us, because they’d had to cancel other plans earlier in the summer. The Bowron has a reputation for moodiness, with gentle lakes under blue skies quickly turning to angry gray waters and torrential rain. We were prepared for anything—including being pleasantly surprised.

The next day dawns sunnier, hotter, and preternaturally still. The portage into Isaac Lake is challenging, with sections of fondue-like mud stirred by a miserable summer of non-stop rain (at the required weigh-in and orientation before launch, park rangers said we were already enjoying the best two-day spell all year). Isaac is a behemoth—38 km long and known for kicking up in bad weather. But for us, it’s a placid pond and we spend two more blissful days working our way down its glassy southern shore, luxuriating in the heat and camping atop pebble beaches.

The day we leave Isaac is our longest yet, beginning with a two-hour paddle to an exit portage that skirts a rapid. A short hop across McCreary Lake and the silty loops of the Cariboo River carry us onto Lanezi Lake amidst the park’s highest peaks. Renowned for near-constant wind, Lanezi greets us with naught but a ripple, and we make our way to a campsite with a stunning overlook into the heart of the mountains. It’s here that smoke from American wildfires catches us, mixing with the cool night air of autumn to create a veiled dreamscape hung with a red bladder of light.

The smoke-cum-fog follows us the

next two days, up Lanezi into Sandy Lake, then on a slight detour off the main route into Unna Lake, where we set up camp before making the 1.5-kilometre hike to Cariboo Falls through a pine-beetle burn carpeted in blueberries. We graze sapphire orbs like hungry grizzlies en route to the powerful falls, but when we return to the canoes, we fear our good fortune with weather has run out; with cloud lurking on the horizon, we stop in at the campsite for rain gear before exploring a nearby lake. It proves surreptitious as a Whistler couple who we’d made loose plans to travel with but who’d been forced to start two days late pick this exact moment to stop for lunch, parking their canoe at our camp. The joyful reunion yields a party of six for our final few days, which also deliver otters, beavers, herons, cranes, eagles divebombing loons, and a moose wandering through camp. And it never does rain. In fact, the sun returns with a vengeance.

Our final day dawns misty, the kind that sits on the water. But with the smoke gone, the weak September sun finds a way to burn through it and our final 15 km are a doppelganger of Day 1: bluebird, hot and glassy. Hitting the final beach at the end of Bowron Lake, the only thing we can think is that it wasn’t just a great canoe trip, it was literally perfect.

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

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Insp. Kara Triance looks back on four years as head of RCMP’s Sea to Sky region

By Brandon Barrett

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hen Insp. Kara Triance became the Officer in Charge for the RCMP’s Sea to Sky region back in 2016, she had a number of priorities in mind for her time here, and near the top of that list was improving law enforcement’s relationship with the Whistler community.

“I think often people forget there is a significant community behind all the tourism and the visitors here,” said Triance, noting how the detachment has added a supervisor role that oversees community engagement. “I made that my priority and focus for the first while just to get an understanding of what was happening at a community level and build some important relationships.”

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TOP: BAIT BIKE Whistler RCMP has reduced bike theft significantly in recent years thanks in part to its bait-bike program and registration drive for bike recovery app, 529 Garage. File photo by David Buzzard / www.media-centre.ca. BELOW: RALLY CAR RCMP A Lamborghini that was part of a charity supercar event this month was involved in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Sea to Sky Highway. Outgoing RCMP commander for the Sea to Sky Insp. Kara Triance says ““As long as people are dying as a result of collisions, I need to be concerned.” Photo courtesy of Sea to Sky RCMP

With the recent news that Triance is returning to her hometown of Kelowna next month to serve as Central Okanagan’s new RCMP commander, Pique caught up with the Sea to Sky’s top cop to reflect on the past four years of policing, the work that still needs to be done, and the fervent calls for a more just, equitable police force that have sprouted up across North America in the wake of Minneapolis police’s killing of George Floyd.

Among the most notable achievements during Triance’s time here was the creation of a specialized position specifically intended to address domestic and sexual violence, which was launched with the support of several local social-service organizations working on the frontlines of the issue.

“I feel like that allows us to provide invaluable service to the most vulnerable and serious crimes in our community when it comes to interpersonal relationships and the impact of trauma on individuals,” she said, adding that she expects to see reporting of these crimes increase with the new position, along with a 2017 pilot project that allows survivors of sexual violence to make anonymous reports to a certified third party, which then relays the information to investigators.

“That’s been an incredible success,” Triance said. “We all know there can be challenges that deter people from coming forward, so signing off on that third-party reporting agreement was an incredibly powerful moment.”

Bike theft was another major focus for Whistler police during Triance’s tenure. One of the first things she did upon taking the role in the fall of 2016 was partner with 529 Garage, a bike registration and recovery service created by a former Microsoft executive that alerts other users in the area when a bike is stolen. Bike theft in Whistler dropped 57 per cent in the first year of the partnership.

That, coupled with Mounties’ bait-bike program, has helped take a bite out of one of Whistler’s most persistent and lucrative forms of property theft—although the issue has only gotten worse during the pandemic as the detachment has had fewer resources at its disposal, Triance said.

“Interestingly enough, we saw a spike in crime this summer on bike theft,” she said. “As the criminal element can do, they capitalized on the time during COVID when people let their guard a little bit and we were

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FEATURE STORY at a place where we felt we really needed to towards Black and other marginalized Triance believes defunding the police is ramp up our efforts. That’s something we’re communities have swept across the U.S. “very simplistic and not an acceptable plan” doing right now.” and sparked calls for RCMP reform in to address the systemic policing issues Reinforced by a string of motorcycle Canada—specifically over the agency’s that need to be tackled on multiple fronts. accidents that either led to serious injury historical treatment of Indigenous She does, however, support reducing the or death on Highway 99 this summer, Canadians—Triance said she has “had to number of officers attending mentalroad safety continues to be a challenge for look introspectively and really reconcile health-related calls, something Canada’s local police. my feelings of discomfort with what’s right largest psychiatric hospital lobbied for in “As long as people are dying as a result and what we have to do right now to move the wake of a string of deaths involving of collisions, I need to be concerned,” said forward in a progressive manner.” people in crisis, including Ejaz Choudry, Triance, adding that the detachment is As officer in charge, Triance said her a 62-year-old father with schizophrenia working with ICBC on messaging aimed priority has been on training and education killed by police in Mississauga, Ont. in June at reducing speeding and motorcycle- to ensure the officers under her command after his family called a non-emergency involved accidents. “That has to be my “know my position on bias-free policing and line. He was the third Canadian in crisis to focus as a police officer, but I can assure racism. It would be absolutely intolerable be killed by police in the span of a month. you we have met those same number of for me to hear about these sorts of events Prior to that, Whistler business owner collisions with increased traffic blitzes. And that you’re seeing unfold in the U.S., but Jason Koehler, who had a history of mental health and substance use challenges, was killed during a March 8 police incident after the RCMP was called regarding a disturbance at a Village restaurant. A lawsuit filed by Koehler’s family in June alleged that the responding officers, who wielded pepper spray, a taser and batons to gain control of an intoxicated Koehler, used “extreme and excessive force” in the arrest.

Declining to comment with the incident still under investigation by the civilian-led Independent Investigations Office of B.C., Triance noted that one of the outstanding projects she leaves behind for her successor is the creation of a mental-health policing position that would potentially respond to crisis calls with a certified clinician.

“We would be able to attend those calls together and deal with matters that are often complex, and not just involving mental health, but may involve something like a you’ll see more to come on this as we move also in Canada. situation table that allows us to do a holistic into the next two weekends.”

“Within the Sea to Sky, 50 per cent of our community approach towards problems that On a related, note, Whistler has seen its police officers are women, and we actively have multiple layers. Maybe there’s family impaired driving rate climb significantly seek out recruits … that are of any sort of and children involved. Perhaps there are in recent years, something police have, visible minority within Canada,” she added. health services that need to be at the table. at least in part, chalked up to increased “It’s our priority to make sure that we are a Maybe there’s support services in other areas enforcement efforts. Presenting to local representative and diverse police force in for addiction and drug treatment that need council in March 2020, RCMP reported the Sea to Sky, and able to provide a police to be pulled in,” she said. “If I could have 385 impaired driving offences in 2019, an service to the Sea to Sky that is indicative of accomplished that, which I think we’re well 18-per-cent increase over the prior year. our communities.” on the way to get rolling, that would be my “I’m not going to be satisfied until we The growing movement has also led ultimate goal, to see that done.” can see our police officers out there doing to calls to defund police in both the U.S. After four years in the corridor, Triance the road blocks, doing the checks, pulling and Canada, although what exactly that said the region has left its mark on her. vehicles over and our statistics going down,” would mean depends on whom you talk to.

“My youngest daughter was born here, Triance said. “We’re going to continue to The calls have ranged from modest cuts to my oldest started school here, and my focus on that. There will be no reduction in police budgets to removing officers from husband taught in Squamish, Whistler and our work on that area until we can see some the frontlines of mental-health response Pemberton,” she noted. “We have some really results that show it going down.” to the complete abolishment of police deep roots in this community and it will be As protests against police violence forces altogether. hard to leave, and we’ve loved our time here.”

“Within the Sea to Sky, 50 per cent of our police officers are women, and we actively seek out recruits … that are of any sort of visible minority within Canada. It’s our priority to make sure that we are a representative and diverse police force in the Sea to Sky, and able to provide a police service to the Sea to Sky that is indicative of our communities.” - Kara Triance

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We asked her what it’s like policing in the Great North, and the relationships she’s forged while working so closely with the local community.

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olicing in the remote Canadian north means having the kind of proximity to the community you serve that you don’t often see further south.

“You see the community members every day, whether you’re on duty or quickly running down to the store to pick up groceries or your mail. One time I even had a couple community members assist me on a call. You never know when you’re going to need their help,” said Whistler RCMP member Cpl. Melissa DesLauriers, who left this month for her third posting to Nunavut.

As part of our ongoing, semi-regular On the Beat series profiling local cops who go beyond the call of duty, Pique caught up with the 33-year-old B.C. native as she prepares for her second posting to the primarily Inuit town of Kimmirut, on the shores of Hudson Strait, where she’ll stay for 30 days of relief duty, giving one of the three regular officers there a chance to go on holiday.

Understandably, policing in an isolated town of less than 400 differs greatly from the hustle and bustle of Whistler, where she has worked for the past two years. First and foremost: the cold.

“Don’t get me wrong, -30 can be very chilly, especially if you’re not prepared for it,” said DesLauriers. “Me being from B.C.,

the Lower Mainland, we don’t regularly see that kind of frigid weather. Before I left, I actually popped into a business here and one of the employees gave me a quick lesson on layering my clothing properly, and that was super helpful.”

Dealing with the isolation is another challenge, which DesLauriers staves off with exercise, regular dinners with her fellow officers, and keeping in close contact with her friends and family back home.

Of course, the kinds of issues police have to contend with are much different in such a remote town, and sometimes even extend beyond the scope of an officer’s regular duties. “[It’s] mainly assaults and domestic assaults. Some alcohol and drug abuse.

Things like bootlegging alcohol is quite big—and even the occasional polar bear sighting,” she explained.

Mounties have to take a different approach when attending calls as well.

DesLauriers said it’s not unusual for two officers to attend a call that might only warrant one in the southern provinces.

“Situations can take a turn pretty quick, especially when alcohol is involved, which tend to be higher risk,” she said.

Relationship-building is all the more crucial in a community where residents and police coexist so closely, not to mention a history fraught with tension between the Inuit and RCMP. “Just having patience and good communication skills are so imperative,” said DesLauriers. “In the north, our call volume is a little bit lower than what it is down here, so we have the time to spend with people and to really listen to their concerns—not that we don’t here. You just have more time to dig into those issues.” ■

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SPORTS THE SCORE

Completing a marathon for Terry ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD JUDE OLIVER RAN 42.2 KILOMETRES ON SEPT. 20, RAISING MORE THAN $4,500 IN THE PROCESS

BY DAN FALLOON ADMITTEDLY,

AS A skier and mountain biker, Jude Oliver isn’t big on running the way his parents—both longdistance runners—are.

But when considering how to mark this year’s Terry Fox Run, the 11-year-old Spring Creek student jumped at the idea of doing a full marathon, the distance his hero ran daily 40 years ago as part of the Marathon of Hope.

When discussing this year’s Terry Fox Run with his mother, ultramarathoner Louise, he started to dream big.

“I said, ‘I want to have a big goal this year. Can we do a marathon?’” he recalled.

“She said, ‘OK, but we’ve got to do a lot of training.’”

Jude was feeling fit heading into the challenge after a summer full of bike camps, including lengthy climbs.

“I was a bit nervous. I knew I could do it because I was biking all summer for four days every week,” he said. “I was always energetic, so I knew I had the energy to do it.”

Louise ran alongside her son for the four 10.5-kilometre laps around Lost Lake Park for the entire six-plus hours and helped talk him through the experience.

“He was an absolute champ. He ran almost the entire way. He had some trouble in the last lap. For the last 15 kilometres, things started to go a little south,” she said.

“He knew it was going to hurt, but never

MARATHON MAN Jude Oliver ran a full marathon for the Terry Fox Run on Sunday, Sept. 20.

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whined, never complained, never thought of backing out. And he ran the last two-anda-half, three kilometres right into the end, so I’m very proud of him.”

Added Jude: “I was feeling great until the last lap, when I had a really sore ankle. It just started to hurt more and more as I progressed on my run, but we just rubbed some Voltaren on it and kept going,” he said.

Even though he was starting to feel the mileage, Jude never had any doubt in his mind that he’d cross the finish line. To keep himself mentally fresh, he would pick two trees in the distance and take a short walking break in between them, which he

“In my mind, I thought, ‘It’s over,’” he said.

Louise, meanwhile, felt bursting pride for not only her son’s accomplishment, but that he had the fortitude to try in the first place.

“I knew I was doing it for a good cause and every time I was thinking about it, thinking about giving up, I just thought of Terry and what he had to suffer through.”

- JUDE OLIVER

said proved to be a major help.

“I was always thinking I was going to do it. I never had a thing of doubt in my mind,” he said. “I knew I was doing it for a good cause and every time I was thinking about it, thinking about giving up, I just thought of Terry and what he had to suffer through.”

At the finish line, as Louise wrapped Jude in a big hug, he was just glad to be done.

“I’m proud of him every day but because running is my thing—I’ve always loved the distance—so to have him even attempt this was such a source of pride,” she said. “For him to put himself out there and give this a shot, being 11 years old, my heart was exploding as we crossed over.

“There were some tears, definitely, at the finish.”

Jude was exhausted the day after his run, taking the day off of school, but speaking on Sept. 22 after another day of recovery, he felt much improved.

“My ankle was the most sore of all because it was sort of swollen,” he said. “I’m feeling way better than I felt yesterday.”

As of Sept. 23, Jude had raised more than $4,500, smashing his original goal of $500, at terryfox.ca/judethedude.

His subsequent goal was $3,339, a dollar for every mile Fox ran and now, having surpassed that, he hopes to pass $5,373, a buck for every kilometre.

In addition to honouring Fox’s memory, Jude also ran to honour his grandpa, who he calls Pop, a two-time cancer survivor.

“He’s so supportive. Whenever I do a trick on skis, he’s always calling me and saying, ‘You did it! Yes!’” Jude said. “At the end of the run, he said, ‘You’re my hero.’”

In addition to Jude’s grandparents cheering him on, his father, Chad, ran the first lap with him before setting up the aid station with chips and candy to help provide a little extra inspiration, while some schoolmates and one of Louise’s running friends also made cameos throughout the day. n

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Melamed seventh at Pietra Ligure SPORTS BRIEFS: CRANKWORX TO AIR NEXT WEEK; WESTSIDE WHEEL UP A GO

BY DAN FALLOON WHISTLER ENDURO World Series rider Jesse Melamed fell off the winning pace in the second of three events on this year’s tour, but he’s within striking distance of the overall title.

After claiming the crown in the seasonopening race at Zermatt, Switzerland, Melamed took a seventh-place finish at Pietra Ligure, Italy on Sept. 20.

All told, Melamed finished 39.04 seconds back of winner Adrien Dailly of France, while fellow Frenchman and runner-up Florian Nicolai was 20.58 seconds back, while Australia’s Jack Moir, in third, was 22.64 seconds off the pace.

Melamed yo-yoed throughout the day, taking 26th in Stage 1, winning the second stage, dropping to 35th in Stage 3 before rebounding with showings of eighth and fifth to finish the day.

“Super stoked with my riding honestly, had a blast carving through the wet conditions. Times were a little [all] over the place but can’t complain when you’re racing against the best in the world!”

Melamed posted to Instagram after the race.

“Times were a little [all] over the place but can’t complain when you’re racing against the best in the world!”

- JESSE MELAMED

Melamed sits third overall, behind Theo Galy and Nicolai, both of France. Though Melamed’s 910 points are the most earned over the two Enduro World Series races, the circuit is also counting points accumulated in its qualifier circuit, which benefits both riders ahead of him.

In Italy, Squamish’s Rhys Verner was less than a second outside the top 10, placing 11th, while other Sea to Sky finishers in the men’s race were Squamish’s Remi Gauvin in 32nd and Whistler’s Carter Krasny in 61st.

On the women’s side, Squamish’s Andreane Lanthier Nadeau took sixth, 1:29.1 behind champion Melanie Pugin of France. Isabeau Coudurier (14.21 seconds back) and Morgane Charre (42.05 seconds back) rounded out a French podium sweep.

The lone other Sea to Sky rider, Miranda Miller of Squamish, took 20th.

CRANKWORX SET TO AIR NEXT WEEK Missed Crankworx Whistler last month?

The B.C. stop on the Crankworx World Tour may have fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the mountain-biking festival is resuming action next week with its stop in Innsbruck, Austria.

Five events in all will be broadcast on Red Bull TV. Festivities will start with a bang on Thursday, Oct. 1 as the Dual Slalom Innsbruck and RockShox Innsbruck Pump Track Challenge will both run. Oct. 2 will see the CLIF Speed and Style Innsbruck, while the weekend brings the Crankworx Innsbruck Slopestyle on Oct. 3 and the iXS Innsbruck Downhill on Oct. 4.

As well, the Official European Whip-Off Championships will go down on Oct. 3, with highlights broadcast at a later date.

“We are so thrilled to be able to continue the momentum of live racing we started with Summer Series, this time in Europe and on Red Bull TV. With so many of the world’s best athletes flocking to Europe for the fall, we’ll have the opportunity to bring together a stacked field of riders from different disciplines to see some great racing,” Crankworx World Tour managing director Darren Kinnaird said in a release.

“We’re confident that, working with our team in Innsbruck, we’ll be able to put together a safe event and an amazing show for our fans around the world.”

To keep up with broadcast times and more information, visit crankworx.com and redbull.com/ca-en/events/crankworxaustria.

WESTSIDE WHEEL UP A GO The 28th annual Westside Wheel Up will look a little different because of COVID-19, but the long-running mountain bike race is still a go this weekend.

Instead of the traditional race format, registered riders will consult Trailforks to learn which badges they need to obtain. The more badges a rider accumulates, the better the chance of winning a prize.

Riders can earn the badges starting on Saturday morning (Sept. 26) at 8 a.m. until the contest closes at 7 p,m. on Sept. 27.

As group rides are not permitted, participants must only ride with those from their bubble, keep two metres apart from other trail users, avoid congregating at trailheads and parking lots, and ride within their limits.

The entry fee is $10 for WORCA members. Those who are not members can obtain a single-day membership for $15. Each entry includes a beer at Whistler Brewing’s taphouse.

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FORK IN THE ROAD

All they need is love, love FROM ‘SNOWMAN’ POTATOES TO BUMPITY APPLES, TRY GIVING FOOD ORPHANS A HOME IT’S HARVEST TIME. Something that gleaning was a huge part of, traditionally.

And in Agnès Varda’s film masterpiece, The Gleaners and I, you see gleaning in a whole new light.

In the original French, it’s called Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (The gleaners and the female gleaner) because Varda—an influential filmmaker like no other who died last year at the lovely age of 90—considered

BY GLENDA BARTOSH herself a gleaner through and through. She gathered bits of this and that, things that were unwanted or simply overlooked, and repurposed them. The result: Something fresh and unique.

Quirky ideas; stray clocks with no hands; film footage that would normally have hit the trashcan after it hit the cutting room floor. Orphans all, and Varda adopted them, valued them, and gave them new life in her films, her art, her day-to-day life.

In The Gleaners and I, we see all kinds of tropes about gleaning. Early on, there’s Jean-François Millet’s beautiful and hugely popularized painting of 1857, The Gleaners (Des glaneuses), depicting three women,

BLEMISHED BUT BEAUTIFUL Two-legged carrots; cheeky double-cheeked plums; over-ripe bananas.

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so-called peasants, in long, earth-toned skirts and aprons, their hair tied up in cloths, out in a field. Then considered part of the (powerless) underclass, the women are bent over, gleaning bits of wheat and collecting it in their aprons after the main harvesting has been done.

Millet’s painting, seen as glorifying labour rather than the usual power brokers and religious icons, outraged middle- and upperclass folks of the day. Now The Gleaners hangs in a place of honour in Paris’ Musée d’Orsay, and Varda’s minicam, of course, captures the hordes of tourists taking selfies in front of it—a kind of gleaning itself.

Varda goes on to honour modern acts of gleaning in unexpected ways by unexpected characters. Nearly all of them involve food that’s been overlooked or discarded by the middle and upper classes of our day.

We meet a man who is proud he hasn’t paid a centime to feed himself in 10 years.

A well-educated ascetic reels off the nutritional value of each vegetable he picks up off the ground at a Parisian farmers’ market. We meet locals who quickly notify one another when farmers dump tons of imperfect potatoes in Beauce, so they can hurry over and gather up the potatoes too misshapen for grocery store shelves.

They include some pleasing heart-shaped potatoes Varda finds and treasures.

I’m happy to report that one of Jennie Helmer’s favourite photos—Jennie of Helmer’s Organic Farm in Pemberton, which is pretty much synonymous with super good, organic local potatoes—is of a heart-shaped spud. Some might call it deformed but Jennie calls hers RBG, since it’s so singularly powerful.

I’m also happy to report that despite the fact that roughly 40 per cent of all food produced in Canada is wasted every year, (that includes everything from potatoes to peanuts and pork), the Helmers lose less than one per cent of their harvest due to imperfections.

These they eat at home or compost.

Since King Henry IV approved the right to glean in France in the 1500s, gleaning has been protected by the French constitution, something not quite achieved here in Canada. But neither is it forbidden.

From P.E.I. to Victoria, Canadians have organized what’s known as formalized gleaning, where harvesters either volunteer or pay a small fee to glean produce left in fields. There are a variety of arrangements.

Sometimes they keep the gleanings themselves; sometimes the farmer gets a tax receipt for the value of the gleanings, or a portion of the produce. And sometimes a share goes to community agencies like local food banks.

But never mind that kind of formality.

You can do your own variation of gleaning every time you pick your produce at your local grocery store or farmers’ market.

See the photo above? It’s beautiful. But everything in it is far from perfect, and would have been dumped somewhere along the food supply chain.

Over-ripe bananas. Scabby peaches and tomatoes. A crazy “snowman” potato; a cheeky double-cheeked plum; and twolegged carrots that always make me think of Moulin Rouge. Even windfall apples replete with bug holes and crow pickings gathered from the side of the road. All of them are so-called “rejects,” but all of them made it

to our kitchen table, and are we glad they did. They’re delicious. And they might have even made it into Caravaggio’s symbolic Basket of Fruit, known for its worm-eaten fruit and shrivelled leaves.

You can glean from gardens, too. I like the attitude of 12-year-old Sam Tierney in Mount Currie, who’s trying to get us to stop wasting food: “We have tomatoes planted, but they had a calcium deficiency making parts of them have inedible black patches, but we just cut that part off, and they were delicious,” he says.

As with so many women, it took decades for Varda to gain recognition. Now she’s dubbed the “grandmother” or “mother” of French New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague), which bucked the rules of traditional filmmaking. Modern gleaners pretty much do the same for traditional food-sourcing.

I’m not sure if we’ve all gotten over our obsession with “perfect” food. On one hand, Jennie says many Helmer’s customers “are buying based on taste, soil attributes and so on.” On the other hand, I watch as many a grocery store customer selectively picks up then rejects apricots, cukes, kale, you name it. In the next aisle, a clerk goes through the neat rows of produce and culls the rejects that will go out back to the bins.

Whaddaya say, folks? Are you over perfection in the produce section? Or are you still hauling home the idealized apple or pear we’re seduced into imagining we have to have?

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who always favours the lumpity, bumpity orphans. n

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Meet the Pemberton local who helped send Hilary Swank to space TYREE TRAND WAS THE KEY STUNT RIGGER FOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES AWAY

BY MEGAN LALONDE THERE’S A SCENE in Netflix’s new show, Away, where an astronaut named Ram—or rather, actor Ray Panthaki—is deliriously ill, and, in the midst of a hallucination, tries to escape by opening the ship’s airlock. (As in, the door that leads to outer space and the entire crew’s certain death.)

His four fellow crew members struggle to restrain him, all while floating around in the zero-gravity spaceship, before he can open the door.

In reality, all five actors performing in the scene were suspended in the air at one time during its filming, constantly moving around in order to hit their marked positions.

The man responsible for making that scene happen seamlessly? Longtime Pemberton local Tyree Trand, who served as Away’s key stunt rigger.

“It was quite a complicated scene that took a lot of work to get it right, but yeah, it looked pretty good,” Trand says. “I was happy with that.”

The series follows astronaut Emma Green, played by Academy Award-winner Hilary Swank, as she commands an international crew undertaking the first manned expedition

UP, UP AND AWAY Pemberton’s Tyree Trand is the key stunt rigger responsible for making the actors in Netflix’s Away appear to be floating.

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to Mars. About 95 per cent of the show was filmed in North Vancouver over a six-month period, with production wrapping up in February of this year.

The series was released on the streaming service on Sept. 4, and at press time, was Netflix’s fourth-most-popular show in Canada.

As Trand explains it, a key stunt rigger is typically in charge of any scenes where characters need to be suspended off the ground. “So that might include superheroes jumping through buildings or falling off buildings, or climbing up something or flying, or hovering, or things of that nature,” he says.

Or, say, floating around a spaceship.

“The zero-gravity work that we did for Away was very challenging, not because it’s violent or dangerous, but more because the look that we were going for—zero-gravity— is very intolerant of any kind of flaws, any kind of slamming or abruptness or stutters in the movement,” he says.

“There are things you don’t think about when you’re in zero-gravity, so if you’re hanging off wires, your limbs wouldn’t hang vertically, they would have no weight.

There’s a lot of training that went into the process with the characters before we ever did any filming.”

Trand says the cast and crew went through weeks of “space boot camp”—including consultations with a real-life astronaut on loan from NASA and core-strengthening work that Trand says basically amounted to “a couple hours of pilates every day”—before filming commenced, in order for the actors

to learn how to appear weightless and avoid looking limp while hanging in harnesses.

Since it’s a drama, the stunt work on Away also required a “deeper involvement” in the production than some of the quick, high-flying action scenes Trand is typically used to working on, he says.

Usually, “we’ll inject the stunt double who does the dangerous bit, often at high speed, because it’s a stunt. And then the real character gets inserted back into a scene.”

While, in comparison, almost 100 per cent of the stunt work on Away was done by actors, stunt doubles did come in handy while planning out scenes, Trand explains.

“For the first time in my career, we actually had stunt people learning lines.

Because it’s a drama—it’s slow, it’s not an action show—we found that the movements were really dictated by the dialogue and the emotions being conveyed during the scene,” he says. “In order to get the movements correct, we needed to pretend we were actors and our stunt people would actually need to say things like, ‘Well, after this line I think I would want to go over here.’ And so we’d say ‘OK, if that feels right let’s build a rig that takes you from here to there.’”

Seeing that work come to life on-screen “is very rewarding,” Trand adds.

During shooting, Trand manned a crew of four to six riggers at any one time, who he says almost all live in the Sea to Sky. “A lot of us have a climbing background,” he says.

“Our wire systems are very sophisticated and complicated in some cases, so having

hands-on experience with ropes, carabiners and wires and anchors and all that stuff has been very useful.”

He adds, “Most of the guys I work with are deep into adventure sports, and part of our vocabularies is just ongoing risk management—that’s what we do every day. So, all of us are climbers, mountain bikers, dirt bikers, skiers, whitewater people, paraglider pilots—we’re all outdoor nuts who don’t do offices very well. This has been a way that I’ve been able to earn a real living and do something that’s enjoyable and creative.”

Prior to transitioning into the film industry full-time, Trand himself dealt with risk management on a daily basis while working as a heli-ski guide and river guide.

Risk management is key in an industry where one accident could destroy the reputation he’s built over his career, Trand adds. “There’s not a rig that I build that I wouldn’t put my grandmother on, or my family,” he says. “I have to think of it in those terms.”

Trand, who’s been working in the industry for more than two decades and living in Pemberton for just as long, landed the Away gig through the Sea to Sky-based stunt coordinator he’s been working with for the last three years, Jeff Aro. Notable titles Trand’s worked on include films like Deadpool, The Predator, War for the Planet of the Apes, A Dog’s Purpose, X-Men: The Last Stand and the Twilight Saga, as well as TV shows like Once Upon a Time, Lucifer, Lost in Space, The Flash and The 100, among many others. n

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Harrowing moments—and epic skiing—captured in Make Believe

BY ALYSSA NOEL THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST of ways that TGR’s forthcoming ski movie Make Believe is anything but ordinary.

For one, filming was cut short by a global pandemic. For another, it doesn’t shy away from Squamish skier Nick McNutt’s horrific accident while shooting in the Pemberton backcountry.

On top of that, it’s set to debut in Whistler as a drive-in movie.

As the ongoing pandemic rolled into ski film premiere season, the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) decided to step in and help keep the stoke alive. The event will also serve as a festival fundraiser.

“It’s our 20th anniversary year and we’re all eager to get back on the slopes,” says Shauna Hardy Mishaw, WFF’s executive director and founder. “So the timing with TGR worked really well. We thought, ‘Let’s show everybody what they want to see!’”

While Make Believe might not feature some of the familiar faces that were set to shoot in places like Alaska in the spring, TGR still had plenty of time to capture winter action.

“We started filming stuff in December or January,” McNutt says. “It was the preCOVID bliss of things being normal.”

Even the day of his accident, March 9, started out strong.

“We had skied big lines in the morning,” he recalls. “I was the only one doing runs in the heat of the day where the light is a bit too bright on things.”

While the rest of the crew was at the bottom of the mountain near a lake, McNutt decided to hit a pillow. Only, it broke off and sent chunks barrelling down.

Those chunks sent him through trees— where he believes his avalanche beacon got smashed into the “off” position so it wasn’t sending a signal—and to the lake below where he was buried about 120 centimetres under snow.

“The whole crew was sitting there watching it happen,” McNutt says. “Their reaction was immediate.”

One person immediately started to try and find a beacon signal while the others readied their probes and shovels.

Because his beacon had been shut off, they couldn’t pick anything up.

“Someone, a cinematographer, had a lucky [probe] hit the second time,” McNutt says. “To have someone accidentally hit you with the probe felt pretty lucky. We did everything right as far as snow safety; the snow was stable … It was a really solid crew out there and things went wrong with avalanche equipment failure.”

From there, Pemberton Search and Rescue attended the scene by helicopter.

McNutt was transported to Vancouver

hospital—and released a day before its first COVID-19 patient was admitted—with shattered bones in his forearm, a bruised heart, and bleeding in his lungs.

While he’s expected to make a full recovery, it’s been slow. (For context: he’s still been able to mountain bike and climb this summer.)

“The arm has been a work in progress,” he says. “It’s functioning, but I’ve been working on getting it back to full strength.

Fortunately, you can ski without arms.”

The film doesn’t focus on the accident, but it doesn’t shy away from it either. The crew caught the pillow slide on film and while they ditched the cameras when it became a rescue mission, everyone was still mic’d up, so the audio is captured.

“It’s a good reminder to keep inspecting [avalanche equipment] regularly,” McNutt says. “If your probe is showing signs of fatigue, replace it. Don’t head into the backcountry with a plastic shovel. Regularly change your batteries—don’t leave them in over summer. It’s your last line of defence.”

While the accident is “part of the film, that’s a few minutes worth of the movie,” McNutt says. “A ton of the movie is classic ski action.”

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“Seeing excited people who are looking forward to winter, it’s a huge part of it for us.”

- NICK MCNUTT

To that end, while he won’t be joining the film on tour around North America this year due, of course, to the pandemic, he’s happy to see it will debut in Whistler to a live audience after all.

“It is one of the best parts of the film coming out—being able to share that with people,” he says. “Seeing excited people who are looking forward to winter, it’s a huge part of it for us.”

Catch Make Believe at the drive-in theatre in Day Lot 5 in Whistler on Sept. 29 and 30 with screenings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Tickets will only be available in advance, as one of several safety protocols.

There will also be limited private screenings available for groups of 24 on Sept. 28 and Oct. 1 at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. There is the potential to add more private screenings if there is demand, Hardy Mishaw adds.

“This pandemic hit everyone hard, but it also hit our charitable, not-for-profit hard,” she says. “We had to get really creative …

We’re really excited to invite everybody to the drive-in.”

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NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW

Three hits on YouTube FOR THOSE WHO PONDER and discuss such things, Paris Hilton is generally accepted as the first “influencer,” and while many would scoff at the title, the infamous hotel heiress has self-made an empire that includes retail outlets around the globe, 19 product lines

BY FEET BANKS (everything from shoes to dog clothes to 23 very successful fragrances), and total sales in the multi-billions of dollars. The butt of many a joke for the past 15 years has been not-soquietly slaying it, and her story has much more depth than anyone imagined.

Until now. This is Paris, is a new featurelength YouTube documentary released last week revealing that Hilton suffered 11 months of verbal, physical and emotional abuse at the Provo Canyon School in Utah, the final stop in a series of boarding schools her parents sent her to in hopes of taming her rebellious (party)

DOC TALK The new documentary This is Paris is streaming now on YouTube.

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spirit. It may not be easy to relate to the wellconnected socialite as she traipses the globe in an endless string of paparazzi-swarmed appearances, but the attention and care she gives to her fans (primarily young women) seems human and legit. (But you can’t help but feel for her during a cringeworthy scene where her drunk, needy boyfriend throws a tantrum—and drops her DJ laptop on the ground—in the moments before her DJ set at Tomorrowland, the biggest music festival on the planet.)

After half a film of total-access interviews and behind-the-scenes video/ photos of her childhood, rise to fame, and hurried lifestyle, the tone shifts as Paris reunites with ex-classmates of the Provo school, who confirm that students there were strangled, hit, and sometimes thrown into solitary cells naked and without food for up to 20 hours a day.

This is Paris presents Paris Hilton as a misunderstood, highly intelligent woman who has overcome incredible trauma and turned it into something positive that will hopefully prevent a new generation of girls from experiencing the same. And goddamn if it isn’t compelling. This has been a crazy year, but I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

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This is the movie with one of the most versatile soundtrack albums of all time (it never sounds not-good and fits almost any mood from hungover brunch to hot knives dance party). A sensation in its time for the naturalistic portrayal of Jamaican life, The Harder They Come was also the first English-language film that required English subtitles. (Sadly, the CC/Subtitle button on YouTube does not offer a quality option, better to just relax and get into the flow of the patois, you will understand more than you miss.)

Essentially a film about a talented artist trying to navigate a world and system set up to exploit him, The Harder They Come fits nicely in between the French new wave crime films of the ‘60s (Band of Outsiders, Breathless) and the grittier American renaissance of the ‘70s (Straw Dogs, Dog Day Afternoon, The Sting, Death Wish, Mean Streets, etc.). In the old days, the only way to see this classic was a late-night screening at a college theatre. Thanks to technology (and piracy) you can now enjoy it from the comfort of your own bong couch. (Props to Julian for finding this one for me.)

Finally, speaking of piracy, the ultimate pirate radio flick, Pump Up the Volume is also available on YouTube as a segmented playlist (look for the username “habibi”). This one, released in 1990 and pretty much impossible to find since the collapse of the VHS/DVD universe, stars Christian Slater as “Hard Harry” an East Coast kid who moves to a shitty town in Arizona and starts his own pirate radio show because he can’t make any friends. Of course, anonymous Harry’s “real talk” about all the things teens get angsty about (popularity, suicide, parents, teachers, isolation, a lack of confidence in the system, and sex, sex, sex) captures the attention of the school, the town, and then the federal government. Mixing classic elements of the coming-of-age genre with a secretidentity subplot, Canadian writer/director Allan Moyle strikes paydirt, and doesn’t compromise on either the perfectly-ofthe-era soundtrack or the ending. Plus, Samantha Mathis’ love-interest character set a form for the strong-but-cool-female character that permeated much of the ‘90s (on film and in real life.) As well, this movie kind of invents podcasting.

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Whistler Multicultural Festival hosts online events ARTS NEWS: FAIRMONT CHATEAU WHISTLER WINS CHAMPION OF ARTS AND CULTURE; ANONYMOUS ART SHOW SUCCESS

BY ALYSSA NOEL THE WHISTLER Multicultural Festival is moving online for 2020.

While the annual celebration of the cultures that make up Whistler usually takes place in June, this year organizers spent the summer working to put it together for Monday, Sept. 28 to Friday, Oct. 2.

On each of those days there will be a free event—ranging from children’s crafts to cooking, customs, traditions, and interviews—for an hour on Zoom and Facebook Live.

“Recent world events have only gone to raise awareness of the diversity in our communities and we see emerging dialogue and desire for interaction in order to build cross-cultural understanding and connections,” organizers say in a release. “Importantly, we have found that volunteers from the diverse communities feel more empowered, validated, and gain a much greater sense of belonging from facilitating workshops, activities, and teaching visitors about their culture. Our challenge during COVID-19 is to find a way to continue this activity, and the importance of continuing it even during these strange times has influenced our decision to move the event online.”

Cultures represented in the online offerings include Japan, China, Morocco, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, Chile, local First Nations, Spain, the Philippines, El Salvador, New Zealand, and Turkey.

The presentations will take place on the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. while Tuesday and Thursday events will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

For more information, visit whistlermulticulturalfestival.com.

FAIRMONT CHATEAU WHISTLER WINS ARTS HONOUR The Fairmont Chateau Whistler was named this year’s Champion of Arts and Culture at the Whistler Excellence Awards.

This year, the Whistler Chamber of Commerce decided to limit nominations to institutions rather than individuals. The nominees included the Whistler Film Festival and the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre.

“We’re only limited by our imagination,” said Yasmin Haufschild, director of special events with the Fairmont, in the video announcing the winners. “So we’re going to continue to weave in arts and culture into our programming to build community.”

In her acceptance speech, she acknowledged the work of the other nominees and highlighted the importance of community.

“The hotel strives to promote

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authentically local experiences to visitors,” Haufschild says. “I think we can all agree that Whistler and the Sea to Sky corridor has an incredible pool of talent and rich culture that we can showcase. I truly believe it takes a village to raise an arts and culture sector. 2020 has presented us with some unique opportunities and I’m curious to see how we all work together to come up with creative solutions to move forward. But we can do it! So let’s move forward.”

To see the full video of the Whistler Excellence Awards visit whistlerchamber. com/training-and-events/whistlerexcellence-awards.

ANONYMOUS ART SHOW SEES ONLINE SUCCESS Despite moving to a new online format for 2020, the Anonymous Art Show sold about the same number of pieces it usually does during its in-person event.

In total, the Arts Whistler fundraiser sold 146 pieces during its online buying night on Friday, Sept. 18 then an additional 15 pieces on Saturday and nine on Sunday.

“It really worked and we were all super delighted,” says Maureen Douglas, executive director of Arts Whistler. “The Arts Whistler team was amazing.”

Buyers—most of whom bought advanced tickets on a tier system to determine the order in which they bought paintings—logged in everywhere from Turkey to Texas, from campgrounds in Tofino to cottages in Ontario.

“It was really fun that people could be anywhere,” Douglas adds.

The remaining paintings are still on the wall at the Maury Young Arts Centre and available for purchase for $50 each. Through September, view them on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and on weekends from 12 to 4 p.m. In October, hours switch from 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays and 12 to 4 p.m. Friday to Sunday. n

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ALL HANDS ON DECK Lorne Borgal stands outside the Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises Ltd. “offices” shortly after

his arrival in Whistler.

WHISTLER QUESTION COLLECTION, 1980

Getting ready for Blackcomb Mountain’s first season

BY ALLYN PRINGLE THIS DECEMBER, Blackcomb Mountain will mark an impressive milestone as it opens for its 40th winter of operations. Before the mountain could welcome guests on Dec. 4, 1980, there was a lot of work to be done, from hiring and training staff to constructing restaurants, installing lifts, and building runs.

In June 1980, the Whistler Question announced the addition of two new members to Blackcomb Skiing Enterprise.

Boyd Stuwe, who had previously worked in Squaw Valley, Calif. and Soda Spring, Colo., joined Blackcomb Mountain as the operations manager while Lorne Borgal joined as its administrative manager—fresh out of Stanford.

Borgal spent his teenage years in North Vancouver. On weekends, he volunteered as part of the Whistler Mountain ski patrol and through his years at university he taught skiing under Ornulf Johnsen at Grouse Mountain. He spent five years in Ontario working in marketing and sales for a computer-based accounting system before deciding to pursue his MBA at Stanford.

In 1980, Borgal reached out to Aspen Ski Company, then the owners of Blackcomb, and told them who he was and that he would love to come to Whistler. This led to a meeting that spring with Hugh Smythe, whom he had met previously through the ski patrol on Whistler Mountain. The day after his graduation, Borgal drove up from California and started working at Blackcomb.

Whistler Village was still under construction, as were the facilities on Blackcomb Mountain, so the small Blackcomb team worked out of offices housed in construction trailers on the village site. According to an oral history interview with Borgal from 2015, 18-hour days, seven days a week were normal leading up to the first season. As he put

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it, “It was just a crushing, overwhelming amount of stuff to do.”

This work was not made easier in September when Aspen supplied them with a brand new IBM computer and custom accounting system. The first challenge was to find space for the new hardware, which Borgal described as “just giant,” as the Blackcomb team was still working out of construction trailers. They found a space to rent above the pharmacy in Village Square, but then discovered some issues with the software. The accounting system had been designed specially for Aspen Ski Company by a person living in Denver. This meant that, according to Borgal, “payroll taxes, sales taxes, you name it, anything that was unique to Canada, they’d never heard of before.” For a company operating in Canada, the system was not very helpful.

Borgal even claimed that “A pencil on paper would have been better.”

“It was just a crushing, overwhelming amount of stuff to do.”

- LORNE BORGAL

Despite some setbacks (there are also stories about telephone wires and a delivery of rental skis that drove into a ditch by Brohm Lake) the hard work of the Blackcomb team paid off. Blackcomb Mountain opened for skiing on Thursday, Dec. 4, 1980. We will be sharing more tales from the 1980s, Whistler Village, and Blackcomb and Whistler Mountains over the next several weeks and we would love to hear your own stories from this time of dramatic change in the valley. n

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changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act to ensure they include eco-system restoration, sustainable forestry, and meaningful community consultation about our forests.” PHOTO BY SASHA MAKHNEVA. 2 TRIBUTE TO TERRY Spring Creek student Jude Oliver is pictured here with his grandfather, “Pop,” a two-time cancer survivor who served as the 11-year-old’s inspiration to run a full marathon on Sunday, Sept. 20 as his part of the Terry Fox Run. Jude finished the marathon in just over six hours, and to date, has raised more than $4,500. However, he has decided to up his goal, and has his sights set on raising $5,373—a dollar for every kilometre that Terry Fox ran. Head to page 40 for more about his story. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 3 PRETTY PANORAMA Kate Brandon takes in the views on Panaroma Ridge on Monday, Sept. 21. PHOTO BY ALYSSA NOEL. 4 ELECTRIC FEEL Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong and Mayor Jack Crompton on Tuesday, Sept. 22 celebrated the unveiling of 14 new dual-port electric vehicle charging stations that the Resort Municipality of Whistler has installed in strategic locations throughout Whistler. PHOTO BY BRAD KASSELMAN COASTPHOTO.COM, COURTESY OF THE RESORT MUNICIPALITY OF WHISTLER. 5

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “It takes a lot of courage

to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.” Author Barbara De Angelis made that observation. I offer it up to you as a fun challenge. During the coming weeks, you may be strongly tempted to be different on the outside than you are on the inside. On the other hand, you’ll have the necessary insight and valour to remain unified. In fact, you may ultimately create more congruence between your inside and outside than you have in a long time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” Fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin made that observation, and now I’m conveying it to you just in time for the season when you’ll need it most. Please note that I am not predicting you’ll be devoured by dragons from within. In offering you this oracle, my hope is that you will: 1. acknowledge the existence of metaphorical dragons; 2. locate where they hang out in your inner realms; 3. study them and get to know them better; 4. devise a strategy for dealing with them safely.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Don’t let them tame you,” advised flamboyant Gemini dancer Isadora Duncan. Who did she mean by “them”? The mainstream critics, who might have wished she cultivated a less maverick style?

Her managers and handlers, who may have wanted her to tone herself down so she could earn maximum amounts of money? Her friends, who cringed when she did things like dancing on a table wearing an evening dress at a party? In accordance with astrological omens, Gemini, I invite you to take a survey of what influences might wish you were more docile, mild, or manageable. And then meditate on how you could consistently express the healthiest kind of wildness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the Yoruba religion of Ifà, the English word “heart” has two different meanings and words. So says Yoruba priest Awó Falokun Fatunmbi. The first heart is the organ that pumps blood through our bodies. It’s called okàn. Within the okàn is the second heart: a power centre that regulates the flow of emotions.

It’s called ègbè. I believe your ègbè will be exceptionally strong and clear and generous in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Your capacity to feel deeply and truly will be a gift to all those with whom you share it. It will also have the potential to enhance your appreciation for your own mysterious life. Wield your ègbè with glee and panache!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Plato observed, “Do not train children to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” The same principle applies to all of us adults who are committed to the goal of life-long learning. And according to my astrological analysis, it will be especially useful for you Leos to keep in mind during the coming weeks. It’s time to energize your education! And here’s the best way to gather the new teachings that are important for you to know: Follow what amuses your mind.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Christian author Frederick Buechner writes, “We are commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves, and I believe that to love ourselves means to extend to those various selves that we have been along the way the same degree of compassion and concern that we would extend to anyone else.” Let’s make his thought your keynote for the next two weeks. Now is an excellent time to take a journey through your past to visit all the other people you have been. As you do attend to this poignant work, be generous with each of your old selves. Forgive them for their errors and praise their beauty. Tell them how much you love them. Thank them for how they have made possible the life you’re living now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Seventy-nine-year-old Libran poet Robert Pinsky has had a triumphant life. He has published 19 books, including his own poems and essays, as well as translations of Italian and Polish

poetry. For four years he served as the United States Poet Laureate. To what factors does he attribute his success? Here’s one: “Whatever makes a child want to glue macaroni on a paper has always been strong in me,” he testifies. He’s referring to the primitive arts-and-crafts projects he enjoyed while growing up.

In accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you, too, to get in touch and commune with the primal roots of the things you love to do. Reconnect with the original expressions of your passion for life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “A single ego is an absurdly narrow vantage point from which to view the world,” wrote occultist Aleister Crowley. Author Gore Vidal agreed, saying, “Since no one can ever know for certain whether or not his own view of life is the correct one, it is absolutely impossible for him to know if someone else’s is the wrong one.” All of us can perpetually benefit from this counsel. And it will be especially healthy for you to heed during the next four weeks. Humility will be a superpower. Blessings will flow your way if you don’t need to be right all the time. As you refrain from regarding your own opinions as God’s holy decrees, you will generate good fortune for yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “It’s a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you’ve been to all the places you don’t need to be.” Author Ursula K. Le Guin wrote that. I’m passing it on to you because I suspect you now possess the power to claim this rare gift. In the coming days, you don’t have to engage in endless evaluations of the numerous possibilities. You don’t have to risk falling victim to overthinking. Your clear, strong gut hunches will tell you exactly where you need to be and how to get there.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Novelist Henry Miller was in many ways a quintessential Capricorn. He described himself as being “in love with love, always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainable.”

Feelings like those are why your astrological symbol is the mountain goat that’s always climbing higher, questing toward the next pinnacle. At your best, you’re determined to keep striving for the brightest, the strongest, the truest. Sometimes you overdo this admirable imperative, but mostly it’s a beautiful quality. You are hereby authorized to express it with maximum wisdom and eagerness in the coming weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Go catch a falling star,” wrote poet John Donne (1572–1631) in his poem, “Song.”

“Tell me who cleft the Devil’s foot,” he went on to say.

“Teach me to hear the mermaids singing.” He wasn’t being literal, but rather was indulging in poetic fancy to stretch his readers’ imaginations. I’m offering you the spirit of Donne’s poem, Aquarius, because you’re ripe to transcend your limited notions about what’s plausible and implausible. If you allow yourself to get extravagant and unruly in your fantasies, you may crack through shrunken expectations and break into a spacious realm of novel possibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I don’t suggest you indulge daringly in sensual pleasures, cathartic exchanges of energy, and intoxicating pursuits of relief and release. The pandemic mandates us to be cautious about engaging in unmitigated bliss—even though the astrological omens suggest that if now were a normal time, such activities would be well worth focusing on. How can you resolve this dilemma? Possibilities: 1. Experiment zestfully with your live-in steady or spouse. 2. Get a COVID-19 test with a potential playmate, and if you both test negative, celebrate boisterously. 2. Round up a dazzler with whom you can generate rapture via Zoom. 3. Fantasize about delightfully gracious debauchery. 4. Go solo.

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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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Banking: - oversee monthly bank reconciliations.

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

Accounts Payable: - Reconcile accounts payable sub-ledger.

Works closely with Chief & Council in policy updates and/or developments;

Financial Reporting: - Prepare monthly-computerized financial reports including budget information.

- Alert the Program Managers as to any significant variances in actual budget comparisons.

- Complete special reports for submission to the Managers and Chief and Council.

- Review reports for accuracy for outside agencies including Health Canada, Human Resources Development Canada and AANDC. - Work with Program Managers to ensure all program reports are submitted to funding sources in a timely manner.

Administration & Financial Management: Maintains information, records, monthly calendar, schedules; Ensures that files are secure; Consults with Chief and Council on a regular basis; Provides regular reports and ensures the financial systems of the programs are maintained and accountability is in place; Monitors revenues and expenditures of all departments and works closely with department heads and/or Finance Manager on budgets; Identifies new sources of revenue for programs and services and applies for additional funding; Identifies and informs Council about new economic opportunities and risk assessment; Meets deadlines; EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: - Degree in Business Management or combined post-secondary education and work experience; - Previous work experience in a First Nations Band Office; - 3 to 5 years working experience with a First Nation;; - Must have experience in planning, conducting and managing programs and projects in a First Nations setting.

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

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

- Must have ability to work as a team member.

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

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

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

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

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Accounts Receivable: - Preparation of invoices and statements as required.

- Maintenance of cash receipts journal.

- Preparation of aged accounts receivable listing.

Budgeting: - Work with Program Managers of each Department to ensure annual budgets are prepared.

- 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.

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

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

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I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD why Canadians eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

I totally understand why Thanksgiving in the Great White North is celebrated early in October, as opposed to our southern neighbours who celebrate it late in November.

Assuming Thanksgiving grew from a bountiful feast of the harvest, if Canadians celebrated it as late in the year as the U.S., we’d be preparing it from frozen food.

When I was first thinking of moving to Canada, at the height of Vietnam, I remember discovering there were no turkey growers in Prince George, B.C.

BY G.D. MAXWELL The mountainous terrain of B.C. made it attractive and the lack of turkey growers in Prince George—never having been there and thankfully not having moved there— seemed like an opportunity awaiting plucking, so to speak. But then I began to wonder whether Canadians ate turkey ... or even celebrated Thanksgiving for that matter. So I shelved the idea of becoming Prince George’s turkey king.

I only mention it because in just over two weeks, we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving and many of us will be eating turkey. More to the point—you knew there must be a point by now—in just over four weeks, we’ll have to decide to vote for the turkey who just called an unwanted, unnecessary, unhelpful election or vote for one of the other turkeys running.

Not knowing who will be running in our electoral district, I probably won’t be voting for the Big Turkey’s party’s candidate. That’s because I’m hopelessly out of step with the current win-at-any-cost, no interest like self-interest, deceitful reality of political culture. Worse, I’m beginning to grudgingly understand that attitude has crept into, well, every part of modern life.

The Big Turkey—Premier Whoregan— was elected in the spring of 2017. His was not a big win; his was a marginal win.

With fewer seats than the Liberals, the only way the Big Turkey was going to form a government was to cut a deal with the Green Party’s three Members. This he did, ending the Liberals’ Reign of Error.

Green Party leader Andrew Weaver— who now sits as an Independent—didn’t exactly hold the Turkey’s feet to the fire.

After all, he couldn’t make a deal with the Liberals without having party members rise up and eviscerate him. The only concession he got from the Big Turkey was an agreement to abide by the firm date called for in provincial legislation for the next election, Oct. 16, 2021.

That deal was underpinned by another quaint, old-timey concept: honour. Although

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set in legislation, the law was not really a law.

Or, it was, but it had an escape clause. The premier could ignore it at will and call an election any old time he/she wanted.

But with the deal for the Greens to backstop the Big Turkey’s minority government, it was now not only legislation, it was the Big Turkey’s word of honour, which apparently also had an escape clause—self-interest and expediency.

The Big Turkey is under the illusion people think he’s doing a bang-up job. His approval rating is very high, higher than other premiers. People commend him for that while not making any reference to what a low bar it really is. He believes it’s because people think he’s a crackerjack premier when, in reality, it probably has more to do with him being smart enough to stay in the background while St. Bonnie and Adrian Dix did the heavy lifting around

a Conservative Party, the Big Turkey was mesmerized by the possibility of calling an early election, winning a majority and no longer having to care about the Green Party’s support when he wanted to do something like continuing to support the Site C, damn.

So he did.

Ripping up his agreement, going back on his word, dishonouring his commitment and plunging the province into an election no one wants, the Big Turkey has rolled the dice and B.C. residents now have to put their lives on hold for a month while election signs sprout like autumn mushrooms across lawns and roadsides throughout the province.

Let’s face it. What else would our elected officials be doing for the next month? With COVID-19 cases on a steep rise, schools starting, more and more parents opting to have their children “taught” online,

[I]t’s not like the premier and provincial legislators really have anything better to do with their time than campaign. the province’s response to the pandemic.

It has been a textbook example of being congratulated for doing nothing.

Surveying the political landscape around him, noticing almost no one in B.C. recalls the name of the leader of the provincial Liberals, realizing few even knew the Greens had finally selected a new leader and fewer still knew there was still

businesses struggling to open or stay open, hospitality workers wondering when they’ll be able to go back to work or those who have wondering when they’ll be laid off again as we regress toward Phase I, it’s not like the premier and provincial legislators really have anything better to do with their time than campaign.

Naturally, the Big Turkey hasn’t been

crass enough to say he’s simply taking advantage of what he perceives as strength on his part and weakness on the part of the opposition parties. He posits this unnecessary experiment in self-interest as something that will benefit all of us.

“I cannot imagine 12 more months of bickering, 12 more months of not knowing whether a bill would pass the legislature because of uncertainty,” he gobbled at the news conference announcing his opportunistic election call.

I once raised two turkeys. Not because I wanted to become the King of Turkeys in Prince George but because someone gave me two turkey chicks. Before they came into my life, I always thought cows or chihuahuas were the dumbest domestic animal. Not so.

The turkeys were just plain stupid.

And stupid must be what the Big Turkey thinks the voters of B.C. are. For three years, his party has not only enjoyed, but bragged about, how the deal with the Greens has managed to deliver a stable, constructive, accomplished minority government. In an example of Doublespeak worthy of Orwell, he gobbled, “I’m proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish working with the Green Party.” He said it on Monday, Sept. 21, while calling an election and knifing them in the back.

“I’ve struggled mightily with this decision,” he gobbled, shedding turkey tears, which are all but invisible. “We have COVID, it will be with us for the foreseeable future, there will be case numbers that will be alarming.” He continued by saying he wasn’t confident B.C. has the kind of government necessary to respond to the upcoming challenges of the pandemic.

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#10 - 1450 Vine Road

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Speculator home on 6+ acres just 40 minutes north of Whistler. This is a perfect family retreat with 5 bedrooms and a large recreational room, 3.5 bathrooms, stunning mountain views from the open plan living space and master bedroom. The huge sundeck has been expanded for fabulous outdoor entertaining and steps down to a beautiful swimming pool.

Sally Warner*

$1,799,000

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.

3D Tour - rem.ax/7791owlridge

7791 Owl Ridge Road

3D Tour - rem.ax/10thepeaks

#39 - 8030 Nicklaus North Blvd. $2,470,000

#22 - 4637 Blackcomb Way

Spacious three-bedroom and den townhouse in desirable Englewood Green. Walk to the golf course, Green Lake, table 19 restaurant at the clubhouse, the crosscountry ski trails and the endless lost lake trails. The home has been extensively renovated to the highest standards and is essentially a new home.

Ski home to this beautiful 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Townhome. Located in a prime location on the Blackcomb Benchlands, close to the Blackcomb gondola, all the amenities and shops in the upper village, Lost Lake, Whistler Village and the Fairmont Chateau golf course. The ski home trail and free shuttle are just steps away!

Dave Beattie*

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

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604.905.8855

3.5

Dave Halliwell*

604.932.7727

$1,129,000

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