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natural hazards Scientists talk about monitoring efforts at Mount Meager, Mount Cayley, and Garibaldi Lake
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The Sea to Sky’s natural hazards Scientists talk about monitoring efforts at Mount Meager, Mount Cayley, and Garibaldi Lake. - By Alyssa Noel
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PARLEY WITH PM
Whistler restaurateur Pepe
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BRANCH CLOSING
Residents of Pemberton
Barajas met virtually with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sea to Sky
and the surrounding area are concerned by Scotiabank’s announcement
MP Patrick Weiler to discuss economic recovery following the pandemic.
that it will close the local branch in July.
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AVALANCHE SCARE
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FLYING HIGH
Whistler’s Garrett Milan is taking the
deck last weekend when a size 3 avalanche broke down Cowboy Ridge
reins of the SPHL’s Pensacola Ice Flyers, captaining the team amid the
triggering a frantic search for anyone who might be buried.
COVID-19 pandemic.
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LASTING IMPRESSION
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shares the numbers behind their unusual 2020 edition. Turns out, people
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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS As vaccines against the coronavirus start to flow across Canada, the
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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week give a shoutout to the emergency personnel
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who rescued a man who fell through the ice in a local lake, and outline the positives in hosting another Olympics.
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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Last week in Washington, D.C., we got a glimpse of what happens
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50 MAXED OUT Max had to give his head a shake this week while reading the headlines from around the
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27 RANGE ROVER The pandemic lockdown has inspired ski writer Leslie Anthony to think about the
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The vaccine Games THIS WEEK, we learned of the federal rollout plan for the two vaccines currently being used to inoculate Canadians against the coronavirus—Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. On the new federal website, Canadians can see exactly how many more doses are intended to arrive each week. The charts show the number of vaccine doses each
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province can expect to have delivered every week until the end up February, with arrivals increasing every week. As of Jan. 7, B.C. has received 71,200 doses, with 50,700 being Pfizer-BioNTech and the rest Moderna. Canada has received 548,950 doses—380,250 from Pfizer-BioNTech and 168,700 from Moderna, as of last Thursday. The federal government has stated that it expects that any Canadian who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by September. Some concerns have been voiced recently
With news around the vaccines top of mind in the last couple of weeks, it was hardly surprising that they have come up in the context of sports as well. It may not have crossed your minds, but it is only six months until the rescheduled Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. They are set to open July 23 in Tokyo, Japan. Long-time International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Canadian Dick Pound, who is chair of the board of the Olympic Broadcasting Services, got caught in some crosshairs last week when he suggested it would be OK if athletes jumped the queue and got vaccinated in time to compete. Pound, the longest-serving member of the IOC, told the U.K.’s Sky News: “In Canada where we might have 300 or 400 athletes—to take 300 or 400 vaccines out of several million in order to have Canada represented at an international event of this stature, character and level—I don’t think there would be any kind of a public outcry about that. It’s a decision for each country to make and there will be people saying they are jumping the queue but I think that is the most realistic way of it going ahead.”
“[I]f I had the choice, no, I wouldn’t want to be prioritized over them.” - ERICA WIEBE
about the trickle of Moderna vaccine to B.C., but the province’s chief health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said on Jan. 11, “…Let me be clear: Everyone will have their turn. The focus is on these core groups between now and the end of March. We expect more vaccines and more vaccines to be approved for use.” Indeed, I would argue the provinces are doing the right thing by allowing the Moderna vaccine to be hived off to vaccinate populations that are difficult to reach considering it can be stored and shipped more easily that the Pfizer-BioNTech one.
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IOC President Thomas Bach has said that athletes will not need to be vaccinated to compete. Olympic hopefuls, including Canadians, were quick to react rejecting the idea that they head to the front of the line to be vaccinated as Pound suggested. Reigning Olympic wrestling gold medallist, Canadian Erica Wiebe, told CBC that the idea instantly made her think of her parents. “Would I want to get vaccinated before my mum and dad?” she said to CBC.
“They’re actually planning on going to Tokyo with me, and they hope to be vaccinated prior, but they’re in an at-risk population. “So, if I had the choice, no, I wouldn’t want to be prioritized over them.” On social media she wrote: “I want to represent Canada in Tokyo. I want to continue to inspire the next generation of young boys and girls. But I need my community to be safe first and that means a measured, risk-based vaccination plan.” One has to question if these Games should even go ahead. Japan recently declared a state of emergency in several prefectures, including Tokyo, due to the pandemic. While its death toll is relatively low, 3,800 in a nation of 126 million people at time of writing, it is currently experiencing another surge of COVID-19 not unlike Canada. On Monday (Jan. 11), the Associated Press news wire reported that a poll conducted this week found that 81 per cent said the Games should not be held. Added to this dilemma of hosting a mega-event, which draws thousands of people from nations around the world, is the staggering cost of these Games. Japan says it’s officially spending US$15.4 billion to organize the Games (up from its bid of US$7.3 billion). But government audits suggest the cost is closer to US$25 billion. All but US$6.7 billion is public money. Over and above this, the delay is reported in Japan to cost US$2 to $3 billion. The IOC has said it will chip in about US$830 million toward the delay but has given few specifics. A University of Oxford study found these are the most expensive Summer Olympics on record. The Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in 2016 were US$13.2 billion. Stop and imagine for a moment the good that type of funding could do in getting vaccine to those countries in the world that are struggling right now. We should not be condoning a Games this expensive at a time like this. n
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Hug a firefighter— when COVID-19 is over! Late Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9, while walking around Alta Lake we witnessed firsthand our local heroes saving a life. Watching the flailing arms of the drowning man in the centre of the lake while firefighters sprint-crawled the Rapid Deployment Raft across the precarious ice with everything their arms could deliver was both gravely tense and inspiring. We are very appreciative, grateful, and proud of all our emergency response personnel: RCMP, Emergency Medical Technicians, firefighters and the helicopter pilot who all teamed in on the rescue. Watching the layered-response system, with our highly skilled firefighters taking the lead role to rescue an extremely fortunate individual, brought tears to our eyes. There is no greater reward in life than saving one. With deep appreciation, Arthur De Jong // Whistler
2021: Bigger and bolder climate action As we reflect on the past year, and set resolutions for the New Year, I wonder if I can look my children in the eyes and say that this past year I have done everything I can to address climate change. If they were a little older, they might wonder why we seem to be ignoring the extinction
of the human race, and why Canada keeps building pipelines instead of solar and wind [power infrastructure]. They might even reject the idea of taking a polluting vehicle just to get a carton of oat milk. And they should look back at us with some disdain, even disappointment. It seems silly to think that the real challenge has been getting everyone to acknowledge we need to move away from a fossil-fuel economy. That took awhile! We now know we need to make dramatic changes and fast. Whistler’s [municipal] council rose to the challenge recently approving
the Big Moves Climate Action Plan, to reduce [greenhouse gas (GHG)] emissions by 50 per cent by 2030, our most ambitious target to date, and the only way we might stand a chance. The problem is: The 6 Big Moves together do not amount to hitting the targets. In fact, last year we saw a four-per-cent increase in GHG emissions. So even with all of the big moves, the gap to hit the targets is larger than any one move. Which means we will need bigger and bolder moves, and we will need every taxpayer’s dollars dedicated to these impacts. Lucky for us, Europe and China have shown
us the way. Already, Masdar and Dongtan have become zero-carbon cities, and Copenhagen will become the first carbon-neutral capital by 2025. A disbeliever? Ask your children what we should do? Bigger move: Go clean. Install solar panels on every municipal and Whistler Housing [Authority] building, then subsidize [going] 100-per-cent electric for all residents. Bigger move: Go gas free. Thirty-five per cent of our building emissions are due to gas, not to mention the massive amount we spend to FortisBC and BC Hydro ($1.8 million) every year. Bigger move: Go on-demand electric. We have plans to transition all municipal fleets to EVs. Great! Yet will ridership increase just because it’s electric? Implement on-demand bus service technology and prepare for AV fleets. Did you know that in order to hit our targets, all Whistler citizens will need to commute 50 per cent or more via bus or active transportation (bikes and walking)? That’s one in two trips. So the biggest impact we can have as a community is to stop travelling by car. Imagine we replace Whistler’s 5,800 cars with e-bikes, allocated covered parking, and safe, dedicated streets (not road shoulders). Bigger move: Work with BC Hydro and FortisBC to make Whistler energy autonomous and fossil-fuel free by 2030, prevent investment in gas and update zoning to 100-per-cent electric. Build wind and solar energy infrastructure on the mountain ridge— harness energy all night, and store it by day. Biggest move: Invest in smart-grid renewable energy infrastructure now, and show our province and our country that it is possible for a community to take climate action
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR together as fast as possible. Because we don’t have much time. Amanda Ladner // Whistler
Karma coming your way On Saturday, Jan. 2, a Whistler Blackcomb employee named Chris made my morning. I was in the Excalibur line-up at 8 a.m., getting rained on and already pretty soaked. As I approached Chris, he initiated pleasantries then asked, “Where are your sticks?” I explained using as few expletives as possible that in my haste to beat traffic to the upper lots and drop my son at ski school, I had forgotten my poles at home. Immediately, he flagged a colleague to take his spot, ran into Affinity and came out with a pair of poles for me. He didn’t even ask my name, just said, “Have a great day”! This was sweet way to start the New Year. Cheers, Chris, hope some good karma comes your way soon. Derek Baxter // Whistler
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Thank you, Spring Creek Community School In this year of finding silver linings, we had the honour of dropping off a holiday bag of donations to the Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) before Christmas all donated by the parents, students, teachers and staff of Spring Creek Community School. Our usual Santa’s Workshop was unfortunately put on hold this year and we pivoted to a “Secret Santa” fundraiser to continue our
tradition of giving back to the community we love. Over $1,100, plus all of the online donations for the food bank and hamper program, was raised! We are touched by the generosity of our school, and the Whistler community in general, for rallying and taking care of our own during this time. A huge thank-you to our parent volunteers, Cristiana Spooner and Anita Patel, for leading this effort and to WCSS for everything you do! We are grateful for everyone who donated and let’s keep this glow of gratefulness and generosity as we enter 2021! Katherine Currall // Spring Creek Community School PAC Chair ■
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AS OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 At the time of writing this advisory, the Sea to Sky region is getting hammered by a wet and warm coastal storm. Usually, these stormy periods make avalanche forecasting easy as the warm, wet, and windy weather results in widespread direct-action avalanches and HIGH avalanche danger. Most folks tend to hunker down and wait out the storm, staying inbounds, letting the snowpack do its thing, and then heading out once things cool off, dry out, and the hazard decreases. Easy, right? Forecasting is not so easy this time—we are writing this mid-storm while trying to predict how the conditions will play out by the weekend with a complex snowpack and a persistent slab problem. As you can probably tell, there’s definitely some uncertainty. The snowpack for the Sea to Sky region is currently complex, with multiple avalanche problems from direct-action storm and wind slabs. Most concerning is a persistent slab problem. The upper 200 centimetres of the snowpack hosts numerous buried weak layers, including a surface hoar/crust interface down 150 to 200 cm that was easily reactive to rider triggers last weekend. The hotspot was the Whistler backcountry. A persistent slab avalanche problem is one that tends to catch backcountry recreationists by surprise, as the hazard is not obvious. The danger rating might only be moderate (or
considerable), the likelihood of triggering an avalanche could be low, and there may be no signs of instability. However, the consequences of an avalanche are very high due to the potential size of any slide you trigger. The large size 3 avalanche that was triggered by the weight of a person last Saturday, Jan 9, on Cowboy Ridge is a prime example of this lowprobability, high-consequence situation. Much uncertainty exists with this persistent slab problem. The best-case scenario is that the storm from earlier this week was so warm and wet that the upper snowpack reached its critical load and flushed out this reactive slab. The worst-case scenario is that the storm adds to the load on this persistent weak layer and it continues to lurk, waiting for just the right trigger before unleashing on an unsuspecting individual. Our advice for backcountry users heading into the weekend is to make sure that you check the forecasts at avalanche.ca for the most up-to-date information. Select conservative terrain that matches the avalanche hazard and avalanche problems, and don’t let the periods of sunshine and fresh powder lure you into big terrain without knowing what’s lurking in the snowpack beneath your feet. The snowpack will require some time to settle and stabilize, and when you see that persistent slab problem, it’s a good idea to dial it back, especially during times of uncertainty. ■
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BY ANDREW MITCHELL been egging them on and manipulating their mental state to make them think they’re genuinely under attack from the left—their heritage, their race, their religion, their guns, their communities, their votes. The joke has officially stopped being funny but it’s still very much a joke. It’s hard to take people seriously if they think COVID is a hoax, the world is being run by a cabal of pedophiles, Bill Gates is putting microchips in the vaccines to spy on people with 5G towers, or that Donald Trump—a man who never had an approval rating higher than 50 per cent, was trailing in the polls by almost 10 points on the eve of the election, ran an incredibly divisive government, and
badly mishandled the COVID epidemic— actually had a chance in that election. Now that Trump’s incredibly deluded followers (a.k.a. Y’all Qaeda, Vanilla ISIS, Meal Team Six, the Gravy Seals, Irrational Guard, the Brunch Covidians) have shown how dangerous they can be, it behooves Canadians to start taking our own growing alt-right problem a little more seriously. We have absolutely nothing to be smug about. The day after Washington, D.C. was locked down, there was a small protest in Vancouver in support of Trump and his efforts to steal the election. Last summer, an armed QAnon conspiracy follower drove his truck through the gates at the Prime Minister’s residence. There was that whole Yellow Vest demonstration. And Wexit. And there are all kinds of anti-mask groups from coast to coast that are partly responsible for dragging out these lockdowns. A recent study of social media revealed that Canadians were active on some 6,600 message boards and channels like Reddit subs and Twitter feeds that are dedicated to alt-right takes on the news, rightwing conspiracy theories, “white pride,” nationalism, fascism, and worse. Look up the Three Percenters when you have a minute. The Proud Boys? Started by a Canadian. And it’s not just on the fringes—a Conservative fundraising campaign (now taken down) tried to leverage the U.S.
situation by accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of trying to steal the next election. While things may feel safer and saner in Canada, it’s only a matter of time before we have our own alt-right reckoning—unless we can take the necessary steps to cut the madness off at the source. It’s time to police content on social media, force the removal of lies, conspiracies and misinformation, and require content creators to label clearly their work as opinion, satire, entertainment or news. And only certified, recognized media that are trained and follow industry standards should be able to label content as “news.” Rebuilding trust in the media and putting the “fake news” trope to death is critical for bringing the world back to some kind of objective truth to the world. It’s past time for the media industry to regulate itself like any other credible profession, like lawyers, doctors or engineers. The media industry needs to adopt standards for professional training and certify both journalists and media organizations. People who report the news should take an oath to be truthful and objective. Journalists that violate the professional code of ethics should be investigated, fined, sent for retraining, or expelled from the industry. At the same time, media organizations
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BY BRANDON BARRETT THERE WAS A time when local entrepreneur and Mexico City native Pepe Barajas couldn’t find Whistler on a map for the life of him. Fast-forward 12 years and Barajas has not only become a trusted leader in Whistler’s business community, but was tapped to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to talk economic recovery in a virtual meeting last week. “It was a real honour because being from Mexico, you don’t have the government calling you to ask your opinion, to see what’s working, what isn’t, where the gaps are, and what additional help may be necessary,” Barajas said after the Jan. 5 meeting. Trudeau has been speaking with business owners across the country as Ottawa looks to reinvigorate a sluggish Canadian economy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Barajas, the founder of Infinity Enterprises and the restaurateur behind La Cantina and Mexican Corner, stressed the importance of the “small entrepreneur” to both the Whistler and Canadian business landscape. “I let him know that we need to ensure that small entrepreneurs survive the pandemic because they add uniqueness to
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the economy and that it would be a shame to only see large corporations get to the other side of the bridge,” he explained. “If that happens and large corporations take over the majority of the market, it just makes it a lot harder for start-ups and smaller entrepreneurs to go up against these massive corporations with large budgets and a much larger team. In my opinion, that kills the dreams of future small entrepreneurs.” A strong advocate for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, which was extended to June 2021, Barajas said it’s the kind of support that keeps workers employed, supports innovation, and stimulates the economy. “The wage subsidy was probably the best support, because we could keep people engaged in the economy,” noted Barajas, who said the subsidy allowed his workers to beef up their training, develop new menus and implement new digital ordering systems. “All those things we were able to do because we had the time. Then when the economy opens, we can turn on the switch and we’re ready; we are not struggling to bring people back.” Sea to Sky MP Patrick Weiler, who helped facilitate last week’s meeting, said there are a number of federal initiatives either already in place or coming down the pipes intended to support recovery for the hospitality and tourism sectors. He was also in favour of Barajas’ suggestion for more nuanced, sector-specific funding that takes into account the economic realities of different industries.
“This is something I’ve been working on since the beginning of the pandemic, especially, but even before that,” Weiler said. “I think it goes beyond sectors. It’s also a regional thing.” Weiler pointed to the creation of a new Regional Development Agency for B.C., “basically splitting Western economic diversification into one for B.C. and then one for the Prairies, and that’s really important so that it can be geared towards helping the specific and unique economy we have here.” Weiler also highlighted the $1.5-billion Regional Relief and Recovery Fund that has been in place since early in the pandemic, and specifically the recent earmarking of 25 per cent of the Sea to Sky portion of that fund, which is administered by Community Futures Howe Sound, for tourism-related businesses. “That was really key, because at the beginning of the pandemic, because we shared this agency with so many other provinces, a lot of that went to supporting oil and gas companies and companies that service that sector,” he said. “We wanted to make sure this money was set aside for tourism businesses given the challenges they’re going through, so that was a big priority that we were able to action.” A new credit program is also planned for highly affected sectors that will offer loans of up to $1 million to eligible businesses, with a 10-year payback period. Small business owners across the resort have been dead-set against taking on more debt, but Weiler said larger corporations, such
as hotels, might require credit to “bridge through to the other side” of the pandemic. Weiler has also heard from local businesses about “some of the challenges with the [commercial] rent assistance program, particularly with landlords who weren’t local or in many cases, international.” In November, the program was tweaked so that tenants no longer had to seek permission from their landlord to apply for the subsidy—but for some, the move came too late. The owners of Three Below Restaurant, which closed its doors this winter after 12 years in the resort, claimed they had asked Imagine Cinemas, as the leaseholder, “multiple times” to approach property owner Larco about taking part in the rent assistance program, but were rebuffed. (Larco has maintained that any negotiations made were strictly between Three Below and Imagine Cinemas, the restaurant’s “de facto landlord.”) Then, last month, Imagine Cinemas filed a civil claim against the restaurant for more than $40,000 in unpaid rent. “It’s incredibly frustrating to see. The way I see this and our approach is that we’re really all in this together. It seems really short-sighted to me for the company to do that,” said Weiler, who noted that the rent subsidy is available retroactively back to late September. Imagine Cinema’s civil claim is seeking rent arrears covering the months from April to November 2020. None of the above claims have been proven in court. ■
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RIDGE RELEASE A size 3 avalanche slid down Cowboy Ridge in Whistler’s backcountry on Saturday, Jan. 9, covering the skin track that skiers had been using to ascend the slope. Fortunately, no one was buried in the snow. PHOTO BY JOE PEPLOWSKI
Multiple agencies respond to Jan. 9 avy in Whistler backcountry NO SKIERS CAUGHT IN SLIDE, BUT TOURING GROUP FLOWN OUT AFTER LOSING ITS GEAR
BY MEGAN LALONDE DURING HIS avalanche skills training course, Joe Peplowski learned that an avalanche is typically accompanied by a deep, heavy rumbling sound. Peplowski and his ski touring partner, who both live in Whistler, were climbing up Cowboy Ridge on Saturday, Jan. 9, and had made it about three quarters of the way when, shortly after 3 p.m., he heard that ominous sound. “We had got to kind of a flat part near the top of the ridge, right next to some trees, so of all places to be it was pretty good. We heard it … and then we took a look to our right and could see that it was an avalanche. There was no mistaking it, it was huge,” said Peplowski of the size 3 slide. “We did have to sidestep out of the way a little bit—it basically stopped at our feet and went right over the skin track where we were, like, seconds ago.” There was a party of four behind Peplowski. The snow swept towards them, burying several of their skis and partially burying one member of the group, “but he was out once we got to them,” explained Peplowski. Though the pair hadn’t seen any skiers descending the ridge or anyone above them, they immediately switched their transceivers into search mode and began scouring the wide debris field for a signal. “The avalanche debris itself was, like, huge chunks of snow, so it was really hard to ski on but also really hard to walk through … It took about half an hour to get through the entire debris field, but nothing turned up, thankfully,” said Peplowski. Soon after the slide, a helicopter showed
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up carrying search-and-rescue crews. The helicopter kept making return trips, armed with more rescuers, gear and an avalanche dog, said Peplowski. That’s all to say, the Saturday afternoon slide could have been far more tragic. The popular backcountry area is easily accessibly via Whistler Mountain’s Flute summit and Musical Bumps, and on a typical weekend, would have hosted numerous touring parties out for a few sunny laps. Though no one was injured by the slide, the group that saw its skis buried by debris returned to the valley by helicopter. Peplowski and his partner, meanwhile, pulled out their headlamps and headed down via Singing Pass. A size 3 avalanche, according to Avalanche Canada, is powerful enough to bury a car, destroy a small building or break a few trees. The avalanche forecast for the Sea to Sky region on Saturday was rated as “considerable,” which Peplowski said he and his touring partner took into account while planning their route both up and down the ridge. According to Avalanche Canada, the Cowboy Ridge slide was remotely triggered by skiers, and occurred on a north-to-northwest aspect at around 1,900 metres elevation. The crown reached up to 200 centimetres, and was approximately 200-m wide. Saturday’s slide wasn’t the first to impact the region, either: Another Avalanche Canada report stated that a size 2.5 to 3 remotely triggered avalanche slid down a westerly aspect of Cowboy Ridge on Thursday, just two days earlier. According to Whistler Search and Rescue [WSAR], the response to Saturday’s incident
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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 15 was remarkably swift, in part because one of their members happened to be skinning up when the avalanche occurred. “It came in very timely and went directly to Whistler dispatch just because of his firsthand knowledge, and knowledge that one of our other members—Daren Romano— was working [on mountain] that day,” said Brad Sills, manager of WSAR. To that end, Romano immediately contacted the RCMP, which gave authorization to move forward. A team that included a doctor and a dog handler were on scene in 10 to 12 minutes of the initial call. “[That’s] incredibly fast, but my first point is if you’re depending on search and rescue for a live recovery, you really should take more training,” Sills added. “We do the best we can and sometimes we get lucky, but four minutes without oxygen and your life is pretty different.” Meanwhile, back on scene, a helicopter flew over the site to look for things like people on the surface of the avalanche, anyone partially buried, or evidence like skis, packs or other equipment. The airborne team can also report if anyone is already undertaking a beacon search. “All that, plus confirmation of size, so forecasters can do an update on whether we should be entering the scene,” Sills said. “Just because you’re in an avalanche, doesn’t necessarily mean people are going
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to come onto that scene to assist. That’s an important thing for people to realize.” After rescuers at the top of the avalanche did a quick beacon search, they sent the dog out, and saw some indication there could be something mid-field, he added. In the end, they determined it was likely a pack or ski. The 15 rescuers who arrived within 20 minutes interviewed 10 people who had been on site to ensure their parties were accounted for and determine if they saw anyone else in the area that was unaccounted for.
happens to them afterward and we had attended and left them there, the optics of that aren’t very good,” Sills said. “We like to pack them out.” These avalanches come following a particularly volatile few weeks in the Coast Mountains, marked by higher-thanusual avalanche danger ratings, heavy and unrelenting storm cycles, as well as a string of heartbreaking tragedies, both in the backcountry and within the resort. With more people venturing into the backcountry amid limits on indoor
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“The second load brought in RECCO [a detector to find any signs of RECCO reflectors] and we did a search with that,” Sills said. “This is all happening with two hours of daylight left. It’s a lot of work to be done; it was a size 3 and it went down into the trees, which makes it more difficult.” But, by nightfall, they were satisfied that no one was missing. While no one was injured, SAR did fly out some people who were on scene and had lost gear in the slide. “If something
gatherings, Avalanche Canada, BC Search and Rescue and WorkSafe BC issued a news release on Monday, Jan. 11, urging British Columbians to educate themselves on avalanche preparedness, backcountry safety and risk assessment before heading out. As officials explained in the release, a search and rescue (SAR) response to a backcountry user caught in an avalanche can only happen once a safety assessment and possible control work is completed— “meaning users cannot assume SAR will
always be available,” the release read. That’s why, “It’s critical that backcountry users know how to carry out an effective companion rescue. Everyone needs the proper gear and should be well trained in its use. The unfortunate reality is that survival rates drop dramatically after just 10 minutes of burial,” said Chris Kelly, BCSARA president, in a release. BC AdventureSmart will be hosting Avalanche Awareness days at the base of Blackcomb Mountain on Jan. 16 and 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help educate backcountry users. When asked whether there were any lessons he took from the close call on Saturday, Peplowski encouraged anyone heading into the backcountry to brush up on their safety skills in the event they witness a similar slide. “I took the [Avalanche Skills Training] course three years ago, and this year, I kind of wish I’d brushed up on my beacon search, because when I was doing it, I could tell I was rusty and not nearly as fast as I was when I first took the course,” he said. “However, if I had to pick one thing to keep in mind [it would be]: Just because there is a well-travelled skin track or other people are travelling in an area doesn’t mean it’s safe. Use your own judgment and draw your own conclusions about how risky a route is,” Peplowski added. “It’s eye-opening. I’m going to be touring with a new set of eyes from now on.” - with files from Alyssa Noel n
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moment or a lifetime, Jesse Van Roon never failed to leave his mark. “He made an impact on everybody he met,” said Jan Madsen, restaurant manager for The Beacon Pub & Eatery, where Van Roon worked as a bartender for the past several years. Tributes have been pouring in, both online and off, since the 26-year-old died in a snowboarding accident Jan. 7. Police said Van Roon was riding on Whistler Mountain that morning when he fell approximately 20 metres off the traverse to West Bowl. He was later pronounced dead at the Whistler Health Care Clinic. Remembered for his razor-sharp wit and dry humour, Van Roon possessed an innate ability to make everyone around him feel like they were the only person in the room. “He had the quickest wit of any guy. He just had an infectious personality. He could put a smile on anybody’s face at any time,” Madsen said. Van Roon’s penchant for sarcasm meant, “People described him as a bit of a prick sometimes,” Madsen said with a laugh, but underneath his acerbic sense of humour was a selfless and thoughtful young man who took every opportunity to brighten someone else’s day. “He simply was a great kid that would give you the shirt off his back,” wrote Kevin Winter, co-owner of Coast Mountain Brewing, where Van Roon worked throughout 2017 and ’18. “We are sad, but no sadder than so many others. Jesse was a bright light in this town. He will be missed.” First Nations activist Linda Epp knew Van Roon from the Beacon, and said he was the first person to buy one of her featherlogoed EPPic hats, simply because he wanted to support his friend. “He was very supportive of me. He was
always so cheeky, giving and funny. I loved him,” Epp wrote. “I sang a song for him at the Beacon last Sunday while standing on the patio. I had smudge burning. And I sang a [traditional Coast Salish] welcome journey song for him since ancestors are welcoming him into the Spirit World.” Epp’s was just one of several tributes that have been taken place since Van Roon’s untimely death. Already contending with COVID-19 capacity limits, the Beacon closed for three days over the weekend to give staff time to grieve, while a tribute table sits outside the pub’s entrance for the community to pay its respects. “He was just such an integral part of the team that I don’t think any of us could have gone to work and had a proper shift for a few days,” Madsen said. “Everything you look at reminds you of him, especially with the vigil … It started as one table and it turned into almost four tables full of flowers and candles and little bottles of Jager and Jameson, his favourites.” That vigil now includes a snowboard donated by Prior that has been signed by friends and will soon hang inside the Beacon. The Whistler Disc Golf Club has set up a memorial on the 18th hole of the Spruce Grove course, where Van Roon loved to play. The Raven Room donated all the proceeds from the sale of old fashioneds this weekend to a GoFundMe fundraiser that has been organized to help his family cover funeral costs and other expenses, while Coast Mountain raised another $1,600 for the campaign last week through the sale of Hope You’re Happy IPA. 21 Steps donated $700 in Van Roon’s name to the Whistler Blackcomb Ski Patrol. The Core Climbing & Fitness Gym has donated the use of an apartment it owns in the village for Van Roon’s family. (Van Roon was also an avid climber.) The target for the GoFundMe was initially set at $3,000, which was eclipsed within hours of going up. At press time, the campaign had raised nearly $27,000. You can still donate at gofundme.com/f/ in-memory-of-jesse-van-roon. n
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‘Herculean effort’ rescues Whistler senior who fell through the ice at Alta Lake FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO TROUBLESHOOT TO RESCUE MAN, WHO SPENT 30 MINUTES IN WATER
BY BRANDON BARRETT A LOCAL SENIOR is reportedly in good condition after spending half an hour in the frigid waters of Alta Lake on Saturday, Jan. 9, when he fell through the ice while crosscountry skiing. “My understanding was he was out yesterday shovelling his driveway,” said Deputy Fire Chief Chris Nelson of the 78-year-old long-time local. “It could have easily not ended this way.” Fire crews were called to Rainbow Park early Saturday afternoon after bystanders spotted the man in the water frantically waving for help. Eye-witness and local councillor Arthur De Jong, in a letter to Pique, said “watching the flailing arms of the drowning man in the centre of the lake while firefighters sprint-crawled the Rapid Deployment Raft across the precarious ice with everything their arms could deliver was both gravely tense and inspiring.” The rescue presented a number of challenges to firefighters, who initially struggled to reach the man while sporting
ICE BREAKER Whistler fire crews had to navigate tricky conditions to rescue a local senior who fell through the ice on Alta Lake Saturday, Jan. 9.
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their heavy, ice-water rescue suits and dragging an inflatable watercraft, known as a Rapid Deployment Craft (RDC), behind them. It was also the first time that particular watercraft had been used by local crews in a rescue. At one point, Nelson said a firefighter fell through what appeared to be a stable patch of ice himself. Complicating things further was just how far out in the water the man was. A 90-metre tether wasn’t long enough to reach him, so firefighters had to
improvise, tying multiple ropes together. “Typically a rope rescue doesn’t usually go that far out,” Nelson noted. “But this one, we had to be inventive.” With the ice unable to hold the weight of the rescuers, firefighters were forced to ride the RDC over thin patches of ice and push it out to where the man was. Still unable to reach him, a firefighter jumped in the water before pulling the man back to the watercraft. With a core temperature reportedly
below 30 degrees Celsius, Nelson said the man still had the presence of mind to prop himself up on the ice using his ski, which likely helped him endure what was at least 30 minutes in the freezing water. In another letter to Pique, the senior who fell through the ice thanked rescue crews for saving his life, as well as the residents who called for help, and the paramedics and medical personnel at the Whistler Health Care Clinic. “I am a very lucky man to still be alive and to be able to live in this beautiful town—the best place on Earth!” he wrote. In his 32 years as a firefighter, Nelson said he had never seen an ice rescue quite like it. “It was a Herculean effort from the firefighters,” he said. “It was one of those things where they had to dig so deep to do it, it really was an effort. It was truly remarkable.” Canadian Red Cross advises that ice should be at least 15 centimetres thick for walking or skating alone, 20 cm for group skating or games, and 25 cm for snowmobiles. Ice colour is also a good indication of its strength, with clear blue ice typically being the strongest. For more ice safety tips, visit redcross.ca. n
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Weston eyes Conservative nomination in Sea to Sky FORMER MP TOUTS EXPERIENCE, PASSION IN RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE
BY BRADEN DUPUIS I F J U S T I N T R U D E A U ’ S federal Liberal government is eyeing a spring 2021 election, as many have speculated recently, the Sea to Sky has at least one potential candidate lined up to challenge sitting Liberal MP Patrick Weiler. John Weston, who served as the riding’s Conservative MP from 2008 to 2015, when he lost the seat to Liberal Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, is once again seeking the party’s nomination in the Sea to Sky. Weston’s decision to re-enter politics was driven by “a welling up of passion and commitment relating to the pandemic, [and] the fact that our country has reached such an important crossroads,” he said. “We’re getting, hopefully, to the point where we can say the pandemic is under control, but what do you do after that? And I just haven’t seen the kind of vision articulated by our government that will take us beyond the pandemic.” Where many people have made tremendous sacrifices over the past year in the interest of serving the greater good, Weston feels he has more to contribute to public life as well.
“I’m not a frontline healthcare worker, I’m not taking care of seniors in a longterm residence, but I do have experience and relationships that may be of service to people in Whistler and the corridor,” he said, adding that with his campaign, he aims to “restore a sense of hope and energy and excitement to what happens next.” If he earns the nomination (and then the
approach was to build ties with various community groups that were closely connected to the key issues—be it fisheries, tourism, or opposition to cell towers. One such example was a 2013 tourism roundtable put together by Weston and then-Senator Nancy Greene Raine. “Similarly on matters of environment, fisheries, recovery from substance abuse,
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riding), Weston listed economic recovery and health and fitness as his top priorities. “Other things that I’m really committed to include reconciliation and equality, promoting a sense of excellence in our individuals, but mindful that we need to get to a point where Canadians can, regardless of race or background, thrive,” he said. “Those are some of the things that have motivated me to get back. I just couldn’t sit on the sidelines and not be involved in the way that I could serve best.” During his time as MP, Weston’s
these were all areas where I was able to get people in the riding with their expertise and background and wisdom to advise me on how best to operate,” Weston said, adding that his office had more than 40 such groups it was working with. “In each case, we were able to get the best advice and the best guidance, which is why I was able to get two private members bills passed and three other private members initiatives on deck [as an MP], and four different initiatives from our riding that were incorporated in budget 2015.”
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But for all his experience, the political world Weston is entering is largely unrecognizable from the one he left in 2015. “The world really has changed, and there’s been a normalization of bad decision making, and of breaking of public trust, so I think one of the things for politicians of all stripes is to ensure that they act with integrity,” he said. “And when you think of the polarization that we’ve seen, I mean, that’s a horrible development in terms of people not listening to one another, and not finding the common ground that is so core to good decision making.” In general, Weston said he’d like to help restore the public trust. “We saw the Prime Minister’s problems with the ethics commissioner, and taking the Aga Khan vacation, and SNC-Lavalin, the WE scandal—those are the kinds of things that we want to avoid,” he said. “And we want to see a real, powerful commitment to trust building, and not polarized thinking, but just the opposite, of unified rallying around common values.” For now, Weston is asking anyone who wants to see him on the ballot to support his nomination by registering with the Conservative Party of Canada. Find out more at johnweston4mp.ca. n
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‘We just want this place to get better’ COMMUNITIES THAT CARE’S YOUNG ADULT SURVEY PULLS NO PUNCHES
BY BRADEN DUPUIS FILLING OUT Communities That Care’s (CTC) upcoming young adult survey—its first since 2016—it’s clear that there were no punches pulled in compiling the questions. In about 15 minutes, respondents aged 18 to 30 are able to paint a fairly detailed picture of things like how COVID-19 has impacted them; their living situations; the status of their mental and physical health (and barriers to improving both); their connectedness to the community; and the extent of their drug and alcohol use—all completely anonymously and confidential. The questions are more heavy-hitting than they might have been in past surveys, said CTC chair (and Whistler councillor) Cathy Jewett. “Because the feedback that we’ve gotten from the stakeholders is that there was information there, but there just wasn’t the depth that they needed to be able to create programming that would be more effective,” she said. The young adult survey was first conducted in 2007 with a goal of understanding the impact of young adults on the community, Jewett said.
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“[Since then] I think it’s morphed more into, ‘What is it that the young adult community needs as far as supports, what are the challenges, and what are the good things?’” Jewett said. “We just want this place to get better.” The CTC board is made up of reps from Vancouver Coastal Health, the Sea to Sky School District, the RCMP, Whistler
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“This will help us advocate for more programming for young adults, and also help these other organizations do an assessment of what they’re doing, to see whether it’s working.” Once respondents finish the survey, they’re re-directed to a separate page where they can enter a draw for daily prizes from local businesses (including a grand prize of a $500 Whistler Blackcomb gift certificate). The survey opens Jan. 15 and closes Feb. 12—find it at www.surveymonkey.com/r/ whistler-young-adult. CTC is also prepping its youth survey for students in Grades 6 to 12, with plans to launch in the spring. It will be CTC’s first youth survey since 2017, and the first to cover the entire Sea to Sky since 2013. “It asks some pretty heavy-hitting questions as well, and this year we’re paying to have an addendum to the survey so that we can ask COVID-related questions,” Jewett said. Data from CTC surveys is analyzed and reported back to the community, and archived on the CTC website at ctcwhistler. ca—results from the young adult survey should be posted by summer, Jewett said. Funding for this year’s young adult survey was provided by the Whistler Community Services Society. n
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Residents concerned by Scotiabank’s closure PETITION ASKS BANK TO KEEP SERVICES IN COMMUNITY
BY DAN FALLOON HER SCOTIABANK ACCOUNT is no longer her primary account, but Doris Peters has a strong feeling for the bank’s Pemberton branch. Peters now resides in Vancouver, so her attachment to the bank is mostly nostalgia. “My grandfather, on my birthday, will put money in my account,” she said. “For me, personally, it’s that ongoing connection to my community and my family.” The client of nearly 40 years may be closing her account soon, though, as the bank plans to close its Pemberton branch in July. Peters serves as a N’Quatqua councillor and knows the community’s residents will be impacted. “We have elders who don’t do online [banking] and our Wi-Fi is haphazard at best. When there’s a big snowstorm, our Wi-Fi goes down—if people have Wi-Fi. We don’t have that fast Wi-Fi that you have here in the city. It’s the slowest Wi-Fi you can manage,” she said. “There are not a lot of jobs within the community and a lot of our members are on social assistance and go do their shopping
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in Pemberton. “Not having the bank there is not only going to impact our members doing their personal banking, but it will impact the shops in Pemberton.” Scotiabank spokesperson Daniela Da Silva said that as of July 15, it will relocate its services from the Prospect Street location to its Lake Placid Drive branch in Whistler. The branch’s location in Creekside is more than 30 minutes’ drive from the existing Pemberton location, tacking on more than an hour round trip for those who are already travelling an hour-and-a-half at minimum from N’Quatqua, which would further deplete the limited funds of some members. However, Da Silva said the change will be a positive move for all. “We did not make this decision lightly. We understand that this will have an impact on the Pemberton community,” Da Silva wrote. “We feel that this relocation will help us provide better service and greater resources to our customers in both Pemberton and Whistler.” The local municipality has some doubts, though. During the Village of Pemberton’s (VOP) regular council meeting on Jan. 12, council voted to draft a letter to send to the bank’s head office with the municipality’s concerns while Mayor Mike Richman plans to personally call the office. “Personally, I feel that it’s a bad move,” he said. “I feel that it was a decision made at a head office based on some numbers, looking at a town like Pemberton and saying
‘There’s 2,800, 2,900 people there. They can bank online,’ not recognizing our level of growth and activity that we have here.” Several local residents agree with the mayor and have started a change.org petition asking that Scotiabank reverse its decision. It had garnered more than 1,800 signatures as of Jan. 13. The petition cites several concerns around the closure, including losing local jobs, the impact on cash flow within the community and access to services, especially for those in First Nations and other remote communities who already travel significant distances to the Pemberton branch. Additionally, a group of residents peacefully protested outside the branch on Jan. 13. Among those leading the local opposition is Pemberton Valley Lodge owner and general manager David MacKenzie, who has had an account with Scotiabank for 55 years and uses it as the lodge’s corporate bank. “It’s quite important when you have a small business to have a connection to your bank, obviously,” he said. Pemberton + District Chamber president Steve McCloskey, meanwhile, said the group is concerned both from the business and social perspectives, noting that several members regularly use the brick-and-mortar branch. “There’s lots of businesses that are cashing cheques, going into the branch on a daily basis,” he said. “It’s definitely a
resource that’s still used despite the fact that you can use online banking.” McCloskey is baffled by the decision, reasoning that Pemberton and the surrounding area is growing, with $134 million in real estate traded in Pemberton in the last 12 months. “At this moment, it doesn’t seem like anybody really knows why they’re shutting it down aside from the obvious, that they’re trying to save costs,” he said. “It seems hard to believe that we’re not able to support a local branch.” The Scotiabank spokesperson could not confirm what will happen to staff members, only saying that they are aware of the decision, or whether Scotiabank will retain an ATM in the community. While Scotiabank is the lone bank in the community, BlueShore Financial branch manager Holly Hetherington confirmed that the credit union, also located on Prospect Street, can handle a full range of financial services. Hetherington said that since the rumours started last week, BlueShore has seen some additional interest and opened some new accounts. “We actually have changed some staffing. We’re putting together a strategy to make sure that we’re able to handle more inquiries so people know walking in that we’re a full-service financial institution and we can take care of your needs,” she said. For more on the closure, head to piquenewsmagazine.com. n
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Pemberton council wary of easing retaining wall restrictions
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BY DAN FALLOON VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON (VOP) council opted against easing restrictions on retaining walls at its regular meeting on Jan. 12. When the current restrictions, limiting the height of retaining walls to 1.2 metres, came into effect in 2018, it affected in-progress developments such as Sunstone and The Ridge. The proposed bylaw sought to balance the former rules by removing the cap on retaining walls, but requiring an engineer to design and supervise construction of any retaining wall higher than 1.2 m. (The former bylaw has the engineering requirement for walls taller than 2.4 m.) However, council voted to send the matter back to staff. Planner Cameron Chalmers explained at the meeting that in the future, with hillside development guidelines being considered as part of the upcoming Official Community Plan review, the VOP will strive to handle retention needs on a larger scale, but for now, it needs to find a way to deal with individual lots as part of subdivisions. “It’ll allow the current lots that have been subdivided and transacted to private ownership to be constructed in a manner more similar to the previous bylaw than the current one,” he said. In his report, Chalmers explained that the amendment is being proposed as the Board of Variance has found itself in a challenging position. The board has received two requests to vary retaining wall heights, but has opted against coming to a decision because it doesn’t feel that the request is merely a minor variance. Council directed staff to review retaining wall provisions at its Dec. 8 Committee of the Whole meeting, but Mayor Mike Richman acknowledged that there must have been some miscommunication as part of the request. “I was a little surprised that the maximum height was eliminated entirely. I know it’s hard to establish what is an appropriate height depending on what the site is, and I know that we’re referring to a lot of midterm rather than future development,” he said. Chalmers said that the sites falling under the bylaw are all familiar to staff and “most of the sites will fall under these provisions” without any need for council to be involved. All sites have passed the VOP’s subdivision process. “Although the review of the grading and the retention was not to the level that we would anticipate in future approvals, those lots were reviewed,” Chalmers said. “We are challenged to come up with what the right
number would be for a retaining structure with the information we have available. We have enough to say, ‘Those are buildable lots.’ We don’t have enough to be able to say, ‘It will require 1.75 or 2.25 metres of retention per lot.” Councillor Ted Craddock suggested an alternative formula, posing the possibility of a percentage of slope rather than a hard number. Chalmers said those are possible but would require additional work. “We took away from Committee of the Whole after discussion around the maximum height that we would not be pursuing that at this time, so that’s the bylaw that’s been prepared,” he said. “If upon reflection, council would like to see how we can better interface between lots, it is a different level of study. It’s not an imminent turnaround time.” Richman said he feels for those who are in a holding pattern with their lots while also acknowledging that the hillside needs to be preserved.
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“For this interim bit, is there another way that we can make sure that the aesthetics and natural landscape are preserved not by implementing those sorts of metrics?” Richman asked. Chalmers said striking the balance is exactly what the challenge has been. “Some owners were unaware that we would be approaching retention the way that we have when they made their commitments,” he said. Council voted to refer the matter back to staff to return to Committee of the Whole with options to limit height in a fair manner. “We need a better understanding of what council believes to be a problematic wall,” Chalmers said. “No matter what you pick, there would be times where it wouldn’t suit a particular site and you’d have to deal with that by variance.” Richman encouraged those needing walls taller than 1.2 m to start the variance process while the bylaw is being hammered out. “We’ll be very open to looking at those variances and protecting the hillside at the same time,” Richman said. n
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Sea to Sky duo’s Garibaldi 100 project set to continue ADVENTURERS’ QUEST SAW NUMEROUS INTERRUPTIONS, INCLUDING PARK CLOSURE
BY DAN FALLOON
Kellock, Jonathan Donald: On January 5, 2021, in his 29th year, we lost Jonathan, a shining star in our lives. Like many ski racers before him, Jonathan realized how deeply he loved the sport when he stopped ski racing. Returning to the times when he was a kid on the hill at Holimont running gates, skiing in the trees, turning just about anything into a jump and, his favourite of all, making smoke, all with his friends and family. He found that again later in life in Whistler coaching at the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, this time coaching, and following his new passion back country skiing. Before that Jonathan had a great run competing in the sport. He started at Holimont, followed by the Peaks, then Northwood School in Lake Placid (that’s a wonderful story on its own – thank you to all at Northwood School and the Whiteface Alpine Training Center), on to the Ontario Ski Team (again another great story. He made so many enduring and deep friendships there. You all know who you are. Jonathan treasured those relationships), then to Plymouth State Ski Team where, like Northwood, Jonathan was able to combine ski racing with his education and make another great close bunch of friends. Whenever you’re on the road, be it to Stowe, Saas Fe, Chile, New Zealand (earthquakes included), Pano, any mountain, you are a team and you need fuel. Food is that fuel, it has to be good, and you have no cook. That’s when Jonathan became a cook and a pretty good one at that. His love for cooking grew, and again, became a team sport for him. Be it with the team, his athletes on the road in BC, with his housemates at Plymouth or in Whistler and then this past year cooking for his family and friends at home and the cottage during treatment, meals became the place where time was shared. Ski racing was his passion, but like all good athletes he also excelled at other sports. If ranked, I think we would say golf was number one, but he was also pretty accomplished behind a boat, on a YZ250, and on a mountain bike with his pals in Whistler. How do you effectively capture a person and their life in a few or a million words? How do you capture anyone’s feelings for Jonathan? How do you describe the love he had for his family and his friends? How do you describe the tremendous loss we all feel? We cannot. But the incredible outpouring of love and support upon the news of Jonathan’s passing is a hell of a good start. It is humbling, comforting and inspiring for his friends and so very much for his family, his mom Jennifer, dad Rob, sisters Jamie and Lindsay. We have so many people to thank for the four years since his diagnosis. The incredible team at Sunnybrook Hospital led by Dr. Perry, and later the palliative care team at Southlake Hospital. His Aunt Sue and cousins Harris and Hanna for the constant support at home over the last year. He is already so missed by his grandmother Eileen and Terry, grandfather Burton and Dawn, Uncle Jerry and Marja, Aunt Alannah and Uncle Darren, cousins Brendan and Sydney, Uncle Jack and Aunt Christie and cousins Jackie, Nicky and Tommy, Aunt Julie and Uncle Paul, cousins Austin and Aaron, Uncle Derek, and, perhaps most importantly, Jonathan’s friends who provided a steady stream of comfort, support and companionship as he handled his diagnosis and prognosis the way he did with everything in his life. As one of his friends said “that man faced everything with a winning attitude, even his own mortality’. In Lieu of flowers, please donate directly to the Odette Cancer Centre through the Sunnybrook Foundation or the Brain Tumour Research Fund at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The family will be hosting a party to celebrate Jonathan at the farm later this year. Arrangements entrusted to Peaceful Transition York (2-15236 Yonge Street Aurora, Ontario) and condolences may be forwarded to the family through peacefultransition.ca
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LIKE MANY OF US, Ben Haggar and Shawn Campbell started 2020 with ambitious goals that were halted in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case of the local adventuring duo, they had hoped to complete 100 summits in Garibaldi Provincial Park to mark the park’s 100th anniversary. However, an extended closure because of the health crisis set the pair behind, in no small part because the spring was set to be a prime ski mountaineering time to gain some momentum and check several trips off their list. Campbell noted the project started out in a promising way, with the first summit coming on Round Mountain on Jan. 2 as they got some of the “low-hanging fruit,” but alpine access was hard to come by after that. “We were able to pick it up again in February, but by early March, COVID shut us down,” he said, adding that the decision to rein the project in came before the official closure. Haggar said that the winter presented roadblocks such as avalanche conditions within the park, leading to a slower-thanexpected pace. Even the days where it was safe to go presented challenges. “The first dozen summits, we could only see a view from the top of one or two of them. We were navigating in whiteout, basically the entire time,” Haggar said. As conditions were starting to become more favourable, Haggar recalled, the park closed as a pandemic precaution and only reopened, with day-use passes required for entry, in late July. “[We were] sitting there when it’s March, really good, stable conditions, the best stability, avalanche-wise, we’d had all year,” he said. “There were six or seven sunny days in a row and it was just absolute torture.” During the year, Campbell found that some of the least technical routes have been most memorable, including Opal Cone on Mount Garibaldi. While it was lower elevation than most others they’ll target, it has great views and was a fantastic expedition with two other friends. “It was memorable in that the company we kept was amazing and it was a slog of a day, but it was beautiful weather, we had amazing views, and it ticked all the boxes of what the project was meant to do, including exploring a new-to-us summit with great friends,” he said. “It’s a place I’ve walked by many times but had never gone to the top of.” Once the park reopened, other
factors got in the way, including work commitments, wildfire smoke, injuries and Campbell’s position as a Squamish Search and Rescue volunteer during its busiest year on record. As such, the pair pivoted to making it a three-year project to finish the remaining summits, as Haggar has 18 and Campbell has 17. While they strive to complete nearly all summits together, the duo will occasionally go out separately. The shift in timeline, Campbell said, resulted in a shift in thinking. “Our objectives changed slightly in that we’re identifying some more aesthetic lines, both ascending and descending,” Campbell said. “It’s a very multisport project for us, so we’re hoping to do some more climbing, some more ski mountaineering, trail running and scrambling and incorporate some paddling and even bikes into the fray. “It allows us the opportunity to hit certain peaks and certain objectives in the most optimal conditions.” “This way, we’ll be able to maximize favourable conditions for travel, better conditions for summiting some key peaks, climb the route we’d like to climb as opposed to selecting the easiest way up and down, and, ideally, picking off some of the classic ski descents in the Spearhead Range,” Haggar added. The most significant lesson they took, Campbell said, was learning to be patient and strike during safe conditions. He cited two aborted attempts of Demon Peak, once in the fall and once in the winter, as an example of how despite plenty of planning, adaptability was also required. “We got skunked both times for various reasons but our decision making in the field was based on weather and avalanche stability,” he said. “We’re now looking at that peak as a summer objective. “One of the biggest things was learning to be OK with being patient and just having that knowledge that the mountains aren’t going anywhere, regardless of the project.” The duo is also pressing forward with filming the project, as Haggar is a filmmaker and photographer. He said the project was difficult to film but going forward, with less time pressure, he can linger and get shots rather than pressing on quickly. One slight frustration, Campbell noted, was that BC Parks shifted its recognition of the 100th anniversary from 2020 to 2027. He explained that he’d had discussions with the organization leading up to the project, though in early 2020, they decided to make the change. “The land was set aside in 1920, but the park was designated a Class A provincial park in 1927,” he said. n
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Ski bucket list: Part I AS A TRAVEL WRITER with a typically heavy winter schedule, this time of year usually finds me occupied by work assignments that can take me not just out of town, but to other countries and continents. I know I have been particularly lucky in this and am grateful for all the travel and the
BY LESLIE ANTHONY chance to experience ski cultures—and the unique people who populate them—around the world. This year is different, however, as I haven’t left B.C. since March and haven’t set foot outside Whistler since September. But it’s got me thinking about what I might have been doing, and what I have done, and what the best of some of those things have been. I’ve written about many of these before in books, magazine articles, and even this column, but it seems like a good time to reflect on what a good Bucket List might be for other ski hounds. So, in this and my next column, I’m offering 50 places, things or experiences that have enriched my ski life and that I think might enrich yours. It’s only my opinion, of course, so you should take them with a grain of salt—but take them when you can:
EASTERN DREAMS Couldn’t we all use a little JaPow, like at Nozawa Onsen, right about now? PHOTO BY MATTIAS FREDRIKSSON
1. Japan. JaPow and Japanuary have officially been a thing now for a decade. Don’t miss out on the most consistently deep and frequently refreshed snow on Earth. 2. Ex-ski-bum Swedes Niklas Möller and Eric Spongberg opened Ski Lodge Engelberg in Engelberg, Switzerland in 2008 to instant success and international notoriety as a freeride centre-of-theuniverse. Staying there is a trip unto itself, but the skiing is out of this world. 3. Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, is home to historic ski areas Alta and Snowbird whose fluffy, lake-effect powder has been called “The Greatest Snow on Earth.” If you haven’t been already, you’re due for an in-depth analysis. 4. With its blend of traditional lifestyle, ancient village, and recent salvation from oblivion, there’s no other ski area remotely like the freeride heaven of La Grave, France. 5. Bella Coola Helisports in the eponymous B.C. Central Coast town was voted “World’s Best Heli-skiing Operation” three years in a row for good reason. It’s also the world’s first carbon-positive heliop, buying more in carbon credits, tree plantings and old-growth forest protection that it emits. 6. Hotel Eiger in Mürren, Switzerland, reflects the musty parlour-pomp of Victorian travel and early ski-resort creation, but the James Bond vibe and views to the Eiger-Junfraujoch-Monch Massif remain unparalleled. 7. A pilgrimage to the alpine Mecca of Chamonix, France, is de rigeur, the most urgent reason being a chance to ski
the planet’s biggest lift-served vertical (2,755 metres) run from the Aguille du Midi down the Valleé Blanche before climate change swallows the Mer de Glace Glacier. 8. A list of ski pilgrimages wouldn’t be complete without the Austrian Arlberg— the “cradle of modern skiing” where Matthias Zdarsky and Hannes Schneider turned a Norwegian winter utility into a bona fide sport. 9. In the far north, hard on the border with Norway, the Swedish resort of Riksgränsen is full of special stories. One of those is built around the stone remnants of an historic rail roundhouse: Small, cozy, Niehku Mountain Villa is the most exclusive heli/ski-touring lodge in the world—with the coolest wine cellar going. 10. Summer ski the Southern Hemisphere in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, or Australia. All have legit mountains and ski-culture experiences. 11. If you have a need for speed, freshly groomed Ruthie’s Run on Aspen Mountain is probably the world’s finest combination of fall-line fun and well-preserved snow. 12. Whether you’re skiing it in thighdeep powder or chest-high bumps, the Tram Line in Snowbird, Utah delivers the dubious bonus of a captive audience of 150 skiers zipping past you overhead. 13. Iceland. It’s so hot right now. Particularly the Troll Peninsula, where, whether you intend to ski-tour or heli-ski, you’ll experience comfort in rural isolation at Jökull Bergman’s Klængshóll Lodge near Dalvik. 14. As the longest run with the biggest drop in North America, Whistler’s Peak
to Creek on a powder day is like an in-bounds heli-ski run. If you can handle the 11-kilometre, 1,530-vertical-metres non-stop you deserve your beer reward at Dusty’s in Creekside. 15. The Dolomiti Superski circuit weaves a huge figure-eight through several ski areas in Italy’s scenic Dolomites. It can be pulled off in a day if you don’t stop to ski a couloir along the way. Plan to finish at Vinoteca bar in Cortina. 16. The Hobacks at Jackson Hole, Wyo., offer an otherworldly powder experience in a place with generally otherworldly skiing. Get them before the sun does. 17. Ski Canada’s only big-mountain co-op, Shames Mountain in Terrace, B.C. Far flung, yes, but also renowned for the most insane slackcountry of any North American ski area. 18. If you long to ski to the edge of a Norwegian fjord, the town of Stranda offers the best mix of resort skiing, spectacular fjord scenery, and plenty of off-piste exploration with Oscar Almgren’s Uteguiden. 19. Do a Roadside Ski Tour: the Duffey Lake Road and Rogers or Kootenay passes in B.C., Teton Pass in Wyoming, Loveland Pass in Colorado, Col du Lautaret in France— and hundreds more. 20. For gawd’s sakes, ski the Swiss Alps. Do I really have to explain why? Next time: numbers 21-50—more places to ski, stay, eat and tell stories about. Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain he didn’t like. ■
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A closer look at the Sea to Sky’s
natural hazards Scientists talk about monitoring efforts at Mount Meager, Mount Cayley, and Garibaldi Lake By Alyssa Noel
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ave you ever pondered the collapse of the Barrier and the sudden and subsequent draining of Garibaldi Lake? How often do you watch plumes of dust billow up from Mount Currie as rocks tumble down? Do you ever let your imagination run wild thinking about Mount Meager erupting once again? While it’s always good to be aware of the natural hazards that surround the Sea to Sky corridor, you can take some comfort in knowing that scientists from local universities are quietly monitoring many of these potential—and fascinating—threats. A handful of experts offered a peek into some of that work during the Sea to Sky South Mitigating Natural Hazards Risk Workshop, which took place for community members on Zoom last month. (A similar workshop was held for Sea to Sky north communities the day before.) Led by Veronica Woodruff, a Pemberton consultant who co-owns Clear Course Consulting and is studying natural hazards through a master’s degree at Royal Roads University, the workshop revealed the results of a survey that delved into how locals would respond in the case of a natural disaster. In total, there were 633 responses from people throughout the corridor.
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FEATURE STORY “I think it’s important to note these kinds of alternative viewpoints and tailor your communications to a whole range of opinions,” Woodruff told the group. “Eighty-five per cent of people said they’d pack up, they’d be ready to go in a moment’s notice [in response to an evacuation alert],” One of the defining features of Garibaldi Lake she said. “Fifteen per cent noted they would is the Barrier. It’s a “300-metre tall, unstable make their own decision on whether they volcanic cliff,” Quane explained. would take an evacuation alert seriously. “We’ve seen that the lava flow [from And, it was also noted in the comments, that Mount Price’s eruption] came down, hit the Mount Meagre … almost a dozen people said they would glacier, dammed the valley, had nowhere else probably go, but their partner would stay.” WWW.GETTYIMAGES.CA to go, [and] went back up in that direction,” Further to that, 11 per cent said they he said. “And so, we’ve created a system would rely on their own judgment to decide where we have a trillion cubic metres of water if they would follow an evacuation alert and It’s been a point of focus for him and as well as bring in higher-resolution perched at 1,400 metres elevation behind an nine per cent would check with a neighbour other researchers since 2016, when those images to understand which areas are unstable volcanic dam.” or friend before deciding. gases were first discovered. “We’re trying weakest and where to set up real-time To that end, his team decided to monitor The top three hazards that locals feel are to tackle some really interesting and monitoring, COVID-19 foiled that plan. the water in that system and how it might most likely to affect them include forest fire, fundamental projects, both for the sake “Everything is ready to go for late next spring move in the future. followed by flood, and landslide. Debris flow of volcanic history, but also things like once the ground is amenable,” Williams“If we can see the levels of this water and and earthquake trailed closely behind. renewable resources, such as geothermal Jones said. watch them over time, we can see if there’s Other follow-up data—which Woodruff energy.” any changes whether it be climate change or released in January—found that almost 47 In the past, researchers have mapped a natural hazard event,” Quane said. per cent of people have a prepared 72-hour the 2010 landslide that happened there—the Essentially, they found the flow of emergency kit for their home while only 34 largest in Canadian history—to look more the water, in part, comes out below the per cent have a grab-and-go kit for a short deeply at that event; one of Williams-Jones’ Barrier. “The water, we think, is flowing evacuation notice. graduate students recently finished one along … between the underlying bedrock Just over 69 per cent of respondents, of Canada’s first volcano hazard maps by This mountain is another area with significant and this approximately 11,000-year-old meanwhile, have signed up for their looking at three eruption scenarios and their debris flow, Williams-Jones said. lava flow that filled the valley. So we have government jurisdiction’s emergency implications; and another student conducted It’s earmarked as a good location for an unstable dam that has pressurized notification alert system. research years ago to identify 25 to 27 slopes low-cost monitoring instrumentation. water flowing beneath it. I’m certainly not “We will be meeting with our academic that are moving. “We’re hoping to set up an R&D project an engineer, but that doesn’t sound like, partners [at] the end of February to discuss “We’ve finally got a webcam set up that’s to see what we can detect and actually unless you meant to do it, a great situation next steps for research priorities,” Woodruff given us satellite telemetry data, one image start working on an alerting system on, say for stability,” he said. says in a follow-up email. daily … so we’re starting to get the ground- Mud Creek and Terminal Creek,” he added. After this discovery, Quane decided to After Woodruff’s opening presentation base monitor going,” Williams-Jones said. “Then, ideally, maybe taking advantage of install monitoring stations last summer at at the workshop, Glyn Williams-Jones, a “The key thing is it’s not one approach that some recent developments—Elon Musk’s three spots in Garibaldi Park, including one on professor of volcanology at Simon Fraser is going to be that silver bullet; you really SpaceX and Starlink, using satellite internet the new dock near the BC Parks ranger station. University and co-director at the Centre of need to integrate a whole suite of different feed to ideally give us a real-time response. “It’s a PVC pipe with a device in it that Natural Hazards Research, shared current approaches.” So we’re hoping to get that going again tells me how much pressure of overlying and future monitoring and research plans Going forward, they hope that includes early in the spring.” water is on top,” he said. “So if the lake level for Mount Meager and Mount Cayley. He cameras, some infrared to measure hot gases, Overall, Williams-Jones hopes to bring goes up and down, it will give a different was followed by Steve Quane, a volcanologist gas monitoring to measure the toxic levels various data into a system that allows for pressure signal to my device and then I and physical sciences tutor in geology at of hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide widespread access for both academics and can translate that into how much water is Quest University, who talked about research emerging, and also low-cost instruments like the public. in the whole lake because I now have the at Garibaldi Lake, held up by the precarious a $1,000 sensor that will measure earthquakes With support from the Canadian topography of the lake bottom, so I know the Barrier, among other work. and low-frequency sound. Mountain Network, they’re currently volume of the lake.” “It’s a non-trivial exercise on mountains building a natural hazards data portal He has another at “overflow creek.” A like Mount Meager because of the snowfall, as a one-stop-shop for real-time and third was located at Rubble Creek, although three to four metres, easily, even on some historical data. that one was taken out by a landslide and wind-blown ridges,” he added. “There’s an [academic niche] this project never found. While the team tried this summer can fill because … it’s basically trying to What the monitoring found was Garibaldi to build on work done by a geotechnical bring all these disparate datasets together in Lake went up and down with the season with For those who don’t know, Mount Meager is company that looked at the structural one place and [allow] the general public to “overflow creek” mimicking the levels. an active volcano that is “currently gassing geology of the mountain and expand on its commit to contributing as well,” he said. “What we’re seeing from early summer through Job Glacier,” Williams-Jones said. three-dimensional numerical modelling, to early winter is that we have quite a bit of
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variation in Garibaldi Lake, an overall trend of going down, and same with overflow creek, a trend of going down. But we do have some spikes,” he said. One major spike was from a storm event that brought 100 millimetres of rain in two days. The monitoring found that the water coming out from under the dam wasn’t coupled with the level of the lake. “When the lake fills up, Rubble Creek stays the same,” he said. “That was quite interesting and it’s going to be meaningful when we think about how to monitor the split.” Last winter, the researchers also had an opportunity to look at Garibaldi Lake while it was frozen and clear of snow. One of Quane’s students set up a system in which she anchored a pressure gage to the bottom of the lake and left it for the entire season. “What happens in the winter is the water in the lake goes down,” he said. “There’s no real input in the lake, so the water is just draining from the bottom of the Barrier, like we saw in the summertime.” In the end, they determined that all year round, there is water coming out from beneath the barrier. “What I’m trying to figure out now is how do we measure that flow,” Quane said. “If a landslide or some other event happened it would probably dam the Cheakamus River, Daisy Lake is right there that’s already dammed, so we might have a significant event come down to Squamish.” His idea now is to install more low-cost monitoring systems on the bridge where Rubble Creek goes under Highway 99. “That would allow us to have a low-cost system to monitor this area in case an event were to happen,” he said. “Relatively inexpensive monitoring can be done on a system like this that can give us a heads-up of whether or not the system is changing. We can look at longer-term changes like with climate change or they can be punctuated events that might be a hazard that we really need to respond to quickly.” ■
“The water, we think, is flowing along … between the underlying bedrock and this approximately 11,000-year-old lava flow that filled the valley. So we have an unstable dam that has pressurized water flowing beneath it. I’m certainly not an engineer, but that doesn’t sound like, unless you meant to do it, a great situation for stability.” - Steve Quane
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Brihadisvara Temple (circa 1003 AD), in Thanjavur, was once the heart of the Chola dynasty. Travel buddy Astried Huebner and I spent a morning rambling through the wellpreserved temple, catching a glimpse into a highly evolved culture. Once the mightiest rulers of southern India, the Chola presence was felt from Sri Lanka to northern India and parts of southeast Asia, until being annexed by the British in 1855. Our pattern of driving aimlessly by intent along quiet rural roads on our motorcycles continued. Whenever we stopped, a small crowd formed, even in the most unlikely places. Watching a farmer work a rice paddy, a guy stopped to chat, as did the next five motorcycles. He had the advantage, being the only one who spoke English. Everything we said was theatrically translated. When he discovers I am Canadian, he smiles, shakes his head, and tells me his brother lives in Toronto. The crowd went wild. Mid-afternoon attempts to find rooms in Musiri lead to dirty hotels. One angry man had the audacity to refuse us looking at the room without paying first. We laughed and circled town again. Here, you eat in a “hotel” and sleep in a “lodge.” This can lead to hilarious confusion when you forget and ask directions to a hotel. A few businessmen emerged from a hotel—with a lodge above—and I asked them if they stayed here. One smiled and nodded that circular nod. “No chance, Sir. Go to Nammakal and stay at Golden Palace.” So, we did.
On the outskirts of Karur, a man on a motorcycle riding in the opposite direction slowed to look at us. He turned around, following closely as we wound through the streets. At a chai stall, he approached and started asking questions, pulling out a notebook to write. I asked him why he was taking notes. “I am a journalist for the Hindu-Tamil Times, sir. My name is Nur,” he said. “I have never seen a foreigner in this town, and I want to write a story in the newspaper about you. Do you have some time? I just called my photographer.” We chatted with Nur, the photographer arrived, snapped some shots and they left. A crowd formed and a Mr. Salavan inserted himself, acting as translator. The crowd grew, traffic became snarled, and horns honked incessantly. After a second chai, we bade farewell to our fans and climbed aboard the bikes. Squeals of “oooh” and “aaaah,” shouts of “goodbye” and frantic waving followed as Astried lead out. A handful of kids ran along beside us for a few blocks and we felt like celebrities. Nearing the edge of town, we stopped to ask a couple of auto mechanics for directions. Each of the three men happily pointed in the same direction while asking for a “schelfie,” a universal term in India, and a common request. More winding country roads eventually led to the small town of Aravakurichi where
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... we bade farewell to our fans and climbed aboard the bikes. Squeals of “oooh” and “aaaah,” shouts of “goodbye” and frantic waving followed. Later, near the centre of Nammakal, a young guy pulled alongside and asked where we were going. “Food,” I said. “Vegetarian or meat?” he asked. “Veg,” says I. “Follow me,” he said as he smiled and took off when the light turned green. He led us to an eatery, but we barely had a chance to shout “thank you” before he rode off into the dark streets. Amazing meal, again. South of Nammakal, the arid hills of the Eastern Ghats meet the Western Ghats, which stretch from the southern tip of India north to Maharashtra State along the Arabian Sea. This is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Life is slow out here and foreigners on motorcycles are uncommon, so when we stop, the entire community emerges to stare. The ritual smiling, “hello,” and endless handshaking follow. Brave souls screw up the courage to try their English: Where are you from? Where are you going? They ask. They cannot resist staring at Astried’s blonde hair, blue eyes, and tattoos as though aliens have descended on their village.
we found a room. After dinner, my phone rang and Nur told me to check page 5 of the newspaper next morning. At the newsstand, I located the HinduTamil Times, flipped it to page 5 and found Astried and myself smiling back. The shopkeeper couldn’t understand why a foreigner, who clearly did not speak the language, was buying a newspaper until I showed him page 5. He smiled and wagged his head in the circular nod. Back at the lodge, the owner’s daughter and the others who had gathered round appeared suitably impressed. Our Warhol moment—15 minutes of fame. For 28 days and more than 2,600 kilometres, Tim and his companion explored rural Tamil Nadu and Kerala (in 2017). Few foreigners ride the back roads of southern India and they certainly attracted a lot of attention. From chai-stall stares to schoolchildren’s cheers and even newspaper coverage. Go to piquenewsmagazine.com to read the first and second stories in the series. For more on Tim’s adventures, go to timmorch.com. ■
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Milan wearing the ‘C’ WHISTLER PUCKSTER LEADING THE PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS
BY DAN FALLOON IT MAY SOUND a bit bizarre, especially to British Columbians, but Whistler’s Garrett Milan is playing hockey in front of thousands of spectators these days. Milan, who turns 30 this spring, is leading the Southern Professional Hockey League’s Pensacola Ice Flyers through a strange season as their newly minted captain. “It’s a tremendous honour, for sure. When you get named captain of any team, it’s a big honour, but especially a team with a winning tradition and a good organization like Pensacola,” he said. While in some ways it’s difficult to provide leadership in a pandemic, Milan noted that all the players are experiencing the changes for the first time together and the expectations of their conduct, to not take risks and jeopardize their health or anyone else’s, have been firmly set. “No one has been through this, so there’s no real book,” he said. “Everyone at this level, at this age, knows what’s at stake and if you’re not going to follow the rules, you’re not going to step into line, you’re going to be out of here pretty quick.”
CAPTAIN MILAN Whistler’s Garrett Milan is leading the Pensacola Ice Flyers as the team captain in 2020-21. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PENSACOLA ICE FLYERS
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Milan noted that when the SPHL announced it would have a season this year, he was keen to suit up. “I was all in. When you’re a little younger, when you’re 23 or 24, you can take that year off, but for me, I wanted to get back into it and keep playing,” he said. “You don’t know how many years you have left. You may as well keep doing it while you can.” Now in his fourth season in Florida, Milan, who inked a new contract with the team back in July, will look to help
With the Meadow Park Sports Centre rink shut down for the summer, Milan was off ice for several months, but appreciated the opportunity to lead skills camps and assist the local midget rep team when action resumed. Though Milan’s access to ice was limited to coaching opportunities before returning to Florida, it was more than some other players had. However, the level of SPHL play has been high, he said, as all North American minor leagues have seen teams
“Everyone needed this after a long offseason. It’s been a long offseason, nine months off is probably about the longest that any of us has been off skates since we started skating.” - GARRETT MILAN
Pensacola secure its fourth President’s Cup title and first since 2016 while also navigating a season operating during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league itself is only half its normal size, with only five of 10 teams opting in to the 2020-21 campaign. “Everyone needed this after a long offseason. It’s been a long offseason, nine months off is probably about the longest that any of us has been off skates since we started skating,” he said. “It adds a bit of normality back into life.”
opt out of the season, pushing high-quality competitors into lower leagues. Another partial sense of the Before Times are that limited numbers of fans are allowed to attend the games. Both of Pensacola’s home contests saw upwards of 2,500 spectators in the Pensacola Bay Center, which seats just over 8,000 for hockey. “In minor pro, we wouldn’t be able to play if we didn’t play in front of fans,” Milan said. “We’re still playing in front of fans. Not as many as we’re used to, but for social
distancing reasons and [compliance] with the different protocols so we’re safe. “You can definitely notice it at a couple of the rinks already that fans are down compared to what they would be in a normal year, for sure.” Milan acknowledged that buildings that are less than half-full aren’t uncommon sights in the SPHL in some locales, especially for weeknight games. Milan, who exceeded a point-per-game pace in his prior three seasons with the club, has maintained that trajectory this season as well with seven points in Pensacola’s first five games as they lead the league with a 3-2 record. The season has already hit some turmoil, as Pensacola’s two games scheduled for this past weekend were postponed as a COVID-19 precaution. Milan noted that each player received a 24-page document outlining protocols prior to the season and said the pandemic has impacted how the team runs. “We got tested before we got down here and once we got down here as well. We get COVID tested every week,” Milan said, adding that the team members also wear masks in the dressing room and around the facilities. “It’s definitely a different year, for sure, but we wanted to keep playing and have a full season. “That’s the reason we’re down here. It’s pretty easy to follow the rules when you know what’s at stake.” n
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Bobsled athletes podium in Europe SPORTS BRIEFS: PARROT TOPS AT KREISCHBERG
BY DAN FALLOON CHRIS SPRING has returned to the bobsleigh track in style. The former Whistler resident, now in Calgary, came through with three medals in the Europe Cup stop at Altenberg, Germany last week, including a four-man victory on Jan. 9 with Mark Mlakar, Mike Evelyn and Shaquille Murray-Lawrence. “Today I learned a great life lesson. If you just keep going, keep showing up, be patient, endure and believe, then you can still surprise yourself even at my age,” Spring said in a release. Spring also medalled in both two-man races, taking bronze with Mlakar on Jan. 7 and silver with Evelyn on Jan. 8. The week marked nine years since Spring suffered a crash at the very same track that sent him and two other sledders to the hospital. In IBSF World Cup action at Winterberg, Canada’s Justin Kripps and his crew of Ben Coakwell, Ryan Sommer and Cam Stones claimed their first podium together, taking second, 0.57 seconds back of the winning German sled driven by Francesco Friedrich. Austria’s Benjamin Maier led his crew to third. “We were very happy to come out today and lay down the runs we did—from the starts and right through the driving from Justin. We really wanted this for each other today. This is a great way to start the season and we look forward to building on this heading into next week in St. Moritz,” Sommer said in a release. Earlier in the week, Kripps and Stones took fifth in the two-man race, while Friedrich and Thorsten Margis topped fellow Germans Johannes Lochner and Eric Franke and Austrians Maier and Markus Sammer for first. On the women’s side, Christine de Bruin and rookie Sara Villani also took fifth, while Germany’s Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi came away with the win over fellow Germans Kim Kalicki and Ann-Christin Strack. Mariama Jamanka and Leonie Fiebig of Germany and Austria’s Katrin Beierl and Jennifer Onasanya tied for third. In skeleton action, Elisabeth Maier was Canada’s top performer, taking sixth on the women’s side, 0.58 seconds back of winner Elena Nikitina of Russia. Germany’s Tina Hermann took second while Austria’s Janine Flock placed third. The lone other Canuck, Jaclyn Laberge, was 21st. On the men’s side, Kevin Boyer and Mark Lynch placed 16th and 18th, respectively. Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov bested Latvia’s Martins Dukurs and Germany’s Alexander Gassner for the victory. In other sliding sports, Canada skipped the FIL World Cup at Sigulda, Latvia on Jan. 9 and 10 to train, though Whistler was represented. Veronica Ravenna, representing Argentina, took 24th on the women’s side. Canadian athletes raced the week prior
at Konigssee, Germany. Whistler’s Reid Watts placed 24th in his first action of the season while in doubles racing, Tristan Walker and Justin Snith were 18th.
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PARROT TAKES WIN At his first FIS World Cup contest in more than a year, Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot came out on top. Parrot dominated at the big air event at Kreischberg, Austria, qualifying first and scoring a 165 in the final to edge Sweden’s Sven Thorgren by one point and Norway’s Mons Roiland by 1.8 points. Canadian Liam Brearley also made the final, placing seventh, while Nicolas Laframboise (11th), Sebastien Toutant (15th), Tyler Nicholson (28th) and Mark McMorris (30th) all competed. Parrot rebounded from a second-run crash to land a cab 1620 on his third attempt to seal the deal. On the women’s side, Zoi Sadowski Synnott (162.40) topped Japan’s Kokomo Murase and Austria’s Anna Gasser for the victory. No Canadians made the final, with Jasmine Baird and Laurie Blouin finishing in the middle of the pack in 15th and 16th, respectively. Canadians cracked the top 10 in both men’s and women’s competition in the ski event. On the women’s side, Megan Oldham and Olivia Asselin took ninth and 10th, respectively, as Switzerland’s Giulia Tanno topped France’s Tess Ledeux and Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru for first place. In the men’s event, Edouard Therriault secured ninth spot as Norway’s Birk Ruud claimed the top step over France’s Antoine Adelisse and Sweden’s Oliwer Magnusson. Whistler’s Teal Harle was also in the points, finishing tied for 16th.
READ POSTS STRONG SHOWING AT ADELBODEN Canadian Erik Read took home a pair of top20 showings in FIS World Cup competition at Adelboden, Switzerland on the weekend. Read took 13th in the Jan. 9 giant slalom, 2.65 seconds back of champion Alexis Pinturault of France. Croatia’s Filip Zubcic and Switzerland’s Loic Meillard rounded out the podium. Read also placed 16th in the Jan. 8 giant slalom, 3.59 seconds back of Pinturault, who topped Zubcic and Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt. Canada’s Trevor Philp took 27th. No Canadians made the finals of the Jan. 10 slalom, won by Austria’s Marco Schwarz over Germany’s Linus Strasser and Great Britain’s Dave Ryding. In women’s action, no women made the finals of either race at St. Anton, Austria. Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami topped Italy’s Marta Bassino and Switzerland’s Corinne Suter in the Jan. 10 super-G and Italy’s Sofia Goggia was victorious over Austria’s Tamara Tippler and Breezy Johnson of the United States in the Jan. 9 downhill. n
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Burger King: Local pals’ quest to crown Whistler’s best burger LONG-TIME FRIENDS CRITIQUED DOZENS OF BURGERS OVER NEARLY TWO-YEAR SPAN
BY BRANDON BARRETT CLAY “DOG” DOWLING would be the first to tell you he can be prone to hyperbole. So when he made the bold declaration that Caramba’s signature burger was not only the best burger Whistler had to offer, but the best he ever had in his life, his friends were predictably skeptical. “Clay likes to shoot his mouth off,” said “Big Rich” Poehlmann, long-time Roland’s bartender and one third of the crew that has met nearly every week for lunch going on 20 years, along with Jeremy “Stinky” Peterson (these guys love nicknames, if you couldn’t tell), owner-operator of village sports bar Stinky’s On the Stroll. ‘This whole thing started with us wanting to prove Clay wrong.” This set the boys on a mission to sample every local burger they could get their hands on, scoring each one out of 50. The guys even consulted their chef pals for help coming up with the judging criteria, which, based on the reams of notes they compiled, was taken very seriously. They looked at the all-important burger-to-bun ratio, the quality of the bun itself, toppings and sauces, the patty, uniqueness, and the overall burger experience. “Uniqueness was very important,” Big Rich said. “Caramba didn’t do lettuce, they did arugula … That was part of the uniqueness. We enjoyed the Cinnamon Bear [burger]. We were surprised they serve theirs with a steak knife in the middle with an onion ring on the very top of it. That’s the uniqueness, stuff like that.” Needless to say, for the trio of buds Big Rich described as “Seinfeldian” (“We argue about nothing and everything,” he explained), arriving at a consensus was almost impossible. Although there was one particularly awful burger they did agree on, and no, it wasn’t from McDonald’s. (“When you’re in Paris and the [public] washrooms are disgusting, I go to McDonald’s, get a small fry
BURGER QUEST Long-time friends Clay “Dog” Dowling, left, “Big Rich” Poehlmann and Jeremy “Stinky” Peterson (not pictured) spent nearly two years sampling dozens of burgers in a quest to crown Whistler’s best burger. PHOTO SUBMITTED
and go to the washroom,” Big Rich revealed. “I really like McDonald’s. I really do.”) So, armed with the wisdom (and pounds) gained from tasting what the resort had to offer, did the guys notice any particular trends to Whistler’s burger scene? “Yeah, the buns,” Big Rich said.
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“Everybody wants to do a 12-grain or a whole wheat bun, but you want a bun that stays with you until the end.” They also picked up on the rarity of fresh-made burgers here, a trend that has only been made worse by the pandemic as restaurants have turned to frozen patties as
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Film fans were keen to stream the Whistler Film Festival NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED WFF EVENTS THIS YEAR UP SLIGHTLY, DESPITE PANDEMIC
BY ALYSSA NOEL SOMEONE IN THE YUKON is a big fan of the Whistler Film Festival (WFF). With the festival moving online for 2020, it meant film fans from across the country could log in to stream the selection of 97 feature-length and short films. One person in the Yukon watched a whopping 23 different movies throughout December. “And those were features,” says Angela Heck, WFF managing director. However, the majority of viewers—52 per cent—were from B.C. while 30 per cent were in Ontario and Quebec. The remaining 18 per cent were spread across the country. “Obviously the regional films were of interest to people in those regions, but they were engaged with the slate overall,” Heck says. “It was nothing too surprising, but very encouraging given that we’re in the middle of a pandemic. What it really shows is the community support was strong.”
ON PAPER The Paper Man (Lafortune En Papier) won this year’s Audience Award at the WFF. Stream it until Jan. 31. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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The numbers, overall, were strong too, especially given the challenging circumstances. The festival saw 13,952 attendees across its film, special events, and industry events—up overall by 13 per cent. That added up to 50,000 streams.
of the films during the festival this year. “The biggest highlight was being able to see the films at my leisure,” she says. “Having that kind of breathing space to enjoy the festival was really great.” Not surprisingly, viewership spiked for films that were handed awards at the
“We now have tested things, like a drive-in, and understand the process required for an online film festival.” - ANGELA HECK
While numbers were down slightly on the industry side, (“which is to be expected,” Heck says. “People go to network”) the increase of film viewers made up for it. The numbers broke down to 9,730 film-screening attendees, 2,273 special event attendees, and 1,100 people taking part in the Content Summit. The talent program attracted 150 people, including 55 participants, 24 faculty, and 71 guests. There were also 699 delegates. For her part, the new online format meant that Heck actually got to enjoy some
annual ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 20. “When you’ve completed Netflix, you want someone to tell you what’s good and new and noteworthy,” Heck jokes. One award, however, wasn’t announced until Dec. 28, leaving latecomers just three days to stream it before the festival ended at the end of December. The Paper Man (Lafortune En Papier), directed by journalist Tanya Lapointe, received the festival’s Audience Award. The film looks at Quebec’s version of Mr. Rogers, Claude Lafortune, and “brought his inspirational story and beautiful
sculptures to life,” according to a release. “Because we have a nimble team, we’re able to respond to the current situation. There is an opportunity to show the audience winner and give people that extended window,” Heck says. To that end, The Paper Man will be available to stream for $12 on whistlerfilmfestival.com until Jan. 31. The odd edition—which marked the festival’s 20th year—set the team up well to prepare for 2021. At this point, it could be in-person, online, or some combination of the two. “We now have tested things, like a drive-in, and understand the process required for an online film festival, so should the circumstances require us to do that—which they do in the short-term obviously—we’re really well equipped to continue that,” Heck says. One goal they do have set for the coming year is to host more programming throughout 2021. “We’re done with the festival, but it doesn’t mean we’re going to sleep—OK, maybe for the weekend,” Heck says with a laugh. “Plans are already underway for events throughout the year—and for next year. We do want to have more programming throughout the year.” n
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BY ALYSSA NOEL LAST YEAR WAS a challenge for many people. But one of the groups particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic was musicians. For Sea to Sky musician Will Ross the loss was not just financial. “I lost myself not being able to do what I’ve been doing since I was 12 years old,” he says, referring to performing. “It was really energy draining and sad and I just didn’t know what to do with myself. I’m coming on the other end of that now and I need to get back to why I was making music in the first place when I was writing songs in my basement because they wanted to come out.” During the pandemic, Ross says he battled some hard times and realized his source of happiness came from performing, which had completely stopped—along with the income it brought. But after working on turning inwards, finding meditation and striving for inner peace, the creative well that had dried up began to show signs of revival. “A lot of these songs are about that and battling mental health, making poor decisions and choices,” he says. “A lot of people are going to be able to relate to what I’m writing about. There’s a positive message behind it; everyone has the right to choose their own destiny and we can change.” Just as Ross was planning to record some of those new tracks as a production video from Sound and Soul Studios, a massive rainstorm hit Squamish and his basement flooded. No equipment was ruined, but the setback meant money that was earmarked for recording is now going
towards clean-up. “Insurance covers a little, but it’s going to cost a lot of money,” he says. Instead of postponing recording, he decided to try something he had never done before: turn to crowdfunding. “I’ve never used GoFundMe for my art. I’ve wanted to self-finance and do things on my own. When you put your own money into art, you want to give more into it because you’re making an investment, you’re investing in yourself. It’s the first time I’ve asked for anything like that, but it’s because I don’t have any means of being able to invest in myself right now,” Ross says. To that end, last week, he officially launched his GoFundMe campaign with the hope of raising $1,500 and heading into the studio in the near future. By press time, he had nearly reached his goal. “It’s heart-warming other people want to hear what I’ve been up to, to the point they want to give money to this,” he adds. “I couldn’t be more grateful.” Looking ahead, though, there’s hope on the horizon for a return to live music— although Ross is bracing himself to wait a while longer. “I would like to play as much as I can over the summer when we’re able to play outside,” he says. “That would be the main thing, and continue to ride this out and see what happens.” You can find the campaign by searching “Support Will Ross’ new music” on gofundme.com. However, with the goal nearly met, he’s asking would-be funders to support local food banks instead. To keep tabs on his forthcoming new music, head to facebook.com/will. ross.334. n
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A wet end to the holidays BY ALLYN PRINGLE DISCUSSIONS OF WEATHER in Whistler have been going on for decades, as is apparent from past editions of the Whistler Question. In the early months of winter, the conversations usually focus on snow. But reports from January 1981 show that rain, rather than snow, was the topic of discussion. While there had been snow in early December 1980, it began to rain in earnest in Whistler and the surrounding areas on Dec. 24. The rain had not stopped by noon on Dec. 26 and flooding was occurring in places from Squamish to Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arcy, as well as in the Fraser Valley and other areas of British Columbia. Whistler and Pemberton were cut off from the rest of the Sea to Sky by both road and rail, as Highway 99 was washed out around Culliton Creek (today the site of the Culliton Creek Bridge, also known as the Big Orange Bridge) and north of the Rutherford Creek junction. A rail bridge over Rutherford Creek was left hanging by the rails when its supports were washed away and other sections of rail were obstructed by small slides and washouts. 19 Mile Creek overflowed at the entrance to Alpine Meadows, cutting it off from the rest of town. The bridge on Valley Drive was washed out, taking with it part of the main water supply. In other parts of Whistler, sewer lines, water systems, bridges, roads and parking lots were damaged, though employees of Whistler Mountain worked quickly to divert water at its gondola base as Whistler Creek rose. Helicopters were used to ferry residents and visitors in and out of the valley, including Mayor Pat Carleton, who was in Vancouver at the time of the flood. At the Garibaldi townsite south of Whistler, rising waters caused one house to be swept into the Cheakamus River and another to tip precariously while others were left unaccessible. The flooding was partly caused by the unseasonable rise in temperature and
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freezing levels, meaning most of the early snow melted and added to the rain, as well as washing gravel, logs and debris down to the valley. By the beginning of 1981, the roads to Whistler and Pemberton had reopened and repairs were underway. Unfortunately, the temperatures were still warm and the rain was not over. On Jan. 21, the detour built around the previous washout at Culliton Creek was washed out, again cutting off access on Highway 99. At first, it was believed that the closure would be quite brief, but Highway 99 remained closed until Jan. 26. Luckily, at the time there was still passenger rail service to Whistler. The twocar passenger train from Prince George to North Vancouver was already full by the time it reached Whistler that day, but skiers trying to get back to the Lower Mainland were able to fill the baggage car and stand in the aisles. While helicopters and float planes were also used, trains became the most popular means of transport for five days, introducing many travellers to an option they had not considered before. Rail was also used to transport goods, including delivering the Whistler Question on Jan. 21 and supplying restaurants and food stores. Due to the limited freight space available, Whistler was limited to 10 cases of milk per day and, by the time the road reopened, the stores were out of milk and fresh produce while the gas tanks at the gas station were running low. The Whistler Grocery Store, which was set to open on Jan. 22, considered delaying but ultimately decided to proceed with its opening as planned when it became apparent that many families in the cutoff communities were in danger of running out of certain foodstuff. On Jan. 26, as the road reopened, snow finally reached the valley again in Whistler. By Jan. 31, sunshine and new snow had brought crowds of skiers back to Whistler Mountain. Further Questions continued to report on the weather and snow, but it would appear that after a dramatic start to the winter, the 1981 season ended without further mishap. n
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): As you ripen into a more fully embodied version of yourself, you will summon ever-greater discrimination about where to seek your inspiration. I trust that you will increasingly divest yourself of any tendency you might have to play around with just any old mediocre fire. More and more, you will be drawn to high-quality blazes that provide just the right amount of heat and light—neither too much nor too little. And you will steadfastly refrain from jumping into the flames, as glamourously dramatic as that might seem—and instead be a master of deft manoeuvres that enable you to get the exact energy you need. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Denstu is a major Japanese advertising agency headquartered in Tokyo. Annually since 1925, its new employees and freshly promoted executives have carried out a company ritual: climbing 3,776-metre-high Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest peak. The theme of the strenuous workout is this: “We are going to conquer the symbol that represents Japan more than anything else. And, once we do that, it will signify that we can do anything.” In anticipation of what I suspect will be a year of career gains for you, Taurus, I invite you to do the following: Sometime in the next six weeks, go out in nature and perform an equivalent feat. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today I received a new email from a Gemini friend who lives in London. It was date-stamped Jan. 15, 2015. Weird! In it, she talked about applying for a new job at a publishing company. That was double weird, because February 2015 was in fact the time she had gotten the editing job that she still has. Her email also conveyed other details about her life that I knew to be old history. So why did it arrive now, six years late? I called her on the phone to see if we could unravel the mystery. In the end, we concluded that her email had time-travelled in some inexplicable way. I predict that a comparable event or two will soon happen in your life, Gemini. Blasts from the past will pop in as if yesterday were today. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Eugene Sue (1804–1857) was a popular French author whose stories often offered sympathetic portrayals of the harsh living conditions endured by people of the lower economic class. Writing generously about those downtrodden folks made him quite wealthy. I’d love to see you employ a comparable strategy in the coming year. What services might you perform that would increase your access to money and resources? How could you benefit yourself by helping and uplifting others? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The beautiful and luxurious fabric known as silk comes from cocoons spun by insect larvae. Sadly for the creatures that provide the raw material, they’re usually killed by humans harvesting their handiwork—either by being stabbed or boiled alive. However, there is a special kind of silk in which manufacturers spare the lives of their benefactors. The insects are allowed to mature into moths and escape. I propose that we make them your spirit creatures in the coming weeks. It’s an excellent time for you to take an inventory of everything you do, and evaluate how well it upholds the noble principle of “Do no harm.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Any time that is not spent on love is wasted,” declared the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. Although I am sympathetic with his sentiment, I can’t agree that acts of love are the only things ever worth doing. Sometimes it’s healthy to be motivated by anger or sadness or skepticism, for example. But I do suspect the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to be in intense devotion to Tasso’s counsel. All the important successes you achieve will be rooted in an intention to express love and compassion. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I heard a story about how a music aficionado took a Zen Buddhist monk to a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The monk wasn’t impressed. “Not enough silence!” he complained.
I’m puzzled by that response. If the monk were referring to a busy intersection in a major city, I might agree with him, or the cacophony of a political argument among fanatics on Facebook. But to want more silence in one of history’s greatest pieces of music? That’s perverse. With this in mind, Libra, and in accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to seek extra protection from useless noise and commotion during the coming weeks—even as you hungrily seek out rich sources of beautiful information, sound, and art. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal,” wrote Scorpio author Albert Camus. If you’re one of those folks, I’m happy to inform you that you have cosmic permission to relax. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore the pleasures of NOT being conventional, standard, ordinary, average, routine, prosaic, or common. As you expansively practice non-normalcy, you will enhance your health, sharpen your wits, and clarify your decisions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Our lives tend to be shaped by the stories about ourselves that we create and harbour in our imaginations. The adventures we actually experience, the problems we actually face, are often (not always) in alignment with the tales we tell ourselves about our epic fates. And here’s the crux of the matter: We can change the stories we tell ourselves. We can discard tales that reinforce our pain, and dream up revised tales that are more meaningful and pleasurable. I believe 2021 will be an excellent time for you to attend to this fun work. Your assignment: Be a self-nurturing storyteller. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Edgar Allen Poe named “four conditions for happiness: life in the open air; love of another human being; freedom from all ambition; creation.” I’m accomplished in three of those categories, but a failure in being free of all ambitions. In fact, I’m eternally delighted by all the exciting creative projects I’m working on. I’m VERY ambitious. What about you, Capricorn? I’m going to contradict Poe and speculate that your happiness in the coming months will require you to be at least somewhat ambitious. That’s what the planetary omens are telling me. So what are the best goals and dreams for you to be ambitious about? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to launch Operation Supple Watchdog. That means you should be tenderly vigilant as you take extra good care of everyone and everything that provide you with meaning and sustenance. It means you should exercise rigorous but good-humoured discernment about any oppressive or demeaning ideas that are flying around. You should protect and preserve the vulnerable parts of your life, but do so with tough-minded compassion, not ornery overreactions. Be skeptical, but warm; breezily resilient but always ready to stand up for what’s right. (P.S. The better you shield yourself against weird surprises, the more likely it is you’ll attract interesting surprises.) PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The atoms that compose your body have existed for billions of years. Originally created by a star, they have been part of many forms before you. But they are exactly the same in structure as they have ever been. So in a very real sense, you are billions of years old. Now that you know that, how do you feel? Any different? Stronger? More expansive? More eternal? I bring these thoughts to your attention, Pisces, because 2021 will be an excellent year for you to come to a more profound and detailed understanding of your true nature. I hope you will regularly meditate on the possibility that your soul is immortal, that your identity is not confined to this historical era, that you have been alive and will be alive for far longer than you’ve been taught to believe. Homework: What’s the first adventure you will embark on when the pandemic subsides? FreeWillAstrology.com
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Give your COVID brain a shake! TO SOME GREATER or lesser degree, we all seem to be suffering from COVID brain. Maybe it’s the prolonged isolation, disgust with those who can’t seem to abide by guidelines, Netflix burnout, inhaling daily doses of hand sanitizer, too much or too little alcohol intake, sourdough OD—whatever the causes, COVID brain leads to questionable decision making. Herewith are several examples you may or may not have noticed recently. After years of staunch resistance, several lawsuits and U.S. congressional exemption from Title IX requirements, the board of directors of Boy Scouts of America, in 2017, bent to popular demand and opened their troops to girls who wanted to join. The Boy Scouts had been urged to open their organization to girls by many
BY G.D. MAXWELL women’s rights organizations, not the least of which was the National Organization of Women (NOW). In assailing its genderrestrictive rules, NOW’s president in 2018 said, “Women can now hold all combat roles in the military, and women have broken many glass ceilings at the top levels of government, business, academia and entertainment. It’s long past due that girls have equal opportunities in Scouting.” In welcoming girls and simultaneously bringing its organization into the 21st century, the Boy Scouts changed its name to Scouts BSA, invoking ancient British motorcycles for reasons that escape me. All good, right? Wrong. Taking a page from Phyllis Schlafly—the conservative activist who successfully campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment—the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., filed a federal suit over the holidays against Scouts BSA. It seems far too many girls have decided pursuing an Eagle Scout designation is preferable to selling admittedly delicious cookies. They have flocked to Scouts BSA in numbers threatening to the only remaining genderexclusive scouting organization. COVID brain? You decide. With the release and approval of COVID-19 vaccines, there has been a bit of a scramble for places near the front of the line. There seems to be general agreement that frontline healthcare workers and highrisk individuals—not to mention prominent politicians and some overreaching hospital administrators—should be first in line. After that, we’ve seen a textbook case of rationalizations about who should be next. These run the gamut from a strong argument for, say, paramedics and a laughable argument for hockey players. But for sheer chutzpah, it’s hard to beat last week’s suggestion from Dick Pound, Canada’s Mr. IOC. Dick argued Olympic athletes ought to be next in line. In case you’ve forgotten, there was supposed to be a Summer Olympics last year
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in Tokyo. It’s been rescheduled for late July this year. The IOC waited until the 11th hour last year to pull the plug and will likely do the same this year. But Dick wants Canadian Olympians to be prepared... just in case... notwithstanding Tokyo is still reporting over 1,000 new daily coronavirus cases. Dick’s pretty confident the Games will happen, though, and 11,000 athletes from 200-plus countries will descend on Tokyo in July. And what the heck, that would only be an average of around, “...50 vaccinations (per country), which would be a rounding error in almost every country in the world,” he said. He believes there would be, “... overwhelming support for that kind of initiative.” With the possible, unstated, objections of those non-Olympians he considers rounding errors. COVID brain? Maybe yes; maybe no. The story goes, F. Scott Fitzgerald said to
refuges of life for ourselves.” The response comes in Hemingway’s retort to his character Julian—who was based on Fitzgerald—in The Snows of Kilimanjaro. In an indictment of the rich, the following takes place: “The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, ‘The very rich are different from you and me.’ And how someone had said to Julian, ‘Yes, they have more money.’” I thought about that comment over the holidays when one after another, federal and provincial politicians were called out for jetting off to holidays in the sun, despite repeated recommendations from all levels of government to avoid non-essential travel. It seems not just the rich, but the politically
[W]hatever the causes, COVID brain leads to questionable decision making.
Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different from you and me.” To which Hemingway replied, “Yes. They’ve got more money.” But this is likely a mashup, shorthand for Fitzgerald’s lines in his 1926 story, “The Rich Boy,” where he wrote, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me... They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and
privileged and even those who were able to rationalize cheapass all-inclusive vacation packages, redefined what they considered essential travel and then had the audacity to apologize after the fact and acknowledge they wished they hadn’t gone. As if! I’d have respected them a lot more if they’d just fessed up that they didn’t give a damn about any suggested restrictions. Of course, they wouldn’t have explained how
so many people returning from the sun tried to hide their tans. I was struck by the report recently in the Globe and Mail of how a family doctor struggled to bite her tongue when a patient sought her help because she was worried about getting the virus when it was reported someone on the plane home from her Caribbean vacation tested positive. Being a bit squeamish about other people’s blood is one reason I decided not to go to med school. The other was because I’d have told that woman, “There’s the line. Get to the back. And when you get to the front, go to the back again.” So in the COVID-brain department, I can’t understand why the federal government doesn’t simply ban non-essential air travel. Barring this, why not take a page from other countries and force returning Canadians— and non-Canadians—to quarantine in government-controlled facilities at their own expense. Nothing like an additional two-week extension to your cheap, sunfilled holiday and a $4,000-per-person charge to make you think twice. Of course, Air Canada would protest... and want a government bailout... notwithstanding they’re doing all they can to promote winter escapes to warm beaches. This, of course, comes on the heels of Air Canada wanting to take over Air Transat for $180 million, funds they likely have on hand from refusing to refund tickets Canadians purchased earlier in the year before so many trips were cancelled. COVID brain? Ask Premier John Horgan who can watch Quebec impose a curfew, Ontario impose a province-wide lockdown and Alberta do, well, not much, without at least considering closing B.C.’s border to interprovincial travel. The circus rolls on. ■
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Quarter Ownershipin amodernwellappointed condo atthebase ofWhistler Mountain. Overlooking Whistler Creekside Village, thisunit has agreat kitchen,open floor plan,and ispetfriendly.Use yourunit 1 weekevery month, orallow it tobe rented out for revenue. Comes withaskilocker inthe building,and asecure owner closet in theunit.
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604.935.9171
#34 -8400AshleighMcIvorWay
Michael d’Artois
$1,049,000
This stunning Red Sky townhome offers fabulous south facing exposure and delivers sunshine from dawn to dusk. There are 3 bedrooms, all with ensuite bathrooms, a huge family room or 4th bedroom. This townhome offers contemporary mountain architecture with extensive use of natural wood and stone.
Richard Christiansen
Sally Warner*
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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604.905.6326
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604.905.9337
3D Tour - rem.ax/304wrc
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.
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$280,000
A renovated 635 sq ft studio right in the heart of Whistler Village and within a 2 minute walk to the ski lifts. These fully furnished properties include a fully equipped kitchen and sleep 6. Blackcomb Lodge has undergone extensive renovations and upgrades to the indoor swimming pool, hot tub and other Common Area facilities.
3D Tour - rem.ax/34redsky
$1,799,000
604.907.2717
#101 - 4220 Gateway Drive
3.5
304A/B -2129LakePlacid Road
$979,000
RARE OPPORTUNITY to own a unique PHASE 1 lock-off with TWO SEPARATE RENTAL UNITS which generate great cash flow in Whistler! This bright, renovated top floor, lock-off floor-plan gives the option to have 1 two bedroom unit, or 2 separate units.
Ursula Morel*
604.932.8629
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PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070