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28 Stress factors Green Lake is a hub of biodiversity, so why aren’t we doing more to protect it? —Between off-leash dogs, illegal campfires and boaters, a confluence of impacts is stressing Whistler’s glacier-fed gem. - By Brandon Barrett
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38 EPICURIOUS The rumours are true: Barn Nork is coming to Whistler. The beloved Thai restaurant is leaving its Mount Currie location this fall for Riverside Resort.
44 MUSEUM MUSINGS The Great Snow Earth Water Race was one of the many events that took place over the Victoria Day long weekend in Whistler during the 1970s and ‘80s.
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Time for the B.C. NDP to keep its election promise on old growth I FEEL LIKE I have stepped back in time reading headlines this week about the arrest of Tzeporah Berman, program director with Stand.Earth, global chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, and an adjunct professor, on the frontlines of a logging protest at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island. “There are moments in history where citizens are required to stand up because
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governments are failing to protect the public good. This is one of those moments,” wrote Berman in a Globe and Mail opinion piece published May 21. I suspect that there are members of our community that would be over there with the protesters except for the travel restrictions due to COVID-19. (Although, what could be more essential than protecting the very forests that are themselves essential to
protect them. I don’t think I am alone as I say that I demand as a resident of B.C., a voter, and a citizen of the Earth that the NDP government stop the logging of old-growth trees now—not later. I also demand that our local community forest managers and the Resort Municipality of Whistler stand up for our local old growth. And lest you think that we have no power to stand against the forestry industry and the province look both south and north of us. In March the Squamish Nation, after years of research and policy work, have gained protection for a 70.9-hectare cut block at Dakota Bowl. Archaeologists found evidence that dozens of old-growth trees had been used by the Squamish First Nation there dating back hundreds of years. Indeed the high-elevation yellow cedar forests have been described as a living museum. “The vast majority of old growth in my territory has been logged already—there’s very, very little left,” said Squamish Nation councillor Khelsilem (Dustin Rivers). “We need time to talk. You know, we
It is heartbreaking to know that here we are, more than a quarter of a century later, and people still need to blockade forests to protect them. helping fight climate change and maintain biodiversity?) Almost 30 years ago, Berman was the blockade coordinator in Clayoquot Sound where she was arrested and charged with 857 criminal charges—and her willingness to stand up for the forests there changed how the world saw the logging industry in B.C. and Canada. It is heartbreaking to know that here we are, more than a quarter of a century later, and people still need to blockade forests to
can’t be logging and talking at the same time.” North of us, the Xáxli’p Community Forest in Lillooet has never sold a log, practicing eco-cultural restoration. “Do they have an allowable annual cut? Yes, unfortunately, because that was part of the rules in writing the plan,” said Registered Professional Forester and forest ecologist Herb Hammond at an in-depth forestry webinar co-hosted last month by the Whistler Naturalists and the
Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment. “Do they abide by it? No. Are they challenged by the government? Meh, a little bit, but they realize that they have a lot of political and legal cache, and power in that negotiation that they’ve used not only to the benefit of their culture and well-being, but to the well-being of their forest. I think any community forest can do that.” Our Cheakamus Community Forest’s (CCF) plans only protect between 30 and 55 per cent of the old growth, which in the eyes of many locals, doesn’t go far enough. Whistler Naturalists co-founder Bob Brett said during the March webinar: “Logging removes old forest from the landscape, and I think for all intents and purposes, we can say forever. “For our area, it’s about recreation and ecotourism. “There’s a clear case that standing trees are worth more to our local economy than trees going down the highway to Squamish.” Beyond their tourism and recreational values, intact old-growth forests also represent the most biologically diverse phase of any forest. Locally, old growth is essential habitat for a number of important native species, including the red-listed northern goshawk, which relies on old forest for successful breeding, nesting and hunting, as well as a variety of tree cavity excavators like the pileated woodpecker, which creates essential habitat for cavitynesting species like owls, martens, fishers and flying squirrels. “Please take many scientists’ word for it that thousands of species require old-forest habitat to survive,” Brett added. Perhaps our “community plan” should follow the Xáxli’p Community Forest more closely? And as for the provincial level—B.C. Premier Horgan made an election promise to protect old growth, and it’s time he kept his word. n
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Whistler old growth defenders should not accept status quo [Whistler residents] Kristina Swerhun and Jane Millen make many excellent points in their argument to stop old growth logging in our Sea to Sky Corridor (Pique, April 8, Letter to the Editor, “Time to stop logging old forests”). Stopping the logging is a political decision, indeed if it were an economic one and we accounted for all of the costs and subsidies, we would have quit some time ago. The Ministry of Forests and the logging companies seem more concerned with precedence and ego than with long-term positive decisions. Locally we might be more concerned about tourism and climate change. I was the chair of Whistler’s Forest and Wildlands Advisory Committee (FWAC) when we negotiated with the Ministry of Forests to agree to having a community forest. The rationale was to gain control over a whole series of clearcuts throughout the corridor. Up to this time we were allowed to vet the cutting plans of
these companies on a five-year basis. Our input, however, had little effect and the community forest legislation looked like it would give Whistler some of the control we lacked. It is worth noting that we did consider the issues of putting some more political decisions on the backs of the Whistler council and future Whistler councils. Our negotiations took at least four years, and eventually included the Squamish Nation and the Lil’wat Nation, and at the same time increased the area of timber involved. For
I believe that it is not enough for all of us in the Sea to Sky corridor to accept the improvements made so far. We, the guardians of our Cheakamus Community Forest, should not accept the status quo, indeed should not accept more logging. It is our choice to stop logging our valley. There are myriad reasons for doing so, as outlined by Swerhun and Millen, and others. If it appears to many that the current FWAC gives blanket approval to the Cheakamus Community Forest board, this can be changed. Councils have lots of work to do. Councils seem to be prioritizing other things. Six or more years ago the previous councillors unanimously ran on a platform to stop old growth logging and somehow could not act on their promise. We would be years ahead if they had. So the decision is political. We need to first of all convince our community leaders that this is the right choice to make, and then be prepared to stand up to the Minister of Forests in the courts if necessary. Alan Whitney //Whistler
the committee members of the day this was a win-win. Whistler accepted, and indeed there has been more control, there is less logging, there is an improvement over what was happening previously. It could also be noted that, to the chagrin of several members of FWAC, our first cut in the community forest was a block of what was to us old growth but to the Ministry was not old enough; indeed it was a forest that had regenerated from a fire long before there was any logging in the valley.
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Yet today, we’re still trying to decipher the terms and conditions. As we all know, COVID19 did not improve, Ontario’s March break was postponed, Whistler Blackcomb closed early, stay-at-home orders were issued and the only communication we’ve had from Vail Resorts is that our passes are not eligible for refund. To Vail Resorts: you have so completely botched this in terms of marketing, communications and leadership. Instead of rebooking for next year, we’re stuck in some endless loop with your useless insurance company trying to get an answer as to why our purchase wouldn’t qualify. It would have been so easy for you to issue a credit, which would have cost you nothing and would have assured our return next season. What bothers me the most is that we fell for it. We actually fell for the well-crafted marketing message and the false confidence you instilled back in November. Maybe you’ll end up keeping the $2,200, but you’ve lost our trust and the kind of loyalty and affection I don’t have for many other places. Thank you to Airbnb, thank you to all the
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The Blue Bin blues IF THE CURRENT STATE of recycling in my strata complex is any indication, the human race is DOOMED—as is Whistler’s long-term plan to become a zero-waste community. It’s not that things aren’t being recycled, but recycling has been a thing in Canada for 35 years now and still an awful lot of people have no idea what they’re doing,
BY ANDREW MITCHELL or care if they’re putting waste into the right bin. People have stopped trying. When I was a kid growing up in Toronto you took pop bottles back to the grocery store, beer bottles back to the beer store, and everything else went into garbage cans that racoons, assisted by my diabolical cats, would knock over once a week. Then one day it arrived: The Blue Box. It was the first mass urban recycling program in North America, giving people an easy curbside way to divert glass, newspaper, and some plastic bottles from the landfill. It was a golden age for neighbourhood gossips that could now tell at a glance who had a drinking problem. The program was a huge success. Everybody made an effort to do their small
part for the world, peeling labels and rinsing jars to make their waste easier to process. Peer pressure probably helped—nobody wanted the neighbourhood gossips to know they had a drinking problem and weren’t being kind to the planet. But while mass recycling got off to a good start everywhere that followed Toronto’s footsteps, including Whistler, people have a sad tendency to lose interest in these things over time. Labels stopped getting peeled. Jars were no longer being rinsed. People stopped checking the little tags to help them distinguish between different types of recycling. I spend way too much time—and my neighbours do it too—separating other people’s recycling into the right bin (assuming it wasn’t just dumped on the floor) so loads aren’t classified as contaminated and diverted into the garbage. Trips to the garbage room are not good for my blood pressure. I can’t explain what’s going on. It doesn’t help when stories come out about recycling that isn’t actually being recycled. It wasn’t that long ago that recycling waste diverted to China was deemed too contaminated to make use of and was no longer accepted. Recycling waste sent to the Philippines almost led to a declaration of war. B.C. then switched to a more regulated and expensive homegrown
recycling option that has had wellpublicized issues as well. However, while there are lots of legitimate concerns about the effectiveness of recycling, I’m willing to cut people a little slack and assume they’re just confused. Because it is confusing: a lot of our packaging doesn’t fit neatly into a single bin, or into the limited selection of bins that fit into the average-sized garbage room. There are too many different ways to dispose of too many things, which themselves aren’t always designed to be easy to dispose of. It’s not our fault. It’s also something we could fix tomorrow if government went an extra step and passed some new laws about packaging materials and product design. There shouldn’t be any doubt about where things are supposed to go. There should be one type of corrugated cardboard, one type of soft plastic, one type of hard plastic, one bin for glass and metal, and one bin for all types of compost in one approved compost bag. Some types of paper like gift wrap aren’t recyclable either, and shouldn’t even be available. And everything we buy should have one bright, colourcoded number on it that indicates which of the six or seven bins it goes into. If there’s no number on a package—and there really should be by now—then people will know
that it goes into the garbage. We also need to eliminate confusing mixed-media packaging. There’s no need to put a plastic window on a pasta box or a paper label on a pasta bag. Glass and plastic jars and bottles shouldn’t have paper or plastic labels that need to be removed when they can just print the product info on the side. Nut milk bottles made of cardboard should not have plastic screwtop lids. Shipping packages shouldn’t have plastic bubble wrap on the inside unless they have the same kind of plastic on the outside and can be recycled in one bin. Packing peanuts should be made out of one thing, and one thing only, that is easy to reprocess or compost. Styrofoam should either be banned or made from one type of material that can be recycled or composted. Tetra Paks, re-sealable freezer bags, chip bags, and other disposable packaging have to be made in a way that makes them easier to recycle. I could literally go all day with examples of bad packaging. Recycling—which should be one of the easiest ways to care for the planet—just isn’t easy enough. There needs to be a simple, universally accepted system for diverting waste with no confusion or grey areas. Zero-waste is a noble goal, but I worry that it doesn’t have a chance of succeeding until recycling takes zero effort. ■
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Rainbow daycare eyes fall start— with 300-plus on the waitlist RAINBOW PLAZA SOLD TO BURNABY-BASED DEVELOPER; WHISTLER COOKS BUYS CRANKED
BY BRADEN DUPUIS OPERATORS OF a new daycare planned for Whistler’s Rainbow neighbourhood are hoping to open by September (pending a building permit from the Resort Municipality of Whistler), but the 28 spots planned for the site won’t solve Whistler’s childcare problem overnight. Still months away from opening, the facility already has more than 300 kids on the waitlist, said Melissa Baxandall, co-owner of operator Creekside Kids. “It’s ridiculous … I’ve done this a long time and all my other centres have waitlists and everything else, but the centre is not even open, and there’s over 300 kids on the waitlist,” Baxandall said, noting that while childcare demand is similar on Vancouver Island, waitlists in the Lower Mainland are typically in the 60 to 65 people range. “Waitlists are huge in the Interior as well, but Whistler definitely takes the top [spot],” she said. “There is a huge need. There is no childcare in Whistler.” The provincial government recently awarded the facility a grant to help fund 23 of those spaces—just one of 11 projects that also include Vancouver, North Vancouver,
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West Vancouver and Squamish. “There are still additional costs to building out the project, but it’s incredible to have the extra funding because we’re already looking at another site in Whistler that we wouldn’t have looked at [without] this funding,” Baxandall said. While a permit application is working its way through municipal hall, that process was delayed by the municipality’s recent ransomware attack, she added. “Hopefully they figure that out, and our
through this process with the applicant, and for the support of the community to bring this very, very needed service to our northern community in Rainbow,” said Councillor Jen Ford. “It will spread childcare around the valley and it’s very exciting to see, so thank you to everyone involved.” Meanwhile, Rainbow Plaza, where the daycare will be located, came under new ownership in March. Burnaby-based Elevate Development
“There is a huge need. There is no childcare in Whistler.” - MELISSA BAXANDALL
building permit will be issued,” she said, adding that if the permit is in place by June 1, the Rainbow daycare will be on track for a September opening. Creekside Kids currently operates out of a temporary space in Creekside, though the operator is in the process of securing a permanent facility in that neighbourhood as well. There’s also talk of further expansion in Whistler, “you just have to be smart about it,” Baxandall said. “Everything will be done with staffing being at the forefront of it.” Whistler council adopted a rezoning bylaw for the Rainbow daycare on May 18. “I’m so grateful to staff for moving
Corp. purchased the development—which includes the retail spaces, the rental units above them, and the Chevron station across the street—from Calgary’s Ronmor Developers Inc. “We love Whistler, [and] certainly believe that it will come very strong out of COVID,” said Elevate president Gordon McPherson. “[Rainbow Plaza] is just such a trophy property … it’s well located, most of your residential units have views of the lake, and the quality of construction, I mean, Ronmor spared no expense. “As a developer we’ve got a lot of respect for what they did there, and we’re very excited about the acquisition.”
Part of that excitement stems from Rainbow’s core of year-round Whistler locals, McPherson said. “The feedback has been positive,” he said. “They’re very vocal about the amenities they want to have, and we believe we’ve got a very strong group of operators in the commercial units there.” One of those operators—Cranked Espresso Bar—is also under new ownership, as longtime local catering company Whistler Cooks bought the café from Trevor Hopkins and Carmyn Marcano last month. But patrons of Cranked shouldn’t expect drastic changes, said Whistler Cooks’ Grant Cousar. “One of the real attractions of it was the quality of the brand, and the quality of the product that they had already produced,” Cousar said. “We just really saw it as an opportunity to take on somebody else’s dream and add it to our vision and some of our things that we’re really good at, and take it from there and see what we can make better about it, and really just be a great business for the local folks.” Whistler Cooks’ “infrastructure and expertise” will come into play in expanding the menu, Cousar added, but the Cranked foundation was a big selling point in finalizing the deal. “We’ve just been completely smitten with how great the coffee is, and we were able to adopt the team that was there,” he said. “We really saw that that was a huge, huge part [of the purchase], and a huge asset of what they had created there.” n
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS WITH MORE THAN 60 per cent of adults vaccinated with their first dose against COVID-19 and case counts and hospitalizations steadily declining, the provincial government unveiled its fourstep plan towards a “more normal life” on May 25—news that is more than welcome in Whistler after 15 months of pandemic uncertainty. “I think it’s great news … We’ve been waiting for clear provincial guidelines and a clear timeline, so this definitely provides a roadmap for how we can return to a new normal,” said Tourism Whistler (TW) president and CEO Barrett Fisher. “We’re certainly very positive about today’s announcement.” As of May 25, indoor gatherings of up to five people and outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people are permitted, as well as limited indoor dining (up to six people per party), and liquor service extended to 10 p.m. Things like limited capacity, lowintensity indoor fitness classes and outdoor local team games and practices (without spectators) are also a go as of May 25. Step 2 of the plan—which hinges on 65 per cent of the population being vaccinated and a continued decline in cases and hospitalizations—will start June 15 at the earliest, and includes: the lifting of provincial travel restrictions; outdoor personal gatherings of up to 50 people; liquor served until midnight, as well as the reopening of banquet halls with limited capacity and safety plans; and indoor team games and practices. TW’s summer marketing program to the Lower Mainland region will be rolling out this week (expanding to the rest of the province in Step 2), and will focus on a “slower, more conscious way of travelling,” Fisher said. “We want our Lower Mainland and B.C. visitors to think of Whistler as a vacation; to plan to come and experience the area a little bit slower, a little bit longer, so that we can alleviate some of the traffic on Friday nights and Sunday nights, and so that we can move people around the resort safely, ” she said. “Part of that does come with the fact that international borders are not anticipated to be open until at least September, if not later, and so what better time for people to think of taking a longer stay in their own backyard?” While the news is also “very welcome” at the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, “it doesn’t mean that we’re out of the woods yet,” said CEO Melissa Pace. “The majority of our business community is under heavy debt load … Being closed down for the last six weeks, they’ve used up any kind of revenue they
had made over the winter,” Pace said. “We’ve got a long ways to go before our businesses are going to feel any level of comfort.” With that in mind, the advocacy work at the Chamber won’t be slowing down anytime soon, and an Advocacy in Action meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 27 with MLA Jordan Sturdy and MP Patrick Weiler. Asked to weigh in on the restart, Whistler Blackcomb said it is currently reviewing the province’s plan and is targeting May 31 as its opening day for summer operations. In Step 3 (July 1 at the earliest, with 70 per cent vaccinated, low case counts and hospitalizations declining), limits on dining will be lifted, along with liquor service restrictions; bingo halls, casinos and nightclubs can open with limited capacity; and Canada-wide recreational travel will be permitted, as will seminars and bigger work meetings.
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A subtle but significant shift in strategy at AWARE WHISTLER’S ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT LEANS FURTHER INTO ADVOCACY
BY BRANDON BARRETT CLAIRE RUDDY, executive director of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE), would be the first to tell you the community’s largest environmental advocacy group typically does a good job explaining the nature of the work they do, but when it comes to the reasons behind it, there is some room for improvement. “This is definitely a journey and we’re trying to really get better at reframing from what to why; from what are we doing in terms of a list of projects or actions to actually really, clearly communicating better why are we doing what we do and the outcome that we want to see,” said Ruddy at AWARE’s AGM held last Wednesday, May 19 over Zoom. It represents a subtle but significant shift for a non-profit that, like so many other organizations around the world, has used the downtime afforded by COVID-19 to assess its operations, programming and mandate in a meaningful way. Some of that was already underway as part of AWARE’s new three-year strategic plan developed last year, but there’s no doubt the pandemic,
and the renewed focus on sustainability it brought with it, drove home how important that work was. “The organization was really ready for this level of review,” said AWARE board director and secretary Diana Boone. “It was pretty insightful. It was actually a really good exercise to help us prioritize where we invest time and energy in delivering these really important programs in the community.” Advocacy became a larger part of AWARE’s work in 2020, even as some of its in-person programming, like the Whistler Nature Camp for kids, and its Zero Waste Heroes event waste-management program, was put on hold. AWARE’s Climate Action Ambassadors group, formed prior to COVID-19, continued last year, an effort to “mobilize people who are interested in working in the area of climate action within the community to try to strategize how we increase the scale and pace of climate action,” Ruddy explained. The organization also sits on the municipality’s COVID Recovery Working Group, which early in the pandemic was focused on “crisis management,” Ruddy said, before taking a longer view on the future of the resort. Within that group is a
tourism sustainability subcommittee that AWARE sits on. “That’s where we’re really trying to reinforce and continually message this idea that, as we are looking at developing anything tourism-related, we need to be embedding very deeply this stewardship piece, and also looking at questions about where we should or shouldn’t develop
“This is definitely a journey and we’re trying to really get better at reframing from what to why.” - CLAIRE RUDDY
tourism infrastructure and opportunities if we want to hold on to other values in terms of wildlife and habitat,” she said. (See related story on page 28.) Some examples of AWARE’s advocacy in the past year included “giving feedback on campgrounds proposed for Whistler Olympic Park and pushing back on natural
gas being put into the infrastructure down in Cheakamus [Crossing],” Ruddy noted. On the financial side, AWARE was not immune to the impacts of COVID-19, although it did manage to stay in the black for 2020. Revenue totalled just over $219,000, down roughly $40,000 from 2019, with 40 per cent of its revenue coming from grants. Expenses were also lower, in part due to lower payroll costs, down $40,000 from 2019, with several temporary layoffs and Ruddy’s sabbatical early in the year. While it lost about $15,000 in revenue from the Zero Waste Heroes program being put on hold, AWARE brought in about $25,000 in contract work, primarily from municipal projects and workshops delivered for the SquamishLillooet Regional District. Donations were consistent with 2019, but Boone said both years were “significantly higher than we normally see.” AWARE currently holds about $18,000 in savings. Last week’s AGM also saw AWARE members vote to fill four seats on the board. Elected was incumbent Jeremy Valeriote, along with new directors Alison Jenkins, Emily Kane and Rhonda Millikin. For more information, visit awarewhistler.org. n
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Whistler council rescinds outdated policies COUNCIL BRIEFS: HIGHWAY WORK TO START MAY 31
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WHISTLER’S new Official Community Plan (OCP) and its updated Community Vision adopted last year, Mayor and council voted to rescind three outdated council policies on May 18. The high-level council policies were originally adopted as part of the Whistler 2002 and Whistler 2020 community visioning projects (adopted in 2000 and 2004, respectively), and speak to Whistler’s aspirations of sustainability while maintaining a competitive place in the international destination resort market. In voting to rescind them, council noted the new OCP supersedes the previous policies. “The [OCP] that was adopted last year is really the document that overtakes the vision of 2020; we want a thriving community, and we want nature protected first. That’s the important thing for community balance,” said Councillor Cathy Jewett. While many hours of community work went into Whistler 2020, and it was perhaps “more approachable” than the current OCP,
“we have done a lot of work on our OCP, and the ideas that were in [Whistler 2020] have been updated and are more current in the latest version of our OCP,” Jewett added. Revisiting the policies prior to voting on the motion also gave Coun. Arthur De Jong time to reflect on Whistler’s “legacy of excellence in environmental and social sustainability planning,” he said.
Whistler’s OCP over the last decade. “There was a tremendous amount of community input and participation in the 2013, then 2018, 2019 OCP, so I think it was a great move to fold this document into that one OCP,” Grills said. “So I think I’m really happy how it’s turned out.” Mayor Jack Crompton offered similar
“The [OCP] that was adopted last year is really the document that overtakes the vision of 2020.” - CATHY JEWETT
“It’s a great legacy, and it’s been a very effective compass for our community towards those goals. I believe it was actually instrumental in achieving the Winter Olympic bid,” De Jong said. “And we’re continuing that legacy. It’s deeply embedded in our town hall and our staff.” While building Whistler 2020 was a true community effort, Coun. John Grills noted the countless hours that went into updating
thoughts. “I want to add my voice to those of you who are feeling like this is a little twinge of pain. I am involved in local government now because of Whistler 2020,” Crompton said. “I am grateful that we have learned all we have through this process and the people who gave so much time and energy to it … it’s where I met so many of the people who were working to make Whistler a better
HIGHWAY 99 CONSTRUCTION TO START MAY 31 Alpine Paving is getting set to begin work on Highway 99 north of Whistler Village on May 31 in conjunction with the province. The work will cover about six kilometres from the north entrance to Emerald to the River of Golden Dreams bridge, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday. There will be single-lane alternating traffic for most of the project with minimal delays and stoppages expected, but residents are asked to plan their trips accordingly and shut off their engines if they do encounter lineups or controlled stoppages. Construction speed limits will be in effect, and message boards in place to reflect up-to-date info for motorists. The project is expected to wrap up by Sept. 4. n
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Climate fund cancellation leaves Whistler councillor ‘dumbfounded’ ‘IT’S A BIT LIKE PULLING THE FINANCIAL RUG OUT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLIMATE ACTION’ SAID COUN. ARTHUR DE JONG said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, adding that the government is making new investments
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THAT THE provincial government has abruptly cancelled its Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP)—which repays municipalities what they pay in provincial climate taxes to be reinvested in local climate initiatives—has left at least one elected official in Whistler “dumbfounded.” “I feel it’s a bit like pulling the financial rug out on local government climate action, and it’s like taking oxygen away from a stricken COVID patient. It doesn’t end well,” said Councillor Arthur De Jong, who oversees council’s environment portfolio. “It’s a fundamental support program by the province, and I’m a little dumbfounded that they didn’t offer a replacement program.” The CARIP was introduced 10 years ago to encourage communities to sign on to B.C.’s climate action charter. Since then, 187 communities representing more than 99 per cent of B.C.’s population have signed on,
“I am looking for answers, and a little dumbfounded.” - ARTHUR DE JONG
in local climate action through CleanBC, including $11 million in new funding in the 2021 budget. “It’s time to shift to the next phase together as communities and the province work to further reduce emissions,” the spokesperson said. “With so many communities now signed on to the Climate Action Charter, we want to support local governments to take next steps to address other commitments of the Charter, including the goal of creating greener, more liveable communities.”
Change] targets without empowering local governments?” he said. “It’s so important; you can’t manage what you can’t measure. “I am looking for answers, and a little dumbfounded … I’m sure that as I dig in more I’m going to find more information, hopefully, that grounds me a bit on this, but yeah, on first glance I’m certainly blowing some hot air.” When the BC Liberals raised the issue in the provincial legislature on May 17, Minister for Municipal Affairs Josie Osborne pointed to the $11 million in funding budgeted for 2021, and said the government will consult with municipalities on alternatives going forward. “Over the last decade, much has changed. It is time to renew, to transition, to work with local governments in ways that suit today, not just a decade ago,” Osborne said. “We know how important it is to work with our partners, local governments. I’m absolutely committed to doing that, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do.” n
In 2020, the government provided about $8.4 million to 187 local governments, with a similar spend anticipated for 2021. The median amount for all recipients last year was about $11,000, while the average was $45,000. Whistler receives about $50,000 a year through CARIP, De Jong said. “So over a period of 10 years that’s a half a million dollars, and what’s really important there is the continuity,” he said, adding that the CARIP funding helps pay the salary for Whistler’s climate action coordinator Luisa Burhenne. “We will stand on our heads if we have to; we will not relinquish that role in any way, but obviously it puts yet more stress on the cumulative budget.” One crucial aspect of the program was the requirement that municipalities measure and report on their community greenhouse gas emissions to receive the funding, De Jong pointed out. “Approximately 80 per cent of carbon emissions happen at local government levels, and how do we achieve these overriding [United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
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WHISTLER COUNCIL AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHISTLER RESIDENTS and guests to the resort can expect some traffic disruptions and delays this summer, as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) gets to work on various infrastructure projects. Whistler mayor and council awarded contracts for three different projects at the April 20 council meeting. The largest—$8.7 million to upgrade services in Alta Vista—went to Whistler’s Coastal Mountain Excavations. Work is now underway and will last until November (both in 2021 and 2022),
Lake Road to the municipal sewer system. Conwest’s bid came in 28-per-cent below the RMOW engineer’s estimate of $1.24 million. A second contract worth $654,258 was awarded to Engineered Pump Systems Ltd., which will supply the residential sewage pump stations for homeowners. The project was initiated via a formal petition process to affected owners conducted from May to August 2019. As more than 50 per cent of the 33 parcels (representing more than 50 per cent of the total property value) supported the petition, it was issued a certificate of sufficiency. The RMOW’s portion of the total project cost—just under $2.7 million—will come
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and includes replacing aging water mains, upgrading sanitary sewers, and improving storm water drainage—some of the oldest remaining in Whistler—as well as upgrading road surfaces and sections of the Valley Trail. Several Alta Vista streets will be impacted by the work, including Alpine Crescent, Alta Vista Road, Archibald Way, Carleton Way, Lakeside Road, Tyrol Crescent and St. Anton Way. Though council awarded a contract worth $2.7 million for Phase 1 of the work (completed last year), the overall spend reached $3.2 million. The RMOW has budgeted $10.2 million for Phase 2. “So [CME’s bid is] about 15-per-cent lower than our current budget, which, for myself, is a pretty comfortable place to be,” said capital projects manager Tammy Shore in a presentation to council. Construction costs are “increasing every year” due to rising costs of labour and materials, and will likely continue on that trend, Shore said. “But you never know with the market, and how competitive it has been,” she said. “Some people are bidding really low just to keep their people working. So yeah, it’s a bit wild, the market these days.” The long–contemplated Alta Lake Road Sewer project is also set to get underway with the awarding of a contract worth $898,000 to Conwest Contracting. The project will connect 33 parcels on Alta
from existing sewer capital reserves, while the owners’ portion of the costs (up to a maximum of $900,000) will be recovered via an addition to their parcel taxes over a period of 20 years. The two infrastructure projects will tie up road access to both Rainbow and Lakeside Parks, noted Councillor Cathy Jewett. “I could also see that there would be an increase in traffic on Rainbow Drive as well, because some people would say, ‘Well I’ll just go in from the north,’” Jewett said. “So I see some unhappy people.” The RMOW won’t be blocking off traffic, but “we will be posting signage that there’s construction ahead, local traffic only,” Shore said. “So in conjunction with the summer parks plan, we’ll be doing a lot of advertising and marketing around where there’s construction, other parks to go to, etc.” The 2021 Summer Experience Plan is also going to implement a shuttle system from the Day Lots to help alleviate traffic, Shore added. Lastly, a contract worth $1.5 million was awarded to Drake Excavating to upgrade the Spruce Grove, Crabapple and Golden Bear sewer lift stations. New odour control systems will be included in the upgrades (to the relief of nearby residents). The project will begin in May and will be completed by November. Find updates for each project at whistler.ca. n
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Whistler Secondary School graduate awarded $80,000 Shulich Leader Scholarship SIMON LONG TO STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL
BY HARRISON BROOKS SIMON LONG, a senior at Whistler Secondary School, has been awarded the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship— the first in the school’s history. Long, who is one of just two people to receive the STEM-focused $80,000 scholarship from Queen’s University, and one of just 100 students to receive the award across the country, was happy just to be nominated by his school, and never actually expected to win. Top of the list for what the award brings said Long, who plans to study computer science, “is the mentor that comes with the scholarship for the four years of university. I honestly think that’s going to be more valuable than the money just to have a person there helping me and answering questions.” Long’s main focus for his future career is to build something on his own. “I’m specializing in video game design,” he said.
“My career goal … would definitely be something that I do myself, not really like a job, but kind of starting something. Like making a game myself, starting some sort of software project or hardware project but yeah I definitely would like to ... employ myself.” Long’s high school math and computer science teacher, Jamie Walzl, describes him as a “gifted problem solver” with a “unique curiosity” and believes Long will continue excelling at computer programming through university and into his future career. “All the work he’s done in computer science at the school has been outstanding,” said Walzl. “And I think that once he gets the opportunity to be surrounded by likeminded people and people that are achieving at his level, he’s going to really excel, and do great things.” It’s Long’s entrepreneurial spirit that may lie behind winning the scholarship, said mom Gina Mollicone-Long. “He’s a pretty good student, he gets good grades and he’s a computer guy, no
BIG WIN Last summer, Simon Long was one of 1,000 students selected to be a part of Shad, a summer STEM learning and entrepreneurial program. PHOTO BY SHAD CANADA
question,” she said. “But I think what sets him apart is he started making electronic music. He started composing it, he set
up a record label, recorded it, mixed it, made some albums did the artwork, got a distributor for Spotify and Apple Music and got himself established as a recording artist. “He’s produced three full albums and a single and he gets paid royalties, not much but still, and he did all that on his own.” Long is active in various sports including volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and biathlon. He also plays the piano. For many families, sending multiple children to university can be a major financial strain so having a child receive an $80,000 scholarship often comes with a huge sense of relief. However, MolliconeLong said in this case all the relief is probably coming on Long’s side as they have a deal with their kids that they’d be on the hook for half of their tuition. “Yeah, there definitely was [a sense of relief] because, to be honest, I’ve worked a lot of places and I’ve just always hated it … [so] it’s just nice to have that pretty big load taken off my shoulders,” said Long. “The 80 grand will definitely help a lot with the financial aspects.” n
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Vital Café looks back at challenges of pandemic parenting PANEL SHARES EXPERIENCES OF NAVIGATING DIFFERENT FACETS OF LIFE OVER THE LAST YEAR
BY ALYSSA NOEL THE WHISTLER Community Foundation held a virtual Vital Café earlier this month, its second since the start of the pandemic last year. The session, called Parenting During the Pandemic: How can we sustain family life in Whistler?, included a panel of five speakers who offered a look back on how COVID-19 impacted various aspects of life in Whistler. They included: Spring Creek Community School teacher/ librarian Sue Oakey; Jackie Dickinson, executive director of Whistler Community Services Society; Olivia Bayley, a family physician; Diana Chan, chair of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce Board and a business owner; and Izumi Inoue, a settlement worker. But what became apparent during the session was that it was very difficult to separate the impact the pandemic has had on kids at home and at school from the impact on all facets of life in Whistler. Oakey, who is also a parent to a highschool student, said early on some students fared better than others with the shift to online learning. “What I noticed with a lot of the kids is they managed OK,” she said. “It wasn’t easy getting up in the morning. I noticed a lot of stress with the parents. Some parents called me crying saying, ‘I cannot deal with my child at home and helping them to learn.’ Other parents said, ‘This is awesome. I can give my son one-on-one help and he’s doing great.’ I think, overall, the independent learners fared much better and the vulnerable students had a hard time.” It helped, she added, when kids returned to the classroom this past year, but still there have been lingering struggles. “Where I saw more need was with the intermediate students and the high-school students who did not like the limitations on their social life,” Oakey said. “We had to create learning groups in smaller cohorts, so the kids couldn’t move freely. And I think they suffered that way a lot.” Whistler’s tourist-based economy, meanwhile, also suffered, said Chan. Business owners and employees have both struggled with mental health due to chronic uncertainty. On top of that, women have been set back an estimated 10 years in achieving equality in the workplace thanks to the pandemic. “Women are shouldering even more of the in-home work, which has only increased with home schooling, work-from-home arrangements, things like that,” she said. “Immigrants and racialized populations
were also disproportionately impacted throughout the pandemic, and continue to be so. That’s because, in particular, of the impact on tourism. The highest number of jobs are held by these three groups in the hospitality sector.” Other “cracks” have become apparent in Whistler’s tourist-based economy, she said. “It’s highlighted the reliance on minimum-wage workers that are housed in substandard, overcrowded accommodation, and the operational capacity that we have in Whistler that reflects mass tourism, not necessarily sustainable tourism.” Building on Chan’s concerns, Dickinson said it’s important that, going forward, people are prioritized in the local workforce. “We have to put our people first,” she said. “We have to care for them. That comes in the form of liveable wages and affordable housing. These are the priorities that we need to do to move forward. We’ve come up with a lot of programs in response. We now have to figure out what that recovery looks like, and we can learn in response mode how to recover.” For her part, Inoue said the early pandemic was particularly challenging when she was facing the highest demand from both the immigrant workers she was supporting who were facing job layoffs and potentially having to go home, and caring for her two school-age children who had shifted to online learning. “I was lucky enough to have work, I didn’t lose my job. I was able to work from home and support my children’s homeschooling. At the very beginning, I think that was the hardest time of the past 14 months. That was when my work as a settlement worker, their needs were higher, and my children needed support,” she said. Through her work as a doctor, Bayley said she’s observed two groups hit hardest by the pandemic—young kids not yet in school and teenagers. “Normally [young children] would be socializing through lots of time in the park and playing with friends and parents getting together, so there’s been an impact there,” she said. “And also on the teens we’ve seen a real impact as well.” For people of all ages with chronic health issues, the pandemic has been particularly challenging. “There’s just been huge challenges around accessing treatment and getting the care that they need,” Bayley added. “Hospitalization has had the added complexity of COVID. And then on physical health, there’s been an increase in alcohol consumption or drug use or returning to behaviours or patterns that they’ve moved beyond. And for some, also dietary choices, maybe less exercise have all been physical impacts of people’s mental wellness.” n
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Pemberton, Whistler Search and Rescue teams save BASE jumper INDIVIDUAL WAS TRANSPORTED FROM AREA NEAR LILLOOET TO WHISTLER HEALTH CARE CENTRE WITH FRACTURED FEMUR
BY MEGAN LALONDE LOCAL SEARCH and rescue volunteers had a busy start to the May long weekend, after spending much of their Saturday extricating an injured BASE jumper near Lillooet. Volunteers were first alerted to a parachute incident about 12 kilometres west of Lillooet at about 9 a.m. on May 22, said Pemberton Search and Rescue Society (PSAR) president Pete Schimek. BC Ambulance Services initially flagged Lillooet Road Rescue to respond to the call. “I got patched in through the Emergency Coordination Centre; we decided that [Lillooet Road Rescue] would probably be the quickest to get there so we just had them find out where the scene was and make an assessment,” Schimek said. “From conversation with Lillooet Road Rescue, they basically informed me that this person had wound up 300 metres offslope, had likely [fractured their femur], and that the easiest way to get them down would be via long-line rescue.”
TEAM EFFORT Volunteers from Whistler Search and Rescue assisted their Pemberton counterparts in responding to an injured BASE jumper near Lillooet on Saturday, May 22. The individual was extricated via long-line rescue and brought to the Whistler Health Care Centre for treatment. FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF WHISTLER SEARCH AND RESCUE
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Rescuers from PSAR’s bases in Lillooet and Pemberton attended, while members of Whistler Search and Rescue were brought in under a mutual-aid agreement to carry out the long-line rescue. According to Schimek, the incident took place at a rock slide area that appears to be “the new BASE jumping hotspot.” The subject of the search was part of
CALLS REMAIN STEADY FOR PEMBERTON SEARCH AND RESCUE IN 2021 Saturday’s call was the only long weekend incident PSAR had been alerted to as of late Sunday afternoon. That lines up with a wider trend that’s seen PSAR’s call volume remain steady in recent months, in stark contrast with the massive spike search-and-
“The sheer volume of people [recreating in the Duffey area] was something I’ve never seen before, and would have never expected to see.” - PETE SCHIMEK
a group of jumpers who were attempting the feat in squirrel suits, Schimek said. The BASE jumper appeared to have an issue deploying their chute during the third of the group’s six planned jumps of the day. According to reports, the individual “came hard, clipped a fir tree and basically piled in,” Schimek explained. The individual reportedly suffered severe leg injuries including a broken femur in the crash, and was immediately transported to the Whistler Health Care Centre for treatment.
rescue volunteers across B.C. had predicted heading into the winter. “[Search-and-rescue teams] are busy elsewhere, but for us, it doesn’t seem to make it up here,” Schimek said. “For whatever reason, it seems to stop in Whistler. Either people get smarter as they go through Whistler or they get more sure as they go through Whistler. We’ve been pretty fortunate, given the fact that a lot of teams are hitting record years and we’re kind of on the same trajectory as most other years.” Prior to Saturday’s incident, PSAR had
received 15 calls in 2021, compared to seven during the same period last year. Due to a complete “dead period of about two to three months” during the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, “It’s not fair to gauge this year versus last year, up to this point,” Schimek said. “But I think if you look at two years ago to where we are now, we’re probably about the same,” in terms of call-outs. Schimek recalled a prediction he made to Pique in December 2020: That searchand-rescue calls would result in “a full-time, unpaid job for us this winter.” Fortunately for PSAR, that anticipated spike never came to fruition—despite an anecdotal increase in backcountry users, he said. With that in mind, “We are not bracing ourselves for a busy summer,” Schimek added. “I was bracing myself for a busy winter and it was pretty average.” He continued, “The sheer volume of people [recreating in the Duffey area] was something that I’ve never seen before, and would have never expected to see. Given the fact that we had these massive numbers of people up there, everybody seemed to play pretty safe, and we had very little extra activity ... You would expect a much higher call volume based on the sheer amount of people up there, but it never did happen. So I’m done making predictions.” And if that spike does come this summer, as travel restrictions ease? “We’re well-staffed and capable of handling whatever comes our way,” Schimek said. n
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BY DAVID SUZUKI George Woodwell, director of the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts, testified that wide-scale forest destruction would speed the warming, as dying forests release stored carbon dioxide. It’s shocking that so many people decided the best course would be to shrug and carry on as usual in the face of dire, compelling statements from scientists who thoroughly examined the problem— not to mention evidence building since Joseph Fourier’s discoveries in the 1820s to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences report in 1977 and congressional hearings on climate in the early 1980s held by Rep. Al Gore (later senator, then vicepresident). There was talk but little action. Now all those warnings are reality: rapidly escalating temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing extreme weather events and more. More than 30 years after Hansen’s testimony, we’re in crisis because industry and governments failed to act. Can that change over the next 30? A new report from the International Energy Agency notes that a growing number of governments worldwide are pledging to zero out emissions over the coming decades. “But the pledges by governments to date—even if fully achieved—fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C.” One silver lining in “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” is its finding that reducing, capturing and neutralizing emissions will benefit human prosperity and well-being beyond simply slowing global heating—although it warns the path “is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used
globally.” Following recommendations from the report’s “more than 400 milestones” would create “millions of jobs in clean energy, including energy efficiency, as well as in the engineering, manufacturing and construction industries,” an IEA release said. The report stresses governments must minimize hardships for people and communities affected by the energy transition, with regional aid, retraining and locating clean energy infrastructure near affected communities to maintain jobs. Measures such as providing electricity and clean cooking solutions to those who lack them would bring major health benefits by cutting pollution and could prevent 2.5 million premature deaths a year. But it means getting off fossil fuels— quickly. Unwillingness to start the transition when we first became aware of the need means we have no time left to lose. The report finds fossil fuel use must fall from four-fifths of energy supply today to around one-fifth in 2050, and that demand will continue to plummet. There’s no place for new coal, oil or gas development, including pipelines. Remaining fossil fuels must be “used in goods where the carbon is embodied in the product such as plastics, in facilities fitted with carbon capture, and in sectors where low-emissions technology options are scarce.” The immediate goals are to rapidly phase out coal power and internal combustion engine vehicles and halt new oil and gas development. The report notes most CO2 reductions through to 2030 can be made using available technologies but that “in 2050, almost half the reductions come from technologies that are currently at the demonstration or prototype phase.” Electricity must “play a key role across all sectors, from transport and buildings to industry.” The road map shows that by 2050, 90 per cent of global electricity generation could come from renewable sources, 70 per cent from solar photovoltaic and wind. A David Suzuki Foundation study also found getting to net zero means electrifying just about everything: cars, buses, trucks, home and building heat pumps, industrial furnaces and more. The era of coal, oil and gas is over. We’ve done too little for the past 30 years. For the next 30, let’s work toward a cleaner, healthier future for all. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. ■
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Learning to love the hike ONE THING I’VE LEARNED over the years of living an active Whistler lifestyle is that you can’t be the best at everything. Some folks can, but the rest of us aren’t so inherently talented that we can pick up a new pursuit and be an expert in a matter of weeks.
BY VINCE SHULEY It’s for that reason I try to keep my outdoor playbook relatively small; skis in the winter, bikes in the summer. I’ll even keep a harness and a pair of climbing shoes on hand in case a friend is looking for a chill afternoon at the crag. No paddling, no kite surfing, no paragliding, no beer league softball or beach volleyball. But an activity I feel like I should be great at (and am definitely not that great at), is hiking. I’ve heard—and recited—many of the reasons why I don’t enjoy it as much as my other activities, including (but not limited to): • It takes so much time to get anywhere; • Walking back down the mountain sucks; • I could be having so much more downhill fun on my bikes or my skis;
TAKE A HIKE Just one of the magnificent places in B.C. where only a long, arduous hike can get you there. PHOTO BY VINCE SHULEY
• It’s too mainstream. Crowded trails ruin the experience. Plenty of folks agree with the above points, but having been convinced to join people on some truly spectacular hikes in the past, I’ll counter with: • It has one of the lowest barriers to entry with gear; • It makes you slow down, stop and smell the (wild)flowers; • It still requires a reasonable amount of fitness, especially on trails in the Sea to Sky; • You can access backcountry that can’t be accessed any other way.
you’ll know that the relentless toe-bang and impact on your knees quickly moves the exit day into the Type 2 Fun category. There’s not much that can be done about this, but for terrain as steep as Wedge, I’ve found a collapsible pair of ski or splitboard poles invaluable to alleviate that pain and frustration. Selecting a route or trail that loops can also help with the monotony of covering the same ground twice, but this shouldn’t be attempted unless there’s a designated trail to do so. I’ve done enough ski touring and hikea-biking that I’m OK with the slower going uphill, but it’s the long flats and traverses
Crowds can be off-putting, but that just means you need to do a bit more research.
Let’s start with the pain points. The downhill travel is definitely an anticlimax of mountain hikes. You’ve put in your effort to get to summit, ridge or alpine lake. You’ve basked in the glorious views and vibes of the alpine. Now you just need to spend the next few hours getting back down, often on the same trail and terrain you ascended, so there’s not much new going on. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of hiking down the Wedgemount Trail,
that get me while hiking, especially under load. This is where shoes and clothing can make a big difference. I prefer hiking boots to low-top shoes since my slightly pigeontoed feet (and ingrained clumsiness) inevitably try to roll my ankles. Crowds can be off-putting, but that just means you need to do a bit more research, get a 4x4 vehicle and start exploring. Getting off the beaten trails of BC Parks takes a lot more preparation and often
means camping a night or two to make the trip worth the effort. But if you do your homework and nail a good weather window, it is most definitely worth it. That’s the thing with hiking; with the exception of getting lost or having to travel through arduous terrain, the harder your effort, the more you’re rewarded with. Skiing and biking rely on so many other factors, such as how far a trail builder was able to get out into the boonies or how safe a slope is to actually ski. I haven’t done any of the big classic hikes such as the West Coast Trail, Sunshine Coast Trail or Howe Sound Crest Trail, but I haven’t written them off, either. My challenge is allocating the time and effort into planning the exciting hikes and then embracing the slow-paced travel the same way I do with skis and bikes. Mountaineering adds a whole other level of excitement to the trip, but can also add a lot of required skills, gear and risk. Like all mountain activities, hiking needs mileage to stay in shape. Attempting 20 kilometres in a single day with a multiday pack off the couch will have you hating life, no matter how fit you are in other sports. Work your way up accordingly. Spring has been kind to us thus far. Let’s hope the summer gives us similar weather opportunities for some spectacular hiking. Vince Shuley can take a hike. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince.shuley@gmail.com or Instagram @whis_vince ■
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Green Lake is a hub of so why aren't we doing more to protect it? By Brandon Barrett
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OF THE FIVE MAJOR LAKES DOTTING THE WHISTLER VALLEY, IT CAN BE TOUGH TO PICK A FAVOURITE. BRACKETED BY DRAMATIC VIEWS AND A TRIO OF GRASSY PARKS, ALTA LAKE IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL SUMMER IDYLL, AND ARGUABLY THE RESORT'S MOST HISTORIC WATERWAY, EVEN SERVING AS THE COMMUNITY'S NAMESAKE FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY UNTIL IT WAS RENAMED TO WHISTLER IN THE 1960S. Or maybe you’re looking for a more local feel at Alpha Lake, its irregular, rocky shoreline belying its small size. Relatively free from the weekend crowds found at, say, Rainbow Park, it’s still chock-full of recreational opportunities for those in the know. Then there’s the relative quietude of Alpha’s Creekside cousin, Nita Lake, which eschews the hustle and bustle of Whistler’s busier lakes for a glassy tranquility that is catnip to scores of Instagram photographers. Or perhaps the enigmatic Lost Lake is more your style. Swaddled in forest, it certainly lives up to its name, presenting the viewer with an unlikely oasis just minutes from the shops and lifts of the village. (Bonus points for the nudie dock.) Finally, we arrive at Green Lake, which you could make a solid argument for being Whistler’s most unique lake. Fed by the cool glacial waters of Fitzsimmons Creek, the first thing you notice is its colour, an impossibly brilliant shade of turquoise. With a surface area of more than 200 hectares, and its perimeter stretching 11 kilometres around the shoreline, it’s large enough to have its own current and offers a seemingly endless array of picturesque views, depending on your vantage point. But beyond it’s obvious aesthetic and recreational values, Green Lake serves another, higher purpose as host to the lion’s share of birds found here. “Of the bird species in Whistler, which is around 269, I’d say well over 200 of them are at Green Lake at various times of year,” says Karl Ricker, a noted marine biologist, dedicated birder, cartographer and glaciologist whose contributions to the local scientific record loom large. Home to beavers, otters and fish such as kokanee, the prickly sculpin, and several subspecies of trout, the lake also provides vital wetland habitat for dozens of birds. Migratory birds use the small delta on the southeast end of the lake—known colloquially as the “Fitz fan” and one of only two sandy deltas remaining in Whistler—as a crucial stopover point on their long, continent-spanning trek. A variety of ducks, sparrows, warblers, thrushes and vireos use the delta for breeding, while shorebirds such as the killdeer, the
spotted sandpiper and the America pipit often build their nests right in the sand, making them tricky to spot and easy to trample. “It’s the one area that attracts these shorebirds, which are in declining numbers worldwide, by and large, and the more wetland or delta area that gets taken by mankind is harder on what’s left,” Ricker notes. And yet, for all its ecological importance, Green Lake still suffers the effects of Whistler’s boom times. Lined by a highway on one side and a railway and golf course on the other, the lake sees a flurry of activity in the summer months, whether it’s off-leash dogs running roughshod over bird nests, the risks posed by unchecked campfires, boat wakes eroding the shoreline or floatplane traffic disturbing wildlife. In some ways, Green Lake is a microcosm of the delicate balance Whistler has tried to strike between economics and environment, the churning tourism machine and the breathtaking natural setting that makes it all run. It goes without saying Whistler is in the resort business, and it’s a business we excel at thanks to putting human-centric, recreational values firmly at the forefront. But how much are we willing to sacrifice in the name of the Almighty Dollar? It’s by no means a simple question to answer, but at least one thing is clear: if we want to preserve the environmental gems that remain, it’s going to require a community-wide cultural shift at both the personal and collective level. “I think this is one of those situations where we have to say: can we think beyond ourselves and actually protect these other values and species for whom these areas are critical?” says Claire Ruddy, executive director of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE).
STRESS FACTORS It’s a late April day, yellow sunlight shimmering off the still waters of Green Lake. A few small groups have set up along the Fitzsimmons fan, taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather. As paddleboarders glide effortlessly
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Green Lake’s sandy delta. PHOTO BY BRANDON BARRETT along the lake’s smooth surface, I notice the singed remains of at least half a dozen campfires dotting the delta. A playful golden retriever fetches a stick hucked into shallow waters, before eagerly racing back to its awaiting owner. To the untrained eye, it looks like a typical lakeside scene you’d find on any sunny day around town, but for those familiar with the local fauna of the area, it presents several concerns. “All of these things are stress factors for wildlife,” says Ruddy. “When you think of the campfire issue, the Fitz fan is technically closed at dusk, and if people have fires on it, birds trying to nest and raise families in that area are then on alert, trying to figure out what’s going on, and they’ve been on alert all day with people and dogs and people with kids and noise and planes. It’s a cumulative-effect discussion.” And it doesn’t mater how placid a dog may be; their presence alone is enough to scare off shorebirds and wastes valuable energy they would otherwise need to nest and protect their eggs. “When a bird sees a dog, regardless of how innocent and timid it is, or how ferocious it looks, they take off,” Ricker says. “A dog, as far as birds are concerned, is another coyote or wolf.” Contrary to the common perception of bird nests perched high on tree branches, NIck shorebirds will lay eggs tucked into brush, under logs or boulders, and even out in the open, and because of their often small size and camouflaged colour, they can be incredibly difficult to spot. It’s a message the Whistler Naturalists have been trying to get out more widely during the pandemic, as scores of people have sought out the area to escape COVID lockdown. The environmental group was hopeful more signs would be
''WHEN A BIRD SEES A DOG, REGARDLESS OF HOW INNOCENT AND TIMID IT IS, OR HOW FEROCIOUS IT LOOKS, THEY TAKE OFF. A DOG, AS FAR AS BIRDS ARE CONCERNED, IS ANOTHER COYOTE OR WOLF.''
installed in the area after the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) fixed several last year that had been damaged. Right now there are 10 signs along the cedar rail fence abutting the delta, two on the shore of the protected area and two along the access trail from the Nicklaus North Golf Course highlighting the critical shorebird habitat and telling owners to keep their dogs on leash. Another larger interpretive sign with information on the native shorebirds sits at the entrance to the delta—but whether the public will actually read and heed the message is anyone’s guess. “The RMOW is not considering putting up more signs as the people who are engaging in the activities appear not to be following the numerous signs in place already,” wrote a municipal spokesperson in an email. The Naturalists have also pushed for an extension of a section of fence delineating the protected delta area all the way to the nearby floatplane dock, which the muni says it has no immediate plans to do. For his part, Ricker thinks the fence is in the wrong spot. “They made sure they got as much sand for the people as possible and as little sand for the birds, so it should be moved further north,” he says. “There’s a little bushy island in the middle of that sand; the fence should be over to that bushy island, at a minimum.”
W h a t e v e r deterrents are in place, it’s clear that most lake-goers are largely unaware of the sensitive bird habitat lying right beneath their feet. Both the Naturalists and other Green Samaritans have tried to take an educational ~ KARL RICKER approach to highlight the rich biodiversity in the area. “I think positive reinforcement goes a lot further,” says Kristina Swerhun, nature interpreter and biologist with the Whistler Naturalists. “That’s what bylaw does anyway. Part of their enforcement [strategy] is the first thing is education or maybe a warning. If they’re armed with all the information, then the dog owners can [comply] not because they’re told to do it, but because they want to and they didn’t realize the area was so precious.” Due to last month’s cyber-attack shutting down most of the municipality’s digital capabilities, the RMOW could not provide statistics on off-leash dog fines. But if last year is any indication, the likelihood of a ticket being issued is quite low. As reported by Pique last summer (“Whistler’s off-leash dog complaints more than double in 2020,” June 21), the RMOW received a dozen complaints of off-leash dogs in the first half of 2020, up from five in the same period the year prior. In spite of that, and a new Animal
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The remains of a campfire on the Fitz fan. PHOTO BY BRANDON BARRETT
Fred Shandro at the sign by the Green Lake boat launch. PHOTO BY BRANDON BARRETT
Responsibility Bylaw adopted in 2019, bylaw handed out vegetation is removed,” she says. “Those homes and those to recruit some more enforcement personnel.” exactly zero fines in that time. businesses on the lake should not be cutting shorefront Of course, like for any local government, deciding how Bylaw officers have a, ahem, long leash when it comes vegetation to maintain their views. Those slivers of wetland to make use of the available resources is no simple task. to enforcing the issue, typically resorting to a warning over that were retained were intended as habitat. I think that “We need to improve our stewardship and our regulation a ticket, and even providing free leashes to dog owners enforcement there would have multiple benefits.” within our park system, without question. But there’s an without one. In an email, the RMOW said it is “aware that people economic reality to that, too: we don’t have the public The prevailing thought seems to be that the carrot is cut down the vegetation in the riparian area,” but because money to have a bylaw officer at every park, so we have more effective than the stick, but when it comes to off-leash of how Whistler’s environmental protection and park-use to be good and as efficient as possible in being at the right dogs, a persistent, prickly issue in a community awash with bylaws are set up, the guilty party has to be caught in the act. critical places at the right time,” says Councillor Arthur De dogs and ample green space for them to roam, it might be “We have communicated with the Nick North Clubhouse a Jong, who noted the RMOW’s park ambassador program, time to consider a shift in tactics, Swerhun argues. number of times, which has led to improvements on the which saw volunteers stationed in parks on busy days last “Both [the carrot and the stick] need to happen. At waterfront in front of the Table 19 patio, as well as provided summer educating the public on a number of issues, would some point, when positive reinforcement doesn’t work, we education to people on the spit,” the spokesperson added. continue this year. have to fall back on something else—and I’m sure positive Enforcing illegal campfires can be tricky as well, akin to reinforcement has been tried for the last 30 years,” she says. a game of whack-a-mole: call in an active fire and, of course, “I think there are people who just don’t know better and then there’s no guarantee the responsible party will still be there that’ll be it, but for those that, for whatever reason, don’t by the time the fire department arrives. Throughout the have that response to positive reinforcement, then at least spring, a Whistler Naturalists member had been emailing try it! Start issuing fines and see if that helps at all; at least bylaw officers, who typically only work during the day, give it a shot. I don’t think they ever tried that.” every time they discovered signs of a campfire on the delta, Both AWARE and the Naturalists have also raised until they were told to stop. Fred Shandro bought his lakeside Whistler property in 1975, concerns with the clear-cutting of brush in designated “In terms of reporting to Bylaw, once a file is in process, eventually building a cabin on it that he spent practically riparian areas leading from lakeside properties to the complainants do not need to continually call in for the every weekend and holiday in for more than two decades. shoreline, presumably to gain a better view. Along with same issue (other than active fires) as Bylaw is already In the early 2000s, he converted it into his retirement home, providing birds with protection from predators, the bushes attending to the issue on proactive patrols,” the RMOW and has lived in Whistler full-time ever since. act as nesting areas for more than 30 different songbirds, spokesperson said, noting that the public is encouraged to “I worked all my life and knew I was gonna live here,” mainly sparrows and warblers, Ricker says. “They shouldn’t continue reporting active fires to the fire department. he says on a recent morning, just steps away from the boat be trimming those bushes, period,” he adds. Ruddy, however, believes consistently reporting these ramp at the north end of Green Lake. “And since then, the In the context of Green Lake, which, prior to Nick issues is one way to see enforcement pick up. “Every time window of the natural environment and the enjoyment has North being built was home to the largest intact wetland in you call the [Conservation Officer Service’s] RAPP line or been closing because of the intrusion of boats that don’t Whistler, it’s this point especially that Ruddy would like to you call the bylaw line and ask for an enforcement action, follow the regulations on the lake, the numbers of tourists, see a crackdown on. “The biggest enforcement piece I think that gets logged,” she says. “Eventually that might lead to the difficulty in dealing with bureaucracy and government we need to be moving on is actually enforcing when the [the realization] that we have way more calls and we need to try to correct those problems, and it is exceedingly
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Pectoral Sandpiper PHOTO BY LIZ BARRETT, whistlerswildthings.com // BELOW: Spotted Sandpiper chick PHOTO BY LIZ BARRETT, whistlerswildthings.com // BOTTOM LEFT: Pipet PHOTO BY AHMED ElSHEIKH, GETTY IMAGES
frustrating to watch the window close when it’s something you’ve worked your whole life for.” For decades, if there was a boat to be found on Green Lake, it was usually a small aluminum tinny like Shandro has. But over the years, as Whistler grew into its own as a tourism hotspot and summer destination, he started to notice a proliferation of bigger, noisier watercraft, like the commercial
wake boats. “I mean, big suckers, and quite a few of them right out in front of my house,” he says. “And as I was watching the surf roll in, I was watching my shoreline disappear right before my eyes.” That led to Shandro and his neighbour kicking up a stink at municipal hall, with the former lawyer initially pushing for a complete boat ban on the lake. Needless to say, that didn’t go over too well with local officials or boaters of the day. “So I go to this meeting with [my neighbour], and [former municipal CAO] Bill Barratt was there and the bylaw people were there and it was a big to-do. The boaters were really concerned because, unfortunately, I was a little blunt,” he says. “I can tell you, I was not well received.” Eventually, a compromise was reached: in 2004, regulartions were passed designating two no-wake, no-tow zones at either end of the lake, where speeds were restricted to a max of 10 km/hr, in theory to minimize disturbances for nearby residents and bird nesting sites. At that time, the council of the day also banned jet skis and personal watercraft (PWC)—think seadoos—from the lake. “What they were trying to do was stop
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PWCs from going on the lake because they were going up the River of Golden Dreams,” says Shandro. “So they were using it as a mechanism. That was their first mistake.” Because it was in effect a noise bylaw, Shandro says “the personal watercraft people [believe] it’s not enforceable, because now they make these things and they’re so quiet,” and in the last few years, he’s noted a major increase in PWCs on the water and little to no enforcement in response. “As a principle of law, don’t make a law you can’t enforce,” he adds. Four white buoys mark the no-wake zone on the north end of the lake, where Shandro lives, and he believes there is too much distance between the fourth, located at the start of the unrestricted zone, and third buoy. “So these boats come along and they either think they’re past the last one, or for some reason, think it’s the last one— and then they gun it,” he says. Independent studies by both Laval University and Larratt Consulting have shown that a wake boat’s waves don’t dissipate for 300 metres, compared to approximately 30 m for traditional recreational watercraft, and create a disturbance to a depth of six to eight m, which would explain the near-total erosion of Shandro’s shoreline. Beyond the impact to his property, however, is what Shandro sees as a growing safety issue on a lake that has just municipally owned boat launch, and one wake zone funnelling trailered boats and floatplane landings to a single section of water—not to mention the steady rise of paddlecraft in recent years. “That is the key, that boat ramp. That is the only way on the lake for trailered boats,” he says, adding that, in his experience, motorboating locals have generally been compliant; it’s the streams of visitors who are less likely to follow, or even be aware, of the regulations. “These boats are attractive; people see them as the traffic goes by on the highway, and before you know it, they come in from Squamish, Washington state [and the Lower Mainland], and some of them read [the sign outlining the regulations] and can understand it, but a lot of them either didn’t or don’t, so, to me, the enforcement issue has been No. 1.” Shandro wants to be clear: he isn’t anti-boats (at least anymore). “It’s the opposite. I would like to see them there,” he says. “Our issue, and your issue as a boat owner, is to figure out how to enforce these regulations. Because if we can’t enforce these regulations, then where are we?” Shandro insists he keeps speaking up because of the continued lack of complaince and because he sees a better way forward,
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PHOTO BY LIZ BARRETT, whistlerswildthings.com one that he has proposed to senior parks staff: a kiosk or tollbooth, much like the one managing access to the cross-country ski trails by the Riverside campground, that would be located at the Green Lake boat launch. “With a tollbooth or kiosk, there could be registration. The boat would have to be registered and pay a fee, which would support the cost of administration, and you’d be able to control the number of boats on the lake,” he explains. “There are so many people in these boats using them respectfully, but with the weekends and the rubber-tire traffic going over this ramp, there’s no set controls, and that’s why this booth is important.” Although he concedes his frustrations initially were more to do with his property than the impacts on the environment, Shandro spoke to a criticism of the RMOW that other local environmental advocates have echoed: a reactive approach that too often misses the bigger picture. “These issues … are really beyond the scope of how they think,” he says. “They’re designed to make everybody happy. They get as many people up here as they can handle, which is really not the right approach. They have to sustain the quality, but if the quality disappears, then what’s the point?”
CULTURE SHIFT In the mid-‘90s, a group of community members led by AWARE fought against the construction of Nick North in sensitive wetland habitat. The effort was to no avail, and over the years, Whistler has lost the bulk of its wetlands. “The Green Lake we see today is totally different to what was historically there,” says Ruddy. “When we look at the entire Whistler Valley, we’ve lost over threequarters of our wetlands, and this area following the River of Golden Dreams, up to Green Lake, was a hugely important wetland area.” To help protect the vital ecological areas that remain, Ruddy has called for a more fulsome understanding of Whistler’s
rich ecosystems to better inform land-use and planning decisions at municipal hall, a drum she has been beating for years now. “When it comes to human-centric elements of our community, we have a lot of really good data and we use that to make informed decisions,” she says, pointing to the trove of data compiled by the RMOW’s Economic Partnership Initiative, formed in 2012 to look at ways to diversify the resort’s economy. “But when it comes to the natural areas, the ecosystems and the species of the valley, there hasn’t been an investment in mapping out those values and understanding them in a really deep way.” Ideally, Ruddy would like to see a thorough accounting of the different ecosystems found in the valley that would indicate how much of each remains. “You could then really quickly see that, ‘Oh wow, we only have X percentage of this ecosystem left, we have to protect what’s still here. It would be valuable for sandy deltas, old forest, for deciding where we do and don’t put trails,” she says. “When you have a good dataset and you can build a strategy around it, people can mobilize around that. But we need to make sure we’re not leaving out certain values.” Of course local government is but one crucial lever in the fight to preserve our most precious natural assets. Broad change requires both an individual and a collective effort, and, when considering how best to protect the community’s declining bird numbers, there is arguably no better example than Bear Smart. “I think what we’ve learned from programs like Bear Smart is that education is vitally important, it needs to be ongoing and it needs continuous investment,” says Ruddy. “ Through years of concerted effort and information campaigns, the wildlife advocacy group didn’t just educate, it told the stories of Whistler’s bears and you can make a solid argument that locals, by and large, have gotten the message. Can a similar story be told about Whistler’s birds? Ricker scoffs at the suggestion. “How many people do you think will listen to the birds’ story?” he asks. “I don’t think people would pay attention, to be honest with you.” Sounds like a challenge if I ever heard one. n
Lance, one of the first phase developers and a founder of the Whistler Village, passed away peacefully, at The Lions Gate Hospital, at the age of 78, after a full, productive and joyful life. He has left behind his wife of 52 years, Judi, their two children, Jessie (Shelley), Chelan (Amol), three grandchildren, Amari, Niara and Ajani, as well as many other family members and friends. Lance grew up in Vancouver’s east side, where he attended Van Tech High School. He played all sports and excelled at basketball and football. Following high school, Lance focused on football, playing, firstly for C.Y.O. and then moving on to U.B.C. where he was a star receiver, leading the Thunderbirds in receptions and yards gained. After U.B.C., in 1967, where he obtained a degree in education, he went on to play six years of professional football, in the C.F.L., for both the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Upon the conclusion of his professional football career, Lance and Judi returned to Vancouver, and Lance, in partnership with a former U.B.C. Thunderbird teammate, became involved in the hotel/pub business, owning and operating The Piccadilly and lnvermay Hotels, both located in the financial district of downtown Vancouver. In the late 1970s, Lance being an avid skier, upon learning of the Whistler Village opportunity, together with his partner, sold the Vancouver hotels and, along with a third partner, built the Fitsimmons building, which, over the years, became the most photographed building in the village. In 1981, Lance was named a member of The Founder’s Club by Mayor Pat Carleton, recognizing his contribution to the Whistler Village development. Today, the property, with eight condos on the upper floor, is home to La Bocca restaurant and Maxx Fish nightclub. But, originally the restaurant, which Lance operated, was called Stoney’s and the nightclub was Club 10. During this time, Judi opened a tea room, behind Stoney’s, which was also very popular. Lance and Judi built a duplex in Tapley’s Farm, which Judi continues to own. Lance’s time living and working in Whistler was very special to him, as he skied Whistler Mountain at every opportunity, from the time it opened in 1966, until two years prior to his death. After selling Stoney’s, Lance and family returned to their home, in West Vancouver, behind Whytecliff Park and not long after Lance opened Jake O’Gradys on the corner of Hastings and Boundary Road, which Lance owned for many years, until his retirement. When back in the city, Lance reacquainted himself with many of his east side friends he had grown up with and they regularly got together for card games and bocci ball games. He also spent hours, every day, playing the piano and doing the NY Times crossword puzzles. Lance will be fondly remembered by family and friends. MAY 27, 2021
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Whistler, Pemberton golf courses expect another strong year in 2021 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A BLESSING IN DISGUISE FOR LOCAL GOLF COURSES.
BY HARRISON BROOKS THE LIST OF businesses struggling during the pandemic seemingly never stops growing, even more than a year later. However, one of the few industries that has been absent from that list over the last 14 months is golf. With everything in life turned upside down, and people’s usual routines being tied up with restrictions or shut down completely, people began searching for something that reminded them of their lives before COVID-19. And for many, golf became that escape to normalcy. “Even last year when we were allowed to open it was ‘OK, you can’t come 30 minutes before your tee time, we don’t have any food or beverage right now because of restrictions, there are no bunker rakes,’ and people didn’t care. They were just so happy to be outside and so happy to be playing,” said Alan Kristmanson, GM of the Whistler Golf Club (WGC). “What we saw, and I think my colleagues would concur, is people that play golf a fair amount, played a lot. People that played a little, played way more and people that had never played were getting into it. So, it
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really increased in every sector.” Despite the season starting slow both this year and last due to travel restrictions, Kristmanson said he saw record numbers at his course in 2020. Nicklaus North Golf Course GM Jason Lowe echoed Kristmanson. “It was kind of a
start to the season and the good early weather has been the maintenance work that could be done on the local courses. Lowe, Kristmanson and Kevin McLeod, GM of Sunstone Golf Course in Pemberton, said their courses are in some of the best conditions they have ever seen.
“I’ve played all the golf courses, and everybody’s are in wonderful condition.” - ALAN KRISTMANSON
surprise to us how busy we ended up being last year,” he said, adding that he expects more of the same from the 2021 season. “Golf is one of the activities that is fairly [COVID-19]-friendly. But it’s kind of a blessing in disguise with the world turned upside down, whereas we’ve seen a resurgence of interest in golf,” said Lowe. “We’ve never had a waiting list for our membership categories before and this year we’ve created a waiting list for all of [them]. So, golf has evolved nicely over the years and obviously COVID-19 has presented a bit of an opportunity as well.” Another silver lining from the slow
“I’ve played all the golf courses, and everybody’s are in wonderful condition,” said Kristmanson. “I think we are off to a really good start that way and I think once we do welcome resort guests back, I think they are going to be in for some really good golf experiences.” Along with maintenance work, some changes have also been made to the local courses over the past year. The WGC did a major renovation on their signature hole, “The Gallery,” by adding more space to the viewing area where people walking along the Valley Trail can stop and watch golfers
tee off. They also added a new fleet of carts that are decked out with GPS, fly-over videos and scorekeeping ability, and golfers can also place food and beverage orders from inside the cart. At Nicklaus North there is a new, yearround, indoor practice facility with two hitting bays and an impact screen that can simulate a real game. Nicklaus North also just finished a $2.4-million renovation on its Table 19 restaurant last June, and is excited to welcome guests back for indoor dining. Despite golf courses thriving during the pandemic, it isn’t quite business as usual yet with the current restrictions still stopping them from hosting the events they normally would. But they are all keeping their fingers crossed that they will be able to get back to that later in the summer. Nicklaus North will still be hosting the upcoming Whistler Open, which will be conducted in a way “where there is no [congregating] before or afterwards,” according to Lowe. As for Kristmanson at WGC, everything is still “up in the air” but he hopes the PGA BC Championship will be able to happen later in the summer. And out in Pemberton, both McLeod and Christine Kohls, GM of Big Sky Golf Club, are hoping that restrictions will ease enough by the end of summer for them to host tournaments again and welcome back live music in their restaurants. n
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FUN IN THE SUN Optimism is high for summer sports groups in Whistler ahead of the 2021 season. PHOTO BY CLARE OGILVIE
Whistler summer sports preview PIQUE CAUGHT UP WITH MANY OF WHISTLER’S SPORTS GROUPS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS SUMMER
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summer programs and activities, visit www.mywrc.ca.
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THE COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, the status of Whistler’s usual summer sports and activities is still up in the air. This week, Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced that low-intensity, indoor fitness classes with limited capacity can return, while outdoor local team games and practices for all ages can also resume— but with no spectators. If all goes well, spectators will be allowed at outdoor games starting June 15. So, if you are one of the many people hoping to get out and enjoy some sports this summer but aren’t sure what’s available or where to look, consider this your guide to Whistler’s summer sports scene.
WHISTLER RACKET CLUB— ‘IT’S THE PLACE TO BE’ Much like its slogan suggests, the Whistler Racket Club (WRC) is definitely one of the places to be this summer. With their vast outdoor spaces and COVID-19-friendly sports, the current restrictions aren’t expected to be much of a problem for the WRC. According to co-director Jamie Grant, the club is following all COVID19 protocols but with the outdoor and spaced-out nature of the sports they offer, like tennis and pickleball, they are, for the most part, hoping for business as usual this summer. On top of tennis and pickleball, the WRC also has axe throwing, a kids’ play zone, roller disco and will be hosting the Whistler Farmers’ Market every Sunday. It’s also planning on running tennis and pickleball programs for both adults and children throughout the summer as well as kids combo camps, so long as they fit under the province’s COVID-19 protocols. For more information on the WRC’s
The Whistler Slo Pitch Association isn’t quite full steam ahead like the WRC but league convenor Sarah Smith is “optimistic that we will get some sort of season in.” “Last year we got to play at the beginning of July. I still feel like that is almost our worst-case scenario that we don’t get to start until July, but unfortunately COVID will keep us on our toes,” she said. When, or if, the season gets underway, there will be a number of COVID rules in place to keep everyone as safe as possible
“It’s open to everyone and is a very fun, lowcommitment kind of approach to rugby”
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while on the field. These rule changes may include things like no tagging, consistent sanitization of shared equipment, individual batting helmets and possibly the use of masks in dugouts. Staying consistent with how it worked last season, each of the five divisions will play on a different night of the week and will have a maximum of eight teams in order to help with scheduling. For more info about the 2021 slo-pitch season, go to whistlerslopitch.com
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SPORTS THE SCORE << FROM PAGE 35 DISC GOLF Much like actual golf, or “ball golf,” as president of the Whistler Disc Golf Association (WDGA), Morgan Rosato calls it, disc golf is essentially unencumbered by the current COVID-19 restrictions and has drastically increased in popularity over the last year as people looked for ways to escape to some sense of normalcy. Whistler currently has two official courses. One at the RV park just outside of town and one in the park at Lost Lake, but the WDGA is working on building another as demand for the sport continues to rise. The courses are free to use, but Rosato urges people to stick to groups of four to obey current pandemic protocols. For those interested in getting into disc golf but unsure of where to start, Rosato said people can get in touch with the club at whistlerdiscgolfclub@gmail.com or reach out on its Facebook page. From there the club can assist with finding a set of discs and also answer any questions that may come up. WDGA also has discs for sale at Poolside Spa in Function Junction starting as low as $15, with all the proceeds going toward “promoting the sport in the Sea to Sky corridor,” said Rosato. “We’re not just trying to grow it in Whistler, but we’re trying to get other courses too and maybe put our older baskets
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into some schools or other park areas if we get permission, just to get people exposed to it in their neighbourhoods.” As soon as restrictions allow, the WDGA will get back to its usual weekly events, which include doubles night every Tuesday and Sunday Funday’s, when people who have purchased a pass can compete to move up the leaderboard.
RUGBY According to the Axemen Rugby Club’s website, “all Axemen teams are on current hiatus until COVID-19 restrictions lift in the province.” However, there is still hope for those wanting to get out on the pitch this summer. “We hopefully got some pretty exciting stuff planned, all dependant on what the restrictions look like [this] week, but we have some stuff moving forward in Whistler and Squamish,” said Blake Mahovic, director of rugby for the Axemen. According to Mahovic, there are options within the club for anyone who wants to get involved regardless of experience or skill level, whether you just want to get out and play some casual weekly touch rugby or compete in a league. Once restrictions are lifted enough to allow it, both the men’s and women’s Axemen teams will begin training for league play. There are currently two men’s teams; one competes in the B.C. first division of the Mainland League and the other takes a more casual approach and competes in the
third division. Also dependant on restrictions, the Axemen will be hosting drop-in sessions once a week “definitely in Squamish and we’re hoping for Whistler as well,” said Mahovic. “It’s open to everyone and is a very fun, low-commitment kind of approach to rugby. We will absolutely be teaching people the skills they need to play the games, but it’s mostly just about getting people together and playing games and having fun.” Mahovic is hopeful that they will be able to start organizing events sooner rather than later and said, “it’s definitely not a case of if, it’s a case of when” they will be able to do so. For more information, visit axemenrugbyclub.com or search them up on Facebook. If you are more inclined towards Rugby Legue than Rugby Union there is also the Whistler Wolves team, who are hoping to get up and running as soon as possible as well. To get involved with them, you can get in touch with the president of the club, Blake Stewart, by searching Whistler Wolves on Facebook.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL While optimism has been the theme for most of the summer sports leagues and clubs in and around Whistler, unfortunately the same can’t be said for beach volleyball. After missing all of last year’s season,
Scott Rodgers, executive director of the Whistler Outdoor Volleyball Association (WOVA), expects the same might be in store for the 2021 season as well. “Right now it looks like current guidelines are for players to maintain three metres separation on the court and no active challenging at the net,” he said. “So, what that means for the more competitive divisions is that hitting a ball goes uncontested, which changes everything. There are three divisions that are four on four, and the court itself is [eight feet by eight feet] so try and imagine what it’s like for players to stay three steps apart on a court where there’s really not much more room for them to move.” Usually, WOVA’s season lasts 12 weeks. And while that is out of the question, there is still some potential to do some sort of shorter season this year, although it is “unlikely,” according to Rodgers. “We’ve got to think about overall health concerns first,” he said. “But the courts are set up at Rainbow Park so nothing is stopping people from getting out and playing on their own with people in their bubble. Hopefully that satisfies until the bigger picture is more promising.” Visit wova.ca for more information. Pique will catch up with other summer activity groups in the coming weeks. If you are with a group and want to share your summer plans, reach out to sports@piquenewsmagazine. com. n
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The rumours are true: Barn Nork is coming to Whistler BELOVED THAI RESTAURANT LEAVING MOUNT CURRIE LOCATION THIS FALL FOR RIVERSIDE RESORT
BY BRANDON BARRETT WHEN JATUPORN NUTTAMARN and Chanidaporn Sriwanta first envisioned bringing their distinct style of northern Thai cuisine to Mount Currie, the husband and wife figured they’d only need to hire one or two staff to do the kind of business they were expecting. Boy, were they wrong. “We never thought it would be this busy,” said Sriwanta, who also goes by Janice. “We found later that people in Pemberton are really into Thai food. Before we opened, we had a soft opening, so we gave a bunch of invitations to people, and they were just so excited. From there, it just expressed to me how much they love Thai food and how excited they were to make it happen there.” Since opening its doors five years ago, Barn Nork has grown into one of the Sea to Sky’s most cherished restaurants, earning a fiercely loyal following, which made the decision to relocate to Whistler this fall
GLAD THAI Jatuporn Nuttamarn, left, and Chanidaporn Sriwanta refuse to cut corners on virtually any element of their food, which has helped turn Barn Nork into one of the Sea to Sky’s most cherished restaurants. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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even more difficult. “Janice has expressed more than I’ve ever heard from any restaurateur I’ve worked with such a gratitude to a community that welcomed them. That doesn’t go unnoticed,” said Judith Thompson, who, along with being the restaurant’s manager and partner, also interprets for Sriwanta and Nuttamarn, who also goes by Jay, in interviews, with Thai as their first language. “So it’s bittersweet, because the Mount Currie community, the Pemberton community, have been awesome. “We hope those relationships will continue, but we’ll make new ones, and that is essential for growth in any business and just as people. It’s hard to stand still and stay the same. You have to grow or you die.” As it stands, plans are to continue running the restaurant in Mount Currie until the end of October, ideally opening their new Whistler location for six days a week in late November or early December. Their new space, the former Riverside Café, is undergoing a full renovation, with about two thirds slated for back-of-house, allowing the team to put more focus on an aspect of the business that has grown tremendously in the pandemic. “Where dine-in is always a great experience at Barn Nork in Mount Currie, we could see the shift coming with a lot more takeout. Of course with COVID, we
transitioned to takeout quite well because of the style of product,” Thompson said. “So we saw the business model moving forward and takeout was key because it allowed us to increase our capacity and to serve more people without the seats and the additional cost, and not just the additional cost, but the additional space of a large restaurant.” Lunch service in particular will emphasize takeout with more grab-and-go items on offer, giving Sriwanta and her husband a chance to have some fun with street food, a fixture of Thai cuisine that harkens back to the teeming markets of their native Chiang Mai. “The idea is you could come in to Barn Nork Riverside and experience more market-style food beyond the curries and pad Thai that everybody loves,” Thompson says, adding that the dozen or so indoor seats will be first-come, first-serve for lunch. (There will also be about 15 outdoor seats.) For dinner, the team wants to offer more of an “exclusive dining experience” that will follow the family-style portions common to the northern Thai style. “We’ll take reservations and we’re wanting people to come in and have that experience of eating the food fresh right out of the wok or right out of the pan. But also for Jay and Janice to potentially create some special and unique Thai dinners,” Thompson says. Given the restaurant’s popularity
combined with its limited capacity, there are bound to be wait times at the new Barn Nork location (something they hope to curb through a smartphone ordering app), but that is part and parcel with the kind of food Sriwanta and Nuttamarn cook. Eventually working in kitchens from Slovenia to Downtown Vancouver, the couple honed their Thai cooking skills at the Sala Rim Naam in Bangkok’s five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and refuse to cut corners on virtually any element of their food. Thai cuisine is a meticulous cuisine requiring lots of prep, and it’s not unusual for some Thai restaurants, particularly in North America, to resort to certain premade ingredients to shave time. Not so at Barn Nork, where the chefs make their own sauces from scratch, roast and grind their own hot peppers instead of pre-packaged chilli flakes, and use real tamarind and palm sugar. “I have tried to push Janice in certain ways to maybe do things faster but she pushes back because the taste would change,” Thompson says. “That’s a process I think is uncommon for some Thai restaurants because they focus more on speed. What Janice and Jay have taught me and their clientele over the years is that if you wait for it, it will be more delicious.” For more information, visit barnnork. com. n
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Arne Gutmann continues to find art in unusual places PHOTOS BY LONGTIME WHISTLER ARTIST FEATURED IN STRANDED, HIS SOLO VANCOUVER SHOW, RUNNING JUNE 4-26
BY ALYSSA NOEL ARNE GUTMANN has always been able to spot art in the ordinary. From his infamous Poo Font to the pattern created by discarded gum on a Toronto sidewalk, the longtime Whistler artist says it’s all a matter of perspective. “The most important thing is to not negate the obvious,” he says. “People might say my art is banal or trite—and I say, ‘Maybe so’—but even detritus is art. Anything is art, really.” Most recently, he’s found art on the walls of his shower. “I’d go into the bath or shower after the missus did and I just saw it,” Gutmann says. “I saw it and I was like, ‘It looks like a Rorschach test. One day, lo and behold, the face came up.” More specifically, three-and-a-half years ago, Gutmann walked into the bathroom after his wife had finished showering and noticed long strands of hair left on the shower walls in compelling designs. So, he started photographing it. “I thought it was really neat; it was so random,” he says. “She chuckled about it.
PERSONAL STAMP Arne Gutmann’s new solo exhibit, Stranded, will include a series of stamps. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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[When she’d come out of the shower] I’d say, ‘Is it a good one?’ She’d be like, ‘I don’t know! You’re the weirdo!’” While he kept up the project, amassing hundreds of images, he didn’t have any plans for it—until the pandemic hit. “I realized a couple months in, I was slow on the art,” he says. “I thought, ‘Why am I slow? I have so much time to work on things and projects.’ Then I was like,
artist studios and the B1 Gallery. As soon as he pitched the concept, the curator was onboard. “Right away, she was like, ‘Yeah, cool.’ She came up with the name Stranded,” he says. “I was talking to [Whistler artist] Pepe the other day and I was like, ‘Dude, I couldn’t have come up with a better name.’ She’s obviously had some unusual proposals in the past.”
“I wanted something visually recognizable or relatable, Something strong enough that it stood out on its own. I wanted a design or pattern to stand on its own and have a bit of a feeling or power to it.” - ARNE GUTMANN
‘Well, why don’t I turn this into a show? The galleries are open and no one is stupid enough to have a solo show right now! I might as well.’” That’s when he reached out to Beaumont Studios in Vancouver, which houses both
Gutmann sorted through hundreds of photos, whittling the selection down to the most compelling. “I wanted something visually recognizable or relatable,” he says. “Something strong enough that it stood out
on its own. I wanted a design or pattern to stand on its own and have a bit of a feeling or power to it.” To that end, Stranded will feature 15 pieces, most measuring 61 centimetres by 91 centimetres, in white frames. “I’m finishing framing and everything this week and it’s so stark with its minimalism, it’s going to be so appealing,” he says. “If you don’t read the placard or bio or information, you wouldn’t have a clue; you’d think it’s a squiggle.” The show will also include a few smaller 10-cm-by-15-cm frames featuring official Canadian stamps with Gutmann’s art on them. (Turns out, anyone can head to canadapost.ca and create their own stamps—who knew!) “I was like, ‘OK, I’ll commission my own stamps. I did tons,” he says. At press time, the protocol for seeing the show during its month-long run from June 4 to 26 was for one group or household to book a 30-minute timeslot by appointment. While new health orders could change that, Gutmann is just happy to have his first solo show in the space—and all the perks that come with that. “It’s the first time ever someone else gets to hang my art,” he says. “That’s a headache. That’s one of the worst parts— framing and hanging.” For more, or to book your visit, head to Facebook and search Stranded—New works by Arne Gutmann. n
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BY ALYSSA NOEL IN HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY , Who Am I, I Am, Will Ross meanders along the Stawamus River next to lush, green moss and ferns, and offers a deep dive into the new songs that make up his forthcoming EP. “It’s honestly the spot I will walk a couple times a day to clear my head when I have things to clear,” he says. “It’s a familiar, meditative spot I go to understand things and get rid of the anxiety going on in my brain at that particular time. That’s why I wanted to shoot there.” After some serious self-reflection during the pandemic led to an arsenal of new acoustic tracks, Ross came up with the idea for a video release ahead of a new album. The format allowed him to introduce the songs and their intimate origin stories from the forest before jumping to Squamish’s Sound & Soul Studios where he performed and recorded them. “It is unique,” he says. “Not many artists have done it like this. With COVID, one of the things I found with the online shows is a lack of connection. I felt like in doing it this way and being able to get into why I wrote the song and talk about me personally, it allows the audience to connect and engage with me. This is me sharing all my energy in a way that I don’t feel like I can over a regular video performance.” Delving into intimate stories about breakups and his own mental health was less intimidating than you might think, he adds. “It’s Alanis Morissette who said this not too long ago, ‘Most people’s journeys are private, but the journey of an artist is public,’” Ross says. “That resonates with me. As a songwriter and artist, I have a platform to help and inspire others. The way I can do that is by being brutally honest about who I am and not sugar-coating it—
not putting any Instagram filters on it.” The songs meanwhile, all feature Ross and his acoustic guitar, but run the gamut from the earnest, upbeat “Boundary Line” to “Something on my Mind,” a more contemplative track with bits and pieces gleaned from cross-country travel.
“This is me sharing all my energy in a way that I don’t feel like I can over a regular video performance.” - WILL ROSS
So far, the feedback has been positive, Ross says. Many friends, family, and fans have been along for the ride since back in January when he launched a GoFundMe following a basement flood. His hope was to help fund recording while he was dealing with those unexpected costs—and he quickly reached his goal. “All the feedback I’ve had has been tremendously positive,” he says. “Everyone who’s watched it has said it’s remarkable how much I did share and how open I was. I’ve gotten a lot of thank yous from people— even people I haven’t talked to in a while.” While the songs from the video will be available on all streaming platforms in the near future, Ross is hoping people will check out the video first. “I’m really excited,” he says. “I have a lot more songs and project ideas coming out soon too. It’s just the first of what’s coming down the pike.” To watch the video, head to willrossmusic.ca. n
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Arts Whistler reviews tumultuous year at AGM ORGANIZATION CONSIDERS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF PANDEMIC YEAR WHILE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
BY ALYSSA NOEL ARTS WHISTLER took a look back on the dramatic year that was during its 2021 Annual General Meeting last Wednesday, May 19. Despite the five-and-a-half-month closure of the Maury Young Arts Centre, the organization managed to rebound and host many online offerings—along with a few revamped, in-person events too. “Saying 2020 was an incredibly tough year is an obvious understatement,” said Michelle Ratcliffe, board chair, during the Zoom meeting. “But we did learn a lot and it’s going to serve us really well to apply these lessons in the coming years to ensure we remain strong.” Some highlights of the year included the Arts Online collection of online art resources—particularly helpful during the start of the pandemic; the Bike Shop Sessions, in which the organization honed its livestreaming concert skills; the success of the online Anonymous Art Show; and the
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in-person Art on the Lake…literally, which saw artists set up on docks on Alta Lake and participants paddle to them. “It was extraordinary,” said Mo Douglas, executive director of Arts Whistler, about the latter event. “You take a magical venue like Alta Lake at a time when people were desperate to see each other and we found a way to actually meet the provincial health order around events, create a whole bunch of [explanations for] how we would handle the exemptions, send it to [provincial health officer] Bonnie Henry directly … The feedback we got from the public was over the top. We’ve never had a response to an event like this.” Meanwhile, the meeting also reviewed the year’s financials—the big takeaway being just how important the government subsidies were during this time. “The organization really found new ways to do more with less and to get the most of the resources that came our way,” Ratcliffe said. “And so the government financial support streams, at all levels, enabled us to keep caring for the culture of
FLOAT ON Art on the Lake... literally was one of the highlights of Arts Whistler’s year in 2020. PHOTO BY JEREMY ALLEN/ THE FULL TIME HOBBY
our community and our community soul.” The organization received $317,477 from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to help offset wage costs, as well as the Canadian Emergency Business Account with a forgivable portion of $10,000. Because public gatherings were limited, there was a huge reduction in revenue rental at the Maury Young Arts Centre. Where 2019 saw $101,976 in revenue, 2020 brought in just $19,525. Overall, revenue—which included grants, donations, and the fee-forservice operating funds from the Resort Municipality of Whistler—came to $708,183 compared to $1,585,088 the year before.
Expenses in 2020, however were $188,997 and $597,534 in 2019. In the end, factoring in the government subsidy and forgivable loan, the organization came away with $52,980 in revenue over expenses compared to $34,269 in 2019. “I wanted to build the balance sheet and just show you that in terms of our position at the end of the year, we actually were able to maintain cash and keep everything and actually ended up in a pretty strong position,” said Jeff Murl, Arts Whistler’s treasurer. “Definitely if you’d asked us in March last year if we were going to end up in this place, it was not looking good.” n
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Pique reader Bill Gordon submitted these photos of discarded inflatable rafts in a local park, snapped at 10:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 23. If you’re floating this summer and suffer the tragedy of a popped
SKATEPARK ART Artist and athlete Ben Poechman shows off the mural he recently completed at the Pemberton Skatepark on Monday, May GRILL AND GIVE Staff from the Fairmont Chateau Whistler celebrate after another successful Grill and Give fundraiser. All 500 Grill and Give BBQ Boxes sold out, with funds going towards the Whistler Community Services Society to support mental-health programming. PHOTO SUBMITTED 6 CHEAKAMUS CHECK The Cheakamus River Explorer, remember to pack out what you pack in and dispose of it responsibly. PHOTO SUBMITTED 4
24—“a makeover” from the piece he painted in the same location last year. It’s called Cedar She Weeps, he explained. PHOTO BY MEGAN-ANNE PERRIN 5 was flowing fast on Tuesday, May 25, as pups Whistler and Remy can attest to. PHOTO BY MEGAN LALONDE
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was one of the many events that took place over the Victoria Day long weekend in Whistler during the 1970s and ‘80s. The event contributed to the influx of tourists that arrived every May to participate in the festivities. The race was created by Bryan Walhovd in 1975 as a community event aimed at attracting all skill levels. The event took different shapes depending on the year, and was far from predictable. In some years, the race had a crosscountry skiing portion that required more team members, and in other years the race switched between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. The state of the course varied from year to year as well. In an interview with the museum, Bryan said that in the years he or other volunteers were unable to clear out the River of Golden Dreams prior to the race, it was like an obstacle course for the competitors. Similarly, he said that some years competitors complained about the unruly state of the trails for the running segment. When the first race took place in 1975, there were more than 20 teams competing. Every team had to include both men and women. While the race was never known for its regulations, in its first year there were remarkably few. The first year, the only requirement was that competitors reach the bottom of the ski hill with all of their ski equipment, but once the snow ended, how they got down the mountain was entirely up to them. The lack of regulations led to all kinds of opportunistic tactics. A few enterprising teams even used things like trucks and motorbikes to get the skiers to the exchange point. Needless to say, after the first year a rule
was added that competitors had to get down the mountain on their own two feet. In only a few years the number of teams competing had nearly tripled: by 1978 more than 60 teams competed in the race (only 58 completed it), and from there the race continued to grow and attract larger and further-reaching audiences. The races were full of mishaps and complications. Due to lack of government involvement, navigating traffic during the cycling portion could be quite complicated, and one year the Whistler Question referred to this endeavour as “an interesting experience.” As the race became more notorious, by necessity it also became more organized. By the mid-1990s, matters of logistics and insurance made the race increasingly difficult to execute, and it came to an end. The Great Snow Earth Water Race took place at the same time as Mayday Madness, a series of events organized by the Chamber of Commerce for community members and tourists. Local sentiment toward the festivities of the long weekend was similar to what we see today: some looked forward to the fun-filled weekend, while others braced for what they saw as inevitable chaos. The events were geared toward different age groups, and some were more family friendly than others. They included everything from wind surfing to belly flop contests to minimarathons and family sports. If you are interested in learning more about the race, the Whistler Museum recently hosted a virtual speaker series with some of the original competitors and organizers, and a link to a recording of the event can be found on our website. Keely Collins is one of two summer students working at the Whistler Museum this year through the Young Canada Works Program. She will be returning to the University of Victoria in the fall. n
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Open your mouth only if what you are going to say is more beautiful than silence,” declares an Arab proverb. That’s a high standard to aspire to. Even at our very best, when we’re soaring with articulate vitality, it’s hard to be more beautiful than silence for more than, say, 50 per cent of the time. But here’s a nice surprise: You could exceed that benchmark during the next three weeks. You’re primed to be extra expressive and interesting. When you speak, you could be more beautiful than silence as much as 80 per cent of the time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here’s the definition of an emotional support animal: “a companion animal that provides therapeutic benefit to a person with a mental or psychiatric disability.” I don’t mean to be flippant, but I think every one of us has at least one mental or psychiatric disability that would benefit from the company of an emotional support animal. If you were ever going to acquire such an ally, the coming weeks would be prime time to do so. I encourage you to also seek out other kinds of help and guidance and stimulation that you’d benefit from having. It’s the resource-gathering phase of your cycle. (PS: Cesar Chavez said: “You are never strong enough that you don’t need help.”) GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A blogger named Valentine Cassius reports, “A tiny old woman came into the deli where I work and ordered a ‘wonderful turkey sandwich.’ When asked what she wanted on the sandwich other than turkey, she said ‘all of your most wonderful toppings.’” Here’s my response to that: The tiny old woman’s approach usually isn’t very effective. It’s almost always preferable to be very specific in knowing what you want and asking for it. But given the current astrological omens, I’ll make an exception for you in the next three weeks. I think you should be like the tiny old woman: Ask life, fate, people, spirits, and gods to bring you all of their most wonderful toppings. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held,” testifies Cancerian novelist Erin Morgenstern. “Tired of trying to control what cannot be controlled.” Here’s good news for her and all Cancerians. You have cosmic permission to surrender—to no longer try to hold things together that can’t be held or try to control what can’t be controlled. Maybe in a few weeks you will have gained so much relaxed new wisdom that you’ll be inspired to make fresh attempts at holding together and controlling. But that’s not for you to worry and wonder about right now. Your assignment is to nurture your psychological and spiritual health by letting go. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Philosopher Georges Bataille wrote, “The lesson of Wuthering Heights, of Greek tragedy and, ultimately, of all religions, is that there is an instinctive tendency towards divine intoxication which the rational world of calculation cannot bear. This tendency is the opposite of Good. Good is based on common interest, which entails consideration of the future.” I’m going to dissent from Bataille’s view. I agree that we all have an instinctive longing for divine intoxication, but I believe that the rational world needs us to periodically fulfil our longing for divine intoxication. In fact, the rational world grows stale and begins to decay without these interludes. So the truth is that divine intoxication is crucial for the common good. I’m telling you this, Leo, because I think the coming weeks will be a favourable time for you to claim a healthy dose of divine intoxication. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo actor Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) won the most prestigious awards possible for her work in films, TV, and theater: Oscars, Emmys, and a Tony. She was intelligent, talented, and beautiful. Life was a challenge when she was growing up, though. She testified, “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up.” If you have a sleeping lion inside you, Virgo, I expect it to wake up
soon. And if your inner lion is already wide awake and you have a decent relationship with it, I suspect it may soon begin to come into its fuller glory. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Antonio Tabucchi described the frame of mind I recommend for you in the coming days. I hope you’ll be eager to embrace his far-reaching empathy. Like him, I trust you will expand your capacity to regard the whole world as your home. Here’s Tabucchi’s declaration: “Like a blazing comet, I’ve traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. I’ve been a man, a woman, an old person, a little girl, I’ve been the crowds on the grand boulevards of the capital cities of the West, I’ve been the serene Buddha of the East. I’ve been the sun and the moon.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author James Frey writes, “I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough was, but it isn’t.” I agree with Frey. The behaviour he describes has nothing to do with being tough. So what does? That’s important for you to think about, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to be tough in the best senses of the word. Here are my definitions: Being tough means never letting people disrespect you or abuse you, even as you cultivate empathy for how wounded everyone is. Being tough means loving yourself with such unconditional grace that you never act unkind out of a neurotic need to over-defend yourself. Being tough means being a compassionate truth-teller. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fragile intensity or intense fragility? Ferocious gentleness or gentle ferocity? Vulnerable strength or strong vulnerability? I suspect these will be some of the paradoxical themes with which you’ll be delicately wrestling in the coming days. Other possibilities: sensitive audacity or audacious sensitivity; fluidic fire or fiery fluidity; crazy wisdom or wise craziness; penetrating softness or soft penetration; shaky poise or poised shakiness. My advice is to regard rich complexities like these as blessings, not confusions or inconveniences. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Birds that live in cities have come up with an ingenious adaptation. They use humans’ abandoned cigarette butts to build their nests. Somehow they discovered that nicotine is an insectide that dispels pests like fleas, lice, and mites. Given your current astrological aspects, I’m guessing you could make metaphorically comparable adjustments in your own life. Are there ways you could use scraps and discards to your benefit? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A blogger named Raven testifies, “My heart is a toddler throwing a tantrum in a store and my brain is the parent who continues to shop.” I’m pleased to inform you, Aquarius, that your heart will NOT act like that toddler in the coming weeks. In fact, I believe your heart will be like a sage elder with growing wisdom in the arts of intimacy and tenderness. In my vision of your life, your heart will guide you better than maybe it ever has. Now here’s a message to your brain: Listen to your heart! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Voyager 1 space probe, launched by NASA in 1977, is now more than 14 billion miles from Earth. In contrast, the farthest humans have ever penetrated into the ground is 7.62 miles. It’s the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwest Russia. Metaphorically speaking, these facts provide an evocative metaphor for the following truth: Most humans feel more confident and expansive about exploring the outer world than their inner realms. But I hope that in the coming weeks you will buck that trend, as you break all previous records for curious and luxurious exploration into your deepest psychic depths. Homework. What image or symbol represents the fulfilment of your noble desires? FreeWillAstrology.com
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A gardener’s gospel SUMMER 2.0: The Pandemic Years, is upon us, almost. That it snowed last week in Whistler—this week as I write since I’ll be casting my fate upon open waters when this column appears—belies the inescapable fact we are within spitting distance of June, or as it’s known all too often in B.C., Junuary. No one knows what this summer will bring, but if we don’t see an easing of pandemic-related restrictions my best guess is it won’t be dancing in the streets, more like uncivil disobedience in the streets. Everybody seems to have done sticking around home to death. We’re tired of reading books, never want to even smell sourdough again, have burned through three pairs of walking shoes and without
BY G.D. MAXWELL a loan can’t afford lumber to spruce up anything around the ol’ homestead. The anticipated big wave this summer is, wait for it, gardening. It’s relatively cheap, not terribly difficult and if you succeed you can eat the results. There are at least two fundamental problems with gardening, though. The first is that many, most, people believe garden is a noun. “We’re going to plant a garden.” “We’d like to have a garden.” Nice thoughts, as far as they go. Problem is, on a much more frequent basis, garden is a verb. One gardens in order to have a garden. If one fails to garden, one’s garden grows weeds, if anything. Make no mistake, as a verb, garden entails a fair amount of work and more than a fair amount of what is known as stoop labour. Stoop labour is to a passing fancy with gardening what bacon is to a passing fancy with vegetarianism. The second problem is almost a punchline. After having expended enough labour to build a small house, suffered enough cuts and scrapes to make people wonder whether you might not be hurting yourself intentionally in some bizarre cry for help, scrubbed enough dirt from under your nails to fill another raised bed—no, please, not another bed; make it go away— gotten sunburned, bugstung, heatstroked and paranoid over whether the damn thing would grow, after all that and more, you might end up with a bountiful harvest. Just when the price of everything you’ve grown is at its cheapest at the local store and all your neighbours are trying to give away the same stuff you’re trying to eat before it goes bad. Weird. I am, however, a reluctant gardener. Undoubtedly several more years of intense therapy might shed some light on why but it would probably take more years than I have left to actually effect a cure. There are, I trust, various edible plants fighting for life in the gardens of my home.
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There are two islands of rhubarb the size of small cars. I don’t care for rhubarb and my neighbours have a look on their faces generally associated with seeing a Jehovah’s Witness approaching their door when they see me coming with an armload of the stuff. Many other things I do like grow in the gardens, and the reason I bother to grow them is because they’re way more delicious when they are so fresh you can hear them scream when you pull them up—fresher than anything you can buy at the grocery. They’re also, if you factor in capital costs, labour and angst, far more expensive. Think of it as a hobby: cheaper than sailing, more expensive than jogging. Gardens and disasters go together like Trudeau and Apologies. Will the bees show
roads and way too slow on Toronto’s 401 at rush hour, and eaten midway food at the PNE. But the only time I’ve ever undergone “emergency” surgery involved a gardening accident. True, but no one believes me. If, after reading this, you still want to garden, here’s the best advice I can offer. Under no circumstance should you pick up any magazine having anything whatsoever to do with gardening. Gardening magazines combine the worst features of both porn and—excuse me for any perceived political incorrectness—what used to be called women’s magazines. Their glossy pictures of perfectly magnificent gardens are designed to do two things and they do those things very well. First they will make you feel inadequate and hopeless about your own gardening efforts in much the same
Think of it as a hobby: cheaper than sailing, more expensive than jogging.
up to pollinate or are they making too much from CERB payments to bother? Will the deer eat everything or just most things? Will that thuggish murder of crows dig up seeds faster than I can plant them? Gardening is also dangerous. I’ve played competitive sports, ridden and fallen off motorcycles, climbed sheer rock faces, protested in the faces of dimwitted, heavilyarmed police, driven way too fast on twisty
way Cosmo will make any normal woman question the adequacy of her lips, breasts, thighs, tummy, eyes, life partner and life in general. Then they will offer you a dizzying array of products to overcome those inadequacies. Neither your budget nor your psyche can withstand those assaults gracefully. They should all be burned. Or composted. Compost is the bright light of gardening. Compost is almost a
guy thing. Messy, trashy, disorganized and largely left to moulder on its own, compost appeals to the mudpie-makin’ kid in all of us. Got garbage? Toss it on the compost pile. Old newspapers? Compost. Roadkill? OK, so not everything winds up in the compost. But it does make life a little bit easier and lays the foundation for any future eccentricities marked by rusting old cars in the back yard and a creaking attic full of really good “stuff.” If you really crave torture, have a go at organic gardening. I’m actually not sure exactly how wholesome you have to be to claim an organic garden but I personally draw the line at picking unwanted insects and other pests off plants by hand ... or with the help of tweezers. I’ll weed, I’ll mulch, I’ll compost, I’ll shovel manure. But I won’t pick nits or whatever it is that’s trying to eat more than I am. Despite my reservations, and let me assure you they are bountiful, I mostly fear my dalliance with gardening is just the thin edge of the wedge. This is, at least, food gardening. There is a tangible reward if all goes well against long odds. Less tangible is the progression to growing flowers, plants designed to lure birds and butterflies, wildlife gardens—salt licks?— and, I’m certain, the zenlike mysteries of inner gardening. Be one with the mulch, Grasshopper. In the meantime, there are weeds to control, nutrients to be administered, vines to be trained, suckers to be pruned, and ... what’s this. Worms having sex. Fascinating ... and disturbingly arousing. It may be too late for me but there may be hope for you. ■
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Beautiful, updated 2 bedroom/2 bath townhome in the highly sought-after Stoney Creek Lagoons. This one level two bedroom has been upgraded with new countertops, stainless steel appliances, new flooring, new paint and a private hot tub. Pull into the secured underground parking and leave the car for your stay.
Live the adventurous Whistler lifestyle from the amazing townhouse located just minutes from the Creekside Gondola and Shopping area. Whiski Jack is located right by the ski hiking trail to the Gondola and there is a ski trail at the end of the day that lands you minutes from home.
This recently renovated (2019) lock off unit is steps away from ski in/out access. Upgraded with high end appliances including washer/dryer, walk in shower etc. Ground floor unit is on the same floor as ski in/out access, hot tub, outdoor heated pool and all the desirable aspects that this complex has to offer its owners!
Sally Warner*
Sherry Baker
Ursula Morel*
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604.905.6326
3D Tour - rem.ax/6six
#6 - 2238 Gondola Way
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604.932.1315
3D Tour - rem.ax/501alpenglow
$998,000
#501 - 4369 Main Street
Renovated, fully furnished Penthouse one-bedroom suite with kitchen and balcony. This bright and sunny apartment faces south with forested views of Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. The Alpenglow Lodge is a concrete building with air conditioning and features an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and workout room.
Bob Cameron
Bruce Watt
604.935.2214
2
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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604.905.0737
3D Tour - rem.ax/9604emerald
$624,000
Situated on the upper floor of this well located complex in Whistler Creek, this spacious 2 bedroom/2 bath end unit is south facing & flooded with natural light. If you’re passionate about skiing & snowboarding, access to some of the best slopes on the planet is within easy walking distance.
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604.932.8629
9604 Emerald Drive
$1,479,000
Charming and bright 2 1/2 bedroom Whistler A-Frame cottage in Emerald Estates! Just steps away from Green Lake and the boat launch, this treed property boasts peeka-boo mountain views and has the potential for abundant southern sun exposure. This is your chance to own a home in Whistler! Call for more information.
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Dave Beattie*
604.905.8855
2.5
PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070