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Moving reconciliation from words to actions IT’S CLEAR from media coverage, if nothing else, that this year’s National Indigenous Peoples Day was different than in the past. Previously, while the day was marked by First Nations, Metis and Inuit across Canada and press releases on the topic flew out of government communications departments
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at a furious pace, many Canadians paid little attention to it (perhaps already looking forward to a long weekend and celebrating Canada Day). Not so this year. It’s our shame that it took the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to make most of us sit and listen to what our Lil’wat and Squamish neighbours have always been telling us.
But what we are seeing now is a generation of Indigenous people who are not going to just walk away from this anymore, a generation who are helping to rebuild their Nations and communities after genocide, a generation who feel pride. And non-Indigenous people are reading and learning and talking about this reality and for many really seeing it for the first time. We have to listen. We have to have some very uncomfortable conversations. We have to really talk about systemic racism because it will be impossible as a country to transition to a better society if we don’t—we need to treat people fairly and consistently and get past the colour of someone’s skin. A place to start right now at the government level is for the court cases fighting residential school survivors and First Nations children at the Human Rights Tribunal to end. While we can honour our Indigenous people this is no time for celebration. That will come in the years ahead when missing and murdered Indigenous women
“Canada’s current approach is just not going to cut it. They need to pay attention to our perspective of what reconciliation is.” - CLIFF ATLEO
The horror of the unmarked graves cannot be overstated. But perhaps these children, who I hope will be identified, repatriated and honoured, have offered us a chance for meaningful reconciliation at every level of our lives. This is not going to be easy. Most of us have absolutely no idea of the level of racism our Indigenous Peoples of Canada face—all the time—in shops, from the police, at school, literally everywhere.
are recognized and served justice, when First Nations all have clean water, when Nations such as the Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations of Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Ehattesaht/Chinehkint, Mowachaht/ Muchalaht, and Tla-o-qui-aht are allowed to fish for their communities, and when Indigenous people are not overrepresented in our jails. Said Wickaninnish, Cliff Atleo, lead negotiator for the Ahousaht First Nation
this week upon learning that the BC Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Five Nations’ appeal over fishing rights: “I am not happy with the Government of Canada’s interpretation of reconciliation because it falls short of allowing us to re-establish our way of life that supports our families and communities. “Canada’s current approach is just not going to cut it. They need to pay attention to our perspective of what reconciliation is. It’s still going to require a lot of work and effort on the part of both Canada and our people to secure some certainty in the fishing industry. We want our fishers to be able to make a living, just like the rest of Canada has been able to do using resources in our territories.” That makes sense to me. No word yet on whether the government will appeal the decision. I have been asking myself a lot, “What can I do?” I found this comment in an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette by Brandon Montour, a law student at McGill University. He lives in Kahnawake and is Mohawk. “If there is one thing you can do, it is to reflect and learn from Indigenous scholars and activists. Understand our grievances and struggles, and why we have them. Amplify the voices of Indigenous people. Most important, however, please check in on your Indigenous friends, colleagues and peers. In light of the recent discoveries in Kamloops, our communities have been dealing with reopened wounds. We are all feeling pain, anger, sadness and despair. We are not living in the past; rather, many of us are trying to escape from it. In the coming weeks, as more and more graves of innocent children are discovered at sites of residential schools across the country, our communities will continue to mourn and find ways to deal with the intergenerational trauma that Canada has brought upon our peoples.” n
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Old growth and the waste of valuable wood “Deferral of old growth logging” by Brandon Barrett and “Opening Remarks: It’s a time for transition” by Clare Ogilvie (June 17, Pique) focus our attention on our local wealth and local wastefulness. Their perceptive writing coincides with the astonishing rise in the cost of milled wood and also the cost of imported furniture. Those are the market signals telling us that we have to move beyond the well-worn phrase “value added” in the Sea to Sky corridor. Our wealth lies in the fact that we do still have a few groves left of really old genetically true trees. Barrett and Ogilvie show us that good steps are being taken to protect them. Our wastefulness lies in the way we have taken our wood for granted. It has been seen everywhere, thrown away, burned, left to weather and fade in heaps. Cut blocks are littered with wasted biomass. If there is less waste now, if we are learning our lessons about the value of trees and wood, please tell me that we’re changing. I walked down the new Millar Creek [Valley Trail] yesterday and noticed about 30 big treebutts left at the roadside, the abandoned parts of the skeletons of very old, very big trees—not “old growth” in the popular imagination, but 60 to 90 years old. Of those 30 butts, all
Yes, the road has now been cleaned up and made to look good. But that is our valuable wood lying there neglected in the dust. Shouldn’t we be bringing that value back into our local economy and into our lived experience? There were pools of highly skilled wood-workers in Pemberton and Squamish, and the necessary equipment. If there was good wood available at a reasonable cost, could we help them to re-ignite their skills? Bob Anderson // Whistler
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probably cut within the past 12 months, about 20 appear to have a potential to be cut for fine broad board wood for furniture, not 2x4s but furniture—particularly table tops, desk tops, etc. Furniture-makers particularly prefer wood with texture, grain shifts, colour variation. The wood they don’t want can still be used for beams, posts, and siding. There are market reasons that those logs were left to dry out and fade away, but now that the market has changed should we not make a different kind of policy? And has it not been market-failure that explains why we
Andrew Mitchell’s column in the May 27 issue [of Pique], “The Blue Bin Blues,” got me thinking about recycling rules. I live in a Whistler strata complex and, like Mitchell, one diligent member of our community ventures into the garbage room to re-sort and re-recycle on a regular basis. I am not that person, though I pride myself on being recycling savvy. So, I decided to put it to the test. How well did I really understand the rules? Was I helping my community or creating chaos in the communal garbage room? Using the municipality’s online recycling information (https://www.whistler.ca/services/ waste-management/recycling), composting seemed simple. Food scraps, tea bags and eggshells I understood. Paper products were not so straightforward. Sure, shipping boxes, egg cartons, bags used for sugar or flour were all OK. Strata complexes prefer items be fully flattened; it helps contain collection costs.
have wasted so much wood and why we are importing furniture at more than twice the price, which applied in 2019? One approach would be to inspect cut-sites just the way Resort Municipality of Whistler inspects job completion on construction sites (or should). Millar Creek was a big cutting contract on public land, and there would have been a cut-plan with criteria. I saw trees marked eight months ago for removal and marked to stay. But was there a completion inspection? Were there clean-up and removal criteria?
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Celebrating Slovenian independence You may have noted that there are times when, at dusk, the Fitzsimmons Bridge is lit up with special colours. You may be wondering why. This year, Slovenia will celebrate 30 years of Independence with a special lighting of the Fitzsimmons Bridge on June 25. The Resort Municipality of Whistler has kindly agreed to recognize this important milestone with a special lighting display of the Fitzsimmons Bridge, starting at dusk. The three colours of the Slovenian flag will be displayed: white, blue and red. It is interesting to note there is a Slovenian population living in Whistler. There are several ski instructors, as well as many Whistlerites who experienced Slovenia when travel was allowed. You are cordially invited to join us on Friday, June 25, as the sun sets to share our celebration together at the Fitzsimmons Bridge. Margaret Rudolf // Honorary Consul for Slovenia in British Columbia
Walking for Alzheimer’s On behalf of the Alzheimer Society of B.C., I would like to thank the people of Whistler for participating in the 2021 IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer’s. They joined thousands of people in communities across the province and walked their own way in May to show their support for people affected by dementia. Participants got active and showed tremendous creativity while raising funds to support the Alzheimer Society of B.C. They walked, hiked, cycled, danced and more. Then on Sunday, May 30, they joined us online to celebrate a month of activity and hear stories from people who are affected by dementia across Canada. In Whistler, participants garnered support from family and friends and raised funds to provide education sessions, support groups and our First Link® Dementia Helpline. They will also allow us to continue to expand digital support, as well as enabling research into the causes and cure for the disease. The pandemic has highlighted the isolation faced by people living with dementia. However, through the Walk, participants showed that they are deeply committed to supporting their fellow community members facing the disease regardless of not being able to gather in-person for the event. Thank you for coming together to make memories matter. I’d also like to thank the Whistler volunteer organizing committee, which was instrumental in garnering local support and awareness for this event, and we could not have done this without them. Thank you. I would also like to thank the honouree Erika Durlacher for being so gracious in sharing her family’s story to help raise awareness. The event also had incredible support from sponsors and donors. I’d like to thank our title sponsor IG Wealth Management for its ongoing support of the event. We are grateful for its vision and leadership, and for engaging its volunteers and driving fundraising across Canada. We’d also like to thank our provincial sponsor Cowell Auto Group for its unwavering continued support and commitment to people affected by dementia.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR While we may not be able to be together in-person with our community members just yet, thanks to the generosity of our participants, donors, volunteers, honouree families, sponsors and patrons, we will continue to work to ensure people affected by dementia know they are not alone. Donations are open until June 30, 2021 at walkforalzheimers.ca. You can also watch the event’s recorded celebration on our Facebook page (@AlzheimerBC). Cathryn France // Director, Resource Development, Alzheimer Society of B.C.
Isn’t it a pity? Isn’t it a shame? The management and attitude changes that came to Whistler Blackcomb with its purchase by Vail Resorts weren’t expected by me. I naively believed that we would all continue to relate as passionate lovers of the mountains and our chosen sports. I’m sorry to say that since Vail Resorts … hid behind its “subcontractor” ACM claims [and] cheated myself, my friends and what must be hundreds of Washington state pass holders out of credits for unused passes for the 20/21 season, that has all changed for me. It feels bad. It feels like a good and trusted friend has done me wrong. The spreadsheet gods and the legal department at Vail Resorts have created an effective way to keep the money I had, but they’ve lost touch with me as a customer. And … this will hurt me more than them, I can’t do business in the future with Vail Resorts or with the wonderful people of Whistler. I just can’t. I will miss it so much. Jim Woehr // Washington, USA
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My family and I have been regular skiers at Whistler Blackcomb for over 30 years, and we have been skiing and staying during the Easter week for over 20 years. When our kids were little, we also stayed and skied during the March break. Our children learned to ski at Whistler Ski Scamps when they were three. Our ski passes for the 2020-21 year were never used due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions, and when Easter came along we were forced to cancel our townhouse reservation for the second year in a row,
because of the essential travel [only] restrictions and the mandatory closure of Whistler Blackcomb. When this happened, I emailed and phoned Vail Resorts, requesting a refund of our six passes. I emailed on March 12, 17, 20 and 26, 2021. Finally I received an email back, on April 2, stating the insurance company Epicclaims would consider refunding passes because of travel restrictions. The options given included phoning Epicclaims (which I phoned many times but could not get through to), going on the website (which was equally difficult given the number of people trying to provide claims), or providing the information by email (which I did) and Epicclaims would start the refund process. On April 3 I re-sent, by email, the information of each person’s pass in order to again request refunds. I was well within their time constraints. The email I initially received was to only submit the claims by one method. However, after re-sending the information many times by email, without success, I finally managed to get on its website and resubmitted the claims using the website form After several weeks, I finally received a reply from Epicclaims stating that they would not honour the refund requests because they were received more than 30 days after the closure. This is not true, as I originally sent the information by email on April 3, 2021. I have all of my emails to prove this. We are extremely upset and frustrated by Vail Resorts and its insurance company, as we acted in good faith and in a timely manner to request the refunds. We never even got to use the six passes, as we were abiding by [B.C. Public Health Officer] Dr. Bonnie Henry’s travel restrictions. We have skied at Whistler Blackcomb for [decades] and have always had a good experience until now. The new owners are not providing a quality guest experience. They do not seem to care about their guests. We are extremely frustrated about [Vail Resorts’] lack of good customer experience during the pandemic. It is a third-party insurance company trying to get out of refunding our passes. Whistler Blackcomb and Vail Resorts should do the right thing and refund us or transfer our passes to next year. Lois Todd Bresnick // Surrey n
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Wake up and smell the… rain? LAST WEEK I FOUND myself at a barbecue with some new friends. While we spent most of the afternoon outside having a few drinks and playing crib, we eventually made our way inside to watch the UFC fights (following COVID-19 safety protocols, of course). Over the course of the night, I stepped outside onto the deck to get some fresh air
BY HARRISON BROOKS and discovered it was raining. Normally, that would be all I needed to convince myself to get a cab home, but there was something about the smell of the rain and the trees that compelled me to make the 40-minute walk home regardless of the weather—so that’s exactly what I did. About five minutes into my walk, shivering and wet, I was starting to question whether walking was the right choice, while simultaneously trying to figure out that pesky song in my head that I couldn’t quite place, but felt matched the feeling of my situation. As I became accustomed to the cold and wet, and as I realized what song was playing in my head, my mood lifted and I became
confident in my decision to walk home. Ironically, the song I couldn’t get out of my head, and the one that I listened to on repeat while I walked through the pouring rain until my phone died, was Lorde’s new single, “Solar Power,” where she sings about hating the cold and being energized by the sunlight. With about 20 minutes still ahead of me, and with the song no longer in my ears but still in my head, I continued to enjoy
of Valley Trail. It’s the perfect example of man versus nature. Here we are in a place that people flock to, spending more money than they even have, to stay here—all to be surrounded by the kind of nature you can’t find in many other places. But considering the amount of power and space it takes to run a nature-driven place like this—while mostly sustainable— was the antithesis of listening to “Solar Power” in the pouring rain.
[B]ecause it can happen to all of us at one point or another, take this as your gentle reminder to remember where you are. To remember not to take this place for granted.
my rain walk along the Valley Trail and the nature that surrounds it. Eventually, I made it to the BC Hydro plant where the gentle rustling of leaves and the pitter-patter of the rain was overtaken by the buzz of the power lines that cross over top of the trail. In that moment, I got to thinking about the dichotomy of that particular stretch
And, as I thought about this stark contrast, and took in the striking image that was the deserted highway, with its red and green traffic lights reflecting off the wet pavement, my train of thought shifted to the question of why people come here. Many move here on a whim, for the fun and adventure this place can offer, then figure out the other things, like work and
living situations, after. For myself, I did the opposite. I moved here for work with the hope of getting out and enjoying my new home as much as I could. But what I realized is that in less than two months of being here, I have already fallen into a routine. Sure, I’m having fun, staying active and getting outside as much as I can, but human nature never fails to take over. And slowly but surely, each day starts to resemble the next until eventually it’s all the same. And because it can happen to all of us at one point or another, take this as your gentle reminder to remember where you are. To remember not to take this place for granted. Whether you have been here 20 years or 20 days, remember to get outside and enjoy the smell of the rain or take a walk to the lake, even if you only have half an hour to spare. Don’t forget why we are all here and don’t talk yourself out of continuing to experience what makes this place special, even if you’ve done it a hundred times already. Because sometimes we all need that outside force to remind us of the beauty around us, that gut feeling that says, “you know you want to walk home in the pouring rain with your hair down, listening to ‘Solar Power’ by Lorde, so what are you waiting for?” Just go for it already. ■
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Flurry of activity for SAR teams could be sign of things to come FIRST WEEKEND OF B.C.’S PHASE 2 SEES RUSH OF RESCUES, INCLUDING FATALITY ON MOUNT FEE
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE FIRST WEEKEND since the province loosened travel restrictions as part of Phase 2 of B.C.’s restart plan proved to be a busy one for Whistler and Squamish searchand-rescue teams, and could be a sign of things to come for the summer. “I think it’s going to be a very busy summer. COVID has introduced a lot of people that are not traditionally outdoors to the backcountry,” said Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR) manager Brad Sills. “The more people going out there that are new to the sport, the higher the incidence of requests for help from us.” The calls began late Saturday morning, June 19, when Squamish Search and Rescue (SSAR) responded to a climber with a leg injury that required a helicopter evacuation from the Tantalus Range. Forced to wait for the right weather to fly, SSAR later attended another call around dinnertime after a hiker collapsed on the Sea to Summit Trail. SSAR manager BJ Chute said Sea to Sky Gondola staff also assisted in transporting the hiker via ATV to the top gondola station for aid. Around the same time, Pemberton Search and Rescue (PSAR) treated and
RAPID INTERVENTION Whistler Search and Rescue sent a rapid intervention team, one of 14 across the province, to Quesnel this weekend to assist in a search for a missing elderly hunter. PHOTO BY BRAD SILLS
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transported a mountain biker with a pelvic injury from the Mackenzie Basin trails. Marking the only call for PSAR over the weekend, it continued a curious trend for Pemberton in the pandemic—at least compared to the corridor’s other SAR teams. “As you saw in the wintertime, it was certainly busy on the Duffey Lake Road, but that did not relate to an increase in call volume at all for us,” said PSAR president Pete Schimek, who noted that the team’s call volume is mostly consistent with prepandemic numbers. Early Sunday morning, June 20, WSAR was called in to provide a rapid intervention team to a large-scale search for a 70-year-old hunter who was first reported missing last Thursday evening, June 17. WSAR joined 13 other teams from across the province in the search, which, at press time, had yet to locate the missing Quesnel man. “The Cariboo is fairly flat, but so much of it is muskeg, so if you have a serious injury in there it would be forever and a day getting them out,” Sills noted. The multi-team call spoke to the level of coordination amongst SAR teams in the province, and particularly in the Sea to Sky and Lower Mainland. With a WSAR team dispatched to Quesnel, neighbouring Squamish and North Shore SAR teams were tasked with covering the Whistler area, triggering a domino effect that enables some of the busiest search-and-rescue teams in the province to fill in gaps as needed. “One of the great and unique things
about search and rescue in this province is we all train to the same set of standards and our operating guidelines are provincial, so it allows … teams to cover each other off at busy times and it also allows teams to offer speciality skills that some of the other teams may not have,” said Chute, highlighting how Squamish regularly relies on the Whistler crew’s avalanche experts in the winter, while WSAR is more likely to call on Squamish for assistance in swiftwater rescues in the summer. Although it has members trained in longline rescues, Schimek said PSAR has yet to be provincially certified as a Class D team, meaning it often relies on WSAR for longline manoeuvres. “I can speak with confidence that the Sea to Sky teams work quite closely together and maintain regular contact, especially if there are calls that are on our response-area border,” Chute added. Later in the afternoon on June 20, Squamish attended another call—one of seven responses over the weekend—on the Stawamus Chief after a climber fell on Butt Light, a popular route up the monolith, injuring their lower leg. The subject was hoisted into a helicopter and transported to pre-hospital care. Then, just as Whistler’s rapid intervention team was leaving Quesnel for the long flight home, SSAR attended a call on the edge of Whistler’s jurisdiction, after a lead climber took a serious fall off Mount Fee, striking another climber on the way down. The BC Coroners Service confirmed
one climber died in the accident, adding that, due to privacy considerations, the agency would not release any identifying details of the deceased. Two choppers were deployed in the hours-long rescue, and crews used a winch to fly out the surviving climber, who suffered serious injuries. It’s been an incredibly busy season for both Whistler and Squamish SAR. At 56 calls to date this year, SSAR has already doubled its call volume from the same period in 2019, which is also well above the 33 calls it had responded to by this point last year. As of June 1, Whistler was the second busiest SAR team in the province, Sills said, after the North Shore Rescue Society, with 37 calls. That compares to 25 callouts by that point last year. WSAR garnered close to 50 applicants this spring in its first membership drive since 2014, which the organization will whittle down to about a dozen new members over the summer. Sills was quick to remind the public that search-and-rescue in B.C. comes at no cost to the end user, and recreationalists shouldn’t hesitate to call 911 if they are in need of help. “We’ve had a couple of instances on the Sunshine Coast where people have not called SAR because they had heard that the policy changed and you need insurance. So we just want to make sure that people understand it’s a government service, and it should not be abused—it’s not a taxi service—but it’s free,” he explained. n
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What are Whistler’s natural assets worth? MUNICIPAL NATURAL ASSETS INITIATIVE UNDERWAY AT RMOW
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Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is no stranger to asset management—in 2019, the RMOW completed an Asset Management Investment Plan highlighting the community’s $810-million worth of infrastructure assets. Now, a new initiative aims to add the value of Whistler’s natural assets to the ledger. But the Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI), as it’s known, doesn’t seek to put a dollar value on all the trees, rivers and watersheds in Whistler, but rather the systems they support. “The core idea of natural asset management, and of our work, is that nature’s natural assets can provide to local governments the same services that they would otherwise have to deliver via an engineered asset, and moreover can sometimes do this at a lower cost and with greater reliability,” said Roy Brooke, executive director of the MNAI. Take a wetland, for example. Its biological function might be to store water, but that function translates directly to the work—and budgeting—of municipal governments, Brooke said. “It could translate into core services like flooding reduction, improved surface water quality or a range of other services that they’re on the hook to deliver anyway,” he said. “What it basically says is look, if you have natural assets for which you have paid nothing … then this is something you need to take really seriously, and that you need to understand and approach with some intention.” The Town of Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast was the first in North America to experiment with how natural assets can integrate into financial planning, Brooke said, adding that the MNAI now works with more than 90 communities across Canada. At a high level, the MNAI involves six steps: Develop policy statements that consider natural assets; identify key assets and the services they provide; determine their condition and do an initial valuation; prioritize the assets using risk identification; determine what scenarios you want to understand; and start managing your natural assets. In Whistler, the work is just getting underway, said environmental stewardship manager Heather Beresford, noting that step one is already completed by way of the updated Official Community Plan. “We’ve done a readiness assessment with (the MNAI), which is looking at what kind of systems do we have in place to be able to integrate this into our planning and into our asset management and budgeting process,” Beresford said. “So mainly at this point they’re focusing on drinking water delivery, stormwater management and
flood mitigation.” The biggest risks to Whistler’s natural assets are posed by climate change, Beresford added: longer, hotter, drier summers leading to increased wildfire risk and drought in the summer, and more heavy rain events in the winter leading to flooding. “So we want to make sure that our riparian areas, our watersheds are in good shape so that they can absorb that extra rain, and deal with it if and when there’s a flood so that it can move the water out,” she said. In the summer, the River of Golden Dreams and other wetlands act as “massive sponges,” Beresford added. “So if you have been compromising the areas that can soak up the water by putting too much urban development in the wrong place … then you don’t allow those lands to act like sponges, so your drought situation becomes more severe,” she said. “So those are the kinds of things that we’re trying to plan for now so that in 20 years from now we’ll still have adequate water and won’t have massive flooding problems.” The current budget for the work is $20,000, offset by a $15,000 grant from the Union of BC Municipalities. While Whistler has done “a lot of good things” around protecting the natural environment over the years, the MNAI will help elevate awareness of the resort’s natural assets, Beresford said. “So in our overall asset management planning program, it will have the Meadow Park Sports Centre, and then it’s going to have the River of Golden Dreams in that same list of things,” she said. “And what it means is that now every year we are looking at where are our areas of concern are coming up, and then saying, ‘Hmm, we need to budget for that and make sure that we are correcting it.’” The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) is “very supportive” of and excited to see the MNAI work taking place, and its concepts could even be taken a step further, said executive director Claire Ruddy, noting that, according to surveys, nature is consistently ranked as the top reason people visit Whistler. “We understand that at a visceral level, but it doesn’t really get reflected in the way that we manage our community fiscally, and so that means that we have a gap,” she said. Expanding on the MNAI process might look similar to a 2016 economic impact study conducted by the Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association, which found that local mountain bike trails generate $46.6 million in visitor spending every year. Could a similar study be done to help quantify the value of Whistler’s nature? AWARE has been “liaising with some academic institutions” to understand what that might look like, Ruddy said. Read more at mnai.ca. n
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Public survey launches for Northlands rezoning VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE SHOWCASES WHISTLERITES’ ‘ENTHUSIASM’ FOR THE PROJECT As for the specifics of what might eventually be built there, “I think it will become clearer as it moves forward,” Crompton said. “For me it felt very high level, which is appropriate when you’re starting a process like this. Some people’s ideas about what should finally sit on that site are clearer than others. I personally enjoyed the rooms I got to sit in and hear people share their visions for the final development.” The site’s current zoning allows for a nine-storey hotel with a Phase 2 rental pool covenant, along with density for indoor recreation and employee housing, and the lands are identified as being in the Whistler Village Core Commercial Area in Whistler’s Official Community Plan, which allows for visitor and residential accommodation as well as commercial, recreational and institutional uses. A restrictive covenant on title provides for a maximum of 837 bed units on the primary site, while a secondary lot has 48 bed units committed for employee housing. The six hectares or so of land located at 4700 Blackcomb Way (bordering Fitzsimmons Creek) will remain as a conservation zone, according to proponents Beedie Living. Attendees at the open house floated
BY BRADEN DUPUIS THE PUBLIC input period for an enhanced rezoning north of Whistler Village is now underway, and Whistlerites are already floating some big ideas for the land. More than 120 people tuned in for a virtual open house on June 17, and an online survey is now live at whistler.ca/ northlands. “There’s a lot of enthusiasm and lots of ideas about what it could be, and I heard a lot about recreation, I heard a lot about housing, I heard a lot about connection to the village,” said Mayor Jack Crompton of the open house. “There is a wide range of opinions and I think it’s going to be a fascinating process for our community to go through.” The Northlands development—the largest remaining undeveloped piece of land in Whistler’s core village area, comprised of 4500 Northlands Blvd., 4711 Settebello Dr., and 4700 Blackcomb Way—represents “the last big piece of the village,” Crompton said. “So that connection to the existing village is really important in my view, and I am hopeful that we can come up with a way to connect the existing village to what’s eventually built there,” he said.
questions and ideas about housing, recreation, a “super innovative greenhouse” or community gardens, and added daycare capacity. In the view of attendee Ben Thomas, the site is perfectly situated for an idea he’s calling the Whistler Lifestyle Centre—an inclusive and accessible place where locals, second homeowners and tourists alike can
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recreate and socialize. Thomas envisions the centre as a weather-independent, multi-use recreation facility operating as a non-profit and run by a board of directors with representation from Whistler’s biggest recreation clubs. It would offer free meeting space for community groups, and serve as a “think tank and headquarters for developing and
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encouraging betterment, inclusion and community interaction through recreation and socialization,” according to Thomas. “The real key here is the benefit that can come [with the rezoning], and I think this benefit and this community amenity can tick every single box that was mentioned at the open house,” he said. “More ideas are obviously going to come, and it’s just really such an inspirational project and a great opportunity for the community of Whistler.” Asked about Thomas’ proposal, Crompton said the process hasn’t reached “that level of specificity” yet. “The further we go in this process, the more those ideas will start to refine each other and we’ll come up with the final plan,” he said. “The goal right now at the beginning is to hear as many voices as we possibly can … we don’t want to reject any ideas at this point, because we’re very much in the blue sky phase of the process.” Outcomes of the first round of public engagement, and details of next steps, will be shared at a council meeting later this summer, with the entire rezoning targeted for completion in September 2022. Watch a video of the open house and take the survey at whistler.ca/northlands. n
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COS urges public to keep distance from sow and cubs ‘on the move’ in Whistler DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR TYPICAL FOR SOWS; NO PLAN TO RELOCATE AT THIS POINT
BY BRANDON BARRETT THE CONSERVATION Officer Service (COS) is urging the public to keep its distance from a sow and cubs that are “on the move” throughout Whistler. Sgt. Simon Gravel said the agency has received several reports of the sow bluffcharging people and running into off-leash dogs on the Valley Trail. “It’s to be expected that a sow will be very defensive,” he noted. “Our message is when you’re using the trail, to be very aware of your surroundings, and never approach bears. Keep your distance and if you are for some reason surprised, stay calm, talk in a loud voice and move away from the area.” Gravel added that the sow and what are believed to be cubs of the year have been “on the move” throughout Whistler, and could be seeking shelter in residential neighbourhoods from adult male bears. “Mature males are threats to those bear cubs so the sow will be a lot on the move, and very defensive,” he explained. “We can
put signs all over the place, but ultimately those bears can be in many locations, and it’s very difficult to advertise their presence all over the valley.” Gravel advised Whistlerites to carry bear spray when on the trails, and to always keep your dogs on leash. He noted there are no plans to relocate the bears at this point. “It’s OK for now, but we are monitoring and things can escalate if people keep approaching them and dogs are still charging them. Those are all factors that can contribute to the situation escalating and the sow to be more and more proactive to protect her cubs,” he said. There was another recent report of a close encounter with a bear—this time what is believed to be a young grizzly on a forest service road near Owl Creek in Pemberton. A hiker posted to Facebook saying that he fired a “warning shot” of bear spray, spoke loudly and calmly, and backed away without issue. Gravel said the grizzly didn’t appear to show any unusual behaviour, and explained that bears will often stand on their hind legs, not as a threat, but to better scope out
ON THE MOVE A sow and cubs of the year (not those pictured) have been spotted around Whistler recently bluff-charging onlookers and showing other defensive behaviour typical of a mother bear with new young. PHOTO BY MIKE R. TURNER / GETTY IMAGES
the situation. “In most cases, it’s just the bear trying to assess further what’s ahead of him, trying to smell better, to just assess,” he said. “It’s not an aggressive or predatory behaviour in
most cases.” It’s been a relatively quiet bear season for Whistler and Pemberton so far, with no relocations or bears destroyed by the COS. There were reports from late last year of a bear accessing about 20 vehicles, with the first incident happening in Rainbow on Nov. 26. Eventually, however, the behaviour subsided, which Gravel credited to education and a collective effort from the community. “The community took ownership of this problem and it stopped. So that’s a good success story, when we can all come together to find solutions and implement them,” he said. With a heat wave in the forecast this week for Whistler, Gravel asked residents to remember to keep close watch on any open doors or windows that bears could access. “Young sub-adult bears that hang out around town in Whistler, they could be opportunistic, so it is a good reminder to monitor the entry of your house,” he said. “Often with those bears, it’s not a big step for them to enter an open door or an open window.” n
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Whistler Way rezoning gets first two readings COUNCIL BRIEFS: RMOW CONFIDENT IN DES; WHA BOARD APPOINTMENT
BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHISTLER’S MAYOR and council gave first two readings to a rezoning bylaw related to the Aava Hotel on June 15, while waiving a public hearing. Council first endorsed the rezoning for the lands at 4005 Whistler Way on March 16. The land currently holds the Aava hotel and an unused restaurant building, said planner Clancy Sloan in a presentation to council. The proposed rezoning will allow an increase to the maximum permitted gross floor area to provide additional staff and operational amenities, and increases the site coverage to reflect the existing and proposed development, Sloan said. “The proposed changes relate to the restaurant building only and do not impact the use and operation of the Aava hotel,” he said. “The applicant proposes to increase the maximum gross floor area of the site by 379 square metres to provide additional amenities in the existing restaurant building.” The added amenities relate to staff and operations, and include change rooms,
showers, personal storage and communal staff areas. An addition to the ground floor of the building is also proposed to enlarge the solid waste separation and storage area and provide a secure bike and ski storage area for staff, and a statutory right-of-way will enable public access from Whistler Way to the transit stop on Highway 99. While waiving public hearings has not been a council practice in the past, it is permitted under the Local Government Act, and “because we have a new Official Community Plan with strong policies, this is something that we can do to help expedite applications and get applications through the process more quickly,” said planner Melissa Laidlaw, noting that the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) still needs to notify affected parties that the public hearing is being waived.
RMOW CONFIDENT IN DES Despite its past challenges, the RMOW is expressing confidence in Cheakamus Crossing’s District Energy System (DES) as it plans to expand the system. Touted pre-Olympics as a state-of-theart green technology that extracts heat energy from treated wastewater to provide
space and hot water heating, the DES has been a frustrating endeavour for some homeowners in Cheakamus. After a decade of operational issues, thousands in repair bills, and years of back and forth between some Cheakamus residents and the municipality, the RMOW agreed in August 2019 to offer a $5,000 rebate to homeowners (with conditions attached) to help them opt out of the system. On June 15, council approved an expansion of the system to service new lots in Cheakamus Phase 2 and 3. “The RMOW has no concerns with the expansion of the DES into Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2 and Phase 3,” a spokesperson said in an email. “Our consultant has confirmed that the existing system has the thermal capacity to service Phase 2 lands and beyond. The multi-family homes planned for most of Phase 2 can easily take advantage of the benefits offered by the DES.” The RMOW does not have data showing how many owners reported problems in the past, the spokesperson said, adding that annual energy costs are much higher for electric baseboard systems. “Future increases in BC Hydro rates will impact energy costs for residents using
electricity, whereas DES rates have stayed constant since 2010,” they said. “The RMOW continues to make minor improvements to the DES to make it more efficient and reliable. An update to the DES rate structure will be brought to Council later this summer, and this report will include more details of the improvements planned for the DES.”
JACKIE BISSILLION APPOINTED TO WHA BOARD Council also appointed Jackie Bissillion, owner of Whistler Personnel Solutions, to the Whistler Housing Authority (WHA) board of directors at its June 15 meeting. The appointment comes at WHA’s recommendation, after a call for submissions in May. Bissillion takes the seat of outgoing director Jon Decaigny, whose two-year term expired on June 22. She joins Mayor Jack Crompton, councillors Jen Ford (chair) and John Grills, RMOW chief administrative officer Virginia Cullen, G.D. Maxwell and Dale Mikkelsen on the board. Michael D’Artois sits as a representative of the Mature Action Community. n
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Whistler Community Foundation stepped up in difficult year ORGANIZATION HANDED OUT MORE THAN 90 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2020
BY BRANDON BARRETT IN THE ABSTRACT, it’s easy to understand the work that the Whistler Community Foundation (WCF) does. Founded in 1999, the non-profit manages community donations as long-term investments and hands out tens of thousands of dollars in grant money to deserving local charities every year. But it’s not often that you get to hear from recipients about the direct impact the WCF’s work can have on a more granular level, which makes the non-profit’s annual general meeting (AGM) such an important window into the Sea to Sky’s non-profit landscape. Held virtually on Wednesday, June 16, the WCF invited five of its 2020 grant recipients to report back on how the funds helped them through a year of unique challenges in the COVID-19 pandemic. First up was Bree Thorlakson, executive director of the Pemberton Off-Road Cycling Association (PORCA), which received a $3,000 leadership grant created in honour of late Pique publisher and co-founder Kathy Barnett. Thorlakson used the grant money
to enrol in Simon Fraser University’s nonprofit management certificate program, which enabled her, as a relatively new PORCA director, to “really gain confidence to know that I’m doing things properly, or reconfirming that I’m on the right track,” she said. Howe Sound Women’s Centre (HSWC) executive director Ashley Oakes spoke about how essential a $5,000 Emergency Fund grant was to the organization in a year when “COVID was probably the greatest obstacle we’ve ever faced,” she said. Going to crisis support services at the Whistler Drop-In Centre, which assists survivors of gender-based violence in accessing services, referrals, and emergency housing, the money enabled staff to pivot to virtual services in a year when client interactions for the organization increased by about 50 per cent. Additional people were added to staff the centre’s 24-hour crisis line and offer virtual video support, text support was implemented for the first time, and outdoor, physically distanced client meetings were held in certain instances. “For survivors of domestic violence or for those living with domestic violence in the home, our biggest obstacle was ensuring
those folks knew how to access those services when we weren’t able to be there on a drop-in basis,” Oakes said. The HSWC also received a $10,000 grant last year from the foundation’s Emergency Community Support Fund, money used for the non-profit’s girls’ summer camps. Supportive housing provider Zero Ceiling received a $1,500 Jill Ackhurst Social Action Fund grant last year that went towards training staff on how to deliver RentSmart curriculum that they could then pass on to its Work 2 Live participants, vulnerable young adults who spend at least a year living and working in Whistler. “It’s all about a really pragmatic approach to understanding your rights and responsibilities and also informing around the fact that rental is about relationships, with your landlord, your roommates and your neighbours,” co-executive director Sean Easton explained. The Whistler Writing Society, organizers of the Whistler Writing Festival, were the recipients of an $1,000 Barb and Terry Deutscher Fund grant for its Authors in Schools program, which invites renowned Canadian authors to visit students and
discuss one of their books, which are provided to classes across the corridor. Last year, the program moved online, which allowed the society to expand its reach beyond the Sea to Sky, into 26 schools in B.C. A long-time grant recipient, the Stewardship Pemberton Society was awarded an $9,500 Environmental Legacy Fund grant for its Feasting For Change programming, which includes a variety of green initiatives, such as a seed library, the Pemberton Fruit Tree Project, and the newly revived Pemberton Crabapple Project. “The projects all aim to benefit the community and the environment in diverse and innovative ways, from environmental protection to community engagement support and food literacy,” Jones said. “The reach is far and wide.” The WCF handed out more than 90 grants and scholarships, totalling $328,970, in a year where markets were depressed by the pandemic, up from $323,869 in 2019. It also took in $258,406 in donations, down from $271,243 in 2019. To view the entire AGM report, visit mailchi.mp/whistlerfoundation/ newsletter-10348944?e=e08535fe9a. n
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A Q&A with the Sea to Sky’s new Officer-inCharge: Part 2 INSP. ROBERT DYKSTRA TALKS POLICING POST-COVID, ENFORCEMENT OBJECTS, AND MENTAL HEALTH CALLS of the math and trying to figure it out, and impaired driving is obviously a huge issue, but it’s not the biggest contributor to death on the roads—it’s distracted driving and speed. That’s an area we need to engage on as well. Just given the nature of the community, as we start to engage more with the public, more of that backcountry style of policing would be a priority for me and getting a little more visibility in the backcountry. We also have deaths and [incidents] out there, unfortunately, and we can’t be everywhere at all times, but if we can get out into the area of the community as well and have a bit more visibility, maybe we can prevent a few things. Education on that is huge. We can do a better job on that and that’s something we’re going to be looking at doing as well. One of the biggest things that’s happening right now, and we can see it in the world in general—and I see it as a priority for the [resort] but also for the RCMP as well—[is] there’s this context and conversation happening right now around what is the role of police in a society? What is that role? What is a police officer? What should they be doing? How do they provide services? What is the proper use of force— all these different questions.
BY BRANDON BARRETT LAST WEEK, Pique spoke with the Sea to Sky RCMP’s new Officer-in-Charge, Insp. Robert Dykstra, for a wide-ranging conversation that touched on everything from his unique career path, increasing community engagement after a year of COVID-19, and rebuilding the relationship with our Indigenous communities after generations of mistrust and mistreatment. In Part 2 of this Q&A, Dykstra discusses what he sees as the top enforcement priorities in Whistler, how the detachment is gearing up for post-pandemic life, and police’s shifting role in responding to mental-health calls. If you missed Part 1, pick up last week’s print edition, or head to piquenewsmagazine. com/local-news/a-qa-with-the-sea-to-skysnew-officer-in-charge-part-1-3881744. (The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.) PIQUE: What do you see as the top policing objectives in Whistler right now? ROBERT DYKSTRA: In terms of the RMOW, Whistler and priorities, it’s timely because we’re working on our strategic plan for the next three years. Some members have been here for quite a long time and know a lot about what’s going on. They did a feedback series with the members who have been working here and also the public, and there’s been this resounding feedback on the kinds of things that are priorities. If I focus on those as priorities, and [Whistler] in particular: in any community, crime reduction, prevention and community safety is always a huge piece. Especially when you think of Whistler in the context of a resort municipality with a large number of visitors that come to the community every single year. So we want to ensure that not only are our local citizens protected, feel safe and feel there are no major crime issues happening
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but then when visitors come, they also feel safe and they feel comfortable being here. Those bait bike and bait vehicle programs are hugely popular. Those are things that are really critical for crime reduction. Apparently bikes are really a thing here (laughs). I think those are great initiatives that need to be continued. We need to be a bit more engaged in the community itself. COVID has been a real challenge for that. Calls for service have dropped a bit and there hasn’t been
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as much workload that way, but the flip of that is you also haven’t been able to get out and engage with people in a safe way. I think with vaccination rates going up and where we seem to be headed as a province, a country and a world, I’m hopeful we’ll get back to being more engaged with the community. [On] Highway 99, I know it’s a beautiful highway … but there are more deaths on that highway than there need to be in any year. A lot of times they were doing some
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PIQUE: One of the questions that has come up frequently in the past year centres on the role police should play on the frontlines of mental-health calls. Between 2000 and 2017, a CBC investigation found that 70 per cent of the people who died in police encounters across Canada struggled with mental-health issues, substance abuse or both. Your predecessor, Insp. Kara Triance, has advocated for trained nurses and social workers to be involved in these calls locally. What’s your take on that? RD: I agree with Triance. We can’t be all things to all people. I wish that we were all expert-
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NEWS WHISTLER trained social workers in addition to being good police officers and being able to investigate crime … I agree that in critical incidents or in situations where someone’s safety is at risk, then we need to be first responders, but I can see us in the future working more closely with mental-health workers attending those calls with us in a team-based focus. They would have the skills and abilities to work with that person to communicate with them in a way so the social worker can totally understand what the circumstances are affecting that person and provide those supports and be there to provide the framework to ensure that everyone is safe. I think that’s where we probably need to go. But in the meantime, if we get a call for service, we’re going to go help that person. It doesn’t matter what it is. But when we talk about the change in society and the evolution of policing and such, I think you’re going to see in 10, 15 years down the road a much more partnership-based approach to some of these serious issues. PIQUE: Don’t you think 10 to 15 years is too long to wait? RD: Probably. Pique: So what’s being done now to develop these relationships with local social workers and medical professionals? RD: I know that from our perspective, as part of our strategic plan, in our partner-for-
social-impact element that we’re looking at, there is an element in there about mental health initiatives … We’re kind of in that change period, what I call that paradigm shift, where there’s a massive amount of change happening and a massive rethink, so part of what I’d like to see happening in the next few years is to really engage with our mental health folks and look at some programs that we can actually implement that would see that joint response, or at least joint responsibility for these types of calls. Our members are often, due to the nature of the work, faced with working with people who are often in crisis or are experiencing one of the worst days of their lives. Whether we are dealing with members of the community who are involved in committing crimes or breaking laws, or dealing with members of the community who need our help, we need to approach each person in the same way—with compassion. We need to let this [direct] the way we work with people in all circumstances in order to create a policing practice that is based on understanding people’s personal experiences, one that is fair to all, and one that is kind. This is foundational to effective and legitimate community-based policing in a modern society. PIQUE: I wanted to ask about the Whistler RCMP’s media strategy. Getting timely information from police has been a challenge since Whistler was designated as a bilingual community last year, meaning press releases have
to be translated into French before going out, which can sometimes take weeks. Is that something you want to improve upon? RD: I know that one of the challenges in terms of communications, [was that former Whistler-Pemberton NCO] Staff Sgt. Paul Hayes got promoted and moved along … but that left a bit of a gap here. So we’ve been working on trying to fill that gap on an interim basis. We’re still waiting for that position to get filled full-time. We’ve got [acting WhistlerPemberton NCO] Staff Sgt. [Sascha] Banks now acting in the role full-time. She’s got a lot of experience. I’m hoping with her being in this job and having my confidence that she’s going to be running the show in Whistler as the staff sergeant, she’s going to be taking that and moving it along. I would like to see more communication with the media, because there are a lot of things we have to share. There’s information that we need to share to let you know what we’re doing, how successful we’re being and the accountability piece as well when we’re not successful on things. There’s nothing wrong with saying we weren’t successful. PIQUE: How are police gearing up for post-pandemic life and what will surely be an influx of visitors? RD: I don’t think we can sit back and say it’s not going to have an impact as we reopen. There’s a lot of pent-up anxiety and desire
to get out and mingle with people again. We are creatures that need to be around other people. It’s what makes us happy. So we know the announcement was made [June 15] that travel within B.C. is going to be opened again, which means all the health zones are going to have the ability to move around, so I would expect we’re definitely going to see an increase in the number of calls for service that have been, over the last year and a bit, maybe not as high. We’re already starting to see a bit of that impact when they allowed recreational travel within [our] zone. There was an increase in calls this last weekend for Whistler, as an example. Squamish had the same thing; they’ve been getting busy for a while because as a community they are growing. But here we saw an increased number of calls. I think we’ve got the resources we need to be able to deal with it. We’re pretty well supported by the RMOW and we have various seasonal and other programs in place where we call in members on overtime to assist with, I guess you could call them surge-type events. So when you have a concert or a major event or on Friday and Saturdays, we have an ability already built into the way we do business to deal with those surges. Of course, if we need to adjust, we’ll adjust as we go. It’s going to be fun to see everyone out and about; it’s really exciting. And I’m going to be out on the road hopefully every once in a while checking on things … but I think we’ve got a good team in place and the support we need to deal with it. n
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RECIPIENT
Art Den Duyf Memorial Bursary
Rode, Lochlan
Art Den Duyf Memorial Bursary
Kercher, Macy
Arts Whistler Award
Kim, Helen
Bob Brown/Richard Heine Memorial Rotary Scholarship Rode, Lochlan Bonny Makarewicz Memorial Whistler Pique Award
Ross-Kelly, Kieran
Bonny Makarewicz Memorial Whistler Pique Award
Mikkelsen, Maya
Canadian Home Builders Association Scholarship
Legge, Aiden
Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity 2021 Bursary
Flann, Shira
Chili Thom Memorial Scholarship
Saint-Jacques, Hugh
Creekside Dental Award
Way, Jordane
Cupe 2010 Award
Mellor, Mallory
Cupe 779 Award
Williams, Jett
District Authority - Community Service
Rode, Lochlan
District Authority - Community Service
Haziza, Sierra
District Authority - Community Service
Way, Jordane
District Authority - Community Service
Felius, Jenica
District Authority - Fine Arts
Guibert, Jaya
District Authority - Fine Arts
Sutton, Sydney
District Authority - Fine Arts
Brett, Adam
District Authority - Fine Arts
De Real, Isreal
District Authority - Indigenous Lanuagues & Culture
Seco, Adrienne
District Authority - International Languages
Mellor, Mallory
District Authority - Physical Activity
Corless, Natalie
District Authority - Physical Activity
Shorter, Matthias
District Authority - Trades and Technical Doug and Mary Forseth Scholarship Dylan Jones Leadership Award Fairmont Scholarship
Kim, Helen Corless, Natalie Way, Jordane Boucher, Danica
Fairmont Scholarship
Risso, Kate
Fairmont Scholarship
Seco, Adrienne
Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship
Flann, Shira
SCHOLARSHIP Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship Gordon McKeever Memorial Scholarship Gravity Logic Award Jeremy Fairley “Spread Joy” Scholarship Kelly Blunden Memorial Scholarship Kelly Blunden Memorial Scholarship Kelty and Riley Dennehy Scholarship Kelty and Riley Dennehy Scholarship Kelty and Riley Dennehy Scholarship Margo Fraser Memorial Award Margo Fraser Memorial Award Metronome United “All Rounder” Award Metronome United “All Rounder” Award Nesters Scholarship Nesters Scholarship Nesters Scholarship Nesters Scholarship Real Estate Association of Whistler Award Real Estate Association of Whistler Award Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Resort Municipality of Whistler Sea to Sky P & VP Award SLRD Bursary Spring Creek PAC Tinney Memorial Scholarship Tony Tyler Memorial Scholarship Tony Tyler Memorial Scholarship University of Toronto Book Award
RECIPIENT Harley, Hayden Isert, Roan Kim, Helen Mikkelsen, Maya Strim, Georgia Tucker, Jaden Way, Jordane Sopp, Kayla McLeod, Wyatt Sopp, Kayla Iida, Clara Brett, Adam Kercher, Macy Risso, Kate Cross, Isabella Felius, Jenica Felius, Jenica Hutchinson, Olivia Rode, Lochlan Way, Jordane Saint-Jacques, Hugh Tennock, Liam Iida, Clara Kim, Helen Nixon, Kaiya Rode, Lochlan Seco, Adrienne Cross, Isabella Way, Jordane Aldrich, Annalise Iida, Clara Isert, Roan Way, Jordane Legge, Aiden Sopp, Kayla Rode, Lochlan
Vail Epic Promise Scholars Grant
SCHOLARSHIP
Cross, Isabella
RECIPIENT
Vail Epic Promise Scholars Grant
Iida, Clara
Vail Epic Promise Scholars Grant
Nixon, Kaiya
Vail Epic Promise Scholars Grant
Rode, Lochlan
Vail Epic Promise Scholars Grant
Brett, Adam
Walter Zebrowski Memorial Rotary Scholarship
Haziza, Sierra
Walter Zebrowski Memorial Rotary Scholarship
Riley, Gavin
Walter Zebrowski Memorial Rotary Scholarship
Brett, Adam
Whistler Blackcomb Peter Xhignesse Memorial
Shorter, Matthias
Whistler Firefighters - Louise Buchholz Memorial
Isert, Roan
Whistler Firefighters - Louise Buchholz Memorial
Tennock, Liam
Whistler Firefighters – Career Firefighters Local 3944
Mellor, Mallory
Whistler Minor Hockey Association Scholarship
Legge, Aiden
Whistler Minor Hockey Association Scholarship
McLeod, Wyatt
Whistler Minor Hockey Association Scholarship
Felius, Jenika
Whistler Minor Hockey Association Scholarship Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Sopp, Kayla Shorter, Matthias
Whistler Orthodontic Center Scholarship
Susko, Matt
Whistler Orthodontic Center Scholarship
Cross, Isabella
Whistler Real Estate Co. Award Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Linell, Jack De Real, Isreal
Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Rode, Lochlan
Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Seco, Adrienne
Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Way, Jordane
Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Felius, Jenica
Whistler Scholarship Fund Scholarship
Kim, Helen
Whistler Seawolves
Kercher, Macy
Whistler Secondary PAC Award
Velasco, Ralph
Whistler Skating Club Award
Risso, Kate
Whistler Skating Club Award
IIda, Clara
Whistler Youth Soccer Award
Takaishi, Ryu
Whistler Youth Soccer Award
Mellor, Mallory
WSS Math Team Scholarship
Long, Simon
WSS Math Team Scholarship
Felius, Jenica
Total all: $127,800
Whistler community businesses, organizations, & individuals have been most generous and supportive of Whistler Secondary graduates. We would like to sincerely thank and recognize their contributions that assist our graduates in making their career goals and dreams a reality! Thank you from the students, parents, and staff of Whistler Secondary, A Community School. A Special thank you to the Whistler Scholarship Committee and all of its members
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Whistler G Secondary School Valedictorian Speech By Lochlan Rode (left) and Sierra Haziza (Right). Photo by Joern Rohde
ood afternoon staff, students, families, and members of the community. Before we begin, we would like to recognize that we are gathered here today on the unceded shared territory of the Lil’wat and Skwxwú7mesh nations. Lochy and I would like to start by saying that we are incredibly honored to have been nominated by our graduating class and to represent them today. We would also like to thank our amazing teachers and parents for putting up with our shenanigans, complaints, and just us in general. We know that we may not have been the best students, but we hope you shared the joy we had during these past five years. To Ms. Kirk, Ms. Hart, Ms. Granbois and all of the community members, coaches, and support workers who have helped us along the way, we want to say thank you. Without you, we would have never become the individuals that we are now. When thinking back on our five years at Whistler Secondary, it is hard to imagine a school without Ann’s voice on the announcements or her basket of snack supplies coming around to make everyone’s day. On behalf of the class of 2021, we would
like to thank her for everything she has done and continues to do. From powder days to Mr. Hall letting the Leadership class make 600 cookies, we have made friends and experiences that will last a lifetime and have left a unique mark on Whistler Secondary. We were so extraordinary that despite working at WSS for many years, it was only after our grad class that Ms. Titus and Ms. Dudley decided to retire and Ms. Colpitts decided to move across the country. As we move beyond the walls of high school, it is important that we take the time to recognize the privileges and experiences that shape our voices. Today, we stand together, enriched by our education, knowing that not everyone has had our opportunities. We acknowledge the loss of the 215 children recently found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The residential school system and the atrocities perpetrated within it mean the culture and lives of these children were taken. Today, the legacy of these schools— the decades of physical, sexual and emotional abuse suffered by children is still felt. We cannot change the history of Canada and the Residential School system, but as a part of the education
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2021
May all of your dreams come true! Congrats to these Creekside Market Gems!
Congratulations to our
2021 REAW Scholarship Recipients
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Gavin Riley
Roan Isert Skylar Williamson
Pemberton Secondary School Recipient
Liam Tennock Whistler Secondary School Recipient
Hugh Saint-Jacques Whistler Secondary School Recipient
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CLASS OF 2021 system today, it is essential that we see and hear truth, acknowledge wrongs, and be purposeful in reconciliation with all Indigenous peoples. Residential schools, forced sterilization of Indigenous women, rampant consumerism, unfettered old-growth logging and other destructive practices are all connected to the colonial culture and attitudes of our past. They won’t serve us in our future; they will be our destruction. We must find new ways to live together, new thoughts and ideas, and new ways of being. Our grad class has watched as the world around us has begun to transform on social and political fronts. We have engaged in issues that reach far beyond the walls of our school; many of us have marched, rallied, and protested for our own futures and for the futures of those we share this planet with. Both in our classes and in our lives, we have been instilled with a sense of compassion, and we need to call on this as we move beyond school. Injustice is not isolated. So, whether it is for climate justice, racial justice, gender rights or sexual equality, our words and actions—what we do and what we don’t do—have power, and it is up to
us to use our power responsibly and compassionately. It has been a long journey so far. When we came into high school, the thought of graduating, and starting the next chapter of our lives seemed like a lifetime away. It seemed as though we had all the time in the world, and that it would be so long until this day came. It seemed as if we would never reach this point, and that we would stay in that place forever. However, we are here now, and we are coming to the end of our high school journey. We are now closing the door on this chapter of our lives, and continuing into the next. It seems as though we have our entire lives ahead of us, and that we will never grow old. At this time, it may feel scary to think about what lies ahead, and to think about the uncertainty of the future. However, I think that is the beauty of our situation. We do have our lives ahead of us, and we do have many options open to us. But what we do not have is unlimited time. Perhaps the greatest asset to a person’s being is time, and that we can never get it back. What we must realize is that we all have a limited amount of time in our lives, and we need to spend
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You are fearless, determined, smart and beautiful. I am so proud of you and all that you have accomplished. Have fun at Queen’s University! “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” - Helen Keller Have a daring adventure! Love Mom
more time doing the things we love and the things that give us purpose. We need to stop worrying about what others may think, and we need to stop stressing about things that will be gone by tomorrow. Everyone will have something that excites them, or interests them, and we must never forget those things as we move through life. We need to do things that are meaningful to us, and we have to make the most out of any situation we may be in. If you want to try something new, go on a trip, or start that project you have always been thinking about, the time to start is now. Because if you wake up tomorrow not having done what you wanted, you will have lived through another day, and not brought yourself closer to what you truly want. One of the things you must remember is that if you can live each day of your life with intention, you have the ability to do something meaningful, and you have the ability to live a life that you enjoy. To the class of 2021, we want to say that although these past couple of years may not have been what we wanted or expected for our last years of high school, we enjoyed spending them with you. We have enjoyed the
personal moments that we shared together and the little moments that we will remember forever. We are thankful that we had this opportunity to grow together as people, and as citizens. We know that many of you may feel that we missed out on some things, and we have to agree with you. Our graduation year was unique, and a little different than normal. We faced unique situations, challenges, and had new opportunities. Through all of that, we still remain confident in what we will be able to accomplish. We know that many of you will do great things, and that you will be able to affect change if you want to. Before we set off, we want to challenge you. We challenge you to push yourselves every day, to be uncomfortable, and to try new things. For only when we are uncomfortable can we truly grow as people. We challenge you to live life to the extent that you want, and to settle for nothing less. In the iconic words of Ms. Chevrette, we want you to believe in yourself and never give up. And to the class of 2022, we hope you get recycling bins.
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In the fall, Simon will be studying Computer Science at Queen’s University in Kingston where he will focus on software and video game design. Simon was selected to be the recipient of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship at Queen’s and will join the ranks of other leaders across Canada who excel in science and technology. He was also the recipient of generous local scholarships. Simon made the most of his final year at WSS playing on the volleyball and ultimate teams and being an integral part of the math team. He also completed level 8 in piano, and we are hoping that he’ll be working on a new album as Frostbyte on Spotify soon. Way to go Simon! Your entire family is cheering you on as you embark on the next chapter of your life. Lots of love from Mom, Dad, Molly, your grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and of course, Neville the dog :)
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2021 Pique Newsmagazine and Whistler Magazine would like to congratulate Maya Mikkelsen and Kieran Ross-Kelly, winners of the Bonny Makarewicz Memorial Scholarship. Good luck with your future endeavours!
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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY
Changes to Pemberton ambulance delivery raise concerns LACK OF STAFFING AND DEPLOYMENT MODELS WEIGHING ON PARAMEDICS
BY BRADEN DUPUIS CHANGES ARE coming to ambulance delivery in Pemberton, and some say the result might be increased wait times for patients. Pemberton is one of 87 stations across B.C. shifting to a Scheduled On-Call (SOC) model this fall, according to BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS). Currently, Pemberton has one 90-second response ambulance operating 24 hours a day, as well as one call-out ambulance with no set response time. Under the SOC model, paramedics are scheduled for regular shifts, meaning they are paid full wages, but are not required to be at the ambulance station. According to BCEHS, the changes will improve services to patients while stabilizing paramedic staffing. “The changes in staffing mean the creation of more than 500 new positions across the province—including two new paramedic positions in Pemberton,” said Sarah Morris, media relations with BCEHS, in an email, adding that the changes are part of the implementation of the negotiated collective agreement with the Paramedics
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and Dispatchers Association of BC. While the SOC was negotiated by the union as an improvement, it’s not a great fit for Pemberton, said provincial union president Troy Clifford. “It is for the most part a real improvement to most communities’ responses, but in communities where you already have an
Pemberton’s volunteer firefighters. Firefighters support ambulance paramedics by providing emergency services such as scene assessment, CPR, and basic wound and fracture management until paramedics arrive, the association said. “Firefighters are not paramedics and
“[W]hen you’re reverting to a callout in the community model, that could delay responses.” - TROY CLIFFORD
immediate response with our standby at the station, when you’re reverting to a call-out in the community model, that could delay responses,” Clifford said. “Right now [in Pemberton] you have an immediate response with a standby ambulance at the station, which is being phased out in lieu of this process. That could increase response times outside of the non-scheduled-on-call regular positions.” The Pemberton Firefighters Association raised the alarm about the switch in a Facebook post on June 22, noting that the new model will increase the workload for
cannot provide the advanced care that paramedics can,” it said. “Longer response times by paramedics will negatively impact patient care for the most sick and injured. Fire departments in B.C. also do not have the ability to transport any patients to hospitals or health clinics.” According to BCEHS, calls for ambulances in Pemberton were on the rise prior to COVID-19. Pemberton ambulances responded to 599 calls in 2018, 711 in 2019 and 636 in 2020. As of June 20, they had responded to 270 calls so far in 2021. In Whistler, paramedics responded to
1,916 calls in 2018, 2,071 in 2019 and 1,592 in 2020. As of June 20, Whistler had 669 calls so far in 2021. Staffing and deployment models have only compounded challenges for paramedics and dispatchers throughout the Sea to Sky corridor, Clifford said, noting the dual crises over the past 15 months of COVID-19 and opioid overdoses. “And then you add on top of that our staffing and workload and recruitment and retention challenges, and I’ve been saying it’s like a triple threat, or it’s a perfect stormtype scenario that has really exposed it and made it our vulnerability, for sure,” he said. “The staffing and the fatigue and the impacts on wellness are not unique to the big cities; they’re in fact in every corner of the province.” To its credit, the government “is putting a lot of resources and funding” into the ambulance service, “but what we’ve been saying is we need to really address those frontline recruitment and retention issues and the wellness of our paramedics and dispatchers,” Clifford said. “I would say those are our biggest priorities right now, because all of those things are intertwined [with] looking after our patients.” Are you a paramedic in the Sea to Sky with concerns about staffing, response times and deployment models? Pique wants to speak with you. Email reporter Braden Dupuis at bdupuis@piquenewsmagazine. com or call 604-938-0202. n
NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY
Pemberton approved for funding to build new affordable housing ‘THIS PROJECT WILL FILL A VERY BIG GAP,’ SAYS MAYOR MIKE RICHMAN, OF 61 NEW HOUSING UNITS
BY HARRISON BROOKS AN APPLICATION put in by the Village of Pemberton in partnership with Sea to Sky Community Services (SSCS) has been approved by B.C. Housing to bring 61 new affordable housing units to the community. According to Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman, having affordable housing options is a huge need for most communities in B.C., but especially for those in the Sea to Sky corridor, and has been a priority of the Village’s for years. “This project will fill a very big gap, but certainly not the whole gap of affordable housing, and we feel the pressure is here in Pemberton just like the rest of the Sea to Sky corridor. In fact in some ways it’s even
this project,” said Jessie Abraham, housing director for SSCS. “All applicants for this project will need to meet the income limits for BC Housing in order to become a tenant. And generally, applicants must also demonstrate some type of community connection. The exact details really won’t be established until closer to opening, but generally, you have to be a member of the Pemberton community in some capacity to apply for this housing.” According to both Abraham and Richman, being able to bring affordable housing to a community allows for more diversity and inclusivity, which results in a stronger community. “In my mind, a complete and healthy and inclusive community allows for all different lifestyles and all different income levels,” said Richman. “And if it’s purely
“This project will fill a very big gap, but certainly not the whole gap of affordable housing.”
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tighter because our land base is restricted by geography and the Agricultural Land Reserve,” said Richman. “Small communities, we have to fight hard to go after funds to do projects like this, so this is a big win for us and it’s a big win for our community and we are going to engage with the community and make sure we fill as many needs as we can through this project.” When built, the new units—that will be partially funded by B.C. Housing and other financing that will be secured by the village later—will prioritize families, seniors and people with disabilities with, “32 units allocated for independent families … 29 units allocated to independent seniors and persons with disabilities” with the final eight being “dedicated accessible units for persons with disabilities,” according to a joint release from SSCS and the Village of Pemberton. However, applications to apply will be open to anyone—including singles—that meet the household income levels, which range from “very low” to $74,000. “There will be a variety of rental options including deep-subsidy rentals, rent geared to income, which is when you pay 30 per cent of your household income towards rent, and then a few market-rental options as well, which creates a good balance for
market-driven, the affordability issues will mean that at a certain point it’s going to price our youth out of the market, it will price our seniors out of the market, it will price most of us out of the market and we would end up being a two-dimensional community, so to speak. “So we are very focused on making sure that, wherever we can, [we] supply different levels of affordability in the housing market and this one is a huge piece of that.” Despite having limited spacing in the downtown area, a property on Harrow Road was chosen as the location for the build because it met certain criteria including being, “central to services, close to transit, and walkable to the community centre,” according to Richman. While the build won’t be complete for a couple of years, the Village and SSCS have already begun work engaging the community and figuring out all the zoning work that needs to be done before construction can start. “We’ve got ongoing processes to go through, we’ve got engagement with the community to really envision this project and get it right, [we have to] look at the zoning we have to do and then obviously the whole construction period,” said Richman. “So, I would say we are at least a couple years away from cutting any tape.” n
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Indigenous Land Back movement charts better way forward THE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAIVED
ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW (4005 WHISTLER WAY) NO. 2321, 2021
NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 467 of the Local Government Act that
the Council of the Resort Municipality of Whistler has waived the holding of a public hearing in relation to proposed Bylaw 2321, an amendment to Whistler’s Zoning Bylaw. Section 467 allows for the waiving of public hearings in relation to zoning bylaws that are consistent with a municipality’s official community plan.
SUBJECT LANDS: 4005 Whistler Way
More specifically, these lands are described as Lot 59, Districts Lots 1902 and 3020, Plan 19101 and as shown outlined in bold on the map attached to this notice.
PURPOSE:
In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to increase the maximum permitted density of the TA4 Zone to allow an additional 379 square meters of gross floor area for auxiliary uses, hotel operation, storage, and workshop use. The proposed Bylaw also increases the permitted site coverage from 30 percent to 35 percent.
INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS:
A copy of the proposed Bylaw and relevant background documentation along with written submissions received may also be viewed online on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) website at: whistler.ca/RZ001171.
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INDIGENOUS “Land Back” movement isn’t new, but it’s gaining increasing public attention and support. In this time of facing uncomfortable truths about past and ongoing harms inflicted on Indigenous Peoples and others, it’s important to understand the history of colonial oppression, and the roots and goals of Land Back and what it means. It’s not just about land. In the first of three short Land Back videos (about 12 minutes each)—“Past,” “Present” and “Future”—Ojibwe journalist Jesse Wente says, “It’s about self-determination for our
BY DAVID SUZUKI Peoples here that should include some access to the territories and resources in a more equitable fashion, and for us to have control over how that actually looks.” Throughout Canada’s history, Indigenous Peoples have been forced from the lands that sustained them for millennia to ever-diminishing “reservations” so colonizers could exploit “resources.” Even national parks, including Jasper and Banff, and municipal parks like Vancouver’s Stanley Park, were created after the original people living there were expelled. As Jasper’s website says of the park’s creation in 1907, “Indigenous peoples were considered incompatible with nature and so couldn’t live in, hunt, or harvest within park boundaries. First Nation and Métis peoples were physically removed from the landscape, blocked from accessing it and banned from harvesting plants and animals, holding gatherings and accessing cultural sites.” Most federal and provincial Crown lands are viewed as storehouses of timber, oil, gas and minerals to be exploited and mostly exported. Indigenous Peoples have no say over what happens on most of it, so land defenders have to step in. Wente argues that Canada was established more as an “extractionist corporation” than a country. Anishinaabe storyteller and artist Bomgiizhik agrees: “When Canada formed and became its own country, they created something called the Indian Act, which was to force people off their traditional lands, have them contained onto reservations and then filtered into colonization so that they would never, ever become a threat to resource extraction.” As with the recent finding of 215 children buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Residential School (and evidence of many more throughout the country), growing awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the appalling foster care and “’60s scoop” systems and more, these issues are not history; they’re ongoing, with impacts that continue through generations. Ultimately, Land Back is about
confronting these colonial abuses and charting a new path. But it holds different meanings for different people. Anishinaabe-Ininew 4Rs Youth Movement co-ordinator Ronald Gamblin writes in a blog, “When I hear Indigenous youth and land protectors chant ‘Land Back!’ at a rally, I know it can mean the literal restoration of land ownership. When grandmothers and knowledge keepers say it, I tend to think it means more the stewardship and protection of mother earth. When Indigenous political leaders say it, it often means comprehensive land claims and self-governing agreements. No matter what meaning is attached, we as Indigenous nations have an urge to reconnect with our land in meaningful ways.” It’s about responsibilities as well as rights. Beverly Jacobs, acting dean at the University of Windsor’s law faculty and a member of the Haudenosaunee Confederation, says Indigenous laws are about responsibility, relationships and reciprocity. “It isn’t until we bring in the colonial law that all of a sudden we’re talking about rights,” she says, noting that rights are based on the individual whereas Indigenous law is based on responsibility to “all our relations,” including land. That’s important, as western ways are unsustainable. “It’s not that the Earth can’t sustain all of humanity. It’s that the Earth can’t sustain what humans are doing,” Wente says. The goal is to move forward together, not return to some idealized past. “Every relationship evolves, and our relationship with land has to be one that accepts our modern circumstances as Indigenous People,” Anishinaabe-Métis associate professor Aimée Craft says. Bomgiizhik says Canada must listen to Indigenous Peoples not just when
“It’s not that the Earth can’t sustain all of humanity. It’s that the Earth can’t sustain what humans are doing.” - JESSE WENTE
they’re protesting or blockading. “How we’re going to win is by people working together and actually getting on the land and building sustainable economies with their bare hands.” Land Back is rooted in Indigenous Peoples’ rights and responsibilities, but it’s also about finding a better way forward for everyone who lives here. 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.■
OUTSIDER
What skiers can learn from No Shortcuts to the Top I’LL BE FIRST TO ADMIT I haven’t read all the classic books of mountain accounts. I did make most of my way through
BY VINCE SHULEY Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, which is largely considered the handbook for climbers and mountaineers. First published in 1960 by The Mountaineers (alpine club) of Seattle and now in its ninth edition, Freedom of the Hills is a must for anyone looking to get serious in the mountains, in any season undertaking any activity. While there is some foreword on the appeal of mountains (besides another John Muir cliché), this is a handbook, not a novel. The survival story that most could recall is Touching the Void, but like many, I skipped the book and watched the re-enacted 2003 film documentary instead. British climber Joe Simpson tells a harrowing story of how he broke his leg while descending from the summit of Siula Grande in Peru in 1985. Long story short, while being lowered by his climbing
NO SHORTCUTS During his 10 expeditions to Everest (six with successful summit bids), Ed Viesturs witnessed both triumph and tragedy. SANSUBBA/GETTYIMAGES.CA
partner Simon Yates on a rope, Simpson fell again through a cornice and the pair was completely out of communication. Yates had to make the call of cutting the rope or allowing both of them to perish off the edge. Simpson somehow survived the fall and over the next three days, crawled and hopped back to base camp right before Yates left to return to civilization. There was a lot more that went on, of course, and a lot of what I just described requires the proper context, all of which you can read or watch in Touching the Void. The most recent book I read didn’t quite have that level of against-the-odds survival in the mountains, but was still both inspiring and affirming. A while back a friend handed me a copy of No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks by Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 of the world’s eight-thousander peaks (mountains that have summits that reach more than 8,000 metres above sea level). He was the fifth person to do so in the world without bottled oxygen (what many high-altitude mountaineers describes as “doing it properly”) and he summited Mt. Everest a total of seven times in his career. While I don’t plan on embarking on any mountain climbing expeditions to the Himalaya in my life, I learned a great deal from Viesturs’ autobiography. The most resounding quote I read was: “Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.” Embarking on an adventurous ski objective
should be thought of exactly the same way; one must survive the slope you want to ski, but you also need to leave enough time and energy to safely make it home. Viesturs of course made his own missteps earlier in his career, the biggest was agreeing with his partners to push for the summit when he had a sinking feeling it would put them all at risk. “Yet nothing would ever convince me that pushing on to the summit of K2 on August 16, 1992, had been anything other than a mistake,” he wrote. “Today, I regard it as the biggest mistake of my climbing career. What I learned from that episode has stayed with me for good. Your instincts are telling you something. Trust them and listen to them.” I have a better handle on human factors these days, but more than once in the past I’ve been talked into skiing something where my gut was telling me to turn around. I’m a lot more adamant about listening to that gut feeling now—group dynamics be damned—but it’s always good reinforcement to hear it from one of the world’s most successful (and still living) mountaineers. While Viesturs’ relatively low-risk tolerance didn’t lead to any harrowing personal survival stories on the level of some other mountaineering novels, over those 18 years of pursuing his “Endeavor 8000” he bore witness to plenty of summit bids gone sideways. The worst was the 1996 Everest
disaster, when eight climbers (including three guides) died after being caught in a storm descending from the summit. The incident had a lot to do with the number of people waiting their turn to (safely) make it to the top, the bottleneck causing dangerous delays. The incident raised questions about the commercialization of Everest. Viesturs was working with a separate group filming for the 1998 Imax film Everest and lost two good friends during that expedition. Journalist Jon Krakauer was on assignment with Outside magazine and was climbing with one of the guided groups; his book Into Thin Air describes the 1996 disaster in detail and is a bestseller. The point of this pseudo book review is that while our relatively small mountains in B.C. don’t always pose the same dangers of 8,000-metre peaks in the Himalaya, skiers can fall into the same traps of underestimating their objectives. The best life in the mountains is the one long-lived. It took Viesturs almost 20 years to reach his goal, and that patience and risk aversion is what kept him alive and able to see his three children grow up. Winter is a while away, but training one’s mountain mindset should be a yearround activity. Vince Shuley prefers alpine style to expedition style. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince.shuley@gmail. com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■
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he T The t s r i f s ’ resort’s first t r o s re t r o p s i t multisport l u m y l t c e f r race perfectly e p e c a r reflected reflecteds ’ Whistler’s Whistlery devil-maydevil-mastpa care care past It’s May 25, 1975, and high up on Whistler Mountain, a shotgun blast rings out, followed by a frenzy of 25 people racing on foot to where their skis lay in wait. Their goal? To be the first to make it down the slopes. Thus began the first ever Great Snow Earth Water Race in Whistler. Little did anyone know at the time, but the multisport relay race—which features downhill skiing, cycling, canoeing and running—would become a cherished annual event, spanning 16 years. Nearly half a century since its inception and it still holds a special place in the collective memory of many Whistlerites. And it all started as an idea that came to Bryan Walhovd in his sleep one weekend, as a way to get his various athlete friends involved. “I just woke up one morning after thinking about it all night and talked to a few friends and we said, ‘Let’s see what we can make happen.’ And we chose the Sunday of the long weekend in May,” he recalls. “And that was the formation of the Snow Earth Water Race.” At the time, Whistler was still months away from being established as Canada’s first resort municipality, and with no village yet, and not much established infrastructure, the town was still very much off the beaten path—and the inaugural race reflected that. With very few rules and regulations, both Whistler and the Great Snow Earth Water Race of the time were wild and untamed, filled with outdoorsy people who foresaw what Whistler would eventually become: a true four-season resort. “I think there was a kind of youthfulness to Whistler at that time,” says Brad Nichols, executive director of the Whistler Museum, which hosted a speaker series event in May looking back at the race. “Everyone that was here was kind of putting themselves behind what Whistler would become. It was like a dream, and a lot of people believed in the town.” With that kind of energy behind it, it wasn’t shocking that the race quickly became the unofficial kickoff to the summer season. The first year included 25 teams, all of which were ready to do whatever needed to be done to win the grand prize of… bragging rights and a T-shirt. “I think most people are quite competitive, whether they’re
competing against themselves or competing against their neighbour running down the hill,” says Walhovd. “And I think it was just a lot of likeminded people. We all really loved skiing—fanatics, I guess you’d call [us]. There was a commonality of interests in all of us. There’s climbers, there’s hikers, canoeists, bicycling had just really started to take off. I think it was just another thing to do to.” With its no-holds barred approach, that inaugural race featured only one real rule: competitors had to get to the bottom of the mountain with all their equipment. Naturally, with more than 100 highly competitive racers, there were quite a few stories of the shenanigans that went on after the race had concluded. One savvy team reportedly coordinated with the gondola operator to take them down the mountain only to get stuck halfway and find out another team had bribed the operator to stop the lift. It even went so far as people stealing other teams’ rides down the mountain, according to Walhovd. “The other incident was that somebody had taken a motorbike up, and this guy comes screaming down and says, ‘Yeah, I substituted with your buddy, I’m the skier now. Take me to the bottom,” he says, reminiscing on the race’s first year. “So, the guy took him down to the bottom and he said, ‘You better go up and get your team member; I wasn’t on your team.’” For the first 16 years of the race’s existence, the Great Snow Earth Water Race captured the spirit of Whistler. And as the resort grew and changed, so too did the race. The number of competing teams rose steadily every year, and in 1983 a new sport—cross-country skiing—was added, bringing the total number of events to five, and increasing each team from five to seven members. By the end of the ‘80s, both Whistler and the race had more than doubled in size. “I think if you look at 1980 when the village was coming to completion, until the end of the decade … [Whistler] went from a regional market to, starting I think around ‘91, ‘92, being voted the No. 1 ski destination in the world,” says Nichols. “So really, that 10-year growth period was exponential, and it just changed radically how the town was perceived and how the town operated.”
All photos courtesy of the Whistler Museum and Archives / Whistler Question collection
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e h t e k a “I think when you take the t u o y n e h w k I thin day’s k “present e r o m f o kind of more d in ’s y a d t n e s e r p d e iz n a g r -o mass-planned, mass-organized s s a m , d e n n la -p s s a m o t d r a types of races, it’s hard to h ’s it , s e c a r f o ypes that thave y t li a t n e no-rules mentality m s le u -r o n t a h t e v a h y it e n a t n o anymore and the spontaneity p s e h t d n ea r o m y n a .” d a h that the early ones had.”s e n o ly r a e e h t t tha Alyssa Bruijns Bruijns a s s ly A
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By 1988, the Great Snow Earth Water Race had over 200 teams, 1,400 participants and attracted major media attention that even included an entire Japanese film crew that followed a team from Japan that had entered that year. Sadly, the race’s growing popularity would also mark the beginning of the end of its original incarnation. More people meant more organization and planning for Walhovd and his committee and eventually it just got to be too much to handle. “It’s too bad it couldn’t have carried on a few more years, but I maxed out about that time. We had television, not only from Japan, but we had local television and radio coming up,” remembers Walhovd. “Especially during the final registration on the Friday, there were people asking me questions and I was trying to get all the people organizing the registration going, and I almost blew my cork because I just couldn’t handle it all.” While the end of the Great Snow Earth Water Race might have been foreseeable, it wasn’t inevitable. The proof of that lies just below the border, in Bellingham, Wash., where a similar multi-event race has been held since 1973. With so many similarities between the races, looking at what Bellingham’s Ski to Sea Race has become is like looking through a window into an alternate universe where the Great Snow Earth Water Race had never been scrapped, but instead, continued growing through the ‘90s and into the 21st century. Both races started in the mid-‘70s, and both began with modest registration numbers before growing substantially year over year. Whistler’s race reached a peak of 1,400 participants in the late 1980s, while Bellingham’s, currently, can reach upwards of 4,000 competitors per year. The Great Snow Earth Water Race started with four events; Ski to Sea with three. Both added cross-country skiing after a few years of operation, and today, Bellingham’s race consists of seven different events. However, the one glaring difference between the two races is how they were handled when coordinating them got to be too much. In 2011, a committee was formed with the sole focus of continuing the uber-popular Ski to Sea Race after the its original organizers, the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce, decided it had
grown too large for them to take on. According to Anna Rankin, Ski to Sea Race director, the key to keeping an event like this going for as long as they have, is momentum, consistency and having people who are passionate enough about it to not let it die. “Someone who worked for the chamber basically got some people together as a non-profit to join as a board of directors to make it continue. That’s the point where it might have just fallen by the wayside and been a thing of history had it not been for this group of people,” says Rankin. “I think that the passion that the person had that started our non-profit was so strong that he was like, ‘We definitely can’t let anything happen to this.’ “At the end of the day when all the dust is settled, we aren’t making bank or anything, but we are providing the community with this event and our board’s mission is really to get people out recreating. So, we’re not really in it for the money, we’re in it for the community.” While Ski to Sea got buy-in from the entire Whatcom County in the form of local business sponsors, more than 800 volunteers and government support, the same outcome wasn’t in the cards for Whistler’s race. Instead, everybody wanted a cut from an event that wasn’t in the businesses of making money in the first place. “You’ve got insurance costs, you’ve got licensing, everybody wants a piece of the pie. That’s what I was finding towards the end,” says Walhovd. “Here I am, I’ve got my hand out trying to get a free pair of goggles [as a prize] and then I turn around and here’s the municipality and they want to get ‘X’ amount of dollars off of me for a permit and then you got highways wanting a chunk out of you and just so many groups they had their hand out to me. “Some people figured that I was making a lot of money off of it, but there was never any money in it.” The race would live to see another day, however. In 2014, 23 years after the last edition of the original Great Snow Earth Water Race, the event returned as part of the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s Great Outdoors Festival (GO Fest), designed to signal the start of Whistler’s summer season and shift the focus back to a more family-friendly atmosphere after the local May long weekend, historically a magnet for young partiers from the Lower Mainland, had been struck by several incidents of violence in the years leading up to it. According to Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton, while the new rendition of the race in 2014 and 2015 was viewed as a success, it proved to be too “logistically challenging to hold a race that took place across so many locations,” especially at a busy time of year like Victoria Day long weekend. Unfortunately, the revamped race didn’t seem to have the same support or community buy-in that made it successful in the past. It had lost the essential element that made the original race so special. “I think when you take the present day’s kind of more massplanned, mass-organized types of races, it’s hard to have that no-rules mentality anymore and the spontaneity that the early ones had,” says Alyssa Bruijns, head archivist at the Whistler Museum. “I think the [GO Fest] version of it felt too much like you could drop it anywhere, in any mountain town. But I think as well, there’s still a lot of events that have that spirit; it just might not be the Great Snow Earth Water Race anymore.” For now, with no plans to bring it back, the Great Snow Earth Water Race will continue as a cherished memory of a distant and simpler time—and the subject of the lingering question: what would it have become if it had never been scrapped in the first place? ■
All photos courtesy of the Whistler Museum and Archives / Whistler Question collection
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Local Paralympian announces retirement from snowboarding AFTER COMPETING IN THE LAST TWO PARALYMPIC GAMES, JOHN LESLIE IS SAVOURING THE TRANSITION TO RETIREMENT
BY HARRISON BROOKS FOR MANY athletes the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a whole new collection of challenges. But for Paralympic snowboarder John Leslie, who recently announced his retirement from the sport, the pandemic turned out to be a blessing in disguise. For the last 10 years, from the time Leslie was 18, his days were accounted for as a part of his training schedule for the Canada Snowboard team. Between meals, workouts, training sessions and competitions, he was having difficulty finding a life-to-snowboard balance, and he was starting to feel like his life was missing something because of it. Cue the pandemic. “[COVID-19] really slowed things down with our competitive calendar. We didn’t travel internationally this year, I got to work a full-time job in Whistler, made a big friend [base], and I’ve been going to school for personal training,” said Leslie. “So I’ve kind of done all this stuff over the last year and just had a really positive and open conversation with Canada Snowboard this last week. They’re a highperformance national team, they’re looking
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for quite a lot of commitment for next year and I just feel really good about where I am and what I have going on.” As a child growing up in Arnprior, Ont., Leslie was a competitive ski racer. But after losing his leg to cancer at 10 years old, his focus shifted to snowboarding—a more forgiving sport for someone with a prosthetic leg. And before long, Leslie was starting to get noticed for his high-end skill level.
snowboarding. So it was cool to figure out all those things and get better at snowboarding.” The trajectory he found himself on resulted in Leslie competing at two Paralympic Games—Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018—each with their own unique experiences. According to Leslie, 2014 was the “memories” Games. Unsure if he’d ever be back, Leslie just wanted to soak up as many
“[By] the time I got to high school, it didn’t matter that I was on one leg, I was competing just the same.” - JOHN LESLIE
“I started at a young age so by the time I got to high school, it didn’t matter that I was on one leg, I was competing just the same,” said Leslie. “Then once I got into disabled snowboarding, my talent became exponential, as I was able to communicate with other people living with disabilities and the adaptations they were making to their snowboard setup. Like, I snowboarded my whole high-school career with my walking leg, which when you think about how a leg would work when walking that would function completely different than
experiences as he could and enjoy every minute of the event, even if his results suffered because of it. After finishing 7th in Sochi, and realizing just how much work it takes to medal at the Paralympic Games, Leslie re-focused and set his sights on doing whatever it took to finish on the podium in 2018. Unfortunately for Leslie, the results weren’t quite what he was hoping for, finishing 7th in snowboard cross and 8th in banked slalom in PyeongChang. But luckily for Leslie, who was experiencing a bit of a burnout after those
Games but still had eyes on the 2022 Paralympic Games, the pandemic came along and threw a wrench in his plans. Had it not, Leslie believes he’d still be searching for that missing part of his life today. “And so last year with the pandemic, [Canada Snowboard] weren’t able to tell us what we were doing. So that was the first time in my adult life that I was like, ‘well I’ll get a job, I need money.’ And then with the job came friends and like a little bit more of a community in Whistler and actually being able to make plans two weeks in advance,” said Leslie. “I don’t think I would have had that break had the pandemic not happened and it was always in my plans to retire after the next Games, so I think I would have come out of the next Games just lost. So this was a nice way to transition.” Moving forward, Leslie plans to continue enjoying his new life away from competitive snowboarding. He plans to continue working as a personal trainer at the Whistler Creek Athletic Club and get back into his motivational speaker work. But whatever he fills his days with, one thing is certain: his love for snowboarding isn’t going away anytime soon. “I’m going to still stay involved with the [Canada Snowboard] team, but for me right now the focus is on making a life after sport in Whistler. But continue to snowboard too.” he said. “I still love snowboarding, but now I’m hoping to do some more backcountry projects.” n
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Local snowboarder named to national team FINN FINESTONE GOT THE CALL FOR CANADA’S NEXT GEN TEAM
BY HARRISON BROOKS WHISTLER SNOWBOARDER Finn Finestone has finally received the call he’s been waiting years to get—he made the national snowboard team as part of the Slopestyle Next Gen program. “I had an idea that it was about team selections, but I didn’t know why they were calling me. Like I thought that it was maybe to tell me that I wasn’t on the team anymore. It was great but also surprising,” said Finestone. “It was kind of a weight off my shoulders, like a relief. So I was stoked and relieved.” However, Finestone won’t be the only member of the team representing the Sea to Sky area as Whistler’s Juliette Pelchat and Pemberton’s Jadyn Chomlack are already part of the Next Gen program. Finestone and Chomlack have been close friends, and riding partners, for most of their lives and it’s that friendship and competition that Finestone believes to be a major reason both have made it this far. “We’ve kind of grown up pushing each other. We go to a contest and it’s always head-to-head with both of us and that’s super good pressure to have. I find it’s like having a brother in the sport,” he said. “And I think we just thrive off of each other’s riding and we always have, and that definitely helps with progression.” According to Brian Finestone, Finn’s father and the man who first got him on a snowboard at just three years old, this news is extremely exciting but not entirely unexpected. “I certainly knew that he had all of the resources here and he showed early promise so it wouldn’t have come as a surprise if someone had told me one day he’ll be that good. It’s sort of just the dots connected naturally,” said Brian. “I think it was great timing for Finn, the fact that he just graduated from high school, he now has all the time in the world
to dedicate to the sport. So I’m super excited for him and obviously proud, knowing how much he loves it and how much dedication he has to it—to see him successful is every parent’s dream.” Finestone considers his dad to be one of the most influential people in his snowboard career so far, but according to Brian, that inspiration goes both ways. “Well, I’m honoured,” said Brian. “And I would like to say he is as much an influence on my snowboarding. He got me trying things that I hadn’t tried in a decade or two decades. He is absolutely an inspiration to me to ride and keep riding. I directly benefit from his skill set and he’s my biggest influence and now I get hand-me-down equipment so that’s great too.” Finestone made the team despite not really being able to compete much in the past year due to the pandemic. However, that might have been a blessing in disguise as it allowed him more time to hone his skills. “[This year’s] been a little tricky just based on [the fact that] I haven’t actually competed in a while, but then again it was a good season because we did have an opportunity to have some training camps with the team, which was really helpful,” said Finestone. “This year was really about trick development, and it felt really good to just have, I mean I wanted the pressure, but it was also nice not to have it, just to sit back and focus on some things. I think it worked out the best it could have for me.” Heading into his first year on the team, Finestone continues to focus on trick development and the little details like getting his body stronger that will help him achieve his next goal of making the full national slopestyle team one day. “I think a big thing is obviously focusing on my snowboarding and trick development but I think for me right now, [I’m focused on] getting my body strong, so that when I’m on snow I can progress and move forward as fast as possible,” he said. “But I’m stoked and it’s a new step for me, so I’m learning and it’s exciting for sure.” n
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VILLAGE OF LIONS BAY TAKE NOTICE that on July 6, 2021, at 7pm, Council of the Village of Lions Bay intends to consider adoption of the following amendments to Procedure Bylaw No. 476, 2015, as amended: Sections 11 (2) and 11 (3) - Allow for presiding chair of meeting to participate electronically along with the rest of Council
Crankworx returning to B.C. in September LAST WEEK, CRANKWORX SAID THE WORLD TOUR WILL BE RETURNING FOR A MULTI-STOP EVENT IN B.C. THIS FALL, AFTER ALL
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world tour all wrapped up, focus is now shifting to the newly announced B.C. leg in September. Crankworx B.C. will take place in multiple locations in the province including Silverstar, Kicking Horse, Golden and Sun Peaks from Sept. 6 to 19. “It’s something we’ve been working on for a long time and we were able to do the Clif Summer Series last year and this is an opportunity to bring the top competitors for the King and Queen of Crankworx to B.C.,” said Darren Kinnaird, managing director of Crankworx. “We are really looking forward to being able to do something this late summer, early fall … and we’re hoping that we will be able to have fans and all the other normal elements of Crankworx as we tour around the province. Just really excited to bring something to B.C. this summer.” According to Kinnaird, this new leg of the tour is designed to be a made-forTV event, but has the option of including fans, if the COVID-19 restrictions at the time support that—something he said wasn’t really a possibility if the event was in Whistler.
be eligible to the top 16 male and top 16 female riders who are in contention for the King and Queen of Crankworx awards. The top 14 slopestyle riders will also be invited based on the rankings as of six weeks before the start of the event. “One of the key things and hallmark signatures of Crankworx is you can be in the same race on the same day as some of your favourite racers,” said Kinnaird. “And when public regulations allow in the future, that’s something we definitely want to get back to, but I don’t think anyone is in a position to even consider that being possible at this point.” Unfortunately for some of the Junior riders, like Pemberton’s Tegan Cruz—who just won the U17 Pump Track, Dual Slalom and Downhill events in Innsbruck—that means they won’t be able to compete at home this year. But that doesn’t change Cruz’s excitement for the event. “It looks like a really cool program and a lot of the elite racers that I know back home are excited to be competing in that. And just seeing more events and races happening in British Colombia is good to see for sure and [I’m] happy to hopefully be able to race those when I’m old enough,” said Cruz. “It would be my second week back after three months in Europe so [I’ll] probably just be spending lots of time at
“Just really excited to bring something to B.C. this summer.” - DARREN KINNAIRD
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“I think [in this case], one of Whistler’s greatest strengths … might be a potential challenge,” he said. “We know if we did something in Whistler it would bring a massive crowd and I don’t think the community is in a position where it is 100-per-cent comfortable with doing that. You know the venues for Crankworx Whistler are right at the base of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, so that makes it really hard to do things in a madefor-TV, no spectator arena, should we have to go to that. “But the other resorts that we are looking at doing this, where we were out at last summer, we have the ability to do things a little bit more hidden away or tucked away and control spectator access a little bit easier.” While the event will be set up similarly to a regular Crankworx event, some of the eligibility criteria was changed to keep the event safe for everyone attending. In particular, Crankworx B.C. will only
home on the farm with the family and everything, but definitely considering going to check things out and cheering on some of my friends.” While fans should be able to see some of the top local female riders competing in Crankworx B.C., many of the top males like Whistler’s Finn Iles and Cruz’s older brother Lucas will still be in Europe for the World Cup tour. “That’s the one thing, [COVID-19] has really impacted schedules this year and things got juggled around and people are a little cautious,” said Kinnaird. “There’s like three or four events all within a couple weeks of each other in September, so this is going to be Crankworx-specific athletes that are really focused on competing in the Crankworx events.” The full list of riders will be announced closer to the event’s start date. The Whistler stop of the Crankworx world tour is set to return as normal in August, 2022. n
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What’s on your shelves? COOL FRIDGE TALES FROM THE QUEEN OF THE LIBRARY’S COOKBOOK CLUB WHEN MAZ ESNOUF was back in her hometown of Melbourne, Australia, she had dreams of skiing “big mountains.” So she asked her brother, Leo Guaraldo, for advice about which Canadian ski resort to work at. She’d been scoping out a job fair; he’d worked Whistler Blackcomb in the early 2000s and raved about it.
BY GLENDA BARTOSH Leo thought for a minute, then said— and we’re paraphrasing here—well, what are you going for? Are you going for a cultural experience? If so, don’t go to Whistler. It’s full of Australians! But if you want to ski, Whistler’s the only choice. She took it. “I didn’t even do the second interview,” says Maz, whom you might have met through Whistler Public Library, maybe at the services desk or via one of the popular Zoom Cookbook Club sessions she started during the pandemic. “I was like, I’m going to take that job— I’m going to Whistler! I wanted to ski the big stuff. I wanted to push myself. I wanted to immerse myself in a ski resort and a ski life, and Whistler has all of that,” she says. That was 15 years ago. Today, Maz notes, like many locals who end up sticking it out for years, Whistler is so much bigger now than it was when she first arrived. But she still has the Whistler Blackcomb ski map she kept on her bedroom wall the first few
COOKBOOK CLUB Meet Maz Esnouf, a local via Melbourne, Australia, whom you can find at Whistler’s library and who loves cookbooks. PHOTO BY TIM ESNOUF
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seasons to highlight every run she skied. She’s pretty sure they’re all marked. It was such a good fit that Maz came to Whistler to teach kids how to ski. An elementary school teacher in Melbourne, she has the personality and presence to handle a gaggle of kids, anywhere, anytime. Even today, when some of her early ski students come in to the library, they remember her with delight. And tower over her. The “big mountains” have stood her in good stead in other ways. She met her husband, Tim, at Whistler Blackcomb when
he was also a ski instructor, and since he’s originally from Bendigo, a city about as far from Melbourne as is Whistler from Vancouver, you can picture how hopeful Maz’s mom was. “Oh, you’ll be moving back to Australia now!” Maz recalls her mom exclaiming. But that wasn’t to be. See that maple-leaf flag Maz is proudly holding, above? She and Tim were sworn in as Canadian citizens in their Bayshores living room last month during a virtual citizenship ceremony. And once we actually get in to their fridge—stand by for that next
HONEY, SOY, AND GINGER BRAISED TOFU Serves two
Ingredients 10 OZ. extra-firm tofu 2 TBSP. soy sauce 1 1/2 TBSP. honey (or agave syrup for vegans) 3 CLOVES of garlic, crushed 1/2-INCH piece of ginger, peeled and grated 1 Bartlett pear, grated (Maz used apples instead, and it turned out fine) 4 green onions, finely chopped; whites and greens separated 2 TBSP. toasted sesame oil 1 1/2 TSP. gochujang paste 2 TBSP. canola oil HANDFUL of black and white sesame seeds, as garnish
Directions Lightly press the tofu between your hands to press out as much water as possible into a sink. Wrap in paper towels and set aside. In a bowl, whisk the soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger, pear (or apple, as above), green onion whites, sesame oil, gochujang, and 1 tbsp. water. Remove the tofu from the paper towels; cut into 1/2-inch slices. Line a plate with paper towels. In a large frying pan, heat the canola oil until it smokes; fry the tofu slices for eight minutes, until golden on both sides. Remove the tofu to the plate so the towels absorb excess oil. Remove all but 1 tbsp. of oil from the pan. Add the soy and honey sauce. Stir for a minute, then put the tofu back into the pan and cook for five minutes until the sauce reduces, becoming glossy and thick. To serve, place the tofu in a dish; pour the sauce over top. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and the remaining green onion.
column—we’ll find some ice wine intended to mark the occasion, but overlooked in the excitement, along with a can of Molson Canadian left from a case a friend brought over to celebrate same. The other big day recently celebrated in the Esnouf household was the sixth birthday of son, Thomas. And you could say he was the driving force that delivered Maz to all of us library lovers. When Thomas was young, Maz was still working at Whistler Blackcomb as manager of group sales, a “really intense full-time job.” “I was looking for an opportunity to work part-time … and the Whistler library is the most amazing place ever,” she says. “I always loved the library, and the stars just kind of aligned.” Much as they did back in Melbourne. And, much like she wanted to ski big mountains then, she’s also wanted to go back to school one day and study to be a librarian. You won’t be surprised to learn this past year—besides cooking up a storm at home and in Cookbook Club; helping library users; and looking after Thomas— Maz has been working online getting her Masters of Library Studies from Australia’s Charles Sturt University. If that doesn’t impress you, this “wow” vegan recipe from her favourite cookbook at the library will. It’s from East, by Meera Sodha, a popular chef, food writer and author who’s just as keen about meatfree eating as Maz is. You can find more of Meera’s delicious vegan recipes at theguardian.com/profile/meera-sodha, all of them easy cooking. See you next time for Part 2 of “What’s in Maz’s fridge?” Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who can’t wait to try this recipe. n
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‘I’m still on the first page of my story’ SYRIAN ‘MAN AT THE AIRPORT’ HASSAN AL KONTAR ON HIS NEW MEMOIR, THE REFUGEE CRISIS, AND HIS NO. 1 FAN
BY BRANDON BARRETT WORLD REFUGEE DAY, held June 20, has grown increasingly busy for Hassan Al Kontar in the years since landing in Whistler as a refugee after being stranded in a Malaysian airport for seven long months in 2018. Now residing in Vancouver, the Syrian activist—who is probably better known as “the man at the airport” after his Tom Hanks-esque ordeal attracted a media firestorm—has become a prominent voice for refugees worldwide thanks to his public speaking and work with the Canadian Red Cross. On World Refugee Day, Al Kontar had a jam-packed schedule that included two virtual talks to eager audiences in Ontario and Vancouver, as well as the launch of a Red Cross video he starred in. But June 20 holds a deep significance to Al Kontar for another reason. “I don’t know who decided to make the World Refugee Day same as Father’s Day,” he says. “That’s a lot of emotion for one person, especially for me.” While Al Kontar’s unlikely journey to Canada was capped by triumph, it was lined with suffering. When civil war broke out in his native Syria back in 2011, he was working as a salesman in the United Arab Emirates, which denied his work visa
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renewal, leaving him with few options. He knew if he returned to Syria, he would be conscripted into the army by Bashar al-Assad’s notoriously brutal regime. He remained in the UAE illegally until 2017, when he was caught and sent to Malaysia, one of the only countries to accept Syrian travellers. Once his three-month tourist visa ran out, Al Kontar worked under the table for a year, with hopes to save enough money to board a flight to Ecuador, where he has family. But when he was about to board his flight, the airline turned him away. He tried to fly instead to Cambodia,
left the biggest mark. “Writing about my father in my book was one of the hardest chapters. I remembered myself at Whistler at the time at the Scandinave Spa staff accommodation, and I delayed that chapter for a long time,” he says. “Then when I decided it was time, I couldn’t write it fully. I would write a line or two and then would run quickly outside for a quick walk, or a cup of coffee, or a shower, then I would come back and write another two lines. I was sweating, shaking. When I finished, I felt relieved.” It’s just one of the many sacrifices Al
“You will discover that who you become during the march towards your dream is more important than the dream itself.” - HASSAN AL KONTAR
but was denied entry and sent back to Kuala Lumpur, where he languished for months in an airport terminal, a man without a country, before spending two dark months in an immigration detention centre. He documented his ordeal on his Twitter account, amassing thousands of followers and the attention of a group of Whistlerites led by Laurie Cooper, who arranged for him to come to Canada, an experience he recounted in his new memoir, Man at the Airport: How Social Media Saved My Life. Along the way, Al Kontar missed numerous family milestones, like his brother’s wedding. But it was not being there for the death of his father that has
Kontar has had to make to gain a new life on the opposite side of the world, but, if his path here was unique, the price he paid is not. “All refugees are still paying the price [leaving] the ones they love behind,” he says. “But at least now I’m doing something I can be proud of. You will discover that who you become during the march towards your dream is more important than the dream itself.” If Al Kontar is proud of the man he’s become, you can be sure there’s someone else who is more proud than even him. “My mother keeps calling whenever there is an article or a video of me and she also asks my siblings to translate.
They spend the whole time translating for her,” he says with a laugh. “I never watch myself on videos or read articles—I’ll read the article once and that’s it. But my mother keeps asking my siblings to read them again and again and translate them again and again.” Asked how it feels to be a published author, Al Kontar is characteristically humble. “It’s not a matter of being proud or feeling honoured. It’s a matter of feeling selfconfident now in the idea that we as humans will be long gone in the future. We will no longer exist in this world and yet there is a part of us laying down on one of the shelves in that book. That’s your legacy,” he says. “I will not exist in 50 or 100 years but my book will be there. That’s how I feel. It makes me feel also how far I came. Three years ago, I was in detention jail. Four years ago, I was living on a chair at the airport. Five, six, seven years ago, I was hopeless, jobless, living in a car or in a public garden, trading my watch for two pieces of bread. Now I’m here preparing to travel with the Red Cross and holding my book in my hand. That’s an honour. It’s overwhelming and it makes me also ask serious and deep questions about life. I thought at one point that I knew a great deal about it, but I’m still on the first page of my story.” Al Kontar will be reading on July 10 as part of the Whistler Writing Society’s virtual event, A Mighty Balance: Weighing Action and Words, on Zoom from 6 to 7 p.m. The event also features authors Angie Abdou, Francesca Ekwuyasi, Bruce Kirkby and Nish Patel. Tickets are $10, available at whistlerwritersfest.com. n
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ways to celebrate Canada Day in Whistler this July 1, with a slate of programming that includes drumming, yoga, live painting, street entertainment, and free admission to the resort’s First Nations museum, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. In a release sent out Wednesday, June 23, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) said it “recognizes that this July 1 will be a time to reflect on all of Canada’s history, including its past and present truths about our relationship with Indigenous people.” The RMOW has installed 215 orange hearts marking a path between the Maury Young Arts Centre and the SLCC to represent the children who lost their lives at the Kamloops residential school and never returned home. Admission to the SLCC is free for the day, where the Boarder X exhibit is ongoing. A compilation of interdisciplinary contemporary art by Indigenous artists from across Canada, the show demonstrates how Indigenous people connect to the land through skateboarding, snowboarding and surfing. Over at Olympic Plaza, there will be yoga offered from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., followed by the Spo7ez Performance Team Drum Circle at 10:45 a.m. From noon to 4 p.m., the plaza will host Whistler’s Moving Meadows art showcase, live painting by local artists Dave “Pepe” Petko, Take Sudo and Ben Poechman, and a scavenger hunt. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Town Plaza Gazebo will be home to a large, paintby-numbers mural courtesy of Paintillio. Street entertainment, including Treeline aerialists and roving characters, will take place throughout the village from noon to 4 p.m. Whistler’s parks will also feature food trucks on Canada Day, including crepes, gelato, pizza, burgers and more. Whistler Transit will also be free for the day, as well as secure bike parking at Lost Lake, Rainbow Park and Whistler Olympic Park. For more info, visit whistler.ca/ canadaday.
CELEBRATE B.C. AUTHORS AT HYBRID READING EVENT The Whistler Writers Festival’s first-ever hybrid Summer Comeback Reading Series kicks off next month with Let’s Celebrate B.C. Authors!, which offers a mix of in-person and virtual options if you’re not feeling quite ready to embrace the (distanced!) crowds just yet. On July 8, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the SLCC will host four award-winning B.C. authors: Joshua Whitehead (Jonny Appleseed); Whistler’s Mary MacDonald (The Crooked Thing); Squamish’s Katherine Fawcett (The Swan Suit); and Whistler’s Sara Leach (Duck Days), who will be giving readings from their past work. Moderated by Leslie Anthony. The event, which offers both in-person ($10) and virtual tickets ($5), will also see the winners of the Summer Comeback Storytelling Contest read their entries. Doors open at 5 p.m. and tickets are available at whistlerwritersfest.com/ summer-comeback-reading-series.
WFF MARKS NIPD WITH VIRTUAL SCREENING OF JOE BUFFALO In time for National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD), the Whistler Film Festival is holding a free virtual screening of the award-winning short film, Joe Buffalo, until June 27. The documentary follows Indigenous skateboard legend Joe Buffalo, a Maskwacis Cree Nation member and residential school survivor, as he faces his inner demons to chase his dream of becoming a pro skater. The film is available to view at watch. whistlerfilmfestival.com/wff365, where you’ll find a link to an interactive Q&A on June 26 at 5:30 p.m. with Joe Buffalo and filmmakers Amar Chebib and Hayley Morin, hosted by Rosie Archie, co-founder of Nations Skate Youth. If you can’t catch it live, the Q&A will be available online until 11:59 p.m. on June 27. Donations are accepted, with proceeds shared with Nations Skate Youth, which empowers Indigenous youth to embrace their right to self-determination through the positive impact of skateboarding. n
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STOP THE PRESSES The Whistler Question was first published in 1976 from the basement of the Burrows’ home in Alpine Meadows. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WHISTLER MUSEUM / WHISTLER QUESTION COLLECTION
News for the community, by the community BY KEELY COLLINS JUST HOW MANY communities can boast that their first news reporters were a group of schoolchildren? Like most of Whistler’s history, the history of print news in Whistler is far from conventional, and relied heavily on community input, support, and organization. The Whistler Question was published for the first time in 1976 from the basement of the Burrows’ home in Alpine Meadows, and, although it was the first newspaper about the valley, it was not the first source of community news. Early reporting in Whistler (circa 1930 to 1960) often centred around events that many would no longer consider newsworthy. Reports of gatherings for tea and details of newcomers in the valley featured prominently in Whistler’s (then Alta Lake) early newsheets. Whistler is by no means a roaring metropolis now, but the small community of Alta Lake was a fraction of the size, and the reports showcase the quiet life many residents led. The first newsheet in the valley was the Alta Lake School Gazette, a single-page publication put together by a group of students at the Alta Lake School. It had a total of six issues, and ran from February to June, 1939. The second newsheet was published by the Alta Lake Community Club from 1958 until 1961. The single-page publication changed names a few times before the Club settled on the Alta Lake Echo. As of its second issue, it featured a subtitle that read “published for fun,” which highlights the nature of the sheet. It was never intended to be a serious newspaper, and it never became one. Rather, it was a way for residents to be kept up to date with the goings-on of the past week, and informed of upcoming events. By the time the Question was introduced, the community had changed significantly. Its first edition was published mere months after the Alta Lake community had been
incorporated as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). Despite the significantly larger readership warranting a different approach than earlier publications in Whistler (just imagine if an article was written for every new arrival or departure from the valley), the Question nevertheless still encouraged, and relied on, community involvement. The Question featured many different columns, some more conventional than others. A perennial favourite, called “Bricks and Roses,” was published for much of its existence, and was in some ways reminiscent of a quieter time in Whistler when community happenings made up all of the news. The idea for the article was suggested to current Pique columnist Glenda Bartosh (then editor of the Question) by Gary Raymond, who at the time was treasurer at the RMOW and had seen a similar column in a Quebec newspaper. A few months before it was introduced, the editor’s column had encouraged readers to send in their input in order to “make this community paper a dialogue—rather than a monologue.” The Bricks and Roses column set out to do just that. It created a forum for readers to express their gratitude for the good deeds of individuals and organizations by bestowing roses, or to call out and (rather publicly) condemn what they considered bad behaviour. More importantly, it gave people a direct path to the publication that did not require a comprehensive letter to the editor. As you can imagine, people seized the opportunity to submit either a Brick or a Rose, and a wide variety of colourful submissions began to pour in. Some submissions were phoned in, while others were given verbally to one of the Questionables (name given to the staff at the Question) while they were out and about. 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): Author Albert Camus advised everyone to “steal some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self.” That’s excellent advice for you to heed in the coming days. The cosmos has authorized you to put yourself first and grab all the renewal you need. So please don’t scrimp as you shower blessings on yourself. One possible way to accomplish this goal is to go on a long stroll or two. Camus says, “It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter.” But I think you are indeed likely to be visited by major epiphanies and fantastic new meanings. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Robert Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s leader for 37 years. In the eyes of some, he was a revolutionary hero. To others he was an oppressive dictator. He was also the chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, where his wife Grace received her PhD just two months after she started classes. I suspect that you, too, will have an expansive capacity to advance your education in the coming weeks—although maybe not quite as much as Grace seems to have had. You’re entering a phase of super-learning. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry,” wrote author Umberto Eco. Judging from astrological omens, I suspect you’re now capable of accomplishing comparable feats in your own sphere. Converting a chance encounter into a useful new business connection? Repurposing a seeming liability into an asset? Capitalizing on a minor blessing or breakthrough to transform it into a substantial blessing or breakthrough? All these and more are possible. CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I was so flooded with yearning I thought it would drown me,” wrote Cancerian author Denis Johnson. I don’t expect that will be a problem for you anytime soon. You’re not in danger of getting swept away by a tsunami of insatiable desire. However, you may get caught in a current of sweet, hot passion. You could be carried for a while by waves of aroused fascination. You might find yourself rushing along in a fast-moving stream of riled-up craving. But none of that will be a problem as long as you don’t think you have something better to do. In fact, your time in the cascading flow may prove to be quite intriguing—and ultimately useful. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my opinion, psychology innovator Carl Jung, born under the sign of Leo, was one of the 20th century’s greatest intellects. His original ideas about human nature are central to my philosophy. One of my favourite things about him is his appreciation for feelings. He wrote, “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only half of the truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.” I bring this to your attention, Leo, because the coming weeks will be a favourable time to upgrade your own appreciation for the power of your feelings to help you understand the world. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For the Indigenous Ojibway people, the word Adizokan means both “story” and “spirit.” In fact, story and spirit are the same thing. Everything has a spirit and everything has a story, including people, animals, trees, lakes, rivers, and rocks. Inspired by these thoughts, and in accordance with cosmic omens, I invite you to meditate on how your life stories are central elements of your spirit. I further encourage you to spend some tender, luxurious time telling yourself the stories from your past that you love best. For extra delightful bonus fun, dream up two prospective stories about your future that you would like to create. (Info about Adizokan comes from Ann and John Mahan at SweetWaterVisions.com.) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author Aslı Erdoğan writes, “It had been explained to me from my earliest childhood that I would know love—or that thing called ‘love’—as
long as I was smart and academically brilliant. But no one ever taught me how to get that knowledge.” I’m sorry to say that what was true for her has been true for most of us: No one ever showed us how to find and create and cultivate love. We may have received haphazard clues now and then from our parents and books and movies. But we never got a single day of formal instruction in school about the subject that is at the heart of our quest to live meaningful lives. That’s the bad news, Libra. The good news is that the rest of 2021 will be one of the best times ever for you to learn important truths about love. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Before he journeyed in a spaceship to the moon in 1971, Scorpio astronaut Alan Shepard didn’t think he’d get carried away with a momentous thrill once he arrive at his destination. He was a manly man not given to outward displays of emotion. But when he landed on the lunar surface and gazed upon the majestic sight of his home planet hanging in the sky, he broke into tears. I’m thinking you may have similar experiences in the coming weeks. Mind-opening, heartawakening experiences may arrive. Your views of the Very Big Picture could bring healing upheavals. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian author Clarice Lispector observed, “In a state of grace, one sometimes perceives the deep beauty, hitherto unattainable, of another person.” I suspect that this state of grace will visit you soon, Sagittarius—and probably more than once. I hope you will capitalize on it! Take your time as you tune in to the luminescent souls of the people you value. Become more deeply attuned to their uniquely gorgeous genius. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Trailblazing Capricorn psychoanalyst Ernest Jones (1879–1958) said, “There is no sense of contradiction within the unconscious; opposite ideas exist happily side by side.” In other words, it’s normal and natural to harbour paradoxical attitudes; it’s healthy and sane to be awash in seemingly incongruous blends. I hope you will use this astrologically propitious time to celebrate your own inner dichotomies, dear Capricorn. If you welcome them as a robust aspect of your deepest, truest nature, they will serve you well. They’ll make you extra curious, expansive, and non-dogmatic. (PS: Here’s an example, courtesy of psychologically savvy author Stephen Levine: “For as long as I can remember the alternate antics of the wounded child and the investigations of the ageless Universal played through me.”) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian guitarist Django Reinhardt was a celebrated jazz musician in occupied France during the Second World War. Amazingly, he was able to earn good money by performing frequently—even though he fit descriptions that the rampaging Germans regarded as abhorrent. Nazis persecuted the Romani people, of which he was one. They didn’t ban jazz music, but they severely disapproved of it. And the Nazis hated Jews and Blacks, with whom Reinhardt loved to hang out. The obstacles you’re facing aren’t anywhere near as great as his, but I propose we make him your role model for the next four weeks. May he inspire you to persist and even thrive in the face of challenges! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean author Richard Matheson believed we’ve become too tame and mild. “We’ve forgotten,” he wrote, about “how to rise to dizzy heights.” He mourned that we’re too eager to live inside narrow boundaries. “The full gamut of life is a shadowy continuum,” he continued, “that runs from gray to more gray. The rainbow is bleached.” If any sign of the zodiac has the power to escape blandness and averageness, it’s you Pisceans—especially in the coming weeks. I invite you to restore the rainbow to its full vivid swath: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Maybe even add a few colours. Homework: Describe what you’re doing to heal the world. Newsletter@freewillastrology.com
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PRESCHOOL CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR INFANT TODDLER EDUCATOR The N’Quatqua First Nation is seeking 2 qualified Early Childhood Educators. One is a full-time permanent position, the other is a full time maternity leave position at N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre. The successful candidates will join our NCFDC team. The Early Childhood Educators work as team members with other child care setting staff and with all the children and families providing general support to the whole program to ensure effective inclusion of the children. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability in: • Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child. • Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and staff. • Ability to maintain confidentiality, positive, professional, nonjudgmental attitude. • Physically ability to carry out the duties of the position. • Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports community, inclusion and is culturally significant for young Aboriginal children
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FireSmart Administrator (Temporary, Part-time) The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) is located in southwestern BC and consists of four member municipalities (Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Lillooet) and 4 electoral areas. The region contains some of the most spectacular forests, waterways, and mountains in the province and affords an endless range of opportunities for outdoor adventure. Headquartered in Pemberton, which is the approximate geographic centre of the region, the SLRD delivers a wide range of regional, sub-regional and local services to its residents. Services include land use planning, solid waste management, building inspection, fire protection, emergency preparedness, 911 services, recreation, water and sewer utilities, regional transit, trails and open spaces as well as financial support for various community services. The BC FireSmart program supports wildfire preparedness, prevention and mitigation across the province. Through a partnership with the program, the SLRD is responsible for delivering education, inspection and other related activities across the District to support FireSmart program objectives. The SLRD is seeking an organized and service oriented individual to fill the temporary role of FireSmart Administrator. Reporting to the Emergency Management Technician, this part-time position is responsible for providing general administration support for the SLRD’s FireSmart activities and for other duties as required. The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of secondary school graduation and two years of administration or clerical experience. Previous experience working with computers and dealing with customers, clients or members of the public is required. Excellent verbal and written skills are a must, along with excellent organization and time-management skills. In addition, local government experience and FireSmart program knowledge is an asset.
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Monica Halitzki, Human Resources Manager Squamish-Lillooet Regional District mhalitzki@slrd.bc.ca We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
• Food Safe or willingness to obtain • Some knowledge of curriculum and philosophies in First Nations Early Childhood settings. Terms of Employment: • Full-time, Monday to Friday hours to be determined • Start Date: As soon as possible • Wage: (negotiable depending on experience) Cover Letter & Resume to: Title: Lisa Sambo, Manager Agency: N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre Email: lisa.sambo@nquatqua.ca Fax: 604-452-3295/3280 Deadline: until position is filled We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
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The N’Quatqua First Nation is seeking a qualified Aboriginal Supported Child Development Educator to fill a full-time position at N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre. The successful candidate will join our NCFDC team, the function of the Aboriginal Supported Child Development Educator is to provide the extra staffing support to a child care center in order for children with extra support needs to fully participate in the child care settings chosen by their families. The Educator works as a team member with child care setting staff and with all the children and families providing general support to the whole program to ensure effective inclusion of the children. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability in: • Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child. • Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and staff. • Ability to maintain confidentiality, positive, professional, non-judgemental attitude. • Physically ability to carry out the duties of the position.
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• Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports community, inclusion and is culturally significant for young Aboriginal children • Understanding and working knowledge of Child Care Licensing regulations • Interpersonal, written, oral communication skills and maintaining positive communication with parents • Collaborating with community service providers, Self-directed and able to initiate and complete projects In addition, the Educator will have: • A minimum of 2 years work experience in a child care setting • Valid Early Childhood Educator Certificate, SNE Licence to Practice. • Clear Criminal Records Check & Current First Aid • Food Safe or willingness to obtain • Some knowledge of curriculum and philosophies in First Nations Early Childhood settings. Terms of Employment: • Full-time, Monday to Thursday hours to be determined • Start Date: As soon as possible • Wage: (negotiable depending on experience) Cover Letter & Resume to: Title: Lisa Sambo, Manager Agency: N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre Email: lisa.sambo@nquatqua.ca Fax: 604-452-3295/3280 Deadline: until position is filled We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
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How to be cool in Whistler IN TYPICAL B.C. FASHION, we’ve wrung in the summer solstice by going from extra layers to an urgent warning from Environment Canada that Whistler would be hit with severe weather: a heat wave! Bring it on. Summer’s here and the time is right... Warning, schmorning, what can you say about a place where the sun shines hard every day—OK, I exaggerate—there’s plenty of things to do to entertain you, a feast of outdoor activities is just a few pedal revolutions away, the natural beauty is off the Wowee Scale, humidity is just a vague memory from when we all lived in Ontario, and the mercury follows the sun down into the comfort zone every evening, compliments of altitude and glaciers overhead?
BY G.D. MAXWELL Nothing bad. And that’s the goal for today: nothing bad. So if you were expecting another rant, move along folks, there’s nothing here for you to see. Seldom is heard a discouraging word, at least this week. In the heart of the summer and the heat of the day, there’s just no room in my overheated head to be anything but upbeat. It’s not like we get so much summer that we can afford to miss out on any of it by being grumpy. But I am not without empathy for those less fortunate, those bedeviled by long, hot days. The Summer-Challenged. Of course, I had the extreme good fortune to grow up in the southwest USA, a land of unlimited sunshine, very little rain, no biting insects, cowboy leftovers and altered-reality landscapes. Local newscasts never bothered to hire weathermen; they didn’t need them. They had amusing hand puppets whose recorded voice would say, “Tomorrow will be sunny and warm.” They were right about 360 times a year. What passes for a “really hot” day up here reminds me of a mild spring afternoon. But I feel your pain. Your concerns are my concerns. Coming of age in that environment, I learned three very valuable lessons: Always shake your boot out before you slip your foot in; learn to order cold beer in at least one other language; and know as many ways to beat the heat as Montrealers know how to stay warm when it’s -40 degrees outside. So, being the public-spirited kind of guy you’ve come to expect, here’s Max’s 10 best ways to beat the heat in Whistler. With B.C.’s restart underway and a hot weekend ahead, we just might find ourselves talking about overtourism again, but even tourists need to chill and I would be remiss to not welcome them to take advantage of these tips as well. 1. Go jump in a lake. Alta Lake is chilly-warm and wonderful and if the new plan goes well, not choked with cars. If you
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like crowded pools, jump in at Rainbow or Lakeside Parks and rub shoulders with the rest of the funseekers. Better still, rent a canoe or kayak, paddle to a secluded spot and have your own private fun. For those of you unsure, yes, naked swimming is not only allowed, it’s encouraged. Don’t forget sunscreen. If you prefer to have a lake all to yourself and like colder water, try Green Lake. Just kidding. Green Lake’s really cold. The last guy I saw jump into Green Lake came out looking like he was wearing a bow tie. He may never be a father.
assuredly worth riding over to Whistler and hiking over to Harmony Bowl to slide down a slope. 3. Grab some AC time. Yes, there are a few places in town with chilled air. If you’re in serious need of reducing your core temp and can’t abide a quick lake dip, pull up a couch in, for instance, the Mallard Lounge and order a frozen daiquiri or three. Think of ‘em as adult snowcones. 4. Feel the wind in your face as you gain altitude. Throw a leg over an ATV, crack the throttle, and get to a cool place. I can’t even keep track of who goes where
Green Lake’s really cold. The last guy I saw jump into Green Lake came out looking like he was wearing a bow tie.
If you’re one of those people who feel they have to suffer before they’ve earned their pleasure, hike up to Rainbow Lake for a quick dip. When you get back to town, book some therapy. 2. Have a snowball fight. Take a ride to the top of either mountain and dig in. Grab a cool drink and a fan and take the gondola up Blackcomb, find the nearest snow patch and pelt the snot out of each other. Make snow angels. Be sure to bring along a garbage bag. No, it’s not trashy up there, but it’s most
anymore or even who’s in the biz these days, but they all get high and the ride’s a breeze. Be sure to pass your guide; they really enjoy it when you do that. 5. Ride the wild whitewater. River rafting operators abound. From mild to wild, you shoot the rapids on Green, Birkenhead, Squamish and Elaho Rivers several times a day. Come out and find out why wetsuits are called wetsuits. Jump in for a cool float and enjoy the best rollercoaster ride without rails.
6. Eat ice cream and gelato. Health Canada urges adults and especially children to be sure you get your minimum daily allowance of ice cream and gelato during hot summer days. Lots of places around to enjoy a double scoop of something sinful and help support the chilly folks who slave over cold freezers and injure their wrists chipping out frozen heaven all day. 7. Slow down, relax and enjoy watching the hot, scurrying tourists. Whistler is endowed with a multitude of patios, festooned with brightly coloured umbrellas, crackerjack servers, and a variety of cold adult beverages. And this summer, bonus: they’re open! 8. Crash a pool. The best pools to crash include the Chateau, Aspens and probably— although I haven’t yet—the Westin. Actually the best pool is the nearest one to you. Put on a bathing suit and pretend you belong. Bring a book and use your gold card as a bookmark. Attitude is everything. 9. Bet a bartender you can spend 30 minutes in their beer cooler without raising a goosebump. They’re all sporting lads. It might cost you a twenty but you would have found some other foolish way to spend it on a hot summer day. 10. Wait for the sunset. If you’re hard to please and none of these ideas appeal to you, just grump around until the sun goes down. The air cools off quickly, the patios fill up and sooner or later we all get a good night’s sleep. Just remember, the people in Winnipeg are sleeping in a pool of their own sweat these nights, poor misguided souls. Keep cool. ■
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BLUEBERRY 3231 Peak Dr. 13,321 sqft estate lot on exclusive Peak Dr nestled next to crown land. 4 bdrm quality log post and beam home with stunning Blackcomb Mtn views.. $5,995,000
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NORDIC 202-2101 Castle Drive Nestled in the woods in Whistler! Bright, sunny & RENOVATED 2 bed / 2 bath home! Walking distance to Creekside. Perfect for a first-time home buyer, a weekend get-away home or long term rental investment property. List Price $899,000. Inquire for Sold Price.
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CREEKSIDE 2-2114 Sarajevo Drive Freshly renovated and ready to move in. This suite offers lots of sunlight, an in-suite W/D and the ability to rent nightly or use full time. This suite is on the bottom level and easy access to the Creekside Gondola. $599,000
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#413 - 4369 Main Street
$395,000
Best Price in Alpenglow! This 4th floor studio with views of Sproat Mountain is a perfect little getaway and revenue generator. Located in the middle of Whistler Village, steps from Olympic Plaza, food and shopping, and a short walk from the ski hill. Complex includes a pool, hot tub and exercise room, and secure underground parking.
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#211 - 4557 Blackcomb Way
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#35 - 1450 Vine Road
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This 2 bedroom 2 bathroom townhome in the popular Peaks complex in Pemberton comes with an oversized single garage, and the ability to park 2 vehicles in front of the unit, allowing space for all the toys to be safely stored inside. The back deck overlooks a quiet grassy common space with a very private feel to it.
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#112/113 4905 Spearhead Pl.
$989,000
Built in 2004, this 3 bedroom home with 2 bedroom suite on 2.6 acres offers endless possibilities for the active family! Freshly updated kitchen, bathroom and flooring throughout is perfect for full time living or a weekend escape. Relax in the sun on the deck with friends after a fun day on one of the nearby lakes.
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A rare opportunity to have a ski in/ski out location at the base of Blackcomb Mountain and minutes to Whistler Village. The 1 bedroom 2 bathroom floor plan allows for the bedroom and studio to be locked off and rented separately. Le Chamois is a concrete building with a gym, pool and hot tub after a hard day skiing or biking. 2 personal use parking stalls.
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2958 Stanley Road - Birken
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#4 - 2251 Sapporo Drive
Your very own 420 sq ft piece of mountainside paradise. Space maximized with one bedroom, one bathroom and lots of storage accessible from inside the home. Relax in this peaceful building nestled in the trees after your mountain adventures. Nightly, weekly, long-term rentals or unlimited owner usage allows for ultimate flexibility.
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#15 - 7408 Cottonwood St.
$799,000
Great opportunity to purchase a completely re-built 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome in Cottonwood Court in Pemberton. The townhome is being re-built from the studs up after a fire last year. The complete overhaul includes new insulation, new drywall, new plumbing, new wiring, brand new kitchen, new bathrooms, new fixtures, new doors, new flooring.
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$624,000
#4 - 2500 Taluswood Place
$3,199,000
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!
Take advantage of the rental options and enjoy the private balcony on this top floor one bedroom suite. 501 has vaulted ceilings, faces south over Petersen Park and has views of Whistler and Blackcomb. AlpenGlow Lodge is a concrete building with air conditioning and features an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna and workout room.
High up on the edge of the ski hill this 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhome boasts one of the best ski-in-ski-out locations in Whistler! A bright property with vaulted ceilings showcases features like the artfully placed mezzanine and multiple large window seats to truly appreciate the beauty of Whistler.
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Spacious, Luxurious, Rare, 19’ Ceiling, 3br, 3ba, Benchlands with ski-home trail to your door. Own slope side in the Number One Ski Resort in North America and all its’ amenities at your fingertips. Wood burning fireplace for cozy nights, greenbelt for privacy and quietude. Mesmerizing for its ‘flow’, perfect for entertaining.
Incredible 162-acre estate property on the shore of Gates Lake just 25 minutes from Pemberton. Get away from it all and enjoy 200 ft. of waterfront with a nicely updated, lakefront 1 bedroom cottage facing the docks and 3 bedroom log home. Cozy up by the fireplace and enjoy the surrounding views & fruit trees.
This 412 ft.2 studio in the heart of Whistler village is where you want to be. No running to catch the bus because you are already here. Just steps away from the gondolas that will whisk you to the Alpine Summer or winter. After a night of social activities you’re steps away from a good nights sleep while others line up in the rain for a taxi.
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