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b e s t of Pe m b e r t o n 14

STAFFING SHORTAGE Local businesses getting creative with recruitment efforts

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FIRE RISK

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FRONT AND CENTRE Deanna Drudge takes centre-stage on new album, Killing Time

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28 Best of Pemberton 2021 Pique returns with another edition of Best of Pemberton, as voted by you. - By Brandon Barrett

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week comment on the wickedly hot weather, pay

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parking and climate change, and also encourage you to think about the best use for the Northlands development.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST As Canada reels from the horrific discoveries at former residential schools, acts of protest have been met with the same kind of tone-policing common in other social movements.

66 MAXED OUT The mythology of how man came to be on the Earth is surprisingly similar across belief systems, and for the Catholic Church it also includes the belief it cannot sin.

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27 RANGE ROVER A passion project, The Low Pressure Podcast has been running for several years out

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40 EPICURIOUS In a town that has nearly endless food options, with cuisines from all around the world, Kazu Tsuchibora is bringing something new to the people of Whistler—Japanese Katsu sandwiches.

46 MUSEUM MUSINGS In 1980 the people of the Garibaldi Townsite were told to pack up and leave thanks to the danger posed by the Barrier, a massive lava rock wall holding back the Garibaldi lakes system.

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It’s hard to know if it will be a superspreader event for the pandemic or a symbol of how the world pulls together in the face of adversity. What we do know is that as of last week there will be no fans in the stands to watch after Japan declared a State of Emergency due to COVID-19 in

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Tokyo. And with that decision goes any hope of income for the fraught mega event from ticket sales—estimated to be about US$800 million (and it looks like there is little to no money coming from insurance coverage for that loss, either).

real “cost” of them will surely be measured in other ways.

For example, how about measuring the cost to Japan’s exhausted health-care workers? We all appreciate the burnout that our health-care workers at every level are feeling right now due to 16 months of hellish pandemic response.

The situation in Japan is no different.

Indeed, many in Japan’s own health-care sector have called for the Games to be cancelled. In Tokyo, medical personnel are contractually obliged to provide support for the Games, and it is being estimated that up to 10,000 health-care workers could be diverted to Olympic causes.

Said the 6,000-member Tokyo Medical Practitioners’ Association in an open letter last month: “The doctors and nurses of the medical system who are being asked to respond are already at this point exhausted, and there is absolutely no extra manpower or facility for treatment.”

“ [I]t’s going to become a lot more difficult for the Olympic movement to try and attract sponsors if they cannot deliver on their core product.”

Still, I’m sure there are sighs of relief from both the Games organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that there will be a Games at all considering about three-quarters of the revenue of the IOC comes from broadcast rights for the events.

It does mean that the purpose-built venues will be empty of spectators—that’s about US$3 billion worth of structures. On paper it is estimated that these Games have cost Japan about US$15.4 billion, but the

While vaccination is recommended for anyone associated with the Games, it is not required. So far, about 28 per cent of Japan’s population of 126 million has received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Canada is at 43 per cent fully vaccinated while B.C. is at 46 per cent) with over a million doses a day now being administered.

However, it is being reported that many of the 70,000 volunteers are not fully vaccinated, though a push is on to do so. There have been 821,296 infections

and 14,970 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the country since the pandemic began.

Obviously this is a case of money first when it comes to hosting these Games. How can a nation declare a state of emergency but go ahead and host a mega event?

Michael Naraine, an assistant professor with Brock University’s department of sport management who studies major games and the Olympic movement, told CBC in February, “I would hazard to say the biggest reason why they would never get cancelled is because of the money that’s on the table.”

Naraine said cancelling an Olympics could, in the future, diminish the significant revenues the IOC generates from television contracts and sponsorships.

“It would massively impact the brand,” he said. “The value of the Olympic brand would be devalued to the point where sponsors will not be willing to pay the price points that they are currently paying.

“And with the hyper-competitive sponsorship market that we’re seeing in sport ... it’s going to become a lot more difficult for the Olympic movement to try and attract sponsors if they cannot deliver on their core product.”

This is not to take away from the dedication and hard work of the athletes, of course. I can’t imagine the roller-coaster the last couple of years has been for them, and remember, this is a Games where none of the athletes will have their families and loved ones there to support them and cheer them on.

I still remember the passion of hosting a Games, and there is no doubt that Whistler gained a great deal from hosting the event in 2010.

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We are now dealing with a climate emergency After the record-breaking heat wave, it was encouraging to see a lot of content in this week’s Pique on the matter of global warming.

Yet just the week before, Pique carried a story about 1,400 Whistlerites again protesting pay parking. Their inconvenience suddenly appears so trivial, after the fiery destruction of Lytton, and 719 heat-related deaths in British Columbia in five days [This was about three times the usual number of sudden deaths for that time period], more victims than COVID-19 ever claimed in five months!

I am 61 years old and even the most dire climate change modelling did not anticipate 42°C in Whistler in my lifetime.

It should be evident now that anthropogenic global warming is no longer a controversy, nor a threat, and far beyond a crisis. Let us get the terminology correct ... we are now dealing with an emergency, one that should motivate all citizens and politicians to swiftly adopt drastic measures to immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Unlike the recent pandemic, there is no vaccine to save us this time. As much resistance as it may generate from indignant motorists, Transportation Demand Management is

desperately required worldwide to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

Suddenly, our municipality’s Big Moves initiative appears to be far too timid. Reduce car trips by 50 per cent in nine years? Why can’t we do this in nine days? In fact we have already done so, for a two-week period during the Olympic Games in 2010.

With so much to lose, if we cannot show some leadership on this issue, who will?

With wildfires and rained-out winters, Whistler is facing the real prospect of no trees and no snow within 10 years. That would presumably also mean no visitors, and no more need for paid parking ... is that the form of transportation demand management that we prefer?

Dr. Tom DeMarco // Whistler

Time to connect the climate dots For decades, scientists have been warning of longer, hotter, drier summers as a result of the changes we humans have caused to our climate.

In the final week of June we all got an unwelcome teaser of the future as a “heatdome” settled over B.C. In Whistler, many of us flocked to nature’s cool lakes or shaded forests for sanctuary—or just hid inside—as we collectively hunkered down to sweat it out.

In the same week, the community of Lytton, B.C. recorded the highest temperature ever recorded for Canada, not just once, not twice, but three days in a row! Peaking at a whopping 49.6 degrees Celsius (or 121°F) on June 29, the community simmered just 7°C shy of the

highest temperature ever recorded on Earth (56.7°C recorded in the aptly named Death Valley, California).

The very next day Lytton was destroyed by a fire that, like close to half of B.C.’s wildfires, was human-caused.

The pain and panic was palpable as community members called in to an emergency broadcast to alert others to closed roads, refuge centre locations and reflect—on how there simply wasn’t time: to check on neighbours; evacuate animals; or gather personal belongings.

As temperatures and the number of active wildfires across B.C. remain scarily high for early July, many in Whistler who have long been aware of the link between climate change and the increasing number, scale and intensity of fires are on edge. It is clear that in the immediate term, we all need to be ready. Pack your grab-and-go emergency bag and check out Whistler’s emergency preparedness and evacuation plans. These plans are created for the community, but they are only useful if we know what they say ahead of time.

Once our emergency bags are packed, we must focus on root causes and ramp up our collective action on climate.

Proven climate solutions already exist and we must each find ways to support changes that lessen our emissions impacts at all scales—community, business, and individual.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR others, but the goal must be progress rather than perfection, and many changes will bring opportunities to become a healthier, more resilient community.

If there is one thing COVID-19 showed us it is that change can happen quickly, and on a massive scale, when we work together to protect what we love.

At the time of writing this, the BC Centre for Disease Control highlights the tragic fatalities resulting from COVID-19 at 1,759 in 18 months. Current counts from the BC Coroners Service highlight last week’s heat wave as having killed more than 700 people in seven days.

If we want to have a liveable planet— for current and future generations of all species—we have to focus on the long game.

Let’s push and/or keep pushing employers and governments at all levels to do more.

Let’s push ourselves—to speak up, support initiatives focused on the collective good and to examine our own choices—because quite literally every action counts.

In humility and hope.

Claire Ruddy // Executive Director, AWARE Whistler

Imagine the possibilities The development of the lands at 4500 Northlands Blvd. comes with a covenant that calls for a significant community amenity in the form of a world-class tennis facility. The Beedie Whistler Holdings Ltd. group and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) have the opportunity to finally deliver on this amenity.

What an amazing opportunity for Whistler!

Imagine the positive impact on the Whistler community if the Beedie group, the RMOW and the public were able to come together and deliver on this amenity.

• Imagine if Whistler had a place where families gathered to enjoy a variety of sports and activities; • Imagine if the Wildwood restaurant was open again and everyone knew they could meet all their friends each Sunday for all-day breakfast; • Imagine if there was a facility where you could drop your kid off and know that they

would be taken care of in a positive, healthy and constructive environment; • Imagine if there was a facility in Whistler that was inclusive to all and encouraged its patrons to have fun in a healthy environment; • Imagine if we had a thriving facility with the slogan: “Fun, Fitness, Family & Friendship”; • Imagine if Whistler had a place where locals, second homeowners and tourists gathered to meet and enjoy each other’s company centred around recreation; • Imagine if there was a facility that hosted racquet tournaments that drove incremental visitors to Whistler, all of whom tended to support the local economy; • Imagine if there was a place that you could go and know that as long as you had a positive attitude you would have a great time; • Imagine if there was an organization that sponsored every kids’ team and provided free meeting venues for any community organization; • Imagine if there was a weatherproof facility that offered a variety of indoor activities for all levels day and night.

Imagine if a family-friendly, multi-use recreation facility was delivered as a result of the Beedie group’s rezoning application on 4500 Northlands Blvd. Just imagine how great that would be for Whistler families and in fact all Whistlerites.

RMOW and Beedie group, please fulfil the community obligation that is due on the lands at 4500 Northlands Blvd and let’s turn this imagination into reality.

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Audain shows resilience too Great to read about the new [Excellence Awards] Resilience of the Year award in the Pique, July 8.

I would like to point out that the Audain Art Museum showed imaginative resilience when it locked its doors but opened its collection in the “TNT” program on Zoom.

Tuesday Night at the Gallery allowed viewers across Canada and the U.S. to visit the Museum’s works virtually and hear what their makers had to say from the safety of their home studios.

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Preserving old growth [I’m writing] in reference to the article “Nature conservancy seeing demand from private landowners” by Brandon Barrett in Pique’s July 6 issue.

Ninety-four per cent of the provincial landbase is owned by the province, the remaining six per cent is privately owned. This six per cent of the land-base is overwhelmingly in lower elevations and there are very few forests left in these areas. These are the areas [that] have or used to have the highest levels of biodiversity.

If a small percentage of landowners decide that the forest they have maintained should not be clearcut and subdivided, and that the flora and fauna on that property should be kept intact, they can make a difference—[they can leave it in trust to preserve the natural wildland].

These forests, even if small, will provide a refuge for wildlife and may provide a passage way for emigrating wildlife.

Of course, in most cases, property owners will want to leave their property to their children, or the owner may need to sell in order to have enough money for retirement. There will be a few cases, however, like mine, where the owner does not have children and is not struggling financially in retirement.

If the property is left as an inheritance, it will be to members of his family, who have not lived on the property and maintained the forest and who would very likely prefer cash over property. They will sell it to a developer and it will be clearcut and often subdivided.

I would like to ask landowners interested in the [conservancy] concept to contact me for further discussions. I can be contacted by email at watewinkel@gmail.com.

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Are you a climate denier? Because if you are there are still lots of good reasons to shut off your stupid truck while you’re in your house/the grocery store/post office. Like noise pollution and the fact that (at least diesel engine) exhaust is a Class 1 carcinogen.

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MAC annual barbecue thank you!

The Whistler Mature Action Community (MAC) is very grateful to everyone who contributed to its successful barbecue on July 8, attended by 75 members.

The event attracted many newcomers to the introductory session of pickleball offered by the Whistler Racket Club, as well as a pickleball “round robin” for seasoned players and the optional extra of axe throwing! It has been three years since MAC first introduced pickleball to its members—more than 250 people now enjoy the game in Whistler!

MAC extends its sincere thanks to Nesters Market management and staff for their enormous contribution of the delicious food for the event.

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If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention A POWERFUL IMAGE has made the rounds on social media in the days since the Cowessess First Nation announced the horrific discovery of as many as 751 unmarked graves, mostly containing the remains of Indigenous children, at the former site of a Saskatchewan residential school.

BY BRANDON BARRETT The photo, shot by Donna Heimbecker, shows the doors of the St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral in Saskatoon splattered in paint and smeared handprints, with the stunning message, scrawled in blood-red: “We Were Children.”

The reaction to such a provocative act generally followed the same predictable pattern you tend to see anytime a social protest movement makes its way into the spotlight. There are the vows of support, like the eyewitness on the scene who watched as the woman painted the doors of the Roman Catholic church in real time. “It was very solemn, and it was very peaceful and it was really beautiful,” Cathy Bohachik, who was raised Catholic and said she had never heard of the residential school system growing up, told the CBC.

Then there’s the other side of the coin, those who express their understanding of the rage burbling over across the country out of one side of their mouth only to disavow such acts of civil disobedience out of the other.

You see it with practically every large-scale social resistance movement. We saw it during the civil rights battle of the 1960s; we saw it in Ferguson, Mo. after the 2015 death of Michael Brown; and we saw it more recently in Minneapolis, Minn. after the police killing of George Floyd. Inevitably, there’s a lot of handwringing and hot air wasted over the “right way” to protest, usually from those deeply entrenched in a system of power they stand to benefit the most from.

But let’s face it: paint washes off. It’s much harder to erase the blood and tears spilled by generations of marginalized people who, in this country at least, have watched for generations as their families, their communities and their identities have been ripped from them at the hands of a callous and self-serving government, a white majority fuelled by ignorance, and a complicit RCMP and Catholic Church (the latter, it should be noted, has yet to make any sort of formal apology for its role in operating residential schools, and continues to refuse to provide historical burial records).

It’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about since the remains of 215 Indigenous

people, believed to be mostly children, were found at a former residential school in Kamloops in May, and we’ve watched as it seems like scores of Canadians are finally waking up to this country’s long history of oppression and systematic dismantling of our First Peoples.

To those non-Indigenous people, I ask a question we would all do well to be asking ourselves right now: what took you so long?

It’s great to see the collective outpouring of grief and solidarity with our Indigenous communities, but it shouldn’t have had to take hundreds of dead children to finally start paying attention. First Nations across Canada have for decades been speaking up about the children who simply vanished from their midst, and the legacy of that genocide—are we allowed to call it a genocide yet?—does not sit in some distant past; its effects and traumas continue to reverberate today, so if your heart aches for the children who never returned home from residential school, it should also ache for those who did.

Canadians have a long history of ignoring our problematic past and present of racialization and colonialism, rooted in a Victorian sense of politeness that would rather avoid tough conversations than face them head on. So if it takes a bit of protest and a lot of anger to provoke our nonIndigenous population into action that is

inarguably long overdue, then so be it.

Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who has been whitewashed over the years to conform into a symbol of gentle pacifism in order to better conform to white America’s acceptable notions of Black protest, named this kind of tone-policing as one of the greatest threats to Black advancement in his famous “Letter From a Birmingham Jail.”

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens’ Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you see, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a ‘more convenient season.’”

What’s become clear in these past few harrowing weeks is, for Canada, we can no longer wait for a more convenient season, and that will inevitably require us to accept some inconvenient truths about this country we hold dear if we want to ensure a path to justice for the original inhabitants of this land. ■

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Staffing remains a challenge as tourists return to Whistler LOCAL BUSINESSES COPING WITH REDUCED HOURS AND CAPACITY; GETTING CREATIVE WITH RECRUITMENT EFFORTS

BY MEGAN LALONDE TOURISTS ARE beginning to return in droves to Whistler as public health restrictions lift and life gets closer to normal, but the same can’t yet be said for workers.

“Finding the staff that we need to run our businesses is a very challenging right now,” said Alta Bistro owner and Restaurant Association Whistler president Eric Griffith.

“And it won’t let up anytime soon … it’s going to take us all summer and through the fall to really staff this resort properly for winter.”

Griffith estimates the Alta Bistro team lost approximately 20 to 30 per cent of its staff when Whistler Blackcomb was ordered to close and indoor dining was restricted in March. “That second shutdown, that was like the breaking point for some people.

They just couldn’t be on EI anymore, they had to go do something else,” he said. “We lost some people to tree planting and [other] seasonal jobs, but I’m hoping that we’ll start to see people returning to town.”

Added Griffith, “We’re just going to keep working through it, but we’re going to have to make compromises.”

For many local businesses, those compromises include reducing capacity and shortening hours, to avoid staff burnout and lower operating expenses while ensuring service levels remain high.

SHORT STAFFED The cracks deepened by the COVID-19 pandemic are becoming clearer as tourists begin flowing back into the resort.

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Griffith’s Alta Bistro is currently only open five days per week, while Upper Village ski shop and taproom RMU announced in an Instagram post this week that it is reducing its hours due to a lack of kitchen staff.

For other businesses, that might mean owners or office staff stepping into customerfacing positions, explained Whistler Chamber of Commerce CEO Melissa Pace.

“I’ve talked to the governments about this; we need staffing,” she said. “We have such a limited timeframe, being in a resort.

We have weeks and only a few weekends to make up the loss of revenue [suffered during the pandemic.]”

Staffing issues aren’t unique to Whistler, but are posing similar challenges to tourism operators and businesses across the province, confirmed Ginger Brunner, a senior HR specialist with go2HR, B.C.’s tourism and hospitality human resource association.

Ian Tostenson, president of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, backed this up, recently estimating that the province’s restaurant industry has lost about 45,000 of its approximately 190,000 staff during the pandemic—right in line with Griffith’s estimated loss.

The ongoing shortage is motivating many employers to get increasingly creative with their recruitment efforts, Brunner said. Whistler’s Araxi, for instance, took out a full-page ad in Pique’s employment opportunities section last week, offering potential workers 50 per cent off the cost of staff housing this summer.

“We’re seeing those signing bonuses out there; the housing, flexibility in some of the scheduling and shifts that are being

offered, adjustments in compensation … and what employers or employers are providing employees as incentives,” Brunner explained.

“It’s not just end-of-season incentives anymore, but it’s referrals for hires, where if staff can refer others that are hired, then they’ll receive a bonus themselves.”

Several factors are contributing to the ongoing shortage, Brunner added, from the pandemic prompting some workers to pivot into other industries to a drop in international workers.

Despite these shortages, the provincial government this week reported that B.C. has surpassed pre-pandemic employment levels, effectively recovering more than 100 per cent of the jobs lost during the COVID19 pandemic.

In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for B.C.’s Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation acknowledged that province’s accommodation and food services sector—a significant component of its tourism industry—“saw the biggest job growth among all B.C. sectors in June, with 19,200 jobs gained throughout the province.” B.C. also leads all provinces in job recovery in accommodation and food services since the start of the pandemic, with about 88 per cent of jobs recovered, the statement added.

While Whistler hotels haven’t historically faced the same struggles as other local businesses when it comes to finding labour, Hotel Association of Whistler president Saad Hasan said this summer is different.

“You may have pockets of some hotels

that have a little bit better staffing than the others, but it is the standard, from what I’m hearing, that staff shortages are affecting our openings,” he said.

“Hotels have staff-to-guest ratios, and we are very careful about that. It’s difficult if you don’t have enough staff, because then if you open it to guests then you will find that the experience is not the same.”

Generally hotels in Whistler have a core foundation of long-term staff, and top up their roster with seasonal workers as needed, Hasan explained. But with much of that foundation comprised of international staff, a significant portion was lost when the pandemic prompted employees to return to their home countries.

Now, “what you’re trying to do is build up from absolute ground zero”—without the same international workforce that Whistler once drew, Hasan said.

That said, hotel staff aren’t yet being pushed to their limits by high-occupancy rates, despite the bustling weekend crowds that appear to have returned to Whistler. “What you’re seeing in the village is largely day visitors, because it’s not reflected as strongly in hotel accommodations,“ noted Hasan.

But in terms of B.C.’s reopening, “it’s just early days,” he added. “[The Hotel Association] accepted what came our way in March of 2020. The drive to get revenues is not at the forefront at the moment for any members. At the moment, the drive is to open as safely as possible [and] give our guests the best experience possible,” Hasan said.

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Local mayors concerned with fire risk from added train traffic CN ADDS SAFETY MEASURES ON REROUTED TRAINS

BY BRANDON BARRETT AS THE INVESTIGATION continues into the cause of a recent fire that burned most of the village of Lytton to the ground, Whistler and Pemberton mayors are raising concerns over the potential fire risk posed by additional train traffic through the Sea to Sky. “Am I concerned? Yes,” said Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton.

“I certainly would ask that CN up their game. It’s the same request I’m making to our community and I’m hopeful both will take up that challenge.”

With its operations impacted by the Lytton fire, CN said it expects to run one to two rerouted trains a day through the corridor, after more than a year of relative inactivity on local tracks. The national rail operator has also committed to additional safety measures in the wake of the Lytton blaze, including patrols along the railway as trains circulate to look for any signs of fire; inspections of locomotives and other rail equipment for mechanical issues; and a review of electronic inspection equipment data that monitors trains for mechanical problems.

As the valley continues to experience tinder-dry conditions, Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman said the additional measures CN has put in place are a step in the right direction.

“It’s very much in line with what

CN has denied any role in causing the fire and said a video circulating on social media claiming to show a train on fire in the area of Lytton was taken hours before the blaze ignited, and 45 kilometres south of the village. In a statement to media, CN said the train travelled through the area “uneventfully” and smoke seen in the video clip was from a different fire already burning.

Both Whistler and Pemberton mayors, as well as Whistler’s deputy fire chief Chris Nelson, indicated that, historically, CN hasn’t been all that communicative with local governments.

“I recognize that CN is a huge operation all over the country and goes through hundreds of small towns like ours and tries to manage all of us and our requests,” Richman said. “Nonetheless, our concern is for our valley and our residents. In that context, there have been times when communication is not what we would like it to be. Would we like to know what the schedule is, when trains are going to return, what that’s going to look like? I think that would be really helpful to local government to get that advance warning.”

Nelson pointed to a fire he said was ignited in 2018 during an extreme fire rating on the east side of Green Lake from sparks caused by CN’s rail-grinding. Despite sending several letters to the rail operator, he said he never got a response.

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3 1 3 7 H AW T H O R N E P L AC E $ 4 , 9 9 9, 0 0 0 we’ve been asking for: equipment checks, fire suppression, having a vehicle follow the transit train behind, heightened inspections,” he noted.

“Hopefully it’s at a level that we need, let’s put it that way. We hope they actually look after the vegetation, and the fire suppression is sufficient to protect us.”

No exact cause of the Lytton fire that killed two people and razed the village has been determined. Two separate investigations, led by the RCMP and Transportation Safety Board (TSB), are ongoing. Mounties are now focusing their probe on a parking lot and park area that provides access to a foot and rail bridge across the Fraser River, looking for all movements of people, vehicles and trains around the time the fire started on June 30. The TSB investigation, meanwhile, is looking into whether a freight train may have set off the fire.

and they had no precautions after the fact,” he said. “I don’t know if they’ve shut [railgrinding] down, but if not, they should, or if they don’t, they should put the correct precautions in.”

After CN emailed a statement detailing its added safety measures last week, Pique sent a list of follow-up questions, including whether the freight service is continuing with rail-grinding, and did not receive a reply by press time.

Looking ahead to the rest of the wildfire season, Crompton said it’s up to every Whistlerite to be on the lookout for signs of fire. “[I] request that residents really join in the effort to ensure that we reduce the threat of wildfire,” he urged. “Keep your eyes on the forest, FireSmart your property and do whatever you can to ensure that your actions don’t contribute to a negative event in our community.” n

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Sea to Sky paramedics say current staffing levels ‘dangerous’ WITH FEW SOLUTIONS IN SIGHT, MORALE IS ‘IN THE TOILET’

BY BRADEN DUPUIS PARAMEDICS IN THE Sea to Sky are raising the alarm about changes to deployment models, and what they see as a “dangerous” staffing shortage in the corridor.

According to one paramedic, there are no ambulances staffed in Pemberton for Saturday or Sunday for the remainder of July.

“The staffing levels for the corridor have dropped to dangerous levels. Squamish is short 34 ambulances for July, Whistler is short 14, Pemberton is short 73 ambulances and has 140 unstaffed shifts. This would not be a problem if the B.C. Government would finally admit that no one wants to work for $2/hr (what rural paramedics are paid when not on a call),” they said.

“The public needs to know that Pemberton is without ambulances overnight for 17 days in the month of July. For many of those days, crews will be extending themselves to work the 16 hours maximally

allowed under labour law to provide as much coverage as possible for the public. We do this because we are the Band-Aids holding together a very broken system.”

Pique heard from six paramedics after an article on deployment models was published in the June 24 issue, speaking directly with three of them.

Pique has agreed to keep the paramedics anonymous as they can be reprimanded by their employer, BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), for speaking out publicly, and potentially lose their jobs.

A JOB THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE Morale among paramedics is “as low as I’ve ever seen it,” one paramedic said.

“It’s not even just frustration anymore, although obviously we’re frustrated. It’s despair,” they said.

“There is this feeling of, it’s never going to get better, and when you put that on top of the psychological stress that is continuing to happen—our job is difficult at the best of

LIGHTS AND SIRENS A Whistler ambulance prepares to head out after responding to an emergency call in Whistler’s Function Junction in early July.

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times—we are feeling unsupported in a job that’s impossible.”

Another paramedic described morale as “completely in the toilet.”

Frontline staff has “lost all faith in management,” they said. “The staffing levels are so low that the crews that are remaining have to work extra hard to cover for the gaps in the schedule, and it’s impossible to find coverage when you want a day off.”

On top of feeling unsupported, paramedics have been dealing with the dual crises of COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic, another paramedic said.

“During the worst weeks of COVID there, right after the mountain shut down, Whistler

was the hotspot of Western Canada … We were transporting multiple sick people a day out of the Sea to Sky,” they said. “It leads to, quite often, burnout and stress, and work leaves, because you’re in a metal box for twoand-a-half hours going down the highway with a critically-ill patient.”

At least three to four times a week, a Whistler ambulance will have to respond with lights and sirens to a call in Squamish, a response time of almost 45 minutes, the paramedic said.

“This is not a new problem but has gotten much, much worse over the past few months. This problem directly impacts residents of the Sea to Sky, and it has gotten

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“There [are] typically six cars located throughout the corridor and lately staffing issues and deployment models have caused there to be no emergency medical services in our communities for hours at a time.”

Compounding the issue is a deployment model known as cross coverage, where if an ambulance in one community has to attend a call, one from a neighbouring town will take its place.

The method can lead to a “cascading effect,” said MLA Jordan Sturdy, who worked as a community callout paramedic in Pemberton from 1990 to 2015.

If Bowen Island with its one ambulance has a call, for example, paramedics from Lions Bay or Squamish have to cross-cover. If resources are thin, that means an ambulance in Whistler will have to cover Squamish, while Pemberton has to cover Whistler.

“Only in the most bizarre organization would a call on Bowen Island activate a paramedic in Pemberton,” Sturdy said.

“That doesn’t make a lot of sense, does it? But that is exactly what happens.”

RESOURCE DECISIONS Since he started as a paramedic more than 30 years ago, “there has been no increase in ambulances or staffing in the Sea to Sky. So I think that probably is the bottom line in many respects,” Sturdy said, pointing out that in 1990, Pemberton had a population of about 350.

“Obviously the region has grown, the visits have increased, and the ambulance service has not adapted.”

Staffing and resource decisions are often based on call volume statistics and average response times—but one paramedic Pique spoke with said BCEHS “grossly underrepresents” the volume of work done by Pemberton paramedics.

While BCEHS said Pemberton had 711 calls in 2019 and 636 in 2020, the paramedic’s stats showed 1,700 and 1,470, respectively.

Sturdy said the discrepancy might be in how BCEHS tallies its calls, noting that a Pemberton ambulance “crossing over” to Whistler is not considered a call, because paramedics don’t have a patient contact.

“If Pemberton is going to cross-over Whistler two or three times a day, that does make up the 1,700 calls, but by [BCEHS’] definition it’s not a call, so all those cross covers don’t count,” he said.

“And I don’t even know if transfers counted.”

Transfers—a Whistler paramedic transporting a patient to Vancouver—are a problem in their own right, as Sea to Sky paramedics end up stuck in the city responding to emergency calls, often until their shift ends.

Sturdy said he has been advocating for a dedicated transfer car out of the Sea to Sky for the last five years.

Even an agreement to send ambulances back to their home communities immediately post-transfer “would go a long way to making sure that we have better response times,” he said.

Yet another paramedic noted that a full roster for all the stations in the corridor is 120 shifts per month (two day crews and two

night crews, times 30 days).

“Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton have all had months recently where they have been unable to staff more than 20 of those shifts [per station],” they said.

“This is a significant reduction in coverage for an emergency service, which should be operating with lots of redundancy in the bag.”

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GOVERNMENT SEEKS SOLUTIONS Interview requests to BCEHS were deferred to the provincial Ministry of Health, which sent an emailed statement, blaming “a decade of underinvestment” by the previous government for the longstanding challenges.

The government has increased total investment in ambulances to almost $560 million this year, compared to $424 million in 2017, a ministry of health spokesperson said in the statement.

“This has meant more paramedics, more dispatchers, and more ambulances,” they said.

“Between 2017 and 2019, B.C. added 115 paramedic positions to support direct patient care, improve service and response times, and modernize dispatch operations. More recently, since January 2021, 271 paramedics have been hired by BCEHS, and 322 more job postings were issued July 2, 2021.”

But there is more work to do, the spokesperson said.

“The government’s focus now is solutions. We are working together with BCEHS and the union to find solutions, and we will have more to say soon,” they said.

But paramedics say stats from BCEHS and the government can be misleading.

One method of increasing the number of full-time positions is to convert standby cars into full-time cars, one paramedic said.

“This will be a big positive for the people who snag a full-time spot, but those who don’t get a spot will no longer be able to make a living, and the net increase in coverage is zero,” they said.

“Put another way, the total amount of boots on the street is remaining the same; but fewer people will be filling those boots, and the organization is trying to present it as all of those people being new hires, which they are certainly not.”

The most obvious way to make things better, they added, would be for every station to have fully paid shifts for every car.

“The long and short of it is that the service has been subsisting on borderline volunteer employees for basically decades, and it’s finally caught up with them,” they said.

“The only solution is to pay people.”

Sturdy believes there needs to be an accurate assessment of call volumes in the Sea to Sky, and “the ambulance services should reflect the growth in population and visits, and I don’t think that has been considered,” he said.

“And I think that we need scheduling and personnel solutions that are regionspecific. The circumstances in the Sea to Sky are quite different than in the Fraser Valley or on Vancouver Island or in the Okanagan, and we just we need some creativity, and I think chiefly we need an advocate for the region to try and create those solutions.” n

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WSAR sees busy weekend following ‘tense’ Black Tusk rescue ‘IT’S STILL A BIT OF A MYSTERY AS TO HOW ONE WOULD FIND ONESELF IN SUCH A PRECARIOUS POSITION’

BY MEGAN LALONDE JULY IS PROVING to be a busy month for Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR) volunteers, after local crews attended six different calls throughout the Sea to Sky corridor over the weekend spanning July 9 to 11.

On Saturday evening, a solo hiker descending from Panorama Ridge in Garibaldi Provincial Park required a medivac rescue after she suffered a lower leg injury.

Shortly after, a team of two female climbers in the Spearhead Range called for help after one of them also injured her leg. Fortunately for the pair, the WSAR medivac helicopter was already en route to the Whistler Health Care Centre and managed to pick them up just before dusk.

“There’s a certain amount of anxiety, you can well imagine, if you’re calling in, and darkness is approaching and you’re worried you’re going top have to spend the night and somebody is injured—there’s a lot going through your mind, and then to have the guy on the other end of the line say, ‘Can

the search for 33-year-old Daniel Ring, who as of July 13, remains missing after failing to return from his planned trip to Rampart Ponds Campground, along the Elfin Lakes trail.

To round out the weekend, search-

you be ready in a few minutes?’ [is a relief],” said WSAR president Brad Sills.

On Sunday evening, WSAR was once again called on to extricate another injured climber who had sustained a knee injury near the summit of Mt. Weart,

“Black Tusk is not known as a place to go rock climbing.”

- BRAD SILLS

and-rescue volunteers worked alongside Whistler firefighters to extract a mountain biker who suffered an upper leg injury while riding Business Time.

“Certainly Squamish (Search and Rescue) has been experiencing call volumes like this for about a month and a half, and we’ve been smugly sitting back here,” Sills said. “I think it’s too early to say [the increase in calls] is a trend, but there’s a lot of people out there.

near Wedge Mountain also in Garibaldi Provincial Park.

The steep terrain meant the searchand-rescue crew wasn’t able to land or hover-exit near the subject or her climbing partner, Sills explained, so the pair was long-lined out of the area.

WSAR also attended two mutual aid calls over the weekend: One to assist Pemberton Search and Rescue on Mount Matier, and another in Squamish to aid in

“And they’re quite ambitious targets that people are doing—it’s not like they’re just hiking to Rainbow Lake anymore.”

That said, the calls received over the weekend weren’t due to a lack of preparedness, but were simply a series of unlucky results of accepting “the normal risk that you take when you endeavour to partake in these sports,” Sills added.

But days before the onslaught of weekend calls, a high-stakes operation ended in WSAR rescuing a 52-year-old hiker stranded for several hours in a precarious position on Black Tusk.

The woman called 911 for help at around 1 p.m. on July 6 after finding herself disoriented while hiking in Garibaldi Provincial Park, said Sills. “We would normally associate a call of that profile to be somebody that was on one of the hiking trails, perhaps on the Helm Creek Trail or in the general vicinity of Taylor Meadows,” Sills said.

But after failing to find anyone matching the subject’s profile in those areas and hearing the woman describe her location as a very steep piece of rock, crews commenced an aerial search of Black Tusk.

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NEWS WHISTLER WSAR ultimately located the woman stuck on an exposed, west-facing aspect about halfway up the iconic spire.

“It’s still a bit of a mystery as to how one would find oneself in such a precarious position,” Sills said.

Crews would typically prescribe a longline rescue for someone in her position, explained Sills, but due to the height of the cliff, didn’t feel they had clearance for the helicopter’s main rotor blades to get close enough to the terrain to reach the subject.

That prompted WSAR to call upon their counterparts in Squamish for assistance with a technical, high-angle rock rescue, but that strategy didn’t prove feasible either—“simply because the rock face was just so unstable that there was a huge risk of dislodging a rock, both onto the subject or having one come down on the rescuers themselves,” Sills said.

“Black Tusk is not known as a place to go rock climbing.”

The tricky situation forced rescuers to get creative. They filmed one SAR member demonstrating how to put on a screamer suit—a hammock-style harness—and texted the video to the search subject. Once she acknowledged that she received the footage and understood what she was being asked to do, rescuers loaded up a helicopter with all the long lines in WSAR’s arsenal, amounting to more than 78 metres of rope.

Pilots had to fly the aircraft above the height of the Tusk itself to get within arm’s reach of the rock face.

rescuer in getting the carabiner back onto his line, because that necessitated coming in very close contact with her. And she was standing at this point, which made her position even scarier. [But he] managed to pluck her off the side of the mountain using that technique,” Sills said.

“It’s not something any of us would like to do again.”

The woman, who Sills said was visiting the Sea to Sky corridor, was uninjured when she was rescued shortly after 6 p.m.

Following the difficult rescue operation, Sills reiterated the importance of sticking to marked trails while out exploring the backcountry. “The trails are there for a reason and if you stay on them, the chances of running afoul are a lot less,” he said.

“And there will be people there to help you, if you do.”

As snow in the alpine continues to melt and hiking season continues to ramp up, Sills also reminded backcountry users that mountain rescue in B.C. is a governmentsponsored emergency service that is provided without a fee to those who require it. People who genuinely find themselves in need of help should call 911.

COMPLEX CALLOUT With a little creativity, Whistler Search and Rescue volunteers on Tuesday, July 6 successfully saved a misguided hiker who found herself stuck in a dangerous position on Black Tusk.

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“We were able to hand the screamer suit to the subject and allow her to put that on, because she was in such a precarious position, we didn’t want to touch her in case she were to fall,” Sills said. “She was

exposed to an excess of 200 feet (60 metres) of vertical.”

After the woman successfully donned the harness, “we came back in, and we had a few seconds [where it was] very tense for the

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Whistler Annual Report details challenging 2020 DRAFT REPORT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT; SOFI TO BE PRESENTED JULY 20

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHISTLER’S 2020 Annual Report and 2021 Corporate Plan are now available for review and comment at whistler.ca.

The documents detail a challengingbut-productive 2020, as well as the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) audited 2020 financial statements.

“Overall 2020 was clearly a challenging year, to which we believe the RMOW rose very well,” said director of finance Carlee Price in a presentation to council on July 6.

The RMOW had $46 million in cash at the end of 2020, a figure Price called “unusually high” (especially compared to the $9.6 million listed at the end of 2019), and which she contributed to the timing of the school tax.

“School tax was due and payable early in 2021; the cash to cover that expenditure was on the balance sheet at the end of 2020,” Price said.

“That amount in particular is higher by $26.7 million, relative to where it otherwise would have been.”

Total reserve balances reached $92.1 million in 2020 (up slightly from $91.9 million), while the RMOW’s long-term debt

balance climbed to $42.6 million (up from $40 million in 2019).

There was a $4 million decline in revenue in 2020, while expenditures were down sharply as well (from $97.3 million in 2019 to $88.7 million in 2020).

“This primarily had to do with cuts to the Festivals, Events and Animation program, in line with the decline in visitation in 2020, and also reflects a declining MRDT, or hotel tax revenue, coming into the RMOW,” Price said.

The RMOW’s 2020 Statements of Financial Information report, which details the top earners at municipal hall as well as payments to suppliers, will be presented at the July 20 council meeting.

Despite the challenging conditions presented in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Annual Report details some significant accomplishments, noted chief administrative officer Virginia Cullen, including the adoption of the updated Official Community Plan, the introduction of the Big Moves Strategy on Climate Action, progress on Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2, the completion of new Whistler Housing Authority builds (four new buildings in four years), and more.

This year’s Annual Report adds a new focus area for council to go along with the staples of housing, climate action and

community balance: pandemic recovery.

The RMOW has been in “various phases of response and recovery” throughout the last 16 months of the pandemic, Cullen said, adding that the municipality lead and supported many areas outside of its typical purview, including relocating the food bank to the Conference Centre, supporting

“The pandemic really emphasized the need for a balanced approach...”

- VIRGINIA CULLEN

the operation of vaccine clinics, enabling businesses to expand their patios and looking at new ways to manage parks and village spaces.

A dedicated group of Whistlerites helped guide the process through the RMOW’s Recovery Working Group, Cullen said.

“The pandemic really emphasized the need for a balanced approach to our success,” she said.

“How do we land in a place where the needs of the community, economy and the environment are considered together, and how do we ensure a strategic recovery?

These are all things that have been considered as part of the working group.”

With provincial health guidelines loosening on July 1, the RMOW has now shifted more into recovery mode, Cullen added.

Some of the municipality’s “areas of emphasis” include an increased commitment to diversity, quality versus quantity in tourism, and promoting cooperation within Whistler, “so that we’re not duplicating work amongst ourselves, and we’re finding important synergies amongst each other to help accelerate progress,” she said.

“Or in other words, we’re not working together as a bunch of individuals, we’re actually working together as partners and as a team. All of this is done with a continual improvement of building off previous success, so that we do not try and reinvent the wheel.”

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First round of Northlands engagement wrapping up COUNCIL BRIEFS: HOW SHOULD WHISTLER DEAL WITH OFFLEASH DOGS?; COUNCIL SEEKS STIFFER FINES ON NOISE

BY BRADEN DUPUIS WHILE

MUCH of the discussion concerning the enhanced rezoning for the Northlands development north of Whistler Village has been focused on recreation amenities, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is hoping to broaden the discourse before a related survey closes on Monday, July 19.

“We want to just be sure that in this discussion, and in this process, we’re capturing a really broad perspective from the community. I think that it’s really, truly important to hear from everyone,” said general manager of resort experience Jessie Gresley-Jones.

When it comes down to it, the enhanced rezoning process is about building a new neighbourhood, Gresley-Jones said.

“I think it is easy to get excited and passionate about the potential for an amenity to be delivered as part of this process, but ultimately we’re building a new neighbourhood that’s going to shape Whistler for the coming decades, and that’s a huge deal for the community,” he said.

“And I think we want to make sure that everyone is excited about that, and that we’re getting a representative cross-section of the community.”

While there is still lots of discussion about the tennis amenity first proposed for the lands in 1988, “what is quite interesting to think about, and we need the community to really think about, is what has changed in Whistler since 1988,” Gresley-Jones said.

The community has hosted the Olympics and transformed itself into a true four-season destination resort since then, and with that have come new challenges around housing and overtourism.

“Ensuring we shape this to be a resilient, sustainable site that meets our future objectives, those pieces are incredibly important in a process like this, and a project that is so significant in size, scale, and ideal location,” Gresley-Jones said, adding that municipal staff need to keep fiscal responsibility and the greater needs of Whistler as a whole at the forefront of the discussion.

“And those are not easy conversations to have,” he said. “They are going to be challenging and opinionated over the coming months, but I think we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t dive in to really understanding the gaps in our community and what is going to benefit the greatest number of people living in Whistler.”

Once the first round of public engagement

closes, RMOW staff will identify key themes— like housing, recreation or connection to the existing village, for example—before developing a framework to start moving forward with design concepts.

“We’ll do another full round of consultation around those concepts, [and] we anticipate there will be significantly more feedback at that point,” Gresley-Jones said.

“That’s when people can start to see what the site might look like. I think that’s when it gets exciting.”

Once a “preferred concept” is chosen, council can move forward with a more typical rezoning process, complete with more public engagement and a public hearing.

The full rezoning is targeted for completion in September 2022.

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HOW SHOULD WHISTLER DEAL WITH OFF-LEASH DOGS? Despite Whistler’s Animal Responsibility Bylaw requiring all dogs to be on leash (outside of designated off-leash areas), off-leash dogs continue to be an issue in the resort.

A recent letter to council on the matter prompted a short discussion at the July 6 council meeting.

“I don’t know how, culturally, we change this in the community, because it’s just common. No one leashes their dog ever, it seems to me, so I don’t now how you switch the culture to create that,” said Councillor Ralph Forsyth.

“I would love for someone to come to us with a presentation about how you change the culture of the community to make people want to keep their dog on a leash.”

Coun. Jen Ford agreed, noting that offleash dogs are common on the Valley Trail and in Whistler’s parks.

“It’s a bit concerning that we can’t wrap our heads around this, because not everyone loves dogs jumping on them,” Ford said.

“I love dogs, but I think that everyone has a right to feel safe, and dogs are unpredictable, so put your dog on a leash, please.”

Chief administrative officer Virginia Cullen pointed out the Resort Municipality of Whistler had a dogs-on-leashes education campaign two years ago.

“We just haven’t had the bandwidth … but we will be bringing it back,” Cullen said.

“Staff knows there is an issue and that there is some work we can do around communications that support this.”

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 21 COUNCIL SEEKS STIFFER FINES ON NOISE BYLAW An update to Whistler’s noise control bylaw, given first three readings at the July 6 meeting, led to a discussion about stiffer fines for infractions.

The bylaw update proposed a penalty of $250 for noise infractions stemming from house parties or outside of designated quiet hours (10 p.m. to 8 a.m.).

“I just see that when there’s a party and a bunch of people, and they split it and they all chip in 10 bucks, it’s not very onerous,” said Councillor Cathy Jewett.

Jewett noted the penalty for construction and industrial noise in prohibited hours (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.) is $500.

“I was just thinking why don’t we go to the same level,” she said.

After a short discussion, council opted to defer the fee schedule bylaw to a later meeting.

“Prior to making that change I think a wise step would be perhaps for staff to go back, do an analysis of neighbouring communities and other Lower Mainland communities to make sure that we are in line with what’s typical, and to talk to those communities about any experience they’ve had with higher fines prior to writing this into law,” said general manager of corporate and community services Ted Battiston.

The noise bylaw was last updated in 2004. The new update implements clearer

language and removes non-enforceable aspects—specifically, the definition for personal watercraft or snowmobiles on Alta Lake, Green Lake, Lost Lake and the River of Golden Dreams.

Waterways are the jurisdiction of the federal and provincial governments, noted protective services planning analyst Kevin Creery in a presentation to council.

“In terms of enforcement, that includes the Conservation Officer Service … and also the RCMP, and they can enforce provincial and federal legislation on lakes and rivers in Whistler,” Creery said.

RMOW bylaw officers respond to about 50 noise complaints a year, Creery said.

“Since January 2019 I think it was 143 complaints over that period, so it averages about 50 a year,” he said.

HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION FRUSTRATING WHISTLERITES Whistler’s mayor and council have heard your frustrations about ongoing highway repair work north of Whistler Village—but concerns are better directed at the provincial Ministry of Transportation, according to Mayor Jack Crompton.

“I have received a lot of correspondence from people concerned about the highway construction north of town, and I just want to note that that is provincial roadway,” Crompton said at the July 6 council meeting.

“And though I think we are being

collaborative and doing our best to encourage that to happen in a respective manner for our community, people should consider also communicating with the provincial ministry of transportation as that is their project.”

Councillor Cathy Jewett wondered if the work could be done at night, when fewer people are commuting.

“The reason for that is, first of all, the amount of [greenhouse gases caused] by kilometres and kilometres of vehicles stopped, and because it’s so hot they don’t want to turn their cars off so they can keep

“I just want to note that that is provincial roadway.”

- JACK CROMPTON

their AC going,” Jewett said.

“So we’re actually creating more impact on our environment by having these projects run during the day, and also it’s a huge drain on peoples’ time, as well.”

The Resort Municipality of Whistler did raise concerns with the Ministry of Transportation about the timing of the work prior to it beginning, said general manager of infrastructure James Hallisey.

“They just insisted that they need the good weather that we usually see in July and

August to get this done,” he said.

“Usually they avoid night work within towns just because of the noise aspect of it, but it’s something we could ask them about in the future.”

Comments and questions can be sent to minister.transportation@gov.bc.ca.

AGE-FRIENDLY SURVEY CLOSES JULY 18 Whistlerites have until midnight on Sunday, July 18 to share their thoughts on how to help local seniors age in place in the resort.

“The RMOW is seeking input from residents, second homeowners, caregivers and service providers to inform an agefriendly, 55-plus assessment and action plan,” said Mayor Jack Crompton at the July 6 council meeting.

“Input is being collected via a community survey, virtual one-on-one interviews and focused conversations.”

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Naturespeak: Protecting Whistler’s lakes

BY LYNN KRIWOKEN AND TOM ENGLISH WHAT IS HAPPENING once a week when a Whistler resident rows out to the deepest part of Alpha, Nita, Alta and Green lakes, or goes to the end of the clothesoptional dock on Lost Lake?

At each location, water-quality data is being collected. For one measure, a black and white circular disc 25-centimetres in diameter and attached to a tape measure is lowered down into the lake until it is no longer visible. This depth is a measure of water clarity.

Those doing the measuring are all volunteers with the Whistler Lakes Conservation Association (WLCA), which formed in 2020 to help conserve and protect Whistler’s five main lakes. The Association works with the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the BC Lake Stewardship Society (BCLSS) and the Ministry of Environment to achieve those goals.

Increasingly, community concerns are growing about the impact of human activity in and around Whistler lakes. This includes improper land development, dock construction, inadequate septic system maintenance, excessive nutrients from fertilized lawns and poor boating practices.

For example: • Altering the waterfront with lawns can increase erosion to the shoreline, reducing habitat and increasing sediment deposited into the lake; • Excessive nutrients can be transported into water due to runoff from fertilized lawns and septic systems that are not maintained properly. This may result in algae blooms, excessive growth of aquatic plants, decrease in water clarity, lower levels of dissolved oxygen, and increased levels of coliform and E. coli bacteria; • Building a dock can impact shoreline

habitat, cause erosion, remove vegetation, and introduce unwanted substances to a lake if improper building materials are used; • Poor boating practices can result in wake effects, disturbance to wildlife, excessive noise, and pollution.

Since the WLCA formed it has established many programs to deal with the multitude of issues that confront Whistler’s lakes. Collecting water quality data is part of the Whistler Lake Monitoring Program that works with the BCLSS regarding training, sampling equipment, technical support, data management and funding for laboratory analysis.

Lake monitoring is important volunteer work and raises community awareness and contributes to the long-term health and enjoyment of Whistler lakes. Further, it will expand freshwater knowledge in B.C. through coordinated and credible community-based monitoring and reporting.

Data from the program will be uploaded to the provincial database and will help our community, governments, and others to understand the health of our lakes and inform future stewardship and management actions.

In 2022, the WLCA plans to expand lake monitoring to a more comprehensive Level 3 Program.

Toward this end, applications are out to cost-share a Dissolved Oxygen Meter.

Dissolved oxygen is an important indicator of water quality and, as part of our longterm monitoring plan, will help with understanding lake chemistry and biology.

The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has recognized the value of lake monitoring to our community by providing financial support of $1,500 from its EnviroFund.

To learn more or get involved please go to whistlerlakes.ca.

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Pemberton payroll fell slightly in 2020, SOFI finds ANNUAL REPORTS FROM 2019, 2020 DETAIL ONGOING PROJECTS, COVID IMPACTS

BY BRADEN DUPUIS PAYROLL COSTS at the Village of Pemberton (VOP) fell slightly in 2020 after jumping more than $600,000 in 2019, according to the annual Statements of Financial Information report received by council on July 13.

All in, VOP staff earned a total remuneration of $2,653,896 in 2020, down from the $2.9 million reported in the 2019 SOFI report.

Twelve VOP employees earned a remuneration of over $75,000 in 2020, with chief administrative officer Nikki Gilmore ($135,000, up from $131,868 in 2019) leading the way, followed by manager of corporate services Sheena Fraser ($104,357, up from $101,454) and finance manager Lena Martin ($100,000, up from $97,693).

Employees earning under the $75,000 SOFI threshold accounted for $1.4 million of the VOP’s total payroll.

Mayor Mike Richman earned a remuneration of $29,733, while each of Pemberton’s four municipal councillors earned $14,743.

On the supplier side, the VOP paid $8.2 million for the provision of goods and services in 2020—well below the $17 million reported in 2019.

PEMBY PRIORITIES Pemberton residents can read more about council priorities from 2019 and 2020 in this year’s Annual Report.

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Aside from $1.6 million paid to the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District and $716,785 to the Receiver General (for policing costs), the largest payment was $672,942 to Hazelwood Construction Services for the completion of the Downtown Enhancement Project, followed by $579,337 to Sunstone Ridge Developments.

VOP revenue dropped to $8.4 million in 2020 (down from $13.5 million in 2019, and well below the $14 million budgeted at the beginning of the year prior to COVID),

because of COVID and the restructure of duties prevented us from being able to fully complete it,” Fraser said in a presentation to council, in explaining why both reports were being presented at once.

“This year we’ve taken a bit of a different approach and we’ve looked at it from the standpoint of council’s strategic priorities.”

Some of those priorities included an economic development strategy, an update to Pemberton’s Official Community Plan,

“This year we’ve taken a bit of a different approach and we’ve looked at it from the standpoint of council’s strategic priorities.”

- SHEENA FRASER

while expenses climbed from $6.4 million to $7.1 million.

The Village had $8.2 million in cash and cash equivalents at the end of 2020, compared to $5.1 million at the end of 2019.

Read the full SOFI report online at pemberton.ca/government/budget.

Council also received both the 2019 and 2020 Annual Reports at the July 13 meeting, which highlight some of the major accomplishments of the past two years.

“Unfortunately, last year we were unable to complete our annual report

affordable housing, asset management, daycare expansion and a community climate action plan (to name just a few).

While action on some of the priorities is in a “holding pattern,” the report offers details on where each priority stands, “and gives a good overview of everything that we at the staff level have been doing to move council’s priorities and initiatives forward,” Fraser said.

Some priorities have been delayed due to COVID, “but we will be moving back and bringing those forward as we continue on as

we get through the recovery stage and get back to normal,” she added.

This year’s Annual Report also includes statistics showing how Pemberton is growing, including population (from 3,024 in 2019 to 3,103 last year, an increase of 2.6 per cent), building permits (100 in 2020, up from 87 in 2019), business licences (416, up from 399) and even Facebook interactions (a whopping 15,313 in 2020 compared to 3,549 in 2019).

Another interesting inclusion is a timeline of events related to the COVID19 pandemic, from when the pandemic was declared and Pemberton saw its first presumptive case to the ministerial order requiring masks in indoor spaces on November 25.

“This timeline will actually continue in our 2021 Annual Report as we report out over this year’s activities related to COVID,” Fraser said.

“It was an opportunity to give sort of a bit of a breakdown of where the province made announcements and the municipality’s response to those.”

Find the annual report online at pemberton.ca/government/annual-reports.

“I really hope people do access it. I think it really does give a good and fairly complete snapshot of all the work that goes on behind the scenes,” Richman said.

“Some things hit the headlines, some things catch the attention of our residents, others just go unnoticed, understandably, but I think there’s been a lot of work done over the last couple of years on a lot of really good activities.” n

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COVID-19 CHANGED THE WAY FIREFIGHTERS OPERATED IN 2020

BY HARRISON BROOKS PEMBERTON FIRE RESCUE attended 348 incidents in 2020, down significantly from the 459 they attended in 2019.

The drop in numbers was “due to COVID-19,” according to the Pemberton Fire Rescue annual report, which was presented to the Village of Pemberton regular council meeting July 13.

Of the 348 calls, 111 were for medical aid—that’s 32 per cent of all calls. This was also down from 2019 where 51 per cent of calls were for medical aid.

Fires represented 26 per cent of the department’s call volume with 91 total calls.

Members of Fire and Rescue spent a total of 355.5 hours responding to calls, which was also down from 2019 where they spent 452.25 hours on incidents.

The COVID-19 pandemic also affected Pemberton Fire and Rescue in a few other ways—it meant that members could not engage with the community as much they normally would and it threw some curveballs into the training schedule.

“Pemberton Fire Rescue assisted with the Halloween fireworks and conducted a Santa’s tour around town at Christmas,” said the report. “[But] the pandemic drastically reduced our involvement with the community.”

Previous to March 11, 2020, members participated in weekly training sessions, but those were put on hold for two months due to the pandemic. Training resumed in June with a modified program consisting of four training sessions a week with just four to six members attending each, in order to adhere to the COVID-19 safety regulations.

Despite the drastic drop in calls in 2020, and the two-month gap in the training schedule, the training hours went up from 195.5 hours in 2019, to 296 hours in 2020.

This was due to “an increase in time dedicated to the training program by the chief and deputy chief, as it was vital that the training requirements set forth by the province continued to be met while at the same time ensuring adherence to the public health orders,” according to the report.

Said fire chief Robert Grossman: “So, these additional volunteer hours are put in while maintaining full-time jobs, as well as family and other commitments.

“The dedication and commitment each member of Pemberton Fire Rescue gives to the department as well as the community is very much appreciated, and residents

“Residents should be proud of the commitment these members provide.”

- ROBERT GROSSMAN

should be proud of the commitment these members provide.”

Grossman also took time to highlight some of the department’s 2020 award winners including Paul Quinlan who was honoured as “Firefighter of the Year” and “Outstanding Firefighter of the Year for Most Attendance to Incidents and Training;” Lloyd Niceforo who won “most Improved Firefighter of the Year;” and Mike Zgud who won “Rookie of the Year.”

Over the past two years, Pemberton Fire Rescue also said goodbye to two long-time members—Jason Pospisil retired in 2019 after 17 years of service, and Kyle Bubbs retired in 2020 after 18 years of service.

Over that same time span, the department had one major promotion with Cameron Adams being promoted to full-time deputy chief training and fire prevention. n

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Angus Jones

Blueberry River First Nations court victory offers path to reconciliation

April 18, 1941 - June 29, 2021

A RECENT MOMENTOUS court victory for Blueberry River First Nations could put Canada on track to realizing key Truth and Reconciliation Commission“calls to action.”

Two of those are for government to “fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation” and to “renew or establish Treaty relationships based on principles of

My father Angus was a Native Court Worker in the Sea to Sky corridor for over thirteen years.

He was a Council member for the Lil'wat Nation in his younger years. He managed men’s fast ball teams and was a great pitcher. He resided in Maple Ridge for the past fifteen years or more.

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Thank you to the staff at Ridge Meadows Hospital including the Garden Pavilion for caring for my father. Angus leaves behind three daughters - Andrea, Lucinda and Jackie, eleven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. Angus was a survivor of St. Mary’s Residential School which he attended for 10 years. He will be dearly missed.

mutual recognition, mutual respect, and shared responsibility for maintaining those relationships into the future.”

That would be transformational. How will governments renew or establish treaty relations when provinces have long been ignoring and breaking treaty promises?

How can a declaration be implemented that includes Indigenous Peoples’ rights to free, prior and informed consent when provincial decision-making excludes them, relying instead on consultation?

The Blueberry River First Nations court ruling provides some answers. Resource extraction and agricultural activity have heavily disturbed Treaty 8 territory in the Peace River Valley in northeastern B.C., severely affecting Blueberry’s way of life and ability to hunt. The Nations spent more than a decade expressing concerns about cumulative impacts to the Oil and Gas Commission, forestry companies and the province. After being bounced between departments or

“Delay in dealing with these matters and the continuation of the status quo has benefitted the Province.”

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opportunity to harvest healthy wildlife.

These conditions are not being met in this landscape where, according to 2018 data, over 90 [per cent] of the Blueberry Claim Area is within 500 metres of a disturbance.”

She added, “The wildlife are not as healthy or abundant,” noting Blueberry people “do not have peaceful enjoyment on their traplines or in their hunting areas, as they smell the sour gas and hear the drones of oil and gas infrastructure. They do not feel safe or welcome in their territory.”

Justice Burke also found that, despite B.C.’s claims, it failed to plan for cumulative effects: “the evidence shows that the Province has not only been remiss in addressing cumulative effects and the impacts of development on treaty rights, but that it has been actively encouraging the aggressive development of the Blueberry Claim Area through specific royalty programs (including for marginal wells) and Jobs Plan policies.”

She wrote, “Delay in dealing with these matters and the continuation of the status quo has benefitted the Province,” but the “tipping point” has been reached and change is needed.

Blueberry didn’t seek financial remedy but, rather, changes to planning and approvals processes. Justice Burke ruled, “The Province may not continue to authorize activities that breach the promises included in the Treaty, including the Province’s honourable and fiduciary obligations associated with the Treaty, or that unjustifiably infringe Blueberry’s exercise of its treaty rights.”

This historic ruling will put Blueberry River First Nations at decision-making tables around industrial extraction and development approvals. It also marks a groundbreaking step toward shaping the

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disregarded, they took the province to court in 2018, arguing their treaty rights were breached.

The late-June B.C. Supreme Court ruling said the province failed to uphold its treaty promises and outlines a bold new framework for decision-making around resource extraction.

Justice Emily Burke said the Crown promised First Nations under Treaty 8, as with most numbered treaties, “that there would be no forced interference with their mode of life. They would be as free to hunt and fish after the Treaty, as they would be if they never entered into it.”

The B.C. government argued, among other things, that Blueberry members could still travel in their territory to hunt, even if not for their preferred species (caribou are threatened with extinction, and moose populations are declining), and thus their treaty rights were not infringed.

Justice Burke disagreed. “Blueberry needs places to exercise its rights and an

future of treaty relations—as long as the province maintains its commitment to reconciliation by not appealing, which would add further delays.

Other provinces should take note, as the context is similar from coast to coast.

The ruling offers renewed hope for Blueberry members, who have watched in sorrow as their land was degraded year after year, and for allies frustrated by provincial adherence to the status quo and limitless resource-extraction approvals that have thrown roadblocks on reconciliation pathways.

Many First Nations have tried to seek justice through the courts. Few have won.

This ruling creates a path to repair both treaty relationships and the land.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin. ■

RANGE ROVER

Mark Warner: No pressure MARK WARNER was making dinner and listening to a podcast one evening in fall 2012 when he thought Hey, I should check out a ski podcast! But when he searched, he couldn’t find one. “That night as I was falling asleep a lightbulb went off,” he recalls. “I thought: I live in a town where I personally know dozens of the world’s biggest-name skiers.”

Warner snapped on the real light and

BY LESLIE ANTHONY jotted down some ideas before going back to bed. As with most brainstorms before they fully break, this one ruminated a while.

Then, in spring 2013, Warner got serious and checked out a YouTube tutorial on how to make podcasts. “I started working on it that summer. The previous winter I’d skied a Khyber lap with a group that included Ian McIntosh and laid out the whole idea.

McIntosh encouraged me to do it so he was my logical first guest.”

The Low Pressure Podcast (LPP in popular parlance) was born. Now heading into Season 9 with some 200 episodes in the can, Warner’s lightbulb has expanded into a de facto network with the recent addition of The Brett Tippie Podcast featuring the eponymous freeride mountain-bike legend, former snowboard

IN THE STUDIO A passion project, The Low Pressure Podcast has been running for several years out of Whistler and is set to expand its boundaries.

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racer, and gregarious event host. But that’s only the most recent waypoint in Warner’s saga. In the beginning it was just the Coquitlam native, his 13-year stint as a ski-mad Whistlerite for cred, and a new microphone.

From the outset, the LPP channelled the gestalt of people and personalities who’ve dedicated their lives to snowsports—pro and not so pro, reprobates and industry folk, filmmakers, photographers and writers (full disclosure—I’ve been on). Although he disavows favourites of any kind, noting he has great chats and learns from everybody, Warner will admit to a certain fascination

are all the questions I’ve written down’ and it loosens them right up. With someone who thinks they have nothing to say, I make it my mission to find something they’re enthused about. My job is to make people feel comfortable—to have a conversation and not conduct an interview. If a guest finishes a story with ‘I’ve never told anyone that before,’ I consider it a success.”

For his part, Warner has never had trouble talking. “I’ve served tables my entire adult life and you learn quickly how to figure out people in a few minutes—to gauge moods and get information without

“I did an episode at the Ski Industries America show with a few other ski podcast hosts. One of the questions posed was ‘How often do you think about quitting?’ Most of them answered ‘Every day.’ I said ‘never.’”

- MARK WARNER

with the photographers who hold up a mirror to the sport. “The conversations often end up on creativity—not just how they view skiing but how they use their craft to portray it. Not so much about their lives as the concept of what we all do.”

Naturally, leveraging stories out of people isn’t as easy as flicking a switch.

Many are out of their element. “You need to have a few tricks in your back pocket,” says Warner. “For instance, I’ll often show the guest a piece of blank paper and say ‘These

being intrusive—and talk.”

Fifteen years ago, he told someone he’d eventually find a way to talk about skiing and be paid for it. “Well, I’m halfway there—I have the opportunity to chat with the most amazing people in skiing and not get paid for it,” he jokes of the difficulty in keeping a good podcast going, of tracking down subjects, of the tech time involved and of getting sponsors—not to mention navigating the current glut of podcasts in a subject area he pioneered.

“I did an episode at the Ski Industries America show with a few other ski podcast hosts. One of the questions posed was ‘How often do you think about quitting?’ Most of them answered ‘Every day.’ I said ‘never.’”

During the entire life of LPP, in fact, Warner has worked fulltime at the usual Whistler roulette wheel of jobs. It’s a big commitment, and eight years of fascinating conversations with a hobby that just barely paid for itself got him thinking about what was next. It was time, proverbially, to shit or get off the pot. “During one crappy restaurant shift I started thinking about what my out was. Could I improve the episodes? By this point I was also filming each one, which required even more time and energy and made me realize I didn’t really have the resources to go to this next level. So, I thought about starting another podcast—which I knew how to do. It planted a seed. Then, in August 2019 I saw Brett Tippie during Crankworx and I knew he was the answer. I didn’t know him but walked straight over and introduced myself. We chatted a bit but I didn’t call him back until March. We talked some more and I agreed to produce a podcast for him. It took a bit longer than expected, but now it’s out and kicking.”

It’s likely not the end of Warner’s branching out. “I have ideas for doing a few bigger things with podcasts that haven’t really been done, but we’ll see if I can get the right sponsors.”

In other words—he’s ruminating.

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

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b e s t of Pe m b e r t o n

BY BRANDON BARRETT PHOTOS BY DAVIDBUZZARD.COM At this time last year, in the early months of the pandemic, celebrating Pemberton’s best and brightest in Pique’s annual readers poll felt untimely, to say the least.

But a year later, as health restrictions loosen up and we welcome back a steady stream of visitors, it feels like the veil has lifted, much like the masks that have obscured our faces throughout COVID-19.

So, it is with a clear conscience and a full heart that Pique

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returns with another edition of Best of Pemberton, as voted by you. Although I’m sure you’re sick of hearing from political leaders and car ads about all the ways the pandemic has offered its share of silver linings, there’s no denying how the chance to reflect over these past challenging months has reiterated what’s important to us all. And for Pembertonians, it’s clear the pandemic only reinforced how important supporting local truly is.

With that, we thank everyone who took the time to fill out the survey, and we offer our heartiest congratulations to all the finalists. In the paraphrased words of the one and only George Costanza, “We’re back, baby!”

FEATURE STORY PEMBERTON MEADOWS

Quintessential Pemberton FAVOURITE PEMBERTON NEIGHBOURHOOD 1. Pemberton Meadows 2. The Glen 3. Mount Currie

MOST DESIRABLE AMENITY MISSING FROM PEMBERTON 1. Swimming pool 2. Ice rink 3. More restaurants

NO. 1 REASON WE ARE NOT LIKE WHISTLER 1. Sense of community 2. Less touristy 3. Farming

FAVOURITE VOLUNTEER 1. Graham Turner 2. Karen Tomlinson 3. Shirley Henry

FAVOURITE PEMBERTONIAN 1. Bob Menzel 2. Katelyn Spink 3. Graham Turner

BEST LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE 1. Integration with Lil’wat Nation/N’quatqua for opportunities to learn from traditional knowledge 2. Salmon restoration 3. Bear attractant management

NEWS STORY OF THE YEAR 1. Scotiabank announces closure of Pemberton branch 2. Lil’wat Nation clears all active cases of COVID-19 following cluster 3. The VOP’s ongoing response to COVID-19

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Passing the torch

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raham Turner, Pemberton’s favourite volunteer for the fourth year running, has a simple request of his fellow locals: Don’t vote for him next year.

“My goal was to not win this, to be honest with you, and to slowly pass the torch on,” he says.

The founder of Pemberton BMX and the former president of the Pemberton Chamber of Commerce until he left the volunteer role late last year, Turner’s legacy in the community he calls home is already well established. And with a plethora of dedicated volunteers commiting their time and efforts to great causes across Spud Valley, Turner is hopeful someone else will take his well-earned honour next year.

“In some cases, I’ve tried to kick the ball along the field and I feel like I’ve passed the ball onto other people in the community to run with it,” he says. “There are so many different volunteer … opportunities in our community and we should all take some time out of our busy lives to kick the ball along to someone else and leave it better than when you arrived. That’s my mantra.”

In his time at the chamber, Turner helped establish a paid executive director position and secured long-term funding, and he’s heartened to see other local organizations set up governance boards so that others like him can be compensated for contributing to causes they hold dear.

“That’s another legacy left at the chamber: we’re a governance board, which allows a board to not feel so overwhelmed having to do everything,” he explains. “You can sit on a board and help make decisions, and that has certainly helped some organizations in Pemberton with that governance piece just to ensure it’s moving in the right direction and being governed properly.”

On the BMX side of things, Turner has taken a bit of a step back, although you can still find him announcing from the sidelines on race nights. He’s also taken on the role as the Lil’wat Nation’s new manager of retail operations, and has established a clothing and accessories line made and designed locally, called Pemberton Brand.

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Media, Arts and Culture FAVOURITE PEMBERTON ARTIST/ARTISAN 1. Painter Levi Nelson 2. Painter Vanessa Stark 3. Painter Karen Love

FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHER 1. Anastasia Chomlack 2. Amie LeBlanc 3. Toshi Kawano

FAVOURITE BAND/MUSICIAN 1. Dakota Pearl 2. Grateful Greg Reamsbottom (of the Hairfarmers) 3. The Spiritual Warriors (formerly known as Kalan Wi)

FAVOURITE WRITER 1. Lisa Richardson 2. Anna Helmer 3. Blair Kaplan

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Food and Drink FAVOURITE OVERALL RESTAURANT

1. Barn Nork 2. The Hwy. Café 3. Mile One Eating House

BEST VALUE 1. The Hwy. Café 2. Mile One Eating House 3. Grimm’s Gourmet & Deli

BEST BREAKFAST 1. Blackbird Bakery 2. North Arm Farm 3. The Hwy. Café

BEST PLANT-BASED MENU 1. The Hwy. Café 2. Stay Wild Natural Health 3. Barn Nork

BEST TAKEOUT 1. Barn Nork 2. The Hwy. Café 3. Mile One Eating House

BEST DESSERT 1. Blackbird Bakery 2. The Pony 3. The Hwy. Café

BEST COFFEE 1. Mount Currie Coffee Company 2. Blackbird Bakery 3. Lynx Café

1. Mile One Eating House 2. The Pony 3. The Hwy. Café

BEST BEER SELECTION 1. The Beer Farmers 2. The Pony 3. Mile One Eating House

BEST SERVICE 1. The Hwy. Café 2. Mile One Eating House 3. The Pony

BEST PATIO 1. Fescue’s at Big Sky 2. The Beer Farmers 3. Mile One Eating House

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hey say so much of life is timing, and if you’re Leonel Marques and Laura Mooney, the owner-operators of one of Pemberton’s first all-vegan eateries, the Hwy. Café, the past year has proved that in spades.

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, Marques was laid off from his kitchen job at Town Square Restaurant. That night, Mooney mentioned a space for lease she saw in Pemberton’s industrial park, and the couple jumped at the chance to open their own spot. In case that wasn’t enough, two days later Mooney learned she was pregnant with their first child.

For the average person, it might have all been too much to handle, but for the industrious Marques and Mooney, it only hastened what was a long-held dream.

“I know it’s bad to say, but that whole situation accelerated our life into another direction that’s been a blessing for us,” the 32-year-old Marques says. “I’ve always wanted to own my own restaurant and it just happened for us.”

With the café not even a year old, it’s clear the couple is doing something right. Taking home awards for Best Value, Best Service, Best Plant-based Menu and Favourite New Business, The Hwy. Café is proof that an all-vegan restaurant can be not only delicious, but profitable, too.

Marques, a restaurant industry veteran of 15 years, says when he would tell people they were opening a café with an 100-per-cent plant-based menu, he was usually met with disbelief.

“I would get scoffed and laughed at. People would say, ‘I’ll give you two months. You’ll never make it.’ In that sense, it was a motivator to us,” he notes. “We believe in what we do so much. Laura and I both always had the faith that we knew this was going to work. Having faith in ourselves and the quality of our product, it speaks for itself.”

With a focus on home-cooked comfort food like hearty Beyond Meat burgers and wraps, The Hwy. Café counters the prevailing notion some may have of vegan restaurants, a niche the couple saw needed filling in the Pemberton market.

“Laura and I are both plant-based,” Marques says. “We used to live in the industrial park and there was nothing, really, for us to eat. There weren’t that many options other than salad or fries … It’s all comfort food. A lot of downhome eats. Nothing that people can’t pronounce.”

The couple were also adamant about keeping prices accessible, which proved to be a godsend in a global health crisis when money was tight and dining out became more of a luxury.

“Honestly, I think we came in at the right time with a price point that was great, especially when people weren’t working full-time on limited hours,” says Marques. “Then once they realized they liked it, they kept coming back. It was such an organic thing. We didn’t do any advertising or anything. It was just through social media, our Instagram and word of mouth, that it really just took off.”

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Sports and Recreation FAVOURITE GOLF COURSE FAVOURITE LAKE 1. Big Sky Golf Club 2. Sunstone Golf Club

FAVOURITE BIKE TRAIL

FAVOURITE SUMMER ADVENTURE ACTIVITY

1. Birkenhead 2. Gates 3. Anderson

FAVOURITE WINTER ADVENTURE ACTIVITY

1. Cream Puff 2. Happy Trail 3. Fat Tug

FAVOURITE HIKING TRAIL 1. Lumpy’s Epic 2. One Mile 2. TIE: Valley Loop and Cool Creek Canyon

1. Backcountry skiing and snowboarding 2. Cross-country skiing 3. Snowshoeing

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1. Mountain biking 2. Backcountry hiking 3. Boating

FAVOURITE ATHLETE 1. Mountain biker and BMX rider Lucas Cruz 2. Paralympic sit-skier Ethan Hess 3. Freeskier Logan Pehota

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o butcher a certain lemonade-themed saying, when life gives you a pile of dirt, you make a jump out of it.

At least that’s the approach 19-year-old BMX rider and mountain biker Lucas Cruz and his family took when the vast majority of races were abruptly swept off the table in the pandemic.

“It was kind of a blessing in disguise, in some ways,” says Pemberton’s four-time Favourite Summer Athlete. “We really rallied together as a family and built up our property with dirt jumps and pump tracks, so we were still training and riding real hard.”

Not that Cruz didn’t have a few chances to shine on the

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podium. Taking part in last year’s reworked Crankworx Summer Series, he won the dual slalom at Kicking Horse and took home second in the same event at Silver Star before injury prevented him from competing in the event’s final week at Sun Peaks.

The limited race schedule also gave the teenager a greater appreciation for the few opportunities he did have.

“We were just so happy to be out there and racing and riding with everyone again. It was a really amazing experience,” he says.

Cruz isn’t content to rest on his elite status as one of B.C’s best riders, though, which could help explain why he has become a perennial favourite in this category.

“I really try to give back as much as I can to the community and get out there on the BMX nights and help out or volunteer, coach and that sort of stuff,” he adds.

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Business Services FAVOURITE FARM

1. North Arm Farm 2. Laughing Crow Organics 3. Helmer’s Organic Farm

FAVOURITE WELLNESS/FITNESS SERVICE 1. Ivy Esthetics 2. Leaning Cedar Therapy 2. TIE: Pemberton Valley Wellness and Evergreen Fitness & Yoga

FAVOURITE HOTEL OR BED AND BREAKFAST 1. Pemberton Valley Lodge 2. Joffre Creek Cabins 3. Loghouse B&B

FAVOURITE TOURISM OPERATOR 1. The Beer Farmers 2. Copper Cayuse Outfitters 3. Blackcomb Helicopters

FAVOURITE BUILDING/ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 1. BC Passive Haus 2. New Leaf Contracting 3. Fitzgerald Building Company

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A slice of farm life

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regular winner in the food and beverage categories, The Beer Farmers took home a win this year for a category that might at first glace seem like an unusual one for a microbrewery: Favourite Tourism Operator.

While not a tourism provider in the traditional sense, the fourth-generation farm run by the Miller family does hold a distinct place in Pemberton’s tourism market. Between its popular and photogenic sunflower maze and its status as a central stop on the new self-guided Pemberton Farm Tour, it’s the farm’s approachability and openness to visitors that has earned the plaudits of locals since first opening in 2018.

“One of the big aspects of the Beer Farmers is involving people in that Pemberton farm life. The way we set it up is so it’s very approachable and people can come and hang out. It’s a real farm and people are working all around, so it’s a real way for people to get a slice of that farm life,” says co-owner Will Miller. “In our mind, it’s all part of the same thing: providing an authentic experience to people.”

The latest slice of genuine farm life? Glad you asked.

“The other day, some of our pigs got out and they got onto the patio of the brewery,” says a chuckling Miller. “You can’t make that stuff up.”

Earning a win in Best Beer Selection, as well as a silver in Best Patio, The Beer Farmers were not without their challenges over the past 15 months. With the pandemic disrupting supply chains nationwide, the Millers—who pride themselves on selfsufficiency like any good farmer—decided to purchase their own canning machinery, effectively cutting out the middleman.

“It allowed us a lot of flexibility and it allows to stay a small operation,” Miller notes. “We basically have more tools to solve problems now, and that really helps with a small, family-run business.”

BEST WEDDING VENUE 1. TIE: North Arm Farm and Riverlands Red Barn 1. Big Sky Golf Club 3. Dreamcatcher Meadows

FAVOURITE GAS STATION 1. Pemberton Petro Canada 2. Lil’wat Gas Station 3. AC Gas

FAVOURITE NEW BUSINESS 1. The Hwy. Café 2. Pemberton Haven Ice Cream Truck 3. Sea to Sky Optometry

FAVOURITE REALTOR 1. Katelyn Spink 2. Danielle Menzel 3. Lisa Hilton

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SPORTS THE SCORE

Whistler Skateboard Club runs first pro session of the summer TEAM CANADA SKATER, ADAM HOPKINS, WAS THE FIRST GUEST COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THE WHISTLER SKATEBOARD CLUB’S KIDS’ CAMPS

BY HARRISON BROOKS EARLY LAST WEEK, the Whistler Skateboard Club (WSC) held its first guest pro session of the summer with Team Canada skateboarder, Adam Hopkins.

“It was really fun because the kids got to see a calibre of skateboarding in the park that not many people get to witness in person,” said Harrison Gray, co-owner of the WSC. “But the camps have been fun. The kids have been beyond stoked, so it’s fun to see. It brings me back to being a kid again seeing the absolute stoke and joy over learning a new trick and getting all the hype from your friends.”

But it wasn’t just the kids who were stoked to be there. Hopkins himself was pumped about being able to give back and help grow the same kind of skateboard community he had as a kid, something he believes is incredibly important for growing the sport.

“Community was so instilled in me as a kid from me going to skateparks,” said Hopkins. “The older guys would sort of look out for you a little bit, let you know if you are acting up. They’re like big brothers in a sense.

“And that’s something that, as a skateboarder, you kind of have a duty to do.

OLLIE KING One of the Whistler Skateboard Club camp kids practises his ollie under the watchful eye of guest coach Adam Hopkins.

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It’s given to you and then you pass it on as you grow older. The more kids that are skating and love skateboarding, the more skateparks we’re going to have, the better of a scene we’re going to have and skateboarding is just going to continue to grow and prosper.”

The camp consisted of 12 kids with a wide range of skill levels that included some who were stepping on a board for the first time, all the way to kids who have been skating for a couple years. According to Hopkins, for some kids the focus was

on its side on the ground, so that’s a pretty good progression for just a couple days.”

According to WSC head coach Truth Smith, there is a trickledown effect from having someone like Hopkins come out to the camps. The kids learn a lot, but 17-yearold Smith also gained insights on how to be a better coach, all while taking away some tips and tricks to improve his own skills as well.

“As a skateboarder, riding and coaching with Adam pushes me to learn new stuff, add new details such as grabs to tricks

“Whistler has been on the forefront of the Olympics, snowboarding, biking and skiing so it only makes sense that they are on the forefront of competitions in skateboarding too.”

- HARRISON GRAY

on getting them used to balancing on the board, while others were learning how to drop in on ramps and get their ollies higher.

According to both Gray and Hopkins, the best part of the three-day camp was seeing the progress the kids had made by the end of the final day.

“There was one kid that I was working with that was just excelling every day,” said Hopkins.

“From Day 1 to Day 3 his progression was pretty phenomenal. He went from Day 1 ollieing up something that was three inches tall to actually ollieing over a skateboard

and we can feed ideas off each other on what tricks to do on certain features at the skatepark,” said Smith.

“He’s a great mentor for me and just having the opportunity to watch him skateboard helps me a lot, as I can see what type of techniques he shows the kids as well as how he helps them overcome the little fears they get. Overall, just a huge mentor to me.”

The WSC will be running weekly camps in Whistler every Monday to Wednesday until October, as well as weekly camps through August in Pemberton and

Squamish from Tuesday to Thursday. They are also hoping to run a couple more pro sessions this summer and are in the works of bringing a sanctioned Canada Skateboard event to the Whistler Skate Park.

“We are working with Canada Skateboard to get [our event] sanctioned so they can start using it for a national ranking list. We are talking about having cash prizing and actually hopefully bringing in some top-class skateboarders,” said Gray, who also works as a judge for Canada Skateboard.

“The next big thing is trying to ramp up to bring a world-class calibre event to town. Whistler has been on the forefront of the Olympics, snowboarding, biking and skiing so it only makes sense that they are on the forefront of competitions in skateboarding too.”

As for Hopkins, who fell short of the cut for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, he will be spending his summer doing a couple projects and competitions both internationally and in Canada, as well as taking some time for himself before re-focusing on making the cut for the 2024 Games in Paris.

“I got invited to a contest in Russia at the end of July but they had a flood out there so I’m just waiting to hear on confirmation of that, and I’m off to the Kootenays for this Red Bull project on Monday,” said Hopkins, who also hopes to get back to Whistler at least one more time this summer.

“But after the three years of heading towards the Olympics, I’m going to keep skating and pushing forward, but I’m also going to relax a little bit.” n

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THE WHISTLER WOLVES officially kicked off their season with the team’s first competitive warm-up games happening over the weekend at a tournament in Burnaby.

According to team president Blake Stewart, the Wolves had only one loss in the round robin before going all the way to the finals. However, because it was just an exhibition tournament and both teams had some injuries, the two squads decided to forego the final game and let their players rest up before the season gets underway.

The Wolves’ Rugby League British Columbia (RLBC) season officially kicks off on Saturday, July 17, with a match against the Vancouver Dragons. These mark their first games in over a year after last season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The team will also be hosting two games in Whistler on Aug. 7 and 21, both to be held at Whistler Secondary School.

According to Stewart, the Wolves are always looking for more players and have space for everyone, regardless of skill level.

Training happens every Wednesday night at 6 p.m.

For more information, check out the club’s Facebook or Instagram accounts or email Blake at whistlerwolvesrl@gmail.com.

The Axemen Rugby club has also started summer training in Squamish.

While the Axemen’s season doesn’t start up until October, they are running weekly training sessions every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Howe Sound Secondary School, as well as weekly drop-in and touch rugby games every Tuesday at the same time and location.

They also have car pools set up for anyone who would like a ride to Squamish to play.

The club will be running some introto-rugby sessions for Sea to Sky youth in Whistler and at the Squamish Nation Youth Centre this summer.

For more information on how to get involved, you can contact the club via Facebook or through email at axemenrugbyclub@gmail.com.

JACKSON GOLDSTONE CONTINUES DOMINANCE IN EUROPE Squamish’s Jackson Goldstone followed up his second-place finish in the Junior downhill World Cup in Leogang, Austria and his first-place finish at the U19 event at Crankworx Innsbruck with another gold medal performance in the junior division in Les Gets, France this past week.

Goldstone was then off to the Enduro World Series in La Thuile, Italy where a hot start in the first couple runs left him

RUGBY LEAGUE The Whistler Wolves Rugby club are ready to get their season underway this weekend.

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sitting in third heading into the final run.

Unfortunately, a crash-filled final saw Goldstone fall off the podium into fourth place. He currently sits 19th in the Enduro World Series (EWS) Global Rankings.

Goldstone wasn’t the only local rider who had success in Italy last week. After taking third in the first leg, Andreane Lanthier Nadeau, based out of Squamish, ended up in 26th in the Elite Women’s division, but still holds the sixth spot in the EWS Global rankings. Meanwhile, Whistler’s Jesse Melamed finished fourth in the men’s division in La Thuile and currently sits third in the world in the global rankings.

And finally, Georgia Astle rode her way to a top-15 finish in both La Thuile and Canazei, Italy and currently sits 17th in the global rankings.

ADULT FIELD HOCKEY GETS GOING Whistler Field Hockey hosted its first dropin, adult field hockey sessions on Monday night at Bayly Park in Cheakamus.

Twelve people with skill levels ranging from complete beginners to former national level players participated in the session.

These drop-in sessions will be held in the same location every Monday night from 6 to 8 p.m. until October. Currently, there is capacity for a maximum of 30 players.

It costs $9 per week and each participant is required to have a stick, mouth guard and shin pads. However, one of the founders of Whistler Field Hockey, Joelle Tiessen, said she does have some extra sticks available for those who just want to try the sport.

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Whistler’s Kazu Tsuchibora bringing a new flavour to town through Kumo TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KATSU SANDWICHES ARE ON THE MENU EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN FUNCTION JUNCTION

BY HARRISON BROOKS IN A TOWN that has nearly endless food options, with cuisines from all around the world, one man is bringing something new to the people of Whistler—Japanese Katsu sandwiches.

Katsu simply means a crispy fried cutlet of meat made with traditional Japanese panko breadcrumbs. But for Kazu Tsuchibora, a Gifu, Japan native and Whistler local for the past six years, it means a chance at owning his own restaurant and bringing the people of Whistler something new and delicious in the process.

“Everybody likes sandwiches. I’m just try to do it a little bit different for Japanese taste. We are doing katsu. Katsu means deep-fried with egg. It’s very popular food in Japan, everybody likes katsu in Japan,” said Tsuchibora.

“It is very traditional; the katsu sandwiches [are] very popular in Japan. And we wanted to give an added

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option to everybody because its new thing from Japan. Vancouver has everything, but here, especially [during COVID19], people can’t get everything from Vancouver. It is difficult, so we wanted to try a new way, a new thing, to give people something new.”

Initially, Tsuchibora moved to Whistler with a plan of staying for just a year. But like so many others in this town, he fell in love with Whistler and decided to stay. So, he got a work visa and began working at Teppan Village.

“I just came here for snowboarding, I was supposed to go back to Japan after one year,” he said. “But I’m living here, and it has so much good praise that I decided I don’t want to go back to Japan, I want to stay here longer.”

It wasn’t until a few years later, after receiving his permanent residency, that Tsuchibora began thinking of one day starting his own business. And after a friend from the farmers’ market told him about Chirp Co-Kitchen, a shared kitchen that businesses can rent hourly instead of having to deal with the costs of a full-time kitchen, the plan started to come together.

And in March of this year, that idea came to life, and Tsuchibora started his restaurant Kumo—named for the Japanese

word for cloud because of the online ordering format.

Despite only being open on Mondays and Wednesdays for lunch right now, Tsuchibora—who still works as a chef at Teppan Village on the other days of the week—has big plans for his restaurant that include catering and one day finding his own space and making this his permanent job. However, the first step towards that is gaining popularity in the community.

“Our focus is on getting popular in Function. So, I’m focused on the locals.

Also, I want to get into some catering, for like conference events and business. I want to bring delivery to a company or event for lunch or something,” he said. “[We are] serving only Facebook and Instagram for now on the pre-order but I thought the Function people, some have no Facebook, no Instagram, but our goal [is to get] more popular. So, I’m trying to think, ‘how do I get more popular using the Facebook?’ I should bring sample or just menu to [businesses]. It’s now doing well but I’m trying to do more to get popular.”

While the menu is small, with just three unique sandwiches including chicken katsu, potato katsu and a vege sandwich— as well as the option to combine any of the three into one—the food doesn’t leave you

wanting more.

Served on a soft fresh bun, the thick-cut chicken and potato katsu are served with teriyaki sauce and finely shredded cabbage mixed with mayo and mustard, giving a fresh element that pairs well with the deepfried topping. The vege sandwich comes with the same finely shredded cabbage but also includes tomato, lettuce, avocado and a special vegetable sauce.

When asked what makes his sandwiches so good, Tsuchibora took a moment before explaining that it’s the combination of the good price, convenience and delicious traditional Japanese flavours that keeps people coming back.

“Sandwiches [are] very easy to eat, it’s not very expensive, easy to eat going into summer,” he said. “Good for walking, they bring it hiking, the winter sports, they can take it everywhere.”

Each sandwich costs between $11 and $11.50 and is served with edamame. Also, if you are in the mood for some dessert after your meal, Japanese roll cakes have recently been added to the menu and cost between $15 and $17 for a full cake or four dollars for one piece.

You can learn more about Kumo, or place an order for pick-up, on their Facebook or Instagram page. n

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Kids can ‘Crack the Case’ at the Whistler library this summer DETECTIVE-THEMED PROGRAMMING INCLUDES SELF-DIRECTED SCAVENGER HUNT MODELLED AFTER PEMBERTON LIBRARY’S POPULAR EVENT

BY BRANDON BARRETT IT’S BOUND TO be a hardboiled summer at the Whistler Public Library (WPL) for all the young gumshoes out there trying to put the finger on some stiff and send him to the big house.

Now that I’ve run through my limited knowledge of 1920s detective slang, let’s translate: the local library is hosting a range of kids’ programming this summer that follows the province-wide BC Summer Reading Club theme and is sure to scratch the itch of any young mystery lover.

“This theme has really resonated with our team. I think they’ve really run with this idea of detectives, mystery, whodunits and exploring curiosity about the world around us,” says WPL program coordinator Jeanette Bruce.

The centrepiece of this year’s reading club is a new initiative for WPL, the Crack the Case Community Scavenger Hunt, designed by youth services specialist Julie Burrows. Beginning July 12 and running for much of the summer, each week will offer a number of fun activities and missions to complete. Armed with an activity passport to fill out, kids will collect points for each task completed, with both weekly prizes and

DETECTIVE STORY The Whistler Public Library has a wide range of detective-themed programming on offer this summer to help kids have fun and maybe even learn a new skill along the way.

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a grand prize draw at the end of the summer.

“I have to say, even as an adult with no kids, I would happily participate in this scavenger hunt,” says Bruce. “It takes you all over Whistler, it takes you to locations you might not normally visit, or it takes you to common locations but makes you find little details that you wouldn’t normally see.”

The summer-long event was modelled after the Pemberton & District Public Library’s scavenger hunt that was first launched in 2018 after the library wasn’t getting much uptake for its B.C. Summer

who credited senior library assistant Jen Zichy for designing the hunt.

Another benefit of the hunt is that it requires kids to collect their points in person, helping library staff create a deeper connection to their youngest patrons.

“One of the bonus missions is to plant a garden this summer and come in and show a librarian a picture of your garden. So there’s lots of semi-interactive things, like write a detective story and come in and tell your story to a librarian,” notes Bruce, who adds that she is “jealous of my colleagues

“This theme has really resonated with our team. I think they’ve really run with this idea of detectives, mystery, whodunits and exploring curiosity about the world around us.”

- JEANETTE BRUCE

Reading Club programming. Prior to that year, the summer club would attract a dozen or fewer kids in each age group. But in the scavenger hunt’s inaugural year, they got 118 kids signed up.

“It’s a great program but the way it was working then was not working for our community. So we came up with this idea of taking the Summer Reading Club theme but putting a Pemberton spin on it and having it be accessible for families the whole time throughout the summer, at a time that worked for them,” explains Pemberton library director Emma Gillis,

working the service desk, because I won’t get any of these super adorable visits.”

The scavenger hunt is but one of the mystery-themed programs happening in Whistler this summer. Also starting July 12 is the Crack the Case Virtual Escape Room, which puts young PIs to the test to prove they are Whistler’s greatest detective by solving a series of online puzzles.

Then there’s the Draw Your Own Adventure Workshop on July 15, from 4 to 5 p.m., with Vancouver illustrator and comics artist Zoe Si, who will guide kids entering grades 1 through 7 in designing

and drawing their own detective characters.

Space is limited.

Local author Rebecca Wood Barrett is leading two workshops this summer; the first, a mini-mystery writing workshop, runs from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on July 20, 21 and 22, where she will give tips to kids aged 10 and up on how to craft their very own whodunit. That’s followed by Digging in the Dirt: Unearthing the Grit in Your Writing, also from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Aug. 24, 25 and 26, where kids 10 and up will get advice on how to develop characters that feel real and stories that surprise the reader.

Running all summer is the Code Your Own Adventure Sphero Challenge, which lets kids learn to code through hands-on play using a Sphero Bot, an app-enabled robot that lets users “see the coding play out in real time in how the Sphero behaves,” Bruce says. Participants will have to sign out a Sphero Bot as they would a library book, with a three-week lending period.

It’s yet another example of the kind of interactive, purpose-driven programming at the WPL that engages kids in innovative ways so their skills stay up to snuff through the summer months.

“That’s really a foundational element of Summer Reading Club: making sure kids are staying engaged in these literacy games and activities so that they go back to school in September with the full toolkit they left with in June,” adds Bruce.

Some of the events require registration, while others don’t. To learn more, and to register, visit whistlerlibrary.ca/blog/crackthe-case. n

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Deanna Drudge moves from ‘girl in the back’ to centre-stage on Killing Time CLOSE TO QUITTING MUSIC ALTOGETHER, THE PANDEMIC REIGNITED SQUAMISH FOLK ROCKER’S PASSION

IN 2018, Deanna Drudge was close to quitting music altogether. In her hometown of Stouffeville, Ont., her bandmates were approaching that phase when life—family, relationships, career, etc.—were starting to take precedence over art.

Music had also begun to take a backseat for the now-31-year-old, as Drudge became more focused on the business and administrative side of the band, a truism of pretty much any creative trying to make a living from their art.

“It had been several years since I had felt the newness and the discovery of music,” says the Squamish folk rocker.

“When you first start playing, there’s so much excitement behind it. You’re excited about what you’re going to create, you’re not playing for anyone at that point, and you’re not recording so there’s no expectations and you’re just doing it because you love it.

I think I had lost track of that.”

An admitted introvert who describes herself in her latest intimate single, “June,” as the “quiet girl in the back,” Drudge thought at the time she might be better off making music in her bedroom than playing to rooms full of strangers.

“There was part of me that thought, maybe I don’t like doing music in that context. Maybe I just like doing it on my own, in my house, and that’s it,” she says. “I felt good about that and thought maybe that was the direction I was going to go. Then I moved to B.C. and the band disbanded.”

The singer-songwriter spent a whole year with her music on the backburner, and that’s where she thought it would stay until, looking for a change in scenery, she relocated from Squamish to Chilliwack in March of last year.

(She has since moved back to Squamish.)

March 2020, you may remember, was the month COVID-19 started to rear its ugly head in this part of the world, and knowing virtually nobody in a new city (“I saw my landlord at least,” she says), the pandemic only added to her sense of isolation before she had even unpacked her moving boxes.

“I spent the first six weeks of COVID fairly alone,” Drudge recalls. “The first five days were pretty distressing and after it sunk in, it was like, ‘OK, this is my life right now.’ I kinda felt like I was in a social experiment. What does Deanna do when she’s left alone for weeks on end?”

What Drudge did was immerse herself in her art, and she soon recaptured the childlike excitement she felt years ago when first getting into music.

“Just knowing that I couldn’t play shows and no one could do anything, I was just playing from a place of pure enjoyment and doing it for myself,” she says. “It was that

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process that reminded me of why I love music.”

Her latest album, Killing Time, is the product of those solo sessions, an introspective blend of art folk, grunge and soul-stirring harmonies that harken back to the ‘90s golden age of women’s alt rock.

Drudge penned and arranged each of the 11 tracks with just her acoustic guitar, which seems fitting for a debut record that feels as raw lyrically as it does musically.

Drudge is upfront about her anxiety and depression on the album, which gave her an outlet to process her emotions before she felt fully ready talking about them in other parts of her life.

“When I was writing those songs and previous songs in the past, too, I found it was a release and it was a way to express what my inner world was before I was comfortable talking to people about it,” she says. “I also appreciated when other artists I like wrote about those darker feelings that a lot of people experience. My frame of mind was like, ‘Well, if I can write about it, too, maybe it can be a support for somebody else.’”

Assuming the spotlight doesn’t always come naturally for Drudge, but she’s more than willing to step into the glow if it means connecting with a likeminded audience.

“It’s nerve-wracking for me. It’s not a natural position for me to be in, but at the same time I’ve always loved music, I’ve always loved playing music and it was always a dream to play music in front of people,” she says. “There’s so much personal growth that comes with it. But at the same time, it’s exciting as well. I haven’t played in front of people in a long time, but every time I do, I take a step forward in confidence and in my personal growth. I don’t know if I’ll ever love being the centre of attention, but there’s such an appreciation people share in music, so I think if I keep that as the focus, that makes me feel better about it.”

Killing Time is available now. To pick up a digital copy, and for more information, visit deannadrudge.com. n

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Re-Integration: Movies are back!

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Emma Stone (Easy A, Superbad) stars (and hitting us with bullshit “Back to School Sale” elevates everything) as the titular hero/ ads pretty soon (seriously, what kind of a villain—an orphaned street-urchin/fashion dick move is that? The poor kids have only designer in the 1970s with an eye for been out for three weeks, at least let them the bold, and a mysterious past. Emma taste the freedom of childhood), but the big Thompson (Nanny McPhee) steps in as the news this week is not back to school, it’s back Baroness (think Anna Wintour/Meryl Streep to theatres! in The Devil Wears Prada, but worse).

Sure, sure, many theatres have been Yes, this is the same Cruella De Ville limping and piecemeal-ing along for a while character that wanted to kill all the now, but Marvel dropped the Black Widow Dalmatian puppies and make them into a movie in theatres only last Friday and if coat in the old cartoon, but Disney (wisely) Marvel has faith in the future, then we has skipped the animal abuse, rewound all should. Personally, my return to form the narrative, and stacked what could have been a humdrum cash-in rehash with NOT SO CRUEL Emma Stone as Cruella in talent, verve, and a kick-ass soundtrack.

Disney’s live-action Cruella.

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134-minute run time, and some of his roaming Boogie Nights-style camera moves would have benefited from more practical magic and less CGI, but for the most part, this is a female-driven, fashion designer throwdown with solid acting, youthful glee, and the best costumes we’ve seen in years.

Crusty critics are calling the Punk Rock ethos too watered down but guess what, it’s for kids—just exposing them a Stooges song is a huge step in the right direction (suck it Drake). Fashion hasn’t been this fun since Zoolander and Cruella is the anti-hero young boys and girls have been waiting for.

Sticking with Disney (cause it’s easy to rule an industry when you own most of it), Summer of Soul just dropped on Disney+ and this directorial debut of Ahmir-Khalib Thompson (a.k.a. Brother Questlove from The Roots) is easily the best music doc of the year thus far. In the summer of 1969, the same year that Woodstock was happening about 60 kilometres away, Harlem’s Mt. Morris Park hosted the Harlem Cultural Festival for six consecutive weekends and showcased, to nearly all-Black crowds of

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Thankfully, Questlove saw the value in this pivotal moment in Black cultural history and cut the historical gold together with contemporary interviews of attendees and performers. And isn’t it interesting that a dude who can create entirely new songs in realtime using turntables and a sampler can also piece together a highly compelling, utterly engaging flick—the opening segment, set to a bonkers-awesome drum performance by Stevie Wonder, is one of the most attentiongrabbing sequences ever. Featuring unseen performances by BB King, The Staple Singers, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson and more. This is neo-Blackness, supersonic perfection. And long overdue.

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WHISTLER QUESTION COLLECTION, 1981.

BY KEELY COLLINS

evacuation order in 1980, the removal of the Garibaldi Townsite has been shrouded in controversy. A small-but-growing community was urgently ordered to leave their town, and the fight that ensued made headlines for years. During the evacuation, tensions ran high, motives were questioned, and a variety of theories (some more feasible than others) were put forward.

At the centre of the controversy is the Barrier, a lava rock face that dams the Garibaldi Lake system—it is over 300-metres (980 ft) thick and about 2.4-kilometres (1.5 mi) long where it impounds the lake.

As early as the 1850s there were concerns about the stability of the rock face. Indigenous oral histories document a destructive landslide in 1855 that resulted from a slab of rock falling from the Barrier.

Later that decade, William Downie, a surveyor sent to the region by the Hudson’s Bay Company, noted in his diary that the land beneath the Barrier had been ruined, and voiced concern over its stability. It took more than a century for something to come of these accounts, and in the meantime the area continued to be developed.

In the 1970s, the Department of Highways commissioned a study to determine the stability of the Barrier. The subsequent report by the Garibaldi Advisory Panel (also known as the Barrier Report) was completed in May 1978. It claimed the risk of another slide was relatively low, but, if one were to happen, the results could be catastrophic. It recommended that “concentrated development” be limited in certain regions, but said nothing about evacuating existing communities.

Even after the risk had been established, the report lay dormant in Victoria for two years. During those years, the residents of Garibaldi built a new fire hall, repaired the schoolhouse, and cleared space for a playground. What happened next came as a

complete shock to the growing community.

In May 1980, an Order in Council was issued that declared Garibaldi a civildefense zone and prohibited “development, construction, excavation, or alteration” of any land in the implicated area. This meant that residents became tenants on their property, and that they had to choose between selling to the government and living on land that they could no longer alter.

There are many theories about why the evacuation happened when it did, and in order to begin to understand those theories, it is helpful to know what was there before the evacuation. Garibaldi Townsite began as the Garibaldi Station, and was one of the many communities that owed its origins to the expansion of the railroad.

At first, it followed a similar trajectory to Alta Lake. Development began in the early 20th century and picked up in the late 1940s when families who were unable to find accommodation in Vancouver were drawn to the valley (back then Vancouverites often lined up outside newspaper offices to get an early look at rental listings). For some time, Garibaldi had a larger yearround population than Alta Lake, and one Garibaldi resident, after having spent the winter of 1946 working in Alta Lake, described it as a “terrible place” that was “ten times as desolate as Garibaldi.” By 1960, there were just over 60 full-time residents (with up to twice as many on weekends), and the town had its own campground, post office, fire hall, and store. By 1980, when the order was issued, Garibaldi was well on its way to being an established community and tourist destination.

Next week’s article will cover the many conflicting theories about why the evacuation happened when it did, and will detail what happened to the residents after they were forced to leave.

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF JULY 15 BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his poem “Litany,” Aries poet Billy Collins testifies that he is “the sound of rain on the roof.” He also claims to be “the moon in the trees, the paper blowing down an alley, the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table, and the shooting star.” He does make it clear, however, that he is not “the bread and the knife” on the table, nor the “crystal goblet and the wine.” What about you, Aries?

What are all the earthy and fiery phenomena that you are? Are you, as Billy Collins suggests, “the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun and the marsh birds suddenly in flight?” Now would be an excellent time to dream up your own version of such colourful biographical details.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Why else keep a journal, if not to examine your own filth?” wrote poet Anne Sexton. And yes, Sexton did have a lot of filth to explore, including the physical abuse of her daughters. But most of us don’t need to focus so obsessively on our unlovely aspects. Keeping a journal can also be about identifying our ripening potentials and unused riches. This approach would be especially fun and wise for you Tauruses right now. The coming weeks will be an auspicious time for deep introspection that frees capacities and powers you have only partially activated up until now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Journalist Sam Anderson marvels at his young daughter’s project: a small plastic dome-like structure that houses a community of ladybugs. All they need to consume, for weeks at a time, are “two water-soaked raisins.” I don’t think you’ll need to be forever as efficient and hardy as those ladybugs, Gemini, but you may have to be like that temporarily. My advice? Don’t regard it as a hardship. Instead, see it as an opportunity to find out how exquisitely resourceful and resilient you can be. The skills you learn and refine now will be priceless in the long run.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet Linda Hogan says she doesn’t like to be parched. She wants to be like “a tree drinking the rain.” I think every Cancerian has similar dreams: to be steadily immersed in engrossing feelings, awash with intimate longings, flowing along in rhythm with the soul’s songs. The coming weeks will be prime time for you to relish these primal pleasures. It’s probably best to avoid an outright flood, but I think it’s wise to invite a cascade.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Actor Lupita Nyong’o had a starring role in Steve McQueen’s film 12 Years a Slave.

She praised his directorial skills. She loved the fact that he told her, “Fail, and then fail better.” Why? “That kind of environment, where failure is an option, is magical,” she said. It allowed her to experiment freely, push herself beyond her previous limits, and focus on being true to the character she was playing rather than trying to be a “good actor.” I think these are excellent principles for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo-born Wayne Shorter is a legendary jazz composer and saxophonist. He has been making music for more than 60 years, often with other legendary creators like Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. The New York Times described Shorter as “jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser.” Bass prodigy Tal Wilkenfeld, who is 53 years younger than Shorter, tells the story of a show she performed with him. Just before going onstage, Shorter came up to her, sensing she was nervous, and whispered some advice: “Play eternity.”

Now I’m offering that same counsel to you as you carry out your tasks in the coming days. Be as timeless as you dare to be. Immerse yourself in the most expansive feelings you can imagine. Authorize your immortal soul to be in charge of everything you do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran author Paula McLain says the word “paradise” is derived from the ancient Persian word pairidaeza, meaning “walled garden.” For

her, this association suggests that making promises and being faithful to our intentions are keys to creating happiness with those we care for. Paradise requires walls! To scrupulously cultivate freedom, we need discipline. If we hope to thrive in joyous self-expression, we must focus on specific goals. I bring these thoughts to your attention because now is a pivotal time to work on building, refining, and bolstering your own personal version of paradise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Thousands of 28-pound bars of 24-carat gold are stored in the Bank of England’s underground vault. To gain entry to the treasure trove, bankers use metal keys that are a metre long. They must also utter a secret password into a microphone.

According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Scorpios can now gain access to a more metaphorical but nevertheless substantial source of riches. How? The key is a particular scene in your imagination that has recently begun to coalesce. It is an emblem of a future triumph or breakthrough that you will accomplish. As for the password, which you will also need, it’s vigorous rigour.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Somehow, I have lived all these years without ever coming across the rare English word “selcouth.” Today, as I meditated on the exotic astrological portents coming up for you, that word appeared—arriving on my phone via text message from my Sagittarius friend Lila. She told me, “I have a feeling that life is about to get intensely SELCOUTH for us Sagittarians.” I looked up the unfamiliar word and found these synonyms: unusual, marvellous, strange, magnificent, scarce, wondrous, weird, rare, and exotic.

Those terms do indeed coincide with my interpretation of your immediate future. So Happy Selcouth to you, dear Centaur! Celebrate with awed appreciation!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Lexicographer Jonathon Green provides us with the following 19th-century slang words for the sex act: horizontal refreshment, strumming, playing at romps, cully-shangie, taking a turn at Mount Pleasant, dancing the blanket hornpipe, honeyfugle, giving a hot poultice for the Irish toothache, and—my favourite—fandango de pokum. In accordance with astrological potentials, I recommend that you consider trying them all out in the next four weeks. In other words, experiment with shifting your approach to belly-bumping and libido-gratifying. If you don’t have a human partner, do it alone or with an angel or in your fantasy life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If a lover or spouse is perpetually churning out fantasies of you in their imagination, they may be less than totally tuned in to the real you. Instead, they may be focused on the images they have of you—maybe so much so that they lose sight of who you genuinely are and what you are actually doing. The same possibility exists for other allies, not only lovers and spouses. They may be so entranced by their stories about you that they are out of touch with the ever-changing marvel that you are always evolving.

That’s the bad news, Aquarius. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be a decisive time to correct such distortions—and revel in the raw truth about you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s how art critic Walter Pater characterized the work of Piscean artist Michelangelo: “sweetness and strength, pleasure with surprise, an energy of conception which seems to break through all the conditions of comely form, recovering, touch by touch, a loveliness found usually only in the simplest natural things.” I’ve been waiting for the arrival of astrological aspects that would mean you’d be an embodiment of that description. And now they are here.

Congrats! For the next 13 days, I will visualize you as a fount of ever-refreshing grace—as a fluid treasure that emanates refined beauty and wild innocence.

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The Resort Municipality of Whistler is seeking ONE (1) vacancy on the Board of Variance effective August, 2021.

Operating under the authority of the Local Government Act, the Board rules on applications where compliance with any of the following would cause a person undue hardship: • zoning bylaw regulations respecting the siting, dimensions or size of a building or structure • subdivision servicing requirements (other than highways and road works) in areas zoned for agricultural or industrial use • the prohibition of a structural alteration or addition to a building or structure containing a non-conforming use • a tree protection bylaw The Board also rules on applications respecting: • extent of damage to a non-conforming use • exemption to relieve hardship from early termination of a land use contract Board Guidelines: • The Board consists of three (3) members appointed by Council • Regular meetings of the Board are held on the last Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m.

• Members of the Board serve without remuneration for a three (3) year term • Officers or employees of the Resort Municipality of Whistler are not eligible to be appointed to the Board of Variance.

Preferred Experience/Skills: • Experience in construction, development, design, planning or architecture • Ability to assess case-specific information and to visit sites under consideration • Ability to read architectural plans • Must be objective and exercise sound judgment Applicants should submit a resume as well as a brief statement regarding their interest in joining the Board of Variance to: planning@whistler.ca Attention: Claire Thomas Deadline: July 26, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

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Child and Youth Therapist Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology or Equivalent Xet’olacw Community School, Mount Currie, B.C. .8FTE to 1.0 Full Time (4 days per week or 5 days per week) – Part Time Negotiable School Principal Commensurate with Experience August 30, 2021 Post until position is filled

Summary: Xet’olacw Community School is a Lil’wat Nation school situated 35 minutes north of Whistler, BC in the Mount Currie Community. The School is a modern, dynamic institution with a strong First Nations curriculum as well as academics from N to 12.

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Where did I come from?

GENEALOGICALLY SPEAKING, I am aware of, at best, very shallow roots. So I can’t say that’s ever been a question I lost sleep over.

But apparently, many people do.

The Salish believe we’re largely the result of a trick played on Old Man Coyote by that rascally Mountain Sheep. In the beginning, Old-Man-in-the Sky created the world, draining the land of water and corralling it into the big salt holes, leaving only lakes and rivers and dry land.

Everybody seemed happy with this except Old Man Coyote who trotted up to Sky World to have a cry and a chat. OldMan-in-the Sky, seeing Old Man Coyote crying, asked him, in a rather peevish way, what he had to complain about.

BY G.D. MAXWELL “I’m very lonely because I have no one to talk to,” bawled Old Man Coyote.

A bit concerned that fickle Old Man Coyote’s tears were going to undo all the hydroengineering he’d accomplished, OldMan-in-the Sky gave his weepy friend a rawhide bag and bid him bring it back filled with red soil from the mountains. “I will make people to keep you company,” he promised.

Old Man Coyote travelled far to find the red earth and when he’d filled the bag he was tired and slept. That’s when Mountain Sheep, the trickster, came upon him and ignorant of the design of his labours, dumped the red soil out of the bag, refilling the lower bag with white soil and the upper part with red soil.

When Old Man Coyote returned to OldMan-in-the Sky, the sun was entering sleep and neither of them could see very well what was in the bag. Old-Man-in-the Sky took its contents and made two men and two women, telling Old Man Coyote these were his people and to stop bothering him.

Returning to dry land, Old Man Coyote breathed life into the forms and was surprised to see both red people and white people. “Caramba! Mountain Sheep,” he thought.

He resolved his dilemma by putting the white people on land near the big salt hole and keeping the red ones on his land so he wouldn’t be lonely. And that’s how red people and white people came into being.

Or, if you prefer, in the beginning, for Apache people, there was nothing. From this darkness, a disc, yellow on one side and white on the other appeared, suspended in the nothingness. A small bearded man, Creator, sat within the disc.

Looking into the darkness, he caused light to appear, yellow streaks of dawn to the east, a kaleidoscope of colours to the west.

From the sweat of his brow was created a cloud upon which sat a little girl, GirlWithout-Parents. While she pelted Creator

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with questions, he, again from his own sweat, created Sun-God and Small-Boy and the four of them, gods all, pondered what to make next.

After tossing off Tarantula, Big Dipper, Wind, Lightning-Maker, and clouds to house Lightning-Rumbler, Creator sang Earth into existence. Not much larger than a bean, the four gods kicked nascent Earth and made it larger. Wind was sent inside to blow it up while Tarantula spun cords in all four directions and stretched Earth to immeasurable size.

After singing the sky into existence, Creator sent Lightning-Maker around the world and he returned with three incompletely formed creatures, two girls and a boy. Hustling them into a sweathouse, Creator finished each upon their emergence.

He named the boy Sky-Boy and made him chief of the Sky-People. He put one girl, Earth-Daughter, in charge of the earth and crops; the other, Pollen-Girl, he charged

the piñon ball onto the new earth.

Creator bid them adieu, leaving Lightning-Rumbler in charge of clouds and water, Sky-Boy to look after Sky-People, Earth-Daughter to tend crops and EarthPeople, Pollen-Girl to care for their health and Girl-Without-Parents in charge of all.

Before he left, Creator gifted them with fire and left Big Dipper in the northern sky as a reliable guide.

But in the beginning of Judeo-Christian time, God created the heavens and earth and a cycle of light and dark He called day and night.

During the second cycle, God separated the waters with a firmament He called Heaven.

In the third cycle, God separated the waters and dry land, creating Seas and Earth. On Earth, he created plants and trees bearing seed and fruit. It was a good thing.

The sun and moon and stars were created during the fourth cycle and all

After populating the Earth with creatures big and small during the sixth cycle, God created man and woman in his own image…

with the health of all Earth-People.

Then Creator made animals, birds, trees, all that was.

Warned by Pigeon about a great flood coming, Creator made a tall piñon tree and Girl-Without-Parents crafted a large ball of piñon gum where she put all the others.

When the flood receded, she led them out of

living creatures that swam and flew during the fifth.

After populating the Earth with creatures big and small during the sixth cycle, God created man and woman in his own image and gave them dominion over all living things and bid them be fruitful and multiply.

Then he kicked back and watched the fun begin.

And so it goes. Across the planet, people now vanished and people still going about the business of life spun creation myths to explain the inexplicable: Where do I come from? They created greater and lesser gods to explain life, fire, storms, volcanoes, plague and the other great mystery: What becomes of me after I die?

Many of the creation myths endure.

They’re woven into the social fabric of a people; they give succour and sometimes guidance. They’re the foundation of collective wisdom.

But few carry the seed of hubris.

In 1996, Pope John Paul II, in what amounted to a hair-raising statement, claimed evolution was “more than just a hypothesis.” Not necessarily fact but not heresy. After he died, in 2005, the Catholic church had barely let his body cool down before joining the Intelligent(sic) Designers in their holy war against science, Darwin and evolution. The archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, termed the former Pope’s statements “vague and unimportant” while terming neo-Darwinian thought “dogma.”

Dogma? Well, if it takes one to know one—as the schoolyard taunt used to go—who better to identify dogma than a cardinal of the one true faith?

This really wouldn’t be important were it not for the notion, espoused by more than one theologian, the Catholic Church, as the Body of Christ, cannot sin. Individuals can sin. Even the Pope can sin. But the Church is without sin and therefore has nothing to apologize for ... ever. So don’t hold your breath waiting for it to apologize for the growing, unmarked body count at Canadian residential schools.

We shall see. ■

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