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STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING HAS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED INTO WHISTLER’S FAVOURITE WATERSPORT
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EMPLOYEE DROUGHT Employers hoping for help from the feds to find workers
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CAUGHT IN CLOSURE A hiker recounts rescue from behind a washed-out trail
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FESTIVAL’S FUTURE Angela Heck takes the reins of the Whistler Film Festival
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24 What’s SUP Stand-up paddleboarding has successfully turned into Whistler’s favourite watersport. - By Megan Lalonde
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EMPLOYEE DROUGHT
Whistler business
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WASTE NOT
With record high temperatures the
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Village of Pemberton has been under water restrictions, while staff urges
an intense labour crunch.
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WINNING WALKER
Whistler golfer Stewart
launched a mobile house-call service in Whistler that he hopes will fill a
Walker picked up his third tournament win of the year and an additional
growing gap in the resort’s healthcare landscape.
second place finish last week.
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FESTIVAL’S FUTURE
Long-time staffer and
recounts her experience of being rescued from a trail after it was washed
industry veteran Angela Heck is poised to usher the Whistler Film Festival
out by flooding earlier this summer.
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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS The wildfires sweeping B.C. should give us ample reason to get our
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15 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST There is a special energy at The Point Artist-Run Centre, one of
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54 MAXED OUT Max has enjoyed several amazing sailing voyages over the years, one of which brought him close to death.
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23 RANGE ROVER We are living in a time of runaway fires, and while the forests are being destroyed,
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34 MUSEUM MUSINGS The recession of the ‘80s threw many wrenches into the development of
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Don’t procrastinate when it comes to wildfire planning IT IS DEVASTATING to see wildfire ravage the forests of British Columbia. Of course we are not alone—fires are raging in California and in Europe, including those that caused tourists to flee popular destination resorts in Turkey. But learning that people are still lighting up bonfires in places like the Soo Valley, north of Whistler Village, or at campgrounds or in parks is just incomprehensible.
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The BC Conservation Officer Service (COS) has been out handing out tickets and as they said in a recent tweet, “If you’re thinking about going camping and having a campfire with your friends during a campfire ban, think twice. It would be cheaper and safer to enjoy a luxurious hotel and fine dinner.”
abundance of caution. “It seems obvious, but even just one moment of carelessness right now could cause a wildfire that could cause catastrophic damage to our community,” said John McKearney, Whistler’s fire chief. “Our forests are so dry right now that even rain and cooler temperatures in the forecast [last] weekend will not significantly reduce the risk.” Currently there are 260 wildfires burning in B.C., with 1,451 fires since April 1. In our coastal region we’ve had more than 160 wildfires so far this year, with 22 active wildfires as of Aug. 10. There are 4,058 firefighters and 214 helicopters and planes and their ground crews battling on the frontlines—this is a massive mobilization. The deadly nature of the White Rock Lake fire near Vernon in the Interior of B.C. gave me pause in the last several days. We have family there and the news that the town was evacuating had us holding family scrums trying to figure out how to help—thankfully for them, the order was
The hour before you are fleeing the flames is not the time to do this. Are you organized?
Under the Wildfire Act, the COS is handing out tickets of $1,150. The ban was put in place by the province on June 30 as we experienced record temperatures and the wildfire risk became extreme around B.C., including here in Whistler. It will stay in place until Oct. 15 unless something changes to lower the risk. Here in the resort, the municipality moved last week to ban propane campfires and barbecues in local parks out of an
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rescinded on Saturday, Aug. 7, as officials felt it was unlikely embers from nearby fires could ignite the town of 45,000. But it just brought home the magnitude of what evacuating means. You have to take responsibility for this yourselves. You have to pack, you have to organize your loved ones and your pets, you have to think about somewhere to go and stay. The hour before you are fleeing the flames is not the time to do this. Are you organized?
Monte Creek, like Lytton—both towns we drove through and stopped at on our way to see family in Vernon—are now nothing more than smoking ruins. It is heartbreaking and terrifying in equal measure. Wildfire officials in the region, while they have lifted the evacuation for now for Vernon, are on high alert, fearing that embers could jump across Okanagan Lake. “Luckily, we were able to get a break in the weather and that didn’t happen, but this fire is showing very, very extreme fire behaviour and so ... we are expecting, at some point, to be returning to conditions that will lead to that significant fire behaviour,” Forrest Tower, fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, told the Canadian Press last weekend. Let’s keep in mind that the temperatures are forecasted to be up in the mid-30s by the end of the week, and there is no rain expected to fall in the short term. As I thought about this I realized one thing without doubt: The time to pack up things and get out of Whistler is when an evacuation alert is issued. Don’t wait for the order. In last week’s Pique, Ryan Donohue, emergency program coordinator with the Resort Municipality of Whistler, said: “There is a degree of responsibility for every citizen to have some level of knowledge on this, and some level of preparedness going into the summer, or any emergency.” He added that there is no emergency plan that can save us from a roaring fire coming through Whistler (think Lytton)— that is why it is so important to have a family or personal plan and be ready. Everyone should sign up for the Whistler Alert, so that you get the evacuation alert as early as possible. Need help putting your plan together? Go here: whistler.ca/evacuation. Don’t wait to do this. Do it now… you will sleep better. n
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Recognizing dedication to hockey
What’s needed is free transit Linking pay parking to climate change is ridiculous. Let’s be honest, pay parking is simply a tax on the lower and middle classes that want to enjoy Whistler parks because they don’t have access to a backyard or a pool. The planet will be worse off if people, who cannot afford to pay for parking, need to drive to Pemberton to enjoy a few hours by a lake. If Whistler was serious about climate change, it would build a reliable free electric public transit system: a free transit system that makes it easier to travel around town instead of taking your car. The town of Vail claims on its website that its bus service is considered to be among the largest free transportation systems in the country. Why is Whistler not able to come up with a free bus service? You will probably ask me how should Whistler pay for it? It should increase the property taxes on those million-dollar houses that are empty most of the year. Whistler council should come up with a real plan for climate change, not a feel good Band-Aid that will not change anything about it. Pierre Marcotte // Vancouver
Vail Resorts customer service ‘atrocious’ Last year I purchased a 10-day Edge Card for
Whistler Blackcomb, but I chose to stay home out of respect for the B.C. government’s COVID19 travel advisory. In March, amidst public outrage over [Vail Resort’s] handling of pandemic refund claims, a company spokesman announced through the media that the company revised its “Epic Coverage” policy “to include people who are abiding by the provincial health officer’s recommendation against non-essential travel or have been impacted by COVID.” Well, it turns out that was a lie. Despite filing timely refund claims and appeals, citing the very situation outlined in this
policy announcement, today I received a final rejection letter from ACM Claims. In all of the dialogue I’ve had with Whistler Blackcomb/Vail Resorts/ACM customer service over the past few months, not once have they addressed why I am not eligible for a refund. All I get are scripted responses and dead ends. If you’re considering purchasing an Epic Pass for the upcoming season, my message is buyer beware. If COVID-19 variants flare-up, or you’re unable to use your pass for any other reason, be prepared for the worst because this company’s customer service is atrocious. Adam Hendrickson // Manitoba
Thanks for recognizing the achievements and hockey trajectory of local favourites Noah Brusse and Cody Flann. (“Whistlerites Cody Flann and Noah Brusse making the leap to NCAA hockey,” Pique, Aug.5) I wanted to make a correction and give some more recognition to the other Noah in your article as well. Noah Malthaner, who is also on his way to Missouri State University this fall, has been our next-door neighbour at Lillooet Lake since he was born. We have watched him go from skating under the stars in their backyard rink to playing for the Winterhawks (also part of winning the provincial championship) and moving on to play exciting Junior B seasons on defence for the Comox Glacier Kings and the North Vancouver Wolf Pack. Being a hockey family in Whistler is tough. Doing so from even further up the corridor is doubly so. So I wanted to give a shout-out to the dedication and support of Noah’s parents all these years as he now heads south with his teammates to stand tall in the U.S. junior hockey world. Way to go boys—or should I say, MEN! I know the Noah/Noah/Cody crew will make a great Canadian impression, and the Ice Bears hockey team’s opponents won’t know what hit them. PS: Noah’s brother Milo is just a few years behind him, and may make his own impression in the hockey world one day! Lorne Craig // In’shuck’ch Forest Service Road. n
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Missing The Point WHEN YOU MENTION The Point Artist-Run Centre to locals, it’s often a crapshoot as to whether they will know what you’re talking about. Just last week, I was telling my barber, a Sea to Sky resident going on 30 years, that I was
BY BRANDON BARRETT performing at the Point for the annual Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival (I requested a wizard beard for a role I was playing, obviously), and her first response was: Where’s that? I’m sometimes baffled by how such a tried and true Whistler venue, the historic site of the former Cypress Lodge (and, later, a youth hostel) built by Dick and Kelly Fairhurst in the 1950s, has managed to fly under the radar even among longtime locals. It doesn’t help that it’s been years since public transit serviced the area, and the parking can be a nightmare on weekends, what with the overflow from nearby Rainbow Park. But for those in the know, walking down the long, metallic stairs to the rustic (and arguably haunted) cabin is like finding an oasis in the sunsoaked desert.
Grassroots to its core, The Point possesses a certain ragtag charm that sits in stark contrast to the overly sanitized tourism magnet of the village. Powered almost exclusively by volunteers, artistic director Stephen Vogler has managed to create a tightknit sense of community that both harkens back to Whistler’s hippie days
hardwood floors (pre-pandemic, at least). Artists mingle with athletes, hardcore ski bums with East Van crust punks, and shocks of silver hair are spotted alongside excitable kids all hopped up on homemade pie (shout-out to Aphrodite’s Organic Café!). To me, The Point reflects all the best qualities of this special community, tied
Grassroots to its core, The Point possesses a certain ragtag charm that sits in stark contrast to the overly sanitized tourism magnet of the village.
and, in its inclusivity, reflects its modern reality as well. Without fail, there’s always a moment every Flag Stop when, peering through the tall windows into the living room from the cabin’s long back porch, we marvel at the diversity of the assembled crowd inside, dancing their hearts out on the slick
together not by generation or class or career, but by a shared zest for life that tells you there is no time like the present to be exactly who you truly are. Crucially, it also offers a haven for local emerging performers and creatives in a town where the arts have historically taken a backseat to sports and nature as the
main attractions. And after COVID-19 put a pause on live events for much of the past 17 months, just getting the chance to entertain an audience again in the flesh added a special significance to this year’s Flag Stop that made its 10th edition one I won’t soon forget. But if I’m being honest, it’s not just the thrill of performing on the scenic floating stage that keeps me coming back year after year, but those fleeting moments after the curtains close: the cheap drinks courtesy of Big Kev at Harrop’s Bar, the sweaty dance circles, the long conversations staring out at a moonlit night, when it feels like even the wildest ideas are attainable. For me personally, I can’t think of another place in Whistler where I’ve discovered more about who I am as a man. It’s where I acted for the first time, where I staged my first play, and where I fell in love with the woman of my dreams. I’m sure I’m not the first, nor will I be the last person to notice the distinct energy at The Point, one I have to imagine has been fed by the innumerable dreamers and doers who have passed through the cabin’s doors over the past 70 years. And while there’s part of me that hopes more locals discover its unique charms, maybe it’s fitting that, just like a far-away peak or secret run tucked into the backcountry, one of Whistler’s true hidden gems takes a little bit of extra effort to appreciate. ■
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As visitation ramps up, Whistler’s labour shortage intensifies RESORT STAKEHOLDERS EYE IMMIGRATION CHANGES AHEAD OF WINTER
BY BRADEN DUPUIS WITH B.C.’S REOPENING plan in full swing, long lines of traffic stretching from Highway 99 south of Whistler Village to Creekside—a pre-pandemic staple referred to by some locals as the “Creekside crawl”— have returned. But as visitors eager to explore the resort drive up in droves, who’s staffing Whistler’s businesses? “It’s been really busy for businesses, no doubt. We’re seeing lineups out the doors, we’re seeing restaurants full, or as full as they can be,” said Melissa Pace, CEO of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce. “But the issue is still with labour, and being able to manage the demand of the visitation.” With that in mind, labour is at the forefront of the Chamber’s advocacy efforts, Pace said. But as is always the case, there are no
CREEKSIDE CRAWL As visitation to Whistler ramps up (evidenced by the pre-pandemic tradition of being stuck in traffic on Highway 99), local stakeholders are hoping changes to federal immigration policies can help ease an ‘intense’ labour shortage. PHOTO BY BRADEN DUPUIS
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quick answers, and no silver bullet to solve the problem, added Chamber board chair and local business owner Diana Chan. “We want to hire Canadians first, but when 40 per cent of the tourism hospitality workforce has left, through COVID—they’ve left the tourism workforce and found other industries—we’re all working together now to say, ‘Well what is the long-term solution?’
In the meantime, Whistler businesses are looking for ways to get creative with the staff they do have, either by shortening operating hours or finding other efficiencies. “For my own businesses, we’ve gone back to, ‘OK, how do we become more efficient again, but still stay safe and create a comfortable customer
“The mental health of our workforce is top of mind for me.” - DIANA CHAN
from educators through to immigration to quality of employment.” With a federal election looming, the labour issue will continue to be a key topic of conversation as candidates hit the campaign trail. “The broader question if we look at the election year, is that tourism hasn’t recovered, and we don’t know what the winter is going to be like,” Chan said. “We don’t know what international confidence is going to be like, [or] what the border situation is going to be like, so that’s still top of mind for our community as well as the tourist industry across Canada.”
experience?’” Chan said. “So that, I think, has taken some learning for sure.” While there are still myriad questions concerning the fourth wave of COVID19, there remains optimism among local business owners as well. “Optimistic, yes, do I think it’s clear sailing? No … the Plexiglas is being stored in short-term storage, not longterm storage,” Chan said, adding that the biggest message for visitors right now is to be kind and patient. “The mental health of our workforce is top of mind for me,” she said.
“People are working hard. They’re good people, and we’re all just doing our best with what we’ve got.”
BOOKINGS, INTEREST RAMPING UP AHEAD OF WINTER While the traffic suggests a return to prepandemic normalcy, Tourism Whistler is anticipating combined July and August occupancy will come in somewhere around 65 per cent, said president and CEO Barrett Fisher. “Last year, in July and August we came in around 52 per cent occupancy for those two months,” she said. “But if you compare to 2019 … for the July/August period we came in closer to 82, 83-per-cent occupancy.” The resort is seeing busier weekends this summer, “but the good news is we are also seeing strength in mid week,” Fisher added, noting that this year Tourism Whistler put a focus in its summer campaign on staying longer, and making trips to Whistler a vacation rather than a weekend getaway. “Weekends are super busy, but if we can kind of shift some of that business to grow our mid week, then that is definitely a more sustainable way to balance our visitor volumes from an environmental but also from an economic and a social perspective,” she said.
NEWS WHISTLER With the U.S. border reopening this month to visitors and the federal government targeting early September for the reopening of certain international markets, bookings and interest from abroad are beginning to ramp up for the winter— “but we still have a lot of hurdles there when it comes to the testing requirements, and the entry requirements,” Fisher said. Visitors coming into Canada from the U.S. need to pass a diagnostic lab test for COVID-19, and returning to the U.S. they require a rapid antigen test, Fisher said, adding that the expectation is that the requirements for visitors from other countries will be similar. “In general, that should be relatively streamlined, but it still is a convenience and access issue to go and get that testing, making sure you’ve got the results 72 hours before your flight, and we of course are only looking at double-vaccinated visitors, which puts yet another filter on the volume,” she said. “So at this point in time, we are anticipating the volumes to be relatively small, but our hope is that by winter time it’s more streamlined and that we have the ability to attract our Washington, California and national U.S. skier markets back.” So far summer has been good to Whistler’s hotel operators, “but very clearly, it has been the regional market, which is short-lead bookings … people who call at very short notice,” said Saad Hasan, chair of the Hotel Association of Whistler. “Whereas for destination guests, you have people calling months ahead of time planning their vacation.” The lack of predictability has made it difficult for operators to plan ahead, or ensure they have the proper staff available, Hasan said, noting that the staff shortage in town has led to some operators keeping hotel rooms out of service, with some hotels showing inventory losses up to 40 per cent. “From a guest perspective it’s completely seamless—they don’t notice that, because they are getting the service that hotels are renowned to provide,” he said. “But at the same time, with what you are doing at the back end, you’ve got an asset that you can’t monetize.” One initiative Tourism Whistler is working on to help ease the labour crunch is a recruiting video highlighting the benefits of living, working and playing in Whistler, Fisher said. ”That’s not typically an area that Tourism Whistler has historically focused on … [but] we need to have a great employee experience in order to welcome a positive visitor experience,” she said, adding that the video will be shared with the Chamber and local businesses later this month.
IMMIGRATION CRITERIA A MAJOR STICKING POINT As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved through 2020 and 2021, the federal government made several changes to immigration policies, including to working holiday visa requirements (requiring applicants to have a job offer before arriving in Canada) and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
“One of the biggest sticking points is that the restart plan perhaps is, at the moment, outpacing changes in immigration regulations and policies,” said Brooke Finlay, partner and managing director at Whistler Immigration. “Some of the policies that were put in place or measures that were implemented during the pandemic are now creating road blocks for employers to adequately staff their organizations.” A blanket restriction on “lower wage occupations”—anything under $25/hr—has been especially difficult for local employers. One recommendation Whistler stakeholders are making to government is to return to pre-pandemic qualifications, and region-specific labour market data, Finlay said. “That’s definitely something that is an immediate change that could be made that would bring a lot of relief to employers,” she said. “They still have to jump through all the hoops of applying through the program, but right now there is no access.” HR professional Joel Chevalier, owner of Culinary Recruitment International, has been working with the hotel association to lobby the government on specific changes to current immigration policies. The current situation in Whistler is no different than the rest of Canada (particularly in the hospitality industry), but “what’s different about this time around is just the intensity,” Chevalier said. “The hospitality/tourism industry has traditionally always been in a labour shortage, but managed to get by—this time the intensity is quite dramatic.” Specific asks in a letter recently sent to the feds include (but are not limited to): expediting the approval and duration of working holiday visas; accurate unemployment data for Whistler; an expedited and simplified pathway for permanent resident status; and a Sea to Sky corridor-specific Municipal Nominee Program. “I don’t think [the government] will be receptive to all of them, and of course it’s a race right now between having them get some movement on it and them calling the next election,” Chevalier said. Whistler employers have worked hard in recent years to increase the number of Canadians they hire, to the point where, pre-pandemic, the majority of the Whistler workforce was Canadian, Chevalier added. “The pandemic was tough on hospitality and tourism workers. [There were] lots of unknowns, and I think some of them did migrate away from the industry, and getting them to come back will be a challenge,” he said. While Chevalier remains optimistic government officials will act on the recommendations it can in a timely manner, the labour woes aren’t likely to recede before the snow flies. “The good news is that Whistler businesses are used to grappling through a labour shortage,” he said. “The bad news is that they’re going to have to do it again this winter, and I think it’s going to be more pronounced, and so I think it’s going to be a difficult winter.” n
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New mobile medical service designed to fill healthcare gap in Whistler DR. CLARK LEWIS LAUNCHED BETTRCARE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AMIDST FAMILY DOCTOR SHORTAGE
BY BRANDON BARRETT A LOCAL DOCTOR has launched a mobile house-call service in Whistler that he sees filling a growing gap in the resort’s healthcare landscape. Dr. Clark Lewis, an emergency doctor currently on sabbatical from the Whistler Health Care Centre, launched BettrCare earlier this year after he saw a dire need for greater access to healthcare in a community where clinics are already overloaded and the high cost of living and real estate has made it difficult to recruit new physicians. “We have a shortage of doctors in Whistler, obviously. That’s no secret,” Lewis said. “The ones who are left are doing a really good job but they are overworked. They are working as hard as they can and they are servicing far too many patients. It’s not sustainable.” The BettrCare team uses a combination of house calls, virtual consults, and a mobile van for intimate exams, with the goal being to eliminate long wait times for appointments. Lewis said the model is set up to see patients the same day they request care, with BettrCare currently servicing an average of about 10 patients daily.
“For patients, they get easy access to primary care, easy online booking. You don’t have to call and play phone tag with reception. You don’t have to wait to get seen. You don’t have to park and wait in the waiting room,” Lewis said. “You’re just doing your thing at home and it kind of follows that work-from-home, stay-at-home culture since COVID, where you’re doing your thing at home and your groceries show up and your Amazon package shows up and now your doctor shows up.” Lewis said the concept came in response to what he views as an outdated clinic model that forces family doctors to cram in as many patients as possible just to make ends meet. “Overhead is the big problem for family doctors in B.C. now because it’s very expensive to buy or lease a space. So they end up having to pay a big chunk of their billings to overhead, and the result of that is they have to see a million patients a day to try to make a living,” explained Lewis. Dr. Rita McCracken, family physician and assistant professor in UBC’s faculty of medicine, agreed the current fee-forservice model, which asks doctors to cover a host of overhead costs, from IT to personnel, is putting undue strain on family practices.
“Imagine if a public school was funded based on how much money the teachers could get from the students. When you put it in that context, [the fee-for-service] model is immediately fallible,” she said. “Even if you can make kids worth certain amounts and get that money from the government, you’re putting this pressure on the teachers that is taking them away from teaching. That is the same thing that is happening with family medicine.” While house-call services—a fixture of rural healthcare for generations—are certainly not unheard of in B.C., they are primarily used for geriatric and immobile patients. The guidelines state that a physician can bill a house call “only when the patient cannot practically attend a physician’s office due to a significant medical or physical disability or debility.” For now, Lewis has been permitted to bill house calls during regular hours as he would a clinic visit, arguing that the doctor shortage has necessitated such a service. “[Patients] have to not be able to be seen in any other way, so how about this scenario where there aren’t enough doctors and they have to wait weeks to get seen? Would that be necessary?” Lewis said. “So far I’ve been getting paid through billing that code but I know that’s going to get challenged at some
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point by those who are unhappy about it.” That speaks to another potential barrier for BettrCare: the backlash from family physicians. Lewis acknowledged the service is disruptive to the traditional clinic model, but he doesn’t see any other way to improve access to care locally. “I’m doing this with the lens really focused on what’s best for patients. I have a sincere desire to minimize the carnage for my colleagues along the way, and that I haven’t figured out yet,” he said. “If someone has a better idea, then I’m all ears. I can’t think of any other way to get around these issues and I don’t think the real estate rules are going to change in Canada ever, which really sucks. This ties into a much bigger existential issue for Whistler in general. Are we going to turn into Aspen in 10 years? Because that’s awful and that’s where we’re headed. It’s a big problem.” For her part, McCracken believes a community-based healthcare delivery model is the way forward, a concept that has started to pop up at community health centres across B.C. “We need to make primary care delivered more like public schools, so have community-funded care where
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Telus announces $27M investment in Whistler fibre optic network INVESTMENT WILL ENHANCE INTERNET SPEEDS, CELL COVERAGE
BY BRADEN DUPUIS CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW Telus fibre optic network will begin in Whistler and Squamish this fall after the company announced Aug. 10 a $27-million investment to do the work. The telecom company expects more than 90 per cent of homes and businesses will be connected to the gigabit-enabled fibre optic network by early 2022, and says the work will dramatically increase wireless and internet speeds while also expanding cellular coverage in the region. For Whistler resident Paul Hothersall, who has worked remotely in the IT field for the past five years, the announcement is exciting. “The download speed may be similar to what you can get from Shaw, but ultimately it can scale more,” he said. “Especially if you’re doing work from home, there’s multiple people, like families [in your building] or you’re backing stuff up, or any of those different things, the difference is in the internet upload speed, even at their slower packages. “It’s technically a better product, but it’s also more useful for people at every price
point, so I’m really excited about it.” For those living in strata properties or multi-residential buildings, Hothersall advised discussing the new network with your strata council or property management. “They’re going to be starting building from Labour Day weekend … You may as well do it while they’re going to be on your street,” he said. “But if you’re in a strata property, you need to get onto your strata council to make sure that they’re signing the piece of paperwork in order to allow Telus to be able to do it.” Fibre optic infrastructure has been in place in Whistler since 2008, when Bell
Canada installed a 285-kilometre fibre-optic cable from Vancouver to the resort ahead of the 2010 Olympic Games. With its investment, Telus hopes to bring more customers in the corridor onto the fibre optic network, and away from shared copper connections. “Telus is very proud to be making this generational investment in Whistler and Squamish, providing the technology to bridge geographic and socio-economic divides and connect citizens to the people, resources and information that make their lives better, particularly as we continue to navigate the global pandemic,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, in a release. “Importantly, Telus PureFibre offers the
community a globally unmatched wireline infrastructure that ensures all citizens have access to the digital tools to drive improved health, social and economic outcomes.” The upgrade will enable entrepreneurs, start-ups and home-based businesses and workers to benefit from the same internet speeds, functionality, reliability and security that large enterprises currently enjoy, Entwistle said. “We look forward to connecting our fellow British Columbia residents in Whistler and Squamish to Telus PureFibre and supporting the community as it attracts new industries and innovators, supporting the jobs of today and those that have yet to be imagined.” Read more at telus.com/purefibre. n
However, McCracken said transforming such a deeply entrenched model could prove incredibly challenging. “The big problem, I think, is that physicians have a really important role to play in society and they’ve also been given a very important voice at the negotiation table, and you can imagine that if those voices have a funding mechanism that allows them to fund themselves in a very
open way than having a systemic change is going to be a problem,” she said. “I’m really, really worried. The needle hasn’t moved in at least 20 years and it’s probably gotten worse in the last few years. I think that if we really want to make a change, what we need is not just doctors and policy makers at the table, we need communities at the table as well.” Learn more at bettrcare.com. n
CLINIC MODEL FROM PAGE 18 there would be a clinic for a community and that community would determine their needs and they would hire the people,” she explained. “Most primary care systems around the world use some kind of model like that where you are connecting funding to the community and then hiring doctors, versus in Canada, where the vast majority of primary care is funded via doctors’ fees.”
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Whistler local recounts heli evacuation from Berg Lake following flash flooding THE RENOWNED TRAIL NETWORK IN MOUNT ROBSON PROVINCIAL PARK IS CLOSED FOR CAMPING FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2021
BY MEGAN LALONDE WHEN BOOKING availability opened for the Berg Lake Trail in Northern B.C.’s Mount Robson Provincial Park at 7 a.m. on March 1, Whistler local Michelle Cormier was already logged on, eager to snag a highly coveted backcountry camping reservation and cross the world-renowned trail off of her list in 2021. “We got super, super lucky and were actually booked at a site at Berg Lake on Canada Day,” she explained. Cormier and hiking partner Sarah Clarke planned to hike the approximately 23-kilometre trail over five days and four nights. Whether that timing was, in fact, lucky is debatable. Cormier and Clarke can now stake their claim as two of the last people to visit Berg Lake this season, after a record-breaking heat wave and rapidly melting snow pack earlier this summer caused the Robson River’s water levels to rise dramatically, prompting the park’s closure and the stranding of several hiking parties. The pair was among several groups evacuated from the park by helicopter on July
2, after sections of the trail were washed out. While Cormier and Clarke were warned of rising water levels prior to setting off on their trip on July 29 neither was prepared for the rapid escalation of the situation. “[BC Parks] said, ‘Be prepared, because you’re going to be in knee deep water,’” Cormier recalled. But as they traversed the first seven kilometres of the trail to Kinney Lake by bike, 5’3” Cormier said the water, in some spots, was hitting her at the waist rather than the knees. Upon arrival at their first destination, “the campsites were completely washed out, right next to the lake,” she recalled. After a stop at Emperor Falls on their second night, the pair finally made it to Berg Lake on July 1, only to be met by a park ranger asking if they’d heard the news. “We said, ‘No we haven’t, what’s going on?” Cormier recalled. “And he [said], ‘I’ve got some unfortunate news. The trail’s closed.’” The ranger asked Cormier and Clarke to backtrack as far down as they could make it. But after already completing the five-kilometre trek from Emperor Falls to Berg Lake, Cormier said she didn’t feel comfortable adding another 21 kilometres onto the day’s trip—in scorching temperatures and while carrying 60-litre
backpacks—in order to reach the trailhead. Instead, the pair decided it was safer to wait it out at the Whitehorn Campsite, located at the 11-km mark. However, that night a violent storm moved in and the duo were pounded by hail, thunder, lighting and torrential rain—“the worst storm that I’ve ever experienced in my life,” Cormier said. The weather contributed even further to the already high water levels. By morning, the raging river had washed out bridges and rendered the hike out too dangerous. The only way to get out of the area was with the help of search-and-rescue teams, said Cormier. Within hours the duo, along with several other stranded hikers, was rescued and flown off the mountain in helicopters from Prince George—a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience that Cormier described as an unexpected highlight of an otherwise stressful situation. “I was pretty stoked about that. I’ve never been in a helicopter before,” she said with a laugh. The evacuation, however, meant the pair had to abandon their mountain bikes, which were still locked at Kinney Lake. Cormier was prepared to count the bikes as an unfortunate loss, but, just in case, gave search-and-rescue crews the locks’
combination and keys. But to her surprise, “they flew the heli and picked up the bikes.” She added, “One of the rangers delivered the bikes to us at the brewery in Valemount. Talk about customer service.” Reflecting on the trip, Cormier expressed her gratitude for B.C.’s search-and-rescue volunteers and BC Parks staff, and—particularly as the effects of climate change become clearer—cautioned other hikers to be “ready for anything” while out in the mountains. “They did a phenomenal job,” she said. “You just never know what Mother Nature is going to throw at you. Always be prepared for the worst—that was definitely my biggest takeaway.” After becoming one of the very last hikers to stand on Berg Lake’s shores in 2021, Cormier added that she’s “thanking her lucky stars” to have made it to the pinnacle of the trail, even if their time spent there was brief, and is already looking forward to returning to complete the trip. The experience, “just gives me more motivation to go back,” she said. BC Parks announced last week that the entire Berg Lake Trail system will remain closed for camping for the duration of the 2021 season, due to damage caused by the flooding. n
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Pemberton experienced record high water usage during recent heat wave THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON IS URGING RESIDENTS TO STOP WASTING WATER
BY HARRISON BROOKS WITH THE RECENT high temperatures in the Sea to Sky corridor, the Village of Pemberton experienced record high water usage throughout June and July. On June 24, the Village announced the town would be under Level 2 water restrictions, which limit household irrigation and sprinklers to two nights a week. Five days later, the Village increased the restrictions to Level 3, after using a record breaking 1,300 litres of water per capita (4.2 million litres total) on June 29— the hottest day of the year. “So that’s pretty staggering and just to compare, I mean Squamish, they’ve been working really hard at reducing their
WATER RESTRICTIONS The Village has been under a Level 3 water restriction for over a month. PHOTO BY DAVE STEERS/GETTY IMAGES
usage, and they’re considering themselves in alarmingly high rates and we’re almost doubled [Squamish],” said Tom Csima, manager of operations and projects for the Village, of Squamish’s 851 litres of water used per capita that same day. “So definitely there’s a direct correlation between the temperatures we’re seeing and the water usage, which is again why I would not consider this to be a leak or something that we’re not accounting for. I think it’s entirely the temperatures and heat.” In his presentation to council on Tuesday, July 27, Csima laid out some stats on how much water can be wasted just by simple everyday tasks, like brushing teeth, doing laundry or having a shower. “The average household can waste up to 680 litres per week, just in household leaks,” said Csima. “That’s equivalent to running 300 loads of laundry. Letting a faucet run, even for five minutes while doing your dishes, brushing teeth, shaving, that can be up to 40 litres per time. In a year that would be 1,130 [18-litre water cooler
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jugs] that you could save by just shutting the water off while brushing your teeth. “The average-sized lawn in Pemberton, if it’s watered for 20 minutes a day for seven days, that’s equivalent to running your shower for four days continuously, or, to look at it another way, 800 sevenminute showers.” In response to the water usage statistics presented by Csima, Mayor Mike Richman asked whether this staggering usage is enough to consider moving to Level 4 restrictions, which would make sprinklers and irrigation strictly prohibited. However, Csima said doing this would just punish the people who are already following the rules. What is needed, he said, is stricter punishment for the ones that are not. Unfortunately, the Village doesn’t have the capacity to enforce the bylaws. Concerns around water use and the ability to fight a wildfire were also discussed. With fire risk being of significant concern, “I would hope [that] opens people’s eyes,” Richman said.
There is a risk, explained Richman, around the ability for the Village to fight fires if the reservoir pumps can’t keep up with the water flow needed. Said Csima: “The fire flows technically would be there, the problem would be the capacity. “So if everyone continued to use water [as they are] ... then at some point … the pumps would not be able to keep up to the flow that would be going out to fight the fire. “It would be a scary situation. We would be able to fight the fire but as a compromise, you would have to shut off water supply to other areas of town.” A message has been sent to all of the Village’s stratas asking them to cooperate and get all the managed properties in line with the current restriction levels, which Csima will follow up on. He would also like people to know that the bylaw restrictions only apply to irrigation and sprinkler systems, while things like hand watering flower beds and gardens are still allowed. n
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Pemberton’s financials looking strong in Q2 COUNCIL BRIEFS: LENA MARTIN MOVING ON; BIKE SKILLS PARK CONTRACT AWARDED; TWO NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS COMING TO VILLAGE
BY HARRISON BROOKS THE VILLAGE of Pemberton (VOP) is halfway through its fiscal year, and although the collection of revenues and outlay of expenses are over 50 per cent already, the village is on track to be on budget. Currently the village sits at 73 per cent of revenues with 60 per cent of the budgeted amounts having been expensed. However, this is nothing to be concerned about, said Lena Martin, manager of finance for the VOP, as it is due to taxes and utilities being received, as well as project grants collected in advance. Additional quarterly revenues and grants will be earned at year-end. If those collections were removed, it would show the Village sitting at 65 per cent of budgeted revenues and 42 per cent of budgeted expenditures. Current large projects on the 2021 work plan include: the second soccer field, amenity building and mountain bike skills park at Den Duyf Park, Pebble Creek Road recovery, water treatment preliminary design generators for water and sewer servicing, Pemberton Farm Road East Trail, wildfire protection, and Pemberton & District Community Centre outdoor basketball court, among others. According to Martin these projects will incur additional revenues and expenditures in Quarters 3 and 4. Some projects like the soccer field, skills park and Pebble Creek Road recovery will also be bringing in more grant funding as those projects get underway. As of July 20, there was $705,290 outstanding in current taxes and utilities, or 9.5 per cent unpaid, which Martin said is “better than average for this time of year.” The Village has also received a Fire Smart Grant of $125,000 that was not originally budgeted, so they will be seeing increases in revenue with no budget. Overall, she believes the Village is expected to be on budget at year-end.
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MOVING ON The Village of Pemberton’s chief financial officer, Lena Martin—who has held the position since 2015—is moving on from her current role as of Aug. 6. With no replacement yet, chief administrative officer Nikki Gilmore will be appointed in the interim. Gilmore has held the position in the past prior to becoming the CAO and it’s not uncommon in smaller communities for the CAO to also be the CFO, according to Sheena Fraser, manager of corporate and legislative services.
BIKE SKILLS PARK CONTRACT AWARDED The Village of Pemberton’s newest multi-use recreation area, Den Duyf Park, took another step towards completion when the Village awarded the contract to build the mountain bike skills park to Velosolutions. “Velosolutions bring with them extensive knowledge of cycling and action sports asset development with considerable experience designing and building worldclass pump tracks and bike parks,” read an emailed statement from the Village. “Velosolutions will be partnering with Coast Gravity Creations which brings 25-plus years of civil construction experience as well as constructing and maintaining a world-class bike park on the Sunshine Coast.” Along with the mountain bike skills park, Den Duyf Park, when completed, will consist of two soccer fields, an amenity building, a baseball diamond and, when funding permits, a recreation complex including an arena and swimming pool. According to the Village’s website, the mountain bike skills park will include four jump trails for all levels of riders, as well as an asphalt pump track for intermediatelevel riders. The bike park is expected to be completed and open to the public by summer 2022.
VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON TO RECEIVE TWO NEW EV FAST CHARGERS Through a partnership between Natural Resources Canada, B.C.’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, B.C. Hydro and the Squamish Liquor Store, the Sea to Sky corridor will be receiving eight new electric-vehicle (EV) fast chargers by fall of 2021, if not earlier. Two of those fast chargers, to be completed sometime this fall, will be located at 7452 Frontier Street in Pemberton and will be operated by B.C. Hydro. Another two—also operated by B.C. Hydro and to be completed by this fall—are being built at 155 Main Street in Lillooet. Fast chargers allow drivers of electric vehicles to get approximately 250 kilometres worth of charging per hour. According to a news release from the ministry, “B.C. has one of the largest public charging networks in Canada,” with more than 2,500 charging stations across the province, including 480 fastcharging stations. In addition to the four charging stations in Lillooet and Pemberton, two new stations have already opened in Squamish at 38241 Cleveland Ave., one new station at 5755 Cowrie St. in Sechelt and one station will be opening soon in Whistler at 5010 Whistler Way. n
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Wildfires burn more than trees IT WAS THE SUMMER of 2003—my fourth in Whistler—when I realized coastal weather wasn’t going to be as benign as I’d envisioned. That year would become infamous for its catastrophic rains, flooding, and deep-freezes, but it was the wildfires preceding these that most British
BY LESLIE ANTHONY Columbians remember. At the time (now looked upon as the good ol’ wildfire days), 2003 was the most terrifying fire season in memory and the most expensive natural disaster in B.C. history. Little did we know what another decade would bring. Prior to that summer, the southern tier of the province had suffered its driest three-year period on record. The Fraser River peaked in early July at one of its lowest levels in 90 years, and stream flows at 10 to 20 per cent of normal pointed to serious groundwater deficiencies. According to an Environment Canada summary, “Hungry bears roamed suburbs; hordes of beetles munched on pine trees; salmon suffocated in lethally warm streams; worried utilities imported energy; and water-desperate ranchers culled herds.” So, when a large high-pressure area over the Pacific blocked weather fronts from the coast for most of the summer, the outcome was inevitable. In the Interior, temperatures “soared” (in that charming Weather Channel argot) to 40°C (remember when that was a
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novelty?) hovering above 30°C for 19 days in July and 20 in August (the normal for each at the time was 11). Both Kamloops and Kelowna recorded the driest three-months since records began in 1899. Forests were tinder-dry and all it took was some human carelessness with a cigarette (the Barriere fire north of Kamloops), a flash of dry lightning (the Okanagan Mountain firestorm), and some gusty winds to ignite two of the largest, most instantly out-of-control conflagrations in history. Few can forget the nighttime photos across Okanagan Lake of the fire bearing down on Kelowna. That summer, almost 2,500 fires charred 2,650 square kilometres—11 times the average for the previous decade. At their height, 7,600 civilians and nearly 2,000 military fought them; more than 50,000 were evacuated and 334 homes burned, prompting the Insurance Bureau of Canada to label the $250-million price tag the single largest loss in the country’s history (a record that would quickly topple). Not including timber losses, the cost to B.C. of fighting the fires approached half a billion dollars; next door, Glacier, Banff, Jasper and Kootenay National parks all burned bigtime. We woke to the threat of wildfires in 2003, but didn’t learn many lessons. Whistler’s own 2009 fire on Blackcomb’s Crystal Ridge hustled the community into a FireSmart mindset—but we all kept up our support of fossil fuels and consume at typical North American levels, drawing no direct line between those activities and future apocalypse. Then came 2017. That summer, a total of 12,161 square kilometres (five times greater than 2003) burned, the largest ever recorded and 1.3 per cent of B.C.’s total area. This dubious record was immediately broken in 2018.
Although six of B.C.’s 10 worst fire seasons have occurred since 2010, the 2017 season remains notable for the largest number of evacuees (65,000), as well as B.C.’s largest single blaze ever—the Plateau fire near Williams Lake. More importantly, research finally made clear that humancaused climate change played a significant role. And so here we are, in 2021, with Lytton shattering Canada’s (and Las Vegas’) heat record three days in a row before evaporating in a wildfire. Clearly, we’re in what The Tyee journalist Ed Struzik rightly labels a “runaway fire age.” Struzik charts a litany that has supercharged the fire situation since 2003: a century of fire suppression that changed forests from fire-resistant to firevulnerable; the draining of wetlands that can slow fires; the increasing popularity of rural properties among fire-dumb city-dwellers; lack of capacity of small communities to fire-proof; and, of course, climate change, with its skyrocketing temperatures, precipitation shifts, and increased lightning (2020 was the second hottest year on record; the top seven have all occurred since 2014), driving the kinds of phenomena—firestorms, fire tornados, lightning-producing pyrocumulonimbus clouds—that have made today’s wildfires larger, faster, deadlier and longer-lasting. Take the 2017 Plateau fire. I had a chance to see it up close on a 2018 rafting trip. As the Chilcotin River braided through a valley near Alexis Creek, vegetated islands abounded with birds—squadrons of white pelicans, flocks of ducks, sandhill cranes and eagles that circled our flotilla expectantly, certain we were fishermen who’d leave scraps in our wake. Then, with a suddenness that only river travel
can bring, the birds disappeared and the fire lines of 2017, visible for days on the horizon, descended in a monochrome of ash and charred trunks that had toppled, exploded and incinerated into a disquieting jumble over ground rendered bare when the soil itself burned off. The devastation was mind-boggling, more so considering the massive amounts of sequestered carbon that had vanished back into the atmosphere in a geologic instant to add to our current climate woes. And then there was the impact on wildlife, and the loss from nature’s larder it represented to First Nations. As an example of how drastically wildfires can shrink biodiversity, the 2019/20 Aussie bushfires killed or displaced nearly 3 billion animals, a number that only includes those large enough to count and make estimates—2.46 billion reptiles, 143 million mammals, 180 million birds, and 51 million frogs—while invertebrate losses are likely in the trillions. Fires that consumed the Amazon in 2019 killed an estimated 2.3 million animals, including species like jaguars that were already endangered. There’s also a biohazard aspect: microbes and fungal spores can survive in wildfire smoke. According to the CDC, as more wildfires plague California and Arizona, incidences of valley fever, a rare and potentially deadly fungal infection, have risen six-fold from 1998 to 2018, with firefighters especially vulnerable, adding to the simpler risk of inhaling the particulate matter of smoke. We’re in a runaway fire age to be sure. But where are we running to? Leslie Anthony is a science/environment writer and author who holds a doctorate in connecting the dots. ■
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doesn’t remember exactly when or where she was introduced to the idea of stand-up paddleboarding, (SUP) but she can clearly recall the first time she gave it a try. “I don’t know if I saw someone somewhere paddleboarding, in Whistler or on a show or something, but I remember thinking, ‘Wow, that looks like a great sport, and something that I’d want to try,’” she says of the time about 10 years ago. “That was before there were paddleboards everywhere. But I had a surfboard; a softtop longboard.” So Zgud grabbed her nine-foot surfboard and her canoe paddle and headed for One Mile Lake. The board was “a similar length as a stand-up paddleboard would be, but it was thinner. I remember it took a ton of extra engagement of my core muscles to stand up on it and paddle. But I was able to do it. “And I remember a lot of people”—all of whom were unclear about what, exactly, Zgud was doing—“were like, ‘Oh, that looks cool.’” Now an owner of Pemberton’s lakeside SUP rental operation The Paddle Barn, Zgud’s equipment has evolved since then— as has paddleboarding’s status locally. These days, Zgud explains, her customers more often come up and say, “’I’ve seen this so much and I’ve been wanting to try it for so long.”
ORIGIN STORY The concept of standing atop a floating vessel with a paddle to propel yourself forward can be traced back many thousands of years and to too many different places and cultures to pinpoint a single beginning for the sport. But unsurprisingly, standup paddleboarding’s modern roots are firmly planted in Hawaii—the same place where English explorer Captain James Cook became one of the first Westerners to observe Polynesian locals “wave riding” in the late 1700s. As writer Jason Paul explained in an article for surfing publication The Inertia, modern SUP originated on Hawaii’s Big Island. As the story goes, an aging John “Pops” AhChoy, who moved to O’ahu in 1944, started standing on his surfboard in the lineup and paddling with an oar to catch waves, to prevent putting extra stress on his already aching knees. That practice was eventually adopted by one of AhChoy’s sons, Bobby, a member of the Island’s “beachboys,” Paul explained. Not a cover band, but a group of locals who lived and worked on the beach teaching surfing and guiding canoe tours. The surf instructors began using their canoe paddles to travel out into the surf, in order to get a better vantage point for beginner surfers and incoming swells and take photos from the water. But when a car accident left the younger AhChoy unable to prone-paddle or kneel, he started using his oar to catch waves. “What started simply as a novelty tool for business became a water sport in
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its own right,” Paul wrote. “Bobby could be seen paddling at Waikiki from the 1960s until his death in 2007.” As Paul continued, SUP started gaining international footing when the “Buffalo Big Board” contest in 2003 invited 49 competitors—including big wave surfing superstar Laird Hamilton—to participate in a stand-up division. It didn’t take long for the sport to spread to the mainland, as water enthusiasts around the world began realizing that waves weren’t necessary when one is equipped with a paddle.
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It was also in Hawaii where Whistlerite Steve Legge in 2005 was first introduced to SUP—or stand-up paddle surfing, as it was known then. “Paddleboarding was so exciting for me, because you can stand up and I caught more rides on my first day paddleboarding on waves than I’ve ever caught in probably my life,” he remembers. “That’s why I got hooked on it so fast.” Intrigued, Legge became increasingly involved in the sport as it began expanding to rivers, lakes, inlets and bays, to the point where he began distributing a brand of paddleboards in 2008. Fastforward a couple of years, and Legge decided to launch his own brand, Kahuna Paddleboards. By March of 2010, Whistlerbased Kahuna brought in its first load of epoxy paddleboards.
But why has the world been so quick and willing to embrace the sport in the first place? “As soon as you get out onto the water, it calms you,” says Zgud, a former yoga teacher who started out teaching SUP yoga classes on One Mile Lake, before purchasing the same rental business that once provided her students with their leased boards about eight years ago. Now, she spends most of her summer days at the Paddle Barn, renting out a fleet of 10 hard Kahuna boards (as well as two adult kayaks and one child’s kayak) on days where rain—or, more often, wildfire smoke—hasn’t prompted tourists and locals to stay indoors. “I always ask people when they come back in from a paddle, ‘How was it, how was your hour, how was your time?’ And they always say, ‘Oh, it was so relaxing,’” she says. “That’s kind of, I think, the hydrotherapy aspect of getting out on a paddleboard,” Zgud adds. Other benefits include the sport’s accessibility for paddlers of all ages—and species. Lounging on a SUP is her dog’s “favourite thing in the world,” Zgud says with a laugh, while her eight-year-old Five stores across B.C. and Ontario daughter now spends much of the summer were initially “willing to take a risk,” and ripping around on her own kids’ board. sell Kahuna boards, Legge says. Today, “I Additionally, the Paddle Barn’s Kahuna have 83 stores selling my brand across boards are generally stable enough— Canada.” On top of that, an additional 18 and, in One Mile’s case, the water calm rental shops lease Kahuna’s wide range of enough—for the vast majority of first-time epoxy and inflatable boards, contributing paddlers to stand up comfortably, says to Kahuna’s status as Canada’s leading Zgud. But even if nervous paddleboarders distributor of paddleboards. choose to ditch the stand-up portion of Kahuna’s boards are designed in the sport in favour of sitting or kneeling, Whistler. Though they’re manufactured they can still access the same good-feels overseas for the time being, Legge says he associated with gently floating across the hopes to make the shift to manufacturing water, says Zgud. products out of its Function Junction Legge agrees. “It’s very relaxing, and headquarters as soon as this fall. it’s actually a fun little workout for your Legge says he’s witnessed significant core, but it’s not a stressful sport. It’s one growth recently as Canadians began that’s enjoyed by all.” clamouring for outdoor recreation gear And, he adds, “it’s a very social sport.” amid a global pandemic. In Whistler, it’s now far more common “I didn’t think there was going to be to see a SUP strapped to the roof of a car much growth after 2018, and then 2020 than a canoe or a kayak. Take a trip to any and 2021, due to COVID, [business] has one of Whistler’s lakes and you’re sure almost doubled again,” he explains, noting to find a few paddleboards peppering its business has grown by nearly 30 per cent surface, or a group or two pumping up in the last two years. or packing away their inflatable boards Legge’s experience isn’t the only onshore. evidence of the SUP industry’s meteoric While these scenes could easily lead rise in popularity over the last decade. one to view Whistler as a legitimate SUP Just last week, the Resort Municipality hub, Legge attributes that perception of Whistler announced it recently installed more to Whistler’s geography than a six new SUP racks throughout town with collective penchant for board sports. space for 35 additional boards, to keep up “You think this is the epicentre? This is with the rising demand. nothing,” says Legge, citing even higher demand in places like Ontario, Quebec, The SUP industry was valued at Vancouver and the U.S. approximately US$4.96 billion. in 2015, “Why has Whistler done so well? according to Statista Research Department, Because it has community lakes, without with that figure forecasted at the time motor crafts,” he says. “Alta Lake, Nita to reach almost 10 billion U.S. dollars Lake, Alpha. That’s why.” by 2020. A market research report from That, and the emergence of inflatable Technavio, meanwhile, predicted the SUP boards better suited to apartment or carmarket would grow by another $59 million free living. After getting its start with solid between 2020 and 2024. epoxy paddleboards, Kahuna developed
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FEATURE STORY its first inflatable model in 2014, Legge says. The development of compact, packable inflatable boards, “changed our market and doubled my sales,” he adds. “You can now get to more places— backpack and walk into remote spots, that kind of stuff. So that was massive for the sport. That was a game-changer.” Though the split varies by year, Legge says Kahuna is currently seeing about 47 per cent of its sales attributed to inflatable boards and 53 per cent from solid boards. But along with the rise of inflatables’ popularity came an influx of lower-priced, lower-quality options onto the market, enticing even more prospective paddlers to become SUP owners. “I thought Costco was going to really hurt us,” says Legge. “But it has only helped us, because once people paddle a Costco or price-point board and then paddle one of mine, now, they give that price-point board up to the family and come buy [a Kahuna.]”
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With Whistler’s valley lakes seemingly busier and busier with every passing summer weekend, more than a few adventure-seeking inflatable SUP owners see hauling their relatively-lightweight backpacks uphill as a fair price to pay for the privilege of paddling across a remote alpine lake. Blackcomb Helicopters, however, has been offering easier access to these kinds of peaceful, high-elevation SUP experience since it launched its summer picnic and paddleboarding helicopter tours about three years ago. “We’ve been doing heli-picnics for a long time, and they’re great and really fun, but [people are becoming] a little bit more adventurous with their tourism choices these days. We thought we’d try and step it up a notch and give them something a little bit more exciting to do as well,”
says Jordy Norris, sales and marketing manager with Blackcomb Helicopters. “Paddleboarding was kind of the hot new thing on the scene at the time. And still is, I guess. It was just a great mix, putting the two together.” Norris says about three-quarters of Blackcomb Helicopters’ summer guests now opt to bring Red Paddle Co. inflatable boards along on their picnics to Whistler’s Rainbow Lake or Pemberton’s Marriage Lake. The company flew 60 paddleboard picnics in 2020, Norris notes. “Paddleboards are an awesome option, because there aren’t really many other floaty devices that give you the control or the safety of a paddleboard, and also that we could transport up with us,” he adds. Plus, paddleboarding is low-impact in the sense that it “doesn’t harm the sensitive alpine environment either,” Norris says. “People love it. The water up there is so perfectly turquoise, crystal-blue that it feels like you’re on a tropical ocean, but it’s frigid glacier water. So it’s absolutely beautifully stunning to spend time up there.”
usually catch the Whistlerite circling Alta Lake—rain or shine, snow or sleet. Once the rivers begin freezing in the winter, Gutmann takes his board south to Squamish, to the saltier waters of Howe Sound. “When you’ve got the right clothes, you can do anything. I think people sliding Whistler might be home to many around in -20-degree weather on the hill passionate paddlers, but most locals is pretty crazy too,” he says with a laugh. understandably tend to pack away their Gutmann represents a segment of boards during the colder months in favour paddleboarders that have helped take the of more traditional winter pursuits. sport well beyond its surfing origins. Today, That’s not necessarily the case for consumers can choose between a variety of Arne Gutmann. board shapes crafted for specific purposes, Like Zgud, his interest in the sport was from SUP yoga to racing to touring—for first sparked when he was introduced to example, the kind of overnight and multithe SUP around 11 years ago, but, also like day camping trips that Gutmann relishes. Zgud, his first paddleboarding pursuits “You don’t have to be hardcore,” he were made on makeshift equipment. says. “Pack a couple bags, go across the “I grabbed my first wind surfer and use water a kilometre or two, [land] on an that as a board for two years,” he says. island, and now you’re in paradise for the Now, he’s a certified Ocean Touring night, or two or three.” Level One instructor who’s completed For Gutmann, SUP’s appeal is found in long-distance races like the 43-kilometre “immersing yourself on the water … but also Maui2Molokai in Hawaii. At home in B.C., the possibility of falling in,” he says. “So Gutmann typically paddles between 80 to there’s this extra element of risk involved 120 kilometres a week, and gets out onto that just makes it neat, and makes it a little the water between 150 and 175 days a year. different than the status quo.” On any one of those given days, you can But while many paddlers are drawn
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to the sport for its accessibility and mellowness, Gutmann is careful not to minimize the numerous risks inherently associated with it. “Once you go in the ocean … that’s where the real consequence comes in. That just depends on the individual, how far they want to go with it,” he cautions. “The safety concerns are massive. You just have so many other variables that could come up. And if you aren’t really experienced, you could find yourself in quite dire situations.” To that end, while Legge says he’s seeing significant growth in the whitewater river portion of the SUP industry, Gutmann disputes that this sector will ever truly take off due to the relatively small crowd of paddlers brave enough to accept the risks posed by standup paddling your way through rapids. “The consequence is almost too high. I’d rather be in the middle of the ocean, 20 miles from shore and I’ll feel more safe,” Gutmann says. Even for those who tend to keep their paddling style on the less-risky side of the equation, Gutmann recommends erring on the side of caution, ensuring one’s swimming skills are up to par, and taking all necessary safety equipment, including a leash. It’s worth noting here that the Canadian government classifies a paddleboard as a human-powered watercraft, meaning SUP’ers are subject to the same rules and regulations as those paddling a canoe or kayak. Namely, those navigating a SUP outside of a surf zone must carry a personal flotation device (PFD) and a sounds signalling device onboard. (No, your inflatable board doesn’t count as a PFD itself.) As for those looking to get into the sport or to improve, Gutmann has a few tips: take a lesson, always paddle with a buddy, have someone videotape your stroke, and spend time seeking advice from SUP experts on the internet. Even for someone with his level of experience, “Every time you get out, it is [a learning experience,]” Gutmann says. “Every day and every paddle stroke I do, there’s awareness on what I’m doing with my stroke, because you can always improve on it. That’s what I do—I just always want to get better.” ■
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Stewart Walker takes home win at CJGA event in Chilliwack WHISTLER GOLFER WON A FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF TO WIN HIS THIRD TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR
BY HARRISON BROOKS STEWART WALKER continued his impressive season last week with a win at the U19 Canadian Junior Golf Association B.C. Showcase in Chilliwack. But it’s not the fact he won, that makes this victory impressive, as he’s been doing that all year. It’s how he won—in a four-hole playoff, against older competition—that makes this win stand out. “It was really fun, I mean shooting seven under for two days is still good, and then having the playoff is always a little different than a regular round, but it’s good to experience it,” said Walker. Heading into the last hole, Walker, 16, was one shot behind the tournament leader. But a bogey by Vancouver’s Kevin Li opened the door for a chance to tie it up— and Walker made par to force the playoff. After both golfers made par on the first hole, disaster almost struck when Walker’s tee shot ended up in the bunker on the second. But he managed to get up and down to save par, forcing a third playoff hole. “The third hole is where I had a pretty decent chance to put it away. It’s a par three, I put my pitching wedge to about 15
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feet and lipped out the putt. So that was a tough one,” said Walker. “It was really disappointing. I think my reaction was just, it was not good. I was like ‘that so should have gone in.’” Things continued to not go Walker’s way on the fourth playoff hole, where he sliced his tee shot onto a completely different fairway. Fortunately, he was able to once again save par to give himself a chance. And luckily for Walker, Li had an even tougher time on what would turn out to be the last playoff hole, sending his second shot out of bounds, resulting in a one-stroke penalty and an eventual double-bogey. “Well, it was obviously good to win, but I wasn’t too stoked about how I won, winning with the other guy going [out of bounds],” said Walker. “But apart from that it was certainly a good win after having a bunch of chances and having some poor shots on the actual round.” According to Walker’s coach, Graham Kehoe, one of the key reasons for Walker’s continued success this season, even against players two or three years older, has been the mental preparation the two have been working on before each tournament. “I basically said, ‘Hey listen Stewart, you are going in there and you are the best. And when people are watching you, they are watching you because you’re the best,” said Kehoe. “And so, we just tried to inspire him
with that mantra, with that winning attitude. I wanted nothing but for him to exude confidence. That’s how you win tournaments—you just have to know that you are the best. It’s just that simple, it becomes very mental.” For Walker, while he’s in the middle of the round, he tries to keep his mind clear and not think too much. But before each tournament, and when a round isn’t going his way, he always keeps Kehoe’s winning mentality in the back of his mind. “If it’s going well, it’s definitely a thought that I’ll have maybe off the course more and before my next round,” he said. “But if it’s not going well, it’s kind of good to have it in my head to think, ‘I know I can do this shot any day but we’ll try and pull it off.’” Adding to Walker’s recent success was a second-place finish at the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour Odlum Brown Classic at Chilliwack Golf and Country Club on Aug. 3 to 5, where he posted the low score of the entire tournament (all age groups included) with a 65 on day two of the three-day event. But for Kehoe, a personal best is just another form of motivation he can use to keep pushing the young golfer to new heights. “I think we are trending in the right direction, and 65 is an amazing score, but anytime he comes to me and says, ‘Hey I shot a 65’ I always say, ‘Well why wasn’t it a 64?’” said Kehoe. “I kind of give him a little bit, but I want to push him. I just need to
keep him thinking and understanding that we always need to be progressing. “What’s going to separate Stewart from the pack is going to be his confidence, his ability to perform under pressure and his ability to be one shot better. It’s what we have to do. It’s a grind.” Currently, Walker is out in Quebec competing in the Canadian Junior Boys Championships in Sainte-Julie, a tournament Kehoe believes will be incredibly important for Walker’s progression moving forward as he can get accustomed to what the travelheavy schedules of the NCAA will be like in a few years when he gets there. “We’re going to have to learn now how to arrive, play a practice round, get accustomed to time zones and get accustomed to new surroundings and then settle down and actually play a golf tournament. So I’m really excited to see how he comes out of this next event because this is his future,” said Kehoe about the next steps of Walker’s training. “But this is where the work begins. We’ve made all these strides and the struggle as you progress as everything starts to come a little bit slower. He started gym training and his gains were huge and fast—that’s going to start to slow down now. “So, there is not necessarily new things coming in, it’s just more of the same and I think it’s almost more challenging because we have to keep excited about that. That’s the grind.” n
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BY HARRISON BROOKS AFTER MOVING here in the winter of 2018 for what was supposed to be just one ski season, Newmarket, Ont. native and Whistler local, Marley Sheppard, found herself sticking around for the following summer. That summer, despite having never ridden a mountain bike, Sheppard was convinced by some friends to join them on the mountain, which sparked a totally unexpected passion for the sport. “I met some friends who had actually travelled from Australia to come out here because Whistler bike park is so well known and famous,” she said. “Funnily enough, I didn’t even know that and so I ended up just trying it because my friends were able to lend me a bike and a couple free passes. And I fell in love with it instantaneously and realized pretty quickly that I had a natural talent for it and have pretty much been ripping ever since.” Fast-forward to today and Sheppard is fresh off a first-place finish in the women’s open category at the Dunbar Summer Series in Kicking Horse on July 25 in what was just her second-ever competitive race. The first race was just four days prior in Panorama. But showing up late and missing the course walk meant she had to ride the track for the first time on race day. Ultimately, the results weren’t in her favour, and she finished sixth out of 10. “I was watching the other girls doing the course walk and they were all very methodical, picking line choices, and me only ever having ridden Whistler bike park before, this was new territory for me,” she said. “But Panorama was really good. It was my first real race experience. Definitely super nervous and felt out of my element, for sure. All of my friends have been in the mountain-biking scene for years and I’m just pretty happy to have the confidence through them, otherwise I definitely wouldn’t have thought that I had the beans to enter.” Having that one race under her belt temporarily calmed Sheppard’s nerves heading into the Dunbar Summer series a few days later. However, those nerves quickly came back once the race in Kicking Horse got underway and she found out both the first two girls ahead of her had crashed on their run, with one of them not being able to finish. “So, I’m just there, the next one to drop, and have just heard that these two girls have crashed. And both of these girls have sponsorships and they’ve all been biking for quite some time,” said Sheppard, who was
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the most inexperienced racer competing. “So, I was definitely already nervous for the course itself, and then having two girls in front of me have crashes right before I was dropping in, definitely made me pretty nervous, but I think I just act well under pressure even if I might not like it, and I just performed well.” And with the only goal of finishing “rubber side down,” Sheppard made it down the course unscathed and crossed the finish line with a time of 5:58.32, entering the “hot seat,” where she had to wait to see if any of the next five racers beat her time. One by one the other racers crossed the finish line, and one by one the times they clocked were slower than Sheppard’s, until there was no one left. “Every person that came down, I was expecting that next person to be the one to have the better time. I definitely didn’t expect to win. But like I said, I get my confidence from my friends; they were the ones who kind of pushed me to race and see where I would stack up against these girls,” she said. “[I was] very impressed with myself and pretty proud that I did it. I was really excited. We all went up and did a party lap together after the race, so I actually got to ride some of Kicking Horse, so that was fun and we had a big party afterwards and celebrated.” While there aren’t any other races on her schedule yet, Sheppard is hoping to get back out sooner rather than later, this time hopefully with a sponsor who can help with the costs associated with competing. “There are plans to get a new bike,” she said. “But mountain biking is really expensive and just keeping all your gear up to date can run you quite a bit of money each year so that would be a huge help for me to get some sponsorship and get some sort of help.” n
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Taiwanese food returns to Function with Taiwan Bento REBRANDED CONCEPT FOCUSES ON STREET-FOOD FAVOURITES
BY BRANDON BARRETT TAIWANESE FOOD has made its glorious return to Function Junction. Taiwan Bento opened last month after a previous iteration, Taiwanese Kitchen, had to close when a partner in the business had to back out for personal reasons. With a new partner onboard, co-owner ChiaLing Wu is back in the Chirp Kitchen co-op space cooking the comfort foods of her native Taiwan. “We still want to share the food and Taiwan culture,” Wu said. The rebranding isn’t the only new element of the pick-up and delivery service. Rather than having a rotating weekly menu with one or two main dishes, Wu is sticking to a fixed menu that will change seasonally and offer a wider sampling of dishes in the bento style. “With bento, you don’t just get rice and then one dish. With bento you have rice, two side dishes, and a main course. It’s only for $15 but you get lots of variety,” she said. Honing in on popular Taiwanese comfort and street foods, this summer’s menu features succulent deep-fried pork cutlet, with rice and two daily side dishes. “This you will definitely see in Taiwan, in every bento shop,” Wu said. Another street-food favourite on offer this summer is Wu’s popcorn chicken, which, let’s just say, ain’t the Colonel’s popcorn chicken. “When people think about popcorn chicken, they probably think about KFC. It’s really, really different,” Wu said, noting that she uses potato starch instead of cornstarch and bread crumbs, giving the chicken a light, crispy exterior. “I don’t know which part of the chicken KFC uses, but for us, we use the chicken thigh. Chicken thigh and chicken breast are a little bit different because chicken thighs have a little bit of
OUTSIDE THE BOX Chia-Ling Wu is back serving the food of her homeland through the pickup and delivery service, Taiwan Bento. PHOTO SUBMITTED
fat on it. So we marinate it in a lot of spices overnight, and then when we deep-fry it the next day, we don’t need to put a lot of spices on it because everything is already inside the chicken.” Then there’s the perfect dish to beat the heat: refreshing cold noodles in sesame sauce, a beloved summer dish across East Asia. Taiwan Bento also offers a number of a-la-carte dishes, partly to keep regulars happy while they may be missing some of their favourite menu items. One such is the Taiwanese fish cake, which is quite different than the breaded fish cake you might find in the West, and in Taiwan at least—a land that loves the deep fryer—they are typically deep-
fried as opposed to thrown in soups, as they would commonly be in Japan. The time at Taiwanese Kitchen also afforded Wu the opportunity to not only hone her menu, but her business model, too. She credited Japanese sandwich maker and fellow Chirp Kitchen resident Kumo for helping her streamline her operations both in the kitchen and out. “They are using the same kitchen and they taught me a lot of new ways to market the kitchen and also gave me some suggestions on how to make the kitchen and business operate a bit better,” Wu said. It speaks to the camaraderie among small businesses in Function, where operators far
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Angela Heck poised to usher Whistler Film Festival into new era NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TAKES OVER AT TIME OF TRANSITION FOR EVENT AND INDUSTRY AT LARGE
BY BRANDON BARRETT IN CASE YOU needed proof of Angela Heck’s Whistler Film Festival (WFF) bonafides, she was in attendance at the event’s very first edition in 2001 for the now infamous screening of Johnny Thrash’s and John Zaritsky’s legendary documentary, Ski Bums. “It’s all true, whatever you heard about that screening,” she says with a laugh. Working as a publicist at the time, Heck caught wind of “this great little festival in Whistler that was screening these crazy films” and she couldn’t help but admire the chutzpah. “Good on ‘em for making some pretty radical choices.” Two decades later and Heck is now the WFF’s executive director, promoted internally this summer after working for the festival in a variety of capacities over the years. Replacing WFF founder and “absolute powerhouse” Shauna Hardy Mishaw, Heck says it was a tremendous honour to take over the reins of an event she holds so near and dear. “I’ve had such a love for the festival since the beginning, and to move into this role and be trusted with the festival is a
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big responsibility, but it’s also going to be a ton of fun,” she adds. Heck takes over at a time of transition both for the festival and the wider film industry, which has had to reckon with the effects of the pandemic and a growing emphasis on streaming. Heck stepped in last fall as the managing director of the 2020 festival, overseeing the WFF’s first fully digital edition.
an anomalous year. The move to a digital model did come with some other welcome side effects, too. “It was interesting that we managed to have a much further reach at a national level, so a lot more people became aware of us. We were also able to reach people that might not otherwise be able to join us,” Heck says. “We also had some filmmakers who, whether by geography or other
“Where we want to go strategically moving forward is doing more of our talent development programs, so you can expect to see more opportunities for people to hone their craft.” - ANGELA HECK
“It was informed chaos,” she says of the transition. “The transition to a lot of tools and technology was already underway, and the whole pandemic just really accelerated it. We were hoping to still have some in-person screenings but that was not possible and we didn’t find that out until right before the festival, I think in midNovember. It kept us on our toes, for sure. But we did it and we did it very well.” Heck credited the WFF team and Hardy Mishaw’s guidance for effectively transforming the event on short notice and helping increase the number of (virtual) attendees in what can only be described as
reasons, were not necessarily able to travel, and they could take part in it.” Heck says the experience gleaned from last year will help inform the WFF’s “hybrid” model moving forward, with plans to continue offering digital options alongside in-person screenings and events (COVID-19 restrictions permitting, of course). Working in tandem with Telefilm Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts and Nordicity, the WFF researched what the future of film festivals could hold in a post-pandemic landscape, with the results released in June. Polling more than 150 participants, with 58 per cent identifying
as filmmakers and creators, the study found that 71 per cent of respondents identified accessibility as a key benefit to a virtual film festival, while 64 per cent said audience engagement remains a key challenge. The study also found that the hybrid online/in-person model was here to stay, but that digital festivals were harder to stand out from the crowd in a sea of online and Zoom events, and make it more difficult for creators to establish organic connections leading to networking and sales opportunities. Heck, a documentary producer in her own right, brings more than 20 years experience in the film and entertainment industry to the table, time that will surely aid in furthering the WFF’s reputation as one of North America’s most filmmakerfriendly events. “Where we want to go strategically moving forward is doing more of our talent development programs, so you can expect to see more opportunities for people to hone their craft,” she says. As for the 2021 festival, Heck is keeping her cards close to the chest for now, although plans are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. “I’m just really excited to get going and see where we land in December,” she says. “We’ve got plans going on for our hybrid edition and we’ll be ready to announce a few things in early September.” To learn more, visit whistlerfilmfestival.com. n
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LIFTED Mat the Alien has seen an outpouring of support from the Sea to Sky, where he has been a fixture of the music scene for years, since a devastating injury last year that left him paralyzed from the chest down. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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LESS THAN A YEAR FROM A DEVASTATING BIKING ACCIDENT, ICONIC DJ PLAYS VIDEO SET IN SQUAMISH THIS FRIDAY
BY BRANDON BARRETT MAT THE ALIEN wants his Sea to Sky friends and fans to know something: he misses you dearly. “I wish I could be over there,” says the iconic 47-year-old DJ who will be playing a video set at Norman Rudy’s in Squamish on Friday, Aug. 13. “I’ve been staying pretty close to home but it would be good to see everyone eventually. I’ve got so many friends over there.” A prolific DJ and producer who was a fixture of the Whistler and Squamish electronic scene since he first landed here in the mid‘90s, Mat the Alien, born Mat Andrew, suffered a horrific mountain biking accident last fall that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The outpouring of support he got in the wake of the injury—a GoFundMe to help with his recovery recently hit its $200,0000 goal—was testament to the outsized impact he has had not only on the corridor, but the electronic scene at large. “It was amazing to see all the support and all the messages. It was overwhelming,” he says. “It brought me to tears a few times with just how much support I had from everyone.” Mat’s recovery has understandably been a challenging road so far, as he has had to adapt to the new reality of his disability. “You don’t realize how difficult it is being in a wheelchair or being quadriplegic,” he says. “It’s an eye-opening thing because I spent two months in hospital and then four months in rehab. I just went for a bike ride one day and all of a sudden you don’t go home for six months and you have to
learn how to deal with a new way of life.” One saving grace for Mat has been the use of his arms, which of course means he can continue to pursue his music. Already a prolific collaborator before the accident, Mat has harnessed the reach of the internet to work with a coterie of artists and continue running his boutique record label, Really Good Recordings. He’s also hopeful to resume offering online music and DJing classes, something he was doing during the pandemic prior to his injury. “It’s one of those things where I wake up and right away start messing with music, making sounds and DJing. I’m really glad I can still do it,” he says. “I’ve been exploring all kinds of bass music. It’s just so fun now with the internet that I can work on a beat with someone in Oakland or Montreal. I can open it up, work on it, save it and put it on Dropbox, they open it up and do the same. It motivates you to get stuff finished.” For those long months Mat was laid up in hospital, he wasn’t sure if he’d ever get to play in front of crowds again. And while he is still a ways a way from travelling to live gigs, he has already played video sets as part of Bass Coast, in addition to this week’s video set at Norman Rudy’s, his first Sea to Sky gig since the accident. Part of the Squamish Wind Festival, the event doubles as a fundraiser for Mat. Starting at 5 p.m., the evening will also feature live performances from Russ Ward and DJ Praiz, and will be MC’d by Feet Banks. Tickets are $15, available at sevn.ly/xe100mix. To keep up with Mat, visit linktr.ee/ matthealien. You can also still contribute to his fundraiser at gofundme.com/f/3ckgdreally-good-fundraiser. n
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BY ALLYN PRINGLE THE WHISTLER VILLAGE is often thought of as a single entity, stretching from the gondolas at the base of Whistler Mountain to Marketplace on Lorimer Road, and for some it includes the Upper Village at the base of Blackcomb Mountain. For those who visit Whistler for the first time, Village North is just as much a part of the village as Village Square or Skier’s Plaza. Village North, however, was built a whole decade after the development of the “original” village had begun and, according to some stories from the late 1980s, the Village North of today was almost not built at all. When Whistler, like the rest of Canada, was hit by a recession in the early 1980s, Whistler Village was still in the early stages of development. While some buildings were completed and businesses were beginning to open, others had only poured their foundations. In 1983, the provincial government under Premier Bill Bennett established Whistler Land Co. Developments (WLC), a Crown corporation to take over the debts and liabilities of the Whistler Village Land Company. WLC also took over ownership of the Village North lands, which were eventually supposed to provide a return on investment for the province. The economy slowly recovered and the province and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) started negotiations in 1986 to return control and assets to the RMOW, including the development of Village North. By 1987, most of the village sites had been completed, the conference centre and golf course were operating, Expo 86 had brought more international exposure, Intrawest had bought Aspen’s interest in Blackcomb Mountain and was beginning to develop the Blackcomb Benchlands, and Canadian Pacific Hotels had announced the $80 million Chateau Whistler Resort.
The relationship between the WLC and the RMOW was not always harmonious. To some, it appeared that the WLC had been sent to “fix the problem” in Whistler and members of the WLC seemed dismissive of the work done and the future ideas for the village. Over time, Chester Johnson, the chair of the WLC board of directors, was persuaded of the merits of Whistler’s original plans for the village, but Kevin Murphy of BC Place Corporation needed more convincing. In a speaker event in 2019, Drew Meredith (mayor of Whistler from 1986 to 1990) recalled that Murphy had decided the WLC was going to cut up Village North into residential lots and sell the lots to developers. This horrified the RMOW and Meredith called up Lorne Borgal, then the president of Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation, and asked to borrow Eldon Beck. At the time Beck, who had provided much of the vision of the first Whistler Village development, was working for Whistler Mountain on Olympic Meadows plans that never materialized. As Meredith described it, “We injected Eldon into the room with Kevin Murphy and two hours later they came out arm in arm. And what you got is what we got.” It’s not clear exactly what happened in that meeting, but Beck jokingly described the experience at the same 2019 event: “I just appealed to his good side and so we went into the room together and I talked to him, we sang the Canadian national anthem, hugged, and cried a little bit and came out and the deal was done.” According to Jim Moodie, it was incredibly fortunate for Whistler that Beck got along with Murphy, who was “one of the toughest guys [he] ever worked for.” An agreement between the province and the RMOW was reached by August 1989 and a detailed plan for the Village North lands had been created. Next week, we’ll look more at the development of Village North to the sale of the last lot in 1997. n
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Consecrate” isn’t a word you often encounter in intellectual circles. In my home country of America, many otherwise smart people spurn the possibility that we might want to make things sacred. And a lot of art aspires to do the opposite of consecration: strip the world of holiness and mock the urge to commune with sanctified experiences. But filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) expressed a contradictory view. He wrote, “I am not interested in deconsecrating: that’s a fashion I hate. I want to reconsecrate things as much as possible, I want to re-mythicize them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Aries, I invite you to look for opportunities to do the same. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Anais Nin wrote, “I don’t want worship. I want understanding.” George Orwell said, “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared, “For as long as I can remember, I thought I wanted to be loved. Now I know: I don’t need love, I need understanding.” Here’s what I’ll add, Taurus: If you ask for understanding and seek it out, a wealth of it will be available to you in the coming weeks. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The English idiom “playing hard to get” means “pretending to be unavailable or uninterested so as to make oneself more attractive or desirable.” Psychologists say this strategy often works, although it’s crucial not to go too far and make your pursuer lose interest. Seventeenth-century philosopher Baltasar Gracián expressed the concept more philosophically. He said, “Leave people hungry. Even with physical thirst, good taste’s trick is to stimulate it, not quench it. What’s good, if sparse, is twice as good. A surfeit of pleasure is dangerous, for it occasions disdain even towards what’s undisputedly excellent. Hard-won happiness is twice as enjoyable.” I suggest you consider deploying these strategies, Gemini. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) sometimes worked alongside painter Claude Monet (1840–1926) at Monet’s home. He sought the older man’s guidance. Before their first session, Sargent realized there was no black among the paint colours Monet gave him to work with. What?! Monet didn’t use black? Sargent was shocked. He couldn’t imagine painting without it. And yet, he did fine without it. In fact, the apparent limitation compelled him to be creative in ways he hadn’t previously imagined. What would be your metaphorical equivalent, Cancerian: a limitation that inspires? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to Leo author Guy de Maupassant, “We are in the habit of using our eyes only with the memory of what people before us have thought about the things we are looking at.” That’s too bad. It causes us to miss a lot of life’s richness. In fact, said de Maupassant, “There is an element of the unexplored in everything. The smallest thing contains a little of what is unknown.” Your assignment in the next two weeks, Leo, is to take his thoughts to heart. In every experience, engage “with enough attention to find an aspect of it that no one has ever seen or spoken of.” You are in a phase when you could discover and enjoy record-breaking levels of novelty. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly wrote a poem I want you to know about. She described how, when she was a child, she stayed up all night picking peaches from her father’s orchard by starlight. For hours, she climbed up and down the ladder. Her hands “twisted fruit” as if she “were entering a thousand doors.” When the stars faded and morning arrived, her insides felt like “the stillness a bell possesses just after it has been rung.” That’s the kind of experience I wish for you in the coming days, Virgo. I know it can’t be exactly the same. Can you imagine what the nearest equivalent might be? Make it happen! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Plato mistrusted laughter, poetry, bright colours, and artists who
used bright colours. All those soulful activities influenced people to be emotional, Plato thought, and therefore represented a threat to rational, orderly society. Wow! I’m glad I don’t live in a culture descended from Plato! Oh, wait, I do. His writing is foundational to Western thought. One modern philosopher declared, “The European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” Anyway, I’m counselling you to rebel against Plato in the coming weeks. You especially need experiences that awaken and please and highlight your feelings. Contrary to Plato’s fears, doing this will boost your intelligence and enhance your decision-making powers. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A biography of Nobel Prizewinning Scorpio author Albert Camus noted that he had two modes. They are summed up in the French words solidaire (“unity”) and solitaire (“solitary”). When Camus was in a solidaire phase, he immersed himself in convivial engagement, enjoying the pleasures of socializing. But when he decided it was time to work hard on writing his books, he retreated into a monastic routine to marshal intense creativity. According to my astrological analysis, you Scorpios are currently in the solidaire phase of your rhythm. Enjoy it to the max! When might the next solitaire phase come? October could be such a time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): During the 76 years since the end of the Second World War, Italy has had 69 different governments. That’s a great deal of turnover! Is it a strength or weakness to have so many changes in leadership? On the one hand, such flexibility could be an asset; it might be wise to keep reinventing the power structure as circumstances shift. On the other hand, having so little continuity and stability may undermine confidence and generate stressful uncertainty. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when you could be as changeable as Italy. Is that what you want? Would it serve you or undermine you? Make a conscious choice. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn actor Nicholas Browne testifies, “My heart is too full; it overflows onto everything I see. I am drowning in my own heart. I’ve plunged into the deepness of emotion, and I don’t see any way back up. Still, I pray no one comes to save me.” I’m guessing that his profound capacity to feel and express emotions serves Browne well in his craft. While I don’t recommend such a deep immersion for you 24/7/365, I suspect you’ll be wise to embark on such an excursion during the next three weeks. Have fun diving! How deep can you go? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m calling on author Byron Katie to offer you a message. Is it infused with tough love or sweet encouragement? Both! Here’s Katie: “When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.” Get ready to dive deeper than you’ve dared to go before, Aquarius. I guarantee you it will ultimately become fun and educational. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In August 1922, author Nikos Kazantzakis wrote this triumphant declaration: “All day today I’ve had the most gentle, quivering joy, because I’m beginning to heal. Consciously, happily, I feel that I am being born anew, that I am beginning once again to take possession of the light.” On behalf of the cosmic powersthat-be, I authorize you to use these words as your own in the coming weeks. They capture transformations that are in the works for you. By speaking Kazantzakis’ declarations aloud several times every day, you will ensure that his experience will be yours, too.
Homewor: Name what you’re most eager to change about your life. Newsletter@FreeWillAstrology.com.
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The N’Quatqua First Nation is seeking a qualified Aboriginal Supported Child Development Educator to fill a full-time position at N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre. The successful candidate will join our NCFDC team, the function of the Aboriginal Supported Child Development Educator is to provide the extra staffing support to a child care center in order for children with extra support needs to fully participate in the child care settings chosen by their families. The Educator works as a team member with child care setting staff and with all the children and families providing general support to the whole program to ensure effective inclusion of the children. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability in: • Ability to develop and maintain a warm, caring, responsive relationship with the child. • Ability to establish and maintain supportive, collaborative relationships with families and staff. • Ability to maintain confidentiality, positive, professional, non-judgemental attitude. • Physically ability to carry out the duties of the position. • Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that supports community, inclusion and is culturally significant for young Aboriginal children • Understanding and working knowledge of Child Care Licensing regulations • Interpersonal, written, oral communication skills and maintaining positive communication with parents • Collaborating with community service providers, Self-directed and able to initiate and complete projects In addition, the Educator will have: • A minimum of 2 years work experience in a child care setting • Valid Early Childhood Educator Certificate, SNE Licence to Practice. • Clear Criminal Records Check & Current First Aid • Food Safe or willingness to obtain • Some knowledge of curriculum and philosophies in First Nations Early Childhood settings. Terms of Employment: • Full-time, Monday to Thursday hours to be determined • Start Date: As soon as possible • Wage: (negotiable depending on experience) Cover Letter & Resume to: Title: Lisa Sambo, Manager Agency: N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre Email: lisa.sambo@nquatqua.ca Fax: 604-452-3295/3280 Deadline: until position is filled We thank all those who apply. Only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
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Anchors aweigh A LARGE— say, 13 metres and up— sailboat is an absolute joy. Well, not if you get caught in a week’s worth of non-stop rain, but otherwise, a joy. A boat that size tends to give you confidence. It accelerates to speed almost unnoticeably, flattens out all but deep swells and feels rock-solid with its leeward toerail nearly submerged. There is a good reason large Cadillacs and Lincolns of a certain vintage are referred to as land yachts. I’ve had the pleasure of being on such boats, most recently a 46’ Dufour (14 metres) sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. Designed and modified for just such an adventure, it was a sleek cruising boat with just enough beam to offer its occupants a bit of comfort below deck but not nearly enough to seem
BY G.D. MAXWELL tubby. Running with the trade winds for 17 days, wing-on-wing, turned out to be largely uneventful and downright pleasant. An adventure with no adversity. Unusual in my experience. Big boats lull you into a false sense they can handle anything. Mostly they can, at least until the wind starts to blow something stronger than 25 knots with gusts well into the 30s, nonsailors aboard, and you on a close reach. At that point, even the finest of sailing yachts can become careening, seemingly out-of-control rodeo rides, with screaming adolescents and adults turning green and wondering if anyone will notice them tossing their cookies overboard. That this is the point of sailing where I really begin to relish the trip generally puts me in good stead with the captain and squarely on the non-sailor’s hitlist. At the other end of the continuum is sailing with little or no wind. August is often a capricious month to sail on even large lakes... like Lake Ontario. It is not unusual to be becalmed for long stretches of time when the drone of a diesel engine is the only alternative to sitting motionless and cursing your fate. Since even the best diesel sounds like someone’s dropped a handful of various sized nuts and bolts maliciously into the crankcase, running the engine is not just an admission that you brought the wrong kind of boat to the party, it is a form of auditory torture. The alternative, still air, rising humidity, and relentless sun all seeming to combine to make even fibreglass feel like it’s sweating. No-seeums and biting flies appear to hatch from the water itself to frolic and live out their parsimonious lifespans within the confines of the cockpit, nourishing themselves freely on your ankles. Such conditions generally tilt the decision in favour of firing up the dreaded engine. Motoring is an unmitigated cry of “Uncle” when sailing is your preferred mode of travel. However, whether sailing or motoring, motion of any sort in a large sailboat is
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preferable to stopping. Stopping a boat is an act of faith almost beyond the comprehension of non-sailors. To state the obvious, there are no brakes on a boat. And unlike a motorboat that may enjoy multiple large propellers, each capable of turning different directions and bringing a boat to a stop so quickly you can pop blood vessels in your eyes, sailboats have a single prop that looks as though it was stolen from the top of someone’s beanie and wouldn’t be able to blend a decent margarita at full speed. When stopping a sailboat, you are faced with basically two choices: marina or anchor. Both can be adventures. Gracefully sliding a large boat into its home
side necessary to blow you into one of the aforementioned perils. The pitfalls of docking are, however, nose pimples compared to dropping your anchor—they are embarrassing but not lifethreatening. The mere idea of containing the force of wind and current doing their mightiest to blow your boat onto the Canadian Shield granite of nearby islands by dropping a chunk of metal into what may at best be a muddy bottom is, let’s admit it, ridiculous. Putting your faith in an anchor is like rappelling on dental floss. Sailors inherently sense this. That’s why they often place a second anchor just to be “safe” or stern-tie many places on the B.C.
Putting your faith in an anchor is like rappelling on dental floss.
slip is challenging enough. Finding and negotiating unfamiliar dockage is almost inevitably humourous and humbling. To much waving of arms and shouting back and forth, you attempt to “feel” your way into a slip without caroming off the boat next to you or, heaven forbid, nudging into the dock in front of you. Success is never a given and the wind is never on your side, which is to say it’s always on the
coast. Kind of like doubling the floss before you hurl yourself over the cliff. But all this nonsense assumes you’ve successfully nosed your boat into a sheltered bay where you feel safe dropping your anchor. To even get to that point, you sometimes have to negotiate water not much deeper than your boat’s keel. Forgot about the keel, didn’t you? This is where I get to tell you about the
only time in my life I believed I was going to drown. Sailing on Lake Champlain, a lesser great lake lying on the borders of Vermont and New York, I had to pick up an anchor buoy in the shallow bay of a marina. The saving grace, if there was one, was I was on a smaller, lighter racing boat of 21 feet. Two feet shy of the anchor, the boat’s keel ploughed the muddy bottom. Oops. The smart thing would have been to drop the sails, swim to shore, get the only power boat in the bay—the marina’s work boat—and pull the bottomed boat off the soft mud. But being embarrassed, figuring I was only in water a few centimetres shallower than the 1.2-metre keel, being 5’10” (178 centimetres), I jumped overboard determined to lift and jiggle the boat off the bottom. You can probably see where this is going, but at the time, it made sense. Planting both feet and ducking under the hull near the boat’s bow, I heaved a mighty heave. Almost immediately I realized the movement I felt was not the boat rising out of the mud but was, in fact, my feet being driven convincingly into the mud with the full force of my own efforts, up to my calves. I was now in water over my nose with both legs held fast by the cloying bottom. Needless to say I managed to worry both legs free before the air in my lungs expired, but not by a comfortable margin and not before pondering the mirth my friends would have to stifle whenever they thought about how I’d died. Anchors aweigh. ■
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