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Meet the Whistler Animals Galore residents currently looking for a forever home

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Searching for a perfect match Meet the Whistler Animals Galore residents currently looking for a forever home. - By Megan Lalonde

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AT YOUR SERVICE

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of Whistler presented its proposed funding amounts for Fee For Service

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TALKING TAXES

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LOST AND FOUND

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author Rosemary Keevil’s new memoir, The Art of Losing It, details her

retail framework in an online workshop on Feb. 17.

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS Wherever you stand on the pandemic, reanimating Whistler is crucial to

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10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week discuss the benefits of community hubs

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Brandon Barrett explores the surprising success of word puzzle game Wordle.

66 MAXED OUT Max digs into the vast and storied history of consulting, which he concludes is a “noble and ancient business” not at all worthy of ridicule.

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31 RANGE ROVER While Leslie Anthony has found a few answers for why people chuck everything to

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go skiing, only one really matters: it’s fun.

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OPENING REMARKS

Reanimating Whistler THERE’S

A PLEASANT sort of disorientation one experiences when walking Whistler’s Village Stroll for the first time.

According to American architect Eldon Beck, who designed the Village Stroll in the late 1970s, that disorientation is a feature rather than a flaw.

With its meandering flow and absence of right angles, the design was meant to encourage “variety, intrigue and excitement,” while also promoting

BY BRADEN DUPUIS “exploration” and “surprise,” Beck said in a presentation in Whistler years ago.

The design was inspired by a stream in the town of Vail, beside which the architect used to rest after difficult meetings while working as a consultant.

Nearly eight years after I first encountered it, I’m still in awe of the elegance of Beck’s design, and how well it achieves his original vision.

I’ll never forget my first walk down the Village Stroll, and how overwhelming it all felt—the animation and the energy, the diverging paths, and just the sheer unknown of it all.

That sense of mystery and impending excitement is just one of the major factors that have kept me here all these years later.

I spent much of my first year in the resort wandering and exploring, marvelling at features both manmade and natural, and getting swept up in a seemingly endless parade of festivals and pedestrian traffic.

A celebration of yoga highlighted by hundreds stretching in unison on the lawn at Whistler Olympic Plaza one weekend; clusters of uproarious and jovial 20-somethings wearing matching Tough Mudder headbands roaming this way and that the next.

Race announcers bellowing into megaphones; sharply dressed conferencegoers with their dead-giveaway lanyards; a pop-up stage with a collection of bands; a

half-dozen visible bachelorette parties on any given weekend.

Remember how much fun our little town used to be? Remember how alive everything used to feel?

I don’t want to jinx anything. I know the pandemic isn’t over, and another new variant is always potentially just around the corner.

But with the provincial announcement on Feb. 15 that COVID-19 restrictions are finally being rolled back, it feels like an immense weight has just lifted off Whistler’s collective shoulders.

No free tables? No worries! Come on in and mingle by the bar.

Remember dancing? The cage at Buffalo Bills is calling your name.

Festivals, events and conferences?

Slowly but surely, they’re coming back.

According to the Resort Municipality of Whistler, planning is underway for 2022 Festivals Events and Animation programming (keeping Provincial Health Officer developments front of mind, of course).

“In general, the team is realistically optimistic in terms of their approach to planning festivals and events during this pandemic,” a municipal spokesperson said, adding that a small handful of third-party

At Tourism Whistler (TW), some recent changes in government policy are instilling confidence: a switch from a PCR testing requirement to rapid antigen or PCR, the lifting of mandatory arrival testing and the removal of potential quarantine requirements chief among them.

Meanwhile, a two-year commitment of $9.3 million from the provincial government to support B.C.’s business events and conferences industry is also welcome news.

The funding will help organizations like TW “to increase investments into attracting multi-day conference groups, from U.S. and international markets primarily, but also from Canadian markets,” said TW’s president and CEO Barrett Fisher, in an email.

A surge of Omicron cases in January led to about a dozen conference cancellations in Whistler, but with COVID-19 now receding, “there is greater interest and optimism by meeting planners, and our remaining conference groups for the rest of the year (which is a strong volume, many of which were re-booked from 2020 and 2021) are proceeding,” Fisher added.

With its high seasons typically coming in the spring, early summer and fall periods, meeting and conference business serves as a

we still have our work cut out for us in growing conference business in future years to achieve levels seen in more buoyant preCOVID years.”

The return to something resembling normalcy will undoubtedly make some people nervous—and it can’t be a dropeverything mentality.

It doesn’t mean doing away with COVID19 protections overnight, or pretending the virus no longer exists.

While a mask mandate remains in place in B.C., we’re already seeing videos of dozens of unmasked bar patrons dancing and mingling, in Whistler and beyond, which health professionals say will inevitably lead to more cases—and which we know from experience doesn’t bode well for the longterm reanimation of Whistler.

Or maybe our health officials are content with where we are in the fight against COVID-19, and see the risks attached with another shutdown as outweighing the reward?

Listening to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry last week, that does seem to be the new mentality—in lifting restrictions on Feb. 15, Henry noted that people will need to “manage their own risk in most settings” as we open back up.

[M]aybe our health officials are content with where we are in the fight against COVID-19, and see the risks attached with another shutdown as outweighing the reward? events have made announcements as of late, including the Whistler Half Marathon, the Back Forty Marathon, XFONDO, the Whistler Off Road Triathlon, Run Comfy Numb, RBC GranFondo Whistler and Crankworx.

The World Ski and Snowboard Festival won’t run this year after going digital in 2021, but plans are in motion for a grand return in 2023.

nice complement to Whistler’s summer and winter visitation peaks—so it’s important that we keep that ball rolling.

“Conference business is also weatherindependent, and is booked further in advance than leisure business, providing greater certainty for businesses to plan staffing around,” Fisher said.

“While we do have some business on the books for 2023, 2024, 2025 and beyond,

Weighing the uncertainty of the past two years, I’m not going to make any bold predictions about the pandemic for 2022.

It’s still an incredibly touchy subject for many, and everyone will have their own take on the best path forward.

But wherever you stand, reanimating Whistler is crucial to the long-term vitality of the resort, both from an economic and community well-being perspective. ■

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Community hubs the way of the future I was happy to read about the forward movement for the Lil’wat Nation’s plans to build a gas station and multi-use buildings at the intersection of Alpha Lake Road and Lynham Road in Function. I understand these things takes time and liaising with the Ministry of Transportation is not for the fainthearted. That being said, it can’t come soon enough.

As Braden Dupuis illustrated in his editorial on Feb. 10, the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s goal of reducing highway traffic, and in turn reducing green house gases, is important to them, and to us all. I agree that it just makes sense that, “Having fewer Cheakamus (and Function) residents travelling north for basic amenities is a great place to start.”

I would like to take it further for the Cheakamus Crossing/Function neighbourhoods.

Rainbow has led the way with a gas station, daycare, liquor store, yoga studio, coffee shop and grocery store. Decentralization, making community hubs, is smart planning. We are fortunate in the southern communities to already have a daycare, a small corner store, coffee shops and much, much more, but with the upcoming addition of hundreds of new homes for locals (yah), now is the time to

our real estate listings, the walk score could go from zero to seven or eight. Listings aside, this is about health and well-being. It is good for people to be out walking, to see their neighbours, to make connections while supporting and strengthening local entrepreneurs as they work at providing services for our community.

All without getting in their cars.

Libby McKeever // Whistler

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expand our offerings and get us out of our cars and keep traffic off the highway and consolidate neighbourhoods.

The community would benefit from a fullservice grocery store, a full-service eatery, a liquor store and ultimately a branch of the public library, as well as a small community centre, and medical and health offices. This

community hub could begin by offering an Alpine Café/grocery store-type of development with an eatery offering live music, an avenue for visual artists to display their works and most of all, a place for neighbours (families included), to congregate.

The idea of being able to walk to these amenities makes me excited! Just think, that in

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The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) had a reservation system in place at Meadow Park Sports Centre to manage occupancy as required by the provincial Public Health Order for gyms and fitness centres. The PHO also recommended having pre-booking systems in place wherever possible.

Unfortunately, this temporarily led to fewer people being able to access the facility.

However, as of Feb. 17, that requirement is no longer in place and we are happy to return to regular occupancy and no booking system, with COVID-19 safety measures in place including proof of vaccination.

In addition to COVID-19 measures, the RMOW also has a Respectful Workplace Policy which requires staff and the community to engage with each other in a respectful and considerate manner at all times. If a member of the public is not able to engage in a respectful way, they are asked to return or to call back when they are able to do so.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Agricultural land should be protected I’m writing this from Whistler, where I am a teacher and passionate lover of land. When I was young, my parents grew a big garden, which fed us a lot of the year. As well, we took family trips to local farms to stock up on fruit and freeze these treats for the winter. With our children we continued this tradition and go to Lillooet every year to pick fruit, as well as Pemberton. We also belong to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program in Pemberton and

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we can never get it back. Moreover, it sets a precedent and sends the message that B.C. ALR land is open to land speculation. If a developer or land owner just waits long enough and pushes hard enough, they will be able to make a windfall profit at the expense of the food security and biological diversity of our land, the land protected for all the people of B.C. In considering the Village of Pemberton’s support of the 1641 Airport Road Application

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are proud to support local agriculture. I garden with my class at school and help celebrate local food with the students. I also support the BC Agriculture in the Classroom program by sharing the fun facts page, encouraging conversation about local food and trying the fresh produce our school receives.

Our family also supports a grain CSA in the Fraser Valley. I feel proud to support these CSAs as I believe it keeps the land healthy, the farming culture and knowledge alive, and is a key part of local and B.C. food security.

Agricultural land is so important to me.

We were lucky in this pandemic so far, but I think it is vital that we keep our capacity to farm as close to home, as local and as organic as possible. That is my understanding of the purpose of the Agricultural Land Commission: to preserve agricultural land in B.C. in perpetuity for agricultural use.

Development is a constant threat to Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) land and always will be. There will always be developers who speculate and push to remove ALR land from the reserve. We must guard against this carefully.

Once we develop land, pave it, build on it, etc.,

[to convert farm land into an RV park], I urge the Agricultural Land Commission to protect this and all ALR land always, for the purpose the ALC was set up for, forever. With a growing B.C. population, how can we afford to give up prime farmland?

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FOR THE RECORD An article in Pique’s Feb. 10 issue (“Future of Function traffic remains a mystery”) said a Development Permit for a Lil’wat Nation project in Function Junction was first issued in 2017, and that the Nation would “pick up the bill” for the project’s roadwork. For clarity, the permit issued in 2017 was a conditional development permit, and the Nation is responsible for the roadwork necessary to handle the increased traffic generated by the project. An online version of the article has been updated to reflect the additional information. ■

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Backcountry Advisory AS OF WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 If you’re heading into the backcountry this week, be prepared for a major change in avalanche conditions.

For the past couple weeks, a series of highpressure systems has dominated the weather and the few snowfall events we did observe were relatively light. We saw an extended period of very warm conditions and, most recently, a period of cold Arctic air. The result is we are currently in a period of relatively low avalanche danger, but the snow surface is highly variable and weak, so we can likely expect it will become a prominent persistent weak layer once it is buried.

Saturday may end up being the last day of sunshine for a while and may be the last opportunity to take advantage of the relatively stable conditions for bigger objectives such as traverses and peak-bagging. On Sunday, the

first in a series of storm events is expected to impact the region and bury the weak snow surface. As the storm snow piles up next week, expect the avalanche danger to increase.

Now is a great time to observe surface conditions in advance of the switch to stormy conditions. Some observations to watch for include: How widespread is the surface crust?

Have the recent wind events created hard surfaces in the alpine? Did the cold temperatures earlier in the week cause facets to develop on top of the crust? Is large surface hoar forming in wind-sheltered areas around treeline? All these will contribute to avalanche danger rising more rapidly once storm amounts reach 30 centimetres or more in the coming days.

Change is finally coming, and today’s snow surface will likely become next week’s persistent weak layer. ■

CONDITIONS MAY VARY AND CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY Check for the most current conditions before heading out into the backcountry. Daily updates for the areas adjacent to Whistler Blackcomb are available at 604-938-7676, or surf to www.whistlerblackcomb.com/mountaininfo/snow-report#backcountry or go to www.avalanche.ca.

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BY NOW, if you haven’t already joined the hundreds of thousands of people playing Wordle every day, chances are high you’ve at least heard of the viral word game that has taken the English-speaking world by storm.

Because I can only tolerate FOMO for so long, I recently jumped on the Wordle

BY BRANDON BARRETT bandwagon as well, and as much as I’ve enjoyed playing it (I’m pretty good at Wordle, you guys), I’ve also been left scratching my head at its unlikely success.

For the uninitiated, the game is pretty basic: You get six tries to guess a fiveletter word, with the colour of the five tiles changing depending on how close you are.

Green means you’ve got the right letter in the right spot, while yellow indicates you’ve got a letter in the word, but in the wrong spot.

Simple, right? Not exactly reinventing the wheel or anything, and there are countless word games out there like it.

So how to explain its massive popularity?

Well, like so many things, the devil is in the details. First, it’s easy to pick up and

understand, and offers just enough of a challenge to feel like an accomplishment, but not so difficult that it alienates new players. That you can only solve one Wordle every 24 hours is another key feature, with creator Josh Wardle saying he wanted the puzzle to feel like a croissant, “a delightful snack” only eaten occasionally. “Enjoyed too often,” he wrote in a Reddit post, “and they lose their charm.”

But Wordle’s real draw, for my money, is the fact that everyone is solving the same puzzle at the same time, a notinsignificant appeal in such fractured times. With our entertainment landscape as bloated as ever, there are far fewer cultural touch-points for us to connect over. Top 40 radio has been subsumed by highly personalized streaming playlists, appointment prestige TV went by the wayside with Game of Thrones, and blockbuster superhero flicks seem to be the only movies coming out of Hollywood these days to capture the zeitgeist. So having a fun little puzzle the world can toil away on—and, crucially, complain about—together in real time is all the more welcome in times like these. For me personally, it’s given me an excuse to reach out to friends I wouldn’t normally on a daily basis, if only to brag (or whinge) about my score. Tellingly on that front, Wordle only really took off after a feature was added in

December allowing players to share their scores without giving away the word of the day (that’s why all those posts with green, black and yellow Tetris-like blocks have been taking over your Twitter feed).

I think Wordle also benefits from a cute pandemic-related origin story. Wardle, a software engineer living in Brooklyn, developed it for his word game-loving partner, and for a time, Wordle was just a two-player affair. Eventually it caught on in the Wardle family’s group chat, and in the span of just two months, went from having about 90 people playing a day to more than 300,000. In January, Wardle struck gold when the New York Times bought the game outright for a sum in the low seven figures, a happy ending to a pandemic love story.

But that doesn’t mean Wordle has been free of drama. Since the media giant acquired the game, there have been scores of players accusing the NYT of intentionally making it harder by “choosing words that are too obscure or, conversely, too basic and just generally being New York Times-y about it,” wrote the Irish Times.

The Old Gray Lady has flatly denied this, even issuing a statement saying it hasn’t added any words to the original master list, and in fact made the game easier by removing several words it thought were too challenging—but that hasn’t stopped the conspiracy theories from flourishing

online. Twitter user Matthew Shallenberger, in a thread that has garnered more than 100,000 likes, posited that the backlash speaks to an entrenched confirmation bias that can help us understand the rise of conspiracy thinking over the past two years.

He argued that many people are already set up to dislike the NYT for their own reasons and after struggling with “a puzzle or two” find it easier to blame them for making the game harder.

“But here’s the really interesting part: even when you show these people the evidence that Wordle isn’t actually harder, some of them don’t believe it. Why? Because it doesn’t feel true,” he wrote. In such instances, we tend to trust our gut more than other people’s facts, especially if that gut feeling is informed by lived experience.

“And that’s how conspiracy theories work,” Shallenberger went on. “They play on both our feelings and our preconceived biases. That combination is powerful, and it’s why conspiracy theories are so resistant to debunking. It doesn’t matter how much evidence you supply to disprove the theory.”

Two weeks ago, I thought Wordle was nothing more than a passing fad, but after delving into its surprising success in these strange, divisive times, I’ve realized this latest viral trend represents so much more than just a game. ■

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Whistler’s FFS agreements split $1.2M across five organizations ‘IT RELIEVES THE RMOW FROM HAVING TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES AT LIKELY A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER COST’

BY MEGAN LALONDE THE RESORT Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is doling out $1.162 million to local organizations in Fee For Service (FFS) agreements in 2022.

At its Feb. 22 meeting, Whistler council approved FFS agreements with five groups: Arts Whistler, for up to $520,000; Whistler Animals Galore (WAG) up to $100,071; Whistler Chamber of Commerce up to $97,929; and Whistler Museum and Archives Society up to the $195,000; while the Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association (WORCA) will get up to $249,000.

The funding aims to help local organizations “provide programs and services that council considers necessary or desirable,” in terms of its targets, explained John Rae, the RMOW’s manager of cultural planning and development.

“All of these organizations provide real value to the community by delivering services. The WORCA number may seem

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like a particularly large number because people would probably not be aware of the extent of the work—it relieves the RMOW from having to deliver those services at likely a significantly greater cost.”

As a stipulation to the funding, each of the five organizations must also welcome an RMOW representative onto its board of directors and provide the municipality with ongoing status reports.

Funds are “parceled out on a quarterly basis subject to [the RMOW] being assured that performances are consistent with our expectations,” Rae reminded council.

This year’s figures are, for the most part, up from the 2021, when Whistler council approved a $500,000 agreement with Arts Whistler, $200,000 for WORCA; $150,000 for the Whistler Museum and Archives Society and $101,071 for WAG. The Whistler Chamber of Commerce, however, saw its funding dip slightly, from $120,000 in 2021.

CHAMBER FFS FUNDS TO SUPPORT LIL’WAT EMPLOYER PILOT, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING The Chamber had applied for $222,000 in FFS funding to cover six different projects,

including recruitment initiatives like a recruitment boot camp and job fair, a manager development forum, and customer service integration as part of a revamped Whistler Experience program.

In light of Whistler’s squeezed labour market, “those are ideas that we have that came out of conversations we’ve had with our members,” said Whistler Chamber CEO Melissa Pace.

At Tuesday’s meeting, mayor and council agreed to provide the organization with $20,000 to fund the Lil’wat Employer Program Pilot, plus $35,000 for Mental Health First Aid, a program created by the Canadian Mental Health Commission to help local businesses create safe workplaces for employees and allow managers to better identify mental health issues so that employees can seek the right treatment.

The Chamber’s 2022 FFS agreement also allots $42,929 to help fund a range of recovery initiatives, with that portion of the agreement subject to review and approval

by RMOW staff.

The other initiatives outlined in the Chamber’s FFS application all “have merit,” noted Rae, “but due to budgetary constraints … we’ll provide funding for a portion of each of the remaining programs.”

The RMOW’s FFS support for the Chamber is critical to supporting Whistler businesses, said Pace. “The funds that we receive through Fee For Service directly go back into the community,” she explained.

“Some of the funds we use to support the HR piece and some of the [program] designing and those types of expenses, but the vast majority of the money actually goes back into the community.”

AS NUMBER OF TRAIL USERS CLIMBS, SO DOES MAINTENANCE COST WORCA’s 2022 FFS agreement isn’t just a significant bump up from the year prior: it represents a five-fold increase from the $50,000 the organization received annually from 2016 to 2018.

WORCA executive director Trevor Ferrao said the organization is pleased to see its 2022 FFS agreement accurately reflect the cost required to keep Whistler’s trail network in good working shape, given the rising amount of people who have flocked to Whistler’s trails since COVID-19 first hit.

“We’ve definitely seen a big increase in the number of people using the trails over the last couple of years,” explained

NEWS WHISTLER Ferrao. “Pre-pandemic, there were already a lot of people on the trails and then 2020 we saw at least a 50-percent increase, just based on some stats, like Trailforks ride logs. Definitely, the numbers have been going up and up and obviously that just means more maintenance work required on the trails.”

Last year’s FFS agreement allowed WORCA to more than double the size of its trail crew and hire 10 seasonal employees dedicated to maintenance, Ferrao added.

“In the past, it was only like three or four, possibly five people, so we doubled our trail crew size in order to do all of that work,” he explained.

While building new trails is also an important part of WORCA’s mandate— “that’s where a lot of our volunteer work [goes],” noted Ferrao—all FFS money must go towards trail maintenance. The majority will cover WORCA staff’s wages, while the remainder can be used to pay for related costs like equipment and insurance.

WORCA is currently working on two new trails in the Cheakamus area, while eagerly waiting for trail approvals from Recreation Sites and Trails BC, including for one that’s proposed to connect Into the Mystic with Function Junction.

funds to us in the last two years has meant we’ve been able to deliver more to the community than we ever thought would be possible when this thing first hit,” Douglas added.

Looking ahead to the coming months, Arts Whistler is eagerly anticipating the return of an in-person Children’s Festival and its annual Anonymous Art Show, as well as the popular Art on the Lake event that this year will be held over two days instead of one.

But given how quickly circumstances can change, as evidenced by the past two years, Arts Whistler is planning for contingencies like hosting events that can take place outdoors or that can accommodate small groups if need be.

“We’ve learned the art of much faster decision making,” said Douglas with a laugh.

“We’re making sure that every time we program something, essentially we have an alternative. We have a baseline of programs we can deliver no matter what; we can turn on a dime if we have to go virtual with some content if we needed to … We just need to be able to adjust. That’s how we’re planning— [there’s] Plan A and Plan B, and Plan B we can do almost in any condition.”

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“Definitely, the numbers have been going up and up and obviously that just means more maintenance work required on the trails.”

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But as Rae pointed out during Tuesday’s council meeting, WORCA and the RMOW both need to ensure that the pace of new trail development won’t contravene the FFS agreement’s sustainable renewal clause.

The problem with new trails, said Rae, is “that we end up subsequently having to maintain [them] and that ends up becoming a larger amount on an annual basis. So we need to be mindful of that, and WORCA is very aware of that.”

‘We’ve learned the art of much faster decision making’ The $520,000 in FFS funding is critical for Arts Whistler—even if it’s not at quite the same level as the $656,569 the organization received in FFS funds prior to the pandemic, in 2018.

But considering that neither the municipality nor Arts Whistler is back to business as usual in terms of revenue flows, “that’s OK,” said executive director Mo Douglas.

“We’re all still making our way back and this is huge, that the municipality is still able to provide us this level of support.

It’s essential to our functioning always, in good times and bad, but in really difficult times, not every municipality has been able to deliver.”

The RMOW’s “ability to deliver the

operate the Maury Young Arts Centre, as well as the development and production of events, entertainment, and professional development programs for members of Whistler’s arts community.

The $100,071 offered to WAG will primarily fund the shelter’s staffing costs, while the $195,000 earmarked for the Whistler Museum will similarly help pay wages for its three full-time staff.

FFS funds are sourced from a combination of Municipal Regional District Tax (MRDT), Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funds, and general tax revenue.

Previously, the FFS agreements came in the form of three-year deals with organizations—something that changed when funding was slashed during the pandemic. While this year’s funding agreements apply only to 2022 (the amount of MRDT revenue remains as uncertain as the pace of B.C.’s economic recovery from the pandemic, while the RMI program is connected to a three-year Resort Development Strategy agreement with the province and is slated for renewal next month).

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Sea to Sky transit strike negotiations to resume Feb. 24 NO TALKS HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE LOCAL TRANSIT WORKERS BEGAN JOB ACTION JAN. 29

BY BRANDON BARRETT NEGOTIATIONS ARE SET to resume this week between the union representing striking transit workers and their employers more than three weeks after the strike that shut down transit services across the Sea to Sky began.

Representatives for both Unifor and Pacific Western Transportation (PWT) confirmed they would be back at the bargaining table Thursday, Feb. 24. No talks have taken place since the job action began Jan. 29.

“We’re hopeful that significant progress towards a reasonable deal can be made because we’re very much aware of and sensitive to the challenges this disruption has caused for so many in the region,” said a spokesperson for PWT in an email. PWT is the parent company of Whistler Transit and Squamish’s Diversified Transportation, which are contracted by BC Transit to deliver transit services in the Sea to Sky. The main sticking points for the union concern wages, benefits and job security, particularly in light of the high cost of living in the corridor. Unifor has contended that drivers make anywhere from $3 to $5 less

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“[Y]ou can’t negotiate a path to dealing with it if you don’t recognize that the disparities exist and that they are real and they are valid.”

- GAVIN MCGARRIGLE than their counterparts in Vancouver and Victoria, and said 38 per cent of the unit remains without benefits.

“We’ve indicated all along that we

want to see a path to dealing with these disparities. But you can’t negotiate a path to dealing with it if you don’t recognize that the disparities exist and that they are real

and they are valid,” said Gavin McGarrigle, Unifor’s western regional director.

PWT held off on commenting publicly about the strike until last week, partly out of respect for the bargaining process and partly because it requires BC Transit approval to issue a statement. (Notably, BC Transit has held off on commenting itself, referring all media requests to its private contractors.) But the company sent a statement to Pique on Feb. 21 in the hopes of dispelling what it sees as “misleading and inaccurate information” around its current wage scale and compensation. “We cannot comment on any specifics of either party’s bargaining positions, [but] we encourage anyone interested to seek out the facts on wage scales, as it is all public information.”

According to the five-year collective agreement that was previously in place between Unifor and Whistler Transit, a new driver with no experience in April 2019 would have had a base hourly pay rate of $27.92, which increased by a dollar with every 600 driving hours accumulated, to a maximum rate of $31.92. A recent job posting for a BC Transit operator in Victoria, meanwhile, lists the pay scale ranging from $21.77 after the initial training period to a maximum of $33.18 after five years of service.

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Whistler anticipates opening applications for cannabis retail as early as this fall ASPIRING RETAILERS GET GLIMPSE OF MUNICIPALITY’S PROPOSED CANNABIS FRAMEWORK AT VIRTUAL WORKSHOP framework and took questions and input from the public.

The input will be used to finalize the framework and prepare a future report to council.

BY BRANDON BARRETT CANNABIS entrepreneurs eager to get their foot into the Whistler market will have to wait some time yet, with the municipality anticipating opening applications to prospective retailers as early as this fall.

So, going on four years since legalization, when can the resort expect its long-awaited first pot shop?

“I can’t say with any certainty when the first store will open,” explained John Chapman, planning manager with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), at a virtual cannabis retail workshop last Thursday, Feb. 17. “There are aspects of the approvals that we at the municipality have control over and aspects [provincially] that we don’t have control over. So at this point, we are working on developing the framework, the various bylaw amendments and the policy document that will allow us to receive applications.”

More than 70 virtual attendees tuned in to the RMOW’s online session on Feb. 17, where municipal staff gave an overview of its proposed cannabis retail consideration

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The stores would be subject to provincial requirements around distancing from sensitive areas such as schools, and the

“I can’t say with any certainty when the first store will open.”

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First greenlit in December, the retail strategy recommends up to five retail shops in the resort, with potential for two in

RMOW could also add additional distancing requirements through its zoning bylaws.

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PWT also pushed back against Unifor’s assertion that 38 per cent of the bargaining unit is currently without benefits. While the company wouldn’t say what percentage of workers is not covered, the spokesperson noted PWT offers a group RRSP pension plan, and said all year-round, unionized employees receive full extended health and

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Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton and Squamish Mayor Karen Elliott are seeking a meeting with provincial Minister of Labour Harry Bains to discuss the ongoing strike, according to the Resort Municipality of Whistler.

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be subject to specific design guidelines as well, and the municipality could look to Whistler’s Official Community Plan for any additional potential design criteria.

“Certainly what stores look like will be of great concern to us,” said Chapman, noting that staff will work to define the key design elements in the framework—which could include everything from frontage size to square footage—“so that applicants can understand and respond to design expectations when they’re bringing their applications forward.”

Staff is recommending a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) approach, which could be

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For successful applicants, a three-year TUP would be issued initially, with the possibility to renew for another three years.

Several attendees to last week’s session raised concerns over the TUP approach.

“The TUP framework will create challenges with business operators and landlords in establishing an effective lease agreement. In my experience it means that the lease rate will come [at] a significant premium, which this industry’s margins … cannot support,” wrote Harrison Stoker in an online comment during the session.

“With the single renewal opportunity, this is a huge risk for businesses.”

Chapman acknowledged the relative uncertainty of the TUP approach, but noted there are two options potentially in play following the initial six-year period: opening up another TUP application, or moving to site-specific zoning for areas allowing cannabis sales, an approach other B.C. communities that initially implemented a TUP system have adopted.

The RMOW intends to review its cannabis framework during the initial TUP phase to gauge what’s working and what’s not, Chapman added.

Although they won’t necessarily have to have a lease signed, prospective operators will need an appropriate store space secured

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prior to submitting a TUP application, with no guarantee of a thumbs up and what is likely to be a lengthy approval process both locally and provincially.

“One of the ways to address that is by trying to start now with communicating what we’re proposing to do, and then, as we are designing the application process, the intake and review process, just making sure that we’re doing it in a really clear way so it’s easy to understand the expectations [and] the requirements,” Chapman said.

“And yeah, absolutely, having an efficient approval process, we get that that’s

important and necessary.”

The RMOW has several objectives it will use to consider retail cannabis applications, guided in large part by the goals and values listed in Whistler’s updated Official Community Plan: “We want to think about our thriving local economy; Whistler’s mountain community character and culture; we want to think about how cannabis retail can promote community and social well-being,” Chapman explained.

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The consultation period closes at 11:59 p.m. on March 7. The general public can give feedback at engage.whistler.ca/ cannabisretail or via email at cannabis@ whistler.ca, while industry can use the same email or comment at engage.whistler. ca/cannabisretailindustry. Once the consultation period closes, the RMOW will summarize what it has heard in a report to council that will include more details on the framework, application requirements and bylaw amendments. n

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More funding for tourism in B.C. budget—but details remain scarce NEW $25M TOURISM CONTINGENCY FUND ANNOUNCED, BUT UNCLEAR HOW MONIES WILL BE ACCESSED

BY BRANDON BARRETT LOCAL LEADERS got a look at B.C.’s provincial budget when it was tabled on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and while there was $25 million in new funding announced for the tourism sector, details were scarce on the overall funding breakdown for the industry.

“Tourism is a massive contributor to the provincial economy, so our organization always pays special attention to ensuring some of the provincial budget finds its way back into the pockets of Whistler workers.

That means work to do for our staff to understand exactly how it will be allocated,” said Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton of the $173 million in funding earmarked for B.C.’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport for 2022-23.

That’s in addition to a new $25-million tourism contingency fund announced Feb. 22, part of the $2 billion Victoria has set aside for pandemic recovery contingencies and a small fraction of the $9.3 billion in capital spending slated for the fiscal year.

The new fund is on top of $50 million already earmarked for the industry this fiscal year.

In a statement, the Tourism Industry Association of BC (TIABC) welcomed the contingency funding, but said further details are needed to determine “if, when and how the funds may be accessed by operators still impacted by the pandemic.”

The TIABC also noted this year’s budget was “shy on specifics” for the tourism sector, particularly around funding for destination marketing organizations, like Tourism Whistler.

“What we don’t know yet is whether there are additional monies available to Destination British Columbia, Indigenous Tourism BC or regional and community destination management organizations for marketing our destination internationally more aggressively as COVID restrictions are lifted and competition for the visitor dollars heats up throughout the world,” said TIABC Chair Vivek Sharma, adding that the organization would continue to advocate for further provincial and federal support should more COVID-19 restrictions become necessary this year.

There was also no mention in the budget of any monies allocated to B.C.’s Resort Municipality Initiative, a funding program that supports small, tourismbased municipalities build and diversify their tourism infrastructure and offerings— but Crompton’s understanding is that the program is still in place for 2022 despite a three-year, $39-million provincial commitment up for renewal this year. In 2019, the NDP made the RMI program part of its base budget, with a $13-million annual spend attached.

Victoria’s habit has been to make multiple announcements to dribble out funding for the sector. Earlier this month, for example, the province announced that its Business Events and Conferences Restart Fund will provide up to $5 million in the fiscal year that ends March 31, and another $3 million in the 2022-23 fiscal year, to cities’ destination management organizations, such as Destination Vancouver.

Tourism Whistler president and CEO Barrett Fisher said those funds will be crucial to “kickstarting” conference and group business—a fast-growing segment of

the resort’s tourism market pre-pandemic.

“While we anticipate there will be pent-up leisure travel demand, we do believe that the meetings and incentives group side of the business will need some greater stimulation to instil that greater confidence,” she said.

Ottawa’s recent loosening of border measures has also gone a long way towards bolstering travellers’ confidence in Canada, Fisher said. As of Feb. 28, travellers may use a rapid antigen test to meet Canada’s COVID19 travel requirement instead of a PCR test, which had been a barrier to U.S. travellers accustomed to the rapid antigen requirement upon returning home. Fisher also lauded the decision to no longer require fully vaccinated guests to test upon arrival in Canada.

“Having these unknowns for travel be lifted … has definitely boosted confidence and we’re already hearing positive feedback from meeting planners as well as from tour operators who send their leisure visitors,” Fisher said.

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Long-awaited housing development in Nordic headed for approval COUNCIL BRIEFS: COUNCIL HEARS CECAP REPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEES UPDATE TERMS OF REFERENCE

BY MEGAN LALONDE AN EMPLOYEE and market housing development proposed for 2077 Garibaldi Way in Nordic is one step closer to being approved after Whistler’s mayor and council gave third reading to a pair of bylaw amendments on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

The development has undergone several iterations over the years, beginning with its original, hotly contested proposal for a four-storey, 74-unit rental apartment on the 0.88-hectare parcel. That was reduced to 48 units, before being scaled down even further.

Currently, the property is zoned for one detached dwelling with a garage and auxiliary buildings. The proposed bylaw amendments now seek to rezone the site for a multi-family development comprised of 20 townhome units—provided that the first 14 are reserved for employee housing.

The developers’ rezoning application is a product of the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) Private Sector Employee Housing Initiative.

This latest step in the approval process comes following a public hearing in midDecember. While some of the feedback gathered during the process skewed positive, other community members voiced concerns about increased density, traffic, parking, housing tenure and affordability, environmental protections, and construction impacts.

“Many of these comments are not new and have been addressed through the design evolution, reduction in density and proposed for-purchase tenure of the employee housing,” noted a report to council. Staff did not recommend any changes to the proposed bylaws based off the public hearing.

An independent traffic study submitted as part of the proposal concluded that the development would have “little to no impact” on traffic in the area, but it did recommend that B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation review the highway intersection. “Since then, the RMOW entered into a letter of agreement with the Ministry of Transportation, wherein the ministry is funding the design improvements to provide a protected left

turn onto the highway from Whistler Road,” explained manager of planning Melissa Laidlaw during the Feb. 22 council meeting.

Before council will consider adopting the bylaw amendments, the applicant must meet a handful of remaining conditions, including registering a housing agreement setting the maximum initial sales price for the employee townhouses at $559 per square foot and submitting a waste and recycling plan.

Councillor Arthur De Jong recused himself prior to the presentation and otherwise unanimous vote, citing his status as a Nordic Estates resident.

Coun. Duane Jackson, meanwhile, commended both RMOW staff and the applicant for their efforts and patience.

The proposed development “has been around before this council,” he said after, adding, “Certainly, this will deliver a type of housing for families in an ownership model, close to transit, close to the village, accessible, relatively close to many trails.

I think it’s a win for everyone and the design panel was happy to see it and to move forward.”

RMOW STAFF WORKING TO CONSOLIDATE CECAP, BIG MOVES CLIMATE STRATEGY Whistler’s Mayor and council heard an update on Tuesday, Feb. 22 about not just how its Community Energy and Climate Action Plan (CECAP) progressed over the last quarter (Q4) of 2021, but how the plan will be applied moving forward.

The CECAP was adopted in 2016, prior to the RMOW’s adoption of its Climate Action Big Moves Strategy in December 2020.

That strategy introduced a target to reduce Whistler’s GHG emissions by 50 per cent below 2007 levels by 2030 and prioritized the CECAP mitigation actions identified as having the highest GHG emission reduction impacts, explained RMOW climate action coordinator Luisa Burhenne.

With that in mind, RMOW staff have already begun working to consolidate the CECAP and the Big Moves strategy into one “Big Moves Climate Action Implementation Plan,” said Burhenne.

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While implementation of the CECAP has been moving along, multiple lower-priority CECAP actions or actions that are outside municipal control “remain unchanged or yet to be initiated,” according to a report from RMOW staff. As of Dec. 31, 2021, there were 14 CECAP initiatives completed (up from eight in Q3 of 2021, when council last received an update on CECAP) and 89 initiatives identified as in progress or ongoing (compared to 86 in Q3). Additionally, 28 actions outlined in the CECAP remain uninitiated for reasons related to jurisdiction, capacity or lower priority.

Significant CECAP highlights from the last three months of 2021 include the conclusion of the RMOW’s Green Building Policy update research phase and first round of internal stakeholder engagement; a building sector engagement workshop that gathered feedback on the RMOW’s plans to implement the step code for multi-unit buildings; and the completion of the Community Wildfire Resiliency Plan’s final draft.

The RMOW also counted wins in its promotion of public and active transportation, and the development of a Whistler Electric Vehicle strategy getting underway, all while the RMOW continues to expand its municipal e-bike fleet.

An energy study is also in progress at the Meadow Park Sports Centre to identify energy and GHG emission reduction opportunities

at the municipal facility. In terms of climate change adaptation, especially as it applies to recreation, implementation of a snowmaking system for Lost Lake Loop XC ski trails to extend the ski season, (which will double as firefighting infrastructure during the summer months) is also proceeding.

“The Big Moves Climate Action Implementation Plan is not a new plan,” explained Burhenne. “It will help us move

“The BMCA Implementation Plan ... will help us move toward achieving our climate targets more effectively.”

- LUISA BURHENNE

toward achieving our climate targets more effectively; it will help us prioritize action from existing plans, and the whole consolidation process helps us identify and realize synergies between mitigation and adaptation.

“This is important … we’re not developing another new plan here. We are consolidating so that we report on one single

plan and act towards one set of goals.”

The consolidation process will include the development of timelines and estimated budgets associated with achieving those targets, she added.

COUNCIL APPROVES REVISIONS TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEES’ TERMS OF REFERENCE During the Feb. 22 council meeting, Whistler mayor and council approved a series of revisions to both the Forest & Wildland Advisory Committee’s (FWAC) and Whistler Bear Advisory Committee’s (BAC) terms of reference.

Both committees are councilappointed. The FWAC advises Whistler council on topics related to forestry, wildfire management, land-use plans, public and commercial backcountry recreation, wildlife management and the Cheakamus Community Forest (CCF), largely in the form of its monthly meeting minutes.

FWAC last updated its Terms of Reference (TOR) in March 2016. Following a review of these terms last year, its members suggested adding a section on diversity and inclusion, and requested the opportunity to make an annual presentation directly to council to share key information about local forest and wildland issues (in addition to providing ongoing staff reports and meeting minutes).

The committee also suggested updating

some of the language in its terms to better align with Whistler’s Official Community Plan, including adding mentions of both climate change and access management/ recreation infrastructure due to increases in backcountry use by the public.

“Because, as we’ve seen over the last couple of years in particular, just that increasing pressure on natural areas; forestry roads with people wanting to get out into the backcountry,” explained environmental stewardship manager Heather Beresford. “It was already growing before COVID, but COVID has just sent it over the top, so this committee would like to be able to speak specifically to that.”

The WBAC, meanwhile, has aimed to promote bear conservation and the minimization and management of humanbear conflicts within the resort since the committee was formed in 2015. Previously, the WBAC has successfully developed strategies like the Human-Bear Conflict Mitigation Plan, but is currently in an “implementation and response phase on relatively routine issues rather than engaging in significant planning exercises,” according to the report received by council.

The WBAC’s proposed amendments to its terms included establishing a process for choosing a new co-chair each year; adding a diversity paragraph; and eliminating January’s monthly meeting due to a lack of bear activity at that time of year—“the committee would like to hibernate just like the bears are,” joked Beresford. n

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Tax increases likely on the way for Pemberton residents SECOND PHASE OF 2022 BUDGET DELIBERATION BRINGS PEMBERTON’S COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ONE STEP CLOSER TO ANNOUNCING ANNUAL TAX IMPLICATIONS

BY HARRISON BROOKS IN THE SECOND STEP of the Village of Pemberton’s (VOP) annual multi-step budget deliberation process, the village is showing an unaudited surplus carryover of $482,302, with changes still to come throughout the coming weeks.

However, when factoring in the drop from a more than $700,000 surplus carryover last year while operations budgets continue to increase—and the fact that village residents have seen lower tax increases in recent years (four per cent in 2021 and zero per cent in 2020)—another tax increase may be in the cards as the VOP looks to keep pace.

“I think we talked last year about having to look at, potentially, a 10-plus-per-cent tax increase if we don’t start doing smaller increases to carry that [surplus] forward,” said chief administrative officer Nikki Gilmore at the Feb. 22 VOP Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting.

“But that’s why we will most likely be asking council to maybe increase some

TAX TIME Pemberton’s annual budget deliberations will likely be bringing a tax increase to the village’s residents in the next couple weeks.

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of our operational expenses in light of a larger cost-of-living increase, because we really do need to start not coming in at a flat budget and making sure that we’re accounting for this decrease in that surplus carry forward.”

Over the last two years, VOP mayor and council made the decision to keep tax increases minimal to help “lighten the

that so that we’re running equal,” he said.

“The budget obviously shows that we’re bringing forward quite a surplus from last year, but at this point, we don’t know exactly how close those numbers are. So if there’s $50,000 or $70,000, or $100,000 coming in, or something’s under budgeted, four per cent is barely going to put us on track.

“It’s a hard number to pull out right at

“As much as none of us want to increase taxes, I would be pretty much hard-pressed to not go with four per cent.”

- TED CRADDOCK

burden as much as we could on taxpayers,” said Mayor Mike Richman. However, that has put the village in a position where they “have a little catch-up to do.”

And with a 3.9-per-cent cost-of-living increase on the year, Councillor Ted Craddock doesn’t see any way the Village can go with a tax increase less than that.

“As much as none of us want to increase taxes, I would be pretty much hard-pressed to not go with four per cent … just to recover

the present time, and I hate to say it, but I certainly can’t see us going anything less than four per cent.”

Richman did note that currently the budget is showing a surplus, but to avoid the potential of eventually having to drop a 10- to 12-per-cent increase on taxpayers, incremental increases are needed starting this year.

His suggestion, which was eventually adopted by the committee, was for the

VOP’s manager of finance Thomas Sikora to come back to the final tax implication session on March 8 with an updated report showing what increases of four to seven per cent would look like for taxpayers so the committee can make an informed decision.

During the Feb. 22 session, the committee also discussed changes made to the budget since the last meeting and anything that still needed to be updated moving forward.

One of the major alterations came in the form of the Public Works and Parks budget, which originally had a total of $662,000 allocated to the Pemberton Farm Road East Pathway project. The updated version was able to cut the total by more than $200,000 by removing the money for light posts and a flashing pedestrian crosswalk.

However, the councillors agreed that the safety of the crosswalk flashers, which accounted for $35,000 of the original budget, was a more pressing need than spending $45,938 to put down new asphalt in that section of the trail.

A motion to remove the asphalt budget and re-add the budget for the crosswalk flashers was ultimately carried by the committee, followed by a second motion stating that if a planned grant application for the village’s portion of funding is not successful, the project would be funded through gas tax and COVID restart funds. n

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SCIENCE MATTERS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ELECTORAL AREA D Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 4pm

Public Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 466 of the Local Government Act that a Public Hearing will be held electronically regarding the following bylaw: 1. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Electoral Area D Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1135-2013, Amendment Bylaw No. 1717-2021.

PURPOSE OF BYLAW 1717-2021: The SLRD Electoral Area D Development Permit Areas (DPAs) require updating to address new development concerns, legislative changes, and current planning practices. The Howe Sound East developments in particular require more extensive Development Permit Areas to guide development in these existing and future neighbourhoods.

Bylaw 1717-2021 applies to the entire Electoral Area D, although some Development Permit Areas only apply in certain areas or for certain types of development:

Fossil fuel industry is no friend to workers THE FOSSIL FUEL industry has gone to great lengths to paint itself as an environmental champion working hard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can’t be trusted.

It has fuelled a rapidly accelerating crisis that puts the health and survival of humans and many other living beings at risk—all for the sake of enormous profits.

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BY DAVID SUZUKI

INFORMATION A copy of the proposed bylaw and relevant background documents may be inspected at the Regional District office, 1350 Aster Street, Pemberton, BC, during office hours 8:00 am to 4:30 pm from February 17 to March 10, 2022 not including weekends and statutory holidays or on the SLRD website at www.slrd.bc.ca/ AreaDDevelopmentPermitAreas. The public hearing is to be chaired by Electoral Area D Director Tony Rainbow as a delegate of the SLRD Regional Board.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION All persons who believe that their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw at the public hearing. All persons can 1) submit written comments; and/or 2) make oral representations LIVE via online video or phone conferencing (your image will not be broadcast to the Board or the public).

1. Submit Written Comments to the Board: Written submissions must be addressed to “SLRD Board of Directors,” and include your name and mailing address. Until 4:30pm on March 9, 2022, written submissions will be received at the following: Email: Hard Copy:

planning@slrd.bc.ca Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Planning Department PO Box 219, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0

Written submissions will also be accepted on March 10, 2022 between 8:00am and the time when the motion to close the Public Hearing is made. During this timeframe, written comments must be submitted by email to: cdewar@slrd.bc.ca 2. Participate LIVE via Online Video or Phone Conferencing The live Public Hearing will take place March 10, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. via online video and phone conferencing. The Public Hearing will be conducted using Zoom and can be accessed via either online video or phone conferencing. Log-in details will be posted to the notice page: www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/notices three days prior to the Public Hearing. You may also call the Planning Department starting three days prior to the Public Hearing at 604.894.6371 to get the log-in information.

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their products. About 45 years ago, oil giant Exxon’s own scientists warned that excessive fossil fuel use would bring about climate disruption.

“In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels,” Exxon senior scientist James Black told the company’s management committee in 1977. The next year, he said doubling CO2 emissions would increase average global temperatures by 2 to 3 C, which lines up with today’s scientific consensus. He added that “present thinking holds that man has a time window of five to 10 years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical.”

the past 12 years. But actions are going in the opposite direction, with business plans relying on increasing oil and gas exploration, development and export.

According to the Guardian, the new study “found mentions of climate-related keywords in annual reports rose sharply from 2009 to 2020. For example, BP’s use of ‘climate change’ went from 22 to 326 mentions.”

Companies also claim they’re reducing their own emissions, but it’s usually just from operations and not the much greater volumes from using their products as intended.

The stated goal is always the same: to maximize shareholder returns. This means hyping things that allow continued business as usual—such as carbon capture, hydrogen and biofuels—rather than facing the inevitable need to stop fossil-fuel use altogether. Last year, the International Energy Agency said there can be no new fossil-fuel development if the world is to meet net zero climate targets by 2050.

These company executives and their political and media supporters know coal, oil and gas are already making life miserable for countless people confronting droughts, floods, heat domes, wildfires, increasingly inhospitable temperatures and more, and that if we continue on this trajectory, Earth’s life-support systems will become increasingly compromised. But they don’t seem to care, as long as the cash keeps rolling in.

These executives, politicians and news media operators have also worked to portray those trying to slow or stop the destruction as enemies of working people. Again, they’re lying. Although the industry has provided

“Half of the greenhouse gas emissions in our atmosphere were released after 1988.”

- SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Exxon did nothing about the looming crisis it was contributing to, but company executives put enormous amounts of effort and money into downplaying the science and sowing public doubt and confusion. They even worked to undermine international climate agreements such as the 1998 Kyoto Protocol.

Had world leaders acted on the evidence even as late as 1988 when NASA scientist James Hansen warned U.S. lawmakers about the crisis, we likely wouldn’t be in such a predicament. As Scientific American notes, “Half of the greenhouse gas emissions in our atmosphere were released after 1988.”

Recent evidence shows the oil giants are still up to their old misleading and dishonest tricks, often with the help of compliant media and politicians. A peerreviewed Japanese study, published in the scientific journal PLOS One, found increasing mentions of climate-related issues and company claims about shifting to clean energy in annual reports over

good-paying jobs over the years, it is rapidly moving toward greater automation, lower costs and increased profits and shareholder returns. Money is more important than workers and communities.

Environmental and civil society organizations, on the other hand, have long advocated for a “just transition” for workers.

This can include government support for training in clean technology and renewable energy, programs to get industry to pay for workers to clean up its messy legacy, such as abandoned and orphaned wells, and efforts to help communities diversify economic and employment opportunities, among others.

Don’t buy into industry greenwashing.

We don’t have time for that. Two decades into the 21st century, it’s time to move on.

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Legend I CLEARLY REMEMBER my first day of skiing. Well, maybe not clearly—more like an old Super-8 movie—but still.

Housebound on a gorgeous Marchbreak day sometime in the late-1960s, my hyperkinetic friend Mike and I were driving my mother nuts with loud Hot Wheels races and house-wide G.I. Joe battles when, in a fit of desperation, she suggested we take some dusty ski equipment that was languishing in

BY LESLIE ANTHONY the garage—unused since the late ’40s—to the nearby Don Valley Ski Centre, a riverbank operation in one of Toronto’s newly minted suburban wastelands, and give it a whirl.

“It’ll be more fun than tobogganing,” she said, pretty much selling us.

We wrapped chubby 10-year-old hands around wooden, enamel-painted skis with bear-trap bindings, bamboo poles, and boots far too big for grade-school feet, and schlepped it all to the hill. It was an arduous journey of an hour or so, and when we arrived, impatient and excited at our first sight of people zipping down, we still had to figure out how it all worked.

We struggled with the stiff, cumbersome boots, cables, springs and myriad straps for what seemed an eternity. The bindings

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seemed to defy any law of engineering gleaned from Meccano sets, Lego bricks or table-top hockey, but when the forward throws on the cable finally snapped down, it seemed we’d achieved a semblance of attachment. It didn’t last. With each tentative step they would let go, leaving us ski-less and frustrated. It was only through the sympathetic intervention of adults who witnessed our comic plight (tsk-tsking over what kind of parent would cast neophyte children adrift like this), that we were eventually affixed awkwardly to the planks.

But we’d quickly mastered shuffling ahead on the skis, and eagerly got in line for the tow—a fat hemp rope whizzing around a small truck wheel driven by a chugging diesel engine. Sliding along ahead of Mike as we approached the tow, I studied the loading procedure. It seemed simple enough: tuck poles under one arm, place one hand ahead, another behind your back and grab the rope.

Which was just what I did. Wrong. My arms were literally ripped from their sockets as I saw snow, then sky, then snow again.

I could hear the slurping, wet whoosh of a body being dragged through snow, the clackclack of skis slapping together, and Mike’s hysterical laughter. My eyes, nose and mouth filled with snow. Finally, I’d let go of the rope.

I felt sick. The tow operator picked me up and shepherded me back to the line where I had the satisfaction of watching the same fate befall Mike. A second try for each of us and a similar result. Beaten, we’d snivelled around like wounded puppies until, again, someone offered to help. When we eventually made it to the top without a disaster, it was like we’d been airlifted from

hell to well… we weren’t sure what.

The speed was dizzying and intoxicating, wipeouts brutal and instructive. We continued having our arms yanked numb by the speedy rope tows, fell backward off platter lifts to skid helplessly downhill upside down, plowed full-speed and out of control into hay bales, and generally took a massive beating from the tiny 35-metre vertical. The most vivid frames from this flickering film, however, are not of motion but notion—how it all looked and felt to my uninitiated senses.

We sipped scalding hot chocolate from a rancid automatic machine and queued with tanned, sunglass-adorned hedonists who smelled like coconut and spoke of Collingwood and the Laurentians, the Alps and Banff. Everyone but us—clad in jeans with flannel pajamas dangling below the cuffs—wore sleek, black stretch pants that disappeared into their boots. Knit sweaters, turtlenecks and headbands, out-polled jackets, scarves and hats, making a James Bond-ian, damn-the-elements fashion statement. European names were legion— Piz Buin, Snik, Vaurnet, Carrerra, Arlberg.

The leitmotif created the very real sense of being on a mountain, something I knew only from picture books. In the middle of a monotonous urban landscape we’d discovered a window onto a world apart, an entire galaxy of alpine travel, history and endeavour viewed from a tiny corner of the worldwide diaspora.

Mike and I were too battered to walk home, and sheepishly used our last dime to call my mother. She cried when she saw us—broken, bruised and bloodied, our

pajamas shredded by rusty ski edges and the palms of our mitts torn out by the rough hemp of the rope tow. Consumed by guilt and the apparent enormity of what she’d sent us off to conquer, she overlooked our shit-eating grins and did what any conflicted parent would: screamed at us for not calling her sooner.

“It’s OK, mom,” I’d smiled. We had fun.

I wouldn’t ski again until some highschool buddies and I found our way into the sport more or less as a social activity.

And in that the gate would swing wide.

Over the years, the act of sliding downhill on boards would find endless ways to leave me bloodied but smiling—be it a crash, a psychological rout in the backcountry, a tough story to report, or the endless battles of running a magazine. Yet I would always be grateful for the opportunity to experience, study and dissect the milieu of this peculiar anthropological phenomenon.

Like a biologist studying why otters forsake food-gathering and other essential lifepursuits to frolic on riverbank slides, I’ve found a few answers to the question of why people chuck everything to go skiing. Or bother to write about it. But only one of them really matters, and it was the first one I’d hit upon: it’s fun.

This was the prologue of my 2011 book White Planet, dedicated to my mother, who inadvertently opened the door. She died on Jan. 17, 2022, age 90… still worrying about me skiing.

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

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SEARCHING FOR A

PERFECT MATCH

Meet the Whistler Animals Galore residents currently looking for a forever home

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BY MEGAN LALONDE

LET’S CONNECT TO DISCUSS YOUR WHISTLER REAL ESTATE PL ANS W H I S T L E R C AY H E I G H T S

MUCH IS MADE ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPSparticularly during the second month of the year. It doesn’t take more than a quick scroll through Instagram on Valentine’s Day to be reminded of that. It’s the reason dating apps make up a multi-billion-dollar industry and why romantic comedies form an entire, wildly popular genre of movies: there’s a lot to love about love.

But the reality is, romantic love is just one of the most encompassing of several kinds of love people will experience over the course of their lives, from friendships to family, and even, on rare occasions, the kindness of strangers. But the true definition of unconditional love for a lot of people can be epitomized by the relationship with their pets. Dogs didn’t earn the title of man’s best friend for no reason, after all. What other creature would you still allow to live rent-free in your house (let alone take a bullet for) even if they drag you outside in the stormiest weather, rack up astronomical vet bills, and scratch up your favourite piece of furniture or chew through your favourite pair of shoes from time to time?

More importantly, who else will come bounding over to the front door to greet you, even if you were only gone for an hour?

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‘WAG is the only shelter that will give them a chance’ SOME ANIMALS OUT THERE HAVE LOTS OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TO GIVE, but are just missing that best friend (or friends) to give it to. And like any human who has experienced heartbreak—or ever downloaded a dating app, for that matter—these animals have their own unique histories and, in some cases, trauma. And, as in humans, that trauma can sometimes manifest in the form of behavioural issues.

That’s where the good people at Whistler Animals Galore (WAG) come into play.

The non-profit and registered charity that started in 1982 shoulders the task of caring for lost and homeless dogs and cats from Whistler and beyond. That includes partnering with the Resort Municipality of Whistler to house impounded dogs and welcoming animals in need of critical medical care. Oftentimes, owners make the difficult decision to surrender their animals to WAG after realizing they can’t provide the care their pet requires. WAG staff also work to find not just any home, but the home best suited to the animals in their care, and do extensive rehabilitation work with animals that stand to benefit from it—the kind of time-intensive, gradual training and confidence-building that doesn’t happen at all rescue organizations. All this work pays off when an animal finds a home where he or she can thrive, and where the risk of that animal returning to a shelter is low.

Rehabilitation “happens at some other shelters but not at all of them,” explains WAG’s assistant manager Catherine Mazza. “Many shelters just do not accept animals with medical or behavioural issues—period—and we think that’s what makes WAG so special.

“Many of our animals did not have anywhere else to go, and often WAG is the only shelter that will give them a chance.”

Take Lola, a five-year-old pit bull mix brought to WAG by police almost four years ago.

Seized after her owners were arrested, Lola’s unstable start to life resulted in some extreme

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FEATURE STORY fears and anxieties, but through ongoing training and staff’s patience, she has grown by leaps and bounds as she’s settled into shelter life. Around people she’s comfortable with, she’s affectionate, snuggly and overall “wonderful,” says Mazza.

While a stable, loving home would undoubtedly be a huge benefit for Lola’s development, not every prospective dog owner will be a match for her specific needs. As a reactive dog with a fear of men in particular, she needs a female owner with a quiet home and lifestyle who’s willing to make multiple trips to the shelter to get to know her.

If there’s one thing Mazza would like the community to know, it’s just how many special-needs cases end up on WAG’s doorstep. “There is a great need for more facilities that are willing and able to take on those that need more support,” she says.

Currently, the shelter has four dogs and seven cats up for adoption. That’s “pretty typical,” notes Mazza. “A bit low for dogs but we have three large-breed, long-term, specialneeds dogs at the shelter who take up a lot of resources. A litter of puppies will change those numbers pretty quick, though!”

Mazza has been working at the local animal rescue for more than a decade, where a typical day for WAG’s employees includes “a lot of cleaning,” she says. “The mornings are the busiest with animal care, as they have all been alone at the shelter (and for the dogs, locked in kennels) for about 10 hours and all will need to be taken out, fed, and cleaned.”

As anyone who’s ever had one knows, puppies are responsible for the biggest messes, Mazza adds. “There is lots of laundry, dishes, scrubbing litter boxes, walking dogs, taking out the garbage, on and on,” she continues. And that’s not even including the admin side of the operation, like emails, phone calls, adoptions, animal intake, veterinary care, managing volunteers, foster homes, fundraising and more, she adds.

When it comes to raising funds, February is usually a big month for WAG and its annual “Month of Love” campaign. As part of this year’s event, animal lovers are invited to enter a free contest the shelter has dubbed “Love Me Tinder,” where they can submit photos of what their pets’ dating profiles and taglines would look like in order for the chance to win some prizes (submissions can be sent to cmazza@whistlerwag.com), while partial proceeds from every pizza sold during a Creekbread fundraiser held earlier this month will help fund the shelter’s operations.

But if we’re talking dating profiles, it’s really the current WAG residents that are on the hunt for their perfect match.

Think you might be ready to welcome a new love into your life? Keep scrolling to find out.

My perfect Sunday: A hike, a play, then a long nap!

Fun fact about me: I am high energy, unlike many labs.

I’m looking for: Someone who can handle my strength when I get excited.

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CAL & SOL

MALE AGE: ABOUT 3 YEARS HEIGHT: CAL IS VERY TALL. SOL IS A BIT SHORTER, BUT WE ARE BOTH BIG BOYS BREED: LABRADOR RETRIEVER /MASTIFF CROSS We’re brothers and our dream scenario would be to come as a package deal (or at least to find matches that would commit to regular visits together). Two is better than one, right? Our siblings and us were brought to WAG as stray/feral teenagers—after living the first six months of our lives without human interaction, we would not let anyone touch us for a very long time, but now, we’re looking for something serious and long-term with the right match. We love quiet walks in the woods. Tip: playing hard to get our first few meetings and bringing along treats like warm chicken or roast beef will help you get on our good side.

I get along with people who: Have the patience to understand we have some trust issues and will take the time to get to know us.

My simple pleasures: Playing chase in the yard with my favourite humans.

My biggest fear or most irrational fear: Meeting new people.

SOMETIMES (OK, MOST TIMES) EASILY DISTRACTED

BY BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS.

I’M NOT EXACTLY A CITY GIRL AND DON’T LOVE CROWDS, BUT I DO LOVE MOVIE NIGHTS

MOCHA

LOLA

Big fan of the outdoors, but also love to cuddle on the couch. My favourite game is fetch. I’m looking for long-term commitment—no flings! I’m currently working on some training and hoping whoever I match with will be patient help support me along this journey. Sometimes (OK, most times) easily distracted by birds and squirrels.

I’ve called WAG home for almost four years, but I’m hoping to move on to something more permanent sometime soon! My dream house is somewhere quiet with easy access to the outdoors—I’m not exactly a city girl and don’t love crowds, but I do love movie nights, cuddling on the couch, and snacks. It takes me a long time open up to new people, but once

MALE AGE: 1.5 YEARS HEIGHT: I’M A BIG BOY BREED: LABRADOR RETRIEVER MIX

FEMALE AGE: 5 YEARS HEIGHT: MEDIUM BREED: PIT BULL MIX

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FEATURE STORY you get to know me, I am affectionate, loyal loving and playful. Not interested in kids, cats, other dogs, or men—gals only! P.S., I never leave home without my muzzle (only the coolest girls wear one).

My perfect Sunday: A swim and then napping on the couch all the day!

The secret to getting to know me: Warm roasted chicken or delicious warm bacon! And patience.

My biggest fear or most irrational fear: New people We’re the same type of weird if: We grunt like a little piggy when we are most happy.

This older, green-eyed fella is looking for a quiet home, preferably with a homebody! I’m about a year into a diabetes diagnosis and hoping my perfect match can help me with my daily insulin injections. (It’s kind of hard to do yourself when you don’t have opposable thumbs). Likes: Chin scratches and lying in the sun. Dislikes: crates and kennels.

My perfect Sunday: Sleeping next to you.

I get along with people who: Are willing to care for me, including managing my diabetes!

The secret to getting to know me: Showing me love.

THERE’S

BREAKFAST

NOTHING

IS WHAT

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REALLY

MORNING

LIGHTS

SNUGGLES

ME UP

MARY JANE

FEZZIK

I’m fresh off some recent dental surgery and feeling like a brand-new cat! I’m usually cold (#sphinxproblems) meaning my purrfect match would have a cozy fire I could curl up in front of. There’s nothing better than morning snuggles—unless we’re talking cuddling up in a blanket or on a heating pad. My demeanour might be mellow, but my maintenance isn’t. I require weekly baths and biweekly nail cleaning and trimming, while my ears must be cleaned every four days and my face cleaned morning and night. The unpleasant scrubbing associated with baths is well worth being wrapped up in a towel afterwards. It’s a lot, I know, but I’ll reward you with head nudges and nose kisses. Only when I’m in a cuddly mood, of course.

I am a sweet and sassy girl who would prefer to be the only pet in the house. The majority of my days are spent napping on the highest perch of my tower, but breakfast is what really lights me up. I can be gentle, but sometimes I’m a little cheeky and like to be a little rough. This is usually during play and was probably reinforced when I was younger by having humans play with their hands as toys. I will need time, patience and kindness while I learn that being rough during play is not okay.

FEMALE AGE: 12 YEARS OLD BREED: SPHINX CAT SIZE: SMALL

FEMALE AGE: 3.5 YEARS BREED: DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR SIZE: SMALL

My perfect Sunday: Snuggling under a blanket.

My simple pleasures: A quiet home.

I’m looking for: Someone to look after me in my golden years.

I get along with people who: I know well. I am nervous of strangers!

The secret to getting to know me: Visit me a few times!

I’m looking for: A quiet home with a quiet family who will treat me like the queen I am.

DOWN TO PLAY FROM

LIKES: CHIN

TIME TO TIME

SCRATCHES AND LYING IN THE SUN

COCONUT

JOJO

FEMALE AGE: 7.5 YEARS BREED: DOMESTIC LONGHAIR SIZE: MEDIUM

MALE AGE: SENIOR BREED: DOMESTIC SHORT HAIR SIZE: LARGE AND IN CHARGE

A little on the shy side with new people, but I love to be around my humans once I get to know

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FEATURE STORY them! Pretty easy going and love to chill (especially napping in spots with a view!) but down to play from time to time. Heads up, I’d prefer to be the only pet in my home.

What brought me to WAG: After adopting me as a kitten from WAG, a member of the family developed bad allergies!

My perfect Sunday: A play, a nap, and lots of pats!

I get along with people who: Like to pet big, squishy kitties!

Fun fact about me: We are most likely sisters.

The secret to getting to know me: Welcome us into your home and then give us time to get comfortable!

We’re the same type of weird if: You were also under-socialized with humans growing up!

WOULD LOVE A HOME WITH

WE’RE BOTH

A FRIENDLY

NIGHT OWLS

DOG PAL

WHO LOVE TO PLAY

WEEZY

FEMALE AGE: SENIOR BREED: DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR SIZE: MEDIUM

CHEESE & CRACKERS FEMALES AGE: APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR BREED: DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR SIZE: SMALL

In case you couldn’t tell by our names, we’re a two-for-one deal!! Our life before arriving at WAG is a bit of a mystery (concerned citizens noticed us and brought us to the shelter before winter came along), but we’re currently adjusting to life in our foster home. We’re both night owls who love to play (and love treats), but Cheese is the braver of the two of us. We’re still working on coming out of our shells!

I’M PRETTY EASYGOING ONCE YOU GET TO KNOW ME

Living with FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), an ultimately fatal disease, but feeling good and not letting it stop me from being playful, affectionate, and cuddly! Unfortunately my diagnosis means I can’t live with any other cats, but I would love a home with a friendly dog pal. Looking for a quiet home that can handle a few chronic health problems and doesn’t mind a little wheezing. ;) My perfect Sunday: Napping, cuddling, playing, napping.

I get along with people who: Will take care of me in my old age!

I’m looking for: A quiet home with no other cats.

ANIMAL LOVERS ARE INVITED TO ENTER A FREE CONTEST THE SHELTER HAS DUBBED “LOVE ME TINDER,” WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT PHOTOS OF WHAT THEIR PETS’ DATING PROFILES AND TAGLINES WOULD LOOK LIKE IN ORDER FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN SOME PRIZES (SUBMISSIONS CAN BE SENT TO CMAZZA@WHISTLERWAG.COM)

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Notice of Public Hearing Land Use Contract Termination Bylaw (2021 Karen Crescent) No. 2343, 2022 Tuesday, March 1, 2022 @ 5:30 p.m.

Via Zoom Online

Purpose: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to terminate the Whistler Creek Lodge Land Use Contract (LUC), and apply a new RTA34 Zone (Residential Tourist Accommodation Thirty-Four) to the subject lands. The RTA34 Zone proposes to change the permitted use of the subject lands from “hotel” as specified in the LUC to “apartment” including a provision to allow for the apartment units to be used for temporary accommodation when not occupied for residential uses, and provides for existing permitted commercial uses. Additionally, the permitted use of a “child care facility” is proposed to be added.

Subject Lands: The lands that are the subject of the proposed Bylaw are located at 2021 Karen Crescent, and are identified as “subject lands” on the map attached to this notice. The subject lands are known as the Whistler Creek Lodge.

To learn more: A copy of the proposed Bylaw, background documentation and written submissions are available for review from February 17, 2022 to March 1, 2022 at: • Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) • Online on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) website at: whistler.ca/LUC00011 How to provide input: All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw will be given an opportunity to be heard by Council via: 1. Submit written comments to Council via email: corporate@whistler.ca (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on March 1, 2022 and include “Public Hearing for LUC00011” in the subject line); and/or 2. Submit written comments to Council via mail/hand delivery: Resort Municipality of Whistler, Legislative Services Department, 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler BC V8E 0X5 (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on March 1, 2022 and include “Public Hearing for LUC00011” in the subject line); and/or 3. Provide verbal comments at the Public Hearing via online video or phone conferencing. Visit whistler.ca/ LUC00011 or scan the QR code below for instructions on how to access and participate in the Public Hearing. The Public Hearing link and phone numbers are also below.

After the conclusion of this Public Hearing, Council cannot receive further input from the public on the proposed Bylaw.

For more information visit: whistler.ca/LUC00011 Public Hearing link: https://whistler.zoom.us/j/67252063957 Public Hearing phone numbers: +1-778-907-2071 +1-647-374-4685 Webinar ID: 672 5206 3957 SCAN THE QR CODE FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ONLINE

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Crawford leads the way for a new generation of Canadian ski racers FIRST IT WAS THE CRAZY CANUCKS, THEN THE CANADIAN COWBOYS—NOW JACK CRAWFORD, BRODIE SEGER AND BRODERICK THOMPSON ARE AT THE HEART OF CANADA’S NEWEST TEAM OF STAR SKI RACERS

BY HARRISON BROOKS ON THURSDAY, Feb. 10, after already finishing fourth in downhill and sixth in super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Canada’s Jack Crawford made history when he became the first Canadian to ever win an Olympic medal in the 86 years that the alpine combined event has been part of the Games.

Less than 24 hours after claiming the bronze, Crawford and the rest of the alpine team were back in Vancouver. And the following day he returned home to Whistler for a media availability to talk about his historic performance.

Carrying his medal in his pocket as opposed to flaunting it around his neck as many would do so soon after achieving their lifelong dream, Crawford mentions how he chose to do this in Whistler because he knew there would be less of a scrum of reporters to deal with, something that makes the 24-yearold ski racer nervous despite competing in front of millions of people on the world stage less than two days prior.

While the gravity of being the first Canadian to ever accomplish a podium finish in alpine combined hadn’t fully set in yet for Crawford, he did his best to recount the moment he made history and the emotions that came with it.

Being so close to a couple podiums

CANADIAN HISTORY Jack Crawford poses with his historic Olympic bronze medal at a media availability in Whistler.

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already at these Games, Crawford said the doubts and stress started to creep in shortly after crossing the finish line and seeing he was just nine hundredths of a second off the top spot with many of the top slalom skiers still to race.

“When I came through the finish line, I honestly thought, ‘I’m going to be fourth again’ … and there was a little bit of sting coming through. I thought, ‘holy crap I’m going to be fourth again, fifth again, I just can’t seem to make it onto the podium.’ And from there it was just a lot of stress watching those next three or four main contenders

While Crawford’s results in all three of his events were the high mark for the Canadians, fellow Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) graduates Brodie Seger and Broderick Thompson haven’t been strangers to great results themselves over the last couple seasons, with a fourth-place finish at the 2021 World Championships for Seger and a bronze medal at the Beaver Creek World Cup earlier this season for Thompson, not to mention each finishing top 10 in alpine combined in Beijing.

Together, these three, as well as Cam Alexander and Trevor Philp, represent the

“When I came through the finish line, I honestly thought, ‘I’m going to be fourth again’” - JACK CRAWFORD

who could bump me off the podium. I was just really happy to be on the side of luck that day and not get bumped off,” said Crawford, adding that he experienced a wave of relief when his podium placing became official.

“To me it felt like all season I had been skiing to a podium potential, and each race I was coming fifth, sixth, seventh, always improving on my race from the week before, and to actually come out to the Olympics and be fourth in the downhill and sixth in the super-G, I just felt like it was around the corner and I was just really happy to finally achieve what I’ve been trying to get done all season.”

next ones up in the long line of Canadian alpine teams to keep the ski race flame alive and well in Canada.

It all started with the Crazy Canucks in the ’70s and ’80s, named by co-founder of the World Cup Serge Lang after seeing the way the Canadians put it all on the line at every race.

And with inspiration from the Crazy Canucks trickling down through Canada’s ski race program throughout the years, the next group of hotshot ski racers thrust into the limelight were the Canadian Cowboys, named by Lang’s son Patrick for the cowboy

hat passed among the teammates for each event’s top performer.

“I don’t know how much we brought it back, but to keep that flame going was really cool. To know that we were making our mark on Canadian ski racing history, and to just be able to write your own chapter in the history books for Canadian ski racing was pretty fun,” said three-time Whistler Olympian Mike Janyk, one of the members of the Canadian Cowboys.

“It was just really fun and I think it meant that I’ll be forever connected to that group. Every time I see or talk with my teammates, there’s just like, a little wink, like, ‘I know what you did and what we were a part of and how it inspired some in the next generation.’ I was inspired by the generation before me, and we hopefully inspired the next generation.”

While this new group hasn’t been given a name encapsulating its particular brand of Canadian ski racing just yet, there is still plenty of time to join the likes of those before them.

Besides, there are more important things on the agenda for the team, like the last few World Cup stops of the season and making their appearances at some WMSC youth events to spread a little inspiration of their own to the next generation of rippers.

“It feels amazing to be a role model,” said Crawford. “Ski racing in Canada has definitely dropped as a popular sport over the last few years after the Canadian Cowboys all retired, so I’m just hoping with the momentum our team is bringing with my teammates, that we can be that next group that kind of brings ski racing back to the spotlight and makes it great again.” n

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Hoop Reel Basketball Academy thriving in the Sea to Sky

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INTEREST IN THE SPORT HAS TAKEN FOUNDER YONI MARMORSTEIN BY SURPRISE

BY HARRISON BROOKS SIX OR SEVEN years old at the time, stuck in a pandemic with not much going on, Whistler’s Michael McSkimming started watching Toronto Raptors games so he could talk basketball with his uncle in Toronto.

His parents, Jackie Dickinson and Jason McSkimming, never thought in a million years that he would actually have the attention span to sit through even one quarter, let alone an entire game. But each game came and went, and Michael was as captivated as can be.

And now the entire family are diehard Raptors fans, all thanks to Michael’s growing passion for the sport.

In the spring of 2020, there wasn’t much for kids to do as parks were closed and in-person interactions limited due to the pandemic.

“The playoffs were starting with the Raptors, and he became so enthusiastic about watching the Toronto Raptors and then that translated with him wanting to play,” said Dickinson. “A lot of the closure has kind of facilitated the desire to start playing basketball and watching basketball and it just has never stopped. And as much as we want to kind of put him into different sports he keeps asking, ‘when can I play basketball in Whistler?’”

With his love for the sport growing, Michael’s parents set up a basketball net outside their home for him to practice and play with the neighbourhood kids. But still, for the last couple years, there hasn’t been anywhere for Michael and other Whistler kids to play structured basketball and learn the intricacies of the sport.

That is until former university and semipro basketball player Yoni Marmorstein brought his Hoop Reel Basketball Academy to the Sea to Sky. Living at home on Salt Spring Island at 25 years old, Marmorstein knew a typical nineto-five wasn’t what he wanted, so he decided to rededicate himself to the one thing he was most passionate about: basketball.

Marmorstein walked on to the team at Capilano University, and when his university career was over, he got a couple opportunities on some pro and semi-pro teams in Vancouver before using those experiences to start his true passion of teaching the game to younger generations.

Hoop Reel started eight years ago as private and small-group basketball training in North Vancouver. About two years ago, Marmorstein hired more coaches, rented a space in Squamish and

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started doing a full-fledged basketball program under the Hoop Reel name.

“When I started the Squamish academy it was a club-type atmosphere with everybody training together, but then we [were] also splitting up into teams and started playing games against other clubs and just covering all aspects of the game from that standpoint— whereas before it was more purely a skills training, one-on-one kind of thing,” said Marmorstein, who expanded the program this winter to include weekly sessions in Whistler as well.

“Whistler right away seemed like there was a lot of interest. I just put out the post on Facebook and I connected with the coaches, but I didn’t know if there would be enough kids or much of a response at all.

“I think we had 28 kids, so that was surprising. There was clearly a lot of interest.”

Michael, currently just nine years old, is the youngest of the Whistler program’s nearly 30 kids by about two years. And while he said it was scary at first playing with the older kids, he has since gotten used to it and wouldn’t change anything about it.

“I thought it was awesome. I was a little bit worried, like are they going to teach me if I am not so good like the other kids,” said Michael.

“I feel like if I’m playing now, I will be like a whole new good basketball player. And I really appreciate that. They just want to teach me basketball. They don’t care about my size.

They want to teach me basketball and how to learn and teach and get better.”

Being the smallest on the court, Michael perfectly encapsulates the essence of what Marmorstein envisioned for the program. Being short for a basketball player himself at just 5-9, Marmorstein had to work extra hard for everything he has gotten in the sport.

Now he is passing down that mindset of “All Work, No Luck” to his students.

“I used to be a youth worker for an organization called Hoops for Hope in South Africa, and they were all about using basketball as a vehicle to teach life skills. So for me as coach that has always been my main focus,” he said. “We are probably not going to create the next NBA player right away. But I take being a mentor to the kids really seriously, so I try to help them to kind of see how the game can teach them life skills as far as teamwork, discipline, and that you have to work hard towards your goals if you want to achieve them.”

For Dickinson, seeing her son participate in something he is passionate

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Sea to Sky skiers Marielle Thompson, Cassie Sharpe win Olympic silver WHISTLER’S SIMON D’ARTOIS FINISHES 10TH IN MEN’S HALFPIPE

BY MEGAN LALONDE MORE MEDALS are coming home to the Sea to Sky corridor after the final few days of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Whistler’s Marielle Thompson is now a two-time Olympic medallist, after winning silver in the women’s ski cross event on Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Genting Snow Park near Beijing. She first stood on an Olympic podium after winning a gold medal in Sochi in 2014.

The feat is even more impressive when you look at the hurdles Thompson’s had to overcome in the past eight years, including multiple knee injuries in 2017 and 2021.

“Today everything lined up and I was feeling confident on the track, and I’m prepared. Very different from PyeongChang,” Thompson told the Canadian Olympic Committee after crossing the finish line last Thursday. “I’m really stoked. The Olympics is such a different race every time. I’m overjoyed. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Thompson sat in last place for the first half of the four-woman final, but the 29-year-

old came back with a dramatic drive into second before the final jump.

“I knew that the race wasn’t over until they crossed the finish line so I really just stuck with it,” Thompson said in the COC release. “I knew I was fast at the bottom and I knew I could do some single rollers rather than jumping, especially in this fresh snow. I just stuck with it, didn’t give up until the end and it worked out for me.”

Thompson’s silver also means that a Canadian has stood on the women’s ski cross podium at every Olympics since the event made its debut in Vancouver in 2010.

If that wasn’t proof enough of Canada’s dominance on the ski cross circuit, half of the eight-skier semi-final field at these Games were wearing maple leafs. Canadians Brittany Phelan, Courtney Hoffos and Hannah Schmidt all competed in the small final. The trio followed each other over the finish line to place fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively.

In halfpipe skiing, Squamish’s Cassie Sharpe, originally from Comox, also became a member of the two-medal club over the weekend. The halfpipe skier threw down three solid runs—which included a pair of 1080s on

either side of the pipe—to follow up her gold medal win in 2018 with a silver medal this time around. Meanwhile, teammate and training partner Rachael Karker, from Erin, Ont. took bronze in her Olympic debut.

In the men’s halfpipe skiing event, Whistler’s Simon d’Artois finished 10th overall, after stomping his qualifying runs to head into the finals ranked third. Teammate Noah Bowman was the top-ranked Canadian,

placing fourth in the finals, while Brendan Mackay finished ninth.

The 2022 Winter Olympics officially wrapped up with closing ceremonies on Sunday, Feb. 20.

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HOOP REEL FROM PAGE 39 about is incredible in itself, but the best thing about signing Michael up for Hoop Reel has been seeing his confidence grow right before her eyes.

“I’ve noticed a lot more confidence of who he is as a person and willingness to be part of something that feels different than what other kids in the community are doing and that is kind of exciting for him,” she said. “Each week I’m like, ‘so you are the youngest kid there, how do you feel about that?’ And he’s like, ‘I want to go back and I want to keep earning the trust of my teammates,’ so it’s the confidence and the

willingness and desire to feel accepted and feel a part of that that I’ve noticed a huge change in him over the last while since he’s participated.”

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Via Zoom Online Both proposed Bylaws pertain to lands within the Twin Lakes Development, but the OCP amendment only affects a small area within Twin Lakes.

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw (1200 Alta Lake Road) No. 2346, 2022 – Subject Lands and Purpose: The subject lands for the proposed OCP Amendment Bylaw are one strata lot within Twin Lakes (Strata Lot 88, Plan VAS905), as well as its limited common property and small areas of surrounding common property. All of the subject lands for this proposed Bylaw are shown shaded and outlined in heavy black on the first map attached to this notice.

The purpose of the proposed OCP Amendment Bylaw is to change the land use designation of the subject lands from “Residential – Low to Medium (Detached/Multiple)” to “Convenience Commercial”.

Land Use Contract Termination Bylaw (1200 Alta Lake Road) No. 2347, 2022 – Subject Lands and Purpose: The lands that are the subject of this proposed Bylaw are shown on the second map attached to this notice. The subject lands are known as strata plan VAS905 and the civic address for the portion proposed to be zoned RM72 Zone is 1200 Alta Lake Road.

In general terms, the purpose of this proposed Bylaw is to terminate the Twin Lakes Land Use Contract (LUC) from the subject lands and apply a new RM72 Zone (Residential Multiple Seventy- Two) and the existing PAN1 Zone (Protected Area Network One) to specified portions of the subject lands. The RM72 Zone accommodates the existing townhouses and commercial uses, and proposes new permitted uses including: “child care facility” and “auxiliary residential dwelling unit”.

To learn more: A copy of the proposed Bylaws, background documentation and written submissions are available for review from February 17, 2022 to March 1, 2022 at: • Municipal Hall at 4325 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC, during regular office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (statutory holidays excluded) • Online on the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) website at: whistler.ca/LUC00009 How to provide input: All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws will be given an opportunity to be heard by Council via: 1. Submit written comments to Council via email: corporate@whistler.ca (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on March 1, 2022 and include “Public Hearing for LUC00009” in the subject line); and/or

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KEEPING AN EVEN KEEL IN THE MIDST OF THE WINTER BLAHS MAYBE IT’S THE ENDLESS grey waves of storm after winter storm rolling in. Or the joys of another gridlock on the Sea to Sky Highway. Or maybe you’ve simply run out of shock absorbers—with the pandemic, with the bad news all over the news, with any disruption, large or small, and no more Winter Olympics to distract us from it all.

Any number of things can put you right off your mood balance at the best of times,

BY GLENDA BARTOSH but sometimes the happiest solution lies right on our kitchen shelves.

We often forget that many common foods are perfect for lifting spirits without spirits, or mellowing a cranky mood when too much winter or not enough sun leaves you feeling sad or SAD. Here are a few of my favourites, all way cheaper and easier on you and the planet than a getaway to a sun-filled resort.

GO BANANAS FOR A LACK OF DRAMA My mom loves to tell the story about the two little old ladies (they must have been really old) who were sitting behind her on the bus,

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talking about bananas. ‘Oh, you have to eat more of them—they’re so good for your nerves because they’re full of phosphorous,’ one said.

‘No, no, it’s not phosphorous, dear,’ the other replied confidently. ‘It’s phosphorescence!’

Not to upstage those two old gals, but it’s really the potassium in bananas (they knew it was one of those “p” words) that’s good for your nerves. And other than possibly being disappointed over not glowing in the dark after eating one, you’ll be glad to know that bananas truly are good for you and your mood, possibly explaining why people tried smoking banana skins back in the ’60s.

Your average banana contains about 450 mg of potassium, a mineral vital for healthy blood pressure and heart function, one you need about 1300 mg a day of. Bananas also help maintain normal fluid and electrolyte balance, ergo feeding mashed ripe banana to kids who’ve suffered an upset tummy.

They’re also good sources of fibre and contain a lot of vitamin B6, which boosts the immune system, something we could all use right now.

Bonus: bananas make a great natural antacid, so next time you’re suffering a bit of heartburn, try one. And if you’ve never tried organic bananas, treat yourself.

They’re way tastier and grown in way more varieties than the usual commercial ones.

GREEN TEA WILL FILL YOU WITH GLEE I used to stop at a small Japanese restaurant and buy myself a nice bowl of steamy hot udon noodle soup after night school. The owner was always quick to point out that

the green tea he served wouldn’t keep me awake, but it would relax me while keeping me sharp for the drive home.

It seems like an odd contradiction, but if you’ve ever been really wound up or stressed out (should I make that “when” not “if”?), have you noticed how your brain is buzzing and you can’t really concentrate or be productive?

Buddhist and Zen monks have used green tea for centuries to keep themselves calm but alert during meditation, and hopefully avoid a cuff from the master for nodding off. Green and other teas, with their strong antioxidant properties, have also now been scientifically proven to be strong deterrents against some forms of cancer.

One of my favourite green teas is genmaicha, a Japanese blend with roasted rice added that gives a wonderful nutty highlight to the astringent green tea taste. Or check out Whistler’s own Ranger Teacrafters. They offer dozens of amazing green tea possibilities, including ritual grade matcha and the herbal tisane Spirit Soar whose name says it all.

As for the claim that green tea won’t keep you awake, you have my word. If I have even a tablespoon of coffee in the morning, I can’t sleep that night. Green tea has never bothered me. As for keeping me alert and sharp of mind, it depends on who you ask, but at least I haven’t fallen asleep at the wheel, knock on a wooden tea box.

that the claim that ginseng puts you in a good mood has no conclusion. How Zen. But the same study also shows that 7.7 per cent of participants who took 400 mg of ginseng a day said they experienced enhanced moods. While that’s more than those who took placebos, or less ginseng, it’s also within the margin of error as to render it, well, inconclusive.

However, just to confuse you more, another report in the American Family Physician indicates that Panax ginseng, also called true ginseng or Asian ginseng, was effective in boosting both the immune system and psychological functioning, with the caveat that there was some conflicting evidence regarding the latter.

Yep, science can be contradictory, so you could always just go with my own observations, and those of the many farmers growing literally tonnes of ginseng near Kamloops. Either way, lots of evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, supports the magical mood properties of ginseng.

In fact, I’m sipping a nice cup of ginseng tea this moment while sucking on a green tea lozenge and winging the peel from the banana I’ve just finished into the garbage can. Life couldn’t be better. Or maybe it could… if only I had a nice big chunk of dark chocolate.

As for more distractions, hang in there. March 4 sees the kickoff of the Winter Paralympics, which will be even more awe-inspiring.

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‘The only way past it is through it’ and other lessons from The Art of Losing It WHISTLERITE ROSEMARY KEEVIL’S NEW MEMOIR DETAILS HOW SHE FOUGHT—AND OVERCAME—HER BATTLES WITH GRIEF AND ADDICTION

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER’S ROSEMARY Keevil had the picture-perfect life. A loving family. A doting husband and two adorable young daughters. A fast-paced career in media, hosting her own radio show.

Then, in the span of about a month in 1991, she was dealt two blows that would send her life into complete disarray: First, her husband was diagnosed with terminal lymphoma, followed by her brother’s AIDS diagnosis. In a little over a year, they would both be dead, at the age of 41.

“My life just went into a tailspin of emergencies and hospitals and needy kids,” Keevil says.

Suddenly thrust into single motherhood, Keevil says those first few years she was living off the adrenaline of raising two toddlers on her own. That is until one particularly debaucherous night when she dabbled in cocaine.

“I found it was the answer to all my problems,” she says. “It kickstarted a sixyear spiral of drug and alcohol abuse.”

Keevil’s harrowing journey to the brink and back again is documented in her new memoir, The Art of Losing It, published by She Writes Press. A former TV news reporter

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and host of The Rosemary Keevil Show on Vancouver’s CFUN Radio, Keevil had to turn the lens on herself in this deeply personal memoir, an approach that took some getting used to for the career journalist.

“My editor and publisher, Brooke Warner, the founder of She Writes Press, when she read my first draft, she said, ‘Rosemary, your journalism is getting in the way. You’re stating the facts, and writing

she still took her girls to and from school and appointments—“but I did many, many things that a parent shouldn’t do, like driving the kids drunk and stoned,” she says.

Keevil considers herself lucky she didn’t cause a fatal accident. The night she blacked out behind the wheel was her final wake-up call. “That was a gift,” she says, “a gift of desperation.”

In 2002, she checked herself into rehab,

“My life just went into a tailspin of emergencies and hospitals and needy kids.’”

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memoir is all about showing, not telling,’” she recalls. “Talking about myself came more into play during my time as a radio show host because it was sort of emotional radio and at one point we had to bare our soul a little bit—but I didn’t have much to bare at that point. I had to really get down to the fact that I had to talk about my own feelings and be prepared for the world to read that.”

Keevil describes herself during this period as a high-functioning alcoholic— although she considers the term a bit of a misnomer. She still made it to work on time,

and hasn’t touched a drink or drug since. That would seem a natural place for Keevil’s story to finish, the shiny bow on an unimaginable struggle, but of course, recovery doesn’t end on the first day of sobriety—especially for a newly clean mom who had to essentially relearn how to parent her kids.

“You would expect that once I went in and got clean and sober that everything would be smooth-sailing. But it was a nightmare,” she says. “It was as if a wrench had been thrown into our family system.”

Accustomed to a mom who wasn’t always emotionally present in her drinking

days, Keevil’s daughters bristled at all of the new rules and curfews she put in place once sober.

“They revolted,” she says. “My daughter once told me I was an effing bitch. She said, ‘I wish you never got sober.’”

Later, checked in to the family program at the Betty Ford Clinic, Keevil and her daughters learned how “one needs to go through a new brand of chaos” once sober, effectively rebuilding relationships from scratch again. “I had to learn how to parent my kids as a sober mother,” she adds.

Keevil joins a pantheon of memoirists who have written about their battles with grief and addiction, but where so many other self-help tomes offer quick fixes and cheap aphorisms to overcome their demons, The Art of Losing It drives home just how long and arduous the recovery journey really is.

Key to Keevil’s healing was allowing herself to fully grieve, to “fall apart,” along with accepting the things she had done in some of her darkest moments.

“The only way past it is through it,” says Keevil, before picking up her book to read aloud the last line: “I will also never lose the guilt I have over how I parented the girls in the absence of their dad, but I have acceptance. It’s what I’m doing about it now that matters today.”

The Art of Losing It is available in Whistler at Armchair Books and wherever books are sold. Learn more at rosemarykeevil.com. n

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BY BRANDON BARRETT MUSICALLY SPEAKING at least, Greg Michalski has a bit of a split personality.

One half of Squamish electro-grunge outfit Significant Insect, the 46-year-old often wrestles with the right balance between guitar and synth when producing a track.

“I’m trying to go for a 50-50 type of sound, because I can’t choose one over the other,” he explains. “If I start writing something on guitar and put distortion on it and it sounds like a good, crunchy rock song, then I’m like, ‘Yeah, but it needs a little dancy beat and maybe some synth.’

And then the other way: I start writing something on a keyboard or a piano or something and I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s really cool. It sounds really dancey-ish and I like the breakbeat aspect of it, but man, it could use some crunchy guitars.’ So I think it’s a 50-50 battle between the two.”

That internal struggle is at the root of Significant Insect’s distinct sound, which blends the scraping guitar riffs of ’90s grunge with industrial-tinged synthesizers and electronic keyboard that wouldn’t feel out of place in an underground club from 1980s West Berlin. In fact, Significant Insect’s broody, foreboding sound has resonated in Germany, where the duo has enjoyed some success on the internet charts and even worked with established acts like Hannover EBM band, Orange Sector.

“When we did our first EP in 2008, 2009, it really caught on, of all places, in Germany,” Michalski says. “The most common thing I get told is I could really hear this being played in Europe.”

Significant Insect’s other half is vocalist Kim Urhahn, the former drummer for

Canadian pop rockers Lillix, whose debut album, Falling Uphill, sold more than half a million copies for Madonna’s now-defunct label, Maverick Records. Now married, Urhahn and Michalski first met in the band Sugarblade more than a decade and a half ago—although it took Michalski a while to finally make a move.

“We played together for about two and a half years and finally I was like, ‘So, I like you.’

Lo and behold, 15 years of marriage later and it seems to have worked,” he recalls.

Without the same chances to play live during the pandemic, the husband and wife have put renewed focus into their music videos of late, with Michalski making use of his film-school background. Their latest video, for the song “Rising,” features the couple’s son, Ash, decked in all-black and a skeleton mask in the first instalment of what will eventually be a longer series.

“He came up with the concept of it, so we filmed it,” Michalski says. “As you can see in the video, he wakes up in this small town and rebels by going up a hill and just playing his guitar. So what we want to do is continue his story, so we’ve got a couple more that we’re working on.”

For the 20-year paramedic—including a five-year stint in Whistler—Significant Insect is a way for Michalski to process the darker elements of his job and lends him some much-needed catharsis.

‘The stuff I’ve seen and gone through at work absolutely seeps into the music,” he says. “I always tell people creating music saved my life. It absolutely has. I always worry about going deaf because it would be the worst.”

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SPOT THE HELMET Willie Whistler with Ski Scamps on Whistler Mountain, February 1982.

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BY JILLIAN ROBERTS WHISTLER IS A HUB for adventure sport and, if you have been here long, it is likely you know someone who has been affected by a head injury. With helmet use so standard on the mountain today, I found it surprising to see the following question asked in a 2011 museum oral history: “Do you think that sometimes more people get injured when they are wearing safety gear?

They suddenly feel empowered and attempt something far beyond their abilities?”

Similar sentiments are echoed throughout many publications at this time.

Looking at photos from skiing in the early days of Whistler Mountain, it is unusual to see people wearing helmets. Helmets on the hill were uncommon even into the ’80s, and they clearly gained popularity throughout the ’90s and early 2000s as designs improved and they became more ingrained in local mountain culture.

Helmets were recommended on the slopes a long time before any mandates were introduced. There are stories from Whistler Blackcomb orientation where employees were asked to put their hand up if they wore a helmet. Those with their hands up were acknowledged as the smartest of the group.

Helmets became compulsory for all people under 18 attending ski or snowboard lessons in the 2009-10 winter season (requirements for children under 13 occurred earlier). Employees and those taking lessons were also required to wear helmets in the terrain park. At this time, Whistler Blackcomb also began to make a conscious effort to feature skiers and snowboarders wearing helmets in its promotional material.

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compliance with Section 8.11 of the Workers’ Compensation Act. This act mandates that safety headgear is required for any employees where there is a risk of head injury. Until then, this decades-old regulation had never been enforced on ski hills.

Whistler Blackcomb took this discussion very seriously and announced that all employees on skis or snowboards were required to wear a helmet at work as of May 4, 2013, only two weeks after the meeting with WorkSafe BC. To ensure all employees were able to meet this regulation, there was a helmet-borrowing policy for the rest of the season and staff could get 45 per cent off when purchasing helmets from Whistler Blackcomb-owned stores.

Some members of Whistler Blackcomb management and staff were incensed with the swift decision by WorkSafe BC because there were still concerns about the safety of wearing helmets in certain situations, particularly during avalanche control when Ski Patrol are required to listen for hazards.

(According to a survey around this time, patrollers were evenly distributed, with one third always wearing helmets, one third sometimes wearing helmets and one third never wearing helmets.) Headings such as “Helmet policy riles workers” and “Ski hills question ‘helmet rule’ for employees” dotted the local and provincial newspapers. Still, the greatest controversy surrounded whether it was appropriate to mandate helmet wear, or whether it should be a personal choice.

Despite helmets remaining a choice for visitors, the tide has turned. A nationwide Statistics Canada survey from 2017 found that 78.6 per cent of skiers and 76.3 per cent of snowboarders always wear helmets, and this is likely higher in Whistler.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it,” wrote author G. K. Chesterton. Amen to that! Please regard his observation as the first part of your horoscope.

Here’s the second part: It’s sometimes the right approach to move in harmony with the flow, to allow the momentum of elemental forces to carry you along. But now is not one of those times. I suggest you experiment with journeys against the flow. Go in quest of what the followers of easy options will never experience. Do it humbly, of course, and with your curiosity fully deployed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “You’re never allowed to step on people to get ahead,” said TV personality and author Star Jones, “but you can step over them if they’re in your way.” I suspect the coming months will be a time when you really should step over people who are in your way. There’s no need to be mad at them, criticize them, or gossip about them. That would sap your energy to follow your increasingly clear dreams. Your main task is to free yourself from influences that obstruct your ability to be the Royal Sovereign of Your Own Destiny.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini-born Gina Rowlands is retired now, but she had an award-winning six-decade career as an actor. At age 20, she decided what she wanted to do with her life, and her parents offered her their blessings. She testified: “I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit college and be an actress, and she said, ‘Huh, that sounds fascinating.

It’s wonderful!’ And I told my father, and he literally said, ‘I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.’” Dear Gemini, in the coming months, I would love for you to receive similar encouragement for your budding ideas and plans. What can you do to ensure you’re surrounded by influences like Rowlands’ parents?

I hope you embark on a long-term project to get all the support you need.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): As you enter an astrological phase when vast, expansive ruminations will be fun and healthy for you, I will offer you some vast, expansive thoughts. Hopefully, they will inspire your own spacious musings. First, here’s artist M. C. Escher: “Wonder is the salt of the earth.” Next, author Salman Rushdie: “What’s real and what’s true aren’t necessarily the same.” Here’s poet Allen Ginsberg: “When you notice something clearly and see it vividly, it then becomes sacred.” A proverb from the Omaha people: “Ask questions from your heart, and you will be answered from the heart.” G. K. Chesterton: “Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.”

Finally, playwright Tony Kushner: “I’m not religious, but I like God, and he likes me.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Out of love, you can speak with straight fury,” wrote author Eudora Welty. Here’s how I interpret that in light of the current chapter of your life story: You have an opportunity to recalibrate some misaligned energy. You have the necessary insight to fix an imbalance or dissolve an illusion or correct a flow that has gone off-course. And by far the best way to do that is by wielding the power of love. It will need to be expressed with vehemence and intense clarity, however.

It will require you to be both compassionate and firm.

Your homework: Figure out how to express transformative truths with kindness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo political science professor Tatah Mentan was born and raised in the African country of Cameroon, which has never fully recovered from its gruelling colonization by Germany, France, and England. The democratic tradition there is tenuous. When Mentan first taught at a university in the Cameroonian capital, authorities found his ideas too controversial. For the next 16 years, he attempted to be true to himself while avoiding governmental censorship, but the strain proved too stressful. Fearing for his safety, he fled to the U.S. I’m turning to him for advice that will

serve you well in the coming weeks. He tells us, “Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Anything you do from the heart enriches you, but sometimes not till years later,” wrote author Mignon McLaughlin. I’m pleased to inform you, Libra, that you will soon receive your rewards for generous actions you accomplished in the past.

On behalf of the cosmic rhythms, I apologize for how long it has taken. But at least it’s finally here. Don’t underestimate how big this is. And don’t allow sadness about your earlier deprivation to inhibit your enthusiastic embrace of compensation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No matter how reasonable and analytical you are, Scorpio, you possess a robust attraction to magic. You yearn for the refreshing invigoration of non-rational mysteries. You nurture urges to be delighted by outbreaks of the raw, primal lust for life. According to my astrological assessment, you are especially inclined to want and need these feelings in the next few weeks. And that’s good and healthy and holy! At the same time, don’t abandon your powers of discernment. Keep them running in the background as you enjoy your rejuvenating communions with the enigmatic pleasures of the Great Unknown.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Author Diane Ackerman tells us, “In the absence of touching and being touched, people of all ages can sicken and grow touch starved. Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.”

This is always important to remember, but it will be extra crucial for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.

I advise you to be ingenious and humble and frank as you collect as much physical contact as you can. Be polite and respectful, of course. Never force yourself on anyone.

Always seek permission. With those as your guidelines, be greedy for hugs and cuddling and caresses.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Education, fundamentally, is the increase of the percentage of the conscious in relation to the unconscious.” Author and educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner said that, and now I’m telling you—just in time for one of the most lesson-rich times of a year that will be full of rich lessons. In the next nine months, dear Capricorn, the proportion of your consciousness in relation to your unconsciousness should markedly increase. And the coming weeks will be a favourable phase to upgrade your educational ambitions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re entering a phase of your cycle when your ability to boost your finances will be stronger than usual. You’ll be more likely to attract good luck with money and more apt to discover useful tips on how to generate greater abundance. To inspire your efforts, I offer you this observation by author Katharine Butler Hathaway: “To me, money is alive. It is almost human. If you treat it with real sympathy and kindness and consideration, it will be a good servant and work hard for you, and stay with you and take care of you.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Deb Caletti made the following observation: “You have ordinary moments and ordinary moments and more ordinary moments, and then, suddenly, there is something monumental right there.

You have past and future colliding in the present, your own personal Big Bang, and nothing will ever be the same.” In my vision of your destiny in 2022, Pisces, there could be several of these personal Big Bangs, and one of them seems to be imminent. To prepare—that is, to ensure that the changes are primarily uplifting and enjoyable—I suggest you chant the following mantra at least five times every day: “I love and expect good changes.”

Homework: Give yourself a blessing. Say why you’re wonderful and name a marvellous event that’s ahead for you. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.

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We are hiring for the following positions: Invasive Species Field Crew Members Field Crew Lead Hands Field Crew Supervisor Education & Outreach Assistants

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• Full-time work year round and a FUN work environment. *eligibility and conditions based on DRCL policies and practices set out in general terms and conditions of employment. Please note that Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) acquired Diamond Resorts International (DRI) as of August 02, 2021. If you apply to work at a Diamond Resorts company you will be an applicant of a subsidiary of HGV. A transition to HGV will occur as we integrate technology, systems and branding but it will take time until our separate operating systems, employment policies and benefits are fully integrated. As a result, for a period of time, employees will receive correspondence and messaging from Diamond Resorts as well as from HGV and related entities.

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The Head Chef at the Whistler Golf Club organizes and directs the functions of the kitchen staff and develops the products for Palmer’s Gallery Bar and Grill, Crabapple Corner and the Beverage Cart. Reporting to the Director, Golf, the Head Chef works in conjunction with the Front of House Manager to deliver an exceptional product to our guests.

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SHARE YOUR PASSION SUMMER SEASONAL OPPORTUNITIES Experience a summer like no other in Whistler! The Whistler Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer designed course, situated just a short walk from Whistler Village.

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We are now hiring in the following departments for the 2022 summer season: • Golf Maintenance: Grounds Maintenance & Volunteers • Food & Beverage: Front of House & Back of House

To be eligible, applicants must meet the following qualification requirements: • • • • •

Be at least 19 years of age Be able to legally work in Canada Be able to provide excellent customer service Be able to communicate effectively and professionally with the public Be able to demonstrate aptitude for cashier and related duties, including calculations • Be able to perform physically demanding work, including lifting 20-25 kg boxes • Have a valid Serving It Right Certificate™ • A Criminal Record Check is required.

BC Liquor Store Sales Associates may be required to operate a variety of mechanical and hand-operated equipment, in addition to handling large volumes of bottles as part of the LDB’s recycling program.

Rate of Pay (as of April 11, 2021): Auxiliary Sales Associate - $19.45 per hour For exciting and challenging retail opportunities, please apply online at: http://bcliquorstores.prevueaps.ca/pages/openings/ Or apply in person at: Whistler Marketplace 101-4360 Lorimer Rd, Whistler

• Guest Services & Golf Shop • Driving Range We are also hiring for the following specialized positions: • Head Chef • Irrigation Technician What we offer: a fun team and work environment, competitive compensation package, and free golf at our legendary course!

TO VIEW OUR OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO APPLY, VISIT US ONLINE AT WHISTLERGOLF.COM/CAREERS.

On November 1, 2021 the BC Public Service announced the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that defines the conditions and expectations for BC Public Service employees regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Among other possible measures, proof of vaccination will be required by November 22, 2021. It is a term of acceptance of employment that you agree to comply with all vaccination requirements that apply to the public service. More information can be found here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/careers-myhr/all-employees/safety-health-well-being/health/ covid-19/covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-bc-public-service-employees

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If you don’t already live in Squamish, you should know it’s one of the most innovative and attractive communities on the West Coast just a short commute from the North Shore of Vancouver. It has a growing worldwide reputation for outdoor recreation with world-class mountain biking, rock climbing, water sports and skiing, boarding and the backcountry in the winter. We’re youthful, engaged and passionate about where we live!

And if you’re a local – well, you know you’re in the right place to forge a career and lucky to call Squamish home.

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You have sales experience and are comfortable making cold calls and setting up/ leading meetings with new and existing clients.

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Competitive salary + uncapped commission package.

Comprehensive health and dental coverage and extended benefits.

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Please submit your cover letter and resume in confidence to Cathie Greenlees at: cgreenlees@squamishchief.com

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You will be part of the Pique Newsmagazine team, a division of Glacier Media. In your role you will consult with local businesses to offer cutting edge marketing solutions: programmatic, social media, SEO, sponsored content and community display advertising on our website and yes, we still reach customers through our trusted newspaper as well.

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You are comfortable making cold calls and setting up/leading meetings with new and existing clients.

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Whistler has a worldwide reputation for outdoor recreation and boasts a vibrant village featuring restaurants, bars, retail and more. While this legendary resort is an international mountain sports mecca, it is also a down-to-earth mountain town, where community and culture have forged a unique environment. This opportunity offers you the chance to call a world-class ski hill you own—and if you are a local, well you know you’re in the right place to forge a career and lucky to call Whistler your home.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume in confidence to Susan Hutchinson, shutchinson@wplpmedia.com Closing date: Open until filled.

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Vacasa's forward-thinking approach and industry-leading technology help set us apart as the largest full-service vacation rental company in North America.

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The case for consultants…

THERE’S A MOTTO at Consultant U: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach; everyone else consults, unless their father owns a cushy business they can go to work for, eventually inherit and drive into the ground before their children get a chance to do so.

Don’t get me wrong, consultancy is a noble and ancient business. Just ask a consultant. The first known instance of someone hiring a consultant dates to prehistoric times. In fact—trivia alert—a consultant invented the wheel. The consultant’s name, and that of his firm, has

BY G.D. MAXWELL been lost to antiquity.

It was an unintended consequence. The terms of engagement called for the design of a coffee table. The cave dweller who hired the first consultant was too busy hunting mastodons to make the table himself. His wife was sick and tired of having their cave cluttered up with piles of coffee table books and nowhere to put them. Theirs was a tense househole.

The consultant went to work. He asked how much they wanted to spend.

Asked what kind of features they wanted in a coffee table. Asked what kind of furniture they preferred. Noted the overall architecture of the cave was basically a round hole eroded out of a limestone cliff.

They said they were into natural finishes.

They all agreed on stone.

The consultant disappeared. The deadline passed.

Then, finally, the consultant returned.

He brought with him a team of four “associates.” Three carried medium-sized boulders, the legs of the coffee table.

One struggled mightily with a flat slab of granite, carefully rounded to fit the overall shape of the cave. The team assembled the table, casually tossed some books on it.

There was happiness.

Then the cave dwellers saw the bill. It was more than twice what they expected.

There were heated words. The consultant explained how the job was bigger than expected, how he needed to enlist the support of a larger team than he’d anticipated to “cover all the bases.” He emphasized how happy they were and how they’d never have been able to make their own coffee table without his help. Finally, he agreed to consider giving them a “deal” the next time they required his services.

Several months later, in the middle of spring cleaning, they tried to rearrange the furniture. With much exertion, they managed to get the coffee table on edge and move it toward the front of the cave… the part that sloped gently downhill. The coffee table began to roll. When it came to rest, it was in many pieces. But history was made.

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emerged again around 2900 B.C. in the Nile Valley when Cheops hired a consultant, a distant ancestor of James McKinsey, to build a system of dykes to mitigate the Nile River’s annual floods. McKinsey built the Great Pyramid at Giza instead. Said it was a misunderstanding. Promised Cheops a “deal” on the next project. Tried to sell him on the idea of offshore partnerships with the Phoenicians. Was buried alive.

In modern times, consultants have cast off their image of being overpriced flimflam artists. It wasn’t easy. Not entirely successful. The word “consultant” itself derives from the ancient Greek roots “con” meaning to swindle, and “sultan” being a small Turkish chicken. The word was descriptive of both the method of operation—running around like a bunch of

when all else fails.

There are a couple of “good” reasons for hiring consultants. The principle reason they are hired is to waste money and give executives a good excuse to expense very pricey lunches. I’m just kidding. They don’t need excuses for that. The principle reason consultants are hired is to bring expertise to bear on a project that just doesn’t exist “in-house.” Renting this expertise is, I should point out, never referred to as going “out-house.”

But it makes a lot of sense. After firing 35 per cent of the workforce, it is the rare business or government that still has employees talented enough to do what consultants do. Most remaining employees are way too busy to run around like chickens conning the people they work for.

The principle reason they are hired is to waste money and give executives a good excuse to expense very pricey lunches. chickens—and the end result. The final “t” was added by a group of consultans who thought it gave the word flair, a certain je ne sais quoi, as they say in the business.

Consultants are widely used and respected today. Well, used anyway.

Business and government hire consultants to do everything from designing pyramids to coming up with complex rationalizations for giving the top dogs big raises and stock options while simultaneously firing 35 per cent of the workforce. And there are still those attractive, offshore partnerships

Another good reason to hire consultants is to bring outside validation to a change or project that wouldn’t even begin to fly if it were recommended in-house. In consultancy, this is generally referred to as the “Et tu Brute” gig and often involves someone leaving the company under “curious” circumstances.

The final good reason to hire consultants is the one generally employed by governments as opposed to businesses.

More often than not, it involves lending credibility to something you know the

electorate will have a hard time swallowing.

Hypothetically speaking, it’s a lot harder for a disorganized group of voters to argue against a half-million-dollar report prepared by “experts,” particularly if it actually ends up costing three-quarters of a million bucks and is several months late, as opposed to a half-baked idea floated by elected officials.

Where governments get into trouble though is in trying to give the appearance of consulting the public when they don’t really want to. Generally, a consultant will advise against consulting the public until after everything’s been decided.

You see, the problem with consulting the public is this: the public just doesn’t get it... whatever it is. The public doesn’t understand the government’s “agenda,” an Ancient Greek word meaning we know what we want to do, now we need a good story to go along with it.

If you ask the public to make a choice between several different alternatives, you make sure they’ll choose the right one. For example, you let them choose between following a course that will inevitably result in becoming a town none of them can afford to live in, or abandoning any pretence of limits to growth and annexing enough land to grow into the next century.

That’s the kind of choice a consultant would come up with if you consulted with him before going to the public.

The problem with asking the public first is this: they’ll choose something you don’t want them to choose. Then you have to really dance to overcome their choice and do what you wanted to do in the first place. It’s called being “co-opted,” from the Ancient Greek word for consulted, then ignored.

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