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The Big Slide Inside the rare geological event at Elliot Creek that has sparked interest from researchers around the world

DOC SHORTAGE

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INVICTUS

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A BUM’S LIFE Oscar-winning director John Zaritsky helped define a Whistler era

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THIS WEEK IN PIQUE

30 The Big Slide Inside the rare geological event at Elliot Creek that has sparked interest from researchers around the world. - By Tyee Bridge / Hakai Institute

WHAT’S UP, DOC?

Town Plaza is the latest

FOR THE FOREST

After years of planning,

medical clinic to close in Whistler, reiterating the urgency behind solving

details of a community forest collaboration between the Village of

the resort’s—and B.C.’s—acute doctor shortage.

Pemberton, Lil’wat Nation and the province were shared on April 21.

INVICTUS

Whistler is set to expand its reputation

TOO SWEDE

A year after winning a championship

as an adaptive sport destination when it welcomes the first-ever hybrid

with Pensacola, Whistler local Garrett Milan made his way to Sweden to

Invictus Games in 2025.

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GAMING THE FUTURE

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A BUM’S LIFE

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panellists were on hand for an April 21 Whistler Institute event probing

Zaritsky helped define a particular era of Whistler through his iconic

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Opinion & Columns 08 OPENING REMARKS Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2 represents a commendable legacy for

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Pique’s newest reporter Robert Wisla reflects on the legacy of one of B.C.’s most famous journalists.

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29 THE OUTSIDER The 2021-22 ski season was—and continues to be—a strange one in Whistler

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36 EPICURIOUS The Whistler Farmers’ Market is returning to its home in the Upper Village this summer.

42 MUSEUM MUSINGS Whistler’s first recorded mountain bike race on June 20, 1982 had few rules and lots of confusion.

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BY BRADEN DUPUIS to some patient Whistlerites, while site work for future builds is also steadily progressing. Of the buildings now under construction, the first, consisting of 46 (mostly one and two-bedroom) units, is already totally sold out, says Eric Martin, chair of the Whistler 2020 Development Corp. (WDC), a subsidiary of the Resort Municipality of Whistler. “We’ll probably get occupancy by the end of August and then move-in in September, so that’s great,” Martin says, adding that the WDC will go back to the WHA’s waitlist for its next building, 54 units going up right next door, in the coming months as well. It’s been interesting to watch how the new builds have impacted the WHA’s purchase waitlist, which had more than 800 names on it as of late last year, Martin says. “A lot of people that were lower down on the waitlist never thought they’d get the opportunity, but a lot of people passed,” he says. “For example, there are only four threebedroom units in [this building], so we started with those units, and they went quickly. And some people thought, ‘OK, well I didn’t get a three, maybe I’ll look at a nice corner two, which are bigger, or maybe I’ll wait for the four threes in the second building.”

Standing in one of the aforementioned “corner twos” during a tour of the new builds on April 21, it’s easy to see why they were in high demand—a high, angled ceiling, great sun exposure and incredible views make the units instantly appealing. With open houses planned for next month, those who have signed on for the units won’t have to wait long to see for themselves. The 100 new for-purchase units between the two buildings are long overdue, as new WHA product brought online in recent years has been entirely focused on rental— but that doesn’t mean more rental isn’t on the way. “We’re actively designing and working away on the next two projects, because it takes a good year in advance to get everything set up,” says Whistler Councillor and WDC board member Duane Jackson. “The next two [buildings] are rentals, and then the next one, which we’ve also cleared, is potentially another for-sale project, and [we’ll take] what we learn from this and the next building, and go back and revisit the waitlist.” The April 21 site tour represented

“I’ve been building in Whistler for 30 odd years, and we used to be able to get a permit in three to four weeks, and now it takes time,” says the project’s VP of construction Rob Laslett. “Pretty much what they’re telling me is it’s a 20-week lead time.” Despite the challenges, the project remains “on time and on budget,” Martin says, and overall the WDC’s finances are in good shape. A $14-million loan from RBC used to develop the 23 market “River Run” lots is now paid out (by way of the sales of those lots). A second $14-million loan to complete the first apartment building will be paid from the sale of units in the building, Martin says. Further, a $10-million line of credit extended to WDC by the RMOW will be repaid in the first part of 2023, and WDC will be in a position to repay its historical debt of about $9.5 million “by year end,” Martin adds. As with any construction project, timing is crucial—a mantra Martin has espoused throughout the construction of Cheakamus Phase 2 (and likely long before that as well).

advantage—full buy-in from everyone involved, whether it be at the council table or municipal hall. “We’ve actually been able to move; we really haven’t been too constrained, particularly on a lot of the site work, we had great support from engineering and planning through zoning,” Jackson says. “Really this project has worked out better than a lot of people understood, because we had so much feedback early on.” Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2 alone won’t solve the resort’s housing crisis (if such a solution even exists), but it represents a commendable legacy for Whistler’s current council, and one achieved under extremely challenging circumstances. As council’s term comes to an end, the ultimate future build-out of Cheakamus Crossing is yet to be determined—the next phases of the project will be decided on by Whistler’s next mayor and council after they’re sworn in this fall. Building more housing is important, but we also need creative solutions to ensure the stock we already have is used to its highest potential; that suites in homes are

“Really this project has worked out better than a lot of people understood, because we had so much feedback early on.” - DUANE JACKSON

Pique’s third time touring the new employee-restricted housing development since March 2021, which at build-out will add about 295 units of employee housing to the resort’s stock (not including 23 market lots). The project has made steady progress since that first tour, in spite of some serious challenges around things like escalating costs, a lack of workers and a major backlog in municipal permitting. Make yourself at home in thisto spacious This is your chance own a 5 bedroom chaletatlocated in the piece of paradise the base of quintessential Blackcomb Whistler neighbourhood Mountain! ofThis Alpine Meadows.one-bedroom This corner lot renovated encompasses views of and apartment features anWhistler open plan Blackcomb, while the vaulted ceilings living area making it a spacious and beautiful stonework fireplace home away from home or great anchor theinvestment open plan living space, rental property. it ideal forhas entertaining. Themaking Glacier Lodge a fitness Call for more information! area, spa, pool, hot tub, pub and

It’s important to have shovel-ready sites that can be acted on when the time is right, Martin says. “This is the message I keep pushing to council: We gotta push. Timing is huge— look at what happened to interest rates,” he says. “So the faster you can go, the more efficient you can be, the better support you get, you can actually make a difference.” Therein lies the project’s biggest

rented out; and that rents stay reasonable. So as municipal election day draws nearer, and as candidates begin to declare, I’ll be paying close attention to what our next slate of hopeful elected officials has to say about housing—bonus points for those who bring fresh ideas to the table, fully grounded in reality with a reasonable path to accomplishing them; a bag of mouldy Pemby potatoes for everyone spouting the same empty clichés. ■

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Let’s do better for Whistler’s bears Last week was very emotional for the families that live on Ski Jump Rise in Rainbow. Living so close to nature is both a gift and a responsibility. The past few days have taught me a lot about the amazing people in our community. On Tuesday, April 19, my daughter noticed what we thought was a bear lying on a mound in the neighbour’s backyard. After watching on and off from the window for more than an hour and seeing no real movement, we went outside and confirmed it was indeed a mama bear with two cubs just a short distance away. She had so little energy that raising her head to look at us was all she could do. I’m ashamed to admit, calling the Conservation Officer Service was not first on the list. Fortunately as neighbours became aware and involved we were able to reach out to a local bear expert. The late spring and limited food availability had most likely made the mama bear weak, but the hope was that she would move on as she gained energy from her rest. Hours turned into night and we went to bed hoping that overnight she would have moved on. The next morning she had left, but by 2 p.m. she was back at the foot of another backyard. Conservation was then called by a neighbour, and officer Brittany Mueller arrived to assess the situation.

With compassion, the decision was made to allow nature more time overnight. By the next morning, when Brittany returned, it was clear that she was not going to make it and the cubs were in distress. More conservation officers came into the neighbourhood to help assess her cubs. As they were very small, their best chance at survival was to get them into care.

would not have saved her as she died from lack of food and old age, we can still do right for our mama bear who did her best to protect her cubs. The sister cubs are now down in Langley at the Critter Care Wildlife Society. Once they feel they are at an adequate weight, the goal is to release them as soon as possible back into the forest here in Whistler. If you would like to make a donation to support our Rainbow cubs, you can visit the Critter Care Wildlife website and select “Bear Necessities,” then “Give to the Bears” on their Donate link. It costs $85 a day to rehabilitate a cub and we expect they’ll be there for at least two months. Lastly and most importantly, thank you to Brittany and Simon and the other conservation officers who worked with us as a neighbourhood to ensure the best outcome. They showed tremendous compassion and expertise, both in dealing with the situation and keeping all of us updated and involved. Thank you also to all of our Rainbow neighbours who kept their dogs on leash and gave these bears the space they needed. Deb Peterson // Whistler

While I’m no bear expert, thanks to the efforts of community organizations like Bear Aware and Michael Allen’s classroom teachings to our kids, I know the basics. Let’s make sure we clean up our barbecues, get food out of cars and trucks and put the pet food away. Let’s teach our visitors what it means to be a bear-smart community. While these efforts

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Mayor Villaraigosa was mayor from 2005 to 2013 and couldn’t run again due to term limits. Can we do the same here? Patrick Smyth // Whistler

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controversial topics in the region, like the housing crisis, transit strikes or if it’s The Longhorn or Longies? (I’m team Longies by the way.) It’s a hard thing to think about when you’re brand new to a region. I’ve been in Whistler for a little over three weeks now, and I’m not sure that is enough time to really have a reasonable opinion on any of the issues in the Sea to Sky. What did the famous British Columbian journalists that came before me talk about in their first opinion pieces? How did the likes of Jack Webster, Amor De Cosmos or Margaret (Ma) Murray introduce themselves to their communities? That is the goal, after all—to follow in the footsteps of characters like Jack Webster

and Ma Murray. Both of them gained a reputation for their sharp tongues and a style of storytelling that was so legendary it led to awards being named after them (awards, by the way, that Pique has won many of over the years). Ma Murray especially is one such journalist that I have been thinking about. With the community newspaper awards named after her coming up on May 14 and my recent move from my hometown of Kamloops to Whistler passing through her beloved Lillooet, I can’t help but wonder how a journalist can rise to such a position in a community that people will paint murals of you on the sides of buildings. For those that don’t know of Ma Murray, she is a legendary figure in British Columbia journalism, and founded the Bridge RiverLillooet News alongside her boss-turned-lover George Murray, who served as Lillooet’s MLA for eight years from 1933 to 1941. For six decades, she typed out, on an actual typewriter, the news of the day and her opinion along with it. She had a parlance for the comedic that was so good it “guaranteed a chuckle every week and a belly laugh once a month or your money back.” Considering Pique is a free paper, I could give the same guarantee! Murray’s writings were riddled with grammatical mistakes and an inclination toward the eccentric. A 1966 Macleans profile

of Murray said she “is like her paper—as gentle as a shotgun and timid as a muleskinner.” She would often toe the line between being offensive, funny and libellous, sometimes all within the same article. She once referred to Premier W.A.C. Bennett as an old blankety-blank. Yet, despite the name-calling, she was able to gain his endorsement when she ran for the Social Credit Party. According to Ma Murray: The Story of Canada’s Crusty Queen of Publishing by Stan Sauerwein, on her first night in Lillooet, Murray got into a shouting match with an intoxicated couple who were about to brawl outside her hotel room. She ended up pouring water on the drunks’ heads. Now that is one hell of a way to make an impression on a town. Murray’s first editorial didn’t even have anything to do with Lillooet, but instead was about whether or not Gold Bridge should allow brothels that had been set up during the rapid construction of the gold rush town. In her opinion, the brothels should stay. “If you want them to move, let’s get in and help them move. Allow them uptown on mail days to shop. Stop harassing them,” Murray wrote. “After all, Gold Bridge was happy enough to sell them lots and lumber for their houses. They don’t bother anybody. And it’s fine to adjust your rose-coloured glasses and say

these houses shouldn’t exist. But until 600 single men in this valley can build themselves homes and bring wives and families here, you may as well relax and face the fact that sporting houses are necessary to the safety of the women who do live here.” Murray didn’t bother with a lousy introduction letter. She jumped straight into the fight—one of the most controversial issues she could find and went all in. It was an opinion that won her no favours with the church folk, but it certainly made a few of the miners happy, and the miners bought the paper. Creating an opinion piece in the modern day is fit with the same divides—one group may love what you say while another will want to throw you out of town. The brothels eventually shut down in Gold Bridge, along with most of the town, and an issue that once dominated the conversation has been relegated to the history books. An opinion on today’s news could influence things to come a hundred years in the future or could end up being just a footnote in the history books. With each editorial, Murray would sign off with her trademark “and that’s fer damshur!” Now that’s the way to end an opinion piece—a catchphrase! I don’t have a catchphrase yet, so I’ll just end this one by saying, thanks for the warm welcome Whistler. So far it’s been great. ■

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Town Plaza closure only adds to Whistler’s acute doctor shortage WHILE THERE IS HOPE PROPERTY WILL REOPEN AS CLINIC, LATEST CLOSURE REITERATES URGENCY BEHIND PRIMARY CARE MODEL BEING DEVELOPED FOR RESORT

BY BRANDON BARRETT TOWN PLAZA Medical Clinic is the latest doctor’s office to shutter in Whistler, exacerbating a years-long family physician shortage and ramping up the urgency behind a community-centred, primary care model currently being developed for the resort. Dr. Ian Tamplin confirmed to Pique this week that Town Plaza would be closing its doors on May 1 after more than 25 years of operation. He noted the property’s new owners were looking to maintain it as a medical clinic. “Our hopes are that the practice will reopen in the near future as the new owners plan to make it attractive for a new physician to set up practice,” Tamplin wrote in an email. “We have been informing our patients for some considerable time that we will be closing and many of them have found alternate MDs in Whistler and other communities. Unfortunately, a significant percentage remain without a regular family physician.” The Main Street clinic counts about 100 regular patients, and serves approximately 200 patients a week. With both Tamplin and Dr. Janice Carr at retirement age, the decision to close the clinic

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was delayed by several years “because of our inability to get an interested physician,” Tamplin noted. “Unfortunately, there comes a time that a line must be drawn.” Town Plaza represents the third family practice in Whistler to close in recent years, along with two naturopath clinics. Prior to Town Plaza’s announcement, it was estimated that 40 per cent of Whistlerites were without

model that essentially asks GPs to double as small business owners. “Traditional family practices are small businesses with all the expenses of overheads, staffing problems and management issues that any small business must endure,” explained Tamplin. “Funding for the current fee-per-item model is completely inadequate. Government must

“Government must address the funding issues if practices like ours are going to continue existing.” - IAN TAMPLIN

a family doctor, and an additional six to eight full-time-equivalent GPs were needed to shore up the gaps in care.

A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS There are multiple factors driving Whistler’s doctor shortage, most of which are not exclusive to the resort. Recruiting GPs, particularly to a town with such a high cost of living and steep commercial rents, has proven a tall order. But along with the economic realities of operating in a tourist town, the pressure points on family practices have only worsened in recent years. This has led to calls, both locally and provincially, for a complete reimagining of a family practice

address the funding issues if practices like ours are going to continue existing.” GPs are generalists by design, which limits the kinds of services they can bill for. Factor in the escalating overhead costs to run a family practice, and a more specialized role “is increasingly attractive for young people going through medical school,” said Jordan Sturdy, MLA for the Sea to Sky. “So I suppose it’s also about making the billing structures better for them.” What’s more is family doctors are often left to deal with the administrative burden of running a practice: managing medical records, bookings and billings, which pulls them away from patient care. “[Doctors] sure don’t get into this field

to manage electronic medical records and figuring out file transfers and stuff like that,” said Councillor Jen Ford, who sits on the board of the recently formed Whistler 360 Health Collaborative Society. “The administrative burden of medical practice has changed substantially, and taking that part out of it, I think will make it much more attractive.” That burden has only grown as technology has lagged behind the trove of medical data that physicians now have to contend with. “Ten years ago, I would spend half an hour looking at results, and I wouldn’t do it on my days off. Now, I can spend a couple of hours a day looking at results,” said the Whistler Medical Clinic’s Dr. Karin Kausky, who is also a Whistler 360 board member. “There’s just so much more information being downloaded and information that needs something to be done about it. So we should try to put systems in place that allow them to work at the top of their scope so that hopefully, the primary care providers that we get—family physicians or nurse practitioners—can actually spend way more time seeing patients.”

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DOCTOR SHORTAGE FROM PAGE 14 transform health-care delivery in the resort. The community-led, non-profit centre is aimed at improving physician accessibility and offering a more holistic care model that would include general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and a range of other healthcare professionals under one roof. Ideally, the centre would be co-located either inside the existing Whistler Health Care Centre (WHCC), a renovated one, or as a standalone facility close by, making use of existing lab and imaging services and easily accessible from the village. Vancouver Coastal Health has agreed to provide two rooms within the WHCC to begin the process of adding providers. The concept is more than just a facility, however, Kausky explained. ‘This is a building, but a community health centre, really, is an operational model,” she noted. Providers at the Whistler Medical Clinic have already taken a step to transition to the society, “so we will no longer be costsharing associates; we’ll be part of Whistler 360, and we’re trying to get a couple of other physicians on board,” Kausky said. The next step for Whistler 360 is achieving charitable status so it can fundraise in earnest, which would allow it to hire professional management that would then assist in hiring new physicians or nurse practitioners that would ideally be housed in the VCH-provided spaces at the WHCC. Although achieving charitable status can take time, the society is hopeful to add the new providers in the coming months. Such a model would ostensibly help in the recruitment process as well, as the society expects taking administrative duties out of physicians’ hands would make

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BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER WILL CONTINUE its legacy as a mountain host for major winter sporting events and expand its reputation as an adaptive sport destination when it welcomes the first-ever hybrid Invictus Games in 2025. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, announced the event would be coming to Whistler and Vancouver at the Invictus Games closing ceremonies in The Hague, Netherlands on Friday, April 22. A tentpole sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, the 2025 edition will be the inaugural hybrid summer-winter Invictus Games, featuring adaptive winter sports such as alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling for the first time. “Whistler shares a commitment to inclusion and diversity and our winter sport

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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 15 Walker, who added that it took a few years to have a bid group pick up the idea—in this case, the True Patriot Love Foundation, a Toronto-based charity dedicated to supporting military members, veterans and their families. The charity floated the concept of a hybrid Games, and initially, three Canadian cities were considered, before being narrowed down to Whistler and Vancouver. In January, the bid was finalized and submitted to the Invictus Games Foundation, which approved the proposal last month. Five hundred athletes from 20 nations are expected to compete, and in Whistler, Walker said organizers are planning for up to 600 athletes, trainers and support staff to make use of local facilities—many of which are legacies from the 2010 Winter Olympics. “I think it will be great to showcase the infrastructure that we have, thanks in large part to 2010,” said Whistler’s Christine Cogger, who served as the medal ceremony producer at the 2016 Invictus Games in Orlando and the 2017 Games in Toronto. “We have so many great facilities that, in my humble opinion, are underutilized, and I would love to see us attracting a different variety of events, whether they’re grassroots or international. I think we have a lot of potential.” Whistler is slated to host skeleton, as well as Nordic skiing and alpine snow

LET THE GAMES BEGIN Team Canada at the 2022 Invictus Games, alongside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TRUE PATRIOT LOVE FOUNDATION

sports. Walker said the Games are an opportunity to grow the resort’s reputation as an adaptive sport destination. “It’s huge because the reach of the Games is global,” she said. “One of the things that we’re really looking to do is reach into different nations and find individuals who might not have ever considered winter sports as an option. So you might be from a sand country and not realize that you can still Nordic ski on a mountain board. Or that you

can do biathlon using an echolocation rifle. “It’s great to reuse these [Olympic legacy] facilities and our programming in order to benefit another segment of the adaptive community, being ill and injured servicemen and women.” Along with its existing adaptive programming and facilities, Whistler has made major in-roads into the military community thanks to hosting past groups like Soldier On, a program that helps

serving and retired Canadian Forces personnel with permanent or chronic illness or injury stay active, as well as Vail Resorts’ Epic Military Pass. Walker believes the Games will only further military tourism to the resort. “That largely speaks to the commitment Vail Resorts has to the military community,” she said. “Just the familiarity and the support that is already there for the military community will definitely be huge.” More importantly, like the Olympics before it, Invictus should help spur investment in adaptive infrastructure and programming. “For us at Whistler Adaptive, we’re not really focused just on accessible sport … It’s really about sport development and creating additional opportunities for people to participate in sport on a long-term basis,” Walker said. Billed as “the most innovative and accessible Games ever held,” Invictus will also be co-hosted by Whistler and Vancouver’s First Nations, the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and TsleilWaututh, “so you’ll see a large Indigenous participation within these Games,” Walker added. The Invictus Games at The Hague held from April 16 to 22 were originally scheduled for 2020 but were postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-eight Team Canada athletes competed. For more information, visit invictusgamesfoundation.com. n

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Inclusive, welcoming and sustainable: Whistler Institute hosts discussion on the future of the Olympic movement FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT UNDERWAY FOR POTENTIAL 2030 BID

BY ROBERT WISLA CREATING AN OLYMPIC movement that is inclusive, welcoming and sustainable—that was the takeaway from the Whistler Institute’s April 21 panel discussion, titled The Role of the Olympic Movement in an Ever-Changing World. The event at the Whistler Conference Centre featured a diverse slate of speakers made up of Olympians, Paralympians and sport advocates including Catriona Le May Doan, Clara Hughes, Seth Wescott, Hamoon Derafshipour, Richard Peter, Richard Pound, Tricia Smith, Chief Willie Littlechild and Hannah Burns. The discussion was moderated by Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton. According to Canadian Olympic Committee president Tricia Smith, the role of the Olympic movement is to use sport to bring the world together with no barriers to entry. “I think it’s clear that sport plays a huge role in bringing the world together and in the future of what’s possible,” said Smith. “People ask me sometimes what I hope for the Olympic and Paralympic movement

for the future, and I always say, wouldn’t it be great if 10 years down the road we can say, ‘can you believe there was a time when any kid who wanted to play, any person who wanted to play sport, didn’t have that opportunity? Can you believe that that was possible, and people didn’t have that opportunity?’” The Olympic movement has changed significantly since it first began as an annual event in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The Olympics have gone from a small summer event, with less than 300 athletes and 14 nations competing against each other, to a truly global affair featuring more than 14,000 athletes from 206 countries. (Only 193 of which are United Nations members.) A key part of the discussion on the future of the Olympics was sustainability. Historically, the Olympic Games have been an expensive event to produce. Cities would often get into bidding wars costing millions before a shovel even hit the ground. Countries would commonly pour billions of dollars into sporting infrastructure, with it sometimes becoming under-utilized as soon as the games ended. The steady increase in cost to put on the Olympics has given some nations and cities pause when it comes to hosting the Games.

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Going forward, the Olympic movement wants to make hosting the games more accessible with long-term legacy plans for future infrastructure. “They don’t want communities to build anything that you wouldn’t want to build anyways. It’s all about sustainability,” said Smith. “It’s all about equality ... the Games’ concept has completely changed.”

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When constructing venues for future Olympic Games, the venues’ purpose beyond the event itself has to take a strong focus, added Hannah Burns, associate director of Olympic Games Promotion with the International Olympic Committee. “For something to be built ... Is there an extremely robust and strong legacy plan?” she said. “[Whistler] is a community where you

see the benefits of certain infrastructure changes that were done and were made and what that legacy is. That is essential to us, and the process that we have put in place ensures us to thoroughly review that and what that process is and to ensure a community thinks that through. “So really, it may sound like a slogan of sorts, but for us, it is adamant in everything that we do that a city does not change for the Games, the Games change for a city.” On Dec. 10, 2021, B.C.’s Squamish, Lil’wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations announced they intend to explore a 2030 Olympic bid with the City of Vancouver and Resort Municipality of Whistler. In February, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced that a feasibility assessment and initial concept development is underway, after which a full assessment will follow. A decision on a formal bid is expected in the fall. Check back with Pique next month for more on the prospective 2030 bid. A recording of the April 21 Whistler Institute event will be uploaded soon—sign up for the organization’s newsletter at whistlerinstitute. com to be notified when it is available. n

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‘It feels like Whistler is abandoning me’ OPPONENTS OF WHITE GOLD UNDERGROUNDING BRING CONCERNS TO COUNCIL

BY BRANDON BARRETT OPPONENTS OF A COSTLY project to bury power lines in White Gold came out in force to Whistler’s April 26 council meeting to voice their opposition to a resident-initiated process that could cost them tens of thousands of dollars once all is said and done. “As a young person who has grown up in this community, I find it a shame to see so many of my friends leaving for Pemberton, Squamish or the Island because it’s not fiscally feasible to live in this town,” said resident and Olympic gold medal ski-cross racer Marielle Thompson at the meeting, comments that drew applause from the assembled audience. “Our community of White Gold has a wide mix of residents, many of whom are retired and have fixed incomes and who won’t be able to pay their taxes if they keep getting hit with these astronomical tax bills every year.” All told, nine people spoke against the project at the April 26 meeting. On Sept. 5, 2019, council received a letter expressing the interest of White Gold residents to initiate a formal petition process for the work, which would involve the burial of roughly two kilometres of

overhead utility lines, to be replaced with underground infrastructure. As of December 2020, the total estimated cost for homeowners was pegged at $4,675,000, which could be covered by each affected resident with a lump sum payment of $38,751, or 30 annual parcel tax payments of between $1,130 and

With some cost estimates still remaining from BC Hydro, Telus and Shaw, the cost could fall below its original price tag, in which case the process would move forward, with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) awarding contracts for the work and signing agreements with service providers. (The RMOW can technically choose not to award

“Our community of White Gold has a wide mix of residents, many of whom are retired and have fixed incomes...” - MARIELLE THOMPSON

$1,230, depending on the property and the complexity of the work required. The project required a majority, and of 160 affected homeowners, 93 voted in favour, or 58 per cent. That original estimate has since ballooned by nearly $3 million, for a total projected cost to homeowners of $7,488,118, representing a lump sum payment of $46,801 per resident, or 30 annual parcel tax payments of $2,438.

a contract for the work even if the cost meets or subceeds the initial estimate, “but there is a mandate from the neighbourhood to go ahead,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.) If it stays above the initial cost estimate, however, the project will go back to petition, giving residents another chance to have their say. Council can also decide not to proceed. Another option raised by a resident at the April 26 meeting was increasing the threshold

required to approve the project from a simple majority, as dictated by B.C.’s Community Charter, which council can pursue if it goes back to petition. There was some worry, however, about what precedent that might set for future Local Area Service petitions. “If we set this threshold that we start to move forward with, it becomes increasingly unlikely that anyone will ever access this provincial tool moving forward,” said Crompton. “It’s just if council starts to go down this path, what does that mean when you consider bringing forward a petition on something that you care about?” That said, if the RMOW raises the voting threshold for this project, it is not required to use the same standard for future service area petitions, officials confirmed after the meeting. The municipality is expecting to get the final cost estimates and project design— with specific locations of planned hydro boxes, some of which will be on owners’ properties—in the coming weeks. For owner Keith Auchinachie, the whole process has left him wondering if he should sell and leave the community altogether. “I mentioned this to a lot of friends of mine, and somebody said, ‘Well, you’re abandoning Whistler,’ and I said, ‘No, it feels like Whistler is abandoning me,’” he said. n

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A rare and debilitating form of arthritis kept this 19-year-old skier off the slopes—until she found sit-skiing AFTER ONE WINTER WITH WHISTLER ADAPTIVE, MADDIE WATTS’ SIGHTS ARE SET ON THE 2026 PARALYMPICS

BY MEGAN LALONDE GROWING UP, Maddie Watts had a tendency to bounce around, mostly between her home in Metro Vancouver, Toronto— where she went to school—and Nova Scotia. One constant was her days spent skiing in Whistler each winter. “I’ve been skiing since I was two years old, and skiing Whistler since I was two as well,” said the 19-year-old, who’s now in her second year at Bishop’s University in Quebec. “I was a standing skier for years and years. I spent a lot of time on the mountain.” That is, until she collapsed and passed out one day while working her summer job as a restaurant host three years ago. “The pain went from me being fully able-bodied to the next day being unable to walk independently,” recalled Watts. “It was just kind of like zero to 100.” After a seemingly endless series of tests, surgeries, treatments and months spent travelling back and forth to the hospital, doctors eventually determined Watts was suffering from facet joint degenerative syndrome—an aggressive form of arthritis

attacking the lower portion of her spine. Watts is now dependent on a walker or wheelchair to get around. The condition usually affects people in their 70s or 80s, making Watts’ diagnosis “super peculiar,” she said. She also suffers from additional spinal conditions, including spondylolisthesis—“essentially the narrowing of the space where your discs exist, between your vertebrae,” she explained—and scoliosis. But the main issue affecting her daily life is the spinal arthritis and debilitating pain brought on by facet joint syndrome. “Because mine degenerated at such a quick speed, the arthritic damage of it is something that would happen, generally, at the age of, like, 90 to 95 years old,” she said. But even with the chronic pain and long list of continuing treatments, among the most devastating knock-on effects of her condition is its effect on her favourite sport. After herniating one of her spinal discs last fall, Watts realized skiing was no longer an option. “The past two years I’d been sort of skiing, like I would do two runs a day, twice a week. The problem with it was the payoff for the next couple days was a lot more pain—but it was an equal balance of joy versus pain,” she said.

“I think it’s sort of an un-talked-about thing for people with chronic pain: you create this scale in your head of how much joy [an activity will bring you] to how much pain will you be able to go through. And I decided that this year, I really just couldn’t standing-ski anymore; it wasn’t going to be worth it.” But in that grief, Watts discovered a silver lining earlier this winter. “My dad [asked], ‘Would you like to try sit-skiing?’ And I was like, ‘You know what? I think I would; I think it’s time,’” Watts remembered, recalling her nervousness that she wouldn’t feel the same way about this new form of skiing. Instead, “I took to it beautifully,” she said. “I loved it; it was amazing.” In the two-month period following her first session with Whistler Adaptive, Watts earned her Canadian Adaptive Snowsports (CADS) Level 1 and Level 2 teaching certifications. After deciding to forego her winter semester at school in favour of staying in Whistler to heal her herniated disc, work as an instructor with Whistler Adaptive and get more comfortable in her sit-ski herself. Watts even received an invitation from the Canadian Paralympic Committee to train, learn and ski with

other adaptive athletes at the CADS festival in Sun Peaks this March. The experience earned Watts an invitation to compete in a series of Ontario sit-skiing races next year. Now, her sights are set on the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy. After the onset of her symptoms, “There [were] a lot of aspects of my life that I had to lose … I was a mountain biker and a backpacker, I did sea kayaking, I had a lot of things that I had to let go of, and that was really hard and super alienating,” explained Watts. “I felt very strange, just extremely not normal. And a lot of my relationships are strained because of this.” But when it comes to her newfound love for sit-skiing, she added, “I’m so grateful to have gotten these kinds of silver linings. I think I’ve learned a lot more about myself as a person and what I value in myself, and I think that I’ve also gotten a greater perspective for what it’s like to live with disabilities … I’ve been really lucky with this whole sitskiing journey making it kind of bearable for me, because I got something great again, something I really never expected. It’s super out of left field—I did not think I would ever be training for any kind of Olympic games— but I’m so excited about it.” n

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These are the initiatives the Whistler Community Foundation is helping fund this spring THE WCF IS HANDING OUT $128,000 TO 14 LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

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THE WHISTLER Community Foundation (WCF) is doling out $128,000 to a range of non-profit organizations across Whistler and Pemberton this spring. The annual grants will help fund a wide array of impactful local projects and initiatives, ranging from artist mentorships and youth creative camps to cultural trail signage and environmental education events, to name a few. The Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) was the biggest WCF grant recipient this year, netting a total of $58,400 that will be funnelled to seven different projects, including three spearheaded by the Whistler Naturalists. The Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council was also awarded $19,500 to fund its education, outreach and training in 2022, in addition to $20,000 for its inventory control and monitoring efforts this year. One running theme throughout most of the 14 grant recipients this year? Sustainability, explained WCF’s CEO Claire Mozes. The Community Foundation, which acts as a steward of money gifted to the community, introduced new grant application criteria in 2021 encouraging the local non-profits applying for those grants to add consideration for the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to their applications—and programs. For example, SDG 16, “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions,” which encourages communities to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels,” according to the U.N. “For us as a funder, as a granter, we really just try to stay up to date with some best practices in granting, and we really take a lot of lead from Community Foundations of Canada—which provides lots of training and webinars for us to learn from each other, as well as learn from people on the ground who are providing these programs and services—and some of what they do is research on gaps in service,” said Mozes. “And that’s really what we’re trying to focus on: where hasn’t money been directed in the past? What vulnerable groups haven’t been supported, traditionally?” In the Sea to Sky, supporting SDG 16 could look like decolonization, noted Mozes. In particular, the Pemberton Valley Trails Association’s work with the Lil’wat Nation to preserve cultural landmarks and Ucwalmícwts, the traditional Lilwat7ul language, through trail signage. Another grant awarded to Whistler’s Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC)

will help the Centre focus on decolonizing recruitment and retention practices. “Decolonization of our recruitment and retention processes at the SLCC is how we bring the ways of our ancestors into the modern ways of employment. With these teachings we will thrive,” said Allison Burns Joseph, manager of the SLCC’s Indigenous Youth Ambassador Program, in a release. The grants handed out each spring come from the proceeds of previously endowed WCF funds, built up over the years since the organization was established in 1999. The model of a community foundation is unique, Mozes explained. “It’s different than going out and doing a fundraiser, taking all the money from that fundraiser and spreading it out into the community. What we do is we build funds,” she said. “We have environmental funds; we have funds for the arts; we have funds for community projects. Over the years we’ve had donations into those funds, and it’s money each year earned on the interest that gets granted back out. So it’s there forever … It’s not about the short term, it’s having this long-term investment in the community and always having money available every year for granting.” While that money might not be going anywhere, it still isn’t enough to meet the current demand, added Mozes. “We exist to support local charities and to grant, and every year we get more requests for

“We exist to support local charities and to grant, and every year we get more requests for funding than we have to give.” - CLAIRE MOZES

funding than we have to give. We’re building that and working on that—that’s the drive behind everything that we do as well, of course. It’s a fund development, so we have the money available when people need it. But we’re not quite there yet,” she said. “Often when people don’t get funding, it is not that their program or service isn’t a good idea, it’s just that there literally isn’t enough to go around.” Next up, applications for the WCF’s Neighbourhood Small Grants Program, which provides up to $500 for “projects that connect people.” prior recipients’ ideas included yoga classes, community pizza nights and book exchanges. the Small Grants Program opens on May 1. For more information, head to whistlerfoundation. com/grants. n

Notice of Public Hearing LAND USE CONTRACT TERMINATION BYLAW (BLACKCOMB MULTI-FAMILY) NO. 2344, 2022 Tuesday, May 3, 2022 @ 5:30 p.m. Via Zoom Online/ Telephone

Purpose: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed Bylaw is to terminate the Blackcomb Land Use Contract (LUC) from the subject lands and apply a new RTA35 Zone (Residential/Tourist Accommodation Thirty-Five) to the subject lands. The RTA35 Zone accommodates the existing apartments, townhouses and auxiliary uses; it also permits townhouse and apartment dwelling units in the RTA35 Zone to be used for temporary accommodation when not occupied for residential use. If the Bylaw is adopted, it will take effect one year after the date of adoption. Subject Lands: The lands that are the subject of the proposed Bylaw are identiﬁed as “subject lands” on the map attached to this notice. The subject lands are located in the Blackcomb Benchlands and consist of parcels located along portions of Blackcomb Way, Glacier Drive, Painted Cliff Road, Spearhead Drive, and Spearhead Place. To learn more: A copy of the proposed Bylaw, background documentation and written comments received from the public regarding the Public Hearing for LUC00005 are available for review from April 21, 2022 to May 3, 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/LUC00005 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 provide written and verbal comments that will be considered by Council as follows:

Submit written comments to Council via email: corporate@whistler.ca (must be received by 3:30 p.m. on May 3, 2022) (include “Public Hearing for LUC00005” in the subject line, address the comments to “Mayor and Council”, and include your name and mailing address in the email); 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 May 3, 2022) (include “Public Hearing for LUC00005” in the subject line, address the comments to “Mayor and Council”, and include your name and mailing address in the letter); and/or 3. Provide verbal comments at the Public Hearing via online video or phone conferencing. Visit whistler.ca/LUC00005 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.

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Pemberton, Lil’wat Nation unveil new community forest plan MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE SPELKÚMTN COMMUNITY FOREST, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN PEMBERTON AND THE LIL’WAT NATION, WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED ON APRIL 21

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YEARS of planning and collaboration between the Village of Pemberton (VOP), Lil’wat Nation and the province, the new Spelkúmtn Community Forest (SCF) management plan was finally unveiled at a community information session on April 21. The SCF, which consists of a total of 17,727 hectares of forest land, is a partnership between the VOP and Lil’wat Nation designed to promote reconciliation, increase community benefits from local resources and amplify local voices in regards to the management of the surrounding forest. “Some of you may be aware that this has been years of collaborative effort on the part of the people of the Lil’wat Nation and the Village of Pemberton that led to establishment of the community forest,” said VOP manager of corporate and legislative services Sheena Fraser on behalf of Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman, who attended the call but wasn’t in a location where he could speak. “It’s been a very long haul, but a really rewarding journey for all of us and a powerful demonstration of what we can accomplish when the communities work together. And we’re hopeful that this will be the first venture of a long and prosperous collaboration.”

COMMUNITY FOREST Map of the newlyannounced Spelkúmtn Community Forest, a collaborative agreement between Pemberton and the Lil’wat Nation. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON

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According to the Community Forest Agreement (CFA), signed by Richman and Lil’wat Nation Chief Dean Nelson in 2020, some core values of the SCF include environmental stewardship, wildlife conservation and habitat enhancement, community relationships, watershed protection and economic viability, among others. On top of the core values of strengthening relationships between Pemberton and the Lil’wat Nation, the SCF also has a list of 14 key objectives, one

“It’s not just the timber today. Lil’wat has been here forever, and we want to ensure that the areas that Lil’wat is managing are here and available for everyone to enjoy for the future.” As often comes up in discussions of forestry in B.C., VOP Councillor Amica Antonelli posed a question to Tindall on behalf of the many community members concerned about old growth logging, asking whether there will be a shift in practice when it comes to old growth. Tindall said when considering timber

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of which is maintaining an ecologically sustainable perpetual timber harvest rate of 11,000 cubic metres, or approximately 20 to 22 ha per year. “We will continue to ensure that the work we do is sustainable in the long term and that there’ll be timber and forest values available for multiple generations here, for our kids, our grandkids, our great grandkids, for everyone,” said Klay Tindall, general manager of forest operations for Lil’wat Forestry Ventures.

harvesting plans, old growth is just one of several values the partners consider. Others include goshawk, spotted owl and grizzly bear wildlife habitat areas as well as several cultural areas the Lil’wat Nation wants protected. “We are going to be working more closely in the next year to really help identify not only old growth but important old growth and not only important old growth to all of B.C., but important old growth to our local community … and not

just look at blanket [old growth] numbers that are provided to us by the provincial government,” said Tindall. “We’re so much different than the Okanagan and we’re so much different than Prince George. Our timber, our trees are different, the way we use the forests are different, and the values we have in the forests are different. So we will be looking at old growth as one of the important values that these forests bring to us. And we will be seeing if there’s changes that are necessary to be made.” Some of the other main objectives outlined in the SCF management plan include protecting and maintaining water quality; protecting, restoring and enhancing wildlife and fish habitat; protecting at-risk species; protecting and enhancing recreation values and uses; and protecting the function and productivity of forest soils, among many others. The 2022 harvesting schedule for the SCF began in February in Owl Ridge and continued through March 15, with the hauling of the timber following that until April 7. The timber harvesting schedule continued in the Mackenzie Basin area on March 10 and ran through April 7, while the primary area being harvested in 2022 is the Miller Creek area. In 2023, the SCF plans to harvest timber around Green River. The SCF is currently governed by an interim board that includes Richman and Pemberton Councillor Ted Craddock, as well as the Lil’wat’s Nelson, CAO Kerry Mehaffey, and Councillor Maxine Bruce. A permanent board will be formed sometime this year. n

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New multi-use development approved for construction COUNCIL BRIEFS: CANADA DAY ACTIVITIES TO BE USED TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY; START TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DELAYED

BY HARRISON BROOKS AT THE APRIL 26 Village of Pemberton (VOP) regular council meeting, a report was presented to mayor and council seeking consideration of an application for a mixed-use development in downtown Pemberton. The proposed building, which is to be located at 7454 Prospect Street, would add two ground-floor commercial spaces and 10 residential units on the second and third floor, including both one- and twobedroom condos. Due to space concerns at the rear of the building, the developers, Fitzgerald Building Company, were seeking approval on a bylaw variance to reduce the required commercial loading zones from one to zero. One issue with the proposal as presented was the building’s “sombre façade” that doesn’t fit with the community’s look, according to Councillor Amica Antonelli. In the end, council authorized the development permit with the commercial loading space variance, but suggested the developers look for ways to make the building more lively to fit more with Pemberton’s character.

CANADA DAY TO BE USED TO CELEBRATE COMMUNITY What will Canada Day look like in Pemberton this year? At its April 26 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, VOP elected officials and staff discussed how the town should proceed with Canada Day celebrations in 2022. In 2020, Canada Day celebrations were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, in the wake of the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, council discussed cancelling the celebration altogether, before ultimately proceeding with planned activities while promoting the event as an opportunity for family activities rather than a celebration. In November 2021, staff presented an idea to collaborate with the Lil’wat Nation to plan activities and events for the following summer beginning on National Indigenous People’s Day on June 21 and running through to Canada Day. Unfortunately, funding for that plan, sought through the national heritage grant program, was unsuccessful, and council is now considering other options for this year’s Canada Day activities. In a presentation to the COW, manager of recreation services Christine Burns suggested that, instead of celebrating Canada, the VOP should instead invite

the community’s families out to celebrate Pemberton, while acknowledging and incorporating “pieces of our First Nations history and the fact that we operate on First Nations lands.” Elected officials ultimately decided that they didn’t want to avoid celebrating Canada, but they wanted to do it in a different way with an educational aspect to it, to help bring more awareness to reconciliation efforts and educate people on the colonialist and residential history in the area, according to Mayor Mike Richman.

SLOW START TO SPRING HAMPERING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Burns was also on hand at the April 26 regular council meeting to present the recreation services department’s 2022 first quarter report to mayor and council. Due to the provincial health orders still in place at the start of the year, as well as the colder-than-usual spring that saw snow on the ground until late March, the community’s outdoor activities have been slightly delayed to start the year, Burns said. According to Burns, recreation services has been monitoring the outdoor soccer field since the end of March. Currently, there is still standing water on the field, but there are plans in place to get a contractor out as soon as possible to open up parts of it for recreation. Unfortunately, due to its young turf and the need for some reseeding, having the field in use too early could stunt grass growth and result in further damage to the field by June and July. However, as long as the weather cooperates, it is expected the field will be ready for full use by May 15. VOP operations manager Tom Csima joined in at the end of Burns’ presentation to give an update on the construction of the Bike Skills Park. While he said he doesn’t want to over commit to an opening date, Csima believes the VOP is looking good to reach its targeted June start date. However, similar to the soccer field, the poor weather so far this spring has delayed the start of the work and could result in the park opening in July instead. But progress has been made and the pump track is almost complete, according to Csima, while the laying of the park’s asphalt is planned to get underway next week. Recognizing the community’s excitement for the park to be completed, Csima urges people not to go check out the park or attempt to ride it before it is open, as it is still a busy active construction site and the features may not be safe to ride yet. However, residents can get a good view of the progress being made by looking down on the site from the Sunstone development up the hill, said Csima. n

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The CD-1 Zone is being amended to include density bonussing provisions to allow for two auxiliary dwelling units (one within a single-family dwelling and one within a carriage home);

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Including provisions for units to be covenanted to ensure long-term rental to immediate family, employees of the region, or retirees who worked in the region;

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Adding a new deﬁnition, auxiliary dwelling unit.

The area covered by Bylaw 1679-2020 is the CD-1 Zone of Electoral Area C. INFORMATION & SUBMISSIONS: 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 8:00am to 4:30pm from April 20, 2022 to May 24, 2022 not including weekends or statutory holidays or on the SLRD website at www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/notices. A copy of the Board resolution waiving the public hearing is available for public inspection along with a copy of Bylaw 1679-2020 as set out in this notice. Third reading of Amendment Bylaw No. 1679-2020 is scheduled for May 25, 2022. All persons who believe that their interest in the property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Box 219, 1350 Aster Street, Pemberton, BC, V0N 2L0 www.slrd.bc.ca P: 604-894-6371 ext. 224 TF: 1-800-298-7753 F: 604-894-6526 E: info@slrd.bc.ca

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SCIENCE MATTERS

Take a hike! It might help you heal IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU to take a hike, thank them. And maybe ask them to join you. Walking in nature is not only a service to your health; it can also be a deliberate act of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Forest bathing, the act of immersing your senses in nature, was popularized in Japan in the 1980s. Known as shinrinyoku, it’s a form of eco-therapy rooted in knowledge many cultures have long embraced: spending time in nature is good for you. Science backs it up. A 2019 study of the mental and physical effects of forest bathing

BY DAVID SUZUKI on working-age people found “significant positive effects on mental health, especially in those with depressive tendencies.” Another study found forest bathing significantly enhanced “people’s emotional state, attitude, and feelings towards things, physical and psychological recovery, and adaptive behaviors; and obvious alleviation of anxiety and depression.” Nature heals—in more ways than one. In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report in 2015, Saulteaux Cree non-practising lawyer Patricia Stirbys and geologist and international development consultant Peter Croal founded the National Healing Forests Initiative. Combining reconciliation and healing into one immersive experience, they hoped their labour of love would result

legacy of the residential school system and to help people connect with nature and each other. Each healing forest is different. One is on the grounds of a church. Another is along a public trail. But they all bring people together to connect, share and maybe get inspired to create their own healing forests. Students at Riverside School in Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia, developed a twokilometre interactive trail through the woodland next to the school, called the “Knowledge Path.” It includes a healing forest. Students have invited Indigenous elders to share their stories at its centre, where benches encircle a concrete medicine wheel. Along the path, decorated with student-built birdhouses and flower gardens, signs with QR codes allow visitors to learn about the plants in English and Mi’kmaw. In Edmonton’s River Valley, Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton hung 1,000 paper hearts from trees along the trail. More than 300 people came together to design the hearts, marking each with a message of reconciliation and insight into Canada’s history. Visitors could take a journey through time and the forest. After accidentally removing all the hearts, the city apologized and allocated $55,000 for a permanent healing forest. The David Suzuki Foundation is partnering with the National Healing Forests Initiative this year, providing seed grants to people and groups to help establish healing forests in 10 communities. You can learn more at a webinar on May 1. When the climate crisis seems overwhelming, and reconciliation seems difficult and distant, healing forests give immediacy and agency. They offer tangible actions everyone can take to promote health,

You don’t need to be a scientist to know the healing power of nature.

in a network of healing forests throughout our shared lands. Today, there are 10 healing forests in Canada. From Gibsons, B.C., to Fitch Bay, Quebec, to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, individuals and communities have set up dedicated green spaces big and small to honour the first inhabitants of that land and their descendants, recognize the children who attended residential institutions, provide education about Canada’s tragic past and offer people a chance to begin their own journey toward reconciliation and healing. What a healing forest should look like isn’t prescribed. All that’s asked is that it be a quiet green space dedicated to the spirit of reconciliation. They’re intended as places for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to gather, meditate, heal and participate in ceremony. The hope is to bring awareness and understanding of Canada’s history and

healing and community. With quarantines and lockdowns affecting people worldwide, this community connection is priceless. You don’t need to be a scientist to know the healing power of nature. Nevertheless, scientists agree: this is a critical time for humankind to get outdoors and rekindle our love and respect for the planet. It’s also critical for people in Canada to take up the challenge of reconciliation. Earth is at a tipping point. It’s time to heal ourselves, heal from our history and heal the planet before it’s too late. So the next time someone tells you to take a hike, take them up on the offer and invite them to come along on a healing journey. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Communications Specialist Stefanie Carmichael. ■

THE OUTSIDER

A spring more like it THE

2021-22 SEASON was—and continues to be—a strange one. Coming off the back of the worst flooding B.C. had seen in a lifetime, we all braced for a repeat of the

BY VINCE SHULEY infamous 2004-05 Pineapple season, which could only be described as a royal tropical punch to the balls. Thankfully, it got cold. Hmmm. Maybe -35 Celsius was a bit too cold. At least it didn’t hang around too long. The arctic outflow remained just long enough to keep all the Christmas holidaymakers off the mountain, not that too many locals were risking a chairlift malfunction at those temperatures. The day after Boxing Day, I wrangled a couple of ski guides to join me in getting some “exercise” ski touring in the Duffey. It was -30 C when we left the car and we managed to walk for a couple of hours before the plastic in one of our ski bindings fractured from the cold.

WINTER WOES Columnist Vince Shuley looks to soak up the last few good ski days in what was an unnusual year for Whistler Blackcomb. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Lesson learned. Then, it snowed. A lot. The Whistler Valley and the highway hadn’t seen this level of low-traction chaos in a long time. More SUVs in the ditches than a normal holiday snowstorm. Snow-clearing crews were burning out. Clearing the driveway felt more like a part-time job than a daily chore. Snowbanks reached for the heavens. My neighbour, a veteran Whistler lifer, said the last time he saw the snowbanks so high his

the segue into #marchisforskiing broke the drought and the fabled month did get a kickstart, only to sputter out before reaching cruising speed. All the while, backcountry conditions waxed and waned. We had to mobilize on the good snow/good weather windows before the next encroaching rain event. That scarcity no doubt lead to some questionable decisions by pow-starved skiers. Persistent weak layers wreaked havoc, some of these

[G]ood skiing is good skiing. It’d be a shame to see that pow go to waste.

graduated teenagers were in diapers. And the skiing was glorious. The year could not have started any better. January 2 and 3 were probably two of my Top 10 days at Whistler Blackcomb, ever. The prophecy of the season of seasons looked like it would finally come to pass. We had just regained feeling in our fingers and toes and settled into a welldeserved sunny break when the cold smoke pow taps turned off and the warm water rain taps turned on. February was rough. Icy groomer laps for days, nay weeks! Thankfully,

avalanches ending with fatal outcomes. We felt for those affected by a loss of life, pulled up our socks for a few days and kept it conservative. Then we went full send again. Such is the cycle of backcountry recreation. Spring has crept in earlier and earlier in recent years, and as much as I love jumping on my bike a few weeks ahead of schedule, I can’t say I’m a fan of this trend. The mid-April week of the World Ski and Snowboard Festival (when it runs) has come to represent the winter’s powder death throes. After that, it’s a lot of

melt-freeze with afternoon temperatures risking perilous wet-loose slides. It’s still skiing, sure. But what used to be mid-May conditions are now mid-April conditions and a lot of traditional mid-April conditions seem to arrive in mid March. Hopefully, the regression ends there. As I write this, the spring is shaping up to be a return to the late Aprils of yore. Rain and mud in the valley, still-increasing snowpack up high. Access and egress takes more effort, but that’s the time to roll up those pant cuffs and git‘er dun. I’m way past suffering for hours for mediocre turns (a.k.a. summer skiing), but good skiing is good skiing. It’d be a shame to see that pow go to waste. Having lifts spin into May is a welcome change from the last two years of early pandemic closures. So quit moaning about long lift lines and a shuttered Showcase T-Bar, pack your crampons and get skinning. The Spearhead Range is in its prime, if you know where to look. Just stay clear of sunbaked slopes and car-sized cornices. ‘Tis a spring more like it. Don’t be putting that summer wax on just yet. Vince Shuley ain’t done skiing. For questions, comments or suggestions for The Outsider email vince.shuley@gmail.com or Instagram @whis_vince. ■

APRIL 28, 2022

FEATURE STORY

Brian Menounos, research professor in glaciology and geomorphology at the University of Northern British Columbia. Photo by Briar Stewart / CBC

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FEATURE STORY

Inside the rare geological event at Elliot Creek that has sparked interest from researchers around the world By Tyee Bridge / Hakai Institute [This article was produced by B.C.’s Hakai Institute, which conducts scientific research from ice fields to oceans in British Columbia and beyond. Read the full version at the Hakai Institute: hakai.org/the-big-slide.] No one saw the massive landslide in a remote British Columbia valley in late 2020, but it was detected by seismic instruments as far away as Australia. In a few seconds, 50 million tonnes of rock—roughly equal in weight to 150 Empire State Buildings—dropped from a sheer mountainside. Then it hit Elliot Lake.

.. .. GOran Ekstrom follows earthquakes the way some people read the ~

daily news. An earth sciences professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University in New York, he learns about seismic activity in the planet’s most remote areas— earthquakes in the Baikal Rift Zone in northern Mongolia, a landslide in Alaska’s Taan Fiord—before just about anyone else. Ekström checks two lists regularly: one a global roundup of earthquakes, the other a shorter tally of probable landslides and other “peculiar events.” Both lists are generated at Columbia from data amassed by the Global Seismographic Network (GSN). The GSN monitors Earth’s shakes and shudders at more than 150 stations around the world, kicking out measurements known as seismograms (Ekström and his colleagues refer to them as “wiggles”). These are the digital versions of those scrolling ink-onpaper seismic readings familiar from earthquake disaster films, and Ekström scours them for anomalies. “I am fascinated by finding things that nobody else has found before,” says Ekström. “When I find something on these lists that looks a bit strange, I look at it more carefully.” What separates the signature of a fault-based earthquake from less common seismic events—a colossal landslide, the calving of a Greenland glacier, the collapse of a volcanic caldera—is a fairly technical distinction that can involve phrases like “azimuthal anisotropy” and “laterally heterogeneous phase velocity structure.” But at its core, the difference is between the jolting waves of a typical fault-slip earthquake— known as body waves, which travel through the Earth—and the slower-moving surface waves created by the impact of a falling mass. In late November 2020, one of the wiggles on the list of surface waves caught Ekström’s attention. Located in the Pacific Range of British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, it was of significant size: measurements ultimately judged it comparable to a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. This doesn’t mean that the ground in the vicinity shook as it would during a magnitude 5.0 earthquake but that the signal was of the same strength. As Ekström says, comparing the energy of an earthquake with that of a landslide is “complicated.” However you measure it, it was a very big boom. The event’s signature showed up at sensor stations around the world, including in Germany, Japan and Australia.

The Big Slide Elliot Lake.

Photo by Brian Menounos.

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FEATURE STORY Searching

for

landslide

Determining the exact source of the signal, however, remained foggy. “I’m a busy guy, and looking for landslides is not the only thing I do,” says Ekström. “But this British Columbia detection indicated a landslide of unusual size. I thought it should show up in satellite imagery, and so for verification I sent an email off to one of my buddies.” An earthquake may or may not leave a visible trace of its occurrence, but big landslides usually do—when the resulting scar and rubble aren’t covered in snow. On occasions when he’s hopeful of seeing visual evidence rather than only wiggles, Ekström looks for outside help. Enter Marten Geertsema, a research geomorphologist with the Province of British Columbia. Geertsema specializes in landslide events in British Columbia and Alaska. After receiving Ekström’s email about the big wiggle, Geertsema began poring over satellite imagery to see if he could spot the source. This kind of detective work is an inexact science: with no eyewitnesses to report an event, researchers can usually only roughly estimate where the seismic signal originated. These estimates can be fairly accurate, within five or 10 kilometres, or they can be off by 50 kilometres or more. Geertsema used satellite imagery generated by the private Earth-imaging company Planet Labs, which uses an array of over 200 satellites to photograph landscapes all over the globe on an almost daily basis. Ekström’s data showed the source as being located near Tatlayoko Lake in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, and Geertsema spent many hours looking around that area within a radius of 50 kilometres. Despite the up-to-date geospatial data, he couldn’t find evidence of Ekström’s big wiggle. It wasn’t until word spread about images posted on social media by a B.C.-based helicopter pilot that ground zero was revealed. In a post on the Instagram account of 49 North Helicopters—a charter company and flight training academy on Vancouver Island—pilot Bastian Fleury noted that he and others had heard about “an unusual amount of wood” in British Columbia’s Bute Inlet (Yitcht in the Homalco language), located about 200 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. They went to check it out, and when the chopper crew veered up the mouth of the Southgate River (Míimá7ya) at the head of Bute Inlet, they found widespread devastation for several kilometres up the Elliot Creek valley, with thousands of uprooted trees and an enormous deposition of sand and gravel where the creek hit the Southgate. Fleury wrote in his post—correctly, as it turned out—that it “might be one of the biggest landslides the West Coast has had in the last few years.” Geertsema heard about the Elliot Creek slide, but it took some days to connect the dots to Ekström’s request. Because the Elliot Creek event was about 60 kilometres from the estimated origin of the mysterious wiggle, Geertsema assumed it was unrelated. “I thought it was a second event,” says Geertsema. “But that was the one Göran had detected.” Thanks to Fleury’s images, researchers were aware immediately that the landslide was only

An aerial view of Elliot Lake. Photo courtesy of the Province of BC.

Elliot Lake.

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Photos by Brian Menounos.

FEATURE STORY part of the story: what they were seeing was evidence of a chain reaction. Geoscientists call it a hazard cascade. At Elliot Creek, the cascade had three main parts.

The

fall

At 6:53 a.m. on Nov. 28, 2020, the chain reaction began when 50 million tonnes of rock released from the slope adjacent to West Grenville Glacier, which is the feeder glacier for Elliot Lake. The landslide was equal to dumping 150 Empire State Buildings—or, as Ekström pointed out, all of Canada’s 25 million cars—off a cliff. Broken rock tumbled from as high as 600 metres above the glacier, then dropped another 300 metres of vertical elevation as the mass moved onward to the lake. “Once this thing goes it’s quite sudden and quite catastrophic,” says Brian Menounos, a research professor in glaciology and geomorphology at the University of Northern British Columbia. “We’re talking about dislodging approximately 18 million cubic metres of material and releasing it down a 50- or 60-degree slope. It’s going like a freight train.” In a few seconds, says Menounos, the landslide hits the lowermost part of the glacier, called the toe, likely liquefying some of its ice through friction. “The material hits the glacier and then the opposing valley side, but it doesn’t stop there. It actually is now deflected into the lake.”

The

tsunami

Part 2 of the hazard cascade is sudden, short, and dramatic. When the landslide slammed into two-kilometre-long Elliot Lake, it was traveling around 170 kilometres per hour. The impact displaced a huge amount of water and kicked up a 100metre tsunami wave. An estimated 15 million cubic metres of water was ejected from the lake like a giant had done a belly flop into a bathtub. That’s a lot of water: picture a water-filled aquarium with a base the size of four soccer fields and as tall as the Eiffel Tower—then dump it downhill. “By that point,” says Menounos, “about 30 seconds in, we estimate about 40 per cent of the material was deposited above the lake and the rest hits the lake—hits it so violently, you get a whole lot of water leaving the lake in one go.”

The

outburst

flood

The enormous amount of water ejected from Elliot Lake created what geomorphologists call a GLOF—a glacial outburst flood. Outburst floods are a function of the unstable conditions that surround alpine glacial lakes and the basics of gravity: given the chance, water at high elevations will head to sea level as fast as terrain will allow. Mixed with sand, rock, and other material, the waters of Elliot Lake roared down the creek’s drainage toward Bute Inlet, tearing out trees and soil on either side of the gorge and forming an immense debris flow of logs, branches, and sediment. “In glacial lake outbursts, you mix water and broken rock flowing at high velocity and you’ve got a big problem,” says John Clague, a scientist emeritus with the Geological Survey of Canada. “That’s a dangerous combination.” The outburst at Elliot Creek surged down the valley at about 135 kilometres per hour, reaching the Southgate River 10 kilometres away in about six minutes. While glacial outburst floods—also known by the equally catchy Icelandic term jökulhlaups—may be fairly low on the list for anxiety-inducing climate change– related disasters, they can be deadly. Globally, there have been more than 1,000 of them since 1900, resulting in thousands of deaths and much destruction to agricultural areas and infrastructure. In Peru in 1941, an outburst flood tore down from Lake Palcacocha, high in the mountains about 20 kilometres outside the city of Huaraz. The debris flow destroyed a third of its buildings and homes and killed more than 1,800 people. An even deadlier event struck in 2013 in northern India near the Tibetan border, when a GLOF and debris flow ravaged the town of Kedarnath and killed at least 5,000 people.

Disappearing ice unstable slopes

and

“We were fortunate to witness a grand sight just after sunrise. On the opposite side of the river, nearly half a mile from us we heard a sharp crash and then a loud rumbling sound high up on a mountain directly in view. The entire side of the mountain for fully a mile in length was in motion. A huge avalanche came thundering down with a frightful noise, pine trees going down before it like a swath of mown grass; it lasted several minutes, the ground sensibly shaking from the violence of the shock, and enormous masses of rock came crashing down into the valley below. Immediately it was over dense clouds of steamy vapour arose, caused by the heat from the friction of the immense masses of rock grinding and crushing against each other in their descent …” - Nov. 27, 1861 journal entry by Robert Homfray, recording a Hudson’s Bay Company expedition from Victoria to Bute Inlet and up the Homathko River (Xwémalhkwu). Avalanches and landslides are a feature of life in steep alpine areas like the Pacific Range. Homfray’s journal entry from Nov. 27, 1861—159 years almost to the day before the Elliot Creek slide—describes a landslide in the Bute Inlet area. It may have been large enough to have registered on seismic sensors, if they had existed at the time. Understanding the causes of a landslide is notoriously difficult. How steep and how fractured a rock slope is are two critical factors, as is the direction the fractures run, known as the jointing pattern. Were the cracks and fissures in the rock aligned with the slope, or did they run at a more perpendicular angle? “Anytime you get a landslide or any sort of instability, there tends to be a setup condition,” says Menounos, noting that fractures which run parallel with the direction of the slope tend to be more dangerous and unstable. “It’s all about the stress-strain relation in the rock. And then you have something, some straw that breaks the camel’s back, the event or events that trigger the failure.” While researchers don’t believe a seismic event caused the Elliot Creek landslide, a less dramatic factor might have contributed: water. Up to 10 centimetres of rain fell in the week prior to the slide, and snowmelt may have matched or exceeded that. “While not as wet as 2021, the previous year was a particularly wet one for many parts of B.C.,” says Menounos. “In fact, if you go north to Prince George, there was a lot of ground movement happening in early 2021, in large part due to wet conditions over the preceding year. How much that played into the failure is hard to say.” Though the exact trigger remains unknown, Menounos, Geertsema, and other researchers are certain that climate change played a major role in destabilizing the slope. Glaciers have been eroding the valleys of the Coast Mountains in Western Canada for more than two-and-a-half million years, trenching them and creating steep valleys. Because of climate change, as Menounos noted in a 2019 paper, the southern part of the range is now being transformed by some of the highest rates of glacial loss on the planet. Melting alpine permafrost is a factor frequently implicated in landslides, but it wasn’t part of the picture at Elliot Creek. Rather, geohazard experts have singled out deglaciation. “In the case of Elliot, we know that we’re dealing with a rapidly retreating glacier, the West Grenville Glacier, in a deep and steep valley,” says Menounos. During the Little Ice Age that lasted roughly from the 14th century to the mid-19th century, glaciers expanded in mountainous regions around the globe, from Eurasia to the Americas to New Zealand. The West Grenville Glacier would have reached its Little Ice Age maximum around the beginning of the 18th century—extending four kilometres farther down the Elliot Creek valley from its current location, and buttressing the valley walls up to heights of over 300 metres. “When you have a glacier traveling down valley, it causes a lot of erosion and imparts stress fractures on the valley slopes,” says Geertsema. “As the glacier retreats, often these stress fractures, which tend to be parallel to the slopes, tend to open and widen and that can set off a cascade of events.” As glaciers retreat, the exposed faces they leave behind present potential catastrophic geohazards, a situation known as debuttressing. “While the ice is there it’s part of what is supporting these very steep faces,” says Menounos. “When it pulls back, when the glacier has retreated, you have this release of this supporting structure of the ice. That creates instability.” Hakai Institute researchers had been mapping the Elliot Creek area with aerial lidar prior to the slide, and from this and other observations they estimate that the rock mass was already slowly shifting at about 40 centimetres per year. “It was very fortuitous to have the pre-event lidar and then the post-event lidar, so we could see that,” says Geertsema. “A lot of times you don’t have that data, which, with debuttressing situations, will often show slopes sagging like that. They can slowly move for a long time, and never transform into a violent, catastrophic release. But with Elliot, the slow movement was just the lead-up.” A longer version of this article was originally published by the Hakai Institute on March 29, and is republished here with permission. For the full multimedia feature—which includes video, interactive maps, and more—visit hakai.org/the-big-slide. ■

APRIL 28, 2022

SPORTS THE SCORE

Whistler’s Garrett Milan wraps up first season in Sweden LOCAL HOCKEY PLAYER PREPPING SKILLS CAMPS FOR WHISTLER KIDS THIS SUMMER

BY HARRISON BROOKS AFTER SPENDING last year in the Florida Panhandle, leading his team to the Southern Professional Hockey League championship with the Pensacola Ice Flyers, local Garrett Milan spent the off-season at home in Whistler waiting to see what offers would come his way. Late in the summer, with the hockey season right around the corner and plans of returning to the U.S. to play in the East Coast Hockey League, one final offer came in: a chance to make the move overseas to play for the Halmstad Hammers in Sweden’s HockeyEttan league. Milan jumped at the opportunity. “My agent actually gave me a call when I was working out one day and said that they’re interested here in Sweden. So I did some research on the team and the league and everyone I talked to was saying that this is the best conference by far in the league to go to, so it was a pretty easy decision for me,” said Milan. “At the time I was focused on going back to Florida for a little bit and then this offer just kind of came out of nowhere. So I jumped on it to try to kickstart a little bit more of a career in Europe.” While he said the cultural transition to Sweden was easier than expected, with most

PASSING IT DOWN After wrapping up his season in Sweden, Garrett Milan plans to return home to Whistler to run some hockey skills camps. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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people being able to speak English fairly well, the biggest shock for Milan was returning to an actual winter after spending the last few seasons in the southern United States where he would spend his off days on the beach or playing golf with his teammates. “A lot of the guys here do have a second job, they don’t get paid as imports do. So it can definitely be a little bit boring throughout the day sometimes,” he said. “But you just kind of go to the gym, you get body maintenance, [and get] yourself ready for games. There’s

sprain, Milan tried to play through the pain after resting it for a couple weeks. But when it didn’t get any better, Milan demanded an MRI, which showed he had actually tore a tendon in his ankle. The injury kept him out an additional few weeks in the middle of the season. “Coming back, it was tough. Obviously points-wise I produced pretty good, but I was definitely playing at 70 per cent for probably 80 per cent of the year, so I wasn’t able to do a lot of stuff that I wanted to do physically

“I thought I did pretty well during the season, putting up numbers, but there’s obviously more room to improve.” - GARRETT MILAN

not too much else to do. Definitely a lot of Netflix, maybe try to read a couple books here and there. But yeah, there’s not much to do on the cold gloomy days in Sweden during the wintertime, for sure.” Despite taking a little while to get used to the bigger ice surface and the more run-and-gun style of play versus the more structured game he was used to in North America, Milan’s production was strong in the games he played, putting up 29 points in 23 games across the regular season. Unfortunately, the season as a whole didn’t quite go as expected for Milan, who ended up missing 18 games with an ankle injury. Initially believed to just be an ankle

that kind of made me the player that I am,” said Milan. “Being a short guy, my best quality is skating, and when you take away your skating, tight turns, things like that, it’s kind of tough. I thought I did pretty well during the season, putting up numbers, but there’s obviously more room to improve.” Despite picking up where he left off down the stretch and into the playoffs, after coming back from injury, Milan’s role on the team changed, as he saw less powerplay time and other opportunities usually given to the team’s top producers. That, plus the way his injury was handled, soured his experience to the point that Milan already knows he won’t be returning to

Halmstad next year. However, he hopes to remain in Europe and finish off his playing career with a team in Italy or France. Wherever he ends up playing next year, whether in Europe or back in the U.S., Milan says his expectations and goals for the year haven’t changed. “Obviously the main goal is to win as many games as you can, whether it’s the championship or a promotion to the next level. That’s kind of where you want to go,” he said. “You want to go to a team that has those aspirations. But also being an import, you’ve got to come and produce, and at this point in your career, you want to do as well as you can personally to open up doors.” With the Hammers’ playoffs coming to an end in the next week and no chance of the team advancing to the next level—which is the incentive for winning European leagues versus a championship banner or trophy like here in North America—Milan will be returning home to Whistler for the summer where he plans to run some summer hockey camps and dryland training programs for local kids. “This year, I’m actually going to have about two different weeks of four ice times a week in July. It’s going to be a skills development camp for kids,” he said. “I’ll be running off-ice speed and conditioning camps for kids as well. I had about eight to 10 kids last year that fully committed to the program, and hopefully I can double that this year.” For more information or to register for one of his camps, send an email to garrettmilan@hotmail.com. n

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HITTING THE PITCH Members of the Whistler Field Hockey Club pose for a picture during an indoor session at Myrtle Philip Community School. PHOTO SUBMITTED

Whistler Field Hockey Club prepares for summer programs THE NEWLY FORMED CLUB RECENTLY WRAPPED ITS WINTER PROGRAMS AND REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR SUMMER SESSIONS

BY HARRISON BROOKS LAST SUMMER, after living in Whistler for many years working as a ski instructor, Maria Tomaghelli started feeling the desire to play field hockey—her favourite sport to play back home in Argentina. But with no local clubs around to join, Tomaghelli took matters into her own hands, and alongside some friends who were also interested in playing, decided to start the Whistler Field Hockey Club (WFHC). “I didn’t know about the field in Cheakamus, and I was riding my bike and I saw it and thought, ‘wow, we need to play field hockey there,’” she said. “So we got together with some friends and we started a club last year. And coincidentally that’s when the muni started running a program in Cheakamus as well.” According to Tomaghelli, The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) summer field hockey program last year—which consisted of weekly Monday night drop-in sessions for anyone who was interested— proved there was a demand for the sport in the Sea to Sky. With the RMOW’s program already running through the summer from July to October, Tomaghelli and the WFHC decided to launch their club in the winter with a weekly indoor field hockey program at Myrtle Philip Community School. Despite having roughly 150 people show interest in the sport by joining a new WFHC Facebook group, the weekly sessions saw just 15 or so regulars coming out each week. One of those regular participants was Ben Chapman, who grew up playing and coaching field hockey in Australia before moving to Whistler to work as a ski instructor in the winters. According to Chapman, who spends most of his free time in the winter skiing, it was the chance to get involved with a team sport again that really got him excited to join the club. “I do back-to-back winters (in Canada and Australia), and I guess one of the biggest things I miss from doing that is team sports. For me, through winter, the main activity

is skiing or going to the pub, so having something else to do regularly every week has been really great,” said Chapman. “And branching out as well—with so few ski instructors, it can become a bit of a bubble. Being here seven years, pretty much every single one of my friends is from the snow school, so it’s kind of nice to hang out with a more diverse group of people.” Now that the winter program is over and the club is beginning to prepare for its summer adults and kids field hockey programming, Tomaghelli is getting stoked about the possibility of sharing the sport she loves with a new generation while helping grow the game in the Sea to Sky. “I am super excited. Being able to play this sport here in Whistler is amazing, and it’s super fun for me. And it’s also a great way to bring people together and meet other people with the same interest in the community,” she said. “On the other hand, I’m super excited to be able to run it for kids as well. I feel like there is a lot of room for another team sport in Whistler. I have had such a positive experience through this sport and being part of this sports club during my childhood all the way through my adulthood that I would like to share that with other members of the community and have kids go through the same thing hopefully as well.” The summer kids’ program is set to start in May and will cost $75 for eight weekly sessions. The program will supply the kids with sticks, but participants will need their own protective gear like shin pads and mouth guards. As for the adult program, participants can either choose to sign up on a monthby-month basis for $60 per month or sign up for all four months at once for $192. For those unsure if they want to commit fulltime, there will also be drop-in sessions open for anyone interested in the sport. Adults are encouraged to buy their own equipment but the club will have sticks to provide to people who don’t have one. Registration for the summer is now open. Find more information about the club and sign up for the summer sessions at whistlerfieldhockey.com. n

THE ORIGINAL BIKE HOST PROGRAM IS BACK! • Do you love riding your bike? • Do you know Whistler’s biking and hiking trails well? • Do you connect with visitors on trails and in parks, giving directions to where they want to go? • Do you like great rewards and being part of a fun team while assisting others? Volunteer for Whistler’s returning Bike Host summer program. Enjoy being outside, active and involved in your community. To apply or receive more information, contact Erin Morgan at ihost@whistler.ca or 604-935-8478 Apply by May 16, 2022

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Whistler Farmers’ Market will return to the Upper Village this summer SUNDAY MARKETS RUN FROM MAY 22 TO OCT. 9, AS WELL AS SELECT SATURDAYS ON LONG WEEKENDS

BY BRANDON BARRETT AFTER A COUPLE years on the move, the Whistler Farmers’ Market (WFM) will return to its pre-pandemic home on the Upper Village stroll this summer. In a release on Friday, April 22, market organizers said the weekly Sunday markets will begin May 22 and end on Oct. 9. Market season will also include several Saturday dates on long weekends, including July 2, July 30, Sept. 3, and Oct. 8. “We have had amazing support from the [Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre] and Whistler Racket Club over the pandemic and many vendors and locals really connected with those locations. However, with the easing of health and safety restrictions that the market has been operating under for the past two years, Whistler Blackcomb has been supportive of the market returning to the Upper Village,” said market manager Bree Eagles in a follow-up interview. “A lot of thoughtful discussion was had by the board and myself about the 2022 location, and I’m excited for the vendors and customers that are pleased to see the market return to its longstanding home in

MARKET SHARES Lucilla Hargreaves, pictured, and her grandma Wendy will be selling their macramé creations at this year’s Whistler Farmers’ Market. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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the Upper Village.” It’s been several years of upheaval for the bustling summer market. With COVID19 upending plans in 2020, the board of directors voted against holding the market at its longtime venue at Blackcomb base, land leased by Whistler Blackcomb, as physical distancing protocols would have only permitted 17 vendors, a number the board felt wasn’t financially viable. The board had also applied to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) to host the market in the day lots behind the Audain Art Museum, but was rejected, with the RMOW citing concerns around traffic flow and construction work in the area, among other things. Then, at the 11th hour, the board secured a home in front of the SLCC, a location that also had limited space available compared to its usual home. Last year the market went on the move again, this time to the Whistler Racket Club, the first time the market was held outside of the Upper Village. While it was slightly out of the way compared to the Upper Village, the Racket Club, with its adjacent animation and family-friendly activities, also lent more of a locals’ vibe to last year’s market. “It obviously was nothing like the tourist attraction the Upper Village was but it was still really good because it gave the locals a chance to park right onsite. The parking was endless. People from Emerald and Creekside could easily drive

in, which I think helped a lot,” said Paul Cain of market vendor Whistler Harvest, an indoor micro farm that produces organic mushrooms, microgreens, herbs, seeds and baby lettuces, as well as offering a variety of foraged wild mushrooms. “The support from the Whistler crew is awesome, the families and everyone. They really come to us. It was still good, but it didn’t shake a stick in comparison to the Upper Village.”

“[W]e do it for fun and we just enjoy the market and being a part of that community.” - WENDY HARGREAVES

The WFM has also seen some turnover in the manager’s role in recent years. Eagles came on in 2020 just as the market was set for its late-season opening at the SLCC, taking over for Rosanne Clamp, who had joined the year prior just weeks before the market was set to begin. Clamp took on the role from longtime manager Chris Quinlan, who stepped down following the 2018 season after tensions arose on the WFM board and reports of in-fighting amongst members. More than 100 new and returning

vendors will rotate throughout the season, with roughly 60 vendors on tap each week. Featured will be a variety of hot and artisan foods, cold drinks, liquor, arts, crafts and farm vendors. For the full list of vendors, visit whistlerfarmersmarket.org/maps. One of those vendors is Mountain Macramé, a granny-granddaughter duo made up of Wendy and Lucilla Hargreaves, 16, who make original macramé plant hangers, wall hangings and candle holders, and have been selling at the market for the past four years. “Lucilla’s realized, like a lot of crafting, there’s not a lot of money in it,” Wendy said with a laugh, adding that they are excited to welcome people back to the Upper Village. “But we do it for fun and we just enjoy the process and we really enjoy the market and being a part of that community. With the other vendors and all the visitors, it’s a really great experience.” Whistler Blackcomb has confirmed the return of the Family Adventure Zone at the base of Blackcomb, which offers a range of family-friendly activities and animation. The WFM will again be partnering with the Whistler Community Services Society on programs that are aimed at improving food security in town, including the Whistler Food Bank and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program, which provides coupons to lower-income families, pregnant people, and seniors that can be used to purchase food from the market. n

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From Oscar winner to ski bum, it was a long, strange trip for John Zaritsky ICONOCLASTIC DIRECTOR OF SKI BUMS DIED OF HEART FAILURE LAST MONTH AT 78

BY BRANDON BARRETT TAKE A MOMENT to picture, if you will, a raucous Whistler house party from two decades ago, packed to the rafters with drunk 20-something ski bums without a care in the world other than the next day’s snowline, when in walks an outspoken, middle-aged bald guy—who just happens to be Oscar-winning filmmaker and legendary documentarian, John Zaritsky. A bit of a buzzkill, you might think. Well, you would be wrong. Dead wrong. “We’d go to these crazy house parties and I wasn’t going to leave him at home. He’d say, ‘What do you think I am? Some kind of geriatric fart? I’m buying the booze and I’m buying the cabs, so let’s go!’” remembers Johnny Thrash, born John Hunt, a producer and star in Zaritsky’s 2002 doc, Ski Bums, which followed 10 selfproclaimed Whistler ski bums who chose to pursue their unconventional lifestyles in Canada’s winter mecca. One of this country’s greatest documentarians, Zaritsky died from heart failure late last month in a Vancouver hospital. He was 78. It’s hard to define the Ontario native’s wildly eclectic career. He was known for tackling difficult subject matter that few other filmmakers would touch, giving platforms to people far too often ignored by wider society. Earning an Academy Award in 1982 for an episode of CBC’s The

JOHNNY AND JOHN Johnny Thrash, left, alongside award-winning director John Zaritsky, whose iconic 2002 documentary, Ski Bums, helped define a particular era of Whistler. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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Fifth Estate about a missing Ottawa teen, he was often entrusted with documenting life’s most raw and vulnerable moments, thanks to his innate ability to connect with his subjects and his fearsome interview skills. Over his wide-ranging career, he shone a light on such challenging topics as the horrors of war in Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo; assisted suicide in Suicide Tourist; sexual abuse in Rapists: Can They Be Stopped; and one of the worst drug disasters in history for his ambitious trilogy on thalidomide, a sedative drug prescribed in the mid-20th century that led to birth defects, malformations and a litany of other harmful side effects. “He always wanted to tell a story that

a winter, where, along with documenting the devil-may-care lifestyles of local ski bums such as Thrash, Michael “Crucial Mike” Jefferies, Sherry “Punchy” Boyd and Johnny “Foon” Chilton, he also walked the walk right alongside them. “He skied and he was obsessed. He certainly had an obsessive personality, and when he started skiing, he would ferociously ski every single day to get his numbers of days in,” says Clutton. The opening night film at the very first edition of the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) in 2001, it was a huge get for organizers to have an Oscar-winning director lend his picture to its inaugural edition, the start of a long and fruitful relationship with WFF.

“He always wanted to tell a story that nobody else wanted to tell or could tell—and ones that had a lot of meat in them that he could really delve into.” - ANNIE CLUTTON

nobody else wanted to tell or could tell— and ones that had a lot of meat in them that he could really delve into,” explains wife Annie Clutton. “He would listen to the news all day, every day, and anything that really made him mad or he thought was wrong, he would want to change or take on if he thought it was a good story.” But Zaritsky wasn’t just fuelled by outrage. A curious man who flaunted convention and was never afraid to speak his mind, he also had a playful side that was on full display in the National Film Board’s (NFB) Ski Bums, which saw the then-50something director decamp to Whistler for

“When we’d gone through the first edition, we realized, ‘Wait a second, we’ve got something here.’ And John came back several times,” says festival founder and former director Shauna Hardy Mishaw. “He came back to mentor. He came with another film. He came back with an Oscar and we had an Oscar party. The thing about John, he always showed up for us … It really was a testament to the man that he was very loyal and very generous with his time.” Tales from that first debaucherous screening are legendary. Still one of the best attended NFB premieres in the film board’s history, Hardy Mishaw remembers

the scene when organizers first opened the doors to the conference centre to let moviegoers in. “There was a mad rush to get into the theatre … and I just didn’t even know what to do. We couldn’t do anything. I just thought, ‘Let’s just let them sit down.’ And then I opened the door to look inside and there was this cloud of smoke that came out. Marijuana smoke, of course,” she says, adding that someone from the fest had come up with the idea to tape candy to the halls of the conference centre leading to the theatre. “It was just a bizarre concept, but everybody was so stoned that it actually worked out well.” Although Ski Bums wasn’t the first time Whistler’s ski lifestyle was captured on the big screen, it was in many ways the first time Whistlerites saw their distinct culture depicted so genuinely—and with such reverence. “John and I watched so many movies and you could see this little black dot coming down this amazing face with blue skies. It was amazing, but who cares about a little dot?” Thrash says. “So we had the talking heads cut in with the footage of them with a 300-mm lens and their facial expressions and slow-motion snow flying, and you get the emotion of what it feels like to be flowing through powder as they’re telling you about it. It comes back to the magic of Johnny. He knew the value of your characters and bringing out emotion. “I think a lot of ski films never ask the question: Why do we care about this? Well, we answered that.” A memorial celebration for Zaritsky is being held at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver on May 4 at 6:30 p.m. A Facebook page has also been set up to share memories of the man at facebook.com/johnzaritskycelebration. n

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RISING STORY L to R: Q’ áwam’ Redmond Andrews, Ed Archie NoiseCat and Julian NoiseCat. PHOTO BY ROBERT WISLA

A new story pole rises at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler LIL’WAT NATION CARVER AND APPRENTICE EXPLAIN THE MEANING BEHIND THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE SLCC

BY ROBERT WISLA WHEN A FIRST NATIONS story pole is created, it is traditionally awakened by a ceremony where the community comes out to celebrate. On April 22, such a ceremony was to take place at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) for a story pole designed and created by Salish and Lil’wat carver Ed Archie NoiseCat, with assistance ’ Redmond Andrews, from apprentice Q’áwam titled Sqātsza7 Tmicw – Father Land. However, due to the passing of Lil’wat elder Rosalin Sam, this awakening was postponed. Instead, the ceremony turned into an artist talk where NoiseCat explained to an audience that came from far and wide about the 20-foot-tall art piece that will live in the SLCC for generations to come. “It is the story of the Thunderbird and the Black Tusk, and how this territory became a shared territory of the great Squamish Nation. Sqātsza7 Tmicw is the story of how a spirit called black crawler brought the women’s warrior song to my auntie Martina during a sweat ceremony,” said NoiseCat. “It is the bear dancer, a portrait of my cousin Redmond with an eagle fan wearing a bone and a trade bead breastplate. He holds a frog rattle in his right hand and an eagle fan in his left, all of this carved in red and yellow cedar standing on a 900-pound block of basalt. “The stone represents this land, my father’s land, this territory that is the home of the Peters family from Samahquam and Ts’zil, the home of Nkasusa Chief Harry Peters, my great grandfather, the homeland of my father Ray Peters. Sqātsza7 Tmicw, his fatherland.” The story pole was crafted over a twoyear period out of a mixture of red and

yellow cedar that came together with the additions of stone and copper. The project was jointly funded by the First Peoples Cultural Council, the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, British Columbia Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia. The event was attended by a variety of people, including some of NoiseCat’s family members, who came all the way from Camin Lake, near 100 Mile House. The pole consists of two separate cedar trees, a 10-foot red cedar that was gifted to the artist by Pete Peterson, an elder from the Skokomish Nation, and an old growth yellow cedar that came from the RCMP, who had confiscated it from logging poachers. During the project, NoiseCat took Andrews under his wing as his apprentice, something the young artist was greatly appreciative of. “This project was pretty well like the first step into my three dimensions. It was super amazing to learn how to use different tools from my cousin here ... That was probably the best summer of my life. So it meant a lot to me,” said Andrews. “It was the best step to the beginning of my life. I feel it. For those of you that may not know, my father was a carver and I never got to learn a whole lot from him other than just watching, so I had to observe and never actually really got to put a lot of the tools in my hand ... [NoiseCat] teaching me was the best gift I’ve ever gotten.” Andrews served as the inspiration for the bear dancer “because he’s got such a nice face,” NoiseCat said. “Plus, he’s an expert on the culture, and he’s going to be here telling people about this for the next 80 years.” If you wish to view the new story pole, the SLCC is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More information on the exhibit can be found on the SLCC’s website at slcc.ca/ed-noisecat-story-pole. n

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Renaissance period: The Pemberton Arts Council looks to revitalize its programming WITH NEW DIRECTOR, MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE AND SPATE OF EVENTS, THIS SUMMER LOOKS TO BE A BIG ONE FOR THE PAC

BY BRANDON BARRETT IN HER THREE YEARS at Arts Whistler, Anna Lynch wore a lot of hats. Officially speaking, her title was venue, sales and services supervisor, “but I had an unofficial title of master of organized chaos,” she says with a laugh. Lynch will have plenty of chances to put her distinct skills to the test as the Pemberton Arts Council’s (PAC) newlyminted executive director, taking over for Karen Love, who left the position last summer to pursue her painting. Between Love’s departure and ever-shifting COVID19 health orders, the PAC, like so many other arts organizations, hit a bit of a lull. “There were a lot of projects that [we] hoped [would] take place last year, but with all the provincial health order changes, just weren’t possible,” explains Lynch, who took on the role in December. “This year we’re bringing all of these projects to life and hopefully revitalizing the Pemberton arts and culture scene.” First up is an initiative called the Outside Voices Mural Project that will see

a new mural go up around the community every year. This year’s mural is slated for the facilities shop at the Pemberton Medical Clinic. The seven-by-five-metre piece will enjoy a prominent position in town, as it faces the road as you come into the downtown area. Other than that, there’s no hard and fast design criteria, and priority will be given to Pemberton-based

music festival that had its inaugural edition in 2019 before being shut down by the pandemic. Scheduled for June 25 and 26 at the Community Barn, the first night will be a 19-plus event, with bar service, while the second will be a free, family daytime show. A callout for local musicians and bands will go out soon, notes Lynch, who added that there are a few other events on tap

“It would be amazing to get to the size of Arts Whistler in the next 10 years. That’s a little way off but that’s the end goal.” - ANNA LYNCH

artists—although it’s also open to Whistler and Squamish muralists. “We’re open to everything. We want people to run wild with their imaginations,” Lynch says. “It would be great if the design could reflect the culture of Pemberton’s community. We want to see as many diverse designs as possible.” This summer will also see the return of the Mountain Muse Festival, a local

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for this summer that she’s excited to share more about once details are finalized. Lynch has big dreams for the arts council, including expanding the PAC’s membership. To that end, the council is lowering its annual membership fees next month from $25 to $15, and is opening things up to not just artists and performers, but anyone in the community. Lynch is hopeful to grow the current membership

from 45 to 150 by the end of the year. Members get direct access to call for entries, discounts on local programming, events, and at local businesses, and voting rights at the council’s AGM. “We’re making it more affordable and inclusive so it’s open to everyone,” Lynch says. “At this time it’s just open to artists, but we’re going to change that so it’s open to anyone, whether they are a creative person or just an art lover or a groupie who just wants to come to see our shows.” In the long-term, Lynch has grand ambitions of the PAC rivalling its Sea to Sky neighbour over the next decade. “It would be amazing to get to the size of Arts Whistler in the next 10 years. That’s a little way off but that’s the end goal,” she says. “I think it would just be nice to grow it and have more people connect with it. I know there’s a community need for kids’ programming, so I’d love to be able to provide something along those lines and be able to give something back to the Pemberton community to help enrich it. We’d just like more people to participate, have a go, do what they love and be creative.” Find more info at pembertonartscouncil. com. n

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This notice is applicable to owners of property situated within the Resort Municipality of Whistler and whose properties are subject to the Alta Lake Road Local Area Service Parcel Tax established by the: • “Alta Lake Road Sewer Extension Local Area Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2237, 2021”, and • “Alta Lake Road Local Area Service Parcel Tax and Parcel Tax Roll Bylaw No. 2349, 2022”. The Resort Municipality of Whistler advises that the parcel tax roll for the 2022 tax year is available for public inspection at the Resort Municipality of Whistler Municipal Hall, 4325 Blackcomb Way, business hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). A person who owns a parcel included in the parcel tax roll may request that the roll be amended on one or more of the following grounds: • • • •

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of 1,200 metres over seven kilometres) and then descended back to the valley. While those competing in the expert category completed the same course as the pro racers, those in the “sportsmen” category cycled only as far as midstation and then rode the Red Chair up to the top. The 40-km criterium course took competitors on laps around the Lost Lake trail system. Competitors appear to have enjoyed the Whistler Mountain course, comparing it favourably to the course in Crested Butte, Colo. Jeff Norman, who raced for the Schwinn team, described it as “smoother,” while Tod Switzer of Ross Bicycles told the Question, “It’s much faster. Crested Butte is rocky and rutted. It’s definitely better here. I had a lot more fun.” Racers also commented on how their tires could hang on to the soil during the climb. One racer, upon crossing the finish line, even jumped off his bike to exclaim “I like it, I like it, I like it!” By the end of the weekend, American teams for manufacturers such as Ross, Schwinn, and Fisher had dominated the pro categories, taking home the cash prizes on offer. Despite this, Whistler riders were well represented in the expert and sportsmen categories. Merve Stalkie took first place in the expert category of the mountain race, followed closely by Paul Rawlinson, also of Whistler. Whistler rider Sharon Bishop came fifth in the women’s category and Eric Gunderson of Whistler took first in the sportsmen category. The CanAm Mountain Bike Challenge marked the end of Whistler’s “Fat Tire Week,” which had begun with the BMX Championships. At the closing ceremony, president of the National Off Road Bicycle Association Glen O’Dell challenged Canadian racers to do better. O’Dell also hinted at Whistler’s future, referring to Whistler as “a mecca for the new sport.” n

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1 JONNY’S WEEKEND A crew of more than 100 friends, family and Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) coaches and athletes were finally able to gather to celebrate the life of WMSC coach Jonny Kellock earlier this month, following his passing from cancer in January 2021 at the age of 29. “Jonny’s weekend” included an informal Dual Slalom set up on the Dave Murray National Training Centre, as well as a group ski down to the “Beauty Can Start” on lower Ptarmigan where the Whistler Mountain Ski Club officially renamed Beauty Start to “Jonny’s Start.” PHOTO SUBMITTED. 2 GOODBYE GONDOLA The Creekside Gondola was seen being dismantled on April 23, ahead of its replacement. The gondola cabins will be on sale beginning Friday, May 6 at 9 a.m., as a fundraiser for the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation and Vail Resorts’ Epic Promise Foundation. PHOTO BY IAN THOMSON. 3 BIRTHDAY BANGER Pique ad rep Georgia Butler celebrated her 30th at the Whistler Racket Club on Saturday, April 23. Happy birthday, Georgia! PHOTO SUBMITTED. 4 BIG FAN Cedric VanderSchoot, 10 months, pictured catching up on his Whistler current events. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY HIS GRAND-MAMAN, COLLEEN SMITH. 5 AUDAIN GALA The Audain Art Museum’s record-breaking Illuminate Gala & Auction presented by Nicola Wealth and held at Fairmont Chateau Whistler on Saturday, April 23 raised over $900,000 for the local art institution. Energetic host Fred Lee is pictured alongside a work by Mountain Galleries Artist Doria Moodie during the exciting live art auction. PHOTO COURTESY OF SCOTT BRAMMER PHOTOGRAPHY (SHEA MACNEIL). 6 VINTAGE VIBES Helen Hamilton, the powerhouse behind the Strange Daze Vintage Pop-Up, is pictured during the event, held at The Racket Club on Easter Sunday. In addition to the vintage and pre-loved clothing sale, the event featured other local vendors like Lovestones Whistler jewelery, crochet mushrooms from Fun Fun Fungi and handmade crystal lamps from Lumen Gem—alongside a roller disco and axe throwing too! PHOTO SUBMITTED. 6 UKRAINE FUNDRAISER Members of the Rotary Club of Whistler selling sunflower seeds (the sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine) outside grocery stores over the Easter Weekend. The volunteers raised more than $4,500 for Ukrainian refugees. Pictured, from right to left, Barbara Osburg, Janice Lloyd, Gill Forester. PHOTO SUBMITTED.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): I recommend you adopt a limitation that will enable you to claim more freedom. For example, you could de-emphasize your involvement with a lukewarm dream so as to liberate time and energy for a passionate dream. Or you could minimize your fascination with a certain negative emotion to make more room for invigorating emotions. Any other ideas? You’re in a phase when increased discipline and discernment can be liberating. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Imagining anything is the first step toward creating it,” wrote author and activist Gloria Steinem. “Believing in a true self is what allows a true self to be born,” she added. Those are excellent meditations for you to focus on right now, Taurus. The time is ripe for you to envision in detail a specific new situation or adventure you would like to manifest in the future. It’s also a perfect moment to picture a truer, deeper, more robust version of your beautiful self—an expanded version of your identity that you hope to give birth to in the coming months. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author William Butler Yeats won a Nobel Prize for Literature, so I conclude he had considerable talent and wisdom. But he cultivated interests and ideas that were at variance with most other literary figures. For example, he believed fairies are real. He was a student of occult magic. Two of his books were dictated by spirits during séances. In the coming weeks, I invite you to draw inspiration from his versatile repertoire. Welcome knowledge in whatever unusual ways it might materialize. Be eager to accept power and inspiration wherever they are offered. For inspiration, here’s a Yeats quote: “I have observed dreams and visions very carefully, and am certain that the imagination has some way of lighting on the truth that reason has not, and that its commandments, delivered when the body is still and the reason silent, are the most binding we can ever know.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know what’s always good for your well-being? Helping people who are less fortunate and less privileged than you. To enhance your health, you can also fight bigotry, campaign against the abuse of animals, and remedy damage to the natural world. If you carry out tasks like these in the coming weeks, you will boost your vigour and vitality even more than usual. You may be amazed at the power of your compassion to generate selfish benefits for yourself. Working on behalf of others will uplift and nurture you. To further motivate you, here are inspirational words from designer Santiago Bautista: “I am in love with all the gifts of the world, and especially those destined for others to enjoy.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “There is a moment in each day that Satan cannot find,” wrote author and artist William Blake. Here’s how I interpret his poetic words: On a regular basis, you become relatively immune from the debilitating effects of melancholy, apathy, and fear. At those times, you are blessed with the freedom to be exactly who you want to be. You can satisfy your soul completely. In the next six weeks, I suspect there will be more of these interludes for you than usual. How do you plan to use your exalted respite from Satan’s nagging? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Poet Louis Little Coon Oliver (1904–1991) was a member of the Indigenous Mvskoke people. He declared, “I do not waste what is wild.” That might mean something different for him than what it would mean for you, but it’s an excellent principle for you to work with in the coming weeks. You will have more access than usual to wildness, and you might be tempted to use it casually or recklessly. I hope that instead you harness all that raw mojo with precision and grace. Amazingly, being disciplined in your use of the wildness will ensure that it enriches you to the max and generates potent transformative energy. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I suspect you will have the skills of an acrobat in the coming weeks—at least

metaphorically. You will be psychically nimble. Your soul will have an exceptional ability to carry out spry manoeuvres that keep you sane and sound. Even more than usual, you will have the power to adjust on the fly and adapt to shifting circumstances. People you know may marvel at your lithe flexibility. They will compliment you for your classiness under pressure. But I suspect the feats you accomplish may feel surprisingly easy and breezy! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A Tumblr blogger named Af-70 gives copious advice. From his wide selection of wise counsel, I have selected six tips that are right for your needs in the coming weeks. Please study the following counsel. 1. “Real feelings don’t change fast.” 2. “Connect deeply or not at all.” 3. “Build a relationship in which you and your ally can be active in each other’s growth.” 4. “Sometimes what you get is better than what you wanted.” 5. “Enjoy the space between where you are and where you are going.” 6. “Keep it real with me even if it makes us tremble and shimmer.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Consider putting a sign on your door or a message on your social media that says something like the following: “I’ve still got some healing to do. While I’m making progress, I’m only partway there. Am open to your suggestions, practical tips, and suggestions for cures I don’t know about.” Though the process is as yet incomplete, Sagittarius, I am proud of how diligent and resourceful you have been in seeking corrections and fixes. My only suggestions: 1. Be bold about seeking help and support. 2. Be aggressive about accessing your creativity. Expand your imagination about what might be therapeutic. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “To uncover what is hidden in my soul might take me a week or two,” my friend Allie told me. I told her she would be lucky if her brave and challenging exploration required such a short time. In contrast, some people I know have spent years trying to find what is buried and lost in their souls: me, for instance. There was one period of my life when I sought for over a decade to find and identify the missing treasure. According to my astrological analysis, you will soon enjoy multiple discoveries and revelations that will be more like Allie’s timeline than mine: relatively rapid and complete. Get ready! Be alert! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Thai cook named Nattapong Kaweenuntawong has a unique method for cooking the soup served in his Bangkok restaurant. At the end of each night, he saves the broth for use the next day. He has been doing that daily for 45 years. Theoretically, there may be molecules of noodles that were originally thrown in the pot back in 1977. In accordance with current astrological omens, I urge you to dream up a new tradition that borrows from his approach. What experience could you begin soon that would benefit you for years to come? PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pisces-born Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779) was a Polish nobleman and military commander. As a young man, he fought unsuccessfully to free Poland from Russian domination. Driven into exile, he fled to America, arriving during the Revolutionary War with Britain in 1777. General George Washington was impressed with Pulaski’s skills, making the immigrant a brigadier general. He distinguished himself as a leader of American forces, exhibiting brilliance and bravery. For that excellence, he has been honoured. But now, over two centuries later, his identity is in flux. DNA analyses of Pulaski’s remains suggest he was an intersex person with both male and female qualities. (Read more: tinyurl.com/PulaskiSmithsonian.) I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because the coming months will be a favourable time to question and revise your understanding of your identity. May you be inspired by Pulaski’s evolving distinctiveness. Homework: Make a guess about when you will fulfil your next sweet ambition. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com

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Exploring the economics of EV adoption SO $44,999 grew to $54,999 and then $59,000. Markets at work. Free markets? Not so much. Distorted markets? Oh yeah. The federal government wants everyone driving electric cars. It is a keystone in their plan to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. They’ve taken several steps to reach that goal. They’ve changed the drop dead cutoff for selling fossil-fuelpowered vehicles. It was 100 per cent by 2040. Now it’s 2035. But not all at once. They’re mandating carmakers to sell 20 per cent of all passenger vehicles as EVs by 2026, ratcheting up to 60 per cent by 2030

BY G.D. MAXWELL and all of ‘em by 2035. Try as I might, I haven’t been able to find a definition of passenger vehicles. Just a distinction between whatever they are and medium and heavy-duty vehicles. So let’s assume it includes the things Canadians buy to get around: SUVs and pickup trucks. Important? Double oh yeah. In 2020 only about 20 per cent of new vehicles registered in the country were passenger cars. The rest were SUVs and pickups. If you don’t want an SUV or pickup, it’s getting harder and harder to find something to buy. Things we used to call cars are an endangered species. Everyone wants something bigger, higher, with more cupholders. Anyone who thinks they may someday buy a sheet of plywood or gyprock at Home Depot wants a full-size pickup. To encourage Canadians to buy EVs, governments are offering bribes, er, rebates. The feds will cough up a maximum of $5,000 for qualifying EVs. Different provinces will provide more. B.C. will chip in $3,000, the least among the provinces but better than a stick in the eye. To qualify, the base price of the vehicle needed to be under $45,000. The new program just raised that to $55,000 and tacked on another five grand to cover the higher costs of pickups and SUVs. Of course, few buyers want the base-level vehicle. So you can still get the rebates if you add on features and creature comforts that jack up the price by another 10 grand. Not surprisingly, most of the available EVs carry a base price of $44,999. Soon to be $54,999—$59,999 for SUVS and trucks. Car companies aren’t stupid. The government set a target price and they’re happy to meet it... regardless of whether that would have been the price they sold the vehicles for absent the rebates. In effect, the governments set the price of new EVs with their rebate offer. For example, the base price of a 2022 Hyundai Kona is $24,049. Pretty basic transportation. The base price of an electric

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Kona is $45,844. More or less the same car, different locomotive power. I know EV batteries are expensive. But once you subtract the cost of the gas Kona’s engine, transmission, drivetrain, cooling system, gas tank, gas pump, etc, and replace all that with batteries, electric motor(s) and an HVAC system, it stretches the imagination to think there’s a $21,000 premium in cost to build. But that’s the price distorted by the cutoff level for rebates. Hyundai isn’t alone. Many EVs are priced just below that magic $45,000 number. Coincidence? And while I’m totally in favour of moving away from fossil-fuel burning vehicles, does a national program to encourage people to buy over-priced EVs

B.C., Quebec and Ontario all score in the high 90-per-cent range in terms of zero emission power generation, albeit 60 per cent of Ontario’s is from nuclear, not that I have anything against splitting atoms. But something is better than nothing, I hear you say. And I don’t disagree. But this program is all carrot and no stick. And the allure of the carrot is blunted by many vehicle purchasers who choose to buy EVs regardless of the rebates offered. Just because they believe they’re doing the right thing. Probably even more would if the prices of EVs weren’t artificially jacked up by rebates. It’ll be interesting to see what happens to prices when the $1.7 billion the federal government has committed to this program runs out or the programs ends in March 2025, whichever comes first.

To encourage Canadians to buy EVs, governments are offering bribes, er, rebates.

really make sense? Not if you live in, say, Nova Scotia. According to 2018 figures, that province generates 60 per cent of its electricity by burning coal. You might as well be driving a coal-burning locomotive rather than an EV there. Alberta and Saskatchewan derive 91 per cent and 83 per cent of their electricity from fossil-fuel-generating plants. What’s the point of buying an EV there?

Of course, there will always be those who just can’t bring themselves to embrace EVs. Some have severe range anxiety just discussing the possibility. Blame it on Jack Kerouac. His 1957 book, On the Road, so romanticized long, meandering road trips—along with the development of the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. and to a lesser degree the Trans-Canada— many people still long for the open road,

notwithstanding they largely choose to fly anywhere longer than a six-hour drive. Personal choice is personal, though. And that’s where the missing stick might just be a better tool, or at least a useful adjunct. Getting increasing numbers of people to opt for EVs is only half the equation toward net zero. Encouraging people to not purchase gas guzzlers is the other, and larger half. Governments have punitive tax measures targeting luxury cars, not that people who spend $150,000 on a car really care that much. But there is no meaningful gas-guzzler tax in Canada. There is a miniscule $1,000-to-$4,000 tax, but that amount is a rounding error for most buyers. And so we reward people who buy vehicles that gulp gas as opposed to sipping it. Seems crazy. Crazier still when you wander around the day skier lots in town and see the size of what way too many people are driving up here for a day’s touristing. The carbon tax added to the price of gasoline isn’t much of a deterrent. Grouse all you want about the current price of gas but when you’re faced with a few bucks more every time you fill up it loses its impact. But tack 10 or 20 thousand bucks on to the purchase price of your new Canyonero and even the most spendthrift are likely to think twice. I’m resigned to buying an EV the next time I buy a car. I hope it’s a car though since most of what’s out there and most of what’s in the pipeline are electric SUVs. At a minimum though, I’d like to see the rebates offered offset by income from a guzzler tax. At least we’d be working both ends toward the ultimate goal. ■

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WHISTLER CAY HEIGHTS 6361 Fairway Drive Western Red Cedar - Craftsman Log Home. Approx. 3,200 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms. Media room, office/den, garage & sports room. Elegant home design with peaceful ambiance. Mountain & Forest views from the home & sunny patio decks. $5,100,000

Kathy White

BENCHLANDS 202 - 4573 Chateau Blvd Glacier Lodge is one of the most sought-after buildings in the heart of Whistler Upper Village. All windows face the quiet courtyard and have a nice pool view. 645 sqft bright and upgraded home for you. $1,279,000

WHISTLER CAY HEIGHTS 26 -6127 Eagle Ridge Crescent Eagle Ridge development is just a 5 minute walk to all Whistler village has to offer. This 2.5 BR/2BA, 1,365 sq/ft townhome on 2 levels is tastefully updated. Wood-burning fireplace, balcony and 2 parking. Come take a look! $1,899,000

WHISTLER CREEKSIDE 534B - 2036 London Lane Beautiful mountain lodge at the base of Creekside Gondola with great amenities. Enjoy use of this 1.5 Bed/1 Bath Quarter Share condo 1 wk/mo., with 2 wks at Christmas/NY. Rentals permitted. Fee includes HOA, taxes, utilities & TW Fees. $285,000 GST Exempt

604-910-1103 Janet Brown

604-616-6933 Connie Spear

604-935-0700

NEW PRICE

VILLAGE 64 - 4355 Northlands Blvd. A coveted 982 sq ft, 2 Bed, 2 Bath Townhome within a two-minute walk of the Village. Offered furnished with in-suite laundry; a club house, heated swimming pool; community hot tub and underground parking plus flexible Phase 1 zoning. $1,725,000

Katherine Currall

RAINBOW 8428 Ski Jump Rise Set against a hillside that truly emphasizes the mountain experience with breathtaking mountain views & incredible light. $2,100,000

604-966-1364 Maggi Thornhill *PREC

RAINBOW 8975 Highway 99 14.09 acres, 5 km north of Whistler Village. South facing with panoramic mountain and Green Lake views! Services to the property line. Build your private family enclave here and enjoy a life time of Whistler family memories! $7,500,000

604-905-8199 Bob Daniels

Whistler Village Shop

Squamish Station Shop

36-4314 Main Street · Whistler BC V8E 1A8 · Phone +1 604-932-1875

150-1200 Hunter Place · Squamish BC V8B 0G8 · Phone +1 778-733-0611

whistler.evrealestate.com

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Engel & Völkers Whistler

Each brokerage independently owned and operated. *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

604-932-7997

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9202 Pinetree Lane

3D Tour - rem.ax/220marquise

$1,650,000

#220 - 4809 Spearhead Dr.

3D Tour - rem.ax/202mtnsedge

$889,000

This spacious lot in Emerald has fantastic views of Arm Chair and Wedge Mountain. Take advantage of this wonderful elevated lot assuring privacy and mountain views. This serviced corner lot sides/backs onto parkland, is on the bus route, is a short walk to Emerald Park and the Green Lake boat launch.

Attractive and nicely furnished 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom condo at the sought after Marquise complex! Situated in the Blackcomb Benchlands across the street from the slopes of Blackcomb Mountain and conveniently located on the free shuttle route for easy year-round access to Whistler Village.

Sherry Baker

Ursula Morel*

604.932.1315

#602 - 4050 Whistler Way

$299,000

One of the best hotels for accessing both mountains and Whistler Village. Enjoy everything this award winning Hilton Resort & Spa hotel has to offer: heated outdoor pool/hot tub, spa, 24hr fitness centre, tennis courts, parking, pub, dine in service and more! Unlimited owner usage (19% fee applies), or rent through The Hilton and collect consistent revenue.

Anastasia Skryabina

604.902.3292

604.932.8629

7633 Seven O’Clock Drive

$729,000

#202 - 1411 Portage Road

$675,000

This rarely available end unit floor plan faces South for sunny summer days on the large patio. At nearly 750 square feet, this newly renovated two bedroom condo feels spacious and bright. Being one of the closest buildings to the village, getting a morning coffee takes only a few minutes.

Alexi Hamilton

604.935.0757

#205B - 2036 London Lane

$212,000

Enjoy all day sun and sweeping views of Mount Currie with a ready to build geotechnically engineered structural lot. Build your dream home on this 12,163 sq ft lot that is zoned for a suite. Access all the amazing outdoor features of the Sunstone neighbourhood with green space, nature trails, bike path, with close proximity to Pemberton and a 20 minute drive to Whistler.

Fantastic one bedroom quarter ownership opportunity in Legends Lodge at the Creekside base of Whistler Mountain. The ski slopes and mountain bike park are literally at your doorstep with shopping, dining, Alpha and Nita Lake and the Valley Trail all within easy walking distance. Facing the ski slopes, you can check the snow conditions from your own home.

Ann Chiasson

Bob Cameron

604.932.7651

604.935.2214

3D Tour - rem.ax/1577tynebridge

1577 Tynebridge Lane

$4,750,000

#202 - 4910 Spearhead Drive

$69,500

8212 Merlot Peak Drive

$678,900

Located in exclusive, Spring Creek there are 4 bedrooms plus media room/gym with open living on the top floor to take advantage of beautiful views out generous windows all around. The Bone Structure, premium steel framed, home makes for extra energy efficiency, incredible design options and healthy living environment.

1/17th interest (3 weeks) Bring the whole family to the BEST location in Whistler at the best times of the year. This 1400ft 2 bedroom with den has ample space for the whole family to spread out. This unit sleeps 8 comfortably. Ski in ski out at Woodrun offers the best of shared ownership.

Build the dream home you have always dreamed of. With just under a jaw-dropping, 13,000square feet to make your dream into reality, Merlot Peak Drive delivers. This absolutely stunning lot, lucky #7A, is south facing, allowing your dream home to maximize the sunshine of the Pemberton valley when considering your build.

Dave Beattie*

Dave Sharpe

Doug Treleaven

604.905.8855

604.902.2779

3D Tour - rem.ax/31twinlakes

#31 - 1200 Alta Lake Road

3D Tour - rem.ax/1545tynebridge

$2,099,000

#686 - 4090 Whistler Way

$459,900

Twin Lakes 31 is nestled on the shore of Alpha Lake. This property offers beautiful views and easy access to the water. With 3 bedrooms & 2 full baths, you’ll have plenty of room for family & friends. The spacious main living area features a vaulted ceiling and a wood-burning fireplace to cozy up after a day on the slopes.

Unmatched Mountainside location, perfect for your Whistler Mountain getaways, while historically, excellent revenues make this a smart investment. The Westin Resort and Spa in Whistler boasts first class amenities and proximity to the ski hills, Whistler Golf Course and Whistler Village shopping.

Madison Perry

Matt Chiasson

778.919.7653

604.905.8626

WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION

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604.935.9171

1545 Tynebridge Court

$3,899,000

Find privacy in the Whistler Mountains with this tranquil home oasis at the end of Tynbridge Court in Spring Creek on a 1/2 acre lot. The thoughtful design feels light and airy with large windows throughout, high ceilings, chef’s kitchen with gas stove top, massive island, radiant heat, HRV ventilation system, and double car garage.

Meg McLean

604.907.2223

PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070