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Standing Tall

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ON BALANCE

Balance Model projects more residents, visitors, labour shortages

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PROOF OF CONCEPT

Concept plans for possible 2030 Olympics bid revealed

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30 Putting Coast Salish art on the map Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw artist Rick Harry mentors a new generation of Indigenous artists. - By Will Johnson

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ON BALANCE

The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s

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POLICY PROPOSALS

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increased labour shortages and 50 per cent more traffic by 2040.

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PROOF OF CONCEPT

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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist Brandon Barrett rediscovers the simple joys of

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70 MAXED OUT As Max ponders proposed concepts for the Northlands, he poses a key question: is there a better place for the Whistler Racket Club?

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29 RANGE ROVER Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way ticks all the boxes, writes Leslie Anthony: mountains,

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IN RECENT MONTHS, Walt Judas, back,” he says. of tourism on Vancouver Island, how to The discussion about sustainable CEO of the Tourism Industry Association “So that’s likely to change in future measure it, and how to lead as a tourism tourism in Whistler continues, and the of BC (TIABC), has travelled the province to ensure that there is no serious impact organization in the sustainability space.” pandemic has only put a finer point on the speaking with tourism operators, getting from an environmental or sustainability Key for the certification is that it importance of balanced visitation. the proverbial lay of the land as another perspective, or social and cultural is not a paid membership or anecdotal According to Fisher, TW began busy summer approaches. designation; keeping the certification reviewing a number of global sustainability reh ,sgniht lla ni hguorperspective.” ht emac efil rof tsez s’idneW “Virtually everyone is really bullish,” of requires compliance and continuous certification programs just prior to the dehcuot ehs sevil s’ohw esoThe ht dnaconcept ytinumm oc ,sustainable, ylimaf Judas says. “In other words, business is regenerative tourism has gained traction improvement, which is evaluated on an pandemic, including Biosphere, Greenstep .yad yreve looking good, the bookings are up, the throughout the pandemic. Last month, annual basis, Cant says.

Solutions, and Green Destinations/ travellers are there and experiencing the Tourism Vancouver Island announced “The certification allows a destination Mountain Ideal. The work was paused to demonstrate how we take sustainability during the pandemic, “but our focus on eht morf nosrep gnivigitdhas na achieved dnik a hthe cuResponsible s saw idneTourism W Institute’s Biosphere certification, and is seriously, but also keeps us accountable responsible, sustainable and regenerative ehs fi ees ot emit koot syawla ehS .tem uoy tnemom rebranding as “4VI”—a social enterprise to make necessary and ongoing changes,” tourism continues to be a priority for our .noitautis yna nfocused i troppon usensuring reffo rotravel plehis d“aluforce oc of he says, adding that communities and organization, including the potential of good” for the Island and its residents. businesses on the Island will be able to sign rolling out a sustainable certification According to Brian Cant, 4VI’s VP on to a commitment program this summer program in the future,” Fisher said. eht ni idneW ediseb tas I a htiw laudividni etanoissapmoc ,gnorts A of business impact and engagement, through 4VI. If the resort is as empty as it was at the w o h s a w e m k c u r t s t a h W . e c ffi o syawlA .moor a pu thg“Through il dluocthis tahprogram, t elimsthey can work height of the pandemic, the community products and services that our industry the application process included a ehsprospects gnirac dlook na d etcefor nnthe oc ylcomprehensive peed ot gniklat with rettethe b le4VI ef u oy etodacreate m their own won’t survive, but if it’s as full as the offers. The good analysis .rofehVancouver team future.” .ylimaf reh tuobaIsland’s saw sustainability against 169 action plan with measurable outcomes, peak period volume years in 2017 and That’s good news for the industry, indicators aligned with the 17 United and become a Biosphere committed 2018, “that volume is not pleasant for the and a far cry from the past two years of eta Nations local noissaSustainable pmoc ,erDevelopment ecnis ,dnik goals, ,lufthgorganization uoht ,gnivunder ol ,enour iundesignation.” eG sevil ruoenvironment, ni thgil thgit’s irbnot a ypleasant lno ton for saw idneW COVID-tinged uncertainty—but it’s not to and took about a year.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RMOW should relocate tennis courts to Day Lots As a member of the local racket community for the past 25 years, I do not share the general disappointment regarding the proposals by Beedie Living for redevelopment of Northlands. In fact, I think both concepts are excellent, far superior to the giant parking lot in Marketplace that we got when Village North was developed years ago. Speaking of parking lots, I believe that is where the new tennis club belongs...

With the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s Big Moves Strategy, it is a stated objective to replace 50 per cent of car trips by 2030, which means that we will soon have a lot of redundant parking spots in the village area. So the obvious thing to do is to offer a long-term lease to a developer to convert one of the four Day Lots into a recreational facility, along with other amenities such as employee housing.

The Audain Art Museum has already set an exciting precedent there regarding innovative development on a flood plain. Ideally, this project would be completed before Beedie demolishes the current racket facility so that there would be no interruption in play.

Thomas DeMarco // Whistler

Hike for Health on June 19 Here’s your chance to give back to Whistler’s awesome health-care workers who keep us safe every day!

The first Hike for Health event is taking place on Sunday, June 19 on Blackcomb Mountain’s Ascent Trails. This event is designed to raise money for the Whistler Health Care Foundation, which will then be funnelled back into new equipment at our busy Whistler Health Care Centre. Hike for Health is also a chance to say thank you and recognize our health-care workers, who have been a steady force in our community these

past two years. Please join us at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 19 at the base of Blackcomb Mountain. You’ll find us right beside the Blackcomb Gondola. Due to snow, we will be going to mid-station. Plan for roughly one to two hours.

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Walking the walk SINCE MAKING THE move to Squamish a little over a month ago, I have spent a good chunk of my free time exploring my lovely new hometown. And seeing as I don’t drive and there’s still no transit to speak of, the majority of my wanderings have been on foot, my usual preferred mode of travel.

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In his aptly titled 2019 book, Walking: One Step at a Time, explorer and publisher Erling Kagge pontificates on the intrinsic value of one of humankind’s original travel methods and pastimes—and he would know. The Norwegian native is the first person to complete the Three Poles

Challenge on foot, walking unsupported to both the North and South Poles, along with Mount Everest, the so-called “third pole.” His expeditions aren’t always so grand, however. In 2010, he and historian and photographer Steve Duncan ventured into the sewers of New York City, walking the mucky, subterranean depths over five days from the Bronx to the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. Two years later, he joined two friends to walk the full length of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles—a notoriously unwalkable city—over three days. In late 2019, he again joined a group of friends to walk the entirety of Broadway in New York, from Sleepy Hollow to the far end of Manhattan, in just 24 hours.

In his writings, Kagge discusses the many obvious and not-so-obvious benefits associated with walking: it does wonders for our physical and mental health, helping to improve mood, concentration and creativity, and fosters deeper and more meaningful connections to ourselves and our wider community.

But Kagge seems less concerned with the effects of walking than the deeper questions around why we walk in the first place. Besides, there are plenty of books out there already highlighting these practical benefits. Like so much in today’s

overly corporatized self-help realm, walking is often extolled for the ways it makes us more efficient, better problem solvers, a sort of quick and handy shortcut to achieving full optimization. Hell, even Kagge talks about how tech firms in Silicon Valley are increasingly holding “walking meetings” because they’ve shown to resolve pesky issues faster than traditional boardroom meetings.

“To walk is something much larger than a list of advantages you can read in an ad for vitamins,” Kagge writes. “Why do we walk? Where do we walk from and what is our destination? We all have our own answers. Even if you and I walk next to each other, we can experience the walk differently.”

Walking, at its simplest, is wandering, the first physical manifestation of our inherent drive to explore and discover.

“Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you gradually stop doing,” Kagge so rightly puts it.

For much of human existence, walking was the primary method we used to get from Point A to B, whether that was a nearby fishing hole or an entirely new continent altogether, and if it had not been for that capability, Homo sapiens as

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a species would not have evolved the way we did—“We would have crawled around without the languages we have today,” Kagge says.

Even through modern history, the simple pleasures of walking seemed to hold more sway in society than they do today. The romantic notion of the flâneur— translating loosely to “stroller,” “lounger,” “saunterer” or “loafer”—was such a wellknown character in 19th-century Paris that it essentially became a cultural trope all its own, with the flâneur, or boulevardier, as they were also called, held up variously as men of leisure (a passant was the common term for women strollers), street scholars and urban explorers.

It’s difficult to imagine someone engaged in that kind of aimless meandering today being viewed in the same way, but maybe it’s time we do. One of the side effects of the pandemic has been the thousands of people who have rediscovered the joys of walking, when simply going out for a stroll became more about necessity than self-improvement.

But walking shouldn’t always come with some goal or perceived benefit attached to it. After all, the best trips aren’t about the destination at all, but the journey to get there. ■

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Balance Model update details a busy future for Whistler MORE VISITORS, MORE RESIDENTS, INCREASED WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND 50% MORE TRAFFIC CONGESTION PROJECTED BY 2040

BY ROBERT WISLA AN UPDATE ON Whistler’s Balance Model presented to the Committee of the Whole on June 7 painted a picture of a municipality that is expected to continue rapidly growing—in both residents and daily tourists—over the next decade.

The Balance Model is a long-term strategic planning initiative that was created to balance the four “pillars” of Whistler’s vision—community, environment, tourism economy and sense of place. “[The goal of the balance model] is linking all aspects of a resort tourism community, from the resident population, visitor population and the associated workforce and how that impacts the goals and the social and environmental indicators,” said the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) manager of economic development and tourism recovery Toni Metcalf.

According to the report, Whistler has seen a significant rebound following the COVID-19 pandemic, and tourism has returned stronger than when the pandemic started. This tourism growth has contributed to residents feeling increased pressures, including access and affordability challenges.

The Balance Model report analysis was designed to answer questions about

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whether Whistler’s capacity is currently constrained or underutilized, and what impacts population changes will have on the community.

Whistler currently has a relatively small population of about 14,000. If tourists and seasonal residents are taken into account, that number jumps to a population equivalent of about 40,000 people in the resort at any given time: 14,000 year-round residents; 5,000 seasonal residents; 16,000 overnight visitors; and 5,000 day-trippers from other parts of the province.

Balance Model projections show that Whistler’s population equivalent will continue to increase in the coming years if current historical trends continue.

Growth outside of the resort will also continue to affect the municipality, as the relationship between Whistler and the Lower Mainland continues to be intrinsically linked.

“On average, for every 100,000 person increase in the Lower Mainland, Whistler has seen close to 400 additional visitors staying overnight. For every one million additional YVR airport arrivals, Whistler has seen, on average, an additional 300 destination visitors per day,” said Metcalf.

Another trend the municipality expects to continue is the underutilization of market housing.

“From our housing survey that we ran in December 2021, we understand that 50 per cent of market dwellings are occupied by full-time residents, but we also found that 40 per cent of the bed units aren’t utilized,” said RMOW strategy analyst Becca Zalmanowitz.

There are about 62,000 bed units in the municipality, including tourist

accommodation. Nearly half of these bed units, or 33,000, are residential. The report estimates about 5,000 people in the Whistler workforce live in market homes (for context, pre-pandemic, Whistler’s total full-time equivalent workforce was estimated to be about 16,300).

“As we grow into this capacity, we’re finding that our current peak days in terms of visitation could become the year-round average. So our current average is around 16,000 visitors per day, and that could grow to 22,000 overnight visitors per day,” said Zalmanowitz.

“So for a reference point, we’ve seen close to 22,000 per day in our peak months, so thinking January in 2019—now in our forecast, we’re saying that’s going to happen on an average basis year-round.”

Day-trippers are also expected to grow substantially, nearly doubling within the next few years. The report also predicts Whistler’s resident population will continue to grow in the coming years, with an additional 2,000 permanent residents and another 1,000 temporary residents. The Balance Model predicts a total population of about 22,000 people by 2040, which is around the same population White Rock and Squamish currently have.

“So combining all these segments together, our day-trippers, our workforce, our overnight guests, the Balance Model predicts that we’re going to go from a daily equivalent of about 40,000 people to a daily equivalent of about 50,000, on average,” said Zalmanowitz.

But while both overnight and day-trip visits are expected to grow substantially, Whistler’s workforce population will grow slower due to housing constraints.

Due to the lack of bed-unit capacity, workforce shortages are expected to rise to even more severe levels than what is currently being experienced. Over the next 18 years, the shortage of bed units could grow into the thousands.

“So without continued management or interventions, our current workforce shortage will grow to 15 per cent by 2040, equivalent to nearly 2,000 people. In terms of childcare needed, that would need to be about 200 licensed childcare spaces to meet the targets we have set for ourselves that we are currently not meeting, as well as keep pace with the current growth of the resident population,” said Zalmanowitz.

“Environmentally, we will exceed our target for passenger vehicle emissions, even when electric cars are taken into account, because highway traffic will keep rising and traffic congestion will rise by 50 per cent by 2040.”

The report estimates that the increased traffic could result in an additional two hours of congestion per day. “Congestion” in Whistler is defined as more than 1,000 vehicles on the highway at once, which is when Whistler usually sees the slowdown in traffic.

Another worrying trend is Whistler’s aging population. As more of the local workforce retires to their employeerestricted homes, this will increase younger workers’ reliance on market housing by up to 20 per cent, as the active workforce will be squeezed out of the restricted employee housing. Currently, Whistler only has one 55+ senior housing restricted building, which was built-in 2019.

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Transit strike finally ends, but no word on when service will resume NEW DEAL TIES WAGE INCREASES TO CPI, ALTHOUGH CONTRACT DIDN’T DIFFER MUCH FROM PREVIOUS OFFER

BY BRANDON BARRETT THE SEA TO SKY can breathe a collective sigh of relief with the news that the longest transit strike in B.C. history has officially come to an end—but as of June 15, there was still no word on when buses will be back on the road.

Both Pacific Western Transportation (PWT) and Unifor Local 114 agreed this week to accept the settlement package recommended by a special mediator, signalling an end to the transit shutdown on June 14, its 137th day.

“We’ve missed transit in this community.

The damage has been significant and I’m excited to get to work rebuilding a piece of infrastructure that is fundamental to the success of this town,” said Mayor Jack Crompton following the news.

There’s still no date set for when transit service will resume, although BC Transit said in a statement Tuesday that it continues to work with its contractor, PWT, on a safe return and will “update everyone as soon as possible.” The Crown corporation went on to say it is working with its local government partners on a promotion to welcome riders back onboard, with more details to come. Crompton also noted officials will be considering options at next Tuesday’s council meeting to incentivize ridership and return service to its previous levels.

Special mediator Vince Ready, a heavy hitter in Canadian labour circles who has handled thousands of labour and commercial disputes across the country, was appointed late last month in a rare move by the labour ministry to resolve the bitter dispute. The two sides had up to 10 days of talks to reach a mediated settlement, after which each party had five days to either accept or reject the deal.

Ultimately, the impasse came down to two opposing positions: the union wanted wage parity with Vancouver transit workers, while the employer refused to throw new money on the table, instead sweetening the pot through other means, like signing bonuses and extended benefits.

The five-year collective agreement, retroactive to April 2020, includes annual wage increases of 1.5, two, three, three, and four per cent, for a total 13.5-per-cent increase over the term, plus a two-percent signing bonus for 2022. Pensions will migrate from an employer RRSP top-up to a CAAT pension plan. Full benefit coverage will also be extended to part-time workers, who were previously ineligible.

In the end, local workers still haven’t achieved parity with their Vancouver counterparts—although they do meet or

exceed wages for transit operators in many locales, including Prince George, Port Alberni, Comox, Campbell River, Kelowna and Kamloops. It’s also worth noting the deal that was accepted by both sides this week doesn’t differ much from the earlier offer rejected by Unifor members May 30 in a narrow 36-32 vote. (Seventy-two per cent of members voted to ratify the latest deal, Unifor said—although the union was not obligated to put the deal to a vote.)

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In his analysis, Ready said he found “no compelling reason to alter the wage increases and signing bonus” from the previous offer because “wage rates … meet and exceed wages paid to transit drivers covered under collective agreements with competitor employers.”

In a statement, PWT said it “agrees with Ready’s statement in the recommendations that it is ‘a daunting task’ to resolve a dispute following the rejection of a mutually agreed and acceptable tentative agreement because the parties are ‘at the point when they have already exhausted all available compromises.’”

So what was the difference-maker? A cost-of-living adjustment based on B.C.’s monthly consumer price index (CPI). If the CPI increase exceeds the average annual wage increase negotiated for 2021 to 2024, PWT will add the difference to the existing four-per-cent wage hike slated for the final year of the deal, effective April 1, 2024.

Linking wage increases to CPI was a “key factor” in Tuesday’s union vote, and one that other Whistler workers should take note of, argued Unifor’s western regional director, Gavin McGarrigle.

“This clause is the type that will be taken to every single hotel bargaining agreement we’ll be doing in Whistler. We’ll be taking this out for other bargaining in transit in other contractor places,” he said. “It’s a reasonable solution by a seasoned mediator to irrefutable cost-of-living concerns. I think that holds a lot of power at a bargaining table.”

B.C.’s previous longest transit strike was in 2001, when the Liberal government of the day mandated buses back on the road in Metro Vancouver after 123 days.

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Feasibility team unveils concept plan for 2030 Olympics INDIGENOUS-LED PROPOSAL WOULD SEE WHISTLER HOST ALPINE SKIING, SLIDING AND NORDIC EVENTS

BY MEGAN LALONDE THE 2030 WINTER Olympic and Paralympic Games could see events split amongst Vancouver, Whistler and Sun Peaks, according to a master plan concept unveiled June 14.

Representatives from the Líl̓ wat7ul (Li’lwat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the City of Vancouver, the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and the Canadian Olympic Committee’s (COC) feasibility team gathered at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre in Whistler Tuesday morning for an announcement painting the clearest picture yet of what an Indigenous-led Games would

look like in British Columbia, ahead of a potential bid.

The draft hosting concept almost exclusively calls for the reuse—and in some cases, a revamp—of existing venues throughout the Nations’ traditional, ancestral territories if the Olympics were to return to the province. The strategy would ensure that infrastructure “is maintained and viable for generations to come,” the plan claims.

In the Sea to Sky, Whistler Olympic Park would host biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined and para Nordic skiing events, while the Whistler Sliding Centre would welcome back bobsleigh, skeleton, and luge. Alpine skiing would return to Whistler Blackcomb’s Creekside zone, including speed events and para snowboard.

Alpine skiing technical events and para alpine skiing would take place on Ptarmigan.

Downtown Vancouver’s Rogers Arena and

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UBC’s Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre would be home to Olympic hockey and the Richmond Olympic Oval would see the return of its speed skating track.

The plan also proposes a new partnership with Sun Peaks Resort near Kamloops, which would host snowboard and freestyle skiing events on the traditional, unceded territories of the Adams Lake, Little Shuswap Lake and Neskonlith Indian Bands. Among those events are several new disciplines added to the Winter Olympics roster since British Columbia last hosted the Games more than 12 years ago.

Sun Peaks “ticked a whole bunch of boxes,”

said feasibility team member and Vancouver 2010 vice-president of sport Tim Gayda, from its workforce and accommodation supply to its north-facing slopes—“which is very, very important to us when we’re managing snow,” he explained.

The freestyle skiing and snowboarding disciplines require six different courses, Gayda added.

“To find six different courses coming down into two finish areas is a bit of a magical mountain to find, because [the slopes are] all different angles,” he said. “We were able to find all six courses in two stadiums on one mountain.”

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The feasibility team expects to release a full cost breakdown of the proposed hosting plan in mid-July, spokesperson Chris Dornan said Tuesday.

Stakeholders say reusing the numerous existing venues would likely result in reduced hosting costs compared to the budget-blowing Games of recent years, while falling in line with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) new, more sustainable approach to future events. The 2030 Olympics and Paralympics would be the first mandated by the IOC to achieve net-zero emissions.

New construction would, however, be needed to create the required Athlete Villages in each of the three municipalities.

Vancouver’s village would find a home on MST Development Corp.-owned lands, according to the proposal, while Sun Peaks’ athlete accommodation would likely land on Mount Morrisey. The draft hosting plan lists Whistler’s Athlete Village site as “to be determined.”

Gayda said officials are working closely with the RMOW and are considering a

number of potential locations within the resort, one being the Whistler Golf Course driving range. Tourism Whistler is the current leaseholder for the municipally-owned land.

“It’s [the RMOW’s] priority, in terms of looking at providing non-market housing, [to have it] next to the town, to alleviate

The first Indigenous-led Olympic bid exploration means an equal voice at the table for the four host Nations to discuss what some have dubbed “The Reconciliation Games.” The process addresses the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action 91, while respecting both the Province of

“It’s [the RMOW’s] priority, in terms of looking at providing non-market housing, [to have it] next to the town, to alleviate transportation issues and things like that.”

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transportation issues and things like that,” he said. “We’re hoping to sort of land on ultimately where our villages are by the end of the summer.”

‘WE REACHED OUT TO THE COC AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO US’ The draft hosting concept unveiled Tuesday was developed by the feasibility team under the leadership of the four host Nations, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Nations, the RMOW and the City of Vancouver with the COC and CPC in December.

B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and the federal government’s United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, the plan points out.

“What Indigenous-led means is when we have a dream and a passion in our community, you call the experts,” explained Squamish Nation’s Chris (Syeta’xtn) Lewis during Tuesday’s briefing. “You call the people that can help you … we reached out to the COC at the same time they were reaching out to us.”

Tewanee Joseph, in charge of Indigenous partnerships for the feasibility team, said the four host Nations will continue meeting with First Nations communities in the Sun Peaks and Kamloops areas to further discuss the

potential bid, in a manner that respects each community’s respective protocols.

The release of the concept plan marks the beginning of the public engagement phase— which has already been underway in the four First Nations communities. It’s the final phase of the privately-funded process ahead of a proposed bid. The Canadian Olympic Committee will need to decide whether to proceed with a formal bid by December, before the IOC is expected to award the 2030 Games to the winning bidder in May 2023.

During the June 15 ceremony, Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton expressed his “deep gratitude” to be a part of a collaborative bid process that he said will have significant lasting impacts.

“This Indigenous-led project represents an exciting opportunity to build stronger relationships and stronger communities. We have the experience, expertise and learnings from the 2010 Winter Games to help make a 2030 bid even better,” he said in a release.

“In this next phase of the project, we will be listening and learning from Whistlerites, to ensure the long-term legacy of any future Games creates strong positive impacts, especially in the areas of workforce housing, transportation and accelerating progress on our climate objectives.”

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Northlands rezoning open house draws huge turnout—and mixed reviews ROUGHLY 180 PEOPLE SAW THE PROPOSED PLANS AND SPOKE WITH DEVELOPERS AND RMOW STAFF

BY BRANDON BARRETT A LARGE AND engaged crowd poured through Myrtle Philip Community School this week for an open house on the proposed plans for Northlands—the last and largest piece of developable land in Whistler Village.

On Monday, June 13, an estimated 180 attendees got a closer look at two different development concepts proposed by applicant Beedie Living for the 5.8-hectare site on which the Whistler Racket Club (WRC) now sits.

As has been the case since the plans were first made public earlier this month, there was a strong and vocal contingent of WRC supporters on hand pushing for the facility to remain, either at its current site or somewhere else in the community.

“The ideal outcome for me would be for the Racket Club to stay basically where it is, or at least to see a plan that includes where it is. And then if there were to be an alternate plan that fully describes where it will be and what will be included in other locations, with access to the land and whatnot, we will listen

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to that and make a choice,” said attendee Chuck Saunders. “But without that, all these other plans are just a diversion for me.”

This seems to be a general consensus among most racket-sport enthusiasts. They mostly agree that Whistler is in need of more housing—both of Beedie’s concepts propose a mixed residential component—but were disappointed the WRC, which has grown into a vibrant social hub in the pandemic, or, for that matter, any racket-sport amenity, weren’t mentioned in the draft plans.

Whistler Tennis Association director Robert LeBlanc, who was also in attendance Monday, said he would like to get a more detailed sense not only of the potential plans for a possible alternative location, but a better handle on the potential economic value of the land.

“By removing the conditions to the development permit, removing the covenant on the property, how much extra benefit does that give to the developer and how many extra units is that?” LeBlanc asked. “Because that’s going to inform how much money the municipality may feel they’re entitled to with respect to amenity contributions.”

On Monday, Nicholas Dhaliwal, Beedie

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“Because right now, we have a lot of people in the room who are just going, ‘Yeah, this looks pretty, this looks nice. But what are we gonna get out of it?’” he added. “I think we have a lot of people here who are interested and excited about the next vision for racket sports in the community—but not a lot of guarantees.”

As for attendee Bob Cameron, he is content to let the process play out and was appreciative of the extra chances to provide input thanks to the RMOW’s “enhanced” rezoning process for Northlands.

“I’m willing to wait and see what happens at the end of this process and where we go from there, rather than, you know, having that knee-jerk reaction that [a racket facility] is not going to be part of the project,” he said.

The current engagement stage is meant to inform the final amenity package, and could include the provision of onsite amenities and/or a contribution towards public benefits offsite. Attendee and occasional WRC user Sarka Talaga, while appreciative of the social and recreational

Living’s senior residential development manager, told Pique it’s still too early to put a specific dollar amount on the parcel, before the community and Resort Municipality of Whistler has its say on preferred uses and specific amenities that could be attached as a condition of approval. Municipal staff have identified employee housing, park space, childcare space, and office/medical space as potential onsite or in-kind amenities, while non-market housing and recreation facilities were identified as potential offsite amenities. Commercial space was also envisioned as part of the initial proposals.

“The community benefit negotiation has to take place first, to create that value,” Dhaliwal said. “Where that value gets administered is going to be a council-led decision, once they get all the feedback from the community and look at a lot of the policies that they’ve been working on. So we don’t know that answer yet. Definitely council will give us direction at the time they make that decision.”

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museum is partnering with the local municipality to offer a variety of ways to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.

The programming celebrates the Squamish People, known as Skw_xw_ú7mesh in their language, and the Lil’wat People, known as Líl’wat7úl in their language, and will be held at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) near the Upper Village.

The day will include musical performances by the Spiritual Warriors and the Spo7ez Performance Team and spoken word from SLCC ambassador and hip-hop artist Jay Natrell, also known as The Prophet.

The SLCC’s latest exhibit, Ancient Medicines: From Feast to Famine to Freedom also opens June 21. The same day, the museum will play host to storytelling, live carving as part of the Community Reconciliation Canoe project, an artist market featuring traditional and contemporary work from Lil’wat and Squamish Nation artists, and activities, as well as a yoga session in Itsken Hall led by lululemon.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler is providing funding for educational programming supporting the Spo7ez Performance Team on June 21. This funding will also support the reconciliation canoecarving project that runs until Sept. 4. The canoe will ultimately be completed by master carvers, First Nations youth and elders, local Whistlerites and visitors to the resort.

“National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada,” said Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton in a release. “I encourage everyone to deepen their understanding of the L’il’wat7úl (Lil’wat People) and Sk_ wx_wú7mesh (Squamish People) who have lived on this land since time immemorial.”

Admission to the SLCC will be free from June 21 to July 3. Some highlighted activities during that period include a poleawakening ceremony on June 23 with carver Ed NoiseCat, more performances by the Spo7ez Performance Team, and a speaker series, featuring Crompton, and spokenword performances with the museum’s cultural ambassadors.

For Canada Day, the SLCC will offer hourly guided tours, including the “Paddling Through the Nations Tour.”

The RMOW will also be lighting the Fitzsimmons Creek bridge orange on June 20 and 21 in recognition of our First Nations’

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COUNCIL BRIEFS FROM PAGE 19 “Even though these days the old A-frames and cabins of the valley are disappearing, I wanted to honour that part of the Whistler mountain-culture heritage,” Bautista said in a release.

“The cabins’ looks and cosy feeling amazes everyone, but also the concept of a project that is made for everyone to enjoy, not for profit, but to make the place where we live and play more enjoyable.”

WHA general manager Marla Zucht first became aware of the NSG program when she and WCF CEO, Claire Mozes, were collaborating on a COVID-19 Recovery Working Group for the community.

Zucht and Mozes’ Working Group was looking to promote and support community initiatives that provide opportunities for inspiring social connectedness, support systems and a sense of belonging within the community while Whistlerites were wrestling with heightened isolation due to the pandemic.

In hearing Mozes share stories of some of the initiatives that had been created through the program, Zucht thought it could be a great opportunity to engage and inspire the WHA’s tenants on ideas they might have to create a stronger sense of belonging while still being socially distant within their housing complexes or neighbourhoods.

One of the WHA’s tenants came up with

the idea for the creation and installation of the Lending Libraries, where residents can share, exchange and connect over books in a safe and socially distanced context.

“NSG requires someone to step up and take the lead on an event or project that will strengthen their neighbourhood in some way,” Mozes said in the release. “Congrats to Raul on building a lovely legacy for his neighbourhood with the uniquely crafted little libraries. It was so great to see that the WHA supported his ideas.”

-Robert Wisla

DAY LOT PARKING RATES INCREASED ON JUNE 15 Peak-season parking rates returned to Whistler Village’s Day Lots on June 15.

The daily parking rate in Day Lots 1-3 is now $14 (up from $12), and $8 in Day Lots 4 and 5 (up from $6). The hourly rates for Lots 1-3 is now $3 (up from $2.50), and hourly parking rates in Lots 4 and 5 remain unchanged at $2.50 In recognition of the challenges related to the recently-ended transit strike, the monthly pass rate for Day Lots 1-3 and the Resident-Employee Parking Pass for Day Lots 4 and 5 also remain unchanged at $72 and $36, respectively, the RMOW said in a release.

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The CTIF pays for programs such as bike parking in the village, transit subsidies like the High School Transit Pass Pilot Program, the Spirit Transit Pass Benefit and reduced rates for monthly passes, as well as funding transit network expansions—specifically, the Route 10-Valley Express, and Whistler’s free summer weekend bus service.

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NORTHLANDS FROM PAGE 18 benefits the facility offers, would prefer to see a development that emphasizes affordable housing and medical office space, particularly as she has been on the Whistler Housing Authority’s rental waitlist for years and recently lost her regular family doctor.

“I was part of the Town Plaza Medical Clinic. I went there for five years and now it’s gone and I don’t have a doctor, so for me, the essential services for the community are more important than more shops,” she said.

“Especially the last couple of months … Now it’s the buses, it’s no doctors, no housing, it’s everything. What’s happening?

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“Funds invested into the CTIF from user-pay parking on Day Lots 1-5 goes directly into funding local transportation initiatives and enhancing our active transportation networks,” said Mayor Jack Crompton in the release.

“It’s one of the important ways visitors to Whistler can invest in our Big Moves transportation goals and results in a more sustainable, healthier community. We are grateful for this partnership with Whistler Blackcomb.”

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There are still multiple ways to provide input on the project, including through an online questionnaire at engage.whistler. ca/4500northlands, 10-minute “lunch chats” over Zoom with an RMOW staff member on June 22, and at pop-up information booths at the Whistler Farmers’ Market, dates to be confirmed. A public hearing will also be held prior to third reading of the possible rezoning.

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Whistler Secondary students deliver community climate talks following semester-long projects

Thank You from the Wiltse Family

THE YOUTH-LED INITIATIVES WERE PART OF AWARE INITIATIVE PROJECT NOW

BY MEGAN LALONDE IN CASE 2019’S massive climate marches sparked by the Fridays for Future movement weren’t proof enough, there’s no doubt the next generation of Whistler locals are among the loudest voices pushing for climate action in this community.

When it comes to one group of Whistler Secondary School (WSS) students in particular, “They gave me the greatest compliment I think I could ever possibly receive, and I’m not sure what will ever beat this, but they asked me for more sessions.

We actually added two extra after-school lectures,” said Taniell Hamilton, a program coordinator with the Association for Whistler Area Residents (AWARE).

Hamilton’s been meeting with the students on Thursdays after school since January as part of Project NOW, a youth mentorship program focused on climate action and engagement that’s now in its second year. Sparked by the student-led protests three years ago, Project NOW helps students plan and implement a climate action project within their school or the Whistler community—with a little help from a local expert mentor.

The steps? Pick a project idea, create a plan, action it, and share the results.

About 70 community members turned up to the Rainbow Theatre on Tuesday evening, June 14 to witness Step Four of that process. The result was an inspiring series of climate talks that offered audience members a glimpse into some of the factors leading to climate change, actions students and other Whistlerites are taking and a few easy tips each individual can keep in mind as they look to ease their own footprint.

The audience heard first from team Fashion Forward, made up of Lauren Hamm, Annie Sproule, Sakura Lord, Mya Ferdinands, Kira Tomcheck and Sophi Lawrence. After learning about how detrimental the effects of the fast fashion industry are on the environment—for example, it takes approximately 20,000 litres of water to make one pair of jeans and one T-shirt. And that the textile industry is the second largest polluter after oil and gas—the Grade 11 students were inspired to host a community clothing swap, planned during weekly meetings with their mentor Heather Beresford.

With a few donation boxes carefully placed around town, a few more posters made and a lot of organization, the group’s clothing swap event finally took place in Whistler Olympic Plaza last month. Their efforts resulted in nearly 295 kilograms of clothing diverted from the landfill, plus a $400 donation to the Whistler Community

CLIMATE CRUSADERS A group of Whistler Secondary School students presented the results of their semesterlong climate projects to the community on Tuesday night.

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Services Society (WCSS). Leftover items were donated to the Howe Sound Women’s Centre and WCSS’ Re-Use-It Centre.

Next up, team Greenspiration—Thomas Rasmussen, Hugo Steiner, Izzy Chafe, Tiana Hauschka and TJ Straver—told attendees about their work interviewing members of Whistler’s business and nonprofit community about each organization’s environmental initiatives. The group of five students wrote, compiled, and published those interviews in a booklet they handed out at Tuesday’s event.

Finally, WSS’ Eco-Club—Hamm, Ferdinands, Phoenix Stanshall, Tomcheck and Sproule, led by presidents Rasmussen and Steiner—talked about their hard-fought efforts, helped by teacher Emma Stapleton, to bring recycling back to their classrooms after the blue bins were ditched during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students aren’t just heading into the summer armed with the environmental knowledge they gained during their weekly meetings with Hamilton over the past five months, but with valuable projectmanagement skills.

The students and their work “refilled my hope,” Hamilton said following the presentations.

“I know that sometimes it can feel daunting and it can feel like you’re not having an impact, but never underestimate the small impacts because they truly do make a huge difference,” she told the group.

The event was coordinated by students Jovan Ferdinands and Hamm, and co-hosted

by Sierra Haziza, a recent WSS grad and former president of the school’s Eco Club who’s now spending her summers working with AWARE as a climate action assistant.

Whistler’s environmental non-profit “now runs 20 plus programs and Project NOW has really been one of the guiding lights of our work over the last few years,” said AWARE executive director Claire Ruddy.

“It’s been a joy to see it survive through COVID, and then also to see the kids coming back the second year and really having the opportunity to be active and to be running their programs in the community.” n

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Naturespeak: Backcountry naturalists wanted!

BY CHLOE VAN LOON CALLING ALL BUDDING botanists, birders, and bug lovers who backpack!

Whistler and the whole Sea to Sky has an incredible diversity of species that inhabit the slinking lakesides to the steady creeks that feed them all the way to the alpine where our watersheds meet the sky. For me and many others, exploring the backcountry in summer is something I crave all year long.

But who’s out there? What plants, insects, reptiles, mammals, and birds call it home?

While we can read biological surveys, and estimate the flora and fauna assemblage, in reality, the scientists can’t cover all the ground that our collective feet walk over in the T-shirt months. So this summer I challenge you, the backcountry adventurer, to be curious and record a few species whose habitat you’re visiting. You can contribute to our understanding of our local creatures.

How? Make submissions to online open data sets like iNaturalist, eBird, and BugGuide that anyone can partake in, which can lead to a fascinating discovery or fill in holes in our collective understanding.

My husband Trevor and I, over the last two summers, have documented nature intensely in the Pemberton Meadows and

beyond. According to our iNaturalist records, we’ve documented more than 2,500 species as citizen scientists. Those photos and occasional collections include undescribed species, new records, and valuable photos for the scientific community.

SO WHO SHOULD I BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR? Are you an interested entomologist in training? Look around ponds and slowmoving streams for the American giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus), a.k.a. “toe biter,” that may or may not haunt your dreams. The large-and-in-charge polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), which is about the size of a hand, will have you gasping in awe. Or perhaps a rugose stag beetle (Sinodendron rugosum) with its rhinoceros-like horn will have you believing you’re actually in Costa Rica.

Backcountry birder? Range expansions due to climate change are fascinating data points for fieldwork-deprived researchers and bewitched birders. How about the bragging rights from spotting a rarity? Unbeatable!

Or are you looking to photograph something that won’t run away? How about going on a hike for the Dr. Suess-y sugarstick (Allotropa virgata) that uses a fungal intermediate to obtain its nutrients?

FATAL ATTTRACTION This polyphemus moth was photographed by Chloe and Trevor Van Loon after being attracted to a UV light used to observe moths.

PHOTO BY CHLOE VAN LOON

Or the elusive Mountain Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium montanum) that will totally snatch your breath away. Try your luck at the oh-so-elegant Hooded Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana) that prefers damp areas. Lastly, anything with the word “harlequin” in it you know is an absolute stunner, so put the Rock Harlequin (Capnoides sempervirens) on your plant hunt list, and thank me later.

Don’t sleep on snakes y’all! The northwestern garter snake (Thamnophis ordinoides) is an overlooked cutie, very

similar to the common garter snake (T. sirtalis). Or you could be the one to spot the super rare, sharp-tailed snake (Contia tenuis).

Mad props to whoever does.

Of course, I only highlighted a smattering of species, so keep those phones and cameras juiced up and be on the lookout for critters this summer! Happy birding, bugging and observing!

Naturespeak is prepared by the Whistler Naturalists. To learn more about Whistler’s natural world, go to whistlernaturalists.ca. n

2021 FINANCIAL INFORMATION REPORTING The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Statements of Financial Information for 2021, including the 2021 audited financial statements and the 2021 Board director remuneration and expenses report, will be presented to the Board at the Regular Board meeting held on June 29, 2022, starting at 10:30 am.

SLRD Board meetings are being held in the SLRD Boardroom (1350 Aster Street, Pemberton) and electronically. Livestreaming of the meeting (and an on-demand recording) will be available on the SLRD website (https://www.slrd.bc.ca/inside-slrd/meetings-agendas/watch-meetings).

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Squamish-Lillooet Regional District floating new affordable housing measures PROPOSED OCP AMENDMENTS FOR AREAS B, C AND D COME AS A RESULT OF A 2020 HOUSING STUDY

BY ROBERT WISLA THE SQUAMISH-LILLOOET Regional District (SLRD) and its board of directors are looking to make a few key policy changes to increase the availability of affordable housing throughout the region.

At the June 8 Electoral Area Directors meeting, the SLRD board directed staff to move forward with drafting amendments to the Official Community Plans (OCP) for Electoral Areas B, C, and D that would add new wording around affordable housing.

The amendments would also include new design guidelines for affordable and multi-family housing that will give direction for future building in the rural areas of the regional district.

The proposed amendments are a result of a Housing Needs and Demand Study conducted in 2020. The study determined that the housing supply is not keeping up with population growth in the electoral areas, and that there is competition between local residents wanting to buy homes and non-residents looking for investment and

BIG BUILD Housing under construction in the Sunstone development near Pemberton.

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vacation homes.

The current housing available in the rural electoral areas of the regional district is primarily single-family dwellings.

As the population of the SLRD grows, it is anticipated that more affordable home ownership and rental developments will eventually take place in the regional district, and include townhouses or apartments.

The amendments are focused toward developers, and lay out a general framework of design practices to make sure that livability remains high as more dense housing is built throughout the regional district.

The amendments will update the definition of affordable housing, bringing it in line with how the Whistler Housing Authority and the province define affordable housing, which is rental or ownership housing priced so that monthly payments are 30 per cent or less of gross household income.

Five specific policies would be added to the OCPs of the electoral areas to address affordable housing. These include making affordable housing a top priority for Community Amenity Contributions; requiring multi-family developments to designate 15 per cent of units as affordable housing, or provide land for affordable housing; keep housing affordable in perpetuity using purpose-built rentals,

cooperative housing, title restrictions, covenants, and rental and resale price controls; and expedited permitting processes, waivers and fee reductions for affordable housing projects.

The fifth policy would focus affordable housing in designated growth areas.

The SLRD is also proposing new design guidelines to ensure livability in multifamily homes in Areas C and D. Under the new guidelines, a maximum of 20 per cent of affordable units in new multifamily builds will be studio apartments, with the remaining 80 per cent being a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.

The minimum unit size would be set at 56 square metres for one-bedroom townhomes and 49 square metres for onebedroom studio apartments.

“I’m really pleased to see the unit sizes as small as they are. When we talk about affordable housing, we have to recognize the construction costs, and we have to scale down the expectations. If you want affordable houses, you can’t have a 5,000sq-ft house. We need to be serious about restricting the size, and I’m pleased to see that,” said Area D Director Tony Rainbow.

“I think we’ve been spoiled in North America for years. We have so much space, we’ve never really thought about the size of homes and how big homes should be. If

you look in Europe, there are much smaller homes than you’ll find in Vancouver and some North American cities.”

In addition to the recommended bylaw amendments, some specific policy recommendations were made for each of the electoral areas.

In Area C, the area-specific recommendations included recognizing mobile home parks as valuable contributors to the affordable housing base, and allowing them to be considered in rural residential areas if the developments follow additional conditions; and encouraging the development of more multi-family housing in D’Arcy and Mount Currie through the BC Housing Affordable Home Ownership Program.

There’s also a net-zero loss of affordable housing policy, where the regional district shall make sure that with any developments that result in a loss of affordable housing, “the proponent will provide compensation for the loss of these units,” according to an SLRD staff report.

“This may include a relocation allowance, assistance with relocation, replacing affordable housing on-site, or other innovative approaches.”

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Community Open House Tigerbay Development Corporation invites you to attend a Community Open House to view our updated plans for South Britannia (Britannia Beach, Highway 99).

Tigerbay Development Corporation’s proposed project, subject to Council approval, will include a walkable neighbourhood of 900 market and 150 affordable below market housing units, anchored by a world class surf-park, with a variety of housing opportunities, including rental and affordable housing, tourist accommodation, neighbourhood retail and public amenities, including parks and trails for all to enjoy.

This development will also facilitate safe public access to Minaty Bay. Recreational and outdoor sports amenities, both built and natural, will inform the culture of the place, attracting residents and visitors alike to stay, work, and play in Britannia.

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This committee is to provide an objective view in the public interest to municipal staff and Council on the provision and delivery of indoor and outdoor recreation and leisure opportunities, services and issues.

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Should we be working 15-hour weeks?

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FIVE-DAY workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different than today.

Back in 1930, renowned economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that technological advances, slowed population growth, increasing capital (or “material things”) and changing economic priorities would make three-hour shifts or a 15-hour workweek possible and desirable within 100 years.

Then, he wrote, “The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and

BY DAVID SUZUKI realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease.”

Keynes cautioned, however, that the “age of leisure and abundance” could be met with dread: “For we have been trained too long to strive and not to enjoy. It is a fearful problem for the ordinary person, with no special talents, to occupy himself, especially if he no longer has roots in the soil or in custom or in the beloved conventions of a traditional society.”

Still, he remained optimistic: “I feel sure that with a little more experience we shall use the newfound bounty of nature quite differently from the way in which the rich use it today, and will map out for ourselves a plan of life quite otherwise than theirs.”

the workforce, but as in those days, they still do most of the housekeeping and child care.

Keynes distinguished between “absolute” and “relative” needs. The latter, he argued, “satisfy the desire for superiority,” and “may indeed be insatiable.” But Columbia University economist Joseph Stiglitz notes that society moulds our choices. We “learn how to consume by consuming,” he writes, and how to “enjoy leisure by enjoying leisure.”

Because we’ve failed to reduce work hours gradually, as Keynes envisioned, we’re unlikely to achieve 15-hour workweeks by 2030. But environmental and social conditions have sparked a move toward a four-day workweek.

(David Suzuki Foundation staff have enjoyed a four-day workweek since its founding in 1990.)

The biggest trial is in the U.K., where 3,300 workers at 70 wide-ranging companies, from small to large, recently started working four days a week with no loss in pay. The experiment—led by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with the think-tank Autonomy, the 4 Day Week Campaign, and researchers at Cambridge and Oxford universities and Boston College—will “measure the impact on productivity in the business and the wellbeing of its workers, as well as the impact on the environment and gender equality,” a Guardian article says.

Governments are also backing trials in Scotland and Spain, and countries like Iceland and Sweden have run successful trials. Along with other benefits like increased vacation time and flexibility, and working from home, shorter workweeks not only give people better lives, they’re also good for the environment.

Fewer people commuting means reduced pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and traffic

“The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.”

- JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES

We’re eight years from Keynes’ 100-year prediction. Technology has advanced, more than he could have imagined. Population growth has slowed, although not stabilized.

Capital has increased, albeit much wealth has been hoarded and monopolized by a few. And environmental and social crises have led many to question economic priorities. So, why are we still working hours similar to 70 years ago?

Part of the answer lies in the postwar adoption of “consumerism” as an economic model. It may also relate to the concern Keynes raised: the “dread” that people won’t know how to occupy their leisure time.

But with so many people feeling overwhelmed by an out-of-whack work-life balance, the latter isn’t an insurmountable problem. Women, especially, are feeling the crunch. Unlike in the 1950s, most have joined

congestion.

The pandemic taught us it’s possible to rapidly shift our ways of thinking and acting, especially as they relate to work. It’s past time to recognize that life isn’t given meaning through excessive consumption and toil, but by having time to spend with friends and families and by pursuing interests outside of work. That will even benefit employers by helping staff be happier, healthier and more productive.

We may not achieve Keynes’ predicted 15-hour workweeks by the end of this decade, but we can surely aim for a better balance.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington. ■

RANGE ROVER

The Wild Atlantic Way THE TITLE OF THIS COLUMN has all manner of connotation. Does it reference an ocean or a passage? A lifestyle? A behaviour?

A place? As it turns out, all of the above. And, on a recent trip to Ireland, it also shows itself to be a genius instance of branding that lives up to its significant promise.

BY LESLIE ANTHONY Following a precipitous decline in visitation during the financial difficulties of 2007-2010, Fáilte Ireland (the country’s tourism development agency) devised the Wild Atlantic Way (WAW) as a new “experience” to present the west coast of Ireland as a compelling international tourism destination. Stretching 2,500 kilometres from the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal to Kinsale in West Cork, the WAW comprises coastlines and hinterlands of nine counties whose fabled urban gateways include Cork, Killarney, Limerick, Ennis, Galway, Westport, Donegal and Letterkenny (the original Letterkenny—not the one in the eponymous viral Canadian sitcom). As an overarching brand that individual destinations and businesses can use to leverage visibility in the international marketplace, the route stitched together pre-existing roads, lanes, cycling and walking routes as well as dozens of small villages and cultural, historical and natural attractions. These 2,500 km are both

INTO THE WILD The top of Diamond Hill in Connemara National Park.

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straightforward and convoluted—often at the same time, such that you can roll up to an intersection on ribbon-thin country roads where WAW signs point in all four cardinal directions, none a disappointing tangent.

This unifying proposition comes with a singularly unassailable logo (two sideby-side white “Ws” on a blue background construct both the acronym and a train of ocean waves) and three overarching themes: Spirit of Adventure (Adventure); Life Shaped by the Atlantic (Culture), and Where Land and Sea Collide (Landscape and Seascape). It was a big, bold and complex idea across a large and diverse region. But buy-in was huge. And it worked.

It’s also spectacular. Which is how we found our way to it while researching

Killary Harbour in the middle of the Connemara Mountains, themselves in the middle of nowhere. It was a straight two-hour shot to Galway on a multi-lane highway that, other than driving on the left, was reminiscent of North American thoroughfares. Once off of it, however, and having finagled our way around Galway to head north through Oughterard, the roads narrowed perilously until, at the final turn in Maam Cross, we were on the 1.5-lane rural standard that is capable of terrifying anyone from a land of countryroad largesse. You’re convinced these roads aren’t wide enough to accommodate you and oncoming traffic, but amazingly they do; everyone unconsciously scooches left but people also frequently pull over and fully stop to let others squeeze past. So

[Y]ou can roll up to an intersection on ribbon-thin country roads where WAW signs point in all four cardinal directions, none a disappointing tangent. hiking around the North Atlantic. There were many choices—Iceland, the Faroes, Hebrides, Scotland etc.—but two things tipped the scale in Ireland’s favour: it actually has decent mountains, and May weather in its southwest, bathed by the benevolent Gulf Stream, would at least be a few degrees warmer even if it were bad.

The plan was to spend zero minutes in Dublin and drive directly to the west coast to hole up somewhere and get over jet lag.

Research turned up the nicely isolated 200-year-old Leenane Hotel overlooking

how do you know who’s supposed to pull over? You don’t, until you need to, then you find some purchase in the grass to let the other by. In two weeks of plying these hedge-crowded laneways only once did I see someone have to back up because they didn’t pull off when they had the chance.

Our first afternoon on the WAW ticked all the boxes: mountains, lake vistas, thatch cottages, castle ruins on every hillock, a road spotted with somnolent sheep and, finally, the ocean itself in the guise of Killary Harbour—the island’s only

true fjord. Though the plan was to take it easy the first day, decent weather meant a 10-km hike in Connemara National Park planned for two days hence was bumped up. We headed up Diamond Hill on a tract wider than the road that brought us to it but which soon petered out to a sheep path and then, with gale-force winds tearing at our very existence, a rock scramble to the summit. Here, the view was fantastic—a look north and south along the wildest reaches of the WAW. The rest that should have been took place the next day, and involved inventorying masses of beautifully blooming (but horribly invasive) rhododendron, en route to the area’s marquee tourist destination, Kylemore Abbey. Built by rich MP Mitchell Henry as a summer retreat for a wife who subsequently died of a mysterious fever in Egypt, he was left bereaved holding onto a massive estate complete with enormous Victorian walled garden that employed half the village and drew visitors from miles around. What else could he do but also erect a miniature cathedral in her honour with marble details from the four corners of Eire? He’d eventually sell the entire thing to peers who didn’t have the spleen to care for it. As it fell into ruins it attracted the ascetic Benedictine order, whose love of large edifices ultimately restored Kylemore Abbey and its strolling gardens to the tour-bus-fed cash cow it is today—a wild story in its own way.

Next time: The Burren, Dingle Peninsula and West Cork.

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

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Putting Coast Salish art on the map, globally Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw artist Rick Harry mentors a new generation of Indigenous artists.

BY WILL JOHNSON The Squamish Chief / Photos submitted

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He was the youngest kid in the whole class.

Decades ago, when Rick Harry (Xwalacktun) was first getting interested in art, his mother took him down to Howe Sound Secondary in Squamish for an extracurricular painting class.

The precocious five-year-old had been doodling ever since becoming inspired by his older brother’s drawings, but hadn’t yet decided to make art his life’s work. His mother thought it was time for him to learn some new skills, so she enrolled him in a class that she figured would challenge him.

[Editor’s Note: With National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21, Pique is running this feature from The Squamish Chief on renowned Coast Salish artist Rick Harry from the Squamish Nation. Pique is grateful to live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Lil̓ wat7úl and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nations, and we honour their rich cuture, heritage, language and history as the original stewards of this land.]

AS HARRY SETTLED into the classroom, it dawned on him that he was completely surrounded by adults. This wasn’t a class intended for children, he realized— it was something serious. Right away, he understood his mother had high expectations of him, and as a dutiful son, he was determined to meet them.

Thinking back on that moment now, the 64-year-old Coast Salish artist credits that Howe Sound class with kicking off his multi-decade quest to become one of the most celebrated Canadian artists of his generation: Xwalacktun, an ancestral family name he received from his father.

“I feel real pride in that name. When I received it, my whole family received names. We stood on blankets and agreed that when we walk off these blankets we’ll walk in a different way. We were told, ‘Don’t dirty that name that has been carried through many generations before you.’ It came with a responsibility to carry myself in the best way I can, doing good,” Harry says.

That awareness of his place in a multi-generational lineage was crucial to informing Harry’s life’s work, with each story he uses in his sculptures or designs creating a link between him and the oral storytellers of the past. At the beginning of his career, he produced work in a more northern style, because that was all he’d been introduced to, but that was before encountering the work of Charles Elliott (Temosen) in 1990.

Harry had never seen Coast Salish art before, and Elliott’s work resonated with him deeply. He immediately began producing work exclusively in this style, and it’s these designs that would ultimately be mass produced when they were selected to help celebrate the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Suddenly, his work had achieved a global reach he had never dreamed of.

“Our merchandising for The Bay really

stood out worldwide. My designs were on everything—towels, tea towels, T-shirts, jackets, decorative coins. I felt so proud to see Salish art on a world stage, and that really uplifted me and the Salish people,” Harry says, noting the event created an avalanche of interest in Coast Salish artwork and a significant uptick in the number of artists working within that genre.

It’s difficult to summarize a career as multi-faceted as Harry’s. One of the first big projects he worked on was at Expo 86, when he collaborated with another artist to create a giant metal thunderbird with a 40-foot wingspan. Locally he’s collaborated with nearly 10 school boards on various art projects, and he also makes time to meet with students and share his skills. If you visit Vancouver General Hospital, you’ll find one of Harry’s elaborately carved totem poles that’s illuminated from within, looming far overhead. He’s installed a metal sculpture that frames the sunset at Ambleside Beach, and created concrete support for a pedestrian overpass that’s carved with animals. The mayor of West Vancouver is set to give him an award for his contributions to art and culture, which he can add to a collection that includes a Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Queen.

“I work in wood, stone, jewelry, glass, and metal. I just enjoy doing art, whether I’m commissioned to work together with someone and design something or if I’m doing it completely for myself. What we need to make sure of is to give it life. It’s not just something beautiful you can hang on the wall. It needs to have a backbone,” says Harry.

“And that’s the story. The story can bring together the past, the present, and the future. It passes on messages that can help the generations after. My messages are to human unity, spirituality, and the

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Harry is a member of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, or Squamish Nation, and belongs to one of its most prominent families. His brother is chancellor at Quest University, his mother just received an honourary degree, and his sister is a well-known drum maker, blogger, and oral storyteller. He’s well aware that his familial environment played a significant role in his development as an artist, as did his community. He learned firsthand from a number of generous Indigenous artists growing up, which is why he’s so passionate about passing his knowledge along further.

These days Harry’s got a customdesigned studio at his North Shore home, but he travels all over the Lower Mainland to collaborate on art projects, work on

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installations, and teach classes. On May 11, he was granted an honourary degree from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

When he took the stage, he knew that he wasn’t the only one responsible for putting him there—it takes a village to raise an artist.

“I said, ‘I’m so honoured to be standing in front of you. I’m also so pleased to have so many people behind me and around me that helped to get me where I am today, like my teachers from elementary school and high school and college, people in my community. There were so many people that helped me get here, including my mother,’” he says.

“I want to break the trail for others to follow, in some part, but then I want them to break their own trail. And that’s what they’re doing now. The ones I mentored are mentoring other young people who are doing really well in the art world now, so it’s creating a beautiful wave of artwork that’s coming to shore.” n

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Real Wild Kittens kick off summer programs THE ALL-GIRLS SKATE CREW IS LOOKING TO EXPAND ITS SUMMER PROGRAMMING IN 2022

BY HARRISON BROOKS DESPITE THE RAINY and cold weather so far this spring, the girls behind the Real Wild Kittens (RWK) are excited to be back this summer offering up lessons and skate camps for the growing population of young female shredders in Whistler.

“We’re all really, really excited. And I think we’ve all kind of been itching to skateboard just because the weather has been so bad,” said RWK owner and head coach Juliette Pelchat. “So yeah, we’re pretty excited to be going in the park a little bit more this summer, shredding with the younger kids, seeing some familiar faces and just kind of getting that RWK vibe back.”

One of the RWK’s usual programs returning this summer is the weekly Ladies Skate events every Friday, which are open to people of all ages and skill levels to come out, learn some new skills or just ride around with friends and help foster the growing women’s skateboard community.

Other familiar events happening this summer include private lessons, two-day weekend skate camps from June through September and longer, four-day camps from Monday to Thursday in July and August.

GIRL POWER More than 30 girls pose for a picture at one of the Real Wild Kittens Ladies Skate events in August 2021.

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On top of running the usual events, this summer also represents a time of growth for a business still very much in its infancy.

According to Pelchat, not only will there be more camps happening in Whistler, but the crew also plans to expand its camps to both Pemberton and Squamish and hopes to make the Ladies Skate events “bigger and better,” with plans for a skate party to kick off the season on Canada Day and

new coaches—Jackie Carlsson, Kaia Achenbach, and Lola Gilbert—to the team, which already includes Pelchat, her sister Amalia and Maggie Crompton.

“I’m super excited. I’ve wanted to do this for a while now. It’s finally happening.

And I just did my first lesson last weekend.

It was awesome. I really enjoyed it,” said the 22-year-old Carlsson.

Carlsson first started skateboarding

“I think because it took me a while to learn, I know where people go wrong and how to explain that.”

- JACKIE CARLSSON

another to wrap it up later in August.

“We’re just kind of trying to kick-start the skate season with a bigger event, and just welcome in anybody who’s interested in skateboarding. We’re going to throw a big RWK event with a lot of cool things happening, some creative aspects, some art, some food, maybe some music,” Pelchat said. “And at the end of the season, it’ll be kind of like a recap event similar to the start of the season where we’re going to try and bring in a little bit more jazz to it and host more people, more music just to get people hyped on the skate season and show everybody what RWK is about.”

To accommodate these expansion goals, the RWK are welcoming three

nine years ago at about 13 years old, when she would use penny boards and longboards just to get around. Eventually, just cruising without anything new to learn became boring for her, and she picked up skateboarding, where “you can always be learning new things.”

But throughout her time skateboarding, the thought of coaching other girls never even crossed Carlsson’s mind until she came to Whistler three years ago and got inspired by the impact the RWK has had in the resort.

Now one of the RWK’s coaches, Carlsson wants to see even more girls take up the sport, and hopes she can help them not only learn some new skills, but also give

them the confidence to feel comfortable riding by themselves at the skate park. “[This opportunity] means a lot to me.

And the future is definitely in good hands, especially with a growing community. I’m excited to see where else skateboarding goes,” she said.

“When I started skateboarding, I was skateboarding by myself, and all the basics took me a really long time to learn. And I think because it took me a while to learn, I know where people go wrong and how to explain that. And I just want to see them progress in skateboarding and just come over top of those little battles with tricks and stuff. There’s nothing better than battling for a trick and getting it at the end.”

While the Pelchat sisters and Crompton will still be taking the lead on coaching duties this year, the new coaching staff will be relied upon later in the year to step up and run the show while the other three are off snowboarding in Australia.

But instead of being nervous about the business in her absence, Pelchat is excited to see how the new coaches do when they take the lead with the camps later in the summer.

“I’m going to go to Australia in August, so I’ll be gone all of August and September.

And then my sister and Maggie will also be gone in late August,” she said. “So I’m actually really excited to see how the girls take hold of the camps coming up. I think they’re going to do a good job, for sure.”

More information on the programs offered by RWK and links to register for camps can be found at realwildkittens.com. n

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Whistler Storm finish second at mountain bike provincials for fifth straight year SPORTS BRIEFS: DOWNHILL WORLD CUP RESULTS ROUNDUP; XTERRA WHISTLER RESULTS

BY HARRISON BROOKS ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID, never the bride. The Whistler Secondary mountain bike team fell just short of the top spot at the BC School Sports High School Mountain Biking Provincial Championships on May 27, finishing second for the fifth year running.

Even though they once again found themselves as the runners-up, head coach Lesley Clements said the students showed great team spirit and will be back next year looking to finally grab that top spot.

“We just need to have a few more athletes attend provincials, as our students always do really well, we just need more to come,” said Clements. “With next year’s provincials being held in Castlegar, we’ll need a large contingent to go, and I think we can do it. We had over 60 kids on our school mountain bike team and about 13 coaches, so our program is really amazing.”

The Whistler Storm team competing at provincials consisted of 11 students total— six in Grade 8, two in Grade 9, two in Grade 10 and one in Grade 11.

Leading the way for the team were Grade 10 students Braden Aitken and Vanessa Young, who each finished fourth in cross-country. Aitken added a second-place finish in men’s enduro, while Young took another fourth-place in women’s enduro.

Other top performers included: Grade 9 student Mhairi Smart, who finished fourth in cross-country and second in enduro; Thomas Legg, also in Grade 9, who finished seventh in cross-country; And Grade 8 student Maika Lennox-King with fourthand third-place finishes in cross-country and enduro, respectively.

DOWNHILL WORLD CUP RESULTS ROUNDUP To start the 2022 Downhill World Cup circuit, Squamish’s Jackson Goldstone picked up right where he left off in 2021, opening the year in Lourdes, France with a first-place finish in the men’s 17-18 category on March 27. He then followed that performance up with back-to-back second-place finishes in Fort William, Great Britain and Leogang, Austria on May 22 and June 11, respectively.

Goldstone was edged out by Great Britain’s Jordan Williams in his last two races.

Matching Goldstone step-for-step from the women’s side was the Sunshine Coast’s Gracey Hemstreet who, through the same three races, had two first-place finishes to start the year followed by a third-place finish in Leogang last weekend in the women’s 17-18 category.

In his first year competing on the World Cup circuit, Pemberton’s Tegan Cruz has

also had some solid results with a 10th-place finish in Lourdes followed by a seventh in Fort William and an 11th in Leogang.

In the elite men’s category, Whistler’s Finn Iles is back to his usual routine, snagging a second-place finish to open the year in Lourdes before following that up with a sixth-place finish in Leogang.

Rounding out the other notable local performances, Tegan’s older brother Lucas rode to 31st-place and 57th-place finishes in Fort William and Leogang, respectively.

Squamish’s Seth Sherlock also managed a 31st-place finish in the elite men’s category in Leogang this past weekend.

Next up for many of the local riders will be Crankworx Innsbruck from June 15 to 19, followed by the next World Cup stop in Lenzerheide, Switzerland from July 8 to 10.

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The overall winner of the championship distance was Edmond Roy in the elite category with a total time of 2:22:59, followed

by Nathan Killam, Elliot Hotham and Brian Summers rounding out the top four.

The top female finisher in the elite category of the championship distance was Katelyn Button, who came in at seventh overall with a time of 2:47:55, with Christy Drever and Andrea Burley rounding out the top three.

The sport distance’s top finisher was Tom Ballhausen with a time of 1:33:33.

Following close behind and rounding out the top three were Rafeeq Kagee and Hendri Eksteen.

On the women’s side, Rachel Munger and Cassandra Gunton finished first and second with times of 1:41:45 and 1:42:13, respectively.

In the first-ever XTERRA 15-km trail race, the Sea to Sky stole the show with six of the top 10 finishers being from the area.

The overall winner of the race was Washington state’s Barrett Fishner with a time of 1:30:49.

Running in the female 15-19 category, Whistler’s Mira Alden Hull followed closely behind the leader finishing second with a time of 1:32:57.

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Whistler minor baseball exploding in popularity REGISTRATION DOUBLED YEAR OVER YEAR; INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES MAY BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT GROWTH

BY HARRISON BROOKS AS RECENTLY AS three years ago, minor baseball in Whistler was nonexistent, and the only option for kids in the area to play the sport was to make the drive to Squamish.

Now, largely thanks to the work of Jennie and Mike Kyle, as well as the many parent volunteers who have stepped up over the last two seasons, Whistler’s minor baseball program is thriving, and looks to continue growing for years to come.

Pre-pandemic, the Kyles spent multiple nights a week each spring driving their kids down to Squamish to play baseball. Then, after two years of no baseball anywhere due to COVID-19, they decided it was time to bring baseball back to Whistler.

“Our kids love baseball, and we were trying to play baseball in Squamish preCOVID, but we thought there’s just no reason why we shouldn’t have this in Whistler. There’s enough kids and we have such a good softball program … it was surprising we couldn’t get something a little more substantial happening,” said Jennie, who also serves as communications director for Howe Sound

Minor Ball.

The program launched in 2021, but registration was capped at just 50 kids due to COVID-19 restrictions. In 2022, the number of kids playing baseball in Whistler more than doubled to 102. That growth, and the partnership with Howe Sound Minor Ball in Squamish, has set Whistler up for success in the future.

However, while the growth of the program from Year 1 to Year 2 has been encouraging, it does present some challenges, particularly when it comes to the lack of baseball infrastructure in the resort.

Currently, all the games and practices (for five different age groups) are played on just two nights a week at the two fields in Meadow Park, according to U13 coach Micah Cianca.

“I’d say infrastructure-wise it’s hard, because there is not a ton of space. Even at Meadow Park you’ve got U11s going at the same time as U13s and like 40-plus players total, so you’ve got to fit all that in to the two smaller Meadow Park fields,” he said.

“That makes it difficult, especially when you compare it to what Brennan Park [in Squamish] has, where they have multiple ball diamonds, batting cages, and bullpens.”

Adding to the struggle is Whistler’s climate, which can often delay the start of the already short season due to snow and inclement weather, as was the case this year.

But according to Jennie, a simple indoor or covered facility for batting and pitching would go a long way to solving many of the issues facing baseball in Whistler.

“We were at a facility recently in Washington state that specializes in developing pitchers and hitters, and it was just a little warehouse tunnel and we thought if we could build something like that it would be super supportive for the minor ball,” she said. “North Shore starts their season in April and they’re warming up and doing all their spring training in March and obviously we can’t really do that. We pushed Meadow Park to open really early for us this year and they worked their butts off to get us ready for May 2, so that was great, but we do need gym space.”

However, even if an indoor facility is sorted out, the fact remains that the Meadow Park fields are too small to be used by the age groups above U13, meaning interested kids will once again have to make the drive to Squamish or

North Vancouver to continue playing baseball.

But while that is an unfortunate reality for baseball in Whistler that won’t be solved anytime soon, it doesn’t mean a successful, long-lasting program can’t be created here.

“As long as we can keep a core group of kids and coaches, and the kids are keen and happy to do it and want to learn and have that desire for baseball, I think there is a lot of potential to keep it going,” said Cianca. “Even as the coaches’ kids get older, new coaches are going to pop up when their kids are coming up. I think that there is a lot of interest and I hope that continues and judging by the younger groups I think that that is going to continue to happen.”

This year’s season, which started in early May, wraps up at the end of June.

But for kids wanting to play all summer, the program’s new affiliation with BC Minor Baseball gives kids the eligibility to play summer ball, either down in the city or in Squamish, if they make a team.

Parents of kids who are interested in playing summer ball or who are interested in signing their kids up for next year’s season can email whistlerminorbaseball@ gmail.com. n

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FORK IN THE ROAD

Nothing half-baked about these challenges INFLATION. WAR. CLIMATE. MORE: NO ONE’S EVER SEEN THREATS LIKE THESE TO OUR PANTRIES AND POCKETBOOKS HANG ON KIDS, and take a deep breath…

Wall Street is tumbling like a house of cards. The S&P 500 is growling like an old bear, falling nine of the past 10 weeks while interest rates are climbing. And you can barely track inflation rates, they’re rising so quickly.

Inflation has hit 40-year records in the U.K. and U.S., in the 8.6- to 9-per-cent range. Luckily, Canada has gotten off a little

BY GLENDA BARTOSH better, but still… according to CBC News, Canada’s latest annualized rate was 6.8 per cent, a 31-year high, with food prices up 9.7 per cent the past year in an interesting, uneven pattern: Pasta prices, for instance, are up nearly 20 per cent, and coffee nearly 14 per cent; and bread is up 12 per cent, while fresh veggie prices are “only” eightper-cent higher so far this year.

Labour shortages driven by the pandemic—yeppur, that’s still around and impacting all sorts of things, although sometimes you’d think people have just plumb forgotten about it—are still plaguing dozens of sectors from tourism to trucking, and driving up wages as people

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willing and able to work hop from one job to another. Higher wages mean everhigher prices. And higher wages in some sectors mean others are woefully lacking people, including grocery stores, fast-food places and restaurants.

And don’t forget the war in Ukraine raging on and on and on and on, although sometimes I worry that all those cookie drives and donations and feel-good empathy vibes have largely dissolved, drowning in the latest flood of cat videos.

At least that’s the way it feels here on the lovely Wet Coast, seemingly far from it all.

But don’t kid yourself.

A recent UN report on the food crisis in Ukraine says that only a fifth of almost 1,300 large agribusinesses there that were surveyed mid-March had enough fuel to operate farm equipment needed to plant corn, barley and other crops this spring— something that’s already driven up food prices in countries worldwide. (See above.)

Never mind the banned cluster bombs and munitions and scorched-Earth strategies, evidence from the UN and other stalwart sources indicates that Russian troops have been looting hundreds of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain, stealing farm equipment, and destroying grain storage facilities in order to compound destruction and suffering.

Even worse on the moral and ethical scale, credible reports say that Russia is now trying to sell the stolen grain, especially to Africa, where tens of millions of people are on the brink of famine. In just one example, The New York Times reports that Chad, a landlocked nation of 17 million people, has

declared a food emergency, with the UN warning that nearly a third of the country’s population will need humanitarian assistance this year.

On top of all that, picture farmers in the Ukraine cautiously, carefully checking their fields for unexploded bombs and missiles before they work, a hazard made even worse as fields of corn, grain or soy beans grow taller, obscuring the sightlines.

Don’t forget, too, that Russia is the world’s biggest exporter of fertilizer.

Now with sanctions, the war itself, and other disruptions to the supply chain (see above, re: the pandemic), farmers around the world, including Canada, are contending with shortages and soaring prices for fertilizer compounded by tariffs imposed on Russian imports. All of this, of course, gets passed along to us, the mighty consumers of so many incredible edibles from grain, including meat, if you eat it— like grain-fed beef.

On a brighter note, this could also prove to be something of a silver lining for Canadian fertilizer producers, like Nutrien Ltd., based in Saskatoon and one of the biggest such companies in the world. (Note to self: Buy some Nutrien shares.)

Then you’ve got to add in other factors, like the sky-rocketing prices at the gas pump, which circle back to those sanctions against Russia along with the retaliatory disruptions Russia itself is causing by pulling the plug on oil and gas lines to the European Union. These are also plaguing farmers, truckers of all our food supplies, and more, including fertilizer producers (yes, they use fossil fuels, too), just like

they hit you and I. Don’t even get me started on the climate crisis and how all that’s implicated in our list of fully-baked challenges. I’ll never make my word count! Let’s just say that farmers all over—including here in B.C. where unusually cold, lousy, rainy weather has rendered fields a sodden mess and delayed crops by weeks—are contending with their own versions of climate turmoil, all of which incurs extra costs for food producers, which will ultimately be passed along to you and I. See how the challenges are adding up for everyone from Pemberton to Pembina, Alta., to try and balance their budgets, pay their rent and keep food, good nourishing food, on the table?

Some economists suggest that no one has seen economic conditions like we’re now facing since the end of the First World War. If it’s of any comfort, things could be worse—like inflation then was in the 20-per-cent range in the U.S. and 100 per cent in Germany!

But I say when you factor in the climate disaster, we’re looking at challenges none of us have ever seen. On that cheery note, let me add that in the next “Fork in the Road” I’ll give you some good ideas on how to save your hard-earned dollars and cope with all this turmoil.

Until then, keep donating whatever you can to your favourite Ukrainian effort.

They need it more than ever.

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who just donated, again, to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. n

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Nine-year-old Whistlerite expands his boardgame empire with Lifts and Trails RIO MACDONALD ADDS A MOUNTAIN BIKE VERSION TO HIS POPULAR ADAPTATION OF SNAKES AND LADDERS

BY BRANDON BARRETT A FEW MONTHS back, Pique got sent an image for our weekly community photo page, Partial Recall, showing a young boy blasting wrist shots inside his garage at a hapless woman in misfitted goalie pads.

Was the picture firsthand proof of some mild elder abuse? Not at all. The goalie equipment and a new hockey stick were the spoils of nine-year-old local Rio MacDonald, the brains behind the hotselling Whistler-themed board game, Lifts and Runs. And as for the wannabe Patrick Roy? Well, that was Rio’s grandma, who promised her grandson she’d let him fire a few shots at her in the new pads after the surprise success of his game.

Maybe it’s time for grandma to bust out the catcher’s gear, because Rio is back at it again, this time with a summerfriendly complement to his original game.

Where Lifts and Runs was Rio’s local take on the classic Snakes and Ladders game and featured some of his favourite Whistler Blackcomb runs, Lifts and Trails doffs the snow for dirt and the skis for two wheels,

GAME CHANGER Nine-year-old Rio MacDonald has returned with a mountain bike-themed sequel to his hit board game, Lifts and Runs.

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honing in on Whistler’s second favourite sport.

“It’s a natural fit, especially coming from this town, where we’re all skiers and bikers,” says Rio’s dad, Scott. “We came up with something fun that we could get creative with and make up together.”

climbing trails.

“That was the idea,” Scott says.

“Whistler Blackcomb [terrain] is great, but there’s a whole lot beyond here that we wanted to tap into and explore.”

If the ski version is any indication, Lifts and Trails, released this month, should be

“We’re having fun with it, and with the money that comes in, just trying to do fun things as a family and keep it educational and fun without getting too overbearing.”

- SCOTT MACDONALD

The bike version brings back designer and long-time family friend Jessica Leahey, whose clean, bold lines lend the game a fun, accessible aesthetic. It also helps she’s an avid skier and biker herself.

“She gets the scene. With somebody who doesn’t, it wouldn’t really work,” Scott adds. “I think she’s got a really creative and unique style of simple characters that are universally likable and easy to understand.”

One difference from the ski version of the game is that it doesn’t include specific Whistler trails, instead packing the layout chock full of fun universal features, like helicopters, hike-a-bikes, and

flying off the shelves in short order. Since it was released last fall, Lifts and Runs has sold about 2,000 copies, no small feat for a DIY, independently made board game.

Much of that interest came from within Whistler, with numerous retailers agreeing to not only sell it in their shops, but feature it in a prominent position on the shelves.

“The tourist shopping market, if there’s something with a little bit of a story behind it, that goes a long way. That’s been so awesome to see their support and the ordering and reordering of games,” Scott says.

Rio enjoyed a taste of local celebrity

after the success of the first game— schoolmates included.

“Some people just randomly at school I don’t even know, they said, ‘Are you the person who made Lifts and Runs?’” Rio recalls.

When he first came up with the concept at the tender age of six, Rio’s family saw an opportunity to not only teach him a bit about the ins and outs of retail business, but the importance of pursuing your dreams to fruition.

“We’re just trying to keep this fun for Rio and for ourselves. Sometimes there’s a little bit of grunt work behind the scenes that we take care of, but the most important part is that you have this idea and following through with it. Talk is cheap,” Scott says.

“We’re having fun with it, and with the money that comes in, just trying to do fun things as a family and keep it educational and fun without getting too overbearing.”

With visions of expanding his boardgame empire into an ocean-themed version, I ask Rio about the biggest things he learned from the process so far.

“That I get to make money,” he giggles.

Grandma better watch out.

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TAKE ME TO FUNKY TOWN The Phonix Band will take Whistlerites back to the Motown era for Arts Whistler’s Time Machine Party on June 17.

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BY BRANDON BARRETT THERE’S A CERTAIN transportive quality to the music of Motown that has a way of taking you back in time.

“I think it’s the simplicity in the arrangements,” says Eric Tsang, manager and sax player for Vancouver’s own Phonix Band. “That is a very distinct feature of the Motown era. You hear the first couple notes and it transports you back to that first time you heard the music. That’s why we play this kind of music, because we fell in love with it the first time we heard it.”

Voted as Vancouver’s “best wedding band,” The Phonix Band’s high-energy live show has a transportive quality of its own, blending some of the most beloved soul, funk and R&B tunes of yesteryear with infectious dance moves and stories behind the songs. More than just a cover band, Phonix is an experience unto itself, one it will be bringing to the Maury Young Arts Centre stage on June 17 for Arts Whistler’s Time Machine Party.

“The experience of going back in time a little has always been our thing. We want to make our show special and a little different from your normal, everyday, turn-on-yourradio experience. Everyone’s doing that all day anyway, so why not make it a little more special?” says band leader and trumpet player Reuben Avery.

Primarily made up of old college friends who met at Capilano University, the members graduated with music degrees in hand wondering what was next. Initially, they started a Tower of Power tribute band, but that didn’t last long. The band got involved in the wedding market pretty early on, and soon enough, “we found our groove,” Avery says—and they did it in their own distinct way.

“We’re always trying to strike that balance between giving the audience something they know and recognize but also going down the unbeaten path here and there, showing people something they

might not have heard and taking them on a little journey.”

Along with their dynamic live show, the nine-piece Phonix Band has also proven adept at the business of music.

They own their own agency that regularly books entertainment for several landmark Vancouver and Whistler restaurants and hotels, including the Fairmont Chateau Whistler, Westin and River Rock Casino.

“We want to make our show special and a little different from your normal, everyday, turn-on-your-radio experience.”

- ERIC TSANG

Of course, with the kinds of large gigs the band plays regularly featuring 100 or more people in the audience, the pandemic put an abrupt pause on its live shows, giving the band time to hone its music library and launch a successful app, called Back On Stage, that gives musicians the tools to manage their bookings, crew schedules, payouts and even set lists.

“We put it out there and now we have thousands of musicians around the world to help them get more gigs and automate their music business workflow on the back end of their business,” says Tsang. “A lot of the time, people think, ‘Oh, musicians just get onstage and play.’ But they don’t think of musicians as actual businesspeople, as entrepreneurs.”

The Time Machine Party kicks off at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 17. Doors are at 7 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $20, while general admission is $25, available at showpass.com/aw-live-the-phonix. The event is 19-plus. ■

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RACE DAY Competitors in the Molson Whistler Bike Race in the summer of 1982.

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BY ALLYN PRINGLE ON JUNE 20, 1982, Whistler hosted what may have been its first mountain bike race, the (unofficial) Canadian Off-Road Cycle Championship organized by John Kirk.

About three weeks later, the Molson Whistler Bike Race also took place in Whistler.

Despite some very marked differences, the two events did have at least one thing in common: Jacob Heilbron.

The year before these two races took place in Whistler, Rocky Mountain Bicycles Ltd. had been incorporated in Vancouver

by Grayson Bain, Sam Mak, and Jacob Heilbron. The three had already begun modifying their Nishiki bikes to ride trails in the mountains, adding the wider tires and straight handlebars described as “puffy” and “upright” by the Whistler Question. In 1982, the same year that Whistler hosted its first mountain bike race, Rocky Mountain Bicycles produced the Sherpa, the first mountain bike created in Canada. As mountain biking was still so new, it is no surprise that there were crossovers between the two sports.

According to the Whistler Question and some of the competitors, the Canadian OffRoad Cycle Championship may have actually been one of the first mountain bike races in Canada, taking place two years before the Canadian Off-Road Bicycle Association was formed in 1984. Seventeen competitors signed up for the race featuring “puffy oversized balloon tires and upright handlebars.”

It began with a Le Mans start down the lower part of the Village Chair to their bikes in Mountain Square. From there, the course headed out to Lost Lake, along Green Lake, and back from the Wedge Creek turnoff to end up on the Lost Lake trail again.

The racer who took first place, Tony Starck, reportedly bought his first offroad bike just three weeks before the race.

Russ Maynard came second and third went to Jacob Heilbron, who remembered switching to a road bike on the one highway section of the course and thus picking up about three places before switching back to his mountain bike for the trails. Prizes were also awarded to the first one-speed to cross the finish line, the competitor who finished closest to an unspecified “mystery time,” and the person who did the best wheelie in the wheelie contest held the day before.

In contrast to the unofficial championship with few rules, the Molson Whistler Bike Race held in July 1982 had 120 competitors with road bikes, a well-marked course with marshalls, and even corporate sponsorship. While mountain biking was still a very new sport, road cycling was well established and 1982 was reportedly the 12th year the Molson Whistler Bike Race was held. The event, which featured a two-stage course from Vancouver to Whistler and then on to Pemberton, as well as a 50-lap criterium race around the Town Centre, was organized by the same Jacob Heilbron who placed third in the Off-Road Cycle Championship.

Despite some criticisms of the criterium course, Ross Chafe placed first overall in the Molson Whistler Bike Race, followed

by Tom Broznowski, then the U.S. national road-racing champion. In third was Beau Pulfer, a member of the Canadian National Team. Genevieve Brunet took first in the women’s category, with Sheila Cavers and Kelly-Ann Way taking second and third places. Most racers and organizers agreed that the event went “exceptionally well.”

Forty years later, mountain biking has arguably replaced road cycling as the dominant form of recreation on two wheels.

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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF JUNE 16 BY ROB BREZSNY

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ARIES March 21 - April 19 “The whole point for me is to change as much as possible,” says Aries actor Keira Knightley. What?! Is she serious? Her No. 1 aspiration is to keep transforming and transforming and transforming? I guess I believe her. It’s not an entirely unexpected manifesto coming from an Aries person.

But I must say: Her extra bold approach to life requires maximum resilience and resourcefulness. If you think that such an attitude might be fun to try, the coming weeks will be one of the best times ever to experiment.

TAURUS April 20 - May 27 Taurus poet May Sarton relished “the sacramentalization of the ordinary.” What a wonderfully Taurean attitude! There is no sign of the zodiac better able than you Bulls to find holiness in mundane events and to evoke divine joy from simple pleasures. I predict this specialty of yours will bloom in its full magnificence during the coming weeks. You will be even more skilful than usual in expressing it, and the people you encounter will derive exceptional benefits from your superpower.

GEMINI May 21 - June 20 Here’s a message I hope you will deliver to the universe sometime soon: “Dear Life: I declare myself open and ready to receive miracles, uplifting news, fun breakthroughs, smart love, and unexpected blessings. I hope to be able to give my special gifts in new and imaginative ways. I am also eager for useful tips on how to express my dark side with beauty and grace. One more perk I hope you will provide, dear Life: Teach me how to be buoyantly creative and sensitively aggressive in asking for exactly what I need.”

CANCER June 21-July 22 In August 2021, a Canadian man named Jerry Knott bought a ticket for a lottery. He stuffed it in his wallet and lost track of it. Two months later, he found it again and checked to see its status.

Surprise! It was a winner. His prize was $20 million. I propose we make him your role model for now, my fellow Crabs. Let’s all be alert for assets we may have forgotten and neglected. Let’s be on the lookout for potentially valuable resources that are ripe for our attention. More info on Knott: tinyurl.com/RememberToCheck LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Hundreds of years ago, people in parts of Old Europe felt anxiety about the Summer Solstice. The sun reached its highest point in the sky at that time, and from then on would descend, bringing shorter and shorter days with less and less light.

Apprehensive souls staged an antidote: the festival of Midsummer. They burned great bonfires all through the night. They stayed awake till morning, partying and dancing and having sex. Author Jeanette Winterson expresses appreciation for this holiday. “Call it a wild perversity or a wild optimism,” she writes, “but our ancestors were right to celebrate what they feared.”

Winterson fantasizes about creating a comparable ceremony for her fears: “a ritual burning of what is coward in me, what is lost in me. Let the light in before it is too late.” I invite you to do something like this yourself, Leo. VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Virgo author Elizabeth McCracken says, “I don’t dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life.” What’s more meaningful to her is an ally who is curious, who has “a willingness for research.” She continues, “I want someone keen to learn my own strange organization, amazed at what’s revealed; someone who asks, ‘and then what, and then what?’” I hope you will enjoy at least one connection like that in the coming months, Virgo. I expect and predict it. Make it your specialty!

LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Libran author Stig Dagerman said that when he was sad as a child, his mother kissed him until his mood lightened. When he was older and sad, his mama said, “Sit down at your desk and write a letter to yourself. A long and beautiful letter.” This would be a good task for you right now, Libra. Whatever mood you

are in, I invite you to write a long and beautiful letter to yourself. I further recommend that you carry out the same ritual once every six weeks for the next nine months. This will be a phase of your life when it’s extra crucial that you express soulful tenderness toward your deep self on a regular basis. You may be amazed at how inspirational and transformative these communications will be.

SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Sometimes, the arrival of a peculiar event in your life is a good sign. It may mean that fate has sent an intervention to disrupt a boring phase of inertia or a habit-bound grind. An unexpected twist in the plot may signal a divine refreshment. It could be a favourable omen announcing a helpful prod that’s different from what you imagined you needed. I suspect that an experience or two fitting this description will soon materialize in your life story. Be alert for them. Promise yourself you’ll be receptive to their unexpected directives.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Sagittarius author Edna O’Brien long ago shed the strict Catholic faith in which she was raised. But she still harbours spiritual feelings coloured by her tradition. She says, “Ideally, I’d like to spend two evenings a week talking to [novelist] Marcel Proust and another conversing with the Holy Ghost.” I suspect a similar balance of influences will be healthy for you in the days ahead, Sagittarius. My advice is to connect with an inspiration you drew sustenance from while growing up. Spend equal time consorting with deep-feeling smart people who will stimulate you to rearrange the contents of your rational mind.

CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 I’ve composed a message for you to deliver to your best allies. It will help you be clear about the nature of your energy exchanges. Say something like this: “I promise to act primarily out of love in my dealings with you, and I ask you to do the same with me. Please don’t help me or give me things unless they are offered with deep affection. Let’s phase out favours that are bestowed out of obligation or with the expectation of a favour in return. Let’s purge manipulativeness from our dynamic. Let’s agree to provide each other with unconditional support.”

AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Author Lauren Collins tells us, “Bilinguals overwhelmingly report that they feel like different people in different languages. It is often assumed that the mother tongue is the language of the true self. But if first languages are reservoirs of emotion, second languages can be rivers undammed, freeing their speakers to ride different currents.” I bring these thoughts to your attention, Aquarius, because the next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to begin becoming bilingual or else to deepen your fluency in a second language. And if you’re not ready to do that, I encourage you to enhance your language skills in other ways. Build your vocabulary, for instance. Practice speaking more precisely. Say what you mean and mean what you say 95 per cent of the time. Life will bring you good fortune if you boost your respect for the way you use language.

PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Piscean-born Robert Evans has been an amateur astronomer since he was 18.

Though he has never been paid for his work and has mostly used modest telescopes, he holds the world record for discovering supernovas—42. These days, at age 85, he’s still scanning the skies with a 12-inch telescope on his back porch. Let’s make him your role model for the coming months. I have faith you can achieve meaningful success even if you are a layperson without massive funding. PS: Keep in mind that “amateur” comes from the Latin word for “lover.” Here’s the dictionary’s main definition: “a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.”

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For exciting and challenging retail opportunities, please apply online at: http://bcliquorstores.prevueaps.ca/pages/openings/ Or apply in person at: Whistler Marketplace 101-4360 Lorimer Rd, Whistler On November 1, 2021 the BC Public Service announced the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy that defines the conditions and expectations for BC Public Service employees regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Among other possible measures, proof of vaccination will be required. It is a term of acceptance of employment that you agree to comply with all vaccination requirements that apply to the public service. More information can be found here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/careers-myhr/all-employees/safety-healthwell-being/health/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-bc-public-service-employees

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Roland’s Pub is looking for an Assistant Bar Manager.

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Is there a better place for the Whistler Racket Club?

TENNIS? ANYONE? There was shock, anger and dismay among the racketeers on Tuesday, June 7, when Resort Municipality of Whistler officials and the public were given an overview of the two similar-yet-different proposals for the 5.8-hectare Northlands project.

While both dished up attractive places to live, neither showed any evidence of the existing Whistler Racket Club (WRC).

Quickly dubbed “preliminary,” the reaction was nonetheless vocal, disappointed and in the case of one well-heeled property owner,

BY G.D. MAXWELL fatuous.

“Early stages, early stages,” chimed in the mayor and staff. Still plenty of time for public input. Okay, here goes.

Aside from the 11-storey building that’s likely to give the planning department heartburn, the plans look good. More importantly, they constitute the highest and best use of the land. They provide a transition between the village core, the more commercial north end of town and the residential neighbourhoods beyond.

They are places people can live. They are accessible and connected to both the village, the mountains and the trail networks.

And they’re better off without the WRC as currently constituted.

Don’t get out the torches and pitchforks just yet.

Way back in the last century, when Whistler was hoping to become world-class and four-season, the Northlands were The Sticks. Nothing there. Nothing across the way where Marketplace is now. Nothing.

The Holy Grail at the time was chasing amenities that would turn Whistler into a four-season, world-class resort. Key to that was—don’t laugh—a Björn Borg tennis facility. Before most Whistleratics were born, Björn was a tennis rockstar. Swedish, blond, big smile, striped headband and winner of 11 Grand Slam singles titles between 1974 and 1981. His name alone would have been a draw.

Björnland was a no-show, and Björn today would be more likely to thrill the audience at a Canadian Association for Retired Persons meeting. But a tennis facility was somehow built. And its location was perfect. It was out of the way, a lonely outpost in an undeveloped section of land.

But if it wasn’t already there, no one would ever consider building it there today. No developer would plunk a tennis club down in a high-profile residential neighbourhood and no planner who knew what she was doing would approve such a proposal.

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The very success of the WRC illuminates the reason. The two uses are incompatible.

As WRC increased its outdoor activities, disputes with neighbouring residents increased. Understandable. Pickleball, tennis, axe throwing, live bands and DJs are all high-volume, enjoyed by people having a good time. Cocktails, barbecues and conversations on homeowners’ patios are all activities made less pleasant by nearby people enjoying high-volume activities. It’s a classic standoff.

And one that is played out time and again as residential areas encroach on existing commercial enterprises, albeit this time it was the other way around. The outcome is generally a foregone conclusion.

Eventually, commercial entities that don’t fit with the quiet enjoyment of residential areas are squeezed out.

So, how can we make everyone happy?

Is there a better place for the WRC? The answer is yes... with an asterisk.

the recreational needs of the community.

Along the way, out of necessity rather than design, an increasing part of it was leased to Whistler Waldorf School. That is the asterisk.

Just as the WRC is an incompatible use in the future development of Northlands, Waldorf is an incompatible use of the recreational opportunities at Spruce Grove.

One that was planned to end years ago.

Waldorf at Spruce Grove was always envisioned as a temporary location. In 2013, Waldorf’s “Vision 2017” outlined plans for the school to be relocated to a site to be determined, an ambitious fundraising effort and a final move into their new, purposebuilt, permanent home by 2017.

The school’s administrator at the time told council they had lenders in place, a strong track record fundraising and managing debt and a parcel of land they were looking at next to the WedgeWoods neighbourhood north of Emerald.

With a growing and aging population, demand for recreational amenities will only increase.

The location is Spruce Grove Park. Built in the mid-1990s, Spruce Grove was initially planned around three softball diamonds with a central concession stand, a multi-use field house and the future development of two soccer pitches overlapping the outfield areas of two of the ball diamonds.

Its purpose was to provide a location in addition to Meadow Park that would meet

Not a lot has been heard since as 2017 vanishes in the rearview mirror of time.

So is it time for the visions of both Spruce Grove and Waldorf school to be moved forward? Another potentially interesting community dialogue, don’t you think?

With a growing and aging population, demand for recreational amenities will only increase. One need only look to the

rise of pickleball at WRC and Myrtle Philip to see this. For years there has been talk of the desire for a curling rink, a second sheet of ice for hockey and other recreation infrastructure.

Spruce Grove and Meadow Park are both conveniently and centrally located and suitable for such infrastructure. Both have easy, non-motorized access by the Valley Trail and generous parking. Both have room for growth. Both have impediments as well.

The same population dynamics driving the need for recreational facilities drive the need for Waldorf school. Whistler is already strapped for school space and facing a growing demand from young families. There has been much talk and work on lining up a third elementary school in town, and there is no room for the current infrastructure to absorb the 200-plus students in Waldorf.

Obviously this is going to require the active leadership and intervention of municipal and provincial government. It’s not something the RMOW or Waldorf are going to be able to accomplish on their own.

And it’s not something that’s going to be accomplished by kicking the can further down the road. It is yet another challenge to a town that has outgrown its earlier planning, development and accomplishments.

There are no bad actors in this drama.

These are the kind of tough decisions and tough actions any town has to make when it experiences the kind of growth Whistler is undergoing. Maybe it’s tougher here because our footprint is small, real estate is insanely expensive and we are hobbled by a single highway carrying a lot of traffic. But it’s the hand we’ve been dealt and the reality we’ve created.

What was good enough 20 years ago isn’t good enough today, and it’s going to be worse tomorrow if we don’t start making bold decisions now. ■

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$2,575,000

This fully renovated, 1 bed/1bath Phase 1 property gives you the freedom to choose. Secure underground parking means you can park up and stroll to all of the amenities that Whistler is famous for - ski lifts, bike trails, hiking, markets, restaurants and shopping - all literally at your doorstep.

With an absolutely stunning location on the 15th hole of the Nicklaus North golf course, this 5 bedroom and den home features truly spectacular lake and mountain views. Relax in the open plan living dining area with floor to ceiling windows to enjoy the breathtaking views or soak up the sun and the views from one of the 2 beautiful sundecks or from the garden patio.

The beautiful floor plan will grab your attention with high vaulted ceilings, in the living room & bedrooms that streams in the natural light. Located by Alpha Lake / Park with tennis courts, beach and children’s play area for your summer fun. Walking distance to Creekside Gondola and all the wonderful amenities Creekside has to offer.

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Sherry Baker*

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1504 Whitecap Crescent

$549,000

1489 Balsam Street

$1,750,000

#602 - 4050 Whistler Way

$299,000

Enjoy Pemberton’s premiere neighbourhood from your dream home on Lot 12, The Ridge. Sun and views all day long from this front row lot with spectacular views of Mount Currie. Zoning is very flexible allowing you to build up to 6500 sq ft of living space including 2 accessory buildings.

This custom constructed home on a beautiful street in The Glen neighborhood in Pemberton has many custom features that were well planned out during construction.

This home has a beautifully landscaped yard with mature trees, shrubs & established flower beds plus raspberry bushes and it is fully irrigated and easy to maintain.

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.

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Alexi Hamilton

Anastasia Skryabina

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