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after one last epic birthday bash.
COVER If you have ever thought “OMG! What a cute bird!” only to be met with a posture akin to what is best described as a Cobra Chicken, you haven’t truly experienced Canadians. We’re nice, but to a fault—don’t step over that blue line without the puck, eh!? - By Jon Parris // @jon.parris.art 4 JUNE 30, 2022
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importance of tennis to their sanity, and bemoan the loss of Whistler’s traditional Canada Day parade.
13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST In honour of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, Pique sports guy Harrison Brooks traces the origins of the phrase “Hudson Bay Hockey.”
82 MAXED OUT Finding Pique’s traditional Canada Day quiz too difficult, Max serves up a few choice trivia questions of his own. How many are trick questions? Read on to find out.
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54 FORK IN THE ROAD Just in time for Canada Day, Glenda Bartosh offers up some practical suggestions from your Whistler neighbours for coping with today’s food challenges.
58 MUSEUM MUSINGS When the financial crisis of the 1980s hit Whistler, even the prime real estate at the base of both mountains did not make it through unscathed.
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BY BRADEN DUPUIS Reconciliation with First Nations remains a work in progress. COVID is still circulating, and in general, more doctors and child-care providers are needed almost everywhere. No good, eh? It’s a lot, and as I pondered what it means to be Canadian in 2022, I came to a sad conclusion: after several years of, for lack of a better phrase, ass-backwards bullshit, the collective Canadian psyche appears to be deeply wounded. But while some have expressed shame for their country and even their fellow countrymen and women at points this year— for all kinds of reasons that I really don’t care to get in to here—I’m not one of those people. At the risk of sounding horribly cheesy, I still believe in Canada, and I’m still proud to be Canadian. Because we’ve got a lot to be proud about. So fire up the “This is The Tragically Hip” playlist on Spotify and join me as I attempt to unify our nation, restore our collective pride and salve our damaged, syrup-drowned hearts with my clean, simple, Canada Day Points of Pride.
QUALITY OF LIFE Listen to some of the drama queens on Twitter, and you might believe Canada is simultaneously a police state, a globalist shadow cabal, an oil-addicted petrol state, a communist dictatorship and/or part of the developing world. There may be small kernels of truth in
each of those extremes, but luckily, Twitter is hardly representative of reality, and despite its many challenges, Canada still consistently ranks among the best places to live in the world, year in and year out. Depending on the rankings and the metrics used, Canada doesn’t always end up on top of the heap, but for the purposes of our Points of Pride, let’s look at a couple that really play to our vanity. In its overall rankings of the best countries in the world released last year, U.S. News and World Report put the Great White North at No. 1. The model in question is largely based on global perception, as researchers surveyed more than 17,000 people in 36 countries, asking them to weigh each country based on 76 identified attributes. Canada finished second in the rankings in 2020 before taking the top spot in 2021. In late June, the Economist Intelligence Unit released its annual Global Livability Index, which featured three Canadian cities in the global top 10: Calgary (fourth), Vancouver (fifth) and Toronto (eighth). The only other country with two cities
mused openly about striking down decisions related to contraceptives, same-sex marriage and even privacy in the bedroom next. What’s the opposite of progress? Oh, right. Regress. I don’t want to dwell on this one too much, mostly because it makes me very angry—and I am a straight man living in a different country. But I’m proud to live in a nation that still believes in the right to choose. I’m proud to live in an inclusive, thoughtful society that emphasizes equal rights and multiculturalism. The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade is a rude awakening. It shows us what can happen to our rights when we get complacent. Even in Canada.
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY When Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Jagmeet Singh’s NDP announced in March that they had reached a supply and confidence agreement to keep the government in power until 2025, I was
Do something to make your community and country a better place for all of us instead of sitting on the sidelines whining about how everything sucks because of some vast conspiracy. in the top 10 was Switzerland (with Zurich in third and Geneva in sixth). So Canada can’t be that bad, eh?
ABORTION RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back 50 years of American abortion rights when it overturned the landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade—six people imposing their archaic, oppressive beliefs on millions of American women, regardless of who gets hurt in the process. In his decision, Justice Clarence Thomas
treated to perhaps the single dumbest tweet of all time (or maybe just that day). When Pique shared a news story about the agreement, a reader expressed a scattershot of outrage. The deal was evidence of corruption and a broken government, and the media reporting on it in a neutral manner—rather than sharing this particular reader’s (completely misplaced) disgust—was evidence of a bought-and-paid-for media ecosystem. Where to even begin unpacking the comprehensive ignorance of such a tweet? In fact, the agreement is evidence of a system that works—coalitions/
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I don’t need to say much here. Canada’s health-care system is obviously far from perfect, and needs serious investments now and into the future to ensure it is sustainable. But the gift that is Canadian health care— my No. 1 Point of Pride as a Canadian—is reinforced every time I see an American post a picture of their hospital bill. I could go on, if I had the space. There really is no shortage of things to be proud of in the Great White North, even as some will try to tell you everything is gone or going to shit. But as I said off the top, my intention isn’t to sugarcoat things. Our challenges are very real, and we’ve got a lot of work to do to in the coming years and decades to ensure Canada remains one of the best countries in the world. It starts with getting involved, in any way you can. Volunteer for a community organization. Attend public meetings. Be an active part of the process instead of a casual observer. Do something to make your community and country a better place for all of us instead of sitting on the sidelines whining about how everything sucks because of some vast conspiracy. Despite its current shortcomings, Canada is still the best place to live on Earth. But it’s going to take all of us, working together, to keep it that way. So let’s get to work. ■
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Spread the love this Canada Day As we get ready to celebrate 155 years of confederation, it may be appropriate to look ahead to where we might be headed as a nation and do what we can to help maintain the values and beliefs that have made Canada special and Canadians the envy of people the world over. I was born in India and chose to emigrate to Canada after living in England and evaluating a handful of countries—and am I glad I did. In Canada I have enjoyed a life that has exceeded my wildest dreams. People all over Canada, yes from coast to coast to coast, have been really warm, welcoming and sharing. Yes, they have shared the beauty of our country, business opportunities, and introduced me to sailing, skiing, the great outdoors and First Nations’ culture. Lately, though, the genuine warm, welcoming friendliness of Canadians to all, including those different to them, has changed. A malaise drifting north from our neighbours to the south? Let me give you a couple of examples: Last February while in the line for the Harmony Express, a guy behind me, who I had never met, said “Hey do you want to go?” I turned around and asked “go where?” He said fight. I looked at this 20-something
depicted in a PBS documentary “Driving while Black.” Oh yes, like many others, I have been told to “go home.” Fortunately, Canada has given me a home that I built. Our great, wondrous country needs each one of us to uphold the values, beliefs and behaviours that have made us the envy of the world. May we all treat every person with honour and respect. Go ahead and throw in a little love too. It will make you feel so much better. Happy Canada Day! Keith Fernandes // Vancouver and Whistler
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and suggested he better first fight with his grandfather because he would probably be younger than me. In Mountain Square, around two in the afternoon, on a May long weekend, a few years ago when I was 75, I asked two RCMP officers how they were and if they were having a pleasant time in Whistler. Their response? We want to see your ID. How many white 75-year-olds, sober, properly attired, speaking civilly to the police have been carded? Yes, I did produce my card despite my reluctance, as their altered stance and their
demeanor had gotten more threatening. The officers, yes, there were two of them, refused to give me their “business card.” Surely every person the police stop should receive a card with the reason why they were stopped, the date, time and the officer’s name and ID. Furthermore, the incident, recorded by those with body cams, should be available for public viewing on the police website. This should reduce the harassment of First Nations’ people, non-whites and those that, according to the police, do not conform to their norms. We must at all costs avoid a future as
I didn’t attend any of the public meetings about the Northlands and the Whistler Racket Club (WRC), because I try to avoid conflict and unlike our MPs I wasn’t given a panic button to push if I feel threatened. That aside, I’ve played tennis in the bubble since it opened in ’93, I think. I took time off in 2000, but continued hitting often enough with my 90-plus-year-old mother to help keep the sparkle in her eyes. It helped me, too, because she never hit a ball past me. When I returned to the circuit in 2012, I began taking lessons to remove the rust, but instead I began to shine. I also rediscovered getting better helped maintain my sanity, for when I was getting better I wasn’t getting worse. While working on my serve, which I never had, Chris Parker, my coach at the time,
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR introduced me to the kick serve. I was hooked on a skill I was determined to master. We remember the high I got the first time I kicked a serve over 7’ at the baseline. My goal of getting 100 of 100 serves in and over 7’ was within sight, but when COVID served its kicker and the courts were painted it disappeared. It is within sight again, but still out of reach. So I keep practicing. When I get to 100 per cent I plan on returning to the circuit and I don’t want to think about how depressed I will feel if our club courts are shut down again by summer heat or fire or a real estate conflict before I am able to show off my $48,000 kick serve, and maybe finally take time for some mixed tennis. There is no doubt I need the tennis the WRC provides. Where I practice with James and on occasion Val and Javier, doesn’t really matter, but all things considered I think the club should be left where it is. Environmental scientists compare our existence to living on a speeding train with shades on all the windows. Inside we carry on with daily activities in relative calm, but if we lift the shades we will see our environment changing at a frightening speed. Recently, a heat dome over southern Europe recorded temperatures that weren’t expected for decades. They’re considering moving the base camp on Mount Everest because its glacier, like those around the world, including ours, is melting. Everywhere moisture is being sucked out of land, reducing our food supplies. Increasing temperatures are the new normal. As if “food insecurity” caused by climate change isn’t enough, Vladimir Poutine, the Russian cheesehead who is trying to give meaning to his life by destroying the lives of others, blew up a giant food warehouse in Ukraine and is preventing the export of Ukrainian grain to starving Africans. And if destroying others conventionally doesn’t fill his void, he is also threatening to use nuclear weapons. In response, our government announced we are going to spend $5 billion upgrading NORAD to protect us from Russian attacks. But if Poutine puts his middle finger on his nuclear button instead, “Don’t Look Up,” to borrow a recent movie title. Max said the Beedie plans offer “places to live” (“Is there a better place for the Whistler Racket Club?” Pique, June 16), but given the existential circumstances, will the place be livable? Is there even time to build another mega project? As an alternative, they could create a legacy project on the parking lot, a community of prefab houses, all with “green” roofs, in a landscaped setting, with no asphalt, just dirt paths leading to a community activity centre. The tennis bubble could stay, since it will likely last until the crash, but it could be easily and reasonably improved with a reflective liner and a heat pump. With help, they could also build a multipurpose community building, like Myrtle Philip’s gym without the school. I imagine it located in the space between the Montebello fence and the drive leading to the clubhouse, the bubble and Court 4. Even at the same elevation as the stadium court, the east elevation would be about the same as
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Montebello, but a grass-covered roof could rise up to the west. I’m guessing the building could accommodate four east-to-west tennis/ pickleball courts as well as all the other gym sport courts—maybe even squash. We could play on them for a few years after the outside courts melt. It could also be a party house, but being mostly buried it would take the racket out of WRC. Incidentally, the housing units could be offered to Ukrainian refugees. They would appreciate living for a while in a bit of heaven considering the hell they’d be coming from and we all seem to be heading for. It may not seem like it but I have played enough tennis to keep me sane and I thank Beedie for helping me maintain my sanity. I hope we can continue our partnership until… Doug Barr // Whistler
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Whistler’s traditional Canada Day parade will be missed Whether it’s about “polluting” the village centre with a few vehicles running through, or more broadly “cultural cancellation,” as it is coming to be known by, I don’t think the organizers this year adequately thought through the cancellation of this year’s Canada Day Parade in Whistler. Just speaking for our entry, The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation marchers and our 20-year support of the Black Tusk Caledonia Pipe Band who follow us, the news both surprised and disappointed us. Not only do we finance the band, which needs donations for instruments and jamborees, but we like to think we raise awareness of mental health in the community that supports us so dearly. I won’t even go into the thrills it gives the kids in their cycling regalia, the recognition toward local citizens and organizations and the hundreds of expectant folks lining the streets, all in the name of traditional, good clean fun and entertainment. In defense of the committee, they did offer us an opportunity to march through the village at an impromptu time in August, but it clearly wouldn’t have been the same. Sorry locals and visitors, but we will all have to share the impact of common sense and good vibes going the way of the dodo bird. Kerry and Ginny Dennehy // Whistler
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WRC provides social and sporting heartbeat The Whistler Tennis Association (WTA) held a celebration of tennis fundraiser event at the Whistler Racket Club (WRC) this past Saturday showcasing tennis in the community. An introduction to tennis was held in the morning for those new to the sport and a fun, nonetheless competitive, mixed doubles tournament was played in the afternoon followed by patio drinks. Next week, the Sea to Sky Pickleball Club will host a Canada Day pickleball tournament with more than 200 participants. Kids Combo camps are also in full swing providing activities
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for kids and daycare for busy parents. The WRC provides a social and sporting heartbeat to our community, yet the provisional plans for the new Northlands development contains no new racket facility. At the stroke of a planner’s pen, our much loved and used club disappears. Community opinion, supported by more than 2,200 signatories on a petition started by the WTA, is asking those planners to go back to the drawing board and produce plans with either an on- or off-site facility. This is a golden opportunity to cede Whistler with a world-class, multi-use recreational facility commensurate with the world-class resort that Whistler is. The community is saying let’s not waste this opportunity. Guy Darby // Whistler
Thanks for the rides I must say, having the bus drivers go on strike for a very long time was just a little bit inconvenient. There are lots of weird things about being a bus rider, but I must thank the locals and visitors for picking up strangers on the side of the road. Through all of this time I have only met nice people, helping others. I live in Cheakamus Crossing, and leaving the village, many times drivers who were only going to Creekside, which is a good start, decided to drive me home. I just want to say thanks to all of the nice people helping others at a somewhat crazy weird time. Cheers! Leslie Weir // Whistler
Ukraine sunflower fundraiser a success Local community members and visitors to our area truly have the biggest hearts. Because of your generosity and support, we were able to donate $1,045 to The Maple Hope Foundation. This donation will go towards the great work this organization is doing to help the people of Ukraine during this time of crisis. In addition to our donors, there are many people and businesses who helped make this event a success, and we are so grateful to each and every one of you. In no particular order: -Rowan and Myla, and the other incredible students from Signal Hill Elementary School who organized a bake sale and donated their earnings to us (more than $200, amazing! These kids are so inspiring); -The Pemberton Farmers’ Market and Upper Village Market for giving us a place to set up; -Cutting Edge Signs for supplying us with beautiful stickers; -Sea to Sky Courier for picking up our massive sunflower order! -Sewful Creations for power-sewing the beautiful “hustka” fabric scrunchies; -Darlene Bukacz for making more than 100 bracelets; -Out of the House Coworking for lending us their sandwich board; -Robert Wisla of Pique Newsmagazine for the online article; -Bokasana, Ukrainian artist who designed our sunflower logo (IG: @bokasana); Слава Україні | Slava Ukraini | Glory to Ukraine. With sincere gratitude and appreciation, Victoria Mills, Nancy Bukacz // Pemberton n
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Hudson Bay Rules IN HONOUR OF the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, which ended June 26 with the Colorado Avalanche raising the cup for the first time since 2001, I wanted to dig into the origins of a little-known term one might sometimes hear during an NHL broadcast in Canada: “Hudson Bay Rules.”
BY HARRISON BROOKS Hudson Bay Rules essentially means bush-league hockey, where the referees either put the whistles away and let the players (for lack of a better way to say this) beat the crap out of each other the entire game; or when the refs are incapable of controlling the players regardless of how many penalties are called. In other words, no-rules hockey where, win or lose, you are sure to leave battered and bruised. My interest in this topic first got piqued in the lead-up to the Battle of Alberta in the second round of this year’s playoffs. Hype on social media for a potential seven-game series between my Calgary Flames and their archrival Edmonton Oilers was palpable, as it was sure to produce some of the most exciting hockey of the year.
However, the series ultimately failed to live up to the billing—and it wasn’t as chock-full of “Hudson Bay Rules” hockey as expected. But for a better understanding of what Hudson Bay Rules means, the best example I could find from the modern day NHL was Game 3 of the 2013 series between the Montreal Canadiens and the Ottawa Senators, where a total of 236 penalty minutes were handed out and the Senators walked away with a 6-1 win. Growing up in the town of Hudson Bay, Sask., the term has always been of interest to
means to play with Hudson Bay Rules; former 1970s NHL player-turned-commentator Mickey Redmond using the term during a Detroit Red Wings broadcast; a tweet from Hall-of-Famer Al MacInnis during 2015’s Game 7 between the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers; an article crediting the term to former NHLer and Hudson Bay native Trent Yawney; and a delightful comment on a Reddit thread from user Junes9: “We used the phrase because of Hudson Bay, Sask., where the men are men and the women are too.” While not helpful, knowing Mickey Redmond uses the term means it probably
“He would just beat up two guys, score a bunch of goals, beat up the third guy, get kicked out of the game and the Saints would win.” me, but tracing its origins was harder than I expected. My first step down the rabbit hole was obviously an internet search to see what I could find. But outside of a CBC article on the origins of hockey possibly being in the Northwest Territories that incorrectly called it “Hudson’s Bay Rules,” there wasn’t much info on the term’s origins. However, there were a few other references that came up, like Winnipeg musician Del Barber’s song describing what it
dates back to at least the ’70s, so I called my dad to pick his brain. My dad then told me the story of the old Hudson Bay Saints Junior B hockey team back in the late ’70s, when you didn’t get kicked out of a game until your third fight, and teams knew that coming to Hudson Bay meant there would be multiple ejections. He then told the story of Marshall Cowan, who, as a defenseman, would lead the league in both points and penalty minutes.
“Marshall would basically control the game by himself,” he said. “He would just beat up two guys, score a bunch of goals, beat up the third guy, get kicked out of the game and the Saints would win. That’s what Hudson Bay Rules means.” My dad then reminded me of how shocked I was the first time I heard the term used on live TV while watching what he remembers to be a CFL game. He recalled Glen Suitor as the commentator who used it, because he played with Hudson Bay’s Bob Poley during his CFL career. So I finally had a lead. After a few calls, I was able to track down a contact for Suitor, and sent an email hoping to discover more about where he picked up the term. The next day I opened my laptop to find a reply from Suitor. But instead of sending me deeper into the mystery, my quest to find the origins of the term hit a wall—it wasn’t actually Suitor who used the term on TV, he told me, adding he had no idea what Hudson Bay Rules even meant. Bummer. But while my quest is stalled for now, whatever the origins of the term may be— even if it means Hudson’s Bay and not the small town tucked away in the forest of northeastern Saskatchewan—those of us from Hudson Bay, Sask. know that particular brand of bush league hockey is ours. And we’re damn proud of it, too. ■
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RMOW’s Whistler Sessions are meant to ‘provoke’ you FOUR DIFFERENT PLANNING SCENARIOS TAKE ‘REALLY SOBER LOOK’ AT WHAT WHISTLER COULD LOOK LIKE IN 2050
BY BRANDON BARRETT WHEN REOS Partners—the international social enterprise that helps guide governments, corporations and social organizations out of their most pressing, complex challenges—was tapped by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) last year to provide a clear-eyed view into the community’s long-term future, the firm left with two key takeaways that surprised them. First, how ready and willing Whistlerites were to roll up their sleeves and get to work, as the roomful of locals invited to contribute to the RMOW’s “transformative” scenario planning exercise, dubbed the Whistler Sessions, were. The second? “They said they’ve never seen a group of people with such positivity bias, which speaks to the perseverance and the entrepreneurship of Whistler, but also a potential weakness or something we need to watch out for,” said municipal CAO Ginny Cullen. “Because your greatest strength can become a weakness.” It’s this kind of rosy-eyed complacency that the Whistler Sessions are meant to combat. Emerging out of the Whistler Recovery Working Group formed during the pandemic and made up of a diverse roster of local leaders, First Nations, artists
IN SESSION The RMOW’s Whistler Sessions examine what the resort could look like in 2050 if historical trends continue. GETTY IMAGES
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and entrepreneurs from across the resort, the Whistler Sessions read the tea leaves to forecast what the community could look like in the year 2050. Reos ran the exercises three times between last fall and March of this year, and eventually landed on four different possible scenarios. On-hand to present an overview of the scenarios to elected officials at Whistler’s June 21 Committee of the Whole meeting, Cullen explained the exercise is meant to spark a different kind of perspective on Whistler’s future—warts and all.
get you thinking differently and to interrupt what perhaps was an ingrained thinking pattern about Whistler’s future prior to COVID and prior to this work.”
SCENARIO 1: SKY’S THE LIMIT The first scenario doesn’t take that much imagination to picture. Called “Sky’s the Limit,” it contemplates a future in which market pressures to densify and grow lead to “a more built-up, populous, diverse town,”
“This is to provoke discussion to get you thinking differently and to interrupt what perhaps was an ingrained thinking pattern about Whistler’s future...” - GINNY CULLEN
“It’s a way of thinking differently about the future and taking a really sober look at what could happen. And because of this, I think one of the insights is that what we’ve created is a piece of art,” she said. “It’s not a plan. It’s not science. And with art, it’s a provocation.” Throughout the process, Cullen noted the municipality heard from people who “didn’t like” or had “emotional reactions” to the various planning scenarios, proof in the RMOW’s mind that the Sessions had their intended effect. “No art … is there to make you feel good,” she added. “This is to provoke discussion to
Cullen said, and imagines how the historical policy levers used to limit growth—the resort’s longstanding cap on bed units immediately springs to mind—might fail or be discarded by future leaders. This scenario also “tells a cautionary tale about good intentions with respect to Truth and Reconciliation, falling short of delivering on the outcomes of learning, healing and the understanding needed to heal past and present traumas,” noted Cullen. “The Truth and Reconciliation aspects that were pulled through each of the stories, they do not represent an ideal
condition. They represent a best attempt at what could happen in the future. And I think there was a general consensus among the group that we would want to do better than what’s outlined in these scenarios.”
SCENARIO 2: WEATHER THE STORM The second scenario takes a more restrained approach to Whistler’s growth, and emphasizes innovation as a key piece to solving some of the resort’s biggest challenges. “It is a story about innovation, restraint and perseverance,” described Cullen. “It paints a picture of how creating a Whistler that is inclusive, sustainable and prosperous could be a difficult journey” due in part to the accelerating effects of climate change, resistance to new policies, and scarcity of capital. With the right policies and guidance from our local Indigenous leaders in place, however, this scenario suggests Whistler could not only develop into a climateresilient resort, but “could be world-leading in that aspect,” Cullen said. “And we have First Nations leadership growing within our community in terms of energy resource management and perhaps international sporting events.”
SCENARIO 3: THE GROWING DIVIDE If there’s a scenario that feels more like peering 30 minutes into Whistler’s future than 30 years, it might be Scenario 3: The Growing Divide.
NEWS WHISTLER This scenario envisions a future in which unaffordability worsens, the tourism economy is geared primarily towards the rich, and local decision-making becomes “dominated” by corporate influence. “It asks us to contemplate how systemic gentrification of Whistler’s economy and demographics might influence its culture, inclusivity and sense of belonging,” Cullen said. “This story asks us to reflect on the potential benefits of increased wealth, while also represents voices in the community who feel the effects of current economic trends and ask: do I have a place in Whistler’s future?”
SCENARIO 4: FROM THE ASHES The fourth and final scenario looks further outside the Whistler bubble to gauge how external global forces could shape the resort’s future, for better or worse. “The story reflects an awareness that globally, Whistler’s community and economy are connected to a larger world in which stability is not guaranteed, for example, due to climate change, global conflict or economic crisis,” explained Cullen. “It invites thinking and discussion about how Whistler might need or choose to transform economically and socially in response to this kind of disruption.” One of the potential transformations this scenario looks at is sport no longer being an “organizing factor” in Whistler. “It’s the connection to land and place that’s the common value between the people who remain,” added Cullen. When this scenario was first taking shape in late 2021, Cullen said it “seemed silly” to put so much attention on outside international forces. That is until Feb. 24, when Russia began its wide-scale invasion of Ukraine. “All of a sudden it was like all the geopolitical pieces that we had taken for granted are not as stable as we thought,” she said. “And so that idea that the external forces could really impact us locally, we’d like to bring that thinking in more.” As with all the scenarios, Cullen was quick to point out there is no ideal outcome here. Unlike some of Reos’ past work in which a preferred scenario bubbles up to the surface, the growing uncertainty facing both Whistler and the wider world means “there is no one scenario that is the answer in terms of what we would be driving forward on,” she said. “They each have trade-offs and compromises. Some people winning, per se, and some people losing.”
TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE Concurrent with the scenario planning, the RMOW has been at work on its so-called Balance Model, 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. An update on the model was presented to mayor and council this month, and painted a picture of a resort community projected to see both its resident and visitor numbers continue to rapidly grow over the
next decade. Day-trippers are expected to nearly double within the next few years. The report also predicts Whistler’s resident population will continue to grow, 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, a 57-percent increase over its current population of nearly 14,000. Factoring in day-trippers, overnight guests, seasonal workers and permanent residents, Whistler’s full-time equivalent population is forecast to grow from 40,000 today to 50,000 by 2040—although, if current trends continue, the resort isn’t likely to have enough staff to service the growing need. Due to the lack of bed-unit capacity—there are currently about 62,000 bed units in the resort, more than half of which are residential—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 RMOW strategy analyst Becca Zalmanowitz during the presentation earlier this month. Next for the Balance Model is to examine possible solutions and strategies to mitigate the projected growth pressures.
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NEXT STEPS Now that the scenarios have been finalized, the RMOW plans to roll them out in greater detail in a final report and on its website. The municipality will also work with the Whistler Public Library to display the scenarios and garner community response. It will also partner with local organizations to host discussions on the scenarios, with a potential Whistler Sessions launch event still to be finalized. The RMOW said this work is already beginning to be implemented into the municipality’s strategic planning and discussions among senior management. After the presentation, Councillor Arthur De Jong credited Cullen and municipal staff for undertaking the work at a time when Whistler is already staring down the barrel of a number of systemic challenges. “We are facing regional growth. It’s there. We are facing dramatic climate change. It’s simply happening. The geopolitical condition is a really tough one,” he said. “Simply, at the end of the day, we will go as the global economy goes and geopolitically, how can you call that? So having adaptability, flexibility is so important in key elements of our planning.” In November, the RMOW said the total cost of the project at that time was $96,218. Pique asked for any potential updated costs right before press deadline and had not heard back. -With files from Robert Wisla n
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Whistlerite returns from 10-week volunteering mission in Ukraine ‘IT’S JUST A SHAME IT’S GOING OFF THE RADAR BECAUSE THE WAR AND STRUGGLE THERE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE,’ SAYS KATERINA JEZOWICZOVA
BY BRANDON BARRETT IT WAS THE FIRST time Katerina Jezowiczova had been in her Whistler apartment in more than 10 weeks, and she couldn’t help but see her place in a newfound light. “I got home last night, opened the door of my apartment and I couldn’t believe I had such a nice place. I have a flat screen TV,” she said. “I totally forgot about life here. I’m driving in my car and I’m so thankful of what I have and the people around me.” Jezowiczova’s fresh perspective is well earned. The Czech native just got back from volunteering in Ukraine, a whirlwind two and a half months she spent lending a hand wherever it was needed most. She helped organize much-needed supplies in a Polish warehouse; she cleaned washrooms shared by 800 people at a support centre for displaced Ukrainians in the western city of Lviv; she helped at a military hospital in Cherkasy where she heard the heartwrenching stories of soldiers injured on the frontlines of the largest conventional
military attack since the Second World War. So, why did a 35-year-old from the other side of the planet put her entire life on hold to volunteer in the middle of an active warzone? “Mainly it was the feeling that this is not correct. This is not right,” Jezowiczova said. “A lot of people want to help but can’t because they work or have a family. I was in a position to just go.” The Whistlerite first jumped into action in the weeks following Russia’s brazen lateFebruary invasion, organizing an in-person fundraiser with some friends at the Whistler Racket Club that netted more than $7,000. She also raised more than $12,000 through a GoFundMe campaign that helped fund her on-the-ground efforts with humanitarian organizations such as World Central Kitchen and Poland’s Fundacja Folkowisko. Jezowiczova also documented her efforts through an Instagram account, @ support_brave_ukraine, to keep donors and well-wishers up to date during her time in Europe. Actually connecting with the right people from abroad was no easy feat, but once she landed in Poland, Jezowiczova said her fortune started to turn. “It was really difficult. Before you
are actually on the ground, no one really wanted to talk to me about any details because I was too far away and I believe there are a lot of people who want to go and they get someone’s attention, and then nothing comes from it,” she said. “It feels impossible to go and help when you’re so far away, but once things started
helped prepare meals in the kitchen. One day she made fruit salad for an entire floor. Another she delivered books, crossword puzzles, cookies and flowers—anything to bring a little light into the Ukrainians’ lives. “That was a beautiful day,” she recalled. If there’s anything Jezowiczova wants Whistlerites to take away from her experience, it’s that the now four-monthlong war isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, between Russian advances and a looming supply shortage, the situation is as dire as it has ever been. “I really need people to know this is not going anywhere, even though it’s not at the top of the news anymore. It’s getting even worse because the supplies are going down and down—not enough food, gas, anything,” Jezowiczova said. “People here complain about the price of gas going up, but you know what? Be glad gas is actually there and you can take a full tank. We complain things are so expensive but we don’t realize we actually have the access to it. It’s just a shame it’s going off the radar because the war and struggle there is not going anywhere.” Check out Jezowiczova’s online fundraiser at gofundme.com/f/supportbrave-ukraine. n
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Demand at Whistler Community Services Society continued to increase in 2021 PANDEMIC, INFLATION AND AFFORDABILITY CONTRIBUTED TO SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTS REQUIRING SERVICES
BY ROBERT WISLA WHILE WHISTLER is slowly starting to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact is still reverberating through the community. In 2021 the pandemic, combined with record inflation, led to a substantial number of residents requiring services. This story was presented in stark statistics at the Whistler Community Service Society’s (WCSS) annual general meeting held on June 22. The WCSS is a community social service provider that runs programs like the Whistler Food Bank, Re-Use-It and Re-Build-It centres, lunch programs for children and more. Food bank visits hit 9,365 in 2021, up from 5,782 in 2020, 3,223 in 2019 and 2,773 in 2018. The demographic using the food bank also widened. Eight hundred and forty children used the food bank in 2021, up from 50 in 2020, a 1,580-per-cent increase. The number of people accessing outreach services also increased to 6,128 from 4,922 in 2020. “Over half of our food bank community members pay over 50 per cent of their
income towards rent,” said WCSS executive director Jackie Dickinson. “Our food bank visits have gone up by 337 per cent [since 2018].” On top of the number of people using the food bank and outreach services, Dickinson also highlighted how last summer’s heat dome tested the WCSS in new and challenging ways. “We all have our own experience, and when we knew things were really hot—for me it was when the letters on the side of our building started to fall off. That was my moment,” Dickinson said. “This team moved into action in less than 72 hours. They walked in underground parking garages to make sure our homeless were well taken care of. They provided electrolyte drinks and water in front of the Whistler Public Library for those that were vulnerable and diabetic. Our staff made sure our reusable water bottles were front and centre and were fully hydrated, and stood in front of our stores to make sure that those that needed water and hydration got the support.” In total, 20 groups of people used a new temporary extreme weather centre that was run in coordination with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. The centre was
set up for people to escape their non-airconditioned homes. According to a report by the BC Coroners Service, over seven days, 640 people died in the province due to excessive heat, with 90 per cent of those people living in high-density housing. With the heat dome also came fires. Evacuation alerts and orders were issued for swaths of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District from the Thompson Nicola Regional District border to Duffey Lake. Many of these evacuees would come west to Pemberton and Whistler. Dickinson recounted a story of a Lytton refugee that came to Whistler looking for help after losing her home in the fire. “About 12 months ago, a woman walked into our building a few days after the highest point of the heat alert, and what struck me was she didn’t have any shoes on. She walked into our outreach services, and our outreach team started to see how they can best support her,” said Dickinson. “She had fled Lytton, which we know quickly caught fire in a matter of minutes, and she fled her home. Our outreach services made sure she had water and hydration and that she was connected to the Red Cross and emergency social services locally.”
WCSS staff made sure the woman had clothing, “and she identified that she had grandchildren and that they needed shorts and all the necessary things because they had fled Lytton in a very quick way,” Dickinson added. “The most curious thing I wanted to know was why she didn’t have shoes on. She shared with us that when that community went up in flames, she started driving around, putting every single one of her grandchildren in her car, and she left her shoes at the door. Her priority was to ensure that every small child and her family fled that community.” When it comes to the WCSS’ financial position, donations were down in the first quarter of 2022, but the organization’s past support has allowed it to build up a reserve. “Fortunately, the community was extremely generous again this past year, as were the government and other charities. We had strong support for all these programs,” said WCSS vice chair Steve Aikens. “We definitely have a job for us to build the revenue to support what we do, but we have the reserves to continue supporting the programs we do for the next six months.” Find more info and donate at mywcss.org. n
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New Whistler Security Association aims for more robust crime prevention FORMERLY THE WHISTLER HOTEL LOSS PREVENTION ASSOCIATION, EXPANDED GROUP LOOKS TO BEEF UP INFORMATION SHARING ON SECURITY TRENDS
BY BRANDON BARRETT A NEWLY REVAMPED group in Whistler dedicated to security and loss prevention is looking to add new members and beef up information sharing amongst local businesses and police. Formerly the Whistler Hotel Loss Prevention Association, the new Whistler Security Association has broadened its scope to include any resort businesses that wish to join, and since being revived this spring, has added representation from restaurant and club operators Gibbons Whistler, in addition to its existing hotel members, the RCMP, and Vail Resorts. Spearheaded by the Westin’s loss prevention manager, Darren Stackhouse, the group hadn’t met throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing an analytical background to the association, Stackhouse is hopeful to increase data collection and information sharing among members on issues of security, theft and fraud. “My motto is if it’s not written down then it never happened,” he said. “I’m used to collecting statistics on everything and I
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really feel if as a group we did that, it would allow the RCMP to identify some trends. “I want to make sure that information is codified in some way so that we can actually do something with it.” That information sharing would ideally go both ways, Stackhouse hopes.
improve as a group.” Along with its usual emphasis on petty crime, Stackhouse wants the association to tackle larger issues as well, like organized crime and sex trafficking. “These are the kinds of things that we want to prepare for, not that they’re
during the pandemic. While he didn’t have stats to back this up, anecdotally at least, Miller said there has been a rise in fraudulent transactions in the resort, while bike theft has become more sophisticated. “Obviously this time of year, we haven’t seen a spike in it yet, but bike theft always increases with visitors coming to town, with that many more bikes being stored and secured in all our areas,” he said. “But the Lower Mainland bike thieves know that and start coming up usually in the summer months when the bike park is open.” Like most local jobs, there is a relative shortage of security guards in Whistler, another challenge facing the association. “We don’t have a lot of contract security in Whistler, so if ever we need an extra guard for a night or two, we often have to bring them up from Squamish or Vancouver,” he said. “It’s a difficult situation, so contract security is a concern for us. We have in-house security but not a lot of other hotels can afford that, so oftentimes they do have to rely on contract security. We’d love to see some more up here.” The Whistler Security Association meets bimonthly and is open to all local businesses. n
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“I think it would be useful,” said Whistler RCMP Cpl. Nate Miller. “I think mainly it’s about just keeping each other in the loop and educated on what we’re seeing in our community as police, and what they’re seeing in their establishments, and then working together towards stopping those problems. That could be through education or training. As long as we’re on the same page, then we could definitely
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Arrest made in connection to last summer’s stabbing death in Whistler Village HENRY GARCIA MOLINA WAS STABBED TO DEATH IN WHISTLER VILLAGE LAST AUGUST availability connected to the arrest. Meanwhile, a fundraiser launched last year for the family has raised more than $33,000. “Henry’s loss has been the most painful thing that any parent has had to go through,” his family said in last year’s
BY BRANDON BARRETT AN ARREST has been made in connection to the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Whistler Village last August, the RCMP has confirmed. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a release on June 23 that it arrested and laid charges against 22-yearold Dedaar Jhooty on June 22 following last year’s death of Henry Garcia Molina. Police said that at about 2:09 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2021, RCMP responded after Molina was brought in to the local health clinic with stab wounds. Molina was reportedly stabbed multiple times in front of the Bearfoot Bistro entrance in the Listel Hotel. “Henry’s life was taken senselessly in an act of violence while in Whistler Village simply trying to grab a taxi back to his hotel. Henry’s life did not deserve to be taken away so brutally,” read a statement provided by Molina’s family to IHIT last year. After the attack, investigators canvassed the area and identified “many witnesses,” IHIT said in its release. Homicide detectives
“Henry left a positive impact on everyone he has ever met.” - MOLINA FAMILY
ARREST MADE Investigators on the scene of a homicide by the Listel Hotel in Whistler Village last August. FILE PHOTO BY BRETT GOSSMAN
continued to investigate, with support from the Integrated Forensic Identification Section and the RCMP Forensic Lab. The arrest was made Wednesday, June 22 with the assistance of Richmond RCMP and the E Division Major Crime’s integrated surveillance team, IHIT said. On June 23, prosecutors laid a charge of
manslaughter against Jhooty for his alleged involvement in the stabbing. “Henry Garcia Molina’s death was a shock to his family and the Whistler community,” said Sgt. David Lee of IHIT in the release. “We hope that this arrest provides some closure and solace to his family.” IHIT said there would be no media
statement. “Henry left a positive impact on everyone he has ever met, including all his family members, his friends from school and various sports teams he was a part of. Henry was very involved with the community and admired by many. He was a kind hearted young man who was always willing to help others.” n
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Whistler council votes to increase pay for future councils COUNCIL BRIEFS: INVICTUS GAMES OUTLINED; TENNIS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES FOR FACILITIES
BY ROBERT WISLA WHISTLER’S NEXT MAYOR and council will see higher wages than their predecessors. At its June 21 meeting, council adopted a new remuneration policy that will increase the wages of mayor and council as of Jan. 1, 2023. Councillors’ pay will rise from $41,313 to $48,798, a difference of $7,485, and the mayor’s salary will rise from $105,300 to $128,903—an increase of $23,603. Council remuneration is reviewed every four years, during the last year of the term of each council, and based off of wages in comparable communities. For its purposes, the Resort Municipality of Whistler weighs itself against the City of North Vancouver, the City of Port Moody, the City of White Rock, the District of Maple Ridge, the City of Langley and the City of Port Coquitlam, which are determined to have similar daily populations, annual budgets and employee counts. Salaries for elected officials in Whistler’s comparable municipalities range
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considerably, from $107,760 for the mayor of North Vancouver to $153,675 for the mayor of Port Coquitlam. Wages for councillors range from $42,931 in the City of Langley to $60,867 in the City of Port Moody. Whistler’s new
staff was initially set at $23,603, but factoring in the $10,000 cut, that was brought down to $13,603. By nullifying the 2011 resolution, future Whistler mayors will receive the full increase. The $10,000 “mayor’s haircut,” as
“Times have changed. The job has changed, and I think the next council can always change their minds, but if we take this step, I think it’ll be better moving forward.” - RALPH FORSYTH
remuneration levels will put local elected officials in the middle of the pack. Council also voted unanimously on June 21 to get rid of the $10,000 mayor salary cut resolution that has been in effect since 2011. The mayor’s salary raise recommended by
Councillor Ralph Forsyth called it, was brought in by former Whistler Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden after she was elected in 2011. Forsyth brought forward the resolution to get rid of the salary reduction. “The $10,000 was a campaign promise from several elections ago and the mayor at
the time said, ‘I’m going to take a $10,000 pay cut,’” Forsyth said. “Times have changed. The job has changed, and I think the next council can always change their minds, but if we take this step, I think it’ll be better moving forward.” Whistler councillors all agreed that the councillor job has increasingly become a full-time position as the resort has grown and the time commitment for council has become considerable. “This is going into effect in January of next year, and that’s why this is easy to vote on, because this isn’t about us giving ourselves a raise. We’re not doing that right now. What we’re doing is we’re saying that this job is a tremendous amount of work, [the mayor job] is even more work,” said Coun. Jen Ford. “Whoever steps up to take on this role needs to understand that this isn’t something you do on the weekend off the side of your desk while you do another job ... Whatever we put in, we get out, and this is remuneration that allows people to do this job. It allows people who may not
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NEWS WHISTLER << FROM PAGE 24 otherwise be able to step up and do this job as a volunteer role.” Whistler is a community of 14,000 with a daily population of 40,000, and $23 billion in assets, which present “huge complexities,” according to Coun. Arthur De Jong. “And the mayor is the front face of operating the assets—It’s a very difficult job, and it’s certainly shown through this term the crises that we’ve had to work through,” De Jong said. “So when I look at [the mayor’s] wage, I find it very low, and I have absolutely no problem removing the haircut.”
TRUE PATRIOT LOVE CEO OUTLINES 2025 INVICTUS GAMES IN WHISTLER Whistler and Vancouver will host the 2025 Invictus Games in just three short years. The Invictus Games are a sports competition that brings together injured and disabled armed forces personnel from 25 countries to compete in various sports. Founded by the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, in 2014, this marks the first time the games will be hosted in British Columbia, and the first time the games will include winter sports. The bid to host was led by the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program (WASP) and the True Patriot Love Foundation, a Canadian
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charity that supports veterans and their families. In a presentation to Whistler’s mayor and council on June 21, True Patriot Love Foundation CEO Nick Booth thanked council for its support of the bid and outlined what the games could look like when they arrive in the resort. “What we’ve done in a pioneering, new hybrid format is to take the five most popular indoor sports and the current games that you can do during the winter ... to create the first-ever winter opportunity,” Booth said. “The goal is to use Olympic venues both here and in Vancouver, so we don’t
require building new capital infrastructure anywhere. There may be ways that we can improve accessibility for the existing venues which we are working in partnership with. We hope to welcome roughly 550 competitors from up to 25 nations along with their family, friends and support staff.” The idea to hold the games in Whistler started a few years back when WASP executive director Chelsea Walker and others from the community took part in the Allied Winter Sports Camp hosted by the federal Soldier On program. That discussion filtered back to London and Prince Harry, who got very excited about the idea of holding a winter-focused
Invictus Games. “What’s very important about the Invictus Games is that it is inclusive. It’s not an elite sport,” Booth said, noting that many who take part will be doing so in their respective sports for the first time. “Obviously, we’ll be preparing them through winter sports camps in the run-up so that it’s safe for them to take part, but this is not about high-level athlete journeys to the Paralympic games ... it’s actually about people’s journeys of recovery.” The Invictus Games are also full of “extraordinary testimonies” of sportsmanship, Booth added—stories of athletes that have crossed the finish line together, “or sat on the side of a pool and watched their colleagues from different nations swim the length just so that their goal is to get to the other end,” he said. Further, it will be an “extraordinary experience” to add winter sports to the fold, particularly for the athletes from those Invictus countries that don’t have snow, Booth added. “So Nigeria, Jordan, and Australia are Invictus nations, and it will be an amazing experience for serving members of their militaries and veterans to come to the world’s most famous winter resort and take part on the hills that hosted the 2010 and hopefully the 2030 Olympic Games,” he said. While the games are quite small
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compared to some of the larger sporting events that happen in Whistler and Vancouver, with journalists often outnumbering athletes, Booth believes that these games offer the community an opportunity to improve the capacity for adaptive sports at local facilities for years to come. “We hope not only to leave behind the sort of physical legacy, but also the inspiration that the games will bring for community members,” he said. “When I think back to the earliest games that I took part in in London, seeing children running up to double-leg amputees asking them for their autographs, it certainly is a memory that I hold dearly. I think it will leave a lasting impression on all those who live in Whistler as something that they can feel proud of moving forward.”
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With discussions about proposed concepts for Whistler’s Northlands development ongoing, the Whistler Tennis Association (WTA) continues to advocate for a future for the Whistler Racket Club. The Northlands development is a mixed-use commercial and housing development proposed for the last large undeveloped piece of land in the village centre of Whistler. Proponent Beedie Living brought two development concepts to Whistler’s mayor and council on June 7. The concepts laid out a potential future for the 5.8-hectare site that could see up to 832 bed units built, representing 21 per cent of the total bed units in the village. What was not included in either concept is the existing Whistler Racket Club (WRC) facility on the property, which has become a popular spot for Whistler locals in recent years. After the concepts were brought forward, the WTA launched a petition to “save the WRC,” which has garnered more than 2,330 online signatures in the three weeks since it launched. At Whistler’s June 21 council meeting, WTA director Robert LeBlanc made the case for the future of the Whistler Racket
Club from the perspective of the tennis association. LeBlanc listed several reasons why Whistler should continue having a tennis facility, including economic, environmental and historic obligations the municipality has made to the WTA, and noted that the development should not continue unless a replacement facility is built. “The Northlands development should not eliminate the Whistler Racket Club unless a suitable replacement location can be found and the developer commits to building a replacement recreational facility,” LeBlanc said. “The WTA certainly recognizes that there are other competing needs from the community out there, competing community interests, but our position is that we must protect a very popular and very valuable recreation asset that has a history of 30 years in the community.” According to LeBlanc, tennis grew in popularity by more than 200 per cent between 2010 and 2018, and 400 per cent among youth—numbers that have only increased during the pandemic. “The demand for recreation facilities is only increasing, as mentioned in the recent Balance Model report, which states that the municipality is expected to continue growing rapidly in both residents and daily tourists over the next decade,” said LeBlanc. “And surveys show both from the RMOW and our association that the community is heavily invested in tennis and heavily interested in seeing the WRC manifest itself in a recreational facility,” The hope of the WTA is that the municipality will build a new multiuse racket club facility that includes pickleball, which has become increasingly popular. Ideally the new multi-use facility would have 10 courts, with six of them being indoors, up from the current three indoor courts. “Because there are so many balls in the air, we are asking the council to consider requiring an obligation on the developer to maintain the existing facility until the replacement facility is fully up and running without any loss of continuity for the sport in the community,” LeBlanc said. “We can’t upset the very hard work that’s been put in, the investment that’s been put into the sport over the years.” Follow the project at whistler.ca/ northlands. n
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Tourism staffing not meeting demand for summer travel, says RBC report ACCORDING TO ECONOMISTS, CANADA’S TRAVEL INDUSTRY IS DOWN 177,000 WORKERS
BY MEGAN LALONDE THE LONG AIRPORT queues making headlines across the country aren’t the only proof that travellers are returning to Canadian destinations with extra enthusiasm this summer. In a recent economic outlook report authored by RBC economist Claire Fan, the economist noted that passenger traffic at Canadian airports was, as of May, still running 30 per cent below 2019 levels. “But our own tracking of debit and credit card transactions points to a surge in trip bookings, with purchases of flights and hotels (which often predate actual travel activity) booming back above pre-pandemic levels by mid-March,” she wrote. The issue? Like airlines and airport security, the tourism industry is struggling to keep staffing levels high enough to meet that pent-up demand. As demand for travel continues to power through the “inflationary pressures” currently impacting the economy, “the biggest concern for Canada’s travel businesses may well be supply: amid a
historic labour crunch, the sector is still down 177,000 workers,” according to Fan. One factor fuelling the skyrocketing number of travellers is the savings many Canadians managed to stockpile during the pandemic, when the ability to spend money on leisure or hospitality services was restricted. According to the RBC report, households across the country accumulated a collective $300 billion in savings. “Put in context, that’s three times what Canadians spent annually on tourism prior to the pandemic,” Fan wrote, noting that those savings have been disproportionately concentrated among higher-income households that tend to spend more on discretionary purchases like travel. Statistics released by provincial tourism agency Destination BC show the province welcomed 143,771 international visitors in March of this year. That’s down 58.6 per cent from the same month in 2019, but represents a massive, 1,392.8-per-cent increase from March 2021, when pandemic restrictions were still in effect. Last week, Destination BC also listed the province’s average daily occupancy rate as 76 per cent. That’s up 38 points from 2021, but down 4 points from 2019. Tough labour shortages have been
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putting pressure on a wide variety of industries as of late, but the report pegged employment for travel-related industries in particular at 177,000 short of pre-pandemic levels, as of March. According to Fan’s calculations, there were 80 per cent more hospitality and tourism job postings listed in Canada in April than there were prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. “And with the unemployment rate at its lowest level (5.2 per cent) on record since at least 1976, there simply is not a large pool of unemployed workers to hire from anymore,” she added. That’s partly because “A sizeable share of workers in ‘higher-contact’ industries that were the most restricted during pandemic lockdowns,”—like tourism—“have switched to other lower-contact (and often higherpaid) industries.” The good news for many Whistler employees is that the strong demand for tourism workers will likely accelerate wage growth across the industry. While Canada’s labour market has yet to experience those changes for the most part, leisure and hospitality sector wages south of the border have surged 11 per cent over the last year, according to the report.
Though the ongoing labour shortage has the potential to increase prices across the tourism industry in the coming months, prices for travel services have yet to recover fully, the report stated. They have, however, “been growing at a faster rate recently—led by a recovery in airfares.” International air travel to Canada—the kind of visitor who generally contributes most to Whistler’s economy—is rebounding at a slightly slower rate than travel within Canada, the report said. The same goes for business travel, even as the resort has begun welcoming large groups back to the Whistler Conference Centre. “Prior to the pandemic, around 10 per cent of trips made by Canadian residents were business related,” Fan said. With the rise of virtual meetings and events, some of these trips may never come back, she added. “International trips made for business purposes in Q4 2021 were just over half of levels in the same quarter in 2019. “That is not to say these areas of travel will stay weak forever. With the spread of COVID-19 and related health concerns both easing further, more countries will open up, allowing travellers with ample spending power to enter and deploy their savings.” n
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LiveShare co-living housing project moves one step closer in Pemberton PARKING ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ARE ONCE AGAIN THE KEY CONCERN HOLDING BACK THE CRABAPPLE COURT HOUSING PROJECT
BY HARRISON BROOKS A NEW LIVESHARE co-living housing project in the Village of Pemberton represents an “exciting” prospect for staff and council, but proposed parking variances remain a sticking point. The unique 64-unit project was back before staff and council at Pemberton’s June 21 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. “We’re really excited about it because this is a new style of living, which is about putting people together,” said VOP consulting planner Cameron Chalmers at the meeting. “So getting your own private space, but creating a community where the people that live here … create new connections.” When the proposal was last brought before the COW at the Aug. 31, 2021 meeting, the main hold up for local officials was a requested parking variance which would see the number of parking stalls drop from the one-per-unit norm, as per the zoning bylaw, down to just 25 parking stalls in total. “We know that council had some significant concerns about the viability of parking in that area. We had internal
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discussions which ultimately resulted in the applicant undertaking a fairly comprehensive review of parking in that area and options and strategies for addressing parking,” said Chalmers, about bringing on Bunt and Associates Transportation Planners and Engineers to do a comprehensive parking assessment for the proposed location at 7340 Crabapple Court.
According to Chalmers, the uniqueness of the project—which proposes micro-suites with communal kitchen, dining, lounge and laundry facilities as well as car-share and shuttle services—may be more interesting to people looking for more affordable options, and because of that, the parking demand could be lower than the one-stallper-unit bylaw.
“[R]eally, if anything, this report from Bunt just reaffirms my approach that there is not enough parking for that particular project.” - TED CRADDOCK
“So the idea today is to outline and discuss some of those alternatives, to look at the range of options that may exist to ease the parking burden in this project, to look at some of the rationale and justification that went into the report, and ultimately, we’re requesting that the Committee of the Whole provide clear direction around moving towards implementation of some of those recommendations as a prerequisite to consideration of the final development permit.”
The Bunt report found that similar projects have a parking stall demand of just 0.47 stalls per unit, which would equate to 30 stalls for the 64-unit building. The Bunt report also listed surrounding streets as potential parking within a fiveminute walk of the building, which would bring the total potential parking spaces up to 92. However, as pointed out by Councillor Ted Craddock, many of the streets listed in the proposal will not be available for on-street parking for the project, “and really, if
anything, this report from Bunt just reaffirms my approach that there is not enough parking for that particular project,” he said. While the updated proposal now includes 41 parking stalls, including 14 for the Gateway building as part of a previous covenant that may be shared among the residents for overnight parking, VOP councillors are still concerned the variance in parking will cause too much congestion on the surrounding streets. “There’s a couple unfortunate things in terms of time and we don’t have the regional transit system in place that we’d like to. If that was fully installed right now, I would be more in agreement that many of the residents won’t be car dependent. And if it wasn’t right in that neighborhood that’s already suffering some parking pressures, I would also feel a little bit more relaxed about that,” said Mayor Mike Richman. “I do think this will put a little bit of pressure on the neighborhood, but I do believe you’ve done a great job to bring forward some options and to look at how we can mitigate this. I think a little more work needs to be done on that to maybe reduce that variance request, provide a little bit more parking or more options, but I feel you’re headed in the right direction.” In the end, the committee moved to let staff, once again, look for solutions to the parking issues to be included in a to-bedetermined parking variance. n
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NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY
Annual SOFI report highlights top SLRD earners SLRD SPENT $2.8 MILLION ON WAGES IN 2021
BY ROBERT WISLA THE SQUAMISH-LILLOOET Regional District’s (SLRD) annual Statements of Financial Information report detailing the district’s top earners, as well as payments made to suppliers in the previous year, is being presented to the SLRD board this week. In 2021, the regional district spent $15,402,944 on wages for staff, elected officials and suppliers. The SLRD board is comprised of 10 elected representatives from the region’s four member municipalities (Whistler, Squamish, Lillooet and Pemberton) and four electoral areas. Last year, the board accounted for $244,339 in wages and $9,634 in expenses, with one third of the expenses coming from Electoral Area D Director Tony Rainbow, who expensed $3,201. The number of SLRD employees making
more than $75,000 also increased in 2021, from 15 to 18. The top five earners were chief administrative officer Melany Helmer ($207,513); director of legislative and corporate services Kristen Clark ($164,673); director of finance Suzanne Lafrance ($136,611); director of protective services Sarah Morgan ($135,574); and director of planning and development Kimberly Needham ($131,771). The total remuneration for employees over $75,000 added up to $1,958,950. Including $883,459 for employees earning less than $75,000, the total spent on staffing in 2021 was $2,842,409—up from the $2,494,202 the SLRD paid to its staff in 2020. The SLRD also tallied $61,036 in staff expenses in 2021, with $42,752 coming from employees making over $75,000. The top expenses came from building official Jay McEwen ($7,078), Needham ($6,237) and Clark ($5,045). The SLRD also spent nearly a million dollars more on suppliers in 2021 than 2020,
GROWTH PATTERNS The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District’s annual Statements of Financial Information report shows modest growth in spending at the regional district. Pictured is housing under construction near Pemberton. PHOTO BY ROBERT WISLA
spending $8,233,487 in 2021 compared to $7,382,393 in 2020. The top supplier payments were to the Receiver General of Canada ($873,527—for policing costs), the Village of Pemberton ($611,169), and GFL Environmental ($551,963).
The regional district also distributed $655,761 in grants in 2021. The top grant recipients were the District of Lillooet ($269,208), Minto Communications Society ($88,509) and the Bridge River Valley Community Association ($67,513). Find the full report at slrd.bc.ca. n
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The Pemberton Secondary School Graduating Class of 2022 would like to thank the following businesses for their generous contributions to Prom: Riverlands - Red Barn Pemberton Valley Supermarket Town Square Restaurant Ronayne Family Pemberton Bottle Depot & Recycling Centre Whistler Conference Centre Special thank you, also, to the amazing parent and grad volunteers, and to Gail and Graeme Harris for hosting the after party. We could not have done it without you!
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turtles malformed by plastic six-pack rings, dead birds with stomachs full of debris, animals smothered by plastic bags… Our excessive use of disposable plastics is disastrous, not just for wildlife, but for us as well. Canada is starting to take it seriously, with a ban on several single-use plastic items starting in December. Manufacturing and importing plastic bags, takeout containers, single-use plastic straws, stir sticks, cutlery and six-pack rings will be banned by December, sales by the
BY DAVID SUZUKI end of next year and exports by the end of 2025. The goal is to keep “15.5 billion plastic grocery bags, 4.5 billion pieces of plastic cutlery, three billion stir sticks, 5.8 billion straws, 183 million six-pack rings and 805 million takeout containers” from littering lands and waters and ending up in landfills every year. (There’s an exception to the straw ban for people who require them for medical or accessibility reasons.) Although the timeline seems long and the list of items short, government faced enormous pressure from industry, including legal battles. Plastics companies and organizations have challenged the government over jurisdiction, arguing regulation should be left to provinces, and over scientific assessments and classification of plastic manufactured items as “toxic.”
The government is starting with the most common and harmful items but isn’t ruling out banning other single-use plastic products. That’s important because those banned make up only about five per cent of Canada’s plastic waste. Recycling is only a partial solution as less than 10 per cent of plastic waste in Canada is recycled, with 3.3 million tonnes, much of it packaging, thrown out annually, according to the CBC. With the ban, Canada is catching up to other countries. France banned most of the items last year, and is now phasing in further bans on items such as packaging on fruits, vegetables and newspapers, plastic in tea bags and toys handed out with fast food meals. Making bans work requires education and ensuring sustainable options are available when needed. Because the ban is limited, it will also mean preventing companies from switching to alternatives that are no better, such as shrink wrap instead of drink container rings. The greatest challenge is from industry. As the oil industry faces rising concerns about pollution, climate disruption and global instability, it has been looking to plastics to increase demand. Oil giant BP has predicted plastics will represent 95 per cent of the net growth in oil demand between 2020 and 2040. Because of increasing restrictions and public pressure in the industrialized world, the plans hinge on pushing plastics in places like Africa. As well as being a major pollution source, plastic is fuelling the climate crisis. Carbon dioxide emissions are produced at every stage of its life cycle, averaging about five tonnes of CO2 per tonne of
[G]ven the excessive amounts of plastic choking lands, rivers, wetlands, lakes, oceans and even air, industry should work to get ahead of the ban.
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Almost all plastic is a byproduct of the oil industry, which has also pushed back. For example, Imperial Oil filed a notice of objection to the government’s classifying plastics as “toxic substances” under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The restaurant industry and the provinces of Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec have also pushed back against regulations. But given the excessive amounts of plastic choking lands, rivers, wetlands, lakes, oceans and even air, industry should work to get ahead of the ban, phasing out the six targeted items and other non-essential plastics sooner rather than later. And the public and governments must get behind the call to expand the ban to more items. Public pressure has already helped, with the ban on exports—originally exempted— added since last December.
plastic—more if it’s burned. According to a Vox article, “That’s roughly twice the CO2 produced by a tonne of oil.” Plastics can be useful, especially in medical and public health settings— although alternatives are increasing. But most of the plastic we use and throw away is unnecessary. Just as we must stop using fossil fuels, we must also move away from their plastic byproducts. Canada’s ban is a good start, but we need to go further, and faster. It’s one area where our personal choices can make a big difference. New government standards make that easier. There’s no future in plastics. 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
More Wild Atlantic Way MY PREVIOUS COLUMN (“The Wild Atlantic Way,” Pique, June 18), delved into a recent trip on which I was introduced to one of the world’s great tourism branding wins—the Wild Atlantic Way, a 2,500-kilometre network lacing Ireland’s labyrinthine and picturesque west coast from Donnegal to West Cork. I began my tale where we first parked ourselves:
BY LESLIE ANTHONY in Connemara, with its national park, bigmountain hikes, and splendiferous but oddly placed Kylemore Abbey. In addition to stunning landscapes and almost constant ocean overlooks, quirk and charm began the moment we were checked into the historic Leenane Hotel (think The Shining) by a Swede whose fluent Swinglish carried a faintly Irish accent. This became a theme—a range of enthusiastic foreign nationals running hospitality businesses (like the genuine French bistro in Leenane), having taken advantage of a mobile EU and/ or Ireland’s net immigration policy. Everyone we met who’d come from away loved living here; for most it was doubtless friendlier than their place of origin. Why? Because Ireland, which seems interminably hospitable. Almost everyone loves to talk but no one cares who you are. One day we drove north to Westport, set in a deep recess of the archipelagic Clew Bay. Looking to stop, we turned into a seaside pub that was about to open. Since we were first through the door,
CLIFFHANGER The Cliffs of Moher… and more. 12 Euros until inflation gets hold of it. PHOTO BY LESLIE ANTHONY
the elderly bartender struck up an in-depth conversation covering Ukraine, Whistler, monkeypox, and the famous pilgrimage and residence of St. Patrick atop nearby 2,500metre Croagh Patrick—all in the blink it took for our Guinness to settle. Tucking ourselves into an alcove with our pints, a woman in starched-whites appeared and shared that it was the bartender’s birthday; they’d made a cake and the staff was coming out of the kitchen to sing happy birthday; since we were clearly now his friends, would we like to join? “You can have some cake as well!” she whisper-shouted. It was actually pretty good. Leaving Leenane we headed south to Clifden, an under-the-radar town where, in 1905, Guglielmo Marconi built the first highpower wireless telegraph station between
hangout of note to international tourist destination. I’d been there 34 years ago, when a friend I was staying with in Kilkee suggested we head up the coast to a pub where locals played music every night and the craic was good. We drove hours in darkness and pouring rain before a tiny light appeared in the maelstrom: Fitz’s Pub, set at the only intersection in town. Inside were farmers and peat-cutters in wellies; fishermen in big sweaters; a haze of smoke like you wouldn’t believe; and a fist of people in the corner playing pipes, hand drums, and fiddles, with audience members liberally switching in and out of the jam. It was magical. In the intervening decades this grassroots scene gained fame as a showcase of Irish pub culture. Now a half-dozen
[T]he elderly bartender struck up an in-depth conversation covering Ukraine, Whistler, monkeypox, and the famous pilgrimage and residence of St. Patrick atop nearby 2,500metre Croagh Patrick—all in the blink it took for our Guinness to settle. Europe and North America (its sister station was in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia), and where the first transatlantic flight in 1919 crash-landed in a bog. We took Clifden’s real measure on the Sky Road, an 11-km drive along bays that rose 150m above sea level at Slyne Head, with views of the North Atlantic, Clifden Castle, nearby islands and the town. Continuing south the next day, we backtracked around Galway Bay to the town where we’d spend several days—Doolin, which has recently morphed from local
pubs do the same thing every night, with a hundred hotels and B&Bs to accommodate the visitors. Having experienced the real thing in its infancy, we weren’t there for this slice of commercialized culture, but to hike and explore the nearby Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark. We couldn’t quite escape the industrial tourism, however: the Cliffs of Moher, which I’d also checked out all those years ago by stumbling through a muddy cow pasture to their edge, now featured a
parking lot that could accommodate 500 cars and 30 tour buses, a gift shop and other concessions, paved paths, and a €12-perperson charge for its annual 1.6 million visitors. The farmer who owned the cow pasture is making bank. The Burren, happily, was yang to that yin: nobody around. You were in a Geopark but signs to that—or any—effect were at a premium. Finding the main trails wasn’t easy but the reward great, as it wound up onto the spectacular exposed former reefs and sediments of an ancient sea subsequently ground bare by Pleistocene glaciers, with rare flowers springing from fissures in the rock. After the Burren, things took a beachy turn along the Dingle Peninsula, with endless sandy horseshoes to enjoy, a rainy high traverse across three peaks, B&Bs set in jungle-like surroundings, a hike to the westernmost point in Europe, and a chance meeting with a Vancouver friend who’d seen our Instagram posts and texted that he was in Inch Beach—which (map-wise) we were mere inches from. The surf town of Inch is basically that—a handful of houses and a pub—but the beach is a spectacular five-kilometre strand backed by mountains. We wound up the trip at a friend’s place in West Cork in Ireland’s deep south, bathed in sun and beaches galore, surrounded by palm trees and ocean breezes, eating outdoors like Tuscan royalty, and daily hikes to headlands pocked with the remains of Ireland’s 30,000 (that’s right) castles. The Wild Atlantic Way, which stitched together so much geography and culture, delivered an enjoyably tame end. Leslie Anthony is a biologist, writer and author of several popular books on environmental science. ■
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1) Whistler’s Northlands are currently undergoing an enhanced rezoning process, which may see the existing Whistler Racket Club facilities moved (or just removed). In what year were the existing facilities built? A: 1988 B: 1993 C: 2002 D: 2010 2) The Sea to Sky transit strike ended June 14 after 137 days, making it the longest transit strike in B.C.’s history. How long was the second longest strike? A: 108 days B: 96 days C: 123 days D: 134 days 3) Whistlerites will elect a new mayor and council on Oct. 15. How many people ran for Whistler’s six council seats in 2018? A: 9 B: 20 C: 6 D: 16 4) According to the 2021 census, Whistler’s population is now just under 14,000. How much has it changed since the 2016 census? A: Up 14 per cent C: Down four per cent
B: Up eight per cent D: Up 19 per cent
5) Last year, the Resort Municipality of Whistler sued Pique Newsmagazine over its coverage of a ransomware attack on the municipality. How much did the RMOW spend on legal fees? A: $28,219.52 C: $11,415.96
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B: Where Have All the Good People Gone? D: Betty Gonna Boop Tonight
7) The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s Balance Model initiative predicts a busy future for the resort. How much more traffic congestion (defined as more than 1,000 cars on the highway at once) is expected by 2040? A: 50 per cent more C: 10 per cent more
B: 25 per cent more D: 75 per cent more
8) Nearly five years after legalization, Whistler is working towards opening its first cannabis shops. Where was B.C.’s first legal pot shop opened? A: Kamloops C: Tofino
B: Prince George D: Vancouver
9) Parking infractions made up the vast majority of bylaw infractions in Whistler in 2021, at 99 per cent. What came second? A: Dogs off-leash C: Park-related infractions
B: Smoking in public D: Naked bear wrestling
10) Whistler’s Town Plaza Medical Clinic closed on May 1, further exacerbating the ongoing physician shortage in Whistler. In what year did Whistler get its first doctor? A: 1966 B: 1994 C: 2006 D: 1980
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ANSWERS 1: B. In 1993, developer Park Georgia built three indoor courts, seven outdoor courts and a dining facility, today all operated by the Whistler Racket Club. 2: C. A 2001 transit strike in Metro Vancouver lasted 123 days. 3: B. 4: D. Whistler’s permanent population grew 19 per cent between 2016 and 2022, from 11,746 to 13,982, according to the census. 5: A. 6: D. “Betty Gonna Boop Tonight” is not a real song—even if we kinda wish it was. 7: A. A recent report estimated that increased traffic in Whistler could result in an additional two hours of congestion per day. 8: A. A BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops was the first to secure a legal licence in the province, with Kamloops city council voting to approve the licence less than 24 hours before marijuana became legal in Canada in October 2018. 9: C. Parking infractions accounted for more than 99 per cent of the 17,676 bylaw tickets issued in 2021, and parks-related infractions came a distant second with just 26 tickets issued. 10: D. There was infrequent medical care available in the resort as early as the late 1960s, but it wasn’t until 1980, when two local doctors set up practices, that full-time medical care came to Whistler.
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CANADIANA 1) What provinces have French as an official language? A: Quebec C: All provinces
B: Quebec, Manitoba and New Brunswick D: None
2) Most Canadians know our first Prime Minister was John A. MacDonald. But who was the country’s second PM? A: Amor De Cosmos C: Alexander Mackenzie
B: John Abbott D: Mackenzie Bowell
3) Which of the following mammals can only be found in Canada? A: Wood bison C: Peary caribou
B: Eastern wolf D: All of the above
4) What is the newest national park created in Canada? A: Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve B: South Okanagan Similkameen National Park Reserve C: Revelstoke National Park D: Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 5) Toronto hosts North America’s largest single-day parade. What is it? A: Pride Parade B: Caribbean Carnival C: Santa Claus Parade D: Labour Day Parade 6) Canada’s highest mountain is located in which province or territory? A: British Columbia C: Yukon
B: Alberta D: Nunavut
7) The Aroostook War of 1838-39 led to the death of? A: A bear C: A parrot named Jack
B: A thousand Americans D: A surveying party
8) How many First Nation communities are there in Canada? A: 630 B: 500 C: 100 D: 1000+ 9) How many points does the maple leaf on the Canadian flag have? A: 8 B: 10 C: 11 D: 13 10) Which Canadian city is considered the most educated? A: Vancouver B: Montreal C: Winnipeg D: Ottawa
ANSWERS 1: B. Quebec, Manitoba and New Brunswick all have French as official languages. Ontario has no official language but has 26 French language service areas. 2: C. Mackenzie was in office from 1873 to 1878. 3: D. 4: A. Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve was created in 2019 and is Canada’s 48th national park. It is located in the Northwest Territories on the east arm of the Great Slave Lake. 5: B. Formerly known as Caribana, this celebration of Caribbean culture typically sees 1.3 million people taking in the final-day parade. 6: C. The highest mountain in Canada is Mount Logan. Rising 5,956 metres, it is the second tallest mountain in North America. 7: A. During the otherwise bloodless boundary dispute between the British colony of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine, a black bear attacked three New Brunswickers, who shot it dead. 8: A. According to statistics Canada, there are 630 First Nation communities across the country, representing more than 50 Nations and 50 Indigenous languages. 9: C. The flag was originally designed with 13 points, but that was reduced to 11 because it was considered hard to see the maple leaf shape from a distance. 10: D. With a third of the population holding university degrees, Canada’s national capital is the most educated—but that doesn’t mean it’s the most intelligent. That distinction goes to Winnipeg, which was in fact named the world’s most intelligent city for 2021 by global think-tank, the Intelligent Community Forum.
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Charming 3 bedroom plus studio suite chalet in Alpine Meadows. Quiet setting on a flat lot with Hot Tub and big deck. The home features a wood burning fireplace, heated floors in front entry and bathrooms and has plenty of storage.
A great opportunity to design your own home in the residential area of Bayshores. Original Duplex, requires a full renovation, providing an amazing chance to give it your personal touch and realize your own ideas.
Phase II revenue producing one bedroom suite in the Delta Whistler Village Suites by Marriott. Very central location with everything in walking distance. The Delta features an outdoor pool, gym and Hot Tub. Owner usage 28 days in summer and 28 days in winter.
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1432 ALDER DRIVE PEMBERTON
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 Square Feet:3,386
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Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Feet:1,297
Square Foot: 2,151
Beautiful custom designed family home with a large private fenced backyard and an oversized deck. Spacious and bright living areas with warm custom woodwork, wood burning fireplace, lots of natural light and a 1 bdrm revenue suite & a nanny or in-laws quarters.
Rare 3 bedroom condo centrally located in the heart of downtown Pemberton. Completely renovated Elements home is all about comfort & convenience. Open concept living, dining & an oversized “Mt. Currie view” balcony. 2 underground parking spaces & a storage area.
This warehouse space is in the thriving Pemberton Industrial Park. 2,151 sq. ft. of open concept warehouse space with two over height garage doors. The zoning of this strata lot allows a wide variety of commercial and industrial uses.
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#20 ELEVATE, 4000 SUNSTONE WAY
1360 COLLINS ROAD
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2.5 Square Feet:2,200 This spacious, elegant duplex features an open-concept layout complete with designer finishes and expansive deck to enjoy unobstructed mountain views. Thoughtfully designed for your active Pemberton lifestyle, Elevate duplexes are ideal for growing families or the perfect weekend home with plenty of room to entertain.
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3.5 Square Feet:4,404 A rare and unique opportunity to own a 10-acre legacy property on the most coveted street in the Pemberton Valley. This beautiful custom home features timber frame post and beam construction, hardwood floors, and floor-to-ceiling windows framing the views and southern exposure. Live the relaxed rural lifestyle you have always dreamed of!
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Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square Feet: 1,490
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square Feet: 1,045
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This great corner unit in Expedition Station is located in the heart of downtown Pemberton, walking distance to shops, restaurants and services. One car garage and storage loft, these units are a rarity in Pemberton, so be in touch if this is exactly what you are looking for!
This four bedroom townhome is conveniently laid out with the main bedrooms and living space/kitchen all on one level, plus a bonus kitchen and bedroom on the ground floor. Features include a two car garage and spacious back deck with stairs down to the fenced yard.
One of the few remaining large lots in town at almost 1 acre with subdividing potential. Home was fully renovated in 2018 by a Licensed Contractor. Enjoy the huge east facing sundeck with unobstructed mountain and valley views. A must see!
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1370 FERNWOOD DRIVE
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#5-7480 COTTONWOOD STREET
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Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square Feet:600 Steps to Whistler Mtn, shops and restaurants. Spacious layout including spa like bathrooms, double sided fireplace, euro kitchen, private laundry and features pool, sauna, steam, gym, hot tub, movie and games room! Enjoy being slope-side for a quarter of the price!
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This “super-sized” one bedroom property in Glacier Lodge is unique. It’s handicap accessible; has a large foyer for all your gear; plus, a separate bunk room for the kids. Located in one of the most ideal spots for your enjoyment of Whistler all year round.
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5B OWL LANE
#31 - 4000 SUNSTONE WAY
7C MERLOT PEAK DRIVE
Square Foot: 17,279
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 Square Feet: 2,026
Square Foot: 22,425
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Sunstone is Pemberton’s premier location with sweeping views of Mt. Currie and all-day sun. Integrated with its natural setting, the growing neighbourhood features green space, and convenient access to endless recreational opportunities.
This spacious, elegant duplex features an open concept layout complete with designer finishes & expansive deck to enjoy unobstructed mountain views. Thoughtfully designed for your active Pemberton lifestyle, Elevate duplexes are ideal for growing families.
Located 200 feet above the valley floor, Phase 2B and 2C consist of 25 carefully planned lots ranging in size from 11,700 square feet to 32,800 square feet with zoning that allows for a carriage house and nightly rentals. Lot pricing includes extensive site improvements.
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8007 CYPRESS PLACE WHISTLER
Bedrooms: 4.5 Bathrooms: 3.5 Square Feet: 3,602
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2619 WOLVERINE CRESCENT
4942 HORSTMAN LANE
Bedrooms: 4.5 Bathrooms: 4 Square Feet: 2,821
Bedrooms: 4.5 Bathrooms: 5.5 Square Feet: 4049
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Situated on a 15,289 sq ft lot in desirable Cypress Place. Exuding mountain elegance & fine finishing, vaulted ceilings and beautifully exposed beams, expansive windows allowing lots of natural light and beautiful views. Nightly rentals permitted.
Rare opportunity to own a home with a ski home trail steps from your front door. A 10 minute walk to Whistler Village, Creekside, the Valley Trail and the Bike Park. Nestled amongst the trees with vaulted ceilings and great views. 2 Car garage and revenue suite.
Horstman Lane is an exclusive neighbourhood on Blackcomb Mountain, located right on the ski hill with a ski home trail. This private, luxury residence is minutes from the Fairmont Golf Course, the Valley Trail and everything Whistler Village has to offer.
Chalet
Chalet
Chalet
$5,995,000
$3,895,000
$7,995,000
SOLD Personal Real Estate Corporation
DAN SCARRATT
dan@wrec.com | 604 938 4444
2269 BRANDYWINE WAY
16-1450 VINE ROAD
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 Square Feet: 2,500
Bedrooms: 3.5 Bathrooms: 2 Square Feet: 1,467
WHISTLER
PEMBERTON
Must see high-end contemporary home nestled high in the woods with an expansive outdoor living space for entertaining in privacy. Designed to host, this residence offers 4 bedrooms, an outdoor sauna & shower, built-in sound system, a hot tub on the deck, and plenty of space for family and friends.
Come home to this updated bright and spacious 3.5 bedroom/2 bathroom end unit townhouse in the Peaks! Soak in the summer days and nights from your private deck overlooking the expansive green space and Mount Currie views. Easy access to One Mile Lake and its network of trails.
Chalet
Townhouse
$3,499,000
$979,000
KATELYN SPINK LINDSAY GRAHAM KRIS SKOUPAS
Condominium
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Bedrooms: 1.5 Bathrooms: 1 Square Feet: 747 This one bedroom plus loft is nicely updated and is situated on the Main Street side of the building with a view of the mountains. Modern kitchen with granite countertops, gas fireplace and additional sleeping or living space in the loft. Tyndall Stone Lodge owners and guests enjoy use of the year-round heated outdoor pool and hot tub and secure underground parking. Nightly rentals are permitted in this property. GST is not applicable!
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$1,639,000
NEW PRICE
#224C - 2036 LONDON LANE CREEKSIDE
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square Feet: 951 You can’t beat this Creekside location at the base of Whistler Mountain! The large floor plan offers an open living space with a fully equipped kitchen, a cozy gas fireplace, and a covered balcony for relaxing summer evenings. Enjoy 1 week out of every 4 for unlimited personal use or earn revenues through the onsite rental management.
Condominium 1/4 share
$319,000
SOLD
1305 EAGLE DRIVE
#11-6800 CRABAPPLE DRIVE
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4.5 Square Feet: 4,116
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square Feet: 660
PEMBERTON
WHISTLER
Thoughtfully designed, custom, West Coast Modern home featuring unobstructed mountain and valley views. An Executive residence like no other, offering five bedrooms in total, which includes a one bedroom suite. Features include an open concept floor plan, gourmet kitchen, 2 car garage, triple pane windows and sound system throughout.
This charming well kept two bedroom/two bathroom ranch style townhome has it all! Located in the ever popular Whistler Cay Estates, Alta Lake Resort is a quiet complex spread out over 7 acres. Enjoy all day sun on your large deck, walk over to the private beach on Alta Lake or canoe down the River of Golden Dreams!
Chalet
Townhouse
$2,199,000
$995,000
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2) How many candidates ran for mayor in Whistler’s 2018 municipal election? A: 5 B: 3 C: 8 D: 1 3) How many regional districts are there in British Columbia? A: 10 B: 27 C: 164 D: 5 4) How many countries does Canada share a land border with? A: 1 B: 2 C: 5 D: 8 5) How many new Canadian provinces have been proposed to be created over the years? A: 3 B: 25+ C: 13 D: None 6) The first European power to claim land in Canada was? A: Portugal B: England C: France D: Spain 7) What British territory has attempted to join Canada? A: The Falkland Islands B: Turks and Caicos C: Pitcairn Islands D: All of the above 8) In 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became embroiled in the WE Charity scandal. In a nutshell, what did it entail? A: A backroom deal that saw the PM siphoning grant funding for the charity into his own pockets. B: Trudeau wearing black face at a gala held in honour of the charity. C: A large gala event attended by hundreds in contravention of COVID capacity limits. D: The discovery that Trudeau’s close family members had been paid to attend WE Charity events prior to Ottawa awarding a $912-million contract to the organization. 9) In the 2019 federal election, which party leader ran against a candidate with the same name? A: Elizabeth May B: Andrew Scheer C: Maxime Bernier D: Justin Trudeau 10) Which Canadian hockey player was also a Member of Parliament during his playing days? A: Patrick Roy B: Guy Lafleur C: Red Kelly D: Mike Bossy
ANSWERS 1: A. Canada has 21 registered political parties, five of which have seats in Parliament: the Greens, NDP, Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois. 2: D. Jack Crompton ran unopposed and was acclaimed as mayor. Whistlerites head back to the polls on Oct. 15. 3: B. 4: B, As of 2022, Canada now shares land borders with two countries. The United States and Denmark (via Greenland). Canada agreed to split Hans Island in the far north of the country in half, giving Canada a 1.2-kilometre land border with Greenland, ending the so-called ‘Whisky War’ in a draw. 5: B. Dozens of proposals have come up for new provinces. These range from serious movements like the creation of a Francophone state for Acadians in New Brunswick to various Caribbean islands—and even Vancouver Island splitting off from B.C. to become its own polity again. 6: A. The King of Portugal first laid claim to what is now Newfoundland in the early 1500s. They gave it the name that it continues to have, Terra Nova. 7: B. Turks and Caicos is a collection of islands and islets in the Caribbean home to about 35,000 people. All its attempts to join Canada have failed due to a variety of complicated issues. 8: D. An investigation into the scandal found that Ottawa gave preferential treatment to the charity throughout the process, allowing it to revise its proposal numerous times and failing to put out a call for proposals from other possible organizations. Allegations of corruption and labour law violations have dogged the charity, despite its continued operations around the world. 9: C. In the riding of Beauce, Que, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier ran against the satirical Rhinoceros Party’s own Maxime Bernier. Neither won, with Conservative candidate Richard Lehoux taking the riding. 10: C. Red Kelly was a Liberal MP for York West in Toronto from 1962 to ’65. His Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup twice while he was in office.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT 1) Since its arrival in Canada in 2020, many liquor stores have had trouble keeping this trend-setting hard seltzer on the shelves. Although it has been claimed as America’s easy-drinking adult beverage of the summer for a few years now, it is actually owned by Vancouver-based Mark Anthony Brands. What is it? A: Mike’s Hard Lemonade B: Nude C: White Claw D: NUTRL 2) This unique, half-moon cutting tool that is used exclusively in northern Canada and is traditionally made from caribou antler, muskox horn or walrus ivory holds great cultural significance for the Inuit. A: The ulu B: The qajak C: The kakivak D: The qulliq 3) This well-known Canadian magazine that started in 1975 is North America’s secondlongest running food publication.
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A: Chatelaine B: NUVO C: Eat Magazine D: Canadian Living 4) Montreal’s first bagel shop opened in 1919 and the Montreal-style bagel soon became a phenomenon in La Belle Province and beyond. What makes Montreal bagels distinct? A: They use rice flour instead of wheat flour C: They’re larger and doughier
B: They’re baked in brick ovens D: Egg and honey is used in the dough
5) Canadians eat more donuts per capita than anywhere else in the world. How many donuts on average do Canadians eat per year? A: <300 million B: <500 million C: <800 million D: <1 billion 6) B.C.’s Joseph Coyle invented the egg carton in 1911 after hearing an argument between a farmer and hotelier, whose eggs arrived broken from being transported in a basket. Which town can lay claim to this handy invention? A: Golden B: Telkwa C: Lillooet D: Fort Nelson 7) New Brunswick has its own style of pancake, originating from its Acadian population. What is this thin, spongy buckwheat pancake called? A: Flapjack B: Crepe C: Ploye D: Injera 8) Which highly anticipated new fine dining restaurant from Araxi founder Jack Evrensel—slated to open soon—has been called “the most important Whistler restaurant opening in a decade?” A: Provisions B: Wild Blue C: Joe Fortes D: Noma 9) Rumoured to have launched based on the popularity of West Indies rum in the 18th century—which was notoriously difficult and costly to ship in—Canada’s first recorded distillery opened in 1789 in what city? A: Toronto B: Montreal C: Quebec City D: Kingston 10) About 35.5 metric tonnes of food in Canada is tossed every year. What percentage of all the food produced domestically does that represent? A: ~40% B: ~50% C: ~60% D: ~70%
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1: C. 2: A. 3: D. 4: D. Those ingredients, as well as being glazed in honey water, give Montreal-style bagels a hint of sweetness. They also tend to be thinner and chewier than their New York counterparts, with a larger hole in the middle. 5: D. 6: B. 7: C. Made from buckwheat, all-purpose flour, baking powder and water, the ploye is an efficient way to fill up and can be eaten with sweet toppings such as molasses and maple syrup, or paired with cretons, a kind of pork pâté common in French-Canadian cuisine. 8: B. Adjacent to the Aava Hotel, Wild Blue will be focused on elevated Pacific Northwestern cuisine and was originally slated to open this spring, but has since been delayed. 9: C. 10: C. That’s according to a 2021 study by Second Harvest and Value Chain Management International, which found that of all the food-waste loss in Canada every year, 32 per cent was avoidable and edible food, about 11.2 metric tonnes worth.
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9) For several months in 2018, Vancouver-born comedian Seth Rogen was the voice of the SkyTrain in his native city. He stepped in to do the job after which fellow celebrity became embroiled in a Me-Too controversy? A: James Franco B: Louis CK C: Jeremy Piven D: Morgan Freeman
1) Which of the following artists holds the longest streak for a Canadian atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a smash bilingual hit they were featured on that stayed at No. 1 for 16 consecutive weeks? A: Drake B: Justin Bieber C: Bryan Adams D: Celine Dion 2) This unique Whistler event was born out of the pandemic and will return for its third edition this August. A: Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival C: Art on the Lake… Literally
B: Anonymous Art Show D: Teeny Tiny Art Show
3) Which iconic Canadian artist’s painting, The Crazy Stair, sold for a record $3.39 million in 2014 and now belongs in the permanent collection of Whistler’s Audain Art Museum? A: E.J. Hughes B: Tom Thomson C: Emily Carr D: Jean-Paul Riopelle 4) Yukon’s Gurdeep Pandher became a viral sensation during the pandemic for his infectious dance moves. What style of dance does he perform? A: Breakdancing B: Bharatnatyam C: Bhangra D: Khattak 5) Who is (probably) the best-selling Canadian author of all time?
10) Which famous comic-book superhero was co-created by a Canadian? A: Superman B: Batman C: Spiderman D: Wolverine
ANSWERS 1: B. Bieber featured on the 2017 international chart-topper, “Despacito,” alongside Puerto Rico’s Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. 2: C. 3: C. 4: C. Bhangra is an energetic Punjabi folk dance and musical style that has grown into an international phenomenon. 5: B. While there is no official curated list of best-selling Canadian authors, it is likely children’s author Robert Munsch, whose catalogue of 50 books has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. 6: A. The groundbreaking contemporary painter and mixed-media artist blends pop-art iconography with Indigenous styles, symbols and images. 7: D. Avril Lavigne was 19 in 2003 when she made her first of three SNL appearances. 8: C. Dan Aykroyd (1975-79), Peter Aykroyd (1979-80), Robin Duke (1981-84), Phil Hartman (1986-94), Norm Macdonald (1993-98), Mark McKinney (1995-97), Mike Myers (1989-95), Tony Rosato (1981-82), Paul Shaffer (1979-80) and Martin Short (1984-85) were all cast members of SNL. The show’s creator and executive producer, Lorne Michaels, is also Canadian. 9: D. 10: A. Canadian-American artist Joe Shuster co-created the Man of Steel with American writer Jerry Siegel in 1933. Shuster was involved in a number of legal battles over the ownership of the Superman character in his lifetime.
A: Margaret Atwood B: Robert Munsch C: Malcolm Gladwell D: Jordan Peterson 6) Which Lil’wat Nation artist recently completed their MFA at New York’s prestigious Columbia University? A: Levi Nelson B: Russell Wallace C: Redmond Andrews D: Rick Harry 7) Who was both the youngest Canadian female artist to perform on Saturday Night Live and the only one to appear on the show three times? A: Nelly Furtado B: Shania Twain C: Carly Rae Jepsen D: Avril Lavigne 8) Speaking of Saturday Night Live, how many Canadian cast members have there been since the show’s inception in 1975? A: 5 B: 8 C: 10 D: 14
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A: Cleveland Cavaliers C: Miami Heat
SPORTS 1) In the wake of the Colorado Avalanche recently disrupting what would have been a Tampa Bay Lightning three-peat, what was the last NHL team to win three straight Stanley Cups? A: The early ’90s Pittsburgh Penguins C: The early ’80s New York Islanders
B: The late ’80s Edmonton Oilers D: The late ’70s Montreal Canadiens
2) How many years is the longest Stanley Cup win streak in NHL history? A: 6 years B: 5 years C: 4 years D: 3 years 3) With the Florida Panthers ending their 24-year post-season series win drought in 2022, who now holds the longest playoff series winning drought in the NHL? A: Toronto Maple Leafs C: Minnesota Wild
B: Buffalo Sabres D: Detroit Redwings
4) Which Whistler athlete recently won their second Olympic medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing? A: Mark McMorris C: Jack Crawford
B: Marielle Thompson D: Brodie Seger
5) At just 23 years old, how many Paralympic medals does Whistler-based skier Mollie Jepsen have? A: 8 B: 6 C: 5 D: 3 6) The Golden State Warriors recently won their fourth championship in the past eight years. In that time, they have made six appearances in the NBA Finals. Since the year 2000, only one franchise has made more NBA Finals appearances than Golden State. Which is it?
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B: San Antonio Spurs D: Los Angeles Lakers
7) How many Freeride Mountain Biking (FMB) Slopestyle events has Sweden’s Emil Johannson won in a row? A: 3 B: 5 C: 7 D: 9 8) Who is currently the most decorated Canadian Olympian of all-time? A: Penny Oleksiak (Swimmer) C: Hayley Wickenheiser (Hockey)
B: Clara Hughes (Speed Skating/cycling) D: Cindy Klassen (Speed Skating)
9) Of the 27 athletes on Canada’s snowboard team, how many currently reside in Whistler? A: 16 B: 4 C: 9 D: 20 10) In which Canadian town did baseball legend Babe Ruth hit his first-ever home run? A: Hanlan’s Point B: Goderich C: Port Hope D: Niagara Falls
ANSWERS 1) C. Led by Mike Bossy, the New York Islanders won four Stanley Cups in a row from 1980 to 1983. 2) B. The Montreal Canadiens won five straight Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960 3) A. It has been 17 years since the Maple Leafs last won a playoff series. 4) B. Snowboarder McMorris earned a bronze in the slopestyle event. 5) B. Jepsen has two gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals across two Paralympic Games. 6) D. Both the Spurs and Heat match the Warriors with six appearances, while the Lakers have eight NBA finals appearances since 2000. 7) D. The last time Emil Johansson wasn’t atop the slopestyle podium was in 2019 where he finished second at Crankworx Innsbruck and the GlemmRide Slopestyle Contest. 8) A. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, 22-year-old Oleksiak won her seventh Olympic medal, passing both Clara Hughes and Cindy Klassen with six each. 9) C. 10) A. It is believed that the ball that the Great Bambino hit over the fence into Lake Ontario has never been found. ■
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Second annual Mayhem in the Mountains goes off without a hitch APPROXIMATELY 35 U18 SKATERS FROM THE SEA TO SKY WERE ON HAND TO COMPETE AT THE WHISTLER SKATE PARK
BY HARRISON BROOKS AT LAST YEAR’S inaugural Mayhem in the Mountains skateboard competition, it was the weather causing all the mayhem. With blue skies and 25 C weather for this year’s event, held at the Whistler Skate Park on Saturday, June 25, Whistler Skateboard Club (WSC) creative director Sam Weston was expecting a lot less chaos this time around. But with the jam-style format that had all skaters in each category on the park at the same time, the mayhem was back in full force. However, other than one big crash in the U13 girls category, Weston could not be happier with how this year’s event played out, especially after switching from a ProAm to a U18 format. “I think we escaped all right. Kids had fun. Definitely some close calls. But hey, the mayhem was back, and the skating was great,” said Weston. “At first, I thought it’d be difficult, not to bring the pro [category] back, but seeing how stoked the kids were, especially the
GRIND TIME Whistler’s Amalia Pelchat pulls off a board slide at the second annual Mayhem in the Mountains competition on June 25. PHOTO BY HARRISON BROOKS
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first weekend of their summer break, I was stoked to see that. So overall, it was a good event … I think it’d be rude not to do a third annual Mayhem in the Mountains next year.” One added benefit of the switch to the skate jam style, as opposed to last year’s individual format where each skater had the park to themselves for a 45-second run to impress the judges, was a less pressure-
Rounding out the top three in the men’s open category were Presley Huska and Robbie Tribe in second and third, respectively. On the women’s side it was nine-yearold Emily Ma who took home the top prize of $150 thanks to well executed tricks like a lipslide and a slash grind. But despite Ma’s stellar performance, one of the day’s most exciting moments was when
“It was great. It was super fun. I think they ran it very well. All the jams were sick. I think sometimes it’s better if we all go at once and it’s a little bit less pressure on the lines.” - RYDER RIEKERT
packed environment where the skaters could focus on completing their tricks instead of worrying about each individual mistake, according to men’s open winner Ryder Riekert. “It was great. It was super fun. I think they ran it very well,” he said. “All the jams were sick. I think sometimes it’s better if we all go at once and it’s a little bit less pressure on the lines.”
second place finisher and Real Wild Kittens coach Amalia Pelchat landed her first-ever board slide during the competition. “I was so stoked to do it, especially in contest. It was crazy, it was amazing,” said Pelchat, who was taking part in her first competition. “I didn’t know what I was going to do in the contest. And then I was like, ‘hey, I just want to try it.’ I’ve been wanting to do it for so long so it was a
perfect time to do it. I’m stoked.” Rounding out the top three for the women’s open was Molly Goodwin. On the U13 side of things, the Heise sisters, Olive and Isla, took first and second, respectively, with Devun Goodwin taking third. Meanwhile, Seb Eckstein, Kayne Graceo and Maddox McReynolds finished first, second and third, respectively, in the U13 boys category. “Honestly, the competition level was higher than expected, especially in the U13 categories—those gromms were ripping,” said Weston. “Can’t wait to see them skating in the open category in the years to come.” Each of the top three boys and girls in the U13 division received a new deck and a hat as their prize. Overall, with the $50, $100 and $150 prizes for first, second and third place in both men’s and women’s open, as well as the stacks of $5 bills being handed out during the jam for any trick that impressed the judges, the WSC doled out more than $1,500 in prize money, not to mention the various hats, clothing and sunglasses that were also awarded throughout the day. Next up for the WSC will be the start of its weekly summer skateboard camps for Sea to Sky youth followed by a new ProAm competition the club is hosting at the Squamish Skate Park on July 16. n
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Momentum Camps return at long last to Horstman Glacier AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, SKI AND SNOWBOARD CAMPS ARE ON PACE FOR BIGGEST YEAR YET
BY HARRISON BROOKS WHEN MOMENTUM CAMPS owner and director John Smart got the go-ahead to return to the Horstman Glacier to run his annual ski and snowboard camps, he wasn’t sure what to expect. After being in business for 29 years before the pandemic shut them down for two, Smart thought he might see a bit of a drop in registration numbers as the camps started to gain traction again. However, that wasn’t the case, and 2022 is on pace to be Momentum’s best year yet, with 900 different campers expected across the five-week camp schedule. “It’s been kind of a shocker at the same time that it’s awesome. The shocker being realizing how much is involved in what we do up here,” Smart said, adding that after two years off, getting up to speed posed a challenge—not to mention the added pressure of hosting the most campers Momentum has seen in its 31 years. “That brings us to a new level of operation where we’ve got to be more on our game,” he said. “But the best part is just seeing how stoked everyone is up there.” With elite coaching including Olympic medallists like slopestyle skiers Alex Hall (gold in 2022) and Joss Christensen (gold in 2014), among many others, equipment like trampolines and landing bags set up on snow, and the ability to run camps deep into the summer, Momentum Camps offer athletes a unique chance to improve their skills—one not many other places in North America can. “We are training from grassroots all the way up to the national team and we have an environment that is so user-friendly and so safe for learning,” Smart said. “To have a landing bag on snow, right beside a snow jump, they can learn their first double flips on the bag, then take them
to snow right away, super fast. It’s just a turnkey operation in that sense, they’re not waiting another day or week or until next year. They turn it right around.” Initially geared specifically towards skiers, Momentum Camps opened up for snowboarders in 2019 and has since welcomed many members of Canada’s snowboard National Team. Last week, National Team member and Whistler local Juliette Pelchat attended one of Momentum’s camps for the first time, and said she couldn’t have been more impressed with her experience. “It is a really sick setup. They know what’s going on. They’ve got some features for everybody. And it’s open to everybody of any ability and I think it’s a pretty sick vibe up there,” she said. “I did do a few glacier things in the past, although this is a pretty different vibe, which is really cool to see and I am stoked to be up there and to just have another training opportunity for me in my snowboarding. I’m really lucky to be riding in the summer, super fortunate. But yeah, I’ve just been working on progressing, having fun on my snowboard and getting better.” With just a couple more weeks of this year’s camps still to come, Smart said the best case scenario for the rest of the year is to just keep the momentum going. “My biggest priority is keeping everyone safe, and making sure that everyone’s stoked. Best case scenario is just good weather, [but] not too hot. We want that glacier to last longer and kids to be fully stoked right to the end and leave with big smiles,” he said. “And we look forward to the winters staying cold and lots of snow on the glacier like we had. Hopefully we keep this going for a number of more years, because it’s rare. There’s only a couple places you can do it in North America and it’s becoming more and more valuable because there’s less places that you can do it.” n
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FORK IN THE ROAD
How Canadian is that? INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LOCALS, PIONEERS: WE’VE GOT THE MOXIE AND METHODS TO FACE TOUGH TIMES WASTE NOT, WANT NOT. Use what you’ve got. Make do. Sure, these are age-old adages but they still deliver a very practical, Canadian punch. And what with sky-high inflation, sky-rocketing food costs and more (see my last column), you couldn’t find a better way to mark Canada Day than applying these tried and true maxims. Neighbours helping neighbours is another great Canadian concept, so just in time for Canada Day here are some practical
BY GLENDA BARTOSH suggestions from your Whistler neighbours for coping with today’s food challenges. After all, as Gizem’s cap (above), says, we’re in this “Together.”
EATING ‘BEST BEFORE’ AFTER I really like how naturalist Bob Brett reacts after grocery shopping these days. He just gawks at the receipt: A hundred bucks doesn’t buy much these days. If you’re feeling the same, there’s one thing the Whistler Community Services Society’s food security manager, Gizem Kaya, wants you to understand—what best before (BB) and expiry dates really mean. “As a society we’ve been educated that
THINK LARGE, SAVE LARGE Cook what you have—even if it means adding extra fresh ingredients to the recipe so they don’t spoil—then freeze extra portions big-time, like WCSS food security manager, Gizem Kaya, does to save money. PHOTO BY STEPHEN SLEN
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best before dates are expiry dates, so the more we can educate people, the more we’ll reduce food waste, and people can continue eating the food they have at home for a longer period of time,” she says. For instance, cultured dairy products, like yogurt, are good up to two weeks past the BB date; meat up to three or four days beyond it. Gizem has worked for the Whistler Community Services Society for years, but got more involved with the busy food bank as the pandemic set in so she knows what challenges people are facing. “Just to give you an idea of how busy it is, pre-pandemic we served around 2,800 to 3,000 people a year. In 2020, that jumped up to 6,700; then 2021, 9,300 people—and it just keeps going,” she says. As for understanding BB dates and how to stretch your food dollars, Gizem recommends these great sources: Food Banks Canada and The Canadian Institute of Food Safety both have excellent guides.
BE MINDFUL For the longest time, Mayor Jack Crompton ignored all kinds of pots of water with lentils or beans in them that were around the house. “I didn’t ask myself (or anyone else for that matter) why they were there,” he states via email. “It was almost just part of the decor.” When Jack cooks, he gravitates toward ingredients that are easy to use, easy to access and, unfortunately, more expensive. He also calls himself a mindless chef—one who never asked if the contents of those pots might work with whatever he was making. Finally, he decided to delve deeper and, suddenly, pots of beans and lentils became a dinner conversation! He learned his family was saving huge amounts of money by purchasing dried beans or lentils and reconstituting them.
“When my wife, Carolyn, or son, Van, cook with them, they are delicious and they are cheap. Carolyn and Van are not mindless chefs,” Jack points out. “The moral is, be mindful as you cook and as you shop. Purchase in season, shop with a list—and reconstitute lentils.”
BE ORGANIZED Other readers—Maz Esnouf, Cheeying Ho, Kris Shoup, Lee Erickson, even “Max” G.D. Maxwell—also say shop with a list or have a standing online order to avoid expensive impulse buying. Or eat less meat, and more beans and lentils—all cheaper and better for the planet. Or grow as many veggies as you can with Whistler’s cool climate, and pick wild berries, as pioneering locals and Indigenous people have done forever (see below). Use your freezer, like Gizem does. Cook large; buy large when things are on sale or in season. Pick fruit in Pemberton now; get root veggies in the fall from your favourite farmer. Make cold salads using pasta and grains and homemade pesto with less expensive ingredients, such as pumpkin seeds or walnuts, like Cheeying suggests. Skip the cheese. Try barley risotto. Make big batches of smoothies to use up leftover veggies. Freeze the extras as popsicles. In short, make what you eat, eat what you make, as Max says: “Leftovers are like money in the bank; all you have to do is heat them up.” Pets? No prob. “Nothing goes to waste with two golden retrievers in the house,” notes Kris. And Lee adds another layer. “My husband is the best at using it all!” she writes. (You might know him—Don Schwartz, AKA Schwarty, who came to Whistler for a weekend in 1988 and never left. He’s also the intrepid guy who wore a plastic face mask around town for years after being burned in a
nasty helicopter crash.) Don buys organic chicken necks and backs from Nesters Market. He roasts the chicken, then picks the meat off for salads. The bones go into the Insta-pot with lots of water for a delicious broth. “Finally he uses a potato masher to crush the pressurecooked chicken bones and feeds it to our doggie. Absolutely no waste!” notes Lee.
POINTERS FROM PIONEERS AND OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBOURS Whistler Museum has some great stories about early locals “making do.” From raising their own pigs and chickens, to building doublewalled root cellars, planting huge gardens, and making the wild berries their kids gathered into preserves, they were a practical lot. One of the more colourful tales involves the Jardine-Neiland family, who moved to Alta Lake in 1921. Although it was rarely done, getting yourself a “government cow” was code for hunting deer out of season. But sometimes it tasted awful. As for living off the land and creating dishes that do taste good, we can all draw inspiration from the distinctive cuisines of the 600-plus First Nations across Canada. They’ve long practised “waste not, want not” and using what you have. Thunderbird Cafe in the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre offers tasty modern twists on timeless Indigenous dishes, including bannock bread based on a recipe from Eva Marie Joe of the Lil’wat Nation. Check out the centre for some dynamic Canada Day insights —admission is free over the holiday weekend. Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who always enjoys Canada Day. Thanks to everyone who wrote in! n
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After 26 years, DJ Diamond Doug hangs up the headphones ‘I LOST THE PASSION FOR THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINING PEOPLE,’ SAYS LONGTIME CLUB AND WEDDING DJ
BY BRANDON BARRETT A QUESTION CREEPED into longtime local DJ Doug Ryan’s head last August when he was spinning at a wedding in Pemberton: After 26 years behind the decks, could this be it? “I didn’t know it at the time,” says Ryan, also known as DJ Diamond Doug. “I didn’t want to be all emotional. They’d be like, ‘Why is the DJ crying?’” Fast-forward almost a year and Ryan is ready to hang up the headphones for good—metaphorically speaking, at least. This past weekend, he sold his headphones to another long-standing Whistler party starter, Paul Fournier. “It actually felt pretty good. I was happy with my decision,” Ryan says. “I have no regrets the last 26 years. It was just a weird feeling when I really made the decision to retire.” At 49, it was a decision Ryan had been mulling even before COVID hit in early 2020. Then, after the pandemic postponed
SPIN ME ROUND Over his 26 years behind the ones and twos, DJ Diamond Doug became known for his crowd-pleasing playlists and his legendary bush parties. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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several of the weddings he was already booked for, the DJ decided to keep on keeping on. But like it has for so many, the pandemic led Ryan to reflect on the things he actually wanted to do—and he came to the conclusion that DJing was no longer one of them.
he credits for shaping him, Bob Klein, who hired the up-and-coming DJ for $90 a night to play wedding gigs. “That’s where I learned a lot,” he adds. In Whistler, Ryan became known for his crowd-pleasing playlists—he was a regular at Buffalo Bills over the years—as
“I had one guest come up to me and say, ‘Can I just plug my phone in?’ It just started to bother me. Let me do my job. Let me read the crowd. I need to listen to the song to make sure it fits. It just seems like everyone has music at their fingertips with Spotify and Soundcloud.” - DOUG RYAN
“The pandemic for a lot of people made them think about their life and what else they want to do or what they don’t want to do,” he says. “I was realizing that on a Saturday night I’m OK to go to bed at 10 o’clock and not be at a wedding for, like, 12 hours.” Coming up in London, Ont., Ryan didn’t realize he wanted to be a DJ until after college, when he was hired by a mentor
well as the legendary bush parties he was known to host. Turning 50 this August, part of Ryan’s decision to retire was a matter of lifestyle; he simply wants to spend more time golfing, hiking and just generally “enjoying Whistler,” he says. But what was probably the bigger factor was that he just didn’t have the heart for it anymore. “I lost the passion of the music and
entertaining people. That was the first indication,” he says. “I just couldn’t keep up with the Top 40 music and I wasn’t liking it.” The proliferation of streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify has only further fractured the modern music landscape, and with a never-ending playlist of songs new and old in our pocket, every Joe Blow with a smartphone and an internet connection has become their own personal DJ. “I had one guest come up to me and say, ‘Can I just plug my phone in?’” Ryan recalls. “It just started to bother me. Let me do my job. Let me read the crowd. I need to listen to the song to make sure it fits. It just seems like everyone has music at their fingertips with Spotify and Soundcloud.” Being 13 years sober—no easy feat for any DJ, let alone in Whistler—was another contributing factor. “I don’t know how I’ve done it for 13-plus years sober, but I’m done with the drunk people, the people on cocaine,” he says. “Then they are really demanding.” For the Diamond Doug fans in town, have no fear: he’s got one last epic gig on his schedule. To mark his 50th birthday, Ryan will be booking his own DJs and spinning some of his favourite tunes on Aug. 28 at Après Après in the village. “The whole town is invited,” he says. n
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The Pemberton Valley Dyking District (PVDD) will be holding its 75th Annual General Meeting, and you are invited to attend this event. You will gain a great overview of what the PVDD does, see what projects have been completed and what projects are in progress for 2022/2023. At the Thursday, July 14, 2022 AGM, the PVDD will be electing two Trustees to the Board for a term of approximately 3 years each – terms end on the date of the election held in the 3rd year. Landowners to also approve Trustee honorarium at this meeting. Voter Eligibility: (ID must be presented) Only persons attending the election and meeting the following eligibility requirements are entitled to vote:
FLOAT ON Art on the Lake returns to Alta Lake next month with an expanded lineup of musicians, artists and performers. PHOTO BY JEREMY ALLEN @THEFULLTIMEHOBBY / COURTESY OF ARTS WHISTLER
Soak in double the fun at next month’s returning Art on the Lake event ARTS BRIEFS: CREW OF LOCAL PAINTERS SET TO UNVEIL NEW SHOW, ‘I WANNA BE THERE’
BY BRANDON BARRETT ONE OF WHISTLER’S more unique cultural events has made such a splash with locals that it will expand to two days next month for its third annual edition. Arts Whistler decided to double the fun at its signature summer event, Art on the Lake, set for next month, quite literally on the waters of Alta Lake. Born out of the pandemic when limits were placed on indoor gatherings, Art on the Lake has grown organically into a local summer favourite, even being voted by Pique readers as the community’s favourite major art show in our 2021 Best of Whistler poll. This year’s expanded festivities will feature artworks from more than 50 local painters hung right on the shore, 10 live painters, comedy, 12 local bands—and even a bagpiper!—all doing their thing either on floating docks or in nearby Wayside or Lakeside parks. “It’s no small feat organizing a floating art exhibit, but this event brings so much positivity to the community that expanding it to two days was an easy decision,” says Arts Whistler’s event lead Suzanne Gibson in a release. “Art on the Lake invites people to disconnect from technology and their busy lives to reconnect with nature and one another, which is needed now more than ever. The two-day format also provides Sea to Sky creatives with more opportunities to earn a living from their craft. Art on the Lake is a chance to support and elevate our local talent and continue to foster arts sector growth.” Ready your floatie or watercraft of
choice for this free event, set for Aug. 11 and 12, weather permitting. Rain delay dates are scheduled for Aug. 18 and 19 and 25 and 26. Visit artswhistler.com/art-on-the-lakeliterally for more information.
THE 4BS ‘WANNA BE THERE’ AT NEW EXHIBIT The 4Bs “Wanna Be There” and they probably will be. But they want you to be there, too. Arts Whistler’s latest art show, dubbed “I Wanna Be There,” puts the breathtaking work of a crew of tightknit local painters— Bea Gonzalez, Bea Searle, Brigitte Loranger and Bridget Duckworth, collectively known as the 4Bs—on full display at The Gallery at the Maury Young Arts Centre this summer.
“It’s no small feat organizing a floating art exhibit.”
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Since their last exhibit in 2017, the 4BS have continued to “capture the essence of scenes from the Coast Mountain region and from travels abroad,” Arts Whistler wrote on its website, “with some lively impressions of the people who live there.” The free exhibit is slated to run from July 4 to Aug. 27. There is also an opening party scheduled for July 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Maury Young Arts Centre. For more information, visit artswhistler. com/calendar-upcoming. n
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BASE CAMP The base of Whistler Mountain in 1981 showing the Carleton Lodge under construction. The Pan Pacific Whistler Mountainside Hotel can be seen on the right. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WHISTLER MUSEUM
Whistler at 22% interest—Part 2 BY JILLIAN ROBERTS WHEN THE FINANCIAL crisis of the 1980s hit Whistler, even the prime real estate at the base of both mountains did not make it through unscathed. Dick Gibbons and Jack Cram were partners in Fitzsimmons Condominiums and Stoney’s Restaurant, where La Bocca is today. With a completed Whistler development under their belts, they were approached by Whistler Village Land Company (WVLC) about potentially purchasing the unfinished project where the Carleton Lodge now stands. At the time, the foundation was partially complete and it was anticipated that this building would be a day lodge and gateway for both Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. However, WVLC’s finances were dire, and there was not enough money to finish the project. Dick recalled a conversation with Neil Griggs, president of the WVLC. “I don’t want to exaggerate this,”
residential units sold and Gibbons ended up running The Longhorn because nobody else would buy it. The unsold residential units were transferred to the people involved in the development according to their investments, and development permit charges were refunded as initially agreed after the court got involved. “Being a little more risk-averse than some others might be was good for me at times and bad for me at other times, because you miss opportunities,” said Gibbons, when asked how he was able to balance his finances while many in Whistler could not. “I sold quite a bit of real estate when the market had its peak in Vancouver because I thought it pretty much couldn’t go any higher.” Obviously real estate in Vancouver did eventually increase, but selling these real estate investments left Gibbons in a more comfortable position when interest rates skyrocketed, although it was still a difficult period. Interest rates had an impact throughout all of the Whistler community. Bruce Watt,
“Being a little more risk-averse than some others might be was good for me at times and bad for me at other times, because you miss opportunities.” - DICK GIBBONS
he said. “He literally begged us to finish the Carleton Lodge. I seem to recall he had tears in his eyes.” Together with additional partners, they negotiated a deal wherein they agreed to finish the project on the condition that if they were unable to sell the 32 condominium units for a certain price, the development permit charges would be refunded. Throughout the build, the architect, building contractor, and many partners felt the financial strain. By the end of the project, Dick Gibbons and Ken Mahon were the only two left to finance and run the show. When the Carleton Lodge was finally completed in November 1982, few
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who had been a patroller since 1974, decided his family needed better financial security, which led to him getting into real estate, a career he has loved and where you will still find him today. On the other hand, the ugly, unfinished Village led realtor Drew Meredith to make “the mistake of running for mayor in 1986” (his words, not mine) where he served for two terms. While similar circumstances led to very different decisions, a consistent sentiment when talking to longtime locals about this time is that they would not want to do it again. As it turned out, the village was started just in time, a year later—and it may never have happened. n
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PROM NIGHT A group of Pemberton Secondary grads celebrate their prom with a classic jump shot. Congratulations Sea to Sky graduates! PHOTO BY LARA PLOTNIKOFF. 2 READ ALL ABOUT IT Pique delivery dog Teebo takes a break from his route to bark complaints at the paper’s editor. PHOTO BY BRADEN DUPUIS. 3 TRAIN WRECK Three young ladies from Toronto got to experience Whistler for a day last week. Bri and Bree on either side of Cassandra, who is the daughter to the Whistler Question‘s past publisher, Claire Macdonald. PHOTO BY CATHERINE POWER-CHARTRAND. 4 ON THE TOWN A group of Whistler friends checking out the Dubh Linn Gate on Saturday, June 25. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 5 PARTY TIME Quattro Aquatic Fitness celebrated its children’s swimming program on June 23 with a party at the Meadow Park Sports Centre. PHOTO SUBMITTED. 6 LAKE DAYS The arrival of summer weather means we can finally enjoy days like these in Whistler parks. PHOTO BY GEORGIA BUTLER. 1
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Free Will Astrology WEEK OF JUNE 30 BY ROB BREZSNY
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her poem “Two Skins,” Bahamanian writer Lynn Sweeting writes, “There is a moment in every snake’s life when she wears two skins: one you can see, about to be shed, one you cannot see, the skin under the skin, waiting.” I suspect you now have metaphorical resemblances to a snake on the verge of molting, Aries. Congratulations on your imminent rebirth! Here’s a tip: The snake’s old skin doesn’t always just fall away; she may need to take aggressive action to tear it open and strip it off, like by rubbing her head against a rock. Be ready to perform a comparable task. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Imagine a world 300 years from now,” writes Japanese novelist Minae Mizumura, “a world in which not only the best-educated people but also the brightest minds and the deepest souls express themselves only in English. Imagine the world subjected to the tyranny of a singular ‘Logos.’ What a narrow, pitiful, and horrid world that would be!” Even though I am primarily an English speaker, I agree with her. I don’t want a world purged of diversity. Don’t want a monolithic culture. Don’t want everyone to think and speak the same. I hope you share my passion for multiplicity, Taurus—especially these days. In my astrological opinion, you’ll thrive if you immerse yourself in a celebratory riot of variety. I hope you will seek out influences you’re not usually exposed to. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Imagine you’re not a person, but a medley of four magical ingredients. What would they be? A Gemini baker named Jasmine says, “ripe persimmons, green hills after a rain, a sparkling new Viking Black Glass Oven, and a prize-winning show horse.” A Gemini social worker named Amarantha says she would be made of “Florence and the Machine’s song ‘Sky Full of Song,’ a grove of birch trees, a blue cashmere knee-length sweater, and three black cats sleeping in the sun.” A Gemini delivery driver named Altoona says, “freshly harvested cannabis buds, a bird-loving wetlands at twilight, Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Darkness, and the Haleakalā shield volcano in Maui.” And now, Gemini, what about you? Identify your medley of four magical ingredients. The time is right to re-imagine the poetry of YOU. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard believes there’s only one way to find a sense of meaning, and that is to fill your life to the bursting point; to be in love with your experience; to celebrate the flow of events wherever it takes you. When you do that, Godard says, you have no need or urge to ask questions like “Why am I here?” or “What is my purpose?” The richness of your story is the ultimate response to every enigma. As I contemplate these ideas, I say: wow! That’s an intensely vibrant way to live. Personally, I’m not able to sustain it all the time. But I think most of us would benefit from such an approach for brief periods now and then. And I believe you have just entered one of those phases. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I asked Leo readers to provide their insights about the topic “How to Be a Leo.” Here are responses that line up with your current astrological omens. 1. People should try to understand you’re only bossing them around for their benefit. —Harlow Hunt. 2. Be alert for the intense shadows you may cast with your intense brightness. Consider the possibility that even if they seem iffy or dicey, they have value and even blessings to offer. —Cannarius Kansen. 3. Never break your own heart. Never apologize for showering yourself with kindness and adoration. —Amy Clear. 4. At the moment of orgasm, scream out your own name. —Bethany Grace. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s your birthright as a Virgo to become a master of capitalizing on difficulties. You have great potential to detect opportunities coalescing in the midst of trouble. You can develop a knack for spotting the order that’s hiding in the chaos. Now is a time when you should wield these skills with artistry, my dear—both for your own benefit and for the betterment of everyone whose lives you touch.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of my heroes died in 2021: the magnificent Libran author bell hooks (who didn’t capitalize her name). She was the most imaginative and independent-minded activist I knew. Till her last day, she articulated one-of-a-kind truths about social justice; she maintained her uncompromising originality. But it wasn’t easy. She wrote, “No insurgent intellectual, no dissenting critical voice in this society escapes the pressure to conform. We are all vulnerable. We can all be had, co-opted, bought. There is no special grace that rescues any of us. There is only a constant struggle.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I suspect the coming weeks will require your strenuous efforts to remain true to your high standards and unique vision of reality. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You now have the power to make yourself even more beautiful than you already are. You are extraordinarily open to beautifying influences, and there will be an abundance of beautifying influences coming your way. I trust you understand I’m not referring to the kinds of beauty that are worshiped by conventional wisdom. Rather, I mean the elegance, allure, charm, and grace that you behold in old trees and gorgeous architecture and enchanting music and people with soulful idiosyncrasies. PS: The coming weeks will also be a favourable time to redefine the meaning of beauty for yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s the Season for Expressing Your Love—and for expanding and deepening the ways you express your love. I invite you to speak the following quotes to the right person: 1. “Your head is a living forest full of songbirds.” —E. E. Cummings. 2. “Lovers continuously reach each other’s boundaries.” —Rainer Maria Rilke. 3. “You’re my favourite unfolding story.” — Ann Patchett. 4. “My lifetime listens to yours.” — Muriel Rukeyser. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the coming weeks, make sure you do NOT fit this description articulated by Capricorn novelist Haruki Murakami: “You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away for all you’re worth.” If there is any goal about which you feel conflicted like that, dear Capricorn, now is a good time to clear away your confusion. If you are in some sense undercutting yourself, perhaps unconsciously, now is the time to expose your inner saboteur and seek the necessary healing. July will be Self-Unification Month. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A Tweeter named Luxuryblkwomen articulates one of her ongoing goals: “bridging the gap between me and my ideal self, one day at a time.” I’d love it if you would adopt a similar aspiration in the coming months. You’re going to be exceptionally skilled at all types of bridge-building, including the kind that connects you to the hero you’ll be in the future. I mean, you are already a hero in my eyes, but I know you will ultimately become an even more fulfilled and refined version of your best self. Now is a favourable time to do the holy work of forging stronger links to that star-to-be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A blogger named Lissar suggests that the cherry blossom is an apt symbol for you Pisceans. She describes you as “transient, lissome, blooming, lovely, fragile yet memorable and recurring, in tune with nature.” Lissar says you “mystify yet charm,” and that your “presence is a balm, yet awe-inspiring and moving.” Of course, like all of us, you also have your share of less graceful qualities. And that’s not a bad thing! We’re all here to learn the art of growing into our ripe selves. It’s part of the fun of being alive. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be an extra close match for Lissar’s description. You are at the peak of your power to delight and beguile us. Homework: Make amends to a part of yourself you have neglected, insulted, or wounded. Newsletter. FreeWillAstrology.com.
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Duties & Responsibilities • The SCC Tmicw Coordinator will provide professional administrative support for SCC to ensure effective and efficient operations of St’át’imc government, which includes planning and scheduling meetings, conferences, and teleconferences. • Conduct research in areas of legislation, policy, program and service delivery and other key areas as per the SCC Strategic Plan, SCC Work Plan, St’át’imc Land Use Plan, and St’át’imc Land and Resource Code, leading towards St’át’imc inherent jurisdiction relating to lands and resources. • Support SCC, including SGS, and St’át’imc communities with reviewing and revitalizing St’át’imc land and resource governing documents in upholding St’át’imc title, rights, and jurisdiction in St’át’imc Territory. • Streamline and oversee the implementation of the SCC Nation Referral Process, as well as respond to referrals and other land and resource matters in a timely fashion that relate to St’át’imc territory. • Prepare reports and briefing notes, presentations, policy documents and other relevant materials related to administrative operations, including land and resource issues. • Work collaboratively with the SCC Director of Operations in the planning, development, implementation, and management of projects. Ensure clear communication with stakeholders regarding project needs and goals. • Keeping track of and reporting on project progress. • Completing any tasks assigned by the SCC Director of Operations in an efficient and timely manner.
Qualifications • In-depth knowledge and understanding of St’át’imc, St’át’imc culture and traditions, including St’át’imc political and organizational structure. • Ability to work collaboratively as a team member and independently with minimal supervision. • Meticulous and results-focused, with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as superior organization skills and time/priority management. • Ability to manage multiple tasks in a timely manner and work effectively in a complex political environment. • Knowledgeable of Aboriginal title and rights, to lead operational engagement in providing technical analysis for the protection of St’át’imc inherent title and rights. • Must have excellent leadership, interpersonal, as well as written and oral communication skills, including public speaking. • Proficient computer skills that include, Word Processing; Spreadsheets; and PowerPoint; including mapping and web-based mapping experience. • Proficiency in drafting budgets and evaluating financial statements. • Ability to translate complex matters into clear and understandable language, as well as create and execute strategic research and implementation plans. • Ability to work extended hours or on weekends as required, as well, attend meetings and events which may require work and travel outside of normal business hours. • Ability to maintain an elevated level of proficiency, accuracy and confidentiality concerning SCC business. • The ability to speak and write St’át’imcets would be an asset. How to Apply Interested applicants to submit their Cover Letter including their Resume to the ATTN of: Art Adolph, SCC Director of Operations Email: aadolph@statimc.net Fax : (250) 256-0445 Mail: P.O. Box 1600, Lillooet, BC, V0K-1V0
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Never let the facts get in the way of a good party OH, CANADA. Tomorrow is Canada Day. Not being a farmer and enjoying only a modest “harvest” from the garden beds at Smilin’ Dog, I tend to call it Thanksgiving. I give thanks for the bizarre and inexplicable confluence of circumstances and weirdnesses that brought me to Canada and kept me here for these many years. Yet, notwithstanding this is the one and only country to deem me a citizen, there are still those who do not consider me a Real Canadian. And let’s be honest, I’ve never been able to successfully complete Pique’s Canada Day Quiz. Often it’s my
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indifference to hockey that trips me up, but quite frankly, there are any number of things Canadian that are too esoteric for even a staunch nationalist to remember. So here’s a brief sample by way of my own Canada Day Quiz. Good luck. Question 1: What were the three colonies that “united” to form Canada in 1867? (a) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec (b) Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario (c) Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario (d) None of the above Answer: (d) None of the above. As you might suspect, this is a trick question. The three British North American colonies were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada. No, seriously; that’s what the colony was called, the Province of Canada. It was later divided into the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. So if you wanted to weasel you way into half credit for this question you might argue Canada was formed out of four provinces but there’s really no room to argue in a multiple choice test so suck it up, buttercup, and give yourself no points for that question. Now, you might be wondering exactly why this most revered national holiday is called Canada Day, that being, shall we say, a bit prosaic. Well, let’s remember, especially since we’re in British Columbia, this is a country of prosaic names. In this province alone pioneers had so little imagination when it came to place names that we have a whole string of towns called things like 100 Mile House, which is, as you may guess, 30 miles up the road from 70 Mile House and 50 miles south of 150 Mile House. If you’re an American tourist reading this, I’m not making it up and, yes, Canada did switch to metric but didn’t have the heart to hold the various Mile House towns up to even more ridicule by forcing them to change their names to Kilometre House. Canada Day didn’t start out being Canada Day any more than Canada— meaning Big Village in the language of one or another subjugated First Nations—
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started out being Canada. Tuponia was apparently in the running so count your blessings. So… Question 2: Canada Day was initially called what? (a) British North America Day (b) Dominion Day (c) Le Jour de la Confédération (d) Kingdom Day Answer: (b) or (c), you bilingual devil, you. However, it was almost called Kingdom Day, hewing to the true north proclivity for prosaic names. When the BNA Act created Canada, important people in the new country lobbied Great Britain to deem the new country the Kingdom of Canada, owing to the “monarchical basis of the
identification issues, Lord Stanley—yes, the one with the cup—who was British Foreign Secretary at the time, vetoed the idea of Canada being a kingdom, preferring instead the title Dominion. Curiously, or perhaps not, dominion can be broken down into its roots. (Do, meaning to perform or execute; to carry out, and minion, meaning an obsequious follower or dependent, a sycophant or subordinate official, especially a servile one.) I don’t want to speculate what that might have said about the esteem in which the new country of Canada was held by the old country of Great Britain but it may explain a lot about our national psyche. For example, it may explain why Canadians were lukewarm toward Dominion Day for a number of decades,
Canada Day didn’t start out being Canada Day any more than Canada—meaning Big Village in the language of one or another subjugated First Nations—started out being Canada. constitution.” As an aside—isn’t this entire column an aside?—in 1867, the monarch of Great Britain was Victoria, who we honoured just last month by celebrating Victoria Day. If Victoria was the monarch and the bigwigs of Canada wanted to cement the monarchical basis of the country, why didn’t they ask it be called the Queendom of Canada? Just askin’. Regardless of the monarchial gender
why many Canadians continued to pretend they were really British and why the Queen of England is still on our money. But I digress. On to the main event. Question 3: Canada Day is July 1. (a) True (b) False (c) Not always (d) I give up; just tell me. Answer: (b) and (c).
Stop whining; of course it was a trick question. Canada Day officially became Canada Day in 1982. Canada Day almost became Canada Day in 1946, when a Quebec MP’s private member’s bill sought to rename Dominion Day. While the bill passed the House of Commons, the Senate thought Canada Day was a dorky name and suggested The National Holiday of Canada instead, an even dorkier name. This goes a long way toward explaining the esteem in which most Canadians hold the upper chamber. The bill died and, yes, I digress. Another private member’s bill in 1982 succeeded… sort of. It was introduced on a day when only 12 MPs were present. Even in Canadian politics, 12 MPs do not constitute a quorum. But no one called foul and under the rules, if no one objects to, say, changing the name of the national holiday without a quorum, you can get away with it. The bill passed in five minutes. The Senate objected, but, mindful of their own lack of imagination, passed the bill and the rest is history, which may explain the esteem in which most Canadians hold the lower house as well. But it doesn’t explain why Canada Day isn’t always on July 1, does it? Well, it’s like this. Canada Day is a federal, statutory holiday enacted under the Holidays Act. While it may exist forever in spirit on July 1, in law it only exists on July 1 in years when that date falls on a Monday through Saturday. If July 1 happens to fall on Sunday—not to say the Lord’s day—July 2 is the legal holiday. The last time this happened was 2018. Nobody noticed. The next time will be 2029. I’m sure nobody will notice then either. But hey, no reason to let facts get in the way of a good party or the chance to celebrate the same holiday two days in a row. Happy birthday, Canada. ■
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BRALORNE, BC | Looking for a new lifestyle opportunity? Don’t miss the chance to be the new owner of the pub and motel in this booming mountain town! Bralorne is located 3.5 hours from Pemberton through Lillooet, or 2 hours through the Hurley Pass in the Summer months. Can be purchased individually.
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.
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2294 Brandywine Way
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The property features a 4 bedroom, office and den home with a spacious 1 bedroom suite plus a 400 sq.ft studio above a double car garage. Outdoor atributes include a gazebo with day bed, a sitting area with fire pit, an outside dining area plus an enclosed, covered and heated patio/sitting area.
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604.905.8855
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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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This 2 acre piece of paradise is as unique as any snowflake. Just a few km’s uphill from Gold Bridge on the road to Bralorne, this road access lot is divided by Ferguson Creek, a year round water source. Less than 1 km up the road yo u find Sucker lake and excellent fishing. A network of ATV and mountain bike trails wind their way from there to Kingdom Lake and beyond.
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#115D - 2020 London Lane
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A rare 1 bed, 1 bath 621 sf Sunpath townhome just listed for sale. This size has not been available for more than 4 years. Zoned phase 1 nightly rental, these townhomes have proven to be an excellent property investment. Rent it yourself through AirBNB, hire a Property Manager or keep it for your own personal use.
Possibly the best value in buying a home is to seek a newly built property with low overhead, and a few years of strata managed to organise everything efficiently. Saving money right now is important for your family. That’s why many young families have stayed on to enjoy this awesome complex at Soleil.
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This 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom townhome is well situated in the complex, has a double car garage and two parking spots in the driveway - an added bonus! The airtight wood stove heats the house nicely on the coldest Winter days and the deck off the main living area is graced with abundant afternoon sun.
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This 4th floor studio with views of Sproat Mountain is a perfect little getaway and revenue generator. Located in the middle of Whistler Village, steps from Olympic Plaza, food and shopping, and a short walk from the ski hill. Complex includes a pool, hot tub and exercise room, and secure underground parking. Opportunity for excellent annual revenues.
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