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As Whistler’s Catholic Church

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closes in on a $5M expansion, some parishioners have defected over the

council saw proposed plans for a long-awaited pedestrian bridge over

project and its association with a traditionalist Catholic group.

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62 MAXED OUT As the campaign to bring the 2030 Games to B.C. ramps up, Max urges Whistlerites to make their voices heard.

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Ghosts of outages past TEN YEARS LATER, I remember it like it was yesterday.

I was sitting in my parents’ basement, lost in procrastination on the internet as half a dozen work-related tasks lay spread out on my desk.

Deep down I knew I should be working, or creating—thinking, at least—and yet I sat there, mindlessly surfing the internet, my brain on autopilot as the laptop screen filled it with other people’s thoughts.

Then, with a deafening crack of thunder, the power went out, taking the WiFi with it.

BY BRADEN DUPUIS Suddenly, I was left with no distractions, or external stimulations to drive the cognitive process.

And then, as I sat there in the darkness, alone, something strange and, dare I say, magical happened.

I began thinking.

A handwritten journal entry from that night (inexplicably written in the third person) shows my train of thought.

“Suddenly, the distraction is gone. He wants to look, to be distracted—to numb himself with mindless entertainment. But the power is out,” the younger me wrote.

“His creaking synapses build steam as he consciously directs his thoughts towards an impossibly different time when ‘power’ didn’t exist. What forms did mindless entertainment take in those times? Did people let it consume their lives, direct their consciousness or barrage them with advertisements?

“Is the absence of electronic entertainment the sole reason why human minds were active enough to solve most of Earth’s mysteries (presumably) and invent electronic entertainment? What kind of potential is being blindsided by this nonsense? What amount of dormant greatness is being comatosed?”

At this point, the power came back on, saving me from the existential, soulaffirming freedom of possibly unlocking something greater deep within myself.

Whew. Back to YouTube.

For a time, anyway—the storm outside raged on through the night, and we woke the next morning to another power outage.

The “Big Blackout of 2012,” as it later came to be called, took out power for thousands of residents in the Prince Albert, Sask., area for more than 24 hours, and power wasn’t restored to all residents for weeks.

I was an intern reporter for the Prince Albert Daily Herald at the time, and I couldn’t have asked for a better journalism boot camp.

How do you publish a daily newspaper without electricity? The old-fashioned way.

With no phones or internet, we now had no choice but to pound the pavement, notebooks in hand: walk over to City Hall to hear what local officials are saying; drive down to the hospital to see how they’re coping; swing by the wastewater treatment plant for an update on levels; go knock doors to get some resident reaction.

We powered our phones and a single laptop using a car adaptor, which we then took turns writing our stories on. I don’t remember now how we got them down to the team in Moose Jaw for layout and printing, but I suspect my editor may have

and e-transfer services for many businesses.

It’s unclear exactly how many were affected, but according to its 2021 annual report, Rogers had about 11.3 million wireless subscribers last year, and about 2.7 million internet subscribers.

According to U.K.-based “internet observer” NetBlocks, the outage “knocked out a quarter of the country’s observable connectivity.”

So, not insignificant.

In Whistler, the Interac outage served as the biggest nuisance, though luckily credit cards were still working, said Whistler Chamber board chair Diana Chan.

“With customers having moved to cashless payments during the pandemic, most had alternative payment methods, therefore [we saw] a minimal financial impact for businesses,” Chan said, adding that, after the events of the past two years, the one-day outage amounted to “just another hiccup” for Whistler businesses. “[Given] the resilience and creative servicing that many businesses and frontline workers have developed through the pandemic and with the ongoing supply chain issues, this seemed like just another

possibility, however unlikely I knew it was: What if Facebook never comes back?

I felt like an inmate serving a life sentence being marched across the yard, only to catch a glimpse of an unattended gate.

In that moment, long-suppressed memories of freedom in the real world come flooding back—a tantalizing reminder of all that was; could maybe be again.

And then you’re shunted unceremoniously back inside the concrete walls to your cell with one last fleeting glance over your shoulder at the unwatched gate.

The memory of freedom fades, with time. But it doesn’t die.

I’m being overly dramatic, of course.

Facebook isn’t mandatory. The law doesn’t dictate that I must own a cell phone, and rub my dumb thumbs all over it for hours every day, thinking other people’s thoughts and getting angry.

But these are the costs of participating in the modern world—for me, at least. Your mileage may vary.

Ten years after my power outageinduced epiphany, I still struggle with mindless distractions.

Our technology is nothing short of a

[W]hile technology is ultra convenient, it’s not infallible, and we would be wise to build in backup plans for when the system fails...

had to read our copy over the phone—just like the good old days.

I learned a lot from that experience, the main takeaway being that while technology is ultra convenient, it’s not infallible, and we would be wise to build in backup plans for when the system fails—like it did for more than 12 hours on Friday, July 8, when Rogers experienced a country-wide outage that impacted thousands of Canadians.

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During the extended outage, I saw more than one Rogers customer express a strange relief on Twitter that they suddenly couldn’t use their phone—that for all intents and purposes, they were unreachable.

I can relate to that feeling.

Last year, humanity was offered a wondrous, albeit brief, morning of respite when Facebook’s servers inexplicably went offline for much of the day.

All morning, I entertained a thrilling

modern miracle, enabling us to do and see things our ancestors could only dream of.

It’s also a curse, blinding us to the things that really matter and too often filling us with questionable ideas.

It took me far too long to learn that, like most things with life and the universe, it’s about balance.

I hope you enjoyed this meandering exploration of outages.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go find a river to sit beside.

I’ve got some thinking to do. ■

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Whistler should back away from new gas stations There has been a lot of talk about the rezoning/ new development at 4500 Northlands Blvd. recently, and with good reason, as it allows residents to give feedback and voice concerns over a major development very close to the village.

I am curious about updates on the Lil’wat Nation development at Function Junction— where is this up to? Pique has not covered this development in some time. Why are we not getting the same ability to comment and give feedback on a development that goes directly against the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) commitment to “Move Beyond the Car by 2030?”

(Editor’s note: The enhanced rezoning for the Northlands goes above and beyond standard development requirements. The Lil’wat Nation’s Function Junction development is following a standard development process. Pique requested an update on the project from the Lil’wat Nation, which said there are no details to provide at this time.)

Allowing planning for a new gas station to be built in Whistler goes directly against the RMOW’s commitments. It is hypocritical of council to be allowing applications for the development of new gas stations in Whistler if they are also trying to claim that reducing cars is their No. 1 goal, followed closely by decarbonizing passenger and commercial transport. New gas

I would like to suggest some basic aboveground remediation is possible to improve the visual transport of the existing utilities in White Gold Estates.

These suggestions would require the cooperation of the concerned parties: the RMOW, BC Hydro, Shaw, Telus and homeowners.

1. Replace the redundant power poles.

Those poles standing side by side, one supplying hydro and the other, usually an older pole, supplying Shaw and Telus.

2. Replace the aging poles with the new replacement poles when needed.

3. Straighten poles that are not perpendicular.

4. Attention to placement of crossing lines where possible from the supply lines to homes.

Tom Thomson // Whistler

stations actively support carbon-based travel and the use of cars by improving availability and access to a fossil fuel that we should be replacing with renewables.

Petaluma, Calif. became the first city in the world to prohibit new gas stations in 2021.

Since then, four more cities have prohibited new gas stations permanently and at least six more, including Los Angeles, are developing policies now. A wave of cities passed building electrification policies in 2019, and the movement to stop new gas stations has arrived—our community would be wise to take notice.

No matter how you look at it, gas stations are a bad investment in Whistler’s future.

I wrote to council on this matter on June 23 and have yet to receive a response.

Perri Hogan // Whistler

White Gold undergrounding was ill-fated Spending in the range of $10 million to replace an already delivered utility seemed at first blush ill-fated.

The July 5 council meeting affirmed that premise (“Whistler’s White Gold undergrounding cancelled,” Pique, July 7).

Thank you Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff and council.

Harrow Road housing project needs Pemberton’s support The rental-housing crisis continues to grow in Pemberton. With the recent announcement of a crackdown on illegal secondary suites in Tiyata Village there will be more community members desperately seeking a place to live.

This crisis is affecting your friends, neighbours, and employees. Families are paying 40 to 50 per cent of their income towards housing. Seniors are anxiously waiting on the Lions Villa housing waitlist in hopes of securing an apartment they can afford. The Radius rental building has an even longer waitlist. Without more dedicated rental units available for those working in Pemberton, we

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR continue stumbling down the same path we’ve been trying to navigate over the last decade.

Our housing crisis has now spawned a parallel crisis. Does anyone wonder why McDonald’s drive-thru is sometimes closed after 3 p.m.? Or wonder why their favourite restaurant is closing earlier? Or why the other businesses in town have reduced hours? This reduction in service is due to an unprecedented labour shortage. Businesses are struggling to get through their days with fewer employees than they’ve ever had.

The housing crisis and unprecedented labour shortage are intertwined. If we cannot recruit people to work in our businesses due to their inability to find rental housing, our village will continue to suffer. We have a unique opportunity to request mayor and council make sure Pemberton can securely house those who want to live and work here.

At the end of August, council will hear an update on the rezoning application for the Harrow Road affordable housing project. Sea to Sky Community Services (SSCS) is partnering with BC Housing to get this 64-unit rental building approved and ready for tenants in 2025. They

need our help to let mayor and council know there is community support and need for this project.

This project will provide long-term, secure housing for seniors, those with disabilities, and families like mine. Some of the units available will be offered to those on disability or old-age security benefits, some rents will be geared to income, and the majority will be market-rate rentals.

The ground floor of this project will become the new home for SSCS. Their community support programs and food bank are being utilized more than ever. If you support the Harrow Road project, please email Pemberton mayor and council. There are tenants in our community who are fearful of speaking out so as not to call attention to themselves or their current living situation. If this fear does not highlight the seriousness of this crisis, I don’t know what will.

We must show mayor and council there is strong community support for this project.

SSCS needs a permanent home in our community. So does my family, and many other people who love this valley and want to work here.

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FOR THE RECORD An article in the July 7 issue of Pique (“Proposed WedgeWoods expansion could see more housing built north of Whistler”) incorrectly stated that SLRD staff are in discussion with the Whistler Housing Authority about buying lots in WedgeWoods. In fact, the discussion is about potential WHA management of lots. An SLRD spokesperson clarified that the WHA is not involved in the WedgeWoods development, and there are no bylaws drafted in relation to the project at this time. Pique regrets the error. n

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BY MEGAN LALONDE But it wasn’t my alarm that had woken me up. It was a 3 a.m. automated text from Air Canada notifying me that my flight to Toronto would be delayed an hour, citing “security issues.” I wasn’t stressed. Even with a delay, I’d have a one-hour layover at Pearson—usually more than enough time to make my connecting flight to Amsterdam.

I fell back asleep, eventually waking up three hours later to my actual alarm. I immediately noticed a second text from Air Canada: the plane was delayed again, and was now scheduled to land exactly one minute after my flight to Amsterdam was due to take off. The next flight to the Netherlands wasn’t until the following day. Shit.

I still wasn’t stressed, exactly. Missing out on one night of accommodation wouldn’t be the end of the world, but with the state of

Air Canada’s phone lines recently, rebooking flights and trying to get the airline to cover a hotel room in Toronto wasn’t how I dreamt of spending my first day of vacation. There was, however, an earlier flight to Toronto that would get me there in time for my connection—if I could get to YVR in time.

I hightailed it to the airport and was greeted by easily the longest check-in lines I’ve ever seen in Vancouver—even the queue for Air Canada’s priority counter was a good 40 people deep. The only checkin counter without a substantial wait was the top-tier Super Elite™ desk, where an employee mercifully turned a blind eye to the fact that I didn’t have any business being there and rebooked me on the earlier flight. Thanks solely to that agent and my misplaced confidence in airport settings, I managed to power-walk to the gate just in time for boarding.

The punch line? My flight to Amsterdam ended up being delayed by three hours— my original flight would have brought me to Toronto in time for my connection after all.

Thankfully, those unproblematic delays ended up being the biggest travel hurdle I had to deal with in three weeks moving around Western Europe last month. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, arriving at airports hours earlier than I ever have before. Some lines were on the long side and every flight I boarded was delayed

by at least a few minutes, but none of these inconveniences were ever enough to ruin a day. But according to headlines, social media and conversations with other travellers, that makes me the exception.

A few of the worst horror stories I’ve heard in recent weeks include a four-and-ahalf-hour wait in a security line at Schipol Airport; a two-hour wait for security in Toronto followed by another two-hour wait for customs; lost-forever luggage and cancelled flights due to striking Ryanair staff leading to thousands spent on last-minute accommodation and rebooked journeys.

Last week, Air Canada saw 65 per cent of its flights arrive late, according to the Canadian Press, while Toronto’s Pearson Airport was the only one in the world to see more than half of its departures delayed.

In late June, the airline announced its intent to cut 154 flights, on average, from its schedule each day for the remainder of the summer.

These issues have bigger repercussions than ruining someone’s holiday: as CBC reported July 12, about 60 patients on Quebec’s remote Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after a Montreal doctor’s Air Canada flight to see them was cancelled.

It’s the result of a perfect post-pandemic storm brought on by a pent-up longing to travel—undeterred by long passport lines

and record inflation—and a debilitating staff shortage, after so many were laid off when air travel ground to a near-halt more than two years ago.

In an open letter, Air Canada’s president said “people are returning to flying at a rate never seen in our industry,” causing “unprecedented and unforeseen strains on all aspects of the global aviation system.”

Unforeseen? Who couldn’t have seen this coming? Wouldn’t Air Canada’s booking rate have provided at least a hint? As an outsider looking in, I feel the air travel industry dropped the ball when it had plenty of time to prepare, and is now struggling to catch up at customers’ expense. These companies need to figure it out, but I have zero faith that will happen before the end of the summer travel rush.

That said, the current travel conditions at the moment aren’t enough to make me reconsider taking a trip, even if does make the experience of getting on a plane more stressful than ever. I feel exceptionally lucky mine went as smoothly as it did, but I’m fairly certain even the stress of cancelled flights couldn’t overshadow the joy I felt pulling my passport out of the drawer for the first time since 2019.

But if you’re part of the 12 per cent of Canadians who told a recent Nanos poll they have no intent to cancel the international travel plans they made this summer, make sure you pack your patience. ■

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Whistler’s Catholic church looks to expand its footprint and presence—but not all are onboard SMALL GROUP OF OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS PARISHIONERS HAVE DEFECTED OVER $5M EXPANSION AND CHURCH’S ASSOCIATION WITH U.S. CATHOLIC TRADITIONALISTS, THE NAPA INSTITUTE

BY BRANDON BARRETT WHISTLER’S OUR LADY of the Mountains is closing in on a multimilliondollar fundraising goal that will see the Catholic church significantly expand both its footprint and presence in the community— but some parishioners have defected over the splashy project and the church’s association with a U.S.-based Catholic traditionalist group.

Whistler’s only Catholic church has now raised roughly $4.5 million of its $5-million goal to expand the Lorimer Road building that was completed in 1996. Originally built as a multi-purpose hall, the church has a long history of hosting community events and concerts, but it’s not exactly ideal for quiet contemplation and prayer, said Our Lady of the Mountains priest, Father Andrew L’Heureux.

“Whenever we used the hall for something else, we didn’t have the space to pray. The church is a meeting place between us and God … and usually we have a dedicated space for that but in the initial build it wasn’t possible,” he explained. “It was actually in the original plans to have a hall and a church, so then in 2019, the parishioners [asked], ‘Why don’t we do what we planned to do in the beginning?’

It looked impossible and all of a sudden everything has started to come together.”

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The funds were raised in relatively short order, anchored by church member, retired businessman, philanthropist and Whistler second homeowner Andy Szocs, who initially donated $1 million to the cause before doubling his contribution.

The founder of the Szocs Foundation, Szocs is a major contributor to mentalhealth initiatives in B.C. and across Canada, and has a long history of philanthropy in Whistler. Along with his sizable donation, the 82-year-old has also led the fundraising efforts, relying on his years of experience in the non-profit sector.

additional 300 seats.

“That will be helpful for us at Christmastime when we have lots of people coming. We used to rent the Westin [for Christmas mass] so it will be nice to have everyone at the church,” L’Heureux said.

“That’s one of the nice things, that we have this expandability.”

The priest said the church is also looking into the possibility of opening a daycare within the building. The church housed a Montessori school in previous years.

“We know the great need in this area for childcare,” L’Heureux added.

“Instead of it being our community church, it’s becoming something else that is not for the local community.”

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“Here’s the big challenge: we have about 160 parishioners … so it’s very difficult to raise the $5 million because a significant portion, like 80 per cent, had to come from outside the parish,” he said. “We’ve done extremely well. I mean, fairy-tale well.”

Potential plans for the church include a new sanctuary, a refreshed interior design, and a columbarium on the church’s exterior. The new building will seat roughly 200, but will adjoin to the existing hall, which will be reengineered so it can open into the new church space, providing an

Once the necessary funds are raised and the designs are approved at municipal hall, L’Heureux anticipates it would take about a year to complete the expansion.

‘IT WAS BASICALLY A SLAP IN THE FACE’ Heather Durfeld can still remember the first meeting L’Heureux had with the church’s finance council after becoming Our Lady of the Mountains’ new priest in 2018.

The meeting was memorable because of

a particular comment he made about the existing church building.

“Our current priest came to the community and the first thing he said to the finance council was, ‘I don’t find God here,’” she recalled. “It was basically a slap in the face because it’s not the building that has God’s presence, it’s the community itself. It was essentially telling us we’re not very spiritual here and God’s not going to come here until we build this fabulous church.”

Prior to L’Heureux’s arrival, the parish already had renovation plans in place that were years in the making, but were ultimately scrapped. The parish voted 88 per cent in favour of the $5-million expansion and led the charge on getting this latest project going, the priest said.

“It was more of a cosmetic change—some of it. Some of it was moving doors around inside the parish. First of all, many of the parishioners were kind of offended and didn’t think it was a good use of money because it didn’t really fit in,” said L’Heureux. “As Catholics, what we worship is very important and we want to show people that when we come to the church. The renovation [plans] weren’t showing any of that.”

Pique spoke with several parishioners who said they felt pressured to vote in favour of the expansion and that any concerns they raised were quickly brushed aside. Jeanette Callahan had been involved with the church since 1985, when it was still housed in the small Whistler’s Skiers’ Chapel in the village.

She said the so-called “discernment” over the project—a decision-making process used in Christian churches meant to be a tool or guide to help determine what God is calling on a

NEWS WHISTLER congregation to do—felt decided before the parish had even voted.

“My major concern, really, was with the process,” said Callahan, adding that a video endorsing the expansion from the Archbishop of the Diocese of Kamloops, to which Our Lady of the Mountains belongs, was played for the parish before they had even seen any design plans.

“My understanding of a discernment is that you go to the congregation and ask them what their needs are and what do they see for the future … That didn’t happen.

What happened was all of a sudden there was an [architectural] drawing in front of us. One drawing. Only one drawing. That is not a proper process.”

Given the past two pandemic years and the challenges facing Whistler’s most vulnerable, Callahan and others questioned why there wasn’t more consideration of how a new development could potentially benefit the needy.

“We seriously question the timing, priority and entire process of the new church project. How, at this time in the world, might our parish be perceived while building and fundraising for a new church in the midst of a pandemic, the clergy sexual abuse crisis, knowledge of the Residential Schools unmarked graves (2 of which are specifically in the Diocese of Kamloops), the calls to action for reconciliation with First Nations and the Synod?” read a February letter to the editor of BC Catholic, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, after a glowing article about the project. The letter was signed by eight current or former members of the church, including Callahan and Durfeld. About 10 parishioners have defected from the church over the project.

Opponents have also criticized the project’s hefty price tag, given the parish continues to run an annual deficit, and questioned whether the expansion would really serve the local congregation.

“How did we get to servicing the needs of external organizations such as the Napa Institute over the needs of the local parish community, many of which have not been recognized in this proposed plan?” the letter went on.

WHAT IS THE NAPA INSTITUTE? The Our Lady of the Mountains parish and clergy have their sights set on turning Whistler into more of a destination for the faithful, with talks ongoing with the California-based Catholic organization, the Napa Institute, to hold a satellite event in Whistler dubbed “Napa North.” The Napa Institute’s main conference, held in the Napa Valley, welcomes hundreds of Catholic devotees and clergy every summer.

“The potential pitch was a vision that basically Whistler is a world-class resort and when you come here, we wanted to have a stronger presence for our Christian faith,” said Szocs. “We’re going to host world-class conferences.”

Co-founded by Rev. Robert Spitzer and wealthy businessman, hotelier and philanthropist Tim Busch, who also donated to the Our Lady of the Mountains

campaign, the Napa Institute was formed in 2010 to fight what it sees as the growing secularization of American society.

The Institution counts a number of high-profile donors and conference speakers, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Washington, D.C. insider Leonard Leo, who advised former U.S. President Donald Trump on Supreme Court nominations—the latter Busch has applauded for his anti-abortion stance.

In his welcome address at the 2021 conference, Busch described the organization’s mission as “faith formation, truth telling and uniting Catholic leaders to transform the culture,” which he said was more urgent than ever as “religious liberty is attacked, right to life is attacked, transgender ideology is forced upon our children and Black Lives Matter is promoting racism, critical race theory, and destroying the nuclear family,” according to National Catholic Reporter’s John Gehring.

“They’re anti-Pope and there will be a lot of people who will say I’m wrong, but if you really dig into the Napa Institute and what they stand for, I don’t think as Canadians we want that up here,” said Durfeld. “Instead of it being our community church, it’s becoming something else that is not for the local community.”

Asked whether he thought the Napa Institute’s ideals align with the majority of Canadians or the Whistler community, L’Heureux spoke about what he sees as the risks of identity politics.

“Just because there is propaganda about one thing or another—I mean, at one time there was propaganda about how good slavery was. I know I’m taking extreme examples, but for Catholics, our whole thing is whenever you demean the human person into some sort of a label or category, you remove an aspect of their humanity and then they become something that can be dispensed of,” he explained.

“That’s something we’re always very careful of. We want to make sure what we promote is actually promoting the good of humanity, and not just a temporary good, like, ‘Oh you might feel good about this so I should support it.’ What is the ultimate good of humanity? Is our society really open to go into these issues and talk about the good and the bad, because that’s how a lot of propaganda works. It tells you one side of the story and doesn’t explore the cause and effect of all these sorts of things.”

The Napa Institute did not return a request for comment.

Among the other plans for the expanded church, L’Heureux said they would be launching a new pilgrimage route this summer called the Camino of the Holy Family that, once completed, will stretch from the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver to Our Lady of the Mountains in Whistler. Not a continuous trail at present, L’Heureux said pilgrims would likely complete sections of the route—like, say, from Squamish to Whistler— until the trail is finished.

“We want to make this place a pilgrimage destination and hopefully at one time the trails will reach all the way down into Vancouver, so it will be kind of like the Camino de Santiago,” he added. n

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Cost to host 2030 B.C. Olympics estimated near $4B UP TO $1.2 BILLION OF THE PRICE TAG WOULD BE COVERED BY TAXPAYERS, SAYS FEASIBILITY TEAM

BY MEGAN LALONDE A FIRST NATIONS-LED effort to stage the 2030 Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver, Whistler and Sun Peaks would require at least $1 billion in public funds, new financial estimates claim.

The figure was included in the initial cost evaluation released on July 8 by the feasibility team exploring a potential bid as part of a draft hosting concept. It was prepared by Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) representatives under the leadership of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. According to the document, bringing the Games back to B.C. could cost up to $4 billion in total.

As partners in the potential bid, Resort Municipality of Whistler council and staff are “reviewing and digesting” the estimates, said Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton in an emailed statement.

“A council report will be coming shortly assessing the implications of Whistler’s participation as a host community,” he added. “We look forward to continued community dialogue and ask that residents continue to participate in the ongoing engagement process.”

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The feasibility team says between $299 million and $375 million in government grants would be required to renovate existing Olympic venues from 2010, plus $165 million to $267 million needed to build new Olympic Villages and between $560 million and $583 million to cover public security.

The Games’ organizing committee would rack up a $2.5 billion to $2.8 billion bill that would be entirely covered by private funds earned through International Olympic Committee contributions, broadcast rights, sponsors, ticketing, licensing and merchandise sales.

The feasibility team estimated that $5 to $6 would flow into the region for every $1 of taxpayer money spent.

All project estimates also include significant contingencies. Not included in the cost breakdown is the price of essential services or discretionary spending from governments looking to capitalize on the Games.

The B.C. NDP government has provided no commitment so far and has reportedly given COC president Tricia Smith until Aug. 15 to provide a detailed plan, including whether all host communities and First Nations would each share costs and risks.

When B.C. last hosted the Games in 2010, it cost $513 million (or $669 million, in 2022 dollars) to build brand-new athletic

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The provincial government of the day initially said it would provide $600 million to host the 2010 Winter Olympics but increased that commitment to $765 million in 2009 as the Games neared. The federal government, meanwhile, covered the nearly $1-billion security price tag—a controversial figure that was substantially higher than the $125-million cost originally estimated to ensure public safety during the event.

Though the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee’s official financial ledgers are sealed until fall 2025—it is estimated the total cost came in around the $8-billion mark, including infrastructure upgrades— officials said the Games essentially broke even, with both revenues and expenses pegged at just under $1.9 billion.

Not included in any of those reports are the lasting benefits for the Whistler community, said Councillor Ralph Forsyth, citing everything from the employee housing in Cheakamus to the four-per-cent “hotel tax” established for the Games that still funds a range of community initiatives today.

“The things that people forget about sometimes are things like skiing out to Creekside before Christmas,” he said. “That absolutely would never have happened

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Though the overall cost to host the Games in 2030 would be similar to 2010, according to the feasibility team, the difference this time around would be the need for three villages as opposed to two (all of which would be transformed into housing after the Olympic flame is extinguished), while security costs would be nearly cut in half thanks to a new “intelligence-led” philosophy, COC representatives said.

“Obviously, it’s a lot of money, but I think when you look at the assets that could be achieved from it—for our perspective in Whistler, the housing component would be huge for us, obviously—and when you think about the other assets that could use a rejuvenation, then [hosting] kind of makes sense,” said Forsyth.

Also exploring bids are 2002 Olympic host Salt Lake City, and Sapporo, Japan, the 1972 host. The IOC is expected to award the 2030 Games in May 2023.

“I think at the end of the day, it’s selfish of us not to host the Games again,” Forsyth added. “We have all the stuff to do it, so let’s do it for the benefit of the next generation of kids who go on to the Games.”

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“Wendi sold one of the first Stonebridge lots right out of the gate, before we had even cleared it, and we were up tromping around the bush in Stonebridge trying to find the lot her client bought,” remembered Duane Jackson, longtime friend, developer and current municipal councillor. “She was just really positive and looking to do the best for her client and if that meant clomping over creeks and logs and climbing rocks to see what the view was like, she was right in front of it.”

The local realtor and co-owner of the Whistler Real Estate Company (WREC) died last month at 55 after a three-year battle with cancer. She leaves behind her husband Randy and three sons, Phelan, Will and Beck.

Landing in Whistler in 1990, Warm later joined the WREC team and over the years became an integral and beloved part of Whistler’s tightknit real-estate community, regarded for her warmth, empathy and integrity in an industry not always known for those qualities.

“We’re an industry that tends to be criticized a lot. Often one person can do something that will paint us in a bit of an unfortunate image,” said Pat Kelly, founder of the WREC. “She was never that kind of a realtor. She got along with everybody. She was an example to people on how to do business, how to present yourself to clients.

She was a positive influence on clients.”

After 21 years at the helm, Kelly agreed to sell the WREC to Warm and her eldest son Phelan in late 2020, despite numerous offers from outside Whistler to buy the company.

“It was important to me that whoever took the company to the next level and moved it forward into the future was someone who understood our history and our culture. It is difficult to find someone like that if they haven’t been part of the Whistler community for an extended period of time,” he explained. “But I felt someone like Wendi, who cared deeply about her coworkers, understood the history of the company and wanted to maintain the culture that we believe we have … [would] certainly want to continue that tradition, recognizing that Whistler is a community, not just a place to sell homes.”

In an email, Phelan said he’s determined to carry on his mother’s legacy at the firm.

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WARM WENDI Whistler Real Estate Company co-owner Wendi Warm died last month after a threeyear battle with cancer.

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to see that Wendi’s vision for the company as a deeply admired, market leading real estate firm that gives back to our communities is realized in the years to come,” he wrote.

Warm’s people-first approach extended to her team as well. She was a beloved coworker who treated her colleagues, like most of the people in her life she cared about, like family, and thought nothing of foregoing a lucrative commission if it meant it would go to one of her team members instead.

Her reputation even extended to the wider real estate community, said Ann Chiasson, co-owner of RE/MAX Sea to Sky. “She had the respect of the real estate community and her clients, of course,” she said. “Obviously she was one of those oldschool realtors who really took the time to get to know her clients. Not everyone does that.

“She was a great person to deal with and a lovely person to have as a friend.”

Anyone who knew Warm will also tell you how dedicated she was to her family. When her sons, Beck and Will, wanted to pursue their hockey careers further, Warm and her husband upended their lives and careers to relocate to Vancouver, a move that evidently paid off, with Beck playing in the ECHL and Will playing for McGill University, where’s he’s attending business school.

“She did that at the sacrifice, perhaps, of a bit of her real estate career,” said Kelly.

“She really put family above all other things.”

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In a report to Whistler council at the July 5 meeting, staff confirmed Evo Evolve, the electric bike-share service, will launch a three-month pilot project in the municipality.

The pilot will soft launch at the end of July with an official launch in August and run until October. Initially, there will be 20 bikes at launch, which will rise to 60 by the end of the pilot project.

The goal of the bike-share program is to get Whistlerites out of their cars, reduce emissions in the community, and lessen the burden on parking in the village and at the municipality’s parks.

RMOW general manager of resort experience Jessie Gresley-Jones noted that many lakefront parks have seen a massive increase in usage in recent years, with about 179,000 people using the resort’s four major parks in 2021.

Many of the parks’ parking lots are now beyond their capacity, with some lots experiencing overflows onto nearby streets.

There will be bike-share stations set up in Whistler Village (at Whistler Olympic Plaza, Gateway Loop, Day Lots 2 and 4 and along the Fitzsimmons Connector) and at the Meadow Park Sports Centre, as well as in Rainbow and Lost Lake parks and several neighbourhoods that will make it so riders can conveniently get from Point A to Point B on their daily commute.

The bikes will come with a $1 unlocking fee per trip, and cost 35 cents a minute. A 15-minute ride is expected to cost about $6.25.

There will be overage fees for people that use the bikes for longer than an hour to encourage people to share the service for shorter commuter trips.

The pilot project sparked a discussion at the Whistler council table, with some raising concerns about the potential effects it will have on local bike rental businesses in the municipality, a handful of which came to the council meeting.

Currently, Whistler has 25 bike rental shops, most of which are based in the village centre and primarily catering to the visitor market. Several Whistler bike rental shop owners signed an open letter to council laying out questions and concerns business owners have with the pilot project.

The questions touched on safety (intoxication, trail etiquette, speed management, etc.), how the trial’s success will be measured, potential environmental impacts and fairness for existing operators, among other things.

“I’m in favour of an e-bike-share program

and look forward to the day when we have a successful program in place. To achieve this efficiently, safely, and in a manner that is fair to existing local rental operators, we need to have an effective and well-thoughtout trial,” wrote Whistler Sports Rentals owner William Naylor in a letter to council.

“Currently, I don’t think we have this. I think the proposed trial is not fit for purpose and poses serious safety risks. I am also of the opinion that the trial is being rolled out in a manner that is not showing due respect to local businesses.”

Local business owners only learned of the pilot project on June 28.

Naylor believes the short notice for the pilot is unfair to the local business owners, and that the municipality should postpone the pilot by several months to give local operators more time to adjust to a potential market change.

“Local rental operators have to order their bike fleet over one year ahead of when they typically receive it. We have planned for over one year for the business that we will undertake in the next few weeks. As seasonal businesses, we have a relatively short window in which we turn a profit, typically July and August,” said Naylor in a follow-up interview.

“I don’t mind losing some revenue if it helps us achieve our climate goals. I think that is more important than my bottom line. I think [delaying the pilot] would give us time to adapt and would be appropriate.”

Councillor Jen Ford suggested keeping the Evo Evolve bike program out of the village centre entirely, citing the program’s effect on the rental businesses.

“We’re all sensitive to the impacts that COVID has had over the last two and a half years and how that’s affected our local employees, and it’s super challenging,” Ford said.

The program has some clear benefits, particularly around affordability, she added.

“It makes a lot of sense, and that’s why I can support this if it starts and ends in compact ways,” Ford said.

“I would rather the starting point be a residential area that has the density to support it and the parks rather than in the village where there are many bike rental businesses that depend on this as their bread and butter.”

Coun. Ralph Forsyth directed his comments on the project directly to the bike shop owners in the audience.

“I’m hopeful that it’s not going to take business away from anyone. If it does, we won’t do it again,” he said.

The RMOW will use metrics and lessons learned from the pilot project to inform a future request for proposals (RFP) to establish an ongoing permanent bike share system in Whistler. An RFP process will be rolled out this fall, with the aim of implementation in summer 2023. n

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Whistler Blackcomb Foundation doling out $400K to Sea to Sky non-profits BLACK TUSK NORDIC EVENTS SOCIETY RECEIVES BIGGEST GRANT FOR SNOWMAKING AT WHISTLER OLYMPIC PARK

BY MEGAN LALONDE CROSS-COUNTRY SKIERS in Whistler might be able to start their season a little earlier in the coming years thanks in part to the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation (WBF).

The Black Tusk Nordic Events Society (BTNES) is spearheading fundraising efforts to improve snowmaking facilities at Whistler Olympic Park, making the venue more reliable for both early season recreational skiing and on-snow training for Nordic athletes, explained Reid Carter, the society’s vice-chair.

But, according to Carter, that’s not the only benefit, as many races over the years have had to be cancelled because of insufficient snow and the “new snowmaking capability should meaningfully increase” their ability to host early season races.

The proposed snowmaking improvements are set to be carried out by Whistler Sports Legacies after receiving a major funding boost in the form of a WBF grant this month. The BTNES will receive

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a $100,000 grant, making it one of several local recipients in a funding cycle that resulted in the WBF doling out a total of $400,000 to non-profits looking to make a difference across the corridor.

Among the other grants awarded are: • $65,000 to Sea to Sky Community Services for building design upgrades and walk-in support like counselling for youth at its new Foundry Youth Hub; • $40,000 to the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Society for a vehicle to transport adaptive sports equipment to programs throughout the Sea to Sky; • $20,000 to the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association for improvements to the Brennan Park Skills Park; • $20,000 for the Howe Sound Curling Club’s environmentally-friendly Arena Heating Project; • $18,000 to the St’at’imc Northern Tribe Powwow Society for a 15,000-seat arbour that will be used to host the community’s first annual world-class competitive powwow next summer; • $12,000 to the Pemberton Canoe Association for new flatwater boats; • Almost $10,000 to the Whistler Skating

Club to help fund an equipment upgrade for the Can Skate Program; • And a variety of smaller grants for various organizations across the Sea to Sky. The funding announcement represents WBF’s return to its typical twice-yearly grant application intake periods—which open to local non-profits each April and October—after shifting gears slightly due to COVID-19.

The foundation largely abandoned its usual application process, instead collaborating with Sea to Sky groups like Whistler Community Services and the Whistler Medical Clinic, for example, to understand what locals needed most urgently, wrote WBF executive director Mei Madden in an email.

“During this period, an email or a phone call from a lot of our non-profits would be enough for us to get funds to them,” she said.

With most local organizations now back to some form of business as usual, it was “very difficult” to select grant recipients this time around, said Madden—not only because “all of the organizations have some pretty amazing

projects they are working on,” but because the WBF was just as hampered by COVID19 regulations as the organizations it strives to support.

“We often wish we could fund everything, but funding is of course dependent on how much we can raise, which we do primarily through our two major fundraising events every year,” explained Madden. “Because of the pandemic, we were somewhat limited in our fundraising abilities but our team definitely changed course and produced successful virtual and hybrid events, as well as branched out to create other programs like our mask initiative and Move for Mental Health. These allowed us to continue to support our communities during COVID.” Pre-pandemic, the WBF was able to donate more than $1 million each year, and “during the last couple of years we were able to donate over $800,000 net annually,” Madden said.

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March 2nd, 1960 - June 14th, 2022 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Andrew Tjelios on the morning of June 14th with his sister and father by his side.

Born in Montreal, Quebec Andrew is survived by his parents Carmen and George, his sister Anastasia, his nieces and nephew, Nina, Bianca and Patrick (Niamh) Duval.

Coming from an avid skiing family, Andrew hit the slopes at 2 yrs old.

Upon graduating from CÉGEP he opted to take his CSIA ski instructor certification and began teaching at Mount Tremblant for several years before commiting to the family fur business. Like many young men a love interest took him to Toronto where he worked for Sega in the gaming industry. However, his passion for skiing never subsided and in 1994 he joined the Blackcomb ski school becoming an inspirational and well respected ski instructor until his recent passing.

Andrew could often be found sharing apint with friends or guests at Merlin’s for Après, sharing ski tips and anecdotes. No matter where or who he was with His smile and his raconteur gift for telling a joke will always be remembered. His kind heart and thoughtfulness touched many.

No words can express our gratitude for the heroic efforts of the Pemberton ER nurses Suzi and Stephanie, paramedics and Doctors.

Please join us with your memories and stories of Andrew at a celebration of life to be held at Merlin’s on Dec 5th, 2022 at 6pm.

Forrest Dean Oberson 1953-2022

Our hearts are broken, and life will never be the same as we announce that Dean Oberson died peacefully at home in Pemberton, BC on June 28, 2022. Dean was a loving, generous and thoughtful man and was deeply loved by his family and many friends.

Born May 29, 1953, in Saskatoon, SK, Dean moved to Pemberton, BC at the age of 4 with his parents and younger brother Drew. Dean lived in Pemberton all his life and loved the mountains and being outdoors, hiking, skiing, biking and just being in nature. He started his career as a trained chef, and then became a skilled carpenter and equipment operator who was always in demand. In his later years, Dean could often be found spending time with his beloved dog Myka walking along the river, enjoying his beautiful backyard, and having wiener roasts. He always expressed his gratitude and appreciation for life and all those close to him. Above all, he loved his family and friends deeply and never missed an opportunity to express it.

Dean will be profoundly missed by his partner Karen Howe, mother Audrey Oberson, brother Drew Oberson (Corinne), sister Jan Oberson (Dennis Dandeneau) and nephews Braden Oberson (Veronica Lobkova), Aaron Oberson (Lucy Hawksbee), Austin Oberson, Riley Peterson (Olivia Kester), and niece Aja Peterson (Bryn Ossington) and grand niece Myra Ossington. He was predeceased by his father Warner Oberson. He will also be missed by his extended family and many, many friends.

A heartfelt and special thank you to Dr. Bohn, the nursing and kitchen staff who cared for Dean so very well at Squamish General Hospital and to his caregivers during his last days in Pemberton. Dean was ever so grateful.

A celebration of life will be held at Drew and Corrine Oberson’s, 1647 Portage Rd. Pemberton, BC on September 10, 2022, at 2:00PM. JULY 14, 2022

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NEWS WHISTLER

New noise and enforcement bylaws adopted in Whistler COUNCIL BRIEFS: 2022 WHISTLER FIRE SERVICE AWARDS PRESENTED

BY ROBERT WISLA AT THE JULY 5 Resort Municipality of

WHISTLER FIREFIGHTERS RECOGNIZED Whistler recognized some of its firefighters for their service at last week’s council meeting.

The Whistler Fire Rescue Service (WFRS) awards are an annual tradition that recognizes service members for their years of dedication to the safety of Whistler residents and the WFRS. On July 5, regimental awards were given to five new service members: Martin Schrama, Gavin Sands, Michael Kennedy, Tom Conway and Dane Cozens.

Awards for long service—recognizing 20 years—were presented to Darcy Sibbald, Kim Vertefeuille, Bob Van Engelsdorp, Jeff Drenka, and Dennis Van Dongen.

The 25-year service medals were awarded to Al McConnachie, David Evans Dan Kauffman, Marc Kuiper, and Mitch Hunter. Stephen Doyle received the final award for 30 years of service.

The awards wrapped up with the gifting of a First Nations art piece to Whistler Fire Chief John McKearney for his service to Whistler.

These are the last awards for McKearney, who is passing the reins to new fire chief Thomas Doherty later this year after decades in the fire service.

“I remember when we were told at council that we’ve hired the retired fire chief

from the City of Vancouver, I thought that’s a bit of overkill. We don’t need someone with that level of experience,” said Mayor Jack Crompton.

“You came into the job with an incredible amount of professionalism.

You’ve been a leader in your field and in our community.”

McKearney joined the WFRS as fire chief in 2018 after serving eight years with the City of Vancouver. McKearney had an extensive career in the fire service in Vancouver and Whistler, including being elected president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs during his tenure with the RMOW. McKearney leaves his role after advancing multiple updates to Whistler’s fire bylaw, developing a new community wildfire resiliency plan, and assisting with the COVID19 Emergency Operations Centre.

“Chief McKearney, you have been an asset to our organization. It really truly has been a joy to work with you. You will be missed, and we congratulate you on your successful career,” said Crompton.

“I want to say that as someone who was new to the job of mayor and was learning a lot of things on the job, it sure was nice to be working with someone with the depth of your experience. You lead very much in partnership with people.” n

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Whistler (RMOW) council meeting, council voted to adopt a new noise bylaw which will increase the allowable hours that construction can occur in the municipality, along with increased fines for bylaw infractions.

The fines for making too much noise have increased from $250 to $500 per offence. The quiet hours in the municipality have remained the same, from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. for residential properties.

Overall hours of allowable construction time have increased, with construction allowed to start at 7:30 a.m. every day except Sunday and statutory holidays, which have changed to a 9 a.m. start time.

Previously, construction was allowed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. The new bylaw will increase the total allowable construction hours from 4,407 to 4,472 hours per year, an increase of 65 hours.

Changes to the noise bylaw were brought forward to council a whole year ago, with the original proposal to increase residential fines for noise to the same levels as construction noise fines, $500 per infraction.

After council received a letter from the Sea to Sky branch of the Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) requesting earlier construction start times, council decided to undertake consultation on the proposed changes.

In October, a survey was initiated and garnered 387 responses, with most saying they wished to limit the allowable construction hours, especially on weekends and statutory holidays.

Council and the construction industry felt cutting the number of construction hours might hamper efforts to build more housing in the municipality, so they decided to go forward with a slight increase to the allowable hours.

The new bylaw also adds new definitions for noise and noise-related construction and industrial activities, and removes a section on watercraft operation on lakes due to the federal government having control over these regulations.

There are also a variety of exemptions in the bylaw, including restaurant noise during quiet hours, sounds made by children playing, snowplows, golf course maintenance, trucks loading and unloading goods, noise from public worship services and construction noise from RMOW emergency repairs.

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Pemberton council closing in on pedestrian bridge decision WORK UNDERWAY TO CONFIRM BEST LOCATION FOR NEW BRIDGE OVER PEMBERTON CREEK IN TIYATA NEIGHBOURHOOD

BY HARRISON BROOKS A LONG-AWAITED pedestrian bridge over Pemberton Creek in the village’s Tiayata neighbourhood is one step closer to being finalized.

The Village of Pemberton’s (VOP) manager of developmental services Scott McRae was on hand at the July 12 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting to update mayor and council on the next steps staff will be taking towards completion of the project.

Plans for the bridge were first included as part of the community amenity contributions in the original draft for the Tiyata Village development. The obligation was passed on to School District 93 when it acquired a portion of the land for the future École La Vallée (along with several other obligations to be completed prior to the school being developed).

In October 2021, council refined the wording around the bridge obligation to remove the full burden from the school district, passing a motion stating SD93 will “continue to collaborate with staff, adjacent landowners, and the Province to deliver a public pedestrian Pemberton Creek crossing.”

According to McRae, a land study was done by ISL Engineering to look at potential costs of the project and the best possible locations for the bridge using hydraulic modelling and LiDAR. The study, which was paid for entirely using contributions from Tiyata’s developer, also “took into account design criteria provided by the [VOP] for things like what the bridge deck width would be roughly, what kind of equipment we wanted to drive over it—like a bobcat with snowblower attachment—and what kind of users we expected the trail to see,” before settling on three options, said McRae. “Option A is just upstream of the Highway 99 bridge over Pemberton Creek.

Option B is kind of midway between the highway bridge and the rail bridge, it’s kind

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY A map showing the three location options for the new Pemberton Creek pedestrian bridge in the town’s Tiyata neighbourhood.

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE VILLAGE OF PEMBERTON

of a natural narrow point in the channel.

And then Option C is just downstream of the rail bridge.”

While McRae’s report was strictly for update purposes and wasn’t seeking any decisions at this time, mayor and council still got their first up-close look at the three proposed locations for the bridge, as well as the advantages, challenges and potential costs of each option.

According to the report, Option A has the easiest access for construction, the lowest capital cost and could draw pedestrians away from the often-busy highway bridge.

However, it is unknown how any future highway bridge construction could impact the pedestrian bridge.

Option B has the best alignment for the adjacent trails, but requires a bit more earthwork on the southern bank of the creek to make a nice approach. It is also the most costly option, being projected at just over $1 million, approximately $20,000 more than Option A and $10,000 more than Option C. Finally, located close to the rail bridge, the

creek channel is best defined at Option C and may have added protection from excessively high flows by the nearby CN rail bridge.

However, the trail connections on the east side of the creek are unclear, and users may still be inclined to cross the railway bridge unsafely, according to the report.

While McRae noted the Pemberton Valley Diking District prefers Option C due to an often-used creek access near the site of Option B, mayor and council agreed that Option B made the most sense from an accessibility standpoint.

Although it was the preferred option, Mayor Mike Richman did raise concerns about the costs of the project, and wondered if the bridge is being “over-engineered” and being made bigger than necessary.

While VOP staff have negotiated a contribution from SD93 that will “help make the project a reality,” according to a staff report, “significant additional funds” will be needed to finish it.

“Firstly, I would like to echo that every time I do one of these exercises, I get

surprised about how much things cost,” said ISL Engineering structural manager Robin Zirnhelt.

“What we have been seeing, though, is tender estimates increasing significantly due to both labour and more importantly materials … So those numbers are reasonable. And my professional judgment is that I wouldn’t reduce the budget at this point given the level of detail that our design has evolved to. But we think it is on the safe side.”

There was also discussion about the width, Zirnhelt said, noting 2.5 metres is the minimum you’d need to get a snow-clearing machine through, as well as the minimum width for multimodal two-way traffic.

“In a backcountry trail, we might pick something like 1.2 metres … but I think the two and a half metres is sort of a minimum,” he said.

Moving forward, McRae and his team will continue working through the planning process with the knowledge that Option B was mayor and council’s first choice. n

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A modest proposal DURING HIGH SCHOOL in Toronto, a friend took a summer job one year in Algonquin Provincial Park. He worked at the main dock in Canoe Lake with other young folk. It was pretty isolated and so, for entertainment, they would drive an hour west on Highway 60 for an evening in the town of Huntsville outside the park. One night, three of them were driving back from Huntsville to Canoe Lake, my

BY LESLIE ANTHONY friend asleep in the back seat and the other two up front. He woke up when 600 kilos of bull moose came through the windshield, killing his friends and pinning him in the back. After rescuers pried him out, he spent weeks in the hospital.

They knew about the moose on the road—there were signs everywhere—and were careful to keep to the speed limit. But here’s the thing: the limit was all wrong.

Insane, in fact, at 100 km/h for a wilderness area with a high density of wildlife. Given the hazard posed by these enormous animals it made no sense to have the same speed limit when you could only see what was in your headlights, as in daylight when you could see as far as the horizon. And yet, it would take many more deaths on Highway 60 before things changed and the limit was lowered to the rural maximum of 80 km/h—a still-debatable night speed (I almost hit a moose at night in Algonquin during a snowstorm, and I was creeping

SLOW DOWN Pique columnist Leslie Anthony believes it’s time to lower the speed limit on Highway 99 to protect pedestrians and columnists.

PHOTO BY MIKE CRANE / GETTY IMAGES

along at less than 40 km/h) but one that gave drivers a fighting chance.

The original speed limit was determined based on a set of general conditions with respect to the road’s age, surface, engineering, routing and provincial categorization—while ignoring the reality of its setting. I trot out this example because, though clearly not as extreme a mismatch, I’ve come to believe that the speed limit on Highway 99 through Whistler—i.e, Whistler’s main street—is now too high for both its setting and usage.

Here’s some data from an American study that should give you pause: a pedestrian hit at 30 km/h has a mere 2.5-per-cent chance of dying; at 50 km/h, a 20-per-cent chance; at 55 km/h, a 50-per-

to 30 km/h, which is fantastic for calming street traffic, but the highway remains a problem. Horrible things have happened on the highway since I’ve lived here: pedestrians killed (you’ve seen the memorials), dozens of bears as well, head-on collisions, a motorcyclist flattened by a load of logs, buses in the ditch—many of which would have had different outcomes at lower speeds. I’ve seen deer trapped by oblivious motorists in the Creekside intersection, dozens of bears narrowly missed by speeding cars (particularly in the ridiculous 80 km/h stretch from Function to Twin Lakes), including a large one last summer trapped in the intersection of Highway 99 and Nesters Rd./Nancy Greene Dr. where traffic was moving so fast drivers didn’t even comprehend what was happening until

[I]t’s in everyone’s interest to have “Highway Mentality” end at Function and “Community Mentality” kick in. cent chance; and, at 65 km/h, a whopping 90-per-cent chance. The critical jump is from 50–65 km/h, where you essentially go from a 20- to 90-per-cent fatality rate. I don’t need to get into the critical differences in stopping distances at these speeds, but with the lowest speed limit on the increasingly busy section of Highway 99 through Whistler—choked with traffic, much of it impatient, as well as a huge uptick in walkers, runners, cyclists, e-bikers and other nouveau forms of transportation—set at 60 km/h, it makes you wonder.

The Resort Municipality of Whistler recently lowered the speed limit around town

they’d passed it. The road is simply too busy for its current speed limit.

There’s a psychological reason for this.

Studies have found that “traffic influence” (i.e., how fast other drivers are going) explained 41 per cent of the variance observed on roads with a 90 km/h limit where the majority of drivers exceed the limit, but only 15 per cent of the variance on 50 km/h roads where the majority of drivers are within the limit. In other words, when more drivers exceed the limit—typically at higher posted speeds— you’re more likely to join them; at lower posted speeds that suggest a tangible safety hazard, you’re less likely to join the speeders.

There’s also a perception difference in speed limits based on general driving experience and territory: in B.C., 60 km/h suggests you are merely reducing regular highway speed to pass through a community, while 50 km/h clearly says you are in a community; given the hugely different probabilities of grievous injury or death between these two speeds, it should be obvious what needs to happen.

Considering the number of people walking, running and riding on the road, the impatient—and bad—drivers, the frequent hazardous weather conditions and daily wildlife crossings, it seems a modest proposal to lower the speed limit to 50 km/h from Function Junction to Emerald. Maybe we’d have to petition the provincial Ministry of Transportation, but it’s in everyone’s interest to have “Highway Mentality” end at Function and “Community Mentality” kick in. Don’t believe me? Cross the highway as a pedestrian or cyclist at the Function Junction lights and just imagine yourself in the way of one of the trucks roaring through at over 100 km/h; or at Creekside, where the general speed of drivers arriving to town in this 60 km/h zone is 70 to 80 km/h.

Some people I mentioned this idea to moaned it would seriously slow them getting from A to B, but this knee-jerk reaction doesn’t hold up. The difference in travel time over the 16 km between Function and Emerald would be 19 versus 15 minutes—inconsequential, and more so if you’re only travelling a fraction of it, say, from Creekside to the Village, which would take only one minute more. With a huge increase in safety for both humans and wildlife, I’m hard-pressed to imagine a cogent argument against it.

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

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Every year the BCCOS kills hundreds of bears across British Columbia in a bid to protect public safety.

And every year, wildlife advocates say the system fails to protect animals’ lives adequately.

“We need to get to the bottom of why there are so many dead bears, year after year after year,” says Lesley Fox, executive director of The Fur-Bearers.

On Monday, July 4, her organization published a database detailing bear killings in every community across the province from 2015 to 2021.

The numbers, drawn from documents obtained in a Freedom of Information request to the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, indicate 3,779 black bears have been killed in the past seven years ending in 2021.

That’s an average of about 540 black bears a year.

On a smaller scale, between seven and 40 grizzly bears have been killed every year across British Columbia since 2015, according to the document accessed through Freedom of Information laws.

Some B.C. communities accounted for a disproportionate share of ursine killed in the name of public safety.

BCCOS officers in Prince George killed 36 bears in 2021, a scale of euthanization higher than any other community in B.C. “Prince George has attractant bylaws in place,

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group advocating on behalf of British Columbia’s wildlife is calling on the province’s auditor general to launch an investigation into the BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS)—the armed lawenforcement agency tasked with both protecting wildlife and destroying large predators when they threaten public safety.

On Wednesday, July 6, The Fur-Bearers submitted a request for an independent audit of the public agency, citing a lack of financial transparency and a “relatively constant level in the number of bear killings” since 2015.

“The reason the auditor general should step in now is the status quo is essentially broken,” says Aaron Hofman, The Fur-Bearers director of advocacy and policy. “These numbers year over year aren’t going down.”

“The questions need to be asked: how are they allocating resources? Are they doing enough proactive measures to prevent bear deaths?”

The request for audit comes only days after the organization released data obtained in a Freedom of Information request that showed, over seven years ending in 2021, the number of black bears killed in B.C. had climbed to 3,779, hovering between 415 and 632 deaths per year.

“Because these kill numbers are roughly consistent year after year, it raises questions about the agency’s effectiveness and its allocation of resources,” the organization says in its request to B.C. auditor general Michael A. Pickup.

“Questions need to be asked about how the agency is measuring success…”

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, which oversees the BCCOS, says the agency is committed to reducing human-wildlife conflicts across B.C. The spokesperson denied the claims the BCCOS is not financially transparent and pointed to the legislative budget and estimates process as evidence.

“The issue of human-wildlife conflict is complex and cannot be solved by the COS alone—it will take a broad approach as everyone has a role to play to keep wildlife wild,” says the spokesperson.

He adds: “If the auditor general of B.C. moves forward with an audit, the COS will fully cooperate.”

The seven-year database of bear killings also breaks down bear deaths by community, revealing to the public for the first time communities “with significant and disproportionate amounts of bear killings by the agency.” In some communities, like Prince George, the seven-year bear death toll was more than twice as high as the next community.

“What’s happening in those regions where there’s high numbers of deaths? Could something be done differently?” questions Hofman.

In April 2022, the organization submitted a formal complaint to the BCCOS over its killing of black bear cubs in B.C.

B.C.’S FIVE DEADLIEST COMMUNITIES FOR BEARS IN 2021

Number of bear deaths

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In its letter to the auditor general, The Fur-Bearers claim the BCCOS’ enforcement activities—such as punishing people for feeding or attracting wildlife—are “severely inadequate.”

Data accessed through reedom of information laws show that in 2021, for example, 581 black bears were killed by conservation officers, w hereas the BCCOS carried out 85 compliance and enforcement actions under the Wildlife Act. The Fur-Bearers claims that by “routinely” killing bears “to address human-animal conflict,” the agency is undermining its own mandate to protect wildlife.

The request points to a 2017 auditor general report into the BCCOS’ practice of killing grizzly bears, which found the agency failed to properly evaluate its own effectiveness—something the advocacy group says hasn’t been repeated since.

“This reactive approach comes at a significant cost for the government and ultimately the taxpayers of British Columbia,” writes the organization in its letter to Pickup.

Hofman says he has no doubt there are many conservation officers in the BCCOS who genuinely want to protect wildlife. He says they should be the ones challenging how the agency operates.

“But on the other hand, we know a lot of them are hunters,” he says.

“There may be this culture of killing in the service that’s hard to adjust.”

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bylaws against feeding wildlife. These are really important steps but are they enough?” says Hofman.

“Something is wrong there.”

The communities of 100 Mile House, Quesnel, Burns Lake and Vernon followed, with officers putting down between 22 and 16 bears.

When asked about the newly released data, a spokesperson for the BCCOS said the most effective approach to minimizing human-wildlife conflict is education and prevention.

“In the 10 communities which have been certified as ‘Bear Smart’ – reports of bear conflicts have decreased by almost 20 per cent,” wrote the spokesperson in an email.

Much of that comes down to reducing attractants in communities, such as garbage and fruit trees.

“All of the preventative actions taken by the service are focused on keeping bears wild and ensuring attractants are properly secured,” added the spokesperson from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, which oversees the service.

“The sad reality is that when people fail to take those precautions, bears are put down to keep people safe.”

HOW’S WHISTLER DOING? Relatively speaking, the COS and wider Whistler community have helped keep the number of bears killed here low, particularly with the high volume of bears and visitors here at a given time. Between 2015 and 2021, the resort counted 30 bear deaths, and that figure has been on the downswing from a high of eight bears killed in 2015, down to two last year.

One of 10 certified Bear-Smart communities in B.C., the province, local government, and award-winning Whistler Get Bear Smart Society have gone to great lengths to educate the public to be effective wildlife stewards, a continuous uphill battle given the seasonal influx of new residents and visitors.

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SEVEN-YEAR TREND SHOWS CONCENTRATION OF BEAR KILLINGS The 2021 community data largely reflects the broader seven-year trend showing black bears are more likely to be killed in some B.C. communities than others.

Between 2015 and 2021, Prince George recorded 231 bear deaths at the hands of conservation officers, more than double the number of government-sanctioned black bear killings in Terrace, the next closest community, Burns Lake and Quesnel again made the top 10 list, along with Kamloops, Powell River, Coquitlam, Smithers and Nelson. With 59 deaths over seven years, Kelowna and Squamish tied Campbell

River for British Columbia’s 10th deadliest community for black bears.

Hofman said every community where bear killings are trending upward or are consistently high should be concerned, whether it’s a local ecosystem out of balance, a huge gap in educating the public, or enforcing local and provincial laws. He also said the BCCOS must be held accountable for how and when it chooses to kill a bear.

“Ultimately, it’s a human problem. The bears will come to the communities, areas where there’s food. Food waste, garbage, companies not doing due diligence,” says Hofman. “Whether it’s Prince George or Coquitlam, we’ve encroached on these wild animals’ habitat. But we can coexist with them.”

“We do believe that having zero killings is a goal that’s achievable.” ■

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Whistlerite wins BC Junior Golf Championships WITH THE WIN, JAMES LEE SECURED AN INVITATION TO THE CANADIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TEAM CANADA JUNIOR OLYMPIC SELECTION CAMP

BY HARRISON BROOKS HEADING INTO the fourth and final round of the BC Junior Golf Championships at Nk’Mip Canyon Desert Golf Course in Oliver on July 1 down five strokes to the leader, a tournament win didn’t seem like it was in the cards for part-time Whistler resident James Lee. “To be completely honest, I was thinking, ‘I’m going to need [to shoot] like 62,’ because he was coming off back-to-back 67s and I played with him the day before and he looked very solid,” said Lee about chasing Vernon’s Ryan Vest in the final round.

But after a couple tough holes to start the round for Vest—while Lee continued the consistent play that saw him score two 70s and a 71 in the first three rounds—the gap began to close.

By the final two holes, the tournament win was up for grabs.

Stepping back from the tee on 17 with hands too sweaty to grip his club, Lee was starting to feel the pressure. As close as he now was to winning the biggest tournament of his life, he was equally

PRACTICE PUTTS Whistler’s James Lee gets some practice in before a tournament earlier this month.

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close to having it all slip away with even the most minor of mistakes.

In that moment, Lee reminded himself what got him to that point and re-focused on taking things one shot at a time and continuing the consistency that led to his success so far.

“I know that in order to get the best results from my game, I just need to not

“And then I think probably in the car ride back to Whistler, it really hit me that I was a B.C. Boys Champion and that’s a pretty big deal.”

With his win, Lee received an invitation to represent Team B.C. at the Canadian Junior Championships in Kamloops in August as well as an invite to the Canadian Junior Olympic selections in September.

“Even though I was born in the States, I feel like I’ve always identified more as a Canadian Citizen.”

- JAMES LEE

get ahead of myself and just focus on each shot individually. And so that’s what I tried to do. I tried to block out [Vest’s] scores as much as I could and just focus on my own game, and I ended up on the last hole actually not knowing that I was one shot ahead,” said Lee, about posting another 70 in the last round for a final score of -7.

“I’m super excited and super happy that I was able to come back on the last day there. But I’m more surprised than anything else. I didn’t really think it was a possibility at the start of the day. I just thought I was playing for second place.

For Lee, a dual citizen who was born and raised in San Francisco, getting this opportunity with Team Canada represents a dream come true.

“Even though I was born in the States, I feel like I’ve always identified more as a Canadian citizen,” he said. “I started hockey very young, before I started golf.

I’ve cheered for the Canucks for the longest time. I’ve always cheered for Canada in the Olympics and whenever I see Canadian players on the leaderboards and whatnot.

So it means more to me to play for Canada than the U.S. and it excites me quite a bit.

So hopefully I can play well at the selection camp and get on the team.”

Immediately after the BC Junior Championships, Lee flew to Scotland for the Scottish Boys Open tournament, where, after starting off with a two-stroke lead through 27 holes, he started to struggle a bit with the increasing wind speeds and fell to a tie for sixth place when all was said and done.

Taking the positives from his play in the Scottish Boys Open, Lee made his way over to Sherwood Forest Golf Club in Mansfield, U.K. to compete in the McGregor Trophy Amateur Championship from July 12 to 15 before returning home to North America where he will compete in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championships in Oregon in two weeks’ time.

With three major competitions under his belt before heading to the Canadian Junior Championships next month, Lee said he won’t be working on anything in particular ahead of time. Instead, his main goal is just to keep the consistency going.

“I’ve been very happy with how I’ve played the last month or so. And if I could just keep up that play, I’ll be very happy,” he said.

“Obviously, it’s good to set goals, but I think what’s most productive for me is to just focus on what I can control and making sure each shot has my full attention and full focus. And if bounces don’t go my way, if I don’t hit the good shots, so be it, but if I can, then that’s great.” n

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BY HARRISON BROOKS HEADING INTO THE FINAL game of the regular season on Saturday, July 9, the Whistler Wolves rugby squad had a chance to finish the season tied for first with a win over the Point Grey Thunder.

It marked the third time the two teams faced off this season, with the first two coming in the preseason 9s tournament where, after a draw in the round robin, Point Grey snuck out a two-point victory on the very last play in the finals.

However, revenge for the pre-season loss wasn’t in the cards for the Wolves on Saturday. In yet another closely contested match, the Thunder came away victorious in sudden-death overtime.

“It was a tough game, for sure. We ended up with a 32-all draw, and then went to overtime. And we lost because it’s golden point—the first one to score a try wins—and Point Grey got us in the end,” said Wolves president Blake Stewart.

“It was a tough way to lose, in golden point, that’s for sure. But it was a really good game … The score went back and forth so anyone could have won it, basically, even up to the last try. It was just who could hold out the longest.”

Despite the loss, Stewart was happy with the way the Wolves played, and singled out the team’s stellar defensive performance keeping it close right to the very end.

With the loss, the Wolves settle into third place on the season, and are set to face off against Point Grey for a fourth time this year in the semifinal matchup on Saturday, July 16 in Langley.

With three incredibly close matches between the two teams already this year, Stewart believes the team will be in for another tough game this weekend. But with a couple adjustments, he’s confident the boys can get the monkey off their back and book their ticket to the grand final the following weekend.

“I think we can get them. I think the

boys did enough that it’s just a couple of little things that we need to work on. A bit more game management and we would be fine. Just knowing where we are on the field and when we hand it over,” he said.

“But that’s really all we need to work on moving forward, for next week anyway. So even though we haven’t beat them yet this year, I do think we’re in a good position.”

Despite also finishing third in the club’s first season last year, because of the shortened schedule, this will be the Wolves’ first chance to advance to a grand final in the organization’s history.

If the Wolves pull out the win this Saturday, they will likely be lining up with the league’s top team, the Vancouver Valley Vipers.

The only match between the two this year ended in a draw, which gives Stewart confidence that if the Wolves play their game, they will be fine going up against anybody in the league.

However, for now, the focus is solely set on getting over the hump and beating the Thunder.

Regardless of how the season turns out, looking back on the year as a whole, Stewart is proud of how the club has grown in Year 2, and hopes to see that growth continue for years to come.

“Overall, the season’s been great. We have a good bunch of guys, both that play or just come down and support every game, and the club is just getting going from strength to strength and I even look forward to next year and hopefully getting bigger and better again,” said Stewart, about future plans for the club.

“At least a couple times a month I get asked if there’s going to be a women’s team.

That would be my goal, to run a women’s team as well. Being a new team, we want to make sure that we’re able to continue offering the men’s team first. However, moving forward, I would like to have a strong men’s team and even just run the skills training for the women who wanted to stay fit and maybe try a new sport, and eventually, make a full team.” n

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What’s in your fridge, Cheryl and Binty Massey?

A RAMBLE ROUND THE SHELVES WITH A COUPLE OF WHISTLER PARAGONS A MANTRA COMPACT enough to store in your brain forever; solid enough to sustain you for life. If you want to take a chapter from the philosophy of food according to Cheryl and Binty Massey, here it is in a nutshell: “Eat fresh, whole foods. And grow something—arugula or kale on the counter, even a jar of sprouts,” says Cheryl.

If you’ve been around Whistler any time since the mid-’80s, when the village was

BY GLENDA BARTOSH still a work in progress with concrete and rebar footings sticking out of the ground like a forest of weird tree stumps, good chance you know the Masseys, or at least know of them.

Vincent—or Binty, as he’s better known—for the 1980s ski cabin/mountain home he built himself on the corner of Forest Ridge and Matterhorn Drive in Alpine Meadows, and which eventually housed their gallery. Or maybe for his longtime contributions to Whistler Search and Rescue and the Whistler Arts Council (now Arts Whistler). Or for the beautiful pottery and ceramics he first learned to make at North Vancouver High School after

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he figured out there was something better to wrap himself around besides academics.

Cheryl you might know for her involvement in the local theatre scene, working in tandem with local heroes like Michele Bush and Angie Nolan. Or for her beautiful baskets woven from natural materials that she learned to make after experimenting on her own and taking a course on traditional techniques used by Indigenous people in B.C. Or you might know them both for their lovely kids, Tyler, 37, and Michela, 33, who grew up in this wood-inside-and-out home, and whose friends were so much a part of family life they still come by to visit on their own.

If you’re really plugged into Whistler, including reading Pique Newsmagazine, you’ll know that after 37 years in town, Cheryl and Binty are pulling up stakes this month and moving to Nelson Island on the Sunshine Coast, where their new home sits on a two-acre lot with a big garden full of blueberries, raspberries, greens, tomatoes— you name it. And where it takes a 10-minute boat ride to get to a grocery store in Pender Harbour, “which makes you really think twice before you go shopping,” says Cheryl.

Food—fresh, healthy food albeit with a paleo-keto spin these days—has long been part of Cheryl and Binty’s life. They first met at Christmastime 1980 at the Roundhouse Cafeteria on Whistler Mountain. Then more food factored in.

“We hadn’t even started dating yet and here I’m teaching Cheryl and her friend how to make bread,” says Binty. Her best friend, Barb, was dating his best friend, Graham,

and while they soon parted ways—Cheryl to Tokyo and Binty back to art school in England—they later re-connected big time.

Making bread is still a Binty specialty.

He loves to serve it with a good veggie stew, only these days it’s sourdough bread, something we’ll get to next instalment when we find sourdough starter in their fridge—a white GE Profile, with the freezer on the bottom. It sits in the big open living/ dining space just past the mud room in this unpretentious home, which was designed

by Binty’s dad, Geoffrey. (If you’re of a certain vintage you might also twig on Binty’s grandad, actor Raymond Massey.)

A well-regarded architect and urban planner known for his modernist- and pedestrian-inspired projects including Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain, and Vancouver’s MacMillan Bloedel Building—both designed with Arthur Erickson—Geoffrey Massey was also key in developing the blueprints for Whistler Village and Granville Island.

“He had an aversion to drywall,” Binty notes by way of explaining all the wood used in their house. But there’s another “Geoffrey Principle” at play here: the value of scrounging.

“When we built this house, I was a very starving artist and Tyler was just born.

We had no money, so this kitchen is a lot of scrounged wood,” says Binty, noting that the kitchen cabinets are faced with “cheap-o” white melamine.

The floor, a mixture of fir and hemlock Binty also used for the counters, is from another Whistler icon, Seppo Makinen, who scrounged it from the school at Woodfibre—

an isolated pulp mill and former company town on the west side of Howe Sound you had to access by boat. It closed in 2006.

“Then there’s a slab of marble I scrounged from my parents’ house in West Van when it got torn down. They had a lot of marble from the old Vancouver police station that my dad had scrounged. And the built-in cutting board is oak stair treads from another house in Point Grey that I laminated together and put on top of the island.”

The oak island has been so central to the kitchen and the many dinners and parties with family and friends over the years, it’s jokingly called The Trough. What else would you call the place everyone gathers round to eat? Even the fridge faces The Trough, with a view of Blackcomb Mountain and Singing Pass beyond.

When they first moved in, though, there were virtually no trees in Alpine Meadows, so they could see from Wedge Mountain in the north and all the way to Black Tusk.

But that’s the way of Whistler, isn’t it?

Constantly changing, and the Masseys’ imminent departure is just part of it.

For now though, Cheryl and Binty and their lovely border collie, Lucie, are still at home, although that’s in a state of flux, too.

For one, Binty’s dismantling the gallery to take it to Nelson Island.

Meanwhile, the fridge and The Trough stand guard (it’s going nowhere), and we’ll plunge into those shelves next column to see what we find to remember them by.

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Lessons on acting and life with X Files star William B. Davis THE 84-YEAR-OLD VETERAN OF SCREEN AND THEATRE—WHO HAS BEEN SKIING WHISTLER SINCE ’67—RELEASES NEW BOOK THAT IS PART MEMOIR, PART ACTING GUIDE

BY BRANDON BARRETT TWENTY YEARS on from his iconic role as one of TV’s great, enigmatic villains, and William B. Davis still gets recognized on the chairlift.

“I would get on the gondola at Creekside with my helmet and my balaclava and my goggles and someone will go, ‘Oh, you’re on the The X Files!’” recalls Davis, who played Fox Mulder’s chief antagonist “The Cigarette Smoking Man” on the groundbreaking sci-fi series.

“I was jogging the other day and a guy went by and said, ‘Keep on smoking!’”

First skiing Whistler in 1967 and owning a place here since 1986, Davis—better known as Bill in local circles—is still, at the tender age of 84, actively pursuing his passions, whether that means ripping a run down the

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE William B. Davis, veteran of stage and screen, has been skiing in Whister since 1967.

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mountain, landing huge roles on Netflix– and Amazon-produced shows, or starring in small theatre productions that speak to him.

With more than 135 IMDb credits to his name—including playing another villain on the Amazon comedy series Upload and a role in Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix show, The Midnight Club—Davis’ acting and directing career spans decades. He began at the tender age of 10, filling in at his cousins’ Toronto theatre company, and from there began work as a child actor on CBC Radio dramas in the ’40s and ’50s before heading off to the University of Toronto and then to the vaunted London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art, where he put much of his focus on directing. He soon found himself directing at a repertory theatre in Scotland, and then assistant directing at the prestigious Royal National Theatre in London, where he worked alongside such English luminaries of stage and screen as Albert Finney, Maggie Smith and even the late, great Laurence Olivier.

Then, as fate would have it, Davis got a call asking if he’d like to take over as the assistant artistic director of the National

Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, which is “where the link between my career as a theatre person and my career as a skier merged,” he says.

“The idea of being in Montreal, close to Mont Tremblant, where I had learned to ski, was very, very tempting,” Davis adds. “And that brought me back to Canada. And then I did a whole bunch of stuff in Canada; eventually came to Vancouver, always following the ski mountains. If there was a better ski mountain somewhere, it was always an inducement.”

Needless to say, Davis has a wealth of experience under his belt, which he parlayed into his own acting school in Vancouver, the William Davis Centre for Actors’ Study. Now, Davis builds on this edifying legacy with his new book, On Acting...and life, which is part memoir, part acting guide structured in part off of Stephen King’s landmark book, On Writing.

What’s notable about the book, besides the incredible stories of Davis’ winding life, is its practicality. Where some acting coaches tend to rely on esoteric theories of the self and soul—what Davis likens to “magical thinking”—his advice strips the

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“I know there are acting teachers who take you on a long exploration of who you are.

But what matters is, ‘Do I want to do what this character does?’ So if I’m playing Macbeth, I don’t want to be a mysterious, different person who happens to kill kings. I have to want to kill a king myself,” he explains.

Building a life in the arts, particularly in this country, can be a tough order. So I ask Davis what his secret is after more than seven decades doing what he loves. His answer is simple: you have to love the work, not the end destination.

“The basic piece of advice I say to people who want to enter into this is, you have to want to do it. If you want to act, you have to want to act. You can’t want to be an actor, want to be a star; you have to want to act,” he says. “And then there’s a good chance you can do it all your life. You may do it in community theatre, you may do it in Oscarwinning movies, or anywhere in between.

Who knows? But you can do it.”

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Stars cannot be killed BELOVED CANADIAN DREAM POP BAND DRAWS ON NOSTALGIA FOR NEW RECORD, FROM CAPELTON HILL

BY BRANDON BARRETT MONTREAL POP rock outfit, Stars, has been pumping out some of the finest storytelling Canadian music has to offer for more than 20 years now—so long, in fact, that fans will often approach the band to say how much they used to like their old stuff.

For co-lead singer and songwriter Torquil Campbell, he doesn’t take those comments as a dig, but a well-earned compliment.

“What they really mean is, ‘I used to be a person who loved music. I used to be a person who was obsessed with music and your music meant a lot to me and now I’m older and it doesn’t mean as much to me,’” he says. “There’s a line on the new record that says ‘Nothing new has changed except you.’ I think people change but the person you were doesn’t, and that person still exists in memory and still exists in music and still exists in a part of yourself that you deny now but is still there.”

If ever there was a band that was OK with a bout or two of nostalgia, it’s Stars, who have long been known to tap into themes of memory, loss and hope.

In fact, their latest record, the band’s ninth studio album, From Capelton Hill, is named after the place of the same name in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, where Campbell’s family has owned a home for 120 years and where the band has been going off and on every summer since its inception.

“It’s this old house that we hold onto and we can’t be in in the winter—and it never changes. It’s the only place in my life that’s stayed consistent and has always been home,” says Campbell, who bounced around England, Canada and the U.S. growing up. “I think the reason the record is called that is because this place has always represented immutability, the unchangeable things in life.”

Over the past two years of immense change and uncertainty, Campbell and the rest of the band yearned for predictability, which has bled into the record, a return to basics for the award-winning group, at least sonically speaking.

“I know over the last two years,

the weight of change and the amount of things we’ve had to accept letting go of and things we’ve had to accept that aren’t coming back the way they were is seismic and difficult,” Campbell says.

“So I think we were compelled to try and make music from a place of stillness, from a place where things don’t change. That inevitably means you’re thinking about the past. The past doesn’t change, it’s just there for you to go back into. I think Stars have always been preoccupied with that idea and this record is just a further exploration of that.”

Apart for the first time in 20 years during COVID, “we really lost our identity and we really didn’t know whether we would make music again or we would ever play shows again,” says Campbell. So From Capelton Hill became less about switching up their sound to keep things fresh, and more about “reassuring each other nothing was lost,” he adds.

“A lot of the lyrics are kind of letters to each other, trying to help each other through the day to some degree.”

There’s a softness to the album that is apparent throughout, no doubt moulded by the sharp edges of the pandemic.

“I think there’s an element of gentleness on the record—on each other and the listener—that may not have been part of the record otherwise,” Campbell says.

The process of making the album reminded him of 2014’s No One Is Lost, which was recorded as the band’s thenmanager was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer at just 28 years old.

“We thought we were going to lose him and it was right in the middle of making the record so the record became this act of defiance and this act of hope. I think in some ways this record is similar,” Campbell says. “Every time something tries to kill this band, we find some little part of ourselves that says, ‘No, we won’t be killed’ and we keep going.”

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BY JILLIAN ROBERTS RAFTING HAS LONG been a favourite summer leisure activity throughout the Whistler Valley. In 1913, Alex and Myrtle Philip bought their four-hectare property on Alta Lake for $700 (where Rainbow Park is today). Rainbow Lodge and the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway were both completed the next year in 1914, and together they started offering Fisherman’s Excursions. The $6 package deal included train passage and a fully catered weekend of fishing at Rainbow Lodge. When the first group of 24 anglers disembarked the train for the Fishermen’s Excursion, Rainbow Lodge had multiple wooden rafts and one boat that visitors would fish from. The first excursion was a huge success, with everyone catching fish. News of the fishing on Alta Lake spread rapidly throughout Vancouver, bringing a continual stream of visitors to Rainbow Lodge in the summer.

When Hillcrest Lodge opened in 1946, rafting also played a role in entertaining guests. When new guests arrived at the train station, they would be greeted by current guests in costume and then transported across the lake in a convoy of rafts. During the stay, Hillcrest Lodge offered many organized activities for guests. One of their favourites was the musical raft ride around Alta Lake, not unlike those that float around on warm summer days today. Raft rides would also be used to transport locals and guests to and from the Saturday night community hall dances. The community would look forward to these dances and come out in force, with Rainbow Lodge and Hillcrest Lodge sharing the catering for these popular events.

Seventy years after Myrtle and Alex bought their land on Alta Lake, the first commercial whitewater rafting venture in Whistler started. Whistler was still developing as a summer destination

when Whistler River Adventures opened in 1983. Asked about how things changed in the rafting business over his 27 years as owner/manager, Brian Leighton was quick to say, “competition.”

In the early- to mid-1980s, anyone could start a rafting company, and many more whitewater rafting ventures popped up after Whistler River Adventures. Following some bad rafting accidents in 1987, including five people who drowned after their raft overturned on a logjam in the Elaho, the B.C. provincial government introduced stricter regulations. The regulations introduced mandates for each river, including rules on raft size and guide experience. Although many companies already chose to follow recommended safety guidelines, strict regulations had only been in place for five B.C. rivers prior to 1987. River-specific tenure for raft companies was also later introduced.

Remembering a trip that would not happen today, Brian recounted a staff tour along the Cheakamus River below Daisy Lake Dam. This area is now closed to commercial groups due to concerns about The Barrier breaking, which could result in massive downstream flooding and landslides from Garibaldi Lake.

During the staff trip, the raft became stuck on a rock in the middle of the river. A staff member living in the nowgone Garibaldi Township saw a sandal float past on the river downstream of the stranded raft and went to see if everything was OK. Everyone was rescued, although the raft remained stuck. Whistler River Adventures knew the engineer working on Daisy Lake Dam, and the following day BC Hydro shut off the dam so that the raft could be retrieved from the rock. It was the ’80s, after all!

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): With a fanciful flourish, Aries poet Seamus Heaney wrote, “I ate the day / Deliberately, that its tang / Might quicken me all into verb, pure verb.” I’d love for you to be a pure verb for a while, Aries. Doing so would put you in robust rapport with astrological rhythms. As a pure verb, you’ll never be static. Flowing and transformation will be your specialties. A steady stream of fresh inspiration and new meanings will come your way. You already have an abundance of raw potential for living like a verb—more than all the other signs of the zodiac. And in the coming weeks, your aptitude for that fluidic state will be even stronger than usual.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to Arthurian myth, the Holy Grail is a cup that confers magical powers. Among them are eternal youth, miraculous healing, the restoration of hope, the resurrection of the dead, and an unending supply of healthy and delicious food and drink. Did the Grail ever exist as a material object? Some believe so. After 34 years of research, historian David Adkins thinks he’s close to finding it.

He says it’s buried beneath an old house in Burton-onTrent, a town in central England. I propose we make this tantalizing prospect your metaphor of power during the coming weeks. Why? I suspect there’s a chance you will discover a treasure or precious source of vitality. It may be partially hidden in plain sight or barely disguised in a mundane setting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m pleased to authorize you to be extra vast and extensive in the coming weeks. Like Gemini poet Walt Whitman, you should never apologize and always be proud of the fact that you contain multitudes. Your multivalent, wide-ranging outlook will be an asset, not a liability. We should all thank you for being a grand compendium of different selves. Your versatility and elasticity will enhance the well-being of all of us whose lives you touch.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your memory is SUBSTANTIAL. Your sensitivity is MONUMENTAL. Your urge to nurture is DEEP. Your complexity is EPIC. Your feelings are BOTTOMLESS. Your imagination is PRODIGIOUS. Because of all these aptitudes and capacities, you are TOO MUCH for some people. Not everyone can handle your intricate and sometimes puzzling BEAUTY. But there are enough folks out there who do appreciate and thrive on your gifts. In the coming weeks and months, make it your quest to focus your urge to merge on them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I love these lines by Leo poet Conrad Aiken: “Remember (when time comes) how chaos died to shape the shining leaf.” I hope this lyrical thought will help you understand the transformation you’re going through. The time has come for some of your chaos to expire—and in doing so, generate your personal equivalent of shining leaves. Can you imagine what the process would look and feel like? How might it unfold?

Your homework is to ponder these wonders.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A British woman named Andie Holman calls herself the Scar Queen. She says, “Tight scar tissue creates pain, impacts mobility, affects your posture, and usually looks bad.” Her specialty is to diminish the limiting effects of scars, restoring flexibility and decreasing aches. Of course, she works with actual physical wounds, not the psychological kind. I wish I could refer you to healers who would help you with the latter, Virgo. Do you know any? If not, seek one out. The good news is that you now have more personal power than usual to recover from your old traumas and diminish your scars. I urge you to make such work a priority in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Ancient Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” But a Spanish proverb suggests a different element may be necessary: “Good luck comes by elbowing.” (Elbowing refers to the gesture you use as you push your way through a crowd, nudging people away from

the path you want to take.) A Danish proverb says that preparation and elbowing aren’t enough: “Luck will carry someone across the brook if they are not too lazy to leap.”

Modern author Wendy Walker has the last word: “Fortune adores audacity.” I hope I’ve inspired you to be alert to the possibility that extra luck is now available to you. And I hope I’ve convinced you to be audacious, energetic, wellprepared, and willing to engage in elbowing. Take maximum advantage of this opportunity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many Scorpios imagine sex to be a magnificent devotion, a quintessential mode of worship, an unparalleled celebration of sacred earthiness. I endorse and admire this perspective. If our culture had more of it, the art and entertainment industries would offer far less of the demeaning, superficial versions of sexuality that are so rampant. Here’s another thing I love about Scorpios: So many of you grasp the value of sublimating lust into other fun and constructive accomplishments. You’re skilled at channeling your high-powered libido into practical actions that may have no apparent erotic element. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to do a lot of that.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A Sagittarius reader named Jenny-Sue asked, “What are actions I could take to make my life more magical?” I’m glad she asked. The coming weeks will be a favourable time to raise your delight and enchantment levels, to bask in the blessed glories of alluring mysteries and uncanny synchronicities. Here are a few tips: 1. Learn the moon’s phases and keep track of them. 2. Acquire a new sacred treasure and keep it under your pillow or in your bed. 3.

Before sleep, ask your deep mind to provide you with dreams that help generate creative answers to a specific question. 4. Go on walks at night or at dawn. 5. Compose a wild or funny prayer and shout it aloud it as you run through a field. 6. Sing a soulful song to yourself as you gaze into a mirror.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Being able to receive love doesn’t come easy for some Capricorns. You may also not be adept at making yourself fully available for gifts and blessings. But you can learn these things. You can practise. With enough mindful attention, you might eventually become skilled at the art of getting a lot of what you need and knowing what to do with it. And I believe the coming weeks will be a marvellous time to increase your mastery.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.” This quote is variously attributed to violinist Jascha Heifetz, trumpeter Louis Armstrong, and violinist Isaac Stern. It’s a fundamental principle for everyone who wants to get skilled at any task, not just for musicians. To become a master of what you love to do, you must work on it with extreme regularity. This is always true, of course.

But according to my astrological analysis, it will be even more intensely true and desirable for you during the coming months. Life is inviting you to raise your expertise to a higher level. I hope you’ll respond!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In May 2021, Jessica and Ben Laws got married on their dairy farm. The ceremony unfolded smoothly, but an unforeseen event interrupted the reception party. A friend who had been monitoring their herd came to tell the happy couple that their pregnant cow had gone into labour and was experiencing difficulties. Jessica ran to the barn and plunged into active assistance, still clad in her lovely floor-length bridal gown and silver tiara. The dress got muddy and trashed, but the birth was successful. The new bride had no regrets. I propose making her your role model for now. Put practicality over idealism. Opt for raw and gritty necessities instead of neat formalities. Serve what’s soulful, even if it’s messy.

Homework: Ask a friend or loved one to tell you a good secret. Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Overview Black Tusk Fire & Security is one of BC’s most trusted fire safety and security providers, servicing the Sea to Sky region and the Lower Mainland. The Fire Sprinkler apprenticeship is a full-time, paid position, working Monday-Friday; based out of our office in Whistler to service customers within the Sea to Sky corridor.

Job Duties • Install wet and dry sprinkler systems as per the NFPA and Building Code; • Install fire sprinkler systems for residential and commercial applications; • Service, inspect and repair wet and dry sprinkler systems; • Service, inspect and repair backflow systems Requirements • Self-starter who takes initiative • Mechanical aptitude and basic knowledge of hand tools • Strong attention to detail • Excellent communication skills • Valid drivers’ license • Must reside within the Sea to Sky corridor • We offer competitive wages, extended medical/dental benefits and growth potential with paid education/training.

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Teppan Village is hiring a Restaurant Manager

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JOB DUTIES: • Oversee and manage all areas of the restaurant and make final decisions on matters of importance to guest service.

• Adhere to company standards and service levels to increase sales and minimize costs, including food, beverage, supply, utility and labour costs.

• Responsible for ensuring consistent high quality of service.

• Maintain professional restaurant image, including restaurant cleanliness, uniforms, and appearance standards.

• Respond to complaints, taking any and all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests.

• Ensure security procedures are in place to protect employees, guests and company assets.

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• Manage shifts which includes daily decision making, planning while upholding standards, product quality and cleanliness.

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Language of work is English • Career Growth Opportunities Plenty of Benefits and Perks • Annual Mountain Pass Extended Health Benefits after 3 months Address: 301-4293 Mountain Square, Whistler, BC, V0N 1B4 Apply by email at teppanvillage@shaw.ca

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MAXED OUT

Let Whistler council know how you feel about the 2030 Olympic bid WHEN THE first reports came out in late 2019 about a virulent new flu-like virus making an appearance, nobody, well, a few epidemiologists, gave it much thought. It’ll pass. It didn’t.

When the words normal and weather only began to be linked, in phrases like, “When the weather returns to normal,” about a decade ago, no one gave it much thought. Of course it will. It hasn’t.

When some meteorologist sprung the term atmospheric river on us last autumn it sounded cute and, after all, it was being used to describe a once-in-a-thousand-year

BY G.D. MAXWELL storm. But then it popped up again within a year.

When the pandemic hit hard and jobs were shed by the tens of thousands, everyone assumed those jobless folks would come back when things returned to, there’s that word again, normal. But many planes still aren’t flying, bags aren’t being loaded, vehicles aren’t being produced, appliances are scarce, wait staff are AWOL, phones aren’t being answered, medical personnel are retiring at younger ages and in record numbers… just for a few examples.

When the provincial government announced it was going to spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade and renovate the Royal BC Museum, the outcry sounded in every corner of the province. With so many vital services in disarray, how could the NDP spend that much on a museum?

Chastened, Premier Horgan backed down, acknowledging the unfortunate optics of the plan.

The one thing that remains constant throughout all of this? The con game known as the Olympics™.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

It seems someone reminded the provincial government of that old chestnut.

Or perhaps there’s a growing realization their reign is growing long in the tooth and with the announced retirement of Mr. Horgan there is the ever-present fear they may wind up with a leader short on charisma heading into the next election.

Lookin’ at you Adrian; we remember.

Whatever the motivation, Melanie Mark, B.C.’s Tourism and Sport Minister, has put the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) on notice that they’re not going to get a free ride from the province in their bid for the 2030 Games. She has informed them the province will not consider supporting the bid until COC gets “proof” the participating First Nations and communities are willing to pony up their share of the costs.

What kind of proof would Minister

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Mark be looking for? Letters of support and minutes or resolutions from Indigenous governing bodies—would those be the colonial-model elected governing bodies or the hereditary chiefs or both?—and local government councils... provided they reflect outcomes of local public engagement and are publicly available.

Well, public, do you feel engaged? Has anyone asked if you support bringing the circus back to town? Will anyone?

The COC is supposed to provide this information by August 15? The Minister’s letter has set that date for the COC to make its case for the province to open up the coffers.

Now, this may seem like a bold move, but it has to be read in light of the oodles of taxpayer dollars B.C. has already

Colleen Hardwick’s efforts to get a plebiscite on the upcoming October municipal election ballots. No word yet from our own council, but if memory serves—and it does—there was strong opposition from the RMOW council to actually ask residents whether they supported the bid for the 2010 Games. I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.

And if the Minister was genuinely concerned about how taxpayers felt about an inestimable amount of tax dollars going to fund the Olympics™, why wouldn’t she and her government want all B.C. residents to weigh in on this? I know in much of the potholed rest of the province, the $600 million that went into improving the Sea to Sky Highway for the 2010 Olympics™ is still a sore spot.

Well, public, do you feel engaged? Has anyone asked if you support bringing the circus back to town? committed to hosting the 2025 Invictus Games—a $15-million relative bargain— and a handful of the 2026 FIFA World Cup games for a whopping $260 million.

I’m sure it’s needless to remind everyone the bill for the 2030 Olympics™ will make those amounts look like chump change.

Naturally, none of the potential host sites are very keen on actually asking you if you support this boondoggle. Vancouver council already took a pass on Councillor

Adding to the list of things about which we can be certain—death and taxes—is the whimsy and inaccuracy behind any numbers the COC put forward as a budget for the 2030 Games. Even after the fact, the Vancouver Organizing Committee blew smoke about the 2010 Games breaking even by omitting, among other items, the billion or so that went into providing security. To paraphrase a long-dead U.S. senator, “a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it

adds up to real money.”

So let’s cut to the chase and shortcircuit the process locally. Save everyone time and money. You should know by now how to email the mayor and councillors.

If you’re not sure, here’s a link to all their email addresses: whistler.ca/stayconnected/contact.

Drop them a line. Doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Just “I’m for/against the 2030 bid.” Simple. No excuses about how much time it might take or how onerous it might be. One email sent to all six councillors and hizzonor and your task is done. Since at least some of them are planning to run for re-election in October, I’m sure they’ll be glad to hear from you.

They can consider my vote a no and I won’t bother clogging up their inboxes. But you should, because, well, you don’t have a column in Pique, and I do.

While I’d prefer the vote be overwhelmingly against, hey, I’m all for democracy. And if most Whistleratics want to do it all over again in 2030, so be it. But at least let’s have a voice this time around.

After all, if we’ve learned anything from the past few years and the sputtering start to getting back to whatever normal is going to be in the future, we should be keenly aware of how many things in our lives need support more than the Olympics™. Our crumbling health-care system? Indeed.

Extreme climate event mitigation? Driven the Coq lately? Or the Canyon? Or even the Duffey? Hell, even the Royal BC Museum is a better place to spend tax dollars than the freakin’ Olympics.

So weigh in. Make your voices heard.

We’ve already witnessed how powerful mass reaction can be. Let’s not pretend we’re powerless to sway this decision. ■

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