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So while every sector has a different story, “you can basically take the labour shortage story to every single sector, and [you’ll hear], ‘I can’t find enough people to do the work, [and then] in parentheses, at the price I’m offering.’” In Whistler, where labour is a constant source of consternation, the local Chamber of Commerce is developing a new strategy (as it also works towards hiring a new executive director).
“Been milking that government money since [the pandemic started] and I have no shame whatsoever,” one Whistler worker told Pique in June 2021. “I could easily go back to work if I wanted to but I honestly have no motivation. I’m free to do what I want, when I want. Just one less thing to stress about during these crazy times.” That quote has stuck with me these past 15 months—a statement both profoundly sad and empty while simultaneously brimming with possibility and exuberance for life—but I digress.Alife without motivation or purpose is not a life for me, but I suppose I can respect the hustle. Carpe diem, YOLO, (and so on). It would be easy to blame Whistler’s (and Canada’s) current labour crunch on a newfound fondness for sloth and sluggishness—a pervasive, infectious laziness conspiring to cripple the economy. But the data simply doesn’t support that unemployment rate is currently just five per cent—the lowest since 1970— while the number of unemployed people for every open job is just 1.2. “It’s just the ‘slowest moving train on the planet’ called population aging, and it’s happening throughout the global north, and it’s coming to a neighbourhood near you,” said economist Armine Yalnizyan, in an interview with CBC’s Front Burner podcast published Aug. 24.
As the baby boomers conduct their mass exodus from the workforce, younger generations are not entering it at the same pace, and “more people exiting than entering is a huge problem for the labour shortage,” Yalnizyan said. “The sheer dynamics of the numbers mean that it’s going to be extremely difficult to meet all the job openings that are out there, unless demand shrinks.”
“We are looking at how the Chamber, along with other partnerships, can be a bit more of the driver of bringing talent to Whistler, providing development opportunities and then helping employers retain those employees for a longer period of time,” said board chair Diana Chan in an interview with Pique last week. “The board is very excited about it … I think it’s a new way to approach looking at labour within Whistler, rather than try the things we’ve always tried.” But local leaders have long known that Whistler can only do so much itself; that having understanding from higher levels of government, and policy that aligns with local objectives, is crucial. On Sept. 10, the Conservative Party of Canada will elect a new leader—though many have already symbolically anointed frontrunner Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre discussed a wide range of policy positions with Glacier Media’s B.C. editors in a Zoom call on Aug. 28, and had this to say in response to a Pique question on addressing labour shortages: “I think we need to speed up economic immigration, and we need to make it possible for employers who can’t find Canadian workers to more quickly sponsor skilled immigrants who can fill the void. I believe that an employer-driven approach will ensure that the real demands on the ground drive the decisions rather than the theories of bureaucracy in Ottawa.” If a construction company can’t fill positions after advertising them, “then they should be able to quickly sponsor new immigrants to come, first as Temporary Foreign Workers, but then those workers should graduate quickly into permanent residency, and eventual citizenship, and the Government of Canada should make that as quick as possible,” Poilievre added. Demographic change isn’t confined to Canada, Yalnizyan said, pointing out that even places like China are beginning to fret about population aging. “So we are going to be competing with the rest of the world to find newcomers if we do not make every job a good job—if we do not make more of our communities great places to live,” she told Front Burner Yalnizyan doesn’t pretend to have the solution, or the fabled “silver bullet,” but believes demographic change is a good thing, if we want it to be; that we can do better by the workers who are already in Canada.
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The pandemic has also shifted the workforce in other, not-unsubstantial ways, Yalnizyan added.
Some industries, like science and tech, absolutely are, Yalnizyan said. But in sectors like hospitality, where margins are already razor thin, business owners don’t have much wiggle“It’sroom.unclear [if] they can’t find people, or they can find people, but not at the wages that they can afford to pay,” she said.
Where there are now fewer transportation, agriculture or food service jobs, professional science and technology jobs increased by 20 per cent during the pandemic, Yalnizyan said. Why not just pay higher wages?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, almost 600,000 Canadians have passed over the “mythical tripwire” of retirement, phasing out of the workforce, Yalnizyan said.
The Chamber’s new Community Talent Plan, to be finalized soon, will take a more proactive stance on recruitment.
“I think we need to speed up economic immigration, and we need to make it possible for employers who can’t find Canadian workers to more quickly sponsor skilled immigrants who can fill the void.”
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“How do we value the people that we do have around us, so we don’t burn them out? Because they are working so hard,” she said. “It’s not that people don’t want to work anymore. It is that people can’t work anymore—they’re working as hard as they can.” We could start by making every job a good job, and offer more opportunities for people to train and advance, Yalnizyan said. “We could actually improve the size and the resilience of the middle class, if that’s what we wanted to do,” she said. “And as the ninth-largest economy in the world … we can be, and we can do, anything we set our hearts and minds to do.” Now that’s the kind of positive optimism I can get behind—exuberant possibility wins out over sad emptiness any day of the week, I always say. ■
LAST SUMMER, as exasperated Whistler business owners looked desperately for warm bodies to staff their businesses, an explanatory narrative emerged. After more than a year of COVID19, workers had grown accustomed to the government handouts that had kept them afloat through the pandemic, some business ownersNobodyreasoned.wants to work anymore, they lamented.Andthe narrative wasn’t entirely wrong. Some local entrepreneurs heard it straight from the mouths of prospective (or recently former) staff; Pique heard it directly from a small handful of local workers.
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The “care economy”—health-care, childcare and schooling—has seen a “mass exodus” of women workers aged 55 to 64, for a variety of reasons, she said, with many opting for early retirement due to burnout. Then there’s the movement between jobs.
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Nominations to run for Whistler council are open from now until Sept. 9. Historically, many of the successful candidates for Whistler council have been of an... older generation. Given the persistent challenges facing our town, from housing affordability to our inability to hit climate targets, I would love to see some younger faces and fresh ideas at the table. The spirit of our town relies on cold winters, so we should be a climate leader rather than a climate laggard. I know there are young people in this town with the passion and inspiration to make it happen. Whoever steps up to take on the role of Whistler councillor will receive a $49,000 pay package with benefits for what is technically a “part-time” position—a remuneration package intended to allow you to do the job we need you to Edgardo.Dearden // Whistler Vancouver can learn a thing or two from Whistler about housing Dear Vancouver, I live in Whistler, British Columbia, just up the road from you. I’m sure you’ve heard of us and all the stories about how expensive and unaffordable it is to live here. Well, I’ve heard these stories, too. What I never thought I would hear was how Whistler is now a viable option for young couples wanting home ownership.
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One morning, a young person on a powered bike raced by on the Valley Trail at Rainbow Park, and would have demolished any person or thing in a collision. On a couple of occasions, there have been men on road bikes travelling at speed while chatting who would have wiped me out had I not seen them and yelled a warning.
I, for one, feel less safe now riding my bike or walking on the Valley Trail than I do riding my road bike on the streets of Vancouver. We can all become aware that we do
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This is really not what our friend needed at this time as she battles another diagnosis of terminal cancer, while also caring for her husband who is coping with the debilitations of Parkinson’s disease.
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About 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 25, our friend was walking her dog on a leash near the bench overlooking Green Lake, on the Valley Trail, when the dog was hit and badly injured by a man on a powered board.
On Sunday, Sept. 4 at about 5 p.m., there were cyclists speeding by the same spot, causing pedestrians to jump aside to avoid being struck.
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The man, with longer grey hair, paused momentarily to confirm that the dog was injured and then took off at high speed.
The other day, a delivery driver from Vancouver was telling me that he and his partner are moving to Whistler because they “will never be able to own a home in Vancouver” but felt by moving to Whistler they would have a chance. Why? Because of the Whistler Housing Authority. Ever heard of it? It was an amazing move by the local government of the day here in Whistler to create housing for Whistler workers. It’s not perfect but, today, if you’re lucky, you can still buy a three-bedroom home in Whistler for $400,000. I am thinking this would be a good system for Vancouver and many other areas of B.C. Our youth need you. They need viable housing options to thrive. This is one of them. Check it out before everyone in Vancouver starts moving to Whistler. We need your help, as we are already quite full. Help the people of Vancouver help themselves. Check out
not own the Valley Trail and that it is our shared responsibility to use it with care and consideration for others. It is time for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) to act! Yes, the RMOW can firstly improve visibility around bends, [but it could also] monitor and enforce some form of speed control with fines or public shaming of those who threaten the safety and common good of people on the Valley Trail.
The Mature Action Community, a non-profit society for the age 55-plus demographic in Whistler, is trying to develop and launch a pilot program of gentle exercise and socializing for people with early-stage dementia and their caregivers. We are in discussions with a number of organizations and volunteers in the community who might contribute to this initiative, for example, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Meadow Park Sports Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health, Sea to Sky Community Services Better at Home, Whistler Community Services Society, the Alzheimer’s Society and several foundations. We are also in communication with similar groups in the Village of Pemberton. At this point, we need to identify the size of the client base in Whistler and Pemberton, as the Alzheimer’s Society requires a critical mass before they will fund and bring their programs into a community. Such funding would allow us to bring a more frequent and permanent program into our corridor. For smaller numbers of clients, alternative activities could be arranged through local efforts such as we are attempting. Many people are reluctant to share their diagnosis of dementia for fear of stigmatization. We know that early intervention by appropriate, brain-stimulating activities and socializing can delay cognitive decline and also provide moral support to caregivers who often feel isolation and despair. As we are trying our best to offer a beneficial program to those with early stage dementia and their caregivers, we respectfully request that you self-identify at your earliest convenience as potentially or definitely interested in participating in this program. Please indicate your community of residence to assist with local planning. All responses will be treated in strictest confidence. If there are any physical barriers to your participation, such as lack of transportation or mobility issues, please inform us. Please indicate if, at this time, you are only interested in receiving updates on the status of the project and announcements of planned activities. Contact us, if interested, at: chair@ whistlermac.org; copy to cdkriz@gmail.com Together we can make this happen! Kathy White // Chair, Whistler Mature Action Community
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The Valley Trail is a jewel. It is time we all treated it as such.
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The writing has been on the wall since 1946 when the baby boom kicked off in earnest. Canada has about eight million baby boomers, plus about two million others from previous generations, representing about one in four Canadians that need a higher level of medical care than the average. This problem has been building a long time, both from a demographic perspective as well as in terms of our growing population. The inevitable problem accelerated as COVID burnout took its toll on doctors and nurses. There are also a lot of systematic issues that boiled over—like low fees for service that make it almost impossible for family doctors to keep practices open. Canada needs more doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. We need more money in the system to pay for them. We need more buildings for them to work in, and more community practices that are open to accepting new clients. We especially need to spread these medical professionals over a wider area, serving more rural and remote areas. It seems impossible to fix, but it can be done if Canadians can get on the same page for once. The answer is never privatization, it’s to properly support the universal public system we’ve taken for granted. For example, it’s clear that the boomer generation has not contributed enough in taxes to fund its health-care needs. Canada’s national debt—after fighting the Second World War—was a few tens of billions. Today it’s $1.2 trillion, which makes the boomers the largest beneficiaries of decades of low taxes and high government spending. With boomers retiring, there’s no income to tax, but there are other options for this generation to partly fund its own healthcare. For example, the boomer generation has also been the largest beneficiary of a Canadian-dream-crushing increase in realestate values, and many of them are sitting on a huge amount of wealth that is, with some creativity, taxable. Wealth taxes, emptyhome taxes and inheritance taxes can help fund health-care for this group—all of which can be implemented with sunset clauses once that demographic bubble has passed.
As for the multi-billion-dollar shortfall for our health-care needs—money to train and hire doctors and nurses, an increase in service fees that lets family doctors stay in business, funding for programs to recertify doctors with foreign qualifications, and retention bonuses for healthcare workers to stick around a little longer—we’re all going to have to pay a little more.
If it makes it easier to swallow, we can add a sunset clause of 10 years to gauge whether the situation has improved. There’s also a lot of waste in health-care.
We are the crisis
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It’s also not a shock that some conservative provincial governments, like Doug Ford’s sideshow government in Ontario, are using the current crisis to push for a mixed private/public health-care system that could eventually spell the end of our public system in the name of slightly greater convenience for our wealthiest citizens.
“HEALTH-CARE IN A CRISIS” is a headline that has been shoved down our throats a lot in recent weeks, like this is somehow a surprise development and not something we’ve been warned about for years.
Call it a “One Canada” plan—a one-percent increase in corporate taxes, income taxes, the GST and capital gains taxes. I know people don’t want to pay another cent right now, but having a little less money is infinitely preferable to what we would have to pay out of pocket for private health-care.
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Personally, I’ve been on the same asthma inhaler for 18 years, but I still need to see a doctor once a year to get a prescription, taking time away from another patient. One in 10 Canadians has asthma, most of which have it under control, which adds up to millions of unnecessary appointments every year. There are lots of other examples where a pharmacist, nurse practitioner or even the patient can be trusted without involving overworked professionals. We also need to get serious about preventative health-care while we work the problem and train the people we need. For example, a national pharmacare program will ensure people can afford their medications and won’t require hospitalization for under-medicating. A safe drug narcotic supply would also prevent overdoses. Vancouver Coastal Health alone treated more than 11,000 people for overdoses in 2021, mostly related to tainted drugs. That’s a huge burden on the system. We also need to tax sugar and to further increase taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. We need to reduce the number of traffic accidents (100K+ a year) by slowing people down and mandating helmets on roadways for everyone on skateboards, bikes and scooters, electric or otherwise. We need to encourage fitness and recreation—every schoolyard should have a running track with lights and a basketball court, and every city and town should have bike lanes. We have to encourage companies to let employees work from home so they have more time to focus on their health. We also have to mask up and sanitize in cold and flu season. Whistlerites could also dial things back for a little while. While it’s good we’re all healthy and active, we also contribute a lot of preventable injuries to the system. Fun’s fun, but now is probably not the best time to push our limits and take those risks that land us in the hospital a couple of times a year. n
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Still, Martin doesn’t believe the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) should rest on its laurels, but instead continue building, as costs are only expected to increase down the road. “[Rising inflation and interest rates have] not affected the current project, but will obviously affect any of the future projects,” he “Obviously,said.material cost increases, supply chain issues, [and] some labour shortages, although generally speaking in Whistler, we haven’t seen that so much because we had our contracts locked in over a year ago, so that hasn’t been a big impact.”
The report also noted that seasonal and temporary foreign workers who are not permanent residents of Canada do not qualify for WHA rentals, which further hampers Whistler’s ability to house its workforce.
WORK UNDERWAY ON TWO MORE RENTAL BUILDINGS
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“People aren’t on the waitlist because they’re maybe two- or three-year employees or are seasonal or whatever; we’re not addressing them because they’re not on the waitlist,” Martin said. “A lot of our RCMP and [other key roles in town] aren’t on the waitlist because they feel they’re probably not going to be here long enough.”
WHISTLER CANNOT stop building affordable housing—that was the key message brought to mayor and council on Sept. 6 by Whistler Development Corporation (WDC) president Eric Martin, as he presented an update on Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2. While material costs, interest rates and general inflation have all been on the rise as of late, Martin still believes now is the time to act on “[Thehousing.housing crisis] is a very broad issue and a broad problem, and we can’t stop building,” he said. “We just cannot stop building, so we have to find a way.” As council’s term draws to a close, its cornerstone project—Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2—has shown solid progress in the face of challenging odds. “The first two buildings are going very well. We’re pretty much done,” Martin said. “We’re pretty much on schedule and within our budget for those two buildings, which is great.”Thefirst of the two—which together contain 100 units of for-purchase housing— is ready for occupancy, with the second on track for completion in December and move-in in January, Martin said.
According to Martin, construction costs have increased by 10 to 15 per cent in recent months, which in turn contributes to higher rents. While Cheakamus Phase 2 has helped reduce the Whistler Housing Authority’s (WHA) waitlist, Martin’s report highlighted that there are still many people on the list waiting for housing.
With two buildings nearing completion, work is now underway on the next Phase 2 project, Martin added: two rental buildings containing 69 units in total, made up of a mix of unit types “to appeal to a wide variety of households.”
“We’ll probably be out to bid on the next buildings by the end of the year,” he said. “We’ll finish our design work this fall and will bid everything, and we’ll see where interest rates are, and we’re looking at starting the first building on Lot 2 in early spring next year.” But for Martin, it all comes back to his one key message. “If it costs more, it will be a little more expensive for end users, and we have to put more money into capital,” he said. “But we can’t stop, because costs are not going to go Buildingdown.”more housing and advancing Cheakamus Phase 2 being one of his key platform planks in the 2018 election, it’s no surprise Mayor Jack Crompton is enthusiastic to see the progress made so far.
The recently reinvigorated Whistler Valley Housing Society (WVHS) has signed a letter of intent to purchase one of the buildings, while the WHA is also doing a feasibility study to determine if it has the capacity to finance one of the buildings.According to the report, both the WVHS and WHA are looking at financing options for the new builds. With that in mind, the WDC’s project plan “provides a budget for each building and allows WDC to proceed with either building and theoretically both buildings if for some reason neither the WVHS nor WHA choose to proceed,” the report said. WDC anticipates continued price increases for materials like lumber, steel and concrete, but expects prices to stabilize by early-to-mid 2023.
So the developers are taking a cautious approach to financing the new builds, opting for an approximately 15-per-cent larger contingency fund than was used for the previous builds. The two buildings on Lot 1 cost $35,599,024, including a $2,383,673 contingency fund as of April 2022. The buildings planned next door on what’s known as Lot 2 are estimated to cost about $14 million each. If everything goes according to plan, Martin expects the development to move forward by early next year.
High interest rates will be a significant factor in long-term financing for new buildings, and for residents attempting to secure mortgages, Martin said. “It’s a big factor for people having to acquire mortgages and be able to qualify and make payments,” he said. “It doesn’t have a lot of construction impact, but it definitely does have a longer-term impact.”
‘We can’t stop building’ affordable housing: WDC president WITH COSTS CONTINUING TO RISE, WHAT COMES NEXT FOR CHEAKAMUS CROSSING?
“It’s really exciting to see people moving in. There is a tremendous amount of work to do moving forward, and we’ve got a great team of people to do that,” Crompton said at the Sept. 6 council“Challengingmeeting.economic conditions are why I am so enthusiastic about the WDC and its work for us. We have some of the leading experts in property development in British Columbia, working at no cost for our municipality; it’s a really big deal.” n
BUILD OUT With the first two apartment buildings at Cheakamus Crossing Phase 2 completed, local officials are now moving forward with two more.
COSTS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING
According to the report, there are 506 people still on the WHA’s rental waitlist, with single-person households making up the majority (55 per cent), followed by couples without children (26 per cent), families with dependents (17 per cent) and groups of unrelated adults (two per cent).
UBCM returns to Whistler for first conventionin-personintwo years
AFTER TWO YEARS of virtual conventions, delegates from nearly 200 B.C. local governments will converge on Whistler from Sept. 12 to 16 for the first in-person Union of BC Municipalities Convention (UBCM) since 2019. As with every UBCM, delegates will debate a wide-range of policy proposals to advocate for with the provincial government—but resolutions related to health-care initiatives are front and centre this year, with nearly two dozen up for debate.While the Resort Municipality of Whistler itself isn’t putting forward any resolutions this year, Mayor Jack Crompton said it was great to welcome the convention back to the Whistler Conference Centre. “It’s wonderful to have elected people from around the province in our community,” Crompton said. “It’s a real contribution to our economy, but it’s also an opportunity to learn from what’s working in otherThecommunities.”UBCMconvention also serves as an opportunity for municipal politicians to engage with their provincial counterparts. Whistler, for example, has arranged meetings with the provincial ministers of housing, finance, childcare and tourism to develop stronger partnerships and dialogue with the ministries and advocate for the municipality’s pertinent issues.
Richman noted that small communities like Pemberton tend to have to cover the costs of dealing with highway accidents, which is why Pemberton put forward a resolution advocating for the province to cover the cost of highway rescue services for small communities.Asforthe Crown land applications, Richman voiced concern about the time it takes for municipalities to acquire Crown land to build more affordable housing and needed municipal infrastructure.
Following precedent, Whistler councillor and SLRD board chair Jen Ford is likely set to become the next UBCM president at this year’s convention, after several years of rising through the union’s executive ranks.
“We approach these conversations holistically, looking at how we can work together to develop stronger partnerships and to support the needs of the resort, the workers who live in the resort, and British Columbia’s tourism economy more broadly,” said Crompton.
“It’s really nice because you feel like you’ve got everybody in one place, and you’re not losing people to other work and events outside of the convention. So it’s a really good convention. People love it, [and] love coming to Whistler,” Ford said.
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“The resolution is simply stating that the process to do that is too slow and slows down our progress,” he said. “So again, if you’re looking at a key infrastructure or affordable housing project, and it takes three years to secure the land, it’s hard to plan like that. So the resolution is around speeding up the process for applications.”
The Village of Pemberton will meet with ministers regarding policing and diking, and the SLRD has been granted two meetings with ministers.
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The Village of Pemberton is floating three resolutions: changing the model for reimbursement for highway rescue services; improving wait times for Crown land applications; and changing the funding model for policing in communities passing the 5,000-resident mark.
The policing funding model is particularly concerning for Pemberton Mayor Mike Richman, as Pemberton is on track to pass 5,000 people within the next decade if growth rates continue at current“Thelevels.bottom line is, when a town exceeds the population of 5,000, their policing costs go up huge. It’s hard to put the exact number on it because if you read the formula, basically 70 per cent of policing costs in a town like ours are paid by the province,” Richman said. “So what we’re asking for in that resolution is that the policing cost model be looked at, and that it be approached as a more transitional model—so instead of taking that huge hike at 5,000, perhaps it takes several smaller hikes as the population grows.” A similar shift occurred recently in the Town of Oliver, which passed the 5,000 mark in the last census. To cover the increased cost, Oliver had to raise taxes by nine per Additionally,cent.
Within the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD), member municipalities have made several motions for this year’s convention, highlighting some of the region’s priorities.
HEALTH-CARE, HOUSING, WILDFIRE AND MORE ON AGENDA
Ford said she is enthusiastic about the convention returning to Whistler.
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Owner of environmental consulting firm EchoTrack, Millikin is regarded for her track record in wildfire management, expertise she has used to advise the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) through her role as member at large on the RMOW’s Forests and Wildlands Advisory Committee since 2020.
Millikin’s platform centres on lifting up what she called “the smaller voices” of Whistler: the natural environment, small business, and “community supporters” like the resort’s volunteers, tradespeople, parents and long-term residents. Typifying the holistic view Millikin tends to take, she sees Northlands—Whistler Village’s most significant remaining parcel of undeveloped land—addressing several crucial issues at once. “If we combine the issue of affordable living with climate mitigation and community engagement, as well as small business, we can take Northlands as an example,” she said. “We have a potential to combine these issues in our search for solutions and for small business.”
The 5.8-hectare site could, for instance, provide affordable, dorm-style housing for entry-level workers, which small business owners could contribute to financially, Millikin suggested. That, in turn, would help cut back on vehicle emissions, given the site’s proximity to central services, and a scaleddown building footprint—“so no stores, no roads, no parking, no market housing,” Millikin said—would allow for more space for nature and community gathering, and would help retain and extend vital wetland and even serve as a wildlife corridor if connected to the wetlands on the west side of White Gold. Sustainable tourism is another plank of Millikin’s platform. Highlighting exploding user numbers on the River of Golden Dreams, she’d like to see evidence-based thresholds placed on Whistler’s most popular natural assets to help manage demand.
Ecologist Rhonda Millikin wants to represent the ‘smaller voices’ in bid for Whistler council MANAGEMENT EXPERT PROMISES TO ADVOCATE FOR NATURE, SMALL BUSINESS AND ‘COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS’ AT COUNCIL TABLE
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WITH A FRUITFUL career in the sciences under her belt, retired ecologist Rhonda Millikin plans to bring the kind of scientific rigour she has long employed to decision-making at municipal hall, if elected to council this fall.
The work earned her a 2021 Civic Service Award from the RMOW, which recognized Millikin for her “exemplary contribution to the community.” She also serves on the board of the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment. In general, Millikin feels the RMOW too often approaches issues in isolation, and sees fire management as a prime example of an area that would benefit from a broader view.
“I think wildfire management is a perfect example of how I would like to see us approach issues, where we combine the issues. So we remove the siloes and bring together solutions,” she said. “For example, we’ve got an issue of climate mitigation, of invasive species management, we’ve got fire risk, and I feel that we can address those things together by adjusting our FireSmart program so we recognize that coastal forest is not the dry forest that the provincial [FireSmart] recommendations are based on.” In particular, Millikin argued that Whistler should be planting herbaceous perennial plants within Whistler’s urbanwildland interface instead of cutting down trees, “which we need to protect us from heat, flooding and ignition factors.”
“I feel that I’ve been involved in a few of the decision points brought to council over the last two-plus years and I would like to augment how decisions are made,” said the 66-year-old. “As a scientist, I’m curious and I like to investigate what some of the alternate solutions could be and make decisions that are evidence-based. I feel like my experience as both a scientist and an entrepreneur can widen our perspective.”
“Where I would like to help is thinking about how we manage that demand using unbiased metrics, so it’s not one person’s voice over another,” she said. Follow Millikin’s campaign at WhistleritesMillikin-105938678919794.facebook.com/Vote-Rhonda-ThenominationperiodclosesSept.9.headtothepollsonOct.15. Rhonda Millikin.
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A self-described fiscal conservative with his own accounting practice, Murl wants to bring his financial acumen to municipal hall, which he sees being as much about prudent spending as it is ensuring the right messaging makes it to the public. “I want to make sure we’re not just spending freely, and I don’t think [the RMOW does]. They make prudent investments with a lot of information behind them. I think where organizations … can fail is often in how they articulate that to the public or to their stakeholders,” he said. “People don’t want to show that they don’t know what they’re talking about, and so they gloss over the finances … So if I can educate a few people on how to read the numbers better, then that will help when they’re working in the community and helping disseminate what I think is an important thing: financial information.
That led the father of two to donate his time to several local organizations, including serving on the board of Arts Whistler, working on the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) board of variance, becoming a library trustee, and joining the Whistler Community Foundation’s finance committee. After placing eighth in voting in 2018, Murl specifically looked to build a diversity of experience heading into his second run at council, working with organizations “in my blindspots,” he said. At Arts Whistler, he learned about the breadth of cultural offerings in town and the barriers facing local artists. At the library, he learned about Whistler’s community hub and the programs they offer to the resort’s most vulnerable. At the board of variance, he gained a better understanding of the decidedly unsexy behind-the-scenes work that goes into building approvals here. And at the community foundation, he got a high-level overview of the many pressures bearing down on Whistler.
“I left the campaign knowing I wanted to run again,” he said. “I spent the last four years doing everything I could to make it easier to elect me, I think.”
IF ELECTED, THE 42-YEAR-OLD WANTS TO BRING HIS FINANCIAL ACUMEN, BIG-PICTURE THINKING AND NEWFOUND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE TO MUNICIPAL HALL BY BRANDON BARRETT
IF THERE WAS a knock against Jeff Murl when he ran for council in Whistler’s 2018 municipal election, it was his relative lack of experience. Four years later, and that shouldn’t be an issue for the 42-year-old business owner, accountant and ski instructor.
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“There are so many aspects to being involved in the community that you have to be well-rounded,” he noted.
So could the muni do a better job at that? I think everybody could.” Though he doesn’t want to be pigeonholed as “just a finance guy,” Murl can’t help but apply a financial lens to Whistler’s biggest challenges. On the environmental file, for instance, the accountant believes the resort should view the longstanding effort to meet its climate and emission targets—which it is not on pace to meet—as a financial problem, first and foremost. “The carbon tax is one of those things I’m a big proponent for because it takes a financial measure and creates incentives and disincentives on an environmental [issue],” he said. “So how do you incentivize people locally to work towards the goal you’re trying to create? And also disincentivize the bad behaviour that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions?” Murl tends to be a big-picture thinker, looking not just at the immediate issues at hand, but the long-term sustainability of the community.“Thoseare hard decisions to make, because you can piss off people in the short term when they’re all staring at what’s in front of their face. But a good leader makes hard decisions that affect the next 20, 30, 40 years,” he explained. “I don’t know what those things are until I get into the nitty-gritty of everything, but I’m happy to make those decisions. I have a fairly thick skin and I’m prepared to make those investments for the future generations.”
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Additionally, “Wearing a mask will continue to be a personal choice, and that choice will be supported and respected,” the province explained in a news release. “Schools will continue to have masks available for those who want to wear
THERE MIGHT BE a couple weeks left of summer, according to the calendar, but Whistler students’ summer break has officially come to an end. As usual, the Sea to Sky School District’s (SD48) 2022-23 school year kicked off on the Tuesday following Labour Day, which this year fell on Sept. 6. “As we near the start of the 2022-2023 school year, I also want to take a moment to welcome back our returning staff, families, and community partners. And, a huge welcome to those families joining us for the first time,” wrote SD48 superintendent Chris Nicholson in a letter to families, published in the district’s Back to School package. “Thank you for entrusting us with the education of your child. Our staff are truly amazing and we look forward to getting to know you and doing our very best for your Nicholsonchild.”encouraged parents to attend the district’s first board meeting of the school year, scheduled to take place next Wednesday, Sept. 14, where staff will discuss “our plan for the year ahead and [go] over other interesting information,” he wrote. SD48’s regular board of education meetings are typically held at the school board office in Squamish at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month during the school year. Meetings will also be steamed live on SD48’s YouTube channel. Students breathing a sigh of relief about loosened COVID-19 restrictions this fall can rest assured they’ll be breathing in fresh, cleanAcrossair. the corridor, schools’ air handling units have all been updated to MERV-13 filters ahead of the current school year. (The acronym stands for “minimum efficiency reporting value.”)
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Two-and-a-half years removed from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C.’s Ministry of Education and Child Care is continuing to help fund these kinds of ventilation upgrades in school districts across the province. That commitment includes a $48.4-million investment for 97 new ventilation upgrade and improvement projects in 2022-23, on top of the $11.9 million in federal funding provided in January 2022 to equip classrooms with standalone, high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration units. According to the province, the Ministry of Education “has worked with education partners to update the communicable disease guidelines for kindergarten to Grade 12 schools, based on recently updated public health guidance” ahead of the new schoolThoseyear.guidelines encourage students and staff to continue self-monitoring for any symptoms of illness, including before heading to school.
“We need to work at that. We can’t afford to lose that agricultural land, and we can’t afford to let it lie there doing nothing.”
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The nomination period is open now until Sept. 9. Rainbow joins incumbent Area C director Russell Mack as the only SLRD candidates to declare thus far. Voters head to the polls on Oct. 15. Find terms of housing, we need to look at what other alternatives are out there...” RAINBOW
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Rainbow also wants to see more local agriculture developed in Area D to combat the rising environmental and economic costs of importing food to the region by encouraging more community gardens and using Agricultural Land Reserve land to its full “Wepotential.have the capability of producing a lot more food locally than we currently are doing. We have agricultural land reserves. We need to be working on getting that land into food production,” Rainbow said. “When we talked about agriculture and food production, mostly the Squamish Valley, there’s a lot of agricultural land reserve up there that is still treed, and some of it that is cleared is not yet not in food production,” he added.
SQUAMISH- Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) Electoral Area D representative Tony Rainbow, 80, will seek another term on the SLRD board in the Oct. 15 municipal election. Rainbow’s platform focuses on three main points: housing, agriculture and recreation.Onhousing, Rainbow highlighted a handful of significant projects currently moving through the rezoning process in Area D, which covers more than 3,000 square kilometres in the SLRD’s southernmost region, from Whistler all the way to Porteau Cove south of Squamish. These significant projects include the Britannia Beach redevelopment, which is nearing completion and will bring 73 townhomes online within the next two years. Additionally, two major housing developments are proposed for the region, including the South Britannia Surf Park, which could provide up to 1,000 units of housing, and the proposed Fine Peace, Furry Creek expansion could add another 870 units of Rainbowhousing.believes there needs to be a regional outlook on solving the housing crisis in the Sea to Sky, and new ideas on solving the problem should be discussed. “We have a housing crisis in the Sea to Sky corridor. I don’t think we can look at it in terms of [just municipalities]. Squamish has a problem, Whistler has a problem. They do, but it’s a regional problem,” Rainbow said. “As we’re building these new developments, I think we need to, and we are, looking at ways of providing different kinds of housing. So in Fine Peace, for example, in Furry Creek, not just building luxury townhomes. There’ll be a variety of housing here, including some belowmarket units in an attempt to provide opportunities for people that can get work and live here. “I think that’s one thing we need to look at, but quite frankly, we need to go beyond what we’re doing right now. In terms of housing, we need to look at what other alternatives are out there. What can we consider, and what can we do to improve the housing Rainbowsupply?”haslived in the community of Furry Creek for eight years, having moved to the area from Surrey, where he previously worked as a high school principal. He was first elected as the director for Area D in 2014 by acclamation, and re-elected by acclamation in 2018. Rainbow noted that in Furry Creek, there has been an explosion of visitors in recent years as people have discovered the beach area—and as hype grows on social media, so too does the number of tourists. “I think that we are having a lot more during COVID,” Rainbow said. “We’re getting a lot more people. So we need to recognize that and deal with it.”
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A frank conversation with Whistler Community Church’s outgoing Pastor Jon Pasiuk
PASTOR JON PASIUK opened his penultimate sermon to the faithful gathered at the Whistler Community Church last Sunday with a question that many Christians find themselves wrestling with these days. “Today we’re talking about the values of this church that speak to our relationship with the world. How is the relationship going? If I’m honest, I’d have to say, not very well,” Pasiuk said in his sermon, which he shared with Pique. “None of us here face imprisonment or death for the act of getting baptized, but I get the impression that our existence and our presence isn’t exactly celebrated in Canada or in Whistler. People are for the most part friendly and polite, but whenever I tell people I’m a pastor, people respond as if I’ve just told them I lead a cult, and I’m sure people have all kinds of reasons for that.”
For a community that has been largely areligious throughout its history, Whistler’s Christian community has been getting lots of attention of late—including in the pages of Pique—stemming from a rift at the resort’s only Catholic church, Our Lady of the Mountains, over its plans to build a new, $5-million church facility and its association with an ultra-conservative, U.S.-based Catholic Traditionalist group, the Napa Institute.
How will you look back on your eight years in Whistler?
JON PASIUK: We look back with tremendous gratitude and love for this church and this community. One of the things is that change is a part of living in Whistler, and we’ve had to be on the receiving end of the ‘I’m leaving’ conversation more times than I can remember.
And one of the things that we recognized when we came was that in order to succeed and thrive in ministry and as a church, when people transition out, you bless them, you send them off, pray for them, and you really want to help set them up for success the best you can. Part of that is that you can’t harden your heart, harden yourself against bringing new people into your life.
Yes, and that’s part of the Whistler scene. People usually don’t have family support here. Sometimes that’s intentional and they’re wanting to define themselves. They’re wanting to discover their identity. Sometimes that’s running away from God. And then they quickly realize, ‘Actually, that’s not going to give me a life.’ Sometimes people come from a very religious or a very Christian upbringing, and they do the opposite. They say, ‘I want nothing to do with that.’ And so, we just want to be ready to receive and support. Because it’s not an easy town to thrive in. It’s like “Hotel California”—
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The Mennonite Brethren Whistler Community Church, meanwhile, has come under scrutiny as well, after longtime Pique columnist G.D. Maxwell questioned whether the church should continue to receive a municipal tax exemption when its rental policy prohibits community groups from using church property to promote same-sex life partnerships and marriage, as well as abortion rights, both “totally legal activities,” Maxwell wrote (Aug. 25, “And the beat goes on…). But rather than meet what he sees as a growing indifference—or, in some cases, outright hostility—to Christianity by either fighting back, retreating from society, or assimilating into the wider culture, Pasiuk gave his congregation a fourth option. “Our response to that can’t be hostility,” he said in a follow-up interview. “We’re not at war with this community. We have to love this community. So that’s what we try to focus on.” Pique sat down with Pasiuk this week as he and his family prepare to leave the community he has ministered in since 2014 to return to his hometown church in Abbotsford. Vancouver native David Gibson will take over as the church’s new pastor. The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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SPIRITED AWAY Pastor Jon Pasiuk and his family are leaving the Whistler Community Church after eight years to return to their home church in Abbotsford.
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OK, Max said that [in his last column], but we only get a $1,500 permissive tax break per year …
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Part of the challenge with the culture in general, not specific to Whistler, is you have this combination of the historical sins of Christendom: residential school, persecution of other groups, all those kinds of horrendous things. That’s legit. And then you have the way that, say, the media, the movie industry, television, etc., have taken that and created caricatures, or strawmen, from that, and people react against that. It’s not that they know Christians necessarily who have been jerks, but they saw Christians being jerks on TV or on a Netflix show that’s fictional. Or they look at late-night comedy and the way that the religious right is constantly lambasted, and they think that’s what we all represent, that caricature that’s being mocked. Not to say that we’re innocent, because we are the first to admit we are broken people and often don’t live consistently with the teachings of Jesus.
One of the things that I think a lot of people don’t know about our tradition—we’re Mennonite Brethren—is we have a very strong peacemaking tradition, sometimes going all the way into very rigid pacifism. But generally, just saying violence is contrary to the nature of Christians that were conquering in the name of Jesus [during the Thirty Years War of 1618-’48]. While that was happening in Europe, our group emerged as kind of a counterculture. ‘We’re not doing that. We’re going to be different.’ And so those are our values.
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Part of that sense of not [feeling] at home is that this is a very post-Christian culture. We are less than one per cent of the community. When I tell people I’m a pastor that usually provokes some kind of reaction. It can be outright hostility; it can be suspicion. Sometimes it’s just indifference. But we do feel like we’re on the outside.
But there is that sense that it’s OK to trash Christians, it’s OK to say things about us that you would not say about any other group.
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If [the unborn] is a person, that person has rights. You have the right to do whatever you want with your body, but your right to swing your fist ends where my face begins.
If the municipality wants to ... make us pay the $1,500, that’s not a big deal. It’s an interesting place where we are in Canada, where there’s this move towards enforcing ideological conformity and using access to government programs and services as a tool for that.The question is, ‘OK, where do we draw the line?’ I assume if someone gives money to an organization that represents something hostile to us, they still get a tax deduction.
It’s not me, but another human being who has an inherent right to exist.
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Do you think that uphill battle is specific to Whistler or is it indicative of the wider culture?
In your sermon, you said the “congregation is not going to feel truly at home in this community or any other community.” Do you feel like the church hasn’t been welcomed by Whistler?
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I guess that’s where this debate lies, doesn’t it? That’s not where the debate is, right? We [as a society] don’t want to have that conversation.
I will not deny there are two different visions of the good here. What I find is people are reacting to the strawman. Take the abortion debate. What they’re reacting to is the idea of men trying to control women’s bodies. That’s not what we’re about. The truth is for women who are contemplating the choice, making the choice or have made the choice [to have an abortion], our posture has to be one of care and mercy. The difference is we recognize the inherent worth and rights of the human being.
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We want to talk about, ‘You are controlling our bodies,’ which usually involves accusing [Christians] of sexism and misogyny. No, we actually are not. When you look at countries where sex selective abortion is a big thing, men outnumber women by, say, 13 to 10. Is that a win for women? I think there are a lot of conversations we’re not having. So, part of the reason why we feel we don’t belong is we’re told, ‘Hey, if you’re coming from a religious perspective, you have to shut up. Pay your taxes, but shut up.’ But, as a church, you get a tax break, don’t you?
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That is actually just part of living in a democratic society, which is that we have a lot of different voices in the conversation, and it is a conversation where we have different visions of the good and the bad. But when we start using these legislative mechanisms to enforce what is OK to think and what’s not OK to think, that’s tricky. Is there anything else you think people should know?
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Don’t you feel like some of that is in response to the real-world impact certain Christian beliefs have had? We’ve just seen millions of American women have their access to abortion taken away from them because of a Christian belief that has now been codified in U.S. law.
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I’d argue a woman choosing to have an abortion is not a punch to your face.
It’s really a huge blessing for us to finally have a home of our own. The plan was never to stay in Myrtle Philip School for 20-plus years. So, really, it’s an answer to prayer. It’s a dream of our community that’s now been realized. And we’re so thankful for it. That building has been home for my kids as much as their house has been. Part of the challenge is that this is a very new thing for us. It’s so huge. How do we properly utilize it to serve our needs as a congregation and be a blessing to the community? And there’s some learning that comes with that, some growing pains.
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As the developer and operator of asimilar building, the Centrepoint Apartments in Squamish, Sturdy believes the SSCS has the experience and commitment needed to make the Harrow Road development amade-in Pemberton success. Sturdy believes the project is anet benefit to the community and will support people who want to call Pemberton home. “For families, kids, and the next generation to grow up here, work hereand ultimately retirehere, it’s really challenging to find affordable housing,” says Sturdy.
Sturdy acknowledges thereare some within the community who have concer ns about the project, but believes that the long history of good work of Sea to Sky Community Services (SSCS), suggests that this community partner will strive to find the best outcomes.
He appreciates and has seen firsthand the difficulty of families who have called Pemberton home and areincreasingly struggling with housing costs. “This BC Housing investment is avery significant opportunity for Pemberton, and Ihopeweare able to make it our own, realize the opportunity and support the futureof Pemberton locals, families and businesses”
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Like many others Ihave found that securing accommodations for my employees to be almost impossible”
PWA, meanwhile, will not maintain the road in, so backcountry users should be aware of the challenging access.
“Once the signage goes up and we do a few more public service announcements, I think we’ll probably have to have a firmer handle on it,” Robichaud added. “If it’s overbooked, sending people back home or having a more secure way to ensure payment.”
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Tenquille Lake camping
After the PWA sorted through the cabin and campsite booking software at the end of June, it officially launched the new reservation system. While it was a quiet launch this year, going forward, people will be sent away if they don’t have a reservation.
In the end, the group is hopeful the changes will help ensure the longevity of the area.“Ithink having the operator there and eyes on the site and having the cabin and tent sites … gives the perception people are watching and taking care of it,” Robichaud said. To book a spot, or for more information, visit services/tenquille-lake-cabin.pembertonwildlifeassociation.com/ n
In addition, the group is trying to spread the word that the Birkenhead access to the Tenquille area is officially closed— with a gate or barriers to be installed in the near“Thatfuture.is closed specifically for grizzly bear habitat and grizzly bears need to be left alone,” Robichaud said. “There’s a huge huckleberry patch there. It’s important to grizzly bears and the Lil’wat Nation. We’d encourage everybody to forget that access exists.” Other changes now in effect, after the implementation of the strategy—the result of multiple years of work between the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lil’wat Nation, N’Quatqua and community groups like the PWA—include: no unauthorized helicopter or horse access; no recreational motorized vehicles; no dogs at the rec site or on the trails leading to the lake; no mountain biking within the recreation site or on the trails to the lake or the Mount Barbour trail; and camping only in designated areas. The strategy also aims to guide future recreation management to protect the Nations’ cultural resources and opportunities, wildlife habitat and sensitive species. “It is one of the places that was used by the Lil’wat for generations and it has recorded presence there with the pictographs and the trails,” Lil’wat Chief Dean Nelson told Pique in February. “It is a part of the route that our people took throughout the Meanwhile,territory.” Robichaud said he understands that long-term locals might not love the changes, but facing the reality of a more crowded backcountry, there’s no choice but to adapt. In May 2021, when the Tenquille cabin was closed due to COVID-19, a group of people broke in, causing damage in the process, and burned construction materials stored under the cabin as a campfire. “I think the long-term Pemby locals who did a couple trips up there every year and likely had the place to themselves, that’s gone. That’s 2022,” Robichaud said. “We’re adapting to the times, and [as] anybody who spends any time at any of the unregistered or un-caretaken cabins in the Duffey understands, it’s a matter of time before they get burned down. There are a number of them I won’t go to anymore. They’re overused and abused.”
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“It is one of the places that was used by the Lil’wat for generations and it has recorded presence there with the pictographs and the trails. It is a part of the route that our people took throughout the territory.” DEAN NELSON
“Our operator [who stayed onsite through the summer] said about half of the people that were coming up didn’t have reservations,” said Robichaud, who is the Tenquille-Owl Lakes Recreation Area (TOLRA) trails coordinator. “Our role in it is we’ve committed to managing the bookings and the trail maintenance and upkeep. The word is getting out there slowly.”
HALF OF BACKCOUNTRY USERS DIDN’T HAVE A BOOKING FOR CABIN OR TENT SITES THIS SUMMER: PWA BY ALYSSA NOEL
reservation system in effect
MARK ROBICHAUD certainly isn’t trying to draw further attention to the wellused Tenquille Lake Recreation Site. But it has become clear the Pemberton Wildlife Association (PWA), which has taken on the task of implementing a visitor-use management strategy created by several stakeholders, has to get the word out: you now need a reservation for both the Tenquille cabin and tent sites.
Abouhalka’s plan is to relocate the fire hall and Emergency Medical Services base to a more efficient location along a main artery, and to use the current locations for affordable and sustainable housing projects and other “Wheneveramenities.thetrain goes by, the fire hall cannot be accessed to go to any emergency. So that defeats the purpose,” he said. “It should be allocated in a spot that is strategically placed where all emergency medical services can leave from a main artery.” Abouhalka even has a location in mind, which is available, near the highway, and is already set up with enough space for a helicopter pad. In Abouhalka’s plan, the current location of these emergency service buildings could then be used for sustainable, affordable housing—similar to the geothermalpowered Beaver Flats apartment complex in Whistler’s Creekside—that is within walking distance from the town’s amenities.
“And then where the fire hall is, why not create, let’s say, a microbrewery owned and operated by the municipality, and people can bar hop, or whatever, safely within the community and not have to drive everywhere to get to wherever they’re going. And then it’s generating an income that will support other things along the way as well.” If elected, there are many other projects on top of his main emergency services relocation plan that Abouhalka would like to see initiated, including bringing a swimming pool and a hockey rink to Pemberton, and creating a co-op community garden—all of which he believes are possible with a little creativity and outside-the-box thinking in terms of finding the funding to accomplish them.
However, with the rapid growth of the town, Pemberton now faces the challenge of having city-sized needs with just smalltown money to work with, a challenge Abouhalka said he is ready to take on. “There are certain things that need to be properly addressed. And one of them is, ‘why are we spending that much money on certain things that are not really essential when the essentials are right there?’” he said. “The government actually does lend money for municipalities to be able to buy land at [very low] interest. Why hasn’t anyone done that? So if we want to buy land to be able to put EMS services in the right location, and then utilize the space that we have for those other places, those are ways that you can achieve success.” But putting the ideas and plans and potential projects aside, Abouhalka wants the people of Pemberton to know that, from a personal standpoint, he will be someone who listens to the needs of the community if elected, and will always have time to sit down and have a conversation about what direction the residents of Pemberton want to see their community go in. “I know there’s going to be probably a million different questions that are going to be asked,” he said. “But we can address those one at a time, take those concerns that people are bringing to the table and look at the ways that we can achieve success and then do that.”
- CHADI ABOUHALKA
BY HARRISON BROOKS
NEWS PEMBERTON & THE VALLEY Chadi Abouhalka throws his hat in the ring for Pemberton mayor NOMINATIONS CLOSE SEPT. 9; ELECTION DAY IS OCT. 15
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THE RACE for Pemberton’s highest office in next month’s municipal election is tightening, with 15-year Pemberton resident Chadi Abouhalka announcing his candidacy last Afterweek. more than a decade running a professional painting business in Pemberton, Abouhalka said it’s time he put his years of business experience to use making Pemberton a better place for the people who call it home. “The reason I wanted to run is because in the last, I would say, 15 years, I’ve seen that some of the things that are essential were not being addressed, and things are taking too long,” he said. “There’s always blame on money and always reasons that things are not moving. And having been in business my entire life, I’ve come to the conclusion that sometimes you need to think outside the box in order to achieve success. Sometimes it’s not that hard. You just have to step back, look around at what’s going on, and then address the situation.” First and foremost on Abouhalka’s platform is safety, followed by housing and environmental sustainability. One of the plans he’d like to accomplish, which hits on all three topics on his platform, has to do with how the village itself is laid out. Abouhalka specifically pointed to the location of the fire hall, noting it is on the wrong side of the train tracks.
“So where the ambulance department is, if we can place a building there for senior housing as well as affordable housing, then people are centrally located, which means that at this point, there’s no need for people to drive ... that goes out the window, so you reduce the carbon footprint too,” said Abouhalka.
Abouhalka joins incumbent Mayor Mike Richman and former Pemberton Councillor David MacKenzie in the race for the Village’s mayor’s chair. Nominations close Sept. 9. As of Pique’s weekly deadline, three people had officially declared for Pemberton’s four council seats: Ted Craddock, Jennie Helmer and Derek Graves. Check back with Pique for profiles on all candidates in the lead-up to the Oct. 15 election. n “[W]hy are we spending that much money on certain things that are not really essential when the essentials are right there?”
Many areas get hit with torrential rains after prolonged drought, which causes problems from runoff to crop and tree destruction. This planet has evolved complex, interconnected cycles that together make human and other life possible—among them, the carbon, hydrologic (i.e., water), nitrogen and oxygen cycles. Burning coal, oil and gas—and disrupting or destroying natural carbon sinks like forests and wetlands—has affected the carbon cycle, heating the climate and changing the ways water flows in, on and around the world. Impacts are evident everywhere: dams retooled as river and reservoir levels drop, entire countries almost submerged in rising floodwaters, cities without water, crops and livestock wiped out… Yet, many continue to take water for granted, especially in the U.S. and Canada.
Pakistan “faces ‘monsoon on steroids’ as more flood warnings issued.” In Spain, “Historic monuments resurface as severe drought shrinks reservoirs.” Melting Greenland ice is “set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot.” In Jackson, Mississippi, the “water system is failing, city will be with no or little drinking water indefinitely.” Also in the U.S., “As Colorado River dries, the U.S. teeters on the brink of larger water crisis.” In rainy Vancouver where I live, overall precipitation is expected to increase by a small amount, but more intense rain is expected in shorter periods, especially during fall and winter. Water scarcity—as well as contamination—is a looming issue. As glaciers recede on a heating planet, less water will make it to rivers, lakes and reservoirs.
Consider some late-summer headlines.
[U]ntil we tackle the root cause of all these interconnected, often complex changes, we’ll see them become increasingly more frequent and severe.
Water runs through the climate crisis
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SOMETIMES THERE’S too much water; sometimes not enough. A major challenge with global heating is that it doesn’t necessarily cause more or less of something in a specific geographic area (hotter, colder; wetter, dryer); it just makes everything less predictable and often more extreme.
Agriculture, power from hydro, nuclear and fossil fuels, activities like fracking for gas, and producing consumer goods all use enormous amounts of water. Again, we have many solutions. We can build bigger seawalls or start the process of “managed retreat” from coastlines. We can implement flood measures using natural features to capture, channel, store and drain water. We can engineer “drought-resistant” crops. We can shift to agricultural methods that hold water and soil together better. We can re-imagine plumbing systems to stop wasting potable water and to recycle valuable nutrients like nitrogen in urine. We must do all these things. But until we tackle the root cause of all these interconnected, often complex changes, we’ll see them become increasingly more frequent and severe. We absolutely must ramp up efforts to slow and halt the climate crisis, which is bringing many interrelated tragedies in its wake, from species extinction to refugee crises to various water issues. Because the crises are connected, so too are the solutions. Shifting to renewable energy will not only lower carbon emissions, it will also reduce water use. A Food & Water Watch study found that by shifting to renewables, the U.S. could save 99 per cent of the water currently used in fossil fuel electricity generation and “virtually eliminate water withdrawals for electricity generation.”
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And governments everywhere allow multinational corporations to suck up, bottle and sell it back to us as drinking water or sugary beverages. With so much development—urban, agricultural and industrial—people have created conditions for runoff, flooding and water waste.
“Aquanomics” predicts floods, droughts and storms could cost Canada’s economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, with mounting damage to power, manufacturing and transportation infrastructure.
A recent study by global engineering and architecture services firm GHD found that the price of failing to address related climate and water issues could be staggering.
As the report title suggests, it’s all about water. “Either we have too much water or not enough,” the company’s water lead, Don Holland, told CBC. “But really, when we talk about climate change, we experience it through water.” We’re each about 60 per cent water. Water is life. We can’t live without it. If we want to avoid worsening conflicts over this increasingly scarce necessity—and problems associated with its distribution, from floods to droughts—we must get off fossil fuels, reform agricultural practices and protect and restore natural areas.
I don’t much like heat, and somehow fall—particularly its early stages—was always my favourite season growing up in Toronto. Like a lid had been lifted off a pressure cooker. I loved the sudden morning snap in the air, the frequent sunny days and onset of cold, crisp nights. I loved tracking the changing colours, raking and then jumping in dry leaves, the surge of winds in naked branches, and even the smell of the season (rot, I know, but hey).
September was always the girl who’d pull you close and profess her love tease you with that summer smile—then “I’mdisappear.sorry,” she’d say, “but I have to go” Of course, sighs a broken heart, but, like, you did this last year, too…
The welcome month
In this milieu, September was a hopeful month pregnant with fun and opportunity.
I loved playing outside on the street in the gloaming, tossing footballs and shooting tennis balls at ragged hockey nets pulled from somnolent garages. I long felt that my personal concept of summer included its extended tailing off. I also know part of my love for September is because I’m one of those freaks who always looked forward to going back to school—particularly when I got to university, where I spent some 14 Septembers spread over four institutions.
SEPTEMBER Sunday was the day summer broke for fall tearing over the fields, greenery bent wet in the breeze of her departure boats, barbecues and beer flying past, forsaken in an instant the future a slow dissolution to winter’s monochrome door.
Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, biologist and bon vivant who has never met a mountain he didn’t like. ■
SEPTEMBER Do you remember / The 21st night of September?
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In elementary school, new stuff to learn meant you were growing up (or maybe it was the other way around), and there was always the chance to be reunited with friends you hadn’t seen all summer and meet new ones. My favourite shows were back on TV with new episodes, and there was a whole slew of after-school re-runs to dig into. That kind of carried on into high school, where September also meant the start of a new social calendar and whatever hijinks went with it. By uni, September just felt like the latest episode of Life on Your Own where you fully held the reins and anything was possible. Maybe that’s why September, and not spring, was always my romance month. Since moving to Whistler more than 20 years ago, it has felt a lot like life begins after Labour Day here. You can actually drive to Lost Lake again. The number of sonically obnoxious motorcycles and revving engines takes an immediate and noticeable plunge (BTW, what is up with people driving up and down Highway 99 like it’s a Midwest town on a Saturday night in 1957?). The settling and cooling of air masses in September have resulted in the best canoe trips of my life— both East and West. And the shouldering weather in both hemispheres means September is also surely the best month to travel. It’s also often more affordable as the madding crowds return to their daily lives and hotel prices and airfares drop (well, at least they used to—who knows what will happen in the new Gouge-ocene).
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Fortuitously, my birthday falls in early September. The fifth to be exact. And, oddly to me, I seem to know lots of people who were also born in the first two weeks of September. But maybe this isn’t so odd given that there’s an actual reason: according to a recent study, the winter season holds biological perks for pregnancy, and more babies than usual are born in early September because couples have an “easier” time conceiving around Christmas (could this mean that heavily spiked eggnog serves a population-level service after all?). Holiday parties and hook-ups also likely explain the spike in wintertime conceptions. Being born in early September apparently has astrological significance. Though it doesn’t mean anything to me, on occasions too numerous to recount, once apprised of my birthday, many a woman has responded with “Oh, so you’re a Virgo— thatAllfigures.”ofthis aside, I think the main connection is my eastern roots. September always felt like The Best Month… in places like Ontario, Quebec and New England—a vast, forested land that seems to exist for the sole reason of being lived in at this time of year. I don’t think this is a new idea, as marketers seem to have been stuck on it forever: they use September to prime you for Thanksgiving, Halloween, and these days, even Christmas. By the end of the month, the first stirrings of autumn have become screams, and by the time the equinox hits it feels almost past due. When it comes to the celestial markers of changing seasons, September also feels like a better, more obvious bridge month than March, June or December. Also—and I figure this is no small potatoes—if you’re a fan of R&B or soul, September is funky AF.
I’VE ALWAYS LOVED September. And, of course, there are a bunch of reasons.
Love was changin’ the minds of pretenders / While chasin’ the clouds away Our hearts were ringin’ / In the key that our souls were singin’ As we danced in the night, remember / How the stars stole the night away —Earth, Wind and Fire, 1978
FALL FEELINGS Columnist Leslie Anthony pens an ode to his favourite month of the year.
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In areas like the Sea to Sky, which has seen rapid population growth in recent years, the problem takes on an extra air of urgency: paramedic staffing has not kept pace with the growth in the general population, leading to mental health issues among paramedics, burnout and a dangerous lack of ambulance coverage in many communities.
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Sea to Sky ambulance service continues to face severe staffing challenges
DANGER DAYS THE PROBLEM IS NOT NEW. Last summer, Sea to Sky paramedics spoke out against what they called “dangerous” staffing levels in the corridor. “The staffing levels for the corridor have dropped to dangerous levels. Squamish is short 34 ambulances for July, Whistler is short 14, Pemberton is short 73 ambulances and has 140 unstaffed shifts. This would not be a problem if the B.C. Government would finally admit that no one wants to work for $2/hr
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ON AUG.14, AN 84-YEAR-OLD MAN in the Village of Ashcroft died of a heart attack while waiting for an ambulance, the second time in the span of a month that has happened in the small Interior village downstream from Kamloops Lake. This despite the fact the ambulance station was just metres away from where he collapsed, and the local hospital less than a kilometre away.
The resident’s death sent shockwaves across the province, raising the alarm once again on an emergency care system that is badly in need of repair.
In the event of a Code 3 “lights-and-sirens” call, “if we are the closest car to it, then we would be responding, and sometimes that could be anywhere,” Budway adds.
“There’s been many days and nights recently where there’s been one designated car in each of the four Sea to Sky communities—so Lions Bay, Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton. If three of them are doing transfers down to the city, that leaves one car in the whole Sea to Sky,” says Pemberton paramedic and unit chief Kelly Budway.
“If we’re the only car in the Sea to Sky and there’s a car accident in Lions Bay, then we’re responding Code 3 an hour-and-a-half down the highway, and there is potential for that, and it happens.”
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In the Sea to Sky, ambulance service has become increasingly stretched thin, with rising numbers of calls and transfers to the Lower Mainland, on top of existing on-call staffing challenges On some days, there is just one ambulance serving the entire corridor, from D’arcy to Lions Bay—a stretch of nearly 170 kilometres that takes more than two hours to drive, end to end.
Budway notes the current health-care situation in Whistler and Pemberton has contributed to some of the issues facing ambulance service, as local medical facilities can’t commonly keep patients overnight, requiring transfers to the city.
SURGING IN THE SEA TO SKY PEMBERTON, WHISTLER AND THE SURROUNDING Sea to Sky region are experiencing their own challenges accessing paramedics and ambulance services.
According to British Columbia Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), paramedics in the Sea to Sky corridor responded to 3,280 patient events from Jan. 1 to Aug. 21. By community, the Pemberton area had 357 patient events, Squamish had 1,186, Whistler had 1,350 and Lions Bay had 387.
So far in 2022, thanks in part to a rapidly rebounding tourism sector, the number of calls to the ambulance service has surged in Whistler and the corridor, on track to pass pre-pandemic numbers.
The town’s paramedics were out on triage—meaning they were covering for a neighbouring area—roughly a 30-minute drive away. While Ashcroft has a hospital, it’s not uncommon for the emergency room to be closed on weekends due to doctor shortages.
The total number of BCEHS patient events in the Sea to Sky for all of 2021 was 4,568: Pemberton (607), Squamish (1,781), Whistler (1,537) and Lions Bay (643).
Province-wide, the volume of BCEHS calls typically increases annually by six per cent, with this number rising farther in faster-growing regions like the Sea to Sky, according to Troy Clifford, president of Ambulance Paramedics of BC, the union representing more than 4,500 paramedics and emergency dispatchers across the province.
“Whistler and Pemberton have health-care centres that are not open 24 hours. They have on-call coverage at night. So they’re always available to you, but can’t keep patients overnight,” she explains. “If anyone comes in at any point during the day or night, that patient eventually has to go out, and if they’re discharged, that’s great, but if they have to go to higher care or even the same level of care, they have to be transported to the city. So that takes our resources out of the community.”
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LIBERAL MLA FOR THE SEA TO SKY Jordan Sturdy has a unique insight into ambulance issues in the corridor, having previously served as a paramedic for 25 years. “What this corridor needs are some dedicated, additional resources. It needs another car in Squamish and another in Whistler, and certainly, you could do it seasonally, if need be,” he says. “Despite the growth in the corridor since just the last census—we are averaging 20-per-cent growth—there are no more resources here in Pemberton or theSturdycorridor.” believes the changes made to the BC Ambulance Service under the NDP government have only shifted around positions instead of increasing the actual number of ambulances in the region. “There are no more on-call cars in the corridor, and you’ll hear Minister Adrian Dix talk about hiring [more] paramedics in the Sea to Sky … but all they did was shift their positions. They did not increase the number of cars. They did not increase the number of paramedics,” he adds. For its part, BCEHS says the Sea to Sky has seen more resources invested into the region of late, with more on the way.
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The added stress put on the system from a lack of staff has led to worsening mental health among B.C. paramedics, as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has become more frequent in the profession.
FEATURE STORY [the rate for rural paramedics when they’re waiting for a call],” one paramedic told Pique at the time. And staffing shortages in one region can have a cascading effect on others. Due to staffing shortages in the Lower Mainland or in more rural locales like Lillooet, Sea to Sky paramedics can end up responding to numerous calls outside of their region, resulting in either no ambulance service in the Sea to Sky or substantially delayed service. Budway notes an instance just last month when a Pemberton crew had to respond to a major car accident in Lillooet.
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“One of our crews went up and ended up transporting the patient to Kamloops, to their major trauma centre, and then they overnighted it in Kamloops,” she says. “That leaves our car out of the community for 24 hours.”
“With the Ministry of Health, BCEHS has made significant improvements to paramedic staffing, including in the Sea to Sky corridor,” BCEHS communications officer Cindy Leong said in an emailed statement.
The investments have contributed to a “more stable staffing situation” in the corridor, Leong says, adding that BCEHS continues to actively recruit across the province and throughout the Sea to Sky corridor.
“ONE OF OUR CREWS WENT UP AND ENDED UP TRANSPORTING THE PATIENT TO KAMLOOPS, TO THEIR MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRE, AND THEN THEY OVERNIGHTED IT IN KAMLOOPS. THAT LEAVES OUR CAR OUT OF THE COMMUNITY FOR 24 HOURS.”
The current on-call model, which pays rural paramedics a paltry $2 an hour while on standby, is a major barrier to recruiting and retaining qualified staff.
“The injuries are coming as a result of insufficient resources, and the delays and the pressure on paramedics to go to back-to-back calls is causing more fatigue and stress.”
“The biggest challenge [for the Sea to Sky] is the same thing that’s going on across the province … and that’s the part-time, on-call model,” Clifford says.
The stress has been evident to Budway, who says she feels a moral obligation to work extra hours. “When you’re living and working in your own community, you feel obligated to keep the car staffed, but at the same time, you need to have a work-life balance,” she says. “You need that time to decompress, de-stress, spend time with your family and your loved ones, and do things outside of work. But if a car goes down, you know that if something happens to one of your family members, there’s no one left to respond. So it is a big moral obligation there.”
Clifford, the union president, says the best practice is to ensure those on-call paramedics made it back to their homebase as quickly as possible, “but it’s so short-staffed in the city, and we’re so under-resourced, that they get drawn into emergency calls there and it’s really hard to get out.”
“Most of our on-call people have other jobs, and we’ve depleted those resources [to the point] that they just aren’t available to back-fill shifts or staff those additional ambulances.”
“The psychological and mental health injuries are higher than ever. Thirty per cent of our members are either in treatment or off with psychological workplace injuries, and those are WorkSafeBC’s numbers,” Clifford says.
A planned shift to a scheduled on-call model in Pemberton was scrapped last summer after a small outcry, and replaced with a full-time, 24/7 “alpha” model. The alpha model was implemented last fall, “which saw the addition of nine full-time paramedic positions,” Leong notes. “As part of the Rural, Remote, First Nations and Indigenous COVID-19 Response Framework (RRIF), three ambulances were added, one each in Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, and in addition, two temporary advanced care paramedic positions were added to the Whistler station to serve the Sea to Sky “Recognizingarea. the great work these advanced care paramedics have contributed to the Sea to Sky area, these two advanced care paramedic positions were made permanent in June 2022, and they help support primary care paramedics in the region.”
“The biggest problem we have is our ability to recruit into the profession because of that precarious wages and benefits model. We know the full-time model works, and we need additional full-time resources in the Sea to Sky corridor, which would help us ensure that we have adequate coverage.
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Whistler’s Harrison Gray looks to create deeper connections in sport scene
Now back in Whistler and more than three months sober, Gray wants to share his story, and hopes that what he went through might be just what someone else needs to hear to finally take that step to get better and realize they aren’t alone in their struggles. But stepping back into an environment like Whistler that caters to a party lifestyle is no easy task for someone in recovery. And with many of his biggest passions—like skateboarding—now being a trigger for him, a relapse is always knocking on the door.
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“Relapse is part of the journey, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Everyone has to have their journey and walk the journey to get to where they need to go. But I feel if I stop, if I get cocky with it or complacent, that is when things are going to slide“Nowbackwards.Ihaveto be vigilant, because otherwise I will slide back into my negative ways. As they say, when you’re inside a meeting, the addiction is outside doing JOURNEY Harry Gray wants to use sports as a path to healing and make deeper connections along the way.
While he agreed, Gray initially only saw it as a chance to have a “mental-health reset,” after which he would be free to return to using drugs and alcohol as he had before. But through the treatment, Gray started to realize just how deep his addictions ran, and how long they had been prevalent in his life—even if he hadn’t realized it. “The way I look at it is, the psilocybin certainly saved my life, but treatment and AA, and the work I’m doing now, is giving me the tools to live life,” he said.
Gray’s issues first started as an early teenager while he was travelling internationally with Canada’s national snowboard team, and would routinely use a fake ID to drink with his coaches in the bar at just 14 years old. And as he got older, the athlete lifestyle got more intertwined with the party lifestyle, to the point where they became one identity for Gray. “It was how I defined myself. I was Harrison the snowboarder, or Harrison the skateboarder, or Harrison the guy who could drink the most beer,” he said. “And there was always a reason to drink.
THE HEALING PATH After his guided psilocybin journey, Gray was urged by his mentor to check into an actual addiction treatment facility to continue down the healing path he had already started.
Someone’s always either landed a trick, or it’s a celebration, or it’s a failure. But it’s so linked. Any contract meeting, any trip, the first stop is always the beer store.” At 18, Gray ended up breaking his back, effectively ending his competitive snowboard career. So he moved to Whistler full-time and began working with Snowboard Canada as a competition judge, all while continuing his heavy drinking and drug-use lifestyle, which was perfectly suited for Whistler’s non-stop party scene. “As it often is in this town, it was [cocaine] from 19 to 24, and lots of psychedelics,” said the now-29-year-old Gray. “But then over the last year, the realization of how depressed I was really came into play. I went from drinking for fun to drinking for management. And the number of fun drinks really started to shift. The first three were good, and then after that, it would start spiralling into hyper focus. And I got really good at wearing a mask, I got really good at faking it. And it was really easy to surround myself with people who support those habits—this town is good for that.”
AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM ADDICTION TREATMENT, THE FORMER TEAM CANADA SNOWBOARDER HAS A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE—AND HE WANTS TO SHARE IT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE BY HARRISON BROOKS IN LATE 2021, former Team Canada snowboarder and Whistler local Harrison Gray started making plans to end his life. After years of battling depression and substance abuse issues; after time and again speaking with therapists and counsellors to no avail, Gray felt like he was no longer in control of his life. And despite having suicidal thoughts before, this time it was different. This time, Gray saw it as his only option, and even had a plan in place to kill himself in the new year. But before the calendar rolled over to 2022, Gray wanted to give himself one last chance at healing—so he turned to psilocybin. Initially just looking for microdose options to help with his daily anxiety and depression, Gray was connected with his now mentor, Brittany, who, based on their initial discussions, believed Gray needed much more help than just the quick fix a microdose could provide. So Gray joined her and two others on a guided psilocybin journey. “It was my last effort or sort of attempt at anything to do with healing,” he said. “I thought I tried everything—so many counsellors, therapists, antidepressants, all the different stuff. But that first ceremony is kind of what I credit with saving my life.” For Gray, the 24-hour ceremony started with a large dose of psilocybin (the psychoactive component in magic mushrooms, which is now undergoing extensive studies to better understand its benefits on mental health), followed by a few hours of introspection before guided group discussions, where he was able to open up about his life and his past in an unbiased and non-judgmental way. “It really removes the veil of ego and makes one comfortable with being vulnerable. I was able to view myself in an honest way without it being an upsetting thing. And then through hearing the stories and discussions of the other gentlemen, I also learned a lot,” said Gray. “But for me, it was life-changing, and I [realized] I wasn’t allowing myself to feel loved in any way. I always had love so directly correlated with physical relationships, with a person. But after that, it really sort of opened up that love is unconditional. The aspect of giving without the expectation of receiving.”
‘FEAR IS WHERE THE GROWTH IS’ During his time at the addiction treatment centre, Top of the World Ranch, in Fort Steele, B.C., Gray learned many different tools for dealing with his addictions and depression in a healthy way, from cognitive behavioural therapy to break up the cycle of self-hate speech, to the impact that physical wellness and routines can have on recovery.
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“There’s always a fear, for sure. I like to say I have, like, a healthy fear that keeps me going in the right direction. And I think fear can be used in a really good, healthy manner, because I think fear is where the growth is,” he said.
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HARRISON GRAY FROM PAGE 34 pushups. It’s always going to be there.” Even though his athletic career was his first step down the drug and alcohol rabbit hole, now that he has the tools to cope with his issues, Gray hopes to untangle his passion for sports with his former party lifestyle, and even use sports as a method of further healing. He wants to get back involved with the town’s skateboard scene, where he hopes to build connections and forge deeper relationships with the people around him than he has in the past.
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“The benefits are, No. 1, if you’re involved yourself in that sport, becoming an official helps you understand the game itself. The long-term impacts of that is your game would improve as your understanding of the game improves,” said Brooks. “And if it’s the sport that you love, it keeps you involved in the sport, and it helps the community by getting out there and making it so that people can come up and play in a tournament or league games, and not always be wondering, do we have any officials? Do we have enough umps? And what will the quality be?” With the hockey season right around the corner, for those looking to get certified, there will be a referee clinic in Squamish on Oct. 16, followed by one in Whistler the following week on Oct. 23. And to incentivize people to sign up to become a referee, Hockey Canada has set the registration fee at $5 across Canada. For beginner officials, who will be working U9 games, the wages start at $20 per game. However, the wages increase drastically for higher levels of hockey, starting at $40 for a referee and $31 for a linesman for U11 hockey all the way up to $70 and $50 for the U21 age group, respectively. Meanwhile, wages for adult hockey in Whistler are set at around $50 per game for approximately one hour of work.
REFS NEEDED With referee numbers dwindling over the years, minor sports around the province are seeing the effects.
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“There’s always a lot of friends that we can call to drink beer. So I’m like, ‘Why can’t we call them for a talk or to go for a coffee?’ And so I really want to create a space that’s open and safe for people to start discussing their issues and just chat and start changing the stigma,” Gray said. “[Sport] was such a big, positive part of my life as well as a negative that … I want to now use it for myself as a tool for me to find the joy and love and fun again, but also to create connection between people.
Referee shortages causing a strain on Whistler sports IN STEVE BROOKS HOPES TO AS MANY NEW REFS AS POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE NEW HOCKEY SEASON HARRISON BROOKS IN HIS 20 YEARS of working as a referee and umpire in Whistler, a shortage of officials is something Whistler’s current umpire and referee in chief Steve Brooks has become accustomed to. But since the outset of COVID-19, things have only gotten worse, and Hockey Canada estimates the number of officials in B.C. has decreased by approximately 30 per cent. “I would say that every year that I’ve done it, there’s always been a shortage. You can almost never have enough—you always need more,” said Brooks. When short on officials, referees and umpires are often forced to officiate at a level above their capabilities, which can create a cycle of poor officiating, verbal abuse and, ultimately, people deciding to not continue as a ref, Brooks added. “So the more we have, the more we can put people in the right spots for their capabilities,” he said. “And the more people that I have on my team [of officials], the better it is for the players, because now they’re getting the people that are better qualified for whatever level of play they’re doing.”
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While there can often be a challenging element to officiating, Brooks doesn’t want that to be a deterrent to anybody who has been thinking of signing up, as there are also many benefits to officiating, especially for young players still learning the game— who can start reffing as early as 12 years old.
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EACH TAKE TOP SPOT IN JUNIOR WORLD CUP STANDINGS BY HARRISON BROOKS
WHILE IT WASN’T the end to the dream season many fans were expecting for Finn Iles, the Whistler product still made history, becoming just the second-ever Canadian to finish on the World Cup overall podium with his third-place finish. Iles—who was unable to race in the last World Cup stop of the year in Val di Sole, Italy on Sept. 4 following a heavy crash at the World Championships in Les Gets, France the weekend prior—finished the year just 12 points out of second place with 996. French riders Amaury Pierron and Loris Vergier finished the year in first and second, respectively. This year, Iles cemented himself as one of the world’s best riders with four podium finishes and an additional two top-10 finishes. Iles’ year started off on a great note, snagging a second-place finish in Lourdes, France. Unfortunately, he had to pull out of the year’s second World Cup race in Fort William due to a concussion. However, upon his return, Iles continued his hot start to the season with sixth-, second-, and third-place finishes in the next three races in Leogang, Austria; Lenzerheide, Switzerland; and Vallnord, Andorra, respectively. After a ninth-place finish in Snowshoe, West Virginia, Iles made history at the next stop in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, where he became the first Canadian to win any World Cup race since Stevie Smith’s historic 2013 season. While Pierron was almost guaranteed to finish first in the overall standings heading into the last race of the 2022 World Cup circuit in Val di Sole, Iles was not mathematically eliminated from taking the overall win. However, even though he was holding down second place in the standings for most of the year, Iles’ DNS was just enough for Vergier to leapfrog him in the standings. Meanwhile, Pemberton’s Lucas Cruz finished as the top Canadian in the field in 13th place. In his second year racing in the Elite category of the World Cup circuit, the finish marks the older Cruz brother’s best as a pro.
Whistler’s Finn Iles finishes Top 3 in World Cup overall rankings
RBC GRANFONDO RETURNS TO WHISTLER In other cycling news, after a two-year hiatus, the RBC GranFondo is coming back better than ever with a record 7,000 registered cyclists for the Sept. 10 event. The long-running, industry-leading, amateur cycling event takes participants along a 122-kilometre route from Stanley Park in Vancouver, across Lions Gate Bridge and up Highway 99 to Whistler. To accommodate the mass ride, Lions Gate Bridge will be closed from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. the day of the event, while a dedicated traffic-free lane will be installed on the highway for the entirety of the route. After the race, participants are encouraged to check out the free Whistler Summer Concert Series at Whistler Olympic Plaza where The Hairfarmers will be performing. More information on the race and schedule of events can be found at rbcgranfondo.com.Registrationfor the 2023 race opens the day of this year’s event, with the best pricing of the year being available from Sept. 10 to 14. Next year’s event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. n
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On the junior side of things, Squamish’s Jackson Goldstone and Sechelt’s Gracey Hemstreet each finished the year in first place in the overall standings with 440 points. Goldstone wrapped up the year, which saw him take five first-place finishes and two seconds, with a fourth-place finish in Val di Sole. Meanwhile, Hemstreet ended the year on a high note, taking her fifth win of the season in Italy. On top of her five firsts, Hemstreet also took two third-place finishes and a second, and finished the year without missing a single podium. Capping off his first full season on the junior World Cup circuit, the younger Cruz brother, Tegan, finished just off the overall podium in fourth place with 227 points after an 11th-place finish in Val di Sole despite battling a shoulder injury. Whistler’s Wei Tien Ho also found himself inside the top 15 of the overall standings despite only racing in five of the eight World Cup events.
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If you’re one of those people, or you have kids who insist on new gear for back-to-school, maybe re-think what “new” actually means.
“WHAT IS SCHOOL FOR?” asked a columnist in The New York Times recently. Good rhetorical question as teachers and students head back to class—again— wrestling with way more beyond the asoutschoolskyrocketingforlevelanyway,goodmanyayou’vehavemasking;quandariesbecome(andtoeveryone’sanythingbutterflies-in-my-tummyI’m-so-happy-to-see-everyone-but-I’ve-got-usualdrill.Yep,unlessthey’reinfulldenialaboutpandemic-ystillhappening,prettymuchtryingtheirbestkeepanxietyatbaywithback-to-schoolback-to-work)dilemmasthathavefartooroutine:Mask/no-maskwhatwithnomoremandatoryhowtogradefairlywhenclassesbeencancelled;howtostudyfairlyifbeenschoolingawayfromschoolforwhile.PluswhotheheckknowsjusthowclassroomshavebeenupgradedwithHVACsystemsandwheretheyallare,whennobodyattheprovincialistelling.Addinzeroaffordablehousinguniversityandcollegestudents;pricesforgroceries,fuel,supplies—younameit;andstressed-parentstryingtokeepdramalevelslowtheynegotiateage-oldhabitsofbuying
Most students have everything they need in their closet right now. But if you have kids whinging about how “old” everything is, pull the old parent trick of tucking away a few items and bringing them out for re-use later when memories fade. If you’re the whinger, try tricking yourself by stashing away some items till you’ve forgotten about them and they seem fresh again. Two exceptions—growing bodies can mean size is an issue, and sports gear can simply be an issue. That’s when swapping with friends and neighbours on exchanges via Facebook and otherwise makes good sense. As for non-reusables, like pencils, spread it out. Kids don’t need a dozen pencils the first week of school. Buy them as you and your budget can.
When you’re really pressed for a meal, nix the usual suspects. One of the biggest destroyers of household budgets and gut microbiomes (translation: good health) is supposedly cheap, fast food. Hubbie and I actually pondered a fast-food menu the other day—seriously, but it was just through the window—and we both went, holy crap! That stuff’s expensive!
new back-to-school everything, and it’s… Good grief! as Charlie Brown would say. So keep your cool, everybody—here are some tips to help you do just that.
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The words of my nan, and my mom, ring in my ears: “Stretch it! Make it go further.” That good old prairie wisdom applies to expensive items, whether it’s food you make, or something from a shop or deli. Buy good (and that covers nonfood items, too) then think how to adapt it to get the most from its value. Usually “stretching it” means adding extras that are less expensive and way better for you.
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Add some sliced local cukes and tomatoes, or grate that most versatile and good-for-you veggie—fresh cabbage, so sweet and plentiful this time of year—and Bob’s your uncle. With the exception of maybe Binty and Cheryl Massey, and a handful of others, don’t we all pretty much over-eat even though we know better? (Tons of scientific evidence out there shows that eating less equals living longer.) So I’m also betting that one serving will often do nicely for two, thank you very much, especially when you add your own fixings at home. Buy one take-out order of lasagna and share it. Add some good bread, like rich, molasses-y Old Stumpie, say, from Purebread, or Ed’s Bred’s knock-out sourdough, and a spinach salad or whatever tickles your green fancy, and you’ve got it made—in a flash.
Heck, we’ll just add whole fresh kale or Swiss chard leaves and nibble them, stems and all, like a wabbit. Simple. Good. For quick-as-a bunny school treats and lunches, once again, fresh veggies are your best friend, from traditional carrot sticks to leaves, leaves and more leaves (think freshly washed lettuce, cabbage, kale, even parsley). And those sweet little B.C.-grown peppers you buy by the bagful can turn a snack into a meal. As for what school is for, think about the scientists and mathematicians around the world, including here at home at UBC, who are researching if the universe really does have consciousness; fine-tuning theories proving that time travel really is possible; and coming up with innovative ways to get rid of the trillions of tons of plastics killing our Telloceans.your kids we’re going to need every good mind on deck ASAP to help them, so get their sweet selves to school. It’s amazing!
n CLASS ACT There are plenty of ways to quell the chaos of back-to-school season, writes Glenda Bartosh. BARTOSHGLENDA
Bottom line: when it comes to “stuff,” most of us lucky enough to live in this part of the world pretty much have everything we need. Question is, why aren’t we happy with it? So second-hand stores, like Whistler’s Re-Use-It Centre and online Re-Love-It store, abound, and offer cool alternatives. As for those of our neighbours who really do need something, a donation of cash or goods to Whistler Community Services Society, which runs both stores, will be put to excellent use.
To start, there is such a thing as good fast food you can supplement creatively at home. Try some of Peaked Pies’ yummy Mentil Lentil pies—OMG are they tasty and satisfying—or any of their substantial offerings. Green Moustache has likewise. (Note: their buckwheat granola is wonderful and goes a long way.)
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Sure we all like to eat out and save time, especially now, but you can pull off some strategies that still get tasty, nutritional food in your tummy, and everyone else’s, f-a-s-t, and won’t break the bank.
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pioneers Myrtle and Alex Philips’ journey to Alta Lake, which later became Whistler, and the prospectors, loggers, hunters, and trappers who helped them along the way. It all culminates in a Christmas celebration they had “Theytogether.wroteit because they had been hanging out with Myrtle [Philip] and having tea and her famous rum cake,” Hunter says, with a laugh. “It was straight from the horse’sHuntermouth.”presented the idea to the group— which includes 100 women meeting for an hour and each offering up $100 to a cause of their choosing—and watched as they voted for one of three worthy presentations. “I actually said, ‘You’re kidding’ [when we were chosen] because I was so surprised and hugely grateful,” Hunter says. “I have run into women in this group now and they said the proposal captured their imagination. It really is about the community.”
The only catch: the chorus had just two days to come up with an idea to present. “One of their non-profit candidates had to drop out and we were next on the list,” says Jeanette Bruce, chorus director. “You just get up there, tell them who you are and what you’d be using the money for. I wasn’t available, so Alison [Hunter, former chorus director and current Whistler Singers director] went on our behalf. She immediately had this idea.”
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CHEQUE IT OUT 100 Women Whistler hand a cheque to the Whistler Children’s Chorus to help support a production of Christmas at Rainbow set for December.
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“It’s going to be a big undertaking for us. In a normal year we would do our own Christmas concert and we would typically do the Christmas Eve Carol Service at the Westin. This year, it will look a little different.” BRUCE
BY ALYSSA NOEL AFTER TWO challenging pandemic years, the Whistler Children’s Chorus is gearing up for a big, well-funded, and uniquely Whistler show. It all started when the group—which marked its 30th year in 2021—received a notice that the organization 100 Women Whistler had a last-minute opening for a funding pitch.
Now with a budget of $11,000, the chorus is hard at work building the unique show—which will include a few updates from the original script, staged at Myrtle Philip Elementary School in 1990 and at Spring Creek Community School in 2012— in December.“It’sbeen a whirlwind of a few days for us,” Bruce says. “It’s mind-blowing. The money is going to be going towards renting the theatre at the Maury Young Arts Centre—that detail is taken care of. In general, the financial element of worrying— do you have the funds to pull something off?—that was lifted off our shoulders, so the rest falls into place easier.” First up: the chorus can focus on recruiting“COVIDmembers.wasreally hard for choir, everywhere,” Bruce says. “It was pretty clear that singing was a high-risk activity. So basically, in-person choir rehearsal and concerts were on pause for a good, long while.” The group was able to host its annual Kinderchoir this year—“which felt miraculous,” Bruce says—and had 15 Kindergarten students attend in the spring. Almost all of them have now signed up to join the chorus this month. “Our recruitment from kindergarten was almost too good,” she says, with a laugh. “We have 20 Grade 1 students. But we would love to have more kids from Grades 2 to 7. We need older kids to memorize more lines or do some solos.
The idea: to perform the 1984 original production Christmas at Rainbow written by the original Whistler Children’s Chorus director Molly Boyd and former Myrtle Philip School principal Bob Daly. It chronicled the journey of Whistler
There’s a little bit more responsibility for olderChoirkids.”practice takes place every Tuesday—starting on Sept. 13—at the Whistler Public Library through December from 4 to 5 p.m.—with some extra rehearsals for kids with solos closer to the big show. It’s free for kids and open to anyone from Grade 1 to 7. “It’s going to be a big undertaking for us,” Bruce says. “In a normal year we would do our own Christmas concert and we would typically do the Christmas Eve Carol Service at the Westin. This year, it will look a littleAnyonedifferent.”who wants to sign up for the Whistler Children’s Chorus can email Bruce with their first and last names and what grade they’re starting this year at jbruce@ whistlerlibrary.ca.Anyoneolder who wants to join the Whistler Singers, meanwhile, can email whistlersingers@gmail.com or simply check out a rehearsal on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Myrtle Philip Community Centre. n
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Afterwards, stick around for a free oral storytelling workshop with Lil’wat Nation storyteller Tanina Williams. Learn what makes a great story and how to make an impact ahead of applying to share your own story at the Whistler Writers Festival’s oral storytelling event on Oct. 13. For that event, eight local storytellers will be selected to share their stories alongside Williams and the Squamish Nation’s Tsawaysia Spukwus. Those chosen will receive $100 to share their two-to-fourminute(Moretale.on that at whistlerwritersfest.com/society-agm.storytelling-event.)com/oral-storytelling-workshop-oral-whistlerwritersfest.RSVPtotheAGMandworkshopat n
SHOW GOES ON The Maury Young Arts Centre will once again play host to Arts Whistler Live!, with the series returning for a full season, starting on Sept. 23.
The Whistler Writing Society is hosting its annual general meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 14, open to anyone who wants to learn more about how they can get involved with the organization.Settotakeplace in-person at the Whistler Museum with a free “pizza and chat” from 5:30 to 6 p.m., Zoom participants can join remotely from 6 to 6:30 p.m. for the meeting.
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A FULL SEASON of Arts Whistler Live! is about to kick off for the first time since the 2018-2019“Puttingedition.this season together was pretty exciting,” says Imogen Osborne, programming director. “It’s one of my favourite things to program at Arts Whistler.” While some facets of life might feel back to normal, organizing a nearly eightmonth-long series with nine performances from different mediums wasn’t without its challenges.“Ithasn’tbeen easy to program because there’s still some travel challenges with a lot of the bands. We’re coming out of everything, but I did have a lot of people reaching out looking for dates for their tours. They’re mostly acts putting together tours nationally or regionally in B.C.,” Osborne says. The series starts on Sept. 23 with Fireflight–A Supernatural Circus, which combines circus talent, including aerials, projections, choreography and acrobatics. That will be followed by Raven Spirit Dance, which performs contemporary dance from an Indigenous point of view, on Oct. 28; country-tinged Americana rockers TrailerHawk on Dec. 10; comedians Julie Kim and Katie-Ellen Humphries, with guest Henok Meresa, on Jan. 28; BC Entertainment Hall-of-Famer Marcus Mosley with his nine-member ensemble on Feb. 26; the “unstoppable orgy of energy,” Five Alarm Funk on March 4; indie-folkers The Crescent Sky on March 18; Early Morning Rain: the Songs of Gordon Lightfoot with John McLachlan and Marc Atkinson on April 22; and Kytami and Phonik Ops, who combine classical and electronic music, on May 5. Almost all of the offerings are new to the Maury Young Arts Centre. “I’m pretty excited about a lot of them,” Osborne says. “They’re pretty much all brand new to our venue, which is something that’s really exciting.” Arts Whistler, meanwhile, has been seeing a mix of familiar and new faces in the crowd at its events since pandemic closures. “People are coming back and really enjoying live music and live entertainment,” Osborne adds. “It was probably missed more than we realized. It’s really nice to see people coming out and enjoying it again.” For more information, and to buy tickets, visit artswhistler.com/live.
of a lifetime—Lara Caine is notoriously secretive. Lara and Sophie become close, far closer than is ethical, and Lara is candid about her past in Russia, her father’s work as an undercover KGB officer in Paris, her first love, and all her dirty laundry.
Pitoniak weaves in segments of the biography that Sophie is working on and brings all these pieces together to create tension and mystery in the lead-up to the explosive ending. It’s accurate to call Our American Friend a feminist spy thriller. The central figures are all women and it’s refreshing to see them operating in a fictional space most often and most famously filled with men and their exploits. I particularly enjoyed Lara Caine’s flashbacks to her childhood and youth in Russia and Paris. Pitoniak brings the politics of the time into the novel and sets a visceral and realistic picture of international politics, and Moscow in particular, in the ’70s and onwards. She captures the fear and paranoia of the times through the lens of a young woman finding her way. Even today’s modern Washington politics, although fictionalized, are sharply written. Pitoniak (who grew up in Whistler and now lives in New York) is part of the Whistler Writers Festival’s Thrills and Chills: Mystery and Crime Writers Panel on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 1:15 p.m. at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler and online. For tickets, visit whistlerwritersfest.com.AlliVailisacontent writer living in Vancouver.
NOW, I’M NOT saying that author Anna Pitoniak borrowed and improved some backstory from a notorious American political family or looked to news headlines for her latest novel, Our American Friend, but that’s exactly how the book reads— which is what makes it so fresh and timely.
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President Caine, meanwhile, is a divisive and polarizing figure who is happy to work with Russia on an oil pipeline and is generally unpopular with the left. Ringing any bells? These nods to a certain real situation in the White House prior to 2020 were what intrigued me about Our American Friend in the first place, even if they aren’t the central focus of theNo,book. thebook is about folks much more important than a boorish president. The novel is about women with secrets that have the power to change the world. Lara invites journalist Sofie Morse to come to the White House and write her official biography. For Sophie, it’s the scoop
The book is structured in flashbacks from the 1970s to the present day, and we follow Lara to Moscow, Paris, D.C. and New York.
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The novel focuses on the first lady of the United States, Lara Caine, who was born in Russia and married Henry Caine, an oil baron who becomes the president of the United States. Lady Caine was a model, married up, and lives in purposeful isolation in the White House with her children.
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I think it’s safe to call Pitoniak’s latest work current-events inspired. It takes some well-known elements from American politics and lifts them to an extreme in all the best ways, like only a novelist can.
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HEADLINE HUNTER Our American Friend, the novel by Whistler-born writer Anna Pitoniak, is loosely based off of former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump. PHOTO BY ANDREW BARTHOLOMEW is open for brunch every Saturday & Sunday from 11am-2pm. the village crowds! parking and WIFI! arewelcome until 10pm every night.
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In the book, the president is a big fan of Russia and behaves suspiciously where that country is concerned, the first lady is a recluse born in a foreign country, and the conflict between truth, journalists and the cult of personality is at its zenith.
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Sophie doesn’t know what to make of Lara’s sudden openness, and before long she’s confronted with an impossible choice that forces her to decide who she’s loyal to: her friend, or her country.
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The original Myrtle Philip Elementary School was demolished almost immediately after the new school opened to make way for commercial development in the village. However, the new Myrtle Philip School had similar challenges to the first. By 1999, the new Myrtle Philip had 10 portables, housing half of the school’s population. A second elementary school was required, and in 2001, the Howe Sound School Board began to draw up catchment boundaries for two elementary schools within Whistler. Spring Creek Community School opened in 2004.
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THE FIRST Myrtle Philip Elementary School opened in 1976 in the area that would become Whistler Village, more specifically where the Delta Hotel is today. Although the school opened with only 57 students, the town of Whistler was growing rapidly, and the number of students quickly outgrew the school. By 1987, the Howe Sound School Board (now School District 48) had already begun plans for a site evaluation for a new school. By 1991, the original Myrtle Philip Elementary School needed eight portables to house its 268 students. It was definitely time for a new Figuresbuilding.published by the Whistler Question in 1985 indicated that by 1991, “room for 336 elementary students [was] required—three times the current number.” However, despite this, the new school was built to hold just 300 students. Unsurprising to those who completed the 1985 study, enrolment numbers already exceeded 300 when the school opened for learning in 1992. Rooms originally planned as extra conference space were converted to classrooms, as nearly 340 students enrolled for the opening year. In press coverage of the grand opening, the Whistler Question included the line, “If the baby boom continues in Whistler, plans for expansion will be examined.” A celebration for the grand opening was held on Sept. 18, 1992, and included tours led by student hosts and an opening ceremony hosted by principal Mike Edwards, the master of ceremonies. It also included the presentation of a portrait of Whistler’s “first lady,” Myrtle Philip, painted by Isobel MacLaurin. The painting showed two images of Myrtle side-by-side: 19-year-old Myrtle, new to Alta Lake, next to Myrtle on her 95th birthday. Myrtle was a dedicated school board trustee for nearly four decades, and helped raise the money for the first school in the valley, the Alta Lake School. In recognition of her efforts, the original Myrtle Philip Elementary was named after her, in what Myrtle would describe as the greatest honour of her life. The painting of the school’s namesake can still be seen in Myrtle Philip Community School today. The new Myrtle Philip Community School was a far cry from the first school that Myrtle helped build in the 1930s. Designed by Vancouver architects Dalla-Lana Griffin, it made an impression with its comfortable, learning-focused design. As described in the Whistler Question, “Windows surround the low-lying school and skylights flood the halls with light. Classrooms are not simply square, but feature curved study areas, builtin window counters that look out to the fields and mountains, and courtyards that offer quiet study areas.” The project cost was $9,174,000, also a far contrast from the first one-room Alta Lake schoolhouse that the community raised a total of $300 to build.
The ‘new’ Myrtle Philip Community School turns 30!
FIELD TRIP Students and staff relocating from the old Myrtle Philip Elementary School in the village to the new Myrtle Philip Community School on Lorimer Road in 1992.
The new Myrtle Philip School opened with 16 teachers, plus support staff and teacher assistants. The names of some of the inaugural staff will be familiar to current Myrtle Philip students, with Gerhard Reimer and Donna Williams among the teachers.
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PARTIAL RECALL 1 FLYING HIGH A paraglider earned a birds-eye view of Laughing Crow Organics Pemberton Sunflower Maze late last month, before the maze closed for the season on Sept. 7. PHOTO BY JAYDEN SMITH / STRANGEWORLDCO 2 MUSIC MAN Whistler’s Brendan Ladner performs on The Point Artist-Run Centre’s floating stage on Sunday, Aug. 28. PHOTO BY EDGAR DEARDEN 3 BRIGHT LIGHTS The sky glowed green over Green Lake during Saturday night, Sept. 3’s Aurora Borealis display. PHOTO BY KIRSTY PATON 4 HAPPY HIKERS A group of 35 participants, staff and volunteers headed up Whistler Mountain on Sunday, Aug. 28 for Whistler Adaptive Sports Program Society’s Autism Family Day Hike, supported by the Whistler Community Foundation. PHOTO COURTESY OF WHISTLER ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM SOCIETY 5 BIRTHDAY BOY Whistler’s Frank Blair—who, sources say, “skis and bikes absolutely every possible day of the year”—celebrated his 80th birthday with neighbours in Cheakamus Crossing over the Labour Day long weekend. PHOTO BY PATRICIA DAGG SEND US YOUR PHOTOS! Send your recent snaps to arts@piquenewsmagazine.com 1 5243 SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 45 Recycle? Yes or no? Get the BC RECYCLEPEDIA App RECYCLING COUNCIL OF B.C MEMBER www.rcbc.ca LOUNGERS OF THE WEEK Go Sports! Stay Stinky! 21 4314 Main Street
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As a Taurus, you are always wise to be reverent toward your five senses. They are your glorious treasures, your marvellous superpowers, your sublime assets. In the coming weeks, they will serve you even better than usual. As you deploy them with all your amazement and appreciation unfurled, they will boost your intelligence. They will heighten your intuition in ways that guide you to good decisions. You will tune into interesting truths that had previously been hidden from you. I suspect your sensory apparatus will be so sharp and clear that it will work almost as extrasensory powers.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): How to be the best Libra you can be in the next three weeks: 1. Make sure your cool attention to detail never gets chilly. Warm it up now and then. Invite your heart to add its counsel to your head’s observations. Tenderize your objectivity. 2. Always be willing to be puzzled. Always be entertained and educated by your puzzlement. Proceed on the theory that nothing ever changes unless somebody is puzzled. 3. Practice, practice, practice the art of moderation. Do so with the intention of using it as a flexible skill rather than an unthinking habit. 4. Applying the Goldilocks principle will be essential. Everything must be just right: neither too much nor too little; neither overly grand nor overly modest.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries-born Kareem AbdulJabbar was one of the greatest basketball players ever. He excelled at most aspects of the game. Some experts say his rebounding was only average for a player his size—seven feet, two inches. But he is still the third-best rebounder in National Basketball Association history. And he played for 20 years, until age 40. What tips might Abdul-Jabbar have for you now? Here’s a suggestion from him that aligns with your current astrological omens: “Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.” The implication is that you have a lot of strengths, and now it’s time to raise up the rest of your skillset.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One of my favourite Sagittarians is practical mystic Caroline Myss, who was born with sun and Mercury and ascendant in Sagittarius.
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In accordance with current astrological omens, I’ve gathered six of her quotes to serve your current needs. 1. There isn’t anything in your life that cannot be changed. 2. When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful. 3. Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you. 4. The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. 5. What serves your spirit enhances your body. What diminishes your spirit diminishes your body. 6. What is in you is stronger than what is out there to defeat you.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When you Geminis are at your best, you don’t merely tolerate dualities. You enjoy and embrace them. You work with them eagerly. While many non-Geminis regard oppositions and paradoxes as at best inconvenient and at worst obstructive, you often find how the apparent polarities are woven together and complementary. That’s why so many of you are connoisseurs of love that’s both tough and tender. You can be effective in seemingly contradictory situations that confuse and immobilize others. All these skills of yours should come in handy during the coming weeks. Use them to the hilt.
The Village of Lions Bay (the “Municipality”) is considering issuing Temporary Use Permit No 3080 20 02 (the Permit) for the property located at 305 Oceanview Drive and more particularly known and described as: PID: 002 714 680 Lot 32, Block 8, District Lot 6748, Plan 13843 (the “Lands”)
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author Jean Frémon says Cancerian naturalist Henry David Thoreau “always had two notebooks—one for facts, and the other for poetry. But Thoreau had a hard time keeping them apart, as he often found facts more poetic than his poems.” Judging from your current astrological omens, Cancerian, I suspect you are entering a time when facts will be even more poetic than usual. If you open yourself to the magic of reality, the mundane details of everyday life will delight you and appeal to your sense of wonder. Routine events will veer toward the marvellous. Can you bear to experience so much lyrical grace? I think so. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “What good is it if you read Plato but never clean your toilet?” writes author Alice Munro. To which I add, “What good is it if you have brilliant breakthroughs and intriguing insights but never translate them into practical changes in your daily rhythm?” I’m not saying you are guilty of these sins, Leo. But I want to ensure that you won’t be guilty of these sins in the coming weeks. It’s crucial to your long-term future that you devote quality time to being earthy and grounded and pragmatic. Be as effective as you are smart. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “To love oneself is hard work,” declares Virgo author Hanif Abdurraqib. He adds, “But I think it becomes harder when you realize that you’re actually required to love multiple versions of yourself that show up without warning throughout a day, throughout a week, throughout a month, throughout a life.” Let’s make that your inspirational strategy, Virgo. The coming weeks will be a favourable time to refine, deepen, and invigorate your love for all your selves. It may be hard work, but I bet it will also be fun and exhilarating.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In the coming weeks, logic may be of only partial use to you. Information acquired through your senses might prove less than fully adequate, as well. On the other hand, your talents for feeling deeply and tapping into your intuition can provide you with highly accurate intelligence. Here’s a further tip to help you maximize your ability to understand reality: Visit a river or creek or lake. Converse with the fish and frogs and turtles and beavers. Study the ways of the crabs and crayfish and eels. Sing songs to the dragonflies and whirligig beetles and lacewings.
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There are currently five (5) Trustee vacancies available for a two (2) year term beginning January 1, 2023 through to December 31, 2024.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There are blessings in every abyss. You, of all the signs in the zodiac, have the greatest capacity to find those blessings and make them yours. Likewise, there is an abyss in each blessing. You, of all the signs, have the most power to make sure your experiences in the abyss don’t detract from but enhance the blessing. In the coming weeks, dear Scorpio, take maximum advantage of these superpowers of yours. Be a master of zeroing in on the opportunities seeded in the dilemmas. Show everyone how to home in on and enjoy the delights in the darkness. Be an inspirational role model as you extract redemption from the messes.
THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE VILLAGE OF LIONS BAY PURPOSE: In general terms, the purpose of the proposed permit is to authorize Short Term Rentals on the Lands, pursuant to section 4 6 of Part IV of Zoning and Development Bylaw No 520, 2017, as amended
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I have always felt you Capricorns are wise to commune with rocks, dirt, mud, sand, and clay. I think you should regularly touch the actual earth with your hands and bare feet. If I’m out hiking with a Capricorn friend, I might urge them to sniff blooming mushrooms and lean down to kiss the exposed roots of trees. Direct encounters with natural wonders are like magic potions and miracle medicine for you. Moreover, you flourish when you nurture close personal relationships with anything that might be described as foundational. This is always true, but will be extra true for you in the coming weeks. Your words of power are kernel, core, gist, marrow, and keystone. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coming weeks will be a favourable time to dream up creative solutions to problems that haven’t fully materialized yet. Then you can apply your discoveries as you address problems that already exist. In other words, dear Aquarius, I’m telling you that your uncanny facility for glimpsing the future can be useful in enhancing your life in the present. Your almost psychic capacity to foretell the coming trends will be instrumental as you fix glitches in the here and now.
The Council of the Village of Lions Bay has delegated its authority to issue temporary use permits to the Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”), who will consider issuing Temporary Use Permit No 3080 20 02 on September 26, 2022 at 4 pm Before deciding whether or not to issue the Permit the CAO will consider written submissions on matters relevant to the issuance of the Permit, from persons who believe their interests may be affected by the Permit Comments may be submitted using the online Comment Form on the webpage noted above, or submitted via email to cao@lionsbay ca, or via regular mail or in person at the Village Office, PO Box 141, 400 Centre Road, Lions Bay, BC, V0N 2E0, addressed to “CAO TUP” and submitted by 4 pm on Friday, September 23, 2022
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Auxiliary positions are not permanent full-time but can lead to permanent full-time opportunities with a very competitive total compensation package, including a comprehensive pension plan, medical and dental coverage (including massage and physiotherapy), tuition reimbursement and scholarship programs, and access to public service employee benefits including career support services, financial and legal services, and employee and family counselling. We are dedicated to the highest quality of customer service, delivered with friendliness, individual pride, initiative, and retail passion! If you fit this description and you are prepared to work in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply to become a part of the Whistler area BC Liquor Stores. be eligible, applicants must meet the following qualification requirements: at least 19 years of work in Canada able provide customer able to communicate effectively and professionally with the public able to demonstrate aptitude for cashier and related duties, including able to perform physically demanding work, including lifting 20-25 kg Store required to operate a variety of mechanical and hand-operated in addition to handling large volumes of bottles as part of the LDB’s recycling program. of April 11, 2021: - $19.45 - $18.08 online at:
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Salary based on experience, 40-45 hour work week. Extended Medical & Dental Benefits after 3 months, ski pass, corporate golf pass to use, discounts in Pub & Bistro. The chef de partie would be 4th in command within Red Door Bistro and Roland’s pub kitchens. Within this management position the candidate would need to be comfortable communicating, taking orders, guidance and direction from the Executive Chef, Sous Chef and Roland’s pub Kitchen manager.
• Responsible for executing daily prep/cooking/cleaning & service routines in the Pub kitchen and assist in preparing dishes on the hot line when Pub kitchen manager is ON DAYS OFF. (2 shifts).
Roland’s Pub & Red Door Bistro are looking for a Chef de Partie.
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We believe that our people are our greatest asset. Being a reputable employer with programs of skills training and professional development are what attract candidates to BC Liquor Stores, while our progressive, forward-thinking culture is why employees with a growth mindset thrive.
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Roland’s Creekside Pub needs line cooks. Full time and part time available. Experience required. Starting wage based on experience, minimum $18/hr plus tips. Extended Medical & Dental after 3 months full time. Ski pass financing, staff discounts, staff meal each shift, and work with the coolest crew in Creekside. Apply in person or email resume to info@rolandswhistler.com
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Introducing a new grading system for Whistler council hopefuls
To demonstrate how this rating system might work, I’ll review some of the NeverEnding Party’s ideas from past Campagnes de Fous The N-EP has, over the years, put forward a number of employee housing plans. One was to move the municipal works yard—north of Nesters at the bottom of the hill—to the old Capilano Highways works yard just south of the village. In its place, we’d build a trailer park for employees. The site just screams trailer park, being a flat expanse of asphalt hidden by a grove of very tall trees with adequate services in place. As much as that proposal would provide very affordable, well-hidden housing for workerbees, I’d have to give it one pie and five wingnuts. This is probably a good time to say five is the maximum score.
While being easily achievable, cheap even, it would never be approved even if we called it a modular home village. Just not up to the highfalutin Whistler standard, don’t you know. Kind of like man camps in that regard. By comparison, the N-EP’s other employee housing proposal, converting the Whistler golf course into a nine-hole course and building housing on the other nine, is probably a four pie, one wingnut idea. It would only be done over the bodies of local golfers and Tourism Whistler, therefore unachievable. But it sure isn’t a crazy idea.
The bears get what they want (garbage), we divert waste from the landfill, we garner oodles of free, international publicity money can’t buy, and the tourists get their fill of bears. With climate change threatening ski season, it just might be a key part of our tourism future. One pie, half a wingnut; doable, not crazy, but way bolder than most politicians’ thinking. The key proposal of the N-EP was to get the province off our backs by establishing the Resort Principality of Whistler. Modelled on other highly successful principalities— Monaco, Andorra, Liechtenstein, but with elected princes and princesses—we would be our own country within B.C. and Canada, a tax haven Canadians sorely need, independent and prosperous. All three principalities mentioned have mutually beneficial relationships with the countries bordering them. They use currencies not their own and have little or no national defence. Their presence raises the profile of their appurtenant countries. Win, win, win.
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One of the high-profile planks in the N-EP’s platform dealt with Whistler’s “problem bear” population. It called for an immediate prohibition, within municipal boundaries, on shooting bears that have become habituated to human food, er, garbage. Instead, we’d humanely capture the hungry bruins, muzzle and declaw them and create the Whistler Bear Experience™, the activities of which would include a petting zoo for the kiddies, the Running of the Bears™ down the Village Stroll every afternoon at après, and bear wrestling in the bars at night for a substantial charge to drunken patrons who are crazy enough to think they can pin a full-grown bear. Ya listening,WhileJoey?undoubtedly objectionable to PETA, it’s hard to argue against it when the alternative is continuing to kill bears.
One pie, zero wingnuts, and thinking way outside the box. And if you think there are no ideas that could possibly score zero pies and zero wingnuts, think again. A long list would start with prohibiting bars, restaurants, hotels and municipalities from melting the snow we depend on for skiing by heating the great outdoors with propane patio heaters during cold weather. So that’s the plan. The hopefuls’ proposals will be graded on the five pie and wingnut scale and their overall score distilled to the same. Now I’d suggest they sharpen their pencils—crayons if they’re not allowed sharp objects—bone up on the role and limitations of municipal politics, figure out how to play well with others instead of aspiring to be thorns in their sides and keep their heads out of the clouds. ■
62 SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 THE UPCOMING municipal election is going to be an important one. Duh. What a dumb statement. They’re all important. We’re electing the folks who are going to make decisions affecting our lives, livelihoods and the future of the town. Sounds important to me, and it should to you. So how do we best decide who those people should be? Read what they have to say about what they think is important? Listen to them when they speak? Judge them on their grasp of the reality of municipal political power? Peer into their souls?Oddly enough, that last one might be the key. Let me elaborate. Four years ago, Happy Jack, Whistler’s mayor, ran on a number of issues. That he ran unopposed was tragic and at least partly my fault. Nonetheless, he had a platform, even if he didn’t have an opponent to compare it Amongto.his issues were housing, naturally; the environment, specifically eliminating single-use plastics—whatever they are; delivering on the Community and Energy Climate Action Plan; pursuing a regional transit plan; and investing in Whistler, which included a new home for the museum, finishing the Valley Trail, finding more daycare spaces, creating more hiking trails and conjuring a transit lane on the highway where none exists currently. Then along came covid. Many of those issues vanished like a fart in the wind. Jack spent a lot of his time dealing with the pandemic’s fallout instead of his proposals. He stepped up and did a reasonably good job of dealing with covid, far better than many other politicians across the country. We didn’t have a clue when we voted how he would handle covid, because none of us had ever heard of it and he never mentioned it, since it didn’t yet exist. But we might have gotten a glimpse of his potential to deal with the unexpected had we peered into his soul. Nonetheless, as one disreputable politician south of the border said, you go to war with the army you’ve got. I’m not sure what that has to do with this, but sadly, what the candidates say is about all we’ve got to go on to shape our decision who to vote for. And what I’ve heard so far from some of them has led me to develop a two-pronged rating system for the ideas, plans, dreams and craziness of what they’re saying. A plan based on easy-to-identify, every day Pie—asitems.in pie-in-the-sky—and wingnuts.
We’re electing the folks who are going to make decisions affecting our lives, livelihoods and the future of the town.
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Pie-in-the-sky proposals are so unachievable they live up to their name. A good example might be an international airport in Whistler. While perhaps not impossible, it is so aspirational it is a concept only likely to be successful in an alternateWingnutuniverse.proposals, by comparison, are just crazy. Even if possible, they’re so far outside anything that would ever be approved in this town that even suggesting them demonstrates a tenuous grasp of reality. A high-speed rail link to Vancouver will suffice as an example.
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Truly a home for all seasons, you’ll love curling up by the wood-burning fireplace in the winter and soaking up sun on the deck in the summer. #106 - 3300 Ptarmigan Place $1,799,000 The beautiful floor plan will grab your attention with high vaulted ceilings, in the living room & bedrooms that streams in the natural light. Located by Alpha Lake / Park with tennis courts, beach and children’s play area for your summer fun. Walking distance to Creekside Gondola and all the wonderful amenities Creekside has to offer. Sally Warner* 604.905.6326 Sherry Baker* 604.932.1315 323 - 4809 Spearhead Drive $1,049,000 With concrete construction, this condo provides great sound-proofing and a peaceful setting to relax after a fun day on the slopes or the golf course. Located on the 3rd floor, this one bedroom features some bathroom upgrades, stainless steel appliances, gas fireplace, fully equipped kitchen and comfortably sleeps 4. #30 - 2217 Marmot Place $875,000 Ideally situated only a short 5-minute walk to the Whistler Creekside base, Powderview is a quiet complex that gives you amazing access to all the amenities - shops, restaurants, dining, lakes, trails and, of course, the Creekside Gondola for year-round access to Whistler and Blackcomb. Ursula Morel* 604.932.8629 #207 - 1411 Portage Road $649,000 2 bedroom condo, centrally in Pemberton’s Mountains Edge complex. This beautiful bright unit feature’s pot lights throughout, views of Pemberton valley and the iconic Mount Currie. The perfect home for lifestyle enthusiasts with ample insuite storage for your skis/bikes, as well as a secure common storage area; making year round condo living easy. Ann Chiasson 604.932.7651 #310 - 4821 Spearhead Drive $1,595,000 Cozy 2 bedroom unit on 2 levels with 1 and a half bathrooms and 2 tandem underground parking spaces. This unit has not been in the rental program and was recently renovated. New hardwood flooring, Granite countertops, upgraded appliances and bathrooms. #35 - 1450 Vine Road $839,000 This 2 bedroom 2 bathroom townhome in the popular Peaks complex in Pemberton comes with an oversized single garage, and unique to this unit there is also room to park 2 vehicles in front of the unit, allowing space for all the toys to be safely stored inside. Richard Grenfell 604.902.4260 14.53 3 2 Bob Cameron* 604.935.2214 #32 - 6127 Eagle Ridge Cres. $1,889,000 The Whistler Cay Heights location of this Eagle Ridge property is one of the most desirable in all of Whistler. Whistler Village & the Valley Trail network are within a 5 minute walk offering easy access to shopping, dining, entertainment, ski lifts, golfing, biking and countless recreational opportunities. 3 211 3D Tour - rem.ax/207mtnsedge 22 3D Tour - rem.ax/326cascade Dave Beattie* 604.905.8855 #11 - 4388 Northlands Blvd. $1,188,000 Enjoy sunshine & mountain views from the huge private deck at Glaciers Reach. Recently upgraded with new flooring, custom cabinets, granite, Bosch kitchen appliances, Miele Washer & Dryer, on-demand hot water and new bathroom with floor to ceiling tiles, glass shower and OVE bidet toilet. 3D Tour - rem.ax/11glaciers 1 3D Tour - rem.ax/30powderview3D Tour - rem.ax/323themarquise 3D Tour - rem.ax/32eagle3D Tour - rem.ax/310powderhorn 3D Tour - rem.ax/3133tyrol 3D Tour - rem.ax/1865hwy99
