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COVER I’m not much of a stop-and-listen-to-the-birdies kinda gal—I’m more of the rush, rush, stuck-in-my-own-thoughts type—but something about this story touched me. Thanks to Mary MacDonald, I might just stop and listen the next time I’m out in the forest.- By Lou O’Brien // www.lobriencreative.com
14 SHORT-TERM GAINS As vacation rental platforms flourish, communities across B.C. are putting the housing needs of locals first—can Whistler follow suit?
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42 TRAINING DAY As the Vancouver Canucks’ training camp gets underway at the Meadow Park Sports Centre, B.C.raised Curtis Lazar looks to make an impact.
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16 COMMUNITY RESPONSE Whistler is being recognized with a Rural BC Community Award for its collaborative COVID-19 response.
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32 CRITICAL ACCLAIM As elections in the Sea to Sky heat up, all four electoral area directors at the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District have been elected by acclamation.
24 WELL DAM An unauthorized dam built on Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams could take months to remove, says the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
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13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Patagonia’s commitment to environmental initiatives sets a radical example for other companies looking to make a difference, writes Megan Lalonde.
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44 FORK IN THE ROAD Queen Elizabeth II lived her life in service to others—an ideal we should all practise, cultivate, and seek out, writes Glenda Bartosh.
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From the end of Lost Lake’s famed “nudie dock,” the couple carefully record their measurements, to be archived alongside similar data gathered from this and Whistler’s four other major lakes by citizen scientists much like themselves.
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recording the temperature and dissolved oxygen levels down to 16 metres—is taking place near the deepest point of Alta Lake, marked by an orange buoy off the northwestern shore. The lake has been under the watchful eye of volunteer, citizen scientist and WLCA member Jim Tyrer for the past two years, who comes out every two weeks to collect data.
The couple are founders “in the sense that two other chaps were looking for somebody to do the lead work for free,” Tom jokes. “So that was basically my beginning, and then of course I’ve gotten
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She agreed—on the condition that the man clothe himself first.
“It’s the geology—there’s no nutrients in the watershed,” Nordin explains.
bclss.org/programs).ButforNordin,the takeaway message is less about the hard science, and more about instilling a love for the lakes.
“It is so very important to make sure that the data is accurate, because if you’re going to make decisions based on it, you really want to be sure that what you’re measuring is good,” Nordin says. “And certainly the ministry doesn’t like to put data into their database which is not accurate.”
very interested since then.”
By lowering the disk until we can’t see it, marking the depth, then raising it until we can see it again and marking that in turn, then averaging out the difference, my lab
The findings of our five different pairs all landed within five per cent of each other, he notes when we finish.
“So there’s no nutrients, no minerals in the water at all … It’s high elevation, and the water that’s coming in is cold.”
We can’t protect what we don’t
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on the shores of Alta Lake since 1971, where swimming with their four kids was a regular occurrence, Tom and Peggy English have a special appreciation for Whistler’s lakes—one of the reasons they helped co-found the WLCA in 2020.
I’ve never been to Gun Lake, so I close my eyes to try to imagine its pristine, 22-metre clarity. It’s beautiful.
That’s not to be flippant about the importance of getting it right—the provincial Ministry of Environment goes so far as to do checks on the equipment used by volunteer groups like the WLCA.
While the lake is about 17.5 metres deep where we’re collecting our data, we can only see to about six metres—but that’s well above the two-to-three-metre clarity found in most urban lakes, according to Nordin.
“My wife and I, we purchased a home on the lake here about seven years ago, and I don’t think we really could have imagined what an impact, a positive impact this lake was going to have on our lives,” Tyrer says at the“Butworkshop.it’sbeen just wonderful.”
Our monitoring—which also includes
PEERING OVER THE edge of our barge into the waters of Alta Lake, I can just barely make out the distinct black and white circle—an instrument used to measure water clarity known as a Secchi disk—some six metres or so below us.
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A pair of fellow citizen scientists using the other side of the barge records an even greaterNotdiscrepancy.toworry, says renowned B.C. limnologist Rick Nordin, who is in Whistler to lead a LakeKeepers workshop for the BC Lakes Stewardship Society, organized by the Whistler Lakes Conservation Association (WLCA).“There is variation between people’s eyesight, and acuity or glare or whatever, so it’s not an absolute value,” he says. “But it’s within plus or minus 10 per cent, usually, which is an acceptable variation.”
“You’ve got five lakes here, five gorgeous lakes, within the municipality. They are an absolute treasure … and they really deserve all of the attention and management use that they get.”
For the past two years, Tom and Peggy have made regular visits to Lost Lake, Secchi disk and dissolved oxygen meter in tow, to gather data from the lake.
This is but a brief glimpse into Nordin’s densely informative, one-and-a-half-day LakeKeepers workshop, itself a condensed version of a full-term university course (you can get into the proverbial seaweed by downloading the LakeKeepers manual at
The more people we can get involved in data collection, the better, Nordin believes.
“We love doing Lost Lake monitoring,” Peggy says—even if you never quite know what to expect when you arrive.
naked people watching us,” she adds with a laugh.And every now and then, those naked people take a keen interest in the work—like a New Zealand man (who just so happened to be a scientist himself) who offered to assist Peggy during one of her trips to the dock.
And his passion for his craft is contagious.“You’ve got five lakes here, five gorgeous lakes, within the municipality. They are an absolute treasure … and they really deserve all of the attention and management use that they get,” he says.
“So I’m convinced, and [that’s] why BCLSS was put together, was because of my observations that volunteers do a wonderful
“It is just so essential that we gather real, quantitative data for making decisions, and this is the best way to do it. Governments try their best, but they’re, at best, not terribly organized, and not well funded,” he says.
“From that dock, which is the clothingoptional dock, we also have, sometimes,
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Taken together, the data forms a baseline from which we can determine any changes over time—a simple task, but important stuff, in the grand scheme of things.It’s long been an adage of environmentalists that we can’t protect what we don’t love; can’t love what we don’t know. Workshops like LakeKeepers go a long way towards educating the general public about the natural world—but it’s a two-way street, and like most things in life, you get out of it what you put in.
“So consider the Whistler lakes to be of extreme value. I mean, if you had to create a lake, what would it cost you?”
partner and I are helping collect baseline data on one of Whistler’s five beautiful lakes.But there’s a problem. My eyesight is far superior to my partner’s, allowing me to spot the Secchi disk at a deeper depth.
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Preaching to the choir, Rick, but for anyone who wants to learn more about Whistler’s lakes—and how we can better care for them—citizen science is the ticket.
“The other end of the scale is Gun Lake, which is over by Lillooet—the Secchi disk on that is typically 20 to 22 metres,” he says, to gasps and exclamations from the lake nerds assembled around him.
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No motorized vehicles. Period.
Pedal bikes and walking are welcome, as the Valley Trail was designed for.
The year was 2005. The issue was the Segway.(Read all about it here: “No Segways allowed on Valley Trail,” Pique , Feb. 11, 2005.)
I just wanted to add another point, one that my husband and I and several of our Whistler friends have noticed. It seems like, for the most part, Whistler restaurants don’t seem to realize or acknowledge that this is a growing trend, and although there are many excellent non-alcoholic beers on the market, most restaurants only offer one kind or, in several cases, none at all. There are other choices, such as juice and sodas, but for the person who has always enjoyed a beer with a meal, a “near beer” is a really nice option.
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Interestingly enough, we have been through this before, and the mayor and council of the day made the decision then to stick to the no-motorized-vehicle policy.
I would agree with those writing in regarding e-bikes on the Valley Trail. They should not be allowed.
There are so many craft breweries that are making a wide variety of them. I feel that restaurants are missing out on the opportunity to serve customers better, while also failing to provide an opportunity to assist people with alcohol issues and, potentially, drinking and
Thank you so much for last week’s editorial “It’s OK not to drink” (Pique, Sept. 15). You made many excellent points and likely reinforced the value of making that decision for a lot of people who have already made the decision, as well as for some who are currently questioning their “relationship with alcohol.”
I think the people of Whistler need to make this an election issue.
Put e-bikes on the ballot, off the Valley Trail this October
Sorry, but what the ****? Do our elected officials have a clue what closing a school without due notice does to parents? The assumption that parents can willy-nilly take time off or afford childcare shows how inherently thoughtless our leaders are.
“While Councillor Ken Melamed conceded the Segway is unlike other motorized vehicles, allowing them on the Valley Trail could open the door for other motorized users,” Pique wrote in 2005.
It is important we handle this now before it spirals out of control due to neglect.
I have nothing against e-bikes. I would encourage e-bike infrastructure.
Monday, Sept. 19 marked an official holiday in Canada to mourn for the Queen. Schools in B.C. were closed too.
If people are that enthusiastic about it, as they were for the walking/pedal biking Valley Trail, then start advocating for e-bike-only
Last-minute school closure not appreciated
Peter Skeels // Whistler, BC
“Motor vehicles have no place on the Valley Trail,” was the resounding choice 20 years ago, well before e-bikes were conceived. The council of the day could see that allowing something seemingly innocent as the Segway could lead to issues in the future.
It would be a welcome addition.
The Segway’s top speed is 20 kilometres an hour. Similar to an e-bike. Banned. No motorizedAlmostvehicles.20years ago, there was a discussion about how “one of Whistler’s most prized assets,” the Valley Trail, was becoming congested.Ithink we can all agree, it has only become more so.
We cannot have the mayor and council shy away from these issues, or worse, ignore them like they don’t exist.
And here we are. That’s called good foresight.TheValley Trail was designed for walking and pedal bikes.
lanes along the road, or a new e-bike-only Valley Trail.
Patrick Smyth // Whistler n
This election cycle, ask all those running where they stand on this issue.
Let’s keep the Valley Trail as intended: Motorized vehicle-free.
Let’s get e-bike infrastructure on the ballot and off the Valley Trail.
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Patagonia sets a radical environmental example
“Even public companies with good intentions are under too much pressure to create short-term gain at the expense of long-term vitality and responsibility,” he continued. “Truth be told, there were no good options available. So, we created our own.”
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According to the outlet, he “drives a beat-up Subaru and splits his time between two modest homes”—one in Jackson, Wyo. and the other near Patagonia’s headquarters in Ventura, Calif.—and doesn’t even own a cellphone or computer.
Chouinard said he hopes his decision influences “a new form of capitalism that doesn’t end up with a few rich people and a bunch of poor people.” I think it sets a radical example to others that just because something’s usually done one way, doesn’t mean that has to be the only way. The world would benefit from more people heading up companies who aren’t motivated to grow their bank accounts, but to grow their positive impact—while making some great products at the same time. ■
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More specifically, Chouinard has transferred his ownership of the company,
been dead serious about saving our home planet—and now we’re putting the entire business where our mouth is.”
Public reaction wasn’t all positive. Some accused Chouinard of virtue signalling, others deemed the move as “a rich dude trying to assuage his guilt of being a capitalist.” Others criticized the company for its higher-end price point (ignoring the fact that it generally costs more to create durable garments using more sustainable practices).
Chouinard went on to say he had considered selling the company and donating the money—“But we couldn’t be sure a new owner would maintain our values or keep our team of people around the world employed,” he explained—or taking the company public. “What a disaster that would have been,” Chouinard wrote.
Though leaving the company to his two adult children or selling would have cost the founder significantly more in estate and gift or capital gains taxes, the Chouinard family isn’t making any money from the transfer, and Bloomberg admits Chouinard “owes $17.5 million in gift taxes for the shares he transferred to the trust.” According to one financial expert the NYT spoke with, “There was a meaningful cost to them doing it, but it was a cost they were willing to bear to ensure that this company stays true to their principles … There is no tax benefit here whatsoever.”There’s long been a debate about whether such a thing as an unselfish act exists. No individual or company is perfect, but considering the severe challenges climate change poses to humanity, Patagonia’s (now former?) billionaire founder is doing far more than most.
Another headline, this one from financial outlet Bloomberg, read: “Patagonia Founder Avoids $700 Million Tax Hit By Donating Company.” The ownership transfer was structured in a way that retains family control while avoiding taxes, Bloomberg added in its subhead.
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the first time Patagonia and its founder have sacrificed profits in favour of more noble objectives, from promising one per cent of annual profits to environmental initiatives to prioritizing employee well-
Now, 98 per cent of Patagonia shares belong to Holdfast Collective, a newly formed non-profit that will direct the company’s profits to protecting the environment. The remaining two per cent of total shares, representing the family’s voting stock, were permanently transferred to a new Patagonia Purpose Trust last month. The Chouinards will continue to guide the company through family members’ seats on the Trust’s board of directors.Butthisisn’t
“Earth is now our only shareholder,” the letter read, in part. “We’ve always
being through flexible work policies and onsite childcare, to its Worn Wear program, which sells used Patagonia items and offers customers credits for sending in worn gear. The company has previously used ads to urge consumers to buy less. It’s not entirely surprising, given the fact that Chouinard never fit the billionaire stereotype. As he told the NYT, “I was in Forbes Magazine listed as a billionaire, which really, really pissed me off. I don’t have $1bn in the bank. I don’t drive Lexuses.”
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valued at about US$3 billion, to a new, specially designed trust and non-profit organization. The move ensures the approximately $100 million in annual profits Patagonia earns from approximately $1 billion in annual sales will now be used to fund environmental initiatives—not build familial wealth—while keeping Patagonia an independent, for-profit entity.
last week when the outdoor apparel brand’s billionaire founder Yvon Chouinard announced his decision to, as the New York Times and Washington Post phrased it, give the company away.
The 83-year-old climber and business owner (who, fun fact, was born in Maine to a French-Canadian father before the family packed up and moved to Southern California) shared the news with staff and customers in a letter posted to Patagonia’s website on Wednesday, Sept. 14.
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“The first stream is basically a traditional B&B where you, for instance, rent out the two bedrooms in your home (one for principal residents, and one for guests],” said Town of Gibsons planning director Lesley-Anne Staats. “The intent is every home is a home for a resident of Gibsons.”Under the second stream, operators with no principal resident must obtain one of a limited number of temporary-use permits (TUP) to rent out their property, with plans for that category to be phased out entirely within the next two to five years.
In the coastal enclave of Gibsons, officials spent the past two years developing their regulatory framework for short-term rentals, ultimately landing on an approach that divides residential guest accommodations into two separate streams: one for dwelling
“The secondary stream is a creative way to allow something that’s not allowed. So, right now, the way we’ve written our zoning regulations is we’ve said, ‘You’re not allowed to rent out an entire home as guest accommodation,’ but we’re using a tool in the Local Government Act, which is a temporary-use permit, and that allows you to do something for a temporary period of time that’s not allowed in zoning,” Staats explained.Thatstrategy was arrived at through much debate in the community, Staats said, noting that the discussions were sometimes fraught, particularly from operators and second homeowners from the Lower Mainland who suddenly saw their investment properties lose much of their inherent value.
AS SHORT-TERM vacation rental platforms like Airbnb and VRBO have taken off and completely reshaped the tourism accommodation landscape, destinations from Vancouver to Venice have grappled with how to balance the housing needs of permanent residents against the economic boon that second homeowners and the tourists they serve bring.
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“These are people that are staffing all these tourism facilities and these [shortterm rentals could be] homes for the nurses, the RCMP officers, the restaurant workers, the grocery store workers. These are people that run our community and they don’t have homes here,” said Lesley-Anne Staats, director of planning for the Town of Gibsons.It’sarefrain that should be familiar to Whistlerites, where, according to the 2016 census, 61 per cent of privately owned dwellings sit empty or are at least
mortgages and looking to get a decent return on their investment. That bore out in Airbnb’s own data, which, earlier this year, ranked Whistler as Canada’s most profitable community for hosts renting out their units for so-called “long-term” stays, defined as 28 days or longer.
The same provincial housing report also took note of “opportunists who seek to use residential homes as illegal nightly rentals which the municipality continues to enforce against.” Only neighbourhoods with specific tourist-accommodation or temporaryaccommodation zoning are permitted to
in May.Then there’s the relative convenience of renting a property out to visitors for a handful of days a year versus renting long-term to locals and all the associated responsibilities—and headaches—that can come with that.
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Although short-term rentals are certainly not the only contributing factor, we also know that the number of available rental homes in the community has largely remained stagnant since 2006 “even though the community population has grown substantially during that time,” according to this year’s provincially mandated housing needs report, presented to council
How different B.C. communities are tackling short-term rentals
“We went to public hearing and a lot of the operators complained about it, even though it was pretty wide open at that time for operators to host this type of
LOCAL FIRST In B.C., tourism hotspots such as Gibsons, pictured, have taken decidedly different approaches when it comes to regulating short-term rentals, but, increasingly, officials are realizing the same thing: the need to put locals’ housing first.
HOUSING FIRST—CAN WHISTLER FOLLOW SUIT?
In B.C., tourism hotspots have taken decidedly different approaches when it comes to regulating short-term rentals, but, increasingly, officials are realizing the same thing: the need to put locals’ housing first.
INCREASINGLY, OFFICIALS ARE MAKING THE DECISION TO PUT LOCALS’
temporarily occupied for a good chunk of the year. More recent figures from a 2021 housing survey showed that just 10 per cent of all market residential properties are rented on a long-term basis to locals. (Notably, more than 75 per cent of all secondary suites in town are rented to residents.)It’sdifficult to gauge exactly how the proliferation of short-term rental platforms has impacted Whistler’s rental market, but there’s no denying the financial allure nightly rentals present to second homeowners, often saddled with costly
host nightly rentals, and owners who wish to market their property for short-term stays must first obtain a business licence from the municipality, whether rental activity has taken place or not.
units with a principal resident, and one for units where no one permanently resides.
“The intent is every home is a home for a resident of Gibsons.”
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The TUP system also allows Gibsons to keep better tabs on secondary properties used for guest accommodation.
Learn more about Gibsons’ approach at gibsons.ca/business/rga.
As the town watched its long-term residents get squeezed out of attainable housing and local shops and restaurants were forced to slash hours due to staff shortages (sound familiar?), officials went back to the drawing board.
Over on Vancouver Island, officials in Sidney have taken a markedly more cautious stance on short-term rentals—for now.
In January, councillors there voted unanimously to stay the course on nightly rentals, rather than implement tougher enforcement of the bylaw regulating shorttermAsstays.itstands, the bylaw allows shortterm rentals in most residential properties, provided it is continuously occupied by a permanent resident, be it the owner or a tenant. Like for most municipalities, however, enforcement of the bylaw is primarily complaint-based, and Sidney has struggled to get a handle on how its housing supply is being used. According to a Saanich News report, the public heard earlier this year that Sidney had yet to issue a single fine against a known operator of an illegal nightly rental. Staff at the time noted the municipality does not receive many
Siegers added that the seaside town is likely to lose a segment of second homeowners, and Tourism Sunshine Coast’s executive director, in a statement to CBC, also warned of the “widespread impact” losing so many vacation rental properties will have.
“So what we had to do at that point was … go back to the very beginning and talk about our goals—and we had to reset those goals. At that time, [council] unanimously supported retaining the long-term rental supply in Gibsons as the primary goal,” recounted Staats. “There was a lot of tension in that discussion because a lot of councillors wanted to support tourism as well, while also realizing you can’t draft these recommendations allowing both equally. We had to choose a direction, and so people ended up choosing retaining the long-term rental supply, and by doing that, we keep housing as the No. 1 priority.”
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Town officials are hopeful the anticipated drop in residential guest accommodation will be precipitated by an increase in commercial tourism accommodation.“Withthatphase-out process, we’re also going to be looking at how we can facilitate or support commercial guest accommodation, so hotels, inns and those more tourist-type rental accommodations,” said Staats.
“Our concern is community fit and the quality of life in a neighbourhood when there are large numbers of people coming in and living beside you, rotating, and the impact of somebody on vacation—it impacts the quality of life,” she said.
“We haven’t outlawed short-term rentals or this type of guest accommodation. We’re just making sure that every home is available to somebody. And if it’s not, then we’ll know exactly where they are, and we’ll have heard from neighbours,” Staats said. “Through the temporary-use process, we notify neighbours, we put an ad in the paper, so if there’s a party house, council is going to know about it before they re-authorize it.”
accommodation. And then council passed a resolution to make the rules even more relaxed, not really recognizing the impacts that would have on housing,” Staats said.
Learn more about Sidney’s approach at sidney.ca.
“To date, we have not actually had anything limiting any kind of short-term rentals. If they came in and got a licence, they were allowed to operate,” explained Sechelt Mayor Darnelda Siegers. “So we have heard from people who are building houses specifically for short-term rentals, the non-owner-occupied ones, and we also are having a number of them on oneTheblock.”district’s regulatory strategy will also assist in better understanding the scope of illegal rentals in the community, which has long proved challenging.
The district estimates there are roughly 50 such properties in town, although Tourism Sunshine Coast puts that number anywhere from 125 to 250 based on information from AirDNA, a short-term rental data platform.
Siegers acknowledged the backlash from the tourism sector as well as second homeowners, but said ultimately the decision came down to a need to preserve the community’s distinct character.
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Another Sunshine Coast community has recently rolled out new regulations for vacation rentals, aimed at preserving affordable housing stock for local renters.
public complaints about short-term rentals, and added that COVID-19 further delayed enforcement.Sidney’s council intends to revisit its enforcement approach in 2023, and amidst concerns from the hotel sector and a landmark court ruling in Victoria that favours stricter enforcement, some officials believe it’s only a matter of time before tougher measures are introduced.
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“The way we’re qualifying it is, if someone has a principal residence but they have a separate outbuilding or suite or accommodation separate from the primary residence, when they actually advertise it on the platform, it is a separate, whole unit. So we don’t know if that’s a house or if there is a primary owner with a separate suite,” explained Siegers. “We’ve been asking for more specific information and it’s been difficult to get that.”
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In Sechelt, officials this month approved a motion to cap the number of secondary residences rented on a shortterm basis at 15. (CBC reported last week that the limit applies to all vacation rentals, but it’s only applicable to homes where no primary resident resides.)
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HEALTHY HABITS The Whistler Medical Clinic’s Dr. Karin Kausky, left, and Whistler Community Services Society executive director Jackie Dickinson accepting the 2022 Rural BC Community Award on Sept. 13.
“He said, ‘Momma, I believe COVID has come here to teach us something we could not learn on our own,” Dickinson recounted. “And tonight is living proof of that. I don’t believe that all of us would be in this space tonight without COVID. There are things that it did and it brought for this community that Whistler had never seen before.”
“Early on in COVID, it might have been expected that Whistler, with a really large youth population, might become minimally impacted by COVID. That did not end up being the case at all,” she said. “Because much of our youth population works in front-line
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WHISTLER COMMUNITY SERVICES Society (WCSS) executive director Jackie Dickinson likes to quote a pearl of wisdom her eldest son Michael dropped on her a year and a half ago, in the midst of the pandemic that effectively shut down the world—and Whistler along with it.
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“If you showed up with your COVID symptoms, and your fever and sore throat ended up being a strep throat, you got assessed, treated and COVID tested all in one
Rural Health Awards. The Whistler Medical Clinic’s Dr. Karin Kausky quietly accepted the RCCBC Community Award—which identifies a community that has developed innovative and collaborative approaches and solutions to local health-care issues—on behalf of the community in May, but Tuesday’s presentation marked the official celebration.
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What’s clear is that Whistler had plenty to learn from COVID-19, and its legacy will shape health-care and social-service delivery in the resort for years to come. At the presentation, Kausky, Whistler’s 2021 Citizen of the Year, discussed the unique challenges the resort’s demographic and housing makeup posed in combating the disease’s spread—and how it proved a fertile testing ground for a new “social prescription” delivery model that has been gaining momentum in medical circles across the country.
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“Through that lived experience and that collaboration, it developed a program that still exists today, and hundreds of people in that program have now gotten free access to cell phones and technology,” relayed Dickinson.
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During the first local surge of the virus, that collaboration broadened to include WCSS, the RCMP, the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation, local businesses, volunteers, and others, which each chipped in in their own way to the response efforts.
“Omicron or a pandemic will not stop these ladies. They keep coming in,” Dickinson said.
Along with the scope of collaboration involved in Whistler’s COVID response, what was remarkable is how quickly supports came together. When WCSS contacted the Whistler Blackcomb
“The concept came together during COVID and was inspired a lot by the cooperation and collaboration that you all demonstrated and we’re celebrating here tonight,” said Carol Leacy, Whistler 360 chair, at Tuesday’s ceremony. “Our goal is really to create an
Foundation during a particularly bad wave of infections, the charity jumped into action, and by the following morning had filled WCSS’ hallways with hundreds of personal hygiene kits that were ultimately delivered to high-density housing across the resort.
At the height of last year’s omicron surge, scores of former WCSS volunteers—several of whom were there for the non-profit’s inception in 1989—returned to the fold to pack thousands of rapid COVID test kits.
“I am just blown away by the way this community came together in one single effort to support every single resident that was here. It didn’t matter if they had a doctor, it didn’t matter if they had health-care coverage. They got what they needed because of everyone here and the people that they represent,” said Monica McDonald, executive director of Sea to Sky Divisions of Family Practice. “It’s hopefully something we never have to do again, but if we do, boy, are we ready.”
More than 40 per cent of Whistlerites are currently without a family doctor, a rate that has no doubt risen even higher since the closure, in May, of Town Plaza Medical Clinic, leaving the Whistler Medical Clinic as the community’s sole remaining family practice.
The pandemic brought with it a number of historic firsts for Whistler. After young, front-line workers living in cramped housing struggled to self-isolate safely, WCSS helped develop the community’s first-ever temporary emergency housing program.
environment that will attract and retain more doctors, nurse practitioners, health providers in general, providing full-service family practice in Whistler to the point where we can have enough providers that everyone has timely access to primary care.”
Part of the approach Whistler 360 is taking to recruit and retain physicians is eliminating the administrative burden most family doctors have to contend with, which effectively forces them to act as small business owners as well as physicians. The Whistler Medical Clinic has already agreed to allow Whistler 360 to take over its admin duties—which include everything from booking patient appointments to managing electronic medical records—“so that the doctors and nurse practitioners can focus on delivery of health-care and not on running a business,” Leacy said, adding that the society is targeting January to take over the clinic’sThanksadministration.toVCH,Whistler 360 has also secured additional space at the local health clinic, and is actively working on bringing in more physicians and nurse practitioners. “So lots of things still moving, lots of things still to be finalized, but we’re really excited to be moving forward,” Leacy added.
Early on in the pandemic, a group of family physicians, emergency doctors and nurse practitioners teamed with the municipality, Vancouver Coastal Health and Sea to Sky Divisions of Family Practice to create a safe space for patients with COVID symptoms to access care—whether they were covered by a medical plan or not.
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collaborative created a much-improved experience for patients affected by COVID in subsequent waves of the pandemic,” Kausky noted.
Around the same time, a young homeless man exhibiting COVID symptoms came into the Whistler Health Care Centre. Whistler Medical Clinic staff then called WCSS, urging that “we somehow have to keep this individual connected to health-care,” recalled Dickinson. So, WCSS lent the man a laptop, and he registered for health-care right there in the waiting room, before returning the computer. That one experience led to the creation of Whistler’s emergency electronic community assistance program, another collaboration between several local organizations.
One of the most significant legacies from the pandemic is a new primary care model being developed for the resort by the Whistler 360 Health Collaborative Society. First unveiled last September, the concept envisions a community-led, non-profit primary care centre, ideally co-located in the existing Whistler Health Care Centre, that would improve physician accessibility and offer a more holistic care model that would include general practitioners, nurse practitioners and a range of other health-care and social-service professionals under one roof.
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place,” Kausky explained. “And through this full-service model, it became really obvious, really quickly that a lot of people that we were seeing were struggling with paying their rent, with accessing food, with finances, or just feeling really lonely and unsupported. So the collaboration broadened, and it got even more effective.”
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Lopez never expected to run for council when she first moved to Whistler—but after seeing some of the resort’s most pressing issues escalate in recent years, she feels her experience can come in handy at the council table.
Lopez said the municipality needs to work with specialists who have experience solving housing issues and, if elected to the council, she will work closely with staff to implement Whistler’s Official Community Plan“My(OCP).goal would be to implement Whistler’s community vision and OCP to the best of my ability. I’m not trying to reinvent the long-term vision for Whistler. I think a tremendous amount of work
As far as addressing housing goes, Lopez said it needs to be a collaborative effort.
the housing crisis.
“One of the most important things is that you need everybody, all those different demographics and stakeholders affected by the housing crisis indirectly or directly, to be committed to coming together and solving the problem,” she said.
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has already been done in establishing it through public input from the community,” she“[So]said.working with the staff to develop a beautiful vision for what we hope to achieve as a community, and paths to get there as far as public policy. The gap, I think, is how do we get there? And that would be my goal, is to use all of my resources, experience and talent to move us forward in the direction
“Whistler is such a special place. It attracts some of the most brilliant, creative and talented people on our planet, and we need all of these people.
Lopez moved to Whistler in 2015 and started the region’s only after-hours veterinary emergency clinic, Twin Trees Veterinary Clinic, in Creekside. However, like many other local small businesses, her clinic has faced staffing challenges due to
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The clinic has lost qualified staff in recent years that are hard to replace, Lopez“Wesaid.were unable to bring in replacements, and that is so critical that we’re losing all of these experienced, qualified, amazing staff,” she Whethersaid.it’s health-care, child-care or labour, Lopez believes the housing crisis is at the core of many of the community’s problems. She used an example of a healthcare worker she talked with who could not find a place to live, contributing to the ongoing staffing challenges facing the municipality’s health-care system.
“I have spent the last decade of my life working as an emergency veterinarian, and I think that’s exactly what Whistler needs right now,” Lopez said. “Somebody who understands how to prioritize critical issues and to be able to understand scientific data, and to be able to make the best decisions to achieve the desired outcome when time is limited before the situation gets so bad that it can’t be corrected.”
“I truly believe that if all of these people come together, the most skilled builders, the most fabulous businessmen, all of the stakeholders, and we all come to the table and say, what can each of us do to help solve this problem? I believe that we can do Readit.”more at twintreesvet.com/pages/ whistler-council.Lopezjoins14 other candidates in the race for Whistler’s six council seats.
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would either make it free for residents to park at local parks, or in municipal lots across the community. He questioned the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) decision last year to implement pay parking in four local parks, a pilot project designed to manage increasing demand for outdoor spaces, fund park upgrades and take action on climate.
Jeffrey was clear he intends to not only borrow worthwhile ideas from his fellow candidates, but other municipalities as well. “Another thing I learned from taking part in federal elections was not just how often theft of ideas occurs in politics, but that when it comes to something that can benefit all—such as government—it’s actually a good thing,” he explained. “But good ideas are not enough. To get things done on council, one must be able to convince six dinosaurs of the merit of an idea to get votes passed. I have always been a compelling speaker and am confident this would be one of my greatest strengths.”
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AFTER REPRESENTING THE satirical Rhinoceros Party in the past two federal elections, you may have been inclined to think of Gordon Jeffrey as a fringe candidate—wearing a banana suit to a debate will do that. But what quickly became apparent in his two successive bids was that the local server had done his homework, using his platform to shine a light on political corruption at the highest levels and push for electoral reform.
“All walks of life need to be represented in government, so if you have six, seven people on council who have too many striking similarities that aren’t necessarily shared with the general community, then there’s an issue there,” he said. “There’s a lot more people here than just retirees.”
Too much emphasis has been placed on dorm-style housing for Whistler’s seasonal workforce, said Jeffrey, who would like to see more affordable homes and apartments built for established young professionals looking to settle down. “We need to look at what incentives have driven developers to build huge, multimillion-dollar vacation homes while affordable housing is left in the dust,” he added. “Nobody should give the best years of their life to a place they love, only to feel pushed out of town because they’re ready to settle down. It’s tragic.”
“Positive reinforcement,” Jeffrey relayed. “They claim they are trying to increase bus ridership with increased pay parking. I’ve been a champion of public transportation for a long time; I ride the bus every day. It’s the easiest way to reduce both emissions and traffic. If we truly want more people to ride the bus, how about putting those parking fees toward free bus passes for our workers?”
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“It is not reasonable to expect a small family to ride the bus to Rainbow Park for a beach day; why punish them for doing so?” he
“Obviously I had no actual chance of winning, so this is more of a serious bid. It will give me more of an opportunity to give back to the community, to do some good, as opposed to just trying to give attention to corruption in federal politics and other issues that I railed on in my campaign,” he said.
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Thatasked.speaks to another shift Jeffrey would like to see at municipal hall: more carrot, less stick.
One longstanding local issue Jeffrey thinks could benefit from a fresh viewpoint is housing.“That’sa really big issue and anyone who is here who is at the age of these council members is established. Most have their houses and they’ve enjoyed this massive increase in value over the last 20 years,” he said.
Jeffrey will be at Stinky’s on the Stroll every Friday until election day at 3 p.m. for anyone who wants to share their ideas or concerns. For those unable to make that time, he encouraged them to find his email on the election candidates webpage at whistler.ca/2022Candidates.Whistleritesheadtothepolls on Oct. 15. n
IN THE RUNNING Gordon Jeffrey
In particular, the 35-year-old would like to inject some youth to a council he feels has “fallen out of touch” with Whistler’s young working class.
Now, Jeffrey is back on the campaign trail, but unlike last time when he knew he didn’t have much of a shot at getting into office, this go-around, he has eyes on one of six council seats at municipal hall.
Gordon Jeffrey wants to represent working class TWO-TIME FEDERAL CANDIDATE PLANS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY WITH DISCOUNTED TRANSIT, PARKING PASSES 22 SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 www.ralphfor syth.com 10 year s of ser vice as Councillor 20+ year s as local Business Owner 30+ year Ski Instr uctor 20+ year s of community ser vice to 12+ local boards, committees, and youth spor t organizations Re-elect Ralph For syth to RMOW Council
Tied closely to housing is the issue of affordability. Jeffrey said he’d be in favour of introducing a locals’ parking pass that
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REQUIRING PROVINCIAL APPROVAL, RMOW SAYS IT LIKELY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO REMOVE DIY
BY BRANDON BARRETT
“It changes the hydrology of the creek, so it’s better not to screw around with nature,” said local ecologist Bob Brett of the dam. “In this case, it’s probably more likely to block tailed frogs from moving up and down the creek instead of fish, but there may be fish that go up that high. It
is a clear barrier to any sort of moving. I’d say that dam also runs the risk of failure, which would scour the creek bed if it does break.”In a statement, the RMOW said it appears the dam was built using riprap—a term denoting the materials used to armour shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments and other shoreline structures against erosion—from the surrounding area.
Although emails from the environmental stewardship team Barrett shared with Pique seemed to indicate it was the first staff had heard of the rock dam, the municipal statement said the dam was first built in 2020 and washes away each winter. “When this happens, the riprap/erosion protection is being lost downstream,” it continued.
Unauthorized dam on River of Golden Dreams ‘heavily’ eroding shoreline, says muni DAM UNTIL NEXT YEAR
signage in the area, in addition to sharing messaging on its social media channels, to inform the community of the potential impacts of altering the erosion protections in theWhat’sarea. unclear at this point is if and when the unauthorized dam will be removed. The RMOW did not respond to a question by press time asking whether the dam would be removed, but in the email thread shared with Pique , environmental stewardship manager Heather Beresford wrote to Barrett on Aug. 29 that “if it is to come out, we would have to apply to the province for the proper authorizations, meaning it won’t happen this year.”
It’s unclear exactly why the dam was built, although Barrett believes it was created to slow the flow of water so people could safely set up chairs and recreate in
“The riprap is there to armour both the bridge and the dike during high flows, and prevent erosion, so we do not want community members to alter this area,” the statement read. “RMOW staff have inspected the dam and have noted that the shoreline is already starting to heavily erode under the bridge.”
Provincial restrictions are strict when it comes to in-stream work, designed to minimize disruption on the ecosystem, especially during spawning season.
AN UNAUTHORIZED DAM installed in a section of Whistler’s River of Golden Dreams is contributing to erosion of the shoreline—but removing the dam requires OK from the province, which could take months to get, according to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).
“You’re setting a precedent,” said Barrett (who is of no relation to the author of this story). “We all like to make spaces for ourselves and our kids to enjoy the water, but when stuff like this happens, it’s just a slippery slope.”
Wildlife photographer Liz Barrett was first tipped off to the DIY rock dam located under a bridge close to 19 Mile Creek by a local landscaper last month, and soon after brought it to the attention of the RMOW’s environmental stewardship team.
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The municipality has plans to add
“I do accept that you’re not supposed to do in-stream work at certain times of the year, but in a case when someone has already done that in-stream work and blocked a creek, it’s kind of counterintuitive that you can’t just return it to normal,” Brett posited. n
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the“Itriver.isa full-on area,” she added. “No fish will be able to go up that creek. It’s great for kids to paddle, but you can still have your kids paddling without creating a damaged area. There’s no way that should be allowed at all.”The dam landed on the RMOW’s radar at a time when the municipality is working to manage growing demand for the popular lazy river—which saw hourly user numbers more than double between 2015 and ’20—and protect vital fish spawning habitat. According to a report to council this July, the surge in use has led to several environmental concerns, including damaged streambeds, sediment imbalance, and increased turbidity, all of which can be detrimental to native fish populations, particularly during spawning periods.
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“We have a limited number of multi-
In an email, Whistler Blackcomb communications manager Nick Voutour confirmed some of the resort’s winter 2022/23 ski and ride school multi-week programs have sold out, but said daily lessons remain available.
she said. “I don’t blame Vail [Resorts], I don’t think there’s much they can do about the lack of high-level teachers, I just have no idea what we’re supposed to do now.” Her boys have “out-skied and out-biked us, and there’s no program that could take them skiing or biking any more at the level they have.”
TERESA WOOD was at work when she noticed an email pop up informing her that Whistler Blackcomb’s 2022-23 winter-long ski-school programs were scheduled to open for registration shortly. She made a mental note to enrol her eight-year-old twin boys in the resort’s all-mountain development academy, when she had a minute.
week program spots for participants in order to ensure the best possible instructorto-student ratio, both for safety and for the progression of participants,” the email read.
Wood, however, said she hasn’t felt rushed to register in the past. Usually after learning from other Whistler parents that registration had opened, “I would go in a couple of days later and fill out the forms and [the twins] would get in,” she said.
While most parents cited a lack of instructors, ongoing labour challenges and the interwoven housing crisis as root causes of the issue, Voutour denied a staff shortage was responsible for any perceived drop in ski-school availability. In terms of staffing, “We are in a solid place,” he said. “[W]e have actually hired more new Ski & Ride School staff for the upcoming season than we ever have before!” Voutour said parent company Vail Resorts’ recent investment in higher starting wages for staff this season,
amounting to a minimum wage of $20 CAD per hour and expanded benefits “has certainly played a role in this.”
Voutour also noted that most soldout programs are either higher-end development programs scheduled for weekends, “which requires more specialized and certified coaches who are specifically trained to support coaching for advanced/ expert students,” or the Minis Program, for three- to four-year-olds, “which has a different set of requirements for student-toinstructor
“One time they were on a waitlist for a day, and then they weren’t anymore. It was just never very Beyondstressful.”thegeneral disappointment of foiled plans, Wood expressed a sentiment shared by other parents Pique heard from: for children like Wood’s, who are already motivated and committed to follow a specific trajectory—whether as ski racers, freeride competitors, freestyle skiers or otherwise—missing out on a full winter of programming with a consistent, appropriately-trained instructor effectively halts their progression at a key point in their athletic development.
“It’s devastating for the kids of this age,”
Amongratios.”those higher-end development programs are the all-mountain development academy (AMDP) and race development programs. In an email to parents shared with Pique, Whistler Blackcomb ski school senior managers Brenda Peterson and Donna Kerr announced the resort has cut its Freestyle program “due to lack of registration over the past few winters” and directed those interested in working on their freestyle skills to theMeanwhile,AMDP. “We want to ensure we are staffed for all programs which has been difficult over the past seasons,” they wrote in the letter, before confirming they will continue to monitor waitlists as registration and staffing numbers firm up towards the end of the month. n
The local mom is one of several Whistler parents voicing their frustration after spots in Whistler Blackcomb’s ski-school programs flew off the metaphorical shelves last week. According to other parents, an email landed in their inbox at about 5 p.m. on Monday notifying families that enrolment would open at 1 p.m. the following day. Some logged on that afternoon to find programs were almost entirely sold out by 2 p.m.
“Programs often sell out quickly every year, and we always encourage those who are interested to register as early as possible to avoid disappointment (though we do have waiting lists, should anything change).”
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“By the time I got to my break, it was sold out,” she explained.
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According to Voutour, Whistler Blackcomb opened up 4,635 ski school multi-week programming spots this year—most of which are reserved for youth—averaging out to about 18 days per program. “This is on par with previous seasons—we are always working to balance demand across our wide range of multiweek programs, as it can vary year to year,” he explained. “We are also seeing incredible demand as we come out of the pandemic, which is also a factor.”
FAMILIES WHO MISSED OUT ON A SPOT BLAME STAFFING, BUT RESORT SAID OTHER FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO REGISTRATION WOES
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To improve accessibility and meet new requirements set out by the provincial government, Whistler’s mayor and council voted at the Sept. 6 council meeting to adopt a new Accessibility Action Plan that addresses the municipality’s accessibility shortfalls.
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NEW ACCESSIBILITY ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT A RANGE OF MEASURES FOR THE MUNICIPALITY TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY
The 58-page action plan focuses on 59 actions to be implemented, including new staff training and an assessment of current accessibility to public spaces, municipal facilities and the park/trail system.
Given the link between aging and disability, as Whistler ages, its accessibility needs will become more significant.
The plan also recommends the RMOW update its Seniors Housing Policy to address specific aging-in-place features for all seniors housing units, and increase public awareness of the accessibility retrofit subsidy for private homeowners. “Theaction plan includes the general actions of training and assessments, as well as actions that are framed by the following six areas: Service design and delivery; built environment; employment; communication; transportation; and procurement,” Tipler said.
From now on, an annual accessibility progress report will be brought before council, and updated every three years to reflect new data and priorities of the municipality. Find more info at whistler.ca/accessibility. n
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A MUNICIPALITY WITH sidewalks with no ramps to the street; plazas paved with bricks instead of smooth concrete; and buildings only accessible by stairs.
Mayor Jack Crompton pointed to Whistler hosting the Paralympic Games and the coming 2025 Invictus Games as examples of events that have come to Whistler because of its“Accessibilityaccessibility. is about including everyone. It ensures Whistler is designed for people with all abilities and at every life stage. This is a longstanding council priority and embedded in the RMOW’s Official Community Plan,” Crompton said in a release. “Inclusivity ensures each of us can participate fully. It accommodates the needs of an individual recovering from a sports leg injury and the person who enjoys Whistler’s trails on an adaptive bike, a parent pushing a stroller, people with sensory sensitivities or a person who has age-related sensory deterioration.”
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While Whistler already has an Accessibility and Inclusion Committee (formerly known as the Measuring Up Select Committee), “we recognized that we’d likely need to have an accessibility plan and that we also need a more comprehensive approach to incorporate accessibility into the way that we serve the entire community,” Tipler said.
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In June 2021, B.C.’s provincial government passed the Accessible BC Act, which set new standards for the province and required municipalities to have an accessibility committee, plan, and a tool to receive feedback on accessibility.
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Additionally, the plan seeks to make municipal housing more accessible and bring all new municipal developments up to the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (a national rating system that measures and certifies the level of meaningful access of buildings and sites) for all new municipal facilities and
“The purpose of the Accessibility Action Plan is to provide actions that identify, remove and prevent barriers to individuals interacting with the RMOW in terms of workplace services and a built environment to be welcoming to people of all ages and abilities,” said RMOW accessibility coordinator Sarah Tipler in a presentation to council.
The measures are required to be implemented by all municipalities in the province by Sept. 1, 2023.
According to Statistics Canada, in 2017, there were 6.2 million Canadians, representing about 22 per cent of the overall population, with a disability. With 38 per cent being 65 and over, and Canada’s population aging rapidly, the number of disabled Canadians will likely increase in the coming years.
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pedestrian environments.
The plan noted that Whistler has a younger population than the provincial average, with just 14 per cent of the population aged 60 or older. But by 2028, it is expected that the percentage of seniors will exceed the percentage of youth in the Howe Sound local health area.
But the work the RMOW has already done to make Whistler an accessible community shouldn’t be understated. As the plan highlights, in the lead-up to and following the 2010 Olympic Games, the municipality made a concerted effort to improve accessibility in the Olympic Plaza and Gateway Loop.
How to make Whistler more accessible
For most people, these features in our public spaces don’t even cross our minds. But for the differently-abled, the wheelchairbound, the elderly, and the like, such design choices can have a detrimental effect on how people experience the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW).
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Whistler council adopts updated Transit Future Action Plan
increasing frequency throughout the municipality, especially the Route 10 Valley Express, and eventually adding new routes like an Alta Lake connector.
The Whistler Transit System remains sizable for a municipality the size of Whistler, with 31 vehicles in operation on 13 routes, carrying 3.2 million passengers in 2019—a 26-per-cent increase over the past five years.
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The updated TFAP proposes that threequarters of the expansion happen in the first three years of the plan at an estimated additional net cost to the RMOW of about $1.5Themillion.first year of the expansion plan is estimated to cost the municipality $298,637. However, the staff report noted that BC Transit will have to request matching funds from the provincial government, and will only receive confirmation in February when the provincial budget is released.The additional costs could be accommodated by a combination of property tax increases, parking fees and Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funds, the report to council suggested.
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Route 20, which connects Cheakamus Crossing to the village, remains the most popular route in the system, followed by routes 30 and 5.
Over the next five years, Whistler’s TFAP is targeting an additional 25,800 transit service hours (TSH), which amounts to a 35-per-cent increase in Whistler’s current TSH (from 74,800 to 100,600).
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The TFAP is a long-term, 25-year plan updated every five years to adjust for new priorities and population change and create efficiency in the transit system.
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Council approved the update, which lays out the goals and objectives for the expansion of Whistler’s transit system over the next five years, at its Sept. 6 meeting.
Additionally, the plan calls for increased capital investments, including nine new buses, a rapid transit network study (to optimize the Route 10 Valley Express), and improvements to amenities at transitPotentialstops.expansion to the transit service over the next five years includes
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FOLLOWING A FOUR-MONTH transit strike earlier this year, Whistler’s mayor and council is looking to revitalize transit in the resort by way of an update to the Transit Future Action Plan (TFAP).
Additionally, the municipality will continue working toward its goals of electrification of the fleet, implementing an electronic fare collection system, bringing back late winter service in April 2023, and beginning service earlier in December 2023.
The TFAP was designed using feedback gleaned from the public through various stakeholder meetings, workshops and onlineAccordingsurveys. to the feedback received, the public’s top priorities for the transit system are increased service to Whistler’s southern neighbourhoods, improvements to bus stops along Highway 99 and creating a new bus route connecting Alta Lake Road residents to the transit system.
The municipality also reiterated its request for the province to approve 5,000 more TSH. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) previously requested the additonal hours, but was declined because the 2022 provincial budget did not include any additional funding for transit.
welcomed the updated plan.
“By investing in improvements to transit services and infrastructure, we’re taking important steps in moving beyond the car and meeting our climate action targets.”Thereport noted the number of people using the transit system as their primary form of transportation in 2019 was close to the numbers seen in 2015 (14.5 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively).
The Route 10 Valley Express has proven to be very popular with Whistlerites, the report noted, as the line’s ridership grew by 175 per cent between 2019 and 2021, making it the fifth busiest route overall, and the only route to increase in ridership
“Increasing transit service hours allows us to focus on initiatives that improve the frequency and convenience of our transit service, both of which are strong drivers when it comes to getting people to take the bus,” Crompton said in a release.
The RMOW has some work to do on that front if it wants to meet its goal of having 20 per cent of all trips taken by transit by 2025, and 40 per cent by 2040. In 2021, during the pandemic, only seven per cent of Whistlerites used transit as their main mode of transportation.
NEW PLAN TARGETS 35-PER-CENT INCREASE IN SERVICE HOURS, UPGRADED BUS STOPS AND IMPROVED SERVICE
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At the SLRD’s Sept. 7 electoral area directors committee meeting, Rainbow raised the issue of income for the director position, and its role in finding candidates. He originally planned not to run for re-election, but had a tough time finding someone in Area D to replace him.
On Sept. 19, all four of the incumbent electoral area directors on the SquamishLillooet Regional District (SLRD) board were declared elected by acclamation.
us, there are different things we’re all working on, longer-term projects, and that gives us a chance to sort of follow up on things.”
Rainbow also noted the time commitment has increased for directors as the regional district has grown.
“I can afford to do it because I have a pension, but if our stipend stays as low as it is, you’re basically restricting electoral area directors to people who are independently wealthy, business people who can afford to take 25 to 40 hours off a week ... or someone who has a full pension.”
STEADY AS SHE GOES The view from Furry Creek, just one area in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District that could see signifcant development in the next four years.
also wants to continue working on disaster and wildfire mitigation efforts. Over the last term, the area has been hit hard by large fires, and sustained damage during the 2021 atmospheric river, resulting in landslides across the region.
Area directors are currently paid a stipend of $30,000 a year. This compares to $48,798 for a Whistler councillor for the following term and $14,743 for Pemberton councillors.
Birch-Jones said she is looking forward to continuing to work with the current board to complete longer-term projects.
New, often complex development proposals have accompanied the population growth.
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“There’ssaid. some value in the wisdom of having older people there, but I think we’d really benefit from having some of the vitality and enthusiasm of younger people.”
In Area C, for example, the WedgeWoods development just north of Whistler has had a handful of expansion proposals over the last term. In Area D, significant expansions to Furry Creek and Brittania Bay are proposed, which could add hundreds of new homes to the area.
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At the Sept. 7 meeting, the directors agreed to move forward with the conversation on salary raises, and the issue will be researched further by staff to be discussed in more detail at a future SLRD boardAccordingmeeting. to Area B director BirchJones, the acclamations could signify apathy among the electorate, but she believes it is more likely an endorsement the directors are doing OK work.
“So having another term with the four of
According to the 2021 census, there are 6,470 people in the SLRD’s four electoral areas: 305 in Area A, 1,624 in Area B, 3,492 in Area C and 1,057 in Area D.
“I certainly look to the community to engage with them, even though they’re not running for their seat ... engage with the board and share where we’re at, what we’ve done, and where the community wants us to go.”
“The other really nice thing is the four of us electoral directors, we get along pretty well. We’re really different, but I feel like it’s our job to get along, and we’re actually getting some things done. Slowly but surely,” she said.
As for those longer-term projects, BirchJones is looking forward to continuing her work on expanding agricultural capacity in Area B, continuing supporting the local St’at’imc First Nations with various projects, and expanding recreational opportunities in theBirch-Jonesarea.
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WHILE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS are rapidly heating up in Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton, in the rural areas of the Sea to Sky, the election is already over.
The director’s stipend at 40 hours a week works out to a little over minimum wage, though the hours vary considerably week to week.
SLRD board chair Jen Ford, also recently acclaimed as Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) president, welcomed the directors’ return to the board.
“Each of them has worked so hard for their region, and so we’re really lucky to have that dedication on the board, and I think election time is an opportunity to reinvigorate and hear from the community.
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“I thought I’d bring it up at the end of the term expecting I wouldn’t be around for the next term, that I could speak openly about raising the level of salary. I wouldn’t have people pointing at me and saying you just want more money,” Rainbow said.
“I was talking with some younger people, and the response was, ‘Are you kidding me? I can’t afford to do that,’” Rainbow said.
“At least in Area B I have pretty positive feedback; not wild enthusiasm,” BirchJones
“I’m grateful to the four of them for wanting to continue the work, and for putting themselves forward again for another four-year term,” Ford said.
Sal DeMare will continue to represent Area A (The Bridge River Valley); Vivian Birch-Jones, Area B (Marble Canyon-Duffey Lake); Russell Mack, Area C (WedgeWoodsD’arcy) and Tony Rainbow, Area D (Furry Creek-DaisyAcclamationsLake).are not new to the SLRD. In the 2018 election, three directors were acclaimed, with Area A being the only contested region.
RUNNING FOR MUNICIPAL council as a first-time candidate is a daunting enough endeavour on its own. But Pemberton council candidate Katrina Nightingale is taking on the challenge during a particularly difficult time: when she sits down for the all-candidates meeting on Monday, Sept. 26, she’ll do so virtually from Ontario, where she’ll be attending a memorial service and helping her father get settled following the recent death of her
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IN THE RUNNING Katrina Nightingale.
natural next step after years spent involved in local soccer, dance, gymnastics and biathlon organizations and volunteering on PSS’ Parent Advisory Council, Stewardship Pemberton’s board and the Official Community Plan (OCP) Advisory Committee, all in addition to her work as a special education teacher, formerly at Signal Hill and now as a tutor.
For Pemberton candidate Katrina Nightingale, it’s all about values
Nightingale said council feels like a
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Nightingale15. was born on Vancouver Island but raised in Ontario, where she studied political science and history at Queen’s University before answering the call of the mountains and returning back to B.C. in her 20s. She has worked as a teacher for the last 25 years, after earning her teaching degree from New Brunswick’s Mount Allison University.Interspersed in those experiences was a stint working in Budapest, Hungary following her undergraduate degree—“I was there when the Iron Curtain came down,” she recalled. “Seeing the desire for democracy and how much education was tied to that, that’s what inspired me to come back and then become a Nightingale’steacher.”education career took her to schools in Surrey, Vancouver and a First Nations community in Bella Bella in the late ’90s, right around “the start of a dialogue around residential schools,” Nightingale said. “It was the very beginning, and reconciliation wasn’t a catchphrase then … It was an incredible learning experience.”
After marrying her husband and having children—Nightingale’s two kids are students at Pemberton Secondary School (PSS)—the family decided to leave the Lower Mainland for Pemberton’s green space and small-town community feel about 12 years ago.
Those values passed down from her parents are just some of the life lessons Nightingale will be bringing with her to the Village of Pemberton council table if elected on Oct.
“There’smom. never a good time for these things,” said Nightingale. “But the timing of it is interesting to me, just because so much of what I learned [about service] was from my mom, you know? … I’ve got her so present in my mind while I’m [running for] town
Now, “I want to do more, I would like to be involved—at this crossroads that Pemberton is at—in doing everything I can to help Pemberton become a resilient community,” said Nightingale of her motivation to run. “I just want to give back in a more substantial way.”Building that resilience—which she defines as “the ability to adapt to external pressures and internal pressures, while maintaining the identity of this community”—is, in Nightingale’s view, the biggest challenge Pemberton currently faces.
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“Resilience, for me, is so tied to identity, which has everything to do with what we value,” she said. As the candidate points out, Pemberton’s OCP lists “Our community is habitat” as its first of six guiding principles. So, “in terms of our local situation and globally, for me, then that is the lens that informs all the decision making,” she said.
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Anothercouncil.”principle Nightingale’s mom (and dad, she said) instilled throughout her upbringing was a “love and deep respect for the natural world,” the candidate added. “She loved the Earth and just by virtue of the way she lived her life, she taught me to make every effort to tread lightly and recognize what sustains us.”
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From affordable housing and transit to mental health and reconciliation, Nightingale sees every issue as inextricably tied to the environment. She has ideas of how to address them individually—for example, promoting the creation of compact, mixed-use, environmentally-responsible housing developments and allotting space within those for local employees; “tirelessly” maintaining pressure on demands for the regional public transit Pemberton needs; and being willing to sit down and have the difficult, honest, emotionally-charged conversations needed to build meaningful relationships—but ultimately, “protecting and preserving our natural environment, our home here, is paramount to our success as a community,” she said. “It’s something I will take very Nightingaleseriously.”joins
Scientists, activists and others are calling on world leaders to commit to redoubling their efforts when they meet for the COP27 climate conference in Egypt in November, especially on funding for those already suffering under climate change impacts.
And, “United in Science” notes, “Climaterelated disasters are causing $200m in economic losses a day.”
Other than fear of change or of upsetting the status quo, there’s no rational reason for the slow pace at which the world is tackling
It also notes emissions continue to rise and “returned to 2019 pre-pandemic levels after a large, but temporary, absolute drop in emissions due to widespread lockdowns.” And it points to the danger of climate “tipping points” that “could have significant global and regional consequences.”
Collapse of Greenland’s ice cap could cause a huge sea level rise, collapse of the Gulf Stream could disrupt rain billions of people depend on for food, and abrupt permafrost melting could release methane into the atmosphere, the Guardian reports.
the climate emergency. We’d all be healthier, happier and better off economically by quickly employing the many available and emerging solutions, and working on new ones.
According to the “United in Science” report, “By the 2050s, more than 1.6 billion people living in 97 cities will be regularly exposed to three-month average temperatures reaching at least 35 C.”
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SET ASIDE FOR a moment the fact that our profligate use of coal, oil and gas and rampant destruction of green spaces are heating the planet to a point where human life will become increasingly uncomfortable, if not impossible. Climate change costs are also mounting, and pollution, habitat destruction and consumerism are profoundly affecting global human health and survival.
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“The terrifying picture painted by the United in Science report is already a lived reality for millions of people facing recurring climate disasters,” Climate Action Network executive director Tasneem Essop told the Guardian. “The science is clear, yet the addiction to fossil fuels by greedy corporations and rich countries is resulting in losses and damages for communities who have done the least to cause the current climate crisis.”
As volatile gas prices, global conflict and the climate emergency illustrate the precarious position of countries with fossil fuel economies, the costs of renewable energy such as wind and solar continue to drop faster thanActingexpected.now is critical and will save lives and money. A better world is possible, but we must come together without delay.
That study identifies nine global and seven regional tipping points, including collapse of the Greenland, west Antarctic and two parts of the east Antarctic ice sheets, partial and total collapse of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (including the Gulf Stream), Amazon rainforest dieback, permafrost collapse and loss of Arctic winter sea ice.
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Climate change, tipping points and economic gain
Climate disruption is already causing
Although governments worldwide have agreed to try to keep the planet from heating more than 1.5 C over pre-industrial levels, the report concludes that’s increasingly unlikely—especially as commitments and actions fall far short of what’s needed. It finds a 48-per-cent chance that “during at least one year in the next five years, annual mean temperature will temporarily be 1.5° C higher than in 1850-1900.”
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devastation worldwide, and it will accelerate unless we step up our global game. One-third of Pakistan is deluged in water, Europe has sweltered under punishing heat waves, China and the U.S. are afflicted with drought and parts of Africa face famine.
Although cost was never an excuse to ignore or downplay climate change, it’s become clearer that addressing the crisis is an economic winner. Oxford University researchers found shifting from carbonintensive fuels could save the world US$12 trillion by 2050.
“A tipping point is when a temperature threshold is passed, leading to unstoppable change in a climate system, even if global heating ends,” the Guardian explains, reporting on another major study that found the world is nearing several “disastrous” tipping points and may have already passed five.
A study coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization illustrates our predicament and how we might get out of it—but we have no time to lose. UN secretary general António Guterres said the “United in Science 2022” report shows we’re “heading into uncharted territory of destruction” with mounting climate impacts.
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As great as it was to catch up, mind you, it was just as good to hear about the research folks were up to in the ponds, swamps, fields and forests of this vast land. Things like: how we know how to mitigate the carnage of reptiles crossing roads, but there’s a gap in knowledge when it comes to train tracks; how turtle nestlings talk to
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and how some 15,000 species (mostly microbes), now have completed or partly sequenced genomes, something the Canada BioGenome Project hopes to build on by prioritizing a list of endangered reptiles and amphibians for sequencing to aid in conservation, management or just creating a gene bank to hedge against extinction.
Yes, meeting apps are a great tool for modern life, but when it comes to live-action show-and-tell, nothing beats being there.
each other while in their eggs, coordinating the time that they will dig themselves out; in B.C., how rattlesnakes migrate to and from their dens in the Interior, and how new hormone and husbandry technologies are helping the fraught reintroductions of endangered species like Oregon spotted and northern leopard frogs; about how there’s an estimated 10 to 15 million multi-cellular organisms out there, of which ~1.5 million are known but fully a quarter of these are currently threatened with extinction;
SPOTTED AND YELLOW Excited young herpetologists photograph a yellow-spotted salamander during a field trip in New Brunswick.
Best of all was the field trip—a chance for easterners to show their field chops and westerners to see species they’ll never encounter during their own work. We piled on a bus like kids on a school outing, and headed out. Our first stop was Hyla Park— Canada’s first (maybe only) park dedicated to amphibians (Hyla being the generic name for the tetraploid gray treefrog, an isolated population of which exists here).
hybrid live/virtual format in Fredericton, N.B.The tech for such events is tricky, involving trying to bring the room vibe— as well as a presenter and their often complex visuals—to folks online, while also integrating the online audience in the live proceedings. But it worked, and I’d say this type of thing—whose global reach instantly increases the audience (and revenue) for literally anything—is here to stay (e.g., Whistler Writers Festival).
On the bad side, virtual conferences aren’t fun in any way I can decipher, and you can’t actually network well despite weird “wine and cheese” side meet-up “rooms.” Also, the one conference I most looked forward to each year wasn’t just a research opportunity, but a chance to present my own work in a room filled with friends and colleagues, with its attendant camaraderie, abundant laughs, excellent science and a field trip to boot. Having muddled through two years of its virtual version, waving at people onscreen and surreptitiously sipping beer while listening to presentations, I was thrilled that this year’s annual meeting of the Canadian Herpetological Society (those would be scientists who work with reptiles and amphibians) took place in a
This being my last year on the CHS board and starved for in-person nerdy scientific discourse, I jumped at the opportunity to attend, and was glad I did. The bonne temps started with how sincerely people who hadn’t seen each other for years hugged—even those I’d previously known as non-huggers. The “so happy to see you” vibe ran through both scientific and social sessions—especially when you connected with someone whom you knew had gone through some shit over the past few years.
meetings with prospective clients, to regular gatherings of the various boards and projects I sit on. And there were also plenty of events in which I was but an interested observer— symposia, webinars and conferences. So manyLikeconferences.mostthings, the “sudden” ability to conduct life remotely came with both good and bad sides. On the good, it was surprisingly easy to attend things related to research I was conducting for a story, where before, such events wouldn’t even be on my radar because they were taking place in-person somewhere like Sarawak or Geneva. Normally I’d have to wait for the information presented at these proceedings to be summarized, condensed and distributed. That might have carried me far beyond deadline so I wouldn’t have bothered, opting instead for lengthy phone interviews. But with the virtual conference option, I can now get information live from a range of relevant
people meeting together, pre-condensed by their presentation format.
At the park, well-meaning ranger hosts explained to the group of almost 50 what species might be found, not knowing they were talking to the most concentrated and talented group of critter-hunters in the land and that those species would be found— sometimes in seconds. As the herpetologists scoured the park, they turned up literally everything that lived there save for the aforementioned treefrog: Painted turtles; Maritime garter snakes and red-bellied snakes; yellow-spotted, blue-spotted and red-backed salamanders; American toads, northern green, northern leopard and bull frogs—plus a chronologically challenged spring peeper calling in the background. Photos were taken and animals tucked back into their logs, rockpiles and water. The rangers couldn’t believe it—many had never actually seen some of these species— and the herpers beamed with pride.
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Like most things, the “sudden” ability to conduct life remotely came with both good and bad sides.”
I’M PRETTY SURE I can’t count the number of Zoom, Teams or other VOIP 2.0 hook-ups I’ve sat through over the past 2.5 years, but that number would easily have three digits. There was surprising diversity to these online tête-a-tête, from family gettogethers to digital dinners with friends, to
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IT’S EARLY MAY, 5 a.m. I’ve woken into a strange day. My hair is wet, sheets drenched, water pouring from my eyes. My heart fluttering. I think I’m having a panic attack. For the past year, cancer has been roaring through me like a freight train. After that first rush of alarm, I hear singing outside my window. Well-spaced, melodious notes; trills in varying tempos. The music is so sweet, it calms the wild beating of my heart. I am being serenaded by a song sparrow.
Walking the earth has been my daily ritual, my place of faith, of reverence. Now, in this stormy year of life, I am swept up in the timelessness of birds and sky. Especially birdsong. It has been a way back to joy. I’m not alone. In a 2019 study commissioned by the U.K.’s National Trust, woodland sounds and birdsong were found to be 30-per-cent more calming than a meditation app. Our brains are wired to relax to birdsong. Birdsong means safety. In fact, birds stop singing when there is a threat nearby. I lay back in my bed and listen. In this strangely fragmented hour, sparrow and I have found each other.
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I walk or cross-country ski at Green
For some, it was their parents’ irresistible love of the natural world. I asked B.C. author, zoologist, conservationist, and MP, Richard “Dick” Cannings, how he came to birding. “I didn’t really have a choice,” he says. “I was born into a family where we did things together. We were in nature all the time. My dad was a photographer, keeping track of the birds
Lake in Whistler most days. As I round the corner to the lake, I see dense low shrubs, wetland grasses, coniferous and deciduous trees, spectacular alpine views, and that glimmering aquamarine lake. Even in winter, unless the lake is frozen, I am generally assured of seeing wetland birds—Canada geese, common and hooded mergansers, buffleheads, mallards, American coots, grebes, or Barrow’s goldeneye. A great blue heron fishing or tucked in against the cold wind. There are songbirds, too. Sparrows and warblers. Juncos and barn swallows. A few weeks ago, I saw an eagle and an osprey having a mid-air duel. Birding is about getting outdoors on a regular basis and making it a discipline.AsIwalk this morning, I hear the cheep chirrup of a song sparrow. Across the path, the raspy low call of a warbling vireo. I don’t see either one of them, though I can’t help listening. The back-and-forth call is like a duet in an opera, the singers having a conversation. Here on this scorching hot morning at the lake; call and response Something birds do. It’s music. B.B. King would call with his voice and answer the call with his guitar. Louis Armstrong did the same with his trumpet. The song sparrow and the warbling vireo are singing to each other.
Many birders keep a don’t have to go far.
People come to birding for a multitude of reasons. It’s easy to get inspired by birds. They fly overhead and all you must do is look up and out. First, though, something
“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”
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The ability to make sound is hardwired, though most birds must learn their song. There are different songs for different situations. Songs are more typical in breeding season, Kaufman says, when the bird is defending its territory.
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become a passage into nature.
The summer I was born, my parents carried me on walks through rural Ontario; my dad naming the birds he heard. Singing whip-or-will back to the bird that calls its own name. We were soon seven children on an odyssey in the woods. It was an outdoor classroom with games of counting and prizes. On Sunday drives, the destination would be Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ont. The park, on a major migratory flyway, is a birders’ hot spot. Imagine seeing 34 different species of warblers in a single day. We never did, but we Thesetried.enthusiasms, inspired in childhood, tend to stay with us, and
I imagine this. Though I might be wrong. Kenn Kaufman, the renowned birder, author, and field editor for birding guide Audubon , described birdsong as far more complex than my imaginings. Surprisingly, more than half the birds on Earth are songbirds. Unlike our human anatomy, bird sound comes from the syrinx, the bird’s vocal organ. Birds can make a broad range of sound; they can even make two sounds at once.
he saw. I fell into it.”
must light the spark.
Birding is the study of birds, their behaviour, environments and identifying birds in their natural habitat. Anyone can be a birder. Though, as I’m learning, it’s a serious pursuit and takes dedication. of all the birds seen in a lifetime. There are about 10,000 species of birds and some birders travel long distances to spot rare ones. My small list has been growing, travelling no further than from Vancouver to Whistler. So, we
came up and snow began drifting. I skied the final descent, under a brilliant waxing moon, and there, clinging to a branch of a Western hemlock, was the most magnificent plump red bird, at least eight inches in size with a longish tail. I was curious and stopped to take a photo before skiing into the last of the day’s light. I later discovered my bird was a male pine grosbeak.
The late nature writer Barry Lopez believed every person has an animal companion. Mine is the great blue heron. I see this graceful blue-grey bird most days if I am unobtrusive and know where to look. Seeing a heron never loses its grip on me. There’s one now, perfectly still on its long, thin legs, gazing into the shallow water along the shoreline, its head lowered, hunting for food. After a short time watching, the heron lifts off into flight, its massive wings outstretched, legs trailing behind. I exhale, drop into my body. I’d like to Movingfly. from the pond, I take a little used trail where I often hear bird sounds. There’s a spotted towhee rustling in a low thicket. On a smallish shrub I spot a tiny bird with sunlight illuminating its brilliant red head. Is it a house finch or a Cassin’s finch? I wallow in looking. There are two of them. The body is too red for a house finch. The head is small, roundish and the tail is long and notched. Now I’m not sure. Perhaps it’s a purple finch?
Birdsong is also used to attract a mate. Birds can even mimic sounds they hear in their environment, like a dog barking. Kaufman’s advice—just go out and listen. Birdsong will brighten up your world.
If the leap from bird watcher to birder seems daunting, it is. I asked longtime Whistler Naturalist and local birding legend, Karl Ricker, the how to question.
I’m scanning with my eyes, too, and lucky enough to see a cedar waxwing hopping along the path in front of me. I scramble to write it into my notes.
Author and nature writer Barry Lopez, from his book, Arctic Dreams
Some skilled birders, like Jessie Barry, one of the leading developers of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology online bird identification tool, Merlin, says she does practically all her birding by listening.
Although I haven’t seen the song sparrow or the warbling vireo, I know they’re nearby, as I’m using the Merlin bird app. The app immediately identifies a bird from sound and I know, without seeing, which birds are close by. A birder friend of mine recently asked, “Isn’t that cheating?”Butthe app was developed from tens of thousands of birders and citizen scientists submitting avian audio recordings. Experienced birders may well have ears more accurate than the app. But as a learning birder, I have found it a welcome identification tool.
This summer, I was gifted birding binoculars and a field guide by my husband, desperate to tip the healing scales in my favour. The vortex binoculars are compact, light, and thus more likely to be brought along on my long walks.
“Go with somebody who knows what they’re doing,” he says. “You’ll need a guide, an investment of time—one to three years— and you must make it a regular activity.” In his no-nonsense way, he advises to “get on with it.” Ricker also highlights something I’ve been pondering—birding is good for our brains. “It’s a challenge for the mind. The mind must work to identify the birds.”
GETTING STARTED
One late winter afternoon, I was crosscountry skiing home from Lost Lake. A wind
First, I see two crows. Then a robin. I’m a little crestfallen. After half an hour, keeping my eyes peeled, I see what looks like swifts or swallows. They move so fast. As they fly low over the pond, I make out the long, forked tail and rounded wing and mark them as barn swallows.
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Hearing, however, is not seeing. What makes a visual encounter with birds so interesting? As I am learning, it can all start with one bird.
I like long, meandering walks on paths where I am most likely to see and hear birds. It’s my way of stopping time and taking my mind off my cancer diagnosis. I’ve just read about a new program at the University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute called Mindful Birding, which is intended to supplement cancer treatment. The attention to detail necessary for birding stimulates the brain and slows down the body. You can’t help but live in the moment.
“I feel a calmness birds can bring to people: and quieted, I sensed here the outlines of the oldest mysteries.”
It helps to be an early riser. Birding and I were made for each other. I don my wide brimmed hat, my new binoculars, a scrap of paper, the back of a used envelope—nothing fancy—and head out the door.
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Cannings, the avid birder and MP, told me a wonderful story about the space birding can fill. When federal politician, Jim Coutts, was diagnosed with cancer, he called Cannings. I don’t know how long I have left. I want to see all the birds I can. And so, Cannings took him birding.
BIRD BIRDINGTHERAPY:ANDMENTAL HEALTH
“I think doing so brought them comfort,” Macdonald says. “Birds they watched were free and knew nothing of war. But mostly watching the birds was a way of mobilizing attention, to turn it into a means of imagined escape, a way to counter their own sense of captivity, of powerlessness, futility, and despair.”
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I’m a psychologist and interested in knowing whether birding can contribute to mental health. There is evidence that birding stimulates the brain. Also, it can shift thought patterns and take attention away from painful experiences.
WHAT MAKES A BIRDER?
long evolutionary history of connection to natural environments,” she says. “In other words, people are attracted to places that were essential to our survival as a species.”
Helen Macdonald author of the bestselling memoir, H is for Hawk, wrote a piece for the New York Times during pandemic lockdown, “The Comfort of Common Creatures.” She described prisoners in captivity during the Second World War who became birders. One prisoner, Peter Conder, went on to become the director of Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
When I wake to sparrows singing outside my bedroom window, the tone is being set for my day. Something like the relaxation response has registered. It feels good.
No one needs an excuse to go birding. It’s easy, low-tech, social, and just fun. Since the pandemic, birdwatching has surged in popularity. While we were in lockdown, birds were moving freely. A dizzying number of people began using eBird, a web-based birding checklist, a type of crowdsourcing for birds. Through their exhaustive cataloguing, these citizen scientists have also helped bolster broader knowledge of how ecological changes affect bird species.
Ashley Dayer is a social science researcher at Virginia Tech, where she studies influences and behaviours that relate to conservation, including bird conservation. She says there is a variety of opinions for why nature promotes mental well-being. “Theories about people’s attraction to viewing and to being in nature often tie to humans’
BIRDING IS NOT JUST A LARK
Birds of Whistler by Liz Barrett
It begs the question: What is our relationship with the natural world? In 1984, renown naturalist and biologist E.O. Wilson published Biophilia, referring to the love of nature and proposing that not only do people tend to affiliate with other life forms in their environments, but that this affinity likely has a genetic basis.
Lately, I’ve been having a recurring dream. A great blue heron has flown into the darkness of my room, with its loud baritone, shouting, as if leaning on a horn. Flapping its wings, scraping the walls. The way its voice is a cry of distress.
This ecological data comes from birdwatching records. From birders. From bird counts.The Whistler Naturalists Society’s Christmas bird count will be held this year on Dec. 14. Birds will be counted over a 24-hour period by citizen scientists and the data collected is shared with Birds Canada.
Dea Lloyd, found her spark bird. The redbreasted nuthatch that wouldn’t let her go. Some come to birding in search of a social activity. Whistler Naturalist Kristina Swerhun reveals she got into birding because she was quizzical. “I wanted to know what I was seeing,” she says. “Birding can be social too. Both together are powerful.”
And it is not just the herons. The skies are emptying out. According to a 2019
There is something inside of us, innate perhaps, that is drawn to these wild flying beings. But birds are in decline. In particular, the heron’s population is in decline, largely from habitat loss. Their greatest risk is from humans clearing shrubs, bushes, and trees to enhance views or build. But these are nesting habitats. The greatest loss of species in Canada is among shorebirds and grassland birds. Because of their sensitivity to human encroachment, the great blue heron has been placed on B.C.’s Blue List of vulnerable species.
D. The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas.
“I was drawn into nature for the delicious solitude of it, the constant change/ reassuring sameness of it. Birds, I think, are just the most visible, most vocal element in the natural world, the welcome to a place we feel inexplicably at home, with no need to speak or explain ourselves. Like the birds, we can just be,” she says.
The results of annual bird counts are used by conservation biologists and naturalists to assess the population trends and distributions of birds.
Simonds’ 2022 book, Women Watching, is an homage to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence (1894-1992), an internationally renowned naturalist, author, and the first Canadian woman elected to the American Ornithologists’ Union. This fall, Simonds will be presenting her book and talking about the birding experience at the Whistler Writers Festival. (Learn more andwhistlerwritersfest.com/simonds-merilyn.)atPicturethis.Youarelyinginbedandhearacalllikeatintrumpet.High-pitchednasally.It’sannoyingandpersistent,likeastoneinyourshoe.So,youbecomecurious.That’showWhistlerNaturalist,
British writer Robert Macfarlane, well known for his books on lost places, landscape and nature, has worked tirelessly to bring vanishing species and voices to the fore. He refers to his work as the dark side of nature writing. Macfarlane’s The Book of Birds, due out this fall, will be a new kind of field guide: A celebration of nearly 70 species of birds whose populations are in steep decline or face risk of extinction.
C. Great blue herons are a common sight in Whistler.
I ask Canadian author and lifelong birder, Merilyn Simonds, what drew her so passionately to birding.
report in the journal Science, the number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 per cent since 1970. “There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago,” the report reads.
BETTER STEWARDS OF OUR NATURAL SPACES
The Whistler Naturalists Society have a monthly “bird walk” on the first Saturday of the month year-round. Check out their
B. Wilson’s snipes primarily hang out in marshes, bogs and wet meadows.
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WHAT YOU NEED TO BECOME A BIRDER
In addition to binoculars, you’ll need a bird guide. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America shows you what to look for and has great illustrations. The Sibley Guide to Birds is another good choice, with stunning images. Of course, there are apps like the Audubon Bird Guide, for quick identification in the field.
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How am I going to do this hard thing facing me? As the writer Anne Lamott said of any tough task—you take it bird by bird. n
One day this month, I stopped to talk to a stranger named Sadie, both of us admiring a rare sighting of a peregrine falcon at Jericho Park in Vancouver. “I took a course,” she says. “I really want to learn more. But I can’t afford the equipment.”Icouldn’thelp thinking, she was learning. She has her eyes and her ears, her curiosity,
Soon it will be winter. There will be swirling patterns of birds murmuring. A great blue heron I have seen before will hunch again over on the edge of icy Green Lake while it’s snowing, its neck tucked in against its chest. There will be bald eagles and osprey. Swallows, woodpeckers, chickadees, kinglets, northern flickers. Steller’s jays shook, shook, shooking at my window, looking for seeds as their food source grows scarce. Song sparrows and pine siskins. Warblers and vireos. Buffleheads, cormorants, and mergansers. Ducks pitching their sounds across the lake like oboes. The thrill of trumpeter swans arriving on their migration path to Alaska.
Vernon, B.C. “I know, distinctively, there’s one year they came up to Kamloops and I was out there with my hockey cards the one day asking all my favourite players for their signatures and whatnot after a day of work.”
But before any penalties can be killed, their itinerary this week will set the scene for some much-needed team bonding, in hopes off-ice camaraderie will translate into on-ice chemistry when the preseason gets underway.“I’vebeen [in Vancouver] just over a week and you start to get to know guys, understand their personalities, understand their personal lives, but having the chance to go to Whistler and just really focus in on your team is so valuable,” said Lazar.
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It makes sense, more or less. After all, even with a thriving minor hockey program in the Whistler Winterhawks, Canada’s top resort destination only has one public indoor ice surface.
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This week, pros will replace the bantam and beer league teams typically found on that rink when the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks roll into the Meadow Park Sports Centre for a three-day, preseason training camp from Thursday, Sept. 22 to Saturday, Sept. 24.
Players will be split into three groups, with each squad practicing once per day between 9:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. The on-ice sessions will be bookended by goalie sessions and—this part’s unusual for head coach Bruce Boudreau—will feature daily scrimmages. All on-ice sessions are open to the public and free to attend. With a lengthy roster of players expected to report for camp, fans will have the chance to meet Canuck stars like J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser, Elias Petterson, Thatcher Demko
December, naming Bruce Boudreau head coach and bringing in Jim Rutherford as president of hockey operations. The team made headlines in the following months for not only turning around its record—as Canuck Quinn Hughes said about Boudreau during a recent media tour, “You want to run through a brick wall for him”—but becoming the first NHL club to employ two female assistant general managers. The Canucks hired player agent Émilie Castonguay in January and hall-of-fame Olympic gold medallist Cammi Granato less than a month later.
When he steps into Meadow Park for the first time as a Canuck, Curtis Lazar will be able to relate to young fans sitting behind the glass.“Whenever the Canucks would travel around for training camp, I would always try and be there if it was close enough for me,” recalled the 27-year-old Lazar, who was born in Salmon Arm and raised in
“I think the key for us is, you know, when the going gets tough and when the adversity hits, which way do we go?” he said. “Do we try to rely upon our individual skill or do we come together and rely on our structures and one another to get the job done? I feel like that’s the key to a successful game, and once we get that instruction from the coaching staff, I’m sure that with the guys and their willingness to win here, it’s going to be an easy transition.”
Lazar described young crew players as “the quickest and most skilled team I’ve been a part of,” but acknowledged teams are on an even playing field as they look to start the season on the right foot.
FOR ALL OF its winter Olympians, mountain bike champions and overall athletic residents, one thing Whistler doesn’t have is an elite-level hockey team to call its own.
For his part, Lazar will be looking to fulfil the role he was hired for: to insert some physicality and enthusiasm into the Canucks’ offence, kill some penalties and “help out wherever’s needed.”
Training camp in Whistler is “a great opportunity to do that, to go and put in the work and then we have the rest of the day to get to know each other and create some memories.” n
LAZAR FOCUS B.C.-raised NHLer Curtis Lazar will be among the newer Vancouver Canucks reporting for training camp at Whistler’s Meadow Park Sports
“I grew up living the highs and lows of this franchise...”
The Canucks signed the forward to a three-year deal back in July. After being drafted 17th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2013, Lazar went on to play for Calgary, Buffalo and Boston before officially making his way back to his home province this summer. This week might mark Lazar’s first time practicing with the team, but it’s far from his first time wearing a Canucks
jersey. “I grew up living the highs and lows of this franchise and getting the opportunity now to put on the sweater and represent them, it means a lot to me,” he told Pique. “The memories I have, travelling down and watching games with my dad and my grandpa—it means a lot.”
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Centre on Thursday, Sept. 22. IMAGE COURTESY OF VANCOUVER CANUCKS PHOTO LIBRARY
But the Canucks’ highs and lows aren’t confined to the seasons Lazar would have watched as a fan two decades ago. After a rocky start to the 2021-22 season, the club, which has made the playoffs just once in the last seven seasons, overhauled its coaching and management staff last
and captain Bo Horvat, as well as up-andcoming prospects like 21-year-old Surrey local Arshdeep Bains and Russian Kirill Kudryavtsev, when camp wraps up at Meadow Park on Saturday afternoon.
New Canuck Curtis Lazar looking to make an impact as Vancouver NHL squad rolls into Whistler training camp
“We weren’t sure what the uptake was going to be coming out of the pandemic, obviously,” said Holbrook. “We managed to pull off six events including this one this weekend. So it’s been good. I mean, numbers were down a little bit in some areas, but really I attribute that to gas prices. People didn’t want to travel all across the province when the price of gas was $2.20 to $2.30 a litre and we heard that loud and clear.”
following day, with a Saturday night riders’ dinner breaking up the hard work over the full-weekend event. Racers will tackle about 14 kilometres of trail spread across the Whistler Mountain Bike Park and throughout the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s trail network over the six stages. There’s also a four-stage short course available that is—you got it—shorter, but not necessarily easier in terms of skill level.
HANG TIME A rider flies through the air during a recent Norco Canadian Enduro Series stop. The race series wraps up its season in Whistler this weekend.
Norco Canadian Enduro Series to wrap up in Whistler
This weekend, riders will race a couple of stages Saturday afternoon before finishing Stages 3 to 6 of the course the
The NCES’ Whistler stop is also seeking more volunteers. In return for their time, those individuals get food and swag, plus free entry to a future NCES event for themselves or a 75-per-cent discount code for their child or partner. Head to canadianenduro.com for more information. n
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With categories stretching from U15 to 50+ to pro, there are plenty of names scattered among the results lists from previous events that will be familiar to local mountain bikers, from sponsored pros to weekend warriors. Holbrook said organizers are expecting “close to a sellout” crowd of between 300 and 350 riders on-course in Whistler this weekend. That said, “our bread and butter right now is U21,” he said. “That’s our biggest category, generally.”Thisis Holbrook’s first full season at the helm of the NCES, after purchasing the event formerly known as the BC Enduro Series from founder Ted Morton last summer. Though this year’s series wasn’t an Enduro World Series qualifier due to scheduling disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, revisiting that relationship is something that’s on the table for future years, as is expanding the series to events in Eastern provinces.
This year’s NCES series is offering thousands in total prize money (overall male and female podium riders earn $1,500 for first place, $750 for second and $500 for third at each event) but there is a way for young, local mountain bikers to save a few bucks on their registration fees other than winning: event sponsor Concord Pacific, which owns Whistler’s Sundial Hotel, is offering 50-per-cent subsidized entries for up to 50 U21 racers living in the Sea to Sky corridor, from Squamish to Pemberton, for this weekend’s event. Registration for the Whistler race costs between $139 and $219 depending on course and age division.
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SERIES SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR MULTI-STAGE MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE SET TO TAKE PLACE SEPT. 24 AND 25
Even with the moved-up date, the Whistler event marks the final stop of the 2022 series as well as the Norco Canadian Enduro Championships. Holbrook is expecting to see more than 300 riders take to the yet-to-be-announced course when the championships kick off on Saturday, Sept. 24. The one hint Holbrook offered? “There’s a lot more elevation than last year,” he said.Since June, the NCES has already made five stops total spread across four B.C. destinations plus Alberta’s Crowsnest Pass, between the Island and the Rockies.
“We’re an expensive race to put on,” Holbrook acknowledged. “We have huge costs for insurance and staffing and marking the trails and resort fees and all those other things that go into putting on a big event … so for Concord to be able to subsidize some of those costs to the riders is huge.”
Partial registration proceeds from the NCES will also help fund local trail maintenance projects, while all racers will be required to have a WORCA membership ahead of this weekend’s NCES race.
NORCO CANADIAN ENDURO Series (NCES) managing director Matt Holbrook hopes Mother Nature will be a little kinder this weekend than the last time the mountain bike race series rolled into town.
“We got rained on like crazy last year when we were [in Whistler last October], so we couldn’t use a lot of trails we wanted to use because of the time of year, because of the forecast,” he explained. “This year, we’ve backed the race up a full month, so we’re hoping for nice weather … if we’re good to go, then we’re going to have access to some amazing trails.”
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with the true Alberta spirit of dreaming something up and then gettin’ ’er done, the mayor of the day, Bill Hawrelak (Ukrainian, BTW)—Edmonton’s longestserving mayor and an awesome force of nature—rattled city hall to get the project approved in six months for $100,000, a lot then but the price of a small professional astronomical telescope today.
My own dear mom and I were doing the same this week, and all we could come up with with certainty was that neither of us could remember whether we’d actually seen the Queen when she visited my hometown of Edmonton in 1959.
If we’re to believe Princess Diana’s former butler, Queen Elizabeth actually wasn’t that fond of scones (they were fed to the corgis under the table). All the more reason I like the fact she happily shared her recipe—again, with a sense of duty and maybe even fun.
I rather like the idea that my family and I may or may not have seen the Queen in a 1950s Edmonton time warp. The unknowingness of it all adds to the wonder. As for my only definite HRM moment, it was admittedly incidental but equally wondrous.
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Review, of the 193 countries on Earth, only 27 have women serving as heads of state or government, most of them in Africa.
Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who has a good nose for good leaders. n
It happened while researching my column on the Queen’s drop scones at the start of the platinumLettersjubilee.ofNote had run a letter—what else?—containing the royal recipe for the scones that the Queen had sent to thenU.S. President Eisenhower after he’d visited Balmoral Castle. I had to ask my old friend, Janine Gavin, a.k.a. Jan Hurley, depending on when and where you knew her at Whistler, what a drop scone was.
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An ordinary tribute to an extraordinary soul
Butcar.before I cross over to my only other quasi-interface with Her Majesty—one admittedly indirect but I know did happen—I have to point out that the Queen in that 1959
Princess Elizabeth took the throne three months after I was born. All to say that I, and millions of other kids, especially girls, grew up with her fixed steadfastly in our minds as someone strong and good who was deeply respected around the world. In my shrimpy-kid mind, she was also someone vaguely connected to outer space at a time when, other than maybe elementary school teachers and Wonder Woman, you could barely find women in leadership roles, never mind science, to look up to.
It would have made sense that we had, given we’d lived right across the street from the site that eventually housed Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium. To top things off, I have a vague memory of standing on a curb with others, waving to her in a posh black
visit did not officially open the planetarium.
That “most impressive woman I ever met” quote, above? It’s from Sir Jackie Stewart, the Scottish Formula One racing car champion named Sports Personality of the Year shortly after Princess Anne received the same honour.
however fleeting they might be (both the memories and the interactions). Whatever the recollections, they’re invariably sprinkled with descriptions like the above.
His second audacity was getting a wee model of the proposed planetarium made to present to Her Majesty in lieu of any semblance of the real McCoy. I wonder what she ever did with that, but I bet she made some pretty funny remarks at the time.
MODELLING QUEEN ELIZABETH IS THE BEST WAY TO HONOUR HER BEST
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Her Majesty could also surprisingly interpret the idea of service. Tales abound of Prince Philip barbecuing and the Queen serving guests on fishing trips. One elderly Scottish woman recalled when she, along with the other women in her Aberdeen club, were invited to tea at Balmoral Castle and the Queen actually stood up and served them sandwiches and sweets herself.
KIND-HEARTED. DEDICATED. Funny. Confident. Constant. Courageous. “… by far, the most impressive woman I’ve ever Withmet.”the passing of dear Queen Elizabeth, people around the world have been scouring their memory banks, both collective and individual, for any vestiges of interactions we’ve had with her royal self,
Even today, only 35 per cent of our Canadian MPs are women—the lion’s share Liberals. According to World Population
Which brings us to the noble idea of service. Whether they’re in Nepal or Nigeria, few souls will deny the remarkable way in which Elizabeth II served.
Rather, she and Prince Philip visited a patch of dirt with the most rudimentary of site preparations done, much like Whistler Village was in the early ’80s. The site that would eventually become home to her namesake planetarium—one of the first planetariums in Canada—had been a favourite playdom of dirt and weeds for me and all the neighbourhood kids, including Christopher and Timothy Luk next door, whose English accents were thicker than pudding. (They also had a Meccano set to die for.)Inkeeping
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“I hate to think of the number of official engagements Her Majesty had, but she never looked tired and she was never short with anyone,” he told BBC.
So here’s to not taking ourselves too seriously, wherever we end up in life, and keeping the spirit of Elizabeth alive. Best done by taking a tip from the actor Cary Grant. He often said, “I spent so long acting like the person I wanted to be, I finally became that person.”
This led to her astonishing first-person tales involving princesses and royal banquets with sparkly silver gilt, all connected with Jan’s dad, Major-General James M. L. (Jim) Gavin, one of the last surviving climbers to attempt Mount Everest before the Second World War and a daring soldier who later worked in intelligence at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe. (Although the two were often mixed up, don’t confuse him with the American war hero, General James M. Gavin, whom Martha Gellhorn fell for while still married to Ernest Hemingway.) And to think Jan used to typeset the Whistler Question!
UP WHERE SHE BELONGS Still larger than life and second to none, at least a bit of Queen Elizabeth’s best can be carried on by each of us everyday.
Of course, the Queen very publicly dedicated herself to the concept of service with that famous radio broadcast on her 21st birthday: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service…” Such a civil idea— service to community, service to others. One as integral to our humanity as it is sadly lacking lately; so practise it, cultivate it, seek it out—especially with so many elections on the horizon and Elizabeth’s narrative already fading from the news cycle.
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“There’s something about seeing theatre and circus live and being part of that; there’s something visceral,” Nunns says. “You took the time to go to the theatre. You’re interested in being there, receptive to new information and supporting the arts. With COVID, a lot of what got us through was the arts: movies, films, and watching different entertainment on our screens. That speaks to the power of arts and culture. I’m happy Whistler is bringing us out to share our voice.”
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“Circus definitely is rising in popularity,” says Jay Nunns, artistic director with Circus West. “It’s a bit of an escape, but it’s also another way to tell stories. With the advent of Cirque du Soleil being so huge—we’ve been kicking around a long time too—it’s not fringe anymore. It’s mainstream.”Foritspart,the Vancouver-based nonprofit runs programs and classes for kids
“We have a lot to offer and we’ve been crafting different narratives and stories about the region—and performing as different animals of the region—for three or four years,” Nunns says. “We think we have a pretty good handle on it. We’d like to take it to the next level.”
THE CIRCUS IS coming to town.
Its Fireflight show focuses on animals of the Pacific Northwest to tell a story. “It’s simple, but at the same time, it’s layered,”
He envisions the show highlighting
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different place,” Nunns says. “We’re looking at really honing our own talent and providing a forum for them to share their passion and earn some revenue.”
show called Sea to Sky Circus and set up a residency in Whistler.
The circus comes to town with Fireflight
interested in circus arts, but also performs at community and corporate events.
“Coming to Whistler with a show on the 23rd is to start a conversation with Whistler to bring a more fulsome show up there,”
After two years cooped up, audiences seem to be keen to get out and experience all types of live performances. In fact, the Whistler show sold out well ahead of its Arts Whistler Live! date.
TOPSY TURVY Fireflight-A Supernatural Circus is kicking off the Arts Whistler Live! series on Friday, something about seeing theatre and circus live and being part of that; there’s something visceral.” JAY NUNNS
Rather, Circus West—with aerial artists, acrobats, projections and elaborate costumes—is performing its production Fireflight-A Supernatural Circus in Whistler, kicking off the Arts Whistler Live! Series on Friday, Sept. 23 at the Maury Young Arts Centre.
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“Everybody is coming to it from a
No, not the travelling, big-top variety, with clowns, elephants and monkeys in costumes. In fact, if that’s your first thought, you just might be dating yourself.
In fact, one of their dreams is to craft a
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natural features of the Sea to Sky region. Part of the appeal is the tourists, given that circus is one type of performance that transcends languages.
“Forsays.people who live in the area [it could] provide work—a number of circus artists live in Whistler and Squamish and there are a number of disciplines, like slacklining, that we’d like to feature. This is a deliberate foot in the water,” he says.
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Nunns says. “There’s the circus and animals for the kids. But for adults, there’s a bit about conservation and altruism, stepping up, not just being a bystander. But we don’t hammer it on the head. At the end of the day, it’s about cool tricks and aerial artistry and trying to connect.”
Many of the performers started out as kids with Circus West’s programs and have turned it into a “side passion” as they work as computer programmers, architects, and physiotherapists by day.
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The band stuck it out through college, but shortly after, Alido had a baby, Allan moved to Manila and Rosales also moved for work.“Inever thought [a reunion] would happen,” he adds. “Our friends back home were really, really happy and couldn’t believe we made it back again. We have a few friends in the States. They said, ‘One day we’ll come see you play live again.’”
The experience brought them back to their early days playing the underground scene in Manila with all the other metal, hardcore, and punk bands.
A punk-rock reunion two decades in the making
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“We would drive two hours to Manila to play four songs without pay at our own expense,” Alido says. “It was really fun. It wasn’t about if you got paid or not. It was
They hope it’s just the start.
Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Doors open at 8 p.m. with the show starting at 8:30 p.m.
Catch Last Reminisced Heroes at The Return of Squamish Punk Night, alongside Russian Tim & Pavel Bures, The Subteraliens, the Squnks and (fellow Whistlerites) Introduce Wolves.
“He contacted us, saying, ‘I want to move to B.C. We can play again!’” Alido remembers.Thatwas last year, which meant pandemic restrictions on live concerts. Instead, they turned to online jams to re-hone their chops.
about meeting new people, new bands, and seeing them live. You get more inspiration, things like that.”
The first show kicking off the reunion, on Sept. 24, is the first Squamish Punk Night concert since the pandemic at One and a HalfTheAve.band will play their original tracks, but also add in some of their favourite covers by MxPx and Blink-182.
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“Pretty much we still remembered all our parts,” Alido says. “When we decided to do our first live jam—it was January 2022— it felt so right.”
HEROES’ WELCOME Last Reminisced Heroes hit the stage in Squamish on Sept. 24 after two decades apart.
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“It definitely makes you feel younger,” says Andrew Alido with a laugh.
THE MEMBERS OF Last Reminisced Heroes have discovered a time machine of sorts.While the Whistler-based punk-rock trio first formed back in 1999 during high school, nearly 23 years later, they’re set to take the stage once again.
(He plays guitar in the band, but you’ll find him behind the drum kit with nearly every recognizable musician or band in Whistler.)Butthe unlikely reunion gets even more interesting. Alido, his brother Allan Alido (the band’s drummer) and friend Jonathan Rosales (the bassist) grew up in the Philippines in Batangas City, two hours outside of AndrewManila.andAllan moved to Whistler nearly a decade ago, while Rosales headed to New Brunswick for two years before deciding he wanted to join them.
“We have originals from back then,” he says. “We were able to revive four songs. And we’re in the process of creating new music and eventually recording stuff. I would say [the songs] are more mature compared to our approach before to music. When we were young, the discipline of playing was not yet there. We were just having fun and didn’t care what people thought.”
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LAST REMINISCED HEROES MAKE THEIR LONG-AWAITED RETURN AT THE REVIVED SQUAMISH PUNK NIGHT ON SEPT. 24
“We did an online jam of one of their songs [Blink-182]. It hit 8,000 views. We couldn’t believe it. Every time we cover their songs it’s more than 1,000 views. We love to cover those two bands,” Alido says.
BY LIBBY MCKEEVER
Kiss the Red Stairs a complex and compelling memoir
The thought that parents pass this trauma gene onto their children is profound, and gives greater understanding to the complex breadth of intergenerational trauma.Asa reader, when I came across the origin of the title—Lederman’s father, when returning to his childhood home, knelt to kiss the painted red stairs where his family walked for the last time, and wept—I wept too. The annihilation of a group of people is inconceivable and there are many hard-toread sections in this book, but despite this, the memoir is about hope, about laughter andDuringlife. Lederman’s exhaustive research and her personal journey of investigation into her forebears and parents’ tragic past, she discovered that the way to honour the price her family paid is to live.
Lederman writes that the word genocide was termed by Raphael Lemkin, an analyst with the U.S. War Department. As a former Jewish lawyer who escaped Nazi-occupied Poland, Lemkin wrote that the word “signified a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of a national group, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.”
The author draws a parallel from Lemkin’s statement to Canada’s history, and our current work on Truth and Reconciliation. “We all have a responsibility to know what happened, what continues to happen, and to make it right, to whatever extent we can,” Lederman states.
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MARSHA LEDERMAN HAS always been interested in telling stories.
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Kiss the Red Stairs is a complex and compelling memoir where Lederman weaves the strands of current and past traumas. While still reeling from her divorce, Marsha’s interest in intergenerational trauma exhibited in Jewish children of Holocaust victims leads her to form an understanding of the root of her own “miserable” (a term her parents gave her) demeanour and her role of being a victim.
Lederman is the Western arts correspondent for the Globe and Mail and is based in Vancouver. Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust Once Removed is her first book.Lederman will join Stella Harvey for an in-depth, book-club-style conversation at the Booklovers’ Literary Salon event on Oct. 14 at 4 Shep.m.will lead the workshop, Using Journalism Skills in Memoir Writing, on Oct. 15 at 9 a.m. and on Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. She will also host the Saturday Night Gala and be in conversation with Méira Cook and IainForReid.tickets, visit whistlerwritersfest. com.
He, like her, had not known of his father’s experiences, and had also grown up in a survivor household. Newman told her about his father’s hair being cut, his clothes and his identity taken. This immediately took Lederman back to Auschwitz; her mother’s hair being shaved, her clothes taken, and as such robbed of her identity.
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As a child of Holocaust survivors, it was trained into her that she needed to find stability in a steady income. So rather than studying literature and pursue her dream of writing fiction, Marsha studied broadcast journalism.Anunderlying pull to this decision was a thought that if reporters had known about the Nazis’ atrocities, their journalism could have exposed and ceased the horror. Her family could have been rescued.
When interviewing master carver Carey Newman about his new work, The Witness Blanket, “to memorialize and call attention to the atrocities of the residential school system,” Lederman felt a connection “in that space where vastly different experiences met shared sorrows.”
SURVIVOR SERIES Journalist Marsha Lederman’s memoir Kiss the Red Stairs will be featured at this year’s Whistler Writers Festival.
In light of an interview with Arthur Herzog, where he referred to the “so-called” Holocaust, Lederman addresses the recent years of “fake news,” a term she detests, but nevertheless states that we “should be very concerned about the kind of ‘information’ being directed to uncritical thinkers…”
intergenerational trauma and describes epigenetics, a developing field in “the study of the molecules and processes that control expression of the genes carried in our DNA” and where “trauma can leave an indelible mark on a person’s genes.”
In Kiss the Red Stairs, Lederman investigates the science behind
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While having control of the shelter was a huge improvement, it was still cold, cramped, near impossible to separate all the animals, and a flood risk. Paul Fournier remembers when the shelter was threatened by rising water, while he was chair of WAG’s board of directors in the 1990s. “We had over 30 cats, and we had to find cages for these cats and move them up to a farm in Pemberton. I don’t know if you have ever heard an angry cat, but when you take 30 cats and you put them in cages and then you stuff them in the back of my cargo van, you’ve never heard a sound like that.”
Things sure did turn around. In August 2000, WAG was given the bulk of local shelter work from the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) in exchange for the use of space in the building. Prior to this, the pound was largely separate from WAG and operated by RMOW animal control officers, predominantly Kimberly Lord. Jody Stockfish, who was brought on as another WAG coordinator in 1999, said at the time, “Having a central facility, rather than the traditional fostering system, will make a huge difference to what WAG can achieve. It also gives WAG’s core of 15-to-20 regular volunteers easy access for cleaning and walking duties.” The work of WAG was also recognized by the municipality, which increased the organization’s grant-in-aid to $10,000. In 2001, after years of legal to-andfro, WAG was awarded charitable status, making fundraising much easier.
WAG CELEBRATES ITS 40th birthday this year, and the professional operation has seen dramatic changes since its humble beginnings in 1982. Known and loved throughout the community, Whistler Animals Galore Society, better known as WAG, was started in 1982 by Dorothy Sabey and Debbie Chow.
At that time, WAG had no shelter, no volunteer program, little publicity, and relied solely on foster homes for the animals in its care. The municipal budget used for medical assistance was also beginning
to dry up. Trying to turn things around, Kristen Kadis was brought in as a new coordinator, and that year the first annual Dog Parade started as part of the Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival.
The new shelter officially opened in the RMOW’s Public Works Yard in 2005, and today we have a shelter to be envious of. While much has changed over the past 40 years, WAG’s focus on animal welfare remains the same. n
In 1986, the Whistler Question described WAG as “the barebones troubleshooting agency by which Sabey and her colleague, Debbie Chow, handle lost or stray pets.” Initially, WAG relied almost entirely on the hard work and generosity of these two women. They did receive a grant-in-aid each year from the municipality, however, it was only $250—and intended to cover expenses such as gas, telephones, and spaying animals. While awaiting adoption, dogs and cats were cared for in Dorothy and Debbie’s homes, and sometimes the pound held animals a week beyond the usual limits if their homes were already full.
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CRITTER CARE Lisa Smith and Kelly Baldwin visit cats in need of adoption in 1991. At the time, WAG had 55 cats in a facility built for 15.
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WAG continued to rely solely on volunteers until 1996, when a paid program coordinator was hired. Before this, the future of WAG had looked uncertain, as there were only four volunteers remaining and they were quickly burning out. The new system did not fully get off the ground, however, before the coordinator quit two years later. David MacPhail spoke to Pique about how WAG had been on the brink of closure again in 1998. “The coordinator had quit and I was the only one left on the board. I was basically left to turn off the lights and go home,” MacPhail said.
1 BREW CREW The Coast Mountain Brewing team celebrates after taking home first place in both the People’s Choice and Overall categories at the Whistler Village Beer Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17. PHOTO SUBMITTED 2 SMOKIN’ SUNSET September has brought some pretty sweet—albeit a little smoky—sunsets to Whistler’s skies, as seen here from above the Creekside Gondola base.
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PHOTO BY GEORGIA BUTLER 3 LEGACY RIDE Shari-Anne Doolaege and her kids, Sharise and Dakota, rode around Alta Lake during their visit to Whistler over the weekend in memory of her late father Tom Kelly, who passed away during a family trip to the resort more than 51 years ago. PHOTO SUBMITTED 4 & 5 RUN FOR TERRY After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the annual Terry Fox run returned to Lost Lake Park on Sunday, Sept. 18, with pre- and post-run festivities hosted by the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Whistler in support of cancer research. BY JIM BUDGE
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Even when your courage has a touch of foolhardiness, even when your quest for adventure makes you a bit reckless, you can be resourceful enough to avoid dicey consequences. Maybe more than any other sign of the zodiac, you periodically outfox karma. But in the coming weeks, I will nevertheless counsel you not to barge into situations where rash boldness might lead to wrong moves. Please do not flirt with escapades that could turn into chancy gambles. At least for the foreseeable future, I hope you will be prudent and cagey in your quest for interesting and educational fun.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) I’m getting a psychic vision of you cuddled up in your warm bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and wrapped in soft, thick blankets with images of bunnies and dolphins on them. Your headphones are on, and the songs pouring into your cozy awareness are silky smooth tonics that rouse sweet memories of all the times you felt most wanted and most at home in the world. I think I see a cup of hot chocolate on your bedstand, too, and your favourite dessert. Got all that, fellow Cancerian? In the coming days and nights, I suggest you enjoy an abundance of experiences akin to what I’ve described here.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “Love your mistakes and foibles,” Virgo astrologer William Sebrans advises his fellow Virgos. “They aren’t going away. And it’s your calling in life—some would say a superpower—to home in on them and finesse them. Why? Because you may be able to fix them or at least improve them with panache—for your benefit and the welfare of those you love.” While this counsel is always relevant for you,
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You are an extra authentic Aquarius if people say that you get yourself into the weirdest, most interesting trouble they’ve ever seen. You are an ultra-genuine Aquarius if people follow the twists and pivots of your life as they would a soap opera. And I suspect you will fulfil these potentials to the max in the coming weeks. The upcoming chapter of your life story might be as entertaining as any you have had in years. Luckily, imminent events are also likely to bring you soulful lessons that make you wiser and wilder. I’m excited to see what happens!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Tips to get the most out of the next three weeks: 1. Use your imagination to make everything seem fascinating and wonderful. 2. When you give advice to others, be sure to listen to it yourself. 3. Move away from having a rigid conception of yourself and move toward having a fluid fantasy about yourself. 4. Be the first to laugh at and correct your own mistakes. (It’ll give you the credibility to make even better mistakes in the future.) 5. Inspire other people to love being themselves and not want to be like you.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In 1946, medical professionals in the U.K. established the Common Cold Unit. Its goal was to discover practical treatments for the familiar viral infection known as the cold. Over the next 43 years, until it was shut down, the agency produced just one useful innovation: zinc gluconate lozenges. This treatment reduces the severity and length of a cold if taken within 24 hours of onset. So the results of all that research were modest, but they were also much better than nothing. During the coming weeks, you may experience comparable phenomena, Taurus: less spectacular outcomes than you might wish, but still very worthwhile.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Here’s a scenario that could be both an invigorating metaphor and a literal event. Put on rollerblades. Get out onto a long, flat surface. Build up a comfortable speed. Fill your lungs with the elixir of life. Praise the sun and the wind. Sing your favorite songs. Swing your arms all the way forward and all the way back. Forward: power. Backward: power. Glide and coast and flow with sheer joy. Cruise along with confidence in the instinctive skill of your beautiful body. Evaporate thoughts. Free yourself of every concern and every idea. Keep rambling until you feel spacious and vast.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) In a poem to a lover, Pablo Neruda wrote, “At night I dream that you and I are two plants that grew together, roots entwined.” I suspect you Pisceans could have similar deepening and interweaving experiences sometime soon—not only with a lover but with any treasured person or animal you long to be even closer to than you already are. Now is a time to seek more robust and resilient
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Poet Mary Oliver wrote, “There is within each of us a self that is neither a child, nor a servant of the hours. It is a third self, occasional in some of us, tyrant in others. This self is out of love with the ordinary; it is out of love with time. It has a hunger for eternity.” During the coming weeks, Scorpio, I will be cheering for the ascendancy of that self in you. More than usual, you need to commune with fantastic truths and transcendent joys. To be in maximum alignment with the good fortune that life has prepared for you, you must give your loving attention to the highest and noblest visions of your personal destiny that you can imagine.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) For 15 years, Leo cartoonist Gary Larson created The Far Side, a hilarious comic strip featuring intelligent talking animals. It was syndicated in more than 1,900 newspapers. But like all of us, he has had failures, too. In one of his books, Larson describes the most disappointing event in his life. He was eating a meal in the same dining area as a famous cartoonist he admired, Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family. Larson felt a strong urge to go over and introduce himself to Addams. But he was too shy and tongue-tied to do so. Don’t be like Larson in the coming weeks, dear Leo. Reach out and connect with receptive people you’d love to communicate with. Make the first move in contacting someone who could be important to you in the future. Be bold in seeking new links and affiliations. Always be respectful, of course.
dear Virgo, it will be especially so in the coming weeks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Tips for making the most of the next three weeks: 1. Be proud as you teeter charismatically on the fence. Relish the power that comes from being in between. 2. Act as vividly congenial and staunchly beautiful as you dare. 3. Experiment with making artful arrangements of pretty much everything you are part of. 4. Flatter others sincerely. Use praise as one of your secret powers. 5. Cultivate an open-minded skepticism that blends discernment and curiosity. 6. Plot and scheme on behalf of harmony, but never kiss ass.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorn poet William Stafford wrote, “Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.” Those ideas are always true, of course, but I think it’s especially crucial that you heed them in the coming weeks. In my oracular opinion, you need to build your personal power right now. An important way to do that is by being discriminating about what you take in and put out. For best results, speak your truths as often and as clearly as possible. And do all you can to avoid exposing yourself to trivial and delusional “truths” that are really just opinions or misinformation.
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• Extended health plan available.
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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.
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• Be able to perform physically demanding work, including lifting 20-25 kg boxes
We employ nearly 5,000 people in over 200 communities and have been named one of BC’s Top Employers 14 times over for offering exceptional places to work rooted in values of fairness and respect, work-life balance, and inclusion and diversity. 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.
employees regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Among other possible measures, proof of vaccination will be required. It is a term of acceptance of employment that you agree to comply with all vaccination requirements that apply to the public service. More information can be found here: well-being/health/covid-19/covid-19-vaccination-policy-for-bc-public-service-employeeshttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/careers-myhr/all-employees/safety-healthSales Associates Positions Available! CAREER
• Infant Development Program Coordinator - Maternal and Child Health
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.
• Visitor Centre Agent (Full Time, Year Round)
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• Be at least 19 years of age
• Have a valid Serving It Right Certificate™
BC Liquor Store Sales Associates may be required to operate a variety of mechanical and hand-operated equipment, in addition to handling large volumes of bottles as part of the LDB’s recycling program.
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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.
Duties will include but not limited to:
We offer competitive wages and benefits: Travel allowance for Squamish/Pemberton-based employees OR Ski Pass/Activity allowance, Extended Medical, RRSP match, Recognition Program, Fun & Safe Work Environment-Great Team, opportunities to grow and more.
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• Prepping and cooking during service in Red Door Bistro on any station. (3 nights).
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AS SUMMERS GO , I guess this one’s over, at least astrologically. Summers always seem to go by pretty quickly, notwithstanding climate change-induced stretches well over 30 C, and certainly summers that don’t get started until the middle of July are what I call paycheque summers. Paycheque summers are the ones you seem to wait and wait and wait for, then all too quickly, bam, they’re gone. Just like your paycheque. You probably ran out of summer long before you ran out of ideas on how to spend it.
It’s not like there was any choice other than to drive across the endless flatlands, although I did inquire about the cost of putting my vehicle on a train and flying back from Toronto. In case you were wondering, the cost of that is in the winthe-lottery territory.
mountains that disappears as quickly as it appeared. The sudden need to sift through your disorganized clothes to find out where you left your favourite fleece. The disturbing realization flip-flops aren’t going to cut it much longer. The jolt to your frontal lobe when you see your credit card balance and suddenly remember WB’s hit it for the remainder of your season pass.
ordinary. As the diminutive town drew nearer, the houses grew denser. Instead of several thousand fenced acres, they were crammed onto lots no bigger than two or three hundred acres each with roofs covering no more than eight or 10 thousand square feet. Shacks.
I decided to make a strategic exit. I’d wanted to linger in Sun Valley, perhaps visit bars once frequented by Hemingway as I’d done other places in the world, but good whiskey is a bad investment when shots are the price of a bottle. As it turned out, it was good I did not dally in Sun Valley, because we needed all that time left in the day to travel beyond its reach. I knew I was safe when ranches began to look like ranches again.Itwill
if world famous architects designed ranch houses. They are resplendent in natural wood and stone and are built on such a scale that the homes in Kadenwood would be outbuildings by comparison. Driveways wind past stone entryways and large, electric gates. The houses, flanked by security installations, are about as inviting as the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. I do not believe they contain rental suites.
A municipal election.
There is. At least until the wind shifts. Which I’m sure it will.
Sun Valley is a very old resort, at least by New World resort standards. It’s been the playground of the fabulously wealthy since it was developed 85 years ago by Averell Harriman as a show stop for the his Union Pacific Railroad. Harriman—trivia aside alert—had his railroad yard workers more or less invent chairlifts just for the patrons of Sun Valley.
great.But this time I’m heading south. And I know the stove works. And I’ve looked at the maps of Washington, Oregon and Idaho to see if there is a way through the wildfires.
It will be interesting to see what effects the ... concentration of wealth has had on Sun Valley.
That was the time I thought it made sense to drive from one side of the country to the other. And back. It was the “and back” that left mental scars. If at all possible, road trips should not end with an endless drive across the prairie provinces.
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At about 6,000 feet altitude, it sits in a vast, broad valley in the Sawtooth Range and seems to extend forever. Driving into Sun Valley is a bit like driving into Los Angeles—you seem to do it for hours.
But the signs of summer’s end are everywhere. A dusting of snow atop the
be interesting to see what effects the run up and concentration of wealth has had on Sun Valley. I’m sure it’ll make me appreciate Whistler more. Kind of like business trips to New York City used to make me realize how small Toronto was. Not that Whistler is small. But the wealth that rankles here ain’t nothin’ by comparison. ■
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Assuming an adult can consider Froot Loops and indifferent coffee breakfast. In between the first night and the purgatory of the prairies, everything was
The first signs of habitation are sprawling, ranch-like houses surrounded by several hundred miles of fence. The dwellings are what ranch houses would be
And maybe I should have known there would eventually be disappointment when I was suddenly informed, the very first night of the three-month trip, I’d be camping instead of working out first-day road kinks in a comfy motel bed.
I was okay with camping, but it had been a long day following longer days of preparation and, well... So we camped. Which was when we discovered the ol’ faithful camp stove had become faithless. No hot dinner. No coffee in the morning. After it rained all night. Which was a relief from the sultry heat. But not from the choking smoke from a nearby wildfire in eastern Washington. None of which would have mattered had we been in a motel. Near a restaurant. With a free breakfast.
After a long couple of days driving, I didn’t know it was Sun Valley approaching, but I knew it was something out of the
It was my unfortunate situation to require gasoline in Sun Valley, and it was at the gas station I learned most of what I needed to know about life in Sun Valley. There was nothing, including fuel, I could afford. What fuel I purchased—I may have hallucinated this part—was pumped by earnest young men wearing white gloves.
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I want to swing through Sun Valley in Idaho. I haven’t been there in decades.
Being an optimist, I’m hoping for a prolonged Indigenous summer, or whatever it can safely be called. But I’m hedging my bets and heading down to my former home and native land—assuming they’ll let me cross the border—the southwest U.S. I haven’t been there in eight years, and it’s taken a long wait for a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon to get me headed that direction and an almost as long recovery period from my last road trip five years ago.
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PEMBERTON OFFICE 1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 604.894.6616 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 WHISTLER OFFICE 106 - 7015 Nesters Road, Whistler, BC V8E 0X1 604.932.2300 or Toll Free 1.888.689.0070 *PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION remax-whistler.com Property Management remaxseatoskypm.com Ann Chiasson 604.932.7651 Dave Sharpe 604.902.2779 #221 - 4338 Main Street $1,495,000 COURT ORDERED SALE This 2 bedroom 2 bath is in the heart of the village. Just steps from Olympic Plaza, shops, stores and of course Pure bread !! This south facing unit is bathed in Sun year round and has great views of Whistler Mtn . Tyndall stone has its own newly renovated pool and hot tub area for you to enjoy after a hard day of playing in Whistler. #6 - 4325 Northlands Blvd. $1,159,000 A rare 1 bed, 1 bath 621 sf Sunpath townhome just listed for sale. A 1 bedroom townhome has not been available for more than 4 years. Zoned phase 1 nightly rental, these townhomes have proven to be an excellent property investment. Rent it yourself through AirBNB, hire a Property Manager or keep it for your own personal use. Bob Cameron* 604.935.2214 Dave Beattie* 604.905.8855 #205B - 2036 London Lane $204,000 Fantastic one bedroom quarter ownership opportunity in Legends Lodge at the Creekside base of Whistler Mountain. The ski slopes & the new Creekside Gondola are literally at your doorstep with shopping, dining, Alpha & Nita Lake & the Valley Trail all within easy walking distance. #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. NO GST. #11 - 4388 Northlands Blvd. $1,188,000 Enjoy sunshine all day and mountain views from the huge private deck of this nicely updated Glaciers Reach home. 350 sq.ft of deck space adds tremendous expanse to the living room and upper master bedroom. Glaciers Reach features a common hot tub, outdoor swimming pool and is steps from Whistler Village shopping/dining and free local transportation. Kristi McMillin 778.899.8992 Madison Perry 778.919.7653 #115D - 2020 London Lane $205,000 Welcome to Evolution #115D, a beautifully appointed, fully furnished and equipped 1-bedroom resort home that effortlessly blends contemporary style with a cozy mountain feel. Enjoy gorgeous views of the forest from your deck on the quiet side of the building. Quarter Ownership. #604 - 4809 Spearhead Drive $1,785,000 The perfect penthouse 2.5 bed end unit with amazing views is ready for your Winter plans. Ski-in/ski-out with all the amenities, you or any renter would need! Offering a spacious layout spanned over 2 floors for your guests to spread out after a day on the slopes. Matt Kusiak 604.935.0762 #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. Meg McLean* 604.907.2223 8313 Chalet Drive $3,799,000 Wake up to gorgeous views of Whistler, Blackcomb & Wedge Mountains from your bright, open concept kitchen, living room & large front deck. The 2 sets of french doors & windows welcome natural light accenting the high ceilings, wood burning fireplace & large feature beams. Plenty of space to entertain & cook in this chef’s kitchen. #354 - 4314 Main Street $1,475,000 This 2 bed 2 bath offers views up Whistler and Blackcomb mountain, perfect to check the weather report. Living on the stroll, you are just steps toward worldclass dining, shopping, hiking/biking, and skiing; leave your car in the secure underground parking and secure your toys in the ski/bike storage. Doug Treleaven 604.905.8626 122 1 6 Mike Nauss 604.932.9586 #4J - 2300 Nordic Drive $349,000 At Natures Door is a 2nd to none lifestyle!! This home includes 3 spacious Bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, media room, and fully furnished right down to the place mats and towels. Offering its own private hot tub, bbq, as well as being Ski in, Ski out, directly onto the Dave Murray Olympic Run. 3 22.51 21 Richard Grenfell 604.902.4260 #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. 2 3D Tour - rem.ax/604marquise3D Tour - rem.ax/115evolution 3D Tour - rem.ax/8313chalet 3D Tour - rem.ax/310powderhorn 3D Tour - rem.ax/221tyndall 3D Tour - rem.ax/6sunpath 3D Tour - rem.ax/354deer 3D Tour - rem.ax/11glaciers 3D Tour - rem.ax/35peaks
