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Hope is the thing with feathers
A Whistler poet explores the beauty of bird feathers, which have sat at the centre of culture, art and mythology for centuries. - By Mary MacDonald
14 HOMING IN The Resort Municipality of Whistler is finally developing Whistler’s first long-term housing strategy—but how will social housing factor in?
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15 LASTING LEGACY Remembering Whistler
Question founder Paul Burrows, the resort’s first newsman.
24 Class Dismissed
Parents in D’Arcy are expressing frustration after the Sea to Sky School District opted to revert Blackwater Creek Elementary to a K-3 school.
34 MIGHTY HAWKS In an underdog tale for the ages, Whistler’s U13 Winterhawks overcame an underwhelming regular season en route to a Final Four championship.
16 PROVINCIAL COFFERS Whistler officials are happy to see investments in housing and health-care in the provincial budget—but there’s still no money for regional transit in the Sea to Sky.
40 STEVE AND EVE Whistler author Paul Shore is celebrating the launch of his new graphic novel series, Steve and Eve Save the Planet, on March 19.
COVER A self-taught artist who moved to Whistler from the U.K. in 2019 and launched Proper Artsy in 2021, Bryony mostly paints in a unique realism-meets-surrealism style, using gouache. Her main passion is painting animals, and she is currently working on a Canadian animal collection, which includes animals found locally in B.C.
- By Bryony Dique // @properartsy
// www.properartsy.com
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08 OPENING REMARKS AI programs like ChatGPT can serve as helpful assistants—just be ready to fact-check, writes editor Braden Dupuis.
10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This week’s letter writers keep the discussion going about the Northlands development, Highway 99 and Rainbow Park.
13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST After a trip to his hometown ski hill of Sun Peaks, columnist Robert Wisla poses a question: are all B.C. ski towns booming?
62 MAXED OUT G.D. Maxwell offers up some Epic™ tips for visitors hoping to survive Whistler’s spring break chaos.
29 THE OUTSIDER The best thing we can all do—if we consider ourselves responsible backcountry citizens—is lead by example, writes Vince Shuley.
38 FORK IN THE ROAD This World Water Day, just say no to bottled water, writes columnist Glenda Bartosh.
40 MUSEUM MUSINGS Looking back at the two-machine fleet that used to keep Whistler’s slopes groomed in the early days of the resort.
