Opinion & Columns

08 OPENING REMARKS Whistler stands on the shoulders of giants like Paul Burrows, who both foresaw what the resort would become, while also helping preserve its unique history, writes Brandon Barrett.

10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter writers this week detail the “bizarre” experience of being rejected for a job at Vail Resorts, and propose turning the day lots into low-rising housing.

13 PIQUE’N YER INTEREST Columnist David Song laments the effect fantasy sports have had on our love of the game.

58 MAXED OUT In Part I of Max’s series looking back at the development of Whistler, he compares the local cheerleaders and naysayers who had very different views on the resort’s future.

Environment & Adventure

26 RANGE ROVER Columnist Leslie Anthony seeks out snowmobiling, frozen waterfalls and dinosaurs at Tumbler Ridge, one of B.C.’s most unheralded destinations.

Lifestyle & Arts

34 EPICURIOUS Since taking over Naked Sprout in Whistler Village last year, Marie-Christine Boulet has made the plant-based café and eatery all about the locals.

40 MUSEUM MUSINGS Meet the herd of furred, feathered and finned mammals who scrambled their way up Blackcomb Mountain 40 years ago for Whistler’s first annual Mascot Race.

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