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Sea to Sky Gondola opens to the public today

Six days after reopening exclusively to passholders on May 22, the Sea to Sky Gondola has announced it is opening up sales to the general public. As of May 28, members of the public can buy tickets online, but not in person at the attraction.…

Watch this lost gosling return to Alpha Lake

Conservation officer responds to Whistler call for lost bird

A local gosling is back where it belongs after a Whistler resident spotted it wandering around a parking lot and called the Conservation Officer Service (COS) on Wednesday, May 27. In a video on the COS Facebook page, you can watch an officer scoop up the lost bird and guide it to a family of geese on Alpha Lake.…

Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver closes Sea to Sky offices, programming

Children’s charity has seen funding drop by more than 80% during pandemic

Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver has made the decision to close its Sea to Sky offices and programming after seeing the lion’s share of its funding dry up during the pandemic. In a release confirming the closure, which is effective immediately, the organization said its funding revenue dropped by more than 80 per cent “almost immediately” after COVID-19 hit.…

Whistler cleans up at Alpine Canada awards

Pridy, Alexander, Thompson, Jepsen all receive honours

Whistler Mountain Ski Club (WMSC) U18/U21 lead coach Conrad Pridy received a major vote of confidence earlier this month. Pridy, who made 24 World Cup starts between 2011 and 2014, was honoured as Alpine Canada’s grassroots coach of the year when it revealed its Audi 2020 Canadian Ski Racing Awards winners on May 13.…

New album shares songs from Squamish and Lil’wat Nations

Songs from Our nation Vol. 3 available online at SLCC

The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) is celebrating the release of a new album. Songs From Our Nation Vol.…

The buzz on bees

If we have been able, most of us have been spending a lot more time outside as we spread out in Phase 2 of B.C.’s re-opening plan for COVID-19. And, for the last several weeks, people have been re-discovering the joys and trials of gardening as well with self-isolation keeping us close to home.…

Pemberton starts Mayor’s Task Force

Group to help guide council through COVID-19 response and recovery

The Village of Pemberton (VOP) is looking to be proactive on COVID-19 response and recovery. At its May 26 regular meeting, held via Zoom, council voted to go forward with convening a Mayor’s Task Force that will look to help residents, businesses and community organizations rebound from the effects of the ongoing pandemic.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of May 28th

Stay the course in Canada I read your column about reopening and you raise some good points (Pique, “How do we put out the welcome mat?,” May 14).…

Free will astrology for the week of May 28th

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
“The best of my nature reveals itself in play, and play is sacred,” wrote the feisty Aries author Karen Blixen, who sometimes used the pen name Isak Dinesen. The attitude described in that statement helps illuminate the meaning of another one of her famous quotations: “I do not think that I could ever really love a woman who had not, at one time or another, been up on a broomstick.”…

Crankworx Whistler, RBC GranFondo cancelled for 2020

Resort loses pair of major biking events in recent days

Two of Whistler’s stalwart events are officially off the calendar for 2020. The Crankworx World Tour announced on May 26 that provincial restrictions on event sizes will prevent the festival from running as planned from Aug. 5 to 16, while on May 21, the RBC GranFondo Whistler, which was set to serve as the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, announced its cancellation for similar reasons.…

Contract awarded for key Valley Trail linkage

Connection from Alta Lake Road to Function Junction to be completed by October

work on an important Valley Trail connection is set to get underway after Whistler council awarded a contract worth $1.5 million to Capilano Highway Services for the project at its May 26 meeting. The 1.8-kilometre stretch of lit, paved Valley Trail will connect Alta Lake Road to Lynham Road at the east end of Function Junction, serving as an active transportation route for workers—and as a secondary evacuation route in case of emergency.…

Does Vail Resorts have the right to keep your money?

I have a very low opinion of insurance and insurance providers. I have a slightly higher opinion of insurance salespeople since they are, well, salespeople, and making a sale is their principle motivation.…

#ThinkingAhead: Experience Whistler’s Cornucopia

foodandwineaccess.com – Whistler is full of surprises. This iconic mountain resort, consistently ranked Number One in North America and home of the 2010 Olympics, actually receive more guests in the Summer. While it is know…

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Active COVID-19 cases in B.C. fall 38% in past two weeks

The number of people in B.C. battling COVID-19 is down 14, to 244, in the past 24 hours

Efforts to quell the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. appear to be working, with the number of people battling the virus that has caused a global pandemic steadily falling. That, in turn, leads to less chance of transmission because fewer infected people are circulating and able to pass the disease to others.…

B.C. state of emergency extended another two weeks

Premier John Horgan said there is “no likely end in sight” to B.C.’s longest-ever state of emergency

B.C. Premier John Horgan today announced another two-week extension of a provincial state of emergency, with “no likely end in sight.” Horgan said the current state of emergency, put in place 10 weeks ago to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, is now the longest one that has ever been in place in B.C.…