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Gender discrimination is stubbornly persistent in B.C., poll suggests

24% of Metro Vancouver women have experienced a “significant” or “moderate” amount of discrimination

The United Nations is observing International Women’s Day this Friday. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, a global policy framework introduced to advance gender equality around the world.…

Whistler’s Strategic Planning Committee sets 2020 work plan

Growth management modelling, community engagement planned this year

with three meetings under its belt, Whistler’s Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) is ready to start building the framework for the future of Whistler. The committee will issue a request for proposals in the coming weeks for a consultant to develop a Community Growth Management Model framework.…

Let the Games (re) begin

The 2010 Olympics were a trying time for me. I had a two-year-old daughter at the time who wasn’t sleeping and most of my days and nights were spent covering events and writing stories. I kept a time sheet and logged 96 hours of overtime over 16 days.…

New ICBC rules could lower insurance premiums

If legislation passes, new rules will kick in starting May 2021

The provincial government has introduced new rules for ICBC that will lower insurance premiums by an average of 20 per cent. Under the legislation, introduced Wednesday, drivers could save about $400 a year with the lower insurance premiums.…

B.C. coronavirus cases climb to 21

Updated: 4:30 p.m.

There are eight new cases of coronavirus in B.C.…

Condo owners face bankruptcies as insurance costs soar

‘You could lose your home’

Uninsured condo owners could find themselves bankrupt and homeless if they don’t maintain their suites and personal insurance as strata insurance costs skyrocket, said the Condominium Home Owners’ Association of B.C. The cost of catastrophes, construction, claims and reinsurance has pushed insurance premiums on many British Columbia strata corporations, or condo owner groups, through the roof.…

Inside an Airbnb bait-and-switch

On bylaw’s radar for years, Whistler property was at centre of alleged rental scam

Sarah was relieved to move with her family to their new home in Brio. After living next to one of those typical Whistler flophouses packed to the rafters with seasonal renters, she was eager to get away from the loud late-night parties and piles of trash left outside.…

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James has Parkinson’s, won’t seek re-election

VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and will not seek re-election next year. James said today she plans to remain in her posts as finance minister and deputy premier for “as long as I can do the job 100 per cent.”…

Development permits issued for public washrooms

Construction to begin in April

A PROJECT TO build three public washroom buildings in Whistler Village is moving ahead after council issued development permits for the buildings on March 3. The bathrooms will be built at the Gateway Loop, Whistler Olympic Plaza, and on the grounds of the Lost Lake PassivHaus (the first two received development permits at the March 3 council meeting, while the third does not require one as it is outside of the Whistler Village Core).…

Whistler Adaptive’s Mitchell medals at Special Olympics nationals

Sports briefs: Astle hits Crankworx podium; Peiffer cracks top 30

Taylor Mitchell came home from his first-ever trip to the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games with some hardware. During the festival, held in Thunder Bay, Ont. from Feb. 25 to 29, the 29-year-old alpine skier earned bronze in the advanced giant slalom before taking fourth in the advanced slalom and the advanced super-G.…

Stella Harvey writes most personal novel yet

Whistler author, along with poet Cornelia Hoogland, host reading on March 11

Whistler author Stella Harvey was in Greece having lunch with her relatives when she asked her Athens-based aunt if she had ever gone back to the town where her father and mother lived to find their land. “She was telling me, ‘I never went back looking for anything.…

Raising Our Voices creates two shows for International Women’s Day

A matinee and evening show take over the Maury Young Arts Centre on March 8

Heading into its sixth year of celebrating International Women’s Day, Raising Our Voices has made some changes for 2020. While the event started out as an evening of music at Black’s Pub, it has since grown into a six-hour concert, drawing an audience of 400 and featuring more than a dozen performers, at the Maury Young Arts Centre.…

Soaring insurance rates bad news for Whistler’s condo market

Whistler Resort Management says it’s seen rates spike by up to 200%

as insurance companies struggle to keep up with claims from global disasters, condo owners everywhere are bearing the brunt of the financial burden—and Whistler is no exception.…

Preparing for COVID-19

“Wash your hands like you’ve been chopping jalapeños and you need to change your contacts.” -B.C.’s provincial health officer Bonnie Henry…

Looking forward is the future

Prior to widespread European exploration and well before the great land grab, it is estimated the size of the North American bison—buffalo—population may have been anywhere from 30 to 50 million animals. Fewer than 100 were alive by the late 1880s.…