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Put away your cellphone—board games have exploded over the past decade

I’m standing clutching a red token secretly in my palm; a terrorist in hiding. If only I could work out which of my fellow terrorists has the bomb.…

Whistler’s Sharpe wins Dew Tour stop

Sports briefs: Read 16th at Chamonix; Jordan hits NorAm podium

Cassie Sharpe came through on back-to-back weekends. Competing at the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo. on Feb. 8, the Whistler-based skier topped the modified superpipe final, scoring an 85.00 to best fellow Canadian Rachael Karker, who placed second with an 83.00.…

Celebrate the season—and Olympics—at the Cypress Point Winter Carnival

Catch all the arts, sports, music, and food at The Point Artist-Run Centre on Sunday, Feb. 16

Over the last seven years, the Cypress Point Winter Carnival has seen every type of winter weather. “We’ve had everything from totally open water [on Alta Lake] with a polar bear swim to three feet of ice,” says Stephen Vogler, artistic director at The Point Artist-Run Centre, which organizes the festival.…

Parasite: A distinctly South Korean film with global resonance

On Sunday, the South Korean thriller Parasite made history as the first foreign-language film to take home Best Picture honours in the Oscars’ 92-year existence—and deservedly so.
The film is clever without being pretentious, engrossing without losing its savage sense of humour, and contains the kind of striking visuals that director Bong Joon Ho has become known for.…

Ask Whistler is here to answer all your burning questions

Tourism Whistler launches new live chat service

Where’s a good place to get pizza in Whistler? How do I access the Peak 2 Peak?…

Ski movies and black icons

From the early days of the artform, cinema has always had a boner for skiing. In 1910, French actor Max Linder starred in Max Goes Skiing, a flick where, much like Snakes on a Plane, the title is the plot.…

Whistlerite blasts GoFundMe after administrative snafu

Campaign for Australian wildfire relief resurrected after more than $26,000 disappeared from the page

A high-profile Whistler fundraiserfor Australian wildfire relief hit a major stumbling block because of an administrative issue with GoFundMe, a popular crowdsourcing tool that was being used to collect donations. As of Feb. 5, a local group had raised $26,401 for Wildfire Victoria thanks in large part to a silent auction that was held at the GLC in January.…

Work and fun collide for Patrick Gavigan

Vancouver musician plays the Mallard Lounge on Saturday, Feb. 15

Patrick Gavigan’s day job is playing music. His after-hours passion project?…

Sea to Sky Nordics skiers win in Prince George

Pochay-McBain, Lowe snag BC Cup gold

Sea to Sky Nordics sent just two athletes to a recent BC Cup cross-country event in Prince George, and the duo came home with quite the haul. Competing in the U16 division, 2005-birthyear Marin Lowe won the 2×3.75-kilometre classic mass start, while winning her age group, finishing fourth overall, in the 800-metre sprint heats.…

Pemberton school tackles the weird and wacky world of Wonka

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory runs at the Maury Young Arts Centre on Feb. 14, 15, 21, and 22

Pemberton Secondary School drama teacher Renata Zablotney goes through the same cycle when she’s deciding which production her class will put on. She ruminates on a few ideas, but is careful not to get too attached to any because when she sits down with the students, they usually inspire the choice.…

New art exhibits abound

Arts news: Anonymous Art Show seeks artists; kids get crafty every Thursday

Looking to spice up those rainy, deep winter days with a little art? Well, you’re in luck because new solo art exhibits abound in Whistler this month.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of February 13

Your Olympic legacy venues say “thank you!” This February and March, our whole region commemorates the anniversary of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2010.…

Valentines in a leap year

In case you hadn’t noticed, 2020 is a leap year. Oh yeah, baby, one extra day to celebrate in the shortest month of the year.…

Whistler Village fire sparks déjà vu

Purebread, other businesses hit with water damage

A fire at the Tyndall Stone Lodge building in Whistler Village on the morning of Monday, Feb. 10 brought back some unsettling memories for Purebread owner Mark Lamming—more specifically, memories of a fire in the exact same building in 2013. That blaze nearly seven years ago kept the bakery out of operation for a year.…

Ride hailing officially arrives in Whistler

Whistle! app available for download; no timeline for uber or lyft

NEarly a decade after the first Uber ride in San Francisco in 2011, ride hailing has officially arrived in Whistler. Whistle!—the first ride-hailing company to be approved in B.C.—began accepting rides in the resort on Monday, Feb. 10.…