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Powerful winds force BC Ferries to cancel more sailings

BC Ferries has been forced to cancel several Saturday sailings due to adverse weather conditions and high winds which could reach 90km/h

BC Ferries has been forced to cancel several Saturday sailings due to adverse weather conditions and high winds which could reach 90km/h.Sailings have been cancelled between Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay, Tsawwassen to Duke Point and Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay. Environment Canada has forecast a second bout of powerful winds Saturday morning in Vancouver after a windstorm wreaked havoc in the Lower Mainland Friday.…

Royal excitement puts spotlight on Saanich Peninsula

International attention has been focused on the Saanich Peninsula since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided to stay in a multimillion-dollar estate there, highlighting the area’s natural beauty — along with its restaurants and real estate. Photos of the luxury waterfront home used by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been published by international media, and stories have been done on high-end properties for sale in case the family chooses to move to B.C.…

Squamish guide to attempt—and film—summit of world’s third-highest mountain

John Gill will focus on his sherpa’s return to Kanchenjunga, in ‘Friends in High Places’

In Squamish, it isn’t unheard of for residents to head off on challenging adventures, such as climbing Mount Everest. It also isn’t uncommon for locals to be fundraising to produce a documentary.…

Whistler goalie dealt to Edmonton at deadline

Warm wins first game with new club

Whistler goalie Beck Warm is starting the new year with a new look. The 20-year-old, who had been with the Western Hockey League’s Tri-City Americans since 2016-17, was dealt to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Jan. 1.…

Getting grateful in 2020

I just asked my Pique coworkers if I should write about my brand-new gratitude journal in this space this week. Their response was an enthusiastic and unanimous, “No.”…

The sleepy season

With this New Year’s simultaneous shift to a new decade, I was reminded of a similar rollover some years ago. While most people I knew headed to a sun destination, a crew of my post-hippie university friends and I rang in 1980 at my family cottage in central Ontario.…

Investing 101

Whistler Secondary School investment club well represented in nationwide competition

talking with a friend last summer, Whistler Secondary School (WSS) student Ben Hepditch noted how young people—himself included—tended to spend their hard-earned cash on things like shoes or expensive clothing when it could be put to better use. But where is a young person to start?…

War is stupid (but it makes good movies)

By Feet Banks So the Download of the Week is Wag the Dog, a 1997 flick about a douchey American president facing scandal who fabricates a war to draw attention away from his real crimes.…

Whistler’s parking and licensing revenue up, permit revenue down in third quarter

Q3 financial report presented to council

while whistler’s parking and licensing fee revenue was up in the third quarter of the 2019 fiscal year (to the tune of $270,000), both were negated by a larger decrease in permit revenue.…

Squamish hopes to take on vehicle emissions in carbon reduction plan

Vehicles responsible for over 50% of town’s carbon footprint, according to District figures

As vehicles account for just over half the town’s emissions, cutting transportation-related carbon emissions is going to be a priority for Squamish’s climate action plan. On Jan. 7, District staff presented council with an update on the community’s plan to cut its carbon emissions, which included statistics on how much and where carbon emissions in town are coming from.…

Untangling the web

Charting the many implications of the rise of DNA home testing kits

Where are you from? This is a question people ask each other fairly often in the Sea to Sky corridor.…

Canadian team to head to Australia next week to help rescue animals

The thought of suffering animals spurred Brad Pattison of Kelowna, B.C., to organize a group of volunteers from across Canada to fly to Australia to help creatures trapped and fleeing from wildfires. Pattison, a dog trainer and former host of the TV reality show “At the End of My Leash,” will team up with volunteers from Calgary and Kitchener, Ont. to work with local animal rescue agencies.…

WSS Art Show puts student work on display

Annual exhibit runs now until Jan. 21 at The Gallery

Grade 12 student Bella had to scramble to get a second painting done in time for the Whistler Secondary School Art Show—but it was worth the rush. “I just finished it yesterday,” she says on the day the group of students and their teacher, Brenda Norrie, are set to install the annual show at The Gallery at the Maury Young Arts Centre (Whistler Secondary School is not releasing the surnames of the students involved in the art show).…

Sea to Sky Bears top tournaments with help from Whistler, Pemberton players

Sports briefs: St-Germain 11th in Zagreb; Freeride Club hosts regional

The Sea to Sky Bears hockey club started out 2020 with a pair of tournament wins in the decade’s first weekend. Firstly, the bantam squad pulled off a stunning comeback in the finals of the Battle of the Bastion tournament in Nanaimo.…

Praying for snow? Pray for rain

It started last week with a morning coffee and social media scroll. New Year’s celebrations were done and dusted and it was time to get on with 2020, beginning with a short, indulgent look at what’s going on in the Facebook world.…