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Letters to the Editor for the week of December 26

Action needed on speedy drivers in Cheakamus Crossing I am writing to voice a shared concern amongst Cheakamus Crossing residents surrounding vehicle speed and pedestrian safety.…

Free will astrology for the week of December 26

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark during the Second World War. In 1943, Hitler ordered all Danish Jews to be arrested—a first step in his plan to send them to concentration camps.…

Have ‘your treat, your way’ at Creekside gelato and smoothie bar, Confetti

Shop is one of several new food and beverage concepts coming to neighbourhood

As part of Capital Zed Creekside Concepts, Kaori Zage and her husband have made it their mission to rejuvenate the long-sleepy neighbourhood with a flurry of new and unique culinary and retail concepts. That includes the latest addition to Creekside, Confetti, a gelato and smoothie bar that is all about customization.…

Pemberton Secondary School takes a pledge

School project aims to reduce instances of lateral violence

The high school experience is different for everyone. While some refer to it as the best years of their lives, others can’t wait to be done with it, enduring bullying at the hands of others—who are often suffering with their own internal struggles.…

Not business as usual in the Whistler backcountry, say experts

Low snowpack and ‘persistent slab’ cause for concern; Avalanche Canada issues warning for sea to sky

Experts are warning that an unusual, early-season snowfall pattern has created an unstable snow base that is uncommon for the Coast Mountain range—and particularly hazardous. The problem stems from a melt-freeze crust that formed on the developing snowpack in mid-November.…

How the world celebrates Christmas

In most Christian countries, Christmas is the most special time of the year. Though the most important ingredients of Christmas across the world are the same—festive cheer, family time and delicious food—each country has its own special way of celebrating this magical festival…

This just in from the North Pole…

It was a message that startled much of the world. A slim but stark press release from the North Pole: “Santa Inc.—as it turns out a subsidiary of the hedge fund Frozen Assets LLC—has threatened to cancel Christmas unless an immediate bailout can be arranged no later than… what part of immediately do you not understand?”…

Diking district looking to remove 60,000 cubc metres from Lillooet River in 2020

Pemberton diking district asking companies to bid on project, but has yet to secure provincial funds and permits

The Pemberton Valley Diking District (PVDD) is seeking a contractor to carry out its 2020 Lillooet River sediment removal plans. The aim is to remove a total of 60,000 cubic metres of sediment from five river bar locations in the Lillooet River: the Voyageur, Beem, Belkin, Big Sky and Airport bars.…

Feds won’t let resistant premiers scuttle municipal handgun bans: PM

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won’t let resistance from unwilling premiers scuttle the plans of municipalities that want to ban handguns. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau also defended his government’s intention to allow handgun prohibition on a city-by-city basis rather than enacting a sweeping federal ban.…

Going Home For Christmas

On Dec. 24, 1979, the prognosis on the children’s ward at Silver Banks Hospital (SBH) would have been that Christmas was on steroids.…

Cook to open own restaurant after winning lottery

Vinh Tran will soon be his own boss after matching all ten numbersto win the November 23, 2019 Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed $1 million prize. Tran, who currently works as a cook, said he won’t waste any time opening up his own Vietnamese restaurant, a dream he’s long had.…

6.0 magnitude: 4th earthquake strikes off the coast of B.C.

There were 6.0, 5.7, and a 5.2 magnitude earthquakes earlier today

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck off the coast B.C., which makes it the fourth major earthquake to strike near Vancouver Island today. The agency notes that the second earthquake was 10 km in depth and was located 163 km west of Port Hardy on Vancouver Island.…

Avalanche Canada issues Special Public Avalanche Warning for Sea to Sky

Warning applies to mountain ranges in Southern B.C., Alberta

“A persistent weak layer within the snowpack” has prompted Avalanche Canada, in conjunction with Parks Canada and Alberta’s Kananaskis Country, to issue a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational users of backcountry and front-country avalanche terrain throughout Southern B.C. and Western Alberta, including the Sea to Sky corridor. While Whistlerites were singing the praises of a recent storm that dumped tens of centimetres of eagerly-awaited snow across the resort—and the rest of Western Canada—that snow is now sitting “precariously” on the aforementioned weak layer.…

Two Whistler Freeride Club athletes qualify for Junior Worlds

Leif Gascoigne and Ryder Bulfone will head to Austria next month

Two Whistler Freeride Club athletes will take on the world in Austria next month. Leif Gascoigne and Ryder Bulfone were confirmed by the Freeride World Tour earlier this month as two of Canada’s entries into the ski men’s category in the Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) in January.…

Canada’s first interdenominational chapel

Whistler has had some pretty memorable buildings constructed in the valley, but few are as instantly recognizable as the Whistler Skiers’ Chapel. This iconic structure stood in various locations in Creekside for decades and, based on the responses we get to any photograph of the chapel, holds poignant memories for many residents and visitors, past and present.…