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The friends you make in a mountain town

“It’ll be so easy to make friends—it’s such a transient town; everyone’s in the same boat.” That’s the phrase I kept hearing over and over when I decided to move to Whistler.…

Whistler Adventure School: An education beyond the traditional post-secondary path

Function Junction school offers hands-on learning in a number of resort sectors

Adam Kubis didn’t feel himself. He had had enough of his day job as an electrical engineer, fixing complex cranes and dealing with disgruntled customers.…

The Grill Room named one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants by OpenTable diners

Diner reviews mentioning plant-based foods have increased 136% since 2017

The Grill Room, Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s four-diamond-rated steakhouse, has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants based on diner reviews from online restaurant-reservation service OpenTable. Generated from diner reviews collected between Oct. 1, 2018 and Sept. 30, 2019, the list, which is ordered alphabetically, includes nine B.C. restaurants—but only one from Whistler.…

Whistler’s Thompson tops at Montafon, Arosa

Ski-cross racer on a roll on World Cup tour

In the span of four days, Marielle Thompson topped her FIS World Cup win total from 2018-19. The 27-year-old Whistler ski-cross racer recorded back-to-back wins during the strenuous early-season Cross-Alps Tour challenge, emerging victorious in Montafon, Austria on Dec. 14 before topping the night race in Arosa, Switzerland on Dec. 17.…

Mark Woodyard brings upbeat, live-looping show to the GLC

Fresh off Lazy Syrup Orchestra tour, catch solo act and DJ set on Dec. 19

It didn’t take all that much encouragement for Mark Woodyard to take the leap and quit his day job. After playing a gig on New Year’s Eve 2014, he ran into a friend, the graphic artist Ola Volo.…

Architect of Whistler Village publishes new book

Edges: Mountains, Forests, Creeks by Eldon Beck available at Armchair Books

The landscape architect behind Whistler Village has always been fascinated by edges. “Life is richer at the edges—sunlight meets shadow, meadow meets forest, sidewalks meet storefronts, people meet people and people meet nature.”…

Solid waste tipping fees set to go up again at Whistler’s transfer station

Council briefs: Five-Year Financial Plan bylaw, 2019 budget amendment given first readings

Solid waste tipping fees are set to go up again at the Waste Transfer Station after council gave first three readings to a related bylaw amendment at the Dec. 17 council meeting. Under the new bylaw, the fee for landfill waste will rise to $170 (from $155) to match the fees charged at the Squamish landfill; fees for loads with more than 25-per-cent contamination will rise to $375 a tonne (from $325); fees for biosolids will rise to $150/tonne (from $140); fees for clean, unchipped wood waste will rise to $80/tonne (from $30); fees for dirty wood waste will rise to $135/tonne (from $80); and fees for bulky items like furniture will go up to $170/tonne (from $155).…

Ride hailing is coming to Whistler

Green Coast Ventures aims to get Uber-like service operating early in the new year

Whistler could have a ride-hailing service early in the new year, with the province giving the green light to a Tofino-based company to set up shop in the resort. Dylan Green of Green Coast Ventures said he was surprised to receive an email on Monday, Dec. 16, telling him that his company was the first ride-hailing company to be approved to set up shop in B.C.…

Municipality seeks to calm fears over lead-in-water investigation

Water conditioning report expected in the new year; residents reminded to flush their taps

The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is under fire for not taking steps to address its corrosive water following an investigative report by Star Vancouver, Global News and the University of British Columbia, which found that some homes had lead in their drinking water. But Mayor Jack Crompton defended the municipality, saying that even given the results of the investigation, council won’t deviate from its focus on making evidence-based decisions when it comes to drinking water.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of November 19

If we can do it, so can you I just read your recent column (“Snow joke,” Dec 12, www.piquenewsmagazine.com) about taking a closer look at consumption habits and the connection to climate change.…

If not a waterpark, then what?

I know I am probably the only person in Whistler who was in favour of the Renaissance-plan waterpark that Whistler Blackcomb (WB) proposed in the spring of 2016. Pitched as a year-round, weather independent activity centre, it was part of a then proposed $345-million development by WB as it moved ever closer to an all-season resort.…

Free will astrology for the week of December 19

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
The English word “hubris” means prideful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss Julius Caesar, “I’m glad you’re so confident.…

My Santa wish list …

Dear Santa: Oh man, where did the time go.…

‘Accountability achieved’ in SNC-Lavalin affair, Wilson-Raybould says

OTTAWA — Jody Wilson-Raybould says the justice system has done its work, the rule of law is being upheld and it is time for SNC-Lavalin to look to its future. In a series of tweets, the former Liberal cabinet minister at the centre of the SNC-Lavalin affair said accountability was ultimately achieved by the court settlement unveiled Wednesday.…

Car2go car share service pulling out of Vancouver, North America

As of July 2019, Car2go had been the world’s largest car share operator

A major player in the global car sharing service, Share Now, formerly known as Car2go has just announced they will be ceasing operations across North America in the new year. Share Now will exit the North American market and cease operations in London, Brussels and Florence, effective Feb. 29.…