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Whistler RCMP warns residents following mailbox break-ins last month

Police are trying to identify the culprits as well as what items were stolen

Whistler police are warning residents that their mail may have been stolen after several communal mailboxes were broken into last month. On Oct. 16, Whistler RCMP was notified of the thefts from mailboxes in the areas of Old Gravel Road, Stonebridge Drive and Brandywine Way.…

Manuel Osborne-Paradis launching comeback after last year’s gruesome leg injury

Whistler Mountain Ski Club alum predicts he’ll be back on the snow sometime this winter

TORONTO — Between the titanium plates and the 13 screws assembled in a mish-mash array of angles, his X-ray looks like a pile of Pick-Up Sticks. It’s almost a year ago to the day that Manuel Osborne-Paradis crashed at Lake Louise, Alta., in his first training run for his opening race of the World Cup ski season.…

Squamish Nation aims to bring 1,000 members home

Less than half of Squamish Nation’s population currently lives on reserve land

The Squamish Nation is on its way to bringing home perhaps 1,000 of its members who have been unable to live on their North Shore and Squamish Valley reserve lands. The nation’s council has formed a non-profit housing society with a mandate to build below-market rental units on undeveloped reserve lands for Squamish Nation members currently caught in the housing affordability crisis.…

Squamish firefighter faces child pornography charges

Court records show 43-year-old John Taavo Martin will appear in court November 2019

A Squamish firefighter named John Taavo Martin has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography, court records show. In a press release issued on Nov. 5, RCMP said Squamish officers and the Provincial Integrated Child Exploitation Unit worked together to execute a search warrant that led to the arrest of a male for alleged child pornography related offences.…

Product seized from two Squamish cannabis dispensaries

Enforcement action taken on 99 North and Grassroots Medicinal Tuesday afternoon

The province is currently taking “enforcement action” at two dispensaries in Squamish—99 North and Grassroots Medicinal. The RCMP are currently on the scene at these locations.…

Whistler Film Festival announces lineup

Festival marks 19th year from Dec. 4 to 8

The Whistler Film Festival has unveiled the films screening as part of its 19th edition from Dec. 4 to 8. Organizers received over 800 submissions this year and whittled it down to 86 offerings, including 43 features and 43 shorts from 15 counties.…

Clear and unequivocal: Thousands of scientists sign letter on climate crisis

409 scientists from Canada sign letter

An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe’s emerging climate crisis. Published Tuesday in the journal BioScience, the letter includes 11,258 signatures from 153 countries-including 409 from Canada.…

Is your kombucha really non-alcoholic? Burnaby study looking into it

Researchers at BCIT in Burnaby are testing hundreds of kombucha samples to see if they are really the non-alcoholic beverages they’re labelled and marketed as. Kombucha, a fermented beverage made from sweetening black or green tea and then adding a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast, is typically sold as a non-alcoholic beverage, meaning alcohol content should be below 1.1 per cent alcohol by volume (ABV) in Canada.…

California-like wildfire likelihood low for B.C.: BC Hydro

Plans ready to power down electricity system, avoid risks

B.C.’s chances of experiencing wildfires and electricity infrastructure damages are lower than California’s due to climatic and geographic differences, BC Hydro says. The state has been devastated with fires that swept through productive farmland, burned expensive Los Angeles residences, closed freeways and threatened the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.…

Freestylers seek support for season

Anders and Chase Ujejski and Nick Suchy hosting fundraiser on Nov. 8

Anders and Chase Ujejski thought they were prepared to take a bit of a step back from freestyle skiing as they looked to move into their post-secondary academic careers. The Whistler twins had enrolled at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business and were ready to delve into the next stage of their lives.…

Making enduro safer

Though injury rates are relatively low, Enduro World Series study has recommendations to drop them further

A study commissioned by the Enduro World Series (EWS) earlier this summer found that enduro has fewer injuries than comparable mountain bike sports such as cross-country. One part of the study followed more than 2,000 riders from 46 countries across 10 EWS events, while the second part used submitted data from nearly 2,000 riders from 60 countries in an attempt to discern injury trends.…

Whistler Transit System to expand as winter closes in

Early-winter service kicks off Nov. 16, full winter service begins Dec. 7

As Whistler Blackcomb prepares to open for another season of riding, Whistler transit is expanding its service to ensure you’ll always have a ride to the lift. Whistler’s early-winter transit schedule kicks in on Saturday, Nov. 16 with the seasonal return of the free route 4 Marketplace shuttle and additional service on other local routes.…

Canada-wide vegetable recall

Forty products have possible listeria contamination

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a food recall of various fresh-cut vegetable products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. A vegetable recall was first issued on Nov.1, which was updated on Nov. 3 to include additional product information.…

Village of Pemberton council preview for Tuesday, Nov. 5

First look: Sunstone Ridge public hearing; Pemberton Airport development policy; third quarter updates

Here’s a quick look at what you can expect at the Tuesday, Nov. 5 Village of Pemberton (VOP) regular council meeting. The meeting kicks off at 5:30 p.m. at Council Chambers (7400 Prospect Street).…

Ride-hailing’s rough road ahead in B.C.

Riders likely facing long waits, higher-than-expected prices, say ride-hailing companies

Ride-hailing companies are cautioning British Columbians not to expect an experience on par with that of other cities across the globe when these long-awaited transportation services arrive. Photo iStock…