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Don’t forget: Daylight saving time ends this weekend in B.C.

Starting this Sunday, early risers in Vancouver will get to enjoy a few extra rays at the start of their day. Daylight saving time began in Vancouver on Sunday, March 10 at 3 a.m.…

Bridge being replaced at the south entrance to Lillooet

Whistler drivers can expect delays heading north during the construction of the $11.9-million bridge

If you travel north along Duffey Lake, some changes are underway that may cause delays. Work has begun to replace the single-lane Lillooet Station Bridge with a new two-lane structure, at the south entrance to the Village of Lillooet.…

Woodfibre LNG seeks option to house workers in ‘floatel’ in Squamish

BC Environmental Assessment Office will provide a 30-day public comment period as part of its review of the amendment

WORKERS FOR THE Woodfibre LNG project may be housed in a floatel, rather than a land-based work camp. It would be located at the south end of the site.…

Metro Vancouver bus drivers deliver 72-hour strike notice

For the first time in 18 years, the union representing Metro Vancouver bus drivers has served Coast Mountain Bus Company with a 72-hour strike notice. Unifor, which represents over 5,000 bus drivers, Seabus operators and transit maintenance workers, said the notice was served after the transit company failed to address workers’ concerns about wages, working conditions and benefits during the latest round of negotiations.…

Oktoberfest a success

Letters to the Editor for the week of Oct. 24

The Pemberton and District Public Library Board would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who made our second annual Oktoberfest a great success. The evening was made possible through the generosity of our production partners: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, Event Rental Works, RONA, and Pemberton Valley Supermarket and Coast Mountain Accounting.…

Hard work appreciated

Letters to the Editor for the week of Oct. 24

As a long-time homeowner in White Gold, I would like to thank Ed Robinson (project supervisor) and his crew from CME for their recent water main replacement work. Even though it was a very noisy and dusty operation for a long time, I have only praise for their politeness, consideration and willingness to answer questions.…

Whistler Chamber urges local businesses, staff to participate in comprehensive B.C. business survey

Results will be used to lobby government on resort’s behalf

The Whistler Chamber of Commerce is urging local businesses and their staff to participate in a B.C.-wide business survey that the organization intends to use to lobby government officials on the resort’s behalf. The local chamber has partnered with the BC Chamber of Commerce on its annual Collective Perspective Survey, the province’s largest and most comprehensive business survey.…

Pat Carleton—Whistler’s first mayor

Pat Carleton became Whistler’s first mayor in 1975 and served four terms until 1982. Born in Langley, B.C. in 1920, Carleton was not a career politician.…

Colorado man dies on Whistler mountain biking trail

Fifty-four-year-old suffered cardiac arrest on Comfortably Numb trail

A Colorado man died on a popular mountain bike trail near Wedgemount on Sunday, Oct. 27, police have confirmed. At about 3:30 p.m., Whistler RCMP, alongside Whistler Search and Rescue (WSAR) and Emergency Health Services, responded to a call of a male suffering cardiac arrest on the Comfortably Numb trail, near the Wedgemount Forest Service Road.…

Man dies after falling into Capilano River in North Vancouver

A man in his 30s has died after being swept into the Capilano River on Sunday afternoon. Four friends were fishing near Cable Pool on the Capilano when one of the men tried to cross the river, according to the RCMP.…

Poisonous porcupine fish arrives on Island shores—a B.C. first

Gavin Hanke reaches a gloved hand into the formaldehyde tank at the Royal British Columbia Museum very, very carefully. What emerges is a B.C. first — a poisonous spotted porcupine fish discovered on a beach near Jordan River on the west coast of Vancouver Island on Oct. 5.The spotted porcupine — a type of pufferfish — is almost 25 centimetres long.…

Recognizing unceded territory

Letters to the Editor for the week of Oct. 24

In the Oct. 17 issue of the Pique, there were two back-to-back articles regarding Joffre Lakes Park and the Nlháxten / Cerise Creek Conservancy. Both articles failed to mention that these places are within the unceded territory of the Lil’wat Nation.…

Sea to Sky gets on-the-ground funding to address opioid crisis

Squamish-based Community Action Team to explore strategies

communities in the Sea to Sky are getting some additional assistance to deal with the opioid crisis. The corridor is now home to one of 16 new Community Action Teams (CAT) throughout the province tasked with providing support for those at risk of overdose.…

[Serious] What is the creepiest thing that has ever ACTUALLY happened to you?

reddit.com – I’ve been waiting a long time to tell Reddit the full story of The Whistler. This story requires many details, but it is unexplainable, creepy, and 100% true. I also have video evidence. When I was a…

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Tickets and passes

whistler.ca – Lost Lake Nordic Trails are now closed for the 2018/2019 season. Already looking forward to next season? Lost Lake Nordic Trails 2019/20 Early Bird passes are on sale now until November 3, 2019. Earl…

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