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Halloween in Whistler: Pick Your Poison | The Whistler Insider

whistler.com – Halloween has always been a special holiday in Whistler. Partly because of when it occurs — post-bike season, pre-ski season, and often right smack dab in the middle of torrential rain season. In the…

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Independently Awesome: Whistler for Solo Travellers | The Whistler Insider

whistler.com – Whistler welcomes the world – especially if it swings into town solo. From outdoor challenges and cultural connections to quiet contemplations, it’s just the place for the independent traveller with …

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What’s a Wapiti’s Whistler Worth? | Elk Network

elknetwork.com – Buglers. Whistlers. Ivories. Call them what you will, but the two upper canine teeth in an elk were historically worth more than a nice set of antlers. Those teeth, remnants of what were 3-inch-long …

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5 Things You Should Be Packing For A Winter Trip To Whistler

blog.nitalakelodge.com – When it comes to packing for a winter trip to Whistler, there are so many questions to consider: How cold does it get in Whistler? Should I bring waterproof clothing? Is there something that I’m forg…

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Just Rub To Fix Rips In This Jacket!

techmash.co.uk – Our specially-made HiloTech Self-Healing Material uses the friction and heat produced by rubbing your fingers over the material to repair small punctures in seconds. No joke: you can bring your Whist…

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Snow Expectations

Recently Whistler Blackcomb announced the first snowfall of the season on the mountains and it has many thinking about what the winter will look like this season. Snow is always a major topic of conversation, as we can see by looking back on previous years.…

Travels with Neegik

Before Neegik sailed across the Prairies, tacking west against a 40-knot wind. Before it suffered the indulgences of a venerate attempting to reclaim his youth.…

Whistler program aimed at supporting new mothers is poised for growth

Whistler Community Services Society looks to expand program to nine sessions a year

Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) is seeking to grow a program aimed at new mothers, citing the high demand for it. Birth, Baby and Beyond sees parents meet weekly over an eight-week period to discuss their experiences in a welcoming, non-judgmental group environment.…

Mountain-biking legend Jordie Lunn pushed the envelope

Lunn died Oct.9 while trail riding in Mexico

Mountain biker and freerider Jordie Lunn was a passionate rider who was always pushing himself and the sport to new limits. Lunn died Wednesday, Oct 9 while trail riding with friends in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, said a statement his family made to online biking magazine Pink Bike.…

Sea-to-Sky candidates pitch affordability at meeting on Sunshine Coast for voters under 40

More childcare and supported housing discussed

Childcare, beer and downtempo music signalled a focus on young people at the all-candidates forum held at Roberts Creek Hall and organized by Voice Lab for voters under 40 casting their ballots in the Oct. 21 federal election. Affordable living emerged as a dominant theme at the event, and out of the gate, candidates baked the issue into their opening statements, save for Gordon Jeffrey, running for the Rhinoceros Party, who used his time to castigate the major parties: “Red, blue, orange-it’s all brown, flush it down.”…

VIDEO: Here’s what happened at Whistler’s all candidates meeting

The full recording from Wednesday night’s event

On Wednesday, each of the seven candidates running to represent the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country riding gathered at Whistler’s Maury Young Arts Centre for an All Candidates Meeting ahead of the Federal Election on October 21. Missed the meeting?…

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club tackles tough topics

Author Megan Gail Coles to take part in Whistler Writers Festival on Oct. 19

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club packs an intersectional wallop. Not even 20 pages and two characters in, and author Megan Gail Coles has tackled racism, identity, poverty, sexism, the marginalization of Indigenous people, family, alcoholism and revenge. …

Nestle, Tim Hortons rank in top five plastic polluters in Canada

This year, 39% of the pollution belonged to the top five polluters, with Nestlé accounting for roughly 12% of the branded plastic while Tim Hortons accounted for about 11%

Greenpeace Canada has released its annual list of the top five plastics polluters, and Tim Hortons and NestlŽ ranked in the top two spots for the second year in a row. The environmental organization identified 240 companies in the 2019 branded plastic pollution audit.…

Mount Currie horseback archers earn silver in Korea

Sports briefs: Sliding Centre open for public slides

The Borsos Torzs Horseback Archery Club brought some hardware back to Mount Currie after the World Martial Arts Masterships in Chungju, South Korea last month. The foursome of Whistler’s Robert Borsos, Mount Currie’s Alvin Nelson, Maple Ridge’s Zoltan Csontos and newcomer Audrey Ann Meloche of Montreal teamed up to take silver in the serial shot competition.…

On October 21, vote for climate solutions!

Politicians are finally talking about climate change. How could they not?…