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Whisk away to Whistler: Insider’s guide to North America’s biggest ski resort – Celebs

celebs.hellonews.site – Less than 12 hours before my New York departure for Whistler, my Wall St. banker ski buddy called me with a crisis. ‘I’m so sorry Sean but Venezuela is going down the tubes. The bank needs me to stic…

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Whistler’s best-kept secret? Visit in fall.

hellobc.com – Whistler throws one of the largest celebrations of food and drink in Western Canada every fall. Cornucopia is an 11-day marathon of libations, dining, and celebrating in the mountains come early Nove…

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Ticket and Pass Sales Agent – Part Time – Winter Seasonal, Whistler | Job Offers in Canada

canada.jobrat.net – Ticket and Pass Sales Agent – Part Time – Winter Seasonal, Whistler Whistler Blackcomb?s Mission Statement is ?Experience of a Lifetime? Love what you do! Because that?s what we?re all about. The Whi…

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40 Hours in Boston

What to see and do

Forty hours before boarding a ship in Gloucester, Mass. for a New England cruse, my husband and I flew into Boston’s Logan airport. Travellers visiting Boston pre-cruise, post-cruise or for only a day can select from a plethora of fun attractions.…

Snow tire requirement kicks in on Tuesday

Winter tires required for all personal vehicles driving in the Sea to Sky corridor, beginning Oct. 1

Winter is coming—and so are the reminders to check your tires. Whistler and Pemberton RCMP remind motorists that beginning next Tuesday, Oct. 1, winter tires will once again be required for all personal vehicles driving in the Sea to Sky corridor.…

Whistler brothers attend NHL training camps

Goalie Beck skated with Capitals, defenceman Will with Canucks

Whistler’s Warm brothers got the opportunity to skate alongside some of the world’s best hockey players earlier this month. Each twin received an invite to an NHL club’s main camp: goalie Beck with the Washington Capitals and defenceman Will with the Vancouver Canucks.…

Sweaty clothes and urine leading to human-goat conflict in Cathedral Provincial Park

Local goat population staying away from human sources of salt so far

At home in rugged mountain terrain, B.C. boasts more than half of the world’s mountain goat populations. In Cathedral Provincial Park, located southwest of Keremeos along the Canada-U.S. border, the animals are increasingly coming into conflict with humans over something found on most kitchen tables: salt.…

Whistler Learning Centre’s new courses tailored to needs of local workforce

Whistler Learning Centre offers part-time courses aimed at developing, retaining staff

Until recently, if you were a Whistlerite looking to pursue post-secondary education, you essentially had one of two options: Distance learning or leaving the community. In a transient town powered by seasonal workers, those options aren’t always viable.…

Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier speaks at UN sustainability forum

Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario urged the global community to respect the sacredness and importance of clean water.…

Hiker rescued from BCMC Trail after injuring hip

Emergency crews were summoned to the BCMC Trail late Friday afternoon after a hiker took a fall and was unable to complete the trek. District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and Metro Vancouver Park Rangers responded to a call at approximately 4:10 p.m. that a woman in her 70s had fallen around the halfway marker of the BCMC Trail, located just east of the Grouse Grind, and injured her hip.…

UBCM passes climate resolutions as thousands take to streets

Victoria mayor describes dealing with climate change as ‘non-partisan’

As they paid homage to the thousands of people gathering in Vancouver’s streets for the Sept. 27 climate strike in Vancouver, Union of B.C. Municipalities delegates passed multiple climate-protection resolutions Sept. 26, issues Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps described as “non-partisan.” Indeed, Premier John Horgan, in his closing address paid tribute to those marching in the streets – many of them youthful.…

Sexual assault clinics need assured funding: UBCM

Clinics relying on grants, fundraising to provide health care

Sexual assault clinics in B.C. need assured provincial funding to provide immediate assistance to both men and women and to allow forensic evidence-gathering, the Union of B.C. Municipalities voted Sept. 26. A resolution from Saanich council said sexual assault rates have continued to rise and that indigenous women and girls are between 12 and 16 times more likely to experience violence than non-indigenous women.…

Doppelgangers

On a warm, sunny autumn day enlivened by a stiff wind, I cast a rubber lure into a weedy bay. As I reel in, letting the lure falter here and there as a real-life wounded minnow might, I feel the heavy tug of a big fish and it’s game on.…

Whistler downhiller Ertel overcomes injuries for strong season

Whistler rider sustained numerous injuries, but still found success

The summer of 2019 was Amy Ertel’s first season racing downhill full time, but you wouldn’t know it. Despite battling through a gauntlet of injuries, the Whistler rider enjoyed a strong campaign on the BC Cup circuit and qualified to attend the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Ste-Anne, Que.…

Whistler author’s third novel stirs a longing for home

Book Review: Finding Callidora by Stella Leventoyannis Harvey

It’s your castle, your plot of land. It’s where you hang your hat.…