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Squamish enduro rider earns second in Zermatt

Sea to Sky rider takes new personal best on Enduro World Series circuit

When Kasper Woolley has been on an Enduro World Series course so far in 2019, he’s been a threat. In his fourth completed race of the year, on Sept. 21 in Zermatt, Switzerland, the Squamish resident and Whistler regular took his third podium and best-ever finish with a second-place showing.…

Feel the Wild looks at a decade of outdoor adventure

Photographer Daniel Fox to make book tour stop in Whistler on Oct. 9

Daniel Fox’s career trajectory is an inspirational story tailor-made for the Sea to Sky corridor. The Vancouver photographer (by way of Quebec) was working an office job in New York City when he decided he’d had enough of an unfulfilling career.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 26

Speaking truth, fostering reconciliation On behalf of the Arts Whistler team, thanks to everyone who attended a performance of útszan last week.…

This election, vote with your conscience

The real Aladdin, if I can call a fictional character real, had both a magic ring and a magic lamp. The real Aladdin was not a character from one of the stories in the original, Arabic The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.…

Wilson to run for NDP in Sea to Sky

Lawyer, longtime New Democrat acclaimed as NDP candidate

The NDP has named its candidate ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election: lawyer Judith Wilson. Wilson is a longtime New Democrat and a current resident of the Langdale area who practices family law.…

Whistler’s labour resolution passes at federal chamber AGM

Local leaders weigh in on #elxn43 priorities

A resolution from the Whistler Chamber of Commerce concerning “minor modifications” to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was passed with 99-per-cent support at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting on Sept. 22 “In a nutshell, Canada’s new tourism sector strategy is called Creating Middle Class Jobs: A Federal Tourism Growth Strategy, and it sets out quite significant, ambitious targets for the country’s tourism sector itself,” said Whistler Chamber CEO Melissa Pace, pointing to targets in the strategy of $128 billion in revenue by 2025—an increase of 25 per cent and 54,000 new jobs from current levels.…

Whistler joins joint submission on reducing plastic

Zero Waste Committee terms of reference in the works

Though Whistler Councillor Arthur De Jong had hoped to see a single-use-plastic ban by the end of the summer, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is “not quite there yet.” With the provincial government calling for submissions on reducing plastics, the District of Squamish and the District of Tofino drafted a joint letter highlighting five requests: prioritization of reduction and reuse over recycling and disposal; clarification of local government authority; a “stepped” or phased approach to regulation; improvement of extended producer responsibility programs; and adequate consultation (the public has until Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. to submit comments of their own at cleanbc.gov.bc.ca/plastics).…

We can’t afford not to take action on the climate crisis

Tomorrow we are likely to see one of the biggest global protests ever in support of action on the climate crisis. Last Friday, Sept. 20, it is estimated that 4 million people—mostly youth—took to the streets in 150 countries, including Canada, to demand action on the crisis.…

Free will astrology for the week of September 26

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Comedian John Cleese speaks of two different modes toward which we humans gravitate. The closed style is tight, guarded, rigid, controlling, hierarchical, and tunnel-visioned.…

Calling all caregivers: Surveys launched on childcare in Whistler

Survey results; funding from Union of BC Municipalities and province will help Whistler create childcare action plan

Attention parents, caregivers and childcare providers: The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) wants to hear what you have to say about childcare. The RMOW has launched two surveys and is asking parents, caregivers and current and potential childcare providers to fill out a survey and share their childcare needs, experiences and insights, the municipality announced in a release on Wednesday, Sept. 25.…

‘We’re not going to ask’: Singh vows at Burnaby townhall to ‘impose’ lower cell bills

NDP leader held town hall in Burnaby South Tuesday

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh vowed to take on big telecom companies to “force” them to charge Canadians less on their cellphone bills. He made the promise at a town hall at the Burnaby Firefighters Banquet Hall Tuesday evening in front of some 200 supporters.…

Trudeau meets South Asians in B.C. and praises provincial NDP at rally

Liberal rally held in Surrey a week after Trudeau’s insulting blackface photos revealed by Time magazine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in B.C.’s largest South Asian community Tuesday evening, a week after revelations that he wore blackface numerous times prior to entering politics. In Surrey, outside the Aria Banquet Hall, Trudeau only spoke for seven minutes to a mostly Sikh audience of about 500 people.…

Ride-hailing operators could be required to take driver-training courses

Passenger Transportation Board considering 44 licence applications

In addition to criminal record checks for ride-hailing service drivers, the province will be able to order driver training where needed, Union of B.C. Municipalities annual conference delegates heard Sept. 24. “There are different needs in different parts of the province,” said Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure senior legislative director Jeremy Wood.…

Whistler Rhino candidate promises to break all his promises

Inside Gordon Jeffrey’s federal campaign for the parody party

Gordon Jeffrey is a typical 32-year-old Whistler resident. When he’s not working as a waiter he can be found skiing, biking, playing music or with his dog—but this candidate won’t be found door-knocking during his campaign for the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country Member of Parliament.…

Lower Mainland runners tops in Whistler Alpine Meadows 100-miler

Local runners had great showings across the race

At a certain point, you can only hope your preparation is enough. That’s how North Vancouver’s Marieve Legrand had to approach the Coast Mountain Trail Series’ Whistler Alpine Meadows race on Sept. 20 and 21.…