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UBCM to poll members on taking Chinese sponsorship money

Other revenue sources or restricting participation among considerations

The future of sponsorships – including a controversial People’s Republic of China reception – will be put to a poll Wednesday at this week’s meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM). The UBCM decided earlier this year to continue to take Chinese government money, but organizers have said they’re going to review how the annual convention is financed.…

Access to housing is a ‘human right’

LETTER: For the week of Sept. 19

Canada ratified Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which identifies housing as a fundamental human right. On the global stage, Canada has affirmed its commitment to protect the human rights of every person in every province.…

2019 RBC Gran Fondo Whistler – Survived it! — Warren Cartwright Photography

warrenc.ca – The race had a rough start, as some woman ahead of mean inexplicably stopped in the middle of the road, as we were all bunched up, just as we started moving! I barely got out of my clips to avoid a f…

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Cat Lake cleanup bags 454 beer cans, among other trash

Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans hit the popular Squamish recreation spot Sept. 21

Henry Wang and his Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans team collected 256.5 pounds of garbage over two days of diving at Cat Lake over the Sept. 21 weekend. The main culprits polluting the popular lake were 454 beer cans, 79 beer bottles — none of which can be recycled because they are too contaminated — 25 sunglasses and 45 balls, Wang told The Chief.…

Run like a chef

Whistler Blackcomb executive chef Wolfgang Sterr balances work demands and ultrarunning

It might be somewhat counterintuitive, but when Whistler Blackcomb (WB) executive chef and ultrarunner Wolfgang Sterr sought to increase his distance goals, one of the areas he struggled was figuring out his nutrition. It was the biggest learning curve Sterr faced as he made the jump from the 5 Peaks Trail Running Series and its 10-to-15-kilometre offerings to longer distances, starting at 25 km such as the Comfortably Numb and Rubble Creek Classic races.…

Elected officials set for UBCM

Housing, daycare, regional transit top Whistler’s priorities

Elected officials from across the province are set to meet for the annual Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver this week. While Whistler has not put forward any resolutions of its own, it will be a good chance for Whistler’s new council to get familiar with their provincial counterparts.…

Life of an unknown B.C. visual artist will change Monday with $100,000 Audain award

There’s a list of veteran British Columbian visual artists that is being poured over by a five-person committee for the Audain Prize for Visual Art. The committee doesn’t reveal who is on its list, or discuss the selection process, but on Monday night one of those artists will be $100,000 richer.…

Nardwuar celebrates Hall of Fame induction with free all-ages show

Legendary interviewer will be honoured at the Commadore Ballroom on Sunday, Sept. 29

A conversation with Nardwuar is like getting to chat with a historian of stuff nobody else bothers to dig into. A maestro of the extensively-researched interview, Nardwuar simultaneously dazzles, impresses, disarms and scares his subjects when he presents them with meaningful gifts, precious ephemera from their past, or dishes out obscure facts about the individual’s former life before stardom struck.…

Building Glacier Lane

Earlier this month, Whistler Blackcomb (WB) began a rezoning process with the goal of constructing a new six-storey building with 60 units of employee housing to join the seven existing staff housing buildings on the Glacier Lane site. Consisting of two-bedroom units, each about 40 square metres in size, this proposed housing will be very similar, if a bit newer than, the first four buildings originally built by Blackcomb Ski Enterprise and Canadian Pacific (CP) Hotels in 1988.…

Signal Hill Elementary ups French language instruction following outcry from parents

Administrators apologize for lack of communication on proposed changes

Administrators at Signal Hill Elementary School have made some last- minute changes to the school-day schedule after parents of late French immersion students raised concerns about the amount of language instruction their kids were actually going to get. “I would like to recognize that our French Immersion planning has caused some concern for you and I would like to apologize for that,” said principal Roberta Kubik in an email sent out to parents on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and shared with Pique by the school board.…

Yehey.com Top Ten Things to Do in Whistler

yehey.com – Whistler sits in the mountains in British Columbia attracting nature-lovers, couples looking for romance and winter sports enthusiasts. Visitors can enjoy one of the luxury getaways to Whistler CA at…

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Whistler BC for a weekend – Forever Lost In Travel

foreverlostintravel.com – Disclosure: This post contains some affiliate links, meaning at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase. Whistler BC is one of the easiest g…

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Can We Qualify For The World Championships Of GranFondo? | GCN Rides RBC Whistler by Global Cycling Network on YouTube

anello-grande.blogspot.com – RBC GranFondo invited Jeremy and Si out to ride the GranFondo Whistler and challenged them to try and qualify for the GranFondo World Championships. With a tough course between Vancouver and Whistler…

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Whistler Tennis Affiliation submits report back to RMOW council – SPORT NEWS

sportnews.blogdady.com – Pissed off via a promise of a brand new world-class tennis centre that has been get rid of for greater than 30 years, the Whistler Tennis Affiliation (WTA) submitted a report back to Lodge Municipali…

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B.C. volcano shows signs of possible landslide, eruption

newsinteractives.cbc.ca – When his team’s helicopter landed on the glacier that day in September, the smell of rotten eggs filled the air. It was hydrogen sulfide, mixed with carbon dioxide and steam from below, which produce…

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