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48 hours in Whistler | Canadian Affair

canadianaffair.com – Just a couple hours north of Vancouver is the beautiful town of Whistler, which is spectacularly located in the Coast Mountains. It is one of Canada’s premier year-round destinations as during the wi…

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Forget pink and blue—gender relations is a green issue

If I told you my kid loves to wear nail polish, is passionate about nature, animals and Wild Kratts, likes soccer, mountain biking and skiing, and sported, for the last month of summer, a feather in blond locks from Slow Food Cycle—and that the child’s name is Jo—I’m guessing you’d think she was a pretty well-rounded girl. If I clarified that his name is Joe, would your raise an eyebrow at the hair feather and nail polish?…

Memoir offers a deep-dive into family struggles

Eufemia Fantetti’s My Father, Fortune-tellers & Me, A Memoir (Italian-Style) featured at upcoming Whistler Writers Festival

In this haunting memoir, author Eufemia Fantetti takes readers on a wild ride through a childhood steeped in Southern Italian superstitions, family loyalty at all costs and the immigrant experience. Her story begins with tarot cards—a suitable medium for the fate that awaits Eufemia after her parent’s wedding day in 1965 in tradition-bound Bonefro, Italy.…

Fairmont Chateau Whistler golfers qualify for nationals

Whistler quintet off to Nova Scotia in October

Things got a bit scrambly for some local golfers earlier this month, but it was all for the best. Competing in the British Columbia West Regional Final of the RBC PGA Scramble at Nicklaus North Golf Course on Sept. 9, the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club team of Nicholas Jackson, Graham Page, Austin Draper, Kevin Morrison and head professional Padraic O’Rourke punched their ticket to the national finals.…

Squamish SAR responding to injured hiker in Garibaldi Park

Sept. 21 rescue underway

Squamish Search and Rescue volunteers are currently responding to a call of a hiker who said they were injured by a falling boulder in the Mamquam area of Garibaldi Park. SAR got the call from RCMP around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 21, BJ Chute, president of Squamish Search and Rescue, told The Chief.…

Award-winning authors to visit Sea to Sky schools

Four authors of Whistler Writers Festival to inspire students

This fall, four award-winning authors who will be featured in the 2019 Whistler Writers Festival will join students in 16 schools in the Sea to Sky. The minds behind Be My Love, My Story Starts Here: Voices of Young Offenders, Moccasin Square Gardens and The Marrow Thieves (Kit Pearson, Deborah Ellis, Richard Van Camp and Cherie Dimaline, respectively) are stepping into classrooms to inspire and encourage young students.…

Fresh Seeing examines Emily Carr’s influential trip to France

New exhibit opens at the Audain Art Museum

Last year, Kathryn Bridge wandered around France with an iPad loaded with Emily Carr paintings. Her quest: to find the exact locations depicted in Carr’s work from 1910 to 1911.…

Dazzling full ‘hunter’ moon to illuminate Metro Vancouver skies

The old adage Last month, the Lower Mainland was treated to a rare treat: a breathtaking full harvest moon on Friday the 13th. What made the big day even more special is that there won’t be another be another one of them for a whopping 30 years; the next one will take place it on Aug. 13, 2049.…

New study looks at massive ‘actively deforming’ slope

Scientists to look at relationship between warming weather and landslides in Mount Meager Volcanic complex

A new project from a team of scientists from Simon Fraser and Quest universities will look at the relationship between warming weather trends and landslides in in the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex (MMVC). Quest University geologist Steve Quane said there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that suggests slopes in the area fail when temperatures get warm.…

Whistler Tennis Association submits report to RMOW council

Organization feels at a crossroads in regards to getting a new building

Frustrated by a promise of a new world-class tennis centre that has been put off for more than 30 years, the Whistler Tennis Association (WTA) submitted a report to Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) council pleading its case. Authored by WTA treasurer Ben Cherniavsky and entitled…

Preserving the hallowed ground of adventure print publications

Whether themed for ski, bike, outdoor adventure, mountain culture (or any combination of the above), print magazines played a large part in shaping me into who I am today. I was that kid who would linger at the newsstand and work my way through the special interest section, too broke to buy anything, and testing how many features I could read before the cranky shop owner would shoo me along.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 19

Charging courtesy I own an electric car, and it is the ultimate second car.…

In the company of those who went before

There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold;…

Listen, engage and vote

Look around and decide what issues are important to you, voter, and pay attention to what the Sea-to-Sky candidates are saying. It’s all too easy to criticize from the sidelines or throw up your hands at the state of politics in Canada.…

Free will astrology for the week of September 19

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
We’re in the equinoctial season. During this pregnant pause, the sun seems to hover directly over the equator; the lengths of night and day are equal.…