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Village of Pemberton looks to expand daycare offerings

Council briefs: Potential OCP amendment for Sunstone Ridge; 2018 Annual Report

Village of Pemberton (VOP) council took an important step to help alleviate the community’s acute daycare shortage at its Sept. 10 regular council meeting. Council approved the application of a $3-million grant for an additional building that would be constructed on the same lot as the Pemberton Children’s Centre and be used to expand the number of spaces it offers.…

Jerrys of the Day 3.0: The great outdoors

Nearly five years into my time in this province, one of my biggest failings has been that I don’t go out and enjoy the outdoors as much as I should. I’m no homebody recluse—my wife and I get out for walks in our neighbourhood or the odd lake swim when the beaches aren’t entirely overloaded, and I’ve received some ski and downhill biking instruction (as covered in past Pique features)—but hearing about my colleagues’ weekend exploits or even perusing social media and seeing some of the beautiful sights, I can’t help but feel like I’m leaving some adventure on the table.…

The sweet smell of money strippers

I only know a few things about strippers, but one of them is that they are very good at separating a person from their money. The other is that they smell phenomenal.…

Pemberton rider takes third in final World Cup race

Lucas Cruz also third overall in junior men’s standings

Lucas Cruz wrapped up his junior downhill career on the podium. Competing at the final Mercedes-Benz UCI Downhill World Cup at West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Resort, the Pemberton rider slipped into third place behind France’s Thibaut Daprela and Australia’s Luke Meier-Smith.…

One-woman show brings Lil’wat language to life in útszan

Yvonne Wallace stars in production, running from Sept. 19 to 22 at Maury Young Arts Centre

Playwright and actress Yvonne Wallace is overcome with emotion when she envisions the question-and-answer session that will follow her one-woman show, útszan (to make things better). The show primarily focuses on a woman named Celia who tries to teach her niece, Margaret, to speak Ucwalmicwts, the traditional Lil’wat language.…

Czech out The Point and polka the night away

Polka & Pilsner Night includes dance lessons, live accordion and Czech cuisine

Sharon Schrul will be the first to admit the accordion isn’t exactly the sexiest instrument around. “When I was learning, it was not cool to play that instrument.…

Whistler has its work cut out for it on EV charging

Council supports grant application for new charging stations

With a law to phase out gas vehicles now making its way through the provincial legislature (the Province of B.C. is eyeing 2040 for the switch to electric vehicles) and British Columbians buying electric cars at an astonishing rate (about 1,300 orders were placed over two weeks in May compared to a total of 3,270 in all of 2017, according to the New Car Dealers Association of B.C.), the Resort Municipality of Whistler has its work cut out for it in providing chargers for electric cars. “Right now in Whistler we have 15 publically available EV chargers ……

Shaking up Whistler’s arts and music scene

One unseasonably chilly evening this August, crowds gathered around the stage at Whistler Olympic Plaza enraptured by a septuagenarian with boundless energy and a distinct warble. Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree Canadian-American musician who has won an array of awards over her 50-plus-year career, shared stories of her activism, displayed her wide-ranging repertoire, and, as a whole, offered everyone in the crowd something to aspire to.…

Paid parking still having an impact on Whistler neighbourhoods

Council briefs: Search for new Whistler CAO continues; Five-year financial bylaw amended

When the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) re-instituted pay parking in the Day Lots in 2017, it led to some unintended consequences. Neighbourhoods close to Whistler Village like Whistler Cay Heights saw their streets inundated with vehicles looking to avoid paying for parking.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of September 12

Stop BC Hydro impacts on steelhead
and salmon It’s time for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Province of B.C. to stop allowing BC Hydro to kill steelhead and salmon.…

Illegal dumping in Whistler area a growing problem

Abandoned vehicles and trailer found in Cal-Cheak

If you’ve driven through the Cal-Cheak area recently, you may have noticed a new, incongruous addition to the landscape: An old fifth-wheel trailer with a giant penis spray painted on it.…

Free will astrology for the week of September 12

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
John Muir (1838–1914) was skilled at creating and using machinery. In his 20s, he diligently expressed those aptitudes.…

Whistler Waldorf School is expanding its Early Years program

Sixteen new licensed group childcare spaces will soon be available in Spring Creek

As families continue to struggle when it comes to finding suitable childcare throughout the Sea to Sky corridor, the Whistler Waldorf School is doing what it can to help. Whistler Waldorf is doubling the number of licensed group childcare spaces it currently offers by opening a second satellite program, to be located at the Sea to Sky Community Services building in Spring Creek, the school announced this week.…

Leaders grapple with questions on ethics, values on Day 1 of campaign

OTTAWA – An election campaign sure to feature plenty of pocketbook promises got underway amid deeper questions of ethics and values Wednesday as federal leaders challenged Canadians to consider the kind of country they want to vote for 40 days from now. A front-page story about the SNC-Lavalin affair cast a pall over Justin Trudeau’s Liberal campaign launch, while Andrew Scheer’s kickoff bid for Conservative support in Quebec prompted questions about that province’s controversial secularism law.…

Support for bare equality

LETTER: For the week of Sept. 5

I am writing in response to Gail McKellar’s letter “Topless march in poor taste” (Pique, Aug. 29). Whether you’ve seen this or not, men have the right to take off their shirts at any time, anywhere, except in businesses as otherwise posted for sanitary reasons.…