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A question of growth

I read somewhere that your garden is a reflection of your personality. My garden has gone off-script.…

Province greenlights $60-million plan to stop ‘enormous, naturally occurring landslide’ near Lillooet

Affected section of Highway 99 has been single-lane and traffic controlled for past two years

The province is set to undertake a major construction project to stabilize a massive, active landslide that has impacted a treacherous section of Highway 99 for decades. Known as the Ten Mile Slide, the landslide area bisects the highway (as well as a Canadian National Railway line) approximately 17 kilometres northeast of Lillooet.…

The Homecoming: Terror in the family

A review of Andrew Pyper’s chilling thriller

The Homecoming by award-winning Canadian author Andrew Pyper is a wicked and weird blend of science-fiction, thriller, horror, and family drama that reads like a movie on the big screen. Or a nightmare you can’t wake up from.…

Cruz fourth at worlds

Sports briefs: Ricard, Spence top Valley to Peak; Second Aerothlon held

Lucas Cruz was a hundredth of a second from the podium at the 2019 Mercedes-Benz Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont-Ste-Anne, Que. on Sept 1.…

Celebrating Whistler’s Beermas

A favourite addition to my backcountry kit in the last year has been—you guessed it—beer. Not a lot of beer mind you (that can wait until I safely return from the backcountry); I just wrap a single tall can in a couple of koozies.…

Council endorses rezoning for Whistler Blackcomb staff housing

New build could house more than 200; public information meeting to follow

A rezoning for a new Whistler Blackcomb (WB) staff building—that could end up housing more than 200 workers—is underway after receiving council’s endorsement on Sept. 3.A public information meeting will follow before the rezoning bylaws are brought back to council. The proposed building is six storeys tall with 60, two-bedroom units of about 40 square metres in size.…

Get ready, get set — eat, Squamish

Destroyed by fire in 2018, Fergie’s partially reopening on Friday

Squamish foodies will be heartened to hear that while it is a soft launch, it is a launch nonetheless. Fergie’s Café opens for lawn service on Friday, Sept. 6 in what the restaurant is calling a Fergie’s Warm Up, a spokeswoman for the popular eatery said.…

What we don’t know

As Snapping Turtles go, the one basking on a partially submerged log was a monster. Never mind that unlike the more gracile Painted Turtles cohabiting this near-north lake—shiny, hand-sized half-domes who happily stacked themselves atop the most tenuous platforms at the slightest hint of sun—hauling out was infrequent behaviour for the more aquatic snapper.…

Mountain News: Can e-bikes in Yellowstone make America great again?

MEEKER, Colo. – In his presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to “Make America Great Again,” a slogan that supporters have distilled to MAGA when trumpeting his talking points on Facebook and other social media. But what made America great?…

Ramping Up

BC Hydro is killing too many fish at Sea to Sky facility: Squamish conservationists

It is a complicated issue, but it comes down to this: local conservationists say BC Hydro is consistently killing more fish than it needs to. They are also concerned less monitoring of the impact of BC Hydro’s operation is being done as the utility goes through a provincial review of its operations.…

Finally, it’s tofu-eaters’ time to shine

This morning, I drove by a white minivan with a bumper sticker on the back that read, “If animals could talk, we would all be vegan.” Curious to see what this devoted vegan looked like, I snuck a glance from the passing lane.…

The smaller the better at the Teeny Tiny Art Show

Exhibit returns Sept. 12 alongside Fall for Arts kick-off party

What is it about tiny things that are so compelling? We all seem to scrunch up our faces, emit an “awww,” followed by a “that’s so cute!” at the mere site of something that’s simply smaller than usual.…

Mahovic suits up against national team

Axemen Rugby Club player eager for coming campaign

Blake Mahovic hit the national stage on Friday night. The Axemen Rugby Club fullback was one of three Team B.C. members to play the entire game in a friendly match against the Canadian national team in Langford on Aug. 30.…

George’s wake-up call

Pemberton-based musician releases debut EP before moving back to Australia

For Georgina Dacheff (better known by her stage and nickname, George), it was the perfect way to end her two years in Canada. Two weeks before she returns to her home city of Perth, Australia, the local musician will release a four-song EP called Wake Up Call, followed by a concert to celebrate.…

The first of Whistler’s Spearhead Huts is taking bookings

Public invited to reserve a night, with grand opening celebration planned for Sept. 21

the long-awaited Kees and Claire Hut is open for business. The non-profit Spearhead Huts Society (SHS)—which aims to build three such huts along the iconic Spearhead Range—has begun accepting bookings from the public for the hut, which opens on Saturday, Sept. 7.And according to Matt Gunn, a volunteer with the organization, SHS volunteers have been working down to the line to get it open.…