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Harper, Chang win BC Juvenile Championships

Nicklaus North’s Walker takes 12th

Burnaby Mountain Golf Course’s Leo Harper pulled off a come-from-behind victory in the boys’ event at the BC Juvenile Championships at The Meadows at Pemberton on Aug. 15. Trailing Victoria’s William Bishop by two strokes heading into the third and final round, Harper blazed to a five-under-par front nine at the same time Bishop posted a three-over to stake out his advantage.…

Building boon?

Municipality not immune to the perils of a hot construction market

The rather ordinary building at 1020 Legacy Way looks like any other compact four-storey apartment complex, buzzing with activity in the push to have renters in place this fall. From the outside looking in, there’s nothing to indicate that this building will set a standard as the most expensive employee housing project on Whistler’s books, coming in at close to $10 million for 24 units of affordable rental housing.…

Mountain News: Aspen Skiing raises minimum pay this winter to US$15/hr

ASPEN, Colo.—The Aspen Skiing Co. last year boosted its minimum wage from US$12 per hour to US$13.50 per hour (all figures in U.S. dollars). This year, it’s increasing the minimum again, to US$15 per hour.…

Taco time

It’s different for everybody I suppose, but for me the best thing about being an adult is the ability to have tacos pretty much anytime I want. OK, maybe not the best thing, but top three.…

Climber incident on Stawamus Chief

Squamish Search and Rescue organizing helicopter rescue

Squamish Search and Rescue president BJ Chute said they are responding to an incident involving a climber at the Stawamus Chief. Around 11:35 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, SAR was organizing for a long-line helicopter response.…

Parry captures PGA of BC Championship

Fairmont Chateau’s O’Rourke drops off after hot start

As a three-time champion, it should be no surprise that Bryn Parry walked away with the 2019 TaylorMade and adidas Golf PGA of BC Championship once again. But the margin of victory surprised even Parry himself as he finished seven-under-par for the two-day tournament at Whistler Golf Club.…

Jenny Judge finds Wonderments

Whistler artist featured in Vancouver solo exhibit; named finalist in Salt Spring National Art Prize

It was a big ask. Around three years ago, the Craft Council of B.C. had given Whistler artist Jenny Judge a solo show—only, they had expected she would turn in glass pieces for her exhibit, as that was the medium she was working in at the time.…

Around the world with Conor Fitzpatrick

Irish singer-songwriter quickly finds his way in Whistler’s music scene

Conor Fitzpatrick spent his 20s travelling around the world to wildly varying countries, but he made sure to have one item at each stop: his guitar. “There are Irish bars everywhere in the world,” says Fitzpatrick, who’s originally from Belfast, but now calls Whistler home.…

On getting it wrong…

As challenging as this last week has been for almost anyone with a Telus email address—and particularly for me—it seems it’s time to purge and do a semi-regular Tales From the Inbox column. Up front I have to warn correspondents that I’m working from memory and, therefore, must out of necessity paraphrase the emails you’ve sent me. That’s because the 100 or so emails that were in my inbox last Wednesday disappeared, lost in the ozone, perhaps never to be returned.…

Young people face barriers when looking for ways to ‘survive and thrive’ in Whistler

Van dweller writes letter to council asking for change

As an avid climber and outdoor enthusiast, it made sense to Alexa Caswell to “downsize” her life and live minimally in her customized, off-grid RV. Since January, Caswell and her partner have been travelling North America in search of adventure—but it wasn’t until they arrived in Whistler in May that they started running afoul of parking bylaws.…

Whistler looks to increase its electric fleet—but challenges remain

Council briefs: Cross Connection Control bylaw; WB electronic signs

While the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) remains focused on lowering its emissions, the technology isn’t quite there to facilitate a wholesale change in the municipal vehicle fleet. Of 250 total pieces of equipment in the RMOW fleet, only 10 run on alternative fuels, while a further 32 per cent of the fleet could be switched to electric today.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of August 22

Fiscal responsibility at municipal hall Has this term become an “oxymoron” of sorts?…

Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation fundraiser returning to Whistler after multi-year hiatus

‘we’re back for mental health’ on sept. 12 will feature live music, dinner and silent auction

two of b.c.’s biggest advocates for youth mental health are reviving a fundraiser for the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation after a years-long hiatus from Whistler. Whistlerites Kerry and Ginny Dennehy, who launched the non-profit in 2001 following the suicide of their 17-year-old son, Kelty, are hosting “We’re Back for Mental Health” next month, the first major foundation fundraiser held in the resort in more than a decade.…

Free will astrology for the week of August 22

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
It’s not cost-efficient to recycle plastic. Sorting and processing the used materials to make them available for fresh stuff is at least as expensive as creating new plastic items from scratch.…

Canada’s peril

We are two months out from a federal election and locally, we don’t yet have candidates from the Liberal or NDP parties. For the Green Party we have Dana Taylor; there’s Gabrielle Loren for the Conservatives; and Robert (Doug) Bebb for the People’s Party of Canada.…