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This company says its reflector system could help search and rescue teams find lost hikers faster

The Recco SAR Helicopter Detector is a high-powered antenna and radio transmitter housed in a metal canister

On Thursday, July 25, members of search and rescue teams from the Sea to Sky corridor and the Sunshine Coast gathered at Cypress Mountain to witness a safety demonstration that has the potential to dramatically reduce time spent searching for lost hikers. The Recco (pronounced “wreck-o”) SAR Helicopter Detector is a high-powered antenna and radio transmitter housed in a metal canister that’s a bit larger than a jug of propane.…

Armed Forces join nationwide manhunt for teen murder suspects

RCMP says suspects may have left northern Manitoba

The Canadian Armed Forces have joined the nationwide manhunt for two Port Alberni teens charged with murder. Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale confirmed on social media late Friday that the RCMP had requested and received immediate approval for military aircraft support in the search for Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18.…

Northern B.C. murders: Military arrive in Manitoba to help search for suspects

RCMP have so far searched and cleared more than 100 empty homes in northern Manitoba

RCMP has searched and cleared more than 100 empty homes in northern Manitoba, and are continuing the search of abandoned buildings, including a 600-room worker camp, in the hunt for two B.C. teens charged with murder. Officials in Manitoba gave a brief update Saturday afternoon, saying there have been no new sightings or information to indicate Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky have fled the area.…

Solastalgia Calling

An odd thing happened today on the way from Dawson City to Whitehorse. The route is a bit of a milk run for the turbo-prop we were flying on, and so after leaving a cloudless, sweltering Dawson, we touched down only 30 minutes later in the tiny community of Mayo.…

Hill qualifies for Jr. Nationals

Local golfer places 11th in Nanaimo, cracks B.C. team

Kaitlyn Hill handled her first four-day golf tournament well, parlaying an 11th-place finish at the B.C. Junior Girls’ Championship into a spot on the provincial team at the Canadian Junior Girls’ Championship. At the provincial event in Nanaimo from July 2 to 5, Hill shot a four-day total of 315, 17 strokes back of champion Andrea Zhang of Vancouver.…

‘None of this happened the way you think it did’

For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called.

Last summer, Debbie Schum walked onto the campus of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, carrying a petite gift bag. The bag had red and pink swirly designs, a look that 54-year-old…

A steely farewell to Ironman

“No man gives me a crown. I pay the iron price.…

Geeking out on coffee with ecologyst’s Ben Royles

Clothing store formerly known as Sitka now features coffee and toast bar

In the frenetically paced world of a coffee shop, barista Ben Royles finds his peace in in the precision and craft of latte art. “Doing the latte art is my little bit of zen,” he said.…

Hachey to train in France

Pemberton soccer player off to Olympique Lyonnais Select program

Harmoney Hachey already travels plenty to play the game she loves. Living in Pemberton, the 15-year-old started out playing soccer locally before working her way up to teams in Whistler, Squamish and, now, the Lower Mainland.…

Alex Maher starts the party

Vancouver live-looping musician plays several dates at the Dubh Linn Gate Irish Pub in August

There is one clear way to determine if your music has struck a chord with Whistler audiences—or, at least Whistler tourists who are very much enjoying their après.”The Dubh Linn Gate is the only place I’ve ever had a conga line,” says Vancouver multi-instrumentalist Alex Maher. At first glance, he seems an unlikely candidate to provoke a line dance.…

Forestry professor sees value in debris piles

Local community forest already experimenting with leaving some behind for forest regeneration

Under current legislation, forestry companies operating in B.C. are required to dispose of all of the debris piles they produce, unless special exemptions are made by the province. But according to Tom Sullivan, a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia in biology and forestry, that requirement should be amended.…

Break-and-enter interrupted on Nordic Drive

Suspect described as Caucasian, in his early twenties with mid-length brown hair, wearing a red T-shirt at the time

A break-and-enter to a rental home on Nordic Drive was interrupted last week, and now Whistler police are searching for the suspect who fled the scene. Investigators have learned that, at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, a guest returned to the rental suite in the 2300 block of Nordic Drive to find a male in the unit “rummaging through a backpack,” police said.…

Mountain News: Driving while stoned? That’s a hard case to prove in court

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—More than five years into what former Gov. John Hickenlooper, now a presidential candidate, called the “great experiment,” Colorado is still trying to figure out parts of its marijuana legalization. For example, when is a driver stoned?…

Museum’s annual LEGO building competition reveals theme

Also in arts news: new HorrorFest prize announced; get tickets for Slow Food Cycle Sunday

Dig out the plastic bricks and start practicing, kids. The Whistler Museum’s 23rd annual Building Competition with LEGO Bricks is returning on Saturday, Aug. 10.…

Enduro World Series reveals 2020 schedule

Sports briefs: Madsen third at Beaver Creek; Ertel wins at Golden

Less than a month away from the Enduro World Series’ (EWS) first two-day race here in Whistler, organizers are already planning to stick with the extended format. In its 2020 schedule release on July 22, next year’s Canadian Open Enduro is slated for Aug. 8 and 9.…