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Free will astrology for the week of July 25

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
After analyzing unusual animal behaviour, magnetic fluctuations, outbreaks of mayhem on Twitter, and the position of the moon, a psychic has foretold that a moderate earthquake will rumble through the St. Louis, Mo. area in the coming weeks. I don’t agree with her prophecy.…

Council adopts new employee-housing policy

New policy will refine WHA’s eligibility and enforcement guidelines for rentals

The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) and Whistler Housing Authority (WHA) are moving ahead with changes to WHA eligibility criteria for rentals after council supported the policy change at its July 23 meeting. The changes—which arose from the Mayor’s Task Force on Resident Housing and were first discussed publicly in April (see Pique, April 18)—will refine the WHA’s eligibility criteria and enforcement framework for rentals.…

Northern B.C. murders: Vancouver man identified as Dease Lake victim

Mounties announce murder charges against McLeod, Schmegelsky in the killing of Leonard Dyck

Mounties in B.C. have announced second degree murder charges against Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky. The two are charged in the killing of Leonard Dyck of Vancouver, whose body was found at a roadside pullout on Highway 37 near Dease Lake on July 19.…

Police look to identify shoplifting suspect

Investigators were first notified of the theft the morning of Friday, July 19

Whistler police are hoping to identify a man linked to the theft of clothing from a village store last week.…

Squamish adopts camping bylaw

Council formally passes camping restrictions

Mamquam Forest Service Road, Powerhouse Springs Road and the Squamish Estuary and Spit are officially no-camping zones in the district. At the July 23 council meeting, the District of Squamish council adopted the much-discussed camping bylaw that many vanlifers in Squamish said unfairly targeted them.…

Spruce Grove Park celebrating 25 years

Whistler Slo-Pitch Association hosting celebration on July 27

The Whistler Slo-Pitch Association needs your help throwing a birthday party on July 27. The local league is marking the 25th anniversary of Spruce Grove Park, which opened this week in 1994.…

Canada invests $85M into advanced satellites to connect rural, remote regions

OTTAWA — The federal government is investing $85 million into an advanced satellite technology designed to expand access to affordable, high-speed internet across Canada’s rural and remote regions. The funding is to help Ottawa-based Telesat develop a group of co-ordinated satellites — also known as a constellation — in low Earth orbit.…

Whistler GHG emissions fell slightly in 2018

Passenger vehicles remain biggest emitter, while Whistler remains far off target on its climate targets

For the first time since 2014, Whistler’s greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2018, to the tune of three per cent—but hitting the community’s 2020 emission reduction goals remains out of reach. Nevertheless, Maximilian Kniewasser, the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) new climate change coordinator, is seeing some positives after his first month in the job.…

Nine of the most powerful earthquakes to ever strike B.C.

Most recently, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck off B.C.’s coast

While British Columbians don’t often notice damage from earthquakes, there have been some rather large ones through the province’s history. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, a whopping 4,000 earthquakes take place across Canada every year.…

Seeking Sea to Sky youth for sustainability project

Applications welcome until July 31 from locals aged 16 to 30 interested in Fraser Basin Council program

As recent Squamish climate change protests, rallies and school presentations have shown, Squamish has some engaged young people who care passionately about the environment and their community. This opportunity might be right up their alley.…

Woman fined $368 for driving down stairs at Vancouver’s Sheraton Wall Centre

A woman who was filmed driving her car down a set of stairs at a downtown Vancouver hotel has been fined $368. The bizarre incident unfolded around 8:00 a.m, Friday, July 19, at Sheraton Wall Centre.…

Downtown Squamish won’t be the star of as many shows this year

District not approving permits for daytime filming in downtown core until new policies are worked out to help businesses impacted by productions

It is lights, camera, less action in downtown Squamish this summer. The District is not approving any film permits this summer for filming on Cleveland between Pemberton Avenue and Victoria Street, according to Devon Guest, the District’s arts and culture manager.…

Camper van rollover claims two lives on In-SHUCK-ch FSR

Accident occurred near stretch of road under construction

Two people are dead following the rollover of a vehicle on a stretch of forest service road outside of Pemberton on Monday, July 22, confirmed police. At about 11:15 a.m., Pemberton RCMP and Stl’atl’mx Tribal Police responded to a report of a camper van that had overturned while accessing the In-SHUCK-ch Forest Service Road (FSR) from Highway 99.…

Metro Vancouver has highest rate of hate crimes among Canada’s biggest regions

Statistics Canada data released Monday shows Jewish people still number one target of hatred

Metro Vancouver had the highest rate of hate crimes reported to police in 2018 of Canada’s three largest metropolitan areas, according to data released Monday by Statistics Canada. A hate crime was reported to police at a rate of 7.1 times per 100,000 people in Metro Vancouver last year, moving the region from third place in 2017 to surpass the metro regions of Montreal (6.5) and Toronto (6.4).…

RCMP members vote to unionize

Unionizing impacts about 71 members in Sea to Sky region

RCMP members across the country, including the 71 in our region, have voted to unionize. The National Police Federation announced July 15 that its 18,000 members and reservists would begin collective bargaining with the federal government following a 97 per cent vote in favour of unionizing.…