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Resort Municipality of Whistler installs new water bottle-filling stations in local parks

Water bottles can be refilled at 12 different locations throughout Whistler

The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has taken one more step towards their goal of achieving zero waste. This summer, 12 new water bottle-filling stations will be installed throughout the community, in a combined effort to help to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic, promote Whistler’s tap water and enhance the resort’s parks.…

Whistler off-road course unleashes a whole new Porsche

Cayenne S put through its paces on challenging terrain

There are few instant images that pop to mind when you put the brands “Whistler” and “Porsche” together. Maybe you’re picturing a 911 Speedster humming up the Sea-to-Sky Highway with the convertible top down, orcas splashing in Howe Sound on your left and the snow-capped Coastal Mountains towering on your right.…

Pot to go public in City of North Van

Six cannabis outlets proposed within city limits

You can own it and consume it but you can’t buy marijuana – not yet and not legally at least – on the North Shore. That may be slowly changing, however, as City of North Vancouver council voted unanimously Monday night to send six proposed pot shops to a yet-to-be-scheduled public hearing.…

Cudmore tops age division in Canada Cup XCO

Disera, Pendrel win elite divisions

Being a Whistlerite has its privileges. Peter Cudmore can certainly attest to that after winning the master men 30-to-39 division in the Whistler Canada Cup race on June 22.…

UPDATED: Firefighters contain fire south of Squamish

The blaze between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay is believed to be human-caused

Fire crews have stifled the Lions Bay area fire, which BC Wildfire Service is declaring human-caused, though officials have yet to determine the exact details of how the blaze was triggered. Marg Drysdale, fire information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said on Wednesday morning that the fire, which covers 4.2 hectares, has been 100-per-cent contained.…

Squamish-based Cheakamus Centre receives $55,000 from Pacific Salmon Foundation

Funds to go toward retrofitting centre’s cabins

Squamish’s Cheakamus Foundation for Environmental Learning has received a funding boost from the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Community Salmon Program. The $55,000 contribution goes toward the cabin enhancement project at Cheakamus Centre, according to a news release.…

People’s Party announces Bebb as Sea to Sky candidate

Smaller government, rejecting climate alarmism at heart of platform

It’s safe to say that life on the campaign trail will be a new experience for Robert (Doug) Bebb. “If you asked me two years ago if I’d run for public office, I would have laughed at you.…

Cause of wildfire north of Horseshoe Bay is still under investigation

Firefighters were back battling a ground fire north of Horseshoe Bay Tuesday morning as the now-controlled blaze burned for a third day. The wildfire ignited early Sunday morning off the Sea-to-Sky Highway near Strip Creek and stretched to 4.18 hectares.…

B.C. wants to know how residents feel about daylight saving time

VICTORIA — Any British Columbia resident who has ever complained about losing a precious hour of sleep thanks to daylight saving time now has a chance to gripe to the provincial government. The province is asking people to share their views on how time should be observed in B.C. through an online survey and written submissions.…

Government announces $25M loan for Squamish’s Carbon Engineering

Company to build new innovation centre on Squamish’s oceanfront

Carbon Engineering received a loan of $25 million from the federal government to help create a new innovation centre in Squamish. On June 25, Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, was at the company’s Squamish headquarters to make the announcement on behalf of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains.…

Whistler man charged in pimping case

RCMP asking for additional victims to come forward

A Whistler man has been charged following an investigation into “pimping-related offences” that was launched in April, police have confirmed. Sam London Hamer, 44, appeared in North Vancouver court last week on one count each of procurement and benefit from sexual services.…

Sports organizations receive funding

BC Snowboard, BC Adaptive Snowsports both boosted by Paralympic Sport Development Fund

Two BC winter sports organizations were among 25 groups from across the country that received Paralympic Sport Development Fund grants, the Canadian Paralympic Committee announced on June 10. In all, $200,000 was given to the groups in denominations of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000.…

Invasive Species Council identifies sites needing treatment on CN right of ways

List was amassed at the request of Sea to Sky local governments

According to the Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council (SSISC), the Canadian National (CN) Railway right of way that runs through the corridor is rife with problem weeds in need of swift treatment. The SSISC recently amassed a list of 500 sites where it has identified invasive species along the right of way and then sent it off to CN.…

Whistler may be special—but its growing pains aren’t

Challenging the resort-town growth paradigm with Jonathan Schechter

Jonathan Schechter is a big-picture guy—sometimes hard to find in the insular world of a typical resort town.
The founder and executive director of the Charture Institute, a Jackson Hole, Wyo.-based think tank focused on growth, change and sustainability in places of ecological significance, Schecther is known in his hometown as a dedicated data guru and a regular columnist for the Jackson Hole News&Guide.…

Campfire bans eyed as drought continues on B.C. coast

Provincial forest fire officials may declare some campfire bans as early as this week on the B.C. coast, including Vancouver Island, in response to drought conditions. In the meantime, they are warning while campfires remain legal they should be kept small, about the size of a camp cooler.…