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RAW’s Memorial Cup exemplifies Whistler’s tightknit restaurant community

June 26 event will honour the late Joel Thibault, Pascal Tiphine, Cal Schacter and Miki Homma

The restaurant industry can be notoriously cutthroat, with kitchens doing whatever it takes to stand out from the competition. But Whistler’s small-but-mighty culinary sector seems to buck that trend, and the Restaurant Association of Whistler’s (RAW) annual Memorial Cup Charity Golf Tournament exemplifies that community’s closeness to a tee.…

Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh vow to continue pipeline fight following Trans Mountain approval

Just hours after the federal government announced it had approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, local First Nations vowed to continue fighting the project. Chief Leah George-Wilson of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation said at a press conference shortly after the decision her nation will appeal the decision in the courts.…

Whistler RCMP look for witnesses to two-car collision in day lots

Police continue to investigate after a two-vehicle collision in Day Lot #3 on Monday, June 17 resulted in substantial damage to both vehicles and minor injuries to their occupants. Whistler police were called to the scene on Monday around 3:45 p.m. after a silver Chevrolet Malibu and a black Porsche collided.…

Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of ‘good fire’ isn’t easy

As spring settles in across the United States, western states are already preparing for summer and wildfire season.…

Rheeder tops in Innsbruck

Verbeeck, Lemoine lead Queen and King of Crankworx chases heading into Whistler

Brett Rheeder kept his dreams of a season sweep alive in Austria on June 16. In the Crankworx Innsbruck Slopestyle, the Canadian went back and forth with Sweden’s Emil Johansson over the course of two runs.…

Old Soul Rebel offer music with a message

Vancouver band to play Backyard Après on June 29

Old Soul Rebel has imagined what life might be like if they had gone east. But then they remember the chance encounters in Vancouver that have helped give them a leg up.…

Mountain News: Vail Resorts CEO doesn’t take bait, no complaint of regulation

VAIL, Colo.—Rob Katz, the chief executive of Vail Resorts, was in Vail last week to talk with governors of Western states who had gathered for their annual summer conference. The Vail Daily reported that Katz got questions from both Jared Polis, the Colorado governor and a Democrat, and Gary Herbert, the Utah governor and a Republican.…

Mother-daughter duo launch Mountain Mystery Games

Live Whistler-themed murder mystery available online now

Last year, in the middle of winter, neighbours of Jacqueline Maartense and Ciara Giesebrecht showed up for a visit dressed better suited for a California afternoon than a snowy Whistler night. “It was snowing out and one of them was in high heels, a neon pink dress with pink sunglasses and a wig,” Maartense recalls.…

Whistler’s MLA looks into corridor gas prices

Jordan Sturdy met with Whistler council last week to discuss a wide variety of subjects

Last week, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky provincial MLA Jordan Sturdy sat down with Whistler’s mayor and council to discuss a wide variety of topics relevant to the resort and wider B.C. At the Tuesday, June 11 Committee of the Whole meeting, the Liberal official touched on everything from childcare and parks management, to gas prices and the province’s new Employer’s Health Tax (EHT).…

Toys 4 Chucky

Idioms, adages, proverbs, whatever… Life is full of these ancient sayings, nuggets of wisdom passed down over the ages that are so simple and true no one really knows where they came from, but we keep saying them generation after generation.…

Intoxicated man arrested in Whistler Village flowerbed

Whistler RCMP arrested an intoxicated man after finding him shirtless and “slumped over in a flower bed” over the weekend. According to a release from the RCMP, police received a report of an intoxicated male “yelling at people” in the 4400 block of the Village Stroll on Saturday, June 15 at approximately 11:20 a.m.…

Lil’wat musician named artist in residence at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Russell Wallace to perform with Tillicum Shantie Project on June 21

When Russell Wallace was growing up in Vancouver, his father actively avoided teaching him and his siblings the Lil’wat language. “Both my parents were fluent in our language,” Wallace says.…

Harroch signs in Humboldt

Goaltender set to join SJHL club after rising with Chiefs

A Whistler-raised goaltender is heading to the prairies. Michael Harroch, who will turn 18 in July, will chase Jr. ‘A’ glory with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s (SJHL) Humboldt Broncos in 2019-20.…

Audain Art Museum takes visitors into the vault

Behind-the-scenes tours part of annual Community Open House weekend

A group of about 15 people are shuffling, single file, over a sticky mat that’s marked with shoe prints at the entrance to the Audain Art Museum’s vault. Despite its imposing title, the space appears to be just a room on the museum’s second floor that stores a small number of pieces in its permanent collection—only, it turns out, there’s more than meets the eye.…

Always good to have a Plan B

In 1959, Hollywood, which is to say the centre of the English film universe, produced films that made people wonder about the condition of said universe. For every award-winning film like Ben-Hur, there were more than a few Attack of the Giant Leeches, Island of Lost Women, and Teenagers From Outer Space.…