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Vail Resorts looking at strategies to attract international visitors back to Whistler Blackcomb

Extended season at company’s Western U.S. operations helped make up for a drop in international visitation

Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz reported strong earnings during the company’s third-quarter investor briefing last week. But lamented the drop in international visitors to Whistler Blackcomb last season, which contributed to the drop in expected EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) for 2019 to be between $700 and $710 million.…

Whistler Presents unveils full summer concert series lineup

Catch Broken Social Scene, the Family Stone, the Sheepdogs and Buffy Sainte-Marie at Whistler Olympic Plaza this summer

Grab your lawn chairs, picnic blankets and get ready to rock out at Whistler Olympic Plaza this summer. The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has released the full lineup and schedule for this year’s Whistler Presents: Summer Concert Series, and it includes some big names.…

Clean eating vs. chlorine- washed chicken

Different national standards mean stick to your guns

I’m so happy to see that clean eating—or eating clean, as it’s also called—is a hot trend lately for “foodie” bloggers and other influencers, like the menu designers of leading-edge restos. And I don’t mean the talented graphic designers who create printed menus; I mean the informed chefs and culinary experts who think about what kind of customer they want to attract, and then create the unique dining experience listed in the print menu that’s ultimately delivered to your table.…

Village of Pemberton council gears up for annual UBCM convention

First Look: New mower; off-leash dog parks; invasive species survey

Village of Pemberton council (VOP) will meet on Tuesday, June 11 for its regular council meeting. Pique has put together a quick primer on what to expect.…

Welsh leads Spruce Kings to national final

Prince George enjoyed incredible campaign

Any hockey player worth his or her salt wants to be out on the ice with a national championship on the line. And when out there, finding a way to score is even better.…

In the land of Oz

From an Australian natural history volume on the Snowy Mountains: “You can see in the snow gum an expression of the different moods of these mountains: desperately clinging to an exposed slope in the face of blizzards, umbrageous and welcoming in a sun-filled valley; ghostly and insubstantial in rain and mist. The curving, variegated trunk and gesturing branches place it among the most graceful of the eucalypts… few would complain at the near monopoly of such a beautiful tree.”…

Maverick wildlife biologist talks East Kootenay grizzly bear recovery

Michael Proctor addresses full house at the Ts’zil Learning Centre

Given the slow and somewhat uneven recovery of the Sea to Sky region’s grizzly bear population, it was no surprise that a classroom in the Lil’wat Nation’s new Ts’zil Learning Centre was packed for Michael Proctor’s May 27 talk. As head of the Trans-Border Grizzly Bear Project, Proctor has worked extensively with a team of international wildlife biologists and conservationists to recover fragmented grizzly bear populations in the south Selkirk and south Purcell mountain ranges.…

Barry Whistler Gallery presents Sam Gummelt: “Palo Pinto” opening reception

austin.culturemap.com – Since the 1970s, Texas native Sam Gummelt has a reputation as one of Texas’ leading non-objective abstract artists. He is a rightful successor of the first and second generation of non-objective Texa…

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Second Cook, Pastry in Whistler, BC

careerarc.com – Exceptional service and cuisine are hallmarks of the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts dining experience. Your leadership, creativity and culinary skills as Pastry Cook will guide the preparation of our Past…

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Race Recap: Phat Wednesday June 5 – Whistler Bike Park – Pinkbike

pinkbike.com – Race Report – Phat Wednesday #2 presented by Kokanee June 5th 2019 Funshine Rolly Drops – Smoke and Mirrors – Blueseum – Wednesday Night Delight – Ho Chi Min The Whistler Mountain Bike Park truly has…

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Hugo Alvarado Riquelme on LinkedIn: “Ya estamos gran parte del equipo de Strategic Play en Whistler, BC, Canadá, para iniciar una semana intensiva de booth camp y entrenamiento en Design Thinking con LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, más entrenadores vienen en camino… Part of the Strategic Play team in Whistler for an immersive week during our booth camp and design think training with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, more training are on their way… StrategicPlay Jacqueline Lloyd Smith Sven Poguntke Sébastien Giroux MBA ADM.A Sven Poguntke Arturo Gimenez Rosa Mon Gabriel Ochoa Anibal Viegas Greg Bliss Yvonne Groenen Brian Tang Dr. Steve Ralph Stephen Walling April Anazodo Yelda Gurbuz Erdogan Sandra Lunn Dr. Jumoke Fola-Alade”

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Getting Naked in Wiesbaden

Bathe naked, sip sparkling wine and eat schnitzel in the historic German city of Wiesbaden

Certainly, you can make eye contact and even nod in greeting.…

Horseshoe Bay businesses are ditching single-use plastic bags

Visitors to Horseshoe Bay will notice the majority of businesses now sport stickers stating ‘This business is proudly plastic bag free!’

Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver is striving to ditch plastic bags. Following a joint initiative between Ocean Ambassadors Canada and the Horseshoe Bay Business Association, 28 of the seaside village’s 35 businesses have pledged to switch away from single-use plastic bags in favour of offering consumers paper or reusable ones.…

Calls for a new kind of popcorn movie: ‘We need Indigenous people in space’

Indigenous filmakers aren’t waiting for anyone else to shatter damaging stereotypes.

TORONTO — Director Alexandra Lazarowich is making a movie about a successful New York City fashion designer returning home to rural Canada, her fiance in tow. Except there’s a twist: The fashionista happens to be Cree — and home is a Northern Alberta reserve.…

Krasny captures CNES victory

Local enduro rider splitting time between national, world stages

Carter Krasny isn’t spending his 2019 season focusing on the Canadian National Enduro Series (CNES) under-21 crown, but that doesn’t mean he’s averse to reminding everyone he’s still the defending champion until the campaign wraps. Krasny dropped into the CNES event in Kamloops on June 2, edging Jacob Tooke by 6.5 seconds and Emmett Hancock by 8.9 seconds.…