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Six Whistler and Pemberton officers named to Alexa’s Team for combating impaired driving

Half a dozen Sea to Sky RCMP officers were recognized last week for their work over the past year removing impaired drivers from local roads. Alexa’s Team, named in honour of four-year-old Alexa Renee Middelaer, who died in 2008 after being struck by a drunk driver, recognizes the exemplary efforts of B.C. police officers who have made the reduction of impaired driving a priority.…

Mountain News: Sizing up risk of smoke and wildfire in mountain towns

ASPEN, Colo.—Across the North American West, mountain towns fret about summer wildfire season even as snow lingers. Aspen had a scare last year, nearly losing its electricity on the July 4th weekend, the result of a 12,500-acre wildfire about 32 kilometres down the valley near Basalt.…

Hockey parents face off at human rights tribunal

Association called parents intimidating, threatening to volunteers

A B.C. minor hockey association has denied discriminating against four youngsters, instead saying the kids’ parents engaged in a campaign of intimidation, threats and harassment toward association volunteers The defense is part of an action filed with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal by the mother against the association, saying her children were discriminated against on the grounds of family status.…

Rash of thefts from vehicles in Whistler Cay and Alpine Meadows

Whistler police are investigating more than half a dozen reports of thefts from vehicles on two separate days last week, the Whistler RCMP confirmed in a release. On two days last week, Thursday, May 9 and Saturday, May 12, police responded to seven reports of thefts from cars in the Whistler Cay and Alpine Meadows areas.…

Fire engulfs Britannia Beach home on Mother’s Day

Online fund started for homeowners who are a beloved film industry couple

It was a sad Mother’s Day for a popular film industry couple in Britannia Beach, but the tight-knit community and film friends have rallied around them. At about dinnertime May 12, the Britannia Volunteer Fire Department arrived to find a fully involved fire at the home of Maja and Jeff Aro on Goat Ridge Drive.…

Squamish-owned company nominated for a Leo award

CVD VFX vying for a win in best visual effects for a feature film

Floating knives, cars and even an array of thousands of mirrors pointing towards celestial beings — all this came to life thanks to a locally-owned video effects company. The work has been impressive enough get Squamish resident Chris Van Dyck and his company CVD VFX a nomination at the Leo Awards, which celebrate the talent behind B.C. films.…

Squamish fighter signs to TKO MMA

Jamey-Lyn Horth to fight in league that showcased Georges St-Pierre

So far, it’s been shaping up to be a good year for Squamish mixed martial arts. Local fighter Jamey-Lyn Horth has announced she has signed to TKO MMA, a Montreal-based organization that has served as a launching pad for high-profile fighters like Georges St-Pierre.…

Woodfibre LNG developer buying private Calgary-based natural gas producer

Project not dependant on this deal, says Woodfibre LNG spokesperson

The parent company of Woodfibre LNGn is buying a private Calgary oil and gas producer. In a joint announcement this week, Pacific Oil & Gas Ltd. says it has struck a cash deal to buy Canbriam Energy Inc., which produces natural gas from the prolific Montney geological formation in northeastern B.C.
The companies say the transaction will result in a “well-capitalized” entity able to grow current Canbriam production of about 200 million cubic feet per day of natural gas, including 6,000 barrels per day of associated natural gas liquids.…

Why criminals look to Canada to launder their money through real estate

News that some $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia’s real estate market in 2018 comes as no surprise to experts, as Canada’s weak money-laundering laws make it an attractive spot to park ill-gotten cash. Kevin Comeau, author of a recent C.D. Howe report on money laundering, says people in corruption-prone states who seek to hide the source of their wealth can’t just buy a big house in their community, so they often look to cache it abroad.…

Two people in critical condition following collision

A motorcycle and another vehicle crashed into each other in Furry Creek, south of Squamish

Two people are in critical condition after a motorcycle collided with another vehicle on the Sea to Sky Highway. BC Emergency Health Services says that the collision was reported at around 3:18 p.m. today and six ambulances rushed to the scene.…

ICBC tweaks new, yet-to-be-released insurance rating model

Grace period introduced for those considering paying out a small claim

The Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) is making three on-the-fly changes to its new insurance rating model, the full details of which have yet to be released.…

‘Substantial’ landslide on Joffre Peak

Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says no one hurt

No one appears to have been hurt by a “substantial” landslide that occurred on Joffre Peak on Sunday, May 12. “We’re aware of a pretty massive looking landslide,” said Sarah Morgan, emergency program manager with the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District.…

NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closer

Jagmeet Singh intends to cut Canada’s GHG by almost half over next decade

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh intends to cut Canada’s greenhouse-gas emissions almost in half over the next decade as he stakes out a claim to being a climate-change champion in the looming federal election. Singh presented a motion in the House of Commons Monday, laying out eight broad strokes of the party’s climate-change platform.…

Whistler Mountain Bike Park opening May 17

SRAM Dual Slalom on tap to help kick off 2019 campaign

It’s the time Whistler’s summer proponents have been waiting for through a long, cold winter. The Fitzsimmons Zone of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park is set to open on Friday, May 17 with access via the Whistler Village Gondola from 11 a.m. or between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. on the Fitzsimmons Express Chair.…

Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires

An evacuation order has been downgraded to an alert as crews in north-central British Columbia make progress battling a significant wildfire. The blaze broke out Saturday near the community of Lejac, about five kilometres east of Fraser Lake, and flames had scorched more than two square kilometres of bush within hours.…