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Sea to Sky Corridor Rotary clubs donate $100,000 to hospice

Donation the culmination of community fundraising toward the Squamish-based Sea to Sky Community Hospice

What a special gift on Mother’s Day. Four Sea to Sky Corridor Rotary clubs presented a cheque for $100,000 to the Squamish Hospice Society on Sunday, May 12.…

Pemberton council critiques BC Parks engagement process

Council briefs: Zoning bylaw amendments; first-quarter reports

Village of Pemberton (VOP) council criticized BC Parks engagement process for its much-awaited Joffre Lakes Provincial Park visitor management strategy during its May 7 regular council meeting. Jill Brooksbank, senior communications and grants coordinator, and Lisa Pedrini, manager for development services, updated council on an April 23 community-engagement session, organized by BC Parks, which they attended.…

Immediate Opportunities – Evening Cleaners – Summer Seasonal, Whistler | Job Offers in Canada

canada.jobrat.net – Immediate Opportunities – Evening Cleaners – Summer Seasonal, Whistler Start Date: Immediate – through to end of April/May Position Status: Full-time 4×10 hour working week and 3 days off, Seasonal, …

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Engineering, 3-Months Paid Internship (Summer) in Whistler, BC

careerarc.com – Engineering – 3-Months Paid Internship (Summer 2019) Are you looking for a rewarding internship where you can gain hands on experience working alongside a dynamic team? If you are a passionate, drive…

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Satoshi’s Mother

cryptobrekkie.com – Satoshi’s Mother 12×12 16×16 The famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, colloquially known as “Whistler’s Mother,” depicts the artist’s mother in mourning dress, an affectation she clun…

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From Avignon to Aigues-Mortes: A Bike and Barge Through Provence, Part 1

Riding through forests and tiny towns, vineyards and olive groves

For several decades during the Middle Ages, Avignon was the capital of Christendom. The result is a legacy of opulent churches, chapels, convents and monuments in the middle of a walled Old Town.…

George Benjamin’s candid Whistler

The Whistler Museum’s archive houses many documents, printed material, films, oral histories, and photographs from Whistler’s rich cultural past, from the arrival of some of Whistler’s earliest pioneers to the journey of hosting the Olympic Games. It’s a treasure trove of interesting facts and unique stories that are unapologetically Whistler. …

The ground beneath our feet

Many speak of the lure of the mountains. Of a spiritual element in ascending to the heights, a realization of earthly beauty in the passage, a leaving behind of humanity’s petty struggles, a fulfillment of purpose—a summiting, some would have it, of one’s own soul.…

Saving the spotted owls

A unique breeding centre in Langley aims to recover B.C.’s endangered spotted owl population Playing matchmaker Into the Pemberton wild

Three adorable little balls of fluff sit huddled together in a lab in Langley, the latest additions to a species struggling to survive.…

Land policy leaves puppies out in the cold

Permanent building for PAWS unlikely on crown land

The Pemberton Animal Wellbeing Society (PAWS) can’t keep up with demand and needs to expand. But issues around the organization being based on Crown land are stalling its efforts.…

Pemberton hosts annual Emergency Preparedness Open House

Whistler fire danger rating hits ‘extreme’

Emergency responders from several agencies got together on Saturday, May 11 for Pemberton’s annual Emergency Preparedness Open House. Robert Grossman, fire chief for Pemberton Fire Rescue, was on hand for the event, which was held at the Pemberton Rescue Fire Hall (1350 Aster Street) this year.…

Rare look at northern spotted owl chick now possible thanks to B.C. webcam

Fewer than 10 remain in the wild

Curious bird lovers can now get a glimpse of the youngest member of one of the most endangered creatures in Canada. A webcam has been set up above the nest of a pair of northern spotted owls, just days after a newly hatched chick was placed inside: fwcp.ca/owlwebcam…

Seeds: Small things largely taken for granted

Just add water…

We first think of them, if we think of them at all, as no big deal. They’re tiny, sometimes even a nuisance we have to scrape out of honeydews or squash.…

B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that said Hells Angels, Mafia ‘successful’

‘It went so sideways,’ Plecas says

The Speaker of British Columbia’s legislature is apologizing for offending some people with a speech he gave about leadership qualities that he says went “sideways.” Darryl Plecas said Friday the point he tried to make to about 160 local government politicians on Wednesday was that even though crime bosses and some politicians are considered successful leaders, they don’t pass the leadership test.…

No-go ‘bubble’ zones announced to save southern resident killer whales

Vessel slow downs, fishing restrictions among measures announced by fisheries minister

New “bubble zones” around endangered southern resident killer whales, slow-downs of large vessel speeds and salmon fishery closures in areas of Juan de Fuca and Haro straits were among the measures announced Friday by Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Wilkinson, MP for North Vancouver, said the measures are needed to ensure the survival of the remaining 75 southern resident killer whales.…