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Bringing Culture Home

The Lil’wat Nation is one of many Indigenous groups from around the globe that are currently trying to repatriate cultural possessions bought, stolen, found or gifted since colonization

Tucked into the corner of a windowsill in Chief Dean Nelson’s Mount Currie office sits a large, grey rock shaped like a vase.…

Bear Smart needs volunteers for its Biking for Bears program

New Bear Smart representative named to Whistler Bear Advisory Committee

The Whistler Get Bear Smart Society is calling on local “bike and bear enthusiasts”—which it shouldn’t have much trouble finding in this town—to help patrol areas with potential for human-wildlife conflict. Last fall, Bear Smart launched its Biking for Bears Ambassador program, enlisting half a dozen volunteers to cycle areas typically frequented by both bears and the public.…

Learn how to DJ

Marie Fortin—better known as DJ Miss KosmiK—has long noticed a lack of women behind the turntables in Whistler. So, she decided to do something about it.…

Angered anglers protest catch-and-release chinook rules in North Vancouver

DFO announcement fails to address ‘a number of factors’ impacting chinook salmon stocks, says Whistler fish advocate

A government decision to restrict fishing for at-risk Fraser River chinook salmon has sparked a passionate response from recreational anglers. On Wednesday, throngs of demonstrators gathered outside the Lower Lonsdale constituency office of Fisheries Minister and North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson to show their dismay and ensure their voices were heard.…

To excel in the automated world Canada shouldn’t forget the liberal arts: study

Report points to a growing need for honed human skills

OTTAWA — A new report on the skills needed for jobs of the future says in the technologically disrupted world Canada will need more liberal-arts graduates. The study by the Royal Bank of Canada says that as more workplaces become automated there will be a growing need for people who have honed human skills in areas such as critical thinking, communications, active listening and curiosity.…

Kristin Carter brings songs and stories to Whistler

Vancouver country musician plays Arts Whistler Live! series on May 10 at the Maury Young Arts Centre

Kristin Carter is proof that something good can emerge from a gruelling commute. After graduating from Dalhousie University with a degree in economics, Carter moved back to her parent’s home in White Rock where she had a three-hour round-trip commute into Vancouver.…

Kamstra commits to national champions McMaster

Whistler hoopster heading to Hamilton

Whistler Secondary School’s (WSS) Pietra Kamstra was already pumped to have commited to the McMaster Marauders women’s basketball program. She knew she was going to a good school with a strong hoops program.…

The season that was …

Cold and dry. That’s the way it started.…

Alder honoured by CWSAA

one of skiing’s ‘founding fathers’ receives jimmie spencer lifetime achievement award

according to Hugh Smythe, there are a number of different criteria that can be met when the Canada West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA) determines its Jimmie Spencer Lifetime Achievement Award winner. And Peter Alder might just qualify for all of them.…

Pique recognized at community newspaper awards

Paper takes six golds, 14 awards overall at BCYCNA gala

“Community newspapers need to take heed about what the Pique is doing in Whistler,” according to judges with the BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association, who recognized the paper at the annual awards event on April 27 in Richmond. “They are covering all the bases of the community from a civic politics level and then they go above and beyond with thoughtful and interesting pieces relevant to readers.”…

Whistler to get $7.5M in RMI this year

Province boosts total program funding to $13 million

Some recent changes to the provincial Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) program mean good news for Whistler—namely, more money to direct towards tourism offerings. The RMOW will get $7.5 million in RMI funding in 2019—a big boost from the approximately $6.5 million the resort received last year.…

Stakeholders eye ‘reinvigorated’ trails group

New mission, more meetings and a long-term plan proposed

With the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s (RMOW) vision for its Alpine Trails Network largely realized, some stakeholders in the municipality’s Trails Planning Working Group (TPWG) say it’s time to revisit the group’s intent. Dale Mikkelsen, president of the Whistler Off Road Cycling Association (WORCA), raised the issue in a recent letter to mayor and council.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of May 2nd

Credit where credit is due Thanks to the Pique for covering AWARE’s recent 30-year anniversary celebration and highlighting the good work AWARE has done over the years and the important role it continues to fill (Pique, April 25).…

Free will astrology for the week of May 2

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
“How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. “How slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!”…

Backyard burning prohibited, Whistler Fire Rescue Service reminds residents

Multi-modal evacuation plan close to completion

While the 2019 wildfire season has yet to begin in earnest, the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Whistler Fire Rescue Service (WFRS) are taking no chances when it comes to backyard burning. WFRS Chief John McKearney is reminding residents that backyard burning is no longer allowed at any time in Whistler, and campfires are only allowed with a permit.…