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It’s time for Whistler to take a stand against Big Plastic

Last December, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) was in full-blown crisis mode. A letter it sent to leading oil companies—calling on them to take financial responsibility for “climate-related harm” (while simultaneously boasting about the 3-million people who visit the resort annually)—had gone viral, resulting in a deluge of negative stories, columns and letters from people who viewed the stunt as deeply hypocritical.…

FE&A funding amounts revealed

Ironman takes the lion’s share; WSSF gets big boost

The Resort Municipality of Whistler’s Festivals, Events and Animation (FE&A) budget is now public, and it bears a striking resemblance to last year’s funding layout. Of the $770,250 being doled out this year, Ironman Canada will once again receive the lion’s share (at $282,000, no change from last year) followed by the World Ski and Snowboard Festival ($170,000, up from $100,000 last year) and Tough Mudder ($100,000 for the full and half events, no change from last year).…

Remembering Jane Burrows

The integral role Jane Burrows played in the founding and operations of the Whistler Question, Whistler’s first newspaper, came through clearly at the opening of the Whistler Museum’s temporary exhibit in September 2017 featuring photographs from the Question. In the Question, as in so much else, Jane and Paul Burrows were equal partners.…

Mountain Movement dancers leave comfort zone to compete

Pemberton studio’s students set to wrap up second season of competition

Hayley Edmondson found inspiration to open the Mountain Movement Dance Collective in an unlikely place. “Mountain Movement was conceptualized when I was walking in downtown Pemberton … and I saw a lot of little girls riding their bikes in tutus,” she recalls.…

Flann’s Grizzlies claim Cyclone Taylor Cup

Whistler puckster looks back on incredible campaign

Whistler hockey player Cody Flann and the Revelstoke Grizzlies capped a season for the ages in Campbell River on April 14. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) champion Grizzlies toppled the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League winners, the Victoria Cougars, 5-1 to claim the club’s first provincial title since 2010.…

Comedy Tonight! shows off lighter side of choral music

Sea to Sky Singers team up with Vancouver comic Ross Dauk for two nights of music and laughter

Veronica McPhee will be the first to admit that most people wouldn’t associate choral music with side-splitting belly laughs. “A lot of people have an image of choral music as something maybe related to the church or something that has a serious side to it, which it does, in fact,” explains McPhee, musical director for the Sea to Sky Singers.…

Proposed Whistler Housing Authority policies: long on ideology, short on real-world details

The sound of one hand clapping is, of course, the virtually inaudible sound of a small volume of air being displaced, which is to say, silence. Compared to what I’ve heard from our elected and unelected decision makers at muni hall regarding my outstanding challenge, the sound of one hand clapping is deafening.…

Letters to the Editor for the week of April 25

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Alta Lake I’m pleased to see studies taking place on Alta Lake.…

Free will astrology for the week of April 25

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving typically features a spectacular shopping orgy. On Black Friday, stores sell their products at steep discounts and consumers spend their money extravagantly.…

Closing Blackcomb first will lead to a ‘unique’ experience, says Whistler Blackcomb

Late spring skiing will be offered on Whistler this year

Late spring skiing is going to look a little different this year. On Monday, April 22, Whistler Blackcomb (WB) closed down Blackcomb Mountain for winter operations, meaning that those looking for some last-minute turns will be skiing Whistler.…

Celebrating AWARE

Monday, April 22, marked Earth Day. If we’re being honest, the occasion seems to be little more than an excuse for social-media posts depicting our more picturesque adventures.…

Celebrating 30 years of AWAREness

Past presidents, members and volunteers gather to share three decades of stories

By the time the 2010 Olympic Winter Games had come and gone from Whistler, those involved with the Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment (AWARE) were completely burned out. “I think it was maybe one year after the Games … we put a call out saying ‘This is going to be the end of AWARE,'” recalled past president Sara Jennings, at an event celebrating the environmental charity’s 30th anniversary at the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre on April 22.…

Another conservation officer added for the summer in Squamish

Seasonal officers added to B.C. Conservation Officer Service

Squamish is getting another conservation officer, at least for the summer. Six new officers were added in the province as part of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service’s seasonal program, the provincial government has announced.…

First bear of 2019 killed in North Van

Conservation officers have killed the first bear of the season on the North Shore after it became hooked on Lynn Valley residents’ garbage. The black bear first started popping up around Kilmarnock Crescent in early April, according to conservation officer Lonnie Schoenthal, and almost immediately started breaking into lockable garbage bins provided by the District of North Vancouver…

Mountain News: E-bikes allowed on path linking Summit County

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Summit County has a 90-km asphalt trail that connects most of the county’s six towns with a link also to Copper Mountain and to Vail. It’s wonderful for bicycling—but not, so far, for e-bikes.…