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You can own this retiring BC Ferries ship for as little as $11,000

She’s carried passengers across B.C. waters for over four decades, but the time for the Howe Sound Queen to retire is upon us. And with the BC Ferries vessel’s end of service comes the chance for pretty much anyone to own her, as the Howe Sound Queen is on the auction block, and the bidding right now is as low as $11,000.…

Seven vendors slated for Whistler’s summer food-truck program

RMOW program launches June 28 with block party in Upper Village

The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has unveiled the lineup for this year’s food-truck program, which will kick off in late June with a block party featuring a mix of new and returning vendors. For the fourth year running, there will be a food truck onsite daily in select Whistler parks from June 29 to Sept. 2, usually from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.…

Fergie’s Cafe coming back this summer

The restaurant has announced a new management team

TFergie’s Cafe will be coming back this summer. A specific date wasn’t given in a recent news release issued by the restaurant, but it did say that the owners have chosen a new management team.…

Freestyle skiers look back on Jr. Worlds

Three top-10 results for local competitors in Sweden, Italy

Freestyle Whistler alums had a banner year on the junior world stage, as five athletes competed at their respective championships recently. Firstly, Skye Clarke and Josephine Howell were in Klaeppen, Sweden for the FIS Junior World Ski Championships for slopestyle and big air.…

Citizenship 101

Thirty-five new Canadians. Many family members.…

Arts Whistler awarded new grant to help musicians and content creators

Project will produce more than a dozen promotional videos for Sea to Sky music acts

Arts Whistler is preparing to launch a new initiative for local musicians and content creators after receiving an $80,000 grant from an unlikely source. The BC Rural Dividend fund—from the provincial Forest, Lands, Natural Resources Operations department—aims to support economic development in rural B.C. “In reality, it’s not an arts grant,” says Mo Douglas, executive director of Arts Whistler.…

Village of Pemberton to support archeological survey

Council briefs: bylaw interpretation; pedestrian safety

Village of Pemberton (VOP) council instructed staff during its April 16 regular council meeting to move forward with a plan to commission an archeological study in an area slated for forest thinning. The area, which is being thinned as a wildfire mitigation measure, is on the hillside north of Pemberton.…

Mountain News: Steamboat plans plastic bag ban, but legality a bit murky

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – Steamboat Springs has decided to say no more to freebie plastic bags at four of its major stores come October. But can it legally do so?…

Lift station, paving contracts awarded

Council briefs: Third reading for public washrooms; Lil’wat housing agreement bylaw

two more infrastructure projects are set to get underway with the awarding of two contracts at council’s April 16 meeting. The Spruce Grove Sewer Lift Station Project ($1.1-million contract awarded to Merletti Construction) will see Whistler’s largest lift station get a long-awaited upgrade.…

Norris and Benbow take top spots in Saudan race

Norris inches out Robbie Dixon for first place, with ideal racing conditions

There were ideal conditions for the Saudan Couloir Race Extreme on Friday, April 12, with bluebird visibility and snow that was just soft enough to dig an edge into. Jordy Norris and Brynne Benbow took top spots in the men’s and women’s pro categories, respectively.…

Watch Los Amigos’ winning Intersection film

Local crew took Best in Show and People’s Choice at event last week

This year’s Intersection winners took home both the $10,000 Best in Show prize and the People’s Choice award at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival event last Sunday, April 14. After their win, Los Amigos—which first formed in 2016 as a group of UBC roommates—told the sold-out crowd that one line featured in the short ski film didn’t end so well.…

On the road again

Former Whistlerite Jeremy Thom making in-roads in New Zealand music scene

Jeremy Thom wasn’t sure how receptive the Kiwi crowds would be when he packed up his guitar case and made the move to New Zealand last year. But judging by the response he got from the patrons of a dingy, dimly lit heavy-metal bar one night in Wellington, chances are he’s going to do just fine.…

Embrace the silly season

It was a week I wish I’d worn another layer—skiing on what looked like a warm day but wasn’t. I had been surprised by snow that was almost hail when I could barely find a cloud in the sky, basked in the heat of such ozone-challenged intensity I could actually hear pallid, winter skin start to sizzle like bacon on a griddle, skied shallow freshies and spring sandpaper crud…on the same run.…

Baird, MacDougall earn Halaw wins

Young snowboarders beat out veterans in Skier’s Plaza while Olympians win Sp’akwus ski event

With difficult spring conditions challenging snowboarders during the Halaw Snowboard Invitational in Skier’s Plaza on April 12, competitors were finding it difficult to land two scoring runs in the five attempts they were afforded. Men’s champ Jack MacDougall, however, landed all but his last one as he held off early favourite Mark McMorris to secure the win on a slushy hill.…

Wide range of comments heard on Official Community Plan

New Strategic Planning Committee to address growth management

Whistler’s updated Official Community Plan (OCP) is in the homestretch now after a public hearing on April 16. With 14 people speaking at the public hearing and 11 more submitting written comments, Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) staff will go back to the drawing board to address any outstanding issues before bringing the bylaw back for third reading at an upcoming council meeting.…