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Rough waves for Tofino surfers at Olympic qualifier

timescolonist.com – Tofino, the home of Canadian surfing, will not be represented at the Tokyo Olympics in summer 2021 after Canada failed to qualify any surfers to the Games. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1402435018505416704

Pro Standard GoPro Mounts & Accessories

theprostandard.tumblr.com – First day in the #whistlerbikepark. Riding with @sethwescott So stoked this is in my front yard. #mtb #grillmount #testingground #idealab (at Whistler Mountain Bike… Tweeted by @TheProStandard https://twitter.com/TheProStandard/status/1403530218401320961

Opinion: Nature needs a voice

piquenewsmagazine.com – How do we get governments, hotel chains, transportation, related tourism businesses, and the traveller to value nature in their balance-sheet equations? Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1403104685888655362

Competitions & Giveaways | Comps.gg

comps.gg – Find & Win Competitions & Giveaways from all over the web on Comps.gg Tweeted by @wearecomps https://twitter.com/wearecomps/status/1403742148613267458

Eva Lake Park to receive more attention from RMOW

piquenewsmagazine.com – The RMOW plans to pay closer attention to Eva Lake without changing the park’s natural beauty. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1402697000190046209

WIBA 2021 Shortlist Announced - Whistler Independent Book Awards

independentbookawards.ca – The shortlist for the Whistler Independent Book Awards 2021 is announced. The best Canadian self-published fiction and non-fiction titles. Tweeted by @FriesenPress https://twitter.com/FriesenPress/status/1401992418820513797

Opinion: Fossil fuel industry faces an overdue reckoning

piquenewsmagazine.com – The fossil fuel era is ending. It’s time to find ways to shift fairly and equitably to better ways of living and powering our societies. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1403904959247179776

Maxed out: Fishing is a metaphor for life

piquenewsmagazine.com – Fishing is still the most widely practised sport, hobby, distraction, time-waster in the world. It fulfils mankind’s primal instincts to challenge nature. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1403180183478284289

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Celebrating bike to work/school week

piquenewsmagazine.com – To celebrate Bike To Work Week in BC, a Whistler couple shares tips they’ve learned about getting around on 2 wheels after ditching their car for e-bikes. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1403015347830099968

Indigenous child-welfare battle heads to court despite calls for Ottawa to drop cases

piquenewsmagazine.com – Ottawa’s controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded childcare system heads to Federal Court Monday, desp… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1404208809707376640

Getting to Know…Brendan Doyle

slidingonice.com – (June 7, 20221) – For our second athlete profile of 2021 (and the 24th in the “Getting to Know…” series), we chat with Irish skeleton athlete Brendan Doyle. Since returning to the sport in 2016, Bren… Tweeted by @TheKenChilds https://twitter.com/TheKenChilds/status/1401944170315591682

Current Listings

robpalm.com – Incredible views and all-day sunshine are what is in store for you at this special property in one of Whistler’s sunniest neighbourhoods. This stunning mountain modern home was beautifully designed t… Tweeted by @RobPalmWhistler https://twitter.com/RobPalmWhistler/status/1403534794194001920

Cheakamus Lake campsites reportedly closed due to aggressive bear

piquenewsmagazine.com – BC Parks has closed the Whistler-area campground, located within Garibaldi Provincial Park, for a 2-week period beginning on June 8 due to bear activity. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1402638615021293569

B.C.'s wildfire forecast 'not looking good'

piquenewsmagazine.com – BC Wildfire Service says suppression tactics will be challenged and fire size will increase if southern B.C.’s dry weather trend continues Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1402743368019419136

B.C.'s latest COVID-19 modelling data shows promising summer

castanet.net – According to the latest coronavirus modelling report, the worst scenario shows daily cases remaining under about 250 through the summer, while the higher vaccine uptake scenarios show daily cases dro… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1403225482015907841