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EDITORIAL: No end in sight

piquenewsmagazine.com – There is a certain feeling of disconnect in the resort at the moment. On the one hand, we are being chastised by provincial health officials and the premier over the alarming rise of COVID-19 cases a… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296517103424622595

COVID or not, core council priorities remain solid

piquenewsmagazine.com – Whistler’s Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) met on July 22 for the first time since Feb. 24—or approximately seven years in COVID time. But while seemingly everything has changed in Whistler since … Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296971094880948226

Whistler skaters receiving world-class instruction

piquenewsmagazine.com – The star Canadian figure skater made his Olympic debut in 2010 in Vancouver and now, 10 years later, he is teaching the next generation of skaters at the host Olympic resort in Whistler. With physica… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1297179467987726337

3 New Ways to Explore Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky

vanmag.com – Rediscover one of BC’s best-known corridors when you explore Metro Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky. See familiar places with fresh eyes: book a foraging tour in Vancouver, hike to hidden lakes in Squami… Tweeted by @vanmag_com https://twitter.com/vanmag_com/status/1296543968952344576

SLRD issues evacuation alert for certain properties in Area C

piquenewsmagazine.com – With a wildfire burning above Lillooet Lake and the In-SHUCK-ch Forest Service Road, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has issued an evacuation alert for Lillooet Lake Estates, Heather J… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296556613764026368

Interiority complex

nationalobserver.com – After graduating high school, he built homes at Canim Lake for $5 an hour. In 1986, when he was 26, he enrolled in a community college in Vancouver, where he planned to become a P.E. teacher. But the… Tweeted by @GCLongform https://twitter.com/GCLongform/status/1296567771560652806

MERTHYR COUNCIL MISCONDUCT THE TRUTH

merthyrcouncilcoverupblog.home.blog – I am writing this TRUE story to put on record, in one place, how the Senior Managers at Merthyr Council persecuted my son, Chris Jones (CJ) and eventually terminated his employment as a Senior HR Off… Tweeted by @1GeoffJones https://twitter.com/1GeoffJones/status/1296584288364900363

John Singer Sargent and the Art of Elegance

theobjectivestandard.com – 1. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (New York: Oxford World Classics, 2006), 4. 2. W. H. Auden, “In Memory of W. B. Yeats,” 89, in W. H. Auden: Selected Poems, edited by Edward Mendelson (New … Tweeted by @TimothySandefur https://twitter.com/TimothySandefur/status/1296591988867756032

Aerial Obstacle - Full Course - The Adventure Group

tagwhistler.com – Challenge yourself and interact with Whistler’s backcountry. The Aerial Obstacle Full Course features 70 different obstacles from rope swings to balance beams that reach heights of up to 60 feet abov… Tweeted by @TagWhistler https://twitter.com/TagWhistler/status/1296628404876345345

Santa Barbara County knew mudslides were a risk. It did little to stop them

latimes.com – During severe winter storms, Cold Springs Creek above Montecito turns into a torrent of mud, uprooted trees and shed-size boulders as it drains three square miles of sheer mountain front. The only th… Tweeted by @BCWildfireHelp https://twitter.com/BCWildfireHelp/status/1296713124884570112

It’s not just delicious, it’s ‘Babalicious’

piquenewsmagazine.com – Whistlerites are mostly known as warm, welcoming folks, but even Leslie and Etienne Garneau were taken aback when neighbours would show up at their door unannounced. “We’ve had people show up like, ‘… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296851969487716353

Canada loses Lake Louise alpine ski event for 2020

piquenewsmagazine.com – LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Canada will not hold an alpine ski race on the World Cup circuit this season after the Lake Louise event announced Thursday it will take a season off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296862630301380608

PIQUE'N YER INTEREST: The pandemic lull

piquenewsmagazine.com – There are few things my wife loves more than calendars (myself included, quite possibly). Our house boasts two calendars that are normally chockfull of events, and even our living room’s visual eye-c… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1296892326510551046

Europe Deals | Asia Deals | Australia Deals

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Rude, messy, disrespectful tourists anger communities on Vancouver Island's west coast

cbc.ca – Recent floods of tourists to popular towns on Vancouver Island’s west coast have been an economic blessing — but many residents and businesses say they’ve also been a social curse. While the influx o… Tweeted by @docleslie https://twitter.com/docleslie/status/1296947752350359552