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By Dan Falloon What’s the best way to phrase this? I’ll never be mistaken for a ballerina.…

Whistler Racket Club back in the swing of things

By Dan Falloon Sports briefs: GranFondo to offer free training; Province protecting amateur sports organizations After taking over the Whistler Racket Club in January, Jamie Grant and his business partners set to work making the space a community hub. Two short months later, with that work still in progress, the COVID-19 pandemic brought things to […]

Origin wins SAMMY Award

By Alyssa Noel Whistler company honoured via Zoom ceremony They might have accepted the honour via Zoom, but for the co-owners of Origin, a SAMMY Award was a perfect pick-me-up during these challenging times. “We found out about a month ago,” says Whistler-based Danielle Kristmanson.…

Trudeau: Ottawa using 'a range of tactics' to bring back Canadians detained in China

By Chuck Chiang / Business in Vancouver At his daily morning press conference, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped short of criticizing Beijing over its formal charging of two Canadian citizens with espionage, noting Ottawa is engaging in “plenty of action behind the scene in firm ways.” The response comes after Canadians Michael Kovrig and […]

B.C. health workers finally limited to one site months after order

By By Glen Korstrom/ Business in Vancouver B.C. government has been working for months to make this happen Months after B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry ordered all workers at seniors’ care homes and other healthcare sites work solely at one location, the order is finally being fully adhered to, according to Health Minister Adrian […]

Indigenous Day (Part 2): Police chief says VPD values its relationship with Indigenous people

By Mike Howell/Glacier Syndicated Glacier Media hears from Indigenous leader, police chief and government minister in three-part series in advance of National Indigenous Peoples Day As Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer tells it, less than a month ago his officers were viewed by many residents as heroes for being frontline workers during a pandemic. Thank-you […]

Survey sheds light on demand for B.C. parks during pandemic

By Alyssa Noel Ninety-four per cent of respondents say access to nature important for mental health the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) recently released survey results that shed light on British Columbians’ desire to get outside and into B.C. parks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 1,000 people from across the province logged on to […]

Women recovering following black bear attack in northern B.C.

By Megan Lalonde/Vancouver is Awesome Here’s a roundup of a few troubling wildlife interactions B.C.’s conservation officers have dealt with recently Two women are recovering following a bear attack in northern B.C. on Tuesday. A mother and daughter were walking with their dogs along a remote logging road near Prince George when, at around 1:30 […]

Whistler Indigenous Peoples Day vigil scheduled for this Sunday

By Brandon Barrett ‘It’s great to talk the talk but now we need to walk the walk,’ says organizer As a First Nations activist and organizer of Whistler’s Sisters in Spirit Vigil, Linda Epp has had enough conversations about race with non-Indigenous Canadians to recognize a few common patterns. “Some people have a hard time […]

New COVID-19 outbreak at Mission hospital 'very concerning'

By Nelson Bennett / Business in Vancouver Services at Mission hospital reduced to urgent care only, after outbreak connected to care homes There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at a small hospital in Mission that is connected to another outbreak at a care home, says provincial health officer Bonnie Henry. “There have been two […]

Upper Squamish Valley fire called out

By Steven Chua / Squamish Chief After battling hotspots for weeks, authorities declared it out on May 26 At long last, it’s over. Days shy of the 1.5-month mark, the BC Wildfire Service declared the Upper Squamish Valley fire officially out.…

Whistler's hair salons adapting to new reality

By Brandon Barrett With fewer clients for the foreseeable future, hair studios reckon with their bottom lines When COVID-19 forced Sarah Williamson to temporarily close the hair salon she has run out of her Bayshores home since 2012, the news felt like a punch to the teeth. “I found myself on the floor and I […]

Whistler businesses want more certainty on financial aid this fall

By Brandon Barrett with no wage-subsidy timeline, resort entrepreneurs don’t know how they’ll weather dead season whistler business owners are well attuned to the fluctuations in sales that come with navigating the seasonal cycle of any tourist town. But never have resort entrepreneurs had to face the level of uncertainty that the COVID-19 global pandemic […]

Mayor's Task Force members revealed

By Dan Falloon Council briefs: Library, community centre soft reopening planned for July 2 Village of Pemberton (VOP) Mayor Mike Richman is excited to see what the members of his Mayor’s Task Force on COVID-19 Response and Recovery bring to the table over the next several months. Richman revealed the members of the council committee […]

Free will astrology for the week of June 18th

By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): My Aries friend Lavinia told me, “The fight I’m enjoying most lately is my fight to resist the compulsion to fight.” I invite you to consider adopting that attitude for the foreseeable future.…