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Finding our bearings

By Clare Ogilvie I really enjoy walking around the Whistler Golf Club course, and if I am honest, I especially love it in spring when bears crop the grass and literally loll around in the patches of dandelions with the type of splendour reserved for Rubenesque paintings. And this spring, with many fewer people around, […]

Letters to the Editor for the week of June 18th

A rational discussion on grizzly bears and habitat Since 1978, I have been watching and awaiting this moment when we as the Sea to Sky community come to face the challenge of living in unison with grizzly bears.…

Travels over water—Part III

By G. D. Maxwell In the Age of COVID, all travel is local. New rules being promulgated for air travel seem destined to render it about as appealing as fourth-day turkey dinner leftovers.…

Poll finds steady support for B.C. government's housing taxes

By Mario Canseco / Glacier Media Last month, Research Co. and Glacier Media looked at the state of affairs in British Columbia’s political scene. For more than five years, concerns about housing, homelessness and poverty dominated the issue landscape, with residents aged 18 to 34 and Metro Vancouverites being significantly more worried than their non-urban […]

Whistler Blackcomb hopes to open June 29

By Pique Staff Opening must align with Phase 3 of B.C.’s Restart Plan Whistler Blackcomb plans to open on June 29 subject to provincial alignment and progress toward the BC Restart Plan, Phase 3. The Whistler Village Gondola, PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola and Blackcomb Gondola will bring hikers and sightseeing guests up the mountains, and […]

Whistler-born artist featured in Vancouver window exhibit

By Alyssa Noel Andrew Cathers’ work on display at Outsiders and Others starting July 3 While art galleries around B.C. are unveiling plans to open up with restrictions in place, Vancouver’s Outsiders and Others is taking a different approach. A non-profit art society that highlights the work of non-traditional artists, the gallery is exhibiting pieces […]

Loutitt plans fundraising ride

By Dan Falloon Ultrarunner to support Squamish Helping Hands Society As he gets set to embark on a 5,000-kilometre bike ride, Jason Loutitt has a lot on his mind. The 46-year-old world-class ultrarunner and longtime Squamish resident plans to ride from Whistler to Winnipeg and back starting on Friday, June 19, and he has several […]

Canada set to launch voluntary contact-tracing app: PM

By Tyler Orton / Business in Vancouver Trudeau also acknowledges failed bid for UN Security Council seat Canada is prepared to launch a contact-tracing app to better track the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday (June 18) that the nationwide app will first launch in Ontario in early July before being deployed […]

Whistler Blackcomb details June 29 opening plan

By Braden Dupuis Mountain ops go cashless; Fitz, Garbo zones to open in bike park The long wait is almost over—Whistler Blackcomb (WB) is targeting a June 29 opening day for its 2020 summer operations. But with COVID-19 factoring in, Whistler’s summer experience is going to look much different than in past years.…

B.C. confirms eight new cases of COVID-19, for total of 2,783

By Elana Shepert/ Vancouver is Awesome A school has ceased in-class learning after an adult who is connected with an independent school in the Fraser Health region tested positive for COVID-19 There are now 2,783 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in B.C. after health officials announced eight new cases Thursday. Provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie […]

Pemberton traffic stop uncovers drugs, cash and loaded machine gun, police say

By Brandon Barrett Police Briefs: Vehicle reported stolen; Elderly man arrested over alleged assault A routine traffic stop led Pemberton police this week to a trove of suspected drugs, cash and weapons—including a fully loaded machine gun, according to a release. At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 13, Mounties observed a driver go through […]

Many arrests as Vancouver police enforce injunction against homeless camp

By The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Police have made dozens of arrests after they say 46 people refused to obey a court injunction and leave a tent encampment on Vancouver’s waterfront. An email from police says the arrests happened late Tuesday afternoon as demonstrators sat on the ground and refused to leave the site near […]

Trudeau promises economic and fiscal ‘snapshot’ July 8

By Tyler Orton / Glacier Media PM previously called potential update ‘an exercise in invention and imagination’ While COVID-19 has left the Canadian economy in a state of uncertainty, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising an economic and fiscal update of sorts is coming next month. The Liberal minority government has been under increasing pressure […]

National parks to open campgrounds for existing reservations next week

By The Canadian Press OTTAWA — The federal environment minister says Canadians who have campground reservations in some national parks will be allowed to pitch their tents and pull in their trailers starting next week. Jonathan Wilkinson says camping will be allowed as early as Monday at 31 national parks — including Gros Morne in […]

Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19

By The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contracted the novel coronavirus. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, said she is excited about the partnership […]