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Whistler golfer commits to UBC

By Dan Falloon Kaitlyn Hill snags scholarship The bulk of Kaitlyn Hill’s competition is generally able to have significantly longer golfing seasons, if not year-round opportunities. Still, even with the disadvantage compared to her Lower Mainland peers, the Whistler golfer always aimed for the top.…

Whistler festivals and events move online for 2020

By Alyssa Noel Children’s festival, Whistler Writers Festival, and Holiday Market announce changes Rather than tossing in the towel in the face of COVID-19 restrictions, several local festivals and events have decided to shift online this year. The Whistler Children’s Festival, the Whistler Writers Festival, and the Holiday Market have all announced they will be […]

B.C. endorses plan to encourage NHL to make Vancouver a hub city

By Glen Korstrom / Glacier Media Plan would involve NHL teams being considered family units for quarantine purposes B.C. Premier John Horgan and Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry have endorsed a plan to encourage the National Hockey League (NHL) to consider making Vancouver one of two hub cities that would host 12 hockey teams to […]

Resort Municipality of Whistler preps 'Big Moves Strategy' for climate

By Braden Dupuis Council briefs: Rebates for electric vehicle stations; OCP gets housekeeping update With an eye to tackling Whistler’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters—transportation and buildings—the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is launching a new strategy to focus its efforts. The Climate Action Big Moves Strategy, as it’s being called, aims to single out […]

Work to begin on new Carbon Engineering facility in Squamish

By Squamish Chief Staff World-renowned carbon capture company holds ground-breaking ceremony on June 11 Squamish’s world-renowned carbon-capture company has broken ground on the site of what will be a new facility. Carbon Engineering has made headlines for technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air and recycles it as fuel.…

Tourism vs. virus anxiety: Nuu-Chah-Nulth council resists opening to visitors

By Cindy E. Harnett/Times Colonist B.C. Premiere concerned tourism will stall if First Nations close communities B.C. Premier John Horgan said there will be an impasse if B.C.’s plan to reopen domestic tourism province-wide is met with plans to close communities. On Tuesday, the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, representing 14 First Nations along 300 kilometres of […]

Statistics Canada asks parents to share their COVID-19 experiences

By The Canadian Press OTTAWA — If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wants to be your new sounding board. Statistics Canada is conducting an online survey for parents with children younger than […]

BALDREY: COVID-19 modelling shows how it got here and where it's going

By Keith Baldrey / North Shore News As we continue to adapt to the extraordinary changes brought upon our daily lives by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth stepping back every now and then to examine the mounting data associated with the virus’ impact on British Columbia. The recent “modeling” released by Provincial Health Officer […]

Day lot parking fee increase on hold

By Braden Dupuis RMOW announces modified summer transportation ops A proposed increase to parking fees in Whistler’s day lots is on hold thanks to COVID-19. The new fees——announced in February and set to take effect this month——were to go up to $12 per day in lots 1 to 3 (from $10) and $6 in lots […]

Sea to Sky police stop Dodge Charger stolen from Lillooet with road spikes

By Brandon Barrett Police Briefs: Second motorcycle crash in recent weeks; Vancouver man caught for excessive speeding Local police arrested a Surrey woman and two passengers this week after they allegedly stole a muscle car from Lillooet, according to a release. At approximately 10 a.m. on Monday, June 8, Whistler and Pemberton RCMP were tipped […]

Vail Resorts can learn from Whistler youth

LETTER: For the week of June 4 It has been encouraging to see Whistler youth step up where Whistler adults still fear to tread, in both the Black Lives Matter rally recently and the past climate change rally. What remains to be seen is exactly how much this will galvanize their parents and community… or […]

Author of social media post called out as 'racist' claims post taken out of context

By Megan Lalonde Owner of business caught in social-media crossfire backlash suffers harassment A Whistler barber who sparked a firestorm of outrage on social media after posting a challenge on Instagram to those who attended an anti-racism protest in Whistler now says the Instagram image was a meme, was taken out of context, and reframed […]

Lower Mainland family dinner triggers a COVID-19 outbreak and a stark warning

By Stefan Labbé / Tri-City News Of the 30 guests, 15 have tested positive for COVID-19 “What does B.C.’s Phase 2 reopening mean for me?” That’s the question many British Columbians have been grappling with since the province slipped out of the worst days of the pandemic.…

Premier Horgan confirms B.C. restaurants may be able to buy alcohol at wholesale prices

By By Glen Korstrom/ Business in Vancouver Restaurant owners have been wanting to be able to by alcohol at less than full retail price for years The B.C. government will consider a proposal for restaurant owners to be able to buy alcohol at wholesale prices, much like private and government liquor store owners are able […]

Ex-conservation officer who refused to kill bear cubs wins dismissal at B.C. court

By Stefan Labbé / Tri-City News Bryce Casavant has been a vocal advocate of BC Conservation Officer Service reform. A former conservation officer who was fired from his job in 2015 for refusing to euthanize a pair of bear cubs has won his dissisal case at the B.C. Court of Appeal. At the time, Bryce […]