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Tourism Whistler preps reimagined marketing campaign for COVID times

By Braden Dupuis Province props up destination marketers with $10M grant destination marketing organizations across B.C.—Tourism Whistler (TW) included—are getting COVID-19 relief in the form of a $10-million grant from the province. In Whistler, the grant amounts to $1.4 million to help cover operational and staffing costs through October, said TW president and CEO Barrett […]

Missin' Whismas

By Vince Shuley I don’t remember exactly who came up with the term “Whismas,” a colloquialism for the Whistler Mountain Bike Park’s (WMBP) annual opening day. It could have been a fervent downhiller expressing their enthusiasm online or some clever staff member in Whistler Blackcomb’s marketing department.…

A crash course in archives

By Alyssa Bruijns The Whistler Museum and Archives is collecting donations of objects, photographs, video, and other documents to record Whistler’s experience during the pandemic. We’re accepting items Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and all donations will be safely quarantined.…

Don't release goldfish into the wild

By Pique Staff One Mile Lake Nature Centre sends out reminder after local discovery Little Cleo isn’t meant to live out life in the wild, but probably not for the reasons you’re thinking, the One Mile Lake Nature Centre is reminding the public. The centre posted a message on Facebook discouraging people from releasing pets […]

Robanske calls it a career

By Dan Falloon Squamish snowboard-cross racer retires after decade on national team Among Chris Robanske’s proudest accomplishments in a decade on the national snowboard-cross team was the resilience he displayed in bouncing back from two significant injuries early on in his career. But a serious knee injury suffered at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in […]

Mental wellness: COVID-19 causing youth anxiety to spike

By Maria Rantanen / Richmond News Schools are organizing proms and graduation ceremonies on home screens to celebrate an important life milestone—but nothing virtual can really replace crossing the stage in front of peers, teachers and family to receive a high school diploma. It’s just one important rite of passage young people are missing out […]

Sunshine Coast Regional District urges BC Ferries to reverse course on evening sailings

By Sean Eckford / Coast Reporter BC Ferries is resuming service on the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route June 3, but a schedule change on the Langdale run to accommodate the Nanaimo service isn’t sitting well with some Sunshine Coast residents or the directors at the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD). The new schedule puts the last […]

Opinion: Multiple crises expose systemic flaws

By David Suzuki The coronavirus spreading COVID-19 around the globe isn’t the first disease microbe suspected to have jumped from other animals to humans, nor will it be the last. That we know to a large extent why so many diseases are making that leap should help us resolve the problem.…

Here’s what a return to school will look like in the Sea to Sky corridor

By Alyssa Noel Some students opt to head back to part-time classroom learning next week Around 70 per cent of parents who completed a Sea to Sky School District survey say they plan to send their children back to school in June. Roughly half of the families in the district responded.…

Guns, drugs and Quarantino 10

By Feet Banks “All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” That famous, factually correct quote is attributed to French director Jean-Luc Godard (Bande à part, Breathless), but Godard himself attributes it to American movie pioneer D.W. Griffith (who pioneered the feature-length film, but is also best known for 1915’s […]

BC Transit to collect fares, allow front-door boarding on June 1

By Alyssa Noel Safety measures to be in place for driver-passenger distancing BC Transit is set to resume fare collection and front-door boarding on Monday, June 1. It will also be installing a temporary vinyl panel for physical distancing between the driver and passengers on buses without a full driver door.…

Secondhand shops continue offering deals

By Dan Falloon Re-Use-It Centre, Velvet Underground and deja vogue take precautions as they operate or get set to reopen the re-use-it Centre is making plans to reopen in June.…

Whistler triathlete keeps going without race season

By Dan Falloon Karsten Madsen completed an Everesting challenge for COVID-19 relief Trying to get over the hump of COVID-19 might feel like climbing Mount Everest every day. So taking part in a fundraiser that saw Whistler triathlete Karsten Madsen bike an elevation gain equivalent to the Himalayan heights on May 23 in support of […]

What is our new normal supposed to look like?

By Megan Lalonde Picture it: It’s the first week of May 2020. I’ve been self-isolating for approximately 38,672 days, the month of April felt like a week, and my wardrobe consists solely of sweatpants.…

Trudeau considering U.S. border-closure exceptions for families split between countries

By Chuck Chiang/ Glacier Syndicated Ottawa is looking at exceptions for families split by the current U.S.-Canada border travel ban, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau noted that the federal government is committed to the previously announced June 21 date as the earliest time that the ongoing border closure could be ended.…