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Celebrating 30 years of the Whistler Arts Council doing the opposite. – By Glenda Bartosh 

COVER: I am proud to be part of such a vibrant arts community here in Whistler. I am excited about a lot of the 

new projects and initiatives coming down the pipeline for local arts and culture in our town. Thank you to all the artists 

who make the world a more colourful and vibrant place to live in. Thank you for stepping outside of your comfort zone 

and sharing, exploring, innovating, interpreting, revitalizing, questioning and advancing the world around you. Without 

artists the world would be a pretty dull place. – Andrea Mueller | www.andrealikesart.com 

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OPENING Remarks 

A milestone to 

celebrate — happy 

30th birthday WAC 

It is nearly impossible to imagine a 

world without art. 

Art is in everything around us from 

the crazy fi nger-painted masterpieces our 

kids create as toddlers, to the art we choose 

to decorate with, to the content in Pique. 

It is something so intrinsic to the 

By Clare 

Ogilvie 

edit@piquenewsmagazine.com 

human condition that I think most of us 

give it little thought in our day-to-day lives. 

As youngsters, many moan at having 

to do art projects in school, some take it in 

post-secondary institutions thinking it an 

easy credit — not true by the way — few have 

the courage to actually pursue it for a living. 

But there is no escaping that art is part 

of who we are and how we have lived from 

the days of the caveman/woman to today. 

As I pondered that and the amazing 

fact that this month marks the 30th 

anniversary of the Whistler Arts Council 

(WAC) I wondered about the role of art in 

our community, indeed in our way of life. 

Why was it that a group of Whistler 

locals all those years ago decided that the 

budding ski resort needed to have art as 

part of its way of life? 

In some ways the answer is simple — it 

was impossible to imagine that Whistler 

could grow without art in its many forms. 

Inconceivable in fact. 

It was a way to make our home special. 

This “Making Special” is in fact one 

of the key foundations of a lifelong 

study done by author and intellect Ellen 

Dissanayake, who has made it her life’s 

work to look at the link between art, 

psychology, anthropology and ethology. 

“We don’t have a verb, ‘to art,’ but what 

are artists, dancers, poets doing?” she asked 

during an interview with the University of 

Washington Alumni magazine Columns. 

“They’re taking the ordinary and 

making it special. You create a bowl out of 

mud but you don’t leave it ordinary, you 

make it special by engraving a pattern or 

fi gures on it. A poet takes ordinary words 

and makes them special. An artist places 

an activity or an artifact in a realm different 

from the everyday.” 

Isn’t that indeed what we see when we 

look around Whistler? From the art that 

hangs in local restaurants and businesses 

for WAC’s ArtWalk, to the murals painted 

on our bridges, to the whimsical “yarn 

bombs” we are all enjoying around town. 

Then there are the storytellers and 

playwrights who regale us with tales of 

Whistler’s past or poke fun at the present 

— and, of course, music and dance which 

are also part of Whistler’s soul. 

The story of our art is also the story 

of Whistler’s transitions — it can be 

seen in how our artistic offerings have 

changed from the purely volunteer-based 

organizations, which led the charge in 

the ’80s, to the multi-million dollar plans 

underway to reinvent some of our artistic 

offerings, both on the street, and through 

music and more. 

At each of Whistler’s transitional times 

you will fi nd art in some form — and I 

would argue it is no different now as the 

resort continues to try and defi ne itself in 

the post-Olympic era — a time we also fi nd 

ourselves under tremendous economic 

pressure as the global economy struggles. 

And as we have seen so many times in 

the past while various levels of government 

offer arts funding, there is not much policy 

to go with it. 

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At our municipal level, council has 

put $75,000 to develop a Comprehensive 

Community Cultural Plan, which is 

to provide a road map for the resort’s 

cultural future— paid for out of the Resort 

Municipality Initiative (RMI) funding from 

the province. 

The RMI is key to Whistler’s plans 

for continued success as it applies to its 

festivals, events, and animation program. 

Peer review is an important part of this 

process in examining not just the artistic 

success of the program, but also if it is 

fi scally wise in the circumstances — will 

bringing the VSO here for over $200,000 

return the investment in spades to the 

resort? Let’s hope so. And let’s see the 

numbers of room nights booked for the 

concerts and hear from local businesses 

about what visitors spent around that event. 

Surely our arts and entertainment groups 

want to be striving for self-suffi ciency? 

After all, the elephant in the room is how 

long the RMI funding will continue as the 

province itself copes with a tough economy 

and an aging population. This also begs 

the question if peer review should also be 

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have set up in Whistler. 

Of course, achieving self-suffi ciency is 

no easy feat — not back-in-the-day and 

not now. 

And would we choose not to fund art 

in its many forms if it meant not having 

it at all? I don’t think so. While we may 

not think about art every day, there is no 

doubt that it impacts us each and every 

day, and our worlds would be poorer if it 

was absent. 

Whistler is fortunate beyond measure to 

have so many passionate people dedicated 

to the success of our resort’s artistic culture 

...while various levels of government offer arts 

funding, there is not much policy to go with it. 

— a culture that goes far beyond what is 

done for the visitor. 

Our art and culture is about what is 

authentically Whistler — it’s about readings 

at The Point, it is about the Children’s Art 

Festival, it is about art in our school, our 

festivals and more, much more. 

So while there is no doubt going to 

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Letters TO THE EDITOR 

Concerts aren’t free 

Guess what? Those concerts ain’t free and 

represent tax dollars that could otherwise be 

spent on actually driving business to Whistler 

rather than just (wasting it) on stupid bands that 

people couldn’t care less about seeing. 

It might sound good walking by, but that’s 

about it. Why not use half the RMI money 

currently being pissed away to promote relevant 

bands that people will actually book a weekend 

trip to come see, AND pay money for a ticket? 

People just point and snicker or have a 

nostalgic ‘80s big hair moment with the current 

cheesy band lineups. Whistler ends up shooting 

itself in the foot when events like Jazz On The 

Mountain comes to town and gets screwed 

because there is no precedent for ticketed events. 

Save the “free” concerts for local musicians 

who need the exposure and will actually get up 

and play for free! Open mic night at the plaza! 

Another big question is why isn’t Whistler 

Olympic Park being utilized for a big festival event 

that would attract thousands like Pemberton 

Music Festival did? 

The municipality needs to get out of the event 

promotion business and not be a roadblock for the 

expert promoters who know how to put on shows 

that people will pay good money to come up and see. 

Tom Landers 

Whistler 

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ON #99 

On Saturday, May 20, my wife and I were among 

several thousand people who were held up for 

about 1.5 hours by a head-on collision close to 

the Daisy Lake Dam. Our sympathy goes to the 

victims of this accident, however, the purpose 

of this letter is to examine traffi c management 

procedures following accidents of this type. 

I have lived and driven in many countries 

and provinces and it always seems to take 

longer for the RCMP to get traffic flowing after 

an accident on Highway 99 than it does in 

other jurisdictions. 

Whether this observation is valid or not, 

sensible traffic control is obviously required to 

manage the effect of serious accidents on #99, 

because there is no alternative route. 

Traffic control should give consideration to 

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the volume of traffic flowing in each direction. 

On Saturday this didn’t happen — the radio 

reported regularly that the lineup southbound 

was five to 10 minutes while the northbound 

lineup was over an hour and a half. Obviously 

the people controlling traffic were giving equal 

time to each direction without consideration 

to volume. This probably generated losses for 

Whistler merchants, and others, of tens of 

thousands of dollars. 

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At Rubble Creek, just below the accident 

site, #99 runs through the remains of the 1855 

Barrier slide and it has always been recognized 

that eventually there will be another large 

Trapping several thousand people for 

about two to three hours in the middle 

of a high risk slide area is not smart. 

slide in this area. 

For this reason all residents of the area 

below the Barrier were relocated in the early 

1980s and slide warning signs were placed 

on the highway. In a recent paper the Geologic 

Survey of Canada noted that 18 per cent of all 

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landslide deaths in Canada have occurred in 

the Sea to Sky corridor, and that there is still a 

landslide hazard potential. 

Of special concern are high magnitude, 

low frequency landslides at locations such 

as Jane Creek, Cheekeye Fan and Rubble 

Creek. Appropriate management of these risks 

represents an important challenge. 

Trapping several thousand people for 

about two to three hours in the middle of a 

high risk slide area is not smart. 

Those who are responsible for traffic 

management after an accident should consider 

all of the factors — relative traffic flows and 

slide risk. If there had been a moderate quake 

on Saturday, followed by a slide, we would 

have experienced a Titanic-sized disaster. 

Rupert Merer 

Whistler 

GIANT SUCCESS 

Whistlerites and visitors once more flocked 

to the Giant Used Book Sale on the May long 

weekend to stock up on reading material. 

And they generously parted with a total of 

$4,545.52 for the Friends of the Library to use 

for Whistler library needs. 

In the past, the Friends have funded a total 

of 22 chairs and stools for the library, laptop 

bar, the coffee machine, and various programs 

such as the Film Movement Series and Youth 

Book Club. 

The sale could not go on without a 

group of dedicated volunteers who gathered, 

sorted, transported and sold books. They 

know who they are, but to let everyone else 

know what a great crew we have, thanks 

go out to: Maureen Chaddock, Moe and 

John Richmond, Jesse Pendygrasse, Lil 

Goldsmid, Verity and Gary Pringle, Alison 

Hunter, Margi McGraw and George, Bill and 

Andree Janyk, Len Van Leeuwen, Rick, Sally, 

and Maddie Reid, Anne Townley, Marianna Orr, 

Kris Shoup, Betty Vogler, Audrey Mitterndorfer, 

Ophra Buckman, Karen Wanger, Chris Kennedy, 

Elly and Pat Johnston, and Pina Belperio. Huge 

thank yous also go out to IGA Marketplace for 

allowing us to hold the sale in front of the 

store, and to Nesters Market and TD Canada 

Trust for being collection depots. We could not 

do it without you. 

Finally, thanks to all who so generously 

donated books, and the book lovers who came, 

saw, donated, and took away their summer 

reading. Until next time... 

Jane Reid, Organizer 

Whistler 

LOVELY LUAU 

We’d like to send out a special thanks to the 

following people who made Alphonse’s Luau 

on May 20 a roaring success: Hubert, for 

creating the palm trees and giant umbrella 

bar; Jordan for roasting the pig and playing 


music along with bandmates in FOMO; Karen, 

Tom, and Dawn for playing music, Phil for 

music, sound, and the venue; John for the 

Cincinatti dance floor and the bar; Mike and 

Joe for coming all the way from Australia and 

Ottawa, respectively; Johnny Two Tank for the 

palm tree; and last, but not least, Shawn and 

Marian for exceptional team work. 

Thanks to everyone else who came, danced, 

ate, drank, celebrated, and sent Al off to a 

higher and hopefully, better place. 

Ten Zowie, buddy. 

The Luau Collective Committee 

via Carol Siblock 

Mount Currie 

SENSIBLE SPRINKLING, PLEASE 

My name is Bernie Peup, I have been a citizen 

in Whistler for about five years now. 

Last summer season an issue in this town 

has really bothered me, the sprinklers around 

the village. 

I am a taxi driver and was amazed to see 

that every night the sprinklers in the taxi loop 

come on at 1 a.m. at the exact time that the 

bars close and they can go until about 3 a.m. 

During the watering, the sprinklers seem 

...the sprinklers 

seem to be spraying 

water all over the 

walkways that our 

drunk pedestrians 

use to commute to 

McDonalds, 7-Eleven, 

home, bus stops 

etc. making them 

have to use the 

streets instead. 

to be spraying water all over the walkways 

that our drunk pedestrians use to commute 

to McDonalds, 7-Eleven, home, bus stops etc. 

making them have to use the streets instead. 

It is ridiculous that we need to water the 

grass during the two busiest hours of the 

night. 

After reading an article in last year’s 

Pique that Whistlerites use too much water per 

square capita I wrote a letter that got published 

called “sprinkler madness” highlighting my 

very valid argument, and I also included great 

solutions to that problem. I was satisfied that 

after my letter got published that someone who 

had the power of the sprinkler switch would 

agree with me and a solution would take place. 

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But here I am in the early summer of 2012 

,sitting in my cab at 1:30 a.m. on a Sunday night. 

The bars have just let out, the crowds are fl ocking 

home, hey it’s even starting to drizzle a little, but 

the sprinklers are at work making sure to water 

the four square feet of grass we have in the taxi 

loop as well as all the walkways and roads (gotta 

water those roads, we just paved them last year, 

they gotta be clean). 

This happens all the time. I’m tired of 

hearing girls scream, as they get wet without 

warning as they are leaving the village. Don’t 

get me wrong I’m all up for a wet t-shirt 

contest, but do we really need to make sure 

that more drunk people walk in the streets at 

night to avoid sprinklers. Have we not learned 

our lesson on public safety? Do we need to see 

a dead body lying in the taxi loop to change 

how we use these sprinklers? 

My solution is so simple, change the hours 

of watering; instead of 1-3 a.m. when the taxi 

loop is at its busiest make them come on at 4 

to 6 a.m. 

A few weeks ago, another article in the 

Pique about our water use being too high 

got published. We keep pointing fingers, but 

nobody wants to be part of the solution and 

I believe that you can finally put an end to 

these jokes. 

We live in a rainforest! 

If I were in charge of this town I would 

never turn the sprinklers on unless we had five 

days in a row with no rain. Grass is a tough 

sonofabitch! It’s a survivor, just ask the grass 

on the lower parts of Whistler and Blackcomb 

Mountains that never get watered and stay 

green throughout the summer. 

Leave the sprinklers off please and when 

we really do need them make sure they come 

on at after 3 a.m. 

Bernie Peup, a common sense scientist 

Whistler 

RECOGNIZING YOUTH LEADERSHIP 

On May 4, 2012 The Interact Club of Pemberton 

(the youth branch of Rotary) hosted the Odd 

Squad at Pemberton Secondary School for both 

Pemberton and Mount Currie schools. 

The presentations were a stark reminder 

of the deep and painful impact substance 

abuse can have on individuals, families and 

communities. 

Bringing the Odd Squad to Pemberton was 

an Interact initiative and they worked hard to 

make it happen. 

On behalf of the Winds of Change steering 

committee I would like to acknowledge 

the Pemberton Interact Club for taking a 

leadership role in increasing the awareness 

of addictions among their peers. Your efforts 

remind us all that leadership to improve 

community health and wellbeing can come 

from many different places. 

Thank you! 

Sheldon Tetreault 

Chair, Winds of Change Steering 

Committee 

ONE-DERGARTEN CREATES AWARENESS 

Mrs. Lisa Smart’s Kindergarten and Grade One 

combined class at Myrtle Philip Community 

school, affectionately known as the Onedergarten, 

has had a fun filled year of playing, 

learning and growing. 

In this multi-age classroom, it has been 

particularly exciting to see the Grade 1 

students take on the role of leaders. The 

peer me ntoring from student to student 

has created a strong group of competent, 

independent young learners with an 

increased level of confidence. 

That confidence inspired them to challenge 

the rest of the school to become more 

environmentally aware. 

Starting in May the class chose nine ways 

they felt that they could be environmental 

stewards for the school. The class decided to 

implement an environmental challenge that 

takes place one day a week until the end of 

the school year. 

Students decided to: reuse recycled items 

for art, plant flowers and grass on the school 

grounds, compost class lunches, bring litter 

free lunches, pick up garbage on the school 

grounds, have an almost-zero electricity day, 

In this multi-age classroom, 

it has been particularly exciting 

to see the Grade 1 students take 

on the role of leaders. 

do the Commuter Challenge (bus, bike, walk 

and carpool to school), have a no-paper day, 

and plant trees. 

These inspirational young students then 

took their pitch to each of the other classrooms 

in the school, did a presentation explaining 

what might be involved in each day, and 

asked, “Do you accept our challenge?” 

The answer was a resounding “yes,” and 

the result has been a school guided by the 

positive influence of its youngest students. 

One-dergarten challenges the whole 

community to adopt some of its ideas to create 

environmental awareness and be the change! 

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POSH PROM The Grade 12 class from Whistler Secondary School celebrated prom this past weekend at the Nita Lake Lodge. As the graduating class reminisced about years gone by, and looked forward to the future, 

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FROM THE VALLEY 12 News 

Builders feeling bullish 

SAFETY, SKILLED LABOUR STILL A CONCERN, BUT CONFERENCE FINDS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO BE HEALTHY 

By John French 

john@piquenewsmagazine.com 

The construction industry could be 

doing more to keep its workers 

safe. 

“We are still killing a lot of people and 

I think all of us give it a lot of lip service, 

which is a shame,” Anibal Valente, vice 

president of PCL Constructors Westcoast 

Inc. told a gathering of construction 

industry members at the fi rst Construction 

Learning Forum held in Whistler by 

the Vancouver Regional Construction 

Association (VRCA) last weekend. 

According to WorkSafe BC, 32 

construction industry fatalities were 

registered in 2010; 13 potentially avoidable 

on-the-job incidents. 

Dave Girard, a director with the 

Canadian Homebuilders Association’s 

Sea to Sky chapter said most Whistler 

companies are well aware of the safety 

issues — but not all. 

“It runs from A to Z,” he said. “For 

some companies it isnt’t even on their 

radar.” 

The industry leaders on the panel for 

the fi nal discussion of the weekend forum 

included Sarah Clark, the president of 

Partnerships BC and Robert Lashin, the 

president of Houle Electric. 

Lashin picked up Valente’s thought 

about safety, saying a culture of safety 

needs to be created. He said the issue could 

be seen as a barrier or an opportunity. 

“A lot of people equate safety with 

additional cost,” said Lashin. “I equate 

safety for greater productivity so I’m a fi rm 

believer there shouldn’t be any death or 


CONSTRUCTION 

CONFIDENCE 

Diminished supply and 

non-conforming space issue 

resolution have at least 

one Whistler builder feeling 

optimistic for the future. 

PHOTO BY JOHN FRENCH 

injuries on the job, and it doesn’t mean 

your costs go up, you just have to be 

innovative in how you change the culture.” 

Houle said workers need to buy into 

a culture where safety is the fi rst priority 

and once that happens productivity will 

increase. 

The comments about safety came at 

the end of two days of discussions at 

the forum hosted by the VRCA, which 

represents more than 700 members in 

the multi-billion dollar non-residential 

construction industry in the Lower 

Mainland and Fraser Valley. A number 

of topics were tackled in various panel 

discussions. Other topics included 

skills shortages, environmental and 

sustainable practices, new technologies, 

new processes, global competition and 

the current fi scal environment. 

Lashin predicted more prefabrication 

work is going to take place in the future 

as companies grapple with skills shortages 

and global competition. 

“The world is changing and it is 

changing quick,” said Lashin. 

Tim Regan, a former president of the 

Sea to Sky division of the CBHA said he 

has experimented with prefabrication in 

Whistler, but found it wasn’t any more 

effective for his company. 

In general the construction industry is 

bracing for a skill shortage in B.C. in the 

thousands in the next few years, as workers 

retire and the industry shifts. 

For now, said Regan,Whistler has the 

luxury of a highly trained and skilled labour 

pool. That’s in contrast to the period leading 

up to the Olympic Games in 2010 where 

the skill set in Whistler was highly depleted. 

“The level of professionalism in the industry 

right now is as good as I’ve ever seen it,” 

said Regan. “People are quoting accurate 

numbers and they are sticking by their 

quotes, so from an execution standpoint 

we’re fi nding it very good, and we have been 

for the last two years.” 

Despite a struggling economy and 

news that even renovations are on the 

decline Regan is optimistic for the future 

of the industry because he feels the 

resort is coming out of a suppressed 

market that hasn’t seen very much new 

construction recently. Basic supply and 

demand logic suggests the diminished 

supply will be addressed through new 

construction, he said. 

He is also encouraged by Whistler 

Council’s willingness to look at the nonconforming 

space issue. 

The new council took a couple of 

months to deal with non-conforming space 

issues following what Regan described as a 

decade of struggle with local leaders. He 

said contractors are now able to advertise 

the actual numbers for home construction. 

Regan described many recently built 

homes in Whistler as “grandkid catchers.” 

“We’re looking at bringing extended 

families under one roof to enjoy either 

the summer or the winter experiences 

THIS SECTION 

that Whistler can offer and we’re now 

much more able to actually build the 

product they’re actually looking for,” said 

Regan. “I absolutely think this will spur 

construction activity.” 

A recent trend in Whistler, according 

to Regan, is fi xed-price projects that give 

owners price and timing surety along with 

quality certainty. Cost-plus construction 

contracts are becoming less popular with 

consumers — consumers Regan described 

as smart and cost-conscious. He added 

that the construction of spec homes is a 

less attractive option for developers since 

the downturn in the worldwide economy. 

According to BC Construction 

Employers about 125,000 people work 

directly in the construction industry, 

representing seven per cent of the 

province’s workforce and earning nearly 

$3 billion a year. 

The total value of construction in B.C. 

averages about $15 billion a year, or 15 

per cent of the gross provincial product 

and it carries a multiplier effect of three 

indirect jobs. 

Regan estimates that between 2,000 

and 2,5000 people are employed in 

the construction industry and related 

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News FROM THE VALLEY 

Whistler’s voice heard on 

date for new stat holiday 

FAMILY DAY SET FOR SECOND WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY 

By Alison Taylor 

It’s not clear how much more money 

could fl ow into Whistler now that 

February’s Family Day has been moved 

but the change is good news for the resort. 

The new statutory holiday will be on 

Monday February 11, 2013 — the second 

weekend in February, moved up one 

week after months of consultation with 

the public and private sector, followed 

up with a recent web poll spearheaded 

by the province. 

The change means that B.C Family Day 

will not fall on President’s Day weekend 

— the third weekend in February — and 

the busiest weekend in the entire year for 

Whistler. The move will spread out winter 

visitation and allow Whistler to provide far 

better availability, and a better price point, 

for B.C. guests in early February. 

Tourism Whistler’s president and CEO 

Barrett Fisher said it was too premature 

to determine the economic impact of the 

government’s decision, but she’s optimistic 

there will be spin-off in Whistler. 

“You don’t know how people will 

choose to vacation that weekend at this 

point in time, but certainly our hope is 

that with a long weekend you’re going to 

get more British Columbia guests that are 

choosing to go away for the weekend,” said 

Fisher. “Whether that’s to the Okanagan, 

whether that’s to Sun Peaks, whether that’s 

to Whistler, because it’s a winter holiday, 

we feel very optimistic that we’ll be able 

to attract guests to think about going away 

for the weekend and choosing a British 

Columbia resort.” 

Premier Christy Clark, along with 

Margaret MacDiarmid, minister of labour, 

citizens’ services and open government, 

made the Family Day announcement 

Monday at the Vancouver Aquarium. 

“Creating a Family Day in B.C. was 

an important priority for me. Today, 

my government is following through on 

that commitment and I am proud and 

delighted to let families across B.C. know 

that our very fi rst Family Day will be on 

Monday, Feb. 11, 2013,” said Clark in a 

press release. “Having our own unique day 

in B.C. creates distinctive opportunities 

for families and local business. British 

Columbians will be able to enjoy all kinds 

of local attractions with fewer lineups and 

less out-of-town traffi c.” 

Key to the discussions was a lobby 

from not only tourism organizations like 

Tourism Whistler, but also the Canada 

West Ski Areas Association (CWSAA), of 

which Whistler Blackcomb is a part. 

CWSAA president and CEO David Lynn 

expressed in a press release how pleased he 

was with the consultation leading up to the 

province’s decision. 

“We are very pleased with the outcome 

and we are confi dent that this decision will 

drive signifi cant benefi ts for the tourism 

industry, the provincial economy and the 

people of British Columbia,” said Lynn. 

Whistler Blackcomb’s Tabetha Boot, 

public relations and communications 

manager, echoed those comments. Whistler 

Blackcomb, among others, prompted local 

residents to log their votes in the web poll, 

which recorded more than 31,000 selections. 

The clear majority, more than 18,000, was for 

the second Monday on the month, with more 

than 3,500 logging no preference. 

“We were hoping to have the second 

Monday be the holiday so that all the 

families in B.C., when they do get out to 

enjoy the holiday day, they can have a 

much better guest experience,” said Boot. 

“The good news is… people won’t be 

paying that premium busy time period 

price point (of the President’s Week).” 

But not everyone in the province is 

happy. 

Conservative MLA for Abbotsford 

South, John Van Dongen, criticized the 

government’s decision for the new stat 

holiday. 

“This announcement will not create a 

single new job,” he said. “In fact, it will 

likely cost some jobs in the private sector.” 

The Canadian Federation of 

Independent Business (CFIB) estimates the 

stat day will cost an average small business 

paying an average wage to employees an 

extra $1,135 for labour and other expenses. 

“Independent businesses acknowledge 

that Family Day has the potential to 

increase employee morale, and that for 

some limited sectors, such as hospitality 

and tourism, there are opportunities for 

growth,” said Shachi Kurl, CFIB’s British 

Columbia director of provincial affairs. 

“However, the majority of our members 

are telling us they need mitigation to help 

them with the fi nancial burden this holiday 

places squarely on their shoulders.” 

Fisher, however, called the government’s 

decision “refreshing.” 

“I have to say I’ve been incredibly 

impressed with how the government has 

handled this issue among other issues when 

it comes to the tourism industry,” she said. 

“They’ve clearly been listening. They’ve done 

their homework. They’ve reached out to the 

industry. And they’ve been, I think, very 

consultative, very inclusive. The people have 

voted, the people have spoken and it was 

a strong majority for moving the weekend. 

And to me that takes leadership.” ■ 

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U.K. travel media come to 

Whistler via Virgin Airlines 

TOURISM WHISTLER MAKES INVESTMENT TO PROMOTE NEW 

SUMMER ROUTE FROM LONDON 


Tourism Whistler is hoping that a 

$25,000 investment to promote 

the new Virgin route from London to 

Vancouver will transform into more U.K. 

guests in the resort. 

Its contribution was part of a larger 

partnership with Virgin Holidays, the 

Canadian Tourism Commission and 

Tourism Vancouver on a marketing 

campaign designed to promote Virgin 

Atlantic’s new four days a week route 

from London to Vancouver. The funding 

was used in part to fete the U.K. travel 

media who arrived on the inaugural 

fl ight last week. 

“Our $25,000 went a long way to 

make a splash,” said Tourism Whistler’s 

president and CEO Barrett Fisher. 

Last Thursday and Friday the Tourism 

Whistler team took roughly 30 U.K. media 

about town — lunch at the Olympic 

sliding centre, ziplining, mountain biking, 

canoeing, going to the spa with several 

fortuitous black bear sightings in between. 

“They were incredibly enthusiastic of 

their Vancouver and their Whistler trip,” 

said Fisher. “So summer is looking very 

promising.” 

Virgin’s new fl ights add an additional 

960 seats per week from the U.K. between 

May and October. Up to 40,000 passengers 

are slated to use the service, which is 

expected to generate $21.5 million in 

tourism expenditure and create additional 

jobs in hotels, restaurants, shops and 

tourist attractions. 

“They’re doing just four days a week 

today, but as the fl ights generate greater 

load factors, they have talked about 

expanding it to daily service and we’re 

talking to them about our hope for year 

round service,” said Fisher. 

Virgin’s well-known owner Sir Richard 

Branson was in Vancouver last week to 

promote the new service. 

“Vancouver is such a cosmopolitan city, 

full of culture, shopping and restaurants, 

but it also offers stunning beaches and a 

range of outdoor adventure options on 

its doorstep,” said Branson. “Vancouver’s 

tourism is thriving and we believe that 

we can drive demand even higher by 

providing great competition with our 

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Sled dog case moved due 

to security concerns 

ACCUSED DOES NOT APPEAR FOR INITIAL COURT HEARING 

IN PEMBERTON 


The case against Robert Fawcett, who is 

accused of inhumanely killing up to 

54 Whistler sled dogs, is moving to North 

Vancouver for security reasons. 

“Administratively, it is diffi cult to staff 

this courtroom,” said B.C. Justice Douglas 

Moss Thursday May 24 from the bench at 

the Pemberton courthouse. “It only sits once 

or twice a month. Therefore, in a balance of 

convenience exercising the court discretion 

that I have, reluctantly, I’m prepared to 

transfer this to North Vancouver.” 

Fawcett did not appear in court for the 

fi rst of what is expected to be a series of 

hearings connected with charges of animal 

cruelty and inhumane treatment of dogs 

his company used in the operation of a 

sled dog company. 

Fawcett’s lawyer, Greg Diamond, 

appeared on behalf of the accused. 

Diamond told Justice Douglas Moss that 

he supported Crown Counsel Nicole 

Gregoire’s application to move the hearings 

from Pemberton to North Vancouver. 

The hearing took about 30 minutes as 

Gregoire outlined the Crown’s desire to 

hold future hearings in North Vancouver. 

Gregoire said the North Vancouver 

court is better suited because of the security 

infrastructure at the larger facility. She 

also pointed out that Court Room Two 

in North Vancouver has a gallery that will 

hold 70 people while the courthouse in 

Pemberton holds only 35. 

According to Gregoire, four sheriffs 

were brought to Pemberton specifi cally to 

address security concerns with the initial 

Pemberton hearing. 

“We don’t know what to expect following 

this hearing,” Gregoire told Justice Moss. 

She noted that Fawcett has received 

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the sled dog cull caused has generated a 

signifi cant amount of news media interest. 

Neil MacKenzie, the Communications 

Counsel with the Justice Branch, spoke to 

reporters gathered to cover the hearing and 

confi rmed the judge’s decision. 

“The Crown made a change of 

venue application today based on the 

consideration that the case could be 

managed more effectively at the courthouse 

in North Vancouver, taking into account a 

number of factors,” he said. 

Fawcett was general manager of 

Whistler-based Howling Dog Tours at the 

time of the sled dog cull. If he is found 

guilty he could face up to fi ve years in jail 

and/or up to a $10,000 fi ne. 

The BC SPCA spent more than 

$200,000 to investigate the dog cull after 

it was discovered that Fawcett had given 

WorkSafe BC details of the cull when he 

applied for benefi ts as he dealt with post 

traumatic distress. 

Details of the killings were leaked to 

reporters in January 2011 after Fawcett was 

awarded WorkSafe BC benefi ts and the 

gruesome details created an international 

reaction from people upset by the news. 

The BC SPCA submitted a 1,000-page 

report for Crown Counsel in September of 

2011 and now, more than two years after 

the dogs were killed, the matter is coming 

before the courts. The BC SPCA uncovered 

the remains of 54 sled dogs, though the 

original allegation suggested up to 100 

dogs were culled. 

Gregoire indicated that a trial is expected 

to take 10 days with about 15 witnesses. 

Diamond pointed out at the end of 

the hearing that his client hasn’t entered 

a plea yet. 

Fawcett’s next appearance is scheduled 

for June 19 in North Vancouver. ■

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JOAN RICHOZ AND FLORENCE PETERSEN PRESENTED WITH FREEDOM OF THE MUNICIPALITY 


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updating Whistler’s short but distinguished 

list of recipients honoured with the 

“Freedom of the Municipality.” 

The list is a who’s who of Whistler: Myrtle 

Philip, Pat Carleton, Al Raine, Drew Meredith, 

Garry Watson, Trevor Roote, Chester Johnson, 

Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim Godfrey. 

Each has played a signifi cant role in 

shaping Whistler — politicians, the creator 

of the Valley Trail system, the developer of 

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Never in her wildest dreams did 

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unexpected and appreciated. It was a big 

surprise, I must say.” 

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Whistler Arts Council. 

“I’m so happy that Florence is receiving 

it at the same time,” said Richoz. “I was 

thinking afterwards — we’ve got arts, 

culture and heritage all together in the two 

of us there!” 

The move to honour both longstanding 

community contributors was 

spearheaded by Wilhelm-Morden. She 

suggested Petersen and Richoz as worthy 

recipients and council agreed. On Monday 

evening, June 4, it becomes offi cial at a 

special council meeting. 

If they share anything in common, 

Richoz and Petersen, it’s that they both 

created something lasting and signifi cant in 

the community out of essentially nothing. 

Imagine just $10,000 to fi ll empty 

shelves on the walls with books, creating 

a collection worthy enough to be called 

a library. That’s exactly how much money 

Richoz had in 1986 when the library 

opened in the basement of municipal hall. 

“It was amazing but a great responsibility 

at the same time,” said Richoz, who 

remembers panicking about what to buy. 

“What if I bought all the wrong books and 

nobody takes them out!” 

She didn’t. What she did do was start 

with all the latest fi ction and non-fi ction 

— the seedlings of a collection, which has 

grown from 2,500 books in that fi rst year 

to roughly 45,000 items today. 

She thinks back to the surprise when 

people came into the library expecting dusty, 

out-of-date paperbacks, the kind left behind 

at closed up cabins, only to fi nd a barely 

creased collection of brand new books. 

Through all her years as librarian until 

she retired in 2006, and still to this day, 

Richoz has been an active and key player 

on the board of the Whistler Arts Council, 

having a hand in shaping the success of 

local arts and culture over the years. 

“I’ve loved it,” she said. “It’s been 

an amazing experience with all kinds of 

different people over the years.” 

The same year the library opened, Petersen 

was thinking about starting a museum with 

absolutely no funding to speak of. There was 

support, but not a lot of money. 

She remembers paying for stamps, 

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museum to preserve Whistler’s history — 

that fast fading time before the ski lifts 

were installed, when Whistler was fi shing 

lodges and logging camps. 

Now the museum, which has long 

operated out of a trailer in the village, has 

so many artifacts there isn’t enough room 

to display everything. 

The dream remains alive, however, to 

have a permanent museum one day. It was 

originally supposed to be part of the library 

building but funding pressures quashed 

those plans. It remains in the trailer. 

“That would be the dream — to have 

a proper museum one day,” said Petersen. 

“It won’t come in my day but hopefully it 

will be there in the future. 

“To have it come to this, it’s just been 

so exciting to see. It’s beyond what we ever 

thought would happen.” 

The Freedom of the Municipality award 

ceremony will take place on Monday, June 

4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Whistler 

Conference Centre. After there ceremony 

there will be a reception. The event is open 

to the public. ■

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Caution urged after cougar sightings 

By Andrew Mitchell 

There is a cougar in Whistler, but so 

far the animal has not threatened 

any humans or attacked any house pets. 

However, it has been seen in daylight 

in public areas, and caution is urged for 

residents, especially with small children. 

There were two cougar sightings in the 

Spruce Grove area last week, prompting 

residents to put up posters. Then, on Tuesday, 

May 21 at 3:25 p.m., the RCMP got a call 

regarding a cougar sighting on the Valley 

Trail near Lorimer Road and Highway 99. 

As of press time the cougar had not 

been seen again. A decision on whether to 

destroy or relocate the cougar will depend 

on how it acts around people, and whether 

conservation offi cers or police believe it 

poses any threat to the public. 

While cougars are rare in Whistler, 

they do pass through the area. The last 

cougar killed in Whistler for behaving in 

an aggressive way towards humans was in 

2007 after it growled at golfers from the 

bushes. In Squamish, four cougars have 

been destroyed in the past two years. 

The Ministry of the Environment has 

posted information online on what to do 

if you encounter a cougar. Visit www.env. 

gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/cougsf.htm. 

RCMP WARN PUBLIC OF BIKE THEFTS 

With the start of biking season also comes 

the start of bike thefts in the resort. Last 

season, during one rash of thefts in early 

July almost 30 bikes were taken. While 

the number of thefts dropped, they were 

still a regular occurrence with a few going 

missing each week through to October. 

Many were taken from the backs of 

trucks and parked vehicles, and from 

secure underground storage units at 

strata buildings. Bikes were taken from 

private garages, sometimes after suspects 

broke into cars to activate the garage door 

openers, and some went missing from bike 

racks and balconies around the village — 

includes third-fl oor balconies the owners 

thought were inaccessible. 

Staff Sergeant Steve LeClair is warning 

owners to take the time to secure their 

bikes this season. 

“People need to lock up their bikes, 

and they need to write down their serial 

numbers,” said LeClair. “And don’t think 

they’re safe on a second or third-fl oor 

balcony because we had numerous cases of 

people climbing up.” 

LeClair said that the RCMP would be 

making the issue a priority this year, and 

have stepped up enforcement measures 

against bike theft. 

As well as protecting bikes, the RCMP is 

asking cyclists to ride safely. 

“We would really like to see people in 

helmets, and not biking on sidewalks or 

through crosswalks,” said LeClair. “People 

are encouraged to bike responsibility. 

Cyclists are best-served when they behave 

and act like vehicles.” 

SIX EXCESSIVE SPEEDERS LOSE VEHICLES 

This past week the RCMP seized a total 

of six vehicles for breaking the province’s 

excessive speed laws, driving at least 40km/h 

over the posted limit. The penalty includes 

a $368 ticket, three points and a seven-day 

vehicle impound at the owners’ expense. 

On May 26, a police radar checkpoint 

pulled over three vehicles in an 80km/h zone 

near the Callaghan Valley Road. A 45-yearold 

Vancouver male was stopped going 

140km/h, a 26-year-old West Vancouver 

male was travelling 130km/h, and a 25-yearold 

Vancouver male was clocked at 126km/h. 

On May 27, the police pulled over 

three more vehicles in the same area. An 

18-year-old from Squamish was driving 

131km/h, a 31-year-old Delta man was 

driving 128km/h and a 32-year-old Surrey 

male was driving 130km/h. 

MAN DAMAGES POLICE CELL 

On May 25 and 11:55 p.m. the RCMP 

received a call from the 2300 block of 

Brandywine Way that an intoxicated 

male was acting aggressively. The RCMP 

attended and found the individual and 

took him to the Whistler Health Care 

Centre for an assessment. After he was 

cleared, the RCMP arrested him for public 

intoxication and took him into custody. 

The individual became agitated and 

aggressive and damaged the fi re safety 

system in his cell, causing it to explode 

and spray water. He was taken back to the 

Whistler Health Care Centre for another 

assessment then returned to a different cell. 

The individual was charged with mischief 

released on a promise to appear. ■ 



Seppo Makinen memorial unveiled 

WHISTLER PIONEER CUT SKI RUNS ON WHISTLER, WAS THE TOWN’S UNOFFICIAL WELCOME WAGON 


It’s impossible to talk about Whistler’s 

history as a resort town without 

mentioning the name Seppo Makinen. A 

logger by trade, Seppo was hired to cut 

most of the original runs on Whistler 

Mountain a few years before the resort 

opened to the public. He also logged many 

of the original neighbourhood roadways 

and cleared numerous lots where new 

arrivals built their homes. He has a street 

named after him, and a ski run. 

Most famously, Seppo also owned a 

massive house in Nesters, an old logger’s 

bunkhouse he built himself that slept 

about 70. For decades he hosted all the 

best parties, and for a lot of people new 

to town it was the fi rst place they stayed 

while they got their bearings. In that sense, 

Seppo’s broad grin set the tone for the 

community — open, welcoming and up 

for anything. 

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a memorial public sculpture to Seppo at 

the entrance to Lost Lake Park, outside 

the Passive House. Christina Nick, who 

knew Seppo and attended some of his 

more famous parties, was selected by the 

Whistler Museum and commissioned by 

Seppo’s estate to complete the wood and 

steel memorial. 

“It’s a quarter-inch plate of steel 

suspended between two logs with Seppo’s 

portrait cut out of it, as if it’s drawn in 

light,” explained Nick. “There are a few 

little detail things that some people might 

pick up. It’s just head and shoulders, about 

10 times bigger than life size, but off his 

shoulders you can see through to the ski runs 

on Whistler he cut, including the one named 

after him, in the pattern of his sweater.” 

There was some talk of a full statue, but 

there were good reasons why Nick went 

with a two dimensional depiction: 

“I wanted to be as respectful of him 

as possible, and of course there are a few 

stories attached to him — including his red 

Ferrari and the fact that he used to party 

and drink lots of beer. I went through so 

many photos and in every single one he 

was holding a beer.” Nick laughed. “But 

his most distinguishing feature was his 

face and that smile of his, and people that 

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was his face and 

that smile of his.” 

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see the sculpture recognize him right away, 

which is gratifying.” 

The entrance to Lost Lake was chosen, 

Nick was told, because of another Seppo 

story. The original bridge into Lost Lake 

was partially destroyed in a fl ood, blocking 

the entrance to the park, but Seppo showed 

up and fi xed it the next afternoon. 

“The story was that Seppo came, cut down 

a few trees and within half an hour we had a 

new bridge,” said Nick. “That’s the story, it 

probably took a bit longer, but everyone was 

amazed that he could just throw up a new 

bridge so quickly. It stood for years.” 

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Paul Fournier, an early arrival to 

Whistler, knew Seppo well, and even has his 

own shrine to the pioneer with some of the 

Seppo’s belongings — licence plates Seppo 

collected, an envelope signed from the 

house fi re, and an old pulley and block-andtackle 

system from Seppo’s logging days. 

“He was honest, he was a gentleman, 

and he was always polite to everybody. 

And he was always genuinely interested in 

everyone,” said Fournier. “If there ever was 

a good man, then he was a good man — 

just honest and good to a fault.” 

Fournier is glad that his friend is being 

celebrated with a permanent memorial, 

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“I don’t think we can do enough to 

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“He was a true Whistler pioneer, and he 

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Myrtle Philip and Franz Wilhelmsen. He 

contributed so much to this place, and to 

the people who knew him.” 

While Seppo was always laughing and 

smiling, he was also never one to turn 

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REMEMBERING SEPPO Pique searched its own photo archive, and also couldn’t fi nd a photo 

of Seppo Makinen without a beer in his hand. 

one night at The Boot pub when Seppo 

made a bet with another patron. 

“He said he would run from The Boot 

to midstation on Whistler before the other 

guy could drive his four-by-four truck to 

Creekside and up the mountain road. They 

both took off from the parking lot at the 

same time, and Seppo beat him there by a 

mile,” said Fournier. 

“There were a lot of legendary stories 

about how tough he was. One time I saw 

him pick up two kegs of beer at the same 

time — two full kegs of beer, and carry 

them up some stairs. He said ‘It’s easier for 

me with one on each side.’ I think that was 

his 25th anniversary in Whistler and the 

party lasted a whole month at his house.” 

Seppo’s house was easily the largest 

public space in Whistler during those early 

years, and as a result it quickly became the 

default party house for the town. 

“It was over 7,000 square feet. He had 

a six-by-12 (foot) pool table and a four-byeight 

pool table side-by-side in one great 

room, and there was plenty of room left 

over for dancing,” said Fournier. 

Seppo loved to play host, whether 

it was for an evening of revelry or for a 

couple of days, as people arrived in the 

resort. Over the years his house fi lled up 

with the possessions of people who stayed 

there, but he never threw anything away. 

“If someone brought it up, his response 

was, ‘No, if somebody ever came back — 

and he could remember everyone who left 

something there — if they ever came back 

they would be so happy to get back the 

things they left here,’” said Fournier. “He 

was proud to do things for other people.” 

Seppo ran into fi nancial troubles in 

the mid-‘90s and his house burned down 

in 1998. Seppo was living in a trailer until 

he passed away in November 1999, just 

two days before his 71st birthday. A lot of 

people offered Seppo space in their homes, 

but he never took them up on it. 

“He had a huge amount of pride, 

and he wouldn’t accept anything from 

anybody,” said Fournier. “He would give 

you the shirt off his back, he was generous 

to a fault, but he would never accept 

generosity in return.” 

It was a sad and unexpected turn of 


events. Seppo was so strong and healthy, 

so much bigger than life, that a few 

in town suspected foul play. However, 

police concluded that it was almost 

certainly an accident. 

Seppo was recovering from pneumonia 

and was reportedly using the trailer’s stove 

for heat when he fell asleep, possibly as a 

result of the fumes, he rolled out of the top 

bunk and struck his head on the corner of 

the stove below. He likely never regained 

consciousness and, according to the coroner, 

likely succumbed to the cold. 

Representatives for Molson and Bacardi 

— Seppo’s favourites — donated drinks to 

a fundraiser held in his honour, that paid 

to fl y in Seppo’s relatives from Finland and 

elsewhere to Whistler for the memorial. 

His ashes are scattered around Whistler, 

including the Whistler Cemetery and in 

the area between Tower 20 and Tower 21 

on Whistler Mountain — above the offcamber 

Seppo’s run, the last run he cut on 

Whistler Mountain in 1980. 

The memorial unveiling runs from 3 

to 4 p.m., and is hosted by the Whistler 

Museum. Museum president John 

Hetherington will talk about the project, as 

will local author, storyteller and museum 

trustee Stephen Vogler, and artist Christina 

Nick. All are welcome. ■ 



Ginny Dennehy named YWCA 

Woman of Distinction 

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By Cathryn Atkinson 

Whistler’s Ginny Dennehy was named 

a YWCA Woman of Distinction at 

the organization’s annual awards banquet 

on Thursday, May 24. 

“I’m still in a little bit of shock here,” 

Dennehy said in an interview the morning 

after the banquet. 

“It was amazing. There were over 950 

people in the room and it kind of felt like 

I was at the Oscars.” 

Dennehy won in the Community 

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Backcountry safety experts are warning 

that a “send only” device being sold 

as an avalanche safety beacon is putting 

lives at risk. 

According to the American Institute for 

Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), 

the Snow-Be might be “the most dangerous 

piece of avalanche safety gear in the world.” 

The institute posted this warning along 

with an article criticizing the device on its 

Facebook page. The Canadian Avalanche 

Centre (CAC) reposted the AIARE warning. 

The device is also known as a Snow 

Beacon. Other reputable commercial 

avalanche beacons offer two operational 

modes: send and receive. 

One of the selling features highlighted 

by the manufacturer is the $75 selling price. 

Other avalanche devices are $200 and up. 

Backcountry experts are critical of the 

limited abilities of the device. According 

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you have both send and receive modes.” 

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Hetherington said professional guides 

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Squamish artifact dates 

back to at least 400 A.D. 

BOWL DISCOVERERED BY GEOSCIENTIST ON THE BANKS OF 

SQUAMISH RIVER 

By Gagandeep Ghuman 

It was a routine academic mission for 

geoscientist Pierre Friele, but it ended 

with a discovery that goes back more than 

1600 years. 

Friele stumbled upon a prehistoric 

bowl and two cobble pestles while guiding 

a student researcher who was studying 

sediments along the Squamish River. 

He found the bowl in a bank along 

the Squamish River, in an area opposite 

the creek mouth fl owing from Lake 

Lovely Water. 

“It’s just amazing,” said a beaming Friele. 

“It’s not every day you fi nd things that 

are thousands of years old.” 

Carbon dating has determined the 

historical artefacts are more than 1,600 

years old, said Rudy Reimer, a professor 

of First Nations history and archaeology 

at SFU. 

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“It’s 1,610 (years old), plus or minus 

20 years,” Reimer said. 

Reimer said numerous fi elds of science 

use radiocarbon dating to acquire age 

estimates of the places, sites and materials. 

Radiocarbon dating, however, only 

works on organic materials, such as bone, 

shell, wood and charcoal. 

Friele said when he found the artifacts, he 

estimated them to be thousands of years old 

based on the amount of sediment deposited. 

“It doesn’t happen in an instant. Every 

time there’s a fl ood, there is a little bit of 

sediment deposited on it. There would 

have been a village in this location for 

thousands of years,” he said. 

The discovery was a fl uke. 

As Friele’s student busied himself 

studying the river sediments, Friele 

wandered along river bank. 

He stopped when he noticed 

something peculiar at one particular spot 

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UNEXPECTED FIND Geoscientist Pierre Friele shows off the 1,600-year-old bowl and pestle 

he discoverd while on an academic mission along the Squamish River. 

bank: the colour of the earth was red, a 

sign of burning. 

As a geotechnical engineer, fi nding prehistoric 

material isn’t new for Friele, but 

his earlier fi ndings have been limited to 

small tools. 

This was something different. 

Seeing the red markings, Friele dug a 

little deeper and noticed the earth change 

to a black charcoal hue. 

Once he knew it was a fi re hearth, Friele 

kept cleaning the face of the bank until 

he noticed a dark spot and a fragment of 

a stone. 

More cleaning revealed two pestles 

made of copper and then a bowl lying 

upside down in the hearth. The bowl has 

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“It’s a mortar and a pestle, and it could 

have been used for crushing seeds and 

food, or for making paints and dyes,” 

Friele said. 

When he returned home, his fi rst call 

was to Rudy Reimer, who has a special 

interest in Squamish history. 

Reimer said the bowl was a “highly 

signifi cant” fi nd. 

“These bowls are rare, and even rarer 

to fi nd in such a secure context,” he said. 

The fi nd will be written up in a national 

archaeology journal, he added. 

Reimer said even though many 

archaeological materials are found every 

year, it is rare to fi nd something that has 

been found in its proper context. 

“Only two others have been found in 

their secure context, and they date to the 

past 2,500 to 1,000 years. It is likely this 

fi nd will be of similar age or potentially 

older,” he said. 

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undocumented adding that there are 

several other sites in close vicinity dating 

back 3,000 or more years. 

“If you or anyone else fi nds anything, 

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from such incredible discoveries,” he said. 

Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell 

“These bowls are rare, and even rarer 

to fi nd in such a secure context.” 

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said the Squamish Nation community is 

excited about the fi nd. 

“We are very well-pleased to hear about 

the discovery and its historical context,” 

Campbell said. 

“This fi nd has generated a lot of 

excitement in our community.” 

He said the Squamish Nation would 

help offset some of the cost associated with 

carbon dating the material. 

“We have spoken with Squamish 

Lil’wat Cultural Centre and they have 

indicated positive response in showcasing 

this,” he added. ■ 

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Activist and community organizer 

Dave Meslin is used to appealing 

to Toronto councillors who have 60,000 

voters in their wards with too little time to 

focus on every issue put in front of them, 

or even to make changes that would make 

their city hall more democratic. 

So he took them on. 

On Tuesday, May 29, he told more 

than 60 people at Pemberton Library all 

about his adventures in civic engagement. 

The engaging talk spoke to how he 

worked to infl uence political decisionmaking, 

and try to effect change in the 

famously fractious Toronto council. 

Meslin also told Pembertonians what it 

could mean for communities as small as 

Pemberton or Whistler. 

For him, it starts with the perceived 

apathy of voters. Most citizens who are not 

engaged are so because they feel they have 

no impact or control, and that the status 

quo is fi xed and unchangeable. It wasn`t 

simply a question of turning people into 

activists — Meslin said many people were 

disconnected from the media stereotypes 

of who were engaged with the process: 

mainstream politicians, who were not 

always presented in a fair or positive light, 

and masked rock-throwing nihilists at the 

other end of the political spectrum. 

Most people could not relate to either 

and saw no place for themselves in the 

political process; it was not apathy, he told 

the audience, but disillusionment. 

“It’s trying to get people to see the 

world as malleable… because people 

assume that the world is not malleable,” 

he said. “After 10 years of activism, what 

started bothering me was that people were 

not involved (with the issues).” 

In his own case, he decided to organize 

around issues that he felt important; 

when the council considered putting up a 

distracting video corporate advertisement 

billboard in the Don Valley park area 

to reach drivers on the nearby parkway, 

which he thought would ruin the beauty 

and peace of the park he stepped up. 

Meslin formed the Toronto Public 

Space Committee, which was initially 

comprised of himself and some creative 

ideas at getting attention. Suddenly, as 

president of an offi cial public body, he 

started being listened to and invited to 

speak by people like then-Councillor 

Jack Layton. 

Meslin won his case. 

He gave the Pemberton audience 

several examples of public engagement and 

noted that once information was imparted 

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to the public in a clear way, the apathy 

against city hall melted away and more 

people came out to work on improving 

their community. 

To that end, he praised the way the 

Village of Pemberton simplifi ed public 

information notices to communicate and 

said it was among the best he’d seen, 

presenting Mayor Jordan Sturdy with the 

“2012 Dazzling Notice Award” to laughter 

and applause. 

His current work is a case in point. The 

Fourth Wall: Transforming City Hall was 

developed by Meslin to build awareness 

of what he calls the “fourth wall” in 

politics, referring to the sense of disconnect 

between politicians and citizens. It is 

essentially a list of 36 actions — some fall 

under municipal jurisdictions, others at 

the provincial level — that can be taken 

by councils and organizers to encourage 

public participation. Some are as simple as 

setting up free WiFi at city hall; some take 

more effort. 

About 18 months ago these points 

developed into an interactive exhibit, 

a series of panels and materials, and a 

PowerPoint talk. 

“It’s about the general theme of 

what role citizens play in local decision 

making, and how can we increase that 

role,” he said. 

Meslin encouraged those present to fi nd 

what was important to them and become 

engaged in the process of promoting change 

by creative participation rather than the 

emotion that all too often accompanies 

members of the public who engage with the 

political machine — anger. ■

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The Squamish-Lillooet Regional 

District (SLRD) is taking its fi rst public 

steps toward creating its own Integrated 

Sustainability Plan (ISP) with a series of 

open houses. 

The Whistler Centre for Sustainability 

pulled together ISP options and challenges, 

which were presented to the SLRD board 

of directors at a recent Committee of the 

Whole meeting. 

An ISP is defi ned in a 2007 paper by 

Royal Roads University in Victoria as an 

“ecological imperative” to tackle climate 

change and other environmental issues. 

The SLRD ISP open houses are at the 

Lillooet R.E.C on June 11 from 6 to 8 

p.m., in Whistler at the Squamish-Lil’wat 

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5:30 p.m., in Squamish at the Squamish 

Seniors Centre on June 14 from 6 to 8 

p.m., and in Pemberton at the Nature 

Centre on June 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

“Overall I think sustainability planning 

is good, but we’ve got to be practical and 

realistic in our approach towards it,” said 

SLRD chair Susan Gimse in an interview. 

“All local governments have to have 

a plan. It’s a condition of the Gas Tax 

agreement. I guess the question is to what 

extent is the plan. Every local government 

and municipality will have a plan that will 

suit their needs.” 

Gimse said the ISP is “a vision to guide 

the regional district as we move forward 

in terms of developing other policies and 

regulatory bylaws, land-use bylaws, for 

instance, issues around procurement, 

(and) purchasing. 

“The staff has made it very clear this is a 

document for the future. We’re looking at a 

plan going out 25 to 30 years,” Gimse said. 

“Once the ISP is adopted by the board, 

as we move forward with the amendments 

to the OCPs, or zoning bylaws, or other 

types of regulatory bylaws... this will be 

a document we will refer to. So that’s 

where it goes from being a visionary to a 

regulatory, ‘you must.’” 

Gimse was clear that the SLRD’s ISP 

would impact the rural areas under its 

jurisdiction, but the municipalities were 

another thing altogether with their own 

developing ISP programs at various stages 

— and possessing much larger populations 

with a bigger impact on the environment. 

“You’ve probably heard me say, ‘hey 

guys, think about this, what are your 

municipalities doing?’ Don’t put forward 

a plan that is just specifi c to the electoral 

areas if the neighbouring municipalities 

aren’t prepared to move forward with the 

same program,” she said. 

Co-ordination of environment policies 

could prove a challenge. 

“Pemberton and Area C should have 

similar ISPs so there’s consistency, as 

should Squamish and Area D, Lillooet 

and Area B,” said Gimse. “You could end 

up with the regional district having one 

plan for all of the electoral areas and 

the four municipalities having something 

completely different in each of their 

municipalities.” 

Some of the costlier areas for changes 

made to policy via an ISP for the SLRD 

could include green building initiatives 

and transit-transportation, Gimse said. 

“It’s a little short on detail at this point. 

Right now it’s consultation with the board, 

with staff, and with the public… You can 

be sure that as we move forward, and 

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Fee payment request to SLRD by South 

Britannia developers rejected 

TAICHENG DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ASKS FOR INSTALLMENTS, SLRD BOARD CONSIDERS REFUND PLAN INSTEAD 


Directors of the Squamish-Lillooet 

Regional District (SLRD) board have 

instructed staff to look into preparing a bylaw 

amendment to create a refund provision for 

district fees paid by developers on major 

construction projects and developments. 

The request to staff came at the regular 

SLRD meeting on Monday, May 28. It was in 

response to a request from Chinese company 

Taicheng Development Corporation, which 

recently paid $30.5 million in cash in a 

court-ordered sale for the 477-acre area 

previously known as the Makin Lands. 

The company is going through the process 

of establishing permissions and plans for the 

proposed South Britannia project on Howe 

Sound site. If the change to the refund policy 

is successful, it will mean an amendment to 

the SLRD’s Fee Bylaw No. 1101, 2008, which 

currently does not have such a provision. 

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the second being a request to pay their 

upcoming application and rezoning fees in 

installments, also not in the current bylaw. 

“(Taicheng Development Group) asked 

to be able to pay their application fees for 

rezoning and key amendments by way of 

installments,” SLRD planner Kim Needham 

told directors. 

Needham said SLRD staff had not yet 

determined the fees for the company as 

Taicheng’s application has not yet been 

received, but she told SLRD directors that 

fees could cost “$260,000 to over $500,000 

for their application.” 

Currently, the SLRD’s system does not 

allow for staggered payments, Needham said, 

with developers being required to pay the full 

amount when fi ling an application. Taicheng 

wanted to pay the full amount off over a 

period of four months, rather than all at once. 

Needham told directors that such 

a bylaw change could be of interest to 

potential developers around the SLRD. 

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be able to amend the bylaw in order to allow 

for installment options for everybody, as well 

as a refund option,” she said. 

An animated discussion between 

directors ensued regarding fee structures 

and support for project proponents. 

“I wouldn’t really be in favour of the 

phased payment, installment plan, but I 

say after the fact that we could work out 

some kind of refund possibility,” said 

director Rob Kirkham, Mayor of Squamish. 

Pemberton’s Mayor Jordan Sturdy 

asked Needham if Taicheng had given a 

reason for requesting installments. 

“They said it’s a whole lot of money to 

have to put up right up from the get-go. It 

may well be because we don’t have a refund 

provision that they’re a little bit concerned,” 

she told him. 

“Given the size of the development it 

does raise some red fl ags,” Sturdy replied. 

Directors took Kirkham’s route, voting in 

favour of SLRD staff exploring the addition 

of a refund component, but rejecting the 

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GONDOLA PASSES THIRD READING 

The Sea to Sky Gondola project has passed 

its third reading for bylaw and OCP 

amendments to SLRD Electoral Area D. 

SLRD staff member Kim Needham said 

staff recommended the passage of the 

rezoning readings, with minor changes 

added by directors to include the board in 

decisions made to the project — a change 

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Electoral Area D director. 

The changes impact the top section of the 

proposed gondola project, south of Squamish. 

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chair Susie Gimse noted that the next reading 

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The Sea to Sky corridor will continue 

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following a very public push by local 

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status quo. 

The Vancouver Coastal Health 

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orthopedic surgeon service the region 

after the retirement of Dr. Pat McConkey 

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The corridor will also be getting 

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Pemberton FSR not 

ready for paragliding 

nationals: Organizer 

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Pemberton has the weather conditions 

and mountains to be a world-class 

international competitive paragliding 

venue, says the man who secured the 

2012 Canadian National Paragliding 

Championships for the village, but is being 

let down by the condition of its road 

accessing the launch sites for the sport. 

Organizer Jim Orava, owner of Cayoosh 

Expeditions and Canadian champion 

paraglider of the year in 2009, says access via 

the Mackenzie Basin Forest Service Road to 

the upper and lower launches on Mackenzie 

Ridge can only be accessed by rugged 4x4s. 

The fi rst section of the road runs 

from the lower valley to the fi rst launch 

fi ve kilometres away; it is another 

four kilometres to the upper launch. 

Paragliding, mountain biking, hiking and 

other activities take place there — last 

weekend`s Nimbyfi fty mountain bike race 

took place on nearby trails. 

“Basically, that whole Mackenzie 

Basin is the Pemberton playground. It’s 

our equivalent to the Whistler Blackcomb 

ski area… and the road is a mess, huge 

potholes and bumps,” Orava said. 

A warm and cold spell around Christmas 

last year has made it worse, he added. 

The 2012 nationals launch from 

Mackenzie Ridge from August 5 to 12, 

with the Canadian National Hang Gliding 

Championships scheduled there for the 

following week. 

Orava told Pemberton Council in a 

presentation in March that he expected at 

least 100 paragliders to take to the skies 

for the event, with 70 participants from 

12 countries signed up to take part in 

an international component that week. 

Participants are coming from as far away as 

Germany, Australia and Ecuador. As well, 

Red Bull has explored the possibility of 

sponsoring competitions there. 

For the nationals, competitors complete 

various fl ying tasks to gain points in a timed 

competition over the region’s complex 

terrain. At a recent event in Mexico, they 

were often seconds apart after three or four 

hours of fl ying, Orava said. 

“We literally have the people who wrote 

the book on the sport coming here,” he told 

councillors in March, adding such an event 

“would bring 400 well-heeled (international) 

visitors here for two weeks of events.” 

The launch sites on Mackenzie Ridge 

are currently tenured through a Land Act 

licence of occupation to the West Coast 

Soaring Club from the B.C. Ministry 

of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource 

Operations. 

Orava told Pique in an interview that he 

would like to model the lower and upper 

launch sites and access on a similar project 

that transformed Golden, B.C.’s launch 

areas a decade ago. 

“All of it was upgraded, along with 

parking lots and outhouses, like a high-end 

park scenario, and that really became a 

focus point for the town,” he said. 

Many in the community have already 

spent hours of volunteer time in creating 

high quality launch sites on the ridge, it 

was now time to take it to the next level 

Orava said. He hopes to get money from 

the Canadian Hang Gliding-Paragliding 

Association as well as provincial 

associations and local supporters to 

upgrade the road. 

The upper launch, built just three years 

ago, is the best of the two for his sport, 

Orava added. 

“The problem with the lower launch 

is that good old Squamish wind, it comes 

whipping over Whistler and down the canyon 

and around the corner — it makes our lower 

launch quite turbulent,” Orava said. 

“The upper launch is preferable, the 

convergence of wind and air pressure at 

that level gives it incredible lift. It really is 

a magic place.” 

A spokesman for the Ministry of Forests, 

Lands and Natural Resource Operations 

said in an email that road maintenance on 

a FSR is generally assigned to an industrial 

road user through a Road Use Permit. This 

allows industrial road users, such as forestry 

companies, to use the road in return for 

conducting all routine maintenance. 

The road use permit for the Mackenzie 

Basin FSR was terminated in 2008 as 

the last industrial use for the road was 

in 2004, according to the ministry, and 

there is currently no permit holder, and 

no resulting maintenance provided by 

industry. 

Alternatively, high value recreational 

sites can receive support from the ministry 

but “must be established” by the ministry, 

a process which can take up to 18 

months. The launch site for paragliding 

and parasailing on Mackenzie Ridge is 

not currently established. However, 

establishing the launch site as a high 

value recreation site would not ultimately 

guarantee funding would be available for 

road upgrades. ■

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Duncan’s Ride 

Please come to celebrate Duncan Mackenzie’s 

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When: June 16th, 2012 

Where: Princeton, BC 

Time: Races start at 10 am, and registration 

is at 9 at the Princeton Bike Park. 

What to Bring: Please come for the night 

or even the weekend. Bring your tents or 

trailers. You can also bring your stories, 

memories and smiles as after the rides are 

done we will be unveiling two plaques in 

Duncan’s memory. A pot luck dinner is to 

follow at the Princeton Bike Park. 

There will be a variety of rides to take part 

in which include: 

“The Chugger” - This is a endurance ride 

that includes cross country and down hill 

riding. It is a 46 km loop ride! 

“ The Rail Trail” - The Rail Trail was built 

by Duncan and in his own words “ is a trail 

that I could take my friend who doesn’t ride 

that much and they would still talk to me 

after”. This is a down hill ride with amazing 

views! 

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TWIN TINIES Michelle, a fi rst-time mom, with her four-month-old cubs on Blackcomb. 

Mother bear count 

shows a high-cub year 

By Michael Allen 

Black Bear Researcher 

On May 16, the fi rst observation of a 

mother with cubs-of-the-year (born Jan. 

2012) in the ski area was made on Blackcomb 

during the 6 p.m. bear viewing trip. Michelle, 

a young female, who had previously bred in 

2009 and 2010 with no success, likely due to 

her young age combined with poor berries, 

fi nally produced two black cubs this winter. 

This is the fi rst time I have seen her with 

cubs and she is showing all the telltale signs 

of a fi rst-time mom — neurotic, paranoid, 

indecisive, and short-tempered — all the 

makings of a good nurturing, protective bear 

mom. Already she’s had to deal with a coyote, 

a young male bear, and grumpy old Marisa. 

But Marisa, I’m thinking, is her mother. 

Of the 17 females resident to the ski area, 

eight have been identifi ed and nine still are 

unseen. And because they have not been 

re-sighted, I’m guessing some may have cubs. 

Brownie has three brown cubs-of-the-year 

and has been sighted many times still in the 

valley. She moved into the valley because of 

snow covering grass/clover along ski trails. 

During my 16th annual visit to the elementary 

schools, one student showed me a picture of 

a black mother with three black cubs that was 

confi rmed, and there have been a few reports 

of a black mother with two black cubs. 

It’s actually nice to see the evolution of 

the young generation’s knowledge of bears 

— after years of progressive bear education 

the kids frequently report detailed sightings 

of bears and their descriptions. It’s nice to 

know I’ve created lots of “eyes” out there 

now taking in bear information. 

So, Whistler Valley has at least two 

mothers with three cubs each, and possibly 

a third with two cubs. With Michelle’s two 

cubs and potential mothers to be seen, 

we could actually be in for a high-cub 

year of 16+ cubs. I predicted many cubs 

this year because of the actual decline in 

the population. When numbers go down, 

competition for food sources (berries) goes 

PHOTO BY MAICHAEL ALLEN 

down. I imagine it’s much easier for bears 

to live successfully at a lower density than 

it is at a higher, competitive density. 

Despite Whistler’s high bear mortalities 

during the 18 years I have been here, the 

population has always maintained a high 

density due to cub production and higher 

survival rates for females than males. Another 

three mothers, still with two yearlings (2011 

cubs) each: two along Highway 99 south of 

Function and one at the Chateau Golf Course 

should be chasing off their yearlings during 

the next two to four weeks, as the breeding 

season begins anytime now until late July. 

These mothers will breed this spring to 

potentially have cubs next winter. All six 

yearlings are small because of less weight 

gain, so they will have a challenging time 

surviving. But even small bears are tough 

and with all the skills and knowledge 

passed on by mom survival is reasonable. 

Daughters have an edge over sons 

because mothers will tolerate their daughters, 

not close but nearby, thus daughters benefi t 

by continuing to use feeding sites in familiar 

habitat. Sons get the short-end of the stick; 

mothers will become aggressive to sons 

when detecting them close. Mothers try to 

continually push sons from their breeding 

range to prevent inbreeding and future 

aggression toward her cubs, or her daughter’s 

(sister’s) cubs. Mothers need to push sons 

away now when they are smaller rather than 

three years later when the son is already 

heavier than its mother. Males grow fast to 

two or three times the size of females. 

The continuing bear count (minimum) 

from Green Lake to Alice Lake turn-off is 67 

black bears including offspring: 39 bears in 

Whistler, 17 bears along Highway 99 from 

the overpass/rail crossing below Function 

Junction to Alice Lake turn-off, and 11 bears 

along the 9km Callaghan Road. 

I’m not the offi cial number to report bear 

activity to, but sightings of bear families or 

any unusual behavior helps guide my efforts 

Contact me at mikebear@look.ca 

Report sightings of bears in garbage to 

1-877-952-7277 or cell *7277. ■

have an unusual problem: I’m dirty 

I stinkin’ rich. 

That’s right. I have access to vast reserves 

of $, £ and in banks and briefcases in 

Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahamas, Bulgaria, 

Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Holland, 

Hong Kong, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, 

Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, New Zealand, 

Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, 

Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United 

Arab Emirates, UK, USA and the World 

Bank (where is that, anyway?). 

It’s spread around because this seems 

the safest way to keep what amounts to 

several billion dollars — you can’t be too 

careful in these days of identity theft and 

online crime. Should I choose to retrieve 

it in whole or in part, however, I may need 

your help, dear reader — in return for 

generous compensation, of course. Allow 

me to explain. 

First, I know I’m wealthy beyond 

measure because yesterday, the day before 

that, and virtually every day prior going 

back several years, I’ve received emails 

informing me about this trove. I’m proud 

to say I’ve been contacted by stalwart 

organizations ranging from the BBC, FBI, 

CIA, USSS, BMO, RBC and IMF, to FedEx, 

Microsoft, Google, Bank of Thailand, Bank 

Negara Malaysia, Sun Bank Offshore, 

Euro Lotto Board, Lotterian Italian, New 

Zealand Lottery Commission, and even 

the U.S. Postal Service. I’ve also heard 

regularly from a host of concerned foreign 

nationals like Emmanuel Bentil Owosu, 

Stephen Adu-Kwaning, Escot Esmahill 

Mollah, Zainur Bin Zakaria, Omar Bin 

Suleiman, Tan Wong, Leonardo Ricardo, 

Isaac Kabissa, Tim J.W. Tookey, Li Mankiu, 

Adekunle Elvis, Dean Harry Esq., 

Fanny Ampah Esq., and Cobi Briggs Esq.. 

Lest you suspect that any of this might 

not be above board, or that anyone who 

believes random emails in badly butchered 

English from strangers in obscure lands 

is an argument for resurrecting eugenics, 

I know these to be upstanding citizens 

because most, regardless of who they 

represent, are lawyers, doctors, CEOs 

or accountants for either a rich person 

or a very important African bank. Many 

are also devoted Christians (Mrs. Farida 

Waziri, Mrs. Aatifa Traore, Mrs. Habatai 

Al-Amundu and Mrs. Adilah Spears come 

to mind), which clearly puts them above 

any suspicion. Besides, these poor women 

are all suffering from terminal cancers and 

need my help to execute a fi nal wish — i.e., 

transferring their prodigious savings to a 

favoured charity in exchange for a modest 

Pique’n YOUR INTEREST 

I’m Rich, Bitch! 

By Leslie 

Anthony 

cut. The noblesse oblige of such an act 

makes a fellow Christian quiver inside. It’s 

the way the world should work; getting rich 

by aiding the suffering is something those 

selfi sh Canadian Conservatives might want 

to consider to improve their image. 

The way this all came about is also 

unassailable. I’m on a list — in Nigeria I 

think (perhaps through some unknown 

dark-skinned ancestor, all the international 

development work I’ve done, or even my 

AirMiles account since these emails are 

often connected to Shell Netherlands, 

Europe Shell, or the Royal Dutch Shell 

Foundation). At any rate, when rich peeps 

die anywhere in the world my name is 

passed to their barristers/assistants/ 

children as someone willing to help get 

hidden fortunes into the right hands. They 

obviously know I’m good at doing favours 

and wouldn’t blink an eye at spending 

my own coin to help someone retrieve 

their rightful fund/inheritance/winnings, 

and wouldn’t require anything in return 

(it would be nice, though unlike most 

humans I’m not motivated by money). The 

amounts these good folks need to move 

around range from 10s to 100s of millions, 

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36 Dispatches 

OUT OF RANGE 

Canadian technology marks 

future of snow studies 

RESEARCHERS STUDYING HOW SOUND WAVES TRAVEL THROUGH SNOW TO PRODUCE SNOW PROPERTY PROFILES 

By Lynn Martel 

Do you want to push the button?” 

The button is red, fl at and a bit 

larger than a poker chip. 

Unremarkable visually, it’s what the 

button does that makes me feel honoured 

by the invitation. 

The button engages a switch connected 

by two wires to a 20-by 30-centimetre 

circuit board encased in a metal box 

with a glass cover. The box is secured 

like an android infant in a cross-country 

skiing child carrier. A hole in the bottom 

of the buggy provides an unobstructed 

15-centimetre space between the box and 

the snowpack. 

Walking in snowshoes, Nicholas Kinar 

tows the buggy across a snowy meadow 

south of Bow Summit on the Icefi elds 

Parkway in Banff National Park. Every 10 

paces he stops to depress the button. A 

saucer-sized speaker on the bottom of the 

unit emits a blast of crackly static, sending 

a sound wave to penetrate the snowpack. 

Two-dozen tiny microphones, each the 

diameter of an aspirin, are mounted on 

the bottom of the box 10 centimetres from 

the speaker. 

“It sounds like static, but really it’s a 

carefully produced and designed noise,” 

Kinar explained. “The goal of the SAS2 

[acronym for System for the Acoustic 

Sensing of Snow] is to determine snow 

water equivalent, snow depth and density, 

as well as snow structural and thermal 

properties, and to recompose images of 

snowpack layers.” 

Similar to a sonar device sending 

sound waves to the ocean bottom, the 

loudspeaker sends the noise into the 


SNOW WHISPERER 

Researchers May Guan 

and Nicholas Kinar 

collect snow samples and 

analyze them in Banff 

National Park near the 

Bow Summit. 

PHOTO BY LYNN MARTEL 

snowpack. The microphones detect the 

refl ections from the snow layers. 

“The time of arrival and frequency 

response of the refl ections are then used 

as inputs to a mathematical model,” Kinar 

continued with rapid-fi re enthusiasm. 

“This mathematical model is a collection 

of equations that describe propagation of 

sound waves through snow. By evaluating 

these equations, I obtain measurements of 

the physical properties of snow without 

having to dig into the snowpack.” 

While Kinar operates the cuttingedge 

technology, research technician 

May Guan follows. Inserting a hollow 

Plexiglas snow tube at the spot where 

Kinar took his reading (the SAS2 records 

centimetre-accurate GPS coordinates with 

each reading), she withdraws a sample 

from the 80-centimetre-deep snowpack, 

then weighs it on a hand-held scale to 

calculate its weight and water equivalency. 

Daniel Guenther, an undergrad hydrology 

student visiting from Germany, digs a 

snow study pit in the same spot. Later 

in the lab, they will compare the manual 

measurements with Kinar’s SAS2. 

For a century, glaciologists, snow 

hydrologists, climatologists and 

avalanche professionals have measured 

snow depth and density the same way 

— by digging a snow pit and manually 

examining snowpack layers. Using a 

snow saw, thermometer, weigh scale, 

scoop, magnifying glass and ruler, they 

study snowpack structure, density and 

temperature, as well as the shapes, sizes 

and types of snow crystals. While avalanche 

forecasters and backcountry skiers focus 

on how the snowpack layers have bonded 

to determine the likelihood of avalanches, 

snow hydrologists determine how much 

freshwater the snowpack will supply to 

creeks and rivers once it melts. 

While FMCW microwave radar 

(frequency modulated continuous wave, 

used by police speed-traps) measures 

snow depth or snow density (but not 

both) without touching the snowpack, 

the SAS2 is the fi rst device to determine 

depth, density, temperature and wetness 

successfully from one measurement 

without contact. 

“Nobody has been able to do that,” 

Kinar said. “As soon as the shovel comes 

in contact with the snow, you modify the 

properties. Using sonar — it’s like making 

a fi ngerprint without touching the skin on 

to paper.” 

Kinar is developing the device 

as a PhD project with the University of 

Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology. His 

supervisor, Dr. John Pomeroy, Canada 

research chair in water resources and climate 

change, said he recognized quickly that 

Kinar, 30-ish, is exceptionally intelligent. He 

approached Kinar about working on novel 

instrumentation for snow. 

After testing several prototypes, Kinar 

spent many months designing and building 

the SAS2. The circuit board, consisting of 

eight ultra-thin layers with the smallest 

THIS SECTION 

distance between layers being fi ve mil (1 

mil equals 1,000th/inch), was manufactured 

by a specialized facility. Kinar mapped the 

120,000 traces, or connections, one by one 

on a computer. He used a special soldering 

iron with a tip smaller than one millimetre to 

attach dozens of surface mount components 

— ultra-tiny technology used in iPods and 

cell phones. 

“It’s been much more diffi cult than 

I ever anticipated,” Kinar admitted. “It’s 

both a fi ne art and a science. It certainly 

gives you more satisfaction when you buy 

electronics in the store!” 

Kinar experimented with many sources 

to fi nd a lithium battery that could last 12 

hours, and function in temperatures as low 

as minus 40. Employing top-tier FMCW 

radar, the SAS2 operates at a sampling rate 

of 2.1 Mhz/second (2.1 million times per 

second). Results are analyzed in a custom 

computer program and graphed as an 

image of the snow cross-section. 

“The speaker and microphones are 

standard stuff,” Pomeroy said. “What is 

special is the computer board, which is 

more complex than a laptop computer 

and was custom designed and partly hand 

built by Nicholas — incredible.” 

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Mountain News: Avalanche 

victim widow sues Intrawest 

Compiled by Allen Best 

WINTER PARK, Colo. — The widow 

of a man killed in an avalanche last 

January at the Winter Park ski area has 

sued the ski area operator, Intrawest. 

The lawsuit alleges that Winter Park 

offi cials should have known that slopes 

within the boundaries of the ski area 

could have been prone to avalanche. 

The victim, Christopher Norris, died 

Jan. 22 while skiing in a forested area 

called Testle Trees. 

James Heckbert, an attorney on behalf 

of the victim’s family, told the Sky-Hi 

Daily News, that avalanches are not part 

of the inherent risk of skiing that, by 

Colorado law, protects ski area operators 

from suits. 

“Ski areas are the experts. There is 

inherent risk as a part of skiing. You 

may hit a rock. that is part of skiing in 

a ski area. That is an inherent risk. An 

avalanche is not part of the inherent risk 

at a ski resort,” he said. 

The Colorado Avalanche Information 

Center on that weekend had warned 

Snow studies 

< FROM PREVIOUS PAGE 

Thus far Kinar has published papers 

on the earlier prototypes and will soon 

publish on the SAS2. His presentation at 

the 2011 American Geophysical Union 

meeting in San Francisco earned him the 

organization’s prestigious Horton Award. 

He will present in Banff in June at the 2012 

Canadian Geophysical Union Conference. 

While the U.S. military employs 

similar technology for seismic and 

geological purposes, no-one has yet 

developed functioning technology to read 

snow. Current methods include the Swissdesigned 

snow microbe penetrometer, a 

digital probe that can send signals to read 

snowpack properties. 

“Penetrometers put a stick into the 

snow and measure the force it takes to 

break snow crystal bonds,” Pomeroy 

explained. “The SAS2 uses sound to detect 

the physical interior of a snowpack, so is 

close to sonar, but it is a novel application 

of sonar and geophysical prospecting 

concepts.” 

Naturally, such innovative technology 

would be valuable beyond Canada’s 

borders, said Dr. Danny Marks with the 

USDA Northwest Watershed Research 

Centre in Boise, Idaho. 

“Sonar monitoring of snow depth has 

been around for more than a decade, but 

actually penetrating the snow to estimate 

that triggering avalanches on any snowcovered 

slope of 30 degrees or steeper 

was likely. “Triggering slides will be easy 

today,” said the report. 

ASPEN WEIGHING NEED FOR 

LOWER-COST LODGING 

ASPEN, Colo. — For decades, Aspen has 

been resisting the image of being an 

exclusive resort that caters to only the 

world’s wealthiest residents. But can a 

case be made that a deliberate strategy 

must be adopted to deliver a lower price 

point for tourists? 

That’s the fundamental question 

examined in a new lodging study 

sponsored by the city government. The 

study found that average hotel lodging 

rates grew 40 percent during the rahrah 

years of 2003-2007. This run-up 

produced a gain of 49 percent in lodging 

tax revenues for the city government. 

Another revealing statistic: Aspen lost 

27 per cent of its total bed base inventory 

between 1994 and 2007. 

The new report, according to the 

Aspen Daily News includes interviews with 

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mass, density, wetness, etc. is very new,” 

Marks said. “Nicholas should apply for 

a patent quick, because the U.S. military 

will certainly be interested and is likely 

working on similar technology.” 

Switzerland, as one of the world’s few 

countries where avalanches are socially 

and economically important, is keenly 

interested too. 

Pomeroy said he’s excited about the 

potential for commercialization. The SAS2 

could provide information to be used in 

models of climate change and snowpack 

evolution which could help reduce 

uncertainty in water resources and climate 

change predictions. As well, the unit 

can discern strength characteristics and 

recognize objects such as logs and trees 

in the snowpack, including eventually, 

buried avalanche victims. 

The next step would be to miniaturize 

the device so that it would attach to a ski 

pole and take a reading with every plant, 

and even be programmed to communicate 

with a smart phone. It could also be 

mounted on a robot to cover areas too 

large for a manual survey. 

While the SAS2 is the way of the 

future, said Pomeroy, “I’m almost a bit sad 

because I love digging snow pits. 

“You get to become one with the 

snow. You get to feel it, smell it, study the 

crystals. It’s a way of life.” ■ 

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various individual and groups in Aspen as 

to their views. One view is that government 

need not tinker with the market place. 

“You have to pay for the quality of Aspen: 

the natural environment, the scenic view, 

the recreation, the arts and culture, the 

historic buildings,” according to long-time 

planning consultant Stan Clausen. 

But the Aspen Skiing Co. sees a soft 

underbelly to its own success. The company 

operates the valley’s four ski areas along 

with its plushest hotel, the Little Nell. 

Despite the loyalty of visitors to the 

Little Nell, as they move past 60 and 70, 

they’re visiting less often. The task, says the 

ski company, is to stay relevant to young 

people — something the company has 

tried to do through its sponsorship of the 

X Games. 

“Young people are more adventuresome 

and value conscious, and they’re getting 

bombarded by marketing,” said the 

company in its response to the study. 

“This generation will have 15 jobs in their 

“You have to pay 

for the quality of 

Aspen...” 

–STAN CLAUSEN 

lifetime, while the older generations had 

two — in general, the sense of loyalty is not 

as strong as it was.” 

Aspen does have a hostel, but the 

proprietor says that “our phones aren’t 

ringing off the hook,” according to the 

Daily News. One theory is that prices that 

seem to low for Aspen cast a suspicion on 

the quality of the product. 

Adopted earlier this year, the Aspen 

Area Community Plan specifi es the goal 

of beefi ng up the lower end of the market 

to help attract the next generation. Among 

the proposals to be examined in coming 

months is whether the city should donate 

or sell some of its land to a developer 

of affordable lodging, or provide zoning 

bonuses. 

HOT AND DRY, COLORADO REMAINS ON 

EDGE OF FIRE 

RED CLIFF, Colo. — From the deck of 

his offi ce, Jim Lamont can look down on 

the Eagle River, normally swollen in late 

May with melted snow from along the 

Continental Divide. 

Water normally crowds the top of a large 

boulder in the river. This year, the water has 

been near the base, about a metre lower, 

says Lamont, who is the executive director 

of the Vail Homeowners Association. Vail is 

13 kilometres away from Red Cliff, although 

the slopes of the Vail ski area are but three 

kilometres away. 

On most creeks and rivers originating in 

the Colorado Rockies, peak runoff shuffl ed 

past this year, barely noticed. Snowfall last 

year was among the lowest in the last 

century, and spring arrived early, almost 

hot. March in Colorado was the third 

warmest, with records dating to 1895, and 

tied with one another year for the driest 

on record. April was the fourth warmest on 

record. 

The Eagle River, near where it fl ows into 

the Colorado River 45 miles downstream 

from Lamont’s offi ce in Red Cliff, is forecast 

to fl ow at only 43 per cent of average. More 

broadly, the Colorado River basin at less 

than 50 per cent. 

The last time Colorado suffered so 

severely from drought was 2002. That year, 

three major fi res erupted on June 10, one 

of them the Missionary Fire near Durango. 

This year, by some measures, the drought is 

even worse. Plus, millions of trees have died 

since 2002 as the result of beetle epidemics. 

While scientists debate how much 

the beetle kill elevates the risk of wildfi re, 

several fi res in the foothills west of Denver 

and other Front Range communities since 

March have escalated apprehensions. In one 

fi re, three people were killed. 

More wary of the potential for wildfi re 

than he was in 2002, Lamont says this year 

he has moved his prized photographs and 

important documents to Vail. 

In Vail, the Eagle River Water and 

Sanitation District has not imposed any 

restrictions on outdoor water use, but over 

the weekend urged customers to adhere to 

regulations that allow up to three days of 

lawn watering per week. 

It could get wild and crazy this summer. 

Or maybe it will start raining. Right now, 

people are on edge. 

STRUGGLING TREES CAN CONTRIBUTE 

TO HAZE 

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Smog and 

haze in the West may be exacerbated by the 

epidemic of bark beetles that have killed 

millions of lodgepole pine as well as other 

evergreens. 

Gases called volatile organic compounds 

(VOCs) are released from the holes bored 

into trees by the beetles as a defense 

mechanism at rates up to 20 times that of 

healthy trees at ground level, according to 

the study. 

The study was conducted in part by 

scientist Gannet Hallar of the Desert 

Research Institute, which operates the 

Storm Peak Laboratory atop the Steamboat 

ski area. 

While proving that infested trees 

produce more VOCs and identifying the 

type of VOCs, the study does not allow 

researchers to conclude how much the 

chemicals contribute to haze. 

The paper reporting the results was 

published in the Journal of Environmental 

Science & Technology. ■

“ 

Finn (Paul) Saarinen — Fortune 

comes to those who smile 

“Be who you are and say what you feel, 

because those who mind don’t matter and 

those who matter don’t mind.” 

– Dr. Seuss 

First there was the Finn.” That 

was the fi rst sentence in the fi rst 

freelance story that I ever sold on 

the international market. Now nearly 30 

years old (dang! How quickly time fl ies), 

my little tale recounting the adventures 

of Whistler’s indomitable telemark tribe 

by Michel 

Beaudry 

fi rst introduced Powder Magazine readers 

to a character “who looked just like a 

hobbit, but without the furry feet.” 

You guessed it — Finn Saarinen. 

With his big, round head, powerful 

squat body and unquenchable smile, the 

Finn did have an uncanny resemblance 

to Tolkien’s fantasy folk back then. But 

make no mistake: the guy could turn his 

boards. And in the early 1980s — at a 

time when ski culture was stagnating and 

snowboarding hadn’t yet pulled the cork 

from big brother’s ass — well, Finn was the 

King of Freeheeling. At least in this valley… 

And it made sense. Inspired by his 

Scandinavian roots and Nordic skiing 

background, Saarinen was one of the 

fi rst in Whistler to eschew heel-pieces 

in order to tackle the mountain’s gnarly 

slopes on traditional cross-country gear. 

And like the rest of the skiers in the 

Powder story — Dave Patterson, Jean- 

Louis Arsenault, Wayne Binmore, André 

and Peewee Jetté (to name but a few) — 

he soon discovered that the mind was far 

stronger than the equipment. “Can you 

believe the crap we skied on back then?” 

he says. And laughs. “I don’t know how 

many pairs of skis I broke during those 

years. I mean, one solid landing off a 

cornice jump and they’d explode…” 

The Finn turned 60 this year. It was 

a momentous occasion. You see, the 

ol’ fox has been a Whistler institution 

for nearly four decades now. Instructor, 

ski tuner, shop manager, pro patroller, 

heli-ski guide, carpenter, action 

photographer — even liquor-store 

employee now — Saarinen has done it 

all. He’s had his ups and down’s for sure. 

Survived tough times and diffi cult years. 

Regardless, he continues to sport the 

same unquenchable smile he wore when 

he fi rst arrived here in 1974. 

And how do I know this? Simple — 

we were rookie instructors together in 

Jim McConkey’s Ski School that year. 

Two young ski racers from the east who 

were convinced they’d just died and 

gone to powder heaven, the Finn and 

I made it our business to ski Whistler 

as many consecutive days as we could 

that winter. Our adventures together on 

the mountain were legion. Our mishaps 

hilarious. For whatever reason, Diamond 

Jim had taken a shine to his two rookies 

and included us on his frequent forays 

into the backcountry. And we followed 

happily — if not always successfully. Our 

learning curve was nearly vertical that 

winter. Our fun meter was maxed out on 

most days. And that big smile? Well, as I 

remember, it was pretty much pasted on 

Finn’s face all season long. 

“That fi rst year is indelibly printed 

in my brain,” he says. “Probably one of 

the funniest years of my life.” He sighs. 

“What a time that was. Whistler was 

such an outlaw place back then. Wild. 

Imaginative. So out there…” He sighs. 

“And then everything changed. So sad 

to see how conventional it’s become in 

recent years…” 

Finn was born and raised in Northern 

Ontario. His dad, Pentti, had emigrated 

from the Ol’ Country as a youth and had 

acquired land along Lake Superior in the 

1950s. “That’s where he built his fi sh camp 

and cross-country resort,” recounts his son. 

“Whispering Pines...” And grins. “So in the 

end we grew up like real Finns — fi shing 

on the lake in the summertime and crosscountry 

skiing and jumping in winter.” 

There are many memorable places in 

Canada. But in my book, the north shore 

of the great inland sea they call Superior 

still ranks, well… supreme. It’s harsh 

Canadian Shield country — granite and 

iron, stately pine and spindly birch. Still 

wild. Still isolated. And yet, so magical 

in its fi erce, frightening beauty. You want 

to feel small? Stand on the lake’s rocky 

coastline while the great Manitou stirs up 

a screaming gale for your entertainment. 

Everything’s on such a massive scale 

… the waves, the wind, the energy, the 

destruction — I mean there’s nowhere 

else in the world like it. 

Yeah baby. And it offers an interesting 

insight into Finn’s, hmm… inimitable… 

personality. 

Imagine growing up in that 

environment in the late 1950s and ‘60s. 

It would be like living on the edge of 

the world. Untamed, untrammeled, and 

deadly dangerous to the uninitiated. 

Imagine the self-reliance you would 

learn there. “Absolutely,” says Finn. “It 

had a big part in making me who I am.” 

30 Alta States 39 

As did his dad’s growing love 

affair with downhill skiing. “Yeah,” 

laughs Saarinen. “He met (legendary 

ski pro) Real Charette while skiing at 

(Quebec’s) Gray Rocks. And that totally 

got him going.” Pentti , recalls his son, 

became a ski instructor around 1958. 

But that was only the beginning. “I 

guess you could call him a ski pioneer,” 

he muses. “After all, it was my dad who 

put in the fi rst chairlift at Searchmont 

Valley. He was the ski area manager 

there for years, you know…” 

A quick aside: Lift-served skiing — 

virtually unknown before World War 

II — really came into its own during the 

post-war economic boom. The period 

between 1950 and 1970 saw ski areas 

popping up all over Canada. Searchmont 

Valley (just outside Sault Ste Marie) 

became one of Northern Ontario’s more 

successful ones. 

Who knows what would have 

happened to young Paul if dad Pentti 

had stuck to his cross-country skiing 

business and ignored the new downhill 

trends? But he didn’t. And neither did his 

son. “It was a pretty natural transition,” 

says Finn. “I really loved it. Particularly 

ski racing…” 

But being from Northern Ontario, 

the young skier had little chance to show 

off his prowess. The races were mostly far 

away and too expensive to attend. Finally 

in the spring of 1968, the fourteen-year 

old got his chance. “I was invited to race 

at some big downhill at Osler Bluff,” 

he says. And laughs. “It was all of 35 

seconds long I think. But I fi nished in 

the top three — and I did it on a pair 

of downhill skis borrowed from (then- 

Canadian ski coach) Al Raine…” 

His result was good enough to open 

a few more racing doors. And by the 

summer of 1969 the young northerner 

found himself attending the legendary 

Griffi n Camp — held in those days 

on Kokanee Glacier near Nelson. 

“Everybody was there,” he enthuses. 

“Dave Murray, Dave Irwin, Ken Read…” 

He laughs. “Of course I wasn’t near as 

good as those guys. But I was considered 

an up-and-comer that summer.” 

That was Finn’s fi rst taste of British 

Columbia skiing. But it wasn’t going to 

be his last. There was something about 

the mountains here — the air, the spirit, 

the ambiance — that continued to work 

its insidious spell on the young skier. 

All the way through college — all the 

way through his geology studies and ski 

racing years at Laurentian University — 

Saarinen travelled west to ski Whistler in 

springtime. “My dad came here the fi rst 

year it opened, in 1966,” he says. “And I 

spent hours and hours at home watching 

these amazing Kodachrome slides of 

chairlifts disappearing into the clouds. 

How could I stay away?” 

Had it not been for a helicopter 

accident though, the Finn might have 

become just another professional 

geologist. “I was up in the Yukon 

working on a project, you know, and 

the helicopter I was in fl ipped over 

and killed the pilot.” He stops for a 

long beat. “I decided right then and 

there: forget geology, I’m going back to 

Whistler Mountain. I’m going to fi nd Jim 

McConkey and ask him for a job!” 

He laughs. “Everyone told me to wear a 

clean white turtleneck for my meeting with 

Jim. I was living in a dumpy Dodge van in 

those days and owned one pair of jeans 

and a couple of t-shirts.” A long pause. 

“But I fi nally found a white turtleneck.” 

And he found McConkey too. “Sure 

enough, I met him in the parking lot 

outside L’Après one day,” he recalls. “And 

I told him I was the best ski instructor in 

the world. He laughed loudly and said: 

‘I like your attitude.’ He took a picture 

of me with an old Pentax and said: ‘Let’s 

get you a ski pass. You start on the bunny 

hill tomorrow.’” 

The bunny hill? Really? ‘That was a 

serious comedown,” admits Saarinen. 

And chuckles. “I mean, I had visions of 

leading the school’s top class on a mogul 

session…” Still, he took the job. Finn 

returned to his humble Dodge abode — 

the notorious Silver Shadow — laughing 

at himself all the way. “My dad is going 

to be so proud of me,’ I thought. ‘Here 

I am starting my ski teaching career on 

the bunny hill at four bucks an hour…’” 

He shakes his head. More laughter. “But 

a free pass to Whistler Mountain ? That 

was worth at least a million dollars to 

me. Bunny hill or not, I felt like I’d just 

won the lottery…” 

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exploding toboggans to fl oating saunas — 

The Finn takes us on a forty-year ride 

through Whistler history ■ 


“We are going to do this event — it looks 

good, it’s awesome. Boom! We’re done,” 

says the arts council’s executive director 

of 10 years, Doti Niedermayer. She, too, 

has been instrumental in pushing the arts 

council from its grassroots foundation to 

new professional heights by harnessing her 

storied background with the likes of West 

Kootenay Regional Arts Council, Theatre 

BC and Artropolis. 

ALL THIS IN 30 YEARS, 

AND MORE, FROM 

THE PEOPLE – THE 

CREATIVE, GENEROUS, 

OPEN-MINDED, 

TALENTED, DEDICATED, 

SOMETIMES- 

OUTRAGEOUS ARTS 

COUNCIL PEOPLE, 

WHO, UNTIL THE LATE 

1990S WHEN THE 

FIRST PERSON WAS 

HIRED, WERE STRICTLY 

VOLUNTEERS. 

Did I mention hard-working? Volunteers 

have had to build stages for performances, 

then take them down at the end of the 

night; hang art and lighting; sell tickets; 

silkscreen posters; serve wine; greet guests; 

then pick up garbage and mop the fl oors at 

the end of the show. 

“I remember we’d all take a phone list 

and we’d each call 20 people to remind 

them to come out to events,” says Tamsin 

Miller. She brought her storied past with a 

big theatrical agency in London, England, 

to the Performance Series for 11 years, 

twice earning the honour as “presenter of 

the year” from the BC Touring Council. 

Besides performing artists of all 

stripes, from Day One the arts council 

also supported visual artists by exhibiting 

their work and selling it. In fact, the fi rst 

arts council initiative in 1982, only one 

month after starting up, was a show and 

sale featuring 17 local artists. 

Local artist and DJ, Chili Thom, who now 

enjoys an international following, credits his 

breakthrough to the arts council’s annual art 

exhibit and extravaganza, ARTrageous. 

“I began painting in 1998… then I had 

my fi rst big break at ARTrageous in 2001. 

I sold a massive piece and got put on the 

radar of the art scene in Whistler after 

that,” he says. Now he’s been a member 

of the arts council for 12 years, and “can’t 

say enough about all the hard work and 

opportunities they have created for artists 

in this town.” 

Arts council initiatives have also given a 

boost to seasoned local artists like painter 

Isobel MacLaurin and artist-potter Vincent 

Massey, whose distinctive work has graced 

Whistler and beyond for a combined total 

of 80 years. 

“It was grand!” says MacLaurin, who’s 

been painting from the family cabin on the 

shores of Alta Lake since the ’60s. “Always I’ve 

sold several [paintings] at each show. It gives 

me a lovely satisfaction that someone loves 

what I have done enough to buy it,” she says. 

“For me it’s exposure — that I am a 

local artist and I have my home-based 

gallery here,” says Massey, who’s been 

involved with the arts council for years, 

including selling his unique stoneware 

at Bizarre Bazaar. He also teaches adult 

classes, which have recently “exploded.” 

“I teach at least one workshop a month 

year-round now and a lot of that has come 

out of the arts council,” he says. “So that’s 

one really great thing the arts council has 

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“WAC HAS INTRODUCED an important element into the culture of 

Whistler. Born as a resort valuing mostly sports and lifestyle, the arts 

council has been integral to developing a respect for and a love of 

art in the community — community being the important word here. 

Whistlerites now see the value of celebrating and honouring our art 

and culture, and the mind-stretching shift in how we perceive others 

and ourselves is a gift for which we can all be thankful. Happy birthday, 

WAC! Continue on your WAC-ky ways!” 

– Leanna Rathkelly, professional photographer and former arts council board 

member, exhibitor and long-time volunteer as teacher, ticket taker, cleanerupper 

and general helper 

“DURING THE SUMMER I’m part of the Whistler Farmer’s Market. 

Their primary audience is tourists; secondary audience, for the artisans 

anyway, is locals. Bizarre Bazaar is exactly the reverse. A lot of locals 

will have been coming by my table all summer long, but they’ll come to 

Bizarre Bazaar to talk about what I do and they’ll buy something that 

perhaps they’ve had their eye on. So it’s a terrifi c way to connect.” 

– Linda Davies, glass bead maker & jeweller extraordinaire who’s been selling her 

wares for years at Bizarre Bazaar 

“THE FESTIVAL IS organized by a few volunteers. Alone and even with 

a clear and unwavering vision, we would never have been able to grow 

the Whistler Readers and Writers Festival without the assistance and 

support of groups like the Whistler Arts Council.” 

– Stella Harvey, founder, Whistler Writers Group & director, Whistler Readers and 

Writers Festival 

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ARTS COUNCIL: 


“I LOVE PLAYING 

Whistler! In small 

towns, you always have a 

lot of locals but Whistler has 

an international audience — it’s 

nice. Lovely theatre, too. And the Whistler 

Arts Council is really one of the best from our point of 

view. They do what they say they are going to do, 

and do it effi ciently with lots of keenness there.” 

– Lorne Elliott, Canada’s best-loved comedian who’s played 

Whistler’s Performance Series many times 

“I JUST LOVE ENTERTAINMENT, period. It makes me laugh, or 

there’s music, and they [the arts council] usually have a really good 

selection. I grew up with all that with my parents back home in 

Toronto. We did the symphony, the ballet, the art gallery — all that 

sort of stuff so I just keep that going! I enjoy the arts so I gladly go 

and buy tickets and help them out. If nobody goes, they aren’t going 

to come back.” 

– Lesley Byford, Peak Performance massage therapist 

“THAT GRANT MONEY has made a huge difference in terms of the 

workshops that we could put on. Basically, the group grants make it 

possible for us to charge less so the workshops are more accessible to 

way more people who want to do them.” 

– Laurie MacCallum, co-founder of Whistler Pottery Club, which has received four 

member group grants distributed by WAC 

BEHIND THE SCENES @ ARTWALK 

WITH ANDREA MUELLER, ARTIST & WHISTLER ARTS COUNCIL VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMMER 

“First we do the call for entry and receive all those submissions, then we jury the artists. Usually we get 80 to 100 submissions for ArtWalk and 

we have to boil that down. A jury does the fi rst run. From there it goes through to the venues. Usually we have 40 to 50 venues all over Whistler 

and, basically, we go around on foot to all of them to discuss ArtWalk and see if they’d like to participate. They get to select the artists. Depending 

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entertainment, and we defi nitely like to promote the visual arts so we do artists’ demonstrations. We have to set up all the tents, all the technical 

requirements, and all the tents and easels for the artists. We also have to do bios and labels for every single artist and every single art piece. 

We also work with the library, the museum and the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, who put on activities as well, and we have to make sure 

everything is coordinated and running on time. The Function Junction Block pARTy is a little more eclectic — there we have a little more fl exibility. 

Also, the guided tours get organized and this year we’re delivering little red fl ags for each venue, plus we have to deliver all the water and wine for 

the reception. We also handle all the art sales for the artists — so that means processing the sales, packaging the artwork if it needs to be shipped 

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done for me as an artist, and for a lot of other people 

as well.” 

Another important arts council role has been 

the distribution of member group grants on behalf 

of BC Arts Council to groups such as Whistler 

Readers and Writers Festival. It also gives out 

bursaries for summer art camps and art awards to 

local elementary and high school grads. 

Nineteen-year-old Devin White — who at age 

16 was the youngest participant ever in ArtWalk — 

is on his way this fall to BCIT’s graphic design and 

web layout program. Last year he was honoured 

with the award for best art student graduating from 

Whistler Secondary School. 

“I was happy — I was very surprised,” he says 

about receiving the award. “There are tons of good 

artists in the school, and it was always fun to be in 

the art room with them, creating,” he says. 

Enriching young people’s development through 

the arts has always been a primary arts council goal. 

Witness its fi rst signature festival — the Children’s 

Art Festival with its popular hands-on workshops. 

“Early creative development is a key part of a 

child’s development and the entire community plays 

a part in enhancing those opportunities,” says Sharon 

Broatch Myrtle Philip Community School principal 

and a very active supporter of the arts and arts council 

since arriving in Whistler in the early ’80s. 

In fact it was a Myrtle Phillip School teacher, 

Margaret Long, who brought the idea of a kids’ 

festival focused on hands-on visual, literary and 

performing arts workshops to the arts council table. 

“My daughter Heather was three and I’d been 

looking at the Vancouver Children’s Festival. At 

the time it wasn’t really hands-on — it was all 

about performances and I thought, we could do 

one where the focus was on the kids doing things, 

rather than just watching.” 

Thirty years and thousands of happy kids later, 

the festival is still going strong, ironically now 

attracting families from the Lower Mainland. 

HERE’S THE CODA: LIKE 

MOST CREATIVE VENTURES, 

THE ARTS COUNCIL IS A 

WORK IN PROGRESS. 

What will it look like 30 years from now — what 

will it be doing? Who knows? Given it’s based on 

the arts, though, its only limitation is the human 

imagination. 

No doubt the people involved in the arts 

council will continue to be its biggest asset, and I 

say thank goodness they continue to dream. 

Richoz imagines the day when Whistler will 

have its own public art gallery; Niedermayer 

dreams of a time when the community fully 

understands the importance of arts and culture. 

Maybe their dreams will also come true… one 

dark and stormy night. 

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning journalist who has 

worked on a variety of arts and cultural initiatives in 

B.C. centres, large and small, over the past 40 years. ■ 

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One month after starting up in 1982, Whistler Arts 

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that with fl air. 

Whistler Children’s Art Festival 

Whistler’s longest running festival features artists 

and performers sharing their skills with kids 

and families in hands-on workshops and free 

performances. 

Performance Series 

In 1983, the arts council organized its fi rst 

performance featuring Karen Jamieson and the 

Terminal City Dance Company. Always affordable, 

the series has grown to 8–12 presentations annually. 

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46 Travel AND Adventure 

Paddler’s Paradise 

Story and photos by G. D. Maxwell 

“You doing anything special to 

get ready to paddle the Bowron?” 

questioned one of the members of our group. 

“Yeah, waxing my canoe,” I replied. There was 

a puzzled silence at the other end of the line. 

I’d done the math. The Bowron Lakes canoe 

circuit is, in round numbers, 116-kilometres 

long. Portages, ranging from a pleasant walk 

to stumblebum grind, only account for 11 

kilometres. That leaves 105km of paddling. 

On a calm lake, I paddle about once every 

three metres. Punching those fi gures into a 

calculator, the number of strokes comes out 

somewhere north of 35,000. Just seeing it made 

my shoulders ache. I fi gured a couple of coats of 

wax would knock a few thousand of those strokes 

off the total. Good tradeoff in my books. 

The sickening CRASH in the parking lot a few 

days later turned everyone’s head. I felt my face 

redden. My canoe was so slick I’d dropped it lifting 

it off the top of the truck. 

“Oops,” I said, not wanting to look. Whew, no 

damage other then an oozing ego wound. 

It was the fi rst time I cursed my sloth. The 

second through 78th time was along the fi rst two 

portages. Now, there are three things you should 

know about portaging at Bowron. First, almost 

half of the total portage distance happens in the 

fi rst two portages. Second, you’re a complete fool 

if you don’t rent wheels and push/pull your boat 

along the portage trails, which were about as 

challenging as the Valley Trail the previous time 

I did the Bowron. Third, cuts to BC Parks have 

led to reduced trail maintenance and some of 

the portage trails are now absolutely f*#@%in’ 

murderous, wheels or not. 


And if your 

canoe is slippery 

as snot, it doesn’t 

help portaging 

at all. 

None of that mattered when we fi nally 

launched ourselves into the calm waters of Kibbee 

Lake, the fi rst of a dozen lakes arranged in a 

strangely geometric parallelogram about 120km 

east of Quesnel, folded into Quesnel Highlands 

and the Cariboo Mountains. The sun was shining 

and the water was glass. 

Our group of six, in three canoes, had fi ve 

Bowron circuits under our belts, never together. 

There was only one thing common to all our 

trips: Weather, as in WEATHER! Mean-spirited, 

stormy, wet, cold, incessant, and occasionally 

even miserable weather with just enough sunny 

days to keep us coming back. And 

while much of last summer had 

hewn true to that description, we 

hit the jackpot this time. For six 

days after Labour Day, a stubborn 

high-pressure ridge brought clear 

skies, warm temperatures and, most 

uncharacteristically, placid, mirrorlike 

waters. 

Bowron is termed a wilderness 

area by BC Parks, which administers 

it. It is beautiful, rugged and wild but 

it isn’t wilderness, at least as that term 

is generally understood. There are 54 

designated campsites sprinkled along 

the lakes, 10 of which are group sites 

subject to reservation. Every site has 

from one to six tent pads, with a giant 

site on tiny Unna Lake having 13, 

spread out peacefully along the shore. 

They all have fi re rings, the usage of 

which is mandatory, pit toilets and bear caches for 

food. There is bucked, if hopelessly wet, fi rewood at 

specifi ed locations along the route. 

Coupled with entry restricted both as to 

numbers and time of day, canoes on portage 

carts loaded with up to 60lbs of gear — the 

remainder, if any, being grunted on your 

back — and strategically placed radio phones, 

Bowron is a satisfying, safe, achingly beautiful 

canoe experience, albeit well on the civilized 

side of wilderness. 

How civilized? Our collective experience with 

this gem of a canoe circuit meant we did the 

following: Ate like kings; religiously observed 

cocktail hour; and, were comfortable doing both. 

A cooler outfi tted with dry ice meant our menus 

included butter chicken, Thai shrimp, fl ank steak, 

salmon fi llets… I’m ashamed to go g on. Let’s just j say y 

there wasn’t freeze-dried anything on the trip. Early 

starts meant early stops to secure the best sites. Early 

stops also meant cocktails were enjoyed punctually 

at tea time, allowing us the luxury of sitting in — I’m 

almost embarrassed to say — full-size lawn chairs as 

we watched wildlife graze and increasingly desperate, 

tired campers paddle past, staving off exhaustion 

only through will power. We waved at them and 

yelled encouragement. 

Okay, now I am ashamed. But my shame 

was honestly earned . The fi rst time I circuited 

Bowron I was too stupid — read traditionbound 

— to rent wheels. I portaged the canoe 

on my aching shoulders. I didn’t bring a cooler 

and ate what seemed like kibble compared 

to this trip. And I scrabbled around on hard 

ground searching pointlessly for a comfortable 

place to sit.

But not this time? Everything we took fi t 

within the portage trail weight restrictions for 

loaded, wheeled canoes, the safe capacity of our 

boats and what we were willing to carry on 

our backs. To do the Bowron in lesser luxury 

would have meant we’d learned nothing from our 

collective mistakes. 

So what’s the draw? What is it about Bowron 

that keeps people coming back? It’s not the 

solitude. The circuit is moderately busy all summer 

and crushingly busy around long weekends, 

although daily access is capped. You will see other 

campers, sometimes over and over again, and you 

may wind up sharing campgrounds. But most 

other parties are there for the same experience and 

campfi re friendships are easily struck with likeminded 

people. 

Much of the allure is the geological oddity 

of the circuit itself. Paddled clockwise, you never 

double back on yourself but still end at where 

you began. Instead, you travel through alwayschanging 

landscapes of deep forest, tranquil 

marsh, fjord-like lakes with steep, rocky peaks 

rising rapidly from inviting beach, braided 

connecting rivers and creeks, wide-open lakes 

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seems to yearn to become a sandbar. 

It all starts at the registration centre at the 

north end of Bowron Lake. Given its distance from 

anywhere, many campers spend the night before 

entering the park at the nearby campground or 

enjoy a fi nal night’s soft bed at one of the lodges 

on Bowron Lake. 

A mandatory orientation covers the 

obvious — pack it in, pack it out — and 

timely information regarding the park; things 

like wood caches, wildlife activity and work 

crews. After a weigh-in to make sure you’re not 

overloading your canoe for the portage trail, you 

get to hump it up the longest portage of the trip, 

2.4km to Kibbee Lake. 

It almost takes longer to load and launch 

than it takes to cross Kibbee and before you know 

it, you’re unloading and schlepping across the 

second longest portage of the trip. Yes, it does 

seem sadistic. 

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Isaac can be treacherous, going from calm to 

boiling faster than you can get from the middle 

to the shore, so hugging the shore is wise. But this 

trip, the water was so glassy refl ections took on 

a hallucinogenic quality as peaks on both shores 

undulated in the gentle bow wake of the canoe 

and we spent days transiting right down the centre. 

There’s reasonable fi shing on Isaac where 

Wolverine and Betty Wendle creeks enter and a 

fun, short rapids at the end before you have to 

pull out before re-entering for the fl oat down the 

Cariboo River. The river’s not tricky but can be 

frustratingly shallow by late summer. 

The landscape changes dramatically when 

you enter Lanezi Lake at the southern end of 

the park. Mountains are bigger, though more 

rounded, and everything seems to open up after 

Isaac’s narrow passage. 

You can bypass tiny Unna Lake … but you 

shouldn’t. A sandy beach campsite is a great place 

to catch some rays, but the real attraction is a 

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short hike on the other side of the lake to crashing 

Cariboo Falls. 

The best part of the circuit’s west side is 

abundant wildlife. The place is fi lthy with moose. 

From Skoi Lake to the entrance to Bowron Lake 

the chances of not seeing moose is, well, none 

of us could remember a trip when we hadn’t see 

moose. And on this trip, while we contemplated, 

over cocktails, a late afternoon paddle through 

the feeding grounds of the Bowron River before it 

enters the south end of Bowron Lake, a cow and 

calf made the effort academic when they nearly 

joined us where we’d camped at the far north end 

of Swan Lake. 

I’m always amazed when I meet B.C. 

paddlers who haven’t experienced Bowron. This 

backyard gem seems better known around the 

world than it does here. If you paddle and it 

isn’t on your bucket list, best make some room. 

Maybe this summer, or better yet, after Labour 

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Hot and dusty, but oh so much 

fun was the general consensus 

for the third annual NimbyFifty 

mountain bike epic in Pemberton on 

Saturday, May 26. So far no rider has won 

the event twice, although all four previous 

champions were on course looking to 

repeat the title and a shot at the $2,800 

prize purse. 

On the men’s side, it was a battle from 

the start between Victoria’s Max Plaxton — 

on a break after posting his best World Cup 

result — and Squamish’s Neal Kindree. 

They were in a class of their own, and by 

the end of the race had close to 12 minutes 

on the rest of the fi eld. 

Kindree expected that Plaxton would 

win, but his goal from the start was to 

keep it close — and hope for something 

unexpected to happen. 

The race unfolded as he expected. He 

chased Plaxton up to the fi rst prime at 

Radio Tower, with Plaxton taking the $100 

— which he later donated to the youngest 

rider in the race, 14-year-old Rhys Verner 

of Squamish. Kindree took over on Happy 

Trail and won the second prime at the top 

of Big Nimby. 

Plaxton was back in front by the time 

they reached the Overnight Sensation 

descent, and Kindree said that’s where his 

strategy fell apart. 

“It was extremely dusty, which I was 

not aware of, otherwise I would have 

tried to beat (Plaxton) to the start,” he 

said, also noting that he probably would 

have chosen different tires. “I was riding 

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Sensation descent, a 

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on the 

NimbyFifty course. Gayton 

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behind him in clouds of dust, and it was 

really hard to see the trail or follow his 

lines, and that’s where I had a bobble — I 

lost sight of the track and went of the trail 

and about 10 feet down. I didn’t crash but 

I had to run back up and get back on my 

bike, at which point Plaxton had gained a 

couple of hundred feet. It doesn’t sound 

like a lot, but at that speed it doesn’t take 

a lot to fall off the pace. 

“I know I can keep up with him if I’m 

with him and following his lines, but it’s 

too hard to make up time at that speed. 

I wouldn’t say I would have won the race 

if it didn’t happen, but I defi nitely would 

have stayed with him longer. Once he had 

the gap he upped his pace and I probably 

slowed down a little. I was a bit devastated 

psychologically, and that was that.” 

Plaxton fi nished the course in two 

hours, three minutes and 43 seconds, 

while Kindree placed second in 2:06:48. 

Overall, Kindree said he was happy 

with his race. “I would have liked to fi nish 

within a minute (of Plaxton) but it is what 

it is,” he said. “I’m happy with the result 

and I took 10 minutes off my result from 

last year. I’m riding better, and overall I’m 

quite satisfi ed.” 

Ricky Federau was third in 2:18:05, 

while Colin Kerr — the 2010 winner — 

was fourth in 2:18:06 — one of the most 

exciting races to the fi nish for the day. 

Michael Robinson was the fastest 

Whistler rider in sixth overall in 2:19:02. 

In the women’s race, the expectation was 

that Catharine Pendrel the current World 

Champion and the 2010 winner — would 

cruise into fi rst place, but the fi rst rule of 

mountain biking is that anything can happen. 

Pendrel had a double-digit gap at one point 

and won both primes, but fl atted twice. 

Brandi Heisterman capitalized and 

went on to win the race with a time of 

2:33:39. Pendrel managed to make it close 

at the end, however, fi nishing less than 

half a minute back in 2:34:08. Third place 

went to Victoria’s Mical Dyck in 2:37:51. 

Heisterman said it was a huge surprise 

to pass Pendrel on the side of the trail. 

“Pendrel dropped me like I wasn’t 

moving,” wrote Heisterman on her blog, 

after Pendrel pulled away on the Big 

Nimby climb. 

Heisterman fi gured the real race was 

for second place and focused on her battle 

with Mical Dyck, which she had won by 

the top of the climb. She held her position 

all the way through to Moby Dick, one of 

the last trails on the course. 

“I saw Catharine Pendrel pulled over, 

putting her gloves on,” said Heisterman. 

“Not only did I have a chance to win $1,000, 

but I could beat Catharine. There were still a 

few kilometres of pretty loose, rocky, rooty, 

steep singletrack left. I pinned it. I was 

grinning so wide that I was eating dirt...” 

When Heisterman hit the bottom of 

the singletrack she knew it was going to be 

tough to keep up the pace, and recruited 

some help. 

“I still had three kilometres of road to 

THIS SECTION 

the fi nish and into a headwind,” she wrote. 

“My legs were shot. I was panicked.... I 

knew Catharine could bury me on the 

road. I needed some help. 

“Some dude came by on his 29er, like 

a bat our of hell. I needed him. I missed 

his wheel. No!. I called to him, ’50 bucks if 

you let me suck your wheel to the fi nish.” 

The rider complied and with someone 

to help her break wind on the fi nal section 

Heisterman took the win. 

Heisterman thanked Pendrel for being 

a good sport and for making her day — 

and career. 

Jennifer Schulz of Kelowna, the 

defending champion, was sixth in 2:55:35. 

Cathryn Zeglinski was the fastest Whistler 

rider in ninth, fi nishing in 3:03:24. 

As well as the 37km cross-country 

marathon race, the event also included Red 

Bull Downtime, a separate timed event on 

the Overnight Sensation descent. 

On the women’s side, Sylvie Allen was 

the fastest to the bottom in 6:53.8, while 

Pendrel was second in 7:00.5 and Mical 

Dyck third in 7:28.5. 

For the men, Vancouver’s Chris 

Johnston was fi rst in 5:37.2, followed by 

North Vancouver’s Arthur Gaillot in 5:41.9 

and Whistler’s Jesse Melamed in 5:52.2. 

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51 TRI HARDS Kids, adults turn out for annual Whistler Triathlon 

52 FEET FEAT Robin Poirier defends Valley Trail Run title in moccasins 

53 CRUD 2 MUD Juniors, teams fast in annual snow and bike race 

54 SPORTS BRIEFS Roller derby, gymnastics medals and more

Sports THE SCORE 

How to watch the Whistler 

Half Marathon 

HUGE INTEREST IN SECOND-YEAR EVENT 


The 1,000-plus runners taking part in 

the second annual North Face Whistler 

Half Marathon this Saturday, June 2, run 

the gamut from walkers to competitive 

racers. It’s the biggest running event of its 

kind in the corridor, and based on interest 

— it sold out by the end of January — it’s 

only going to get bigger. 

Race director Dave Clark is encouraging 

everyone to come out and cheer, and to 

support the event, as well as the Little 

Ripper Kids Race and the post-race 

celebration at Whistler Olympic Plaza. 

When planning the event, Clark said 

they looked closely at other iconic runs to 

determine why they’re so successful, and 

followed their example when building the 

Whistler event. 

“We looked at the Vancouver Marathon, 

the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, 

New York, Boston, Big Sur and other 

big destination runs, and why people go 

there,” he said. “Partly it’s the destination, 

but it’s partly the race management and 

how it’s all executed. When you look at the 

details of our race, it’s still small but it’s got 

pieces of what makes those big events so 

popular, and we hope we’re nailing all of 

the things that are going to please people.” 

For example, Clark said they focused 

on making it easy to register, and making 

the website as detailed as possible. They 

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Plaxton was eighth and Kindree 22nd. 

AGE CATEGORIES: 

Men 14 to 19 

1. Rhys Verner (Squamish) — 2:52:23 

2. Mahon Lamont (Whistler) — 3:02:38 

3. Austin Reith (Whistler) — 3:03:06 

Women 19 to 29 

1. Regan Kohlhardt (Squamish) — 3:29:25 

2. Emily Slaco (Pemberton) — 3:30:16 

3. Jenny Strong (North Van) — 3:58:28 

Men 19 to 29 

1. Bretty Grayston (North Van) — 2:37:15 

2. Davey Mitchell (Squamish) — 2:41:26 

3. Mike Boyd (Vancouver) — 2:50:21 


1. Melanie Vaughan (North Van) — 3:21:08 

2. Meghan Molnar (Gibsons) — 3:25:23 

3. Shelby Harlan (Victoria) — 3:38:34 

Men 30 to 34 

1. Steve Devantier (Pitt Meadows) — 2:36:31 

2. Carsten Ivany (Langley) — 2:41:28 

3. Ryan Smith (Nanaimo) — 2:41:35 


1. Sylvie Allen (Pemberton) — 3:05:08 

2. Kristenn Magnusson (Nanaimo) — 3:17:32 

3. Tara Pollock (Ladysmith) — 3:22:34 

also made everything from the package 

pickup to the morning of the event as 

simple as possible, while adding things 

like live music and post-race food tables 

that people are going to remember. 

“And on race day we make it fun, 

and engage the community, as much as 

we can,” said Clark. “And the course is 

enjoyable. It’s not designed to be fast, a lot 

of runners are going to be posting personal 

bests, but it’s enjoyable and really scenic. 

We really looked at the whole experience, 

pre, during and post-race because we 

wanted to emulate those big events.” 

The day gets started at 7 a.m. with 

the walkers’ start, which is followed by a 

warm-up stretch and the national anthem 

before the mass run start at 7:30 a.m. The 

fi rst men are expected to fi nish around 8:40 

a.m., depending on the weather, and the 

fi rst women about 15 minutes later. Most 

runners will fi nish between 9 a.m. and 10 

a.m. with the Rutherford Creek bluegrass 

band playing at Whistler Olympic Plaza. 

The Little Rippers 1km run starts at 

10:30 a.m. with a sold-out group of 110 

runners heading up the Village Stroll to 

Gateway Boulevard, turning back and then 

running around Whistler Olympic Plaza. 

For many kids at Myrtle Philip Community 

School, it’s the fi nal kilometre in the half 

marathon they’ve been running after 

school during the past few weeks. 

There are lots of good places to watch 

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Men 35 to 39 

1. Seth Wells (New Westminster) — 2:30:50 

2. Jay Latiff (Nanaimo) — 2:33:38 

3. Justin Mark (Nanaimo) — 2:33:47 


1. Kelly Jones (North Van) — 3:19:30 

2. Patricia Sinclair (Whistler) — 3:19:55 

3. Frances Vice (North Van) — 3:35:08 

Men 40 to 44 

1. Andreas Hestler (North Van) — 2:29:49 

2. Trevor Hopkins (Whistler) — 2:31:10 

3. Stephen Ushy (Kelowna) — 2:38:10 


1. Kathleen Negraeff (Vancouver) — 4:34:13 

Men 45 to 59 

1. Keith Ray (Whistler) — 2:39:11 

2. Pete Holzhuter (Kelowna) — 2:49:45 

3. Ray Lachance (Vancouver) — 2:52:23 


1. Laurie Kalf (Errington) — 3:48:50 

Men 50 to 54 

1. Ted Russo (Port Moody) — 2:34:09 

2. Rod Dagneau (North Van) — 2:49:37 

3. Harv Bergen (Abbotsford) — 3:02:36 

Men 55 to 59 

1. Tony Routley (Whistler) — 2:36:41 

2. Rob McSkimming (Whistler) — 3:02:42 

3. Richard Dustan (N. Van) — 4:08:37 ■ 

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Half marathon 


the race unfold. The start/fi nish area is 

always a good bet, but there are a lot of 

other good spots as well — with a bike you 

could probably hit them all. 

The 21.1km course starts at Whistler 

Olympic Plaza and follows Lorimer Road 

to the bottom. From there, runners head 

out on Crabapple Drive and Beaver Lane 

to Blueberry Drive — and some good 

photo opportunities of runners with the 

mountains in the background. At the 

corner of Blueberry and St. Anton Way 

you can see the runners go by twice, 

fi rst on their way to do a loop of Alta 

Vista and secondly as they head back 

out towards Lorimer on the Valley Trail. 

When the runners get back to Crabapple 

they continue on the Valley Trail towards 

Rainbow Park before turning around. They 

do a lap of Balsam Way and Easy Street 

before jumping back on the Valley Trail on 

the other side of the Whistler Golf Course 

to Whistler Village. Runners head through 

the village and out to White Gold and 

Spruce Grove neighbourhoods. 

Clark is encouraging residents and 

homeowners to cheer on the runners as 

they go by and add to the atmosphere. 

Afterwards, Clark wants to invite 

everyone to the village for the post-race 

entertainment, which includes DJs from 

the Digital Mountain Tribe and live 

drumming form the Drum Café. At noon 

there will be an interactive drum display/ 

lesson with 300 drums in the crowd. 

“It’s something that’s never been seen 

before in Whistler, and we think is going 

to be incredible,” said Clark. 

It’s shaping up to be an exciting race 

as well. Both defending champions, Jim 

Finlayson and Care Wakely of Victoria, 

have signed on to defend their titles, and 

there are some serious challengers in the 

group: Edward McCarthy (7th in 2012 

BMO Vancouver Marathon), Tina Connelly 

(record holder on Vancouver First Half), 

David Palermo (fi rst in 2012 April Fool’s 

Half Marathon and course record holder 

for New Balance Fall Classic), Kristina Rody 

(a pro marathoner who lived in Whistler 

and holds the Comfortably Numb Trail 

Run record), Lisa Brooking (fi rst female at 

April Fool’s Half Marathon), Cartin Jones 

(fi rst overall in 2010 Royal Victoria Full 

Marathon), and Amy Schneeberg, Shawn 

Nelson and Stephanie Hamilton. 

Finlayson fi nished the hilly course in 

1:09:25 last year, while Wakely came in 

at 1:21:04. 

Looking forward, Clark says the goal 

is to increase the fi eld size for the race, 

but he doesn’t know if that will happen 

in 2013 and how it will affect the race 

and choice of roads and trails. One option 

could include adding more distances to the 

event — maybe 10km and 5km courses, 

and possibly even a full 42.2km marathon. 

“There have been a few discussions 

about the future of the event, but it’s in 

the early stages,” said Clark. “Whether the 

cap is going to be increased in 2013 is yet 

to be determined, or whether we’ll add 

alternate distances as well so a wider range 

of runners can participate.” 

ROAD CLOSURES IN EFFECT 

Whistler residents and visitors should be 

aware that there are a few road closures 

and delays in effect during the run: 

• Highway 99 at Lorimer Road will be 

closed from 7:30 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. and the 

west section of Lorimer will be closed to 

westbound traffi c from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m.; 

• Crabapple Drive and Beaver Lane will 

be closed to southbound traffi c from 7:30 

a.m. to 8 a.m.; 

• There will be temporary delays along 

the entire route. People should also be 

aware that the Valley Trail will be busy, 

and in some sections the runners will be in 

both lanes. The section of Valley Trail from 

Lorimer to Rainbow Park will be extremely 

busy from about 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 

people are advised to take the alternate 

route along Alta Lake Road. 

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A beautiful day for a tri 


The Whistler Kids of Steel triathlon 

and Adult Try-a-Tri has run in a lot of 

different weather over the years, some of 

it good, but Saturday’s event was probably 

the nicest yet with clear skies, sunshine and 

almost no wind for the diffi cult bike section. 

Kids eight and nine swam 100 metres, 

biked two kilometres and ran one kilometre. 

David Wood was fi rst overall out of 21 boys 

and girls with the group in 15:40. Evan 

Fedder was fi fth overall and the second boy 

in 18:27 and Whistler’s Eric Milley sixth 

overall and third among boys in 18:34. For 

the girls, Laiken Greffard, Kaila Lafreniere 

and Syney Wilson of Whistler were second, 

third and fourth overall in 16:33, 16:52 and 

17:03 respectively. 

Kids 10-11 raced the same distance. 

Ainsley Greffard of Surrey fi nished fi rst 

overall in the category in 14:51, and was 

the fi rst female overall. Jennifer Lafreniere 

of Whistler was fourth overall and the 

second female in 15:23, followed by 

Squamish’s Linnea Uunila in fi fth overall, 

third among girls, in 15:26. The fi rst boy 

to the line was Whistler’s Ian Milley in 

second overall in 15:03, followed by 

Whistlers’s Ben Brownlie in 15:23.1 and 

Micky Williston of Squamish in 15:39. 

There were 32 athletes in the category. 

In Kids 12-13 the distances were 300 

metres for the swim, 10km for the bike and 

3km for the run. Whistler’s Jack Wright won 

the event in 44:58, followed by Alexander 

Valentin in 45:54 and Alec Coleman in 

47:56. Sarah Fedder was the top female in 

fourth overall in 49:05, followed by Lauren 

Benedict and Nicky Klimchuk-Brown in 

fi fth and sixth overall in 51:50 and 52:36. 

The Kids 14-15 category distances were 

the same as for 12-13. Ari Blondal was fi rst 

boy to the fi nish in 40:48.9, followed by Leal 

Makaroff in 42:21 and Zach Yamaoka (fourth 

overall) in 46:12. Aimee Shannon was the fi rst 

female in 43:55, followed by Anna Yamaoka 

in 47:29 and Paige Quinn in 49:30. 

There were only three athletes in the 

16-18 category, which included a 500metre 

swim, 14km bike and 4km run. 

Robynne Shannon was fi rst in 1:01:36.8, 

followed by Sarah Look in 1:11:34 and 

Italo Massaglia in 1:21:15. 

In the adult sprint race — 300-metre 

swim, 14km bike, 4km run — Jon Decaigny 

was fi rst to the fi nish in 56:09. 

This was the second year that Decaigny 

has raced the Try-a-Tri, using it as a tune-up 

event for other races. 

“I wanted to beat 55 minutes and be fi rst 

on the bike, that was it,” he said of his goals. 

He might have accomplished the fi rst one, 

but had a bad swim where he was passed in 

the water by several other racers and was 12th 

at the fi rst transition. He did make up a lot of 

time on the bike with the second-fastest time, 

then had a solid run to place fi rst. 

Between his fi rst triathlon and the most 

recent, Decaigny completed the Squamish 

Triathlon and the GranFondo. When asked 

what’s made the biggest difference over 

the last year, Decaigny said, “The biggest 

difference is not having an extra 30 pounds 

to carry around,” he said. “I’ve also learned 

to take my time in the transitions, and not 

to rush and have everything take longer.” 

Second to the fi nish line was Tracey 

Wright, a marathoner who signed up for 

the triathlon along with her son, Jack, who 

also won his age category. 

“I’ve done a few triathlons before but 

it’s not something I do regularly,” she said. 

“I decided to do it this year because it was 

a great event to do with Jack. 

“It was lovely. The weather helped, but 

it was a really good event, it was a lovely 

sunny day, great views, great volunteers — 

you couldn’t ask for a nicer day for this.” 

Francois Chevalier was third overall 

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Mark DalSanto placing third in 1:01:42. 

Second among women was Lucy 

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Moccasins win 10K Run 

ROBIN POIRIER REPEATS WHISTLER VALLEY TRAIL RUN WIN 

WITH ALMOST BARE FEET 


Last year Robin Poirier created a bit of 

a stir at the Whistler Valley Trail Run 

when he crossed the fi nish line wearing 

Vibram Five Fingers shoes — basically one 

step up from running barefoot with fi tted 

toes and a thin layer of Vibram rubber 

between your foot and the ground. 

But somehow, Poirier found a step in 

between Five Fingers and barefoot running, 

showing up to the start this year in a pair 

of thin leather moccasins he picked up at a 

discount store. It really was the next closest 

thing to wear nothing on his feet. 

“After my Five Fingers gave out during 

the Warrior Dash last year I picked these 

up,” explained Poirier, who completed the 

hilly 10km course in 37:38 — about six 

minutes faster than the next racer. He also 

improved on his time from last year by 

almost a full minute. 

He was sitting in second after the 

prologue around the baseball diamonds, 

but he took over the lead on the fi rst climb. 

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“We started out as a pack, and I tried 

to keep a couple of the guys with me but 

I think a few of them started too fast and 

faded a little,” he said. 

The last time he did the course was 

during last year’s Valley Trail Run, but 

as the lead runner he had an advantage. 

“I didn’t have it memorized, but I just 

followed the pace cyclist so I could see 

where all the twists and turns were.” 

The lead pace cyclist later admitted 

that he was having trouble staying ahead 

of Poirier, who set the record on that 

particular course with an average speed of 

almost 16km/h. 

Whistler’s Mark Allard was second in 

43:41, followed by Marian Treger in 44:46. 

All three were in the Male Open category. 

The top female racer was Whistler’s 

Hayley Winters in 45:49, followed by 

Jessica Aldighieri in 48:56 and Tracey 

Wright — who raced the Adult Try-a-Tri 

the day before — in 49:04. 

Winters said she did the run as training 

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SHOE IN Robin Poirier repeated his win at the Whistler Valley Trail Run on Sunday, this time 

wearing thin-soled moccasins. 

It was also her fi rst time doing the 

course. “(Lost Lake Park) defi nitely lives up 

to the name, because I felt lost the whole 

time,” she said. “It was so windy and hilly, 

but there’s an equal number of ups and 

downs so you did get a variety. I really 

liked it, and the half marathon is hilly so it 

was good training as well.” 

There was also a 5km race. Emma 

Chadsley of Pemberton was fi rst overall 

and fi rst in Female Open in 22:20. Marsha 

McConkey was eighth overall and second 

in the category in 28:49 and Dann Watt 

ninth and third respectively in 28:49. 

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second overall and fi rst in Male 15 and 

Under in 24:09. He was followed by 

Pemberton’s Joe Davies, third overall, in 

24:48 and Karsten Mullins of Washington, 

fourth overall, in 25:13. 

Rob Scott of Port Moody was sixth 

overall and fi rst in Masle Open in 27:57, 

followed by David Powell in 28:32 and 

Ken Roberts in 36:26. 

Casey Rogers of Washington was the 

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Young athletes shine at 

Crud 2 Mud 


The Crud 2 Mud got underway on 

Sunday with a sold-out fi eld of 180 

athletes taking part, and perfect conditions 

both on snow and through the bike park. 

The majority of participants did the 

event solo, although you could do the 

race with a relay partner as well. If you did 

both sections, that’s a total vertical drop of 

1,200 metres — skiing or snowboarding 

from the Roundhouse to Olympic Station 

and then biking down B-Line and Ho Chi 

Min to the fi nish. 

The fastest overall time was set by 

Robin Courcelles in the Ski Male 19 to 

29 solo category. He was the only racer 

to beat the 10-minute mark, fi nishing 

both legs and the transition in 9:47.83. 

Martin Lacroix was second in the category 

in 10:06.39, followed by Adam Dagg in 

10:32.27. 

Julie Mountfi eld won the Ski Female 19 

to 39 race in 11:17.32, followed by Jenny 

Liljegren in 12:10.81 and Anna Louise 

Nordlander in 13:46.90. 

In Ski Male 40-Plus, Trennon Paynter 

was fastest in 10:39.91, followed by Mike 

McLellan in 11:39.12 and Dusan Markovic 

in 11:46.60. 

In Ski Junior, the Iles brothers gave 

each other a close race with Jack Iles 

fi nishing fi rst in 11:52.63 and Finn just 

seven seconds back in 11:59.82. Alex Auger 

was third in 12:47.47. 

Wendy Robinson won Snowboard 

Female 19 to 39 in 13:07.54, followed 

by Lacy Kemp in 15:25.59 and Bianca 

Ferrajohn in 15:39.64. 

For the men, Ross Dunlop was the 

fastest snowboarder — and the only one 

to break 11 minutes — in 10:46.42. John 

Shelly was second in 11:30.26 and Kenton 

Dunning third in 11:40.6 6. 

In Snowboard Female 40-Plus, Linda 

Lowery fi nished in 22:06.22. In the men’s 

WHOOPEE Some racers went for speed, others went 

for fun. Lacy Kemp was in the latter category. 

40-Plus it was Brad Morin in fi rst in 

14:33.32, followed by Eric MacLeod in 

14:44.78. 

In the junior team category, mountain 

biker Zander Geddes and skier Broderick 

Thompson teamed up to post a combined 

time of 9:35.61, which would have placed 

them third in open men. Rhys Verner and 

McKinley Languedoc were second in junior 

in 10:30.59, followed by Mikayla Martin 

and Luke Dimarzo in 10:46.85. 

In the female team category, Simmone 

Lyons and Bryann Palmer were fi rst, 

followed by Sarah Wilson and Dawn 

Cashen, followed by Kim Villeneuve and 

Melanie Reid. 

In the male team category, brothers 

Jake and Tyler Allison posted the fastest 

time of the day, a 9:02.24. Alexander 

Matheson and Brian Hutchison were 

second in 9:26.28, and Daniel Moore and 

Stuart Ray third in 9:51.45. 

For mixed teams, Adam Bowey and 

Patricia Morene were fi rst in 10:19.22, 

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Msart third in 11:41.74. 

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Sports Briefs: Black Diamond Betties make debut Saturday 


The Black Diamond Betties, Whistler’s 

very own roller derby team, is playing 

its fi rst bout this Saturday night, June 2 

against the Sea to Sky Sirens, which have 

been competing for the past year. 

The battle is being billed as “The 

Calamity in the Corridor,” and takes 

place at Brennan Park Arena in Squamish. 

Tickets are $10 in advance at Evolution 

and Hempire, or $15 at the door. There’s a 

beer garden, merchandise and a few hours 

of roller derby action — bumps, jumps, 

elbows and crashes as the team’s jammers 

skate through all the contact while working 

to earn points for their teams. 

Visit www.whistlerrollergirls.com. 

GYMNASTS ON TOP AT 

ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS 

The Whistler Gymnastics Club had 

a banner weekend at the Zone 5 

Championships in North Vancouver 

this past weekend, with several athletes 

placing well in the overall and others 

posting their best results to date. 

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around win in Provincial Level 2 Tyro, this 

time with gold medals on vault, bars and 

fl oor and bronze medal on the beam. In 

the same category Hannah Peatfi eld placed 

fi fth with a gold on vault (tying Flynn) and 

top six results on the other apparatus. Gigi 

Kranjc was sixth all around with a fourth 

place fi nish on beam, Cassia Jean eighth 

with a fourth place result on vault and 

Leah Brownlie 10th with an eighth place 

result on fl oor. 

In Provincial Level 2 Novice, Caitlin 

MacConnachie placed second all around. 

She didn’t win any gold medals, but earned 

silver medals on beam and fl oor and a 

bronze on the vault. 

In Provincial Level 1 Argo, Katie 

Faerge placed eighth all around, placing 

sixth on bars. 

In Provincial Level 1 Tyro, Charlie 

Jarratt just missed the all around podium 

in fourth place while placing fi rst on 

beam. Emily Sargent was fi rst on fl oor 

and fi fth on vault to place sixth all 

around and Ronin Devine was sixth on 

fl oor to place seventh. 

There was also a category for Kids 

in Progress (KIP) athletes at the precompetitive 

level. They are judged like 

other athletes, but are awarded gold, silver 

or bronze in every event based on their 

performance. 

All of the Whistler KIPs earned silver 

medals all around for their performances: 

Ajah Newsome, Kaila Lafreniere, Mali 

Ricard, Jaden Cote, Elle Johnston, Skyler 

Williamson and Ayva Spierings. 

EAGLES LOSE LEAD IN SECOND TEST 

The Sea to Sky Eagles Rugby League 

Football Club played their second offi cial 

match this past Saturday, May 26 against 

the Surrey Beavers. 

The team lost its opener against 

Kelowna but outplayed the competition 

in the second half. They managed to take 

that momentum into their match against 

the Beavers and in the fi rst 15 minutes had 

scored and converted two tries to take a 

12-0 lead. The Beavers did answer back but 

the Eagles had the lead 12-4 at half time. 

The Beavers, which have a few players 

already identifi ed as candidates for the 

provincial team, were not done however. 

They tightened up their game and managed 

to take the lead 14-12. 

At last, with just 11 minutes remaining, 

the heat and injuries took their toll on the 

Eagles and Surrey scored four unanswered 

tries to fi nish the game 36-12. 

“The score was no indication of a 

very close contest and the Sea to Sky 

Eagles should be praised for a very gutsy 

performance,” wrote Paul O’Keefe in his 

match report. 

The Eagles has several young players 

still in high school, but are continuing to 

recruit. Visit their Facebook page for more 

information. And if you don’t know how 

rugby league works compared to more 

established rugby union, you can look it 

up on Wikipedia or drop by Mamquam 

Elementary on Saturday, June 2 to watch as 

the Eagles play host to the Bayside Sharks. 

The kick-off is at 2 p.m. 

HEISTERMAN TOP 10 IN ALABAMA XTERRA 

Just one week before she captured the 

NimbyFifty crown in Pemberton, 

Squamish’s Brandi Heisterman was 

sweating it out in another test of endurance. 

A new member of the national offroad 

triathlon team, Heisterman headed 

down to Alabama for the International 

Triathlon Union Cross Triathlon World 

Championships/Xterra Southeast 

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The swim was 1500 metres, followed 

by a 30km mountain bike and a 10km 

run. Nanaimo’s Melanie McQuaid, another 

member of the team, placed second 

overall in the race in 2:27:15, Calgary’s 

Danelle Kabush was sixth in 2:33:03 and 

Heisterman — who did her fi rst triathlon 

last summer at the Xterra Canadian 

Championships in Whistler, was ninth 

overall in 2:33:50. 

“Triathlon Canada asked me in January, 

and I said okay, I’ll focus on Xterra for a 

while and swim a bit more and do a few 

more events,” she said. 

As a member of the team, Triathlon 

Canada pays her entry fees and has 

supplied her with gear, including a tri suit. 

If she does well, she said she gets bonuses 

that will help other costs, as well as the 

opportunity to earn Sport Canada funding. 

She fi nished just a minute-and-a-half back 

at this event, but will continue to race hard. 

“That race was pretty early season for 

me, a lot of the women have already done 

a few Xterra World Tour events already 

while I haven’t been in a race since (the 

2011 Xterra World Championships in) 

Maui,” said Heisterman. 

While she’s still a mountain biker at 

heart, she said she’s enjoying the challenge 

and mixing things up a bit with swimming 

and trail running. 

“Going into the Nimby I was a little 

worried because I’ve been swimming 10K 

a week and running as well, and I haven’t 

spent as much time riding,” she said. “But 

given how I felt at the Nimby I’m pleased 

with my form and actually feeling really 

good physically.” 

She will be attending the Whistler 

Xterra in July, the Canadian Championship 

and the U.S. Championships, and is 

looking to earn a spot at the Xterra World 

Championships in Maui once again. Her 

goal is to place top seven in the world this 

year, which she says is realistic given the 

other competitors’ experience. 

“I’d love to say top fi ve, but I need to be 

realistic — these girls are fast and they’ve 

been doing this a lot longer than I have. 

But I’ve taken a bit of time off the swim, 

and now I just have to get that run down,” 

she said. 

SLURPEE CUP ADDITION 

In last week’s coverage of the Slurpee 

Cup soccer tournament in Kelowna, Pique 

missed one name. Charles Wetaski has 

been playing with the European Football 

School in Vancouver since February, and 

recently joined their tournament team for 

a trip to California to compete at the 

U14 level. He again joined the team at 

Kamloops where EFS placed second overall 

in Gold division. 

EFS has been coming to Whistler to 

offer summer camps for a decade now, and 

Wetaski is just one of the kids that’s grown 

up attending the camps. This summer the 

camp runs July 2 to 6, and registration 


is available online at www.whistersoccer. 

com. 

Some of the Whistler players that have 

attended EFS and are now playing at a high 

level for rep teams include Will Robson, 

Cam Baker, Bobby Bunbury and Thomas 

Bunbury. 

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR WORCA CAMPS 

The Whistler Off Road Cycling Association 

is accepting registration for its summer 

camps, including a new adult camp and 

Charlie’s Angels clinics at www.worca.com. 

The adult camp runs from June 25 

to 29 and is $369. There are 25 spaces 

available, and registration includes four 

days of cross-country instruction and a half 

day in the Whistler Blackcomb bike park 

followed by the Phat Wednesday downhill 

race. The last day of camp is followed by 

dinner and drinks at the Brewhouse. 

As well, Sylvie Allen will be coaching 

three-hour clinics for Charlie’s Angels 

riders, taking place June 20, July 7 and July 

21. The cost is $50 per clinic or you can 

get a cross-country and downhill clinic for 

$90. Register early, as there is only space 

for six at each clinic. 

The women’s only Charlie’s Angels race 

takes place July 27 and 28. 

As well as adult camps, WORCA is 

hosting nine weeks of Youth Dirt Camps 

over the summer, six for kids six to nine 

and three for youth and teens (aged 10 

to 12 and 13 to 15). Proceeds from the 

annual WORCA bike swap underwrite the 

cost of coaches to keep the overall costs 

down for participants. 

For more, visit www.worca.com. 

ROBERTS RETIRES FROM 

SNOWBOARDCROSS AFTER CONCUSSIONS 

Mike Robertson, the surprise silver 

medal winner in snowboardcross at the 

2010 Winter Games, announced his 

retirement from the team this week, along 

with veterans Francois Boivin and Dan 

Csokonay — all as a result of injuries. 

“The decision to retire was a hard one 

to make,” said Robertson. “I had different 

plans in mind and would have loved to 

represent Canada at another Olympics. I 

didn’t want an injury to end my career, 

but after two years of struggling with 

concussion symptoms and trying to recover 

again and again, I had to make the best 

decision for my long-term health. I would 

like to thank everyone who helped me 

along the way, especially my teammates 

for the good times and memories. I wish 

them the best of luck in the future.” 

For Boivin, who has been competing 

at the World Cup level for 13 years, it also 

came down to injuries and the fact he has a 

young family. “I’ve been struggling with an 

injury for a couple of years and life on the 

road can be diffi cult with a young family,” 

he said. “I am looking forward to going 

back to school and having more time to 

focus on my career and family.” ■ 

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Make mine a bacon-ista special 

BETTER YET, MAKE IT A DOUBLE! 

If you’d known me when I was a 

thin little strip of a kid you’d have 

wondered how anyone who ate so 

much bacon could be so skinny. Maybe it 

was something in my gene pool — my dad 

could, and still can, fry up a whole pound 

of bacon and gobble it down himself, he 

loves it so much. Whatever it is, I can’t get 

By Glenda 

Bartosh 

enough bacon. 

Back bacon, side bacon, bacon bits (the 

real thing, not those fakers from a shaker) 

— doesn’t matter, bacon is king. 

As a kid I loved it for its great taste and 

crunch (make mine well done and crispy, 

s’il vous plaît) and the fact we were allowed 

to eat side bacon with our fi ngers. Back 

bacon, never! Use a knife and fork, kids. 

Now as a bigger kid I love it for its 

transformative powers. Take a humble 

salad, a baked potato or a big pile of 

Kraft Dinner, add some cooked bacon, 

crumbled or in chunks, and you’ve got 

yourself something special. 

I don’t know whether to thank God or 

the pork producers of North America and 

their lobbyists, but bacon has been hitting 

the high road recently, not only in hipdefying 

desserts but some of the classics 

as well. 

While you can always get a good 

traditional hit of bacon at Whistler’s 

best brekkie hang-outs, like Wild Wood 

Restaurant or Southside Diner, bacon is 

also getting the spotlight in other roles. 

On the Victoria Day long weekend, 

Squamish’s Eric Pateman, for one, started 

featuring 100 per cent Canadian bacon 

at the take-out window of his righteously 


popular bistro and boutique, Edible 

Canada, on Granville Island. 

The take-out menu features nothing 

but four-star classics paying tribute to 

bacon. There’s a West Coast Cobb salad 

riffi ng on the original Cobb salad created 

in the 1930s by owner Robert Howard 

Cobb or his chef — the story, like most 

of this ilk, is ambiguous — at the famous 

Brown Derby restaurant in Hollywood. But 

this West Coast Cobb features blue cheese 

from Quebec, smoked salmon and bacon 

rather than Roquefort cheese, cold chicken 

and avocado. 

They’ve also revisited poutine, 

the Québécois classic and last year’s 

quintessential Whistler dish as chosen by 

readers in Pique’s annual Best of Whistler 

round-up. This version features bacon and 

duck rillette, all-Canadian cheese curds 

and caramelized onions. 

There’s an all-beef and bacon whistle 

dog sporting bacon jam. As for the “dog” 

itself, it’s from Two Rivers Meats, our 

friends in North Vancouver who are 

delivering excellent meat products all over 

the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island 

thanks to their start-up, which spun out of 

Pemberton Meadows Beef. 

Edible’s take-out is also offering crispy 

fi sh and bacon tacos — yum! As for the 

serious bacon buffs out there with the real 

deep addictions, the box o’ bacon features 

six whole strips, pepper-candied, and 

served with a rye and chocolate ganache 

dip. Get two of those suckers, I say. 

But it’s the BLLT — bacon, lobster, 

lettuce and tomato sandwich — that 

Jordan Cash and I are both after. 

Jordan is another one of those 

Torontonians who’s found his groove on 

the West Coast, in this case spinning 

his unique doughnuts to the world out 

of his hole-in-the-wall doughnut shop, 

Cartems Donuterie, at the edgy edge of 

Carrall and Hastings in Vancouver. Get 

there early because his maple, bourbon, 

bacon doughnuts sell out, and no wonder. 

These little babies are right up there with 

pure bacon heaven in my books. Perfectly 

balanced between savory and not-too-sweet, 

they weigh about half a pound each. 

No, they’re not heavy in your stomach 

— they’re heavy with delight and real-food 

ingredients, starting with Anita’s organic 

fl our out of Chilliwack and Rabbit River 

farm eggs from Richmond then topped 

off with a good bourbon glaze and big, 

tasty chunks of double-smoked, candied 

bacon made right in Jordan’s commercial 

kitchen facility, Woodlands Smokehouse 

These little babies are right 

up there with pure bacon 

heaven in my books. 

and Commissary, near Commercial Drive. 

Have one with a glass of milk and call 

it the best lunch ever! 

“The secret is to use really good bacon. 

It’s not store-bought, it’s not packaged, it’s 

organic bacon,” says Jordan, who makes the 

dough, runs the place and still loves to ski 

and snowboard and get up to Whistler as 

much as he can. (In fact, he’d love to fi nd an 

outlet for these babies at Whistler, home of 

the eternal need for a good-tasting, energyloaded, 

ethical quick snack.) 

“We smoke it and cure it in-house, so 

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that makes a really, really big difference, 

and we do use a bit of the bacon fat itself,” 

he says. 

On this point we both agree again. 

The plusses of cooking with bacon fat are 

often overlooked. Cook up some onions or 

hash browns to a golden crispiness in bacon 

fat — easy perfection. Or instead of drizzling 

half a fresh tomato with olive oil, sprinkling 

it with cheese and some tasty herbs and 

grilling it in your little toaster oven or big 

granddaddy of an energy-sucking oven, try 

fl ipping it cut side down and slow-cooking 

it in some bacon fat left over from your last 

bacon bonanza — amazing! 

Now you’re tapping into a secret 

that the French and Italian cooks have 

known about for centuries. Cooking with 

a soft-textured pork fat like bacon adds 

both fl avour and succulence to just about 

anything. Good patient chefs will even add 

thin splinters of pork fat to lean meat by 

using larding needles. 

But the secret to any of this, as Jordan 

says, is to use really good bacon. 

My favourite easy-to-fi nd commercial 

brand is Harvest bacon out of Yorkton, 

Saskatchewan, usually available at Nesters 

Markets. To their credit, Harvest uses 

absolutely no MSG or those annoying 

gluten-based fi llers in any of their meat 

products plus they retain more of their 

original weight when cooked. 

If you want to go for a primo version 

check out Two Rivers bacon, available at 

North Arm Farm in Pemberton and Big 

Lou’s Butcher Shop on Powell and Gore in 

Vancouver. At Nita Lake Lodge at Whistler 

they offer it, too, plus they’ll even do the 

cooking for you and serve it up tout suite. 

Glenda Bartosh is an award-winning freelance 

writer who reckons the smelling of cooking 

bacon can wake up the dead, or at least 

somebody who’s pretty out of it. ■

Where there’s backyard 

smoke there’s steak on a grill 

GRILL SEASON IS HERE AND BBQ BOB SHARES THREE 

BARBECUE TIPS 

It might be as quick as a few minutes or 

a lengthy15-hour marathon. 

No matter your grilling preference, 

barbecue season is here with arms wide 

open. Outdoor aprons are no longer 

collecting dust in a closet, the grilling 

utensils are out of the drawer and the 

steaks are marinating in the refrigerator. 

By John 

French 

One of the greatest pleasures of the 

warm season is the opportunity to give 

the kitchen oven a break and hand the 

heat duties over to any one of a number of 

outdoor grilling devices. 

Some of the popular late spring, 

summer and early fall grill items include 

pulled pork grilled low and slow, brisket, 

roasted chicken, pork ribs and good old 

fashion homemade burgers. 

Bob Haselbach, Whistler’s award 

winning grill specialist, is preparing for 

another season of competition and his fi rst 

few events are already off the grill. 

Bbq Bob, as he is best known, 

competed earlier this month at the fi rst 

ever Cloverdale Rodeo Cookoff. The longrunning 

country fair and rodeo in Surrey 

has been a tradition for the last 124 years 

and, apparently, this year the organizers 

wanted to try a few new things. 

They put $10,000 up for grabs for 

competitive grillers and another $10,000 

for skateboarders who competed in the 

First Annual World Freestyle Round-Up. 

Bbq Bob got all over the cooking 

competition and picked up fi rst place in 

the pork butt event. He fi nished 14th 

overall out of 30 teams. 

Bob wasn’t too broken up about the 

mid-pack fi nish because he was featured on 

Global Vancouver’s Saturday morning news 

that weekend and since his TV appearance 

more than a few people have dropped into 

his restaurant, which shares his nickname, to 

report that they saw him on TV so they had 

to check out his restaurant. 

“I ran out of gas for chicken and ribs 

on Sunday,” says Bbq Bob at his Creekside 

eatery on a sunny spring afternoon. “It was 

worth it to get a plug on TV!” 

For the record this was Bbq Bob’s 

second appearance on TV. He guest starred 

as a barbecue expert on the Women’s 

Network show called The Shopping Bags 

with Anna and Kristina. 

“The Oprah Winfrey Network has 

picked up that show so when it’s on I get 

random phone calls,” says Bbq Bob. 

Epicurious? 

His surprised friends, who happen to 

be watching, will call him to inform him 

he’s on television. 

The champion of the charcoal says less 

experienced grillers tend to make three 

main mistakes. 

We’ll start with number three because 

it is a simple issue. Bob prefers charcoal 

over propane. 

“That’s just a no-brainer,” he says. “Its 

like CDs and vinyl as far as I’m concerned 

and I still have an active turntable. It’s a bit 

more work but well worth it.” 

The top two tips from Bbq Bob are all 

about patience. 

First, he says, let your grill heat up 

before you put the meat onto it and 

second, he says, let the cooked meat rest 

for 10 to 15 minutes before serving it. 

“If your grill is not at the optimum 

temperature, nice and high, it won’t seer 

it off and lock in those juices,” says Bob. 

After just the right amount of time on the 

hot grill take the meat off, and be patient. 

“All the juices relax and go out through 

the meat and disperse evenly, it is just juicy 

and delicious all the way through,” Bob 

says of the resting period. 

This former Roundhouse chef knows 

his stuff after competing at more than a 

few provincial, national and international 

championships 

His schedule through the rest of 

the season includes trips to Langley for 

the B.C. championships, a new event 

in Nanaimo, Calgary for Barbecue on 

the Bow and, of course, the national 

championships in Whistler. 

He’s also scheduled to compete in 

Kansas City at an invitational event and an 

open event. 

If all goes well and with some luck 

Bob also hopes to compete at the world 

championships in Lynchburg, TN. The 

event is an invitational competition held 

in October after the competition in KC. 

His name is in the lottery, as has been the 

case for the last two years. Bob says he 

hopes to get the draw this year to go to 

the Jack Daniel’s distillery where the world 

championship event is held. 

“It is a dry county, you can’t buy or 

sell alcohol there,” says Bob in a slightly 

mocking tone. “It’s unique to say the least.” 

He got to go to the big event on 

someone else’s team in 2005 and he went 

back in 2006 with his own team. Bbq Bob 

is itching to get back for another shot at 

international grilling greatness. 

Now, side one of Dark Side of the Moon 

is fi nished so it’s time to fl ip the record 

then pour some Jack over ice and check the 

pulled pork. ■ 

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eXstacy Books is an 

e-book erotica leader. 

The Sex Factor in e-books a pleasurable 

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EROTICA IN E-BOOK FORM IS A GROWTH INDUSTRY AND TINA HAVEMAN’S EXTACY BOOKS IS FLOURISHING 


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Publisher of erotic e-books Tina 

Haveman is having trouble keeping 

track of all the interviews she’s 

been giving lately. There’s the one for a 

Vancouver daily, another for the CBC. 

Then there are the others. 

“I was just talking to one paper in New 

York, I can’t remember their name, I was 

astounded and forgot to ask,” she says. She 

fails to mention Britain’s Daily Telegraph, 

The Sydney Morning Herald, and La Presse 

— all of whom have interviewed the 

Squamish-based owner of eXtacy Books in 

the last month. 

“I’m getting so much notice, it’s kind of 

scary!” she said. 

The erotic e-novel is enjoying a fl ush of 

popularity, an impressive spurt in growth, 

so to speak. Sales of stories that vary from 

low-level sensuality to the explicit were 

worth $1.4 billion in 2011 according to 

The Romance Writers of America, with 

8,240 titles published in 2010. 

The Kindle and other e-readers have 

encouraged the genre to take off, with 

readers being able to explore their personal 

kinks in privacy without a graphic cover 

giving the game away. E-books on Kobo 

or Kindle are the digital version of hiding 

Lady Chattersley’s Lover in a paper bag, 

like they did in the 1950s. 

eXtacy Books was started by Haveman 

in 2002 and grew out of her desire in the 

late ‘90s to have greater control over her 


own writing as an author. Like so many, 

she looked to e-publishing her own work 

as an answer, but took it a step further 

by becoming a publisher herself. Initially, 

erotica was not part of her repertoire. 

“I was always a writer, since I could hold 

a pencil. I had some bad experiences as an 

author, and when digital publishing started 

I thought ‘screw this, I can do this,’” she says. 

Haveman started her fi rst company, 

which publishes mainly mainstream printon-demand 

stories, in 1999. Then one of her 

authors suggested she start an erotica line. 

“I thought, ‘Geez, I don’t know. Who 

else likes erotica besides (the author) that I 

knew?’ It’s because of her that I started eXtacy 

Books. I started with a handful of authors. I 

didn’t do too badly, I had $600 in a month 

and I was ‘Oooh! Wow!’ But, of course, most 

of that goes back to authors and the site, and 

it went from there,” she says. 

Currently representing around 170 

authors, sales at eXtacy Books have shot up 

in the last three years, with the company 

now seeing just under $1 million in 

earnings per annum, Haveman says. 

“After Kindle started, people became 

a lot more aware of e-books. All these 

other electronic devices, the iPad, smart 

phones….” she says. 

Now Haveman has around 40 full- and 

part-time staff based all over the world, 

though traditional publishing costs are 

very much part of the business. 

“Sales are good. I just bought a brand 

new car, cash,” she says. “But in terms of 

the business, I do spend an awful lot of 

money. The offi ce needs to be paid out, 

and 40 per cent of earnings has to go to 

the authors… and I just bought advertising 

space in a magazine.” 

While her business has been established 

for a decade, the recent popularity of 

the million-selling Fifty Shades of Grey 

by former UK TV executive E.L. James, a 

sadomasochistic tale of love and bondage, 

is focusing attention on erotica. 

In terms of content at eXtacy Books, 

subjects for the company include ménage, 

gay and lesbian, adult faery tale, romance 

erotica, science fi ction and, yes, vampires. 

eXtacy Books does have limits — it does 

not accept stories that have under 18s or 

pedophilia, or rape, among other things; the 

plots need to ensure permissiveness in the 

characters however wild it gets on the page. 

Haverman says in the case of eXtacy Books 

she wants readers to be interested in the story 

in general as well as the naughty bits. 

“If I receive a submission and it opens 

on the front page with a sex scene and 

there’s a sex scene on almost every page, 

I reject it. It becomes pornography. You 

have to be able to take out the sex scenes 

and still be left with a story,” she says. 

THIS SECTION 

And no “purple prose”, please; 

Haveman doesn’t want her authors to win 

bad sex writing awards. 

“If it’s a good story and the writer has 

‘the purple-helmeted soldier standing to 

attention’, we point out to them how they 

could rewrite it,” she says. 

Haveman doesn’t credit the billiondollar 

pornography industry with the 

growth of erotic books, she says it has 

more to do with greater sexual honesty on 

television and out in the world in general. 

“People are more open these days and 

everyone has fantasies. Nothing is closeted 

anymore, they discuss sex more openly. They 

use the actual words. Women, men, couples, 

read the books, often for stimulation. Are you 

going to get stimulated by reading ‘the purpleheaded 

soldier standing to attention’?” 

And Haveman, now 67, hasn’t stopped 

writing herself, fi nishing and publishing 

about 27 books over the years. Yes, she 

does write for eXtacy Books, but also for her 

mainstream publishing company. 

“Right now I’m working on a mysterysuspense-romance, 

and so far all they’ve 

done is kiss once!” she says, laughing. ■ 

59 THE STAND adventure sport documentary 

60 EAT MORE You are NOT what you eat 

61 NOTES FROM THE BACK ROW remakes and sequels 

62 CYBERNAUT Devil in the details...

Off the central coast of B.C., on 

the small island community of 

Bella Bella, local First Nations 

secondary school students are crafting 

vessels to explore the inlets and waterways 

of their territory. Their ancestors have done 

so for generations in canoes, but these 

youths are paddling with a contemporary 

twist — instead of sitting in canoes they are 

standing up on paddleboards. 

“When I learned about (these kids) I was 

totally sold on the project,” says Whistlerbased 

fi lmmaker Anthony Bonello. 

“The whole Enbridge thing is the cause, 

but the story that makes it compelling, unique 

and refreshing is the adventure tied with these 

kids. What they’re doing is just stunning, 

they’re re-connecting with their culture and 

their territory in a totally new way.” 

The boards have been constructed 

with local cedar as part of the Bella Bella 

community school’s wood shop class, with 

students incorporating their own artistic 

designs. Bear paw prints, representing these 

youths’ ancestral connection to the Great 

Bear Rainforest, adorn the natural wood 

grain of the cedar. Political statements 

such as “Stand up to Enbridge,” and “Stand 

up for Great Bear” are also printed on 

the boards — the irony of an upright 

paddle position and a fi rm opposition to 

the Northern Gateway Project being the 

students’ full intention. 

Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Project is 

a proposal to build twin pipelines across 

northern B.C. — the eastbound pipeline 

importing natural gas condensate from 

Alberta, and the westbound pipeline, 

which is to end at Kitimat, exporting crude 

oil to the coast where it will be eventually 

transported to Asian market by oil tankers. 

The fi lm project that Bonello has 

undertaken is called “STAND: a SUP adventure 

through the Great Bear Rainforest,” and it will 

document the journey of Squamish based 

SUP guide Norman Hann as he paddles 

along the coast of Haida Gwaii, one of the 

proposed routes of the supertankers sailing 

from the port of Kitimat. Hann has been 

working as a guide, fi sherman and educator 

in the Great Bear Rainforest for 12 years and 

in 2010 paddled the 400-kilometre tanker 

route from Kitimat to Bella Bella. 

Bonello and Hann have also partnered 

with photographer and fi lmmaker Nicolas 

Teichrob, a Sunshine Coast local who has 

Arts SCENE 

Taking a STAND 

LOCAL FILMMAKERS EMBARK ON NINE DAY EXPEDITION 

THROUGH THE GREAT BEAR RAINFOREST 

By Vince Shuley 

spent most of his life on the West Coast of B.C. 

He joined Bonello on the fi rst trip to 

the Great Bear Rainforest in November 

2011 to shoot the STAND trailer, a two and 

a half minute teaser fi lmed over fi ve days. 

The trailer has since logged over 13,500 

views on Vimeo. 

“People don’t have any vision for 

what you’re going to do unless you can 

show it to them,” says Bonello by way of 

explaining the trailer. 

“We needed to shoot something, 

anything that we could take to (potential) 

sponsors to give them a sense of what we 

were going to do.” 

Quiksilver Foundation (the philanthropic 

arm of the sporting goods giant) has stepped 

in as the presenting sponsor. Support also 

came locally after James Retty, owner of 

The Escape Route, saw the trailer at the 

Mountain Culture Variety Show during the 

World Ski and Snowboard Festival. 

“I’d been looking for a solid 

environmental cause for the business for a 

while,” says Retty. 

“As a specialty outdoor shop we rely 

on nature for people to get out and do 

things. There’s a little more onus on us to 

(support this).” 

The project also managed to secure a 

boat to fi lm from through one of Retty’s 

sailing friends, Nigel Praine who has 

agreed to provide his 40-foot Valiant yacht 

Soul Haven for the expedition. 

“The boat is everything,” says Bonello. 

“(With it) we have security, we have 

a platform to fi lm from and we have a 

production base where we can charge and 

stay dry.” 

After months of preparation and 

planning the team will depart from Old 

Masset on the northern tip of Haida Gwaii 

on June 5. Over nine days (the estimate 

given fair weather) Hann will paddle along 

the Hecate Strait down to Rose Harbour 

(over 350km) as the team aboard Soul 

Haven gathers footage of the natural and 

cultural beauty of the Great Bear Rainforest. 

The STAND Film project will be an 

adventure sport documentary wrapped 

in the political cause of the Northern 

Gateway Pipeline, showing the world what 

is at stake. 

“(We want to) encourage people to get 

outside and enjoy the nature around them, 

because if you enjoy nature you’ll care for 

it,” says Teichrob. 

“If you care for it then you’ll be aware of 

what’s happening in your own backyard.” ■ 

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BOOK REVIEW 

You Are NOT What You Eat: 

HOW DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS MIGHT BE MAKING YOU SICK AND 7 SIMPLE SOLUTIONS 

BY VAN CLAYTON POWEL 

by G.D. Maxwell 

It’s a myth that human babies are born 

with an innate sucking instinct. It 

actually takes about eight minutes for 

newborns to start making mouthing and 

sucking movements. As far as eating goes, 

it’s probably the last time we really know 

what we’re doing. 

Once we fi nally begin to feed ourselves, 

we may often think about what we’re 

eating but we probably don’t give much 

thought to how we’re eating it, except 

when our mothers tell us to stop eating 

like wild animals in their quixotic quest to 

teach us good table manners. 

This might be a good time to mention 

I loathe self-help books, especially ones 

related to food. I don’t want to be told 

what to eat, what not to eat and how 

everything I do eat is going to turn me into 

a mutant or lead to my untimely demise. I 

hew to the everything-in-moderation and 

nothing-white school of nutrition. 

But Van Powel’s new book, You Are NOT 


What You Eat: How Digestive Problems 

Might Be Making You Sick And 7 Simple 

Solutions, isn’t so much a self-help tome as it 

is an owner’s manual. Powel isn’t going to tell 

you what to eat to have more energy, better 

digestion or greater luck with the object of 

your lustful desires; he’s here to tell you how 

to eat… as in the mechanics, including, yes, 

chewing. And, surprisingly, what he has to 

say is both utterly fascinating and a lighthearted, 

delightful read. More surprisingly, I 

clearly have no idea how to eat, despite some 

six decades of daily practice. 

Neither did Powel; that’s why he wrote 

the book. “At the height of my (digestive) 

problems, I couldn’t eat wheat, dairy, 

soy, chocolate, and a host of other foods 

without having a severe reaction.” 

Being a take-charge kind of guy, Powel 

drew on his training in Western medicine 

— a registered psychiatric nurse — and his 

immersion in Eastern traditions, Chinese 

medicine and Indian Ayurvedic practices. He 

hated being unable to eat things he enjoyed, 

was frustrated with the results of deprivation 

and fi gured the place to start was a thorough 

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understanding of what the heck happens to 

food from the time it goes in our mouths 

until whatever’s left leaves our southern exit. 

The journey Powel outlines in his book 

and the seven steps he describes — the 

how to eat part — have had dramatic 

results. “Today, I can eat anything I want 

without a problem… all the symptoms 

have disappeared.” 

It’s admittedly weird contemplating you 

may actually know nothing about something 

as basic as eating. But after reading the 

chapter on how digestion works, or as Powel 

puts it, “How Food Turns Into You,” I was 

ready to admit I’d never really given how I 

eat a fi rst, let alone second thought. What I 

eat, when I eat, how much I eat I’d given lots 

of thought. But how? You’re kidding? 

What he explained about digestion 

made too much sense to ignore though. 

So I jumped into his seven steps with 

heightened curiosity. The fi rst one fl oored 

me. It was about fl uids. True to form, Van 

didn’t describe what to drink but when. To 

summarize, “Drink no fl uids for at least 30 

minutes before a meal, only about a half- 

cup with the meal, and no fl uids for about 

one hour after.” That shot a big hole in my 

pre-prandial cocktail. But the reasoning 

behind it was compelling. 

I won’t give away the other six simple 

solutions but I will say simple they’re 

not. But as guideposts to better digestion, 

which in turn leads to better nutrition and 

better health, Powel’s book is defi nitely 

food for thought. 

You decide. You c an download the fi rst 

three chapters free at the website below. ■ 

Powel will be launching You Are NOT What You 

Eat at the Whistler Public Library Friday, June 1, at 

7:00pm. The book is available at Armchair Books, 

on Amazon.com and Kindle, and as a pdf fi le at 

www.youarenotwhatyoueat.com.

According to Kirby Ferguson, a smart 

guy with a website, 74 of the top 

100 fi lms in the last decade were 

sequels, remakes or adaptations, making 

Hollywood the world’s most successful idea 

remixer. The trend continues this week with 

2012’s second fi lm adaptation of the classic 

1812 Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Snow White. 

Snow White and the Huntsman opens 

Friday in both Whistler and Squamish 

and stars always-hot Kristen Stewart 

(Adventureland, Twilight) in the title role with 

Chris Hemsworth (Thor) as the Huntsman 

and Charlize Theron (Monster, Young Adult) 

as the evil Queen Ravena who needs to eat 

Snow’s heart in order to maintain her power. 

This ain’t your grandparents Snow 

White. Sure, there are mirrors, dwarves 

and red apples but rather than lay around 

and wait for the Huntsman to be the hero, 

Stewart’s Snow White trains with him and 

becomes a veritable shitkicker who takes it 

right back at the Queen. 

It’s a sign of the times. Princesses don’t 

just stand around and watch like they used 

to in say, The Princess Bride (which rules) or 

classic Walt Disney. These days the chicks 

get their pretty little hands dirty, and bloody, 

and it works for me. Beauty is power, always 

has been, but a sword through the heart gets 

results, too. This one is more Joan of Arc than 

Mirror Mirror (with some Evil Dead, The Dark 

Knight, and Princess Mononoke in there as well). 

Advertising and music video director 

Rupert Sanders takes his fi rst swing at the 

feature-fi lm piñata here, working from a 

script by newcomer Evan Daughtry with 

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violence, subdues the comedy and barely 

ekes into the teen-friendly PG rating he 

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looks and feels like a fairy tale ought to. 

But it doesn’t quite watch like one. 

Sanders falters with pacing and fl ow (some 

unnecessary slo-mo and a 126-minute run 

time) as well as characters. Kristen Stewart 

is always worth watching — although 

she often seems to be uncomfortable, 

grimacing like the princess and the pea — 

but she is essentially playing another love 

triangle role here, á la Twilight. 

Chris Hemsworth delivers both 

comedic and dramatic chops but his 

role as the hard-drinking Huntsman is 

pretty underutilized. The dwarves are all 

recognizable English character actors but 

their story is sidelined almost totally, due 

to, I assume, Hobbit fatigue or perhaps the 

fact that no fi rst-time director wants to be 

compared too closely to Peter Jackson and 

The Lord of The Rings. Fair enough. 

The show stealer is Charlize Theron, 

one of the fi nest actresses of the past few 

years. She’s vicious in this one and the 

effects team gives her all the best tricks. 

And yet, despite her evil, you almost want 

her to win in the end. 

Overall, this Snow White is pretty good 

revisionist fi lmmaking and there are defi nitely 

some surprises in there even if you know the 

story well. Watch it for the actresses. Stewart, 

all youth and beauty, is trying to escape 

her Twilight typecast with an adaptation of 

Kerouac’s On the Road later this summer. 

Theron, the still-solar-hot, Oscar-winning 

veteran is back next week in Promethius, Ridley 

Scott’s Alien prequel. Advantage: Theron. 

People with internet connections should 

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12-year mistakes 

Despite a development window that 

spanned 12 years and a public 

beta with over two million testers, 

the release of Blizzard’s Diablo III has been 

something of a cock-up — a rare mistake 

for a publisher that is famous for getting 

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By Andrew 

Mitchell 

and World of Warcraft — still the only 

Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing 

Game (MMORPG) that truly matters from 

a fi nancial standpoint. 

Despite 6.5 million purchases and 

downloads, Diablo III — in the words of 

Ars Technica writer Kyle Orland — is still a 

work in progress. 

Among the many issues to plague the 

Dibolo III launch: Right away there was a 

massive outcry over the online requirement 

to play the single player game. Obviously 

multiplayer, co-op play requires an Internet 

account, but why in the world would you 

need to be online for single player? In Dark 

Souls there were certain kinds of interactions 

you could only get playing online, including 

the ability to invade/be invaded by other 

players, and little chalk notes from other 

players that you could read that might give 

you some good advice — or bad advice, 

because some people are jerks. But if you 

didn’t have an Internet connection you could 

still play the game. 

Blizzard requires you to get a Battle.net 

account to play, and unless you specifi cally 

block people then your friends can join in on 

your single player game at any time. Having 

someone join you online automatically 

adjusts the number and diffi culty level of 

enemies. But instead of helping, there are 

complaints that party crashers are sitting back 

and earning experience and loot without 

making a real contribution to the battle to 

offset that increased diffi culty. 

Secondly, the game is unstable and there 

have been a few server errors and glitches 

reported, all of them annoying and some 

more serious than others. In one case, you 

couldn’t arm your Templar follower with a 

better shield to boost his defence stats or it 

would cause a fatal timeout error. There were 

also various issues with the servers at Blizzard 

— which is understandable for multiplayer, 

but really shouldn’t affect a single player 

game where the game essentially lives on 

your computer. 

In one case, detailed by John Cheese 

at Cracked.com, he was booted from his 

game because a player who dropped in 

on his game — uninvited, no less — had 

a crash. In other words, he started a single 

player game, was joined by a friend who 

was on his Battle.net group from another 

game, the friend’s computer or connection 

crashed, and Mr. Cheese was kicked out. 

Some of the complaints have to do 

with the game itself — dissatisfaction over 

the skill trees, player balancing issues, 

weak enemies, a short campaign (around 

seven hours), the lack of secrets and 

discoveries, and other issues revolving 

around aesthetics and playability. 

And console owners have been teased 

that an Xbox/PS3 version of the game 

would be released for years now, but 

Blizzard continues to be frustratingly coy 

about it despite the fact that the game 

would actually translate pretty well. If 

EA can release Battlefi eld 3 on so many 

platforms, why couldn’t Blizzard release 

what is essentially a cookie-cutter dungeon 

crawler — albeit a very good one — so it’s 

playable for everyone? 

The number of complaints prompted 

a bit of glee from Blizzard’s competitors, 

so often left in the dust. Eve Online, 

a popular MMORPG, made light of 

Blizzard’s predicament with Diablo by 

adding a splash page with some of the 

error numbers users were experiencing. 

“37... 3007... 315300... It’s code for “Play 

Eve. Servers Are Up. Login is Fine.” 

Last week Blizzard rushed out a series of 

patches to fi x some of these issues, and made 

an offi cial apology of sorts to purchasers. 

They promised to continue to improve and 

upgrade the game, which is fair — Blizzard 

backs its products for the long-term like no 

other company, and continued to release 

patches and updates for Diablo II almost 

a decade after it was released. The original 

Starcraft has been upgraded repeatedly, 

gradually making it the most balanced Real 

Time Strategy (RTS) game in the world. 

I’m sure Blizzard will fi x everything 

and the game will continue to sell well. 

But the real question is whether the game 

industry will learn anything from Blizzard’s 

mistakes. No game is glitch-free — check 

out YouTube.com videos for any current 

game and you’ll see countless examples 

— but it just seems like Diablo was fl awed 

from the start, starting with the annoying 

online requirement that Blizzard should 

have known better not to include. 

The most important question to ask is, 

“But how is the game?” I honestly can’t say 

— my laptops system specs are nowhere 

close to what’s required and I kind of had 

my heart set on the console version. I’m 

honestly surprised a console port has not 

been announced yet. 

But the reviews are good, about 90 per 

cent on Metacritic.com, which compiles the 

reviews from dozens of other review sites — 

kind of like a RottenTomatoes.com for games. 

By the sounds of it, you can’t go wrong. 

Except when something goes wrong. ■

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to get every single day on the hill. Photo by Josie Wicks. 3. Honour Trail Friends gathered to fi nish off The Duncan Mackenzie trail last weekend. Mackenzie was killed in an avalanche while ski 

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NIGHTLIFE 64 Music 

BRASSTRONAUT 

There aren’t many 

bands around with 

a clarinet player and 

a trumpet player, 

Brasstronaut brings it 

to the GLC on Sunday. 

Brasstronaut bask in the Mean Sun 

VANCOUVER SIX-PIECE PLAY GLC THIS SUNDAY 

By Stephen Smysnuik 

Edo Van Breeman doesn’t give a damn 

about your music blog. 

Okay, this may have to do with the 

fact that his band, Brasstronaut, is not a 

“super-trendy blog band.” And fair enough 

— none of the Vancouver jazz-affl icted indie 

six-piece’s albums have yet been reviewed 

by those highbrow tastemakers over at 

Pitchfork. But does that really matter? 

The band was, after all, long listed for the 

Polaris Music Prize back in 2010 for their 

debut album, Mt. Chimaera. They sell out 

headlining shows all over Europe, where it 

seems their music is more appreciated. 

And in the end, that’s all that Van 

Breeman really cares about — playing great 

shows to a room full of people who are 

there because they want to be there. 

“The thing that I’m most interested in 

is how our audience reacts to (the music), 

and how the music spreads via word of 

mouth,” he says in a phone interview from 

his hometown Vancouver. 

“I think it’s easy for a musician to get 

confused between that satisfaction you 

get from playing shows and from writing 

music, and that vindication that you get 

from a blog. For me, one I day I realized 

I just didn’t want to read any more of that 

stuff. I don’t want to yearn to get on some 

blog because that’s not where my ultimate 


satisfaction in doing this art form is going 

to come from.” 

Yet, their latest album, Mean Sun 

(released May 15) makes a reasonable 

music nerd wonder how Pitchfork can 

endorse some bands and ignore others. 

Granted, the album ignores the synth-pop 

zeitgeist in favour of texture and mood over 

immediate hooks. It’s a deeply layered 

album. It’s the sound of some other world 

— a world created, mind you, by six very 

talented musicians. 

It’s also an album that demands your 

attention. Repeated listens are essential 

and any fan of Grizzly Bear or latterday 

Radiohead will happily indulge. Van 

Breeman says this was very much the 

intention. 

“(The music) acts as a place for the 

listener to go. It’s not sort of Anglo-centric 

story-telling rock-folk music. It’s music 

where you can listen to the lyrics if you 

want and reinterpret them in your own 

way, or you can, I don’t know, bathe in the 

music because there are layers to it,” Van 

Breenman says. “I want to make music that 

you can listen to over and over again. You 

might not hear a hook or a recognizable 

pattern at fi rst but if you keep listening to 

it, it’ll become ingrained.” 

Brasstronaut was founded in 2008 

by Van Breeman (piano, vocals) and 

Bryan Davies (trumpet) — two formally 

trained jazz musicians who were bored 

with traditional jazz structures and 

WHO: Basstronaut 

WHERE: GLC 

WHEN: Sunday June 3rd, 9:30pm 

wanted to expand on the genre. They 

enlisted Brennan Saul (drums) and John 

Walsh (bass) and together released Old 

World Lies EP in 2008, followed by Mt. 

Chimerea in 2010. 

Mt. Chimerea was recorded as the band 

was coming to grips with being a fourpiece. 

For the tour, they added Tariq Hussain 

(guitar) and Sam Davidson (clarinet) to the 

line-up and the result of that relationship 

would inevitably become Mean Sun. 

Van Breeman says the recording of this 

last album was far more “collaborative” 

than anything they’ve done in the past. 

Last summer, they started jamming out 

ideas at an old warehouse in Vancouver’s 

Strathcona neighbourhood. They recorded 

it at The Hive, a staple of Vancouver’s indie 

scene, with producer Colin Stewart, best 

known for his work with Black Mountain 

and Dan Mangan. 

THIS SECTION 

But despite the decidedly Vancouver 

origins of the album, Van Breeman’s wary 

of calling Mean Sun a “Vancouver record.” 

“If that means we’re inspired by our 

environment, then yes and no,” he says. 

“We’ve been touring so much that a lot of 

this soundscape-y stuff is inspired I think 

from travelling, moving around a lot and 

seeing so many different cities, even as far 

east as Slovakia, going close to the Ukraine 

and driving over into Hungary,” he says. 

“I just feel like Vancouver’s a city where 

there isn’t a Vancouver sound or anything. 

You can just sort of do your own thing 

here, which is good, I guess.” 

He says the band has little interest in 

creating a scene or being a part of any 

trend-setting movement. As we said, he 

hates your blog. 

“The only thing that really matters is 

that people want to hear the music that 

we make. If they don’t anymore then I’ll 

make it for myself and I’ll play piano on 

my own. If people want to support it then 

we’ll tour,” he says. ■ 

66 MUSIC LISTINGS Our guide to Whistler’s live music and DJs 

72 PIQUE CAL Our guide to everything else 

71 HOROSCOPE More astrological musings from Rob Breszny 

89 CROSSWORD Discover the answer to “Vexed”

Drum in some DMT 

ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME PATTER AND POUND SATURDAY 

STARTING AT 11:45 A.M 

By tobias c. van Veen 

Whistler is often a strange place, but 

it is safe to say that it is unusual to 

fi nd DMT at the fi nish line… 

Ragged runners stumbling into Olympic 

Plaza at the end of Saturday’s Half Marathon 

will fi nd themselves pounding their fi nal, 

weary steps to the polyrhythms of no less 

than 300 drummers. The open-for-all djembe 

circle will be led by master drummer Munkie 

of local electronic music trio Digital Mountain 

Tribe (DMT). All are welcome to come patter 

and pound their way into hippie/Zeppelin/ 

Afrofuturist oblivion. The event will be live 

streamed at new.livestream.com/dmtlab. 

Hailing from South Africa, Mbuyiselo 

“Munkie” Ncapayi is a founder of the Drum 

Café and one-third of DMT. The Drum Café 

fi rst launched in Johannesburg in the early 

1990s, offering pan-African drum therapy 

workshops. Revolutionary in its own right, it 

was the fi rst South African company to have 

mixed black and white partners; Munkie and 

his crew played at President Nelson Mandela’s 

inauguration. The Café now has locations on 

nearly every continent, including Vancouver, 

where Munkie now lives. The Drum Café is 

donating 300 djembes for the occasion. 

Appearing alongside Munkie are DJ 

Test Pilot and VJ Matsui808, who together 

form the DMT triad. Test Pilot, otherwise 

known as Adrian Moran, is relatively new 

to Whistler, just settling in last year after 

a hop-skip-and-jump from South Africa 

through Vancouver. Alongside silent partner 

Jane Hollohan, Moran has been DJing 

and throwing large-scale electronic music 

events since the early 1990s. As Incubated 

Cyber Energy productions (ICE), Adrian 

introduced the UK acid house and trance 

sound to the continent, organizing events 

with the likes of Gatecrasher, Ministry of 

Sound, and Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD, fl ying 

in internationally-recognized DJs such as 

Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, and Paul van Dyk. 

It was in the heady rave-era atmosphere 

of post-apartheid South Africa that Adrian 

met Munkie. 

“We did the Fusion Dance Festival and 

Electric Workshop in Jonannesburg,” says 

Adrian. “We did rock bands during the day 

and dance music at night, with a tribal village 

with a drum set-up next to that . . . everyone 

Music & NIGHTLIFE 

WHO: DMT 

WHERE: Whistler Olympic Plaza 

WHEN: 11:45am 

got exposed to different genres. It took off 

and we held it every year for eight years.” 

It was in this Lollapalooza-esque mix 

of music cultures that Adrian and Munkie 

began mixing ragga dub with djembe, 

fusing contemporary electronic dub 

music, mixed by Adrian on CDJs, with live 

Africanist polyrhythms. 

“We came together to fuse intelligent 

electronic music with tribal djembe 

drumming,” explains Adrian. The result is 

a world-beat infused dub, with subsonic 

bass rumbling underneath the sparkling 

taps of Munkie’s improvised djembe. 

At least, this is where DMT will start on 

Saturday. If the crowd is able and willing, 

says Adrian, they’ll up the tempo to the 

pulsing 4/4 beats of “melodic trance.” 

Ever since Adrian and ICE brought in the 

Trance Wizards of Goa to Jo’burg in 1995, 

he has been a dedicated instigator among 

“We did rock bands during the day and dance 

music at night, with a tribal village with a 

drum set-up next to that . . . everyone got 

exposed to different genres.” 

– DJ TEST PILOT (ADRIAN MORAN), DMT 

worldwide trance culture. He points out that 

trance — or psytrance, as it is often known 

— is one of few electronic music cultures 

that continues to throw festivals attended by 

everyone “from kids through to grannies.” 

Psytrance music, which ranges from deep to 

melodic and acid tangents, offers a psychedelic 

twist to the 4/4 beats of underground dance 

music (hence psytrance). Psytrance dates back 

to the hippie/traveller scene of mid ‘80s Goa, 

where outcasts and drop-outs would dance 

for days under palm trees on the Indian 

subcontinent’s famed beaches. 

Adrian would like to bring trance music 

to Whistler, which, like the underground yet 

internationally established genres of techno 

and house, has found itself pushed out of 

Whistler’s increasingly commercial clubs. To 

this end, he and his collaborators host weekly 

livefeeds from their site at TheDMTLab.com. 

Last but not least, the third point of the 

DMT triumvirate is VJ “James” Matsui808. 

James, who points out that his wife plays 

bagpipes, is a Halifax native who has been 

exploring the strange geometric patterns 

of the Illuminati while living in Whistler 

for the past 15 years. He will be providing 

the mind candy as your hands try to drum, 

your feet try to dance, and your brain tries 

to keep down the DMT. ■ 

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Music & NIGHTLIFE / MAY 31ST - JUNE 7TH, 2012 

THU. MAY31 

Live Music 

BRYCE DOEY 

Expect a kick-ass set of '70s, '90s and originals from this 

dynamic, local performer. 

d Milestones 

d 6 pm 

CAMERON CHU 

Whistler's own piano man tickles the ivories with classics 

and smooth rolling favourites. 

d The Bearfoot Bistro 

d 7 pm 

Located in the 

Village 8 Theatre 

Located downstairs 

in the Village 8 Theatre 

building. 

WHISTLERS HOME FOR HOMESTYLE FOOD & SPORTS 


JENNA MAE 

Finalist from Whistler's Music Search. Bringing her soulful 

sultry voice and strums on her guitar, sharing her stories 

and remixed covers to the mics around Whistler. 

d Crystal Lounge 

d 9 pm 

CR AVERY 

Creative 5 Eclectic presents CR Avery, punk piano player, beatbox 

poet, outlaw hip-hop and harmonca player. Stephen Vogler 

hosts with Rajan Das playing upright bass along with spoken 

word songstress Aude Ray. Cover by donation. 

d Dusty’s Bar & Grill 

d 9pm 

Clubs/DJs 

BIG SEXY FUNK 45 

Vinyl Ritchie & Foxy Moron are not on hiatus after all. You can 

RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 

IT’S BACK... 

DINNER & A MOVIE 

$20 

(MON - THURS) 

still get your vinyl fi x at the bar in the Westin Hotel. Two DJs 

playing all vinyl 45 records. Great tunes, and your favourite 

lounge game... GIANT JENGA!! Delicious food here too. 

d FireRock Lounge 

d 9:30 pm 

DJ PEACEFROG 

World-renowned DJ and Bill's legend spinning the baddest 

beats from the '70s until today. 

d Buffalo Bill's 

d 9 pm 

ITCHY & SKRATCHY DJs PRESENT 

“SHHH” THURSDAYS 

THEY ARE BACK! Hip hop, nu funk, reggae, turntablism, 

breaks, dubstep and d'n'b. 

d Tommy Africa's 

d 9 pm 

For Reservations 

604.962.0601 

For Reservations 

604-962-0601 

Open till late 

OPEN FROM 5PM 

DMT 

d Saturday May 31st 

Whistler Olympic Plaza 

d 11:45am 

Ragged runners stumbling into 

Olympic Plaza at the end of 

Saturday’s Half Marathon will fi nd 

themselves pounding their fi nal, 

weary steps to the polyrhythms 

of no less than 300 drummers. 

The open-for-all djembe circle 

will be led by master drummer 

Munkie of local electronic music 

trio Digital Mountain Tribe (DMT). 

All are welcome to come patter 

and pound their way into hippie/ 

Zeppelin/Afrofuturist oblivion. 

The event will be live streamed 

at new.livestream.com/dmtlab. 

LOCALS DAZE 

Local favourite DJ Rosco spins hip hop, R&B, reggae, 

dubstep, electro, club anthems and mash-ups. Cheap 

drinks, free pool and no cover all night long. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 

SKATE NITE W/ DJ RICH-A & DJ SEKO 

DJ Seko spins a guest set at the legendary skateboard/ 

music/locals night with resident DJ Rich-A. Indoor mini 

ramp. Game of s.k.a.t.e. Big dance party. Locals Pricing! No 

cover before 10:30 with Hook-Up or skateboard in hand. $5 

d Garfi nkel's 

d 8:30 pm 


With Vinyl Ritchie & Foxy Moron. No MP3s, CDs or laptops 

in this cozy lounge. The DJs bring in their own retro 

videos (ski, surf, gogo, skateboard) and there's the ever- 

Whistler 

Resident rates 

available 

year-round! 

Reservations 

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popular GIANT JENGA game for anyone to play. Warning: 

spontaneous dance parties erupt at Whistler's biggest, 

little Thursday night. Free cover. 


d 10 pm 

WHISTLER WAKE SUMMER LAUNCH PARTY 

Featuring DJs A*Ron, Tim Livingstone, and Canosis 

spinning ghettofunk, electro and breaks! Also product giveaways 

and prizes and cheap drinks on special! Come and 

get your summer wake launched! 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9 pm 

FRI. JUN 01 

Live Music 

BRUCE COUGHLAN 

Bruce Coughlan is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist 

and composer with over three decades of professional 

experience. 

d Mallard Lounge 

d 5-7 & 9 pm-midnight 

CAMERON CHU 




d 7pm 

JON SHRIER 

Start your weekend with Jon Shrier and Friends playing 

party rock songs. 

d Tapley's Pub 

d 9 pm 

PAPA JOSH & THE FUNK PATROL 

Best described as funk'n groove, Papa Josh's warm tones, 

brilliant melodies and funky rhythms cross genres and 

blend music into songs that must be heard, lived and 

danced to. $5 

d The Pemberton Hotel 

d 10 pm 

RUCKUS DELUXE 

Ruckus Deluxe features Chad Oliver, with an amazing 

vocal range and innovative acoustic guitar style, and 

Ian Cameron who shreds on fi ddle, electric guitar and 

mandolin. They cover a huge range of material, including 

unique versions of rock classics, pop and alt favourites and 

traditional Celtic and country. 

d Dubh Linn Gate Old Irish Pub 

d 8 pm-midnight 

SEAN ROSE 

Local blues man gets down in the lounge overlooking Nita 

Lake. Can you ask for more? The answer is “no.” 

d Nita Lake Lodge 

d 7 pm 

Specials 

ANGUS BURGER or CHICKEN CLUBHOUSE & BEER 

Starting 

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AFL - DOGS VS SWANS SAT. 2ND @ 10PM 

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Clubs/DJs 

4PLAY FRIDAY 

Fidel Ca$hfl ow & DJ Turtle are ready to start the weekend 

off right with all the hits and anthems to keep the dance 

fl oor pumping. 


d 9 pm 

DJ PEACEFROG 

DJ Peacefrog plays classics, dance and Top 40 songs. 


d 8 pm 

DJ ROSCO 

You've worked hard all week now it's time to let loose! Join 

us for an evening of dancing and drinks with DJ Rosco. To 

Book your VIP TABLE or make your reservation please give 

us a call! 604.932.2323 or email manager@garfswhistler. 


d 9:30 pm 

FIESTA FRIDAY 

Ringing in a fun-lovin' weekend, DJ Wilrok plays to the 

crowd. Join the legendary limbo contest! 

d Longhorn Saloon 

d 9 pm 

IGNITION FRIDAY 

Templeton Records recording artist and remixer JT James 

puts his eclectic spin on the weekend with house, electro, 

hip hop and party classics. Come get your weekend ignited! 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9:30 pm 

JEREMY THOM & PHIL T. BEATS 

Check out their hand crafted tunes laced with catchy hooks 

and positive vibes. 


d 9 pm 

TGIF: PAYDAY FRIDAYS 

One of Canada's top party rocking turntablists, DJ Praiz 

spins Top 40, hip hop, R&B, reggae, electro, dance, club 

anthems and mash-ups. It's Whistler's busiest dancefl oor! 

This party fi lls up quick so arrive early to beat the line. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 

SAT. JUN 02 

Live Music 

BRUCE COUGHLAN 

Bruce Coughlan is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist 

and composer with over three decades of professional 

experience. 



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Papa josh and the funk patrol 

BEST DESCRIBED AS FUNK'N GROOVE, P.J. WARM TONES, BRILLIANT 

MELODIES AND FUNKY RHYTHMS CROSS GENRES AND BLEND MUSIC 

INTO SONGS THAT MUST BE HEARD, LIVED AND DANCED TO. 

$5 ENTRANCE. DOORS 10PM. 

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PRESENTS XL SATURDAY WITH DJ RICH-A! 

$5 ENTRANCE! 

SKATE NiTE w/ DJ RICH-A & DJ SEKO 

Only $5. Free before 10:30 with Hook-Up or 

skateboard in hand. 

Skate Jam @ 8:30pm Locals Night @ 10:30pm 

DJ ROSCO 

9:30pm 

BANGIN SATURDAY w/ DJ ROB BAANKS 

9:30pm 

SKATE NiTE w/ JERU THE DAMAJA 

WITH RESIDENT DJ RICH-A. 

Only $5. Free before 10:30 with Hook-Up or 

skateboard in hand. 

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d 7pm 

DMT AT OLYMPIC PLAZA 

The open-for-all djembe circle will be led by master 

drummer Munkie of local electronic music trio Digital 

Mountain Tribe (DMT). All are welcome. 

d Whistler Olympic Plaza 

d 11:45am 

DR. DAVE 

The Doctor is in. Everything will be just fi ne! 


d 9 pm 

THE FOLVILLES 

Country, folk and blues! 

d Howe Sound Inn & Brew Pub 

d 9:30 pm 

RUCKUS DELUXE 

Ruckus Deluxe features Chad Oliver, with an amazing vocal 

range and innovative acoustic guitar style, and Ian Cameron who 

shreds on fi ddle, electric guitar and mandolin. They cover a huge 

range of material, including unique versions of rock classics, 

pop and alt favourites and traditional Celtic and country. 


d 8 pm-midnight 

SEAN ROSE 

Local blues man gets down in the lounge overlooking Nita 

Lake. Can you ask for more? The answer is “no.” 

d Nita Lake Lodge 

d 7 pm 

SUSAN HOLDEN WITH JONO REICHARD 

This duet combines powerful vocals with clever guitar 

arrangements, delivering songs that appeal to all. 

d Black's Pub & Restaurant 

d 9 pm 

Pemberton/Squamish 

EXTRA LARGE SATURDAYS 

XL Audio Visual transforms the PembHo into a nightclub 

complete with EXTRA LARGE sound system, laser light show 

& entertainment. Saturday is Pemberton's Offi cial PARTY 

Night! FREE cover all spring! 

d 10 pm 

d The Pemberton Hotel (Pemberton) 

Clubs/DJs 

ALL LOVE, NO CLUB 

This extremely popular local’s night with DJ Tim Livingstone 

is a fresh alternative to the club scene. The party keeps 

rolling until 2 a.m. with a healthy dose of classic rock, 

bumping disco and funk bombs. 

d Brandy's (The Keg) 

d 10 pm 

DJ KORI K STARTS AT 8 

WATCH THREE GUEST BARTENDERS FROM ALL OVER 

WHISTLER COMPETE TO CREATE THE BEST MARTINI IN TOWN! 

BACARDI SATURDAY 

DJ Praiz plays a blend of urban hip hop, dance music, 

house and Top 40. 


d 9 pm 

BANGIN' SATURDAY W/ DJ ROB BAANKS 

Legendary resident, Dj Rob Baanks spins, electro, hip hop 

and house, Top 40 remixes along side rare indy gems and 

rock classics. Inquire about guest list or booking one of our 

seven exclusive tables and V.I.P packages at manager@ 

garfswhistler.com. 


d 9:30 pm 

DJ PEACEFROG 

DJ Peacefrog rules the weekend. Party songs for everyone, 

beat the line-up and get there early... or call for guest list. 


d 8 pm 

LADIES NIGHT 

Ladies get in free before 11 p.m. DJ Rosco spins everything 

that you want to dance to. Email brendon@moejoes.com for 

guestlist requests, and group bookings. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 

OLD SCHOOL DISCO PARTY 

Have you been missing ABBA as much as we have? If so, 

come join us for an old school disco party. Bring a hair pick. 

d Tapley's Pub 

d 9 pm 

ROLLER DERBY AFTER PARTY 

Tickets available at Hempire, Evolution, Diamond Head Fish 

Market & Agnes Jean Boutique. $10 advance | $15 at the door 

d Howe Sound Inn & Brew Pub 

d 10:30 pm 

SATURDAY NIGHT SHAKER 

Get your Saturday done right by Whistler industry specialist Fidel 

Ca$hfl ow with a mix of Top 40 and party classics that will have 

you dancing all night long! The biggest “shaker” in Whistler! 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9:30 pm 

SENORITA SATURDAY 

Lighting up the dance fl oor for the ladies, DJ Wilrok plays to 

the crowd after dinner and join the legendary limbo contest. 


d 9 pm 

SMIRNOFF HOUSE PARTY 

Hosted by DJ Kori.K. This week’s special guest - Adam 

Bomb Your favorite Winter Party Night returns for Summer 

Sessions – now on Saturday nights. 

d Garibaldi Lift Co. (GLC) 

d 9 pm

SUN. JUN03 

Live Music 

BRASSTRONAUT 

Special guests Utidor, a 10 piece Icelandic band. The 

summer live music shows are starting this Sunday night at 

the GLC. Don't forget to catch the last rays of sun each day 

from the GLC's back patio! $10 


d 9:30 pm 

BRYCE DOEY 

Expect a kick-ass set of '70s, ’90s and originals from this 


d Milestones 

d 1 pm 

CAMERON CHU 




d 7pm 

CHAD OLIVER 

You may know him as the front man of Ruckus Deluxe or 

perhaps the Whistler Anthem winner but we know him as 

the ridiculously talented guitar player with the golden voice 

who covers everyone from Prince, The Beatles, traditional 

Celtic music and originals. 


d 8 pm 

DR. DAVE MORRIS 

This singer and guitarist gets carried away with extended 

acoustic versions and loops. Covering music of different 

styles, this long time local connects with audiences young 

and old. 



JAM SESSION SUNDAYS 

Play alongside Kostaman at Whistler’s longest running 

jam night. Mics, guitars, bass, drum kit and percussion 

available. Show starts at 9 p.m., but show up early to 

guarantee a slot on the mic. 


d 9 pm 

Pemberton/Squamish 

SQUAMISH ACOUSTIC JAM 

Everyone is welcome to the BAG Acoustic Jam with 

Rita Kyle. 

d fi rst Sunday of every month, 7:30-10 pm 

d Brackendale Art Gallery (Brackendale/Squamish) 

Clubs/DJs 

IN THE MIX 

It’s the Mix’s hippest night alright, with a rotating cast of 

DJs spinning in a cozy martini bar. Sound appealing? Lon 

is spinning. 

d The Mix by Ric's 

d 9 pm-1 am 

LEGENDARY LOCALS NIGHT 

Whistler ski bar turns up the heat with DJ PHD. Attend the 

Make It Snow Tour for a chance to win K2 skis, Voleurz 

apparel and Powder Mountain Cat Skiing. 


d 9 pm 

THE SUNDAY GLOW PARTY 

It's Whistler's busiest weekly club night! Fidel Ca$hfl ow 

spins a seamless, high energy mix of house, electro, 

dubstep and mash-ups. Glow in the dark necklaces, 

bracelets, and face / body paint are provided upon entry. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 

MON. JUN 04 

Live Music 





and old. 



OPEN MIC AT DUSTY'S 

Every Monday night, Gnar Boots hosts this long-running 

jam. Full band set up or bring your equipment. Lots of 

giveaways to all performers! Weekly voting for a chance to 

win an opening gig in March. 

d Dusty's Bar and Grill 

d 9 pm 

Clubs/DJs 

LEGENDARY '80s NIGHT MONDAY 

With DJ Ryder! The dance fl oor is lit up with retro '80s 

throwbacks and old school dance jams. Dress in your fi nest 

'80s gear for prizes. 


d 9 pm 


EURO CUP 

IS COMING 

TO THE DUBH LINN GATE 

AND CARLSBERG 

WANTS TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT 

Find the match schedule here in our weekly ad. 

Kick-off in the pub with our $15 breakfast & pint ‘Carlsberg 

Celtic Classic’ feature and root on the boys in green! 

Opening match on Friday, June 8th 

POLAND vs. GREECE 

8:30AM 

LOCATED AT WHISTLER’S BEST ADDRESS 

Pan Pacifi c Mountainside 

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d 8pm 





and old. 



KARAOKE TUESDAYS 

“I Will Survive” won’t sing itself, so come over to Whistler’s 

longest-running karaoke night & belt out all your favourite 

hits. Arrive early to avoid disappointment. 


d 9 pm 

Clubs/DJs 

FAT TUESDAYS 

DJ tyMetal, and drummer Frankie G throw down a hybrid 

live/DJ set that keeps the dancefl oor rocking all night long. 

Free pool and cheap drinks. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 



REALLY GOOD TUESDAYS WITH 

MAT THE ALIEN 

Whistler’s favorite DJ Mat the Alien plays bass heavy glitch 

hop, dubstep and drum and MORE BASS! Opening sets by 

Librarian (Bass Coast Project) & Russ -2Far-I. 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9:30 pm 

WED. JUN06 

Live Music 

CHAD OLIVER 







d 8pm 



acoustic versions and loops. Covering music of different styles, 

this long time local connects with audiences young and old. 



JON SHRIER 

Whistler local singer/songwriter performs popular classics 

in a unique style, blending acoustic guitar with light 

percussion and a powerful voice. A sound described as 

"feel good music." 


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WHISTLER JAM 

Join Kostaman and the Good Vibrations for an evening jam 

sessions. Bring your own instruments or use his during this 

intimate night with fellow local musicians. 

d Black's Pub & Restaurant 

d 9 pm 

Clubs/DJs 

EPIC WEDNESDAYS 

Fidel Ca$hfl ow plays big room house and copious amounts 

of electro for your dancing pleasure. Foose ball tourney for 

great prizes, and fresh squeezed juice at the back bar! 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9:30 pm 

INDUSTRY NIGHT 

Industry night with DJ Peacefrog mixing new and classics house/ 

hiphop/rock/mashups. Pool and a Pay Your Rent Prize give away! 


d 8 pm 

THU. JUN 

Live Music 

THE BOOM BOOMS 

Special guests Bananafi sh Dance Orchestra 


d 9 pm 

07 

BRYCE DOEY 

Expect a kick-ass set of '70s, '’90s and originals from this 


d Milestones 

d 6 pm 

CHAD OLIVER 







d 8 pm 



acoustic versions and loops. Covering music of different styles, 

this long time local connects with audiences young and old. 



FRANK 'N BIGGS 

Featuring Biggins on vocals and guitar and Frankie on 

drums they meander through their infl uences ranging from 

Johnny Cash to Cee Lo. 


d 9 pm 

Clubs/DJs 


Vinyl Ritchie & Foxy Moron are not on hiatus after all. You 

can still get your vinyl fi x at the bar in the Westin Hotel. 

Two DJs playing all vinyl 45 records. Great tunes, and your 

favourite lounge game... GIANT JENGA!! Delicious food 

here too. 


d 9:30 pm 

DJ PEACEFROG 

World-renowned DJ and Bill's legend spinning the baddest 

beats from the '70s until today. 


d 9 pm 

Fast, Hassle-Free 

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Village North (Eagle Lodge) 

(604) 932-1620 

GUEST DJ NIGHT 

Secret guest DJ plays a mix of random music switching it 

up based on your fl ava’s. Also try out our amazing fresh 

squeezed juice at the back bar! 

d Maxx Fish 

d 9:30 pm 

ITCHY & SKRATCHY DJs PRESENT 

“SHHH” THURSDAYS 

THEY ARE BACK! Hip hop, nu funk, reggae, turntablism, 

breaks, dubstep and d'n'b. 


d 9 pm 

LOCALS DAZE 

Local favourite DJ Rosco spins hip hop, R&B, reggae, 

dubstep, electro, club anthems and mash-ups. Cheap 

drinks, free pool and no cover all night long. 

d Moe Joe's 

d 9 pm 

SKATE NITE W/ JERU THE DAMAJA 

The hip hop veteran performs a guest set at the legendary 

skateboard/music/locals night with resident DJ Rich-A. 

Indoor mini ramp. Game of s.k.a.t.e. Big dance party. 

Locals Pricing! No cover before 10:30 with Hook-Up or 

skateboard in hand. $5 


d 8:30 pm 


With Vinyl Ritchie & Foxy Moron. No MP3s, CDs or laptops 

in this cozy lounge. The DJs bring in their own retro 

videos (ski, surf, gogo, skateboard) and there's the ever 

popular GIANT JENGA game for anyone to play. Warning: 

spontaneous dance parties erupt at Whistler's biggest, 

little Thursday night. Free cover. 


d 10 pm

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Let’s waltz the rumba,” 

said jazz musician Fats Waller, suggesting the seemingly 

impossible mix of two very different types of dancing. That’s 

an excellent clue for you to follow up on, Aries. I suspect that 

in the coming week you will have an unusual aptitude for 

hybridization. You could do folk dancing and hip-hop moves 

simultaneously. It will make sense for you to do the cha-cha 

as you disco and vice versa. You’ll have a knack for bringing 

the spirit of belly dance into the tango, and for breakdancing 

while you do the hokey-pokey. 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Have you been feeling a 

warm fuzzy feeling in your money chakra? I hope so. The 

cosmos recently authorized you to receive a fresh flow 

of what we might call financial kundalini. Your insight 

into money matters should be increasing, as well as your 

ability to attract the information and influences you need 

to refine your relationship with prosperity. It may even be 

the case that higher levels of economic luck are operating 

in your vicinity. I’m not saying you will strike it rich, but 

you could definitely strike it richer. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your core meditation this 

week is Oscar Wilde’s belief that disobedience is a primal 

virtue. Be ingeniously, pragmatically, and cheerfully 

disobedient, Gemini! Harness your disobedience so that 

it generates outbreaks of creative transformation that 

improve your life. For inspiration, read this passage by 

Robert Anton Wilson: “Every fact of science was once 

damned. Every invention was considered impossible. 

Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. 

Every artistic innovation was denounced as fraud and 

folly. The entire web of culture and progress, everything 

on earth that is man-made and not given to us by nature, 

is the concrete manifestation of someone’s refusal to bow 

to Authority. We would be no more than the first apelike 

hominids if it were not for the rebellious, the recalcitrant, 

and the intransigent.” 

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Some people tell me I’d 

invented the sounds they called soul,” said musician 

Ray Charles, “but I can’t take any credit. Soul is just the 

way black folk sing when they leave themselves alone.” 

I urge you to experiment with this idea, Cancerian. In my 

astrological opinion, you need to whip up a fresh, hot 

delivery of raw soul. One of the best ways to do that might 

be to leave yourself alone. In other words, don’t badger 

yourself. Don’t pick your scabs and second-guess your 

enthusiasms and argue yourself into a knot. Create a nice 

big space for your original self to play in. 

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Where’s the most convenient 

place to discover a new species?” asks The Second Book 

of General Ignorance. What do you think the answer is, 

Leo? The Amazon Rainforest? The high mountainous 

forests of New Guinea? Northwest Siberia? None of the 

above. In fact, your best chance of finding a previously 

unidentified life form is in your own garden. There are 

hundreds of thousands of species that science still has 

no knowledge of, and quite a few of them are near you. 

A similar principle currently holds true for your life in 

general. It will be close to home that you are most likely 

to connect with fascinating exotica, unknown influences, 

and far-out adventures. 

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Now and then my readers 

try to bribe me. “I’ll give you $1,000,” said a recent 

email from a Virgo woman, “if you will write a sequence 

of horoscopes that predict I’ll get the dream job I’m 

aiming for, which will in turn make me so attractive to 

the guy I’m pursuing that he will beg to worship me.” 

My first impulse was to reply, “That’s all you’re willing 

to pay for a prophecy of two events that will supercharge 

your happiness and change your life?” But in the end, as 

always, I flatly turned her down. The truth is, I report on 

the music of the heavenly spheres, but I don’t write the 

music myself. Still, I sort of admire this woman’s feisty 

resolve to manipulate the fates, and I urge you to borrow 

some of her ferocity in the coming week. 

Astrology 

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of May 31st By Rob Brezsny 

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A solar eclipse happens when 

the moon passes in front of the sun and blocks much of 

its light from reaching our eyes. On a personal level, the 

metaphorical equivalent is when something obstructs 

our ability to see what nourishes us. For example, let’s 

say you’re in the habit of enviously comparing your own 

situation to that of a person you imagine is better off than 

you. This may blind you to some of your actual blessings, 

and diminish your ability to take full advantage of your 

own talents. I bring this up, Libra, because you’re in an 

especially favourable time to detect any way you might be 

under the spell of an eclipse — and then take dramatic 

steps to get out from under it. 

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some secrets will dribble 

out. Other secrets will spill forth. Still others may shoot 

out and explode like fireworks. You won’t be bored by 

this week’s revelations, Scorpio. People’s camouflage 

may be exposed, hidden agendas could be revealed, and 

not-quite-innocent deceits might be uncovered. So that’s 

the weird news. Here’s the good news: If you maintain 

a high level of integrity and treat the brouhaha as good 

entertainment, you’re likely to capitalize on the uproar. 

And that’s your specialty, right? 

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you go to a 

psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about 

what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor’s 

opinion and he might inform you that most of your 

problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic 

and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in 

your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you 

ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip 

you some advice about how to access your untapped 

reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here’s the moral 

of the story, Sagittarius: Be discerning as you ask for 

feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will 

always be skewed. 

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The state of Kansas 

has a law that seems more confusing than helpful. It 

says the following: “When two trains approach each 

other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and 

neither shall start up again until the other has gone.” 

From what I can tell, Capricorn, a similar situation has 

cropped up in your life. Two parties are in a stalemate, 

each waiting for the other to make the first move. At 

this rate, nothing will ever happen. May I suggest that 

you take the initiative? 

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Should you get down 

on your knees and beg for love and recognition? No! 

Should you give yourself away without seeking much in 

return? Don’t do that, either. Should you try to please 

everyone in an attempt to be popular? Definitely not. 

Should you dilute your truth so as not to cause a 

ruckus? I hope not. So then what am I suggesting you 

should do? Ask the following question about every 

possibility that comes before you: “Will this help me to 

master myself, deepen my commitment to what I want 

most, and gain more freedom?” 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you know why 

flamingos have their distinctive orange-pink colour? It’s 

because of the carotene in the shrimp and other food they 

consume. If they change their diet, their feathers turn dull 

grey. That’s a dramatic example of the adage, “You are 

what you eat.” Let’s use it as a prompt to contemplate 

all the stuff you take into the holy temple of your body, 

Pisces. Not just the sandwiches and chocolate bars and 

alcohol, but also the images, sounds, ideas, emotions, 

and energy you get from other people. Is the cumulative 

effect of all those things giving you the shape and colour 

and texture you want to have? If not, this would be a good 

time to adjust your intake. 

Homework: I invite you to go to my Facebook page and 

tell me what you like or don’t like about my horoscopes: 

http://bit.ly/BrezFB 

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ONGOING... 

COMMUNITY 

BIKE TO WORK WEEK 

Help build a more vibrant, green, 

healthier community by riding a bike to 

work for a day or for a week! Free. 

> May 28-June 3 

> Whistler 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

MICROSCAPES: MINERALS 

BEYOND THE NAKED EYE 

This exhibit showcases how beautiful 

rocks can look in thin section. Polarized 

light is used to reveal beautiful colours 

and patterns, allowing the minerals to be 

identifi ed. Free with admission fee. 

> Until June 15 | 9:30 am - 5 pm 

> Britannia Mine Museum 


FOYER GALLERY EXHIBIT 

Cases: Amber Butler’s ‘The Story of What 

is Hidden’ mixed media & feather jewelry. 

On the walls enjoy Stan Matwychuk’s 

progressive paintings & mixed media. Free. 

> Until June 4 

> Squamish Public Library 

SATURDAY JUNE 2 ND 

ROLLER DERBY 

AFTER PARTY 

in the Firebread Room 

10:00pm 

Door $15. Advance tix $10 available at 

Hempire, Evolution, Diamond Head Fish 

Market & Agnes Jean Boutique 

squamishrollerderby.ca 


THURSDAY MAY 31 

COMMUNITY 

55+ DROP IN 

Join your peers for a cup of coffee, cards, puzzles, 

resources and a chance to talk with Senior Needs 

Action Planner (SNAP), Melissa Deller, about 

aging in Whistler. There is no cost to the drop in. 

> 1 - 2 pm 

> Whistler Community Services 


DESIGNING WITH ART 

WITH TOBY JAXON 

Designing with art is an intimate and exclusive 

afternoon workshop with Toby Jaxon — fi ne artist, 

interior designer, home staging consultant, and art 

gallery curator. Toby will share secrets on how to 

use art to transform your living space. $25. 

> 4 - 6 pm 

> White Dog Whistler Studio Gallery 

COMMUNITY 

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WHISTLER CHAMBER 

GOLF CLASSIC 

Registration for the annual event is now open! 

Register individually or as a team. Maximize your 

business's exposure by taking advantage of the 

various sponsorship opportunities. 

> Whistler Golf Club 

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SATURDAY JUNE 2 ND 

THE FOLVILLES 

COUNTRY / FOLK/ BLUES 

FACEBOOK: THE FOLVILLES 

“We keep the facial hair in a specially 

designed terrarium, feeding it rum, 

gunpowder and the blood of those who 

hate country music.” 

9:30pm in the Brewpub * NO COVER! 

Good beer lives here! 

FRIDAY JUN 1 


THE INDUSTRIAL ART SHOW 

This show features works by Jon Parris, Doerte 

Barker, the Incredible Amoeba, Arin Seber, Adam 

Cerny, sparky Mark Baldwin, Natalia Kawatski, 

Pepe Merlin Pascal, Devon White Doid and Arne 

Gutman. 604.962.8889. 

> 7 pm 

> Whistler Brewing Company 


WHISTLER BOOK LAUNCH 

Join local author Van Powel for the launch of his 

new book, You Are Not What You Eat, to learn how 

digestive problems might be making you sick and 

the seven simple solutions you should try. Free. 

> 7 - 8 pm 

> Whistler Public Library 


COMMUNITY LITERACY 

CELEBRATION 

The 2012 Annual Celebration of Community 

Learning and Literacy keynote speaker will be 

Charlene Bearhead and she will discuss Canada’s 

residential school system. $45. 604.892.5322. 

> 9:30 am 

> Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre 

SATURDAY JUN 2 

COMMUNITY 

BIRD WALK 

Every month the Whistler naturalists conduct a bird 

walk. Meet at the foot of Lorimer Road at the Valley 

Trail to walk to Rainbow Park. See the in-season 

birds and share stories with the other walkers. Free. 

> 7 am 

> Rainbow Park 

COMMUNITY 

DAY OUT WITH THOMAS 

Thomas the Tank Engine returns! Day out with 

Thomas - Mystery ON THE RAILS TOUR brings 

excitement for the whole family. $20. 1.888.222.6608. 

> Today and tomorrow, 8:30 am - 6 pm 

> West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish 

SPORTS 

THE NORTH FACE WHISTLER 

HALF MARATHON 

The second annual North Face Whistler Half 

Marathon takes place, following a selection of 

roads and valley trail. The distance is 21.1km 

from start to fi nish. 

> Whistler 

> 7 am Walkers | 7:30 am Runners 

SUNDAY JUN 3 


SAT JUNE 2 - SUN JUNE 3 

8:30 AM -6 PM 

WEST COAST RAILWAY HERITAGE PARK, SQUAMISH 

Ongoing 


> 8:30 am - 6 pm 

> West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish 

MOUNTAIN 

NATURE WALKS 

whistlernaturalists.ca 

Learn about Whistler’s biodiversity. Check website 

for meeting place as it changes each week. Free. 

> 6 - 8 pm 

> Whistler 

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MONDAY JUN 4 

COMMUNITY 

GAMES NIGHT 

Hosted by the Friends of the Whistler Public 

Library. Bring a friend. Play an old favourite 

or learn a new game. Win great prizes! 

Refreshments! Scrabble, Pictionary, Trivial 

Pursuit, Monopoly, Clue, Backgammon and 

more. Feel free to bring your own game to play. 

No registration required. Free. 

> 7 pm 


COMMUNITY 

SQUAMISH CHAMBER OF 

COMMERCE BUSINESS AWARDS 

Squamish's best will be honoured during a social 

evening. 

> 7 pm 

> Squamish Adventure Centre, Squamish 

THE NORTH FACE 

WHISTLER HALF 

MARATHON 

SAT JUNE 2 | 7AM 

WHISTLER 

We Cut 

& Colour! 

NOW HIRING 

TUESDAY JUN 5 

COMMUNITY 

FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS 

A hands-on class that will take students step-bystep 

through the creation of a Facebook business 

page and use of Hootsuite for social media 

management. 

> 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 

> Whistler Chamber of Commerce 

THURSDAY JUN 7 

55+ DROP IN 

> 1 - 2 pm 

> Whistler Community Services 

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COMMUNITY 

RAISE THE ROOF 

Please join us for the 4th annual Raise the 

Roof event, a fundraiser for Whistler Adaptive 

Sports Program and Habitat for Humanity. 

Tickets are just $15 and include appies and 

desserts. Purchase tickets in advance at the 

Delta Whistler Village Suites or at the door. 

$15. 604.938.6511. 

> Fri June 8 | 5 - 8 pm 

> Delta Whistler Village Suites 

COMMUNITY 

WHITES, REDS AND BLUES 

"Whites, Reds and Blues — a Tasting 

Extravaganza" is the Whistler Waldorf School's 

main annual fundraiser and it will take place 

at Cedarstone, an estate located at 1351 Alta 

Lake Road. The blues part of the night will 

feature Juno award winning roots/blues artist, 

Lester Quitzau, with special guest, Billy Hicks. 

Wine tasting, food sampling, silent auction 

and a 'stock your cellar' raffl e. 604.932.1885. 

> Fri June 8 | 7 - 11 pm 

> Whistler 


HANSEL & GRETEL 

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Howe Sound Dance Academy year-end show, 

featuring various dance disciplines — ballet, 

jazz, lyrical, hip hop and modern, performed 

by students ages three years to 18 years. $20 

adults | $15 youth. 

> Fri June 8 | 7:30 pm 

Sat June 9 | 2 pm 

Fri June 15 | 7:30 pm 

Sat June 16 | 2 & 7:30 pm 

> Eagle Eye Theatre, Squamish 

COMMUNITY 

BREEDING BIRD SURVEY 

The Whistler Naturalists will be joining the 

Breeding Bird Survey Team for birding up 

JUNE 4TH - PHASE II CULTURAL JOURNEY COMPLETION CEREMONY 

A TRADITIONAL CEREMONY CELEBRATING THE CULTURAL JOURNEY PHASE II PROJECT 

WILL BE HELD FROM 1:00PM - 3:00PM IN THE GREAT HALL 

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Pemberton valley. 

> Sat June 9 | 8 am 

> Pony Espresso, Pemberton 

COMMUNITY 

GIANT PLANT SALE 

The Friends of the Library annual fund raiser 

will take place this year at the library plaza. 

Donations of healthy potted perennials, 

veggies or shrubs will be accepted the day of 

the sale or in advance. For the kids there will 

be face painting, colouring and seed planting. 

604.932.4062. 

> Sat June 9 | 10 am - 1 pm 


COMMUNITY 

TWITTER FOR BUSINESS 

A hands-on intensive class to introduce Twitter 

to the business just getting started in social 

media. 

> Tue June 12 | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm 

> Whistler Chamber of Commerce 

COMMUNITY 

WOMEN OF WHISTLER 

Guest speaker Dr. Zhenyi Li is a specialist in 

intercultural communications and marketing. 

Zhenyi will explain how to break down crosscultural 

communication barriers, focusing 

on Whistler's key growth markets, including 

China and India. 

> Tue June 12 | 2:45 - 5 pm 

> The Legends 


FAT, SICK AND NEARLY DEAD 

This movie is part of the Earthsave Whistler 

Summer Movie Series. The documentary is 

a combination of a heart warming story of 

personal transformation and inspiration to 

eat more fruits and veggies. Author Adam Hart 

will speak at the screening. 

> Tue June 12 | 7 pm 


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where the rental price remains the 

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1BDRM AVAIL JUNE 15 IN 2BDM 

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1bdrm avail June 15 in 2 bdrm twnhse. 

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nice, clean & quiet, cls to bus, w/d, d/w, 

n/s, avail 1July, $1500/mth+utils. Call 

604-932-0443, ivanaml@direct.ca 

1Bdrm, unfurn unit, sep living area, all 

appl’s, ample prkg, full bath, pet friendly 

perfect for cpl or mature sgl, avail 1June 

for 12mths, $1100/mth+utils. For more 

info contact: info@mountaincountry.ca 

ref#2363 

Unfurn 1bdrm, full bath unit, prkg, good 

living space, w/d,deck, perfect for cpl, 

avail 1June for 12mths, $1100 incl 

hydro. For more info contact: oliver@ 

mountaincountry.ca ref#2210 

BIG BRIGHT ROOM 

Room in big house. Newly renovated. 

Close to busstop, close to Creekside. 

Private entrance. Shared large kitchen. 

No pets and no parties. 700/mnth. All 

utilities included. 604-902-5027, 

Alimayo4@hotmail.com 

BAYSHORES-CHEAKAMUS WAY 

3 bed 3 bath furnished, w/d,d/w,f/p, 

views, walking distance to Creekside, 

available Now for 12 month rental 

$2200/month plus util. 

info@mountaincountry.ca 

ROOM AVAIL IMMED IN 3BDRM SUITE 

Bdrm in 3bdrm upper level of house 

suite avail now. $500 month summer; 

$570 winter. Beauty view, decks, 

storage, furnished or unfurnished. W/D. 

604-902-3424 

Bayshores: Bright, ground-floor studio 

suite, full kitchen and bathroom w/ tub. 

Immaculate. High ceilings. Two large 

closets. N/S, N/P. $700 includes heat/ 

water. June 1. Steven. 604.907-0351 

1-BDRM SUITE $900 

Clean, sunny, deck, view, lndry, pkg, 

storage, ns, no pets, $900 incl hydro, 

604-224-8981 / debbie.nelson@shaw.ca 

1 BEDROOM $750 

1 bdrm, WD, Parking, View, Unfurn. NS, 

Avail Now. #3, 2185 Timber Ridge 

Downstairs unit. Call 604-938-1795 

Lease, Viewing Sat. June 2, 3-5pm 

CREEKSIDE 

2Bdrm corner unit, bright, fully furn, 

views, f/p, access to h/t & laundry, unltd 

prkg, walk to Creekside gondi & shops, 

lakes & parks, on bus rte, avail immed, 

$1500/mo incl utils, cbl, internet. 604- 

313-4777 or rentwhistlercreekside@ 

gmail.com 

Gondola Heights 2bdrm twnhse, all 

appl’s, views, quiet location, n/s, n/p, 

avail immed, $1550/mth. 604-657-4976 

Alpha Lake Village, deluxe 2Bdrm 

unfurn duplex, $1600/mth, deluxe 3bdrm 

duplex, $2500/mth, utils incl’d, avail now. 

Call 604-698-0801 

2 BEDROOM 2 LEVEL CONDO 

Rnvtd s/f condo. 2B, 1.5BTH. Looking 

for a responsible cple/quiet nghbrhood. 

Abv Creekside, Views. Lndry/pkg. *No 

Pets/No smkg* Avail immed. 

cmmc@telus.net 

CREEKSIDE-BASELINE 

3 bed 3 bath,2 car garage, furnished, f/ 

p, w/d, d/w, walking distance to 

Creekside, $2600/mth plus util. 

Available now for 12 month rental. 


CREEKSIDE BEDROOM 

1Bdrm with bathroom for adult in quiet 

2 bdrm townhome, n/s, n/p, $600/mth 

+utils & security deposit. 604-902-5746 

SUITE IN CREEKSIDE 825.00 

June 1st. Private beach. Close to bus. 

NP/NS. Storage and parking. $825.00 

hydro/wifi/cable. 604 932 2110 

GONDOLA VILLAGE AVAILABLE NOW 

1 Bedroom outstanding decor and 

recent remodel complete with all 

utilities/furnishings/TV/Internet/Phone 

included. No pets and max two adults. 

Showing this weekend June 2nd. 

Contact ross@crpm.ca or 778-996- 

9325. 

EVA LAKE VILLAGE 

Clean, 1 bdrm, 1 bath, with loft, close to 

bus, parking, laundry in building, perfect 

for couple. avail. immediately, to view 

contact mary@taina.com rent $1,100. 

plus utilities. 

$875/MO STUDIO CREEKSIDE 

1 year lease pref, Studio, parking, DW, 

patio, bakerbrian1@gmail.com 

6049072358 

CREEKSIDE. LARGE, BRIGHT 

GROUND LEVEL SUITE 

2 Bdrm, 5 appl, including washer/dryer, 

parking,5 min walk to lifts. no smk/no 

pets, Long term lease$1375 includes 

Hydro, Avail Immed/June 1. 604-582- 

9038, rasmusensonline@shaw.ca 

POWDERVIEW RENOVATED 

Furn 1BR, new bath, new kitchen, lrg 

deck sunny mtn view. Undgrd park. 

Walk to shops. Summer $1100/Winter 

$1400. gw13649@gmail.com 

June 1. Bdrms w/ensuite in shared 

house $700/750. Short walk to gondola 

and beaches! 604-902-2020, 

danielle@highendrenos.ca 

2 BDRM 2.5 BATH $1800+UTILIITES 

Avail now. Renovated, furnished & 

equipped townhouse. Storage & 2 

parking passes. No Smoking. No pets. 

whistlercreeksidecondo@gmail.com 

$2150 SWEET 3/2 WHISTLER 

CREEKSIDE GONDOLA WAY 

AVAILABLE NOW!!! Large entry/storage, 

3/2 one level on 2nd floor. Locked ski 

storage. 3 car driveway parking. 

Mountain,Creekside Vistas. 5 Minute 

walk to lift and bus stop. Furnished of 

Unfurn. 1 year lease $2150 MAY-OCT/ 

$2400 NOV-APR 2013 No pets or 

smoking. Text/call Tommy 808 268- 

8295 for info photos. Christian 604 935- 

7996 for showing 

CLEAN, WELL MAINTAINED STUDIO 

Studio available now, 1yr lease or 

longer if desired. Furnished with a full 

kitchen, parking for 1 vehicle. Ski & Bike 

Storage. Great location for bus to 

village or walk to creekside. The suite is 

perfect for a couple or a single. Queen 

Murphy Bed. Rental price is $825/ 

monthly, which includes Hydro & Cable 

TV. No Pets. Call me at 604 902 4908. 

Cash back incentive if you stay for the 

term of a 1yr lease agreement. 

CREEKSIDE- OLIVE TERRACE 

5 bed 4 bath nicely furnished house, w/ 

d, d/w, f/p, storage, amazing views, 

$2900 plus util. May 1 for 12 month 

rental email info@mountaincountry.ca 

1 BDRM CREEKSIDE 

1 bdrm creekside, avail now,semi 

furn,w/d f/p, n/p n/s parking. summer 

rate only or yr round call Gail 604-299- 

4479 

$1095 CREEKSIDE 1 BED & LOFT 

Freshly painted, cozy condo, mountain 

views, single, couple, 2 friends. 604-999 

-0132 ronald@ronaldbeaudry.com 

CREEKSIDE 3 BDRM & TWO 1 BDRMS 

Furn 3 bdrm "VALE" townhome ($1,800/ 

mo+util) & TWO 1 bdrm "GONDOLA 

VILLAGE" units (starting at $1,000/ 

mo+util). All have in-unit WD. NP. 604- 

966-8944. mike@whistlerproperty.com. 

View Photos of these & other WPS 

rentals at www.whistlerproperty.com 

2Furn bdrms in 3bdrm twnhse, great 

location, walk to lifts & bus, pref mature, 

resp l/t rmmate, n/cpls, n/p, avail 

immed, summer rates. 604-932-2411 

CREEKSIDE AREA RENTALS 

1. Furnished “Lake Placid Lodge” 1.5 Bdrm 

with 2 queen beds. Avail for seasonal 

rental to Fall or 1 year. $1300/month to 

Fall, or $1650/mo+util for 1 yr. 

2. Furnished “Lake Placid Lodge” 2 Bdrm. 

Avail for seasonal rental to fall ONLY. 

$1,550/mo+util for 5 or 6 month rental. 

3. Unfurnished “Tamarisk” 1 Bdrm condo 

beside lake avail for 12 months. Common Pool 

& Tennis. $1,100/mo+util for 1 year term. 

4. “Highland Condos” Unfurn Studio from 

$800/m0. Common Laundry. Balcony. 

Short walk to Creekside. 

Photos and details at www.whistlerproperty.com 

Phone Wendy Tabrett at 604-698-0272 

Email: wendy@whistlerproperty.com 

Whistler Property Services 

ALTA LAKE 

BASEMENT SUITE FOR RENT 

Suited for couple n/s,d/w,w/d Parking 

available. 1000/+utilites. Close to valley 

trail. Great golf views.call 604-907-0810 

NORDIC 

3Bdrm, fully furn unit, 2car garage, h/t, 

nice quiet area, perfectly suited for a 

family, $3200/mth for 12mths. For more 

info contact: oliver@mountaincountry.ca 

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NORDIC BLUEBERRY HILL 

VILLAGE WHISTLER CAY HEIGHTS SPRUCE GROVE 

Fully furn 3bdrm, 3bath unit in ski-in 

location, 2garages, onsite garbage & 

recycling, great views & living space 

& all appl’s, avail immed for 12mths, 

renting for $3200/mth. Contact Mountain 

Country: info@mountaincountry.ca Ref 

2250 

2 ROOMS IN REFURBISHED CONDO 

Renovated, clean, tidy and quiet condo. 

2minutes form the bus stop. Nice views 

and Big balcony. W/D. no pets. 

LET_THE_BODY_GROOVE@hotmail.co 

m or 604-967-1268 

3 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE 

3 bed 2 bath furnished, w/d, d/w, steps 

from the slopes and close to Creekside 

restaurants and shops available now 

$2200 plus util. email 


1 BEDROOM SUITE IN NORDIC 

$1000+utils, close to bus stop and lake, 

laundry in building. Avail June 1st Pls 

call 604 644-4611 or email 

domafan@gmail.com. 

LUXURY LAKESIDE HOME - 2 LARGE 

DECKS WITH MOUNTAIN VIEWS 

Gorgeous views. Small private lake. 5 

bedrooms. Leather & pinewood 

furniture. Granite counters. Parking for 

3. Lots of storage space. Summer & 

winter rates. For more information & 

photos: 

www.whistlercreeksiderental.com 

CASTLE RIDGE 

3 bedroom loft 2 1/2 bathroom town 

home in quiet complex, garage, 

washer/dryer, large living room 

dining room area. Great location, 

comfortable living space for up to 6 

people. Available June 1 6 month or 

1 year lease $2500/mo rent 

neogitable depending on number of 

people. 

cheryl@whistlerreception.com 

ALTA VISTA 

Fully furn 2bdrm, 2full bath, 2prkg, w/b 

f/p, all appl’s, freshly painted & good strg, 

suits family or mature professionals, avail 

1June for 12 mths, renting for $1800/ 

mth. Contact Mountain Country: oliver@ 

mountaincountry.ca Ref 1103 

LONG TERM RENTAL 

New 2 bdrm. Heated tile, w/d,f/s,d/ 

w,micro. Parking available. N/S, N/P. 

Unfurnished. Available immediatly. 

$1,400.00+utilities. 604-938-9600. 

ALTA VISTA-WHISTLER ON THE LAKE 

1 bedroom 1 bath, furnished, f/p,d/w, 

on Alta Lake, Available May 1 for 12 

month rental, $1100 plus util. email 


WHISTLER CAY- CRABAPPLE DR 

Studio, 1 bath, w/d, d/w, f/p, great 

deck, available Now for 12 month 

rental, $825 plus util. email 


BLUEBERRY HILL 

Furn 3bdrm cabin, sauna, f/p, deck, w/d, 

1.5bath, 2prkg, walk to village/golf/lake, 

n/p, n/s, n/partiers, internet & cable incl, 

4ppl quiet max, 1June, $2000/mth+utils. 

salt.spring@hotmail.com or 604-241- 

9600 

BLUEBERRY- ST ANTONS WAY 

3 bed 1 bath furnished cabin, d/w, f/p, 

deck, close to the village, available May 

1 for 12 month rental $1900/month plus 

util. call Mountain Country 604-932- 

0677 ext 3. 

2BR 1B BLUEBERRY SUITE 

2Bdrm, 1bath, self-contained suite, 

w/d, 10min walk to town, avail June 

1st, $1350/mth+utils. 604-990-9081 

"GREYHAWK" 2 BDRM, 2 BTHRM 

Great Fully Furnished 2 bdrm, 2 bthrm. 

WD. Fireplace. Deck. UG Parking. NP. 

$1,700/mo+util for 1 yr term. 604-698- 

0272. wendy@whistlerproperty.com. 

View photos & other WPS rentals at 

www.whistlerproperty.com 

BRIO 

BRIO - WALK TO VILLAGE 

1 bedroom furnished suite in quiet 

home (queen bed). N/S, N/P, includes 

parking, storage, use of W/D and 

wireless internet. Rent $1000/mth 

included hydro. Call 604 932-5935 to 

set up viewing appointment. 

BRIO 4 Bdrm HOME & “WHISKI JACK” 2 Bdrm 

Furnished 4 bdrm BRIO home. Rent for 1 year OR shorter rental to 

Fall. Short walk to Village. Ideal for 4 to 7 persons. No Pets. 

$2,700/mo+util Seasonal rate OR $3,200/mo + util for 1 year rental. 

Phone Duane Kercher at 604-932-7849 

Un-updated, original “Whiski Jack” 2 bdrm near CREEKSIDE. 

Furn or Unfurn. WD. $1,400/mo+util. PET MAY BE OK’d. 

Phone Simon Westwood at 604-967-1195 

Email: simon@whistlerproperty.com 

Photos & details at www.whistlerproperty.com 

Whistler Property Services 

VILLAGE 

Whistler Village, Deer Lodge studio Unit, 

w/d, d/w, built in bed unit, some furn, strg, 

cbl, n/p, n/parties, heat & wifi incl’d, avail 

immed, $850/mth+$75 for prkg if req’d. 

lindam4672@gmail.com or call 604-938- 

2564 for viewing 

Lrg Bdrm avail 1July, in quiet 2Bdrm, fully 

furn & equipped apt, suits cpl, priv bath, 

mountain views, f/p, balcony, secure 

prkg/strg, wifi internet, cbl, communal 

h/t, pool, sauna, tennis/volleyball courts 

& laundry, $1100/mthinclusive. Contact 

Anja anjawdesign@gmail.com 

QN BDRM W ONSUITE $1000 ALL 

INCL 

Lrge qn rm in 2 bdrm apt, just seconds 

frm village. Rm has bthrm,wardrobe, 

dble windows. Crl heating, fire plce, 

cble, balcony,spas, pool, tennis, 

volleyball, BBQ area. Rob 6049062227 

ONE BEDROOM CONDO 

Fully furnished and equiped, spacious, 

clean, central location. Long term lease 

option available. 

skipowder4ever@gmail.com 

WHISTLER TOWN PLAZA 

One bedroom fully equipped 

condos fully furnished balcony w/d 

including utilitites availalbe May 1 

for 6 month $1200/mo and year 

lease $1500/mo email 


VILLAGE SUITE W/PARKING AND W/D! 

IMMED/June 1.Newly renovated, fully 

furn/ equip 1bdrm, 1bath suite in the 

heart of the village. Incl.cable. $1400. 

604-902-2020, 

danielle@highendrenos.ca 

Furn. 1b/1b in heart of Village. $1425/ 

mo incl util, prkg, wash/dry, cable, 

internet. Great view of W/B. Avail 

immed. diane0520@live.ca 

FULLY FURNISHED 2 BED 2 BATH 

CONDO 

2 Level Condo, Fully Furnished, 2 

bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with 1 

underground parking stall, located at 

Northstar @ Stoneycreek. Complex 

includes swimming pool and hot tub. 

Lease available July 1, $2,200 per 

month + utilities. Please contact owner 

778-288-8812 for further details. 

MARKET PLACE CONDO 

Market Place-1BD/1BA.Furnished. W/d, 

f/p, d/w, u/g parking, h/t. NS. Available 

now for 1yr. $1600 Call 604-926-6973 

2 BDRM RENOVATED TOWNHOME 

Furnished 2 Bdrm "SYMPHONY" 

townhome near Tennis Club. Gas 

Fireplace. WD. UG Parking. Common 

Hot Tub. $2,000/mo+util. 604-698-0272. 

wendy@whistlerproperty.com. View 

Photos of this & other WPS Rental 

Listings at www.whistlerproperty.com 

UPPER VILLAGE 

POWDERHORN 

3 bedroom 3 bathroom newly 

renovated completely furnished split 

level condo, balcony d/w fireplace 

available immediately one year 

lease $3000/mo 

cwaters@macrealty.com 

POWDERHORN 

2 bed 2 bath fully furnished and 

equipped well appointed condo w/ 

’d fireplace available immediately 

$1600/mo includes phone cable 

internet cwaters@macrealty.com 

BENCHLANDS 

LUXURY 3 BED TOWNHOME 

Walk to Village, ski or golf, furn, sunny, 

Treeline unit avail for yr rnd rental. N/p, 

n/s, u/g parking, views, $2450/mo + util. 

jennifer@myseatosky.com 

3 BRDM, 2BATH TOWNHOUSE 

on golf course, furnished, W/D,D/W,F/ 

P,U/G/P, avail June 1, $2800+util. 

email:jimrohla@shaw.ca 

FURN 2 BED/2 BATH TOWNHOME 

Luxury, N/p, n/s, u/g park, views, deck, 

quiet, $1.6k/mo incl util 


LUXURY BENCHLANDS CONDO 

MINUTES WALK TO THE VILLAGE 

Luxury 1 bedroom Furnished Slopeside 

Condo, Heated Pool, Hot Tub, Gym, 

WiFi, Secure prkg & bike stag. 2 

persons only $1550/mo incl utils. 

604-932-7604 

VILLAGE NORTH 

Fully furn studio w/full bath & all appl’s 

in the heart of village, common h/t, prkg, 

on site garbage/recycling, perfect for cpl 

or mature sgl, avail 1June for 12mths, 

$1100/mth. For more info contact: 

oliver@mountaincountry.ca ref#4360 

VILLAGE 2 & 3 BDRM TOWNHOMES 

Furn "SUNPATH" & "VALHALLA" 3 

bdrm twnhomes + "NORTHSTAR" 2 

bdrm. All avail for 1 yr or shorter 

summer rental. Pool at 2 properties. 

Rents are from $1,850 for 2 Bdrm & 

$2,300/mo for 3 Bdrms. 604-967-1195. 

simon@whistlerproperty.com. View 

photos & other WPS rentals at 


2 BEDROOM & 2 BATH 

MARKETPLACE LODGE CONDO 

FOR 6 MONTH RENTAL 

$1750/mo - Furnished 2 bed/2 bath 

700 sq ft condo, centrally located 

Marketplace Lodge. On the Village 

Stroll near everything. Incl free 

Internet, parking and cable. All 

appliances incl. Has A/C and a great 

balcony. Bldng hot tub included. Ref 

and damage deposit required. 604- 

619-0002, twells1@telus.net 

WHISTLER CAY HEIGHTS 

1Bdrm spacious suite in family home, 

furn/unfurn, walk to village, great 

neighbourhood, w/d, ideal for cpl, n/s, 

avail immed, $1150/mth+utils. Email 

daveb@wrec.com 

Massive master bdrm w/2sgl beds in 

4bdrm hse, looking for female, pref’d, 

wifi , bbq, w/d, amazing view, amazing 

ppl, $1000/mth+hydro split. adrian_ 

faith@live.ca 

3 BDRM & LOFT TWNHM + GARAGE 

Immaculate 3 bdrm + Loft "SUNRISE" 

twnhome. Garage. Great sunny views 

over golf course. Short walk to Village. 

WD. $3,500/mo+util for 1 yr. 604-932- 

7849. duane@whistlerproperty.com. 

View photos of this & other WPS 

Rentals at www.whistlerproperty.com 

CAY HEIGHTS-SMOKETREE 

2.5 Bed 3 bath townhouse, furnished, 

great views,w/d, d/w, f/p, well 

appointed, available May for 12 month 

rental $2800/mth plus util. email 


-AMAZING LOCATION- 

2min walk to village! fully furnished 

friendly house, prefect for singles/ 

groups. shrd rooms from $460 mo. 

Month to month leases. 

live@seasonswhistler.com 604-902- 

6001 

1BDRM FURN SUITE, W/D & PARKING 

1Bdrm furn suite, self-contained, bright, 

quiet, private entrance, W/D, N/S, N/P, 

$1,150/mth+utils. 604.932.4137. 

2 BEDROOM PLUS DEN, JULY 1ST 

Hardwood floor. $1800 rent, plus heat 

and hot water. Free cable, wireless. and 

one free parking. Furnished, or not, 1 

year lease. Responsible Bear Aware 

tenants only, references pls 

6049383927 

WHISTLER CAY 

Rms avail, everything incl, great price 

& location, walk/bus to village, cls to 

Rainbow, w/d, wireless, cbl, phone, 

hydro, prkg, shrd or sgl rms avail, $450/ 

mth/person/shrd, $700/mth/sgl rm. Email 

easystreetwhistler@hotmail.com 

COZY 2 BDRM 

1 bath by Valley Trail/bus, Great cond. 

Insuite Laundry. N/pets/smoking/ 

parties. Max 2 res. 

$1330/mo. 1 Yr Lease. 604-240-3466 

ADVENTURES WEST 

Unique and charming condominium 

on Alta lake. This 2 bedroom, 1 

bathroom row house with 6 

appliances, electric fireplace and a 

bright sunny deck ideal for quiet 

relaxation. You can furnish it to your 

taste. Near bus loop. NS. NP. No 

pets. References required. $1500/ 

Month including hydro. Available 

June 1. 604-932-4627 

WHITE GOLD 

Unfurn 1bdrm, full bath in great location, 

good light, prkg, 5min from the village, 

strg, perfect for a cpl or sgl, $1200/ 

mth incl’s hydro. For more info contact: 

oliver@mountaincountry.ca ref#7201 

1Bdrm in 2bdrm, furn hse, f/p, d/w, w/d, 

prkg, sgl only, n/s, n/p, avail immed, 

$800/mth+hydro. Send bio & phone 

number teledragon@hotmail.com 

1 BEDROOM - JUNE 15TH - 

WALK TO VILLAGE 

Spruce Grove - Furnished 1 

Bedroom - available June15th - W/ 

D, D/W, Cable/Internet, N/S, N/P - 

$950/mth plus utilities. 

shannon@susko.ca 

NICKLAUS NORTH 

LOVELY 3+ BDRM TOWNHOUSE 

Fully furnished. Ideal for family. Double 

garage. Quiet location, ht, ns,np. $3,500 

ph 604 734-2418 

ALPINE MEADOWS 

Bright 2bdrm, suitable for 2quiet ppl, 

ground fl r, priv entry, big balcony, 4appl’s, 

shrd w/d, utils/strg/prkg incl, n/s, n/ 

parties, cat ok, $1250/mth. 1-604-462- 

0444 

Priv rm in spacious shrd home, internet, 

satellite, near store, bus, sports centre, 

sgl occupancy only, n/p, 1rm avail now, 

$495/mth all incl. Call 604-938-9848 

1Bdrm deluxe suite, fully furn, sep 

entry, lrg kitchen, sit up bar, sep 

dining area, f/p, ski strg, lrg priv deck, 

overlooking Green Lake/glaciers 

etc, 1car prkg, incl:hot water, cbl tv, 

wireless internet, max 2ppl, avail 

1May, $1600/mth. Email inquiries 

to brenda@bonvoyagetravel.com 

1-604-836-0434 

Unfurn Bachelor suite, $700/summer, 

$900/winter or 1bdrm for more, utils 

incl’d, prkg, patio, priv, avail immed. 604- 

907-1763 

1Bdrm partly furn unit, perfect for a sgl, 

renting for $800/mth incl hydro. For more 

info contact: oliver@mountaincountry.ca 

Ref 8308 

3BDRM 2BATH 

Must See, clean, bright, great location, 

1car garage, new appl’s, avail now, 

$2200/mth+utils. 604-935-5642 

BEAUTIFUL FURNISHED 4 BEDROOM 

LOG HOME 

All modern amenities including hot tub. 

Located on a flat lot on a quiet cul de 

sac near high school. Does not have a 

suite so you have it all to yourselves. 

$3800./mth+uutil. 604-932-7923 

ONE BDRM/DEN 

Bright,clean 1 bdrm/den, grnd flr,part 

furn, new appl,new paint,shrd w/d,1 

parking,near Meadow Park, 1 person or 

will consider couple, n/s, n/p, $1000/ 

mnth+ util, 1 yr lease. 604-932-4857or 

604-209-1233 

3 BEDROOM SUITE WITH VIEWS 

3bdrm ground floor suite, Alpine, sunny 

lot, close to bus stop, furnished, w/d, 

gas fp, d/w, parking. Avail immediately, 

Email -jenraff@telus.net $550/rm + util 

3 BDRM + GARAGE FAMILY HOME 

Great family 3 bdrm, 2.5 Bthrm home 

with Garage + sunny deck, Hot tub. 

WD. Woodstove. Beautiful yard & 

landscaping service + Snow Removal 

incl in rent. $2,750/mo + util. 604-967- 

1195. simon@whistlerproperty.com. 

View Photos & other WPS rentals at 


1 BDRM + DEN SUITE 

clean and bright, new paint, w/d, d/w, 

deck, unfurnished, n/s, n/p. $1200/mth 

+ utl. 604 902 0102 

2 bdrm Close to bus, Valley Trail, Mkt, 

Meadow Park. Lots of storage, h/w flrs 

WD DW wood stove prking. n/pets n/s 

$1500/m 604-966-6122 





ALPINE MEADOWS PEMBERTON 

PEAKS/PIONEER JUNCTION (PEMBERTON) MULTIPLE LOCATIONS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS 

2 BRMS AT YEAR ROUND GREAT 

RATE 

2 bed house, clean, well maintained, 

plus additional sleeping loft/storage 

area available year round for $1500/ 

mth. Close to rec centre, shops & bus 

stop - great location. Includes w/d, dw, 

additional storage shed (great for skis/ 

boards/bikes) & parking for 2 cars. 

Contact 6049664270 for info and to 

view property. 

EMERALD ESTATES 

Very bright, 2bdrm suite, furn or not, 

d/w, w/d, great layout, good strg space, 

incl’s cable/internet, avail 1June, $1350/ 

mth+utils. 604-907-1071 

1Bdrm suite, fully furn, w/d, prkg, sep 

entry, strg, mountain views, cable, wifi , 

n/s, $1000/mth+40%utils. Phone Mary 

604-942-7071 or 604-928-6213 or 

marythomas059@gmail.com 

EMERALD ESTATES ON BUS 

ROUTE 

2 bedroom 1 bathroom suite on 

ground level of family home, private 

driveway, entrance and balcony w/d 

$1200/month one year lease 

includes hydro available July 1 


NEW, BRIGHT, CLEAN 2 BDRM SUITE 

Completely separate, and private 2 

Bedroom Suite for Rent. Fully Furnished 

with clean modern furnishings. SS 

Appliances, W/D, yard, storage, 

parking. N/S, N/P, N/P $1500 +utilities 

based on 2 person occupancy. 

604-938-0533 

BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN AVAILABLE! 

Rooms avail. 450 - 675/person, depend 

on room. Pool table, hot tub, nearby 

bus stop, lakes, hike/bike trails. Email 

contact info and a little about yourself 

to Gregrust@newimagecreative.com or 

call 206-909-6996 

STUDIO SUITE $675 

Private partially furnished cabin, with all 

the basics,close to transit, available 

now for one person, Hydro extra, 

gshawn@live.ca, 250.333.8717 

FURNISHED SUITE FOR RENT 

Bright 2bdrm/1bth furshised suite. Sep. 

entrance. Priv. deck Mountain views n/ 

p, n/s $1100 +hydro yr round. Call 604- 

644-3375 

BEDROOM FOR RENT $600 

In three bedroom furnished suite, 

fireplace, 2bathrooms, large deck, hot 

tub, close to transit, NP,NS, hydro extra, 

$600/month. gshawn@live.ca or 250- 

333-8717 

ROOM IN EMERALD 

600 all included full furnished internet 

hydro no extra bills 604 907 2622 

EMERALD SUITE...BRIGHT 

SPACIOUS HUGE BACKYARD 

Lrg bright 3bdrm, 2bath suite w/ 

huge backyard, great for family or 

3max, strg, fully furn, w/d, d/w, n/s, 

n/p, no pets, 2 prkg, 1min to bus, 

avail immed, 1yr lse, $1600/mth 

includes hydro. 604-935-0774 

COZY CABIN 

Cabin in Emerald Estates - totally 

furnished - ideal for one or couple. No 

pets or smokers thx. jonesy4@telus.net 


1 BEDROOM IN 2 BDRM SUITE 

1 furn Bdrm in bright 2 bdrm suite. 

Large deck with great views.Includes 

hydro, wd, cbl, internet, close to bus 

$600/mo 604- 966-1285 


CHELSEA PLACE 3 BR ALL INCLUSIVE 

Great 3 Bedroom with 2 Bathrooms, 

small sunny private yard with flower/ 

herb garden. All utilities included & 

Internet. No driveway to shovel no lawn 

to cut. Perfect for couple or small 

family. $1500. roguertwo@gmail.com 

BRIGHT STUDIO COTTAGE 

Cottage 2km from town with large deck, 

full bath, laundry and storage. $600 

+utilities. 604-894-5638. 

3 BEDROOM+LOFT/2BATH 

Walk to town, 2 car garage, huge deck, 

hardwood, w/d,fireplace. June1. $1400 

allgilc4@gmail.com or 250-890-9046 

BUDGET ACCOMODATION - HUGE 

SPACE 

Budget Accom - huge space - $600. 

Views, 40min from Whis, hydro incl, 

bike, swim, hotsprings, quiet, studio/ 

workshop. petercperu@yahoo.ca 

1 BEDROOM FURNISHED SUITE 

1Bdrm, furn suite for quiet cpl/sgl. 

Wireless, sat TV, 1prkg, garbage pickup, 

w/d, n/p, n/parties, ref’s req’d, cpl/sgl, 

avail 15 June or July 1st 2012, $850/mo 

incl utils. martini20@telus.net or 604- 

894-6566 

CABIN ON BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE 

$700/mo includes utilities and wireless 

5mins from town on bus rte, w/deck & 

fruit, berries, veggie garden and large 

lawn.N/S Call Sharon @ 604-902-0039 

or email johndavidhare@gmail.com 

2BDRM PEMBERTON BLUFFS 

Bright above garage suite avail June 

1st, 9ft ceilings, soaking tub, 2min 

walk to village and bus, w/d d/w n/s 

n/p $950.00 604-902-5825 

1 BEDROOM FURN. SUITE / 

PEMBERTON 

1 Bd furn suite for quiet sgle or cple. 

Includes: Utilities, w/d, sat tv,w 

internet,garb p/u, 1 park space, $825/ 

mth. 604-894-6566, martini20@telus.net 

2 BLOCKS TO EVERYTHING IN 

PEMBERTON 

ALL INCLUSIVE FOR $750.00: 

unique cabin-like 1 bedroom private 

suite: sec. wireless, sat. t.v., hydro, 

garbage p/u, priv. laundry, large mud/ 

storage room, furniture optional, 

outside, covered storage, off street 

parking, NS,NP. 604-628-4632 or 

dwilcox@sd43.bc.ca 

ASPEN FIELDS (PEMBERTON) 

BRIGHT 1 BEDROOM SUITE 

Bright 1 bedroom suite above garage. 

Oversize windows, lofted, w/d, private 

entrance, n/s, $650. 604-894-5733, 

dcgraves@shaw.ca 

PEAKS/PIONEER JUNCTION (PEMBERTON) 

PIONEER JUNCTION CORNER UNIT 

Bright and sunny unfurnished, larger 

corner unit two bedroom, 1 bath condo 

for rent. Geothermal heating and 

cooling keep the hydro bills low. 

Common area / party room, covered 

parking, secure ground floor storage, 

and private gym. Available June 1. 

$900. Contact Jason 707-287-3331, 

page4birdie@gmail.com 

PIONEER JUNCTION $950+UTILS 

Furn OR unfurn condo, 2bdrm/ 

1bath, w/d, d/w, Geothermal heat 

for low hydro bills, Gas stove & f/p, 

Lrg secure storage, Carport, n/s, n/ 

p, Refs, 01June, pemcond@shaw.ca 

THE GLEN (PEMBERTON) 

LARGE PEACEFUL 1 BDRM SUITE 

Private suite backing on to a beautiful 

forest. W/D, garbage, recycling and 

parking incl. Walking distance to the 

village. Pets negotiable. Non-smoking. 

$700+ util. Avail July 1st. 604-894-1569 

THE GLEN 

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, d/w, share 

washer dryer, 1100/month plus ut. call 

after 5 pm 604 894-5515 

PEMBERTON PLATEAU 

1 BEDROOM SUITE FOR RENT 

PEMBERTON PLATEAU 

Large one-bedroom suite in house on 

quiet cul-de-sac. Parking, private 

entrance, large deck with view, washer / 

dryer, dishwasher, storage and biweekly 

garbage pick-up. No smoking. 

Pets considered. 

$700 / month + utilities. Available July 

1. Call today to view. 604-894-1170. 

PEMBERTON PLATEAU 4 BDRM 

Desireable Unfurn 4 Bdrm, 4 Bthrm 

Plateau twnhome. WD. Big Views. Lots 

of light. NS. $1,550/mo + util. 604-966- 

8944. mike@whistlerproperty.com. View 

Photos of this & other Pemberton 

rentals at www.whistlerproperty.com 

MT. CURRIE / D’ARCY 

Completely priv, detached 2bdrm suite 

on acreage, 10min north of Pemby in 

Walkerville, w/d, d/w, w/stove, radiant 

concrete fl r, avail now, $1000/mth+hydro. 

Email erin@myseatosky.com 

AFFORDABLE 1BD APT IN OWL RIDGE 

1 Bedroom Suite. 5 Acre Lot, Lots of 

parking for toys, shared laundry, 

walking distance to tennis court+park 

with baseball diamond, hiking, biking, 

snowmobiling trails, pets ok! 

$650+shared utils 

604-932-8819 mobile@blogbuilders.biz 

VALLEYCLIFFE (SQUAMISH) 

1BDRM, 1BATH, SUITE 

Bright, lrg 1bdrm suite, w/d, gas f/p, 

priv entry, prkg, lrg backyrd onto 

greenspace ,avail 1June, $700/mth incl 

utils, pets ok. 604-902-4232 

shellshansen@gmail.com 

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Studio to 4 bedroom 

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April 15 – December 1. 

Enjoy above average 

properties fully 

equipped. Rates 

include all utilities. 

Listings available. Contact 

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for full info and applications. 

No parties and no pets please. 

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LONG TERM RENTAL 

MANAGEMENT SERVICES 

Homeowners wishing good 

quality, low risk tenants for your 

Whistler or Pemberton property 

please contact any one of our 

below rental agents. We have 

pre-screened tenants that are 

seeking rental properties for 

both seasonal & annual terms. 

LICENSED RENTAL AGENTS: 

Wendy Tabrett 604-698-0272 

wendy@whistlerproperty.com 

Mike Garcia 604-966-8944 

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Simon Westwood 604-967-1195 

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Duane Kercher 604-932-7849 

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Classifi ed listings can be booked online at: 

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Seasonal & Annual 

For Whistler 

Property Owners 

(604) 932-0677 

Toll Free (866) 357-8413 

www.mountaincountry.ca 

Professional Members of the 

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CREEKSIDE 

Gondola Village, 1bdrm/loft, top unit 

completely furn condo, n/s, n/p, w/d, 

wifi , lrg deck, bbq, electric, phone, 2ppl 

max, cls to shops, excellent bus service, 

restaurants, utils incl, 1May-30Oct, $995/ 

mth. 604-932-1169 

Whistler Creek, 1bdrm+bachelor suite, 

cls to everything/mtn bike friendly. Avail 

Nightly $90, Weekly $480, Monthly 

$1400, fully furn, full kitchen, cable, tv, 

wifi , heat, hydro, bedding, 2full baths, 

living & dining area, common swimming 

pool, jacuzzi, suana & bbq area, 

restaurant, pub & cold beer/wine store on 

site. Call 604-905-8273 or Email info@ 

snowboardwhistler.com 

Small studio, now-Nov, $600/mth. 

Lrg studio, avail now-Nov, $750/mth. 

1Bdrm suite, June only $800/mth, H/t & 

laundry in building, n/s, n/p. 1-800-792- 

2089 or http://sites.google.com/site/ 

whistlercondomgmt 

Southside Lodge Creekside, Great 

location, cls to shops, grocery, lake, 

bus stop, incl’s everything, hydro, wifi , 

sat tv, commom kitchen, fully furn, incl’s 

bedding. $30/Nightly, $175/Weekly, 

$600/Mthlky, June-Sept. Call 604-932- 

3644 or Email info@snowboardwhistler. 

com 

Fully furn, self contained studios, 

1block from Creekside shopping & 

beside bus rte, laundry in house, 

h/t, starting at $565/mth incl utils & 

internet. Call 778-869-5551 Pls lve 

msg. Check out www.whistlerbeds. 

com Avail for summer/fall bookings 

only, Unit 304, 312 & 412 

Great Locations & Great Prices, avail 

immediately - 31Oct, fully furn, 1 & 

2bdrm condos & studios, sleeping up 

to 5ppl, very near bus & shopping, 

min stay 2mths, incl internet & utils. 

For more info pls leave clear msg 

on phone 604-583-1377 or 778- 

869-5551 or email w/phone number 

rent@whistlerbeds.com www. 

whistlerbeds.com 

CREEKSIDE, 2 BDRM SUITE, 

RECENTLY RENOVATED 

fully furnished, sleeps 4, ground floor of 

house, w/d, n/s, n/p, close to shops 

and bus, parking. $1,500 plus util., 604- 

603-3936 

STUDIO CONDO - CREEKSIDE 

Fully furnished, close to everything, bus 

stop at door & minutes walk to the 

Gondola, includes: cable TV, prkg, utils, 

n/s, n/p Avail Jun - Oct, $800/mo 

Contact mcloughlin@sympatico.ca or 

Catherine 905-655-9400

BLUEBERRY 2 & 4 BDRM CONDOS 

Furn "IRONWOOD’ 2 Bdrm & 

"GREYHAWK" 4 Bdrm avail for Summer 

OR 1 yr term. View rents & details at 

www.whistlerproperty.com or phne 604- 

967-1195. simon@whistlerproperty.com 

VILLAGE 

VILLAGE 1BEDROOM Fully furn 1bdrm, 

1bath, queen bed, gas f/p, deck, d/w, w/d, 

h/t & exercise rm, prkg, n/s, n/p, n/parties, 

max 2ppl, perfect for cpl, ref’s req’d, avail 

June-Oct, $1000/mth incl hydro, cbl & 

internet. 604-518-7366 

BEAUTIFUL ONE BEDROOM CONDO 

Fully furnished and equiped, central 

location, spacious and clean. Long term 

lease option available. 

skipowder4ever@gmail.com 

LOST LAKE LODGE 

One and two bedroom suites 

available for 6 months or 

year leases. 

Prime building location, furnished 

with excellent amenities. 

Pool, hot tub and Fitness room 

and underground parking. 

Call to view your new home! 

604 935 5703 or email 

tanya@mountainresrealty.com 

mountainresrealty.com 

UPPER VILLAGE 

2 BDRM/2 BATH LOST LAKE LODGE 

fully furn, BBQ, deck, w/d, pool, gym, u/ 

g pkg May-Dec please call Agnes 604- 

790-8255 or a.dubas@shaw.ca 

VILLAGE NORTH 

Glacier’s Reach, 2bdrm, 2bath, priv h/t, 

insuite w/d, u/g prkg, complex has pool 

& gym, walking distance to village, n/s, 

n/p, incl utils/cbl/internet, avail May-Oct 

$1600/mth, Nov-April $2800/mth. 604- 

929-1333 or indra.patrick@telus.net 

Beautiful, newly reno’d studio suite in 

Lagoons building, fully furn, h/w fl rs, u/g 

prkg, w/d, internet, avail 1June-15Dec, 

$1095/mth incl utils. Bruce 604-463-7734 

or 604-318-4631 skicondo@shaw.ca 

Perfect location - Marketplace Lodge. 

Furn 1bdrm, balcony overlooking 

Olympic Plaza, w/d, f/p, common h/t, u/g 

prkg, avail 1June, $1200/mth all incl. 778- 

998-7545, pics at www.whistlergetaway. 

net info@whistlergetaway.net 

Alpenglow studio, avail wkly or mthly. 

Contact Pamela at apresaccom@ 

hotmail.com Text 604-932-0689 

WHISTLER VILLAGE FURNISHED 

STUDIO RENTAL - INC. UTILITIES! 

$1300 Mthly Village North. All inc. 

dishwasher, internet + parking! 

www.modernaccommodations.com 

778-885-2888 

CREEKSIDE ’VALE INN’ STUDIO 

Furn ’VALE INN’ Studio. Avail to next 

winter. Common Hottub. Single 

occupant only. $850/mo incl most utils. 

(or $1,050/mo for 1 yr). 604-967-1195. 

simon@whistlerproperty.com. Photos & 

details at www.whistlerproperty.com 

BENCHLANDS 

2BDRM + LOFT 

Furn, renov’d, 6sleeps, d/w, w/d, free 

prkg, bbq, walking distance to village, 

perfect for amily, avail immed-1Dec, 

$2500/mth, incls utils. 604-913-0225 or 

chris@whistleraccommodation.com 

WHISTLER CAY HEIGHTS 

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WHITE GOLD 

Rm share in lrg hse, all ensuites, h/t, wifi , 

laundry, min 1mth, $400/shrd $600/sgl 

incl hydro. Text 604-902-3478 

NESTERS 

1Rm in hse shrd, reno’d bathrm w/spa 

tub & sauna, great location, easy walk to 

village, cls to bus, wifi , cbl, avail immed, 

$650/mth/sgl incl utils. 604-907-2242 or 

604-902-7976 

ALPINE MEADOWS 

ALPINE STUDIO Furn studio, n/s, n/p, n/ 

parties, sgl only, avail 1June, $750/mth 

incl utils, cbl & internet. 604-518-7366 

3Bdrm suite, w/d, cbl, incl utils, avail 

immed. Contact Pamela apresaccom@ 

hotmail.com Text 604-932-0689 


ROOM IN 3 BED HOUSE - EMERALD 

$675 + util. patio, hot tub, storage 

space, large mudroom, hot tub, parking 

and washer/dryer. CALL 604 906 4336 

GREAT FOR MTN BIKERS/HIKERS! 

$600-includes utilities, cable, internet, 

hot tub. Near park, hike/bike trails. 

Furnished, private rooms avail. Email 

contact and info about yourself to 

gregrust@newimagecreative.com or call 

206-909-6996 

REAL ESTATE 

WHISTLER 

3 BEDROOM 2 BATH FOR SALE 

MCKEEVER’S 384 000 - WHA 

Quiet location with great views. Close 

walk to cafe, store, Sport Ctr, School, 

bus and valley trail. SS appliances. For 

pics and info check placeinwhistler.com 

- 604-906-0078 

COMMERCIAL SPACE 

Join the group of successful 

businesses at Nesters Square. 

Will build to suit your needs. 

Great offi ce, retail or service 

business opportunities. 


REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE 

BLUEBERRY HILL VILLAGE NORTH 

COMMERCIAL SPACE COMMERCIAL SPACE TRUCKS / VANS / SUVS 

Allan 

Jenner 

RESIDENTIAL AND 

COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST 

604.905.9589 

allanjenner@wrec.com 

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

www.whistlerrealestate.ca 

FOR LEASE FUNCTION 

1330 ALPHA LAKE ROAD 

New project, 10 units available, 

1100 to 2100 sq ft, parking outside 

and underground. Developer will 

provide an option to buy. 

1375-6 ALPHA LAKE ROAD 

Ground fl oor warehouse/shop 1772 sq 

ft, Roll up door, mezzanine, 345 sq 

ft, parking Owner will provide option 

to buy 


2nd fl oor offi ce space in fi rst class 

professional building, 788 sq ft. 

Outside and underground parking, 

elevator, air conditioned 

1410–208 ALPHA LAKE ROAD 

2nd fl oor offi ce space could adjoin the 

above unit, 889 sq ft, Good parking, 

elevator, air conditioned 

1410–102 ALPHA LAKE ROAD 

Ground fl oor warehouse/shop space, 

1314 sq ft, Garage door, mezzanine 

250 sq ft, 600 sq ft paved, fenced yard 

space at back 

FOR LEASE VILLAGE 

4368-207B MAIN STREET 

2nd fl oor offi ce space in Market 

Pavilion, 369 sq ft, great lease rates. 

Ideal for professional offi ce/clinic, 

near Whistler Health Clinic.Could 

incorporate adjoining space of 565 sq ft 

to make 934 sq ft. Free parking in area 

4368-208 MAIN STREET 

2nd fl oor offi ce space in Market 

Pavilion, 565 sq ft, great lease rates. 

Ideal professional clinic/offi ce. Free 

parking nearby 

COMMERCIAL FOR 

SALE VILLAGE 

4338-101/2/3/4/5 & 6 

MAIN STREET $6,500,000 

6 contiguous strata lots in the Tyndall 

Stone Lodge. Great location across 

from the Olympic Plaza. Lots of 

pedestrian traffi c in the area. Fully 

leased to 4 quality tenants 

4368-116&108 MAIN STREET 

$859,000 

Le Crepe Montagne a profi table 

restaurant business, Loyal clientele, 

good location Free parking. 

1330 ALPHA LAKE ROAD 

$279,000-$499,000 

Brand new building. Zoned IL2 

10 units available, 1100 to 2100 sq ft 

Parking outside and underground 


$429,000 

Ground fl oor warehouse/shop 1772 sq 

ft, Roll up door, mezzanine 345 sq ft, 

Parking 

CALL ALLAN FOR DETAILS ON 

ABOVE PROPERTIES. 

Small offi ce/warehouse space, approx 

550sqft, overhead garage door and man 

door. Lynham Rd address, Function. Call 

604-967-1097 

LARGE 1300 SQ FT OFFICE 

OFFICE HAS KITCHEN SPACE, 2 FULL 

BATHROOMS AND 3 SEPARATE 

OFFICES. olemau@shaw.ca 

FUNCTION JUNCTION OFFICE SPACE 

Large quiet office 400 sqft , top floor, 

big windows, $700/ mo 604 848 4804 


LARGE 1300 SQ FT OFFICE 

OFFICE SPACE HAS KITCHEN, 2 FULL 

BATHROOMS AND 3 SEPARATE 

OFFICES.604.966.7598 


FUNCTION JUNCTION OFFICE SPACE 

Large quiet office 400 sqft , top floor, 

big windows, $700/ mo 604 848 4804 

SQUAMISH OFFICE SPACE 

350 sqft with optional yard storage 

$650/mo all in. olemau@shaw.ca 

PEMBERTON 

HOUSE & CABIN 

For Sale by Owner. House & cabin, 

2choices of homes on acreage w/million 

dollar view on Reid Rd, in final stage of 

completion. Purchase separately for 

$250,000 or take both for $460,000. 5% 

down. Vendor may finance. 604-813- 

3000 

WHISTLER 

3 BEDROOM 2 BATH FOR SALE 

MCKEEVER’S 384 000 - WHA 

Quiet location with great views. Close 

walk to cafe, store, Sport Ctr, School, 

bus and valley trail. SS appliances. For 

pics and info check placeinwhistler.com 

- 604-906-0078 

LOOKING TO FREE UP EQUITY IN 

YOUR WHISTLER PROPERTY AND/ 

OR STRUGGLING TO SELL IT? 

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED 

A PROPERTY SWAP???? 

We have a 4 year old immaculate 2 

bed/2bath ski in-out condo unit with 

large private deck, mountain views and 

hot tub in Sun Peaks BC - with a great 

snow record and no line up’s. A pretty 

Alpine Village, which is a 4-season resort 

with all amenities and a great 18 hole 

golf course. It has never been rented and 

as overseas owners, only used 3-4 weeks 

each year on family vacations. It is worth 

approximately CAN $300K. 

We are seeking a similar or larger property 

in Whistler and have cash available to 

settle any difference in value. 

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, WITH THE 

ADDED BENEFIT OF NO REALTOR FEES 

PLEASE CONTACT US AT: 

whistlerswop@aol.co.uk 

1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE-V6 

Only 185,000 km’s. Manual 

transmission. All terrain tires in good 

condition. Air-conditioning works 

great. Perfect Whistler vehicle with 

4WD and folding seats. $3,250. 

Phone 604-902-2805 or email 

holly@executionmedia.com. 

MOTORCYCLES 

SERVICING ALL 

BRANDS & MODELS 

Snowmobile 

Motorcycle 

Small Engine 

Parts & Accessories 

Gear & Clothing 

OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK 

Monday to Saturday 

10–1212 Alpha Lake Rd 

Function Junction, Whistler 

604 905 7733 


MARKETPLACE 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Clothes, household goods, electronics, 

sporting goods, shoes, books, kids 

stuff and other special treasures! 

Open everyday 11-6pm, 

1003 Lynham Road, 

Function Junction 604-932-1121 

Re-Build-It Centre 

Kitchen cabinets, doors, plumbing, 

furniture, appliances, tools, fl ooring, 

hardware, lumber, lighting and much 

more! 

Weekdays 9-5pm | Weekends 10-4pm 

#103-1400 Alpha Lake Road, 

Function Junction 

Recover, recycle, rebuild and re-invest 

in your community. 

All proceeds support over 25 programs 

and services such as the food bank, 

outreach services, and counseling 

assistance offered by Whistler 

Community Services. 

www.mywcss.org 

SPORTS EQUIPMENT 

DRIVER, 3 WOOD, 5 WOOD 

Taylor Made Burner Driver 10.5 loft, 

Cleveland Launcher 3 and 5 Wood, reg 

shafts C/W Head covers, excellent 

cond. $225 pbrowne@telus.net 





MARKETPLACE SERVICES 

SERVICES SERVICES SERVICES 

FURNITURE GARAGE SALES (PEMBERTON) 

FLOORING & TILE BUILDING & RENOVATIONS COMPUTER & INTERNET SERVICES 

WHISTLER FURNITURE.CA 

BRAND NEW MATTRESSES! 

FREE SAME DAY DELIVERY 

Single from $149 

Double from $219 

Queen from $249 

Bed Frames from $50 

Function Junction showroom open by 

appointment call or text anytime 

604-938-4285 

LIQUIDATIONBEDS.CA 

BRAND NEW 

MATTRESSES 

& FURNITURE 

WITH FREE 

DELIVERY! 

Singles $110 

Doubles $170 

Queens $200 

Kings $300 

Metal Frames from $40 

Pillows $15 

***ask about mattresses 

from $60 & up 

In Function Junction open by appointment 

604-905-0755 or text 

GARAGE SALES (WHISTLER) 

Multi-family, Sun, 3June, 10am-2pm, 

6227 Eagle Dr, furniture, household 

goods-new & used, baby/childrens items/ 

toys & clothing, computer accessories, 

tv, designer clothing & lots more. Rain or 

Shine 

ALPINE, GARAGE SALE 

8357 valley drive, whistler, Saturday 

June 02, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sunday 

June 3, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Best yard 

sale ever ! Snowboard and skateboard 

gear, new and used, clothes, etc. Rain 

or Shine. fredcote30@hotmail.com 

WHISTLER CAY, GARAGE SALE 

6288 Piccolo Drive, Whistler, Sunday 

June 03, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Quality 

Garage Sale. Tons of quality baby and 

children’s items- baby and kid’s clothes, 

toys, wooden puzzles, baby items, 

svan high chairs, boosters, ride-on’s, 

books, summer items, household items, 

adult trendy clothing, skis, telemark 

gear, etc. Rain or Shine. 

jmardif@yahoo.com 

DEALS, DEALS, DEALS!! 

BEAR RIDGE, GARAGE SALE 

8-1500 Spring Creek Drive, Whistler, Sat 

& Sun June 02/03, 9:00 - 2:00pm 

Items included are: 

-gortex and regular jackets 

-variety of kitchen supplies 

-electronics (modems, DVD player) 

-books, CD’s 

-ski/snowboard equipment 

-surfboards 

GARAGE SALES (PEMBERTON) 

IVEY LAKE ESTATES, YARD SALE 

1702 Reid Road, Pemberton, Saturday 

June 02, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Sunday 

June 3, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. All items 

must must go! 

Fishing, camping & sports gear 

Kitchen wares, housewares, decor, 

linens & bedding 

Tools & Equipment, (generator, table 

saw, small tools) Rain or Shine. 604-894 

-6456 

GARAGE/STREET SALE!!! 

PEMBERTON 

1465 Hemlock St @ The Glen. Sat June 

02. 10AM-1PM. EVERYTHING MUST 

GO!!! No early birds. Rain or Shine. 


IVEY LAKE, YARD SALE 

1723 Reid Road, Pemberton, Sunday 

June 03, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Lots of 

kids stuff! Toys, games, clothes, sport 

equipment. Mostly new or like new. 

Rain or Shine. 

PEMBERTON VALLEY 

EQUESTRIAN CENTRE 

GARAGE/TACK SALE 

7454 Urdal Road, Pemberton, 

Saturday June 02, 10:00 AM - 2:00 

PM. We are cleaning out the tack 

room. English riding tack, clothing, 

boots and helmets. Horse blankets, 

saddle pads and much more. No 

early birds please. No dogs. 

Lrg free wood swing set w/horse, 16 x 8, 

storage underneath, you dismantle. Call 

604-938-6462 

SERVICES 

WANTED 

TRAVEL PARTNER 

We are three females looking for 

another person to join our trip to Tibet/ 

China in Sept/Oct. 18 days in Tibet 8 

days on China. We are all well travelled 

and easy going. This is a budget trip. If 

you are interested e-mail Angela at 

goinnuts@telus.net 

PAINTING & DRYWALL 

NEWTECH/PERFECTO PAINTING 

Whistler’s longest lasting paint jobs. 

Twice as long as competitors. We 

also repair siding. Don’t wait for 

HST change, we pay difference. 

Call Jim 604-907-5337 or 

seeblade1@gmail.com Residential & 

Commercial, Licensed & Insured, 

604-907-5337 

seeblade1@gmail.com 

Quality, fast, affordable, no-mess painting 

Specializing in Log Home Restoration 

Post & Beam Restoration 

Interior / Exterior Painting 

New Construction, Commercial, 

Residential 

Sun Decks & Pressure Washing 

No job too big or too small 

3 Years Guarantee on 

workmanship 

Free estimates 

WWW.DIAMONDPAINTING.CA 

604 906 3001 

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING 

Fully Licensed & Insured 

Excellent Service, Pride in our 

Work & Attention to Detail 

FREE QUOTE 

604-966-7911 

info@altalakepainting.com 

www.altalakepainting.com 

SHAW 

CARPET & FLOOR CENTRE 

Family owned & operated 

Open Monday through 

Friday 8:30 - 4:30 

Saturday 10:00 -4:00 

Sundays and Evenings 

by appointment only. 

3-1365 Alpha Lake Road 

Whistler, B.C, V0N1B1 

Phone 604-938-1126 

email shawcarpet@shaw.ca 

WASTE REMOVAL 

GOT GARBAGE? 

WE’LL TAKE AKE IT! 

call today for an 

appointment 

Whistler Garbage 

Pick-up 

604-698-5202 

BUILDING & RENOVATIONS 

Reliable carpenter/handyman serving 

Whistler 25+yrs, skilled & equipped for all 

trades. Drywall, painting, tiling, plumbing, 

electrical, etc. 604-935-2432 or 604-932- 

4063 

HOME 

RENOVATIONS 

& REPAIRS 

Quality workmanship and 

service you can trust! 

“Interior renovation specialists” 

� Kitchens � Bathrooms 

� Millwork � Tile � Paint 

Maximize the value of your home 

CALL: 604.932.8885 

Licensed and Insured 

www.SeatoSkyHandyman.ca 

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 

CARPENTRY RENOVATIONS 

GENERAL CONTRACTING 

• Design 

• Finishing 

• Framing 

• Kitchens 

Colin Duncan 

604-932-0736 

• Bathrooms 

• Hardwood 

Floors 

• Tiles 

• Decks 

• Custom 

Cabinetry 

• Millwork 

Matthew Goodwin 

604-906-0717 

dungoodconstruction@gmail.com 

FOR ALL YOUR 

RE-MODELLING NEEDS 

big/small, indoor/out. 

CHECK US OUT: 

cubconstruction.com 

604-905-5350 

STRATCO 

DEVELOPMENTS LTD 

General contractor available 

HPO licensed and NHW Insured 

general contractor 

- Home repairs 

- Renovations 

- Custom homes 

- Multi family 

- Residential/Commercial services 

Over 20 Years experience in the Sea to 

Sky corridor. Able to quote on jobs of 

all sizes. Free estimates. References 

available. 

Please call 604-966-7311 or 

gregstratton@telus.net 

15 Years local experience. 

Small or Large Renovations 

New Home Construction 

Kitchens & Bathrooms 

Tiling & Hardwood Flooring 

Custom Furniture 

- FINE HOME QUALITY - 

References Available Upon Request 

604-935-2347 

info@macdougallconstruction.com 

www.macdougallconstruction.com 

(604) 902-0815 

Build, Maintain and Restore 

JSTLCONSTRUCTIONLTD@HOTMAIL.CA 

Altitude 

Computers 

PC SALES AND SERVICE 

In shop service as well as on site 

service for home and businesses. 

Full Service Retail Store 

Virus and spyware removal 

Data Recovery 

Networking and wireless Set up 

Upgrades and backup solutions 

604-905-3426 

info@altitudecomputers.ca 

1062 Millar Creek Rd Function Junction 

THE 

COMPUTER 

DOCTOR 

...MAKES HOUSE CALLS 

CAN TEACH YOU ON PC & MAC: 

• VIRUS REMOVAL 

• Photoshop 

• Web Design 

• Blogging 

• System trouble-shooting 

Call for a FREE consultation! 

604.932.8819 

MOVING & STORAGE 

SALES : RENTALS : SPACE 

BRAND NEW WATERPROOF 

CONTAINERS 

20’ x 10’ x 10’ from $300/mo 

40’ x 10’ x 10’ from $550/mo 

VEHICLE IMPOUND YARD 

From $5 day 

24 hour access available 

604 966 6308 

whistlersecuredstorage@hotmail.com 

SIZES RANGE FROM 

40 TO 240 SQ. FT. 

DRIVE TO ALL UNITS 24/7 

RESIDENTIAL AND 

BUSINESS STORAGE 

Call Julie for prices or go to 

www.mountainviewstorage.ca 

604-894-6995 

WHISTLER 

MOVES 

Moving & Storage 

> Whistler > Squamish 

> Pemberton 

> > 

604 938 HAUL (4285) 

WHISTLERMOVES.ca

WHISTLER ALL 

TIME MOVING 

big or small we do it all! 

storage containers available 

Call Alex 604-907-2780 

whistleralltimemoving@gmail.com 

RENTAL 

MOVING 

BOXES & 

PLASTIC 

SUSTAINABLE 

ECO-FRIENDLY 

Convenient, easy to use, 

waterproof, stackable. 

No need to throw out 

boxes after moving! 

604.935.2404 

Whistler / Pemberton / Squamish 

GARDENING & LANDSCAPING 

SERVICE & 

REPAIR ON MOST 

MAJOR BRANDS 

Lawn mower • Chain Saw 

Leaf blower • Pressure washer 

Generator • Garden tractor 

Small engine 

Fair Pricing I Reliable Service I Quick Delivery 

OPEN Monday to Saturday 

10–1212 Alpha Lake Rd 

Function Junction, Whistler 

604 905 7733 


SPRING 

CLEAN UP 

Paving Stone Driveways 

Landscape Management 

Design & Installation 

call for a free estimate 

604 905 4424 

info@gardenersyard.com 

www.gardenersyard.com 

604.907.1613 

Bobcat Services 

Retaining Walls 

Hot Tub Cribs 

Landscape Construction 

Minor Excavation 

Paving Stone 

Spring Cleanups 

Concrete Slabs 

Affordable Landscape solutions 

Call Ryan for a 

FREE ESTIMATE 

Ryan@coyotelandscapecontracting.com 

www.coyotelandscapecontracting.com 

Big or small we do it all! 

COUNSELLING 

MEd. (Counselling), RCC 

Nancy Routley, MEd. 

Counselling 

Individual, Couple 


SERVICES SERVICES 

SERVICES SERVICES SERVICES 

MOVING & STORAGE GARDENING & LANDSCAPING 

CLEANING SERVICES SALON & SPA SALON & SPA 

and Family Therapy 

R.C.C. 

Clear, Compassionate Assistance 

604-938-4484 

CHECK ME OUT ONLINE 

www.routleycounselling.com 

nancy@routleycounselling.com 

Dont forget to 

scoop the poop! 

It’s not fun to step in, 

or to see around town. 

Help keep Whistler 

clean and pick up after 

your dog. 

www.whistlerwag.com 

DON’T TRUST 

YOUR HOME 

TO AMATEURS. 

• Staff fully background 

checked & bonded 

• WorkSafeBC and Liability Insurance 

• Locally Owned & Operated 

• Canada’s Industry 

Leader Since 1978 

• Green Houskeeping Program 

• We bring everything with us 

• Residential, Rental Property, Offices 

• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee 

Toll Free 1.877.248.8466 

Gold Medal 

cleaning 

Servicing Sea to Sky 

Locally Owned & Operated 

CARPETS CLEANED 

FROM $30 A ROOM. 

NOW OFFERING SHORT TERM PROPERTY 

MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE - 

SPECIALISING IN OWNER DIRECT CLIENTS 

WANTING BETTER RETURNS AND PERSONAL 

SERVICE. PROVEN TRACK RECORD FOR 

+6YRS IN WHISTLER MARKET. 

Friend 

us on: 

CALL TOLL FREE 

1 877 892 8987 

goldmedalcleaning@shaw.ca 

READY FOR YOUR SPRING CLEAN 

> MOVE IN - MOVE OUT 

> WINDOW WASHING 

> CARPET CLEANING 

> FREE ESTIMATES 

604 902 3573 

powderfreshcleaning@hotmail.com 

WITH 

SALON & SPA 

SOAK-OFF 

GEL NAILS 

whistlerspa.com 

Match your tips 

to your lips 

LOCALS’ SPECIAL 

30% OFF All Treatments* 

15% OFF All Products* 

S H O P S A T T H E W E S T I N 

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Spray Tan 

604.935.3444 

THE WESTIN RESORT AND SPA 

* Must mention at time of booking. Special cannot be used in 

conjunction with any other offers. Some restrictions / blackout dates may apply. 

Subject to taxes & gratuity. 

7 DAYS A WEEK - ALL YEAR - ANY SEASON 

**Get your Locals Program 

Membership Card** 

LOCALS PROGRAM 

$$ SAVE $$ 

SALON & SPA SERVICES 

Waxing 

Brazilian $40 

Bikini $20 

Under Arm $15 

Full Leg $45 

Massage (60min) 

Swedish $60 

Deep Tissue $70 

Hot Stone Massage $80 

Salon Services 

Women’s Wash/Cut/Style $45 

Men’s Wash/Cut/Style $30 

Spa Services 

Pedicure (60min) $48 

Manicure (45min) $35 

Express Facial (30min) $38 

Deluxe Facial (60min) $65 

Eminence Signature 

Facial (75min) $89 

ÉMINENCE 

ORGANIC SKIN CARE 

604.938.1800 

WHISTLERHIDDENSPA.COM 

UPPER VILLAGE - GLACIER LODGE 

ALPINE ESTHETICS 

Affordable, Licensed Esthetics 

& Certified Massage Therapy 

THIS WEEKS SPECIAL: 

$34.99 

Manicure, Lash Tint 

& Brow Wax 

Only until Next Thursday June 7th 

www.alpineesthetics.com 

Same day appointments available 

604-938-3562 

EYE LASH 

EXTENSIONS 

$10 OFF FULL SET LASHES 

THE LOFT SALON 

211-4368 Main St. 

604.935.0044 Whistler Village 

Lips, Lashes 

& Locks ocks 

Eye Lash Extensions 

Makeup Artistry 

Full Hair Stylist 

Waxing 

Facials/Skin Care Consultation 

604 906 4123 

Looking for 

Michael 

Faiella? 

Cuts, colors, foils & 

updo's. Specializing in 

makeovers, weddings 

& special events. 

CALL OR TEXT 

604-698-7821 

MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS 

HIGH COUNTRY 

APPLIANCES 

SALES & SERVICE 

NEW SALES 

• Service to most makes & models 

604-932-3535 

Servicing Whistler & 

Pemberton since 1987 

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Allergy Elimination 

Injury Recovery 

Destress & Relaxation 

Emotional Harmony 

Rachel Findler 

Reiki Master 

604 902 2569 

Rachel@whistlerwellbeing.com 

www.whistlerwellbeing.com 

Rochelle 

Lewis 

Bioenergy Practitioner 

Spiritual Teacher 

HOLISTIC HOLISTIC 

YOGA & PILATES YOGA & PILATES YOGA & PILATES 

Eliminate pain 

Regenerate tissue 

Heal FAST 

FEEL better 

Boost immune system 

Balance mind, body, spirit 

Peak performance in Life 

Helps ALL health conditions 

604.907.4469 

www.therapybioenergy.com 

Anger is Love 

unexpressed 

Today choose to rest in God’s Love, 

and protect your rest by loving. 

Laurin Kyle Boyle OMC, , RYT RRYT 

Chopra Certifi ed Meditation 

and Yoga Teacher 

Pathways of Light Spiritual Minister 

Holistic Practitioner 

604-938-3350 

www.7spirituallaws.com/Blog.html 


ENERGY 

RESTORATION 

TRINFINITY 8 

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE, REIKI 

• Binary Coded Cellular/DNA Renewal 

• Freedom from depression and anxiety 

• Stress Reduction & Deep Sleep Aid 

• Injury Repair, Weight Management 

• Anti-aging & Stimulate Immune System 

FREE 30 MINUTE INTRODUCTION 

www.infi niteenergywhistler.com 

ALAN RICHES 

TRINFINITY 8 & EFT 

FACILITATOR 

ajriches@telus.net 

604 932 4948 

Infi nite Energy, Whistler 

WANTED 

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 

WANTED (SQUAMISH) 

Garibaldi Active Wellness is expanding 

and has space for 3 new practitioners 

to join our team. Experience treating 

athletes and working with sports injuries 

would be an asset. Reasonable montly 

rent includes all utilities, online booking, 

and professional laundry service. All 

rooms are private and exclusively yours. 

rmt@diadams.com 

YOGA & PILATES 

ON JUNE 2 ND 

½ Marathon Yoga with Colleen 

6:30 & 10:30AM @ The Northface Store 

Recovery Yoga with Colleen 4 & 5:30PM @ Yama Yoga 

MONDAY 

12pm Hatha 75min 

5:15pm Vinyasa II 75min 

7pm Gentle Hatha 75min 

TUESDAY 

9am Vinyasa I 75min 

12:15pm Lunch Time Yoga 50min 

4pm Apres Yoga 60min 

5:30pm Yoga Pilates Flow II 90min 

7:15pm Yin Yoga 75min 

WEDNESDAY 

7am* Vital Flow 60min 

12pm Foundation 75min 

5:15pm Vinyasa II 90min 

7pm Restorative 75min 

THURSDAY 

9am Yoga Pilates Flow I 75min 

12:15pm Lunch Time Yoga 50min 


5:30pm Gentle Vinyasa 75min 

FRIDAY 

7am* Vital Flow 60min 



5:30pm Yoga Pilates Flow II 90min 

SATURDAY 

10:00am Vinyasa I 60min 



SUNDAY 

10 am Vinyasa I 60min 


4:30pm Yin Yoga 75min 

2 WEEK UNLIMITED YOGA $60 

(fi rst time only) 

604.962.8882 

LOCATED INSIDE THE ALPENGLOW IN 

WHISTLER VILLAGE, 111-4369 MAIN ST. 

* Please pre-book this class ONLINE 

the night before. 

www.YamaYoga.ca 

#3-40383 Tantalus Rd, Squamish 

www.shalayoga.ca 

604-567-6000 

Join the 30-Day Yoga Challenge 

May 15-June 13 2012 

First time at Shala Yoga? 

2 WEEK INTRO 

UNLIMITED YOGA 

$ 40 

SPRING 2012 

MONDAY 

6:30-7:30am Morning Yoga Josee 

9:00-10:30am Yin Yang Vinyasa Andrea 

12:00-1:00pm Flow Jen 

4:00-5:30pm Hatha Christine 

6:00-7:15pm Flow Christine 

7:30-8:30pm Meditation By Donation Josee 

TUESDAY 

6:30-7:30am Morning Yoga Jen 

9:15-10:30am Flow Jen 

12:00-1:00pm Hatha Andrea 

5:30-6:45pm Flow Kristin 

7:00-8:30pm Yin Yang Vinyasa Kristin 

WEDNESDAY 

6:30-7:30am Morning Yoga Tara 

9:00-10:30am Hatha Andrea 

11:00-12:15pm Yin/Restorative Andrea 

5:30-6:45pm Yoga For Core Awareness Jodi 

7:00-8:30pm Yin Josee 

THURSDAY 

6:30-7:30am Morning Yoga Jodi 

9:30-11:00am Hatha Jodi 

12:00-1:00pm Flow Jodi 

5:30-6:45pm Flow Kristin 

7:00-8:30pm Hatha Kristin 

FRIDAY 


9:15-10:30am Yin Yang Vinyasa Tara 

12:00-1:00pm Hatha Andrea 

5:00-6:30pm Hatha, Yin Infl uenced Josee 

SATURDAY 

7:30-8:30am Core Flow Yoga Robert 

9:00-10:30am Hatha, Yin Infl uenced Nola 

4:00-5:30pm KundalinI Nola/Robert 

SUNDAY 


10:00-11:30am Hatha Josee 

7:00-8:30pm Yin Josee 

Complete 

30 

minute 

Home Program 

runnersyoga.com 

MONDAY 

9:00-10:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm Power 

6:30-8:00pm YHot 

8:15-9:15pm Yin 

TUESDAY 

7:00-8:00am Power 

9:00-10:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm YHot 

6:30-8:00pm Power 

8:15-9:15pm Yin 

WEDNESDAY 

9:00-10:30am YHot Expand 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm Power 

6:30-8:00pm YHot 

8:15-9:15 Yin 

THURSDAY 

7:00-8:00am Power 

9:00-10:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm YHot 

6:30-8:00pm Power 

8:15-9:15pm Yin 

FRIDAY 

9:00-10:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm Flow 

6:30-8:00pm YHot Expand 

SATURDAY 

8:30-9:45am Power 

10:00-11:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Flow 

5:00-6:15pm YHot 

6:30-8:00pm Restorative 

SUNDAY 

8:30-9:45am Power 

10:00-11:30am YHot 

12:15-1:15pm Foundation Flow 

5:00-6:15pm YHot 

6:30-8:00pm Power 

Contact Partner Yoga 

Immersion with 

Chris Brandt and 

Teresa Campbell 

on June 2 nd & 3 rd 

604.935.9642 

Introductory Month Unltd. $50 

(extended for June) 

5x pass $65 • 10x pass $120 

Month Unltd. $95 

Drop-in $15 • 2-week Trial $25 

MONDAY 

8am Power Core 60 min. 

11am Vinyasa 75 min. 

5:30pm Foundation 75 min. 

7pm 

TUESDAY 

Yin 75 min. 

9:30am Heavenly Hip 60 min. 

5:30pm Yoga Dynamics* 75 min. 

7pm Power Core 60 min. 

WEDNESDAY 

9:30am Hatha 75 min. 

12pm Power Flow* 60 min. 

5:30pm Vinyasa 75 min. 

7pm Yin 90 min. 

THURSDAY 

8am Power Flow 60 min. 

11am Yoga Dynamics* 75 min. 

5:30pm 

FRIDAY 

Vinyasa 60 min. 

9:30am Hatha Raja 75 min. 

5:30pm Hatha Flow 60 min. 

SATURDAY 

9am Happy Hearts 75 min. 

11am Hatha Flow* 60 min. 

7pm 

SUNDAY 

Hatha Yin 75 min. 

9am Yang Yin 90 min. 

7pm Hatha Flow 60 min. 

* KARMA Class – by donation! 

2131 Lake Placid Road 

(2nd fl oor above the train station) 

604-966-5715 

DROP IN CLASS 

SCHEDULE 

FRIDAY JUNE 1 st 

7:00am SPIN JOHN 

9:30am SPIN & BODY JOHN 

12:05pm YOGA JOHANNA 

5:00pm CARDIO & STRENGTH 

SATURDAY JUNE 2 

ANDY 

nd 

9:30am PUMP MANDY 

MONDAY JUNE 4th 7:30am SPIN - ENDURANCE JOHN 

9:30am SPIN/BODY FIT JOHN 

12:05pm POWER YOGA 

TUESDAY JUNE 5 

JOHANNA 

th 

7:30am RUN WITH JOHN JOHN 


5:00pm ABS JOHN 

6:00PM ZUMBA** CARMEN 

7:00pm LOCALS CLIMBING 

WEDNESDAY JUNE 6th 9:00am SPIN/ABS JOHN 

12:05pm POWER YOGA JOHANNA 

5:00pm FLOW YOGA HEATHER 

6:15pm SPIN - MAINTAIN YOUR 

COMPETITIVE EDGE 

THURSDAY JUNE 7 

JOHN 

th 


12:15pm ABS JOHN 

6:00PM ZUMBA** CARMEN 

** Not included with CoreFit membership 

CUSTOM CLASS/ 

SMALL GROUP 

TRAINING 

We can customize a 

class and schedule for 

you and your friends with 

Andy, John or Mandy. 

Contact Bob@whistlercore.com 

for details. 

OUTDOOR ROCK 

CLIMBING 

COURSES 

STARTING SOON 

Top roping, learn to lead - sport & 

trad, multi-pitch and rock rescue. 

Contact Bob@whistlercore.com 

for details. 

20/20/20 

New, 1 - day/week, every 

Wednesday from 6-7pm, 

beginning June 6 for 6 - weeks. 

The perfect blend of fi tness, 

20-minutes Pump/20-minutes 

Abs & Core/20-minutes Cardio. 

PRICE $72.00 

Contact the Core or visit our 

website for details. 

www.facebook.com/ 

thecorewhistler 

Located in Whistler Village, 

beside the Conference Centre 

www.whistlercore.com 

Phone: 604 905 7625

Designed Locally 

Made in Vancouver 

Owned by a 

Whistler Madman 

Yogawear for 

Everywhere 

Fruv Flow Team Members Christina Tottle 

& Nicolce Lohse. 

In Marketplace next 

to Starbucks 

fruv.com 

Final class at 

St. Andrews house 

TONIGHT, MAY 31 

from 5:30-7:30pm 

Stay tuned for our new location 

announcement next week! 

www.loka-yoga.com 

info@lokayoga.com 

CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY 

Same day appointments available 

www.whistlergym.com 

GET FIT FOR 

SUMMER! 

JOIN US FOR GROUP 

PERSONAL TRAINING 

ON TUESDAY’S 

AND THURSDAY’S 

AT 8:45AM. 

Never been in a gym before? 

Need help getting started? 

Try out our personal training 

Starter Sessions for only $40 

per session. 3 and 6 session 

packages available. 

Unlimited Tanning 

$35 A MONTH 

Gym Memberships as low as 

$35 A MONTH 

*ALL PRICES ARE BEFORE HST 

Located in Whistler Creek Lodge 

604-932-1984 

FREE PARKING! 

MASSAGE & ACUPUNCTURE 

REGISTERED MASSAGE 

THERAPISTS 

Helene Binet (RMT) 

Jonas Brancalion (RMT) 

(LOCAL DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE) 

604-938-0777 

#206 - 4368 MAIN STREET 

(ABOVE 7/11) 

WHISTLER’S 

BEST 

MASSAGE 

THERAPY 

Deep Tissue 

Relaxation 

Aromatherapy 

At your location or ours. 

604 935 9388 


Massage, Reiki Sessions 

and Classes, 

Acutonics® Sound Healing 

Alpine Meadows or 

Ensuite Appointments 

Visit www.myanniebelle.com 

to book an appointment 

or call 604.905.8037 

Promoting balance with a conscious intention to heal. 

RESOURCE LISTINGS 

ARTS & CULTURE 

Sea to Sky Singers - Rehearsals begin 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 & meet 

every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at St. 

John’s Anglican Church on Diamond 

Rd. Contact Veronica McPhee at 

dvmcphee@shaw.ca. 

Whistler Chorus Rehearsals - 

Thursdays 3:30 to 5:30 pm, Whistler 

Secondary School Music Room. www. 

whistlerchorus.org 

Whistler Singers Rehearsals - 

Everyone welcome. Thursdays from 7-9 

pm, Whistler Secondary School. For 

more info, contact Alison 604-932-2979 / 

harphunter@telus.net. 

Pemberton Arts Council - Connect 

with other artists, writers, artisans, 

musicians & help make Pemberton 

a vibrant arts community. Visit www. 

pembertonartscouncil.com or call 604- 

452-0123. 

Whistler Arts Council - Full arts & culture 

listings. Comprehensive artist directory & 

programs, events & performances yearround. 

For info call 604-935-8410 or visit 

www.artswhistler.com. 

Pemberton Community Choir- Sparkle 

Choir (Grades 1-3) rehearse every 

Wed from 12:30-12:55pm at Signal 

Hill Elementary School. Pembertunes 

(Grades 4-7) rehearse every Tues from 

3:30-5pm at St. David’s United Church. 

Call Helen Pearson 604-894-1520 

Hi Seeking Artists - The HI Whistler 

Hostel is looking for local artists/ 

photographers to display their work in the 

hostel for free. Email whistler@hihostels. 

ca for more info. 

Whistler Community Band - Meets 

every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

at Whistler Secondary School. All ages & 

ability levels. Call Jen at 604-967-1987. 

Whistler Singers - Everyone is welcome. 

Rehearsals are every Thursday 7 - 9 

p.m. at Whistler Secondary School. For 

more info, contact Alison 604-932-2979 / 

harphunter@telus.net. 

CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS 

American Friends of Whistler - 

Americans with ties to Whistler raise 

& distribute funds to enhance the 

community. For more info visit www.afow. 

org. 

Zero Ceiling Society - Delivers 

adventure-based learning for 

disadvantaged and at-risk youth. 

Donations and volunteers welcome. 

Call Kasi at 604-935-7963 or visit www. 

zeroceiling.org. 

Coats for Kids - Winter coats for children 

of all ages can be dropped off at Dual 

Mountain Drycleaners, both locations. 

Contact 604-932-0113 or 604-935-7500. 

RESOURCE LISTINGS RESOURCE LISTINGS 

YOGA & PILATES GYMS & TRAINERS 

MASSAGE & ACUPUNCTURE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS YOUTH GROUPS & ACTIVITIES 

Whistler Health Care Foundation - The 

Foundation raises funds & awareness in 

support of capital equipment, facilities & 

services for the health of the community 

of Whistler & the Sea to Sky Corridor. For 

info on how you can contribute, contact 

us at info@whistlerhealthcarefoundation. 

org, go to our website at www. 

whistlerhealthcarefoundation.org or call 

604-932-4911 

SPORTS & RECREATION 

Whistler Adaptive Sports Program - 

Provides sports & recreation experiences 

for people with disabilities. Call Chelsey 

Walker at 604-935-9406 or email info@ 

whistleradaptive.com. 

Whistler Roller Girls Society - Whistler’s 

roller derby league is recruiting; players, 

offi cials & referees. For more info contact 

whistlerrollergirls@gmail.com 

Pemberton Valley Snowmobile Club 

- Regular monthly meetings the fi rst 

Thursday of each month October thru 

April. BCSF/Rutherford trail passes 

& liability insurance available for 

purchase. 7 p.m. at the Pemberton 

Community Center. 604-894-1155 or 

pembertonvalleysnowmobile@gmail. 

com. 

Whistler Sailing Association - Come 

along, learn (lots of courses) and enjoy 

sailing with us at 5678 Alta Lake Rd (old 

hostel). All abilities, ages and families 

welcome. Contact Patrick at 604 932 

7782. www.whistlersailing.com 

Whistler Martial Arts Centre - Offers 

Kishindo Lil’ Bonsai for kids age 4 & up. 

Adults age 16 & up in Kenjutsu (sword), 

Capoeira Ache Brasil & Bellyfi t. Call Cole 

Manson Sensei at 604-966-8118. 

Pemberton Valley Trails Association 

- Meets the second Wednesday of 

each month at 7 p.m. at the Pemberton 

Recreation Centre. Call 604-894-6402. 

Alpine Club of Canada, Whistler 

Section - Outdoor club focused 

on mountaineering, ski touring, 

climbing & hiking. Trip schedule www. 

alpineclubofcanada.ca/sections/whistler. 

html. Call 604-902-1772 for details. 

YOGA AT HI-WHISTLER 

New Yoga Schedule! Classes by 

donation. See our facebook page for 

more information-Yoga at HI Whistler 

YOUTH GROUPS & ACTIVITIES 

The Whistler Youth Centre - located in 

the basement of Millennium Place is open 

Fridays 3:30-11pm & Saturdays 6-10pm 

PLUS Free yoga Wed nights 5-6pm. For 

anyone 13-18. Come skate the mini ramp 

& box. Play some pool or ping-pong. 

Internet & video games galore. Friday 

night $3/dinners. Come hang out! For 

more info Facebook The Whistler Youth 

Centre or call 604-935-8187 

Mountains for Children - Open gym at 

Spring Creek School Wednesdays 3-5 

p.m. when school is in session for kids 

0-6. Toddler cars, parachute games, mini 

basketball, hoola hoops, bowling & more! 

Whistler Children’s Chorus Rehearsal 

- Tuesdays Junior Choir 3-4 pm, 

Intermediate choir 4 to 5 pm at Spring 

Creek Community School. www. 

whistlerchorus.org 

Whistler Scouts - Outdoor & adventure 

programs for boys & girls. Beavers 

(5-7 yrs), Cubs (8-10 yrs), Scouts (11- 

13 yrs), Leadership (18+ with police 

check) Meeting every Monday 6:30 pm 

at Myrtle Philip. Kym 604-907-2580 or 

1stwhistlerscoutgroup.webs.com. 

Griffi n Squadron Squamish Air Cadets 

- Open to youth aged 12 to 18 at Don 

Ross Secondary School on Tuesdays at 

6:30 pm. 

WCSS Youth Outreach Workers - 

Provides free, confi dential support to 

youths & young adults. Call Claire 604- 

902-0670 or Davin 604-938-3902. 

Balsam Street Daycare - A fun, creative, 

active and positive atmosphere run by a 

stay-at-home mother. Call Kristi at 604- 

894-5992. 

LEISURE GROUPS 

Whistler Reads - The Whistler Village 

book group meets to discuss a new book 

every eight weeks. Go to bookbuffet.com 

& click on Whistler Reads for the latest 

book/event. Contact Paula at 604-907- 

2804 or wr@bookbuffet.com. 

Rotary Club of Whistler Millennium 

- The Club holds meetings every week, 

Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. at Pan Pacifi c 

Mountainside. 

Knitty Gritty Knit Night - Held every 

Tuesday from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at 

Gone Village Eatery. This is a free 

evening open to everyone with a love 

for knitting & crocheting. Beginners 

welcome. For further details contact 

knittygrittywhistler@gmail.com or fi nd us 

on facebook. 

Rotary Club of Whistler - Meets 

Tuesdays, 7:15 a.m., at the Wildwood 

Pacifi c Bistro on Northlands Blvd. 

Pemberton Women’s Institute - Meets 

the third Monday of each month at 

the activity room at St. David’s United 

Church at 7:30 p.m. New members 

welcome. Contact Linda Ronayne at 604- 

894-6580. 

Whistler Lions Club - The club meets 

on the fi rst Tuesday of each month. 

Everyone welcome. Call Ed at 604-938- 

9848. 

Whistler Valley Quilters’ Guild - The 

guild meets the fi rst and third Tuesday, 

Sept - May at 7 p.m. in the multipurpose 

room at Millennium Place. Visitors & 

new members welcome. For info email 

whistlerquiltguild@gmail.com or 604- 

938-1063 www.whistlerquilters.com 

Duplicate Bridge Club - As of Jan.18 

& each subsequent Wed. the Whistler 

Duplicate Bridge Club will meet at 

Millennium Place at 1:15 p.m. game 

promptly at 1:30. Visitors welcome, for 

a partner pls call Gill 604-932-5791 or 

Annette 604-932-5914 

Group Meditation - Meditate with a 

group on Thurs evenings, all kinds 

of meditation welcome. Thursdays at 

8:30pm, The Oracle at Whistler 

COMMUNITY CENTRES 

Millennium Place - Whistler’s community 

centre for arts, culture & inspiration. 

Performance theatre, art gallery, daycare, 

youth centre, meditation room, meeting 

facilities. Visit www.artswhistler.com or 

call 604-935-8410. 

MUSEUMS 

Whistler’s Aboriginal Museum- Winter 

Hours: Tues - Sun 10am - 5pm. 1-866- 

441-SLCC (7522) 

Whistler Museum and Archives 

Society - Explore interactive exhibits, 

listen to local stories & discover Whistler’s 

journey. Open daily 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Go 

to www.whistlermuseum.org or call 604- 

932-2019, 4333 Main Street. 





RESOURCE LISTINGS RESOURCE LISTINGS RESOURCE LISTINGS 

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING FAMILY SERVICES 

SOCIAL SERVICES 

Mountain Spirit Toastmasters - 

Meet Wednesdays at the Pan Pacifi c 

Mountainside - Singing Pass Room, 

5:30-7pm. Email andreajlrobson@gmail. 

com. 

Women of Whistler - Group that provides 

opportunities for Whistler businesswomen 

to network, gain knowledge & share 

ideas in a friendly, relaxed environment. 

Learn about upcoming events at www. 

womenofwhistler.com. 

Whistler Chamber of Commerce - 

Established in 1966 & instrumental to the 

establishment of the Resort Municipality 

of Whistler, the Whistler Chamber of 

Commerce is the leading business 

association in Whistler that works to 

create a vibrant and successful economy. 

Learn more about the Whistler Chamber 

of Commerce’s programs and services at 

www.whistlerchamber.com 

SENIORS GROUPS & ACTIVITES 

Mature Action Committee (MAC) 

- Reviews potential opportunities for 

activity services in Whistler that will not 

only enable seniors to age in place, but 

also enhance senior’s lifestyle choices. 

Visit www.whistlermac or e-mail info@ 

whistlermac.org. 

Senior Citizen Organizations - The 

Council of Senior Citizens Organizations 

(COSCO) is an advocacy group devoted 

to improving the quality of life for all 

seniors. Contact Ernie Bayer at 604-576- 

9734 or ecbayer@shaw.ca. 

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY 

AWARE - Non-profi t dedicated to 

preserving the environment. Regular 

meetings & vollie opportunities. Visit 

www.awarewhistler.org email info@ 

awarewhistler.org Facebook AWARE 

Whistler. 

Earthsave Whistler - Providing info & 

support to people who are interested in 

making healthier, greener, more peaceful 

food choices. earthsave.ca/eswhistler. 

Council of Canadians - The Whistler 

chapter invites locals to engage in 

discussions of social justice, water issues 

and international trade. Contact Pina at 

pbelperio@gmail.com. 

WCSS Re-Use-It Centre - Open daily, 

11 a.m.- 6 p.m. at the recycling depot in 

Function Junction. Call 604-932-1121. 

Healthy Home, Healthy Planet - Stop 

using chemicals & green cleaning. 

Expert in green cleaning offers tricks, 

information & advice on the best way 

to green clean your home or work 

space! Call France 604-698-0285. Free 

presentation every Saturday at 11 am. 

www.healthylivingwhistler.com 

Regional Recycling - Whistler Hours 

for bottle drop-off are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 

Nesters Rd. Deposit-refunds available. 

Commercial loads by appt. Call 604-932- 

3733. 

FAMILY SERVICES 

Baby/Child Health Clinics - Free routine 

immunizations & newly licensed vaccines 

for purchase, growth and development 

assessments & plenty of age appropriate 

resources available. By appointment, call 

604-932-3202. 

Big Brothers, Big Sisters - Call 604- 

938-9299 if you would like to make a 

difference in a child’s life. 

Kidsport Whistler - Financial assistance 

is provided to local fi nancially restricted 

families so “all kids can play.” For info 

call 604-905-9393 or 604-938-3133, ext. 

350 or 604-932-0113. For Pemberton call 

604-894-5979. 


Whistler Public Library - Open from 

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through 

Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 

Saturday. Closed Sundays. Tot Words & 

Music at 11 a.m. on Mondays. Toddler 

rhyme & song, 11 a.m. on Tuesdays. 

Drop-In toddler story time at 11 a.m. on 

Fridays. Parent infant drop-in 11 a.m. on 

Thursdays. Singing with the babies at 11 

a.m. on Saturdays. For more info, call 

604-935-8433. 

WCSS Parent Infant Drop-In - Provides 

social support &information to new 

moms. Meet on Thursdays 11 a.m. to 1 

p.m. at the Whistler Public Library. 

Pemberton Parent Infant Drop-In - 

Facilitated by Capri Mohammed, Public 

Health Nurse. Every Monday 11-12:30 at 

Pemberton Public Library. 

BABY BUDDIES FAMILY DAYCARE 

accepting ages 2 - 5 into our summer 

program. Contact Jessica 604-907- 

2939 www3.telus.net/babybuddies 

BRING-A-BABE YOGA 

enjoy yoga with your infant on Mondays 

at 9am or 1pm. Email for details: 

mommybabyyogawhistler@gmail.com 

SOCIAL SERVICES 

Whistler Housing Authority - Long-term 

rental & ownership housing for Whistler 

residents. Visit www.whistlerhousing.ca. 

ESL Settlement Assistance Program 

- Free ESL groups & tutoring for new 

immigrants & Canadian citizens. Carole 

Stretch 604-698-7226 or cstretch@ 

capilanou.ca 

Healthy Pregnancy Outreach Program 

- Learn how to prepare healthy affordable 

meals at this outreach program. Call Sea 

to Sky Community Services Society at 

604-894-6101. 

Children Who Witness Abuse 

Counselling - Free support service for 

parents & youth ages 3 to 18 who have 

been exposed to abuse. For more info 

call Lindsay at 604-935-8534. 

The Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s 

Whistler Caregiver Support Group has a 

new location. On the 1st Tuesday of each 

month from 7pm-8:30pm at the Whistler 

Health Care Centre, 4380 Lorimer 

Road, Whistler, B.C. For more info pls 

call 1-866-8348 or email ksutherland@ 

alzheimerbc.org. 

Whistler Community Services - 

Non-profi t society that supports social 

sustainability in Whistler with programs 

to assist community members. Contact 

604-932-0113 or www.mywcss.org. 

Pearl’s Safe Home - Temporary shelter 

for women & children experiencing abuse 

in relationships. Locations in Whistler & 

Pemberton available 24/7. All services 

are free. Call 1-877-890-5711 or 604- 

892-5711. 

Support Counselling - For women 

regarding abuse and relationship issues. 

Call 604-894-6101, no charge. 

Whistler Emergency Social Services 

– ESS provides short-term assistance to 

Whistler residents during emergencies. 

For more info or to join please contact 

Erin Marriner, ESS Coordinator at 604- 

967-2153 or emarriner@whistler.ca 

Whistler Mental Health and Addiction 

Services – If you or someone you know 

needs help with a mental health issue or 

substance misuse or addiction problem, 

we can assist Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. Call 604-698-6455. 

WCSS Food Buying Club - An 

online bulk food buying club, saving 

you time & money on your groceries. 

Deliveries are the last Thursday of each 

month to Spruce Grove, with the last 

order day the Monday prior. Visit www. 

mywcss.org for more info. 

NSSS - Services for family, friends & 

community-Mental illness information, 

support & advocacy. Locally, call Christine 

at 604-849-2252 or 604-932-7543 

WCSS Helping Hand - Volunteers give 

rides to doctor appointments, help with 

groceries, cook meals, or tidy up. Melissa 

at 604-902-0865 or helpinghand@ 

mywcss.org. 

Safe Healthy Sexuality Clinic - 

Professional sexual health services at a 

reduced cost. Free HIV testing. Clinics 

held at the Whistler Health Care Centre, 

second fl oor on Tuesday 4:30-7:30 p.m. 

Confi dentiality assured. 

Whistler for the Disabled - Provides 

access to information for people with 

disabilities on what to do & where to go. 

For info visit www.whistlerforthedisabled. 

com. 

Victim Services - Assists victims, 

witnesses, family members or friends 

directly affected by any criminal act or 

traumatic event. Call 604-905-1969. 

FUR & FEATHERS 

Get Bear Smart Society - Learn more 

about coexisting with bears. Call 604- 

905-4209 or www.bearsmart.com. 

Pemberton Wildlife Association - 

Focuses on conservation of all fi sh & 

wildlife species & operates a certifi ed 

shooting range. For more info call 604- 

894-5730. 

Whistler Animals Galore - Shelter for 

lost, unwanted & homeless animals. 

Volunteer dog walking or animal visits 

Mondays and Tuesdays, 2 - 6 p.m. & 

Wednesdays through Sundays 1 - 5 

p.m. Call 604-935-8364 or visit www. 

whistlerwag.com. 

MONTHLY BIRD WALK- Mostly the fi rst 

Saturday of each month, meet at the foot 

of Lorimer Road. For details go to www. 

whistlernaturalists.ca 

RIDE SHARE 

Rides to and from Whistler - Seats 

available in carpool service between 

Squamish & Whistler. Call 1-888-593- 

7433 or www.ride-share.com. 

SUPPORT GROUPS 

Osteoporosis Support Group - Would 

you like to become part of a support 

group to deal with osteoporosis? Call 

Morgan at 604-935-1947 or e-mail 

morganj@telus.net. 

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings - A 

non-profi t fellowship based on the twelvestep 

recovery model. Two meetings/ 

week at the Whistler Health Care Centre, 

room 15. For more information call 604- 

815-4085. 

Epilepsy Support Group – Individuals 

or families seeking guidance or support 

may contact eswhistler@gmail.com 

AL-ANON MEETINGS - Wednesday 

evenings 

at the Medical Centre 8 p.m., Room 15, 

upstairs. 604-935-1229 

Dementia Caregiver Support Group 

- The Whistler Dementia Caregiver 

Support Group meets the 1st Wednesday 

every month at 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 

For more information contact Kerri at 

1-866-984-8348 or e-mail ksutherland@ 

alzheimerbc.org. 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 

YOUR SUMMER ADVENTURE STARTS WITH US! 

Shuttle Drivers 

Candidate’s require a Class 4 license with a fl awless driving record and the ability to 

work idependently. Ziptrek Drivers are a critical part of our team and the overall guest 

experience, with a high level of responsibility around tour fl ow, communication, timing 

and safety. 

What we offer: 

• A supportive work environment, promoting optimal work-life balance 

• Comprehensive training 

• Three day weekends so that you can get outside and play 

• Legendary staff parties and recognition programming 

• Seasonal bonus programs 

Apply today at www.ziptrek.com 

Thank you for considering Ziptrek Ecotours; only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

We are seeking applications for the following positions: 

SPA RECEPTIONIST/ATTENDANT 

(full time) 

HOUSEPERSON 

ROOM ATTENDANT 

If you are looking for a great opportunity with our growing 

boutique hotel, please submit your resume with cover letter to: 

careers@nitalakelodge.com 

or in person at 2131 Lake Placid Road, Whistler (Creekside) 

www.scandinave.com 

Scandinave Spa Whistler 

an Outdoor Spa offering 

Relaxation in the heart of Nature 

is looking for: 

HANDYMAN 

This part time position is a great opportunity for 

a positive and dynamic team player with a 

background in maintenance and operations. 

Duties include: 

• Carpentry 

• Light plumbing 

• Painting 

• Fixing and Repairs 

Forward resume to: stephaniev@scandinave.com

RESOURCE LISTINGS 

RELIGION 

Whistler Muslim Services - Join in for 

Jumuaa Sallah every Friday at 12:30 

p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Whistler Creekside 

Lodge. For info call Br Yusuf: 604-907- 

0055 or go to www.whistlermuslims.com. 

Our Lady of the Mountains Roman 

Catholic Church - Join in for mass at 

5 p.m. Saturday at 9 a.m. Sunday at 11 

a.m. and Thursday at 7 p.m. in Mount 

Currie and at St. Francis of Assisi in 

Pemberton. Mass is at 12:30 p.m. on 

Sunday and Friday at 9 a.m. For info call 

604-905-4781. 

St. David’s United Church – 

Pemberton- Join us for worship at the 

“Church on the Hill” every Sunday at 10 

a.m. 604-894-6981 

Whistler Community Church - 

Evangelical Sunday services at 10 a.m. 

in the Myrtle Philip Community Centre, 

6195 Lorimer Rd. Sunday nursery care 

and classes for kids up to Grade 6. Call 

Tim at 604-932-3139 or go to www. 

whistlerchurch.ca. 

Church on the Mountain - Join a group 

who value: truth, life, and people on 

Sunday nights at 4:30 p.m. at Millennium 

Place. Preschool Sunday school also 

available. For info call 604-902-4111 or 

www.churchonthemountain.ca. 

Pemberton Christian Fellowship 

Church - Pastor Paul invites you to 

our Sunday services at 10:30 a.m. at 

the Pemberton Community Centre. 

For more info call 604.905.9404 www. 

pembertonchristian.com 

Gospel Christian Service - Jesus is 

Lord (JIL) full Gospel Christian church 

holds Sunday worship services at 

Millennium Place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. 

For prayer meetings and bible study and 

other details contact 604-902-8802. 

U.S. 

Exchange Rate 

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as recommended by: 

LEGAL NOTICES 

WHISTLER’S 

STORALL 

Owner/Operators of 

REMBRANT DESIGNS LTD 

AND 

RIC’S GRILL 

or anyone knowing of their 

whereabouts is asked to 

contact Whistler’s Storall 

Ltd. immediately 

at 604-938-1313 

regarding their stored 

goods. Unless payment is 

received on overdue rent 

by June 4, 2012 the stored 

goods will be sold. 

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We are currently recruiting for the following positions: 

Engineering Administrator 

Assistant Housekeeping Manager 

Maintenance Technician 

F&B Supervisor 

2nd & 3rd Cook 

For more information or to apply 

please visit www.hiltonwhistler.com 

or email your cover letter and resume to hr@hiltonwhistler.com 

We thank all interested applicants, however only those selected 

for an interview will be contacted. 

The Listel Hotel Whistler is now hiring 

for the following position: 

www.scandinave.com 

Scandinave Spa Whistler 

a new Nordic Spa offering 

Relaxation in the heart of Nature 

is looking for: 

INDOOR & OUTDOOR 

CLEANER 

This is a part time position for a positive, dynamic and 

meticulous team player, with previous experience. 

• Cleaning the reception, 

reservation, locker rooms, 

washrooms, treatment 

rooms and of� ces 

Front Desk Agent 

Please email resumes to Joe McKinnon at 

jmckinnon@listelhotel.com 

Thank you for your interest. Only those applicants being considered 

for an interview will be contacted. 

DUTIES INCLUDE 

• Cleaning the outdoor baths, 

sauna, steam bath and solariums 

• Working overnight from 

12 am to 8 am 

Forward resume to: stephaniev@scandinave.com 


Award winning Araxi Restaurant is accepting applications 

for experienced full-time 

Servers 

Cocktail Bartender 

Server Assistants 

+ Host 

Minimum 2 years similar fi ne dining experience. 

First Cooks 

(min 3 years experience) 

Food Runners 

Dirty Doggy? 

Please email your resume 

careers@araxi.com 

We are currently seeking: 

Please submit your resume to: 

info@bearfootbistro.com 

Hostesses 

a.m. Dishwashers 



Available 

everywhere 



Drop by the shelter and give your dog a bath in one of 

WAG’S do-it-yourself waist level tubs. Each bath is by 

$15 donation to WAG. Please call ahead to book a time. 





MEETINGS 

ROTARY CLUBS 

OF WHISTLER 

& 

PEMBERTON 

Tuesdays at 7:15 a.m. 

Wildwood Northlands 

& Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. 

at the Pan Pacifi c, Mountainside. 

www.whistler-rotary.org 

Pemberton Rotary Club at the 

Pemberton Community Centre 7:15am 

www.pembertonrotary.ca 

Whistler Lions Club 

Meeting first Tuesday of each 

month. Ladies welcome! No dinner 

meeting. Call 604-938-9848 for more 

info or email: 

clubedwhistler@hotmail.com 

LOST & FOUND 

Lost. Home made slack line, red 

webbing, near Myrtle Phillips School, 

during May 7-14. Call 604-938-4519 

Found Gold Bracelet, Sat, 28May, in 

Nesters area. Pls phone 604-970-1681 

to provide description. 

Lost Ladies Black Ski Helmet containing 

skull cap/purple fl eece gloves, Sat, 19May, 

Blackcomb daylodge p/u area or in good 

samartian’s vehicle. 604-894-5565 

FOUND 

Found a Blackberry Tablet on Urdal Rd. 

in Pemberton 604-894-2438 

BLUE CAMERA LOST IN SQUAMISH 

Small, blue Lumix lost on May 24th. 

Contains wedding & baby pictures! 

Reward: squamishcamera@gmail.com 

LOST BLACK NORTH FACE 

BACKPACK LOST MAY26 NIGHT NEAR 

RIVERSIDE OR EMERALD, CONTAINS 

BLACK FLEECE+ 604-967-1030 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 

Volunteer Opportunities at WCSS Re- 

Use-It Center - Looking for enthusiastic 

committed volunteers please email 

resumes to reuseit@mywcss.org or call 

Helen or Sarah at 604-932-1121 for an 

interview. Store credit offered as a benefi t 

to volunteering. 

Special Olympics - If you are a fan of 

courage, if you admire determination & 

if you can’t help but share in the joy of 

victory, then you’re already a fan of Special 

Olympics. Why not make it offi cial? Join 

the Special Olympics BC – Whistler Valley 

program as an athlete, coach or volunteer. 

New soccer & youth programs are set 

to start in spring, welcoming individuals 

w/intellectual disabilities from Whistler, 

Pemberton & Mount Currie. To get 

involved, contact SOBC – Whistler Valley 

Local Coordinator Karen Krivel at 604-938- 

0566 or Email karenkrivel@hotmail.com 

A grant from the Community 

Foundation of Whistler provided 

support for the Squamish Lil’wat 

Cultural Centre’s Aboriginal Youth 

Ambassador Program 

Improving the quality of community life 


Now accepting applications 

for summer staff & beyond. 

Looking for experienced, 

motivated, team players. 

Must have phone & accommodation. 

Please apply online or in 

person only before 5pm. 

Upload resume & photo @ 

http://www.mongoliegrill.com/careers-apply.php 

or email careers@mongoliegrill.com 

is currently looking for 

PART TIME COOKS 

FULL TIME DISHWASHER 

HOSTS / SALES PERSON 

Drop in resume after 5 pm 

Three Below Restaurant 

100-4295 Blackcomb Way 

Whistler, BC VON 1B4 

Located in the Village 8 Theatre 

Photo: Robin O’Neill Photography 


ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 

LIVE it 

cmh 

CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures is recruiting an Assistant Controller to 

work within our Accounting team and help manage the day-to-day fi nancial 

operation of the company. The Assistant Controller is responsible for the following 

functions within the Accounting department, including: 

• Cash accounting 

• Accounts Payable 

• Accounts Receivable 

• Inventory control and depletion (Fuel, Food, Bar & Retail) 

• Fixed Asset accounting 

• Sales Taxes payment and compliance 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Supervise A/P, Cash and Revenue accountants 

• Oversee accounting procedures, internal controls (implementing, monitoring, 

enhancing) and database management 

• Prepare and submit all sales taxes remittances 

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and make timely corrections 

• Assist Controller with month-end analysis of results and investigation of variances 

• Prepare fi nancial statements 

• Assist with yearly audit preparation 

Skills & Attributes: 

• Accounting designation (CA, CGA or CMA), or working towards one, and a 

minimum of three years relevant accounting experience 

• Experience with full-cycle accounting and ERP systems is an asset 

• Experience with spreadsheets, databases, budgeting and project management 

• Demonstrated ability to lead, train and inspire staff 

• A passion for skiing/riding and the mountains 

This full-time position is based in our Banff offi ce. 

If you are interested and have the right skills and experience, please send your 

resume attention: 

Attn: Assistant Controller 

info@cmhinc.com 

Closing date: June 11, 2012 

NEED A WORK PERMIT? 

NEW 

Open work permits not requiring 

a Labour Market Opinion. 

E: info@whistlerimmigration.com 

P: 1-888-266-1161 

W: whistlerimmigration.com 

Great for those who are no 

longer eligible for a working 

holiday permit 

Full-time Gelato Scooper 

The successful candidates 

should have 2 years food service 

experience, the ability to work 

without supervision and a huge 

desire to have fun! 

We thank all the applicants , 

however only those selected for an 

interview will be contacted.

EDUCATION 

FIRST AID & SURVIVAL 

SPRING/SUMMER 

SPECIAL 

Worksafe BC First Aid 

Level 3 $459.00 

Level 3 Renewal $359.00 

Level 2 $359.00 

Level 1 $70.00 

Traffi c Control Person 

Course $198.00 

Forklifting Course $168.00 

METRO SAFETY TRAINING 

#102 - 100 Braid Street 

New Westminster, BC, V3L 3P4 

P: (604) 521-4227 F: (604) 521- 4123 

You can now Register Students 

Online @ www.metrosafety.ca* 

C.C. Payment Required* 

EMERGENCY FIRST AID 

JUNE 2, 2012 

JUNE 4, 2012 

SOLD OUT 

STANDARD FIRST AID 

JUNE 2 & 3, 2012 

JUNE 4 & 5, 2012 

SOLD OUT 

www.pacifi calpineinstitute.com 

604.938.7846 

locally owned. since 2000 

YOU CAN’T DO 

THIS TOWN 

WITHOUT IT! 

Available 

Everywhere! 



Coastal Mountain Excavations Ltd. (est. 1975) is a 

growing Whistler-based heavy construction company 

serving the Sea to Sky corridor and beyond. 

We have an immediate job opening for an experienced 

Certifi ed Heavy Duty Mechanic 

to repair and maintain our fl eet of excavators and loaders. 

Experience with John Deere, Komatsu, Caterpillar and Volvo 

highway and off-road trucks. Competent welding required. 

Commercial Vehicle Inspection ticket an asset. Competitive wages and benefi ts. 

Email resume to tim@coastalmountain.ca 

Pan Pacifi c Whistler is now recruiting for: 

Experienced Room Attendants 

Night Audit 

Please apply in person at either of our front desks. 

Are you Pan Pacifi c? 

At Westin, you can learn, grow and succeed. Exceptional bene� ts, 

training, and perks provide the basis for a renewing work experience. 

Current permanent full-time opportunities include: 

Guest Service 

Manager 

Front Desk Agent 

F&B Server 

Apply now and submit your resume to: 

The Human Resources Department 

In Person: Monday to Friday 9am-4pm | By Fax: 604.935.4351 

or visit us at: www.westinwhistler.com and apply online 

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WHISTLER 

Chef De Partie 

1st Cook 

House Attendant 

Room Attendant 

Trattoria di Umberto 

Fine Tuscan Cuisine 

We are looking for dedicated, experienced and dynamic 

staff to join our team 

COOKS 

Please drop off resume in person to the Trattoria di Umberto 

between 2-4pm or call 604 932 5858 


WHISTLER BLACKCOMB 

WhistlerBlackcomb is seeking a 

CASUAL SECURITY GUARD 

QUALIFICATIONS ARE: 

· Minimum 21 years of age and have a Class 5 BC drivers’ license 

· Strong interpersonal skills and conflict management 

· Bondable – criminal record check required 

· Physically fit, must be able to walk/stand for long periods 

· Proprietary security software and video surveillance systems is an asset 

· Possess BC Security Guard license having completed Basic Security Training. 

For a detailed job description and to submit an application please visit 

www.whistlerblackcomb.com/jobs. Applications are only accepted online. 

Any questions, contact Recruiting 604.938.7557. 

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WHISTLER BLACKCOMB 

The GLC - Garibaldi Lift Co is hiring FT and PT people for: 

· SERVERS - MIN 2 YEARS HIGH VOLUME 

· BAR PORTERS - EXPERIENCE AN ASSET BUT NOT MANDATORY 

· HOSTESS/FOOD EXPEDITER - EXPERIENCE AN ASSET BUT NOT MANDATORY 

· DOOR HOSTS - EXPERIENCE AN ASSET BUT NOT MANDATORY 

· STATION COOKS - EXPERIENCE NECESSARY 

If you have what it takes to be part of this legendary bar, visit the GLC 

between 9am- 1pm on June 4th with your resume for a meet and greet. 

Shortlisted applicants will get a call back to interview the following week. 

Questions, please contact Recruiting at 604.938.7557 

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Sundial Management Inc. has an opening for the following position: 

Sales & Marketing Manager 

Maternity Leave Position 

In the heart of Whistler Village, next to the Whistler Blackcomb gondolas, 

the Sundial Boutique Hotel offers an incomparable location and exemplary 

personalized service. This position is responsible for executing the 

marketing & sales strategy from Aug 2012 to Aug 2013. This position 

reports to the GM/Owner of Sundial Management Inc. 

If you feel that this position is the right opportunity for you, please fax or 

email your resume with Attention to “Human Resources Department” to: 

604-932-7152 | hr@sundialhotel.com 

Salary based on experience. We thank you for your interest. Only candidates chosen for further 

consideration will be contacted. 

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EMPLOYMENT 


NEED WORK? START TODAY! Visit 

www.employmentunlimited.com & 

complete an online job application. 

Work f/t, p/t or wkends. Jobs avail 

daily. 604-905-7696 

P/t Mary Poppins needed 

immediately for my 2kids aged 11 

& 13. Must be fun, creative & resp. 

Must be able to drive in Canada. 

Ref’s & police check req’d. 

Excellent salary for the successful 

candidate, afternoon hrs needed. 

Call Clare 604-932-1627 

Part-time cook/chef who lives in Whistler, 

20-30hrs wk, min 2yrs experience, at 

Riverside Junction Cafe at Riverside 

Campground, bring resume in after 2pm 

or call 604-905-1199 

Plumber with at least three years 

experience in installations, repairs, drain 

cleaning, water heater installations, and 

all aspects of service work. We provide 

service van, cell phone, tools, benefits 

package. admin@wedgemount.com 

Cook of Indian foods for busy Indian 

restaurant in Whistler & Vancouver. Must 

be capable of cooking all types of foods 

from scratch incl snacks, curries & Indian 

breads. Must have 3yrs exp. This is a f/t 

position, average salary is $18/hr, 40hrs/ 

wk, gratuities & accom provided. Pls fax 

resume to 604-905-4901, 4368 Main St. 

Whistler, tandooriwhistler2@yahoo.ca 

TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION AND 

TOURISM - INTERPRETIVE GUIDE 

Join Whistler Alpine Guides on June 6 

for a 2.5 hour contract as one of over a 

dozen Interpretive Guide for a corporate 

group walking tour of the Whistler 

Village. Materials will be provided to 

help you cover Whistler area history, 

flora & fauna, and geology with your 

group of 6-8 guests. $60. Minimum 8 

hour First Aid Certification required. 604 

-938-9242 andrea@whistlerguides.com 

Dishwasher required for Tandoori Grill, 

p/t, f/t. Come with resume, between Sat- 

Thurs, 12:30pm-2:30pm to restaurant. 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH, 

3:00PM AT TAPLEY’S PUB 


LIVE it 

cmh 

APPLICATION SUPPORT DEVELOPER 

CMH Heli-Skiing & Summer Adventures is recruiting an Application Support Developer 

to work with our busy team of IT professionals who are embarking on a number of 

major projects and enhancements while continuing to maintain existing applications. 

This new position is ideally suited for someone who is in the early stages of their 

career with 1-4 years of experience and a keen desire and ability to expand their 

skills working in a varied and interesting environment. The role involves application 

support issues, data analysis and reporting as well as involvement throughout 

the full development cycle. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems with computer applications 

• Create detailed reports using SQL queries and reporting tools 

• Software maintenance and enhancements on existing applications 

• Software development of new requirements 

• Assist the helpdesk with second-level problem resolution 

Skills & Attributes: 

• Understanding of SQL and troubleshooting SQL issues 

• Solid programming skills and understanding of programming principles 

• Previous application support experience in a multi-application environment 

• Strong client focus and willingness to assist end-users and resolve problems 

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving abilities 

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team 

• C#, WinForms 

• Visual Studio, .NET 

• SQLServer 2005/2008 

• SQLServer Reporting Services 

• Silverlight preferred 

• NHibernate or other ORM knowledge preferred 

• Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in computer science or a related fi eld 

• Canadian citizenship or a valid Canadian work visa 

• A passion for skiing/riding/hiking and the benefi ts of a mountain lifestyle 

This full-time position is based in Banff and offered as a 1-year term with the 

possibility of extension. 

If you are interested and have the right skills and experience, please send your 

resume attention: 

Attn: Application Support Developer 

info@cmhinc.com 

Closing date: June 22, 2012 

We are currently hiring experienced energetic customer 

service orientated professionals to join our team. We offer 

a competitive compensation package. 

ESTHETICIANS AND 

MASSAGE THERAPISTS 

Contact Human Resources at: 

hr@whistlerspa.com | fax 604.935.3443 

or drop by with your resume. 

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 


The Sundial Boutique Hotel has an opening for the following positions: 

Houseperson 

Room Attendant 

Room Inspector 

If you feel that this position is the right opportunity for you, please fax or 

email your resume with Attention to “Human Resources Department” to: 

604-932-7152 | hr@sundialhotel.com 

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates chosen for further consideration will be contacted. 

Quattro is now accepting resumes for an 

experienced fi ne dining server 

WORK FOR 

Please apply in person between 2-4 daily 

to 4319 Main Street, Whistler 

WHISTLER CLUB CRAWL IS NOW HIRING FOR BOTH 

SALES AND GUIDE POSITIONS. JOIN A GREAT TEAM! 

ALWAYS A PARTY 

CLUB CRAWL 

PLEASE SEND RESUME AND COVER LETTER 

TO TASHA@WHISTLER CLUBCRAWL.COM 

OR CALL 604.907.3742

HERITAGE PLACE 

AT NATURE’S DOOR 



At Nature’s Door is a private residential community adjacent to the Dave Murray 

downhill. Our dedicated team is responsible for all elements of owner service, care 

and maintenance of homes and facilities. We strive for excellence and embrace every 

opportunity to exceed our owner’s expectations. 

We are currently seeking dynamic individuals to join our team in the following role: 

Residence Assistant (Full-Time Position) 

Taking care of our Owners and Guests whilst in residence; assisting with home 

preparation, supporting technological or minor maintenance issues, offering courteous 

shuttle service and operational and liaison support to Front Desk. 

The position is full time with guaranteed work through off seasons and is 

offered with a fantastic working environment, health plan, flexible leisure pass 

and a great wage! 

A valid BC Drivers License and a clean driver’s abstract are required for this position. 

Send resumes to Sean Sewell at Sean.Sewell@Fairmont.com or fax to 604-966-3301. 

Spin Cycle Amusements 

P/T & F/T 

FUN FACILITATORS 

We are currently hiring for the 

summer season. If you are selfmotivated, 

outgoing, great with 

people, love kids and the outdoors; 

then this is the perfect job for you. 

You get competitive wages, end of 

season bonuses, fl exible hours. 

Please email your resume to 

lance@spin-cycle.ca 

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On-Site Caretaker 

(Whistler Athletes’ Centre) Seasonal Part Time 

For a detailed job description please visit the 

Employment section at www.whistlersportlegacies.com 

Please send your cover letter and résumé to 

jobs@whistlersportlegacies.com 


Come and join our Organization! 

We are currently accepting applications for: 

Post-secondary Student Roads Labourer I (term) 

For full details on current openings 

and to apply please visit our 

website at www.whistler.ca/jobs 

Tourism Whistler / Steve Rogers 

WEB EDITOR 

What’s on your 

Career Horizon? 

The Web Editor is responsible for developing 

and maintaining relevant and engaging content 

on Tourism Whistler websites. They are also 

responsible for proactively communicating with 

other Tourism Whistler departments, members, 

stakeholders and the community in order to provide 

accurate, equitable and current website information 

and representation. Our ideal candidate will have 

a minimum 3 years’ writing experience for various 

media including online, with a strong understanding 

of SEO strategies and website analytics. 

To view job descriptions and to apply please visit our 

website: www.whistler.com/careers 

Employment Opportunity 

Transportation Coordinator 

The Transportation Coordinator is 

responsible for developing, implementing 

and managing the Transportation Demand 

Management program for the District of 

Squamish. This is a temporary, full time 

position with an anticipated end date of 

February, 2013. 

Please visit www.squamish.ca for the 

complete job description. 

Don’t forget to scoop the poop! 


It’s not fun to step in, or to see around town. Help keep 

Whistler clean and pick up after your dog. 





Join our Club 

CLUB INTRAWEST, North America’s premier Vacation club, is seeking energetic team 

players to fi ll the following positions on our Whistler team; 

Housekeepers | House Persons 

These roles are full time, year round and applicants must be able to commit to at least 

one year contract. These are not seasonal roles. Graveyard shifts are available. 

Experience is not necessary but is an asset. 

Our Team Members enjoy a culture of recognition and rewards including competitive 

wages, fl exible benefi ts packages and development opportunities. 

Please apply at: www.clubintrawest.com/careers 

® Registered Trademark of Intrawest ULC. Unauthorized use prohibited. 

Join our Club 

CLUB INTRAWEST WHISTLER, North America’s premier Vacation 

club, is seeking energetic team players to join our Whistler team; 

Sales Representative 

The primary role of the Membership Representative is to provide an 

extraordinary vacation experience for our Members and Guests. We 

offer a fast-paced environment and reward entrepreneurial energy and 

sales savvy. The Membership Representative embraces Club Intrawest’s 

Leadership Best Practices and Mission ensuring an extraordinary 

vacation experience for all our Guests 

Send resume to: jdavis@clubintrawest.com 

® Registered Trademark of Intrawest ULC. Unauthorized use prohibited. 

We are currently recruiting 

Early Childhood Educators 

licensed to practice in British Columbia. 

Quali� ed candidates must hold a current 

� rst aid certi� cate. 

IT/SN an asset. 

Please email resumes to scheduling@whistlerchildren.com 

SEA TO SKY 

IMMIGRATION SOLUTIONS 

We are based in Whistler: 

Provincial Nominee Programs 

Federal Skilled Worker • Work Permits 

Labour Market Opinion • Family Sponsorship 

R. Bueno, ICCRC Member R408255 

1-888-627-1101 info@come2cnda.com www.come2cnda.com 



Status: Full time, permanent position 

Reporting to: Senior Manager - Health Director, Mount Currie 

Health Centre 

Salary: Dependant upon education and experience 

Duties: 

To ensure the development and management of the procedures 

required for carrying out policy decisions of the Chief and Council, 

and for fulfi llment of the goals and objectives of the Child Care 

Programs of the Pqusnalhcw & Ullus Child Care Centres. Through 

participation and interaction with local community and child care 

groups to ensure that superior quality childcare services is provided 

now and into the future. This position is responsible for overseeing 

the day to day operations of the Pqusnalhcw & Ullus Child Care 

Centres and monitoring all of its business practices including Lil’wat 

Infant Development and Pqusnalhcw Supported Child Development 

Program. Maintain standards of the facilities to comply with the 

license, as governed by the Community Care Facility Act. 

Qualifi cations: 

• Early Childhood Education Certifi cate, Infant / Toddler, Special 

Needs Educator as recognized by the Provincial Child Care 

Facilities Licensing Board 

• Business Administrations/Business Management an asset 

• Excellent knowledge of Daycare Licensing requirements 

• Valid Driver’s License, Vehicle and Drivers Abstract 

• Experience in Budget development and control, experience in 

policy development 

• Current First Aid Certifi cation 

• Minimum 5 yrs experience as a Senior Supervisor 

• Demonstrates organizational time management and delegation 

skills 

• Knowledge regarding other funding sources and demonstrated 

ability in proposal writing 

• Knowledge regarding Provincial Government Subsidy Program 

for parents 

• Interpersonal skills. Team approach to Centre management 

• Experience working with First Nations Communities 

• Negative TB skin test or chest x-ray, Doctor’s letter of sound 

physical and mental health 

• No criminal record 

Please send resume, cover letter and 3 reference letters to: 

Josephine Peters, Executive Assistant 

Mount Currie Band/Lil'wat Nation 

PO Box 602, Mt. Currie, BC V0N 2K0 

Fax: (604) 894-6841 

E-mail: josephine_peters@lilwat.ca 

Closing Date: June 8th, 2012 @ 4:30pm 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

MANAGER OF CHILD CARE SERVICES 

MOUNT CURRIE BAND/LIL’WAT NATION 

We thank for your interest, however, only those candidate selected for an 

interview will be contacted. 

CARLBERGS GIFT SHOP 

4325 Sunrise Alley 

Whistler, BC, Canada V0N 1B4 

carlbergs@telus.net 

www.carlbergsgiftshop.com 

CARLBERG’S GIFT SHOP 

& SEA TO SKY SOUVENIRS 

We’re looking for 

FULL-TIME SALES ASSOCIATES 

Candidates must be fl uent in English both written and 

verbal; be able to accommodate fl exible work hours 

including days, evenings, weekends and holidays; foster 

team work environment and excellent customer service. 

MINIMUM ONE YEAR COMMITMENT REQUIRED 

MUST HAVE A VALID WORK PERMIT 

We offer: accommodations, competitive wage, extended 

health benefi ts, opportunity to progress in the organization 

and a fun and fair work environment. 

**PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORM FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE** 

Brandy’s is looking for: 

PART-TIME 

BRANDY’S 

SERVERS 

LINE COOK 

TO START IMMEDIATELY 

You can drop off your 

resume to Brandys; attention 

Casper or send via email to 

barmanager@thekegs.com 

4429 Sundial Place 

Whistler, BC 

Earls is looking for great 

people to join our 

KITCHEN TEAM 

The busy summer season 

is just around the corner 

and we are starting to 

build our team now. 

Apply in person at an 

Earls Resturant or email 

tbailey@earls.ca 

2011 

www.earlswantsyou.com 

Line cook 

needed 

PREPARE AND COOK JAPANESE 

NOODLES AND FOOD. 

apply in person or 

E-mail to Fuji Market 

205-4000 Whistler way Whistler 

604-962-6251 

fujimarket@gmail.com

ACROSS 

1 “The Pink Panther” 

actor 

6 Cellar, briefl y 

10 Body check 

15 Sing falsetto 

20 Bakery come-on 

21 Slender candle 

22 Ms. Zellweger 

23 Chicago airport 

24 In a stack 

25 Leave-taking 

26 Quaking -- 

27 Aladdin’s servant 

28 Skin tighteners 

30 Crampon user 

32 Not fully awake yet 

33 Upriver spawner 

35 Glasnost letters 

36 -- a hike! 

39 Jo’s sister 

40 Say more 

41 Freud, to himself 

42 Gym org. 

46 “Exodus” name 

47 Vexed 

48 Keep -- on 

51 Blast furnace fuels 

53 Desperado’s piece 

54 Walked unsteadily 

56 Rocker -- Quatro 

57 Pal 

59 Drew a bead on 

61 -- Shire of “The 

Godfather” 

62 Butler of fi ction 

63 Disposes of 

64 Debutante’s bow 

65 Approve 

67 Go slowly 

68 Kids card game 

69 NBA offi cials 

72 Grounded bird 

73 Background 

76 Kind of split 

80 Totality 

81 Scrape aftermath 

82 Common contraction 

83 -- Spunkmeyer 

85 U.A.R. member 

86 Debacle 

88 Deck hands 

92 Cloister dweller 

93 Wharf 

94 Your, old-style 

95 Fl y, to a spider 

96 Antique washer part 

99 Suit coat features 

102 Bandy words 

103 “Ulysses” author 

104 Links champ Sam -- 

108 Please greatly 

109 Brick bakers 

110 Mother lodes 

111 “Tao” author (hyph.) 

112 Angkor -- 

113 Loafer insert 

115 Hive dwellers 

116 On the -- vive 

117 San Francisco hill 

118 Compact -- 

120 Unisex wear 

121 Grey Cup sports org. 

123 NATO turf 

124 Hebrew letters 

125 Large lot 

127 Magna -- 

129 Weird 

131 Florid writing (2 wds.) 

Solution, tips and computer 

program at www.sudoku.com 

Answers page 87 

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, 

and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 

with no numbers repeating. 

That’s all there is to it. 

There’s no math involved. 

The grid has numbers, but nothing has to 

add up to anything else. 

You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. 

Level of diffi culty: MEDIUM 

2 6 3 

6 1 3 

7 1 6 2 

4 8 3 

6 5 

3 7 1 

8 9 6 7 

3 6 4 

6 5 8 


135 Single-humped camels 

140 Video-game pioneer 

141 Hawk’s lair 

142 Caesar’s tongue 

143 “Masterpiece 

Theatre” host 

144 Lustrous fabric 

145 Recital offerings 

146 Hymn fi nales 

147 Gain admission 

148 The ones here 

149 Brisling 

150 -- dixit 

151 “The Cloister and the 

Hearth” novelist 

DOWN 

1 Vine valley 

2 Late spring fl ower 

3 Battery word 

4 Surface 

5 Rock bottom 

6 No-goodnik (2 wds.) 

7 Like a hedgehog 

8 Face 

9 Roof support 

10 Falsely incriminated 

11 Peddled again 

12 Suggestions 

13 Visible 

14 Frankfort locale 

15 Nirvana seekers 

16 Short story writer 

17 Copenhagen native 

18 Toledo’s lake 

19 Sly look 

21 Earmarked 

29 Steve Roper’s pal 

31 Tennis star Arthur -- 

PUZZLES 

34 Graduate degs. 

36 Sour-tasting 

37 General vicinity 

38 Canal to the Baltic 

41 Charged particles 

43 The brass, for short 

44 Poolroom supply 

45 Gibb or Rooney 

47 Signify 

48 Before Wed. 

49 Montezuma subject 

50 Drill attachment 

51 Ancient manuscript 

52 Condo luxuries 

55 Stretches the truth 

56 Backyard plantings 

57 Volcano feature 

58 Swell, as a river 

60 Taconite yield 

62 Oblong tomato 

64 Raising 2 to 8 

66 Phony ducks 

67 Diplomat 

69 U.K. fl iers 

70 New Haven student 

71 Gulf st. 

74 Edmonton pucksters 

75 Snake-oil buys 

77 Japanese volcano 

78 The Big Apple 

79 Indiana Jones quest 

81 Move laboriously 

84 Fix a piano 

87 Copy edit canceler 

89 Try for a job 

90 Cyrus’ realm, today 

91 Vowed 

93 Early James Bond foe 

(2 wds.) 

97 Whiskey grains 

98 -- Morales of “La 

Bamba” 

99 X-rated 

100 Jai -- 

101 Reassures Rover 

102 Trig function 

103 Diner coffee 

105 Vulcan’s forge 

106 Black Sea arm 

107 Copies a cassette 

109 Ice-hockey gear 

111 Put out bait 

114 To be, to Henri 

115 Lunch counter order 

116 Chess pieces 

119 Kin of pedal pushers 

121 Bungalow 

122 Least restricted 

123 Weasel, in winter 

124 -- Power of old fi lms 

126 Patsy of C&W 

127 Kitchen gadget 

128 Dwight beat him 

129 Sheepfolds 

130 Indy cager 

131 Time gone by 

132 Bryce Canyon locale 

133 Tempo 

134 Enlist again (hyph.) 

136 Turnpike exit 

137 Modicum 

138 Was very thrifty 

139 Shriveled from heat 

Last Weeks’ Answers 


90 Maxed Out 


Time for a moment of collective clarity 

I 

think it was my mother who said, 

“It’s not very smart to keep doing the 

same thing over and over and think 

something different is going to happen.” 

by G.D. 

Maxwell 

I remember thinking, “Well, that 

depends on whether you think you’re going 

to get caught or not, doesn’t it?” But since I’d 

been caught — not that I remember what it 

was I’d been caught at — it seemed a rather 

tepid and ill-timed comeback. 

I didn’t realize my mother was plagiarizing 

Albert Einstein, but I’m pretty certain she 

didn’t realize it either. It’s not like you need 

to be a theoretical physicist to grasp simple 

truths. Maybe you just need to be simple, or at 

least have a moment of clarity. 

I think we may need a moment of 

collective clarity. The problem with seeking 

clarity is you have to step out of the dance 

you’re doing, calm your mind and look at 

things differently, otherwise, you just keep 

seeing the same patterns you always see, 

doing the same things you always do, hoping 

something different is going to happen. 

Which we’ve just agreed is unlikely, according 

to both my mother and Einstein. 

As an aside, Einstein said this amounted 

to insanity. My mother said it was just silly. 

Pick your own label. 

So what is it that’s unclear? Good 

question. I don’t know about you, but I 

get an uneasy sense Whistler is caught in a 

whirlpool. We seem to be doing the same 

thing over and over again and not getting the 

different result we’re hoping for. 

What thing is that? Chasing growth. 

The theory — seemingly sound — is 

that a rising tide lifts all ships, growth in 

tourist numbers and room nights means 

more business for everyone, a better bottom 

line, a more robust economy, happy business 

owners, well-paid staff. Pardon me while I pry 

my tongue out of cheek. The reality seems to 

be growth just means more people spending 

less money at businesses that seem to be 

disappearing faster than snow in the valley. 

The recently concluded winter season was 

a record. At their annual general meeting, 

Tourism Whistler reported room nights grew 

by 18 per cent over the 2010-11 winter season. 

Last winter also saw the resort fi nally scratch 

its way back to total record numbers; 2011-12 

visitor numbers were one per cent greater 

than the previous record year, 2000-01. 

We shoulda been dancin’ in the streets, 

not going to memorial services for late, 

great, shuttered businesses. 

Before we get into a lot of back-patting 

on how our collective business strategy of 

“winning back the destination market” is 

paying off, let us take a humility moment. 

In the world of ski resort business, we hit the 

jackpot in the winter recently past. Strategyschmategy, 

we had snow and the other guys 

didn’t. We were skiing in December while 

our doppelgangers in Tahoe were still riding 

bikes on ski runs. We were cursing our snow 

removal people while resorts on Colorado’s 

front range were making sno-cones for 

people to ski on. Ve vere schussing while the 

Europeans were wondering whether Greece 

was going to queer the whole EU experiment. 

We shoulda kicked some serious ass 

last winter. Ullr smiled on us like we were 

the Chosen One while he farted on almost 

every other major ski area until some time 

in mid-January. 

But our record number of room 

nights, our 18 per cent growth yielded 

dismal profi tability for many in the 

lodging, restaurant and retail trades. The 

whipsaw effect was notably described by 

Michael Brisbois, general manager of The 

Keg restaurant and chair of the Whistler 

restaurant association. Michael didn’t see 

any records broken at his business. As he 

put it, “I’ve got an owner to report to and 

they go, ‘Oh! Record in Whistler and why are 

your numbers not a record?’” 

The same dynamic played out at the 

MotherCorp, although that may have as much 

do with accounting legerdemain as anything 

else. Total revenue at the mountains was up 

by 9.2 per cent. More people and higher prices 

saw to that. EBITDA — earnings before all 

the stuff you can’t possibly comprehend — 

increased by 12.5 per cent. Season passes and 

Edge Cards were up. Net earnings, before taxes 

and magic, were up. 

Net earnings after taxes and magic — the 

ones you can spend — were down 33 per cent. 

When you step back and start to think 

about this two things become clearer. It 

explains why many people hate math and 

even more hate accounting. And, it provides 

some insight into why we all feel exhausted. 

We’re all working harder — delivering great 

service and creating awesome memories for 

more and more guests — for less. We’re in 

a whirlpool and that direction we are being 

sucked is down. 

So is this just a modifi ed race to the 

bottom we’re running? What are we going 

to do to change direction and start seeing 

profi tability track these growing numbers? 

Well, TW is pinning its hopes on the Art 

of Summer. They want to convince people 

Whistler is not just a great place to spend the 

day, it is a destination. I know there really 

should be a question mark at the end of that 

sentence. 

To that end, they’re targeting biking, golf 

and events to generate increased overnight 

visits. Their strategic advertising campaign 

will emphasize the quality of mountain 

biking, the affordability of golf and entice 

people with offers of a free third night if 

they stay two. 

In other words, the strategy is geared 

towards bringing more people in to spend 

less money to help turn this thing around. 

Let us pause for a moment of silence 

while we contemplate working harder for 

another season in order to profi t less. 

OK, time to admit I don’t know what 

the answer is. But given Whistler’s history 

— particularly its history of building too 

much too fast — I’m thinking the smart 

money isn’t betting on a growth strategy 

as being the way to pull out of this death 

spiral. Debasing our offering and entrenching 

the idea we’re a cheap place to spend a few 

halcyon summer days enjoying free concerts 

and street entertainment isn’t going to return 

Ullr smiled on us like we were the Chosen One 

while he farted on almost every other major 

ski area until some time in mid-January. 

us to profi tability. More people spending less 

money just makes Whistler crowded, not cool. 

And that’s the case in either winter or summer. 

Our third-rail seems to be the tacit 

understanding we’re a smaller resort wearing 

bigger resort clothes. Is there no way to 

rightsize ourselves? Will we have to continue 

to chase econotourists with buy-one-getone-free 

offers simply because we’re so big 

we need more bodies, in much the same way 

vampires need more blood? 

I watch what’s happening in Greece and 

the EU and wonder who’s going to blink 

fi rst. Who’s going to be the fi rst to say this 

experiment hasn’t succeeded and we have to 

try another road. 

I wonder the same thing closer to home. ■

Location. 

Centre of Whistler. (Village Square) 

Hours. 

Open early, closing late. 

Convenience. 

Everything you need, quickly. 

Open early for pre-race carb loading. 

The Whistler Grocery Store is a proud sponsor of the Whistler Half Marathon. 

Stop in for everything that you need, and a couple things that you’ll want. 

Six aisles of fun, open daily from 8am - 11pm 

Located in Whistler’s Village Square. 604-932-3628 

Free parking available above ground before 10am. 

Order on-line before you arrive at www.whistlergrocery.com

8421 Golden Bear Place $1,999,000 

When you walk into this cozy log home, you will want to sit in front of the fi re and enjoy 

the experience. Located on the beautiful River of Golden Dreams, this 3 bedroom home 

plus large one bedroom suite has a private yard in one of Whistler’s best neighbourhoods on 

Nicklaus North Golf Course. 

Ann Chiasson 604.932.7651 

8008 Cypress Place $2,899,000 

Stunning golf course and Mountain views will impress and inspire everyone who visits this home. Ground 

oriented layout allows for convenient access to the large covered patio. Oversized windows in the living area 

and kitchen bring in an abundance of natural light. Your Kitchen includes a 6 burner Wolf range, Sub 

Zero fridge, Caesarstone quartz waterfall island, two sinks, two dishwashers, a pantry and a dramatic view. 

Chris Wetaski 604.938.2499 

1534 Tynebridge Lane $1,220,000 

A quiet location on the south side of Whistler Creek for quick returns to Vancouver after a busy and 

active weekend in Whistler; a private, secure parking space and ski/bike storage at First Tracks Lodge 

within steps of the Creekside Gondola; contemporary furnishings and decor; a spacious double car 

garage; bonus space to add a media room; a landscaped yard and patio wired for an outdoor hot tub. 

Denise Brown 604.935.2013 

11 - 4385 Northlands Boulevard $474,900 

Great complex and super location - just steps to shopping and IGA, bus routes, mountain 

shuttle, and bike trails, this one level, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit can be used for 

personal use or rental revenue. 

Frank Wright 604.698.9005 

9 - 8072 Timber Lane $479,000 

Spacious 3 bedroom & 2 bath townhome conveniently located in Alpine Meadows. Close to 

Meadow Park, the valley trail & buses. Part of a small well managed development with very 

low strata fees. Recent upgrades include: stainless steel kitchen appliances, fl ooring, bathroom 

fi xtures, custom tile work. A perfect starter home or weekend retreat. No HST. 

Bob Cameron 604.905.6336 

4 - 3502 Falcon Ridge Crescent $1,179,000 

Th e master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and an open loft make up the upper fl oor 

with great privacy for guests in three bedrooms on the lower level.Th e main fl oor has an 

open concept from the kitchen, through the dining room to the living room with soaring 

cathedral ceilings and a rock detail, fl oor to ceiling wood burning fi replace. 

Dave Beattie 604.905.8855 

526 - 4591 Blackcomb Way $205,000 

Th e Four Seasons Hotel has received the coveted Five Diamond Award. Th is is where you should 

be. It is located in the Benchlands of Blackcomb Mountain, ski concierge service allows you the 

ultimate ski holiday experience to enjoy hassle free while in Whistler. Spend more time in the 

restaurant and lounge, or enjoy the spa, health club, pool or hot tub and soak in the view. 

Doug Treleaven 604.905.8626 

210 - 3217 Blueberry Drive $429,000 

Lowest priced spacious 2 bedroom 2 bathroom at the Ironwood .Located on Blueberry Drive 

which wraps around the Whistler Golf Course. Th is condo has an outdoor pool and hot tub .Th e 

short trip to Whistler Village can be taken on foot along the Valley Trail or by car in just a few 

minutes. Strata fees include electricity and gas! 

Ursula Morel 604.932.8629 

PEMBERTON OFFICE 

1411 Portage Road, Pemberton, BC V0N 2L1 

Tel: 604.894.6616 Toll Free: 1.888.689.0070 

www.myseatosky.com 

5730 Alta Lake Road $1,298,000 

A beautifully maintained cabin and property on the shores of Alta Lake. Th is special home 

is ready to live in while you plan a larger residence or just enjoy it on the weekends. A forty 

minute walk to the village or a swim in the lake is complimented by stunning views of the 

mountains. Th is is the most aff ordable waterfront in Whistler. You’ll be surprised. 

Bruce Watt 604.905.0737 

204 - 4865 Painted Cliff Drive $744,500 

Very large 4 bedroom town home on the Blackcomb Benchlands. Easy access to complimentary 

bus system, close to Lost Lake. Th is fully equipped and furnished property is a great value in a 

great location. 

Dave Sharpe 604.902.2779 

9205 Portage Road $509,000 

Custom craftsmanship displayed throughout this unique contemporary home on 5.9 acres. 

Polished concrete radiant fl oors, granite counter tops, 22’ ceilings with fl oor to ceiling windows 

and mosaic tile are just a few of the interior features. Unbelievable mountain views and 

privacy. Located 20 minutes from Pemberton and directly across from Gates Lake. 

Erin McCardle Stiel 604.905.6328 

201 - 2075 Lake Placid Road $2,400,000 

Th is 3 storey restaurant has too many features to list. Vaulted ceilings, post and beam construction 

and had crafted millwork set the stage for a warm and inviting atmosphere. Both the main dining 

area as well as the upstairs lounge have 2 gas fi replaces fi nished with wood mantle and stone, large 

walk-up bars and south facing patios seating over 100 with gorgeous Whistler Mountain views! 

Glenn Mishaw 604.902.1311 

WHISTLER OFFICE — MARKETPLACE 

135 – 4370 Lorimer Road, Whistler, BC V0N 1B4 

Tel: 604.932.2300 Toll Free: 1.888.689.0070 

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