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Wake up Pemberton!

I would like to encourage everyone in Pemberton to come out and vote this weekend. This election represents a crossroads for Pemberton and I feel that recently, the majority of the community, i.e.

I would like to encourage everyone in Pemberton to come out and vote this weekend. This election represents a crossroads for Pemberton and I feel that recently, the majority of the community, i.e.; young families like us, have not been represented by the past council.

We are at a crucial point in the future of Pemberton, do we grow, expand, look for opportunities and find jobs for our children and possibly a private education in Pemberton? Or do we choose to stay the same?

How many more missed opportunities do we have to suffer? Ted Cradock has specifically stated that he "loves to spend your money." I would prefer a Council member that "loves to SAVE your money," or even "is very careful with your money."Ted's decision to close down Cedar View Estate's wedding venue in 2011 was voted by Pemberton's constituents as the worst decision made by council last year.

This decision forced several wedding groups to move their weddings out of Pemberton and cost the local economy tens of thousands of dollars and several jobs. When asked about this, Ted mentioned that he would make the same decision again - and would always side with the neighbours (who don't live in Pemberton) regardless of the economic advantage lost.

Is this really the type of leadership that we need in Pemberton? Please consider all of the options when voting this weekend, we are looking for a more forward thinking and business minded council that are open for business, have your interests at heart and reflect the majority of the community - that is you!

Beau and Rebecca Craig

Pemberton

 

Let's work together

With expectations of change and improvements running extremely high in this community at this time of local municipal elections, I am also caught up in this fever. Whoever gets elected will have their work cut out for them and has my full support and admiration for their courage to step up to the plate. Let's face it; it will be hard to perform anywhere close to expectations.

At this time I would like to pass on one thought that I had for a while and that was again activated by a comment I heard from one candidate in the all candidates meeting at Millennium Place.

This community has attracted residents from so many walks of life, so many experts, and so much talent. We all want to contribute to make this the paradise it could be (even better than it already is). One way of tapping into this unique wealth of experience would be a hotline website where residents could send in good ideas for improvements. These ideas, in my opinion, should be filtered by a qualified panel and then forwarded to council for consideration.

Whistler has the incredible advantage that many of our locals, and especially part-time residents, have been in leading positions in many fields globally and if we invite them to contribute ideas to problems like transit, engineering, marketing, budget control, efficiencies, environment, waste disposal, etc. we may be very surprised by the value of their input and help.

Let's work together on making improvements!

Kurt Mueller

Whistler

 

I Worked With All Three

It was my privilege to serve on Whistler's council for six years, from 2002 to 2008. In my second term I worked in close quarters with three of the leading mayoralty candidates: Ken, Nancy and Ralph. For three years I had the opportunity to observe their capabilities and their characters. While all bring certain strengths to the table, for me it was a clear choice of the three who I'd like for the next mayor.

It's Ken. While we didn't always agree, over time I learned to respect him. He's smart, he's hard working and he gives his all to a hard job. (Being) mayor has been a full time job for a couple of decades. Ken gets that and makes that commitment. As significantly for me, he's straight ahead, honest, trustworthy and consistently acts with integrity.

Ken also lets democracy work. He holds strong opinions and argues them passionately, intelligently and eloquently. If, at the end of the day, the vote doesn't go his way he accepts this and moves on.

In our system, the Mayor is only one vote of seven. I have watched him, as the mayor, have to suck it up and present an opinion he didn't support to the community and the rest of the world. I'm sure his teeth were grinding, but that was his job. I saw it happen during his first term as mayor and, probably more often, during his second. He's not one to flip-flop and not one to waste time re-visiting decisions already made.

Whistler has always been in a state of flux and it is time to further evolve. We have a history of far more right decisions than wrong. Our successes have been more than significant, from an end-of-the-road regional ski hill to a world-leading resort community in the span of a few decades. The Olympics have given us a further boost in these tough times. How many ski resorts around the work posted near record numbers in the winter of 10/11? How many resort communities around the world posted record numbers in the summer of 2011?

We did. It's a very small club.

Ken understands the need for post-Olympics evolution, to refine our focus and develop a leaner, more efficient system. It has already started in a big way, with more to come.

With a new Administrator bringing fresh ideas into our community and a mostly (or entirely) new council, it is my hope that we will be able to benefit from the leadership, experience and the strong relationships beyond our boundaries that Ken has built. A certain amount of continuity is desirable.

Positive evolution, not destructive revolution, is what I hope for.

Gordon McKeever

Whistler

 

Time for change at the top

Reading the letters from former Whistler politicians Hugh O'Reilly, Tim Wake and Bob Lorriman has prompted me to write a Letter to the Editor as well.

Unlike these three gentlemen, I actually still live here. Those wanting to continue with the present mayor (as they recommend) and council (who brought us pay-parking woes, the asphalt plant saga, deteriorating transit, side-room restaurant deals, and Sunday library closures), well, by all means, vote those incumbents right back in.

However, anyone hoping for change needs to vote for those candidates most likely to get us there. Since change virtually always starts at the top, a new face in the mayor's chair is a must.

I believe Nancy Wilhelm-Morden is the best choice for Mayor. She is smart, thorough, hard working, and makes well-informed decisions. Nancy sat on council for four terms, and she has written informative columns about municipal issues for the past three years.

Nancy is not a one-issue, "slash and burn" candidate. Her ten-point platform addresses environmental concerns, public transit, resource diversification to support increasing tourism, removing pay parking from Lots 2-5, and improving RMOW/Council/community relations. Tackling our ever-expanding municipal budget (which has gone from $44-$77 million in the last five years) is on everyone's mind.

Nancy has the stamina and reason to appropriately see it through. Nancy is not running for mayor because she needs a job, or because she wants to be a career politician. Nancy is running because she truly loves Whistler, has worked, skied and hiked here for 38 years, raised two children here, and has no intention of leaving, ever.

She is genuinely concerned about the direction things are going. So am I. And that is why I am voting for Nancy for Mayor.

Jane Reid

Whistler

 

Time for a woman to be mayor?

If you are undecided on where your vote for mayor should go, allow me to recommend Nancy Wilhelm Morden.

Nancy has a strong platform, which I totally agree with. I refer you to her web site www.nancyformayor.ca as although I think it would be worth repeating here, I really want to inform you of other merits which Nancy would bring to the mayor's office, which I deem as most important.

Nancy does not need to be a politician. In fact, it's certainly not going to be in her financial interest to the mayor. She is secure in a fine professional position and is considered one of the best in her field.

She is running for office as she feels a responsibility to give back to the community that has defined her life for the last 38 years - an opportunity to fix a situation before it worsens.

I sense she sees Whistler as a troubled community with no clear consensus of what it wants to be. On top of this, it's financial situation is on the cusp of grinding out the private sector leaving us with an upper class of RMOW managers and a village with papered store fronts.

I do not see Nancy as a professional politician and why is this important? A candidate who seeks to be mayor as a career move will soon find no matter what he/she promised pre-election, he/she will soon be swayed by the number of votes that each special interest group represents as they arrive at the door.

Another consideration in choosing a mayor must be the time and expense we have suffered by having a council full of legal amateurs - the asphalt plant zoning debacle, the dropping of the ball on the Rainbow suit, the Barratt lawsuit, and the interpretation of the RMOW Employee Handbook as a binding contract. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a top lawyer leading the council, just to reduce the risk of falling on our face every time a legal issue arises?

My last point is one I haven't yet seen in print. Nancy would be a superb role model to the younger generation, which has shown in surveys they are saddened by the idea that they are likely to leave the community; one they dearly love, as they grow older.

This is particularly the case if they are seeking a professional career by going to University. Not only has Nancy risen to the top of her profession while remaining a resident of Whistler, she did it at a time when women were not as accepted in the top professions as they are today and from a humble situation of being a skier/squatter on the side of a mountain.

Let's admit it our leadership has been screwed up by men, isn't it the right time for a woman of Nancy's calibre to lead us. Please vote for Nancy.

Lennox McNeely

Whistler

 

Don't make cuts to Youth Centre

I would like to say that I think that making a $100,000 cut to the youth center is a bad idea. I go to the youth center myself and I enjoy going there, so do a lot of other kids. (W)ith that cut most of the staff will be gone and there will be no more events outside of the youth center - it's a stupid idea.

Jordan Riseborough, 13

Whistler

 

Will there be bears in Whistler 2020?

Once in awhile opportunities come along to do the right thing. A death is usually a time when you ponder life and make decisions about how and why a life was lived. Likely with the exception of a few, most people in Whistler have already moved on and forgotten Jeanie, one of Whistler's most photographed and celebrated bears, killed by Conservation officers a few weeks back.

I think the troubling thing is that over the winter when the bears are asleep everyone will forget why she was killed. She was destroyed, as are many other bears every year, because she was repeatedly and consistently able to access waste and human food within the RMOW.

Jeanie is really just a name given to a bear that lived on Whistler Mountain most of her life but she represents a relationship problem that has gone on in the resort for years. When food is scarce and bears in the area get hungry, we see bear-traps springing up everywhere and a conservation service that can't keep up with the demand.

Well here is a new thought to consider: As a manager or owner of a business, when you decide to call the conservation service to bring in a trap to move a bear why don't you take a moment to reflect on these three things: 1.Why am I trapping a bear for a problem I created? 2.Where and how is a bear accessing my food waste? 3.How can this be fixed and 4.How fast can I fix it?

Trapping a bear that accesses your restaurant, house or building is not a solution to the problem. If a bears enters your building one year, another will come in another year and if we kill and move all of Whistler's bears it will eventually just become a sad place where we tell people, "Oh, yeah there used to be bears here but we killed them all."

There are many countries in Europe and the U.K. where this is true and now these countries are trying desperately to bring the wild animals back.

They fly all the way to Canada to see wild animals and experience what "nature" really is. Therefore, my solution to the issue of bears breaking into our establishments is as such. Over the winter while the bears are asleep, think about doing the following:

1. Reinforce your garbage areas to the extent that a bear cannot access them "ever." (Yes this costs money, but so does replacing destroyed kitchens, doors and walls from bear break-ins)

2. Train all staff on keeping doors closed and locked when necessary to the same extent.

3. If you see a bear in your neighbourhood, don't just take pictures - refer to the first two solutions immediately and acutely. Finally, if you are looking for a better reason to follow this advice you can look to the current enforceable Whistler bylaw that carries fines for allowing wildlife to access garbage.

We have the opportunity to either keep bears alive in Whistler or become just another place that can't co- exist with wildlife and the time is ripe to make the right choice.

Kathy Jenkins

Pemberton

Bear-proofing not easy but essential

Reading the editorials and articles about Jeanie the bear and the circumstances leading up to her death paints a very disturbing picture ( Pique Oct. 27). How is it possible that all the restaurants mentioned, which have been in this town for years are incapable of managing their food waste?

Let's start with the biggest corporate entity here, Whistler Blackcomb. Two of its restaurants were "broken into" by Jeanie. How do you break into the Roundhouse or the GLC? Buildings with rock and steel cladding, steel fire doors and wire-reinforced glass? You don't.

If you leave a door open or have latches a bear can manipulate then the animal will "enter" a building.

I lived 500 metres from the Whistler Landfill for decades. Couldn't see it, couldn't smell it, but this area had the highest concentration of bears in all of Whistler. Saw them every day. Bears, which because of the RMOW's largely ineffective efforts, knew all about garbage.

My house is made of wood, with wood doors, has lots of windows on the first floor and I have never had a bear "break in." Even when the landfill closed and I witnessed the largest diaspora of starving, raised on garbage, desperate bears in Whistler's history I didn't have any problems.

(I'm) not saying it is easy. Constantly educating friends, tenants and visitors about zero food waste outside takes effort. So how is it possible for me, one lone individual, to coexist with bears and Whistler Blackcomb cannot? A company who has been operating in bear habitat since 1965?

What's WB valued at? I read it was $700 million. A company that can build one of the biggest gondolas in the world, but can't manage its trash? I blame Jeanie's death, for the most part, on Whistler Blackcomb's poor and sloppy management of its food waste because when she gained access to their restaurants, and a food source beyond her wildest dreams, she was then a dead bear walking. There is no chance of rehabilitation once this happens.

The irony here is that Jeannie made money for WB, with tours and increased visitation. Was a financial asset. And this is how they manage their assets?

As far as ... any other restaurants involved in this sad story I would like to rake them over the coals too. To do that I think maybe a social media shaming site is needed. If anyone out there with more tech savvy than me sets one up so pictures of restaurants that have overflowing garbage cans and don't manage food waste could be posted for all to see. I, for one, would love to, when going out to eat, be able to whip out my phone, check that site then reward businesses that show me they take this problem seriously.

As for Whistler Blackcomb, I am so disappointed that you do not dedicate sufficient resources to deal with your garbage. The biggest company in town and yet what a poor example you set for everyone else.

Lyall Fetherstonhaugh

Whistler

Bear Smart?

I find it hard to believe that Whistler has become a Bear Smart community. I know that there are a lot of people here in Whistler that have worked hard at this, but we couldn't be farther away from Bear Smart as we are right now. We just lost one of our most recognized bears a few weeks ago. A few weeks before we had a bear in a pizza shop and that shop is still open for business, no fine or temporary shut down to hurt the bottom line.

Over 10 bears (have been) shot or run over by cars. This past week Cheakamus Crossing had there Halloween night and never cleaned it up? Pumpkins are bear food and pumpkins were left out overnight and the next day until my friend and I drove down the next night to take them to the compost.

I had an argument with a woman about this that lives at Cheakamus Crossing. She kept telling me the bears were there first. No joke, but does that mean we leave out food for the bears? What don't you get lady? The rule is pick up all garbage (pumpkins) and lock it up so the bears don't eat it. To the guy last week that got injured by Barry the Bear. Way to go on the way you explained yourself about what happened with you and Barry. You were fair, honest, and clear on what happened to you and your dog. Unfortunately some of your neighbors don't get it.

This town needs to wake up and realize if we don't change human behaviour we won't have any more bears in Whistler. The moment you change human behaviour you change bear behaviour. Until that happens we will continue to have dead bears.

Geoff Gerhart

Whistler

 

If you book it they will come

Book a big act and they will come... a big DJ act that is.

I have held off writing a letter about holding an electronic music festival here in Whistler (but) I feel now is the time to express my opinion, mainly because of what happened at the (Whistler Olympic Plaza) this summer and the free outdoor concerts and the dismal (or the expected sales) ticket sales of the jazz festival.

I had a vision (and still do) to do an electronic music festival with different genres focusing on local DJ talent and bringing in a headliner like Kaskade or Avicii or even David Guetta. These acts will bring the kind of clientele we want in town that will spend money at the local businesses and increase the room nights.

This demographic frequents Ibiza, Spain, Ultra Music Festival in Miami (which I am going to for the first time in March 2012). You get the picture.

This town could be a mini Ibiza just like this past weekend was with Cornucopia. A mature, responsible group that came to enjoy what Whistler has to offer when it comes to throwing a world-class event like the Masquerave, which I understand was the best party this town has ever seen. Thanks Andre.

This is the same clientele I am hoping to reach. With that said I wanted to host a day festival without a beer garden because I know the hoops (and red tape) that you have to go through. Look at what happened to Jazz on the Mountain and the (event) not getting the liquor licence they applied for.

My festival is about the music and good vibes that come with it when you book someone who can play to a crowd of 50,000 plus. I have been told by the muni they don't want DJ's at WOP and I respect that, but what an amazing venue to hold such an event. As a 10-year local I thoroughly enjoyed the free concerts this past summer and I guess we are spoiled with the Telus Festival and so many good shows over the years for free paid by the sponsors.

This letter is to plant the seed and the get the community support to hold such an event. Who am I? DJ Diamond Doug, promoter, dance music lover, and passionate about Whistler by increasing tourism numbers. Like I said, in the beginning of the letter - book a big DJ act and they will come, as I will make it happen with my connections to the industry. So the gameplan is to make a proposal to the newly elected council. Talk it up and let's make this town rock even more.

Doug Ryan

Whistler

 

Please light up

To all the cyclists and pedestrians in Whistler who wear dark clothing and walk along the highway edge at dawn, dusk and night: You are NOT invincible. You ARE nearly invisible in the dark. Please GET A LIGHT! Even safe, sober, responsible drivers on the roads need to be able to see you in order to avoid running you over ... Flashlights are affordable. Reflective vests, cuffs, and patches are available to buy. Even wearing white, or light colors would give drivers half a chance at spotting you. Your safety is your responsibility too. PLEASE light up!

Nina Moore

Whistler

 

Forest management complex

Politics aside, AWARE's question to all candidates was simply a no brainer for most, unless you asked if you are personally willing to pay for it. Do you wish to limit harvesting of old growth? Well duh, that is exactly what regional land use plan and the Cheakamus Community Forest has been focused on. In less than two years the following has been done to gain protection of old forests surrounding Whistler:

•Obtained exclusive management control of all forest and resource roads in a new Whistler Landscape Area of over 90,000ha and the now legally approved land use plan, which covet them.

•Used the best ecological science and advice to determine which forested ecosystems are in fact rare or unique and ensure they are not to be harvested (most are in fact subdivisions and golf courses in our valley bottom and not on the remaining hillsides).

•Had government accept that all old forest remaining up to 200m in some circumstances adjacent to our major valley bottom waterways are off limits to harvesting.

•Legally protect the dominant forests view-scape within the CCF viewed from the Peak 2 Peak Gondola and commit the only tree cutting, if it is done, for the purposes of forest fire reduction adjacent to subdivisions and infrastructure.

•Produce a defensible plan and strategy for government, to yet endorse, based on the best conservation science principles to increase the level of old forest protection to a threshold that will ensure all parts of the forest (old and new) are not lost on this landscape.

•Finally secured 1300 ha of old, primarily lower elevation forests from private interests, which are now available for formal protection.

Good luck to the candidates and the only piece of advice I can give them is forest management will always be far more complex than simply fixing the current "Whistler Woes."

Tom Cole

Whistler

End old growth logging

Old growth logging could end in 20 years, Community Forest chair says. Yes, it will end when all the old-growth forest have been logged.

These are shocking comments, which just show that the logging company called Whistler and the B.C. government will just keep logging these rare forests through out B.C. These forests are worth more standing than logged.

With 1,900 endangered species in B.C. and no law to protect them, it is time in this day-and-age to stop logging the old-growth forest and start selective logging of second growth. Community Forests are heavily subsidized and need to be shut down. Vote out the Liberals and any government that won't protect these forests!

Paul Morgan

Vancouver

End pay parking

This past November 6, I came up to Whistler from Squamish to return some unneeded ski-gear. I thought to myself, let's go check out Lots 1-5 and see how many vehicles are parked there. There was not a hope in hell that I was going to spend my money to park there.

Here is what I found out. As of 11:00am on a beautiful sunny Sunday, I observed the following: Lot 1 had 15 vehicles, Lot 2 had 27 vehicles, Lot 3 had 10 vehicles, Lot 4 had 21 vehicles, Lot 5 had five vehicles. That's a total of 78 vehicles on a sunny Sunday.

Pretty bad, I would say. Why is this? Because people do not want to pay. I probably would have stayed and had lunch at Tapley's or the Longhorn, but I wasn't going to pay to stay to have lunch.

I drove into Marketplace and found that their parking lot was at least three-quarters full with several hundred vehicles. Why? Because they offer FREE parking in order to get people to visit the shops there.

I then went to return my ski gear and paid 50 cents for a half-hour of parking. That will be the LAST 50 cents that the RMOW gets from me for parking.

Meanwhile here in Squamish I was seeing lots of people from Whistler and Pemberton shopping and enjoying all the FREE PARKING.

I truly hope that all the candidates running for council in Whistler will get the message about the damage that the pay parking is doing to the village and the business.

My message is this: get rid of pay parking everywhere and people will come and that includes me.

Gord Gunner

Squamish

 

Pay parking money must go to transit

With the final official implementation of pay parking in Lots 4 and 5, I'm hoping that: 1) they plan to pave Lot 5 because I don't see how you can justify forcing people to pay to park in a gravel parking lot, and 2) some of the money is going to the bus system because higher fares with reduced service has not made people "reconsider" driving to the village regardless of pay parking.

If the cost each month ends up the same, if not cheaper, to drive then purchase a bus pass without the inconvenience of a terrible bus schedule. For the sake of the present and future muni and council I hope the money earned from this cash grab is put to good use to at least try and put some good faith back into the residents of this great community.

Spencer Huvers

Whistler

 

Movember about more than moustaches

It's 3:39 a.m. and there's no way I'll be sleeping anytime soon. I found out an hour ago the man who taught me how to whistle when I was a little girl, the key male figure in my life (my grandpa) is no longer "here," though there is no doubt in my heart he will be with me forever. And how ironic (it's) Movember 6.

Way back in October, myself and MoBro Josh started going around, educating our community about the upcoming Movember campaign, about the Movember in Whistler network, about registering (both men and women), about showing the world what a close knit place Whistler is and about putting our individual efforts together.

We got three local bars: Moe Joes, Tommy Africa's and Maxx Fish (who may consider themselves competition) to share the Movember events that we were planning to throw in support of our hairy friends. I thought, what a great way to show all the newcomers to the town what we are about: "Live each day of your life to the fullest, but find a balance between fun and health."

We went around town in hope that at the end of the month, we could wrap-up this year's Movember by presenting a big cheque with all the business logos and team names to Movember Canada...even if there wasn't a huge financial donation this cheque, I thought, would symbolize so much more.

I was so happy when I got a call from the Pique saying they were writing an article on Movember... But I read it... and felt... hurt.

You see, just a month ago I was lucky enough to travel home to Poland to spend what turned out were my last moments with my family as a "whole." I got to hang out with my grandpa, whose prostate cancer had receded since he started chemo, but which was causing him much pain, discomfort, and at times embarrassment. Fair enough, he was 88 and fair enough, my whole family got to say goodbye, and he didn't suffer...falling asleep on his bed, in his home, surrounded by people he loved and who love him.

I didn't get to be there...I am here, in Whistler planning my next Movember event... an event that means so much (more) to me than to some. At the end of the day, (is this) all this is about.... who can grow the biggest, best bush of facial hair ( Pique , Nov 3, 2011)? Really?

This is what I have this to say to that: I am a woman with zero intention to grow facial hair, but I am wearing my Movember button, I have a fake mustache attached to my girly shirts, and I will continue to put all my efforts into raising awareness about the more serious side of the campaign.

I don't care if you decide to grow the "biggest, baddest" Mo on your face. I also don't care if you are a woman or a man. I don't care if you raise the most money... I do care that you show an understanding that this month-long campaign may mean to some a bit more than just a furry bush on a guy's face.

My "selfish" meaning to Movember is making sure that the men in my life, who I love, adore and care for take care of their bodies and health...cause loosing them hurts way too $*# much!

Magdalena Cockle

Whistler

 

Clean water before free concerts

At the AWARE all candidates meeting the question of how to pay for the sewage problem happening in the waterways towards the south of town was asked.

I see the orange junk and lack of water flow; I have just looked at it as some sort of mystery. To hear that this problem is known and the question is whether or not we can afford to fix the problem was eye-opening to myself. How can we afford not to fix the problem?

Please let me say this, I don't understand how there is money to pay for free Tom Cochrane concerts, but not enough money to ensure sewage is filtered properly? Whistler culture is more about free concerts than clean waterways? It is all about balance!

The free concerts and the paid street entertainers attract visitors. Cool, I kinda get it - street entertainment and concerts are fun!

I really just don't get how the math is being done. There was some differentiation on the math between mayoral candidates when it came to RMI money. Nancy said: "tax dollars, are tax dollars, are tax dollars."

Where as the other two major candidates seemed to differ on this.

Michael Fanning

Whistler

 

Wanna Hear A Secret?

Living in Canada, it is likely that someone you know has Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative colitis - and is suffering! That isn't good news. But there is something that you can do to help the tens of thousands who suffer in silence - become aware. Read on - we have made it easy for you here; in 60 seconds it is likely that you will know more than when you started out.

What is Crohn's and Colitis? These are Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), which affects over 200,000 Canadians, and the number is growing rapidly.

How can it be that a family of diseases which represent a greater number of patients in Canada than MS and HIV combined is still so unknown by so many people? The reasons for low awareness may be due to the fact that the symptoms and effects of IBD are not pleasant ones to discuss around the dinner table or in the coffee shop. Who wants to hear about stomach pain, diarrhea, gas and bloody stool when you are digging into a nice savory entree - right? Well for those 200,000 people, their families and loved ones, these effects of IBD are the subjects of dinnertime conversation.

November is IBD awareness month - learn more at www.ccfc.ca.

Be aware and share (talk about it if you have it - ask about it if you don't). The cures are out there - and they will be found, but not until there is greater awareness. Canada leads the world in the fight to find the cures; and we will find a cure. But in the mean time we dare you to make IBD and it's effects dinnertime conversation in your house. It truly will make the world a better place.

If you or someone you love suffers from IBD and needs someone to talk to locally for support - drop us a line, and we will help anyway that we can.

Dave and Wendy Clark

Founders, Whistler Friends

 

Vote for Auli

As an former employee, sometime business partner and proud friend of Auli Parviainen I would like to give the residents of Squamish the low-down from someone who has known her for many years. Auli is a strong, true character that will stand up for her convictions. She has the ability to listen to all sides and opinions, while as a strong leader she can guide a large group to work together to come up with the best solutions for any given situation.

Having worked with and for Auli for many years I think her honesty, accountability and intelligence will enable her to "learn the ropes" as she goes along, she will grasp the issues ahead of her very quickly and implement new and innovative solutions sometimes overlooked by people who have been involved in the problems for too long.

Fearless and imaginative with an undying energy and enthusiasm Auli will always give her best and I am honoured to call her a friend, as do so many others.

Good luck my friend - Squamish is lucky to have you on side. Maybe now is the time for my family to make the move to Squamish too.

Jane Roberts

Whistler