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Show A-16 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 9-12, 2019 The Park Record M OUNTAIN TOWN NEWS YOUR PIECE OF PARADIsE! A Roundup of News from Other Western Ski Resort Communities ALLEN BEST Mountain Town News AT CANYONS BASE VILLAGE 3000 Canyons Resort Dr #4805 | Lodge at Westgate 1 bd | 1 ba | 642 sf | $475,000 | MLS#11901507 Everyone knows that Park City is a happening place. Here is your chance to own a piece of paradise at a very affordable price, and get good rental income as well. Ski in and out of this wonderful condo located in a full service luxury hotel with incredible amenities, and situated right in the heart of the Canyons at Park City. The unit is spacious and comfortable, yet feels cozy with a mountain decor. There is a full kitchen, dining area, living room with a fire place and sleeper sofa, steam shower, wet bar, huge Jacuzzi tub, and washer/dryer. Amenities include shuttle service, kid’s club, three pools, restaurants, tennis and basketball court, ski valet, concierge, 24 hour front desk and skier services. Info, Video & Photos WESTGATE4805 .com Slow doesn’t cut it: Jasper bans freebie plastic bags JASPER, Alberta – The two million visitors expected this summer in Jasper, the town within Jasper National Park, will be advised they need to have reusable bags when purchasing groceries and other items. Enforcement of the ban on plastic bags will not begin until next January. Jasper joins a growing number of jurisdictions in North America and around the world trying to curb the proliferation of plastic that is now sullying water, soil, and all else. Elected officials took action after hearing a proposal for a rollout spread across 22 months. Too slow, they decided. Instead, they made the distribution of the thin plastic bags by merchants illegal effective this summer but with teeth to be applied in January. More may be coming. The Jasper Fitzhugh says the plan approved by the councilors contemplates targeting other single-use plastic items, including straws and utensils, take-out food containers, polystyrene foam cups and containers, drink cups, and “flushables.” Flushables are products such as wet wipes, which are partly made of polyester. A fee attached to distribution of plastic bags instead of a ban was considered, but stakeholders consulted by the municipality thought that it would be ineffective. Locals would gravitate toward reusing bags, but visitors would merely pay the fee. In that case, there would be little reduction in proliferation of bags. In assessing how to move forward, Banff reviewed bans in Vancouver, Montreal, and Fort MacMurray, the latter more technically called Wood Buffalo. It’s the center for oil/tar sands extraction in North America, and it banned distribution of plastic bags in 2012. Elsewhere in the world, the European Union last fall voted to ban single-use plastic across the board by 2021. Included will be straws, plates, and cups. But the most intriguing story comes from Africa. In Kenya, plastic bags were ubiquitous. One common practice was to defecate into plastic bags then throw it all up on to roofs. The Guardian in November reported that the ban has resulted in clearer water, a food chain less contaminated and, too, fewer of the “flying toilets.” A year after Kenya adopted the ban on plastic bags, including a prison sentence for those who violate it, several other African nations are considering following suit. Suncor gives $10 million for indigenous program at Banff BANFF, Alberta – Colorado has only one oil refinery, Suncor, located north of downtown Denver. It refines oil extracted locally but, at least as of a few years ago, also bitumen from Alberta’s oil/ tar sands, where the company has extensive operations. Now, Suncor, has committed $10 million over five years to the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity. The money, according to a press release cited by the Rocky Mountain Outlook, will secure the future of a program designed to empower the next generation of indigenous leaders to navigate the complex world of today’s society. Whistler-area towns look at dikes to hold sea at bay SQUAMISH, B.C. – Squamish lies along Howe Sound, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. This is where the highway from Vancouver begins rising to reach Whistler, which has a base elevation of about 2,200 feet (670 meters). The town of about 20,000 people was created 109 years ago as a railway terminal connecting to the port. But the infrastructure created during the 20th century will likely be inadequate in a warmer world of the 21st century with more extreme weather. Because of that, a study was launched several years ago to assess the risk to the town if sea level rises a meter by 2100, which looks to be quite possible, given the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions. “Sea level rise of this magnitude would have significant impacts on Squamish, since the existing downtown core and surrounding area sit at an elevation just above present-day sea level and significant coastal development is anticipated over the next 10 to 20 years,” David Roulston, a municipal engineer for Squamish, wrote several years ago in a publication called Ocean Watch. Two rivers flowing into Howe Sound at Squamish add to the risk, given the predicted increase in extreme weather, including rainstorms. There are dikes now to protect the town, particularly from flooding, but they will not be sufficient for the future. A recently completed report found that the benefits of elevating the sea dike would outweigh costs by a factor of more than 100 to 1. The lengthy river dikes would have a substantially lower cost-benefit ratio of 2 to 1. The report also evaluated the reduced risk of human mortality. The weight of snow groans on roofs, psyches in Sierras TRUCKEE, Calif. – Snowfall in the Truckee-Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada has been both a thrill and a curse, says the San Jose Mercury News. February was a month for the history books. It wasn’t just the whitest February on record. It was the whitest month, period. There have been bigger winters, but not bigger months—ever. “The snow is so deep that there’s no easy way to drive here – and once you’re here, fierce winds and avalanches are limiting access to the best terrain. Many visitors are disappointed by delayed or closed lifts,” says the newspaper. Then there’s life for the locals, trying to dig their way out on a daily basis. “Life has really come to a stop,” Bill Oudegeest of the Donner Summit Historical Society told the Mercury News. “It’s just Please see Mountain Town, A-18 Good things come to those who don’t wait. Why wait when you can enjoy your own home in Park City Canyons Village finest ski-in/ski-out location this winter? These expansive two, three and four bedroom whole ownership homes are fully furnished and ready for you to move in now. Distinctively different, they provide all the comforts of home as well as the gracious services and amenities of an AAA Four Diamond resort hotel. These include a ski-valet, restaurant, lounge, spa, pool, fitness center, outdoor decks and terraces plus restaurant delivery to your home and private catering. Important note. To move in, you need to move now. Only 6 residences remain. Prices start at $879,000. Visit HyattCentricParkCityResidences.com. 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