Resort employers have secured roughly half of the 100 special permits Ottawa issued this winter allowing foreign workers to extend their stay in Canada.
After 10 years helping to shape social services in Whistler, Greg McDonnell is officially resigning as executive director of Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS).
McDonnell has been on parental leave since mid-January, but his decision not to return to the organization that runs the Re-Use-It Centre, Whistler Food Bank and many other programs was announced this week. article continues below
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Lorna VanStraaten, who has served as administrator of WCSS since 2007 and has been covering the executive director responsibilities in McDonnell s absence, will officially take over the organization s head role, the WCSS board announced in a Monday (June 27) press release.