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Wedding of the Week: Original wedding date and video surprise for Aoife and Seán Aoife O Leary and Seán Lacey decided to exchange vows on their original date anyway Aoife O Leary and Seán Lacey. Pictures: Elaine Kennedy Sat, 05 Jun, 2021 - 17:52 Eve Kelliher How to get around the difficult decision of whittling a large guest list down to literally single digits to comply with pandemic restrictions? They had dreamed of a traditional-style wedding surrounded by their nearest and dearest, but when the pandemic made that impossible, Aoife O Leary and Seán Lacey decided to exchange vows on their original date anyway. ....
“We were assured by the government that we would be getting vaccinated sometime in April, but April has rolled around and we’re almost midway through the month,” said Christine Blessin, a third-grade teacher in Chilliwack. “I’m so disappointed.” The head of Tourism Whistler is hopeful that the town’s new vaccination plan will help the community bounce back from a difficult year. “Whistler’s entire economy is based on tourism, so this has been an incredibly challenging year for all of us,” president and chief executive officer Barrett Fisher said. “We are grateful to our provincial health authorities for making this happen. The community vaccination program will help us on the road to recovery.” ....
Adult residents and workers in Whistler, B.C., now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccine theglobeandmail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theglobeandmail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Boondoggle or boon? Looking back at Whistler’s hydrogen-bus pilot and why it failed Published March 10, 2021 BC Hydro/Handout When the world came to Whistler in 2010, it got a glimpse of a hydrogen-powered future. In time for the Olympics, the resort town got a fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel-cell buses. Four years after the games, the zero-emissions fleet was sold and replaced with natural-gas-powered buses. Story continues below advertisement Critics called it a $94-million boondoggle. But Whistler’s pilot paved the way for more than 3,000 hydrogen buses on roads worldwide today, even though we don’t have any in Canada yet, a hydrogen industry expert said. ....