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Grouse Mountain is hiring for some fun high-altitude jobs for all areas of operation, with positions suitable for people from all backgrounds and areas of expertise.

Positions are being offered in guest services, food, and even mountain operations.

If you don’t mind the heights, a fulfilling role at Grouse Mountain might be waiting for you.

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While salaries across the roles vary, Glassdoor has wage estimates, but they are not officially provided by Grouse.

If you’re a people person, Grouse Mountain has jobs in guest services, and it is seeking a representative for a full-time, year-round position. Duties include responding to guests, processing sale transactions, and basic housekeeping. Glassdoor estimates the successful applicant can make as much as $41,000 per year.

Grouse is also looking to fill a higher level customer service role with the retail supervisor position, which Glassdoor estimates can net the successful applicant as much as $73,000 per year, based on experience.

If you’re looking for something more thrilling, Grouse Mountain is hiring a Skyride Operator. Glassdoor estimates the successful applicant could make between $50,000 and $79,000.

The position requires you to be okay with heights, but aside from that, you need good customer service skills and the ability to address large groups, which might be scarier than the heights for some applicants.

If teaching is your passion, Grouse is also looking to fill roles for its snow school, including a supervisor and instructor.

For a full list of jobs, click here.

The Fairmont Banff Springs has brought back its Banffchella event — an exclusive weekend-only pool party with a DJ, Instagram-ready cocktails, a candy bar, and more.

Canada’s Castle in the Rockies may be 135 years old, but with a fresh $35 million facelift, the country’s favourite hotel is looking chicer and more youthful than ever.

Let’s just say stuffy isn’t a word that we’d apply to this place, which will forever maintain its multi-generational appeal.

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Inspired by the bright colours and celebration of a fairly known (wink) California music festival, guests will be greeted with a vibrant neon-themed activation by Alberta artists Claire Ouchi and Rachel Rivera that takes over both the indoor and outdoor heated pools.

The modern colourful archways and 3D art sculptures are in place outside of the weekend pool-party hours, seamlessly elevating the picturesque pool area, which already overlooks one of Canada’s most famed views.

Saturday and Sundays see the addition of a DJ bringing tropical vibes to the outdoor area, a perfect opportunity to mix, mingle and maybe do a bit of poolside dancing from 2 to 5 pm.

A Veuve Clicquot box is center stage next to the 3D giant popsicle and ice cream cone scream photo-worthy moments, as are the giant lawn games. Choose from a jumbo Jenga or classic Connect 4, among others, before or after taking a dip.

Barbiecore and neon is the dress code at this laid-back and stylish soirée, so if the Barbie  film didn’t get you in your pink best, this pool bash definitely will. And for the guys: you’ll be “Ken-ough” in any bright summer wear.

“We are thrilled to reintroduce Banffchella to Fairmont Banff Springs this summer,” Hotel Manager Eric Overstreet said of the summer-themed pop-up. “This colourful and immersive juxtaposition within our world-renowned castle provides an unexpected and truly memorable experience for our guests.”

The signature cocktails for Banffchella come courtesy of Fairmont Regional Mixologist Sam Clark, an Aussie native who also holds the title of being a Diageo World Class Canada Top 3 Bartender. On the menu are Champagne Floats, a slushie tequila-based cocktail served in an inflatable pink flamingo (not to be missed), and a cotton candy-adorned martini.

Clark also developed the Wildlife Rundle Gin Tonic, named for the hotel’s Rundle Bar and using the hotel’s signature blue gin accented with yuzu and lime. The elegantly designed can is another win for the ‘gram.

No pool party is complete without some sweet treats. Banffchella has plenty on offer, including house-made and locally sourced ice cream at terrace bar 13 Below. Kids and adults alike will also love the DJ-adjacent colourful candy bar with a mix of nostalgic faves.

Banffchella runs through the end of summer (September 22) every Friday and Saturday from 2 to 5 pm, with complimentary access for Fairmont Banff Springs guests.

Residents have been ordered to evacuate because of a wildfire burning north of Whistler that’s putting properties near Gun Lake in danger.

The Downton Lake wildfire may have already destroyed some homes on the southwest side of Gun Lake, and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District will be conducting damage assessments as soon as it’s safe to do so.

It urged property owners in the area to contact the regional district directly.

The wildfire is estimated to be just under 20 square kilometres in size, and it grew rapidly overnight as strong winds pushed it up nearby slops to burn up large numbers of dry trees.

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“There are over 50 personnel responding to the wildfire, including an Incident Management Team, ground personnel, and structure protection personnel. Helicopters will continue responding throughout the day, as well as heavy equipment constructing guard in priority containment areas,” the regional district said in an email to Daily Hive.

The fire was caused by lightning and is burning about 10 kilometres west of Gold Bridge. Residents of Gun Lake and Lajoie Lake have been ordered to leave the area immediately by heading toward Gold Bridge and then to either Lillooet or Whistler. Several other areas nearby are under evacuation alert.

The Vancouver Whitecaps’ march to international supremacy continues this week when they take on a powerhouse team from Mexico’s top league.

Tigres UANL, the CONCACAF Champions in 2020, will play the Whitecaps at BC Place on Friday, August 4 in the Round of 32.

It’s the latest match for both teams in the Leagues Cup, a “World Cup-style” tournament that runs until August 19.

 

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The 47-club tournament features every team from MLS and Liga MX. The champions from both leagues earn an automatic spot in the knockout round, while the remaining 45 clubs are divided into 15 groups of three.

Vancouver finished second in West Group 3, which also consisted of Club Leon and the LA Galaxy, earning four points in two games. The Caps are coming off a comeback win against the Galaxy this past Sunday.

 

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Tigres finished first in West Group 1 after their own 2-1 comeback win against Portland Timbers. They also scored a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in the tournament.

This is only the second visit to BC Place for Tigres UANL and the third all-time matchup between the two teams.

The top three clubs in the Leagues Cup will qualify for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions League.

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS VS TIGRES UANL

When: August 4, 2023 Time: 7:30 pm Where: BC Place – 777 Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver Cost: Various, purchase online

The city is filled with stunning works of art this time of year, with the duel arrival of Vancouver Pride and Vancouver Mural Festival (VMF) this week.

And celebrants in Yaletown will spot a stunning new work of art that brings both annual traditions together.

In collaboration with VMF and the Yaletown BIA, world-renowned artist Jacquie Comrie has painted a first-of-its-kind mural at Helmcken Plaza.

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According to Victor Hwangbo of Yaletown BIA, Comrie’s artwork is VMF’s first-ever professionally painted pavement mural in the city. The Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist used specialty pavement paint instead of ordinary house paint.

Comrie is also painting a massive artwork on the side of a building at 1090 Homer Street, utilizing paint with LumActiv technology, which helps break down pollutants and improve air quality.

 

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“Her work is a little abstract, which is a great fit for our neighbourhood,” added Hwangbo in an email to Daily Hive. “To raise awareness and create a space for shared experience, the (1090 Homer) piece is meant to connect the world’s social, environmental, and health crises and the collective healing we need to do as a society.

“She knows our vision of sustainability and climate action and is envisioning a piece related to it.”

A Fleur de Villes Pride installation can also be found at Helmcken Plaza until August 7.

Comrie describes her “Mindful, Colour Installation” as an “homage to the goddess supreme of all Mothers: Gaia.”

“Through colour psychology, this project is about holding space for mindfulness, self-reflection, encouraging taking a moment to connect with ourselves, and the emotions that come up in the presence of colour and its therapeutic, healing energy. A moment to remind ourselves to pause and breathe,” she shared in an artist statement from Yaletown BIA.

Corporations marking up prices did little to contribute to inflation, according to a new report by economists at the Bank of Canada (BoC).

Canadians have been feeling the pinch in the last few years, placing the blame on big companies like Loblaw for the soaring cost of living.

There has been no shortage of shoppers expressing their frustrations towards grocery chains for outrageous prices showing up in aisles for basic items.

Earlier this year, thousands of Canadians called for an investigation into Loblaw for “profiteering and greedflation.”

And as Canadians lose patients, they continue to call out the corporation in creative ways, especially following news that it made $508 million in the last three months.

But economists have concluded that these rising prices have barely contributed to inflation.

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In a new report by the BoC, researchers Panagiotis Bouras, Christian Bustamante, Xing Guo, and Jacob Short explored why inflation rose to levels not seen since the 1980s.

“In particular, the notion that firms exploited their market power to raise prices by more than their costs increased has been at the centre of this discussion,” reads the report.

This is also known as price markups. The economist used data provided by Statistics Canada to measure how much corporations marked up prices since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The report found that companies’ measured markups did grow after the onset of the pandemic.

“However, our results do not indicate that this markup growth was inflationary,” wrote the economists. “Most of the growth in markups occurred during 2020, a year characterized by low inflation.”

The report adds that markup growth began to decline in 2021 as inflation began to increase, suggesting that the changes in corporations marking up prices were “mild and decreasing.”

“Specifically, our estimates suggest that markup growth accounted for less than one-tenth of inflation in 2021,” the report says.

According to the economists, growth in price markups was near zero or negative by 2022, when inflation reached its highest levels.

“The fact that markup growth was not aligned with the dynamics of inflation indicates that the recent rise in inflation was driven primarily by changes in costs rather than by firms leveraging their market power to increase prices,” reads the report.

While corporations marking up prices may not have been a major aspect of inflation’s big year, the economists say it may have still contributed to the initial rise of inflation in 2021.

However, its contribution dissipated by the end of 2021 and “growth in marginal costs” was ultimately the force that skyrocketed inflation.

Even with this research, there’s no doubt Canadians will continue to show their disdain for these big corporations as the country becomes even less affordable.

Economists with TD Bank are suggesting the federal government needs to achieve a better balance between the rationale driving its heightened immigration targets and its considerations on the resulting impacts of immigration on housing affordability and supply.

Following the already-elevated numbers of 2021 and 2022, the immigration targets moving forward are even higher at 465,000 in 2023, 485,000 in 2024, and 500,000 in 2025. By 2025, under the new targets, over 60% of the admissions of new permanent residents will be within the economic class.

The federal government’s targets are strategically intended to directly address Canada’s aging demographics, low birth rate, and the dire labour supply shortage, which is greatly exacerbated by the pandemic. Economic growth, tax revenues, and the social system will be highly strained over the long term without immigration.

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As a result of federal policies, Canada’s population has grown by 1.2 million — now reaching more than 40 million residents — over the past 12 months, which is the same growth the United States saw over the same period with 10 times the total population. Following last year’s historic numbers, Canada’s population is expected to further grow by another over one million more people in 2023.

According to a new TD Bank report, at this rate of population growth and the inability for new housing supply to meet real demand, Canada faces a housing shortfall of about 500,000 units within the next two years.

A national deficit of 500,000 homes is equivalent to the total number of homes that currently exist in the province of Saskatchewan. It would also be equal to 3% of the total of 16.3 million homes in existence in the country, according to the 2021 census.

“The speed at which [immigration growth] unfolded was not telegraphed and caught many economists off guard,” reads the report. “Evaluations of the future housing stock, be it for ownership or rental, were already pointing to worsening affordability across the country even before this sudden influx… Recent government policies to accelerate construction are unlikely to offer a stopgap in this short time period due to the natural lags that exist in adjusting supply.”

“While the right hand has been solving for labour market shortfalls, the left hand has not put in place the appropriate infrastructure to absorb this large influx of people, particularly if the intention is for a continuation on a longer-term basis. Policy needs to strike a balance with sustainable growth, lest we tip into the drink.”

Canada has also far exceeded its pre-pandemic target for increasing the number of international students. There were 240,000 international students in the country in 2011, just before the target of growing to 450,000 over the span of a decade by 2022 was established. But Canada’s educational institutions reached the target well in advance in 2017, and continued pushing further in more recent years, with the number of student permits reaching 807,000 in 2022. While international students add to housing pressures, they have also been a major source of much-needed labour.

Most job vacancies in the country are in lower pay positions and lower-skilled industries. The report suggests governments need to lower the barriers for entering the workforce in order to introduce new labour supply from the existing population.

Other than housing supply, the impacts of high immigration levels should also account for the resulting strained infrastructure, healthcare, and childcare systems. It is estimated Canada will have a deficit of between 243,000 and 315,000 childcare spaces by 2026.

“Greater thought and estimation needs to occur on what’s a true absorption rate for population growth. Policy cannot be singularly focused on the perceived demands of employers, and even educational institutions,” continues the report.

“While population growth is a good thing and a necessary remedy to aging domestic demographics, the benefits erode if it occurs too fast relative to a country’s ability to plan and absorb new entrants within the economic and social infrastructure. Chronic tensions can quickly become acute for provinces and cities that absorb a higher population share. Dislocations widen, creating an even larger come-from-behind strategy in addressing housing affordability and quality of life issues.”

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When Biercraft’s UBC location closed earlier this May, many were left wondering what would replace it.

At the time, the taphouse had hinted that “something new and exciting is coming to the neighbourhood” and that it would remain involved in whatever project took over the 3340 Shrum Lane address.

Now, it seems that a Sports Illustrated Clubhouse will be opening in the massive space – yes, that Sports Illustrated.

The sports brand has already started an Instagram account for the project, and while it hasn’t shared much about what we can expect, this is pretty big news for the community at UBC.

The account lists a website, which is currently non-functional, and notes that the new concept is “coming soon.”

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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED CLUBHOUSE

Address: 3340 Shrum Lane, Vancouver

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Is there still hope for SFU football?

Theresa Hanson is out as the school’s senior director of athletics and recreation. The move comes just four months after Simon Fraser University made the controversial decision to scrap its varsity football team.

The decision for Hanson to depart SFU was “mutual” between her and the school according to Rummana Khan Hemani, SFU’s students and international vice provost.

“[Hanson] and SFU have come to mutual agreement that the time is right for a change in direction within Athletics and Recreation,” said Hemani.

Hanson had been in charge for the past eight years and Hemani commended her “integrity, professionalism, and loyalty.”

Hemani added that Hanson guided SFU’s athletics and recreation programs through “unprecedented growth.”

“Since 2015, Theresa has overseen numerous strategic initiatives including the addition of SFU’s first stadium, exponential growth in fundraising and athletic endowments, updating the SFU Athletics and Recreation brand with a new visual identity, and the process to choose a new team name. For the first time in SFU’s history, Theresa was instrumental in signing an exclusive uniform and apparel partnership with the world-class Nike brand, building our brand as Canada’s only NCAA team, and enhancing the student experience across our campuses.”

SFU football backers are hoping the change at the top of Athletics and Recreation could result in more thought given to resurrecting the program.

Hanson told 3DownNation in April that SFU didn’t make a formal application to join U Sports, calling the process “incredibly complex.” Acceptance into U Sports would have allowed SFU’s football team to continue playing, against other Canadian universities.

There has been no shortage of external pressure put on SFU since the decision was made to axe its football team, including ex-players like Lui Passaglia and the BC Lions.

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It’s truly the end of an era for one Yaletown-based patisserie.

Ganache Patisserie, located at 1262 Homer Street, has announced on its Instagram page that the business is up for sale as its lease ends in October.

Peter Fong, owner and pastry chef, hopes that there is someone out there “looking to fulfill their dream to open a bakery, pastry shop or cafe and will jump at this amazing opportunity!”

“Personally, after a lot of thought and contemplation, and dealing with my father’s recent passing, my focus will move away from the retail business and look at new opportunities and challenges that will allow me to focus more on my family while staying within the baking and pastry industry that I love,” Fong adds.

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Ganache has been in business in the area for 20 years and has specialized in cakes, chocolates, pastries, and other desserts.

Fong says in the announcement that while there are no concrete plans for the next steps quite yet, he’ll be looking to take on custom orders as time allows. He also encourages folks to continue to follow him for information on how to place orders in the future.

Ganache has not announced an official last day yet but says it will be open for another couple of months and will make an announcement once a day has been finalized.

 

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It’s been a rough performance for BC Ferries the last couple of weeks, and its CEO hopes the organization will have a rebound with smoother service ahead of another long weekend.

BC Ferries held a Zoom conference on Wednesday morning to share its BC Day plans, which it calls its busiest weekend of the year. Surprisingly, the Zoom conference went ahead without a hitch.

Here’s how BC Ferries reflected on its last couple of weeks and how it hopes to navigate the BC Day long weekend.

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Around 580,000 passengers are expected to travel via BC Ferries this weekend.

President and CEO Nicolas Jiminez reflected on the last week that caused passengers many issues.

“We have challenges,” he said, stating that the ferry service issues can’t be fixed overnight.

He also said, “We have struggled.”

To try and avoid another disastrous weekend, Jiminez said that many staff are being held on critical standby, and it sounds like improvements have been made to the network infrastructure, including more staff to help fix issues. Furthermore, all vessels are expected to be in operation this long weekend. There should also be better online reporting regarding wait times.

“If something does come up, we will deal with it.”

A reporter asked Jiminez what letter grade he would give himself for his performance and BC Ferries over his first five months in power.

Jiminez took a more diplomatic approach to his answer, saying, “This company is in a difficult space.”

He added that the organization needs to be more resilient, including better communicating with its partners, like the media. In the end, he didn’t give himself a letter grade.

A reporter also asked if passengers should be compensated if a sailing doesn’t go out on time, specifically about the reservation fee people are charged. Jiminez responded that the organization makes every effort to get passengers out on time. He added that a compensation program is offered for folks who can’t travel on another sailing.

Are you travelling with BC Ferries this long weekend? Are you scared? Let us know in the comments.

Scrolling through Facebook Marketplace or community rental groups in the GTA can be daunting — especially if you’re trying to scope out an apartment that’s within your budget, close to points of interest, and doesn’t come with nightmare roommates or a complete lack of privacy.

From horror movie basements to cluttered storage areas, it seems as though suspiciously-priced listings have completely infiltrated the rental market in an effort to appeal to tenants who are strapped for cash.

Just take a look at this basement listing near Salem Road and Bayly Street East in Ajax, which lacks complete privacy and is available to rent for a staggering $1,000 a month per person.

According to the listing, the furnished basement with a washroom is available for two people to rent — preferably students — who will have to pitch in $1,000 each for the shared space.

Although the internet is provided and utilities are free, tenants must share the entrance, laundry, washroom, and kitchen.

The listing, which was posted on Tuesday night on a Durham Region rental Facebook group, has already elicited plenty of shocked responses.

“This is NOT a legal apartment,” one person wrote. “There are zero bedrooms? Just wow,” another response reads.

“Damn! No privacy even if it’s students or adults. Where’s the kitchen, and bedroom? That’s an entertainment area you decide to rent without fixing it like a living space for adults,” one person pointed out.

Others suggested that the price didn’t reflect the fact that tenants would have to struggle with the lack of privacy and proper bedroom space.

Although this listing is definitely more livable than some of the other units we’ve covered, it does demonstrate just how pricey the rental market has gotten in the GTA.

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