‘It really isn’t worth it,’ says out-of-bounds snowboarder
Snowboarder Bobby Joyce came forward after being saved by North Shore Rescue from a cliff ledge in an out-of-bounds area outside Cypress Mountain.
“I don’t really want anyone else to put themselves in that same position because it may not end up so well for other people,” he said. “For those few powder turns, people need to stop and think. Is it really worth it? Is it really worth your life? Is it worth risking other people’s lives to come and pull your stupid ass out of there, whether that be in a body bag or by foot or by air? It really doesn’t make any difference. It’s a life-and-death situation.”
West Vancouver's skewed house price-to-income ratio 1 to 25
“You’re the outlier of the outliers,” says Yan. “Housing to income is so out of whack. It’s in its own world compared to the rest of the country.”
Andy Yan, director of SFU’s City Program, speaking on the results of his latest analysis of West Vancouver’s single-family home prices.
West Vancouver grandma sues Airbnb over 'pot ghetto' stay
Joan Gibbs sued AirBnB after a highly dissatisfactory stay at unit in Ottawa.
“They were playing beer pong on the front lawn,” she said. “I realized we couldn’t stay there.”
Bonus quote: “My Ottawa friends later described the area as a university pot ghetto,” Gibbs wrote in her statement of claim.
