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Brandon Barrett

Brandon Barrett

Brandon is an award-winning journalist for Pique Newsmagazine. Originally hired by the now-defunct Whistler Question, he has lived in the resort since 2012, and now serves as Pique’s crime and food reporter, as well as features editor. He was the 2018 recipient of the John Collison Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism, and won gold at the 2021 B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Awards for best feature article over 10,000 circulation. He holds a criminology degree from Carleton University and a journalism diploma from Algonquin College.

Prior to his time in Whistler, he worked as a reporter in Medellin for English-language news site, Colombia Reports.

In his free time, Brandon is a performer, theatre producer, improv instructor and playwright. The co-founder of sketch show Comedy Quickies, he has written or co-written three feature-length plays: 2016’s Between Two Tall Mountains and 2018’s All Relative, part of the Flag Stop Theatre & Arts Festival, as well as 2019’s family comedy, A Whistler Vacation, which premiered at the Maury Young Arts Centre.

Email
bbarrett@piquenewsmagazine.com

Recent Work by Brandon

Greens call for pause on Woodfibre LNG plans after potential risks to pregnant women come to light

Greens call for pause on Woodfibre LNG plans after potential risks to pregnant women come to light

Three-year-old study out of USC and UCLA found pregnant people living near natural gas and oil wells that use regular flaring at 50% higher risk of premature birth
How can Whistler preserve and optimize its existing housing supply?

How can Whistler preserve and optimize its existing housing supply?

From helping seniors age in place to incentivizing rentals in WHA ownership units, the RMOW is exploring ways to make better use of the resort’s employee accommodation
The conversation Whistler’s not having

The conversation Whistler’s not having

As Whistler sets up its first-ever drug-checking site, local support workers want to open up the conversation around drug use and addiction
Sauce loss: What’s behind the Great Sriracha Shortage of 2023?

Sauce loss: What’s behind the Great Sriracha Shortage of 2023?

Everyone’s favourite spicy condiment is in limited supply—and there’s no end in sight
Former Vail Resorts employee launches civil suit over vaccine-related stroke claim

Former Vail Resorts employee launches civil suit over vaccine-related stroke claim

Lawsuit alleges Jackson Reimer suffered a hemorrhagic stroke six days after being administered COVID-19 vaccine in Whistler
Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Fisheries minister Joyce Murray reaffirmed a prior decision last month not to renew 15 open-net salmon farm licenses in the region
Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Fisheries minister Joyce Murray reaffirmed a prior decision last month not to renew 15 open-net salmon farm licenses in the region
B.C.’s new 'one-stop-shop' for housing aims to slash permitting times

B.C.’s new 'one-stop-shop' for housing aims to slash permitting times

The Permitting Strategy for Housing eliminates the need for multiple permit approvals across provincial ministries.
B.C.’s new ‘one-stop-shop’ for housing aims to slash permitting times

B.C.’s new ‘one-stop-shop’ for housing aims to slash permitting times

Permitting Strategy for Housing eliminates need for multiple permit approvals across provincial ministries
Extended working holiday visas came thanks in part to Whistler’s lobbying

Extended working holiday visas came thanks in part to Whistler’s lobbying

Resort employers have secured roughly half of the 100 special permits Ottawa issued this winter, allowing foreign workers to extend their stay in Canada
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