
Sun Peaks tapped to join Vancouver’s 2030 Olympic bid: mayor
SUN PEAKS, B.C. — The mayor of Sun Peaks has confirmed his community is working with the Canadian Olympic Committee’s (COC) bid feasibility team to determine whether his resort municipality could host events as part of the 2030 Winter Games.
Al Raine spoke to CFJC Today in response to a story in Business in Vancouver (BIV), who obtained documentation of the Vancouver bid for the Games, which is being led by four host First Nations.
BIV reported that the COC sought a new venue in which to hold events that were hosted on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver during the 2010 Games.
“As everyone will recall, the weather and snow conditions were a bit marginal there,” Raine told CFJC Today. “If they’re going to host the (2030) Games, they’d rather do those events in snow-safe, supportive weather conditions. Sun Peaks was selected after they reviewed several other sites in British Columbia.”