Well, folks, Sunshine's at it again...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...g.html?cmp=rss
If you're not aware of the story, four of SSV's most senior patrollers pulled the owner's son and his friends out of a closed area and took their passes away. Being the entitled little snot that he is, the kid threatened them and told them they'd "pay" for it, before promptly having his pass and ID returned to him at the bottom of the hill and allowed to continue skiing. The patrollers were subsequently fired - including one of the patrollers' nephew, on the basis that "blood is thicker than water" - and a number of other employees protested. This got two more fired, when they called in sick. The result as many will know was the support ski patrollers site, the sunshine village watch site, and a whole bunch of anti-SSV sentiment on social media and facebook. It also resulted in a 400-some-odd thousans wrongful termination lawsuit. More details here in the affidavit of one of the terminated employees:
http://ramzee.net/Files/AffidavitChevalier.pdf
Now as a result of all the negative press this has garnered, they're saying they lost revenue and are suing the patrollers (as well as a bunch of John Doe's identified only by their website monikers) for defamation. Pathetic.
Just another reason to vote with your wallet and ski anywhere but Sunshine Village. Go to Louise. It's a better hill anyway.