Cover Stories

The food we eat From local organics to big business bio-tech By Stephen Vogler "You are what you eat." I don’t know who was first credited with this saying, but it certainly rings true. Not just figuratively, but literally, even chemically.

Shadows of Whistler: Kenneth R. Racey and friends in Alta Lake By B. Max G_tz Whistler’s recent history has been one of constant change.

How do I wed thee? Let me count the ways… Whistler tops for tying the knot By Velvet Jones and Amy Fendley Some people have an innate fear of flying.

A portrait of Whistler and its bears Michael Allen’s black bear research goes a long way toward telling us how well we are co-existing with nature By Amy Fendley He arrived unannounced. Standing in the office of the Blackcomb Mountain manager.

Whistler’s big gay heart Every one comes out for Altitude 99 By Oona Woods Somebody get out the paintbrush, it’s that time of year when an anonymous person transforms Whistler Cay Heights into Whistler Gay Heights with a sweep of the brush.

Bold steps for B.C.’s economy More than just cutting taxes and red tape, B.C needs to develop sustainable industries By Stephen Vogler With tourist dollars dropping on our town like heavy west coast manna, you may not have noticed that B.C.

Collecting cast offs Is Whistler’s free spirit buried in the snow? By Karen Hugdahl As a child growing up in TV-land, Oscar the grouch was a true hero. Besides being the ultimate furry green dude and king of the garbage cans, he was a great mentor.

Pioneer Passages Franz Wilhelmsen and Rose Tatlow were two local pioneers who left us in 1998 By Jack Christie As 1998 raced along, it gathered up two local pioneers, Whistler's Franz Wilhelmsen, 79, and Squamish's Rose Tatlow, 83.

...And a few other choices from the year that was 1998 Go Quietly Into That Good Night Award: Peak Pastries, Grinders, Plaza Bistro.... Passings of a More Personal Note: Franz Wilhelmsen for whom we give thanks often on the mountain he created.

There's no place like home …especially when it's the place to house your faith in God Story and photos by Chris Woodall There's a thing you can do with your hands that I learned ’way back when I was a wee lad.