Whistler

At the risk of boring people to tears, today’s topic is again employee housing — or at least it’s related to employee housing.

Mountains providing for employees while waiting for snow The American Thanksgiving long weekend traditionally heralds the start of the ski season in Whistler, but this year it seems to have heralded the start of the monsoon season, and almost 2,000 e

Stein Park announcement draws mixed reaction The creation of the Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park last week was lauded as the "crowning achievement" in a long list of protective measures taken by the NDP government and outgoing Premier Mike Har

Decline in ridership disputed by BC Rail By Don Anderson The Resort Municipality of Whistler says passenger rail from North Vancouver to Whistler has plummeted by 40 per cent since 1988.

Blame the rain on a Pineapple Hopes of a spectacular early season have washed away as quickly as the snow that had accumulated in the valley, leaving Whistler residents more worried about floods than first tracks.

Short-term rental market under scrutiny Dozens of Whistler residents with good jobs are frantically searching for new places to live today as landlords give them the boot at the end of November in order to rent out suites on a nightly or weekly basis

The sixth annual Festival of Lights gala dinner and auction was the most successful yet, according to Andy Schimmel of the Association of Whistler Realtors.

Signs of Whistler’s growth as a cultural centre are abundant: the number of art galleries has increased steadily in recent years, an Art Walk program promoting the galleries is being launched in two weeks, participants in the 1993 Whistler Symposium

Selling the Farm The Mountain Development Corporation, a local company set up to develop Whistler’s first employee housing subdivision at Tapley’s Farm, is in the process of selling its remaining land holdings to Decigon Corp.

If cruising around the Internet is dubbed surfing, the World Wide Web waves are crashing onto the electronic beaches of Whistler.