Whistler

Museum The new Village North location of the Whistler Museum and Archives is on the verge of making history.

School district courts legal action over sewage Catch 22 The Howe Sound School District Board of Trustees passed a motion Tuesday to proceed with court action to force the Village of Pemberton to hook the new Pemberton Secondary School up to its sewa

Stream studies cast off this month Three creeks in the Whistler Valley will be intensely studied and monitored late this summer in an attempt to restore damaged fish habitat.

NDP dealing up the status quo After almost a year and a half of high stakes wagers and a number of called bluffs, Government Services Minister Ujjal Dosanjh announced late last month the NDP government is adopting a "moderate" stance toward gambling

Grin and Bear Tax Whistler hotel and property managers have agreed to participate in a unique fund-raising campaign on the weekend of Aug. 11-12. All Whistler properties will collect a $2 Bear Tax on each room for each night during that weekend.

Whistler Mountain formally announced its $6 million capital investment plan this week, which includes an expansion of the Whistler Village Gondola base, new runs on Creekside and a new Ski Scamps facility.

When B.C.'s NDP government passed the Environmental Assessment Act late last month the new law made it much tougher for large projects, like ski resorts, to go ahead with major construction and development plans.

The tapped out federal/provincial infrastructure program that has left Pemberton without funds to upgrade its sewage treatment plant has also put Whistler in a difficult situation.

The more than $8,000 raised at last weekend’s Umberto’s Cup tennis tournament will be used to initiate a volunteer program at the Whistler Health Care Centre.

The Riverside and Edgewater campground proposals have been deemed by council as worthy of further consideration.