Pique n' Your Interest

Unprepared for winter

• by Andrew Mitchell

Geography, travels provide clues to history

Yucatan's sink holes and caves conjure up images of ice age glaciers, celestial collisions, and a bad day for dinosaurs

• by Jack Souther

Ear Candy

With Glenn Mishaw

Quick bites with...

James Walt, executive chef at Araxi’s

Letters to the editor

This week's letters

Giving tourists the eyeball

A new fast lane from Canada to the U.S. that uses iris scans to verify identities is getting a trial run at the Vancouver International Airport this fall.

B.C. by the numbers

Shoplifting is a bigger problem in B.C. than in other provinces.

Seasonal fashion statements

Who wants to stand out in the wild?

• by Mitch Sulkers

Mounties make $220K Pemberton pot bust

After receiving a tip from a concerned resident, the Whistler-Pemberton RCMP launched an investigation into an alleged grow operation on the 1400 block of Lupin Road in Pemberton.

Sea to Sky Real Estate, Momentum announce merger

Sea to Sky Real Estate Ltd. and Momentum Property Marketing Ltd. of Whistler have merged their respective companies "to better serve their clients".

RMOW gets first LEED rating

The municipality has officially received its first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certificate for the Spring Creek Fire Hall.

‘Housing expediter’ hired to deliver employee beds

Familiar face in the Whistler Housing Authority Steve Bayly will start with road ends

• by Alison Taylor

Olympic Nordic Centre sparks concerns

Callaghan Country, First Nations object to size of legacy backcountry facilities

• by Clare Ogilvie

Hundreds of applicants to fill 200 jobs

Whistler businesses cautious about hiring; many positions filled by returning employees

• by Adam Daff

CSP’s false start fostered community mistrust

Municipality acknowledges rocky beginning

• by Alison Taylor

Burger bargain could help food bank stock shelves

Businesses considering a 1-cent pledge for every McDonald’s burger sold in Whistler

• by Adam Daff

Whistler businesses show little interest in train workshop

Northern B.C. excited about Great Canadian Railtour service

• by Alison Taylor

Squamish wants to see Olympic legacies now

Community feels left behind since 2010 Games awarded, struggling to get attention

• by Jess LaFramboise

Pemberton expected to sign new deal with Prime Air

According to several sources, lawyers for the Village of Pemberton are close to signing off on a new contract with Prime Air, which should pave the way for scheduled air service to the Pemberton Airport.

• by Adam Daff

First Nations postpone cultural centre groundbreaking

Lil’wat and Squamish Nations are delaying the groundbreaking for the First Nations Cultural Centre in Whistler until next spring.

• by Alison Taylor

Club Intrawest Creekside lacks green building standards

Council issues conditional approval; construction expected to start in spring

• by Alison Taylor

Hotel renovations approved without adding more rooms

There will be no additional gross floor area added to the Whistler Village Resort when the hotel embarks on its renovations of the South Tower next spring.

• by Alison Taylor

Candidates for 2012 Olympics hand in bid books

The five cities competing to host the 2010 Summer Olympic Games handed in their bid documents this week.

Francophone School Board hopes to use Olympics to raise its profile.

The new superintendent of the Francophone School Board is hoping to use the 2010 Winter Olympics to raise the profile of French language and culture across the province.

• by Clare Ogilvie

Food Bank holding drive to prepare for Christmas

More volunteers needed

Staying out of harm’s way

Series of articles, workshop to shed new light on avalanche causes, safety

• by Andrew Mitchell

Blackcomb will open a few runs Saturday.

The good news is that the temperatures are staying low so the snowmaking machines are working well, Blackcomb will be open on time and there will be a few lifts running.

Abercrombie & Kent acquisition boosts Intrawest’s performance

Intrawest Corporation, the parent company of Whistler-Blackcomb, released its first quarterly fiscal report for the period ending Sept. 30, last week.

Mountain News:

More money called for in direct flight program

Young adults up for adoption

Twenty new seasonal workers will have a unique opportunity to get an insider’s view of Whistler this season.

• by Alison Taylor

Naturalists getting back to basics next year

More walks, talks planned for 2005

• by Andrew Mitchell

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Bill’s goes improv with Danylo show

He writes. He acts for TV and film. He’s done gigs in Vegas where he’s dined amongst seasoned showgirls and other stage folk at behind the scenes, performers-only buffets.

• by Shelley Arnusch

Notes from the back row

Reasoning on the edge of hidden treasure under the sea

• by Lauren Graham

Film Nights IV calls for screenings

Film Nights IV – the independent film community’s fourth screening night at the HUB Film and Internet Lounge – is calling for submissions for the next event on Tuesday, Nov. 30.

Gallery Listings

Nightlife listings

This week's listings

Your favourite wedding band

That’s ‘favourite’ not favorite

• by Shelley Arnusch

The return of props with an attitude

Foote steps forward again for this year’s Performance Series

• by Shelley Arnusch

Soul at the Boot

Florida’s Mofro brings the front porch to the locals’ living room

• by Shelley Arnusch

Sleeping Beauty opens tonight

Sleeping Beauty, the fourth annual Whistler pantomime, kicks off a four show run tonight at MY (Millennium) Place.

LOUNGES, PUBS & PATIOS

The Bums are back in town

Ski Bums, the acclaimed Whistler-based documentary examining the hardcore pow-hound counterculture is screening at MY Place on Friday, Nov. 19.

Cornucopia reaches critical mass

Outstanding dinners, sold-out events boost Whistler’s dining reputation

• by Anthony Gismondi

The final tests before the season really starts

• by Britt Janyk

Canadian Cycling Association makes coaching changes

For the past 11 year, Russian coach Yury Kashirin has coached our national cycling teams.

Whoosh battle for bronze

The Whistler Whoosh women’s volleyball team got off to a strong start on Sunday in the first B.C. Volleyball Association tournament of the season.

Snowboard worlds will be bigger than expected

Sponsors, volunteers getting on board for January World Championships

• by Andrew Mitchell

Full calendar for skiers and boarders

Whistler-Blackcomb sets dates for local events

• by Andrew Mitchell

Women’s pro hockey coming to Whistler

Wickenheiser, Campbell, Granato some of the big names helping raise funds for minor hockey

Climbing legend Croft headlines Mountaineer’s Soiree

Event raises funds for mountain guide scholarship, mountain rescue training

• by Andrew Mitchell

After the gold rush: 10 years of peaks and valleys

Can Whistler regain its status through providing better value and service?

• by Cindy Filipenko

Numbers at opposite ends of a decade