Whistler girls get power

Mentoring program introduced for women of all ages

• by Alison Taylor

Pique N' Your Interest

Hello Ullr? It’s me, Mitchell

• by Andrew Mitchell

Quick bites with

Rolf Günther

An entertaining look at B.C.’s history

Storyeum provides a tour through the province and 10,000 years of events

• by Neville Judd

Letters to the editor

This week's letters

Backcountry Advisory

As of 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19

Register for disordered eating support group

A 10-week disordered eating support group will begin next month.

French immersion decision likely made next week

Special public meeting will be held in Whistler

• by Clare Ogilvie

Mountain News:

Banff-Lake Louise plan to target Chinese

Naturalists looking for images of nature

Third Nature Photography Slideshow and Exhibit in February

• by Tracy Howlett

Ravens Crest needs a government

Pemberton and SLRD need to decide who’s in charge

• by Adam Daff

Wet weather wreaks havoc

• In North Vancouver, the rain triggered a mudslide that swept two homes down an embankment early Wednesday morning.

Whistler, Pemberton on flood alert

Heavy rain, melting snow swell waterways

• by Pique Staff

Avalanche danger extreme

Forecaster warns not to go near the backcountry

• by Adam Daff

Council chooses P3 option for sewage plant expansion

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades to be designed, built and operated by a private company

• by Alison Taylor

SLRD to propose ‘hunting awareness plan’

Police matching guns with lethal bullet to find dog’s shooter

• by Adam Daff

Korean man’s body discovered in backcountry

Lost snowboarder was gone 22 hours before he was reported missing

• by Andrew Mitchell

Altitude organizer looking for community support

Bergeron says event could triple in size, bring 15,000 people to Whistler

• by Adam Daff

Squamish develops parameters for Humanity Village

Community well on its way to raising $1 million for village in Sri Lanka

• by Alison Taylor

Communities continue to work on regional transit solution

The success of the Squamish Commuter pilot project, linking Whistler to Squamish using municipal transit systems, has boosted the need to create a regional transit authority to connect communities in the corridor.

Former Whistler resident killed in avalanche

Pro snowboarder, father buried in slide

Big Smoke robbed, threatened by flood

As if the rain wasn’t enough – Adam Protter from the Big Smoke Mountain BBQ in Mount Currie confirmed Wednesday that thieves had stolen about $5,000 worth of alcohol, cash and equipment from his restaurant.

• by Adam Daff

SPECIAL EVENTS

Meetings

On the mountains

Other Valley Stuff

Services

Education

Health

Religion

Retro-revivalist rebel

k-os knows who he is

• by Shelley Arnusch

Nightlife Listings

This week's entertainment listings

Notes from the back row

Ice Cube melts

• by Feet Banks

Ear Candy

With Suzanne Wilson

Gallery Listings

Chateau Gallery celebrating work of Vest & Heine

LOUNGES, PUBS & PATIOS

Art-rock wackos Run Chico Run back at the Boot

The Punk Night is welcoming back bizarro art-rockers Run Chico Run this Sunday night.

Public art project seeks community contributors

Creatively inclined members of the Whistler community are needed for a public art project involving 200 individually painted tiles.

Tibetan culture at MY Place

The intricate and fast-disappearing traditions of Tibetan culture will be part of a presentation at MY Millennium Place on Sunday, Jan. 29.

Primeau jazz

Acclaimed Montreal drummer/bandleader to bring the bop to MY Place

• by Shelley Arnusch

The man of The Hour

I wish I could claim lofty intentions in my deliberate efforts to catch CBC Newsworld’s newest current affairs program, The Hour, which debuted Monday.

• by Shelley Arnusch

It’s not Bordeaux, it’s Napa

And just where is Napa Valley cabernet’s place among the world’s best red wines?

• by Anthony Gismondi

Canada kicking some butt

So many medals, so few days. Go Canada go!

Whoosh third in first tier

The Whistler Whoosh women’s volleyball team had their best tournament of the season last Saturday in Burnaby, moving up to the top tier after pool play and finishing third against some of the top teams in the province.

Canadians climb podium at world championships

Anderson, Ricker, Boivin take home medals in PGS, snowboardcross

• by Andrew Mitchell

Blackcomb Freestyle Club nets 14 medals

The Blackcomb Freestyle Club had a strong opening weekend in the first of three provincial contests at Apex Mountain Resort Jan. 14-16.

Snowboard ‘nerd’ aims for the Games

Dan Raymond started snowboarding at age 20

• by Andrew Mitchell

Freestyle team racks up World Cup medals

Canadians break-out of early-season funk at Lake Placid event

• by Andrew Mitchell

Coming together in the Pemberton Valley

Hybrid vigour is the term for melding two unrelated breeds and the resulting burst of fertility, good health and growth

• by Lisa Richardson

Saving Grace

After five heart operations in the first 18 weeks of her life Grace Henderson is still giving ’em hell

• by Clare Ogilvie

Work of B.C. Children’s Hospital felt across province

Last year the cardiac services program at B.C. Children’s Hospital performed life-saving operations on 250 kids.

• by Clare Ogilvie