Notes from the back row

Rocket's red glare

• by Feet Banks

N'Quatqua blockade Portage Road at D'Arcy

Activists angered by chief's decision to enter forest, range agreement with limited consultation

• by Cindy Filipenko

Pique N Your Interest

Is Whistler getting boring?

• by Andrew Mitchell

E-learning brings Calculus to high schools

Drop in Fraser institute rankings not cause for concern

• by Clare Ogilvie

Callaghan in a planning vacuum, says FWAC

Council defers commercial tenures until master plan in place

• by Alison Taylor

Brownlie joins Tourism B.C. board

Second Whistler-Blackcomb on board

• by Clare Ogilvie

Traslin uses skins to win

Crews preparing runs for May 6 start

• by G. D. Maxwell

Alta Lake hosting tour

Sunday, 1 p.m.

Steelhead enhancement goes ahead

Province reverses position after independent review

• by Vivian Moreau

Special Events

Life on the edge - learn about mountain goats with Whistler Naturalists

Meetings

Muni budget meeting May 1

On the Mountains

Blackcomb closed, Whistler still open

Other Valley Stuff

Big Brothers, Big Sisters needs volunteers

Services

TEDDY BEAR DAY CARE Affordable daycare for children

Education

Whistler Adult Learning Centre for those who want their diploma

Religion

Whistler Community Church Evangelical Sun. services, 10 a.m.

Skate park proponents seek confirmation of space

How will it fit?

• by Cindy Filipenko

Lil'wat Nation to receive $350,000 for child care

• by Paige Harley

Black bear aversion testing coming to Whistler

• by Bob Barnett

Protestors and band council go to table

Council says band will face penalties, lose revenue if timber not harvested

• by Cindy Filipenko

Commercial concessions move Rainbow forward

Public hearing on subdivision proposal set for May 15

• by Alison Taylor

Master planner Beck presents final village piece

$35 million complex still in works

• by Alison Taylor

Province moves to cut local governments out of IPP process

SLRD holds emergency meeting, objects to proposed legislation

• by Cindy Filipenko

Eva Lake condo owner may lose home

Negotiations continue to recover millions in repair costs

• by Clare Ogilvie

A solution looking for a problem

Dobbin believes Whistler should say no to public-private partnership at sewage plant

• by Vivian Moreau

Cheakamus-type spills could happen again

Procedures needed to prevent another environmental accident, Labelle says

• by Vivian Moreau

Music Listings

Week of April 27 - May 4, 2006

Whistler Theatre Dream

Whistler Theatre Project moves forward with community support and funding for A Midsummer Night's Dream

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Notes from the back row

Summer blockbuster season begins

• by Feet Banks

Financing arts for years to come

$200K endowment fund keeps growing

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Arts Briefs

Think you're funny? Here's your chance to prove it.

Writers Retreat

Annabel Lyon, Laisha Rosnau, bring their blue pencils to town

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Building arts capacity across the corridor

New arts/culture advocacy group to reap benefits of 2010

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Pushing back with paint

Lions Bay's Ann Hurst new work at MY Millennium Place art gallery

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Table Scraps

A different kind of clubber

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Quick Bites

Letting food speak for itself

• by Maureen Provençal

Food and Drink

Naughty names for nice food

• by Glenda Bartosh

Table Scraps

Pony rides on in Pemberton

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Cybernaut

The eight ball says 133

• by Andrew Mitchell

Maxed Out

All those opposed: good luck

• by G. D. Maxwell

Editorial

Can you imagine?

• by Bob Barnett

Cybernaut

How the Internet reinvented radio

• by Paige Harley

Adventure racers tackle Mighty MO

Teams preparing for Primal Quest long-distance race

• by Andrew Mitchell

Lipscomb wins superpipe, Olsson takes another Big Air

Skiers, riders crank things up a notch at festival events

• by Andrew Mitchell

Travel

A tale of two towns: one German, one English, both Namibian

• by Jack Souther

He thought he could, he thought he could

Sixteen years ago people told Peter Armstrong he was crazy to start a passenger rail
company. Today they’re lining up to come aboard. Vivian Moreau takes a ride on the
Whistler Mountaineer and sits down with the man behind the train.

• by Vivian Moreau

Bear Update: Valley's grazing bears

Bear activity about to increase

• by Michael Allen

Free will astrology

Stay away from stale thoughts, Taurus

• by Rob Brezsny