New day dawns for First Nations

Whistler agrees to development rights, sees resolution on provincial issues

• by Alison Taylor

Safety concerns peak over logging trucks

Whistler looking at issue as union calls for sweeping changes to industry

• by Andrew Mitchell

Notes from the back row

A retraction of sorts

• by Feet Banks

Two developments, two responses

Cheakamus North moving ahead, Bunbury proposal turned down

• by Alison Taylor

Events Whistler rethinks its approach

Concept remains the same, but will go forward without general manager

• by Andrew Mitchell

for the record

For the record

• by Bob Barnett

Intrawest hires IMG to sell gondola naming rights

Peak to Peak will have corporate association

• by Andrew Mitchell

WCWC supports Whistler council on grizzlies

Environmental group ads voice to call for bear impact studies at Nordic venue

• by Clare Ogilvie

McIntyre defends pay raises

MLAs, cabinet ministers to see substantial increases

• by Andrew Mitchell

Mountain News

Revelstoke tackles affordable housing

• by Allen Best

Millennium Place to become municipal asset

Capital reserve funds to pay off multi-million dollar mortgage

• by Alison Taylor

VANOC vows to make tickets affordable

Olympic organizers say ticketing agent must be able to deal with same-day exchanges and purchases

• by Clare Ogilvie

Olympic signs raise concerns

Council investigating what can be done

• by Alison Taylor

$37K daycare grant to be carried over two years

Mayor sees decision as contrary to VOP's commitment to fiscal responsibility

• by Cindy Filipenko

Sewage back-up prompts hotel wing evacuation

Fire Chief initiates level one emergency

• by Alison Taylor

Olympic price tag set at $1.63 billion

Costs have gone up significantly, but so have revenues

• by Clare Ogilvie

VANOC TV deal richest in Winter Olympic history

Deal helped Olympic organizers put financial contingency in place

• by Clare Ogilvie

Whistler-Blackcomb lays off staff

Internal reorganization results in loss of 15 positions

• by Andrew Mitchell

Whistler reaps benefits from land deal

Millions more in Crown land handed over to municipality

• by Alison Taylor

Riding for a reason

Bike season kicks off Friday with crit, slideshow fundraiser for CT scanner

• by Andrew Mitchell

Special events

Meetings

On the Mountains

Other Valley Stuff

Education

Health

Religion

Athlete development starts young, ends active

Parents, athletes, coaches invited to Canadian Sport for Life seminar

• by Andrew Mitchell

Get your summer reading material Saturday

Used book sale at IGA Marketplace

• by Bob Barnett

Council cracks down on illegal space

Notice of title placed on Spring Creek property

• by Alison Taylor

Demand for Olympic housing ramps up

First Games-related scam also comes to light

• by Clare Ogilvie

Pique N Yer Interest

One person's junk is not necessarily another's treasure

• by Cindy Filipenko

Honouring volunteerism in style

Citizen of the Year Award ramps up celebration with gala and dinner dance

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Air guitar serious business

Whistler's Johny Utah compets in provincial air guitar competition in Vancouver

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Safest way to get to know bears

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Young take on edgy blues

Juno nominee Jimmy Bowskill turns 16 wih new album and show in Whistler

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Good karma return

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Join the instrumental zoo

Whistler Children’s Chorus and Spring Creek School join forces to launch Whistler’s first student band

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Soul Funktion team sweeps competition

Dance studio readying for year-end dance spectacular

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Table Scraps

Local take on Four Seasons

• by Nicole Fitzgerald

Food and Drink

May I see the wine list - please

• by Anthony Gismondi

Quick bites

With Paul McGeough, owner/chef, Splitz Grill

• by Maureen Provençal

Sarah Jane Hornes-Living the dream

Alta States

• by Michel Beaudry

Cybernaut 14.19

When to jump

• by Andrew Mitchell

Editorial

Whistler's first order of business

• by Bob Barnett

Maxed out

Statistically significant

• by G. D. Maxwell

Locals on top in Squamish Momar

Robbin's team first, rose first in co-ed, Munro forth in solo men

• by Andrew Mitchell

Bike Park opens Saturday

20 trails in lower bike park ready to ride

• by Andrew Mitchell

Paralympic skier suspended for marijuana use

Kimberly Joines sidelined for nine months following positive test in January

• by Andrew Mitchell

Skiers hit the road

Alpine ski team to cycle from Lake Louise to Whistler

• by Andrew Mitchell

Sports briefs

Loonie Race draws 240

• by Andrew Mitchell

Symmetrics wins in El Salvador

But team pulls out of Pan Am Games

• by Andrew Mitchell

Kids, adults invited to try a triathlon

Try a tri May 26

• by Andrew Mitchell

Valley Trail run goes off-pavement

New tack for annual race

• by Andrew Mitchell

Horoscope

Free Will Astrology, Week of May 17

• by Rob Brezsny