Cover Stories

Council candidate: Nick Davies Nick Davies began playing and partying in Whistler in the early 1970s.

Council candidate: Richard Laurencelle Richard Laurencelle is president of Vancouver-based firm Monarch Financial and currently sits on the board of Haven Family services, a charitable organization.

Council candidate: Kim McKnight Originally from Revelstoke, B.C., Kim McKnight grew up ski racing, eventually reaching the national development level.

Council candidate: Kristi Wells In the early 1970s, Kristi Wells learned to ski on Rainbow Mountain. Her Vancouver family were weekend warriors and the tradition survived throughout the next decade.

The issues in ’99 A subjective look at Whistlerites’ wish lists for this fall’s elections By G.D.

Charting a course for Whistler’s future The navigational instruments have been three years in the making By Loreth Beswetherick In 1996 a new crew and captain looked at their ship.

The next cycle Tourism Whistler President Suzanne Denbak on the challenges facing the resort Three years ago Pique Newsmagazine sat down with then-Whistler Resort Association President David Thomson to talk about the challenges facing the WRA.

Whistler ink The long history of Writing and publishing in the Whistler Valley By Stephen Vogler Whistler isn’t generally thought of as a home of writing and publishing.

Valley Trail ’99 Whistler's sewer line companion keeps getting better and better Photography and Story by Chris Woodall If the slowdown in Highway 99 traffic to accommodate roadside pipeline work put a kink in your day, consider what kind of harrumph

One day in the woods The conflict in the Elaho Valley defines the competing values in British Columbia in the 1990s By Amy Fendley "The truck was driven by a large man with a moustache wearing green coveralls.