Cover Stories

Midterm reports Half-way through their three-year mandate, Whistler councillors look at where they’ve come from and where they’re taking us Part 1 By G.D.

Exposing the California dream Smoke-free bars and amusement parks may be the future By David Branigan Hollywood has always been Avalon to many.

A Forest of Issues Park Georgia’s golf facility hasn’t been built, yet, but it already has a decade of political history.

Sharing the mountains Winter reaches inner city youth By Oona Woods Whistler's wealth is pretty up front. Million dollar homes back onto multi-million dollar homes in an alpine landscape and money almost drips off the hillsides.

2010: An Olympic Odyssey Pursuing the Olympic Games is all about the legacy they leave behind By Bob Barnett On a sunny first day in May, within the concourse of the Collosseum-like Vancouver Public Library, the Vancouver-Whistler bid for the 2010 Wi

Interview with the vampires Even in Whistler people are seeking meaning, when not pursuing pleasure By David Branigan I vampire. Actually I'm squeamish at the sight of blood and love garlic — it cleans the toxins out of my bloodstream.

If a tree falls in the neighbourhood... Improving the view is just one excuse for exercising our natural aptitude with a chainsaw By G.D. Maxwell You can’t see the forest for the trees.

Board Room From Bond to Rebagliati the spirit of snowboarding fights to stay alive By Fiona Macdonald It’s 1985. A lone skier hurtles through Siberian wasteland, pursued by the KGB.

Healing hands Sendin' out the massage to bring body and mind together By Oona Woods Massage has tended to be equated in our society with paradise, power and perversion.

The World Ski and Snowboard Festival has always been a series of highs and lows for Olympic snowboarder Maëlle Ricker. This year was another high.