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By Bob Barnett Twenty years ago Whistler’s first Official Community Plan was prepared, with the emphasis on developing a central, compact village at the base of Whistler Mountain’s Olympic Run.

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By Bob Barnett Four months ago the NDP were dead in the water. The Nanaimo Commonwealth Society investigation was hanging over the party, Mike Harcourt was hanging over the party and the Liberals were at the top of the polls.

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By Christopher Woodall There's a movie set in the good ol' boy Deep South of the United States where this judge asks a rookie Brooklyn lawyer with an accent problem, "Yoots? What are yoots?" The lawyer is defending two "youths" up on some hocus-pocus

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Health care centre had humble beginnings Medical attention in Whistler during the early years of the resort was rather limited, to say the least.

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Mountains of casualties Whistler’s health care centre can resemble a MASH unit By Don Anderson Easter Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m. Whistler Health Care Centre, Emergency Ward Boy, is it quiet. Extremely quiet.

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Drunks, thieves, animals and other medical emergencies In the past six years Dr. Andrew Hamson has met up with a variety of injured and surly drunks, and he readily offers a few not-too-specific yarns of humility, if asked.

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A day in the Extralife Growth of the film industry in the Sea to Sky Corridor By J. Michael Yates Christ, I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine. Doogie Howser is jumping up and down beside me to stay warm, but I’m fine, I know exactly what I’m doing.

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Whither Whistler arts and culture? Culture is busting out everywhere, but trying to find a place to house it is another story By Christopher Woodall Art, for some people, is little more than a nickname for 'Arthur.

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The PR Game in the woods By Stephen Vogler A man fishes from his belly-boat in a lake surrounded by second growth forest. An older couple sit in lawn chairs by their campfire chatting with a forest service employee.

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Two mayors and a commissioner Being Liberal in West Vancouver-Garibaldi can lead in many directions By Bob Barnett On Sunday at the Sea to Sky Hotel in Squamish Brenda Broughton, mayor of Lions Bay, officially became the NDP candidate for West Vancou